background image

Artisan Technology Group 

is your source for quality 

new and certified-used/pre-owned equipment

• 

FAST SHIPPING AND 

DELIVERY

• 

TENS OF THOUSANDS OF 

IN-STOCK ITEMS

•  EQUIPMENT DEMOS
• 

HUNDREDS OF 

MANUFACTURERS 

SUPPORTED

•  LEASING/MONTHLY

 

RENTALS

•  ITAR CERTIFIED

           

SECURE ASSET 

SOLUTIONS

SERVICE CENTER REPAIRS

Experienced engineers and technicians on staff 

at our full-service, in-house repair center

WE BUY USED EQUIPMENT

Sell your excess, underutilized, and idle used equipment 

We also offer credit for buy-backs and trade-ins

www.artisantg.com/WeBuyEquipment

                        

REMOTE INSPECTION

Remotely inspect equipment before purchasing with 

our interactive website at

 

www.instraview.com

LOOKING FOR MORE INFORMATION? 

Visit us on the web at

 

www.artisantg.com

    

for more 

information on price quotations, drivers, technical 

specifications, manuals, and documentation

Contact us:

 

 

(888) 88-SOURCE  |  [email protected]  |  www.artisantg.com

SM

View

Instra

Summary of Contents for 2100DE

Page 1: ...service in house repair center WE BUY USED EQUIPMENT Sell your excess underutilized and idle used equipment We also offer credit for buy backs and trade ins www artisantg com WeBuyEquipment REMOTE IN...

Page 2: ...LLATION AND OPERATOR S MANUAL Model 2100DE VFC 2100DE Scaler with Digital Effects Manual 26 6092936 00 Revision A Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisant...

Page 3: ...ORD OF CHANGES REV DATE ECO DESCRIPTION Approved By A 5 2002 860 Release to Production A Y Manual 26 6092936 00 Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg...

Page 4: ...lt in injury to or death of personnel NOTE Highlights an essential operating procedure condition or statement The exclamation point within an equilateral triangle is intended to alert the user to the...

Page 5: ...Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com...

Page 6: ...5 Input Levels Color Space Adjustment Menu 15 Input Contrast Brightness Adjustment 15 Input Color Space 15 Input RGB Color Balance 16 Input RGB Color Balance Reset 16 Input NON RGB Color Balance 16 In...

Page 7: ...e Signal Definition 30 Serial Control Rear Panel Connector Signal Definition 30 Serial Port Configuration Instructions 30 RS 232 Command Format Definition 30 Command Format 30 VFC 2100DE s Prompts and...

Page 8: ...0DE Scaler with Digital Effects 1 1 CHAPTER ONE Introduction What you will find in this chapter About the VFC 2100DE Features Technical Description Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Gua...

Page 9: ...Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com...

Page 10: ...t in the source video and adjustable horizontal and vertical filters The unit can store up to ninety six user specified configurations in nonvolatile memory for subsequent recall Attention to the Inst...

Page 11: ...ly supported The VFC 2100DE supports continuous pan and zoom functions The operator selects the portion of the input image to be processed This input area of interest may consist of the full image or...

Page 12: ...with Digital Effects 5 2 CHAPTER TWO Installation What you will find in this chapter Line Voltage Selection Video Input Connections Video Output Connections Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumen...

Page 13: ...dous conditions that may be created by uneven weight distribution Connect the unit only to a properly rated supply circuit Reliable grounding earthing of rack mounted equipment should be maintained Po...

Page 14: ...the VFC 2100DE rear panel switch It is important to have the termination set correctly for each installation If the termination is not set correctly the unit may not work properly Generally the VFC 2...

Page 15: ...Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com...

Page 16: ...ter Main Menu Operation Video Input Configuration Menu Input Raster Size Position Menu Input Levels Color Space Adjustment Menu Output Configuration Menu Zoom Pan Menu Mixer Control Menu Special Funct...

Page 17: ...ess any key to clear the error message Menu Operation The VFC 2100DE is controlled via a 4 x 20 LCD display and six control keys Menu Up MENU Menu Down MENU Item Up ITEM Item Down ITEM ON and OFF The...

Page 18: ...ilable for recall should the user modify its parameters Pressing the ON or OFF key while the IN A field is bracketed will bring the user to the Input Configuration Scaler Menu If the ON or OFF key is...

Page 19: ...trying to enter the Recall Menu Save Current Input Configuration This menu allows the user to save an input video When the field is bracketed the user can choose a configuration number between 1 and 9...

Page 20: ...n the APPLY field and press the ON key for the change to take effect The Horizontal and Vertical parameters can be adjusted to match the incoming video sent to the VFC unit Those fields shown above wi...

Page 21: ...input samples taken by the VFC unit For example if the input contains 1000 Horizontal Active pixels and the OVR SAMPLE field is set to 1 50 then the number of samples taken on the input is 1500 1000...

Page 22: ...Pressing the ON or OFF key while CONTRAST or BRIGHTNESS is bracketed will allow the user to increment and decrement these values Input Color Space Pressing the ON or OFF key while the COLORSPACE field...

Page 23: ...ion is set to a Non RGB color space Pressing the ON key while the COLOR BALANCE field is bracketed will bring the user to the menu shown above Using this menu the user can adjust the saturation of the...

Page 24: ...deo configurations Output Save Recall Menu Using this menu the user can save recall delete and edit user configuration files The VFC 2100DE can store 96 user output configurations The CURR CFG field t...

Page 25: ...kHz 4 3 1 1 SOG RGB 700mV 0mV 286mV 875RS343 1078 x 809 26 253kHz 4 3 2 1 SOG RGB 660mV 54mV 286mV SVGA 50 800 x 600 37 879kHz 4 3 1 1 H V RGB 700mV 0mV 0mV SXGA 50 1280 x 1024 63 900kHz 5 4 1 1 H V R...

Page 26: ...d description have been entered make sure the brackets are around the SAVE field and then press the ON key on the front panel to save the configuration When the configuration has been saved the VFC 21...

Page 27: ...of the final image match the output aspect ratio to the input see section 6 3 2 1 4 SYNC TYPE options are as follows H V H V H V H V C negative composite sync GR sync on green and 3LEV tri level sync...

Page 28: ...ade Sync Type The Output Sync Type can be selected when this field is bracketed The different types of Sync are GR Sync is on Video C Negative Composite H V Separate Horizontal Sync Vertical Sync Posi...

Page 29: ...i e a gamma curve is applied to the output Pressing the ON or OFF keys while the GAMMA field is bracketed will increase or decrease the gamma factor A gamma of 1 00 will tell the VFC unit not to perfo...

Page 30: ...be display within the TYPE field If the test pattern mode is enabled the test pattern displayed reflects the currently selected test pattern The following test patterns can be selected VER GRILL HOR...

Page 31: ...m mode an X is displayed in front of the ZOOM field in the ZOOM PAN menu Horizontal Center Pressing the ON key while the H CENTER field is selected will pan the input image horizontally to the right P...

Page 32: ...sing the ON and OFF keys when the BITS CHAR field is bracketed When the STOP BIT field is bracketed the number of stop bits can be toggled between 1 and 2 by pressing the ON and OFF keys The parity ca...

Page 33: ...ile this field is selected Loss of Video Signal Configuration The WHEN NO VID field tells the VFC unit what to do in the event the video signal is lost on one or both of the inputs The options and the...

Page 34: ...he list then Genlock is enabled see section 6 3 2 4 and there is no source available on the EXT VIDEO INPUT connector see Figure 5 1 This same message will appear if there is video but the VFC 2100DE...

Page 35: ...shown Factory Reset Holding down the MENU key while powering up the VFC 2100DE will access this menu Pressing the ON key will cause the VFC 2100DE to restore the factory defaults and clear all 96 user...

Page 36: ...FOUR RS 232 RS 485 Interface Control What you will find in this chapter Computer Control via the RS 232 and RS 485 Interface RS 232 Command Format Definition RS 485 Command Format Defintion Artisan T...

Page 37: ...Panel Connector Signal Definition Data Communications Equipment DCE Pin RS 232 Signal RS 485 Signal Direction 1 Shield Shield 2 Transmit Data TXD Transmit Data TX A Input 3 Receive Data TXD Receive Da...

Page 38: ...e banner is VFC 2100DE Software Version 119 21 0 RS 485 Command Format Definition The command syntax for a single command is shown below cdsidcmd arg1 arg2 arg3 argncde Cds Cds is the command delimite...

Page 39: ...Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com...

Page 40: ...ler with Digital Effects 33 5 CHAPTER FIVE VFC 2100DE Commands What you will find in this chapter VFC 2100DE Commands VFC 2100DE Command List Description Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentati...

Page 41: ...nn sclr Input Configuration Recall n CNF Index sclr A ICSAV nn s 8 sclr Input Configuration Save n CNF Index s Name sclr A ICSP n sclr Input Colorspace n 0 5 254 255 RGB B50 B60 MII EBU S240 Next_Colo...

Page 42: ...S U D W linear sine upload download width ew 1 256 WIN ss hc vc hs vs rr mode hex vex hsx vsx modex Window Command See WHATSNEW TXT for complete description WMRND sclr lm Random Window Move sclr A lm...

Page 43: ...center and vertical center This is an obsolete command Use ZM command Command CHR c Description Echoes back the character inputted in upper case format Parameters c ASCII Char to be echoed back in upp...

Page 44: ...he RETRIEVE FILE option Provide the file with an appropriate filename and click OK The configuration has now been downloaded Note Refer to the command UL if you want to upload a configuration Command...

Page 45: ...cription Adjusts the value of Genlock H Phase Parameters n n Genlock H Phase 0 63 Example GLHPH 20 adjusts the value of Genlock H Phase to 20 s Command HELP i Description Displays the RS 232 commands...

Page 46: ...ncrements Input Brightness value on Scaler A by 50 Command ICDEL nn Description Deletes a specified Input Configuration Parameters nn Input Configuration Index n CNF Index Total index available 96 Com...

Page 47: ...eters n Input Colorspace n 0 5 254 255 RGB B50 B60 MII EBU S240 Next Colorspace Previous Colorspace sclr Select Scaler A Examples ICSP 0 A selects the RGB Colorspace for Scaler A ICSP 1 A selects the...

Page 48: ...tal value to 1000 on Scaler A Command IINFO sclr Description A query done on the Input Timing values Parameters sclr Select Scaler A Example IINFO A 78 2 72 1005 0 Command IOS n nn sclr Description Ad...

Page 49: ...cts H V for input sync Command ITMG fffff tttt n sclr Description Adjusts the Input Timing Parameters fffff Input horizontal frequency tttt Vertical Total i Interlaced 0 1 Disable Enable sclr Select S...

Page 50: ...cription Adjusts the Output Aspect Ratio value Parameters n nnn Aspect Ratio n 0 2 000 Example OAR 1 500 adjusts the Output Aspect Ration value as 1 500 Command OBRT op nnn o Description Adjusts the O...

Page 51: ...iguration Parameters nn Output Configuration Index n CNF Index Total index availabl 20 Command OCSAV nn ssssssss Description Saves an Output Configuration Parameters nn Output Configuration Index n CN...

Page 52: ...ription Adjusts the Output Horizontal Total value Parameters nnnn Output Horizontal Total n Pixels Example OHTT 1300 adjusts the Output Horizontal Total value as 1300 Command OINT n Description Enable...

Page 53: ...bx 0 1 OFF ON gr Test Pattern Grid gr 0 1 OFF ON Example OTPM 1 2 0 0 1 enables the Test Pattern to be shown on the screen Test Pattern type 2 has been selected with no inversion no raster box and wit...

Page 54: ...nd OWHS op hhhh sclr Description Adjusts the OW Horizontal Start values This command is obsolete Use WIN command Command OWHV op hhhh vvvv sclr Description Adjusts the OW Horizontal Vertical Centers T...

Page 55: ...n the following command and do not press the Enter key UL I 10 A Go to the SEND FILE option Select the file containing the configuration and click OK The configuration has now been uploaded to Index 1...

Page 56: ...This will size the window to half of its original size and place the center of the image Provided by Scaler A in the bottom right hand corner of the screen The change will happen instantly since rr 0...

Page 57: ...Example WMTUL A Uploads window move table to the VFC for scaler A Command WMTX sclr Description This will execute a window move using the window move table for the selected scaler Parameters sclr Sele...

Page 58: ...gital Effects 51 6 CHAPTER SIX Folsom Research Information What you will find in this chapter Warranty RMA Information Technical Support General Contact Information Artisan Technology Group Quality In...

Page 59: ...for repair please call 888 414 7226 and ask for a Sales Engineer to receive a Return Merchandise Authorization number RMA RMA Conditions a Prior to returning any item you must receive a Return Merchan...

Page 60: ...Manual 26 6092936 00 Revision A VFC 2100DE Scaler with Digital Effects 53 APPENDIX Technical Specifications Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com...

Page 61: ...0 7 v p p into 75 ohms EBU 0 7 v p p into 75 ohms S240 0 7 v p p into 75 ohms Y 1 volt p p into 75 ohms R Y 934mv into 75 ohms B Y 934mv into 75 ohms Sync Composite TTL Active Low Sync on Green or sep...

Page 62: ...service in house repair center WE BUY USED EQUIPMENT Sell your excess underutilized and idle used equipment We also offer credit for buy backs and trade ins www artisantg com WeBuyEquipment REMOTE IN...

Reviews: