Jupiter PixelNet User manual

Jupiter Systems
PixelNet Domain Control
User Manual
Version 1.1
August 21, 2009
A-900-011-00, Rev. D

Copyright
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Copyright
Copyright © 2009 Jupiter Systems. This document is copyrighted with all rights reserved.
The entire risk of the use or the result of the use of this Hardware and Software and documentation remains
with the User. Information in this document is subject to change without notice. No part of this document
may be reproduced, transmitted, transcribed, stored in a retrieval system, or translated into any language in
any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying without express written
permission of Jupiter Systems. See also “Statement of Limited Warranty” on page v.
Notice of Regulatory Compliance
This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class A digital device, pursuant
to Part 15 of the FCC rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful
interference when the equipment is operated in a commercial environment. This equipment generates,
uses, and can radiate radio frequency (RF) energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the
instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio communications. Operation of this equipment in a
residential area is likely to cause harmful interference in which case the user will be required to correct the
interference. The user is cautioned that changes or modifications not approved by Jupiter Systems can void
the user’s authority to operate this equipment.
Jupiter, Jupiter logo, and PixelNet are registered trademarks of Jupiter Systems. PDC and TeamMate are
trademarks of Jupiter Systems.
Acknowledgements
All non-Jupiter brands and names are the property of their respective owners.
Jupiter Systems
31015 Huntwood Avenue
Hayward, CA 94544-7007
510-675-1000 (v)
510-675-1001 (f)
[e-mail]
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Warranty
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Statement of Limited Warranty
PixelNet Hardware
Jupiter Systems warrants that the PixelNet Hardware sold by Jupiter are free from defects in material and
workmanship and will perform in accordance with the product specification for a period of 24 months from
the date of shipment from Jupiter Systems. This warranty is in effect whether the product was purchased
directly from Jupiter or through an authorized Jupiter distributor. Any product becoming defective within
the time period specified will be repaired or replaced, at Jupiter’s option and at Jupiter’s factory or
authorized repair center. The defective product must be returned to Jupiter or to the Jupiter authorized
repair center at the expense of the customer. Expense for the return shipment of the product to the customer
within the U.S. will be borne by Jupiter.
Products returned to Jupiter must have a Return Merchandise Authorization (RMA) number. To obtain an
RMA number contact the Jupiter repair service center at the phone number listed on the Copyright page.
PRODUCTS SHIPPED TO JUPITER WITHOUT A RETURN AUTHORIZATION NUMBER
WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED.
JUPITER’S TOTAL LIABILITY UNDER THIS WARRANTY SHALL BE LIMITED TO THE
REPAIR OR REPLACEMENT OF THE DEFECTIVE PRODUCT OR, AT JUPITER’S OPTION,
RETURN OF THE PRODUCT TO JUPITER FOR A REFUND OF THE FULL PURCHASE
PRICE. THE ABOVE WARRANTY IS THE ONLY WARRANTY APPLICABLE TO JUPITER’S
PRODUCTS AND IS THE CUSTOMER’S SOLE AND EXCLUSIVE REMEDY FOR ANY
DEFECT IN THE PRODUCTS.
Jupiter does not warrant the product for fitness for any particular purpose or application. Jupiter has no
liability for statements of functionality, performance, or configurability beyond the written product
specification for the specific Jupiter product. Jupiter shall not be held liable for incidental, indirect,
consequential, general or special damages resulting from the use or the inability to use or the failure of a
Jupiter product used in any application. No warranty, including this warranty, shall apply to any Jupiter
products that have been modified in any way, by any organization other than the Jupiter factory. The
warranty is void for products that have been subjected to misuse, improper maintenance, negligence, and/
or damage by excessive current, temperature, or accident.
Jupiter neither assumes nor authorizes any representative or other person to assume for Jupiter any other
warranty or liability in connection with the sale or shipment of Jupiter products. Jupiter reserves the right
to make changes or improvements in its products without incurring any obligation to similarly alter
products previously purchased.

Warranty
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Software Warranty and Special Provisions
Limited Warranty
Jupiter Systems warrants that the SOFTWARE will perform substantially in accordance with the
accompanying written materials for a period of ninety (90) days from the date of sale. Any implied
warranties on the SOFTWARE are limited to ninety (90) days.
Customer Remedies
Jupiter Systems’ entire liability and your exclusive remedy shall be, at Jupiter Systems’ option, either (a)
return of the price paid, or (b) repair or replacement of the SOFTWARE that does not meet this Limited
Warranty and which is returned to Jupiter Systems with a copy of your receipt or purchase order number.
This Limited Warranty is void if failure of the SOFTWARE has resulted from accident, abuse, or
misapplication. Any replacement SOFTWARE will be warranted for the remainder of the original
warranty period or thirty (30) days, whichever is longer.
No Other Warranties
To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, Jupiter Systems disclaims all other warranties, either
expressed or implied, including but not limited to implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for a
particular purpose, with regard to the SOFTWARE and the accompanying written materials.
No Liability for Consequential Damages
To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, in no event shall Jupiter Systems or its suppliers be
liable for any damages whatsoever (including without limitation, special, incidental, consequential, or
indirect damages for personal injury, loss of business, profits, business interruption, loss of business
information, or any other pecuniary loss) arising out of the use of or inability to use this product, even if
Jupiter Systems has been advised of the possibility of such damages. In any case, Jupiter Systems’ entire
liability under any provision of this agreement shall be limited to the amount actually paid by you for the
SOFTWARE.

Using this Manual
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Using this Manual
Introduction
Chapter titles are at the top of every page to assist you in finding sections.
The Table of Contents is a section, chapter, and heading outline of the
manual; whereas, the comprehensive index at the end of the manual
guides you through a search of subjects, figures, and tables.
Note and Caution
This manual uses two special entries to get your attention:
• Note
• Caution
These entries are listed in their ascending order of importance. The
examples shown are found throughout this manual.
Note Notes are entries that bring your attention to specific items
that you must see, read, and understand before continuing.
Caution Cautions are entries that alert you to items that may cause
the operating system to not operate properly. For instance,
tasks that were either done out of sequence or not
supposed to be done at all may cause the system to
malfunction. Cautions also alert you about physical
connections that can cause the system to not operate
properly.

Table of Contents
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Copyright . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iii
Warranty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . v
Using This Manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vii
Chapter 1. Introduction to PixelNet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
1.1 Outstanding Visual Quality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
1.2 The PixelNet Difference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
1.3 Multiple Wall Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
1.4 Window Borders and Titles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
1.5 Nodes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
1.5.1 DVI-I Input Node . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
1.5.2 HD Component Input Node . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
1.5.3 3G-SDI Input Node . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
1.5.4 Quad CVBS-Y/C Input Node . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
1.5.5 TeamMate Output Node . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
1.5.6 Audio Output Node . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
1.6 PixelNet Switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
1.7 PixelNet Domain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
1.8 PixelNet Domain Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Chapter 2. PixelNet Hardware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
2.1 Hardware Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
2.1.1 LED Behavior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
2.1.1.1 Fault LED . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
2.1.1.2 Active, Input, and Output LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
2.2 HD Component Input Node . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
2.3 DVI Input Node . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

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2.3.1 EDID Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
2.4 3G-SDI Input Node . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
2.5 Quad CVBS-Y/C Input Node . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
2.6 TeamMate Output Node . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
2.6.1 SYNC Port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
2.6.1.1 Distribution Amplifier (DA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
2.7 Audio Output Node . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
2.8 PixelNet Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
2.9 PixelNet Cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
2.9.1 Cat 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Chapter 3. PixelNet Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
3.1 Network Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
3.2 Single Switch Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
3.3 Dual Switch Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
3.3.1 Building a Dual Switch Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
3.4 Multiple Switch Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
3.5 Replace Input Nodes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
3.6 Replace Output Nodes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Chapter 4. PixelNet Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
4.1 Installation Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
4.2 Pre-installation Requirement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
4.2.1 Disabling the Network Connection in Windows XP . . . . . . . . . . . 32
4.2.2 Disabling the Network Connection in Windows Vista . . . . . . . . . 34
4.3 Installation Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
4.4 Installing PDC Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
4.4.1 Installing dotnetfx . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
4.4.2 Installing WinPcap . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
4.4.3 Power-on Sequence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
4.5 Starting PDC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Chapter 5. PixelNet Domain Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
5.1 Initial Domain Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
5.2 The Domain Connection Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
5.2.1 Selecting a PixelNet Interface (Domain Connection) . . . . . . . . . . 53
5.3 The Display Wall Configuration Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
5.3.1 Output Nodes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
5.3.1.1 Display Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
5.3.1.2 Audio Output Properties— Node Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
5.3.2 Output Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62