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Atomix LT Installation Guide (Version 2.0)

PCI Video Board

Atomix LT

Installation Guide

Summary of Contents for Atomix LT

Page 1: ...Atomix LT Installation Guide Version 2 0 PCI Video Board Atomix LT Installation Guide...

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Page 3: ...2 1 3 I 4 A Atomix LT Installation Guide Introduction Overview Installation Maintenance Appendix Index...

Page 4: ...r profits or business interruption arising out of the use of or inability to use the hardware software and or manual materials Those parts of this documentation that describe optional software or hard...

Page 5: ...x 49 511 630070 E mail info dvs de Internet http www dvs de Phone 49 511 67807 125 Fax 49 511 371985 E mail support dvs de U S Headquarters DVS Digital Video Inc 300 East Magnolia Boulevard Suite 102...

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Page 7: ...d send or fax it to the address on the right You may also use our online registration form which can be accessed from the following internet page http www dvs de support support login html Customer Na...

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Page 9: ...he Different Variants of the Board 2 3 2 2 2 Overview of the Component Side 2 4 2 2 3 Overview of the Soldering Side 2 6 2 2 4 Digital Video I Os of the Atomix LT Board 2 7 2 3 Overview of the Panels...

Page 10: ...are 3 15 3 5 Testing the Installation 3 17 4 Maintenance 4 1 A Appendix A 1 A 1 Technical Data A 1 A 2 Hardware Specifications A 2 A 3 Baud Rate of RS 422 Ports A 3 A 4 Video Rasters A 4 A 5 GPI Optoc...

Page 11: ...wo variants of PCI video boards available one providing 5 BNC connectors on its slot panel called Atomix LT and one providing 4 BNC and a VGA style connector called Atomix LT 4 BNC Key Features Captur...

Page 12: ...ssary to run Atomix LT it provides safety instructions that you must adhere to and some important notes that you should read Chapter 2 Gives an overview of Atomix LT as a video board product and descr...

Page 13: ...escribe activities that you must per form in the order indicated Texts preceded by this symbol are parts of a list Texts preceded by this symbol are general notes intended to fa cilitate work and help...

Page 14: ...g electronic parts and take care of grounding the sys tem Avoid touching the internal components of the computer sys tem and Atomix LT whenever possible Computer hardware contains components that are...

Page 15: ...tem where the Atomix LT board is installed must be equipped with a sufficient ventilation for cooling reasons Avoid areas with high humidity or dust Best operating conditions are given in an air condi...

Page 16: ...ary repairs to be performed If the customer is not satis fied with the repair DVS will have the option to either attempt a further repair exchange the product or refund the purchase price This warrant...

Page 17: ...boxes optionally available for Atomix LT not for Atomix LT 4 BNC to replace the breakout cables and reduce the amount of panels You can adapt the overall configuration to your personal needs To conne...

Page 18: ...LT can be used with the following operating systems Windows XP Vista or 7 Linux Red Hat and Fedora Mac OS X Required Software Atomix LT needs the DVS video board driver Furthermore to be pro grammed f...

Page 19: ...s of the Atomix LT board and its addition al panels First the components of the DVS video board product as it is delivered to you are described shortly Afterwards an overview of the Atomix LT board is...

Page 20: ...d by up to 16 channels audio either over AES EBU or embedded in the video stream To use all the features of Atomix LT several slot panels may have been included in your delivery as well as other acces...

Page 21: ...4 BNC and a VGA style connector called Atomix LT 4 BNC Figure 2 2 Variants of the Atomix LT board The Atomix LT 4 BNC video board can be used in systems where less space is available The VGA style co...

Page 22: ...of the PCI video board will be mentioned in the table explicitly Figure 2 3 Overview of the items and connectors on the Atomix LT board The items on the Atomix LT boards which are not described in th...

Page 23: ...port B usually used for an input of the second video channel in single link YUV or dual link modes 3 Gbit s SDI can also be used for the first video channel for the second dual link stream of YUVA or...

Page 24: ...board in a computer system when not needed or inter fering you can carefully break it off the circuit board at the breaking line 12 AUX Breakout Only available for Atomix LT 4 BNC DB 15 VGA style conn...

Page 25: ...nation DIP switch for Flash controller Controls the operation of the on board Flash controller It determines whether the main or the fallback map will be loaded at startup see also chapter Maintenance...

Page 26: ...or two video channels are configured for the board Table 2 1 SDI signal distribution 1 video channel SDTV and 1 5 Gbit s SDI Video Mode SDI In SDI Out A Ch 1 B Ch 1 A Ch 1 B Ch 1 YCbCr 4 2 2 Y Cb Cr...

Page 27: ...2 9 Overview 2 1 3 I 4 A Mixed operations between the two tables are possible with the limita tion that as soon as you set up two physical links for dual link only one video channel will be available...

Page 28: ...ith analog and digital audio connections called audio panel see section Audio Panel on page 2 12 One with digital audio plus RS 422 connection called audio and RS 422 panel see section Audio and RS 42...

Page 29: ...te control To the DB 25 connector you can connect a breakout cable providing eight XLR connectors to interface directly with audio devices The pin out of the RS 422 port can be can be switched between...

Page 30: ...ides either four stereo channels digital audio channels 1 to 8 or three channels audio plus LTC alternatively it can be used to provide the digital audio channels 9 to 16 for Atomix LT 4 BNC the DVS S...

Page 31: ...channels audio plus LTC 2 Analog Audio Without function Digital Audio AES EBU DB 25 connector female for audio sig nal in and output provides the digital audio channels 9 to 16 for Atomix LT 4 BNC th...

Page 32: ...2 3 5 GPI Panel The GPI panel is optionally available for Atomix LT 4 BNC and provides a galvanically isolated GPI based on the opto isolator technique It is available as a low profile panel i e abou...

Page 33: ...2 15 Overview 2 1 3 I 4 A Figure 2 8 Panel with GPI connection Item Explanation GPI DB 15 connector male providing the general purpose interface GPI...

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Page 35: ...to optional packages and have to be ordered explicitly if you want to use them Via a license key the whole feature set that you have ordered with Atomix LT can be activated For some installations it m...

Page 36: ...ecially the power cords from the com puter system where Atomix LT should be installed Open the computer casing For details on how to do this please refer to the respective manufacturer s manual If you...

Page 37: ...the audio and RS 422 slot panel Before installing the audio and RS 422 panel please check whether the jumpers on the printed circuit boards are set to your desired configuration and if appropriate ad...

Page 38: ...d circuit board are set to your desired configuration and if appropriate adjust them Figure 3 2 Jumper settings for audio audio panel 1 If available check the jumper settings of the audio panel that s...

Page 39: ...them in your computer system For this perform the following Remove as many slot brackets as you need for the additional pan els Now install the panels Insert the panels of Atomix LT into the empty slo...

Page 40: ...ith a 26 pin flat cable to the Atomix LT board The remote control connection is made with a 12 pin flat cable Perform the internal connections as shown in the following figure Figure 3 3 Internal conn...

Page 41: ...are made with 26 pin flat ca bles to the Atomix LT board To perform the internal connections you can connect the audio panel s to the board as shown in the following figure Figure 3 4 Internal connect...

Page 42: ...on Guide Connecting the RS 422 Panel The connection of the RS 422 panel to the board is made with a 12 pin flat cable Set up the connection as shown in the following figure Figure 3 5 Internal connect...

Page 43: ...nector on the board is located on the rear side of the expansion module Set up the connection as shown in the following fig ure Figure 3 6 Internal connection of the GPI panel Once all panels are prop...

Page 44: ...to the SDI outputs The rechargeable battery can be internally connected to either the Fail Safe 1 connector as shown in the following figure or externally to Fail Safe 0 see section Overview of the Co...

Page 45: ...Connect all cables to the computer system again Connect your audio and video equipment to the Atomix LT connec tors After this start the computer system Once the computer system has finished the loadi...

Page 46: ...ered with Atomix LT The second key is usually used for temporary licenses that you may have received for evaluation purposes Each license key enables one or more optional features of Atomix LT until d...

Page 47: ...activate its fea tures Reboot the computer system Once the system has started all licensed features will be available to Atomix LT The features activated with this license key can be checked with the...

Page 48: ...he numbers indicate the installed firmware version In detail they stand for two version numbers that are separated by an underscore i e with the pattern v1 _ v2 Next check the readme txt and changelog...

Page 49: ...all installed Atomix LT boards in a single step or one board only With the latter option selected the program will loop through all installed Atomix LT boards and you can decide for each if it should...

Page 50: ...6 Atomix LT Installation Guide If the firmware version is upgraded the procedure is finished If it is not upgraded perform the procedure again and give the board s more time to erase the old informati...

Page 51: ...n about the commands can be found in the SDK documentation Enter svram colorbar to display a color bar at the output If this works you have successfully completed the Atomix LT installa tion Together...

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Page 53: ...espective manufacturer s manual Set the DIP switch for the Flash controller on the PCI video board see section Overview of the Soldering Side on page 2 6 to the setting indicated in the following figu...

Page 54: ...dure shut down the computer You must now set the DIP switch for the Flash controller back to its de fault position Disconnect the power cable s of the computer system Open the casing of the computer s...

Page 55: ...a sufficient ventila tion for cooling reasons PCI bus requirements PCIe x8 elect x4 Board size approx 2 3 length single slot Electrical type 3 3 12 volt PCIe conformity Specification 1 1 Operating env...

Page 56: ...10 12 bit for 4 2 2 4 and 4 4 4 4 modes 1 BNC per stream via Video In 1 BNC per stream via Video Out Reference Input Output Analog reference genlock 1 BNC Audio Input Output Embedded audio 16 digital...

Page 57: ...4 RGB 4 4 4 RGBA 4 4 4 4 Storage Format Uncompressed YUV A 4 2 2 4 RGB A 4 4 4 4 8 10 12 bit user selectable Internal Processing Color space conversion Low pass filtering 4 4 4 4 2 2 User definable LU...

Page 58: ...0 592 4 3 720p 23 976 24 25 29 97 30 50 59 94 60 750 1280 720 16 9 1080i 23 976 24 25 29 97 30 1125 1920 1080 16 9 1080p 23 976 24 25 29 97 30 47 95 48 50 59 94 60 1125 1920 1080 16 9 1080psF 23 976 2...

Page 59: ...chnical data of the optocoupler GPI A 5 2 Block Diagrams This section shows block diagrams of the GPI in and output GPI Input The inputs turn on if you feed a current between 2 mA and 40 mA to the pos...

Page 60: ...A 6 Atomix LT Installation Guide GPI Output The output can switch loads with a maximum current of 200 mA at a voltage range from 0 V to 200 V or up to 200 V peak with AC at no current...

Page 61: ...RS 422 port provided via the breakout cable is RMT In Out 1 It can be switched between master and slave mode via the software Analog Audio 3 5 mm Headphone Jack Pin No Signal Pin No Signal 1 Genlock...

Page 62: ...IN CH 7 8 or LTC IN 20 Audio IN CH 7 8 or LTC IN 8 GND 21 Audio IN CH 5 6 9 Audio IN CH 5 6 22 GND 10 Audio IN CH 3 4 23 Audio IN CH 3 4 11 GND 24 Audio IN CH 1 2 12 Audio IN CH 1 2 25 GND 13 Table A...

Page 63: ...i e between RMT OUT and RMT IN 10 Audio IN CH 11 12 23 Audio IN CH 11 12 11 GND 24 Audio IN CH 9 10 12 Audio IN CH 9 10 25 GND 13 RMT IN RMT OUT Pin No Signal Pin No Signal 1 1 2 TX_B_CON 2 RX_A_CON...

Page 64: ...output Please note that the signal numbering is inconsistent due to backwards compatibility Pin Signal Pin Signal 1 GPI_IN0 GPI input 0 9 GPI_IN0 GPI input 0 2 GPI_IN1 GPI input 1 10 GPI_IN1 GPI inpu...

Page 65: ...arking DVS Digital Video Systems GmbH herewith declares that the following product s according to the provisions of the mentioned EC Directives including their relevant revisions at the time of this d...

Page 66: ...o communications Op eration of this equipment in a residential area is likely to cause harmful interference in which case the user will be required to correct the inter ference at his own expense Note...

Page 67: ...A 13 Appendix 2 1 3 I 4 A A 8 Short Reference Atomix LT Boards This section provides short references to the Atomix LT boards Atomix LT...

Page 68: ...A 14 Atomix LT Installation Guide Atomix LT 4 BNC...

Page 69: ...n 3 7 baud rate RS 422 ports A 3 breaking line 2 6 breakout box 1 1 1 7 breakout cable 2 2 Atomix LT 4 BNC 2 3 2 6 A 7 audio 2 11 2 12 replacement 1 7 bypass 3 10 chapter overview 1 2 cmd 3 12 3 14 3...

Page 70: ...3 3 3 4 A 8 M O maintenance 4 1 master control 2 11 2 14 A 7 A 9 overview of chapters 1 2 of component side video board 2 4 of panels 2 10 of PCI video board 2 3 A 13 of soldering side video board 2...

Page 71: ...s 1 8 target group 1 3 technical data A 1 A 5 test of installation 3 17 test pictures 3 17 typographical conventions 1 3 U Z unplugging flat cables 1 6 variants of the board 2 3 video board see PCI vi...

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