Frame Manual
500FR 3 Rack Unit Frame
Revision
1.4
500FR-1
1. OVERVIEW
The 500FR is a 3 rack unit high rack frame for the 500 series
modular system. This
advanced rack frame design can house up to 16 of the 500 series distribution, conversion and processing
modules in any combination. Special care was taken during the design process to ensure that the 500FR
meets the demanding needs of television studios today has sufficient flexibility to satisfy the emerging
demands of the future.
The 500FR is designed with a high density capacity to conserve on precious equipment rack space. Care
has been taken to ensure sufficient thermal relief for up to 120 watts of processing power per frame, to
meet the increasing power demands of future high speed processing cards.
Hot swappable redundant switching power supplies and cooling fans allow power supply or fan
replacement without compromising the integrity of critical signal paths.
The front loading design permits extraction of the power supplies and active modules from the front
without compromising performance even at 1.5Gb/s. Thus, there is no need for time consuming re-cabling
nor is there need to have access to the rear of the frame replace or exchange modules.
The Frame is available in different versions to suit a variety of applications. Throughout this manual,
references to 500FR refer to all models of the frame unless otherwise specified.
Model
Description
500FR
AC powered frame. This frame supports all 500 series
modules
EXCEPT
analog or digital loop through modules.
500FR-L-A
AC powered frame with loop thru capability for analog video
signal. This frame supports
ONLY
analog loop thru modules.
500FR-L-D
AC powered frame with loop thru capability for digital video
signal. This frame supports
ONLY
digital loop thru modules.
Features:
•
Houses up to 16 processing modules. Use 500FR-L versions for loop through modules.
•
Front monitoring window for verifying module and power supply status
•
Frame status contact closure alarm signals power supply or fan failures and user selectable
module alarms
•
Front extractable modules, power supplies and fans
•
Auto-ranging power supply operates from 90-250vac at 60/50hz
•
Power supply and frame cooling fans are fully redundant and hot-swappable
•
High-speed bussing and control system provided for modular applications
Additional Features (500FR-L-A and 500FR-L-D versions only)
•
Ability to provide a single input source to multiple loop thru modules in a single frame
•
Hot swapping of loop thru modules without impacting input signal to other loop thru modules
•
Supports up to 16 Analog loop thru modules (500FR-L-A only)
•
Supports up to 16 (SD) or 12 (HD) Digital loop thru modules (500FR-L-D only)
