Kramer VM-4DT Users Manual

USER MANUAL

MODEL:

VM-4DT 1:4 HDBT Distributor

P/N: 2900-300799 Rev 1 www.KramerAV.com

VM-4DT - Contents

Contents

Introduction 1

Getting Started 1 Overview 2 Typical Applic a tions 3 About HDBaseT™ Technology 3 Using Twisted Pair Cable for HDBT 3

Defining the VM-4DT 1:4 HDBT Distributor 4 Connecting the VM-4DT 5 Operating the VM-4DT 6

Routing the IR and RS-232 Signals 6 Acquiring an EDID 9 Upgrading the Firmware 10

Default EDID 11 Technical Specifications 13

Default Communication Parameters 14

Protocol 3000 15

Understanding Protocol 3000 16 Kramer Protocol 3000 Syntax 17 Protocol 3000 Commands 18

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Go application programs, and to check if firmware upgrades

This equipment is to be used only inside a building. It may only be connected to other equipment that is installed inside a building.

Introduction

Welcome to Kramer Electronics! Since 1981, Kramer Electronics has been providing a world of unique, creative, and affordable solutions to the vast range of problems that confront the video, audio, presentation, and broadcasting professional on a daily basis. In recent years, we have redesigned and upgraded most of our line, making the best even better!

Our 1,000-plus different models now appear in 14 groups that are clearly defined by function: GROUP 1: Distribution Amp lifiers; GROUP 2: Switchers and Routers; GROUP 3: Control Systems; GROUP 4: Format/Standards Converters; GROUP 5: Range Extenders and Repeaters; GROUP 6: Specialty AV Products; GROUP 7: Scan Converters and Scalers; GROUP 8: Cables and Connectors; GROUP 9: Room Connectivity; GROUP 10: Accessories and Rack Adapters; GROUP 11: Sierra Video Products; GROUP 12: Digital Signage; GROUP 13: Audio; and GROUP 14: Collaboration.

Getting Started

We recommend that you:

• Unpack the equipment carefully and save the original box and packaging materials for

possible future shipment.

• Review the contents of this user manual.

to www.kramerav.com/downloads/VM-4DT to check for up-to-date user manuals,

Achieving the Best Performance

• Use only good quality connection cables (we recommend Kramer high-performance,

high-resolution cables) to avoid interference, deterioration in signal quality due to poor matching, and elevated noise levels (often associated with low quality cables).

• Do not secure the cables in tight bundles or roll the slack into tight coils.

• Avoid interference from neighbouring electrical appliances that may adversely influence

signal quality.

• Position your Kramer VM-4DT away from moisture, excessive sunlight and dust.

are available (where appropriate).

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Caution:

There are no operator serviceable parts inside the unit

Warning:

Use only the power cord

Warning:

Do not open the unit. High voltages can cause electrical shock! Servicing by qualified personnel

Warning:

Disconnect the power and unplug the unit from the wall before installing

Reach depends on signal resolution, and quality of performance may vary while using non

Safety Instructions

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that is supplied with the unit.

only.

Recycling Kramer Products

The Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) Directive 2002/96/EC aims to reduce the amount of WEEE sent for disposal to landfill or incineration by requiring it to be collected and recycled. To comply with the WEEE Directive, Kramer Electronics has made arrangements with the European Advanced Recycling Network (EARN) and will cover any costs of treatment, recycling and recovery of waste Kramer Electronics branded equipment on arrival at the EARN facility. For details of Kramer’s recycling arrangements in your particular country go to our recycling pages at www.kramerav.com/support/recycling/

Overview

Congratulations on purchasing your Kramer VM-4DT 1:4 HDBT Distributor.

VM-4DT is a high-quality integrated extension product featuring a long-reach 4K@60Hz (4:2:0)

HDBaseT extender distributor that takes one long-reach HDBaseT input, equalizes and reclocks the signal and distributes it to four identical HDBaseT outputs. VM-4DT distributes native HDBaseT signals with up to 4K video resolution, along with their re-extension over HDBaseT.

VM-4DT is a standard extender that can connect to any market-available HDBaseT compliant

extending products.

VM-4DT provides exceptional quality and user-friendly operation.

Exceptional Quality

• Line Extender Distributor – Native 1:4 long-each HDBaseT distributor for deploying

mid-way between AV source and distributed-signal displays to gain extra long-reach extension.

• High-quality professional extension, on either input or output lines, of maximum 4K @60Hz

(4:2:0) 24bpp video resolution signal to a maximum of 40m (130ft) long-reach over Kramer HDBaseT compliant copper cable.

copper cable used. Reach extension

-Kramer twisted pair cables.

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• HDMI Signal Transmission – HDMI 2.0 and HDCP 1.4 compliant signal, supporting deep

color, x.v.Color™, lip sync, HDMI uncompressed audio channels, Dolby TrueHD, DTS−HD, CEC (OUT 1 only), 2K, 4K, and 3D.

• I−EDIDPro™ Kramer Intelligent EDID Processing™

processing and pass−through algorithm that ensures Plug and Play operation for HDMI

source and display systems.

User-friendly Operation

• LED Indicators – Status indicators for HDBaseT input and output connected signals,

including far-end active device connection, and a power indicator, easily maintaining and troubleshooting the extended system end-to-end.

• Easy Installation

– Twisted-pair cables for HDBaseT signal wiring. Standard half-width 19”

(1U) enclosure for ceiling mounting, or side-by-side mounting of 2 units in a 1U rack space with the optional RK-1 rack adapter.

• A default EDID for fast and efficient connection of the unit. The default EDID feature lets

you connect the VM-4DT without having to connect a display to the output.

• Supports EDID Designer and firmware upgrade via the USB port.

• Includes an EDID setup button to capture the EDID or select the default EDID .

Typical Applications

– An intelligent EDID handling,

The VM-4DT is ideal for the following typical applications:

• Native AV signal re-extension and distribution in large rooms.

• Corporate, education, hospitality, and government market segments.

About HDBaseT™ Technology

HDBaseT™ is an advanced all-in-one connectivity technology (supported by the HDBaseT Alliance). It is particularly suitable in the ProAV – and also the home – environment as a digital networking alternative, where it enables you to replace numerous cables and connectors by a single LAN cable used to transmit, for example, uncompressed full high-definition video, audio, IR, as well as various control signals.

Using Twisted Pair Cable for HDBT

Kramer engineers have developed special twisted pair cables to best match our digital twisted pair products that significantly outperform regular CAT 5 / CAT 6 cables.

We strongly recommend that you use shielded twisted pair cable. For details, go to our website at www.kramerav.com/product/VM-4DT

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Feature

Function

ON LED

Lights when the unit receives power.

and work

www.kramerav.com/support/product_downloads.asp.

EDID SETUP Button

Press to capture the input EDID or select the default EDID, see

Acquiring an EDID on page 9.

HDBT LINK LEDs IN

Lights when a link is established with the transmitter.

OUT

Lights when a link is established with the receiver (from 1 to 4).

OUTPUTS CONNECTED LEDs

Lights when an acceptor (sink) is detected on the HDBaseT receiver connected to the output (from 1 to 4)

Connects to the HDBT source, for example TP-580T.

HDBT OUT Connectors

Connect to an HDBT acceptor (from 1 to 4), for example TP-580R.

SETUP 8-way DIP-switches

Used to set the IR and RS-232 command behavior, see Setting the

DIP-Switches for Routing on page 6.

SETUP 4-way DIP-switch

For future use.

Defining the VM-4DT 1:4 HDBT Distributor

This section defines the VM-4DT.

Figure 1: VM-4DT 1:4 HDBT Distributor Front Panel

PROGRAM Mini USB Connector

ACTIVE INPUT LED Lights when an HDMI signal is embedded on the HDBaseT input

INPUT HDBT Connector

Use to send serial commands, see Protocol 3000 on page 15 Connect to a PC to perform firmware upgrades (via K-Upload) with the EDID Designer. K-Upload and EDID Designer can be downloaded from our Web site at:

5V DC Connector Connects to the 5V DC power supply.

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Always switch off the power to each device before connecting it to your connecting your

Connecting the VM-4DT

To connect the VM-4DT as illustrated in the example in Figure 2:

1. Connect the HDBT input source (for example, TP-580T) to the HDBT IN connector .

2. Connect the four HDBT outputs to four HDBT receivers (for example, TP-580R

devices).

3. Connect the 5V DC power adapter to the power socket unit and then connect the

adapter to the mains electricity (not shown in The ON LED lights .

VM-4DT, connect its power and then switch on the power to each device.

Figure 2).

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Figure 2: Connecting to the VM-4DT Rear Panel

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enabled when:

OUT 1

DIP 1 – OFF (up)

DIP 5 – OFF (up)

OUT 2

DIP 2 – OFF (up)

DIP 6 – OFF (up)

OUT 3

DIP 3 – OFF (up)

DIP 7 – OFF (up)

OUT 4

DIP 4 – OFF (up)

DIP 8 – OFF (up)

switches are set to OFF

Operating the VM-4DT

This section describes how to :

• Route the IR and RS-232 signals via the HDBT ports

(see Routing the IR and RS-232 Signals on page 6

• Acquire the EDID (see Acquiring an EDID on page 9).

• Perform firmware upgrade via K -Upload (see Upgrading the Firmware on page 10).

Routing the IR and RS-232 Signals

VM-4DT transports IR and RS-232 signals between the HDBT input and the four HDBT

outputs. Each signal can pass bidirectional commands via the VM-4DT HDBT ports (one input and four outputs).

The IR/RS-232 signal routing is set via the SETUP DIP-switches .

Setting the DIP-Switches for Routing

Set the DIP-switches as defined by the following table:

Output #

IR Routing is

By default, all DIP(up)

RS-232 Routing is

Figure 3: VM-4DT DIP-Switches

For example, in the DIP-switch setup shown in Figure 4, DIPs 1, and 6 are set to OFF (up). This means that IR signals can traverse between IN and OUT 1 ports and RS-232 commands can traverse between IN and OUT 2 ports. DIP-switches 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, and 8 are set to O N (down) and are therefore disabled.

Figure 4: VM-4DT DIP-Switches Setup

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Output #

HDMI OUT:

INPUT

RS-232

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TP-580T (Blu-ra y p l ayer )

Emitter

RC-43SL

TP-580R (1)

Projector

TP-580R (2)

Display

Sensor

Display

RS acceptors. one RS RS

You can send RS connected to the command sent to a destination on one of the outputs will also pass to destination destination

In general all sending of concurrent responses

To route the IR signal you have to use and the also

Signal Routing Example

The example in Figure 5 shows the VM-4DT connected to two TP-580R devices. Two additional TP-580R devices can also be connected. The table below summarizes the types of connections:

-232 and IR signals are transparently routed between the VM-4DT source and two

-232 signals down a line, sending RS-232 signals to multiple devices is permissible.

Since RS-232 is designed for point-to-point communication, make sure that only

-232 signal is sent to a destination. However, although only one device may send

-232 signals to an AV device via the transmitter or receivers that are

VM-4DT. If you have set the DIP-switches to traverse to all outputs, any

the other output s, so you must ver ify that it will not have an unwanted effect on the other s.

, we recommend that you set the DIP-switches to traverse to all outputs only when

destination devices are identical (same vendor and same product model) and avoid the

Routing the IR signal

In the example in Figure 5

, an IR emitter cable is connected from TP-580T to the Blu-ray player and an IR sensor cable is connected to the TP-580R (2) receiver for receiving IR remote signals. This setup lets you remotely control the Blu-ray player via the TP-580R (2) receiver device, using the Blu-ray player IR remote control transmitter.

the Kramer external IR Receiver cable on one end

Kramer IR emitter cable on the other end. Note that IR Emitter Extension Cables are

available, if required. For further details, see www.kramerav.com/product/VM-4DT.

Routing the RS-232 Signal

An RS-232 controller can be used to control the AV devices via the TP-580T RS-232 port by sending RS-232 commands over HDBaseT lines to the remote connected AV devices.

In the example in Figure 5

, the Kramer RC-43SL control keypad is used to control AV devices that are connected to both TP-580R (1) and TP-580R (2). RC-43SL is connected to the

TP-580T RS-232 port. The RS-232 ports on TP-580R (1) and TP-580R (2) ar e connected to a

projector and display, respectively. This type of setup enables you to control the projector and display via the RC-43SL.

When RC-43SL sends a command to the projector on TP-580R (1), it bears no effect on the display that is connected to TP-580R (2). If TP-580R (1) and TP-580R (2) were connected each to identical projectors, both would respond to the sent RS-232 command.

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