Extron electronic QSD 204 manual

QSD 204 Quad Standard Decoder series QSD 204 and QSD 204 D 68-651-01 Printed in the USA[...]

This symbol is intended to alert the user of important operating and maintenance (servicing) instructions in the literature provided with the equipment. This symbol is intended to alert the user of the presence of uninsulated dangerous voltage within the product's enclosure that may present a risk of electric shock. Caution Read Instructions ?[...]

Quick Start — QSD 204 Installation Step 1 Refer to the application example at the end of this page. T urn off power to the decoder and input and output devices, and remove power cords from them. Step 2 Install the four rubber feet on the bottom of the QSD 204 decoder , or mount the decoder in a rack. Step 3 Attach input devices to the decoder . R[...]

Quick Start — QSD 204, cont’d QSD 204 Menu System Default Cycle menu Main menu 1 Input Configuration menu Pow er on EXTRON QSD204D 2 sec. INPUT 1 CMPOSITE 2 sec. 2 sec. NO SIGNAL 2 sec. * The No Signal def ault menu only occurs if there is no signal present at the currently selected input connector. INPUT CONFIG MENU MENU OUTPUT CONFIG MENU ADV[...]

2 Output Configuration menu 3 Advanced Configuration menu 4 Exit menu Extron QSD204D OUTPUT CONFIG MENU NEXT SIGNAL RGB H SYNC V NEG POS NEXT NEXT NEXT INPUT CONFIG MENU Output video types • RGB (default) • YUV • RGsB Sync polarity combinations • H-/V - (default) • H-/V+ • H+/V - • H+/V+ NOTE This submenu is only active for RGB. If th[...]

Quick Start — QSD 204, cont’d Picture Adjustments menu Executive Mode menu Color Tint 128 114 Input selection button COL/TNT INPUT 3 S-VIDEO 10 sec. timeout NOTE The Adjust horizontal knob and the Adjust vertical knob are used to adjust the image settings on the left and right sides of the LCD screen, respectively . Pow er on EXTRON QSD204D 2 s[...]

i QSD 204 • Table of Contents T able of Contents Chapter 1 • Introduction ...................................................................................................... 1- 1 About this Manual ............................................................................................................ 1- 2 About the QSD 204 ..............[...]

ii QSD 204 • Table of Contents T able of Contents, cont’d Executive Mode ................................................................................................................ 2-15 IR 901 Infrared Remote Control .............................................................................. 2-16 Freezing an input ......................[...]

QSD 204 1 Chapter One Intr oduction About this Manual About the QSD 204 Features and Options[...]

QSD 204 • Introduction 1-2 Introduction About this Manual This manual discusses how to install, configure, and operate the Extron QSD 204 quad standard decoder and how to operate the optional IR 901 infrared remote control (part #70-152-01). Throughout this manual the terms “QSD”, “quad standard decoder”, and “decoder” are used interc[...]

1-3 QSD 204 • Introduction Three ways to control the decoder — The decoder ’s front panel, a computer or other RS-232 control device, or the optional IR 901 remote control can all be used to control the QSD. Autoswitch mode — When autoswitching is enabled, the decoder will automatically select the highest numbered input which has an input p[...]

Introduction, cont’d QSD 204 • Introduction 1-4[...]

QSD 204 2 Chapter T wo Installation and Operation Mounting the Decoder Rear Panel Features Front Panel Features Menus, Configuration, and Adjustments Image Adjustments Input Reset System Reset Executive Mode IR 901 Infrared Remote Control T roubleshooting[...]

Installation and Operation QSD 204 • Installation and Operation 2-2 Mounting the Decoder T abletop/desktop placement For tabletop or desktop placement only , install the self-adhesive rubber feet/pads (provided) onto the four corners of the bottom of the enclosure. Rack mounting 1 . If feet were installed on the bottom of the QSD 204, remove them[...]

2-3 QSD 204 • Installation and Operation Under -fur niture mounting For under-tabletop or under-desktop placement (see illustration below), install the optional under-furniture mounting kit (part #70-219-01), as follows: Mounting the QSD 204 on the underside of furniture 1 . Attach the mounting brackets to the QSD 204 decoder using the decoder ?[...]

Installation and Operation QSD 204 • Installation and Operation 2-4 Application diagram The following diagram is an example of a typical QSD 204 application with cable connections. Example application of the QSD 204 Rear Panel Features The rear panel of the QSD 204 D, as shown below , contains all of the possible connectors available on the QSD 2[...]

2-5 QSD 204 • Installation and Operation 3 V ideo input 2: Composite/S-video/Component — This input, consisting of 3 female BNC connectors, accepts composite video, S-video, and component video signals. Connect cables for the appropriate signal type, as shown here. R-Y 2 Y /VID B-Y /C R-Y 2 Y /VID B-Y /C Composite Video Component Video (R-Y , Y[...]

Installation and Operation, cont’d QSD 204 • Installation and Operation 2-6 Outputs 7 and 8 are both buffered and can be connected simultaneously to two different displays. The sync format will be the same for both outputs. 8 RGB or HD component (R-Y , Y , B-Y) 15-pin HD video output — Connect an RGB video display or HD component video displa[...]

2-7 QSD 204 • Installation and Operation Front Panel Features The front panel buttons, controls, LCD, and infrared sensor of the QSD 204, as shown below , are found on all models of the QSD 204 decoder series. The LEDs above each input button will light green and the LEDs above/below both picture control buttons will light amber when the button i[...]

Installation and Operation, cont’d QSD 204 • Installation and Operation 2-8 Blanking control button — This button controls the blanking adjustment on the display . T o remove noise or extraneous material, such as closed captioning, remove scan lines at either the top or bottom of the screen. Rotate the Adjust horizontal ( ) knob to adjust the[...]

2-9 QSD 204 • Installation and Operation Menus, Configuration, and Adjustments Decoder configuration and adjustments can be performed by using the W indows-based control program (see chapter 3 for details) or by using the fr ont panel controls and the menus that are displayed on the QSD 204’s LCD screen. These menus are used primarily when the [...]

Installation and Operation, cont’d QSD 204 • Installation and Operation 2-10 Main menus T o return to the default screens, let the QSD 204 time-out for 10 seconds, or press the Menu button until the Exit Menu menu appears, then press the Next button. Submenus are accessed from a main menu by pressing the Next button. If you press the Menu butto[...]

2-11 QSD 204 • Installation and Operation Input 1 can only input composite video, and Input 3 can only input S-video, no other video types are selectable for these inputs. Only inputs 2 and 4 offer selectable video types. From the Input Configuration menu, pressing the Next key repeatedly will display submenus with the input video types for Input[...]

Installation and Operation, cont’d QSD 204 • Installation and Operation 2-12 positive or negative H and V sync by rotating either the Adjust horizontal ( ) or Adjust vertical ( ) knob. If the previous output signal was specified as RGsB or YUV , this submenu will not be displayed because this menu is only active for RGBHV . Serration pulse remo[...]

2-13 QSD 204 • Installation and Operation Blue mode T o aid in setup of the decoder ’s color and tint, the Blue mode can be set from this submenu to “On” so that only sync and blue video signals will be passed to the display . Use either the Adjust horizontal ( ) or Adjust vertical ( ) knob to specify this mode. The default is “Off”. Th[...]

Installation and Operation, cont’d QSD 204 • Installation and Operation 2-14 Color Tint 128 114 Input selection button COL/TNT INPUT 3 S-VIDEO 10 sec. timeout NOTE The Adjust horizontal knob and the Adjust vertical knob are used to adjust the image settings on the left and right sides of the LCD screen, respectively . Pow er on EXTRON QSD204D 2[...]

2-15 QSD 204 • Installation and Operation Input Reset Each input of the QSD 204 decoder can be reset to its default centering values by holding down the specific input button until the Input # Reset message is displayed on the LCD screen. System Reset The QSD 204 can be reset to all of it’s default values by holding down the Input 1 button whil[...]

Installation and Operation, cont’d QSD 204 • Installation and Operation 2-16 IR 901 Infrared Remote Control The IR 901, shown at right, replicates all of the front panel controls except the Menu and Next buttons. If Executive mode has been enabled on the QSD 204, input selection and adjustments can still be made from the IR 901, but you must us[...]

2-17 QSD 204 • Installation and Operation T roubleshooting This section gives recommendations on what to do if you have problems operating the QSD 204, and it provides examples and descriptions for some image pr oblems you might encounter . The following are some tips to help you in troubleshooting. 1. Some symptoms may resemble others, so you ma[...]

Installation and Operation, cont’d QSD 204 • Installation and Operation 2-18[...]

QSD 204 3 Chapter Thr ee Serial Communication RS-232 Programmer’ s Guide Control Software for Windows[...]

QSD 204 • Serial Communication 3-2 Serial Communication The QSD 204 can be remotely controlled via a host computer or other device (such as a control system) attached to the r ear panel Remote connector . The control device (host) can use either Extron’s Simple Instruction Set (SIS) commands or the graphical control program for W indows. The de[...]

3-3 QSD 204 • Serial Communication Using the command/response tables The command/response tables on the next page list valid command ASCII codes, the decoder ’s responses to the host, and a description of the command’s function or the results of executing the command. U pper and lower case characters may be used interchangeably in the command[...]

Serial Communication, cont’d QSD 204 • Serial Communication 3-4 Command/response table for SIS commands Command ASCII Command Response Additional description (host to decoder) (decoder to host) Input selection Select video input X5 !C X5 V ideo input X1 Example :3 ! C 3 Example : select video input 3 Video mute Mute on 1 B Vmt X2 Mute video out[...]

3-5 QSD 204 • Serial Communication V iew the brightness value Y Brt X1 0 Show the brightness setting. Detail mode Set the detail level X1 3 D Det X1 3 Specify the detail level. V iew the detail value D Det X1 3 Show the detail setting. Horizontal shift Set horizontal position X1 0 H Hph X1 0 Specify the horizontal position. Increment + H Hph X1 0[...]

Serial Communication, cont’d QSD 204 • Serial Communication 3-6 Enable (lock image adjustments) 1 X Exe1 Lock front panel adjustments; adjust image via RS-232 only . V iew the executive mode status X Exe X1 6 Show executive mode status. Example : X Exe0 Firmware version, part number & information requests Query firmware version number Q V e[...]

3-7 QSD 204 • Serial Communication The syntax for setting a special function is X? * X! # where X? is the function number and X! is the value. T o view a function’s setting, use X? # where X? is the function number . In the following table the values of the X? variable are different for each command/function. These values are given in the right[...]

Serial Communication, cont’d QSD 204 • Serial Communication 3-8 Control Software for Windows The included Extron QSD 204 Control Pr ogram for W indows offers another way to control the QSD 204 via RS-232 connection in addition to the Simple Instruction Set commands. The control program’s graphical interface includes the same functions as thos[...]

3-9 QSD 204 • Serial Communication 3 . Click on the I/O Config button to configure the inputs from the I/O Configuration W indow . Using the help program For information on program featur es, press the F1 computer key , or click on the Help menu from within the QSD 204 Control Program, or double-click on the QSD 204 Help icon in the Extron Electr[...]

Serial Communication, cont’d QSD 204 • Serial Communication 3-10[...]

QSD 204 A Appendix Appendix Specifications Part Numbers and Accessories Firmware Upgrade Installation Serial Digital Interface (SDI) Card Installation[...]

QSD 204 • Appendix A-2 Appendix Specifications Video input Number/signal type ................... 1 RGBS, RGBcvS 1 component video (Y, R-Y, B-Y), S-video, composite video 1 SDI (optional) 1 S-video 1 composite video Connectors ................................... 1 15-pin HD female (RGB) 3 BNC female (component video, S-video, composite video) 1 B[...]

A-3 QSD 204 • Appendix Program control .......................... Extron’s control program for Windows® Extron’s Simple Instruction Set™ – SIS™ General Power ............................................ 100VAC to 240VAC, 50/60 Hz, 30 watts, internal, auto-switchable Temperature/humidity .............. Storage -40° to +158°F (-40° to[...]

Appendix, cont’d QSD 204 • Appendix A-4 Part Numbers and Accessories Included parts These items are included in each order for a QSD 204 decoder: Included parts Part number QSD 204, 204 D (1) 60-501-01, -02 Rubber feet (self-adhesive) (4) 25-020-02 IEC power cord 27-044-01 T weeker (small screwdriver) 100-014-01 QSD 204 User ’s Manual 68-651-[...]

A-5 QSD 204 • Appendix Firmware Upgrade Installation In some cases the QSD 204’s firmware may require replacement with an updated version. There are three user-replaceable firmware chips: U41 — the main microcontr oller , U38, and U17. The numbers are printed on the circuit boar d. W e recommend that you send the unit to Extron for service an[...]

Appendix, cont’d QSD 204 • Appendix A-6 Locating the three firmware IC chips 5. After you are electrically grounded, the U17 or U38 IC chip may be removed by grasping it firmly with your fingers and pulling it out, then continuing to step 8. Removal of the U41 IC chip requires a PLCC IC puller tool. T o remove the U41 chip, align the hooks of a[...]

A-7 QSD 204 • Appendix Serial Digital Interface (SDI) Card Installation The optional SDI card may be installed in the decoder if it does not already have an input for a serial digital interface signal. W e recommend that you send the unit in to Extron for service and updates. Changes to electronic components must be performed by authorized servic[...]

Appendix, cont’d QSD 204 • Appendix A-8 6. The SDI card has a 20-pin socket on the underside which should align with the 20 pins on the main circuit boar d. Be sure to align the pins properly , in order to prevent bending the pins, before pressing the SDI card firmly in place against the standoff. The mounting hole on the SDI card should now be[...]