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AW EDID EditorQUICK START GUIDE
SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS AND LIMITATIONS
OVERVIEW
Windows: Microsoft® Windows® 7 with SP1 or above 50 MB of available hard-disk space for installation. LAN connection for updates
Mac OS: Mac OS X Mavericks v10.9 or above 50 MB of available hard-disk space for installation. LAN connection for updates
Analog Way EDID Editor is a useful application that allows you to open and edit any standard EDID binary file in a simple and intuitive way. It supports EDID Versions 1.3 and 1.4 as well as CEA-861-F Extension and can also retrieve EDID information for the displays which have been connected to your computer (Windows only).
Analog Way EDID Editor can also help systems integrators and AV professionals to set the preferred format of any input or to solve compatibility issues they may encounter with the sources connected to any Livecore™ & Midra™ series and VIO 4K multi-format converter (resolution problems, audio support…).
Steps:- Use your Analog Way Remote Controller
Software to extract the EDID information from the display to your computer
- Use Analog Way EDID Editor to create a custom copy of the extracted EDID file
- Use your Analog Way Remote Controller Software to upload the custom EDID file and attach it to any compliant input plug.
QUICK INSTALL AND SETUP• Installing AW EDID Editor on Windows • Installing AW EDID Editor on Mac OS X
Download the latest version of the AW EDID Editor installer for Windows (the file name is SetupAWEDIDEditor_<version>.exe).Double-clicking this file launches the installer that will install AW EDID Editor on your system.
Download the latest version of the AW EDID Editor installer for Mac OS X (the file name is SetupAWEDIDEditor_<version>.pkg).Double-clicking this file launches the installer that will install AW EDID Editor on your system.
RUNNING AW EDID EDITOR
UNDERSTANDING THE “STANDARD DATA” TAB
Select the EDID standard revision ( 1.3 or 1.4)
Set the Vendor/Product Identification
Set the Basic Display Parameters and the supported Features
Set the Established Formats Set the Standard Timing Identification (8 VESA GTF standard timings)
View/Edit EDIDChoose Open from the File menu to load an EDID from a standard EDID binary file (.bin). Once loaded, AW EDID Editor displays the EDID settings and optional extensions:
New EDIDChoose New from the File menu to create a blank EDID. You will be prompted to select the E-EDID version (1.3 or 1.4) before editing the settings.
Save EDIDChoose Save from the File menu to save the edited EDID settings to a standard binary file. If the EDID was saved before or loaded from a standard EDID binary file then it will overwrite the old one.
Import EDIDChoose Import… from the Tool menu to import any human readable EDID text file (.dat or .edid) into the EDID editor.
Export EDIDChoose Export… from the Tool menu to export the current EDID settings to a human readable EDID text file (.dat).
Read EDID from registryFor Windows only. Choose Extract registry E-EDID… from the Tool menu to browse EDID data folder in Windows registry and import an EDID into the editor.
Hexa ViewerChoose Hexa Viewer from the Tool menu to display the EDID content in a hexadecimal format.
Set the Established Formats
RUNNING AW EDID EDITOR UNDERSTANDING THE “DETAILED DATA” TAB
UNDERSTANDING THE “CEA EXTENSION” TAB
The first block of the ‘Detailed Data’ tab is a Preferred Timing block. The corresponding type can’t be changed. It contains the whole description of the first preferred format. Giving the resolution and rate, the CVT Wizard automatically computes and fills the format parameters using the CVT 1.2 standard. This can be used to create a portrait-oriented preferred format.
Select type of blocks to be added in the CEA extension and customize them.Please note that depending on the CEA-861-F version used, some types of blocks may not be available.
Add video descriptors from CEA-861. Native means “Present in one of the blocks of the Detailed Data tab”.Only available in version 3 of CEA-861-F
Create additional blocks containing vendor specific information.Only available in version 3 of CEA-861-F
Global declaration of the monitor capabilities. Only available in versions 2 and 3 of CEA-861-F
Select the CEA-861 Extension Version
The type of the blocks 2 to 4 can be selected amongst the following list:- Preferred Timing Block- Display Product Serial Number- Alphanumeric Data String- Display Range Limits- Display Product Name
- Color Point Data- Standard Timing Identifications- Display Color Management (1.4)- CVT Timing Codes (1.4)- Established Timings III (1.4)Depending on the selected type, different properties must be set
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Should you encounter difficulty with AW EDID Editor application, please contact our technical support department. See below for contact details.
CONTACT INFORMATION
UNDERSTANDING THE “HEXA VIEWER” TAB
TROUBLESHOOTING AW EDID EDITOR
EDID raw data section (128-byte data structure).Any change applied to the EDID being edited will appear here in red
Detailed description of the selected raw data area
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