Indicator
Potential Problem
Green (Hot Plug) - NOT Lit
Green (5V) - Lit
Yellow/Blue - NOT flashing
Inadequate voltage supplied from the sink.
Peripheral product utilizing 5 volts on buss line for
its operation.
Green (Hot Plug) - Lit
Green (5V) - NOT Lit
Yellow/Blue - NOT flashing
Inadequate voltage supplied from the source.
Green (Hot Plug) - Lit
Green (5V) - Lit
Yellow/Blue - NOT flashing
or constant flashing
HDCP failed to authenticate
Connection and Operation:
To install you will need:
1. Cat 5, 5E, or 6 cable terminated with 4 RJ45 connector plugs. (Follow color
directions in Illustration 2. WIRES MUST BE CUT EVENLY. Be sure to use
a high quality 8-8 crimping tool. PROBLEMS WILL RESULT IF THIS
CONNECTION IS NOT MADE CORRECTLY. See Illustration 3.
Two HDMI® Cables. Length determined by distances between connections.
To Connect:
1. Simply connect the HDMI® cable into output jack of source (like a DVD
player) or receiver, etc.
2. Connect the opposite end into the HDM-CAT5D Transmitter Input.
3. Attach two RJ45 plugs to two runs of Cat cable following the color code in
Illustration 2. DO NOT USE 568 A/B COLOR CODES.
4. Attach the end of RJ45 plugs to the output connectors of theTransmitter
unit.
5. At the Receiver end follow step 3 for terminating wire with RJ 45 plugs
and connecting them to input of the HDM-CAT5D Receiver unit.
CONNECTING ATO A AND BTO B as per Illustration 1.
6. Connect HDMI cable in the output of the HDM-CAT5D Receiver unit.Then
connect to the input of your Sink (Display Device).
7. Plug 5VDC power supply into the receiver unit and then into the wall
Illustration 2 - Color Code with Cat5 with
RJ45
Pin 8
Pin 1
DO NOT USE 568 A/B COLOR
CODES
Illustration 3 - Color Code with Cat5 with
RJ45
Good JuJu Bad JuJu
WIRES MUST BE CUT
EVENLY
Diagnostic
The HDM-CAT5D uses 3 LED indicators to verify and monitor the low
bandwidth intelligence channel.
A Yellow and Blue LED (Clock and Data) is used to monitor the
communication lines for HDCP and EDID.The HDCP specification
requires the authentication mode to stop and start within every 2
seconds. During the initial start up sequence, the LEDs will be
continually blinking rapidly. During operation, the LED will reflect that
sequence by rapidly blinking then pause and repeat blink and pause.
A Green LED (5V) is used to verify a solid 5 volt power source on the
buss line. The HDMI® specification requires 5 volts with a low limit of
4.7 volts. The HDM-CAT5D uses an accurate comparator that flags
the green led when 4.7 volts or more is present. This indicates that
there is enough power coming from the source.
A Green LED (Hot Plug) verifies that the Hot Plug Detect Signal is
present. The Hot Plug Detect HDMI® specification is 5 volts with a
low limit of 2.5volts.A second comparator is used to verify that a solid
2.5volts or more is present and active.
Troubleshooting using the LED indicators.
The HDM-CAT5D also includes a special line driver designed specifically to correct for corruption that can occur due to capacitiveload-
ing. By dividing the inferior load in half, the digital system can operate at a higher level of integrity.This unit is bi-directional and can be
placed between the source and AV receiver (See Illustration4) between AV receiver and display (See Illustration 5) or both as needed.
System Connections
Illustration 4 - One source Illustration 5 - Multi-source
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