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VSC-VPLEX4, version 1

Summary of Contents for VSC-VPLEX4

Page 1: ...iginal input image VideoPlex4 Video Wall Controller VSC VPLEX4 Order toll free in the U S Call 877 877 BBOX outside U S call 724 746 5500 FREE technical support 24 hours a day 7 days a week Call 724 7...

Page 2: ...ed trademarks of BB Technologies Inc UL is a registered trademark of Underwriters Laboratories Windows is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation Any other trademarks mentioned in this manual...

Page 3: ...en the equipment is operated in a commercial 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...

Page 4: ...n el flujo de aire por los orificios de ventilaci n 10 El equipo el ctrico deber ser situado fuera del alcance de fuentes de calor como radiadores registros de calor estufas u otros aparatos incluyend...

Page 5: ...will result in the system overheating and damaging your equipment Working Environment Locate the equipment in an environment free from dust moisture and extreme changes in temperature Place the VideoP...

Page 6: ...1 Factory Default Settings 16 4 2 Configuring DVI Input Resolution 16 4 3 Monitor Outputs 16 4 4 Selecting the Regions to be Displayed 16 5 Operating Instructions 18 5 1 DVI Input 18 5 2 Output 18 5...

Page 7: ...ystems All known hardware that supports follows the DVI spec Resolution Up to 2 5 Mpixels s USB Support USB 2 0 full speed 12 Mbps operation Firmware support Updates supported via USB Interface 1 Dual...

Page 8: ...ale and frame rate convert each cropped region independently However if the VideoPlex4 detects that frame rates identically match it will automatically frame lock all outputs and if possible frame loc...

Page 9: ...hapter 2 Overview Figure 2 2 Divide the input signal into quadrants and display each quarter on separate displays with optional frame rate conversion in this case 30 to 60 Hz You can adjust crop regio...

Page 10: ...icate the input signal x2 and display one output on a single landscape display and divide the second output into thirds rotate to portrait upscale and split between three displays Figure 2 4 Crop inpu...

Page 11: ...724 746 5500 blackbox com Page 11 Chapter 2 Overview Figure 2 5 Crop the input signal into VideoPlex4 and display x2 quarters landscape and x2 quarters portrait...

Page 12: ...Plex4 Video Wall Controller 100 240 VAC 5 VDC 18 W universal power adapter USB 2 0 cable Type A to Type B VideoPlex4 CD containing configuration application and this user manual NOTE We recommend that...

Page 13: ...Table 2 1 Front panel components Number Indicator Description 1 1 Power LED Lights when the VideoPlex4 is connected to the power supply 2 1 Input LED Lights when a valid DVI source is connected 3 1 St...

Page 14: ...pplied USB Type A to Type B cable Configuration of the VideoPlex4 is programmable via an application utility allowing easy control of cropping scaling rotation and gaps 3 DVI D Input Socket The DVI D...

Page 15: ...DVI source The Power LED located on the front panel will light to indicate that power has successfully been applied to the unit The VideoPlex4 incorporates an internal processor that will continuousl...

Page 16: ...disconnecting and reconnecting the DVI input cable The configuration application will allow read back of the resolution that is currently being detected as well as the ability to read and write the in...

Page 17: ...ap the only restriction is that the resulting scale factor must be greater than 1 0 i e 1 1 or scaled up in either direction For example you can use the VideoPlex4 to output four identical copies of t...

Page 18: ...guration that is stored in its non volatile memory The VideoPlex4 is factory configured to display the input image as a 2x2 split as shown in Figure 3 1 5 2 Output To connect to an analog output DVI I...

Page 19: ...lied At this point the hardware will be detected by Windows as a USB API and a New Hardware wizard is displayed Allow the wizard to search and click on the recommended option to enable the previously...

Page 20: ...atile storage on the VideoPlex4 and can to help identify the device during future configurations Specific devices connected to your PC can be selected using the Select Device command on the File Menu...

Page 21: ...log is displayed Figure 6 4 DVI D input settings dialog box Use the slider to compensate for the loss of signal quality due to DVI cable lengths over 16 feet 5 m The equalization hardware can compensa...

Page 22: ...maximize DVI cable lengths we recommend using the CVT Reduced Blanking Selecting Custom allows the timing parameters to be edited NOTE You will need to select between definition of Pixel Clock or Vert...

Page 23: ...he numbers denote the top left width and height coordinates of the region that is to be displayed NOTE These are described in terms of the current active input resolution If the input resolution chang...

Page 24: ...hat at least one output is no longer exactly honoring the programmed region setting the front panel status light will not be lit Scaling Optimization Scaling Optimization is used to optimize displays...

Page 25: ...cation Figure 6 8 Monitor outputs screen Individual monitor outputs can be configured by clicking on the corresponding Modify button This will bring up a timing dialog similar to that of the input tim...

Page 26: ...using the default mode timings The rest of the dialog is identical to that for setting the Input timings with the exception that for the output monitors you can select Analog RGB VGA output as well as...

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Page 28: ...24 7 Tech support available in 30 seconds or less Copyright 2013 Black Box Corporation All rights reserved Black Box and the Double Diamond logo are registered trademarks of BB Technologies Inc Any t...

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