ADVANTECH OSD Utility Software User Manual

ADVANTECH OSD Utility Software

Copyright

The documentation and the software included with this product are copyrighted 2021 by Advantech Co., Ltd. All rights are reserved. Advantech Co., Ltd. reserves the right to make improvements in the products described in this manual at any time without notice. No part of this manual may be reproduced, copied, translated or transmitted in any form or by any means without the prior written permission of Advantech Co., Ltd. Information provided in this manual is intended to be accurate and reliable. However, Advantech Co., Ltd. assumes no responsibility for its use, nor for any infringements of the rights of third parties, which may result from its use.

Features in OSD Utility

This section outlines the features that are provided in OSD utility. The utility provides basic On-Screen Display functions, including general settings, color settings, advanced settings and the information regarding to the utility.

Limitation

• The utility supports FPM-200 series, including the following products:
  • FPM-212
  • FPM-215
  • FPM-217
  • FPM-219
• The utility only supports the following Windows operating systems:
  • Windows 10 x86 / x64
  • Windows 7 x86 / x64
• Please make sure that .NET Framework package (version 4.6.2 or higher version) is installed in advance, if not, then the following message will be displayed during installation.

WARNING! If the target monitor (or monitors) does not conform to the specifications of both DDC/CI (Display Data Channel / Command Interface) standard and MCCS (Monitor Control

• Command Set), the following error message will be displayed during initialization.

• Finally, the GUI of the utility will show as below. Please make sure that the specifications are met for the utility to be functional.

  • WARNING! The host device also requires the appropriate graphic driver for OSD utility to be fully operational; otherwise, the following error message will be displayed during initialization.

  • WARNING! The utility does not support manipulation to a same monitor over multiple devices at the same time.

  • WARNING! The utility does not support “Hot Plug Detect”. If a new input source is plugged in or an existing source is unplugged during runtime, please restart the utility to get the available input sources again.

General Settings Page

This page provides the following functions, including monitor selecting, input source selecting, brightness level adjustment, contrast level adjustment and factory defaults restoring.

1. Monitor
   Select the connected monitor.

2. Input Source
   Select the input source of the monitor, ex. VGA, HDMI, this process takes about 5 seconds to complete, and the following GUI will be displayed during setting.

If the selected input source does not exist (not connected to the monitor or the source is unavailable to control), the following error message will be displayed.

Note:
If the desired input source is not available, the firmware will automatically switch the source to  an available source. 3. Brightness
Control the level of brightness using scroll bar.

3. Contrast
   Control the level of contrast using scroll bar.

4. Restore Factory Defaults
   Restore all settings to factory default values, this process takes about 5 seconds to complete, and the following GUI will be displayed during restoring.

When exiting the program, the following message box will be displayed to ask user if current settings should be kept or restore the default settings for the monitor (or all monitors if connected), click yes to restore the monitor (or monitors) to default settings, click no to keep the current settings for the monitor (or monitors).

Color Settings Page

This page provides the following functions, including color temperature selecting, color defaults restoring, red video gain level adjustment, green video gain level adjustment and blue video gain level adjustment.

1. Color Temperature
   Select the color temperature for the monitor, ex. 6500K, 9300K, user n (user defined color temperature, n = 1~3) and eye protection mode (reduction of blue video gain).

2. Restore Color
   Defaults Restore brightness level, contrast level and user defined RGB colors to factory default values, this process takes about 5 seconds to complete, and the following GUI will be displayed during restoring.

3. Red Video Gain
   Control the level of red video gain using scroll bar.
   Note:
   This function is only available for user defined color temperature.

4. Green Video Gain
   Control the level of green video gain using scroll bar.
   Note: This function is only available for user defined color temperature.

5. Blue Video Gain
   Control the level of blue video gain using scroll bar.
   Note: This function is only available for user defined color temperature.

The following GUI is an example when the user-defined option is not selected for the color temperature setting, making red, green and blue video gains functions disabled.

Advanced Settings Page

This page provides the following functions, including auto geometry setup, auto color setup, horizontal position adjustment, vertical position adjustment and clock level adjustment. Note:
These functions are only available for analog input source, ex. VGA.

1. Auto Geometry Setup
   Auto adjust the values of horizontal position, vertical position and clock level, this process takes about 5 seconds to complete, and the following GUI will be displayed during setting.

2. Auto Color Setup
   Perform analog auto color setup.

3. Horizontal Position
   Control the level of horizontal position using scroll bar.

4. Vertical Position
   Control the level of vertical position using scroll bar.

5. Clock
   Control the level of clock using scroll bar.
   The following GUI is an example when the selected input source is not an analog type source, making the functions as described above unable to control

Information Page

This page shows the OSD firmware version, MCCS (Monitor Control Command Set) version, utility version and the FPM products that are currently supported.

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