Product Overview and General Specifications
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Instruction Manual – Enova DGX 8/16/32/64 Digital Media Switchers
Features of the Enova DGX Digital Media Switcher
HDMI, DVI, DXLink Twisted Pair, DXLink Fiber, and Audio
True HDMI switching, allowing any input to be switched to any or all outputs (including SC Optical).
Incorporates HDMI
®
technology – HDMI, DVI, DXLink Twisted Pair, and DXLink Fiber Boards.
HDCP 1.4 compatible (all boards except SC Optical Boards which cannot pass HDCP).
Supports uncompressed video resolutions up to 1920x1200 @ 60 Hz, including HDTV up to 1080p.
Enova DGX 32/64 enclosure and two new Enova DGX 8/16 enclosures are optimized and ready for 4K board
solution (see the footnote in the “Applicability Notice” section on page 12).
DGX Technology provides a common signal transport and matrix switching layer that transcodes between
analog and digital signals.
HDMI and DVI Output Boards, as well as compatible DGX Fiber Receivers, feature SmartScale
®
Technology which automatically responds to the display’s preferred EDID information and scales the video
to the best resolution and video parameters for that display without manual setup.
Pre-loaded with the most common EDID settings on each switcher input connector (other than fiber
connectors) to emulate display response when queried, which ensures that transmission of the video from
the source device is working.
Custom EDID settings can be loaded on each DVI and HDMI input with DGX Configuration Software
(available at www.amx.com
).
InstaGate Pro
®
Technology – Easily integrate HDCP into system designs and enjoy hassle-free matrix
switching to all compliant displays. No tools, no delays, and no key constraints – it just works.
DXLink Twisted Pair Boards provide transport over twisted pair cable.
DXLink Fiber Boards provide transport over fiber cable.
The Audio Insert/Extract (expansion) Board can be set to insert/extract audio into/out of video input or output
boards.
Digital Media Switcher
The available input/output range starts at 4x4 and goes to 8x8 for the Enova DGX 8, to 16x16 for the Enova
DGX 16, to 32x32 for the Enova DGX 32, and to 64x64 for the Enova DGX 64 (all come in increments of
four with upgrade potential to the individual product’s capacity).
System self-diagnostics – power monitoring, fan control and monitoring, signal and temperature sensing.
APDiagnostics software (available at www.amx.com
) monitors, displays, and collects advanced diagnostic
information.
Local presets allow quick recall of a pre-programmed set of switches with a single command; multiple presets
can exist within a system at the same time.
Global presets allow quick recall of a comprehensive snapshot of all switches.
Fully redundant (hot-swappable) power supplies (RPS) with independent power paths for maximum
reliability.
Rack mounting ears integral to product design.
Control Ports
Integrated NetLinx
®
Master is an NX Series NetLinx Controller
LAN 100/1000 port, the network connection for the integrated Master
Program port (USB mini-AB) used for initial setup with NetLinx Studio
Control port (standard RS-232) for direct matrix switching control
Control port (USB mini-B) used as a virtual COM port for serial communication with a PC
Additional Features Available with Epica DGX SC Optical Boards
Designed for use with single strand multimode fiber.
Use in conjunction with DGX Fiber Transmitters and Receivers to send video and audio over a single fiber
cable up to a total of 6000 feet (1828.8 m), i.e., 3000 feet (914.4 m) from the source to the Enova DGX
enclosure and 3000 feet from the Enova DGX enclosure to the destination.
DGX SC Optical Boards support DVI (non-HDCP) and HDMI (non-HDCP) formats. They also support
RGBHV, RGBS, RGsB, and Y/Pb/Pr (Y/Pb/Pr including 1080p) video, depending on the type of DGX Fiber
Modules used with them.
DGX SC Optical Boards support embedded analog stereo audio signals (unbalanced stereo @ a sample rate
of 48 kHz) and digital audio signals (PCM over S/PDIF @ 32 kHz, 44.1 kHz, 48 kHz, as well as 96 kHz,
which requires a minimum video resolution of 800x600 @ 60 Hz).