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Kramer Electronics VP-411DS manual

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    Kramer Ele ctronics, Ltd. USER MANUAL     Model: VP-411DS 4x1 Automa tic UXGA / Audio Switcher[...]

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    Contents i Contents 1 Introduction 1 2 Getting Started 1 2.1 Quick Start 1 3 Overview 3 4 Your VP-411DS 4 x1 Automatic UXGA / Audio Switcher 5 4.1 Using the IR Transmitter 6 5 Using the VP-411DS 4 x1 Automatic UXGA / Audio Switcher 7 5.1 Connecting the VP-411 DS 4x1 Automatic UXGA / Audio Switcher 7 5.2 Setting the PRIORITY Dipswitches 9 5.3 Connec[...]

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    Introduction 1 1 Introduction Wel com e t o K ram er Ele ct ron ics! S in ce 1 981, Kr am er Ele ct ron ics has be en prov i ding a wo rld of uni que , crea tiv e, an d af fo rda ble s olut ion s t o t h e v ast ran ge of pro blem s tha t conf ron t the vid eo, au di o, pres en ta tion , a nd broa dca s ting prof e ssi ona l on a da ily ba sis . In[...]

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    KRAMER: SIMPLE CREATIVE TECHNOLOGY Getting Started 2[...]

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    Overview 3 3 Overvie w The Kr ame r V P- 411D S i s a high perf orm an ce 4x1 au tom ati c sw it che r f or UXGA s ign als an d ste reo au dio s ig na ls. It sw it ches any one of f ou r U XGA sou rce s to t he UXGA out put 15- pin H D com pu ter g raph ics v ideo co nn ect or, an d any one of fou r ste reo au dio sou rc es to th e s te reo a u dio[...]

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    KRAMER: SIMPLE CREATIVE TECHNOLOGY Overview 4 To ac hiev e the best perform ance:  C onnect only g ood qu ality conne ction cab les, thu s av oiding inte rferen ce, det eriora tion in sign al qu ality due t o poor m atch ing, an d elev ated noise lev els (often ass ociate d with low quali ty ca bles )  Av oid interfe rence fr o m n eighbor in[...]

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    Your VP-411DS 4x1 Automatic UXGA / Audio Switcher 5 4 Your VP-411DS 4x1 A u tomatic UXGA / Aud i o Switcher Figu re 1 and Ta ble 1 defin e the V P-411D S : Figure 1: VP-411DS 4x1 Automatic UXGA / Audio Switcher Table 1: VP-411DS 4x1 Automatic UXGA / Audio Switcher Topside Features # Feature Function 1 I R Rec eiv er The r ed LE D l ig ht s w hen re[...]

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    KRAMER: SIMPLE CREATIVE TECHNOLOGY Your VP-411DS 4x1 Automatic UXGA / Audio Switcher 6 Figu re 2 and Ta ble 2 defin e the u nders ide of the VP- 411DS : Figure 2: VP-411DS 4x1 Automatic UXGA / Audio Switcher Underside Table 2: VP-411DS 4x1 Automatic UXGA / Audio Switcher Underside Features # Feature Function 1 PROGRAM / NORMA L Sw itch Set to NORMA[...]

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    Using the VP-411DS 4x1 Automatic UXGA / Audio Switcher 7 5 Using the VP-411D S 4x1 Automatic UXGA / A u dio Switcher Thi s sec tion d escrib es how to:  C onnect the V P-411DS (see secti on  5.1)  S elect the d efau lt m a ste r sour ce sign al (s ee se ction  5.2 )  C onnect the R EMOTE c onnec tor (se e se ction  5. 3)  C onn[...]

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    KRAMER: SIMPLE CREATIVE TECHNOLOGY Using the VP-411DS 4x1 Automatic UXGA / Audio Switcher 8 Figure 3: VP-411DS 4x1 Automatic UXGA / Audio Switcher Connections[...]

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    Using the VP-411DS 4x1 Automatic UXGA / Audio Switcher 9 5.2 Setting the PRIORIT Y Dipsw itches Figu re 4 and Ta ble 3 desc r ibe the VP-411DS unit dipsw itches and the pr iority se tup, r espect ively . Figure 4: VP-411DS Dipswitches Table 3: Dipswitch Priority Setup Dip Position Priority sequenc e 1 2 3 4 Manual operation OFF OFF OFF OFF 1, 2, 3,[...]

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    KRAMER: SIMPLE CREATIVE TECHNOLOGY Using the VP-411DS 4x1 Automatic UXGA / Audio Switcher 10 5.3 Connecting the REM OT E Connector The co ntact closu re rem ote c o ntr ol pin s ope rate in a sim ilar way to th e Inpu t se lector butto n. Usin g the contac t cl o su re rem ote con trol y ou can selec t the UXGA input or c ut off the inputs. To do s[...]

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    Using the VP-411DS 4x1 Automatic UXGA / Audio Switcher 11 5.4 Connecting a PC You can connec t a PC (or oth er con trol ler) t o the VP-411 DS via the RS- 232 port for rem ote c ontrol , and fo r u p gr ading the fi rmwar e. To co nne ct a PC t o a V P-41 1DS uni t, usi ng th e Nul l-modem adapt er prov ided wit h the ma chine (recomm ended) :  [...]

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    KRAMER: SIMPLE CREATIVE TECHNOLOGY Flash Memory Upgrade 12 6 Flash Memory Upgrade The VP -411DS firmw are is locat ed in FLASH mem ory, w hich l ets y o u upg rade t o the lates t Kram er firm wa re vers ion in minut es! T he proces s inv olves :  Dow nloa ding f rom th e Inte rnet (s ee se ction  6.1)  C onnect ing th e PC t o the RS- 232[...]

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    Flash Memory Upgrade 13 6.3 Upgrading Firmw are Fol low th ese s teps t o upg rade th e firmw are: 1 . D ou bl e cl ic k th e d es kt o p ic on : “ Fl as h M agi c. EX E ” . Th e Fl as h M ag ic sc re en ap pe ar s a s il lu s tr at ed i n F ig u re 7 . Figure 7: Flash Magic Screen[...]

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    KRAMER: SIMPLE CREATIVE TECHNOLOGY Flash Memory Upgrade 14 2 . Un de r th e “ St e p 1 – C om mu ni ca ti on s” a re a , se t th e d ef in it io ns on t he s cr ee n as f ol lo w s :  C OM Port : sele ct th e act ive COM por t on you r com puter  Ba ud R a te : 19200  De vice: LPC236 8  In terf ace: N o ne (ISP)  Os cill ator F[...]

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    Technical Specifications 15 7 Technical Spec ifi cation s Tabl e 4 in clud es the techn ical sp eci ficat ions: Table 4: Technical Specifications 1 of the VP-411DS INPUTS: 4 UXGA on 15-pin HD connectors 4 unbalanced stere o audio on 3.5mm mini audio connect ors OUTPUTS: 1 UXGA on a 15- pin HD connector 1 UXGA on a 15- pin HD connector (IN 1 LOOP) 2[...]

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    KRAMER: SIMPLE CREATIVE TECHNOLOGY Kramer Protocol 2000 16 9 Kramer Protoco l 2000 1 The VP -411DS is c ompa tible w ith K ramer’s Prot ocol 2 000 (v ersion 0.50) (bel ow). This R S-232 /RS-48 5 commu nicati on pro toc ol us es four bytes of inf ormati on as defin ed bel o w. For RS -232, a nul l-modem conn ection betwe en th e machin e an d cont[...]

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    Kramer Protocol 2000 17 4 th BYTE: Bit 7 – Defined as 1. Bit 5 – Don’t care. OVR – Machine number override. M4…M0 – MACHINE NUMBER. Used to address machines in a system via their machine numbers. When several machines are controlled from a single serial port, they are usually configured together with each machine having an indi vidual m[...]

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    KRAMER: SIMPLE CREATIVE TECHNOLOGY Kramer Protocol 2000 18 NOTE 5 - This is a request to identify the switcher/s in the system. If the OUTPUT is set as 0, and the INPUT is set as 1 the machine will send its name. The reply is the decimal value of the INPUT and OUTPUT. For example, for a 2216, the reply to the request to send the audio machine name [...]

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    19 LI MI T ED W A RR A NTY WHO I S P RO T EC T ED? WHA T I S C OVER ED AN D WHA T I S NOT C OV ERE D WHAT WE WIL L PA Y F OR AN D W HAT W E W IL L N OT P AY F OR HOW Y O U CAN G ET W ARR ANT Y S ERVIC E LI MI TA TI O N O F I MP LI ED W A RRA N T IE S EXCL USIO N O F D AMAGE S CA UT I ON ! Kram er E lectro nics ( hereaft er ) w arrants this produ ct[...]

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    Kramer Electron i cs, Ltd. Web site: www.kramerelectronics.co m E-mail: info@kramerel.com P/N: 2900-000377 REV 2 For the latest in f ormation on our product s and a lis t of Krame r distributors, visi t our We b si te: ww w.kramerelectr onics .co m , where updates t o this use r manual may be f ound. We welcome you r questions, comments and fee dba[...]