Ensemble Designs BrightEye 81-F, User Manual

Page 1: ...R Revision 1 0 SW v 1 0 0 81 F 3G HD SD Optical to HDMI and SDI Electrical Converter User Guide ...

Page 2: ...uct and the company was born Focused On What You Need As the company has grown more former TV station engineers have joined Ensemble Designs and this wealth of practical experience fuels the company s innovation Everyone at the company is focused on providing the very equipment you need to complete your ensemble of video and audio gear We offer those special pieces that tie everything together so ...

Page 3: ...Power Connection 8 USB Connection 8 HDMI Out 8 SDI Output 9 Optical Input 9 Inputs and Outputs 10 Operation 11 Front Panel Indicators 11 Status Indicators 11 Using the BrightEye Control Application 12 Input Menu 13 Troubleshooting 15 The HDMI LED on the front panel is Illuminated orange 15 The power LED on the front panel is Illuminated but none of the Input LEDs are illuminated 15 Software Updati...

Page 4: ...ugh the included BrightEye Mac or PC software Note A glossary of commonly used video terms is provided at the end of this user guide Capabilities Overview for BrightEye 81 F Optical to HDMI Converter Optical to Electrical Converter Use with Video Monitors that have HDMI Input Use with HD or SD Signals 3G HD Level A Supported Optical Receiver Passes Embedded Audio Free Software Upgrades for the Lif...

Page 5: ... is output on the SDI Out BNC BrightEye 81 F is powered by a 12 volt DC universal power supply This power supply can accept an input voltage between 90 and 230 volts at 50 or 60 Hertz BrightEye 81 F uses a standard IEC line cord and can be used anywhere in the world It is normal for the converter to be quite warm to the touch when operating Deserializer 3G HD SD Optical In HDMI Out Video and Audio...

Page 6: ...d to optical by a BrightEye 46 then sent over optical cable to the other location where it is converted back to electrical by the BrightEye 81 F which provides one HDMI and one electrical SDI output BrightEye 81 F HD Optical In HD Optical Out BrightEye 46 Electrical HD Router Remote Location up to 20 km for single mode Electrical Distibution Outputs Electrical to Optical Converter Optical to HDMI ...

Page 7: ...D Optical SDI to HDMI Converter Rear Connectors All connections to the BrightEye 81 F are made on the rear of the unit Refer to the illustration below for a snapshot reference A more detailed explanation of the rear connectors follows BrightEye 81 F Rear View ...

Page 8: ... is included on CD that came with your BrightEye Additionally the application can be downloaded for free at the following link www ensembledesigns com support brighteye support USB cable that is included with your BrightEye HDMI Out The High Definition Multimedia Interface HDMI is an uncompressed all digital interface that transmits digital video and eight channels of digital audio HDMI is a bit s...

Page 9: ...DI 1 5 Gb s HD SDI or a SD SDI video signal on the LC UPC connector Example of a BNC cable SDI Output BrightEye 81 F provides one SDI Output BNC It outputs an electrical version of the SDI optical input The output standard 3G HD or SD follows the input standard Connect to a video destination such as a router production switcher or broadcast monitor ...

Page 10: ... is a bit serial interface that carries the video content in digital component form over multiple twisted pairs The HDMI interface standard supports limited cable length as compared to SD and HD SDI The use of cables over 10m 30 feet is not recommended SDI Output BrightEye 81 F provides one SDI Output BNC It outputs an electrical version of the SDI optical input The output standard 3G HD or SD fol...

Page 11: ...page 12 The video format is auto detected HDMI The HDMI LED will indicate cable connection and status as follows Green The HDMI LED will illuminate green when an HDMI cable is connected to a monitor and the monitor reports back that it supports the incoming format Orange The HDMI LED will illuminate orange when an HDMI cable is connected to a monitor and the monitor reports back that it does not s...

Page 12: ... monitoring of your BrightEye 81 F BrightEye Mac or PC software is designed to allow you to monitor the BrightEye 81 F from a personal computer Installation and instructions for using this software application are given in the PDF manual on the CD If the BrightEye 81 F is connected to a computer running BrightEye Mac or PC software the Input menu is available for monitoring the unit This menu is d...

Page 13: ...5 1080p 23 98 1080p 24 1080sF 25 1080sF 23 98 1080sF 24 Note If the status indicator displays Unknown the unit is detecting an invalid or incompatible input signal If the status indicator displays No Input BrightEye 81 F is not detecting any input signal Check your cabling connections When the Input status is No Input none of the Input LEDs on the front panel will be illuminated and the Power LED ...

Page 14: ...www ensembledesigns com BrightEye 81 F Page 14 81 F 3G HD SD Optical SDI to HDMI Converter BrightEye 81 F Input Menu ...

Page 15: ...to a monitor and the monitor reports back that it does not support the incoming format Because many monitors do not report back format support fully or accurately BrightEye 81 F will often function properly when the HDMI LED illuminates orange The power LED on the front panel is Illuminated but none of the Input LEDs are illuminated This indicates that BrightEye 81 F does not detect a valid input ...

Page 16: ... contact Ensemble Designs and ask for customer service before you return the unit This will allow the service technician an opportunity to provide any other suggestions for identifying the problem and to recommend possible solutions Factory Service If you return equipment for repair please get a Return Material Authorization Number RMA from the factory first tel 1 530 478 1830 fax 1 530 478 1832 s...

Page 17: ...tenuation at transmit end SDI Standards Supported 1080i SMPTE 274M 4 5 6 50 59 94 or 60 Hz 720p SMPTE 296M 1 2 3 50 59 94 or 60 Hz 1080p SMPTE 274M 9 10 11 23 98 24 25 Hz 1080sF RP211 14 15 16 23 98 24 25 Hz 1080p SMPTE 424M 425M 50 59 94 60 Level A 525i 625i SMPTE 259M HDMI Output Number One Type HDMI 1 3 Format HDMI 1 3 Serial Digital Output Number One BNC SignalType Follows input Impedance 75 Ω...

Page 18: ... The ratio of the vertical and horizontal measurements of an image 4 3 is the aspect ratio for standard definition video formats and television and 16 9 for high definition Converting formats of unequal ratios is done by letterboxing horizontal bars or pillar boxing vertical pillars in order to keep the original format s aspect ratio Bandwidth Strictly speaking this refers to the range of frequenc...

Page 19: ...ssion The performance of the Phase Locked Loops PLLs in an SDI receiver must be able to tolerate long runs of 0 s and 1 s Under normal conditions only very short runs of these are produced due to a scrambling algorithm that is used The Checkfield also referred to as the Pathological test signal will undo the scrambling and cause extremely long runs to occur This test signal is very useful for test...

Page 20: ...he Bel 10 times bigger named after Alexander Graham Bell dBFS In Digital Audio systems the largest numerical value that can be represented is referred to as Full Scale No values or audio levels greater than FS can be reproduced because they would be clipped The nominal operating point roughly corresponding to 0 VU must be set below FS in order to have headroom for audio peaks This operating point ...

Page 21: ...y the memory is being read back by a timing system that is genlocked to a house reference As a result the timing or alignment of the video frame can be adjusted so that the scan of the upper left corner of the image is happening simultaneously on all sources This is a requirement for both analog and digital systems in order to perform video effects or switch glitch free in a router Frame synchroni...

Page 22: ...ond into two fields All of the odd numbered lines are transmitted in the first field the even numbered lines are in the second field In this way the repetition rate is 50 or 60 Hz without using more bandwidth This trick has worked well for years but it introduces other temporal artifacts Motion pictures use a slightly different technique to raise the repetition rate from the original 24 frames tha...

Page 23: ... s usual slovenly way in matters linguistic the term metadata has also come to be used to describe data that is associated with the primary video in a datastream So embedded audio will incorrectly be called metadata when it tells us nothing at all about the pictures Oh well Multi mode Multi mode fibers have a larger diameter core than single mode fibers either 50 or 62 5 microns compared to 9 micr...

Page 24: ...nce generally 75 ohms as a purely resistive element with no reactive capacitive or inductive elements In the real world we can only approach the ideal So our real inputs and outputs will have some capacitance and inductance This will create impedance matching errors especially at higher frequencies The Return Loss of an input or output measures how much energy is returned reflected back due to the...

Page 25: ... range by 7 5 and adding the 54 mV positive offset Unfortunately there is no truly foolproof algorithm to detect the presence of Setup automatically so it s definitely a case of installer beware SDI Serial Digital Interface This term refers to inputs and outputs of devices that support serial digital component video This could refer to standard definition at 270 Mb s HD SDI or High Definition Seri...

Page 26: ...l today and is carried in the vertical interval as VITC and as a digital packet as DVITC Timecode is the true metadata Tri Level Sync For many many years television systems used composite black as a genlock reference source This was a natural evolution from analog systems to digital implementations With the advent of High Definition television with even higher data rates and tighter jitter require...

Page 27: ... no video reference capability may still require Word Clock WSS Wide Screen Signaling is used in the PAL 625 video standards both in analog and digital form to convey information about the aspect ratio and format of the transmitted signal Carried in the vertical interval much like closed captioning it can be used to signal a television receiver to adjust its vertical or horizontal sizing to reflec...