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Introduction 

9.

 

Web Page Navigation 

provides general information on how to access and use the  

web pages. 

10.

 

Command Reference 

gives a detailed explanation of each command and its function. 

Daktronics identifies manuals by an ED or DD number located on the cover page of each 

manual. Other manuals referred to in this manual are identified by their ED or DD numbers. 

For example, this manual would be referred to as 

ED-16594

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1.2  Common Acronyms 

Acronym 

Meaning 

HD-SDI 

High Definition Serial Digital Interface 

SDI 

Serial Digital Interface 

VGA 

Video Graphics Array 

SVGA 

Super Video Graphics Array 

XGA 

Extended Graphics Array  

SXGA 

Super Extended Graphics Array 

RGB 

Red Green Blue (color model based on additive color primaries) 

DVI 

Digital Visual Interface 

NTSC 

National Television System Committee (television format) 

PAL 

Phase Alternation Line (television format) 

SECAM 

Séquentiel Couleur Avec Mémoire (French télévision format) 

DDR 

Digital Disk Recorder 

VTR 

Video Tape Recorder 

WFM 

Wave Form Monitor 

IRE 

Institute of Radio Engineers 

Summary of Contents for VIP 4500

Page 1: ...Introduction i VIP 4500 Operator s Manual ED 16594 Rev 11 8 June 2011 201 Daktronics Drive PO Box 5128 Brookings SD 57006 Tel 800 843 5843 Fax 605 697 4700 www daktronics com sales daktronics com...

Page 2: ...her assumes no responsibility for errors or omissions No part of this book covered by the copyrights hereon may be reproduced or copied in any form or by any means graphic electronic or mechanical inc...

Page 3: ...g Venus 7000 Software 9 Section 4 VIP 4500 Configuration Using Tera Term 13 4 1 Using Tera Term 13 4 2 Initial Setup 14 Section 5 VIP 4500 Configuration Using V Tour 19 5 1 The V Link Window 19 5 2 Th...

Page 4: ...s 43 10 2 Additional Configuration 45 10 3 Display Configuration 47 10 4 Data Distributor Configuration 48 10 5 Effect Transitions 49 10 6 Miscellaneous Commands 49 10 7 VIP 4510 Commands 50 10 8 VIP...

Page 5: ...es terms and explains concepts used throughout the manual 2 System Logic Flow and Input Options provides general information on how VIP 4500s typically integrate into a control room setting and which...

Page 6: ...ED 16594 1 2 Common Acronyms Acronym Meaning HD SDI High Definition Serial Digital Interface SDI Serial Digital Interface VGA Video Graphics Array SVGA Super Video Graphics Array XGA Extended Graphic...

Page 7: ...depending on the display type It accepts standard NTSC PAL and SECAM video formats as well as high definition digital formats It accepts the following inputs analog composite analog component HD comp...

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Page 9: ...ignal to an A B switch Primary system is routed to port A while the backup system is routed to port B If the primary system goes down the user simply uses the A B switch to start sending data from the...

Page 10: ...f the HD SDI SDI inputs can send the same source to a backup VIP 4500 video processor A maximum of four analog video sources can be connected at one time The VIP 4500 processor accepts component S Vid...

Page 11: ...owing up to 12 different video sources to display In this setup the VMax4TM out from one VIP is routed to the VMax4TM on the second processor This is repeated until all three processors are linked to...

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Page 13: ...select the sign to control Users may also highlight the Sign drop down box and use the up and down arrows to select the sign After selecting a sign the Sign Type automatically populates 3 To select w...

Page 14: ...ustments are made in Steps 10 14 Default setting is overlay 10 Click Details or press Alt D The V7 VLink Controller dialog box expands refer to Figure 9 The Viewable Area box determines what portion o...

Page 15: ...to the Key Color Levels box and use Tab or Shift Tab to move between the color level boxes Use the up and down arrow keys to set the key color level Note Daktronics does not recommend changing the ke...

Page 16: ...ut from a different VIP 4500 processor click inside the VLink Index text box and select a different processor from the drop down menu Then select the desired input from the Input drop down menu Users...

Page 17: ...bleshooting 4 1 Using Tera Term 1 Using a serial cable link the DB 9 connector port on the VIP 4500 to an open COM port on the DMP 7000 control computer The DB 9 port on the VIP 4500 console is immedi...

Page 18: ...000 software to enter the parameters However a user can enter these commands from Tera Term window Section 7 VIP 4510 Converter explains all available commands and their key combinations The following...

Page 19: ...d 0 indicates the horizontal start location 480 sets the pixel height the VIP 4500 video processor controls 640 sets the pixel width the VIP 4500 processor controls 3 WA 0 0 480 640 adjusts the channe...

Page 20: ...lue is 64 The range is 0 127 Zero is full black and 127 is completely saturated 8 CS 480 640 display size 480 sets the height in pixels 640 sets the width in pixels 9 SP 26 1 480 640 absolute sign pos...

Page 21: ...r data distributor in the display that receives VMax4 signal The range is 0 15 17 DP 240 0 240 640 relative data distributor position 18 CR 48 48 48 48 48 configure rows 19 CC 256 256 128 configure co...

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Page 23: ...ns box a If Network is chosen enter the corresponding IP address Note Use the buttons on the front panel of the VIP 4500 console to scroll through the options until the IP address is found b If Serial...

Page 24: ...ons listed on the Summary window are incorrect click Previous to adjust If the summary is correct 1 Click Finish The Send Configuration dialog box opens 2 From the File menu select Import System Confi...

Page 25: ...g VIPs and columns in the display Note To reset all of the fields in the Edge Blending to default settings click Reset to Defaults To close Edge Blending click Close EdgeBlending V Link Tool Tab The a...

Page 26: ...s with Panels of Different Pixel Pitches The pixel size must be large enough for the display to fit into the VMaxTM frame Standard VMaxTM frame size is 720 x 848 pixels Pixel size cannot be larger tha...

Page 27: ...les that provide visual representations of the translation tables The png files map pixel coordinates in relationship to the VMaxTM frame Save Translation Table creates one translation table and one p...

Page 28: ...nel s to rotate Information about the panel s appears in the Currently Selected tab 4 Type the desired angle of rotation in the Angle field located under Measurement in the Current tab 5 Go to the men...

Page 29: ...the darker squares surrounding it 2 Adjust the display brightness so the three small gray and black rectangles near the bottom right of the pattern are clearly visible this area is called the PLUGE Re...

Page 30: ...available Locate the backup configuration settings before reset as the factory reset process will remove any configuration on the VIP In the absence of a functional configuration backup the configurat...

Page 31: ...tails button on the lower left Refer to Figure 22 d Click the Send Configuration Settings button on the bottom left Refer to Figure 23 e Browse to the location of the VLC files and load the configurat...

Page 32: ...7000 shell click the VLink button in the bottom right corner Refer to Figure 20 3 In the Sign window in the upper left select the sign connected to the VIP Refer to Figure 21 4 Confirm the channel is...

Page 33: ...me of the script file you are looking for or name a new one This example uses the name backup Click OK to continue Refer to Figure 30 4 Right click on cell described in Step 2 and select Edit Script F...

Page 34: ...more channel configurations 12 Navigate to the location the VLC file s created in Step 10 and open it as a txt file in Notepad 13 Erase all the current settings and replace them with cf s Refer to Fi...

Page 35: ...To check these numbers type VXGC into the V7 VLink Debugger or into Tera Term The viewable area should be set to the sign size of the LED display The window area should be set to the resolution of the...

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Page 37: ...the settings Note The settings are not saved until you save the configuration Rebooting the processor will cause the settings to revert The configuration using the front panel under the Configuration...

Page 38: ...ue Overlay Color Blue Value VMax4 Active Width VMax4 Total Width VMax4 Active Height VMax4 Total Height VMax4 Clock Divider VIP4500 ID SV row VIP4500 ID SV col VIP4500 ID SV total row VIP4500 ID SV to...

Page 39: ...Front Panel Instructions 35 Dimming Gamma Configuration Save Delete CF s d Set IP IP xxx xxx xxx xxx Set Netmask NM xxx xxx xxx xxx Show Versions GV...

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Page 41: ...ge requires a network connection and a static IP address to function properly The IP address and the Net Mask of the network need to be configured only once on the processor To access the webpage type...

Page 42: ...age Navigation Contrast control Hue control Saturation control Sharpness Filter General Configuration VMax4 Frame Rate Vmax4 Frame Size Interleave Mode Interleave Mask Z Order Figure 45 General Config...

Page 43: ...gation 39 Sign Configuration Gamma control Dimming control Set Default Configuration Saves the current configuration on the processor as the default Figure 46 Sign Configuration Figure 47 Set Default...

Page 44: ...oads a 7000 VLC file containing configuration settings for all four VIP channels Imaging Display an image of the selected video source channel or incoming outgoing VMax4 signal Figure 48 Download Util...

Page 45: ...essor channel Get Status Utility Reports the current status and resolution of the incoming video signals and processor channels Update Firmware Utility Allows the user to update firmware on the proces...

Page 46: ...42 Web Page Navigation Reset Utility Resets the VIP from the Web performs an XR Figure 53 Reset Utility...

Page 47: ...command EB 1 VA t l h w Viewable Area t top start l left start h height w width Extracts the location and dimensions of the selected source VA 0 0 480 640 WA t l h w Window Area t top start l left sta...

Page 48: ...se Reduction 0 63 Sets amount of Noise Reduction applied to image NR 0 BC r g b Border Color 0 255 Sets the Border Color BC 0 0 0 BT n Border Thickness 0 128 reads out as a percentage Sets the thickne...

Page 49: ...Max4 Frame Generation haw horizontal active width hbw horizontal blank width vas vertical active start vae vertical active end ve vertical end fr frame rate Sets Frame Generation parameters FG 1280 35...

Page 50: ...N PAL N PMw PAL M without pedestal PM PAL M PNc PAL Nc PNcw PAL Nc with pedestal S SECAM Sw SECAM with pedestal Sets the processor to a specific video input format VF A XD x Frame Delay 0 63 Delays vi...

Page 51: ...ILM xxxx Interleave Matrix Sets the Interleave Matrix ILM 0770000000000000 CK x Channel Key 0 3 0 Luma keying disabled 1 3 Channel Select enables Luma keying on channel Selects which channel is keyed...

Page 52: ...2767 Rr Red red Rg Red green Rb Red blue Gr Green red Gg Green green Gb Green blue Br Blue red Bg Blue green Bb Blue blue Configures the data display color correction DX 32767 0 0 0 32767 0 0 0 32767...

Page 53: ...0 10 t time milliseconds Uses wipe transition to turn channel on off TE4 1 1 10 5000 TE5 ch t l h w t Move resize WA ch channel 1 4 i out in 0 1 e effect pattern 0 10 t time milliseconds Resizes and...

Page 54: ...IP r NM xxx xxx xxx xxx Net Mask Sets net mask NM 255 255 0 0 NM r Returns current Net Mask Shows net mask NM r 10 7 VIP 4510 Commands Command Description Definition Example Default VXVA t l h w Viewa...

Page 55: ...and sets the test pattern color VXTPA 1 1 dda0dd VXTPR vf tp rgb Test Pattern DVI VGA vf test pattern resolution 0 9 tp test pattern rgb color 24 bit hex Enables disables test patterns sets the test...

Page 56: ...0 Component A10 PAL 576 x 720 Component A11 PAL underscan 576 x 720 Component A12 PAL overscan 576 x 720 Component R0 VGA 640 x 480 480 x 640 DVI VGA R1 SVGA 800 x 600 600 x 800 DVI VGA R2 XGA 1024 x...

Page 57: ...___________________________ Contract Number _________________________________________________________________ Date Installed _____________________________________________________________________ Locat...

Page 58: ...t Customer Service immediately Daktronics expects immediate return of an exchange part if it does not solve the problem The company also reserves the right to refuse parts that have been damaged due t...

Page 59: ...Ave Brookings SD 57006 11 2 Daktronics Warranty and Limitation of Liability The Daktronics Warranty and Limitation of Liability is located in the Appendix The Warranty is independent of Extended Serv...

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Page 61: ...n device that produces 24 test pattern functions Chrominance the color component of a video signal abbreviated C Chrominance is combined with the black and white signal luminance in composite video co...

Page 62: ...30 interlaced frames per second Gamma correction a process used with video images to correct brightness and internal micro contrast within the image Changing the value of the gamma affects middle ran...

Page 63: ...acker than black black and whiter than black Users adjust monitor brightness by watching the PLUGE so the whiter than black bar is just visible and both the black and blacker than black bars are no lo...

Page 64: ...lor Vectorscope a vector display unit that allows visual checking of the phase and amplitude of the color components of a video signal Venus 7000 controller Daktronics designed software that controls...

Page 65: ...Acronyms Nomenclature 61 Z Order the ordering of overlapping two dimensional objects on a screen or display determines which object will appear atop the other...

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Page 67: ...Appendix Daktronics Warranty and Limitation of Liability 63 Appendix Daktronics Warranty and Limitation of Liability Refer to SL 02374 for a complete Warranty and Limitation of Liability...

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