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  • Page 1 Technical Reference Hardware Version 10.05 - July 2011 Studio Production Server...
  • Page 2  ...
  • Page 3 The l ates t ve rsio n o f th e use r ma nual , i f an y, and o ther use r ma nual s on E VS produc ts can b e foun d o n the EVS dow nloa d ce nter, o n the fo llow ing w ebpage :...
  • Page 4 Issue – Version 10.05 - Hardware Technical Reference XS Series DISK RECORDER 10.05.C EVS Broadcast Equipment SA – July 2011...

  • Page 5: Table Of Contents

    AVID DNxHD ® and APPLE ProRes 422 ................21 Introduction ................................21 Video Bitrate Compatibility with Avid and Apple Products ..................21 Choices of Bitrates when using Avid DNxHD® or Apple ProRes 422 with EVS XS servers ........22 Important Recommendations ..........................25 1.7.9 Raid level: 3 ..........................

  • Page 6: Hardware Description

    CONNECTING MULTIPLE EVS VIDEO SERVERS ON XNET..........45 2.7.1 Introduction ........................... 45 2.7.2 Connection Diagram Without EVS XHub SDTI Hub .............. 46 2.7.3 Connection Diagram With EVS XHub SDTI Hub ..............47 2.7.4 Required Conditions to Set up and Run XNet ............... 47 2.7.5...
  • Page 7 XS Series DISK RECORDER - Version 10.05 - Hardware Technical Reference Manual Issue EVS Broadcast Equipment SA – July 2011 10.05.C Jumpers on the COHX base module ........................58 Leds on the COHX base module with genlock ...................... 59 Leds on the COD A and COD B modules (from left to right) ................. 59 Connectors on the COD A and COD B modules ....................

  • Page 8: What's New

    XS Series DISK RECORDER 10.05.C EVS Broadcast Equipment SA – July 2011 What’s New? The fol lowi ng ta ble de scr ibes th e sec tion s upd ate d to ref lect the n ew fea t ures on the Multi cam vers ion 10.

  • Page 9: Overview

    The EVS X S ser ies s erve rs are f ull digi tal i n PAL ( 625i) , NTSC ( 525i ), 72 0p , 1080 i and 10 80p stan dards . These mult i-ch anne l, disk- base d vid eo s er vers a re specif ica lly de sign ed fo r studi o app lica tion s, to sa tisfy the n eeds o f ne ar-li ve and pre-re cord ed s tudi o pr od uctio ns.

  • Page 10: Unpacking

    . If y es, r epor t d amage o r the m issi ng p arts to EVS or thei r app ropria te repres enta tive .
  • Page 11 XS Series DISK RECORDER - Version 10.05 - Hardware Technical Reference Manual Issue EVS Broadcast Equipment SA – July 2011 10.05.C F igur e 2 : L eft Vi ew F igur e 3 : Ri ght V ie w...

  • Page 12: Rack Mount 6U

    Issue – Version 10.05 - Hardware Technical Reference XS Series DISK RECORDER 10.05.C EVS Broadcast Equipment SA – July 2011 ACK MOUNT Weight Disk Co nfigu rati on Weight 6U cha ssis wit h 6 H DD o n RCTL boar d 35 kg / 7 7.2 lb...
  • Page 13 XS Series DISK RECORDER - Version 10.05 - Hardware Technical Reference Manual Issue EVS Broadcast Equipment SA – July 2011 10.05.C Figure 7: Right view Figure 8: Top view...

  • Page 14: Sas-Hdx

    – Version 10.05 - Hardware Technical Reference XS Series DISK RECORDER 10.05.C EVS Broadcast Equipment SA – July 2011 1.3.2 SAS-HDX The fo llow ing drawi ngs provid e th e va riou s dim e nsions , in mm, of t he S AS-HDX extern al array .

  • Page 15: Installation

    XS Series DISK RECORDER - Version 10.05 - Hardware Technical Reference Manual Issue EVS Broadcast Equipment SA – July 2011 10.05.C INSTALLATION The ma in p ower swit ch i s loca ted at t he f ront si de (lower rig ht c orne r) o f th e uni t.

  • Page 16: Emc Warning

    Issue – Version 10.05 - Hardware Technical Reference XS Series DISK RECORDER 10.05.C EVS Broadcast Equipment SA – July 2011 EN 550 22 Europe an Emissi on S tand ard EN 610 00-4- 4 Europe an Europe an E lect romag neti c Compa tib ilit y (EM C) Pa rt 4 (Lim its) , Se ctio n 4;...

  • Page 17: Ce Marking

    XS Series DISK RECORDER - Version 10.05 - Hardware Technical Reference Manual Issue EVS Broadcast Equipment SA – July 2011 10.05.C • Consul t th e de aler or an experi ence d ra dio/ TV t ec hnicia n f or h elp 1.5.4...

  • Page 18: Ventilation & Rack Mounting

    XS Series DISK RECORDER 10.05.C EVS Broadcast Equipment SA – July 2011 socket -out let or a non-i n dustri al appl ianc e c oupl e r or bot h. C orre ct m ains polari ty must a lways be obse rved . Do n ot use rever sibl e p ower p lugs wit h th is e qui pment.

  • Page 19: Xs Server Main Specifications

    XS Series DISK RECORDER - Version 10.05 - Hardware Technical Reference Manual Issue EVS Broadcast Equipment SA – July 2011 10.05.C XS SERVER MAIN SPECIFICATIONS 1.7.1 LECTRIC PECIFICATIONS The fo llow ing elec tric al s pecif icat ions are val id f or the XS 5U ser ver:...

  • Page 20: Audio Specifications

    Issue – Version 10.05 - Hardware Technical Reference XS Series DISK RECORDER 10.05.C EVS Broadcast Equipment SA – July 2011 1.7.3 UDIO PECIFICATIONS XS 5U UDIO NALOG AND IGITAL ONFIGURATIONS ON You ca n re ques t on e of t he fo llowi ng c onf igura tio ns wit h XS 5U serve rs:...

  • Page 21: Video Codecs & Bitrates

    XS Series DISK RECORDER - Version 10.05 - Hardware Technical Reference Manual Issue EVS Broadcast Equipment SA – July 2011 10.05.C 1.7.4 & B IDEO ODECS ITRATES UPPORTED ODECS The EV S XS se rver use s an intr a-fr ame vide o en coding te chni que. The X S ser ver...

  • Page 22: Content Transfer Encoding And File Header

    EADER Up to Mul ticam 10. 01, all code cs u sed in the EVS Vide o se rvers wer e en c oding in 8-bit . From M ulti cam 10 . 03, it is pos sibl e to p erfo rm the en codi ng pr oces s in 8-bi t or 10 bit and to writ e a 1 0-bit fil e on sel ecte d co d ecs.

  • Page 23: Recording Capacity For Xs Servers

    XS Series DISK RECORDER - Version 10.05 - Hardware Technical Reference Manual Issue EVS Broadcast Equipment SA – July 2011 10.05.C 1.7.5 XS S ECORDING APACITY FOR ERVERS TORAGE The di sk s tora ge o n SA S disks can be a s f ollow s, with a to tal of u p to 84 di sks: inter nal stor age only : 6 o r 12 x 30 0 GB or 9 00 G B SAS di sks •...

  • Page 24: Recording Capacity In Hours For 5 Disks (4+1) Raid Configuration - 50Hz

    Issue – Version 10.05 - Hardware Technical Reference XS Series DISK RECORDER 10.05.C EVS Broadcast Equipment SA – July 2011 (4+1) RAID ECORDING APACITY IN OURS FOR ISKS – 50H ONFIGURATION...

  • Page 25: Recording Capacity In Hours For 6 Disk (5+1) Raid Configuration - 50Hz

    XS Series DISK RECORDER - Version 10.05 - Hardware Technical Reference Manual Issue EVS Broadcast Equipment SA – July 2011 10.05.C (5+1) RAID ECORDING APACITY IN OURS FOR – 50H ONFIGURATION...

  • Page 26: Recording Capacity In Hours For 5 Disk (4+1) Raid Configuration - 59.94Hz

    Issue – Version 10.05 - Hardware Technical Reference XS Series DISK RECORDER 10.05.C EVS Broadcast Equipment SA – July 2011 (4+1) RAID ECORDING APACITY IN OURS FOR – 59.94H ONFIGURATION...

  • Page 27: Recording Capacity In Hours For 6 Disk (5+1) Raid Configuration - 59.94Hz

    XS Series DISK RECORDER - Version 10.05 - Hardware Technical Reference Manual Issue EVS Broadcast Equipment SA – July 2011 10.05.C (5+1) RAID ECORDING APACITY IN OURS FOR – 59.94H ONFIGURATION...

  • Page 28: Supported Smpte Standards

    Issue – Version 10.05 - Hardware Technical Reference XS Series DISK RECORDER 10.05.C EVS Broadcast Equipment SA – July 2011 1.7.6 SMPTE S UPPORTED TANDARDS The fo llow ing stan dard s are su ppor ted: SD SDI S M PT E 2 59 M ( 5 2 5 i 59 .9 4H z; 6 25 i...

  • Page 29: Avid Dnxhd ® And Apple Prores 422

    ProRes 4 22 hi gh de fini ti on vide o cod ecs. T his e n ables n ativ e aud io an d vi deo fil e trans fers in e ithe r dire ct ion betw een th e EVS X S server s, and Av id an d Apple post-p rodu ctio n tool s in High Defi niti on.

  • Page 30: Choices Of Bitrates When Using Avid Dnxhd® Or Apple Prores 422 With Evs Xs Servers

    XS Series DISK RECORDER 10.05.C EVS Broadcast Equipment SA – July 2011 To allow user s to de ter mine th e best bala nce betwee n pic ture q uali ty, storag e capaci ty, numbe r of vid eo cha nnels per serv er, and ne twork spee d, E VS XS server s can g ener ate A vi d DNxHD®...
  • Page 31 XS Series DISK RECORDER - Version 10.05 - Hardware Technical Reference Manual Issue EVS Broadcast Equipment SA – July 2011 10.05.C To get i nform ati on on t he record ing c apac ity of th e serve rs acc ordi ng to th e video bitra tes and the dis ks u sed, refe r to sec tio n 1.
  • Page 32 Issue – Version 10.05 - Hardware Technical Reference XS Series DISK RECORDER 10.05.C EVS Broadcast Equipment SA – July 2011 Gigabit Ethernet Transfers with XS servers for Avid DNXHD® and Apple ProRes 422 Prelim inar y Not e The fol lowi ng ob serv ati ons fo cus on ste ady rates ; the tran sfer perfor manc es with sm all clips will b e lower a s they gene rate a lo t of starts an d en ds o f se ssio ns.

  • Page 33: Important Recommendations

    XS Series DISK RECORDER - Version 10.05 - Hardware Technical Reference Manual Issue EVS Broadcast Equipment SA – July 2011 10.05.C Simultaneous Backup and Restore The b acku p se ssio ns r ea ch hi gher ba ndwid th and pre- empt the ba ndwid th agains t the res tore sess ions .

  • Page 34: 2-Line Interpolator

    . To avoi d th is ph enome n on and provi de a stab le outpu t pic ture , EVS d eve loped 2 types of l ine i nter pola tor: 2-lin e and 4-l ine i nter pol ators . The inte rpol atio n p rocess can be ena bled or dis abl ed by the ope rato r on all EVS sl ow mo tion sys tems .

  • Page 35: Cabling

    XS Series DISK RECORDER - Version 10.05 - Hardware Technical Reference Manual Issue EVS Broadcast Equipment SA – July 2011 10.05.C 2. Cabling XS REAR PANEL 2.1.1 VERVIEW ON ANEL ONFIGURATIONS The XS ser ver c omes in a vari ety of rear pan el c o nfigu rati ons.

  • Page 36: Rear Panel Description

    J c on nector on t he V3X COD A or COD B m odul e of a V 3X board. Ref Vi deo Allows the EVS serv er t o recei ve or s end ba ck the analog gen lock ref eren ce sign al. XNet2 Allows th e inter conn ect ion of EVS serv ers, XF2 and/or XSt ore in a n XN et 2 netw ork.
  • Page 37 RS232 Allows a t able t t o be con nected to the EVS serv er . Multiv iewe r Provid es a Mul tivi ewer o utput i n DB15 , that c an be confi gured in CVBS , RGB HD or YUV H D.

  • Page 38: Configurations On Xs 5U With Cohx Boards

    Issue – Version 10.05 - Hardware Technical Reference XS Series DISK RECORDER 10.05.C EVS Broadcast Equipment SA – July 2011 2.1.3 XS 5U COHX B ONFIGURATIONS ON WITH OARDS This s ecti on p rese nts th e rear pan els for the va rious avai labl e co nfi gura tions of XS 5U serve rs w ith COH X boar ds.

  • Page 39: 2-Channel Open Configuration

    XS Series DISK RECORDER - Version 10.05 - Hardware Technical Reference Manual Issue EVS Broadcast Equipment SA – July 2011 10.05.C HANNEL ONFIGURATION The 2- chan nel o pen co nfigu rati on is ava ilab le with t he o ptio nal AES on BNC connec tors or mult i-pi n c onnect ors (as pres ente d) .

  • Page 40: Playout Configuration (Xs 5U-414 Config)

    Issue – Version 10.05 - Hardware Technical Reference XS Series DISK RECORDER 10.05.C EVS Broadcast Equipment SA – July 2011 (XS 5U-414 C LAYOUT ONFIGURATION ONFIG The pl ayou t co nfi gura tion is a vail able wit h th e op ti onal A ES o n BNC con nec tors or...

  • Page 41: Configurations On Xs 5U With V3X Boards

    XS Series DISK RECORDER - Version 10.05 - Hardware Technical Reference Manual Issue EVS Broadcast Equipment SA – July 2011 10.05.C 2.1.4 XS 5U V3X B ONFIGURATIONS ON WITH OARDS This s ecti on p rese nts th e rear pan els for the va rious avai labl e co nfi gura tions of XS 5U serve rs w ith V3X boards .

  • Page 42: 4-Channel Open Configuration (Xs 5U-444 Config)

    Issue – Version 10.05 - Hardware Technical Reference XS Series DISK RECORDER 10.05.C EVS Broadcast Equipment SA – July 2011 (XS 5U-444 C HANNEL ONFIGURATION ONFIG The 4- chan nel o pen co nfigu rati on is ava ilab le with t he o ptio nal AES on BNC connec tors (as pre sent ed ) or m ulti -pin SUB- DB15 connec tors .

  • Page 43: Ingest Configuration (Xs 5U-441 Config)

    XS Series DISK RECORDER - Version 10.05 - Hardware Technical Reference Manual Issue EVS Broadcast Equipment SA – July 2011 10.05.C (XS 5U-441 C NGEST ONFIGURATION ONFIG The in gest co nfig urat ion is av aila ble with the op ti onal AES o n BNC con ne ctors or multi- pin SUB-DB 15 c onn ectors (as pre sent ed).

  • Page 44: Available Audio Connectivity

    Issue – Version 10.05 - Hardware Technical Reference XS Series DISK RECORDER 10.05.C EVS Broadcast Equipment SA – July 2011 2.1.5 XS 6U ONFIGURATIONS ON This s ecti on p rese nts th e rear pan els for the va rious avai labl e co nfi gura tions of XS 6U serve rs ( with V3X boards ).
  • Page 45 XS Series DISK RECORDER - Version 10.05 - Hardware Technical Reference Manual Issue EVS Broadcast Equipment SA – July 2011 10.05.C The 6-c hann el co nfig urat ion be low i s pres ent ed with t he op tion al AES /E BU XLR...

  • Page 46: Gpi In Connections

    XS Series DISK RECORDER 10.05.C EVS Broadcast Equipment SA – July 2011 GPI IN CONNECTIONS On XS ser vers, GP I tr igg ers a re a vail able . Re fer t o the Mul tica m us er m an uals for GPI al loca tion .

  • Page 47: Ttl  Ttl Inputs On The Xs Server (Gpi Input 5, 6, 7, 8)

    XS Series DISK RECORDER - Version 10.05 - Hardware Technical Reference Manual Issue EVS Broadcast Equipment SA – July 2011 10.05.C 2.2.3 TTL  TTL (GPI 5, 6, 7, INPUTS ON THE SERVER INPUT TTL 1 TTL 2 TTL 3...

  • Page 48: Mtpc Gpio Connector 15/10/02

    Issue – Version 10.05 - Hardware Technical Reference XS Series DISK RECORDER 10.05.C EVS Broadcast Equipment SA – July 2011 MTPC GPIO CONNECTOR 15/10/02 2.4.1 GPIO C : SUB-D 25- ONNECTOR PINS Relay Out 4 Relay Out 4 Relay Out 3...

  • Page 49: Gpio Hardware Specifications

    XS Series DISK RECORDER - Version 10.05 - Hardware Technical Reference Manual Issue EVS Broadcast Equipment SA – July 2011 10.05.C 2.4.2 GPIO HARDWARE SPECIFICATIONS 4 X Relay isolated output: normal ly o pen cont act (p ower o ff - > op en) •...

  • Page 50: Rs422 Connector

    RS422 #1 is n ot an EVS contro ller ( refe r to the se ction ‘M TPC Boar d’ on page 8 6 o f th is m anua l).

  • Page 51: Pin Assignment On Sub-Db15 Connectors

    XS Series DISK RECORDER - Version 10.05 - Hardware Technical Reference Manual Issue EVS Broadcast Equipment SA – July 2011 10.05.C 2.6.2 PIN ASSIGNMENT ON SUB-DB15 CONNECTORS AES DB15 Connectors Sub-DB15 #2 Sub-DB15 #3 Sub-DB15 #4 Sub-DB15 #1 Inputs 9-16...
  • Page 52 Issue – Version 10.05 - Hardware Technical Reference XS Series DISK RECORDER 10.05.C EVS Broadcast Equipment SA – July 2011 Analogue DB15 Connectors Sub-DB15 #1 Sub-DB15 #2 Sub-DB15 #3 Sub-DB15 #4 Inputs 1-4 (mono ) Inputs 5-8 (mono ) Outputs 1-4 (mon o)

  • Page 53: Connecting Multiple Evs Video Servers On Xnet

    2.7.1 NTRODUCTION The XNet 2 netwo rk may be compo sed by s ever al EVS vide o serv ers al l co nnecte d with a 75- Ohm c oaxi al c a ble (B NC). The excha nge be tween system s is opera ted th r ough the SDT I inte rfac e at 1485 Mbps.

  • Page 54: Connection Diagram Without Evs Xhub Sdti Hub

    Issue – Version 10.05 - Hardware Technical Reference XS Series DISK RECORDER 10.05.C EVS Broadcast Equipment SA – July 2011 2.7.2 EVS XH SDTI H ONNECTION IAGRAM ITHOUT...

  • Page 55: Connection Diagram With Evs Xhub Sdti Hub

    Number of clip s 5. Network Type must be s et to “S erve r ” on 1 EVS video s erve r (an d onl y 1 ) on the netw ork. Th e other s must be set t o eithe r “Ma ster ” (t o share cl ips an d view others ’...
  • Page 56 7. All EVS vide o ser vers must be conn ecte d wi th a good qual ity BNC 75 Ohm cable t o for m a clo sed l o op. Con nect the SD TI O UT conne ctor of th e fir st EVS...

  • Page 57: Starting Xnet

    2.7.5 TARTING 1. When all above cond itio n s are ful fil led, t urn o n th e “Serve r ” EVS v ideo s er ver and s tart the Mul ticam ap plica tion . 2. Turn on all “M ast ers ” a nd “Cli ents ” EVS v ideo server s, an d make sure th e Multic am ap plic atio n is s t arted o n al l of t hem.

  • Page 58: Gigabit Network

    Issue – Version 10.05 - Hardware Technical Reference XS Series DISK RECORDER 10.05.C EVS Broadcast Equipment SA – July 2011 GIGABIT NETWORK 2.8.1 UNCTIONAL VERVIEW The Gig abit conne cti on m akes it poss ible to tr ansf er vide o and a udio mate ri al from the XS ser vers to exte rna l sys tems via the TCP/ IP networ k.

  • Page 59: Backup Of Clips

    XS Series DISK RECORDER - Version 10.05 - Hardware Technical Reference Manual Issue EVS Broadcast Equipment SA – July 2011 10.05.C 2.8.2 ACKUP OF LIPS Overview The fo llow ing s chem a sh ows how the back up o f cl ips is per forme d wi th th e Gigab it...

  • Page 60: Restore Of Clips

    Issue – Version 10.05 - Hardware Technical Reference XS Series DISK RECORDER 10.05.C EVS Broadcast Equipment SA – July 2011 2.8.3 ESTORE OF LIPS Overview Only c lip s ha ving one of the fol lowin g f ormat s c an be res tore d: E VS MX F, MXF OP-1A or Qu ick Time (de pendin g on th e vi deo cod ec).

  • Page 61: Important Rules About Gigagit Networks

    IGAGIT ETWORKS Gigabi t n etwor ks i nclu din g EVS serv ers need to ab ide b y th e fo llow ing rule s : • The har dwar e use d on Gi gE netw orks with EVS s e rvers n eed to su ppor t ju mbo frames .

  • Page 62: Additional Information

    Issue – Version 10.05 - Hardware Technical Reference XS Series DISK RECORDER 10.05.C EVS Broadcast Equipment SA – July 2011 • Cisco C ata lyst 375 0E-24 TD/375 0E-48 TD Comparison The HP Proc urve 2 510G - 24 and Cis co Cat alys t 29 60G-24 TC can be used f or small setups whe re n o in ter- VL AN rou ting is need ed.

  • Page 63: Redundant Ipdp Serial Link

    XS Series DISK RECORDER - Version 10.05 - Hardware Technical Reference Manual Issue EVS Broadcast Equipment SA – July 2011 10.05.C REDUNDANT IPDP SERIAL LINK The IPDi rect or comm uni cates wi th th e XS ser ve r via one s eria l lin k. If t hat lin k fails , th e XS ser ver c an n o lon ger be c ontr olle d by any IP Dire ctor .

  • Page 64: Hardware Description

    The XS server is ava ilab le i n a 5U frame, wha tever th e vi de o boar d. Importa nt It is not all owed to mix C OHX an d V3X boa rds on t he sam e EVS ser ver. 3.1.1 XS 5U...

  • Page 65: Slot Configuration On Xs 6U With V3X Boards

    XS Series DISK RECORDER - Version 10.05 - Hardware Technical Reference Manual Issue EVS Broadcast Equipment SA – July 2011 10.05.C 3.1.3 XS 6U V3X B ONFIGURATION ON WITH OARDS Slot # XS SD ( HD Re ady) , HD o r HD/SD...

  • Page 66: Block Diagram

    Issue – Version 10.05 - Hardware Technical Reference XS Series DISK RECORDER 10.05.C EVS Broadcast Equipment SA – July 2011 LOCK IAGRAM COHX UMPERS ON THE BASE MODULE ST1, S T2 These 2 ju mper s mus t b e ins tall ed o n th e la st C OHX bo ard of t he server ( i.e.

  • Page 67: Leds On The Cohx Base Module With Genlock

    XS Series DISK RECORDER - Version 10.05 - Hardware Technical Reference Manual Issue EVS Broadcast Equipment SA – July 2011 10.05.C COHX EDS ON THE BASE MODULE WITH GENLOCK when t he g enlo ck m odul e is n ot i niti aliz ed...

  • Page 68: Connectors On The Cod A And Cod B Modules

    Issue – Version 10.05 - Hardware Technical Reference XS Series DISK RECORDER 10.05.C EVS Broadcast Equipment SA – July 2011 COD A COD B ONNECTORS ON THE MODULES Connect or l abel on Connect or SD mode HD mode rear p anel...

  • Page 69: Layouts Of Connector Positions And Assignments

    XS Series DISK RECORDER - Version 10.05 - Hardware Technical Reference Manual Issue EVS Broadcast Equipment SA – July 2011 10.05.C AYOUTS OF ONNECTOR OSITIONS AND SSIGNMENTS The fo llow ing draw ings s how th e co nnec tor posi tio ns:...
  • Page 70 – Version 10.05 - Hardware Technical Reference XS Series DISK RECORDER 10.05.C EVS Broadcast Equipment SA – July 2011 Note Only fr ont b ackp lane s la belle d BKP7 are c ompat i ble wit h COHX board s (4 slots f or 5U fra mes).

  • Page 71: V3X Board "Dual Power

    XS Series DISK RECORDER - Version 10.05 - Hardware Technical Reference Manual Issue EVS Broadcast Equipment SA – July 2011 10.05.C 3.2.2 V3X B “D ” OARD OWER Importa nt It hi ghly advi sed not to r emove a V3X boar d fr om the EV S ser ver. Sho uld you hav e to d o so, m anip ulate the bo ard v ery c are fully , maki ng su re it is not e xpose d t o mec hani c al or ele ctri c sh ocks.

  • Page 72: Block Diagram

    Issue – Version 10.05 - Hardware Technical Reference XS Series DISK RECORDER 10.05.C EVS Broadcast Equipment SA – July 2011 LOCK IAGRAM COHX B V3X B UMPERS ON THE ASE OF A OARD ST1, S T2: These 2 jumpe rs m ust be ins tall ed o n the last V3 X boar d o f t he server (i.e .

  • Page 73: Leds On The Cohx Base Of A V3X Board With Genlock

    XS Series DISK RECORDER - Version 10.05 - Hardware Technical Reference Manual Issue EVS Broadcast Equipment SA – July 2011 10.05.C COHX B V3X B S ON THE ASE OF A OARD WITH ENLOCK when t he g enlo ck m odul e is n ot i niti aliz ed...

  • Page 74: General Connectivity On The V3X Cod A And Cod B Modules

    – Version 10.05 - Hardware Technical Reference XS Series DISK RECORDER 10.05.C EVS Broadcast Equipment SA – July 2011 TF (tr ansfe r) Blinks gre en while data tra nsfe rs o ccu r betw een the COD m odul e and the...
  • Page 75 (HD, f or h ardwa re l oop) * The swit ch be tween S D I and CVBS o n J1 is d on e by a sof tware s ett ing in the EVS Config urat ion menu .
  • Page 76 Issue – Version 10.05 - Hardware Technical Reference XS Series DISK RECORDER 10.05.C EVS Broadcast Equipment SA – July 2011 Layouts of Connector Positions and Assignments...
  • Page 77 XS Series DISK RECORDER - Version 10.05 - Hardware Technical Reference Manual Issue EVS Broadcast Equipment SA – July 2011 10.05.C Note Only fron t ba ckpl anes la belle d BKP 7 a re c ompat i ble w ith V3X boar ds (4 slot s for 5 U fram es or 7 slots for 6U f rames ).

  • Page 78: Connectivity On The V3X Cod A And Cod B Modules For 3D And 1080P Dual Link

    Issue – Version 10.05 - Hardware Technical Reference XS Series DISK RECORDER 10.05.C EVS Broadcast Equipment SA – July 2011 V3X COD A COD B M ONNECTIVITY ON THE ODULES 1080 Connector Assignments Connect or 3D/108 0p mo de Connect or l abel...
  • Page 79 XS Series DISK RECORDER - Version 10.05 - Hardware Technical Reference Manual Issue EVS Broadcast Equipment SA – July 2011 10.05.C Layout of Connector Positions and Assignments...

  • Page 80: Connectivity On The V3X Boards Cod A And Cod B Modules For 3D And 1080P In Single-Link 3G-Sdi

    Issue – Version 10.05 - Hardware Technical Reference XS Series DISK RECORDER 10.05.C EVS Broadcast Equipment SA – July 2011 V3X B COD A COD B ONNECTIVITY ON THE OARDS 1080 3G-SDI ODULES FOR P IN INGLE Connector Assignments Connec- tor...
  • Page 81 XS Series DISK RECORDER - Version 10.05 - Hardware Technical Reference Manual Issue EVS Broadcast Equipment SA – July 2011 10.05.C Layout of Connector Positions and Assignments...

  • Page 82: Channel Assignment

    Issue – Version 10.05 - Hardware Technical Reference XS Series DISK RECORDER 10.05.C EVS Broadcast Equipment SA – July 2011 3.2.3 HANNEL SSIGNMENT 2-ch XS Server Lower C odec (SL OT 2) 4-ch XS Server Upper C odec (SL OT 3)
  • Page 83 XS Series DISK RECORDER - Version 10.05 - Hardware Technical Reference Manual Issue EVS Broadcast Equipment SA – July 2011 10.05.C 6-ch XS Server Upper C odec (SL OT 4) Middle Cod ec (S LOT 3) Lower C odec (SL OT 2)

  • Page 84: Xs Audio Codec Board

    – Version 10.05 - Hardware Technical Reference XS Series DISK RECORDER 10.05.C EVS Broadcast Equipment SA – July 2011 XS AUDIO CODEC BOARD The XS AUDIO CODEC board is the audi o in t erface bet ween the CO HX/V3X boards a nd th e HCTX/H 3 X board.

  • Page 85: Raid Controller Boards

    XS Series DISK RECORDER - Version 10.05 - Hardware Technical Reference Manual Issue EVS Broadcast Equipment SA – July 2011 10.05.C RAID CONTROLLER BOARDS 3.4.1 HCTX BOARD The HCT X bo ard is a ctua lly d ivid ed i n 4 part s (3 in fron t, 1 in the back ).

  • Page 86: Jumpers

    LEDs o n th e XNe t2 m odul e (SDT I), from lef t to rig h t: FRAMER on (gr een) when the si gnal o n the X Net2 IN con nect or is a v alid EVS SDT I signal . on (gr een) when the XNe t2 SDTI net work is actu ally es tabl ish ed (SDTI loo p closed , co rrec t sp eed, et c).

  • Page 87: Connectors

    XS Series DISK RECORDER - Version 10.05 - Hardware Technical Reference Manual Issue EVS Broadcast Equipment SA – July 2011 10.05.C Note When boo tin g the HC TX board, LEDs 1 to 8 wi l l ligh t acco rdin g to t he...

  • Page 88: H3X Board

    Issue – Version 10.05 - Hardware Technical Reference XS Series DISK RECORDER 10.05.C EVS Broadcast Equipment SA – July 2011 3.4.2 H3X B OARD The H3X bo ard is d ivid ed in 4 par ts ( 2 in fro nt, 2 i n the bac k).

  • Page 89: Leds

    Other LEDs The si x ot her LEDs are fo r EVS inte rnal use . ONNECTORS On the XNe t2 mo dule (S DTI): OUT con nect or for X Net2 (SDTI netw ork 1485 Mbp s with out rela y).

  • Page 90: Rctl Board On Sas Disk Array With Hctx Or H3X)

    Issue – Version 10.05 - Hardware Technical Reference XS Series DISK RECORDER 10.05.C EVS Broadcast Equipment SA – July 2011 3.4.3 RCTL B SAS D HCTX H3X) OARD ON RRAY WITH Disk ar rays on s yste ms with HC TX/H3 X Boa rds h ave a cont roll er on the di sk arr ay board.
  • Page 91 XS Series DISK RECORDER - Version 10.05 - Hardware Technical Reference Manual Issue EVS Broadcast Equipment SA – July 2011 10.05.C LEDs on Internal Array LEDs 1 to 6 ar e us ed i n c ase o f on e in tern al a rray of 6 disk s.

  • Page 92: External Raid Array Sas-Hdx For Xs Servers

    When st arti ng fr om a cl e an disk arra y (af ter a “C l ear Vid eo Dis ks ” f rom the EVS ma inte nanc e m enu), t he XT[ 2]+ se rver is recor ding f irst o n RAID #0 un til th is on e is full, t hen on RA ID #1 an d final ly on RA ID #2.
  • Page 93 XS Series DISK RECORDER - Version 10.05 - Hardware Technical Reference Manual Issue EVS Broadcast Equipment SA – July 2011 10.05.C Disk Insertion and Removal To ins ert or r emov e a dis k from an exte rnal arr ay, carefu lly fol low these st e ps:...

  • Page 94: Mtpc Board

    • contro lled by the moth erb oard. IDE Sys tem Ha rd di sk: t h e IDE di sk dr ive i s use d for st orin g the EVS s oftw are • and the DOS o pera ting s ystem. Ne ith er audi o nor video dat a is sav ed on this disk.

  • Page 95: A2/A4 Board

    XS Series DISK RECORDER - Version 10.05 - Hardware Technical Reference Manual Issue EVS Broadcast Equipment SA – July 2011 10.05.C 3.5.2 A2/A4 B OARD ULTIVIEWER The mu ltiv iewer boa rd i s an op tion on XS se rver s.

  • Page 96: Led Information

    This jum per sh ould be r emoved i f the devic e co nnecte d to t he RS42 2 port is NO T an EVS co nt roller . Maxi mum vol tage on pin 5 of a n RS42 2 port of t he XS s erver sh ould not exce ed 5 Vol t w hen t he c orre spon ding jumper i s eng aged .
  • Page 97 XS Series DISK RECORDER - Version 10.05 - Hardware Technical Reference Manual Issue EVS Broadcast Equipment SA – July 2011 10.05.C Notes...
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