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Thank you for purchasing this Bluebell Opticom professional broadcast video product. A BlueLite fibre-optic link is simple to install and this Quick Start Guide should provide sufficient information to get you up and running in the vast majority of cases.
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RS-232/422 control data and two GPI tally lines. A BlueLite link requires two modules, a Base unit (in the OB vehicle) and a Remote unit (at the camera location). For this reason, BlueLite systems are normally supplied as a pair of units.
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Audio I/O 2 - balanced input and output (XLR5F) of audio Ch. 2 return and send to/from the remote unit. Data Input – D9F connector for supplying RS-232/422 control data to the camera. Two GPI tally lines are also available on this connector for base-to-camera signalisation. BlueLite Quick Start Guide V1.0...
Power supply: Each BlueLite unit requires an external power supply of 12 V DC. The power supply connector is a Neutrik® XLR4M; wire the mating connector as below: +V DC The optional Bluebell Model PS12 PSU is ideal, as it is supplied pre-wired with a locking mating connector.
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Camera control commands in RS-232 or RS-422 protocols may be sent over the fibre link along with the return video and audio signals. Data transmission over a BlueLite link is unidirectional, from the Base unit to Camera unit. The Data Input connector on the Base unit should be connected to a serial output port on the Camera Control Unit (CCU) and the Data Output connector on the Camera unit to the control input of the camera.
Using BlueLite: BlueLite units should be used in pairs; a Remote unit and a Base unit. (An exception to this rule is if a Bluebell BC Series modular rack system with suitable interface cards is installed at the base station end.)
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