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This section describes the characteristics and operation of all connectors on the HD223 and HD1023.
Power Connector
The power connector for the HD223 and HD1023 is rated for 12V@1.5A. The plug is a 3.5mm barrel power connector.
3.5mm Serial
The UART (asynchronous serial) interface is a 3.5mm(1/8") jack and will interoperate with most RS-232 compatible devices. The receiver will tolerate input voltages between -30V and +30V, with anything below 3V interpreted as a logical 1. The transmitter drives +5V for logical 0 and 0V for logical 1.
The default baud rate of the RS-232 interface is 115200, with no parity, 8 data bits, and 1 stop bit. These settings can be configured in the software. The serial interface supports TX, RX, and ground only—RTS/CTS hardware flow control is not supported.
A serial cable plug that is inserted into the 3.5mm jack should use the following signaling:
- Tip: Transmit
- Ring: Recieve
- Sleeve: Ground
The following diagram illustrates the behavior of the TX and RX signal:
GPIO
The HD223 and HD1023 have a 12-pin GPIO switch and LED connector, which allows the player to control external LEDs or other devices requiring 24mA of current or less.
The GPIO port is a standard design manufactured by Phoenix Contact, Wurth Electronics, and others. The HDx23 series ships with two pluggable GPIO terminal blocks, which can be inserted into the GPIO connector to make bare-wire contacts. An example part number for these terminal blocks can be found here.
If you are using the GPIO connector to drive LEDs, connect the LED outputs to the LED ANODE and connect the LED CATHODE to the ground. If you want to connect another device, then the output is capable of sourcing or sinking up to 3.3V at 24mA, but there is a series resistor of 100W in each line.
The connector also allows the connecting of external contact closures to the ground. In order to connect a switch, connect one side of the switch to the switch input, and connect the other side to one of the ground pins on the GPIO connector. The connector can also supply 3.3V at up to 500mA to an external device. The 3.3V output is polyfuse-protected and can source up to 500mA.
If one BrightSign player is driving the inputs on another BrightSign player, then you can drive at most three inputs from one output. The following calculations explain this limitation:
Note
The GPIO outputs have 100W series resistors; the GPIO inputs have 1K pullup resistors to 3.3V; and the input threshold is 2V high and .8V low. The high voltage is not problematic, but the low voltage can be if there are too many inputs connected to one output.
1 out driving 1 in | V=3.3*100/(100+1,000)=0.3 |
1 out driving 2 in | V=3.3*100/(100+500)=0.55 |
1 out driving 3 in | V=3.3*100/(100+333.3)=0.76 |
1 out driving 4 in | V=3.3*100/(100+250)=.94 (This is too high, so 1 output driving 3 inputs is the maximum) |
The following table describes the pinout of the GPIO on the XT243 and XT1143:
Pin | Function | Pin | Function |
|---|---|---|---|
1 | GND | 7 | GND |
2 | 3.3V | 8 | 3.3V |
3 | BUTTON 0 | 9 | BUTTON 4 |
4 | BUTTON 1 | 10 | BUTTON 5 |
5 | BUTTON 2 | 11 | BUTTON 6 |
6 | BUTTON 3 | 12 | BUTTON 7 |
The following schematic illustrates the pinout of the GPIO connector.
RJ45 LAN
The HD223 and HD1023 have an RJ45 connector for 1000BASE-T networking. The maximum length for Cat 5E cable is 100 meters; the allowed length can be higher or lower depending on the quality of the cable.
USB
The HD1023 has one USB 2.0 Type-A port, which is capable of transfer speeds up to 480 Mbit/s. The maximum length for a USB cable is 5 meters.
The following table illustrates the pinout of the USB 2.0 Type A host port:
pin | Description | pin | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
1 | VBUS | 2 | D- |
3 | D+ | 4 | Ground |
3.5mm Audio Connector
The HD223 and HD1023 have a combination analog/optical audio jack. To transmit a digital audio signal, use an optical audio cable. Analog and digital audio cannot be transmitted simultaneously.
The full-scale voltage output of the analog audio is 2V RMS. The minimum load impedance is 32W.
The analog audio connector has the following pinout:
- Tip: Left audio
- Ring: Right audio
- Sleeve: Ground for audio signal
HDMI Output
The HDMI-out connector is used to send digital video and audio to HDMI-enabled sink devices. This connector is compatible with HDMI 2.0 devices, capable of outputting a maximum video resolution of 1920x1080x60p.
The following table illustrates the pinout of the HDMI connector:
pin | Description | pin | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
1 | TX2p | 2 | Ground |
3 | TX2n | 4 | TX1p |
5 | Ground | 6 | TX1n |
7 | TX0p | 8 | Ground |
9 | TX0n | 10 | TXCp |
11 | Ground | 12 | TXCn |
13 | CEC | 14 | NC |
15 | DDC SCL | 16 | DDC SDA |
17 | Ground | 18 | +5V DDC |
19 | HPD (Hot Plug Detect) | -- |
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