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Version 10.05 -
July 2011
Production & Playout Server

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  • Page 1 Technical Reference Hardware Version 10.05 - July 2011 Production & Playout 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 : http: //www .evs .tv/ downl o adcent er...

  • Page 5: Table Of Contents

    AVID DNxHD ® and APPLE ProRes 422 ................19 Introduction ................................19 Video Bitrate Compatibility with Avid and Apple Products ..................19 Choices of Bitrates when Using Avid DNxHD® or Apple ProRes 422 with EVS XT2+ Servers ......20 Important Recommendations ..........................24 1.8.8 Raid level: 3 ..........................

  • Page 6: Hardware Description

    2.6.2 PIN ASSIGNMENT ON SUB-DB15 CONNECTORS ............32 CONNECTING MULTIPLE EVS VIDEO SERVERS ON XNET..........33 2.7.1 Connection Diagram without EVS XHub SDTI HUB ............. 34 2.7.2 Connection Diagram with EVS XHub SDTI HUB ..............35 2.7.3 Required Conditions to Set up and Run XNet ............... 36 2.7.4...
  • Page 7 XT2+ Series DISK RECORDER - Version 10.05 - Hardware Technical Reference Manual Issue EVS Broadcast Equipment SA – July 2011 10.05.A Jumpers ................................67 LEDs ..................................67 Connectors ................................68 Gigabit Connectors ............................... 68 3.4.2 RCTL Board on SAS Disk Array (with HCTX) ............... 69 LEDs on Internal Array ............................

  • Page 8: What's New

    XT2+ Series DISK RECORDER – Version 10.05 - Hardware Technical Reference 10.05.A EVS Broadcast Equipment SA – July 2011 What’s New? The ch ange s li nked to ne w feat ures in vers ion 10. 05 are lis ted in the tabl e below .

  • Page 9: Overview

    The EVS XT2+ s erve rs a re ful l dig ital in PA L (62 5i), NT SC (52 5i), 720p , 1080p or 1080i stan dard s. Th ese multi- chan nel, dis k-bas e d vide o se rvers are ide al for a wide rang e of broa dcast applica tion s, from sp ort s and live pro duct ion to playou t and t ransm issi on.

  • Page 10: Xt2+ Proxy Server

    . 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 XT2+ Series DISK RECORDER - Version 10.05 - Hardware Technical Reference Manual Issue EVS Broadcast Equipment SA – July 2011 10.05.A...

  • Page 12: Sas-Hdx

    Issue XT2+ Series DISK RECORDER – Version 10.05 - Hardware Technical Reference 10.05.A EVS Broadcast Equipment SA – July 2011 1.4.2 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 13: Remote Control Panel

    XT2+ Series DISK RECORDER - Version 10.05 - Hardware Technical Reference Manual Issue EVS Broadcast Equipment SA – July 2011 10.05.A 1.4.3 EMOTE ONTROL ANEL Weight : 2. 9 Kg / 6.3 Lbs. 1.4.4 10” T OUCH CREEN IDEO ONITOR Weight : 3.

  • Page 14: Keyboard

    Issue XT2+ Series DISK RECORDER – Version 10.05 - Hardware Technical Reference 10.05.A EVS Broadcast Equipment SA – July 2011 1.4.6 EYBOARD Weight : 0. 4 Kg / 0.9 Lbs. 1.4.7 ABLET Weight : 0. 3 Kg / 6.6 Lbs.

  • Page 15: Emc Standards

    XT2+ Series DISK RECORDER - Version 10.05 - Hardware Technical Reference Manual Issue EVS Broadcast Equipment SA – July 2011 10.05.A 1.6.2 EMC S TANDARDS EN 550 22 Europe an Emissi on S tand ard EN 610 00-3- 2 Europe an Electr omag neti c Com pati bilit y (EMC ) Pa rt 3 (Li mit s);...

  • Page 16: Emc Warning

    Issue XT2+ Series DISK RECORDER – Version 10.05 - Hardware Technical Reference 10.05.A EVS Broadcast Equipment SA – July 2011 1.6.3 EMC W ARNING Change s or mod ific atio ns not ex pres sly ap pr oved by t he man ufac t urer for compli ance c ould void the use r's au thor ity t o operat e the e quip men t.

  • Page 17: Power Supply

    XT2+ Series DISK RECORDER - Version 10.05 - Hardware Technical Reference Manual Issue EVS Broadcast Equipment SA – July 2011 10.05.A 1.6.5 OWER UPPLY The XT3 s erve r is f itt ed with two a uto sw itc hing an d hot -swa ppab le power suppli es.

  • Page 18: Ventilation & Rack Mounting

    XT2+ Series DISK RECORDER – Version 10.05 - Hardware Technical Reference 10.05.A EVS Broadcast Equipment SA – July 2011 VENTILATION & RACK MOUNTING Adequa te ve nti lati on is o bvious ly r equir ed f or op ti mum per forma nce. As a r esult of this cons idera tio n, e nsur e no othe r eq uipme nt is l ocated cl ose to t he ma inf ram e.

  • Page 19: Audio

    XT2+ Series DISK RECORDER - Version 10.05 - Hardware Technical Reference Manual Issue EVS Broadcast Equipment SA – July 2011 10.05.A 1.8.2 UDIO • up to 8+8 ana logu e ba lan ced i nput & o utpu t ch ann els •...

  • Page 20: Target Bitrate Range And Default Values

    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 21: Recording Capacity For Xt2+ Servers

    XT2+ Series DISK RECORDER - Version 10.05 - Hardware Technical Reference Manual Issue EVS Broadcast Equipment SA – July 2011 10.05.A 1.8.4 XT2+ S ECORDING APACITY FOR ERVERS The foll owing t able s sho w the recor ding ca paci ty , in hours , for 1 reco rd channe l (i.e.
  • Page 22 Issue XT2+ Series DISK RECORDER – Version 10.05 - Hardware Technical Reference 10.05.A EVS Broadcast Equipment SA – July 2011 Recording Capacity in hours for 5 disks (4+1) RAID configuration – 50Hz...
  • Page 23 XT2+ Series DISK RECORDER - Version 10.05 - Hardware Technical Reference Manual Issue EVS Broadcast Equipment SA – July 2011 10.05.A Recording Capacity in hours for 6 disk (5+1) RAID configuration – 50Hz...
  • Page 24 Issue XT2+ Series DISK RECORDER – Version 10.05 - Hardware Technical Reference 10.05.A EVS Broadcast Equipment SA – July 2011 Recording Capacity in hours for 5 disk (4+1) RAID configuration – 59.94Hz...
  • Page 25 XT2+ Series DISK RECORDER - Version 10.05 - Hardware Technical Reference Manual Issue EVS Broadcast Equipment SA – July 2011 10.05.A Recording Capacity in hours for 6 disk (5+1) RAID configuration – 59.94Hz...

  • Page 26: Supported Smpte Standards

    Issue XT2+ Series DISK RECORDER – Version 10.05 - Hardware Technical Reference 10.05.A EVS Broadcast Equipment SA – July 2011 1.8.5 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 27: Avid Dnxhd ® And Apple Prores 422

    NTRODUCTION EVS XT2 + ser vers fea tur e a na tive impl emen tati o n of t he A vid DN xHD® an d Appl e 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 i n eith er di rect i on betwe en th e EVS XT 2+ serv ers, a nd Avi d an d Apple post-p rodu ctio n tool s in High Defi niti on.

  • Page 28: Choices Of Bitrates When Using Avid Dnxhd® Or Apple Prores 422 With Evs Xt2+ Servers

    XT2+ Series DISK RECORDER – Version 10.05 - Hardware Technical Reference 10.05.A 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, num ber of vid eo ch anne ls per serv er, and net work spe ed, EV S XT2 + server s can g ener ate A vi d DNxHD®...
  • Page 29 XT2+ Series DISK RECORDER - Version 10.05 - Hardware Technical Reference Manual Issue EVS Broadcast Equipment SA – July 2011 10.05.A Calcul ation : Maximum SDTI ban dwid t h / A ctua l Ba ndwid th = re al tim e t rans fers: 110MB/ s / 18.4 MB/s = 6 r eal t ime trans fers .
  • Page 30 Issue XT2+ Series DISK RECORDER – Version 10.05 - Hardware Technical Reference 10.05.A EVS Broadcast Equipment SA – July 2011 Avid DNxHD® & Apple ProRes 422 at 180Hz (“NTSC Super Motion 3x”) Codec Video Fields Actual Max. RT XF2 Storage Capacity...
  • Page 31 XT2+ Series DISK RECORDER - Version 10.05 - Hardware Technical Reference Manual Issue EVS Broadcast Equipment SA – July 2011 10.05.A Gigabit Ethernet Transfers with XT2+ Servers for Avid DNXHD® and Apple ProRes 422 Prelim inar y not e The fo llowi ng ob serv at ions f ocus on st eady rates ; the tran sfer perfor manc es with sm all clips wil l be lower a s t hey gene rate a lo t of starts an d en ds o f se ssio ns.

  • Page 32: Important Recommendations

    Issue XT2+ Series DISK RECORDER – Version 10.05 - Hardware Technical Reference 10.05.A EVS Broadcast Equipment SA – July 2011 MPORTANT ECOMMENDATIONS • For 6- chan nel c onf igura tion, maxi mum b itra tes for Av id DN xHD® o r A pple ProRes 422 shou ld be 2 2 0Mbps (NTSC) or 185M b ps (PA L).

  • Page 33: 2-Line Interpolator

    10.05.A 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 34: Cabling

    Issue XT2+ Series DISK RECORDER – Version 10.05 - Hardware Technical Reference 10.05.A EVS Broadcast Equipment SA – July 2011 2. Cabling XT2+ REAR PANEL The t wo m ain draw ings p resent ed in this se ctio n s how t he rear pan els of a n XT2 +, with res pect ivel y a COH X or V3X boa rd.

  • Page 35: Xt2 With V3X Board

    XT2+ Series DISK RECORDER - Version 10.05 - Hardware Technical Reference Manual Issue EVS Broadcast Equipment SA – July 2011 10.05.A 2.1.2 V3X B WITH OARD The fo llow ing draw ing re presen ts a rea r pa nel of an XT2 + fi tte d wi th a V3X board .

  • Page 36: Gpi In Connections

    XT2+ Series DISK RECORDER – Version 10.05 - Hardware Technical Reference 10.05.A EVS Broadcast Equipment SA – July 2011 GPI IN CONNECTIONS On XT2+ serv ers, GPI t ri ggers are av aila ble . Refe r to the Multi cam or AirB ox user manual s fo r GP I al loca tio n.

  • Page 37: Ttl  Ttl Inputs On The Xt2+ Server (Gpi Input 5, 6, 7, 8)

    XT2+ Series DISK RECORDER - Version 10.05 - Hardware Technical Reference Manual Issue EVS Broadcast Equipment SA – July 2011 10.05.A 2.2.3 TTL  TTL I XT2+ S (GPI I 5, 6, NPUTS ON THE ERVER NPUT 7, 8) Each TTL i nput on the D B25 is di rect ly con nect ed to the pi n of th e TTL co nnecto r on th e de vice tri gger ing the GP I.

  • Page 38: Mtpc Gpio Connector 15/10/02

    Issue XT2+ Series DISK RECORDER – Version 10.05 - Hardware Technical Reference 10.05.A 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 39: Rs422 Connector

    XT2+ Series DISK RECORDER - Version 10.05 - Hardware Technical Reference Manual Issue EVS Broadcast Equipment SA – July 2011 10.05.A • Typica l sw itch ing poin t @ 1.4 m A, for s ecur e op era tion: i=0 t o 0.

  • Page 40: Audio Configurations

    XT2+ Series DISK RECORDER – Version 10.05 - Hardware Technical Reference 10.05.A EVS Broadcast Equipment SA – July 2011 The te chni cal spec ific ati o ns fo r th e RS4 22 c onne ct or are th e fo llow ing: •...

  • Page 41: Connecting Multiple Evs Video Servers On Xnet

    CONNECTING MULTIPLE EVS VIDEO SERVERS ON XNET The XN et netwo rk is c om posed by seve ral EVS vi deo s erver s a ll conne cte d wit h a 75-Ohm coax ial cab le (B NC).

  • Page 42: Connection Diagram Without Evs Xhub Sdti Hub

    XT2+ Series DISK RECORDER – Version 10.05 - Hardware Technical Reference 10.05.A EVS Broadcast Equipment SA – July 2011 Note If a n XT 2+ m ust be conn ected to oth er XT2 or XS serv ers, th ese serv ers must r un a t le ast Mult ica m vers ion 10.0 1.67 .

  • Page 43: Connection Diagram With Evs Xhub Sdti Hub

    XT2+ Series DISK RECORDER - Version 10.05 - Hardware Technical Reference Manual Issue EVS Broadcast Equipment SA – July 2011 10.05.A 2.7.2 EVS XH SDTI HUB ONNECTION IAGRAM WITH...

  • Page 44: Required Conditions To Set Up And Run Xnet

    (1485M bps, from Har dwa re Con figu rati on m enu) 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 45: Starting Xnet

    2.7.4 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 46 XT2+ Series DISK RECORDER – Version 10.05 - Hardware Technical Reference 10.05.A EVS Broadcast Equipment SA – July 2011 could caus e ad dit iona l li n e del ays and preve nt the proper ope rati on o f XN et .

  • Page 47: Gigabit Network

    XT2+ Series DISK RECORDER - Version 10.05 - Hardware Technical Reference Manual Issue EVS Broadcast Equipment SA – July 2011 10.05.A 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 XT 2+ s erve rs t o ex ter nal sy stem s vi a th e TCP /I P netw ork.

  • Page 48: Backup Of Clips

    It s tores th e b ackup fi l e in the ta rget fo lder s pecif ied by the ext erna l system . The me tada ta o f the cl ip ar e eith er in cl uded in the f ile (i n EVS...

  • Page 49: Restore Of Clips

    XT2+ Series DISK RECORDER - Version 10.05 - Hardware Technical Reference Manual Issue EVS Broadcast Equipment SA – July 2011 10.05.A 2.8.3 ESTORE OF LIPS 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 50: Important Rules

    ULES 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 hardw are use d on G igE netwo rks wi th EVS s ervers n eed to su ppor t jumbo frames .

  • Page 51: Comparison

    XT2+ Series DISK RECORDER - Version 10.05 - Hardware Technical Reference Manual Issue EVS Broadcast Equipment SA – July 2011 10.05.A OMPARISON 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 52: Redundant Ipdp Serial Link

    XT2+ Series DISK RECORDER – Version 10.05 - Hardware Technical Reference 10.05.A EVS Broadcast Equipment SA – July 2011 REDUNDANT IPDP SERIAL LINK The IPDir ecto r commun ic ates wit h the XT2+ se rve r via one seri al lin k. If t hat link fails , th e XT 2+ s erver ca n no long er b e co ntro lled by a ny I PDire ctor .

  • Page 53: Hardware Description

    COHX o r V3X video b oard s. Th e boa r d conf igura tio n will slig h tly var y depend ing on the type of video boar d us ed. 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 COHX B...

  • Page 54: Slot Configuration With V3X Boards

    Issue XT2+ Series DISK RECORDER – Version 10.05 - Hardware Technical Reference 10.05.A EVS Broadcast Equipment SA – July 2011 3.1.2 V3X B ONFIGURATION WITH OARDS Slot # XT2+ SD (HD Read y), H D or HD /SD RSAS bo ard...

  • Page 55: Block Diagram

    XT2+ Series DISK RECORDER - Version 10.05 - Hardware Technical Reference Manual Issue EVS Broadcast Equipment SA – July 2011 10.05.A LOCK IAGRAM COHX B UMPERS ON THE ODULE ST1, S T2: These 2 j umper s mu st b e inst alle d o n th e l ast CO HX boa rd o f t he server (i .e.

  • Page 56: Leds On The Cohx Base Module With Genlock

    Issue XT2+ Series DISK RECORDER – Version 10.05 - Hardware Technical Reference 10.05.A EVS Broadcast Equipment SA – July 2011 COHX B EDS ON THE ODULE WITH ENLOCK when t he g enlo ck m odul e is n ot i niti aliz ed...

  • Page 57: Connectors On The Cod A And Cod B Modules

    XT2+ Series DISK RECORDER - Version 10.05 - Hardware Technical Reference Manual Issue EVS Broadcast Equipment SA – July 2011 10.05.A 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 58: Layout Of Connector Positions And Assignments

    Issue XT2+ Series DISK RECORDER – Version 10.05 - Hardware Technical Reference 10.05.A EVS Broadcast Equipment SA – July 2011 AYOUT OF ONNECTOR OSITIONS AND SSIGNMENTS The fo llow ing draw ings s how th e co nnec tor posi tio ns:...
  • Page 59 XT2+ Series DISK RECORDER - Version 10.05 - Hardware Technical Reference Manual Issue EVS Broadcast Equipment SA – July 2011 10.05.A Note Only fro nt bac kpla nes la belle d BKP7 are c ompat i ble with COH X boar ds (7 slo ts for 6U f rames ).

  • Page 60: V3X Board "Dual Power

    Issue XT2+ Series DISK RECORDER – Version 10.05 - Hardware Technical Reference 10.05.A EVS Broadcast Equipment SA – July 2011 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 61: Block Diagram

    XT2+ Series DISK RECORDER - Version 10.05 - Hardware Technical Reference Manual Issue EVS Broadcast Equipment SA – July 2011 10.05.A LOCK IAGRAM COHX B V3X B UMPERS ON THE ASE OF A OARD ST1, S T2: These 2 j umper s must b e insta lled o n the l ast V 3X board of the server ( i.e.

  • Page 62: Leds On The Cohx Base Of A V3X Board With Genlock

    Issue XT2+ Series DISK RECORDER – Version 10.05 - Hardware Technical Reference 10.05.A EVS Broadcast Equipment SA – July 2011 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 63: General Connectivity On The V3X Cod A And Cod B Modules

    XT2+ Series DISK RECORDER - Version 10.05 - Hardware Technical Reference Manual Issue EVS Broadcast Equipment SA – July 2011 10.05.A 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 64 (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 65 XT2+ Series DISK RECORDER - Version 10.05 - Hardware Technical Reference Manual Issue EVS Broadcast Equipment SA – July 2011 10.05.A Layout of Connector Positions and Assignments...
  • Page 66 XT2+ Series DISK RECORDER – Version 10.05 - Hardware Technical Reference 10.05.A EVS Broadcast Equipment SA – July 2011 Note Only fro nt bac kpla nes la belle d BKP7 are c ompat i ble with V3 X boar ds (7 slot s for 6U f rames ).

  • Page 67: Connectivity On The V3X Cod A And Cod B Modules For 3D And 1080P Dual Link

    XT2+ Series DISK RECORDER - Version 10.05 - Hardware Technical Reference Manual Issue EVS Broadcast Equipment SA – July 2011 10.05.A V3X COD A COD B M ONNECTIVITY ON THE ODULES 1080 Connector Assignments Connect or 3D/108 0p mo de...
  • Page 68 Issue XT2+ Series DISK RECORDER – Version 10.05 - Hardware Technical Reference 10.05.A EVS Broadcast Equipment SA – July 2011 Layout of Connector Positions and Assignments...

  • Page 69: Connectivity On The V3X Boards Cod A And Cod B Modules For 3D And 1080P In Single-Link 3G-Sdi

    XT2+ Series DISK RECORDER - Version 10.05 - Hardware Technical Reference Manual Issue EVS Broadcast Equipment SA – July 2011 10.05.A V3X B COD A COD B ONNECTIVITY ON THE OARDS 1080 3G-SDI ODULES FOR P IN INGLE Connector Assignments...
  • Page 70 Issue XT2+ Series DISK RECORDER – Version 10.05 - Hardware Technical Reference 10.05.A EVS Broadcast Equipment SA – July 2011 Layout of Connector Positions and Assignments...

  • Page 71: Channel Assignment

    XT2+ Series DISK RECORDER - Version 10.05 - Hardware Technical Reference Manual Issue EVS Broadcast Equipment SA – July 2011 10.05.A 3.2.3 HANNEL SSIGNMENT 2-ch XT2+ Server Lower C odec (SL OT 2) 4-ch XT2+ Server Upper C odec (SL OT 3)
  • Page 72 Issue XT2+ Series DISK RECORDER – Version 10.05 - Hardware Technical Reference 10.05.A EVS Broadcast Equipment SA – July 2011 6-ch XT2+ Server Upper C odec (SL OT 4) Middle Cod ec (S LOT 3) Lower C odec (SL OT 2)

  • Page 73: Audio Codec Board

    XT2+ Series DISK RECORDER - Version 10.05 - Hardware Technical Reference Manual Issue EVS Broadcast Equipment SA – July 2011 10.05.A AUDIO CODEC BOARD The AU DIO CODEC boa r d is the au dio int erfa ce b etween th e COH X b oard s and the HCTX b oard.

  • Page 74: Raid Controller Boards

    Issue XT2+ Series DISK RECORDER – Version 10.05 - Hardware Technical Reference 10.05.A EVS Broadcast Equipment SA – July 2011 RAID CONTROLLER BOARDS 3.4.1 HCTX B OARD 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 75: Jumpers

    Th e LEDs bl ink CPU1/CPU 2 alter nate ly e very 250 mill isecon ds. Other LEDs The si x ot her LEDs are fo r EVS inte rnal use .

  • Page 76: Connectors

    XT2+ Series DISK RECORDER – Version 10.05 - Hardware Technical Reference 10.05.A EVS Broadcast Equipment SA – July 2011 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 77: Rctl Board On Sas Disk Array With Hctx)

    XT2+ Series DISK RECORDER - Version 10.05 - Hardware Technical Reference Manual Issue EVS Broadcast Equipment SA – July 2011 10.05.A 3750 G fam ily, for exa mp le th e WS-C 3750 G-24T -S . For mor e in forma tion , re fer to the Mul ticam Conf igura tion manu al fo r se tt ing up the I P ad dress es.
  • Page 78 Issue XT2+ Series DISK RECORDER – Version 10.05 - Hardware Technical Reference 10.05.A EVS Broadcast Equipment SA – July 2011...

  • Page 79: Leds On Internal Array

    XT2+ Series DISK RECORDER - Version 10.05 - Hardware Technical Reference Manual Issue EVS Broadcast Equipment SA – July 2011 10.05.A S ON NTERNAL RRAY 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 80: External Raid Array Sas-Hdx For Xt2+ Server

    Issue XT2+ Series DISK RECORDER – Version 10.05 - Hardware Technical Reference 10.05.A EVS Broadcast Equipment SA – July 2011 3.4.3 RAID A SAS-HDX XT2+ S XTERNAL RRAY ERVER The SA S-HDX is a 2RU extern al disk st orag e co ntain ing up to 24 hot- sw appabl e SAS disks , with a mini mum of 5 disks.

  • Page 81: Disk Insertion And Removal

    XT2+ Series DISK RECORDER - Version 10.05 - Hardware Technical Reference Manual Issue EVS Broadcast Equipment SA – July 2011 10.05.A NSERTION AND EMOVAL 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 82: Mtpc Board

    • IDE Sys tem H ard disk : t he IDE dis k dri ve i s us e d for stor ing the EVS s of tware and the DOS o pera ting s ystem. Ne ith er audi o nor video dat a is sav ed on this disk.

  • Page 83: A2/A4 Board

    XT2+ Series DISK RECORDER - Version 10.05 - Hardware Technical Reference Manual Issue EVS Broadcast Equipment SA – July 2011 10.05.A 3.5.2 A2/A4 B OARD ULTIVIEWER The mu ltiv iewer boa rd i s an op tion on XT2+ serv er s.

  • Page 84: Led Information

    (Verti cal Sync ) in the co mposit e ou tput sig nal (TV mode) If t he LSM T V mo de is used, the se jump ers mu st be se t-up ac cord ing t o EVS...

  • Page 85: Memory Hole Activation

    XT2+ Series DISK RECORDER - Version 10.05 - Hardware Technical Reference Manual Issue EVS Broadcast Equipment SA – July 2011 10.05.A 3.5.3 EMORY CTIVATION The memory ho le is di sabled f rom Mult icam v ersion 9 .00. Fro m this versio n...
  • Page 86 Issue XT2+ Series DISK RECORDER – Version 10.05 - Hardware Technical Reference 10.05.A EVS Broadcast Equipment SA – July 2011 Notes:...
  • Page 87 16, rue Bois St Jean B-4102 Ougrée Belgium Corporate North & Latin America Asia & Pacific Other regional offices Headquarters Headquarters Headquarters available on +32 4 361 7000 +1 973 575 7811 +852 2914 2501 www.evs.tv/contact To learn more about EVS go to www.evs.tv...

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