Kramer Electronics VP-81KSi manual

Kramer Electronics, Ltd. USER M ANUAL Model: VP -81KSi 8x1 UXGA /Audi o STEP - IN Switche r[...]

Content s i Contents 1 Introduction 1 2 Getting Sta rted 1 2.1 Quick Start 1 3 Overvi ew 3 3.1 Defining EDID 4 4 Defining the VP - 81KSi 8x1 UXGA/Audio STEP - IN Switcher 5 4.1 Using the IR Tr ansmitter for the VP - 81KSi 7 5 Installing in a Rack 8 6 Connecting the VP - 81KSi 8x1 UXGA/Audi o STEP - IN Sw itcher 9 6.1 Connecting the Balan ced/Unbala[...]

KRAMER: SIMPLE CREATIVE TECHNOL OGY Content s ii 11 EDID 28 12 Technical Specifications 29 13 Communication Parameters 30 14 Default EDID 30 15 Table of ASCII Co des for Serial Co mmun ication (Prot ocol 3000) 31 16 Table of He x Codes for Seri al Commu nicati on (Pr otocol 200 0) 32 17 Kramer Protocol 33 17.1 Switching Protocols 34 17.1.1 Swi tchi[...]

Content s iii Tables Table 1: V P - 81KS i 8x1 UXG A /Audio ST EP - IN Switcher Fron t Panel Feat ures 5 Table 2: V P - 81KSi 8x1 U XGA /Audio ST E P - IN S witcher Rear Panel Features 6 Table 3: R S - 485 DI P - sw itch Settings 13 Table 4: M achin e Number DIP - switch Settings 14 Table 5: Button I llumination Des criptions 20 Table 6: Tech nical[...]

Intro ducti on 1 1 1 Introduction Welcome to Kramer Electronics! Since 1981, Kram er Electronics has been providi ng a world of un ique , creativ e, and affordable solutio ns to the vast range o f problem s tha t confr ont the video, au dio, presen tati on, an d broadcas ting professional on a daily basi s. In recent years, we have redesigned and u[...]

K RAMER: SIMPLE CREATIVE TECHNOLO GY Getting Sta rted 2[...]

Overvi ew 3 3 3 Ove rvi ew The VP - 81K Si r out e s any in put to both ou tput s , using 15 - pin HD female connectors for the computer grap hics video signal s, a 3.5 mm mi ni jack for t he unbalanced stere o aud io O utp ut 1 si gna l, a nd a detachable t erminal b lock co nnecto r for the bal anced stereo aud io O u tput 2 signal . In particula[...]

K RAMER: SIMPLE CREATIVE TECHNOLO GY Overvi ew 4 3.1 Defining E DID The Extended Display Ident ification Data (EDID 1 ) is a data - struct ure, prov ided by a disp la y that describe s it s capabilitie s to a graphics ca rd (that is connec ted to the display ’s s ource). The ED ID en ables the PC or l aptop t o “know ” what k ind of monitor i[...]

Defining the V P - 81KSi 8x 1 UXG A /Audio ST EP - IN Switcher 5 4 Defining the VP - 81KSi 8x1 UXGA /Audio STEP - IN S witcher Figur e 1 and Table 1 define the front panel of the VP - 81KSi 8x1 UXG A/Audi o STEP -I N Switcher . Figure 1: VP - 81K Si 8x1 U XGA/A udi o STEP - IN Switcher Fr ont Pa nel Table 1: VP - 81KSi 8x1 UXG A/Au dio STE P - IN S[...]

KRAMER: SIMPLE CREATIVE TECHNOL OGY Defining the V P - 81KSi 8x 1 UXG A /Audio ST EP - IN Switcher 6 Figur e 2 and Table 2 define the rear panel of the VP - 81KS i 8x1 UXGA/ Audio ST EP - IN Switche r . Figure 2: VP - 81K Si 8x1 U XGA/A udi o STEP - IN Switcher Rear Panel Table 2: VP - 81KSi 8x1 UXG A/Au dio STE P - IN Switcher Rear Pane l Fe ature[...]

Defining the V P - 81KSi 8x 1 UXG A /Audio ST EP - IN Switcher 7 4.1 Using the I R Transmitter for the VP - 81KSi You c an use the RC - IR 3 IR transmitter to operate the machi ne via t he b uilt - in IR receiver on the front pan el or, instead, via an optional external IR receiv er 1 . T he external IR receiver can be located 15m (49ft ) away fro [...]

KRAMER: SIMPLE CREATIVE TECHNOL OGY Instal ling in a Rack 8 5 Installing i n a Rack . This section descr ibe s t he prepara tion and installation o f the unit in a rack .[...]

Connec ting the VP - 81KSi 8x1 U XGA /Audi o ST EP - IN Switch er 9 6 Connecting the VP - 81KSi 8x1 UXGA /Audio STEP - IN Switcher Figure 3 : Co nnect ing t he VP - 81K Si To connect 1 the VP - 81KSi , as illustrated in the e xample in F igure 3 : 1. Conne ct up t o eight 2 SI - 1VGA Remo te Step - in Panels to the VP - 81KSi 15 - pin HD VIDEO INPU[...]

KRAMER: SIMPLE CREATIVE TECHNOL OGY Connec ting the VP - 81KSi 8x1 U XGA /Audi o ST EP - IN Switch er 10 5. Connect the RJ - 45 AV ON CAT 5 outpu t conn ector t o a com patible TP receiver (for exam ple, TP - 120). 6. Connect the unbalanced audio 3.5mm AUDIO OUTP UT ja ck to a n unbalanced audio acceptor (for example, power amplifier ). 7. Connect [...]

Connec ting the VP - 81KSi 8x1 U XGA /Audi o ST EP - IN Switch er 11 6.2 Connecting R emote C ontact Closure Input Selection Switches You can connect remote input s elect ion s witches to the Re mote terminal block o n the rear panel of th e VP - 81KSi which e nable s yo u to rem otel y activate the relevant input. The follo wing e xamp le (see Fi [...]

KRAMER: SIMPLE CREATIVE TECHNOL OGY Connec ting the VP - 81KSi 8x1 U XGA /Audi o ST EP - IN Switch er 12 2. Usin g a 15 - pin HD ( male to male) cable 1 3. Using an audi o cable w ith 3.5mm min i jacks at both ends , connect the 15 - pi n HD co nnect or on the rear of th e SI -1 VGA to the cor resp ond ing inp ut o n the r ear of the VP - 81KSi . 2[...]

Connec ting the VP - 81KSi 8x1 U XGA /Audi o ST EP - IN Switch er 13 6.6 Connecting to the VP - 81KSi via th e RS - 485 Port You can operate the VP - 81KSi via the RS - 485 port f rom a dist ance of up to 1200m ( 3900ft) u sing a ny device equippe d wit h a n RS - 485 port (for exam ple, a PC) . For successful communication, you m ust set the RS - [...]

KRAMER: SIMPLE CREATIVE TECHNOL OGY Connec ting the VP - 81KSi 8x1 U XGA /Au di o STEP - IN Switcher 14 Table 4 : Mac hine N umbe r DIP - switch Settings Machi ne Num ber 1 2 3 1 (De faul t) O FF OFF OFF 2 OFF OFF ON 3 OFF ON OFF 4 OFF ON ON 5 ON OFF OFF 6 ON OF F ON 7 ON ON OFF 8 ON ON ON DIP - switc h 4 sets t he RS - 485 b us ter minat ion o f t[...]

Connec ting the VP - 81KSi 8x1 U XGA /Audi o ST EP - IN Switch er 15 Note : Audio connections must follow the s ame connection scheme as the video conne ctio ns . 4. Set the DIP - s witches (see Section 6.6.1  The first device is machine number 1 (Master) and the following seven devices are machine num bers 2 to 8 ) as foll ows:  Terminate th[...]

KRAMER: SIMPLE CREATIVE TECHNOL OGY Connec ting the VP - 81KSi 8x1 U XGA /Audi o ST EP - IN Switch er 16 You c an con figur e RS - 232 - 2 port com m and mac ros to sen d any da ta on one of the two pos sibl e t rigge r s: • The “Device startu p” trigger. T his trig ger is generated when one or more signals are detected on any of the inputs a[...]

Connec ting the VP - 81KSi 8x1 U XGA /Audi o ST EP - IN Switch er 17 Figure 10 : Local A rea C onne ctio n Pro pertie s Wi ndow 5. Select Intern et Protocol (TCP/I P) (see Figur e 10 ). 6. Click the Properties button . 7. Select Use the follo wing IP address , and fil l in the details a s shown in Fig ure 11 . Fig ure 11 : Internet Pr otocol (TCP/I[...]

KRAMER: SIMPLE CREATIVE TECHNOL OGY Connec ting the VP - 81KSi 8x1 U XGA /Audi o ST EP - IN Switch er 18 6.9.2 Connecting v ia a Network H ub, Switch, or Router You can connect the Ethernet port of the VP - 81KS i to the Ether net p ort on a netwo rk hub , s w itch, or ro uter, via a straight t hrou gh cable with RJ - 45 conn ectors . The VP - 81K [...]

Operati ng th e VP - 81 KSi Locally via th e Front P anel Butt ons 19  Ethernet, if y ou are connected via an Ethernet cable. Enter the IP addre ss 1 or the m achine name The defa ult I P address i s 192.168. 1.39 an d the def aul t nam e for the unit is KRAMER_XXXX 2  Serial, if y ou are connected via a serial port. Select the COM port from [...]

KRAMER: SIMPLE CREATIVE TECHNOL OGY Operati ng th e VP - 81KSi L oca lly via the Front Panel Butt ons 20 Table 5 : Butt on I llumi natio n De scriptions But to n Col or Selected Input Signal Red Yes No Green No Yes Violet Yes Yes Button does not light No Yes or no To s witch a n inpu t to the out puts , p ress one of the eig ht front pan el INPUT S[...]

Operati ng th e VP - 81KSi R em otely 21 Pr essing I nput 5 butto n o n dev ice 8 selec ts Inp ut 5 o n devic e 8 and a uto maticall y selec ts Inp ut 1 on all subse que nt de vice s. 8 Operating the VP - 81KSi Remotely You can operate the VP - 81KSi re motel y usin g the Kra mer K - Single Contro l Software on a PC. For f ull details, see th e Kra[...]

KRAMER: SIMPLE CREATIVE TECHNOL OGY Operati ng th e VP - 81KSi R em otely using a Web Br ows er 22 If you do not see the success m essage, follow the instructions on the page to: • Load and enable Java • Enable Javascript in your browser 9.1 To Log On to the VP - 81KSi W eb Pages To log on t o VP - 81KSi Web pages: 1. Open you r Internet brows [...]

Operati ng th e VP - 81KSi R em otely using a Web Br ows er 23 Figure 16 : First Time Security Warning 3. Click Run . The main switching control Hom e page is displayed which shows a graphical interpretatio n of the front pane l (see Fig ure 17 ). The Web pages let you control the VP - 8x8AK via the Ethernet. The menu appears on the left si de of t[...]

KRAMER: SIMPLE CREATIVE TECHNOL OGY Operati ng th e VP - 81KSi R em otely using a Web Br ows er 24 Figure 17 : VP -8 1K Si Swi tchi ng Mat rix Page You can perform the f ollowing operations via this Web page: • Operate in the AFV mode or sw itch the audio and video separately, by clic king t he Audio , Video or AFV buttons (s ee Section 9.2.1 •[...]

Operati ng th e VP - 81KSi R em otely using a Web Br ows er 25 Figure 18 : Switch ing a n Inp ut to an O utput 9.2.2 Operat ing in t he Confir m Mode By default, the devi ce is set to the At - Once mode. To opera te in the Co nfirm mode: 1. Click the red O ffline but ton. The bord er of the butto n tur ns d ark. 2. Click the desired switchin g - po[...]

KRAMER: SIMPLE CREATIVE TECHNOL OGY Operati ng th e VP - 81KSi R em otely using a Web Br ows er 26 4. Click the Onli ne button to e xit the Confirm mod e. If you c lic k the O nline b utton befo re yo u click t he TAKE b utto n, the follo win g war ning s ho wn in Fi gure 20 app ears. Figure 20 : Ex iting Offline Warni ng Clicking OK cancels all ch[...]

Operati ng th e VP - 81KSi R em otely using a Web Br ows er 27 9.4 The Configurati ons Page The Confi gura tions p age lets you vi ew so me Et her net set tin gs and chan ge othe rs (see Figur e 22 ). Fields with a white backgro und are ed itable; fields wit h a blue background are read - on l y. To c hange t he co nfigur at ion d efinit ion s: 1. [...]

KRAMER: SIMPLE CREATIVE TECHNOL OGY Upgradi ng the Firmwar e 28 10 Upgrad ing the Firmware For instruc tio ns on up gr ading the fi rmwar e, se e the doc ument Updating t he VP- 81KSi Firmware Usin g P3 K Softwa re . The latest versio n of firmware and installation i nstructio ns can b e downl oaded from the Kramer Web site at www.kramerelectronics[...]

Technical S pecificatio ns 29 12 Technical Specifications Table 6 lists the tech nical spec ifications 1 Table 6 : Tec hnical Spe cifi cati ons of t he VP - 81KSi of the VP - 81KSi . INPUTS: 8 X GA on 15 - pin HD (F) connectors 8 U n balan ced stereo audi o on 3.5mm mini jack s OUTPUTS : 1 X GA on 15 - pin HD connector 1 TP o n RJ - 45 conne ctor 1[...]

KRAMER: SIMPLE CREATIVE TECHNOL OGY Communi cation Parameters 30 13 Communication Parameters Table 7 lists the communication param eters as used in Kramer Electronics products . Table 7 : Com munic ation Param et ers RS - 232 Protoco l 2000 Proto col 300 0 (Def ault) Baud Rate : 9 600 Baud Rate: 11 5, 200 Data Bit s: 8 Data Bit s: 8 Stop Bits: 1 St[...]

Ta ble of ASCII Codes f or Serial Comm unication ( Protoc ol 30 00) 31 GTF st an dard............. Not supported Additiona l descriptors... N one Preferred tim ing......... Yes Native/preferr ed tim ing.. 1024x768p at 60Hz (4:3) Modeline....... ........ " 1024x768" 65. 000 1024 1048 1 184 1344 768 771 777 806 -hsync -v sync Detailed tim i[...]

KRAMER: SIMPLE CREATIVE TECHNOL OGY Ta ble of Hex Code s for Ser ial Co mmunica tion ( Protocol 2000) 32 Table 9: VP - 81KSi Au dio In put G ain Code s INP UT 1 INPU T 5 IN PUT X* Level [Re l] #AUD - LVL 1,1, - 63 CR … #AUD - LVL 1,5, - 63 CR … #AU D - LVL 1,X, - 63 CR - 63 dB Mute … … … #AUD - LVL 1,1, - 50 CR … #AU D - LVL 1,5, - 50 C[...]

Kramer Protocol 33 Note: Before sending any of the codes in Table 13 , the comm and 2A 86 80 81 must be sent. Table 13 : He x Code s that Set t he Audio I nput Gain IN 1 IN 2 IN 3 IN 4 IN 5 IN 6 IN 7 IN 8 Level [Re l] 16 81 8 0* 81 16 82 80 * 81 16 83 8 0* 81 16 84 8 0* 81 16 85 80 * 81 16 86 80 * 81 16 87 8 0* 81 16 88 8 0* 81 - 63 dB Mute … …[...]

KRAMER: SIMPLE CREATIVE TECHNOL OGY Kramer Protocol 34 17 .1 Switching Pr otocols You can switch pr otocols eith er via the front panel b uttons ( see Sectio n 17.1.1 ) or the prot ocol com man ds ( see 17.1.2 S ection 17 .1.1 Switching Prot ocols via th e Front Panel Button s ). To sw itch from protocol 3000 t o protocol 2000 via the: • Front pa[...]

Kramer Protocol 35 # Addre ss @ Comma nd_1 Parameter1_1 , P aramete r1_2 ,… | C ommand_ 2 Paramet er2_1 , Param eter2_2, … | Com mand_3 Paramet er3_1 , P ar ameter 3_2 ,… |… CR Device mes sage format: Star t Address (optional) Body Delimite r ~ Sender_ id@ message CR LF Device long response ( Ech oing comm and ): Star t Address (optional) B[...]

KRAMER: SIMPLE CREATIVE TECHNOL OGY Kramer Protocol 36 Commands enter ing : If terminal software used to connect over seria l ethernet USB port, that possible to directly enter all commands characters ( CR will b e entered by Enter key, that key send also LF , but this char will be ignored by commands parser). Sending commands from so me contro[...]

Kramer Protocol 37 Basic routing commands Command S ynt a x Response Swi tch a udio & vide o AV IN > OUT , IN > OUT , … AV IN > OUT , IN > OU T ,… RESUL T Swi tch vi deo only VID IN > OU T , IN > OUT , … Shor t form : V IN > OU T , IN > OUT , … VID IN > OUT , IN > OUT , … RESUL T Not e: When AFV mode is a[...]

KRAMER: SIMPLE CREATIVE TECHNOL OGY Kramer Protocol 38 Signal Status commands Command S ynt a x Response Change signal status ----- ------ -------- SIGNAL I NPUT , STATUS Get si gn al s tatus SIGNAL ? INP UT SIGN AL INP UT , STATU S Par ame ters De scri ptio n: INPU T = Input number, ‘*’ for a ll. STATUS = Signal st ate: "0" or "[...]

Kramer Protocol 39 Oper at io n com ma nd s Command S ynt a x Response Lock front pane l LOC K - FP LOCK - MODE Shor t form : LCK LOCK - MODE LOCK - FP LOCK - MODE RESUL T Get fron t panel locking st ate LOCK - FP? LOCK - FP LOCK - MODE Par ame ters De scri ptio n: LOCK -M ODE = Fro nt panel loc king state: " 0" or "off " to unl[...]

KRAMER: SIMPLE CREATIVE TECHNOL OGY Kramer Protocol 40 Machine info co mmands Reset configu ration to facto r y default FACTORY FACTORY RESULT Identification co mmands Command S ynt a x Response Protocol Handshaking # CR ~OK CR LF Read device mode l MODEL? MODEL MA CH INE_ MODE L Read device se r ial number SN? SN SER IAL_NUMBER Read device fi rmwa[...]

Kramer Protocol 41 Network se ttings commands NTDH Read subnet mask NET - DHCP ? NTDH? NET - DHCP D HCP_MODE DHCP_M ODE = 0 – Don't us e DH CP (U se IP set by fac tory or IP s et com ma nd). 1 – T ry to use D HCP, i f unavailab le use I P as above. Change protocol E the rnet port ETH - POR T PR OTOCOL , POR T ETHP ETH - PORT PROTOCO L , P [...]

KRAMER: SIMPLE CREATIVE TECHNOL OGY Kramer Protocol 42 2nd byte OUT P UT 1 O6 O5 O4 O3 O2 O1 O0 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 3rd byte MACHIN E NUMBER 1 OVR X M4 M3 M2 M1 M0 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 4th byte 1 st BYTE: Bit 7 – Defined as 0. D – “DES TINA TION ”: 0 - for sending information to the switchers (from the PC); 1 - for sending to the PC (from the switch[...]

Kramer Protocol 43 INST RUC TION DEFINITI ON FOR SPECIFIC INSTRU CTION NOTE # DESCRI PTION INPU T OUT P UT 3 ST ORE VIDEO ST ATUS Se t as SETU P # 0 - to store 1 - to delete 2, 3 4 RECALL VID EO STATUS Set as SET UP # 0 2, 3 5 REQU EST STAT US OF A VIDEO OUT PUT Set as SET UP # Equal to output num ber whose status is re quir ed 4, 3 6 REQU EST STAT[...]

KRAMER: SIMPLE CREATIVE TECHNOL OGY Kramer Protocol 44 NOTES on the above table: NOTE 1 - When the master switcher is reset, (e.g. when it is turned on), the reset code is sent to the PC. If this code is se nt to the switchers, it will reset according to the present power-down settings. NOTE 2 - These are bi-dir ectional definitions. That is, if th[...]

Kramer Protocol 45 If the OUTPUT is set as 1, then the ASCII coding of the lettering following the machine’s name is sent. For example, for the VS- 7588YC, the reply to the request to send the first suffix would be (HEX codes): 7D D9 C3 81 (i.e. 128dec+ ASCII for “ Y”; 128dec+ ASCII for “C”). NOTE 14 - The number of inputs and outputs ref[...]

KRAMER: SIMPLE CREATIVE TECHNOL OGY 46 LI MIT ED W ARRANT Y WHO I S PROTECTED? WHA T IS COVERED AND WHA T IS NO T COVERED WHA T WE WI LL P AY FOR A ND WH A T WE WILL N OT P A Y FOR HOW YOU CAN G ET W ARRANTY SERVI CE LIMI T ATION OF I MPLIE D WARRANT IES EXCLUSION OF DAMAGES CAUT ION ! We warrant th is pro duct fr ee from def ects in mater ial an d[...]

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