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Io 4K Plus

Capture, Display, Convert

Version 14.0r2
Published March 19, 2018

Installation and Operation Guide

Summary of Contents for Io 4K Plus

Page 1: ...Io 4K Plus Capture Display Convert Version 14 0r2 Published March 19 2018 Installation and Operation Guide ...

Page 2: ...log and V2Digital are trademarks of AJA Video Systems Inc All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners Copyright Copyright 2018 AJA Video Systems Inc All rights reserved All information in this manual is subject to change without notice No part of the document may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means electronic or mechanical including photocopying or recordi...

Page 3: ... Meters 12 Power LED 13 AJA Control Panel Overview 13 AJA Control Panel User Interface 13 Controlling Application 15 Presets 15 Default Preferences 15 Function Screens 17 Using Io 4K Plus for UltraHD 4K 17 4K UltraHD Transport Modes 17 Io 4K Plus Audio Monitoring 19 AJA Control Panel Function Screens 21 Control Screen 21 Format Screen 23 Input Select Screen 24 SDI Out Screen 26 HDMI Screen 27 HDMI...

Page 4: ...o 4K Plus Capture Display Convert v14 0r2 4 www aja com Warranty and Liability Information 60 Limited Warranty on Hardware 60 Limitation of Liability 61 Governing Law and Language Your Rights 61 Index 62 ...

Page 5: ...atures Two Thunderbolt 3 ports a pass through daisy chaining Four bidirectional SDI BNCs configurable for up to four inputs or four outputs or two inputs and 2 outputs Single Link I O for 4K UltraHD HD and SD across 12G SDI 6G SDI 3G SDI and 1 5G SDI Dual Link I O for 1 5G SDI and 3G SDI 2 x BNC Quad Link I O for 1 5G SDI 3G SDI 4 x BNC Supports Quadrant or Two Sample Interleave transport HDMI 2 0...

Page 6: ...are plugins and utility programs for the Io 4K Plus as well as AJA s Io KONA and T TAP products Three retail packages are available one for Mac one for Windows and one for Linux NOTE Support for the Linux OS retail drivers is based on the Linux application used and comes from the application s vendor Mac Windows and Linux Packages These packages include Drivers AJA device drivers for tightly integ...

Page 7: ...cation version and or host CPU include Nvidia K5200 Nvidia K4200 Nvidia M6000 Nvidia M5000 Nvidia M4000 AMD W7100 AMD W8100 Media storage with adequate bandwidth to sustain the capture and playback of the material you expect to be working with NOTE For large scale installations with shared storage or for very high performance requirements consultation with an experienced a system integrator is rec...

Page 8: ...ures and system requirements Chapter 2 Provides complete instructions for installing and configuring the product Chapter 3 Discusses operational aspects and how to work with 3rd party software Appendix A Presents a list of technical specifications for the product Appendix B Provides important Safety and Compliance information ...

Page 9: ...l Panel as this allows you to verify that the installation has completed successfully NOTE AJA Control Panel will prompt you to update firmware if the new software package contained a firmware update for your AJA device System Test Application AJA System Test is a utility for measuring system performance The application includes System Disk Test AJA Device Test Disk Device Test System Report The a...

Page 10: ...uding Two HD SD inputs SDI 1 and SDI 2 and two outputs SDI 3 and SDI 4 Two 4K UltraHD single link 6 12G inputs SDI 1 and SDI 2 and two 4K UltraHD single link 6 12G outputs SDI 3 and SDI 4 One 4K UltraHD two link 3G input SDI 1 and SDI 2 and one and one two link 3G output SDI 3 and SDI4 One 4K UltraHD four link 1 5 3G input SDI 1 SDI 2 SDI 3 and SDI4 input Quadrant or 2SI One 4K UltraHD four link 1...

Page 11: ... locking signal should be the same as the input format It is possible in some circumstances to use an alternate format video signal as long as the basic frame rate is compatible Balanced Analog Audio Input and Output A 25 pin connector provides 8 channel balanced analog audio 24 bit 48kHz sample rate D A and A D for use with an industry standard 8x XLR on DB 25 breakout cable cable not included Th...

Page 12: ...ment or recesses it to prevent accidental changes Audio Level Meters The Audio Level Meters in the center of the front panel indicate During Capture The first 8 channels of the audio source selected SDI HDMI Analog During Playback The sum of whatever sources are being played out via the AJA hardware i e NLE timeline and mix of host system audio output if applicable The meter s LEDs are colored to ...

Page 13: ...find the AJA Control Panel application in your Applications folder AJA Control Panel User Interface The AJA Control Panel user interface includes a visual block diagram of the unit s current configuration The current status input and output settings and many other details are depicted in the color coded block diagram Below this block diagram are various controls for changing operating parameters w...

Page 14: ...ormat framebuffer Yellow Reference video black burst or other reference source Red The selected operation cannot be performed Input Output Icons The input and output icons are triangles that together with their color show all the input and outputs and their status selected not selected input present or not format etc A complete video path is shown when inputs and outputs are connected with lines g...

Page 15: ...s and want to carry your saved setups to another location you can copy your saved Preset files on to movable storage and load them into any computer running the AJA Control Panel application Mac OS Preset Files Storage Location From the Finder hold down the Option key to display the Library directory and click on Go Library Application Support AJA device name Presets Windows Preset Files Storage L...

Page 16: ...Preference An administrator can establish a house standard for an AJA device by copying a preference file to a shared computer location Once placed at that location it becomes a Global Preference file where it will establish a standard default startup state for all users of that AJA device using that computer system These settings preempt the initial AJA factory default settings and are applied wh...

Page 17: ...ulldown settings and color space conversion DS Keyer Setup and control the insertion of keyed video from the frame buffer or graphics files with alpha channel LUT Load a lookup table LUT file to adjust the calibration of color for any source Timecode Monitors SMPTE 12M 2 timecode and configure timecode window burn output Presets Add or delete saved preset configurations handy for quick and easy re...

Page 18: ...Figure 6 Mapping of Quad SDI Outputs 2SI Mode Two Sample Interleave is an alternative method to organize the data of SDI UltraHD and 4K formats Instead of dividing the picture raster into quadrants this method samples pixels to create four lower resolution versions of the entire picture These are combined later to create the full resolution image Figure 7 Mapping of 2SI Outputs For 2SI UltraHD or ...

Page 19: ...this audio for monitoring This cuts down on unnecessary cabling and means you can take advantage of a consistent audio monitoring environment whatever you are currently doing with your host system NOTE On first use you will need to tell your operating system to use AJA hardware as the default Input and Output hardware Io 4K Plus lets you listen to Host System audio concurrently with your NLE audio...

Page 20: ...udio NLE Application Control Panel Input Select Screen Mixer Controls Host Computer Audio NLE Audio NOTE NLE audio output is disabled in Capture mode AJA Hardware Audio NOTE Linux OS has not yet been tested with this functionality and as such remains unsupported until a future announcement To control which AJA hardware audio is used during recording you use the Control Panel application s Input Se...

Page 21: ...tputs can change dynamically The Default Output settings are used to select what will be output when no third party video application is controlling Io 4K Plus Video Output Input Passthrough This selection directs Io 4K Plus to route video from its selected input through the card for processing and output Test Pattern This selection directs Io 4K Plus to output a preset pattern when no other appli...

Page 22: ...ped Clear Files This selection on the pulldown clears all the Graphic Display files Playback Timing Use these controls to set the Genlock source and Timing adjustment Genlock Selects how Io 4K Plus will synchronize program video Freerun Generates sync without an external reference source Ref In Use the Ref Video source for sync usually an analog black burst video signal Video In Use whichever vide...

Page 23: ...Mac OS Primary Frame Buffer Format Format This pull down menu shows the currently selected format When a change is made via the Video Format pull down or by clicking an icon and selecting a new format via a contextual menu the block diagram will change to reflect the new format NOTE The Format control is not active when an application has control of the Io 4K Plus Follow Input Enabling the Follow ...

Page 24: ...RGB Input Select Screen On the Input Select screen you can view or set the currently selected video and audio input sources and map audio sources to the channels supported by your editing application Two information panes in the screen are provided Video Input and Audio Input Video Input Source The Source pulldown menu allows you to see and change what s currently selected and shows the video form...

Page 25: ... 25 connector and one analog mic line input Choose from Analog SDI Ch 1 16 HDMI Map Channels Here you can select which two audio input channels will be mapped to your editing application if only two channels Ch 1 and Ch2 are selected in that application Choose in pairs from 1 2 through 15 16 Incoming embedded SDI audio supports the routing of all eight channel pairs HDMI embedded audio supports ro...

Page 26: ...lor RGB SMPTE Sets the output to RGB SMPTE range video for the SDI output RGB Full Sets the output to RGB full range video for the SDI output Video Key The SDI 1 Output video is set to the same format as the framebuffer SDI 2 Output is set to a video key signal associated with SDI 1 the shape to be cut out from the video this will appear as a black and white image matte Using the second output as ...

Page 27: ...al Link Forces SMPTE 372M output using SDI 1 and SDI 2 in concert 3Gb Forces SMPTE 424M output using a single link transport 4K Transport Select the UltraHD 4K output transport from Quadrants 2 Wire Quadrants 4 Wire 12G 6G 1 Wire SMPTE 2Si 4K Quarter 1 Wire Down converts 4K to 2K and UltraHD to HD NOTE The 4K Transport setting also affects the Io 4K Plus HDMI output signal even if the SDI inputs a...

Page 28: ...dio channel placement Some multi channel audio decoder systems route the low frequency effects audio to channel 4 and some to channel 3 If you want to monitor or pass audio though to another device this control can be used to align these two channels correctly Checked default HDMI audio input channel 3 is moved to channel 4 s location and input channel 4 is moved to channel 3 s location Unchecked ...

Page 29: ...tly Checked default HDMI audio output channel 3 is moved to channel 4 s location and input channel 4 is moved to channel 3 s location Unchecked HDMI audio output retains the original 3 and 4 channel locations RGB Range Choose from SMPTE Full HDMI HDR Screen The HDMI HDR screen provides a mechanism to inform an HDMI sink device such as a TV or monitor that the video content is HDR This includes gen...

Page 30: ...he EOTF digital primaries information cannot be edited because HLG does not use metadata Display Mastering Luminance Represents the minimum and maximum Display Mastering Luminance Minimum Defines the floor of the SMPTE ST 2086 color volume in the case of HDR and is determined by the mastering environment Range 0 00000 cd m2 to 1 00000 cd m2 Step size 0 00002 cd m2 Maximum Defines the ceiling of th...

Page 31: ...to be displayed see VOut Filters on page 32 Choose between Prefer p Format progressive frames non interlaced output Prefer psf Format progressive segmented frames NOTE If you change this option while your NLE is open and running you may need to then make a change in one of your NLE settings in order for this to be reflected dynamically in the project For example in Media Composer simply toggling t...

Page 32: ... enable disable output capabilities in the QuickTime VOut filter This filter is used by older applications that are built on legacy QuickTime architecture such as FCP7 AJA TV and older versions of After Effects Boxes that are checked will define what framerate and resolution types will appear in the list of available formats in the AJA hardware For example if 25 50 is unchecked then all resolution...

Page 33: ... Io 4K Plus Select from Ch 1 2 through Ch 15 16 Analog Audio Monitor Level This selection determines the analog audio output level FSD is full scale deflection reading as measured on a VU meter In addition to the front panel monitor headphone output this setting also effects the analog output via the DB25 cable Select from 24dBu 18dBu 15dBu or 12dBu Audio Delay Here you can set up to 6 frames in t...

Page 34: ...ng Io 4K Plus outputs SDI Embedded Audio Out HDMI Embedded Audio Out Analog Audio Out via DB25 cable Front Panel Monitor Out headphone jack This level can also be adjusted with the front panel gain knob and is additive to the screen slider controls IMPORTANT Even though you can hear changes in the signals and levels adjusted with the Audio Mixer screen these changes are NOT recorded to disk during...

Page 35: ...regular editing the Playback tab is used to control your monitoring experience During capture operations the Capture tab is used for your monitoring experience Controls in each tab are only in effect when Io 4K Plus is in the correct operating mode as determined by the controlling application or the Control Panel application s Default Output setting When the mode doesn t match the mode indicator o...

Page 36: ...heir NLE timeline Or a producer and editor could be communicating live during an editing session using Skype or some other video calling tool Source Gain Meters display the input audio levels of the source colored green when that source is On and gray when that source is not selected The levels shown do not change when the gain is adjusted because the input levels are being monitored not the outpu...

Page 37: ...ill not affect audio signals being recorded The Audio Mixer screen is dedicated for monitoring only not program mixing The controls on this screen are similar to those on the Playback Monitor Mode screen except the Main App is not available for selection you cannot capture from the application that is capturing See Audio Mixer Playback Monitor Mode Screen on page 35 for more information NOTE If yo...

Page 38: ...change and AJA TV Applications like Final Cut Pro X Premiere Pro Media Composer and AJA Control Room no longer use these legacy QuickTime Components 3 2 Pulldown Pattern The value selected from this list is used whenever due to format selection you ve chosen to do 24 frames per second to 30 conversion where extra fields will be added to pad the existing ones Depending on video content selection of...

Page 39: ...mine what happens when the editing application is paused in stop mode Full Frame both fields are displayed resulting in some jitter while paused Single Field a single field is displayed showing no flicker useful when color correcting or whenever the flickering would be a distraction YUV RGB Conversion These pulldowns select industry standard color space and gamma transfer functions for the YUV RGB...

Page 40: ...tape NOTE The Io 4K Plus does not support Downstream Keying in UltraHD and 4K formats A typical application would be putting a television station s call letters or channel over program video content Keyed video can be from the Io 4K Plus internal Frame Buffer from storage video In etc or from a graphics file that has an alpha channel Photoshop etc Settings in the DS Keyer Screen provide control ov...

Page 41: ...tte color including a color wheel color picker choose from a location anywhere on the computer screen numeric sliders swatches crayons and spectrums The matte chosen will be used as a video background under the keyed video Foreground pre multiplied checkbox Use to avoid matte lines and improve the appearance of the foreground key being composited over the background Audio Out Frame Buffer Select a...

Page 42: ...isplayed curves are approximate Curves for some extreme settings may diverge significantly from the actual transfer functions LUT Type Selects the type of LUT Choose from Auto LUT will be automatically selected This setting intelligently applies the type of LUT required in the majority of use cases For example if the Frame Buffer is set to SD 608 and the Output set to HD 709 then an industry stand...

Page 43: ...ient numeric entry Reset Clicking on the Reset button resets the currently selected LUT Type to its default values not active for a User LUT file LUT Files The User LUT File setting above activates the LUT Files dropdown allowing the selection of a previously saved LUT file You can create a custom LUT file using most text editors or spread sheets provided the data is arranged according to the LUT ...

Page 44: ...R 0 G 0 or B 0 In other words if the R component of a pixel is set to 0 then set R component value to 16 Likewise if G is set to 0 then set G to 17 The second line Line 1 does a similar thing for input component values equal to 1 A simple way to construct a LUT file is to use a Spreadsheet like Excel Simply fill 3 columns and 1025 rows with LUT data and save the result as a CSV file Timecode Scree...

Page 45: ...ing NOTE SMPTE 12M 2 is the updated name and specification for what was RP 188 Figure 14 AJA Control Panel Timecode Screen Timecode Output Settings Use QuickTime Timecode Mac OS Only This feature is for Final Cut Pro 7 or earlier VTR Exchange and AJA TV only When checked it directs Io 4K Plus to output timecode from the QuickTime timecode track Timecode Burn in This pulldown selects whether the ti...

Page 46: ...purposes Presets Screen After configuring the AJA Control Panel screens you can then save all your settings as a snapshot for later recall called a preset In this way you can organize presets for all your typical tasks eliminating time robbing manual reconfiguration each time To save a preset simply go to the Presets screen and click Save Preset A dialog will be presented asking you for a name ent...

Page 47: ... are loaded and the device is set to this state Erase all Prefs For technical support purposes you may be required to erase your preferences Clicking on the AJA Control Panel Erase All Prefs button deletes the existing Local Preference file This file will be recreated as soon as any Control Panel setting is changed NOTE Clicking on the AJA Control Panel Erase All Prefs button does NOT delete an ex...

Page 48: ...quired to power cycle your Io 4K Plus and computer to finish the update Info Screen The Info Screen shows the software files that have been installed on your system This information may be needed if you talk to an AJA Customer Service representative to determine if files are missing or need updating ...

Page 49: ... bit 10 bit and 8 bit 1 5G SDI SMPTE 292M Single Link 4 2 2 1 x BNC 10 bit and 8 bit HDMI v2 0 30 36 bits pixel RGB or YUV 6 Gbps per color component 4K UltraHD 2K HD and SD with HFR support up to 60p 4 2 2 10 bit and 8 bit Bit depth support is application dependent Check with your software manufacturer for compatibility Note 12G SDI 6G SDI configured outputs support UltraHD 4K only Video Outputs ...

Page 50: ...Hz sample rate synchronous 8 Channel 24 bit HDMI embedded audio 48 kHz sample rate synchronous Audio Outputs Analog 4 Channel 24 bit D A analog audio 48 kHz sample rate balanced using industry standard 8 x XLR on DB 25 breakout cable cable not included 24 dBu full scale digital 0dBFS 0 2 dB 20 to 20 kHz frequency response Output is supported across Ch 5 8 Downstream Keyer Supports graphics with al...

Page 51: ...hell GND Size w x d x h 8 74 x 8 11 x 1 65 222mm x 206mm x 42mm Weight 3 4 lbs 1 5 kg Power device only 10 20V 30W typical 36W max 70W max with USB C power delivery to external devices Environment Safe Operating Temperature Range 0 to 40 C 32 F to 104 F Safe Storage Temperature Power OFF 40 to 60 C 40 to 140 F Operating Relative Humidity 10 90 noncondensing Operating Altitude 3 000 meters 10 000 f...

Page 52: ...llowing two conditions 1 This device may not cause harmful interference and 2 this device must accept any interference received including interference that may cause undesired operation Canadian ICES Statement Canadian Department of Communications Radio Interference Regulations This digital apparatus does not exceed the Class A limits for radio noise emissions from a digital apparatus as set out i...

Page 53: ... may be required to take appropriate measures Achtung Dieses ist ein Gerät der Funkstörgrenzwertklasse A In Wohnbereichen können bei Betrieb dieses Gerätes Rundfunkstörungen auftreten in welchen Fällen der Benutzer für entsprechende Gegenmaßnahmen verantwortlich ist Attention Ceci est un produit de Classe A Dans un environnement domestique ce produit risque de créer des interférences radioélectriq...

Page 54: ...on the standard of the VCCI Council VCCI 32 2016 If this equipment is used in a domestic environment radio interference may occur in which case the user may be required to take corrective actions China Compliance Statement This product has been tested to the following Chinese standards GB T13837 2012 GB8898 2011 and GB17625 1 2012 This product meets the requirements of implementation rules for com...

Page 55: ...nings Install in accordance with the manufacturer s instructions Avertissement Ne bloquez aucune ouverture de ventilation Suivez les instructions du fabricant lors de l installation Warnung Die Lüftungsöffnungen dürfen nicht blockiert werden Nur gemäß den Anweisungen des Herstellers installieren Advertencia No bloquee ninguna de las aberturas de la ventilación Instale de acuerdo con las instruccio...

Page 56: ...eine der Geräteteile können vom Benutzer gewartet werden Durch das Öffnen des Gehäuses wird die Garantie hinfällig es sei denn solche Wartungsarbeiten werden in einem AJA Service Center oder einem lizenzierten Betrieb vorgenommen Advertencia No abra el chasis El interior no contiene piezas reparables por el usuario El abrir el chasis anulará la garantía a menos que se lo haga en un centro de servi...

Page 57: ...de nicht ordnungsgemäß funktioniert oder fallen gelassen wurde Advertencia Consulte al personal calificado por cuestiones de reparación El servicio de reparación se requiere cuando el dispositivo ha recibido cualquier tipo de daño por ejemplo cable o espigas dañadas se ha derramado líquido o se han caído objetos dentro del dispositivo el dispositivo ha sido expuesto a la lluvia o humedad o no func...

Page 58: ...nchufe con conexión a tierra tiene dos espigas iguales y una tercera espiga que sirve para la conexión a tierra La expiga ancha o la tercera espiga sirven para su seguridad Si el enchufe suministrado no encaja en el tomacorriente consulte con un electricista para reemplazar el tomacorriente obsoleto Aviso Não anule a finalidade da segurança da ficha polarizada ou do tipo ligação terra Uma ficha po...

Page 59: ...ect the power cord from being walked on or pinched particularly at plugs convenience receptacles and the point where they exit from the device Avertissement Protégez le cordon d alimentation pour que l on ne marche pas dessus ou qu on le pince en particulier au niveau des prises mâles des réceptacles de convenance et à l endroit où il sort de l appareil Warnung Vermeiden Sie dass auf das Netzkabel...

Page 60: ...uate or improper use handling or maintenance Without limiting the foregoing AJA Video shall not be obligated to furnish service under this warranty or repair any damage or malfunction a resulting from attempts by personnel other than AJA Video representatives to install repair or service the product b resulting from improper use or connection to incompatible equipment c caused by the use of non AJ...

Page 61: ...DICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE LIMITATION OF LIABILITY FOR PERSONAL INJURY OR OF INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES SO SOME OR ALL OF THE TERMS OF THIS PARAGRAPH MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU Governing Law and Language Your Rights This limited warranty is the only warranty provided by AJA Video on the hardware product It supersedes all prior or contemporaneous understandings regarding such subject matter No am...

Page 62: ...E EOTF 30 Erase all Prefs 47 Ext Color 30 F Features 5 Firmware Screen 47 Follow Input 23 Foreground Pre Multiplied 41 Format 23 Format Screen 23 Frame Buffer Over Matte 41 Frame Buffer Over Video In 41 Frame Conversion 3 2 Pulldown 38 24 to 30 38 Freerun 22 G Gamma 39 Genlock 22 Global Preference 16 Global Preference File Location 16 Graphic File 41 Graphic File Display 22 Graphic Over Frame Buff...

Page 63: ...wap 32 SDI Out Screen 26 Snapshot 46 Software Conversion 38 Software Installation 11 Source Gain 36 System Requirements 7 System Test 6 T Technical Support 2 Test Pattern 21 22 Thunderbolt 3 10 Timecode Burn in 45 Timecode Input Settings 45 Timecode Offset 45 Timecode Output Settings 45 Timecode Screen 44 Timing Horiz 22 Vert 22 Transferring Saved Presets 46 Transport 27 Two Sample Interleave 5 U ...

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