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HD9155 and HD9155Q Series

High Definition

Production Afterburner

Instruction Manual

© Copyright  2001, 2002

EVERTZ MICROSYSTEMS LTD.

5288 John Lucas Drive, Burlington, Ontario, Canada, L7L 5Z9
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Version 1.3 September 2002

The material contained in this manual consists of information that is the property of Evertz Microsystems and is
intended solely for the use of purchasers of the HD9155 Series HD Production Afterburner.  Evertz Microsystems
expressly prohibits the use of this manual for any purpose other than the operation of the device.

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Summary of Contents for HD9155 Series

Page 1: ...al contained in this manual consists of information that is the property of Evertz Microsystems and is intended solely for the use of purchasers of the HD9155 Series HD Production Afterburner Evertz Microsystems expressly prohibits the use of this manual for any purpose other than the operation of the device All rights reserved No part of this publication may be reproduced without the express writ...

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Page 3: ...DEVICE OR PERIPHERAL This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class A digital device pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference when the equipment is operated in a commercial environment This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and if not installed and used ...

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Page 5: ...VISION HISTORY REVISION DESCRIPTION DATE 1 0 Original Version Oct 01 1 1 Added HD9155 AUD May 02 1 1 1 Updated Firmware upgrade instructions for AES and AUD versions Jun 02 1 2 Added HD9155Q and HD9155Q AUD Jun 02 1 3 Updated Specifications Sep 02 USO RESTRITO ...

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Page 7: ...TIONS 7 2 5 CONNECTING THE VIDEO 9 2 5 1 Video Input and output 9 2 6 CONNECTING THE VIDEO RECORDER TIME CODE 9 2 6 1 Connecting the Video LTC Reader 10 2 6 2 Connecting the Video LTC Generator 10 2 7 CONNECTING THE HD9155 TO A COMPUTER 10 2 7 1 Physical Connections 10 3 OPERATION 1 3 1 FRONT PANEL CONTROL 2 3 1 1 Controlling the Downconverter Mode 3 3 1 2 Turning the Characters On and Off 3 3 1 3...

Page 8: ...4 Step 4 Completing the Upgrade 5 6 4 DEBUG WINDOW FUNCTIONS 6 6 4 0 WIN HW 0 Hardware Display 7 6 4 1 WIN TFPHASE 1 Timecode to film phase indicator 7 6 4 2 WIN TFPHASERR 2 Timecode to film phase error indicator 7 6 4 3 WIN VFLD2 3 Video Field 2 7 6 4 4 WIN VPULL 4 Video Pulldown 7 6 4 5 WIN F0 5 KeyKode Frames 0 7 6 4 6 WIN V0 6 Video Timecode Frames 0 7 6 4 7 WIN A0 7 Audio Timecode Frames 0 7 ...

Page 9: ...p 24sf Video To 525i 60 2 Figure 3 2 Front Panel HD9155 and HD9155Q 2 Figure 3 3 Front Panel HD9155 AES 2 Figure 3 4 Front Panel HD9155 AUD and HD9155Q AUD 2 Figure 3 5 Timecode Referenced 2 3 Pulldown and Delay in HD9155 4 Figure 4 1 Cable to Connect HD9155 to PC Communications Port 1 Tables Table 2 1 WA 2EV Audio Breakout Cable 3 Table 2 2 Parallel I O Connector Default Pin Definitions 4 Table 2...

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Page 11: ...Model HD9155 Production Afterburner Manual OVERVIEW Revision 1 3 CHAPTER 1 OVERVIEW TABLE OF CONTENTS 1 OVERVIEW 1 1 1 HOW TO USE THIS MANUAL 2 USO RESTRITO ...

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Page 13: ...ions for the HD9155 and load them as required The HD9155 Series Production Afterburners are available in two downconverter qualities The original HD9155 versions have a monitoring downconverter and provide two SDI and two analog downconverted outputs with characters and VITC suitable for on the set monitoring or compressed digitisation in an non linear editing system The HD9155Q versions have a hi...

Page 14: ...t video Control from 9150 Configware software AUD versions provides AES and analog audio delayed to match the video output AUD versions provides front panel monitoring of audio 1 1 HOW TO USE THIS MANUAL Throughout this manual the term HD9155 will be used to refer to all members of the family of products Where necessary specific model numbers will be used to distinguish features or specifications ...

Page 15: ...peration of the Production Afterburner can be changed using System Parameters The system parameters can affect the system timing through the Production Afterburner placement of characters on the raster 2 3 cadence control functions of parallel inputs and outputs to name a few Chapter 6 gives a discussion of how to update the firmware in the Production Afterburner and other technical details includ...

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Page 17: ...put and output 9 2 6 CONNECTING THE VIDEO RECORDER TIME CODE 9 2 6 1 Connecting the Video LTC Reader 10 2 6 2 Connecting the Video LTC Generator 10 2 7 CONNECTING THE HD9155 TO A COMPUTER 10 2 7 1 Physical Connections 10 Figures Figure 2 1 HD9155 Rear Panel 1 Figure 2 2 HD9155 AES Rear Panel 1 Figure 2 3 HD9155 AUD Rear Panel 1 Figure 2 4 HD9155Q Rear Panel 1 Figure 2 5 HD9155Q AUD Rear Panel 1 Fi...

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Page 19: ...put and output connectors 2 1 REAR PANEL OVERVIEW Figure 2 1 HD9155 Rear Panel Figure 2 2 HD9155 AES Rear Panel Figure 2 3 HD9155 AUD Rear Panel Figure 2 4 HD9155Q Rear Panel Figure 2 5 HD9155Q AUD Rear Panel The following sections describe the purpose of the rear panel connectors of the HD9155 series units Sections 2 1 1 to 2 1 7 describe the specific video audio and timecode signals that should ...

Page 20: ...me code that is used to make character burns VITC and to control the 3 2 Pulldown of the output video On the HD9155Q AUD model this input will normally be connected to the HD active loop through output from the De embedder section of the unit PROGRAM SDI OUT These 2 BNC connectors are used to output the downconverted input video as serial component video compatible with the SMPTE 259M standard Whe...

Page 21: ...e D connector The other end of the breakout provides 4 Male XLR connectors one for each of the channels HD9155 AUD End XLR End 15 pin High Density D Male with Shell Pin Belden 9501 Pin 3 Pin XLR Male Label A1 4 Black 3 Audio A1 5 Red 2 Audio A1 Gnd 3 1 Sig Gnd Frame Gnd Shield drain Shield Frame Gnd Audio 1 A2 14 Black 3 Audio A2 15 Red 2 Audio A2 Gnd 7 1 Sig Gnd Frame Gnd Shield drain Shield Fram...

Page 22: ...he Parallel I O connector pins The functions of the pins shown are the power up defaults however the functions of pins 1 4 5 8 and 9 may be changed by changing the default system parameter values See chapter 5 for more information about the functions of the I O connector pins by changing system parameters using the 9150 Configware software Pin Name Description 1 6 Hz In 6 Hz Sequence Input 2 Reser...

Page 23: ... be used with the instruction of Evertz Factory personnel Pin Name Description Shield GND Chassis ground 1 2 TxD RS 232 Transmit Output 3 RxD RS 232 Receive Input 4 5 Sig Gnd RS 232 Signal Ground 6 7 RTS RS 232 RTS Input 8 CTS RS 232 CTS Output 9 Table 2 4 Aux I O Connector Pin Definitions DE EMBEDDER COM HD9155 AES HD9155 AUD and HD9155Q AUD only This 9 pin female D connector is used for firmware...

Page 24: ...ction Afterburner has a universal power supply that automatically senses the input voltage Power should be applied by connecting a 3 wire grounding type power supply cord to the power entry module on the rear panel The power cord should be minimum 18 AWG wire size type SVT marked VW 1 maximum 2 5 m in length The power entry module combines a standard power inlet connector two 5 x 20 mm fuse holder...

Page 25: ...he downconverter section of the unit Digital BetaCam VTR RS 232 MONITOR Analog NTSC VITC Char LTC 30 FPS SDI 525i 60 VITC Char 9150 Configware only required to load a new user configuration 24 PsF HDSDI with RP188 Time Code Embedded Audio AES Audio HDSDI RP188 Figure 2 6 Typical Configuration On the Set Figure 2 7 shows the typical connections to the HD9155 AUD when it is used in the studio HDSDI ...

Page 26: ...nected to video input of the standard definition VTR or used for on the set monitoring The downconverted outputs of the HD9150Q versions are presentation quality Two Program SDI outputs with VITC are clean of burned in characters and may be connected to an SDI VTR to create high quality viewing copies of the program material There is also one SDI output and one composite analog NTSC or PAL output ...

Page 27: ...oring quality downconverted copy of the input video with VITC and optional characters keyed in The ANALOG OUT outputs are composite analog video outputs with the same information as the SDI OUT outputs On the HD9155Q versions the MONITOR SDI OUT output contains a high quality downconverted copy of the input video with VITC and optional characters keyed in The ANALOG OUT output is a monitoring qual...

Page 28: ...ng 24 frames per second the time code output will be converted to 30 frames per second and will be synchronous with the 2 3 cadence of the output video The 00 frames of each second of the incoming timecode will be aligned to the 00 frames of the output timecode unless the 2 3 cadence is altered by system parameter 10 See Chapter 5 for more information about System parameters and how they affect th...

Page 29: ...HD9155 End Computer End 9 pin D Male Pin Belden 9501 Pin 9 pin D Female TxD 2 2 RxD RxD 3 3 TxD Sig Gnd 5 drain 5 Sig Gnd 7 7 RTS 8 8 CTS 4 4 DTR 1 DCD 6 6 DSR 9 9 RI Frame Gnd Shield drain Shield Frame Gnd Figure 2 8 Cable to Connect HD9155 to PC Communications Port USO RESTRITO ...

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Page 31: ...ding the Factory Config or User Config 3 3 1 4 Monitoring the Audio models HD9155 AUD and HD9155Q AUD only 3 3 2 CONTROLLING THE 2 3 PULLDOWN 4 Figures Figure 3 1 2 3 Pulldown Cadence For Converting 1080p 24sf Video To 525i 60 2 Figure 3 2 Front Panel HD9155 and HD9155Q 2 Figure 3 3 Front Panel HD9155 AES 2 Figure 3 4 Front Panel HD9155 AUD and HD9155Q AUD 2 Figure 3 5 Timecode Referenced 2 3 Pull...

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Page 33: ...will be the at the frame rate of the output video jammed to the input RP188 ANC Timecode Output LTC User bits will be the same as the input RP188 ANC User Bits Output VITC will be on lines 14 and 16 VITC Time will be the same as the LTC time VITC User Bits will be the original RP188 input code A white Flag pulse in the first field of each new picture will be on line 11 The downconverter will opera...

Page 34: ...OL There are currently five members of the HD9155 Series Production Afterburner family each one with a slightly different feature set There are two basic versions of the front panels as shown below The HD9155 HD9155 AES and HD9155Q units each have three switches while the HD9155 Aud and HD9155Q AUD have five switches and a headphone jack Throughout this chapter all descriptions apply to a versions...

Page 35: ...character generator On Off mode of the user configuration will be active When the CONFIG switch is set to FACTORY the front panel CHAR GEN switch will always control whether the character generator is on or off 3 1 3 Loading the Factory Config or User Config The HD9155 has two sets of presets that can be loaded using the CONFIG front panel switch When the switch is set to FACTORY the default confi...

Page 36: ...onfigware software Set the horizontal position to 11 You will see a display on the HD9155 Character generator that looks something like the following REF ANC 1 0 3 Consult section 6 4 for a more detailed description of how to use the debug character window and specific information on the Pulldown Reference Source Window Figure 3 5 shows the relationship between the incoming 1080p 24sF video and th...

Page 37: ...WARE SOFTWARE 1 4 1 1 Physical Connections 1 4 1 2 Installing the 9150 Configware Utility 1 4 1 3 9150 Configware Menus 2 4 1 3 1 File Menu 2 4 1 3 2 Mode Menu 3 4 1 3 3 Options Menu 3 4 1 3 4 Help Menu 3 4 1 4 9150 Configware Screens 4 4 1 4 1 Inputs Screen 4 4 1 4 2 Outputs Screen 5 4 1 4 3 Windows Screen 6 4 1 4 4 Parameters Screen 7 Figures Figure 4 1 Cable to Connect HD9155 to PC Communicatio...

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Page 39: ...ameters 4 1 CONNECTING THE HD9155 TO THE 9150 CONFIGWARE SOFTWARE 4 1 1 Physical Connections A nine pin sub miniature D connector SERIAL CONTROL is provided for connection to a computer running the 9150 Configware software utility This serial port provides a bi directional RS 232 C data link at 57 600 baud In order to connect your HD9155 to your computer make a cable as shown in Figure 4 1 Use thi...

Page 40: ... Hd9155 to the User position Communications to the 9150 Configware software are disabled when the Config switch is set to Factory When with software is communicating with the HD9155 the COMM LED on the HD9155 front panel should be On and the COMM indicator in the Status Bar at the top of the 9150 Configware screen should also be green If the 9150 Configware COMM indicator is red that shows that th...

Page 41: ...r In Interactive mode the COMM indicator on the screen will normally be green with an e and there will be some small dots changing in the indicator as the software dialogs with the hardware You will also see various messages and their responses shown on the status bar at the bottom of the screen 4 1 3 3 Options Menu The Options menu is used to set the Communication port you are using to communicat...

Page 42: ...working with The values of all the configuration items can be saved to a configuration set and recalled at any time Many of the configuration items are display only items that do not allow any user choices They are shown to give you a complete view of all the configuration items for the HD9155 4 1 4 1 Inputs Screen The Inputs screen is used to select what type of timecode input you want to read Se...

Page 43: ...specified line and an optional duplicate line on the output video VITC 1st line The sources for the Time and user bits in the first line of VITC are set here Normally the Time bits will be set to the Output Video Recorder time When the input video is 1080p 24sF the input video time with the frame rate converted to 30 Fps The user bits can be set to either the input video recorder user bits or the ...

Page 44: ...ys the VITC user bit information The Text window allows the user to enter up to 32 characters of text to be displayed The Pulldown window displays a letter showing the pulldown of the video picture when the input video is 1080p 24sF The Debug window can display additional debugging information on the output video Normally this window is turned off and should only be used under direction of an Ever...

Page 45: ...Fields check box to display the field information for Timecode values Click on the Display Symbols check box to turn on Display Symbols to the left of the character window If there is a check mark in the box then the option is already enabled To disable the option click on the appropriate box To position the window click the position buttons beside the position indicators with the mouse Downconver...

Page 46: ...mal or hexadecimal values Clicking on the Class column heading will sort the parameter display by Class parameter number Clicking on the Description column heading will sort the parameter display by its description For more information on the use of parameters see chapter 5 USO RESTRITO ...

Page 47: ...TS 5 SYSTEM PARAMETERS 1 5 1 9155 PARALLEL I O PIN FUNCTIONS 2 Tables Table 5 1 Class 0 Global System Parameters HD9155 s 1 Table 5 2 Class 15 9155 System Parameters 1 Table 5 3 Default 9155 I O Pin Functions 2 Table 5 4 Alternate 9155 Input Pin Functions 2 Table 5 5 Alternate 9155 Output Pin Functions 3 USO RESTRITO ...

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Page 49: ...in 1 Input Input function for this pin 1 9155 Parallel I O Port Pin 8 Input Input function for this pin 2 9155 Parallel I O Port Pin 4 Input Input function for this pin 3 9155 Parallel I O Port Pin 9 Output Output function for this pin 4 9155 Parallel I O Port Pin 5 Output Output function for this pin 7 9155 DownConverter Switch Function Controls function of Front panel Downconverter switch 8 9155...

Page 50: ...off Rising edge Chars on 12 INP_FUNC_CHRONOFF_INV Falling edge Chars on Rising edge Chars off 13 INP_FUNC_6HZREF Rising edge Start of 6Hz reference cycle 14 INP_FUNC_6HZREF_INV Falling edge Start of 6Hz reference cycle 15 INP_FUNC_CHRTOGL Falling edge toggles character on off 16 INP_FUNC_CHRTOGL_INV Rising edge toggles character on off inverted 21 INP_FUNC_VDEF Falling edge standard def Rising edg...

Page 51: ... FRAME 32 DBUG_SEQ_6HZ Hi start field of output video 6Hz cycle 33 DBUG_UPDVOFLDDB Active low Blip at start of each field 34 DBUG_ANCERR Active low pulse on ANC errors 35 DBUG_ANCF1DUPERR Active low pulse on ANC VTR TC field 1 error 36 DBUG_ANCF2DUPERR Active low pulse on ANC VTR TC field 2 error 37 DBUG_VTRSTARERR Active low pulse on VTR TC displays stars errors 38 DBUG_IO_SAMPLE Toggles at each ...

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Page 53: ...FPHASERR 2 Timecode to film phase error indicator 7 6 4 3 WIN VFLD2 3 Video Field 2 7 6 4 4 WIN VPULL 4 Video Pulldown 7 6 4 5 WIN F0 5 KeyKode Frames 0 7 6 4 6 WIN V0 6 Video Timecode Frames 0 7 6 4 7 WIN A0 7 Audio Timecode Frames 0 7 6 4 8 WIN VAPHASE 8 Timebase Phase 8 6 4 9 WIN PULLT 9 Pulldown Type 8 6 4 10 WIN ILTC 10 LTC Reader Input Data 8 6 4 11 WIN REF 11 Pulldown Reference Source Indic...

Page 54: ...TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION Revision 1 3 6 4 24 WIN REV 24 Firmware Revision 11 6 4 25 WIN RAM always the last display Ram Display 11 Tables Table 6 1 DIP Switch Functions 3 Table 2 Typical File names 5 Table 6 3 Debug Window Functions 6 USO RESTRITO ...

Page 55: ...3 98sF video 625i 50 if input is 1080i 50 Connectors BNC per IEC 169 8 Std versions 2 monitor Q versions 2 program 1 monitor Signal Level 800mV nominal DC Offset 0V 0 5V Rise and Fall Time 470ps nominal Overshoot 10 of amplitude Return Loss 15 dB Wide Band Jitter 0 2 UI 6 1 3 Analog Monitor Video Output Standards Analog composite NTSC if input is 1080i 59 94 or 1080p 23 98sF video Analog composite...

Page 56: ...Level 0 2 to 4V p p balanced or unbalanced 6 1 6 Ancillary Timecode Reader Standard SMPTE RP188 Line Select Autodetect valid lines in vertical interval Frame Rate 24 25 and 30 Fps nominal 6 1 7 Serial Communications Standard RS 232 57600 baud 8 bits no parity Connectors 9 pin female D 6 1 8 Physical Dimensions 19 W x 1 75 H x 18 75 D 483mm W x 45mm H x 477mm D Weight 8 lbs 3 5Kg 6 1 9 Electrical P...

Page 57: ... embedder card installed you will need to use the same procedure with the computer connected to the DE EMBEDDER COM connector to update the de embedder firmware You will need the following equipment in order to update the HD9155 Firmware PC with available communications port The communication speed is 57600 baud therefore a 486 PC or better with a 16550 UART based communications port is recommende...

Page 58: ...rminal program Improper port settings in the terminal program Refer to step 7 for settings Note that Hyperterminal will not change port settings while connected Click on Hyperterminal s Disconnect Button then click the Reconnect button to activate changes to the port settings 7 While the cursor is spinning press the CTRL and X keys on your computer keyboard at the same time this should stop the cu...

Page 59: ...le in HD9155 AUD HD9155Q AUD xxxx will be the build number of the software Table 2 Typical File names 8 The boot code will indicate whether the operation was successful upon completion of the upload For Example UPLOAD OKAY 7700PB COLD BOOT 9 The following is a list of possible reasons for a failed upload If you get the message transfer cancelled by remote you must restart the terminal program and ...

Page 60: ...lue Debug Window Name Description 0 WIN HW IN binary i o pins DIP binary dip switch input 1 WIN TFPHASE VTF video to film phase ATF audio to film phase 2 WIN TFPHASERR VTFX error of video to film phase wrt target phase 3 WIN VFLD2 on field 2 characters 4 WIN VPULL on new picture pulldown 5 WIN F0 on kk frames 0 6 WIN V0 on VTR timecode frames 0 7 WIN A0 on ATR timecode frames 0 8 WIN VAPHASE VPH v...

Page 61: ...00000 0 video timecode abs frames extrapolated back to film abs frames 0 A 0000000 0 likewise for the audio timecode 6 4 2 WIN TFPHASERR 2 Timecode to film phase error indicator VTFX 0000000 0 ATFX 0000000 0 VTFX 00000000 error between displayed video timecode absolute frames extrapolated back to film absolute frames 0 video tfphase and expect video tfphase computed from Film ANC data ATFX 0000000...

Page 62: ...ted read rate T0 phase of LTC input 0 9 w r t video audio timebase T1 indicates LTC was complete somewhere between 0 and 10 of the frame 1 numeric difference of timecode between successful reads L dynamics flags L locked P play F forward S stop R reverse 23 59 59 23 raw uncompensated timecode read NOT LIKELY TO EXACTLY MATCH picture content will be replaced by when timecode not valid or not readab...

Page 63: ...pected read rate F1 Fields in which data is read F12 indicates both field 1 and field 2 L dynamics flags L locked P play F forward S stop R reverse 23 59 59 23 raw uncompensated timecode read NOT LIKELY TO EXACTLY MATCH picture content will be replaced by when timecode not valid or not readable or discontinuous 24 30 timecode counting rate expected rate 22 timecode dynamics flags 6 4 15 WIN MODES ...

Page 64: ...above message and timer countdown until non volatile settings are saved 6 4 21 WIN OP1 STS 21 Output 1 Parallel Connector Pin 9 status OP1H L22 00 00 22 H23 59 59 23 H current status of output pin H L depends on function programmed for this output L22 00 00 22 Output Video Timecode at which output pin last went low H23 59 59 23 Output Video Timecode at which output pin last went high 6 4 22 WIN OP...

Page 65: ...ceeds tolerance until jam counter reaches limit and smoothed LTC is jammed to input LTC E 1 difference between input LTC and smoothed LTC L smoothed dynamics flags L locked P play F forward S stop R reverse 23 59 59 23 smoothed LTC NOT LIKELY TO EXACTLY MATCH picture content will be replaced by when timecode not valid or not readable or discontinuous 24 timecode counting rate or shown as 24 30 tim...

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