Analog way AW EDID Editor Quick start guide

Brand: Analog way

Model: AW EDID Editor

Type: Quick start guide

Analog Way AW EDID Editor is a useful application that allows you to open and edit any standard EDID binary file in a simple and intuitive way. It supports EDID Versions 1.3 and 1.4 as well as CEA-861-F Extension and can also retrieve EDID information for the displays which have been connected to your computer (Windows only).

AW EDID Editor

QUICK START GUIDE

SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS AND LIMITATIONS

OVERVIEW

Windows: Microso® Windows® 7 with SP1 or above 50 MB of available hard-disk space for

installaon. LAN connecon for updates

Mac OS: Mac OS X Mavericks v10.9 or above 50 MB of available hard-disk space for installaon.

LAN connecon for updates

Analog Way EDID Editor is a useful applicaon that allows you to open and edit any standard EDID binary le

in a simple and intuive way. It supports EDID Versions 1.3 and 1.4 as well as CEA-861-F Extension and can

also retrieve EDID informaon for the displays which have been connected to your computer (Windows only).

Analog Way EDID Editor can also help systems integrators and AV professionals to set the preferred format of

any input or to solve compability issues they may encounter with the sources connected to any Livecore™ &

Midra™ series and VIO 4K mul-format converter (resoluon problems, audio support…).

Steps:

- Use your Analog Way Remote Controller

Soware to extract the EDID informaon

from the display to your computer

- Use Analog Way EDID Editor to create

a custom copy of the extracted EDID le

- Use your Analog Way Remote Controller

Soware to upload the custom EDID le

and aach it to any compliant input plug.

QUICK INSTALL AND SETUP

• Installing AW EDID Editor on Windows • Installing AW EDID Editor on Mac OS X

Download the latest version of the AW EDID

Editor installer for Windows (the le name is

SetupAWEDIDEditor_<version>.exe).

Double-clicking this le launches the installer that

will install AW EDID Editor on your system.

Download the latest version of the AW EDID

Editor installer for Mac OS X (the le name is

SetupAWEDIDEditor_<version>.pkg).

Double-clicking this le launches the installer that

will install AW EDID Editor on your system.

RUNNING AW EDID EDITOR

UNDERSTANDING THE “STANDARD DATA” TAB

Select the EDID standard

revision ( 1.3 or 1.4)

Set the Vendor/Product Idencaon

Set the Basic Display Parameters and

the supported Features

Set the Established Formats Set the Standard Timing

Idencaon (8 VESA GTF

standard mings)

View/Edit EDID

Choose Open from the File menu to load an EDID

from a standard EDID binary le (.bin). Once loaded,

AW EDID Editor displays the EDID sengs and

oponal extensions:

New EDID

Choose New from the File menu to create a blank

EDID. You will be prompted to select the E-EDID

version (1.3 or 1.4) before eding the sengs.

Save EDID

Choose Save from the File menu to save the edited

EDID sengs to a standard binary le. If the EDID

was saved before or loaded from a standard EDID

binary le then it will overwrite the old one.

Import EDID

Choose Import… from the Tool menu to import any

human readable EDID text le (.dat or .edid) into the

EDID editor.

Export EDID

Choose Export… from the Tool menu to export the

current EDID sengs to a human readable EDID text

le (.dat).

Read EDID from registry

For Windows only. Choose Extract registry E-EDID…

from the Tool menu to browse EDID data folder in

Windows registry and import an EDID into the editor.

Hexa Viewer

Choose Hexa Viewer from the Tool menu to display

the EDID content in a hexadecimal format.

Set the Established Formats

RUNNING AW EDID EDITOR UNDERSTANDING THE “DETAILED DATA” TAB

UNDERSTANDING THE “CEA EXTENSION” TAB

The rst block of the ‘Detailed Data’ tab is a Preferred

Timing block. The corresponding type can’t be changed.

It contains the whole descripon of the rst preferred

format. Giving the resoluon and rate, the CVT Wizard

automacally computes and lls the format parameters

using the CVT 1.2 standard. This can be used to create a

portrait-oriented preferred format.

Select type of blocks to be added in the CEA extension and customize them.

Please note that depending on the CEA-861-F version used, some types of

blocks may not be available.

Add video descriptors from CEA-861.

Nave means “Present in one of the blocks

of the Detailed Data tab”.

Only available in version 3 of CEA-861-F

Create addional blocks containing vendor

specic informaon.

Only available in version 3 of CEA-861-F

Global declaraon of the monitor

capabilies. Only available in versions

2 and 3 of CEA-861-F

Select the CEA-861

Extension Version

The type of the blocks 2 to 4 can be

selected amongst the following list:

- Preferred Timing Block

- Display Product Serial Number

- Alphanumeric Data String

- Display Range Limits

- Display Product Name

- Color Point Data

- Standard Timing Idencaons

- Display Color Management (1.4)

- CVT Timing Codes (1.4)

- Established Timings III (1.4)

Depending on the selected type,

dierent properes must be set

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AW EDID Editor - QSG

Should you encounter diculty with AW EDID Editor applicaon, please contact our technical support

department. See below for contact details.

CONTACT INFORMATION

UNDERSTANDING THE “HEXA VIEWER” TAB

TROUBLESHOOTING AW EDID EDITOR

EDID raw data secon (128-byte data structure).

Any change applied to the EDID being edited will

appear here in red

Detailed descripon of the selected raw data area

Analog Way SAS - Headquarters

Tel.: +33 (0)1 81 89 08 60

Fax: +33 (0)1 57 19 04 54

2/4 rue Georges Besse

92160 Antony

FRANCE

Sales/General informaon:

saleseuro@analogway.com

Technical support:

techsupport@analogway.com

Tel.: +33 (0)1 81 89 08 76

Analog Way Inc.

Tel : +1 678 487 6644

Fax: +1 212 269 1943

3047 Summer Oak Place

Buford, GA 30518

USA

Sales/General informaon:

salesusa@analogway.com

Technical support:

techsupport@analogwayusa.com

Analog Way Pte Ltd

Tel.: +65 6292 5800

Fax: +65 6292 5205

152 Beach Road

#15-03 Gateway East

SINGAPORE 189721

Sales/General informaon:

sales@analogwayasia.com

Technical support:

techsupport@analogwayasia.com

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Analog way AW EDID Editor Quick start guide

Analog way AW EDID Editor Quick start guide

Analog way AW EDID Editor Quick start guide

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