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Belden grass valley IRD-3811 Manual To Installation And Operation

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HD/SD MPEG Receiver/Decoder with ASI and RF Inputs
Guide to Installation and Operation
M837-8800-105
2017-02-13

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  • Page 1 IRD-3811 HD/SD MPEG Receiver/Decoder with ASI and RF Inputs Guide to Installation and Operation M837-8800-105 2017-02-13...
  • Page 2 Copyright © 2010-2017, Grass Valley Canada. All rights reserved. Belden, Belden Sending All The Right Signals, and the Belden logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of Belden Inc. or its affiliated companies in the United States and other jurisdictions. Grass Valley, IRD-3811, iControl, and Densité...
  • Page 3 GUIDE TO INSTALLATION AND OPERATION Electromagnetic Compatibility This equipment has been tested for verification of compliance with FCC Part 15, Subpart B requirements for Class A digital devices. NOTE: This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class A digital device, pursuant to part 15 of the FCC Rules.

  • Page 4: Table Of Contents

    GUIDE TO INSTALLATION AND OPERATION Table of Contents IRD-3811 HD/SD MPEG Decoder with ASI and RF inputs ............. 1 Using this Manual ..........................1 Introduction ............................1 Features............................... 1 Applications ............................3 Block Diagrams ........................... 4 Front Card-edge Interface ........................5 Physical Layout –...
  • Page 5 GUIDE TO INSTALLATION AND OPERATION Using the Up/Down/Cross Option ..................... 45 About AFD processing ........................45 Using the TS Probing Option ......................49 Using the video proxy streaming....................... 49 Specifications......................... 50 Contact Us ..........................52 Grass Valley Technical Support ......................... 52 Corporate Head Office ..........................

  • Page 7: Ird-3811 Hd/Sd Mpeg Decoder With Asi And Rf Inputs

    GUIDE TO INSTALLATION AND OPERATION 1 IRD-3811 HD/SD MPEG Decoder with ASI and RF inputs 1.1 Using this Manual The IRD-3811 comes in three versions: IRD-3811-VQ ATSC Tuner IRD-3811-DVB-S2 DVB-S2 Tuner IRD-3811-DVB-S2-CI DVB-S2 Tuner with Conditional Access Module All three are described in this manual. For convenience, any description that applies to all three variants will use the term IRD-3811.
  • Page 8 GUIDE TO INSTALLATION AND OPERATION Conditional Access • DVB-CI common interface slot allows insertion of CAM card • Allows descrambling of multiple programs encrypted by leading DVB Conditional Access Systems • Supports BISS-1 with user-supplied CAM card. RF Input Monitoring •...

  • Page 9: Applications

    GUIDE TO INSTALLATION AND OPERATION Audio Processing and Format Identification • Provides down mix of 5.1 channel to Lt/Rt or Lo/Ro modes • Extensive Dolby Digital Status reporting, including: o Service and Source Channel ID o Low Frequency Effect (LFE) presence detection o Sample rate detection o Bit rate reporting •...

  • Page 10: Block Diagrams

    GUIDE TO INSTALLATION AND OPERATION Block Diagrams The following block diagrams show the functionality of the IRD-3811. Figure 1.1 Functional block diagram of the IRD-3811 4 | IRD-3811...

  • Page 11: Front Card-Edge Interface

    GUIDE TO INSTALLATION AND OPERATION 1.6 Front Card-edge Interface The front card-edge of the IRD-3811 incorporates two elements: • Status LED (see section 3.2) • Select Button (see section 3.3) The CAM module and tuner are not shown in this view. IRD-3811 Select Button Status LED...

  • Page 12: Installation

    GUIDE TO INSTALLATION AND OPERATION 2 Installation 2.1 Installation in the Densité frame The IRD-3811 and its associated rear connector panel must be mounted in a Densité 3-series frame (Densité 3, Densité 3+FRx, GV Node). It is not necessary to switch off the frame’s power when installing or removing the card. See the appropriate Densité...

  • Page 13: Installation Of The Conditional Access Module (Cam)

    GUIDE TO INSTALLATION AND OPERATION • ASI IN – Connect a DVB-ASI signal conforming to EN 50083-9. • ASI OUT – Outputs the selected input, tuner or DVB-CI • HD/SD OUT 1 & 2 – SDI output, HD or SD The IRD-3811 provides two identical HD/SD SDI video outputs on BNC connectors.

  • Page 14: Operation

    GUIDE TO INSTALLATION AND OPERATION 3 Operation 3.1 Control options The IRD-3811 can be controlled in two different ways: • The local control panel and its push-buttons can be used to move through a menu of parameters and to adjust parameter values (see section 3.3).

  • Page 15: Local Control Using The Densité Frame Control Panel

    GUIDE TO INSTALLATION AND OPERATION 3.3 Local control using the Densité frame control panel There are two types of local control panel: Panel type Frame models Appearance Physical Densité-2, Densité-3, Densité-3+FR1, Touch screen Densité 3+FR4, GV Node IRD-3811 The local control panel is fastened to the front of the controller card. •...

  • Page 16: Remote Control Using Icontrol

    GUIDE TO INSTALLATION AND OPERATION 3.4 Remote control using iControl The operation of the IRD-3811 may be controlled using Grass Valley’s iControl system. • This manual describes the control panels associated with the IRD-3811 and their use. • Please consult the iControl User’s Guide for information about setting up and operating iControl. In iControl Navigator or iControl Websites, double-click on the IRD-3811 icon to open the control panel.
  • Page 17 GUIDE TO INSTALLATION AND OPERATION Icon #2 – TS Input status Transport Stream detected and OK. (green) Errors in TS No lock (yellow) No Transport Stream at stream demux No rear (red) Icon #3 – Decoded Video status Signal detected and valid •...
  • Page 18 GUIDE TO INSTALLATION AND OPERATION No signal (gray) Icon #6 – Secondary Audio status (green) No audio in program (yellow) No signal (gray) Icon #7 – Audio Sync Locked with Video (green) Free run (yellow) (gray) Icon #8 – TS Limit No errors (green) Errors detected...
  • Page 19 GUIDE TO INSTALLATION AND OPERATION Frame sync option disabled (gray) Icon #10 – Color Bars Color bars OFF (green) Color bars ON (yellow) Icon #11 – Metadata Insertion No AFD / Dolby / Timecode / Teletext insertion conflicts (green) AFD / Dolby / Timecode / Teletext insertion conflicts (yellow) Move the mouse over an icon and a status message appears below the icon providing additional information.

  • Page 20: The Input Panel

    GUIDE TO INSTALLATION AND OPERATION 3.4.2 The Input panel This panel provides resources for input configuration and monitoring Input section Use the Desired radio buttons to select the input. Available options are: • ASI1 – ASI input • Tuner – The built-in ATSC or DVB-S/S2 tuner •...

  • Page 21: Tuner Panels

    GUIDE TO INSTALLATION AND OPERATION 3.4.3 Tuner panels The Tuner panel that appears will match the tuner type installed in the IRD-3811. 3.4.3.1 The Tuner ATSC panel (IRD-3811-VQ models only) This panel identifies the tuner type and demodulation type, and provides status icons for RF Signal Presence and RF Signal Lock.
  • Page 22 GUIDE TO INSTALLATION AND OPERATION Frequency Selected: Nominal frequency for the channel. This value is calculated from the carrier’s published frequency for the desired service on the satellite, and the conversion factor for the LNB (Low Noise Block) downconverter that is in use, and entered into this panel manually (NB.

  • Page 23: The Conditional Access Panel

    GUIDE TO INSTALLATION AND OPERATION The chart shows what combination of signals results in the application of which input channel to the IRD-3811 inputs: Applied DC voltage 13 V 9.75 MHz / vertical 9.75 MHz / horizontal Tone 10.6 MHz / vertical 10.6 MHz / horizontal Voltage: use the pulldown to select the voltage: [OFF, 13V, 18V] Overload: the icon is red when overload exists.

  • Page 24: The Asi Output Panel

    GUIDE TO INSTALLATION AND OPERATION CA Systems: The CA system that is used with the associated program CAM Interface: The section of the panel allows the user to query the CAM card and set up its operation Click Activate to start the process, and then follow the instructions that appear in the panel.

  • Page 25: The Decoder Panel

    GUIDE TO INSTALLATION AND OPERATION 3.4.6 The Decoder panel The decoder panel gives the user the resources to select the program that will be decoded by the IRD-3811 Config section: Service Select – use the pulldown to select the service from among those in the transport stream A small lock icon to the left of the service number indicates that the signal is encrypted.
  • Page 26 GUIDE TO INSTALLATION AND OPERATION 3.4.7.1 AFD tab Mode Use the AFD Mode pulldown to select the operating mode • Auto • Manual Config Use the Insertion pulldown to select whether AFD information will be inserted in the output. • •...
  • Page 27 GUIDE TO INSTALLATION AND OPERATION 3.4.7.2 Metadata / Metadata tab This panel indicates presence and provides control of closed caption and teletext insertion on this IRD-3811. Closed Caption • • Note: for CVBS output, CC is always on, and not affected by this control Teletext - Insertion –...

  • Page 28: The Video Processing Panel

    GUIDE TO INSTALLATION AND OPERATION 3.4.7.4 Metadata / Dolby Status tab This panel reports the status of Dolby metadata associated with the two audio programs Figure 3.13 Video Output – Metadata/Dolby Status 3.4.8 The Video Processing panel The IRD-3811 includes basic proc amp functions for the analog video output.

  • Page 29: The Audio Config Panel

    GUIDE TO INSTALLATION AND OPERATION 3.4.9 The Audio Config panel This panel provides controls for configuring the Dolby AC3 decoder and analog audio outputs, and for monitoring some audio parameters 3.4.9.1 Config tab Dolby Audio Decoder (AC3) Decoder Operation Audio 1 and Audio 2 can each be set to: •...

  • Page 30: The Audio Processing Panel

    GUIDE TO INSTALLATION AND OPERATION 3.4.10 The Audio Processing panel NOTE: The OPT-FS option must be purchased in order to enable this panel 3.4.10.1 Shuffling tab The audio program inputs to the IRD-3811 are placed into the four AES channels embedded in the IRD-3811 ASI output.

  • Page 31: The Reference Panel

    GUIDE TO INSTALLATION AND OPERATION • Any offset between them when the Locked checkbox is selected will remain in effect. 3.4.11 The Reference panel NOTE: The OPT-FS option must be purchased in order to enable this panel. Otherwise the reference is always taken from the input signal.

  • Page 32: The Probing Panel

    GUIDE TO INSTALLATION AND OPERATION 3.4.12 The Probing panel NOTE – the TS Probing option must be purchased in order to enable this panel. 3.4.12.1 Structure tab Shows the structure of the transport stream Click on the nodes in the tree to expand it to examine areas of interest, Figure 3.21 Probing panel –...
  • Page 33 GUIDE TO INSTALLATION AND OPERATION 3.4.12.3 Unref_PID tab This tab provides a list of all unreferenced PIDs found in the incoming service. Figure 3.23 Probing panel – Unref_PID tab 3.4.12.4 Pie Chart tab This tab displays the incoming service in the form of a pie chart, with color-coded segments representing the various elements in the service.

  • Page 34: The Test Panel

    GUIDE TO INSTALLATION AND OPERATION 3.4.12.5 PSIP tab This tab is an information-only tab that documents various aspects of the incoming service (Shown for ATSC input via the ASI input only; tab will not be available when DVB-S2 from the tuner input is selected) Figure 3.25 Probing panel –...

  • Page 35: The Video / Audio Proxy Panel

    GUIDE TO INSTALLATION AND OPERATION 3.4.14 The Video / Audio Proxy panel This panel sets up video proxy streaming and displays the video image. It also displays an audio level meter Player tab RAW data presence – status icon indicating the card is sending a proxy feed to the iControl service.

  • Page 36: The Network Settings Panel

    GUIDE TO INSTALLATION AND OPERATION Color samples : the three samples show the current selected color for the upper, middle and lower zones of the meter. Click on the color sample of a zone to open a color selection panel to choose a different color for that zone. Overload Cursor (dB): The overload cursor appears on the meter as an arrowhead in the meter scale.
  • Page 37 GUIDE TO INSTALLATION AND OPERATION This section displays the current IP settings on the right, and provides data boxes to enter new values on the left. IP Address Mask static network parameters Gateway Enter the new values directly into the data boxes. The changed data will show in red. •...

  • Page 38: The Factory/Presets Panel

    GUIDE TO INSTALLATION AND OPERATION Pro-MPEG FEC (D) pulldown: [OFF, 4, 5, 6,…., 19, 20] Pro-MPEG FEC (L) pulldown: (not active when OFF is selected in the FEC (D) pulldown) IGMP Multicast tab The Internet Group Management Protocol (IGMP) at v3 supports the filtering of up to 59 defined IP addresses, allowing them to limit the range of sources that the receiving device can access, either by excluding all other addresses...
  • Page 39 GUIDE TO INSTALLATION AND OPERATION values will be replaced by the contents of the selected User Preset. • Click Save to store the current parameter settings and values from the IRD-3811 into the selected User Preset. The existing contents of the preset will be overwritten. Profiles This section provides resources to save and recover the entire card configuration (including user presets if desired) on an external disk, or to copy it to another IRD-3811 card.
  • Page 40 GUIDE TO INSTALLATION AND OPERATION Save Profile to Disk… Click this button to open a Save dialog allowing you to specify a file name and location to which the selected profiles for this card will be saved. Hint - It is a good idea to create a folder for these files, because they are not explicitly identified as IRD-3811 profiles, and will be difficult to find and identify if not clearly named and conveniently located.

  • Page 41: The Options Panel

    GUIDE TO INSTALLATION AND OPERATION • When the profile copy operation is complete, the Transfer Status box on the right of the Copy profile to line will indicate Succeeded against a green background 3.4.17 The Options panel This panel provides an entry point for activating the five options available for the IRD-3811. Each option is accessed on a separate tab.
  • Page 42 GUIDE TO INSTALLATION AND OPERATION TS Probing option This option activates the Transport Stream probing functions of the IRD-3811. To activate this option, you must: • Obtain a licence key from Grass Valley. • Type the licence key in the box •...

  • Page 43: The Alarm Config Panel

    GUIDE TO INSTALLATION AND OPERATION ETH option This option enables the ethernet port on the rear panel of the IRD-3811. To activate this option, you must: • Obtain a licence key from Grass Valley. • Type the licence key in the box •...
  • Page 44 GUIDE TO INSTALLATION AND OPERATION Levels associated with these alarms: The pulldown lists may contain some or all of the following options: The alarm makes no contribution (black icon) The alarm is of minor importance (yellow icon) The alarm is of major importance (orange icon) The alarm is of critical importance (red icon) The alarm exists but has no effect (used for text and composite alarms) Shortcut: if you click in one of the Set All boxes beside a section heading, you will open a pulldown that...
  • Page 45 GUIDE TO INSTALLATION AND OPERATION A warning box will open allowing you to confirm the action, since it will result in changes to the configuration and there is no undo function. Figure 3.43 Warning for Follow LED change Copy to other cards Click this button to open a panel that allows the alarm configuration set for this card to be copied into another IRD-3811 card.

  • Page 46: The Info Panel

    GUIDE TO INSTALLATION AND OPERATION 3.4.19 The Info panel 3.4.19.1 Info tab When the IRD-3811 is included in an iControl environment, certain information about the card should be available to the iControl system. The user can enter labels and comments that will make this card easy to identify in a complex setup.
  • Page 47 GUIDE TO INSTALLATION AND OPERATION • Remote System Administration – opens the Joining Locators data box, which lists remote lookup services to which this IRD-3811 is registered. Add: Force the iControl service for this IRD-3811 to register itself on a user-specified Jini lookup service, using the following syntax in the data box: jini://<ip_address>...
  • Page 48 GUIDE TO INSTALLATION AND OPERATION When you click the button, you will be presented with a dialog allowing you to confirm your decision to reset, or to cancel the reset. 42 | IRD-3811...

  • Page 49: User Reference Guide

    GUIDE TO INSTALLATION AND OPERATION 4 User Reference Guide 4.1 Decoding MPEG Transport Streams The user can input DVB-ASI signals up to 80 Mbps on either ASI input connector. Alternatively, the Ethernet can be configured to receive an IP stream (see section 3.4.15). To select an input, go to the Input Menu and then Input Selection Once a valid transport stream signal enters the decoder, the first valid service found is decoded automatically (AUTO selection mode only) if no selection was previously made.

  • Page 50: Mpeg Av Synchronization

    GUIDE TO INSTALLATION AND OPERATION • MPEG1 Layer II • MPEG2 Audio • AAC audio (2 CH or AAC-LC) The first audio can be embedded as 5.1 discrete channels (the Dolby option is required to get discreet channels; otherwise you get 2 down-mixed channels) while the second audio is always output as 2 channels. Downmix mode can be selected between Lt/Rt or Lo/Ro modes independently for both audios.

  • Page 51: Using The Up/Down/Cross Option

    GUIDE TO INSTALLATION AND OPERATION 4.5 Using the Up/Down/Cross Option The Up/Down/Cross Option allows the user to re-scale the input signal to any supported output resolution. Possible conversions are: Down scaling from 1080i to 720p (same frame rate) Up scaling from 720p to 1080i (same frame rate) Down scaling to 525 or 625 depending on frame rate Up scaling from 525 or 625 to 720 or 1080i keeping same frame rate In addition to resolution conversion, the option allows aspect ratio conversion to occur.
  • Page 52 GUIDE TO INSTALLATION AND OPERATION The charts below show the conversions that will be performed by the IRD-3811 when Active Format Descriptor (AFD) processing is activated by selecting AUTO using the Aspect Ratio Scaling Mode pulldown on the AFD tab of the Video Output panel.
  • Page 53 GUIDE TO INSTALLATION AND OPERATION 16:9 Letterbox image in 4:3 frame 16:9 Letterbox image in 4:3 frame 16:9 Full frame image in a 16:9 frame (4:3_10) (4:3_10) (16:9_8) 14:9 Letterbox image in a 4:3 frame 14:9 Letterbox image in a 4:3 frame 14:9 Pillar-box image in a 16:9 frame (4:3_11) (4:3_11)
  • Page 54 GUIDE TO INSTALLATION AND OPERATION > 16:9 Letterbox (center) image in a 16:9 Letterbox image in 4:3 frame 16:9 Protected Full frame image in a 16:9 frame 16:9 frame (16:9_4) (4:3_4) (16:9_4 16:9 Full frame image in a 16:9 frame 16:9 Letterbox image in 4:3 frame 16:9 Full frame image in a 16:9 frame (16:9_8)

  • Page 55: Using The Ts Probing Option

    GUIDE TO INSTALLATION AND OPERATION 16:9 Image shoot and protect 4:3 in a 4:3 Full frame image in a 4:3 frame 16:9 Image shoot and protect 4:3 in a 16:9 frame 16:9 frame (16:9_15) (4:3_8) (16:9_15) 4.7 Using the TS Probing Option Transport Stream (TS) probing is an option that can be purchased.

  • Page 56: Specifications

    GUIDE TO INSTALLATION AND OPERATION 5 Specifications 8VSB/QAM INPUT (IRD-3811-VQ only) Quantity/connector: One input with F-type connector, 75 ohm Tuning range: 51 MHz-858 MHz Input level: -27 dBmV to +33 dBmV QPSK/8PSK INPUT (IRD-3811-DVB-S2 only) Quantity/connector: One input with F-type connector, 75 ohm Demodulation: DVB-S (QPSK) ETSI EN 300 421 DVB-S2 (QPSK/8PSK) ETSI EN 302 307...
  • Page 57 GUIDE TO INSTALLATION AND OPERATION SMPTE 292M (1.485, 1.485/1.001 Gbps) Supported formats: SD: 480i59.94, 576i50 HD: SMPTE 274M: 1080i59.94, 1080i50 HD: SMPTE 296M: 720p59.94, 720p50 Embedded audio: SMPTE-299M, SMPTE-272M Return loss: >15 dB up to 1.5 GHz Jitter: <0.2 UI as per SMPTE-259M-C for SD output <0.2 UI as per SMPTE-292M for HD output VIDEO AND TS METADATA CC data extraction:...

  • Page 58: Contact Us

    GUIDE TO INSTALLATION AND OPERATION 6 Contact Us Grass Valley Technical Support For technical assistance, contact our international support center, at 1-800-547-8949 (US and Canada) or +1 530 478 4148. To obtain a local phone number for the support center nearest you, please consult the Contact Us section of Grass Valley’s website (www.grassvalley.com).

  • Page 59: Annex 1 - Local Control Panel User Interface

    GUIDE TO INSTALLATION AND OPERATION ANNEX 1 – Local Control Panel User Interface IRD-3811 LEV 1 LEV 2 LEV 3 LEV 4 Settings CARD STATUS DEVICE STATUS NO REAR, WRONG REAR, SYS OK (the items in this SELECTED INPUT DVB-ASI1, DVB-ASI2*, ETHERNET*, TUNER* part of the menu are for information only, TUNER STATUS...
  • Page 60 GUIDE TO INSTALLATION AND OPERATION and will cycle SERVICE TYPE through the display if the user does not use the control panel buttons) LOAD USER 1 ,USER 2, USER 3, USER 4, USER 5 USER PRESET SAVE USER 1 ,USER 2, USER 3, USER 4, USER 5 ASI/SSI1, ASI/SSI2, ETHERNET, AUTO INPUT MENU INPUT SELECTION...
  • Page 61 GUIDE TO INSTALLATION AND OPERATION MODE AUTO, GENERATION DIALNORM OVERRIDE, PROGRAM 1, PROGRAM 2 GENERATOR PROGRAM 1, PROGRAM 2 EMBEDDING ACTIVATION ON, OFF AES 1 Source L1/R1/AC3 1, C1/Lfe1, Ls1/Rs1, L2/R2 AES 2 Source L1/R1/AC3 1, C1/Lfe1, Ls1/Rs1, L2/R2 AES 3 Source L1/R1/AC3 1, C1/Lfe1, Ls1/Rs1, L2/R2 AES 4 Source L1/R1/AC3 1, C1/Lfe1, Ls1/Rs1, L2/R2...
  • Page 62 GUIDE TO INSTALLATION AND OPERATION ALARM REPORT NONE, GPI NO REFERENCE ALARM LEVEL OFF, YELLOW, RED, FLASH RED ALARM REPORT NONE, GPI REF MISMATCH ALARM LEVEL OFF, YELLOW, RED, FLASH RED ALARM REPORT NONE, GPI PROGRAM ALARM LEVEL OFF, YELLOW, RED, FLASH RED SYNCHRO ALARM REPORT NONE, GPI...

  • Page 63: Annex 2 - Dolby Metadata Profiles

    GUIDE TO INSTALLATION AND OPERATION ANNEX 2 – Dolby Metadata Profiles The chart shows the metadata parameter values that are available as Profiles 1 through 4 in the Generator Configuration section of the Metadata / Dolby tab in the Video Output iControl panel. See page 21. Profiles Metadata Parameter Dialogue Level...

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