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Unigraf UCD-2 VX1 User Manual

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  • Page 2 Copyright This manual, Copyright © 2019 Unigraf Oy. All rights reserved Reproduction of this manual in whole or in part without a written permission of Unigraf Oy is prohibited. Notice The information given in this manual is verified in the correctness on the date of issue. The...
  • Page 3 Any product or part repaired by Unigraf pursuant to this warranty shall have a warranty period of not less than 90 days, from the date of such repair, irrespective of any earlier expiration of original warranty period.
  • Page 4: Table Of Contents

    Table of Contents About This Manual ................... 5 Hardware......................6 UCD Viewer ....................12 Appendix A. Product Specification .................. 21 Appendix C: Physical dimensions ................... 22...
  • Page 5: About This Manual

    ABOUT THIS MANUAL Purpose This guide is the User Manual of UCD-2 Vx1, USB-connected video capture units for use in a PC with Windows® 10, Windows® 8, Windows® 7 or Windows® XP operating system. The purpose of this guide is to ...
  • Page 6: Hardware

    HARDWARE First, hardware properties for UCD-2 Vx1 device are described and later the device specific features are presented. Figure 1 UCD-2 device back panel Connectors USB 2.0 Hi-Speed standard type-B connector. There is no power draw from this connector. Power Switchcraft S761K external power connector.
  • Page 7 LED operations of UCD devices are firmware dependent and subject to change excluding power good which is always available. Functions for each LED are described in the figure below. UCD-2 Vx1 Description 1, 3, 9, 11 On = V-by-One symbol lock...
  • Page 8 UCD-2 VX1 V-by-One Inputs V-by-One inputs use 19 pin HDMI connectors. Connectors are described in detail in the figure below. The following table describes function of each pin for each connector. Pin number Connector 5 Connector 6 Lane 8 +...
  • Page 9 Capture Process UCD hardware blocks are described in the figure below. Simplified version of the capture process is described as follows: Set V-by-One color depth (6/8/10/12 bits /V-by-One byte mode) Choose the desired number of V-by-One lanes to be captured. Set color depth (8/16 bits) that is transferred over USB to PC.
  • Page 10 Device chaining Two or more UCD-2s can be chained together for capturing more than 8 lanes. The connection is done with a synchronizing cable as shown in the figure below. Figure in the following page shows the intended V-by-One connections in a chained configuration. When chaining devices, please pay attention to the following: ...
  • Page 11 External Trigger An external trigger can be used to start video capture precisely at the right time. Connect the external trigger to the Sync IN input (See Fig. 9). The trigger should provide a 3.3V logical levels. Video capture can be started by either rising or falling edge. The input is internally pulled up (10k resistor) to 3.3V.
  • Page 12: Ucd Viewer

    UCD VIEWER Unigraf UCD Viewer software is the configuration and capture GUI for UCD-2 devices. System requirements The UCD Viewer application can be used in 32-bit and 64-bit editions of Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8 and Windows 10.
  • Page 13 Preview Window When you click Start capture a window will open and show a preview of your captured content. You can align the size of the preview window to the content by right clicking on top of the window and selecting one of the fixed zoom factors 25% [Alt+1], 50% [Alt+2] or 100% [Alt+3].
  • Page 14 UCD-2 Vx1 Vx1 Basic Video Capture Configuration In the following window you can select the preferred Vx1 Capture Configuration settings. Vx1 Capture Configuration settings are described in the figure below.
  • Page 15 Setting Descripiton Number of lanes to capture. For cascaded devices, it shows the total number of lanes for all Lane count devices. Selects input color-depth and capture color-depth. The preview display is always 24 bit true- Capture color depth color, while saved file will have the requested color-depth. Section count Number of sections the frame is divided into.
  • Page 16 When capture is in progress, single frame capture and frame-sequence capture features are available through the “ File” option in the main menu. Captured frames are stored in files according to the settings in “Tools” → “Options” dialog described in chapter 3.5. Internal pattern generator Settings are similar to those described in Vx1 Basic Video Capture Configuration.
  • Page 17 Settings are similar to those described in Vx1 Basic Video Capture Configuration. UCD Viewer tabs In Time Measurement mode UCD Viewer shows five tabs: Raw, Content, Frame, Clock, Time Stamp and General.
  • Page 19 Content Frame...
  • Page 20 Clock Time Stamp General...
  • Page 21: Appendix A. Product Specification

    APPENDIX A. PRODUCT SPECIFICATION UCD-2 Vx1 Power Requirement Supply voltage +5VDC ±15% Supply current < 3A Performance 25MB/s USB transfer, typical (root dependent) Lanes 3.75Gb/s V-by-One data rate / Lane 20MHz ̶ 75MHz Pixel clock / Lane @ 5 byte mode 20MHz ̶...
  • Page 22: Appendix C: Physical Dimensions

    APPENDIX C: PHYSICAL DIMENSIONS All UCD devices have lightweight aluminum casing with plastic rims. All lengths are given in mm. UCD-2 Vx1...
  • Page 23 UCD-2 Vx1...