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Trademarks Used in this Manual Trademarks Used in this Manual Black Box and the Double Diamond logo are registered trademarks, and ServSwitch is a trademark, of BB Technologies, Inc. Apple, iPhone, and Mac are registered trademarks of Apple Computer, Inc. Any other trademarks mentioned in this manual are acknowledged to be the property of the trademark owners. We‘re here to help! If you have any questions about your application or our products, contact Black Box Tech Support at 724-746-5500
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FCC and IC RFI Statements Federal Communications Commission and Industry Canada Radio Frequency Interference Statements This equipment generates, uses, and can radiate radio-frequency energy, and if not installed and used properly, that is, in strict accordance with the manufacturer’s instructions, may cause inter ference to radio communication. It has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class A computing device in accordance with the specifications in Subpart B of Part 15 o
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NOM Statement Instrucciones de Seguridad (Normas Oficiales Mexicanas Electrical Safety Statement) 1. Todas las instrucciones de seguridad y operación deberán ser leídas antes de que el aparato eléctrico sea operado. 2. Las instrucciones de seguridad y operación deberán ser guardadas para referencia futura. 3. Todas las advertencias en el aparato eléctrico y en sus instrucciones de operación deben ser respetadas. 4. T odas las instrucciones de operación y uso deben ser seguidas. 5. El aparato
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Table of Contents Table of Contents 1. Magic Eye and Dithering ....................................................................................................................................................6 1.1 What Is Dithering? ..................................................................................................................................................6 1.2 Why Has It Been an Issue for ServSwitch Agility Extenders?..................................................
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Chapter 1: Magic Eye and Dithering 1. Magic Eye and Dithering 1.1 What Is Dithering? Dithering is a technique used to improve perceived image quality by creating the illusion of more shades of color than a display can actually produce. By diminishing harsh transitions between colors, dithering can remove the “banding” that appears in areas of gradually changing color or brightness, such as photographs of the sky. Dithering was quite useful a few years back when LCD panels were only capable of
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Chapter 2: New CODEC-AFZ 2. New CODEC-AFZ 2.1 Why Are We Offering a New CODEC? ServSwitch Agility was originally designed as a pixel-perfect, low-latency desktop extension tool, and as such, the technology works extremely well. But with customers using the equipment in moving-video-type environments, we saw the need for a more-focused video encoding scheme to match their requirements. 2.2 What is the New CODEC? The new compression scheme builds on the existing CODECS and is primarily focused
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Chapter 3: Video-Related Features 3. Video-Related Features 3.1 Cloning of Video Outputs It is now possible to send a single video stream to both video outputs on an a ServSwitch Agility Dual receiver. ® This is useful if you are using screens back to back, attaching another extender or transmission device like the Black Box Digital Wizard IP DXS. By “splitting” the video at the receiver, you will only need to transmit the video to one transmitter, therefore limiting the data required to tran
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Chapter 4: USB-Related Issues 4. USB-Related Issues 4.1 Fast Switching of USB In Version 2.6 of Agility dual firmware, we implemented fast switching USB. This is the implementation of the final piece of our USB True Emulation technology, which we have developed on products like the ServSwitch Freedom and ServSwitch Wizard DVI DL. The TX units now store information about the USB devices they have connected and continue to report them to the host computer even when the receiver has disconnecte
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Chapter 5: Extended API for Channel Switching 5. Extended API for Channel Switching Until now, the API has been limited to just activating presets. This has now been expanded so you can make individual channel changes via a third-party control system. As normal, full documentation is available in the iPATH page. Page 10 724-746-5500 | blackbox.com 724-746-5500 | blackbox.com
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