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Crystal Vision

Introduction

Dolby E alignment delay

Audio delays (in addition to tracking delays)

Linear AES: 0-120mS; Dolby

E: 1,2 or 3 frames fixed

delay

Audio routing in stereo pairs

Audio muting in stereo pairs

Audio resampling of linear AES

AFD insertion of SMPTE 2016 for use by downstream

equipment

Video Proc-amp (RGB and YUV lift and gain controls)

Signal status reporting

Fibre I/O

Frame slots used

Relay bypass protection

SYN 3G

SYN 3G/SYN-A 3G User Manual R1.3

9 July 2019

Summary of Contents for Indigo SYN 3G

Page 1: ...3G 3G HD SD video synchronisers Crystal Vision Ltd Lion Technology Park Station Road East Whittlesford Cambridge CB22 4WL England Tel 44 0 1223 497049 Fax 44 0 1223 497059 sales crystalvision tv www...

Page 2: ...6 General Purpose Interface 17 2U frame GPI connections 18 1U frame GPI connections 18 Indigo DT desk top box GPI connections 19 7 Card edge operation 20 Card edge controls 20 Card edge buttons 20 Ca...

Page 3: ...pass 37 Data Insert Menu 37 AFD 37 Presets Resets GPI Os 39 Presets 39 Resets 40 GPO Alarms 40 Alarm Delay Time 41 10 Defaults 42 11 Troubleshooting 43 Card edge monitoring 43 Basic fault finding guid...

Page 4: ...ser Manual Rev 2 Moved Statesman info to Appendix added VisionWeb info 22 08 17 Combined both models into one manual Rev 3 Added note about removal of card edge control in 2018 09 07 19 SYN 3G SYN A 3...

Page 5: ...els with the addition of the FIP optical input or FOP optical output cable length will no longer be an issue when sending and receiving signals from beyond the local signal bay The RM57 is the rear mo...

Page 6: ...ed delay Audio routing in stereo pairs Audio muting in stereo pairs Audio resampling of linear AES AFD insertion of SMPTE 2016 for use by downstream equipment Video Proc amp RGB and YUV lift and gain...

Page 7: ...gue reference Optimise the video video proc amp allows adjustment of video gain black level and independent YUV RGB gains Flexible control select from front and remote panels SNMP GPIs and VisionWeb w...

Page 8: ...standard AES within a single audio group and correctly align Dolby E data with the video frame to ensure guardband in exactly the right position SYN A 3G is ideal for those working in embedded audio e...

Page 9: ...o delay can be considered as being in three parts although the action of these delays will depend on whether the SYN A 3G is set to synchronise to an external reference synchroniser mode or if the ext...

Page 10: ...an also change either by resampling or by audio sample drop repeat on a per channel basis 5 A Tracking Audio Delay TAD of between 0 and 1 5 frames that has the same value as the video synchroniser del...

Page 11: ...audio would take 80 seconds to catch up with the video The following table relates audio tracking response time to video changes for a range of TAD values Video timing change T A D 0 05 T A D 0 1 T A...

Page 12: ...Dolby E The Dolby E align control allows the user to send Dolby E through delay 6 to produce the correct relationship with the video timing or to bypass delay 6 passing the Dolby E to the next stage...

Page 13: ...n inserted within the active line portion on the appropriate line The 16 available codes defined in SMPTE 2016 are described in the following table AFD code Description AFD code Description 0 Undefine...

Page 14: ...are included for diagnostic purposes only Engineering link and LEDs PL7 sets the SYN 3G SYN A 3G IP address to default 10 0 0 201 or to a user selected IP address Link Towards front of board or Up To...

Page 15: ...ction when Off PSU Green Good power supply PSU rails One or more of the monitor supplies is out of specification HD Yellow Video input standard is HD High Definition Input not present SD Yellow Video...

Page 16: ...per Indigo DT All frame slots can be used BNC I O assignment HD SD OUT D 3G HD SD serial digital output HD SD OUT C 3G HD SD serial digital output HD SD OUT B 3G HD SD serial digital output HD SD OUT...

Page 17: ...Note Ensure the internal dust cap has been removed before mounting the RM57 into the frame Rear module connections with RM67 The RM67 being a single height module will allow maximum packing density De...

Page 18: ...n Black Audio silence missing Selected Alarms asserted after set delay No alarm Note Input missing will assert the selected alarm immediately As supplied each GPI output has a 270 resistor in series w...

Page 19: ...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 20: ...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 Remote 2 26 way high density D Type male pl...

Page 21: ...Up Action 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 Card edge rotary control The board edge rotary e...

Page 22: ...high GPO6 Yellow GPO6 active low GPO6 inactive high Ref Yellow External reference detected No external reference present Navigating card edge menus To access the card edge menu system proceed as foll...

Page 23: ...ey once The control panel will display the name of the card that first responds to the polling request together with its location number The location number consists of the frame number plus the card...

Page 24: ...re Status Press F1 Synchroniser Press F2 Audio Press F3 SYN A 3G only More selections Press F4 AFD Press F1 SYN A 3G only Proc amp Press F2 Alarms Press F3 Preset User presets and factory reset Press...

Page 25: ...o Present Format Black Frozen Reference Present Format Ref Incompatible Ip to Op delay Audio Status SYN A 3G only Groups Input Output Audio Silence Silence Video Settings Sync and Output Settings Genl...

Page 26: ...outing Group 1 Group 2 Group 3 Group 4 Take Audio Mute Mute Embed Audio Resampling Inputs Resample Dolby E Input Audio Delay Delay Delay TAD Speed Dolby E Delay Dolby E Align TAD Tracking Audio Bypass...

Page 27: ...Delay Video Black Video Frozen SYN A 3G only Audio Silence Controlling cards via VisionWeb Crystal Vision cards use an XML file to create a control database that is used by the card s front edge contr...

Page 28: ...ple above shows a SYN 3G card fitted in slot one and the frame s power supply and status monitor in slots 13 and 14 Clicking on a SYN 3G or SYN A 3G card will bring up the card s home page for example...

Page 29: ...he Frozen control VisionWeb GUI controls are accessed by menus at the bottom of the page which when selected offer sub menus containing a number of controls Some controls are simulated LEDs that are u...

Page 30: ...080i50 59 IP 1080p50 59 IP Missing IP Unknown Black On if input video at constant black level Frozen On if input video frozen still frame Reference Present On when valid Black and Burst or tri level v...

Page 31: ...the video input Output On when the audio group is embedded into the video output Audio Silence Group 1 4 Channels 1 2 3 4 On if the channel pairs are silent 63dbfs for each of the four embedded audio...

Page 32: ...present This ability is useful when setting up a system and checking signal paths When in forced mode the output can then be set to any of the formats handled by the SYN 3G SYN A 3G and give either a...

Page 33: ...be set is one frame RGB Proc Control the lift and gain of the Red Green and Blue components Lift Apply a positive or negative DC offset to the black level of the Red Green and Blue components of the...

Page 34: ...turn Lift and Gain for all components to their default values of 0 lift and 100 gain Fibre Enable Select fibre optic I O options Input Select BNC or Fibre as the video input The optional SPF module an...

Page 35: ...e routed to the embedded output channels shown on the left hand side use the scroll bar at the bottom of the matrix to view all 16 inputs Clicking on the intersection of the input and output will show...

Page 36: ...SYN A 3G only Mute When selected this control will mute the selected embedded audio channel pair Embed Select to re embed the audio group into the video output Audio Resampling Select audio embedding...

Page 37: ...is Dolby E encoded Input On when an audio input group is detected Audio Delay Select audio delay options SYN A 3G only Delay This control is used to delay the audio between 0 to 120mS with respect to...

Page 38: ...edded audio directly to the output bypassing the router and resamplers Data Insert Menu AFD Select AFD output options for HD and SD outputs SYN A 3G only Input AFD Displays incoming AFD descriptor i e...

Page 39: ...image within a 4 3 frame select 4 3 for AR and Code 10 Code Code for active image area See section AFD for more information 525 Select the pair of 525 lines into which the ANC data will be inserted 6...

Page 40: ...status The presets are numbered 1 16 Preset select Store or recall SYN 3G SYN A 3G configuration to one of 16 memory locations GPI Enable Select to recall previously saved presets via the external GP...

Page 41: ...default settings but leave preset memories unaffected see section Defaults Fact Res Inc Preset Reset the board to default settings and erase preset memories GPO Alarms Set the conditions that trigger...

Page 42: ...ed audio channel pairs are silent for the period set by the Alarm Delay menu SYN A 3G only Alarm Delay Time Set time that an alarm condition must be active before triggering an alarm Video Black Set t...

Page 43: ...12 275 625 lines 8 321 Video gains 100 Video lift 0 Audio Router Group 1 to Group 1 Group 4 to Group 4 Audio Router bypass Bypassed Audio mute Not muted Output embedders All enabled Genlock mode Lock...

Page 44: ...put standard is HD High Definition Input not present SD Yellow Video input standard is SD Standard Definition GPO5 Yellow GPO5 active low GPO5 inactive high GPO6 Yellow GPO6 active low GPO6 inactive h...

Page 45: ...o longer responds to card edge or front panel control Check that the card is seated correctly and that the Power OK LEDs are lit Check any active control panel cabling Check if the control panel can c...

Page 46: ...15dB Outputs RM41 RM57 RM67 The RM41 has four video outputs RM57 has three video outputs and an optical I O RM67 has four outputs one switched Serial digital HD or SD SDI 270 Mb s to 2 970 Gb s serial...

Page 47: ...SU rails present SDI input HD SD GPI Out 5 GPI Out 6 active GPI inputs Number and type 4 x GPI inputs Recall of presets Pulse or level asserted Active pull to ground pulled up to 5V through 7 kohm GPI...

Page 48: ...application menus Statesman main application window The two large control panes shown in the upper and lower halves of the window may display different menus for the same card or controls for differen...

Page 49: ...input The video standard of the incoming video and external reference is also given in text Audio present on the input video and output video is indicated by green LEDs one for each of the four availa...

Page 50: ...olour bars Black or the last good frame Whilst frozen the output will remain timed to the external reference but any audio will mute Video delay and output timing There are two user controls available...

Page 51: ...TAKE button Until this time no changes to the routing matrix will have any effect on the audio routing Mute Each of the stereo input pairs can be individually muted by selecting mute Note When routing...

Page 52: ...e help with TAD speed settings for different applications Dolby E delay and alignment Dolby E can be delayed up to three frames of delay in one frame increments and to ensure the correct positioning o...

Page 53: ...3 with shoot and protect 14 9 centre 6 Reserved 14 16 9 with shoot and protect 14 9 centre 7 Reserved 15 16 9 with shoot and protect 4 3 centre Note When inserting SMPTE 2016 data the inserter will b...

Page 54: ...PI output input missing reference missing and input groups missing will assert an alarm immediately whereas the silence alarms can be assigned a delay timer to delay the time after which an alarm is a...

Page 55: ...6 Presets and factory reset Note Care should be taken when storing presets that the desired configuration is not changed by any external input prior to saving Saving and recalling presets The current...

Page 56: ...faults values but will leave any user stored configurations unaffected Note Factory reset will erase all user stored presets Parameter Default value Output standard Forced Frame rate 50Hz Format Stand...

Page 57: ...er friendly means of configuring and operating Crystal Vision modules with the benefit of see at a glance status monitoring The main Statesman application communicates with each module in a frame thro...

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