AMX HDMI-UTPRO-0808 Installing the EDID Programmer, PC System Requirements for EDID Programmer

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Appendix A – EDID Programmer

If EDID programming is necessary, you have two options:

Install the EDID Programmer. Read the EDID from the destination device and write it to the HDMI input connector.

Install the EDID Programmer. Check the “EDID Library” file at www.amx.com (search for EDID Library) to determine if one of the custom EDID files meets the needs of the equipment. (The custom EDID files are variants of base EDIDs.) Write the custom EDID file to the HDMI input connector.

Installing the EDID Programmer

PC System Requirements for EDID Programmer v1.2.0

Windows XP Professional©

Minimum Hardware: 166 MHz, 128 MB RAM, 20 MB of free disk space*, 800x600 display, serial port, video card with dual outputs**

Recommended Hardware: 2.0 GHz, 512 MB RAM*

*The installation process requires 20 MB of disk space for the EDID Programmer installer. Once installed, the EDID Programmer requires 5 MB of disk space.

**We strongly urge the user not to use video cards with DMS-59 connectors. Video cards with DMS-59 connectors have been shown to fail consistently and, in the worst case, can corrupt an EDID data file.

A PC with an HDMI, DVI, or VGA output connector is a good solution. Cards with 2 HDMI connectors, 2 DVI connectors, 2 VGA connectors, or cards with a combination of any two of the three (HDMI, DVI, and VGA) are also acceptable.

To install EDID Programmer software:

1.Locate and open the installer <EDIDProgrammer_1.2.exe> at www.amx.com.

2.Follow the directions in the wizard.

Reading and Saving EDID Data from a Destination Device

Tip: The Save button in the EDID Programmer can be used to save the EDID information as an .edid file, which can be opened as a text file (click the Open button) and edited or opened and written to an input (click the Write button).

To read and save EDID data from a destination device:

1.On the PC, open the EDID Programmer.

Communication menu – use to select PC serial port or change baud rate

Target Device – select Matrix Switcher

Query AutoPatch Device – acquires enclosure’s XNNet ID address

EDID Information – data (read-only) from file or device

Available Displays drop down list – select device

EDID Type – indicates digital or analog (read-only)

Refresh Display List – updates list after additional devices attached

Convert to Digital / Convert to Analog – converts displayed EDID data

Status – shows application status (read-only)

Close – shuts down application; will not prompt to save

Open – an EDID file

Save – an EDID file to edit or to write to input

Write – writes EDID to input

Read – reads EDID from selected destination device

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