9
Troubleshooting
Ifyouareunabletogetanacceptableimageafterfollowingthe
installationinstructions,trythetroubleshootingtipsbelow.
1Istheexternalpowersupplythatcamewiththeproductconnected
andpluggedintoaworkingpowersource?Fortheproducttofunction
properly,itmustbeconnectedtoandreceivingpowerfromthe
externalpowersupply.
2Wasthepowertotheconnecteddevicesturnedoffpriorto
installation?Ifnot,restartthem.
3Whattypeofcablingareyouusing?Inferiorcablingcanresultinpoor
performance,soitisimportantthatyouusecablesthatcansupport
thevideoresolutionyouaretryingtoobtain.Itisrecommended
thatyouuseTrippLite’sP568-SeriesHigh-SpeedHDMIcables,as
theyhavebeentestedtoworkwiththeB119-SeriesMatrixSwitch
products.
4Testyourcablestoensuretheyareworkingproperly.Forexample,
connectyourHDMIcablesbetweenasourceandmonitorthatyou
knowworkstoseeifthecableisfunctioning.
5Istheswitchlocatedinanareathatexposesittohigher
temperatures?Iftheproductisoverheated,itwillnotfunction
properly.
6WhatlengthHDMIcableareyouusing?ThecableconnectingaHDMI
sourcetotheswitchmustbenolongerthan16ft.inlength.The
cableconnectingtheswitchtoadisplaymustbenolongerthan
25ft.inlength.
7IfyouarehavingtroublegettingyourTerminalEmulationSoftwareto
recognizetheswitch,youmayneedtoshutdownyourinstallation
andstartfromthebeginning.The3.5mmtoDB9adaptercablemust
beconnectedrst;otherwisetheswitchwillnotberecognized.
8IfyouarestillhavingtroublegettingyourTerminalEmulationSoftware
torecognizetheswitch,checktomakesurethatyourserialsettings
are set according to the instructions in the RS-232 Serial Control
section of this manual.
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