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- Page 1 Slate 5000 2 M/E HD & SD Video Switchers Installation Planning Guide Slate is a Live Integrated Production System Page Broadcast Pix Slate 5000 Installation Planning Guide - October 2008...
- Page 2 © 2008 Copyright Broadcast Pix, Inc. Broadcast Pix, Slate, PixButtons, PixPad, AutoAspect, and SoftPanel are trademarks of Broadcast Pix, Inc. Other trademarks are owned by their respective companies. Specifications are subject to change. Page Broadcast Pix Slate 5000 Installation Planning Guide - October 2008...
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Page 3: Table Of Contents
Audio-Follow-Video Option Sony Camera Control Option (RS-232C) Sony Camera Control Option (RS-422) 25. Hitachi Camera Control Panasonic Camera Control 27. More Options 28. System Delay 31. Slate Specifications Contact Information Page Broadcast Pix Slate 5000 Installation Planning Guide - October 2008... -
Page 4: Introduction
Introduction The Broadcast Pix Slate™ 5000 is the industry’s first live, integrated production system to incorporate a 2 Mix/Effect (M/E) Production Switcher functionality with a Multi-View monitoring, Character Generator, Clip Store and Still Stores. In addition, it controls external audio mixers, camera and video servers. Having complete control room functionality allows a single operator to run all aspects of a sophisticated HD or SD production, resulting in a more polished and engaging production. -
Page 5: Standard Features
Always know what content will appear on air once a button is pushed on a Broadcast Pix Slate system; no other switcher on the market has this functionality. - Page 6 Dual Device Controls - Clips - CG - Stills - Logo 2MEs - Fx - Keyer - Robotic camera - Server - Mems - Etc. 6 Universal Keyers 16-32 inputs Page Broadcast Pix Slate 5000 Installation Planning Guide - October 2008...
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Page 7: System Components
Broadcast Pix Slate 5000 2 M/E Control Panel Broadcast Pix Workstation Broadcast Pix 16x16 Router Broadcast Pix 32x32 Router Page Broadcast Pix Slate 5000 Installation Planning Guide - October 2008... -
Page 8: Control Panel Specifications
30.1 in Top View Bottom View 76.5 cm 15.5 in 39 cm 13.5 in 34.3 cm 3 in 7.6 cm 9.5 in 31 in 23.9 cm 79 cm Page Broadcast Pix Slate 5000 Installation Planning Guide - October 2008... - Page 9 Rear View 5.36 in 9.5 in / 23.9 cm 13.6 cm 1.9 in 4.8 cm 31 in 79 cm Cut-out Dimensions 13.5 in 34.3 cm 30.1 in 76.5 cm Page 8 Broadcast Pix Slate 5000 Installation Planning Guide - October 2008...
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Page 10: Workstation Specifications
The workstation runs the BPSwitcher application, which is necessary to operate the system with all its features. (Applications from vendors other than Broadcast Pix should not be added to the system, unless approved by Broadcast Pix, or they will hurt system performance and invalidate the warranty.) - Page 11 I/O View I/O Out I/O Network Out I/O View I/O I/O 5008hh / 5016hh / 5032hh HD DVI Mul* House HD Slate I/O I/O View Network I/O Out Page 10 Broadcast Pix Slate 5000 Installation Planning Guide - October 2008...
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Page 12: Slate 5008 Wiring Diagram
The DVI input uses input 4 on an HD board in Slot 2, and input 8 on an HD board in Slot 3. Output D is in place of out D on slot 2 & output E is in place of out E on slot 3. Page Broadcast Pix Slate 5000 Installation Planning Guide - October 2008... -
Page 13: Slate 5016 Wiring Diagram
Mul*‐View DVI In 13 Out 13 In 14 Out 14 Mul*‐View VGA Out 15 In 15 Slot 6 (HD models) Out 16 In 16 DVI Out D DVI In 1 16x16 Router DVI Out E DVI In 4 BP Control 100BASE Keyboard PS 2 Mouse USB Network Hub Slate Worksta,on Straight cat 5 network cable to control panel Page Broadcast Pix Slate 5000 Installation Planning Guide - October 2008... -
Page 14: Slate 5032 Wiring Diagram
Out 25 In 26 Out 26 DVI Out E DVI In 4 In 27 Out 27 In 28 Out 28 BP Control 100BASE In 29 Out 29 In 30 Out 30 Keyboard PS 2 In 31 Out 31 Mouse USB In 32 Out 32 Straight network cable to Slate Worksta,on 32x32 Router Network Hub control panel Page Broadcast Pix Slate 5000 Installation Planning Guide - October 2008... -
Page 15: Multiple Slate Systems
Multiple Slate Systems Unique to the Broadcast Pix Slate 5032 is the option to hook two or more Slate systems to one centralized router to share inputs and outputs. Great for larger facilities where multiple studios/control points are needed, it simplifies wiring by having one access point for all connections and lowers overall cost. - Page 16 In 4 In 23 Slate 2 Out 23 Slot 3 In 24 Slate 2 Out 24 Out E In 5 In 25 Slate 1 Out 25 In 6 In 26 Slate 1 Out 26 In 7 In 27 Slate 1 Out 27 In 8 In 28 Slate 1 Out 28 Slate 2 Worksta,on In 29 Slate 1 Out 29 In 30 Slate 1Out 30 In 31 Slate 1 Out 31 In 32 Slate 1 Out 32 32x32 Router Page Broadcast Pix Slate 5000 Installation Planning Guide - October 2008...
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Page 17: File Inputs
Not only do you know that a clip channel is on air, you know exactly what clip is on air and how much time is left on that clip. The Broadcast Pix Slate system takes file inputs a step further displaying the actual file name on the control panel. -
Page 18: Autoaspect
16:9 and 4:3 versions of the same 16:9 show with a Slate 5008hh, 5016hh or 5032hh, where 2 HD I/O cards are installed (hh models). 16:9 output Slate 5000hh 4:3 output Page Broadcast Pix Slate 5000 Installation Planning Guide - October 2008... -
Page 19: Team Operation
The Slate system is highly scalable, and can easily accommodate multiple users. A common setup up for a Broadcast Pix studio is a technical director, switching and calling the camera shots plus a second operator changing graphics and clips as needed. Both users are controlling the same Broadcast Pix workstation, the technical director with the 2 M/E control panel, and the graphics operator with a keyboard, mouse and dedicated graphics monitor. -
Page 20: Multi-View Monitoring
3 party multi-view where ME 1 Program and Preview are monitored from the Broadcast Pix Multi-View and ME 2 Program and Preview are monitored off video outputs from the Slate/ Router outputs. The Broadcast Pix Multi-View is intended for a director/producer to verify camera shots, input signals and overall composition. -
Page 21: Installation Considerations
Program and Preview and reduced the amount of keyers to 5. Every Broadcast Pix Slate system can accept an external key cut and fill signal to use as a linear key. This feature not only uses 2 external sources, but it also uses 2 keyers (Key 4 & Key 3). When Key 4 is set to the external fill channel, Key 3 is automatically set and the cut source and disables Key 3 for use. -
Page 22: Quad Monitor Card Option
DMS connector is monitor output 1 and 3 and the bottom DMS connector is monitor output 2 and 4. Optional Quad Monitor Card Wall Monitors for Producers/Directors Primary Monitor for CG Technical Director Monitor Page Broadcast Pix Slate 5000 Installation Planning Guide - October 2008... -
Page 23: Audio-Follow-Video Option
This option does not have to replace an audio operator, it can assist them. For example, when a clip from the internal Broadcast Pix clip store plays on air, it can automatically turn on the sliders for the clip store audio on the mixer, and when it goes off air the sliders turn off. - Page 24 Sony BRC-300, BRCH-700, EVI-HD1 and many others. The Broadcast Pix software can control up to 9 cameras, with 6 presets each, directly from the 2 M/E control panel. It uses the joystick to pan/tilt/zoom and knobs in the Device Control to adjust focus, iris and other settings.
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Page 26: Hitachi Camera Control
Hitachi Camera Control Option #801 (RS-485) The Broadcast Pix Slate system can also control larger box-style cameras with the Hitachi camera control through the Eagle Pan/Tilt heads and protocol. Up to 9 Cameras, with 32 presets each, are connected to the workstation using a serial RS-485 connection, which has a maximum length of 1,200 meters (4,000 feet). -
Page 27: Panasonic Camera Control
Panasonic Camera Control Option #802 (RS-422) Additionally the Broadcast Pix system can control a wide-range of Panasonic cameras, including the AW-HE100, AW-PH400 and other Panasonic pan-tilt camera control systems. This software option can control up to 12 different robotic cameras, each of which may have up to 100 presets. -
Page 28: More Options
This option also supports up to 8 GPIOs, useful when needing to trigger memory scripts in the Broadcast Pix system from an external device. - Page 29 Pro and an external data source. It inserts text and images into Inscriber layouts through RTX Tag fields and then updates and displays them on the Broadcast Pix Switcher. The text and images can be updated manually or automatically from XML data sources. This is an ideal option for sports production, where data is constantly changing, or for using as a simplified graphics station in a news or government production where a long list of names exist, and do not need to be re-keyed.
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Page 30: System Delay
** Presentation Mode is using only 720p genlocked cameras coming in and going out a progressive format to a progressive projector. When activated the SD outs will be out of phase and delayed by 90 lines. Page Broadcast Pix Slate 5000 Installation Planning Guide - October 2008... -
Page 31: Slate Specifications
Type of connector DMS-59, breakout cables to DVI-I included with VGA adaptors 1 input & 1 output/card. 2 cards max per system Number of inputs/outputs Only available on High Definition systems. Page Broadcast Pix Slate 5000 Installation Planning Guide - October 2008... - Page 32 Balanced line level analog Format Type of connector Number of inputs 1 channel Stereo (Left/Right), for clip ingest Number of outputs 2 channel Stereo (Left/Right), for clip playout Page 31 Broadcast Pix Slate 5000 Installation Planning Guide - October 2008...
- Page 33 Power 500 watts 2 M/E Control Panel Specifications 15.5x31x8 inches / 39x79x20 centimeters Dimensions Weight 21.8 Lbs / 9.9 Kg Power 100 watts, (2) 50 watt power supplies Page 32 Broadcast Pix Slate 5000 Installation Planning Guide - October 2008...
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Page 34: Contact Information
Western US and Canada - San Francisco, CA +1-415-450-8388 South American Regions: Latin America - San Francisco, CA +1-415-310-2646 Europe, Africa, Middle East and India: Zijdstraat 72 1431 Aalsmeer The Netherlands +31-297-385940 Page Broadcast Pix Slate 5000 Installation Planning Guide - October 2008...