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Product Manual

BBG-1034-AUDPRO-OM (V1.6)

Cobalt Digital Inc.

3G/HD/SD-SDI Standalone Advanced Audio Processor

with DSP Audio Options Support and Full Embed/De-Embed

BBG-1034-AUD-PRO-DSP

BBG-1034-AUD-PRO-DSP

Summary of Contents for BBG-1034-AUD-PRO-DSP

Page 1: ...1243 Fax 217 344 1245 www cobaltdigital com Product Manual BBG 1034 AUDPRO OM V1 6 Cobalt Digital Inc 3G HD SD SDI Standalone Advanced Audio Processor with DSP Audio Options Support and Full Embed De...

Page 2: ...imited 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...

Page 3: ...ons 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 1034 AUD PR...

Page 4: ...Timecode 3 44 Reticules 3 49 Video Quality Events 3 52 Audio Detect Events Setup Controls 3 53 Closed Captioning 3 54 Ancillary Data Proc Controls 3 55 COMM Ports Setup Controls 3 58 Presets 3 60 GPO...

Page 5: ...bout this manual and what is covered Also provides general information regarding the BBG 1034 AUD PRO DSP Chapter 2 Installation and Setup Provides instructions for installing the BBG 1034 AUD PRO DSP...

Page 6: ...Processor with DSP Audio Options Support and Full Embed De Embed 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 refers...

Page 7: ...es 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...

Page 8: ...mponents Refer servicing to authorized personnel CAUTION The BBG 1034 AUD PRO DSP FPGA is designed for a normal range operating temperature around 85 C core temperature Operation in severe conditions...

Page 9: ...le proc function instances Note The BBG 1034 AUD PRO DSP DSP base adds support for various DSP audio options Specific individual DSP user assets such as loudness pro cessing upmixing and Dolby encoder...

Page 10: ...AN 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...

Page 11: ...ly selected via a GPIO interface An input Allowed Rasters and Allowed Frame Rates filter allows inputs to be filtered screened for only user allowed raster sizes and frame rates with unallowed raster...

Page 12: ...nction provides for extraction of timecode data from input video source and in turn allow individual timecode strings to be embedded into the output video The function can monitor any of the video inp...

Page 13: ...nal 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 bar...

Page 14: ...illary data de embedding and embedding for 3G HD SD SDI streams Direct access to DID and SDID locations allows extraction or insertion of user data such as camera PTZ SCTE 104 closed captioning read i...

Page 15: ...from one source to another while ducking audio during controlled input video switching transitions to provide silence between input switches The cross fade is queued for the next available RP168 swit...

Page 16: ...provides a DSP based platform that supports multiple audio DSP options When optioned with various diverse audio processing options the DSP based processing core which supports numerous simultaneous pr...

Page 17: ...2 0 Channel Loudness Processor Option Both DSP RTLL 5 1 and DSP RTLL 2 0 provide for specially suited Target Level which sets the target loudness level as desired A Peak Limit function can be set to p...

Page 18: ...T TTS MS for detailed information and installation setup instructions This supplement is available as a download on the Products Download page tab on the product web page EAS Text Crawl Generation Opt...

Page 19: ...ovided showing whenever a GPI input has been invoked GPO Interface Two independent phototransistor non referenced floating contact pairs GPO 1 1 and GPO 2 2 are available A GPO can be invoked by setti...

Page 20: ...igurations BBG 1034 AUD PRO DSP B 1 3G HD SD SDI Input BNC 1 CVBS Video Input BNC 1 AES Input BNC 1 3G HD SD SDI Output BNC 1 CVBS Output BNC 1 AES Output BNC BBG 1034 AUD PRO DSP C 1 3G HD SD SDI Inp...

Page 21: ...Backlit 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 wi...

Page 22: ...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 and scaler disabled SD 127 pixels 9 4 us 720p 330 pixels 4 45 us 1080i 271 p...

Page 23: ...le 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...

Page 24: ...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 p...

Page 25: ...ct 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 informatio...

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Page 27: ...G 1034 AUD PRO DSP in locations marked with stamped x If feet are not affixed chassis bottom cooling vents will be obscured Where BBG 1034 AUD PRO DSP is to be installed with optional frame Mounting T...

Page 28: ...te The BBG 1034 AUD PRO DSP BNC inputs are internally 75 ohm termi nated It is not necessary to terminate unused BNC video inputs or outputs External frame sync reference signal if used must be termin...

Page 29: ...2 BBG 1034 AUD PRO 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 1034 is mounted on flat surface either...

Page 30: ...AC adapter supplied can be connected to either connector Dual adapters can be connected to provide power redundancy 10 100 1000 ETHERNET Gigabit Ethernet control monitoring connection Communication ac...

Page 31: ...4 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 thi...

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Page 33: ...ploading Firmware Using Web Interface and GUI p 3 74 Troubleshooting p 3 77 Note All instructions here assume BBG 1034 AUD PRO DSP is physically connected to the control physical network as described...

Page 34: ...button 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 Se...

Page 35: ...mplete booting When Product BBG 1034 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 serve...

Page 36: ...n address within a network also available via DashBoard a BBG 1034 AUD PRO DSP device appears as a frame entity in the DashBoard Basic Tree View Note BBG 1034 AUD PRO DSP DashBoard remote control is a...

Page 37: ...which consist of parameter groups as shown below Figure 3 3 shows how the BBG 1034 AUD PRO DSP device and its menus are organized and also provides an overview of how navigation is performed between d...

Page 38: ...h 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 4 Typ...

Page 39: ...ction 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 op...

Page 40: ...device information 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 co...

Page 41: ...able 3 1 the function menu items are organized 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 su...

Page 42: ...r DSP Positioning 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 outp...

Page 43: ...x y Emb 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 ch...

Page 44: ...t continued 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 enab...

Page 45: ...pective 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: ...t and may 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 m...

Page 47: ...ch 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 rat...

Page 48: ...processed 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...

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...

Page 50: ...AUD PRO DSP 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 desire...

Page 51: ...ource 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 Up...

Page 52: ...Bypass or Always 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 con...

Page 53: ...ed 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 l...

Page 54: ...Level Source 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...

Page 55: ...SP 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: ...m 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 card An example of where ST352 would have to be modified would be if the card Framesync is user set to change the frame rate from 59 94 to 60 Pass Th...

Page 58: ...sponding instability 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 outp...

Page 59: ...ion 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 outpu...

Page 60: ...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 t...

Page 61: ...regardless of conversion being performed When converting from interlaced to progressive this results in reduced latency at the expense of fast motion smoothness Auto Enable Applies de interlacing for...

Page 62: ...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 lat...

Page 63: ...t positive settings 74 to 74 range in 0 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 Fil...

Page 64: ...ange is 64 thru 64 sec null 0 000 sec Note Offset advance is accomplished by hold off of the reference directed release of the frame thereby effectively advancing the program video relative to the ref...

Page 65: ...annel 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 signals m...

Page 66: ...he 16 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 device internal bus unused bus channel...

Page 67: ...des 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 the co...

Page 68: ...f the 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...

Page 69: ...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...

Page 70: ...types 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 op...

Page 71: ...hannel 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 Tone gen...

Page 72: ...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 73: ...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 s be...

Page 74: ...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...

Page 75: ...urce 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 the au...

Page 76: ...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...

Page 77: ...emove 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 state...

Page 78: ...rols 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 f...

Page 79: ...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 range...

Page 80: ...t requiring 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 sho...

Page 81: ...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 Action Ar...

Page 82: ...nt 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 graticul...

Page 83: ...he 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 Vertica...

Page 84: ...ols 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 t...

Page 85: ...ere 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 86: ...ng function does not support PAL closed captioning standards Closed Captioning Remove Regenerate and HD Insertion Line Controls Allows removal of closed captioning packets and regeneration of packets...

Page 87: ...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 Pr...

Page 88: ...nt to consist of only payload or send as formatted packets Table 3 1 BBG 1034 AUD PRO DSP Function Menu List continued Notes Packets received must be sized to fit in a native ancillary data packet i e...

Page 89: ...air to Embedded 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 t...

Page 90: ...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 no data re...

Page 91: ...raction Flow 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 da...

Page 92: ...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 card sett...

Page 93: ...allows loading 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 Pr...

Page 94: ...ist 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 Cobalt...

Page 95: ...l alerts Each Event 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 arran...

Page 96: ...e 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 example if t...

Page 97: ...dy signal each 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...

Page 98: ...e are manual controls The timers are typically used with automated cues to 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 s...

Page 99: ...ile the device 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...

Page 100: ...n 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 Upgrade...

Page 101: ...performing 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 f...

Page 102: ...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 nuisan...

Page 103: ...d State DashBoard 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 fou...

Page 104: ...ation Last Occurrence controls and status function as described in Video p 3 71 Unused audio channels should at the minimum have Severity set to Ignore OK If this is not done nuisance alarms may occur...

Page 105: ...Logging Disabled 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 Wa...

Page 106: ...html5 interface without going through DashBoard see Figure 3 7 In addition to allowing uploads without needing a DashBoard connection this method transfers files typically much faster than using Dash...

Page 107: ...ediately or in emergency situations without the benefit of network access However the web GUI provides greatly simplified user interfaces as compared to using this menu and the arrow controls For this...

Page 108: ...Vert Lines Offset Horiz Offset Frame Delay Report Delay Lock Status Timecode pg 3 44 Ref VITC Status Input VITC Status Input ATC LTC Status Input ATC VITC Status Output Status Product Info pg 3 8 Pro...

Page 109: ...view The BBG 1034 AUD PRO DSP itself and its remote control provide error and failure indications Depending on how the BBG 1034 AUD PRO DSP is being used i e standalone or network controlled through D...

Page 110: ...ay Item Function Alphanumeric Display Shows device statuses STATUS LED Illuminates GREEN indicating BBG 1034 AUD PRO DSP has successfully powered up and passed self tests INPUT LOCK LED Illuminates GR...

Page 111: ...g properly 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 1034 AUD PRO DSP This...

Page 112: ...o make sure the change is taken in on DashBoard and sub tabs correspondingly displayed are refreshed with the drop downs that correlate with the DSP setup If DashBoard changes such as channel routing...

Page 113: ...your SD may not 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...

Page 114: ...rns 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...

Page 115: ...s product 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 issue...

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