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CoCo 3G

3G/HD/SD colour corrector

and legaliser

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

Tel: +44(0) 1223 497049

[email protected]

www.crystalvisi on.tv

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Page 1: ...3G 3G HD SD colour corrector and legaliser Crystal Vision Ltd Lion Technology Park Station Road East Whittlesford Cambridge CB22 4WL England Tel 44 0 1223 497049 sales crystalvision tv www crystalvisi...

Page 2: ...3 General Purpose Interface GPI 11 3 Card edge operation 15 3 1 Card edge controls 15 3 2 Card edge buttons 15 3 3 Card edge rotary control 15 3 4 Reading card edge LEDs 16 3 5 Navigating card edge me...

Page 3: ...atesman 36 5 1 Statesman introduction 36 5 2 Statesman operation 36 Status 37 Controlling RGB clips and gain 38 YUV clip controls 39 YUV lift and gain 39 Video and Chroma levels 40 Gamma correction 40...

Page 4: ...to PL information Page 45 10 02 11 Revision 3 Gamma control added to CoCo controller menu Page 52 17 03 11 Revision 4 DA6 information removed not supported 03 08 11 Revision 5 Note regarding EBU spec...

Page 5: ...tor and legaliser The main features are as follows 3G HD SD digital colour corrector and legaliser Independent digital image adjustments in YUV and RGB domains Tools to adjust level gain clipping and...

Page 6: ...itable when changing colour space CoCo 3G will correctly pass transients caused by the different bandwidths in the RGB and YUV colour spaces CoCo 3G will even pass negative RGB values without legalisi...

Page 7: ...al output YUV soft limiting Soft limiting or clipping is provided by a combination of adjustable threshold and slope controls The luminance channel has both high and low limiting whilst the UV channel...

Page 8: ...p A useful feature of the CoCo 3G is its black cleanup control The black cleanup works by returning any video Luma content that falls below a previously set threshold level to black Sub black informat...

Page 9: ...om the front of the frame and are included for diagnostic purposes only Note The three potentiometers have been factory set and should not require further adjustments Engineering link and LEDs PL7 set...

Page 10: ...in and removed while the frame is powered without damage Note For details of fitting rear connectors please refer to the appropriate frame manual RM41 rear module connections The RM41 being a single h...

Page 11: ...should be noted that the fibre output signal is a copy of the Aux output so it is advisable to leave the gamut error highlighter disabled when using the fibre output option RM64 rear module connection...

Page 12: ...ive 6 f YUV Clip YUV clip active Not active As supplied each GPI output has a 270 resistor in series with its output This allows for an external LED to be driven connected to a DC voltage of 5V Each G...

Page 13: ...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 7 23 7 3 8 4 8 9 3 5 12 5 22 5 21 5 12 6 13 6 10 10 5 11...

Page 14: ...plugs and frame ground is pin 6 in each case and 5V 500mA is pin 15 on Remote 2 Note The 5V output is protected by self resetting thermal fuses which limit the total output current available from Rem...

Page 15: ...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 Remote 2 26 way high density D Type male plugs...

Page 16: ...tion Down Up Menu Push to jump up a menu level or cancel a selection ENTER Select Action Push to select a menu and to action and confirm a change 3 3 Card edge rotary control The board edge rotary enc...

Page 17: ...PO5 active low GPO5 inactive high GPO6 Yellow GPO6 active low GPO6 inactive high Yellow No function Yellow No function 3 5 Navigating card edge menus To access the card edge menu system proceed as fol...

Page 18: ...nfiguration Menu tree CoCo 3G board edge menu structure Tip To reach the top menu push the button repeatedly until a top menu is reached Rotate the SCROLL control anti clockwise until the STATUS menu...

Page 19: ...ware PCB serial number The electronically stored PCB serial number This should correspond with the serial number label affixed to the PCB connector RGB Threshold menu From the STATUS menu SCROLL to di...

Page 20: ...J to vary Press to fix 0 10 Blue component gain Rotate the SCROLL ADJ control to show the B gain adjustment Press ENTER and rotate SCROLL ADJ to vary Press to fix change 90 110 Blue component lift Rot...

Page 21: ...nu Comment Y component gain Rotate the SCROLL ADJ control to show the Y gain adjustment Press ENTER and rotate SCROLL ADJ to vary Press to fix change 0 200 Y component lift Rotate the SCROLL ADJ contr...

Page 22: ...g Gamma controls menu From the STATUS menu SCROLL to display the gamma controls menu and press ENTER to access Menu Comment Overall gamma control Rotate the SCROLL ADJ control to show the Overall gamm...

Page 23: ...DJ to vary Press to fix change 0 1080 lines Note The crop controls are a global control which will allow them to be set beyond the maximum number of lines or pixels for any given input format This can...

Page 24: ...y the misc menu and press ENTER to access Menu Comment Bypass control Rotate the SCROLL ADJ control to show the Bypass control Press ENTER and rotate SCROLL ADJ to select Press to fix change On Off Di...

Page 25: ...100 as appropriate Transient Tolerance Off Y Hi threshold 100 0 Y Lo threshold 0 0 C threshold 100 0 Black cleanup 0 YUV lifts and gains 0 and 100 as appropriate Video and Chroma levels 0 and 100 as a...

Page 26: ...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 together with its location number The locati...

Page 27: ...and the bottom row will display the successfully polled cards by name and location or slot number In the example above the card displayed is located in the second frame in slot number 1 When the desir...

Page 28: ...V gains and thresholds Press F2 Misc Gamma controls wipes and crops Press F3 Presets User presets and factory reset Press F4 When a sub menu has been selected further options may be obtained by using...

Page 29: ...Crystal Vision Using the front control panel The CoCo 3G menu tree CoCo 3G User Manual R1 7 28 11 January 2021...

Page 30: ...l to view GPO5 alarm status On Off GPI6 output status Rotate the shaft control to view GPO6 alarm status On Off Software version Fitted software level PCB serial number Electronically stored board ser...

Page 31: ...ol to set the level Off Mid Max Red component gain Rotate the shaft control to view the RGB red gain Press F2 to select and rotate the shaft control to set the level 0 200 Red component lift Rotate th...

Page 32: ...to select and rotate the shaft control to set the level 90 100 C Clip Rotate the shaft control to view the C clip Press F2 to select and rotate the shaft control to set the level Hard Medium Soft Bla...

Page 33: ...wipe bypass setup and Factory Reset controls Press the function key F1 4 to enter the selected menu and rotate the shaft control to display the chosen menu Gamma controls Menu Description Miscellaneo...

Page 34: ...shaft control to set the level 0 1080 lines Note The crop controls are a global control which will allow them to be set beyond the maximum number of lines or pixels for any given input format This can...

Page 35: ...the shaft control to toggle Enable Disable Cal All Rotate the shaft control to view the Cal All control Press F2 to select and press F4 to action Factory reset Rotate the shaft control to view the Fac...

Page 36: ...r the GPI connection information Menu Description Save and recall Presets 1 16 Press F4 from the home menu to view the presets menu Press F1 and rotate the shaft control to find the required preset lo...

Page 37: ...te control panel must be fitted to allow Statesman control Please note that Statesman has now been replaced by the VisionWeb web browser control 5 2 Statesman operation The initial view will show an E...

Page 38: ...equired than can be inferred by a simple LED such as video standards Statesman status window Status Input present is indicated along with its video standard The supported standards are listed on page...

Page 39: ...u provides access to RGB threshold Hi and Lo controls along with the RGB lift and gain controls The controls can be moved by both clicking and dragging the slider bars or by overtyping the numerical v...

Page 40: ...both clicking and dragging the slider bars or by overtyping the numerical values YUV clips and threshold window YUV lift and gain The YUV lift and gain menu provides access to the YUV lift and gain co...

Page 41: ...e numerical values Video and Chroma levels window Gamma correction The overall gamma of the video path can be selected from 0 5 to 2 0 by clicking in the appropriate Overall Gamma radio button Gamma c...

Page 42: ...either a vertical or horizontal wipe The split screen preview is only available via the two AUX outputs The MAIN output is not affected Enable the preview mode by checking either the H Wipe or V Wipe...

Page 43: ...lick on Recall to recall setup data from the selected preset Enable GPI Preset Recall should not be checked whilst presets are being created or recalled by this menu to prevent inadvertent GPI operati...

Page 44: ...Hi threshold 100 0 Y Lo threshold 0 0 C threshold 100 0 Black cleanup 0 YUV lifts and gains 0 and 100 as appropriate Video and Chroma levels 0 and 100 as appropriate Gamma controls 1 0 Crop and wipe 0...

Page 45: ...es via a serial communication link using the 422 Bus port at the rear of the panel Standard UTP patch cables may be used with an appropriate adapter for the Crystal Vision frame remote connector Contr...

Page 46: ...cable be made with a standard RJ45 patch lead and an in line coupler used to make the required overall cable length CoCo 3G Controller panel to frame adaptor and CAT5 patch lead CAT5 Colour RJ45 plug...

Page 47: ...12 Pin 11 Pin 4 Pin 18 Pin 17 Pin 15 Pin 13 Pin 22 Pin 19 Pin 5 Pin 26 Pin 25 Pin 24 Pin 23 Pin 21 Pin 20 Indigo 2U frame Remote 1 RJ45 Slot 1 Slot 2 Slot 5 Slot 6 Slot 9 Slot 10 Pin 8 Pin 8 Pin 7 Pin...

Page 48: ...sing the CoCo 3G Controller for the first time To use the CoCo 3G Controller proceed as follows Connect the CoCo 3G Controller panel to a Crystal Vision frame with a CoCo 3G module installed as explai...

Page 49: ...f the controller panel each have dedicated functions CoCo 3G Controller panel dedicated video controls Each control or group of controls is also associated with a menu display that will automatically...

Page 50: ...panel YUV GAIN display menu In the example above the programmable rotary control is assigned to control Y gain as indicated by the fact that Y is capitalised The Y gain can now be adjusted over its av...

Page 51: ...control buttons Each of these functions is discussed in detail in the controller operation section Using the split screen wipe preview The two AUX outputs are provided with the facility to perform a b...

Page 52: ...function is RGB clipping This arises since the RGB colour space is smaller than the YUV space Although most material recorded today is unlikely to offend turning RGB clipping on at its default settin...

Page 53: ...settings of one CoCo 3G board to another Clipboard memory is in the Controller unlike preset memories which are held in the CoCo 3G boards themselves Press F1 to capture the settings of the currently...

Page 54: ...o display the component gains menu Gain CoCo2 Y 100 v 100 v 100 F1 F2 F3 Press F1 to let the assignable shaft encoder control Y gain Press F2 to let the assignable shaft encoder control U gain Press F...

Page 55: ...variable to its default value Changing picture crop Press the CROP button to display the crop menu Hor vert start fin CoCo2 HS 0 hf723 vs 19 vf311 F1 F2 F3 F4 Press F1 to let the assignable shaft enco...

Page 56: ...otate the shaft encoder to change the first character in the name Press F1 to change the next character press F2 to return to previous characters Press F4 to accept the changes or F3 to cancel Recalli...

Page 57: ...ss F2 to let the assignable shaft encoder control the lower clip threshold Press F3 to let the assignable shaft encoder control the Transient tolerance The text of the selected function name will be c...

Page 58: ...nd V symmetrically about the black value Set wipe bypass options The two AUX outputs are provided with the facility to perform a before after comparison of the corrections applied by CoCo 3G To use th...

Page 59: ...ion when ON Function when Off PSU Green Good power supply PSU rails One or more of the monitor supplies is out of specification nCal Yellow Gains or levels not at default values All controls at their...

Page 60: ...fe to re insert the card whilst the rack is powered The card does not work with a CoCo 3G Controller panel Check that the card is seated correctly and that the Power OK LEDs are lit Check any active c...

Page 61: ...720p 24 720p 25 720p 29 97 720p 30 720p 50 720p 59 94 720p 60 1035i 59 94 1035i 60 1080sF 23 98 1080sF 24 1080i 50 1080i 59 94 1080i 60 1080p 23 98 1080p 24 1080p 25 1080p 29 97 1080p 30 1080p 50 1080...

Page 62: ...including HANC and VANC Status monitoring LEDs Front of card edge LED indicators to indicate PSU rails present Not cal gains or levels not at their default values HD input SD input GPI 5 active GPI 6...

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