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BBG-1040-ACO PRODUCT MANUAL

BBG1040ACO-OM (V1.4)

Manual Conventions

In this manual, display messages and connectors are shown using the exact
name shown on the BBG-1040-ACO itself. Examples are provided below.

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Device display messages are shown like this:

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Connector names are shown like this:

SDI IN A

In this manual, the terms below are applicable as follows:

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BBG-1040-ACO refers to the BBG-1040-ACO 3G/HD/SD-SDI
Standalone Multi-Input Intelligent Auto-Changeover Switch with
Optional Trouble Slate Inserter unit.

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Frame refers to the HPF-9000, OG3-FR, 8321, or similar 20-slot
frame that houses Cobalt

®

or other cards/devices.

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Device and/or Card refers to a Cobalt

®

or other card.

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System and/or Video System refers to the mix of interconnected
production and terminal equipment in which the BBG-1040-ACO
and other cards/devices operate.

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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 your product
has DashBoard tabs that are not described in this manual it indicates
that the optional function/feature is covered in a separate Manual
Supplement.

You can download a pdf of the option supplement by entering the
option code on the Cobalt web page search window (for example,

+T-SLATE

) and then clicking on

Product Downloads

to view or

download the supplement pdf.

Warnings, Cautions, and Notes

Certain items in this manual are highlighted by special messages. The
definitions are provided below.

Warnings

Warning messages indicate a possible hazard which, if not avoided, could
result in personal injury or death.

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Summary of Contents for BBG-1040-ACO

Page 1: ...oice 217 344 1243 Fax 217 344 1245 www cobaltdigital com Product Manual BBG1040ACO OM V1 4 Cobalt Digital Inc 3G HD SD SDI Standalone Multi Input Intelligent Auto Changeover with Optional Trouble Slat...

Page 2: ...Board 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 own...

Page 3: ...nterface 1 13 Technical Specifications 1 13 Warranty and Service Information 1 15 Cobalt Digital Inc Limited Warranty 1 15 Contact Cobalt Digital Inc 1 16 Chapter 2 Installation 2 1 Overview 2 1 Insta...

Page 4: ...etect Events Setup Controls 3 27 Closed Captioning 3 28 Video Proc Color Correction 3 29 Output Audio Routing Controls 3 32 Character Burner 3 34 Moving Box Insertion 3 39 Y C Alignment Controls 3 40...

Page 5: ...r 2 Installation Provides instructions for installing the BBG 1040 ACO and setting up its network access Chapter 3 Setup Operating Instructions Provides overviews of operating controls and instruction...

Page 6: ...stem refers to the mix of interconnected production and terminal equipment in which the BBG 1040 ACO and other cards devices operate Functions and or features that are available only as an option are...

Page 7: ...bol 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 Handl...

Page 8: ...ith specified power supplies Power connection to unauthorized sources may cause product damage unreliable operation and invalidate warranty CAUTION The BBG 1040 ACO FPGA is designed for a normal range...

Page 9: ...where the input video image is static The BBG 1040 ACO uses a built in web server that allows control monitor over computers or smart devices BBG 1040 ACO Input Output Formats The BBG 1040 ACO provid...

Page 10: ...B PROC OUT Serialize RLY BYP Copy 1A Note A B PROC OUT is the processed output which uses either input SDI IN A or SDI IN B This output uses relay latching to retain selected routing in the even of p...

Page 11: ...and other actions Auto Changeover Function See Figure 1 2 This function allows the logic assert of input select and routing to the A B PROC OUT processed output under normal conditions while providing...

Page 12: ...ired The function also provides conversion between various timecode formats and provides independent insertion and line number controls for each SDI timecode output format When licensed with option LT...

Page 13: ...ecome unavailable or 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...

Page 14: ...ckground color and opacity are user configurable Two discrete character burn strings can be inserted on output video with each string inserted as static text and or insert only upon LOS A moving box i...

Page 15: ...ked input to any of the three non relay outputs RCK PROC 1 thru RCK PROC 3 Audio Processor Description The audio processor operates as an internal audio router An Input Audio Status display shows the...

Page 16: ...t is considered to be silent and correspondingly also a transition back to an untriggered condition with resumption of audio for the selected embedded channels Trigger holdoff sets the period of time...

Page 17: ...Multi Input Intelligent Auto Changeover Switch with Optional Trouble Slate Inserter Power consumption 18 Watts maximum Power provided by included AC adapter 100 240 VAC 50 60 Hz Second DC power connec...

Page 18: ...rn Loss 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 framesync disabled SD 127 pixels 9 4 us 720p 330 pixels 4 45 us 1080i 271 pixel...

Page 19: ...ering 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 prov...

Page 20: ...ugh 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...

Page 21: ...locations marked with stamped x If feet are not affixed chassis bottom cooling vents will be obscured Where BBG 1040 ACO is to be installed with optional frame Mounting Tray BBG 1000 TRAY do not affix...

Page 22: ...O 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 looping daisy cha...

Page 23: ...40 ACO 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 1040 is mounted on flat surface either rubber feet must...

Page 24: ...1 2 1 G Connector Function 12 VDC Dual DC power IN connectors diode isolated Single AC adapter supplied can be connected to either connector Dual adapters can be connected to provide power redundancy...

Page 25: ...onnector 2 1 G GPI Port Connections OUT 2 G OUT 1 G GPO 2 GPO 1 Rear module PCB connector 1 2 G GPO Port Connections GPIO uses equivalent opto isolated circuits shown below GPO GPO COM GPI 10 k 3 3V G...

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Page 27: ...Menu List and Descriptions p 3 10 Uploading Firmware Using Web Interface and GUI p 3 54 Front Panel User Menus p 3 55 Troubleshooting p 3 57 Perform the setup procedures here in the sequence specified...

Page 28: ...ess 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 as menu ite...

Page 29: ...Product BBG 1040 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 It is recomm...

Page 30: ...ss within a network also available via DashBoard a BBG 1040 device appears as a frame entity in the DashBoard Basic Tree View Note BBG 1040 DashBoard remote control is also available by opening the de...

Page 31: ...us which consist of parameter groups as shown below Figure 3 3 shows how the BBG 1040 ACO device and its menus are organized and also provides an overview of how navigation is performed between device...

Page 32: ...unction 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 Typical We...

Page 33: ...and dark themes suited for various users and environments Figure 3 5 Web UI Display Themes Clicking Settings opens a pane where the display Theme can be set With Settings open Theme is selected to di...

Page 34: ...on 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 Refer to...

Page 35: ...eform 14 16 Note 2 Closed Captioning 21 locked 10 Note 2 Notes 1 The device does not check for conflicts on a given line number Make certain the selected line is available and carrying no other data 2...

Page 36: ...enu 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 sub tabs to help maintain...

Page 37: ...tically reverts to SDI IN B SDI C and SDI D choices allow forced manual selection of correspondingly SDI IN C or SDI IN D without failover choices Note Failover criteria via this control is simple sig...

Page 38: ...rate mode and special Pass Through mode see below for important usage notes Regenerate makes certain ST352 is marked for whatever the card is passing or if the payload is being modified by the card An...

Page 39: ...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 S...

Page 40: ...ed When set to Disabled and input timecode is lost timecode output reverts to next priority selection Note If muting upon loss of a particular input format is desired set all Source Priority 1 thru 4...

Page 41: ...et Controls 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 b...

Page 42: ...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 d...

Page 43: ...quipment 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 Supp...

Page 44: ...put 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 as input video or co...

Page 45: ...e 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 output Freeze...

Page 46: ...led 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 buff...

Page 47: ...dded audio input pairs as described below Absent Indicates embedded channel pair does not contain recognized audio PCM data Present PCM Indicates embedded channel pair contains recognized audio PCM da...

Page 48: ...es onto the 16 channel internal bus which is used for all audio processing Table 3 2 BBG 1040 ACO Function Menu List continued All audio inputs are transferred through the device via the 16 channel In...

Page 49: ...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...

Page 50: ...red 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 This control applies only to e...

Page 51: ...y for intentional controlled switches via user control Clean audio switching cannot be assured for failover switches Clean switching requires that both SDI signals switch from and switch to be stable...

Page 52: ...Video Quality Events Setup Controls Position and Width Controls Position and Width controls set the area of concern to be screened by the Quality Event function X and Y Position controls set the orig...

Page 53: ...ents 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 content is considered to be s...

Page 54: ...l 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 Note Although the output line drop down will a...

Page 55: ...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 uni...

Page 56: ...ed 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 contr...

Page 57: ...entage 6 8 to 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 5...

Page 58: ...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 s...

Page 59: ...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 60: ...ype 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 format of the input...

Page 61: ...u 100 Note 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...

Page 62: ...x 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 order for timecode bu...

Page 63: ...wn or custom 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...

Page 64: ...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 Horizontal and Vertica...

Page 65: ...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 Range is 0 thru 40 Note Moving box...

Page 66: ...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 7 phase offset of...

Page 67: ...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 settin...

Page 68: ...ling 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 co...

Page 69: ...y 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...

Page 70: ...o a respondent see Email Alerts p 3 47 for setting up e mail 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 sep...

Page 71: ...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 the device is expected to see a 720p599...

Page 72: ...ing 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 user st...

Page 73: ...t 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 started...

Page 74: ...be avoided under normal conditions to ensure maximum device protection Parameter Blast When enabled Parameter Blast can reduce the time it takes for the card to appear and populate in DashBoard this i...

Page 75: ...e to the location of the firmware upgrade 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 device...

Page 76: ...ent 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 m...

Page 77: ...te 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 four SDI...

Page 78: ...Alarm Severity and Duration Last Occurrence controls and status function as described in Video p 3 51 Unused audio channels should at the minimum have Severity set to Ignore OK If this is not done nu...

Page 79: ...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 Warning co...

Page 80: ...rface without going through DashBoard see Figure 3 8 In addition to allowing uploads without needing a DashBoard connection this method transfers files typically much faster than using DashBoard Figur...

Page 81: ...tuations 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 reason it is strongly reco...

Page 82: ...fset Frame Delay Report Delay Lock Status Timecode pg 3 13 Ref VITC Status Input VITC Status Input ATC LTC Status Input ATC VITC Status Output Status Product Info pg 3 8 Product Product Options Suppli...

Page 83: ...rview The BBG 1040 ACO itself and its remote control provide error and failure indications Depending on how the BBG 1040 ACO is being used i e standalone or network controlled through DashBoard or a R...

Page 84: ...Function Alphanumeric Display Shows device statuses STATUS LED Illuminates GREEN indicating BBG 1040 ACO has successfully powered up and passed self tests INPUT LOCK LED Illuminates GREEN indicating...

Page 85: ...served using the Status front panel or web UI pane If display shows no power being consumed either the frame power supply connections or the BBG 1040 ACO itself is defective If display shows excessive...

Page 86: ...etween two or more ancillary data items Make certain each ancillary data item to be passed is assigned a unique line number see Ancillary Data Line Number Locations and Ranges on page 3 9 Audio not pr...

Page 87: ...is function is not to be used Read and understand this control description before using these controls to make sure engagement for all expected conditions is considered See Presets p 3 41 for more inf...

Page 88: ...ware installed 1 See Figure 3 10 Make certain the card has the proper SD card installed in the under card slot If SD card is not installed contact Product Support to obtain an SD card Note If unit is...

Page 89: ...it re install top cover Contact and Return Authorization Should any problem arise with this product that was not solved by the information in this section please contact the Cobalt Digital Inc Technic...

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