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- Page 1 INSTALLATION AND OPERATION MANUAL Synapse GXG100 3Gb/s, HD and SD Up/Down/Cross Converter and Synchronizer with 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 GXG100 | Disclaimer |...
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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
5.1. System Settings 5.2. Up-Conv 5.3. Down-Conv 5.4. Cross-Conv 5.5. Transparent 5.6. Inserter 5.7. Auxiliary Timecode 5.8. Video-Proc 5.9. Audio Proc Amp 5.10. Embedder 5.11. GPI Mode 5.12. Network 6. Status Menu 6.1. System Status 6.2. Net Status Synapse GXG100 | Contents |... - Page 6 7. Events Menu 8. LED Indication 9. Block Schematic 10. Connector Panels Appendices Appendix 1: GPIs Explained Appendix 2: Card Dip Switches for BHX and Fiber Configurations GNU Public License ICONOGRAPHY Warning Note iv | November 2021 | Issue 1.00.D...
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Page 7: What's New
The changes linked to new features in version 1.00 of GXG100/110 are listed below. SMPTE ST 352 Payload Identifier • See section "Inserter" on page 23. Synapse GXG100 | 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 GXG100 | 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 GXG100 | 3. Quick Start |...
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Page 14: The Gxg100-110 Card
4. The GXG100-110 Card Introduction The GXG100-110 is a low-latency up, down, cross converter with 16 channel audio transparency. The powerful audio matrix multiplexer can transport audio from the embedded domain to the Synapse bus and vice versa. The GXG110 adds a full audio shuffler and audio proc- amp with gain and phase control. The GXG100-110 is compatible with 270Mb/s, 1.5Gb/s and 3Gb/s for full 1080p/50 or 1080p/59.94 use. - Page 15 Audio shuffling, gain and phase (GXG110 only) • ARC triggers by VI, WSS, WSSext and S2016 (AFD) • Color corrector • Transparent for 16 channels of embedded audio • Embedded domain cross input audio shuffling, gain and phase control (GXG110 only) Synapse GXG100 | 4. The GXG100-110 Card |...
- Page 16 • Embedding and de-embedding through synapse bus • Video proc-amp (Y and C control) • Color corrector (RGB and total gain, RGB and total black) • Hue control for NTSC inputs • Locks to Tri-level, Bi-level or SDI input • OP47 to WST cross conversion and vice-versa •...
- Page 17 EIA-608 data as "NTSC closed captions" for compatibility with old decoders. This card only de-embeds the NTSC closed captions, not the DTV closed captions. It will not function with a DTV-only 708 closed caption source. Synapse GXG100 | 4. The GXG100-110 Card |...
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Page 18: Settings Menu
5. Settings Menu Introduction The Settings menu displays the current state of each GXG100/110 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 19 • 720p25 • 720p24 • SD525 • SD625 #IO-Map With this setting you can configure the output as Level A (default) or Level B (according to SMPTE S425) when the output format is 1080p50 or 1080p60. Synapse GXG100 | 5. Settings Menu |...
- Page 20 #F_delay F-Delay sets the number of delayed Frames. The available range is from 0 to 250 fields (dependent on the I/O). Default is 0F. The preset master for this is Out-Frmt, hence the # prefix. #V_delay V-Delay setting allows adjustment of the vertical phase of the output signal with respect to the selected reference input.
- Page 21 V_only: vertical filters will be active which “soften” the image and prevents “ring”-effects in down converted content. • H_And_V: same horizontal filter as described under H_Only will be active, together with the vertical filters described under V_only. Synapse GXG100 | 5. Settings Menu |...
- Page 22 • H2_Only: less steep filter with aliasing and soft for C for less ringing, more sharpness but with aliasing: • H2_And_V: same horizontal filter as described under H2_Only will be active, together with the vertical filters described under V_only. When the card is in Transparent mode, the filters will be entirely bypassed. #VANC_Trans Enables or disables the transfer from input to output of selected Vertical Ancillary (VANC) lines.
- Page 23 WSS (widescreen signaling) or WSS-extended (extended form of widescreen signaling). With this setting you can select which of the above protocols should be used to detect aspect ratio changes. By default it is set to VI. Synapse GXG100 | 5. Settings Menu |...
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Page 24: Up-Conv
NoWSS/VI_prstA With this setting you can set to which preset the card should jump channel A, when no WSS or VI information is found. Can be any preset between 1 and 16 or Hold (holds current active preset). By default it is set to Hold. - 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 GXG100 | 5. Settings Menu |...
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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 Sets the vertical scaling of the TV picture of channel A in down converter mode. Can be set within the range of 50% to 200% of the input signal (only used when #Dn_ArcA is set to variable). Default value is 100%. Synapse GXG100 | 5. Settings Menu |...
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Page 28: Cross-Conv
#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%. #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 With 16:9 source on 4:3 screens LBox-14:9 With 16:9 source on 4:3 screens PBox-4:3 With 4:3 source on 16:9 screens PBox-14:9 With 4:3 source on 16:9 screens Variable Dependent on Cr H-scale and Cr V-scale settings. Synapse GXG100 | 5. Settings Menu |...
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Page 30: Transparent
#Cr_H-ScaleA 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%. -
Page 31: Inserter
This setting will only work if S352_Insert is set to On. It enables you to set the colorspace in REC709 (default) or REC2020. When set to either REC709 or REC2020, the S352 data is included in the s352 packet. (This does not change anything in the picture.) Synapse GXG100 | 5. Settings Menu |... - Page 32 HDR_Curve_Out The dynamic range is the range of information between the lightest and darkest part of an image, also known as an image’s luminosity. This setting enables you to set the dynamic range in standard dynamic range SDR (default), HLG, PQ or SLOG3. With all of these settings, the S352 data is included in the S352 packet.
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Page 33: Auxiliary Timecode
The EVS devices can be set to de-embed either or any of the two, both for the original timecode input and the auxiliary timecode input. This can be set by AUX_Dem_Sel and ATC_Dem_Sel. When receiving an SD signal, the input line can be set separately for both normal timecode and auxiliary timecode, by VITC_ Ln_In and Aux_VITC_Ln_In. - Page 34 Aux_TC_DLY Here you set the delay in frames which should be applied to the auxiliary time code inserter. 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).
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Page 35: Video-Proc
This setting can change the Audio bus order from the normal 1234 (=default) to 1324. The 1324 order is used to route the 1st group of audio from the 2nd input to the 2nd channel of a slave card (like the DIO48). Synapse GXG100 | 5. Settings Menu |... -
Page 36: Embedder
Audio-Phase If this setting is set to Align (default), the card ensures audio-phase alignment between multiple audio channels and audio groups, which is necessary for multi-channel (surround) purposes. If errors in the signal-chain occur, the de- embedder blocks reset synchronously to maintain audio-phase alignment. If this setting is set to Off, the card eats all audio, including errors. - Page 37 Note: With this card the ADD-ON bus can only be used to either embed audio or de-embed audio. When one of the EmbXx_Inp settings is set to embed from the ADD-ON bus, no audio will be de-embedded towards the bus anymore, not for any of the channels. Synapse GXG100 | 5. Settings Menu |...
- Page 38 #EmbC1_Inp_Ch ~ With these settings you can select which Channel of the selected input should #EmbC4_Inp_Ch be embedded to the corresponding output channel. Can be any channel between Ch_1 and Ch_16. Defaults for C1 till C4 are respectively Ch_9 till Ch_ (GXG110 only) #EmbD_Grp With this setting you select in to which audio group (= 4 audio channels) of the...
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Page 39: Gpi Mode
Please refer to "Appendix 1: GPIs Explained" on page 43 for a more elaborate explanation of the GPI settings. 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 GXG100 | 5. Settings Menu |... -
Page 40: Network
5.12. Network Setting Description IP_Conf0 With this setting you can either let the card obtain an IP address automatically via DHCP, or assign an IP address manually. By default this is set to DHCP. mGW0 With IP_Conf0 set to manual, this setting lets you set a Standard Gateway. Default is set to 0.0.0.0. -
Page 41: Status Menu
4:3_0 • 16:9_0 • 4:3_1 • 16:9_1 • 4:3_2 • 16:9_2 • 4:3_3 • 16:9_3 • 4:3_4 • 16:9_4 • 4:3_5 • 16:9_5 • 4:3_6 • 16:9_6 • 4:3_7 • 16:9_7 • NA (no VI detected) Synapse GXG100 | 6. Status Menu |... - Page 42 sInp1_WSS-Stnd This status item displays the detected standard WSS value of input 1. This is displayed as follows: • 1_vid • 1_flm • 2_vid • 2_flm • 3_vid • 3_flm • 4_vid • 4_flm • 5_vid • 5_flm • 6_vid •...
- Page 43 Displays the currently closed GPI contacts. This is displayed as for instance 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. Synapse GXG100 | 6. Status Menu |...
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Page 44: Net Status
GPI_B Displays the current value of GPI pool B. GPI_C Displays the current value of GPI pool C. OP47-Det-A Displays whether or not there’s OP47 detected on input A. WST-Det-A Displays if teletext/closed captions have been detected on input A. CC_Det_A Displays whether or not Closed Captioning has been detected on input A. -
Page 45: Events Menu
A priority that marks the importance of an event. This value is defined by the user and can have any value between 1 and 255, or 0 when disabled. • A slot number of the source of this event. Synapse GXG100 | 7. Events Menu |... - Page 46 Message String The message string is defined in the card and is therefore fixed. It may be used in controlling software like Synapse Set-up to show the event. Tags 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.
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Page 47: Led Indication
Data Error LED This LED indicates a CRC error. Connection LED This LED lights up after the card has initialized. The LED lights up for 0.5 seconds every time a connection is made to the card. Synapse GXG100 | 8. LED Indication |... -
Page 48: Block Schematic
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Page 49: Connector Panels
HD/SD-SDI PROCESSED OUTPUT B1 HD/SD-SDI PROCESSED OUTPUT B2 CVBS INPUT For fiber connectivity, see www.evs.com Unused inputs and outputs must be terminated with the correct impedance. Please refer to "Card Dip Switches for BHX and Fiber Configurations" in the Appendices before connecting any backpanel. - Page 50 GPI Pinning Pin Function GPI in 1 GPI in 2 GPI in 3 GPI in 4 GPI in 5 GPI out 1 GPI out 2 Ground 42 | November 2021 | Issue 1.00.D...
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Page 51: Appendices
I/O. The Contact_N menu item will be used to assign this specific contact to input or output pools. The choices are Off, GPI_A, GPI_B, GPI_C, etc. to GPI_N, GPO_A, GPO_B, GPO_C, etc. to GPO_N, depending on the amount of contacts and pools. Synapse GXG100 | Appendices |... - Page 52 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. Priority is defined as ranging from the least significant bit (low priority) to the most significant bit (high priority).
- Page 53 In priority mode, the value is translated to one-shot encoding on the output contacts. See the table below: Preset nr Output 1 Output 2 Output 3 Pool Value Table 3. Pool value in priority mode Synapse GXG100 | Appendix 1: GPIs Explained |...
- Page 54 In binary mode, the input value is exposed on the output contacts as a binary value. Preset nr Output 1 Output 2 Pool Value Table 4. Pool value in binary mode GPO_n-Source is the setting with which a function is assigned to a GPO pool. e.g. When the output format needs to be reflected on the output contacts, this setting may be set to something like Output_ Format.
- Page 55 Up-conv Preset 4 (because highest takes priority) Table 5. Pool value in priority mode Pool B now works as follows: Contact 5 Status GPI_BValue A out only B out only Table 6. Pool value in priority mode Synapse GXG100 | Appendix 1: GPIs Explained |...
- Page 56 Example 2: One Pool in Binary Mode and One in Priority Mode Let’s say we would like to control the GXG up-converter presets using Pool A (Up_CtrlA set to GPI-A) in binary mode and the audio presets using Pool B (Audio_Ctrl set to GPI-B) in priority mode. We could do the following: •...
- Page 57 Pool A now consists of GPI 1 and GPI 2 in a priority mode, controlling the Up converter preset. Pool B now consists of GPI 3 and GPI 4 in priority mode, controlling the audio presets. Synapse GXG100 | Appendix 1: GPIs Explained |...
- Page 58 Pool A now works as follows: Contact 1 Status Contact 2 Status Preset Value Up-converter Preset 1 Up-converter Preset 1 Up-converter Preset 2 Up-converter Preset 2 (because highest takes priority) Table 9. Pool value in priority mode Pool B now works as follows: Contact 3 Status Contact 4 Status Preset Value...
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Page 59: Appendix 2: Card Dip Switches For Bhx And Fiber Configurations
On the BHX17b itself, there are also 2 dip switches (see picture below). The bottom dip switch is not connected. With the top switch you can choose the Bypass function. There are 2 possible function indications “on” (printed on the dip switch itself) and “off”: Synapse GXG100 | Appendix 2: Card Dip Switches for BHX and Fiber Configurations |... - Page 60 “Direct Backpanel Switchover” dip switch set to ON: Will make the BHX backpanel switch over to the processed signal as soon as it detects the trigger signal from the connected Synapse card. This setting will minimize the bypass time and ensures fast recovery of processed signals.
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Page 61: 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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