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

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ShARC-XP

Horizontal aspect ratio converter

Summary of Contents for ShARC-XP

Page 1: ...on 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 ShARC XP Horizontal as...

Page 2: ...7 RM01 7 2 5 General Purpose Interface GPI 8 Remote connections 8 4U frame GPI connections 10 2U frame GPI connections 11 1U frame GPI connections 11 DTB AV desk top box GPI connections 11 Indigo DT...

Page 3: ...ualR2 1 Crystal Vision 2 21 09 05 5 Statesman 19 5 1 Installing Statesman 19 5 2 Statesman operation 20 6 Trouble shooting 23 6 1 Card edge monitoring 23 Status LEDs 23 6 2 Fault finding guide 25 7 Sp...

Page 4: ...ng to these conversions allows a higher quality output compared with multi purpose ARCs The result is low levels of aliasing and banding coupled with a wide frequency response No vertical processing i...

Page 5: ...n input data and output data even when bypass mode is selected The unit will plug into the front of the rack frame and the universal connection system will allow a mixture of Crystal Vision modules wi...

Page 6: ...nversion settings ShARC204 XP Both the ShARC102 XP and ShARC204 XP have up to five methods of control Board edge switches allow control and monitoring of conversion status Active control panel either...

Page 7: ...the ShARC XP can leave these lines unprocessed The ShARC204 XP module 2 2 Jumper links Link Text Description J1 GPI0 RX1B Default position Allows use of GPI control Enables GPI port 422 comms J4 GPI1...

Page 8: ...s plugged into 2 4 Rear modules and signal I O The Indigo 4 4U frames will house up to 24 single height modules with up to three power supplies The FR2AV and Indigo 2U frames will house up to 12 singl...

Page 9: ...Channel 1 serial digital input SDI IN 2 Channel 2 serial digital input ShARC204 XP only SDI OUT 1A Channel 1 serial digital output 2 SDI OUT 1B Channel 1 serial digital output 1 SDI OUT 2B Channel 2 s...

Page 10: ...e tables below show the GPI connections and describe their action GPI Remote 4 3 input to 16 9 output 16 9 input to 4 3 output 4 3 input to 16 9 output 16 9 input to 4 3 output Bypass Bypass 0 a High...

Page 11: ...12 10 3 11 3 19 3 20 3 21 4 22 4 a pin b pin c pin d pin e pin f pin 1 8 5 9 5 18 5 26 5 19 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...

Page 12: ...ound is pin 2 and 5V 500mA is pin 1 in each case Remote 2 and Remote 4 are 26 way high density D Type male plugs and frame ground is pin 6 and 5V 500mA is pin 15 in each case 1U frame GPI connections...

Page 13: ...PI lines a to f of each card connect to the rear remote connector as follows Slot no a pin b pin c pin d pin e pin f pin 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 nu...

Page 14: ...shorted to ground Channel 1 aspect ratio conversion on 4 3 to 16 9 GP11 Green GPI input 1 shorted to ground Channel 1 aspect ratio conversion on 16 9 to 4 3 GP12 Green GPI input 0 shorted to ground Ch...

Page 15: ...reen 1 8V supply voltage present 3 3V Green 3 3V supply voltage present 5V Green 5V supply voltage present 3 2 Board edge DIP switches The board edge piano switches DIP1 4 allow full control of ShARC...

Page 16: ...red prior to using the panel for the first time At power up the two line 20 character screen will display Crystal Vision followed by the firmware version number for the control panel All eight control...

Page 17: ...nters 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 Upward arrow used to move up...

Page 18: ...cate with the ShARC XP at the node number last displayed in the available cards list The ShARC XP home menu Updating the display The values displayed on an active front panel are only updated when an...

Page 19: ...mode is selected the input program is passed to the output unprocessed The ShARC204 XP dual channel module can individually bypass either Channel 1 or 2 Conversion mode Toggling F3 selects either of t...

Page 20: ...above firmware if it is an Indigo frame the firmware must be V1 04 or above An optional RS422 to RS232 converter if the PC has no RS422 ports Installing Statesman Refer to the readme and or help file...

Page 21: ...s quickly the following colour and size coding is used A module is shown present by full colour and absent by greyed colour A module is shown open by large icon and closed by small icon A module is th...

Page 22: ...3 to 16 9 Video input present Input line standard PAL NTSC Conversion and monitoring Channel controls The channel controls are as follows Chl control setting Description Bypass on off With Bypass ON t...

Page 23: ...ShARC XPUserManualR2 11 22 21 09 05 Channel status Status indication is as follows Input setting Description Video present Green when input detected Red when no input detected 625 525 Indicates input...

Page 24: ...or configured from the card edge from GPIs from an active control panel or the Statesman PC interface This chapter will concentrate on the card edge monitoring LEDs Status LEDs Board edge LEDs provid...

Page 25: ...d to ground Channel 2 aspect ratio conversion on 16 9 to 4 3 ShARC204 XP only GP14 Green GPI input 4 shorted to ground No effect GPI4 set to input GP15 Green GPI input 5 shorted to ground No effect GP...

Page 26: ...trol panel Statesman can control another card in the same rack If necessary re set the card Statesman settings change unexpectedly Active control panel or card edge control settings may have overridde...

Page 27: ...with ShARC102 XP Two outputs with ShARC204 XP ShARC102 XP 2 x 270Mb s serial digital to EBU Tech 3267 E and SMPTE 259M ShARC204 XP 4 x 270Mb s serial digital to EBU Tech 3267 E and SMPTE 259M Horizont...

Page 28: ...e with active front panel for up 12 Crystal Vision modules Indigo 2S 2U frame with passive front panel fitted with Statesman CPU for up to 12 Crystal Vision modules Indigo 1 1U frame with passive fron...

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