Datavideo DN-60A, Instruction Manual

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Page 2: ... SLOT 13 3 1 POWERING ON 14 3 2 DN 60A POWER SOURCES 14 3 3 DN 60A STATUS LED AND ERROR MESSAGES 15 4 DN 60A MENUS 16 4 1 MAIN MENU 17 5 SETUP MODE 18 5 1 PLAY SETUP OPTIONS 18 5 2 RECORD SETUP OPTIONS 19 5 3 SYSTEM SET UP 20 5 4 SAVE SET UP 20 5 5 RECALL SET UP 21 6 DN 60A GENERAL SETUP NOTES 22 6 1 CHOOSE A FILE OPERATING SYSTEM FAT32 OR NTFS 22 6 2 SET THE CF CARD VOLUME ID 22 6 3 SET THE SIGNA...

Page 3: ...26 6 15 POWER ON AUTO RECORD 26 6 16 TIME LAPSE RECORDING 26 6 17 USING PRE TRIGGER SET UP 27 7 PLAYBACK 28 7 1 SET UP LOOP PLAY 28 7 2 PLAY OUT 28 7 3 DN 60A PLAYOUT TO A CAMERA LCD PANEL 28 8 BEFORE TRANSFERRING THE CF CARD TO A COMPUTER 28 8 1 CF CARD CONNECTION TO A COMPUTER 29 8 2 DN 60A FILE NAMING SCHEME 29 9 QUALIFIED DN 60A CF CARDS AND MAX RECORDING TIMES 29 10 UPDATING DN 60A FIRMWARE 3...

Page 4: ...complete This manual may contain typing errors omissions or incorrect information Datavideo Technologies always recommend that you double check the information in this document for accuracy before making any purchase decision or using the product Datavideo Technologies is not responsible for any omissions or errors or for any subsequent loss or damage caused by using the information contained with...

Page 5: ...duct should only be operated from the type of power source indicated on the marking label of the AC adapter If you are not sure of the type of power available consult your Datavideo dealer or your local power company 8 Do not allow anything to rest on the power cord Do not locate this unit where the power cord will be walked on rolled over damaged or otherwise stressed 9 If an extension cord must ...

Page 6: ...as been dropped or the case has been damaged f When the product exhibits a distinct change in performance indicating a need for service Care must be taken when connecting a 6pin DV IEEE 1394 cable into the DN 60A when the other end is already connected to a computer Do not attempt to insert the connector backwards as DC power from the computer is present on the cable and can damage the receiver ci...

Page 7: ...arranty only valid within the country or region of purchase Your statutory rights are not affected Two Year Warranty All Datavideo products purchased after 01 Oct 2008 qualify for a free one year extension to the standard Warranty providing the product is registered with Datavideo within 30 days of purchase For information on how to register please visit www datavideo com or contact your local Dat...

Page 8: ...es that it should not be treated as household waste It must be handed over to the applicable take back scheme for the recycling of Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment For more detailed information about the recycling of this product please contact your local Datavideo office ...

Page 9: ...ou press record within 8 seconds of an event you can be confident that you have recorded that must have shot Once recorded Drag and Drop your chosen video files directly to the time line of your Non Linear Editing program using popular DV file types such as Microsoft AVI type 2 Canopus AVI QuickTime MOV and MXF OP 1A as well as M2T in HDV mode With this many useful features the DN 60A is ideal for...

Page 10: ...ing rate for best quality audio recording Time lapse with single or multi frame recording at user defined intervals 4 or 8 second pre trigger buffer useful in recording unexpected events especially in science research wildlife recording Health Safety or security applications Loop playback of video from a selected video bin Can be set to Auto record to the current empty video bin when the unit is p...

Page 11: ...nd menu options of the DN 60A 2 Menu Navigation Button Rotate to change options and press in to select 3 DC Power input Connect the DN 60A power adaptor here 4 Status LED 5 Power On Auto Off switch 6 CF Card Protection Cover Slide down then lift up carefully to gain access ...

Page 12: ...t Cover Press in gently and slide up to access 2 Camera Mount screw thread Attach DN 60A camera mount here 3 DV DVC Pro HDV i o Port Attach 6pin IEEE 1394 cable connector here 4 RS 232 Port Connect 3 5mm Jack for RS 422 control by computer ...

Page 13: ... card When the slot is empty no CF card inserted this button is normally in the depressed position Upon inserting a CF card the button moves out again NOTE CF cards need to be inserted the correct way up so that the pins inside the unit marry correctly with the card otherwise damage to the pins may happen NOTE the CF card does not support UMDA7 Do not force a card into the slot or force the card p...

Page 14: ...ces Use the supplied DN 60A power adaptor to reliably power the unit Alternatively you can use AA or rechargeable AA batteries Use a compatible charger with the rechargeable AA batteries being used However please pay close attention to the battery indicator on the DN 60A LCD panel during battery powered operation and change over batteries before they become exhausted Please choose to switch to the...

Page 15: ... unit is working correctly or is requiring user attention LED constantly OFF DN 60A is idle or the unit is waiting to be powered on LED constantly ON Indicates the DN 60A unit is recording a camera source input LED Slowly Dimmed OFF and ON Indicates record pause formatting card or making media file LED Flashing ON and OFF The LCD panel will also indicate that there is No Media CF card is not detec...

Page 16: ...e the menu option or set a value If all options have been displayed then the menu display will only scroll options in one direction Choose EXIT to return to a previous menu level or to return to the initial Home screen The DN 60A is a menu driven unit there are several menus which are used to set up the unit The menu settings are non volatile settings are stored even when the unit is switched off ...

Page 17: ...ation button is pressed in At this point the DN 60A checks for existing media files in the currently selected bin or CF card Note loop playback can be selected from within setup mode Tools mode allows the user to perform selected tasks to prepare files for transfer to an edit system or to erase existing video files on the card This menu also allows a user to update the DN 60A firmware Setup mode e...

Page 18: ...ent settings to be saved as USER1 or USER2 to allow time efficient set up of the unit when in the field RECALL SET UP Used to quickly adopt user stored settings in USER1 and USER2 or adopt a factory default for PAL DV NTSC DV or HDV 5 1 Play Setup Options Entered from the SETUP Menu this set of options enable various record related parameters and modes to be setup Menu Option Action taken Exit Wil...

Page 19: ...a PRE TRIGGER SETUP Allows the feature to be turned ON or OFF ON allows the unit to constantly hold the latest 4 to 8 seconds of video in its memory until the record action is started The initial 4 8 seconds of video from memory is stored to the bin first and then the rest of the video after the record trigger is then added to the bin See page 14 TIME LAPSE SETUP Set the Time Lapse interval and th...

Page 20: ...on the computer as Datavideoxx This option sets the xx value between 0 and 99 A useful feature when ingesting multiple CF cards at the same time from a multi camera shoot TIMECODE DISPLAY During recording and playback this option allows display of either the Internal or the External time code Note that the current selection will be marked with an asterisk SET BATTERY TYPE This option allows the pr...

Page 21: ...ns enable easy recall of previous and standard DN60 configurations Menu Option Action taken Exit Will return you to the SET UP menu USER 1 USER1 saved settings will be adopted by the unit USER 2 USER2 saved settings will be adopted by the unit FACTORY HDV 50 60Hz The factory HDV settings will be applied FACTORY DV NTSC The factory DV DVC 60Hz settings will be applied FACTORY DV PAL The factory DV ...

Page 22: ... the correct order and end to end on an editing time line the recording will play through as one whole take again The NTFS format is fully compatible with PCs and is read compatible with Macs Its main advantage is that it does not impose a file size limitation to the DN 60A files resulting in one file per take Note When using 64GB cards if you plan on shooting one continuous take greater then 3 hr...

Page 23: ...ard The DN 60A is primarily a capture device as opposed to an archiving device and it is best to start out with freshly DN 60A formatted CF card s on each project Formatting your card in another device may cause issues later on If you are re using your CF cards just remember to backup any existing content already on the card s to computer first before formatting the card s Formatting will not only...

Page 24: ...hese cases use Sync To Tape off and let the camera control the DN 60A unit 6 8 Set the Audio Sampling Rate in the source equipment The DN 60A can only record audio at the 48KHz 16bit audio sampling rate Please ensure the source camera or equipment is set to output at the 48KHz 16bit rate as the 32KHz 12bit setting is not supported by the DN 60A 6 9 Set the record date optional As the source is dig...

Page 25: ...ss The DN 60A will automatically pause recording if time code from the tape deck is not moving and Sync to Tape is ON It is also possible to pause a manual recording by pressing in the Menu Navigation key when Pause is shown on the DN 60A LCD panel Manual recording is resumed by pressing in the Menu Navigation key when Record is selected on the DN 60A LCD panel and a new clip is then created withi...

Page 26: ...394 output signal on the camera source must match the DN 60A input Signal Type for the recording to start If the DN 60A or source do not match then the DN 60A will stay at 00 00 00 00 6 16 Time Lapse Recording In this Record Set Up option a DV recording can be set up using the following flexible settings Select SET TIMELAPSE and press in the Menu Navigation Button Set the Interval minutes value be...

Page 27: ...s option is switched ON the DN 60A is always in a record ready mode when it is not in Play Mode In this mode it is continuously storing live IEEE 1394 data in its internal buffer which is 4 to 8 seconds in length 4 seconds in DVC Pro 50 and 8 seconds in DV25 DVC Pro 25 and HDV In this manner when a recording is started the last 4 to 8 seconds of history prior to the trigger is then captured to CF ...

Page 28: ... of the last frame displayed 7 3 DN 60A Playout to a Camera LCD Panel By placing the connected camera into VCR playback mode some cameras can accept a video stream from the DN 60A whilst the DN 60A is playing content from a bin This can be a useful way of confirming the composition of DN 60A captured shots in the field in between takes 8 Before transferring the CF card to a computer Prior to using...

Page 29: ...represented as a file with a file extension depending on the type chosen prior to recording eg avi mov mxf and m2t Each file will be named BxxCnnyy where xx again represents the bin number and nn represents the Clip number ranging from 01 to 99 The number yy is the number of the spilt file caused by the FAT32 2GB limitation 9 Qualified DN 60A CF Cards and Max Recording Times Not all CF cards on ge...

Page 30: ...30MB sec 2GB 7 mins 3 mins SanDisk Extreme III 30MB sec 8GB 30 mins 15 mins SanDisk Ultra 30MB sec 16GB 1 Hour 30 mins Example 133x relates to a transfer speed of 133 x 150KB sec 19 950KB s or approx 20MB sec For further advice on qualified CF media please contact support at your local dealer or Datavideo office ...

Page 31: ...from your local Datavideo office or dealer The DN 60A power supply A blank qualified CF card with capacity up to 32GB A CF card reader if your computer does not already have CF card slot fitted A PC or Mac computer The DN 60A formatted CF card appears to the computer as a disk volume and not as a video device The connection to the computer is done via the CF card slot in the computer or an attache...

Page 32: ... 9 At the DN 60A menu enter the Tools menu and choose the Upgrade Firmware option 10 Confirm yes at the question are you sure 11 The unit should now update itself Please wait until the process ends and the units display has returned to the Home Screen showing the Record Mode option 12 Now look at the Firmware Revision option under the DN 60A Tools menu to confirm the new firmware number is now sho...

Page 33: ...the command group The least significant nibble represents the number of Data bytes to follow the CMD2 byte Command Protocol CMD1 CMD2 Data bytes Checksum byte Response ACK Other than the sense command the unit will respond to all commands affirmatively by sending a three byte acknowledgement ACK if the Checksum is valid If the Checksum is not valid the DN 60A will ignore the command Most commands ...

Page 34: ...h Play 10h 01h 11h ACK 20h 02h 22h Record 10h 01h 11h ACK 20h 0Dh 2Dh Eject 10h 01h 11h ACK 20h 10h 30h Fast Forward 10h 01h 11h ACK 20h 20h 40h Fast Rewind 10h 01h 11h ACK 20h 13h 34h Frame Step Forward 10h 01h 11h ACK 20h 24h 44h Frame Step Reverse 10h 01h 11h ACK 21h 11h nnh csum Jog Forward 10h 01h 11h ACK 21h 12h nnh csum Variable Forward 10h 01h 11h ACK 21h 13h nnh csum Shuttle Forward 10h 0...

Page 35: ...3 5mm Jack The pin assignment of the Controller and DN 60 DN 60A is shown in the following table 9 Pin D Sub P1 DN 60 3 5mm Jack P2 Pin 2 Rx 2 RX Pin 3 Tx 1 V out Pin 5 GND 3 GND 9 Pin D Sub P1 DN 60A 3 5mm Jack P2 Pin 2 Rx 4 TX Pin 3 Tx 2 RX Pin 5 GND 3 GND 1 V out 11 2 System Control 00h 11h Device Type request The response is 00 00 indicating Quick Capture ...

Page 36: ... is repeated from its beginning when the end is reached 01h F0h XXh Select Bin XX When this command is issued from the Idle state bin XX is selected XX varies between 1 and 99 Illegal bins are ignored 01h F3h XXh Select and Empty Bin XX When this command is issued from the Idle state bin XX is selected and all of its content is permanently deleted XX varies between 1 and 99 Illegal bins are ignore...

Page 37: ...tent of the present bin is played at 1x speed starting at Frame Offset nn This command may be issued from the Idle state or any other Play state 24h F3h bb nn Select Bin and Play Offset Bin number bb is selected and Frame Offset number nn is played This command may be issued from the idle state or any other Play state 24h F4h bb nn Select Bin and Play from Offset Content of the bin number bb is pl...

Page 38: ...reflect the video source as selected by the Front Panel 20h 01h Play Content of the present bin is played at 1x speed This command may be issued from the idle state or any other Play state 20h 02h Record The video is recorded from the selected source onto the current Bin This command may be issued only from the idle state 20h 10h Fast Forward A play state where video is played at the highest speed...

Page 39: ...irection Note Setting the speed to 0 causes the play to pause 21h F0h nnh Select Bin and Play Content of the bin number nn is played at 1x speed from the beginning This command may be issued from the idle state or any other Play state Command Name Response Name 01h F3h XXh csum Select and Empty Bin 10h 01h 11h ACK Transport Control 20h 00h 20h Stop 10h 01h 11h ACK 20h 01h 21h Play 10h 01h 11h ACK ...

Page 40: ...1h nn 4 x csum Play Offset 10h 01h 11h ACK 24h F2h nn 4 x csum Play from Offset 10h 01h 11h ACK 24h F3h bb nn 4 x csum Select Bin and Play Offset 10h 01h 11h ACK 24h F4h bb nn 4 x csum Select Bin and Play from Offset 10h 01h 11h ACK 24h F5h nn 4 x csum Play to Offset 10h 01h 11h ACK 25h F5h XXh YYh YYh YYh YYh csum Select Bin and Play to Offset 10h 01h 11h ACK 29h F6h XXh YYh YYh YYh YYh ZZh ZZh Z...

Page 41: ...nopus mov mxf OP1A HDV m2t Operating File System Compatibility FAT32 NTFS Input Voltage Requirement 12V typical 5V min 15V max Power Consumption 12V Idle 4 3W Play Record 6W HDD mode 5 3W Size W x H x D 4 65 x 3 09 x 1 51 116mm x 78 5mm x 38 5mm Weight DN 60A 5 64oz 160g Temperature Operating 40 F to 104 F 4 C to 40 C Non Operating 40 F to 149 F 40 C to 65 C Vibration Operating 1 0G 5 500 Hz Non O...

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