NovaStar MCTRL 4K User manual

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Statement
Welcome to use the product from Xi’an NovaStar Tech Co., Ltd. (hereinafter
referred to as “Novastar”). It is our great pleasure to offer this manual to help
you understand and use the product. We have striven for precision and reliability
during the compilation of this manual, and the contents of this manual are subject
to change at any time without further notice. If you have any problem during
use or you have any suggestion, please feel free to contact us according to the
contact information provided in this manual. We will do our utmost to satisfy your
needs. We would like to express our sincere appreciation to your suggestions and
make assessment for adoption as soon as possible.
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No part of this document may be reproduced or extracted in any form or by any
means without prior written consent of NovaStar. All rights are reserved.
Trademark
is the registered trademark of NovaStar.
Safety Statement
To avoid potential hazards, please use this controller according to regulations.
Power outlet should be installed near the controller and easy to reach. In the
event of breakdowns, non-professionals are not allowed to disassemble the
controller for maintenance. Please contact the after-sales department of NovaStar
timely.
High voltage danger: The operating voltage range of this product is
100-240V AC.
Grounding: This product is grounded through the grounding cord of
power supply. Please keep the grounding conductor well grounded.
Electromagnetic interference: Keep this product far away from
magnets, motors and transformers.
Moisture proof: Keep this product in a dry and clean environment. In
case of liquid immersion, please pull the power plug out immediately.
Keep this product away from flammable and explosive substances.
Prevent liquids or metal fragments from dropping into the product in
order to avoid safety accidents.
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FCC Caution
Any changes or modifications not expressly approved by the party responsible for
compliance could void the user's authority to operate the equipment.
This device complies with part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the
following two conditions: (1) This device may not cause harmful interference, and (2)
this device must accept any interference received, including interference that may
cause undesired operation.
Note: This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class
B digital device, pursuant to part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed
to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential
installation. This equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency energy
and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause
harmful interference to radio communications. However, there is no guarantee that
interference will not occur in a particular installation. If this equipment does cause
harmful interference to radio or television reception, which can be determined
by turning the equipment off and on, the user is encouraged to try to correct the
interference by one or more of the following measures:
—Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna.
—Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver.
—Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the
receiver is connected.
—Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for help.
This equipment complies with FCC radiation exposure limits set forth for an
uncontrolled environment .This equipment should be installed and operated with
minimum distance 20cm between the radiator& your body.
This transmitter must not be co-located or operating in conjunction with any other
antenna or transmitter.
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Table of Contents
1 Appearance...................................................................................................... 1
Front Panel .........................................................................................................................1
Rear Panel ...........................................................................................................................1
2 Signal Connection........................................................................................... 3
3 Dimensions...................................................................................................... 4
4 Operating Motion Instruction....................................................................... 4
5 Main Interface................................................................................................. 5
6 Menu Operation.............................................................................................. 6
Step 1 Input Mode........................................................................................................... 6
Step 2 Input Resolution.................................................................................................. 6
Step 3 Quick Config.........................................................................................................7
Step 4 Brightness Adjustment ..................................................................................... 8
Screen Settings .................................................................................................................9
Display Control .................................................................................................................9
Advanced Settings.........................................................................................................10
Communication Settings .............................................................................................12
Language ..........................................................................................................................12
7 Technical Specifications ............................................................................... 13
8 FAQs and Precautions .................................................................................. 14
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1 Appearance
Front Panel
① : Power button; Press the button for startup. After startup, press and hold the
button for 4~5 seconds to power off.
② : USB interface for connecting USB drives only(unable to connect computers).
③ : Operation screen
④：Knob; Pressing the knob indicates Enter or OK, rotating the knob allows us to
select or adjust.
⑤：BACK; Back to the previous menu.
Rear Panel
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Inputs
DP 1.2 DP 1.2 interface
HDMI 2.0 HDMI 2.0 interface
DUAL DVI-D1/D2 Dual-link DVI interface
Outputs
1~16 16-channel Neutrik Gigabit Ethernet outputs
OPT1~4
4-channel optical fiber outputs
OPT1 is corresponding to Ethernet port 1~8.
OPT2 is corresponding to Ethernet port 9~16.
OPT3 is the backup of OPT1. OPT4 is the backup of
OPT2.
Control
ETHERNET Control interface
USB IN: cascade input or connecting PC;
OUT: cascading next unit.
GenLock
IN
Genlock synchronous signal, making sure the picture
on LED display is in sync with external Genlock
source.
Genlock type: Blackburst
LOOP Genlock loop output
Power
AC 100-240V ～ 50/60HZ AC power interface
Note: Type A(flat) USB interface is not allowed to be connected to control computer
directly.
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2 Signal Connection
Please refer to the previous chapter of interface intrduction and the figure
below to connect requied hardwares.(Note: Please disconnect the power of the
equipment while connecting signal.)
If it is required to control multiple MCTRL4K units, please connect them according
to the figure below.
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3 Dimensions
(mm)
4 Operating Motion Instruction
Knob:
While in main interface, press the knob to enter menu interface;
While in menu interface, rotate the knob to select menus and press the
knob to select current menu or enter submenus;
Select a menu with parameters and rotate the knob to adjust the
parameters. Please remember to press the knob again for confirmation after
adjustment.
BACK: A return button to exit from current menu or operation.
Lock /Unlock buttons: Press and hold the knob and ESC key simultaneously.
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5 Main Interface
Switch on the controller and the main interface of its screen is shown as below:
A: Input state of signal sources. Blue indicates it has signal while gray indicates no
signal;
B: Current input source and its resolution, frame rate. For example, the information
of two DVI sources will be displayed alternately here when dual-link DVI is selected
as input.
C: Width, height and frame rate of the LED display being configured;
D: Status, the meanings of each status icon are introduced as follows:
Supply voltage of mainboard core
Temperature inside the controller
Brightness of LED display
/DVI1 and DVI2 are not synchronous/synchronous
/ / Control interface, not connected/connected to USB port/
connected to Ethernet port
/Screen unlocked/locked
E: Connection status of Ethernet ports. Blue indicates that the connection is available
and the port works as master control while gray indicates the port is not connected
or the connection is unavailable. Mark on the upper left corner of the icon indicates
that the connection is available and the port is in redundancy state.
F: Connection status of optical fiber ports. Blue indicates that the connection is
available and the fiber port works as master control while gray indicates the port is
not connected or the connection is unavailable. Mark on the upper left corner of the
icon indicates that the connection is available and the port is in redundancy state.
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6 Menu Operation
MCTRL4K is powerful and easy-to-use. In general, users can start a LED display and
operate it normally through first four steps. Users also can set other options in the
menu selectively for better display effects.
Step 1 Input Mode
MCTRL 4K supports two input modes: mosaic and muli-card.
Main
Brightness
Input Settings
Screen Settings
Display Control
Advanced Settings
Communication Settings
Language
Input Settings
Input Mode
Input Resolution
Input Mode
DVI Mode Mosaic
Input Source
Mosaic Mode
In mosaic mode, Auto, DP, HDMI or DVI×2(Mosaic direction is optional.) can be
selected as video input source.
In multi-card mode, MCTRL4K is used as two independent controllers and the
loading capacity of each is up to 3840×2160@30Hz. Now both DVI 1 and DVI 2
inputs are available and can be displayed on LED display simultaneously. But only
one of them can be set at the same time, namely, the currently selected video
input source.
In multi-card mode, the corresponding outputs of DVI 1 are Ethernet port 1~8 or
OPT1 while the corresponding outputs of DVI 2 are Ethernet port 9~16 or OPT2.
Tip: When input source is set to "Auto", the controller will automatically detect input
source depending on the priority order of DP>HDMI>DVI.
Step 2 Input Resolution
Users are capable of setting the resolution of each input source as required.
Input Settings
Input Mode
Input Resolution
Input Resolution
Preset
Custom
Input resolution is able to be set through the following two methods:
I: Preset
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Choose an appropriate resolution from the standard presets, or move on to
method II: Custom.
II: Custom
Rotate the knob to set custom width(increasing by even numbers), custom height
and custom refresh rate. Then select "Apply" and press the knob to apply. If not
applied, custom resolution setting will be unavailable.
Step 3 Quick Config
Operating steps of quick config:
Step1 Switch on the LED display. Go to Step 2 if the cabinets display normally. It is
needed to load cabinet file first and save it to receiving card if the cabinets
display abnormally. Please view relevant chapter for detailed operations.
Step2 Enter the submenu of “Quick Config”and rotate the knob to get into other
options for settings.
Main
Brightness
Input Settings
Screen Settings
Display Control
Advanced Settings
Communication Settings
Language
Screen Settings
Quick Config
Advanced Config
Image Offset
Quick Config
Cabinet Row QTY
Cabinet Col QTY
Port 1 Cabinet QTY
Data Flow (Front View)
Step3 Set the rows and columns of the cabinets to be loaded according to actual
situation of the screen.
Step4 Set the number of cabinets loaded by Ethernet port 1. The controller has
some limitations of the loading capacity of Ethernet port. Please see Notes a)
for details.
Step5 Set Data Flow of the screen. Please see Notes c), d), e) of quick config.
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Notes:
a) If n ports are used to
load, the number of cabinets
loaded by the first (n-1)
ports must be:
1. the same,
2. the integer multiple of the
number of rows/columns,
3. no less than the cabinets
loaded by the nth port.
Example:
If Ethernet port 1~7 are used to load, the number of
cabinets loaded by port 1~6 must be the same and
the integer multiple of the number of rows/columns.
Therefore, it is needed to set the number of cabinets
loaded by port 1 according to the actual situation
during quick config. The number of cabinets loaded by
port 7≤ the number of cabinets loaded by port 1.
In multi-card mode, the corresponding output ports
are 9~16 if DVI 2 is used as input. Now port 9 is
considered as the first port. So it is required to set
the number of cabinets loaded by port 9.
b) If there are irregular cabinets, cabinets with different sizes or irregular screens, it is
required to connect NovaLCT-Mars for screen configuration.
c) During data flow settings, you can view the results of different data flow presets on
LED display by rotating the knob. When you are satisfied with the LED display picture,
press the knob to save the settings. Directly press BACK button to exit from current
operation and the previewed data flow won't be saved.
d) During data flow settings, you must make sure the physical connection of each port
is along the same direction and down to next one.
e) During data flow settings, you must make sure the start position of port 1 is the
start of whole physical connection.
Step 4 Brightness Adjustment
Back to the main menu and press the knob. Select the corresponding value in
Brightness menu. Rotate the knob to adjust brightness now.
Main
Brightness
Input Settings
Screen Settings
Display Control
Advanced Settings
Communication Settings
Language
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Screen Settings
Besides Quick Config, Advanced Config and Image Offset can be done as well in
Screen Settings.
Advanced Configuration
Choose Yes to get into Advanced Config page. Choose Enable to set the loading
capacity of each Ethernet port, which includes the settings of Cabinet Row QTY,
Cabinet Col QTY, Start X(horizontal offset), Start Y(vertical offset) and Data Flow.
Image Offset
Start X(horizontal offset) and Start Y(vertical offset) of the total picture loaded by
the controller can be set in this option.
Display Control
Main
Brightness
Input Settings
Screen Settings
Display Control
Advanced Settings
Communication Settings
Language
Display Control
Normal
Freeze
Black Out
Test Pattern
Image Settings
Normal: Play the content of current input source normally.
Freeze: Freeze current content.
Black Out: The LED screen becomes dark and displays nothing.
Test Pattern: It includes eight types of test patterns such as pure color and line
pattern etc.
Image Settings: Set the brightness of red, green and blue, color temperature,
Gamma value as required. Adjust these options to the values you are satisfied
with, and then save them to hardware.
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Advanced Settings
Advanced Settings includes settings of multiple main functions as shown in the
figure below. Following chapters will introduce the details of each function.
Main
Brightness
Input Settings
Screen Settings
Display Control
Advanced Settings
Communication Settings
Language
Advance Settings
MAP Function
Load Cabinet Files
Alarm Threshold
Save to Hardware
Redundancy Primary
Factory Reset
Return to Home Screen
Hardware Version
Enable
MAP Function
When Map Function is enabled, each of the cabinets will display the port number
and Ethernet port number they belong to. It is easy and convenient for users to
know about the data flow mode and load.
Load Cabinet Files
Connect the controller to PC and run NovaLCT-Mars on the PC. Import the cabinet
configuration files saved before.
1 ) Save cabinet configuration files
After the configuration of receiving card is completed, click to save
cabinet configuration files(.rcfg) to local files on PC.
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2 ) Import cabinet configuration files to MCTRL4K.
Tip: After entering the Settings page of MCTRL4K, NovaLCT-Mars will automatically read
the configuration files which have already existed in MCTRL4K. Users are able to modify
the names and orders of these files or delete them.
3 ) Load cabinet files
Advance Settings
MAP Function
Load Cabinet Files
Alarm Threshold
Save to Hardware
Redundancy Primary
Factory Reset
Return to Home Screen
Hardware Version
Enable
Load Cabinet Files
Cabinet File 1
Cabinet File 2
Cabinet File 3
4 ) Save cabinet files to hardware
Alarm Threshold
Set maximum and minimum values of temperature and voltage。
Save to hardware
Save all the configurations related to receiving cards to receiving cards and the
data won't be lost during power failure.
Redundancy
Set this controller as primary controller or backup.
Factory Reset
Restore the unit to factory settings.
Return to Home Screen
If the system remains on current interface for the certain period of time without
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any operation, then it will go back to the homepage automatically.
Hardware Version
Check the hardware version of this controller. Connect LCT-Mars through PC to
upgrade the firmware program if new versions are released.
Communication Settings
Set communication mode and network parameters of MCTRL 4K.
Communication Settings
Mode Select USB Preferred
Network Settings
Network Settings
Config IPv4 Manually
IP Address
Subnet Mask
Reset
Communication modes include USB preferred and LAN(Local Area Network)
preferred. When both USB control interface and Ethernet control interface are
connected to PC, the controller defaults to USB preferred and will control the LED
display via USB interface. Otherwise, the sysytem will control LED display via LAN.
Network Settings include manual and automatic. Please note that IP address
cannot conflict with the address of other devices during manual setting.
Language
Change interface language of the unit.
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7 Technical Specifications
Inputs
Port Qty Specifications
DP 1
DP1.2 standard
Max. supported resolution:3840×2160@60Hz, Max. width
and height are 3840(downward compatibility)
HDMI
1
HDMI-2.0 standard
Max. supported resolution:3840×2160@60Hz
Max. width and height are 3840 (downward compatibility)
Dual-link DVI 2
VESA standard
Max. supported resolution:3840x1080@60Hz and
3840×2160@30Hz (downward compatibility)
Outputs
Port Qty Specifications
RJ45 16 Neutrik Gigabit Ethernet port
OPT 4
Optical fiber port, single mode and double fiber, LC port,
1310mm
OPT1 is used for transferring the data of port 1-8
OPT2 is used for transferring the data of port 9-16
OPT3 is the backup channel of OPT1
OPT4 is the backup channel of OPT2
Either Gigabit Ethernet port or optical fiber port can be used
at the same time. Two types of ports cannot be used to
connect devices simultaneously.
Control
Port Qty Notes
ETHERNET 1Control interface
USB 2Control interface of upper computer and cascading
interface
Overall Specifications
Input Power AC 100-240V, 50/60Hz
Overall Power Consumption 30W
Operating Temperature -20~60℃
Dimensions(L×W×H) 482.6×372×89(mm)
Weight 4.6kg
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8 FAQs and Precautions
FAQ Solutions
Nothing is displayed on
the LED display
Check whether the power is correctly connected and
switched on;
Use test patterns to make sure whether the LED display is
correctly connected and can normally operate;
Check whether the unit has signal input and the output is
set to "Black Out";
Check whether the screen configuration as well as the
parameters are correct.
Color cast occurs when
the pictures of HDMI on
computer are displayed
on LED display
Press and hold BACK button for 10 seconds and a menu
will pop up. Select different YUV-RGB formats to make
the color of the pictures on LED display back to normal.
Nothing is displayed on
the LED display in DVI
mosaic mode
Check whether two DVI input signals are synchronous.
You can check the synchronization icon on LCD.
The resolution of HDMI
signal is unable to reach
3840x2160@60Hz
Check whether the HDMI interface of video card is
Standard 2.0.
Precautions
1) At present, this product only supports rectangular
screens composed of cabinets with same size and
specifications for configuration without PC. It is needed
to connect a PC for configuration of irregular cabinets
and screens.
2) Configuration without PC and configuration with PC is
not suggested to be done on the same display at the
same time.
3) In multi-card mode, network cables for DVI1 screen
configuration can only be connected to Ethernet port
1-8 while cables for DVI2 to port 9-16.
4) Only specific models of receiving card support MAP
function(Currently, only receiving card A5 and receiving
card MRV 270 of customized programs support it.)
Please troubleshoot the devices according to above steps. If problems cannot be
solved, please contact our local dealers or customer service department.
Since there are components with high voltage inside the controller, please DO NOT
maintain it by yourself for the sake of your safety.
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