ChannelPort specifications
Table 8-12: Video I/O
Specification
Details
SD: SMPTE 259M
HD: SMPTE 292M
8100 modules: 6 75 ohm BNC female connectors
8200 modules: 8 DIN 1.0/2.3 connectors
Note: The SMPTE specifications refer to BNC connectors only.
However, the DIN connectors on the 8200 module are electrically
equivalent to the specifications.
8100 module Standard
Channel
• Single video input per channel
• Dual video outputs per channel with independently configurable up/
down/cross-conversion
8100 module Enhanced
Channel
• Dual video inputs per channel
• Dual video outputs per channel with independently configurable up/
down/cross-conversion
8200 module Standard
Channel (depends on
configuration)
• 1 - 2 video inputs per channel
• 2 - 3 video outputs per channel with independently configurable up/
down/cross-conversion
8200 module Enhanced
Channel (depends on
configuration)
• 4 - 6 inputs per channel
• 2 - 4 video outputs per channel with independently configurable up/
down/cross-conversion
Table 8-13: Conversion
Specification
Detail
Up Conversion
• Configurable pillarbox, crop, anamorphic.
• EIA-608 captions translated to EIA-708.
• Line 21 OP-42 subtitles translated to OP-47
Down Conversion
• Configurable letterbox, crop, anamorphic
• EIA-608 compatibility bytes extracted from EIA-708 data to create
EIA-608 captions.
• OP-47 subtitles translated to line 21 OP-42
Up/Down/Cross
720p to 1080i
10801 to 720p
Table 8-14: SD-SD Aspect Ratio Converter (ARC)
Specification
Details
RP-186 AFD
SMPTE-2016,
ATSC A/53
• 16:9 SD to 4:3 Letterbox (Vertical Decimation)
• 16:9 SD to Full Screen (Horizontal Interpolation)
• 16:9 SD to Crop 14:9 (Vertical Decimation, Horizontal Interpolation)
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