User guide

Voyager Applications
INSTALLATION AND USER GUIDE 5
HDMI Daisy-Chained, Simplex, with RS232 serial
Thisconfigurationexampleshowsadaisy‐chainedSIMPLEXmodeextensionapplicationforHDMIvideo.This
configurationwillNOTsupportHDCP‐protectedcontent,sincetheHDCPauthenticationdatafromeach
displaycannotbereturnedtothetransmitter.Ifthesourcecontentisprotected(withHDCP),thentherewillbe
novideooutput
arethereceivers.Thelocalportwillstillfunction,however.
IfthesourceprovidesembeddedHDMI‐audio,thatwillbepassedtoeachremoteHDMIdisplayunmodified.
Thedigitalaudiocanalsobedrivenouttheanalogaudiojacksasaconfigurableoption(seeMAGui).
Thereisalsosimplexserial‐
controlofalldisplays.Sinceasimplex(single)fiberisbeingused,onlyvideoand
serialcanflowTOthedisplay,butnoresponsescanbereturnedtothecontrolsystem.
Ifthedisplaysareserial‐portaddressable,thenthedefaultserialmode(broadcasttoallreceivers)canbe
utilized.If
thedisplaysarenotaddressable,thenit’spossibletomakedistinct“virtualconnections”with
individualreceivers’serialports.Inanycase,sincethegeneraloperatingmodeissimplex,noserialdatacanbe
returnedtothetransmitter.
Figure3.Voyagerdaisy‐chainedlink,usingHDMI‐TX/RX,withsimplexserialcontrol
ofdisplay.
HDMI Source
ISA
AUX module
Serial
L/R
IR
HDMI-TX
VIDEO module
HDMI-in HDMI-out
(on front)
Control System
ISA
AUX module
Serial
L/R
IR
HDMI-RX
VIDEO module
HDMI-out
HDMI
Display
HDMI
Display
Simplex (single)
fiber
ISA
AUX module
Serial
L/R
IR
HDMI-RX
VIDEO module
HDMI-out
HDMI
Display
Receiver 1
Receiver 2
Simplex (single)
fiber
VG-TX2 CORE
SFP#1 SFP#2
Pwr
USB
(cfg)
TX RX TX RX
Transmitter
VG-RX2 CORE
SFP#1 SFP#2
Pwr
USB
(cfg)
TX RX TX RX
VG-RX2 CORE
SFP#1 SFP#2
Pwr
USB
(cfg)
TX RX TX RX
To more receivers
(optional)
To more receivers
(optional)
Simplex (single)
fiber
Simplex (single)
fiber
Simplex (single)
fiber
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