Getting To Know Db6; Front Panel Indicators - TC Electronic DB6 Manual

Getting to know DB6

Getting to know DB6
This section of the manual describes the de-
vice's status indicators and connectors.
! Please note that additional status information
can be displayed using TC Icon software – see
"Obtaining DB6 status information" on page
23.

Front panel indicators

DB6 has the following front panel status indica-
tors:
Front panel indicators on DB6 Single
PSU 1 and PSU 2 LEDs
The PSU 1 and PSU 2 LEDs indicate the status
of the two built-in power supplies.
LED color / Status
indication
Green An external power is connect-
ed and the power supply is ful-
ly functioning.
Red There is a problem with the
power supply. Either there is
no external power connected,
or there is a problem at cer-
tain checkpoints in the relevant
power supply.
Please refer to the descriptions of the PSU con-
nectors in the "Back panel connectors" on page
13 section for more information.
Sync LED(s) – SDI
DB6 Single has one Sync LED, while DB6 Multi
has three Sync LEDs – one for each of the up to
three cards/engines in the device.
The Sync LEDs indicate if synchronization to
the currently connected signal source has been
achieved.
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LED color / Status
indication
Off Startup – no lock achieved.
Green An SDI stream has been detect-
ed at the corresponding input,
and DB6 is locked to it.
Yellow There is an SDI anomaly.
Red DB6 cannot lock to the SDI au-
dio stream.
Sync LED(s) – AES
The Sync Led of the DB6 AES indicates if syn-
chronization to the signal source selected as
Sync Source has been achieved.
For a description of all Sync states, see "AES In-
put State indicators" on page 27.
LED color / Status
indication
Off Startup – no lock achieved /
lock status unknown.
Green A clock signal has been de-
tected at the corresponding
AES input, and DB6 is locked
to it.
Yellow DB6 is following its internal
clock or set to Bypass.
Red No lock or Freewheel status
Alert LED
DB6 Single has one Alert LED, while DB6 Multi
has three Alert LEDs – one for each of the up to
three cards/engines in the device.
The Alert LEDs indicate problems either within
the device or with the signal being processed.
LED color / Status
indication
Off DB6 is not connected to a
computer running the TC Icon
software or a hardware TC
Icon.
Green DB6 is connected to a com-
puter running the TC Icon soft-
ware or a hardware TC Icon.
Normal operation, no problems
detected.
Green – Preset recall
blinking
DB6 Single / Multi / AES – Firmware version 1.30