Crystal Vision FTX 3G User Manual Download

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Crystal Vision Ltd., Lion Technology Park, Station Road East, Whittlesford, Cambridge, CB22 4WL, England.

E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.crystalvision.tv Tel: +44(0) 1223 497049 Fax: +44(0) 1223 497059

FTX 3G

Dual channel 3G

fibre optic transmitter

Summary of Contents for FTX 3G

Page 1: ...Technology Park Station Road East Whittlesford Cambridge CB22 4WL England E mail sales crystalvision tv Website www crystalvision tv Tel 44 0 1223 497049 Fax 44 0 1223 497059 FTX 3G Dual channel 3G f...

Page 2: ...General purpose interface 7 3 Card edge operation 11 Card edge controls and indicators 11 4 Using the active front panel 12 4 1 Module selected 12 Updating the display 13 The FTX 3G menu structure 14...

Page 3: ...cabling from the rear of the frame when an optical signal is present due to the possible damaging nature of high intensity light to the naked eye Although Crystal Vision optical products contain class...

Page 4: ...only proviso being where it needs to be placed below a Standard Definition board The rules governing frame configuration are explained in the Installation chapter The RM56 single slot rear connector p...

Page 5: ...module monitors the operation of the laser driver and forces a shutdown should any critical parameters be exceeded Warning is also given once the laser is considered to have reached near to the end of...

Page 6: ...ild up of dust and dirt film on the connector ferrules is allowed to occur It is strongly recommended that the supplied dust caps are replaced whenever the transmitter card or rear modules are de moun...

Page 7: ...s 1 Due to height restraints there are restrictions when mixing optical modules with other Crystal Vision modules Loading restrictions The FTX 3G can be loaded into any compatible frame s slot but due...

Page 8: ...nd or remote status indication The FTX 3G has six GPI output lines assigned for status reporting GPI Connections High 5V Low less than 1V a Serial digital input present on Input A No serial digital in...

Page 9: ...9 6 20 6 2 7 5 16 5 17 5 25 5 10 6 11 6 3 8 7 9 7 18 7 26 7 19 8 20 8 4 7 7 16 7 17 7 25 7 10 8 11 8 5 5 5 6 5 15 5 24 5 1 6 2 6 6 4 5 14 5 13 5 23 5 3 6 4 6 7 5 7 6 7 15 7 24 7 1 8 2 8 8 4 7 14 7 13...

Page 10: ...d Remote 4 are 26 way high density D Type male plugs and frame ground is pin 6 in each case and 5V 500mA is pin 15 on Remote 2 The 5V output is protected by self resetting thermal fuses which limit th...

Page 11: ...n 1 8 1 9 1 18 1 26 1 19 2 20 2 2 7 1 16 1 17 1 25 1 10 2 11 2 Table shows pin number remote number Note Remote 1 26 way high density D Type female socket Frame ground is pin 2 and 5V 500mA is pin 1 R...

Page 12: ...e Shutdown Red Channel A laser is not emitting light or has been disabled Shutdown Red Channel B laser is not emitting light or has been disabled Warning Amber Channel B laser has reached its near end...

Page 13: ...r configuration press the CAL key once A second press of the CAL key will return to Statesman control The control panel will display the name of the card that first responds to the polling request tog...

Page 14: ...o far to the polling request The Available cards menu Rotate the shaft encoder and the bottom row will display the successfully polled cards by name and location or slot number In the example above th...

Page 15: ...tes the display Asterisk enters Board Rename menu from the Device menu F1 to F4 soft keys function assigned within each menu HOME moves the display to the Home menu ENTER accepts current selection Upw...

Page 16: ...n apart from it being manually disabled for maintenance purposes or through a lack of video input An automatic shutdown will result if the laser s working parameters become out of specification For ex...

Page 17: ...tatus menu Description From the Home menu press F1 to select Channel A status menu Channel A input status Video input present and Laser active Channel A video input not present and laser disabled Chan...

Page 18: ...tatus menu Description From the Home menu press F2 to select Channel B status menu Channel B input status Video input present and Laser active Channel B video input not present and laser disabled Chan...

Page 19: ...will show the board serial number and software version fitted FTX 3G Miscellaneous menu Description From the Home menu press F4 to select the Miscellaneous menu which is then traversed by rotating the...

Page 20: ...sman capable or active control panel An active panel or REMIND remote control panel must be fitted to allow for Statesman control 5 1 Statesman operation The initial view will show an Explorer style v...

Page 21: ...e Card edge shutdown status Board power supply status Status monitoring Channel Status Status indication is as follows Input setting Description SDI Input Present Green when input detected Red when no...

Page 22: ...e Input A Present Green There is a serial digital video input on Channel A Warning Amber Channel A laser has reached its near end of life Shutdown Red Channel A laser is not emitting light or has been...

Page 23: ...that the card edge shutdown switch is not in the down position Toggle the shutdown switch to reset the laser driver If reset is not successful there is likely to have been a catastrophic fault Laser l...

Page 24: ...ber and type 2 Optical Outputs 3G HD or SD SDI 270Mb s to 2 97Gb s serial digital compliant to EBU 3267 E SMPTE 259M and SMPTE 424M Average Optical power max 0 0dBm min 5 0dBm typical 2 0dBm or 630uW...