SEADA SWMP 4K Seamless Modular Video Wall Matrix Switchers User Guide

SEADA SWMP 4K Seamless Modular Video Wall Matrix Switchers

Product Introduction

Product profile

• SWMP multi-format 4K Seamless Modular Video Wall Matrix Switcher is a high-performance video signal switching equipment, can support up to 80 inputs, 80 outputs, with inserting plate structure. This product supports multiple video formats input and output, switching, without disturbing the other output, high-performance output.
• Multi-format matrix using the insert plate structure, flexible and convenient installation. Support UHD-HDMI, 4K HDBaseT, 4K Fiber Optica, HDMI, DVI-U, SDI and VGA input/output daughter cards. At the same time, with the Ethernet and RS232 communication interface, through the special control software to control the matrix signal switching, monitoring the working state of the matrix, set the signal resolution, etc.
• DVI-U daughter card support HDMI/DVI/VGA/YPbPr/CVBS signal with different terminal adapters So, for an HDMI signal, we can use HDMI card directly or DVI-U card, for VGA signal, we can use VGA (DB15 interface) card directly or DVI-U card
• Seamless switching available.
• Video wall function available.
• OSD function: Font/color / size control available

Product capability

• Support HDBaseT, HDMI, DVI-U, SDI, VGA, UHD-HDMI, Fiber Optic cards.
• Support a maximum resolution of 1600 x 1200@60hz with normal card.
• Support a maximum resolution of 3840 x 2160@60hz with 4K card.
• Provide a variety of control interface: RS232, Ethernet, WebUI.
• Provide control software to facilitate remote control, real-time display the input and output status.
• Scalar inside, output resolution control available.
• Support Seamless switching, Character overlay, Video Wall function.

Specification & Parameters 

1080P Input & Output cards

Input| Interface type| Signal| Format
DVI-U| HDMI DVI VGA

YPbPr

CVBS

| HDMI / DVI / VGA: 800×600,1024×768,1280×768,1280×800,1280×1024,1360×768,1400×1050,1600 x1200,1920×1080

YPbPr: 576i50,720p50,720p60,1080i50,1080i60, 1080p50,1080p60

CVBS: PAL, NTSC

HDMI| HDMI| Same as DVI-U (HDMI input)
VGA| VGA| Same as DVI-U (VGA input)
BNC| SDI| 480i60,576i50,1080i60,1080i50,720p60,720p50,1080p24/25/30/50/60
RJ45| HDbaseT| Same as DVI-U (HDMI input)
LC| Fiber| Single mode single Fiber, 1920×1080, up to 1.4Km or 20Km
Output| Interface type| Signal| Format
DVI-U| HDMI DVI VGA

YPbPr

CVBS

| HDMI / DVI / VGA:

1024×768,  1280×1024,  1360×768,  1280×720,  1600×1200  ,1680×1050,

1920×1080

YPbPr: 1080p60, 720p60 CVBS: PAL, NTSC

HDMI| HDMI| Same as DVI-U (HDMI output)
VGA| VGA| Same as DVI-U (VGA output)
BNC| SDI| 576i50,480i59,720p50,720p60,1080i50,1080i59,1080i60,1080p24/25/29/30/50

/60

RJ45| HDbaseT| Same as DVI-U (HDMI output)
LC| Fiber| Single mode single Fiber, 1920×1080, up to 1.4Km or 20Km
4K Input & Output Cards
Input| Interface type| Signal| Format
HDMI| HDMI| Up to HDMI 2.0 4K 444@60Hz
RJ45| HDbaseT| 4K@60Hz, works with HDbaseT seamless transmitter box.

Each card needs 24V external power supply to PoC up to 2 x HDBaseT TX

LC| Fiber| 4K@60Hz, works with Fiber seamless transmitter box.
Output| Interface type| Signal| Format
HDMI| HDMI| Up to HDMI 2.0 4K 444@60Hz
RJ45| HDbaseT| 4K@60Hz, works with HDbaseT seamless receiver box. Each card needs 24V external power supply to PoC up to 2 x HDBaseT RX
LC| Fiber| 4K@60Hz, works with Fiber seamless receiver box.
Note: OSD function is not available on 4K cards.
Control -RS232| RS-232 Straight| D-sub-9| Baud rate：9600
Control -LAN| Static IP, Automatic IP
Power supply| AC100 – 240V 50/60Hz
Working temperature| 32 – 104°F / 0 – 40°C
Storage temperature| -4 – 140°F / -20 – 60°C
Humidity| 20 – 90% RH (no condensation)
 | 8×8, 2U| 16×16, 4U| 36×36, 8U| 80×80, 16U
Dimension WDH| 483x365x89mm| 483x365x178mm| 483x365x356mm| 483x365x712mm
Gross weight| 9Kg| 13Kg| 23Kg| 44Kg
Power Supply| 100W 2 (Redundant)| 200W 2(Redundant)| 350W 2(Redundant)| 350W 4(Redundant)

Hardware Overview (2U)

Front Panel

• OUTPUT/INPUT Buttons
  Press buttons OUTPUT x + INPUT y + ENTER in order, switch input x to output y.

• MENU Buttons

  • Press buttons ALL + INPUT x + ENTER in order, to switch input x to all the outputs, users can use this combination to switch between different inputs to the video wall
  • Press buttons SAVE + OUTPUT y + ENTER to save current matrix/video wall layout as layout y (Save up to 8 preset layouts using panel buttons)
  • Press buttons RECALL + OUTPUT y + ENTER in order, to recall layout y (Recall up to 8 preset layouts using panel buttons)
  • Press RESET button to cancel the current command function
  • Press LOCK button to lock all front panel buttons
  • ENTER button is an executive key

Rear Panel (2U)

• LAN(10M/100M/1000M) and RS232 Port are for PC control

• Input Ports
  Up to 80 inputs (16U) of different formats (DVI, HDMI, SDI, HDBaseT and Fiber) with resolution up to 4K@60

• Out Ports
  Up to 80 inputs (16U) of different formats (DVI, HDMI, SDI, HDBaseT and Fiber) with resolution up to 4K@60

• Power Supply Socket
  110 ~ 240 VAC redundant power supplies

Connection Set up

RS232 connection
RS-232 control, baud rate 9600, DB9 connector:

Ethernet Connection
Connect the SWMP unit with the control PC using either CAT cable. Make sure the PC is in the same group of static IP address as SWMP.

Left is the default IP setting of SWMP. Users can change the IP address once connected.

SWMP Software User Guide

Users can run the SWMP.exe software directly without installation. Software is on the disk in the package, or you can download it from the SEADA website. Double click the SWMP software to get the Dialog box as below:

• Default password for Administrator: 111111
• Default password for User: 000000

Users can change the password here as well

1. Click drop-down list to select account: Administrator or User
2. Input current password, then click the ‘modify’ button to open the Modify password window

Type in new password, then click the ‘modify’ button to change to the new password:

Once log in, the following user interface will be shown on screen. The system will remember the last connection setup and automatically try to connect the SWMP system. If not, please check 4.1.1 and 4.1.2 for how to connect the unit with control PC.

There are 6 main tabs in this software to help users set up and control the SWMP matrix switcher.

Matrix Switch
Users can connect the SWMP device to control PC and set up the device as matrix switcher in this section.

Connect to the SWMP via RJ45 for RS232
Connect the SWMP to the control PC with a serial cable (a RS232 to USB cable is included in the package)

If the software was connected via UART (RS232) last time, software will connect to the SWMP automatically vis RS232. If it was used at Network last time, a ‘Network Timeout’ error message will be shown on screen and users need to set up as below for RS232 connection in the software

• Choose ‘UART’ instead of ‘Network’
• Select the COM port from the Port dropdown menu
• Press ‘Disconnected’ button to connect

The software will check all the parts of the device. A ‘Read data succeeded’ dialog box will be shown on screen when finished.

Connect to the SWMP via Network
The default IP address for SWMP matrix switcher is 192.168.0.247, Users need to change the IP address of the control PC to the same network segment as the SWMP.

• Change the ‘Obtain an IP address automatically’ to ‘Use the following IP address’ to set up a static IP address of TCP/IPv4 in Ethernet Properties
  • IP address: any address between 192.168.0.2 and 192.168.0.254 except the address which has been taken by the SWMP
  • Subnet mask: 255.255.255.0, Default Gateway: 192.168.0.1

Connect the SWMP with a CAT cable to the control PC (cable included in the package)
If the software was connected via Network last time, software will connect to the SWMP automatically via network. If it was used at serial port last time, a ‘Please select COM port’ error message will be shown on screen and users need to set up as below for Network connection in the software

• Choose ‘Network’ instead of ‘UART’
• Press ‘Search Device’ button to find the SWMP on the network
• Highlight the device Press ‘Disconnected’ button to connect 4.1.3. Matrix Switch Routing

Matrix Switch Routing
Users can switch and assign different inputs to the selected outputs in the matrix. The name of the input/output can also be changed by selecting the default name – Input1/Output1 and replacing it with the chosen name. Users need to disable the video wall mode (Cancel the splicing, see 4.5.2) to enable the matrix switcher mode.

Allset, Recall, Save As, Reset, EDID and Switch UI

• The Allset dropdown menu helps the users select a single input to be displayed on all the screens
• Recall: Recall a matrix switching preset layout. The device supports maximum 25 layouts.
• SaveAs: Save up to 25 preset layouts for matrix switching (same as video wall layouts, 4.5.3)
• Reset: Reset the unit to default factory configuration.
• EDID: Users can read the EDID from the output (from the receive device, such as screen) and apply it to the input port
  • Read: read the EDID of the selected output
  • Save: save the displayed EDID after ‘Read’
  • Open: open an EDID from previous saved EDID
  • Write: write the current displayed EDID onto selected input to customized input EDID
• Switch UI: users can switch UI style in this section to choose the best suitable UI for themselves.

Signal setting

In the Signal Settings tab, users can use the ‘Read All’ function button to recognize the type and resolution automatically. Additionally, you can also manually read one Input/output at a time – pressing the Read button next to the selected input will only read that input alone.

1. Input Type Shows the input video sources type (HDMI or DVI)

2. Input Format Shows the resolution of the input video sources

3. Audio Select

   • Auto: HDMI output embedded audio and analog audio output will get the audio from the embedded audio of the HDMI input to be displayed on the output channel. If the input source is DVI, the output system will get the audio from the input analog audio
   • External: HDMI output embedded audio and analog audio output will get the audio from the corresponding analog audio of the HDMI input to be displayed on the output channel

4. Output Type
   Users can choose different output formats for certain output cards (e.g., HDMI output card can be used as DVI or HDMI, DVI output card can be used as both digital and analog

5. Output Format
   Users can manually change the output resolution here to match the requirement of the receiving side

PQ & Position
This section allows the user to fine-tune the settings of each output signal from the SWMP software.

• PQ Fine Tune
  The dropdown menu at the top of the section allows the user to select which screen to apply the settings to and Adjust the Brightness, Contrast, Saturation and Sharpness sliders to the selected output to adjust the image quality of that output. The read option reads the settings of the monitor/screen that are already in place and adjusts the values in the software, while the reset button will reset the settings to their default after they have been manually adjusted.

• Position Fine Tune
  This feature is only valid on CVBS, Component or VGA analog video source. Users can adjust the video source screen position in this section to match the monitor requirement.

OSD Control
This page is used to control the on-screen display function. User can set the font overlay on/off, the background colour, transparency, colour, and other information.

• OSD Set up
  • Board Address: To choose which output channel having OSD on
  • Display: To switch on/off the OSD function
  • Transparent: To switch on/off the OSD background
  • Alpha: To set up the OSD transparency level
  • Text Colour: To set up the OSD text colour
  • BKGD Colour: To set up the OSD background colour
  • Position: To set up the OSD position on monitor
  • Font: To set up the OSD text font and size
  • Current Date: To apply the current PC time to the SWMP device
• OSD Content Set up
  • Text Content: To enter OSD content
  • Text Mode: To choose the mode between Normal, 3×3 and 3×4
  • Set: To apply the OSD change
  • Read: To read the OSD from the unit
  • Import: To import the OSD from OSD files
  • Export: To export the OSD file as back up
  • Self-Clocking: To display the Date/Time on screen
  • OSD Save: To save a OSD mode
  • OSD Load: To load a OSD mode

Video Wall

• Video Wall Layout Setup
  Users can set up the layout of the video wall in ‘VideoWall Setting’ by simply choosing how rows and columns in the video wall.

• Creative the video wall
  Left click to select the screen, then drag & select the screens needed to form the video wall. Right-click, and choose ‘Screen splicing’ to form a video wall Users can create more than one video wall on SWMP. (e.g., they can create two 2×2 video walls instead of one 2×4 video wall or 3, 4 independent video walls)

• Screen Splicing – This combines the selected screens into one and displays the selected input across all the splicing screens. For example, in the setup 2×4 at left, if all of them are spliced, then the input selected by the user will be displayed across all the 8 screens (See image left).

• Cancel Splicing – This will cancel the video wall and revert to the matrix switching mode

• Screen – Cancel Splicing– This will cancel the very screen and revert only that screen to the matrix switching mode to form a Picture in Picture effect (See image bottom left)

• Input Select – This allows the user to control which input is displayed on video wall

• Output Select – The user can control which screen should be mapped to which output (only available in matrix mode)

• Output Type – Allows the user to adjust the type of the output (only available in matrix mode)

• Output Format – Controls the resolution of the output (only available in matrix mode)

• Horizontal adjust – Bezel compensation on horizontal direction

• Vertical adjust – Bezel compensation on vertical direction

• Sync lock– to form sync between different screens in the same video wall

Save and Load Pre-set Layout
The user can save the video wall preset layouts and load it later via the Save Layout and Load Layout dropdown menu. Users can save up to 25 preset layouts here. (Same as matrix switch layouts, 4.1.4)

Network Setting
Users can find all the device network information in this section and do the modification if needed. Users can find the lost IP address using ‘Find via UART’ which only requires RS232 connection.

Remote Control

Output/Input Buttons
Press buttons OUTPUT x + INPUT y + ENTER in order, switch input x to output y.

• PTP Button
  To display all the inputs to all outputs respectively

• All Button
  Press buttons All + Input x + ENTER in order, to switch input x to all the outputs, users can use this combination to switch between different inputs to the video wall

Function Buttons

• SAVE Button
  Press buttons SAVE + OUTPUT y + ENTER to save current matrix/video wall layout as layout y (Save up to 8 preset layouts)

• RECALL Button
  Press buttons RECALL + OUTPUT y + ENTER in order, to recall layout y (Recall up to 8 preset layouts)

• ENTER Button
  To enable all the actions

SWMP ASCII Command Lines

• Baud Rate: 9600
• Data bits: 8
• Parity: None
• Stop bits: 1
• TCP/IP port: 23

Note:

• All spaces shown in the command are required.
• All commands in this section are always terminated with the ASCII carriage-return character, 0x0d. This is represented by the symbol in each command.

Video switching

Save Video Wall/Matrix Preset Layout

Load Video Wall/Matrix Preset Layout

SEADA Technology Ltd
Oak Tree Park
Burnt Meadow Road
Moons Moat North Industrial Estate
Redditch
Worcestershire
B98 9NW
United Kingdom
Email: sales@seada.co.uk
Phone: +44 (0)1527 584364
Fax: +44 (0)1527 962998

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