Kramer VM-3UHD, User Manual

Page 1: ...USER MANUAL MODEL VM 3UHD 1 3 HDMI DA P N 2900 300480 Rev 1 ...

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Page 3: ...ng the VM 3UHD 6 4 1 Acquiring an EDID 8 5 Default EDID 9 6 Technical Specifications 11 7 Protocol 3000 12 7 1 Syntax 12 7 2 Kramer Protocol 3000 Commands 16 8 Packet Protocol Structure 26 8 1 Using the Packet Protocol 26 8 2 Calculating the CRC 27 9 Parameters 28 9 1 Stage 28 9 2 EDID Source 28 9 3 Signal Validation 28 9 4 HDCP Types 28 Figures Figure 1 VM 3UHD 1 3 HDMI DA 5 Figure 2 Connecting t...

Page 4: ...efined by function GROUP 1 Distribution Amplifiers GROUP 2 Switchers and Routers GROUP 3 Control Systems GROUP 4 Format Standards Converters GROUP 5 Range Extenders and Repeaters GROUP 6 Specialty AV Products GROUP 7 Scan Converters and Scalers GROUP 8 Cables and Connectors GROUP 9 Room Connectivity GROUP 10 Accessories and Rack Adapters GROUP 11 Sierra Video Products GROUP 12 Digital Signage GROU...

Page 5: ...evels often associated with low quality cables Do not secure the cables in tight bundles or roll the slack into tight coils Avoid interference from neighbouring electrical appliances that may adversely influence signal quality Position your VM 3UHD away from moisture excessive sunlight and dust This equipment is to be used only inside a building It may only be connected to other equipment that is ...

Page 6: ...y requiring it to be collected and recycled To comply with the WEEE Directive Kramer Electronics has made arrangements with the European Advanced Recycling Network EARN and will cover any costs of treatment recycling and recovery of waste Kramer Electronics branded equipment on arrival at the EARN facility For details of Kramer s recycling arrangements in your particular country go to our recyclin...

Page 7: ...ed Audio Channels Dolby TrueHD DTS HD CEC HDCP compliance Kramer Equalization re Klocking Technology that rebuilds the digital signal integrity to travel longer distances I EDIDPro Kramer Intelligent EDID Processing an intelligent EDID handling and processing algorithm that ensures Plug and Play operation for HDMI systems A default EDID for fast and efficient connection of the unit The default EDI...

Page 8: ... Designer can be downloaded from our Web site 2 EDID SETUP Button Press to capture the input EDID or select the default EDID see Section 4 1 3 IN LED Lights when an active input signal is detected 4 OUT 1 3 LEDS Lights when an active output acceptor is detected 5 ON LED Lights when the device is powered on 6 HDMI IN Connector Connects to the HDMI source 7 HDMI OUT 1 3 Connectors Connect to up to 3...

Page 9: ...ample in Figure 2 1 Connect an HDMI input source for example a DVD player to the HDMI IN connector 2 Connect the three OUTPUT connectors to up to three HDMI acceptors as follows Not all outputs need to be connected HDMI OUT 1 connector to HDMI acceptor 1 for example an LCD TV HDMI OUT 2 connector to HDMI acceptor 2 for example plasma display 1 HDMI OUT 3 connector to HDMI acceptor 3 for example pl...

Page 10: ...VM 3UHD Connecting the VM 3UHD 7 Figure 2 Connecting the VM 3UHD 1 3 HDMI DA ...

Page 11: ...inished all LEDS return to display the present output connection status If an unconnected output is chosen or the EDID cannot be read the VM 3UHD loads the default EDID The VM 3UHD toggles between Normal and Force RGB modes In Force RGB mode the read EDID is rewritten to identify only RGB support To toggle press the EDID button for three seconds After setting Force RGB mode you must re acquire the...

Page 12: ...Yes Native preferred timing 1280x720p at 60Hz 16 10 Modeline 1280x720 74 250 1280 1390 1430 1650 720 725 730 750 hsync vsync Standard timings supported 720 x 400p at 70Hz IBM VGA 640 x 480p at 60Hz IBM VGA 640 x 480p at 75Hz VESA 800 x 600p at 60Hz VESA 800 x 600p at 75Hz VESA 1024 x 768p at 60Hz VESA 1024 x 768p at 75Hz VESA 1280 x 1024p at 75Hz VESA 1280 x 1024p at 60Hz VESA STD 1600 x 1200p at ...

Page 13: ...SC refresh rate Hz 1000 1001 CE audio data formats supported LPCM 2 channel 16 20 24 bit depths at 32 44 48 kHz CE vendor specific data VSDB IEEE registration number 0x000C03 CEC physical address 1 0 0 0 Maximum TMDS clock 165MHz CE speaker allocation data Channel configuration 2 0 Front left right Yes Front LFE No Front center No Rear left right No Rear center No Front left right center No Rear l...

Page 14: ... IN OUT 1 to 3 LEDs OPERATING TEMPERATURE 0 to 40 C 32 to 104 F STORAGE TEMPERATURE 40 to 70 C 40 to 158 F HUMIDITY 10 to 90 RHL non condensing POWER CONSUMPTION 5V DC 1 1A DIMENSIONS 12cm x 7 15cm x 2 4cm 4 73 x 2 82 x 0 95 W D H WEIGHT 0 17kg 0 37lb SHIPPING DIMENSIONS 23 2cm x 12cm x 8 9cm 9 41 x 4 73 x 3 51 W D H SHIPPING WEIGHT 0 67kg 0 67lb INCLUDED ACCESSORIES Power supply Specifications ar...

Page 15: ...an control a device from any standard terminal software for example the Windows HyperTerminal Application or from TCP UDP clients connected to default TCP port 5000 or UDP port 50000 port numbers can been changed by the user RS 232 RS 485 communications protocol uses a data rate of 115200 bps no parity 8 data bits and 1 stop bit 7 1 1 Host Message Format Start Address opt Body Delimiter Destinatio...

Page 16: ... SP Param1 Param2 result CR LF CR Carriage return ASCII 13 0x0D LF Line feed ASCII 10 0x0A SP Space ASCII 32 0x20 7 1 3 Command Terms Command A sequence of ASCII letters A Z a z and Command and parameters must be separated by at least one space Parameters A sequence of alphameric ASCII characters 0 9 A Z a z and some special characters for specific commands Parameters are separated by commas Messa...

Page 17: ...ine messages carriage return ASCII 13 line feed ASCII 10 Command chain separator character When a message string contains more than one command a pipe character separates each command Spaces between parameters or command terms are ignored 7 1 4 Entering Commands You can directly enter all commands using a terminal with ASCII communication software such as HyperTerminal Hercules etc Connect the ter...

Page 18: ... 1 6 Command Chaining Multiple commands can be chained in the same string Each command is delimited by a pipe character When chaining commands enter the message starting character and the message closing character once only at the beginning of the string and at the end Commands in the string do not execute until the closing character is entered A separate response is sent for every command in the ...

Page 19: ...figuration System mandatory End User GEDID Set get EDID data EDID Handling End User HDCP STAT Get HDCP signal status System End user HELP Get command list System mandatory End User MODEL Get device model System mandatory End User NAME Set get machine DNS name System Administrator NAME RST Reset machine name to factory default DNS System Administrator PROT VER Get device protocol version System man...

Page 20: ...gets the machine number Step in master products use this command to identify the availability of a device Command BUILD DATE Command Type System mandatory Command Name Permission Transparency Set Get BUILD DATE End User Public Description Syntax Set Get device build date BUILD DATE Get Response nn BUILD DATE date time Parameters date Format YYYY MM DD where YYYY Year MM Month DD Day time Format hh...

Page 21: ...hosen source stage 1 max number of inputs outputs dst_type EDID destination type usually input see Section 9 2 EDID Source dest_bitmap bitmap representing destination IDs Format XXXX X where X is hex digit The binary form of every hex digit represents corresponding destinations Setting 1 says that EDID data has to be copied to this destination Response Triggers Response is sent to the com port fro...

Page 22: ...t was received Response is sent after every change in output HPD status ON to OFF Response is sent after every change in output HPD status OFF to ON and ALL parameters new EDID etc are stable and valid Notes Command FACTORY Command Type System mandatory Command Name Permission Transparency Set FACTORY End User Public Get Description Syntax Set Reset device to factory default configuration FACTORY ...

Page 23: ...Set before execution Get command was received Response is sent to all com ports after execution if HDCP STAT was set by any other external control device button press device menu and similar or HDCP mode changed Notes On output sink status On input signal status Command HELP Command Type System mandatory Command Name Permission Transparency Set Get HELP End User Public Description Syntax Set Get G...

Page 24: ... The Matrix saves this data in memory to answer REMOTE INFO requests Command NAME Command Type System Ethernet Command Name Permission Transparency Set NAME Administrator Public Get NAME End User Public Description Syntax Set Set machine DNS name NAME machine_name Get Get machine DNS name NAME Response Set nn NAME machine_name Get nn NAME machine_name Parameters machine_name String of up to 14 alp...

Page 25: ...onse nn NAME RST OK Parameters Response Triggers Notes Factory default of machine DNS name is KRAMER_ 4 last digits of device serial number Command PROT VER Command Type System mandatory Command Name Permission Transparency Set Get PROT VER End User Public Description Syntax Set Get Get device protocol version PROT VER Response nn PROT VER 3000 version Parameters Version XX XX where X is a decimal...

Page 26: ... was locked disconnect and reconnect the cable to reopen the port Command SIGNAL Command Type System Command Name Permission Transparency Set Get SIGNAL End User Public Description Syntax Set Get Get input signal lock status SIGNAL inp_id Response nn SIGNAL inp_id status Parameters inp_id input number status lock status according to signal validation see Section 9 3 Signal Validation Response Trig...

Page 27: ... System mandatory Command Name Permission Transparency Set Get SN End User Public Description Syntax Set Get Get device serial number SN Response nn SN serial_number Parameters serial_number 14 decimal digits factory assigned Response Triggers Notes ...

Page 28: ...stage stage_id size EDID_data nn GEDID stage stage_id OK Get nn GEDID stage stage_id size Parameters stage input output see Section 9 2 EDID Source stage_id number of chosen stage 1 max number of inputs outputs size EDID data size For Set size of data to be sent from device for Get 0 means no EDID support Response Triggers Response is sent to the com port from which the Set before execution Get co...

Page 29: ...ket protocol 4 Send a command LDRV LOAD IROUT LDEDID 5 Receive Ready or ERR 6 If Ready Send a packet Receive OK on the last packet Receive OK for the command 7 Packet structure Packet ID 1 2 3 2 bytes in length Length data length 2 for CRC 2 bytes in length Data data length 2 bytes CRC 2 bytes 01 02 03 04 05 Packet ID Length Data CRC 8 Response NNNNSPOKCR LF Where NNNN is the received packet ID in...

Page 30: ... 3UHD Packet Protocol Structure 27 8 2 Calculating the CRC The polynomial for the 16 bit CRC is CRC CCITT 0x1021 x16 x12 x5 1 Initial value 0000 Final XOR Value 0 CRC example Data 123456789 Result 0x31C3 ...

Page 31: ...erved 3 Reserved 9 2 EDID Source Number Value 0 Input 1 Output 2 Default EDID 9 3 Signal Validation Number Value 0 Signal or sink is not valid 1 Signal or sink is valid 2 Sink and EDID is valid 9 4 HDCP Types Number Value 0 HDCP Off 1 HDCP On 2 Follow input 3 Mirror output MAC mode ...

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Page 33: ...e power supply before opening andservicing For the latest information on our products and a list of Kramer distributors visit our Web site to find updates to this user manual We welcome your questions comments and feedback P N 2900 300480 Rev 1 ...