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EVS Synapse UXU500 Installation And Operation Manual

3gb/s, hd and sd up/down/cross converter with lut based color space and dynamic range converter and optional audio shuffler
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INSTALLATION AND OPERATION MANUAL
Synapse
UXU500
3Gb/s, HD and SD up/down/cross converter with
LUT based color space and dynamic range
converter and optional audio shuffler
Version 1.00 | November 2021

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  • Page 1 INSTALLATION AND OPERATION MANUAL Synapse UXU500 3Gb/s, HD and SD up/down/cross converter with LUT based color space and dynamic range converter and optional audio shuffler Version 1.00 | November 2021...
  • Page 3 You will find the full list of addresses and phone numbers on the following webpage: https://evs.com/contact/offices. User Manuals on EVS Website The latest version of the user manual, if any, and other user manuals on EVS products can be found at the EVS download center, on the following webpage: https://download-area.evs.com. Synapse UXU500 | Disclaimer |...

  • Page 4: General Information

    NEVER bypass any fuse. NEVER replace any fuse with a value or type other than those specified. NEVER attempt to repair this product. If a problem occurs, contact your local EVS distributor. NEVER expose this product to extremely high or low temperatures.

  • Page 5: Table Of Contents

    5. Settings Menu 5.1. System Settings 5.2. Up-Conv 5.3. Down-Conv 5.4. Cross-Conv 5.5. Transparent 5.6. Inserter 5.7. Video-Proc 5.8. Audio Proc Amp 5.9. Embedder 5.10. LUT Control 5.11. GPIO Options 5.12. Network 6. Status Menu 6.1. System Status 6.2. Net Status Synapse UXU500 | Contents |...
  • Page 6 7. Events Menu 8. LED Indication 9. Block Schematic 10. Connector Panels Appendices Appendix 1: Uploading LUT Tables Using Cortex Appendix 2: Uploading LUT Tables using WebDav or FTP Appendix 3: Quad Speed ADD-ON Bus Appendix 4: Reprogramming UXU Modules GNU Public License ICONOGRAPHY Warning...

  • Page 7: What's New

    The changes linked to new features in version 1.00 of UXU500 are listed below. SMPTE ST 352 Payload Identifier • See section "LUT Control" on page 27. Customized packet extraction and insertion • See section "System Settings" on page 11 and "UsrPkt-Ext_Det " on page 1. Synapse UXU500 | What's New? |...

  • Page 9: Introduction

    Synapse is a modular system designed for the broadcast industry. High density, intuitive operation and high-quality processing are key features of this system. Synapse offers a full range of converters and processing modules. Please visit the EVS website at www.evs.com to obtain the latest information on our new products and updates.

  • Page 10: Unpacking And Placement

    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 11: Quick Start

    Move up within a menu, or increase the value of a parameter. Move down through a menu or decrease the value of a parameter. When editing parameters, pressing ► twice will reset the value to its default setting. Synapse UXU500 | 3. Quick Start |...
  • Page 12 How to Change Parameters Using the Front Panel Control With the display as shown below: Pressing 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 13 SFS10 Settings Standard dig Auto RRC18 Status Mode Events Ref-Input H-Delay Further information about Front Panel Control and Cortex can be obtained from the ERC, ERS, RRC and RRS operational manuals and the Cortex help files. Synapse UXU500 | 3. Quick Start |...

  • Page 14: The Uxu500 Card

    4. The UXU500 Card Introduction The UXU500 is a high-end up/down/cross converter. Based on EVS's Motion Optimized Quality De- interlacer (MOQD) and extensively computer-optimized scaling and filter algorithms, the new 500 series of up/down/cross converters ensure the absolute best quality video conversion from any standard to any standard within the same framerate.
  • Page 15 • Compatible with ITU-R BT709 and ITU-R BT.2020 I/O (conversion matrix from YCrCb to RGB and back) • Industry highest quality de-interlacing algorithm, using EVS's MOQD • 3Gb/s signals level A and level B compatible • Compatible with the following formats: ◦...
  • Page 16 Conversion Capabilities Applications • High-end truck frame synchronizer and 'anything-to-anything' converter • High-end infrastructure up/down/cross conversion • High-end transmission up/cross conversion. 8 | November 2021 | Issue 1.00.C...
  • Page 17 EIA-CEA-608-B to EIA-708-B Translation For EIA-CEA-608-B to EIA-708-B translation, the EIA-CEA-608-B bytes will be mapped on-one-on to the NTSC compatibility bytes. Furthermore, the EIA-CEA-608-B bytes will be remapped to DTVCC packets. EIA-708-B to EIA-CEA-608-B Translations Synapse UXU500 | 4. The UXU500 Card |...
  • Page 18 There are EIA-708-B DTVCC captions which are not translatable to EIA-CEA-608-B. Therefore the NTSC compatibility bytes will be used for EIA-708-B to EIA-CEA-608-B translation. So the DTVCC packets from the input will be ignored. EIA-708-B Transparency This card is not fully transparent to EIA-708-B caption streams. The NTSC compatibility bytes are transparent, but the DTVCC packets are regenerated from the NTSC compatibility bytes.

  • Page 19: Settings Menu

    Prst_editA and UP_Prst_editB) will follow the active preset when the active preset is changed. This is to avoid confusion when changing the active preset. Set to Independent, the edit preset will not automatically follow active preset changes. By default set to Follow Active. Synapse UXU500 | 5. Settings Menu |...
  • Page 20 #Inp_SelA With this item you can select which input you want to use for Channel A. It is possible to select physical inputs: SDI-1 Zoneplate SDI-2 Colorbar SDI-3 SDI-4K SDI-4 You can also choose a Zoneplate or Colorbar as input. The default for this setting is SDI-1.
  • Page 21 7 is selected, line 7 from the input is carried to line 7 at the output. Pos-Prst_Act Selects the active preset to control the positions #H-Pos-A, #V-Pos-A, #H-Pos_B and #V-Pos-B. Here you can select which of the 8 selectable positioning settings presets you want to activate. Default setting is 1. Synapse UXU500 | 5. Settings Menu |...
  • Page 22 Pos-Prst_Edit Edit preset control for the position controls #H-Pos-A and #V-Pos-A. Here you can select which of the 8 selectable positioning settings presets you want to edit. Default setting is 1. #H-Pos-A Controls the horizontal positioning offset in pixels for channel A. Only works correctly when zooming in, for instance when down-converting using Center-Cut aspect ratio conversion.
  • Page 23 With this setting you select if S2031 of channel B will be encoded for HD and 3Gb/s output formats. Can be set to Off or S2031. When Off is selected, nothing will be inserted. Default is Off. Synapse UXU500 | 5. Settings Menu |...

  • Page 24: Up-Conv

    S2031_Dec_lnB With this setting you select from which line of channel B the S2031 data will be decoded. Can be any line between line 8 (def.) and line 16. S2031-EmbB With this setting you set in which line of channel B the S2031 data should be inserted.
  • Page 25 Channel A is up-converting. The best result is generated when the up-converter is active and the 601to709 setting is selected. It is also possible to switch the filter off. The default setting is Off. Synapse UXU500 | 5. Settings Menu |...

  • Page 26: Down-Conv

    5.3. Down-Conv Setting Description Dn_CtrlA With this item you select how the presets for Channel A are controlled in down- converter mode: manually (Manual), via GPI-triggers (GPI, GPI-A, GPI-B or GPI-C) or via changes of the HD Aspect Ratio (S2016). By default it is set to Manual. Dn_Prst_ActA With this item you can manually change the currently active preset of channel A in down-converter mode.
  • Page 27 #Dn_ArcA is set to variable). Default value is 100%. #Dn_H-EnhA With this item you can set the horizontal picture enhancement of channel A in down converter mode between 0 and 100%. By default set to 0%. Synapse UXU500 | 5. Settings Menu |...

  • Page 28: Cross-Conv

    #Dn_V-EnhA With this item you can set the vertical picture enhancement of channel A in down converter mode between 0 and 100%. By default set to 0%. #Dn_ColorConvA ColorConvA optimizes the color conversion of channel A in down converter mode. As the color coding of HD (709) and SD (601) are different, it is necessary to convert these when Channel A is up-converting.
  • Page 29 The horizontal scaling of the TV picture of channel A in cross converter mode is set using #Cr_H-scaleA. #Cr_H-scaleA can be set within the range of 50% to 200% of the input signal (only used when #Cr_ArcA is set to variable). Default value is 100%. Synapse UXU500 | 5. Settings Menu |...

  • Page 30: Transparent

    #Cr_V-ScaleA Sets the vertical scaling of the TV picture of channel A in cross converter mode. Can be set within the range of 50% to 200% of the input signal (only used when #Up_ArcA is set to variable). Default value is 100%. #Cr_H-EnhA With this item you can set the horizontal picture enhancement of channel A in cross converter mode between 0 and 100%.

  • Page 31: Inserter

    Now, the user can select whether to de-embed LTC_Ln10, VITC_Ln9 or the (default) First ATC found. ATC_Emb_SelA ATC_Emb_Sel: ATC destination embed selection. Previously, timecode was transcoded into VITC. Now the user can select whether to transcode to VITC_Ln9 (default) or LTC_Ln10. Synapse UXU500 | 5. Settings Menu |...
  • Page 32 Ins_CtrlA With this item you select how the inserter presets are controlled: Manually (manual), via GPI-triggers (GPI-A, GPI-B or GPI-C), via changes of the SD aspect ratio (SD_AR) or the HD aspect ratio (S2016). Default is Manual. Ins_Prst_ActA With this item you can manually change the currently active preset of Channel A when in transparent mode.

  • Page 33: Video-Proc

    Be aware that audio-phase-alignment between multiple audio channels and audio groups can not be maintained if this setting is set to Off. This setting can be helpful to solve problems in the field using equipment which doesn’t follow the standards correctly. Synapse UXU500 | 5. Settings Menu |...

  • Page 34: Embedder

    5.9. Embedder Setting Description Audio_CtrlA With this item you select how audio proc amp presets for Channel A are controlled: Manually (Manual) or via GPI-triggers (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. Can be any preset between 1 and 16.

  • Page 35: Lut Control

    With this setting you can manually change the currently active LUT settings. Can be any preset between 1 and 16. By default it is set to 1. All menu settings that are preceded with a ‘# ‘-prefix under the ‘LUT CONTROL’ header are part of the preset. Synapse UXU500 | 5. Settings Menu |...
  • Page 36 Lut-Prst_Edit Here you can select which of the 16 selectable LUT setting presets you want to edit. Changing this will not change the active preset, unless the currently active preset is the same you are going to edit. All menu settings that are preceded with a ‘# ‘-prefix under the ‘LUT CONTROL’...

  • Page 37: Gpio Options

    S352 packet. (This does not change anything in the picture.) 5.11. GPIO Options Setting Description GPI-DebounceTime This setting allows you to specify the permitted delay for valid signals on all GPIs (general purpose inputs). Values can be from 1ms through 40ms. default is 10ms. Synapse UXU500 | 5. Settings Menu |...

  • Page 38: Network

    Contact_1 ~ In this card it is possible to make the 8 available GPI triggers part of a GPI pool Contact_8 that can control the various functions in the card separately (all Xx_Ctrl items of the menu). With these items you can select which pool the corresponding GPI is part of.
  • Page 39 When IP_Conf0 is set to manual, you can enter the preferred IP address here. By default it is set to 0.0.0.0 NetwPrefix0 Here you can set the specific network prefix if required. mNM0 With IP_Conf0 set to manual, with this setting you can set a Netmask. Default is 0.0.0.0 Synapse UXU500 | 5. Settings Menu |...

  • Page 40: Status Menu

    6. Status Menu Introduction The Status menu provides information about the current status of each item listed below. 6.1. System Status Item Description sInp1 ~ sInp4 This status item indicates the presence and format of a valid signal in inputs 1-4.
  • Page 41 • sInpA_Map_4k This indicates the mapping of the 4K serial input. Options are 4Ch_ 4Quadrants, 4Ch_SI or NA (default). sInpA_VITC This item indicates the presence of VITC in processing channel A. Can be NA or OK. Synapse UXU500 | 6. Status Menu |...
  • Page 42 sInpA_ATC This item indicates the presence of ATC in processing channel A. Can be: • RP188 LTC • RP196 VITC • RP188 VITC#1 • RP215 • RP188 VITC#2 • • RP196 LTC S2020-Detect This item indicates the presence of S2020 packets in processing channel A. Can be NA, Present or Error.
  • Page 43 10100 when contacts 1 and 3 are closed and for instance 01110 when contacts 2, 3 and 4 are closed. GPI_A Displays the current value of GPI pool A. GPI_B Displays the current value of GPI pool B. GPI_C Displays the current value of GPI pool C. Synapse UXU500 | 6. Status Menu |...
  • Page 44 SDIADemFrmt01/02 ~ These status items indicate the detected audio format of each audio pair in the de-embedder of SDI input A. Can be one of the following formats: SDIADemFrmt15/16 • NA (default) • • Null • AC-3 • TimeStmp • SMPTE-KLV •...

  • Page 45: Net Status

    This item displays the MAC address of the card. This item displays the current IP address of the card. This item displays the current Netmask of the card. This item displays the current Standard Gateway of the card. Synapse UXU500 | 6. Status Menu |...

  • Page 46: Events Menu

    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 an Event? The goal of events is to inform the environment about a changing condition on the card.
  • Page 47 Error Threshold setting of the RRC will cause the error LED on the Synapse rack front panel to light up. Card Address Together with the message string or the tag, the slot number or address of the card is relevant to be able to assign the event to a certain card. Synapse UXU500 | 7. Events Menu |...

  • Page 48: Led Indication

    8. LED Indication Indicator Description Error LED The error LED indicates an error if the internal logic of the card is not configured correctly or has a hardware failure. ANC Data LED Indicates the presence of embedded audio within the input signal. Reference LED Indicates the presence of a valid reference signal on the selected reference input connector (ref-1 or ref-2).

  • Page 49: Block Schematic

    INSTALLATION AND OPERATION MANUAL Block Schematic Synapse UXU500 | 9. Block Schematic |...

  • Page 50: Connector Panels

    Connector Panels The UXU500 can be used with the BPH32 or BHX32. The following diagrams show the pinout of the backpanels in combination with the card. BPH32 42 | November 2021 | Issue 1.00.C...
  • Page 51 PIN 11 Metadata TX B PIN 4 GPIO 1 PIN 12 LTC p PIN 5 GPIO 2 PIN 13 GPIO 4 PIN 6 Metadata RX A PIN 14 GPIO 7 PIN 7 PIN 15 GPIO 5 PIN 8 LTC n Synapse UXU500 | 10. Connector Panels |...

  • Page 52: Appendices

    Introduction The most common and easy way to upload LUT tables is to use Cortex, which contains a GUI view to upload tables. Cortex is downloadable from the EVS website free of charge. Uploading Files Configure the IP address of the UXU network interface using Cortex 1.01 or higher. Use DHCP or a fixed IP address on your network and configure the subnet mask.

  • Page 53: Appendix 2: Uploading Lut Tables Using Webdav Or Ftp

    Go to My Network Places from the Windows Start Menu, or select My Computer > Other Places. Select Network Tasks > Add a network place. This opens the Add Network Place wizard. Click Next and select Choose another network location. Click Next again. Synapse UXU500 | Appendix 2: Uploading LUT Tables using WebDav or FTP |...
  • Page 54 You should be looking at a screen as displayed below. The wizard now asks for the network address. Fill in http:// followed by the IP address of the H-SLI card (see IP0 status item in the menu), followed by :80/ in order to access the card via WebDav. Entering ftp:// followed by the IP address of the card will access the card via FTP.
  • Page 55 Click Next, and then Finish on the following screen: A new Explorer window will appear, which displays the contents of the WebDAV Web Folder or FTP folder on the UXU card as follows: Synapse UXU500 | Appendix 2: Uploading LUT Tables using WebDav or FTP |...
  • Page 56 Double-click on the 'dav' folder if you accessed it via WebDav. You can now use the most common file operations such as Delete, Move and Copy to upload files as you are used to in any Windows environment. You can simply drag and drop your LUT files in this map. 48 | November 2021 | Issue 1.00.C...

  • Page 57: Appendix 3: Quad Speed Add-On Bus

    The ADD-ON card chooses the channels it wants to process. Some ADD-ON cards will have the possibility to re-inject processed audio onto the next ADD-ON card. • Up to 32 channels input on the master card Synapse UXU500 | Appendix 3: Quad Speed ADD-ON Bus |...
  • Page 58 If the master card can handle less then 32 channels, the lowest channel numbers will be used, as the ADD-ON card will always generate 32 channels (where some channels can be empty or silent). • Channel shuffling is done in the ADD-ON card. The master card has only one setting to enable the quad speed audio bus.
  • Page 59 5.1 surround channels and watermark a PCM channel used as a voice over for audio description. Embedded domain Dolby E to Dolby Digital Plus with Watermarking. The only connection to the outside world are two BNC cables. Synapse UXU500 | Appendix 3: Quad Speed ADD-ON Bus |...
  • Page 60 Example 2. Here the Quad-Speed audio ADD-ON bus shows a transmission application, where a dual up/down/cross output card is connected to a DIO88 in a setup where the embedded audio combined with external audio and convenient PCM monitoring is available. Example 3.
  • Page 61 INSTALLATION AND OPERATION MANUAL Synapse UXU500 | Appendix 3: Quad Speed ADD-ON Bus |...

  • Page 62: Appendix 4: Reprogramming Uxu Modules

    Synapse cards. These software revisions are formatted in 1 file per revision, with a .spf extension. Customers can download these .spf files from our website, or receive them via e-mail from EVS Support, to be able to upgrade or reprogram their own cards. Choosing .spf Files Not all .spf files are compatible with all hardware platforms.
  • Page 63 During the upgrade process, the card will stop functioning for a period of time. Make sure that the card you are going to upgrade is currently not being used by anyone in your company. Use Cortex version 1.09.01 or later. This software can be downloaded from the EVS website. Setting Up a Card...
  • Page 64 To make the card available as a stand-alone card within the system, you need to go to the Network tab in the Cortex main menu to add this card. Then select Add Network Device and Add ACP Device. Fill out the name of the card and its IP address and select Add. 56 | November 2021 | Issue 1.00.C...
  • Page 65 Firmware in the dropdown menu as displayed below. A new window will open, showing you the firmware upload functions. First you need to select the .spf file you want to load from the Firmware File pane, as shown below. Synapse UXU500 | Appendix 4: Reprogramming UXU Modules |...
  • Page 66 To identify which .spf you would like to upload into the card, click the Current drive button and select the folder which holds your .spf files. When you select the .spf file, check the card(s) in which you want to load this .spf file, as shown below. You can load multiple cards with the same .spf file at the same time.
  • Page 67 INSTALLATION AND OPERATION MANUAL Testing Once all the above instructions have been completed, the card should be functioning correctly. We advise however to test the card’s functionality before putting it into real on-air use. Synapse UXU500 | Appendix 4: Reprogramming UXU Modules |...

  • Page 68: Gnu Public License

    Under this license, you are eligible to receive a copy of the source code of this software, including any changes. EVS Broadcast Equipment SA 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.

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