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(MD) Bit_Depth

Indicates the value of the bit depth metadata parameter.

(MD) Dialogue_Lev

Indicates the value of the dialogue level metadata parameter.

(MD) Datarate

Indicates the value of the bitrate metadata parameter.

(MD) Bitstream

Indicates the value of the bitstream mode metadata parameter.

(MD) Channel_Mode

Indicates the value of the channel mode metadata parameter.

(MD) LFE

Indicates the value of the LFE channel metadata parameter.

(MD) Pref_Dwn_Mix

Indicates the value of the preferred downmix metadata parameter.

(MD) Center_mix_lvl

Indicates the value of the Center downmix level metadata parameter.

(MD) Surr_mix_lvl

Indicates the value of the surround downmix level metadata parameter.

(MD) Lt/Rt_center

Indicates the value of the Lt/Rt center downmix metadata parameter.

(MD) Lt/Rt_surr

Indicates the value of the Lt/Rt surround downmix metadata parameter.

(MD) Lo/Ro_center

Indicates the value of the Lo/Ro center downmix metadata parameter.

(MD) Lo/Ro_surr

Indicates the value of the Lo/Ro surround downmix metadata parameter.

(MD) DC_highpass

Indicates the value of the DC highpass filter metadata parameter.

(MD) BW_lowpass

Indicates the value of the bandwidth lowpass filter metadata parameter.

(MD) LFE_lowpass

Indicates the value of the LFE lowpass filter metadata parameter.

(MD) Surr_90

Indicates the value of the surround channel 90-degree phase shift filter
metadata parameter

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Summary of Contents for Synapse DEE28

Page 1: ...Committed DEE28 Multi format Dolby stream decoder and Dolby E encoder with Quad Speed audio bus and voice over module Installation and Operation manual ...

Page 2: ...Hercules 28 NL 5126 RK Gilze The Netherlands Phone 31 0 161 85 04 50 Fax 31 0 161 85 04 99 E mail Info axon tv Web www axon tv TECHNICAL MANUAL DEE28 ...

Page 3: ...t to extremely high or low temperatures NEVER operate this product in an explosive atmosphere Warranty Axon warrants their products according to the warranty policy as described in the general terms That means that Axon Digital Design BV can only warrant the products as long as the serial numbers are not removed Copyright 2001 2016 AXON Digital Design B V Date created 26 01 2015 Date last revised ...

Page 4: ... Output_4_mux 15 Dolby _in 15 Ch_main_in 15 Dolby_PCM_backup 15 Ch_backup 16 Sel_Ch1 Sel_Ch16 16 Ch_1 Ch_16 16 Gain CH_1 Gain CH_16 16 Phase CH_1 Phase CH_16 16 Stereo CH_1 2 Stereo CH_15 16 16 Delay_CH_1 2 Delay_CH_15 16 17 Override 17 24 17 Override 25 32 17 VO_Trigger 17 VO_Sel 18 VO_Ch 18 VO_Scale 18 VO_Trglvl 18 VO_Delay 18 VO_Hold 18 VO_Release 18 VO_Rampdown 18 VO_Ch_1 VO_Ch_16 18 Slot1 2 S...

Page 5: ... MD Bitstream 32 MD Channel_Mode 32 MD LFE 32 MD Pref_Dwn_Mix 32 MD Center_mix_lvl 32 MD Surr_mix_lvl 32 MD Lt Rt_center 32 MD Lt Rt_surr 32 MD Lo Ro_center 32 MD Lo Ro_surr 32 MD DC_highpass 32 MD BW_lowpass 32 MD LFE_lowpass 32 MD Surr_90 32 MD Surr_3dB 33 MD Dynamic_compr 33 MD RF_compr 33 MD Surr_mode 33 MD Surr_ex_mode 33 MD Mix_meta 33 MD Mix_Control 33 MD Pscale_Ena 33 MD EXT_prgmscale 33 M...

Page 6: ... Goal of an event 36 DEE28 Events 36 Announcements 36 Audio Data 36 Reference 36 What information is available in an event 36 The Message String 36 The Tag 37 Defining Tags 37 The Priority 37 The Address 37 LED Indication 38 ERROR 38 INPUT 1 INPUT 8 38 REFERENCE 38 DATA ERROR 38 CONNECTION 38 Block Schematics 39 Connector Panel 40 Pin description 42 Metadata cable DEE28 DBE08 43 Quad speed ADD ON ...

Page 7: ...controller The local control panel is also used to back up and restore card settings Please refer to the rack controller manuals for a detailed description of the local control panel the way to set up remote control over IP and for frame related settings and status information Remote Control Capabilities The remote control options are explained in the rack controller manual The method of connectio...

Page 8: ...emature failure from components mounted on the board Locating the card The Synapse card can be placed vertically in an SFR18 frame or horizontally in an SFR08 or SFR04 frame Locate the two guide slots to be used slide in the mounted circuit board and push it firmly to locate the connectors Correct insertion of card is essential as a card that is not located properly may show valid indicators but d...

Page 9: ...reams Changing settings and parameters The front panel controls or Axon Cortex can be used to change settings An overview of the settings can be found in chapter 5 6 and 7 of this manual Front Panel Control Front Panel Display and Cursor Settings are displayed and changed as follows Use the cursor arrows on the front panel to select the menu and parameter to be displayed and or changed Press To go...

Page 10: ... to indicate that the SFS10 Settings menu item SDI Format has been selected and shows that it current setting is Auto Pressing the selects the settings item shown in this example SDI Format Pressing or will change to a different setting eg Mode H Delay The display changes to indicate that the SFS10 Edit Setting menu item SDI Format has been selected To edit the setting of the menu item press or Al...

Page 11: ...as access to data contained within the Synapse module and displays it on a GUI The software has an intuitive structure following that of the module that it is controlling For operation of Axon Cortex please refer to the Axon Cortex help files press F1 in any window Menu Structure Example Slot Module Item Parameter Setting S02 Identity S0 1 SFS10 Setti ngs SDI Format Auto S00 RRC18 Status Mode 625 ...

Page 12: ...r stand alone Dolby stream decoder Dolby E Dolby Digital Dolby Digital Plus Dolby E encoder 16 channel PCM processing capabilities Quad speed audio bus for convenient routing of ADD ON channels Optional re inserting of processed audio for downstream post processing DLAxx 2 4 or 6 physical stereo AES EBU inputs and 16 stereo bus inputs 2 4 or 6 physical stereo AES EBU can contain Dolby Bit streams ...

Page 13: ...default values when done Block schematics RACK CONTROLLER ΜP 32 CHANNEL ADD ON EMBED MULTIPLEXING 8 X 2 CHANNELS INTO 32 DEE28 QUAD SPEED AUDIO BUS INTERNAL SYNAPSE BUS LOSS OF DOLBY STREAM FAIL SWITCH GAIN DELAY GAIN DELAY GAIN DELAY GAIN DELAY GAIN DELAY GAIN DELAY GAIN DELAY GAIN DELAY 50x17 INPUT MUX 32CH IN 32CH OUT 32CH IN FROM M AS TE R TO MA ST ER TO NEX T A DD ON FROM NE XT A DD ON MUX OP...

Page 14: ... possible to use an external signal to lock to In that case you are referred to the setting AES1 Locks to the AES EBU signal on input 1 default AES4 Locks to the AES EBU signal on input 4 Ref1 The B B reference input of the rack controller Ref2 The second B B reference input of the rack controller if available Mastercard Locks to the ADD ON bus input always use this setting when using quad speed a...

Page 15: ...hen source is master 3 4 AES EBU input 2 when source is local Add on bus channels 3 4 when source is master 5 6 AES EBU input 3 when source is local Add on bus channels 5 6 when source is master 7 8 AES EBU input 4 when source is local Add on bus channels 7 8 when source is master 9 10 only available when source is master 11 12 only available when source is master 13 14 only available when source ...

Page 16: ...ds the add on bus and are by default set to Decoded_PCM Channels 9 and 10 are default set to Monitor Channels 11 till 16 are add on bus only dependant on the In_Out setting and by default set to Master Ch_1 Ch_16 With these settings you select the actual source channel in the above selected source Default Ch_1 till Ch_16 are set to respectively 1 till 16 Note When Local is selected you can choose ...

Page 17: ...audio Override 25 32 With this setting you can choose whether you want to override input channels 25 32 on the add on bus of the next add on card right side with output channels 9 to 16 or pass the master card audio VO CONTROL The DBD handles Voice Over channels With the following settings you can set how the involved program out channels should react to a voice over signal and how everything is t...

Page 18: ...al insertion see graphic in VO control header Default is 256ms VO_Hold This is the time between the end of the voice over audio goes below the VO_Trgrlvl threshold or GPI_0 is released depending on what is set in VO_Trigger and the start of the voice over release see graphic in VO control header Default is 256ms VO_Release This is the release time The time between the end of the VO hold and the po...

Page 19: ...ch of the decoder outputs contains the backup audio channel set with settings backup Dolby_PCM_backup and back_ch With Backup_out12 set to on decoder outputs 1 and 2 will contains the assigned backup channel in case the back switch is activated Backup_out34 With Backup_out34 set to on decoder outputs 3 and 4 will contain the assigned backup channels in case the backup switch is activated Backup_ou...

Page 20: ...ent This option vsyncALIGN enables latency adjustment of the decoded audio so that the Dolby E stream is aligned exactly to the Vsync signal The latency adjustment amount is up to plus or minus half the guard band length listed in the following table Guard Band Length Frame Rate 360 samples 23 98 Hz 360 samples 24 Hz 192 samples 25 Hz 160 samples 29 97 Hz 160 samples 30 Hz VsyncINP Here you set th...

Page 21: ...e are 1770 2 Dial ITU R BS 1770 2 standard including dialogue normalization 1770 1 Dial ITU R BS 1770 1 standard including dialogue normalization 1770 2 ITU R BS 1770 2 standard without dialogue normalization Leq A A weighting standard Off no loudness monitoring The loudness measurement standard EBU R 128 2 was released in 2010 primarily for European audiences This specification builds upon ITU R ...

Page 22: ...r you want to monitor which parameter you want to have as PCM output sine The following are the parameters included in the loudness packed structure Int_UGTD Integrated ungated loudness This parameter provides the loudness measurement for the entire program since the last reset and does not use any gating for the measurement Int_SPCHGTD integrated speech gated loudness This parameter provides the ...

Page 23: ...ed measurement value for the loudness over the last ten seconds It automatically sets the value to be either the ungated or speech gated result based on the following rules The value is set to 120dB until dialogue is detected If ten seconds elapse from the beginning of the program without any dialogue detected the value is set to the ungated ten second loudness Once dialogue is detected The value ...

Page 24: ...ly the dynamic range RF mode or Line mode to the monitoring signal of the decoder when the input is Dolby Digital Aux_DRC_E With this setting you decide whether you want to apply the dynamic range RF mode or Line mode to the monitoring signal of the decoder when the input is Dolby E Aux DRC_PCM With this setting you decide whether you want to apply the dynamic range None Dialnorm RF mode or Line m...

Page 25: ...is setting is inserted instead Default is 5 1 2 AB Possible values are the same as listed under Pgrm with the addition of Last insert last available metdata GPI_2_prgm GPI 2 selects where to switch to If GPI 2 is turn on it set to this Prgm Possible values are the same as listed under Pgrm with the addition of the setting Off switching GPI2 off Metadata_set With metadata set it is possible to make...

Page 26: ...ice for the program minus a dialogue channel The dialogue channel if any is intended to be carried by an associated dialogue service Different dialogue services can be associated with a single ME service to support multiple channels Visual This is typically a single channel program intended to provide a narrative description of the picture content to be decoded along with the main audio service Th...

Page 27: ...esentation The range is from 31dB to 1dB The default setting is 27dB Ch_mod This setting sets the channel mode of the dolby signal Default is 1 0 C Possible settings are 1 0 C 2 0 LR 3 0 LCR 2 1 LRS 3 1 LCRS 2 2 LRSlSr 3 2 LCRSlSr Line Line sets the Dynamic range metadata of presets Default is None None no dynamic range compression is applied unless downmixing could cause overload in which case pr...

Page 28: ... intervention This is especially useful on music material NOT indicated Lt Rt and Lo Ro are the possible mix types Default is Lt Rt Lt RT C dwnmx Lr Rt Center Mix Level This setting indicates the level shift applied to the center channel when adding to the left and right outputs when downmixing to an Lt rt output Its operation is similar to the surround downmix level in the Universal metadata 3dB ...

Page 29: ...lter should only be switched off if the audio to be encoded is known to have no signal above 120 Hz On active or OFF not active Default is On LFE filter is automatically switched on when ACMOD is 3 2 Lowpass Filter Lowpass Filter This setting determines whether a lowpass filter is applied to the main input channels of a Dolby Digital encoder to encode This filter removes high frequent signals that...

Page 30: ...t Rt signal without needing this phase shift It is therefore important to balance the needs of the 5 1 mix and the Lt Rt downmix for each program On this function is active OFF this function is not active Default is On DolbyE Depth If needed the E encoder can be forced to encode in 16 bits or in 20 bits Default is 20 bits If 16 bit depth is selected and a program config of more than 6 channels is ...

Page 31: ... indicates the status of the decoder back up input set with setting Dolby_PCM_backup Can be PCM DolbyE DolbyD DolbyDplus or NA none of the former 2 or no audio at all Decoder_In This item indicates the status of the decoder input set with setting Dolby_E_In Can be PCM DolbyE DolbyD DolbyDplus or NA none of the former 2 or no audio at all Ref_Input This status item indicates the framerate of the re...

Page 32: ...adata parameter MD Surr_mix_lvl Indicates the value of the surround downmix level metadata parameter MD Lt Rt_center Indicates the value of the Lt Rt center downmix metadata parameter MD Lt Rt_surr Indicates the value of the Lt Rt surround downmix metadata parameter MD Lo Ro_center Indicates the value of the Lo Ro center downmix metadata parameter MD Lo Ro_surr Indicates the value of the Lo Ro sur...

Page 33: ...scale_Ena Indicates the value of the program scale factor exists metadata parameter MD EXT_prgmscale Indicates the value of the external program scale factor metadata parameter MD Pscale_L_Ena Indicates the value of the external program left channel scale factor exists metadata parameter MD Pscale_L Indicates the value of the external program left channel scale factor metadata parameter MD Pscale_...

Page 34: ... metadata parameter MD Pscale_LFE Indicates the value of the external program LFE channel scale factor metadata parameter MD PanMean_Ena Indicates the value of the pan information exists metadata parameter MD PanMean Indicates the value of the pan mean direction index metadata parameter LOUDNESS MONITORING Int_UGTD_ld This indicates the value of the integrated ungated loudness parameter Int_SPCHGT...

Page 35: ...EAK_0 SMPL_PEAK_7 These items provide the maximum sample peak in dBFS per channel TRUE_PEAK_0 TRUE_PEAK_7 These items provide the maximum true peak in dBFS per channel DDpRATE This indicates the Dolby Digital plus bitrate Program_Discr Displays the metadata program descriptor EXT_meta_pres Shows if external metadata is present or not Enc rate Shows at which rate the encoder is running Value Only u...

Page 36: ...an Event will be generated at the priority or the audio carrier is falling away or audio data is in the range of 0 dBFS and 1 dBFS or the Encoder status is in error Reference Reference can be selected between 0 255 0 no event 1 255 are the priority setting If the reference is lost an Event will be generated at the priority What information is available in an event The message consists of the follo...

Page 37: ...ent Menu Item Tag Description Announcements 0 or NA 0 or NA Announcing of report and control values Audio Data 01hex AUDIO_ERROR 81hex AUDIO_OK Reference Status 02hex REF_LOSS 82hex REF_RETURN reference lost or returned The Priority The priority is a user defined value The higher the priority of the alarm the higher this value Setting the priority to Zero disables the announcement of this alarm Al...

Page 38: ...the presence of a valid reference signal and that the DEE28 is locked to the master card DATA ERROR This led indicates different types of errors if there is an error in the Dolby encoding or the audio carrier is falling away or audio data is in the range of 0 dBFS and 1 dBFS CONNECTION This LED illuminates after the card has initialized The LED lights for 0 5 seconds every time a connection is mad...

Page 39: ... 32CH IN FROM M AS TE R TO MA ST ER TO NEX T A DD ON FROM NE XT A DD ON MUX OPTIONAL RE INSERTING OF PROCESSED AUDIO VOX DETECT DELAY 2Ch 2Ch 2Ch 2Ch 2Ch 2Ch 2Ch 2Ch OPTIONAL SRC OPTIONAL SRC OPTIONAL SRC OPTIONAL SRC AES EBU OUT 9 10 AES EBU OUT 11 12 VO MIXER 2Ch 2Ch 2Ch 2Ch 2Ch 2Ch 2Ch 2Ch REFERENCE INPUTS 1 2 PLL R128 GEN E DIGITAL DIGITAL PLUS DECODER WITH 7 1 AUDIO DESCRIPTION LOUDNESS METER...

Page 40: ... AES EBU IN 3 4 AES EBU IN 3 4 AES EBU IN 5 6 AES EBU OUT 9 10 AES EBU IN 5 6 AES EBU IN 7 8 AES EBU OUT 11 12 AES EBU IN 7 8 METADATA I O GPI METADATA I O GPI METADATA I O GPI AES EBU OUT 1 2 AES EBU OUT 5 6 AES EBU IN 9 10 AES EBU OUT 3 4 AES EBU OUT 7 8 AES EBU IN 11 12 AES EBU OUT 5 6 AES EBU OUT 1 2 AES EBU OUT 1 2 AES EBU OUT 7 8 AES EBU OUT 3 4 AES EBU OUT 3 4 ...

Page 41: ...U IN 5 6 AES EBU OUT 9 10 AES EBU IN 5 6 PIN_4 PIN_17 PIN_5 AES EBU IN 7 8 AES EBU OUT 11 12 AES EBU IN 7 8 PIN_18 PIN_6 PIN_19 METADATA I O GPI METADATA I O GPI METADATA I O GPI AES EBU OUT 1 2 AES EBU OUT 5 6 AES EBU IN 9 10 PIN_7 PIN_20 PIN_8 AES EBU OUT 3 4 AES EBU OUT 7 8 AES EBU IN 11 12 PIN_21 PIN_9 PIN_22 AES EBU OUT 5 6 AES EBU OUT 1 2 AES EBU OUT 1 2 PIN_10 PIN_23 PIN_11 AES EBU OUT 7 8 ...

Page 42: ...42 Pin description Pin Purpose 1 GPI 1 2 GPI 2 3 TXA 4 RXA 5 RXB 6 TXB 7 GPI3 8 GND ...

Page 43: ...43 Metadata cable DEE28 DBE08 When using the DEE28 together with a card that has a 9 pins D sub as metadata connector for instance the DBE08 the following cable has to be made ...

Page 44: ...l only have the Quad Speed mode where the logical ADD ON cards are only available in Quad Speed mode Dual mode MASTER CARD s have a menu item to select the appropriate mode are If a mode is selected all ADD ON cards to that Master need to be in the same mode The following features and rules will apply Up to 32 channels output from the master card with looping to up to 3 ADD ON cards The ADD ON car...

Page 45: ... cross looping of the original design is now a straight loop The quad speed bus can also work in one direction You can use a Quad Speed audio bus to de embed audio from the master and present on the ADD ON card as AES EBU Bitstream like Dolby or analog audio If applicable the ADD ON card can also be used as in injection point of physical audio streams The ADD ON cards also provide a looping functi...

Page 46: ...STER SLOT 02 ADD ON SLOT 03 ADD ON SLOT 16 MASTER SLOT 17 ADD ON SLOT 18 ADD ON SYNAPSE BUS SYNAPSE BUS SYNAPSE BUS SYNAPSE BUS SYNAPSE BUS SYNAPSE BUS SYNAPSE BUS SLOT 04 QS MASTER SLOT 05 QS AD ON SLOT 06 QS AD ON Mixing normal ADD ON with Quad Speed ADD ON combo s in one frame is allowed Some examples This is an Example where we combine a MASTER CARD that performs embedded domain Dolby E to Dol...

Page 47: ... and 8 mono PCM streams The output is the same SDI stream but with a selection of 16 channels selected out 8 original PCM channels and 16 PCM channels that are decoded from the Dolby E streams The combo performs the following processing De embedding of 8x PCM and 2x Dolby E Decoding of two independent Dolby E streams Loudness processing of up to 16 channels sourced by any of the 8x PCM or decoded ...

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Page 49: ...ey are as follows Program config Channels 1 2 Channels 3 4 Channels 5 6 Channels 7 8 5 1 2 5 1 L R 5 1 C LFE 5 1 Ls Rs Stereo L R 5 1 1 1 5 1 L R 5 1 C LFE 5 1 Ls Rs 2x Mono Ch 4 4 Surround 1 L R Surround 1 C S Surround 2 L R Surround 2 C S 2 2 2 2 Stereo 1 L R Stereo 2 L R Stereo 3 L R Stereo 4 L R 5 1 5 1 L R 5 1 C LFE 5 1 Ls Rs 2 2 Stereo 1 L R Stereo 2 L R When the source is Dolby Digital or D...

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