User Manual
Issue 2 Revision 1
2019-03-21
KUDOSPRO UHD 1100 &
1200
SD/HD/3G/UHDTV1 CONVERTERS
Page 1: ...User Manual Issue 2 Revision 1 2019 03 21 KUDOSPRO UHD 1100 1200 SD HD 3G UHDTV1 CONVERTERS...
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Page 3: ...h may be connected to earth ground as a supplement to an internal grounding terminal Indicates that static sensitive components are present which may be damaged by electrostatic discharge Use anti sta...
Page 4: ...nnecting power Prior to servicing remove jewelry such as rings watches and other metallic objects To avoid fire hazard use only the fuse type and rating specified in the service instructions for this...
Page 5: ...t Connect the grounding clip to an unpainted surface of the chassis frame to safely ground unwanted ESD voltages If no wrist strap is available ground yourself by touching the unpainted metal part of...
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Page 9: ...is ing rer le liquide La toxicit est extr mement faible mais la prudence demeure de mise en tout temps Environmental Information European CE WEEE directive This symbol on the product s means that at t...
Page 10: ...lder using a blunt instrument for leverage such as a screwdriver if necessary In some cases the battery will need to be desoldered from the PCB 4 Dispose of the battery and equipment according to your...
Page 11: ...nt direct exposure to the laser beam Even though the power of these lasers is low the beam should be treated with caution and common sense because it is intense and concentrated Laser radiation can ca...
Page 12: ...l to use cables and connectors with good EMC characteristics All signal connections including remote control connections shall be made with screened cables terminated in connectors having a metal shel...
Page 13: ...be made with high quality double screened coaxial cables such as Belden 8281 or BBC type PSF1 2M and Belden 1694A for 3Gbps D TYPE CONNECTORS D type connectors shall have metal shells making good RF...
Page 14: ...xiv Notices...
Page 15: ...9 3 Installation 23 Unpacking the Unit 23 Rack Mounting the Unit 23 Ventilation 23 4 Connections 25 Input and Output Connections 25 Fiber Connectivity 26 Audio Connection Pin Numbers Option 26 5 Front...
Page 16: ...Control Lock 61 Operation Using RollCall 62 Template Pages 62 Setting Values 62 Input Output 63 Video Processing 68 Convert Processing 74 ARC 77 Audio Routing 85 Audio Shuffle 88 Audio Control 90 Gen...
Page 17: ...nel View Feature Summary The UHD format converter range provides the following features Linear motion adaptive SD HD 3G UHDTV up down cross conversion at the same frame rate Linear motion adaptive fra...
Page 18: ...ram Order Codes The following product order codes are covered by this manual FGAFA 6111121X UHD1200 Single channel 4K UHD 1 video audio processing unit with 12G SDI BNC or fiber remote or front panel...
Page 19: ...AES option Up to 81 balanced AES inputs outputs via 25 way D type Up to 81 unbalanced AES inputs outputs via BNC 1 AES audio connectors may be configured as input or output Audio Analog option 2 x ste...
Page 20: ...0p A 2160 59p A 2160 60p A 2160 50p B 2160 59p B 2160 60p B Interface Formats SD 625i 525i HD 720p 1080i 1080p 3G Level A 1080p 3G Level B 1080p 6G 2160p 2 sample interleaved ST 2081 12G 2160p 2 sampl...
Page 21: ...rocessing channel includes 16 channel embedded audio processing PCM audio processing includes channel level gain and delay compensation as well as pair level routing with L R swap and phase invert fea...
Page 22: ...ion 68W Mechanical Temperature Range 0 to 40 C operating Cooling Internal fan side venting Weight 2 4 kg Case Type 1RU rack mounting Dimensions 44mm x 430mm x 170mm H x W x D Note The AES audio connec...
Page 23: ...a suitably specified and installed rack shelf and secure the unit using the front rack ears Ventilation Ensure that there is a free flow of air at the front rear and sides of the unit in order to diss...
Page 24: ...24 Installation Ventilation...
Page 25: ...2G SDI input 1 x BNC 12G SDI out 12G SDI output 1 x BNC SDI in 1 2 3 4 SDI inputs 4 x BNC SDI out 1 2 3 4 SDI outputs 4 x BNC Network 10 100 BaseT Ethernet connection 1 x RJ45 Reference Reference loop...
Page 26: ...l fiber connectivity or optional I O using HD BNC connectors Note If no fiber option is fitted on the rear panel do not remove the safety covers from the option slots Analog Audio I O 25 Way D Type Co...
Page 27: ...selects menu options and adjusts values Rotate clockwise or anti clockwise to scroll down or up through a menu list or to adjust values on a menu option Press to select a menu option or confirm chang...
Page 28: ...Control Lock button Press to lock the front panel controls Press and hold for three seconds to unlock the front panel controls PSU Status LEDs Shows the status of the dual PSUs PSU A illuminated green...
Page 29: ...panel monitor screen first press the Home button to return to the Home screen From here pressing the rotary control or the Home button will toggle between Home screen and video monitor Using the Fron...
Page 30: ...d contrast adjustments are from 6 0 dB to 6 0 dB 4 To return to default press and hold the rotary control The values are reset 5 When the value is set as required press the rotary control again to con...
Page 31: ...RX module fitted to slot 3 Accepts HD 3G SFP4 if RX module fitted to slot 4 Accepts HD 3G UHD 6G and UHD 12G The currently selected input is highlighted UHD Interface Input format setting for Dual Qua...
Page 32: ...puts in the correct order SQD Square Division UHD has been detected Error Inputs 2 4 only Indicates a timing error relative to input 1 UHD Inputs Quad SDI 12G SDI and SFP 3 Valid values are OK None 12...
Page 33: ...n to the Output menu Note When input and output are both UHD the output frame rate will follow the input frame rate Current out std Displays the output standard currently applied to the spigot UHD int...
Page 34: ...he legalizer reduces the gain equally on all channels Anything in the RGB space above the selected value e g 700mV is scaled down to that value Anything in the RGB space below 0mV is clipped to 0mV Th...
Page 35: ...0dB Y gamma Adjusts the luma gamma from 0 4 to 1 7 in 0 1 steps Preset is 1 0 Color correct Allows corrections to be made to the video color See section Menu Option Operation Enable correct Select On...
Page 36: ...elow Audio Routing To select the audio source to be passed to each audio processor first select the process channel from the list of process pairs 1 to 8 then select the source audio pair from the lis...
Page 37: ...n audio channel Select the required output channel from the list of channels Channels 1 to 16 Turn Invert phase to On Audio Shuffle Available Choices Ch x source Select process channel from 1 to 16 In...
Page 38: ...just the delay for all pairs at once individual pair delay offsets are preserved and limited at the maximum and minimum delay values With delay set to zero the audio will be co timed with the video Pa...
Page 39: ...tary control to view the input pair status PCM audio is PCM Loss no audio detected Data data detected on audio channel DolbyE DolbyE audio detected Out Pair Status Status information is available for...
Page 40: ...oth audio channels of an audio pair have been derived from non PCM audio channels there are two possible states Non PCM or Forced silence To be recognized as valid non PCM both channels must satisfy 3...
Page 41: ...vents interpolation across the cut Only permitted if film cadence is off Default On Film mode Use Film mode if input is interlaced 1080i or 525 or 625 and contains film originated content This adjusts...
Page 42: ...the user to define the position of timecode when the 2 3 sequence begins The assumption is made that the start of the 2 3 sequence is aligned with the start of program and under normal working practi...
Page 43: ...hour Colorimetry Select Colorimetry to display the Colorimetry menu Available functions are SDR HDR The SDR HDR menu allows HDR parameters to be configured HDR adjustments are available for some conv...
Page 44: ...ess this Select from Hard High brightness levels not supported in the selected output format are hard clipped to the maximum supported brightness level Soft Brightness levels close the maximum support...
Page 45: ...raised in level About Look up Tables LUTs Look up Tables LUTs are used by the unit when performing color conversions Custom look up tables can be imported to use instead of the on board default LUT a...
Page 46: ...andon the deletion ARC Click ARC Aspect Ratio Control to specify the aspect ratio of a picture from a range of options or to adjust the size and position of the picture manually Sync Mode The Sync mod...
Page 47: ...ent of aspect ratio Note These controls do not operate in UHD to UHD mode Adjusting the picture size in any down or cross conversion mode can increase the amount of visible alias To avoid this it is r...
Page 48: ...be used Signaling Src When an SD source contains more than one style of signaling select the appropriate item SMPTE 2016 default L23 ETSI From UHD To SD 16 9 4 3 hcrop default 16 9 16 9 LB 16 9 16 9 A...
Page 49: ...from the list Normal use default aspect ratio 16 9 anamorphic horizontally squeezes a widescreen image to fit a standard 4 3 aspect ratio 16 9 letterbox preserves the original aspect ratio of film sho...
Page 50: ...t line status Displays the line number on which SMPTE 2016 information is placed Video Index Configures Video Index VI signaling Available controls are Note In the SD domain take care to avoid a line...
Page 51: ...cording to West Country TV HTV Central TV L23_SPEC doc 1997 In line Selects the input line from which the L23 information is read The range is from line 10 to line 23 in one line steps Default line 23...
Page 52: ...n the input Available codes are ETSI When enabled inserts valid ETSI codes when none are present on the input Available codes are FF Full Format 4 3 default 16 9 4 3 AFD 0 16 9 AFD 0 4 3 AFD 1 16 9 AF...
Page 53: ...tion or boost Boost 1 Applies a small amount of boost within the HD frequency band This can increase the visual sharpness of the up converted image Boost 2 Applies a larger amount of boost beginning a...
Page 54: ...ensures that textures are preserved Off 1 2 3 UHD Transient V Sharp horizontal edge detail in the HD source such as captions and graphics is identified The gradient of these transients is increased to...
Page 55: ...be set to operate on either the highest or mid frequencies Mid default High SD HD Convert Preset Confirm to set all enhancers back to preset values Cancel to leave enhancers at the current values Vert...
Page 56: ...the video standard If the genlock source and the video output are the same frame rate for example 50 Hz or 59 94 Hz Genlock locks the output to the vertical phase of the genlock source giving consiste...
Page 57: ...format lock status genlock clocklock freerun V timing Adjusts the vertical timing of the output signal with respect to the reference signal from line 1125 to line 1125 in steps of 1 line Default 0 lin...
Page 58: ...rating timecode Enter as appropriate Gen TC load Click Confirm to load the value entered in Gen TC Entry Cancel will cancel the load On TC loss Freeze default freezes output timecode Free run timecode...
Page 59: ...nt In HD the line number corresponds to the line number encapsulated within the RDD08 OP47 S2031 packet and not the line number on which the packets are present WST In Status Reports status for each o...
Page 60: ...atus Reports whether the unit is using an IP address set manually or via DHCP Possible values are Fixed address DHCP Set IP address To manually assign an IP address Press the rotary control to select...
Page 61: ...being output by PSU B Software Version Displays version number of the software installed on the unit Control Lock The front panel buttons can be disabled if required Press Control Lock and hold for t...
Page 62: ...Output see page 63 Video Processing see page 68 Convert Processing see page 74 ARC see page 77 Audio Routing see page 85 Audio Shuffle see page 88 Audio Control see page 90 Genlock see page 92 Timecod...
Page 63: ...KudosPro UHD 1100 1200 User Manual Input Output The Input Output page allows input sources and output destinations to be selected The following facilities are available from this page Input Output Pa...
Page 64: ...Displays input colorimetry setting for HD 3G and UHD SD is fixed at BT 601 Colorimetry in use is reported as shown Auto Sample interleaved use embedded PID to identify colorimetry Square Division sele...
Page 65: ...ink channels 3 4 channels 1 2 are output from SFP1 2 The 12G BNC outputs a copy of quad link channel 4 Sample Interleaved PID Sets the embedded Payload ID for Sample Interleaved Choose from UHD some q...
Page 66: ...lipping is a non reversible process PQ Level Sets the grading level Lw of the input PQ HLG or output PQ PQ Select from 1k 1000cd m2 2k 4k 10k 10000cd m2 See SMPTE ST 2084 2014 Dynamic Range Electro Op...
Page 67: ...ng a Custom LUT Follow these steps to import a custom LUT 1 Open a web browser window type the unit s IP address see page 99 into the address bar and press RETURN The browser connects to the unit and...
Page 68: ...68 System Operation Operation Using RollCall Video Processing Provides controls allowing various types of signal processing to be applied to the signal being converted Video Processing Page 1...
Page 69: ...69 KudosPro UHD 1100 1200 User Manual The following facilities are available from this page Video Processing Page 2...
Page 70: ...be adjusted from 200mV to 200mV in steps of 0 8mV Default is 0mV Green gain Green gain can be adjusted from 6dB to 6dB in steps of 0 2dB Default is 0dB Blue lift Blue channel offset can be adjusted f...
Page 71: ...t as required Mid default High Noise reduce Multi band noise reduction reduces noise visibility in up converted images without introducing visual artifacts Select a level as required Note this process...
Page 72: ...e 2 Allows a wider band of alias frequencies to pass Horizontal filter Select as required Narrow 2 Reduces horizontal bandwidth of the down conversion process May be useful when the UHD source contain...
Page 73: ...or more alias Horizontal filter Select as required Narrow 2 Reduces the horizontal bandwidth of the conversion process May be useful when down converting HD material containing high levels of mid fre...
Page 74: ...y also be packed into interlaced standards using a rule based method to map source frames to interlaced fields In this case the interlaced standard s content is described as having a film cadence In o...
Page 75: ...urrent cadence Film Cadence If the input content is film originated with a 2 3 cadence or simulates film originated content the Film cadence check box should be enabled Otherwise it should be disabled...
Page 76: ...t the start of program is coincident with an integer hour value This control is active only when 2 3 is set to Input timecode and Drop Frame Timecode is present For non Drop Frame Timecode sources thi...
Page 77: ...UHD 1100 1200 User Manual ARC The ARC Aspect Ratio Control page allows the user to specify the aspect ratio of a picture from a range of options or to adjust the size and position of the picture manua...
Page 78: ...s the scaler only when up converting 1080p to UHD down converting UHD to 1080p or synchronizing same standard UHD format in and out In all other modes the scaler is active and this control will have n...
Page 79: ...rom UHD To SD 16 9 4 3 hcrop default 16 9 16 9 LB 16 9 16 9 An 4 3 PB 4 3 14 9 PB 14 9 LB 14 9 PB 16 9 vcrop 4 3 PB 16 9 vcrop 4 3 PB 14 9 PB vcrop LB Letterbox PB Pillarbox Vcrop Vertical Crop An Ana...
Page 80: ...o remove the gray bars that will leave the alternative center The alternative center will therefore be stretched to fit the screen so that the whole white area fills the screen This will override Fit...
Page 81: ...at the top and bottom of the screen HD UHD Input Format Normal default use default aspect ratio 14 9 pillarbox preserves the original aspect ratio of HD content with a 14 9 aspect ratio with bars visi...
Page 82: ...ixels Tilt Adjusts the vertical position of the output image Range is 50 to 50 lines in steps of 1 line Default is 0 lines Option Operation SMPTE 2016 Available options are Mode Auto Automatically set...
Page 83: ...urce VI are passed from the input to the output Option Operation Mode Auto default Automatically sets the conversion based on a combination of the input and output standards Pass Passes L23 informatio...
Page 84: ...D 1 16 9 AFD 1 4 3 AFD 2 16 9 AFD 2 4 3 AFD 3 16 9 AFD 3 4 3 AFD 4 16 9 AFD 4 4 3 AFD 5 16 9 AFD 5 4 3 AFD 6 16 9 AFD 6 4 3 AFD 7 16 9 AFD 7 4 3 AFD 8 16 9 AFD 8 4 3 AFD 9 16 9 AFD 9 4 3 AFD 10 16 9 A...
Page 85: ...0 1200 User Manual Audio Routing Provides control of audio routing Note Embedded audio is supported by all models Analog and AES audio are available only if a UHD with audio option has been purchased...
Page 86: ...rs 1 to 8 and select the source audio to assign to the chosen channel For example to use source audio from SDI Embedded 3 in audio processing channel 2 Open the Audio routing page In the Mapping secti...
Page 87: ...output To configure a port locate it on the AES x port lists then select either Use As Input or A pair to set as an output AES Balanced Unbalanced Enables either balanced or unbalanced audio Select as...
Page 88: ...tput Channel 3 row Audio Shuffle page Notes The Audio Shuffle menu allows any configuration of audio channels to be routed to the output Illegal combinations will result in the output being forced to...
Page 89: ...xes as required Router Output Routing Passes audio to output without performing additional processing Router Output Tone Inserts a tone into the selected audio channel Router Output Silence Mutes the...
Page 90: ...90 System Operation Operation Using RollCall Audio Control The Audio Control page provides tools to adjust the audio on each processing channel Audio Control page...
Page 91: ...rs at once Delay statuses Shows the total delay per pair in ms Video delay Shows the current total video delay through the unit Tone frequency Tone frequency can be selected from 100Hz to 10000Hz in s...
Page 92: ...genlock source When attempting to pass non PCM audio other than Dolby E ensure that Genlock is enabled If using an external reference it must be clock locked to the input video The following facilitie...
Page 93: ...ne 1125 to line 1125 in steps of 1 line Default 0 lines H timing Adjusts the horizontal timing of the output signal with respect to the reference signal from pixel 2640 to pixel 2640 in steps of 1 pix...
Page 94: ...Embedded VITC and Embedded LTC are supported In the SD domain VITC ATC LTC and ATC VITC are supported When present timecode can be handed over from the input or internally generated Where the input f...
Page 95: ...put timecode will jump to the timecode value in Generator Timecode Entry as soon as the mode is changed to Generate When Generate mode is selected both ATC LTC and ATC VITC are embedded in the output...
Page 96: ...same frame rate incoming SD or HD closed captions and subtitles are converted to the correct format in the HD or SD output The following facilities are available from this page Teletext The unit can...
Page 97: ...ntrols are Menu Option Sub Option SD VBI setup WST Origin Status Choose Disabled default Enabled for each of Line 7 Line 22 SD Output Status Reports status for each of output Line 7 Line 22 SMPTE RDD0...
Page 98: ...line status Reports output line on which the captions are being inserted Control Function Output Enable Enables the insertion of SMPTE 2020 Dolby metadata packets Choose Disabled default Enabled for...
Page 99: ...99 KudosPro UHD 1100 1200 User Manual Network The Network page allows network settings to be configured The following functions are available Network page...
Page 100: ...of the person responsible for the managed node MIB2 SysName Enter the name of the managed node MIB2 SysLocation Enter the physical location of the node Read Write Port Select the UDP read write port f...
Page 101: ...ge displays basic information about the module such as the serial number and software version Use the functions on the page to restart the module or to return all settings to their factory or default...
Page 102: ...e unit Choose from Default All controls are reset to their default values except for network configuration and IP addresses Factory All controls are reset to their default values including network con...
Page 103: ...This will open a user interface allowing control of the UHD unit The buttons at the top of the screen correspond to the buttons on the front panel and offer the same functionality Layout of the contro...
Page 104: ...UI is displayed 2 Click Setup the Setup page is displayed Scroll down to the Upgrade section Browser Control Interface Timecode Processing Note The browser UI utilizes HTML5 and therefore requires the...
Page 105: ...is also confirmed by the Software Version field at the top of the Setup page which should reflect the new software version Recovery Mode If the upgrade fails because of network failure for instance th...
Page 106: ...106 System Operation Operation Via Web Browser...
Page 107: ...Us section of Grass Valley s website www grassvalley com An online form for e mail contact is also available from the website Customers with a support contract should call their personalized number w...
