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GUIDE TO INSTALLATION AND OPERATION 
 

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Click Edit Presets Label to open the Presets window. 

 

Double-click on a name in the Label column 

 

Type a new name in the window. 

 

Click OK  

 
The text you have entered (up to 16 characters) will be appended to the label name in the selection pulldown 
 
 
 
 

5.9.1  Factory 

 

Clicking the Load Factory button will restore the card to a factory default state. Four checkboxes enable the user to 
choose whether to include Card Parameters, Card Alarms, Network Settings and Presets in the restoration process 
Note – Card Alarms only are reset to factory values; iControl Alarms and GSM alarms are not reset. With reference to 
the Alarm Configuration panel: 

 

Reset by Load Factory? 

Yes 

No 

No 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
 

5.9.2  Profiles 

 

Use 

Profiles

 to save or recover the entire card configuration (including user presets if desired) on an external disk, or 

to copy it to another IPG-3901 card. 
 
Click on 

Profiles

 to open the Profile Copy window. 

Copy profile from 

 

This line shows this IPG-3901  card, and identifies it by App server, Densité frame and slot number, card type and 
firmware version. 

 

The 

Profile

 column has a pulldown that allows you to select which profiles you will work with, and gives these choices:  

 

All, Current, User1, User2, User3, User4, User5 

 

Profile 

Values 

Default 

ALL 

Current configuration of the card and all presets will be copied or saved on disk 

ALL 

Current 

Only the current configuration of the card is copied or saved on disk 

User1 ...User5 

Only the selected preset will be copied or saved on disk 

 
 
The 

Select

 column includes a checkbox (preselected checked) to confirm that you want to work with the current card. 

 

Summary of Contents for GRASS VALLEY IPG-3901

Page 1: ...IPG 3901 High Density SDI IP Gateway Guide to Installation and Operation M3036 9900 132 2016 08 18...

Page 2: ...writing by Grass Valley A Grass Valley manual may have been revised to reflect changes made to the product during its manufacturing life Thus different versions of a manual may exist for any given pro...

Page 3: ...and Elements Pb Hg Cd Cr6 PBB PBDE Circuit Modules X O O O O O O SJ T 11363 2006 O Indicates that this toxic or hazardous substance contained in all of the homogeneous materials for this part is belo...

Page 4: ...the instruction manual may cause harmful interference to radio communications Operation of this equipment in a residential area is likely to cause harmful interference in which case the user will be...

Page 5: ...el 8 5 Remote control using iControl 9 5 1 The iControl graphic interface window 9 5 2 Gateway Config panel 12 5 2 1 Gateway Config panel System tab 12 5 2 2 Gateway Config panel Gateways tab 13 5 3 N...

Page 6: ...TO INSTALLATION AND OPERATION IPG 3901 7 Contact Us 35 Grass Valley Technical Support 35 Corporate Head Office 35 ANNEX 1 Local Menu 36 ANNEX 2 Firmware upgrading 39 ANNEX 3 Block Diagrams of TICO Mod...

Page 7: ...mmodate a gradual adoption of IP production elements into broadcasting workflows while protecting operational methods and investment in installed equipment With flexibility to configure up to 6 IPG 39...

Page 8: ...re support 2 Sample Interleave Quad Split 2SI SDQS 4K link I O support Simultaneous 3G HD SD and 4K TICO is intoPIX Profile 1 with visually lossless 4 1 low latency compression Flexible configuration...

Page 9: ...01 3 1 4 Front Card edge Interface The front card edge of the IPG 3901 incorporates two elements Status LED see section 3 2 Select Button see section 4 Figure 1 2 Front card edge layout Select Button...

Page 10: ...ll the card straight out of the slot To install the connector panel 1 If a card is installed in the slot whose rear panel is being changed remove it as described above 2 Remove the existing panel eith...

Page 11: ...below NB references to MADI on the labels for I O 1 3 4 and 7 are for future use 2 3 2 Summary of rear panel connections IPG 3901 3TRP IPG 3901 3 DRP Double slot width panel for Densit 3 FR1 and FR4 f...

Page 12: ...3G HD SD OUT Serial digital video outputs The IPG 3901 provides two 3G HD SD SDI video outputs on the connectors labeled 3G HD SD OUT 1 and 2 The SDI video signal conforms to the input standard The sa...

Page 13: ...s that can be flagged on the IPG 3901 affect the LED status If a cell is gray the error condition cannot cause the LED to assume that status If more than one LED status is possible for a particular er...

Page 14: ...he and buttons a second push confirms the new value ESC Cancels the effect of parameter value changes that have not been confirmed pushing ESC causes the parameter to revert to its former value Pushin...

Page 15: ...1 The window identification line gives the card type IPG 3901 and the slot number where the card is installed in its Densit frame There are four main sections in the window itself as identified in th...

Page 16: ...rd control activated The iControl interface can be used to operate the card yellow Local card control active The card is being controlled using the Densit frame control panel as described in section 4...

Page 17: ...nput signal yellow Operation mode Enabled but no signal to process yellow Operation mode TEST color bar and audio test tones enabled on at least one gateway Section 2 The left portion of the window co...

Page 18: ...avior Kill Turn the output OFF DEFAULT Configurable color slate Output a signal in the appropriate format with the picture being a full screen color as shown in the sample box beside the pulldown The...

Page 19: ...TICO enabled Depending on the TICO model in use and whether an ENC or DEC is enabled ON as many as 8 of the 11 original gateways are reserved for TICO Link I O and cannot be configured in this tab See...

Page 20: ...he SDI output Stream Port Shows the port associated with the stream Edit the port by selecting the text and typing a new value IGMPv3 Source On IP to SDI we have an additional setting IGMPv3 source Th...

Page 21: ...e SDI I O column Gateway Direction Color SDI I O Status IP Stream to SDI Green IP Stream is valid Red No IP Stream IP Stream on error Incoming SDI Video does not match gateway format SDI scan rate err...

Page 22: ...nd Cancel buttons at the top of the table are active Click Apply to accept your changes Click Cancel to discard your changes and leave the original values unchanged 5 3 Network Config panel 5 3 1 Netw...

Page 23: ...eparate MAC address factory set and non configurable SFP Presence Green supported SFP detected Grey no supported SFP detected There are no operating controls or settings on this tab 5 3 3 Network Conf...

Page 24: ...e one when IP is the gateway input Format shows the specific format of the signal or no signal The status of the IP stream is shown by the background color of the Stream IP Address column This is the...

Page 25: ...ce will be interrupted as well A pop up warning will remind you of the consequences of changing the model The two TICO gateways are configured according to the selected model TICO Model Gateway Name G...

Page 26: ...DEC 2 4K Link 4 DEC 2 4K Link 4 Color key Encoder inputs Decoder Outputs The current assignment of SDI I Os to TICO functions is shown in the Gateway Status panel and the Gateways tab of the Gateway...

Page 27: ...quadrants each sent on a single 3G link 2 Sample Interleave 2SI the 4K image is sub sampled into four full frame images each at the vertical and horizontal resolution Be careful this is a manual sele...

Page 28: ...r after Quad Split to 2 Sample Interleave conversion if required is sent to the IP output of its gateway in 3G resolution Because the link input is 2 Sample Interleave the monitoring output will be a...

Page 29: ...Green Present valid Valid and supported External Format Supported NTSC Yes PAL Yes 1080i59HZ future 1080i50HZ future 720p59Hz future 720p50Hz future Reference Source use the radio buttons to select fr...

Page 30: ...mat Select the test pattern format using the pulldown The pattern will be generated at the System wide Scan Rate as specified in the Gateway Config System panel The current value is displayed in this...

Page 31: ...defined parameter settings Select any one of the five presets using the Card Preset Select pull down Click Load to load the contents of the selected User Preset into the IPG 3901 All parameter settin...

Page 32: ...No 5 9 2 Profiles Use Profiles to save or recover the entire card configuration including user presets if desired on an external disk or to copy it to another IPG 3901 card Click on Profiles to open...

Page 33: ...and will be difficult to find and identify if not clearly named and conveniently located Click the save button once the name and location have been identified in the Save box The Transfer Status box o...

Page 34: ...re version The Profile column shows the same information as is shown for the current card in the Copy profile from line i e one of the following All Current User1 User2 User3 User4 User5 The Select co...

Page 35: ...om of the alarm tree in the Status Name column Overall Alarm This column allows configuration of the contribution of each individual alarm to the Overall Alarm associated with this card The Overall Al...

Page 36: ...the Overall alarm and GSM contribution to be identical to the Card LED status All Overall alarms and GSM contributions for which there is a Card LED alarm will be forced to match the Card LED alarm Al...

Page 37: ...e previous settings intact 5 11 Info Panel 5 11 1 Info Panel Info tab When the IPG 3901 is included in an iControl environment certain information about the card should be available to the iControl sy...

Page 38: ...w which lists remote lookup services to which this IPG 3901 is registered Add Force the iControl service for this IPG 3901 to register itself on a user specified Jini lookup service using the followin...

Page 39: ...vide a system snapshot that will help Tech Support to troubleshoot your card 1 Click the Get System Snapshot button 2 In the Warning window that appears click Yes to proceed with the snapshot or No to...

Page 40: ...m 492 ft at 1 5 Gb s 3G 100m 393 ft at 2 970 Gb s Return loss 15 dB up to 1 5 GHz 10 dB up to 3 GHz Jitter HD SD 0 2 UI alignment jitter 3G 0 3 UI alignment jitter Reference Input Black burst 525 SMPT...

Page 41: ...r 1 530 478 4148 To obtain a local phone number for the support center nearest you please consult the Contact Us section of Grass Valley s website www grassvalley com An online form for e mail contact...

Page 42: ...F MISMATCH UNSUPPORTED NOT LOCKED ETH1 LINK STATUS LINK UP LINK DOWN MAC ADDRESS 00 00 00 00 00 00 ETH2 LINK STATUS LINK UP LINK DOWN MAC ADDRESS 00 00 00 00 00 00 GATEWAY n ACTIVE INACTIVE DISABLED G...

Page 43: ...255 255 0 GATEWAY 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ETH2 IP ADDRESS 0 0 0 0 192 168 2 32 MASK 255 255 255 0 255 255 255 0 GATEWAY 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 REFERENCE SCAN RATE 50 25Hz 59 94 29 97Hz 59 94 Hz SOURCE AUTO EXTERNAL...

Page 44: ...TALLATION AND OPERATION 38 IPG 3901 FACTORY DEFAULT WITHOUT NETWORK APPLY If selected everything but network configuration is restored to factory INCLUDE NETWORK APPLY If selected everything is factor...

Page 45: ...d to connect a PC to the MEDIA Network Switch and use iControl Solo Yellow zone When you are done with the upgrade the PC connection to the switch is no longer required Please consult the iControl Use...

Page 46: ...firmware x x x xx zip file to SD card and rename it to ipg3901 upgrade vx x x x zip Ex firmware 1 3 2 23 zip will change to ipg3901 upgrade v1 3 2 32 zip Shut down and de slot the IPG board Remove SD...

Page 47: ...GUIDE TO INSTALLATION AND OPERATION IPG 3901 41 ANNEX 3 Block Diagrams of TICO Models...

Page 48: ...GUIDE TO INSTALLATION AND OPERATION 42 IPG 3901...

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