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Extron Electronics VN-Matrix 200 Series User Manual

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2.

Select the

Device

tab.

3.

Click on the

display0

link in the Configuration region.

4.

Use the

Output Format

drop-down list to select the mode you created in the

previous section.

5.

Select

Update

. The source should now be displayed correctly on the decoder output.

The mode must now be modified so that it can be detected automatically when the source
is connected to the encoder.
To do this, you will:

1.

Retrieve timing information using a telnet session.

2.

Enter the observed timing values in the VN-Matrix web GUI.

Opening a telnet session on port 4002 with a VN-Matrix decoder

To open a telnet session with the VN-MATRIX decoder, perform the following procedure:

1.

From the Windows taskbar, open a terminal window and then type

telnet xxx.

xxx.xxx.xxx 4002

where

xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx

represents the IP address of the

VN-Matrix decoder. Then, press .
Source information will now continually be streamed to the telnet window. Although
the numeric values may be different, you will see a line similar to the one shown
below:

resolution update message: 1280,960,60,1000,1800,fbbd,108001440,1:

The first five numeric values are interpreted as:

Parameter

Meaning

1280

Active area width of current source (in pixels)

960

Active area height of current source (in pixels)

60

Frame rate of current source, in Hz

1000

Total line count of current source

1800

Total pixels per line of current source

2.

Write down the values that are reported for:

Active area width

Active area height

Frame rate

Total line count

Total pixels

These values will be required in the next section.

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