BLACK BIRD All to HDMI Converter with HDBaseT Extender User Guide

BLACK BIRD All to HDMI Converter with HDBaseT Extender User Guide

INTRODUCTION

This Blackbird TM device can be controlled by a computer using an RS-232 serial connection and by issuing commands using RS-232 control software.

CONNECTION

This device includes a DB-9 male to female RS-232 serial cable, which is used to connect your PC to the converter. If your PC lacks a DB-9 serial port, you will need to use a USB to Serial adapter cable (available separately P/N 3726). In addition to controlling the converter, you can also issue control commands to a device connected to the HDBaseTTM receiver. No extra RS-232 cable or connectors are included, so you will need to obtain the connectors and build a cable. The following image displays the pin connections for each connector

RS-232 GUI CONTROL

This device includes software, which allows you to directly control it using either an Ethernet or RS-232 connection. Simply copy SwitcherController.exe to your PC and double-click the file to launch it.

General Screen

Perform the following steps to connect your PC to the converter.

1. Click the radio button to the left of COM control mode (1).
2. Use the pull-down list box to select the COM Port used (2).
3. Click the Connect button (3) to make the connection.
4. Click the Status button (10) to display Device Information (9).

EDID Screen

The EDID screen allows you to directly set a specific EDID® set from the built-in EDID table or copy the EDID from a device connected to one of the outputs.

Switch Screen

1. Click one of these two buttons to select a non-scalable input.
2. Click one of these seven buttons to select a scalable input.
3. Click one of these five buttons to set the output video resolution.
4. When one of the VGA inputs is selected, these buttons can be used. Click AUTO ADJUST to automatically adjust the output picture. Click either the YPbPr or RGBHV buttons to set the input signal type.
5. Click the INT button to select audio from digital or click the EXT button to select audio from analog when switched to the HDMI® or DVITM input.

FW Upgrade Screen

In the event that updated firmware or scaler software is available, you can apply them on the FW Upgrade screen. Perform the following steps to upgrade your firmware and scaler software.

1. Open your web browser and type www.monoprice.com into the address bar.
2. Enter 15746 in the search bar on the MonopriceTM website to get to the product
3. Scroll to the bottom of the page and locate the Support Files section. Download the updated firmware or scaler software zip file.
4. Extract the firmware or scaler software file from the zip file.
5. If updating the firmware, click the Open button (1) to open the file browser. Locateand select the firmware file. The file path is displayed in area to the left of the Open button (2)
6. .If updating the firmware, click the Upgrade button (4). The upgrade progress is displayed in the area to the left of the button (3).
7. If updating the scaler software, copy the scaler software to a USB flash drive, then insert the drive into the UPDATE port on the rear panel.
8. If updating the scaler software, click the Upgrade Scaler button (6).

SOFTWARE

Rather than GUI control, you can also issue direct commands using a third party RS-232 control software package, such as CommWatch.exe, whose interface is depicted below.

Set the communications parameters to the following:

RS-232 COMMANDS

The following commands are in hex, not ascii, so you should select the Hex Send Mode option in your command software before issuing commands. Note that each command is 13 bytes long.

Checksum

Many of the following commands require that a checksum be included as part of the command. This ensures that command is input correctly. The checksums must be calculated in hex mode. We suggest you use a calculator with a hex mode option. Calculate the checksum using the following formula:
Checksum = 0x100 ­ (0xa5+0x5b+0x02+0x03+input port+0x00+output port+0x00+0x00+0x00+0x00+0x00)

Input Select

The following command allows you to select the input source.

0xa5+0x5b+0x02+0x03+ Input index(1~8)+0x00+0x01+0x00+0x00+0x00+0x00+0x00+checksum

The following table lists the Input Index:

Input Query

Issue the following command to display the selected input.

Send Package:
A5 5B 02 01 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 checksum

Receive Package:
A5 5B 02 01 01 00 Input index(1~8) 00 00 00 00 00 checksum

VGA Set

The following commands set various VGA modes.

Auto Adjust: 0xa5+0x5b+0x0A+0x0E+ 0x00+0x00+0x01+0x00+0x00+0x00+0x00+0x00+checksum

Set Scaler: 0xa5+0x5b+0x0A+0x0F+ 0x00+0x00+0x01+0x00+0x00+0x00+0x00+0x00+checksum

Set RGBHV: 0xa5+0x5b+0x0A+0x01+ 0x02+0x00+ Input index(6~7) +0x00+0x00+0x00+0x00+0x00+checksum

Set YPbPr: 0xa5+0x5b+0x0A+0x01+ 0x05+0x00+ Input index(6~7) +0x00+0x00+0x00+0x00+0x00+checksum

VGA Query

Issue the following command to display the VGA signal type:

Send Package:
A5 5B 90 01 00 00 Input index(6~7) 00 00 00 00 00 checksum

Receive Package:
A5 5B 90 01 VGA index(1~2) 00 Input index(6~7) 00 00 00 00 00 checksum

The following table lists the VGA Index:

Audio Select

The following command allows you to select the audio when an HDMI® or DVITM source is selected.

0xa5+0x5b+0x0A+0x0C+Audio Select index(1~2)+0x00+0x01+0x00+0x00+0x00+0x00+0x00+checksum

The following table displays the Audio Select Index options.

Audio Query

Issue the following command to display the selected audio type.

Send Package: A5 5B 90 0C 00 00 Input index(1~5) 00 00 00 00 00 checksum
Receive Package: A5 5B 90 0C Audio Select index(1~2) 00 Input index(1~5) 00 00 00 00 00 checksum

Resolution Set

The following command allows you to set the output video resolution.

0xa5+0x5b+0x0A+0x06+ Resolution index(1~5)+0x00+0x01+0x00+0x00+0x00+0x00+0x00+checksum

The following table displays the Resolution Index options.

Resolution Query

Issue the following command to display the resolution.

Send Package:
A5 5B 90 06 00 00 01 00 00 00 00 00 checksum

Receive Package:
A5 5B 90 06 Resolution index(1~5) 00 01 00 00 00 00 00 checksum

EDID Set

The following command sets the EDID® to one of EDID sets in the built-in EDID table.

0xa5+0x5b+0x03+0x02+Edid index(1~15)+0x00+HDMI port(1~2)+0x00+0x00+0x00+0x00+0x00+checksum

The following table lists the EDID Index options:

EDID Copy

The following commands copy the EDID of the device connected to either the HDMI® output or the HDBaseTTM output.

HDMI: 0xa5+0x5b+0x03+0x04+0x01 (1~2)+0x00+0x01(1~2)+0x00+0x00+0x00+0x00+0x00+checksum

HD BaseT: 0xa5+0x5b+0x03+0x03+0x02 (1~2)+0x00+0x02(1~2)+0x00+0x00+0x00+0x00+0x00+checksum

Beep Set

The following command allows you to turn on or off the beep that sounds when a front panel button is pressed.
0xa5+0x5b+0x06+0x01+Beep onoff(0x0f:ON; 0xf0:OFF)+0x00+0x00+0x00+0x00+0x00+0x00+0x00+checksum

Beep Query

Issue the following command to display the status of the beep that sounds when a front panel button is pressed.
Send Package:
A5 5B 01 0B 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 F4
Receive Package:
A5 5B 01 0B 00 00 FF 00 00 00 00 00 F5
The blue FF in the Receive Package indicates that the beep is off. It will change to 00 if the beep is on

References

• HDMI Cable, Home Theater Accessories, HDMI Products, Cables, Adapters, Video/Audio Switch, Networking, USB, Firewire, Printer Toner, and more! - Monoprice.com
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