HDMI switching technology for the coupling of consumer electronic control and/or non-consumer electronic control devices in an audio/visual environment

A high definition multimedia interface (HDMI) switching module operable to facilitate communications between one or more non-CEC enabled devices and a television of an audio/visual (A/V) system, comprising:

• a plurality of HDMI input ports each suitable to be coupled to the one or more non-CEC enabled devices;
• a programmed processor that controls operation of the HDMI switching module and receives information about any of the one or more non-CEC enabled devices when the one or more non-CEC enabled devices are coupled to the plurality of HDMI input ports;
• an HDMI output port controlled by the programmed processor and operable to be coupled to the television,
• wherein in response to user control of a select and set element of a user interface, an HDMI input port of the plurality of HDMI input ports to which a non-CEC enabled device of the one or more non-CEC enabled devices is coupled is selected and a default HDMI device type having a corresponding HDMI logic address that is mapped to the non-CEC enabled device is set, wherein the user interface is an element of the switching module and the select and set element is a toggle button of the HDMI switching module, and
• wherein the HDMI output port is controlled by the programmed processor to output the set default HDMI device type of the non-CEC enabled device coupled to the HDMI input port.

An audio/visual (A/V) system operable to facilitate communications between multiple high definition multimedia interface (HMDI) input devices and television of the audio/visual system, comprising:

• a television;
• one or more non-CEC enabled devices;
• a HDMI switching module operable to facilitate communications between the one or more non-CEC enabled devices and the television in accordance with user control of the HDMI switching module;
• wherein in response to user control of a user interface, an HDMI input port of the HDMI switching module is selected and a default HDMI device type and corresponding HDMI logic address is set for each non-CEC enabled device of the one or more non-CEC enabled devices using a select/set button of the user interface and the HDMI switching module outputs the default HDMI device type of the non-CEC enabled device to the television, which displays the non-CEC enabled device, and communication between the non-CEC enabled device and the television is enabled.

A method for facilitating communications between a plurality of audio/visual devices and a television of an audio/visual (A/V) system, comprising:

• for a non-CEC enabled device of one or more non-CEC enabled devices of the plurality of audio/visual devices coupled to an HDMI input port of a plurality of HDMI input ports of a HDMI switching module:
• a user controlling the HDMI switching module via a control for HDMI function of a user interface to assign a default HDMI device type with corresponding HDMI logical address that is mapped to the non-CEC enabled device, the user using a select/set button of a select and set function of the user interface of the HDMI switching module and communication between the non-CEC enabled device and the television enabled;
• and
• updating a control for HDMI list of the user interface with the default HDMI device type of the non-CEC enabled device.