C4i MXB88H 8×8 Seamless UHD Matrix User Manual

: June 6, 2024
: C4i

Table of Contents

Introduction
Front Panel Control
Back Panel
PC Tool and RS232/LAN Control
Control via Web
Electrical parameters
Package Contents
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MXB88H Seamless UHD Matrix
8×8 Seamless UHD Matrix
Model No. MXB88H

Warning

Do not expose this device to Rain, Moisture, and Dripping
Only use accessories specified by the manufacture
Unplug this device during Lightning Storms
Product specifications may be subject to technical upgrades without further notice

Introduction

MXB88H is a high-performance seamless UHD matrix switcher with 8x HDMI inputs and 8x HDMI outputs. Audio extract or insert can also be enabled on this device. IR matrix routing on this video matrix is followed by video routing

MXB88H key features:

Support HDMI 2.0/HDCP 2.2
Support seamless switching
Support IR matrix
Support HDMI audio extract
Support external LR audio insert on HDMI stream
Support EDID management
HDMI video output resolution: 3840×2160@60, 3840×2160@30,1920×1080@60,1280×720@60, 1920×1200@60,1360×768@60,1280×1024@60, 1024×768@60
Front panel,RS232,TCP/IP (LAN 10M/100M) control

Front Panel Control

OUTPUT/INPUT buttons Press buttons OUTPUT n + INPUT m+ TAKE by sequence, user can switch matrix routing
Press button POWER , to make the matrix enter or release standby state. When standby, the power LED will be lighted
Press button LOCK, to lock or un-lock front buttons. When locked, the Lock LED will be lighted
Press buttons ALL + INPUT m + TAKE by sequence, to switch input m to all the outputs
Press button SAVE + OUTPUT n to save current routing scene as scene n. The maximum allowable scene No. is 8
Press button RECALL + OUTPUT n to recall routing scene n as current routing
Press buttons RES + OUTPUT n + NEXT + TAKE, to change output resolution of OUTPUT n port Resolution option : 3840×2160@60, 3840×2160@30,1920×1080@60,1280×720@60, 1920×1200@60,1360×768@60,1280×1024@60, 1024×768@60
Press buttons EDID + INPUT m + NEXT + TAKE, change the EDID mode of port INPUT m EDID option: Manual,3840×2160@60, 3840×2160@30, 1280×1024@60
1920×1080@60,1280×720@60,1920×1200@60

Back Panel

LAN(10M/100M), RS232 are for PC control
Analog Audio IN/OUT ports is bonded with corresponding HDMI ports.
For example, if INPUT HDMI 1 signal is DVI, the matrix will use analog AUDIO IN 1 as HDMI 1
audio source Note, Analog AUDIO IN is only available when the corresponding video input is a DVI signal.
Analog AUDIO OUT n will always output the same audio content with HDMI OUTPUT n Analog Audio IN/OUT connection
IR IN and IR OUT
IR IN/OUT is for remote control routing and followed by video routing, For example, if input HDMI m is routed to output HDMI n1 and n2 ports, then IR IN n1 and n2 ports will be routed to IR OUT m port. Please refer to the below illustration.
Relationship between video and IR routing
IR extender connectors (not as accessories)

PC Tool and RS232/LAN Control

RS232 connector

RS-232 control, baud rate 9600, DB9 connector
Pins configuration as bellow. Users need to use the corresponding cable, directly link the cable
Index| Pin
---|---
1| N/u
2| Tx( Matrix —*PC )
3| Rx( Matrix —PC )
4| N/u
5| And
6| N/u
7| N/u
8| N/u
9| N/u

Baud rate 9600

Ethernet control and connection

Note： Factory default network setting：

PC Tool

The PC tool needs no installation, support serial control, and network control.
Please note, Fine Tune/OSD CTRL/TV Wall pages are reserved for future used

4.3.1 UART Control
Control steps as follows:

Connect PC and device with a straight serial port cable
Run PC control tool and switch to “Matrix Switch” page
Click to switch “Ctrl Mode” to “UART”
Click the combo box which is right to the “Port”, select the right COM port (There may be some COM ports connected to the PC)
Click the “Disconnected” button (which is right to “Status”) to connect to the device
If connected successfully, the “Disconnected” button will show “Connected”

4.3.2 Network Control
Direct connection via Ethernet cable

Control steps as follows:

Connect the PC and device directly via an Ethernet cable
Manually setting up the IP address of the PC, and the IP address of the PC and the device should be in the same network segment (The default IP address of the device is
192.168.0.247, and the default network mask of the device is 255.255.255.0). The screenshots of setting up the IP address are as follows:
Run the PC control software (If the IP address of the PC changed after running the software, you should close it and run it again)
Click to switch “Ctrl Mode” to “Network”
Click the “Search Device” button
Click the device you want to control in the result list (When you click it, the software will read the network configuration such as network port and so on of the device automatically)
Click the ‘Disconnected’ button (which is right to “Status”) to connect to the device
If connected successfully, the “Disconnected” button will show “Connected”The UI after connected successfully will be as follows:

Connection via LAN Control steps are as follows:

Connect the PC and the device to the same network router
Setting up the IP address of the PC. Either manual(Static) mode or automatic (DHCP) mode is ok. Just make sure the IP address of the PC and the device are in the same network segment（When the IP type is obtained automatically, the network router that PC and device connected to should support HDCP function）
Run the PC control software (If the IP address of the PC changed after running the software, you should close it and run it again)
Click to switch “Ctrl Mode” to “Network”
Click the “Search Device” button
Click the device you want to control in the result list (When you click it, the software will read the network configuration such as network port and so on of the device
automatically)
Click the ‘Disconnected’ button (which is right to “Status”) to connect to the device
If connected successfully, the “Status” button will show “Connected”

4.3.3 Configure the network module of the device

Configuration via UART
Step A: Connected to the device via serial port cable at the “Matrix Route” page.
Step B: Switch to the “Network setting” page
Step C: Click the “Find via UART” button to read the configuration of the device
Step D: Modify the IP address or the IP address type
Step E: Click the “Save Config” button to save the modification
Step F: When the software shows a message of “Success”, Click “Find Via UART” to load configuration again to make sure your modification is saved successfully.
Configuration via Network
Step A: Switch to Ctrl Mode to the “Network” page
Step B： Click the “Search Device” button to search devices
Step C：Click the device you want to configure in the result list (When you click it, the software will read the network configuration of the device automatically)
Step D： Modify the IP address or the IP address type or other configuration.
Step E: Click the ‘Save Config button to save data
Step F: When the tool shows a message with “Success”, Click the “Search Device” button to search and load configuration again to make sure your modification saved successfully

NOTE：

Select the device, will display the matrix’s network board information. Users can edit the device’s name, in order to better identify the matrix. Users can set dynamic IP/ static IP, subnet mask, gateway, and other network information. At the same time, the user can also set the device port. The serial port baud rate is 9600 (the user cannot change the baud rate, otherwise it will lead to the network control failure).
Configuration via UART only supports modifying IP address or IP address type. If you want to modify other configurations, please configure them via Network

4.3.4 Matrix Switch

When the PC-tool connects to the matrix via UART or Network, the PC-tool will display the matrix’s input and output information.

User can click the mouse to switch the input; Can edit the input source name (for example, the user can edit the input 1 name to set-top box); Can also edit the output name to show which sink is connected (for example, the output 1 users can edit the name to TV)
Support scene save (the user can pull down the corresponding drop-down menu, to save the current input and output relationship to mode X, support 8 different modes)
Support scene recalls (the user can drop down the corresponding drop-down menu, to set the mode X input and output relationship to the matrix)
Support one input-output to all outputs(the user can drop down the “All set” drop-down menu, to set the input X output to all the output ports)
Support system reset: click the “Reset” button after the user confirmed, then will reset the matrix to the factory default settings

4.3.5 Signal Setting

Only the red field can be changed for different output resolutions, others are only for read

4.3.6 EDID control

Click the ‘EDID’button on the “Matrix Switch” page, open EDID control Window

Read EDID： Select the output port, then click the “Read ” button to read EDID
Write EDID： First, read an EDID from the output port， or open an EDID file that is saved before， then select the input port， and click the “Write” button to write EDID
Save EDID： After reading EDID successfully， Click the “Save” button, and select the save path and file name for saving.
EDID Manual: The written EDID above will be as the manual EDID data. When the user selects EDID mode with Manual mode by the front panel for one input port, the matrix system will use this data as the EDID data for the port

Control via Web

If do not know the matrix IP address: Click on the Network Settings page, and then click Search Device, and then select the device that found, click Open Website to open the web control website, or can input the IP on the web browser, then enter the username: admin Password: admin, then can control the matrix switch function use the website;
NOTE: The computer IP and matrix IP must be in the same segment and the same local area network; For example, the matrix’s IP is 192.168.1.xxx, then the computer
IP must be 192.168.1. yyy; Otherwise need to change the matrix’s IP or the computer’s IP. The browser must support the HTML5 feature, which must be IE10 and above.
If the matrix IP address is known: Input the IP on the web browser, then enter the username: admin Password: admin, then can control the matrix switch function using the website;
Note: the browser must support HTML5 feature, which must be IE10 and above

Electrical parameters

Electrical parameter

Interface| HDMI-A
HDMI /DP /VGA Version| HDMI2.0,HDCP2.2
Bandwidth| 18Gbps
Video Resolution
Input| 800×600@60Hz,1024×768@60Hz, 1280×768@60Hz,1280×800@60Hz, 1280×1024@60Hz,1360×768@60 Hz, 1366×768@60 Hz,1400×1050@60 Hz, 1440×900@60Hz,1600×1200@60Hz, 1680×1050@60Hz, 1920×1200@60Hz. 480p,576p,720p,1920x1080i,1920x1080p, 3840×2160@24Hz/25Hz/30Hz/50Hz/60Hz, 4096×2160@24Hz/25Hz/30Hz/50Hz/60Hz.
Output| 1920×1080@60Hz, 3840×2160@30Hz, 3840×2160@60Hz, 1280×720@60Hz, 1024×768@60Hz, 1360×768@60Hz, 1600×1200@60Hz, 1920×1200@60Hz,
HDMI Amplitude| T.M.D.S +/- 0.4Vpp
Differential impedance| 100±15ohm
RS232/Ethernet control
Baud rate and protocol| Baud rate : 9600, Data bit : 8 , stop bit : 1,no parity checking
Ethernet| IE10.0+,HTML5
Power
Max Consumption| 1100W, 110-240VAC
Matrix Mechanical dimensions
Size(mm)| 430(L)X300(W)X44 (H)
Weight| 5Kg
Other
Operating temperature| 0 to 40°C
Storage temperature| -20 to 70°C
Permissible humidity| 10%-50%