Blackmagicdesign HDLink Optical Fiber, Operation Manual

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Installation
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Using HDLink Utility
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After running the HDLink software installer, a USB driver will be installed on your system and the HDLink
Utility will be added to the Applications or Programs folder. To use the HDLink Utility, you will need to connect
HDLink as follows.
1. Connect the 12 volt power supply which was included with your HDLink. The white power lamp
will illuminate.
2. Connect a USB cable between HDLink and a USB 2.0 port on your computer.
3. Open the HDLink Utility and the settings should be adjustable. If they are disabled and unadjustable,
check the USB connection to the HDLink, try another USB cable or try another USB port on your
host computer.
4. If your version of the HDLink Utility contains newer firmware than is currently installed on the HDLink, you
will be prompted to update the firmware. You must allow the firmware to be updated before you can
use this version of HDLink Utility to configure the HDLink. Select ‘download firmware’ for the firmware
to be updated.
5. If the firmware has been updated, it is important you unplug the power cable from HDLink, wait
5 seconds, and then plug in the power cable again. This ensures the HDLink is reset correctly.
6. HDLink allows 3D lookup tables (LUTs) to be applied to the display output. You can make changes to
lift, gamma and gain settings for red, green and blue color, and import custom 3D lookup tables. These
HDLink models will also import 1D tables created for the original HDLink. Changes to settings can be
seen on the DVI-D, HDMI or DisplayPort output in real time allowing accurate setup.
7. 3D lookup tables can be applied to the loop-through SDI and optical fiber SDI outputs, so you can use
the outputs for inline video processing. Simply enable the Send to all video outputs checkbox in the
Settings of HDLink Utility to enable 3D lookup table processing on all video outputs.
8. Changes made in the Settings tab of the HDLink Utility are updated immediately and don’t need HDLink
to be restarted.
The HDLink Utility interface is the same for all current models of HDLink on both Mac OS X and Windows
platforms. Any features that are not applicable to your HDLink model will be grayed out and inactive.
HDLink lookup table controls
HDLink Settings
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