Rose electronics UltraVista, Installation And Operation Manual

Page 1: ...UltraVista MultiViewer Video wall INSTALLATION AND OPERATIONS MANUAL 10707 Stancliff Road Houston Texas 77099 Phone 281 933 7673 www rose com ...

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Page 3: ...mpatibility 89 336 EEC and the Council Directive relating to Low Voltage 73 23 EEC For the evaluation of the above mentioned Council Directive for Electromagnetic Compatibility and for Low Voltage the following standards were consulted EN 55022 class A 1998 Corrigendum 2001 A1 2000 Emission EN 61000 3 2 2000 Harmonic current emissions EN 61000 3 3 1995 Corrigendum 1997 A1 2001 Flicker EN 61000 6 2...

Page 4: ...ont Panel Controls 3 Main Extension Unit Rear Panel Connectors 4 Installation 5 Installation 1 Video Source 5 Installation 2 Video Sources 7 Basic Preset Set up 9 Advanced BASIC preset set up 10 Gap compensation 11 Setting the gap width 11 Free Presets 13 UltraVista Control screen 13 Control program toolbar 14 Service Information 35 Maintenance and Repair 35 Technical Support 35 Safety 36 ...

Page 5: ...ree 13 Figure 12 UltraVista Control screen 13 Figure 13 Control program toolbar 14 Figure 14 Settings 16 Appendices Page Appendix A OSD Menus 37 Main Menu 37 System Initialize 38 System Preset 38 System Preset Type 39 System GAP 39 System OSD Position 40 System OSD Language 40 System Test Pattern 41 Configuration Factory Reset 42 Console Video Output 43 Video Video Input 45 Video Brightness 46 Vid...

Page 6: ...HDTV Analog or Digital input signals Accepts a variety of video sources such as a media player DVD player or a computer Display a video source across multiple displays One video source on one display and another video source across multiple displays Select a portion of a display and display it across multiple displays Easily expandable to increase the display area Four configurable presets for fas...

Page 7: ...on of this manual the manufacturer assumes no responsibility for errors or omissions Neither does the manufacturer assume any liability for damages resulting from the use of the information contained herein The manufacturer reserves the right to change the specifications functions or circuitry of the product without notice The manufacturer cannot accept liability for damages due to misuse of the p...

Page 8: ...et for the current selected preset Navigate up or down within the OSD menu system Change a selected value Exit Close the OSD and return to standard operation Select Enter a menu or sub menu confirm an action Sub presets can be used to change details of a particular preset or used as independent presets When sub presets are used as independent presets the max number of presets accessible from the f...

Page 9: ...ideo output Video board B connects two video sources to a video output Connector Description Video Board A and Video Board B Input 1 Video source 1 Input 2 Video source 2 Output Video output Serial External connection from equipment capable of sending serial commands Run the UltraVista Control program Externally execute the OSD Power Universal 110 240 VAC 50 60 Hz 40 Watt Serial Output Video board...

Page 10: ...rt of one unit to the A port of the next Connect the video source to a video splitter and connect the splitter s outputs to the channel 1 inputs labeled 1 on all UltraVista main and extension unit If you want to use two video sources connect the second video source in the same manor to the channel 2 inputs from a second DVI VGA splitter See Figure 4 Connect the monitor outputs on the main and exte...

Page 11: ...il the OSD menu displays approximately 3 seconds Enter the SYSTEM menu by pressing the SELECT button Then enter the INITIALIZE sub menu Press SELECT to initialize the system The system will then detect the units connected and initialize the communication between units After a few seconds the menu will display the number of detected units Use the buttons to select SYSTEM and press the SELECT button...

Page 12: ...With all connections made initialize the system as described on page 6 Figure 4 Dual Video source installation The UltraVista main unit provides the video signal for the first two displays The extension units provide the video signal for the other displays If more than two video sources need to be connected to UltraVista you can use a video matrix instead of a video splitter The following example ...

Page 13: ...test flexibility for creating eye catching displays You can freely position the displays and use different display types like CRT s flat panel displays or projectors The free presets are set up using UltraVista s control program The example below shows one way to display four video sources Figure 5 Video Matrix 4 Video sources The example above shows the flexibility of using UltraVista the control...

Page 14: ...press the select button The system menu will display as shown below Select PRESET TYPE and from that menu select BASIC Next select PRESET and define the parameters for each preset 1 4 and sub presets F1 or F2 if needed NOTE THE SYSTEM MUST FIRST BE INITIALIZED PRIOR TO DEFINING THE PRESETS Figure 6 Configure Presets Basic To define a basic preset set the Preset parameters for each screen Target Vi...

Page 15: ...n design a simple video wall design arches zigzags or other unique video wall designs Different monitor sizes or types and multiple video sources also can produce interesting effects By selecting a wall size that is larger than the actual video wall you get a zoom effect Video wall presentations using UltraVista makes creating these and other video effects simple and easy Main A Main B Extn 1A Ext...

Page 16: ...mine this call up the OSD Press EXIT and SELECT buttons Select CONSOLE from the menu and press SELECT From the Console menu select VIDEO OUTPUT and press SELECT The OSD will display the output resolution as shown below In this example the resolution is 1920 x 1200 Figure 9 OSD Video output Next measure the visible width and height of the actual output image of the display For example the image wid...

Page 17: ...em menu select GAP and press the select button to display the Gap compensation menu as shown below Select Horizontal and enter the determined value then select Vertical and enter this value In this example the values would be 156 and 140 Figure 10 Gap compensation menu An easy way to verify the gap settings is use a picture with a diagonal line and display the line image across two adjacent displa...

Page 18: ...just copy the Control Program folder from the CD to your hard disk The Control programs will take up approximately 500k of disk space UltraVista Control screen To use the UltraVista Control program connect the Windows PC the control program was installed on to UltraVista using the supplied serial cable Connect the DB9F end of the serial cable to the PC s COM port 1 2 etc You can design the video w...

Page 19: ...e print design layout Print setup Setup the destination printer Recent files Lists the recent file names opened File Exit Closes the Control program Undo Undo the last change Redo Redo the last change Cut Remove the selected item and place in the clipboard Copy Copy the selected item and place in the clipboard Paste Paste the clipboard item Edit Edit selected Edit the selected display settings for...

Page 20: ... the same file name as opened Cut the selected area and place in the clipboard Copy the selected area and place in the clipboard Paste the clipboard contents Print the design to the default printer Displays UltraVista version level Question mark help click on the ICON then click on an area for help on the selection Disconnect the program from UltraVista Connect the program to UltraVista Displays t...

Page 21: ... PC and UltraVista Click on File then Settings and the below settings window will display Click on the down arrow and select the COM port the serial cable will be connected to If you want the program to automatically connect to UltraVista when the program starts check the box Connect to UltraVista at startup Figure 14 Settings ...

Page 22: ...corner Display names show the UltraVista unit and board the display is connected to If you want to use both input channels in the same preset use the Channel drop down to switch between the views of the two channels Set the sizes for all displays showing input channel 1 in channel 1 and all displays showing the second channel in channel 2 Preset Edit View The Preset Edit View lets you change the p...

Page 23: ... resize the sections Using this method you can quickly configure presets Right clicking on a screen in the Display List of the Preset View will open the below menu This menu allows you to add or remove screens open the Edit window and choose the input channel the display shows After you have created an approximation of your preset using the Preset Edit View fine tune each preset as described below...

Page 24: ... In this menu you can choose the input aspect ratio and change the picture that is displayed as a background image Setting the correct aspect ratio ensures distortion free display on your video wall Four aspect ratios are commonly used Aspect ratio Resolution 4 3 640 x 480 800 x 600 1024 x 768 1280 x 960 1600 x 1200 5 4 1280 x 1024 16 9 1366 x 768 HDTV 1920 x 1080 16 10 1680 x 1050 1920 x 1200 Com...

Page 25: ...reen connected to the system there are a number of parameters that control what is displayed on the screen These settings can have different values from preset to preset Use the Edit window to control these settings The item Edit in the context menu of the displays opens the Edit Window The below settings can be selected per preset for each display Position and Size Position and size of the sectio...

Page 26: ... image aspect ratio and input channel apply to the active preset only selected in the tool bar The settings in the display box apply to the selected display across all presets Note We recommend setting the output resolution to your display s native resolution and setting the aspect ratio to as display This ensures that the displays will show distortion free video as you move and resize them From t...

Page 27: ... X value Width Height Minimum Y value Maximum Y value 5 4 0 9 999 9 999 8 000 1 000 8 999 4 3 0 9 999 9 999 7 500 1 250 8 749 16 9 0 9 999 9 999 5 625 2 187 7 811 16 10 0 9 999 9 999 6 250 1 875 8 124 The input image is vertically centered in the coordinate system which means that the visible portion of the image will begin at a y value greater than 0 The exact value depends on the aspect ratio Th...

Page 28: ...put resolution to the native resolution of your display 3 Measure physical video wall size Measure the width and height of your video wall Measure from the edge of the leftmost display to the edge of the rightmost display and from the top edge of the topmost display to the bottom of the display at the bottom When measuring take care to measure only the visible section of the screens that is exclud...

Page 29: ...eight values instead of the widths Divide the input image section width by the video wall width The result is how many units your video wall has per centimeter WU width of the input image section in units step 3 Wcm width of the wall in cm step 4 D Density units per cm of the preset result D Wu Wcm HU height of the input image section in units step 3 Hcm height of the wall in cm step 4 D Density u...

Page 30: ...e from the top of the topmost display Convert the values measured from centimeters to units by multiplying with the density D in units per centimeter and adding the x coordinate of the leftmost display for the x coordinate or the x coordinate of the topmost display as offset For each display enter the values for position and size from step 6 in the Edit window in the UltraVista Control program 9 F...

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Page 34: ... each display and set it in the Edit window Step 3 Measure physical video wall size Next measure the width and height of our video wall Measure from the edge of the leftmost display to the edge of the rightmost display and from the top edge of the topmost display to the bottom of the display at the bottom Take care to measure only the visible section of the screens that is exclude the frames aroun...

Page 35: ...5 Calculate units per centimeter Divide the width of the input image section 9000 U by the width of the wall 220 cm to get the density of our video wall 9000 U 220 cm 40 909 U cm 40 909 units per cm Step 6 Measure size for each display To calculate the sizes for all displays we need to measure the physical size of the displays in the Taking the center display as an example we measure the width 76 ...

Page 36: ...so we do not need to calculate the height of the screen When you enter the output resolution and set the aspect ratio to as display the program will automatically adjust the height of the section according to the width and aspect ratio Next set the values in the Edit window Repeat for all displays ...

Page 37: ...the image to show on our video wall Note the x coordinate of the leftmost display and the y coordinate of the topmost display These coordinates will be the offset values we have to add to our measurements The offset values are X 253 units and y 2387 units Step 8 Measure coordinates for each display Next measure the distance from the topmost and leftmost displays for each display in the video wall ...

Page 38: ...e 54 cm 40 909 U cm 253 U 2209 086 U 253 U 2462U y coordinate 36 cm 40 909 U cm 2387 U 1472 424 U 2387 U 3859 U Enter the coordinates for this display in the Edit window Repeat for all displays Step 9 Fine tune Finally create a test image and fine tune all displays Example of the test images could look like this This image is created in a way that ensures at least two horizontal and two vertical l...

Page 39: ...34 UltraVista Installation and Operations Manual On this image every edge between two displays has one diagonal line crossing it ...

Page 40: ... container or equivalent insured and shipped to Rose Electronics Attn RA__________ 10707 Stancliff Road Houston Texas 77099 USA Technical Support If you are experiencing problems or need assistance in setting up configuring or operating your QuadraVista consult the appropriate sections of this manual If however you require additional information or assistance please contact the Rose Electronics Te...

Page 41: ...on cables clear of obstructions that might cause damage to them Use only power cords power adapter and connection cables designed for this Unit Keep objects that might damage this Unit and liquids that may spill clear from this Unit Liquids and foreign objects might come in contact with voltage points that could create a risk of fire or electrical shock Do not use liquid or aerosol cleaners to cle...

Page 42: ...uration Factory Reset Resets UltraVista to factory default settings Console Video output EDID Video resolution and frequency Read display EDID data of monitor Video Video Input Brightness Contrast Horiz position Vert Position Screen width Phase DVI input mode Displays computers video input resolution Adjusts brightness for analog input signals Adjusts contrast for analog input signals Horizontal s...

Page 43: ...itialize the unit the Target will adjust to show all connected units If your system has the Main unit and 2 Extension units the Target field will show main A main B extn 1 A extn 1 B extn 2 A and extn 2 B Each target can be configured with up to 12 preset settings Target Use the PLUS MINUS buttons to select the targets of the connected units UltraVista main supports the output ports main A and mai...

Page 44: ...ype the information entered for the Basic Preset configuration settings are not lost The program only switches between using the PRESETS settings or the settings in the control program System GAP See the Gap Compensation section and Figure 10 The GAP is the distance between the displays in a video wall This includes the display frame and the space between two displays Most video wall layouts have ...

Page 45: ...creen will display allowing you to move the OSD using the arrow keys The OSD POSITION screen is shown below System OSD Language The OSD language can be modified to display the information in English German or Spanish To change the OSD language start the OSD and navigate to SYSTEM OSD LANGUAGE and press SELECT The OSD LANGUAGE screen will display allowing you to choose which language is needed Use ...

Page 46: ...rom To start the Text Pattern OSD and navigate to SYSTEM TEST PATTEERN and press SELECT The Test pattern screen will display allowing you to choose which pattern to use Use the up down arrow keys to select the desired test pattern Once selected that test pattern will display on the monitor connected to the UltraVista main unit The Test pattern screen is shown below CROSSHAIRS COLOR GRADIENT RHOMBU...

Page 47: ...T and press SELECT A dialog box will display requesting confirmation of the reset to default request Press Enter Select to reset and reboot the unit or press any other key to keep the user settings The Factory Reset screen is shown below Factory Default Settings SYSTEM Initialize UltraVista units 0 Presets Target Preset No Sub preset Channel wall width wall height Position Main A 1 1 1 1 1 Preset ...

Page 48: ...he new format A confirmation box will display that will test the newly chosen resolution for 10 seconds Press the SELECT button within 10 seconds to accept the setting or press any other key to abort the selection and keep the original settings Mode Horoz Vert Hz Mode Horoz Vert Hz auto UXGAr 1600 x 1200 50 VGA 640 x 480 60 UXGAr 1600 x 1200 60 VGA 640 x 480 75 XGA B 1152 x 864 75 VGA 640 x 480 85...

Page 49: ...the monitors DDC interface If the monitor does not supply this information UltraVista will set the video mode to the default setting of VGA 640 x 480 60Hz and activate Sync on Green To verify if the monitor can supply EDID data to the UltraVista open the OSD and navigate to CONSOLE and select EDID The window to the right will display Click on Details and the EDID details window will display If the...

Page 50: ...ital Hz Hz Display Mode Resolution Pixel H x V Sync Polarity H V Frame Rate analog digital Hz Hz CGA 640 x 350 85 85 WXGA 1280 x 768 60 60 CGA 640 x 400 85 85 UWXGA 1280 x 960 60 60 EGA 720 x 400 70 70 UWXGA 1280 x 960 85 85 EGA 720 x 400 85 85 SXGA 1280 x 1024 g 50 50 VGA 640 x 480 60 22 60 SXGA 1280 x 1024 60 60 VGA 640 x 480 72 72 SXGA 1280 x 1024 g 72 72 VGA 640 x 480 75 75 SXGA 1280 x 1024 75...

Page 51: ...press the SELECT button The Video Brightness window will display Select Computer x and use the or buttons to adjust the brightness Video Contrast The Video Contrast feature is used to adjust the contrast of an analog video input signal Open the OSD and navigate to the Video menu Select Contrast and press the SELECT button The Video Contrast window will display Select Computer x and use the or butt...

Page 52: ... HORIZ POSITION window will display Select Computer x and use the or buttons to adjust the horizontal position between 20 and 20 Video Vert Position The Video Vertical position feature is used if the vertical position of the computer screen is incorrect Open the OSD and navigate to the Video menu Select VERT POSITION and press the SELECT button The Video VERT POSITION window will display Select Co...

Page 53: ...ct SCREEN WIDTH and press the SELECT button The Video Screen width window will display Select Computer x and use the or buttons to adjust the screen width Video Phase If blurring bad contrast or poor legibility is observed the clock phase may need adjusting Use this setting to adjust the clock phase for the best image Select PHASE and press the SELECT button The Video Phase window will display Sel...

Page 54: ... main A main B extn 1 A etc Computer Change EDID DDC You can add two freely selectable video modes to the list of video modes available Select COMPUTER then CHANGE EDI DDC to display the COMPUTER CHANGE EDID DDC window Select the first video mode and modify it to the additional video mode Next select the second video mode and modify it Navigate to Signal and select the video type digital or analog...

Page 55: ...s been disconnected Wait a few seconds and then remove the DVI cable from the video output and video input connectors Reconnect the video input cable from the video source and the video output monitor cable The video monitor should display the CHANGE EDID DDC EDID window with successful displayed and shown below If successful is displayed the selected video input has been successfully programmed R...

Page 56: ... 1920 x 1080p 60 Hz Connectors Power IEC320 Video in DVI I analog and digital Video out DVI I analog and digital Power 100 240 VAC auto switching 50 60 Hz 40 Watts Resolution Up to 1900 x 1200 60 Hz DVI 1600 x 1200 60 Hz VGA Controls Power on off switch Preset selector switches 4 Temperature operating 5 C 45 C 41 F 113 F storage 10 C 60 C 14 F 140 F Humidity 0 80 RH non condensing Approvals CE RoH...

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