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DENSITÉ series
EAP-1101
SDI Embedded Audio Processor/Shuffler/Mixer
Guide to Installation and Operation
M764-9700-101
19 Nov 2008
Miranda
Technologies Inc.
3499 Douglas-B.-Floreani
St-Laurent, Québec, Canada H4S 1Y6
Tel. 514-333-1772
Fax. 514-333-9828
www.miranda.com
© 2008 Miranda Technologies Inc.
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- Page 1 DENSITÉ series EAP-1101 SDI Embedded Audio Processor/Shuffler/Mixer Guide to Installation and Operation M764-9700-101 19 Nov 2008 Miranda Technologies Inc. 3499 Douglas-B.-Floreani St-Laurent, Québec, Canada H4S 1Y6 Tel. 514-333-1772 Fax. 514-333-9828 www.miranda.com © 2008 Miranda Technologies Inc.
- Page 2 EN 61000-3-2 & -3-3, Disturbance in Supply Systems EN 61000-4-2, -3, -4, -5, -6, -8 & -11 Electromagnetic Immunity How to contact us: For technical assistance, please contact the Miranda Technical support centre nearest you: • Americas (9:00am - 9:00pm EST)
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Page 3: Table Of Contents
GUIDE TO INSTALLATION AND OPERATION Table of Contents EAP-1101 SDI Embedded Audio Processor/Shuffler/Mixer ........... 1 Introduction ............................1 Features...............................1 Functional Block Diagram........................1 Front Card-edge Interface ........................2 Installation..........................3 Unpacking............................3 Installation in the Densité frame ......................3 ABUS Connection to Companion Audio Cards ...................3 Rear Panel Connectors ........................4... - Page 4 GUIDE TO INSTALLATION AND OPERATION EAP-1101...
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Page 5: Eap-1101 Sdi Embedded Audio Processor/Shuffler/Mixer
1 EAP-1101 SDI Embedded Audio Processor/Shuffler/Mixer 1.1 Introduction The EAP-1101 is an SDI embedded audio processor / shuffler / mixer which allows audio to be reconfigured to match a station’s infrastructure. This card will allow you to process up to 8 channels (2 groups) of audio. Audio processing includes gain, phase inversion, delay, shuffling and mixing. -
Page 6: Front Card-Edge Interface
GUIDE TO INSTALLATION AND OPERATION 1.4 Front Card-edge Interface The front card-edge of the EAP-1101 incorporates three elements: • Status LED (see section 3.2) • Select Button (see section 3.3) • ABUS connector (see section 2.3) ENC-1101 EAP-1101 ABUS connector... -
Page 7: Installation
GUIDE TO INSTALLATION AND OPERATION 2 Installation 2.1 Unpacking Make sure the following items have been shipped with your EAP-1101. If any of the following items are missing, contact your distributor or Miranda Technologies Inc. • EAP-1101 SDI Embedded Audio Processor/Shuffler/Mixer •... -
Page 8: Rear Panel Connectors
SMPTE 292M and SMPTE 259M-C standard. SDI OUT – serial digital video outputs (3) The EAP-1101 provides three SD-SDI video outputs on BNC connectors, labeled SDI OUT 1 through 3. The SDI video signal conforms to the SMPTE 292M and SMPTE 259M-C standard. -
Page 9: Operation
3.2 Card-Edge Status LED The status monitor LED is located on the front card-edge of the EAP-1101, and is visible through the front access door of the DENSITÉ frame. This multi-color LED indicates the status of the EAP-1101 by color, and by flashing/steady illumination. -
Page 10: Local Control Using The Densité Frame Control Panel
3.3.1 Overview Push the SELECT button on the EAP-1101 card edge (see Section 1.4) to assign the local control panel to operate the EAP-1101. Use the control panel buttons to navigate through the menu, as described below. All of the cards installed in a Densité frame are connected to the frame’s controller card, which handles all interaction between the cards and the outside world. -
Page 11: Menu For Local Control
Please refer to the RCP-100 Guide to Installation and Operation for detailed instructions on installing and operating the RCP-100, and for instructions on how to connect the RCP-100 to the EAP-1101 (or any other supported card) so that the menu can be accessed. -
Page 12: The Icontrol Graphic Interface Window
3.5.1 The iControl graphic interface window The basic window structure for the EAP-1101 is shown in figure 3.2. The window identification line gives the card type (EAP-1101) and the slot number where the card installed in its Densité frame. Figure 3.2 EAP-1101 iControl graphic interface window: There are four main sections in the window itself, identified in figure 3.2:... - Page 13 Icon #4 – ABUS Multiple card configuration / presence OK – detected card configuration matches configuration set in the ABUS control panel (green) Card System Mismatch – the audio cards detected on the ABUS do not match the configuration selected in the ABUS panel (red) EAP-1101 | 9...
- Page 14 The Main Window shows all controls, adjustments and information pertaining to the area of interest which appears as a title to the panel, corresponding to the selection button to the left of the control panel. In many cases, controls are provided to configure the EAP-1101’s features. Types of controls that may be found are: Slider: The current value is displayed beneath the center of the slider bar (e.g.
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Page 15: The Audio Processing Panel
EAP-1101 will consider that no audio signal is present in a channel (range: -48 to -72 dB) Delay – Set the period of time over which the EAP-1101 must continuously detect no signal (see Signal Threshold) before a No Signal Detect alarm will be triggered. -
Page 16: The Audio Output Panel
This panel allows the audio from the incoming video, plus the audio from any external audio cards connected via ABUS, to be configured for embedding in the EAP-1101’s SDI output. CH 1-2, CH 3-4, CH 5-6, CH 7-8 tabs: each of these tabs controls a pair of channels;... -
Page 17: The Thumbnail Panel
3.5.5 The RALM Panel Click on the RALM button at the left side of the EAP-1101 control panel to open this view in the main window. The Real-time Audio Level Meter (RALM) visually displays the status of each audio channel present. - Page 18 OVERLOAD CURSOR (dB):The overload cursor appears on the meter as an arrowhead in the meter scale. The two pulldown boxes set the position of the overload cursor on the left and right meters (the range of values shown in the pull-down list depends on the type of meter selected). 14 | EAP-1101...
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Page 19: The Blanking Panel
This panel provides control over VBI data handling. HANC: Pass, Blank: Select whether the incoming horizontal ancillary data packets will be passed through the EAP-1101, or blanked. VBit: Line 7, Line 23 Select the line for VBit insertion (625 only; grayed out for other formats) Figure 3.14 Blanking panel... -
Page 20: The Test Panel
Figure 3.16 Test panel 3.5.9 The Options Panel IP SCOPE Option: adds Waveform Monitor and Vectorscope over IP functions to the EAP-1101. To activate this option, you must obtain a licence key from Miranda Technologies. • Type the licence key in the Enter Key box •... -
Page 21: The Abus Panel
EAP- 1101’s SDI output, the ABUS audio bus links the audio cards and the EAP-1101. The ABUS panel is used to instruct the EAP-1101 about the presence of installed audio cards. -
Page 22: The Info Panel
Figure 3.21 Details window • Advanced…: Shows the Miranda LongID for this card. The Miranda LongID is the address of this EAP-1101 in the iControl network. Figure 3.22 Advanced window 18 | EAP-1101... -
Page 23: Alarm Configuration
• Remote System Administration – opens the Joining Locators data box, which lists remote lookup services to which this EAP-1101 is registered. Add: Force the iControl service for this EAP-1101 to register itself on a user-specified Jini lookup service, using the following syntax: jini://<ip_address>... - Page 24 Click this button to open a panel that allows the alarm configuration set for this card to be copied into other EAP- 1101 cards. • The window shows other EAP-1101 cards available through iControl • Select one or more destination cards from the list in the...
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Page 25: User Presets
Cancel closes the window without applying any changes, and leaves the previous settings intact. 3.5.14 User Presets The EAP-1101 has 5 memory registers which can hold user-defined parameter settings, accessed through controls located at the bottom left corner of the iControl window. -
Page 26: Profiles
Figure 3.28 Copy Profile for Card window Copy profile from section This line shows this EAP-1101 card, and identifies it by App server, Densité frame and slot number, card type and firmware version. The Profile column has a pulldown that allows you to select which profiles you will work with, and gives these choices: •... - Page 27 Figure 3.30 Restore Profiles from Disk dialog Copy profile to section This line shows other EAP-1101 cards that are available on the iControl network, each identified by App server, Densité frame and slot number, card type and firmware version. The Profile column shows the same information as is shown for the current card in the Copy profile from line, i.e.
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Page 28: Specifications
TEST GENERATOR: 75 % color bars with 100 % white bars AUDIO PROCESSING PERFORMANCE SIGNAL PATH: 20 or 24 bits SAMPLING: 48 kHz PROCESSING DELAY: 1 ms (min) TEST GENERATOR: 1 kHz, as per EBU POWER: 3.5 W 24 | EAP-1101... -
Page 29: Annex - Eap-1101 User Interface
GUIDE TO INSTALLATION AND OPERATION ANNEX – EAP-1101 User Interface STATUS NO SIGNAL / SDI 525 / SDI 625 NO AES / AES GROUP: 1234 SILENCE CH 1 SILENCE CH 2 SILENCE CH 3 SILENCE CH 4 SILENCE CH 5... - Page 30 [1, 2, 3, …. 8] LEVEL [-96, -95, …. 0] (dB) MUTE [OFF / ON] TRACKING DELAY [OFF,ON] NSD THRESHOLD [-72, -66, -60, -54, -48] (dB) NSD DELAY [ 1, 2, 3, 4, ….255] (sec) WORD LENGTH [20 bits, 24 bits] 26 | EAP-1101...
- Page 31 ALARM LEVEL [GREEN, YELLOW, RED, FLASH RED] ALARM REPORT [NONE, GPI] NSD CH 8 ALARM LEVEL [GREEN, YELLOW, RED, FLASH RED] ALARM REPORT [NONE, GPI] OVLD PROCESSING ALARM LEVEL [GREEN, YELLOW, RED, FLASH RED] ALARM REPORT [NONE, GPI] EAP-1101 | 27...
- Page 32 GUIDE TO INSTALLATION AND OPERATION TEST ALARM LEVEL [GREEN, YELLOW, RED, FLASH RED] ALARM REPORT [NONE, GPI] VERSION EAP-1101: xxx OPTIONS LINE SCOPE Key: xx.xx.xx.xx FACTORY DEFAULT [RESTORE] 28 | EAP-1101...
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