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D Series

Dante AV Transceiver

USER MANUAL

VERSION: D20 Series-06192022

ENCODER/DECODER

D20H

D20S

Summary of Contents for D20 Series

Page 1: ...1 D Series Dante AV Transceiver USER MANUAL VERSION D20 Series 06192022 ENCODER DECODER D20H D20S 2022 Bolin Technology ...

Page 2: ...ON 17 DIN RAIL MOUNT INSTALLATION 20 SINGLE RACK MOUNT INSTALLATION 21 DUAL RACK MOUNT INSTALLATION 21 DIMENSION 23 PRIOR TO USE 25 EQUIPMENT TO PREPARE 25 DANTE CONTROLLER INSTALLING AND UPDATING 25 NETWORKS AND SWITCHES 26 DANTE AV VIDEO ROUTING 27 DISCOVERY AND AUTO CONFIGURATION 27 USING DANTE CONTROLLER FOR BOLIN DANTE AV DEVICES 27 ROUTING FOR VIDEO DEVICES 27 NETWORK VIEW 28 ROUTING VIEW 29...

Page 3: ...3 ENCODER AUDIO 49 FIRMWARE UPGRADE 50 DANTE AV MODULE FIRMWARE UPGRADE 50 ...

Page 4: ...ENSE IS GRANTED OR SHALL BE IMPLIED FOR ANY OTHER USE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION MAY BE OBTAINED FROM MPEG LA L L C SEE http www mpegla com HEVC H 265 Covered by one or more claims of patents listed at patentlist hevcadvance com DanteTM Dante AVTM is the trademarks of Audinate Inc company name and product name contained in this manual are the property of their respective owners Other trademarks compan...

Page 5: ...still cannot be removed use anti static gloves or an oil free cloth dipped with detergent and clean the glass surface gently until it is removed Do not use organic solvents such as benzene or ethanol when cleaning the surface Regulatory Compliance FCC Part 15 This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for digital device pursuant to part 15 of the FCC Rules These limits are ...

Page 6: ...6 WHAT S IN THE BOX Accessories Optional ...

Page 7: ...ssing code streams 200 800 Mbps HDMI 7 1 embedded audio input Tunable audio delay to facilitate lip sync control Support unicast and multicast Full support of Dante audio and video protocols Supported by Dante Controller Fully time aligned routable audio and video streams Visually perfect video using network efficient JPEG2000 codec Fully validated implementation of HDCP 2 3 encryption Complete ED...

Page 8: ...witched on 4 Codec LED Indicator Green Normal Not lit Abnormal Error 5 System LED Indicator Solid green All ok sync achieved Amber Booting up waiting sync Red System failed to boot correctly Off No power 6 Error LED Indicator Solid green Software running Blinking green Identifying function activated Solid or blinking red Software fault or exception Off No power ...

Page 9: ...ect a mouse NOTE The USB ports can only be used for keyboard and mouse connections USB flash drives hard drives are not supported Connect a USB cable male type A USB to male mini USB from a USB port on a PC to the USB OTG port of a Dante AV Encoder When properly configured the keyboard and or mouse connected to the Dante AV Decoder end can be used to control the PC connected at the Encoder locatio...

Page 10: ...ignals such as HDMI PTZ cameras to coding the HDMI signal to Dante AV video stream then use Dante AV decoder to decoding the Dante AV video stream included audio and video that output from the encoder and output it to the back end display device via HDMI cable Dante AV Connection Basic System Diagram ...

Page 11: ...V encoder decoder for Dante AV streaming and HDMI SDI output For detail please refer to User guide Part Two 1 Use Cat6 network cable to connect Dante AV encoder to the PoE network switch 2 Use Cat6 network cable to connect Dante AV decoder to the same PoE network switch 3 Connect a traditional HDMI source like a HDMI camera signal to Dante AV encoder HDMI In port 4 The HDMI camera source will be c...

Page 12: ...12 Supported Video Resolutions The Dante AV encoder supports the following video resolutions ...

Page 13: ...nchronization status 1 Solid green Dante network clock follower sync with leader achieved 2 Blinking green Dante network clock leader 3 Amber syncing in progress 4 Red sync error 5 Off no power HDCP LED Tri color LED indicating the status of HDCP on the HDMI input or output 1 Solid green non HDCP unprotected video sink or source detected 2 Blinking green HDCP protected content detected 3 Solid red...

Page 14: ... controller you should observe the Media device operation accordingly the system should behave as though you had directly connected the Joystick controller to the Media device Use serial control over Dante AV network you need to setup Serial Config and run routing check within Dante Controller Set up Serial Config Tab within Dante Controller Do not need to set on Dante AV encoder and decoder usual...

Page 15: ...P allows you to use a USB mouse and or keyboard to control a remote computer via the Dante network this function needs to work together with Dante AV decoder How to setup On the Dante AV decoder connect a keyboard to USB 1 and a mouse to USB 2 Connect a USB cable male type A USB to male mini USB from a USB port on the PC host to the USB OTG port on the Dante AV encoder Open the Windows Device Mana...

Page 16: ...o work together with the Dante AV decoder How to setup Connect the IR transmitter to the IR TX port located on the encoder s front panel Connect the IR receiver to the IR RX port located on the decoder front panel Using the Dante Controller subscribe IR channel on the encoder to IR channel on the decoder In this instance the IR signal is being passed from the decoder across the network to the enco...

Page 17: ... encoder please install the mount kit to encoder first and then mount the encoder to the Rack or other installation location For Surface mount kit there are two separately parts the outer frame and inner frame Please install the outer frame to the encoder bottom cover then install the inner frame to the TV or monitor back surface Combine outer frame and inner frame and hook lock it Tighten all the...

Page 18: ...18 2 Base mount kit installation B BM10 Surface mount installation 1 Surface Mount kit installation with pole mounting B SM10 NOTE To remove the encoder ...

Page 19: ...19 2 Surface mount kit installation with surface mounting B SM10 ...

Page 20: ...stallation Sold Separately Need to use Din Rail Mount Kit and M3 8K screws for this installation Din Rail and Rail Mounting Bracket are sold separately Please following the below diagrams to do Din Rail mount installation Din Rail mounting method 1 ...

Page 21: ...Rack Mount kit is sold separately Please following the diagrams below to do single rack mount installation Dual Rack Mount Installation Sold Separately Need to use Dual Rack Mount Kit and M3 8K screws for this installation Dual Rack Mount kit is sold separately Please following the diagrams below to do dual rack mount installation ...

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Page 24: ... The operator reader who is going to utilize the DanteAV devices has moderate understanding and installation expertise of the Dante Audio over IP system If the above assumption applies to your application please continue to the Prior to Use section If the above assumption does not apply to your application please view the information below If you are interested in building a completely new Dante D...

Page 25: ...copy of Dante Controller Go to the Audinate website www audinate com Installing Dante Controller on Windows 1 Ensure you are logged on to your PC as an administrator 2 Navigate to and double click the Dante Controller installer file 3 Read the license agreement If you agree to the terms select the I agree checkbox and click Install If you do not agree to the terms click Close 4 Confirm acknowledge...

Page 26: ...tches that support EEE it is a relatively new technology and some switches do not perform the negotiation properly This may cause EEE to be enabled in Dante networks when it is not appropriate resulting in poor synchronization performance and occasional dropouts 3 We recommend managed intelligent switches that can be configured and monitored a So that you can adjust the switch settings according t...

Page 27: ... bit depths This information can be seen when viewing a device on Dante Controller and allows Dante devices to determine compatibility with other devices such as compatible sample rates to allow media to be routed Using Dante Controller for Bolin Dante AV Devices This section of the manual is for connecting and utilizing Bolin Dante AV encoders decoders and very closely related devices only For Da...

Page 28: ...X device IR for infrared control of TX device from the RX end Serial is for Visca RS 422 control of standard PTZ camera from the RX end with compatible controller Ancillary channels are typically low bandwidth compared to audio and video channels Some ancillary channel types cannot be added to multicast transmit flows Dante Controller presents two main types of view Network View and Device View Ne...

Page 29: ...422 on the receiver encoder The Serial ancillary channel on the D20 RX 022458 receiver is subscribed to the equivalent channels on the D20H TX 022454 transmitter These subscriptions would enable serial control RS 422 on the transmitter encoder via the Serial control ports RS 422 on the receiver decoder Routing View When Dante Controller is started it always displays the Routing Tab within the Netw...

Page 30: ...d monitoring service failure on the device The device may need to be reset or restored Clock Status Dante AV uses Precision Time Protocol PTP across the network to achieve time alignment throughout the network The page informs the user about Dante AV devices on the network and its clock status This is important because it verifies if devices are in sync which is needed to achieve the AV sync that ...

Page 31: ... for the device Primary Rx B W The Primary Rx B W column displays an approximation of the current receive bandwidth on the primary Dante network interface for the device Secondary Rx B W The Secondary Rx B W column displays an approximation of the current receive bandwidth on the secondary Dante network interface for the device Latency Setting Shows the current latency setting for the device Note ...

Page 32: ...y and configure device s receive Rx channels Transmit Display and configure device s transmit Tx channels including multicast Status Device software clock and network status information Latency View latency histograms supported devices only Device Config Rename device change sample rate and set other attributes as relevant to device type Video Config Display certain video configuration parameters ...

Page 33: ...llowing icons Subscription is OK and media should be flowing Subscription is unresolved usually because the transmitting device has been removed from the network or is switched off No subscription or a subscription error Subscription is via unicast connection Subscription is via multicast connection Subscriptions can show several symbols in the Status column Common status icon combinations and the...

Page 34: ...nectivity problems The signal path is good but the Rx device does not supportthe signal for example because the signal is HDCP and the Rx device is not HDCP enabled Indicates a signal problem such as an incompatible video codec or the Dante subscription is unresolved Refer to the subscription status icon for further information The signal path is good and the signal is encrypted Available Channels...

Page 35: ...e of audio on subscribed channels Channel is either muted or receiving audio at less than 61dbFS Channel is receiving audio between 61dbFS and 0dbFS Channel is clipping For video ancillary and privately encoded audio channels supported devices may also show the following status icons in the Signal column Indicates there are no external connectivity problems with the TX device Indicates there is an...

Page 36: ...one TX channel names must be unique for the device Status Tab The Status tab is used to obtain current information about a Dante device Status Tab with Bolin Dante AV encoder Status Tab with Bolin Dante AV decoder The tab is divided into sections The information presented on this tab can be very useful when investigating networking or clocking issues in the system The Refresh button can be used to...

Page 37: ...sure that the host equipment has been configured to provide its word clock to the Dante device Check your product manual for more information Preferred No indicates that the card has not been set to preferred leader mode Yes indicates that the card is set to preferred leader mode Frequency Offset Indicates the offset from the network clock leader measured in parts per mil lion Interface Provides t...

Page 38: ...ring for the delay value due to network travel The purpose of this tab is to help optimize resources and finding the best setting for your application in terms of latency Data is transmitted throughout the network via packets when not all packets arrive on time or at all it can cause undesired results to the audio service Common consequences involve distortion and temp loss of audio How to read th...

Page 39: ...average number of latency data Late number of times packets that got dropped for arriving late best if this number stays low or 0 Duration data gathering time duration leave on longer duration for best accuracy of overall numbers Save Will save the information in a PNG image Clear Will clear previous latency information Device Config Tab This tab on the device view window allows you to configure d...

Page 40: ...just the sample rate of the device to synchronize audio with video that has undergone frame rate conversion For example to synchronize Dante audio with video that has been converted from 24 fps to 25 fps set the sample rate pull up down for any relevant Dante audio devices to 4 1667 Applies to audio channels only Note Changing the sample rate pull up down for a device place that device in a dedica...

Page 41: ...l flows that the device is receiving Applies to audio channels only Note The 150 µsec setting is unavailable for devices that include an internal network switch Device latency cannot be configured for Dante Via devices Devices enrolled in a Dante domain may support extra latency values Warning Changing the latency value will cause disruption in the audio while the flows are reestablishing the new ...

Page 42: ... Auto Automatically identify the HDCP version of the video source HDCP 1 x Enables HDCP on the HDMI output of your Dante AV device No HDCP Disables HDCP on the HDMI output of your Dante AV device Compression Settings 1 Compression Profile Broadcast mode Favors quality of image over latency Ultra Low Latency mode Favors keeping latency at the minimum over quality of image 2 Video Stream Bandwidth C...

Page 43: ...esolution match o If a different resolution is selected on the Dante Controller than the HDMI source input to the encoder Video format mismatch from source will be shown o Video format mismatch from source means that the video signal format input to the encoder is not the same as the format selected on Dante Controller o The Dante AV video stream format will to be the same as the HDMI source input...

Page 44: ...evice the encoder should be TX and the decoder should say RX Current settings this section will show the current resolution aspect ratio color space and bit depth information that is actively being transmitted The information section will actively update itself with the most recent information For example if the color space is changed on the decoder end the information area will refresh itself to ...

Page 45: ...for serial port transmission by adding extra data bit Selection options None Even Odd o Default is set to None Stop Bits Stop bits lets the devices to know when the end of a character is Selection options 1 or 2 o Commonly used stop bit by most devices is 1 o Certain rare devices use stop bit of 2 o Both options are supplied for your convenience Best practice is to have unified setting across all ...

Page 46: ... configure an IP Address for the appropriate Ethernet port 2 Enter the IP Address and Netmask 3 Click Apply The DNS Server and Gateway settings are optional the device will use network defaults if they are not specified Click Revert to revert to the previous settings Note Assigning static IP addresses requires a device reboot Flow Information The Flow Information dialog displays any audio video or...

Page 47: ...delivered only to the intended recipients o Note There should be only one IGMP querier for each VLAN o Note All switch should have IGMP snooping When to use Unicast and when to use Multicast Unicast is recommended when application requires the following video needs to be transmitted beyond a router when only one transmitting and receiving end point is needed Multicast is recommended when applicati...

Page 48: ... proper subscriptions Note multicast must be enabled first before subscriptions can be successfully made 5 On the Transmit page of the encoder select the Multicast Transmit Flow and click Delete button to delete it ...

Page 49: ...ndpoint within Dante AV network the encoder audio signal can be routed to the decoder or independently routed to any Audio RX endpoints The Left and Right audio channels on the D20H RX 022458 audio receiver are subscribed to the Left and Right TX channels on the D20H TX 022454 audio transmitter These subscriptions would cause the left and right audio channels from the D20H TX 022454 audio transmit...

Page 50: ...decoder properly Dante Controller software version 4 4 2 96 or above version is needed Please download the latest Dante Controller from Audinate website https www audinate com products software dante controller The product firmware for Bolin Dante AV devices including PTZ cameras and codec transmitter receiver 1 Encoder is shown as BL D20H E PV 3 1 2 dnt 2 Decoder is shown as BL D20H D PV 3 1 2 dn...

Page 51: ...he Dante AV device it takes around 10 seconds then will list all the devices on the network that match the software 5 Please select the device consistent with the firmware file been selected and click Start button to continue the upgrade operation If no device is detected please disable any antivirus program and try again Make sure the SKU number is correct ...

Page 52: ...isplaying Flashing now firmware upgrade is in processing 7 Please don t do any operation during the upgrade process which takes approximately 5 mins It will pop up the Upgrade done window if the upgrade is successful and the status will change to displaying Update Done like below picture SKU Number ...

Page 53: ...ication is linked to an online database containing firmware update files for products from multiple manufacturers When the application is connected to a Dante network it scans the network and identifies the firmware versions for each discovered Dante device If newer firmware for any device is available in the online database you can update the device using the online file or download the firmware ...

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