Summary of Hermes DXD
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Doc-3200-2 user's manual.
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Doc-3200-2, current version title: h ermes dxd – user’s manual id-no.: doc-3200-2 date: 2003-09 main issue update chapter 1 new chapter 2 new chapter 3 new chapter 4 new chapter 5 new chapter 6 new chapter 7 new new: the corresponding chapters are new or completely revised. Corr.: passages of the co...
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Revision sheet to: barco control rooms gmbh an der rossweid 5, d-76229 karlsruhe phone: +49-721-6201-0, fax: +49-721-6201-298 e-mail: docu.De.Bcd@barco.Com web: www.Barcocontrolrooms.De barcoprojection noordlaan5, b-8520 kuurne, belgium phone: (32) (56) 36-8211, fax: (32) (56) 36-8251 e-mail: sales....
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Table of contents 1 preliminary remarks.................................................................................................................... 1-1 1.1 how this manual is organized ............................................................................................. 1-2 1.2 style...
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5 controlling hermes dxd ............................................................................................................ 5-1 5.1 valid commands for hermes dxd .................................................................................... 5-2 5.2 request commands......................
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1 prelim inary remarks this user’s manual describes design, function and operation of h ermes dxd of barco. H ermes dxd is a multiplexer to connect each of two digital projection units alternatively to two graphical controllers. Barco's product range of digital projection units comprises projection ...
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1.1 how th is manual is organized this manual is divided into seven chapters: preliminary remarks explains the structure of the manual itself and the used typographic styles and symbols. Safety in- formation is provided concerning the operation of systems from barco. Summary provides a summary of th...
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1.2 styles and symbols the typographic styles and the symbols used in this document have the following meaning: arial bold labels, menus and buttons are printed in the arial bold font. Condensed links to both other chapters of this manual and to sites in the internet are printed condensed . In the o...
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1.3 safety information this section describes safety precautions which must be observed when installing a product from barco. H ermes dxd is built in accordance with the requirements of the international safety standard iec950, ul1950 and csa c22.2 no. 950, which are the safety standards of informat...
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Do not allow anything to rest on the power cord. Do not locate this product where persons will walk on the cord. To disconnect the cord, pull it out by the plug. Never pull the cord itself. If an extension cord is used with this product, make sure that the total of the ampere ratings on the products...
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On servicing do not attempt to service this device yourself, as opening or removing covers may expose you to dangerous voltage potential and risk of electric shock! Refer all service to a qualified barco service center. Adjust only those controls that are covered by the operating instructions since ...
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2 summ ary this chapter gives an overview of the h ermes dxd..
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2.1 conne cting the graphical controller and the projection cubes h ermes dxd is equipped with two digital input connectors ( digital in 1, digital in 2 ) and two digital output connectors ( digital out 1, digital out 2 ). The output connectors can be routed to any input connector, resulting in the ...
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2.2 assign ing inputs to outputs h ermes dxd is operated by means of remote control, and the inputs are routed to the output via the respective command, cf. 5.3 switching commands . The following schematics show the multiple possibilities for assigning an input to an output. For a clear arrangement,...
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3 gettin g started this chapter describes the control elements and interfaces of h ermes dxd as well as the cabling..
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3.1 examin ing figure 3-1 hermes dxd 3.1.1 the fro nt panel the front panel of your h ermes dxd looks like this or similar: 1 power digital out 2 digital out 1 digital in 2 digital in 1 remote out remote in 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 figure 3-2 front panel of hermes dxd 1 remote in 2 remote out 3 led: di...
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Leds allocated to the inputs: if they are off, there is no signal present. If there is a sync signal present, the led is on: green stands for (signal present on) input (channel) 1 orange stands for (signal present on) input (channel) 2 leds allocated to the outputs: the color of the led indicates wh...
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3.1.2 the bac k panel the back panel of your h ermes dxd looks like this or similar: a b c a main switch b ac in c ac out figure 3-3 the main switch [a] is for switching h ermes dxd on and off. If the 0 is visible on top of the switch, the device is switched off, and it can be switched on by pressin...
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3.2 native device settings (default settings) hermes dxd has auto switch capabilities: in case there is no signal present at the input routed to an output, the output may switch automatically to the other input. Per default, this auto switch functionality is enabled. If desired, it can be deactivate...
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3.4 cabling this block diagram gives an overview about the cabling of h ermes dxd figure 3-4 cabling hermes dxd the cabling must be done before switching on h ermes dxd or any other system components! Signal cables are available in different types (fibre or copper), different interfaces (panellink-t...
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3.4.2 digital i nput and output h ermes dxd has dvi interfaces. Depending on the type of graphical card and/or the type of projection module, the following kind of cables are required: dvi-to-dvi, dvi-to-panellink, panellink-to-dvi. The dvi-dvi cable is available as copper cable (length up to 10m) a...
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3.5 operat ing hermes dxd after the cabling is done, you can switch on your system. In order to provide the graphic cards with the correct timing, it is mandatory that h ermes dxd is switched on before booting the controller! The projection engines can be switched on or off: the timing information i...
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4 remo te control the remote control is a system for scanning and controlling single devices of barco display wall. As a certain class of devices h ermes dxd can be scanned from a central computer. By means of remote control the respective input can be switched to a desired output. This chapter desc...
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4.1 cabling a remote control system consists of three different components: remote control master ( rcm ) remote control slave ( rcs ) remote control connection the rcm is the central computer which controls the slave devices rcs . All control messages are gener- ated by the rcm , addressed to a cer...
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4.1.2 cabling of hermes dxd (number of devices > 20) if there are more than 20 devices a distribution panel has to be used. Then the cabling looks like this: figure 4-3 remote control cabling by use of a distriubtion panel remote control cabling is available in various length and with adapters for c...
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4.2.3 structu re of messages the messages consists out of a rcs -independent and a rcs -dependent layer. The rcs -independent parts are interpreted the same by all types of devices. The rcs -dependent parts contain specific com- mands for a certain type of rcm : the message body. A message has the f...
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4.2.5 types o f rcs classes e o ver v iew - m l r multi m edia -t erminal m mt-x, m mt-nt, e os s multi m edia -t erminal m mt-s m avc-b ox , d igital s witchbox , a nalog i nput b ox , h ermes d2d, h ermes v2a, h ermes dxd, h ermes vxa table 4-4 4.3 how to calculate the checksum the checksum is bei...
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4.4 the sta tus register the status register stores information about which input is provided with a signal, which input is switched to which output, and if autoswitch modus is enabled or disabled. The following lists the bits of the status register, the m ost s ignificant b it is the most left bit,...
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5 contr olling hermes dxd this chapter describes the commands to control h ermes dxd, the commands and the an- swers/acknowledge..
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5.1 valid c ommands for hermes dxd command description t selects input from first graphical controller as signal for digital out 1 a selects input from second graphical controller as signal for digital out 1 s selects input from first graphical controller as signal for digital out 2 b selects input ...
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5.2 reques t commands request commands can be sent from the rcs to the rcm or vice versa. The answer of a request com- mand does not include the status information. Command "r": calling for address description: request for an address. A rcs that is not provided with an address will send requests for...
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Command "i": calling for information description: this request is about the identity number of the device and the version of the firmware. Example: the message sent from the rcm to the rcs1 about the identity number is: message m 0 1 i 1 7 answer m 0 1 i3187-01 7 8 5.3 switch ing commands the switch...
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Command "a": interconnection digital input 2 to digital output 1 description: via the command a the rcm tells the rcs of class m to switch the signal of the second input ( digital in 2 ) to the first digital output digital out 1 . The rcs executes the command and sends the acknowledge which informs ...
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Command "t": interconnection digital input 1 to digital output 1 description: via this command the rcm tells the rcs of class m to switch the signal of the first input ( digital in 1 ) to the first digital output digital out 1 . The rcs executes the command and sends the acknowledge which informs vi...
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Command "b": interconnection digital input 2 to digital output 2 description: via this command the rcm tells the rcs of class m to switch the signal of the second in- put ( digital in 2 ) to the second digital output digital out 2 . The rcs executes the command and sends the acknowledge which inform...
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Command "s": interconnection digital input 1 to digital output 2 description: via this command the rcm tells the rcs of class m to switch the signal of the first input ( digital in 1 ) to the second digital output digital out 2 . The rcs executes the command and sends the acknowledge which informs v...
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5.4 enablin g/disabling auto switch the auto switch functionality allows h ermes dxd to automatically connect an output to the other input if there is no longer a sync signal on the input previous connected to this output. This functionality pro- vides redundancy (inspite of a crash, there will be s...
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Command “k”: disabling auto switch description: via this command the rcm tells the rcs of class m to disable auto switch the rcs executes the command and sends the acknowledge which informs via the status register about the auto switch status. Example: the command k is sent to the second rcs : messa...
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5.4.1 comma nds referring to settings the connections of h ermes dxd (which input is connected to which output) as well as the status of the auto switch functionality make up the settings of h ermes dxd and can be saved and restored on the device. The native configuration (factory configuration) of ...
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Command “i”: save user settings description: via this command the rcm tells the rcs of class m to save the current configuration as user settings. These are the features to be saved: connection of digital output 1 connection of digital output 2 status of auto switch the rcs executes the command and ...
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Let's assume that the following routing is saved as user settings: digital output 1 is connected to digital input 2 digital output 2 is connected to digital input 1 autoswitch enabled let's further assume that there is a sync signal on digital input 1 , and no sync signal on digital input 2 . Theref...
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5.5 readin g the status register although the information about the status register is sent back by the rcs as part of the acknowledge, it might be useful to ask it directly. Command “o”: read status register description: via this command the rcm tells the rcs of class m to read the status register....
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5.6 readin g the product identification the entire product information "finger print" is saved in an eeprom and can be read and evaluated. This information is a very useful diagnostic help for the barco support technician. Command “v”: read product information description: after having received this...
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5.7 error m essages three different kind of errors might occur: the body is an invalid command the checksum is not correct the device cannot be addressed (it might be switched off…) the information sent back to the rcm about these errors does not include the status register error protocol "ep" descr...
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Original message is sent back to the rcm description: via this answer the rcm recognizes that the desired rcs cannot be addressed (might be it has been switched off…) example: the rcm has sent the following command: message m 0 2 t 4 3 the second rcs cannot be addressed, and via the closed remote co...
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6 broad cast addressing mode this chapter describes how all remote control slaves of a class are addressed simultaneously..
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6.1 structu re of message the messages consists out of a rcs -independent and a rcs -dependent layer. The rcs -independent parts are interpreted the same by all types of devices. The rcs -dependent parts contain specific com- mands for a certain type of rcm : the message body. A message has the foll...
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6.3 comm ands for broadcast addressing in principle, all commands can be sent in broadcast addressing mode, however, some of the valid com- mands are not very useful to be sent to all of the rcs simultaneously. The following table lists the commands for reasonable broadcasting addressing. For h erme...
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7 techn ical data.
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7.1 genera l data 7.1.1 dimens ions characteristic specification weight 2980g w×h×d 378mm × 61mm × 304mm table 7-1 7.1.2 power s upply characteristic specification ac power supply 100-240v mains frequency 50/60hz power consumption max. 10w inrush current 110v 230v outlet same as input table 7-2.
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7.1.3 operati ng conditions characteristic specification operating temperature 0 .. 50 degrees celsius (32 .. 122 °f) humidity 8 .. 80% non condensing table 7-3.
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7.2 interfac es 7.2.1 remote in 1 6 9 5 1 - 6 - 2 txd 7 - 3 rxd 8 - 4 - 9 - 5 gnd table 7-4 7.2.2 remote out 1 6 9 5 1 - 6 - 2 txd 7 - 3 rxd 8 - 4 - 9 - 5 gnd table 7-5.
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7.2.3 digital i n pin signal assignment pin signal assignment 1 tmds data 2- 13 - 2 tmds data 2+ 14 - 3 tmds data 2 shield 15 ground (+5, analog /v sync) 4 - 16 - 5 - 17 tmds data 0- 6 ddc clock 18 tmds data 0+ 7 ddc data 19 tmds data 0 shield 8 - 20 - 9 tmds data 1- 21 - 10 tmds data 1+ 22 tmds clo...
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7.3 parts l ist 7.3.1 hermes dxd order no. Designation rsavc31870 h ermes dxd rscbl32060 dvi-dvi cable, copper, 2m rscbl32062 dvi-dvi cable, copper, 5m rscbl32063 dvi-dvi cable, copper, 10m rscbl32040 dvi-dvi cable, fibre, 10m rscbl32041 dvi-dvi cable, fibre, 20m rscbl32042 dvi-dvi cable, fibre, 50m...
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7.4 addres s 4 barco control rooms gmbh an der rossweid 5 • d-76229 karlsruhe • germany phone (49) (721) 6201-0 • fax (49) (721) 6201-298 e-mail info.De.Bcd@barco.Com web www.Barcocontrolrooms.De 4 barcoprojection noordlaan 5 • b-8520 kuurne • belgium phone (32) (56) 36-8211 • fax (32) (56) 36-8251 ...