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 Acve Combiner
Combines and amplies 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 idenfy the specic components and cables included in the shipment.
Simplied Integraon Process
Venue Vizion arrives pre-racked, pre-wired, pre-set, pre-congured, and ready to install. This enables the system to be fully tested prior to the
nal rack installaon.
Installaon consists of 6 easy steps:
1. Unpack and test the Venue Vizion system.
2. Connect the RF output of the system to your RF distribuon system.
3. Integrate the TV controllers to TVs and connect to the RF distribuon system.
4. Link the ICE-HE-DXL to a wired or wireless Ethernet network to view the DX Lite control pages.
5. Dene TVs, Groups, and Channels in DX Lite soware.
6. Install rack equipment and integrate sources.
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Tesng the System
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Preparaon
• 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 addional QMODs, those can be connected to the open input ports on the QCA9-33.
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• The QMODs are factory preset to channels 2-1 through 9-1.
• Addional 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 sll 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 aenuator.)
• Perform a channel scan on the TV.
• Although no video is supplied to the QMODs, there will be a color background on each channel.
Distribuon
Connect the RF Out on the QCA9-33 to the RF distribuon 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, conrming 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 Installaon
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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
boom.
The switches on the le, S1, set the TV number, and the switches on the right, S2, set the Zone. The Up wswitch posion is “On” and the
Down posion 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 applicaons.
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-dened in the DX
Lite web page. Up to 128 TVs can be dened in a Venue Vizion system using DX Lite. Before installing the controllers, document which TV the
controller will be connected to and its locaon. This will help idenfy 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
documentaon.
TV Integraon
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Setup
• Connect the RF coax feed to RF In.
• ICC1-IRX
o Connect IR Emier cable to IR Out
o If the TV does not have discrete power on/o commands, there is an oponal 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.
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The following assumes the system is powered On and connected to RF distribuon.
• 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 connecons 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
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Connect the Display Control Center to the network.
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Press the red SETUP buon.
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Press the Down arrow unl “Network” is displayed then press the white SELECT buon.
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Use the Down arrow to view “IP Mode”.
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Use the Le or Right arrow to show “DHCP” then press the SELECT buon to save the seng.
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If you want to create a stac IP address, choose “Stac” mode and manually set an IP address. The unit will use the gateway
set-
ngs it captured in “DHCP”.
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Press SETUP then SELECT to show the IP Address.
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A laptop’s Ethernet port may be directly connected to the ICE-HE-DXL’s Ethernet port. A cross-over cable is not required.
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Enter the IP Address of the ICE-HE-DXL into the top entry bar on your browser.
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The DX Lite home page should appear on your screen.
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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
soware that runs on
a PC. The Lite version is simplied, allowing channel selecon for individual or groups of TVs, and power and volume control for individual or
groups of TVs. Selecons 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 predened
for ease of installaon, but they may be modied.
To customize the sengs, click on the sengs 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
buons. The name of the group can be updated here.
Channels
Display Express Lite supports up to 16 channels.
Click on a channel buon to change the name or the
channel number. Refer to the table below for channel
number convenons.
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 operaon, the ICE-HE-DXL displays the above text on the LED display. The top line shows communicaon ports as well as net-
work and control status. “Rx” or “Tx” appears briey under the three external ports (232, USB, IP) to show I/O acvity, and
a white cursor will
blink under the three status opons (Network, Communicaon, Error).
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232 – Acve RS-232 port
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USB – Acve USB data port
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IP – Acve Ethernet port
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N – ICC-Net status, blinking once per second, sending the “heartbeat” signal to all TV controllers.
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C – Valid ICC-Net command. The processor evaluates the syntax, and conrms when it is valid.
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E – Error in ICC-Net control frequency. The unit auto-corrects the frequency, so you may see the error status
briey, 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 buon to enter the menus. Use the Up/Down arrows to move through menus and the Le/Right arrows to change sengs.
Press SELECT to store the changes at each step.
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Select a menu group (“System”, “Network”, “Command”) then SELECT to view that group’s menus.
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Press SETUP to move back to other menu groups.
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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 dierent combinaon 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 addional 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 buon on the rst QMOD to view the menu opons. The “Quick” menu usually appears rst. If not,
use the Up/Down
arrows to scroll to “Quick”, then press SELECT.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Program A Audio Input - This is preset to “Analog 1” for the QMOD-YPB2. Use the Right arrow to view other opons. Press SELECT
and then the Down arrow for the next menu.
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Program B Video Input - This is usually preset to the typical second input. Keep the seng 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.
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Program B Audio Input - This is usually preset to the typical second input. Keep the seng 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.
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Press the red SETUP buon twice to exit the “QUICK” menu.
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At this point, the system is ready to install into an equipment rack for integraon with the sources.
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Use the TV’s menus to scan for cable channels.
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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 conrm that
the QMODs are setup properly.
RF Design
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A good goal of a properly designed RF system is to deliver about 5-10 dBmV to each TV. In general, most TVs will easily tune a digital
QAM
channel with a level between -10 and +10 dBmV. Below is an example RF distribuon network using readily available RF spliers that will sup-
port up to 32 TVs.
Each 4-way splier has a loss of 7dB on each output. Each 8-way splier has a loss of 10.5 dB on each output. The loss starts to gradually
increase a lile more above channel 65 but should not be a factor if the cable runs are less than 150 to 200 feet.
For the example below to work correctly, the RF level of the QMOD devices in the Venue Vizion system will need to be set to 25 dBmV. Refer to
the instrucons on previous page for modifying the RF level.
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