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Issue 

10.05.A 

XT2+ Series DISK RECORDER – Version 10.05 - Hardware Technical Reference 

EVS Broadcast Equipment SA – July 2011 

 

 

74

 

 

 

3.5

 

MTPC BOARD 

3.5.1

 

I

NTRODUCTION

 

The function of the PC board is mainly the control of the Video hardware and to 

interface the peripheral equipment (i.e. remote controller) with the Video 

hardware. 
The following MTPC board is  used: 

 

A2 / A4 

with  COMMEL  HS870 motherboard and a new time code management 

module  (with bootable USB) 

In standard configuration the PC hardware is composed by: 

 

One mounting PC board,  with serial ports,  LTC reader and generator,  is 

controlled by the motherboard. 

 

IDE System Hard disk: the IDE disk drive is used for storing the EVS software 

and the DOS operating system. Neither audio nor video data is saved on this 

disk. The capacity of this drive may vary depending on market availability, but 

the system partition is always set to 1GB. The remaining capacity of this drive 

is not used. 

 

64/128MB SDRAM modified. The SDRAM used has been modified to suit the 

system requirements. Please contact EVS support for RAMs upgrade. Do not 

use standard PC RAM modules. 

 

Summary of Contents for XT2+

Page 1: ...Technical Reference Hardware Version 10 05 July 2011 Production Playout Server ...

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Page 3: ...rs that may appear in this publication IMPROVEMENT REQUESTS Your comments will help us improve the quality 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 tv USER MANUALS ON EVS WEBSITE The latest version of the user manual if any and other user manuals on EVS products can be found on the EVS download...

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Page 5: ...ing 8 1 6 5 Power Supply 9 Environmental Conditions 9 Secondary Power Supply 9 Grounding 9 1 7 VENTILATION RACK MOUNTING 10 1 8 XT2 SERVER MAIN SPECIFICATIONS 10 1 8 1 Video 10 1 8 2 Audio 11 1 8 3 Video Codecs Bitrates 11 Supported Codecs 11 Target Bitrate Range and Default Values 12 Content Transfer Encoding and File Header 12 1 8 4 Recording Capacity for XT2 Servers 13 1 8 5 Supported SMPTE Sta...

Page 6: ...1 2 8 4 Important Rules 42 2 8 5 Switches 42 Supported Switches 42 Comparison 43 Additional Information 43 2 9 REDUNDANT IPDP SERIAL LINK 44 3 HARDWARE DESCRIPTION 45 3 1 BOARDS AND SLOT CONFIGURATIONS 45 3 1 1 Slot Configuration with COHX Boards 45 3 1 2 Slot Configuration with V3X Boards 46 3 2 VIDEO AND REFERENCE BOARDS 46 3 2 1 COHX Boards 46 Description 46 Block Diagram 47 Jumpers on the COHX...

Page 7: ...ectors 68 3 4 2 RCTL Board on SAS Disk Array with HCTX 69 LEDs on Internal Array 71 3 4 3 External RAID Array SAS HDX for XT2 Server 72 LEDS on External Array 72 Sound Alert on External Array 72 Disk Insertion and Removal 73 3 5 MTPC BOARD 74 3 5 1 Introduction 74 3 5 2 A2 A4 Board 75 Multiviewer 75 LED Information 76 Board Configuration 76 3 5 3 Memory Hole Activation 77 ...

Page 8: ...atures in version 10 05 are listed in the table below Click the section number in the table to jump directly to the corresponding section In the user manual the icon has been added on left margin to highlight information on new and updated features STATUS ON CHAPTERS UPDATES FOR V 10 05 Subject 2 7 XNet2 SDTI network no longer operates at 540 Mbps only 1 5 Gbps ...

Page 9: ...TION SERVER The XT2 server is typically used as a high resolution server with various third party controllers applications and automation systems using industry standard protocols such as Sony BVW75 VDCP Odetics DD35 or EVS AVSP EditRec LinX API XT2 series servers can also be controlled by EVS applications Live Slow Motion LSM for sports production including replays highlights editing and analysis...

Page 10: ...ers are used for browsing purposes and can be controlled by IPDirector or EVS own API AVSP protocols 1 3 UNPACKING Upon receipt of the equipment examine packing for obvious signs of damage If damaged do not unpack and inform the carrier immediately Check thanks to the included packing list if all the items are present and if they show any mechanical damage If yes report damage or the missing parts...

Page 11: ...XT2 Series DISK RECORDER Version 10 05 Hardware Technical Reference Manual Issue 10 05 A EVS Broadcast Equipment SA July 2011 3 ...

Page 12: ...cal Reference EVS Broadcast Equipment SA July 2011 4 1 4 2 SAS HDX The following drawings provide the various dimensions in mm of the SAS HDX external array For more information on the SAS HDX refer to section 3 4 3 External RAID Array SAS HDX for XT2 Server on page 72 ...

Page 13: ...e Technical Reference Manual Issue 10 05 A EVS Broadcast Equipment SA July 2011 5 1 4 3 REMOTE CONTROL PANEL Weight 2 9 Kg 6 3 Lbs 1 4 4 10 TOUCH SCREEN VIDEO MONITOR Weight 3 6 Kg 7 8 Lbs 1 4 5 18 TOUCH SCREEN VIDEO MONITOR Weight 11 0 Kg 23 9 Lbs ...

Page 14: ...ard is out of its guides remove carefully the board and replace it in the same slot 1 6 SAFETY COMPLIANCE AND OPERATING CONDITIONS 1 6 1 SAFETY This equipment has been designed and tested to meet the requirements of the following EN 60950 European Safety of information technology equipment including business equipment IEC 950 Interna tional Safety of information technology equipment including busi...

Page 15: ...t transient burst immunity test EN 61000 4 5 European European Electromagnetic Compatibility EMC Part 4 Limits Section 5 Testing and measurement techniques Surge immunity test EN 61000 4 6 European European Electromagnetic Compatibility EMC Part 4 Limits Section 6 Testing and measurement techniques Immunity to conducted disturbances induced by radio frequency fields EN 61000 4 7 European European ...

Page 16: ...his equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different ...

Page 17: ...ase Rated frequency 47 63 Hz Related Current 8 A 100 to 120 Vac range 4 A 220 to 240 Vac range Input connector CEE22 IEC 320 3 pin male receptacle Important The protective earth must be connected to the ground before powering up the unit ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS Temperature 10 C to 50 C 50 F to 122 F ambient with free air flow Relative humidity 0 to 90 non condensing Cooling requirements Forced ai...

Page 18: ...ht result in bending the metal plate 1 8 XT2 SERVER MAIN SPECIFICATIONS 1 8 1 VIDEO XT2 Server Standard Definition High Definition Video Formats 525i 59 94fps NTSC 625i 60fps PAL 720p 50 59 94fps 1080i 50 59 94fps 1080p 50 59 94fps DualLink Digital Interface 10 bit 4 2 2 Serial SMPTE259M Full frame synchronizer at input Dual output for PLAY channels 10 bit 4 2 2 Serial SMPTE292M Full frame synchro...

Page 19: ...onitoring all audio connectors on mainframe Audio Processing uncompressed audio 24 bit processing and storage sample rate converter from 25 55 kHz to 48KHz audio scrub audio mix 1 8 3 VIDEO CODECS BITRATES SUPPORTED CODECS The EVS XT2 server uses an intra frame video encoding technique The XT2 server supports natively the following video codecs Codec SD HD Code Protection M JPEG No DVCPro 50 Code ...

Page 20: ...lable when the corresponding code is valid CONTENT TRANSFER ENCODING AND FILE HEADER Up to Multicam 10 01 all codecs used in the EVS Video servers were encoding in 8 bit From Multicam 10 03 it is possible to perform the encoding process in 8 bit or 10 bit and to write a 10 bit file on selected codecs The following table summarizes the proposed configurations in the XT2 Encoding File Header DNxHD 1...

Page 21: ...of 300GB disks compared with the different video bitrates These tables are valid with the Operational Disk Size parameter set to 100 Configurations in normal characters are the recommended ones without hot spare disks Configurations in bold characters are the recommended ones with hot spare disks The disk storage can be as follows with a total of up to 84 disks internal storage only 6 or 12 x 300G...

Page 22: ...Issue 10 05 A XT2 Series DISK RECORDER Version 10 05 Hardware Technical Reference EVS Broadcast Equipment SA July 2011 14 Recording Capacity in hours for 5 disks 4 1 RAID configuration 50Hz ...

Page 23: ...XT2 Series DISK RECORDER Version 10 05 Hardware Technical Reference Manual Issue 10 05 A EVS Broadcast Equipment SA July 2011 15 Recording Capacity in hours for 6 disk 5 1 RAID configuration 50Hz ...

Page 24: ...Issue 10 05 A XT2 Series DISK RECORDER Version 10 05 Hardware Technical Reference EVS Broadcast Equipment SA July 2011 16 Recording Capacity in hours for 5 disk 4 1 RAID configuration 59 94Hz ...

Page 25: ...XT2 Series DISK RECORDER Version 10 05 Hardware Technical Reference Manual Issue 10 05 A EVS Broadcast Equipment SA July 2011 17 Recording Capacity in hours for 6 disk 5 1 RAID configuration 59 94Hz ...

Page 26: ...cal Ancillary Data SMPTE 334M VC 3 SMPTE 2019 1 IMX D 10 SMPTE 356M 1080p 50 and 59 94Hz SMPTE 372M Mapping of Audio Metadata into Vertical Ancillary data SMPTE 2020 1 8 6 MAXIMUM BITRATE VALUES These maximum values are valid for XT2 servers running Multicam version 10 03 or higher They guarantee a smooth play and a browse at 100 speed on all channels simultaneously 2 ch 4 ch 4ch 3D 4ch 1080p 4ch ...

Page 27: ...tools in High Definition This document explains the impact of using Avid DNxHD and Apple ProRes codecs on XT2 servers on the XNet2 SDTI network and on the XFile2 or XF2 in terms of storage capacity number of usable video channels and network transfers For details on how to setup a direct connection between an HD XT2 server and an Avid or Apple server please refer to the specific documents EVS_Avid...

Page 28: ...ack of one video stream and its associated audio tracks 4 Max RT Channels this is the maximum number of video channels real time record or real time playback that one XT2 server can support for a given frame rate and bitrate Since an XT2 server can have a maximum of 6 local video channels any value higher than 6 means that these additional real time access can be used over the XNet2 SDTI network F...

Page 29: ...bps 30 13 33 MB s 15 38 4 48 9 46 14 44 19 32 Avid DNxHD Apple ProRes 422 120 Mbps 26 15 38 MB s 13 33 4 09 8 28 12 46 16 56 Avid DNxHD Apple ProRes 422 HQ 185 Mbps 17 23 53 MB s 8 71 2 43 5 32 8 21 11 04 Avid DNxHD Apple ProRes 422 at 150Hz PAL Super Motion 3x Codec Video Bitrate Fields Block Actual Bandwidth Max RT Channels XF2 Storage Capacity in hours and minutes 250GB 500GB 750GB 1TB Avid DNx...

Page 30: ...efore it can support 2 4 real time transfers with Avid DNxHD 85Mbps 2 0 real time transfers with Avid DNxHD 100Mbps 1 8 real time transfers with Avid DNxHD or Apple ProRes 422 at 120Mbps PAL 1 5 real time transfers with Avid DNxHD or Apple ProRes 422 at 145Mbps NTSC XF2 bandwidth for backup is 50MB s and 32MB s for restore Therefore it can support in backup mode 4 0 real time transfers with Avid D...

Page 31: ...ime transfers with Avid DNxHD or Apple ProRes 422 at 145Mbps NTSC 3 8 x faster than real time on a single transfers with Avid DNxHD or Apple ProRes 422 at 145Mbps NTSC RESTORE Maximum transfer speeds through the Gigabit ports of the XT2 server 6 simultaneous real time transfers with Avid DNxHD 85Mbps 4x faster than real time on a single transfers with Avid DNxHD 85Mbps 5 7 simultaneous real time t...

Page 32: ...ss For more information on online rebuild refer to the section dedicated to this subject in the XT2 Software Technical Reference manual 1 8 9 INTERPOLATION The playing back of smooth slow motion pictures carries specific issues since some fields must be repeated at regular interval to provide the video at the playback speed required by the operator parity violation appears regularly on the output ...

Page 33: ...ields The final result is a permanently slightly unfocused picture The advantage is a stable output signal with no jitter and no pumping but the vertical bandwidth is even more reduced The interpolator is of course always disabled at 100 playback speed because there is no parity violation EVS use the same techniques with the Super Slow Motion disk recorder working with all models of Super Motion c...

Page 34: ...this section show the rear panels of an XT2 with respectively a COHX or V3X board The BNC IN OUT connectors are slightly different 2 1 1 XT2 WITH COHX BOARD The following drawing represents a rear panel of an XT2 fitted with a COHX board The digital audio inputs are BNC connectors but can also be multi pin connectors as represented on the drawing of the XT2 rear panel with a V3X board ...

Page 35: ...S Broadcast Equipment SA July 2011 27 2 1 2 XT2 WITH V3X BOARD The following drawing represents a rear panel of an XT2 fitted with a V3X board The digital audio inputs are multi pin connectors but can also be BNC connectors as represented on the drawing of the XT2 rear panel with a COHX board ...

Page 36: ...IN CONNECTIONS On XT2 servers GPI triggers are available Refer to the Multicam or AirBox user manuals for GPI allocation 2 2 1 RELAY OPTO INPUTS ON THE XT2 SERVER GPI INPUTS 1 2 3 4 2 2 2 RELAY TTL INPUTS ON THE XT2 SERVER GPI INPUTS 5 6 7 8 The relay must be connected between the ground and the corresponding TTL input on the DB25 ...

Page 37: ...he DB25 is directly connected to the pin of the TTL connector on the device triggering the GPI The ground must be common between the DB25 connector of the XT2 and the external device 2 3 GPI OUT SETTINGS The user can define the functions types and settings associated to the GPI outs in the following applications Setup menu of the Remote Panel pages 8 3 8 4 IP Director settings GPI and Auxiliary Tr...

Page 38: ...IN opto 4 18 IN opto 4 6 IN opto 3 19 IN opto 3 7 IN opto 2 20 IN opto 2 8 IN opto 1 21 IN opto 1 9 I O TTL 8 22 GND Return I O 8 10 I O TTL 7 23 GND Return I O 7 11 I O TTL 6 24 GND Return I O 6 12 I O TTL 5 25 GND Return I O 5 13 5V 50mA max 2 4 2 GPIO HARDWARE SPECIFICATION 4 X Relay isolated output normally open contact power off open maximum 1A maximum 50 Volts typical life time 100 000 000 s...

Page 39: ... without external resistor 15 Volts 4 X CMOS input output each pin can be individually configured as an output or an input internal 4K7 pull up to 5V low level Vi 1 5 Volt U12 74HC245 high level Vi 3 5 Volt U12 74HC245 optional TTL compatible level U12 74HCT245 2 5 RS422 CONNECTOR The RS 422 cable must be wired PIN TO PIN following the above diagram Use shielded cable to avoid electromagnetic inte...

Page 40: ...anced on SUB DB15 breakout cable with 4 XLR IN OUT available optionally OR XLR Audio monitoring 4 analogue balanced mono outputs XLR 2 6 2 PIN ASSIGNMENT ON SUB DB15 CONNECTORS AES DB15 Connectors Pin Sub DB15 1 Inputs 1 8 mono Sub DB15 2 Inputs 9 16 mono Sub DB15 3 Outputs 1 8 mono Sub DB15 4 Outputs 9 16 mono 1 GND GND GND GND 2 AES input 1 2 AES input 9 10 AES output 1 2 AES output 9 10 3 GND G...

Page 41: ...t 1 Analogue input 5 Analogue output 1 Analogue output 5 10 GND GND GND GND 11 Analogue input 2 Analogue input 6 Analogue output 2 Analogue output 6 12 GND GND GND GND 13 Analogue input 3 Analogue input 7 Analogue output 3 Analogue output 7 14 GND GND GND GND 15 Analogue input 4 Analogue input 8 Analogue output 4 Analogue output 8 2 7 CONNECTING MULTIPLE EVS VIDEO SERVERS ON XNET The XNet network ...

Page 42: ...on 10 05 Hardware Technical Reference EVS Broadcast Equipment SA July 2011 34 Note If an XT2 must be connected to other XT2 or XS servers these servers must run at least Multicam version 10 01 67 2 7 1 CONNECTION DIAGRAM WITHOUT EVS XHUB SDTI HUB ...

Page 43: ...XT2 Series DISK RECORDER Version 10 05 Hardware Technical Reference Manual Issue 10 05 A EVS Broadcast Equipment SA July 2011 35 2 7 2 CONNECTION DIAGRAM WITH EVS XHUB SDTI HUB ...

Page 44: ...one etc until the loop is closed by connecting the SDTI OUT connector of the last EVS video server to the SDTI IN connector of the first one The SDTI loop must be closed at all times during network operation If for any reason the loop is open all network communication will be interrupted and all systems will automatically switch to stand alone mode When the loop is closed again network operation w...

Page 45: ...ES TROUBLESHOOTING 1 With the default settings 10 real time transfers can be achieved on the network with standard definition pictures in normal conditions and 3 real time transfers with super motion pictures Copy of a clip between 2 servers on the network can be made up to 5 times faster than real time depending on network load With high definition pictures these numbers are reduced to 3 4 real t...

Page 46: ...ll machines and try working in this mode The number of simultaneous real time transfers you can achieve is of course reduced 4 While working at 1485 Mbps if the connection cannot be established please make sure that all equipments are set to the same speed and connected to the non relay connectors All equipments should be started if not connected to an XHub 5 It is recommended to use XHub if the n...

Page 47: ...al Cut Pro or Avid However the external systems cannot read the raw files coming from the XT2 servers For this reason XTAccess is used as a gateway between the XT2 and the IT world It takes up the role of gateway used so far by XFile XStream as it creates file formats compliant with external systems XTAccess is directly connected to the XT2 servers through the Gigabit network via an FTP client It ...

Page 48: ...Access Workflow 1 An external system for example IP Director sends an XML file to XTAccess to request the backup of a given clip created on an XT2 server 2 XTAccess processes the XML file a It gets the clip content that has to be backed up from the XT2 server b It generates a backup file of the clip in the format specified by the external system no transcoding feature only native codec The followi...

Page 49: ...application via folder scan The following schema shows how the restore of clips is performed with the Gigabit connection and XTAccess Workflow Restore via XML File 1 An external system which can generate XML files for restoring clips for example MediaXChange or IPDirector sends an XML file to XTAccess to request the restore copy of clips from an archiving or backup system to a given XT2 server 2 X...

Page 50: ...where the files are moved to when they are successfully restored Restore error folder where files are moved to when they failed to restore 2 8 4 IMPORTANT RULES Gigabit networks including EVS servers need to abide by the following rules The hardware used on GigE networks with EVS servers need to support jumbo frames Both GigE ports of an EVS server need to be defined on different sub networks Team...

Page 51: ...ide stacking capabilities The following table gives an overview on the supported switches Model RU Layer Gb ports SFP 10Gb X2 JF switching JF routing Stacking HP Procurve 2510G 24 1 2 20 4 4 0 Y N N Cisco Catalyst 2960G 24TC 1 2 20 4 0 Y N N Cisco Catalyst 3750E 24TD 1 3 24 up to 4 2 Y Y Y Cisco Catalyst 3750E 48TD 1 3 48 up to 4 2 Y Y Y A layer 2 device can be used when all machines are configure...

Page 52: ... will switch the IPDirector link from one port of an XT2 server to another port on another XT2 server To ensure the failover the backup links between IPDirector workstations and the XT2 servers need to be physically cabled to a second RS422 port as shown on the following schema The serial link redundancy will ensure that there is no single point of failure in the setup However you need to put into...

Page 53: ... boards The XT2 server can be fitted with COHX or V3X video boards The board configuration will slightly vary depending on the type of video board used Important It is not allowed to mix COHX and V3X boards on the same EVS server 3 1 1 SLOT CONFIGURATION WITH COHX BOARDS Slot XT2 SD HD or HD SD 7 Disk Array or RSAS 6 HCTX 5 CODA Audio Codec 4 COHX SD HD or SD HD 3 3 COHX SD HD or SD HD 2 2 COHX SD...

Page 54: ... a record channel or as a decoder for a play channel There are 3 hardware versions of COD modules SD only HD only or HD SD They are clearly identified by the sticker at the front of the board There are 2 versions of the COHX base one with genlock one without genlock The genlock model can easily be identified by the presence of 3 quartz synthesizer at the back of the board on the right hand side an...

Page 55: ... or 3 COHX board installed in the server ST3 SPARE parking for jumpers for ST1 and ST2 when these are not used ST4 only on COHX with genlock It must be set to HiZ or not installed Note that the Genlock Loop connector on the back panel of the XT2 server must always be terminated with a 75 Ohm load if it is not used ST5 It defines the position of the board inside the server It must be set to 1 for a...

Page 56: ...intermittent when there is a genlock problem Red steady when a resync is needed PSU OK On green when all voltages are present and in the allowed range otherwise the led is off LEDS ON THE COD A AND COD B MODULES FROM LEFT TO RIGHT CPU Blinks green to indicate CPU activity On steady green when there is a problem with the processor of the COD module PLAY On green when the COD module is set by the so...

Page 57: ...ut SD down converted Used for multiviewer input J3 Loop through for the SDI input signal SD SDI program output SD down converted SD Out J4 SDI monitoring output SD HD SDI monitoring output HD Character Outs SD HD J5 Not installed Not installed n a J6 SDI program output SD HD SDI program output HD SD HD Out J7 SDI program output SD identical to J6 HD SDI program output HD identical to J6 SD HD Out ...

Page 58: ...05 A XT2 Series DISK RECORDER Version 10 05 Hardware Technical Reference EVS Broadcast Equipment SA July 2011 50 LAYOUT OF CONNECTOR POSITIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS The following drawings show the connector positions ...

Page 59: ...nt backplanes labelled BKP7 are compatible with COHX boards 7 slots for 6U frames The BKP7 backplanes compatible with COHX boards have 3 rows of soldering per slot while the backplanes compatible with IO E COHD or COHU boards have 2 rows of soldering per slot Note that the top slot of BKP7 backplanes must always be connected to the HCTX board ...

Page 60: ...her as an encoder for a record channel or as a decoder for a play channel The COD V3X modules are SD HD and 3 Gbps capable From Multicam 10 04 they support the following new features Full resolution 3D HD on a single V3X module Dual Link HD SDI or single link 3Gbps 1080p 50 59 94Hz video standard on a single V3X module Dual Link HD SDI or single link 3Gbps There are 2 versions of the V3X board one...

Page 61: ...y 1 2 or 3 V3X board installed in the server ST3 SPARE parking for jumpers for ST1 and ST2 when these are not used ST4 only on V3X with genlock It must be set to HiZ or not installed Note that the Genlock Loop connector on the back panel of the XT2 server must always be terminated with a 75 Ohm load if it is not used ST5 It defines the position of the board inside the server It must be set to 1 fo...

Page 62: ...d intermittent when there is a genlock problem Red steady when a resync is needed PSU OK On green when all voltages are present and in the allowed range otherwise the led is off LEDS ON THE V3X COD A AND COD B MODULES FROM LEFT TO RIGHT CPU Blinks green to indicate CPU activity On steady green when there is a problem with the processor of the COD module PLAY On green when the COD module is set by ...

Page 63: ...rear panel has been modified to reflect the new configurations available from Multicam 10 04 Consequently the following changes are applied to the connectors The center left connector of a group of video connectors on the rear panel is initially connected to the J5 connector on the V3X module It should be connected to J1 if monitoring CVBS or SDI is required in SD or HD mode Apply caution if you n...

Page 64: ...verted Not wired to the backplane Used for onboard multiviewer input J3 Loop through for the SDI input signal SD Loop through for the SDI input signal SD down converted OUT B J4 SDI monitoring output SD SDI monitoring output HD SD CHAR OUT SD HD J5 N A N A IN B J6 SDI program output SD HD SDI program output HD OUT J7 SDI program output SD identical to J6 HD SDI program output HD identical to J6 OU...

Page 65: ...XT2 Series DISK RECORDER Version 10 05 Hardware Technical Reference Manual Issue 10 05 A EVS Broadcast Equipment SA July 2011 57 Layout of Connector Positions and Assignments ...

Page 66: ...backplanes labelled BKP7 are compatible with V3X boards 7 slots for 6U frames The BKP7 backplanes compatible with V3X boards have 3 rows of soldering per slot while the backplanes compatible with IO E COHD or COHU boards have 2 rows of soldering per slot Note that the top slot of BKP7 backplanes must always be connected to the HCTX board ...

Page 67: ...ard multiviewer input J3 HD SDI program output for right eye 3D or link 2 1080p HD OUT B J4 SDI monitoring output for left eye 3D or link 1 1080p HD SD CHAR OUT SD HD J5 HD SDI input for right eye 3D or link 2 1080p HD IN B J6 HD SDI program output for left eye 3D or link 1 1080p HD OUT J7 HD SDI program output for left eye 3D or link 1 1080p HD identical to J6 OUT J8 HD SDI input for left eye 3D ...

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Page 69: ... to the backplane Used for onboard multiviewer input J3 SDI program output 2D HD SD OUT B J4 SDI monitoring output for left eye 3D or link 1 1080p HD SD CHAR OUT SD HD J5 Not installed IN B J6 3G SDI program output for left right eyes 3D or link 1 2 1080p 3G OUT J7 3G SDI program output for left right eyes 3D or link 1 2 1080p 3G identical to J6 OUT J8 3G SDI input left right eyes 3D or link 1 2 1...

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Page 71: ...RDER Version 10 05 Hardware Technical Reference Manual Issue 10 05 A EVS Broadcast Equipment SA July 2011 63 3 2 3 CHANNEL ASSIGNMENT 2 ch XT2 Server Lower Codec SLOT 2 4 ch XT2 Server Upper Codec SLOT 3 Lower Codec SLOT 2 ...

Page 72: ...Issue 10 05 A XT2 Series DISK RECORDER Version 10 05 Hardware Technical Reference EVS Broadcast Equipment SA July 2011 64 6 ch XT2 Server Upper Codec SLOT 4 Middle Codec SLOT 3 Lower Codec SLOT 2 ...

Page 73: ...ween the COHX boards and the HCTX board VIDEO CODEC and AUDIO CODEC boards are tied to the HCTX board with one Bus connector on the front side Different audio configurations are available with the AUDIO CODEC board See section 2 6 Audio Configurations on page 32 for details AES EBU ANALOG LED INFORMATION AND CONNECTOR LD 1 3 Internal EVS information only LD4 transfer activity to from the HCTX boar...

Page 74: ... Reference EVS Broadcast Equipment SA July 2011 66 3 4 RAID CONTROLLER BOARDS 3 4 1 HCTX BOARD The HCTX board is actually divided in 4 parts 3 in front 1 in the back Front left GBE module GigE Front centre CTL controller module Front right SDTI XNet2 module Back CPU module ...

Page 75: ...oard Never install that jumper or the board will be in a permanent reset state LEDS LEDs on the XNet2 module SDTI from left to right FRAMER on green when the signal on the XNet or XNet2 IN connector is a valid EVS SDTI signal NET on green when the XNet SDTI network is actually established SDTI loop closed correct speed etc GP not used LEDs on the CTL controller module centre from left to right LED...

Page 76: ...to enhanced mode LED 5 on green Executing PC commands until execution requests end LED 6 on green Jump to SDRAM and execute microcode CONNECTORS On the XNet2 module SDTI J3 Not used J4 Not used J5 OUT connector for XNet2 SDTI network 1485Mbps without relay J6 IN connector for XNet2 SDTI network 1485Mbps without relay Note J5 must be used with J6 Never use J3 with J5 or J4 with J6 GIGABIT CONNECTOR...

Page 77: ...or more information refer to the Multicam Configuration manual for setting up the IP addresses 3 4 2 RCTL BOARD ON SAS DISK ARRAY WITH HCTX Disk Arrays on systems with HCTX Boards have a controller on the disk array board Different configurations can be used One internal array with a series of 6 disks One internal arrays with two stacked series of 6 disks No internal storage ...

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Page 79: ...ks as schematized as followed upper 7 12 lower 1 6 upper 8 9 10 11 lower 2 3 4 5 Disk LEDs off the corresponding disk is not started not spinning on fast blinking green the corresponding disk is starting spinning on steady green the corresponding disk is started and used in the RAID array on slowly blinking green the corresponding disk is started but not used in the RAID array STS on green when RC...

Page 80: ...red LED are present Disk LEDs Blue Led Red Led Off On steady Defect drive must be replaced Blinking Off Connected disk being written to read from On steady Off Connected disk not currently written to read from On steady On slowly blinking Spare disk the corresponding disk is started and used in the RAID array Off Off The corresponding disk is not present Note on Disk LEDs Activity When starting fr...

Page 81: ...RECORDER Version 10 05 Hardware Technical Reference Manual Issue 10 05 A EVS Broadcast Equipment SA July 2011 73 DISK INSERTION AND REMOVAL To insert or remove a disk from an external array carefully follow these steps ...

Page 82: ...In standard configuration the PC hardware is composed by One mounting PC board with serial ports LTC reader and generator is controlled by the motherboard IDE System Hard disk the IDE disk drive is used for storing the EVS software and the DOS operating system Neither audio nor video data is saved on this disk The capacity of this drive may vary depending on market availability but the system part...

Page 83: ... A4 BOARD MULTIVIEWER The multiviewer board is an option on XT2 servers Connectors IN The J2 connectors from the CODEC modules of the COHX board are connected to the IN connectors of the multiviewer board OUT1 HD The OUT HD connector of the multiviewer board is connected to the MULTIVIEWER HD SDI connector on the rear panel of the server ...

Page 84: ...enerate the composite output signal TV mode The ENVS jumper can be used to enable or not the presence of the VGA VS signal Vertical Sync in the composite output signal TV mode If the LSM TV mode is used these jumpers must be set up according to EVS recommendations which depend on LSM software version and CPU board model revision Set up the jumpers as follows HPOL On VPOL Off ENVS On REMOTE RESET j...

Page 85: ...echnical Reference Manual Issue 10 05 A EVS Broadcast Equipment SA July 2011 77 3 5 3 MEMORY HOLE ACTIVATION The memory hole is disabled from Multicam version 9 00 From this version onwards the BIOS parameters are automatically adapted to the hardware ...

Page 86: ...Issue 10 05 A XT2 Series DISK RECORDER Version 10 05 Hardware Technical Reference EVS Broadcast Equipment SA July 2011 78 Notes ...

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