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Legit sympathy. I hate stuff like this.
I've been trying to get some video signal into a monitor for ages - the monitor (SmallHD Focus) has a proprietary connector shroud and I really didn't want to buy extra HDMI cables having not had any income since January because of this covid lark.
Had some existing cables and tried shaving off the shroud with a scalpel to fit them into the small space - slipped and chopped through cable - twice. Eventually got something to fit (basically down to my last spare HDMI)
SmallHD > hack-job Micro HDMI to Type A HDMI > Blackmagic Bidirectional SDI/HDMI converter > SDI into camera and/or video switcher. Power on... nothing.
Bit the bullet and ordered a proprietary SmallHD cable. Repeat set-up. Power on. Nothing. Though I did see something for a flash - hope. Maybe a power issue? Not enough juice into the converter? Knocked SDI cable by mistake - screen flashed again. Replaced SDI cable. No video signal but I can see a multiview screen from the video switcher (ATEM TVS HD). So SDI was part of the issue but still no video signal from a camera or from switcher...
Read manual: only accepts HD output, so outputting 4/6K video won't appear on screen. Would have worked (albeit with an insecure SDI) from the outset.