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9902-UDX-FS-OM (V1.1)

9902-UDX-FS PRODUCT MANUAL 

1-1

Chapter 1

Chapter 1   

Introduction

Overview

This manual provides installation and operating instructions for the 
9902-UDX-FS  3G/HD/SD-SDI 3G/HD/SD-SDI Dual-Channel - Path 1 UDX 
/ Path 2 Frame Sync with Audio Embed/De-Embed card (also referred to 
herein as the 9902-UDX-FS). 

This manual consists of the following chapters:

•

Chapter 1, “Introduction” – Provides information about this manual 
and what is covered. Also provides general information regarding the 
9902-UDX-FS.

•

Chapter 2, “Installation and Setup” – Provides instructions for 
installing the 9902-UDX-FS in a frame, and optionally installing a 
9902-UDX-FS Rear I/O Module. 

•

Chapter 3, “Operating Instructions” – Provides overviews of 
operating controls and instructions for using the 9902-UDX-FS.

This chapter contains the following information:

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9902-UDX-FS Card Software Versions and this Manual (p. 1-2)

•

Manual Conventions (p. 1-3)

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Safety and Regulatory Summary (p. 1-5)

•

9902-UDX-FS Functional Description (p. 1-6)

•

Technical Specifications (p. 1-18)

•

Warranty and Service Information (p. 1-22)

•

Contact Cobalt Digital Inc. (p. 1-23)

Summary of Contents for 9902-UDX-FS

Page 1: ...n IL 61821 Voice 217 344 1243 Fax 217 344 1245 www cobaltdigital com Product Manual 9902 UDX FS OM V1 1 Cobalt Digital Inc 3G HD SD SDI Dual Channel Path 1 UDX Path 2 Frame Sync with Audio Embed De Embed 9902 UDX FS 9902 UDX FS ...

Page 2: ...egistered trademark of Cobalt Digital Inc openGear is a registered trademark of Ross Video Limited DashBoard is a trademark of Ross Video Limited Dolby is a registered trademark of Dolby Laboratories Inc Other product names or trademarks appearing in this manual are the property of their respective owners Congratulations on choosing the Cobalt 9902 UDX FS 3G HD SD SDI Dual Channel Path 1 UDX Path ...

Page 3: ...t Interfaces 1 14 Alarm Function 1 15 User Control Interface 1 16 9902 UDX FS Rear I O Modules 1 18 Technical Specifications 1 18 Warranty and Service Information 1 21 Cobalt Digital Inc Limited Warranty 1 21 Contact Cobalt Digital Inc 1 22 Chapter 2 Installation and Setup 2 1 Overview 2 1 Installing the 9902 UDX FS Into a Frame Slot 2 1 Installing a Rear I O Module 2 3 9902 UDX FS Rear I O Module...

Page 4: ...udio Routing Controls 3 22 Video Quality Events 3 27 Audio Detect Events Setup Controls 3 28 Closed Captioning 3 29 Video Proc Color Correction 3 30 Output Audio Routing Controls 3 33 Timecode 3 38 Reticules 3 43 Wings Insertion 3 46 AFD Processor Controls 3 47 Moving Box Insertion 3 53 Ancillary Data Proc Controls 3 55 COMM Ports Setup Controls 3 58 Presets 3 60 GPO Setup Controls 3 62 Event Setu...

Page 5: ...d Also provides general information regarding the 9902 UDX FS Chapter 2 Installation and Setup Provides instructions for installing the 9902 UDX FS in a frame and optionally installing a 9902 UDX FS Rear I O Module Chapter 3 Operating Instructions Provides overviews of operating controls and instructions for using the 9902 UDX FS This chapter contains the following information 9902 UDX FS Card Sof...

Page 6: ...re updates example card processing UI setups and other topics Card Software earlier than latest version Card is not loaded with the latest software Not all functions and or specified performance described in this manual may be available You can update your card with new Update software by going to the Support Firmware Downloads link at www cobaltdigital com Download Firmware Update Guide which pro...

Page 7: ...r 20 slot frame that houses Cobalt or other cards Device and or Card refers to a Cobalt or other card System and or Video System refers to the mix of interconnected production and terminal equipment in which the 9902 UDX FS and other cards operate Functions and or features that are available only as an option are denoted in this manual like this Most options are covered in this manual However if y...

Page 8: ...supplemental information to the accompanying text Notes typically precede the text to which they apply Labeling Symbol Definitions Important note regarding product usage Failure to observe may result in unexpected or incorrect operation Electronic device or assembly is susceptible to damage from an ESD event Handle only using appropriate ESD prevention practices If ESD wrist strap is not available...

Page 9: ...pation 18 W As such avoiding placing the card adjacent to other cards with similar dissipation values if possible CAUTION If required make certain Rear I O Module s is installed before installing the 9902 UDX FS into the frame slot Damage to card and or Rear I O Module can occur if module installation is attempted with card already installed in slot CAUTION If card resists fully engaging in rear I...

Page 10: ...sed captioning conversion from packet based timecode formats and CEA608 708 HD formats to HD ATC SD_ATC and SD VITC waveform based timecode 9902 UDX FS Input Output Formats The 9902 UDX FS provides the following inputs and outputs which can be independently used for Path 1 and or Path 2 Inputs 3G HD SD SDI IN A thru SDI IN D four 3G HD SD SDI inputs SDI IN A or SDI IN B can be set to failover to A...

Page 11: ... D Video Quality Events Check UDX Convert ARC AFD Deserialize Timecode Select Proc Video Quality Events Check To Path 1 2 Audio Embed From Path 1 2 Audio De Embed Path 1 UDX FS Path 2 FS HANC VANC ANC Extract Insert IP Serial Data I O Path 1 2 Processed internal bridged Ref Select REF 1 REF 2 Internal Input Video Path 1 or 2 To Path 1 2 Framesync Blocks REF IN Notes 1 Signal connections shown depi...

Page 12: ...n selected as a choice on the output crosspoint Option QC Quality Check allows criteria such as black frozen frame events to propagate an event alert This alert can be used by the card Presets function to invoke input video routing changes GPO and other actions Timecode Processor See Figure 1 2 This function provides for extraction of timecode data from input video source and in turn allow individ...

Page 13: ...r invalid In the event of input video loss of signal the output can be set to disable video go to black go to an internal test signal generator pattern or freeze to the last intact frame last frame having valid SAV and EAV codes An internal test signal generator provides a selection of various standard patterns such as color bars sweep patterns and other technical patterns The test patterns can be...

Page 14: ...d H and V aspect ratio control Reticule insertion provides safe action area marking as well as other reticule functions and patterns The scaler provides special modes that allow de interlacing to be bypassed in certain cases to reduce processing latency Also provided are selections to optimize 3 2 pulldown conversion where timecode or other timing references can be relied upon to indicate frame tr...

Page 15: ...tivate a GPO send an automated email or go to a user defined preset An Event Triggers user interface can detect Closed Caption Presence and Closed Caption Absence events The Event Triggers user interface in turn allows instructing the card as to the action to take upon an event such as go to a changed signal routing activate a GPO send an automated email or go to a user defined preset Ancillary Da...

Page 16: ...he 16 channel bus signals to embedded and discrete AES and analog audio outputs An Input Audio Status display shows the presence and peak level of each input audio channel received by the card In addition to SDI embedded audio channel sources analog and coaxial AES inputs are available as input audio choices For AES audio inputs payload is identified PCM or data such as Dolby Digital or E Each AES...

Page 17: ... as Left L Right R Center C Left Surround Ls and Right Surround Rs individual signals to be multiplexed into stereo pair Down Mix Left DM L and Down Mix Right DM R The resulting stereo pair DM L and DM R can in turn be routed to any embedded audio pair as desired or de embedded to an AES or analog audio output Figure 1 4 Audio Down Mix Functional Block Diagram with Example Sources Flex Buses For b...

Page 18: ... to take upon an event such as go to a changed signal routing activate a GPO send an automated email or go to a user defined preset Control and Data Input Output Interfaces GPI Interface Two independent ground closure sensing GPI inputs GPI 1 and GPI 2 each sharing common ground connection as chassis potential are available Associated with each GPI user control is a selection of one of 32 user def...

Page 19: ... the card as well as send triggered SCTE 104 packets to other downstream systems The user interface is based on common SCTE 104 operations Splice Start Normal Splice Start Intermediate Splice End Normal Splice End Intermediate and Splice Cancel splice_request_data variants offering full control of splice start end and cancel as well as pre roll and break duration offsets A Manual Supplement is pla...

Page 20: ...ys up to date The DashBoard software can be downloaded from the Cobalt Digital Inc website www cobaltdigital com enter DashBoard in the search window The DashBoard user interface is described in Chapter 3 Operating Instructions Cobalt OGCP 9000 and OGCP 9000 CC Remote Control Panels The OGCP 9000 and OGCP 9000 CC Remote Control Panels conveniently and intuitively provide parameter monitor and cont...

Page 21: ...GCP 9000 Control Panel or OGCP 9000 CC Control Panel 20 Slot Frame with Network Controller Card LAN 9902 UDX FS Card In conjunction with a frame equipped with a Network Controller Card 9902 UDX FS card can be remotely controlled over a LAN Remote Control Panel Using the Control Panel 9902 UDX FS card can be remotely controlled over a LAN DashBoard Remote Control Using a computer with DashBoard ins...

Page 22: ...ns for the 9902 UDX FS 3G HD SD SDI Dual Channel Path 1 UDX Path 2 Frame Sync with Audio Embed De Embed card Table 1 1 Technical Specifications Item Characteristic Part number nomenclature 9902 UDX FS 3G HD SD SDI Dual Channel Path 1 UDX Path 2 Frame Sync with Audio Embed De Embed Installation usage environment Intended for installation and usage in frame meeting openGear modular system definition...

Page 23: ...nectors 0 dBFS 24 dBu Input Select Auto Changeover Failover option QC Failover to alternate input on loss of target input Failover invoked upon LOS and or with option QC user configurable parametric criteria such as black frozen frame or audio silence Black frame trigger configurable for black intensity threshold and persistence time Frozen frame trigger configurable for frozen percentage differen...

Page 24: ...e generator for each audio output Master delay control range of 33 msec to 3000 msec AES Audio Outputs Standard SMPTE 276M Number of Outputs Up to 16 unbalanced AES 3id Impedance 75 Ω Analog Audio Outputs Number of Outputs Up to four balanced using 3 wire removable Phoenix connectors 0 dBFS 24 dBu Frame Reference Input Number of Inputs Two REF 1 and REF 2 from frame with selectable failover Standa...

Page 25: ...istering the product by completing and returning a product registration form In the event of a warrantable defect the purchaser shall notify Cobalt with a description of the problem and Cobalt shall provide the purchaser with a Return Material Authorization RMA For return defective products should be double boxed and sufficiently protected in the original packaging or equivalent and shipped to the...

Page 26: ...ough and professional support representatives for any of the following Name and address of your local dealer Product information and pricing Technical support Upcoming trade show information Phone 217 344 1243 Fax 217 344 1245 Web www cobaltdigital com General Information info cobaltdigital com Technical Support support cobaltdigital com ...

Page 27: ...on values if possible CAUTION Note If installing the 9902 UDX FS in a slot with no rear I O module a Rear I O Module is required before cabling can be connected Refer to Installing a Rear I O Module p 2 3 for rear I O module installation procedure CAUTION If required make certain Rear I O Module s is installed before installing the 9902 UDX FS into the frame slot Damage to card and or Rear I O Mod...

Page 28: ... O module mating connector check for alignment and proper insertion in slot tracks Damage to card and or rear I O module may occur if improper card insertion is attempted 6 Verify that the card is fully engaged in rear I O module mating connector 7 Close the frame front access panel 8 Connect the input and output cables as shown in 9902 UDX FS Rear I O Modules p 2 4 9 Repeat steps 1 through 8 for ...

Page 29: ...here the 9902 UDX FS is to be installed If installing the 9902 UDX FS in a slot already equipped with a suitable I O module omit this procedure Install a Rear I O Module as follows 1 On the frame determine the slot in which the 9902 UDX FS is to be installed 2 In the mounting area corresponding to the slot location install Rear I O Module as shown in Figure 2 1 Figure 2 1 Rear I O Module Installat...

Page 30: ... FS cards Two 3G HD SD SDI coaxial input BNCs SDI IN A and SDI IN C Three 3G HD SD SDI Video Out BNCs SDI OUT 1 thru SDI OUT 3 1937S RM20 9902 UDX FS C Provides the following connections Four 3G HD SD SDI video input BNCs SDI IN A thru SDI IN D Four 3G HD SD SDI video output BNCs RCK PROC 1 thru RCK PROC 4 each GUI selectable as processed out selected input reclocked or wings key fill preview wher...

Page 31: ...UT 1 thru AES OUT 8 Note Available equipped with High Density BNC HDBNC or DIN1 0 2 3 connectors as RM20 9902 UDX FS D HDBNC or RM20 9902 UDX FS D DIN respectively 1929D RM20 9902 UDX FS E Provides the following connections Four 3G HD SD SDI video inputs SDI IN A thru SDI IN D Eight AES audio inputs AES IN 1 thru AES IN 8 Four 3G HD SD SDI video outputs selectable as processed or input reclocked o...

Page 32: ... CVBS video input selectable as 3G HD SD SDI or CVBS D CVBS IN Four analog balanced audio inputs AN AUD IN 1 thru AN AUD IN 4 Two AES audio inputs AES IN 1 and AES IN 2 Three 3G HD SD SDI video outputs selectable as processed or reclocked input SDI OUT 1 thru SDI OUT 3 3G HD SD SDI video output pair selectable as processed or reclocked input as a pair SDI OUT 4a and SDI OUT 4b Four analog balanced...

Page 33: ...ctors as RM20 9902 UDX FS J HDBNC or RM20 9902 UDX FS J DIN respectively RM20 9902 UDX FS K Provides the following connections Four 3G HD SD SDI video inputs SDI IN A thru SDI IN D IN D to OUT 1 as passive RLY bypass SIx AES audio inputs AES IN 1 thru AES IN 6 Two analog balanced audio inputs AN AUD IN 1 and AN AUD IN 2 Four 3G HD SD SDI video outputs SDI OUT 1 thru SDI OUT 4 Four AES audio output...

Page 34: ...UT 1A thru SDI OUT 4B 1x2 DA output of each crosspoint output CVBS video output CVBS OUT COMM GPIO RJ 45 connector ETHERNET 100 1000 BaseT Ethernet connector Note Available equipped with High Density BNC HDBNC or DIN1 0 2 3 connectors as RM20 9902 UDX FS L HDBNC or RM20 9902 UDX FS L DIN respectively 1934D RM20 9902 UDX FS M S Split Rear Module Provides each of the following connections for two 99...

Page 35: ...C or DIN1 0 2 3 connectors as RM20 9902 UDX FS N HDBNC or RM20 9902 UDX FS N DIN respectively 1934D RM20 9902 UDX FS P Provides the following connections Two 3G HD SD SDI video input BNCs SDI IN A and SDI IN C Six 3G HD SD SDI video output BNCs SDI OUT 1A thru SDI OUT 4B each GUI selectable as selected input reclocked or processed out Two relay protected SDI processed output BNC RLY BYP SDI IN B S...

Page 36: ...l Perform remote control setup in accordance with Cobalt reference guide Remote Control User Guide PN 9000RCS RM Note If network remote control is to be used for the frame and the frame has not yet been set up for remote control Cobalt reference guide Remote Control User Guide PN 9000RCS RM provides thorough information and step by step instructions for setting up network remote control of Cobalt ...

Page 37: ...tion 1 GPI IN 1 2 GPI IN 2 3 GPO RTN 4 GPO OUT 1 5 GPO OUT 2 6 UART_TX 7 UART_RX 8 COMM GND COMM and GPIO Connections RJ 45 Connector Pin 8 Pin 1 Note View is looking into connector from unterminated user facing side GPIO uses equivalent opto isolated circuits shown below IN 1 G IN 2 G GPI 1 GPI 2 Removable Phoenix plug view oriented with top screw terminals up 2 1 G GPI Port Connections Phoenix C...

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Page 39: ...format in which the 9902 UDX FS functional controls indicators and displays appear and are used varies depending on the user interface being used Regardless of the user interface being used access to the 9902 UDX FS functions and the controls indicators and displays related to a particular function follows a general arrangement of Function Menus under which related controls can be accessed as desc...

Page 40: ...rds function menus and parameters Figure 3 1 Function Menu Parameter Overview 9902 UDX FS Menu a Menu b Menu z Individual Parameters Each menu consists of groups of parameters related to the function menu Using the Framesync function menu example the individual parameters for this function consist of various framesync parameters such as line offset delay and so on If using DashBoard or a Remote Co...

Page 41: ...ab is selected each parametric control or selection list item associated with the function is displayed Scalar numeric parametric values can then be adjusted as desired using the GUI slider controls Items in a list can then be selected using GUI drop down lists Figure 3 2 Typical DashBoard Tabs and Controls DashBoard Tabs Typical Parametric Control Typical Button Control Typical Selection List Typ...

Page 42: ... then be selected using the control knobs which correspondingly act like a rotary switch Figure 3 3 shows accessing a function submenu and its parameters in this example Video Proc using the Control Panel as compared to using the card edge controls Note Refer to OGCP 9000 Remote Control Panel User Manual PN OGCP 9000 OM or OGCP 9000 CC Remote Control Panel User Manual PN OGCP 9000 CC OM for comple...

Page 43: ...ontrol or in case the frame network connection is down The card can be accessed in a web browser by entering the card IP address as set in the card Admin tab See Admin p 3 67 for more information Note Card must be equipped with a rear I O module with an Ethernet port or installed in a smart frame with per slot Ethernet to use html access The card address is entirely independent of and requires no ...

Page 44: ...w in the left side Basic View Tree locate the Network Controller Card associated with the frame containing the 9902 UDX FS card to be accessed in this example HPF 9000_SW A 3 As shown below expand the tree to access the cards within the frame Click on the card to be accessed in this example Slot 6 9902 UDX FS As shown on the next page when the card is accessed in DashBoard its function menu screen...

Page 45: ...e Card Info Pane Card Function Menu and Controls Pane This display shows the list order number of the device that is ready for selection This display shows the devices assigned to the Control Panel Rotate any knob to select from the list of devices The device selected using a knob is displayed with a reversed background in this example 1 9902 Receiver 21 Input Processing Directly enter a device by...

Page 46: ...n icons for the sta tus indicators shown in Figure 3 5 Yellow or red icons respectively indicate an alert or failure condition Refer to Troubleshooting p 3 75 for corrective action Figure 3 5 9902 UDX FS Card Info Status Utility The Tree View shows the cards seen by DashBoard In this example Network Controller Card is hosting a 9902 UDX FS card in slot 6 Status Display This displays shows the stat...

Page 47: ...orm 14 16 Note 2 Closed Captioning 21 locked 10 Note 2 Notes 1 The card does not check for conflicts on a given line number Make certain the selected line is available and carrying no other data 2 While range indicated by drop down list on GUI may allow a particular range of choices the actual range is automatically clamped limited to certain ranges to prevent inadvertent conflict with active pict...

Page 48: ...ction menu item can be found Some functions use sub tabs to help maintain clarity and organization In these instances Table 3 2 shows the ordinate tab along with its sub tabs Highlighted sub tabs indicate that controls described are found by selecting this sub tab in this example the Path 1 sub tab on the Framesync page Note that selection of controls from one processing path to another is selecte...

Page 49: ...ame path Also if framesync Lock to Input else Free Run is selected the initial upstream path must be selected using Lock to Input Path control for example if Path 1 cascades to Path 2 this control must be set for Path 1 as lock source Unless upstream locked to same reference simultaneously used inputs should be ref locked on this card using this card s Frame Sync function see Framesync p 3 18 Inpu...

Page 50: ...ol set to default Regenerate setting This ensures that downstream devices will see ST352 that represents the payload being provided by the card Pass Through is only used in highly specialized cases where special ST352 data must be preserved even if the data may not match the payload ST 352 VPID OETF selects from SDR HLG PQ or unspecified marking ST 352 VPID Colorimetry selects from BT 709 or BT 20...

Page 51: ...C oversampling Oversampling can improve rendering of motion for down conversions to the CVBS SD analog output Color enables or disables chroma content in the CVBS output CVBS Test Pattern Generator Control Enables manual insertion replacement of CVBS output video to instead output 75 color bars DAC Custom Cal Offset Controls Gain and Cb calibration controls allow custom offsets from factory calibr...

Page 52: ... insertion into scaled output video Input Output Video Status Displays signal format status sent to scaler and output format status If invalid or no signal is present no input is displayed Output Format Selector Provides conversions to formats as shown 3 2 Alignment Optimization Selector Provides selection to optimize 3 2 pulldown conversion where timecode or other selections shown are to be relie...

Page 53: ...able in normal mode Disabled This is card normal setting that locks out the low latency processing function Normal scaler processing latency along with full ARC and pan control is available with this setting Enabled Use Both Fields This setting provides a highest quality low latency setting and can be expected to provide an approximate latency of 12 msec for North American frame rates Enabled Use ...

Page 54: ... use the Scaler ARC tools described here If AFD is to be used to set and apply a standard AFD code label for ARC use Follow AFD Settings Do not perform ARC here instead perform ARC as described in the AFD function description per AFD Processor Controls p 3 47 User defined Aspect Ratio Controls Aspect Ratio Horizontal and Aspect Ratio Vertical controls adjust horizontal and vertical zoom percentage...

Page 55: ... 1 steps null 0 0 V Pan control shifts vertical center of image down negative settings or up positive settings 74 to 74 range in 0 1 steps null 0 0 Downscale Filtering Control Adjusts the aggressiveness of sharpening or filtering applied to output video Optimum setting results in overall perception of increased sharpness while avoiding pattern noise artifacts Range is 0 50 thru 1 50 in 0 01 steps ...

Page 56: ...e sync reference error Lock to Input Uses the selected program video for the path as the reference standard Lock To Input Path selects the program video source which is used for ref Note If Lock to Input is used for framesync any timing instability on the input video will result in corresponding instability on the output video Free Run Output video is locked to the card internal clock Output video...

Page 57: ...ribed below Flat Field card outputs flat field Freeze card outputs last frame having valid SAV and EAV codes Test Pattern card outputs standard technical test pattern pattern is selected using the Pattern drop down described below Snow card outputs snow multi color pattern Loss of Input Signal Selection In the event of program input video Loss of Signal LOS determines action to be taken as follows...

Page 58: ...deo relative to the reference Frame Delay Control Minimum Latency Frames Control When Framesync is enabled specifies the smallest amount of latency delay frames held in buffer allowed by the frame sync The frame sync will not output a frame unless the specified number of frames are captured in the buffer The operational latency of the frame sync is always between the specified minimum latency and ...

Page 59: ... embedded channel or AES pair contains Dolby Digital encoded data SRC On Off enables automatic SRC or bypassed SRC SRC is auto bypassed when a Dolby pair is present on corresponding pair Note Dolby status displays occur only for valid Dolby signals meeting SMPTE 337M standard AES Dolby encoded inputs that are routed directly to card are directed via a special path that automatically bypasses SRC H...

Page 60: ...DX FS Function Menu List continued All audio inputs are transferred through the card via each path s 16 channel Internal Bus Bus Ch 1 thru Bus Ch 16 The example above shows various Source selections that direct Emb Ch 1 thru Ch 6 and AES Ch 1 and Ch 2 onto the card internal bus unused bus channels can be set to Silence or Mute Each bus channel provides Gain Mute and Invert controls The source to d...

Page 61: ...nd phase Invert channel controls as well as peak level meter for each output channel Meter shows level as affected by Level control Gain controls allow relative gain in dB control for the corresponding destination Embedded Audio Group channel 80 to 20 dB range in 1 0 dB steps unity 0 dB Note Although the card can pass non PCM data such as Dolby E or AC 3 setting the gain control to any setting oth...

Page 62: ...he video is user delayed or output format is changed Refer to Preferred Alignment for Dolby E in HD Systems http www dolby com about news events newsletters dtvaudio dolby e alignment html for more information regarding Dolby E alignment Table 3 2 9902 UDX FS Function Menu List continued Per Channel Audio Video Delay Offset Controls Offset control adds or reduces offsets channel audio delay from t...

Page 63: ... 3 Flex Mix 4 AES Ch1 Ch16 AnlgCh1 Ch4 EmbCh1 Ch16 Flex Mix B Flex Mix C Flex Mix D To Audio Bus Input Routing Emb Ch 1 Emb Ch 2 Emb Ch 3 Emb Ch 4 Flex Mix 5 Flex Mix 6 Flex Mix 7 Flex Mix 8 Emb Ch 5 Emb Ch 6 Emb Ch 11 Emb Ch 12 Flex Mix 9 Flex Mix 10 Flex Mix 11 Flex Mix 12 Emb Ch 13 Emb Ch 14 Emb Ch 15 Emb Ch 16 Flex Mix 13 Flex Mix 14 Flex Mix 15 Flex Mix 16 Anlg Ch 1 Anlg Ch 2 Anlg Ch 3 Anlg C...

Page 64: ...elative gain in dB control and a channel Mute checkbox 80 to 20 dB range in 0 1 dB steps unity 0 0 dB Clean and Quiet Switching option CQS only Allows SDI input selection to be changed from one source to another while ducking audio during controlled input video switching transitions to provide silence between input switches Input Flex Mix Note Clean audio switching is assured only for intentional ...

Page 65: ...ontrols Position and Width controls set the area of concern to be screened by the Quality Event function X and Y Position controls set the origin point for the area of concern X and Y Width controls set the size for the area of concern Threshold and Event Type Controls Sets the thresholds for black frozen and or no video event type to be considered Also provides holdoff controls for event trigger ...

Page 66: ...ent Setup Event Triggers sub tab controls to issue a GPO preset engage or other command when audio silence events are detected Audio Failover Threshold sets the dBFS level at which channel content is considered to be silent and correspondingly also a transition back to an untriggered condition with resumption of audio for the selected embedded channels If the selected channels maintain levels abov...

Page 67: ...g standards Closed Captioning Remove Regenerate and HD Insertion Line Controls Allows removal of closed captioning packets and regeneration of packets This is useful where closed captioning must be moved to a different line than that received on Regenerate Source Select allows sourcing packet CC from incoming SDI program input video or from line 21 analog CC via the card CVBS input Note Although t...

Page 68: ...ity provides unity reset control of all Video Proc functions When Confirm is clicked a Confirm pop up appears requesting confirmation Click Yes to proceed with the unity reset Click No to reject unity reset Luma Gain Adjusts gain percentage applied to Luma Y channel 0 to 200 range in 0 1 steps unity 100 Video Proc Color Correction Luma Lift Adjusts lift applied to Luma Y channel 100 to 100 range i...

Page 69: ... Confirm is clicked a Confirm pop up appears requesting confirmation Click Yes to proceed with the unity reset Click No to reject unity reset Luma Gain R G B controls Black Gain R G B controls Gamma Factor R G B controls Separate red green and blue channels controls for Luma Gain Black Gain and Gamma curve adjustment Gain controls provide gain adjustment from 0 0 to 200 0 range in 0 1 steps unity ...

Page 70: ...o 50 0 null 6 8 White Hard Clip Applies white hard clip limiting at specified percentage 50 0 to 109 1 null 109 1 White Soft Clip Applies white soft clip limiting at specified percentage 50 0 to 109 1 null 109 1 Chroma Saturation Clip Applies chroma saturation clip limiting chroma saturation at specified percentage 50 0 to 160 0 null 160 0 Table 3 2 9902 UDX FS Function Menu List continued ...

Page 71: ...downstream systems that may not support all four embedded audio groups Note Changing the setting of this control will result in a noise burst in all groups This control should not be manipulated when carrying on air content Embedded Output Channel Source Using the drop down list selects the audio input source to be embedded in the corresponding embedded output channel from the following choices Ca...

Page 72: ...on making center channel content more predominate in the overall mix Maximum attenuation setting 80 dB applies a 80 dB ratiometric reduction of center channel content Center channel content is restored as in phase center channel content at a 80 dB ratio relative to overall level making center channel content less predominate in the overall mix 20 dB to 80 dB range in 0 dB steps default 0 dB Note D...

Page 73: ...annel from the choices listed below Silence Audio Bus Ch 1 thru Ch 16 Path1 or 2 Tones 100 Hz thru 16 kHz Downmix L or Downmix R Path1 or 2 The Flex Bus drop down selects the bus A thru P to which the input is assigned to Gain Mute Control Provides relative gain in dB control and a channel Mute checkbox 80 to 20 dB range in 0 1 dB steps unity 0 0 dB Table 3 2 9902 UDX FS Function Menu List continu...

Page 74: ...om the following choices Card Audio Bus Ch 1 thru Ch 16 Path 1 or 2 Built in Tone generators Tone n 20 dBFS level tone generators with n being frequencies of 100 200 300 400 500 600 700 800 900 1k 2k 4k 6k 8k 12k and 16k Flex Bus A thru P mixer sum node outputs Audio LTC Path1 or 2 Downmixer L Path1 or 2 Downmixer R Path1 or 2 Embedded Data L and R Path 1 or 2 SMPTE 337 non PCM data embedding with...

Page 75: ...us Ch 1 thru Ch 16 Path 1 or 2 Built in Tone generators Tone n 20 dBFS level tone generators with n being frequencies of 100 200 300 400 500 600 700 800 900 1k 2k 4k 6k 8k 12k and 16k Flex Bus A thru P mixer sum node outputs Audio LTC Path 1 or 2 Downmixer L Path 1 or 2 Downmixer R Path 1 or 2 Channel Mute Phase Invert Gain Controls and Peak Level Display Provides Mute and phase Invert channel con...

Page 76: ...mbed 525i SDI w ATC_VITC Insert Control Line Number Control Buffer Format ATC_VITC Insertion Enabled ATC_VITC Line 13 default SMPTE 12M 2 9902 UDX FS 525i 5994 w VITC Waveform 525i 5994 w ATC_VITC Noting that the incoming video contains VITC waveform timecode data as shown in the status display set the Source Priority drop down lists to include VITC Waveform timecode data SDI VITC as a choice This...

Page 77: ...s are only channels associated with the selected path Mute LTC Control Allows LTC audio or RS 485 output to mute upon loss of selected timecode inputs When set to Enabled and input timecode is lost RS 485 LTC output goes to frozen state Audio LTC output mutes When set to Disabled and input timecode is lost RS 485 LTC output keeps counting with count value being free run count Audio LTC output is n...

Page 78: ...s Allows the current timecode count to be advanced or delayed on the output video Offset Advance or Delay selects offset advance or delay Offset Field delays or advances or delays timecode by one field Offset Frame delays or advances or delays timecode by up to 5 frames Note Default settings are null with both controls set at zero as shown Table 3 2 9902 UDX FS Function Menu List continued HD SD S...

Page 79: ...utput line drop down on the controls described below will allow a particular range of choices the actual range is automatically clamped limited to certain ranges to prevent inadvertent conflict with active picture area depending on video format See Ancillary Data Line Number Locations and Ranges p 3 9 for more information The card does not check for conflicts on a given line number Make certain th...

Page 80: ...uiring ATC_VITC packet in both fields as a field 1 packet non toggling Note Non toggling VITC1 and VITC2 packets do not conform to SMPTE 12M 2 2008 preferences As such ATC_VITC Legacy Support should be enabled only if required by downstream equipment Free Run Timecode Controls Allows an initial starting count to be applied to output video timecode when Free Run insertion is enabled Note Initializa...

Page 81: ...be simultaneously enabled as desired Insertion Master Enable Disable Provides independent master enable disable for card SDI and CVBS outputs When enabled any combination of reticules or other markers described below can be inserted When disabled insertion of all reticules or other markers is disabled Safe Action Area SAA Controls SAA provides enable disable of safe action area graticule insertion...

Page 82: ...lection Opacity sets the opacity of the overlay for both white black and inverse color modes Thickness sets the line thickness in pixels Provides insertion and sizing controls for custom graticules and other markers Also provides NTSC legacy 4 3 master reticule sizing Note Color attributes of markers described below are set using the master Overlay Color Controls described above Graticule Controls...

Page 83: ... width of the horizontal line from 0 to 100 of 4 3 outputted image area Horizontal Line Pos controls the vertical positioning of the horizontal line from 0 to 100 of 4 3 outputted image area Vertical Line Controls Vertical Line provides enable disable of vertical line insertion Vertical Line Size controls the height of the vertical line from 0 to 100 of 4 3 outputted image area Vertical Line Pos c...

Page 84: ...n Enable Control Enables or disables wings insertion into the output video Note For conditions where wings is not intended to be inserted make certain this control is set to Disabled Wings Width Mode Control Selects wings width control from the choices shown to the left and described below Manual Wings L R width is set using Wings Width manual control see below Follow Scaler Wings width automatica...

Page 85: ...an be performed on Path 2 since it is not equipped with scaling Although sub tabs may show WSS and VI formats currently functionality is limited to AFD only Table 3 2 9902 UDX FS Function Menu List continued NTSC Coded 4 3 up converted 1080i Video Signal Re Aspect to 16 9 1080i Video Signal with 16 9 uncorrected ARC Without AFD NTSC Coded image on 16 9 display shows letterbox cropping Uncompensate...

Page 86: ... example the scaler is directed to apply the output AFD re aspecting by setting Scaler Follow AFD to Enabled A B Shown below is an example in which received 525i5994 SDI video is being up converted to 720p5994 The settings shown in the example below provide for directing the scaler to re aspect the 4 3 input video to full centered 16 9 re aspecting and mark the output video with the AFD code repre...

Page 87: ...ler tab and is mutually ganged with the selection performed on either tab Scaler follows AFD functions only when a valid AFD output format is being generated and enabled The scaler only observes AFD code commands with the controls on this tab set to generate an AFD coded output Input Mapping When received ARC code is received applies H V coding as follows Follow Trigger Uses the ARC coding inheren...

Page 88: ...e and H V description is displayed If a format is not outputting data Disabled is displayed Note The code displayed shows the outputted code If the code is modified by user settings performed in the AFD Map sub tab these changes are shown here Refer to AFD Map sub tab for more information As shown in the example settings that result in invalid mapping across format translations will display Disabl...

Page 89: ...ter 1010 3 2 1 NTSC 2 PAL 4x3 16x9 Center 1011 1 4x3 14x9 Center 1011 1 0 1 NTSC 2 PAL 4x3 14x9 Center 1100 3 4 7 Reserved 1100 0 1 NTSC 2 PAL Reserved 1101 6 4x3 Protect 14x9 1101 6 0 1 NTSC 2 PAL 4x3 Protect 14x9 1110 4x3 Letterbox 16x9 Protect 14x9 Center 1110 2 1 NTSC 2 PAL 4x3 Letterbox 16x9 Protect 14x9 Center 1111 4x3 Letterbox 16x9 Protect 4x3 Center 1111 2 1 NTSC 2 PAL 4x3 Letterbox 16x9 ...

Page 90: ...erbox 16x9 Center 0100 Separate control groups for 4x3 and 16x9 coded input frames allow custom ARC as well as pan tilt for various coded frames By default each row is set for its companion re aspected output along with output AFD code for the companion output i e 4x3 frames get re aspected to a companion 16x9 re aspecting and AFD code and similarly 16x9 frames get re aspected to a companion 4x3 r...

Page 91: ...uts no raster or moving box insertion will be present on the output video under input LOS conditions See Framesync p 3 18 for more information Moving Box Size Controls Sets size of box image burn in as follows Moving Box Width sets the width as a percentage of maximum available raster width Range is 0 thru 40 Moving Box Height sets the height as a percentage of maximum available raster height Rang...

Page 92: ... Speed sets the X axis speed from choices shown Moving Box Vertical Speed sets the Y axis speed from choices shown Moving Box Attributes Controls Provides independent controls for setting the color and opacity of the moving box insertion Color drop down sets box color from multiple choices shown Opacity controls sets box opacity from 0 least opacity to 100 full opacity Table 3 2 9902 UDX FS Functi...

Page 93: ...he output video thereby allowing full control of specialized ANC packets Insert and Extract modes respectively allow insertion to the output stream or extraction from the input stream between external interfaces Interface controls select either card IP or serial data COM 1 interface where Mode is set to insertion or extraction Note COM1 is available for ADP Proc 1 only all other ADPs use IP only f...

Page 94: ...atus Stopped with yellow indicator means no data is being received Green indicator means data is being received and inserted Data rate is also shown Card IP Transmit Setup Status Provides setup for destination IP address and shows card transmit status as follows Extraction Tx Status Shows card extraction from stream to Tx status Stopped with yellow indicator means no data is being sent Green indic...

Page 95: ...dded Data using the Output Audio Routing Controls tab in this example Emb pair 7 8 B On the COM Routing tab select Audio Data Extractor to extract and route the received SMPTE 337 data to the desired COM port noting bit rate protocol and parity settings See COMM Ports Setup Controls p 3 58 D The embedded data pair on the receiving end is then selected using the De Embed Source select drop down on ...

Page 96: ...outing Function Selects port function for the respective port as LTC Encoder input or output or ANC Data Extractor Audio SMPTE 337 non PCM input or output Rx Tx Status Display Shows either no data received sent or where transfer is present shows data rate in kbit sec Insertion Mode Control Where data is being inserted received sets the insertion as follows Insert Any Data Received Insert all recei...

Page 97: ...s Extraction Flow Control Allows communication between card transmit and receiving destinations to regulate data receive as follows No Flow Control Data is transmitted without buffering or checking to see if data is being transmitted faster than it can be received XON XOFF The card UART Rx will acknowledge from the receiving system whether it can or cannot accept data at current bit rate Hold Brea...

Page 98: ... a functional layer or area of concern that the preset is concerned with Limiting presets to a layer or area of concern allows for highly specific presets and masks changing card settings in areas outside of the layer or area of concern Default All setting will look at all card settings and save all settings to the defined preset with no masking Selecting a layer in the example In Audio Routing wi...

Page 99: ...ading recalling the factory default preset When this button is pressed the changes called out in the preset are immediately applied Note Load Factory Defaults functions with no masking The Preset Layer Select controls have no effect on this control and will reset all layers to factory default Download Presets saving the preset files to a folder on the connected computer Upload Options checkboxes f...

Page 100: ...ownload save card presets to a network computer by clicking Download Presets Save at the bottom of the Presets page Browse to a desired save location in this example My Documents Cobalt Presets The file can then be renamed if desired RCVR21 Presets in this example before committing the save Upload open card presets from a network computer by clicking Upload at the bottom of DashBoard Browse to the...

Page 101: ...low Up to 32 separate events can be defined In addition to events screened for and triggered here each Event can be set to trigger from Alarms detected on the Alarms page see Alarms Setup Controls p 3 71 Engage Mode True False allows triggering on an inverse of a condition Event 1 thru Event 32 are arranged with Event 1 having the highest priority descending down to Event 32 Where multiple event s...

Page 102: ...certain all definable event conditions that the card might be expected to see are defined in any of the Event 1 thru Event 32 rows This makes certain that the card will always have a defined go to action if a particular event occurs For example if the card is expected to see a 720p5994 stream or as an alternate a 525i5994 stream make certain both of these conditions are defined with your desired g...

Page 103: ...l each using edge trigger GPO s which are fed to the respective GPI 1 and GPI 2 on the card Because these two boxes are independent and cannot be relied upon to provide coinciding triggers a chain of user state definers are used here to engage a preset routing key video and EAS audio routing when both states from both boxes are true in the order of GPI 1 first and then GPI 2 second for this exampl...

Page 104: ...he timer s as shown below in the example here Event Timer 1 is used to set a logo insertion disable after a specific amount of elapsed time A GPI inserts the logo along with a time started at that time Upon the timer timeout a separate action sets logo insertion to Disabled As an Event Action choice on the Events Triggers sub tab an Email alert can be sent as a response Set up email fields as show...

Page 105: ...conditions exceeding this limit for non sustained usage are within device operating safe parameters and can be allowed by setting this control to Disable However the disable override setting should be avoided under normal conditions to ensure maximum card protection Parameter Blast When enabled Parameter Blast can reduce the time it takes for the card to appear and populate in DashBoard this is es...

Page 106: ...e My Documents v1 0 0019 bin 3 Select the desired file and click Open to upload the file to the card Immediate firmware upload The card default setting of Automatically Reboot After Upgrade checked allow a selected firmware version to be immediately uploaded as follows 1 Click Firmware To Load and select the desired upgrade file to be loaded in this example v1 0 0019 2 Click Load Selected Firmware...

Page 107: ...trol monitoring interface Dedicated card control using IP has not been fully implemented at this release Some functions may be reserved Card IP Physical Port Select Control Allows card dedicated IP interface as set below to use frame communications or dedicated rear I O module Ethernet RJ 45 port Note Frame net connection allows cards with per card Ethernet connection to connect with network via a...

Page 108: ...o the localized time NTP Status shows if time is synced with NTP or if an error exists Use Network Interface and User Frame Network Card checkboxes allows selecting the network source that will provide NTP time User Log Automatically maintains a log of user actions and input lock status Table 3 2 9902 UDX FS Function Menu List continued User Log shows input lock and other user conditions with most...

Page 109: ...sengagement of alarm generation occurs 3000 msec after event detect Factory default holdoff settings shown here are recommended for at least initial settings If holdoff periods are too brief nuisance alarms may be generated during transitions to and from programs and interstitials Audio Alarm Setup sub tab allows setting up screening trigger threshold engagement and disengagement holdoff for low o...

Page 110: ... frame based tree view pane Ignore alarm or set severity as Warning yellow LED or Error red LED Each of these sub tabs is described below Video sub tab independently shows for all four SDI inputs any LOS loss of signal frozen or black conditions triggered for any of the SDI IN A thru SDI IN D inputs Video Condition Status has LOS Frozen and Black status fields for all 4 SDI inputs Illuminated LED ...

Page 111: ...hannels Log Alarm Severity and Duration Last Occurrence controls and status function as described in Video p 3 72 Unused audio channels should at the minimum have Severity set to Ignore OK If this is not done nuisance alarms may occur Ancillary Data sub tab independently shows loss of closed captioning packet presence for both program video paths Note Closed captioning screened are the CC packet p...

Page 112: ...open LED Alarms configured as Error or Warning correspondingly appear here as a red LED or yellow LED Detected alarms event configured as Ignore OK appear here as a green LED Logging sub tab allows downloading of an overall running AlarmLog txt file via DashBoard to a host computer This sub tab also has setup controls for using Syslog IP connection of alarm log data Linux and Unix Logging Clicking...

Page 113: ...remote control systems all to varying degrees provide error and failure indications Depending on how the 9902 UDX FS card is being used i e standalone or network controlled through DashBoard or a Remote Control Panel check all available indications in the event of an error or failure condition The various 9902 UDX FS card and remote control error and failure indicators are individually described b...

Page 114: ...DX FS Card Edge Status Indicators and Display 9902 UDX FS 4 Character Alphanumeric Display COM REF ERR IN A IN B IN C IN D Input Active Indicators Status Error Indicators Item Function Alphanumeric Display Shows card statuses BOOT card booting 9902 UDX FS card up and OK COM LED Blue LED flashes when 9902 UDX FS is receiving control message from remote network control e g DashBoard or Cobalt Remote...

Page 115: ...f the 9902 UDX FS card is not connecting to the frame or LAN all controls are grayed out as shown in the example here Gray indicator icon in Card Access Navigation Tree pane shows card s are not being seen by DashBoard due to lack of connection to frame LAN in this example both a 9902 UDX FS card in slot 6 and the MFC 8320 N Network Controller Card for its frame in slot 0 are not being seen Yellow...

Page 116: ...ot 0 MFC 8320 N in this example Card Info is displayed for frame Network Controller Card Status for selected card is shown here in this example connection OK and Fan Door Open alert Card general information is displayed in lower portion of Card Info pane By clicking on Slot 8 CDI 9902 UDX FS in this example Card Info is shown for 9902 UDX FS card in slot 8 Status for selected card is shown here in...

Page 117: ...ng consumed either the frame power supply connections or the 9902 UDX FS card itself is defective If display shows excessive power being consumed see Technical Specifications p 1 15 in Chapter 1 Introduction the 9902 UDX FS card may be defective Check Cable connection secureness and connecting points Make certain all cable connections are fully secure including coaxial cable attachment to cable fe...

Page 118: ... Card edge Input LED corresponding to input is not illuminated No video input present Make certain intended video source is connected to appropriate 9902 UDX FS card video input Make certain BNC cable connections between frame Rear I O Module for the card and signal source are OK Ancillary data closed captioning timecode not transferred through 9902 UDX FS Control s not enabled Make certain respec...

Page 119: ...c reboot to engage an upgrade upon selecting the upgrade SD closed captioning waveform or character rendering is corrupted Moving box insertions running into line 21 For SD usage burn ins can impinge on and corrupt line 21 closed captioning waveform if positioned too close to the upper right of the raster Typically moving box insertions are not intended for content such as OTA where CC is required...

Page 120: ...in the recov ery files Contact Product Support to obtain the updated SD card containing both TTS library and SD recovery files If unit is a BBG 1000 Series device remove the top cover before proceeding Figure 3 10 SD Card Installation 2 See Figure 3 11 With card powered down locate the MMC BOOT button on the card Proceed as shown in picture 1 From underside of card locate the SD card receptacle 2 ...

Page 121: ...ard from slot or power down BBG 1000 Series unit 5 Re apply power to the card The card device will display as UNLICENSED in DashBoard remote control 6 In Dashboard or web remote control go to Admin tab and click Restore from SD Card After about 1 2 minute the card license s will be restored and card will be using its most recently installed firmware 7 Card device can now be used as normal On BBG 1...

Page 122: ...ell as specific shipping instructions If required a temporary replacement item will be made available at a nominal charge Any shipping costs incurred are the customer s responsibility All products shipped to you from Cobalt Digital Inc will be shipped collect The Cobalt Digital Inc Technical Support Department will continue to provide advice on any product manufactured by Cobalt Digital Inc beyond...

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