Barco PDS-4K SDI Quick start guide

Barco
Brand
Barco
Model
PDS-4K SDI
Type
Quick start guide

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Barco PDS-4K SDI is a high-performance presentation switcher designed to provide a seamless and professional audiovisual experience. With its advanced capabilities, it offers a range of features to enhance your presentations and events.

Key Features:

  • Versatile Connectivity: The Barco PDS-4K SDI supports both HDMI and SDI inputs and outputs, allowing you to connect a variety of sources and displays. This flexibility makes it suitable for various applications, including conferences, seminars, and live events.

  • Dual Program Outputs: The switcher features two independent program outputs (PGM 1 and PGM 2), enabling you to create and manage two separate presentations simultaneously. This is ideal for scenarios where you need to display different content on multiple screens or projectors.

Barco PDS-4K SDI is a high-performance presentation switcher designed to provide a seamless and professional audiovisual experience. With its advanced capabilities, it offers a range of features to enhance your presentations and events.

Key Features:

  • Versatile Connectivity: The Barco PDS-4K SDI supports both HDMI and SDI inputs and outputs, allowing you to connect a variety of sources and displays. This flexibility makes it suitable for various applications, including conferences, seminars, and live events.

  • Dual Program Outputs: The switcher features two independent program outputs (PGM 1 and PGM 2), enabling you to create and manage two separate presentations simultaneously. This is ideal for scenarios where you need to display different content on multiple screens or projectors.

PDS-4K Presentation Switcher: Rear-Panel Setup
PDS-4K Presentation Switcher
Quick Start Guide
Barco Technical Support:
USA:
+1 (866) 992-2726
EMEA:
+32 (56) 36 8019
CHINA: 40088 22726
www.barco.com/en/support
Doc No: 26-1802004-00 /00
*Note: The PDS-4K has HDMI inputs and outputs. The PDS-4K SDI has HDMI and SDI inputs and outputs.
Refer to the PDS-4K User’s GuideFactory Reset
Connect power to the PDS-4K.
2.
Turn power on.
3.
Perform a Factory reset
4.
Getting started
Connect inputs and outputs.
1.
Plug primary displays in to PGM 1A and
PGM 2A outputs.
Select Yes, when prompted, to confirm the Factory reset.
4.
Setup Menu
AV Settings
System
Reset
Exit Setup
Auto System Setup
Factory, Save IP
Factory, Save IP, EDID
Soft
Reset Menu
Back
Factory
Scroll to and select Reset on the Setup Menu.
2.
Factory deletes all user files and still-store images, restoring the
default system settings.
Scroll to and select Factory on the Reset menu.
3.
Refer to the PDS-4K User’s Guide (R5912621) for
detailed system specifications, descriptions, and
operation instructions.
Documentation for PDS-4K is
available online at
www.barco.com/td/R9009650.
Documentation for PDS-4K: SDI is
available online at
www.barco.com/td/R9009651.
Any item contained in this document may
change without notice.
Note:
Press the Adjust knob to enter the Setup menu.
1.
Option
Slot
Output*
PGM 1B
USB
Port
Ethernet
Port
AC & Power On
Connect to AC
power source
and
power-on switch
Inputs*
Output*
PGM 1A
Output*
PGM 2B
Output*
PGM 2A
MVR
Preview/MVR
Output
PDS-4K Presentation Switcher: Front-Panel Setup
PDS–4K Full Screen mode
IP: 192.168.000.195
Version 8.0.3541
barco.com/en/support
Push Adjust knob for Menus
Adjust
Knob
Escape
Button
USB
Port
Menu
Display
Logo /
Matte*
Freeze* Take*
Source
Buttons*
*Note: The top row of Source, Logo / Matte, Freeze, and Take buttons control PGM output 1;
the bottom-row buttons control PGM output 2.
• Press the ESC button to deactivate a selection, to
move back one level in a menu, or to exit a menu.
Adjust knob, ESC button, and
menu display
Bright amber – Source on Program (PGM). If
the PGM source is also on PVW, the button will
not flash green.)
–
Front-panel button operation (Continued) Front-panel button colors
Front-panel button operation
Use the source buttons to select sources
for the assigned output.
1.
Press the Take button to transition the
selected source to PGM.
2.
Top row controls PGM output 1, and bottom
row controls PGM output 2.
Note:
Press the Take button to transition the frozen scaler from PVW to
PGM for the assigned output.
To thaw a source on PGM, select the same button as the source on
PGM, and press the Take button.
6.
To thaw the source in PVW, select the source button again.
Press the Freeze button to "freeze" the active source on PVW for
the assigned output.
5.
When “Auto Take” is turned on, the Freeze button immediately
“freezes” the source on PVW and transitions it to PGM. The Take
button is disabled, but it still indicates that a transition is taking place
by shifting from dim red to bright amber during the transition.
Note:
PDS-4K Presentation Switcher
Quick Start Guide
Barco Technical Support:
USA:
+1 (866) 992-2726
EMEA:
+32 (56) 36 8019
CHINA: 40088 22726
www.barco.com/en/support
Doc No: 26-1802004-00 /00
Freeze buttons only
Bright blue – A scaler on PVW or PGM is
“frozen” on a frame of video.
–
Press the Logo / Matte button to select a logo or matte color for
the assigned output.
3.
Logo / Matte
Source
Freeze
Press the Take button to transition the selected logo or matte to
PGM.
4.
Bright red – Loss of signal (on PGM).
–
–
Blinking green – Source, Cue, or Preset on
Preview (PVW).
Dim red – Loss of signal (not on PGM).–
Dim white – Preset.–
Not lit – Unassigned.–
Dim blue – PVW and PGM scalers are not
"frozen."
–
• Turn the adjust knob to scroll up or down through
the menus on the menu display.
• Press the adjust knob to enter menus on the menu
display and to make selections.
Dim yellow – Valid source.–
Dim cyan – Cue.–
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Barco PDS-4K SDI Quick start guide

Barco
Brand
Barco
Model
PDS-4K SDI
Type
Quick start guide
This manual is also suitable for

Barco PDS-4K SDI is a high-performance presentation switcher designed to provide a seamless and professional audiovisual experience. With its advanced capabilities, it offers a range of features to enhance your presentations and events.

Key Features:

  • Versatile Connectivity: The Barco PDS-4K SDI supports both HDMI and SDI inputs and outputs, allowing you to connect a variety of sources and displays. This flexibility makes it suitable for various applications, including conferences, seminars, and live events.

  • Dual Program Outputs: The switcher features two independent program outputs (PGM 1 and PGM 2), enabling you to create and manage two separate presentations simultaneously. This is ideal for scenarios where you need to display different content on multiple screens or projectors.

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