Ross ACUITY FR5-NS Installation And Cabling Manual

Ultrix FR5-NS Frame
NOTICE Adequate ventilation within a rack frame must be maintained. Ensure side to
side ventilation is not compromised. Refer to the Ultrix Installation Guide for more
information.
Notes:
• The Ultrix FR5-NS frame supports the Acuity switcher platform with up to 4 MEs.
• The Ultrix FR5-NS frame supports a single SDxE blade.
• The switcher uses the Reference input to Ultrix for timing.
• The Input and Output HD-BNCs on the SDPE and SDxE blades are not used at this time.
• Physical sources and destinations on the router must be mapped internally to inputs and outputs on
the switcher.
• The Ultrix SDI I/O blade is used to provide the sources and destinations that the switcher can access.
• The REF B connection is not supported at this time.
• A 1GbE ethernet connection is required for Ultrix.
• An Ultricool may be required, depending on your installation.
• The Protective Earth Stud may not be present on all frames.
• The Ethernet port on the SDxE blade should not be connected.
Acuity Switcher
CAUTION! Electrical shock hazard. The Power connector (PWR) must
always be disconnected when the SDPE blade is not installed in the frame.
NOTICE Do not connect the Ethernet port on the SDxE blade to a network.
Connecting the ethernet port can cause network problems with other
blades in the frame.
Notes:
• The switcher is made up of a single Acuity CPU board, a number of SDPE blades, and a
option SdxE blade.
• Each SDPE blade provides a single HD/UHD ME.
• The SDxE blade provides the 3D DVE Warp resources.
• The number of SDPE blades a system can have depends on the size of the Ultrix frame
and the other blades that are installed.
• Only the Ethernet port on the Acuity CPU card can be used to connect to the Acuity
software.
• On the SDPE blade, the Ethernet, USB, SD, and Input/Output HD-BNCs are not used at
this time.
• On the SDxE, the Ethernet, Display Port 2, AUX SFPs, and Input/Output HD-BNCs are not
used at this time.
• The GPI and Tally ports on each SDPE blade are independent of each other. As you add
more SDPE blades, each ME has an independent set of GPIs and Tallies.
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CAUTION!
Before you set up and operate your device, see the
"Important Safety Instructions" in your switcher and router manuals.
Ultrix FR5-NS
Protective
1 2 3 4
PWR
Earth Stud
SDxE
FLEX
SLOT
SDxE
PWR 1 PWR 2
ENET 1
1
2
Ultrix SDI I/O
Ultrix-HDBNC-IO
ENET 2
3
Ultrix-HDBNC-IO
4 Ultrix-HDBNC-IO
5
SDPE
Reference
PWR
REF A
In/Loop
6 SDPE
LOOP A TERM
B
PWR
REF B
7
SDPE
PWR
SDPE ALARM
8 SDPE
PWR
Note:
supported by Acuity 11.2a or higher.
Not Used at this time.
Power
Network
SDPE
SDPE
SD
1 2 3 4
8-10in-lbs
PWR ETHERNET EDITOR AES1
UPGD
Power DIP AES LTC
Switches
SDxE
SDxE
PWR 1 PWR 2
ETHERNET
DISPLAY
PORT 1
8-10in-lbs
Power USB
FR5-NS Installation and Cabling
Acuity CPU
5 6 7 8
CPU Ultrix-UCCI
CPU
ENET
Power
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1
A B
AUX
OUTPUT
ETHERNET DISPLAY DISPLAY C D
PORT 1 PORT 2
9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 9
8-10in-lbs
AUX A AUX B
Aux SFP+ Output BNCs Input BNCs
AUX A AUX B
AUX A AUX B
1
SD
1 2 3 4
8-10in-lbs
UPGD ETHERNET EDITOR AES1 AES2 LTC TALLY GPIO
1
SD
1 2 3 4
8-10in-lbs
UPGD ETHERNET EDITOR AES1 AES2 LTC TALLY GPIO
1
SD
1 2 3 4
8-10in-lbs
UPGD ETHERNET EDITOR AES1 AES2 LTC TALLY GPIO
1
SD
1 2 3 4
8-10in-lbs
UPGD ETHERNET EDITOR AES1 AES2 LTC TALLY GPIO
The placement of the SDPE blades shown (slots 8,7,6,5) is only
CPU
CPU
ENET
Acuity CPU
USB
OUTPUT
1 2 3 4
AES2 LTC TALLY GPIO
Tally GPI I/O
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1 2 3 4
A B
AUX
OUTPUT INPUT
C D
DISPLAY
PORT 2
9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 9 10 11 12 13
2 3 4 5 6 7 8
INPUT
Slot 1
10 11 12 13 14 15 16
Slot 2
Slot 3
Slot 4
OUTPUT INPUT
Slot 5 (ME 4)
2 3 4 1 2 3 4
OUTPUT INPUT
Slot 6 (ME 3)
2 3 4 1 2 3 4
OUTPUT INPUT
Slot 7 (ME 2)
2 3 4 1 2 3 4
OUTPUT INPUT
Slot 8 (ME 1)
2 3 4 1 2 3 4
Tally
(female DB25)
13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
25 24 23 22 21 20 19 18 17 16 15 14
Pin Tally Pin Tally Pin
1 14 1
1 14
2 15 2
2 15
3 16 3
3 16
INPUT
1 2 3 4
4 17 4
4 17
5 18 5
5 18
6 19 6
6 19
7 20 7
7 20
8 21 8
8 21
9 22 9
9 22
10 23 10
10 23
11 24 11
11 24
12 25 12
12 Common
13 13
13
5 6 7 8
14 15 16
LTC-
LTC+ GND
LTC-
GPI I/O
(female DB25)
13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
25 24 23 22 21 20 19 18 17 16 15 14
GPI Pin GPI
14
I/O 1 I/O 14
15
I/O 2 I/O 15
16
I/O 3 I/O 16
17
I/O 4 I/O 17
18
I/O 5 I/O 18
19
I/O 6 I/O 19
20
I/O 7 I/O 20
21
I/O 8 I/O 21
22
I/O 9 I/O 22
23
I/O 10 I/O 23
24
I/O 11 I/O 24
25
I/O 12 Ground
I/O 13
AES+
AES-
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