Colorlight Z4 User Manual
Z4 Super Controller
Content
1 Overview .......................................................................................................................................... 1
2 Appearance ..................................................................................................................................... 2
3 Signal Connection .......................................................................................................................... 3
4 LEDVISION Installation ................................................................................................................. 4
5 Parameter Configuration ............................................................................................................... 5
5.1 Detect Sender and Receiving Card .................................................................................. 5
5.2 LED Screen Setting ............................................................................................................. 6
5.2.1 Sending Device Setting ............................................................................................ 7
5.2.2 Screen Parameters Setting .................................................................................... 14
5.2.3 Connection Parameters Setting ............................................................................ 14
6 LCD Operation Instruction .......................................................................................................... 18
6.1 Operational Motion Instruction ......................................................................................... 18
6.2 Main Interface ..................................................................................................................... 18
6.3 Operation Instruction ......................................................................................................... 18
6.3.1 Display Setting ......................................................................................................... 19
6.3.2 EDID Setting............................................................................................................. 20
6.3.3 Cropping Setting ...................................................................................................... 20
6.3.4 Output Setting .......................................................................................................... 21
6.3.5 Fiber Setting ............................................................................................................. 21
6.3.6 Preset Setting........................................................................................................... 22
6.3.7 Picture Adjust ........................................................................................................... 22
6.3.8 Output Shift............................................................................................................... 23
6.3.9 Tile Mapping ............................................................................................................. 23
6.3.10 Others ..................................................................................................................... 23
1 O
verview
Z4 is a professional LED display controller. As video splicer, processor and sender in
one combined, Z4 has high capability of video signal reception, processing and
transmission. It achieves excellent high-definition images and flexible image control
function. Z4 can be applied to popular rental display and common fixed display perfectly.
Features:
Video input ports including 1xHDMI (with loop), 1xDVI (with loop), 2×SDI, 1×DP
Input resolution up to 1920×1200@60Hz
The input images can be scaled according to the screen resolution
Support PIP function, the location and size can be adjusted freely
Support 12bit HD video source
Loading capacity: 2.3 million pixels; Maximum Width: 4096 pixels, Maximum Height:
4096 pixels
Support splicing and cascading among several controllers with synchronization strictly
Support brightness and chromaticity adjustment, color gamut transformation
Support zero latency of sending
Support improved gray-scale at low brightness
Support HDCP1.4
Compatible with all receiving cards, multifunction card, optical fiber transceivers of
Colorlight
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2 A
ppearance
Front Panel
No
. Name Function
1 1.8-in
2 Knob Turning knob to select or adjust
3 Funct
4 Se
Back Panel
Interface
Input
1 HDMI HDMI1.4 input with loop
ch LCD Display operation menu and system information
OK: Enter key
ion keys
lection keys
ESC: Escape current operation or selection
Bright: Brightness option
Black: Blank screen
Mode: Output mode selection of images
Freeze: Freeze screen
Lock: Lock keys
DVI/HDMI/SDI1/SDI2/DP: Set up video source input
2 DV
3 SD
4 DP DP
put Interface
Out
1 Gigabit Ethernet 4 Neutrik Gigabit Ethernet outputs
2 H
olling Interface
Contr
1 100M
2 USB_O
3 USB_IN USB input, connection with PC to configure parameters
I DVI input with loop
I 2x3G-SDI inputs
input
DMI HDMI monitoring output
Ethernet Network Control (communication with PC, or access network)
UT USB output, cascading with next controller
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3 Signal
Connection
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4 LEDVISION Installation
Please download the installation package of the LEDVISION software from
Colorlight’s official website, and complete the installation according to the diagrams shown
below.
1. Run the software package, and select [English] for installer language. Click [OK] to
move on.
2. After selecting a language, an installation wizard like below will appear, click [Next];
Then choose installation location, click [Browse] to change default target location, then
click [Next] after completing;
Choose components according to your own computer status, click [Install] to complete;
After the installation is complete you are ready to use LEDVISION.
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5 Par
LEDVISION to detect sender and all receiving cards.
ameter Configuration
Please make sure the correctness of the hardware connection before setting, use
5.1 Detect Sender and Receiving Card
1. Run LEDVISION, click [Control] – [Screen Control] to enter the Screen Control
window.
2. [Select Sending Device] for [Sender], click [Detect Senders] in [Sender Settings].
Please check the hardware connection or the installation of relevant driver if cannot detect
senders.
Select network port and click [Detect Receiver Cards] respectively, the software will
automatically acquire the receiver card quantity of each network port of the sender. Please
check corresponding cable if the numbers of receiver card are inconsistent with actual
status.
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5.2 LED Screen Setting
Click [LED Screen Settings] to enter the LED Screen Setting interface, and set up
“Sending Device”, “Screen Parameters”, “Connection Parameters”.
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1 Sending Device Setting
5.2.
[Select Sending Device] for [Sender], and detect senders. Sending Device Setting
includes 6 parts: Output, Control Area, EDID, Network, Other, Detect Receivers.
1. Output
① Signal Source
When the input signal source of Z4 is normal, the upper right of the software interface will
display the input signal information auto acquired via the software. Users can select specific signal
source (HDMI/DVI/SDI1/SDI2/DP) according to needs in [Main]; If PIP mode has been open, users
can also select specific signal source (HDMI/DVI/SDI1/SDI2/DP) in [PIP]. At the moment, the image
of selected signal source will display in the Image View Area on the left of the software interface.
Note: Main and PIP can’t select the same source. When PIP1 and PIP2 exist in output
mode at the same time, PIP1 and PIP2 can select the same source.
② PIP
There are three output modes of main image and PIP in Output Mode, users can
select specific PIP mode based on the requirement, and conduct the operation like move,
scaling and clipping on the main image and PIP image respectively.
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