Kramer VP-4x1 CS, User Manual

Page 1: ...KRAMER ELECTRONICS LTD USER MANUAL MODEL VP 4x1CS 4x1 PC Graphics Clean Switcher P N 2900 300198 Rev 4 ...

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Page 3: ...onnector 24 9 Technical Specifications 25 10 Default Communication Parameters 26 11 Kramer Protocol 2000 27 11 1 Protocol 2000 Hex Codes 29 12 Protocol 3000 31 12 1 Kramer Protocol 3000 Syntax 31 12 2 Kramer Protocol 3000 Commands 34 Figures Figure 1 VP 4x1CS 4x1 PC Graphics Clean Switcher Front Panel 5 Figure 2 VP 4x1CS 4x1 PC Graphics Clean Switcher Rear Panel 6 Figure 3 Connecting the VP 4x1CS ...

Page 4: ...OUP 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 and GROUP 11 Sierra Video Products Congratulations on purchasing your Kramer VP 4...

Page 5: ...l quality due to poor matching and elevated noise levels often associated with low quality cables Do not secure the cables in tight bundles or roll the slack into tight coils Avoid interference from neighboring electrical appliances that may adversely influence signal quality Position your VP 4x1CS away from moisture excessive sunlight and dust This equipment is to be used only inside a building I...

Page 6: ...lected 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 recycling pages at http www kram...

Page 7: ... Remote contact closure input selection Remote contact closure output muting A lock button to prevent unwanted tampering with the buttons on the front panel Independent audio level adjustment Support for Kramer Protocol 2000 and Protocol 3000 You can control the VP 4x1CS using the front panel buttons or remotely via RS 232 serial commands transmitted by a PC touch screen system or other serial con...

Page 8: ... powered on 3 OFF Button Press to mute the output 4 INPUT SELECTOR 1 4 Buttons Press one of the 4 input buttons to switch it to the output 5 PRIORITY Button Press to set the current active input as the priority input Press again to cancel priority input selection see Section 7 1 1 6 LOCK Button Press and hold to lock the front panel buttons Press and hold again to unlock the buttons see Section 7 ...

Page 9: ...ion 6 3 6 REMOTE IR Opening Connect to an external IR receiver for controlling the device using an IR remote controller see Section 4 1 7 Mains Power Connector Fuse and Power Switch Plug in the power cord and switch the device on and off 8 AUDIO OUT Unbalanced Stereo Audio 3 5mm Mini Jack Connect to the unbalanced stereo audio acceptor see Section 6 2 9 AUDIO OUT Balanced Stereo Audio 5 pin Termin...

Page 10: ...he external IR receiver can be located up to 15m away from the machine This distance can be extended to up to 60m when used with three extension cables for example P N C A35M A35F 50 Before using the external IR receiver be sure to arrange for your Kramer dealer to insert the internal IR connection cable for example P N 505 70434010 S with the 3 5mm connector that fits into the REMOTE IR opening o...

Page 11: ...8 VP 4x1CS Installing in a Rack 5 Installing in a Rack This section provides instructions for rack mounting the unit ...

Page 12: ...nnecting your VP 4x1CS connect its power and then switch on the power to each device Figure 3 Connecting the VP 4x1CS 4x1 PC Graphics Clean Switcher To connect the VP 4x1CS 4x1 PC Graphics Clean Switcher as illustrated in the example in Figure 3 1 Connect up to four audio sources for example stereo audio players to the Audio In connectors 2 Connect up to four PC graphics sources to the PC Video In...

Page 13: ... contact closure mute switch 7 If required connect a PC controller to the RS 232 port see Section 7 1 2 and or the Ethernet port see Section 6 4 8 Connect the device to the mains electricity not shown in Figure 3 and power the device on 6 1 Connecting the Remote Selector and Mute Switches You can connect Up to four remote switches to enable remote input selection and A remote output mute switch Th...

Page 14: ...connection using for example a PC Note that a null modem adapter connection is not required To connect to the VP 4x1CS via RS 232 Connect the RS 232 9 pin D sub rear panel port on the VP 4x1CS unit via a 9 wire straight cable only pin 2 to pin 2 pin 3 to pin 3 and pin 5 to pin 5 need to be connected to the RS 232 9 pin D sub port on your PC 6 4 Connecting to the VP 4x1CS via Ethernet You can conne...

Page 15: ...dentification of the factory default IP Address of the VP 4x1CS during the initial configuration After connecting the Ethernet port configure your PC as follows 1 On your desktop right click the My Network Places icon 2 Select Properties 3 Right click Local Area Connection Properties 4 Select Properties The Local Area Connection Properties window appears 5 Select the Internet Protocol TCP IP and c...

Page 16: ... 7 Click OK Figure 8 Internet Protocol TCP IP Properties Window 6 4 2 Connecting the Ethernet Port via a Network Hub You can connect the Ethernet port of the VP 4x1CS to the Ethernet port on a network hub or network router via a straight through cable with RJ 45 connectors 6 5 Ethernet Port Configuration To configure the Ethernet port use either the embedded Web pages see Section 7 2 7 or the K Up...

Page 17: ...ng the front panel buttons see Section 7 1 3 Resetting the device to factory default settings see Section 7 1 4 Upgrading the VP 4x1CS firmware see Section 7 1 5 EDID Handling see Section 7 1 6 7 1 1 Setting a Priority Input When a priority input is set the VP 4x1CS cycles through the inputs from 1 to 4 beginning with the priority input looking for a live signal If there is no signal on the priori...

Page 18: ...riority Input selection Press the lit Priority button The priority Input is cancelled and the Priority button no longer lights 7 1 2 Switching Between Protocol 2000 and Protocol 3000 To switch between Protocol 2000 and Protocol 3000 using the front panel buttons 1 Press INPUT SELECTOR buttons 1 and 3 at the same time Protocol 3000 is active 2 Press INPUT SELECTOR buttons 1 and 2 at the same time P...

Page 19: ...ronics com support product_downloads asp 7 1 6 EDID Handling The monitor EDID is read and automatically written to all four inputs When the monitor is changed the EDID automatically updates When there is no device connected to the output the VP 4x1CS sends the EDID that was read from the last device connected to the output 7 2 Operating the VP 4x1CS Remotely Using the Embedded Web Pages You can us...

Page 20: ...d displays a Java success see Figure 9 or failure message Figure 9 Java Test Page Success Message If you do not see the success message follow the instructions on the page to Load and enable Java Enable Javascript in your browser 7 2 1 To Log On to the VP 4x1CS Web Pages To log on to VP 4x1CS Web pages 1 Open your Internet browser 2 Type the unit s IP number in the Address bar of your browser The ...

Page 21: ... VP 4x1CS Operating the VP 4x1CS 4x1 PC Graphics Clean Switcher Figure 10 The Loading Page The first time that you run the program the Warning Security screen appears Figure 11 First Time Security Warning ...

Page 22: ...o gain See Section 7 2 5 Configuration See Section 7 2 7 A description of each Web page is displayed if you place your mouse over the question mark that appears on the left side of the screen 7 2 2 The Switching Matrix Page The VP 4x1CS switching matrix page lets you route any of the four inputs to the output by clicking the relevant square on the matrix Figure 12 VP 4x1CS Switching Matrix Page Fr...

Page 23: ...n Input to an Output 7 2 4 Operating in the Confirm Mode By default the device is set to the At Once mode To operate in the Confirm mode 1 Click the red Offline button The border of the button turns dark 2 Click the desired Input in the switching matrix The blue square indicator appears as an outline on the matrix and the Take and Cancel buttons turn blue 3 Click either Take to accept the changes ...

Page 24: ...t panel buttons 1 Click on the unlocked icon The front panel buttons are locked and the locked icon appears 2 Click on the locked icon The front panel buttons are unlocked and the unlocked button appears 7 2 6 The Audio Gain Page The Audio Gain screen lets you set the gain for the four inputs and the output Figure 15 Audio Gain Page To change an input or output gain 1 Using the Input Gain drop dow...

Page 25: ...gure 16 Configurations Page To change the configuration definitions 1 Modify the values as required 2 Click the blue Submit button to apply changes or Cancel to abandon them A confirmation message appears asking if you are sure you want to change the network settings 3 Click Yes A message appears informing you that the configuration has been successfully changed 4 Click OK 5 If the IP address has ...

Page 26: ... be used to operate the VP 4x1CS Download it from http www kramerelectronics com support product_downloads asp Note As the K Single Application will only work with Protocol 2000 so you must switch the VP 4x1CS to Protocol 2000 either from the front panel see section 7 1 2 or from the Communication menu of the K Single Application ...

Page 27: ...e TP RJ 45 Ethernet Connector This section defines the TP pinout using a straight pin to pin cable with RJ 45 connectors EIA TIA 568B Figure 17 TP Pinout Wiring PIN Wire Color 1 Orange White 2 Orange 3 Green White 4 Blue 5 Blue White 6 Green 7 Brown White 8 Brown ...

Page 28: ...PEDANCE 100kΩ AUDIO OUTPUT IMPEDANCE 150Ω DC OFFSET 40mV AUDIO BANDWIDTH 21kHz 3dB AUDIO SIGNAL NOISE RATIO 86dB 1kHz A weighted THD NOISE 0 008 1kHz A weighted AUDIO CROSSTALK 72dB 1kHz POWER CONSUMPTION 100 240V AC 50 60Hz 23VA CONTROLS Front panel buttons infrared remote control transmitter RS 232 Ethernet Audio level Remote contact closure input selector switches Remote contact closure mute sw...

Page 29: ...t 1 to Input 1 0x01 0x81 0x81 0x81 Example Output 1 to Input 1 AV 1 1 CR Switching Protocol P2000 P3000 P3000 P2000 Command 0x38 0x80 0x83 0x81 Command P2000 CR Front Panel Press and hold Output 1 and Output 3 simultaneously Front Panel Press and hold Output 1 and Output 2 simultaneously Ethernet Default Settings Reset Settings IP Address 192 168 1 39 Power cycle the unit while holding in the Fact...

Page 30: ...switching ie instruction codes 1 and 2 the INPUT 7 bits is set as the input number which is to be switched Similarly if switching is done via the machine s front panel then these bits are set with the INPUT NUMBER which was switched For other operations these bits are defined according to the table 3rd BYTE Bit 7 Defined as 1 O6 O0 OUTPUT When switching ie instruction codes 1 and 2 the OUTPUT 7 bi...

Page 31: ... data machine name 11 Control data software version For names 0 Request first 4 digits 1 Request first suffix 2 Request second suffix 3 Request third suffix 10 Request first prefix 11 Request second prefix 12 Request third prefix For versions 0 Main board or the number of external board 13 62 DEFINE MACHINE 1 Number of inputs 2 Number of outputs 3 Number of setups 1 For video 2 For audio 3 For SDI...

Page 32: ...be HEX codes 7D 83 85 81 i e 128dec 3dec for 2nd byte 128dec 5dec for 3rd byte If the OUTPUT is set as 1 then the ASCII coding of the lettering following the machine s name is sent For example for the VS 7588YC the reply to the request to send the first suffix would be HEX codes 7D D9 C3 81 i e 128dec ASCII for Y 128dec ASCII for C NOTE 14 The number of inputs and outputs refers to the specific ma...

Page 33: ...3 C6 81 16 84 C6 81 7dB Max BYTE 3 0x80 Gain Value 0x00 0x46 The following table lists the hex codes that increase or decrease the audio output gain OUT 1 OUT 2 OUT 3 OUT 4 Increase 18 81 80 81 18 82 80 81 18 83 80 81 18 84 80 81 Decrease 18 81 81 81 18 82 81 81 18 83 81 81 18 84 81 81 The following table lists the hex codes that set the audio output gain Note Before sending any of these codes the...

Page 34: ...ing with only one command without addressing Start Body Delimiter Command SP Parameter_1 Parameter_2 CR 12 1 1 2 Command String Formal syntax with commands concatenation and addressing Start Address Body Delimiter Destination_id Command_1 Parameter1_1 Parameter1_2 Command_2 Parameter2_1 Parameter2_2 Command_3 Parameter3_1 Parameter3_2 CR 12 1 2 Device Message Format Start Address optional Body del...

Page 35: ...a message closing character Note A string can contain more than one command Commands are separated by a pipe character Message starting character For host command query For device response Device address Optional for K NET K NET Device ID followed by Query sign follows some commands to define a query request Message closing character CR For host messages carriage return ASCII 13 CRLF For device me...

Page 36: ...as X Refer to the controller manual 12 1 5 Command Forms Some commands have short name syntax in addition to long name syntax to allow faster typing The response is always in long syntax 12 1 6 Chaining Commands 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 charac...

Page 37: ...End User MODEL Read device model End User NET DHCP NTDH Set DHCP mode NET DHCP NTDH Read subnet mask NET GATE NTGT Set gateway address NET GATE NTGT Read subnet mask NET IP NTIP Set IP address NET IP NTIP Read IP address NET MAC NTMC Read MAC address NET MASK NTMSK Set subnet mask NET MASK NTMSK Read subnet mask P2000 Switch to Protocol 2000 End User P3000 Switch to Protocol 3000 End User PRIO Set...

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Page 39: ...isit our Web site where updates to this user manual may be found We welcome your questions comments and feedback Web site www kramerelectronics com E mail info kramerel com P N 2900 300198 Rev 4 SAFETY WARNING Disconnect the unit from the power supply before opening and servicing ...