3g/hd/sd-sdi up-down-cross converter / frame sync / audio embed/de-embed with dsp audio options support (146 pages)
Summary of Contents for Cobalt Digital Inc 9934-AUD-PRO
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9934-AUD-PRO 9934-AUD-PRO 3G/HD/SD-SDI Advanced Audio Processor with DSP Audio Options Support and Full Embed/De-Embed Product Manual Cobalt Digital Inc. 2506 Galen Drive Champaign, IL 61821 Voice 217.344.1243 • Fax 217.344.1245 www.cobaltdigital.com 9934-AUDPRO-OM (V1.1)
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Furthermore, Cobalt Digital Inc. reserves the right to make changes to any products herein to improve readability, function, or design. Cobalt Digital Inc. does not assume any liability arising out of the application or use of any product or circuit described herein.
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Accessing the 9934-AUD-PRO Card via Remote Control ..........3-6 Accessing the 9934-AUD-PRO Card Using DashBoard™ ........3-6 ® Accessing the 9934-AUD-PRO Card Using a Cobalt Remote Control Panel ..3-7 Checking 9934-AUD-PRO Card Information..............3-8 Ancillary Data Line Number Locations and Ranges............3-9 9934-AUD-PRO Function Menu List and Descriptions ...........
Also provides general information regarding the 9934-AUD-PRO. Chapter 2, “Installation and Setup” – Provides instructions for • installing the 9934-AUD-PRO in a frame, and optionally installing a 9934-AUD-PRO Rear I/O Module. Chapter 3, “Operating Instructions” – Provides overviews of •...
The Software Version of your card can be checked by viewing the Card Info menu in DashBoard™. See Checking 9934-AUD-PRO Card Information (p. 3-8) in Chapter 3, “Operating Instructions” for more information. You can then check our website for the latest software version currently released for the card as described below.
Introduction Manual Conventions Manual Conventions In this manual, display messages and connectors are shown using the exact name shown on the 9934-AUD-PRO itself. Examples are provided below. Card-edge display messages are shown like this: • BOOT Connector names are shown like this: SDI IN A •...
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The 9934-AUD-PRO has a high power dissipation (24 W at full proc capacity). As such, avoiding placing the card adjacent to other cards with similar dissipation values if possible.
9934-AUD-PRO Functional Description 9934-AUD-PRO Functional Description Figure 1-1 shows a functional block diagram of the 9934-AUD-PRO. The 9934-AUD-PRO includes AES/analog audio support and CVBS video I/O. In addition to a basic signal presence input failover function, a Quality Check option allows failover to alternate inputs or other actions based on user-configurable criteria such as black or frozen frame.
9934-AUD-PRO Functional Description Video Processor Description The 9934-AUD-PRO video subsystem provides the functions described below. Input Video Select/Quality Check Functions A GUI-based control allows the card to select from up to four 3G/HD/ SD-SDI inputs, and a SD CVBS analog video input. For analog inputs, waveform-based ancillary data is preserved for extraction and usage later in the card processing chain.
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Introduction 9934-AUD-PRO Functional Description SDI IN A selected; card and SDI IN A OK SDI A selected; card loses power Select Processed Mechanical GO TO active asserted by bypass asserted Mechanical HOLD A Select A active control logic by relay latching...
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9934-AUD-PRO Functional Description Scaler Function Option provides up/down/cross-conversion to 3G/HD/SD from +UDX multiple SD and 3G/HD video formats and multiple frame rates, and cross-conversion between interlaced and progressive formats, with auto-format detect/down-conversion of SMPTE 424M/292M/259M formats. The scaler function also provides aspect ratio conversion that provides a choice from several standard aspect ratios.
9934-AUD-PRO Functional Description Video Quality Events Detect Function Option provides a user interface and an Video Quality Events Event user interface for setting an area of concern across the program raster Triggers which can be monitored for frozen or black video events. Threshold controls...
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Introduction 9934-AUD-PRO Functional Description An Input Audio Status display shows the presence and peak level of each input audio channel received by the card. In addition to SDI embedded audio channel sources, analog and coaxial AES inputs are available as input audio choices.
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9934-AUD-PRO Functional Description Audio Down Mix Function (See Figure 1-5.) The Audio Down Mixer function provides for the selection of any five embedded channels serving as Left ( ), Right ( ), Center ( ), Left Surround ( ), and Right Surround (...
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Introduction 9934-AUD-PRO Functional Description path positioning locates the DSP pipeline to receive card Output Mixer • Audio Bus channels and then place the DSP processed output channels directly at the card audio outputs as sources for destination Embedded Output or AES Output channels via the Output Audio Routing/Controls.
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9934-AUD-PRO Functional Description Text-To-Speech Cobalt Digital is a complete 21CVAA digital text-to-speech generation / +TTS audio insertion solution for embedded and discrete audio systems. interfaces with industry standard Windows Share folder systems to +TTS receive non-proprietary text, XML, or similar plain text files, and converts and inserts realistic human-voice audio into user-configured audio channels (typically an SAP channel pair intended for this playout).
(i.e., when a preset is invoked (either manually or via event-based loading), the GPO is correspondingly also activated. Serial (COMM) Ports The 9934-AUD-PRO is equipped with two, 3-wire serial ports ( COM 1 - Serial ). The ports provide for SMPTE 2020 Port 1...
9934-AUD-PRO Functional Description User Control Interface Figure 1-7 shows the user control interface options for the 9934-AUD-PRO. These options are individually described below. Note: All user control interfaces described here are cross-compatible and can oper- ate together as desired. Where applicable, any control setting change made using a particular user interface is reflected on any other connected interface.
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• DashBoard™ and the Remote Control Panels provide network control of the 9934-AUD-PRO as shown. The value displayed at any time on the card, or via DashBoard™ or a Control Panel is the actual value as set on the card, with the current value displayed being the actual value as effected by the card.
All inputs and outputs shown in the 9934-AUD-PRO Functional Block Diagram (Figure 1-1) enter and exit the card via the card edge backplane connector. The Rear I/O Module breaks out the 9934-AUD-PRO card edge connections to BNC and other connectors that interface with other components and systems in the signal chain.
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Up to four 3G/HD/SD-SDI BNC Impedance: 75 Ω Return Loss: > 15 dB at 5 MHz – 270 MHz Signal Level: 800 mV ± 10% DC Offset: 0 V ± 50 mV Jitter (3G/HD/SD): < 0.3/0.2/0.2 UI 1-21 9934-AUDPRO-OM (V1.1) 9934-AUD-PRO PRODUCT MANUAL...
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GPO Specifications: Max I: 120 mA Max V: 30 V Max P: 120 mW GPI Specifications: GPI LO @ Vin < 1.5 V GPI HI @ Vin > 2.3 V Max Vin: 9 V 1-22 9934-AUD-PRO PRODUCT MANUAL 9934-AUDPRO-OM (V1.1)
(1) year. Cobalt Digital Inc.'s (“Cobalt”) sole obligation under this warranty shall be limited to, at its option, (i) the repair or (ii) replacement of the product, and the determination of whether a defect is covered under this limited warranty shall be made at the sole discretion of Cobalt.
Contact Cobalt Digital Inc. Contact Cobalt Digital Inc. Feel free to contact our thorough and professional support representatives for any of the following: Name and address of your local dealer • Product information and pricing • Technical support • Upcoming trade show information •...
Note: If installing the 9934-AUD-PRO in a slot with no rear I/O module, a Rear I/O Module is required before cabling can be connected. Refer to Installing a Rear I/O Module (p. 2-3) for rear I/O module installation procedure.
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Installing the 9934-AUD-PRO Into a Frame Slot Note: Check the packaging in which the 9934-AUD-PRO was shipped for any extra items such as a Rear I/O Module connection label. In some cases, this label is shipped with the card and to be installed on the Rear I/O connector bank corresponding to the slot location of the card.
This procedure is applicable only if a Rear I/O Module is not currently installed in the slot where the 9934-AUD-PRO is to be installed. If installing the 9934-AUD-PRO in a slot already equipped with a suitable I/O module, omit this procedure.
9934-AUD-PRO Rear I/O Modules Table 2-1 shows and describes the full assortment of Rear I/O Modules specifically for use with the 9934-AUD-PRO. Notes: Rear I/O Modules equipped with 3-wire Phoenix connectors are supplied with removable screw terminal block adapters. For clarity, the adapters are omit- ted in the drawings below.
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Installation and Setup Installing a Rear I/O Module Table 2-1 9934-AUD-PRO Rear I/O Modules — continued 9934-AUD-PRO Rear I/O Module Description RM20-9934-C Provides the following connections: • Four 3G/HD/SD-SDI video input BNCs (SDI IN A thru SDI IN D) • Four 3G/HD/SD-SDI video output BNCs (RCK/PROC 1 thru RCK/PROC 4;...
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Installing a Rear I/O Module Table 2-1 9934-AUD-PRO Rear I/O Modules — continued 9934-AUD-PRO Rear I/O Module Description RM20-9934-E Provides the following connections: • Four 3G/HD/SD-SDI video inputs (SDI IN A thru SDI IN D) • Eight AES audio inputs (AES IN 1 thru AES IN 8) •...
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Installation and Setup Installing a Rear I/O Module Table 2-1 9934-AUD-PRO Rear I/O Modules — continued 9934-AUD-PRO Rear I/O Module Description RM20-9934-H Provides the following connections: • Two 3G/HD/SD-SDI video input BNCs (SDI IN A and SDI IN B) • One SDI/CVBS video input; selectable as 3G/HD/ SD-SDI or CVBS (D/CVBS IN) •...
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Installing a Rear I/O Module Table 2-1 9934-AUD-PRO Rear I/O Modules — continued 9934-AUD-PRO Rear I/O Module Description RM20-9934-K Provides the following connections: • Four 3G/HD/SD-SDI video inputs (SDI IN A thru SDI IN D; IN D-to-OUT 1 as passive RLY bypass) •...
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Installation and Setup Installing a Rear I/O Module Table 2-1 9934-AUD-PRO Rear I/O Modules — continued 9934-AUD-PRO Rear I/O Module Description RM20-9934-M/S Split Rear Module. Provides each of the following connections for two 9934-AUD-PRO cards: • Four 3G/HD/SD-SDI coaxial input BNCs (SDI IN A and SDI IN D) •...
DashBoard Remote Control Setup Guide as a download, or contact ® Cobalt as listed in Contact Cobalt Digital Inc. (p. 1-24). • If installing a card in a frame already equipped for, and connected to DashBoard™, no network setup is required for the card. The card will be dis- covered by DashBoard™...
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Installation and Setup Setting Up 9934-AUD-PRO Network Remote Control GPI Port Connections GPO Port Connections (Phoenix Connector) (Phoenix Connector) 2 1 G Rear module 1 2 G PCB connector Rear module PCB connector Removable Phoenix plug view oriented with top...
9934-AUD-PRO card. The 9934-AUD-PRO functions can be accessed and controlled using any of the user interfaces described here. The format in which the 9934-AUD-PRO functional controls, indicators, and displays appear and are used varies depending on the user interface being used.
Figure 3-1 shows how the 9934-AUD-PRO card and its menus are organized, and also provides an overview of how navigation is performed between cards, function menus, and parameters.
GUI slider controls. Items in a list can then be selected using GUI drop-down lists. DashBoard Tabs Typical Selection List Typical Status Display Typical Button Control Typical Parametric Control Figure 3-2 Typical DashBoard Tabs and Controls 9934-AUDPRO-OM (V1.1) 9934-AUD-PRO PRODUCT MANUAL...
Control Panel are comparable to the submenu items accessed and committed using the 9934-AUD-PRO card edge controls.) Figure 3-3 shows accessing a function submenu and its parameters (in this example, “Video Proc”) using the Control Panel as compared to using the...
Web HTML5 User Interface (See Figure 3-4.) When equipped with a rear I/O module having an Ethernet port, the 9934-AUD-PRO controls can be accessed via a web network connection with no additional remote control software needed. The web GUI shows the same tabs, controls and status displays as those accessed using DashBoard™.
As shown below, in the left side Basic View Tree locate the Network Controller Card associated with the frame containing the 9934-AUD-PRO card to be accessed (in this example, “MFC-8320-N SN: 00108053”). As shown below, expand the tree to access the cards within the frame.
Operating Instructions Accessing the 9934-AUD-PRO Card via Remote Control Card Access/Navigation Card Info Card Function Menu and Tree Pane Pane Controls Pane Accessing the 9934-AUD-PRO Card Using a Cobalt ® Remote Control Panel Press the key and select a card as shown in the example below.
Checking 9934-AUD-PRO Card Information Checking 9934-AUD-PRO Card Information The operating status and software version the 9934-AUD-PRO card can be checked using DashBoard™ or the card edge control user interface. Figure 3-5 shows and describes the 9934-AUD-PRO card information screen using DashBoard™...
ATC_VITC on line 9/8 and Dolby Metadata = 13 CC = 10 AFD (now on line 18) AFD = 18 Dolby Metadata = 13 resolved Card n Card 1 Figure 3-6 Example VANC Line Number Allocation Example 9934-AUDPRO-OM (V1.1) 9934-AUD-PRO PRODUCT MANUAL...
9934-AUD-PRO Function Menu List and Descriptions 9934-AUD-PRO Function Menu List and Descriptions Table 3-2 individually lists and describes each 9934-AUD-PRO function menu and its related list selections, controls, and parameters. Where helpful, examples showing usage of a function are also provided. Table 3-2 is primarily based upon using DashBoard™...
Operating Instructions 9934-AUD-PRO Function Menu List and Descriptions Table 3-2 9934-AUD-PRO Function Menu List Provides controls for enabling licensed DSP functions, routing inputs and outputs to and from the DSP functions, and setting individual parametric settings for Audio DSP Setup Controls each DSP function.
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9934-AUD-PRO Function Menu List and Descriptions Table 3-2 9934-AUD-PRO Function Menu List — continued (continued) Input Mixer path positioning locates the DSP pipeline to receive basic external inputs coming into the card (in this example, Emb Ch 1 and Ch 2 feeding DSP A L and DSP A R), and then allows DSP processed output channels to be directed to the card internal Audio Bus channels by selecting Audio DSP channels as sources for destination Audio Bus channels via the Input Audio Routing/Controls.
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Operating Instructions 9934-AUD-PRO Function Menu List and Descriptions Table 3-2 9934-AUD-PRO Function Menu List — continued (continued) Example Multiple DSP Process Audio Routing and DSP Setup In this example, single DSP pipeline DSP A is setup to: • Receive an embedded PCM pair from the basic card input audio (input mixer positioning).
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9934-AUD-PRO Function Menu List and Descriptions Table 3-2 9934-AUD-PRO Function Menu List — continued (continued) When a DSP pipeline is enabled for any function by checking any checkbox like that shown above, the sub-tabs for the related DSP in the lower pane expose all the setup functions required for the selected processes. In this example, we’ll start with the Source Selection function since this is the first step in setting up a DSP.
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Operating Instructions 9934-AUD-PRO Function Menu List and Descriptions Table 3-2 9934-AUD-PRO Function Menu List — continued (continued) With source selection having been set, now we proceed to setting up the Upmixer. In our example we are sourcing from a stereo PCM pair, so Crossfade does not need to be considered (Mode can be set to Auto or Always Upmix). For cases where 5.1-channel PCM is used as an input, and may already carry 5.1 content, the Threshold and Auto Crossfade...
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9934-AUD-PRO Function Menu List and Descriptions Table 3-2 9934-AUD-PRO Function Menu List — continued (continued) Our final processing step in this example is setting DSP A to also provide a Dolby 5.1 encoded pair. When a Dolby encoder is checked (enabled), the Dolby Digital Encoder and Dolby Digital Encoder Metadata sub-tabs appear, which allow setup of the Dolby encoded pair.
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Operating Instructions 9934-AUD-PRO Function Menu List and Descriptions Table 3-2 9934-AUD-PRO Function Menu List — continued (continued) Routing the DSP Audio Outputs On the Card Again, depending on whether the DSP is positioned at the card input or output mixer, Audio DSP processed outputs are available as follows: •...
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9934-AUD-PRO Function Menu List and Descriptions Table 3-2 9934-AUD-PRO Function Menu List — continued (continued) As mentioned earlier, a separate DSP pipeline (DSP E) has been set up in this example to provide a SAP Dolby 2.0 pair, with this DSP being positioned at the output mixer in this example. Shown below is the routing that provides this.
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Operating Instructions 9934-AUD-PRO Function Menu List and Descriptions Table 3-2 9934-AUD-PRO Function Menu List — continued (continued) Note: This subsection of the Audio DSP presentation covers the specific controls and settings of the DSP enable setup pane, signal routing to and from DSP blocks, and the specific DSP blocks themselves. Reading and understanding the overview on the preceding pages is strongly recommended before proceeding to the descriptions below.
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9934-AUD-PRO Function Menu List and Descriptions Table 3-2 9934-AUD-PRO Function Menu List — continued (continued) • Audio DSP Pipeline Select/Setup Pane The lower pane that displays when the Audio DSP tab is opened allows “going into” each enabled DSP pipeline, and setting up attributes for the...
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Operating Instructions 9934-AUD-PRO Function Menu List and Descriptions Table 3-2 9934-AUD-PRO Function Menu List — continued (continued) Note: As noted earlier, appearance of lower sub-tabs shown here depend on DSP function(s) selected. Sub-tabs only appear where required in setting up a selected DSP function(s).
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9934-AUD-PRO Function Menu List and Descriptions Table 3-2 9934-AUD-PRO Function Menu List — continued (continued) • Real-Time Loudness Leveler Setup (Option +DSP-RTLL only) Provides controls for setting up Real Time Loudness Leveler loudness processing. Sub-Tab • Enable sets RTLL to enabled or bypassed.
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Operating Instructions 9934-AUD-PRO Function Menu List and Descriptions Table 3-2 9934-AUD-PRO Function Menu List — continued (continued) • Dolby Decoder Setup Sub-Tab (Option +DSP-DEC only) Provides controls for setting up Dolby Decoder. Note: See Source Selection Sub-Tab (p. 3-21) for routing desired Dolby pair to decoder input.
9934-AUD-PRO Function Menu List and Descriptions Table 3-2 9934-AUD-PRO Function Menu List — continued Allows manual or failover selection of card SDI program video inputs and displays status and raster format of received SDI video. Input Video Controls • Input Video Source Selects the input video source to be applied to the card’s program video...
Operating Instructions 9934-AUD-PRO Function Menu List and Descriptions Table 3-2 9934-AUD-PRO Function Menu List — continued Allows selection of each of the four video output coaxial connectors as processed SDI out or reclocked SDI out. Also provides CVBS parameter controls and test pattern output controls for card CVBS output.
9934-AUD-PRO Function Menu List and Descriptions Table 3-2 9934-AUD-PRO Function Menu List — continued (Option +FS only) Provides video frame sync/delay offset control and output control/loss of program video failover selection controls. Framesync • Framesync Enable/Disable Control Provides master enable/disable of all card framesync functions/controls.
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Operating Instructions 9934-AUD-PRO Function Menu List and Descriptions Table 3-2 9934-AUD-PRO Function Menu List — continued (continued) • Program Video Output Mode Select Provides a convenient location to select between card program video output and other technical outputs from the choices shown to the left and described below.
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9934-AUD-PRO Function Menu List and Descriptions Table 3-2 9934-AUD-PRO Function Menu List — continued (continued) With framesync enabled, provides the following controls for offsetting the • Output Video Reference Offset Controls output video from the reference: • Vertical (Lines) – sets vertical delay (in number of lines of output video) between the output video and the frame sync reference.
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Operating Instructions 9934-AUD-PRO Function Menu List and Descriptions Table 3-2 9934-AUD-PRO Function Menu List — continued (Option +UDX only.) Provides up/down/ cross-converter, aspect ratio controls, and user H/V controls. Scaler • Scaler Enable Control Enables or disables Scaler function. Note: When scaler is disabled, all ancillary data is passed from input to output intact.
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9934-AUD-PRO Function Menu List and Descriptions Table 3-2 9934-AUD-PRO Function Menu List — continued (continued) • 3:2 Alignment Optimization Selector Provides selection to optimize 3:2 pulldown conversion where timecode or other selections shown are to be relied upon to indicate frame transitions.
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Operating Instructions 9934-AUD-PRO Function Menu List and Descriptions Table 3-2 9934-AUD-PRO Function Menu List — continued (continued) • User-defined Aspect Ratio Controls Aspect Ratio Horizontal and Aspect Ratio Vertical controls adjust horizontal and vertical zoom percentage. Settings less than (<) 100% provide zoom-out;...
9934-AUD-PRO Function Menu List and Descriptions Table 3-2 9934-AUD-PRO Function Menu List — continued Provides video delay controls. These controls are used to restore lip sync when using audio DSP functions such as RTLL and Dolby encoding. Video Delay Controls Note: On card licensed with Add Framesync (option +FS), this tab does not appear.
Operating Instructions 9934-AUD-PRO Function Menu List and Descriptions Table 3-2 9934-AUD-PRO Function Menu List — continued Displays signal status and payload for embedded and discrete audio received by the card. Input Audio Status Individual signal status and peak level displays for embedded audio input pairs, and AES/analog input pairs as described below.
9934-AUD-PRO Function Menu List and Descriptions Table 3-2 9934-AUD-PRO Function Menu List — continued Provides audio routing, gain, per-channel/bulk audio delay controls, and audio meters. These controls route selected audio sources onto the card 16-channel internal bus (which is used for all audio processing).
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Operating Instructions 9934-AUD-PRO Function Menu List and Descriptions Table 3-2 9934-AUD-PRO Function Menu List — continued (continued) Note: • Default factory preset routing routes embedded Ch 1 thru Ch 16 to bus channels Audio Bus Ch 1 thru Ch 16.
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9934-AUD-PRO Function Menu List and Descriptions Table 3-2 9934-AUD-PRO Function Menu List — continued (continued) • Per-Channel Audio/Video Delay Offset Controls Offset control adds or reduces (offsets) channel audio delay from the matching video delay (audio delay offset setting adds or removes delay in addition to any delay included by other actions).
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Operating Instructions 9934-AUD-PRO Function Menu List and Descriptions Table 3-2 9934-AUD-PRO Function Menu List — continued Input Flex Mix – Provides a 16-channel mixer in which each of the inputs can be mixed onto up to 16 independent output summing nodes.
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9934-AUD-PRO Function Menu List and Descriptions Table 3-2 9934-AUD-PRO Function Menu List — continued (continued) Note: • Flex Mix input channels Flex Mix 2 thru Flex Mix 16 have controls identical to that described here for Flex Mix 1. Therefore, only the Flex Mix 1 controls are shown here.
Gain controls allow relative gain (in dB) control for the corresponding destination Embedded Audio Group channel. (-80 to +20 dB range in 1.0 dB steps; unity = 0 dB) Note: Although the 9934-AUD-PRO can pass non-PCM data such as ® Dolby E or AC-3, setting the gain control to any setting other than default 0 will corrupt Dolby data.
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Gain controls allow relative gain (in dB) control for the corresponding destination AES output channel. (-80 to +20 dB range in 1.0 dB steps; unity = 0 dB) Note: Although the 9934-AUD-PRO can pass non-PCM data such as ® Dolby E or AC-3, setting the gain control to any setting other than default 0 will corrupt Dolby data.
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Operating Instructions 9934-AUD-PRO Function Menu List and Descriptions Table 3-2 9934-AUD-PRO Function Menu List — continued Provides an audio crosspoint allowing the audio source selection for each analog audio output channel. Also provides Gain, Phase Invert, and Muting controls and peak level meters for each output channel.
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9934-AUD-PRO Function Menu List and Descriptions Table 3-2 9934-AUD-PRO Function Menu List — continued Provides audio down-mix audio routing selections that multiplexes any five audio channel sources into a stereo pair. • Downmixer Source Controls Left Channel Input thru Right Surround Channel Input select the five audio bus source channels to be used for the downmix.
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Operating Instructions 9934-AUD-PRO Function Menu List and Descriptions Table 3-2 9934-AUD-PRO Function Menu List — continued Output Flex Mix – Provides a 16-channel mixer in which each of the inputs can be mixed onto up to 16 independent output summing nodes.
9934-AUD-PRO Function Menu List and Descriptions Table 3-2 9934-AUD-PRO Function Menu List — continued Provides timecode data extraction from various sources, and provides formatting and re-insertion controls for inserting the timecode into the output video. Timecode Shown below is an example in which received 525i 5994 SDI video with VITC waveform timecode is being processed to output ATC_VITC timecode.
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Operating Instructions 9934-AUD-PRO Function Menu List and Descriptions Table 3-2 9934-AUD-PRO Function Menu List — continued (continued) Audio LTC controls described below only appear on cards with +LTC licensed optional feature. This feature allows audio LTC from an audio channel to be used as a timecode source, with conversion to a selected SMPTE 12M format on the output video.
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9934-AUD-PRO Function Menu List and Descriptions Table 3-2 9934-AUD-PRO Function Menu List — continued (continued) • Source Priority Selects the priority assigned to each of the four supported external formats, and internal Free Run in the event the preferred source is unavailable.
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Operating Instructions 9934-AUD-PRO Function Menu List and Descriptions Table 3-2 9934-AUD-PRO Function Menu List — continued (continued) • Output Status Display Displays the current content and source being used for the timecode data as follows: • Output status OK (in this example, SDI VITC timecode received and outputted).
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9934-AUD-PRO Function Menu List and Descriptions Table 3-2 9934-AUD-PRO Function Menu List — continued (continued) • HD ATC_LTC Insertion Control For HD output, enables or disables ATC_LTC timecode insertion into the output video, and selects the line number for ATC_LTC timecode data.
Reticules Typical Reticule/Overlay Marker Insertions The 9934-AUD-PRO allows any combination of the reticule/overlay markers to be applied to the output video. Sizing and other characteristics for each type of marker can be set as described below. Safe Action Area (SAA) Reticule...
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9934-AUD-PRO Function Menu List and Descriptions Table 3-2 9934-AUD-PRO Function Menu List — continued (continued) • Safe Title Area (STA) Controls • STA provides enable/disable of safe title area graticule insertion. • STA Height and STA Width control height and width of insertion (from 0% to 100% of 4:3 outputted image area).
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Operating Instructions 9934-AUD-PRO Function Menu List and Descriptions Table 3-2 9934-AUD-PRO Function Menu List — continued (continued) • Center Cross Controls • Center Cross provides enable/disable of center cross insertion. • Cross Height and Width control height of vertical line and width of horizontal line (from 0% to 100% of 4:3 outputted image area).
9934-AUD-PRO Function Menu List and Descriptions Table 3-2 9934-AUD-PRO Function Menu List — continued (Option +QC only) Sets quality check screening and thresholds for video quality event alerts. When a quality events occur, the event(s) can be used by the Presets function to invoke input routing or other changes.
Operating Instructions 9934-AUD-PRO Function Menu List and Descriptions Table 3-2 9934-AUD-PRO Function Menu List — continued (Option +QC only) Sets audio level screening and thresholds for audio silence/presence event alerts on embedded and/or AES discrete audio in. When an audio events occur, the event(s) can be used by the...
9934-AUD-PRO Function Menu List and Descriptions Table 3-2 9934-AUD-PRO Function Menu List — continued Provides support for closed captioning setup. Also provides controls for setting closed captioning absence and presence detection thresholds. Closed Captioning Note: Closed Captioning tab appears only on cards licensed with +UDX (scaler option). The closed captioning controls are used to extract and regenerate closed captioning removed by the scaler.
Operating Instructions 9934-AUD-PRO Function Menu List and Descriptions Table 3-2 9934-AUD-PRO Function Menu List — continued Provides controls for VANC/HANC ancillary data de-embedding and embedding to and from program video stream. Data can be extracted and inserted within the card (Bridge mode), or inserted and/or extracted to and from external interfaces via serial or IP interfaces.
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9934-AUD-PRO Function Menu List and Descriptions Table 3-2 9934-AUD-PRO Function Menu List — continued IP Port Setup sub-tab provides IP setup for card UDP IP communications. • Card IP Receive Setup/Status Shows card receiving IP address/status and sets port as follows: •...
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Operating Instructions 9934-AUD-PRO Function Menu List and Descriptions Table 3-2 9934-AUD-PRO Function Menu List — continued Data-Over-Audio sub-tab provides controls that allow SMPTE 337/338/339 non-PCM data to be embedded and de-embedded on embedded audio pairs, offering a very convenient self-contained transport within the program stream physical media.
9934-AUD-PRO Function Menu List and Descriptions Table 3-2 9934-AUD-PRO Function Menu List — continued Provides controls for setting up the two COMM (serial) ports for LTC or ANC functions, and setting comm protocol for each port. COMM Ports Setup Controls •...
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Operating Instructions 9934-AUD-PRO Function Menu List and Descriptions Table 3-2 9934-AUD-PRO Function Menu List — continued (continued) • Insertion Sync Byte Control Allows use of a sync byte from card receiver back to sending source to synchronize communication between card receive and sending source as follows: •...
9934-AUD-PRO Function Menu List and Descriptions Table 3-2 9934-AUD-PRO Function Menu List — continued Allows user control settings to be saved in a Preset and then loaded (recalled) as desired, and provides a one-button restore of factory default settings. Presets •...
Operating Instructions 9934-AUD-PRO Function Menu List and Descriptions Table 3-2 9934-AUD-PRO Function Menu List — continued (continued) Download (save) card presets to a Upload (open) card presets from a network network computer by clicking computer by clicking Upload Download Presets – Save at the at the bottom of bottom of the Presets page.
9934-AUD-PRO Function Menu List and Descriptions Table 3-2 9934-AUD-PRO Function Menu List — continued Provides event-based loading allowing a defined action to be automatically engaged upon various received signal status. Actions can be “canned” control commands or user-defined by going to a user preset.
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Operating Instructions 9934-AUD-PRO Function Menu List and Descriptions Table 3-2 9934-AUD-PRO Function Menu List — continued (continued) In the example here for Event 1, the Video Quality Events tab is set to screen for frozen video on Input A. When detected, this status can be used here (Video Quality set to “Input A Event Engaged”...
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9934-AUD-PRO Function Menu List and Descriptions Table 3-2 9934-AUD-PRO Function Menu List — continued (continued) User States is a special column which allows a logic state to be set (similar to a register or latch) whenever a defined condition is first triggered. A user state (which is latched until cleared by some other definable action) can be sucessively used with other user states, thereby allowing a final action to be invoked only when subordinate user states have been sequentially satisfied as true.
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Operating Instructions 9934-AUD-PRO Function Menu List and Descriptions Table 3-2 9934-AUD-PRO Function Menu List — continued Provides three general-purpose timers that can be triggered to start, pause, reset, or stop upon event actions. The state of each timer, in turn, can also be used to invoke other actions.
(Thermal shutdown is enabled by default). CAUTION Admin (Log Status/Firmware Update - The 9934-AUD-PRO FPGA is designed for a normal-range operating Card IP Address) temperature around 85° C core temperature. Operation in severe conditions exceeding this limit for non-sustained usage are within device operating safe parameters, and can be allowed by setting this control to Disable.
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Operating Instructions 9934-AUD-PRO Function Menu List and Descriptions Table 3-2 9934-AUD-PRO Function Menu List — continued (continued) Firmware upgrade controls allow a selected firmware version (where • Firmware Upgrade Controls multiple versions can be uploaded to the card’s internal memory) to...
9934-AUD-PRO Function Menu List and Descriptions Table 3-2 9934-AUD-PRO Function Menu List — continued (continued) • Card Network Setup Controls Note: • The IP address setting here is independent of a frame IP typically used for DashBoard or other frame/card remote control.
Operating Instructions 9934-AUD-PRO Function Menu List and Descriptions Table 3-2 9934-AUD-PRO Function Menu List — continued Provides controls for setting up controls which screen for and propagate input program video alarms for video, audio, and ancillary data defect conditions. Conditions and alarm status can be propagated as Alarms Setup Controls DashBoard tree-view frame alarms, downloadable .txt...
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9934-AUD-PRO Function Menu List and Descriptions Table 3-2 9934-AUD-PRO Function Menu List — continued (continued) Ancillary Data Alarm Setup sub-tab allows setting up screening engagement and disengagement holdoff for absence of closed captioning packets. Note: • Video screened is the card SDI that is selected for the program video/audio path.
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Operating Instructions 9934-AUD-PRO Function Menu List and Descriptions Table 3-2 9934-AUD-PRO Function Menu List — continued (continued) Audio sub-tabs independently show for all 16 embedded channels any missing audio (whether absent due to low level, mute or unlocked status). Note: Audio screened is the audio associated with the selected card SDI program inputs.
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9934-AUD-PRO Function Menu List and Descriptions Table 3-2 9934-AUD-PRO Function Menu List — continued (continued) Alarm Event History shows the eight most-recent alarm events that have been detected (with most-recent at top of list). The alarm severity (as set using the Severity drop-down for each alarm type) sets the “LED” color shown here.
Error and Failure Indicator Overview The 9934-AUD-PRO card itself and its remote control systems all (to varying degrees) provide error and failure indications. Depending on how the 9934-AUD-PRO card is being used (i.e, standalone or network controlled through DashBoard™...
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Blue LEDs for each SDI input (A thru D) indicate signal presence for each corresponding card SDI input. No LEDs illumination of any of the LEDs indicates the 9934-AUD-PRO has not locked onto a valid signal on any input. Figure 3-7 9934-AUD-PRO Card Edge Status Indicators and Display...
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Specific errors are displayed in the Card Info pane (in this example “No connection to device” indicating 9934-AUD-PRO card is not connecting to frame/LAN). If the 9934-AUD-PRO card is not connecting to the frame or LAN, all controls are grayed-out (as shown in the example here).
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By clicking on “Slot 8: Status for selected CDI-9934-AUD-PRO” in this card is shown here example, Card Info is shown (in this example, all for 9934-AUD-PRO card in indications are OK) slot 8 Where applicable, additional status is displayed (as shown in...
Item Checks Verify power presence and • On both the frame Network Controller Card and the 9934-AUD-PRO, in all characteristics cases when power is being properly supplied there is always at least one indicator illuminated. Any card showing no illuminated indicators should be cause for concern.
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Other error indications not specified here may also be dis- played on DashBoard™ and/or the 9934-AUD-PRO card edge status indi- cators. • Where errors are displayed on both the 9934-AUD-PRO card and network remote controls, the respective indicators and displays are individually described in this section.
December 2015, your SD may not contain the recov- ery files. Contact Product Support to obtain the updated SD card containing both TTS library and SD recovery files. • If unit is a BBG-1000 Series device, remove the top cover before proceeding. 3-79 9934-AUDPRO-OM (V1.1) 9934-AUD-PRO PRODUCT MANUAL...
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With button now released, the card will begin reprogramming: LED illuminates and remains illuminated. • When reprogram is complete, LED turns off, on, and then off • again (entire process takes about 1-1/2 minute). 3-80 9934-AUD-PRO PRODUCT MANUAL 9934-AUDPRO-OM (V1.1)
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The Cobalt Digital Inc. Technical Support Department will continue to provide advice on any product manufactured by Cobalt Digital Inc., beyond the warranty period without charge, for the life of the product. See Contact Cobalt Digital Inc. (p. 1-24) in Chapter 1, “Introduction“ for contact information. 3-81 9934-AUDPRO-OM (V1.1)
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