Eyeheight AR-2n, User Manual

Page 1: ...AR 2n Multimode Aspect Ratio Converter in a desktop chassis with software control application user manual eyeheight ...

Page 2: ...507 487 remapping nd fixed hd audio CRC error 06 08 2008 AR 2 V103 AR 2 S106 AR 2MD F101 V101 fixed numerous issues with VIPER build 100 rest no change 02 10 2008 AR 2MD V104 AR 2MD S117 AR 2MD F113 V106 HD audio fixed many software changes many viper changes 14 10 2008 AR 2MD V105 AR 2MD S118 AR 2MD F113 V106 Fixed issue with GPI changes setting variable in incorrect bank 22 10 2008 AR 2MD V106 A...

Page 3: ...0 2 3 1 Toolbar 10 2 3 2 Device Info 11 2 3 3 Status Bar 11 2 3 4 Display Buttons 11 2 3 5 Rotary Controls 12 2 3 6 Next Previous Buttons 12 2 4 Menu Navigation 12 2 4 1 Go To Another Menu 13 2 4 2 Single Parameter Adjustment 13 2 4 3 Double Or Triple Parameter Adjustment 13 2 4 4 Information Display 13 2 5 Connecting the AR 2n using an FP 9 13 2 5 1 Flexipanel controls 15 2 5 2 Device Buttons 15 ...

Page 4: ...ing up the transition parameters 23 4 4 7 Setting the power on default values 24 4 5 Advanced AR 2N control 24 4 5 1 Adjusting the output picture dimensions 24 4 5 2 Adjusting the input picture blanking 25 4 5 3 Setting the Audio delay 25 4 5 4 Adjusting the advanced video options 26 4 5 5 Auto ARC mode and the Clear all vars function 27 4 5 6 Saving a user memory 28 4 5 7 Viewing a saved memory 3...

Page 5: ...2n Front top and Rear below 7 2 1 Diagram showing the power and data connections 9 2 2 LE 2n Power and control connection using an FP 9 14 Figure 2 3 Flexipanel FP 9 controls 15 Figure 2 4 Types of menus showing their characteristic colours 15 Figure 3 1 Video connections to the AR 2N 17 Figure 3 2 AR 2n Connections 17 Figure 4 1 UK keyboard reference diagram 18 Figure 6 1 Typical GPI Input 71 Fig...

Page 6: ...e without the complex and more expensive infrastructure of an etherbox 1RU rack mount chassis FB 9E and 1RU operational panel FB 9 The AR 2n ARC card is operated by a java software application for PC or MAC Connection is via a supplied USB lead Figure 1 1 Figure 1 1 Nanobox chassis with worldwide PSU and USB Cable 1 2 The AR 2n product The AR 2n is a single channel aspect ratio converter and up do...

Page 7: ...l sales eyeheight com Blanking adjustments Integrated embedded audio delay which compensates for internal and external picture delay settable from a control panel InvisiARC technology for discrete aspect ratio switching Advanced filter controls including Mosquito Noise Reduction and Block Artefact Removal Figure 1 2 The AR 2n Front top and Rear below ...

Page 8: ...tandard ethernet cable with RJ 45 connectors user supplied is also required to connect the FP 9 panel to the AR 2n The AR 2n will always be shipped in mode 1 Soft Panel unless the customer specifies otherwise DO NOT CONNECT THE SUPPLIED USB RJ45 CABLE TO THE FRONT RJ45 LABELLED PANEL THIS COULD RESULT IN DAMAGE TO THE UNIT You cannot operate the softpanel and an FP 9E Flexipanel at the same time 2...

Page 9: ...Installing the software The software is provided on an eyeheight USB flash drive which is supplied with the LE 2n The softPanel application requires no installation itself Simply run softpanel jar However it requires three platforms to be in place already Java Runtime Environment Java 5 or later RxTx serial drivers for Java see below USB to serial drivers For full installation instructions please ...

Page 10: ...to increase the size at the expense of the resolution Multi Device Mode If you are using the softPanel with a nanoBox NB 9 you will not need to set this option This option should be set if you are using the softPanel with an etherBox FB 9E to control more than one product as you would a standard panel FP 9 Tools o Refresh The softPanel will request a menu refresh from the active device It will als...

Page 11: ...Bus communication network Host Alias Sometimes known as the username this is a user definable identification saved to the product Software The version of software that the device is running By convention this is commonly formed from product name release date version number S N Serial Number of the device This uniquely identifies the product Status This control will display according to the status ...

Page 12: ...ay above it When a rotary control is not enabled its marker will be grey When it is in use the marker will be white and it will respond to the mouse pointer when hovered over it Not enabled Enabled Mouse hovered over centre Mouse hovered over minus button Mouse hovered over plus button Click the plus button to rotate clockwise increment Click the minus button to rotate anti clockwise decrement The...

Page 13: ... a button press is most natural Use the Rotary Controls to adjust the parameter in the respective Display Button The direction and speed of rotation enable numeric values to be set easily 2 4 3 Double Or Triple Parameter Adjustment A red menu is one in which there are two or three adjustable parameters In this case it is necessary to first select the menu by pressing the red Display Button When th...

Page 14: ...ed for operation with a soft panel In the unlikely event that the status light stays red then the system has found an error and it will need returning to the factory 2 2 LE 2n Power and control connection using an FP 9 The Ethernet cable must be 2M long or you may experience fading of the FP 9 display due to voltage drop from the power supply in the LE 2n If you wish to mount the FP 9 panel very r...

Page 15: ... LCD button as below coloured orange This is more common and will take you straight to a relevant set of menus Examples are the Play and UTILS menu s shown on Figure 8 2 5 4 Parameter adjustment of a green menu A green menu is one in which there is only one adjustable parameter There are two ways to adjust the parameter in a green menu 1 Press the green LCD button This will increment the value in ...

Page 16: ...le parameters In this case it is necessary to first select the menu by pressing the red button When the red button is pressed it will turn green and either two or three of the rotary digipot LEDS will flash indicating that the respective rotary digipot will operate the respective parameter 2 5 6 Information display A Yellow menu Which on most panels does look a light orange is one in which only in...

Page 17: ...2n This unit requires HD SDI or SDI digital video connections to the BNC connectors Figure 3 1 Video connections to the AR 2N The main video connections to the AR 2n are shown above The Main Out 1 and Main Out 2 are the main ARC outputs They are functionally identical to each other The In 1 Loop is a reclocked input loop output Four GPI s can be used to recall user memories Figure 3 2 AR 2n Connec...

Page 18: ...in length Click the Send button to send the message The Status Bar will display a confirmation or error message to acknowledge success or failure Click the Cancel button to return to the normal menu window 4 2 Messaging with an FP 9 Plug in a PS 2 Keyboard into a Flexipanel and select the appropriate processor card with a device button See Error Reference source not found for connector location Hi...

Page 19: ...the output video standard Setting the output video standard is done via the below menu which is found under Utils Video Output When menu window 3 is selected Digipot A will change the output video definition Digipot B will toggle between Progressive and Interlaced output Digipot C will select the output video frame rate It is advisable to make changes to this menu slowly as the display can lag sli...

Page 20: ...locked to prevent them being changed Loading a memory is also locked When Bypass mode is subsequently turned off the previous settings for the above are re loaded automatically Note that Bypass mode cannot be enabled if no valid input video is present All changes to this menu are saved as they are made so if the unit loses power for any reason it will keep the same video standard it had before it ...

Page 21: ... this case memory 11 ARC off is loaded To load a different menu pressing the Select button will show the first in a series of menus that show the memories Use the next and prev buttons on the panel to navigate to other memories A memory that is not valid for the current input video standard will be locked The preset memories in order are 1 16F16 to 16L12 2 16F16 to 14L12 3 16F16 to 12F12 4 12F12 t...

Page 22: ... afterwards as described above Note that if a memory is not valid the apply button will be locked 4 4 4 Setting up the GPIs The GPIs on the AR 2N are used solely to load memories Setting the GPIs uses the following menus which are found under Utils Global Setup GPI O There are a few of things to note LH stands for the Low to High transition and HL stands for the High to Low transition If an LH or ...

Page 23: ...bedded video signalling parameters The AR 2N can be set up to load different user memories automatically upon detection of embedded video switching signals The menu used to set this feature up is shown below which is found under Utils Global Setup Sgnllng There are 4 different modes VI AFD or AR WSS UK or ETSI The 8 different values of each mode are set up using menu window B in the following way ...

Page 24: ...ame Black fade transitions take a minimum of 3 frames to complete All changes to this menu are saved as they are made and will not be lost if the unit loses power for any reason 4 4 7 Setting the power on default values The AR 2N constantly stores any changes made to all settings under the global setup menu so if the unit loses power these settings will automatically be restored These values are G...

Page 25: ... found under Utils Blank The blanking is defined as the number of pixels in from the edge of the input video picture that you want to be blanked off T is the number of pixels of blanking from the top of the picture B is the number of pixels from the bottom of the picture L is the number of pixels from the left edge of the picture R is the number of pixels from the right edge of the picture By defa...

Page 26: ...e AR 2N automatically selects the applicable correction for the current input signal using the level set by the user Menu window B adjusts the Block Artefact Reduction level This reduces the block edges produced by DCT based compression processing BAR can be applied to any interlaced or progressive input signal Menu window C adjusts the Mosquito Noise Reduction level which dynamically adapts to im...

Page 27: ...pness and texture enhancement If this is set to on edge sharpening and texture enhancement is applied to the Y Luma channel only If set to off edge sharpening and texture enhancement is applied to RGB channels independently Menu window B sets the Noise Adaption threshold value This setting will limit the effect of the edge sharpening and texture enhancement settings in areas of video that are nois...

Page 28: ...button will set the following Input Picture Blanking to zero All Noise Reduction values to zero Edge Sharpening disabled and all sharpness settings to zero Texture Enhancement disabled and all texture settings to zero Sh Txt Y ch only to off and the NA threshold value to zero Audio delay to the default for the current input video standard The menu will briefly display the message all vars cleared ...

Page 29: ...the operation is complete All 18 characters of a memory name can be changed To change the name of the memory you will need to use the controls in menu window A Digipot A will change the position to be saved from position 1 top left to position 18 bottom right Position 7 is the beginning of the middle line The currently selected position will show an inverted cursor to make it more obvious which va...

Page 30: ...he first of which will look similar to that shown below If the output video info displays No Video Output the user memory being viewed has not been saved to and contains invalid data the input video info will display the same message To navigate through the saved data display you will need to use the next and prev buttons on the panel to cycle through the 6 nested menus which all display data save...

Page 31: ...hen using this method to load a memory 4 6 The software upgrade process Navigate to the following menu under Softw r Ver ns Pressing UPGRDE SOFTWR NOW will display the following set of menus Pressing YES will display the following set of menus The unit will be set into the state where it can be field upgraded using the Flasher software which can be downloaded from our web site www eyeheight com 4 ...

Page 32: ... the chassis It is usual for the product not to respond for up to a minute while settings are loaded Pressing FACTRY RESET will display the following set of menus Pressing YES will restore all the factory default settings and will clear all the memories WARNING Performing a factory reset will permanently erase all user memories that have been stored as well as erasing the current power on default ...

Page 33: ...ding section are the factory set default values which will be restored if a factory reset is ever performed Menus 00 03 Main Menu Set 1 2 Menu Num Heading Function 0 Bypass mode This menu toggles bypass mode between 0 OFF 1 ON See section 4 4 2 for an in depth explanation of this function 1 Active ARC memory This is a display for the currently loaded memory being used by the AR 2N 2 Video Input Th...

Page 34: ...us 128 131 Menus 08 11 Change Active Memory 1 8 Menu Num Heading Function 8 Load memory 16F16 to 16L12 Pressing this button will load memory 1 of 64 which is a preset memory which cannot be overwritten This will change the panel display to please wait and will return after a short delay to the ARC Memory Select Top Menus Go To Menus 04 07 9 Load memory 16F16 to 14L12 Pressing this button will load...

Page 35: ... To Menus 04 07 Pressing the next button on the panel will take you to the next menu in the nested menu sequence Go To Menus 12 15 Menus 12 15 Change Active Memory 2 8 Menu Num Heading Function 12 Load memory 12F12 to 12P16 Pressing this button will load memory 4 of 64 which is a preset memory which cannot be overwritten This will change the panel display to please wait and will return after a sho...

Page 36: ...ARC Memory Select Top Menus Go To Menus 04 07 15 Back Pressing this button takes you to the previous level of menus Go To Menus 04 07 Pressing the next button on the panel will take you to the next menu in the nested menu sequence Go To Menus 16 19 Pressing the prev button on the panel will take you to the previous menu in the nested menu sequence Go To Menus 08 11 Menus 16 19 Change Active Memory...

Page 37: ...he ARC Memory Select Top Menus Go To Menus 04 07 18 Load memory 14P16 to 16F16 Pressing this button will load memory 9 of 64 which is a preset memory which cannot be overwritten This will change the panel display to please wait and will return after a short delay to the ARC Memory Select Top Menus Go To Menus 04 07 19 Back Pressing the button takes you to the previous level of menus Go To Menus 04...

Page 38: ...which is a preset memory which cannot be overwritten This will change the panel display to please wait and will return after a short delay to the ARC Memory Select Top Menus Go To Menus 04 07 22 Load memory User define mem01 Pressing this button will load memory 12 of 64 This will change the panel display to please wait and will return after a short delay to the ARC Memory Select Top Menus Go To M...

Page 39: ...o Menus 04 07 25 Load memory User define mem03 Pressing this button will load memory 14 of 64 This will change the panel display to please wait and will return after a short delay to the ARC Memory Select Top Menus Go To Menus 04 07 26 Load memory User define mem04 Pressing this button will load memory 15 of 64 This will change the panel display to please wait and will return after a short delay t...

Page 40: ... display to please wait and will return after a short delay to the ARC Memory Select Top Menus Go To Menus 04 07 29 Load memory User define mem06 Pressing this button will load memory 17 of 64 This will change the panel display to please wait and will return after a short delay to the ARC Memory Select Top Menus Go To Menus 04 07 30 Load memory User define mem07 Pressing this button will load memo...

Page 41: ... define mem08 Pressing this button will load memory 19 of 64 This will change the panel display to please wait and will return after a short delay to the ARC Memory Select Top Menus Go To Menus 04 07 33 Load memory User define mem09 Pressing this button will load memory 20 of 64 This will change the panel display to please wait and will return after a short delay to the ARC Memory Select Top Menus...

Page 42: ... Memory 8 8 Menu Num Heading Function 36 Load memory User define mem11 Pressing this button will load memory 22 of 64 This will change the panel display to please wait and will return after a short delay to the ARC Memory Select Top Menus Go To Menus 04 07 37 Load memory User define mem12 Pressing this button will load memory 23 of 64 This will change the panel display to please wait and will retu...

Page 43: ...ction 40 41 User memory 0 40 This button selects which user memory you want to load between memories 24 and 64 42 Apply This will load the memory selected in the above menu 41 This will change the panel display to please wait and will return after a short delay to the ARC Memory Select Top Menus Go To Menus 04 07 Note If the memory selected is not valid this menu icon will be locked 43 Back Pressi...

Page 44: ...ut if no valid video is detected 47 Back Pressing the button takes you to the previous level of menus Go To Menus 148 151 Menus 48 51 Video Output Menus Menu Num Heading Function 48 49 50 50 Output Video Standard This menu selects the output video standard Details of this menu can be found in section 4 4 1 51 Back Pressing the button takes you to the previous level of menus Go To Menus 148 151 Men...

Page 45: ...quito Noise Removal This changes the mosquito noise reduction level that is applied to the output video range 0 off to 63 maximum noise reduction 55 Back Pressing the button takes you to the previous level of menus Go To Menus 152 155 Menus 56 59 Edge Sharpness menus Menu Num Heading Function 56 Edge Sharpness Adjustment This menu adjusts the level of edge sharpening applied to the output video An...

Page 46: ...level of texture enhancement applied to the output video An explanation of the Texture Enhancement feature is given in section 4 5 4 2 61 Texture Enhancement Level Adjustment This menu adjusts the level of texture enhancement applied to the output video 62 Texture Enable This menu enables or disables the texture enhancement effect If set to off the settings above are ignored and no texture enhance...

Page 47: ...aption threshold for the sharpness and texture effects Range is 0 no noise adaption to 63 full noise adaption 66 67 Back Pressing the button takes you to the previous level of menus Go To Menus 156 159 Menus 68 71 Aspect Ratio Menus Menu Num Heading Function 68 Output Picture Size This menu sets the Horizontal and Vertical output picture size in pixels 69 Output Picture Position This menu sets the...

Page 48: ...ked B is the number of horizontal lines from the bottom of the picture that will be blanked 73 Blanking This menu sets the amount of blanking applied to the input video source before processing in lines L is the number of vertical lines from the left of the picture that will be blanked R is the number of vertical lines from the right of the picture that will be blanked 74 75 Back Pressing the butt...

Page 49: ... the detection method specified in the Trigger menu above 76 mem is the number of the memory you want recalled for that signalling value val is the value that the memory specified will apply to A more in depth explanation is given in section 4 4 5 78 Target memory name This menu displays the name of the memory currently selected in menu 77 79 Back Pressing the button takes you to the previous leve...

Page 50: ...d explanation of how the GPIs work can be found in section 4 4 4 85 GPI 2 Setup This menu sets up the state of the on board GPI 2 86 GPI 3 Setup This menu sets up the state of the on board GPI 3 87 Back Pressing this button takes you to the previous level of menus Go To Menus 140 143 Pressing the next button on the panel will take you to the next menu in the nested menu sequence Go To Menus 88 91 ...

Page 51: ... on the panel will take you to the previous menu in the nested menu sequence Go To Menus 84 87 Menus 92 96 Select Save Memory Location Menus Menu Num Heading Function 92 Save settings to target memory This menu selects the target memory to be overwritten when the current settings are saved A more detailed explanation of saving user settings is given in section 4 5 6 93 Target memory name This menu...

Page 52: ... is the number used in the memory naming lookup table which determines the character used in the specified location The lookup table used is specified in section 4 5 6 97 Edited memory name This menu contains the name of the memory you are about to save which is updated constantly as it s changed using the controls in the above menu 96 98 Save memory Pressing this button will save the current sett...

Page 53: ...nge is 1 53 An explanation of this function is given in section 4 5 7 101 Selected memory name This is a display of the name of the currently selected memory you have selected to view 102 View Pressing this button takes you to the view memory set of menus which display all of the information stored in the selected memory Go To Menus 180 183 103 Pressing the button takes you to the previous level o...

Page 54: ...s level of menus Go To Menus 112 115 Menus 112 115 Software Versions Menus Menu Num Heading Function 112 AR 2N software version This displays the software version of the AR 2N as well as the date the software was created in the form dd mm yy 113 AR 2N video processing software version This displays the version of the video processing software used to control the hardware of the AR 2N as well as th...

Page 55: ...effect to power cycling Be aware that this will be likely to cause temporary loss of output video while the unit loads the new settings The AR 2N will return to the top level menu in 20 30 seconds 117 Factory Reset Pressing this button will take you to the factory reset confirmation menu Go To Menus 120 123 118 119 Back Pressing the button takes you to the previous level of menus Go To Menus 164 1...

Page 56: ...erasing the current power on default setting 123 Back Pressing the button takes you to the previous level of menus Go To Menus 116 119 Menus 124 127 Misc Global Settings Menus Menu Num Heading Function 124 Auto Arc Manipulation This menu sets the desired output of the auto arc mode A detailed explanation of this setting is given in section 4 5 5 125 Clear all vars Pressing this button will reset n...

Page 57: ...nu Go To Menus 04 07 129 Utilities sub menu Pressing this button will take you to the first of the utilities menus Go To Menus 132 135 130 Memories versions and resets menu Pressing this button will take you to the Software menu Go To Menus 164 167 131 Back Pressing the button takes you to the previous level of menus Go To Menus 00 03 Menus 132 135 Utilities Menu 1 2 Menu Num Heading Function 132 ...

Page 58: ... to the next menu in the nested menu sequence Go To Menus 136 139 Menus 136 139 Utilities Menu 2 2 Menu Num Heading Function 136 Audio menu Pressing this button will take you to the Audio Menus Go To Menus 80 83 137 Film menu Pressing this button will take you to the Film mode menus Go To Menus 216 219 138 Global Settings menu Pressing this button will take you to the Global Setup Menus Go To Menu...

Page 59: ...will take you to the Signalling Menus Go To Menus 76 79 142 Transitions menu Pressing this button will take you to the Transitions Menus Go To Menus 208 211 143 Back Pressing this button takes you to the previous level of menus Go To Menus 136 139 Pressing the next button on the panel will take you to the next menu in the nested menu sequence Go To Menus 144 147 Menus 144 147 Global Setup Menus 2 ...

Page 60: ...o To Menus 140 143 Menus 148 151 Video Settings Menus Menu Num Heading Function 148 Video Input Menu Pressing this button will take you to the Video Input Menus Go To Menus 44 47 149 Video Output Menu Pressing this button will take you to the Video Output Menus Go To Menus 48 51 150 Advanced Video Menu Pressing this button will take you to the Advanced Video Settings Menus Go To Menus 152 155 151 ...

Page 61: ...ill take you to the Texture Enhancement menus Go To Menus 60 63 155 Back Pressing this button takes you to the previous level of menus Go To Menus 148 151 Pressing the next button on the panel will take you to the next menu in the nested menu sequence Go To Menus 156 159 Menus 156 159 Advanced Video Settings Menus 2 2 Menu Num Heading Function 156 Advanced Video Misc Menu Pressing this button will...

Page 62: ...ation Menus Go To Menus 92 96 161 View Memory Menu Pressing this button will take you to the View Memory Select Menus Go To Menus 100 103 162 163 Back Pressing the button takes you to the previous level of menus Go To Menus 164 167 Menus 164 167 Software Menus Menu Num Heading Function 164 Memories Menu Pressing this button will take you to the Memories Menus Go To Menus 160 163 165 Software Versi...

Page 63: ...height com Menus 116 119 167 Back Pressing the button takes you to the previous level of menus Go To Menus 128 131 Menus 168 171 Software Upgrade In Progress Menu Menu Num Heading Function 168 169 170 171 Menus 172 175 Performing Operation Menu Menu Num Heading Function 172 173 174 175 PLEASE WAIT AR 2 FILE TIMES IS UPG IS REC OUT IN RADING EIVED 3 MINS IF NO IT ...

Page 64: ...n the user memory 182 183 Output Video Standard This shows the Output Video Standard stored in the user memory next button on panel This will cycle to the next menu in the nested menu loop Go To Menus 184 187 Menus 184 187 View Memory Display Menus 2 6 Menu Num Heading Function 184 Output Picture Size This shows the output video picture size stored in the user memory 185 Output Picture Position Th...

Page 65: ...us 188 191 prev button on panel This will cycle to the previous menu in the nested menu loop Go To Menus 180 183 Menus 188 191 View Memory Display Menus 3 6 Menu Num Heading Function 188 Edge Sharpening Level This shows the level of Horizontal and Vertical Edge Sharpening that is stored in the user memory 189 Edge Sharpening and Overshoot Control Levels This shows the levels of Diagonal Edge Sharp...

Page 66: ...Horizontal and Vertical Texture Enhancement that is stored in the user memory 193 Texture Enhancement and Overshoot Control Levels This shows the levels of Diagonal Texture Enhancement and Overshoot Control stored in the user memory 194 Texture Enhancement Enable This shows if Texture Enhancement is enabled or disabled in the user memory 195 Sharpness and Texture Noise Adaption Level This shows th...

Page 67: ...e user memory 198 Audio Delay This shows the audio delay amount in number of input fields delay as stored in the user memory 199 next button on panel This will cycle to the next menu in the nested menu loop Go To Menus 200 203 prev button on panel This will cycle to the previous menu in the nested menu loop Go To Menus 192 195 Menus 200 203 View Memory Display Menus 6 6 Menu Num Heading Function 2...

Page 68: ...to the previous menu in the nested menu loop Go To Menus 196 199 Menus 204 207 These menus are not usable by the user Menus 208 211 Transitions Menus Menu Num Heading Function 208 Cross Fade Transition Time This menu sets the time in frames that a transition between one memory and another will take the minimum value of which is one frame A detailed explanation of all settings for these menus is gi...

Page 69: ... black FU sets the Fade Up time 211 Back Pressing the button takes you to the previous level of menus Go To Menus 140 143 Menus 212 215 These menus are not usable by the user Menus 216 219 Film mode detection Menu Num Heading Function 216 Film mode auto detect This sets the state of the film mode detection software If set to on the video processor attempts to adapt to the video being fed into the ...

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Page 71: ...shown below 1 GPI 1 White Orange 2 GPI 2 Orange 3 GPI 3 White Green 4 GND Blue 5 RS232 TX White Blue 6 RS232 RX Green 7 Tally open collector White Brown 8 GPI 4 Brown Table 1 GPI Tally and RS232 pin out on RJ 45 Note that the Tally output is on a different pin compared to other genetics products fitted with an RJ 45 connector 6 1 1 GPI Inputs Figure 6 1 Typical GPI Input GPI s are normally activat...

Page 72: ...litter block which enables simultaneous use of the RJ45 for the comms and the RJ45 for the GPI s The Splitter has the following pin out which is also provided on a label on the splitter Figure 6 2 GPI Splitter Has 2 RJ 45 Sockets one for the Comms and one for the GPI s 1 DO NOT CONNECT White Orange 2 DO NOT CONNECT Orange 3 DO NOT CONNECT White Green 4 GND Blue 5 RS232 TX White Blue 6 RS232 RX Gre...

Page 73: ...OMPLETELY UNCONNECTED 6 2 Technical Specifications When in SDI mode SDI Inputs 270 Mbps 800mV p p 10 into 75Ω 1 Input to SMPTE 259M SDI cable equalisation At least 200m of PSF 1 3 Return loss better than 18dB 5 MHz 270 Mhz When in HD SDI mode HD SDI Inputs 1 845 Gbps 800mV p p 10 into 75Ω 1 Input to SMPTE 292M HD SDI cable equalisation At least 100m of Belden 1694A General Ancillary Data Passes al...

Page 74: ...1920x1080 23 98p 1920x1080 23 98psf 1920x1080 24p 1920x1080 24psf 1920x1080 25p 1920x1080 50i 1920x1080 29 97p 1920x1080 59 94i 1920x1080 30p 1920x1080 60i Supported Output Formats SD 625 525 HD 1280x720 23 98p 1280x720 24p 1280x720 25p 1280x720 29 97p 1280x720 30p 1280x720 50p 1280x720 59 94p 1280x720 60p 1920x1080 23 98p 1920x1080 24p 1920x1080 25p 1920x1080 50i 1920x1080 29 97p 1920x1080 59 94i...

Page 75: ...ly the format of the code is as follows PPAMM PP is a number usually 12 14 or 16 which describes the aspect ratio divided by 9 of the Viewable Picture when viewed correctly i e not distorted Note this does not include any Black which goes to make parts of the picture that have no picture content e g the black of the letterbox A is a letter describing the appearance of the Viewable Picture within t...

Page 76: ...other words a normal Widescreen picture To A picture that has a 16 9 appearance on a 4 3 monitor and looks like a letter box Some Common Aspect Ratios 16F16 A Normal Widescreen 16 9 Picture 12F12 A normal 4 3 Picture 16L12 A 16 9 Letterbox viewed on a 4 3 12 9 monitor 14L12 A 14 9 Letterbox viewed on a 4 3 12 9 monitor 12P16 A 4 3 picture viewed on a 16 9 monitor leaving black to the left and righ...