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- Page 1 GUIDE TO INSTALLATION AND OPERATION SME-1901 SME-1911 Monitoring Streaming Media Encoders Guide to Installation and Operation M935-9900-130 2016-01-21 SME-1901 / 1911...
- Page 2 GUIDE TO INSTALLATION AND OPERATION Electromagnetic Compatibility This equipment has been tested for verification of compliance with FCC Part 15, Subpart B requirements for Class A digital devices. NOTE: This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class A digital device, pursuant to part 15 of the FCC Rules.
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Page 3: Table Of Contents
GUIDE TO INSTALLATION AND OPERATION Table of Contents SME-1901 and SME-1911 Monitoring Streaming Media Encoders ........1 Introduction ............................1 Features .............................. 1 Functional Block Diagrams ......................... 2 Front Card-edge Interface ........................3 Installation ..........................4 Installation of Rear Connector Panels ....................4 Card Installation .......................... - Page 4 GUIDE TO INSTALLATION AND OPERATION SME-1901 / 1911...
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Page 5: Sme-1901 And Sme-1911 Monitoring Streaming Media Encoders
GUIDE TO INSTALLATION AND OPERATION 1 SME-1901 and SME-1911 Monitoring Streaming Media Encoders 1.1 Introduction Designed for multi-format video/audio over IP in television facilities, the SME-1901 and SME-1911 are compact H.264 streaming encoders with 3G/HD/SD SDI input and optional Fiber connectivity; the SME-1901 also incorporates a 1x6 SDI distribution amplifier. -
Page 6: Functional Block Diagrams
GUIDE TO INSTALLATION AND OPERATION 1.3 Functional Block Diagrams Figure 1.1 SME-1901 Functional Block Diagram Figure 1.2 SME-1911 Functional Block Diagram 2 | SME-1901 / 1911... -
Page 7: Front Card-Edge Interface
GUIDE TO INSTALLATION AND OPERATION 1.4 Front Card-edge Interface The front card-edge of the SME-1901/1911 incorporates two elements: • Status LED (see section 3.2) • Select Button (see section 4) The card extraction lever indicates the type of card that is installed (SME-1901 shown). -
Page 8: Installation
GUIDE TO INSTALLATION AND OPERATION 2 Installation 2.1 Installation of Rear Connector Panels Grass Valley Densité-series cards are each associated with a rear connector panel, which must be installed in the Densité frame before the card can be inserted. The SME-1901/1911 card is sized to fit into Grass Valley’s Densité-2 frame, but can be ordered with an extender to fit the taller Densité-3 frame. -
Page 9: Card Installation
GUIDE TO INSTALLATION AND OPERATION To install the connector panel (Densité 2 and Densité 3 frames): 1. If a card is installed in the slot whose rear panel is being changed, remove it as described above. 2. Remove the existing panel (either blank or belonging to an existing card that is being changed) by releasing the captive screw(s) at the bottom. -
Page 10: Rear Panel Signal Connections
GUIDE TO INSTALLATION AND OPERATION Figure 2.2 SME-1911 Rear Panels 2.3.2 Rear Panel Signal Connections 3G/HD/SD IN – Serial digital 3G/HD/SD input Connect a serial digital video signal, conforming to the SMPTE ST424M standard for 3G input signals, SMPTE 292M standard for HD input signals or SMPTE 259M standard for SD input signals, to the BNC labeled 3G/HD/SD IN. -
Page 11: User Interface
GUIDE TO INSTALLATION AND OPERATION 3 User Interface 3.1 Control options The SME-1901/1911 can be controlled in three different ways: • The local control panel and its push-buttons can be used to move through a menu of parameters and to adjust a basic set of parameters (see section 4). -
Page 12: Local Control Using The Densité Frame Control Panel
GUIDE TO INSTALLATION AND OPERATION 4 Local control using the Densité frame control panel 4.1 Overview Push the SELECT button on the SME-1901/1911 card edge (see Section 1.4) to assign the local control panel to operate the SME-1901/1911. Use the control panel buttons to navigate through the menu, as described below. -
Page 13: Remote Control Using Icontrol
GUIDE TO INSTALLATION AND OPERATION 5 Remote control using iControl The operation of the SME-1901/1911 may be controlled using Grass Valley’s iControl system. • This manual describes the control panels associated with the SME-1901/1911 and their use. • Please consult the iControl User’s Guide for information about setting up and operating iControl. In iControl Navigator or iControl Websites, double-click on the SME-1901/1911 icon to open the control panel. - Page 14 GUIDE TO INSTALLATION AND OPERATION The table below describes the various status icons that can appear, and how they are to be interpreted. • In cases where there is more than one possible interpretation, read the error message in the iControl window to see which applies.
- Page 15 GUIDE TO INSTALLATION AND OPERATION Icon #4 – Main Output Status Status OK • Mouse over the icon to see format and bitrate details (green) Disabled (gray) Icon #5 – Proxy Output Status Status OK • Mouse over the icon to see format and bitrate details (green) Disabled (gray)
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Page 16: Status And Input Panel
GUIDE TO INSTALLATION AND OPERATION Section 2. The left portion of the window contains a series of buttons, which become highlighted when they are selected; the main panel (3) then displays the group’s set of parameters. Each of the groups is described in detail below. -
Page 17: Video Metadata Panel
GUIDE TO INSTALLATION AND OPERATION 5.3 Video Metadata panel This panel reports on metadata detected in the incoming video. Closed Captioning The icon shows the presence (green) or absence (red) of closed captioning data. Timecode Status icons flag the presence of two time code formats: •... -
Page 18: Audio Processing Panel
GUIDE TO INSTALLATION AND OPERATION 5.5 Audio Processing panel Group Detected The four icons indicate which audio groups have been detected on the active input. • Green icon = audio group present Audio Type Status The 16 icons show the type of audio input present on the input audio pairs, identified by text and icon color: •... - Page 19 GUIDE TO INSTALLATION AND OPERATION Center Mix Level – sets the center channel downmix level to the selected value [+3 dB, +1.5dB, 0 dB, -1.5 dB, -3 dB, -4.5 dB, -6 dB, Mute] Surround Mix Level – sets the surround channels (Ls & Rs) downmix level to the selected value [+3 dB, +1.5dB, 0 dB, -1.5 dB, -3 dB, -4.5 dB, -6 dB, Mute] LFE Mix Level –...
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Page 20: Codec Config Panel
GUIDE TO INSTALLATION AND OPERATION 5.6 Codec Config panel This panel controls the output coding process. Audio Codec Use the radio buttons to select whether the output audio channels are those selected in the Left and Right pulldowns (in the range 1 to 16), or the output of the downmixer (see the Audio Processing panel). - Page 21 GUIDE TO INSTALLATION AND OPERATION Presets Select one of the available coding options for the Main and Proxy outputs, for 1080p/i, 720p and SD signals. The available choices are shown in the chart. The presets in bold are the default values: Video Main Output Proxy Output...
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Page 22: Streaming Panel
GUIDE TO INSTALLATION AND OPERATION 5.7 Streaming panel This panel sets up the streaming output parameters, for both Main and Proxy outputs. Streaming Protocol Use the pulldown to select the streaming mode that applies to both Main and Proxy: UDP/TS: This streaming mode allows the SME-19x1 to stream raw TS over UDP. -
Page 23: Network Settings Panel
GUIDE TO INSTALLATION AND OPERATION Multicast TS-over-UDP and TS-over-UDP/RTP <protocol>://<source IP>@<multicast IP>:<port> The <protocol> is either udp or rtp depending on the chosen Streaming Protocol. The <source IP>, if it is used, is the card’s IP Address from the Network Settings panel. This will depend on the IGMP configuration in the network equipment (switch or router). -
Page 24: Factory/Presets Panel
GUIDE TO INSTALLATION AND OPERATION 5.9 Factory/Presets panel Factory Load Factory: Clicking this button will restore the card to a factory default state. • Note that User Presets 1-5 and IP settings are not changed. • IP settings can be reset separately using the Reset IP…... - Page 25 GUIDE TO INSTALLATION AND OPERATION Copy profile from This line shows this SME-1901 or SME-1911 card, and identifies it by App server, Densité frame and slot number, card type and firmware version. The Profile column has a pulldown that allows you to select which profile you will work with, and gives these choices: •...
- Page 26 GUIDE TO INSTALLATION AND OPERATION The Profile column shows the same information as is shown for the current card in the Copy profile from line, i.e. one of the following: • Current, User1, User2, User3, User4, User5 The Select column includes a checkbox to identify which SME-1901 or SME-1911 cards you wish to copy profiles into from the current card.
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Page 27: Alarm Config Panel
GUIDE TO INSTALLATION AND OPERATION 5.10 Alarm Config panel This panel allows the alarm reporting of the SME-1901/1911 to be configured. The panel opens in a new window when the button is clicked, and can be resized if needed. The panel is organized in columns. Status/Name This contains an expandable tree listing all the alarms reported by this SME-1901/1911 card. - Page 28 GUIDE TO INSTALLATION AND OPERATION Levels associated with these alarms: The pulldown lists may contain some or all of the following options: The alarm makes no contribution (black icon) The alarm is of minor importance (yellow icon) The alarm is of major importance (orange icon) The alarm is of critical importance (red icon) The alarm exists but has no effect (used for text and composite alarms) Shortcut: if you click in one of the Set All boxes beside a section heading, you will open a pulldown that lets you...
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Page 29: Info Panel
GUIDE TO INSTALLATION AND OPERATION Get alarm keys Click this button to open a save dialog where you can save a file containing a list of all alarms on this card and their current values, along with an Alarm Key for each. The alarm keys are useful for system integration and troubleshooting. - Page 30 GUIDE TO INSTALLATION AND OPERATION • Advanced…: Shows the Long ID for this card. The Long ID is the address of this SME-1901/1911 in the iControl network. Figure 5-24 Advanced window • Remote System Administration – opens the Joining Locators window, which lists remote lookup services to which this SME-1901/1911 is registered Add: Force the iControl service for this SME-1901/1911 to register...
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Page 31: Specifications
3Gbps/HD/SD-SDI SMPTE 424M, 292M, and 259M-C compliant Supports data rates of: 270, 1483.5, 1485, 2967, 2970 Mbps Cable length * (Belden 1694A): 3 Gbps: 110 m (360 ft) at 3 Gbps 200 m (655 ft) at 1.5 Gbps 400 m (1310 ft) at 270 Mbps Return loss *: >15 dB for up to 1.5 GHz... -
Page 32: Contact Us
GUIDE TO INSTALLATION AND OPERATION 7 Contact Us Grass Valley Technical Support For technical assistance, contact our international support center, at 1-800-547-8949 (US and Canada) or +1 530 478 4148. To obtain a local phone number for the support center nearest you, please consult the Contact Us section of Grass Valley’s website (www.grassvalley.com). -
Page 33: Annex 1 - Sme-1901/1911 Local User Interface
GUIDE TO INSTALLATION AND OPERATION ANNEX 1 – SME-1901/1911 Local User Interface Levels Status/Parameters Comments STATUS GENERAL [SYS OK], [NO REAR / SME-1901-3SRP-F / SME-1901-3SRP-R / SME-1901-3SRP / SME- 1901-DRP-F / SME-1901-3SRP-D-F], [SFP [RX | TX | MISMATCH], [TEST ENABLED] VIDEO INPUT NO SIGNAL / NO LOCK / SD 525 / HD 1080i60 / HD 1080i59.94 / HD 1080p30 / HD 1080pSF30... - Page 34 GUIDE TO INSTALLATION AND OPERATION PROXY STREAM ACTIVATION OFF, ON IP ADDRESS xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx default 239.1.1.1 PORT xxxxx default 1236 TEST PATTERN OFF, COLOR BARS, LIP SYNC CONFIGURE ALARMS REAR/SFP MIS LEVEL GREEN, YELLOW, RED, FLASHING RED REPORT NONE, GPI NO SFP LEVEL GREEN, YELLOW, RED, FLASHING RED REPORT...
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Page 35: Annex 2 - Upgrading The Sme-1901 / Sme-1911
GUIDE TO INSTALLATION AND OPERATION ANNEX 2 – Upgrading the SME-1901 / SME-1911 The SME-1901/SME-1911 is designed to be upgraded without interrupting the card’s DA section. Upgrading to a new firmware/software release is accomplished using the Densité Upgrade Manager that is available in iControl Navigator (appserver) v5.0 and later and iControl Solo v6.0 and later. - Page 36 GUIDE TO INSTALLATION AND OPERATION From here on, the term iControl will be used to designate iControl Navigator on the appserver of iControl Solo running on a PC. 1. Open iControl linked to the frame containing the card you wish to upgrade and double-click on the SME- 1901/SME-1911 card’s icon to open its control panel 2.
- Page 37 GUIDE TO INSTALLATION AND OPERATION 7. Locate the card you wish to upgrade in the Densite Upgrade Manager window, and click the down-arrow in the Available package column. The pulldown list should include the new upgrade package that you uploaded to the appserver or PC in the previous step.
- Page 38 GUIDE TO INSTALLATION AND OPERATION The upgrade file used here is contained in the zip file obtained from Grass Valley. Before beginning the procedure below, open the zip file and extract the file named: firmware-X.Y.Z.B.zip where X.Y.Z is the package version and B is the build number. This file is the upgrade package used in the procedure below.
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