LKV373A 4.0 - v3l0c1r4pt0r/lkv-wiki GitHub Wiki

A new version hardware has been released in 2021, the marketing material labels it as LKV373A-4.0

Hardware

Receiver

The receiver has the following major component chips

  • U1 Lenkeng VCT2399 processor [missing datasheet]
  • U6 iTE IT66021FN HDMI Receiver datasheet
  • U4 Realtek RTL8211F Ethernet chip datasheet
  • U3 Winbond W25Q128 128Mbit FLASH chip datasheet

Switching Regulators

  • U10/L3 =3.3 Volts
  • U9 /L2 =1.2 Volts
  • U12/L4 =1.5 Volts

By default the receiver has IP address 192.168.1.220

Web page on default port 80.

RX Server Version: 5.3.2.10.20200827

Transmitter

The transmitter has the following major component chips

  • U1 Lenkeng VCT2399 processor [missing datasheet]
  • U8 iTE IT66121FN HDMI transmitter datasheet
  • U4 Realtek RTL8211F Ethernet chip datasheet
  • U3 Winbond W25Q128 128Mbit FLASH chip datasheet

Switching Regulators

  • U13/L3 =3.3 Volts
  • U12/L2 =1.2 Volts
  • U15/L4 =1.5 Volts

By default the transmitter has IP address 192.168.1.210
Responds to Telnet on default 23 port.

user:admin
password:123456
input>list
set_group_id        get_group_id        set_dhcp            get_dhcp
set_uart_baudrate   get_uart_baudrate   set_static_ip       get_static_ip
set_mac_address     get_mac_address     get_lan_status      get_video_lock
get_ip_config       get_session_key     set_session_key     set_device_name
get_device_name     set_video_bitrate   get_video_bitrate   set_downscale_mode
get_downscale_mode  set_video_out_mode  get_video_out_mode  set_streaming_mode
get_streaming_mode  set_low_delay_mode  get_low_delay_mode  set_multicast_mode
get_multicast_mode  get_fw_version      get_company_id      factory_reset
reboot              list                save                exit

Web page on default port 80.

TX Server Version: 5.3.2.10.20200928

By default streams HDMI stream to multicast address 239.255.42.42 port 7777

Both Receiver and Transmitter have a RS232 port provisioned on the PCB

JP1 serial
 o   o   o
TXD RXD GND

TXD via resistor to pin 40 VCT2399
RXD via resistor to pin 39 VCT2399

Unfortunately the serial debugging seems to be turned off by default, no response observed during boot.
UPDATE: There is serial "output only" on connector J2, on the two larger pads surrounded with the small rectangle line. The device boot log can be observed there.

Firmware

The 16MB FLASH chip on both TX and RX boards is split as follows

  • 000000-07FFFF SMEDIA02 chunk
  • 080000-2CFFFF SMEDIA02 chunk
  • 2D0000-FFFFFF FAT Partition

The SMEDIA chunks of the TX are different from the RX (different firmware)
At offset 070000 there is an 8 byte section consisting of the ASCII characters IT followed by the unit's 6 byte MAC address.
The easiest way to analyze the FAT partition is to dump region 2D0000-FFFFFF into a file, say part.mbr then open it with 7zip, you will see some entries called 0.fat 1.fat 2.fat 3.fat which can in turn be further opened/extracted with 7zip
Partition

High Resolution Pictures

Receiver/Transmitter Pair

V4

Receiver PCB Top

RX top

Receiver PCB Bottom

RX bottom

Receiver U1 Lenkeng VCT2399 Controller chip

RX U1 processor

Receiver U3 Winbond 25Q128JVSQ Flash chip

RX U3 flash

Receiver U4 Realtek RTL8211F Ethernet chip

RX U4 ethernet

Receiver U6 iTE IT66121FN HDMI Receiver chip

RX U6 HDMI receiver

Transmitter PCB Top

TX top

Transmitter PCB Bottom

TX bottom

Transmitter U1 Lenkeng VCT2399 Controller chip

TX U1 processor

Transmitter U3 Winbond 25Q128JVSQ Flash chip

TX U3 flash

Transmitter U4 Realtek RTL8211F Ethernet chip

TX U4 ethernet

Transmitter U8 iTE IT66021FN HDMI Receiver chip

TX U8 HDMI transmitter

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