PureLink by Dtrovision
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Chapter 3. Installation and Operating Instruction
3.1 Installation Connection Instruction
1. Turn off the video source and the display before connecting any cables
2. Connect CATx cable between the PureMedia CATx (HDBaseT) transmitter and the
receiver (or PM-CIS4-U, PureMedia CATx (HDBaseT) input board, and PM-COS4-U,
PureMedia CATx (HDBaseT) output board).
3. Connect DVI, HDMI, or VGA cable between the source and the transmitter AND the
Receiver (or PureMedia Matrix Switcher
’s input/output board) and the display
4. Connect the power supply unit to both transmitter and receiver module or either one
module if using a POE function
5. Turn on display
6. Turn on source
3.2 Operating Instruction
EDID
PM series Extenders provide real time EDID management system; easy and fail safe way to
handle EDID.
What's EDID?
E
xtended
D
isplay
I
dentification
D
ata (
EDID
) is an information set that digital display provides to
describe its capabilities to a Video source. Video source will know what kinds of displays are
connected and it will determine which resolution to Output according to the EDID information
received from the display.
The EDID normally includes manufacturer name and serial number, sets of capable resolution
including native resolution, supported timing, pixel mapping data (for digital displays only) and
etc.
In a digital connectivity environment; in order to support the maximum resolution of connected
monitor, EDID handshake is a critical because improper EDID handshake between sources to
the display will result in no image on the display.
