RGB Spectrum Linx DVI 8x8 User manual

Linx DVI 8x8 Matrix Switcher
User’s Guide
Revision 1.1 — May 2008

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DOCUMENT
•Linx DVI 8x8 Matrix Switcher User’s Guide
•P/N 350-8794 Revision 1.1
•May 2008
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COPYRIGHT
© 2008 RGB Spectrum, Inc. All rights reserved.
This guide is for use with the RGB Spectrum Linx DVI 8x8 Matrix
Switcher. Use for any other purpose is not permitted. This guide was
prepared for viewing on a PC; a copy may be printed as required.
•The RGB Spectrum logo is a trademark of RGB Spectrum, Inc. in
the United States and other countries.
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NOTICE
RGB Spectrum reserves the right to make any modification to this guide
or the information contained herein at any time without notice.
All features, functions, and specifications are subject to change without
notice or obligation.
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COMPANY ADDRESS
RGB Spectrum
950 Marina Village Pkwy.
Alameda, CA 94501
•Telephone: [phone]
•Fax: [phone]
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
The RGB Spectrum Web Control Panel (WCP)
uses the GoAhead WebServer.
Copyright © 2003 GoAhead Software, Inc. All rights reserved
Pentium is a registered trademark of Intel Corporation in the United States and other countries.
Windows is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and other countries.
Java is a trademark of Sun Microsystems, Inc. in the United States and other countries.

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LIMITED WARRANTY
RGB Spectrum (RGB) warrants that this product will be free from defects
in material and workmanship, under normal use and service when
correctly installed and maintained, for a period of three (3) years from
date of shipment. RGB’s liability under this warranty is limited solely to
replacing, repairing or issuing credit for any product which is shown to be
defective during the warranty period. Purchaser shall (i) notify RGB
promptly in writing of any claims, and (ii) provide RGB with an opportunity
to inspect and test the product claimed to be defective. Warranty does not
cover misuse, abuse, improper installation or application, improper
maintenance or repair, alteration, accident or negligence in use, improper
temperature, humidity or other environmental condition, storage,
transportation or handling. RGB Spectrum shall have no obligations under
this warranty with respect to any defect unless it receives notice and a
description of such defect no later than five (5) business days following
the expiration of the warranty period.
THE WARRANTIES STATED HEREIN ARE IN LIEU OF ALL OTHER
WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING (BUT NOT
LIMITED TO) ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR
FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
IN NO EVENT SHALL RGB BE LIABLE FOR ANY SPECIAL,
INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES FOR LOSS, DAMAGE
OR EXPENSE DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING FROM THE
PURCHASER’S INABILITY TO USE THE PRODUCT EITHER
SEPARATELY OR IN COMBINATION WITH ANY OTHER EQUIPMENT
OR FACILITIES, OR FROM ANY OTHER CAUSE.
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EXTENDED WARRANTY
An annual extended warranty may be purchased. Should the product fail
to operate properly during the covered period, RGB Spectrum will repair
the product and restore it to normal operation without charge for labor and
parts. For further information on obtaining an extended warranty, email
[email protected] or call [phone].

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T ABLE OF C ONTENTS
List of Figures. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iv
List of Tables. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .v
Chapter 1 Introduction and Installation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Physical Description. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
EDID Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
EDID Registers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Hot Plug Event . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
EDID priority . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
EDID list . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
EDID Management. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Input Equalization. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Rack Mounting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Video Inputs and Outputs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Control Connections. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
RS-232 Control. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
10/100 BASE-T Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Chapter 2 Communications Setup. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Serial Communication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Launching a HyperTerminal Window . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Ethernet Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Setting the PC IP Address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Beginning a Telnet Session . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Changing the Linx DVI 8x8 Matrix Switcher IP Address. 13
Chapter 3 Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Command Line Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
System Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Communication Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Switch Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Presets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
EDID. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Exporting and Importing System Settings. . . . . . . 16
PRESETS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
EDID. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
All . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

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Front Panel Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
XY Control Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Presets Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Status Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
System Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Web Control Panel Operation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Routing Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Configuration Tab. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Presets Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
EDID Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
System Tab. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Network Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Info . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Serial Port. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Chapter 4 Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Command Format. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Command Help. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Command Arguments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Predefined Parameter Values. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Query the Current Setting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Commands Summary. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Communications Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Switch Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Preset Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
EDID Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Miscellaneous Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Chapter 5 Transferring Files and Updating Firmware . 44
Transferring Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Downloading a File from the Linx Switcher. . . . . . 44
Uploading a File to the Linx Switcher . . . . . . . . . . 46
Update System Firmware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Chapter 6 Maintenance and Troubleshooting. . . . . . . . 49
Maintenance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Appendix A Specifications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Physical Specifications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Communications Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
DVI Inputs and Outputs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Ethernet Port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
RS-232 Port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

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Appendix B Contact Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

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LIST OF FIGURES
Figure 1-1 Linx DVI 8x8 Matrix Switcher Front Panel. . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Figure 1-2 Linx DVI 8x8 Matrix Switcher Rear Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Figure 1-3 Selecting EDID . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Figure 2-1 HyperTerminal Path. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Figure 2-2 Connection Description Dialog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Figure 2-3 Connect To Dialog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Figure 2-4 COM Properties Dialog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Figure 2-5 Local Area Network Properties Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Figure 2-6 Entering an IP Address for the PC. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Figure 2-7 Run Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Figure 2-8 Telnet Connected. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Figure 3-1 XY Control Panel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Figure 3-2 XY Control Panel Ready to Take Change . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Figure 3-3 Presets Page. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Figure 3-4 Matrix Status Page. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Figure 3-5 System Information Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Figure 3-6 Entering the IP Address in the Browser. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Figure 3-7 Web Control Panel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Figure 3-8 Routing Window. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Figure 3-9 Preview Preset Routings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Figure 3-10 Configuration Tab. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Figure 3-11 Presets Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Figure 3-12 Name and Save Preset . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Figure 3-13 EDID Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Figure 3-14 System Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Figure 5-1 Run Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Figure 5-2 FTP Download Session. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Figure 5-3 Run Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Figure 5-4 FTP Upload Session . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Figure A-1 DVI Input and Output Connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Figure A-2 Ethernet Connector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Figure A-3 RS-232 Connector. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

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LIST OF TABLES
Table 1-1 Accessory Kit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Table 4-1 Alphabetical List of Commands. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Table 4-2 Communications Commands. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Table 4-3 Switch Commands. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Table 4-4 Preset Commands. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Table 4-5 EDID Commands. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Table 4-6 Miscellaneous Commands. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Table 6-1 Troubleshooting Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Table A-1 Physical Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Table A-1 Communications Specifications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Table A-2 Digital Input and Output Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Table A-3 DVI Connector Pin Assignments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Table A-4 Ethernet Connector Pin Assignments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Table A-5 RS-232 Connector Pin Assignments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

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INSTALLATION
The Linx DVI 8x8 Matrix Switcher is a non-blocking digital router.
Housed in a rugged steel chassis, it is ideal for challenging
environments including mobile applications. System features include:
•Eight DVI single-link inputs and outputs
•Up to 1600 x 1200 pixel resolution at 60 Hz - 1.65 Gbit/sec
•Supports HD resolutions including 1920 x 1080p, 1920 x 1200,
and 2048 x 1080p at 60Hz
•EDID management
~Automatic pass-through
~Programmable input or output
•Automatic or selectable cable equalization on inputs up to 50
meters
•Pixel reclocking on input and output
•Embedded operating system
•Temperature controlled fan with washable front panel filter
•Multiple control methods
~Front panel touch screen
~Command interface (serial or network)
~Graphic user interface over Ethernet
•Single or multi-point control
Items in the Linx Switcher accessory kit include the items shown in .
Table 1-1 Accessory Kit
Item Part Number
User CD containing this manual 610-8793-01
Power cord - Domestic
OR
Power cord - International
510-8026-01
510-8026-02

INTRODUCTION AND INSTALLATION
Physical Description
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PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
The Linx Switcher 2 RU chassis has standard rackmount brackets. Front
panel features include:
•Touch screen
•Air filter
•Indicator LEDs
~Active - Communication active
~Link - Ethernet link is present
~Power - AC power is on
~Alarm - System is overheated
Figure 1-1 Linx DVI 8x8 Matrix Switcher Front Panel
All connections are made on the rear panel of the Linx Switcher.
Figure 1-2 Linx DVI 8x8 Matrix Switcher Rear Panel
Features on the rear panel include:
activelink
power
alarm
Linx D VI 8 x8
Output-1 Output-2 Output-3 Output-4 Output-5 Output-6 Output-7 Output-8
Input-1 Input-2 Input-3 Input-4 Input-5 Input-6 Input-7 Input-8
10-100 BASE-T
RS-232
10/100 BASE-T
Ethernet Port
RS-232
Serial Port DVI Inputs
DVI Outputs AC Power
•RS-232 port •10/100 BASE-T port
•Eight DVI inputs •Eight DVI outputs
•Input/output LED indicators •AC power connector