Sean Sheridan Posted November 17, 2013 Report Share Posted November 17, 2013 I have a show here where all the display computers will just output black at the same time. Very intermittently and unpredictably. Could be 2 mins between occurrences, could be 12 hours. There is output, just "black". Have to remote into each display and re-launch and then bring the system back Online. 6 Displays computers running 5.5.1 into Lightware DVI router 4 of those outputs into Grass Valley ADVC G1 "Any" converters to feed SDI to projectors directly 2 more outputs feeding Spyder X20 Each Display computer is seeing ADVC G1 for EDID Plan for tonight is to install DVI Detectives on each display and revert back to v5.5 of Watchout, as it's so new. Any other ideas? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonas Dannert Posted November 17, 2013 Report Share Posted November 17, 2013 I don't think 5.5.1 is the issue, but unstable EDID is a very likely source for your issues. You need exactly the same EDID for all 6 outputs from one card for stability. /jonas 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sean Sheridan Posted November 18, 2013 Author Report Share Posted November 18, 2013 Each Display PC WAS reporting the same EDID info before but I couldn't trust it because of a router that we couldn't dial into to program and confirm. DVI Detectives are on all of the display computers now and everything has been solid. But failures were so random before that we can't be sure. Will leave running overnight, and if all is well in the morning, I think we can consider this case closed. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonas Dannert Posted November 18, 2013 Report Share Posted November 18, 2013 Each Display PC WAS reporting the same EDID info before In my experience, same EDID is only really the same EDID if it comes from the same source/switcher or EDID Manager like DVI Parrot/DVI Detective etc. Different sources, set to same intended EDID, is not to be trusted if stability is the goal. /jonas 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator jfk Posted November 18, 2013 Moderator Report Share Posted November 18, 2013 ... Have to remote into each display and re-launch and then bring the system back Online.. ... Could you expand on what you mean by "... remote into each display ..." ? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sean Sheridan Posted November 18, 2013 Author Report Share Posted November 18, 2013 JFK...Remote access via Watchout Production PC....DVI Detectives seem to have done the trick, everything has been stable for 12+ hours. Never reverted back to previous software version. Thank you, gentleman, for your input and assistance. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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