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Product Manual

BBG-1022-FS-DSP-OM (V1.2)

Cobalt Digital Inc.

BBG-1022-FS-DSP

3G/HD/SD-SDI Standalone Frame Sync

with Audio/Video Processing, DSP Audio Support,

Audio Embed/De-Embed, and CVBS I/O

Summary of Contents for BBG-1022-FS-DSP

Page 1: ...1243 Fax 217 344 1245 www cobaltdigital com Product Manual BBG 1022 FS DSP OM V1 2 Cobalt Digital Inc BBG 1022 FS DSP BBG 1022 FS DSP 3G HD SD SDI Standalone Frame Sync with Audio Video Processing DS...

Page 2: ...rk of Ross Video Limited Dolby is a registered trademark of Dolby Laboratories Inc Linear Acoustic and UPMAX are registered trademarks of Linear Acoustic Inc 2 0 to 5 1 audio upmixer licensed feature...

Page 3: ...cifications 1 16 Warranty and Service Information 1 20 Cobalt Digital Inc Limited Warranty 1 20 Contact Cobalt Digital Inc 1 21 Chapter 2 Installation and Setup 2 1 Overview 2 1 Installing the BBG 102...

Page 4: ...etup Controls 3 49 Closed Captioning 3 50 Character Burner 3 51 Moving Box Insertion 3 56 Y C Alignment Controls 3 57 Wings Insertion 3 58 Keyer 3 59 Ancillary Data Proc Controls 3 62 COMM Ports Setup...

Page 5: ...nformation about this manual and what is covered Also provides general information regarding the BBG 1022 FS DSP Chapter 2 Installation and Setup Provides instructions for installing the BBG 1022 FS D...

Page 6: ...Processing DSP Audio Support Audio Embedding De Embedding and CVBS I O unit Frame refers to the HPF 9000 oGx OG3 FR 8321 or similar 20 slot frame that houses Cobalt or other cards Device and or Card r...

Page 7: ...provide 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...

Page 8: ...mponents Refer servicing to authorized personnel CAUTION The BBG 1022 FS DSP FPGA is designed for a normal range operating temperature around 85 C core temperature Operation in severe conditions excee...

Page 9: ...c function instances Note The BBG 1022 FS DSP DSP base adds support for various DSP audio options Specific individual DSP user assets such as loudness processing upmixing and Dolby encoders are activa...

Page 10: ...AUD IN AES Tx Audio DAC AES OUT AN AUD OUT Notes 1 Signal connections shown depicts full input output capability Practical input output signal availability is determined by model Refer to text for mo...

Page 11: ...eo Output Crosspoint A four output video matrix crosspoint allows independently applying the processed video output or reclocked input to any of the four discrete coaxial outputs SDI OUT 1 thru SDI OU...

Page 12: ...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...

Page 13: ...terface displays wings timing relative to the output video allowing wings timing offset to be adjusted such that wings can be properly framed This function does not provide timing offset control of th...

Page 14: ...c insertion onto the SDI processed output raster The function allows for uploading a png image graphic file to the card device memory png files are converted to a special format using a web tool befor...

Page 15: ...ch input audio channel received by the device 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 ident...

Page 16: ...dual 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 emb...

Page 17: ...for destination Embedded Output or AES Output channels via the Output Audio Routing Controls Figure 1 5 DSP Pipelines and Input Output Mixer Positioning DSP Options Option licenses provide the user e...

Page 18: ...igher priority can interrupt current lists for breaking news Once the interrupt message is broadcast TTS automatically reverts to normal audio programming Refer to TTS Manual Supplement OPT TTS MS for...

Page 19: ...ating contact pairs GPO 1 1 and GPO 2 2 are available A GPO can be invoked by setting a GPO to be enabled when a preset is in turn applied i e when a preset is invoked either manually or via event bas...

Page 20: ...ions Table 1 1 lists the technical specifications for the BBG 1022 FS DSP 3G HD SD SDI Standalone Frame Sync with Audio Video Processing DSP Audio Support Audio Embedding De Embedding and CVBS I O uni...

Page 21: ...cklit LCD display and menu navigation keys Display and controls provide unit status display and full control as an alternate to web GUI control Serial Digital Video Input Number of inputs Up to 4 with...

Page 22: ...ss 15 dB at 5 MHz 270 MHz Signal Level 800 mV 10 DC Offset 0 V 50 mV Jitter 3G HD SD 0 3 0 2 0 2 UI Minimum Latency frame sync disabled SD 127 pixels 9 4 us 720p 330 pixels 4 45 us 1080i 271 pixels 3...

Page 23: ...Phoenix connectors 0 dBFS 24 dBu Frame Reference Input Looping 2 BNC connection SMPTE 170M 318M Black Burst SMPTE 274M 296M Tri Level Return Loss 35 dB up to 5 75 MHz GPIO 2 GPI 2 GPO opto isolated G...

Page 24: ...tering 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 pro...

Page 25: ...our thorough 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 P...

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Page 27: ...of BBG 1022 FS DSP in locations marked with stamped x If feet are not affixed chassis bottom cooling vents will be obscured Where BBG 1022 FS DSP is to be installed with optional frame Mounting Tray B...

Page 28: ...1022 FS DSP BNC inputs are internally 75 ohm terminated It is not necessary to terminate unused BNC video inputs or outputs External frame sync reference signal if used must be terminated if a loopin...

Page 29: ...2 BBG 1022 FS DSP Dimensional Details 1 73 15 26 1 75 FEET REMOVABLE FEET 4 PLACES 14 30 5 80 1 65 FRONT REAR TOP Notes 1 All dimensions in inches 2 If BBG 1022 is mounted on flat surface either rubbe...

Page 30: ...n activity status is shown by integral status LEDs REF LOOP Looping 75 reference connection for connection to house black burst or tri level reference connections Signal Connectors see diagrams for co...

Page 31: ...COMM GPIO and Analog Audio Connector Pinouts G Removable Phoenix plug view oriented with top screw terminals up Note Unbalanced connections can be connected across the and G terminals Note that this...

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Page 33: ...oading Firmware Using Web Interface and GUI p 3 81 Troubleshooting p 3 83 Note All instructions here assume BBG 1022 FS DSP is physically connected to the control physical network as described in Chap...

Page 34: ...to now access and enter the menu item When this button is pressed the selected menu item is displayed along with its sub menus In this example showing the Network Settings menu Menu Network Settings...

Page 35: ...ooting When Product BBG 1022 is displayed device is ready for configuration 2 Press and access the Network Settings menu Current network settings are displayed as configured by host DHCP server Note I...

Page 36: ...ddress within a network also available via DashBoard a BBG 1022 FS DSP device appears as a frame entity in the DashBoard Basic Tree View Note BBG 1022 FS DSP DashBoard remote control is also available...

Page 37: ...ch consist of parameter groups as shown below Figure 3 3 shows how the BBG 1022 FS DSP device and its menus are organized and also provides an overview of how navigation is performed between devices f...

Page 38: ...he 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 4 Typica...

Page 39: ...offers light and dark themes suited for various users and environments Figure 3 5 Web UI Typical Display Themes Clicking Settings opens a pane where the display Theme can be set With Settings open Th...

Page 40: ...formation status display Note Proper operating status is denoted by green icons for the status indicators shown in Figure 3 6 Yellow or red icons respectively indicate an alert or failure condition Re...

Page 41: ...ganized using tabs as shown below The table below provides a quick reference to the page numbers where each function menu item can be found Some functions use sub tabs to help maintain clarity and org...

Page 42: ...sitioning Each pair of the eight DSP pipelines DSP A B thru DSP G H can be independently positioned either at the device input mixer Input Audio Routing Controls location or at the device output mixer...

Page 43: ...1 16 AES 1 16 Etc Audio Bus Channels 1 16 The DSP outputs are then routed to Audio Bus Channels as desired in this example Audio DSP A L thru Audio DSP A Rs serving as sources for audio bus channels A...

Page 44: ...ued Upmix Emb 1 2 PCM Route 5 1 PCM to Audio Bus Channels 1 6 5 1 RTLL Dolby 5 1 Digital Encode Route 5 1 Dolby D pair to Audio Bus Channels 7 8 The upper pane on the Audio DSP tab allows enabling DSP...

Page 45: ...ective DSP tab Audio DSP A thru Audio DSP H shows the pertinent setup tabs for the functions that are selected In this example we ve selected DSP processes using DSP pipeline Audio DSP A Clicking the...

Page 46: ...y already carry 5 1 content the Threshold and Auto Crossfade controls can make for smoother transitions between existing and Upmixer developed 5 1 content Default settings are recommended in most case...

Page 47: ...h selects between Dolby Digital and Dolby Digital Plus formats In this example Dolby Digital is used with the default data rate being used The status displays below the setup drop downs show data rate...

Page 48: ...sed just like any other PCM handled by the device and converted to analog by the device on board audio DAC In the example here since DSP A was set up to be positioned at the input mixer its DSP output...

Page 49: ...unchecking or checking enabling new DSP functions always press the DashBoard Refresh button to make sure the change is taken in on DashBoard and sub tabs correspondingly displayed are refreshed with t...

Page 50: ...Function Menu List continued Clicking the Audio DSP tab opens the upper and lower panes of the Audio DSP page In the upper pane select desired pairs A B thru G H of DSP pipelines as desired to facili...

Page 51: ...urce Selection to route PCM inputs to the DSP functions Upmixer setup RTLL setup and finally Dolby Encoder setup The tabs that appear are a dynamic function of enabled DSP functions for example if Upm...

Page 52: ...lways Upmix 5 1 Detection Threshold adjusts the threshold at which selected channels designated as C LFE Ls and Rs are considered to have viable content or at which signal levels can be considered ins...

Page 53: ...d LKFS level use Target Level Peak Limit settings can influence overall peak trends in the output especially if Aggressiveness is set to less aggressive settings peak can occur and pass before peak li...

Page 54: ...ource Set to Target Level if fixed target level is to be used as set using Target Level value drop down else Auto is recommended Manual IRL 24 LKFS ATSC 23 EBU Note This control is ignored when in Aut...

Page 55: ...P Function Menu List continued Mode sets decoder to disabled decode Dolby D D else mute or decode Dolby E else mute or decode else pass PCM Dolby Digital 16 bit Channel Select selects from Ch1 or Ch2...

Page 56: ...am video input Note Failover criteria via this control is simple signal presence Input Video Status Displays input status of each video input along with elapsed time of signal acquire Input SDI Raster...

Page 57: ...passing or if the payload is being modified by the device An example of where ST352 would have to be modified would be if the device Framesync is user set to change the frame rate from 59 94 to 60 Pa...

Page 58: ...nstability on the output video Free Run Output video is locked to the device s internal clock Output video is not locked to external reference Output Rate Select Allows frame rate to be outputted same...

Page 59: ...lection In the event of program input video Loss of Signal LOS determines action to be taken as follows Disable Outputs Disable program video SDI outputs Flat Field go to flat field on program video o...

Page 60: ...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...

Page 61: ...d channel or AES pair contains Dolby E encoded data Dolby Digital Indicates embedded channel or AES pair contains Dolby Digital encoded data Note Dolby status displays occur only for valid Dolby signa...

Page 62: ...6 channel Internal Bus Bus Ch 1 thru Bus Ch 16 The example here shows various Source selections that direct Emb Ch 1 thru Ch 6 and AES Ch 1 and Ch 2 onto the internal bus unused bus channels can be se...

Page 63: ...rovides Mute and 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 th...

Page 64: ...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 in...

Page 65: ...2 Flex Mix 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...

Page 66: ...es of mixers using multiple flex buses 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 Clean and Quiet Switching optio...

Page 67: ...utput 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 Audio Bus Ch 1 thru Ch 16 Built in T...

Page 68: ...enerators 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 Downmixer L Downmixer R Embedded Data L and R SM...

Page 69: ...and 16k Flex Bus A thru P mixer sum node outputs Audio LTC Downmixer L Downmixer R Audio DSP n sources route DSP output to device analog output Note Audio DSP source choices depend on Audio DSP asset...

Page 70: ...enter 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 i...

Page 71: ...s source should be considered and appropriately set Unused input channels should be set to the Silence selection Flex Bus Input Channel Source Bus Assignment Using the Source drop down list selects th...

Page 72: ...94 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...

Page 73: ...to remove the offset 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 st...

Page 74: ...ls 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 fie...

Page 75: ...e as an LTC audio output Note Although the output line drop down on the controls described below will allow a particular range of choices the actual range is automatically clamped limited to certain r...

Page 76: ...equiring 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...

Page 77: ...isable for 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 Ac...

Page 78: ...selection 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...

Page 79: ...ls the 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 Ver...

Page 80: ...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...

Page 81: ...re can be propagated to the Event Setup 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...

Page 82: ...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 No...

Page 83: ...lect Selects the type of data to be displayed as burn in text from choices shown User text allows user text to be entered using field described below Video type inserts an overlay showing the video fo...

Page 84: ...Horizontal and Vertical Position controls are functional only when Custom Position is selected Character sizing and positioning for a given raster format may not be appropriate for another format esp...

Page 85: ...der to the text box edges Provides controls for burn in of timecode on output video Note This status display mirrors the same display in the Timecode tab Device must be set to output a timecode in ord...

Page 86: ...tom When Custom is selected position is configured using the Timecode Positioning Controls described below Timecode Positioning Controls With Custom selected sets burn in position attributes as follow...

Page 87: ...ensions to be set as desired Text Box Width and Height allow manual sizing when set to Custom Custom allows override of proportional sizing and allows text V and H dimensions to be set as desired Hori...

Page 88: ...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 Range is 0 thru 40 Note Moving box sizing for...

Page 89: ...orrecting upstream misalignment of Y and C phase Y C Alignment Controls Provides the following Y C alignment controls Enable control turns on alignment C Phase Adjustment Relative to Y provides a 8 to...

Page 90: ...s set to Disabled Wings Width Control Allows symmetrical L R wings insertion width from none to widths extending into active image area if desired 0 to 300 pixel range null 0 Wings Status Displays Dis...

Page 91: ...e s key and fill sources Note SDI inputs selected must be used on Rear I O Module correspondingly equipped with intended input ports Key Mode Control Selects key mode as follows Alpha Ramp setting is...

Page 92: ...loss of keying however program video image will not be corrupted Key Alpha Threshold Controls When keying is set to Alpha Threshold or Reverse Alpha Threshold mode sets luma thresholds when crossed a...

Page 93: ...ram video luma levels In the example to the right progressively reducing the threshold setting allows more of the key fill to assert iteslf over the program video Key Alpha setting when increased incr...

Page 94: ...stream between external interfaces Interface controls select either device 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...

Page 95: ...the IP data sent to consist of only payload or send as formatted packets Table 3 1 BBG 1022 FS DSP Function Menu List continued Notes Packets received must be sized to fit in a native ancillary data p...

Page 96: ...d 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...

Page 97: ...OM Port Tx Routing 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...

Page 98: ...low Control Allows communication between 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 bei...

Page 99: ...ued Allows selecting 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 device...

Page 100: ...g 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 Se...

Page 101: ...Menu List continued Download 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...

Page 102: ...vent Event 1 thru Event 32 can be set to screen for any or several Definer criteria as shown in the example below Up to 32 separate events can be defined Event 1 thru Event 32 are arranged with Event...

Page 103: ...device might be expected to see are defined in any of the Event 1 thru Event 32 rows This makes certain that the device will always have a defined go to action if a particular event occurs For exampl...

Page 104: ...ch using edge trigger GPO s which are fed to the respective GPI 1 and GPI 2 on the device Because these two boxes are independent and cannot be relied upon to provide coinciding triggers a chain of us...

Page 105: ...start and stop the 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 st...

Page 106: ...evice is first appearing Note The frame network card is the arbiter of all frame card communications and in some cases may not accept full extent of parameter blast under some conditions Log Status an...

Page 107: ...file in this example My Documents v1 0 0019 bin 3 Select the desired file and click Open to upload the file to the device Immediate firmware upload The default setting of Automatically Reboot After Up...

Page 108: ...g this operation Use of any SD card not supplied by support can corrupt the device NTP Clock Setup Allows device NTP clock IP source and localization This is the clock time device will use for logs an...

Page 109: ...nt and disengagement 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...

Page 110: ...hBoard 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 input...

Page 111: ...uration Last Occurrence controls and status function as described in Video p 3 78 Unused audio channels should at the minimum have Severity set to Ignore OK If this is not done nuisance alarms may occ...

Page 112: ...d All display rows shown here are retained in the overall log and can be downloaded as a txt file see Logging below Cleared alarms appear as an open LED Alarms configured as Error or Warning correspon...

Page 113: ...han using DashBoard Figure 3 7 Uploads Using Web Interface GUI Front Panel User Menus Limited mode and parametric controls available using the web UI as described in BBG 1022 FS DSP Function Menu List...

Page 114: ...n Table 3 2 have additional nested submenus denoted by These multiple level submenus are not listed here refer to the referenced page number for more information Table 3 2 Front Panel User Menus Menu...

Page 115: ...erview The BBG 1022 FS DSP itself and its remote control provide error and failure indications Depending on how the BBG 1022 FS DSP is being used i e standalone or network controlled through DashBoard...

Page 116: ...Function Alphanumeric Display Shows device statuses STATUS LED Illuminates GREEN indicating BBG 1022 FS DSP has successfully powered up and passed self tests INPUT LOCK LED Illuminates GREEN indicati...

Page 117: ...roperly supplied all indicators should be illuminated Any device showing no illuminated indicators should be cause for concern Check the Power Consumed indication for the BBG 1022 FS DSP This can be o...

Page 118: ...ngage DSP Core Usage indicator shows red Core processing capacity may be exceeded resulting in improper operation If core exceed is being approached spread some functions to another core e g move some...

Page 119: ...contain 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 proc...

Page 120: ...s off on and then off again entire process takes about 1 1 2 minute 4 Remove power from the card remove card from slot or power down BBG 1000 Series unit 1 From underside of card locate the SD card re...

Page 121: ...roduct that was not solved by the information in this section please contact the Cobalt Digital Inc Technical Support Department If required a Return Material Authorization number RMA will be issued t...

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