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4K 4x4 HDMI2.0 Matrix Switcher

 

 

Preface 

Read this user manual carefully before using the product. Pictures shown in this 
manual is for reference only. Different models and specifications are subject to real 
product. 

This manual is only for operation instruction only. The functions described in this 
version are updated till December 11, 2016. In the constant effort to improve our 
product, we reserve the right to make functions or parameters changes without notice 
or obligation. Please refer to the dealers for the latest details. 

 

FCC Statement 

This equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not 
installed and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interference 
to radio communications. It has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a 
Class B digital device, pursuant to part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed 
to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a commercial 
installation.   

Operation of this equipment in a residential area is likely to cause interference, in which 
case the user at their own expense will be required to take whatever measures may be 
necessary to correct the interference 

Any changes or modifications not expressly approved by the manufacture would void 
the user’s authority to operate the equipment. 

                   

                   

 

 
 

Summary of Contents for MUH44A-H2

Page 1: ...MUH44A H2 4K 4x4 HDMI2 0 Matrix Switcher All Rights Reserved Version MUH44A H2_2016V1 0 User Manual ...

Page 2: ...generates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions may cause harmful interference to radio communications It has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device pursuant to part 15 of the FCC Rules These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a commercial ...

Page 3: ...r install this product near water l Do not put any heavy items on the extension cable in case of extrusion l Do not remove the housing of the device as opening or removing housing may expose you to dangerous voltage or other hazards l Install the device in a place with fine ventilation to avoid damage caused by overheat l Keep the module away from liquids l Spillage into the housing may result in ...

Page 4: ...ications 5 4 Panel Button Control 6 4 1 I O connection switching 6 4 2 EDID Configuration 6 4 3 I O connection Inquiry 7 5 IR Control 8 6 RS232 Control 9 6 1 Installation uninstallation of RS232 Control Software 9 6 2 Basic Settings 9 6 3 RS232 Communication Commands 11 6 3 1 System Commands 11 6 3 2 Lock unlock Commands 12 6 3 3 Switching Commands 12 6 3 4 Scene Commands 13 6 3 5 HDCP Compliance ...

Page 5: ... 3 2 I O connection switching 23 7 3 3 EDID Configuration 25 7 3 4 Audio Out 26 7 3 5 Status Setting 27 7 3 6 Network Configuration 28 7 3 7 Password Modification 29 7 4 TCP IP Port Configuration 29 7 5 GUI Update 30 8 Firmware Upgrade through USB port 31 9 Specification 32 10 Panel Drawing 33 11 Troubleshooting Maintenance 34 12 Customer Service 36 ...

Page 6: ...e and is backward compatible to the earlier versions l Transmits 4Kx2K 60Hz 4 4 4 signal up to 16 4 feet 5m via HDMI port l Provides powerful EDID management built in EDID can be invoked via DIP switcher on rear panel RS232 command or web based GUI l Controllable via front panel button IR RS232 TCP IP or web based GUI l LCD screen shows real time I O connection status l Convenient firmware upgrade...

Page 7: ... Turns green in standby mode l Blinks red when upgrading IR sensor Built in IR sensor receive IR signal sent from IR remote LCD Screen Displays real time operation status INPUT selector button Total 4 input selector buttons press one of buttons to switch input source OUTPUT selector button Total 4 output selector buttons press the buttons to select output channel FIRMWARE INPUTS OUTPUTS 1 2 3 4 1 ...

Page 8: ...r On 0 stands for Off Refer to 4 2 EDID Configurarion for more detials RS232 Serial control port connect with control device IR IN Connects with external IR receiver for using the IR remote to control the Matrix Switcher TCP IP Connect control PC for TCP IP control DC 24V Connect with 24VDC 1 25A power adaptor Ground Connect to ground Pictures shown in this manual are for reference only 1 2 3 4 ON...

Page 9: ...ays e g HDTV Projector to HDMI output ports with HDMI cables Step3 Connect speakers amplifiers to the SPDIF audio outputs with Toslink cables Step4 Connect the RS232 port of the control device e g Central Control System PC and the Matrix Switcher to enable serial control Step5 Insert an IR receiver to the IR IN port to control this switcher via IR Remote Step6 Connect the TCP IP port of the contro...

Page 10: ...HDMI2 0 to ensure reliable transmission l Connect amplifiers that are capable to decode HDMI audio to the SPDIF ports or there will be no output on the amplifiers 3 4 System Applications As its good performance in control and transmission the Matrix Switcher can be widely used in computer realm monitoring large screen displaying conference system television education and bank securities institutio...

Page 11: ...or three times if the conversion is done then it will be off If the conversion failed they will be off immediately 4 2 EDID Configuration The rear panel boasts a 4 pin EDID DIP switcher to manage EDID The EDID data and its corresponding DIP switcher status are shown in the below list DIP Switcher NO Status EDID 0 0000 Pass though default 1 0001 720P 2D Pass through CH 2 0010 720P 3D Pass through C...

Page 12: ... 1111 Enable Software EDID management mode RS232 control or Web based GUI control 4 3 I O connection Inquiry Press OUTPUTS button 1 2 3 or 4 to inquiry its corresponding input and then the indicator of the input button will turn green ...

Page 13: ...onding front panel buttons OUTPUTS Output channel selection buttons same with the corresponding front panel buttons Menu buttons ALL EDID CLEAR and ENTER l ALL Select all inputs outputs To convert an input to all outputs Example Input 1 to all Outputs Press INPUTS 1 ALL ENTER l EDID management button 1 One input port learns the EDID data from one output port Example Input 2 learns EDID data from o...

Page 14: ... 6 2 Basic Settings Firstly connect the Matrix Switcher with necessary input devices and output devices Then connect it with a PC installed RS232 control software Double click the software icon to run this software Here we take the software CommWatch exe as example The icon is showed as below Figure 6 1 Icon of CommWatch The interface of the control software is showed as below Parameter Configurat...

Page 15: ...4K 4x4 HDMI2 0 Matrix Switcher 10 Figure 6 2 Control Interface of CommWatch ...

Page 16: ...D switcher to 1111 before sending commands pertaining to software EDID management with grey background 6 3 1 System Commands Command Function Feedback Example Type Query the model XXXXX Version Query the version of firmware VX X X Demo Switch to the demo mode convert input and output in turn like1B1 1B2 4B3 4B4 1B1 and so on The switching interval is 2 seconds Demo Mode AV 01 01 AV 01 02 AV 01 03 ...

Page 17: ...All Transfer all input signals to the corresponding output channels respectively like 1 1 2 2 All Through All Switch off all the output channels All Closed x Transfer signals from the input channel x to the output channel x x 1 4 01 Through x Switch off the output channel x x 1 4 01 Closed x Switch on the output channel x x 1 4 02 Open All Switch on all output channels All Open x1 V x2 Switch the ...

Page 18: ...resent operation to the preset command Y ranges from 1 to 10 Save To F6 Recall Y Recall the preset command Y Recall From F2 Clear Y Clear the preset command Y Clear F8 6 3 5 HDCP Compliance Command Function Feedback Example Y X Z HDCP management command Y O is for output X 1 4 is the number of the port if the X ALL it means all ports Z is for HDCP compliant status the value may be 1 HDCP compliant...

Page 19: ... data from output x and display the output port number Hexadecimal EDID data and carriage return character EDIDMInit Restore the factory default EDID data for each input EDIDMInit EDIDM X B Y Manually EDID switching Enable input Y to learn the EDID data of output X If the EDID data is not available then set it as initialized EDID data EDIDM3B1 EDID x y Set the EDID data of input port x to built in...

Page 20: ...4K 4x4 HDMI2 0 Matrix Switcher 15 GetInPortEDID X Get the EDID data of input x x 1 4 9979 Get the DIP switcher status EDID RS232 GUI CONTROL 1111 ...

Page 21: ...audio output port x l X 1 2 3 4 enable the port x l X 5 enable all ports DigitAudio ON with x ALL Outputs DigitAudioOFF x Disable SPDIF audio output port x l X 1 2 3 4 disable the port x l X 5 disable all ports DigitAudio OFF with x ALL Outputs 9977 Query the status of digital audio of output channels Out 01 02 03 04 Audio Y Y Y Y ...

Page 22: ...f the Matrix Switcher and set its network segment to the same as the default IP of the Matrix Switcher 192 168 0 178 Figure 7 1 Modify the IP of PC l Controlled by PC s in LAN The Matrix Switcher can be connected with a router to make up a LAN with the PC s this make it able to be controlled in a LAN When control just make sure the Matrix Switcher s network segment is the same with the router Plea...

Page 23: ...e PC s network segment to the original one Step5 Connect the Matrix Switcher and PC s to the router In the same LAN each PC is able to control the Matrix Switcher asynchronously Then it s able to control the device via a TCP IP communication software 7 2 TCP IP Communication Software Control Exampled by TCPUDP software 1 Connect a computer with TCPUDP software to the Matrix Switcher Open the TCPUD...

Page 24: ...4K 4x4 HDMI2 0 Matrix Switcher 19 Figure 7 3 Connect to TCPUDP 2 Enter commands in designed area to control the Matrix Switcher see as below ...

Page 25: ...ix Switcher 20 Figure 7 4 Control interface of TCPUDP Here you will receive the feedback after a command is sent Enter your command here Commands are the same with RS232 commands listed in 6 3 RS232 Communication Commands ...

Page 26: ...to My Network Place in your PC and click the icon as below PCs running Windows XP system may occur issues in finding UPnP icon follow these steps to switch on UPnP protocol Add UPnP component go to Control Panel double click Add Delete Programs double click Add Delete windows component tick UPnP click Next click OK Enable Windows Firewall go to Control Panel double click Windows Firewall click Oth...

Page 27: ...UI This system divides into administrator and user mode There are 2 selectable usernames admin default password admin and user default password user Login as admin can access more configuration interfaces than user 7 3 1 Scene Setting Type the user name admin password admin and then click LOGIN it will show the Scene menu as shown below ...

Page 28: ...n scenes are shown in above interface Select a scene and then click Load can invoke the selected scene Click Cancel to cancel the current operation 7 3 2 I O connection switching Click to enter the following interface it provide intuitive I O connection switching ...

Page 29: ...king corresponding button Buttons 1 4 at the right bottom corner provides quick saving and recall for overall connection status For example Step1 Select button1 at INPUT column Step2 Select button 1 at OUTPUT column If all OUTPUT ports in needed you only need to click All Step3 Choose a scene that you want to save Step4 Click Confirm to save the setting or Click Clear to clear set up ...

Page 30: ...er 25 7 3 3 EDID Configuration 1 Click setting button to enter the below interface User can select EDID in accordance with actual needs Figure 7 8 Embedded EDID 2 Select EDID Copy to enter the below interface Figure 7 9 Copy EDID ...

Page 31: ...DID Step2 Select one or more input devices that need to gain EDID When select To All inputs all input devices will copy the EDID from output device Step3 Click Confirm to save the setting or click Cancel to cancel operation 7 3 4 Audio Out Select Audio Out to enter the following interface to turn on off the Audio Output passage Figure 7 10 Audio EDID ...

Page 32: ...el Click Status to enter the following interface to modify the product name and its model and then they will be display in LCD screen Figure 7 11 Status LCD l Button label Select Button to enter the following interface to modify the name of buttons Figure 7 12 Status Button ...

Page 33: ...r the following interface to modify the name of scenes Figure 7 13 Status Scene 7 3 6 Network Configuration Click Network to enter the below interface to inquire and configure network settings including MAC address IP address subnet mask and Gateway Figure 7 14 Network ...

Page 34: ... IP Port Configuration IP address subnet mask and Gateway of the Matrix Switcher can be modified via GUI from the above description but beyond that users can configure the IP port including IP reset password reset and IP module firmware update on the WebServer Type the designed website Default 192 168 0 178 100 changeable in your browser Enter correct username and password to log in the WebServer ...

Page 35: ...ts online update in http 192 168 0 178 100 Type the username and password the same as the GUI log in settings modified password will be available only after rebooting to log in the configuration interface After that click Administration at the source menu to get to Upload Program as shown below Figure 7 17 GUI Update ...

Page 36: ...e software and the latest upgrade file bin to PC Step2 Connect the USB ports of the matrix switcher and the PC via USB cable Step3 Double click the update software icon see as below It will enter the upgrade interface shown as below Step4 Click Connect USB Step5 Click Open to load the upgrade file then click Updata to start firmware upgrading Note To ensure available control the COM number of the ...

Page 37: ...pluggable terminal block Video Signal HDMI2 0 HDCP2 2 Audio Signal Dolby Digital DTS DTS HD General EDID Management In built EDID data and manual EDID management Resolution Range 640x480 60Hz 4Kx2K 60Hz 4 4 4 1080P 3D HDMI Cable Length 5m Power Supply 24VDC 1 25A Power Consumption 14W Max Dimension W H D 437 0mm 44 0mm 236 5mm Weight 1 75Kg Temperature 10 55 Reference Humidity 10 90 Recommend usin...

Page 38: ...x Switcher 33 10 Panel Drawing FIRMWARE INPUTS OUTPUTS 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 ON DIP INPUTS OUTPUTS CONTROL SPDIF SPDIF SPDIF SPDIF 1 2 3 4 1 4 2 3 On Off 1 2 3 4 1 0 Tx Rx TCP IP EDID IR IN RS232 DC 24V 437 mm 44 mm 23 mm 32 mm ...

Page 39: ... compliance is switched off Send command x 1 to change HDCP compliance status The display doesn t support the input resolution Switch for another input source or enable the display to learn the EDID data of the input No output on the amplifiers connected to audio output ports The amplifiers are not able to decode HDMI audio Change for amplifiers that are capable to decode HDMI audio Cannot control...

Page 40: ...not control the device by control device e g a PC through RS232 port Wrong connection Check to ensure the connection between the control device and the unit Wrong RS232 communication parameters Type in correct RS232 communication parameters Baud rate 9600 Data bit 8 Stop bit 1 Parity bit none Broken RS232 port Send it to authorized dealer for checking Static becomes stronger when connecting the vi...

Page 41: ... tear ü Use of supplies or parts not meeting our specifications ü No certificate or invoice as the proof of warranty ü The product model showed on the warranty card does not match with the model of the product for repairing or had been altered ü Damage caused by force majeure ü Servicing not authorized by distributor ü Any other causes which does not relate to a product defect l Shipping fees inst...

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