Pearl Mini User Guide
Use a specific EDID for the video input port
The video input ports on the Pearl device have a factory set EDID. When you connect a video source such
as a laptop or camera to the Pearl device, the video source sees the Pearl device as if it were a monitor.
The EDID that's assigned to the input port is read by the video source to determine what video signal it
needs to send to the Pearl device.
Usually, the video input ports on the Pearl device correctly emulate a monitor for the connected video
source. However, there are times when you may need to upload a custom EDID, like when your source
uses a custom set of display properties.
When you upload a custom EDID to an input port on the Pearl device, you can force the port to supply a
specific resolution, color depth, etc to the connected video source.
Upload a new EDID
In most cases, the factory installed default EDID works fine for sources connected to the HDMI ports on
the Pearl device. However, there may be times when a connected video source uses resolutions that you
do not want to use. In that case, you can manually upload an EDID and force the Pearl device to use a
specific set of attributes for a specific HDMI input port. All video sources you connect to that HDMI input
port will use the EDID you've manually assigned to the port.
EDID changes remain in effect for the HDMI input port until you replace the EDID with another one or
specifically choose to restore the factory EDID for that specific HDMI input port. A system-level factory
reset does not remove a manually assigned EDID from the HDMI port.
To get a new EDID, contact Epiphan
. When you have the new EDID, you can upload that using the
Admin panel.
This feature is not available using the local console on the Pearl Nano.
Upload a new EDID file using the Admin panel
1. Connect to the Admin panel and log in as
admin
. See
2. From the Inputs menu, select the input port for which you want to upload the EDID.
3. On the configuration page for that source, scroll to the
EDID upload
section and click
Choose FIle
.
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