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CS18208 / CS18216 User Manual

Grouping Ports into “Vertical” Channels

Once the cables have been connected and multi-display mode has been selected

in the OSD, the CS18208 / CS18216 auto-detects the channels and displaying

modes.Users can then assign them a channel number as the port name (the

channels are represented by the vertical columns in the diagram below). So, all

the Port 1s become Channel 1, all the Port 2s become Channel 2, ... , and all the

Port 7s become Channel 7. The ports will all be switched at the same time,

channel by channel.

Depending on the number of stages in your stack, a CS18208 / CS18216

installation offers dual display (two stages), triple display (three stages), quad

display (four stages) or multi-display (up to 8 stages) scenarios. For reference

purposes, the example shows a four-stage installation with quad display

functionality.

Note: Only one HDMI video signal can be displayed at a time, depending on

the configuration of the CS18208 / CS18216 unit on the first switch.

Channels Diagram

Ch1

Ch7 Ch6

First

Switch

Second

Switch

Third

Switch

Fourth

Switch