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x1 Displa
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A1
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
g
ratulations on
y
our purchase o
f
the 8x1 Displa
y
Port
S
witcher. Your complete
s
atis
f
action is ver
y
important to us.
G
efen
G
e
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en is a unique product line caterin
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to the
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rowin
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needs
f
or innovative home
theater solutions. We specialize in total inte
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ration
f
or
y
our home theater, while
also
f
ocusin
g
on
g
oin
g
above and be
y
ond customer expectations to ensure
y
ou
g
et the most
f
rom
y
our hardware. We invite
y
ou to explore our distinct product
l
ine and hope
y
ou
fi
nd
y
our solutions. Don’t see what
y
ou are lookin
g
f
or here
?
Please call us so we can better assist
y
ou with
y
our particular needs.
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
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
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
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
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
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
Computer
Computer
Computer
Computer
Computer
Computer
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
2
1
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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