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General Information

Contents

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What's New?

1. Introduction

2. Unpacking and Placement

3. Quick Start

3.1. Changing Settings and Parameters

3.2. Using Cortex with Synapse

3.3. Daisy Chain Mode

4. The MGU100 / MGG100 Card

5. Graphical User Interface

5.1. Window Layout Tab

5.1.1. Overview

5.1.2. Video, Clock and Notes Settings

5.2. Control Tab

5.3. Background Tab

5.4. Detection Tab

5.5. Network Tab

5.6. Input Status Tab

5.7. Window Status Tab

5.8. Output Status Tab

5.9. GPI Tab

5.10. Object Browser Tab

INSTALLATION AND OPERATION MANUAL

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Page 1: ...Synapse MGU100 MGG100 4K MGU100 3Gbps MGG100 HD SD SDI Eightfold Multiview Building Block ACP2 model Version 1 00 December 2021 INSTALLATION AND OPERATION MANUAL ...

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Page 3: ...tional purpose and use only and subject to change without notice This manual cancels and replaces any previous versions thereof Copyright Copyright 2003 2021 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 mech...

Page 4: ...o repair this product If a problem occurs contact your local EVS distributor NEVER expose this product to extremely high or low temperatures NEVER operate this product in an explosive atmosphere To reduce the risk of fire or electrical shock do not expose this appliance to rain or moisture This product complies with the requirements of the product family standards for audio video audio visual ente...

Page 5: ...ain Mode 6 4 The MGU100 MGG100 Card 9 5 Graphical User Interface 12 5 1 Window Layout Tab 12 5 1 1 Overview 12 5 1 2 Video Clock and Notes Settings 14 5 2 Control Tab 20 5 3 Background Tab 23 5 4 Detection Tab 24 5 5 Network Tab 27 5 6 Input Status Tab 29 5 7 Window Status Tab 31 5 8 Output Status Tab 33 5 9 GPI Tab 35 5 10 Object Browser Tab 36 INSTALLATION AND OPERATION MANUAL Synapse MGU100 MGG...

Page 6: ... 37 7 Events Menu 40 8 LED Indication 42 9 Block Schematic 43 10 Connector Panels 44 Appendices 46 Appendix 1 Supported Protocols 46 Appendix 2 Timezones 51 GNU Public License 58 ICONOGRAPHY Note Tip Warning IV December 2021 Issue 1 00 B ...

Page 7: ...nual the icon has been added on the left margin to highlight information on updated features No changes in version 1 00 of the MGU100 MGG100 require an update to the current manual INSTALLATION AND OPERATION MANUAL Synapse MGU100 MGG100 What s New V ...

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Page 9: ...r 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 ERC108 118 ERS108 118 manuals The method for connecting to a computer using Et...

Page 10: ...guide slots to be used slide in the mounted circuit board and push it firmly to locate the connectors Correct insertion of the card is essential as a card that is not located properly may show valid indicators but will not function correctly On power up all LEDs will light up for a few seconds This is the time it takes to initialize the card Power Consumption When using MGG or MGU cards the power ...

Page 11: ... rate of 60 Hz 3 1 Changing Settings and Parameters The front panel controls or Cortex can be used to change the settings An overview of the settings can be found in later chapters of this manual Please refer to Graphical User Interface on page 12 and Events Menu on page 40 Front Panel Control Front Panel Display and Cursor Settings are displayed and changed as follows Use the cursor arrows on the...

Page 12: ...d Pressing the selects the menu item shown in this example Settings Pressing or will change to a different menu e g Status Events The display changes to indicate that the SFS10 Settings menu item SDI Format has been selected and shows that its current setting is Auto Pressing the selects the Settings item shown in this example SDI Format Pressing or will change to a different setting e g Mode H De...

Page 13: ...s communication based on TCP IP between the Setup PC and Synapse frames modules Each Synapse frame is addressed through its rack controller s unique IP address giving access to each module its menus and adjustment items 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 F...

Page 14: ...re connected in order to daisy chain different types of cards in an SFR18 frame The internal video path consists of two UHD 4K 3840x2160 pixels heads If a source can be scaled and positioned twice as in the MGU200 each scaled and positioned image will be positioned on each head independently There is a scaler per input for head 1 and a scaler for head 2 in this case Even though the card has 8 SDI ...

Page 15: ...connected audio cards such as DIO88 for external AES inputs or DEE28 for Dolby E decoding The output status enables you to check that the bus is connected correctly For more information please refer to Output Status Tab on page 33 INSTALLATION AND OPERATION MANUAL Synapse MGU100 MGG100 3 Quick Start 7 ...

Page 16: ...llowing illustration shows a possible configuration where 16 MGU100 or MGU200 cards are daisychained with the SynView loop connectors to create a 128 input 8 output multiviewer on 8 multiviewer heads 8 December 2021 Issue 1 00 B ...

Page 17: ...Production SDI Inputs 8 8 16 Basic MGG200 Production SDI Inputs 8 2 16 Basic MGU100 Monitoring SDI Inputs 8 8 8 Extensive MGG100 Monitoring SDI Inputs 8 2 8 Extensive The above cards have the same output configuration with up to dual head UHD 4K on dual quad 3Gb s SDI with a 5V powered quad SDI to HDMI converter or 8 heads on SDI The cards can be combined in any combination with up to 12 cards in ...

Page 18: ...g and positioning for all individual inputs All inputs compatible with mixing is allowed with different frame rates 1080p 50 and 59 94 1080i and 720p 50 and 59 94 Hz 1080p sf and 720p 29 97 25 24 SD 625 and 525 32 audio bars free assignable from 128 embedded sources and or 32 sources via the Quad Speed Audio bus Three assignable regions in or under monitor Input format Static UMD and Dynamic UMD V...

Page 19: ...e inputs on the head Input 1 Input 2 Input 3 Input 4 Input 5 Input 6 Input 7 Input 8 GPI Contacts With the local GPI contacts you can control in settings the following objects Full screen or eight split Tally and Border indication Counter Please refer to Block Schematic on page 43 for the connections Updating the Card This card has an unconventional way of updating with new or other firmware For a...

Page 20: ...it is possible to have very large numbers of inputs Each MGU100 MGG100 card has 8 scalers Window selections are however limited to the area within the head As such it is not possible to display an output over two multiviewer heads positioned side by side 1 Head Selection Buttons These buttons are used select which of the two multiviewer output head configurations is currently being displayed 12 De...

Page 21: ...t the number of windows displayed in the preset Initialize Resets the display to the default up to 8 available inputs 3 Editing Options Fixed Aspect Ratio maintains the height width proportions of the original image Prevent Overlap Avoids one output window being hidden by another 3D Edit Mode Enables output windows to be layered over one another Snap to Grid Automatically resizes the output to fit...

Page 22: ...ad Can range from 0 top to 100 bottom of the total head height By default it is set to 1 Y sets the horizontal position of the window on the multiviewer head Can range from 0 left to 100 right of the total head width By default it is set to 63 5 Width sets the window width Can be set from 2 5 to 100 Default is 32 33 Height sets the window height Can be set from 2 5 to 100 Default is 32 33 The dime...

Page 23: ... of each input Can be set to Gray Green Red Amber Off no background just text or set to follow the color of the left tally Follow_ tal_l1 l2 or the right tally Follow_tal_r1 r2 By default it is set to Gray Style These settings define the individual bar styles UMD and Tally of the input windows It can be set to be displayed Under or Over the window Default is Under Area With these settings you can ...

Page 24: ...ight side of Window 4 4 2 Stereo channels at Left and Right side of Window L R16 8 Stereo channels at Left Right side of Window 8 8 4 Stereo channels at Left Right side of Window L R5 1 2 5 1 plus Stereo channel at Left Right side of Window The Channel Selection button in the Video view opens a routing pane which enables you to assign the available audio channels to the audio meters Additional aud...

Page 25: ...on screen clock Default is Off Combined Analog Digital Text sets text which is visible underneath the first clock Can contain a maximum of 32 characters Time Source This sets the time source Can be the VITC or the ATC of input 1 to input 8 It can also be set to System in which case the clock will show the card s internal clock uptime The multiview card also has two LTC inputs physically available ...

Page 26: ...ult it is set to 1 Y sets the horizontal position of the first on screen graphical clock Can range from 0 left to 100 right of the total head width By default it is set to 63 5 Width sets the first on screen clock width Can be set from 2 5 to 100 Note that the Clock will always be forced completely round So when the height is set smaller than the width the width will be adjusted to the same value ...

Page 27: ...imensions can be quickly changed by selecting the corner of the note and dragging it to the required size You can also reposition a note within the head by clicking inside it then dragging and dropping it to the required position b Notes Note Title Enter the title of the note here Notes You can select to display notes on the background of the multiviewer head The text entered here will be displaye...

Page 28: ...s Lock Mode The MGU100 MGG100 card can be locked to a reference in the SFR18 and SFR08 there are 2 reference inputs Ref1 top input Ref2 lower input to an input or to its own oscillator Lock Mode determines how the card is locked Options are Reference SDI1 or Freerun If SDI1 is selected the card will lock to the first input Default setting is Reference Lock Status This shows whether the card is loc...

Page 29: ...e You can set here the line where timecode information is located TSL These are the addresses used for mapping two sets of UMD data to the window 5 UMD Opacity The opacity of the under monitor display for Head 1 and Head 2 heads A B respectively can be set here 6 UMD Tally Control Settings The Control Mode can be determined either by the system as defined in the ACP Menu or by the TSL protocol rec...

Page 30: ...and 125 C Fans Indicates the speed of the CPU fan Can be between 0rpm and 32767rpm Power This status will show the power consumption of the MV board The power consumption range will be between 0W and 50W 9 Audio Metering Settings For Heads A and B you can configure the following settings Meter Scale Defines the scale to be used for displaying the loudness Meter Range The total range is identified ...

Page 31: ...ard 2 Background Status Can be transparent or a solid color 3 Solid Color When solid color is selected the RGB values can be specified to define the color 4 Color Picker The color picker can be used to select the background color A sample Result of the selection will be displayed 5 Background Image The buttons enable you to upload download and delete background images on the card INSTALLATION AND ...

Page 32: ...larms button 2 Alarm Graphics Per Window Enable This allows alarm graphics to be displayed for each window Position Here you can select to display the alarm graphics on the side or at the top of the window Style Alarms can be displayed as an icon or as text 3 Detection Settings Per Input The settings here define when where and how errors are detected on the individual input streams and an audio ca...

Page 33: ...considered as a freeze measured as a percentage Fr Noise Threshold This setting defines the maximum level of change in pixel values which is allowed before it is considered to be freezing measured in millivolts Alarm Status When the alarm status is On any alarms that are generated will be displayed in both the multiviewer window and the GUI Region of Interest These settings specify an important ar...

Page 34: ...low and an alarm should be generated Alarm Status When the alarm status is On any alarms that are generated will be displayed in both the multiviewer window and the GUI The Channel Selection button opens a routing pane which enables you to assign the available audio channels to the audio meters Additional audio channels may be routed from an add on card such as an ADC48 or DAC48 card 26 December 2...

Page 35: ...k Default is 0 0 0 0 6 Network Prefix With IP Configuration set to manual this item lets you set a network mask prefix varying from 0 to 30 bit The subnet mask changes accordingly 7 Gateway With IP Configuration set to manual this setting lets you set a Standard Gateway Default is set to 0 0 0 0 8 Primary DNS Primary Domain name server to be used for resolving hostnames Default IP address is 0 0 0...

Page 36: ...nnection has been detected and the field contains the network speed 13 Primary DNS In the illustration this field shows the address of the primary Domain Name Server currently being used overriding the manual settings entry 28 December 2021 Issue 1 00 B ...

Page 37: ...nput Can be OK Error or NA Mapping This indicates the mapping of the 3Gb s input signal Can be Level A Level B DL Level B DS Level B DSSC PsF or NA VI Displays the detected VI value found in the inputs when they are SD This is displayed as 4 3_0 through 4 3_7 16 9_0 through 16 9_7 or NA when no extended VI is detected WSS Stnd This status item displays the detected standard WSS value of the inputs...

Page 38: ...2_4 when inputs 2 and 4 contain ATC and input 1 and 3 don t Cl Captions This item indicates the closed caption standard detected on the corresponding input Can be CEA 608 CEA 708 or NA 2 Other Inputs Status External ref This enables you to see the status of external Ref 1 or Ref 2 when the Lock Mode is set to Reference LTC1 2 These items enable you to see the connection statuses of the LTC1 and LT...

Page 39: ...o either multiviewer screen Border Color These items display the status of the input s window border color It can be Gray off Green Red or Amber UMD Color These items display the status of the input s window UMD color It can be Gray off Green Red or Amber UMD 1 Text through UMD 6 Text These items display the status of the input s window UMD text Can be a string with a maximum length of 16 characte...

Page 40: ...2 Status History Monitoring events can be filtered according to their severity and whether they are new or have been acknowledged The list can be exported 32 December 2021 Issue 1 00 B ...

Page 41: ...he card in the chain It is 0 for the first or for a single card The number is incremented by 1 for each card in the chain e g in a 5 card setup the Daisy Chain number will be 0 1 2 3 4 for the 1st 2nd 3rd 4th and 5th cards respectively Chain Value This value should be 0 for the system to function correctly Chain Delay The Daisy Chain Delay status object provides information about the introduced pr...

Page 42: ...tatuses are Connected or Disconnected default Panel ID Indicates the ID of the connected backpanel 3 Status History Monitoring events can be filtered according to their severity and whether they are new or have been acknowledged The list can be exported 34 December 2021 Issue 1 00 B ...

Page 43: ...or each GPI contact it is possible to select one of the following inputs Tally_L1 Border Tally_R2 UMD Tally_L1 R2 Off 2 GPI Contacts State For each GPI contact it is possible to see the status open gray unused closed green in use GPIs work in a latching mode INSTALLATION AND OPERATION MANUAL Synapse MGU100 MGG100 5 Graphical User Interface 35 ...

Page 44: ... and can be easily browsed in the tree structure For example if you want to edit any of the settings and status items related to the multiviewer presets they are all contained within the relevant folder and sub folders 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 36 December 2021 Issue 1 00 B ...

Page 45: ...ult there will be an axon which is used For the user it is possible to put another font on the board which will be used as font for all text displayed The location of this font can be found on all cards of the multiview system To access this you need to connect to the card with FTP or WebDav When the IP address of the 1G port is being accessed with one of the protocols mentioned three folders are ...

Page 46: ...ecoding is first enabled by selecting Closed Captions Figure 1 Closed Caption On Off 2 Then select one of the Closed Caption Channel options CC1 CC2 TXT1 TXT2 in the dropdown shown below Figure 2 Closed Captioning Channel Selection 38 December 2021 Issue 1 00 B ...

Page 47: ...ilable per physical input Figure 3 CC Decoding Status CC data is processed and rendered as a transparent overlay on top of the video Figure 4 Rendered Result INSTALLATION AND OPERATION MANUAL Synapse MGU100 MGG100 6 Use Cases and Advanced User Guide 39 ...

Page 48: ...message consists of the following items A message string to show what has happened in text for example INP_LOSS REF_LOSS INP_ RETURN A tag that also shows what happens but with a predefined number e g 1 loss of input 2 loss of reference 129 1 128 return of input For a list of these predefined tags please see the table below A priority that marks the importance of an event This value is defined by ...

Page 49: ...e priority is a user defined value The higher the priority of the alarm the higher this value will be Setting the priority to Zero disables the announcement of this alarm Alarms with priorities equal to or higher than the Error Threshold setting of the RRC will cause the error LED on the Synapse rack front panel to light up Card Address Together with the message string or the tag the slot number o...

Page 50: ...logic of the card is not configured correctly or has a hardware failure Input1 LED LED indicate the presence of a valid SDI video signal on input 1 Reference LED Indicates the presence of a valid reference signal on the selected reference input connector ref 1 or ref 2 42 December 2021 Issue 1 00 B ...

Page 51: ...9 Block Schematic INSTALLATION AND OPERATION MANUAL Synapse MGU100 MGG100 9 Block Schematic 43 ...

Page 52: ...10 Connector Panels The MGG100 MGU100 can be used with the BPH47 connector panel BPH47 44 December 2021 Issue 1 00 B ...

Page 53: ...A PIN 10 GPIO 7 PIN 3 GPIO 1 PIN 11 Metadata TX B PIN 4 GPIO 3 PIN 12 TC 2 PIN 5 GPIO 2 PIN 13 GPIO 5 PIN 6 Metadata RX A PIN 14 GPIO 8 PIN 7 GND PIN 15 GPIO 6 PIN 8 TC 1 GPIs work in a latching mode INSTALLATION AND OPERATION MANUAL Synapse MGU100 MGG100 10 Connector Panels 45 ...

Page 54: ...the display cr carriage return end and sync character Setting the Tally LEDs ZT aantt cr ZT command identification Tally set aa UMD address in HEX form as selected at the UMD n display number 1 n tt TALLY led LEFT RIGHT 0 off 1 on cr carriage return end and sync character Adjusting the brightness ZBaanv cr ZB command identification brightness set aa UMD address in HEX form as selected at the UMD n...

Page 55: ...s ZSaadbb cr ZS command identification display and tally brightness aa UMD address in HEX form as selected at the UMD d display bb Brightness 00 64 HEX notation cr carriage return end and sync character TSLv3 1 This protocol sets out to define the method of communication between a TSL controller and peripheral devices on a multi drop device bus The protocol described is for one way communication o...

Page 56: ...x All 16 characters must be sent Single Dynamic Displays For 8 character displays only the first 8 characters of the display data are used the remaining 8 are needed just for padding Only tallies 1 2 are use for single displays Dual Dynamic Displays Dual 8 character displays are treated as a single display of 16 characters the first 8 characters for the left hand side and the second 8 characters f...

Page 57: ... STX Any occurrence of the DLE character in the packet is byte stuffed to DLE DLE Any byte count fields in the packet are not affected by the byte stuffing Message Format 16 bit values are sent as little endian i e LSB MSB The packet is defined as follows PBC VER FLAGS SCREEN DMSG DMSG or SCONTROL PBC 16 bit Total byte count of following packet VER 8 bit Minor version number e g V5 00 VER 0 This b...

Page 58: ...all displays CONTROL 16 bit Display control and tally data as follows Bit 0 1 RH Tally Lamp state Bit 2 3 Text Tally state Bit 4 5 LH Tally Lamp state Bit 6 7 Brightness value range 0 3 Bit 8 14 Reserved clear to 0 Bit 15 Control Data following data to be interpreted as Control data rather than Display data when set to 1 Bit 2 Tally values are 0 OFF 1 RED 2 GREEN 3 AMBER Display Data CONTROL bit 1...

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Page 60: ...a Atikokan America Indiana Vevay America Rainy_River America Atka America Indiana Vincennes America Rankin_Inlet America Bahia America Indiana Winamac America Recife America Bahia_Banderas America Indianapolis America Regina America Barbados America Inuvik America Resolute America Belem America Iqaluit America Rio_Branco America Belize America Jamaica America Rosario America Blanc Sablon America J...

Page 61: ...El_Salvador America Monterrey America Yellowknife America Ensenada America Montevideo America Fort_Nelson America Montreal Antarctica Antarctica Casey Antarctica Mawson Antarctica South_Pole Antarctica Davis Antarctica McMurdo Antarctica Syowa Antarctica DumontDUrville Antarctica Palmer Antarctica Troll Antarctica Macquarie Antarctica Rothera Antarctica Vostok Arctic Arctic Longyearbyen INSTALLATI...

Page 62: ...unei Asia Kuching Asia Tel_Aviv Asia Calcutta Asia Kuwait Asia Thimbu Asia Chita Asia Macao Asia Thimphu Asia Choibalsan Asia Macau Asia Tomsk Asia Chongqing Asia Magadan Asia Ujung_Pandang Asia Chungking Asia Makassar Asia Ulaanbaatar Asia Colombo Asia Manila Asia Ulan_Bator Asia Dacca Asia Muscat Asia Urumqi Asia Damascus Asia Nicosia Asia Ust Nera Asia Dili Asia Novokuznetsk Asia Vientiane Asia...

Page 63: ...ralia North Australia Yancowinna Australia Hobart Australia Perth Australia LHI Australia Queensland Brazil Brazil Acre Brazil East Brazil DeNoronha Brazil West Canada Canada Atlantic Canada Eastern Canada Pacific Canada Central Canada Mountain Canada Saskatchewan Canada East Saskatchewan Canada Newfoundland Canada Yukon Chile Chile Continental Chile EasterIsland INSTALLATION AND OPERATION MANUAL ...

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Page 66: ...ll provide the source code on request either through physical distribution or electronic communication For physical distribution you may be charged a fee that covers distribution costs This offer is valid up to three years after date of purchase Please direct your request to the support department of EVS Broadcast Equipment SA EVS Broadcast Equipment SA supports open source software by participati...

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