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Crystal Vision 

Specification 

 

6 Specification 

General 

 

Dimensions  96mm x 325mm card with connector. 

Weight  180g with no piggybacks fitted; 220g with two piggybacks fitted. 

Power 

consumption 

TANDEM10-VF – 10 Watts. 
3G-AIP2 – 2 Watts; 3G-AOP2 – 2 Watts; DIOP4 – 1 Watt. 
FIP-VF – 0.6 Watts; FOP-VF – 0.6 Watts; FIO-VF – 1 Watt. 

Inputs 

 

Video  HD or SD SDI 270 Mb/s to 2.970 Gb/s serial digital compliant to SMPTE 

259, SMPTE 292-1 and SMPTE 424/425-A. 
Cable Equalisation:  

3G (2.970Gb/s) – 100 metres, Belden 1694A or equivalent. 

HD (1.485Gb/s) – 140 metres, Belden 1694A or equivalent. 

SD (270Mb/s) >250 metres, Belden 8281 or equivalent. 
Automatic de-embedding to SMPTE 272M or SMPTE 299M. 
LC optical input. 

Video 

standards 

supported 

1080p 50/59.94, 1080i 50/59.94, 720p 50/59.94, 1080psf 23.98/24, 

PAL, NTSC. 
Input format auto selected. 

Audio  Up to eight 24 bit stereo pairs (total of eight inputs and outputs).  AES3 

110 ohm or HiZ (balanced) D-Type, or AES3-id (unbalanced) 75 ohm 

BNC. 
Synchronous 48kHz audio to video. 

Outputs 

 

Video  Serial output: 270Mb/s to 2.970Gb/s serial compliant to SMPTE 259, 

SMPTE 292-1 and SMPTE 424/425-A. 
Output follows the input format. 
Audio is embedded to SMPTE 272M or SMPTE 299M. 
LC optical outputs. 

Audio  Up to eight 24 bit stereo pairs (total of eight inputs and outputs).   

AES: 110 ohm balanced D-Type or 75 ohm unbalanced BNC. 

 

 

TANDEM10-VF User Manual R1.0 

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26 June 2017 

Summary of Contents for Vision System TANDEM10-VF

Page 1: ...D SD audio embedder de embedder 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 c...

Page 2: ...module connections with VR02 8 3 2 Rear module connections with VR12 9 3 3 Rear module connections with VR13 10 3 4 VR02 and VR12 audio pin out 11 4 Control and Status monitoring 12 4 1 Controlling c...

Page 3: ...bedded output router 24 Discrete output router 25 Mute group enable 26 4 7 Presets default alarms 27 Presets 27 Card default 27 Alarm delays 28 4 8 Live button 29 5 Troubleshooting 30 5 1 Card edge mo...

Page 4: ...i59 94 1080p50 1080p59 94 1080psf23 98 1080psf24 Versatile audio will de embed and embed up to four audio groups and input or output up to eight external AES stereo pairs or four analogue stereo pairs...

Page 5: ...by up to ten video frames of delay before the video is then passed to the embedder block where up to 16 audio channels are inserted De embedded audio and external input audio are processed with resam...

Page 6: ...not force the card if resistance is met as the card may not be correctly aligned with the rear connectors The white tab at the top of the board is a label only and should not be pulled Ensure that the...

Page 7: ...input gain of the 3G AIP2 channels 3G AOP2 Analogue Output This analogue piggyback has four balanced audio outputs The links PL1 4 set 0dBFS to 18dBu to the right towards SK2 3 or 24dBu to the left to...

Page 8: ...e I O piggybacks onto the main board TANDEM10 VF main board showing piggyback fixing holes and sockets The I O piggybacks plug onto the main board such that main board plugs PL6 PL5 PL12 and PL4 PL3 P...

Page 9: ...one 3G HD SD serial digital BNC video input and three 3G HD SD serial digital BNC video outputs The D Type connector allows eight AES stereo pairs or eight mono analogue channels as balanced I O The 2...

Page 10: ...density audio D socket on the VR12 module can be used for analogue or digital inputs or outputs or a mixture of both depending on the I O piggybacks fitted Half of the I O channels on the rear module...

Page 11: ...The dual fibre I O can be configured as a video input a video output or a video input and output depending on the fibre modules fitted to the TANDEM10 VF card AES I O channels 1 4 on the rear module...

Page 12: ...the rear The DIOP4 will normally be configured as 110 ohm balanced operation when using these rear modules Piggyback position Function Pin out GND 1 Analogue audio 1 AES1 2 3 Analogue audio 2 AES2 4...

Page 13: ...frame User Manual for more details Typical Vision frame home page The example above shows a TANDEM10 VF card fitted in slot 1 and other Vision cards in slots 2 3 5 and 7 Clicking on the TANDEM10 VF c...

Page 14: ...mber and type of controls displayed to suit the piggybacks fitted so screen grabs may not correspond exactly to a user s own configuration The description of the menus is in the order displayed in the...

Page 15: ...the threshold set by the Audio silence level control for the time period set by the Audio silence seconds control Both of these controls are in the Presets default alarms menu Sub PCB type Displays t...

Page 16: ...his delay this control will delay the video with respect to the audio Audio channels will be delayed by the same amount if Match video frame delay is selected by the DeEmbedded input delay or Discrete...

Page 17: ...fault Return Lift and Gain for all components to their calibrated values of 0 lift and 100 gain YUV proc Apply varying amounts of lift and gain to the YUV channels of the video path Y U V Lift Apply a...

Page 18: ...evel OVERLOAD HIGH GOOD LOW TOO LOW OVERLOAD or HIGH may cause the receiver to saturate with poor or no video output In extreme cases the receiver may even be damaged consider using an optical attenua...

Page 19: ...vice The laser should be replaced as soon as possible 4 5 Audio DeEmbedded input Monitor de embedder channel status invert channels detect Dolby E encoded channel pairs mono and resample stereo pairs...

Page 20: ...rom the same source and the timing should not be adjusted while on air Without resampling an adjustment in timing will cause a number of audio samples to be dropped or repeated As Dolby E signals cann...

Page 21: ...resampling an adjustment in timing will cause a number of audio samples to be dropped or repeated As DolbyE signals cannot be resampled the control will be ignored Audio gain Change the gain of the a...

Page 22: ...ignals Present On if the audio channel pair is present Match video frame delay For each channel pair select to enable delay to match the video frame delay set by the Delay output controls User delay F...

Page 23: ...ns 3G AIP2 piggyback fitted in front position DIOP4 piggyback fitted in front and rear positions Present On if the audio channel pair is present Match video frame delay For each channel pair select to...

Page 24: ...AES I O configure Configure the optional DIOP4 piggyback AES I O channels as input or output Front Rear Channel Pair DIOP4 piggybacks can be configured as either inputs or outputs for each channel pa...

Page 25: ...cted crosspoints will be routed when the Take button is pressed The inputs are shown along the top of the matrix and are available to be routed to the embedded channels shown on the left hand side The...

Page 26: ...annels Display current selections as green circles and pre selected crosspoints as red circles Preselected crosspoints will be routed when the Take button is pressed The inputs are shown along the top...

Page 27: ...outputs and a 3G AOP2 giving a total of 12 audio outputs Embed mute Select to mute embedder output channels AES Analog Op mutes Mute AES and analogue output audio AES outputs only available if a DIOP4...

Page 28: ...VF s configuration from one of 16 memory locations Store Store the current configuration in the selected preset memory Recall Recall a configuration from the selected memory This will overwrite the c...

Page 29: ...s Audio silence seconds Set the time that the alarm condition must be present before a fault indication For an audio silence fault the audio level must be consistently below the threshold set by the A...

Page 30: ...Selecting any of the preset edit options from Preset edit 1 to Preset edit 16 will only edit the stored settings of the selected preset memory and NOT affect the immediate output Selecting any of the...

Page 31: ...intact Check that the Fibre enable menu is set correctly The video output exhibits jitter Check that the input SDI stability is within normal limits The card no longer responds to front panel control...

Page 32: ...en 8281 or equivalent Automatic de embedding to SMPTE 272M or SMPTE 299M LC optical input Video standards supported 1080p 50 59 94 1080i 50 59 94 720p 50 59 94 1080psf 23 98 24 PAL NTSC Input format a...

Page 33: ...ent on video input to any channel of up to four output embedder groups HANC cleaning means that there is no remnant of the original version of old groups If group 1 is replaced there is not an old gro...

Page 34: ...e of these menus will change according to the optional boards fitted for example references to Front or Rear channels will only appear if the appropriate piggyback is fitted Status Video Video Present...

Page 35: ...Gain RGB default 80 120 Default YUV Proc Y U V Lift 10 10 Gain 0 200 Video gain 0 200 YUV default VANC Default VANC blank VANC blank Fibre enable Input Source BNC Received power Power level Output En...

Page 36: ...1 dB Gain 2 dB Gain 3 dB DeEmbedded Gain 4 dB Input delay 18 18 Frame user Group1 C1 C2 for all 8 channel pairs Group4 C15 C16 Present Match video frame delay Discrete input User delay delay Frame us...

Page 37: ...edded outputs Grp4 C16 Grp1 C1 for all embedded Inputs Grp4 C16 Front C1 for all available Inputs Rear C16 Present Grp1 C1 for all embedded inputs Grp4 C16 Take Discrete output router only if piggybac...

Page 38: ...Mute Group1 Group2 Group3 Group4 Embedder mode SMPTE Sony Presets Default Alarms Presets Store Recall Store Recall Preset select Card defaults 1 16 Card defaults Default exc preset Default inc preset...

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