Hall Research VSA-HA-DP User Manual

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Table of Contents

1. WINDOWS™ SOFTWARE INSTALLATION 1

1.1. General 1

1.2. Installation Prerequisites 1

1.3. Software Installation 1

2. USING THE SOFTWARE 2

2.1. General 2

2.2. USB Device Detection 2

2.3. Tool Bar Menu 3

2.4. Device Name 4

2.5. Status Bar 4

2.6. Controls 4

2.7. Status 6

2.8. EDID Data Display 6

2.9. Note about EDID Mixing 7

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HDMI Wall Plate with Audio Extraction

1. Windows™ Software Installation

1.1. General

The VSA-HA-DP graphical user interface (GUI) is Windows™ software used to configure advanced settings of the VSA-HA-DP wall plate. Use of the software requires USB connection of the PC to the wall plate. For convenience A USB cable is provided with each wall plate.

The GUI can be used to monitor and configure several wall plates simultaneously. So for PC's that have multiple USB ports or with the use of external USB hubs, it is possible to use the same GUI and address each wall plate individually.

1.2. Installation Prerequisites

• A PC with Windows XP™ OS or later

• USB port

• Microsoft™ .NET Framework 2.0 or later (most recent OS including Windows 7 and

8 typically include this and no action is required). If.NET Framework 2.0 or later is not installed on your PC, the Microsoft™ website has free downloads available.

1.3. Software Installation

• If an earlier version of this particular software was previously installed, UNINSTALL the program first from either the Add/Remove Programs section of the control panel or by running the previous installation SETUP.EXE and selecting “remove application”.

• Install the software by executing the SETUP.EXE program from the installation source directory

• Accept the default settings, but if you want to specify a particular installation directory other than the default, you may do so.

• Once the VSA-HA-DP software installation has completed, either click the desktop icon or navigate the Start Menu to

Start  Programs  Hall Research  VSA-HA-DP Audio Extractor

VSA-HA-DP Software Guide

This detection and driver installation only occurs when the VSA-HA-DP is

2. Using the Software

2.1. General

The VSA-HA-DP has no front panel switches, configuration changes are made via the Software GUI installed on a compatible PC.

The GUI software can be used to manage the EDID routing mode of the device such as "pass-through" or "emulate", import/export EDID files to/from the device, Set the audio descriptors in the EDID for (two channel or multi-channel), mute the extracted audio, remove the audio from the HDMI video output, cycle HPD to the source, and more. The GUI can also be used to monitor status of several pertinent parameters such as detecting the input video and audio states and types.

2.2. USB Device Detection

The VSA-HA-DP software automatically configures the USB port after connection to the wall plate (using standard Windows™ USB drivers) and does not require any special USB drivers to be installed.

Once connected to a USB port, the Windows™ system will detect and use the appropriate USB driver. The first time you connect the wall plate to the PC, you may experience a short delay and a windows notification pop-up message may be shown.

connected to the PC for the first time. Afterwards, reconnected devices automatically configure themselves with no delay or message.

 The software scans the VSA-HA-DP settings continuously in real time, so all

changes are immediately reflected on the screen

 If no VSA-HA-DP device is attached to the

system, the on-screen fields are disabled (grayed out)

 Only one instance of the program can run

at a time. Executing the application more than once will result in an error message.

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