Contemporary Research Venue Vizion User manual

Overview
Shipped in the Venue Vizion Package:
• Four two-channel QMOD Encoder-Modulators
Each unit can accept up to 2 inputs, providing up to 8 channels in the system.
• One ICE-HE-DXL Display Control Center
Injects the RF control channel into the RF system and hosts the DX Lite web page.
• One QCA9-33 Acve Combiner
Combines and amplies up to eight QMODs and one iCC-Net control channel into one RF feed.
• Pre-installed coax interconnects and power supplies
• 20 ICC1-IRX and/or ICC1-232 TV Controllers with control cables
The QMODs, ICE-HE-DXL, QCA9-33, and power supply/accessory shelf are mounted together in a 4RU rack kit.
Check the packing list to idenfy the specic components and cables included in the shipment.
Simplied Integraon Process
Venue Vizion arrives pre-racked, pre-wired, pre-set, pre-congured, and ready to install. This enables the system to be fully tested prior to the
nal rack installaon.
Installaon consists of 6 easy steps:
1. Unpack and test the Venue Vizion system.
2. Connect the RF output of the system to your RF distribuon system.
3. Integrate the TV controllers to TVs and connect to the RF distribuon system.
4. Link the ICE-HE-DXL to a wired or wireless Ethernet network to view the DX Lite control pages.
5. Dene TVs, Groups, and Channels in DX Lite soware.
6. Install rack equipment and integrate sources.
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Tesng the System
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Preparaon
• Remove the 4RU rack from the shipping box.
• The rack is pre-wired for RF and power supplies.
• Turn the racked units around to face the back.
• If you ordered addional QMODs, those can be connected to the open input ports on the QCA9-33.
Tesng
• The QMODs are factory preset to channels 2-1 through 9-1.
• Addional QMODs in the same order can be preset to channels 10-1 and beyond by request (at me of order).
• Connect AC power to the two power supplies in the top rack.
• Make sure the DC cables are sll connected to the components.
• Connect an RF coax cable from the QCA9-33 RF Out to a nearby TV. (Some TVs are not able to operate with a 32 dBmV RF level, so
they may require a 20 dB aenuator.)
• Perform a channel scan on the TV.
• Although no video is supplied to the QMODs, there will be a color background on each channel.
Distribuon
Connect the RF Out on the QCA9-33 to the RF distribuon system. Even before video sources have been connected and before the ICE-HE-
DXL has been connected to an Ethernet network, the TVs and controllers can be tested as they are being hooked up.
• When the ICC1-IRX or ICC1-232 controller is connected to the RF network, the NET light will blink once per second, conrming that it
is receiving the control “heartbeat” signal from the ICE-HE-DXL.
• Once the TV and controller are installed, perform a channel scan to verify that the TV can tune all the channels.

TV Controller Installaon
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TV Controller DIP Switches On the back of the ICC1-232 or
ICC1-IRX TV controllers, you will see two sets of switches
side-by-side. Turn the controller so that they are at the
boom.
The switches on the le, S1, set the TV number, and the switches on the right, S2, set the Zone. The Up wswitch posion is “On” and the
Down posion is “O”. This corresponds to the 1 (On) and 0 (O) values in the spreadsheet. For the Venue Vizion system, all TVs need to be
set to Zone 1, 256. Dip switches 2-8 are used for other applicaons.
Example:
To set TV 3 in the spreadsheet
• S1 - Flip dip switches 1 and 2 up (On). Dip switches 3-8 remain down (O).
• S2 - Flip dip switch 1 up (On), numbers 2-4 remain down (O) to set the controller to Zone 1.
• This sets TV3 to address 259 (adding 3 on the rst set of switches to 256 on the second set).
The TV Controllers received with the Venue Vizion system are pre-addressed as TVs 1-20. The addresses match the TVs pre-dened in the DX
Lite web page. Up to 128 TVs can be dened in a Venue Vizion system using DX Lite. Before installing the controllers, document which TV the
controller will be connected to and its locaon. This will help idenfy the TVs when you customize the DX Lite database.
In the form below, the Address is the network address for each controller. In DX Lite, the address is the TV number, plus 256. Columns to the
right of the address refer to the rst of two DIP switches on the back of each controller. While the controllers are pre-set, you will need to
understand how to set the switches if you add more controllers. You can also download the Venue Vizion Worksheet spreadsheet to simplify
documentaon.

TV Integraon
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Setup
• Connect the RF coax feed to RF In.
• ICC1-IRX
o Connect IR Emier cable to IR Out
o If the TV does not have discrete power on/o commands, there is an oponal USB sensor cable that connects from the
CSM1 sensor input to the TV’s USB port. If arranged for at the me of order, the controllers will be set up to use power
sensing.
• ICC1-232
o Connect included RS-232 cable to the TV’s control input. Depending on the TV, this will be a DB9 connector or a 3.5mm jack.
• Connect the included short RF cable from the ICC1 RF Out to the TV’s RF input.
• Connect the 500 mA DC power supply to the ICC1 power input.
• Mount to the TV using the supplied Velcro strips.
Tesng
The following assumes the system is powered On and connected to RF distribuon.
• At this point, the NET light on the TV controller will blink once per second. If the LED stays on, it is not receiving the “heartbeat”
signal from the ICE-HE DXL. Check connecons at the RF head end.
• Turn the TV on and scan for digital cable channels – all 8 channels should be present.

ICE-HE-DXL Setup
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Basic Network Setup
• Connect the Display Control Center to the network.
• Press the red SETUP buon.
• Press the Down arrow unl “Network” is displayed then press the white SELECT buon.
• Use the Down arrow to view “IP Mode”.
• Use the Le or Right arrow to show “DHCP” then press the SELECT buon to save the seng.
• If you want to create a stac IP address, choose “Stac” mode and manually set an IP address. The unit will use the gateway set-
ngs it captured in “DHCP”.
• Press SETUP then SELECT to show the IP Address.
• A laptop’s Ethernet port may be directly connected to the ICE-HE-DXL’s Ethernet port. A cross-over cable is not required.
• Enter the IP Address of the ICE-HE-DXL into the top entry bar on your browser.
• The DX Lite home page should appear on your screen.
• If the ICE-HE-DXL is connected to a network with Wi-Fi access, the unit may also be accessed from the browser on a tablet or smart
phone.

Display Express Lite
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The Display Express Lite web page in the ICE-HE-DXL Display Control Center is a compact version of full Display Express soware that runs on
a PC. The Lite version is simplied, allowing channel selecon for individual or groups of TVs, and power and volume control for individual or
groups of TVs. Selecons for global “All On” or “All O” is also available in Display Express Lite.
The page will scale to t your screen, whether on a smartphone, tablet, or PC.

Programming Display Express Lite
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The rst 20 TVs and 8 channels have been predened
for ease of installaon, but they may be modied.
To customize the sengs, click on the sengs icon at
the top right and select “Toggle Edit Mode” from the
pop-up.
The page will change as shown, enabling the user
to edit Groups, TVs, and Channels. (Turn o the edit
mode when changes are complete.)
TVs
Display Express Lite supports up to 128 controlled TVs
in the system. When you choose to edit a TV, you can
do the following:
• Change the label to your preferred name.
• Assign a Group. Adding a new group number
creates a new group.
• Change the address if needed.
Groups
Groups are created with the group number in the TV
buons. The name of the group can be updated here.
Channels
Display Express Lite supports up to 16 channels.
Click on a channel buon to change the name or the
channel number. Refer to the table below for channel
number convenons.
Channel
Type
Major # Minor #
2-part
digital
<0-135> <0-256>
1-part
digital
<1-9999> Leave Blank
Analog <2-135> 0

Front Panel Display
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During normal operaon, the ICE-HE-DXL displays the above text on the LED display. The top line shows communicaon ports as well as net-
work and control status. “Rx” or “Tx” appears briey under the three external ports (232, USB, IP) to show I/O acvity, and a white cursor will
blink under the three status opons (Network, Communicaon, Error).
• 232 – Acve RS-232 port
• USB – Acve USB data port
• IP – Acve Ethernet port
• N – ICC-Net status, blinking once per second, sending the “heartbeat” signal to all TV controllers.
• C – Valid ICC-Net command. The processor evaluates the syntax, and conrms when it is valid.
• E – Error in ICC-Net control frequency. The unit auto-corrects the frequency, so you may see the error status briey, such as
when the unit is powered up. If the status stays constant, contact CR Support for service.
ICE-HE DXL Setup Menus
Press the SETUP buon to enter the menus. Use the Up/Down arrows to move through menus and the Le/Right arrows to change sengs.
Press SELECT to store the changes at each step.
• Select a menu group (“System”, “Network”, “Command”) then SELECT to view that group’s menus.
• Press SETUP to move back to other menu groups.
• Pressing the Le/Right arrows together will reboot the unit.

QMOD Setup
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Venue Vizion system has been custom packaged with the QMOD types ordered. Each model has a dierent combinaon of inputs (HDMI,
YPB, RGB, SDI), but the setup process is the same. The QMOD-YPB2 pictured above has two component inputs.
Quick Setup – To set up addional QMODs or reassign channel numbers or inputs
Each QMOD has two encoders, Program A and Program B. Both programs are included in each channel, and a TV will show both programs
in its channel list. For example, RF Channel 2 will be shown as 2-1 and 3-1 on a TV (using the default setup for Venue Vizion systems).
Press the red SETUP buon on the rst QMOD to view the menu opons. The “Quick” menu usually appears rst. If not, use the Up/Down
arrows to scroll to “Quick”, then press SELECT.
• Channel - The rst four QMODS are shipped set to Channel 2-1, 3-1, 4-1, 5-1, 6-1, 7-1, 8-1, and 9-1. Press the Down arrow to go to the
next menu.
• RF Level – The factory default is 29 dB. This value may need to be changed depending on the RF network requirements. Press the
Down arrow to go to the next menu.
• Program A Video Input -For the QMOD-YPB2 example shown, this is usually preset to the rst HD input, “YPbPr 1”. Keep the set-
ng or press the Right arrow for other inputs. Press SELECT and then the Down arrow for the next menu.
• Program A Audio Input - This is preset to “Analog 1” for the QMOD-YPB2. Use the Right arrow to view other opons. Press SELECT
and then the Down arrow for the next menu.
• Program B Video Input - This is usually preset to the typical second input. Keep the seng or press the Right arrow for other inputs
or “None” if that input is not used. Press SELECT and then the Down arrow for the next menu.
• Program B Audio Input - This is usually preset to the typical second input. Keep the seng or press the Right arrow for other inputs
or “None” if that input is not used. Press SELECT and then the Down arrow for the next menu.
• Press the red SETUP buon twice to exit the “QUICK” menu.
• At this point, the system is ready to install into an equipment rack for integraon with the sources.
Tesng
• Use the TV’s menus to scan for cable channels.
• The channels from all of the QMODs should now be visible on the TV.
At this point, video should appear on each channel. If no source is connected, only a color background will be shown, but it will conrm that
the QMODs are setup properly.