Kramer Electronics VP-23RC manual

Kramer Ele ctronics, Ltd. USER MANUAL Model: VP-23RC     Presentation Switcher / Controller    [...]

Contents i Contents 1 Introduction 1 2 Getting Started 1 2.1 Quick Start 1 3 Overview 3 3.1 About the VP-23R C 3 3.1.1 Understanding the Presentation Switcher Section 3 3.1.2 Understanding the Media / Room Controller Section 4 3.1.3 Controlling the VP-23RC 5 3.2 Connecting the VP-23R C Rear Panel 6 3.3 Recommendations for Ach ieving the Best Perfo [...]

KRAMER: SIMPLE CREATIVE TECHNOLOGY Contents ii 9.3.4 Turning the Light of the Backlit Buttons On and Off 34 9.4 The Presentation Switcher Sectio n Operation 34 9.4.1 The Independent Switchers Mode 34 9.4.2 The Master Audio Mode 35 9.4. 3 Th e Pre se nta ti on Sw itc her S EL ECT OR But ton s Ma cr o S equ en ce 37 10 Flash Memory Upgra de 38 10.1 F[...]

Contents iii Figure 24: Atmel – Flip Window 39 Figure 25: Device Selection Window 40 Figure 26: Selecting the Device from the Selection Window 40 Figure 27: Loading the Hex 41 Figure 28: RS-232 Window 41 Figure 29: Atmel – Flip Window (Connected) 42 Figure 30: Atmel – Flip Window (Operation Completed) 42 Figure 31: The KFR-Programmer Window 4[...]

Introduction 1 1 Introduction Wel com e to K ramer Elec troni cs! Since 1981 , K ramer Elect ronics h as bee n prov iding a w orld o f uni que, c r ea tiv e, an d aff ordabl e solu tions to th e vast range of pro blems tha t conf ront th e vide o, au dio , p resen tatio n, an d bro adc as ting prof essi ona l on a dai ly basi s. In re cent y ears, [...]

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

Overview 3 3 Overvie w This section describes:  Using shielded t wisted pair (STP) /unshielded twisted pair (UTP ) (see section  6.3)  The VP-2 3RC (see section  3 .1)  Presentation Switcher sect ion (see section  3.1. 1)  Media / Room Controller (see section  3.1. 2)  Means of control ( see section  3 .1.3)  An exa[...]

KRAMER: SIMPLE CREATIVE TECHNOLOGY Overview 4  Di gi tal mi crophon e inpu t leve l co ntrol and d igit al mas ter au dio le vel con trol  M ic ro pho ne ta lk- ove r m od e 1  A CAT 5 ou tpu t, w ith a tran smiss ion ra ng e of more than 3 00 fe et (ov er 10 0 me ters ) that transm its V GA/ UXGA signa ls 2 to a remot e acce ptor via a re[...]

Overview 5 3.1.3 Controlling the VP-23RC Control the VP-23RC using the front panel butto ns, or remotel y vi a:  RS-232 1 serial commands trans mitted by a touch scree n system, PC, or other serial controller  The Kramer Infrared remote control transmitter  The ETHERNET 2 The VP-2 3RC is dependable, rugged, and fits into two vertical space[...]

KRAMER: SIMPLE CREATIVE TECHNOLOGY Overview 6 3.2 Connecting the V P-23RC Rear Panel The VP-2 3RC can be connected in different co nfigurations, integrating t he Presentation Switcher sect ion with the Media/Roo m Controller sectio n. The block diagra m in Figure 1 s hows a VP-23RC confi guration example: IR Emitters Relays RS-232 Figure 1: VP-23RC[...]

Overview 7 To connect the VP-23 RC as illustrated in the blo ck diagram in Figure 1:  Connect the A/V equip ment 1 to the Presentation Switcher section (see section  6)  Connect the A/V equip ment and room items to t he Media/Room Controller section (see section  7 ) 3.3 Recommendation s for Achievin g the Best Performance To achieve th[...]

KRAMER: SIMPLE CREATIVE TECHNOLOGY Your Presentation Switcher / Controller 8 4 Your Presentation S w itcher / Co ntroller The VP-2 3RC front and rear panels relate in the following way:  The Presentation Switcher section relates to the AUDIO, VIDEO and SWITCHER CONTROL areas on the rear panel  The Media/Room Controller section relates to the [...]

Your Presentation Switcher / Controller 9 Figure 2: VP-23RC Presentation Switcher / Controller – Front View[...]

KRAMER: SIMPLE CREATIVE TECHNOLOGY Your Presentation Switcher / Controller 10 Table 2: Front Panel VP-23RC Presentation Switcher / Controller Features # Fe atu re Fu nct ion 1 IR (In fra red ) Rec e iv er Signals fro m the Kramer re m ote contr ol transmitter illum inate the LED 2 POWER Switch Illuminated switch for turning the unit ON or OFF 3 IR [...]

Your Presentation Switcher / Controller 11 Figure 3: VP-23RC Presentation Switcher / Controller – Rear View[...]

KRAMER: SIMPLE CREATIVE TECHNOLOGY Your Presentation Switcher / Controller 12 Table 3: Rear Panel VP-23RC Presentation Switcher / Controller Features # Fe atu re Fu nct ion 1 MIC IN Conn ector Connect to the m icrophone 2 COND. / DYN Sel ector Switch Push in to select a condenser, release to select a dynamic micropho ne 3 CV OUT Termin al Block Con[...]

Your Presentation Switcher / Controller 13 4.3 The VP-23RC Und erside Panel Figure 4 and T able 4 define the VP-23 RC underside features: VS HS RESET Figure 4: VP-23RC Presentation Switcher / Controller – Underside View Table 4: VP-23RC Underside Panel Features Fe atu re Fu nct ion RESET Button Press to reset the unit prior to firmware upgrade (s[...]

KRAMER: SIMPLE CREATIVE TECHNOLOGY Installing the VP-23RC on a Rack 14 5 Installing the VP -23RC on a Rack Th i s secti o n de sc ribe s w hat to do b efore insta lling on a rack and how to r ack mou nt. Before Installing on a Rack How to Rack Mount Before installing on a rack, be sure th at the environment is within the recomm ended range: Operati[...]

Connecting the VP-23RC Presentation Switcher Section 15 6 Connecting the VP -23RC Presentation S w itcher Sect ion To connect 1 the VP-23RC P resentation Switcher section, as il lustrated in the example in Figure 5 , do the following 2 : 1 . C o n ne c t th e fo ll ow in g v i de o so ur ce s:  One 3 composite video source (for example, a co mpo[...]

KRAMER: SIMPLE CREATIVE TECHNOLOGY Connecting the VP-23RC Presentation Switcher Section 16 8 . I f r e qu ir ed , co nn ec t a PC t o th e RS - 23 2 p or t (s ee s ec ti on  8 . 1. 1) . Figure 5: Connecting the VP-23RC Presentation Switcher Section[...]

Connecting the VP-23RC Presentation Switcher Section 17 6.1 Connecting the Bal anced/Unbalanced Ste reo Audio Input/O utput Figure 6 illustrates ho w to wire a balanced input/output connection: Figure 6: Connecting the Balanced Stereo Audio Input/Output Figure 7 illustrates ho w to wire an unbalanced inp ut: Figure 7: Connecting the Unbalanced Ster[...]

KRAMER: SIMPLE CREATIVE TECHNOLOGY Connecting the VP-23RC Presentation Switcher Section 18 6.2 Wiring the C A T 5 LINE OUT RJ-45 Connector Table 5 and Figure 9 define the CAT 5 PINOUT, using a straight p in-to-pin cable with RJ-45 co nnectors: Table 5: CAT 5 PINOUT EI A /T IA 5 68 A E IA /TI A 5 68B PI N Wi re Co lo r PI N W i re Co lor 1 G re en /[...]

Connecting to the Media / Room Controller Equipment 19 7 Connecting to the Medi a / Room Con troller Equipment To connect 1 the VP-23RC M edia/Room Controller section, as the example illustrated in Figure 10 shows, do the following 2 : 1 . C o n ne c t th e RE LA Y 3 te rm in al b lo ck c on ne ct o rs a s f ol lo w s:  Connect RELAY 1 to the bl[...]

KRAMER: SIMPLE CREATIVE TECHNOLOGY Connecting to the Media / Room Controller Equipment 20 Co mp uter Grap hics S o urce Co mp osite V i de o Pla yer s- Vid eo Pl ayer Pro j ec t or Lif t Scr een Bl i nd s Lig hting Sys tem Pro j ec tor Figure 10: Connecting the VP-23RC Media/Room Controller Section[...]

Connecting to the Media / Room Controller Equipment 21 7.1 Setting the M edia / Room Controller PROGRAM Dipsw itches The PROGRAM d ipswitches are lo cated in the CONTROLLER area o f the rear panel (see section  7. 1). Table 6 defines the PROGRAM dipswitch settings: Table 6: PROGRAM Dipswitch Settings DI PS De sc ri ptio n 1 ON for Firmware Upgra[...]

KRAMER: SIMPLE CREATIVE TECHNOLOGY Controlling the VP-23RC 22 8 Controlling the VP-23R C The VP-2 3RC can be controlled via:  A PC (see section  8.1)  RS-232 and RS-485 (see section  8.2)  The ETHERNET (see section  8.3) 8.1 Controlling the VP-23 RC via a PC To c on tr ol th e V P-2 3RC 1 v ia th e c on t ro l s oftw ar e: 1. C o [...]

Controlling the VP-23RC 23 8.1.1 Connecting an RS-232 port to a PC Yo u ca n c onn ect a PC t o th e VP -23 RC v ia an RS -2 32 po rt, as de fin ed in Ta bl e 7 : Table 7: Connecting an RS-232 Port to a PC RS -23 2 R ea r Pa nel Po rt Loc ati on Fo r… Po rt 1 in th e C O N TR OLL ER a rea  M ed ia/ R oo m C on tro ll er f ir mwa re up gra de ([...]

KRAMER: SIMPLE CREATIVE TECHNOLOGY Controlling the VP-23RC 24 8.2 Controlling Additional Kramer Machin es via RS-232 and R S-485 You can cascade other Kr amer machines 1 together with the VP-23RC via the RS-485 po rt, and control them via the SWIT CHER CONTROL RS-232 port using a PC. To connect two Kra mer VP-8x8A machines to the VP- 23RC , via RS [...]

Controlling the VP-23RC 25 Machine # 2 VP-8x8A VP-8x8A VP-23RC Machine # 3 Figure 13: Control Configuration via RS-232 and RS-485 8.3 Controlling via th e ETHERNET You can control t he VP-23RC via the Ethernet a s well as configure the Media/Roo m Controller b uttons and the Presentation S witcher SELECTOR buttons 1 . 1 Done by the system integrato[...]

KRAMER: SIMPLE CREATIVE TECHNOLOGY Controlling the VP-23RC 26 B e f or e us in g th e V P- 23R C v i a a n e tw or k hu b or n e tw o rk r ou te r, m a k e s u re t h at :  The IP number of the machine is defined on the ne twork subnet and t hat its number is unique i n the local network  A Firewall is not p reventing access to the device If [...]

Controlling the VP-23RC 27 6 . S e l ec t U s e th e f oll ow i n g IP A dd re ss , a n d fi ll i n th e d et a i l s a s sh ow n i n F i g ur e 1 5. 7 . C l ick OK . Figure 15: Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) Properties Window Remember to restore your previous PC settings after setting the VP-23RC IP If the Media/Roo m Controller is not yet config ured[...]

KRAMER: SIMPLE CREATIVE TECHNOLOGY Operating Your VP-23RC 28 9 Operating You r VP-23RC This section describes t he:  Front panel buttons (see sec tion  9.1)  VP-23RC b utton configuration (see sectio n  9.2)  Media/Roo m Control section operation (see section  9.3)  Presentation Switcher sect ion opera tion (see section  9.4[...]

Operating Your VP-23RC 29 Pressing an illumi nated AUDIO SELECT OR button for m ore than 2 second s disconnects that m aster audio output, and the button no lo nger illuminates. The video w ill continue to d isplay but without sou nd. The Master Audio automatically follows the la st input selected (for example, VGA/UXGA), regardles s of the switche[...]

KRAMER: SIMPLE CREATIVE TECHNOLOGY Operating Your VP-23RC 30 Com posi te V ide o Pl aye r Pro jec tor Lif t s-V ideo Pla yer Sc ree n Blind s Lig htin g Sy stem INT ERNET Pro j ec tor Figure 16: Example of a Typical Media/Room Controller Section Configuration Table 9: Connection Scheme (for the example in Figure 16) Th is con nec tor : Co nt rol s [...]

Operating Your VP-23RC 31 F ig ure 17 sh ow s a c omm on se tu p f or th e V P- 23RC in a m edi a r oom . A n ov erh ea d p roj ect or an d sc reen , sp eak ers , l igh ts ; a nd a ca bin et w it h a DV D an d a VC R i ns i de , a re all co n tro l le d v i a t he VP- 23R C . The pr ese nte r’s la pt op is l oca te d on th e podi um (a lso co nn [...]

KRAMER: SIMPLE CREATIVE TECHNOLOGY Operating Your VP-23RC 32 9.3.1 Operating the Media / Room Controller In the following example 1 , illustrated in Figure 1 8, the VP-23RC is lab eled 2 with specific functio ns and each button is pro grammed 3 to perform several tasks 4 as defined in Table 10. Each button may be assigned with up to 1 5 commands. T[...]

Operating Your VP-23RC 33 9.3.2 An Example of Operating the VP-23RC Figure 19 sho ws an operatin g example: ON OFF DVD PC PC VCR V o l UP V o l DOWN VC R DV D Figure 19: VP-23RC Operation Example 9.3.3 Using the Media / Room Controller Macro Buttons Pressing any button init iates a macro sequence 1 , during which the button blinks (as progra mmed b[...]

KRAMER: SIMPLE CREATIVE TECHNOLOGY Operating Your VP-23RC 34 If you want to stop a macro sequence, pre ss and hold that button for 5 seconds. The sequence will come to an end. You ca n resume oper ation by pressing any button 1 . The unit will carr y out the macro sequence co mman ds from the beginning. 9.3.4 Turning the Light of the Backlit Button[...]

Operating Your VP-23RC 35 Each pressed button ill uminates 1 , indicating selection a nd outputting o f that video and audio source. If a button includes a macro sequence, it will be executed when pressing that button. CV Vi deo Acce ptor s-Vi deo Sou rces         s-Vid eo Accepto r [...]

KRAMER: SIMPLE CREATIVE TECHNOLOGY Operating Your VP-23RC 36 (I) When pre ssing button 2 under the VGA/UXG A-AUDIO SELECT OR, the UXGA IN 2 signal is ro uted to the displa y 1 . The VGA/UXGA butto n under the MASTER AUDIO SELECTOR section a utomatically illuminates, and the UXGA audio signal is r outed to the SPKR OUT 2 and the MAST ER OUT 2 termin[...]

Operating Your VP-23RC 37 9.4 .3 The P res entat ion Switc her SE LEC TOR B utton s Macr o Sequ ence The SELECTOR butto ns can be configured to execute a sequence of commands (a m acro) in a simi lar way to the Media / Roo m Controller buttons (see section  9.3.1) so that when a SELECTOR button i s pressed, it w ill first perform the s witching [...]

KRAMER: SIMPLE CREATIVE TECHNOLOGY Flash Memory Upgrade 38 10 Flash Memory Upgrade The firmware is upgrad ed separately for the Pr esentation Switcher section (see section  10.1) and for the Me dia/Room Controller section (se e section  10.2). 10.1 Flash M emory Upgrade for the Pres entation Switcher Section The VP-2 3RC firmware for the Pr e[...]

Flash Memory Upgrade 39 10.1.3 Upgrading the Firmware Follow these steps to upgrade the fir mware for the Presentation S witcher section: 1 . D ou b l e cl ic k th e de sk t o p i co n : “ Sh or tc u t to F LI P. EX E ” . Th e S pl as h sc re en a p p ea rs a s f ol lo ws : Figure 23: Splash Screen 2 . A f te r a few se co nd s, t he S pl a s h[...]

KRAMER: SIMPLE CREATIVE TECHNOLOGY Flash Memory Upgrade 40 Figure 25: Device Selection Window 4 . C l ick th e bu tt on n ex t t o t h e na m e of t he dev i ce an d s el ec t fr om t he li st : A T8 9C 51 R D2 : AT89 C51 RD2 T 89C 51 RD 2 Figure 26: Selecting the Device from the Selection Window 5 . C l ick OK a n d se le ct “ Lo ad H ex ” f r[...]

Flash Memory Upgrade 41 A Figure 27: Loading the Hex 6 . T h e O pe n F il e wi nd ow ope ns . S e l e ct t he c or r ec t H E X f il e th at c on t ai n s th e u pd at ed v er si on of t h e fi rm wa re f or V P -2 3 RC (f o r ex am pl e, 2 3R CM _V 1p 2. he x ) a nd c li ck Op en . 7 . P re s s th e ke yb oa rd s h o rtc u t k ey F 3 (o r se l ec[...]

KRAMER: SIMPLE CREATIVE TECHNOLOGY Flash Memory Upgrade 42 A VP23RC.he x Figure 29: Atmel – Flip Window (Connected) 9 . C l ick Ru n . A ft er e ac h st ag e of t h e op er at io n is c om pl et ed , th e ch ec k- b ox f or t ha t st ag e b ec om es c ol or ed g re en 1 . W h en t he o pe ra ti on i s c om pl et ed , al l 4 ch e ck - bo x es w il[...]

Flash Memory Upgrade 43 1 2. D is co nn ec t th e R S- 2 32 re ar p an el p or t on t he V P -2 3 RC u ni t fr om t he Nu l l- m od em a da pt e r . 1 3. R e le as e th e FL AS H PRO G bu t t o n on r ea r pa n el . 1 4. C on ne ct t he po w er t o th e VP -2 3R C . 10.2 Flas h Mem ory Up gra de for th e Me dia / Roo m C ont r olle r S ec tion The [...]

KRAMER: SIMPLE CREATIVE TECHNOLOGY Flash Memory Upgrade 44 10.2.3 Upgrading Firmware Follow these steps to upgrade the fir mware: 1 . D ou b l e cl ic k th e KF R- P r og r am me r de sk to p i c on . Th e K FR -P ro g ra mm er w in d ow a p pe ar s (s ee F ig ur e 3 1 ). Figure 31: The KFR-Programmer Window 2 . S e l ec t t he r eq ui r e d C O M [...]

Flash Memory Upgrade 45 10.3 T roubleshooting Firmw are Upgrade Issues If the RC device does not communicate and it is i mpossible to p erform the flash upgrade pr ocedure, the problem may so metimes be solved b y perfor m ing the factor y default restore p rocedure. To restore the factory default settings, do the following: 1 . T u rn of f t he V [...]

KRAMER: SIMPLE CREATIVE TECHNOLOGY Technical Specifications 46 11 Technical Spec ifications Table 11 includes the technical specificatio ns 1 : Table 11: Technical Specifications of the VP-23RC Presentation Switcher / Controller PORTS (CONTRO LLER): 2 RS-232 on a termin al block connecto r and a DB 9M; 1 ETHERNE T RJ-45 port I NP UTS : 4 V GA / X G[...]

Hex Table 47 12 Hex Table Table 12 lists the Hex values (which the pro tocol in section  13 describ es in more detail) for the VP-23RC Pre sentation Switcher section: Table 12: VP-23RC Hex Table In put s G ro up # Co mpo sit e Vid eo O UT an d A udi o O UT C V s- Vid eo OUT an d Au dio OU T s- Vid eo VG A O UT and Au dio OU T VG A I n 1 0 1 8 1 [...]

KRAMER: SIMPLE CREATIVE TECHNOLOGY Hex Table 48 Table 16: Set the Audio Output Gain Control for the Master Audio Au dio Ga in Con tro l f or Mas ter Ou t 16 85 80 81 Mu te … 16 85 F9 81 0 d B … 16 85 FF 81 3d B Table 17: Increase or Decrease the Audio Output Gain by One Step Co mpo sit e Vi deo s- Vid eo VG A Mi cro pho ne M ast er Out In cre a[...]

Communication Protocol 49 13 Communication Protoc ol This proto col, wh ich enables RS-232 communicatio n between the VP-23RC and the PC, uses 4 b ytes of information, and d ata is at 9600 baud, no parity, 8 data bits and 1 stop bit. Table 18: Protocol Definitions MS B L SB DESTINATION I NS TRU CT IO N 0 D N5 N4 N3 N2 N1 N0 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 1st byte[...]

KRAMER: SIMPLE CREATIVE TECHNOLOGY Communication Protocol 50 Table 19: Instruction Codes  I NS TRU CT IO N DE FIN ITI ON F OR SPE CIF IC I NST RU CT ION NO TE # DE SCR IPT ION IN PUT O UT PUT 0 RESET MACHINE 0 0 1 1 SWITCH GROUPS 1-4 Set equal to video and audio inputs to be switched for the relative group 1-3 Set equal to group to which output [...]

Communication Protocol 51 NOTE 3 The reply to a “ REQUE ST” instruction is as f ollows: the sa me instruction and input co des as were sent are returned, and the OUTPUT is assigned to the value of the requested para meter. T he reply to the instruction #5 (what is the status of the VG A group?): 0000 0101 1000 0000 1000 0011 1000 0001 Would be:[...]

KRAMER: SIMPLE CREATIVE TECHNOLOGY 52 LI MI TE D W AR RAN TY WHO IS PRO TE CT ED ? WHA T I S CO VERED AND WHA T I S NOT COVE RED WHAT WE WI LL P AY FOR AND WHA T WE WI L L NOT P AY FOR HOW YO U C AN GET W A RRAN TY S ER VI CE LI MI T A T IO N O F I MPL IE D W A RRA NT IE S EXCL USIO N O F DAMA GES CA UT IO N! Kram er El ect roni cs (h er eafter ) w[...]

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