INSTRUCTION MANUAL
N2151/N2251 ENCODERS/DECODERS
4K DIGITAL MEDIA DISTRIBU TION & SWITCHING SOLU TION
NMX-ENC-N2151, NMX-DEC-N2251
Page 1: ...INSTRUCTION MANUAL N2151 N2251 ENCODERS DECODERS 4K DIGITAL MEDIA DISTRIBUTION SWITCHING SOLUTION NMX ENC N2151 NMX DEC N2251...
Page 2: ...outlet 10 PROTECT the power cord from being walked on or pinched particularly at plugs convenience receptacles and the point where they exit from the apparatus 11 ONLY USE attachments accessories spec...
Page 3: ...tween the equipment and receiver Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected Consult the dealer or an experienced radio TV technician for h...
Page 4: ...ally using the Settings page 18 Option 2 Assigning IP Addresses to Multiple Units using CSV files 18 Switching and Scaling Options 20 Seamless Switching 20 Control Options 21 Primary Control Options 2...
Page 5: ...Section 44 Advanced Settings 46 RS232 Settings 48 Network Setup Section 48 Status Section 49 Change Password Section 50 Software Section 50 Audio Downmixer Settings 51 LocalPlay Page 53 IR Page 54 N...
Page 6: ...de classrooms conference rooms performing arts centers and sports bars Features include Output Scaling Video scaling at the output Decoder allows seamless switching from any source at any resolution t...
Page 7: ...hold for 30 seconds to initiate a factory restore POWER LED On solid green when operating power is supplied via local power supply This activity is also shown by the PWR LED on the rear panel STATUS L...
Page 8: ...er selectable balanced unbalanced dedicated audio input for Encoders and output for Decoders HDMI IN HDMI video input Encoders HDMI OUT HDMI video output Decoders Pass thru HDMI video Encoders VGA IN...
Page 9: ...ort using a video cable with a VGA connector or component adapter For local viewing of pass thru video connect a digital display to the Encoder s HDMI OUT port using a video cable with an HDMI connect...
Page 10: ...or more information on these connections FIG 5 Installing Mounting Wings Rack Mounting N2X51 Series Stand Alone Units The N Series 1RU Rack Shelf part number NMX ACC N9102 accommodates up to two stand...
Page 11: ...s 5 Repeat these steps until all cards are properly installed See Figure 8 FIG 8 Fully Populated Card Cage 6 For proper airflow cover any unused card slots with faceplate blanks Blanks are sold separa...
Page 12: ...00x800 have been constructed on a house network using N Series equipment Alternatively many customers choose to deploy on physically separate networks in order to use low cost network appliances but k...
Page 13: ...nt 13 N2151 N2251 User Manual 3 Double click the wired interface to your AV network and then click the Properties button 4 Scroll down in the list to the Internet Protocol Version 4 TCP IPv4 option Hi...
Page 14: ...ver some display devices e g many monitors do not support embedded audio When using such a display use the AUDIO port for separate transmission of sound and turn HDMI Audio off on the Settings page to...
Page 15: ...plug connector labeled 12V 2A 3 In N Able select the Unit Management tab and click the Auto Discover button if the table has not already populated itself with the installed units See Figure 10 FIG 10...
Page 16: ...odified under N Able Settings 6 The Settings page is displayed see Figure 13 7 Change the Stream setting We recommend setting Stream to a number between 2 and 254 it is required that the number be les...
Page 17: ...rst connected to the network an IP address is assigned automatically based on the network DHCP server If no DHCP server is found the unit will use Auto IP mode with an IP address pre configured to 169...
Page 18: ...propriate devices Reboot the devices to activate the new settings This procedure can be used to configure multiple networked AV devices at the same time It can also provide valuable diagnostics by all...
Page 19: ...Installing and Configuring Your AV Equipment 19 N2151 N2251 User Manual FIG 15 Encoder Connection to Source N2151 Encoder Switch Network HDMI Cable Cat 5 Cable...
Page 20: ...re not available when input is 3840x2160 50 3840x2160 59 97 3840x2160 60 4096x2160 50 4096x2160 59 97 or 4096x2160 60 Seamless Switching The N2X51 Series supports seamless switching capability if the...
Page 21: ...s hot swappable drives and redundant power supplies Graphical presentation of video network connections Full configuration control assign fixed IP addresses for each N Series component adjust variable...
Page 22: ...ting video Independent Video Switching To switch video streams without affecting USB control first select N Able Settings from N Able s main menu When the N Able Settings dialog box is displayed disab...
Page 23: ...also be managed in the unit s GUI by clicking KVM from the main menu as shown in Figure 18 It is important to note that many of these options only appear on the KVM page when USB is enabled as well a...
Page 24: ...n the GUI you can access all other main pages by clicking the links in the top navigation bar Figure 19 shows the navigation bar and provides hot links to the sections of this chapter which describe e...
Page 25: ...ns and also has links to other dialog boxes for additional configuration options Refer to the following sections for detailed descriptions Encoder Setup Section on page 26 Advanced Settings on page 28...
Page 26: ...ly Avoid using special characters TX Enable Enable to generate and transmit multicast streams Compressed Stream View edit the current transmit compressed stream number Enable the port you wish to tran...
Page 27: ...unplugged it will automatically fall back to analog audio if there is an analog source plugged in Color Space Correction Set the color space settings for the Encoder YcbCr RGB to be disabled enabled o...
Page 28: ...aking changes or a user from manually making changes Input Level Gain Left Right Select a PRE ENCODE cut in the audio signal This can help prevent distortion of the audio when the source is providing...
Page 29: ...Determine how often in seconds the unit transmits discovery packets TTL Select the Time To Live TTL for the transmit audio and video streams Limits the lifespan of data on the transmit audio and video...
Page 30: ...9 254 1 1 will be automatically assigned to the N2151 Encoder by the control software When set to DHCP an IP Address in the range of the DHCP server on the network will be automatically assigned to th...
Page 31: ...pdated compressed bandwidth Output bandwidth shown even if transmit is disabled Port 50001 Source IP Shows the IP address of the currently connected device or displays Disconnected if no connection ex...
Page 32: ...in Figure 27 Options are described in Table 6 FIG 27 Software Section TABLE 6 Settings Page Software Section Option Description Serial Displays the serial number of the N2151 Encoder MAC Address Displ...
Page 33: ...e HDMI connection Selecting Auto bases audio output on the settings of the connected source device YCbCr 4 2 2 Output For color conversion Can force to RGB output based on connected device s reported...
Page 34: ...ars in the list a transition time can be set for each image Save This List Click to save the current configuration Name Enter a name for the playlist Output Mode Select the HostPlay output resolution...
Page 35: ...ommands can be saved for future use and executed later The IR Code menu lists all saved IR commands See Table 9 for option descriptions FIG 30 IR Page TABLE 9 IR Page Options Option Description IR Cod...
Page 36: ...e performed when the Encoder powers on Visit our website for more details on Application Programming Interface API commands Video Cable Connected Event Create delete test events to be performed when t...
Page 37: ...sending commands from the Serial page will always return a No Data message and fail to send the commands FIG 32 Serial Page TABLE 11 Serial Page Options Option Description Serial Code Create select s...
Page 38: ...3 Security Page TABLE 12 Security Page Options Option Description General Security This section allows you to force HTTPS connections and set up a default password for stream encryption To successfull...
Page 39: ...e same time maximum is 100 connections See the section Advanced KVM Setup With Added Security Features on page 22 for more information Permission Level Set the permission level for the Encoder Decoder...
Page 40: ...de of the screen Use the Encode button to translate the changes into a new EDID and click Set EDID Option 4 Connect a compatible display to the Encoder s HDMI Out port and click Set EDID to Pass thru...
Page 41: ...reate the file You can then download and send it to AMX support FIG 36 Logs Page NOTE For security reasons only use the Enable Maintenance Mode if instructed to by SVSI AMX Technical Support LLDP Page...
Page 42: ...ection on page 24 you can access the GUI main pages by clicking the links in the top navigation bar Figure 38 shows the navigation bar and provides hot links to the sections of this chapter which desc...
Page 43: ...ctions and also has links to other dialog boxes for additional configuration options Refer to the following sections for detailed descriptions Decoder Setup Section on page 44 Advanced Settings on pag...
Page 44: ...this setting think of Decoders dialing up channels on a cable box rather than a traditional AV matrix Each Decoder can dial in a different active channel Audio Stream View edit the current audio rece...
Page 45: ...o Advanced Settings Refer to Advanced Settings on page 46 for details on the options available from this link RS232 Settings Refer to RS232 Settings on page 48 for details on the options available fro...
Page 46: ...from manually making changes Input audio for LocalPlay Select to enable the input audio when the Live Local menu is set to one of the local images YCbCr 4 2 2 Output Set YCbCr output to be disabled en...
Page 47: ...de Can be disabled to start responding again Serial Client Address Enter the IP address of the serial client device IR Command Holdoff Set the delay between IR command portions The default setting is...
Page 48: ...169 254 1 1 will be automatically assigned to the N2251 Decoder by the control software When set to DHCP an IP Address in the range of the DHCP server on the network will be automatically assigned to...
Page 49: ...me If a device is currently showing the port occupied by a control system or other device then other connections will be rejected However connection attempts from the same IP will override the current...
Page 50: ...n Figure 46 Options are described in Table 20 FIG 46 Software Section TABLE 20 Settings Page Software Section Option Description Serial Displays the serial number of the N2251 Decoder MAC Address Disp...
Page 51: ...source Center Gain slider Set percentage of audio on center channel mixed into left and right output when downmixing Front Gain slider Set percentage of audio on front left and right channels mixed i...
Page 52: ...ing features are not available when input is 3840x2160 59 97 3840x2160 60 4096x2160 59 97 or 4096x2160 60 TABLE 23 Crop Pan Zoom Page Options Option Description X1 Y1 Set pixel coordinates of viewing...
Page 53: ...drop down menu to view edit the images currently used in the chosen image playlists If more than one image appears in the list a transition time can be set for each image Save This List Click to save...
Page 54: ...ommands See Table 25 for option descriptions FIG 50 IR Page Delete Image s Delete the selected image file from the playlist Delete Audio Delete the selected audio file from the playlist TABLE 24 Local...
Page 55: ...lete test events to be performed when the Decoder powers on Visit our website for more details on Application Programming Interface API commands Video Cable Connected Event Create delete test events t...
Page 56: ...sending commands from the Serial page will always return a No Data message and fail to send the commands FIG 52 Serial Page TABLE 27 Serial Page Options Option Description Serial Code Create select s...
Page 57: ...3 Security Page TABLE 28 Security Page Options Option Description General Security This section allows you to force HTTPS connections and set up a default password for stream encryption To successfull...
Page 58: ...See the section Advanced KVM Setup With Added Security Features on page 22 for more information Connect to Encoder IP Address Enter the IP Address of an active Encoder Use the Switch and Disconnect bu...
Page 59: ...load KVM CSV Export link to retrieve the current KVM CSV configuration file Reset USB and KVM Settings Resets all USB and KVM settings TABLE 29 KVM Page Options Cont Option Description TABLE 30 EDID P...
Page 60: ...section to capture information useful for troubleshooting Simply click Start Debug Log wait at least one minute and click End Debug Log to create the file You can then download and send it to AMX sup...
Page 61: ...mentioned previously in this table you can change to the Local mode on the Decoder s Settings page If LocalPlay appears set Decoder to Live play mode and verify network is configured properly No audio...
Page 62: ...oder stream on the network is set to HostPlay or does NOT have a valid input video signal Seeing this screen means that the Decoder CAN communicate with the Encoder across the network It is a good way...
Page 63: ...ving the stream from the intended Encoder However the video signal being sent to the Encoder is not supported Please visit amx com and refer to the product pages for the supported resolutions lists Di...
Page 64: ...video source but is not set up to pass it Please call Technical Support to enable this feature Displayed when Decoder Notes is receiving a stream from an Encoder it can not decrypt Make sure the Deco...
Page 65: ...ait for a response to a group specific or group and source specific query message Immediate Leave also know as Fast Leave etc depending on switch manufacturer NOTE If Immediate Leave is disabled set I...
Page 66: ...esponsibility for errors or omissions AMX also reserves the right to alter specifications without prior notice at any time The AMX Warranty and Return Policy and related documents can be viewed downlo...
