PureLink SX-8800 User manual

SX-8800
Seamless UHD Matrix
USER MANUAL
PureLinkTM
220-10 State Route 208
Fair Lawn, NJ 07410 USA
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Warning
⚫Do not expose this device to Rain, Moisture, and Dripping
⚫Only use accessories specified by the manufacture
⚫Unplug this device during Lightning Storms
⚫Product specifications may be subject to technical upgrades without further notice

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Content
Introduction ..................................................................................................................................................................5
Front Panel Control .......................................................................................................................................................5
Rear Panel .....................................................................................................................................................................6
RS232/LAN Control........................................................................................................................................................ 8
RS232 connector ................................................................................................................................................... 8
Ethernet control and connection...........................................................................................................................8
PC tool user guide.......................................................................................................................................................... 9
Account’s authentication.......................................................................................................................................9
Password modification..........................................................................................................................................9
Connect with PC tool ...........................................................................................................................................10
Matrix Switch page .............................................................................................................................................. 11
Signal Setting page............................................................................................................................................... 12
Finetune ..............................................................................................................................................................13
Video Wall ........................................................................................................................................................... 14
Build a wall ..........................................................................................................................................................14
Bezel adjust ......................................................................................................................................................... 15
Multi Video wall .................................................................................................................................................. 16
Multi View with TV Wall......................................................................................................................................17
Save scene/ Load scene....................................................................................................................................... 17
Advanced route switch page...............................................................................................................................18
Control via Web...........................................................................................................................................................18
Electrical parameters................................................................................................................................................... 18
Package Contents........................................................................................................................................................19
Appendix A: Query IP info via UART............................................................................................................................. 19
Appendix B: Query IP address info via Network ..........................................................................................................20
Appendix C: Set IP info via UART ................................................................................................................................. 21
Appendix D: Set IP info via Network ............................................................................................................................21
Appendix E: Set IP address on Windows 7 or XP.......................................................................................................... 22

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Appendix F: Direct connect via Ethernet cable............................................................................................................24
Appendix G: Connect via network route /switch ........................................................................................................25
Appendix H: Troubleshoot with Network control ........................................................................................................25
Appendix I: Advanced routing switch ..........................................................................................................................26
Appendix J: Change List ( VS V2 version )..................................................................................................................... 29

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Introduction
SX-8800 provides seamless switching of up to (8) HDMI 2.0 inputs and outputs and incorporates the latest
technologies available on the market including HDR and HDCP 2.2 compliance. The SX-8800 matrix
switchers also feature a built-in web page interface/software allowing convenient set-up, user access,
control, and operation. It also features audio extraction as well as audio insertion. Together with video
wall function/advanced EDID management and added security features, the SX series delivers a true, first-
in-class Ultra HD multi-zone signal distribution solution ideal for corporate conferencing, education, and
hospitality environments, to name a few.
SX-8800 Key Features:
•Support HDMI 2.0/HDCP 2.2
•Support seamless switching
•Support video wall
•Support IR matrix
•Support HDMI audio extract
•Support external LR audio insert on HDMI stream
•Support EDID management
•HDMI video output resolution up to 3840x2160@60
•Front panel, RS232, TCP/IP (LAN 10M/100M) control
Front Panel Control
⚫OUTPUT/INPUT buttons
Press buttons OUTPUT n + INPUT m+ TAKE by sequence, switch matrix input n to output m
⚫Press button POWER and hold for 5 seconds, to make the matrix enter standby state.
Press button POWER and hold for 1 seconds to power on the matrix
⚫Press button LOCK more than 2 seconds and less than 6 seconds, to lock or un-lock front buttons.

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When locked, the Lock LED lighted.
Press button LOCK more than 6 seconds, enter the input output lock menu, then press IN n
Or OUTPUT button to toggle the input or output lock status, then press TAKE to set,
Press CLEAR to exit.
⚫Press buttons ALL + INPUT m + TAKE by sequence, to switch input m to all the outputs
⚫Press button SAVE + OUTPUT n to save current routing scene as scene n. The maximum available
scene No. is 8
⚫Press button RECALL + OUTPUT n to recall routing scene n as current routing
⚫Press button RES + OUTPUT n + NEXT + TAKE, to change output resolution of OUTPUT n
Resolution options:
3840x2160@60, 3840x2160@50, 3840x2160@30, 3840x2160@25,
1920x1200@60,1920x1080@60, 1920x1080@50, 1600x1200@60,
1400x1050@60, 1366x768@60,1360x768@60,1280x1024@60,
1280x768@60,1280x720@60, 1280x720@50, 1024x768@60
⚫Press buttons EDID + INPUT m + NEXT + TAKE, change the EDID mode of port INPUT m
EDID option:
Manual, 3840x2160@60, 3840x2160@30, 1920x1200@60,
1920x1080@60, 1280x1024@60, 1280x720@60, 1024x768@60
Manual EDID is loaded by PC Tool
Rear Panel
⚫LAN (10M/100M), RS232 for PC control
⚫Analog Audio IN/OUT ports bind to corresponding HDMI ports.
Example:
If HDMI 1 audio source is selected with External LR by PC Tool, then analog AUDIO IN LR1 (with ф3.5mm jacket)
will be selected to replace the embedded audio of the HDMI input 1 data stream. If HDMI 1 audio source is
selected with AUTO by PC TOOL, then will use the original embedded audio of input HDMI 1 as its audio data
stream.

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If input is DVI signal, no matter how it is set up, system will get external analog audio input. Analog AUDIO OUT n
will always output the same audio content with HDMI OUTPUT n Analog Audio IN/OUT connection
⚫IR IN and IR OUT
IR IN/OUT is for remote control routing and follow the video routing.
For example, if input HDMI m is routed to output HDMI n1 and n2 ports, then IR IN n1 and n2 ports will be
routed to IR OUT m port. Please refer bellow illustration.
Relationship between video and IR routing
IR extender connectors (not as accessories)
Analog
Audio

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RS232/LAN Control
RS232 connector
⚫RS-232 control, baud rate 9600, DB9 connector
⚫Port RS232-1 is DB9 female connector, Pins layout as bellow. User needs use the corresponding cable,
directly/straight RS232 cable
Baud rate 9600
⚫RS232-2 and IR-EXT ports are reserved for future development
Ethernet control and connection
Note：Factory default network setting：
I
ndex
Pin
1
N/u
2
Tx( Matrix →
PC) PC )
3
Rx( Matrix ←PC
)
4
N/u
5
Gnd
6
N/u
7
N/u
8
N/u
9
N/u

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PC tool user guide
Account’s authentication
When you run the PC tool, there needs password to authenticate.
Default password of Administrator（access to all features）：111111
Default password of User（access to all features, except OSD function）：000000
NOTE：In case of password lost, there’s a admin password to login and modify password: Smartsecuri@2010
Password modification
1. Click drop-down list to select account: Administrator or User
2. Input current password, then click the ‘modify’ button to authenticate
3. Input new password twice, then click the ‘modify’ button

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Connect with PC tool
1. The default PC tool’s UI style as bellow
2. User can select UART (with RS232 cable) or Network to connect, baud rate is 9600 bps
3. Network control (with cat5/6 cable, default IP address, 192.168,0.247), follow below steps:
a) Query IP address info via UART, please refer to Appendix A
Or query IP address info via Network, please refer to Appendix B
b) Set IP info via UART, please refer to Appendix C
Or set IP info via Network, please refer to Appendix D
c) Set IP address on Windows 7/XP, please refer to Appendix E
d) User can directly connect via Ethernet cable (please refer to Appendix F ),
Or connect via network route/switch (please refer to Appendix G )

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e) Click Connected button to setup link and connect
4. When connect with PC Tool, User sometimes may encounter connection failure, please refer to
Appendix H, Troubleshoot with Network control to fix
Matrix Switch page
1. There are 3 options for Matrix Switch page, users can press button to change the UI style.
2. There is a shortcut button to switch one input port to all output ports, that is Allset,
3. For example, switch input 1 to all outputs, user can select
4. Recall mode：Recall a inputs/outputs routing scene which already be saved previously.
The device supports maximum of 8 scenes.
5. Save mode：Save current inputs /outputs routing in one index. Maximum 8 modes supported.
Note:Save/Recall here button here works the same with front
panel save/recall control
6. System reset: The PC tool support reset system to recover to
factory configuration.
7. EDID Control: Click the ‘EDID’ button on Matrix Switch page,
then opens a EDID control window

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a) Read EDID：Select the output port ，then click the ‘Read ’button to read EDID
b) Write EDID：First read a EDID from output port，or open a EDID file that saved before，then select
c) the input port，and click the ‘Write’ button to write EDID
d) Save EDID：After reading EDID successfully，Click ‘Save’ button to save
e) This EDID for one input port is act as the Manual EDID, which can be selected or deselected
f) by the front panel
Signal Setting page
1. Audio Select
There are two options for input Audio Select
a) Auto: If the input source is HDMI signal, system will get the embedded audio, and if the input source is
DVI signal, the system will get the corresponding analog audio
b) External: System will get the corresponding analog audio
2. Output type
There are four options for input Output Type:
A. UHD-HDMI (HDCP OFF): HDCP Off
B. UHD-DVI
C. UHD-HDCP-1.4,
D. UHD-HDCP-2.2
3. Output Format
User can set output resolution here
1) 3840x2160@60
2) 3840x2160@50

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3) 3840x2160@30
4) 3840x2160@25,
5) 1920x1200@60
6) 1920x1080@60
7) 1920x1080@50
8) 1600x1200@60
9) 1400x1050@60
10) 1366x768@60
11) 1360x768@60
12) 1280x1024@60
13) 1280x768@60
14) 1280x720@60
15) 1280x720@50
16) 1024x768@60
Finetune
User can read and set the brightness/contrast/saturation/sharpness of each output.
NOTE：
If none special occasions, do not change the default settings;
If there is a problem after the change, click Reset to return to the factory settings.

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Video Wall
Set the Video wall display quantity, rows, and columns of panels to be layout
Build a wall
Select one screen, right click, can see a menu as the following picture shows:
⚫Input Select: Select the input port, for the displayer to display (Input 1 ~ Input 8).
⚫Output Select: Set the output port that connect to the display, need set according to the Video wall
connect status; It means which output port connect to the display.
⚫Output Format: Set the output resolution.
Click to select the screen, then drag, select the screens to splice, right-click, and click Screen
Stitching to splicing.

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To cancel Video WALL, first select the wall which is splicing, right click, then select Cancel Stitching.
Bezel adjust
There are two options to set bezel
Type A with pixels setting, maximum number is 255, see below:
Type B with millimeter setting, see below:

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Multi Video wall
SX-8800 supports several Video walls at the same time, for example it supports one 2x2 wall and one 2x1 wall.
Each wall has its own bezel setting. Click one wall and then set bezel one by one

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Multi View with TV Wall
Above is one 2x2 wall, for example. If want screen 5 to separately display another video source, user can
select Screen 5 - Cancel Stitching,then select the same or another video source for screen 5 to display. This
separate screen is a full display screen
Save scene/ Load scene
On the Video wall page, user can save or load one splicing wall scene, including input/output routing and wall
layout

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Advanced route switch page
Please refer to Appendix I for this section.
Control via Web
1) Directly Input the IP address in the web browser, then press ‘Enter’ key
2) Input the username: admin
3) Input the password: admin
4) Login and then you can control the matrix switch function use the website.
5) Please note, on website control, user only can control basic operation.
Electrical parameters
Electrical parameter
Interface
HDMI-A
HDMI /DP /VGA Version
HDMI2.0,HDCP2.2
Bandwidth
18Gbps
Input
800x600@60Hz,1024x768@60Hz, 1280x768@60Hz,
1280x800@60Hz,1280x1024@60Hz,1360x768@60Hz,
1366x768@60Hz,1400x1050@60Hz,1440x900@60Hz,
1600x1200@60Hz,1680x1050@60Hz,
1920x1200@60Hz,480p,576p,720p,1920x1080i,
1920x1080p,3840x2160@24Hz/25Hz/30Hz/50Hz/60Hz,
4096x2160@24Hz/25Hz/30Hz/50Hz/60Hz.
Output
3840x2160@60Hz, 3840x2160@50Hz,
3840x2160@30Hz, 3840x2160@25Hz,
1920x1200@60Hz,1920x1080@60Hz,
1920x1080@50Hz,1600x1200@60Hz,
1400x1050@60Hz,1366x768@60Hz,
1360x768@60Hz, 1280x1024@60Hz,
1280x768@60Hz, 1280x720@60Hz,
1280x720@50Hz, 1024x768@60Hz
HDMI Amplitude
T.M.D.S +/- 0.4Vpp
Differential impedance
100±15ohm
RS232/Ethernet control
Baud rate and protocol
Baud rate：9600, data bit：8，
stop bit：1,no parity checking

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Ethernet
IE10.0+,HTML5
Power
Max Consumption
100W, 110-240VAC
Matrix Mechanical dimensions
Size(mm)
430(L)X300(W)X44 (H)
Weight
5Kg
Operating temperature
0 to 40°C
Storage temperature
-20 to 70°C
Permissible humidity
10%-50%
Package Contents
Item
Quantity
8x8 Seamless UHD Matrix
1
User Manual
1
AC Power Cord
1
Appendix A: Query IP info via UART
Method A: After connected to the device via UART, Click the ‘Find via UART’ button at ‘Matrix
Switch’ page to read the IP information.
Method B: After connected to the device via UART, Click the ‘Find via UART’ button at ‘Network
Setting’ page to read the IP information.

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Appendix B: Query IP address info via Network
After connecting to the device via network，we can query information as follows.
Method A: Switch to ‘Matrix Switch ’ page, then click ‘Search Device’ button to query IP address
information.
Method B: After switching to ‘Network Setting’ page, click ‘Search Device’ button to search
devices, then click one device in the result list to load its IP address information.