Instructional Manual for

AT-PROHD88M-SR

1. SETTING UP CAT5E/6/7...................................................................3

2. NO POWER ON THE SWITCH........................................................3

3. IMAGE IS BAD/FLICKERS.............................................................3

4. IR ISSUES..........................................................................................3

5. EDID SETTINGS..............................................................................4

6. NO AUDIO........................................................................................6

7. STARS ON THE LED MATRIX SWITCH.......................................6

8. HDCP KEYS......................................................................................6

9. RS232.................................................................................................6

10. HDMI OUTPUTS NOT PASSING SIGNAL..................................6

11. UPDATING THE MAIN BOARD...................................................7

12. UPDATING INDIVIDUAL BOARDS FOR THE INPUT.............10

13. UPDATING THE INDIVIDUAL BOARDS OF THE OUTPUT....12

14. CHANGING THE OUTPUT BOARDS..........................................12

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1. SETTING UP CAT5E/6/7

CAT5E or higher is recommended for use with the Atlona AT-PROHD88M-SR. If cables are run in the walls make sure to stay away from light fixtures, electrical boxes, fluorescent lights, and any or other electrical cables to reduce and prevent signal degradation. T568B termination needs to be used for this device.

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2. NO POWER ON THE SWITCH

If the unit is not powering on double check the surge protector/ outlet that is connected to. A Volt Meter can also be used to check the unit and the power supply needs to be outputting 12 volts.

3. IMAGE IS BAD/FLICKERS

The image flickers, goes in and out, or there is snow like affect, there are multiple reasons for this issues.

Check all the connections HDMI and CAT5E/CAT6 and make sure they are fully connected and are not loose. Check to see the CAT5E/CAT6/CAT7 terminations are fully crimped. CAT5E/CAT6/CAT7 is picking interference from other cables in the wall. Shielded cables are recommended to be run the in the walls.

CAT5E/CAT6/CAT7 wall plates or CAT5 terminal blocks should not be used as they can also cause interference in the signal; it needs to be connected with cables direct. The CAT5E/CAT6/CAT7 cables should not exceed the distance they are meant to be run at. If distance exceeds or at maximum distance by setting the dip switches to OFF ON ON OFF the switch limits the bandwidth and divides it equally among all channels. It is important to use T568B termination on the CAT5E/CAT6/CAT7 cables.

4. IR ISSUES

When installing IR’s, the IR TX (Transmitter) is used on Sources. The eye should be placed over the Source

IR eye on most applications. If their signal issues for example, device is not switching, there is lag, the IR is being over flooded. Place the IR TX to the side of the IR eye or up or down to fix the issue. NOTE: the IR on the switch is 36 kilohertz if your source (DVD, blu-ray , cable box is higher the signal will not pass )

The IR RX (Receiver) should be placed in a visible location for the remote to pick up the signal.

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5. EDID SETTINGS

EDID Settings (PLEASE READ, IT IS VERY IMPORTANT):

The functionality of the switch will depend on how you select the Dip Switches below. Please read the instructions and explanations below to understand the purpose of different configurations.

There are four DIP switches on the back of the 8x8 matrix switcher. Below you will find the definition of each one of the dip switches.

ON

ON

ON

Position

OFF

OFF

ON

EDID Operational Mode

ON OFF

ON

OFF

OFF

ON

ON

ON

OFF

ON

OFF

ON

OFF

OFF

OFF

OFF

OFF

OFF

AUTO EDID MANAGEMENT (DIP

# 1)

AUTO EDID MANAGEMENT -

LONG CABLES(DIP # 2)

Up to 1080P with Stereo Audio (no deep-color) ) (DIP#3)

Up to 1080P with 5.1 Audio (no deep-color) (DIP#4)

Up to 1080P with Stereo Audio

(deep-color) (DIP#5)

Up to 1080P with 5.1 Audio (deepcolor) (DIP#6)

DIP#1: Auto EDID Management (ADM) is a smart function which will allow users to have matrix switch figure out the best and most appropriate EDID.

The way it works: Atlona 8x8 matrix acquires EDID from all the outputs and after processing it, chooses the EDID which will work on all the outputs.

Example # 1: User has 8 outputs connected where 6 of the outputs are 1080P TV’s only and the other 2 locations are 720P TV’s. The Atlona’s EDID would be 720P with 2-channel Stereo (because most TV’s will only be able to take stereo audio though HDMI input).

Example # 2: User has 8 outputs connected, where 6 outputs are 1080P TV’s and the remaining are 2 x Surround

Sound Receivers (after connected to the TV’s for video only). The Atlona’s EDID would be 1080P with Stereo or

PCM (because most TV’s will only take Stereo Audio though HDMI input).

Remark: If you don’t like the Auto EDID Management functions, switcher has some pre-recorded modes which will certainly satisfy you.

DIP#2: This function is very similar to Note # 1; however it is designed for users who have very long CAT5/6/7 cables and signal is going in and out. This DIP Switch setting will replace some of the hdmi control signals with video, which will allow picture to stabilize.

DIP#3: Atlona Switcher has a few built-in EDID modes; this mode is for resolutions up to 1080P with Stereo Audio.

When this mode is selected the deep-color will be disabled. Deep-color will only work on new TV’s which were built after April 2009. If you know that one of the displays doesn’t support deep color, we suggest to use this setting or DIP

# 1 setting for signal to be reliable.

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DIP#4: Atlona Switcher has a few built-in EDID modes; this mode is for resolutions up to 1080P with 5.1 Digital

Audio. When this mode is selected the deep-color will be disabled. Deep-color will only work on new TV’s which were built after April 2009. If you know that one of the displays doesn’t support deep color, we suggest to use this setting or DIP # 1 setting for signal to be reliable.

This mode is designed for applications where user has AV Receivers in each remote location which are able to accept

Digital Audio from HDMI inputs. If this mode is selected and in even one of the locations user has a TV without an

AV receiver, the TV might “mute” or start outputting garbled audio (because most TV’s don’t support digital audio though HDMI input)

DIP#5: Atlona Switcher has a few built-in EDID modes; this mode is for resolutions up to 1080P with Stereo Audio.

When this mode is selected the switcher will pass deep-color. Deep-color will only work on new TV’s which were built after April 2009. If you know that one of the displays doesn’t support deep color, we suggest using DIP # 1 or

DIP # 3 setting for signal to be reliable.

DIP#6: Atlona Switcher has a few built-in EDID modes; this mode is for resolutions up to 1080P with 5.1 Digital

Audio. When this mode is selected the switcher will pass deep-color. Deep-color will only work on new TV’s which were built after April 2009. If you know that one of the displays doesn’t support deep color, we suggest using DIP #

1 or DIP # 3 setting for signal to be reliable.

This mode is designed for applications where user has AV Receivers in each remote location which are able to accept

Digital Audio from HDMI inputs. If this mode is selected and in even one of the locations user has a TV without an

AV receiver, the TV might “mute” or start outputting garbled audio (because most TV’s don’t support digital audio though HDMI input)

VERY IMPORTANT:

If one of your Output devices is a projector or a display with a unique resolution your sources/source which are/is connected to the switch might not send out a proper video format which will result image to intermit or signal not show up on the display.

Solution: Make sure your DIP switch configuration is either DIP # 1 or # 2. Route the device in question to the output in question. After that’s done, please perform the following operation: (Simultaneously press and hold the “Output #

(in question) and “FN Key” buttons for three seconds). You shall see the following message to appear on your LED display: “MIX OK”

If you receive a “MIX FL” – please try this operation again.

The receivers need to be powered. If one of the LED’s is not on please check the cables and the 5v power supply.

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6. NO AUDIO

There is no audio on the TV or receiver. Set the sources to PCM. Please refer to step 5 for further settings

7. STARS ON THE LED MATRIX SWITCH

If the Switch is displaying stars across all LEDS, the power supply needs to replaced. If the stars don’t go away after replacing power supply please contact Atlona.

8. HDCP KEYS

The cable box is only viewing an image on 3 TVs while the blu-ray player views on all 8. The cable boxlimits how many HDCP keys it can send out. Check the reslutions on the sources (cable box) blu -ray ).

Some devices limit on how many HDCP keys it sends out.

9. RS232

The switch can be controled through RS232 and all and future firmware updates will be done through

RS232. If RS232 is not working double check the settings on the PC or the control device.

RS232 CONTROL:

Baud Rate: 9600 bps

Data bits: 8 bits

Parity: None

Stop bits: 1 bit

Flow control: None

AT-PROHD88M-SR

Pin

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

Definition

NC

Tx

Rx

NC

GND

NC

NC

NC

NC

Controller

8

9

6

7

4

5

2

3

Pin

1

Definition

NC

Rx

Tx

NC

GND

NC

NC

NC

NC

10. HDMI OUTPUTS NOT PASSING SIGNAL

There will be a few applications where the CAT5 outputs and the HDMI will need to be connected at the same time, since EDID is prioratized on the CAT5 we need to also prioratze it on the HDMI as well.

Connect the 8x8 though RS232 to the computer and run the file COMCTL_AT-PROHD88M-SR.exe.

When doing this update it needs to be done on a WINDOWS XP machine.

1. Select proper COM port first

2. Click on the “Mode” and select Unlock

3. Password: be 7c 5f (There is a space between be, 7c,and 5f)

4. Debug Mode, select ON and OK

5. After the operation is done, you would need to wait for 30sec and reboot the switcher

6. The HDMI should now be priority.

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11. UPDATING THE MAIN BOARD a) Run“COMCTL_AT-PROHD88M-SR.exe” b) Connect the appropriate com port

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c) Connect AT-PROHD88M-SR to PC with a RS232 cable, then power on the matrix

It will now show something like this

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8 d) Input “ icp be 7c 5f ” (hit “Enter”), click “Send”, then will receive” JUMP to ICP mode....” e) Disconnect the Com port, then run “UartBootloader.exe”, Click “OpenFile” button, choose the upgrading file “mx0808-xxxx-Vy.y.hex”, click “START” button

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f) When “STATUS” “Write block [xxx] OK” appears, the main board upgrading is finished.

12. UPDATING INDIVIDUAL BOARDS FOR THE INPUT a) Open the box, unplug the 4-pin cable from “J20 IR OUT” of the main board, and then plug that 4-pin cable to “IN_ISP” of the small signal board

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f) When “STATUS” “Write block [xxx] OK” appears, the main board upgrading is finished. b) Please refer to the main board upgrade steps.

c) Please remember to plug the 4-pin cable mentioned in “step a” back to“J20 IR

OUT” of the main board after upgrading all the 8 signal-in boards

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13. UPDATING THE INDIVIDUAL BOARDS OF THE OUTPUT a) Open the box, unplug the 4-pin cable from “J20 IR OUT” of the main board, and then plug that 4-pin cable to “OUT_ISP” of the small signal board.

b) Please refer to the main board upgrade steps.

c) Please remember to plug the 4-pin cable mentioned in “step a” back to“J20 IR OUT” of the main board after upgrading all the 8 signal-out boards

14. CHANGING THE OUTPUT BOARDS

The AT-PROHD-88M-SR should not be taken apart or opened doing so will void the waranty. If for any reason one of the outputs will stop working and only if advised by Atlona, the boards may replaced. When replacing boards first the switch needs to be powered off and the cord needs to be unplugged. Wear anti static gloves to prevent any damage to the board and the main unit. When placing the board in be carefull not to bend any pins.

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