Elation EPV IMAGE VSC, User Manual

Page 1: ...EPV IMAGE VSC VIDEO PROCESSOR USER MANUAL ...

Page 2: ...ions All returned service items whether under warranty or not must be freight pre paid and accompany a Return Authorization RA number The RA number must be clearly written on the outside of the return package Items returned without a RA number clearly marked on the outside of the package will be refused and returned at customer s expense You may obtain a RA number by contacting customer service A ...

Page 3: ...to any such accessories nor for the safe return thereof This warranty is void if The serial number has been altered or removed The product is modified in any manner which Elation concludes after inspection affects the reliability of the product The product has been repaired or serviced by anyone other than the Elation factory unless prior written authorization was issued to purchaser by Elation Th...

Page 4: ...ies of merchantability or fitness shall apply to this product after said period has expired The consumer s and or Dealer s sole remedy shall be such repair or replacement as is expressly provided above and under no circumstances shall Elation be liable for any loss or damage direct or consequential arising out of the use of or inability to use this product This warranty is the only written warrant...

Page 5: ...I input could not work with EPV IMAGE VSC 27 6 4 Component input could not work with EPV IMAGE VSC 28 6 5 User settings can not save 28 6 6 Can t update main board software 28 6 7 Display SDI1 or SDI2 in dual display mode 29 6 8 HDMI display shows blue screen 29 6 9 Can t be saved ALPHA value 29 7 0 Quick Start 30 7 1 Single screen control 30 7 2 Set dual screen fade 32 7 3 Displaying subtitles an...

Page 6: ...our service engineer Keep heavy device from power cord Grounding the Product and Use the Proper Fuse This product is grounded through the grounding conductor of the power cord To Avoid electrical shock plug the power cord into a properly wired receptacle before connecting to the product input or output terminals Keep away from Magnet Motor TV and Transformer Guard Against Damp Keep using inside cl...

Page 7: ... 1Vpp 3dB 0 7V Video 0 3v Sync 75ohm U V 0 7Vpp 3dB 75ohm YPbPr BNC Input Number of Inpus BNC 3 Supported Standards analog HD input Signal Level Y 1Vpp 3dB 0 7V Video 0 3v Sync 75ohm Pb Pr 0 7Vpp 3dB 75ohm VGA DB15 Input Number of Inputs 1 connetor Standard DB15 socket Supported Standards VGA UXGA Signal Level R G B Hsync Vsync 0 to1Vpp 3dB 0 7V Video 0 3v Sync 75 ohm black level 300mV Sync tip 0V...

Page 8: ...2 Connector HDMI standard type A interface Supported Standards SMPTE 625 25 PAL 525 29 97 NTSC 625 50p PAL 525 59 94p NTSC 1080i50 1080i59 94 60 720p50 720p59 94 60 VESA 800 600 60Hz 1024 768 60Hz 1280 768 60Hz 1280 1024 60Hz 1600 1200 60Hz 1920 1080 60Hz 1920 1080 50Hz Signal Level TMDS pwl single pixel input 165MHz bandwidth Standard HDMI 1 3 SDI Loop out Number of Loop Throughs 1 Signal Level 8...

Page 9: ...B 0 7V Video 0 3v Sync 75ohm black level 300mV Sync tip 0V HDMI Output Number of Outputs 1 Connetor HDMI standard type A interface Supported Standards 800 600 60Hz 1024 768 60Hz 1024 768 75Hz 1280 768 60Hz 1280 1024 60Hz 1440 900 60Hz 1400 1200 60Hz 1600 1200 60Hz 1920 1080 60Hz 1920 1200 60Hz 2048 1152 60Hz Signal Level TMDS pwl 165MHz bandwidth Function Source Switch Support every signal with al...

Page 10: ...e Input the signal from HD player DVD computer and so on 7 8 SDI Input BNC used to support SD HD SDI input Input the video signal from the HD player HD projector It can connect to the 7 or 8 interface on the next EPV IMAGE VSC using the 75ohm BNC 9 SDI loop out BNC used to loop input SDI signal to next SDI player 10 11 Gigabit copper port connect to LED screen 12 Gigabit Transmitter card USB contr...

Page 11: ...m computer DVI signal generator Connect to the same DVI interface on VSP This Connection does not support hot plugging 19 21 R Pr G Y B Pb BNC used to support SD HD progressive input up to 1080p60 22 VGA input interface DB 15 used to support Analog RGB input connect to the VGA interface on VSP 23 HDMI output use to connect with HDMI monitor or HDMI player 24 DVI output connect to the monitor or LE...

Page 12: ...ct to the monitor projector and so on 26 27 Switch and power It must use IEC 3 power line Always ground to avoid electric shock 3 2 How to install EPV IMAGE VSC frame size 4 0 Front Panel Keyboard Operation Insert power cord and push power to ON position LCD module on the front ...

Page 13: ...C push to exit from current choice item SEL push to confirm the current choice item UP push to select up items DOWN push to select down items LEFT push to select left items RIGHT push to select right items CV1 switch to composite 1 input CV2 switch to composite 2 input CV3 switch to composite 3 input SVID switch to s video input YCbCr switch to standard definition input VGA switch to analog RGB in...

Page 14: ...h to freeze the video image or live again Freeze Live Freeze AB push to switch between front picture and back picture if works in dual channel mode with alpha key front picture will alpha key in step by step and back picture key out step by step SCALE push to go to between scale zoom crop scale mode BRT push to adjust the brightness and the contrast ratio push to enter to the relevant Menu and the...

Page 15: ...manufacturer serial number User can get more service and support according to the serial number User can check current input and output sources in Dev Info menu also Touch UP DOWN to check System time User can do a Factory Settings in Recall menu after successful reset you will see the menu as follows Push the MENU to enter the main menu and then push up and down direction key the menu as follows ...

Page 16: ...igure 1 Press LEFT RIGHTand select XY_Pos to enter the submenu of adjusting effective area XY_Pos The sub menu of which is used to adjust the position of overall effective area shown on the screen or monitor H_BLANK The overall effective area can be moved around by adjusting the value of H_BLANK V_BLANK The overall effective area can be moved up and down by adjusting the value of V_BLANK Added adj...

Page 17: ...ser choice PIP or PBP operation display picture can directly shows on corresponding screen Push the to enter Single or Dual channel menu push the UP DOWN to select the single or dual channel push SEL to confirm the single channel or dual channel work state Select the input channel push the UP DOWN and SEL to confirm the different input channel User can also push the channel name on the keyboard to...

Page 18: ...the image VPos set the vertical position of the image Push the FRE to freeze the live image or live the freeze image OR Push BRT to set the brightness and the contrast ratio OR Push SAVE and then push SAVE1 or SAVE2 to save the operation to SAVE1 or SAVE2 Push SAVE1 or SAVE2 to execute relative operation after user save the operation sucessfully Select Save Mode Push Esc To Exit EPV701 Contrast 50...

Page 19: ... operation for edit and display Also can customized with schedule function 5 1 Install Software Dual click EPV IMAGE VSC exe to install select Chinese or English version for use after click select to next dialog If user agree to install this software please click next to go on else click esc to exit this install And in next dialog is the user agreement of the software click agree to go on and refu...

Page 20: ...er Manual Doc No RGB RD UM V618E012 15 If users agree to the agreement user can select install directory in next dialog else click next to install software to default directory C Program Files Click next to go on ...

Page 21: ...EPV 701 User Manual Doc No RGB RD UM V618E012 16 Click next to go on Click finish and ready to run EPV IMAGE VSC console ...

Page 22: ...EPV 701 User Manual Doc No RGB RD UM V618E012 17 ...

Page 23: ...Console Run EPV IMAGE VSC exe and the console will auto detect device in serial or networks by detected Comm port and pro define IP address After detect open the device console for example if the device is EPV IMAGE VSC then EPV IMAGE VSC console will be load as following ...

Page 24: ...e Baudrate Serial user can make choice between existent com ports and baud rates default Baudrate is 115200 Ethernet user can fill any number less than 1023 in Local Port The Remote Port must be 192 168 0 100 and the Remote Port must be 1000 The COM Port is decided by user s COM Right click my computer icon on desktop select Hardware Device Manager in the system attributes dialog The COM in red in...

Page 25: ...GE VSC console success to detect device in chain the software version device core version firmware version and serial number will display on the bottom right corner of the screen 5 How to use Operator can check parameters by software Save script Save current user config parameters as script Open script User can open saved script ...

Page 26: ...er can choose open device when start and using script saved before or execute schedule edited before when start If user choose open device when start user can use last run use script file or none when user start User can click to choose which script user want to open If user choose execute schedule when start the next dialogue will display when software run ...

Page 27: ...nese and English version The picture following is the Chinese dialogue Exit Communication Open COM Close COM Set COM Device Synchronization Save to flash Load form Flash Factory setup Advance for adm inistrator control Execute schedule or stop schedule Help Help Display helps dialogue ...

Page 28: ...set layout button as following Input the white area display the name of input interface when the mouse is over the interface picture on the left The orange pane means current selected interface If work in dual channel channel 1 includes VOIP CV1 CV2 CV3 SVideo YCbCr SDI 1 and SDI 2 and channel 2 includes DVI YPbPr VGA HDMI1 and HDMI 2 The cross over interface picture means they can not access The ...

Page 29: ...e channel mode Display Toolbar Display toolbar Users can set Alpha value of dynamic Video and static current frame through display toolbar Setting Gamma is generally not recommended since LED large screen itself has Gamma function For further information users can contact with our customer service team Output user can customize the brightness and the contrast Display user can customize image or im...

Page 30: ...he operate log file Added functions Alpha delay time Alpha can set AB button Fade effect IP set Users can set equipment IP Usually used under the condition of one computer control or remote control several computers Clock Users can set or adjust lower computer time through clock ...

Page 31: ...ith schedule and then device can automatically switch between single or dual channel resize image switch video and with fade effect in need Equipment currently supports max 10 regular content users can set in the timing option Specifically how to implement devising schedule function please refer to Appendix ...

Page 32: ...customer service engineer 6 2 VGA input could not work with EPV IMAGE VSC Console 1 Check VGA source output is ok 2 Check VGA input resolution is not out of EPV IMAGE VSC Console support list as following The biggest input resolution is 1024 768 60Hz 3 Check EPV IMAGE VSC Console works in VGA input mode 4 Any requirement please feel free to contact our customer service engineer 6 3 DVI input could...

Page 33: ... mode For multi config mode the equipment starts to work automatically with the SAVE1 mode According to different equipments you can solve the problems that modes can t be saved by the following steps EPV IMAGE VSC Confirm to press the SAVE button then press SAVE1 or SAVE2 that will save the current operation mode to the user mode 1 or user mode 2 after that gently push button SAVE1 SAVE2 it will ...

Page 34: ... shows blue screen In dual channel and the picture composition is SDI HDMI including SDI1 SDI2 and HDMI1 HDMI2 combine together switching between SDI1 and SDI2 or other signals switching to SDI1 or SDI2 when HDMI display shows blue screen then user needs to reselect the HDMI working signal 6 9 Can t be saved ALPHA value ALPHA value can t be saved when operating the AB key on the front panel to do ...

Page 35: ... size VSize Set vertical size Hpos Set horizontal coordinates horizontal phase VPos Set vertical size vertical phase Scale pictures Step Set the unit of scale and move every time Three steps available 1 10 100 HSize Set horizontal size VSize Set vertical size HPos Set horizontal coordinates horizontal phase VPos Set vertical size vertical phase Set alpha Enter Alpha sub menu can set the alpha of v...

Page 36: ...s and contrast of active window video shown as below pictures Freeze Frame Press FRE static frame button can freeze press the button can freeze current active window image You can make the screen switch between static and active with this button Pictures show as below or EPV IMAGE VSC Contrast 50 EPV IMAGE VSC Brightness 50 EPV IMAGE VSC Contrast 50 EPV IMAGE VSC Brightness 50 Live Frame Once gain...

Page 37: ...n For LED users who are familiar with studio operation can also set the display window on PC with studio software by the third party And PC output by VGA or DVI Use SCALE to make the CV1 CV2 CV3 SVID SDI1 and SDI2 the same size as studio display window AB button can quickly realize dual screen fade Step Set the unit of zoom and move every time Device default three step 1 10 100 HSize set horizonta...

Page 38: ...o be 50 transparent user can not adjust the value of this transparency Displaying Subtitles Fill in the subtitles blank with words that you need to show on display eg Advertising Slogans maximum 80 characters allowed Then click the submit button subtitles will appear on the screen soon Note Size of subtitles is limited Chinese fonts defaults to be Times New Roman and size is 24X24 pixels English f...

Page 39: ... vertical rolling is not available at present Subtitle rolling Speed Through dragging the scroll bar by mouse to set the speed of rolling subtitles Subtitles position By setting the value of horizontal or vertical coordinates subtitles position on the screen can be adjusted Subtitles Width refers to the width of the subtitles display area As long as the parameters have been set subtitles will be d...

Page 40: ...ould be translucent Note The value of this transparency could not be modified Users could change the image format and pixels with software in window OS The picture would be cut on the right side and bottom if it is too big If the current picture is larger than the new size the right side and the bottom part of the picture will be cut off in order to adapt to smaller areas If the image is too big u...

Page 41: ...Doc No RGB RD UM V618E012 36 Note the device support only 16 bit color bitmap in bmp format with maximum pixels of 256X128 After LOGO picture was adjusted to specified size save the image to 16 bit color bitmap bmp format ...

Page 42: ...er LOGO picture was adjusted to specified format and size users could download it to the device and then enable the LOGO display function the LOGO would be displayed on the screen By setting the parameters of X or Y coordinates LOGO position on screen can be adjusted ...

Page 43: ...the driver Connect the USB cable to the PC and the video processor Turn on the EPV IMAGE VSC for the first time to use USB the PC will remind finding the new hardware and ask to install the driver for this new driver Install from the list or specified location press NEXT Press browser to find the driver and press NEXT ...

Page 44: ...EPV 701 User Manual Doc No RGB RD UM V618E012 39 When the installation finish can go to check the installed COM port inside the device management as following picture show ...

Page 45: ...EPV 701 User Manual Doc No RGB RD UM V618E012 40 2 Install the console software and run after install shows the interface of the console as following ...

Page 46: ...here is green point in the right down corner showing on the software it means the communication is OK and you can use the software to control the device now the software operation is the same as EPV IMAGE VSC just can see the difference of the SDI input Note If power off during communication should close the port by first and plug in out of the USB and do communication again ...

Page 47: ...EPV IMAGE VSC software Press to set the RS232 first choose the current RS232 you are using then set the baud rate Press to start the RJ232 when the green point showing on the right down corner it means the communication is successful Press option Find the LINSN software installation file LEDSET EXE through external progress route as following picture ...

Page 48: ...r that press If in used then to start the LINSN software When you want to use EPV IMAGE VSC software you just need to close LINSN software start the RS232 again Note Before using EPV IMAGE VSC console software to execute the LINSN software you should first internally connect the device s 100M board with sending card Any question please feel free to contact our customer service engineer ...

Page 49: ... User Manual Doc No RGB RD UM V618E012 44 8 0 Appendix 8 1 Appendix Download the main board software Installation Double click fdt2_2 setup exe Click the next button Click the yes button Click the next button ...

Page 50: ...EPV 701 User Manual Doc No RGB RD UM V618E012 45 Click the next button Unselected the H8S 2000 H8S 2000 H8 Click the next button Select 7144 45 Click the OK button ...

Page 51: ...EPV 701 User Manual Doc No RGB RD UM V618E012 46 Select the location by browse Click the next button Click the next button Click the next button ...

Page 52: ...EPV 701 User Manual Doc No RGB RD UM V618E012 47 Click the finish button It s ok Download Open the Flash Development Toolkit 2 2 Click the OK button ...

Page 53: ...EPV 701 User Manual Doc No RGB RD UM V618E012 48 Fill the name Click the OK button Click the Y button Click the Y button ...

Page 54: ...EPV 701 User Manual Doc No RGB RD UM V618E012 49 Fill the name Click the OK button Select the sh 7145f Click the next button Select the COM port Click the next button ...

Page 55: ...EPV 701 User Manual Doc No RGB RD UM V618E012 50 Click the next button Click the next button Click the finish button ...

Page 56: ...8E012 51 Select project properties communications select the COM port in user setting Do not check User default baud rate and select Target Baud as 9600 Click the target files by the right mouse Select add files to project and select user mot ...

Page 57: ...oad file to device After the equipment power up right click the mot file at the left side of menu when the screen shows waiting for update you can update the main board program Next choose the download file to device start to loading After update the device will auto run into operation mode without reset process ...

Page 58: ...ownload line to the RS232 on the video processor and the other side to be connected to the serial port on the PC Double click to run Flash Magic setting as below First users can choose the right serial port set the baud rate to 115200 choose LPC2368 and to load the aim document hex document of IP board upgrading Secondly confirm the two option box by tick Finally click the Start button ...

Page 59: ...V 701 User Manual Doc No RGB RD UM V618E012 54 After download exit the program turn off the power tack the two coding switch back as below restart the equipment power check if the equipment work normally ...

Page 60: ... the clock will affect the time before After Clock setting users can check whether successfully set through button Press MENU button to enter system main menu then press Dev Info device information then press SEL button can show device information Touch DOWN check in the System time Shown as below picture After device clock set add task plan through Timing Parameters 1 Users need to start time ena...

Page 61: ... time can up to second 4 Select the signal source to play works in dual channel or single channel mode and check whether to use fade during dual channel mode 5 Users can control the image position and size by change the data or click the drop down arrow 6 When device works under the single channel mode click the interface Icon Red box indicates current interface has been selected as the input inte...

Page 62: ...hen you finished above step click button to finish adding tasks plan Click button you can see the input source playing time image size position etc of the current tasks plan Users can see all the tasks plan relevant content through Timer index switching ...