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TX - Ports
Video Ports
This page provides basic information about the two video ports located
on the TX unit.
Enabled
- Confirms whether each video port is enabled or disabled.
Connected
- Confirms whether functioning host video drivers are
connected to the two video ports.
EDID Source
- Lists the EDID mode currently being ‘output’ or
‘presented’ on the two video connectors.
Attached Monitor Receiver
- If the ‘Attached monitor’ option has
been selected as the ‘EDID Source’, then this displays the name of the
RX device that supplied the EDID currently being used.
Background Refresh (frames)
- The system will send all changing
video as soon as it changes. In addition, it is possible to send unchanging
video in the background, to overcome problems of lost network traffic.
This control will configure how often a whole frame of video will be
sent alongside changing video. In situations of frequently changing video,
or high reliability networks, this value can be set to a higher number, or
even set to disabled.
Compression Type
- Allows you to select the compression method
to best suit the nature of the video sources. Settings are: Pixel Perfect,
Adaptive, Smoothest Video or Advanced (which allows you to set the
maximum and minimum compression levels).
Magic Eye
- When ticked, this feature increases performance and
reduces network traffic if ALIF units are used with host computers that
have dithered video output. It also improves performance if the video
source is noisy.
Multicast
- This section lists all video multicast IP addresses that have
been configured. Setting the field to a blank (empty string) value will
cause the system to automatically generate a default multicast address.
Audio Ports
This page provides basic information about the audio ports located on
the TX unit.
Enabled
- Confirms whether the audio ports are enabled or disabled.
Connected
- Confirms whether devices are connected to respective
ports.
Quality Mode
- This option is currently fixed at 48khz, 16bit.
Multicast
- This section lists all video multicast IP addresses that have
been configured. Setting the field to a blank (empty string) value will
cause the system to automatically generate a default multicast address.
USB Ports
This page provides basic information about the USB ports located on the
TX unit.
Type
- Identifies the type of the USB port.
Enabled
- Confirms whether the USB ports are enabled or disabled.
Connected
- Confirms whether valid devices are connected to either
USB port.
Note: As both USB ports share the same physical port, it is not
possible to detect whether a specific port has a device connected.
Present Boot Keyboard
- When ticked, the TX unit will report a
virtual dummy boot keyboard to the attached PC to ensure that a
keyboard is always reported when the PC boots up. The dummy boot
keyboard uses one of the 13 USB endpoints, therefore if all 13 endpoints
are required elsewhere for USB devices (or a KVM switch only supports
two HID devices) then it can be disabled by deselecting this option.
Speed
- Limits the speed the TX will support, thus limiting the host
computer’s selection. Settings are
High
or
Full
.
Max Hub Size
- Using this option you can select whether the TX unit
should report itself as a 13 or a 7 port USB hub. Some USB hosts are
only able to support 7 port USB hubs. If this option is set to 7, then only
7 USB devices are supported by the PC.
Security
- Controls whether USB data is encrypted.
On
forces always
on,
Off
forces always off and
Prefer off
will be off unless the RX requests
it.
Transparent USB Enabled
- Offers a different implementation of
USB support from emulated USB. It allows additional devices to be used
which would not function with emulated USB. This option affects the
USB1 connector on the front of the RX unit.
Serial Port
This page provides basic information about the serial option port located
on the TX unit. These options are configurable via the AIM server.
Enabled
- Confirms whether the serial port is enabled or disabled.
Connected
- Confirms whether a valid serial device is connected to
the port.
Speed
- The ‘baud rate’ of the serial device.
Data Bits
- The number of data bits to be used (5, 6, 7, or 8).
Stop Bits
- The number of stop bits to be used (1 or 2).
Parity
- The parity checking to be used (none, odd or even).
To get here
You can access this page in two ways:
1 On the console keyboard attached to the RX unit, access
the OSD by pressing
CTRL + ALT + C
.
2 Click on the
Transmitters
option.
3 Click the
Ports
link.
OR
1 Connect a computer to the same network as the TX unit.
2 Run a web browser and enter the IP address of the TX
unit:
http://169.254.1.33
(this is the default address when
using SFP port 3). If you are using SFP port 4 then the
default address will be
http://169.254.1.43
If the IP address is unknown, press the small button on the
front panel next to the OLED screen to reveal the value
for
IP Address 3
(or IP Address 4)
and use that address.
3 Click the
Ports
link.