Miranda REF-1801, Manual To Installation And Operation

Page 1: ...eference Module Guide to Installation and Operation M845 9900 100 13 Jul 2007 Miranda Technologies Inc 3499 Douglas B Floreani St Laurent Québec Canada H4S 1Y6 Tel 514 333 1772 Fax 514 333 9828 www miranda com 2007 Miranda Technologies Inc ...

Page 2: ... do so Refer all servicing to qualified service personnel Servicing should be done in a static free environment Electromagnetic Compatibility This equipment has been tested for verification of compliance with FCC Part 15 Subpart B class A requirements for Digital Devices This equipment complies with the requirements of EN 55022 Class A Electromagnetic Emissions EN 61000 3 2 3 3 Disturbance in Supp...

Page 3: ...packing 4 2 2 Installation in the Densité frame 4 2 3 Connection 4 3 Operation 5 3 1 Control Options 5 3 2 Local control using the Densité frame control panel 5 3 2 1 Status LED 6 3 2 2 Menu for local control 7 3 3 Remote control using iControl 8 3 3 1 The iControl graphic interface window 8 3 3 2 Input tab 10 3 3 3 Mode tab 11 3 3 4 Output tab 11 3 3 5 SPG Option tab 13 3 3 6 Alarms tab 13 3 3 7 ...

Page 4: ...GUIDE TO INSTALLATION AND OPERATION REF 1801 ...

Page 5: ...ormat processing by using a unique reference signal for all video and audio frame rates The REF 1801 uses the SMPTE 318 standard which allows for perfect audio video phasing Other features include the ability to slave other Densité frames as well as advancing or delaying reference output signals The REF 1801 should be installed in slot 10 of a Densité 2 frame 1 2 Features Digitally generated refer...

Page 6: ...c application for our reference card overview detailed view Select Status Status LED SELECT button REF 1801 Densité 2 Frame REF 1801 Converter FS Requiring Reference Converter FS Requiring Reference SPG 1801 Ref in Signal in Signal Out Signal in Signal Out Ref In Sync Out Slot 10 Slot M Daughter REF 1801 Genlock URS 4D Generator Sync Gen Frame Ref In Ref Out Signal Out Converter Frame Sync Module ...

Page 7: ... party equipment This might be very useful especially when the 3rd party equipment needs a tri level sync reference signal Densité 2 Frame REF 1801 Densité 2 Frame REF 1801 Signal Out Ref in Signal in Signal Out Converter FS Requiring Reference Converter FS Requiring Reference Signal in Signal in Signal Out Converter FS Requiring Reference Converter FS Requiring Reference Signal in Signal Out Ref ...

Page 8: ...h off the frame s power when installing or removing the card Detailed instructions for installing cards and their associated rear panels in the Densité frame are given in the Densité Frame manual 2 3 Connection All connections are made on the rear panel Connect the input reference signal to the BNC marked REF A loop through is provided which should be terminated if unused Connect LTC time code to ...

Page 9: ...apable of displaying two lines of text each 16 characters in length and five pushbuttons The panel is assigned to operate any card in the frame by pushing the SELECT button on the front edge of that card Pushing the CONTROLLER button on the control panel selects the Controller card itself The STATUS LED on the selected card flashes yellow The local control panel displays a menu that can be navigat...

Page 10: ...cates module status by color and by flashing steady illumination according to the chart The chart also indicates fault reporting for this card on the DENSITÉ frame s serial and GPI interfaces Serial Report GPI Report Green Yellow Red Flashing Red Mode Freerun No Signal I O Mismatch No Time Code Hardware failure Factory default NOTE A Flashing Yellow Status LED indicates that the SELECT button on t...

Page 11: ... 523 524 lines 525 624 2 1 0 1 2 523 624 lines 625 1124 2 1 0 1 2 1123 1124 lines 1080i 749 2 1 0 1 2 748 749 lines 720p HORIZONTAL 0 0 037 0 064 63 5 us 525 0 0 037 0 064 64 us 625 0 0 013 0 027 29 67 us 1080i59 94 0 0 013 0 027 35 56 us 1080i50 0 0 013 0 027 22 24 us 720p59 94 0 0 013 0 027 26 67 us 720p50 OUTPUT 2 Same sub menu as for OUTPUT 1 REFERENCE SOURCE AUTO EXTERNAL INTERNAL URS GEN MOD...

Page 12: ... panel 3 3 1 The iControl graphic interface window The basic window structure for the REF 1801 is shown in figure 3 1 The window identification line at the top gives the card type REF 1801 and the slot number in which the card is installed in the Densité frame On the left is a Status icon for the card Figure 3 1 REF 1801 iControl graphic interface window There are four main sections in the window ...

Page 13: ...ed if error detected 3 Output 1 Reference mismatch Green if OK Red if error detected 4 Output 1 Reference mismatch Green if OK Red if error detected 2 Tabs are provided to give access to the various controls Click on a tab to access it Note that the appearance of the tabs will vary depending on the version of iControl that is in use Double row of tabs with all tabs showing Single row of tabs with ...

Page 14: ...he reference input LTC use the timecode connected to the LTC input on the rear panel The current status of time code available at the REF 1801 input is shown in the LTC Status and VITC Status areas Valid green icon valid time code detected at the input Phase error red icon SMPTE 12 specifies the phase relation between LTC and video If the LTC received does not match this alignment window the card ...

Page 15: ...s are generated even the frame rate mismatched ones So in the same frame some cards can work in 25Hz frame rate and other cards in 29 97Hz The phase relation between these two frame rates will be arbitrary thus the name freerun 3 3 4 Output tab The Output tab provides resources to configure the sync outputs that are enabled by the SPG option The controls on this tab are not functional if the SPG o...

Page 16: ...and the output being configured The nominal range is one frame and is indicated in lines at the ends of the slider The current value is shown in the data box at the right side of the slider The value can be changed by clicking and dragging the slider or by typing a value directly into the data box Horizontal μsec the slider selects the horizontal offset between the reference input to the REF 1801 ...

Page 17: ... window This panel allows the alarm reporting of the REF 18011 to be configured The panel is organized in columns Status Name This contains an expandable tree listing all the alarms reported by this card Each alarm name includes an icon that shows its current status The Overall alarm and GSM contribution columns contain pulldown lists that allow the level of contribution of each individual alarm t...

Page 18: ...hese alarms The pulldown lists may contain some or all of the following options The alarm makes no contribution black icon The alarm is of minor importance yellow icon The alarm is of major importance orange icon The alarm is of critical importance red icon The alarm exists but has no effect used for text and composite alarms Shortcut if you click in one of the columns beside REF 1801 in the Statu...

Page 19: ...save dialog where you can save a file containing a list of all alarms on this card and their current values along with an Alarm Key for each The alarm keys are useful for system integration and troubleshooting The file is saved in Excel csv format OK Apply Cancel OK accepts the settings and closes the window once the card confirms that there are no errors Apply accepts the settings but leaves the ...

Page 20: ...hen it appears in iControl applications Short Label type the short form label that iControl uses in some cases 8 characters Source ID type a descriptive name for this card Comments type any desired text The remaining data boxes show manufacturing information about this card Figure 3 10 Info tab Three buttons in the panel give access to other information Details Reports the Firmware version service...

Page 21: ... service for this REF 1801 to register itself on a user specified Jini lookup service using the following syntax for the locator s URL in the Input data box jini ip_address where ïp_address is the ip address of the server running the lookup service e g Remove select one of the services listed in the window by clicking on it and click Remove to delete it from the window Figure 3 13 Joining Locators...

Page 22: ... SMPTE 170M ITU R BT 1700 1 SMPTE 318M SIGNAL LEVEL 1V p p SIGNAL TYPE HD Tri Level Sync STANDARD SMPTE 274M SMPTE 296M SIGNAL LEVEL 600mV p p SIGNAL TYPE DARS AES 3id STANDARD SMPTE 276M SIGNAL LEVEL 1V p p SIGNAL TYPE Word Clock STANDARD AES11 2003 SIGNAL LEVEL 2 0V p p ANALOG REFERENCE OUTPUT SIGNAL TYPE Composite NTSC M PAL B with optional VITC STANDARD SMPTE 170M ITU R BT 1700 1 SMPTE 318M SI...

Page 23: ...TALLATION AND OPERATION REF 1801 19 SIGNAL TYPE DARS AES 3id STANDARD SMPTE 276M SIGNAL LEVEL 1V p p SIGNAL TYPE Word Clock STANDARD AES11 2003 SIGNAL LEVEL 2 0V p p OTHER MAXIMUM POWER 5W PHYSICAL FORMAT Densité 2 ...