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  • Page 2 This manual refers to following hardware components of H YDRA Hydra unit R9830954 Document history y Modifications, which result in a new version, are indicated by a vertical bar. PanelLink is a Trademark of Silicon Image. __________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Barco – Hydra – R5976260 – Revision 10 – February-2004...
  • 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 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 ( ( R5976260 0 ): page wrong correct _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Barco – Hydra – R5976260 – Revision 10 – February-2004...

  • Page 5: Table Of Contents

    4.1.3 Finishing the BIOS changes ........................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 4.4 Dual mode..............................4-6 __________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Barco – Hydra – R5976260 – Revision 10 – February-2004...
  • Page 6 Order codes ..............................6-18 7 Troubleshooting..........................7-1 7.1 Hydra 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 – R5976260 – Revision 10 – February-2004...

  • 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 – R5976260 – Revision 10 – February-2004...

  • Page 8: How This Manual Is Organized

    Chapters, pages, figures and tables are numbered separately. Chapters are indicated by a »point syntax«, e. »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 – R5976260 – Revision 10 – February-2004...

  • 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 – R5976260 – Revision 10 – February-2004...

  • 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 one, consult your dealer.) _______________________________________________________________________________________________________ Barco – Hydra – R5976260 – Revision 10 – February-2004...
  • Page 11 Lightning – For extra protection for this video product during a lightning storm or when it is lift unattended and unused for a long period of time, unplug it from the wall outlet. This will prevent damage to the unit due to lightning and AC power-line surges. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________ Barco – Hydra – R5976260 – Revision 10 – February-2004...

  • 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 – R5976260 – Revision 10 – February-2004...

  • 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 – R5976260 – Revision 10 – February-2004...

  • Page 14: Summary

    2. Summary 2 Summary ummary mmary mary ary ry y This chapter gives an overview about the features of gives an overview about the features of H YDRA _______________________________________________________________________________________________________ Barco – Hydra – R5976260 – Revision 10 – February-2004...

  • Page 15: Properties

    PC simply a standard web browser is required. The H is optimized for uninterrupted, fault free operation. Therefore the Hydra uses a redundant quad mod- YDRA ule hot swap power supply with two different power inputs. In this way failing of one power net or power supply module will not power down the H .
  • Page 16 AC 90 connectors with the audio input and to convert them to two or four SCSI-4 connectors for insertion at the input of the audio cards. P comes in two versions: 56 or 112 (mono) channel version (two or four ARTHENOPE EDAC-90 connectors). _______________________________________________________________________________________________________ Barco – Hydra – R5976260 – Revision 10 – February-2004...

  • Page 17: Getting Started

    This chapter describes the set up of H . If your H is already configured within your working place you can YDRA YDRA skip this chapter and continue with chapter 4 Operating. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________ Barco – Hydra – R5976260 – Revision 10 – February-2004...

  • Page 18: Examining

    LEDs [2-4] and [9-11] to record the operating state of H , please see also the table below. YDRA Please be carefull when inserting a CD, the CD-ROM drive closes automatically after a while! _______________________________________________________________________________________________________ Barco – Hydra – R5976260 – Revision 10 – February-2004...
  • Page 19 Details concerning software heartbeat [4] and system errors [11] 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 – R5976260 – Revision 10 – February-2004...
  • Page 20 YDRA obstructions. A space of at least 1U between top and bottom respectively to the adjacent 1U between top and bottom respectively to the adjacent devices must be left! _______________________________________________________________________________________________________ Barco – Hydra – R5976260 – Revision 10 – February-2004...
  • Page 21 [42] green power module power module is working Power unit failed Table 3-2 allocation of LED’s on the back of H YDRA _______________________________________________________________________________________________________ Barco – Hydra – R5976260 – Revision 10 – February-2004...

  • Page 22: Hydra

    Plug the female end of the other power cord into the mains connection [34]. Figure 3-5 Mains connection of H YDRA • Plug the male end of both power cords into the two designated power outlets. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________ Barco – Hydra – R5976260 – Revision 10 – February-2004...

  • Page 23: Single Board Computer

    ) there is a standard serial port connector [1]. Order The single board computer is always inserted to the right in the first slot (counted from right to left, if looking from back on the H YDRA _______________________________________________________________________________________________________ Barco – Hydra – R5976260 – Revision 10 – February-2004...

  • Page 24: Overlay Input Card

    /2 and OVL IPU/3 with DVI connector and D15 connector for synchronization. Connectors of OVL IPU input connector (PanelLink) Figure 3-7 Port of the overlay input card OVL IPU _______________________________________________________________________________________________________ Barco – Hydra – R5976260 – Revision 10 – February-2004...
  • Page 25 LTC or VITC signal is active. Order The overlay input card is inserted on the left side of the single board computer (looking from back on the H YDRA leaving exactly two empty slots. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________ Barco – Hydra – R5976260 – Revision 10 – February-2004...
  • Page 26 (at maximum 10 pieces, depending on the other cards) and Streaming video cards (at maximum 12 pieces, depending on the other cards). With redundant operation limitations apply also for other types of cards. In both cases always the whole configuration must be considered. ______________________________________________________________________________________________________ Barco – Hydra – R5976260 – Revision 10 – February-2004 3-10...
  • Page 27 LED path A path B analog video SUB D15 connector ideo SUB D15 connector path A analog video SUB D15 connector Figure 3-9 Connectors of Dual analog video input card ______________________________________________________________________________________________________ Barco – Hydra – R5976260 – Revision 10 – February-2004 3-11...
  • Page 28 A analog video input channel B analog video channel C analog video channel D RJ45 GPIO connector Figure 3-10 Connectors of Quad analog video input card ______________________________________________________________________________________________________ Barco – Hydra – R5976260 – Revision 10 – February-2004 3-12...
  • Page 29 SDI channel B SDI input channel B loop-through SDI channel A SDI input channel A Figure 3-11 Connectors of Dual SDI video input card SDI video input card ______________________________________________________________________________________________________ Barco – Hydra – R5976260 – Revision 10 – February-2004 3-13...
  • Page 30 SDI input channel A SDI input channel B SDI input channel C SDI input channel D RJ45 GPIO connector 10 pin Figure 3-12 Connectors of Quad SDI video input card ______________________________________________________________________________________________________ Barco – Hydra – R5976260 – Revision 10 – February-2004 3-14...
  • Page 31 Connectors of HD-SDI video input card All unused outputs of the HD sed outputs of the HD-SDI video input card ([4] and [6]) should be terminated with a 75 Ohm BNC terminator! ______________________________________________________________________________________________________ Barco – Hydra – R5976260 – Revision 10 – February-2004 3-15...
  • Page 32 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 – R5976260 – Revision 10 – February-2004 3-16...

  • Page 33: Rgb Input Card

    Figure 3-15 Connectors of RGB input card Order For the order in which the RGB input cards are inserted in the Hydra applies the same rule as for the video input cards, please refer to section 3.2.4 Video input card.

  • Page 34: Output Card

    Display Wall. The second output card is connected to the right projection module. Please refer also to section 4.4 Dual mode. ______________________________________________________________________________________________________ Barco – Hydra – R5976260 – Revision 10 – February-2004 3-18...
  • Page 35 Connectors of DVI-DVI digital/analog 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 correct cabling. ______________________________________________________________________________________________________ Barco – Hydra – R5976260 – Revision 10 – February-2004 3-19...
  • Page 36 YDRA There is no empty slot allowed between the last video/RGB input card and the output card! wed between the last video/RGB input card and the output card! ______________________________________________________________________________________________________ Barco – Hydra – R5976260 – Revision 10 – February-2004 3-20...

  • Page 37: Audio Board

    If connecting 600 Ohm audio sources to an analog audio daughterboard, then to receive best signal quality the audio input at the Hydra should be terminated with a 600 Ohm quality the audio input at the Hydra should be terminated with a 600 Ohm...

  • Page 38: Parthenope

    EDAC 90 connectors, two or four SCSI connectors [5-8]. The SCSI cable between the audio boards and Parthenope are not very strong. H y strong. Handle them with care. Do not bend! ______________________________________________________________________________________________________ Barco – Hydra – R5976260 – Revision 10 – February-2004 3-22...
  • Page 39 • 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 – R5976260 – Revision 10 – February-2004 3-23...
  • Page 40 If the signal is not suitable an impedance matching transformer should be used first to convert the signal to a suitable standard! ______________________________________________________________________________________________________ Barco – Hydra – R5976260 – Revision 10 – February-2004 3-24...

  • Page 41: Patch Panel

    Dual analog video cards of the H (4 x BNC YDRA to HD15P). It consists of two rows of 15 BNC connectors each. The drawing below illustrates the patch panel: Figure 3-22 Patch panel ______________________________________________________________________________________________________ Barco – Hydra – R5976260 – Revision 10 – February-2004 3-25...

  • Page 42: 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 – R5976260 – Revision 10 – February-2004 3-26...

  • Page 43: Switching On

    7.1 Hydra does not start up please. Now the H starts booting from the iS CD. The startup screen is displayed. By default it shows the Barco YDRA TUDIO logo together with the IP address of the H , which is displayed in the upper left corner. (If the...

  • Page 44: Switching Off Ff

    If so the H can be switched off with the YDRA power switch [6] at the front of it [6] at the front of it. ______________________________________________________________________________________________________ Barco – Hydra – R5976260 – Revision 10 – February-2004 3-28...

  • Page 45: Operating

    RGB sources, but this can be found in YDRA detail in the iS user’s manual. iS is just accounted as far as necessary to understand the substance of TUDIO TUDIO this chapter. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________ Barco – Hydra – R5976260 – Revision 10 – February-2004...

  • Page 46: Bios Setup

    BIOS setup is started. If the DEL key was pressed too late and the possibility to enter the setup has passed, restart the H with the key combination CTRL ALT DEL. YDRA _______________________________________________________________________________________________________ Barco – Hydra – R5976260 – Revision 10 – February-2004...

  • Page 47: Bios Settings

    Take care not to use the entry »default settings« as this applies other settings than »default settings« as this applies other settings than mentioned above. Nevertheless if so, please readjust the BIOS to the above Hydra settings! 4.1.3 Finishing the BIOS changes •...

  • Page 48: Additional Video Related Input

    2 / source Table 4-3 relation of video properties The RGB input card and Streaming video card does not support any of the above mentioned properties. bove mentioned properties. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________ Barco – Hydra – R5976260 – Revision 10 – February-2004...

  • Page 49: Redundant Operation

    H can be displayed on one projection module, but of course having YDRAS less space per source available. Please refer to the iS user’s manual, section Redundant Operation. TUDIO _______________________________________________________________________________________________________ Barco – Hydra – R5976260 – Revision 10 – February-2004...

  • Page 50: Dual Mode

    Display Wall Channel 1 Channel 2 Output Card Hydra Figure 4-3 Scheme of dual mode connection for DVI-DVI output cards _______________________________________________________________________________________________________ Barco – Hydra – R5976260 – Revision 10 – February-2004...

  • Page 51: Maintenance

    Some maintenance operations are nevertheles y little maintenance. Some maintenance operations are nevertheless necessary to main- YDRA tain distortion free operation of the H YDRA _______________________________________________________________________________________________________ Barco – Hydra – R5976260 – Revision 10 – February-2004...

  • Page 52: Hot Swap Procedure

    LED [42] turns on! • Check the green LED power failure [30], which indicates the total power system status. The LED may not blink! • Tighten the securing screws [39]! _______________________________________________________________________________________________________ Barco – Hydra – R5976260 – Revision 10 – February-2004...

  • Page 53: Exchange Of Consumables

    • Place the steel plate on its location on the filter flap and tighten the securing screw! • Close the filter flap! • Lock the front cover! _______________________________________________________________________________________________________ Barco – Hydra – R5976260 – Revision 10 – February-2004...

  • Page 54: Exchange Of A Dc Fan

    Dependent on the length of the data- and network cables connected to the H , they must be un- YDRA plugged to remove the H out of the rack. YDRA _______________________________________________________________________________________________________ Barco – Hydra – R5976260 – Revision 10 – February-2004...
  • Page 55 • Looking from top to the H you see the four DC fans close to the front cover. Loosen the securing screw YDRA [5] of the defective DC fan. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________ Barco – Hydra – R5976260 – Revision 10 – February-2004...
  • Page 56 Replace the top cover and tighten the screws of the top cover. • Close the filter flap. • Lock the front cover. • Remove the H to its location and reconnect the cabling. YDRA _______________________________________________________________________________________________________ Barco – Hydra – R5976260 – Revision 10 – February-2004...

  • Page 57: Cleaning

    Unplug the device from the wall outlet before cleaning. Never clean the case of H without first disconnecting the power supply cords! YDRA Do not use liquid cleaners or aerosol cleaners! _______________________________________________________________________________________________________ Barco – Hydra – R5976260 – Revision 10 – February-2004...
  • Page 58 This chapter provides tabular overview about the technical details of H , its components and of their inter- YDRA faces. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________ Barco – Hydra – R5976260 – Revision 10 – February-2004...

  • Page 59: Technical Data

    1080 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 – R5976260 – Revision 10 – February-2004...
  • Page 60 0.7V video timings PAL BDGHI I NTSC M, Japan SECAM NTSC 4.43 PAL M PAL N Table 6-4 Quad analog video input card – technical data _______________________________________________________________________________________________________ Barco – Hydra – R5976260 – Revision 10 – February-2004...
  • Page 61 0.7V video timings NTSC 4:2:2 component 13.5MHz Y sampling Y sampling PAL 4:2:2 component 13.5MHz Y sampling Table 6-6 Quad SDI video input card – technical data _______________________________________________________________________________________________________ Barco – Hydra – R5976260 – Revision 10 – February-2004...
  • Page 62 3 full MPEG-2 D1 streams and 1 MPEG-2 CIF stream simultaneously at no more than a combined data rate of 18Mbps per card. If you are not sure about the state of your streaming video cards, please contact the Barco support, see to section...
  • Page 63 MDR 26p female connector R 26p female connector signal: DVI 1.0 compliant analog RGB output Sub D15 RGB connector timing up to SXGA Table 6-13 Output card – technical data _______________________________________________________________________________________________________ Barco – Hydra – R5976260 – Revision 10 – February-2004...
  • Page 64 Unbalanced digital audio daughter board input digital AES/EBU audio input type AES3-id 75 75Ω unbalanced sampling frequency 32, 44.1, 48kHz detected via input Table 6-16 unbalanced digital audio daughter board– technical data _______________________________________________________________________________________________________ Barco – Hydra – R5976260 – Revision 10 – February-2004...

  • Page 65: Interfaces

    Y out signal B3 - shield grey wire B4 + C out signal B4 - shield Figure 6-2 Video breakout cable for Dual analog video input card – pin assignment _______________________________________________________________________________________________________ Barco – Hydra – R5976260 – Revision 10 – February-2004...
  • Page 66 GPIO1 channel D GPIO1 channel A GPIO2 channel C GPIO1 channel B GPIO1 channel C Figure 6-5 Connector for GPIO insertion, Quad analog / Quad SDI – pin assignment _______________________________________________________________________________________________________ Barco – Hydra – R5976260 – Revision 10 – February-2004...
  • Page 67 TMDS Data1 shield TMDS Data0 shield TMDS Data2+ TMDS Data1+ TMDS Data0+ TMDS Data2- TMDS Data1- TMDS Data0- Figure 6-7 DVI-I connector, RGB input card – pin assignment ______________________________________________________________________________________________________ Barco – Hydra – R5976260 – Revision 10 – February-2004 6-10...
  • Page 68 Sub D15 connector, output card – pin assignment PanelLink PanelLink T2+0 T2–0 T1+0 T1–0 T0+0 T0–0 TC+0 TC–0 Figure 6-9 PanelLink MDR 26p female connector, output card – pin assignment ______________________________________________________________________________________________________ Barco – Hydra – R5976260 – Revision 10 – February-2004 6-11...
  • Page 69 TMDS data1 shield TMDS data shield TMDS data2+ TMDS data1+ TMDS data0+ TMDS data2- TMDS data1- TMDS data0- Figure 6-11 DVI-I connector, DVI-DVI digital output card – pin assignment ______________________________________________________________________________________________________ Barco – Hydra – R5976260 – Revision 10 – February-2004 6-12...
  • Page 70 XLR 1 shield Figure 6-13 Breakout Cable for overlay input card OVL IPU/2 and OVL IPU/3 Cable for overlay input card OVL IPU/2 and OVL IPU/3 – pin assignment ______________________________________________________________________________________________________ Barco – Hydra – R5976260 – Revision 10 – February-2004 6-13...
  • Page 71 NTSC) VITC input ground unused unused ground LTC+ input unused unused LTC- input unused ground unused Figure 6-15 Sub D15 connector, overlay card – pin assignment ______________________________________________________________________________________________________ Barco – Hydra – R5976260 – Revision 10 – February-2004 6-14...
  • Page 72 AINL+10 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 6-16 SCSI4 female connector, analog audio daughter board – pin assignment ______________________________________________________________________________________________________ Barco – Hydra – R5976260 – Revision 10 – February-2004 6-15...
  • Page 73 DIN+12 DIN-12 not connected not connected DIN+13 DIN-13 not connected not connected Figure 6-17 SCSI4 female connector, digital audio daughter board – pin assignment ______________________________________________________________________________________________________ Barco – Hydra – R5976260 – Revision 10 – February-2004 6-16...
  • Page 74 6. Technical appendix Analog EDAC connector on Parthenope Figure 6-18 Analog EDAC connector – pin assignment Digital EDAC connector on Parthenope Figure 6-19 Digital EDAC connector – pin assignment ______________________________________________________________________________________________________ Barco – Hydra – R5976260 – Revision 10 – February-2004 6-17...
  • Page 75 OVL IPU/3 R9851790 spare single board computer R9832570 spare CD-ROM drive M drive R9832530 spare backplane R9832560 spare case R9832450 spare flash disk 16MB R9832440 spare SCSI-4 cable R9832490 ______________________________________________________________________________________________________ Barco – Hydra – R5976260 – Revision 10 – February-2004 6-18...
  • Page 76 R9832530 TUDIO software license per H unit ROPT1934 TUDIO YDRA license for embedded audio metering per input channel g per input channel ROPT1935 Table 6-17 Order codes ______________________________________________________________________________________________________ Barco – Hydra – R5976260 – Revision 10 – February-2004 6-19...

  • Page 77: Troubleshooting

    Check this chapter for help, if your H does not operate properly and for information how to contact the tech- YDRA nical support of Barco. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________ Barco – Hydra – R5976260 – Revision 10 – February-2004...

  • Page 78: Hydra Does Not Start Up

    Feel free to contact us if you have any further questions! • Barco N.V. Projection Systems Belgium 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 – R5976260 – Revision 10 – February-2004...

  • Page 79: Index

    Figure 3-5 Mains connection of H ..........................3-6 YDRA Figure 3-6 Ports of single board computer........................3-7 Figure 3-7 Port of the overlay input card OVL IPU .......................3-8 Figure 3-8 Ports of the overlay input card........................3-9 _______________________________________________________________________________________________________ Barco – Hydra – R5976260 – Revision 10 – February-2004...
  • Page 80 Figure 6-17 SCSI4 female connector, digital audio daughter board – pin assignment..........6-16 Figure 6-18 Analog EDAC connector – pin assignment ....................6-17 Figure 6-19 Digital EDAC connector – pin assignment ....................6-17 _______________________________________________________________________________________________________ Barco – Hydra – R5976260 – Revision 10 – February-2004...

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