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1. The OSD Halftone setting determines the transparency relative to the displayed background Allowed values are 0 thru 8 with 4 as default 31 Picture CLr C k m i 1 Ta a LI i o ee me n A a S n pa Lop Fl WS Maxis AL VUTBUT Adjustments B Resolution and OSD Picture Composite Video Component Vides Defaults B Standard Dynamic ooft Fersonal Color Temperature H i Horma Normal Saturation Bd AO 4 os _ 4 Te Via the Picture Tab you can select the input source for which you want to change settings In this case we selected Composite Video Note Note that the frame colors are the same as specified for the Button Colors Via Picture Mode you can specify to use pre defined settings for Brightness Contrast Saturation Sharpness and Hue Choices are Standard Dynamic Soft and Personal When selecting Personal the settings under Brightness Contrast Saturation Sharpness and Hue go into effect Allowed values with the exception of Sharpness are between O thru 99 Allowed values for Sharpness are between 0 thru 20 with 10 as default The Defaults button will restore the scaler default settings in this case for composite video Color Temperature determines the White level in the output Choices are Normal Warm and Cold Whether you chose to select the Composite Video Component Vide or S Video Tab the functionality is exactly the same and therefore not further described i2. Hitting the Icons button will bring up the Icons form Note that the Connected product description appears in the Icons window to assist in combining these with the graphic files 13 fs FHCS Max1301HD Icons and graphics Within this form you can select icons or graphics to be used with the control buttons in the Control Window Select the input button first 1 12 then hit the File button to browse through the available graphic files on Your PC You can alto select graphic backgrounds for the Control and Output windows Preview Connected Product Icon file name Picture Video Casette Recorder D My SerialMFHCS_Grap Top Lett z Blue Rap player O My Serah FHES Grap E DWD player Dy SenalX FHCS_Grap Button Image yr 1 YS m j 2 4 4 z B a Picture Control window DNMy Senah HCS Graphic Top Lett Output window D My Senah HCS Graphic Image Compressed or Stretched T Apply The top list view shows the input ports the bottom one the backgrounds In the Icon file name part of the view is the path to the selected graphic file If you did not select files before the entries in the Icon file name column will be empty The background file name column shows the location of the selected backgrounds How to attach graphics to the command buttons or select a background Select a row in one of the views in this case we selected the Ist input row Video Casette Recorder Buttons Remove Unsele
3. The Close button will bring you back to the Setup window Hit the Apply button to apply changes being made Note You may have to first startup Air Display and then again this program to get a WiFi connection recognizing a tablet PC is available as extended secondary monitor 26 Learned Show List will show the learned command array If the learned command array was saved with the application setup you can show it via Show List If the list does not exist yet you can create it by leaving the Learned Mode checkbox unchecked Input and signal button selections will be automatically recorded HS FHES Maxl301HD List Learned mode Learned mode list Learned mode list array Video Casette Recorder A Blue Rap player Vf DVD player A Main PL Laptop Set top bos Ay The above list is the result of our actions so far In the list you find the input number the description and whether A V V or A is passed thru Note Switching audio or video only is represented with A or V respectively Clear List will clear the complete list Clear Learned Mode list This will clear the Learned Mode list Are you sure you want to clear the Learned Mode list Cancel Learned i Mode Cor So what is learned mode 27 By checking the Learned Mode box on the Setup form you only have to select the one input source button you want in the Control window Selecting an input source will automatically also select th
4. the comm and actually using the port Default is 1000 milliseconds Some newer PC s may allow quicker opening CommandDelay is the delay between two commands being send to the scaler switcher Depending on the PC hardware the connection and connection distance you can fine tune this to speed up traffic between PC and scaler switcher Default is 1000 milliseconds but on faster systems 350 milliseconds could be sufficient See Appendix ReadDelay is the delay between sending a command and reading the reply Default is 1000 milliseconds but on faster systems 350 milliseconds could be sufficient Save Setup will save all the information which was defined in the Setup form to a file You can browse to the desired folder default is the application folder and specify a name The setup will be saved as a text txt file Load Setup will load a previous saved setup file Autoload can be checked to automatically load the latest saved application setup file at program start The location of that file is read from registry Default is not checked Clear Setup will clear out the current Setup so that you can define a new one This will un check and clear the Connected product description and all graphics 23 Exit will close the Setup form and return to the Main startup window Note Exit ing the Main form will save program settings to registry Display Display Learned Debug On v Debug Off z 4 OSD Allow t OSD Deny a Re
5. FHCS_ Max1301HD User Guide version 1 04 Control your Intelligent Creator Professional Scaler Switcher System Nearby or remotely CREATOR By Frits Handgraaf FHCS August 2012 With Dual monitor support including iPad Samsung Galaxy Tab and Android PC Tablet support via downloadable App s and ILS16 or ILS24 connected touch panels Copyright Frits Handgraaf CS Contents Introduction Installation Main Startup Window Setup communication and scaler application Comm port and baudrate Application description connected products Icons icons Icons backgrounds Icons Button colors Control Window Fine tuning communications and application Extra Display Display Monitors Learned Program Output windows scaler Resolution and OSD Picture Sound Questions and answers Appendix Optimizing communication speed Introduction Congratulations with your purchase of the FHCS_Max301HD all in one control software application for the Creator Professional Max1301 HD B Scaler Switcher system The Creator Max1301 HD B product allows you to quickly and with high bandwidth quality switch Composite video 2 inputs Component Video 2 inputs S video 2 inputs VGA 2 inputs and HDMI 4 inputs upscale each input to high definition progressive scan up to WXGA and 1080p HDTV and output together with audio input to VGA and HDMI connectors either via the supplied IR remote control or vi
6. Fort Name Connected product VGA 1 VGA 2 HDMI 1 HDMI 2 HDMI 3 HDMI 4 ia a U Connected product U z ai 4 4 4 40 41 4 4 4 4 40 410 x Comm port and baudrate In this case FHCS_Max1301HD found COM1 to be available on the local PC for serial communications If you rather use a different port then select it in the list box Standard Baudrate for the Creator switcher family is 9600 Baud In this version of the program you cannot change that simply because the Max1301 HD B setting can not be changed Note If an earlier selected Comm port worked okay but you want to change it anyway select Change Comm in the Extra menu which will verify available comm ports again and allows you to change it If you press the Control button at this point the program will try to communicate over the specified comm port and request the Creator model type If the program does not get a response a warning message will appear Check your connection setup and change the comm port accordingly 11 Application description Application description Se What else can be setup in the Setup form See above picture There is a text box labeled Application description In here you can name your application setup With the help of Setup you can totally define the application which devices are connected to the input ports which devices are connected to the output ports which ports are factually being used which icons or other graphic
7. If ReadDelay is set too high it will take longer to update or refresh the status Default for both Command and Read Delay is 1000 milliseconds Adapt these setting for optimal results For latest documentation refer to www fritshandgraafcs com End of this User Guide 39
8. Music _ Personal re 34 Sound Via the output window Sound Tab you can influence the way the scaler is handling sound from any of the input sources In Sound Mode you can select Standard News Music or Personal according to your liking Selecting Personal allows to adapt the settings of Set Bass Set Treble and Set Balance Allowed values are O thru 99 Note The scaler Firmware version 1 0 is not reporting back personal settings for Bass Treble or Balance Via Sound AVC you can select OFF or ON Note When FHCS_Max1301HD started up and requested the current status for Sound it will not get a reply from Firmware version 1 0 Tip When Sound Mode is set to Personal increase or decrease the Bass Treble or Balance value by a value of 1 The scaler will then report back the changed value and FHCS_Max1I301HD will show the current set value 35 Questions and answers Q Is the length of the RS232 connection limited to 50 feet 15 meter A Cable length is one of the most discussed items in RS232 world The standard has a clear answer the maximum cable length is 50 feet or the cable length equal to a capacitance of 2500 pF The latter rule is often forgotten This means that using a cable with low capacitance allows you to span longer distances without going beyond the limitations of the standard If for example UTP CAT 5 cable is used with a typical capacitance of 17 pF ft the maximum al
9. a the Output window is discussed later in this manual Note A warning message will be displayed requesting if you really want to go back to factory defaults Via the Setup button Alt S you return to the Setup form where you can further fine tune communication and application setup Via the Exit button you can leave the program Note Exiting the program this way will save parameters to the PC registry It will however NOT save any changes you may have made to the Application Setup Go back to Setup Extra and save application setup there 22 Fine tuning communications and application Next to the parameters already discussed the Setup form allows to further fine tune the application This chapter will explain how to do that Extra HS FHCS Max1301 Ex ra Display Learned Disconnect Comm zif Change comm Fie Comm OpenDelay CommandDelay Jal ReadDelay Fe Load Setup Autoload Save Setup Clear Setup ge Exit E If you select Extra Alt E from the top menu bar the above list comes up Interactively you can then change a number of settings Disconnect Comm will close the open communication port Communication with the scaler switcher is no longer possible You may want to do this if a selected port is not the correct one Change comm will interrogate the PC on available comm ports These will be listed in the list box so that you can select Comm OpenDelay is the delay between opening
10. a the front touch panel buttons The FHCS software product family is offering an additional product interface based on PC based interaction either via PC keyboard PC mouse interaction or PC connected Touch Panel whether pen stylus finger or other or WiFi connected iPad or Android based Tablet PC This way ICT personnel and end users can optimize the way they want to interact with the Creator scaler switcher in cases the IR remote or front panel interaction is not possible or not to liking or if they also want remote control from a distance FHCS_Max1301HD allows to Monitor the attached Creator scaler switcher In this way ICT and A V Presentation Support personnel always exactly know what the current state of the Creator scaler switcher is with respect to which buttons were pressed via the IR remote or front panel buttons or via the FHCS_Max1301HD program Take over control and scale switch between input sources and output remotely over RS232 with an up to date overview of which input channel is connected and whether audio video or both input signals are switched Move the control window s to an attached touch panel or tablet PC Adjust or adapt master volume mute un mute master volume adjust microphone volume adjust output resolution color temp picture mode brightness saturation sharpness contrast hue or access the system OSD and more of the embedded features Learn actions to be taken when an in
11. ct and File will become enabled Select the File button This will bring up the common dialog so that you can browse to your desired location After you selected your graphic file 2 previews will be filled right of the list view The Picture Top Left box will show the picture in it s pixel size If the pixel size is too large you will only see part of the picture in this case the top left The Image Compressed or Stretched box will show a compressed image if the pixels size is too large or stretched image enlarged 14 Note The preview images do not guarantee that the command buttons in the Control window are large enough to hold the graphic images but are here to provide an impression and serve as an aid to see graphic files content If there are more buttons you want to populate with graphics select the next empty row with a single mouse click Note A double mouse click will bring up the common dialog interface directly so that you are not required to hit the File button If you want to Remove graphics first select the row in which you want graphics to be removed than hit the remove button The link to the graphics will be removed and the preview boxes will become empty Note Remove will remove the currently selected highlighted row so be careful that you are sure when you hit the Remove button The Unselect button will unselect the row to prevent you accidentally remove it If the icon file name column is not empty
12. e TT mi EEEE E EEHEHE Custom colors Z HERE a EE 616 Mis E a E Define Custom Colors gt gt Cancel Select the color you want and hit the OK button The selected button will appear with the new chosen color 17 Note If you selected black as color the labels above the command buttons in the Control window can not be read anymore A message box will appear requesting whether you really want black Hitting the Defaults button will restore the program s default button colors Below and on the following page is an example on what you can do with graphics Note that the command button labels are now being relocated to the label above the command button This to make place for the graphics Output Resolution Output Signal selection via Defaults Note This image representation is in approximate 800 600 pixel resolution 18 _ Input Selector Master Volume Signal Selector OF video id Audio Output Resolution Note This image representation is in approximate 1280 1024 pixel resolution Note Graphic or icon files are not included with this program Background images can be created with programs such as PowerPoint or other programs or by using wall papers photo s etc Icon files can be downloaded from supplier web pages or obtained from their documentation When a background graphic file is used the background c
13. e signal A V B and send the required command s to the switcher By un checking Learned Mode you can manually specify the switch to perform Note If you want the learned command array to be saved among with the rest of the application setup make sure Learned Mode is checked in the Setup form Note If you saved the application setup with the learned command array and load it again in the future either manually Setup Load or via Auto load FHCS_Max1I301HD will send commands to the attached scaler switcher to bring it back to the stage it was in to when the application was saved Program Via Menu Program you can further adapt the way FHCS_Max1301HD is behaving Under program you can select Control Hotkey Auto Control js FHS SCA300 Hotkey Fie In this form you can specify a Hot Rey sequence to make access to the Setup window possible if you do want to protect access for Un authorized persons Check the check box to protect uncheck to allow access without the key Sequence Modifiers Ctrl Shit M Check here if you want to protect access to the Setup window A Apply Active Hatke Ctl Shift F You may want to protect your communication and application setup from being adapted by un authorized users You can do this via a secret keyboard combination with Shift Ctrl Alt function key Checking the check box and hitting apply will disable the Setup button in the Main window and in the Control w
14. earned Mode check box is UN checked Hit the Control button to get into the Control window In the Control window hit each Input button and signal to switch until you are fully satisfied with the Input and Signal selections Go back to Setup Back in Setup select Learned Make List This will generate an array based on the current switcher status and signals to switch Note Use Learned Show List to see the learned array CHECK Learned Mode Checking the Learned Mode check box assures everything which is established so far will be saved into the application setup file including descriptions buttons enabled and graphics associated In Setup select Extra Save Setup to save your application setup to a text file a common dialog form will show up In Setup select Extra Autoload and answer yes This means that once FHCS_Max1301HD is restarted it will automatically re load the last saved application setup file Go back to the Main window and hit the Exit button This will save the complete setup including the application setup file last used just defined into registry If you restart FHCS_Max1301HD the last application setup file including input and signal switching descriptions icons and graphics and other definitions become into effect automatically 3T Q Whow Although the documentation is clear can you develop application setup files for me A Yes Contact frits fritshandgraafcs com or frits handgraaf gmail com Q With o
15. een when the commands are sent and to dark green 1f understood and processed A red communication indicator tells that one of the commands was not understood 30 Note If the communication indicator colors red try hitting the Apply button again If not successful increase the CommandDelay and or ReadDelay via the Extra top menu bar See also Appendix Optimizing Communication Speed Note Allow OSD by default is off However you can use this feature in this program to emulate the IR remote functions without remote and adapt the scaler output settings Note Adapting settings via the GUI as above described will change the setting with a value increase of 1 or 1 so give the scaler time to react before you hit the left or right button again Note The GUI will disappear from the output screen when there is no activity within the set OSD Duration time In the OSD Duration combo box specify the time in seconds you want the GUI to be displayed before it disappears when there is no interaction Choices are 05s 15s 30s and 60s Default is 15s Via OSD H Pos and V Pos you can specify the position of the OSD on the output screen The position is expressed in a percentage value depending on the set output Resolution and the output Scaling For example a set H Pos to 0 and a V Pos set to 0 will position the OSD to the top left corner Allowed vales are O thru 99 with defaults being 50 Note You can not change the size of the OSD
16. er the first available and free RS232 communication port It will first check which comm ports are available F FL Initializing Please wait this can take several seconds If an unused and available Comm port is found typically Comm1 it will connect to the port and send out a command to figure out whether the scaler switcher type is connected and responding and what the embedded firmware version is This may result to the following image Auto Detect A Auto Detect on comm portl NOT succesfull The message will show on which Comm port it is trying to detect the device The program is waiting for a response during a period equal to CommandDelay ReadDelay See later in this manual on how can change these Following is the Main startup window Main Startup Window From the Main startup window you can determine to go to the Setup window or directly to the Control window Note If an earlier connection was established successfully and all Setup parameters are working to your liking you can Setup to skip the Main window by adapting one of the settings in Setup See later in this manual If an auto detect was NOT successful it will show up as follows Note In this case the Control button will not be enabled Main Startup Window je FHCS Maxl301HD FHES Max1S01HD allows you to connect to an Creator Max SU1THD B scaler switcher and control t s inputs and outputs over a senalAS232 connection by
17. iles or update shared files if they are in use Before proceeding we recommend that you close any applications you may be running It is important that any running application is closed If not you may experience the program is not working after installation Hit the OK button to go to the next form we FHCS_ MAX1301HD Setup Begin the installation by clicking the button below Click this button to install FHCS_MAX1301HD software to the specified destination directory Directory D Program Files FHCS MAX1301_ HD Change Directory Exit Setup Change the Directory if you so desire or hit the Install Button to accept the default suggested program Directory Note Hit the button to install it under the FHCS group see next screenshot A z a ml cie kA nT UMA hee Men ee ea We FALS MAALJLHU Choose Program roup DN fa O ae een eg MOR he z i Setup will add items to the group shown in the Program Group box You can enter a new group name or select one from the Existing Groups list Program Group HCS Existing Groups Accessories Administrative Tools Maintenance NMetywPi startup Select the Program Group default is FHCS but you can also make a new ILS group A file being copied is not newer than the file currently on your system Itis recommended that you keep your existing file File name D Windows System32 phipapi dll Description IP Helper API Your version 6 1 7100 0 Do
18. indow Use your keyboard combination to enable the Setup button again By checking the Auto Control menu section the Control Window will automatically show up when the program is started In this case the Main form and the Setup form will not be shown though you can return from Control to Setup in the control window 28 Autom atically show control window F you turn this option on the control window will automatically come up without showing the Main program window Make sure all necessary setups are performed before selecting this option Automatically show the control window after startup Output windows As described before the output of the scaler can be adapted by the user Hit the Output button in the Control window to access the Output windows This chapter is describing the possibilities Resolution and OSD E FHES _Maxl301HD Output Adjustments Resolution and OSD Value Output Resolution BERA r LED eis EE 1024x768 a a Wo E g Noise Reduction xb LEDO Background Color y BLUE E MID BLUE f Sca ling FULL TTY Fua B Te Via the Output Resolution Combo box you can select the desired output resolution Choices are 800 600 1024 768 1280 720 HDTV 720p 1280 800 1280 1024 1366 768 HDTV 768p 1400 1050 1440 900 1600 1900 1600 1200 1680 1050 and 1920 1080 HDTV 1080p Adapt the resolution to best fit with your
19. ividual computers workstations professional servers or personal It may be used on any supported WINDOWS computer under condition that a License Rey per WINDOWS 2 based computer is legally obtained against the License Key fee from FHCS COPYRIGHT This SOFTWARE and the DOCUMENTATION are owned by FHCS and are protected by copyright laws and international treaty provisions No title to intellectual property is being transferred You may NOT modify reverse engineer decompile or disassemble the SOFTWARE except to the extent that the foregoing restriction is expressly prohibited by applicable law NO WARRANTY The SOFTWARE is provided as is FHCS does not warrant that the SOF TW ARE wall meet vor reomurements of that its aneratian wall he wmintermimted nr error free do Hot Agree Once you agreed with the license agreement the program will calculate a product code on which you can obtain a License Key This key is required to run the program Note The product code is calculated and different for different PC s Only install the software on the PC of your choice Another PC will require a different License Key Enter license key Obtain license key via product code Provide the following product code to FHCS to obtain your license key for running FHCS Maxls01HD on this machine P9Q9 6608 46 TOP YS W After agreeing with the License Agreement the program will generate a Product Code with which you can obtain a Lice
20. lowed cable length is 147 feet This is almost 45 meter Q What is the pin layout required in this direct connection A Basically required is a RS232 straight through cable Connect transmit on one end to transmit on the other and the same for the receive pins these are pin 2 and 3 and signal earth to each other pin 5 So 2o2 3 3 5 5 As no hardware handshaking is required for the communication these are the only 3 pins from the 9 required Q Which COM port do I have to select in the PC on which FHCS_Max1301HD 1s installed A FHCS_Max1301HD will check which COM ports are available in the COM1 COM9 range From the available comm ports in the drop down list select the one you want to use on your PC Q Which baudrate setting do I have to select in FHCS_Max1301HD for my PC A The baudrate setting has to match with the baudrate setting in the scaler All current Creator professional audio and video scaler switchers communicate at 9600 baud only That s why the baudrate in FHCS_Max1301HD can not be changed Q How can I optimize speed between scaler switcher and PC A In the FHCS_Max1301HD Setup window select Extra from the menu Adapt ReadDelay and or CommandDelay to lower values What are the best settings is hard to say and depending on the line condition and your PC hardware We have been working with delays as low as 350 milliseconds On the other hand especially if using older hardware or bridging longer di
21. n details in this guide In the Picture VGA Output window you can adapt the output signal characteristics 32 HS FHCS Max1301HD Output Adjustments _ Resolutionand OSD Red col A E ed color F ai o C Green color Z a VGA Phase mo M N i a Blue color a 4 b B a If the VGA input and output signal image is not well positioned or trembling you can adjust via VGA H Pos V Pos Clock or Phase Allowed values are 0 thru 99 The AutoAdjust button will try to adapt the settings via EDID Note Most output devices like projectors or large LCD screens have an auto adjust or auto image feature In that case you may not need the AutoAdjust feature of the scaler Compared to the Picture Video output windows the HDMI Tab shows 2 more frames HDMI Output Mode and HDMI Sound 33 i Saas s a a ee A aaa EN pees rae A i eeeE OOOO Resolution ay osp Color Temperature F Horal Normal Saturation ji 50 HOMI Output Mode HDMI DMI ai r Sharpness 0 o HOMI Sound mane E thou 4 f with ME C MAIC Hue ro so 4 a Yon The HDMI Output Mode option specifies whether to output the digital video output without sound DVI or with sound HDMI Whether or not you want the Microphone input to go out with HDMI depends on your choice of option in the HDMI Sound frame ame a EE Eee EES ce _ Beppe Hews
22. ne single license for FHCS_Max1301HD can I control multiple Max1301 HD Bs A Yes in principal you can as you can save multiple application setups on a mobile PC In practice this means you have to carry your mobile PC to the location where the other switcher is connect it RS232 and load execute the appropriate application setup file and learned control array Note however that your mobile PC can only by connected to one switcher at a time Q When changing the change automatically in setup display resize and going to the control window the window does not maximize A This is meant only for resize at startup After changing the settings and applying you can manually change via the Control window max button 38 Appendix Optimizing communication speed Communication speed is dependent on a number of factors including medium RS232 cable distance PC load etc By adapting 2 parameters in the Setup Window one can optimize the speed between FHCS_Max1301HD on the PC and the scaler switcher These parameters are called CommandDelay and ReadDelay Command delay is the delay after sending a command before the next command is sent Read delay is the delay after first characters from the lectern have been received and before reading the entire input buffer First characters Read entire received input buffer Time gt T T read delay If ReadDelay is set too low the input may not be complete This will result in an error report
23. nse key The product code is in format ABCD EFGHIJ KLMNOP 4 6 6 characters Supply your product code to ILS or FHCS to obtain your license key Enter License Key for FHCS_Max1301HD Px Enter License Key now or Cancel to obtain the product code and end the program Contact FHCS with the product code to obtain a license key for FHCS Maxl301HD Cancel Once you obtained the license key you are able to run FHCS_Max1301HD after you entered the license key This key is based upon internal PC parameters such as first found wired or wireless network adapter MAC addresses CPU Hard Disk drive and other information The license key provided has the following format ABCD EFGH IJKL MNOP a combination of characters in capital and numbers in a 4 4 structure with hyphens between them Enter the key including the hyphens exactly as obtained and you will be able to use the FHCS Max1301HD software Note Your PC may have more than I network adapter Make sure that the one you want to use for communication is enabled when the product code is generated License Key for FHCS Maxls01HD Enter the License Key obtained from FHES exactly including the hyphens and press OF to register the License Kep for FHOS_Max13S01HD Cancel ABCD EFGH JKL MNOP Trying to make a first connection and Auto Detect First start up After a correct license key entry the program will try to establish a communication connection ov
24. o automatically f Keep form ratio f Change form ratio Font size f Keep font size f Change font size Apply Check the Maximize automatically box if you want to resize the Control window automatically once the program is starting up Via the Resize frame you can opt for either Window only or All controls Window only will leave the original Control window centralized in the screen while expanding the background to max screen resolution All controls will expand to maximum screen resolution taking in account how Aspect ratio and Font size options are defined If you want to Apply changes for the next program startup hit Apply go back to the Main form and Exit to save the changes to registry They will become into effect once you start the program again Note You can combine this setting with Auto Control in the Program menu See further in this document The Aspect ratio and Font size options allow you to determine how the Control window is reacting on mouse dragging form and or window borders and window max restore and minimize buttons You can basically determine your own screen coordinates ratio and whether font sizes should adapt Here again hit the Apply button The changes come into effect when you go to the Control window The default Control Window size is an approximate 800 600 pixels 25 Note Any combination of Resize Maximize and Aspect ratio and Font size may not lead to desired results until you restart the p
25. olors in the Input Selector Signal Selector and Output boxes will become transparent so that you can see the background behind them 19 Control Window Input Selector Output Resolution Diii Output Signal selection via EB On the left side yov ll find the input command buttons they decide which input source you want to switch In the middle section you can select which input signal to switch The 3 buttons allow to switch video only audio only or both audio and video The top middle section shows the current status of the scaler switcher that is which inputs are connected to the outputs This status information is reported back by the scaler switcher Note As no connection was made yet the Listview is empty Note that the command button text is the same as defined in Connected products in the Setup form The buttons under Input Selector are enabled indicating you can start your input selection Note The Signal Selector buttons A V Video and Audio will be enabled once you selected one of the input buttons Source select In this case we selected CV 1 Video Casette which can be noted by the label background color which is now light blue conform the output button selected button color This is the same light blue as in the Output boxes The Signal Selector buttons are now enabled as is the Cancel button Hitting the Cancel button will allow you to select another input source of choice and will di
26. projector LCD screen or other output device connected Noise reduction provides a means to filter noise from input to output Choices are OFF LOW MID HIGH and AUTO 29 Scaling is setting output scaling being either FULL 16 9 NORMAL 4 3 or AUTO LCD Background Color allows to adapt the front panel LCD background color to be either BLACK or BLUE Default is blue Note The current reported back by the scaler settings are displayed in each frame top right text box Via the LCD Light Time scrollbar you can specify how long in minutes the LCD display will be on after a last front panel selection Choices are between 0 off and 60 minutes Default is 15 minutes If OSD is set to Allow and applying background the windows 1s as follows Te FHCS Maxl301HD Output Adjustments Resolution and OSD Output 2 rary LCD Light Time 1s E 1024x768 Moise Reduction MID OSD Menu S 7 l scaling FULL OSD Duration 15s Te In OSD On Screen Display use the Menu button to show or hide the OSD With the right arrow button you go down or right to choose you selection With the left arrow you go left or up Hit Enter to apply your selection Via the Control button you return to the Control window Hit the Apply button to apply changes made Note Changes made will only be applied commands send to the scaler after Apply The communication indicator left of the Apply button will change to light gr
27. pushing buttons on a PC screen or an attached Touch Screen The program will automatically detect which comm ports are available in the PC In the Setup communication Window you can setup the communication parameters Here you can also define which input ports are enabled Fress Control to move on if communication parameters were defined before FHES Max130HD version 1 04 build20120825 Control gt copyright Frits Handgraaf CS 2010 2012 Hit the Exit button to exit the program hit Control to get remote access or Setup to set the communication parameters or define Applications In this case use Setup to make sure we can make a connection to the Creator Scaler Switcher Note Always use the Exit button in the Main form or in the Control form to close the program This ensures that required parameters are stored to the PC registry These will be automatically loaded after next startup For contact info hit the image in the top right 10 Setup communication and scaler application HS FHCS_Maxl301HD Comm amp Scaler Application Setup Extra Display Learned Program this form you can specify the parameters for communication with the connected MaxTSO1HD scaler system fou can also specify which input ports are connected which output is generated or change the comm port Comm port Baudrate Scaler Model Application description m 9600 Creator Max 301 HD B Video input ports YRA and HOMI input ports
28. put button is pressed Learned mode This allows to work with just a single button press Setup applications and application descriptions including button icons and other graphics button colors and window backgrounds These setups can be stored to file and later also automatically be retrieved and loaded Adapt the user interface to maximum pixel resolution including resizing of the buttons text fonts and changing of aspect ratio Auto detect the scaler model type and firmware version After a first connection settings are automatically loaded and displayed Auto detect which RS232 comm ports are available in the PC and starts auto detecting on the first port available You can also select one for communication yourself Heart of the program is the setup form in which the application can be constructed and adapted to your liking In the remainder of this manual all aspects will be further explained Installation The software runs on any old PC with a RS232 connector Supported operating systems are Windows XP Vista and Windows7 A minimal amount of disk space is required lt 12 MB FHCS_Max1301HD is licensed software After installation a license key is required After downloading the ZIP file Unzip it into an empty directory folder and run setup exe The following image will appear a FHCS_MAXL301HD Setup FE Welcome to the FHCS_MAX1301HD installation program Fara Setup cannot install system f
29. rogram Display Monitors Note This is new in version 1 04 HS FHES Maxl301HD Attached monitors 5179073 WADISPLAYI True 131073 WADISPLAY2 False 4 rer This Window shows which digplays are attached Press the Close button to close the Window again ots 1480 104 131073 1280 752 FHCS_Mas1301HD GUI Windows to Control Window Only At program start the application will determine if a second monitor 1s attached e g extended desktop In the example above a second display 1s available with a resolution of 1280 752 f Primary Display Note In the example above we used a WiFi connected Samsung Galaxy Tab 8 9 Resolution of this Tablet PC is 1280 800 but Android takes 48 pixels off for it s own purpose Note Using an Apple iPad or Android based tablet PC as extended desktop requires separate software App Here we used Air Display from Avatron avatrom com As the program detected a secondary display the Secondary Display extended desktop option is being enabled By checking this option all program windows will be moved to the secondary display If you want to move the Control window only check the Control Window Only check box Note Other programs are available to take over the desktop such as Remote Desktop or LogMeIn Wyse wyse com supplies an App called PocketCloud Remote Desktop which runs on an iPad In this case you may want to keep the software on the Primary Display
30. s 1288 1 Demo_Maxls01 A 0 1024 059 E Pictures l P Videos a Homegroup E it HS IM Computer z Document FHCS MAXL30LH FHCS Maxl301HD HP Pavillion Desk ca Local Disk C camera D pdf top Local Disk D lt a Local Disk E 7 N m ES Elements G p P re d Fi b File name BlueGreenSunl280 1024 All Picture Files As with Icons the selected background preview will be shown in the form In this case we selected BlueGreenSun1280_1024 as background for the Control window and Blue Moss_1288_1059 as background for the Output window These will be used and shown in the remainder of this user manual Button colors Hitting Button Colors will bring up a new Window in which you can adapt the command button background colors in the Control Window 16 iz FHCS M ax1301 HD Button colors Within this form you can select button colors to be used with the control buttons m the Control Window Select one of the inputs or the output button first then select the color from the dialog IF you know the long color number you can enter it directly Her CW WA 11599871 12648384 Output aea EET 15658734 E Defaults The buttons are displayed with the current background colors Underneath the buttons you find de numeric color value Hitting one of the inputs or the output button will bring up the color picker rom F Color o a oie Hunnun EEEE T LTT e
31. s to use in the Control Window whether you want to use Learned Mode or manual mode and many more The application setup can be stored to a file and can be retrieved for later use This way you can setup different applications for different purposes Connected products Video input ports YGA and HOM input ports Use Fort Name Connected product Use Fot Name Connected product A g C lig oz YEA 1 nw oz Ly 2 Iw ia YOA 2 4 o COMP1 Mo o AONE ter connected input description nter connected input description t EJ LUMP 2 io HE H P ly ia THE It i HOMI 3 Iw 06 TAC 2 Iw HOMI 4 In the connected product section you can determine which ports are being used Check or un check the ports If the port is un checked it will NOT be enabled in the Control window In the Connected product text boxes you can describe the type of A V product being connected Examples for input are Main PC or Laptop e g as VGA or HDMI input Basically you can name it anything you want also in your own language The following image shows an example Note that HDMI input 4 is not used un checked Video Input ports YRA and HOM input ports Use Port Name Connected product Use Port Name Connected product iv EA Ly Video Casette Recorder i ia VGA 1 Main PL mo Jo Eve Wo foo vGAZ2 Laptop m EA LOMP 1 Blue Rap player Iw ER HOFI 1 Set top bos 7 4 COMP 2 lw im HDMI 2 i ita YC 1 DWD player iw EA HOMI 3 Reserved wo io C2 M he2 HOMI4 Not
32. sable the Signal Selector buttons again 20 After you pressed one of the Signal Selector buttons the input source in this case the VCR on input CV 1 will be switched to the output automatically The Signal selection via frame will change accordingly indicating a switch was performed by this program instead of via IR Remote or front panel user input Signal selection via This program The Creator scaler switcher can also be operated manually via front buttons or via an infrared remote FHCS_Max1301HD will also capture changes made by a local operator and indicate this when applicable in the Signal selection via lt label Also the status view is automatically updated THis program Next to the Setup button is the communication indicator This indicator will be light green when a command is sent to the scaler switcher and will color dark green if the scaler switcher did understand the command and sends feedback If the indicator colors dark red the command was either not understood or commands were sent to quickly see next session fine tuning communications In that case increase the CommandDelay and or ReadDelay via the Extra top menu bar See also Appendix Optimizing Communication Speed Status Audio Source video Source If a connection is established with the scaler switcher the Refresh button will be enabled You would normally not require the button but when in doubt it will request a status repor
33. selecting the row will show the graphic contents Selecting another filled column will show the content of that file earlier content in the preview box will be replaced The graphic links are stored in the application setup file Note Although it is possible to link to graphic files stored on a server on the LAN or from a USB stick it might be a better idea to copy them to the controlling PC and use link them there If you Clear Setup Setup form menu Extra Clear Setup also the graphics or better the links to the graphic files are cleared Graphics are not stored to the registry but the links are saved if you save the application setup to a file Background If you want to change the background of the Control window or the Output window hit one of the rows in the bottom listview With the File button being enabled hit it and the file picker will show up You can browse in your PC to select the one you want Note Two backgrounds are included with the package with a resolution of approximate 1280 1024 If your resolution is higher you may want to stretch it with graphic editors such as Paint Note Recommended backgrounds are in JPEG or BMP format 15 MB FHCS_Maxd 301HD Load icon or graphics from file Se di Program Files FHCS_MAX1301_HD Organize Mew folder mi Downloads yt ey Recent Places a G Libraries j Es Documents al Music Acer Aspirelaptep BlueGreenSunl2 Blue Mos
34. size d E i If you select Display Alt D from the top menu the above shows up Debug On will bring up an extra window through which you can monitor traffic between this program and the scaler switcher HS FHES Maxl301HD Monitor Received from Switcher from port 1 from port 1 from pork 1 Clear Revd Direct command Send Sent 02 01 to port 1 01 01 to port 1 US OT to port 1 Clear Sent If you are familiar with the command syntax you can also send commands directly to the switcher Enter the commands in the Direct command text box and hit Enter on the keyboard or the Send button 24 If you mark the OSD Deny option the OSD will not appear on top of the video output If you want to change output mark OSD Allow You can then bring up and access the OSD menu Note The OSD can be accessed in the Resolution and OSD output window Via the Resize selection you can specify how the Control window is resizing e g when hitting the maximize or minimize button or when you drag one of the windows sides with the mouse The following form will show up HS FHES Maxl301H0D Window Resize Within this form you can determine how the CONTROL window ts reacting to windon resizing By setting the optione below you can change font sizes or not keep aspect ratio change the window size only or maximize automatically at startup Resize f Window only f All controls Maximize Aspect rati
35. stances you may need to increase the delays See Appendix in this guide Optimizing communication speed Q What if I want to use a TCP IP wired LAN or WiFi connection instead of RS232 A That will require special hardware e g 2 network adapters RS232 to TCP IP Q While in RS232 connection mode I am not getting a response while trying to Refresh Why A If the scaler switcher is disconnected or powered off FHCS_Max1301HD can no longer communicate Also verify the RS232 cable connection and the selected comm port on your PC Q What do I need to do to have a loaded configuration setup also switch the desired signals A Make a learned list array Check learned mode Save the application setup When the application setup is loaded it will automatically switch desired input to desired output 36 Q I only have one Scaler I want to define my application setup only once so that when FHCS_Max1301HD is started my application setup is loaded including my icons and graphics my switcher is programmed the Main and Setup window are not shown go to Control directly and the Control window is maximized to screen size Can you explain step by step how do this A Basically within the Setup window you can define all this For this particular case the steps are as follows although you can do it in any order except for the first and last 2 steps Connect the scaler via an RS232 cable to your PC Run FHCS_Max1301HD If it is the firs
36. t from the scaler switcher In the above screenshot the switcher switched audio input from CV 2 to the audio output and switched video from the laptop In de Output control section you have direct control for an attached microphone increase or decrease the Mic Volume Master Volume and Master Mute 21 Increase the Volume by sliding the scrollbar to the right or by pressing the right scroll button gt Alternatively you can enter the desired volume setting on a scale of 1 thru 99 under the scroll bar followed by an Enter from the keyboard Hit the Apply button for the new settings to go into effect Note Increasing or decreasing volume will not have an immediate effect until the Apply button is pressed Output Resolution EI Defaults The bottom right section of the control Window will report the currently supported output resolution in the scaler switcher Note you can specify requested resolution in the Output Windows discussed later in this user guide The Output button allows you to specify the scaler switcher output behavior for each of the input modes Composite video component video S video VGA and HDMI This includes Picture mode Color settings brightness contrast and much more See later in this guide Be careful when hitting the Defaults button This will reset the Max1301HD B back to factory defaults So all changes you may have made in the output windows will be lost What can be changed vi
37. t time the program will check which comm ports on the PC are available and tries to get a response from the scaler Change the comm port in Setup Extra Connect or Extra Disconnect if connected before or select a new comm port from the List Change comm will re establish this list Only continue once a connection is established You can verify this by going to the Control window and hit the Refresh button If the status view is filled you are okay If not successful select another comm port Note You can use Display Debug on to see what is sent and received from the switcher In Setup fill in the text boxes e g the Application description and the Connected product textboxes in the language you want Uncheck or check the input sources you want to use In Setup select Display Resize Change the Aspect Ratio from Keep form ratio to Change form ratio change Font size from Keep font size to Change font size Check automatically in the Maximize frame Make sure the All controls option in the Resize frame is selected this will resize controls to the new window size Hit the Apply button for changes to go into effect In Setup hit the Icons button Define the Icons or other graphics you want to use with your Input Output buttons Skip this step if you do not want graphics In Setup select Program Auto Control to specify the software is automatically bringing up the Control window skipping Main and Setup windows In Setup make sure the L
38. used The resulting image now looks as follows 12 FHCS Maxl301HD Comm amp Scaler Application Setup Extra Display Learned Program M this form you can specify the parameters for communication with the connected MaxTSO1HD scaler system fou can also specify which input ports are connected which output is generated or change the comm port Comm port Baudrate Scaler Model Application description com 9600 Creator Max 301HD B Demo_M ae 301 Video input ports YEA and HOMI input ports Name Connected product VGAT IMain PC HDMI 1 Set top box HOMI 2 HDMI 3 Reserved HOM 4 Mot used U z iT Connected product U Video Casette Recorder Blue Fay player vo player z iT T ag LSSI l x A Pi 4 4 4 4 41 4 ho Icons Icons B Whereas the Main button will return to the Main startup window and the Control button will bring up the Control window the Icons button will allow you to include graphics With icons and other graphics you can tune the appearance of the Control window user interface Any graphic file can be used for this purpose including but not limited to ico icon file bmp bitmap jpeg JPEG file emf etc Note png files are not accepted Note Some graphic or icon files are included with this program as examples These examples are downloaded from the Internet Note A demo Application Setup file is included with the package Demo_Max1301 txt
39. you want to keep this file It may well be that your current PC contains newer files than the ones distributed with this package If so such as in the example above select Yes to keep the newer file s Once the installation is done and the installation program confirmed a successful installation use Windows start and select FHCS_Max1301HD from the programs folder menu After first startup the program will show the license agreement text The license is sold on a per PC basis HS FHCS License Agreement FRITS HANDGEAAF Cs SOFTWARE PROGRAM LICENSE AGREEMENT for FHCS Max1301HD amp IMPORTANT FAD CAREFULL TOR NT WG THE LICENSE KEY This is a legal agreement between you the end user and Frits HanderaafCS FHCS Please read the following terms and conditions before using this software In the event that you use this jsottware you are agreeing to be bound by the terms and conditions of this agreement Should vou not agree with these terms do not use this software GRANT OF LICENSE You are granted a non exclusive right to the use of this FRCS software program SOFTWARE You may NOT copy NOR distribute this SOFTWARE to any person firm corporation or other entity Documentation in electronic or other format accompanying the SOFTWARE DOCUMENTATION may also be provided to you You may copy and distribute The DOCUMENTATION accompanying the SOFTWARE The software and its license are intended solely for use on ind
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