CONTENTS
Contents
INTRODUCTION .......................................................................................................................................... 1
NETWORK AV INFRASTRUCTURE PREREQUISITES ............................................................................................... 1
NETWORK REQUIREMENTS ............................................................................................................................................ 2
POWER OVER ETHERNET (POE) ...................................................................................................................................... 2
SWITCH SPEED ............................................................................................................................................................ 2
CHOOSING AN ETHERNET SWITCH ................................................................................................................................... 3
SWITCH GUIDELINES .................................................................................................................................................... 3
IMPLEMENTATION CONSIDERATIONS ................................................................................................................................ 4
INSTALLING ON A CONVERGED NETWORK ......................................................................................................................... 4
INSTALLING ON A DEDICATED NETWORK........................................................................................................................... 6
SINGLE SWITCH NETWORKING ........................................................................................................................................ 6
MULTIPLE SWITCH NETWORKING .................................................................................................................................... 6
INSTALLATION AND CONNECTIONS (SYSTEM EXAMPLES) ..................................................................................... 7
ONE SOURCE TO ONE DISPLAY ....................................................................................................................................... 7
ONE SOURCE TO MANY DISPLAYS ................................................................................................................................... 8
MANY SOURCES TO MANY DISPLAYS ............................................................................................................................... 9
MANY SOURCES TO MANY DISPLAYS WITH USB OVER IP (KVM) ........................................................................................ 10
VIDEO WALL ............................................................................................................................................................ 11
NETWORK DISCOVERY ................................................................................................................................................ 12
CONFIGURATION ...................................................................................................................................... 14
CONFIGURING ENCODER AND DECODER IP ADDRESSES ....................................................................................................... 14
CONFIGURING STREAM SETTINGS (MANUALLY) ................................................................................................................ 15
UNICAST MODE ........................................................................................................................................................ 15
MULTICAST MODE .................................................................................................................................................... 15
STREAM BIT RATE...................................................................................................................................................... 15
STREAM FRAME RATE ................................................................................................................................................. 15
FAST(ER) SWITCHING ................................................................................................................................................. 16
USB OVER IP (KVM) ................................................................................................................................................ 16
AUTO SELECT MODE .................................................................................................................................................. 16
ACTIVE PER REQUEST MODE (DEFAULT) ......................................................................................................................... 16
ACTIVE ON LINK MODE .............................................................................................................................................. 16
FAST(ER) KVM SWITCHING ......................................................................................................................................... 16
RS-232 OVER IP ...................................................................................................................................................... 16
SIMPLE GUEST MODE................................................................................................................................................. 16
CEC OVER IP (DECODER ONLY) .................................................................................................................................... 17
CEC API EXAMPLES ................................................................................................................................................... 17
VIDEO FORMAT SETTINGS (DECODER ONLY) .................................................................................................................... 18
AUDIO SETTINGS ....................................................................................................................................................... 18
AUDIO SOURCE ......................................................................................................................................................... 18
RTP AUDIO STREAM (ENCODER ONLY) ........................................................................................................................... 19
VIDEO WALL ............................................................................................................................................................ 20
EDID ..................................................................................................................................................................... 21
CUSTOM SPLASH SCREEN (DECODER ONLY) ..................................................................................................................... 22
ADVANCED CONFIGURATION....................................................................................................................... 22
VIDEO SOURCE TIMEOUT (DECODER ONLY) ..................................................................................................................... 22
VIDEO POWER SAVE (DECODER ONLY) ........................................................................................................................... 22
HDCP FORCE ON ...................................................................................................................................................... 22
HDCP FORCE OFF (ENOCDER ONLY).............................................................................................................................. 22
GENLOCK (DECODER ONLY) ......................................................................................................................................... 22
VIDEO OUTPUT SETTING (DECODER ONLY) ...................................................................................................................... 23
OSD TEXT DISPLAY (DECODER ONLY) ............................................................................................................................ 23