MCTRL R5
Sender / controller · MCTRL
- Capacity4.15 MP
- Outputs8 × RJ45
- Max. width3,840 px
- ModeSynchronous
Official product image — source: NovaStar.
NovaStar · Receiving card
MRV208-1
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MRV Manufacturer class: Receiving Card
The MRV208-1 is a general receiving card from NovaStar with 8 standard HUB75E connectors and up to 16 groups of parallel RGB data. For PWM driver ICs a single card supports resolutions up to 256×256@60Hz.
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Key specifications
View Technical Details- Capacity
- 65.5 K px
- Area
- 256×256
- Data groups
- 16
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Best suited for
- Driving a cabinet or module group of up to 256 × 256 pixels with a single card.
- Permanent installations that need temperature / voltage monitoring.
Key features (manufacturer)
- Resolutions up to 256×256@60Hz per card with PWM driver ICs
- 8 standard HUB75E connectors; up to 16 groups of parallel RGB data
- Pixel level brightness and chroma calibration, quick adjustment of dark or bright lines, multi-batch adjustment
- 3D output with a controller that supports 3D
- Mapping 1.0, stored image, temperature and voltage monitoring, cabinet LCD, bit error detection
- Firmware program readback and configuration parameter readback
- Loop backup, dual backup of configuration parameters and dual program backup
- Gigabit Ethernet ports usable as input or output; input voltage DC 3.8 V to 5.5 V
Capacity and loading area
The card receives data over the Ethernet chain and drives the module group inside this area. The cabinet/module load cannot exceed this area or the capacity of 65,536 px.
Technical specifications
- Backup / redundant line
- Pixel calibration
- Mapping
- Monitoring (temperature / voltage)
Capacity and outputs
- Loading capacity
- 65,536 px
- Official loading area
- 256 × 256 px
- Port speed
- 1 Gbps
- Data groups
- 16
- HUB interface
- HUB75E ×8
Physical
- Dimensions
- 95.5 mm × 109.0 mm × 19.4 mm
- Weight
- 71.7 g
- Operating temperature
- -20°C to +70°C
- Input voltage
- DC 3.8 V to 5.5 V
- Power consumption
- 2.5 W
Manufacturer-specific technical data
In the manufacturer's own wording (the original English terms are kept).
Capacity
- Maximum resolution (PWM driver ICs)
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For PWM driver ICs, a single MRV208-1 supports resolutions up to 256×256@60Hz
Network
- Gigabit Ethernet ports
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- Connect to the sending card, and cascade other receiving cards.
- Each connector can be used as input or output.
Interfaces
- HUB75E connectors
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- 8 standard HUB75E connectors
- connect to the module
- Parallel RGB data
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Up to 16 groups
- 5-pin LCD connector
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Connect to the LCD
Control
- Mapping
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Mapping 1.0: cabinets display the receiving card number and Ethernet port information
- Stored image
-
The image shown during startup, on Ethernet cable disconnection or without video signal can be customized
- Monitoring
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- Temperature and voltage monitoring without external devices
- cabinet LCD
- bit error detection
- Readback
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Firmware program readback and configuration parameter readback
- Backup
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Loop backup, dual backup of configuration parameters, dual program backup
- Self-test button
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Sets the test pattern after the Ethernet cable is disconnected
- Certifications
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RoHS, EMC Class A
Display
- Calibration
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Pixel level brightness and chroma calibration with NovaStar's calibration system
- Multi-batch adjustment
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Adjusts the brightness of cabinets or modules to minimize discrepancies between production batches
- 3D
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Works with the controller that supports 3D function to enable 3D output
Electrical
- Input voltage
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DC 3.8 V to 5.5 V
- Power connector
-
- Connect to the input power.
- Either of the connectors can be chosen.
- Rated current
-
0.5 A
- Rated power consumption
-
2.5 W
Physical
- Operating environment
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- -20°C to +70°C
- 10% RH to 90% RH, non-condensing
- Storage environment
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- -40°C to +85°C
- 0% RH to 95% RH, non-condensing
- Dimensions
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95.5 mm × 109.0 mm × 19.4 mm
- Net weight
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71.7 g (single receiving card only)
- Packing
-
- Blister pack
- 100 receiving cards per packing box
- box 625.0 mm × 180.0 mm × 470.0 mm
Sources
Source note
The capacity is stated for PWM driver ICs only: resolutions up to 256×256@60Hz per card. No figure is given for common driver ICs.
- MRV receiving cards
- MRV208-1 Specifications V1.1.2
- Official product image — MRV208-1 (MRV208-1 Specifications V1.1.2)
Dataset: 2026.10.12-1 · last verified: Oct 6, 2026
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