NovaStar NovaPro HD User Manual

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    Www.Novastar.Tech -1- user's manual video controller novapro hd rev1.4.1 ns160100032 xi'an novastar tech co.,ltd..

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    Statement welcome to use the product from xi’an novastar tech co., ltd. (hereinafter referred to as “novastar”). It is our great pleasure to offer this manual to help you understand and use the product. We strive for precision and reliability during the compilation of this manual, and the content of...

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    Fcc caution any changes or modifications not expressly approved by the party responsible for compliance could void the user's authority to operate the equipment. This device complies with part 15 of the fcc rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: (1) this device may not cause ha...

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    Www.Novastar.Tech -1- contents 1 safety statement ............................................................................................................................. 1 2 overview ..................................................................................................................

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    Novapro hd user's manual www.Novastar.Tech -2- 6.8.5 alarm threshold settings ................................................................................... 28 6.8.6 advanced property ............................................................................................... 28 6.8.7 save p...

  • Page 6: 1  Safety Statement

    Novapro hd user's manual www.Novastar.Tech -1- 1 safety statement to avoid potential hazards, please use this equipment according to the regulations. In case of damages, non-professionals are not allowed to disassemble it for maintenance without permission. Please contact the after-sales department ...

  • Page 7: 2  Overview

    Novapro hd user's manual www.Novastar.Tech -2- 2 overview novapro hd is a professional led display controller. Besides the function of display control, it also features in powerful front-end processing. It has integrated various professional interfaces. With excellent image quality and free image co...

  • Page 8: 3  Appearance

    Novapro hd user's manual www.Novastar.Tech -3- dual power redundancy backup, the system is stable and reliable. Optical fiber output has guaranteed the stability of long-distance data transmission. 6) in addition to the operations of the controller and lct client, y ou can also configure the system ...

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    Novapro hd user's manual www.Novastar.Tech -4- like breathing when there are ethernet ports of this unit in hot backup state. Red- power indicator ③: option buttons of six input sources and below is corresponding indicator lights. Short press a button to set it as the input source of main screen whi...

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    Novapro hd user's manual www.Novastar.Tech -5- 3.2 rear panel note: in order to improve user’s experience, layout of the interfaces may be adjusted a little. The picture is only for reference. Inputs audio audio input dp dp input hdmi hdmi input dvi dvi input vga vga input cvbs pal/ntsc tv composite...

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    Novapro hd user's manual www.Novastar.Tech -6- dvi loop dvi loop out monitor -dvi monitoring interface monitor -hdmi led out 1, 2, 3, 4 4-channel ethernet outputs opt output 1, 2, 3, 4 4-channel optical fiber outputs control interface ethernet ethernet control (connecting pc for communication or acc...

  • Page 12: 4  Signal Connection

    Novapro hd user's manual www.Novastar.Tech -7- 4 signal connection signal connection connect the required hardware devices referring to the interface descriptions in previous chapters. Note: please turn off power before signal connection. Fig. 4-1 signal connection xi'an novastar tech co.,ltd..

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    Novapro hd user's manual www.Novastar.Tech -8- multiple units connection sketch video source connection fig. 4-2 oversized video source loading scheme (4k) cascade control signal connection ... Fig. 4-3 cascade control signal connection 5 description of operation modes novapro hd is not only powerfu...

  • Page 14: 6  Machine Operation

    Novapro hd user's manual www.Novastar.Tech -9- computer are in the same lan. Open up a browser on control computer and enter the ip of novapro hd to log in control page. Mode 3: novalct client operation. Connect novapro hd to control computer and all configurations can be completed on novalct-mars c...

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    Novapro hd user's manual www.Novastar.Tech -10- unlocking: simultaneously press the knob and esc button for more than three seconds to unlock the controller. 6.2 main interface after starting the controller, the main interface of lcd display is as follows: first row:product model, local ip/ device n...

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    Novapro hd user's manual www.Novastar.Tech -11- current brightness is 80%. When the temperature of novapro hd exceeds threshold value (able to be changed by users), the temperature value will turn red and blinks. When the voltage of novapro hd exceeds threshold value (able to be changed by users), t...

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    Novapro hd user's manual www.Novastar.Tech -12- through novapro hd for digital input modes: dvi, hdmi and dp. For other input modes, resolution can only be changed on input devices. Input resolution can be set through two ways: i: preset resolution choose a suitable resolution from the standard reso...

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    Novapro hd user's manual www.Novastar.Tech -13- cabinets is not integer multiples of the ethernet ports, the remaining cabinets will be loaded by the last ethernet port); 2) regular screen, regular cabinets, each cabinet with the same size. Operating steps of screen settings: step 1 turn on the powe...

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    Novapro hd user's manual www.Novastar.Tech -14- step 5 set data flow of the screen and please see the notes c), d), e) of screen settings. Notes for screen settings: a) if the number of ports with loads is n (n≤4), the quantities of cabinets loaded by each of the first n-1 ports must be equal (if th...

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    Novapro hd user's manual www.Novastar.Tech -15- data flow connection. 6.5 step 3: brightness control return to main menu interface. Press the knob and select the corresponding value. At this time, the knob can be turned to adjust brightness value. 6.6 step 4: output settings output settings can be d...

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    Novapro hd user's manual www.Novastar.Tech -16- effects of scaling disabled ii: output image is adjusted to the size of display screen, namely it is self-adaptive to the size of display screen. Operation: enable scaling and auto fit to screen. Iii: custom scaling operation: enable scaling and disabl...

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    Novapro hd user's manual www.Novastar.Tech -17- operating steps of custom scaling: a) input capture setting, i.E., to capture the part of the image from one start position of the input image and display it on the led screen. It is needed to set horizontal width(≤horizontal resolution of input source...

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    Novapro hd user's manual www.Novastar.Tech -18- after setting according to the above two steps, the captured content will be only displayed on the set area of the led display, as shown below: custom scaling effect 6.7 display control normal freeze: same as the function of frz button. Black out: same...

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    Novapro hd user's manual www.Novastar.Tech -19- picture quality adjustment set contrast, saturation, hue, sharpness, color temperature, red brightness, green brightness, blue brightness and gamma as required. Save these parameters to hardware after adjusting to satisfaction channel effect the softwa...

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    Novapro hd user's manual www.Novastar.Tech -20- 6.8 advanced settings several options of major function setting are included in advanced settings, as shown in the figure below, including pip, advanced configuration, montage, etc. Operation of each function will be detailed for users in the following...

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    Novapro hd user's manual www.Novastar.Tech -21- position and transparency of pip and pip crop settings. Pip: switching on/off pip is the same as the function of pip button on front panel and synchronous with it. Main source/pip source: input source switching of main screen and pip is the same as the...

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    Novapro hd user's manual www.Novastar.Tech -22- start y. 6.8.2 advanced configuration if the number of cabinets loaded by each ethernet port is different and the preconditions of screen settings are not met, advanced configuration can be used now. Operating steps of advanced configuration are shown ...

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    Novapro hd user's manual www.Novastar.Tech -23- 2) ethernet port settings set the rows and columns of the cabinets loaded by each port, horizontal and vertical offset as well as data flow according to the actual layout of the cabinets. Precautions for advanced mapping screen: a) if the cabinets are ...

  • Page 29: 6.8.3 Montage

    Novapro hd user's manual www.Novastar.Tech -24- after port settings are completed, select "apply" and press the knob to apply current settings. If you want to quit the settings, select “return”. 6.8.3 montage for oversized led display, two or more novapro hd units are needed for montage. In this cas...

  • Page 30: 6.8.4 Load Cabinet File

    Novapro hd user's manual www.Novastar.Tech -25- pro hd(1) pro hd(2) total width(h) 4000 total height(v) 1000 load area width 2000 2000 load area height 1000 1000 load area x 0 2000 load area y 0 0 montage connections (referring to the chapter: signal connection) note: if montage is to be enabled, pl...

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    Novapro hd user's manual www.Novastar.Tech -26- after receiving card is configured, click save file to save cabinet configuration file (.Rcfg) to local file on pc. Xi'an novastar tech co.,ltd..

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    Novapro hd user's manual www.Novastar.Tech -27- 2) import cabinet configuration file into novapro hd. Operating steps are shown in the figure below: 3) load cabinet file xi'an novastar tech co.,ltd..

  • Page 33: 6.8.6 Advanced Property

    Novapro hd user's manual www.Novastar.Tech -28- 6.8.5 alarm threshold settings set the threshold values of temperature and voltage. When temperature or voltage of novapro hd exceeds the threshold value, temperature or voltage on the home page of the screen will turn red and blink. 6.8.6 advanced pro...

  • Page 34: 6.8.8   Redundancy

    Novapro hd user's manual www.Novastar.Tech -29- so that vga image is clear and complete.Select this menu and then press the knob once to perform vga automatic adjustment once. Adc calibration: images will be color cast or darker etc. When analog signal is accessed into processors without adc calibra...

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    Novapro hd user's manual www.Novastar.Tech -30- 6.8.9 dmx512 channel settings set the starting channel of dmx512. Novapro hd currently has extracted 16 property channels. 0~8 have been defined with properties and the rest are not defined for the moment. For example, if the starting channel is set as...

  • Page 36: 6.8.10  Factory Reset

    Novapro hd user's manual www.Novastar.Tech -31- 3 hue 4 color temperature 5 red component brightness 6 green component brightness 7 blue component brightness 8 gamma 9 undefined 10 undefined 11 undefined 12 undefined 13 undefined 14 undefined 15 undefined 6.8.10 factory reset restore novapro hd to f...

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    Novapro hd user's manual www.Novastar.Tech -32- 6.9 communication settings set communication mode and network parameters of novapro hd. There are two communication modes, one is usb preferred and the other is lan preferred. If both usb and lan port are connected to control computer and lan preferred...

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    Novapro hd user's manual www.Novastar.Tech -33- 7 web interface operation access web control interface of pro hd through browser. Main operating steps, functions and corresponding parameter configuration requirements are the same as the operation of the controller. This chapter only covers network e...

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    Novapro hd user's manual www.Novastar.Tech -34- toolbar: the toolbar will be highlighted when you move the mouse over it. By clicking the toolbar, you can get into the configuration pages of sub menus. The functions are the same as the menus in the bottom left of the page. Menu bar: click the mouse ...

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    Novapro hd user's manual www.Novastar.Tech -35- three display control buttons: the indicator lights default to blue and turn green when enabled. 7.3 my device the name of the device can be modified, which is a unique function of web interface operation. Xi'an novastar tech co.,ltd..

  • Page 41: 8  Lct Client Operation

    Novapro hd user's manual www.Novastar.Tech -36- 8 lct client operation communication between control computer and pro hd is via usb control cable. Compared with the operation through controller and web, lct client can provide users with the most comprehensive functions and configuration parameters. ...

  • Page 42: 9  Firmware Upgrade

    Novapro hd user's manual www.Novastar.Tech -37- 9 firmware upgrade there are two ways to upgrade the firmware of pro hd: upgrade by u disk and lct client. 1) upgrading firmware by u disk firmware upgrade by u disk must meet two conditions: a) the format of the u-disk must be fat12/16/32。 b) software...

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    Novapro hd user's manual www.Novastar.Tech -38- the program loading page will pop up. Xi'an novastar tech co.,ltd..

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    Novapro hd user's manual www.Novastar.Tech -39- current operation communication port: choose the serial port, the hardware program of which is to be upgraded. Program path: select the hardware program to be upgrade currently. Sending card: check to update all the programs of sending card. Fpga of re...

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    Novapro hd user's manual www.Novastar.Tech -40- refresh all: check this option and click refresh to refresh and display the program versions of all sending card and receiving card of current serial port. Set refresh: click “refresh” to set refresh and display the version information of one receiving...

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    Novapro hd user's manual www.Novastar.Tech -41- check whether monitor output is connected correctly and the connection is not loose. If connecting pro to display, please confirm whether the display supports the output resolution of pro. Try to cut the power and restart the device. Then reset pro and...

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    Novapro hd user's manual www.Novastar.Tech -42- display via machine operation, web operation and lct client operation. Please troubleshoot the devices according to above steps. If problems cannot be solved, please contact our local dealers or customer service department. Since there are components w...

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    Novapro hd user's manual www.Novastar.Tech -43- outputs port number resolution ratio specs dvi input loop ( dviloop) 1 in accordance with dvi input, supporting hdcp loop dvi 2 1280×1024/60hz 1440×900/60hz 1680×1050/60hz 1600×1200/60hz 1600×1200/60hz – reduced 1920×1080/60hz/50hz 2560×816/60hz 2048×6...

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    Novapro hd user's manual www.Novastar.Tech -44- control interface port number instruction usb 2 upper computer control interface rj45 1 multi-units communication interface dmx 1 connected to all kinds of control interfaces that support dmx512 interface protocol. Overall specifications input power ac...

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    Novapro hd user's manual www.Novastar.Tech -45- 12 installation dimensions (unit: mm) xi'an novastar tech co.,ltd..