evertz 7735CEM Manual

evertz 7735CEM Manual

Composite encoder with monitoring
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1.
OVERVIEW .......................................................................................................................... 1
1.1. FUNCTIONAL DESCRIPTION ........................................................................................................... 2
2.
INSTALLATION ................................................................................................................... 4
2.1. VIDEO IN AND OUT........................................................................................................................... 4
2.2. COMMUNICATIONS AND AUX I/O ................................................................................................... 5
2.2.1.
General Purpose Inputs and Outputs .................................................................................... 5
2.2.2.
RS-232 Serial Port Connections............................................................................................ 6
3.
SPECIFICATIONS ............................................................................................................... 7
3.1. SERIAL VIDEO INPUT....................................................................................................................... 7
3.2. ANALOG BROADCAST VIDEO OUTPUT......................................................................................... 7
3.3. REFERENCE VIDEO INPUT.............................................................................................................. 7
3.4. ANALOG MONITORING VIDEO OUTPUT ........................................................................................ 8
3.7. GENERAL PURPOSE IN/OUT........................................................................................................... 8
3.8. SERIAL PORT.................................................................................................................................... 9
3.9. ELECTRICAL ..................................................................................................................................... 9
3.10. PHYSICAL.......................................................................................................................................... 9
4.
STATUS LEDS................................................................................................................... 10
4.1. MODULE STATUS LEDS ................................................................................................................ 10
4.2. AUDIO STATUS LEDS .................................................................................................................... 11
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6.
AUDIO ALARM CALIBRATION PROCEDURE................................................................. 13
6.1. CALIBRATE AUDIO SILENCE DETECTION .................................................................................. 13
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  • Page 1: Table Of Contents

    7700 MultiFrame Manual 7735CEM Composite Encoder with Monitoring TABLE OF CONTENTS OVERVIEW .......................... 1 1.1. FUNCTIONAL DESCRIPTION ......................2 INSTALLATION ........................4 2.1. VIDEO IN AND OUT........................... 4 2.2. COMMUNICATIONS AND AUX I/O ....................5 2.2.1. General Purpose Inputs and Outputs ..................5 2.2.2.
  • Page 2 7700 MultiFrame Manual 7735CEM Composite Encoder with Monitoring 6.2. CALIBRATE AUDIO PHASE REVERSAL DETECTION ..............13 6.3. CALIBRATE AUDIO MONO DETECTION..................13 6.4. DEFINE THE FAULT CONDITION(S) ....................14 ON SCREEN MENUS......................15 7.1. NAVIGATING THE ON SCREEN MENU SYSTEM................15 7.2.
  • Page 3 7700 MultiFrame Manual 7735CEM Composite Encoder with Monitoring 7.6.4. Video Level.......................... 27 7.6.5. Setting the Hue........................28 7.6.6. Setting the Saturation ......................28 7.6.7. Setting the Contrast......................28 7.6.8. Setting the Brightness ......................28 7.7. CONFIGURING THE BAR GRAPH CONTROLS ................28 7.7.1.
  • Page 4 7700 MultiFrame Manual 7735CEM Composite Encoder with Monitoring 7.8.5.2. Setting the Fault Window Background Colours ............ 41 7.8.5.3. Setting the Fault Window Background Opacity............. 42 7.8.5.4. Setting the Fault Window Text Opacity..............42 7.8.5.5. Setting the Fault Window Font Size..............42 7.8.5.6.
  • Page 5 9.3. CONFIGURING THE MODULE FOR FIRMWARE UPGRADES ............. 55 Figures Figure 1-1: 77CEM Block Diagram........................3 Figure 2-1: 7735CEM Rear Panels ........................4 Figure 2-2: GPI Input Circuitry..........................6 Figure 2-3: GPO Output Circuitry ........................6 Figure 4-1: LED Locations..........................10 Figure 9-1 : Location of Jumpers on 7735CE Boards ..................
  • Page 6 Some features will never be released. Some of these features may seem to work but they have not been completed and have not been verified by Evertz. Revision 1.1.1 Gray background indicate un-implemented or un-tested features...
  • Page 7: Overview

    Decodes vertical interval time code (VITC) and “burns” the time code into the picture. • Decodes PESA format Source ID (8 characters) or Evertz format VITC Source ID (5 or 9 characters) and burns the ID into the picture. •...
  • Page 8: Functional Description

    75 Ohm AES audio on BNC. On the 7735CEM-A4, the audio is converted to balanced analog audio through a high quality 24 bit D to A converter and delivered to the outside world via removable terminal strips.
  • Page 9: Figure 1-1: 77Cem Block Diagram

    7700 MultiFrame Manual 7735CEM Composite Encoder with Monitoring This video goes out through two paths; a high quality component to composite converter (composite encoder) and a monitoring quality composite encoder with the OSD "burn-ins". The hardware mixes (keys) the on screen text and bar graphs display information onto the monitoring output video stream.
  • Page 10: Installation

    7735CEM Composite Encoder with Monitoring INSTALLATION The 7735CEM modules come with a companion rear plate and occupies one or two slots in the 7700FR frame. Figure 2-1 shows a picture of each of the rear panels. For information on mounting the rear plate and inserting the module into the frame see the 7700FR chapter section 3.
  • Page 11: Communications And Aux I/O

    7700 MultiFrame Manual 7735CEM Composite Encoder with Monitoring 2.2. COMMUNICATIONS AND AUX I/O The rear female DB-9 connector has RS-232 DCE connections and also contains GPIs and GPOs. Name Description DB-9 GPI1 General Purpose Input 1 GPI2 General Purpose Input 2...
  • Page 12: Rs-232 Serial Port Connections

    7700 MultiFrame Manual 7735CEM Composite Encoder with Monitoring + 5 Volts 4.7 kΩ To Internal Circuit Figure 2-2: GPI Input Circuitry The GPO’s are software programmable active high or low with internal pull up (10k Ohm) resistors to +5V. When the output goes low it is able to sink up to 10mA. When high, the signal will go high (+5V). Do not draw more than 100µA from the output.
  • Page 13: Specifications

    7700 MultiFrame Manual 7735CEM Composite Encoder with Monitoring SPECIFICATIONS 3.1. SERIAL VIDEO INPUT Standard: SMPTE 259M-C – 525 or 625 line component. Number of Inputs: BNC per IEC 169-8 Connector: Return Loss: >15dB to 270MHz SMPTE 272M-A Embedded Audio: ±75ppm from nominal...
  • Page 14: Analog Monitoring Video Output

    7700 MultiFrame Manual 7735CEM Composite Encoder with Monitoring 3.4. ANALOG MONITORING VIDEO OUTPUT Standard: NTSC, SMPTE 170M PAL, ITU624-4 Number of Outputs: Connector: BNC per IEC 169-8 1V nominal Signal Level: 75 Ohm Output Impedance: Return Loss: >35dB to 10MHz 3.5.
  • Page 15: Serial Port

    7700 MultiFrame Manual 7735CEM Composite Encoder with Monitoring 3.8. SERIAL PORT Standard: RS 232 Connector: Female DB-9 57600 Baud Rate: 8 bits, no parity, 2 stop bits, no flow control Format: 3.9. ELECTRICAL + 12VDC Voltage: 9.25 Watts (7735CEM) Power: 16.75 Watts (-A4 option)
  • Page 16: Status Leds

    7700 MultiFrame Manual 7735CEM Composite Encoder with Monitoring STATUS LEDS NTSC GENLOCK toggle push switch button 7735CEM-A4 FAULT AUDIO Audio LEDs Figure 4-1: LED Locations 4.1. MODULE STATUS LEDS MODULE OK: This Green LED will be on when the module is operating properly.
  • Page 17: Audio Status Leds

    7700 MultiFrame Manual 7735CEM Composite Encoder with Monitoring 4.2. AUDIO STATUS LEDS Four LEDs located on the lower end of the module (near the card extractor) indicate which audio channels are present. Audio channel 1 LED is located closest to the center of the module. Digital audio presence is determined by the AES receiver lock indicator (when AES input is selected).
  • Page 18: Audio Levels, Headroom, Clipping And The Bar Graphs

    7735CEM Composite Encoder with Monitoring AUDIO LEVELS, HEADROOM, CLIPPING AND THE BAR GRAPHS This section contains notes to understand how the 7735CEM-A4 relates analog audio levels, digital audio levels, and the displayed bar graph levels. Before you can calibrate the audio digital to analog converter, you must know a couple of system issues specific to your application.
  • Page 19: Audio Alarm Calibration Procedure

    7700 MultiFrame Manual 7735CEM Composite Encoder with Monitoring AUDIO ALARM CALIBRATION PROCEDURE This section contains a detailed description on setting the various audio warning/error detection parameters. Some of the audio alarm detection algorithms are dependent on the state of other audio alarm detectors.
  • Page 20: Define The Fault Condition(S)

    7700 MultiFrame Manual 7735CEM Composite Encoder with Monitoring 2. Turn off all sources of errors in a Fault Condition and assign Mono as the only error. Also, make sure that you set the Fault Duration to a small number of frames so that you will see when the error condition disappears.
  • Page 21: On Screen Menus

    7700 MultiFrame Manual 7735CEM Composite Encoder with Monitoring ON SCREEN MENUS 7.1. NAVIGATING 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 22: On Screen Display - Main Menu

    7700 MultiFrame Manual 7735CEM Composite Encoder with Monitoring Left Arrow: If you have accidentally advanced to the next character and want to go back, select the left arrow with the toggle switch. When you press the pushbutton, you will go back to the previous character.
  • Page 23: Selecting The Audio Source

    7700 MultiFrame Manual 7735CEM Composite Encoder with Monitoring Selects the source of audio. It will either be the source group or external AES Audio source signals. Audio freeze mode Selects what action to take when video is gone. Audio delay Add/remove audio delay.
  • Page 24: Additional Audio Delay (-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. 7735CEM-18 Revision 1.1.1...
  • Page 25: Audio Channels Processing (-A4 And -Aes Only)

    7700 MultiFrame Manual 7735CEM Composite Encoder with Monitoring 7.4.5. Audio Channels Processing (-A4 and –AES only) There are 4 menu items to adjust the routing and processing of the audio outputs. For simplicity only the menu for channel 1 will be shown in the manual.
  • Page 26 7700 MultiFrame Manual 7735CEM Composite Encoder with Monitoring Video processing Selecting this item takes you into the Video Processing Menu. Video standard Selects the input video standard. Loss of video Selects the action to take when the input video is missing.
  • Page 27: Setting The Video Standard

    7700 MultiFrame Manual 7735CEM Composite Encoder with Monitoring 7.5.1. Setting the Video Standard Video/SID The video standard is selected with this control. Video standard Warning: If you power up the card in a standard opposite to the standard that NTSC/525...
  • Page 28: Setting The Fine Phase Of The Output Video - Ntsc/525 Video

    7700 MultiFrame Manual 7735CEM Composite Encoder with Monitoring 7.5.6. 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 525 fine phase video with respect to the Genlock when operating in NTSC/525 video mode and...
  • Page 29: Monitoring The Horizontal Delay Between The Input And Output Video

    7700 MultiFrame Manual 7735CEM Composite Encoder with Monitoring 7.5.10. Monitoring the Horizontal Delay between the Input and Output Video Video/SID This item displays the horizontal delay between the input and output video. H Delay This value is useful to monitor while you are adjusting the H phase parameters and debugging system issues.
  • Page 30: 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. 7.5.17. Setting the VITC Line Number – 525 Line Video...
  • Page 31: Setting The Vitc Line Number - 625 Line Video

    7700 MultiFrame Manual 7735CEM Composite Encoder with Monitoring 7.5.18. Setting the VITC Line Number – 625 Line Video Video/SID With this control, set the VBI line number that contains the VITC information 625 VITC line when operating in PAL-B video mode.
  • Page 32: Configuring The Video Processing Controls

    7700 MultiFrame Manual 7735CEM Composite Encoder with Monitoring 7.6. CONFIGURING THE VIDEO PROCESSING CONTROLS The Video Processing menu is used to configure parameters associated with the composite encoder video processing. The chart below shows the items available in the Video Processing menu.
  • Page 33: Line 21 Processing

    7700 MultiFrame Manual 7735CEM Composite Encoder with Monitoring 7.6.2. Line 21 Processing Video/SID Closed captioning has been defined to NOT have a 7.5 IRE pedestal, but Video Processing it is placed on the first active line of video where there may be a pedestal.
  • Page 34: Setting The Hue

    7700 MultiFrame Manual 7735CEM Composite Encoder with Monitoring 7.6.5. Setting the Hue Video/SID This control allows the user to adjust the Hue of the analog video in steps of Video Processing 0.5 degrees. -17.5 to 17.5 7.6.6. Setting the Saturation...
  • Page 35: Selecting The Bar Graph Operating Mode

    7700 MultiFrame Manual 7735CEM Composite Encoder with Monitoring When many windows are turned on, the on-screen information can get very crowded. The bar graphs and text windows are layered to keep the most important information from being covered by other not-so important windows.
  • Page 36: Setting The Bar Graph Type

    7700 MultiFrame Manual 7735CEM Composite Encoder with Monitoring 7.7.3. Setting the Bar Graph Type Bar graphs This control sets the bar graph to one of five basic types. The ballistics Bar graphs 1 and 2 and display characteristics of the bar graphs are configured with other items in this section of the menu structure.
  • Page 37: Setting The Ppm Mode And Ballistics

    7700 MultiFrame Manual 7735CEM Composite Encoder with Monitoring 7.7.4. Setting the PPM Mode and Ballistics Bar graphs This parameter selects one of four industry standard of Peak Program Bar graphs 1 and 2 Meter (PPM) display modes. PPM mode When one of these modes is selected, a number of items are set to adhere DIN, with predefined industry standards.
  • Page 38: Setting The Phase Bar Graph Type

    7700 MultiFrame Manual 7735CEM Composite Encoder with Monitoring 7.7.6. Setting The Phase Bar Graph Type Bar graphs There are two types of phase bar graphs available: one that has a focus Bar graphs 1 and 2 of presenting the amount and L/R distribution of stereo content...
  • Page 39: Setting The Phase Bar Graph Scale Position

    7700 MultiFrame Manual 7735CEM Composite Encoder with Monitoring 7.7.10. Setting The Phase Bar Graph Scale Position Bar graphs This control allows you to enable and position the phase bar graph scale Bar graphs 1 and 2 tick marks and the scale labels with respect to the bar itself. When off,...
  • Page 40: Setting The Level Bar Graph Size

    7700 MultiFrame Manual 7735CEM Composite Encoder with Monitoring Bar graphs This control defines one of the component colours for a custom colour for one of the regions of level bar graphs. Bar graphs 1 and 2 Colours When the menu item is selected you are shown a screen, which displays Custom ok red: all three colour components, with an arrow (<) to the right of the colour...
  • Page 41: Descriptions Of The On-Screen Windows

    7700 MultiFrame Manual 7735CEM Composite Encoder with Monitoring When many windows are turned on, the on-screen information can get very crowded. The bar graphs and text windows are layered to keep the most important information from being covered by other not-so important windows.
  • Page 42: Audio Bar Graphs

    (all versions of hardware) and the external AES audio (–A4 and –AES versions). On the 7735CEM-A4, the audio level/phase information is displayed after the source selection, routing but before the output gain control (gain is controlled in the D to A conversion).
  • Page 43: Program Rating Window

    7700 MultiFrame Manual 7735CEM Composite Encoder with Monitoring 7.8.1.4. Program Rating Window The Program rating window shows data decoded from the Line 21 XDS Program rating packet. This information is usually encoded by the user to control the operation of V-Chip decoders in the viewer’s receiver.
  • Page 44: Setting The Horizontal Position Of On Screen Windows

    7700 MultiFrame Manual 7735CEM Composite Encoder with Monitoring 7.8.2.1. Setting the Horizontal Position of On Screen Windows On-screen display The Window H position menu item sets the leftmost character position for configuration the respective window. Window position When you select this parameter, the screen text will disappear and a box of Status window H the correct size will appear.
  • Page 45: Setting The Text Window Attributes

    7700 MultiFrame Manual 7735CEM Composite Encoder with Monitoring Item State GPI1 GPI2 Fault 1 Fault 2 Ch 1/2 level bars Ch 3/4 level bars Ch 1/2 phase bars Ch 3/4 phase bars Ch 1/2 clear peak Ch 3/4 clear peak...
  • Page 46: Setting The Text Window Background Opacity

    7700 MultiFrame Manual 7735CEM Composite Encoder with Monitoring 7.8.4.3. Setting the Text Window Background Opacity On-screen display configuration This control sets the Text window background opacity or how much Text windows video picture content will be visible through the window background.
  • Page 47: Setting The Status Window Mode

    7700 MultiFrame Manual 7735CEM Composite Encoder with Monitoring 7.8.4.8. Setting the Status Window Mode On-screen display configuration This control determines the display properties of the status Text windows window. Text window config When it is set to Normal the status window will use the text window Status window mode properties.
  • Page 48: Setting The Fault Window Background Opacity

    7700 MultiFrame Manual 7735CEM Composite Encoder with Monitoring 7.8.5.3. Setting the Fault Window Background Opacity On-screen display configuration This control sets the Fault window background opacity or how much Text windows video picture content will be visible through the window background.
  • Page 49: Gpo Configuration

    7700 MultiFrame Manual 7735CEM Composite Encoder with Monitoring 7.9. GPO CONFIGURATION The CEM module has two general purpose outputs available on the DB-9 connector which can be used to signal several conditions to the user. In addition this output can be configured to be active high or low.
  • Page 50: Fault Definitions

    7700 MultiFrame Manual 7735CEM Composite Encoder with Monitoring 7.10. FAULT DEFINITIONS When many windows are turned on, the on-screen information can get very crowded. The bar graphs and text windows are layered to keep the most important information from being covered by other not-so important windows.
  • Page 51: Setting Up How A Fault Is Triggered And How It Is Presented

    7700 MultiFrame Manual 7735CEM Composite Encoder with Monitoring 7.10.1. Setting Up How A Fault Is Triggered And How It Is Presented The CEM has two fault conditions that can be configured to warn the user of numerous conditions. The Fault condition 1 and Fault condition 2 menu items are used to configure when fault 1 or fault 2 are triggered, and how the fault should be presented.
  • Page 52: Determining What Items Will Generate The Fault Condition

    7700 MultiFrame Manual 7735CEM Composite Encoder with Monitoring 7.10.1.6. Determining What Items Will Generate The Fault Condition Fault definitions This control provides a list of items that may generate a fault condition. Fault condition 1 Use the toggle switch to travel up and down this list and the pushbutton to enable or disable the item from the fault condition criteria.
  • Page 53: Setting The Video Error Duration

    7700 MultiFrame Manual 7735CEM Composite Encoder with Monitoring Fault definitions This control is used to change the fault window colours. These parameters can also be set using the Fault window config menu Fault window config items on the On screen display menu. See section 7.8.5 for a complete description of the Fault window config menu items.
  • Page 54: Detecting Audio Silence Faults

    7700 MultiFrame Manual 7735CEM Composite Encoder with Monitoring 7.10.6. Detecting Audio Silence Faults The Silence level and Silence duration controls are used to detect when the audio is considered to be silent. The Silence level control sets the audio level under which the audio is considered to be silent. The audio must be under the Silence level for the duration set by the Silence duration control before the fault condition exists.
  • Page 55: Setting The Audio Phase Reversal Duration

    7700 MultiFrame Manual 7735CEM Composite Encoder with Monitoring 7.10.7.2. Setting the Audio Phase Reversal Duration Fault definitions This control sets the period over which to analyze the audio content for Phase reversal duration phase reversal. 0.5 to 127 sec Note that conditions of silence are not included in this value. This...
  • Page 56: Detecting Loss Of Primary Captioning

    7700 MultiFrame Manual 7735CEM Composite Encoder with Monitoring 7.10.9. Detecting Loss of Primary Captioning Fault definitions This control sets the amount of time in seconds with no primary CC1 Loss of CC duration captions encoded, which is considered a fault.
  • Page 57: Setting The Picture Freeze Duration

    7700 MultiFrame Manual 7735CEM Composite Encoder with Monitoring 7.10.11.2. Setting the Picture Freeze Duration Fault definitions This control sets duration of video activity under the Picture noise level Picture freeze duration that is considered a fault. 6 to 902 frames 302 frames When increasing Picture noise level, it is recommended that you increase Picture freeze duration as well.
  • Page 58: Detecting Picture Black Duration

    7700 MultiFrame Manual 7735CEM Composite Encoder with Monitoring 7.10.12. Detecting Picture Black Duration Fault definitions This control sets duration, in seconds, of active picture content below 7 Picture black duration IRE that is considered a fault. 4 to 900 frames...
  • Page 59: Initiating A Software Upgrade

    7700 MultiFrame Manual 7735CEM Composite Encoder with Monitoring 7.11.2. 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 the...
  • Page 60: Jumpers

    7700 MultiFrame Manual 7735CEM Composite Encoder with Monitoring JUMPERS MODULE STATUS NTSC PAL AUDIO GEN LCK EVERTZ (A) 7735CE FRAME STATUS SFF POWER +12V Figure 9-1 : Location of Jumpers on 7735CE Boards 9.1. TERMINATION JUMPERS REF TERM The REF TERM jumper J19 located on the rear of the card near the white multi-pin connector, selects the reference video termination impedance.
  • Page 61: Configuring The Module For Firmware Upgrades

    7700 MultiFrame Manual 7735CEM Composite Encoder with Monitoring 9.3. CONFIGURING THE MODULE FOR FIRMWARE UPGRADES The following method can be used to upgrade the firmware in the CEM card. You can also use the UPGRADE menu item located on the UTILITIES menu to upgrade the firmware.
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