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5. Installing the system 

5.1

 

Pre-installation guidelines 

Place cables away from fluorescent lights, air conditioners, and machines 
that are likely to generate electrical noise. 

5.2

 

The HD View cables 

The HD View cables are illustrated below.  

Video cable

Stereo Audio cable

Serial Extender cable

Serial Download cable

 

Figure 12 Cables 

5.3

 

Connecting the cables 

Connect the cables as illustrated in Figure 13 below. 

Transmitter connections 

1. 

Connect the Video cable to the Transmitter Video In port and 
the Computer’s Video card. 

2. 

 Connect the Serial Extender cable to the Transmitter Serial port 
and the Computer’s Serial port. 

3. 

Connect the Stereo Audio cable to the Transmitter Audio in port 
and the Computer’s Mic port. 

4. 

To use the Video Service Utility, connect the Serial Download 
cable to the Transmitter Control port and the Computer’s Serial 
port. 

Summary of Contents for AC3000A

Page 1: ...e U S 24 hours 7 A M Monday to midnight Friday 877 877 BBOX FREE technical support 24 hours a day 7 days a week Call 724 746 5500 or fax 724 746 0746 Mail order Black Box Corporation 1000 Park Drive Lawrence PA 15055 1018 Web site www blackbox com E mail info blackbox com CUSTOMER SUPPORT INFORMATION ...

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Page 3: ...mmercial environment Operation of this equipment in a residential area is likely to cause interference in which case the user at his own expense will be required to take whatever measures may be necessary to correct the interference Changes or modifications not expressly approved by the party responsible for compliance could void the user s authority to operate the equipment This digital apparatus...

Page 4: ...con carritos o pedestales que sean recomendados por el fabricante 7 El aparato eléctrico debe ser montado a la pared o al techo sólo como sea recomendado por el fabricante 8 Servicio El usuario no debe intentar dar servicio al equipo eléctrico más allá a lo descrito en las instrucciones de operación Todo otro servicio deberá ser referido a personal de servicio calificado 9 El aparato eléctrico deb...

Page 5: ...icamente de acuerdo a las recomendaciones del fabricante 15 En caso de existir una antena externa deberá ser localizada lejos de las lineas de energia 16 El cable de corriente deberá ser desconectado del cuando el equipo no sea usado por un largo periodo de tiempo 17 Cuidado debe ser tomado de tal manera que objectos liquidos no sean derramados sobre la cubierta u orificios de ventilación 18 Servi...

Page 6: ...4 HD VIEW 4 ...

Page 7: ...16 5 3 Connecting the cables 16 5 3 1 Connecting to the power supply 18 6 Adjusting the picture quality 19 6 1 Downloading a video table 20 6 2 Saving and exiting 20 7 HD View system management 21 7 1 Installing the Service utility 21 7 2 Connecting the Serial Download cable 22 7 3 Using the Service Utility 22 7 3 1 Com port 23 7 3 2 Topology 23 7 3 3 Auto detect 24 7 3 4 Check 25 7 3 5 Manual 25 ...

Page 8: ...Sending commands 29 7 5 Tuning Receivers LR or Line Splitters via the Service Utility 30 7 6 Remote Tuning 33 7 7 Service 36 7 7 1 Firmware 37 7 7 2 Display Data Channel DDC hotkey 37 7 7 3 Service 38 7 7 4 Transmitter s Local Serial port 38 7 7 5 Security 38 ...

Page 9: ...Skew compensation Up to 63 nsec DDC Complies with VESA DDC 2 specifications RS232 connection Full serial RXD TXD DTR DSR RTS CTS Serial baud rate Up to 57 600 bps Audio Stereo Frequency response 20 Hz to 20 kHz 1 dB Signal to Noise Ratio SNR 80 dBA Total Harmonic Distortion and Noise THD N 0 017 Stereo crosstalk 70 dB Input impedance 10k Ohms Line level output supports multimedia speakers Maximum ...

Page 10: ...t RJ45 Control RJ11 Power LED Green front panel Dimensions 292 5x 153 6x41 5mm 138x153 7x41 5mm Power External Adaptor 5VDC 2 5A External Adaptor 5VDC 2 5A HD View Receiver Receiver LR Video Video Tuner Cables Connectors System In RJ45 Screen HDD15F Audio Out 3 Jack L R L R Serial Out DB9M Tuning potentiometer RJ11 Power LED Green on RJ45 To Receiver RJ11 3 button tuning Dimensions 147x145x26mm in...

Page 11: ...her separately or as a unified group The system also supports Display Data Channel DDC signaling enabling optimal player screen configuration for better visual experience Depending on the cable length the HD View broadcasts the video up to resolutions of 1080p HDTV or 1920x1440 60Hz HD View comes with full RS 232 point to point real time serial communication including TX RX CTS and RTS for the ext...

Page 12: ...iew Transmitter p n AC3000A HD View Transmitter 8 port p n AC3008A HD View Transmitter 16 port p n AC3016A The figure below illustrates the Transmitter 8 port model The ports are the same for the Transmitter 1 port and 16 port models except for the number of System ports The Transmitter has 1 System port and the Transmitter 16 port model has 16 System ports 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 5VDC CONTROL VIDEO IN VI...

Page 13: ... Can be up to 300m 1 000ft from the Transmitter The figures below illustrates the Receiver and Receiver LR ports VIDEO SERIAL L L R R To Serial device connection To speakers To screen Figure 2 Receiver and Receiver LR side 1 5VDC SYSTEM TUNING System cable Power connector Tuning adjuster Figure 3 Receiver side 2 5VDC SYSTEM TUNING System cable Serial Download cable Power connector Figure 4 Receive...

Page 14: ...ters come in the following models Line Splitter p n AC3001A Receivers can be up to 110m 360ft from Transmitter Line Splitter LR p n AC3002A Receivers can be up to 300m 1 000ft from Transmitter The figure below illustrates the Line Splitter Line Splitter LR ports SYSTEM IN 5VDC SYSTEM OUT Power connector System cables to Receivers TUNING Serial Download cable System cable to Broadcaster Figure 5 Li...

Page 15: ...s connected to the system Yellow blinking Bi directional RS232 communication only possible with one Receiver Receiver LR at a time Line Splitter Line Splitter LR Rear panel RJ45 System port Green Yellow Green Power indicator Yellow blinking unit is connected to the system 3 5 HD View Video Tuner The optional Video Tuner p n AC3006A is used to manually tune Receivers LR Line Splitters or to downloa...

Page 16: ...eceiver LR Receiver 110m 360ft 300m 1 000ft Figure 7 HD View basic installation Figure 8 shows a Line Splitter with connected Receivers up to 110m from the Transmitter Receivers Line Splitter 100m 330ft 10m 33ft Player Transmitter Figure 8 Short cluster Figure 9 shows a Line Splitter LR with connected Receivers up to 300m from the Transmitter Line Splitter LR 280m 920ft 20m 66ft Player Transmitter...

Page 17: ...ns of Line Splitter and Line Splitter LR and Receiver and Receiver LR Receiver Line Splitter 100m 330ft 10m 33ft Player Transmitter Receiver LR 200m 660ft Figure 10 Mixed installation 1 Receiver 10m 33ft Player Transmitter Broadcaster Receiver Long 200m 660ft Line Splitter Long 100m 330ft Figure 11 Mixed installation 2 ...

Page 18: ...gure 12 Cables 5 3 Connecting the cables Connect the cables as illustrated in Figure 13 below Transmitter connections 1 Connect the Video cable to the Transmitter Video In port and the Computer s Video card 2 Connect the Serial Extender cable to the Transmitter Serial port and the Computer s Serial port 3 Connect the Stereo Audio cable to the Transmitter Audio in port and the Computer s Mic port 4...

Page 19: ...s have two connectors connect them to the L port and the R port 3 Where relevant connect the Serial connection to the Serial port Connecting CATx cables Connect the CATx cables between the System ports of the Transmitter and Receivers Receivers LR Where there are Line Splitters Line Splitters LR 1 Connect the CATx cables between the System ports of the Transmitter and the System In ports of the Li...

Page 20: ... SYSTEM OUT TUNING CATx cables to Receivers Screen Speakers Audio Serial port device Line Splitter Figure 13 Connection diagram 5 3 1 Connecting to the power supply Connect the Transmitter and Line Splitter units to the power supply with 5 VDC 2 5A from the external power adapters provided The Receivers come with 5VDC 1A external power adapters Ensure correct polarity Center negative and voltage O...

Page 21: ... by using the optional Video Tuner as follows 1 Connect the Video Tuner to the Tuning port of the Receiver LR Line Splitter using the supplied cable Once connected Black Box HD View appears in the LCD 2 Press the Menu key to repeatedly scroll between the following functions Preset tables Red Green Blue Luminance Lum Equalization Equ Save ESC 3 Select the desired function and adjust it using the up...

Page 22: ...s the Menu key MNU SAVE appears in the LCD and the table downloads During downloading the LCD message blinks 4 After downloading one table a different table can be selected and downloaded 6 2 Saving and exiting To save all settings in the Receiver LR or Line Splitter unit 1 Scroll to Save ESC 2 Press the up arrow to save all changes and exit or press the down arrow to disregard all changes and exi...

Page 23: ...tely upgrade each system component firmware software or FPGA Configure DDC settings Return to the factory default settings 7 1 Installing the Service utility The Service utility is located on the supplied CD and on our ftp Site ftp ftp blackbox com in the Communication folder in a sub folder named HD View Service Utility Install the Service utility on a computer with the following system requireme...

Page 24: ...Serial Download cable to the Control port of the Transmitter and a Serial port of the computer which has the Service Utility installed 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 5VDC CONTROL VIDEO IN VIDEO OUT LOCAL SERIAL AUDIO OUT AUDIO IN Serial Download cable To computer s Serial port Figure 14 Connecting the Serial Download cable 7 3 Using the Service Utility To open the Service Utility choose Start Programs HD View Se...

Page 25: ...able is connected to Figure 16 Preferences window 7 3 2 Topology To utilize the Service Utility functions you must configure the system topology To configure the system topology click the Topology tab or select View Topology The following appears Title line Indicates if the Utility is online or offline Figure 17 Topology tab You can detect the topology automatically or configure it manually ...

Page 26: ...ed topology appears on the left showing all connected HD View units as in the following figure Figure 18 Auto detected topology Note You can detect the current topology at any time by pressing This fully updates all connected and disconnected ports Note Auto detect deletes all names given to particular ports Naming ports is explained on page 26 Tip Hold the mouse over any of the rows in the menu t...

Page 27: ... device is a Line Splitter repeat the process of defining the connected devices for each port of the Line Splitter Note Check does not update the topology it detects any new connections and units that are disconnected appear with a yellow exclamation mark Update To add new devices to the present topology click The new devices appear Units that are disconnected appear with a yellow exclamation mark...

Page 28: ...ct the device type Note When the device is a Line Splitter repeat the process of defining the connected devices for each port of the Line Splitter 7 3 6 Naming a port To give a port an identifying name 1 Check the port number ensure that no other ports are checked In the manual section Set device name appears 2 Type a new name for the port You can give ports identical names This name appears immed...

Page 29: ...lar ports Once defined you can send instructions to the defined Group without needing to choose the individual ports To save a Group 1 Select the ports you want to include in the Group 2 Click The Enter name box appears 3 Type a name for the group and click OK The Group appears on the left Groups appear here Figure 20 Saving a Group To see the selected ports of a Group hold the mouse over the Grou...

Page 30: ...l tab or choose View Control the Control window appears see Figure 21 Connected devices appear here Control icons Topology Figure 21 Control window The table below explains the functions of the Control icons Icon Function Video broadcasting to remote unit Audio broadcasting to remote unit Serial command to remote unit Bi directional Serial command ...

Page 31: ...e icon hold down Shift or Ctrl and select the desired icons Selecting all To select all Choose Edit Select All 7 4 2 Sending commands Once the desired units are selected send the desired command by pressing the appropriate Control icon By default all signals video audio Serial are broadcast Sending blocking video Click to toggle between sending and blocking video When receiving video the device ic...

Page 32: ...ers LR or Line Splitters via the Service Utility You can tune the Receivers LR Line Splitters with the Service Utility from the Transmitter position or from the Receiver LR Line Splitter itself The advantage of tuning from the Receiver LR is that you can see the tuning on the screen as you perform it From the Line Splitter position you can be closer to the screen than from the Transmitter position...

Page 33: ...Communication folder in a sub folder named HD View Test Card Or open the Service Utility and choose Tools Options the Preferences window appears see Figure 16 above Check Show Skew Picture When you click the Tuning tab the test card appears in the background See Figure 23 This image will help you get the best screen image It can also help to correct skew Figure 23 Test card 2 Click the Tuning tab ...

Page 34: ...mage The bars are as follows Luminance image brightness Equalization image sharpness Red Green Blue Red Green and Blue are for red green and blue delay When transmitting video over CATx cables a horizontal misalignment skew between the red green and blue components inevitably occurs This is because the different length of each pair causes the signals to reach the monitor at different times To see ...

Page 35: ...reset Restore If after changing values you change your mind you can restore the values to how they were the last time the Store button was pressed by pressing Restore 7 6 Remote Tuning You can tune the Receiver LR and Line Splitters from any laptop or other mobile device via a web browser Through the browser you access the player running the Service utility via the local network This enables you t...

Page 36: ...in the background allowing other computers on the network to access it The Check Remote Control button un grays Click the button to display a local browser to indicate that the remote option is enabled and functioning 4 To verify the IP address of the player click Start Run type CMD press Enter type IPConfig press Enter The IP address appears The tuning at the remote laptop device is done as follo...

Page 37: ...te tuning web page 4 Adjust the setting until you have a satisfactory picture Press Submit to activate the new values Press Store to save the new values Restore If after changing values you change your mind you can restore the values to how they were the last time the Store button was pressed by pressing Restore 5 Press reset to return to the default values ...

Page 38: ... 5 0 The Remote control mode turns on the built in web service in the control utility IP 192 168 111 132 Http 192 168 111 132 Digital Signage Www too high to reach com Digital Signage Www too high to reach com Digital Signage Www too high to reach com Digital Signage Www too high to reach com Figure 29 Remote tuning setup 7 7 Service You can do the following from the Service window Upgrade firmwar...

Page 39: ...smitter etc 3 Click the Query button a list of the firmware versions you can update appears Hardware firmware loader or FPGA When you click one of them the current version appears 4 Click Update The Open box appears 5 Find the firmware update and upload it 7 7 2 Display Data Channel DDC hotkey Display Data Channel DDC is a VESA standard for exchanging information between a monitor and a video adap...

Page 40: ... a file on the computer s hard disk This DDC data will be read by the player connected to the Transmitter 7 7 3 Service To restore factory defaults press Restore to factory settings Note All configuration and tuning adjustments will be lost 7 7 4 Transmitter s Local Serial port This is for Serial control of the local monitor There are 2 options Enable Connects the system serial data to the local m...

Page 41: ...39 CHAPTER 7 HD View system management Figure 31 Security window Here you can set up a password to require password access to the service Utility ...

Page 42: ...40 40 HD VIEW Copyright 2007 Black Box Corporation All rights reserved 1000 Park Drive Lawrence PA 15055 1018 724 746 5500 Fax 724 746 0746 ...

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