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  • Page 1 Ross Video Limited CDP-100 Caption Distribution Pack Analyzer User Manual...
  • Page 2 The information contained in this User Manual is subject to change without notice or obligation. Copyright © 2010 Ross Video Limited. All rights reserved. Contents of this publication may not be reproduced in any form without the written permission of Ross Video Limited. Reproduction or reverse engineering of copyrighted software is prohibited. Notice The material in this manual is furnished for informational use only.
  • Page 3 Important Regulatory and Safety Notices Before using this product and any associated equipment, refer to the “Important Safety Instructions” listed below so as to avoid personnel injury and to prevent product damage. Products may require specific equipment, and/or that installation procedures be carried out to satisfy certain regulatory compliance requirements.
  • Page 4 Operation of this equipment in a residential area is likely to cause harmful interference in which case users will be required to correct the interference at their own expense. Changes or modifications to this equipment not expressly approved by Ross Video Limited could void the user’s authority to operate this equipment.
  • Page 5 Environmental Information The CDP-100 complies with the European Union's RoHS Directive. This stands for "the restriction of the use of certain hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equipment". This Directive bans the placing on the EU market of new electrical and electronic equipment containing more than agreed levels of lead, cadmium, mercury, hexavalent chromium, polybrominated biphenyl (PBB) and polybrominated diphenyl ether (PBDE) flame retardants.

  • Page 7: Table Of Contents

    DashBoard and CDP-100 Status     In This Chapter ........................4-1   Layout and Navigation ..................... 4-2   Selecting a CDP-100 Card ..................4-2   Screen Layout ......................4-2   Product Status ......................4-2   GPIO Status ......................4-3  ...
  • Page 8 Service Information     In This Chapter ........................8-1   Troubleshooting Checklist ..................8-1   Power LED Conditions .................... 8-2   Bootload Sequence ....................8-2   Warranty and Repair Policy ..................8-2 ii • Contents CDP-100 User Manual (Iss. 02)

  • Page 9: Introduction

    Digital Products within the openGear Terminal Equipment family of products. You will be pleased at how easily your new CDP-100 fits into your overall working environment. Equally pleasing is the product quality, reliability and functionality. Thank you for joining the group...

  • Page 10: Overview

    Overview The CDP-100 extracts and analyses the CDP caption content of a video signal . It is designed to find all the errors which might cause problems with captions passing through the broadcast chain to television receivers. The errors are clearly explained with the explanation overlaid on the video and logged to a file. Time stamps are used to determine when an error occurred and counters indicate how often the error occurred.

  • Page 11: Functional Block Diagram

    “System” and “Video system” refer to the mix of interconnected production and terminal equipment in which the CDP-100 operates. • "Rear Module" refers to the connector module at the rear of the frame, into which the CDP-100 is inserted. •...

  • Page 12: Frame And Rear Module Compatibility

    4. Install a CDP-100 into the rear modules, as described in the section “Board Installation” of this manual. 5. Connect a video signal to the SDI input jack on the rear module of the CDP-100 as described in the section “Cable Connections” of this manual.
  • Page 13 Caption Status indicates the quality of the CDP packets. In this case several errors are present causing the status indicator to display red. On the far right of the status bar is CDP capture indicator. A green Cont indicates the CDP-100 is currently capturing packets. A red Stop indicates the CDP-100 is not currently capturing packets.
  • Page 14 1-6 • Introduction CDP-100 User Manual (Iss. 02)

  • Page 15: Installation And Setup

    Unpacking Unpack each CDP-100 you received from the shipping container, and check the contents against the packing list to ensure that all items are included. If any items are missing or damaged, contact your sales representative or Ross Video Limited directly.

  • Page 16: Rear Module Installation

    Rear Module Installation The CDP-100 requires a Ross Video Rear I/O Module with GPIO jacks. You will need to install the I/O module in your openGear frame before you can install the CDP-100 in the frame, or connect cables to the slot you have chosen for the CDP-100.

  • Page 17: Board Installation

    BNC Labels Affix a connector label (if supplied) to the rear of the rack frame at the position occupied by the CDP-100. Some rear modules do not require a label, as the connector names are silkscreened directly onto the rear module itself.

  • Page 18: Cable Connections

    Figure 3 shows the rear modules that are most commonly used with the CDP-100. For information on using other modules, please contact our technical support group, using the contact information on the rear cover of this manual. In the following discussion, the five BNC jack positions in the left-hand column are numbered 1, 3, 5, 7 and 9, from top to bottom;...
  • Page 19 Program Output 2 (May be Labelled “VID2 OUT”) This jack carries a second output from the CDP-100. The overlay ability on BNC 3 and 10 is programmable under the Settings tab. CDP-100 cards with serial numbers less than 107469 do not have this output.
  • Page 20 2-6 • Installation and Setup CDP-100 User Manual (Iss. 02)

  • Page 21: User Controls

    User Controls In This Chapter This chapter contains a description of the user controls: • Switches • LEDs User Controls • 3-1 CDP-100 User Manual (Iss. 02)
  • Page 22 CDP-100 operation, since it disconnects the video input and output from the card. If the CDP-100 is installed in a rear module that does not provide bypass, this switch has no function and should be left in the “IN” position.

  • Page 23: Leds

    Orange When lit red, the card is not operational. This will occur if, for example, there is no video input. When off, CDP-100 is in the video path. Bypass When lit red, the CDP-100’s video is bypassed. When lit green, the video input is present and valid.
  • Page 24 3-4 • User Controls CDP-100 User Manual (Iss. 02)

  • Page 25: Dashboard And Cdp-100 Status

    In This Chapter This chapter provides a detailed explanation of the functions available when using DashBoard to monitor and control the CDP-100. The software is available for download at the Ross Video website. The following topics are discussed in this chapter: •...

  • Page 26: Layout And Navigation

    Figure 5 shows a typical DashBoard screen. After it has established its connection to the frame containing the CDP-100, a list of cards is displayed at the left side. Clicking on a frame and then on a CDP-100 causes a window for that card to be opened, resulting in the display shown here.

  • Page 27: Gpio Status

    GPIO Status Figure 6 shows the current status of the GPIOs of the CDP-100. The CDP-100 can control up to 8 GPIO outputs. These GPIOs can be assigned to any individual CDP error condition or so that any CDP error assigned to a GPIO causes the GPIO to trigger.

  • Page 28: Alarms

    Alarms Figure 7 shows the status of the CDP-100 Alarms. The Card Status is the sum of all the possible error states of the card. This includes all the CDP errors. The Caption Present indicates whether or not the DID/SDID that carries captioning CDPs is present.

  • Page 29: Setting Up The Cdp-100

    Setting Up the CDP-100 In This Chapter This chapter explains how to use the user interface to set up the CDP-100. This discussion is based on the use of DashBoard through a network connection. The following topics are discussed: •...

  • Page 30: Settings

    Figure 8. Settings Menu The Card ID field allows you to assign a unique name to a CDP-100 card. This is especially useful if you have more than one CDP-100 in a frame. If this field is blank, the name is just “CDP-100”.

  • Page 31: Capture Data

    The Run button allows the user to start data capture if the running status is currently stopped. The Save Captured File control saves the currently stored CDP data to a file. If the CDP-100 is currently running, saving the data will cause the CDP-100’s Running Status to stop so the data can be transferred. This data is suitable for detailed analysis by the CDP File Analyzer program which runs on a PC.
  • Page 32 708 Data Stream Information These fields show the 708 data streams in both hex and as text. Upload CDP files from the CDP-100 to the data folder of the CDPfileAnalyzer to make them available to the program. 5-4 • Setting Up the CDP-100...

  • Page 33: Caption Display

    The displayed of captions will reduce the number of unique error types that can be displayed simultaneously on the overlay screen but has no other effect on error logging. Setting Up the CDP-100 • 5-5 CDP-100 User Manual (Iss. 02)

  • Page 34: Gpio Assignments

    CDP error occurs. When used in conjunction with the error levels to mask off unwanted errors, it is possible to build a subset of errors that will trigger a GPIO. Reverse Bits sets the GPIOs active low instead of the default, active high. 5-6 • Setting Up the CDP-100 CDP-100 User Manual (Iss. 02)

  • Page 35: Error Levels

    Each type of CDP-100 error is maskable using the error levels tab. The options are: • Error – Error is displayed, registered in the error logs and causes the CDP-100 to stop capturing in Stop on error and Stop centered on error modes. •...

  • Page 36: Error Logs

    The complete log history can be downloaded to the DashBoard PC using the Save Captured File option. The Reset Log button clears the log history. 5-8 • Setting Up the CDP-100 CDP-100 User Manual (Iss. 02)

  • Page 37: Time

    Time The CDP-100 requires a time source to time stamp errors in the log. Figure 14 shows the screen used to select the time source. Time can be set accurately and automatically by using LTC time or Network Time. LTC requires connection of linear time code source to the card and network time requires an NTP server on the same LAN as the openGear frame.
  • Page 38 Apply. If you do not have access to an NTP server, you can enter the time and date directly on the Time settings menu, select Manual and click Accept. 5-10 • Setting Up the CDP-100 CDP-100 User Manual (Iss. 02)

  • Page 39: Understanding Cdp Errors

    In This Chapter The CDP-100 detects most coding errors in the CDP. This chapter attempts to describe each error, what problems it might cause and how severe it may be. It should be noted that each device acts differently when presented with each error type.

  • Page 40: Cdp Missing, A Field 1 Was Found Without A Cdp

    SMPTE 334-1 states that a single CDP should appear in each field 1 of an interlaced video frame and each progressive frame. This error is generated any time the CDP-100 detects an interlaced field 1 or a progressive frame which does not contain a CDP (no 61/01 VANC packet) Severity: This error does not usually cause problems.

  • Page 41: Cdp Header, Sequence Counter Did Not Count By One

    The severity of this error varies greatly depending on equipment. Some equipment completely ignores reserved bits and does not care how they are set. Other equipment will completely reject the CDP causing a complete loss of caption data. Understanding CDP Errors • 7-3 CDP-100 User Manual (Iss. 02)

  • Page 42: Cdp Header, Cdp Length Not A Legal Value

    CC data present bit in the header. If this bit is not set then the caption portion of the CDP will not be present. However, if this bit is set it must carry all the captioning information required by CEA 708 as determined by 7-4 • Understanding CDP Errors CDP-100 User Manual (Iss. 02)

  • Page 43: Cdp Service, Start Flag Does Not Match Header

    CDP and in the service information section. An error is generated when the completion of service information flag in the header does not match the same flag in the service information section. Understanding CDP Errors • 7-5 CDP-100 User Manual (Iss. 02)

  • Page 44: Cdp Service, Reserve Bits Set Incorrectly

    ATSC encoder for the given frame rate. Some gear may correct this problem without affecting the caption stream. Others may cause some caption data to be lost and still others may pass no captions at all. 7-6 • Understanding CDP Errors CDP-100 User Manual (Iss. 02)

  • Page 45: Cdp Caption, 708 Extra Triplets In Caption Block

    Each block has bits which convey no information at this time but are reserved for future standardization. The SMPTE 334-2 standard defines how these bits should be set. This error is generated any time a reserved bit is not set according to the standard. Understanding CDP Errors • 7-7 CDP-100 User Manual (Iss. 02)
  • Page 46 7-8 • Understanding CDP Errors CDP-100 User Manual (Iss. 02)

  • Page 47: Specifications

    Specifications In This Chapter This chapter provides the technical specifications for the CDP-100. Note that specifications are subject to change without notice. Specifications • 7-1 CDP-100 User Manual (Iss. 02)
  • Page 48 Number and type of outputs With ONG-MDL-R01, R21 or R23 rear module: 8 logic outputs (3.3v) and 2 or 4 ground connections. Maximum Power Consumption Other Warranty 1 year return to factory 7-2 • Specifications CDP-100 User Manual (Iss. 02)

  • Page 49: Service Information

    Warranty and Repair Policy Troubleshooting Checklist Routine maintenance to this openGear product is not required. In the event of problems with your CDP-100, the following basic troubleshooting checklist may help identify the source of the problem. If the module still does not appear to be working properly after checking all possible causes, please contact your openGear products distributor, or the openGear Technical Support department at the numbers listed under the “Contact Us”...

  • Page 50: Power Led Conditions

    This User Manual provides all pertinent information for the safe installation and operation of your CDP-100. Ross Video policy dictates that all repairs to the CDP-100 are to be conducted only by an authorized Ross Video Limited factory representative. Therefore, any unauthorized attempt to repair this product, by anyone other than an authorized Ross Video Limited factory representative, will automatically void the warranty.
  • Page 51 A Return Material Authorization number (RMA) will be issued to you, as well as specific shipping instructions, should you wish our factory to repair your CDP-100. If required, a temporary replacement module will be made available at a nominal charge. Any shipping costs incurred will be the responsibility of you, the customer.
  • Page 52 P.O. Box 880, Ross Video Incorporated Ogdensburg, New York, USA 13669-0880 Visit Us Please visit us at our website for: • Company information • Related products and full product lines • Trade show information • News Ross Part Number: CDP100DR-004-02...

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