Sonifex Redbox RB-VHCMA4, User Handbook Manual

Page 1: ...DMA8 3G HD SD SDI De Embedder 8 Channel Analogue Outputs RB VHEMA8 3G HD SD SDI Embedder 8 Channel Analogue Inputs RB VHCMA4 3G HD SD SDI Embedder De Embedder 4 Channel Analogue I O RB VHCMD16 3G HD S...

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Page 3: ...alogue I O 2 RB VHCMD16 3G HD SD SDI Embedder De Embedder 16 Channel Digital I O 2 Embedding and De Embedding Overview 3 2 RB VHDMA8 3G HD SD SDI De Embedder 8 Channel Analogue Outputs 4 System Block...

Page 4: ...ol 30 Audio Connections 32 Analogue Audio Inputs 32 Analogue Audio Outputs 33 Audio Input and Output Gain Adjustment 33 RB VHCMA4 D type Pin out 34 Control Modes 34 Bank Mode 34 Channel Mode 34 Changi...

Page 5: ...mbedding 52 Bank Mode 52 Channel Mode 53 Deleting Audio Groups 53 Technical Specification For RB VHCMD16 54 Remote Interface Commands Responses Protocol 55 Command Format 55 Remote Control Commands 55...

Page 6: ...8 Block Diagram 15 Fig 3 2 RB VHEMA8 Front Panel 16 Fig 3 3 RB VHEMA8 Rear Panel 17 Fig 4 1 RB VHCMA4 System Block Diagram 27 Fig 4 2 RB VHCMA4 Front Panel 28 Fig 4 3 RB VHCMA4 Front Panel 30 Fig 5 1...

Page 7: ...are returned to the Company s premises at the Purchaser s expense iv any Goods or parts of Goods replaced shall become the property of the Company v no work whatsoever other than normal and proper ma...

Page 8: ...f and knowledge of the Company and the Company accepts no liability in respect of its accuracy beyond that set out in Condition a f Subject to Condition e no representation condition warranty or other...

Page 9: ...bedder is shipped in protective packaging and should be inspected for damage before use Where an item is found to have transit damage notify the carrier immediately with all the relevant details of th...

Page 10: ...it is important that the correct rating and type of fuse is used Incorrectly rated fuses could present a possible fire hazard under equipment fault conditions The fuse rating for the Redbox Embedder D...

Page 11: ...y means of the fixing screws It is essential to maintain this earth ground connection to ensure a safe operating environment and provide electromagnetic shielding Fitting Redboxes Redboxes can be fixe...

Page 12: ...n EEE manufacture including lead mercury cadmium hexavalent chromium and halide containing compounds PBB polybrominated biphenyl and PBDE polybrominated diphenyl ether Elimination of these substances...

Page 13: ...red SDI outputs It supports the full range of 3G HD and SD standards from NTSC and PAL up to 1080p 60Hz There is independent level control for each analogue output channel which can be adjusted from 2...

Page 14: ...mote controlled via Ethernet or serial port connections using the Sonifex SCi software It has a triple rate SDI receiver with automatic input rate detection and equalisation along with two re clocked...

Page 15: ...nd De Embedding Overview Audio embedding is the process of taking one or more audio signals formatting them into packets and then placing them into the ancillary or blanking space of a video signal Au...

Page 16: ...SCi software It has a triple rate SDI receiver with automatic input rate detection and equalisation along with two re clocked and individually buffered SDI outputs It supports the full range of 3G HD...

Page 17: ...Bank Channel The BANK CHANNEL button and its indicators are only used when the unit is operating in Channel mode and are used to select the audio output bank channel when controlling the de embedding...

Page 18: ...ndicator will stay unlit Output Indicators These two indicators are used to indicate which one of the two outputs are selected when configuring audio packets for deletion Rear Panel Connections Fig 2...

Page 19: ...es straightforward graphical access to all remote control and configuration options via both RS232 and Ethernet interfaces Alternatively commands may be issued from any text based terminal program e g...

Page 20: ...tected the SDI lock indicator will be lit SDI Outputs The two SDI outputs are connected using the two female BNC connectors on the rear panel They have a 75 output impedance in accordance with the SMP...

Page 21: ...or attenuation on a per channel basis Each audio channel has an adjustable gain range from 24dBu to 24dBu in 0 5dB increments This is set using the remote Control ports Once set this value is stored a...

Page 22: ...Bank to Channel mode the channel mappings are retained to allow for further modification De Embedding The unit is always de embedding automatically reading all the audio data contained in the video s...

Page 23: ...holding down the relevant button for two seconds Cycling through the banks and bank channels using the BANK and BANK CHANNEL buttons respectively allows the user to determine which bank channels are...

Page 24: ...Output Level 24dBu balanced Output Impedance 50 balanced Full Scale Settings 12dBu 18dBu or 24dBu ref FSD jumper selectable Signal to Noise Better than 106dB RMS A weighted at 24 bit balanced Distort...

Page 25: ...ay be sent but it will be ignored Further commands sent before the first command is acknowledged will be ignored Responses will be CR LF terminated Remote Control Commands Command Description Response...

Page 26: ...f 1 on ACK MAC MAC Address Returns the MAC address of the unit in 12 hex characters MAC XXXXXXXXXXXX NET x x x x y y y y z z z z Network Address Settings x x x x is a valid IP address y y y y is a val...

Page 27: ...ware It has a triple rate SDI receiver with automatic input rate detection and equalisation along with two re clocked and individually buffered SDI outputs It supports the full range of 3G SD and HD s...

Page 28: ...whether embedding is enabled to the currently selected group To enable or disable the embedding to a group press and hold the GROUP button for two seconds until the group number indicator blinks When...

Page 29: ...Rear Panel Connections Fig 3 3 RB VHEMA8 Rear Panel Mains Power Power is applied via a standard three pin IEC male socket Mains voltages between 85V and264V AC and frequencies between 47 and 63Hz are...

Page 30: ...ements Ethernet The Ethernet port is connected using a standard RJ 45 connector on the rear of the panel It is a 10 100Mbps link The unit is shipped with DHCP enabled to allow the unit to be plug and...

Page 31: ...l audio using high performance low noise stereo 24 bit ADCs They are connected using balanced connections through the D type connectors or unbalanced connections through BNC connectors all are availab...

Page 32: ...onnect 20 to 25 Do not connect Do not connect Control Modes There are two modes available to control the embedding channel routing process These are the BANK mode and the CHANNEL mode Bank Mode In Ban...

Page 33: ...t the group to embed to using the GROUP button The GROUP button LED will indicate whether embedding is enabled to this group To enable embedding to this group press and hold the GROUP button for two s...

Page 34: ...any receiving equipment is capable of handling the extended data packets Deleting Audio Groups If the SDI video signal contains audio groups which require deleting then these can be deleted on a per...

Page 35: ...Input Level 27dBu balanced Input Impedance 10k bridging balanced Input Levels 12dBu 18dBu or 24dBu for FSD jumper selectable Signal to Noise Better than 113dBFS RMS A weighted at 24 bit balanced Disto...

Page 36: ...ut it will be ignored Further commands sent before the first command is acknowledged will be ignored Responses will be CR LF terminated Remote Control Commands Command Description Response COM b d p s...

Page 37: ...is the bank 0 to 3 only in channel mode ACK FPL e Front Panel Lock e is the enable option 0 off 1 on ACK IPG b c g Input Gain b is the bank number 0 or 1 c is the channel 0 3 g is the gain value 0 to...

Page 38: ...3 Command Description Response SDB o e SD Audio Sample Width o is the output 0 or 1 e is enable 0 20 bit 1 24 bit ACK SRQ Status Request UID Unit ID UID RB VHEMA8 VER Version information M1 m1 b1 is t...

Page 39: ...atic input rate detection and equalisation along with two re clocked and individually buffered SDI outputs It supports the full range of 3G SD and HD standards from NTSC and PAL up to 1080p 60Hz There...

Page 40: ...es the function of the other front panel buttons When the de embed bank is selected the front panel buttons will control de embedding to this bank The button LED is used show whether the bank is enabl...

Page 41: ...led no embedding is done to that group number De Embed The GROUP button and its indicators are used to select the group audio number within the video signal to de embed and send to analogue outputs in...

Page 42: ...to indicate which one of the two outputs are selected when configuring the embedding routing or when configuring audio packets for deletion Rear Panel Connections Fig 4 3 RB VHCMA4 Front Panel Mains...

Page 43: ...es straightforward graphical access to all remote control and configuration options via both RS232 and Ethernet interfaces Alternatively commands may be issued from any text based terminal program e g...

Page 44: ...DI Outputs The two SDI outputs are connected using the two female BNC connectors on the rear panel They have a 75 output impedance in accordance with the SMPTE standard and are both re clocked and ind...

Page 45: ...pin to the ground pin for that output and then connecting the audio signal to the phase pin The two output types are connected internally so please ensure that only one type of connection is used per...

Page 46: ...Do not connect Control Modes There are two modes available to control the embedding and de embedding channel routing process These are the BANK mode and the CHANNEL mode Bank Mode In Bank mode audio...

Page 47: ...e Embed bank using the BANK button Select the SDI Output using the STATUS button Select the group to embed to using the GROUP button The GROUP button LED will indicate whether embedding is enabled to...

Page 48: ...tained in the video signal as it appears to the de embedding block Using the front panel controls the user can control which of these channels or groups within the video input are routed to the analog...

Page 49: ...pectively allows the user to determine which bank channels are currently enabled for de embedding and will also show the source for that bank channel Deleting Audio Groups If the SDI video signal cont...

Page 50: ...put Levels 12dBu 18dBu or 24dBu for FSD jumper selectable Signal to Noise Better than 113dBFS RMS A weighted at 24 bit balanced Distortion and Impedance Better than 100dB THD N at 1kHz balanced Analog...

Page 51: ...ontrol applications or communicate with the unit using a text based terminal program Command Format Commands are case insensitive and should be terminated in a carriage return character a line feed ch...

Page 52: ...Group Enable o is the output 0 or 1 g is the group 0 to 3 e is the option 0 off 1 on ACK EMR o g gc b bc Embed Route Control o is the output 0 or 1 g is the group 0 to 3 gc is the group channel 0 to...

Page 53: ...Gain b is the bank number 0 or 1 c is the channel 0 3 g is the gain value 0 to 96 0 24dBu and 96 24dBu ACK MAC MAC Address Returns the MAC address of the unit in 12 hex characters MAC XXXXXXXXXXXX NE...

Page 54: ...4 Command Description Response SDB o e SD Audio Sample Width o is the output 0 or 1 e is enable 0 20 bit 1 24 bit ACK SRQ Status Request UID Unit ID UID RB VHEMA8 VER Version information M1 m1 b1 is t...

Page 55: ...he two video paths which are then sent to the re clocked SDI outputs The de embedding and embedding channel routing is controlled via the front panel buttons and indicators There is also LED indicatio...

Page 56: ...and hold the BANK button for two seconds until the bank number indicator blinks When lit green it is enabled and when it is lit red it is disabled When the bank is disabled all audio outputs are mute...

Page 57: ...n is only used when operating in Channel mode The button LED is used show whether the channel is enabled for embedding To enable or disable the channel press and hold the GROUP CHANNEL button for two...

Page 58: ...r deletion Rear Panel Connections Fig 5 3 RB VHCMD16 Rear Panel Mains Power Power is applied via a standard three pin IEC male socket Mains voltages between 85V and264V AC and frequencies between 47 a...

Page 59: ...using a straight through cable The default format is 19200 baud with 8 data bits even parity and 1 stop bit Sonifex SCi software when installed on a suitable PC provides straightforward graphical acc...

Page 60: ...s the full range of 3G SD and HD standards from NTSC and PAL up to 1080p 60Hz The status of the input is displayed on the status LEDs on the front panel When the SDI input rate and format has been det...

Page 61: ...contains non linear PCM data such as Dolby E or Dolby Digital then this process will corrupt the data and render it unusable In addition to this if any gain or attenuation is applied to this channel...

Page 62: ...e embedding and de embedding channel routing process These are the BANK mode and the CHANNEL mode Bank Mode In Bank mode audio is routed on a per bank basis so when controlling embedding a bank of aud...

Page 63: ...The GROUP button LED will indicate whether embedding is enabled to this group To enable embedding to this group press and hold the GROUP button for two seconds until the button turns green The group...

Page 64: ...l as it appears to the de embedding block Using the front panel controls the user can control which of these channels or groups within the video input are routed to the analogue outputs If an SD video...

Page 65: ...and BANK CHANNEL buttons respectively allows the user to determine which bank channels are currently enabled for de embedding and will also show the source for that bank channel Deleting Audio Groups...

Page 66: ...RC can be bypassed Input Output Impedance 75 110 selectable Signal Level Unbalanced 1Vp p 20 un terminated Balanced 6 6Vp p 20 Dynamic Range 138dB Distortion and Noise 137dB THD N at 997Hz ref 0dBFS C...

Page 67: ...e first command is acknowledged will be ignored Responses will be CR LF terminated Remote Control Commands Command Description Response BOP b o v Bank Option b is the bank o is the option 0 SRC Disabl...

Page 68: ...o is the output 0 or 1 g is the group 0 to 3 e is the option 0 off 1 on ACK EMR o g gc b bc Embed Route Control o is the output 0 or 1 g is the group 0 to 3 gc is the group channel 0 to 3 only in chan...

Page 69: ...t Gain b is the bank number 0 or 1 c is the channel 0 3 g is the gain value 0 to 96 0 24dBu and 96 24dBu ACK MAC MAC Address Returns the MAC address of the unit in 12 hex characters MAC XXXXXXXXXXXX N...

Page 70: ...6 5 Command Description Response SDB o e SD Audio Sample Width o is the output 0 or 1 e is enable 0 20 bit 1 24 bit ACK SRQ Status Request UID Unit ID UID RB VHEMA8 VER Version information M1 m1 b1 is...

Page 71: ...Formats 525 59 94 SMPTE 125M 625 50 ITU R BT 656 720p 23 98 24 25 29 97 30 50 59 94 60 SMPTE 296M 1035i 59 94 60 SMPTE 260M 1080i 50 59 94 60 SMPTE 274M 1080p 23 98 24 25 50 59 94 60 SMPTE 274M 1080p...

Page 72: ...ernet Port 10 100Mbps RJ 45 Fuse Rating Anti surge fuse 2A 20 x 5mm Physical Specifications Dimensions Raw 48cm W x 10 8cm D x 4 2cm H 1U 19 W x 4 3 D x 1 7 H 1U Dimensions Boxed 59cm W x 27 5cm D x 1...

Page 73: ...SDI input rate video format and the audio groups status When an audio group is detected in the incoming stream the status is set to PRESENT and MISSING when that group is not detected Video Output 1...

Page 74: ...front panel Restore Defaults Pressing this button will cause the unit to restore all settings to their factory defaults All previous settings will be lost Note The login details are not reset and are...

Page 75: ...x co uk technical software To update the firmware click on the button labeled Update Firmware and then select the downloaded firmware file Firmware files will always have an dwn or dw2 extension A pro...

Page 76: ...idually select a group and channel for each output Bank Enable This control enables the bank for De Embedding Group Channel Selects the group and or channel for De Embedding to the bank Enable Individ...

Page 77: ...dually enables each channel within the group Only used in channel control mode Audio Group Delete Allows the deletion of audio groups on a per output basis Simply select the group to enable deletion S...

Page 78: ...ple rate conversion on each input Termination Only available on the the RB VHCMD16 these controls select the input termination from between 75 and 110 Audio Outputs Page Fig 7 6 SCi Audio Outputs Scre...

Page 79: ...X or greater The amount of delay through the unit can be expressed in either lines or frames The maximum number of which is determined by the current video format being received by the unit When the...

Page 80: ...enotes that the signal is relative to 1V RMS Adding the suffix FS denotes that the signal is relative to the maximum value of a digital signal DHCP Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol is a computer ne...

Page 81: ...it SDI Serial Digital Interface A digital video interface standardised by SMPTE SMPTE Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers SRC Sample Rate Converter TCP IP Transmission Control Protocol...

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