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Cabling the System
KONA 5 Example Cable Connections
Figure 13. Typical KONA 5 System Connections, 4K Mode
Digital VTR with SDI In/Out
BNC Adapter
SDI cables
Multi-pin KONA
Card Connector
1
4
R
Reference
Input
Reference
Input
Reference
Input
LTC Output BNC
LTC Input BNC
RS-422 Machine
Control (9-pin)
AES
Audio Input
BNCs Ch1-8
(2 channels/
connector)
AES
Audio Output
BNCs Ch1-8
(2 channels/
connector)
HDMI Display for
4K/UltraHD with
Deep Color, HDR, HFR
Video Display for
2K/HD
Downconvert
Genlock Reference
Computer
Monitor
Workstation Computer
with Video Editing
Application Installed
KONA 5 Card
(in computer)
3
Professional 12G-SDI
Video Camera
12G-SDI Video
12G-SDI Video
3G-SDI Video
HDMI Output Cable
12G-SDI Video
Production Switcher
In the KONA 5 system example above operating in 4K Mode, a single link 12G-SDI
camera signal is received by the KONA 5 card, sent to a 12G-SDI video production
switcher, and simultaneously downconverted to 3G-SDI for recording to a digital
VTR.
1. If desired, connect your house reference sync to the KONA 5 Ref BNC on the
card (labeled "R"). This is a terminated reference input.
2. Connect an HDMI monitor to the KONA 5 card's HDMI output connector.
3. Connect the 9-pin machine control cable on the supplied breakout cable to
your VTR’s RS-422 control port.
4. Connect the KONA 5's SDI 1 BNC to the SDI output of the camera, using one
of the provided mini-to-full size BNC adaptor cable provided.
5. Connect the KONA 5's SDI 3 BNC to the production switcher. This will
provide the full 12G signal received by the KONA card to the switcher.
6. Connect the KONA 5's SDI 4 BNC to the input an HD SDI digital video
recorder. This will provide a downconverted camera signal to the recorder.
7. Connect an HDMI or SDI monitor directly to an output of the digital video
recorder. Eight or sixteen channnels of embedded audio are supported, so
the VTR must be configured accordingly.