Gefen EXT-2DVI-CAT6DL User manual

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CONTENT

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1 Intr

oduc

ti

on

2

O

peration Notes

3

Features

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

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the 2x Dual Link DVI Extender over

C

AT-6

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Wirin

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Dia

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DIP

S

witch

C

on

ﬁ

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uratio

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11 Ad

j

ustin

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the

S

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nal

Q

ualit

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12 Network

C

able Wirin

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Dia

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13

S

peci

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cations

14 Warrant

y

1

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on

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ratulations on

y

our purchase o

f

the 2x Dual Link DVI Extender over

C

AT-6.

Your complete satis

f

action is ver

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important to us.

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operate.

T

he Gefen 2x Dual Link DVI Extender over CAT-

6

The 2x Dual Link DVI Extender over

C

AT-6 extends an

y

dual link DVI source,

to two displa

y

s up to 200

f

eet

(

60 meters

)

awa

y

. Dual-link resolutions up t

o

3

840 x 2400 are supported usin

g

f

our

C

AT-6 cables. Extendin

g

dual-link

r

esolutions over standard DVI cables have a limitation o

f

15

f

eet. Exceedin

g

this distance requires additional repeaters and

/

or boosters. The 2x Dual Lin

k

DVI Extender over

C

AT-6 provides an eas

y

-to-install solution, usin

g

C

AT-6

cab

l

es

.

How It Works

Place the 2x Dual Link DVI Extender over

C

AT

6

S

ender unit next to the source.

U

se the included DVI cables to connect the DVI source

(

s

)

to the

S

ender unit.

C

onnect the Receiver unit to the DVI displa

y

s usin

g

DVI cables.

C

onnect

the

S

ender unit to the Receiver unit usin

g

f

our

C

AT-6 cables up to 200

f

eet

(

60 meters

)

.

C

onnect the included lockin

g

power supplies to the

S

ender and

R

eceiver units, then connect both power cables to available electrical outlets.

INTRODUCTIO

N

READ THESE NOTES BEFORE INSTALLING OR

OPERATING THE 2X DUAL LINK DVI EXTENDER OVER CAT-

6

• The 2x Dual Link DVI Extender over

C

AT-6 was desi

g

ned

f

or use with hi

g

h

q

ualit

y

C

AT-6a

(

au

g

mented

)

cablin

g

. This unit will either not per

f

orm to

s

peci

ﬁ

cation or re

f

use to operate completel

y

i

f

cablin

g

other than

C

AT-6a is

used

.

• When

ﬁ

eld terminatin

g

C

AT-6a cablin

g

please adhere to the TIA

/

EIA-568-B

s

peci

ﬁ

cation shown on pa

g

e 12.

• The 2x Dual Link DVI Extender over

C

AT-

6

has a maximum distance

r

atin

g

based on the bandwidth

(

i.e. resolution and color

)

o

f

the video bein

g

transmitted. When used with hi

g

h qualit

y

C

AT-6a cablin

g

,

y

ou can expect a

m

aximum extension ran

g

e o

f

200

f

eet

(

60 meters

)

at 3840 x 2400 or 1080p

r

esolution. Lower qualit

y

cablin

g

or older standards such as

C

AT-5 cables

will

s

h

o

rt

e

n th

e

m

a

xim

u

m

ac

hi

e

v

ab

l

e

xt

e

n

s

i

o

n

d

i

s

t

a

n

ce

.

• For

C

AT-5e cables, the maximum distance is 150

f

eet at 1080p Full HD or

2

560

x 1

600

.

2

OPERATION NOTE

S

3

Features

• Extends Dual Link DVI on two Dual Link DVI displa

y

s up to 200

f

ee

t

(

60 meters

)

over

f

our

C

AT-6a cables

•

S

upports Dual Link resolutions up to 3840 x 240

0

• EDID mana

g

ement

f

or Local and Pass-throu

g

h modes

• Lockin

g

Power

S

upplies

•

Rac

k-m

ou

nt

ab

l

e

A

pp

lication

•

C

omputer Extension over

C

AT-6 up to 3840 x 240

0

P

acka

g

e Includes

(

1

)

2x DVI Dual Link Extender over

C

AT-6 -

S

ender uni

t

(

1

)

2x DVI Dual Link Extender over

C

AT-6 - Receiver uni

t

(

2

)

6

f

t. Dual-Link DVI cable

(

M-M

)

(

2

)

5V D

C

Lockin

g

Power

S

upplies

(

1

)

S

et o

f

Rack Ears

(

1

)

Q

uick

S

tart

G

uid

e

FEATURE

S

4

Front Panel

Back Pane

l

SENDER UNIT LAYOU

T

1

2

5

3

6

4

7

8

5

1

P

owe

r

This LED indicator will

g

low bri

g

ht red once the included 5V D

C

lockin

g

power

s

uppl

y

is properl

y

connected between the unit and an available electrical outlet.

2

L

ink

1

.

1

This port is used to send the si

g

nal

f

rom DVI In 1 to the Receiver unit usin

g

C

AT-

6

a cable.

3

DVI In

1

C

onnect a dual-link cable

f

rom this connector to the a DVI

(

di

g

ital onl

y)

source.

4

L

ink

1

.2

This port is used to send the si

g

nal

f

rom DVI In 1 to the Receiver unit usin

g

C

AT-

6

a cable.

5

L

ink 2.

1

This port is used to send the si

g

nal

f

rom DVI In 2 to the Receiver unit usin

g

C

AT-

6

a cable.

6

DVI In 2

C

onnect a dual-link cable

f

rom this connector to the secondar

y

DVI

(

di

g

ital onl

y)

source.

7

L

ink 2.2

This port is used to send the si

g

nal

f

rom DVI In 2 to the Receiver unit usin

g

C

AT-

6

a cable.

8

5V D

C

onnect the included 5V D

C

lockin

g

power suppl

y

to this receptacle.

SENDER UNIT DESCRIPTION

S

6

RECEIVER UNIT LAYOU

T

Front Panel

Back Panel

2

1

3

6

4

75

8

9

7

1

EQ

The E

Q

ad

j

ustment or Trim Pot is used to equalize the si

g

nal to compensate

f

or

the extension distance and the qualit

y/

skew variances that are

f

ound in di

ff

erent

C

AT-6a cablin

g

brands.

2

P

owe

r

The LED power indicator will become active once the included 5V D

C

power

s

uppl

y

is properl

y

connected beten the unit and an open wall power socket.

3

L

ink 2.

1

This port is used to receive the si

g

nal

f

rom DVI In 2 on the

S

ender unit usin

g

C

AT-

6

a cable.

4

DVI Ou

t

This connector hooks up the Receiver to a DVI-D compliant monitor at the

re

m

o

t

e

des

tin

a

ti

o

n.

5

Link 2.2

This port is used to receive the si

g

nal

f

rom DVI In 2 on the

S

ender unit usin

g

C

AT-

6

a cable.

6

L

ink

1

.

1

This port is used to receive the si

g

nal

f

rom DVI In 1 on the

S

ender unit usin

g

C

AT-

6

a cable.

7

DVI Ou

t

This connector hooks up the Receiver to a DVI-D compliant monitor at the

re

m

o

t

e

des

tin

a

ti

o

n.

8

Link

1

.2

This port is used to receive the si

g

nal

f

rom DVI In 1 on the

S

ender unit usin

g

C

AT-

6

a cable.

9

5V D

C

onnect the included 5V D

C

power suppl

y

between this input and an open wall

p

ower socket.

RECEIVER UNIT DESCRIPTION

S

8

CONNECTING THE 2X DUAL LINK DVI EXTENDER OVER CAT-

6

How to Connect the 2x Dual Link DVI Extender over CAT-

6

1.

C

onnect the included dual-link DVI cables between the DVI outputs on each

c

omputer and the DVI input connectors on the 2x Dual Link DVI Extender

over

C

AT-

6

S

ender uni

t

.

2.

C

onnect

f

our

C

AT-

6

a cables between the

S

ender and Receiver units.

Note that each connector on the

S

ender and Receiver unit is identi

ﬁ

ed

b

y

Link 1.1, Link 1.2, Link 2.1, and Link 2.2. When connectin

g

the

C

AT-6

c

ables, make sure that the connectors on the

S

ender unit are connected to

the correspondin

g

connectors on the Receiver unit

(

e.

g

. Link 1.1 --> Link 1.1,

Link 1.2 -> Link 1.2, and so on

)

.

NOTE: When

ﬁ

eld-terminatin

g

C

AT-6a cablin

g

please adhere to th

e

TIA

/

EIA-568-B speci

ﬁ

cation. Please see pa

g

e 12

f

or more in

f

ormation.

3

.

C

onnect two dual-link DVI cables

f

rom the Receiver unit to each o

f

the tw

o

dual-link displa

y

s.

4.

C

onnect the included 5V D

C

power supplies

(

two are included

)

to the

S

ender and Receiver units.

C

onnect the A

C

power cord

f

rom each power

s

uppl

y

to available electrical outlets.

Wirin

g

Dia

g

ram for the 2x Dual Link DVI Extender over CAT-

6

Computer

CAT-6 CABLE

DUAL LINK DVI CABLE

1

Receiver

Sender

Dual Link DVI Display

e

ceiver

2

9

D

IP SWITCH CONFIGURATIO

N

D

IP Switch Location

O

n the bottom o

f

both the

S

ender unit and Receiver unit is a bank

f

our

(

4

)

DIP

s

wit

c

h

es

.

The DIP switches on the

S

ender unit allow the mana

g

ement o

f

EDID,

ﬁ

ber optic

e

xtenders, and HD

C

P. The DIP switches on the Receiver unit do not provide an

y

f

unction and reserved

f

or

f

uture expansion.

Sender uni

t

D

IP Switch 1 - EDID Mana

g

emen

t

• ON - Pass Through EDID

DD

C

and HPD are passed throu

g

h. Both the connection status and the

f

ull video capabilities o

f

the monitor. All audio and video

f

eatures o

f

the

c

onnected devices are passed to the source device.

• OFF

(

default

)

- Local EDID

When Local EDID mode is used, the EDID will be assembled b

y

cop

y

in

g

all

video and audio

f

eatures o

f

the connected output device.

Th

e

fou

r DIP

s

wit

c

h

es

o

n th

e

S

ender uni

t

10

D

IP SWITCH CONFIGURATIO

N

D

IP Switch 2: +5V for Fiber O

p

tic Extenders

• ON - Enable +5V

Enable +5V

f

or DVI

ﬁ

ber optic extenders.

• OFF

(

default

)

- Disable +5V

Disable +5V

f

or DVI

ﬁ

ber optic extenders.

D

IP Switch 3: DVI Su

pp

ort

*

DIP switch 3 is onl

y

f

unctional when DIP switch 1 is set to

O

FF

(

Local EDID

)

.

• ON - DVI Mode

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 (default) - HDCP Pass-Through

I

f

HDMI is connected, set DIP 3 in the

O

FF position.

D

IP Switch 4: Not used

•

R

eserved

f

or

f

uture expansion.

IMPORTANT

:

A

f

ter chan

g

in

g

DIP switch 1 or DIP switch 3, the

S

ender unit must be power-c

y

cled

f

or the chan

g

es to take e

ff

ect.

1

ADJUSTING THE SIGNAL QUALITY

Ad

j

ustin

g

the Si

g

nal Qualit

y

The 2x Dual Link DVI Extender over

C

AT-6 Receiver unit has two trim pot

(

trim

p

otentiometers

)

to compensate

f

or the extension distance and the qualit

y/

skew

variances that are

f

ound in di

ff

erent

C

AT-6a cablin

g

brands. E

Q

1 ad

j

usts the output

s

i

g

nal

f

or DVI 1 and E

Q

2 ad

j

usts the output si

g

nal

f

or DVI 2. I

f

there is no output

video or i

f

output video contains video arti

f

acts and

/

or video noise such as snow

,

u

se the steps below to ad

j

ust the trim pot.

1. Insert a small

ﬂ

at-headed tool into each o

f

the trim pots on the

f

ront panel o

f

th

e

Rece

iv

e

r

u

nit.

2. Each trim pot has 8 set positions. Turn the trim pot in a clockwise

f

ashion

u

ntil it clicks to the next position.

C

ontinue ad

j

ustin

g

the trim pot b

y

tr

y

in

g

all

8

positions until the issue is resolved.

3

.

C

are

f

ull

y

remove the ad

j

ustment tool.

Trim P

ot

Trim P

ot

NOTE

:

An

y

time a cable is chan

g

ed-out or replaced, the trim pots on

the Receiver unit will need to be ad

j

usted.

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

G

e

f

en has speci

ﬁ

call

y

en

g

ineered products to work with the TIA

/

EIA-568-B

s

peci

ﬁ

cation. Please

f

ollow the table below when

ﬁ

eld terminatin

g

cable

f

or

u

se with

G

e

f

en products. Failure to do so ma

y

produce unexpected results and

r

educed per

f

ormance.

This product was desi

g

ned

f

or use with

C

AT-6a

(

au

g

mented

)

cablin

g

onl

y

. This

u

nit will either not per

f

orm to speci

ﬁ

cation or re

f

use to operate completel

y

i

f

c

ablin

g

other than

C

AT-6a is used.

Each cable run must consist o

f

a sin

g

le undivided se

g

ment o

f

C

AT-6a cablin

g

f

rom

S

ender to Receiver. Punch-down blocks or splices will not work.

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

12

NETWORK CABLE WIRING DIAGRA

M

1

3

M

aximum Pixel

C

lock...........................................................................2 x 1

65

MHz

Input Video

S

i

g

nal......................................................................................1.2V p-

p

Input DD

C

S

i

g

nal.................................................................................5V p-p

(

TTL

)

Video Input

C

onnector

(S

ender

)

....................

(

1

)

DVI-I, 29-pin,

f

emale

(

di

g

ital onl

y)

Video

O

utput

C

onnector

(

Receiver

)

..............

(

2

)

DVI-I, 29-pin,

f

emale

(

di

g

ital onl

y)

Link

C

onnectors

(S

ender

/

Receiver

)

........................................................

(

4

)

RJ-4

5

Power

S

uppl

y

(S

ender

/

Receiver

)

..................................................5V D

C

, lockin

g

Power

C

onsumption.................................................................10W per unit

(

max.

)

O

peratin

g

Temperature..............................................................................0 - 40

°C

Dimensions........................................................................

8

.4

”

W x 1.7

”

H x 4.

3

.

”

D

SPECIFICATION

S

1

4

G

e

f

en warrants the equipment it manu

f

actures to be

f

ree

f

rom de

f

ects in material

and workmanship.

I

f

equipment

f

ails because o

f

such de

f

ects and

G

e

f

en is noti

ﬁ

ed within two

(

2

)

y

ears

f

rom the date o

f

shipment,

G

e

f

en will, at its option, repair or replace the

e

quipment, provided that the equipment has not been sub

j

ected to mechanical,

e

lectrical, or other abuse or modi

ﬁ

cations. Equipment that

f

ails under conditions

other than those covered will be repaired at the current price o

f

parts and labor in

eff

ect at the time o

f

repair.

S

uch repairs are warranted

f

or ninet

y

(

90

)

da

y

s

f

rom

the da

y

o

f

reshipment to the Bu

y

er.

This warrant

y

is in lieu o

f

all other warranties expressed or implied, includin

g

without limitation, an

y

implied warrant

y

or merchantabilit

y

or

ﬁ

tness

f

or an

y

p

articular purpose, all o

f

which are expressl

y

disclaimed.

1. Proo

f

o

f

sale ma

y

be required in order to claim warrant

y

.

2.

C

ustomers outside the U

S

are responsible

f

or shippin

g

char

g

es to and

f

rom

G

e

f

en.

3

.

C

opper cables are limited to a 30 da

y

warrant

y

and cables must be in their

ori

g

inal condition.

The in

f

ormation in this manual has been care

f

ull

y

checked and is believed to

be accurate. However,

G

e

f

en assumes no responsibilit

y

f

or an

y

inaccuracies

that ma

y

be contained in this manual. In no event will

G

e

f

en be liable

f

or

direct, indirect, special, incidental, or consequential dama

g

es resultin

g

f

rom

an

y

de

f

ect or omission in this manual, even i

f

advised o

f

the possibilit

y

o

f

such

dama

g

es. The technical in

f

ormation contained herein re

g

ardin

g

the

f

eatures and

s

peci

ﬁ

cations is sub

j

ect to chan

g

e without notice.

For the latest warrant

y

covera

g

e in

f

ormation, re

f

er to the Warrant

y

and Return

Polic

y

under the

S

upport section o

f

the

G

e

f

en Web site at www.

g

e

f

en.com.

P

RODUCT REGISTRATIO

N

P

lease re

g

ister

y

our product online b

y

visitin

g

the Re

g

ister Product pa

g

e

u

nder the Su

pp

ort section of the Gefen Web site

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