pro bel V6402 HD, User Manual

Page 1: ...1 VISTEK V6402 FRAME SYNCHRONISER V6404 DOWN CONVERTER V6406 UP CONVERTER V6408 CROSS CONVERTER and V6418 CONVERTER USER GUIDE www pro bel com...

Page 2: ...ons 16 2 3 Module and Environmental Specifications 17 2 4 Signal Specifications 17 2 5 Timing Adjustment Ranges 18 2 5 1 Synchroniser Mode 18 2 5 2 Delay Mode 19 2 5 3 Minimum Delay Intrinsic Delay 20...

Page 3: ...2 3 2 16 Version Numbers 32 3 2 17 Memory Size 32 3 2 18 Display Sleep 32 3 2 19 Display Brightness 32 3 3 Module Specific Functions 33 3 3 1 Manual Freeze 33 3 3 2 Timing Delay Control 33 3 3 3 Test...

Page 4: ...B 59 5 5 Configuration CONFIG 60 5 6 Video Proc Amp PROC AMP 63 5 7 Audio Handling AUDIO 64 5 8 Closed Captioning CCAPTION 65 6 APPENDIX A 66 6 1 Trouble Shooting Guide Frequently Asked Questions 66 6...

Page 5: ...data in the horizontal and vertical blanking intervals such as embedded Audio remain unaltered but can be also forced to be blanked A built in Test Pattern Generator TPG offers a choice of commonly u...

Page 6: ...down operation mode The V6418 performs the required up down or cross conversion according to the input output standards combination If the module comes with the Audio Handling AH option fitted embedd...

Page 7: ...izer VCO VCO TPG 20 Bit 20 Bit 20 Bit 20 Bit Ref CLK27 Internal I2C LVDS Video Out 3 pairs Data 1 pair Clock JTAG via Rear Panel Serial Control Bus 41 Style Front Panel Control Status Indication FPGA...

Page 8: ...Definition SMPTE Colloquial 1920x1080 60 2 1 274M 4 1080i60 1920x1080 59 94 2 1 274M 5 1080i59 1920x1080 50 2 1 274M 6 1080i50 1920x1080 30 1 1 274M 7 1080p30 1920x1080 29 97 1 1 274M 8 1080p29 1920x...

Page 9: ...ri Level 25Hz 50Hz 720p30 Tri Level 30Hz 60Hz 720p29 Tri Level 29 97Hz 59 94Hz 720p25 Tri Level 25Hz 50Hz 720p24 Tri Level 24Hz 720p23 Tri Level 23 98Hz 1035i60 Tri Level 30Hz 60Hz 1035i59 Tri Level 2...

Page 10: ...terbox 14 9 Letterbox 4 3 Centre Cutout 525i59 525i59 n a 625i50 625i50 n a Furthermore the V6404 HD Down Converter performs the colourspace conversion between the HD and the SD domain in accordance w...

Page 11: ...4 9 Centre Cutout 16 9 Centre Cutout Furthermore the V6406 HD Up Converter performs the colourspace conversion between the SD and the HD domain in accordance with the following standards ITU R BT 601...

Page 12: ...720p50 1080i50 1080i50 576p50 on a 720p50 transport 720p50 576p50 on a 720p50 transport 525i59 1080i59 525i59 1035i59 525i59 720p59 16 9 Anamorphic 4 3 Pillarbox 625i50 1080i50 14 9 Pillarbox 625i50 7...

Page 13: ...1080i60 720p60 1080i60 all 16 9 1080i59 1035i59 1035i59 1035i59 720p59 1035i59 1080i60 1035i60 1035i60 1035i60 720p60 1035i60 1080i50 720p50 720p50 1080i50 1080i50 576p50 on a 720p50 transport 720p50...

Page 14: ...he V6418 HD Converter performs the colourspace conversion between the SD and the HD domains when up or down converting in accordance with the following standards ITU R BT 709 5 HD ITU R BT 601 5 SD F...

Page 15: ...V6402 V6404 V6406 V6408 and V6418 HD converters HU V6402 4 6 8 18 15 2 INSTALLATION 2 1 Rear Panels For more details on the V6302 see the V6302 User Guide...

Page 16: ...SDI Video Input 1 HD SDI 2 BNC HD SDI Video Input 2 HD SDI LOOP BNC HD SDI Reclocked and Buffered Loop through Output HD SDI 1 BNC HD SDI Main Output 1 HD SDI 2 BNC HD SDI Main Output 2 GPIO BNC Gene...

Page 17: ...e 75 Ohm Return Loss 15dB 5MHz 1 5GHz Equal Cable Length 0 250m 270Mbps 0 100m 1 5Gbps Video Outputs 75 BNC Output Format SMPTE259M or SMPTE292M Output Impedance 75 Ohm Return Loss 15dB 5MHz 1 5GHz Ji...

Page 18: ...255 lines 1 frame 9 frames 1080sf24 0 to 37 04 s in 13 46ns steps 256 to 255 lines 2 fields 18 fields 1080sf23 0 to 37 07 s in 13 48ns steps 256 to 255 lines 2 fields 18 fields 720p60 0 to 22 22 s in...

Page 19: ...749 lines 5 frames 25 frames 720p59 0 to 22 24 s in 13 48ns steps 0 to 749 lines 5 frames 25 frames 720p50 0 to 26 67 s in 13 46ns steps 0 to 749 lines 4 frames 21 frames 720p30 0 to 44 44 s in 13 46n...

Page 20: ...1 720p59 to 1080i59 Cross Conv 720p50 to 1080i50 Cross Conv 720p59 to 1035i59 Cross Conv 2 Input Frames Hysteresis 2 Input Frames 1 line 38 pixels 1 525i59 to 1080i59 Up Conv 525i59 to 1035i59 Up Conv...

Page 21: ...s normal However it is important that the module is not plugged into one of Vistek s conventional units with significant force If so then it is possible to break off one of the locating lugs 2 6 2 Lin...

Page 22: ...ror message ERROR 10 The Flash Memory Card sits in a socket with a location peg to the right In case of a firmware upgrade one has to make sure that the replaced card sits firmly and straight in the s...

Page 23: ...dications of the unit REM Short blinks to indicate access by the DART controller if fitted It does not directly indicate that the unit is in remote control mode If the rack frame does not have a Rack...

Page 24: ...where it is When at any level the and buttons will move through the list of options or if in an actual variable such as Video Gain they will change the values If the unit is in Local control then the...

Page 25: ...pe and any options that are included The display will be one of these Unit type Password protected Option s Other options V6402 VP FD V6404 VP SY SV FD AH CP V6406 VP SY SV FD AH CP V6408 VP SY SV FD...

Page 26: ...ower case but with upper case first letters Parameter The lowest level under the Sub Menu and used to actually adjust a parameter The display will depend on the actual parameter and may be a value suc...

Page 27: ...ps should be taken from the current position Select Hold means that you should press and hold the select button for about half a second Action Display Comments Select Hold Ref Src UP to the Sub Menu l...

Page 28: ...gnal i e neither synchronised nor converted 3 2 3 SDI Main Outputs The main synchronised processed SDI output is available on two BNCs 3 2 4 Video Reference The external video reference is available f...

Page 29: ...r this means that the output is always legal in the sense of Line Length Field Length and data values In the main this works extremely well but there are some circumstances where it fails 1 If the out...

Page 30: ...o Ref I P the module continues operating in a free run mode if the external reference is invalid or absent Under the circumstances described above and depending on the setting of VIDEO RFL Mode Refere...

Page 31: ...will automatically resume normal operation as soon as a frame rate match has been re established 3 2 14 Delay Signal The Frame Synchroniser produces a signal that represents the variable delay being...

Page 32: ...ry Size The amount of SDRAM fitted on the baseboard can be checked in the read only menu STATUS Mem Size Some module functions such as the Field Frame Delay option are memory size dependent Currently...

Page 33: ...f all on the Reference Source selection If an external analog Reference signal e g Bi or Tri Level Sync is present and the Ref Src selection control VIDEO Ref Src is set to Auto the V64xx will automat...

Page 34: ...iser function and put the board into a pure delay mode The V and H Timing controls change their meanings into V and H Delay If the F Delay option is enabled an extra n Field s Frame s delay can be imp...

Page 35: ...ed as an adjustable Field Frame Delay In addition to the variable delay which is inherent when operating as a Frame Synchroniser an extra n Frame s progressive input or n Field s interlaced input dela...

Page 36: ...24 fields 525i59 34 fields 68 fields 1 625i50 28 fields 58 fields 1 Note 1 An extra fixed delay of 1 second can be added on top of the 50 60 fields by setting the DELAY option in the ENG ING menu to...

Page 37: ...frame behind the buffer s read pointer which means that a frame that got written n frames ago will be read one frame prior to it gets overwritten by a new frame If the input standard is interlaced the...

Page 38: ...enerated on the Input side to the filtering and scaling processor which means that they can be used to verify the conversion process The vertical interval is considered to be a part of the test patter...

Page 39: ...ters HU V6402 4 6 8 18 39 Stepping through the menu the following Test Patterns will be generated 100 Bars 75 Bars SDI Matrix Pathological signal Flat White Cross Hair Timing TPG Off Live Video Custom...

Page 40: ...selecting the 1080p25Hz or 1080p29Hz mode for example A Waveform Monitor such as Tektronix s WFM700 can be used instead for monitoring these standards As soon as a valid Video Input signal is present...

Page 41: ...he board to permanent SD input operation Permanent SD or HD operation might prove to be useful in installations where the infrastructure is fixed to SD or HD anyway operation in noisy environments a l...

Page 42: ...nu VIDEO A R Down for V6418 They are shown diagrammatically below Note that some conversion settings result in a loss of parts of the original picture indicated by hatched areas If the V6418 is set in...

Page 43: ...R Up for V6418 They are shown diagrammatically below Note that some conversion settings result in a loss of parts of the original picture indicated by hatched areas 3 3 7 Cross Up Converter Output St...

Page 44: ...short delay down converter is slightly lower than in the standard down converter In the short delay SD bypass there is no quality loss compared to the standard SD bypass When the short delay mode is s...

Page 45: ...th the Video gain so they can cancel one another out For example 3dB of Video gain along with 3dB of Chroma gain will result in the luminance being increased by 3dB and the Cb and Cr channels being un...

Page 46: ...they are passed through the Proc Amp with its default soft clipping then they will be modified This means that the EDH value on the output will be different to that on the input If this is not wanted...

Page 47: ...bit Off On Off Aud Grp2 20bit 24bit Off On Off Aud Grp3 20bit 24bit Off On Off Aud Grp4 20bit 24bit Off On Off V6418 V6418 AUDIO En Grp1 On Off En Grp2 On Off En Grp3 On Off En Grp4 On Off Grp1 Res 20...

Page 48: ...he diagram below for an overview of the signal relationship between the V64xx and the V6302 AP modules V64xx V6302 AP signal overview Audio DeMux Video Processing SRCs AES IPs Audio Processing AES OPs...

Page 49: ...EA 708 608 data SMPTE 334M SD CEA 608 line 21 3 7 1 SD Captions Caption data is defined in CEA 608 is transported as an analogue waveform typically on line 21 on the active picture of an SD frame Data...

Page 50: ...control is a local only control available on the front panel of the module in remote and local modes 3 7 4 Caption Status If caption data is detected on the selected input this will be indicated in th...

Page 51: ...he display timeout and go to sleep mode When the calibration mode is ON then the unit will automatically set up the required conditions in the unit as you enter each sub menu For example if you go int...

Page 52: ...urations Unless otherwise shown they can also be controlled over the DART remote control system Not all menus are available at any one time since they depend on module configurations and sometimes on...

Page 53: ...aded modes are supported by firmware versions released at the time of printing 2 The frame rate of the selected O P Std must match with the frame rate of the Video Input 1035i59 1035i60 576p50 O P Std...

Page 54: ...ass Anc Data through VFL Mode Black n Instant Black on I P Fail SY SY SY SY 1 sec from Black after 1 sec in increments of 1 sec 13 sec to Black after 13 sec To I P 2 Switch to input 2 on I P Fail Free...

Page 55: ...V6418 Video H Delay 0 00 s n With Vid I P as reference SY SY SY SY 22 23 s Range dependent on mode V Timing 256 With Ext Reference SY SY SY SY 0 n 255 H Timing 0 00 s n With Ext Reference SY SY SY SY...

Page 56: ...led F Sync Frame Synchroniser FD Frame Delay AH Audio Handling CP Closed Captioning V6302 Attached indicates presence of V6302 Advanced Audio Processor None Sub Mod Missing Fitted Source I P 1 I P 2 B...

Page 57: ...of SDRAM fitted on 96MBytes Baseboard STATUS VPModule ID 0 2 reserved GF9320 fitted on V6404 08 18 units ID 4 6 reserved None IOModule ID 0 Standard I O Daughter Board ID 1 reserved ID 2 reserved Non...

Page 58: ...ogicals X Hair Cross Hair Timing Ramp Linear Ramp Flat Wht Flat White Custom t b d O P EDH EDH On n only when O P standard is SD EDH Off DownConv Standard n Standard Down Conversion ShortDel Short Del...

Page 59: ...V6418 CALIB Cal Mode Cal Off n Cal On Must be set On to enable calibration CntrFreq setting CntrFreq Frq 128 Frq 0 n Free run Frequency Frq 127 Norm Legend Feature available on Standard version VP VP...

Page 60: ...720p30 720p50 720p25 720p23 720p24 1080i59 1080i60 1080p29 1080p30 1080i50 1080p25 1080p23 1080p24 1080sf23 1080sf24 1035i59 1035i60 525i59 625i50 Default Standard This is the default O P standard tha...

Page 61: ...0 CONFIG Password 0 n Variant V6402 V6404 Factory enabled option V6406 V6408 F Sync None Factory enabled option Fitted Vid Proc None Factory enabled option Fitted Fld Dely None Factory enabled option...

Page 62: ...6418 HD converters 62 Issue 6 Legend Feature available on Standard version VP VP Video Proc Amp option required SY SY Frame Synchroniser option required FD FD Field Frame Delay option required AH AH A...

Page 63: ...0 n Black Level Control 127 Hue 45 00 VP VP VP VP VP 0 00 n Hue Control 44 65 Bypass Byp Off n Proc Amp Bypass Off VP VP VP VP VP Byp On Proc Amp Bypass On Dyn Rdn DR On n Dynamic Rounding On VP VP V...

Page 64: ...3 20b n AH Grp3 24b Grp3 Off Aud Grp4 Grp4 20b n AH Grp4 24b Grp4 Off Aud Grp1 Grp1 On n AH AH Grp1 Off Aud Grp2 Grp2 On n AH AH Grp2 Off Aud Grp3 Grp3 On n AH AH Grp3 Off Aud Grp4 Grp4 On n AH AH Grp...

Page 65: ...06 V6408 V6418 CCAPTION O P CC CC On n Output captions if present CP CP CP CP CC Off Disable caption output 1 CP CP CP 9 n ANC1080i 20 Set the output VANC line that the SMPTE 334M Packets will be embe...

Page 66: ...cted VIDEO Ref Src Auto or Ref IP Q It seems that embedded Audio data does not get passed through the Frame Synchroniser in fact no Ancillary data whatsoever A Check whether the Anc Data enable contro...

Page 67: ...D converters HU V6402 4 6 8 18 67 Q The Proc Amp does not work A Check whether it is set to Bypass PROC AMP Bypass Byp Off Q The display never goes to sleep A Check whether the Sleep delay has been se...

Page 68: ...ming failed ERROR 03 Main program checksum error after programming ERROR 04 Bootloader checksum error after programming ERROR 05 No program loaded and no valid upgrade in Flash Stick Flash upgrading E...

Page 69: ...ERR1 SDRAM Databus Bit s stuck 1 MEM ERR2 Neighbouring SDRAM Databus Bit s are shorted MEM ERR3 Neighbouring SDRAM Databus Bit s are shorted MEM ERR4 SDRAM Address lines A10 A0 are shorted or open ME...

Page 70: ...ud Grp4 Sub Mod Delay Variant Anc Data Bypass Source Free run F Sync VFL Mode Dyn Rnd I P Std Sleep Vid Proc RFL Mode Hrd Clip I P 1 LEDLevel C1 Captn XStdMode Fade Blk I P 2 Norm Frme Dly Freeze Norm...

Page 71: ...Src Hue Aud Grp4 Sub Mod Delay Variant Anc Data Bypass Source Free run F Sync VFL Mode Dyn Rnd I P Std Sleep Vid Proc RFL Mode Hrd Clip I P 1 LEDLevel Cl Captn XStdMode Fade Blk I P 2 Norm Frme Dly Fr...

Page 72: ...e Aud Grp4 Norm Sub Mod Delay Variant Ref Src Bypass Source Free run F Sync Anc Data Dyn Rnd I P Std Sleep Vid Proc VFL Mode Hrd Clip I P 1 LEDLevel Cl Captn RFL Mode Fade Blk I P 2 Norm Frme Dly XStd...

Page 73: ...t Ref Src Cal Mode Banner O P Std C Gain Aud Grp2 ANC1080i Option Test Ptn CntrFreq DeflpStd A R Blk Lvl Aud Grp3 ANC 720p V6302 O P EDH Norm Password 6302Data Hue Aud Grp4 Norm Sub Mod Delay Variant...

Page 74: ...word 6302Data Bypass Grp1 Res Source DownConv Variant Ref Src Dyn Rnd Grp2 Res I P Std Free run F Sync Anc Data Hrd Clip Grp3 Res I P 1 Sleep Vid Proc VFL Mode Fade Blk Grp4 Res I P 2 LEDLevel C1 Capt...