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APANTAC LLC, 

10200 SW Allen Blvd. Suite C, Beaverton, OR 97005 USA 

[email protected], TEL: +1 503 968 3000, FAX: +1 503 389 7921 

 

 

 

HDMI to H.264 

Transmitter & Receiver 

 
 

HDMI-IP-E/R 

User Manual 

V1.2

   

 

 

 

 

 

Summary of Contents for HDMI-IP-E

Page 1: ...APANTAC LLC 10200 SW Allen Blvd Suite C Beaverton OR 97005 USA info apantac com TEL 1 503 968 3000 FAX 1 503 389 7921 HDMI to H 264 Transmitter Receiver HDMI IP E R User Manual V1 2 ...

Page 2: ...s 11 6 4 Monitoring the the HDMI IP E via VLC and other Software 12 7 0 OSD On Screen Display 13 8 0 Configuring the HDMI IP E via the web page 15 8 1 Down Scaling the output 16 8 2 Setting the streaming bitrate 17 8 3 Setting the Multicast ID and IP address 17 8 4 Change User Name and Password 19 8 5 Communication Firmware Upgrade on HDMI IP E 19 8 6 Set IP properties and DHCP 19 8 7 Set Baud Rat...

Page 3: ...HDMI IP R APANTAC LLC 10200 SW Allen Blvd Suite C Beaverton OR 97005 USA info apantac com TEL 1 503 968 3000 FAX 1 503 389 7921 2 Warranty Statement 34 Limitation of Liability 35 Contact Apantac Technical Support 36 ...

Page 4: ...en sold in pairs Note HDMI IP E and HDMI IP R can also be sold separately QTY Product Description 1 HDMI IP E HDMI to H 264 encoder transmitter 1 HDMI IP R HDMI to H 264 decoder receiver 2 IR Emitter cables 2 12 V DC power supply with universal adapter ...

Page 5: ... 1 Specifications Functions Part HDMI IP E HDMI IP R HDMI Input Connector 1 HDMI Type A None HDMI Input Color Space HDMI RGB 8 10 12 bit YCbCr 4 2 2 4 4 4 8 10 12 bit DVI RGB YCbCr 4 2 2 4 4 4 8 bit HDMI Output Connector 1 HDMI Type A HDMI Output Color Space YCbCr 4 4 4 RGB HDMI Output Max Resolution 1080P 60Hz 8 bit LED Indicators Power LINK Rj 45 IR In None 3 5 mm jack IR Out 3 5 mm jack None IR...

Page 6: ...921 5 Supported Resolutions Resolution Frequency Hz 640x480 60 800x600 60 1024x768 60 1280x768 60 1280x800 60 1280x960 60 1280x1024 60 1360x768 60 1366x768 60 1440x900 60 1400x1050 60 1440x1050 60 1600x900 60 1680x1050 60 480i 59 94 60 480p 59 94 60 576i 50 576p 50 1080i 50 59 94 60 1080p 23 98 24 25 29 98 30 50 59 94 60 720p 50 59 94 60 ...

Page 7: ...03 968 3000 FAX 1 503 389 7921 6 2 2 Front Rear Views HDMI IP E Encoder Figure 4 1 HDMI IP E front view 1 HDMI Loop out YCbCr 4 4 4 2 HDMI Input 3 Multicast ID DIP Switch 4 Power 12 V DC 2A Figure 4 2 HDMI IP E rear view 1 LED power indicator 2 System reset 3 Baud rate setting DIP Switch 4 IR out 5 RS 232 6 LINK ...

Page 8: ...info apantac com TEL 1 503 968 3000 FAX 1 503 389 7921 7 HDMI IP R Decoder Figure 4 3 HDMI IP R front view 1 HDMI Output 2 Multicast ID DIP Switch 3 Power 12 V DC 2A Figure 4 4 HDMI IP R rear view 1 LED power indicator 2 System reset 3 Baud rate setting DIP Switch 4 IR out 5 RS 232 6 LINK ...

Page 9: ... OFF OFF 4800 ON OFF OFF 9600 OFF ON OFF 19200 ON ON OFF 28800 OFF OFF ON 38400 ON OFF ON 57600 OFF ON ON 115200 ON ON ON 3 2 ID DIP Switch Settings ID PIN 1 PIN 2 PIN 3 PIN 4 PIN 5 PIN 6 PIN 7 PIN 8 0 OFF OFF OFF OFF OFF OFF Not Used Reset 1 ON OFF OFF OFF OFF OFF OFF Wait 7 ON ON ON 3 Sec ON 63 ON ON ON ON ON ON ...

Page 10: ...3000 FAX 1 503 389 7921 9 4 0 IR Blaster Receiver Cables IR Receiver Cable Plug it into the HDMI IP R s IR IN port and place the IR receiver in a convenient location for the remote control IR Blaster Cable Plug it into the HDMI IP E s IR OUT port and place the IR receiver in a convenient location for the remote control ...

Page 11: ...0 Installation and Quick Start Guide 6 1 Point to point connection 1 Turn off the HDMI source and HDMI Display 2 Connect the cable between the source and the HDMI IP E via the HDMI in port 3 Connect the HDMI cables between the Displays and the HDMI IP E and HDMI IP R 4 Connect the CATx cable between the HDMI IP E and HDMI IP R 5 Make sure the ID DIP Switch is set the same 6 Connect the power to bo...

Page 12: ...IP E and HDMI IP R 4 Connect the CATx cables between the HDMI IP E and the switch 5 Connect the CATx cables between the HDMI IP R and the switch 6 Make sure the ID DIP Switch is set the same 7 Connect the powers to both HDMI IP E and all the HDMI IP R s 8 Turn on the the power for the HDMI Displays 6 3 Multiple transmitters to multiple receivers 1 Turn off the HDMI sources and HDMI Display 2 Conne...

Page 13: ... same ID between the corresponding transmitter and receivers 7 Connect the powers to both HDMI IP E s and all the HDMI IP R s 8 Turn on the the powers for the HDMI Displays 6 4 Monitoring the the HDMI IP E via VLC and other Software Instead of using a HDMI IP R as the decoder of the the H 264 stream software such as VLC can be used to decode the source and view it Apantac does not guarantee the pe...

Page 14: ...the HDMI IP E Tx and HDMI IP R Rx can be obtained from the OSD by simply plugging the HDMI IP Rx HDMI output to the monitor Here is an OSD screen capture when the HDMI IP R is plugged into the monitor without any network connection 1 FW Version 2 RX IP address HDMI IP R is initially at 0 0 0 0 3 TX IP address HDMI IR E is initially at 0 0 0 0 4 Group ID It reflects either the hardware Multicast ID...

Page 15: ... address of the HDMI IP R Rx the network LINK must be connected either directly to a HDMI IP E or a network switch As you can see the IP address for the HDMI IP R Rx is now part of the OSD Fig 8 2 OSD Screen capture after the HDMI IP R Rx is connected to a network switch Connect the HDMI IP E TX either directly to the HDMI IP R RX or via a network switch the IP address of the HDMI IP E TX will dis...

Page 16: ...TEL 1 503 968 3000 FAX 1 503 389 7921 15 8 0 Configuring the HDMI IP E via the web page Connecting to HDMI IP E TX via the webpage by typing its IP address in a browser Fig 8 1 The first portion of the web interface The video input information is not configurable it is read directly from the HDMI IP E Tx ...

Page 17: ...on settings The video Output Resolution can be configured FHD 1080P 1080i HD 720P SD 480i 576i 480P 576P 8 1 Down Scaling the output The HDMI IP E has the capability of down scaling the input source to a lower resolution by setting the output with the pull down menu Fig 8 3 FHD 1080P i source can be down scaled to HD 720P or SD Figure 8 4 HD 720 source can be down scaled to SD ...

Page 18: ...P address that can be set Important Notes 1 For the HDMI IP E TX and HDMI IP R RX communicate and find each other the Multicast IP address must be set to the same 2 When the webpage is first launched the Multicast IP address is read back from the HDMI IP E R Tx Rx s Multicast ID Settings 3 If the Multicast IP is set in the Webpage then the webpage setting will overwrite the hardware DIP switch set...

Page 19: ...00 SW Allen Blvd Suite C Beaverton OR 97005 USA info apantac com TEL 1 503 968 3000 FAX 1 503 389 7921 18 Fig 8 7 The Multicast IP address can be set via the webpage via the pull down menu 0 63 Fig 8 8 The second portion of the web interface ...

Page 20: ...sword 8 5 Communication Firmware Upgrade on HDMI IP E There are two sets of firware in the HDMI IP E Tx communicaton firm upgrade can be upgraded via the webpage 8 6 Set IP properties and DHCP Note Default IP address for the HDMI IP E Tx can be changed via the webpage If the Use DHCP box is checked and the Ethernet switch has a DHCP server the IP address will be assigned by the DHCP switch If it i...

Page 21: ... or the DIP switch The baud rate setting must be set the same for the HDMI IP E and HDMI IP R Fig 8 11 Set RS232 baud rate Important Note If the baud rate is set in the Webpage then the webpage setting will overwrite the hardware DIP switch setting until the Tx Rx has been power cycled 8 8 Codec Firmware Upgrade on HDMI IP E There are two sets of firware in the HDMI IP E Tx the Encoder firmware ca...

Page 22: ... 1 HDMI IP R web interface The firwares in the HDMI IP R Rx firm upgrade can be upgraded via the webpage 9 1 Codec Firmware Upgrade on HDMI IP E 9 2 Set IP properties and DHCP Default IP address for the HDMI IP R Rx can be changed via the webpage If the Use DHCP box is checked and the Ethernet switch supports DHCP the IP address will be assigned by the DHCP switch If it is a point to point connect...

Page 23: ...IP E R Tx Rx s Multicast ID Settings 3 If the Multicast IP is set in the Webpage then the webpage setting will overwrite the hardware DIP switch setting until the Tx Rx has been power cycled 4 The OSD will reflect the last Unicast IP setting regardless it is done by webpage or DIP switch 9 3 Setting the Multicast ID and IP address Fig 9 3 Multicast IP setting is read back from the HDMI IP R 9 4 Se...

Page 24: ...ems We will introduce VLC versions on Windows Mac OS X Android and iOS for HDMI IP E decoding in the following sections The material below is for your references only Apantac does not guarantee any of the contents Windows OS The Windows version of the VLC runs on all versions of Windows from Windows XP SP3 to the last version of Windows 10 You can download and install VLC from http www videolan or...

Page 25: ...R APANTAC LLC 10200 SW Allen Blvd Suite C Beaverton OR 97005 USA info apantac com TEL 1 503 968 3000 FAX 1 503 389 7921 24 4 Click on Media from the top level pull down menu 5 Click on Open Network Stream from Media sub menu ...

Page 26: ...0200 SW Allen Blvd Suite C Beaverton OR 97005 USA info apantac com TEL 1 503 968 3000 FAX 1 503 389 7921 25 6 Enter the Multicast address and port number of the HDMI IP E s Multicast stream please refer to section 8 3 for more information ...

Page 27: ...Beaverton OR 97005 USA info apantac com TEL 1 503 968 3000 FAX 1 503 389 7921 26 7 Select the checkbox Show more options at the lower part of Open Media dialog 8 Enter your recipient IP address for Multicast in Edit Options 9 Successfully decode the Multicast stream ...

Page 28: ...neration of Intel based Macs equipped with Core Solo or Core Duo processors is no longer supported Please use version 2 0 10 The Mac version of the VLC does not support all the options via its user interface You can choose to use VLC GUI to view Multicast stream by turning off all other unrelated ethernet interfaces except the one for Multicast stream Otherwise to keep multiple ethernet interfaces...

Page 29: ...00 SW Allen Blvd Suite C Beaverton OR 97005 USA info apantac com TEL 1 503 968 3000 FAX 1 503 389 7921 28 2 Then create an alias to the VLC program 3 Run ifconfig command to get your IP address for Multicast 4 Enter VLC command with options ...

Page 30: ...HDMI IP E and HDMI IP R APANTAC LLC 10200 SW Allen Blvd Suite C Beaverton OR 97005 USA info apantac com TEL 1 503 968 3000 FAX 1 503 389 7921 29 5 Successfully decode Multicast stream ...

Page 31: ...2 If your device supports Multicast streaming then you can open Multicast streams directly from VLC on Android 3 If not you need to convert Multicast streams into Unicast by downloading UDP to HTTP Proxy from this link and install it in your PC 4 From the first two drop down boxes select your Local IP address that you found above and then from System Service mode select Start 5 Connect your Androi...

Page 32: ...eaverton OR 97005 USA info apantac com TEL 1 503 968 3000 FAX 1 503 389 7921 31 8 Successfully receiving Multicast stream 9 Please note that after Proxy Multicast streaming will become Unicast When second connection has been established the first one will be dropped ...

Page 33: ... option in iOS is disabled by default Please follow step 3 to 5 to set up UDP to HTTP proxy and go through the following steps 1 Open VLC 2 Enter the network address http 169 254 0 7 7781 udp 239 255 42 42 5004 please modify proxy interface address proxy interface port number multicast address and multicast port number to match your own settings 3 Successfully receiving Multicast stream ...

Page 34: ...HDMI IP E and HDMI IP R APANTAC LLC 10200 SW Allen Blvd Suite C Beaverton OR 97005 USA info apantac com TEL 1 503 968 3000 FAX 1 503 389 7921 33 ...

Page 35: ...ompanies Warranty Statement Apantac LLC herein after referred to as Apantac warrants to the original purchaser of the products manufactured by Apantac the Product will be free from defects in material and workmanship for a period of three 3 year from the date of shipment of the Product to the purchaser If the Product proves to be defective during the three 3 year warranty period the purchaser s ex...

Page 36: ...erm of the warranty on the replacement Product exceed the number of months remaining on the warranty covering the defective Product Equipment manufactured by other suppliers and supplied by Apantac carries the respective manufacturer s warranty Apantac assumes no warranty responsibility either expressed or implied for equipment manufactured by others and supplied by Apantac This hardware warranty ...

Page 37: ...product and system issues hardware and software information and more Technical Support Hours Monday Friday 7 00 AM to 5 00 PM PT Technical Support Assistance Phone 1 503 968 3000 Email support Apantac com Randall Durand Technical Support Manager Applications Engineer Phone 1 503 455 4663 Email Randall Durand Apantac com Daryn Edwards Technical Support Engineer Phone 1 503 968 3000 Email Daryn Edwa...

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