Extron Electronics PowerCage FOX SR HDMI User Guide - Manual (Page 8)

PowerCage FOX SR HDMI Scaling Receiver • Introduction 2
About the PowerCage FOX SR HDMI
The PowerCage FOX SR HDMI is an ultra-high performance scaling fiber optic receiver that
accepts a proprietary optical signal on a single LC connector from a compatible fiber optic
transmitter or daisy-chained receiver located up to 30 km (18 miles) away.
The receiver outputs a single link of HDMI video, digital audio (embedded in the HDMI
output), analog audio, and RS-232 serial commands. The receiver can scale its video output
to one of several resolutions and rates.
NOTE: For HDCP compliance:
• A PowerCage FOX SR HDMI receiver must be paired with a
PowerCage FOX HDMI or FOXBOX HDMI transmitter.
• You must connect both fiber optic cables between the transmitter and
receiver.
• A signal cannot be daisy-chained and retain HDCP compliance.
• The bidirectional Consumer Electronics Control (CEC) is not supported.
If the receiver is appropriately configured and has a second fiber optic cable installed, it also
can either:
• Receive an RS-232 return from a controlled device and send it to the transmitter via a
proprietary optical signal, or
• Output a daisy-chained signal to another receiver.
If either RS-232 return or daisy-chained communications are implemented, the receiver
outputs a proprietary signal on the second fiber optic cable carrying the signal.
For video resolutions up to 1600 x 1200, 1080p, or 1920 x 1200, the video output of the
receiver is a perfect, pixel-for-pixel recreation of the video signal input from the transmitter.
The single link of HDMI video output by a PowerCage FOX SR HDMI can be converted to
DVI-D video with the appropriate adapter.
The receiver has built-in color bars, crosshatch, grayscale, alternating pixels, and crop test
patterns, which are available under RS-232 Simple Instruction Set (SIS™) control, to assist
in setting up the display equipment and image and audio adjustments. The receiver has
image, audio, fiber light status, and lost-light alarm indicators.