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DMON

‐

16S

 

USB

 

CONTROL

 

PANEL

 

MANUAL

 

V2.0.7

 

with

 

Firmware

 

V1.3

   

 

2

 

Copyright

 

©

 

2017

 

Decimator

 

Design

 

Pty

 

Ltd,

 

Sydney,

 

Australia

 

E&OE

 

Contents

 

1.0

 

Status

 

Tab

 

.............................................................................................................................

 

6

 

1.1

 

Custom

 

Name

 

...................................................................................................................

 

6

 

1.2

 

Firmware

 

Version

 

.............................................................................................................

 

6

 

1.3

 

Input

 

Status

 

......................................................................................................................

 

6

 

2.0

 

Control

 

Tab

 

...........................................................................................................................

 

7

 

2.1

 

HDMI

 

Output

 

Type

 

...........................................................................................................

 

7

 

2.2

 

3G

‐

SDI

 

Output

 

Format

 

......................................................................................................

 

7

 

3.0

 

Multi

‐

view

 

.........................................................................................................................

 

8

 

3.1

 

Output

 

Select

 

....................................................................................................................

 

8

 

3.2

 

Multi

‐

Viewer

 

Output

 

Format

 

............................................................................................

 

8

 

3.3

 

Multi

‐

Viewer

 

Number

 

of

 

Windows

 

..................................................................................

 

9

 

3.4

 

Multi

‐

View

 

Layout

 

..........................................................................................................

 

10

 

3.5

 

Multi

‐

View

 

Audio

 

Source

 

................................................................................................

 

10

 

3.6

 

Multi

‐

Viewer

 

Reference

 

.................................................................................................

 

10

 

3.7

 

Full

 

Screen

 

is

 

scaled

 

........................................................................................................

 

10

 

3.8

 

On

 

Screen

 

Format

 

Enable

 

...............................................................................................

 

10

 

3.9

 

On

 

Screen

 

Audio

 

Source

 

ID

 

.............................................................................................

 

10

 

3.9

 

Apply

 

Tally

 

to

 

..................................................................................................................

 

10

 

3.10

 

Tally

 

Transparency

 

........................................................................................................

 

11

 

4.0

 

Layouts

 

...............................................................................................................................

 

12

 

4.1.0

 

Layout

 

Tab

 

Operational

 

Buttons

 

.....................................................................................

 

13

 

4.1.1

 

Mode

 

Selection

 

.......................................................................................................

 

14

 

4.1.2

 

Windows

 

Selection

 

.................................................................................................

 

14

 

4.1.3

 

Layout

 

Selection

 

.....................................................................................................

 

14

 

4.1.4

 

Default

 

Gap

 

size

 

......................................................................................................

 

15

 

4.1.5

 

Preview

 

display

 

Window

 

........................................................................................

 

15

 

4.1.6

 

Show

 

Border

 

and

 

Show

 

Aspect

 

...............................................................................

 

15

 

4.1.7

 

Show

 

Input

 

Aspect

 

..................................................................................................

 

15

 

4.1.8

 

Default

 

SD

 

Output

 

Aspect

 

.......................................................................................

 

16

 

4.2

 

Layout

 

Aspects

 

tab

 

.........................................................................................................

 

17

 

4.3

 

Layout

 

UMD

 

Tab

 

............................................................................................................

 

18

 

4.4

 

Layout

 

Status

 

Tab

 

..........................................................................................................

 

19

 

4.5

 

Layout

 

Tallies

 

Tab

 

..........................................................................................................

 

20

 

4.6

 

Layout

 

Meters

 

Tab

 

(Audio

 

Meters)

 

...............................................................................

 

21

 

5.0

 

Routing

 

Setup

 

.....................................................................................................................

 

22

 

6.0

 

Under

 

Monitor

 

Display

 

(UMD)

 

...........................................................................................

 

23

 

7.0

 

Audio

 

Meters

 

......................................................................................................................

 

24

 

Summary of Contents for DMON-16S

Page 1: ...DMON 16S USB CONTROL PANEL MANUAL V2 0 7 with Firmware V1 3 1 Copyright 2017 Decimator Design Pty Ltd Sydney Australia E OE DMON 16S 1 to 16 Channel 3G HD SD SDI Multi viewer with SDI and HDMI outputs ...

Page 2: ...er Reference 10 3 7 Full Screen is scaled 10 3 8 On Screen Format Enable 10 3 9 On Screen Audio Source ID 10 3 9 Apply Tally to 10 3 10 Tally Transparency 11 4 0 Layouts 12 4 1 0 Layout Tab Operational Buttons 13 4 1 1 Mode Selection 14 4 1 2 Windows Selection 14 4 1 3 Layout Selection 14 4 1 4 Default Gap size 15 4 1 5 Preview display Window 15 4 1 6 Show Border and Show Aspect 15 4 1 7 Show Inpu...

Page 3: ... 29 11 0 Setup 31 11 1 LCD off Time 31 11 2 Return to Status time 31 11 3 Auto Save 31 11 4 Demo Cycle Type 32 11 5 Demo Cycle Time seconds 32 12 0 Designing a custom layout 33 12 1 Custom Window Positioning 34 12 2 Custom UMD Positioning 36 Table 1 3 UMD Coordinates calculations 36 12 3 Custom Status Positioning 37 12 4 Custom Tallies Positioning 38 Table 1 4 Tally Box Calculations 38 12 5 Custom...

Page 4: ...format in Multi viewer mode Low latency buffering for each input allowing non synchronous inputs Linked 3G HD SD SDI and HDMI outputs 16 x 3G HD SD SDI inputs with auto detection 26 Formats supported in total Each quadrant is independent of the others allowing any 3G HD SD format of any frame rate to be displayed simultaneously Variable aspect ratios per quadrant Pass Through mode allowing any of ...

Page 5: ... options and selecting update all devices File Menu The File Menu allows the user to save the settings of the device currently selected in the drop down box it can also program settings from a previous saved settings file Load Settings the load settings option allows the user to load a previously saved settings file for the currently selected unit Save Settings the save settings option allows the ...

Page 6: ...Custom Name This field allows the user to name the Unit with a custom name of their choosing Once a Name is entered pressing enter will save the name to the DMON 16S and it will appear next to the unit s serial number Pressing the Scan button after naming the unit will show the custom name Note The maximum length of the custom name is 16 characters 1 2 Firmware Version This is the current version ...

Page 7: ...6 HDMI YCbCr444 8C HDMI YCbCr 4 4 4 with 8 Channels of Audio 7 HDMI YCbCr422 8C HDMI YCbCr 4 2 2 with 8 Channels of Audio 2 2 3G SDI Output Format This option controls the 3G output level of the SDI output as some equipment will only work with level A or level B this however doesn t apply to the HDMI output as that is always level A This setting will only work when the DMON 16S is outputting a for...

Page 8: ...ormat The Multi Viewer output format drop down box allows you to select any of the following 26 supported formats frame rates as the output type for the HDMI and SDI outputs Note HDMI and SDI outputs are not independent and will be the same output on each 1 SD 720x487i59 94 11 HD 1920x1080p30 21 HD 1280x720p25 2 SD 720x576i50 12 HD 1920x1080p29 97 22 HD 1280x720p24 3 HD 1920x1080i60 13 HD 1920x108...

Page 9: ...from 1 to 16 inputs on the Multi Viewer layout The diagram below shows default layout 1 for each of the 16 window selections via this setting Full screen input 1 2 Windows 3 Windows 4 Windows 5 Windows 6 Windows 7 Windows 8 Windows 9 Windows 10 Windows 11 Windows 12 Windows 13 Windows 14 Windows 15 Windows 16 Windows Please note abbreviations FL stand for fill PB for pillar box and LB for Letterbo...

Page 10: ...d SDI when a signal is connected to input 1 3 7 Full Screen is scaled This feature is used when the DMON 16S Output select is set to one of the inputs When selected inputs 1 to 16 will be converted to the output format selected allowing for fast switching between inputs and displaying them full screen 3 8 On Screen Format Enable When an input is detected the DMON 16S will display the format detect...

Page 11: ...he border will not appear unless one is created or if the image is shown as pillar letter box and in that case the unfilled area will be filled by the tally Point 2 indicates the area that can be filled when the tally is set to outside safe action In this picture the yellow transparency area would also be green if the tally option was set to outside safe action 3 10 Tally Transparency The Tally tr...

Page 12: ...er These are X Y Width Height Border X and Border Y The X and Y columns are the starting point of the top left corner of each window and by using the slide bar or entering a number the window can be moved to the desired location on the multi viewer The Width and Height Columns allow the user to change the size of each of the windows from the starting point of the window increasing or decreasing fr...

Page 13: ...write function is disabled if any of the windows from 2 to 16 overlap each other This is also indicated by a red border around the windows causing overlapping conflicts Default this button will change the current layout to the default parameters for that layout number This does not change the parameters saved to the DMON 16S This only affects the appearance in the USB control panel To revert the l...

Page 14: ... multi view layout ranging from one input displayed all the way to 16 inputs displayed Note When designing a layout the multi viewer number of windows display box in the control tab must match the number in the windows selection box in order to view this layout on the DMON 16S outputs 4 1 3 Layout Selection The layout Selection box allows the user to select 1 to 32 layouts the first 8 layouts and ...

Page 15: ...LB next to the number indicating what the aspect display is set to FL will fill the window with the input image PB will show the image as a pillar box inside the windows and LB will show the image as letterbox inside the window 4 1 6 Show Border and Show Aspect When the show border checkbox is selected the preview window will show the border of each window When the show Aspect checkbox is selected...

Page 16: ...t Aspect When the Mode is set to a SD Resolution 720 x 480 720 x 576 pixels the SD Output aspect checkbox allows the user to simulate on the preview window the output of the multi viewer as 4 3 or 16 9 4 3 Aspect ratio output 16 9 Aspect ratio output Note Default aspect display for a HD 3G input is 16 9 Default aspect display for a SD input is 4 3 ...

Page 17: ...to set the aspect ratio of the input when the signal is SD or HD If the input is a HD signal the available options are FL fill the entire window with the input image 16 9 the Input image will be displayed as 16 9 in the window If the input is a SD signal the available options are FL fill the entire window with the input image 16 9 the Input image will be displayed as 16 9 in the window 4 3 the Inp...

Page 18: ...he UMDs for each window and also change the size of the text displayed The UMD size can be 8 16 and 32 measured in pixel height by pixel length As the UMD box is 16 characters long this means the UMD box is the following sizes when positioning them on the multi viewer Size 8 Height is 8 pixels high by 128 pixels long Size 16 Height is 16 pixels high by 256 pixels long Size 32 Height is 32 pixels h...

Page 19: ...is used to position the status text that appears when an input format is detected The default location is the top left of a window and it is 13 characters long and so when positioning the format box the user must account for the following box sizes Size 8 Height is 8 pixels by 104 pixels long Size 16 Height is 16 pixels by 208 pixels long Size 32 Height is 32 pixels by 416 pixels long ...

Page 20: ...ommand or via the DSUB GPI connector The tally box is shaped as a rectangle box is split up into 4 boxes each of the size chosen by the user next to each other from left to right If the size of the tally box is 16 then the size of the rectangle is 16 pixels high and 64 pixels long Each box is a different colour going Green Red Blue and Yellow from left to right respectively Size 8 Height is 8 pixe...

Page 21: ... to choose the starting position for the first 8 channels of the meters and are drawn from the top left corner of the box The Right X column allows the user to choose the starting position for the second 8 channels of the meters and are drawn from the top left corner of the box The Y Column allows the user to choose the starting position of both left and right audio meters starting from the top of...

Page 22: ...er windows without requiring external copies of the signal being connected to the SDI inputs Note The Routing applies to all layout tabs it does not change from layout to layout E g A user could feed the DMON 16S with 4 inputs into inputs 1 3 9 and 11 and have no cables connected to the remaining inputs Using the Routing tab the user can set Input 3 9 and 11 to windows 2 3 and 4 and use the device...

Page 23: ...y text entered here will be displayed on the window where the UMD is set to appear TSL Address The TSL address can be set anywhere from 0 to 255 and is used when transmitting UMD text via the TSL protocol to the RS Pins on the DSUB connector UMD Justify UMD Justify will align the text to the left right and centre within the 16 Character box If there are 16 characters there will be no effect Left J...

Page 24: ...annels are defaulted to appear on the left and the next 4 8 for DMON 6S 12S audio channels are displayed on the right of each window Each checkbox represents 2 channels to display a pair and when enabling these pairs they can only be displayed with the previous channels as well For example when enabling checkbox 2 all 2 pairs 4 channels will be displayed The buttons marked 0 1 2 3 4 at the top of ...

Page 25: ...t whether the audio meters are displayed as a solid bar as a marker that moves to the sound levels detected or both Transparency The Transparency setting allows the user to set the opaqueness of the Audio meters when displayed over the window 1 0 2 25 3 50 Show Bar Scale This setting allows the user to enable or disable the display of the level numbers Bar Scale 1 AES EBU 2 VU 3 Extended VU 4 BBC ...

Page 26: ...start of the red position Green Start dBFS This setting allows the user to set where the green range of the audio meter begins The green range extends to the yellow start dBFS point 8 0 Graticules The Graticules Tab allows the user to enable and position the Safe Action Safe Title and centre cross Graticules The graticule generator tab allows the user to enable the Safe Action Safe Title and centr...

Page 27: ...on option in the colours tab the area outside this line to the edge of the window is the area it is referring to Safe Title The Safe Title option displays a hashed line box inside the window it is enabled on The size of this box is controlled via the graticules tab as seen in the images above The size of each box is specified by the percentage of the window to expand across Centre Cross The centre...

Page 28: ... Transparent 25 Safe Action Box Border Refer to table 1 2 default colour is White Transparent 25 Safe Title Box Border Refer to table 1 2 default colour is White Transparent 25 Centre Cross Refer to table 1 2 default colour is White Transparent 25 Available colours 1 Black 2 Blue 3 Green 4 Cyan 5 Red 6 Magenta 7 Yellow 8 White Table 1 1 Colour table 1 None 10 Black Transparent 25 19 Blue Transpare...

Page 29: ...tab of the USB control panel for the DMON 16S displays the pin layout for the DSUB 37 pin connector on the back of the unit GPI Configuration 0 This Configuration is used when the user wishes to link up the DSUB 37 connector to devices that control tally signals A connection between the ground pin and the tally pin will keep the tally visible ...

Page 30: ...the tally pin will keep the tally visible In this configuration pin 37 is a Multiview output toggle Which sequences through all inputs GPI Configuration 2 This Configuration is used when the user wishes to wire up the DSUB 37 connector to a device to use the DMON 16S as a switcher When connecting the pins of the DSUB 37 up as a switcher the user needs only to have a simple button between the selec...

Page 31: ...7 30 Minutes 8 Never 11 2 Return to Status time This setting allows the user to set the amount of time before the menu on the LCD display defaults back to signal input status screen 1 5 Seconds 2 15 Seconds 3 30 Seconds 4 1 Minute 5 5 Minutes 6 15 Minutes 7 30 Minutes 8 Never 11 3 Auto Save The Auto save option allows the user to define whether after a setting is changed if that setting is saved t...

Page 32: ...N 16S will cycle through the output select options listed in 2 2 changing at the interval set by demo cycle time Multi viewer Windows When demo cycle is set Multi viewer Windows the DMON 16S will cycle through the 16 window sizes from displaying 1 window on the screen up to showing 16 changing at the interval set by demo cycle time Multi viewer Layouts When demo cycle is set Multi viewer Layouts t...

Page 33: ...f contains the remaining 10 windows An example of a user defined 11 window multi viewer The next step is to go to the layouts tab in the USB control panel and choose the mode for the multi viewer in this case it will be 1920 by 1080 pixels We then choose how big the multi viewer will be in this case it is 11 windows The layout number to be chosen can be any of the available 32 layouts To allow for...

Page 34: ... 8 384 width 270 height Window 9 384 width 270 height Window 10 384 width 270 height Window 11 384 width 270 height The layout tab should now look like the image below Here the windows are correctly sized but their x and y positions are wrong for what we are trying to design We now need to calculate the new starting points for each window We start by going through the positions of each window Wind...

Page 35: ...ng position for window 4 384 384 768 for window 6 768 384 1152 for window 8 1152 384 1536 for window 10 These are also the X positions for windows 5 7 9 and 11 respectively Now that all the windows are correctly positioned as per the above picture the user can now select how they want the sources aspect to be displayed in each window In the picture above when the show aspect box is checked each wi...

Page 36: ...ormulas X Window s X starting point Y Window s Y starting point Window Height Size X Starting positon Y Starting postion Window 1 0 1920 2 32 x 16 2 704 0 540 32 508 Window 2 0 384 2 16 x 16 2 64 540 270 16 794 Window 3 0 384 2 16 x 16 2 64 810 270 16 1064 Window 4 384 384 2 16 x 16 2 448 540 270 16 794 Window 5 384 384 2 16 x 16 2 448 810 270 16 1064 Window 6 768 384 2 16 x 16 2 832 540 270 16 79...

Page 37: ...Sydney Australia E OE 12 3 Custom Status Positioning The next step is to relocate the format input status In this example we will move them to the top left of each window As the drawing position of each window and box is drawn from the top left first we can use the same co ordinates from the windows tab ...

Page 38: ...ent colour tallies that can be displayed which are green red blue and yellow respectively To determine the location of each tally box we take the bottom right corner location of each window and subtract the size of the tallybox to get the draw location of the tallybox X Starting positon Y Starting postion Window 1 1920 256 1664 1080 2 64 476 Window 2 384 64 320 540 270 16 794 Window 3 384 64 320 8...

Page 39: ... 1 pixel to determine the location Due to the size of the windows we can increase the sizes of the audio meters in this example window 1 audio meters are made 400 pixels high and slightly larger and window 2 11 audiometers are increased to 250 pixels high to fit inside each window Now the Audio meters look like the preview window above but they still need one more adjustment as we need to take int...

Page 40: ...N 16S memory All Layouts are saved to the DMON 16S if at any time the user needs to change the layout they can connect the device to their computer and using the control panel when they select the layout that they require the UCP will load the parameters from the DMON 16S memory When the Layout has been written to memory and the user wishes to see this layout the user must go to the control panel ...

Page 41: ...DMON 16S USB CONTROL PANEL MANUAL V2 0 7 with Firmware V1 3 41 Copyright 2017 Decimator Design Pty Ltd Sydney Australia E OE ...

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