Kramer Electronics VS-88HN manual

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VS -88HN - Contents i Contents 1 Introduction 1 2 Getting Start ed 2 2.1 Achieving the Best Perfor mance 2 2.2 Safety Instruction s 3 2.3 Recycling Kra mer Products 3 3 Overview 4 3.1 Defining the V S-88HN 8x 8 HDMI Ma trix Switcher 4 3.2 Using the IR Transmitter 7 4 Installing in a Rac k 8 5 Connecting the VS-88HN 8x8 H DMI Matrix S witcher 9 6 Op[...]

VS -88HN - Introducti on 1 1 Introduction Welcome to Kra mer Electroni cs! Since 198 1, Kramer Electronic s has been providing a w orld of unique, creative, and af fordable solu tions to the vast range o f problems that con front video, audio, pre sentation, and broadcasting pro fessionals on a daily ba sis. In recent years , we have re designed an[...]

2 VS -88HN - Getting Star ted 2 Getting Started We recommend that you:  Unpack the equip ment carefully and save the original box and pack aging materials for po ssible future shipme nt  Review the con tents of this user man ual Go to http://www .kramerelectroni cs.co m/support/prod uct_downloa ds.asp to check for up- to -date user manuals, a[...]

VS -88HN - Getting Star ted 3 2.2 Safety Instructions Caution: There are no ope rator serv iceable par ts inside the unit Warning: Use only the pow er cord that is sup plied with the uni t Warning: Do not open the un it. High vo ltages can cause electrical sho ck! Servicing by qualified personnel only Warning: Disconnect the pow er and unplug the u[...]

4 VS -88HN - Over view 3 Overvie w The VS - 8 8 H N is a high quality 8x 8 matrix sw itcher for HDMI signa ls. It re clocks and equalizes the signal and can route any input to any or all output s simultaneously. In particular, the VS - 8 8 HN features:  Up to 6.7 5G bps data rate (2.25Gbps per graphi c s channel) Suitable for resoluti ons up to [...]

VS -88HN - Over view 5 VS -88HN – Overview 5 Figure 1 : VS -88HN 8 x8 HDMI Matrix Switcher Front Panel # Fe atu re Fu nc tion 1 IR Indication LED Lights yellow whe n receiving signals from the infrared remote c ontrol transmitter 2 IR Receiver Signal receiver for the infrared remote control transmitter 3 POWER LED Lights when the d evice is turne[...]

6 VS -88HN - Over view Figure 2 : VS -88HN 8 x8 HDMI Matrix Switc her Rear Panel # Fe atu re Fu nc tion 13 IN H DMI Con ne cto r s ( 1 t o 8 ) Connect to up to 8 HDMI sources 14 O UT HDM I Connectors (1 t o 8 ) Connect to up to 8 HDMI acceptors 15 RS -232 9-pin D-su b Port Connector Connect to a PC/s erial controller 16 ETHERNET RJ -45 Connector Co[...]

VS -88HN - Over view 7 3.2 Using the IR T ransmitter You can use the RC -IR3 IR trans mi tter to contro l the machine via the built-in IR receiver on the front panel or , instead , via an op t ional ex ternal IR receiver (M odel: C-A35M/IRR-50 ). The ex ternal IR receiver can be loca ted up to 15 meters aw ay from the machine. Thi s d istance can b[...]

8 VS -88HN - Installi ng in a Rack 4 Installing in a Rac k This section pro vides instructions for rack mounting the unit.[...]

VS -88HN - Connecting the VS-88HN 8x8 HDMI Matrix Swi tcher 9 5 Connectin g the VS -88HN 8x8 HDMI Matrix Switcher Always switch off the pow er to each device before conne cting it to your VS -88HN . Af ter connecting your VS -88HN , connect its pow er and then switch on the pow er to each device. To connect the VS - 88HN 8x8 HDMI Matrix Switcher as[...]

10 VS -88HN - Connec ting the VS-88HN 8x8 HDMI Matrix Swi tcher Figure 3: Connectin g the VS -88HN 8x8 HDMI Matrix Switcher[...]

VS -88HN - Operatin g the VS-88HN 8x8 HDM I Matrix Switcher 11 6 Operating the VS - 88HN 8x8 HDMI Matrix Switcher This section des c ribes how to:  Switch an input to an output (see Section 6.1 )  Acquire the EDID ( s ee Sec tion 6.2 )  Store and recall sw it ch se t tings ( see S ecti on 6.3 )  Reset the VS -88H N (see Section 6.4 ) ?[...]

12 VS -88HN - Operatin g the VS -88HN 8x8 HDMI M atrix Switcher 6.2.1 Acquiring the EDID from One Output Note : You can assign the EDID fr om one output to any or al l of the eight inputs. To acquire the EDID fro m a disp la y device connected to one of t he outputs: 1. Press the EDID an d STO buttons simultaneo usly and hold them for 3 seconds. Bo[...]

VS -88HN - Operatin g the VS-88HN 8x8 HDM I Matrix Switcher 13 7. Select the outpu t fro m which t he E DID is acquired (for ex am ple, OUT 6). 8. Press the IN 3 but ton. The IN 3 button s tops flashing. 9. Press the input buttons to w hich you w ant to c opy t he ED ID (for ex a mple, IN 1 and IN 3). 10 . Make sure that the re levant input numbers[...]

14 VS -88HN - Operatin g the VS-88HN 8x8 HDM I Matrix Switcher To store a preset (for examp l e, t o prese t 10): 1. Configure the sw itching as required for the prese t. 2. Press the STO bu tt on. The STO button flas he s . 3. Select an OUT or I N SEL ECT button to store the dev ice setting (for example, IN 2 for prese t 10). 4. Press the STO bu t[...]

VS -88HN - Operatin g the VS-88HN 8x8 HDM I Matrix Switcher 15 6.5 Switching Bet ween Protocol 2000 and Protoco l 3000 To switch fro m Protocol 2000 to Protocol 3000 and vice-versa us ing the front panel buttons :  Press Output bu tt on s 1 and 3 a t the same time. Protocol 3000 i s activ e.  Press Output bu tt on s 1 and 2 a t the same time.[...]

16 VS -88HN - Operatin g the VS-88HN 8x8 HDM I Matrix Switcher 6.7.1 Connecting the Ethernet Port directl y to a PC Yo u ca n connect the Ethernet port o f the VS -88HN directly to the E t herne t port on your PC using a crossover cable w ith RJ -45 connectors . This type of con nection is re c o mm ended for identifying the VS -88HN with the facto[...]

VS -88HN - Operatin g the VS-88HN 8x8 HDM I Matrix Switcher 17 4. Highlight either Internet Protocol Version 6 (TCP/IPv6) or Internet Protocol Versio n 4 (TC P /IPv4) de pending on the req uirements of your IT system. 5. Click Properties . The Internet Pr otocol Propertie s w indow relevant to your IT sys tem app ears as shown in Figure 6 or Figure[...]

18 VS -88HN - Operatin g the VS-88HN 8x8 HDM I Matrix Switcher Figure 7: Internet P rotocol Version 6 Pr operties W indow 6. Select Use the fol l owing IP A ddress for static IP addressing and fill in the details as show n in Figure 8 . For TCP/IPv4 you can use any IP address in the ra nge 192.168.1.1 to 192.168.1.255 (ex cluding 192.168.1.39) tha [...]

VS -88HN - Operatin g the VS-88HN 8x8 HDM I Matrix Switcher 19 Figure 8: Internet P rotocol Properties Window 7. Click OK . 8. Click Close . 6.7.2 Connecting the Ethernet Port via a Network Hub or Switch You can conne c t the Ethern et port of the VS -88HN to the Ethernet port on a networ k hub or using a straight-thr ough cable with R J -45 conne [...]

20 VS -88HN - Technical Specifications 7 Technical Specif ications INPUTS: 8 HDMI connect ors OUTPUTS: 8 HDMI connect ors MAX DATA RATE : 6.75Gbps data rate (2.25Gbps per g raphics channel ) COMPLIANCE W ITH HDMI STANDARD: HDMI and HDCP RESOLUTION: Up to UXGA; 1080 p POWER CONS UMPTION: 100  240V AC, 50/60H z, 40 VA CONTROLS: Front panel butto n[...]

VS -88HN - Default Comm unication Paramet ers 21 8 Default Commun ication Parameters RS - 232 Pr oto co l 2 000 (D efa ult ) Pr oto co l 3 000 Baud Rate 9600 Baud Rate 9600 Data Bits 8 Data Bits 8 Stop Bits 1 Stop Bits 1 Parity None Parity None Command Format HEX Command Format ASCII Example (Output 1 to Input 1) 0x0 1, 0x8 1, 0x81, 0x81 Example (O[...]

22 VS -88HN - Default EDI D 9 Default EDID Monitor Model name............... VS - 88 HN Manufacturer............. KMR Plug and Play ID......... KRM0200 Serial number............ 1 Manufacture date......... 2010, ISO week 24 --------- ----------- ----- EDID revision............ 1.3 Input signal type........ Digital (DVI) Color bit depth.......... Un[...]

VS -88HN - Default EDI D 23 1024 x 768p at 60Hz - VESA 1024 x 768p at 70Hz - VESA 1024 x 768p at 75Hz - VESA 1280 x 1024p at 75Hz - VESA 1152 x 870p at 75Hz - Apple Mac II 1280 x 720p at 60Hz - VESA STD 1280 x 800p at 60Hz - VESA STD 1440 x 900p at 60Hz - VESA STD 1280 x 960p at 60Hz - VESA STD 1280 x 1024p at 60Hz - VESA STD 1400 x 1050p at 60Hz -[...]

24 VS -88HN - Default EDI D Rear LFE................. No CE vendor specific data (VSDB) IEEE registration number. 0x000C03 CEC physical address..... 1.0.0.0 Maximum TMDS clock....... 165MHz Report information Date generated........... 08/03/2011 Software revision........ 2.52.0.857 Data source.............. Real-time 0x0031 Operating system........[...]

VS -88HN - Kramer Pr otocol 2000 25 10 Kramer Protoco l 2000 The Kramer Proto col 2000 RS-232/RS-485 co mmunication use s four bytes of information as de f ined below . All t he values in the table are de c imal, unless otherw is e stated. MSB LSB 1st Byte DESTINA T ION INSTRUCTION 0 D N5 N4 N3 N2 N1 N0 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 2nd Byte INPUT 1 I6 I5 I4 I3 [...]

26 VS -88HN - Kramer P rotocol 2000 Instruction Codes for Protocol 2000 Instruction Definition for Spe cific Instruction Notes # Description Input Output 0 RESET VIDEO 0 0 1 1 SWITCH VIDEO Set equal to video input w h ich is to be switched (0 = disconnect) Set equal to video outp u t which is to be switched (0 = to all the outputs) 2, 15 3 STORE VI[...]

VS -88HN - Kramer Pr otocol 2000 27 NOTE 13 - This is a request t o identify the switche r/s in the system . If the O UTPUT is set a s 0, and t he INPUT is se t as 1, 2, 5 or 7, the machin e sends its name. The reply is the d ecimal valu e of the I NPUT a nd OUTPUT. For e xampl e, for a 2216, the reply to the req uest to send the audio ma chine nam[...]

28 VS -88HN - Protocol 300 0 11 Protocol 3000 By default, the VS -8 8HN is set to Protocol 2000 ( see Section 10 ) but is also compatible w it h Kramer ’s protocol 3000. Note that the VS -88HN nee ds to be set to proto col 2000 in order to use the IR re m ote con trol. The VS -88HN can be oper ated usin g serial co mmands from a PC, remote contro[...]

VS -88HN - Protocol 300 0 29 11.1.2.1 Device Long Response Echoing command : St art Ad dre ss (o pt io na l) Bo dy De li mi ter ~ de vi ce _id @ Co mma nd SP [ Par am 1 , Para m2 … ] resu lt CR LF CR = Carriage return (ASC II 13 = 0 x0D) LF = Line feed (ASC II 10 = 0x 0A) SP = Space (ASC I I 32 = 0x20) 11.1.3 Command Terms Command A sequence of A[...]

30 VS -88HN - Protocol 300 0 Command chain separat or char acter When a message string contains more than on e command , a pipe ( '|' ) character separates each command . Spaces betwe en parameters or comman d ter ms are ignored. 11.1.4 Entering Commands You can directly en ter all co mm an ds u sing a terminal with ASCII c ommun ications[...]

VS -88HN - Protocol 300 0 31 11.2 Kramer Protoco l 3000 Commands Command Short Form Description Permission # Protocol handshak ing End User BUILD- DATE? Read device buil d date End User CPEDID Copy EDID data fr om the output to the input EEPROM End User DISPLAY? Read if output is vali d End User FACTORY Reset to factor y default configuration GETED[...]

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