Black Box VX-HDMI-POE-VRX manual

B LAC K BO X ® Extend audio and video signals via an existing LAN. Distribute HDMI video to an unlimited number of displays using IP multicast, or make eye-catching video walls of up to 8 x 8 displays. MediaCento ™ IPX with PoE VX-HDMI-POE-MTX VX-HDMI-POE-UTX VX-HDMI-POE-VTX . VX-HDMI-POE-MRX VX-HDMI-POE-URX VX-HDMI-POE-VRX Order toll-free in th[...]

724-746-5500 | blackbox.com Page 2 T rade mark s U se d in this Ma nual T rad em ark s U se d in t his M anua l Bla ck Box a nd th e Do ubl e Dia mon d lo go a re reg is tere d tra de mark s , and Me dia Cento is a t rad emar k, of B B Techn olo gi es, I nc . Bon jou r and A pp le ar e reg ist ere d tra dem ark s of A pp le, I nc. Win do ws is a r [...]

724-746-5500 | blackbox.com Page 3 FCC R FI St a te me nt FED ER AL COMMUNICA TIONS COMMISSION AND INDUSTRY C A NA DA R A DI O FREQU ENC Y IN TE RFER ENC E STA TEM EN T S Thi s equ ipm ent g ene rate s, us es , and c an ra dia te rad io -f requ en c y ene rgy, and i f not in st all ed an d us ed pr op erl y, that is, i n st ric t a ccord ance w it [...]

724-746-5500 | blackbox.com Page 4 NOM S tatement 4. Todas las i nst ruc cio nes d e op er aci ón y us o de be n ser s eg uid as. 5. E l aparato eléctrico no deberá ser usado cerca del ag ua — por ejemplo, cerca de la t ina d e bañ o, lava bo, só ta no mo jad o o cerc a d e una al ber ca, e tc. 6. El apa rato e lé ct ri co de be s er us ad [...]

724-746-5500 | blackbox.com Page 5 NOM S tatement 16. El ca ble d e cor ri ente d eb erá s er d es cone c ta do d el c uand o el e quip o no s ea usa do p or u n larg o pe rio do d e ti emp o. 1 7 . C u ida do d eb e se r toma do d e ta l man era qu e ob je ct os li quid os n o se an der ram ado s so bre l a cub ier t a u or ifi cio s de v enti la[...]

724-746-5500 | blackbox.com Page 6 T able of Contents T able of Contents 1 . Specifications .................................................................................................. 8 2. Ov er vi ew ................................................................................................. 10 2. 1 Introduction .......................[...]

724-746-5500 | blackbox.com Page 7 T able of Contents 7 . V id eo Wall F ea ture s ...................................................................................... 36 8. T ro ublesh ooting ............................................................................................ 43 8 . 1 Problems /S olutions ................................[...]

724-746-5500 | blackbox.com Page 8 Chapter 1: Specifications 1 . Speci ficati ons T echnical Specifications Approva ls F CC , T U V, C E , UL ® , CSA , Ro HS , W EEE Bandwidth 120 Mbps ma xi mum De fau lt I P Ad dre s s 169.254 .x .x ( wit h no D HCP ad dre ss ) NOTE : To find the I P ad dre ss of a ny re cei ver, simp ly conn ec t to m oni tor an[...]

724-746-5500 | blackbox.com Page 9 Chapter 1: Specifications T echnical Specifications (continued ) Connectors (1) H DM I fema le, (1 ) R J- 45 inter connect / L AN connection, (1) 2. 1-mm ba rre l conn ec to r for p owe r , (2) R J - 1 2 6 P 6C† †NOTE : Onl y 4 cent er pi ns ar e use d at this ti me. Indicators (1) LED f or L ink an d Pow er; [...]

724-746-5500 | blackbox.com Page 10 Chap ter 2 : O ver view 2. Over view 2. 1 Introduc tion Th e Me dia Cento I PX wi th P oE is a p er fe c t so lut ion f or aud io an d vi de o sig nal ex te nsio n vi a an ex is ting L oc al A rea N e t wor k ( L A N ) s y st em. W ith m ult ica st tec hno lo gy, one l oc al uni t ca n dri ve mul tip le re mot e [...]

724-746-5500 | blackbox.com Page 11 Chap ter 2 : O ver view • Provide automatic EDI D configuration. • Use w ell - de vel op ed Et her net t ech nol og y an d TCP/ I P comm uni cat ion p roto col . • T r ansm it ter s an d Re cei ver s are H DCP - com pli ant an d Blu -r ay rea dy. • HDT V com pati bl e; s upp or t 108 0 p, 108 0 i, 720p, 7[...]

724-746-5500 | blackbox.com Page 12 Chap ter 2 : O ver view • (1) DB9 F to R J -1 1 adap ter • (1) RJ -1 1 to R J -1 1 cable VX-HDMI- POE-VRX also has : • (1) Med iaCento I P X Vi de o Wall Re cei ver 2. 5 Add itio nal I tem s Y ou W ill N ee d • HD CP- co mpl iant m oni tor s wi th H DM I inte r face fo r th e HD CP vid eo s our ce • CAT[...]

724-746-5500 | blackbox.com Page 13 Chap ter 2 : O ver view 10 Fig ure 2-3. T r ansm it ter to p pa nel.[...]

724-746-5500 | blackbox.com Page 14 Chap ter 2 : O ver view T a bl e 2- 1. Compon ent s of t he Transmi tt er s. Number Component De scrip tion 1 F2 bu t ton See Section 2.6.4. 2 F1 b u t t o n See Section 2.6.4. 3 Rot ar y s wi tch Set u p an id ent ic al po sit io n for all un it s 4 RJ -1 2 connec tor Ser ial p or t 1: F or s ys te m cont rol 5 [...]

724-746-5500 | blackbox.com Page 15 Chap ter 2 : O ver view 2.6 . 2 Re ce ive rs 1 2 3 4 5 Fig ure 2- 4. R ece iv er fro nt pa nel. 6 7 8 9 Fig ure 2-5. Re cei ve r bac k pan el.[...]

724-746-5500 | blackbox.com Page 16 Chap ter 2 : O ver view 10 Fig ure 2- 6. R ece ive r top p an el.[...]

724-746-5500 | blackbox.com Page 17 Chap ter 2 : O ver view T able 2- 2. C omp onents of the Receivers. Number Component De scrip tion 1 F2 bu t ton See Section 2.6.4. 2 F1 b u t t o n See Section 2.6.4. 3 Rot ar y s wi tch Set u p an id ent ic al po sit io n for al l units 4 RJ -1 2 connec tor Seria l po r t 1: Fo r sy st em co ntro l 5 RJ -1 2 co[...]

724-746-5500 | blackbox.com Page 18 Chap ter 2 : O ver view 2.6. 3 Indicators Th e LED s on t he ex t end er un it s sho w the r eal -t ime s ta tus in dic at ing th e link ing a nd communication between the T ransmitter/S ender unit an d the Receiver unit. Users can i de ntif y t he cu rre nt st atu s thro ugh t he L ED ind ic ator s o n the un it[...]

724-746-5500 | blackbox.com Page 19 Chap ter 2 : O ver view T a bl e 2-3. Func tio n bu tt ons ( cont inu ed ) . But ton Ac tion De scr iption F1 1. Pre ss a nd ho ld th e F1 but ton. 2. A pp ly p owe r to the u nit . 3. Release right after the Ne t wor k Stat us LE D st ar t s blinking. 4. Po wer c y cle t he uni t. Res et s th e box t o fac tor y[...]

724-746-5500 | blackbox.com Page 20 Chap ter 3 : I ns t allation 3. In s t allati on WA R N I N GS : Make sur e that al l dev ices a re p owe re d of f bef ore co nne c tin g to the u nit. Make sur e all de vi ces yo u wil l conn ec t ar e pro pe rly g ro unde d. Pla ce cab les a way fr om fl uor esce nt li ght s, ai r con diti one r s, a nd ma chi[...]

724-746-5500 | blackbox.com Page 21 Chap ter 3 : I ns t allation PC Blu- ray DVD player TX TX TX RX RX RX RX RX RX RX Monitor Monitor Monitor Monitor Monitor Layer 2/ 3 sw itch with IGMP Figure 3- 1. Installation diagram.[...]

724-746-5500 | blackbox.com Page 22 Chapter 4 : Configurat ion 4. Configurati on 4. 1 B asi c Co nfig urati on Th e rot ar y s wi tch on e ach d ev ice d eci de s the c hann el of t he d evi ce wh en b oot ing . Fo r a rece iv er or re ce ive rs to c onn ec t to a tr ansm it ter, they mu st b e on t he s ame chan nel. E ach t rans mit te r sho uld [...]

724-746-5500 | blackbox.com Page 23 Chapter 4 : Configurat ion 4. 2 . 1 Acc es sin g thr oug h Se rial 1. Using th e clie nt, s el ec t “ser ial” an d ente r “ 1 1 520 0” fo r the s pe ed ( ba ud rat e) . Fig ure 4 -1 . P u T T Y c onfi gura tio n sc ree n usi ng se ria l. 2. No us er nam e or pa ss wo rd is re qui red . Jus t pre ss e nter[...]

724-746-5500 | blackbox.com Page 24 Chapter 4 : Configurat ion Fig ure 4 -2. PuT T Y co nfig urat io n scr een u sing Teln et. 3. Th e de fault p as sw ord i s roo t.[...]

724-746-5500 | blackbox.com Page 25 Chap ter 5 : Ad vance d Com man ds 5. Advanced Commands Th es e are ad va nced c onf igur ati ons an d req uire k now le dg e of I P net w or king proto co ls and m ult ica st ing . Do no t at tem pt to ru n any com man ds, m od if y fil es , or change an y other settings apart from the specific c onfigurations n[...]

724-746-5500 | blackbox.com Page 26 Chap ter 5 : Ad vance d Com man ds Fig ure 5 -2. Current c onfi gure d pa ram eter s li st. To reset to fa c tor y d efau lt, s et tin g th e IP m od e to aut oip a nd rem ov ing any over ri de s, t yp e in : reset _to_default.sh To change t he ba ud rate o f the s er ial e x tens ion i nter fa ce, t yp e in : st[...]

724-746-5500 | blackbox.com Page 27 Chap ter 5 : Ad vance d Com man ds 2. DHCP cl ien t get s a n add res s fro m the l oc al D HCP s er ve r . C AUT I ON : M ake sure a D HCP c lie nt is con ne ct ed o r pro ble ms w ill o ccur. 3. Stat ic all ow s you t o manu ally c hang e th e IP a dd res s and n et mask o f the d ev ice. This requires fur ther[...]

724-746-5500 | blackbox.com Page 28 Chap ter 5 : Ad vance d Com man ds T a bl e 5 - 1. Channe l lis tin g for mu lti cas t ad dre ss . Multicas t Addres s Channel IDs B0 B1 B2 B3 ID 225.0. 0. 0000 225.0. 1. 0001 225.0. 0. 1002 225.0. 1. 1003 225.0. 0. 0104 225.0. 1. 0105 225.0. 0. 1106 225.0. 1. 1107 225.0. 0. 0018 225.0. 1. 0019 225.0. 0. 101A 225[...]

724-746-5500 | blackbox.com Page 29 Chap ter 5 : Ad vance d Com man ds 5. 2 . 1 T ran sm it te r To change t he mul tic as t gro up I P , t yp e in : astparam s multic ast _ ip 225.0.B0.B1 B2B3 To change t he ho st nam e ID o f the t rans mit te r , t y pe i n: as tpa ram s ho st nam e _i d B0 B1B2B3 ast _send _ event - 1 e_chg_ hostname To overri [...]

724-746-5500 | blackbox.com Page 30 Chap ter 5 : Ad vance d Com man ds Figure 5 - 4. Optio ns controlling loc al serial lines . Fo r bot h tran smit te r and r ece ive r uni ts , the a dd ed R J - 1 1 to D B9 s er ial c abl e ne ed s to be co nne c ted to t he s eco nd s eri al po r t on t he de vi ces . 5. 4 T el ne t Ex ten sio n T elnet serial e[...]

724-746-5500 | blackbox.com Page 31 Chap ter 5 : Ad vance d Com man ds To set up a Telnet e x tens ion : 1. Using a Telnet p roto col, us e Po r t 6752. Fig ure 5 -5 . Set t ing up Telne t ex te nsi on us ing a Telnet p roto col .[...]

724-746-5500 | blackbox.com Page 32 Chap ter 5 : Ad vance d Com man ds 2. T u rn of f lin e ec ho an d lo cal l ine e dit ing. Fig ure 5 - 6 . Turning of f l ine e cho a nd lo ca l lin e edi tin g.[...]

724-746-5500 | blackbox.com Page 33 Chap ter 6 : Acces sin g the Web Int er face 6. A cce ss ing th e Web I nte r face Th e Web int er fac e can b e us ed to v ie w infor mat ion a bo ut th e de vic e, upl oad a fir mwar e fil e to the d ev ice, an d for v id eo wa ll tra nsf orm er s conf igu rati on. T he W eb inter fa ce w ill no t giv e net w o[...]

724-746-5500 | blackbox.com Page 34 Chap ter 6 : Acces sin g the Web Int er face T a bl e 6 -1 . Rot ar y Sw itch p os iti on s et tin gs. Posi tion Four - digit setting Positio n Four - digit setting 0 0000 8 000 1 1 1 000 9 10 0 1 2 010 0 A 0101 3 11 0 0 B 11 0 1 4 0 010 C 0 0 11 5 1010 D 1 0 11 6 0 11 0 E 0 111 7 111 0 F 1111 Fig ure 6 -1 . S et[...]

724-746-5500 | blackbox.com Page 35 Chap ter 6 : Acces sin g the Web Int er face 6. 2 A cce ss ing t he Web I nte r fac e for a Transmi t ter o r Re cei ver wit h an IP A dd res s 1. Config ure th e con trol P C’s net wo rk s et tin g as 169.25 4. x x x. x x x I P d oma in wi th net mas k 255.255.0. 0. De fault g ate way an d DN S ca n be l ef t [...]

724-746-5500 | blackbox.com Page 36 Chap ter 7: Vid eo Wall Featur es 7 . Vid eo Wall F eatu re s Usin g the V id eo Wa ll feat ure s, yo u can s en d vid eo a nd au dio to u nlim ite d oup ut s thro ugh I P . F orm at th e vid eo w all s o tha t se para te se c tio ns of t he v ide o ca n be s ent to different output s. Basic settiings al low for [...]

724-746-5500 | blackbox.com Page 37 Chap ter 7: Vid eo Wall Featur es Fig ure 7-2. Basic S etu p scr ee n.[...]

724-746-5500 | blackbox.com Page 38 Chap ter 7: Vid eo Wall Featur es T able 7- 1 . Basic Setup screen component s. Component Des cripti on Bezel and Gap Compensation Dim ens ion s of sc ree n (i nsid e an d out si de w id th and height). Wall Siz e and P osi tio n Layout Selec t number o f ver tical and /or horizontal monitors, ro w position, and [...]

724-746-5500 | blackbox.com Page 39 Chap ter 7: Vid eo Wall Featur es Fig ure 7-3 show s th e Adv ance d Se tup s cre en. Table 7-2 des cr ibe s it s co mp one nt s. Fig ure 7-3. Adva nce d Se tup s cre en.[...]

724-746-5500 | blackbox.com Page 40 Chap ter 7: Vid eo Wall Featur es T a bl e 7- 2. Adva nce d Se tup s cre en co mpo ne nt s. Component Des cripti on Step 1: Cho os e cont rol target Click on t he a rrow s an d but to ns to s ele c t a cont rol target. Sho w OSD c hec kb ox Check this box to output each receiver’ s specific numb er to t he co n[...]

724-746-5500 | blackbox.com Page 41 Chap ter 7: Vid eo Wall Featur es Fig ure 7- 4 sho ws t he Ad va nced Com man ds sc ree n. Table 7-3 des cri be s it s components. Fig ure 7- 4. A dva nce d Comman ds s cre en.[...]

724-746-5500 | blackbox.com Page 42 Chap ter 7: Vid eo Wall Featur es T a bl e 7-3. Advan ced Comm and s scr ee n comp on ent s . Component Des cripti on Screen Layout ( Row x Col umn ) Sel ec t t he nu mbe r of row s an d col umns f rom th e dro p - dow n me nu, th en cl ick o n the “ A p ply” b ut ton . Row Position Sel ec t t he ro w from t [...]

724-746-5500 | blackbox.com Page 43 Chap ter 8 : T roub les hoo ting 8. T roubleshooting 8. 1 Pro blem / S olutio ns Problem: No v id eo o n mo nito r at bo otu p. Soluti ons : 1. C h eck t he d evi ce p ower u sin g the L ink / Powe r LE D. 2. Check t he ne t wor k con nec t io n usin g the N et w ork L ED. 3. Chec k the v id eo co nne c tio n usi[...]

724-746-5500 | blackbox.com Page 44 Chap ter 8 : T roub les hoo ting • the co mp on ent s invo lve d in t he pro bl em. • a ny par t icu lar a ppl ic ati on tha t, w hen u se d, ap pea rs to c rea te the p ro ble m or ma ke it w or se. 8. 3 S hip pin g and Pa cka gin g If yo u ne ed to t rans por t o r shi p you r Me dia Cento I PX wi th Po E :[...]

724-746-5500 | blackbox.com Page 45 Appe ndix : Connec tor Pinouts Appen dix. Connec tor Pinouts Fig ure A -1 shows t he D B9 to R J -1 2 or R J -1 1 conn ec to r pin out s . Fig ure A -1 . DB 9 to R J -1 2 6P 6 C or R J -1 1 ( 4P4 C) c abl e pin out .[...]

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