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KONA LHe Plus Installation & Operation Guide — Installing the KONA LHe

Installing the KONA LHe Plus Card into Mac Pro

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Place the Mac Pro in a well-lit convenient area, where you will have easy access to 
the chassis access door. 

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Using your hand, touch the outside of the Mac Pro to discharge any static 
electricity you have. Re

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 the back of the Mac.

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Mac Pro Cardcage Access

PCI-Express
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Cover Plate
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Secure KONA
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Summary of Contents for KONA LHe Plus

Page 1: ...1 1 www aja com Installation and Operation Guide B e c a u s e i t m a t t e r s Published 1 10 13 USO RESTRITO ...

Page 2: ...for a Class A digital device pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference when the equipment is operated in a commercial environment This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with the instruction manual may cause harmful interference to radio commun...

Page 3: ...taxes and any other charges for products returned to any other locations This warranty shall not apply to any defect failure or damage caused by improper use or improper or inadequate maintenance and care AJA Video shall not be obligated to furnish service under this warranty a to repair damage resulting from attempts by personnel other than AJA Video representatives to install repair or service t...

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Page 5: ...ng the Breakout Cable and 3 BNCs 7 Using KL box 8 About BNC Connectors 8 Connector Descriptions Cables and KL box 9 In This Manual 10 Chapter 2 Installation Installation Overview 11 Unpacking 12 Shipping Box Contents 12 Installing the KONA LHe Plus Card into Mac Pro 13 Installing the KONA Card in a Windows PC 15 Cabling the System 17 System Video Audio Cable Connections 17 Installing KONA LHe Plus...

Page 6: ...rolling KONA 53 Using Multiple AJA Products 55 Notes on using multiple AJA Products 55 Using 8 bit Versus 10 bit Video 56 Chapter 4 Troubleshooting If You Run Into Problems 57 Updating Software 58 Support 58 Appendix A Specifications Video Formats 59 Video Input Digital 59 Video Input Analog 59 Video Output Digital 59 Video Output Analog 60 Audio Input Digital 60 Audio Input Analog 60 Audio Output...

Page 7: ... AES digital audio and eight channel SDI embedded digital audio I O Analog composite S video or SD HD component video I O Two channel balanced analog audio I O 10 bit quality hardware down conversion from HD to SD KONA LHe Plus provides improved performance with third party applications such as Adobe CS6 and Avid Media Composer v6 AJA s renowned OS X and Windows software and application integratio...

Page 8: ...rd Optional KL box Breakout Box provides rack mounting and flexible easy I O KL box cabling is included with the KL box When ordering specify a KL box for the KONA LHe Plus since it uses a unique cable 3 year warranty Video Formats For a complete list of video formats that KONA LHE Plus supports refer to Video Formats on page 59 KONA LHe Plus Audio KONA LHe Plus supports two channel 24 bit 48kHz A...

Page 9: ...ftware vendors have also provided integrated support for KONA in their own PC applications through direct collaboration with AJA Choose the right KONA card for any format you need including DPX Cineon TGA TIFF BMP AVI and QuickTime You can playback and master material at a variety of frame rates on a high resolution widescreen monitor or digital projector Custom AJA software allows full control ov...

Page 10: ...ing KONA LHe Plus allows PhotoJPEG monitoring and output in both SD and HD and can capture from almost any HD or SD input directly to PhotoJPEG media DV DV25 Data rate 3 13 MB second megabyte second standard definition only supported by internal system drive Quality Good DV is commonly input to an Apple computer via FireWire KONA can capture directly to DV compressed media from an uncompressed SDI...

Page 11: ...r must continue to work with the material as a MPEG2 transport stream which is incredibly processor intensive for the computer How does the AJA KONA LHe Plus card connect to HDV and digitize material to uncompressed HD files for editing or at the very least to a lightly compressed I Frame HD format The answer to this is provided in a feature common to many HDV devices analog HD output via componen...

Page 12: ... see later Storage Capacity chart in Chapter 1 for the various transfer rates per format requires SCSI Fibre Channel or ATA drive array Quality Excellent The native storage format for KONA LHe Plus is uncompressed media which offers the highest quality available Capturing in uncompressed results in no compression artifacts and video is sampled over the full raster at a 4 2 2 rate Using uncompresse...

Page 13: ... BNCs on the KONA LHe Plus Card endplate additionally provide Standard and High definition SDI input BNC 2 SDI outputs 2x BNC independent outputs KONA LHe Plus Breakout Cable 6 BNCs Analog Connections Can be Configured for Component Composite or Y C Reference Input BNC RS422 Machine Control to VTR 9 pin SDI Input BNC SDI Output BNC HDMI Input HDMI Output Y CVBS In BNC Pb Y In BNC Pr C In BNC Y G C...

Page 14: ...ve seen them if you ve been using primarily desktop video equipment BNC connectors ensure a positive connection by the act of locking the connectors together via pins in one connector that fit into slots in the corresponding connector To make a BNC connection slide the cable connector over the panel connector and then when seated rotate the barrel of the cable connector 90 clockwise until the conn...

Page 15: ...re converted internally to 24 bit digital Analog 2 Channel Unbalanced Audio KL box only On the KL box are two analog output connectors one for each channel These connectors are RCA style phono jacks RS422 Machine Control A female DB9 connector on the breakout cable provides connection for VTRs camcorders disk media servers and other devices using RS422 SMPTE Sony protocol This connector is also pr...

Page 16: ...s to use an alternate format video signal as long as the basic frame rate is compatible In This Manual Chapter 1 is the introduction you re reading listing features and system requirements Chapter 2 provides complete instructions for installing and configuring the AJA KONA LHe Plus card The user is guided through unpacking installing the card into a Mac or PC installing KONA LHe Plus Mac or PC com...

Page 17: ...he choice of x4 x4 x1 and x16 is ideal Refer to the AJA website at http www aja com en support kona system configuration For the most up to date Windows system requirements for KONA consult the AJA website http www aja com en support kona pc system configuration 4 Install AJA KONA LHe Plus software on your computer from website download or the supplied AJA CD ROM 5 Cable the system audio and video...

Page 18: ...for details on how to have your KONA LHe Plus repaired or replaced Note Save packing materials and the shipping box If you ever require service or move your system use the packaging materials and box for safe shipment Installation Software CD Installation and Operation Manual in electronic form on the CD PDF Read Me First Notice and Registration Sheets Standard Cable AJA KONA LHe Plus Card RS422 M...

Page 19: ...cess to the chassis access door 2 Using your hand touch the outside of the Mac Pro to discharge any static electricity you have Remove the power cable from the back of the Mac 3 Remove the access door as described in your Apple User Manual Mac Pro Cardcage Access PCI Express Slots Remove Screw and Cover Plate and Insert KONA Card Secure KONA with Screw Removed Earlier To Install 1 2 USO RESTRITO ...

Page 20: ...own here 6 Remove the card edge locking plate on the right side of the card cage using a Phillips screwdriver it is held in place by two captive phillips screws 7 Carefully insert the KONA LHe Plus card by rocking it slowly into the desired PCIe slot Ensure the card edge aligns properly with the Mac Pro s rear panel opening where the card edge locking plate was just removed and that it is fully se...

Page 21: ... the AJA website for the latest installation updates at the URL provided see Installation Overview on page 11 for link Because of hardware and software changes AJA engineers are constantly testing and grading workstation performance The AJA website is your best source of up to date approved workstation configurations Note Always put the RAID controller and KONA on separate PCI busses This improves...

Page 22: ... outside edge carefully insert the KONA card by rocking it slowly into the slot Ensure the card edge aligns properly with the PC s opening where the card edge cover was just removed and that it is fully seated in the slot 8 Secure the card in the slot replacing the card retainer bar 9 Replace the PC s panel door removed in step 3 Locate the correct PCIe Slot and Insert the KONA Card typical instal...

Page 23: ...e or Y C Standard Breakout Cable KONA LHe Plus Installs in PCI Express Slot in Computer Reference Input BNC or LTC input switchable via AJA Control Panel RS422 Machine Control to VTR 9 pin SDI Input BNC SDI 1 Output BNC SDI 2 Output BNC Y CVBS In BNC Pb Y In BNC Pr C In BNC Y G CVBS Out BNC Pb B Y Out BNC Pr R C Out BNC green blue red green blue red Analog Audio Channel 1 Input Analog Audio Channe...

Page 24: ...onnections have embedded audio so the VTR must be configured accordingly 5 If you have an AES EBU ready audio monitoring system then connect the two channels of AES EBU output from KONA LHe s XLR connectors channels 1 and 2 to the monitoring system AES EBU inputs If you instead have an analog audio monitoring system you can use either the XLR balanced audio connectors or the two RCA style unbalanc...

Page 25: ...Note If your computer has previously had another video capture or multimedia card installed ensure you remove the card and uninstall any related software before installing KONA LHe Plus This will prevent any hardware or software conflicts Mac Pro Software Installation Procedure Locate the AJA KONA LHe Plus Software website download or CD packaged with your system Then follow the procedure below Th...

Page 26: ...ation 4 The system will respond by asking you to authenticate who you are as currently defined on your OS X user profile Enter the proper name and password at the Authenticate prompt if you have multiple users defined ensure that you log on as a user with administrator level authority Log On Authenticate Prompt 5 Click on the OK button after entering a valid user and password 6 The installer will ...

Page 27: ... the installer will check your Mac Pro to ensure it has the hardware and software resources required see Installation Overview on page 11 System Check Installer Screen 9 Read Software License Agreement click Continue and Agree on the following screen KONA LHe Plus Software License Agreement Screen USO RESTRITO ...

Page 28: ...ilable or compose a custom installation Select a Destination Drive For the KONA LHe Plus Software 11 At the next screen click the Install button to place the software on the default drive or click Change Install Location to select a different drive Easy Install Installer Screen USO RESTRITO ...

Page 29: ...der Prompt The installer will run and put all the necessary KONA LHe Plus drivers AJA Control Panel presets and software on the desired hard drive When it has completed installation a final screen will be displayed announcing that software was successfully installed 13 Click the Restart button to complete the installation procedure The system will perform a software restart and be ready for use Fi...

Page 30: ...packaged with your system and follow the procedure below to install the required software on the host system The KONA for PC software is intended for Windows 7 64 bit workstations The KONA for PC 10 2 Installation Software is divided into separate installer packages containing Retail Drivers and Control Panel applications Plugins for the various third party applications supported The AJA Retail So...

Page 31: ...us Install Wizard The KONA installation program will launch and extract the necessary KONA drivers for installation on the desired hard drive Install Wizard Welcome When you see the Welcome page click Next to view the KONA license agreement License Agreement USO RESTRITO ...

Page 32: ...o perform Installation Type If you don t have all the KONA supported products installed on your workstation you may choose to perform a Custom installation default and select only the software necessary for your applications Otherwise use the Typical installation The following screens depict the more elaborate Custom installation USO RESTRITO ...

Page 33: ...Plus Installation Operation Guide Installing KONA LHe Plus Custom Installation Menu You may deselect an Item for installation by using the pulldown to make it unavailable Custom Selections Pulldown Menu USO RESTRITO ...

Page 34: ...selections are marked with a red X Before clicking Next to install you can verify your disk space availability by clicking the Disk Usage button Workstation Disk Usage Display To return to the installation click OK Click Next to begin the installation screen Begin Driver and Plugin Installation USO RESTRITO ...

Page 35: ...tton after the installation is complete The AJA Retail installation requires you restart the computer after installation to activate the KONA card Restart Screen You may now repeat this installation procedure for your chosen Application plugins Re Installation Repair If you have problems running your newly installed pluggins or need to re install to add AJA drivers or application plugins you can r...

Page 36: ...hardware necessary to ensure a successful update of your KONA LHe Plus Follow these instructions when a firmware update is required 1 First install the new version of KONA LHe Plus software 2 After successfully installing the new KONA software the AJA KONA Updater will automatically launch The updater application is located in the AJA Utilities folder 3 When the updater starts the following screen...

Page 37: ...installation completes you ll be asked to Shut Down the computer wait for two seconds and then start up again Firmware Update Power down Screen Important A Restart of the computer will not load the new firmware click Shut Down to initiate a complete ON OFF power cycle to load the new firmware into the hardware USO RESTRITO ...

Page 38: ...lthough genlock is not absolutely required for KONA LHe Plus or your system better quality and repeatable operation will be experienced by doing so Usually this means using a black burst generator output looped through the system On the KONA LHe cables and optional KL box breakout box house sync is connected to Ref Loop USO RESTRITO ...

Page 39: ...tasks you don t have to spend extra time constantly resetting card configurations just load the previously saved settings for each task One thing you ll notice instantly about the Control Panel is that it represents a visual block diagram of how the card is set The current status input and output settings up down cross conversion and many other details can be viewed as a color coded block diagram ...

Page 40: ...name and specification for what was RP 188 Presets add or delete saved preset configurations handy for setting up the KONA LHe for certain workflows and then saving it as a canned configuration for easy later recall Firmware enables installation of AJA card firmware Info displays status information about the KONA This information is generally intended for troubleshooting and support Block Diagram ...

Page 41: ...mat currently assigned to KONA LHe Plus This is the format that the framebuffer will use and is shown in the Control Panel using the color blue All icons in blue are the same as the Primary Format used by the framebuffer Also any text descriptions in the block diagram that appear in blue also indicate that something is in the primary format So for example if you see that the input and output icons...

Page 42: ...er case the block diagram will show the conversion by displaying a conversion icon in between the input output and the framebuffer Down Conversion Icon If you click on a conversion icon the Screen will change to the Format screen allowing you to view edit settings Color Meanings all items in the AJA Control Panel block diagram are color coded to show what is happening in realtime This applies to b...

Page 43: ...ngs Default Video Output this is where you select what the KONA LHe Plus will output as a default when no application has control of it such as when the Finder is active Since it can be controlled by software applications as well as its own control panel the output can change dynamically Some video applications will grab control of the KONA LHe Plus inputs outputs These settings determine what hap...

Page 44: ...trol Panel Test Pattern Choices Warning Format When Test Pattern is selected the color Format menu is active and allows you to select either 10 bit YUV or 10 bit RGB for the default output color format Hold Last Application this selection directs LHe Plus to hold and output the last frame of video from the last application to control LHe Plus This can be helpful when operating in an environment wh...

Page 45: ...alue in the Primary Format using the pull down it will change the format used by the KONA LHe Plus framebuffer When a change is made via the Video Format pull down or by clicking an icon widget and selecting a new format via a contextual menu the block diagram will change to reflect the new format VANC enables or disables VANC data capture and playback Secondary Converted Format the formats availa...

Page 46: ...n the following choices are available Anamorphic full screen stretched image Letterbox image is reduced with black top and bottom added to image area with the aspect ratio preserved Crop image is cropped to fit new screen size USO RESTRITO ...

Page 47: ...elected for the video SDI or Analog and the audio input If Analog is selected then you also need to select the type of Analog input via a pulldown menu Choices are Composite Y C Component SMPTE EBU N10 Component Beta Audio Input This pulldown menu allows you to pick where the audio comes from KONA LHe Plus supports up to 8 channels of embedded digital audio so you can choose out of the 16 channels...

Page 48: ... current setting or use a pulldown menu to select Primary when selected this indicates that an SDI output SDI Output 1 or SDI Output 2 is set to the same format as the framebuffer That value will be listed in blue Secondary when selected this indicates that the SDI output is set to a format different from the framebuffer Primary Format That secondary format value will be listed in green This shows...

Page 49: ...be used for a Video plus an associated video Key hole cut This will be reflected in the block diagram by showing the two lines grouped together going from the framebuffer to the SDI 1 and SDI 2 outputs Selecting Video Key on one pulldown also causes the other pulldown to change to Video Key since the outputs are used as a pair USO RESTRITO ...

Page 50: ...t Primary or Secondary conversion Analog Format choices in the Analog Format pulldown menu vary depending upon the Analog Output video standard For example the Composite Y C selection is only available when an SD 525i29 97 or 625i25 format is in use Analog formats can include Composite Y C Component SMPTE EBU N10 Component Beta Component RGB Component RGB HV Monitor Audio select which two channels...

Page 51: ...es presented are for US or Japan settings 7 5 IRE NTSC US 0 IRE NTSC Japan QuickTime Video Output Display Filter these controls help manage the comprehensive list of video outputs and geometries that may be available to applications By selecting the checkbox next to specified parameters the video outputs related to these specified parameters are enabled as possible video outputs for applications T...

Page 52: ... setting and set the audio gain at unity When not set this checkbox tells the KONA card to get the audio gain setting from the application Analog Audio Monitor Level when a KL Box is connected to KONA LHe Plus the button selected determines the audio level that will appear at the Analog Audio Output RCA connector pair FSD is full scale deflection reading as measured on a VU meter Select 18 for Eur...

Page 53: ... extra fields are added to pad existing ones Depending on video content selection of different field patterns may be useful in reducing jitter due to the content of adjacent fields The numbers in the pattern choices specify the frequency with which inserted fields will be repeated For example 2 3 2 3 means that the conversion will duplicate a field twice then the next field three times then the ne...

Page 54: ...xed color matte determined by the Matte Color setting set separately Frame Buffer over Video In places the keyed video currently in the Frame Buffer over the video input for playout or print to tape Matte Color only available when the pulldown Frame Buffer over Matte or Graphic over Matte are selected pressing this button brings up a color selection dialog The dialog provides a variety of ways to ...

Page 55: ...own to select the one you wish to monitor The selection will be displayed in the timecode value displayed to the right of the pull down User Bits For monitoring variable framerate VFR timecode such as Varicam you may wish to monitor the user bits embedded in the timecode If you set this checkbox KONA LHe Plus will detect and interpret the user bits and display them next to the checkbox AJA Control...

Page 56: ...he output video This can be useful for synchronizing choosing edit points dailies and many other purposes Note SMPTE RP 188 defines a standard for the transmission of time code and control code in the ancillary data space of a digital television data stream Time code information is transmitted in the ancillary data space as defined in ANSI SMPTE 291M Multiple codes can be transmitted within a sing...

Page 57: ...time robbing manual reconfiguration each time To save a preset go to the Presets screen and click Save Preset A dialog will be presented asking you for a name enter a meaningful name and click OK Thereafter the preset will be available under the Control Panel Presets list Presets Screen From the Presets screen you can manage your collection of presets easily To Load or Delete a stored preset just ...

Page 58: ...een Click install to erase current firmware and load the firmware version contained in your current driver installation Note the Installation message shown below Firmware Update You will be required to power cycle your computer to finish the update Update Completed USO RESTRITO ...

Page 59: ...ight want to output their video thru the KONA video output KONA is very flexible and most applications perform the necessary housekeeping so they work correctly when they re active and when they re not This means that the application that is active in front will be granted control of the KONA video output Generally when you switch to a different application the previous application lets go of the ...

Page 60: ... Playback submenu under the View menu or its Audio Video Settings dialog under A V Devices These format selections are reported in the AJA Control Panel block diagram QuickTime applications can start and stop and change modes even while they are running And the behavior of different QuickTime applications can vary some applications take control of the interface as soon as they are launched and don...

Page 61: ...or its input output while the first application you launched will continue to use the other AJA product Example select a KONA 3G as the targeted product in the AJA Control Panel application Launch your third party editing application The application is now using the KONA 3G for its input output Go back to the AJA Control Panel application and select a KONA LHe Plus as the targeted product Launch t...

Page 62: ...example if a sky region is mostly the same color but varies by only a few digital numbers from one side of the picture to another you may see contour lines where the signal passes from one digital value to the next higher value Since each numerical value in a 10 bit system is only one fourth as large as an 8 bit system s these contours become invisible and the sky varies smoothly 10 bit video is o...

Page 63: ... is providing at least 50 MB second sustained transfer rate Dropped frames during playback 1 Virus checking software running in the background disable it 2 Scratch drive not set to the RAID Dropped frames during record 1 RAID cannot sustain the data rate of the capture preset codec 2 Virus checking software running in the background disable it 3 Scratch drive not set to the RAID Media is not being...

Page 64: ...sy Setups match what you are trying to do Even if you cannot find the cause of the problem having this information at hand will help when you call AJA Customer Support for help If the problem is unknown or you need general help first contact the dealer where you purchased the product AJA dealers offer product support for many service requirements If the problem is a Mac Pro system issue or Xserve ...

Page 65: ...r NTSC NTSCJ PAL 12 bit A D 2x oversampling 3 line adaptive comb filter decoding 25 dB to 5 0 MHz Y Frequency Response 25 dB to 1 MHz C Frequency Response 5 2T pulse response 1 5 Diff Phase 1 5 Diff Gain SD Component 3 x BNC SMPTE EBU N10 Betacam 525 line Betacam 525J RGB 12 bit A D 2x oversampling 25 dB to 5 5 MHz Y Frequency Response 25 dB to 2 5 MHz C Frequency Response 5 2T pulse response 2 ns...

Page 66: ... 24 bit SMPTE 259 SDI embedded audio 48kHz sample rate Synchronous 2 channel 24 bit AES EBU audio 48kHz or 96 KHz sample rate Synchronous or Non synchronous Internal sample rate conversion via 1 x XLR on breakout cable or optional KL Box Audio Input Analog 2 channel 24 bit A D analog audio 48kHz sample rate balanced via 2 x XLR on breakout cable or optional KL Box 24dbu Full Scale Digital 0 2db 20...

Page 67: ...n Conversion Hardware 10 bit Anamorphic full screen Letterbox image is reduced with black top and bottom added to image area with the aspect ratio preserved Crop image is cropped to fit new screen size Reference Input Analog Color Black 1V or Composite Sync 2 or 4V Looping 75 ohm on optional KL Box terminated on supplied breakout cable Machine Control RS 422 Sony 9 pin protocol via breakout cable ...

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Page 69: ...s included 12 Cabling the System 17 camcorders 9 Card Slots recommended installation 14 CD ROM 19 Chassis Connections 18 Codec Screen Settings 47 codecs 4 color matte 48 Color Meanings Control Panel 36 color selection dialog 48 colors meaning of 36 COMMAND key 38 Component Analog Video Out 18 Component settings 44 Component video 9 Component Composite 9 composite output 44 Composite settings 44 Co...

Page 70: ...2 Software 19 KONA 3 installation 11 KONA TV 3 L Letterbox 40 Lock Input Audio Gain To Unity 46 Log On Authenticate Prompt 20 M Machine Control 9 Manual 10 Matte 48 Matte Color 48 menus context sensitive 34 Monitor Audio 46 Monitor Out 9 Mountain Lion 19 O offset video adjustment timing 38 OS X installer files 20 Output Pulldown Menu 37 P pattern test 38 Pause on 47 PCI Express slots 14 PhotoJPEG ...

Page 71: ...terconnections 18 System software 19 T Tabbed Windows 34 Tabs available 34 Tabs available Control Panel 34 Test Pattern 38 Timecode Offset 50 Timecode Screen 48 49 Timecode Screen Settings 48 49 timing adjustment 38 Troubleshooting 57 troubleshooting 57 typical system interconnections 18 Typical Workflows 4 U Uncompressed 10 bit 6 Uncompressed 8 bit 6 Unpacking 12 Updating Software 58 Use 52 user ...

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