Atlona AT-PROHD88M-SR User manual

AtlonA
8X82HDMI with IR Matrix Switcher
over CAT5
AT-PROHD88M-SR
User Manual

TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. Introduction .................................................. 1
2. Features .................................................. 1
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4. Package Contents .................................................. 2
5. Panel Descriptions .................................................. 3
5.1. Front Panel .................................................. 3
5.2. Rear Panel .................................................. 3
6. Connection and Operation .................................................. 5
6.1. Operation on front panel .................................................. 5
6.2. Control via RS232 .................................................. 6
6.2.1. The Interface of AT-PROHD88M-SR .................................................. 6
6.2.2. The Message Window .................................................. 7
6.2.3. The Com Status ................................................. 8
6.2.4. Control Command Format .................................................. 9
6.2.5. Control Code .................................................. 9
6.2.6. Read Status Command .................................................. 10
6.2.7. Web Password Reset .................................................. 10
6.2.8. AT-PROHD88M-SR RS-232 Remote
Control Protocol .................................................. 11
6.3. LAN Control .................................................. 14
7. IR Call-back from Remote Locations to Control
the AT-PROHD88M-SR .................................................. 16
8. Instruction of TX IR .................................................. 16
9. Details on the EDID .................................................. 17
10. Maintenance .................................................. 19
11. Product Service .................................................. 19
12. Connection Diagram .................................................. 20
13. Safety Information .................................................. 21
14. Warranty .................................................. 22
15. Atlona Product Registration .................................................. 23

INTRODUCTION
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Atlona’s AT-PROHD88M-SR is a true 8x8 HDMI matrix switcher. This unit allows any of the
eight HD source’s (i.e. Blue-Ray player, HD DVD player, satellite receiver, PS3, AppleTV etc.)
to be routed to any of the eight HD displays simultaneously. Users can choose several differ-
ent ways of controlling the matrix: IR Back Channel, RS232, RS485, LAN and supplied remote
control. The Atlona AT-PROHD88M-SR comes with 8 x IR emitters for controlling sources next
to the switch as well as 1 x IR emitter for each one of the Twisted Pair Receiver units for con-
trolling sources from other locations.
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nal to ensure HDMI accurate signal transmission through long cables without quality loss. The
transmission distance of Twister Pair (Cat5/6) outputs can reach up to 100ft @ 1080P with
infrared control signal. Distance can be extended for additional 165ft with an optional Atlona
repeater unit AT-PROHD-RP. It is recommended to use CAT6 (568B terminated) wire to get the
longer distance.
The AT-PROHD88M-SR offers the perfect solutions for any digital entertainment center, digital
media show sites, retail show-rooms, Trade-Shows, High-End residential or commercial in-
stalls, education and medical environments or any other.
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therefore two displays could be active at the same time out of one output.
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Each output includes one HDMI A type connecter and a set of dual RJ-45 connecters as the
second mirrored HDMI output. The two outputs work simultaneously.
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RS485 and Ethernet.
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FEATURES:

SPECIFICATIONS
Operating Temperature Range -5 to +35°C (-41 to +95 °F)
Operating Humidity Range 5 to 90 % RH (no condensation)
Input Video Signal 0.5-1.0 volts p-p
Input DDC Signal 5 volts p-p (TTL)
Format Supported DTV/HDTV:1080P/1080i/720P/576P/480P/576i/480i
PC: VGA, SVGA, XGA, SXGA, UXGA, WXGA,
WSXGA, WUXGA
Audio Format Supported DTS-HD, Dolby tureHD, 7.1ch and others
HDMI Standard HDMI 1.3 (compatible with previous versions)
Maximum Transmission Distance <50ft on the direct HDMI output
UTP cable Transmission Distance <130ft with Twister Pair Receivers, if longer distance is
required, we offer optional UTP Repeaters
IR wave-length & frequency Wave-length: 940nm IR frequency: 38KHZ
Power Consumption 35wtts (Max)
Dimensions (Inch) 17.3L×7.9W×1.7H
Weight (Main Unit) 7.6 LB
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Master Unit
1. 1 x AT-PROHD88M-SR
2. 8 x IR emitter cables (marked IR TX),
3. 1x IR receiver cables (marked IR RX)
4. 1 x USB to RS232 cable
5. 1 x 12VDC Universal Power Supply. (UL Listed)
6. 1 x Rack Mounting ears.
7. 1 x IR Remote.
Slave Unit
1. 8 x Receiver Units AT-PROHD88M-R
2. 8 x IR receiver cables (marked IR RX),
3. 8X 5VDC power supply,
4. 8x Rack Mounting ears.
1. 1 x Operating Instructions.
2. 1 x CD with RS232 commands and control software.
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PACKAGE CONTENTS

AT-PROHD88M-S
Front Panel
1. Power switch.
2. Output selection push-buttons (Use it to choose the preferred output channel).
3. LED indicator of input for output port 1 to 8.
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5. Input selection knob. (Turn to select the proper input to the output)
6. IR window.
Rear Panel
1. IR extension. 7. Input ports 1 to 4.
2. RS485 port. 8. Power input.
3. LAN port. 9. Output 5 and 8 with HDMI and CAT5E.
4. IR emitter, corresponding to the Input port from 1 to 8 10. Input ports 5 to 8.
5. RS232 port. 11. DIP switch setting.
6. Output 1 to 4 with HDMI and CAT5E.
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PANEL DESCRIPTIONS
Select output.
Use Input Select Knob to select input source.
Press enter to confirm.
AT-PROHD88M-SR
HDMI
IN
HDMI
IN
HDMI
IN
HDMI
IN
HDMI
OUT
HDMI
OUT
HDMI
OUT
HDMI
OUT
CAT
OUT
CAT
OUT
CAT
OUT
CAT
OUT
HDMI
IN
HDMI
IN
HDMI
IN
HDMI
IN
HDMI
OUT
HDMI
OUT
HDMI
OUT
HDMI
OUT
CAT
OUT
CAT
OUT
CAT
OUT
CAT
OUT
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AT-PROHD-R
1.HDMI output.
2.CAT-5e/6 input1 and input2.
3.Power input, 5VDC. (power supply is not required if used within suggested distance)
4.IR Receiver INPUT
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1. Connect the HDMI input sources (such as HD-DVD, PS3, STB, AppleTV etc) into the AT-PROHD88M-SR.
2. Connect the standard HDMI outputs (such as LCD or DLP) into AT-PROHD88M-SR.
3. Connect two CAT-5E or CAT-6 cables to both Twisted Pair outputs of the unit and receiver Twister Pair inputs.
Please pay attention to the sequence of the two cables, CAT5/6-1->CAT5/6-1, CAT5/6-2->CAT5/6-2. (The cable
termination must follow the standard of EIA/TIA 568B for the longest distance;
4. Connect the HDMI output (such as: LCD or DLP) into the Twister Pair inputs on the receiver.
5. Connect the IR receiving cable into HDMI receiver IR RX and connect the IR TX cable into the main switcher IR
emitter.
6. Power on the input source you want to view. (Keep the unused input powered off, otherwise it may interfere.)
7. Connect the power supply into AT-PROHD88M-SR
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9. Turn on the displays you want to watch.
10. Use the remote supplied or manually push the button on the front panel to choose input source.
Also use infrared extension receiver, RS232, RS485 or LAN port to do the control.
6.1. Operation on front panel.
1. Press the output select button for the output channel which you want to change. Corresponding LED of the
output channel will blink slowly.
2. Rotate the input Knob to choose the desired input channel.
CONNECTION and OPERATION
Select output.
Use Input Select Knob to select input source.
Press enter to confirm.
AT-PROHD88M-SR
the LED Flash
press the output
select push button
Select output.
Use Input Select Knob to select input source.
Press enter to confirm.
AT-PROHD88M-SR
Rotate the input select knob to choose the desired
input channel

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6.2. Control via RS232
6.2.1. The Interface of AT-PROHD88M-SR
Select output.
Use Input Select Knob to select input source.
Press enter to confirm.
AT-PROHD88M-SR
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press the enter push
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6.2.2. The Message Window
Receive Window
The “receive window” will show the message received
from Switcher. When you click the Control Buttons
(see step 4) or send Control Command (see 2.3)
to the matrix switch, it will send out the message about
“operation results” such as below
Status Button
Click this button to read the status of AT-PROHD88M-SR. The status is about which input is
selected by the output.
Send Window
Input the control command in this window. The control
command use ASCII.

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Mode button
Click this button to set the switch mode: Quick switch
or Normal switch. When you click this button it will read
the current mode of AT-PROHD88M-SR; if you want
to change the mode, select the mode you want and
click OK.
Set IP button
Click this button to set IP address for NETCTL.
6.2.3. The Com Status
Connect state
Connect state shows whether the com is open or not. If it is open, the state is green.
Otherwise, the state is red.
Com select
Select which com you will use.
Connect button
The word on this button will change when the connection state changes. If the word is
“Disconnect”, then click this button; the com will be closed. If the word is “Connect”, then
click this button; the com will be opened.

6.2.4. Control command format
If users want to write their own control software, below are data formats and baud rate set-
tings. Com port setting:
Baud Rate: 9600 bps
Data bits: 8 bits
Parity: None
Stop bits: 1 bit
Flow control: None
The command format is as follow:
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for example:
“ cir 39 ”(hex: 63 69 72 20 33 39 0D 0A), when the unit receives this command ,it will
change the Outport4 status to the next input port. ( “c”-0x63, ”I”-0x69, ”r”-0x72, ” “-0x20, ”3”-
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6.2.5. Control code
AT-PROHD88M-SR:
Ouput1 <“08” >“09”
1“00” 2“01” 3“02” 4“03” 5“04” 6“05” 7“06” 8“07”
Ouput2 <“18” >“19”
1“10” 2“11” 3“12” 4“13” 5“14” 6“15” 7“16” 8“17”
Ouput3 <“28” >“29”
1“20” 2“21” 3“22” 4“23” 5“24” 6“25” 7“26” 8“27”
Ouput4 <“38” >“39”
1“30” 2“31” 3“32” 4“33” 5“34” 6“35” 7“36” 8“37”
Ouput5 <“48” >“49”
1“40” 2“41” 3“42” 4“43” 5“44” 6“45” 7“46” 8“47”
Ouput6 <“58” >“59”
1“50” 2“51” 3“52” 4“53” 5“54” 6“55” 7“56” 8“57”
Ouput7 <“68” >“69”
1“60” 2“61” 3“62” 4“63” 5“64” 6“65” 7“66” 8“67”
Ouput8 <“78” >“79”
1“70” 2“71” 3“72” 4“73” 5“74” 6“75” 7“76” 8“77”
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When you succeed in sending a control command to this unit, it will feedback current output
port status to show which input port is selected. The return status format is as follows:
“s” Output port Input port
1st byte 2nd byte 3rd byte
For example, if you send “cir 44 ” to Switcher if succeeds, it will feedback “s55”, meaning
OutPut5 selects InPut5.
6.2.6. Read Status Command
The command length is 4 bytes.
   

When you succeed in sending the read status command to the AT-PROHD88M-SR, it will feed-
back the status of all outputs. When you send “Bc” to unit, it will feedback the current status of
the switcher. The feedback status format is as below,
12345678910111213141516
  s X1 X2 s X3 X4 s X5 X6 s X7 X8  
The status has 16 bytes. X1,X2.X3,X4,X5,X6,X7,X8 separately stands for the related input
chosen by the output. X1 stands for the output 1, X2 stands for the output 2 and so on. For

the output 2 selects the input 2, output 3 selects the input 2, output 4 selects the input 2, output
5 selects input 5, the output 6 selects the input 3, the output 7 selects the input 4, the output 8
selects the input 5.
6.2.7. Web password reset
The command length is 4 bytes.


When you send the Web password reset command to the unit, it will feedback “rpw”, and the
web password will be set as “0000000000”.

6.2.8. AT-PROHD88M-SR RS-232 Remote Control Protocol
The connection between AT-PROHD88M-SR and remote controller with RS-232 modem cable
AT-PROHD88M-SR Remote Controller
PIN  PIN 
1NC 1NC
2Tx 2Rx
3Rx 3Tx
4NC 4NC
5 GND 5 GND
6NC 6NC
7NC 7NC
8NC 8NC
9NC 9NC
RS-232 transmission format:
Baud Rate : 9600 bps
Data Bit : 8 bits
Parity : None
Stop Bit : 1 bit
Command:
OUTPUT COMMAND ACTION
Output 1
cir 00 Output 1 select Input1
cir 01 Output 1 select Input2
cir 02 Output 1 select Input3
cir 03 Output 1 select Input4
cir 04 Output 1 select Input5
cir 05 Output 1 select Input6
cir 06 Output 1 select Input7
cir 07 Output 1 select Input8
< cir 08 Output 1 select Input previous
> cir 09 Output 1 select Input next
Output 2
cir 10 Output 2 select Input1
cir 11 Output 2 select Input2
cir 12 Output 2 select Input3
cir 13 Output 2 select Input4
cir 14 Output 2 select Input5
cir 15 Output 2 select Input6
cir 16 Output 2 select Input7
cir 17 Output 2 select Input8
< cir 18 Output 2 select Input previous
> cir 19 Output 2 select Input next
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Output 3
cir 20 Output 3 select Input1
cir 21 Output 3 select Input2
cir 22 Output 3 select Input3
cir 23 Output 3 select Input4
cir 24 Output 3 select Input5
cir 25 Output 3 select Input6
cir 26 Output 3 select Input7
cir 27 Output 3 select Input8
< cir 28 Output 3 select Input previous
> cir 29 Output 3 select Input next
Output 4
cir 30 Output 4 select Input1
cir 31 Output 4 select Input2
cir 32 Output 4 select Input3
cir 33 Output 4 select Input4
cir 34 Output 4 select Input5
cir 35 Output 4 select Input6
cir 36 Output 4 select Input7
cir 37 Output 4 select Input8
< cir 38 Output 4 select Input previous
> cir 39 Output 4 select Input nex
Output 5
cir 40 Output 5 select Input1
cir 41 Output 5 select Input2
cir 42 Output 5 select Input3
cir 43 Output 5 select Input4
cir 44 Output 5 select Input5
cir 45 Output 5 select Input6
cir 46 Output 5 select Input7
cir 47 Output 5 select Input8
< cir 48 Output 5 select Input previous
> cir 49 Output 5 select Input nex
Output 6
cir 50 Output 6 select Input1
cir 51 Output 6 select Input2
cir 52 Output 6 select Input3
cir 53 Output 6 select Input4
cir 54 Output 6 select Input5
cir 55 Output 6 select Input6
cir 56 Output 6 select Input7
cir 57 Output 6 select Input8
< cir 58 Output 6 select Input previous
> cir 59 Output 6 select Input nex
Output 7
cir 60 Output 7 select Input1
cir 61 Output 7 select Input2
cir 62 Output 7 select Input3

Output 7
cir 63 Output 7 select Input4
cir 64 Output 7 select Input5
cir 65 Output 7 select Input6
cir 66 Output 7 select Input7
cir 67 Output 7 select Input8
< cir 68 Output 7 select Input previous
> cir 69 Output 7 select Input next
Output 8
cir 70 Output 8 select Input1
cir 71 Output 8 select Input2
cir 72 Output 8 select Input3
cir 73 Output 8 select Input4
cir 74 Output 8 select Input5
cir 75 Output 8 select Input6
cir 76 Output 8 select Input7
cir 77 Output 8 select Input8
< cir 78 Output 8 select Input previous
> cir 79 Output 8 select Input next
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6.3. LAN control

1)
    
information includes MAC address of unit, IP address, device name
etc.
Double click NETCTL.exe to run NETCTL. It will search for the
    
If IP address appears,please click the button
NETCTL will change the IP address to device’s name
If you want to change the device name, Right-click the device name.

rename.

shown. The default password is “0000000000”; input the password and login. The device
controller page will be displayed.
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The right area is for device controlling. Click these buttons to control the device. It is the
same as using the remote controller. The left area shows which inputs are being chosen by
the outputs.
-

menu. You can assign the IP address in the Assign IP dialog.
Click OK after assigning the new IP and to return to the previous dialog.
Click and . The device can be displayed correctly.
ATTENTION:Here, assign IP is different from Set-IP in COMCTL. Set-IP in COMCTL to

and set it as static IP. Assign IP the function when automatically obtained IP address

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You can use the unit’s remote through the IR RX of the HDMI receiver to change the input
channel for the UTP out of the switcher, just by changing this UTP output.
This function can be set on or off: press the output1 button and the output8 button at the same

1. UTP receiver
2. IR RX
The sequence of “TX IR1, TX IR2, TX IR3, TX IR4, TX IR5, TX IR6, TX IR7, TX IR8” one-to-
one corresponds with “HDMI INPUT1, HDMI INPUT2, HDMI INPUT3, HDMI INPUT4, HDMI
INPUT5, HDMI INPUT6, HDMI INPUT7, HDMI INPUT8”. When an output chooses a certain
input, the call-back IR signal of RJ45 on this output will choose the corresponding “TX IR”
port to send the signal out.
For example, OUTPUT1 chooses INPUT3, then the call-back IR signal of RJ45 on OUT-
PUT1 will choose “TX IR3” to send the signal out.
1. UTP receiver
2. IR RX
3. IR TX
IR Call-back from Remote Locations to Control the AT-PROHD88M-SR
INSTRUCTION of TX IR

Position ID EDID Operational Mode
12 3 4
0 1 0 0 Fully COPY (STANDARD MODE)
0 1 1 0 limited TMDS CLK COPY EDID
1 0 0 0 
1 0 1 0 
1 1 0 0 
1 1 1 0 
Other conditions Limited TMDS CLK COPY EDID
Limited TMDS CLK COPY EDID - Copy the EDID from the sink device to the matrix. But will limit the
bit-rate below 2.25GHz.
Fully COPY (STANDARD MODE) - Just copy the EDID from the sink device to the matrix.



support.


color video.
Reading and saving EDID data from display
Before reading and saving EDID data from display, please make sure which output the EDID is
from and which input is the destination in which the EDID will be copied to. The detailed proce-
dures are as below:





operation.
3. If the EDID COPY succeeded, then the LED will show MIX OK. Otherwise the LEDs will dis-

For example: Copy the EDID from the display connected to OUTPUT1 to INPUT8.
1. Connect the display to OUTPUT1 of the Switcher. Power-on the switcher and the display.
2. Switch the matrix to connect OUTPUT1 to INPUT8.
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DETAILS ON THE EDID

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
circularly. (This means the matrix is performing EDID COPY). Release the buttons and wait



Succeed, LED shows MIX OK
Select output.
Use Input Select Knob to select input source.
Press enter to confirm.
AT-PROHD88M-SR
select input 8
channel for output 1
Select output.
Use Input Select Knob to select input source.
Press enter to confirm.
AT-PROHD88M-SR
press output 1 button and enter
button at the same time
Select output.
Use Input Select Knob to select input source.
Press enter to confirm.
AT-PROHD88M-SR