Altinex DA103-217 manual

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    ® 592 Apollo Street Brea • California 92821 • USA 1-800-AL TINEX • T el: +1-714-990-2300 • Fax: +1-714-990-3303 www .altinex.com AP-016 Rev 1 Page 1 of 6 V ersatile DA103 -217 Solves Challenging Installa tions Requir e ments Intr odu ction The Altinex DA103-217 Line Driver/Receiver was designed to address many common dif ficulties encounte[...]

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    AP-016 Rev 1 Page 2 of 6 Figur e 2. Using the DA103-217 as line driver In addition, the DA103-217 has circuitry to buf fer ED ID ( Ex tended Display Identification Data) signals from a computer and will transmit them 150ft to a display . W ithout t he buf fer , these signals can be transmitted only 25ft, thus losing the monitor ’ s information fo[...]

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    AP-016 Rev 1 Page 3 of 6 Figur e 4. ED ID signals are not available through the A V System W ith the DA103-217 and the EDID Blaster software (Developed by Altinex ), the EDID information from a display can be read using a laptop and then programmed to the internal line driver' s EDID emulator . Once programmed, the DA103-217 will emulate the d[...]

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    AP-016 Rev 1 Page 4 of 6 The DA103-217 has a powerful equalization circuitry and can recover degraded V G A si gnal as far as 250 ft away when standard VGA cable is used. When connected at the end of a cable, the DA103-217 can significantly improve image contrast and sharpness. When VGA signal travels through coaxial cable, the signal gets degraded[...]

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    AP-016 Rev 1 Page 5 of 6 the sync threshold from 0 to 100% of the sync amplitude. T his adjustm ent level guarantees accurate sync recovery for the longest cable length. For extra long cable lengths, it is possible to use two DA103-217s to extend the distance to over 400ft. W hen two units are interconnected, E Q and GAIN controls should be set to [...]

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    AP-016 Rev 1 Page 6 of 6 Figur e 10. 250ft of coax ial ca ble after equalization with DA103-217 Conclusion The Alti nex DA103-217 is a versatile A V tool that is easy to use and provides a wealth of capabilities to resolve many common challenges during a typical A V system installation. W ith separate equalization and gain controls, this unit provi[...]