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Barco Hydra Compact User Manual

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  • Page 1 User’s manual Hydra Compact...
  • Page 2 YDRA OMPACT Hydra Compact unit R9830959 Document history Modifications, which result in a new version, are indicated by a vertical bar. PanelLink is a Trademark of Silicon Image ______________________________________________________________________________________________________ Barco – Hydra Compact – R5976568 – Revision 12 – May-2005...
  • Page 3 Barco. If the purchaser or a third party carries out modifications or repairs on good delivered by Barco, or if the goods are handled incorrectly, in particular if the systems are commissioned or operated incorrectly or if, after the transfer of risks, the goods are subject to influences not agreed upon in the contract, all guarantee claims of the purchaser will be rendered invalid.
  • Page 4 An der Rossweid 5, D-76229 Karlsruhe Phone: +49-721-6201-0, Fax: +49-721-6201-298 E-mail: docu.de.bcd@barco.com, Web: www.barcocontrolrooms.com From: Date: Please correct the following points in this documentation (R5976568): page wrong correct _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ Barco – Hydra Compact – R5976568 – Revision 12 – May-2005...

  • Page 5: Table Of Contents

    4.1.3 Boot agent settings ..........................4-3 4.1.4 Finishing the setup of BIOS and boot agent..................4-3 4.2 Additional video related input ........................4-4 4.2.1 Capability of the input cards .......................4-4 4.3 Redundant operation ...........................4-5 ______________________________________________________________________________________________________ Barco – Hydra Compact – R5976568 – Revision 12 – May-2005...
  • Page 6 6.3 Order codes..............................6-15 7 Troubleshooting ..........................7-1 7.1 Hydra Compact does not start up ........................7-2 7.2 Hotline................................7-2 8 Index..............................8-1 8.1 List of tables ..............................8-1 8.2 List of figures ..............................8-1 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ Barco – Hydra Compact – R5976568 – Revision 12 – May-2005...

  • Page 7: Introduction

    This chapter explains the structure of the manual itself and the used typographic styles and symbols. Safety in- formation is provided concerning the operation of computer systems from Barco. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ Barco – Hydra Compact – R5976568 – Revision 12 – May-2005...

  • Page 8: How This Manual Is Organized

    Chapters, pages, figures and tables are numbered separately. Chapters are indicated by a »point syntax«, e. g. 4.2.3, pages by a »dash syntax«, e. g. 2-1, as figures and tables are, e. g. figure 5-4. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ Barco – Hydra Compact – R5976568 – Revision 12 – May-2005...

  • Page 9: Styles And Symbols

    The sheet icon indicates additional notes. Next to this icon you find further information. This arrow marks tips. Next to this icon you find important notes. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ Barco – Hydra Compact – R5976568 – Revision 12 – May-2005...

  • Page 10: Safety Instructions

    • This equipment must be grounded (earthed) via the supplied 3 conductor AC power cables. (If the supplied power cables are not the correct on, consult your dealer.) ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ Barco – Hydra Compact – R5976568 – Revision 12 – May-2005...
  • Page 11 This will prevent damage to the unit due to lightning and AC power-line surges. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ Barco – Hydra Compact – R5976568 – Revision 12 – May-2005...

  • Page 12: Unpacking Of Devices

    Keep the original shipping carton and packing material; they will come in handy if you ever have to ship your unit. For maximum protection, repack your set as it was originally packed at the factory. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ Barco – Hydra Compact – R5976568 – Revision 12 – May-2005...

  • Page 13: Online Documentation

    If Acrobat Reader is already installed, the manual can be viewed just by a click on the respective link. Else the Acrobat Reader must be installed first. The required installation files can also be found on the CD. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ Barco – Hydra Compact – R5976568 – Revision 12 – May-2005...
  • Page 14 2. Summary 2 Summary This chapter gives an overview about the features of H YDRA OMPACT ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ Barco – Hydra Compact – R5976568 – Revision 12 – May-2005...

  • Page 15: Properties

    GUI, available through the web browser. The various TUDIO input sources are directly connected to the H units. YDRA OMPACT Figure 2-1 Setup with 3 H YDRA OMPACT ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ Barco – Hydra Compact – R5976568 – Revision 12 – May-2005...
  • Page 16 EDAC 90 connectors with the audio input and to convert them to two or four SCSI-4 connectors for insertion at the audio cards. P comes in two versions: 56 or 112 (mono) channel version (two or four ARTHENOPE EDAC-90 connectors). ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ Barco – Hydra Compact – R5976568 – Revision 12 – May-2005...

  • Page 17: Getting Started

    This chapter describes the set up of H YDRA OMPACT If your H is already configured within your working place you can skip this chapter and continue with YDRA OMPACT chapter 4 Operating. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ Barco – Hydra Compact – R5976568 – Revision 12 – May-2005...

  • Page 18: Examining

    LED’s, please see also the table below. On the right side there is the CD ROM drive [6]. Please be carefull when inserting a CD, the CD-ROM drive closes automatically after a while! ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ Barco – Hydra Compact – R5976568 – Revision 12 – May-2005...
  • Page 19 Details concerning software heartbeat [12] and system errors [13] can be seen in the Module Status and Wall Alarms list respectively, please refer to the sections Module Status Wall Alarms Area in the iS user’s manual. TUDIO ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ Barco – Hydra Compact – R5976568 – Revision 12 – May-2005...
  • Page 20 To protect H from overheating, the air supply openings in the case shall be kept YDRA OMPACT free of obstructions! ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ Barco – Hydra Compact – R5976568 – Revision 12 – May-2005...
  • Page 21 On the left side of the power module there is the power switch [34], in the middle there is the air supply and on the lower right side there is a green LED [37], indicating operation of the power module, if lightened. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ Barco – Hydra Compact – R5976568 – Revision 12 – May-2005...

  • Page 22: Cabling

    Plug the female end of the other power cord into the mains connection [33]. Figure 3-4 Mains connection of H YDRA OMPACT • Plug the male end of both power cords into the two designated power outlets. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ Barco – Hydra Compact – R5976568 – Revision 12 – May-2005...

  • Page 23: Single Board Computer

    The single board computer is always inserted to the left in the first slot with the slot plate in the next slot to the right (counted from left to right, if looking to back on the H YDRA OMPACT ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ Barco – Hydra Compact – R5976568 – Revision 12 – May-2005...

  • Page 24: Overlay Input Card

    The overlay input card is inserted on the right side of the single board computer (looking from back on the H YDRA ) leaving exactly one empty slot between itself and the slot plate of the single board computer. OMPACT ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ Barco – Hydra Compact – R5976568 – Revision 12 – May-2005...

  • Page 25: Video Input Card

    MDR 26 – D15 ODDda number of DVI-DVI digital/analog output cards ODDd number of DVI-DVI digital output cards number of DVI-video output cards number of the audio mother boards. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ Barco – Hydra Compact – R5976568 – Revision 12 – May-2005...
  • Page 26 A analog video input channel B analog video channel C analog video channel D RJ45 GPIO connector Figure 3-7 Connectors of Quad analog video input card __________________________________________________________________________________________________ Barco – Hydra Compact – R5976568 – Revision 12 – May-2005 3-10...
  • Page 27 SDI input channel A SDI input channel B SDI input channel C SDI input channel D RJ45 GPIO connector 10 pin Figure 3-8 Connectors of Quad SDI video input card __________________________________________________________________________________________________ Barco – Hydra Compact – R5976568 – Revision 12 – May-2005 3-11...
  • Page 28 Connectors of HD-SDI video input card All unused outputs of the HD-SDI video input card ([4] and [6]) should be terminated with a 75 Ohm BNC terminator! __________________________________________________________________________________________________ Barco – Hydra Compact – R5976568 – Revision 12 – May-2005 3-12...
  • Page 29 If a redundant connection is not required either plug [1] or plug [2] can be used for the connection. Both plugs use the same IP and MAC address, so no configuration in regard of the used plug is required. __________________________________________________________________________________________________ Barco – Hydra Compact – R5976568 – Revision 12 – May-2005 3-13...

  • Page 30: Rgb Input Card

    The number of RGB input cards that can be used in one H is limited due to the output of the power supply; YDRA please refer to section 3.2.4 Video Input Card for the explicit calculation. __________________________________________________________________________________________________ Barco – Hydra Compact – R5976568 – Revision 12 – May-2005 3-14...

  • Page 31: Output Card

    Dual Mode To use dual mode, the second output channel is used for a second display device. Please refer to section 4.4 Dual mode for the right cabling. __________________________________________________________________________________________________ Barco – Hydra Compact – R5976568 – Revision 12 – May-2005 3-15...
  • Page 32 Display Wall. The second output card is connected to the right projection module. Please refer also to section 4.4 Dual mode. __________________________________________________________________________________________________ Barco – Hydra Compact – R5976568 – Revision 12 – May-2005 3-16...
  • Page 33 The output card is inserted into the slot on the right of the last video/RGB input cards (looking from the back on the H YDRA OMPACT There is no empty slot allowed between the last video/RGB input card and the output card! __________________________________________________________________________________________________ Barco – Hydra Compact – R5976568 – Revision 12 – May-2005 3-17...

  • Page 34: Audio Board

    The SCSI cable between the audio boards and Parthenope are not very strong. Handle them with care. Do not bend! If connecting 600 Ohm audio sources to an analog audio daughterboard, then to receive best signal quality the audio input at the Hydra Compact should be terminated with a 600 Ohm resistor! Order...

  • Page 35: Parthenope

    EDAC 90 connectors, two or four SCSI connectors [5-8]. The SCSI cable between the audio boards and Parthenope are not very strong. Handle them with care. Do not bend! __________________________________________________________________________________________________ Barco – Hydra Compact – R5976568 – Revision 12 – May-2005 3-19...
  • Page 36 GND of the EDAC connector is usually not connected but depending on the source, it could be necessary to connect the GND of the EDAC connector also! __________________________________________________________________________________________________ Barco – Hydra Compact – R5976568 – Revision 12 – May-2005 3-20...
  • Page 37 If the signal is not suitable a impedance matching transformer should be used first to convert the signal to a suitable standard! __________________________________________________________________________________________________ Barco – Hydra Compact – R5976568 – Revision 12 – May-2005 3-21...

  • Page 38: Patch Panel

    HD15P) or to the RGB input card. It consists of two rows of 15 BNC connectors each. The drawing below illus- trates the patch panel: Figure 3-18 Patch panel __________________________________________________________________________________________________ Barco – Hydra Compact – R5976568 – Revision 12 – May-2005 3-22...

  • Page 39: Starting Up

    Connect the intended display devices to the output card. Please, refer to section 3.2.6 Output Card! If necessary, connect the audio sources to the digital and analog audio daughter boards. Please, refer to section 3.2.7 Audio Board 3.2.8 Parthenope! __________________________________________________________________________________________________ Barco – Hydra Compact – R5976568 – Revision 12 – May-2005 3-23...

  • Page 40: Switching On

    – Hydra boot CD. The startup screen is displayed. By default YDRA OMPACT TUDIO it shows the Barco logo together with the IP address of the H , which is displayed in the upper left YDRA OMPACT corner. (If the H...

  • Page 41: Operating

    YDRA OMPACT found in detail in the iS user’s manual. iS is just accounted as far as necessary to understand the sub- TUDIO TUDIO stance of this chapter. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ Barco – Hydra Compact – R5976568 – Revision 12 – May-2005...

  • Page 42: Bios And Boot Agent Settings

    Inside Utilities -> Display Setup -> Embedded VGA/LCD/TV Type CRT1 + LCD Inside Utilities -> Display Setup -> Set Panel Type 1280x1024 TFT Color ITSX94 Table 4-2 BIOS settings of SBC 566 MHz ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ Barco – Hydra Compact – R5976568 – Revision 12 – May-2005...

  • Page 43: Boot Agent Settings

    4. Operating Take care not to use the entry »default settings« as this applies other settings than mentioned above. Nevertheless if so, please readjust the BIOS to the above Hydra Compact settings! 4.1.3 Boot agent settings For the single board computer SBC/2 it is important that the boot agent uses correct settings to prevent it to try to boot from the network, which would increase startup time of the H .

  • Page 44: Additional Video Related Input

    3 / source 2 / source Table 4-4 relation of video properties The RGB input card and Streaming video card does not support any of the above mentioned properties. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ Barco – Hydra Compact – R5976568 – Revision 12 – May-2005...

  • Page 45: Redundant Operation

    YDRA OMPACT with less available space per source. Please refer to the iS user’s manual, section Redundant Operation. TUDIO ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ Barco – Hydra Compact – R5976568 – Revision 12 – May-2005...

  • Page 46: Dual Mode

    Display Wall Channel 1 Channel 2 Output Card Hydra Compact Figure 4-3 Scheme of dual mode connection for DVI-DVI digital/analog output cards ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ Barco – Hydra Compact – R5976568 – Revision 12 – May-2005...

  • Page 47: Maintenance

    5. Maintenance 5 Maintenance The H requires very little maintenance. Some maintenance operations are nevertheless necessary to YDRA OMPACT maintain distortion free operation of the H YDRA OMPACT ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ Barco – Hydra Compact – R5976568 – Revision 12 – May-2005...

  • Page 48: Hot Swap Procedure

    Check the green LED power failure [7], which indicates the total power system status. The LED may not blink! • Reattach the bracket [30] and fix the securing screw [31]. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ Barco – Hydra Compact – R5976568 – Revision 12 – May-2005...

  • Page 49: Exchange Of Consumables

    Remove the old filter pad! • Insert a new filter pad! • Insert the mounting into the H until the handle engages! YDRA OMPACT • Lock the front cover! ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ Barco – Hydra Compact – R5976568 – Revision 12 – May-2005...

  • Page 50: Cleaning

    Unplug the device from the wall outlet before cleaning. Never clean the case of H without first disconnecting the power supply cords! YDRA OMPACT Do not use liquid cleaners or aerosol cleaners! ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ Barco – Hydra Compact – R5976568 – Revision 12 – May-2005...

  • Page 51: Technical Appendix

    6. Technical appendix 6 Technical appendix This chapter provides tabular overview about the technical details of H , its components and of their YDRA OMPACT interfaces. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ Barco – Hydra Compact – R5976568 – Revision 12 – May-2005...

  • Page 52: Technical Data

    1920 30/1.001 1080 1920 1080 1920 1080 1920 30/1.001 1080 1920 1080 1920 1080 1920 24/1.001 1280 1280 60/1.001 Table 6-2 HD-SDI video input card – technical data ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ Barco – Hydra Compact – R5976568 – Revision 12 – May-2005...
  • Page 53 0.7V video timings NTSC 4:2:2 component 13.5MHz Y sampling PAL 4:2:2 component 13.5MHz Y sampling Table 6-4 Quad SDI video input card – technical data ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ Barco – Hydra Compact – R5976568 – Revision 12 – May-2005...
  • Page 54 640×480 60 Hz, 24 bpp 800×600 60 Hz, 24 bpp 1024×768 60 Hz, 24 bpp 1280×1024 60 Hz, 24 bpp Table 6-6 RGB input card – technical data ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ Barco – Hydra Compact – R5976568 – Revision 12 – May-2005...
  • Page 55 Output card DVI-DVI digital – 2 channel digital output DVI 1.0 Socket 2 × DVI-I FBS P29 connector Timing up to UXGA@60 Hz Table 6-10 DVI-DVI digital output card – technical data ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ Barco – Hydra Compact – R5976568 – Revision 12 – May-2005...
  • Page 56 Unbalanced Digital Audio Daughter Board input digital AES/EBU audio AES3-id 75 Ω unbalanced input type sampling frequency 32, 44.1, 48kHz detected via input Table 6-13 unbalanced digital audio daughter board– technical data ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ Barco – Hydra Compact – R5976568 – Revision 12 – May-2005...

  • Page 57: Interfaces

    GPIO1 channel D GPIO1 channel A GPIO2 channel C GPIO1 channel B GPIO1 channel C Figure 6-3 Connector for GPIO insertion, Quad analog / Quad SDI – pin assignment ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ Barco – Hydra Compact – R5976568 – Revision 12 – May-2005...
  • Page 58 TMDS Data1 shield TMDS Data0 shield TMDS Data2+ TMDS Data1+ TMDS Data0+ TMDS Data2- TMDS Data1- TMDS Data0- Figure 6-5 DVI-I connector, RGB input card – pin assignment ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ Barco – Hydra Compact – R5976568 – Revision 12 – May-2005...
  • Page 59 TMDS data shield TMDS data2+ TMDS data1+ TMDS data0+ TMDS data2- TMDS data1- TMDS data0- Figure 6-7 DVI-I connector, DVI-DVI digital/analog output card and DVI-video output card – pin assignment ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ Barco – Hydra Compact – R5976568 – Revision 12 – May-2005...
  • Page 60 VITC input ground unused unused ground LTC+ input unused unused LTC- input unused ground unused Figure 6-10 Sub D15 connector, overlay input card OVL IPU/3 – pin assignment __________________________________________________________________________________________________ Barco – Hydra Compact – R5976568 – Revision 12 – May-2005 6-10...
  • Page 61 LTC high XLR 1 shield black wire XLR 3 LTC low XLR 1 shield Figure 6-11 Breakout Cable for overlay input card OVL IPU/3 – pin assignment __________________________________________________________________________________________________ Barco – Hydra Compact – R5976568 – Revision 12 – May-2005 6-11...
  • Page 62 AINL-10 AINR+10 AINR-10 AINL+11 AINL-11 AINR+11 AINR-11 AINL+12 AINL-12 AINR+12 AINR-12 AINL+13 AINL-13 AINR+13 AINR-13 Figure 6-12 SCSI4 female connector, analog audio daughter board – pin assignment __________________________________________________________________________________________________ Barco – Hydra Compact – R5976568 – Revision 12 – May-2005 6-12...
  • Page 63 DIN+12 DIN-12 not connected not connected DIN+13 DIN-13 not connected not connected Figure 6-13 SCSI4 female connector, digital audio daughter board – pin assignment __________________________________________________________________________________________________ Barco – Hydra Compact – R5976568 – Revision 12 – May-2005 6-13...
  • Page 64 6. Technical appendix Analog EDAC Connector on Parthenope Figure 6-14 Analog EDAC connector – pin assignment Digital EDAC Connector on Parthenope Figure 6-15 Digital EDAC connector – pin assignment __________________________________________________________________________________________________ Barco – Hydra Compact – R5976568 – Revision 12 – May-2005 6-14...

  • Page 65: Order Codes

    – Hydra boot CD R9832540 TUDIO software license per H unit ROPT1934 TUDIO YDRA OMPACT license for embedded audio metering per input channel ROPT1935 Table 6-14 Order codes __________________________________________________________________________________________________ Barco – Hydra Compact – R5976568 – Revision 12 – May-2005 6-15...

  • Page 66: Troubleshooting

    7. Troubleshooting 7 Troubleshooting Check this chapter for help, if your H does not operate properly and for information how to contact YDRA OMPACT the technical support of Barco. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ Barco – Hydra Compact – R5976568 – Revision 12 – May-2005...

  • Page 67: Hydra Compact Does Not Start Up

    Feel free to contact us if you have any further questions! • Barco N.V. Projection Systems Belgium Noordlaan 5, B-8520 Kuurne Phone: +32-56-368-211, Fax: +32-56-368-251 E-mail: support.bcd@barco.com, Web: www.barcocontrolrooms.com ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ Barco – Hydra Compact – R5976568 – Revision 12 – May-2005...

  • Page 68: Index

    Figure 3-10 Connectors of Quad SDI video input card....................3-11 Figure 3-11 Connectors of HD-SDI video input card ....................3-12 Figure 3-12 Connectors of Streaming video card ..................... 3-13 Figure 3-13 Connectors of RGB input card........................ 3-14 ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ Barco – Hydra Compact – R5976568 – Revision 12 – May-2005...
  • Page 69 Figure 6-15 SCSI4 female connector, digital audio daughter board – pin assignment........... 6-13 Figure 6-16 Analog EDAC connector – pin assignment .................... 6-14 Figure 6-17 Digital EDAC connector – pin assignment ..................... 6-14 ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ Barco – Hydra Compact – R5976568 – Revision 12 – May-2005...

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