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  • Page 2 YDRA OMPACT Hydra Compact unit R9830952 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 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 (R5976568): page wrong correct ______________________________________________________________________________________________ Barco – Hydra Compact – R5976568 – Revision 10 – February-2004...

  • Page 5: Table Of Contents

    4.1.3 Finishing the BIOS changes ........................4-2 4.2 Additional video related input........................4-3 4.2.1 Capability of the input cards ........................ 4-3 4.3 Redundant operation ............................ 4-4 4.4 Dual mode mode..............................4-5 _______________________________________________________________________________________________ Barco – Hydra Compact – R5976568 – Revision 10 – February-2004...
  • Page 6 7.1 Hydra Compact does not start up ......................... 7-2 7.2 Hotline................................7-2 8 Index..............................8-1 8.1 List of tables List of tables..............................8-1 8.2 List of figures ..............................8-1 ______________________________________________________________________________________________ Barco – Hydra Compact – R5976568 – Revision 10 – February-2004...

  • Page 7: Introduction

    This chapter explains the structure of the manual itself and the used typographic styles and symbols. Safety information is provided concerning the operation of computer systems from Barco. ____________________________________________________________________________________________ Barco – Hydra Compact – R5976568 – 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. g. 4.2.3, pages by a »dash syntax«, e. g. 2-1, as figures and tables are, e. g. figure 5 5 -4. ____________________________________________________________________________________________ Barco – Hydra Compact – R5976568 – 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 Compact – R5976568 – 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 on, consult your dealer.) ____________________________________________________________________________________________ Barco – Hydra Compact – R5976568 – Revision 10 – February-2004...
  • Page 11 This will prevent damage to the unit due to lightning and AC power-line surges. ____________________________________________________________________________________________ Barco – Hydra Compact – R5976568 – 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 Compact – R5976568 – 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 Compact – R5976568 – Revision 10 – February-2004...

  • Page 14: Summary

    2. Summary 2 Summary ummary mmary mary ary ry y This chapter gives an gives an overview about the features of H YDRA OMPACT ____________________________________________________________________________________________ Barco – Hydra Compact – R5976568 – Revision 10 – February-2004...

  • Page 15: Properties

    GUI, available through the web browser. The TUDIO various 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 10 – February-2004...
  • Page 16 DAC 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 ARTHENOPE (two or four EDAC-90 connectors). ____________________________________________________________________________________________ Barco – Hydra Compact – R5976568 – Revision 10 – February-2004...

  • 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 10 – February-2004...

  • 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 10 – February-2004...

  • Page 19: Hydra Compact

    ] 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 10 – February-2004...
  • 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 10 – February-2004...
  • 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 10 – February-2004...

  • 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 10 – February-2004...

  • Page 23: Single Board Computer

    The single board computer is always inserted to the left in the first slot (counted from left to right, if looking to king to back on the H YDRA OMPACT ____________________________________________________________________________________________ Barco – Hydra Compact – R5976568 – Revision 10 – February-2004...

  • 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 in between. ween. OMPACT ____________________________________________________________________________________________ Barco – Hydra Compact – R5976568 – Revision 10 – February-2004...
  • Page 25 (at maximum eight 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 Compact – R5976568 – Revision 10 – February-2004...
  • Page 26 LED path A A path B analog video SUB D15 connector path A analog video SUB D15 connector Figure 3-7 Connectors of Dual analog video input card ___________________________________________________________________________________________ Barco – Hydra Compact – R5976568 – Revision 10 – February-2004 3-10...
  • Page 27 A analog video input channel B analog video channel C analog video channel D RJ45 GPIO connector Figure 3-8 Connectors of Quad analog video input card ___________________________________________________________________________________________ Barco – Hydra Compact – R5976568 – Revision 10 – February-2004 3-11...
  • Page 28 LED path A loop-through SDI channel B SDI input channel B loop-through SDI channel A SDI input channel A Figure 3-9 Connectors of Dual SDI video input card ___________________________________________________________________________________________ Barco – Hydra Compact – R5976568 – Revision 10 – February-2004 3-12...
  • Page 29 SDI input channel A SDI input channel B SDI input channel C SDI input channel D RJ45 GPIO connector 10 pin Figure 3-10 Connectors of Quad SDI video input card ___________________________________________________________________________________________ Barco – Hydra Compact – R5976568 – Revision 10 – February-2004 3-13...
  • Page 30 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! Ohm BNC terminator! ___________________________________________________________________________________________ Barco – Hydra Compact – R5976568 – Revision 10 – February-2004 3-14...
  • Page 31 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 10 – February-2004 3-15...

  • Page 32: Rgb Input Card

    For the order in which the RGB input cards are inserted in the H applies the same rule as for the YDRA OMPACT video input cards, please refer to section 3.2.4 Video Input Card. ___________________________________________________________________________________________ Barco – Hydra Compact – R5976568 – Revision 10 – February-2004 3-16...

  • Page 33: Output Card

    Display Wall. The second output card is connected to 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 10 – February-2004 3-17...
  • Page 34 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 10 – February-2004 3-18...

  • Page 35: Audio Board

    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 36: 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 y strong. Handle them with care. Do not bend! ___________________________________________________________________________________________ Barco – Hydra Compact – R5976568 – Revision 10 – February-2004 3-20...
  • Page 37 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 10 – February-2004 3-21...
  • Page 38 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 10 – February-2004 3-22...

  • Page 39: Patch Panel

    OMPACT (4 x BNC to HD15P). It consists of two rows of 15 BNC connectors each. The drawing below illustrates the patch panel: Figure 3-19 Patch panel ___________________________________________________________________________________________ Barco – Hydra Compact – R5976568 – Revision 10 – February-2004 3-23...

  • Page 40: 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 10 – February-2004 3-24...
  • Page 41 PC to the H can be established. This and any further YDRA OMPACT operation is explained in detail in the iS user’s manual. TUDIO Figure 3-20 startup screen YDRA OMPACT ___________________________________________________________________________________________ Barco – Hydra Compact – R5976568 – Revision 10 – February-2004 3-25...

  • Page 42: Switching Off

    If so the H can be switched off with the power switch [5] at the front of it. YDRA OMPACT ___________________________________________________________________________________________ Barco – Hydra Compact – R5976568 – Revision 10 – February-2004 3-26...

  • Page 43: Operating

    B sources, but this can be YDRA OMPACT found in detail in the iS user’s manual. iS is just accounted as far as necessary to understand the TUDIO TUDIO substance of this chapter. ____________________________________________________________________________________________ Barco – Hydra Compact – R5976568 – Revision 10 – February-2004...

  • Page 44: Bios Setup

    Take care not to use the entry »default settings« as this applies other settings than fault 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 Finishing the BIOS changes •...

  • Page 45: Additional Video Related Input

    The RGB input card and Streaming video card does not support any of the above mentioned properties. ming video card does not support any of the above mentioned properties. ____________________________________________________________________________________________ Barco – Hydra Compact – R5976568 – Revision 10 – February-2004...

  • Page 46: Redundant Operation

    YDRA OMPACT course having less space per source available. Please refer to the iS user’s manual, section Redundant TUDIO Operation. ____________________________________________________________________________________________ Barco – Hydra Compact – R5976568 – Revision 10 – February-2004...

  • Page 47: Dual Mode Mode

    Display Wall Channel 1 Channel 2 Output Card Hydra Compact Figure 4-3 Scheme of dual mode connection for DVI-DVI output cards ____________________________________________________________________________________________ Barco – Hydra Compact – R5976568 – Revision 10 – February-2004...

  • Page 48: Maintenance

    Some maintenance operations are nevertheless y 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 10 – February-2004...

  • Page 49: Hot Swap Procedure

    Check the green LED power failure [7], which indicates the total power system status. The LED may not , 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 10 – February-2004...

  • Page 50: 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 10 – February-2004...

  • Page 51: Cleaning

    Never clean the case of H without first disconnecting the power supply cords! YDRA OMPACT Do not use liquid cleaners or aerosol cleaners! quid cleaners or aerosol cleaners! ____________________________________________________________________________________________ Barco – Hydra Compact – R5976568 – Revision 10 – February-2004...
  • Page 52 This chapter provides tabular overview about the technical details of H , its components and of their YDRA OMPACT interfaces. ____________________________________________________________________________________________ Barco – Hydra Compact – R5976568 – Revision 10 – February-2004...

  • Page 53: 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 10 – February-2004...
  • Page 54 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 Compact – R5976568 – Revision 10 – February-2004...
  • Page 55 0.7V video timings NTSC 4:2:2 component 13.5MHz Y sa Y sampling PAL 4:2:2 component 13.5MHz Y sampling Table 6-6 Quad SDI video input card – technical data ____________________________________________________________________________________________ Barco – Hydra Compact – R5976568 – Revision 10 – February-2004...
  • Page 56 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 Error! Reference source not found.
  • Page 57 R 26p female connector signal: DVI 1.0 compliant analog RGB output B output Sub D15 RGB connector timing up to SXGA Table 6-12 1 Channel output card – technical data ____________________________________________________________________________________________ Barco – Hydra Compact – R5976568 – Revision 10 – February-2004...
  • Page 58 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 6-15 unbalanced digital audio daughter board– technical data ____________________________________________________________________________________________ Barco – Hydra Compact – R5976568 – Revision 10 – February-2004...

  • Page 59: 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 Compact – R5976568 – Revision 10 – February-2004...
  • Page 60 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 Compact – R5976568 – Revision 10 – February-2004...
  • Page 61 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 Compact – R5976568 – Revision 10 – February-2004 6-10...
  • Page 62 T1–0 T0+0 T0–0 TC+0 TC–0 Figure 6-9 PanelLink MDR 26p female connector, one channel output card MDR 26p female connector, one channel output card – pin assignment ___________________________________________________________________________________________ Barco – Hydra Compact – R5976568 – Revision 10 – February-2004 6-11...
  • Page 63 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 Compact – R5976568 – Revision 10 – February-2004 6-12...
  • Page 64 NTSC) VITC input ground unused unused ground LTC+ input unused unused LTC- input unused ground unused Figure 6-13 Sub D15 connector, overlay card – pin assignment ___________________________________________________________________________________________ Barco – Hydra Compact – R5976568 – Revision 10 – February-2004 6-13...
  • Page 65 LTC high XLR 1 shield black wire XLR 3 LTC low w XLR 1 shield Figure 6-14 Breakout Cable for overlay input card OVL IPU/3 – pin assignment ___________________________________________________________________________________________ Barco – Hydra Compact – R5976568 – Revision 10 – February-2004 6-14...
  • Page 66 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 6-15 SCSI4 female connector, analog audio daughter board – pin assignment ___________________________________________________________________________________________ Barco – Hydra Compact – R5976568 – Revision 10 – February-2004 6-15...
  • Page 67 DIN+12 DIN-12 not connected not connected DIN+13 DIN-13 not connected not connected Figure 6-16 SCSI4 female connector, digital audio daughter board – pin assignment ___________________________________________________________________________________________ Barco – Hydra Compact – R5976568 – Revision 10 – February-2004 6-16...
  • Page 68 Analog EDAC Connector EDAC Connector on Parthenope Figure 6-17 7 Analog EDAC connector – pin assignment Digital EDAC Connector on Parthenope Figure 6-18 Digital EDAC connector – pin assignment ___________________________________________________________________________________________ Barco – Hydra Compact – R5976568 – Revision 10 – February-2004 6-17...

  • Page 69: Order Codes

    OVL IPU/3 R9851790 spare single board computer R9832570 spare CD-ROM drive M drive R9832530 spare flash disk 16MB R9832440 spare SCSI-4 cable R9832490 ___________________________________________________________________________________________ Barco – Hydra Compact – R5976568 – Revision 10 – February-2004 6-18...
  • Page 70 R9832540 TUDIO software license per H unit ROPT1934 TUDIO YDRA OMPACT license for embedded audio metering per input channel ROPT1935 Table 6-16 Order codes ___________________________________________________________________________________________ Barco – Hydra Compact – R5976568 – Revision 10 – February-2004 6-19...

  • Page 71: 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 10 – February-2004...

  • Page 72: 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: Web: www.barcocontrolrooms.com ____________________________________________________________________________________________ Barco – Hydra Compact – R5976568 – Revision 10 – February-2004...

  • Page 73: Index

    Figure 3-9 Connectors of Dual SDI video input card ....................3-12 Figure 3-10 Connectors of Quad SDI video input card ....................3-13 Figure 3-11 Connectors of HD-SDI video input card....................3-14 ____________________________________________________________________________________________ Barco – Hydra Compact – R5976568 – Revision 10 – February-2004...
  • Page 74 Figure 6-16 SCSI4 female connector, digital audio daughter board – pin assignment..........6-16 Figure 6-17 Ana 7 Analog EDAC connector – pin assignment ....................6-17 Figure 6-18 Digital EDAC connector – pin assignment ....................6-17 ____________________________________________________________________________________________ Barco – Hydra Compact – R5976568 – Revision 10 – February-2004...

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