Vtron Digicom AP Series User Manual
User Manual
Digicom AP Series
Multi-screen Processor
V2.2
VTRON
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VTRON, no part of the text or graphics in this manual shall be copied illegally or distributed
to any third party in any manner.
This manual is subject to change due to technical upgrading without prior notice.
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owners.
Note
This manual is designed for the introduction to Digicom AP series multi-screen processor
developed by VTRON. The specific configurations and functions of the product shall be in
accordance with the purchase contracts signed with the customer. The functions and display interface
of the product you order might differ from those in this manual. This is due to the difference in
configuration between the one you purchased and the one introduced in this manual.
Statement
Products as introduced in this manual are Class A products that may cause radio interferences in
living condition. Practical measures should be taken when necessary.
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Please read carefully and make sure to comply with the following terms and
conditions before operating VTRON Digicom AP series multi-screen processor:
Ensure proper grounding (grounded as indicated
in the figure)
This product must be properly grounded to avoid dangers to
personal safety or any other harmful effects. Improper
grounding may cause severe system failure, unstable or
unreliable system operation, or even unrecoverable
breakdown of the equipment.
Illegal change to the original design is
prohibited
Any adding or deletion to any mechanical part or electric
circuit of this product is prohibited. Otherwise, VTRON will
not assume any liability for the results thus caused.
Prohibit the illegal installation of software
VTRON Digicom multi-screen processor is dedicated
image controlling device, and shall not be used for other
purposes. The customer shall consult VTRON or the
designated agent for the installation of their own
components. Otherwise VTRON will not assume any
liability for the results thus caused.
Be sure to cut off the power supply
Be sure to cut off the system power before conducting the
following operations.
A. Removal or reinstallation of any parts of the
product (except for the hot-pluggable parts)
B. Disconnection or reconnection of any electric
connector or other connectors of this product
Safety Precautions
!
Grounding wire
(connected to ground)
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Keep away from corrosive chemical gas or agent
Corrosive chemical gas or agent will damage the
mechanical parts and electric circuits of the products and
directly affect its service life. Avoid cleaning the appearance
and inside of the product with highly volatile solvent, such
as gasoline, thinner, acetone, etc.
Keep away from inflammable and explosive materials
The product safety and personal safety cannot be ensured
in the environment with inflammable and explosive
materials.
Keep away from equipment with strong
electromagnetic interference
The performance and stability of this product will be
affected in an environment with strong electromagnetic
interference.
Disconnecting device of grid power
This product uses coupler or power connector as the
disconnecting device. Make sure that the connector or
coupler is easily accessible, so that the grid power can be
disconnected at dangerous time.
Note
The equipment adopts replaceable battery. If wrong
battery model is used, there exists the risk of explosion. Be
sure to use the standard battery components provided by
VTRON for replacement.
Dispose of the used battery according to the relevant
instructions. For the disposal methods of the used battery,
please consult the local environment protection
department.
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Contents
1. Overview .............................................................................................................................1
1.1 About the Digicom AP series multi-screen processor ................................................2
1.2 Features of Digicom AP series multi-screen processor .............................................2
1.3 Naming rules of Digicom AP series processor ...........................................................5
2 Hardware introduction .......................................................................................................6
2.1 Technical specifications .............................................................................................6
2.2 Panel introduction .......................................................................................................8
2.2.1 Panel of AP2000 processor ................................................................................... 8
2.2.2 Panel of AP5000 processor ................................................................................. 10
3. Hardware installation ......................................................................................................13
3.1 Enclosure installation ...............................................................................................13
3.2 Connection to the user’s network .............................................................................13
3.3 Connection of display equipment .............................................................................14
3.4 Connection to signal source .....................................................................................14
3.5 Connection of network cable ....................................................................................15
3.6 Connection of power cable .......................................................................................15
3.7 System grounding .....................................................................................................15
4 Software.............................................................................................................................16
4.1 Standard software ....................................................................................................16
4.2 Display wall application administration software: VWAS (optional) .........................17
5. Daily maintenance ...........................................................................................................18
5.1 Environment and cleaning ........................................................................................18
5.2 Routine inspection ....................................................................................................19
5.3 Troubleshooting ........................................................................................................19
6 Contact Us .........................................................................................................................24
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1. Overview
Multi-screen processor, also called multi-screen display controller, is a dedicated image
processing device based on certain operating system platform and offering multi-screen
driving function to perform remote display and control on various types of signals through
different modes. Generally speaking, it is a computer system with power functions.
However, different from the ordinary computer system, it is also a powerful image server
system.
When there is no multi-screen processor, the signals from the signal sources can still be
directly input to the digital display wall for display, but the display capacity of the digital
display wall system is completely subject to the display capacity of the display wall. The
application of the multi-screen processor can realize the processing and conversion of
signals before they are input to the digital display wall, thus greatly expanding the display
functions, application scopes and application methods of the display wall. It is a component
of great significance in the digital display wall system.
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1.1 About the Digicom AP series multi-screen processor
The Digicom AP multi-screen processor is a universal processor developed, designed and
produced by VTRON, featuring extensive applications, power functions and high price
performance ratio. In addition to the hardware for ordinary computer, it is configured with
professional graphics card and renders high performance in image processing. It can
provide several types of drive signals of high resolution for each display channel and
generate desktop of high resolution. Besides, it is equipped with RGB, Video, HDMI, YPbPr
and SDI cards to achieve the acquisition, exchange, zooming and superimposition of the
RGB, Video, HDMI, YPbPr and SDI signals.
The Digicom AP series multi-screen processor adopts the Windows operating system and
the second generation PCI Express non-block digital bus exchange technology, offering a
large bandwidth capacity, high performance, high quality assurance and high reliability. It is
especially suitable for the applications of small digital display wall system of super high
resolution.
1.2 Features of Digicom AP series multi-screen processor
The Digicom AP multi-screen processor is a universal processor with extensive
applications, powerful functions and high price performance ratio. It is especially suitable
for the display wall system of super high resolution. The processor adopts the Windows
operating system and offers a large spread Windows image display environment of high
resolution.
Appearance of Digicom AP2000 series multi-screen processor:
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Appearance of Digicom AP5000 series multi-screen processor:
Features
PCI Express Digital Bus Switching Technology
Digicom AP series multi-screen processor is a versatile integrated multi-screen image
processor that relies on cutting-edge PCI Express non-block digital bus switching
technology to realize scalability and various display effects. It meets any configuration and
application requirements of small- and medium-sized display wall systems (less than 30
display cubes).
Leading the new era of “super high resolution display”
Digicom AP series multi-screen processor is equipped with industry-leading high-end
graphics processing card, high performance CPU, and Windows 7 OS (or Windows 8 OS;
depending on system configuration), and therefore can run various applications and
support multiple tasks to be operated and applied on the Windows-based super high
resolution desktop. Meanwhile, it offers automatic full-screen smooth display. Various
signal windows can be clearly smoothly displayed on the desktop, and combined, zoomed
in/out, superposed, and roamed.
Various powerful APLink input cards, realizing fast access and display of
various signals
APLink input cards rely on VTRON proprietary transmission & display technology to ensure
they can transmit and display input signals in full frame manner. They can display various
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signals perfectly, including composite video (camera or DVD signal), computer signal (VGA
or DVI signal), HD digital signal (HDMI, HD component YPbPr, high-resolution DVI or highresolution SDI signal).
① APLink DVI input card supports unidirectional and bidirectional-link digital DVI signal or
analog VGA signal display; Refresh rate is as high as 60 frame/s.
② APLink Video input card supports composite video input over the NTSC/PAL standard.
All video input signals can be displayed at the same time through windowing.
③ APLink HDMI input card supports Full HD 1080p & 4Kdigital video signal input over the
standard protection protocol HDCP.
④ APLink YPbPr input card supports HD component (720P, 1080i, 1080p) video signal
input; While working with various types of VTRON IP encoder devices, it can collect
distributed signals from long distances and display quality images.
⑤ APLink SDI input card supports SDI signal input over the SD, HD or 3G standard. All
SDI input signals can be displayed at the same time through windowing.
Integrating with IP video signal access function and supporting flexible access
of computer signals
Within the same structure, the processor supports leading technologies of IP video signals,
and such encoding formats as H.264, MPEG4, MPEG2, and MJPEG as well as RTSP. The
processor supports TCP/IP as well, and uses VLinkExpress to connect to the Internet,
allowing multiple online terminal windows to be roamed and zoomed in/out on the high
resolution desk.
Stable and reliable system
AP5000 series system is integrated with the design of reliability and equipped with fan of
the heat exchange system, and heat exchange hard disk to ensure 24 × 7 hours
uninterrupted and reliable running of the system.
Intelligent system management
The air outlet and inlet and core parts of cards are designed to meet requirement of realtime intelligent temperature control, as well as to have high-temperature alarm and overtemperature protection function. Through these designs, you can query state information,
including state of the BIOS, CPU, memory, GPU, and system running time. An LCD display
is also delivered to realize visualized monitor of system running state.
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