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CS18208 / CS18216 User Manual
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Grouping Ports into “Vertical” Channels
Once the cables have been connected and multi-display mode has been selected
in the OSD, the CS18208 / CS18216 auto-detects the channels and displaying
modes.Users can then assign them a channel number as the port name (the
channels are represented by the vertical columns in the diagram below). So, all
the Port 1s become Channel 1, all the Port 2s become Channel 2, ... , and all the
Port 7s become Channel 7. The ports will all be switched at the same time,
channel by channel.
Depending on the number of stages in your stack, a CS18208 / CS18216
installation offers dual display (two stages), triple display (three stages), quad
display (four stages) or multi-display (up to 8 stages) scenarios. For reference
purposes, the example shows a four-stage installation with quad display
functionality.
Note: Only one HDMI video signal can be displayed at a time, depending on
the configuration of the CS18208 / CS18216 unit on the first switch.
Channels Diagram
Ch1
Ch7 Ch6
First
Switch
Second
Switch
Third
Switch
Fourth
Switch