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Bi Directional HDMI Switch
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| Topic: | Bi Directional HDMI Switch This thread has 14 replies. Displaying all posts. |
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| Post 1 made on Tuesday February 25, 2020 at 09:02 |
Chris L Founding Member |
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Looking for 2X1 or 3X1 with IR remote.
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| Post 2 made on Tuesday February 25, 2020 at 09:54 |
Brentm Ethereal Home Theater |
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Please explain Bi Directional.
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| OP | Post 3 made on Tuesday February 25, 2020 at 10:50 |
Chris L Founding Member |
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1 input to selected #1 or #2 output.
#1 or #2 inputs selected to 1 output.
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| Post 4 made on Tuesday February 25, 2020 at 11:15 |
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Actually, a 2 x 2 matrix from the sound of it...
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| Post 5 made on Tuesday February 25, 2020 at 12:17 |
Ernie Gilman Yes, That Ernie! |
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Something about this is breaking my brain, but I'm not through my first coffee yet. Perhaps it's the "bidirectional" part of it.
Ethernet signals could be seen as bidirectional since two interconnected devices communicate and use the same cable to move data from A to B or from B to A without changing any wiring connections.
But a bidirectional HDMI signal? That would be, what? A signal going from a source to a display (the normal way) or from a display to a source (which would give us no results at all since displays don't output signals that can be displayed on a source).?
While the source and display of an HDMI connection talk to one another, and a handshake is actually two-way and thus bidirectional communication, I'm pretty sure that's not meant.
So let's do the famous "we see you have a solution to a problem and the solution seems like it might be impossible so tell us what you're trying to do and maybe we can come up with a working solution" move.
Let's back up and ask what you are trying to do. What are you trying to do?
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| OP | Post 6 made on Tuesday February 25, 2020 at 12:43 |
Chris L Founding Member |
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I think I made this to confusing.
How about can inputs be used as outputs and outputs as inputs.
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| Post 7 made on Tuesday February 25, 2020 at 13:05 |
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On February 25, 2020 at 12:43, Chris L said...
I think I made this to confusing.
How about can inputs be used as outputs and outputs as inputs. Not sure that helped ;)
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| Post 8 made on Tuesday February 25, 2020 at 13:05 |
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I'm not sure that helped...
Ernie wants X's and O's. 2 TVs hooked up to this matrix in question with 2 sources for 2 users in 2 different spaces at 2 different times...
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| Post 9 made on Tuesday February 25, 2020 at 13:51 |
Brentm Ethereal Home Theater |
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Please explain application ( in detail).
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| OP | Post 10 made on Tuesday February 25, 2020 at 14:52 |
Chris L Founding Member |
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Doing things a different way.
Thanks for the input!
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| Post 11 made on Tuesday February 25, 2020 at 15:35 |
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On February 25, 2020 at 14:52, Chris L said...
Doing things a different way.
Thanks for the input! OK. Just so you know, you confused me too. It sounds like you wanted an HDMI matrix (2x2) but then you talked about sending 'AND' receiving thru the same device. How would that even work... physically. Things have to be hooked up either as an output or an input. So to answer your original question as you wrote it = no. Either you have a HDMI switcher that is 2x1. Or you have an HDMI splitter that is 1x2. It can't do both.
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| Post 12 made on Tuesday February 25, 2020 at 19:42 |
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Perhaps this is a way of describing ARC?
Or, maybe the OP wanted to have two viewing screens in different locations, each with a group of sources, and wanted to be able to feed a source from either location to the other location using only one HDMI cable between the sites.
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| Post 13 made on Tuesday February 25, 2020 at 22:31 |
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On February 25, 2020 at 15:35, Brad Humphrey said...
OK. Just so you know, you confused me too. Dude, He confused Brent.... Brent is the God of HDMI.... and thats an intentional capitol "G".
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| Post 14 made on Wednesday February 26, 2020 at 03:25 |
Ernie Gilman Yes, That Ernie! |
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I got it now.
Forget the switch functions for a moment. Let's put the switch(es) in one position and leave them there, then look at the signal. Is there a bidirectional device?
That is, he wants to connect an HDMI source to jack A and have the signal come out of jack B; then at some other time he wants to use the same device, plug the source into jack B, and have the signal come out at jack A.
And, as Brad says, no.
Actually, there IS a bidirectional device, except it does no switching. It's the dual female HDMI cable extender, the little 1 1/2" long thing we sometimes use.
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| Post 15 made on Friday February 28, 2020 at 15:19 |
Ernie Gilman Yes, That Ernie! |
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On February 25, 2020 at 14:52, Chris L said...
Doing things a different way.
Thanks for the input! Okay, you took up some of our time, which we volunteer. You never explained what you were doing. Now you're pulling out of the conversation without clarifying things. What, please, were you trying to do and how did you get it done?
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A good answer is easier with a clear question giving the make and model of everything.
"The biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place." -- G. “Bernie” Shaw |
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