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4.3.

Applications

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Network Attached Processor (NAP)

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Long-haul network connections

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Enabling local or remote productions over private or commercial networks

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Video frame synchronization

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Video Auto phasing

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Audio embedding and de-embedding.

4.4.

Specifications

Reference I/O

Connector type

Micro BNC (HD BNC)

Number of inputs

Number of outputs

2, loop input or analog reference out

Termination

75 Ohms when not looped

Bi-level

PAL/NTSC Black Burst ITU624-4/SMPTE318/SMPTE170M, 1Vpp

Gigabit Ethernet

Connector type

RJ45

Number of connectors

Standards

10/100/1000BASE-T

Protocols streaming

AES67, ST2059

Protocols control

ACP2

Cable

Cable Shielded Twisted Pair

SFP Cages

Number of cages

Standards

SFP28, 10GbE

Protocols

ST2022-6, ST2110, AES67, ST2059

INSTALLATION AND OPERATION MANUAL

Neuron COMPRESS | 4. Introduction to COMPRESS |

Summary of Contents for Neuron COMPRESS

Page 1: ...Neuron COMPRESS Multi Channel AV over IP Transceiver for Long Haul Ethernet Networks OJS1212 2S7 G Version 4 9 February 2022 INSTALLATION AND OPERATION MANUAL ...

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Page 3: ...mational purpose and use only and subject to change without notice This manual cancels and replaces any previous versions thereof Copyright Copyright 2003 2022 EVS Broadcast Equipment SA All rights reserved This manual may not be reproduced transcribed stored in a database or a retrieval system translated into any language computer language transmitted in any form or by any means electronically me...

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Page 5: ...combustibles pour nettoyer les composants NEVER operate this product if any cover is removed NE JAMAIS utiliser ce produit si le couvercle est retiré NEVER wet the inside of this product with any liquid Ne mouillez JAMAIS l intérieur de ce produit avec un liquide NEVER pour or spill liquids directly onto this unit NE JAMAIS verser ou renverser de liquides directement sur cet appareil NEVER block a...

Page 6: ...essional use as mentioned below Ce produit est conforme aux exigences des normes rélatives à la famille de produits d équipements de contrôle d éclairage de spectacle audio vidéo et audiovisuel à usage professionnel indiquées ci dessous IEC 62368 Safety Sécurité EN55032 pending Emission Emission EN55024 pending Immunity Immunité iv February 2022 Issue 4 9 C ...

Page 7: ...nt ne peuvent être retirés que par le personnel de maintenance qualifié Installation and maintenance of the NFR2000 NFR2001 is considered service action L installation et la révision du NFR2000 NFR2001 sont considérées comme des actions d entretien The equipment is intended for installation in restricted access areas L équipement est destiné à être installé dans des zones d accès restreint No user...

Page 8: ...ved The ground terminal of the power plug is connected directly to the chassis of the unit For continued protection against electric shock a correctly wired and grounded earthed three pin power outlet must be used Do not use a ground lifting adapter and never cut the ground pin on the three pin plug Les parties exposées de l alimentation sont électriquement chaudes Afin de réduire les risques d él...

Page 9: ...2 Unpacking 5 2 3 Module layout 5 2 4 Processing Module Installation and Replacement 6 3 Quick Start 7 4 Introduction to COMPRESS 11 4 1 Features 11 4 2 Block Schematic I O Panel 12 4 3 Applications 13 4 4 Specifications 13 5 Graphical User Interface 16 5 1 Introduction 16 5 2 Hardware Status Tab 16 5 3 Video Paths Tab 18 5 4 SDI I O Tab 22 INSTALLATION AND OPERATION MANUAL Neuron COMPRESS Content...

Page 10: ...work Settings Tab 27 5 8 General Settings Tab 28 5 9 IP Metrics Tab 30 5 10 Monitoring Tab 32 5 11 Object Browser Tab 32 6 Firmware Upload and Update Procedure 33 6 1 Reprogramming the Modules 33 ICONOGRAPHY Note Tip Warning viii February 2022 Issue 4 9 C ...

Page 11: ... s New In the Installation and Operation Manual the icon has been added next to the text to highlight information on new and updated features INSTALLATION AND OPERATION MANUAL Neuron COMPRESS What s New ix ...

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Page 13: ...nsity 1RU Neuron platform offers IP to IP processing capabilities handling uncompressed SD HD 3G and UHD signals based on the ST2022 6 and ST2110 specifications for transporting media over IP networks Neuron is fully packed with features like edge synchronizers and converters for processing streams before they enter the core router reducing complexity in signal routing Neuron is a so called NAP a ...

Page 14: ...rocessing modules from the back for broadcast versions and from the front for datacenter versions Redundant power supplies from the front for broadcast versions and from the back for datacenter versions To reduce the risk of electric shock please disconnect both power supply cables before servicing Front to back cooling Fans inside the power supplies which also cool the frame from front to back In...

Page 15: ...oadcast Version In the Broadcast version the power supplies and the I O connectors are on the back Front View Rear View NFR2000 INSTALLATION AND OPERATION MANUAL Neuron COMPRESS 1 Introduction to Neuron 3 ...

Page 16: ...t Power present controlled no errors Green blinking Power present not controlled no errors Red constant No power present or AC DC NFR2000 DC DC NFR2001 converter defect controlled internal communication error Red blinking No power present or AC DC NFR2000 DC DC NFR2001 converter defect or uncontrolled fan error Orange constant Fan override controlled Orange blinking Fan override not controlled Fro...

Page 17: ... the packing list are missing 2 2 Unpacking The Neuron processing board must be unpacked in an anti static environment Care must be taken NOT to touch components on the board always handle the board carefully by the edges The board must be stored and shipped in anti static packaging Ensuring that these precautions are followed will prevent premature failure from components mounted on the board 2 3...

Page 18: ...nector side until it cannot be pressed any further Make sure both sides of the card are following the glides so the card is guided exactly into the frame s internal bus connector Push the card firmly into the internal bus Then screw the two lock screws indicated in the picture below in red firmly into the frame If a module slot remains empty the empty slot should be fitted with a blind panel For i...

Page 19: ... server on the network automatically assigning IP addresses to the Neuron processing boards and the computer in the same range If the IP address is unknown it can be discovered using Bonjour Please refer to the section Module s IP Address is Unknown below Connecting Neuron To connect Neuron please follow these steps Make sure that the NFR2000 NFR2001 is powered down and the power supply cables are...

Page 20: ...e minimum Cerebrum Cortex system requirements Download Cerebrum Cortex from the EVS website https mi sftp evs com Follow the on screen installation instructions once you run the setup application on the computer For a detailed description please refer to the Cerebrum Cortex installation guide Should you encounter any difficulties please contact EVS support Once the installation is completed please...

Page 21: ... Make sure that the PC s IP address is also set to automatically get an IP address given by the same DHCP server as Neuron The Neuron frame and boards will appear in the System view If the frame is not properly discovered please contact EVS support The Cerebrum Cortex device view should now display the Neuron graphical user interface which allows you to configure the processing module s INSTALLATI...

Page 22: ...net tftpd32 html free of charge open source 3 Run the DHCP server application and go to Settings DHCP tab and set a DHCP pool definition that starts with 192 168 1 1 with a pool size of 50 and a lease time of 2880 4 Go to DHCP options and set Def router Opt3 to 192 168 1 254 and Mask Opt1 to 255 255 255 0 5 Open Cerebrum Cortex and in Network Add Generic Device ACP2 device select the IP address wh...

Page 23: ...tually any signal can be processed with this unit from SD to 3G SDI signals Optionally COMPRESS can be enhanced with an SDI I O module This will add physical connectors and allows easy integration of video over IP networking with existing SDI baseband operations acting as a bridge or gateway Supports asynchronous SDI inputs Standards supported 3G SDI level A HD SDI ST2022 6 ST2110 20 ST2110 22 ST2...

Page 24: ... 2 Block Schematic I O Panel COMPRESS Multi Channel AV over IP Transceiver for Long Haul Ethernet Networks The GPI O RJ45 connector is not currently available for future use 12 February 2022 Issue 4 9 C ...

Page 25: ...nputs 2 Number of outputs 2 loop input or analog reference out Termination 75 Ohms when not looped Bi level PAL NTSC Black Burst ITU624 4 SMPTE318 SMPTE170M 1Vpp Gigabit Ethernet Connector type RJ45 Number of connectors 3 Standards 10 100 1000BASE T Protocols streaming AES67 ST2059 Protocols control ACP2 Cable Cable Shielded Twisted Pair SFP Cages Number of cages 2 Standards SFP28 10GbE Protocols ...

Page 26: ...ST259M ST292M ST424M ST2082 Number of outputs 8 Connector type Micro BNC HD BNC Signal level 800 mV DC offset 0V 0 5V Overshoot Within 10 of signal level Wideband Jitter 0 2UI Return loss 15dB up to 1 5GHz 10dB up to 3Ghz 7dB up to 6Ghz 4dB up to 12Ghz Serial Video Bi directional Connections optional Standard SD HD 3Gb s SDI ST259M ST292M ST424M Number of connectors 24 Connector Micro BNC HD BNC S...

Page 27: ...MPv3 LLDP DHCP IP UDP TCP RTP AMWA1 NMOS IS04 NMOS IS05 SDP single and dual leg inputs and outputs Timing ST2059 1 2 802 1as ST2110 10 Audio de encapsulation ST2110 30 31 ST2022 6 Metadata de encapsulation ST2110 40 1Neuron complies with the AMWA NMOS JT NM test TR 1001 1 For more details please visit the results catalog under Axon NPG1600 on the JT NM website https static jt nm org documents JT N...

Page 28: ...re release Please make sure that you are using the latest Cerebrum Cortex layout forms downloadable from https mi sftp evs com 5 2 Hardware Status Tab 1 Announcement Rate Here you can set the polling interval in which the measurements are updated Setting it to Off will set all measurements to NA 2 Temperature format Here you can select between Celsius and Farenheit for the temperature display 16 F...

Page 29: ...osition where it is located in the frame When the announcement rate is not set to Off the board s temperature and power consumption are indicated 7 PSU measurements When the PSU is detected it is displayed as non transparent in the frame When the Announcement Rate is not set to Off the fan speed and PSU temperatures are indicated The overall status Type version and serial number are always display...

Page 30: ... of the processing paths When it is gray the SDI input is not used Clicking the SDI number button will open a pop up in which the SDI input can be switched off or the direction of the corresponding SDI connector changed to an input or an output SDI 9 to 32 only 4 Ethernet status icons When the link status of Ethernet 1 and 2 are 10Gb s or higher the Ethernet icon is green When it is lower than 10G...

Page 31: ...On Border Size 2 5 10 Border Color White Black Gray Red Blue Green Zoneplate Speed 0 5 15 7 Backup switch settings Clicking this button will open a pop up in which the backup mode can be set When the backup mode is set to Off this button will indicate a icon When the mode is set to On this button will indicate a icon the processing path s input will switch to the backup input when the main input f...

Page 32: ...dant outputs 9 Ethernet output path assignment In these drop down boxes you choose which processing path should be set to the corresponding Ethernet stream output This can be any of the paths A1 to D4 Setting the same path to multiple output streams is possible 10 Ethernet link status icon This icon has the same functionality as the ethernet link status icon explained above in 4 11 SDI output numb...

Page 33: ...These paths are UHD compatible 15 Lock Mode settings Clicking this button will give a pop up in which the Lock mode settings can be set The settings in this pop up are the same as in the General Settings tab Please refer to the General Settings Tab on page 28 for an explanation of the settings The icon on the button indicates to which lock mode the card is set Icon Description Freerun Reference PT...

Page 34: ...onding static output connector is disabled 4 Static SDI input and output Toggle on off buttons With these buttons you can enable green or disable red a specific SDI input or output When an input or output is disabled the SDI status icon disappears and the channel number indicator becomes transparent 5 Static SDI output status icon When the corresponding SDI output is enabled the status icon indica...

Page 35: ...can either set an SDI connector to be functioning as an input an output or disable the SDI connector entirely 9 Bi directional SDI output channel number indicator When this indicator is transparent the corresponding connector is disabled or configured as an input 10 Bi directional SDI output status icon When the corresponding connector is enabled and configured as an output the status icon indicat...

Page 36: ...tream With Media Type you can change the output format e g S2022 6 or s2110 20 The Identifier can be copy pasted to other equipment to subscribe to this multicast stream The output mode toggle button switches the corresponding Ethernet output stream on or off Depending on the selection of Video Outputs or Video Backup Output you will either change the main output stream settings red color scheme o...

Page 37: ...de is set to BackUp Fail this button will indicate a icon and the processing path s input will switch to the backup input until the main input is back again In the Backup settings pop up you can also force all processing paths to either use the Main input by setting the Input Selection to Main or the backup input by setting the Input Selection to Backup In the Video Paths tab this is indicated by ...

Page 38: ...io matrix 6 IP Audio settings In this groupbox you can configure which of the separate incoming IP audio streams should enter the Audio Matrix for possible embedding or audio shuffling The main and backup inputs can be set up using the same switch back methods as explained in the Video Paths tab There are two operation modes 16 channel and 64 channel Up to 64 channels can be specified here which w...

Page 39: ...oupboxes display the currently assigned IP Config Address Netmask and MAC address of the corresponding Ethernet port 5 MAC Bandwidth usage status In these groupboxes the Actual and Expected Transmission and Receival bandwidths are visible Note that these only display the bandwidth usage when the Bandwidth monitoring toggle button is switched ON 6 Statistics Here you can find the error logging of t...

Page 40: ...alog coaxial reference input Values are NA SD525 and SD625 2 Pattern Generator Here you can configure the colorbar and other settings of a pattern to test the video signal which is used for troubleshooting and analyzing transmissions 3 Reference I O Settings Here you can configure the Black and Burst I O In Ref I O mode you can set whether circuit A works as a Reference input with Loopthru output ...

Page 41: ...at clean switching temporarily generates higher bandwidth usage because both streams are active for a moment The default delay time is 50ms 8 Path Options With the Per channel setting you can select whether or not a format is used by a full Path i e four channels For example if a Format is set for Path A when Per channel is set to Off A1 A2 A3 and A4 will have the same format If you set this to On...

Page 42: ...tream quality It has been broken down into separate tabs for the video audio and ancillary data streams IP Video Metrics IP Audio Metrics IP Ancillary Data Metrics 1 The columns on the left identify the stream s media type with its source and destination settings 30 February 2022 Issue 4 9 C ...

Page 43: ...e arrival delay per stream 6 Maximum and minimum interval thresholds T PIT Min and T PIT Max can be set and combined with a Threshold Alarm which will be triggered whenever these limits are reached 7 The Interval in milliseconds refers to the resolution time for monitoring traffic which is applicable when Announcement rate is set to 0 It is recommended to keep this set to 1000 Shorter intervals ca...

Page 44: ...rks in Cortex or Cerebrum please press F1 in the application to read the Help files 5 11 Object Browser Tab For a detailed explanation of how the object browser works in Cortex or Cerebrum please press F1 in the application to read the Help files 32 February 2022 Issue 4 9 C ...

Page 45: ...rdware revision Knowing the hardware revision number you can go to our website and visit our firmware download section at https mi sftp evs com Here you select the module you wish to upgrade You will see a list of available firmware upgrades of this particular module The firmware files that are compatible with your module should display your module s hardware revision number in the table next to H...

Page 46: ...ng window will open press F1 Precaution Backup your Settings It is advised to back up the settings before upgrading the module To do this select the module you want to upgrade Then select Backup Device An exact copy of the module s menu can be stored as an xml file in the following window The following image displays the window where this is done On Air Signal Interruption During the upgrade proce...

Page 47: ... Neuron again which you want to update Always select slot 00 SHPRM1 to upload the firmware to Click the button next to slot 00 and select the npf file you want to upload 3 To select which npf you would like to upload into the module click the Current drive button and select the folder which holds your npf files Important Change the file type to npf in the Open window INSTALLATION AND OPERATION MAN...

Page 48: ...ame time When the selected npf file cannot be loaded in the module you try to check an error message will appear in the bottom box Programming To start programming click the Program Devices button after you have selected the correct npf file The npf file will be uploaded to the module Its progress will be shown as n complete 36 February 2022 Issue 4 9 C ...

Page 49: ...on the front of the Neuron frame will blink green When the software is uploading or after a software update the application could still be loading In this case the LED on the front will blink orange You should NOT touch any settings before the LED changes from blinking orange to constant green INSTALLATION AND OPERATION MANUAL Neuron COMPRESS 6 Firmware Upload and Update Procedure 37 ...

Page 50: ...l be updated to the new version Both slots 00 and 01 are available again Testing When all previous instructions have been completed the module should be functioning properly We advise however to test the module s functionality before putting it into real on air use 38 February 2022 Issue 4 9 C ...

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