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OVERVIEW .......................................................................................................................... 1
1.1. FUNCTIONAL DESCRIPTION ........................................................................................................... 2
2.
INSTALLATION ................................................................................................................... 4
2.1. VIDEO IN AND OUT........................................................................................................................... 5
3.
SPECIFICATIONS ............................................................................................................... 6
3.1. SERIAL VIDEO INPUT....................................................................................................................... 6
3.2. ANALOG VIDEO OUTPUT ................................................................................................................ 6
3.3. REFERENCE VIDEO INPUT.............................................................................................................. 6
3.4. VIDEO PERFORMANCE.................................................................................................................... 6
3.7. ELECTRICAL ..................................................................................................................................... 7
3.8. PHYSICAL.......................................................................................................................................... 7
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STATUS LEDS..................................................................................................................... 8
4.1. MODULE STATUS LEDS .................................................................................................................. 8
4.2. AUDIO STATUS LEDS ...................................................................................................................... 8
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AUDIO BUFFER MANAGEMENT (+S OPTION ONLY) .................................................... 10
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AUDIO LEVELS, HEADROOM, CLIPPING AND THE BAR GRAPHS ............................. 10
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AUDIO ALARM CALIBRATION PROCEDURE (-A4 AND -AES) .................................... 11
7.1. CALIBRATE AUDIO SILENCE DETECTION .................................................................................. 11
7.2. CALIBRATE AUDIO PHASE REVERSAL DETECTION ................................................................. 12
7.3. CALIBRATE AUDIO MONO DETECTION....................................................................................... 12
7.4. DEFINE THE FAULT CONDITION(S).............................................................................................. 12
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) AND OUTPUTS.......................................................................... 7
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Page 1: Table Of Contents
7700 MultiFrame Manual 7730DAC Component D to A OVERVIEW .......................... 1 1.1. FUNCTIONAL DESCRIPTION ......................2 INSTALLATION ........................4 2.1. VIDEO IN AND OUT........................... 5 SPECIFICATIONS ....................... 6 3.1. SERIAL VIDEO INPUT........................6 3.2. ANALOG VIDEO OUTPUT ........................ 6 3.3. REFERENCE VIDEO INPUT......................6 3.4. - Page 2 7700 MultiFrame Manual 7730DAC Component D to A ON SCREEN MENUS......................13 8.1. NAGIVATING THE ON SCREEN MENU SYSTEM................13 8.2. CHANGING TEXT FIELDS ......................13 8.3. ON SCREEN DISPLAY – MAIN MENU ................... 14 8.4. CONFIGURING THE AUDIO CONTROLS..................14 8.4.1.
- Page 3 7700 MultiFrame Manual 7730DAC Component D to A 8.6.7. Setting the PbPr Offset ......................27 8.6.8. GBR Sync on Video ......................27 8.6.9. H Blanking..........................27 8.6.10. VBI Processing........................27 8.6.11. Y Filter Selection ........................28 8.6.12. Wideband Y Frequency Response ..................28 8.6.13.
- Page 4 7700 MultiFrame Manual 7730DAC Component D to A 8.8.7.1. Turning on the Fault Window Backgrounds............40 8.8.7.2. Setting the Fault Window Background Colours ........... 41 8.8.7.3. Setting the Fault Window Background Opacity ........... 41 8.8.7.4. Setting the Fault Window Text Opacity ............... 41 8.8.7.5.
- Page 5 7700 MultiFrame Manual 7730DAC Component D to A 8.11.4. Restoring the card to its Factory Default Configuration ............53 8.12. CLEAR FAULTS AND PEAKS ......................53 JUMPERS .......................... 54 9.1. TERMINATION JUMPERS....................... 54 9.2. SELECTING WHETHER LOCAL FAULTS WILL BE MONITORED BY THE GLOBAL FRAME STATUS ....................
- Page 6 7700 MultiFrame Manual 7730DAC Component D to A REVISION HISTORY REVISION DESCRIPTION DATE start Oct 03 First release Jan 04 Added missing menu items Mar 04 WARNING: This version contains areas of gray text that are indicative of future software releases. These sections are to be used as information only and are subject to change.
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Page 7: Overview
D to A frame synchronizer with audio demux. In addition, Evertz fault monitoring processing will analyze and report video and audio problems via an On- Screen-Display, or remotely via VistaLINK SNMP. -
Page 8: Functional Description
7700 MultiFrame Manual 7730DAC Component D to A • Loss of video modes: pass audio, mute audio. The Features of "-AES" option are: • 75-Ohm coaxial (unbalanced) AES inputs (2) on BNC. • Audio delay equivalent to video delay (with +S option). -
Page 9: Figure 1: 7730Dac Block Diagram
7700 MultiFrame Manual 7730DAC Component D to A Colour Pb/B Pass Space Filters Converter Pr/R Frame SDI Input Sync Analysis (optional) Composite Mon Output Encoder Display SDI Loop VBI Decoders and Freeze/ Black detector Composite Composite Sync Card Analog Sync... -
Page 10: Installation
7700 MultiFrame Manual 7730DAC Component D to A DARS Reference Audio content Sample Rate 2 AES 2 AES analysis and Converters Formatter Outputs Inputs Delay 75 Ω Colour Pb/B Pass Space Filters Converter Pr/R Frame Audio SDI Input Sync Analysis... -
Page 11: Video In And Out
7700 MultiFrame Manual 7730DAC Component D to A Figure 4: 7730DAC Rear Panels 2.1. VIDEO IN AND OUT Connect a source of SDI component digital video to the top BNC labeled SDI IN. If needed, you can cascade the input SDI signal to other gear with the re-clocked output labeled SDI OUT. Connect the component analog output (Y/G, Pb/B, and Pr/R) to the destination equipment with three equal length coax cables. -
Page 12: Specifications
7700 MultiFrame Manual 7730DAC Component D to A SPECIFICATIONS 3.1. SERIAL VIDEO INPUT SMPTE 259M-C – 525 or 625 line component. Standard: Number of Inputs: Number of re-clocked outputs: Connector: BNC per IEC 169-8 Return Loss: >15dB to 270MHz SMPTE 272M-A Embedded Audio: ±75ppm from nominal... -
Page 13: Analog Audio Outputs (-A4 Only)
7700 MultiFrame Manual 7730DAC Component D to A 3.5. ANALOG AUDIO OUTPUTS (-A4 only) Number of Outputs: Balanced analog audio Type: Two 6 pin removable terminal strips Connector: Output 66Ω balanced Impedance: 48kHz Sampling Frequency: Signal Level: 0dBFS => 12 to 25dBu (user settable) <+/- 0.05dB (20Hz to 20kHz) -
Page 14: Status Leds
7700 MultiFrame Manual 7730DAC Component D to A Stand Alone Enclosure: Dimensions: 14 “ L x 4.5 “ W x 1.9 “ H (355 mm L x 114 mm W x 48 mm H) Weight: approx. 1.5 lbs. (0.7 Kg) STATUS LEDs Front card edge drawing goes here. -
Page 15: Table 1: Audio Channel Status Leds
7700 MultiFrame Manual 7730DAC Component D to A determined by the AES receiver lock indicator (when AES input is selected). When embedded audio is selected, the channel must be present on the selected group for the LED to illuminate. Audio... -
Page 16: Audio Buffer Management (+S Option Only)
7700 MultiFrame Manual 7730DAC Component D to A AUDIO BUFFER MANAGEMENT (+S OPTION ONLY) The audio is delayed, through a large memory buffer, by the same time value as experienced by the video through the video frame synchronizer. This is done to maintain a consistent video/audio relationship. -
Page 17: Audio Alarm Calibration Procedure (-A4 And -Aes)
7700 MultiFrame Manual 7730DAC Component D to A with respect to the Peak Output Level set by the analog level controls. For example, if the Peak Output Level is set to 24 dBu and the Headroom is set to 20 dB, then the 0 dB reference on the bar graphs will correspond to an output level of 4 dBu. -
Page 18: Calibrate Audio Phase Reversal Detection
7700 MultiFrame Manual 7730DAC Component D to A 7.2. CALIBRATE AUDIO PHASE REVERSAL DETECTION 1. Supply the card with a stereo signal that has the phases reversed. Make sure that the material is typical of normal content for this channel. -
Page 19: On Screen Menus
7700 MultiFrame Manual 7730DAC Component D to A ON SCREEN MENUS 8.1. NAGIVATING THE ON SCREEN MENU SYSTEM A toggle switch and pushbutton allow card edge navigation of a set of on-screen menus used to configure the card. To enter the on-screen menu system, press the pushbutton once. This will bring you to the main setup menu where you can use the toggle switch to move up and down the list of available sub menus. -
Page 20: On Screen Display - Main Menu
7700 MultiFrame Manual 7730DAC Component D to A There are two special characters to help you enter the text: a backspace character (left pointing arrow), and an end of line character (stop sign): Left Arrow: If you have accidentally advanced to the next character and want to go back, select the left arrow with the toggle switch. -
Page 21: Selecting The Audio Source
7700 MultiFrame Manual 7730DAC Component D to A Audio source Selects the source of audio. It will either be the source group or external AES signals. Audio freeze mode Selects what action to take when video is gone Audio delay... -
Page 22: Audio Freeze Mode (-A4 And -Aes Only)
7700 MultiFrame Manual 7730DAC Component D to A 8.4.2. Audio Freeze Mode (-A4 and –AES only) Audio Two selectable actions can take place when input video is removed; pass and mute. Audio freeze mode If it is desirable to maintain audio through the encoder (only valid with AES pass inputs), then set this control to pass. -
Page 23: Monitoring The Audio Buffer Tracking (-A4 And -Aes Only)
This indicator is mainly used at the Evertz factory and may also be useful to monitor to help in debugging system issues. 8.4.5. Audio Channels Processing (-A4 and –AES only) There are 4 menu items to adjust the routing and processing of the audio outputs. -
Page 24: Audio Gain Control (-Aes Only)
7700 MultiFrame Manual 7730DAC Component D to A Audio The channel output level (-A4 only) is adjusted with this control. It has a range of approximately 12 dB with 1/10 dB resolution. The displayed value is the Ch1 gain analog output level (dBu) corresponding to a 0dB FS digital input signal. - Page 25 7700 MultiFrame Manual 7730DAC Component D to A Output video Selecting this item takes you into the Output Video Processing Menu processing Video standard Selects the input video standard 525 format Selects type of output video when in 525 mode...
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Page 26: Setting The Video Standard
7700 MultiFrame Manual 7730DAC Component D to A 8.5.1. Setting the Video Standard Video The video line standard is selected with this control. Standard definition interlaced, 59.94/50Hz frame rate formats are supported. Also select the Video standard format of the associated line standard with the following controls. -
Page 27: Genlock Source Selection
7700 MultiFrame Manual 7730DAC Component D to A 8.5.5. Genlock Source Selection Video This control allows you to select the reference video for the frame synchronizer output timing. The reference may either be an externally supplied color black or Genlock source you may use the input video as a reference. -
Page 28: Setting The Fine Phase Of The Output Video - Ntsc/525 Video
7700 MultiFrame Manual 7730DAC Component D to A 8.5.7. Setting the Fine Phase of the Output Video – NTSC/525 Video Video/SID With this control, you can set the horizontal fine phase timing of the output video with respect to the Genlock when operating in NTSC/525 video mode and... -
Page 29: Setting The Vertical Phase Of The Output Video - Ntsc/525 Video
This indicator is mainly used at the Evertz factory and may also be useful to monitor to help in debugging system issues. Revision 1.1... -
Page 30: Setting The Vitc Line Number - 525 Line Video
7700 MultiFrame Manual 7730DAC Component D to A 8.5.16. Setting the VITC Line Number – 525 Line Video Video With this control, set the VBI line number that contains the VITC information when operating in NTSC video mode. 525 VITC line 10 to 32 If the wrong line number is set, no time code will be decoded. -
Page 31: Configuring The Output Video Processing Controls
7700 MultiFrame Manual 7730DAC Component D to A 8.6. CONFIGURING THE OUTPUT VIDEO PROCESSING CONTROLS The Output Video Processing menu is used to configure parameters associated with the component D to A video processing. The chart below shows the items available in the Output Video Processing menu. -
Page 32: Video Level
7700 MultiFrame Manual 7730DAC Component D to A 8.6.2. Video Level Video The video level of all 3 components is adjusted with this control. Both sync and active video are adjusted with this control. There is 7.5% Output Video range on this control. This is enough range to miss-calibrate sync to Processing video ratio. -
Page 33: Cr Video Level Control
7700 MultiFrame Manual 7730DAC Component D to A 8.6.6. Cr Video Level Control Video The video level of the Cr channel is adjusted with this control. Output Video Warning: When in GBR mode, all three components will change. This Processing... -
Page 34: Y Filter Selection
7700 MultiFrame Manual 7730DAC Component D to A 8.6.11. Y Filter Selection Video The Y channel may be filtered with a standard composite filter or may be wideband. When Wide bandwidth is selected, the following control Output Video allows the frequency response to be adjusted. -
Page 35: Selecting The Bar Graph Operating Mode
7700 MultiFrame Manual 7730DAC Component D to A Bar graphs 1 and 2 Setup items for bar graphs 1 and 2 Bar graphs 3 and 4 Setup items for bar graphs 3 and 4 Size Sets bar graph size Background opacity Sets the background opacity or how much video picture content will be visible through the bar graph backgrounds. -
Page 36: Setting The Headroom
7700 MultiFrame Manual 7730DAC Component D to A 8.7.2. Setting the Headroom Bar graphs The headroom is the level difference between a maximum amplitude signal that can be represented in the digital world (this is called Bar graphs 1 and 2... -
Page 37: Setting The Ppm Mode And Ballistics
7700 MultiFrame Manual 7730DAC Component D to A This mode displays both VU levels and PPM levels on the same bar graph. The VU level is indicated by the solid bar going up and down, while the PPM reading is indicated by a floating white bar. The scale displayed is a decibel scale with 0 corresponding to program reference level (for all modes except AES/EBU). -
Page 38: Setting The Vu Display Range
7700 MultiFrame Manual 7730DAC Component D to A 8.7.5. Setting the VU Display Range Bar graphs This parameter selects the VU display range when VU modes are active Bar graphs 1 and 2 VU range Most VU meters have two possible ranges. These are:... -
Page 39: Setting The Bar Graph Warning Region
7700 MultiFrame Manual 7730DAC Component D to A 8.7.8. Setting the Bar Graph Warning Region Bar graphs The bar graph "warning" region is the area between the "OK" region and the "error" region. It is intended to indicate when the audio level is Bar graphs 1 and 2 approaching the "error"... -
Page 40: Setting The Colours Of The Bar Graphs
7700 MultiFrame Manual 7730DAC Component D to A 8.7.12. Setting the Colours of the Bar Graphs Each of the level bar graphs consists of three regions: the OK, warning and error regions. The Colours menu items allow you to select one of a group of standard colours, or choose your own custom colours for each of the regions. -
Page 41: Setting The Level Bar Graph Size
7700 MultiFrame Manual 7730DAC Component D to A 8.7.13. Setting The Level Bar Graph Size Bar graphs This control sets the vertical size of the level bar graphs. Size Two sizes of bar graphs are available. The Big size is about ¾ of the screen Small, height while the Small size is about ½... -
Page 42: Descriptions Of The On Screen Windows
7700 MultiFrame Manual 7730DAC Component D to A Status window Phase bar graphs Level bar graphs (bottom) 8.8.1. Descriptions of the On Screen Windows 8.8.1.1. Video/Audio Status The purpose of the Video/Audio status screen is to show as much status information about the video and audio as possible in a small, concise table. -
Page 43: Fault Message Windows
7700 MultiFrame Manual 7730DAC Component D to A lines that the module will use for reading time code. (See sections 8.5.16 and 8.5.17 for information about setting the VITC line numbers.) Warning: Because the video goes through a frame synchronizer, the time code displayed will not necessarily be the correct time code number for that particular frame of video. -
Page 44: Setting The Vertical Position Of The Bar Graphs
7700 MultiFrame Manual 7730DAC Component D to A 8.8.3.1. Setting the Horizontal Position of the Bar Graphs On-screen display The Bar H position menu item sets the top row for the respective configuration window. Window position When you select this parameter, the horizontal position of the Level bar 1/2 H respective bar graph can be adjusted. -
Page 45: Turning On The Text Window Backgrounds
7700 MultiFrame Manual 7730DAC Component D to A 8.8.6.1. Turning on the Text Window Backgrounds On-screen display configuration The text displayed in the Text windows may either have a Text windows background box or if too much video information is hidden, it may be inserted with a thin black outline. -
Page 46: Setting The Time Code Window Font Size
7700 MultiFrame Manual 7730DAC Component D to A 8.8.6.5. Setting the Time Code Window Font Size On-screen display configuration This control sets the font size of the VITC time code window. Text windows When it is set to Big the font size will be double the height and Text window config width of the Normal font size. -
Page 47: Setting The Fault Window Background Colours
7700 MultiFrame Manual 7730DAC Component D to A 8.8.7.2. Setting the Fault Window Background Colours On-screen display configuration Select the desired background colour around the text in the fault windows. Text windows Fault window config Background colour Black Grey Yellow Green 8.8.7.3. -
Page 48: Setting The Blink Mode Of The Fault Windows
8.9. GPO CONFIGURATION The 7700 frame has a fault monitoring LED and general-purpose output. The user has the ability to configure which faults the module will assert onto the frame status system. The GPO configuration menu contains the controls used to configure the GPO. Section 8.9.1 gives detailed information about the menu item. -
Page 49: Setting Up How A Fault Is Triggered And How It Is Presented
7700 MultiFrame Manual 7730DAC Component D to A Fault condition 1 Controls used to configure the Fault Condition 1 display. Fault condition 2 Controls used to configure the Fault Condition 2 display. Fault window config Controls used to set the Fault Window text style, background colour and opacity. -
Page 50: Setting The Message Associated With A Fault
7700 MultiFrame Manual 7730DAC Component D to A 8.10.1.3. Setting the Message Associated with a Fault Fault definitions This control sets the message to display when the fault condition is active. The text of the message can be changed. See section 8.2 Fault condition 1 for information on changing text fields. -
Page 51: Setting The Fault Window Attributes
7700 MultiFrame Manual 7730DAC Component D to A Input video error Video absent or wrong standard Genlock error Reference absent or wrong standard Loss of audio ½ Audio 1 and 2 absent (–A4 only) Loss of audio ¾ Audio 3 and 4 absent (–A4 only) Phase reversal ½... -
Page 52: Setting The Loss Of Video Duration
7700 MultiFrame Manual 7730DAC Component D to A 8.10.3. Setting the Loss of Video Duration Fault definitions This control sets the duration, in number of consecutive frames of video, that video needs to disappear before the Video invalid error Video invalid duration fault condition exists. -
Page 53: Setting The Audio Silence Level
7700 MultiFrame Manual 7730DAC Component D to A condition exists. When the fault condition exists, the audio must be over the Silence level for the duration set by the Silence duration control before the fault condition will be removed. A fault will be generated when both channels in a pair (1 and 2 or 3 and 4) has satisfied a silence condition. -
Page 54: Setting The Audio Phase Reversal Duration
7700 MultiFrame Manual 7730DAC Component D to A 8.10.7.2. Setting the Audio Phase Reversal Duration Fault definitions This control sets the period over which to analyze the audio content for phase reversal. Phase reversal duration 0.5 to 127 sec Note that conditions of silence are not included in this value. -
Page 55: Detecting Loss Of Primary Captioning
7700 MultiFrame Manual 7730DAC Component D to A 8.10.9. Detecting Loss of Primary Captioning Fault definitions This control sets the amount of time in seconds with no primary CC1 captions encoded, which is considered a fault Loss of CC duration... -
Page 56: Setting The Picture Freeze Duration
7700 MultiFrame Manual 7730DAC Component D to A * RMS noise relative to 714mV, 15kHz to 4.2Mhz bandwidth, VHF noise added to a static test signal, noise duration set to 30 frames. 8.10.11.2. Setting the Picture Freeze Duration Fault definitions This control sets duration of video activity under the Picture noise level that is considered a fault. -
Page 57: Detecting Picture Black Duration
7700 MultiFrame Manual 7730DAC Component D to A "blocky" effect. If the problem is severe enough, they will freeze a frame of video and play it out for a number of frames. With the Picture noise level set to 1 (i.e. only detect exact, or nearly exact pictures) and the Picture freeze duration set to minimum, the card can detect these quick "digital freezes". -
Page 58: Utilities
7700 MultiFrame Manual 7730DAC Component D to A 8.11. UTILITIES 8.11.1. Accessing Information About this Module and its Firmware Utilities This menu item list the particulars about this module and the firmware residing within it. It gives quick access to information about revisions About…... -
Page 59: Initiating A Software Upgrade
7700 MultiFrame Manual 7730DAC Component D to A 8.11.3. Initiating a Software Upgrade Utilities This menu item is used to initiate an upgrade of the module software. Upgrade In addition to the software upgrade support detailed in this manual (See... -
Page 60: Termination Jumpers
7700 MultiFrame Manual 7730DAC Component D to A JUMPERS The labeling for the jumpers has been put on the bottom of the card. This was done so that you can read the text when an audio daughter card (-A4 or –AES) is installed. -
Page 61: Configuring The Module For Firmware Upgrades
7700 MultiFrame Manual 7730DAC Component D to A fault line. Power supply faults will always assert the frame status fault line when J3 is installed. 9.3. CONFIGURING THE MODULE FOR FIRMWARE UPGRADES The following method can be used to upgrade the firmware in the card. You can also use the UPGRADE menu item located on the UTILITIES menu to upgrade the firmware. - Page 62 7700 MultiFrame Manual 7730DAC Component D to A This page left intentionally blank 7730DAC-56 Revision 1.1 Grey background indicate un-implemented or un-tested features...
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