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A new Explorer window will appear that shows the contents of the
WebDAV Web Folder or FTP folder on the HCS card. Looking as
follows:

Double-click on the

'dav'

folder`in case you accessed it via WebDav.

You can now use the most common file operations such as Delete, Move,
Copy to upload logos and fonts as you are used to in a Windows XP
environment. You can simply drag and drop your logos and/or fonts in this
map.

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Summary of Contents for Synapse HCS100

Page 1: ...Committed HCS100 120 Solid state drive based HD SD SDI JPEG200 compressed clip store player with optional bug inserter Installation Operation and Upgrade manual ...

Page 2: ...Hercules 28 NL 5126 RK Gilze The Netherlands Phone 31 161 850 450 Fax 31 161 850 499 E mail Info axon tv Web www axon tv TECHNICAL MANUAL HCS100 HCS120 ...

Page 3: ...o 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 2017 AXON Digital Design B V Date created 06 03 2017 Date last revised 06 ...

Page 4: ...ings Menu 13 Introduction 13 Disk Protect 13 Out Frmt 13 H delay 13 V delay 13 Compression 13 Include ANC 13 Input_Loss 14 RunIn Frames 14 RunOut Frames 14 Lock Mode 14 Ref Type 14 Output1 enable 14 Output1 Overlay 14 Output1 Clip 15 Output1 Next 15 Output2 enable 15 Output2 Overlay 15 Num Clips 15 Record Clip 16 Erase Clip 16 Clip 16 Clip Name 16 Clip Length 16 Clip Begin Clip End 16 Clip Protect...

Page 5: ..._AvgRead 22 Disk2_AvgWrite 22 CPU_Env_Temp 22 CPU_Core_Temp 22 FPGA_Env_Temp 22 FPGA_Core_Temp 22 FPGA_Fan 22 IP_Addr0 22 IP0 22 MAC0 23 NM0 23 GW0 23 Events Menu 24 Introduction 24 What is the Goal of an event 24 Events 24 Announcements 24 What information is available in an event 24 The Message String 24 The Tag 24 Defining Tags 25 The Priority 25 The Address 25 LED Indication 26 Introduction 26...

Page 6: ...P 30 Reprogramming HCSxxx modules 34 Before you start 34 Functionality explanation 34 Choosing spf files 34 Requirements 34 Using Cortex help files 34 Precautions 35 Backup your settings 35 At your own risk 35 Setting up card 36 Testing 38 GNU Public License version 2 39 Contacting Axon costumer support 42 ...

Page 7: ...ntroller The local control panel is also used to back up and restore card settings Please refer to the rack controler 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 connection t...

Page 8: ...an SFR08 do not try to insert the processing card in slot 5 and the SSD in slot 4 This will not work Correct insertion of card is essential as a card that is not located properly may show valid indicators but does not function correctly NOTE On power up all LED s will light for a few seconds this is the time it takes to initialise the card Re placing Solid State Disk The Solid state disks have to ...

Page 9: ... can buy them yourself The Approved disks are Intel SSD S3700 100 GB SSDSC2BA100G301 1 5h delay Axon art Nr MIC0000000001 Intel SSD S3700 200 GB SSDSC2BA200G301 3h delay Axon art Nr MIC0000000002 Intel SSD S3700 400 GB SSDSC2BA400G301 6h delay Axon art Nr MIC0000000003 http ark intel com nl search q s3700 ...

Page 10: ...e 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 forward through the menu structure Press To go back through the menu structure Pres...

Page 11: ...cate 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 All menu i...

Page 12: ...on Cortex has 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 Cortex help files Menu Structure Example Slot Module Item Parameter Setting S02 Identity S01 SFS10 Set tings Standard_dig Auto S00 RRC18 Status Mode 625 Events Ref Input...

Page 13: ... of this dual slot device is approximately 40W This is a 10 fold saving of a comparable server based unit that draws 350W average saving a significant amount of money due to the low operating power and accompanying air conditioning MTBF of disks is dependent on storage capacity and brand type Twice the storage than needed means theoretical twice the lifecycle as this is coupled to the amount of wr...

Page 14: ...NG ANC HANDLING EQ SYSTEM ON CHIP POWER PC ΜC EQ 4x PCIe MAG QUAD SPEED MULTIPLEXING AUDIO BUS 32CHOUT 32CHIN TO ADD ON FROM A DD ON TDM MUX DE MUX LINUX OS 2x eSATA 1 2 2x eSATA 2 1 SYNAPSE MODULE LEFT OF MAIN CARD SLOT X 1 eSATA DRIVER eSATA DRIVER SSD 1 SSD 2 JPG2000 OR RAW DATA JPG2000 OR RAW DATA BUG INSERTER HCS120 ONLY LINE SYNC ...

Page 15: ... 720p50 SD525 SD625 Note Can only be changed when Disk Protect is set to Off Changing this setting will result in erasing the disks H delay Here you set the H delay offset of the output timing with respect to the chosen reference in pixels Range varies with the selected standard For example 0 1919 pixels in 1080i50 V delay Here you set the V delay offset of the output timing with respect to the ch...

Page 16: ...the type of incoming reference This setting is fixed to Bi Level Output1 enable Defines the output 1 mode Can also be set to Pause which will pause the output on the current frame Loop the current Output1 Clip is looped continuously Edit shows the current Clip Begin or Clip End frame when these are being edited in the preset On Played the clip selected by setting Output1 Clip or Off disables outpu...

Page 17: ...Output2 enable Sets output 2 Can be set to be the same as output1 Delay1 or output1 without overlay Output2 Overlay The HCS has on screen display which can show different kinds of information as overlay over video output 2 For the HCS120 you can set a logo as overlay on output 2 These are the possible overlays HW status showing CPU Environment temp CPU core temp FPGA Environment temp FPGA Core tem...

Page 18: ...ndicates the length of the clip Clip Begin Clip End With the Clip Begin and Clip End you can trim the clip to start and stop at precise frames When Output1 Enable is set to Edit changing this value will show the frame on the output Clip Protect When this is enabled for a certain clip it cannot be erased or overwritten with setting Clip Erase and Clip record Note It does not protect when the entire...

Page 19: ...aracters of the filename for the current LogoA1_edit logo This is a read only item If no logo is shown one of the following messages are shown No file There is no file to be displayed Unknown file format File format isn t recognized suitable VRAM Out of Mem Video RAM is out of memory Nevertheless files are being stored on the flash disk Error file corruption Uploaded file is corrupt and will be re...

Page 20: ...ill have no immediate effect on the processed output until LogoA2_act is changed to the setting you adjusted with LogoA2_edit LogoA2 Name HCS120only This setting displays the first 16 characters of the filename for the current LogoA2_edit logo This is a read only item If no logo is shown one of the following messages are shown No file There is no file to be displayed Unknown file format File forma...

Page 21: ...frames 0 frames is default NETWORK IP_Conf0 With this setting you can let the card obtain an IP address automatically via DHCP or appoint a manual set IP address By default this setting is set to Manual mIP0 When IP_Conf0 is set to manual you can type in the preferred IP address mNM0 With IP_Conf0 set to manual with this setting you can set a Netmask mGW0 With IP_Conf0 set to manual this setting l...

Page 22: ...t1 Buffer Size Indicates the total buffer size with the currently installed solid state disks hh mm ss Clip Size Displayed the maximum length of a clip This is defined with the setting Num Clips Output1 Pos Indicates the current played position of a clip in hh mm ss ff on input 1 This value is updated every 5 seconds to minimize network traffic Output1 Clipname Indicates the name of the clip set w...

Page 23: ... by Axon OK Untested The disk is OK but it s a model which is not tested by Axon and therefore unapproved Slow The disk is getting slow and should be replaced Unstable The disks SMART values indicate that this disk is unstable and should be replaced MTBF Reached The disk s MTBF the manufacturer s given Main Time Between Failures is reached Replacement is advised Disk1_Model Indicates the model num...

Page 24: ...k2_Serial Indicated the serial number of SSD 2 Disk2_Size Indicates the disk size of SSD 2 in GB Disk2_AvgRead Indicates the average reading bitrate of SSD 2 in MBps Disk2_AvgWrite Indicates the average writing bitrate of SSD 2 in MBps CPU_Env_Temp Indicates the CPU environment temperature in degrees Celsius CPU_Core_Temp Indicates the CPU Core temperature in degrees Celsius FPGA_Env_Temp Indicate...

Page 25: ...23 MAC0 This item displays the MAC address of the card NM0 This item displays the current Netmask of the card GW0 This item displays the current Standard Gateway of the card ...

Page 26: ...d in text for example INP_LOSS REF_LOSS INP_RETURN 2 A tag that also shows what happens but with a predefined number e g 1 loss of input 2 loss of reference 129 1 128 return of input For a list of these predefined tags see the table on the next page 3 A priority that marks the importance of an event This value is defined by the user and can have any value between 1 and 255 or 0 when disabled 4 A s...

Page 27: ...e priority of the alarm the higher this value Setting the priority to Zero disables the announcement of this alarm Alarms with priorities equal or higher than the Error Threshold setting of the RRC will cause the error LED on the Synapse rack front panel to light The Address Together with the message string or the tag the slot number or address of the card is relevant to be able to assign the even...

Page 28: ...ut_2 LED This LED indicated the presence of a valid SDI video signal on input 2 ANC Data LED Indicates the presence of embedded audio within the input signal Reference LED Indicated the presence of a valid reference signal on the selected reference input connector ref 1 or ref 2 Data Error LED This LED indicates a CRC error Connection LED This LED illuminates after the card has initialized The LED...

Page 29: ...an be used with the BHX27 backpanel The following table displays the pinout of these backpanels in combination with the card BHX27 relay bypass SD INPUT 1 SD INPUT 2 SD OUTPUT 1 SD OUTPUT 2 RELAY BYPASS USB Not used GIGABIT ETHERNET Not used ...

Page 30: ...ed IP address on your network and also configure the subnet mask Note the HCS may be on the same network as the rack controller The IP addresses shown here are just examples replace these addresses with others if needed See picture below Select the upload preset from the drop down list and press the Upload button Select a PNG file and click the Open button The logo files must be of the PNG type RG...

Page 31: ...The Upload will start Now you only need to set the Active Preset You can use the Edit Preset to change the position fade and animation playback ...

Page 32: ...d manage files in a similar way as with a network share or an FTP server In other words what this protocol does is that it makes it possible to browse create remove upload download rename etc files and directories on a web server One of the most important advantages of this technology is that it uses port 80 for network traffic This means that if you are able to surf the site from your workstation...

Page 33: ...tus item in the menu followed by 80 in order to access the card via WebDav Fill in ftp followed by the IP address of the card will access the card via FTP For example if the IP address of the card is 172 16 0 4 enter http 172 16 0 4 80 or ftp 172 16 0 4 and click Next Should result in the following example screen ...

Page 34: ...The wizard now asks for a name Type a useful name for your own use such as HCS News Channel Click Next and Click Finish on the following screen ...

Page 35: ... HCS card Looking as follows Double click on the dav folder in case you accessed it via WebDav You can now use the most common file operations such as Delete Move Copy to upload logos and fonts as you are used to in a Windows XP environment You can simply drag and drop your logos and or fonts in this map ...

Page 36: ...ect frame select card select Identity check hardware rev Knowing the hardware revision number you can go to our website www axon tv and go to our download firmware section Here you select the card you wish to upgrade You will see a list of available firmware upgrades of this particular card The firmware files that are compatible with your card should display your card s hardware revision number in...

Page 37: ... of the card s menu can be stored as xml file in the following window The next image displays the window where this is done At your own risk During the upgrade process the card will stop functioning for a period of time Make sure the card you are going to upgrade is currently not being used by anyone in your company Note Use cortex version 1 09 01 or later This software can be downloaded from our ...

Page 38: ... system view within the Cortex program Select the HCSxxx and goto the device view tab Within the device tab you will be able to setup the IP address netmask and gateway The next step is to make the card available as a stand alone card within the system To add this card you need to go to the network tab at the top of the cortex program Then go to add network device and choose add ACP device Fill ou...

Page 39: ...ox as displayed below A new window will open showing you the firmware upload functions At first you must select which spf file you want to load You do this in the buttom dialog as shown below To select which spf you would like to upload into the card you click the Current drive button and select the folder which holds your spf files ...

Page 40: ...cted spf file can not be loaded in the card you try to check an error message will appear in the bottom right box Selecting a card is done as displayed on the next page Testing When all previous instructions have been completed the card should be functioning properly We advise however to test the card s functionallity before you are going to put it into real on air use ...

Page 41: ...bove provided that you also meet all of these conditions a You must cause the modified files to carry prominent notices stating that you changed the fi les and the date of any change b You must cause any work that you distribute or publish that in whole or in part contains or is derived from the Program or any part thereof to be licensed as a whole at no charge to all third parties under the terms...

Page 42: ...f this License If you cannot distribute so as to satisfy simultaneously your obligations under this License and any other pertinent obligations then as a consequence you may not distribute the Program at all For example if a patent license would not permit royalty free redistribution of the Program by all those who receive copies directly or indirectly through you then the only way you could satis...

Page 43: ... THE PROGRAM PROVE DEFECTIVE YOU ASSUME THE COST OF ALL NECESSARY SERVICING REPAIR OR CORRECTION 12 IN NO EVENT UNLESS REQUIRED BY APPLICABLE LAW OR AGREED TO IN WRITING WILL ANY COPYRIGHT HOLDER OR ANY OTHER PARTY WHO MAY MODIFY AND OR REDISTRIBUTE THE PROGRAM AS PERMITTED ABOVE BE LIABLE TO YOU FOR DAMAGES INCLUDING ANY GENERAL SPECIAL INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF THE USE O...

Page 44: ...126 BB Gilze The Netherlands Phone 31 161 850 450 Fax 31 161 850 499 E mail info axon tv UK office Axon Digital Design Ltd 1 Forest Court Oaklands Park Wokingham Berkshire United Kingdom Tel 44 0 118 973 8920 Fax 44 0 118 973 8921 E mail info uk axon tv China office China Representative Office Room 804 2nd Department No 1 Building Beijing Image No 115 Fucheng Road Haidian District 100036 Beijing C...

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