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CONTENT

S

1 Intr

oduc

ti

on

2

O

peration Notes

3

Features

4 Front Panel La

y

ou

t

5

Front Panel Descriptions

6

Back Panel La

y

ou

t

7 Back Panel Descriptions

8

IR Remote

C

ontrol

U

ni

t

8

La

y

out and Descriptio

n

9

Installin

g

the Batter

y

10

C

on

ﬁ

g

urin

g

the IR Remote

C

ontrol Uni

t

11

C

onnectin

g

the 8x1 Displa

y

Port

S

witcher

11 Wirin

g

Dia

g

ram

12

O

peratin

g

the 8x1 Displa

y

Port

S

witcher

12 Fr

o

nt P

a

n

e

l B

u

tt

o

n

s

a

n

d

LED In

d

i

ca

t

o

r

s

12

S

witchin

g

sources usin

g

the

f

ront-panel buttons

12

S

witchin

g

sources usin

g

the IR Remote

C

ontrol Uni

t

13

S

witchin

g

sources usin

g

R

S

-23

2

13

S

witchin

g

sources usin

g

Telne

t

14 R

S

-2

3

2

C

ontrol

1

5

R

S

-2

3

2

C

ommands

15 IP

C

on

ﬁ

g

uratio

n

2

0

G

eneral

C

ommands

23 Routin

g

and Extender

C

ommands

24 Telnet

C

ontrol

26

S

peci

ﬁ

cations

27 Warrant

y

1

INTRODUCTIO

N

C

on

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ratulations on

y

our purchase o

f

the 8x1 Displa

y

Port

S

witcher. Your complete

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T

he Gefen 8x1 Displa

y

Port Switcher

Easil

y

switch between ei

g

ht computers usin

g

Displa

y

Port with the 8x1 Displa

y

-

Port

S

witcher.

The rack-mountable 8x1 Displa

y

Port

S

witcher o

ff

ers an economical solution

f

or

s

witchin

g

between ei

g

ht di

ff

erent computers to one displa

y

location at the touch

of

a

bu

tt

o

n.

Eliminatin

g

the need to purchase man

y

displa

y

s in a studio or pro

f

essional en-

vironment, this versatile solution saves mone

y

, supports both Mac and P

C

-t

y

pe

c

omputers, and o

ff

ers uncluttered and increased desktop space.

This

S

witcher can be controlled usin

g

f

ront-panel discrete switchin

g

, the included

IR Remote control, or the R

S

-232 port

f

or switchin

g

automation.

The 8x1 Displa

y

Port

S

witcher is compatible with all operatin

g

s

y

stems usin

g

Displa

y

Port.

How It Works

C

onnect ei

g

ht 6-

f

oot Displa

y

Port cables between the computers and the

S

witcher

inputs.

C

onnect the

S

witcher output to the monitor usin

g

a Displa

y

Port cable.

C

onnect the included 5V D

C

lockin

g

power suppl

y

to the 8x1

S

witcher and con-

n

ect the A

C

power cord to an available electrical outlet. The currentl

y

selected

s

ource will be displa

y

ed.

READ THESE NOTES BEFORE INSTALLING OR

OPERATING THE 8X1 DISPLAYPORT SWITCHER

• The 8x1 Displa

y

Port

S

witcher supports Pass-throu

g

h EDID. The

S

witcher

will use the EDID

f

rom the currentl

y

active input.

• Dual Link resolutions up to 2560 x 1600 are supported.

•

H

D

C

P content is not supported.

• This

S

witcher does not support DH

C

P.

• The de

f

ault IR channel

f

or both the

S

witcher and the IR Remote

C

ontrol

U

nit

is channel 0.

S

ee pa

g

e 10

f

or more in

f

ormation.

OPERATION NOTE

S

2

3

FEATURE

S

Features

•

S

witches a sin

g

le Hi-De

f

displa

y

between ei

g

ht Displa

y

Port-equipped

sources

.

•

S

upports HD resolutions up to 1080p Full HD

•

S

upports VE

S

A resolutions up to 2560 x 160

0

•

S

upports R

G

B and Y

C

b

C

r color spaces

•

RS

-2

3

2 control

• IR r

e

m

o

t

e

co

ntr

o

l

•

J

ack

f

or external IR Receiver

•

S

aves space on

y

our deskto

p

•

Rac

k-m

ou

nt

ab

l

e

P

acka

g

e Includes

(

1

)

8x1 Displa

y

Port

S

witcher

(

1

)

IR Remote

C

ontrol Uni

t

(

1

)

5V D

C

Lockin

g

Power

S

uppl

y

(

1

)

S

et o

f

Rack Ears

(

1

)

User Manual

4

FRONT PANEL LAYOU

T

Front Panel

4

2

1

3

5

FRONT PANEL DESCRIPTION

S

1

Input Indicators

(

1 - 8

)

Each o

f

these LED indicators

g

lows bri

g

ht blue accordin

g

to the input selection

(

see

I

nput Button

s

, below

)

2

I

R

eceives I

/

R si

g

nal

f

rom the included IR Remote

C

ontrol Unit.

3

Input Buttons

(

1 - 8

)

Pressin

g

each o

f

these buttons selects the desired input source

(

1 - 8

)

.

4 Powe

r

This LED indicator will

g

low bri

g

ht red when the unit is powered.

6

BACK PANEL LAYOU

T

Back Panel

6

2

3

5

4

1

7

BACK PANEL DESCRIPTION

S

1

5V D

C

onnect the included 5V D

C

lockin

g

power suppl

y

to this receptacle.

2

In

1

- In 8

Each o

f

these ports will accept a standard Displa

y

Port source device.

3

DP Ou

t

This port will accept a sin

g

le standard Displa

y

Port output device. The currentl

y

s

elected Displa

y

Port input source will be output via this port.

4 Ext I

R

C

onnect an IR extender cable to this port.

5 RS-232 Serial Por

t

This port is used

f

or serial communication usin

g

an R

S

-232 control device. For

details, re

f

er to pa

g

e 14.

6

Etherne

t

C

onnect the

S

witcher to a network in order to communicate via Telnet.

IR REMOTE CONTROL UNI

T

8

2

1

Activity Indicato

r

This LED will be activated momentaril

y

each time a button is pressed.

2

S

ource Selection Buttons

(

1 - 8

)

Th

ese

bu

tt

o

n

s

a

r

e

used

t

o

se

l

ec

t whi

c

h

sou

r

ce

i

s

r

ou

t

ed

t

o

a

m

o

nit

o

r.

L

a

y

out and Description

1

NOTE: An Activit

y

Indictor that

ﬂ

ashes quickl

y

while holdin

g

down

an

y

one o

f

the ei

g

ht buttons indicates a low batter

y

. Replace th

e

IR Remote

C

ontrol batter

y

as soon as possible.

IR REMOTE CONTROL UNI

T

9

Installin

g

the RMT-8IR Batter

y

1.

R

emove the batter

y

cover on the back o

f

the IR Remote

C

ontrol Unit.

2. Insert the included batter

y

into the open batter

y

slot. The positive

(

+

)

side o

f

the batter

y

should be

f

acin

g

up.

3

.

R

eplace the batter

y

cover.

The Remote

C

ontrol unit ships with two batteries.

O

ne batter

y

is required

f

or

operation and the other batter

y

is a spare.

WARNING

:

Risk o

f

explosion i

f

batter

y

is replaced b

y

an

incorrect t

y

pe. Dispose o

f

used batteries accordin

g

to the

in

s

tr

uc

ti

o

n

s

.

Batter

y

S

lo

t

IR REMOTE CONTROL UNI

T

10

IR

C

hannel

0

(

de

f

ault

)

1 2

ON

C

orresponding DIP

S

witch

S

ettings

f

or each IR

C

hannel

It is important that the IR channel on the Remote

C

ontrol unit, matches the IR

c

hannel set on the 8x1 Displa

y

Port

S

witcher. For example, i

f

both DIP switches

on the IR Remote

C

ontrol unit are set to IR channel 0

(

both DIP switches down

)

,

then the 8x1 Displa

y

Port

S

witcher must also be set to IR channel 0.

S

ee pa

g

e

21 on how to chan

g

e the IR channel on the 8x1 Displa

y

Port

S

witcher.

How to Resolve IR Code Conﬂ icts

In th

e

v

e

nt th

a

t IR

co

mm

a

n

ds

f

r

o

m

o

th

e

r r

e

m

o

t

e

co

ntr

o

l

s

int

e

r

fe

r

e

with th

e

s

upplied IR Remote

C

ontrol unit, chan

g

in

g

the IR Remote

C

ontrol’s IR channel

will

ﬁ

x the problem. The IR Remote

C

ontrol unit has a bank o

f

DIP switches used

f

or settin

g

the IR channel. The DIP switch bank is located underneath the batter

y

co

v

er

.

L

eft: Pi

c

t

u

r

e

of

th

e

opened rear batter

y

c

ompartment o

f

the IR

r

emote showin

g

the

e

xposed DIP

S

witch

ba

nk

be

tw

ee

n th

e

batter

y

chambers.

IR

C

hannel

2

1 2

ON

IR

C

hannel

3

1 2

ON

IR

C

hannel

1

1 2

ON

1 2

CONNECTING THE 8X1 DISPLAYPORT SWITCHER

1

How to Connect the 8x1 Displa

y

Port Switcher

1

C

onnect up to ei

g

ht

(

8

)

Displa

y

Port source devices to the Displa

y

Port inputs

on the back panel o

f

the

S

witcher usin

g

Displa

y

Port cables.

2

C

onnect a Displa

y

Port-supported displa

y

to the Displa

y

Port output on the

back panel o

f

the

S

witcher.

a

O

PTI

O

NAL: To use the R

S

-232 communication

f

eature, connect a

n

RS

-2

3

2 cable between the

S

witcher and R

S

-2

3

2 host controller.

b

O

PTI

O

NAL: To communicate with the

S

witcher usin

g

Telnet, connec

t

an Ethernet cable

f

rom the Ethernet

j

ack on the back o

f

the

S

witcher

to the network.

S

ee pa

g

e 24

f

or more in

f

ormation on usin

g

the Telnet

fea

t

u

r

e

.

c

O

PTI

O

NAL: To extend the ran

g

e o

f

the IR control, connect an IR

Extender

(G

e

f

en part no. EXT-RMT-EXTIR

)

to the back o

f

the

S

witcher.

3

C

onnect the included 5V lockin

g

power suppl

y

to the power receptacle on

the 8x1 Displa

y

Port

S

witcher

4

C

onnect the opposite end o

f

the power suppl

y

to an open wall socket power

source

.

Wirin

g

Dia

g

ram for the 8x1 Displa

y

Port Switcher

EXT-DP-841

Computer

DisplayPort Display

DISPLAYPORT CABLE

RS-232 CABLE

DisplayPort Switcher

RS-232 Controller

ATTENTION: This product should alwa

y

s be connected to a

g

rounded electrical socket.

OPERATING THE 8X1 DISPLAYPORT SWITCHER

12

Front Panel Buttons and LED Indicators

The

f

ront panel o

f

the 8x1 Displa

y

Port

S

witcher has a set o

f

ei

g

ht

(

8

)

LED

indicators, displa

y

in

g

which input

(

source

)

is bein

g

displa

y

ed. Each o

f

thes

e

LED indicators corresponds to one o

f

the push-buttons on the

f

ront panel.

Switchin

g

sources usin

g

the front-panel buttons

Example:

S

witch to input 2 using the

f

ront-panel buttons

:

1 Press button 2 on the

f

ront panel o

f

the 8x1 Displa

y

Port

S

witcher.

2 The LED indicator

f

or Input 2 will

g

low bri

g

ht blue on the

f

ront panel.

Switchin

g

sources usin

g

the IR Remote Control

Example:

S

witch to Input 3 using the IR Remote

C

ontrol

:

1 Press button 3 on the IR Remote

C

ontrol Unit. The Activit

y

Indicator on

the IR Remote

C

ontrol Unit will

g

low

y

ellow, indicatin

g

that a button was

p

ressed.

2 The LED indicator

f

or Input 3 will

g

low bri

g

ht blue.

1

2

1

3

OPERATING THE 8X1 DISPLAYPORT SWITCHER

Switchin

g

sources usin

g

RS-232

C

on

ﬁ

g

ure the

S

witch

f

or use with R

S

-232

(

see pa

g

e 14

f

or details

)

.

Example:

S

witch to input 5 using R

S

-23

2

1

U

se the command

r

5

to route the

S

witcher to Input 5.

S

ee pa

g

e 14 - 15

f

or important in

f

ormation on R

S

-232 commands. R

S

-232 commands are

case

-

se

n

s

itiv

e

.

2 The LED indicator

f

or Input 5 will

g

low bri

g

ht blue on the

f

ront panel.

Switchin

g

sources usin

g

Telne

t

C

on

ﬁ

g

ure the

S

witch

f

or use with Telnet.

S

ee pa

g

e 24

f

or details.

Example:

S

witch to Input 8 using the Telnet protocol

1

U

se the command

r

8

to route the

S

witcher to Input 8.

2 The LED indicator

f

or Input 8 will

g

low bri

g

ht blue.

2

t

erm

i

na

l

rea

d

y..

.

r

5

R

oute to Input

5

1

2

T

ype Cmd: r

8

R

oute to Input

8

1

RS-232 CONTROL

1

4

O

nl

y

pins 2

(

Receive

)

, 3

(

Transmit

)

, and 5

(G

round

)

are used

f

or communication.

A null-modem adapter should not be used with this product.

54321

9876

12345

6789

Only Pins 2 (RX), 3 (TX), and 5 (Ground) are used on the RS-232 serial interface

Serial Port Settin

g

s

Bits per second ............................................................................................ 19200

Data bits ...............................................................................................................

8

Parit

y

............................................................................................................. Non

e

S

top bits ................................................................................................................

1

Flow

C

ontrol .................................................................................................. Non

e

NOTE

:

O

nl

y

pins 2

(

Receive

)

, 3

(

Transmit

)

, and 5

(G

round

)

are

u

sed

f

or communication. A null-modem adapter should n

ot

be

t

u

sed with this product.

RS-232 COMMAND

S

15

Command S

y

nta

x

All R

S

-2

3

2 commands are case-sensitive and must be entered in lowercase.

Each command must be preceded b

y

the

‘#

’ character. A carria

g

e return must

also be appended to

every

command.

y

Example

p

:

#

set

_

http

_

port

80

[

CR

]

IP Conﬁ

g

uration

Command

D

escri

p

tion

#

get_pas

s

Prompts

f

or the Telnet passwor

d

#

get_user_name Prompts

f

or the Telnet usernam

e

#

ipcon

ﬁ

g Displa

y

s all T

C

P

/

IP settin

g

s

#

rstip

S

ets IP con

ﬁ

g

uration to de

f

ault settin

g

s

#

set_http_por

t

S

ets the Web server listenin

g

por

t

#

set_pas

s

S

ets the Telnet passwor

d

#

set_telnet_por

t

S

ets the Telnet listenin

g

por

t

#

set_user_name

S

ets the Telnet user nam

e

#

sgatewa

y

S

peci

ﬁ

es the new

g

atewa

y

#

sipad

d

S

peci

ﬁ

es a new IP address

#

snetmask

S

peci

ﬁ

es a new net mas

k

#

use_telnet_pas

s

To

gg

les Telnet password promp

t

#

GET_PASS Command

The

#G

ET_PA

SS

command prompts

f

or the Telnet password.

Syntax

y

:

#

get_pas

s

Pa

r

a

m

e

t

e

r

s

:

N

o

n

e

1

6

RS-232 COMMAND

S

#

GET_USER_NAME Command

The

#G

ET_U

S

ER_NAME command prompts

f

or the Telnet username.

Syntax

y

:

#

get_user_nam

e

Pa

r

a

m

e

t

e

r

s

:

N

o

n

e

#

IPCONFIG Command

The

#

IP

CO

NFI

G

command displa

y

s all T

C

P

/

IP settin

g

s.

Syntax

y

:

#

i

p

conﬁ

g

Pa

r

a

m

e

t

e

r

s

:

N

o

n

e

#

RSTIP Command

The

#

R

S

TIP command resets the IP con

ﬁ

g

uration to the de

f

ault settin

g

s.

Syntax

y

:

#

rsti

p

Pa

r

a

m

e

t

e

r

s

:

N

o

n

e

17

RS-232 COMMAND

S

#

SET_HTTP_PORT Command

The

#S

ET_HTTP_P

O

RT command sets the Web server listenin

g

port.

Syntax

y

:

#

set_http_port param

1

Pa

r

a

m

e

t

e

r

s

:

p

aram

1

Port [0 - 255]

#

SET_PASS Command

The

#S

ET_PA

SS

command sets Telnet password.

Syntax

y

:

#

set_pass param

1

Pa

r

a

m

e

t

e

r

s

:

p

aram

1

S

trin

g

N

o

t

es

:

The maximum len

g

th o

f

the password strin

g

is 20 characters.

#

SET_TELNET_PORT Command

The

#S

ET_TELNET_P

O

RT command sets the Telnet server listenin

g

port.

Syntax

y

:

#

set_telnet_port param

1

Pa

r

a

m

e

t

e

r

s

:

p

aram

1

Port [0 - 255]

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