Zektor HDA800, User Manual

Page 1: ...HDMI Matrix Switches HDA800 HDA800 V2 User Guide ...

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Page 3: ...ess plugged into a UL rated battery backup and or surge protection device 13 Refer all servicing to qualified service personnel Servicing is required when the apparatus has been damaged in any way such as power sup ply cord or plug is damaged liquid has been spilled or objects have fallen into the apparatus the apparatus has been exposed to rain or mois ture does not operate normally or has been d...

Page 4: ... 1 1 06 07 2013 Added HDMI description Added definitions for the EDLO and KSIZI commands Spelling corrections Version 1 2 09 11 2013 Added EDID description Added the ESet menu option Added the ESET serial command Fixed the KSIZI serial command definition Version 1 3 09 12 2013 Added a description of the Audio menu options ...

Page 5: ...s 21 EDID 22 The AUDIO Switch 23 The AUDIO Switch s Sources 23 Audio Conversions 23 AUDIO Switch Source Usage 24 Sources 1 9 24 Sources 10 17 24 Sources 18 25 24 The HDMI Switch 25 The HDMI Switch s HDMI Video Sources 25 The HDMI Switch s Audio Sources and Usage 25 Sources 1 8 25 Sources 9 16 25 Validating the installation of the HDA800 V2 26 RS 232 TCP IP Port Hardware 27 TCP IP Overview 27 Setti...

Page 6: ...A Set View the static IP Address 47 IPM Set View the static IP Mask 47 IPG Set View the static IP gateway address 47 IPAX Retrieve the current IP address in use 48 IPMX Retrieve the current IP mask in use 48 IPGX Retrieve the current IP gateway address in use 48 HDMI Control Settings 49 EDLO EDID Lock 49 ESET Assign zones to an input source 49 KSIZI Set the number of HDCP keys of a source 50 Audio...

Page 7: ...work is needed we request that you hold on to the original packaging materials Please take this time to verify the contents of the HDA800 V2 box The following should be included HDA800 V2 HDMI Matrix Switch Power Cord USB Drive Quick Start User Guide If anything is missing please get in touch with us as soon as possible so that we can correct the sit uation Features 8x8 active matrix HDMI video sw...

Page 8: ...ending upon the screen selected For instance when one of the source zone switching display is being used these buttons will allow switching between the sources BACK and NEXT Screen dependent buttons SELECT This is a multifunction button Twisting the knob allows scrolling between menu options or the changing of a parameter depending upon the current selection state Pressing the SELECT knob will eit...

Page 9: ...irrored outputs plugging in an HDMI monitor to one of these outputs will disable the HDBaseT receiver RS 232 These allow two way RS 232 signals to be sent to the HDBaseT receiver These are straight through connections They are the same pinout as the main RS 232 control port See RS 232 Pinout and Baudrate Settings on page 28 The baudrates can be up to 115K Ethernet Each HDBaseT can have an Ethernet...

Page 10: ...nnections to the HDA800 Back panel connections defined The rear panel of the HDA800 is nearly the same as the HDA800 V2 On the HDA800 the HDBaseT outputs have been replaced with standard HDMI outputs OUT 1 through OUT 8 Standard HDMI outputs 1 8 All other inputs and outputs are described above MODEL HDA 800 OUT 1 OUT 2 OUT 3 OUT 4 OUT 5 OUT 6 OUT 7 OUT 8 SW 1 DB 1 DB 1 V V DB 2 SW 2 DB 2 1 3 5 7 2...

Page 11: ... off Through out the manual the above sequence would be shortened to Setup Off Pressing the SELECT knob performs two functions The first is to select a menu option as shown by the OFF example given above The second is to switch between the selection mode and the update mode The selection mode is indicated by the left right arrow characters Whenever the are displayed twisting the knob to the right ...

Page 12: ...option HdmiSw To change the HDMI mappings with audio video breakaway While in the HdmiSw screen press the BACK button The BACK button is used to flip between the normal HDMI switching screen and the HDMI with audio video breakaway screen When using the HdmiSw with breakaway screen the 1st single digit source is the HDMI video channel The 2nd two digit source is the HDMI audio channel For instance ...

Page 13: ...will change back to the selection mode Zone A represents the ALL zone Setting zone A to a source will set all the zones to the given source Setting a source to 0 disconnects it from all sources no audio blanked video Shortcuts The ZONE buttons will move between the zones and set the update mode to allow easy use of the SELECT knob to update the sources The SETTING buttons will increment decrement ...

Page 14: ...djusting the volume of a zone the range of the volume control is from the Minimum Volume setting to the Maximum Volume setting A volume of zero is always fully muted A volume of 1 is the value set by the Minimum Volume setting and a volume of 100 is the value set by the Maximum Vol ume setting If the volume jumps too much when moving from 0 to 1 then lower the Minimum Volume setting If you have to...

Page 15: ...out of sync The lip sync delay of a source will apply to all zones attached to that source Use the zone lip sync delay to correct for a monitor that delays audio to its internal speakers A zone lip sync delay will only apply to the given zone The maximum audio can be delayed is 170ms If a zone with a lip sync delay is switched to a source with a lip sync delay and both delays add up to more than 1...

Page 16: ...allowing you to change the static IP address the IP mask and the IP gateway parameters To change any of the parameters select the parameter you want to change address mask or gate way and press the SELECT knob Scroll to the octect you want to change select it and change it Hint The selection knob uses acceleration to allow faster updating of values To make large changes in the values spin the knob...

Page 17: ...te the source to each monitor Since there are more monitors than keys this must be done using smaller groups of keys If the source is capable of issuing 3 keys then the switch will authenticate 3 monitors at a time So the only real effect of indicating that a source has only 1 keys is that the authentication will take longer Once the authentication is done the keys will be cached Once the keys are...

Page 18: ... menu press the MENU button Use the SELECT knob to select the Assign EDID zones option Setup ESet Use the ZONE buttons to switch between sources Use the SELECT knob to scroll to a zone and the press the SELECT to assign or unassigned a zone A zone is assigned when the small square to the left of the zone number is filled in A source that has no zones assigned is the same as a source that has all o...

Page 19: ...DID settings should be locked Once locked all EDID settings will be ignored and displays will not flicker when an A V receiver is powered cycled Note When the EDID settings are locked any EDID changes will be ignored this includes the addi tion of any new equipment If any equipment is to be added or removed from the current setup you must first unlock the EDID settings or the changes will not be r...

Page 20: ...currently read into cache All HDCP keys currently read into cache The HDCP count settings The EDID lock setting To save the EDID HDCP settings If the LCD display is not at showing the main menu press the MENU button Use the SELECT knob to select the EDID Save option Setup ESave The settings will be saved when you select the ESave menu selection If you add or removing any equipment from the switch ...

Page 21: ...is forces each HDMI cable to send a different stream of encrypted data even if it s the same program being sent to two different monitors This prevents a simple splitter from working since a simple splitter would send the same stream to two different monitors This also allows the source DVD player Cable Box etc to determine the number of simultaneous monitors allowed to view it s content Some cabl...

Page 22: ...source can have a different EDIDs depending upon switching order This can lead to confu sion Why does Dolby5 1 only work sometimes and requires the user to disconnect all zones from a source and reconnect them in a different order depending upon what EDID features they want This can be disruptive to all viewers of a source as well as hard to explain to the end user why this is neces sary Or altern...

Page 23: ...inputs 1 8 labeled on the back of the switch The digital audio sources are the S PDIF audio extracted from the HDMI inputs 1 8 When switching to a source 10 17 the Coax and Optical inputs will be ignored 18 25 Using these sources allows the audio switch to follow the audio sources of the HDMI out puts 1 8 For instance assume the HDMI switch s zone 1 s audio is pointing to HDMI source 3 Switching t...

Page 24: ... HDMI input 1 and the analog audio from the analog input 1 Source 11 Use the digital audio from HDMI input 2 and the analog audio from the analog input 2 Source 17 Use the digital audio from HDMI input 8 and the analog audio from the analog input 8 Sources 18 25 These sources are Indirect Sources they don t point directly to a source of audio they instead point to an HDMI outputs When the AUDIO sw...

Page 25: ...By using the breakaway feature of the HDMI switch you can play the SPDIF audio from any HDMI input to any HDMI output For instance on HDMI zone 1 you play the video of source 3 and the audio of source 4 Note There are caveats to the audio breakaway features of the HDMI switch Only SPDIF audio can be broken away from the HDMI video This includes stereo PCM Dolby5 1 digital and DTS digital But it do...

Page 26: ...ange verify that a picture can be seen on all zones There can be a lot of video blanking and flickering at this point and if you have sources that have manual HDCP key count settings this could take a while Verify that all sources can be seen on all zones You should now be able to switch a single zone between different sources without causing flickering on any of the other zones If you have a rece...

Page 27: ...ltaneously each port s commands will be buffered until the ending is read at which time the commands will be exe cuted in the order received All responses will be sent to both Serial ports and TCP IP connections Setting a static IP address vs DHCP By default the HDA800 V2 will use DHCP to retrieve a IP address an IP mask and the address of the router gateway The IP address can be set using the fro...

Page 28: ...with USB to RS 232 conversion cables these are all typically straight through cables Be sure to install any drivers that come with the USB to RS 232 cable you are using The RS 232 port is a female type DE 9 connector sometimes mistakenly referred to as a DB 9 con nector with the following pinout Pin definitions 1 No Connect 6 No Connect 2 TX 7 No Connect 3 RX 8 No Connect 4 No Connect 9 No Connect...

Page 29: ... command P 0 Response from the A V switch for new setting NOTE Only the characters between and are valid any characters sent before the or after the will be ignored NOTE By default the HDA800 V2 adds a carriage return and a line feed to the end of its responses after the This makes testing with terminal software easier Since they are outside the and char acters they should be ignored by software d...

Page 30: ...sensitive and in the HDA800 V2 all commands are upper case Error 2 One of the parameters given was too large or too small the command will be ignored Error 3 Something was wrong with the command s syntax There was possibly extra data at the end of the line or non decimal data as part of a parameter Error 4 Reserved Error 5 The number of parameters given does not match the number allowed by this co...

Page 31: ...nt the bits ASY and IRS to be set to 1 and the rest of the bits set to zero the parameter s value would be calculated as 1 1024 making the parameter value 1025 The command to set those two bits to ones and reset all the others would be XS 1025 Individual bits of a bitmapped parameter can be set or reset without affecting the other bits by prefix ing the bitmapped parameter with a to set individual...

Page 32: ...h For most commands zones are indicated by using a prefix character Source An input For commands that mix inputs with zones inputs are indicated by numbers without a prefix Channel A channel is an HDMI video path or an HDMI audio path Channels are used to control breakaway features Channels can be switched independently of each other The following channels are supported by the HDA800 V2 1 HDMI vid...

Page 33: ...uing the P 2 and P 3 commands By issuing a P 3 command lock power on the HDA800 V2 will be turned on and locked Only a subsequent P 2 command will turn off the HDA800 V2 The P 0 and P 1 commands will be ignored SZ Set Zone s Audio Switch This is the command used to map sources to any number of zones on the audio switch Its different forms are SZ zone zone in Map all channels of an source to a zone...

Page 34: ...ing the response strings easier only one response string is sent per zone Or in the case of channel breakaways only one response string per channel is returned The response string is sent as a fixed length string using leading zeroes You can request the mapping of multiple zones with one command and still only one response string per zone will be returned for instance SZ 1 3 4 could return Indicat...

Page 35: ...g together the above numbers you can switch any combination of channels without affecting the unselected channels For instance HSZ 1 3 4 would map only the HDMI video from input 4 to zone 3 To map both the video and audio channels add the HDMI video and HDMI audio channel numbers together 9 8 1 and use that as the channel number HSZ 9 2 3 4 This would map the HDMI video and HDMI audio channels fro...

Page 36: ...tions consistently you you can have the HDA800 V2 always send the channel with the response string This keeps you from having to parse two different types of strings Using the XS command to set the CHN bit will cause the HDA800 V2 to always include the channel number The following example demonstrates this XS 4 Set the CHN bit Acknowledge XS command XS nnnnn Indicates the new XS settings HSZ 1 Req...

Page 37: ...f zones Response Strings MZ zone mute or MZ ch zone mute Where zone One or more zones to be mapped mute Mute setting 0 Unmuted 1 Muted ch Channel bitmap Range 1 3 MZ Examples The MZ command in its simplest form MZ 1 3 1 mutes all channels of the zones 1 and 3 You can also mute unmute multiple zones using a single command For instance MZ 1 1 3 5 0 mutes zone 1 and unmutes zones 3 and 5 By appending...

Page 38: ...es Using the XS command to set the CHN bit will cause the HDA800 V2 to always include the channel number The following example demonstrates this XS 4 Set the CHN bit Acknowledge XS command XS nnnnn Indicates the new XS settings MZ 1 Request mute settings for zone 1 Acknowledge MZ command MZ 2 1 0 Audio of zone 1 is not muted By setting the CHN even though all channels on zone 1 are the same the fu...

Page 39: ...nel the 8 in the above example is a bitmapped number that indicates which channel or channels are to be affected by the command The channels are mapped as 1 HDMI video 8 HDMI audio By adding together the above numbers you can switch any combination of channels without affecting the unselected channels For instance HMZ 1 3 1 would mute blank only the HDMI video on zone 3 To mute both the HDMI video...

Page 40: ...ls of zone 3 are not muted HMZ 1 004 0 Video on zone 4 is not muted HMZ 8 004 1 Audio on zone 4 is muted You can also request the mapping of channels for instance HMZ 2 4 could return HMZ 2 004 1 HDMI audio on zone 4 is muted only the HDMI audio channel s status is returned If you plan on using breakaway options consistently you you can have the HDA800 V2 always send the channel with the response ...

Page 41: ... settings1 and settings2 to 1 XS settings1 settings2 Reset bits indicated in settings1 and settings2 to 0 XS Query for current settings Response String XS settings1 settings2 Where settings1 is a bitmapped parameter defined as ACK 0 Don t acknowledge cmds with 1 Acknowledge error free commands with a ECO 0 Do not send a response strings for each cmd 1 Always send response string when a serial comm...

Page 42: ...Strings Each command that makes a change to a parameter will be echoed with a response string that indicates the new values of the parameters changed The response strings are only issued after the changes have taken affect and reflect the new state of the HDA800 V2 With this bit set to 0 these response strings will not be sent To verify the new settings the controller must read the new values manu...

Page 43: ...ault mode of operation using the VZ or VPZ commands to set the volume directly leaving out the or characters will not affect the mute setting This allows a muted zone to have its volume set to a predetermined value and then unmuted However control systems that use sliding touch pads will usually precalculate a volume and send the volume using the VZ or VPZ commands without the or characters If the...

Page 44: ... bitmapped parameter to indicate which values are to be reset A bit set to 1 indicates the associated setting should be reset a bit set to 0 indicates the setting should not be reset and the previous setting will remain unchanged Command formats FS settings Reset the parameters indicated by settings Response String There is no response string to the FS command this command is write only Where sett...

Page 45: ...se String LI mode dim bright off Set mode and intensities Where mode Lighting mode Settings 0 Off 1 Dim 2 Bright 3 Auto dim dim Intensity of dimmed LEDs Range 0 100 bright Intensity of brightened LEDs Range 0 100 off Intensity of the standby power LED Range 0 100 Response Example LI 3 020 090 010 Mode Auto dim 20 bright 90 off 10 The mode settings allow you to set the front panel LEDs to always be...

Page 46: ...ic mode the IP address IP mask and gateway address given by the IPA IPM and IPG commands will be used You can easily switch between the two modes without losing the static address setting In other words when switching to DHCP a new IP address values will be obtained from the router but the static IP address values of the IPA IPM and IPG commands are not lost and when returning to static mode these...

Page 47: ...ly change the TCP IP mask It sets up the static mask that will be used the next time the IPSET 0 command is issued The command format is IPM xxx xxx xxx xxx Set new TCP IP mask IPM Read the current TCP IP mask Response String IPM xxx xxx xxx xxx Where xxx xxx xxx xxx IP mask in standard form Ex 255 255 255 000 The response string of the IPA command is not the current IP mask of the HDA800 V2 but t...

Page 48: ...x xxx xxx IP address in standard form Ex 192 168 001 200 IPMX Retrieve the current IP mask in use This command is read only and will return the IP mask being used by the HDA800 V2 If DHCP is being used this will return the mask given to the HDA800 V2 by the router If static mode is being used this will return the static mask currently in use by the HDA800 V2 The command format is IPGX Read the cur...

Page 49: ...tion of the HDA800 V2 on page 26 Once your system is validated you should lock the EDID and then save the new HDMI settings in EEPROM so that they won t be lost when power is cycled See SS Save Default Power On Set tings on page 43 To turn on off or the EDID lock state of the HDA800 V2 EDLO 0 Unlock EDID sets the switch to the normal mode of operating EDLO 1 Lock EDID all device changes will be ig...

Page 50: ...ne monitor can negotiate an HDCP connection with the source When a second monitor is switch to the source it will be unable to connect In most cases this will also break the video connection to the working monitor as well This command allows you to specify the number of keys a source has The HDA800 V2 will then limit the number of HDCP negotiations to the given number All the monitors will still n...

Page 51: ...ailable in source 0 Key limits are not checked 1 23 Limit the num ber of HDCP keys to n This setting is lost when power is cycled on the HDA800 V2 To save this settings through a power cycle backup the HDMI settings using the SS command See SS Save Default Power On Set tings on page 43 ...

Page 52: ...0 Range is 0 to 248 The volume command is given in 0 5dB steps and uses an offset of 200 to indicate a attenuation of 0 0dB 199 indicates 0 5dB of attenuation and so forth all way down to 1 which indicates an attenua tion of 99 5dB or a gain of 99 5dB depending on how you look at things The value 0 is special in that it indicates full attenuation or fully muted audio 115dB VZ Set Zone s Volume Eac...

Page 53: ...affect on the volume level The VMZ response will be sent to the controller to indicate mute was cancelled along with the VZ response to indicate the new unmuted volume level Setting the volume without using the or modifiers will not have an affect on the mute setting When setting raising or lowering the volume the VZ command will not allow you to go above maxVol setting See VMAZ Set Zone s Maximum...

Page 54: ...0000 to the volume setting For instance if the ramp speed given to the VRT command is 40 20dB per second then VZ 1 2 20010 will fade zones 1 and 2 to the level of 10 at a speed of 20dB per second The zone closest to 10 will be the first zone to reach 10 You can cross fade and mix the different types of fades in a single command For instance VZ 1 10000 2 20040 3 35 will fade zone 1 to the mute leve...

Page 55: ...e maximum volume setting VMAZ Set Zone s Maximum Volume Each zone has a minimum and maximum volume setting The maximum prevents a user from overdriving the speakers amplifier or even the HDA800 V2 switch The level is set in 0 5dB steps Command format VMAZ zone zone maxVol Set the minimum volume of a zone or zones VMAZ zone step Add step number of 0 5dB steps to current minimum VMAZ zone step Sub s...

Page 56: ...eriod the range is 10000 to 10100 To fade to a new level at a given speed the range is 20000 to 20100 Using the or modifiers to adjust the current volume level will disable the mute command See VMZ Mute a Zone using Volume Control on page 57 The current volume level used will be the value heard by the user volume mute attenutation In other words when adjusting the volume using values the volume wi...

Page 57: ... for instance instead of full audio off Also available are mute fade options Instead of instantly jumping to a mute setting you can fade over time or fade at a given speed to the new mute level The VMZ command is used to mute and unmute a zones The mute level and fading options are set by the VMLZ command See VMLZ Set a Zone s Mute Level on page 58 The mute fade times are set using the VMT command...

Page 58: ... command 3 Fade to the new level using the slope given by the VMT command To fade to a new level over a given period of time add 10000 to any mute level setting To fade to a new level at a given ramp speed add 20000 to any mute level setting The format used to jump immediately to a new level is VMLZ zone zone attn Set the mute attenuation of a zone or zones VMLZ zone step Add step number of 0 5dB ...

Page 59: ...ance of a zone or zones BLZ zone step Add step number of 0 5dB steps to current balance BLZ zone step Subtract step number of 0 5dB steps from current balance BLZ In polled mode reads current settings of all balance changes BLZ zone zone Read current balance settings of given zone s Response Strings BLZ zone bal Where zone One or more zones to be affected bal Balance in 0 5dB steps from left to ri...

Page 60: ... switching between source devices with different output levels Input gain is set in 0 5dB steps Command format GAI input input gain Set the gain of a input or inputs GAI input step Add step number of 0 5dB steps to current input GAI input step Subtract step number of 0 5dB steps from current input GAI In polled mode reads current settings of all input changes GAI input input Read current gain sett...

Page 61: ... TRZ Examples Examples are only given for the bass command BAZ for treble commands use TRZ in the place of BAZ The simplest form of the command is BAZ 1 128 and causes the bass level on zone 1 to be set to 0 0dB which is flat no boost or cut The easiest way to use the volume on the HDA800 V2 is to know that 168 is full boost and 88 is full cut and every step from 88 to 168 boosts the bass level by...

Page 62: ...ne One or more zones to be affected level Levels 0 5dB steps with offsets of 128 128 0 0dB The levels in the commands are given in 0 5dB steps and use an offset of 128 to indicate a boost cut of 0 0dB Values above 128 boost level by 0 5dB per step for instance 129 0 5dB a boost of 0 5dB and 127 0 5dB a cut of 0 5dB EQ1Z Examples Examples are only given for the EQ band 1 command EQ1Z for other band...

Page 63: ...left 6 Mix to mono by subtracting the left channel from the right DRZ Non PCM Digital audio Routing The HDA800 V2 cannot mix down non PCM audio this is any non PCM stereo audio bitstream and includes Dolby5 1 DTS Audio and all other types of multichannel audio Any time non PCM audio is detected on a digital input the analog audio inputs are routed to the ana log outputs This command allows you to ...

Page 64: ...er hand if the output of a video processor that adds a video delay is connected to an input then the LSI command should be used This allows all zones that connect to the video processor to have their delays automatically adjusted to compensate for the processor s video delays Both inputs and zones can have delays set however the overall delay cannot exceed 8191 counts or 170 65mS If an input and z...

Page 65: ...pends on what is causing the video delay and where it s connected in the video path If the input of a video processor or monitor that adds a video delay is connected to a zone then the LSZ command should be used to delay the audio by the same amount of time the video is being delayed Only audio that is being sent to the video processor attached to the zone will be delayed If on the other hand if t...