AVProEdge AC-MX44/88-AUHD-HDBT, User Manual

Page 1: ... 57104 1 877 886 5112 1 605 274 6055 support avproconnect com User Manual AC MX44 88 AUHD HDBT 18 Gbps True 4K60 4 4 4 4x4 8x8 HDMI Matrix w Mirrored 18Gbps Using ICT HDBaseT Outputs 70 Meters 4K 60 4 4 4 HDR 100 Meters 1080P Dual Audio De Embedding Scaling Delay ...

Page 2: ...ing centers and more Features HDMI 2 0 a b 18Gbps Uncompressed Bandwidth Support on HDMI 18 Gbps wit ICT on HDBaseT outputs 4K60 4 4 4 Support Full HDR Support HDR 10 12 Bit Dolby Vision HDR10 and HLG Support HDCP 2 2 and all earlier versions supported 1080p 4K Up Scaling on HDMI outputs 4K 1080P Down Scaling on HDBaseT outputs Advanced EDID Management IR RS 232 and LAN Control Options Digital Tos...

Page 3: ...pg 2 AVProEdge 2222 E 52nd St N Sioux Falls SD 57104 1 877 886 5112 1 605 274 6055 support avproconnect com AC MX44 88 AUHD HDBT Specifications ...

Page 4: ...ly since most venues have both audio zones and video zones the requirement to breakout or strip off the audio is often necessary and has become almost a standard feature on most matrix switches Control Matrix switches are generally controlled via a third party controller like Control 4 RTI Crestron etc Many integrators want ready made drivers for their control system in order to make programming a...

Page 5: ...ck the length The maximum distances and resolution compatibilities are a AC EX70 444 RNE 70m 230ft on 4K 60 4 4 4 HDR and 100m 330ft on 1080P b AC EX70 UHD R 40m 131ft on 4K 60 4 2 0 NO HDR and 70m 230ft on 1080P 2 Remove any coils of cable and make sure that there is not excess cabling 3 Bypass all patch panels and punch down blocks 4 Re terminate connectors Sometimes even if a cable tester indic...

Page 6: ...AC MX44 88 AUHD HDBT pg 5 AVProEdge 2222 E 52nd St N Sioux Falls SD 57104 1 877 886 5112 1 605 274 6055 support avproedge com Common Application Diagram What Is ICT ...

Page 7: ... holding 4 buttons together for 10 seconds Press and hold HD 4K Scaler Settings BYPASS Scaler Settings MUTE Audio Delay Settings BYPASS Audio Delay Settings pg 6 AVProEdge 2222 E 52nd St N Sioux Falls SD 57104 1 877 886 5112 1 605 274 6055 support avproedge com You should see System RST on the front screen of the Matrix ...

Page 8: ... the INPUT Scaler Control The AC MX44 88 AUHD HDBT has scalers built into every output The HDbaseT Port can be DOWNSCALED and the HDMI Port can be UPSCALED The scalers are set on the OUTPUT side of the switch and each can have separate settings Control the scaler HD 4K Scales 1080P to 2160P On HDMI Port Only ICT Mode Enables ICT Compression mode on HDBT Port DEFAULT 4K HD Scales 2160P to 1080P On ...

Page 9: ...ASS button again Audio Matrix Control Once in Matrix mode for audio the extracted audio routing on the AC MX44 88 AUHD HDBT can be controlled from the front panel To Control 1 Press and hold 3 sec BYPASS button from the audio settings top right of machine 2 Make sure the screen says Matrix and quick press the BYPASS button again in order to enter the AUDIO MATRIX 3 Press the desired extracted audi...

Page 10: ...e available options will light up as pictured 3 Press UP DOWN MUTE or BYPASS to control the delay 4 The current setting will be indicated on the LCD screen Audio Output Logic and Cable Prep You can extract audio from toslink or balance 2CH Audio Audio outputs are an un decoded output This means that what goes in is what goes out 2CH Balanced Audio Port Supports 2CH PCM audio only which is ideal fo...

Page 11: ...d to a specific input For example when a source is plugged into INPUT 1 OUTPUT 1 will always have the audio signal from INPUT 1 This will happen regardless of which input is selected for OUTPUT 1 Bind to Output Default The extracted audio always follows the corresponding HDMI output For example in this mode AUDIO OUT 1 and HDMI OUT 1 are the same Switched Together Matrix You can set to Matrix and ...

Page 12: ...y pressing up or down repeatedly 4 Press the INPUT you had selected in order to apply the EDID this will still be illuminated These are the pre defined EDID settings that you can toggle through 1 1080P_2CH 2 1080P_6CH 3 1080P_8CH 4 1080P_3D_2CH 5 1080P_3D_6CH 6 1080P_3D_8CH 7 4K30HZ_3D_2CH 8 4K30HZ_3D_6CH 9 4K30HZ_3D_8CH 10 4K60HzY420_3D_2CH 11 4K60HzY420_3D_6CH 12 4K60HzY420_3D_8CH 13 4K60HZ_3D_2...

Page 13: ...t to Web Interface Use the following steps to quickly and immediately connect to the matrix switch 1 Connect the LAN port into an active router port 2 On most networks you can simply type the Default IP address into any web browser The Default IP Address is 192 168 1 239 If you are on a closed network or non standard the following may work better when using DHCP 1 Use an Ethernet cable to connect ...

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Page 15: ...gnal Generator will output an internally stored 1080p color bar test pattern see the image on the right to test infrastructure It can be turned on and off for each output but remember to turn it off to resume normal functionality Image Enhancement The Image Enhancement feature will add extra sharpness to edges in the image This effect may be desirable for presentations in corporate or classroom en...

Page 16: ... for the extracted audio ports NOTE The Audio Matrix Function only works if MATRIX is selected on the right See next explanation Ex Audio Matrix Mode This allows the user to set a binded audio setting or set the extracted audio to Matrix The options are Bind to Input The extracted audio port is always fixed to a specific input For example when a source is plugged into INPUT 1 OUTPUT 1 will always ...

Page 17: ...H 15 4K60HZ_3D_8CH 16 1080P_2CH_HDR 17 1080P_6CH_HDR 17 1080P_8CH_HDR 18 1080P_3D_2CH_HDR 19 1080P_3D_6CH_HDR 20 1080P_3D_8CH_HDR 21 4K30HZ_3D_2CH_HDR 22 4K30HZ_3D_6CH_HDR 23 4K30HZ_3D_8CH_HDR 24 4K60HzY420_3D_2CH_HDR 25 4K60HzY420_3D_6CH_HDR 26 4K60HzY420_3D_8CH_HDR 27 4K60HZ_3D_2CH_HDR 28 4K60HZ_3D_6CH_HDR 29 4K60HZ_3D_8CH_HDR 30 User EDID 1 31 User EDID 2 32 User EDID 3 You can copy the EDID fr...

Page 18: ...s such as Static IP Subnet Mask Router IP TCP Port Enable DHCP Port Alias Settings Rename inputs and outputs for easy management Each custom name is limited to eight 8 characters pg 17 AVProEdge 2222 E 52nd St N Sioux Falls SD 57104 1 877 886 5112 1 605 274 6055 support avproedge com ...

Page 19: ...ace IR Routing IP Switch This allows you to route the IR Signals on the IR outputs manually if you want to fix a specific route pg 18 AVProEdge 2222 E 52nd St N Sioux Falls SD 57104 1 877 886 5112 1 605 274 6055 support avproedge com ...

Page 20: ...indow on the front face of the device IR Remote Control When routing HDMI the matrix can be controlled by using the IR remote supplied with the product The labels on the right are the OUTPUT numbers The left arrow button decrements to the next input port and the right arrow increments to the next input port The numbers are for selecting a desired INPUT IR Receiver Eye ...

Page 21: ... IR IN can be routed in any way you like One to one or one to many by using the command SET IRC EXT SW x1 x2 x3 x4 See below 4 Each IR OUT can be routed manually as well using the command SET IRC OUTx VS INy This can also be controlled by the Web Interface IR NOTES On the HDBaseT Receiver 1 IR OUT IR Emitter for sending signals to a Display or Projector Note Use Provided Emitters 2 IR IN For sendi...

Page 22: ... to the machine The same commands can be sent to the matrix using Ethernet as IP commands The serial port settings should be set to 57600 n 8 1 baud 57600 no parity 8 data bits and 1 stop bit with no handshaking Please add a return Enter key after each command when using direct commands The unified command list ASCII is listed below You can get a txt version at www avproedge com To send commands t...

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Page 24: ...pass RS232 signals through without having to use advanced routing details like baud rate To send broadcast RS232 commands you must simply plug into the HDBT RS232 port and send the commands there NOTE For Broadcast Mode baud rate does not matter this will be set by the device sending the RS232 Signal i e Control Processor RS232 command is sent to ALL open ports For Advanced RS232 Routing see the R...

Page 25: ...nd EX1 If you have a standalone unit and are using serial control you can just send a command without the address SET OUT1 VS IN3 This will set Output 1 to Input 3 EX2 If you have two units in a stack you have to label them A01 and A02 so a command will look like A02SET OUT1 VS IN3 This will set Output 1 to Input 3 ON SWITCH TWO Also please note that there is no space between the address and the c...

Page 26: ... 38400 4 57600 5 115200 There is a carriage return immediately following this command After this command you immediately follow it with the command you want to send to the device no spaces That command it then followed by another carriage return The fist command is your route and it looks like this AxxSET RS PTH OUTx LENx BRx A Device Address use this even if using a single unit just put 00 OUT Th...

Page 27: ... not send the Axx portion of the command Here is an example command that has been tested Green Route Command Red Command to be sent to device rSET RS PTH OUT3 LEN10 BR0 r n rka 0 1 n r r This example will send the string n rka 0 1 n r at 9600 baud to the extender on output 3 Note that n and r need to be replaced by the literal newline n and carriage return r characters hex 0x0a 0x0d How this is do...

Page 28: ...D x0D You can also convert to pure HEX and send a command this way x0A x41 x30 x31 x53 x45 x54 x20 x52 x53 x20 x50 x54 x48 x20 x4F x55 x54 x31 x20 x4C x45 x4E x31 x37 x20 x42 x52 x34 x0D x0A x53 x45 x54 x20 x4F x55 x54 x32 x20 x56 x53 x20 x49 x4E x32 x0D x0A A hybrid ascii hex combo Notice one less carriage return at the end of the string because the device we were sending to did not require a car...

Page 29: ...armful chemicals to come into contact with these products Clean this unit with a soft dry cloth Never use alcohol paint thinner or benzene to clean this unit Maintenance To ensure reliable operation of this product as well as protecting the safety of any person using or handling this device while powered please observe the following instructions pg 28 AVProEdge 2222 E 52nd St N Sioux Falls SD 5710...

Page 30: ...to the weight and physical size of this matrix switch correct handling and lifting should be observed at all times in order to minimize the risk of injury After Sale Service 1 Should you experience any problems while using this product first refer to the Troubleshooting section in this manual before contacting Technical Support 2 When calling Technical Support the following information should be p...

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