evertz 7814UDX-4K Series, User Manual

Page 1: ... is the property of Evertz Microsystems and is intended solely for the use of purchasers of the 7814UDX 4K series product Evertz Microsystems expressly prohibits the use of this manual for any purpose other than the operation of the 7814UDX 4K series product Due to on going research and development features and specifications in this manual are subject to change without notice All rights reserved ...

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Page 3: ...ird grounding prong The wide blade or the third prong is provided for your safety If the provided plug does not fit into your outlet consult an electrician for replacement of the obsolete outlet Protect the power cord from being walked on or pinched particularly at plugs convenience receptacles and the point where they exit from the apparatus Only use attachments accessories specified by the manuf...

Page 4: ... Class A digital device pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference when the equipment is operated in a commercial environment This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with the instruction manual may cause harmful interference to radio communicati...

Page 5: ...RIAL DIGITAL VIDEO OUTPUT 13 3 3 REFERENCE VIDEO INPUT 13 3 4 GENERAL PURPOSE INPUTS AND OUTPUTS 13 3 5 AES INPUTS 14 3 6 AES OUTPUTS 14 3 7 ELECTRICAL 14 3 8 PHYSICAL 14 4 STATUS LEDS 15 4 1 MODULE STATUS LEDS AES8 VERSION AND NON AES8 VERSIONS 15 5 WEB INTERFACE 17 5 1 VIDEO 19 5 1 1 Video Control 19 5 1 2 Video Monitor 21 5 1 3 4K Inputs 21 5 1 4 Non 4K Inputs 22 5 1 5 Audio Inputs 22 5 2 VIDEO...

Page 6: ...nitor 33 5 7 3 Auto Reference Fail over 33 5 8 AUDIO 34 5 9 AUDIO INPUT CORRECTION APROC 36 5 10 AUDIO MIXER 37 5 11 CLOSED CAPTIONING 40 5 11 1 Closed Captioning Controls 40 5 11 2 Closed Captioning Status 41 5 12 ANC PASS THRU 41 5 12 1 Mapped ANC Pass Thru Controls 42 5 12 2 Direct ANC Pass Thru Control 44 5 13 GPIO 45 5 14 IP 45 5 14 1 Control IP Configuration 45 5 15 PRESETS 46 5 15 1 Preset ...

Page 7: ...udio Channel 37 Figure 5 15 WebEASY Audio Mixer Panel 38 Figure 5 16 WebEASY Closed Captioning Panel 40 Figure 5 17 WebEASY ANC Pass Thru Panel 42 Figure 5 18 WebEASY GPIO Panel 45 Figure 5 19 WebEASY IP Panel 45 Figure 5 20 WebEASY Presets Panel 46 Figure 5 21 WebEASY Version Info Panel 48 Figure 5 22 WebEASY Product String Panel 49 Figure 6 1 Location of Jumpers Top View Main Module 51 Figure 6 ...

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Page 9: ...performance either expressed or implied The only warranty offered by Evertz in relation to this product is the Evertz standard limited warranty stated in the sales contract or order confirmation form Although every attempt has been made to accurately describe the features installation and operation of this product in this manual no warranty is granted nor liability assumed in relation to any error...

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Page 11: ...PQ HLG and S Log3 It also performs all colour space conversion including BT 709 BT 2020 and S Gamut3 Rather than using fixed LUTs the Evertz HDR conversion uses high precision 32 bit mathematical modelling to allow for very low latency high accuracy transforms while allowing on the fly changes to colour correction or HDR transfer function parameters The 7814UDX 4K Series transparently supports 16 ...

Page 12: ...onizers on 7814UDX 4K and 7814HDC 4K to time quad lane SDI inputs Support for card reference connection and two sources of 7800FR frame reference software selectable from the three sources Advanced 3D noise reduction and next generation de interlacing technologies ensure the highest quality video without compromise for broadcast and professional media applications Broadcast quality color corrector...

Page 13: ...rdering options for the 7814UDX 4K Series platform The majority of card controls are common across all products variations 7814UDX 4K 7814UC 4K 7814XC 4K and 7814HDC 4K and ordering options A small number of items change depending on the product variation and ordering option The following chart provides a list of available product variations ordering options and outlines what module control change...

Page 14: ...e 4 Revision 1 2 1 2 ENCLOSURES 7800FR 3RU Multiframe which holds up to 15 single slot modules 7800FR QT 3RU Multiframe which holds up to 15 single slot modules low noise 7801FR 1RU Multiframe which holds up to 4 single slot modules or two dual slot modules ...

Page 15: ...card will not power up and will show RED on its main status LED For information on mounting the rear plate and inserting the module into the frame see section 3 of the 7700FR manual Refer to section 6 2 of this manual for more information on the 7814UDX 4K series slot blocker Refer to Figure 2 1 for 7814UDX 4K series rear plate layouts NOTE For proper operation in the 7700FR C the on board slot bl...

Page 16: ...compatible with SMPTE 292M SMPTE 259M or SMPTE 372M standard REF IN This DIN is for connecting a bi level or tri level reference The Reference format is auto detected by the module Output video can be timed with respect to the supplied reference using the H Phase Offset and V Phase Offset module controls When no reference is provided the output video is timed with respect to the input video Refere...

Page 17: ...or coding shown Also refer to the notes following the table for additional wiring guide information Pin 1 Pin Signal EIA TIA 568A AT T 258A or EIA TIA 568B 10BaseT or 100BaseT 1 Transmit White Green White Orange X 2 Transmit Green White or White Orange White or Orange X 3 Receive White Orange White Green X 4 N A Blue White or Blue Blue White or Blue Not used required 5 N A White Blue White Blue No...

Page 18: ...GPIO1 General Purpose Input Output 1 2 LTC OUT External LTC out 3 GPIO2 General Purpose Input Output 2 4 GPIO4 General Purpose Input Output 4 5 6 HZ IN 6 Hz In 6 LTC IN 1 External LTC In 1 7 SERIAL A TX Serial Port A Transmit Negative 8 GPIO3 General Purpose Input Output 3 9 GPIO8 General Purpose Input Output 8 10 SERIAL A RX Serial Port A Receive Positive 11 GPIO5 General Purpose Input Output 5 1...

Page 19: ... Circuitry When a particular GPIO is configured to be a GPO the interface shown below shall apply The GPO is active low with internal pull up 10k Ohm resistors to 5V When the output goes low it is able to sink up to 10mA When high the signal will go high 5V Do not draw more than 100µA from the output Figure 2 3 shows the circuit for the general purpose output From Internal Circuit 5 Volts GND GPO ...

Page 20: ...ound 3 AES OUT1 1 AES Output 1 Path 1 Unbalanced 4 AES OUT1 2 AES Output 2 Path 1 Unbalanced 7 GND Ground 8 GND Ground 9 AES OUT1 3 AES Output 3 Path 1 Unbalanced 10 AES OUT1 4 AES Output 4 Path 1 Unbalanced 13 GND Ground 14 GND Ground 15 AES OUT1 5 AES Output 5 Path 1 Unbalanced 16 AES OUT1 6 AES Output 6 Path 1 Unbalanced 19 GND Ground 20 GND Ground 21 AES OUT1 7 AES Output 7 Path 1 Unbalanced 2...

Page 21: ...D Ground 51 AES IN1 A AES Input 1 Path 1 Unbalanced 52 AES IN2 A AES Input 2 Path 1 Unbalanced 55 GND Ground 56 GND Ground 57 AES IN3 A AES Input 3 Path 1 Unbalanced 58 AES IN4 A AES Input 4 Path 1 Unbalanced 61 GND Ground 62 GND Ground 63 AES IN5 A AES Input 5 Path 1 Unbalanced 64 AES IN6 A AES Input 6 Path 1 Unbalanced 67 GND Ground 68 GND Ground 69 AES IN7 A AES Input 7 Path 1 Unbalanced 70 AES...

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Page 23: ...all Times 740 ps nominal HD Rise Fall Times 200 ps nominal Return Loss 15 dB to 1 5 GHz 10 dB to 3 0 GHz 3 3 REFERENCE VIDEO INPUT Type HD Tri Level sync NTSC or PAL Colour Black 1 V p p Connector DIN 1 0 2 3 CECC 22 230 DIN 47297 and DIN 41626 Termination 75 ohm References to 3G SMPTE 424M SMPTE 425 and single link 1080p59 94 50 refer 10 bit 4 2 2 1080p59 94 50 signals Level A or B in SMPTE 425M ...

Page 24: ...ng Rate 48 KHz 3 6 AES OUTPUTS Number 8x AES outputs Standard SMPTE 276M synchronous Connector MMX Connector Input Type Unbalanced Impedance 75 Ω Signal Level 1 V p p Sampling Rate 48 KHz 3 7 ELECTRICAL Voltage 12VDC Power 41 Watts EMI RFI Complies with FCC regulations for class A devices Complies with EU EMC directive 3 8 PHYSICAL Number of slots 7800FR Frame 2 7700FR C Frame 3 slot blocker must ...

Page 25: ...r all variations of the 7814UDX 4K series including UDX UC XC HDC and AES versions 7814UDX 4K Shaft Encoder not used Module Status PGM IN C PRESENT PGM IN A PRESENT PGM IN B PRESENT PGM IN D PRESENT REF PRESENT PATH1 AUDIO PRESENT NOT USED FAN FAULT Local Fault Shaft Encoder not used Module Status REF PRESENT PGM A PRESENT PGM B PRESENT GRP 1 PRESENT GRP 2 PRESENT GRP 3 PRESENT GRP 4 PRESENT 7814U...

Page 26: ...PGM IN C PRESENT LED will be green when a valid input signal is present on the PGM IN C It will be off when missing an input signal PGM IN D PRESENT The PGM IN D PRESENT LED will be green when a valid input signal is present on the PGM IN D It will be off when missing an input signal PATH1 AUDIO PRESENT The PATH1 AUDIO PRESENT LED will be green when a valid audio signal is detected in embedded Aud...

Page 27: ...r the XC UC and HDC versions of 7814UDX 4K series modules Exceptions to this are outlined in section 1 1 of this manual As additional features and options are released additional sections will be appended to this manual to show those control screens Login After the card has been installed and configured with the required network addresses for the control port it can be completely configured using ...

Page 28: ...7814UDX 4K Series HD 3G UHD Up Down Cross Converters Page 18 Revision 1 2 Figure 5 2 WebEASY 7814 AES8 4K 12G Menu ...

Page 29: ...dard This option selects the input video standard being used Interlaced video formats are shown with the number of fields per second Progressive formats are shown with the number of frames per second The module is not capable of converting between 59 94 60 Hz and 50 Hz related frame rates The drop down menu for Input Video Standard appears as follows ...

Page 30: ...ate family are supported The module is not capable of converting between 59 94 60 Hz and 50 Hz related frame rates The drop down menu for Output Video Standard appears as follows Note Follow input FS only can be used when the input and output standards are the same It results in lower delay Horizontal Phase Offset With this control the user can set the horizontal timing of the output video with re...

Page 31: ...of lines is 1125 so to advance the output video five lines set the value to 1120 When increasing the V Phase Offset value causes it to go beyond the limit of the frame buffer the V Phase Offset will wrap to the beginning of the frame buffer resulting in a change of one frame of throughput delay between the SD input and the video output NOTE The slider is available for selecting H and V Phase Offse...

Page 32: ...rs Page 22 Revision 1 2 5 1 4 Non 4K Inputs Video Delay This field indicates the video delay through the card in ms when non 4K signals are detected on the input 5 1 5 Audio Inputs Audio Delay This field indicates the audio delay through the card in ms ...

Page 33: ...roc control menu as shown in Figure 5 4 is used to configure parameters associated with the video processing functions of the converter Figure 5 4 WebEASY Video Proc Panel NOTE ALL of these parameters affect the video in real time H V frequency bands will cause hits to the video while a new filter is loaded ...

Page 34: ... and Cb with a range of 200 quantization levels Y Offset Ranges from 200 to 200 quantization levels in 1 level increments Cb Offset Ranges from 200 to 200 quantization levels in 1 level increments Cr Offset Ranges from 200 to 200 quantization levels in 1 level increments R Offset Ranges from 200 to 200 quantization levels in 1 level increments G Offset Ranges from 200 to 200 quantization levels in...

Page 35: ... all colour space conversion including BT 709 BT 2020 and S gamut3 Rather than using fixed LUTs the Evertz HDR conversion uses high precision mathematical modelling to allow for very low latency high accuracy transforms while allowing on the fly changes to colour correction or HDR transfer function parameters Reset Button By pressing the Reset button all Video Processing parameters in this control...

Page 36: ...as a range of 0 to 2000 nits with a default value of 120 nits Assumed Maximum Input Luminance This control defines the expected luminance level of the input video For 709 color space usually set to 100 120 nits and around 1000 to 2000 for HDR inputs depending on monitor capabilities Target Output Luminance This control is used to set the desired output luminance For 709 color space usually set to ...

Page 37: ...of 300 500 nits It is also recommended not to expand the highlights too much as the results will become quite banded due to lack of dynamic range of the input Note For all the HDR standards such as HLG HDR1092084 or SLOG3 the operation is the same Figure 5 6 HDR to SDR Conversion Diagram HDR to SDR Conversions The input HDR is first scaled by 1 aperture compensation then the highlights are compres...

Page 38: ...Y 12G IO 5 4 1 12G Controls 12G Input Frame Rate This control allows the user to select the 12G input frame rate Possible options are 59 94 and 50 Hz 12G Input Source The 7814UDX 4K 12G has the capability to house up to two 12G SFP modules This control allows the user to select the 12G input source 5 4 2 12G Input Detected Image This field displays the image pixel size which is detected through th...

Page 39: ...dditional audio delay for the 12G to 3G translation This delay is on top of the processing delay found in the Audio Tab Quad Link 3G to 12G Conversion This field displays the additional audio delay for the 3G to 12G translation This delay is on top of the processing delay found in the Audio Tab 5 4 5 Audio Input Presence on Selected 12G Input Audio Group 1 4 This field indicates the audio group pr...

Page 40: ...aler Effectively these controls manage the cut off frequency for the Horizontal and Vertical filters The smaller the value the narrower the corresponding filter bandwidth and the less aliasing passed through the output The larger the value is the wider the corresponding filter bandwidth will be Horizontal Filter Cutoff Frequency It controls the Horizontal filter bandwidth It also has several uniqu...

Page 41: ...bandwidth such that each value 1 thru 64 corresponds to 1 64 th the bandwidth of the input signal 5 7 REFERENCE The 7814UDX 4K series conversion modules accept standard reference signals including bi phase 525i59 or 625i50 and tri level sync signals 1080i59 or 1080i50 The user can select one of the frame reference Genlock inputs or the reference DIN on the rear plate If the reference input is inva...

Page 42: ...is selected the module will lock to the external reference signal applied to the module s rear panel Frame Ref 1 When Frame 1 is selected the module will lock to the external reference applied to the 7800 frame REF 1 input Frame Ref 2 When Frame 2 is selected the module will lock to the external reference applied to the 7800 frame REF 2 input NOTE If the selected Genlock reference disappears or is...

Page 43: ...er The Auto Reference Fail Over Enable is used to set a Priority Genlock sequence When enabled the module will automatically fail over to the next priority reference input selected in the reference priority controls Priority Reference Select This section allows the user to set the desired first second and third priority reference point To select locking to the incoming video select Video none To s...

Page 44: ...n the Audio menu Figure 5 12 WebEASY Audio Panel Audio Controls APROC Audio Delay This control adjusts the audio delay 350 00 ms This delay is relative to the delay that the module automatically inserts to match audio path and video path delays The audio delay can be adjusted with single sample precision NOTE Negative values are limited to the amount of video delay the card does not have negative ...

Page 45: ...p 1 will be enabled C Bit This control allows the user to set the C Bit Control Using the C Bit Control drop down menu the user can select from the following options Preserve This option preserves passes the C Bit settings from audio inputs to audio outputs Replace This option replaces the C Bit settings to the default values by the module Audio Monitor The Audio Monitor section allows the user to...

Page 46: ...rection Controls Audio Input Inversion This control is used to invert the incoming audio channel Audio Input Gain This control allows the user to set the value of the gain for the selected source The user can adjust the gain of the selected source by moving the associated slider control left to decrease the value or moving to the right to increase the value The value range for the gain adjustments...

Page 47: ...hannel Audio Mixer Controls There are 16 embedded channels 1 16 and 17 32 and 16 AES channels 33 48 and 49 64 AES8 product option These Output Channel mixers perform audio inversion audio gain adjustment and audio channel swapping for each of the output audio channels Using the X and Y inputs of each Output Channel Mixer an additional level of mono mixing is also available for each channel of outp...

Page 48: ...to route one of the 16 internally processed input audio channels to the X input of the Mixer Source The user can select the channel source by selecting the desired channels from the Mixer Source drop down menu as below For the sake of brevity only the 1 16 section will be discussed in this manual The full set of available channel options are listed below ...

Page 49: ...DMX Channel 16 Mono mix DMX channels 9 and 10 AES 1 A AES8 Mono mix DMX channels 11 and 12 AES 1 B AES8 Mono mix DMX channels 13 and 14 AES 2 A AES8 Mono mix DMX channels 15 and 16 AES 2 B AES8 Mixer gain This control enables the user to set the value of the gain for the selected source The user can adjust the gain of the selected source by moving the associate slider control left to decrease the ...

Page 50: ...ociated with the closed caption handling Figure 5 16 WebEASY Closed Captioning Panel NOTE Any changes to the closed captioning settings can cause a momentary interruption 5 11 1 Closed Captioning Controls CC CDP Output This parameter will enable closed caption handling for module On When turned On any closed captioning will be extracted from the input signal and mapped to the designated CDP write ...

Page 51: ...be mapped CEA708 Service 3 4 CC1 will be mapped CEA708 Service 4 5 CC1 will be mapped CEA708 Service 5 6 CC1 will be mapped CEA708 Service 6 7 CC1 will be mapped CEA708 Service 7 8 CC1 will be mapped CEA708 Service 8 9 CC1 will be mapped CEA708 Service 9 10 CC1 will be mapped CEA708 Service 10 11 CC1 will be mapped CEA708 Service 11 12 CC1 will be mapped CEA708 Service 12 13 CC1 will be mapped CEA...

Page 52: ...d to be passed through the module The Mapped ANC Pass Thru provides a parameter set to fully define how each ANC packet will be routed from input to output This includes Packet Location HANC or VANC output line numbers and interlaced to progressive and progressive to interlaced ANC data mapping Key Functional Notes of Mapped ANC PassThru Supported for all valid input and output video standard comb...

Page 53: ...gion of the output video ANC Packet Field 1 Output Line This control will set the Field 1 output line of the ANC packet to be passed through The valid range for the ANC Packet Field 1 Output Line is from line 9 to line 41 The default value is 10 ANC Packet Field 2 Output Line This control will set the Field 2 output line of the ANC packet to be passed through The valid range for the ANC Packet Fie...

Page 54: ...mode of operation is designed for the use case when the input video standard and output video standard are identical Additionally Direct ANC Pass Thru will also support passing SD VBI waveforms from input to output All packets that are processed by the module itself For example Source ID are safely blocked from passing from input to output while operating in Direct ANC Pass Thru Key Functional Not...

Page 55: ...Output The GPO Force Output control is used to force the GPO pin output It can be enabled set to ON when the GPIO type is set to output When it is set to ON this parameter value will override all other logic that can drive the GPO pins GPI Status The GPI Status monitor allows for quick reference to determine if the GPIO has been enabled 5 14 IP Figure 5 19 WebEASY IP Panel 5 14 1 Control IP Config...

Page 56: ...5 20 WebEASY Presets Panel 5 15 1 Preset Control The 7814UDX 4K series of converters can manage 10 user presets These 10 presets can store the complete set of card controls NOTE There may be a slight disturbance in the operation of the card while the new preset is being recalled Recall Preset This control is used to initiate of the card configuration from one of the user presets or reset the card ...

Page 57: ... settings and press the Apply button There are 10 presets to which the user can store None No Presets will be stored Preset 1 Store to User Preset 1 Preset 2 Store to User Preset 2 Preset 3 Store to User Preset 3 Preset 4 Store to User Preset 4 Preset 5 Store to User Preset 5 Preset 6 Store to User Preset 6 Preset 7 Store to User Preset 7 Preset 8 Store to User Preset 8 Preset 9 Store to User Pres...

Page 58: ...ll the user preset 1080p 59 94 425M Level B When 1080p 59 94 425M Level B input video is detected recall the user preset 1080p 50 425M Level A When 1080p 50 425M Level A input video is detected recall the user preset 1080p 50 425M Level B When 1080p 50 425M Level B input video is detected recall the user preset Table 5 1 Presets Input Video Standard Preset Triggers GPI Preset Trigger This control ...

Page 59: ...Page 49 5 17 PRODUCT STRING This section allows the user to change the product string In order to change the product string enter the new product string followed by a space followed by the 4 digit checksum and then click Apply Figure 5 22 WebEASY Product String Panel ...

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Page 61: ...1 and Figure 6 2 provide the locations of the jumpers and LEDs on the 7814UDX 4K series boards MODULE STATUS Serial J3 Frame Status ON OFF J7 Figure 6 1 Location of Jumpers Top View Main Module POWER SUPPLY KEY MUST BE INSTALLED WITH 7700PS Figure 6 2 Location of Jumpers Bottom View Main Module ...

Page 62: ...ries of modules can be installed in either the 7700FR C or the 7800FR frames These modules are designed to take two slots in the Evertz 7800FR frame and three slots in the 7700FR C Modules can fit into two slots in a 7800FR frame because the 7800FR allows modules to consume more power on a per slot basis than the Evertz 7700FR C When a 7814UDX 4K series module is installed in the 7700FR C the modu...

Page 63: ...f the web page for the 7814UDX 4K series modules there is a button labelled Upgrade The Upgrade tab is used to check current firmware version and upload the latest firmware Figure 7 1 WebEASY Upgrade Button on Top Menu Bar Selecting the Upgrade tab will take the user to Figure 7 2 where the current firmware version is shown Should the firmware version be outdated the user needs to download the fir...

Page 64: ...e 54 Revision 1 2 Click choose file and browse to locate image file Once selected click open to advance to next step Click upgrade and watch progress bar for status Once completed the device will automatically restart Figure 7 3 WebEASY Firmware Upgrade Menu ...