EVS Synapse GFS100, Installation And Operation Manual

Page 1: ...Synapse GFS100 3Gb s HD and SD Frame Synchronizer with Optional Audio Shuffler Version 1 00 November 2021 INSTALLATION AND OPERATION MANUAL ...

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Page 3: ...rmational purpose and use only and subject to change without notice This manual cancels and replaces any previous versions thereof Copyright Copyright 2003 2021 EVS Broadcast Equipment SA All rights reserved This manual may not be reproduced transcribed stored in a database or a retrieval system translated into any language computer language transmitted in any form or by any means electronically m...

Page 4: ...o repair this product If a problem occurs contact your local EVS distributor NEVER expose this product to extremely high or low temperatures NEVER operate this product in an explosive atmosphere To reduce the risk of fire or electrical shock do not expose this appliance to rain or moisture This product complies with the requirements of the product family standards for audio video audio visual ente...

Page 5: ...e GFS100 110 Card 6 5 Settings Menu 8 5 1 System Settings 8 5 2 Inserter 11 5 3 Video Proc 14 5 4 Audio Proc Amp 15 5 5 Embedder 16 5 6 GPI Mode 18 5 7 Network 19 6 Status Menu 20 6 1 System Status 20 6 2 Net Status 23 7 Events Menu 24 8 LED Indication 26 9 Block Schematic 27 INSTALLATION AND OPERATION MANUAL Synapse GFS100 Contents iii ...

Page 6: ...nnector Panels 28 Appendices 30 Appendix 1 GPIs Explained 30 Appendix 2 Card Dip Switches for BHX and Fiber Configurations 35 GNU Public License 37 ICONOGRAPHY Note Tip Warning iv November 2021 Issue 1 00 C ...

Page 7: ...ed on the left margin to highlight information on updated features The changes linked to new features in version 1 00 of GFS100 110 are listed below SMPTE ST 352 Payload Identifier See section Inserter on page 11 INSTALLATION AND OPERATION MANUAL Synapse GFS100 What s New v ...

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Page 9: ...d settings Please refer to the RRC18 RRC10 RRC04 RRS18 and RRS04 manuals for a detailed description of the local control panel the way to set up remote control over IP and for frame related settings and status information Remote Control Capabilities The remote control options are explained in the rack controller RRC18 RRC10 RRC04 RRS18 RRS04 manual The method for connecting to a computer using Eth...

Page 10: ...se card can be placed vertically in an SFR18 frame or horizontally in an SFR04 and SFR08 frame Locate the two guide slots to be used slide in the mounted circuit board and push it firmly to locate the connectors Correct insertion of the card is essential as a card that is not located properly may show valid indicators but will not function correctly On power up all LEDs will light up for a few sec...

Page 11: ...an be found in later chapters of this manual Please refer to Graphical User Interface on page 1 and Events Menu on page 24 Front Panel Control Front Panel Display and Cursor Settings are displayed and changed as follows Use the cursor arrows on the front panel to select the menu and parameter to be displayed and or changed Move forward through the menu structure Go back through the menu structure ...

Page 12: ...Status Events The display changes to indicate that the SFS10 Settings menu item SDI Format has been selected and shows that its current setting is Auto Pressing the selects the Settings item shown in this example SDI Format Pressing or will change to a different setting e g Mode H Delay The display changes to indicate that the SFS10 Edit Setting menu item SDI Format has been selected To edit the s...

Page 13: ...tained within the Synapse module and displays it on a GUI The software has an intuitive structure following that of the module that it is controlling For operation of Cortex please refer to the Cortex help files Menu Structure Example Slot Module Item Parameter Setting S02 Identity S01 SFS10 Settings Standard dig Auto S00 RRC18 Status Mode 625 Events Ref Input 525 H Delay Further information about...

Page 14: ...g 1080p59 94 50 25 24 1080i59 94 50 720p59 94 50 SD525 626 Frame sync with output phase control in Frames Lines and pixels with respect to reference Delay setting are stored per output format for a constant latency operation 30 Frames delay offset per channel for all 1080 formats 60 Frames delay offset per channel for all 720 formats 125 Frames delay offset per channel for all SD formats 5 GPI inp...

Page 15: ... complete asynchronous switching at the input To ensure correct operation the F delay of the card needs to be 1 or higher so there is enough time to mask the error Applications GFS100 GFS110 Transmission output frame synchronizer with backup input General purpose post router autophaser GFS110 only Combining embedded audio channels of 2 inputs into 1 Block Schematic INSTALLATION AND OPERATION MANUA...

Page 16: ...t it is set to Manual IO_Prst_Act With this item you can manually change the currently active IO settings Can be any preset between 1 and 16 By default it is set to 1 All menu settings that are preceded by the prefix under the SYSTEM SETTINGS header are part of the preset IO_Prst_Edit Here you can select which of the 16 selectable IO settings presets you want to edit Changing this will not change ...

Page 17: ... can select the 3Gb s mapping in case the input format is 1080p50 or 1080p60 Can be manually set to Level A default or Level B You can also choose to set it to auto in which case the GDL will automatically detect whether the input is Level A or Level B Switch Back When this setting is set to on the input selection will switch when the active input is lost Set to off will not switch the input on in...

Page 18: ...ture of one Video Field or Frame depending on the setting Freeze_Mode The settings for Freeze are On or Off The default is Off Delay Status It is possible to display in the IODelayA and IODelayB the processing time of the card in the Status menu This setting allows you to switch this function On or Off default Lock Mode Lock Mode determines whether the card is locked to its input input 1 to the re...

Page 19: ...ack output Grey a gray output Green a green output Freeze 1 sec a freeze of the last field or frame for 1 second After 1 second the output framework is disabled Freeze 5 sec Same as Freeze 1 sec only holding the freeze frame field for 5 seconds The default setting is Freeze 5 2 Inserter This card can insert several data values in the VBI of the outputs With the following settings you can choose wh...

Page 20: ...setting enables you to set the bit depth to Narrow 8bits or Full 10bits When set to either Narrow default or Full it includes this data in the S352 packet This does not change anything in the picture S2016 Line With this setting you select a line in the VBI to where the AFD SMPTE 2016 data should be written Lines 0 till 31 are selectable By default it is set to line 17 Timecode_ins Here you can se...

Page 21: ... 3_0 through 4 3_7 and the settings from 16 9_0 through 16 9_7 Default is 4 3_0 WSS InsertA You can choose which type of WSS data you want to insert with this setting or switch WSS insertion entirely off default value You can set it to Standard or Extended With the WSS InsertA setting set to Extended you can select WSS extended values from the VI DataA setting which you want to be inserted Possibl...

Page 22: ...ed gain The control range is between 50 and 150 The default setting is 100 G GainA G GainA controls the Green gain The control range is between 50 and 150 The default setting is 100 B GainA B GainA controls the Blue gain The control range is between 50 and 150 The default setting is 100 BlackA BlackA controls the total R G B Black gain The range is between 128bit and 127bit The default setting is ...

Page 23: ...ng smart audio handling the selected groups in the following Grp A Sel and Grp B Sel setting item are de embedded The audio is routed through an audio gain stage and is re embedded in the selected group afterwards This is performed after the frame synchronizer When a video embedded audio frame needs to be rewritten or removed as a result of an asynchronous SD HD 3Gb s input the audio gain stage ra...

Page 24: ...set to Group1 EmbA1_Inp EmbA4_Inp With these settings you can select where the corresponding audio channels channel A1 till channel A4 of the outputs are coming from In this card you can choose to get the audio from the de embedder of SDI input 1 Demb SDI1 or SDI input 2 Demb SDI2 the embedder of the active input Demb Input dependent on the current active input from the ADD ON bus groups or to mut...

Page 25: ... bus Can be group1 group2 group3 or group4 You can also choose to not use these 4 audio channels for anything by setting this item to off By default it is set to Group2 EmbC1_Inp EmbC4_Inp With these settings you can select where the corresponding audio channels of the outputs are coming from In this card you can choose to get the audio from the de embedder of SDI input 1 Demb SDI1 or SDI input 2 ...

Page 26: ...audio will be de embedded towards the bus anymore not for any of the channels EmbD1_Inp_Ch EmbD4_Inp_Ch GFS110 only With these settings you can select which Channel of the selected input should be embedded to the corresponding output channel Can be any channel between Ch_1 and Ch_16 Defaults for C1 till C4 are respectively Ch_13 till Ch_ 16 EmbA1_Gain EmbD4_Gain GFS110 only Adjusts the gain for th...

Page 27: ...ghest closed GPI of the pool is activated GPI Prio B part of GPI B pool working in a priority manner highest closed GPI of the pool is activated GPI Prio C part of GPI C pool working in a priority manner highest closed GPI of the pool is activated Please refer to GPIs Explained for a more elaborate explanation of the GPI settings 5 7 Network Setting Description IP_Conf0 With this setting you can e...

Page 28: ...Inp1 This status item indicates the presence and format of a valid signal in input 1 This is displayed as 1080p60 720p60 1080i60 1080p50 720p50 1080i50 1080p30 720p30 1080p25 720p25 SD625 1080p24 720p24 SD525 1080p24sf NA sInp1_VI Displays the detected VI value found in input 1 This is displayed as follows 4 3_0 16 9_0 4 3_1 16 9_1 4 3_2 16 9_2 4 3_3 16 9_3 4 3_4 16 9_4 4 3_5 16 9_5 4 3_6 16 9_6 4...

Page 29: ...9_5 4 3_6 16 9_6 4 3_7 16 9_7 NA no WSS extended detected sInp1_s2016 This item displays the detected SMPTE 2016 AFD values of input 1 This is displayed as follows AFD0 AFD8 AFD1 AFD9 AFD2 AFD10 AFD3 AFD11 AFD4 AFD12 AFD5 AFD13 AFD6 AFD14 AFD7 AFD15 NA no S2016 detected sInp1_CRC_EDH This item indicates CRC and EDH errors on input 1 Can be OK Error NA sInp1_Map This indicates the mapping of the 3G...

Page 30: ...sInp3_WSS Stnd Displays the detected WSS standard value found in input3 CVBS input This is displayed as listed under sInp1_WSS Stnd sInp3_WSS Extnd Displays the detected WSS extended value found in input3 CVBS input This is displayed as listed under sInp1_WSS ext sInpCVBS This status item indicates the detected input format on the CVBS input This is displayed as one of the following values NTSC J ...

Page 31: ...of the last known output when the output format is 3Gb s 1080p50 or 1080p60 Can be Level A or Level B When the output format is not 1080p60 or 1080p50 this item indicates NA 6 2 Net Status Setting Description IP_Addr0 This item displays the status of the IP address It can be manual DHCP asking default DHCP Leased or DHCP Infin MAC0 This item displays the MAC address of the card IP0 This item displ...

Page 32: ...Input_A can be selected between 0 255 0 no event 1 255 is the priority setting Input_B Input_B can be selected between 0 255 0 no event 1 255 is the priority setting Ref Status Reference can be selected between 0 255 0 no event 1 255 is the priority setting Active_Out_A Active output A can be selected between 0 255 0 no event 1 255 is the priority setting What Information is Available in an Event ...

Page 33: ... on 81hex Announcements off Announcement of report and control values Input_A 01hex INP_A_LOSS 81hex INP_A_RETURN Input A lost or returned Input_B 41hex INP_B_LOSS c1hex INP_B_RETURN Input B lost or returned Ref Status 02hex REF_LOSS 82hex REF_RETURN Reference lost or returned Active_Out_A 19hex IN_B OUT_A 99hex IN_A OUT_A Input B or input A on outputs A Priority The priority is a user defined val...

Page 34: ...dicates the presence of a valid SDI video signal on input B ANC Data LED Indicates the presence of embedded audio within the input signal Reference LED Indicates the presence of a valid reference signal on the selected reference input connector ref 1 or ref 2 Data Error LED This LED indicates a CRC error Connection LED This LED lights up after the card has initialized The LED lights up for 0 5 sec...

Page 35: ...9 Block Schematic INSTALLATION AND OPERATION MANUAL Synapse GFS100 9 Block Schematic 27 ...

Page 36: ...UT A HD SD SDI INPUT B HD SD SDI PROCESSED OUTPUT 1 HD SD SDI PROCESSED OUTPUT 2 GPI INPUT OUTPUT HD SD SDI PROCESSED OUTPUT 3 HD SD SDI PROCESSED OUTPUT 4 CVBS INPUT For fiber connectivity see www evs com Unused inputs and outputs must be terminated with the correct impedance Please refer to Card Dip Switches for BHX and Fiber Configurations in the Appendices before connecting any backpanel 28 No...

Page 37: ...GPI Pinning Pin Function 1 GPI in 1 2 GPI in 2 3 GPI in 3 4 GPI in 4 5 GPI in 5 6 GPI out 1 7 GPI out 2 8 Ground INSTALLATION AND OPERATION MANUAL Synapse GFS100 10 Connector Panels 29 ...

Page 38: ...Appendices Appendix 1 GPIs Explained 30 November 2021 Issue 1 00 C ...

Page 39: ...pool works in binary or priority mode Example 1 Two Pools in Binary Mode To control the up converter presets using Pool A Up_CtrlA set to GPI A and the output mode setting using Pool B Out mode Ctrl set to GPI B with both pools working in priority mode the GPIs have to be set up as follows Set GPI_1 to GPI Prio A Set GPI_2 to GPI Prio A Set GPI_3 to GPI Prio A Set GPI_4 to GPI Prio A Set GPI_5 to ...

Page 40: ...ly Example 2 One Pool in Binary Mode and One in Priority Mode Let s say we would like to control the up converter presets using Pool A Up_CtrlA set to GPI A in binary mode and the audio presets using Pool B Audio_Ctrl set to GPI B in priority mode We could do the following Set GPI_1 to GPI A Set GPI_2 to GPI A Set GPI_3 to Take A Set GPI_4 to GPI Prio B Set GPI_5 to GPI Prio B Pool A now consists ...

Page 41: ...t mode control using Pool C Out mode Ctrl set to GPI C also in priority mode We could do the following Set GPI_1 to GPI Prio A Set GPI_2 to GPI Prio A Set GPI_3 to GPI Prio B Set GPI_4 to GPI Prio B Set GPI_5 to GPI Prio C Pool A now consists of GPI 1 and GPI 2 in a priority mode controlling the Up converter preset Pool B now consists of GPI 3 and GPI 4 in priority mode controlling the audio prese...

Page 42: ...us GPI_4 Status Set Value 0 0 Audio Preset 1 1 0 Audio Preset 2 0 1 Audio Preset 3 1 1 Audio Preset 3 because highest takes priority Pool C now works as follows GPI_5 Status Set Value 0 A out only 1 B out only 34 November 2021 Issue 1 00 C ...

Page 43: ... you must first set the top side dip switch on the synapse board to ON This will pass 30 volt to the backpanel If this is not done the relays won t work at all Using BHX17b When using the backpanel with a bypass relay BHX17b you must first set the bottom side dip switch on the card to ON This will pass 5 volts to the backpanel If this is not done the relays won t work at all On the BHX17b itself t...

Page 44: ...to OFF default Will make the BHX backpanel switch after about 15 seconds from the moment the BHX backpanel detects the trigger signal from the connected Synapse card This setting will allow more time for complex synapse cards to finish initialization and stabilize proper signal processing before the backpanel switches over to the processed signal The OFF setting is recommended if the BHX backpanel...

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