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If the front panel display shows a message similar to C1234 T1234E instead of
these alternating messages please refer to section 3.4.
OPERATION
8083XDS-AD Analog and SD-SDI XDS Encoder
will be shown to the left of the display if upstream data is present on field 1.
If incoming data is present in field 2 then a colon (:) will be shown to the
left of the display. Figure 3-4 shows the front panel time display with the
associated status indicators.
The normal front panel display alternates between these three messages.
Keyer(s) enabled. The video line number that captions
LN 21 KEYER
are being encoded on will be displayed.
encoder is enabled for Field 1 or Field 2 as indicated by
the FLD 1 Enable and FLD 2 Enable LEDs.
The current local time display shows the local time of the
23:59:59
8083's real time clock. The clock can be set from the
serial.
automatically change its clock for Daylight Saving Time.
The following special indicators are used in the time display:
DST Flag Indicator: If the 'Daylight Saving Time in effect' (DST) flag is set
ON inside the encoder, the separator character between
the hours and minutes will be a period (.). If the DST flag
is OFF, this character will be a colon (:).
DSO Flag Indicator: If the 'Daylight Saving Time observed' (DSO) flag is
set ON inside the encoder, the separator character
between the minutes and seconds will be a period (.). If
the DSO flag is OFF, this character will be a colon (:).
If your region observes Daylight Saving Time, you should set the DSO flag
on permanently; otherwise it should be set to Off. Regardless of whether
your region observes Daylight Saving Time or not, you should set the DST
flag ON when Daylight Saving Time begins in the spring, and OFF when
Daylight Saving Time ends in the fall. This is a requirement in order to
properly encode XDS Time of Day packets. The MetaCast 2 software
package allows you to easily set these flags automatically using your PC.
JAN 15, 2002 The date display shows the local date of the 8083's real
time clock. The date can be set from the serial port.
The DST and DSO flag indicators and the date display
are
broadcasters that have chosen to encode Time-of-Day
XDS packets in field 2.
Revision 1.0.2
Please note that the encoder does not
particularly
useful
diagnostic
The XDS
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