DA2DVI-DL
User’s Manual
Multimedia Signal Distribution Amplifier
Страница 1: ...DA2DVI DL User s Manual Multimedia Signal Distribution Amplifier ...
Страница 2: ... mount in accordance with the installation instructions The apparatus shall not be exposed to dripping or splashing and that no objects filled with liquids such as vases shall be placed on the apparatus No naked flame sources such as lighted candles should be placed on the apparatus Waste Electrical Electronic Equipment WEEE This marking shown on the product or its literature indicates that it sho...
Страница 3: ...ture or a function TIPS AND TRICKS Ideas which you may have not known yet but can be useful Navigation Buttons Go back to the previous page If you clicked on a link peviously you can go back to the source page by the button Navigate to the Table Contents Step back one page Step forward to the next page Document Information This User s Manual applies to the following versions of the mentioned softw...
Страница 4: ...4 Creating an EDID Easy EDID Creator 16 5 5 Settings Menu 17 5 5 1 Device Information 17 5 5 2 Log 17 5 6 Terminal Window 18 Table of Contents 6 PROGRAMMER S REFERENCE 19 6 1 Protocol Description 19 6 2 System Commands 19 6 2 1 View Product Type 19 6 2 2 View Serial Number 19 6 2 3 View Firmware Version 20 6 2 4 Compile Time 20 6 2 5 View Installed Board 20 6 2 6 View Board Information 20 6 2 7 Re...
Страница 5: ...ore 79 EDIDs It emulates and keeps a fixed EDID for the source so it can provide stable signal which is distributed to the two outputs Thanks to our Advanced EDID Management the device can trick the DVI source PC computer laptop etc by emulating any DVI HDMI display LCD monitor projector for continuous video output even if the AV system is disconnected or powered down With EDID emulation the user ...
Страница 6: ...sized devices can also be fastened on the self EDID STATUS EDID LEARN N Y SRC 5V HPD EDID ADDRESS DVI DL INPUT 5V 1A PIN 2 35mm 0 0 1 1 2 2 3 3 4 4 5 5 6 6 7 7 8 8 9 9 0 0 1 1 2 2 3 3 4 4 5 5 6 6 7 7 8 8 9 9 EDID STATUS EDID LEARN N Y SRC 5V HPD EDID ADDRESS DVI DL INPUT 5V 1A PIN 2 35mm 0 0 1 1 2 2 3 3 4 4 5 5 6 6 7 7 8 8 9 9 0 0 1 1 2 2 3 3 4 4 5 5 6 6 7 7 8 8 9 9 2 1 2 Under desk Mounting Kit T...
Страница 7: ...s by a dual link DVI cable USB Optionally connect the amplifier to a controller device e g a laptop by a USB cable Power Connect the power adaptor to the DC input on the device first then to the AC power socket Projector Monitor DA2DVI DL PC Laptop Power adaptor USB Power DVI DVI DVI EDID STATUS EDID LEARN N Y SRC 5V HPD EDID ADDRESS DVI DL INPUT 5V 1A PIN 2 35mm 0 0 1 1 2 2 3 3 4 4 5 5 6 6 7 7 8 ...
Страница 8: ...al link DVI cable only digital pins are connected internally between the DVI source and DA2DVI DL See more information in the DVI I Connector section Status LEDs 1 2 3 4 5 EDID status N red EDID status Y green HPD green SRC 5V green The LEDs display basic information about EDID and connected devices status LED label LED is illumenated LED is blinking EDID STATUS N Selected EDID is invalid EDID lea...
Страница 9: ...puts or VGA cards supply only 55 mA current on 5V output thus unable to power directly a fiber optical cable INFO The device does not check if the connected sink monitor projector or other equipment supports hotplug or EDID signals but outputs the input signal directly DVI DL Input The input has Dual Link disable option which ensures Single Link compatibility Devices supporting Dual Link output ca...
Страница 10: ... read process is unsuccessful the STATUS LED blinks red four times Step 4 The normal function of the LEDs is in effect WARNING If none of the LEDs light up upon power up the unit is most likely damaged and further use is not advised Please con tact support lightware eu Short pause 1x 2x 1x Short pause 4 2 EDID Operations 4 2 1 About EDID memory Lightware factory preloaded EDIDs are specially provi...
Страница 11: ...gnal to the source connected to DVI DL INPUT INFO After every EDID change DA2DVI DL toggles the HOT PLUG signal for approximately 2 seconds Some graphics cards or DVD players do not sense the HOT PLUG signal and even if EDID has been changed the set resolution is not affected In this case the source device must be restarted or powered OFF and ON again 0 0 1 1 2 2 3 3 4 4 5 5 6 6 7 7 8 8 9 9 0 0 1 ...
Страница 12: ... and the Mac application has the same look and functionality This type of the installer is equal with the Normal install in case of Windows and results an updateable version with the same attributes Mount the DMG file with double clicking on it and drag the LDC icon over the Applications icon to copy the program into the Applications folder If you want to copy the LDC into another location just dr...
Страница 13: ... Double click on the name of the device or select it and click on the Connect button The USB devices tab in Device Discovery window 5 3 I O Parameters Menu The most important information and settings are available in the menu There are three buttons on the right side of the panel the input port and the two output ports properties window can be accessed by selecting them 5 3 1 Input Port Properties...
Страница 14: ...factory default value is enabled Reload factory defaults Current output All outputs 5 4 EDID Menu Advanced EDID Management can be accessed by selecting the EDID menu There are two panels left one contains Source EDIDs right one contains Destination places where the EDIDs can be emulated or copied EDID menu Control Buttons A Save Exporting an EDID save to a file A Executing EDID emulation or copyin...
Страница 15: ...e computer Importing an EDID Previously saved EDID bin dat or edid file can be uploaded to the user memory Step 1 Press the User button on the top of the Source panel and select a memory slot Step 2 Press the Upload button below the Source panel Step 3 Browse the file in the opening window then press the Open button Browsed EDID is imported into the selected User memory ATTENTION The imported EDID...
Страница 16: ...d and saved in an EDID file or uploaded to the User memory For more details about EDID Editor please visit our website www lightware eu and download EDID Editor user s manual EDID Editor window 5 4 4 Creating an EDID Easy EDID Creator Since above mentioned Advanced EDID Editor needs more complex knowledge about EDID Lightware introduced a wizard like interface for fast and easy EDID creation With ...
Страница 17: ...rt file LDC collects the needed information this may take up to 5 minutes After generating the report a Save as dialog box appears Select the folder where you want to save the report file The default file name can be changed The report contains the following device dependent information if available Device type and serial number Firmware versions of all the internal controllers Hardware health sta...
Страница 18: ...or prefix and has different font colors in order to help to distinguish The timecode in every row shows the exact time when the command was sent or the response received If the Command framing checkbox is unchecked you can send multiple commands together however in this case you have to type in the framing brackets manually The terminal can also be opened after starting the LDC press the Terminal ...
Страница 19: ...round brackets only if a command was successfully executed All input commands are converted to uppercase but respond commands can contain upper and lower case letters as well Legend for control commands loc location number in 1 2 or 3 digit ASCII format id id number in 1 or 2 digit ASCII format id id number in 2 digit ASCII format CrLf Carriage return Line feed 0x0D 0x0A space character 0x20 each ...
Страница 20: ...CrLf Compiled May 10 2012 16 36 35 Identifier Parameter DATE Month day and year TIME Hours minutes and seconds Format Example Command IS is Response SL 0 MB_DESC CrLf SL END CrLf SL 0 DA2DVI DL SCH_1 1 PCB_1 1 SL END Format Example Command FC fc Response CF DESC CrLf CF END CrLf CF DA2DVI DL FW 1 2 1 CF END 6 2 7 Restart the Device Description The distribution aplifier can be restarted without unp...
Страница 21: ...4 empty EDID slot 6 3 4 View EDID Header Description Shows basic information about EDIDs in the memory Explanation Shows the EDID from memory location U14 which is the EDID saved by the user to the location 14 Legend Depending on loc the query can be for one EDID or all EDID in the block EDID_HEADER consists of 3 fields separated by spaces The EDID_HEADER is for invalid EDIDs Format Example Comman...
Страница 22: ...EB loc B1 B2 B256 CrLf EB F1 00 FF FF FF FF FF FF 00 32 F2 00 00 00 00 00 6 3 7 Upload EDID Content to the Router Description EDID hex bytes can be written directly to the user programmable memory locations The sequence is the following Step 1 Prepare the router to accept EDID bytes to the specified location loc with command WL loc Step 2 Router responds that it is ready to accept EDID bytes with ...
Страница 23: ... 6 2 4 CT View Installed Board 6 2 5 IS View Board Information 6 2 6 FC Restart the Device 6 2 7 RST EDID router settings Operation See in chapter Command Save EDID to User Memory 6 3 1 loc1 loc2 View Emulated EDID on Input 6 3 2 VEDID Watch EDID Validity Table 6 3 3 WV type View EDID Header 6 3 4 WH loc Delete EDID from Memory 6 3 5 DE loc Download EDID Content 6 3 6 WE loc Upload EDID Content to...
Страница 24: ...e the Lightware Bootloader application to upgrade the device s firmware The distribution amplifier can only be upgraded via USB so connect the device directly to the Windows based computer with an USB cable Step 1 Installing the bootloader application Step 2 Downloading and saving all the firmware files that you want to upgrade If you have a zipped archive extract it Step 3 Connecting the Lightwar...
Страница 25: ... a file for it then you will also get an information message about which file is missing Quick Bootload mode can be switched on or off any time It makes the bootloader software faster by only checking the checksum of the controller No data verification is done after writing if the checksum was correct A progress bar will show the current state of the reprogramming With some controller type an eras...
Страница 26: ...unplug and reconnect them 3 3 2 Cable connection problem Cables must fit very well check all the connectors 3 3 No incoming signal No video signal is present on the DVI DL input port Check the source device and the DVI cable 3 3 Not the proper interface is the active one If the source display has more connectors check if the proper interface is selected Display is not able to receive the video for...
Страница 27: ...ut port of the Lightware device to have a different resolution but nothing happens Solution Some graphics cards and video sources read out the EDID only after power up and later they do not sense that EDID has been changed You need to restart your source to make it read out the EDID again 9 1 2 Advanced EDID Management Each DVI sink e g monitors projectors plasma displays etc must support the EDID...
Страница 28: ... rate of Dual Link transmission is still 1 65 Gbps per TMDS channel but the maximum pixel clock frequency is 330 MHz In this case the pixel clock frequency is two times the TMDS clock frequency The DVI standard maximizes the data rate of the TMDS channels in 1 65 Gbps Dual Link DVI interface enables a higher resolution compared to the Single Link transmission by doubling the number of wire pairs t...
Страница 29: ... Power connector Locking DC connector 2 35 mm pin Power consumption 1 4 W typ Enclosure Rack mountable Yes with rack shelf 1U high Material 1 mm steel Dimensions in mm 100 4W x 67 6D x 26H Dimensions in inch 3 95W x 2 66D x 1 02H Weight 235 g 0 496 lbs Input Connector 29 pole DVI I digital only EDID emulation Yes Input cable equalization No Output Connector 29 pole DVI I digital only Reclocking No...
Страница 30: ...80 60 2 Output Dual Link DVI Made in EU Hungary DA2DVI DL 67 6 51 2 15 3 67 5 100 4 M3 thread M3 thread 10 3 Factory EDID List Mem Resolution Type Mem Resolution Type F1 640 x 480 60 00 Hz D F31 640 x 480 59 94 Hz H F2 640 x 480 75 00 Hz D F32 720 x 480 59 92 Hz H F3 848 x 480 60 00 Hz D F33 1440 x 288 50 60 Hz H F4 800 x 600 50 00 Hz D F34 720 x 576 50 00 Hz H F5 800 x 600 60 30 Hz D F35 1280 x 7...
Страница 31: ... The above stated warranty and procedures will not apply to any product that has been 2 1 Modified repaired or altered by anyone other than a certified Lightware engineer unless expressly agreed beforehand 2 2 Used in any application other than that for which it was intended 2 3 Subjected to any mechanical or electrical abuse or accidental damage 2 4 Any costs incurred for repair replacement of go...
