Colorlight X4e User manual

X4e Controller

Content
1. Overview .......................................................................................................................... 1
2. Appearance ...................................................................................................................... 2
3. Signal Connection ............................................................................................................ 4
4. LEDVISION Installation .................................................................................................... 5
5. Parameter Configuration .................................................................................................. 7
5.1 Detect Sender and Receiving Card ......................................................................... 7
5.2 LED Screen Setting ................................................................................................. 8
5.2.1 Sending Device Setting .................................................................................. 9
5.2.2 Screen Parameters Setting .......................................................................... 16
5.2.3 Receiver Mapping Setting ............................................................................ 16
6. LCD Operation Instruction ............................................................................................. 20
6.1 Operational Motion Instruction ............................................................................... 20
6.2 Main Interface ........................................................................................................ 20
6.3 Operation Instruction ............................................................................................. 20
6.3.1 Display Setting ............................................................................................. 21
6.3.2 EDID Setting ................................................................................................. 22
6.3.3 Cropping Setting ........................................................................................... 23
6.3.4 Output Setting .............................................................................................. 23
6.3.5 Preset Setting ............................................................................................... 24
6.3.6 Output Shift .................................................................................................. 24
6.3.7 Tile Mapping ................................................................................................. 25
6.3.8 Lock To Input ................................................................................................ 25
6.3.9 Language Setting ......................................................................................... 26
6.3.10 System Setting ........................................................................................... 26

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1. Overview
X4e controller is a professional control system and video processing equipment
specially designed for LED engineering applications. It equips various video signal
interfaces, supports high-definition digital ports (SDI, HDMI, DVI, DP), and seamless
switching between signals can be achieved; it supports broadcast quality scaling and
multi-pictures display.
X4e adopts 4 Gigabit Ethernet outputs, and it supports LED display of 4096 pixels in
maximum width or 4096 pixels in maximum height. Also, X4e equips a series of versatile
functions which provide flexible screen control and high-quality image display, it has
significant advantages in LED engineering applications.
Features:
 Support various digital signal ports, including 2×SDI, 1×DP, 1×HDMI (with loop), 1×DVI
(with loop)
 Support input resolution up to 1920*1200@60Hz
 Loading capacity: 2.6 million pixels,
Maximum Width: 4096 pixels, Maximum Height: 4096 pixels
 Support arbitrary switching and scaling of video source
 Support three-picture display, the location and size can be adjusted freely
 Support HDCP1.4
 Dual USB2.0 for high speed configuration and easy cascading among controllers
 Support brightness and chromaticity adjustment
 Support improved gray-scale at low brightness
 Compatible with all receiving cards, multifunction card, optical fiber transceivers of
Colorlight

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2. Appearance
Front Panel
No. Name Function
1 1.8-inch LCD Display operation menu and system information
2 Knob Turning knob to select or adjust
3 Function Keys
OK: Enter key
ESC: Escape current operation or selection
Bright: Brightness option
Black: Blank screen
Mode: Output mode selection of images
Freeze: Freeze screen
Lock: Lock keys
4 Selection Keys DVI/HDMI/SDI 1/SDI 2/DP: Video source selection
5 Power Switch Power switching for equipment

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Back Panel
Input Interface
1 SDI 2 SDI inputs, 1080P
2 DP DP input, VESA Standard, support input resolution up to
1920*1200@60Hz
3 HDMI HDMI input (with loop), EIA/CEA-861 Standard, support
1920*1200@60Hz, support HDCP
4 DVI DVI input (with loop), VESA Standard (support
1920*1200@60Hz), support HDCP
5 AUDIO Audio input, input audio signal and transmit to the
multifunction card
Output Interface
1 Port1/2/3/4 RJ45, 4 Gigabit Ethernet outputs
Controlling Interface
1 USB OUT USB output, cascading with next controller
2 USB IN USB input, which connects with PC to configure
parameters
3 Genlock Genlock signal input ensures synchronism of display
image
4 Genlock Loop Genlock synchronous signal loop output
Power
1 AC 100~240V AC Power Interface

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3. Signal Connection

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4. LEDVISION Installation
Please download the installation package of the LEDVISION software from Colorlight’s
official website www.colorlightinside.com, and complete the installation according to the
diagrams shown below.
1. Run the software package, and select [English] for installer language. Click [OK] to
move on.
2. After selecting a language, an installation wizard like below will appear, click [Next].
Then choose installation location, click [Browse] to change default target location, then
click [Next] after completing.

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Choose components according to your own computer status, click [Install] to complete.
After the installation is complete you are ready to use LEDVISION.

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5. Parameter Configuration
Please make sure the correctness of the hardware connection before setting, use
LEDVISION to detect sender and all receiving cards.
5.1 Detect Sender and Receiving Card
1. Run LEDVISION, click [Control]—[Device Information] to enter the Device Information
window.
2. Click [Detect Senders] in [Sender]. Please check the hardware connection or the
installation of relevant driver if cannot detect senders.
Select network port and click [Detect Receiver Cards] respectively, the software will
automatically acquire the receiver card quantity of each network port of the sender. Please
check corresponding cable if the numbers of receiver card are inconsistent with actual
status.

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5.2 LED Screen Setting
Click [Control]—[LED Screen Settings] and a Password Input box will appear. Enter
the authorization password [168] to enter the LED Screen Setting interface, and set up
“Sending Device”, “Screen Parameters” and “Receiver Mapping”.

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5.2.1 Sending Device Setting
[Select Sending Device] for [Sender], and detect senders. Sending Device Setting
includes 5 parts: Source Setup, Control Area, EDID, Other, Detect Receivers.
1. Source Setup
① Signal Source
When the input signal source of X4e is normal, the upper right of the software interface
will display the input signal information auto acquired via the software. Users can select
specific signal source (HDMI/DVI/SDI1/SDI2/DP) according to needs in [Main]; If PIP mode
has been open, users can also select specific signal source (HDMI/DVI/SDI1/SDI2/DP) in
[PIP]. At the moment, the image of selected signal source will display in the Image View
Area on the left of the software interface.
② PIP
There are three output modes of main image and PIP in [Output Mode], users can
select specific PIP mode based on the requirement, and conduct the operation like move,
scaling and cropping on the main image and PIP image respectively.

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③ Scaling
In Image View Area, select the image that needs to be scaled, set X, Y, width and
height of it in [Main] or [PIP], or you can click the white box in the bottom right corner of the
image and drag it with the mouse, finally click [Save].

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④ Cropping
Select signal source of the image that needs to be cropped in Input Signal Area, click
[Set] to enter the cropping interface.
In the cropping interface, check [Crop], and set X, Y, width and height in [Cropping
Settings], then the cropping setting is auto saved.

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⑤ Picture Adjustment
Click [Picture Adjustment], and enter the interface of picture adjustment. Check
[Enable], and adjust hue, saturation, brightness compensation and contrast ratio of the
whole image, then click [Save] to complete. After setting, you can click [Default Settings]
to restore the default values of every parameter, that is, hue and brightness compensation
default to 0, saturation and contrast ratio default to 100.
⑥ Preset
In [Preset], 16 preset parameters can be saved, and every preset parameter includes
all parameter information of source setup (signal source, PIP, scaling, cropping, picture
adjustment), users can directly load one preset parameter to display the image according to
needs, and don’t need to set up all parameters again.
After completing setting up all parameters of source setup, select unnamed preset,
click [Save] to save the parameter to sending device, and rename it; click [Load], send the
parameter to receiving cards. At the time, the image should display on the basis of preset
parameter.

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2. Control Area
In Control Area, it displays the control area of each net port of X4e. Click [Import] and
select correct parameter file, click [Save] to save parameters into corresponding sender; or
set up the control area of each net port respectively (X, Y, Width, Height), click [Save].

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3. EDID
Set sender resolution, the first one is the default as current resolution.
Click the dropdown button to display the resolution list to select the mainstream
resolution, and you can also customize the sender resolution, by setting the width/height
and frame rate.
Click [Save] after setting.
4. Other
Advanced Parameters Setting (Better graylevel on Low Brightness, Mapping from
Sender, Device Name), Test Mode Selection, Factory Restore.

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5. Detect Receivers
Detect receivers under each net port of X4e controller, and acquire relevant
information about the receivers (Port, Index, Version, Run Time, Support Chips).

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5.2.2 Screen Parameters Setting
Observe the display screen with single cabinet as a unit, and if all cabinets themselves
could display normally {it is normal circumstance even the picture between cabinets is not
continuous}, please ignore this step and directly go to the next step.
Otherwise, configuration must be done as follows:
Click [Load], choose the correct parameter file.
Click [Send], to send the loading parameters to the receiving cards. At the moment,
each cabinet should display normally (it is normal circumstance even the picture between
cabinets is not continuous), then click [Save to Receiver] to save the parameters to the
receiving cards.
If each cabinet cannot display normally, you can conduct via the Advanced Settings
(Module Information, Cabinet Setting, Performance Setting) or Intelligent Setting, and
you can also contact with the LED screen engineers.
5.2.3 Receiver Mapping Setting
Users don’t need to set up the control area of each net port respectively, but to the
connection relationship between the receiving cards under the network port loading via
each sender, and the software will auto calculate and set up the port control area according
to the connection relationship.

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Detailed setting steps as follows:
1. Set up the quantity of receiving card
Set how many receiver (receiving card) that one port manages in Row Count and Col
Count (6*6 as an example) according to the actual loading of LED display, you will see LED
display mapping area from the right side (Viewing from the front of LED display).
2. Receiving Card Parameters Setting
Select the target sender and the net port from the left side, then select the
corresponding cabinets within net port actual control area and set the connection lines in
the mapping area.
There are two methods to set up:
① Use mouse to select one by one
In the mapping area, select the first receiving card based on the actual connection of
the net port (view from the front), and then set up the actual loading width and height of the
target receiving card in the right side (128*128 as an example).
Click the receiver (receiving card) one by one, according to actual connecting line, until
the last one for this network port loads.

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② Connection Pattern
Aiming at the LED screen with standard connection lines, firstly set up the receiving
card information according to the actual loading width and height (128*128 as an example).
Select the connection line you want from the right side, then cover the corresponding
area of net port loading in mapping area, finally complete setting.