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AW EDID Editor

SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS AND LIMITATIONS

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

OVERVIEW
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
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.
• Installing AW EDID Editor on Mac OS X
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
View/Edit EDID
Choose 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 EDID
Choose 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 EDID
Choose 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.
Export EDID
Choose Export… from the Tool menu to export the
current EDID settings to a human readable EDID text
file (.dat).
Read EDID from registry
For 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 Viewer
Choose Hexa Viewer from the Tool menu to display
the EDID content in a hexadecimal format.

Import EDID
Choose Import… from the Tool menu to import any
human readable EDID text file (.dat or .edid) into the
EDID editor.

UNDERSTANDING THE “STANDARD DATA” TAB

Set the Vendor/Product Identification

Select the EDID standard

revision ( 1.3 or 1.4) Set the Established Formats

Set the Basic Display Parameters and Set the Established Formats Set the Standard Timing
the supported Features Identification (8 VESA GTF
standard timings)
 UNDERSTANDING THE “DETAILED DATA” TAB

The first block of the ‘Detailed Data’ tab is a Preferred The type of the blocks 2 to 4 can be - Color Point Data
Timing block. The corresponding type can’t be changed. selected amongst the following list: - Standard Timing Identifications
It contains the whole description of the first preferred - Preferred Timing Block - Display Color Management (1.4)
format. Giving the resolution and rate, the CVT Wizard - Display Product Serial Number - CVT Timing Codes (1.4)
automatically computes and fills the format parameters - Alphanumeric Data String - Established Timings III (1.4)
using the CVT 1.2 standard. This can be used to create a - Display Range Limits Depending on the selected type,
portrait-oriented preferred format. - Display Product Name different properties must be set

UNDERSTANDING THE “CEA EXTENSION” TAB

Add video descriptors from CEA-861. Create additional blocks containing vendor
Native means “Present in one of the blocks specific information.
of the Detailed Data tab”. Only available in version 3 of CEA-861-F
Only available in version 3 of CEA-861-F

Global declaration of the monitor Select type of blocks to be added in the CEA extension and customize them.
capabilities. Only available in versions Please note that depending on the CEA-861-F version used, some types of
2 and 3 of CEA-861-F blocks may not be available.
Select the CEA-861
Extension Version
UNDERSTANDING THE “HEXA VIEWER” TAB

EDID raw data section (128-byte data structure). Detailed description of the selected raw data area
Any change applied to the EDID being edited will
appear here in red
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CONTACT INFORMATION
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