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SR2 Technical Manual EN 

Indice : C 

25/03/2019 

 

Firmware v2.9 

31 / 31 

 

 

ERECA SAS - 75 rue d'Orgemont, 95210 St Gratien France 

T : +33 1 39 89 76 23          W : www.ereca.fr 

 
 

Remote  

1 dedicated 10/100Mbs Ethernet port. 

 
 

4.2 OPTIONS 

 

STAGE RACER 2 OPTIONAL MODULES (retrofit possible) 

OPTION - Analog Audio Mic preamp / 48V

 

Input: 

8 Microphone input gain blocks fitted on channels 9 of the 16. 

Mic input, Gain: 

Gain from 10 to 60dB (3dB steps) / Preamp Bypass, through internal Web Server. 

Phantom power: 

48 volts switchable, through internal Web Server, Source Impedance 6.8 K

Ω

. 

 

 

OPTION - Dante/AES67 

 

Number, connector: 

64 bidirectional channels / 48Khz support (SRC) / Routed to the gigabit port IP1. 

Protocols: 

Dante/AES67 

 

 

OPTION - Serial

 

Number, connector: 

6 bidirectional channels, D-SUB 25 female socket on front side. 

Protocols: 

RS422 

Data rate: 

0 to 500 Kbps (Sony compatible) 

 

 

OPTION - Battery powering 

Low voltage option: 

10 to 16 VDC / D-SUB 25 with power inserts (fitted on front side) / protected by internal fast acting fuse. 

 

 

 

Summary of Contents for SR2

Page 1: ...ndice C 25 03 2019 Firmware v2 9 1 31 ERECA SAS 75 rue d Orgemont 95210 St Gratien France T 33 1 39 89 76 23 W www ereca fr S ST TA AG GE E R RA AC CE ER R 2 2 DECENTRALISED ROUTING DISTRIBUTION AND PROCESSING TECHNICAL MANUAL ...

Page 2: ...1 SDI VIDEO ports 14 2 3 12 OPTICAL transmission ports 14 2 4 Visualisation 16 2 4 1 General Status 16 2 4 2 Trunks 16 2 4 3 Expansion 17 2 4 4 Video Status Leds 17 2 4 5 Serial and IP 17 2 4 6 AUDIO 18 2 4 7 GPIO 18 2 4 8 OLED Display 19 2 5 Optional Connectors 20 2 5 1 Description 20 2 5 2 RS422 option pinout 20 3 MANAGEMENT 21 3 1 Web management interface 21 3 1 1 Admin login Language selection...

Page 3: ... Racer 2 is available in two standard configurations 12 or 24 SDI channels plus a common set of signals Each equipment assumes transmission of a comprehensive set of signals as follows Stage Racer 2 24 SDI version Stage Racer 2 12 SDI version 16 SD to 3G bidirectional channels direction configurable 8 SD to 3G bidirectional channels direction configurable 8 SD to 12G bidirectional channels directi...

Page 4: ...range QSFP for up to 40km transmission 1 5 VISUALISATION The equipment has multiple front facing LED for signal presence and alarm display as well an Oled screen for visualisation of IP address trunk occupancy and optical power 1 6 SETUP Each frame runs an internal web server to enable remote management and setup of the entire network or individual machine The web interface can be accessed via the...

Page 5: ... temperature the fans runs at minimal speed allowing the stage Racer 2 to be used in a quiet environment For field application a 4 to 5 RU fly case integration offers sufficient room for properly expending all the connections on panel BNC and XLR sockets Care should be taken regarding heat accumulation when proceeding to a flight case or any closed container integration It is important to understa...

Page 6: ...atien France T 33 1 39 89 76 23 W www ereca fr 2 2 CONNECTORS LOCATION The Stage Racer 2 provides signals optical and power connectors on the rear panel Optional Serial connectors and optional DC power are fitted on the visualization panel Rear connectors Front connectors For Serial and DC Power options ...

Page 7: ...422 7 GP OUT 8 GP OUT Inputs 3 to 8 are on one D SUB 15 terminal female socket Inputs are independent and electrically isolated by opto couplers Each input is non polarised and feature an automatic 5mA current limitation working with an input voltage of 5 to 24 volts The wiring polarity does not matter in this case Ground and power pins are available on the connector to ease interfacing with other...

Page 8: ...et These outputs are also on floating dry contact relays with 50 Volts AC DC and 0 25A switching capacity The relay is also open if the corresponding remote input is not triggered Ground and power pins are available on the connector to ease interfacing with others machines especially if the driven machine need a voltage information rather than a contact closure The 12 volts output of the Stage Rac...

Page 9: ... AUDIO 11 AUDIO 12 14 33 AUDIO 12 AUDIO 13 15 34 AUDIO 13 AUDIO 14 16 35 AUDIO 14 AUDIO 15 17 36 AUDIO 15 GND 18 AUDIO 16 19 37 AUDIO 16 Those audio signals will appear in the Audio grid of Stage racer 2 2 3 3 2 Audio Mic gain option The gain blocks are connected to channels 9 to 16 Thru the web server each input 9 to 16 can be amplified independently with a gain ranging from 9 to 60 dB 3dB steps ...

Page 10: ...isplay and avoid signal loop if port impedance is not 75 ohms The internal FPGA seeks for AES3 audio XYZ preamble at 48 KHz to light the corresponding AES Led and enable transmission in this direction 2 3 4 2 MADI When selected through the web server madi can be transmitted and port 3 become MADI input and port 4 become MADI output Stage racer 2 offers 2 principles for MADI transmission described ...

Page 11: ...so Dante controller will not see undesired interfaces and no address conflict may happen Note2 The Dante board can be fitted afterwards 2 3 6 SDI Embedding De Embedding Each SDI channel of a stage racer 2 frame is equipped with a 2 groups Embedder De Embedder Depending of the SDI port direction only one is active For 12G 6G channels only the first 3G stream is equipped with embedding de embedding ...

Page 12: ...r RS485 setup the corresponding Baud rate within the web server to enable the Stage Racer 2 to manage the output impedance at the right serial byte duration Connect the Shield to pin 1 1 8 1 GND Shield 2 GP IN 3 RX RS 422 Stage Racer 2 electrical OUTPUT 4 TX RS 422 Stage Racer 2 electrical INPUT 5 TX RS 422 Stage Racer 2 electrical INPUT 6 RX RS 422 Stage Racer 2 electrical OUTPUT 7 GP OUT 8 GP OU...

Page 13: ... Autosense and support straight or crossed cables 2 3 9 Admin port The Stage Racer 2 is equipped with a dedicated admin port to access the web interface Port speed is 10 100Mbs Autosense and support straight or crossed cables The IP of the machine can be found using the navigation buttons next to the LCD INFO screen Firefox browser is recommended for Gui usage 2 3 10 Genlock Composite VIDEO port T...

Page 14: ...naged by the system Each TDM multiplex is transmitted to another machine by Trunk ports Each unit can have up to 4 trunk ports on dual LC PC socket for Single Mode fibre minimum is 1 for a network endpoint Trunks are labelled A B C D and can be connected randomly as long as the duplex fiber is connected properly Tx Rx of the same trunk Rx Tx of another trunk of a different unit Each trunk is capab...

Page 15: ... much longer distance the Extended Reach optical module is designed for 40Km transmission CAUTION The high sensitivity APD receivers of the T4ER may be destroyed by optical power overload do NOT apply more than 10dBm on the input port labelled R A damaged T4ER receiver port is not covered by warranty Similarly if too much power is applied the receiver may overload and the link will not establishes...

Page 16: ...en the PSU module 2 is powered DC IN Green LED ON when the battery is in use in that case PSU1 and PSU2 are unpowered General ADMIN GREEN LED ON when a connection is established on the admin port Technical alarms TEMP Red LED ON when the internal temperature is over 70 C FAN Red LED ON when an internal fan is out of service Open circuit or Stuck OPTICAL Red LED ON when the power is low on a connec...

Page 17: ... 24 section indicates the detection of a video signal and its direction LED OFF when the SDI port is disabled via the web interface Green LED ON when the port is configured as Input and a signal is detected conform to its standard Red LED ON when the port is configured as Input but no signal is received or the signal is not conform to its configured standard for example the port is configured to r...

Page 18: ...I signal is received on MADI In Port MADI OUT Green LED ON when a MADI signal is sent on MADI Out Port MADI UNS Red LED ON if the internal reclocker is not locked on the input MADI signal Dante Dante Green LED ON when the Dante hardware module is properly installed and recognised by the external Dante controller Analog Audio 1 16 Green LED ON indicates the activity of an analog audio signal receiv...

Page 19: ...ut Bandwidth occupation of signals sent to the distant Node Trunk B load In 40 Out 32 Occupation of trunk B In Bandwidth occupation of signals coming from the distant Node Out Bandwidth occupation of signals sent to the distant Node Trunk C load In 75 Out 67 Occupation of trunk C In Bandwidth occupation of signals coming from the distant Node Out Bandwidth occupation of signals sent to the distant...

Page 20: ...SIGNAL Socket contact D SUB 25 RS422 1to6 Socket contact SIGNAL 1 3 IN 1 1 1 25 14 13 14 IN 1 1 3 OUT 1 2 15 OUT 1 2 4 IN 2 3 16 IN 2 2 4 OUT 2 4 17 OUT 2 3 5 IN 3 5 18 IN 3 3 5 OUT 3 6 19 OUT 3 all GND 7 20 IN 4 4 6 IN 40 8 21 OUT 4 4 6 OUT 4 9 22 IN 5 5 7 IN 5 10 23 OUT 5 5 7 OUT 5 11 24 IN 6 6 8 IN 6 12 25 OUT 6 6 8 OUT 6 13 Remark x denotes the logical channel in the GUI It is strongly recomme...

Page 21: ... of the unit use the Up Down button on the front of the unit and navigate to the IP address section cf 2 4 8 and type the IP in your browser Stage racer 2 default is 192 168 1 248 3 1 1 Admin login Language selection It is necessary to have an administrator access to proceed with any changes in the configuration First thing to be done is to log in as Administrator by doing the following Click the ...

Page 22: ...mware upgrade 3 2 GRAPH PAGE ESSENTIALS The landing page of the web interface is Graph which presents a live overview of the network and how units are physically interconnected The page auto populates in real time when a unit or trunk is connected disconnected The list of the nodes Stage racer 2 frames composing the network units also appear on the left side presented in a tree view manner Redunda...

Page 23: ...d Every port that is not enabled will not appear in the grid view There are two methods to configure a port the Port selector or the Tree view 3 2 2 1 Port selector Port sector acts as a quick select for ports involving a single signal SDI Serial Ethernet Genlock 1 Select one node on the network graph then the port selector view opens below the graph 2 Select one or multiple ports using Ctrl Click...

Page 24: ...s user to know the detailed condition of this node 3 2 3 1 Status Signals presence On the left side general status and the signal presence are displayed as on the visualization screen Optional parts like extra RS422 and Trunks are masked or grayed if not present in the machine 3 2 3 2 Node condition On the right side the node technical condition is displayed as follows Main components temperature ...

Page 25: ... In a future FW revision they will adapt automatically if a trunk is equipped with T4ER receiver with 6 dB more sensitivity 3 2 4 Signal type summary The port configuration option allows you to set a name for each port the direction its standard and some other specific options Here is a summary of all possibilities depending on signal type Signal Type GPIO Analog audio Serial IP AES MADI In MADI O...

Page 26: ...ith the dropdown menu above allowing to switch between matrix for the Video Audio AES MADI GPIO IP or Serial channels In the grid signals listed vertically correspond to all input signals available and configured while all signals listed horizontally correspond to output signals These ports are grouped per Stage Racer 2 units for easier filtering The port name labelling is formatted in the followi...

Page 27: ...te A correctly established route is represented in Green when the path taken by the signals have redundancy A correctly established route is represented in Orange when the path taken by the signals cannot have redundancy regarding the actual network topology If there is not enough bandwidth available between two machines then connection is unrouteable If possible it is recommended to add another t...

Page 28: ...json file previously saved The changes appear immediately to all connected units and do not require a reboot This feature allows user to backup the configuration of a network disconnect one or multiple units and use them on different jobs apply a different configurations to these units Later on user can connect them back restore the initial backup and the configuration will be applied to them as i...

Page 29: ...next reboot the machine will start on the new firmware Note that if something should go wrong in the update power loss corrupted file the machine will boot on the Firmware that was ran just before the update It is strongly advised to do a backup of the network configuration before as database structure may change with the upgrade due to new functions An upload of the last configuration should rest...

Page 30: ...3 dB Distortion 0 05 at 1Khz 18 dBm Signal to noise ratio 90dB A weighted Digital audio AES ports 4 bidirectional ports Intercom panel compatible 75 Ω BNC connector Shared with Madi port BNC MADI port 1 input 1 output 48 or 96 Khz support SRC 75 Ω BNC connector Serial Number connector 2 bidirectional channels 1 RJ 45 socket per channel Protocols RS485 RS422 RS232 Data rate 0 to 500 Kbps Sony compa...

Page 31: ...from 10 to 60dB 3dB steps Preamp Bypass through internal Web Server Phantom power 48 volts switchable through internal Web Server Source Impedance 6 8 KΩ OPTION Dante AES67 Number connector 64 bidirectional channels 48Khz support SRC Routed to the gigabit port IP1 Protocols Dante AES67 OPTION Serial Number connector 6 bidirectional channels D SUB 25 female socket on front side Protocols RS422 Data...

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