Snell Advanced Media Sirius 840 Installation & Quick Start Manual

A 576 x 576 non-expandable frame, with up to 140 multiviewer outputs in a 27u chassis

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Sirius 840 Router

A 576 x 576 non-expandable frame, with up to

140 multiviewer outputs in a 27U chassis

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Page 1 Installation & Quick Start Manual Sirius 840 Router A 576 x 576 non-expandable frame, with up to 140 multiviewer outputs in a 27U chassis www.s-a-m.com...
Page 3: Table Of Contents
3.1.1 Sirius 840 Dimensions ........
Page 4 9.2 Powering Down the Sirius 840 ........
Page 5: About This Manual
About this Manual 1. About this Manual This manual describes the installation of the Sirius 840 Router. Refer to the Sirius 800 User Manual and the Workbench Manual for details on configuring hardware and software. Refer to the Workbench manual for details on configuring hardware and software panels.
Page 7: Warnings And Precautions
Sirius 840 Installation Manual www.s-a-m.com Warnings and Precautions 2. Warnings and Precautions Erk lä ru n g d er S ic h e rh e its s y m b ole D ie s es Symb o l w eist d e n B en utzer au f wichtig e In for ma tio n en h in, die in de r be g le iten d en Do ku m en tation e nth alte n sin d .
Page 8 Sirius 840 Installation Manual www.s-a-m.com Warnings and Precautions Turvamerkkien selitys Förklaring av Säkerhetssymboler Tämä merkki tarkoittaa, että laitteen mukana toimitettu kirjallinen Denna symbol hänvisar användaren till viktig information som materiaali sisältää tärkeitä tietoja. Lue käyttöohje. återfinns i litteraturen som medföljer. Se manualen.
Page 9: Explanation Of Safety Symbols
The power circuit breakers or switches supplying power to the unit should be close to the unit and easily accessible. 2.3 Lithium Batteries The Sirius 840 door PC and router control module(s) each contain a Lithium battery to provide non-volatile memory. CAUTION...
Page 10: Fiber Output Modules Warning
Sirius 840 Installation Manual www.s-a-m.com Warnings and Precautions 2.4 Fiber Output Modules Warning LASER SAFETY The average optical output power does not exceed 0 dBm (1mW) under normal operating conditions. Unused optical outputs should be covered to prevent direct exposure to the laser beam.
Page 11: Earth Cables
2.7.2 Important Functional Earth Information Up to two earth cables (636027) are supplied with the Sirius 840 depending on how many power supply shelves are fitted. One should be fitted from each power supply shelf to the Sirius 840 router frame, this is called a Functional Earth.
Page 12: Safety Standards
Sirius 840 Installation Manual www.s-a-m.com Warnings and Precautions 2.8 Safety Standards This equipment complies with the following standards: EN60950-1 2006 Safety of information Technology Equipment Including Electrical Business Equipment. UL1419 (3rd Edition) - UL File E193966 Standard for Safety - Professional Video and Audio equipment...
Page 13: Prerequisites
50 mm (2 inch) gap on the left and right sides. The full height of the Sirius 840 is 1198 mm (47.17 inches). Allow an additional 200 mm (8 inches) behind the unit for power, control and signal cables.
Page 14: Power Supply Shelf
Sirius 840 Installation Manual www.s-a-m.com Prerequisites 3.1.2 Power Supply Shelf The power supply shelf is a separate 2U assembly; Power Supply Shelves are rack mountable and can be placed above, below or remote from the Sirius Frame. You must allow at least 250 mm (10 Inches) at the rear of the shelf for cables and connectors.
Page 15: Weights
(716 lbs). When lifting use the correct local Health and Safety lifting guidelines. 3.2.2 Sirius 840 Frame Sirius 840: between 150 kg (330 lbs) and 175 kg (386 lbs) typical full frame (without packaging and depending on modules fitted). The Sirius 840 is extremely heavy. A fully populated 27RU size system weighs between 150 kg (330 lbs) and 175 kg (386 lbs).
Page 16: Ventilation
Prerequisites 3.3 Ventilation A fully populated Sirius 840 is ventilated by groups of fan modules mounted in the front and rear of the router. The vents in the front, sides and rear must not be obstructed and should be periodically cleaned and kept free from the build-up of dust. All the fan modules are monitored for failure.
Page 17: Electrical Requirements
The 48 V DC cables are supplied by SAM and can be ordered as either 2.5 metre cables or 8 metre cables. All of the 48V DC cables from the power supply shelves to the Sirius 840 router must be Note: the same length to ensure that the voltage drop along each cable is the same at high currents.
Page 18: Power Supply Redundancy
If the router is expanded from its initial configuration check Table 1. to see if extra Important: power supply shelves are required. • It is the responsibility of the Sirius 840 installer to ensure any AC power requirements are met. Issue 2 Rev 3 Page 18...
Page 19: Unpacking The Sirius 840
Fig 5. Unpacking Please check that the following items are included in the crate with the Sirius 840. If any items are missing please contact your SAM representative immediately: • This Installation & Quick Start Manual (also found on the Product CD) •...
Page 20 Hold the frame to stop it from falling forwards. 10. Unlock the brake on each of the front dolly wheels and carefully withdraw the frame from the crate. It is best to use a forklift to lift the dolly and Sirius 840 frame out of the crate.
Page 21: Installation
19" rack use the correct local Health and Safety lifting guidelines. Move the Sirius 840 so that the frame rear lines up with the front of the rack it will be mounted in and apply the toe brakes on the dolly.
Page 22: Opening The Door
Sirius 840 Installation Manual www.s-a-m.com Installation 5.1.1 Opening the Door The door is hinged on the left hand side so that you can access the inside of the frame without removing the door. The two door latches have guards fitted which prevent them from turning. Remove the Note: guards before attempting to open the door.
Page 23: Securing The Sirius 840 In A 19" Rack
Installation 5.1.2 Securing the Sirius 840 in a 19” Rack The rack mounting ears will be exposed once the Sirius 840 door is fully open, see Fig 10. To secure the frame to the rack, use the correct rack mount screws or bolts. For stability and rigidity, secure the frame at all the rack mounting-points.
Page 24: Mounting The Power Supply Shelf Into A 19" Rack
Sirius 840 Installation Manual www.s-a-m.com Installation 5.2 Mounting the Power Supply Shelf into a 19" Rack The Power Supply Shelf can be placed above, below or remote from the Sirius Frame. The power supply shelf requires a 2RU space within a rack system.
Page 25: Rear Connectors
This section shows the rear connectors on the Sirius 840 router. 6.1 Rear of Sirius 840 Frame Fig 12. shows a fully populated Sirius 840 frame with BNC Inputs and Outputs. See Section 2.5 for details on cable management. Cables connected to the router must be fitted with adequate vertical and horizontal strain relief to avoid twisting of the rear panels causing damage to the router connectors and loss of electrical/signal connection to the router.
Page 26: Alarm Rear Panel
Sirius 840 Installation Manual www.s-a-m.com Rear Connectors 6.2 Alarm Rear Panel Fig 13.shows the Alarm Rear Panel. 4 x RJ45 Connectors Not Used Alarms PSU Status B PSU Status A Frame ID - Rotary Switch Set to Position 3 Door Ethernet...
Page 27: Control Rear Panel
3 (COM 5) 4 (COM 6) Ethernet Not Used Not Used Monitor Outputs Fig 14. Sirius 840 Control Rear Panel Connector Function BNC - AES reference, 75  termination Unbal 9 Pin D-Type socket - AES reference 110  balanced termination...
Page 29: Cabling
Sirius 840 Installation Manual www.s-a-m.com Cabling 7. Cabling 7.1 Earthing For full details on the earthing requirements please see section 2.7. 7.2 Cable Management See Section 2.5 for details on cable management. Cables connected to the router must be fitted with adequate vertical and horizontal strain relief to avoid twisting of the rear panels causing damage to the router connectors and loss of electrical/signal connection to the router.
Page 30 Sirius 840 Installation Manual www.s-a-m.com Cabling Fig 16. Cable Connector Assembly instructions (continued) Issue 2 Rev 3 Page 30 © 2016 SAM...
Page 31: Ethernet Cabling (Optional)
Sirius 800 User manual for details on changing this setting 10Base-T or 100Base-T only (1000Base-T is not supported). Sirius 840 Default IP Addresses: - Controller A - 172.31.9.205 - Controller B - 172.31.9.206 - Door PC - 172.31.9.207...
Page 32: Changing Ip Addresses
SAM external panels can be connected to the router by using RS485 cables and the Multidrop Communications protocol (SW-P-06). The Sirius 840 is supplied with a default database. The default database configures the RS485 3 (COM 5) connector on the rear of the router to use the Multidrop Communications protocol (SW-P-06).
Page 33: Example Connecting A 6026776 2U Control Panel To The Router
Sirius 840 Installation Manual www.s-a-m.com Cabling 7.5.2 Example Connecting a 6026776 2U Control Panel to the Router This example assumes the following: • The default router database is loaded • A 6026776 (mimicking a 6276) control panel is available •...
Page 34 Sirius 840 Installation Manual www.s-a-m.com Cabling 7.5.2.1 6276 Control Panel Rear Panel If you are connecting the router to an older 6276 control panel the procedure is similar to the 6026776. The 6276 rear panel is different to the 6026776 control panel (for the correct connections and configuration see Fig 20.)
Page 35: Power Supplies
There is one spare DC connector on each power supply shelf and up to four on the Sirius 840 router frame. Do not remove the covers of the unused connectors. A Sirius 800 Power Supply Shelf is a separate 2RU assembly which contains up to four sealed power supply units (PSU’s), see Fig 21.
Page 36 PSU’s. A failure of any one of these PSU’s is considered a failure of the power feed to the router. For example: A Sirius 840 for 220-240 V AC mains supply operation is supplied with: • One shelf containing four PSU’s for power feed A.
Page 37: Power Distribution
Each power supply shelf has three 48 V DC power connectors, only two connectors from each power supply shelf are used to power the Sirius 840. The cover on the unused 48 V DC socket must be left on the power shelf.
Page 38: Dc Power Out Cables
Two separate mains supplies should be used to maintain redundancy in the event of one supply failing. There is one spare 48 V DC connector on the power supply shelf and four on the Sirius 840 router frame. Do not remove the covers of the unused connectors.
Page 39: Dual Power Shelf Connections
Sirius 840 Installation Manual www.s-a-m.com Power Supplies 8.3.3 Dual Power Shelf Connections This connection method is suitable for systems with two power shelves and allows an individual power supply shelf to be isolated if required (see the Sirius 800 Maintenance &...
Page 40: Alternative Dual Power Shelf Connections
Sirius 840 Installation Manual www.s-a-m.com Power Supplies 8.3.4 Alternative Dual Power Shelf Connections This connection method is suitable for systems with two power shelves and is often used when a system is expanded from one power supply shelf to two power supply shelves.
Page 41: Powering The Sirius 840
9.1 Powering Up the Sirius 840 When power is connected to the Sirius 840, the controllers and fans switch on immediately. The main signal modules within the Sirius 840 start to power up one second after the 48 V DC supply has been switched on.
Page 42: Starting The Door Pc Manually
Sirius 800 Maintenance & Upgrade manual. 9.1.3 Starting the Door PC Manually The Door PC starts automatically when the Sirius 840 is powered up. If the Door PC has been shut down and needs starting manually the following procedure should be used.
Page 43: Powering Down The Sirius 840
840. Make sure that all the external power supply shelves are switched off as quickly as possible. Once the Door PC has shutdown the Sirius 840 can be powered down. Make sure that all of the external power supply shelves are switched off as quickly as possible to avoid individual power supply units having to supply excessive power to the Sirius 840.
Page 45: Testing The Sirius 840
Testing the Sirius 840 10. Testing the Sirius 840 This chapter describes how to test the router to ensure that it can route signals. You will need at least one video source and a video analyzer to check that the video signal is being passed correctly.
Page 46: Setting A Route Using The Router Door Pc
Sirius 840 Installation Manual www.s-a-m.com Testing the Sirius 840 10.2 Setting a Route Using the Router Door PC This example uses Video input 1 routed to Video output 2. If you have different input and output numbers simply substitute the correct numbers when working through the example.
Page 47 Sirius 840 Installation Manual www.s-a-m.com Testing the Sirius 840 Route input 1 to output 2 using the Door PC Dial-up Routing Panel (Fig 32.) or other control mechanism. Touch the Dial-Up Routing (Video) button from the Main Menu screen and then touch the Continue buttons as they are displayed.
Page 48: Signal Status
10.3 Signal Status Catsii LED signal status is driven directly from the input and output modules, and changes quickly when a Fiber or BNC cable is connected to the Sirius 840. 10.3.1 Video Signal Catsii Colors Pulsed means 75% solid color, 25% pulsed color at ~ 1Hz.
Page 49: Madi Audio Catsii Colors
Door PC. The installed sample database is either video only or AHP depending on the input/output modules fitted. • The information in this section is only correct when the Sirius 840 router control Note: module(s) are loaded with the sample/default database. Databases can be modified including the mapping information.
Page 50: Default Serial Port Configuration
Sirius 840 Installation Manual www.s-a-m.com Testing the Sirius 840 10.5 Default Serial Port Configuration When the sample/default database is loaded on the router control module(s) the four RS485 serial communications ports on the rear of the router (see section 6.3) are configured as shown in Table 9.
Page 51: External Control Panels
Testing the Sirius 840 10.6 External Control Panels The Sirius 840 is supplied with a sample/default database. The default database configures Port 3 to use the Multidrop Communications protocol (SW-P-06). Port 3 supports a variety of BPX and XY control panels (see Table 9. for details). See section 7.5 for panel connection information.
Page 53: Workbench
Sirius 840 Installation Manual www.s-a-m.com Workbench 11. Workbench The Workbench software uses a database to store router and system configuration details. The Workbench database is written (pushed) to the router controllers to configure them. Once the router controllers have been configured in this way they store the database locally allowing the router to work independently after a power off even if the connection to the Workbench database PC/server is not available.
Page 54 Sirius 840 Installation Manual www.s-a-m.com Workbench Follow the prompts to install Workbench. • If a dialog is displayed that says “Install Checker has stopped working” Note: administration rights may not have been granted on the computer. Close the Install Checker dialog and browse to Workbenchinstaller.exe on the DVD.
Page 55 Sirius 840 Installation Manual www.s-a-m.com Workbench Component Description Installation Type: Client/ Client Server Server    MSI 4.5 Microsoft Windows Installer 4.5    NET Framework 3. 5 SP1 NET Framework 3 5 SP1    NET Framework 4 NET Framework 4 ...
Page 56 Sirius 840 Installation Manual www.s-a-m.com Workbench When the installation is nearing completion the Configuration Helper will be displayed in a new window. Fig 35. Configuration Helper The Configuration Helper indicates the status of each of the Workbench components. The components can be in one of three states: •...
Page 57 Sirius 840 Installation Manual www.s-a-m.com Workbench 10. The Installation will be completed and the following screen is displayed to indicate that the installation has finished. Fig 36. Completing Installation 11. To stop Workbench starting immediately after installation, uncheck the Launch Workbench checkbox.
Page 58: Associating Workbench With The Workbench Database
Sirius 840 Installation Manual www.s-a-m.com Workbench 11.2 Associating Workbench with the Workbench Database The Workbench database must be installed on the server. Therefore, unless already Important: installed, install SQL Server Express and SQL Server Management Studio (or the optional SQLDBTool) on the server.
Page 59: Create A New Blank Workbench Database
Sirius 840 Installation Manual www.s-a-m.com Workbench 11.2.1 Create a New Blank Workbench Database To create a new Workbench Database: Expand the Workbench Database section. Click on the words: Click here to create databases and permissions. A command window displays briefly and connects to the database.
Page 60: Move The Existing Workbench Database From The Router Door Pc
Sirius 840 Installation Manual www.s-a-m.com Workbench 11.2.3 Move the Existing Workbench Database from the Router Door PC Ensure Workbench is installed on the server or client server computer that the Workbench database is to be hosted on, see section 11.1.
Page 61 Sirius 840 Installation Manual www.s-a-m.com Workbench Click OK. The login screen displays, see Fig 40. Fig 40. Login Screen When Workbench is first installed, there is only are two users, see Table 11. Username Password admin admin user (none required) Table 11.
Page 62: Adding Router Control Module(S)
Sirius 840 Installation Manual www.s-a-m.com Workbench 11.4 Adding Router Control Module(s) This step is only required if Workbench is associated with a Workbench database that doesn’t contain details of the controllers such as when connecting to a new blank database, as created in section 11.2.1.
Page 63 Sirius 840 Installation Manual www.s-a-m.com Workbench When the controller type and setup type have been selected click the Next button. Fig 44. Controller Wizard Network Configuration Screen Enter the Name, IP address and IP Port for the main controller and, if the router contains two router control modules, tick the Create Pair checkbox.
Page 64 Sirius 840 Installation Manual www.s-a-m.com Workbench Click the Next button. Fig 45. Controller Wizard Router Configuration Screen Select the Use a Factory Or User Default radio button. The No Default option is used when installing a new system similar to a previously Note: installed one.
Page 65 Sirius 840 Installation Manual www.s-a-m.com Workbench 13. A summary screen is displayed (Fig 46.). If any of the parameters on this screen are incorrect, click the Previous button to return to the screen that requires amendment. edit the details, and continue through the Controller Wizard as before.
Page 66: Controller Configuration
Sirius 840 Installation Manual www.s-a-m.com Workbench 11.5 Controller Configuration There are three methods of configuring the router control module and an example of each is described in the following sections. • If the router contains two router control modules the inactive controller should be...
Page 67: Configuration Using The Workbench Configuration Screens
Sirius 840 Installation Manual www.s-a-m.com Workbench 11.5.1 Configuration Using the Workbench Configuration Screens The Workbench configuration screens are used to view and edit the router control module configuration settings (see Fig 49.) To configure the router control module from the Workbench configuration screens: Click on the Routers tab from the Controller Configuration screen.
Page 68 Sirius 840 Installation Manual www.s-a-m.com Workbench Example Setting a Switch Point Reference for a Video Input The following examples describe how to select the switch point reference for one or more of the video inputs in the matrix. For information on references and switch points see the Sirius 800 User Manual.
Page 69: Configuration Using The Generic Configuration Editor
Sirius 840 Installation Manual www.s-a-m.com Workbench 11.5.2 Configuration Using the Generic Configuration Editor The Generic Configuration Editor is used to edit a router control module in a logical tree structure format, see Fig 51. It can be used to edit or view the controller configuration. The Generic Configuration Editor is useful for grabbing DCCP elements for screen design.
Page 70: Configuration Using The Generic Online Configuration Editor
Sirius 840 Installation Manual www.s-a-m.com Workbench Select the parameter to be configured and make the change(s) required. There are three types of controls used to build the configuration. Depending on the selection, the appropriate control displays at the bottom of the screen, see Table 13. and Fig 51.
Page 71: Pushing The Configuration To The Controller(S)
Sirius 840 Installation Manual www.s-a-m.com Workbench 11.5.4 Pushing the Configuration to the Controller(s) Any configuration changes must be pushed from the Workbench computer to the router control module(s) so that the controller(s) can use the new configuration. The configuration changes are first pushed to the modified inactive controller and it is then made active.

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Snell Advanced Media Sirius 840 Installation & Quick Start Manual

1 About this Manual

2 Warnings and Precautions

3 Prerequisites

4 Unpacking the Sirius 840

5 Installation

6 Rear Connectors

7 Cabling

8 Power Supplies

9 Powering the Sirius 840

10 Testing the Sirius 840

11 Workbench

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