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CH-U331RX

HDMI/VGA over IP Receiver 

with USB/KVM Extension

Operation Manual

Operation Manual

Summary of Contents for CH-U331RX

Page 1: ...CH U331RX HDMI VGA over IP Receiver with USB KVM Extension Operation Manual Operation Manual ...

Page 2: ...echnology reserves the right to make improvements to this document and or product at any time and without notice COPYRIGHT NOTICE No part of this document may be reproduced transmitted transcribed stored in a retrieval system or any of its part translated into any language or computer file in any form or by any means electronic mechanical magnetic optical chemical manual or otherwise without expre...

Page 3: ... inside the unit Do not attach the power supply cabling to building surfaces Use only the supplied power supply unit PSU Do not use the PSU if it is damaged Do not allow anything to rest on the power cabling or allow any weight to be placed upon it or any person walk on it To protect the unit from overheating do not block any vents or openings in the unit housing that provide ventilation and allow...

Page 4: ...el 4 6 2 Receiver s Rear Panel 6 6 3 IR Cable Pin Assignments 8 6 4 RS 232 Protocol 8 6 5 Telnet Commands 9 6 6 WebGUI Control 21 6 6 1 System Tab 22 6 6 2 Video Wall Tab 24 6 6 3 Network Tab 28 6 6 4 Functions Tab 30 7 Connection Diagram 34 8 Specifications 35 8 1 Technical Specifications 35 8 2 Video Specifications 36 8 3 Audio Specifications 37 9 Acronyms 39 ...

Page 5: ...d to create large multi display video walls with amazing simplicity This system is perfect for both residential and commercial installation environments This system also features bi directional IR and RS 232 pass through analog line level in out and a microphone input on the Receiver providing the user with a variety of audio options The USB functionality allows the system to act like a remote USB...

Page 6: ...ch as media players video game consoles PCs or set top boxes HDMI or VGA receiving equipment such as HDTVs monitors or audio amplifiers Analog audio receiving equipment such as headphones audio amplifiers or powered speakers A Gigabit Ethernet network switch with jumbo frame support is required 8K jumbo frames are strongly recommended A Gigabit Ethernet switch with IGMP snooping enabled is require...

Page 7: ...The optical output on Receivers can only support LPCM 2 0 Bitstream sources The analog Line In on the Transmitter sends audio directly to the analog Line Out and is inserted into the HDMI output on connected Receivers The Mic In on the Receiver sends audio directly to the analog Line Out on the Transmitter Both Tx and Rx may powered directly by PoE when connected to a Gigabit Ethernet switch that ...

Page 8: ...humb drives Note Isochronous steady streaming data devices such as USB cameras and external hard drives are not supported 4 USB 1 1 These 2 USB 1 1 slots provide connections for slower USB devices such as keyboards mice etc Note Isochronous steady streaming data devices such as USB cameras and external hard drives are not supported 5 RESET Press this recessed button to reboot the unit Settings wil...

Page 9: ...x xxx address range 8 CH USB This button controls multiple functions a Channel Press this button momentarily to decrease the streaming channel to the previous available channel on the local network Note If no other channels are detected the channel number will not change b USB Press and hold the button for 3 seconds to enable disable the USB connection between the Transmitter and the Receiver Mult...

Page 10: ...analog microphone using a 3 5mm plug This audio will be sent to the analog audio output on the connected Transmitter Unicast mode ONLY Note The Mic In audio channel back to the Transmitter is only active when an analog source is also connected to the Line In port on the Transmitter 2 LINE OUT Outputs stereo audio from the Transmitter HDMI or Line In LPCM 2 0 sources only Connect to powered speaker...

Page 11: ...rol the unit via WebGUI Note This unit can be powered directly by the connected Gigabit Ethernet switch if it provides PoE 802 3af Only LAN 1 port supports PoE Daisy chaining additional Receivers using LAN 1 2 or 3 is possible 8 DC 5V Plug the 5V DC power adapter into the unit and connect it to an AC wall outlet for power Optional if powered by PoE ...

Page 12: ... 2 IR Signal Power Ground IR Extender 3 1 2 IR Blaster Power IR Signal NC 6 4 RS 232 Protocol TRANSMITTER RECEIVER Pin Definition Pin Definition 1 NC 1 NC 2 Tx 2 Rx 3 Rx 3 Tx 4 NC 4 NC 5 GND 5 GND 6 NC 6 NC 7 NC 7 NC 8 NC 8 NC 9 NC 9 NC ...

Page 13: ... Mode 2 Auto IP Mode GET_IP_MODE Show the current IP configuration mode SET_IP_ADDRESS N1 Set the static IP address N1 X X X X X 0 255 GET_IP_ADDRESS Show the current IP address SET_NETMASK N1 Set the Ethernet netmask N1 X X X X X 0 255 GET_NETMASK Show the current Ethernet netmask SET_GATEWAY N1 Set the IP gateway address N1 X X X X X 0 255 GET_GATEWAY Show the current gateway address SET_NET_MOD...

Page 14: ...y reset on the unit and select the IP mode after the reset completes Available values for N1 0 Reset into Static IP mode 1 Reset into Auto IP mode REBOOT Reboot the unit 4 Transmitter Specific COMMAND DESCRIPTION AND PARAMETERS SET_TX_CHANNEL N1 Set the VoIP transmission channel N1 0 255 GET_TX_CHANNEL Show the current VoIP transmission channel SET_PQ_MODE N1 Set the Tx video optimization mode Ava...

Page 15: ... mode 1 Compatibility mode GET_USB_MOUSE Show the current USB mouse performance mode SET_BANDWIDTH N1 Set the broadcast stream bandwidth maximum Available values for N1 0 50 Mbps 1 100 Mbps 2 200 Mbps 3 400 Mbps 4 Best Effort SET_FRAME_RATE N1 Set the percentage of frames from the source video to encode N1 2 100 Frame Percent SET_VW_OSD N1 N2 Enable disable video wall OSD to display the Target Rec...

Page 16: ...N2 1 16 Vertical display count N3 0 255 Target Rx Optional Note Target Receiver number can be obtained by turning on the Video Wall OSD Omitting N3 makes the settings global to all Receivers SET_VW_POS N1 N2 N3 Set the display s position within the video wall Cannot exceed the video wall s horizontal and vertical display count N1 0 15 Row N2 0 15 Column N3 0 255 Target Rx Optional Note Target Rece...

Page 17: ...the settings global to all Receivers SET_VW_HSCALE N1 N2 Set the video wall display s horizontal zoom amount N1 0 99999 Zoom amount in 1 pixel units N2 0 255 Target Rx Optional Note Target Receiver number can be obtained by turning on the Video Wall OSD Omitting N2 makes the setting global to all Receivers SET_VW_VSCALE N1 N2 Set the video wall display s vertical zoom amount N1 0 99999 Zoom amount...

Page 18: ...g on the Video Wall OSD Omitting N3 makes the settings global to all Receivers SET_VW_DELAY N1 N2 Set the video wall display delay N1 0 99999 Delay in microseconds N2 0 255 Target Rx Optional Note Target Receiver number can be obtained by turning on the Video Wall OSD Omitting N2 makes the setting global to all Receivers 5 Receiver Specific COMMAND DESCRIPTION AND PARAMETERS SET_EDID_COPY N1 Copy ...

Page 19: ...alues for N1 0 640 480 60Hz 2 800 600 60Hz 4 1024 768 60Hz 6 1280 768 60Hz 7 1280 800 60Hz 8 1280 1024 60Hz 10 1360 768 60Hz 11 1366 768 60Hz 12 1440 900 60Hz 14 1400 1050 60Hz 15 1600 900 60Hz 16 1600 1200 60Hz 17 1680 1050 60Hz 20 1920 1200 60Hz 22 Bypass 23 Auto Detect 24 480i 60Hz 25 576i 50Hz 26 480p 60Hz 28 576p 50Hz 29 720p 60Hz 31 720p 50Hz 32 720p 30Hz 34 720p 25Hz 35 1080i 60Hz 37 1080i ...

Page 20: ...lay should be used for this calculation SET_VW N1 Enable disable video wall functionality Available values for N1 0 Disable 1 Enable GET_VW Show video wall functionality status SET_VW_OSD N1 Enable disable video wall OSD to display the Target Receiver number on the connected display Available values for N1 0 Disable 1 Enable GET_VW_OSD Show the current video wall OSD state SET_VW_LAYOUT N1 N2 Set ...

Page 21: ... values for the display connected to this Receiver N1 0 99999 Video width N2 0 99999 Total display width N3 0 99999 Video height N4 0 99999 Total display height GET_VW_BC Show the video wall bezel compensation values for the display connected to this Receiver SET_VW_HSCALE N1 Set the horizontal zoom amount of the display connected to this receiver N1 0 99999 Zoom amount in 1 pixel units GET_VW_HSC...

Page 22: ...xel shift amount Must be in increments of 8 GET_VW_SHIFT Show the video output shift of the display connected to this receiver SET_VW_DELAY N1 Set the video delay of the display connected to this receiver N1 0 99999 Delay in microseconds GET_VW_DELAY Show the video delay of the display connected to this receiver 6 Serial COMMAND DESCRIPTION AND PARAMETERS SET_SERIAL_ALLOW N1 Enable disable Serial ...

Page 23: ...T_SERIAL_BITS N1 Set the number of Serial data bits Available values for N1 0 5 bits 1 6 bits 2 7 bits 3 8 bits GET_SERIAL_BITS Show the current number of Serial data bits SET_SERIAL_PARITY N1 Set the Serial parity bit Available values for N1 0 None 1 Odd 2 Even GET_SERIAL_PARITY Show the current Serial parity bit SET_SERIAL_STOP N1 Set the Serial stop bits Available values for N1 0 1 1 2 GET_SERI...

Page 24: ...sabled 1 Enabled GET_USB_ALLOW Show current USB support state 8 Video COMMAND DESCRIPTION AND PARAMETERS VIDEO_SOURCE_HDMI Select HDMI as the video input source VIDEO_SOURCE_VGA Select VGA as the video input source Note Commands will not be executed unless followed by a carriage return Commands are not case sensitive ...

Page 25: ... the front of the unit for 3 seconds The LINK light will blink rapidly then turn off Once the link is broken each connected Receiver will output a 640 480 black screen with OSD text at the bottom identifying its own IP address Local IP as well as the IP address of the Transmitter Remote IP that shares the same broadcasting channel with it channel 0 by default After obtaining the IP address informa...

Page 26: ...within a separate subnet at the minimum 6 6 1 System Tab The System tab contains 4 windows that provide access to firmware version information a firmware update interface utilities for rebooting and resetting the unit Telnet command entry and a variety of statistics and information about the operational state of the unit Version Information This window displays detailed information about the curre...

Page 27: ... Individual Telnet commands may also be sent to the unit by using the Console API Command text entry field and pressing Apply Any responses from the unit will be displayed in the Output field Statistics The Statistics window shows all available information about the operational status of the unit including current Host ID Name Ethernet information MAC address unicast multicast mode link status and...

Page 28: ... however video wall settings may only be applied to Receiver units When saving changes on the Video Wall tab remember to select the appropriate Apply To target unit before pressing the Apply button To make changes to the unit you are currently connected to select This as the target Otherwise select the IP address of the Receiver Client you want to apply changes to from the Apply To drop down Notes...

Page 29: ...onitor s outer frame OW OH and the video screen VW VH The measurements may be made using any unit of measurement inches mm cm etc as long as ALL measurements in the same wall are made using the exact same units and the numbers are integers OW Outer Width This is the horizontal measurement of the display s outer case OH Outer Height This is the vertical measurement of the display s outer case ...

Page 30: ...l monitors for example 2 2 or 3 3 however it is possible to create video walls using this system with a wider variety of dimensions as long as the end result is still a rectangle for example 5 1 or 2 3 Both horizontal and vertical dimensions are limited to a maximum of 8 displays Vertical Monitor Count Define the number of displays in the video wall measured vertically Maximum is 8 displays Horizo...

Page 31: ...updates to the video wall settings of all units in the current video wall group Transmitter and Receivers Selecting This will direct updates to the video wall settings of the unit whose WebGUI you are currently connected to Selecting an IP address from the Hosts list will direct updates to the video wall settings of the Transmitter with that IP address Selecting an IP address from the Clients list...

Page 32: ... to temporarily disable the Video Link between the Receiver and Transmitter in order to display the units new IP addresses on the Receiver s HDMI output Press and hold the LINK button for 3 seconds to enable or disable the Video Link Channel Setup Use the dropdown to select the broadcast reception channel for the Receiver The Receiver will display the video stream from the Transmitter using the se...

Page 33: ...tallation with a large number of units in a rack Casting Mode Allows for the selection of the network broadcast mode supported by the Receiver Click the Apply button to save changes made to the broadcast mode Note Receivers must be set to the same mode as the Transmitter in order to receive video Multicast This mode sends a single video stream that can be viewed simultaneously by multiple receiver...

Page 34: ...olution video loss settings as well as a wide variety of optional features and functions including USB and Serial control extension Changes made to these settings typically require a reboot of the unit After clicking on Apply please follow the reboot instructions in the WebGUI if necessary ...

Page 35: ...Receivers should send its EDID to the Transmitter for use with the source Note This option is only available in multicast mode Scaler Output Mode Use the drop down list to select the preferred output resolution for the scaler Selecting one of the specific resolutions will output all video at that resolution Selecting Pass Through will output the source video at its original resolution Selecting Na...

Page 36: ...hecked but if USB support is not required disabling this feature can save some bandwidth Operation Mode Sets the USB extension mode Available options are Auto Active on link Unicast optimized and Active per request Multicast optimized Auto mode is set by default and will automatically select the correct mode depending on the broadcast mode of the unit Compatibility Mode These troubleshooting optio...

Page 37: ...ng this checkbox will completely disable support for sending RS 232 commands over this stream This option should generally remain checked but if serial support is not required disabling this feature can save a very small amount of bandwidth Serial Settings Set the desired baud rate data bits parity and stop bit for the RS 232 signal to extend Note The Transmitter and Receiver must have the same se...

Page 38: ...C IN OPT OUT VGA OUT LAN 1 PoE LAN 3 LAN 2 HDMI OUT DC 5V ISP 1 5m 60 7m 3m 3m 60 1 5m 60 7m 3m 3m 60 E O NE DVD Blu ray Player Smart TV Controlled Device USB Peripherals Network Switch PoE Analog Stereo Output Digital Stereo Output Microphone Input HDMI Input HDMI Output IR Input IR Input IR Output IR Output VGA Loopback Output VGA Analog Stereo Inputs VGA Analog Stereo Outputs USB USB LAN RS 232...

Page 39: ...sub 4 USB Type A Supported Resolutions 480i 60Hz 4K 30Hz 4 4 4 8 bit VGA 60Hz WUXGA 60Hz RB IR Frequency 30 50kHz 30 60kHz under ideal conditions Power Supply 5V 4A DC US EU standards CE FCC UL certified ESD Protection Human Body Model 12kV Air Discharge 8kV Contact Discharge Dimensions 231 5mm 25mm 108mm W H D Case Only 231 5mm 25mm 120mm W H D All Inclusive Weight 666g Chassis Material Metal Sil...

Page 40: ...ns Hz Input Output HDMI VGA HDMI VGA 640 480p 60 720 480p 59 60 720 576p 50 800 600p 60 1024 768p 60 1280 720p 50 59 60 1280 768p 60 1280 960p 60 1280 1024p 60 1440 480p 60 1440 576p 50 1366 768p 60 1600 1200p 60 RB 1920 1080p 24 25 1920 1080p 50 59 60 1920 1200p 60 RB 1920 1080i 50 59 60 3840 2160p 24 25 30 3840 2160p 50 60 YUV 4 2 0 4096 2160p 24 25 30 ...

Page 41: ... to 4K 30Hz RGB for output VESA VGA up to 1920 1200 60Hz Pixel clock 150MHz 8 3 Audio Specifications Supported Audio Formats Supported Formats kHz HDMI Input HDMI Output LPCM 2 0 44 1 88 2 176 4 LPCM 2 0 32 48 96 192 LPCM 5 1 44 1 88 2 176 4 LPCM 5 1 32 48 96 192 LPCM 7 1 44 1 88 2 176 4 LPCM 7 1 32 48 96 192 Standard Bitstream ...

Page 42: ... HDMI IN TX LINE IN TX MIC IN RX HDMI OUT RX LINE OUT TX LINE OUT RX Multicast Data Transmission Mode Connected I O Audio Inputs Audio Outputs HDMI IN TX LINE IN TX MIC IN RX HDMI OUT RX LINE OUT TX LINE OUT RX Notes HDMI audio source Line audio source Microphone audio source ...

Page 43: ...th Digital Content Protection HDMI High Definition Multimedia Interface IP Internet Protocol IR Infrared LAN Local Area Network LPCM Linear Pulse Code Modulation OSD On Screen Display PC Personal Computer PoE Power over Ethernet S PDIF Sony Philips Digital Interface Format TCP Transmission Control Protocol UHD Ultra High Definition USB Universal Serial Bus VGA Video Graphics Array 640 480 60Hz WUX...

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