Gefen GEF-HDCAT5-ELRPOL User manual

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CONTENT

S

1

Intr

oduc

ti

on

2

O

peration Notes

3

F

ea

t

u

r

es

4

S

ender Unit La

y

ou

t

5

S

ender Unit Descriptions

6

Receiver Unit La

y

ou

t

7 Receiver Unit Descriptions

8

C

onnectin

g

the Extender

f

or HDMI ELR with PoL over

C

AT

5

8

Wirin

g

Dia

g

ram

9

DIP

S

witch

C

on

f

i

g

uratio

n

9

S

ender

U

ni

t

11 Receiver

U

ni

t

15 Firmware Updat

e

1

6

Network

C

able Wirin

g

Dia

g

ram

17 Troubleshootin

g

1

8

S

peci

ﬁ

cations

19 Warrant

y

1

C

on

g

ratulations on

y

our purchase o

f

the Extender

f

or HDMI ELR with PoL over

C

AT5. Your complete satis

f

action is ver

y

important to us.

G

efenPRO

In the realm o

f

video distribution, certain

f

eatures are invaluable in a commercial

or broadcast environment. Accommodations such as a build-in power suppl

y

and

ﬂ

at black rack-mount enclosures set

G

e

f

enPR

O

apart

f

rom our traditional prod-

u

cts.

C

omplex distribution units allow

f

or pro

f

essional DVI, 3

G

-

S

DI, and HDMI

s

i

g

nals to be routed and converted easil

y

and seamlessl

y

, while bein

g

backed

u

p b

y

a renowned and dependable technical support team.

G

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en invites

y

ou to

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xplore the

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product line and hopes that

y

ou

ﬁ

nd the solution that

ﬁ

ts

y

our needs.

T

he GefenPRO Extender for HDMI ELR with PoL over CAT5

The

G

e

f

enPR

O

Extender

f

or HDMI ELR with PoL

(

Power over Link

)

over

C

AT5

e

xtends a Hi-De

f

source with multichannel di

g

ital audio at resolutions o

f

up to

1080p Full HD to 330

f

eet

(

100 meters

)

usin

g

one

C

AT-5 cable. Also, it has the

c

apabilit

y

to power a separate 5V D

C

device

f

rom the Receiver unit, sharin

g

the

5

V D

C

power, transmitted over the

C

AT-5 cable, up to 2.5 Amps at the Receiver

U

nit. DVI-D is supported when used with an HDMI to DVI Adapter, providin

g

reater

ﬂ

exibilit

y

and options when inte

g

ratin

g

several home theater components.

This product also extends Ethernet and provides an IR back channel to control

AV sources usin

g

the same

C

AT-5 cable extension. 3D content is supported

when a

3

DTV and a

3

D source are connected to the

S

ender

U

nit. With the built-

in IR Blaster, simpl

y

point the IR remote

(

s

)

at the displa

y

to control the Hi-De

f

s

ources as i

f

the

y

were located in the same room as the displa

y

.

How It Works

The

G

e

f

enPR

O

Extender

f

or HDMI ELR with PoL over

C

AT

5

S

ender unit is

l

ocated next to a set-top box or DVD pla

y

er source.

C

onnect an HDMI source

with the supplied cables to the

G

e

f

enPR

O

Extender

f

or HDMI ELR with PoL over

C

AT

5

to the

S

ender

U

nit. The

G

e

f

enPR

O

Extender

f

or HDMI ELR with PoL over

C

AT5 Receiver unit is located next to the displa

y

- up to 330

f

eet awa

y

f

rom the

s

ource. The HDTV displa

y

plu

g

s into the back o

f

the

G

e

f

enPR

O

Extender

f

or

H

DMI ELR with PoL over

C

AT

5

Receiver unit.

O

ne

C

AT-

5

cable connects the

S

ender and the Receiver units to each other. The Ethernet ports on both the

S

ender and Receiver units are connected to standard network devices such as

Ethernet switches. Multichannel di

g

ital audio is embedded in the HDMI si

g

nal

(

Dolb

y®

TrueHD

/

DT

S

-HD Master Audio ™

)

.

INTRODUCTIO

N

READ THESE NOTES BEFORE INSTALLING OR

OPERATING THE EXTENDER FOR HDMI ELR WITH POL OVER CAT5

• The Extender

f

or HDMI ELR with PoL over

C

AT

5

units are housed in a metal

box

f

or better RF shieldin

g

.

•

C

AT-

5

cables should not exceed

330

f

eet.

•

S

hielded

C

AT-6 with metal RJ-45 connectors are recommended to sa

f

e

g

uard

a

g

ainst random video

ﬂ

ashes caused b

y

electroma

g

netic inter

f

erence

(

EMI

)

.

• The Extender

f

or HDMI ELR with PoL over

C

AT5

f

eatures the abilit

y

to

g

enerate compatible EDID and Hot Plu

g

si

g

nals

f

or troubleshootin

g

p

urposes when dealin

g

with di

fﬁ

cult inter

f

acin

g

issues between

S

ource

devices and Displa

y

s. Re

f

er to pa

g

e 12

f

or details.

•

H

D

C

P content is not supported when the unit is in DVI mode.

S

ee pa

g

e 12

fo

r

de

t

a

il

s

.

• Ethernet works as a Full Duplex s

y

stem.

2

OPERATION NOTE

S

3

HDMI Features

• 225 MHz

(

up to 12-bit YUV 444

@

1080p

)

• Deep

C

olor

• x.v.

C

olor

• Dolb

y®

TrueHD and DT

S

-HD Master Audio™

• Lip-

Sy

nc

Features

• Extends HDMI at 1080p Full HD and 1920x1200 up to 330

f

ee

t

• Extends R

S

-232 up to 330

f

eet over a sin

g

le

C

AT

5

•

S

upports hi

g

h bit-rate audio

f

ormats

(

Dolb

y

TrueHD and DT

S

-HD Master

Audio

)

•

S

upports 3DT

V

• Full

y

HDMI and HD

C

P complian

t

• EDID mana

g

ement

f

or rapid inte

g

ration o

f

source and displa

y

devices

• B

u

ilt-in IR Bl

as

t

e

r

a

ll

o

w

s

IR r

e

m

o

t

e

co

ntr

o

l

of

sou

r

ce

de

vi

ces

f

r

o

m r

e

m

o

t

e

viewin

g

locatio

n

• Internal 110

/

220 V A

C

Power

S

uppl

y

•

5

V D

C

, 2.5 A Lockin

g

Power

S

uppl

y

output connector on Receiver uni

t

•

R

ack-mountable

(

with optional

G

e

f

en EXT-RA

C

K-1U Rack

S

hel

f)

• Full-duplex Etherne

t

P

acka

g

e Includes

(

1

)

Extender

f

or HDMI ELR with PoL over

C

AT5 -

S

ender Uni

t

(

1

)

Extender

f

or HDMI ELR with PoL over

C

AT5 - Receiver Uni

t

(

1

)

6

f

t. HDMI lockin

g

cable

(

M-M

)

(

1

)

A

C

power cor

d

(

2

)

Rack Ears

(

1

)

Q

uick-

S

tart

G

uid

e

FEATURE

S

4

SENDER UNIT LAYOU

T

Back

Fron

t

1

2

3

5

6

7

8

9

4

5

SENDER UNIT DESCRIPTION

S

1

P

ower Indicato

r

This LED will

g

low bri

g

ht red once power has been applied to the unit.

2

1

10 / 220 V AC Power Receptacle

C

onnect the included A

C

power cord to the power receptacle.

3

Fuse Drawe

r

Each power receptacle houses a

f

use drawer. Within each

f

use drawer are two

(

2

)

250 V

f

uses.

O

ne

f

use is active and the other is a spare.

4 Power Switch

Turn the power

O

N or

O

FF usin

g

this switch.

5 IR Blaster Por

t

C

onnect an IR Blaster cable

(G

e

f

en part

#

EXT-2IREMIT

)

f

rom this port to the

H

i-De

f

source to control the source

f

rom the viewin

g

location.

6 RS-232 Serial Por

t

C

onnect an R

S

-232 control device to this port when extendin

g

R

S

-232. This

s

erial port is also used to update the

S

ender Unit

ﬁ

rmware.

7 Ethernet Input Jac

k

C

onnects the

S

ender to the network usin

g

Ethernet cablin

g

.

8

Link Jac

k

C

onnects the

S

ender to the Receiver unit usin

g

C

AT-5 cablin

g

.

9 Locking HDMI Por

t

C

onnect a Hi-De

f

source device to this HDMI port, usin

g

the included HDMI

cab

l

e

.

6

RECEIVER UNIT LAYOU

T

Back

Fron

t

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

7

RECEIVER UNIT DESCRIPTION

S

1

I

R Senso

r

R

eceives si

g

nals

f

rom the Hi-De

f

source IR remote control. The IR si

g

nals are

s

ent back to the source device, when usin

g

an IR Blaster on the

S

ender.

2

P

ower Indicato

r

This LED will

g

low bri

g

ht red once power has been applied to the unit.

3

5 V DC Locking Power Connecto

r

C

onnect an optional lockin

g

(G

e

f

en part no.

C

AB-PWR-06LL

)

or non-lockin

g

(G

e

f

en part no.

C

AB-PWR-06NL

)

to this power receptacle. This port supplies

5

V D

C

@

2.5 A to power additional devices.

4

I

R Extender Por

t

C

onnect an IR Extender

(G

e

f

en part no. EXT-RMT-EXTIR

)

cable

f

rom this port

t

o

th

e

Hi-D

ef

sou

r

ce

t

o

e

xt

e

n

d

th

e

IR

co

ntr

o

l.

5

R

S-232 Serial Por

t

U

sed to extend R

S

-232.

C

onnect the R

S

-232 controller to this port. This port is

also used to update the Receiver Unit

ﬁ

rmware.

6

Ethernet Jac

k

C

onnects the Receiver

U

nit to the network device.

7

L

ink Jac

k

C

onnects the Receiver Unit to the

S

ender Unit usin

g

C

AT-5 cablin

g

.

8

L

ocking HDMI Por

t

C

onnect a Hi-De

f

source device to this HDMI port.

8

1.

C

onnect the Hi-De

f

source to the

S

ender Unit usin

g

the included HDMI cable.

2.

U

se an HDMI cable to connect the HDTV displa

y

to the Receiver Unit.

3

.

C

onnect the Ethernet device

/

router to the Ethernet input port on the

S

ender

u

nit usin

g

a

C

AT-5,

C

AT-5e or

C

AT-6 cable.

C

onnect the Ethernet output port

on the Receiver Unit to the remote device

/

router with a

C

AT-5,

C

AT-5e or

C

AT-

6

cable.

4.

U

se a

C

AT-5 or

C

AT-6 cable up to 330

f

t

(

100 meters

)

to connect the Link

p

orts on both the

S

ender Unit and Receiver Unit.

NOTE: I

f

terminatin

g

network cables in the

ﬁ

eld, please adhere to th

e

TIA

/

EIA568B speci

ﬁ

cation.

S

ee pa

g

e 16

f

or details.

5

.

C

onnect the included A

C

power cord to the

S

ender Unit Plu

g

the power

co

r

d

int

o

a

n

a

v

a

il

ab

l

e

l

ec

tri

ca

l

ou

tl

e

t.

NOTE:

C

onnect an optional power cable

(C

AB-PWR-06LL or

C

AB-PWR-

0

6NL

)

to the Receiver Unit. The Receiver Unit supplies 5 V D

C

(@

2A

)

to

p

ower an additional device.

6

. Power on the HDTV displa

y

and the Hi-De

f

source.

CONNECTING THE

E

XTENDER

FOR HDMI ELR WITH POL OVER CAT5

GEF-HDCAT5-ELRPOL

CAT-5 LINK CABLE

(Up to 330 ft)

ETHERNET CABLE

HDMI CABLE

Sender

100BASE-T

Router

HD Display

Receiver

5 V DC POWER

RS-232 Controller

RS-232 CABLE

Set Top Box

Digital Signage Creator

(or other Gefen device)

WARNING

:

This product should alwa

y

s be connected to a

g

rounded electrical socket.

9

Sender Uni

t

The

G

e

f

enPR

O

Extender

f

or HDMI ELR with PoL over

C

AT

5

co

nt

a

in

s

tw

o

DIP

s

witches on the bottom o

f

the

S

ender Unit. Each DIP switch per

f

orms a di

ff

erent

fu

n

c

ti

o

n.

DIP Switch 1 - Green Mode

(

Default = OFF

)

•

OFF

- Enable

G

reen Mod

e

F

When DIP switch 1 on the

S

ender Unt is set to the

O

FF position, the

S

ender

U

nit is placed in

G

reen Mode. In this mode, the unit is not powered unless

+

5V is detected on pin 18 o

f

the HDMI cable.

G

reen Mode consumes less

than 1 Watt o

f

power.

•

ON

- Disable

G

reen Mod

e

N

I

f

DIP switch 1 is set to the

O

N position, then the

S

ender Unit is alwa

y

s

p

owered.

D

IP SWITCH CONFIGURATIO

N

DIP

s

wit

c

h

es

l

oca

t

ed

o

n th

e

bottom o

f

the

S

ender

U

nit.

•

• •

•

NOTE

:

Both the

S

ender Unit and Receiver Unit must be placed in

G

reen Mode in order to use the

G

reen Mode

f

eatur

e

10

D

IP SWITCH CONFIGURATIO

N

Sender Uni

t

DIP Switch 2 - Field-Upgrade Mode (Default = OFF)

• ON - Enable Field Upgrade Mode (VALENS chip)

Allows the

ﬁ

rmware to be up

g

raded on the Receiver unit. I

f

DIP switch 6

and

/

or 7 are in the

O

N position, R

S

-232 cannot be extended.

S

ee pa

g

e 15

f

or details on up

g

radin

g

the

ﬁ

rmware.

• OFF - RS-232 Pass-Through

U

s

e when extendin

g

R

S

-232 between the

S

ender unit and the Receiver unit.

DIP switch 6 and 7 must be set to the

O

FF position

f

or normal operation o

f

th

e

Extender

f

or HDMI ELR with PoL over

C

AT

5

.

1

D

IP SWITCH CONFIGURATIO

N

Receiver Uni

t

The

G

e

f

enPR

O

Extender

f

or HDMI ELR with PoL over

C

AT

5

contains ei

g

ht DIP

s

witches on the bottom o

f

the Receiver Unit. Each o

f

these DIP switch per

f

orms

a

d

i

ffe

r

e

nt

fu

n

c

ti

o

n.

S

ee the next pa

g

e

f

or a description o

f

the DIP switches.

DIP

s

wit

c

h

es

l

oca

t

ed

o

n th

e

bottom o

f

the Receiver

U

nit.

12

D

IP SWITCH CONFIGURATIO

N

Receiver Uni

t

DIP Switch 1 - EDID Mode

(

Default = OFF

)

•

ON

- Pass-Through Mode

N

DD

C

and HPD are passed throu

g

h. Both the connection status and the

f

ull

video capabilities o

f

the monitor are used b

y

the source devic

e

.

•

OFF

- L

oca

l EDID M

ode

F

Local EDID is used instead o

f

the EDID

f

rom the displa

y

devic

e

.

EDID

f

eatures newer than HDMI 1.3 are removed when the displa

y

is read. This

p

rovides a

g

eneral EDID which is compatible with more displa

y

s.

DIP Switch 2 - Hot Plug Detect (Default = OFF)

•

ON

-

N

H

PD Pass-Throu

gh

H

PD

f

ollows upstream HPD towards the source. The HPD si

g

nal will re

ﬂ

ect

the connection status between the displa

y

device and the source device. I

f

the source or monitor is temporaril

y

disconnected then reconnected, there

will be a dela

y

o

f

20 - 30 seconds be

f

ore the content is restored to the

mo

nit

o

r.

•

OFF

-

F

H

PD Alwa

y

s Hi

gh

The HPD si

g

nal remains hi

g

h re

g

ardless o

f

the downstream HPD state.

I

f

the source or monitor does not properl

y

handle HPD

(

no picture a

f

ter

c

onnectin

g

/

reconnectin

g

source or displa

y)

, set this DIP switch to the

O

FF

p

osition.

DIP Switch 3 - Su

pp

ort DVI Connections

(

Default = OFF

)

•

ON

- Disable HD

C

P

N

I

f

a DVI connection is used, set DIP 3 to the

O

N position. DVI is supported

b

y

disablin

g

HD

C

P pass-throu

g

h.

•

OFF

- Enable HD

C

P

F

I

f

an HDMI device is connected, set DIP 3 in the

O

FF position.

NOTE

:

DIP switch 2

(

HPD

)

and 3

(

HD

C

P

)

are operational onl

y

i

f

DIP

s

witch 1

(

EDID mode

)

is set to the

O

FF position.

1

3

D

IP SWITCH CONFIGURATIO

N

Receiver Uni

t

DIP Switch 4 - Not Used

•

R

eserved

f

or

f

uture expansion.

DIP Switch 5 - Not Used

•

R

eserved

f

or

f

uture expansion.

DIP Switch 6 - Field-upgrade Mode (Default = OFF)

• ON - Enable Field Upgrade Mode (Cortex chip)

Allows the

ﬁ

rmware to be up

g

raded on the Receiver unit. I

f

DIP switch 6

and

/

or 7 are in the

O

N position, R

S

-232 cannot be extended.

S

ee pa

g

e 15

f

or details on up

g

radin

g

the

ﬁ

rmware.

• OFF - RS-232 Pass-Through

U

s

e when extendin

g

R

S

-232 between the

S

ender unit and the Receiver unit.

DIP switch 6 and 7 must be set to the

O

FF position

f

or normal operation o

f

th

e

Extender

f

or HDMI ELR with PoL over

C

AT

5

.

DIP Switch 7 - Field-Upgrade Mode (Default = OFF)

• ON - Enable Field Upgrade Mode (VALENS chip)

Allows the

ﬁ

rmware to be up

g

raded on the Receiver unit. I

f

DIP switch 6

and

/

or 7 are in the

O

N position, R

S

-232 cannot be extended.

S

ee pa

g

e 15

f

or details on up

g

radin

g

the

ﬁ

rmware.

• OFF - RS-232 Pass-Through

U

s

e when extendin

g

R

S

-232 between the

S

ender unit and the Receiver unit.

DIP switch 6 and 7 must be set to the

O

FF position

f

or normal operation o

f

th

e

Extender

f

or HDMI ELR with PoL over

C

AT

5

.

1

4

D

IP SWITCH CONFIGURATIO

N

Receiver Uni

t

DIP Switch 8 - Green Mode

(

Default = OFF

)

•

OFF

- Enable

G

reen Mod

e

F

When DIP switch 1 on the Receiver Unt is set to the

O

FF position, the

R

eceiver Unit is placed in

G

reen Mode. In this mode, the unit is not powered

u

nless +5V is detected on pin 18 o

f

the HDMI cable.

G

reen Mode consumes

l

ess than 1 Watt o

f

power.

•

ON

- Disable

G

reen Mod

e

N

I

f

DIP switch 1 is set to the

O

N position, then the Receiver Unit is alwa

y

s

p

owered.

NOTE

:

Both the

S

ender Unit and Receiver Unit must be placed in

G

reen Mode in order to use the

G

reen Mode

f

eatur

e

15

FIRMWARE UPDAT

E

Firmware U

p

date Procedur

e

The latest

ﬁ

rmware update can be

f

ound on the

G

e

f

en Web site under

S

upport >

D

o

wnl

oads

.

S

ender

U

ni

t

1.

S

et DIP switch 1 and 2 on the

S

ender unit to the

O

N position.

2.

C

onnect an R

S

-232 cable

f

rom the

S

ender unit to the computer containin

g

th

e

ﬁ

rmw

a

r

e

.

3

.

R

eboot the

S

ender unit b

y

disconnectin

g

and reconnectin

g

the power suppl

y.

4.

R

un the .BAT

ﬁ

le to be

g

in the update process.

5

.A

f

ter the

ﬁ

rmware update process has completed, return DIP switch 1 and 2

to the

O

FF position.

R

eceiver

U

ni

t

1.

S

et DIP switch 7 and 8 on the Receiver unit to the

O

N position.

2.

C

onnect a null modem R

S

-232 cable

f

rom the Receiver unit to the computer

c

ontainin

g

the

ﬁ

rmware.

3

.

R

eboot the Receiver unit b

y

disconnectin

g

and reconnectin

g

the power

s

uppl

y

.

4.

R

un the .BAT

ﬁ

le to be

g

in the update process.

5

.A

f

ter the

ﬁ

rmware update process has completed, return DIP switch 7 and 8

to the

O

FF position.

1

6

NETWORK CABLE WIRING DIAGRA

M

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

G

e

f

en recommends the TIA

/

EIA-568-B wirin

g

option. Please adhere to the table

below when

ﬁ

eld terminatin

g

cable

f

or use with

G

e

f

en products.

P

in Color

1

O

ran

g

e

/

Whit

e

2

O

ran

ge

3

G

reen

/

Whit

e

4Bl

ue

5

Blue

/

Whit

e

6

G

ree

n

7

Brown

/

Whit

e

8

Br

o

w

n

C

AT-5,

C

AT-5e, and

C

AT-6 cablin

g

comes in stranded and solid core t

y

pes.

G

e

f

en recommends usin

g

solid core cablin

g

.

C

AT-6 cable is also recommended.

It i

s

r

eco

mm

e

n

ded

t

o

use

o

n

e

co

ntin

uous

r

u

n

f

r

o

m

o

n

e

n

d

t

o

th

e

o

th

e

r. In

so

m

e

c

ases, connectin

g

throu

g

h a patch ba

y

mi

g

ht not work.

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