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Bluebell BlueLite Quick Start Manual

Bluebell BlueLite Quick Start Manual

Fibre video interface

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BlueLite
Fibre video interface
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.
Should you need additional information, an Operation Guide with full technical information is
available on request.
Quick Start Guide
Ref: BlueLite QSG issue 1.0_02/12/14

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  • Page 1 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.
  • Page 2 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.
  • Page 3 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...
  • Page 4: Power Supply

    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.
  • Page 5 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.
  • Page 6: Contact Details

    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.)