Marshall Electronics Network Control Box for IMD Monitors NCB-1004 manual

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    Marshall E lectronics NCB-1004 Network Contr ol Box for IMD M onitors Operating Instr uctions[...]

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    3 3 Contents Product Ov erview .............................................................. ....................................................................... ............................. 4 Features ....................................................................... .......................................................................[...]

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    4 Product Over view The NCB-10 04 Net work Control box is a com prehensiv e remote c ontrol solutio n for Mars hall’s IMD (In- Monitor Display) line of m onitors. T he NCB-1004 of fers complete contr ol of each monitor's menu settings and adj ustm ents such as contrast, col or, curtain c olor, as pect ratio, and more. T he NCB-10 04 can cont[...]

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    5 Install ation and Power- On ■ Unpacking Carefull y unpack the NC B-1004 and verif y that the f ollowing i tems are included: • NCB-1004 Network Control Box • V-PS12-5V-1 Power S uppl y with 2-Pin T wist Lock Connector • Operating Instructions Inspect the u nit for an y phys ical dam age that ma y have occurred d uring shi pping. Shoul d t[...]

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    6 Front and Rear Panel Features RS-422 Out puts The RS-422 outputs sen d MEI pr otocol com mands to Marshal l’s IMD line of monitor s. Each out put has exactly the s am e signal. Up to 1 28 screens c an be connected to each outp ut. T hese output ports a lso pass Im age Video or T SL v4.0 pro tocol com mands from the Control Input, embedded i n t[...]

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    7 Connecting to the NCB-1004 Overview The NCB-10 04 can be operated b y any com puter with a web bro wser, via a T CP/IP net work connec tion. No a dditional software is needed. T he NCB-10 04 ma y be connecte d directl y to a singl e com puter, or connec ted to a l ocal area net work and acces sed by mult iple com puters . The NCB-100 4 is shipped[...]

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    8 Connecti ng to t he NCB-100 4 (conti nued) Connecting the NCB-1004 to a Single Computer (cont inued) 8. Click O K in the Intern et Prot ocol (T CP/IP) Propertie s window, an d then cl ick Close i n the Local Area Connection Propertie s windo w. 9. Open an y web browser application (Internet Explorer, Firefox , etc.) 10. Enter the address http://1[...]

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    9 Connecti ng to t he NCB-100 4 (conti nued) Connecting the NCB-1004 to a Local A rea Netw ork If the networ k portion of the unit’s IP addres s (firs t three number s) matc hes your network , the NCB- 1004 can be connected to a local ar ea net work and acc essed fr om any com puter on th e network . The unit’s I P address m ust also be availab[...]

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    10 Changing t he IP Address of the NCB-1004 Overview The NCB-10 04 is ship ped with a d efault IP addr ess of 192. 168.0.233 . T his IP a ddress can be chang ed via t he network connection. Note that t he existing IP add ress must be known to make th is change. If the existin g IP ad dress is unknown , please cont act Marsh all Electron ics for a s[...]

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    11 Changing t he IP Address o f the NCB-1004 ( cont inued) Procedure (continued) 5. At the pass word prom pt shown bel ow, do not e nter a password a nd sim ply click O K : 6. Then, the fol lowing com m and line interfac e should app ear: 7. T y pe the follo wing com mand at the com m and prom pt, and press enter : vi /etc/network/interfaces[...]

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    12 Changing t he IP Address o f the NCB-1004 ( cont inued) Procedure (continued) 8. The f ollowing file inf ormation s hould appear : 9. This f ile must be edited t o save the new IP ad dress. Us e the followin g comm ands to ed it the file. Ed it only the numbers. Do not pres s the enter key after each co mmand. To move the cursor , use arr ow key[...]

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    13 System C onfiguration Overview The NCB-10 04 can be used in thr ee diff erent system configurat ions. The f ollowing di agram s show the dif ferent configurat ions: Basic Remote Control of IMD Monito rs ■ Overview Use the follo wing conf iguration for basic r emote c ontrol of Mars hall IMD ser ies m onitors. T his setup a llows re mote contro[...]

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    14 System Co nfigu ration (conti nued) Remote Control with Image Video Pass-Through ■ Overview Use the follo wing conf iguration for basic r emote c ontrol of Mars hall IMD ser ies m onitors, whi le also pas sing thr ough Image Video pr otoco l. This setup a llows rem ote control of the IMD m onitor, and p ass -through of Im age Video text and ta[...]

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    15 System Co nfigu ration (conti nued) Remote Control with TSL Pass-Through ■ Overview Use the follo wing conf iguration for basic r emote c ontrol of Mars hall IMD ser ies m onitors, whi le also pas sing thr ough TSL v4.0 prot ocol. This s etup allo ws rem ote control of the IMD m onitor along with pass- through of TSL text a nd tally comm ands [...]

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    16 Web Int erface Overview The web inter face is use d to op erate the NC B-1004. O nce the NCB-100 4 is conne cted to a net work, acc ess the web interface b y entering the units IP address in any web b rowser on a ny com puter on the network . The web interfac e allows rem ote control of all o n-screen m enu featur es of ind ividual m onitors or [...]

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    17 Web Inter face ( continued) Window Management The W indow Managem ent page is shown b elow: Use the butt ons and m enus sho wn above for th e follo wing settings : o As pect Ratio ( 4:3, Scaled 4:3, 16:9, Centered 16:9 / Fu ll Screen) o O n-Screen Mar kers (Aspect Rat io and Safe Ar ea Mark ers) o C enter Mark er o Mar ker Bac kground o C urtain[...]

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    18 Web Inter face ( continued) Preset Configuration The Preset Co nfigurat ion page is shown be low: Use the butt ons shown a bove to l oad and s ave prese ts in each m onitor. Note that thes e controls af fect the pr esets in each m onitor onl y. There are no presets in th e NCB-10 04 itself. o Load (Load pres ets Us er1 – User 6, or Factor y De[...]

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    19 Web Inter face ( continued) OSD Configuration & IMD The OSD Conf igurat ion & IMD page is sho wn below: Use the first s ection of the OSD & IMD pag e to set th e protoco l pass-th rough s ettings : o Set Protoco l (Image V ideo, T SL) – Select th e protoc ol type to be passed thr ough the NCB- 1004. No te that this option m ust be [...]

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    20 Web Inter face ( continued) S y stem The System page is s hown bel ow: Use the butt ons shown a bove to s end the f ollowing co mm ands: o Ping (Healt hy, Unhe althy) – T est a comm and and respons e with a m onitor. o Get Softw are Version – Reads th e m ain software ver sion of a m onitor. o Get Protocol Version – Reads th e protocol ver[...]

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    21 Web Inter face ( continued) Table of Web Interface Commands Aspect Rat io 4:3, Scaled 4:3, 16:9, 16:9 Center ed Set Marker Off, On Window Managemen t Set Center Off, On Set Backgroun d Transparent, 50% Gray, Black Set Curtain Color Blue, Red, Green, White, Black Men u Controls Menu, Select, Up, Dow n, F1, F2 Power Color Increase Value, Decrease [...]

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    22 Specifications ■ CONT ROL INPUT Connector 1 x RJ12 (Modular 6 P6C) Ph y sical Layer RS-422 Data Protoco ls Image Video: Start Bits 1 Data Bits 7 Parity Even Stop Bits 1 Baud Rate 3840 0 TSL v4.0 Protoc ol: Start Bits 1 Data Bits 8 Parity Even Stop Bits 1 Baud Rate 3840 0 Pinout ■ MONITO R OUT PUTS Connectors 4 x RJ12 (Modular 6 P6C) Ph y sic[...]

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    Specifica tions (cont inued) Warrant y Marshall El ectronics warranties to th e first c onsum er that this NCB- 1004 LCD m onitor will, under norm al use, be f ree fr om defects in workm anship and m aterials, when recei ved in its origin al container, for a peri od of one year f rom the purchas e date. T his warrant y is extended t o the firs t co[...]

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    Marshall Electr onics, Inc . 1910 East Maple Ave. El Segundo, CA 90245 Tel: (800) 800-6608 / (310) 333-0606 • Fax : 310-333-0688 www.LCDRacks.com • sales@lcd racks.com[...]