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GUIDE TO INSTALLATION AND OPERATION 
 

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  |  IRD-3101 

Copy to other cards 

Click this button to open a panel that allows the alarm 
configuration set for this card to be copied into another 
IRD-3101 card. 

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Select one or more destination cards from the list 
in the window by clicking in the checkboxes, or all 
of them by clicking in the 

All 

checkbox 

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Note that when you do a Copy Profile for this card 
(see Sect.3.4.14), the alarm configuration is copied 
along with all the other settings. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Get alarm keys 

Click this button to open a save dialog where you can save a 
file containing a list of all alarms on this card and their current 
values, along with an Alarm Key for each. The alarm keys are 
useful for system integration and troubleshooting.  

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The file is saved in .csv format 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

OK, Apply, Cancel 

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OK

 accepts the settings and closes the window once the card confirms that there are no errors. 

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Apply

 accepts the settings, but leaves the window open 

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Cancel

 closes the window without applying any changes, and leaves the previous settings intact. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Figure 3.40 Copy to other cards

 

Figure 3.41  Get alarm keys save dialogue 

Summary of Contents for DENSITE IRD-3101

Page 1: ...h ASI and GigE IP Inputs Guide to Installation and Operation M907 9800 102 27 Aug 2013 Miranda Technologies 3499 Douglas B Floreani St Laurent Québec Canada H4S 2C6 Tel 514 333 1772 Fax 514 333 9828 www miranda com 2013 Miranda Technologies Inc ...

Page 2: ...equirements of the EMC directive 2004 108 CE EN 55022 Class A radiated and conducted emissions EN 61000 3 2 Harmonic current injection EN 61000 3 3 Limitation of voltage changes voltage fluctuations and flicker EN 61000 4 2 Electrostatic discharge immunity EN 61000 4 3 Radiated electromagnetic field immunity radio frequencies How to contact us For technical assistance please contact the Miranda Te...

Page 3: ...trol 9 3 4 Remote control using iControl 10 3 4 1 The iControl graphic interface window 10 3 4 2 The Input panel 14 3 4 3 The Conditional Access panel 15 3 4 4 The ASI Output panel 16 3 4 5 The Decoder panel 16 3 4 6 The Video Output panel 17 3 4 7 The Video Processing panel 21 3 4 8 The Audio Config panel 21 3 4 9 The Audio Processing panel 23 3 4 10 The Reference panel 23 3 4 11 The Probing pane...

Page 4: ...GUIDE TO INSTALLATION AND OPERATION IRD 3101 4 7 Using the TS Probing Option 46 5 Specifications 47 ANNEX 1 IRD 3101 Local Control Panel User Interface 49 ANNEX 2 Dolby Metadata Profiles 52 ...

Page 5: ...de The IRD also provides optional video signal processing with frame synchronization and selectable delay as well as proc amp up conversion and aspect ratio conversion The IRD can decode an extensive range of Metadata such as CEA 608 compliant Closed captioning Teletext AFD V chip and DVITC Time Code which can be embedded in the decoded SDI signal Transport Stream Metadata such as PSIP can also be...

Page 6: ... of MPEG 1 Layer 2 stereo audio Support of Dolby Digital AC 3 2 0 audio Optional decoding and embedding of Dolby Digital AC 3 5 1 audio to SDI with support of main and associated audio services for up to discrete 8 channel output Selectable passthrough of Dolby Digital stream to SDI Decoding of AAC Audio for 2 0 and 1 0 coding modes Frame Synchronizer Delay and Reference Input Supports timing full...

Page 7: ...ther RRT data o Dolby metadata o TSID Transport Stream Probing and Alarming Transport Stream TS monitoring alarming and settings o TR 101 290 Priority 1 and Priority 2 alarming on key parameters o TS Bit rate o TS ID and number of programs as identified in PAT o Network ID and name as identified in NIT o Logging of alarms using iControl Detailed TS structure reporting using graphical and hierarchi...

Page 8: ...GUIDE TO INSTALLATION AND OPERATION 4 IRD 3101 1 5 Block Diagrams The following block diagrams show the functionality of the IRD 3101 Figure 1 1 Functional block diagrams IRD 3101 and IRD 3101 CI ...

Page 9: ...tion 3 3 The CAM module is not shown in this view Figure 1 2 Front card edge layout 1 7 Physical Layout IRD 3101 with optional CAM The IRD 3101 consists of a base IRD 3101 card with an optional conditional access module CAM The CAM is installed at the front of the card so that the smart card can be inserted from the front of the Densité frame Figure 1 3 IRD 3101 physical layout Select Button IRD 3...

Page 10: ...ge connector of the rear panel BE CAREFUL Figure 2 1 IRD 3101 3DRP Rear Panel for the IRD 3101 2 3 Connections The rear panel connections are as follows REF IN External reference input For external synchronization connect a black studio reference signal to the BNC labeled REF IN The reference input must conform to SMPTE 170M SMPTE 318M ITU 624 4 BUT 470 6 for standard definition signals and is use...

Page 11: ...n This audio is also embedded in the output video stream If the input audio is 5 1 the user must select the two source channels to monitor otherwise a downmix will be monitored The analog audio output level is not adapted to broadcast standard and is intended for monitoring of the signal only Use the embedded audio or a level adapter for broadcast applications ETH Gigabit Ethernet input and output...

Page 12: ...show the most severe detected error status that it is configured to display and in the chart error severity increases from left to right with green representing no error disabled and flashing red the most severe error Alarm Name Error Report Led Color Description Green Yellow Red Flashing Red Card booting X After power up the led becomes yellow until Linux is properly booted takes about 40s Hardwa...

Page 13: ...d flashes yellow The local control panel displays a menu that can be navigated using the four pushbuttons located beneath the display The functionality of the pushbuttons is as follows Used for menu navigation and value modification SELECT Gives access to the next menu level When a parameter value is shown pushing this button once enables modification of the value using the and buttons a second pu...

Page 14: ...ification line across the top gives the card type IRD 3101 and the slot number where the card installed in its Densité frame There are three main sections in the window identified in figure 3 2 Section 1 The Status Icon area shows a series of eleven icons that report the status of some card parameters The table shows the various forms that may appear icons are numbered left to right Icon 1 Manual ...

Page 15: ...ded Video status green Signal detected and valid The format SD will be indicated beneath the icon red No signal Unsupported format No rear Reference mismatch Format mismatch with output format Key Fill mode Video TRS error gray No transport stream Icon 4 Video Sync Status green OK Locked on incoming PCR yellow Free run gray No signal Icon 5 Primary Audio status green OK yellow No audio in program ...

Page 16: ...audio in program gray No signal Icon 7 Audio Sync green Locked with Video yellow Free run gray N A Icon 8 TS Limit green No errors red Errors detected gray No transport stream Icon 9 Reference green Locked to external reference Mouse over the icon to see a description of the reference in use red Reference missing ...

Page 17: ...ground Section 2 The left hand side of the panel contains a series of buttons that control the contents of the main window section 3 Click on one to access the indicated controls The selected button is highlighted darker and the main panel heading matches the button name Some of the buttons will be different depending on which model of the IRD 3101 is in use This section can be hidden or revealed ...

Page 18: ...ected and Presence icons show which input is currently selected and which ones are currently available Auto Switch Delay Use the slider or type a value directly into the data box to set the time the card will wait before switching automatically to another valid input if the current TS signal fails Output on Error Use the radio buttons to set the behavior of this IRD 3101 in the event of an input s...

Page 19: ...ck in the box to enable decryption of the selected program The current video decoder selection is always selected shown in blue Program Numbers Program identification number along with some descriptive text CA Systems The CA system that is used with the associated program CAM Interface The section of the panel allows the user to query the CAM card and set up its operation Click Activate to start t...

Page 20: ...Decoder panel The decoder panel gives the user the resources to select the program that will be decoded by the IRD 3101 Config section Service Select use the pulldown to select the service from among those in the transport stream A small lock icon to the left of the service number indicates that the signal is encrypted Audio1 Audio 2 Use the pulldowns to select the audio 1 and 2 PIDs from the avai...

Page 21: ...el indicate the aspect ratio of the input and output video The pulldowns for Aspect and Format on the output screen allow the output signal to be formatted Note the Up Conversion option must be enabled before these controls become active 3 4 6 1 AFD tab Mode Use the AFD Mode pulldown to select the operating mode Auto Manual Config Use the Insertion pulldown to select whether AFD information will b...

Page 22: ...ulldown to select the aspect ratio scaling mode that will be used These options are available OFF Auto Stretch Center Cut Letter box Pillar box 3 4 6 2 Metadata Metadata tab This panel provides the resources to configure metadata processing on this IRD 3101 Closed Captions Closed Caption ON OFF Note for CVBS output CC is always on and not affected by this control V Chip Mode Use the pulldown to se...

Page 23: ...detected at the input 3 4 6 3 Metadata Dolby tab This tab provides resources for configuring Dolby metadata insertion in the output SDI data stream Inserter Config Insertion use the pulldown to turn Dolby metadata insertion ON or OFF Insertion Line use the pulldown to select the insertion line The range of values varies with the video format Mode use the pulldown to select between Auto insert the ...

Page 24: ...olby metadata associated with the two audio programs 3 4 6 5 CVBS tab This tab contains controls to configure the analog video output signal Blanking Mode Use the pulldown to select whether the blanking on the output signal will be narrow or wide Luma Range Use the pulldown to choose whether to restrict the Luma signal range to normal limits or to allow super whites and blacks i e a much expanded ...

Page 25: ... 1 Config tab Dolby Audio Decoder AC3 Decoder Operation Audio 1 and Audio 2 can each be set to Decode Pass through bypassing the decoder and audio processing functions Downmix mode select the downmix mode individually for Audio 1 and Audio 2 Lt Rt Dolby unofficial pro logic compatible Lo Ro normal stereo Dynamic Range Compression DRC Use the pulldown to set DRC ON or OFF DRC Profile Use the pulldo...

Page 26: ...t Auxiliary Audio Right A V Sync Offset Use the slider or type into the data box to set the audio video sync offset to a value between 0 and 100 msec A V Sync quality use the pulldown to select between Normal and Best See section 4 3 for more details Audio Embed use the pulldown to set audio embedding ON or OFF 3 4 8 2 Status tab This tab contains text boxes and status icons that indicate the curr...

Page 27: ...element is available in this case the decoded program element pairs shown in the figure do not exist The default assignment is as shown in figure 3 18 Click the radio buttons to change the assignment A program element pair or AC3 program can be assigned to more than one AES if desired 3 4 10 The Reference panel NOTE The OPT FS option must be purchased in order to enable this panel Otherwise the re...

Page 28: ...With this adjustment a value ranging from zero to the equivalent of 1 horizontal line in the current operating format e g ranging from 0 to 63 46 µs for 525 line operation 0 to 64 00 µs for 625 line operation etc compared to the reference or the frame boundary may be set Additional Frame Delay Use the pulldown to select an extra frame delay to be added to the output Choices 0 1 2 or 3 frames NOTE ...

Page 29: ...m to enable or disable display updating about once per second The time out value for each of the probed values can be set by the user Double click on the current value to open the data box and enter a new value 3 4 11 3Unref_PID tab This tab provides a list of all unreferenced PIDs found in the incoming service Figure 3 21 TR 101 290 tab Figure 3 22 Probing panel Unref_PID tab ...

Page 30: ...vice The table below the chart shows all of the elements identifying each by name PID and bandwidth Click on a name in the table and the corresponding slice of the pie will slide out from the chart Mouse over a slice and the associated Program Name will pop up 3 4 11 5PSIP tab This tab is an information only tab that documents various aspects of the incoming service Shown for ATSC input via an ASI...

Page 31: ...rt Status The status of the ethernet link is shown by the icons Link is down red Link is OK green NOTE This is the equivalent to the green LED on the rear panel ETH connector ETH Port Direction Use the pulldown to select the Ethernet port functionality Options are Disabled not functional Input receives a transport stream Output sends transport stream IP Config This section displays the current IP ...

Page 32: ...n IP Address This is the unicast or multicast address for the source or destination Port Number This is the port on which the signal is present This is valid for either transmitting or receiving If this port does not correspond to the source no signal will be received Enter the new values directly into the data boxes The changed data will show in red Press Apply to apply the new values or Cancel t...

Page 33: ...sses in them cannot be greater than 59 The overall total is shown at the bottom right of the window Click SAVE to store the line or CANCEL to terminate the session without making changes To delete a line in the window click on one of its data boxes and click REMOVE 3 4 14 The Factory Presets panel This panel provides resources for saving restoring and transferring the configuration settings of thi...

Page 34: ...d gives these choices Current User1 User2 User3 User4 User5 ALL The Select column includes a checkbox preselected as checked to confirm that you want to work with the current card Save Profile to Disk Click this button to open a Save dialog allowing you to specify a file name and location to which the selected profiles for this card will be saved Hint It is a good idea to create a folder for these...

Page 35: ...ing a profile from disk because the profile selection is stored within the file Copy profile to section This line shows other IRD 3101 cards that are available on the iControl network each identified by App server Densité frame and slot number card type and firmware version The Profile column shows the same information as is shown for the current card in the Copy profile from line i e Current User...

Page 36: ...nc Type the licence key in the box Click on ENABLE OPTION to enable the option s features The information window beneath the key entry box indicates whether the option is activated green or not gray Up Conversion option This option enables up conversion SD to HD functionality on the IRD 3101 To activate this option you must Obtain a licence key from Miranda Technologies Inc Type the licence key in...

Page 37: ...n window beneath the key entry box indicates whether the option is activated green or not gray TS Probing option This option activates the Transport Stream probing functions of the IRD 3101 To activate this option you must Obtain a licence key from Miranda Technologies Inc Type the licence key in the box Click on ENABLE OPTION to enable the option s features The information window beneath the key ...

Page 38: ...configured The panel opens in a new window when the button is clicked and can be resized if needed The panel is organized in columns Status Name This contains an expandable tree listing all the alarms reported by this IRD 3101 card Each alarm name includes an icon that shows its current status Some alarms may be text only and the alarm status is shown in the name and not by a status icon e g The C...

Page 39: ...the GSM Alarm Status associated with this card GSM is a dynamic register of all iControl system alarms and is also an alarm provider for external applications The possible values for this contribution are related to the Overall alarm contribution If the Overall alarm contribution is selected as Disabled the GSM alarm contribution can be set to any available value If the Overall alarm contribution ...

Page 40: ...g with all the other settings Get alarm keys Click this button to open a save dialog where you can save a file containing a list of all alarms on this card and their current values along with an Alarm Key for each The alarm keys are useful for system integration and troubleshooting The file is saved in csv format OK Apply Cancel OK accepts the settings and closes the window once the card confirms ...

Page 41: ...the card Label type the label that appear for this IRD 3101 when it appears in iControl applications Short Label type the short form label that iControl uses in some cases 8 characters Source ID type a descriptive name for this IRD 3101 Comments type any desired text The remaining data boxes show manufacturing information about this card Details Reports the Firmware version service version and pan...

Page 42: ...messages generated on board the card Newest messages appear at the bottom of the list Use the scroll bar to view the entire list Click the Clear Messages button to empty the message window This panel is primarily provided for diagnosis purposes Hardware and transport stream error messages are sent to this panel along with card activity status reports Reset Card Use this button to reset the card Fo...

Page 43: ...GUIDE TO INSTALLATION AND OPERATION IRD 3101 39 When you click the button you will be presented with a dialog allowing you to confirm your decision to reset or to cancel the reset ...

Page 44: ...ice Select For iControl please refer to section 3 4 5 The name of the service will be displayed when available the name is as per ATSC VCT and is unavailable for non ATSC streams When the service name is not available the card displays the service number as per PAT Audio only services can be decoded the output display will be blacked 4 2 2 video will not generate any errors but the display will be...

Page 45: ... in order to re synchronize the stream at the output Should synchronization be a problem PCR jitter bad PTS the MPEG clock recover system can be manually forced to OFF In such case the system decoder clock is free run and frames are repeated or dropped to cope with buffer overflows or underflows frame buffer mode Setting the clock recovery in the OFF mode is particularly useful when network jitter...

Page 46: ...ct the best method If no AFD is present the default AFD flag is used STRETCH Use this mode to stretch the picture vertically This mode is useful when the input picture has the wrong aspect ratio CENTER CUT When converting from 16 9 to 4 3 use this to crop both sides of the picture and fill the entire screen while keeping the aspect ratio LETTER BOX Adds black curtains to the 16 9 picture for 4 3 m...

Page 47: ...ns that will be performed by the IRD 3101 when Active Format Descriptor AFD processing is activated by selecting AUTO using the Aspect Ratio Scaling Mode pulldown on the AFD tab of the Video Output panel In the images shown in the chart BLACK Indicates that this portion of the transmitted image will be black GREY indicates Protected Area consisting of picture content which may be cropped for optim...

Page 48: ... 9 frame 16 9_8 14 9 Letterbox image in a 4 3 frame 4 3_11 14 9 Letterbox image in a 4 3 frame 4 3_11 14 9 Pillar box image in a 16 9 frame 16 9_11 4 3 Image shoot and protect 14 9 in a 4 3 frame 4 3_13 4 3 Image shoot and protect 14 9 in a 4 3 frame 4 3_13 14 9 Pillar box image in a 16 9 frame 16 9_11 16 9 Letterbox image shoot and protect 14 9 in a 4 3 frame 4 3_14 16 9 Letterbox image shoot and...

Page 49: ... Letterbox image in 4 3 frame 4 3_4 16 9 Protected Full frame image in a 16 9 frame 16 9_4 16 9 Full frame image in a 16 9 frame 16 9_8 16 9 Letterbox image in 4 3 frame 4 3_10 as shown here or 4 3_8 as in box below 16 9 Full frame image in a 16 9 frame 16 9_8 4 3 Pillar box image in 16 9 frame 16 9_9 4 3 Full frame image in a 4 3 frame 4 3_8 4 3 Pillar box image in 16 9 frame 16 9_9 16 9 Protecte...

Page 50: ...specifications with some exceptions Note that iControl is necessary in order to visualize the errors No probing report is available on the card s menu There are no special settings other than activating the display of errors on iControl The probing is performed on the selected input only and PCR measurements are restricted to the selected program only Whenever the incoming TS bitrate fluctuates PC...

Page 51: ...ion up to 720x480i59 97 720x576i50 ATSC A 53 Dual Dolby Digital passthrough Bit rate Up to 25 Mbps AUDIO DECODER Standard MPEG 1 layer II Dolby Digital AC 3 audio 2 0 Optional Dolby Digital AC 3 audio 5 1 AAC audio 2 0 and 1 0 Service channels As per ATSC A 54A VIDEO OUTPUTS SDI outputs Two outputs with BNC connectors Supported formats SMPTE 259 C 270 Mbps SD 480i59 94 576i50 With optional up conv...

Page 52: ...es of EIA 708B CC embedding CC Embedding as per SMPTE 334M Teletext WST EIA 300 706 Time Code SMPTE 12M PSIP ATSC PSIP Standard A 65 REFERENCE INPUT Reference input One input with BNC connector Signal SMPTE 170M SMPTE 318M ITU 624 4 BUT 470 6 black burst SMPTE 274M SMPTE 296M tri level synch black Return loss 35 dB up to 5 75 MHz ELECTRICAL Power 25 W ...

Page 53: ...crypted video format aspect ratio CLOSED CAPTION DTVCC DTVCC NTSC NOT PRESENT MAIN AUDIO NOT PRESENT UNSUPP type xxCH SECONDARY AUDIO NOT PRESENT UNSUPP type xxCH CARD IP ADDR xxx xxx xxx xxx USER PRESET LOAD USER 1 USER 2 USER 3 USER 4 USER 5 SAVE USER 1 USER 2 USER 3 USER 4 USER 5 INPUT MENU INPUT SELECTION ASI SSI1 ASI SSI2 ETHERNET AUTO SELECT AUTO SWITCH DEL 0 1 2 3 4 5 15 sec SERV SELECT MOD...

Page 54: ...M 1 PROGRAM 2 GENERATOR PROGRAM 1 PROGRAM 2 EMBEDDING ACTIVATION ON OFF AES 1 Source L1 R1 AC3 1 C1 Lfe1 Ls1 Rs1 L2 R2 AES 2 Source L1 R1 AC3 1 C1 Lfe1 Ls1 Rs1 L2 R2 AES 3 Source L1 R1 AC3 1 C1 Lfe1 Ls1 Rs1 L2 R2 AES 4 Source L1 R1 AC3 1 C1 Lfe1 Ls1 Rs1 L2 R2 AV SYNC QUALITY NORMAL BEST AV SYNC OFFSET 0 1 2 3 100 ms AC3 COMPRESSION LINE MODE RF MODE AC3 DRC OFF ON ANALOG AUDIO SRC REFERENCE SYNC W...

Page 55: ...ELLOW RED FLASH RED ALARM REPORT NONE GPI NO AUDIO SIGNAL ALARM LEVEL OFF YELLOW RED FLASH RED ALARM REPORT NONE GPI NO REFERENCE ALARM LEVEL OFF YELLOW RED FLASH RED ALARM REPORT NONE GPI REF MISMATCH ALARM LEVEL OFF YELLOW RED FLASH RED ALARM REPORT NONE GPI PROGRAM SYNCHRO ALARM LEVEL OFF YELLOW RED FLASH RED ALARM REPORT NONE GPI TS LIMITS ALARM LEVEL OFF YELLOW RED FLASH RED ALARM REPORT NONE...

Page 56: ...e Compression Film Standard Film Standard Film Standard Speech RF Overmodulation Protection Off Off Off On Bitstream Mode Complete Main Complete Main Complete Main Complete Main Center Mix Level 3 3 3 N A Surround Mix Level 3 3 3 N A Dolby Surround Mode Off Off On N A Copyright Bit Yes Yes Yes Yes Original Bitstream Yes Yes Yes Yes Audio Production Info No No No No Mix Level 85 dB SPL 85 dB SPL 85...

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