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SYNNER-E 3G User Manual R1.2

Crystal

Vision

SYNNER-E 3G User Manual R1.2

10/09/2012

AES setup

Presets menu

GPI Alarms menu

Using the front control panel

4.1

Module selected

Updating the display

4.2

The SYNNER-E 3G active panel menu

Active control panel menus

The Status menu

Video control menu

Audio controls

AES setup

Preset controls

GPO Alarms menu

Statesman 60

5.1

Statesman introduction

5.2

Statesman operation

Status 61

Video Control

Audio controls

Audio input control

Audio delay

Routing 66

Video gain controls

Audio gain controls

Presets and factory reset

Alarms 70

Trouble shooting

Card edge monitoring

Basic fault finding guide

Summary of Contents for SYNNER-E 3G

Page 1: ...oad 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 SYNNER E 3G 3Gb s HD and SD synchroniser embedder...

Page 2: ...module connections with RM58 13 Rear module connections with RM59 15 Rear module connections with RM61 16 Rear module connections with RM62 17 Rear module connections with RM70 17 2 3 General Purpose...

Page 3: ...ve control panel menus 44 The Status menu 46 Video control menu 48 Audio controls 50 AES setup 56 Preset controls 56 GPO Alarms menu 58 5 Statesman 60 5 1 Statesman introduction 60 5 2 Statesman opera...

Page 4: ...anual R1 2 3 10 09 2012 7 Specification 73 Revision 1 SMPTE Sony embedder patterns control added to Audio controls and RM70 rear module added 04 04 12 Revision 2 Synchroniser override control added to...

Page 5: ...ustable between 18dB and 18dB in 0 1dB steps Audio channels can be muted while stereo to mono conversion helps those broadcasting a multi language service SYNNER E 3G can be used for applications with...

Page 6: ...input or output up to 8 external AES stereo pairs which can be fully shuffled with the powerful audio routers Optimise the audio each channel has individual gain control and stereo to mono conversion...

Page 7: ...delayed by the same amount as the video maintaining lipsync Dolby E is not directly affected by this delay so the Dolby E can be made earlier relative to the video prior to the alignment process With...

Page 8: ...audio sample drop repeat on a per channel basis The user control for this can also select negative values these will be provided by reducing delays elsewhere in the signal path where possible 6 A Tra...

Page 9: ...rd as the audio delay catches up with the video To put this in perspective imagine a piano recital is in progress and a concert pitch A above middle C is heard This has a fundamental frequency of 440H...

Page 10: ...passed unchanged through the signal path if the delay has to change single audio samples will be dropped or repeated as required This control has no effect on channels containing Dolby E The Dolby E...

Page 11: ...of the frame and are included for diagnostic purposes only Note The two potentiometers have been factory set and should not require further adjustments Engineering link and LEDs PL8 sets the SYNNER E...

Page 12: ...ed in and removed while the frame is powered without damage Note For details of fitting rear connectors please refer to the appropriate frame manual Rear module connections with RM47 The RM47 being a...

Page 13: ...allation SYNNER E 3G User Manual R1 2 12 10 09 2012 110 ohm 26 way D Type Audio connections I O Pin out GND 1 AES1 2 3 AES2 4 5 AES3 6 7 AES4 8 18 GND 9 AES5 14 15 AES6 10 11 AES7 16 17 AES8 12 13 GND...

Page 14: ...O AES5 stereo pair 75 ohm input output SYNC IN NC Tri level and Black Burst analogue reference input SDI IN 3G High Definition Standard Definition serial digital input AES2 I O AES2 stereo pair 75 oh...

Page 15: ...ut or output depending on optical module fitted SYNC IN Tri level and Black Burst analogue reference input SDI OUT 3G High Definition Standard Definition serial digital output 110 ohm 26 way D Type Au...

Page 16: ...nector RM59 rear module connector Description RM59 24 SYNNER E 3G modules per Indigo 4 frame 12 per Indigo 2 frame Six per Indigo 1 frame 2 per Indigo DT All frame slots can be used BNC connections BN...

Page 17: ...Alternate frame slots can be used BNC I O assignment OPTICAL I O SC optical connector Input or output depending on optical module fitted SDI OUT 3G High Definition Standard Definition serial digital o...

Page 18: ...connection SYNC IN Tri level and Black Burst analogue reference input SDI IN 3G High Definition Standard Definition serial digital input Rear module connections with RM70 The RM70 is a dual height mod...

Page 19: ...allation SYNNER E 3G User Manual R1 2 18 10 09 2012 110 ohm 26 way D Type Audio connections I O Pin out GND 1 AES1 2 3 AES2 4 5 AES3 6 7 AES4 8 18 GND 9 AES5 14 15 AES6 10 11 AES7 16 17 AES8 12 13 GND...

Page 20: ...recalled using binary notation GPI Bit 8 Bit 4 Bit 2 Bit 1 GPI Bit 8 Bit 4 Bit 2 Bit 1 Preset Preset 1 0 0 0 0 9 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 10 1 0 0 1 3 0 0 1 0 11 1 0 1 0 4 0 0 1 1 12 1 0 1 1 5 0 1 0 0 13 1...

Page 21: ...2 13 2 10 10 1 11 1 19 1 20 1 21 2 22 2 11 3 3 12 3 22 3 21 3 12 4 13 4 12 10 3 11 3 19 3 20 3 21 4 22 4 Slot no 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...

Page 22: ...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 Note The 5V output is protected by self resetting thermal fuses which limit...

Page 23: ...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 Re...

Page 24: ...u 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 encoder is used to navigate through the me...

Page 25: ...Yellow Audio Group 3 present Audio Group 3 not present G4 Yellow Audio Group 4 present Audio Group 4 not present nCal Yellow Video Gain controls not at cal points Video Gain control at cal points GPO6...

Page 26: ...Crystal Vision Card edge operation SYNNER E 3G User Manual R1 2 25 10 09 2012 3 6 Card edge configuration Menu tree SYNNER E 3G Board edge menu structure...

Page 27: ...YNNER E 3G User Manual R1 2 26 10 09 2012 SYNNER E 3G Board edge menu structure Tip To reach the top menu push the button repeatedly until a top menu is reached Rotate the SCROLL ADJ control anti cloc...

Page 28: ...6 status GPO 6 Status On Off VANC blanking Vertical ancillary data blanking On Off Board software The version number of the currently installed software Serial number The electronically stored PCB se...

Page 29: ...ls 1 2 L left R right dd dolby E s silent mm missing AES input Ch34 AES input status channels 3 4 L left R right dd dolby E s silent mm missing AES input Ch56 AES input status channels 5 6 L left R ri...

Page 30: ...and rotate SCROLL ADJ to vary 0 1 2 Dolby E compensation delay Rotate the SCROLL ADJ control to show the Dolby E compensation control Press ENTER and rotate SCROLL ADJ to vary 0 0 0 5 Video Gains Pres...

Page 31: ...put video and external reference Further fixed delays can then be added for matching purposes The Dolby E compensation delay allows a further 0 5 frame delay to be added to the video delay to ensure c...

Page 32: ...trol Press ENTER and rotate SCROLL ADJ to select On Off De embedder gains Press ENTER and rotate SCROLL ADJ De embedder group 1 channel 1 gain Rotate the SCROLL ADJ control to show the individual De e...

Page 33: ...tereo De embedder Grp 4 Chl 3 4 Mono Stereo AES Input Mono Stereo Press ENTER and rotate SCROLL ADJ AES1 Mono Stereo Rotate the SCROLL ADJ control to show the individual AES input pair mono stereo con...

Page 34: ...routing Rotate the SCROLL ADJ control to show the AES output router controls 1L 1R to 8L 8R Press ENTER and rotate SCROLL ADJ to select group and channel Press ENTER and rotate SCROLL ADJ to select ro...

Page 35: ...he VANC blanking Audio Gains In total there are 32 audio gain controls one for each of the 16 channels of de embedded audio and 16 channels of AES audio The gain controls will give 18dB of gain relati...

Page 36: ...nel 1 outputting the converted mono sum of channels 1 and 2 Channel 2 will remain outputting the original channel 2 programme Similarly deselecting channel 1 and selecting channel 2 will cause channel...

Page 37: ...ee wheel Embedder pattern The embedders can be set to give either the Sony pattern or the SMPTE pattern AES setup From the STATUS top menu rotate SCROLL ADJ to select the AES Setup menu Press ENTER an...

Page 38: ...lled either from the board control active front panel Statesman or through the use of external GPIs Presets store the board setup data including operating mode card status The presets are numbered 1 1...

Page 39: ...select BNC On loss of input show Last Frame Video delay controls 0 Output Audio Groups Enabled VANC Blank Un blanked Tracking speed 0 05 AES Setup Terminated and Balanced inputs Lock to ATC input Free...

Page 40: ...delay Rotate the SCROLL ADJ control to show the silence delay control Press ENTER and rotate SCROLL ADJ to vary 0 128 seconds Input video present Rotate the SCROLL ADJ control to show the video missin...

Page 41: ...roup 4 channel 3 4 Press ENTER and rotate SCROLL ADJ to select On Off Dolby E on de embedder Gp4 Ch3 4 silent Dolby E on AES1 input silent Rotate the SCROLL ADJ control to show the Dolby E on AES chan...

Page 42: ...or 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 t...

Page 43: ...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 the...

Page 44: ...menu or sub menu the SCROLL control will take the user back down the menu Menu keys are illuminated when active and when further menus are available The top level menus are Status General Status Inpu...

Page 45: ...rough them Once the desired option has been located a selection or value change can be made by either toggling the appropriate function key or by selecting and using the shaft control to alter a numer...

Page 46: ...Crystal Vision Using the front control panel SYNNER E 3G User Manual R1 2 45 10 09 2012...

Page 47: ...e status sub menu options These options are General Status Input Groups present Output Groups present DeEmbedded Audio silence and AES Audio silence To enter a sub menu once selected press F1 then use...

Page 48: ...nd is only used when updating the board software Input Groups Rotate the shaft control and press F1 Input Group 1 audio Rotate the shaft control to view the input audio group 1 status Present Missing...

Page 49: ...AES input 7 8 silence Rotate the shaft control to view the AES input 7 8 status LRLR channel not silent mm missing ss silent dd Dolby E present Video control menu From the STATUS top menu rotate shaft...

Page 50: ...aft control to view the Y component lift Press F1 and rotate the shaft control to adjust 10 U component gain Rotate the shaft control to view the U component gain Press F1 and rotate the shaft control...

Page 51: ...lay the PCM audio delay will also be further delayed by a similar amount allowing the user to avoid a potential problem with aligning Dolby E Note For the relevant progressive video standards two vide...

Page 52: ...atus Press F1 and rotate the shaft control to select On Off De embedder gain controls Rotate the shaft control and press F1 De embedder gain Group 1 channel 1 Rotate the shaft control to show the indi...

Page 53: ...ono Stereo De embedder Grp 4 Chl 3 4 Mono Stereo AES input Mono Stereo Rotate the shaft control and press F1 AES1 Mono Stereo Rotate the shaft control to show the individual AES input pair mono stereo...

Page 54: ...1L routing Rotate the shaft control to show the AES output router controls 1L 1R to 8L 8R Press F1 and rotate the shaft control to select group and channel Press F1 and rotate the shaft control to sel...

Page 55: ...16 channels of de embedded audio and 16 channels of AES audio The gain controls will give 18dB of gain relative to the input level up to the point where digital clipping will occur Audio delay Each de...

Page 56: ...channel 2 to output the converted mono programme and channel 1 the original channel 1 programme Note When transporting Dolby E to ensure integrity of the audio any Dolby E stream must be treated as a...

Page 57: ...s the AES Setup menu options This menu is where the AES I O is individually configured to be either inputs or outputs Menu Comment AES1 Configuration Rotate the shaft control to show the individual AE...

Page 58: ...Note Care should be taken when storing presets that the desired configuration is not changed by any external input prior to saving When pasting a board setup from Statesman GPI enable will be set to...

Page 59: ...tput routing Group 1 to group 1 Group 4 to group 4 AES output routing None AES set to inputs Video gains 100 Video lift 0 De embedder gains 0dB AES input gains 0dB Embedder pattern SMTPE Preset select...

Page 60: ...ent Rotate the shaft control to show the de embedder channel silent alarms Group 1 channel 1 2 to Group 4 channel 3 4 Press F1 and rotate shaft control to select On Off De embedder Grp4 Ch3 4 silent A...

Page 61: ...anel An active panel or REMIND remote control panel must be fitted to allow Statesman control 5 2 Statesman operation The initial view will show an Explorer style view of the connected frames and modu...

Page 62: ...tion is required than can be inferred by a simple LED such as video standards Status monitoring Input Video and audio status Input present and external reference is indicated by a simulated LED green...

Page 63: ...output to freeze and show the selected pattern These are selectable from the following list the last frame shown Black Matte or Blue Matte Sync override will force the SYNNER E 3G into delay mode whe...

Page 64: ...fferential and 75R single sided when termination is applied Hi Z will have an impedance of approximately 1k Note The AES format control acts globally on all AES inputs and outputs Tracking audio delay...

Page 65: ...ts are stereo pairs and that each half of the stereo pair is on a consecutive input i e input 1 and input 2 are a stereo pair input 3 and input 4 are a stereo pair etc The action of converting a stere...

Page 66: ...hecking the tick boxes adjacent to each pair Audio present for each audio pair is given by a simulated LED A useful feature is the total delay which is given in milliseconds Please note that the total...

Page 67: ...be configured as either inputs or outputs from the AES SETUP menu giving a total of eight stereo channels in total of mixed I O Embedder output router Embedder output router AES output router AES out...

Page 68: ...in allowed is 200 should any combination of controls be set where this maximum would be exceeded the gain will be limited to 200 Note It is possible to set the gain control so that their combined indi...

Page 69: ...ols AES input gain controls Presets and factory reset Up to 16 user defined configurations may be stored and recalled either from the board control active front panel Statesman or through the use of e...

Page 70: ...presets can also be implemented externally via the GPI port To sanction this facility enable the GPI controls preset recall box Factory reset The user has the choice of performing a total factory res...

Page 71: ...audio alarms Any number of alarms may be assigned to the GPI output video missing and input groups missing will assert an alarm immediately whereas the silence alarms can be assigned a delay time to d...

Page 72: ...low Valid reference input present HD Yellow Video input standard is HD High Definition Input not present SD Yellow Video input standard is SD Standard Definition G1 Yellow Audio Group 1 present Audio...

Page 73: ...stability is within normal limits The card no 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 p...

Page 74: ...auto selected Return loss 50Mhz to 1 5GHz 15dB 1 5GHz to 2 97GHz 10dB Audio Up to eight 24 bit stereo pairs total of eight inputs and outputs AES3 110Ohm or HiZ balanced D Type or AES3 id unbalanced...

Page 75: ...s replaced there is not an old group 1 with the mark for deletion flag set Instead there is just the new modified group 1 Audio Processing Gain level adjustment on each channel between 18dB and 18dB i...

Page 76: ...display All functions available from board edge Remote RS422 485 19200 baud 8 bits 1 stop no parity Control from frame active front panel and remote panel Statesman allows control from any PC on a net...

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