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10.2.
HDCP Management
LightwareVisualEngineeringisalegalHDCPadopter.Severalfunctionshavebeendevelopedwhichhelps
tosolveHDCPrelatedproblems.ComplexAVsystemsoftenhavebothHDCPandnon-HDCPcomponents.
ThematrixallowstransmittingHDCPencryptedandunencryptedsignals.ThedeviceswillbestillHDCP
compliant as they will never output an encrypted signal to a non-HDCP compliant display device. If an
encryptedsignalisswitchedtoanon-compliantoutput,aredscreenalertormutedscreenwillappear.
10.2.1.
Protected and Unprotected Content
ManyvideosourcessendHDCPprotectedsignaliftheydetectthatthesinkisHDCPcapable–evenif
thecontentisnotcopyrighted.ThiscancausetroubleifanHDCPcapabledeviceisconnectedbetween
thesourceandthedisplay.Inthiscase,thecontentcannotbeviewedonnon-HDCPcapabledisplaysand
interfaceslikeeventcontrollers.Rentalandstagingtechniciansoftencomplainaboutcertainlaptops,which
arealwayssendingHDCPencryptedsignalsifthereceiverdevice(display,matrixrouter,etc.)reportsHDCP
compliancy.However,HDCPencryptionisnotrequiredallthetimee.g.computerdesktopimage,certain
laptops still do that.
ToavoidunnecessaryHDCPencryption,LightwareintroducedtheHDCPenabling/disablingfunction:the
HDCPcapabilitycanbedisabledintheLightwaredevice.IfHDCPisdisabled,theconnectedsourcewill
detectthatthesinkisnotHDCPcapable,andturnoffauthentication.
10.2.2.
Disable Unnecessary Encryption
HDCP Compliant Sink
AllthedevicesareHDCP-compliant,nomanualsettingisrequired,bothprotectedandunprotectedcontents
are transmitted and displayed on the sink.
Not HDCP-compliant Sink 1.
Not-HDCPcompliantsinkisconnectedtothematrix.Somesources(e.g.computers)alwayssendHDCP
encryptedsignalsifthereceiverdevicereportsHDCPcompliancy,however,HDCPencryptionisnotrequired
allthetime(e.g.computerdesktopimage).IfHDCPisenabledinthematrix,theimagewillnotbedisplayed
on the sink.
SettingtheHDCPparametertoAutoontheoutputportanddisableHDCPontheinputport,thetransmitted
signalwillnotbeencryptedifthecontentisnotprotected.Thus,non-HDCPcompliantsinkswilldisplaynon-
encryptedsignal.
Not HDCP-compliant Sink 2.
Thelayoutisthesameasinthepreviouscase:non-HDCPcompliantdisplaydeviceisconnectedtothe
matrixbutthesourcewouldsendprotectedcontentwithencryption.IfHDCPisenabledontheinputportof
thematrix,thesourcewillsendencryptedsignal.
ThesinkisnotHDCPcompliant,thus,itwillnotdisplaythevideosignalbutredscreenwillappear.IfHDCP
isdisabledontheinputportofthematrix,thesourcewillnotsendthesignal.Thesolutionistoreplacethe
displaydevicetoanHDCP-capableone