PESA VIDBLOX 3G-NE RX, User Manual

Page 1: ...3G SL RX MODULE 3G NE RX MODULE HD 3G SDI TO DVI COMPONENT MEDIA EXTENDER CONVERTER USER MANUAL Publication 81 9059 0667 0 Rev C www PESA com ...

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Page 3: ...ER ALARMS AND LEDS 3 6 CHAPTER 4 SYSTEM SET UP AND CONFIGURATION 4 1 4 1 INTRODUCTION TO THE CATTRAX AND CATTRAX CUB CONTROL APPLICATION 4 1 4 2 INITIAL SET UP STEPS 4 2 4 3 NETWORK CONFIGURATION WITH CATTRAX 4 2 4 4 INSTALL CATTRAX CUB AND USB DRIVER ONTO THE HOST PC 4 4 4 5 CONNECT A VIDBLOX MODULE TO THE HOST PC THROUGH A USB PORT 4 6 4 6 START CATTRAX OR CATTRAX CUB APPLICATION 4 8 4 6 1 Devic...

Page 4: ...Y SCREEN 4 9 FIGURE 4 2 EXAMPLE DEVICES VIEW WINDOWS 4 10 FIGURE 4 3 EXAMPLE ALARMS AND EVENTS SCREEN 4 10 FIGURE 4 4 EXAMPLE VIDBLOX RX INFORMATION MENU SCREEN 4 11 FIGURE 4 5 STATUS DISPLAY TEXT BOXES 4 12 FIGURE 4 6 EXAMPLE INFORMATION DISPLAY SCREEN 4 13 FIGURE 4 7 EXAMPLE CONTROLS SCREEN 4 14 FIGURE 4 8 INPUT SELECTION DROP DOWN MENU 4 15 FIGURE 4 9 OUTPUT RESOLUTION DROP DOWN MENU 4 16 FIGUR...

Page 5: ...cument 1 2 WARNINGS CAUTIONS AND NOTES Throughout this document you should notice various Warnings Cautions and Notes These addendum statements supply necessary information pertaining to the text or topic they address It is imperative that audiences read and understand the statements to avoid possible loss of life personal injury and or destruction damage to the equipment These additional statemen...

Page 6: ... video in any of the formats listed below to a DVI or analog VGA RGB video signal at an output resolution selectable by the user If the input SDI video signal contains embedded audio the first two channels of digital audio group 1 are de embedded and available as two unbalanced analog audio output signals The Vidblox RX module can accept an input of any of the following SDI video formats from any ...

Page 7: ...dule provides full network connectivity and control capability through the module s Ethernet port using PESA s Cattrax graphical user interface control application running on a host PC supporting the Windows Operating System All operational commands and status monitoring functions are performed through either the supplied Cattrax Cub single module over USB or optional Cattrax Ethernet connectivity...

Page 8: ... just as a monitor device would to establish resolution refresh rate and other communication parameters EDID data is then encoded into the Vidblox data packet that is sent along with the SDI signal If the SDI signal is received by a Vidblox receiver module this data is decoded and used to communicate EDID data to the remote monitor device just as if the device were connected directly to the graphi...

Page 9: ...reo Audio Output 10 100 Ethernet Connectivity Using PESA s optional Cattrax control application Input Formats 720p 50 720p 59 94 720p 60 1080p 50 1080p 59 94 1080p 60 1080i 50 1080i 59 94 1080i 60 VB Link Vidblox RX Module Receives Standard Digital Video HD SDI or 3G SDI Input RX Fiber Inputs x2 Copper Inputs x2 Active if equipped with available SFP fiber receiver device Figure 2 2 Vidblox 3G SL R...

Page 10: ...with Vidblox are class 1 laser products that meet the safety regulations of IEC 60825 FDA 21 CFR 1040 10 and FDA 21 CFR 1040 11 Output Data Rate 1 5Gbps to 3 0Gbps Optical Input Wavelength Accepts 1270nm to 1610nm 1310nm optimal Input Power Min 20dBm Max 1dBm Loss Budget Approx 9dB assumes two optical couplers w 10km SM cabling Typical Operating Distances 9 125u estimated at 10Km 6 25 miles 50 125...

Page 11: ... output resolutions Signal Output Formats CEA 861 E DDWG 1 0 Output Data Rates 1 65 Gbps Output Color Depth 24bit DDC Protocol E EDID Emulated Hot Plug Detect Yes AUDIO OUTPUT SPECIFICATIONS Connector Style 3 5mm Mini Stereo Jack Audio Impedance 100 Ohms Unbalanced DC Coupled Input Level Line Level 3 7V p p max Maximum Level 10dBu Frequency Response 0 1dB 20Hz to 20kHz THD N 0 01 SNR 90dB Audio Bi...

Page 12: ...g 0 to 40 C 10 to 90 non condensing AC Adapter Input 100VAC to 240VAC 47 63Hz 1 2A max IEC plug AC Adapter Output 12VDC 7A max 1RU Rack Mount Kit Dimensions Weight 19 00 482 6 W X 6 25 158 75 D X 1 75 44 45 H 1 65lbs empty 3 65 lbs full 2RU Rack Mount Kit Dimensions Weight 19 00 482 6 W X 6 25 158 75 D X 3 50 88 90 H 2 00lbs empty 4 65 lbs full WARRANTY 3 Years Parts and Labor SAFETY AND COMPLIANC...

Page 13: ...onnection to a host PC running the Cattrax Cub controller application 3 2 INSTALLING VIDBLOX RECEIVER MODULES Receiver modules accept up to four 3G SL or two 3G NE inputs of SMPTE compliant 1080p 3G NE and 3G SL 720p 3G SL Only or 1080i 3G SL Only SDI video through chassis mounted BNC connectors and if equipped the SFP fiber receiver channels A video output in a user selectable DVI D or analog for...

Page 14: ...e fiber is acceptable for distances up to 400m BNC Connectors BNC connectors IN 1 and IN 2 IN on 3G NE modules provide two independent copper coaxial cable transport inputs one input on 3G NE modules for the SDI video signal Audio Out Audio output signals are available through this connector refer to Paragraph 3 3 Ethernet 3G SL Modules Only Standard RJ 45 connector for connecting Vidblox to a 10 ...

Page 15: ... and connect the power supply to a source of primary power When power is first applied to a receiver module observe the front panel status LEDs for proper operation as defined in Paragraph 3 4 3 3 VIDBLOX AUDIO CONNECTIONS The 3G SL receiver module provides a 3 5mm jack for connecting unbalanced stereo dual channel analog audio output signals to a destination point Audio is de embedded from channe...

Page 16: ...ite analog video VGA Output signal is VGA RGBHV analog video DVI Output signal is DVI digital video LOCK Currently this LED is not used with Vidblox RX module System Error LED System Error is a red LED that lights whenever a fault or alarm condition is detected within the Vidblox module SMPTE Video Signal Status LEDs When lit LEDs in this group indicate format and lock status of the HD 3G SDI digi...

Page 17: ...ive thumb screw on the front of the frame as shown in Figure 3 4 Install a power jumper between any of the four power output connectors and the input power connector on each Vidblox module as shown in Figures 3 3 and 3 5 Mount the extender frame in an equipment rack at this time if you chose to install the modules with the extender frame out of the rack Ensure at least 50 of the open air space on ...

Page 18: ...should ever fail The power distribution module contains two circuit boards each with one input power connector two output power connectors status monitor LEDs and audible alarm mode select pins In Figure 3 5 these are identified as Power Board 1 and Power Board 2 Even though the input power connector status LEDs and alarm jumpers are specific to board 1 or 2 all four output connectors are always p...

Page 19: ...tivated or deactivated for either or both power boards through the jumper pins to the right of the LEDs Power distribution modules are shipped from the factory with the audible alarm disabled Connect the jumper as shown in Figure 3 6 for the desired audible alarm function 1 2 3 1 2 3 Audible Alarm Off As Shipped for Jumper Storage Audible Alarm On Jumper Pins 1 2 Figure 3 6 Audible Alarm Jumper Se...

Page 20: ...lows monitoring and control of multiple systems and modules from the host PC over an Ethernet network Cattrax and Cattrax Cub are multi system applications that can communicate with and control many different types of PESA equipment Both versions incorporate data files for specific equipment into the software structure that contain equipment specific interface screens configuration parameters and ...

Page 21: ...discussed in Paragraph 4 3 If you will be using only network control and do not need to load Cattrax Cub continue to Paragraph 4 6 DO NOT connect a Vidblox module to the host PC until the USB driver is installed on the computer 4 3 NETWORK CONFIGURATION WITH CATTRAX In order for Cattrax to communicate with Vidblox modules and other PESA equipment on the facility network the network interface devic...

Page 22: ...lay window as follows Add allows you to add subnets to the list of those available Clicking the Add button opens the screen shown here Enter the first three octets of the subnet address you wish to add The fourth octet is by default entered as 255 to allow discovery of all possible PESA devices within the subnet Click OK to enter the parameters The new entry is added to the listing and the checkbo...

Page 23: ...ly connect any Vidblox unit to a USB port and allow Cattrax Cub to discover the module Install Cattrax Cub as follows 1 Locate the CD shipped with your Vidblox module and place it in the drive of the host PC 2 If the installation program does not automatically start navigate to the directory of the install CD and double click Setup exe The screen as shown on the right is displayed on the monitor 3...

Page 24: ...on location or browse to another folder in which you wish to install the USB driver When the destination folder is correct click the Install button to proceed with driver installation 8 You will receive a message indicating that the software has not passed Windows Logo testing as shown to the right The USB driver files have been thoroughly validated Click Continue Anyway to continue 9 You will see...

Page 25: ...g system to interface Vidblox hardware to host PC 1 Apply power to the Vidblox module by connecting the external power supply to the module and to a source of primary power 2 Connect the supplied USB cable first to the module and then into an open USB port on the host PC as shown by the illustration to the left 3 After a brief pop up from the taskbar the Found New Hardware window as shown below ma...

Page 26: ...lect the first option Install the software automatically recommended and click on the next button to continue 7 You will receive a message indicating that the software has not passed Windows Logo testing as shown to the right The USB driver files have been thoroughly validated Click Continue Anyway to continue 8 During driver software installation the prompt screen shown to the left is displayed T...

Page 27: ...ntaining the Cattrax Cub program files and clicking on the Cattrax Cub exe file When Cattrax either version is first started an application interface similar to the one shown in Figure 4 1 is displayed on the PC monitor If this is the first time Cattrax Cub has been started the display windows will all be empty until a PESA device is connected to the USB port and discovered for control If the appl...

Page 28: ...ation is established the module identity is displayed as a branch of the menu tree in bold letters as illustrated by the entry for Vidblox TX1 in the figure If the Show Active mode is selected only the active device is listed When the Show All view mode is selected the name of devices that have been discovered previously but are not currently connected to the host PC appear in the menu tree in gra...

Page 29: ...iew mode is selected the name of devices that have been discovered previously but are not currently under active control appear in the menu tree in gray letters and continue to appear in the menu trees until they are manually removed You may obtain more information on viewing modes and other operational features and functions of Cattrax by referring to the User Guide for the software application C...

Page 30: ... in the main display window as shown in Figure 4 4 Status and monitor information is updated for the selected module in real time If a Vidblox module is attached to the USB port of the host PC when Cattrax Cub is started the application automatically discovers the module and displays the identity of the connected module in bold letters in the Devices View window and the information screen for that...

Page 31: ...receiver module The numeric display shown in text box identifies video resolution of DVI VGA source signal applied to input of Vidblox transmitter module feeding SDI signal to receiver module Test Mode Identifies when video output of RX module is replaced with a user selectable test pattern enabled or when the test pattern mode is disabled Audio Source Displays source of audio output signal as de ...

Page 32: ...ier for the module in the Devices View window You may enter any name you wish to assign the module in the Alias text box Press the Enter key to initiate the name change User Text Fields User Text area contains four text boxes labeled User Text Field 1 2 3 and 4 Each box is a free text box that you may use to enter any data you wish concerning an individual Vidblox module Each box allows you to ent...

Page 33: ...y Figure 4 7 Figure 4 7 Example Controls Screen Input Selection Input Selection identifies the entry point selected for the incoming SDI video signal Selecting the arrow icon in the Input Port field opens a pull down menu of available options for selecting the desired input source as shown in Figure 4 8 Each option is introduced in the following paragraphs Click on the desired input selection meth...

Page 34: ...s long as the signal is present If Vidblox can not detect a signal at any of the four input ports the output signal from the module automatically defaults to a black screen In addition to auto mode Vidblox gives you the option of manually selecting any one of the connectors as the dedicated video input port When a dedicated input is selected Vidblox always takes its input from that connector If th...

Page 35: ...active input until the primary signal returns If an active input signal can not be found on any of the input ports the output signal from the module automatically defaults to a black screen Display Output Select Selecting the arrow icon in the Output Resolution text box opens a pull down menu of available output resolution selections for the DVI or analog output signal as shown in Figure 4 9 To ch...

Page 36: ... containing custom resolution data is received as the signal input to a Vidblox RX module with Auto Output Resolution mode selected the data is read by receiver module circuitry and the custom resolution parameters of the input signal to the TX module are selected as the output resolution for the DVI analog signal from the RX module If you wish to force the resolution of the output signal from the...

Page 37: ...es the original aspect ratio of input video is maintained in the output image Scale to Fit Scale to fit will up scale or down scale images to just fit within the selected output image resolution while maintaining the aspect ratio of the original image Black bars may appear on the output image in pillarbox fashion on the sides or letterbox fashion at the top and bottom of the image but not both Ful...

Page 38: ...To change selection click radio button corresponding to desired format selection from the following options Auto Auto is the default selection When the SDI input signal to the RX module is derived from a Vidblox TX module with an analog input signal Auto mode sets the format of the analog output signal the same as the input signal to the transmitter VGA Manually selects the format of the outgoing ...

Page 39: ...o Gain provides a slider control for gain adjustment of audio output from the Vidblox audio connector over a range of 30dB to 10dB The default value is zero 4 7 4 CONFIGURATIONS MENU Selecting the Configurations menu entry from the menu tree displays the screen shown by Figure 4 10 Figure 4 10 Example Configurations Screen 1 ...

Page 40: ...eplace video with selected test pattern on video output from the RX module Selecting Disabled removes test pattern and restores source video to output Figure 4 11 Example Configurations Screen 2 Audio Source Audio Source determines the source of the audio output signal from the RX module To change selection click radio button corresponding to desired audio source from the following options Embedde...

Page 41: ...available When DHCP is active the Static IP Information fields are shown inactive with a muted foreground as shown by the left hand illustration in Figure 4 12 Off With DHCP Off selected the Static IP Information fields are shown active with bold characters as shown by the right hand illustration in Figure 4 12 Network operating parameters for the RX module are obtained from data entered in these ...

Page 42: ...de you may select DHCP On by clicking the On radio button All fields of the Static IP Information window immediately display as inactive Click the Apply button and a pop up message is displayed asking you to verify the IP address change When the address change is complete the new network parameters are displayed in the Devices Properties window With Vidblox operating in DHCP Off mode you may modif...

Page 43: ...meters for standard and many non standard video resolutions It is possible that you may encounter a device attached to the RX module video output signal that does not operate at any of the resolutions contained in the internal look up table To accommodate such occurrences Vidblox allows you to configure up to three custom parameter sets for specific video output signals that are configured and sav...

Page 44: ...ical resolution and sync timing These parameters may be followed by one or more optional flag entries that specify sync polarity and other characteristics Modeline data is always presented in the following syntax Label Pclk Hdisp Hsyncstart Hsyncend Htotal Vdisp Vsyncstart Vsyncend Vtotal flags Flags optional HSync HSync VSync VSync Interlace DoubleScan CSync CSync CSync Here s an example modeline...

Page 45: ...ifies back porch timing and can be calculated as Htotal Hsyncend X 1 Pclk x 106 Hz The next line of video begins with the next pixel clock cycle 1200 Vertical Display Vdisp Vdisp indicates the vertical resolution line count of 1200 but may also be interpreted as a timing factor and used to calculate the time required to draw the entire visible portion of the display In this example there are 1200 ...

Page 46: ...e assigned a user determined name in addition to its assigned Custom Resolution number Once you have entered the parameters for a custom resolution saving the configuration writes the data into the internal look up table Whenever you have an output device or destination that requires the non standard video resolution you may select any of the configured and saved resolutions through the Display Ou...

Page 47: ...a starting point for entering resolution data based on existing valid resolutions The pull down menu contains a listing of resolutions in the current Vidblox look up table as shown by Figure 4 15 You may select any resolution listed and the corresponding data stream parameters for that resolution are entered in the custom modifiable Horizontal and Vertical fields If you are entering custom data fo...

Page 48: ... horizontal and vertical pixel data and vertical refresh rate In Vidblox terminology Pixel Frequency equates to the Pclk parameter in modeline notation If you are entering data from a modeline the given parameters are entered into the custom resolution fields as follows Modeline Notation Horizontal Grid Entry Field Hdisp Active Pixels Hsyncstart H Sync Start Hsyncend H Sync End Htotal Total Pixels...

Page 49: ...d to verify the request before the reload operation is performed Clicking the Save box writes all entries in all modifiable fields of the Change Resolution grid plus the friendly name you entered to internal memory and the resolution look up table You will be prompted to verify the request before the save operation is performed 4 7 6 INPUT VIDEO STATUS SCREEN Text data on the Input Video Screen di...

Page 50: ...VIDBLOX 3G SL AND 3G NE RX MODULE Publication 81 9059 0667 0 Rev C March 2011 Proprietary Information of PESA 4 31 Figure 4 16 Example Input Video Status Screen ...

Page 51: ...f present in the Vidblox module This menu provides status monitoring data for each channel of SFP device An example Fiber Module Status screen is shown by Figure 4 17 Figure 4 17 Example Fiber Module Status Screen Fiber Module Information There are three text boxes in the Fiber Module Information window Vendor Name Identifies manufacturer of SFP module by name Part No Identifies manufacturer s par...

Page 52: ...tatus Indicates if optical input signal is present OK or absent Error at indicated channel of fiber receiver module Temperature Direct analog readout of current operating temperature of receiver device associated with indicated channel of fiber module Power Direct analog power readout in dBm of optical input signal entering indicated channel of SFP receiver module 4 7 8 HARDWARE STATUS MENU Select...

Page 53: ...VIDBLOX 3G SL AND 3G NE RX MODULE Publication 81 9059 0667 0 Rev C March 2011 Proprietary Information of PESA 4 34 Figure 4 18 Example Hardware Status Screen ...

Page 54: ...p alarm triggers an alert in Alarms and Events panel of Cattrax Cub control application Selected threshold temperature is displayed in box beside slider Factory default threshold temperature is 70 C Default temperature is selected by a right mouse click in temperature readout box and clicking Reset option or when a board reset is initiated through Factory Reset function on Configurations screen Op...

Page 55: ...or high 4 8 UNINSTALLING CATTRAX If it should ever be necessary to remove Cattrax or Cattrax Cub from the host PC the application provides an uninstall function that can be accessed through the program folder in the Start menu of the Windows operating system For additional information refer to the Cattrax User Guide 4 9 UPDATING VIDBLOX FIRMWARE Cattrax and Cattrax Cub both provide a download func...

Page 56: ... may void your warranty PC boards in this equipment contain Surface Mount Technology SMT components Special tools and skills are required to replace these components without causing damage to adjacent areas Failure to consult with Customer Service before attempting to repair these boards may void your warranty 5 4 REPLACEMENT PARTS Only parts of the highest quality are used in the design and manuf...

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