Digital View HE-1400v2 Instructions Manual

PC, DVI INTERFACE CONTROLLER

FOR TFT PANEL

Model: HE-1400v2

Part number : 41758012X-3 or up

INSTRUCTIONS

CONTENTS

Page: 2. Introduction, How to Proceed, Usage Note, Disclaimer

3. System design – Diagram of a suggested system

4. Assembly notes – Important information about system elements

6. Connection & Operation – How to use the controller

10. Connectors, pinouts & jumpers – Essential connection information

18. Controller dimensions

19. Application notes

21. Troubleshooting

22. Specifications

23. Appendix I – Graphic Mode Support Table

25. Appendix II – RS-232 control protocols

30. Appendix III – Mapping definition

32. Appendix IV – Color Auto Adjust

33. Warranty, Caution & Limitation of Liability, Trademarks

34. Contact details

35. Revision history

It is essential that these instructions are read and understood before connecting or powering up this controller.

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Introduction

HE-1400v2 is the harsh Environment version of the ALR-1400v2. Provides full ALR-1400v2 feature set, plus wide range operating temperature and voltage range; shock and vibration tolerance and conformal coating for extreme environment applications.

 TFT (active matrix) LCDs with LVDS interface of 1440x900, 1366x768, 1280x1024, 1280x800, 1024x768, 800x600,

640x480 resolution;

 Computer video signals of SXGA, XGA, SVGA, VGA standard  Support LVDS or TTL interface panel  Low mass tantalum capacitors for maximum vibration and shock tolerance, conformal coating, operating

temperature range from -20oC to +80oC plus calculated MTBF in excess of 100K hours.

 Overall suitability for usage in critical applications must be independently tested and verified by the user.

Ordering information :

Controller Part number Ordering part number HE-1400v2 P/N 41758012X-3 P/N 4175801XX-3

HOW TO PROCEED

 Ensure you have all parts & that they are correct, refer to:

• Connection diagram (separate document for each panel)

• Connector reference (in following section)

• Assembly notes

 Check controller switch & jumper settings (errors may damage the panel)  Prepare the PC  Connect the parts  Understand the operation and functions (in following section)

IMPORTANT USAGE NOTE

This product is for use by system developers and integrators, the manufacturer accepts no liability for damage or injury caused by the use of this product. It is the responsibility of the developer, integrators or other user of this product to:

 Ensure that all necessary and appropriate safety measures are taken.  Obtain suitable regulatory approvals as may be required.  Check power settings to all component parts before connection.  Understand the operation and connectivity requirements of this controller.

DISCLAIMER

There is no implied or expressed warranty regarding this material.

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SYSTEM DESIGN

A typical LCD based display system utilising this controller is likely to comprise the following:

Summary:

1. LCD panel

2. LVDS cable (for connection with LVDS panel)

3. TTL cable (for connection with TTL panel)

4. Backlight driver (if not built into LCD)

5. Backlight driver cable

6. Function controls

7. Function controls cable

8. Status LED

9. DVI-D input

10. Analog VGA input

11. Power input (12VDC / 24VDC)

12. RS-232 control port

13. LCD controller card, HE-1400v2

Digital View offers a range of accessories such as listed above, to make up complete display solution.

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ASSEMBLY NOTES

This controller is designed for monitor and custom display projects using 1440x900, 1366x768, 1280x1024, 1280x800, 1024x768, 800x600, 640x480 resolution TFT panels with a SXGA, WXGA, XGA, SVGA, VGA signal input. The following provides some guidelines for installation and preparation of a finished display solution.

Preparation: Before proceeding it is important to familiarize yourself with the parts making up the system and the various connectors, mounting holes and general layout of the controller. As much as possible connectors have been labeled. Guides to connectors and mounting holes are shown in the following relevant sections.

1. LCD Panel: This controller is designed for typical LVDS or TTL interface TFT panels with panel voltage 3.3V or 5V or 12V or 18V LVDS interface. Due to the variation between manufacturers of signal timing and other panel characteristics factory setup and confirmation should be obtained before connecting to a panel. (NOTE: Check panel power jumper settings before connection)

2. Controller card: Handle the controller card with care as static charge may damage electronic components.

3. LVDS signal cable : In order to provide a clean signal it is recommended that LVDS signal cables are no longer than

46cm (18 inches). If loose wire cabling is utilized these can be made into a harness with cable ties. Care should be taken when placing the cables to avoid signal interference. Additionally it may be necessary in some systems to add ferrite cores to the cables to minimize signal noise.

4. TTL signal cable: In order to provide a clean signal it is recommended that LCD signal cables are no longer than 33cm (13 inches). If loose wire cabling is utilized these can be made into a harness with cable ties. Care should be taken when placing the cables to avoid signal interference. Additionally it may be necessary in some systems to add ferrite cores to the cables to minimize signal noise.

5. Backlight driver: This will be required for the backlight of an LCD, some LCD panels have an built in backlight driver. As panels may have 1 or more backlight tubes and the power requirements for different panel models backlights may vary it is important to match the backlight driver in order to obtain optimum performance. See page 20 for the Application notes “Backlight driver connection section for more informations.

6. Backlight driver Cables: Different backlight driver models require different cables and different pin assignment. Make sure correct cable pin out to match the backlight driver. Using wrong cable pin out may damage the backlight driver.

7. Function Controls: The following section discusses the controls required and the section on connectors provides the detail. The controls are minimal: On/Off, Backlight Brightness (depends on backlight driver), OSD (5 momentary buttons) analog VR type or (8 momentary buttons) digital type.

8. Function controls cable: The cables to the function switches should be of suitable quality and length so that impedance does not affect performance. Generally lengths up to 1 metre (3 feet) should be acceptable.

9. DVI-D Input Cable : Plug the DVI-D cable to the connector P2 on the controller board

10. Analog VGA Input Cable: As this may affect regulatory emission test results and the quality of the signal to the

•••• Power Input: 12V / 24V DC is required, this should be a regulated supply. Although the controller provides power

24VDC input is required when the panel output voltage is 18VDC. Please refer to page 12-13 for proper jumper settings.

•••• Power Safety: Note that although only 12VDC / 24VDC is supplied as ‘power-in’ a backlight driver for panel backlighting

•••• EMI: Shielding will be required for passing certain regulatory emissions tests. Also the choice of external Controller to PC

•••• Ground: The various PCB mounting holes are connected to the ground plane.

•••• Servicing: The board is not user serviceable or repairable. Warranty does not cover user error in connecting up to the

•••• Controller Mounting: It is recommended that a clearance of at least 10mm is provided above and 5mm below the

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controller, a suitably shielded cable should be utilized.

regulation for the LCD power this does not relate to the power supplied to the backlight driver. If an unregulated power supply is provided to an backlight driver any fluctuations in power may affect operation, performance and lifetime of the backlight driver and or backlight tubes.

produces significantly higher voltages (the backlight driver does not connect to the ground plane). We strongly advise appropriate insulation for all circuitry.

signal cable can affect the result.

controller and is invalidated by unauthorized modification or repairs.

controller when mounted. Additionally consideration should be given to:

• Electrical insulation.

• Grounding.

• EMI shielding.

• Cable management. Note: It is important to keep panel signal cables apart from the backlight drivers & backlight

cables to prevent signal interference.

• Heat & Ventilation: Heat generated from other sources, for example the backlight of a very high brightness panel

may generate significant heat which could adversely affect the controller.

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• Other issues that may affect safety or performance.

•••• PC Graphics Output: A few guidelines:

• Signal quality is very important, if there is noise or instability in the PC graphics output this may result in visible noise

on the display.

• Refer to graphics modes table in specifications section for supported modes.

• Non-interlaced & interlaced video input is acceptable.

IMPORTANT: Please read the Application Notes section for more information.

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CONNECTION & OPERATION

CAUTION: Never connect or disconnect parts of the display system when the system is powered up as this may cause serious

damage.

CONNECTION

Connection and usage is quite straight forward (it is useful to have the relevant connection diagram available at this time):

1. LCD panel & Backlight driver: Connect the backlight driver (if it is not built-in the panel) to the CCFT lead

2. LVDS type panels: Plug the LVDS signal cable direct to J1 (if necessary). Insert the panel end of the cable to the

LCD panel connector.

3. TTL type panels: Plug the signal cables direct to CN2 or CN3. Plug the other end of cables to the LCD connector

board (if connector board is required, otherwise the signal can be direct plug to the LCD panel connector). Then plug the board connector to the LCD panel connector.

4. Backlight driver & Controller: Plug the backlight driver cable to CNB1 and CNA1 (if necessary). Plug another end

5. Function switch & Controller: Plug the OSD switch mount cable to CNC1 on the controller board and another to

the OSD switch mount.

6. LED & Controller: Plug in a 3-way with dual color LED to connector LED1 on the controller board.

7. Jumpers : Check all jumpers are set correctly. Details referring the connection diagram at

http://www.digitalview.com/controllers/csg.php

8. Jumpers & Backlight driver & Panel voltage: Particularly pay attention to the settings of JA3, JA6, JB2, JB3. JB2

9. DVI cable : Plug the DVI-D cable to the connector P2 on the controller board.

10. VGA cable & Controller: Plug the VGA cable to the connector P1 on the controller board.

12. Power supply & Controller: Plug the DC 12V / 24V power in to the connector PP2. You can consider to use

13. Power on: Switch on the controller board and panel by using the OSD switch mount.

CAUTION: Never connect or disconnect parts of the display system when the system is powered up as this may cause serious damage.

LED status :

General:

• If you are using supplied cables & accessories, ensure they are correct for the model of panel and controller.

• If you are making your own cables & connectors refer carefully to both the panel & backlight driver specifications and the

PC SETTINGS

The controller has been designed to take a very wide range of input signals however to optimize the PC’s graphics performance we recommend choosing 60Hz vertical refresh rate – this will not cause screen flicker.

OPERATION

Once the system has been connected and switched on there are a number of functions available to adjust the display image as summarized in the following sections. The settings chosen will be saved for each mode independently.

connector of the LCD panel.

to the connector on the backlight driver.

& JB3 are used for backlight driver control (read backlight driver specification and information on the jumper table to define the correct settings). JA3 & JA6 are used for panel voltage input (read panel specification and information on the jumper table to define the correct settings).

DigitalView mating power cable P/N 426013800-3, 160mm.

State LED color No signal & backlight off RED With signal & backlight on GREEN

section in this manual, “Connectors, Pinouts & Jumpers” to ensure the correct pin to pin wiring.

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LCD DISPLAY SYSTEM SETTINGS

NOTE: By way of explanation the following refers to a set of sample buttons that may be obtained as an option. In addition to power on/off and connection for backlight brightness the controller provides an On Screen Display of certain functions which are controlled by 5 momentary type buttons (analog VR type) or 8 momentary type buttons (digital type):

Controls Analog VR type Digital type On/Off – turns controller board power on VR toggle switch On/Off button Brightness – controls backlight brightness Rotary VR Brightness +/- buttons Menu – turns OSD menu On or Off (it will auto time off) Select – Select function / Confirm

(under OSD menu on state)

Move up / down to select OSD menu function

(under OSD menu on state) + – increase the setting / moves the selector to the next function

(under OSD menu on state)

- - decrease the setting / moves the selector to the previous function

(under OSD menu on state) Reset to Factory Defaults Press and hold SEL DN

Direct access key for Brightness level increase

(under OSD menu off state) Direct access key for Brightness level decrease

(under OSD menu off state) Direct access key for Backlight Brightness increase*

(under OSD menu off state) Direct access key for Backlight Brightness decrease*

(under OSD menu off state)

* No OSD menu display when adjusting the "Backlight" hotkey function

Menu button Menu button

SEL DN SEL DN

SEL UP SEL UP

+ +

- -

button, then power on the controller + +

- -

SEL UP SEL UP

SEL DN SEL DN

SEL UP

Press and hold SEL DN button, then power on the controller

12V / 24VDC power input :

Analog 10K VR Type OSD

ON/Off/Brightness

Menu

-

+

SEL DN

switch mount uses P/N 410680550-3 or up

Analog VR type

12V / 24VDC power input :

Digital 10K Type OSD switch mount uses P/N 416100520-3 or up

12VDC power input :

Digital 10K Type OSD

Digital type

switch mount uses P/N 416100510-3

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OSD Functions

Picture

Brightness

Contrast

Sharpness

Backlight

Invert

Display

H. Position*

V. Position*

Clock*

Phase*

Aspect

Color

Gamma

Color Temperature 4444 (Adjust the warmness of the image displayed. The higher temperature the

coolest image looks like. The lower temperature the warmest image looks like.)

User

4200K

Increase/decrease brightness level. Press – or + (- + ) Total : 100 steps

Increase/decrease panel contrast level. Press – or + (- + ) Total : 100 steps

Increase/decrease shapness level. Press – or + (- + ) Total : 7 steps

Increase/decrease backlight brightness level. Press – or + (- + ) Total : 100 steps

B/L Invert : Invert for the backlight brightness

Use +/- to move the image horizontally. Press – or + (- + ) Total : 100 steps

Use +/- to move the image vertically. Press – or + (- + ) Total : 100 steps

Adjust the image horizontal size. Press – or + (- + ) Total : 100 steps

Fine tune the data sampling position (adjust image quality) Press – or + (- + ) Total : 100 steps

WIDE : Scaling format to Fill screen 4:3 : Scaling format in 4:3

1.8 / 2.0 / 2.2 / 2.4 / 2.6 : Adjust Gamma settings

Adjust red color level Press – or + (- +) Total :100 steps Adjust green color level Press – or + (- +) Total : 100 steps Adjust blue color level Press – or + (- +) Total : 100 steps

Press SEL UP/DN button to select item Set the color temperature to 4200K

5000K

6500K

7500K

9300K

OSD Setting

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Language

OSD H. POS.

OSD V. POS.

OSD TIMER

Transparency

Set the color temperature to 5000K

Set the color temperature to 6500K

Set the color temperature to 7500K

Set the color temperature to 9300K

Press SEL UP/DN button to select item

English / French / Spanish

Adjust OSD menu Horizontal position. Press – or + (- + ) Total : 100 steps

Adjust OSD menu Vertical position. Press – or + (- + ) Total : 100 steps

OSD Timeout : 0 / 10 / 20 / 30 / 40 / 50 / 60 seconds (Always on when set to 0) Press – or + (- + )

Set the OSD menu transparency level : 0 / 25 / 50 / 75 / 100 Press – or + (- + ) Total : 5 steps

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Reset

* Function in VGA mode only

Items marked 4 have sub menus. Exit the OSD menu to save the setting chosen

Image Auto Adjust*

Color Auto Adjust*

Factory Reset

Others

Signal Source

Auto Source Seek

B/L Control

PWM FREQ

Wide screen mode*

Auto adjust the positions, phase, frequency

Auto color calibration [See Appendix IV]

OSD Timeout : 0 / 10 / 20 / 30 / 40 / 50 / 60 seconds (Always on when set to 0) Press – or + (- + )

DVI : Select input source to DVI VGA : Select input source to VGA

ON : Auto source select always enable OFF : Disable auto source select function

DA or PWM : Selection for voltage level dimming control / PWM dimming control

Backlight frequency 100 ~ 440 in a step of 20

Select the input mode (1280 / 1360 / 1366 / 1368) to recognize and display the correct input signal information display on the OSD menu. 1280x768 1360x768 1366x768 1368x768

Firmware V1.06.00 or up

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CONNECTORS, PINOUTS & JUMPERS

The various connectors are:

Summary: Connectors

Ref Purpose Description

J1 LVDS Panel Signal STARCONN : 115E51-0000RA-M3-R

CN2 TTL Panel Signal Hirose 40-pin, DF20G-40DP-1V

CN3 TTL Panel Signal Hirose 50-pin, DF20G-50DP-1V

CN8 Serial control (for firmware

programming or RS-232 control

use only) CNA1 Auxiliary Power Output JST 4-way, S4B-XH-A compatible (Mating type : XHP-4 or compatible) CNB1 Backlight control connector JST 5-way, S5B-XH-A compatible (Mating type : XHP-5 or compatible) CNC1 OSD controls Hirose DF13A-12P-1.25H compatible (Mating type : DF13-12S-1.25C)

CP1 Internal programming connector JST PHD-4 compatible (Mating type : PHR-4 or compatible) LED1 Dual color status LED connector JST 3-way, B3B-XH-A compatible (Mating type : XHP-3 or compatible) P1 VGA input DB-15 way high density 3 row P2 DVI-D input DVI-D connector PP2 Main Input Power Molex 43650-0200 compatible (Mating type : Molex 43645-0200

(Matching type : STARCONN 107D51-000001-00 or compaible)

(Mating type : DF20A-40DS-1C)

(Mating type : DF20A-50DS-1C) JST 6-way, B6B-XH-A compatible (Mating type : XHP-6 or compatible)

(Matching OSD switch mount cable P/N 426122200-3 (150mm) or 426122210-3 (250mm)

compatible)

(Matching power cable : P/N 426013800-3)

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Summary: Jumpers setting

Ref Purpose Note

JA3 Panel power voltage select See panel voltage setting table 1

JA6 Panel power voltage select See panel voltage setting table 1

JB2 Backlight on/off control – signal level 1-2 = On/Off control signal ‘High’ = +3.3V

JB3 Backlight on/off control – polarity 1-2 = control signal ‘high’ = CCFT ON

JB5 Backlight control type selection 1-2 = VR/Digital switch mount control

JP3 Reserved Default Open JP4 LVDS or TTL panel selection Close = LVDS panel

JP6 Input power control Short = External switch control

JP7 Reserved Reserved for internal programming use (Always 1-2

JP8 Clock phase (Analog RGB) 1-2 = Normal

JP9 Reserved 1-2 = Default SW1 Panel selection See table below SW2 Panel selection See table below

Table 1 : Panel voltage setting table :

Input voltage via

PP2 Panel Voltage JA3 JA6 Jumper on board

CAUTION: Incorrect setting will cause panel damage

2-3 = On/Off control signal ‘High’ = +5V Open = On/Off control signal ‘High’ = Open collector CAUTION: Incorrect setting can damage backlight driver.

2-3 = control signal ‘low’ = CCFT ON

3-4 = Analog backlight brightness controlled by RS-232 – voltage range 0~5V 5-6 = PWM (Pulse Width Modulation) brightness

Open = TTL panel

Open = Switch mount control

closed)

2-3 = Invert

3.3V 3V3 closed 1-3 & 2-4

12VDC

CAUTION: Incorrect setting can damage panel & controller

5V 5V closed 1-3 & 2-4

12V OPEN 5-7 & 6-8

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