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EVS Broadcast Equipment SA 

 

1 Introduction to Synapse 

An Introduction to 

Synapse 

Synapse is a modular system designed for the broadcast industry. 
High density, intuitive operation and high quality processing are 
key features of this system. Synapse offers a full range of converters 
and processing modules. Please visit the EVS Broadcast Equipment 
SA Website at 

http://www.evs.com

 to obtain the latest information 

on our new products and updates. 

 

 

Local Control 

Panel 

The local control panel gives access to all adjustable parameters and 
provides status information for any of the cards in the Synapse 
frame, including the Synapse rack controller. The local control 
panel is also used to back-up and restore card settings. Please refer 
to the RRC18, RRC10, RRC04, RRS18 and RRS04 manuals for a 
detailed description of the local control panel, the way to set-up 
remote control over IP and for frame related settings and status 
information. 

 

 

Remote Control 

Capabilities 

The remote control options are explained in the rack controller 
(RRC18/RRC10/RRC04/RRS18/RRS04) manual. The method of 
connection to a computer using Ethernet is described in the 
RRC/RRS manual. 
 

 

 

CHECK-OUT:

 “SYNAPSE CORTEX” SOFTWARE 

WILL INCREASE SYSTEM FLEXIBILITY OF ONE OR 
MORE SYNAPSE FRAMES 

 

 

 

Although not required to use Cortex with a Synapse frame, you are 
strongly advised to use a remote personal computer or laptop PC 
with Synapse Cortex installed, as this increases the ease of use and 
understanding of the modules. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Summary of Contents for GFS010

Page 1: ...INSTALLATION CONFIGURATION MANUAL GFS010 HFS010 SFS010 3GB S HD AND SD BASIC FRAME SYNCHRONIZER ...

Page 2: ...ity of the user documentation Do not hesitate to send improvement requests or report any error or inaccuracy on this user manual by e mail to doc evs com Regional Contacts The address and phone number of the EVS headquarters are usually mentioned in the Help About menu in the user interface You will find the full list of addresses and phone numbers of local offices either at the end of this user m...

Page 3: ...o extremely high or low temperatures NEVER operate this product in an explosive atmosphere Warranty EVS warrants their products according to the warranty policy as described in the general terms That means that EVS Broadcast Equipment SA can only warrant the products as long as the serial numbers are not removed Copyright 2001 2021 EVS Broadcast Equipment SA Date created 19 11 2009 Date last revis...

Page 4: ...e Example 9 The GFS HFS SFS010 Card 10 Introduction 10 Features 10 Applications 10 Block schematic 11 Settings Menu 12 Introduction 12 IO Ctrl 12 IO_Prst_Act 12 IO_Prst_Edit 12 Inp_SelA 12 Out Frmt 12 IO Map 13 V delay 13 H delay 13 Freeze_A 13 Delay Status 13 Lock Mode 13 Ref Type 14 P60 P50_Sync 14 ANC_BlankA 14 Freeze_Mode 14 PrstEditView 14 PatternSpeed 14 Input_loss_A 14 Timecode_Inp 15 VITC_...

Page 5: ...Ctrl 20 GPI_1 GPI_5 21 IP_Conf0 21 mIP0 21 mNM0 21 mGW0 21 NetwPrefix0 21 Status Menu 22 Introduction 22 sInp1 22 sInp1_VI 22 sInp1_WSS Stnd 23 sInp1_WSS Extd 23 sInp1_S2016 24 sInp1 Map 24 IODelayA 24 SwitchLnA 24 SwitchLn_LenA 24 SwitchLn_PosA 24 FunctionA 24 Ref 24 GPI 25 GPIA 25 GPIB 25 GPIC 25 OutputA Map 25 IP_Addr0 25 MAC0 25 IP0 25 NM0 25 GW0 25 Events Menu 26 Introduction 26 What is the G...

Page 6: ... Error LED 28 Connection LED 28 Error LED 28 Block Schematic 29 Connector Panels 30 GPI pinning 30 Appendix 1 31 Card dip switches for BHX and fiber configuration 31 Using BPH17 with fiber I O 31 Using BHX17b 31 Appendix 2 33 GPI s explained 33 GPI pools 33 binary mode or priority mode 33 Example 1 33 Example 2 34 Example 3 34 GNU Public License version 2 36 ...

Page 7: ...troller The local control panel is also used to back up and restore card settings Please refer to the RRC18 RRC10 RRC04 RRS18 and RRS04 manuals for a detailed description of the local control panel the way to set up remote control over IP and for frame related settings and status information Remote Control Capabilities The remote control options are explained in the rack controller RRC18 RRC10 RRC...

Page 8: ...ature failure from components mounted on the board Placing the card The Synapse card can be placed vertically in an SFR18 frame or horizontally in an SFR04 and SFR08 frame Locate the two guide slots to be used slide in the mounted circuit board and push it firmly to locate the connectors Correct insertion of card is essential as a card that is not located properly may show valid indicators but doe...

Page 9: ...se Cortex can be used to change settings An overview of the settings can be found in chapter 5 6 and 7 of this manual Front Panel Control Front Panel Display and Cursor Settings are displayed and changed as follows Use the cursor arrows on the front panel to select the menu and parameter to be displayed and or changed Press To go forward through the menu structure Press To go back through the menu...

Page 10: ...s The display changes to indicate that the SFS10 Settings menu item SDI Format has been selected and shows that it current setting is Auto Pressing the selects the settings item shown in this example SDI Format Pressing or will change to a different setting eg Mode H Delay The display changes to indicate that the SFS10 Edit Setting menu item SDI Format has been selected To edit the setting of the ...

Page 11: ...justment items Synapse Cortex has access to data contained within the Synapse module and displays it on a GUI The software has an intuitive structure following that of the module that it is controlling For operation of Synapse Cortex please refer to the Cortex manual Menu Structure Example Slot Module Item Parameter Setting S02 Identity S01 SFS10 Set tings Standard_dig Auto S00 RRC18 Status Mode 6...

Page 12: ...D525 SD625 Color corrector Transparent for 16 channels of embedded audio Video proc amp Y and C control Hue control for NTSC inputs Locks to a Bi Level or a Tri level sync or to an SDI input Full control and status monitoring through the front panel of the SFR04 SFR08 SFR18 frame and the Ethernet port ACP Frame sync with output phase control in Lines and pixels with respect to reference NOTE The f...

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Page 14: ...item you can manually change the currently active IO settings Can be any preset between 1 and 8 By default it is set to 1 All menu settings that are preceded with a prefix under the SYSTEM SETTINGS header are part of the preset IO_Prst_Edit Here you can select which of the 8 selectable IO settings presets you want to edit Changing this will not change the active preset unless the currently active ...

Page 15: ...s a delay in addition to the reference timing For example if the H Delay is set to 10 pixels the output signal will be delayed by reference timing 10 pixels The signal is delayed advanced with respect to the phase of the reference signal The available range is from 0 to a maximum of 5124 pixels dependant on I O format The default setting is 0px The preset master for this is Out Frmt hence the pref...

Page 16: ...tting is Field PrstEditView With this setting set to Follow Active the edit preset settings like for instance UP_Prst_editA and UP_Prst_editB will follow the active preset when the active preset is changed This to avoid confusion when changing the active Set to Independent the edit preset will not automatically follow active preset changes By default set to Follow Active PatternSpeed Sets the spee...

Page 17: ...ckage to select the lines ATC_DBB package contains information about the line duplication as well Default is Manual VITC_Ln_625 When VITC_Ln_Ctrl is set to Manual with this setting you can select a line between 7 and 22 when the output is SD625 Default is line 19 VITC_Ln_525 When VITC_Ln_Ctrl is set to Manual with this setting you can select a line between 7 and 22 when the output is SD525 Default...

Page 18: ... set it to Standard or Extended WSS StndA With the WSS InsertA setting set to Standard you can select WSS standard values with this setting which you want to be inserted possible are all WSS values between 1_vid and 8_vid and the settings between 1_flm and 8_flm Default is 1_vid WSS ExtndA With the VI InsertA setting set to on you can select VI values with this setting which you want to be inserte...

Page 19: ...g is 100 G GainA G GainA controls the Green gain The control range is between 50 and 150 The default setting is 100 B GainA B GainA controls the Blue gain The control range is between 50 and 150 The default setting is 100 BlackA BlackA controls the total R G B Black gain The range is between 128bit and 127bit The default setting is 0bit R BlackA R BlackA controls the Red Black The control range is...

Page 20: ...them with new status bits emb_aud_hand_A Embedded audio handling for channel A This card has a built in embedder de embedder and audio gain stage This menu item controls the functionality of these stages Blank blanks the horizontal blanking Pass passes the audio un processed Process controls the smart audio handling smart audio handling the selected groups in the following Grp A Sel and Grp B Sel ...

Page 21: ...oup4 You can also choose to not use these 4 audio channels for anything by setting this item to off By default it is set to Group1 EmbA1_Inp EmbA4_Inp With these settings you can select where the corresponding audio channels channel A1 till channel A4 of the outputs are coming from In this card you can only choose to get the audio from the de embedder of the active input Demb Input or to mute the ...

Page 22: ...u can only choose to get the audio from the de embedder of the active input Demb Input or to mute the corresponding channel set to off Defaults here are Off EmbD_Grp With this setting you select in to which audio group 4 audio channels of the outputs you want to embed the last 4 forwarded audio channels coming from the de embedders add on bus Can be group1 group2 group3 or group4 You can also choo...

Page 23: ...hest closed GPI of the pool is activated GPI Prio B part of GPI B pool working in a priority manner highest closed GPI of the pool is activated GPI Prio C part of GPI C pool working in a priority manner highest closed GPI of the pool is activated Please refer to Appendix 2 GPI s explained for a more elaborate explanation of the GPI settings NETWORK IP_Conf0 With this setting you can let the card o...

Page 24: ...item indicates the presence and format of a valid signal in input 1 This is displayed as 1080P60 1080p50 1080i60 1080i50 1080p30 1080p25 1080p24 720p60 720p50 SD525 SD625 NA sInp1_VI Displays the detected VI value found in input1 This is displayed as follows 4 3_0 4 3_1 4 3_2 4 3_3 4 3_4 4 3_5 4 3_6 4 3_7 16 9_0 16 9_1 16 9_2 16 9_3 16 9_4 16 9_5 16 9_6 16 9_7 NA no VI detected ...

Page 25: ...vid 3_vid 4_vid 5_vid 6_vid 7_vid 8_vid 1_flm 2_flm 3_flm 4_flm 5_flm 6_flm 7_flm 8_flm NA no standard WSS detected sInp1_WSS Extd This item displays the detected extended WSS value of input 1 This is displayed as follows 4 3_0 4 3_1 4 3_2 4 3_3 4 3_4 4 3_5 4 3_6 4 3_7 16 9_0 16 9_1 16 9_2 16 9_3 16 9_4 16 9_5 16 9_6 16 9_7 NA no WSS extended detected ...

Page 26: ...t format is not 1080p60 or 1080p50 this item indicates NA IODelayA Displays the total delay in ms of the outputs can be a value between 0ms and 15000ms SwitchLnA Displays what line is detected the switchline Can be any line between 0 and 1125 SwitchLn_LenA Displays the length of the detected switchline in pixels SwitchLn_PosA Displays the position on the detected switchline where the switch occurr...

Page 27: ...S only This indicates the mapping of the last known output when the output format is 3Gb s 1080p50 or 1080p60 Can be Level A or Level B When the output format is not 1080p60 or 1080p50 this item indicates NA NET STATUS IP_Addr0 This item displays the status of the IP address It can be manual DHCP asking DHCP Leased or DHCP Infin MAC0 This item displays the MAC address of the card IP0 This item dis...

Page 28: ...sed for switching the announcement of status changes on off 0 off other on Input_A Input_A can be selected between 0 255 0 no event 1 255 is the priority setting Input_B Input_B can be selected between 0 255 0 no event 1 255 is the priority setting Ref Status Reference can be selected between 0 255 0 no event 1 255 is the priority setting What information is available in an event The message consi...

Page 29: ...ut Defining Tags The tags defined for the card are Event Menu Item Tag Description Announcements 0 or NA 0 or NA Announcement of report and control values Input_A 01hex INPA_LOSS 81hex INPA_RETURN input A lost or returned Input_B 02hex INPB_LOSS 82hex INPB_RETURN input B lost or returned Reference 03hex REF_LOSS 83hex REF_RETURN reference lost or returned The Priority The priority is a user define...

Page 30: ... a valid SDI video signal on input B ANC Data LED Indicates the presence of embedded audio within the input signal Reference LED Indicated the presence of a valid reference signal on the selected reference input connector ref 1 or ref 2 Data Error LED This LED indicates a CRC error Connection LED This LED illuminates after the card has initialized The LED lights for 0 5 seconds every time a connec...

Page 31: ...0 HFS010 SFS010 RACK CONTROLLER REFERENCE INPUTS 1 2 GPI 5 OUT 2 TRACKING OUT µP LINUX AUTOPHASER FRAME SYNC 3Gb s HD SD IN PLL EQ 4 GROUP EMBEDDING COLOR CORR 16 CH 16 CHANNEL DE EMBEDDING 3Gb s HD SD OUT 1 3Gb s HD SD OUT 2 3Gb s HD SD OUT 3 3Gb s HD SD OUT 4 TRACKING AUDIO ...

Page 32: ... with the card BPH17 BHX17b HD SD SDI INPUT A HD SD SDI PROCESSED OUTPUT 1 HD SD SDI PROCESSED OUTPUT 2 GPI INPUT OUTPUT HD SD SDI PROCESSED OUTPUT 3 HD SD SDI PROCESSED OUTPUT 4 Unused inputs and outputs must be terminated with the correct impedance Please read Appendix 1 before connecting any backpanel GPI pinning Pin Function 1 GPI in 1 2 GPI in 2 3 GPI in 3 4 GPI in 4 5 GPI in 5 6 GPI out 1 7 ...

Page 33: ...apse board to on This will pass 30 volt to the backpanel If this is not done the relays won t work at all Using BHX17b When using the backpanel with bypass relay BHX17b you must first set the bottom side dip switch on the card to on This will pass 5 volt to the backpanel If this is not done the relays won t work at all On the BHX17b itself there are also 2 dipswitches see picture on the next page ...

Page 34: ...he moment the BHX backpanel detects the trigger signal from the connected synapse card This setting will allow more time for complex synapse cards to finish initialization and stabilize proper signal processing before the backpanel switches over to the processed signal The OFF setting is recommended if the BHX backpanel is used in combination with synapse cards which are more complex and thus need...

Page 35: ...lA set to GPI A and the outmode setting using Pool B Out mode Ctrl set to GPI B Both pools working in priority mode We could do the following Set GPI_1 to GPI Prio A Set GPI_2 to GPI Prio A Set GPI_3 to GPI Prio A Set GPI_4 to GPI Prio A Set GPI_5 to GPI Prio B Pool A now consists of GPI 1 GPI 2 GPI 3 and GPI 4 in a priority mode controlling the Up converter preset Pool B consists only of GPI 5 al...

Page 36: ... 1 0 Up conv Preset 2 0 1 Up conv Preset 3 1 1 Up conv Preset 4 Pool B now works as follows GPI_4 status GPI_5 status Set value 0 0 Audio Preset 1 1 0 Audio Preset 2 0 1 Audio Preset 3 1 1 Audio Preset 3 because highest gets priority Example 3 Let s say we would like to control the up converter presets using Pool A Up_CtrlA set to GPI A in priority mode the audio presets using Pool B Audio_Ctrl se...

Page 37: ... Preset 2 0 1 Up conv Preset 3 1 1 Up conv Preset 3 because highest gets priority Pool B now works as follows GPI_3 status GPI_4 status Set value 0 0 Audio Preset 1 1 0 Audio Preset 2 0 1 Audio Preset 3 1 1 Audio Preset 3 because highest gets priority Pool C now works as follows GPI_5 status Set value 0 A out only 1 B out only ...

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