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EVS Synapse U4T100 Installation & Configuration Manual

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  • Page 1 4K (3840X2160) ULTRA HD 4 WIRE TOOLBOX WITH OPTIONAL DOLBY E PROCESSING...
  • Page 2 (for manuals on hardware products) or on the EVS website on the following page: http://www.evs.com/contacts. User Manuals on EVS Website The latest version of the user manual, if any, and other user manuals on EVS products can be found on the EVS download center, on the following webpage: http://www.evs.com/downloadcenter.
  • Page 3 ● NEVER operate this product in an explosive atmosphere. Warranty: EVS warrants their products according to the warranty policy as described in the general terms. That means that EVS Broadcast Equipment SA can only warrant the products as long as the serial numbers are not removed.
  • Page 4 Unpacking Placing the card A Quick Start When powering-up Changing settings and parameters Front Panel Control Example of changing parameters using front panel control EVS Cortex Software Menu Structure Example The U4T100/U4T140 Card Introduction Features Applications Block schematic Settings Menu...
  • Page 5 EVS Broadcast Equipment SA Audio_Prst_ActA Audio_Prst_EditA #Silence-TimeA #Silence-LevelA #Enc_in_Ch01/04 #Enc_in_Ch05/08 #Dec_in_Main/BUp #Emb1_GrpSel #Emb1_Ch01/04 #Emb1_Ch13/16 #Emb1_Gain01 ~ #Emb1_Gain16 #Emb1_Delay01 ~ #Emb1_Delay16 #Emb1_Phase01/16 #Emb2_GrpSel #Emb2_Ch01/04 #Emb2_Ch13/16 #Emb2_Gain01 ~ #Emb2_Gain16 #Emb2_Delay01 ~ #Emb2_Delay16 #Emb2_Phase01/16 Backup_out12 Backup_out34 Backup_out56 Backup_out78 Downmix PCM_metadata PCM_latency VsyncALIGN VsyncENA...
  • Page 6 INSTALLATION AND CONFIGURATION MANUAL U4T100-U4T140 IP_Conf0 mIP0 mNM0 mGW0 NetwPrefix0 Status Menu Introduction SFP1-Vendor SFP1-Type SFP1-Temp-Stat SFP1-Volt-Stat Port1/2-Enabled Port1/2-Power Port1/2-Power-Stat Port1/2-Bias Port1/2-Bias-Stat Port1/2-Wavelength SFP2-Vendor SFP2-Type SFP2-Temp-Stat SFP2-Volt-Stat Port3/4-Enabled Port3/4-Power Port3/4-Power-Stat Port3/4-Bias Port3/4-Bias-Stat Port3/4-Wavelength sInp1 ~ sInp8 sInpA ~ sInpD sInpA_CRC_EDH ~ sInpD_CRC_EDH sInpA_Map ~ sInpD_Map SwitchLnA ~ SwitchLnD Inp_Align_SDI1_2 ~ Inp_Align_SDI1_4...
  • Page 7 EVS Broadcast Equipment SA Reference LED Data Error LED Connection LED Block Schematic Connector Panels D-sub pinning Appendix 2 Reprogramming GXGxxx modules Before you start Functionality explanation Choosing .spf files Requirements Using Cortex help files Precautions Backup your settings At your own risk...

  • Page 8: Introduction To Synapse

    MORE SYNAPSE FRAMES Although not required to use Cortex with a Synapse frame, you are strongly advised to use a remote personal computer or laptop PC with EVS Cortex installed, as this increases the ease of use and understanding of the modules.

  • Page 9: Unpacking And Placement

    EVS Broadcast Equipment SA 2 Unpacking and Placement Unpacking The EVS Synapse card must be unpacked in an anti-static environment. Care must be taken NOT to touch components on the card – always handle the card carefully by the edges. The card must be stored and shipped in anti-static packaging.

  • Page 10: Quick Start

    INSTALLATION AND CONFIGURATION MANUAL U4T100-U4T140 3 A Quick Start When powering- On powering up the Synapse frame, the card set will use basic data and default initialisation settings. All LED’s will light during this process. After initialisation, several LED’s will remain lit – the exact number and configuration is dependent upon the number of inputs connected and the status of the inputs.
  • Page 11 EVS Broadcast Equipment SA Example of With the display as shown below changing parameters using front panel control RRC18 [Select Card] >S01=SFS10 Pressing the ► selects the SFS10 in frame slot 01. The display changes to indicate that the SFS10 has been selected. In this example the Settings menu item is indicated.
  • Page 12 EVS Cortex has access to data contained within the Synapse module and displays it on a GUI. The software has an intuitive structure following that of the module that it is controlling. For operation of EVS Cortex, please refer to the Cortex help files. Menu Structure Slot...
  • Page 13 EVS Broadcast Equipment SA 4 The U4T100/U4T140 Card Introduction The U4T100 and U4T140 are 4k (4 wire) production toolboxes that will ease the challenges of a 4 wire production setup where the left top corner (channel A) is used to carry VANC and HANC data like timecode and embedded audio.
  • Page 14 INSTALLATION AND CONFIGURATION MANUAL U4T100-U4T140 ▪ Full audio shuffling between all audio sources and destinations. ▪ Move audio from quadrant 1 to quadrant 2 ▪ 32 channel Quad Speed Bus connectivity Quad Speed Bus out channel 17 to 32 are De- embbeder 2 or the Dolby Channels ▪...

  • Page 15: Settings Menu

    EVS Broadcast Equipment SA 5 Settings Menu Introduction The settings menu displays the current state of each GXG4x0 setting and allows you to change or adjust it. Settings can be changed using the front panel of the Synapse frame (SFR18, SFR08 or SFR04) or with Cortex.
  • Page 16 INSTALLATION AND CONFIGURATION MANUAL U4T100-U4T140 #Inp_SelC With this item you can select which input you want to use for Channel B. It is possible to select physical inputs; SDI-1, SDI-2, SDI- 3, SDI-4, SFP1-1, SFP1-1, SFP1-2, SFP2-1 or SFP2-2.You can also choose a Zoneplate or Colorbar as input.
  • Page 17 EVS Broadcast Equipment SA #V-delayA ~ #V-delayD V-Delay setting allows adjustment of the vertical phase of the corresponding output signal with respect to the selected reference input. The V-Delay setting gives a delay in addition to the reference timing. For example: if the V-Delay is set to 10 TV HD lines, the output signal will be delayed by reference timing + 10 TV HD lines.
  • Page 18 INSTALLATION AND CONFIGURATION MANUAL U4T100-U4T140 General Dolby The Dolby-Aligner aligns all the embedded Dolby-E streams by using Aligment info: the "Dolby-E Reference Line-Position recommendations" of Dolby. This means that the aligner re-aligns the Dolby-E stream on stereo- base within the recommended “ideal line-position” for the different video-formats, even for extreme E-positions: 25/50Hz frame rates: 1920x1080p50: ideal-position is from line 37-46...
  • Page 19 EVS Broadcast Equipment SA DolbySOF_Offset This setting changes the "ideal line-position" from its default window to more "early or "late". Default it is set to 0. The offset-range is selectable between -13 and +13, the step-size is in audio-samples. Delay-Status It is possible to display (in the status menu IODelayA and IODelayB) the processing time of the card in the status menu.
  • Page 20 INSTALLATION AND CONFIGURATION MANUAL U4T100-U4T140 R-GainA ~ R-GainD R-Gain controls the Red gain of the corresponding channel. The control range is between 50% and 150%. The default setting is 100%. G-GainA ~ G-GainD G-Gain controls the Green gain of each corresponding channel. The control range is between 50% and 150%.
  • Page 21 EVS Broadcast Equipment SA Audio_CtrlA With this item you select how audio proc amp presets for Channel A are controlled: Manually (Manual) or via GPI-triggers (GPI, GPI- A, GPI-B or GPI-C). Default is Manual Audio_Prst_ActA With this item you can manually change the currently active preset of channel.
  • Page 22 INSTALLATION AND CONFIGURATION MANUAL U4T100-U4T140 #Dec_in_Main/BUp This setting allows you to select the source of the CAT1100 decoder input (Ch1 and Ch2) and the Dolby decoder backup input (Ch3 and Ch4). You can choose between the following values: SDI-de-embed Ch1 (value ‘00’), Ch2 (value ‘01’) to Ch16 (value ▪...
  • Page 23 EVS Broadcast Equipment SA #Emb1_Ch01/04 These settings allow you to select the source of the audio channels which need to be embedded into the SDI output. You can choose between the following sources for each of the sixteen #Emb1_Ch13/16 Ch01/16 channels: SDI-de-embed Ch1 (value ‘00’), SDI-de-embed Ch2 (value ‘01’),...
  • Page 24 INSTALLATION AND CONFIGURATION MANUAL U4T100-U4T140 #Emb2_GrpSel With this setting you can turn on or off the audio embedder groups individually. An embedder group can be turned off (muted) by setting the corresponding group to ‘_’. Can be set to one of the following values (default is 1234): ____ 1___ _2__...
  • Page 25 EVS Broadcast Equipment SA #Emb2_Delay01 ~ Adjusts the delay of the corresponding audio channel between #Emb2_Delay16 -5000ms and 5000ms. Default is 0ms. #Emb2_Phase01/16 Adjusts the audio phase of the corresponding individual audio channel to 0 degree (‘0’) or 180 degrees (‘1’). Default is 0000000000000000 (channel number is counting up from left to right).
  • Page 26 INSTALLATION AND CONFIGURATION MANUAL U4T100-U4T140 VIDEO SYNC CONTROL Dolby E decoders generally require a valid video sync input signal when operating. This signal must be aligned and matched to the timing and rate of the incoming Dolby E signal. Many facilities use a Vsync signal as a reference for timing throughout a larger broadcast chain.
  • Page 27 EVS Broadcast Equipment SA MONITORING Meta_Prgm_Sel Here you select which set to metadata you want to monitor in the status menu (all items with an MD prefix). Loudness_type Here you set the loudness measure type of the loudness level output sine.
  • Page 28 INSTALLATION AND CONFIGURATION MANUAL U4T100-U4T140 Loud-ext_RST With this setting you reset the loudness measurements for all loudness parameters. Ld_DDp_Select This setting selects which stream should be used to measure Loudness. Can be Main_only, Mixed or AD_only. This setting is only valid when there's an audio discription channel.
  • Page 29 EVS Broadcast Equipment SA Ld_PCM_Select Here you select which loudness parameter you want to monitor (which parameter you want to have as PCM output sine). The following are the parameters included in the loudness packed structure: ▪ Int_UGTD (Integrated ungated loudness): This parameter provides the loudness measurement for the entire program since the last reset, and does not use any gating for the measurement.
  • Page 30 INSTALLATION AND CONFIGURATION MANUAL U4T100-U4T140 Main_DRC_DD With this setting you decide whether you want to apply the dynamic range (None (Dialnorm), RF mode or Line mode) to the output signal of the decoder when the input is Dolby Digital. Main_DRC_E With this setting you decide whether you want to apply the dynamic range (None (Dialnorm), RF mode or Line mode) to the output signal of the decoder when the input is Dolby E.
  • Page 31 EVS Broadcast Equipment SA ENCODER GB_Shift With this setting you can apply a guard band shift of up to 625 lines. This allows you to make small adjustments to the length of the guard band. The guard band of Dolby E is visualized in the following illustration.
  • Page 32 INSTALLATION AND CONFIGURATION MANUAL U4T100-U4T140 MD_loss In case of metadata loss, the selected option in this setting is inserted instead. Default is 5.1+2(AB). Possible values are the same as listed under Pgrm, with the addition of Last (insert last available metadata).
  • Page 33 EVS Broadcast Equipment SA #Bitstrm Bitstream describes the audio service contained within the Dolby Digital. A complete audio program may consist of a main audio service (a complete mix of all program audio), an associated audio service comprising a complete mix, or one main service combined with an associated service.
  • Page 34 INSTALLATION AND CONFIGURATION MANUAL U4T100-U4T140 #Dialogue_Lev Dialogue level sets the average loudness of a dialogue in a presentation. The range is from –31dB to –1dB. The default setting is –27dB #Ch_mod This setting sets the channel mode of the dolby signal. Default is 1/0(C).
  • Page 35 EVS Broadcast Equipment SA #D Srnd Dolby Surround. Determines when a Dolby Digital decoding product also contains a Dolby Pro Logic decoder, whether the two- channel encoded bistream contains a Dolby Surround (Lt/Rt) program that requires Pro Logic decoding. Decoders can use this flag to automatically switch on Pro-logic decoding as required.
  • Page 36 INSTALLATION AND CONFIGURATION MANUAL U4T100-U4T140 #Srnd EX Surround EX. This setting is used to identify the encoded audio as surround EX encoded material. This parameter is only used if the encoded audio has two surround channels. An amplifier or receiver with Dolby Digital EX decoding can use this parameter as a flag to switch the decoding on or off automatically.
  • Page 37 For example: bit depth = 16 bit, program config set to 5.1+2, then the Dolby E encoder will use Program Config 5.1 for encode. Therefore the +2 channels for the encode will be dropped. Category Only used by EVS or Dolby Parameter Only used by EVS or Dolby...
  • Page 38 INSTALLATION AND CONFIGURATION MANUAL U4T100-U4T140 GPIO options Contact _1 ~ In this card it is possible to make the 8 available GPI contacts part of Contact_8 a GPI pool that can control the various functions in the card separately (all Xx_Ctrl items of the menu). With these item you can select which pool the corresponding GPI is part of.
  • Page 39 EVS Broadcast Equipment SA NETWORK IP_Conf0 With this setting you can let the card obtain an IP address automatically via DHCP, or appoint a manual set IP address. By default this setting is set to Manual. mIP0 When IP_Conf0 is set to manual, you can type in the preferred IP address here.

  • Page 40: Status Menu

    INSTALLATION AND CONFIGURATION MANUAL U4T100-U4T140 6 Status Menu Introduction The status menu indicates the current status of each item listed below. SFP STATUS SFP1-Vendor These status item display the name of the vendor of the SFP input/output module A. SFP1-Type These status items display the type name/number of SFP input/output module A.
  • Page 41 EVS Broadcast Equipment SA Indicates the current wave length of the corresponding output port on the Port1/2-Wavelength SFP output module A between 0nm and 2000nm. When there is a non fiber SFP or RX module installed, this value will be 0.
  • Page 42 INSTALLATION AND CONFIGURATION MANUAL U4T100-U4T140 sInp1 ~ sInp8 This status item indicates the presence and the format of a valid signal on physical input 1 to 8. This is displayed as: ▪ 1080P60 ▪ 1080p50 ▪ 1080i60 ▪ 1080i50 ▪ 1080p30 ▪...
  • Page 43 EVS Broadcast Equipment SA sInpA_Map ~ This item indicates what the mapping of the signal is on processing sInpD_Map channel A to D. Can be: ▪ Level A ▪ Level B ▪ SwitchLnA ~ Displays the switch line of the processing channels A to D. Can be a SwitchLnD value between 0 and 1025.
  • Page 44 INSTALLATION AND CONFIGURATION MANUAL U4T100-U4T140 SDIADemFrmt01/02 These status items indicate the detected audio format of each audio pair in the de-embedder of SDI input 1. Can be one of the following SDIADemFrmt15/16 formats: ▪ ▪ ▪ Null ▪ AC-3 ▪ TimeStmp ▪...
  • Page 45 EVS Broadcast Equipment SA AddOnFrmtIn01/02 These status items indicate the detected audio format of each audio pair from the quad speed addon bus. Can be one of the following AddOnFrmtIn31/32 formats: ▪ ▪ ▪ Null ▪ AC-3 ▪ TimeStmp ▪...

  • Page 46: Events Menu

    INSTALLATION AND CONFIGURATION MANUAL U4T100-U4T140 7 Events Menu Introduction An event is a special message that is generated on the card asynchronously. This means that it is not the response to a request to the card, but a spontaneous message. What is the Goal of The goal of events is to inform the environment about a changing an event?
  • Page 47 EVS Broadcast Equipment SA The Tag The tag is also defined in the card. The tag has a fixed meaning. When controlling or monitoring software should make decisions based on events, it is easier to use the tag instead of interpreting a string. The first implementation is the tag controlled switch in the GPI16.

  • Page 48: Led Indication

    INSTALLATION AND CONFIGURATION MANUAL U4T100-U4T140 8 LED Indication Error LED The error LED indicates an error if the internal logic of the card is not configured correctly or has a hardware failure. Input_x LED This LED indicated the presence of a valid SDI video signal on input x.

  • Page 49: Block Schematic

    EVS Broadcast Equipment SA 9 Block Schematic U4T100-140 [QUAD SPEED AUDIO BUS] FRAME-SYNC AUTO COLOR 16 CH OFFSET-DELAY PHASER CORR |--------| DUAL CHANNEL SFP DUAL CHANNEL SFP ALL TO ALL OFFSET GAIN 16 CH 16CH AUDIO DELAY PHASE DE-EMB SHUFFLER...

  • Page 50: Connector Panels

    INSTALLATION AND CONFIGURATION MANUAL U4T100-U4T140 10 Connector Panels The U4T100 and U4T140 can be used with the BPH32 or the BHX32. The following table displays the pinout of these backpanels in combination with the card. 3Gb/s, HD, SD SDI INPUT 1 3Gb/s, HD, SD SDI INPUT 2 3Gb/s, HD, SD SDI INPUT 3 3Gb/s, HD, SD SDI INPUT 4...
  • Page 51 This revision number can be found in the menu of the card via the control panel on the frames (select card, select ‘about’, check HW number) or via Cortex (EVS’s control software) (select frame, select card, select ‘Identity’, check ‘hardware rev’).
  • Page 52 During the upgrade process, the card will stop functioning for a period of time. Make sure the card you are going to upgrade is currently not being used by anyone in your company. Note Use cortex version 1.09.01 or later. This software can be downloaded from https://mi‐sftp.evs.com/.
  • Page 53 EVS Broadcast Equipment SA Setting up card To be able to program the card direct we need to perform two steps. One is setting up of the IP address of the card and second will be making the board recognized as stand alone entity.
  • Page 54 INSTALLATION AND CONFIGURATION MANUAL U4T100-U4T140 Upload firmware You can start upgrading the card. To do this, click ‘Card’ in the top menu and select ‘Upload Firmware’ from the dropdown box as displayed below. A new window will open, showing you the firmware upload functions. At first you must select which .spf file you want to load.
  • Page 55 EVS Broadcast Equipment SA When you selected the .spf file, check the card(s) in which you want to load this .spf file. You can load multiple cards with the same .spf file at the same time. When the selected .spf file can not be loaded in the card you try to check an error message will appear in the bottom right box.
  • Page 56 INSTALLATION AND CONFIGURATION MANUAL U4T100-U4T140 Appendix 3 GPI’s explained Introduction This appendix describes the functionality of the GPI’s generally used within the Synapse based products. General The physical contacts of a General Purpose Interface can be assigned by the user. In our cards the General Purpose Interface contacts (GPI functionality contacts) will be named as General Purpose Input (GPI) or General Purpose Output (GPO).
  • Page 57 EVS Broadcast Equipment SA Take The GPI contacts not only can be used as GPI contact but also can be assigned as Take contact. The menu item is called GPI_n-Take. Where n is the amount of GPI pools in the product. Every pool can only have one Take contact.
  • Page 58 A-Z depending on the number of pools. The default output value of a pool is always 0. This translates to preset 1 in EVS products. In priority mode, the contact which has the highest priority defines the pool value.
  • Page 59 EVS Broadcast Equipment SA Pool Mode: GPO Every GPO pool can be set up to process the input values in two ways. This setting is called GPO_n-Mode and can be set into Priority (Prio) or Binary mode. N is defined as a character in the range from A-Z depending on the number of pools.
  • Page 60 INSTALLATION AND CONFIGURATION MANUAL U4T100-U4T140 Contact-Status shows the current logical value of the physical Statuses: Contact status contacts, formatted as a concatenated string containing one character per pin: 1 for asserted, 0 for non-asserted and _ for unassigned. Statuses: GPI GPI_n is an integer which reflects the value of the pool.
  • Page 61 EVS Broadcast Equipment SA Example 1: Two We are controlling the up-converter presets using Pool A (Up_CtrlA set to GPI_A) and the output mode setting using Pool B (Out-mode- pools in binary Ctrl set to GPI_B). Both pools are working in priority mode. The mode GPI’s need to be set-up in the following way:...
  • Page 62 INSTALLATION AND CONFIGURATION MANUAL U4T100-U4T140 Let’s say we would like to control the GXG up-converter presets using Example 2: One Pool A (Up_CtrlA set to GPI_A) in binary mode and the audio presets pool in binary using Pool B (Audio_Ctrl set to GPI_B) in priority mode. We could mode and one do the following: in priority mode...
  • Page 63 EVS Broadcast Equipment SA Let’s say we would like to control the up-converter presets using Pool A Example 3: Two (Up_CtrlA set to GPI_A) in priority mode and the audio presets using pools in priority Pool B (Audio_Ctrl set to GPI_B) in priority mode. We could do the...
  • Page 64 EVS Broadcast Equipment shall provide the source code on request either through physical distribution or electronic communication. For physical distribution you may be charged a fee that covers distribution costs. This offer is valid up to three years after date of purchase. Please direct your request to the support department of EVS Broadcast Equipment.
  • Page 65 EVS Broadcast Equipment SA Accompany it with the complete corresponding machine-readable source code, which must be distributed under the terms of Sections 1 and 2 above on a medium customarily used for software interchange; or, Accompany it with a written offer, valid for at least three years, to give any third party, for a charge no more than your cost of physically performing source distribution, a complete machine-readable copy of the corresponding source code, to be distributed under the terms of Sections 1 and 2 above on a medium customarily used for software interchange;...
  • Page 66 INSTALLATION AND CONFIGURATION MANUAL U4T100-U4T140 NO WARRANTY 11. BECAUSE THE PROGRAM IS LICENSED FREE OF CHARGE, THERE IS NO WARRANTY FOR THE PROGRAM, TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW. EXCEPT WHEN OTHERWISE STATED IN WRITING THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND/OR OTHER PARTIES PROVIDE THE PROGRAM “AS IS”...

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