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GUIDE TO INSTALLATION AND OPERATION 

Up Conversion option 

 
This option enables up-conversion (SD-to-HD) functionality 
on the IRD-3111. 
 
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 entry box indicates 
whether the option is activated (green) or not (gray). 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Analog Output option 

 
This option activates the analog composite video and analog 
audio outputs of the IRD-3111. 
 
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 entry box indicates 
whether the option is activated (green) or not (gray). 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Figure 3.34  Options panel – Up Conversion 

Figure 3.35  Options panel – Analog Output 

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Summary of Contents for Densite IRD-3111

Page 1: ...coder with ASI and RF Inputs Guide to Installation and Operation M907 9600 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 ...

Page 2: ...ts 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 Technical S...

Page 3: ...u for local control 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 Tuner panels 15 3 4 4 The Conditional Access panel 17 3 4 5 The ASI Output panel 18 3 4 6 The Decoder panel 19 3 4 7 The Video Output panel 19 3 4 8 The Video Processing panel 23 3 4 9 The Audio Config panel 24 3 4 10 The Audio Processing panel 25 3 4 11 The Refe...

Page 4: ...AND OPERATION 4 5 Using the Up Conversion Option 45 4 6 About AFD processing 45 4 7 Using the TS Probing Option 49 5 Specifications 50 ANNEX 1 Local Control Panel User Interface 52 ANNEX 2 Dolby Metadata Profiles 56 IRD 3111 ...

Page 5: ...act as a gateway by performing IP encapsulation of the input transport stream in either RTP or UDP mode 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 Co...

Page 6: ...e and include o 1920x1080i 59 94 o 1920x1080i 50 o 1280x720p 59 94 o 1280x720p 50 o 720x486i 59 94 o 720x576i 50 Comprehensive Audio Decoding Decoding 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 passthrou...

Page 7: ...description and EIT Event Information Table o Rating and other 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 Det...

Page 8: ...GUIDE TO INSTALLATION AND OPERATION 1 5 Block Diagrams The following block diagrams show the functionality of the IRD 3111 Figure 1 1 Functional block diagram of the IRD 3111 4 IRD 3111 ...

Page 9: ...dules The IRD 3111 consists of a base IRD 3111 card with a tuner module either ATSC or DVB S2 and optionally a conditional access module CAM The tuner is installed at the rear of the card with its RF input available on the rear panel of the Densité frame 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 3111 phys...

Page 10: ...3DRP Rear Panel for the IRD 3111 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 SMPTE 274M SMPTE 296M for high definition signals and is used to pha...

Page 11: ...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 configurable as input or output RF IN connect an RF input ap...

Page 12: ...st 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 Hardware System F...

Page 13: ...ellow 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 push confirms...

Page 14: ...ne across the top gives the card type IRD 3111 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 Card Configu...

Page 15: ...atus 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 IRD 3111 11 ...

Page 16: ...gram 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 12 IRD 3111 ...

Page 17: ...on 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 3111 is in use This section can be hidden or revealed by clicking ...

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 3111 in the event of an input s...

Page 19: ...w the signal status as Poor with the bar red and on the left side of the display Use the Select Channel pulldown to select a channel from those available in the signal or use the Scan button to scan through the channels to find a program stream The Frequency data box shows the frequency of the currently selected channel 3 4 3 2 The Tuner DVB S2 panel IRD 3111 DVB S2 models only Tuning Type Options...

Page 20: ...al Inversion If the L O of the LNB downconverter is higher than the satellite downlink frequency the downconverted spectrum will be inverted and must be re inverted in the tuner Not Inverted Inverted Automatic DVB S2 Pilot The pilot tone may be included in the DVB S2 signal and detecting it may be required for locking on to the signal Not available in DVB S mode Use the radio buttons to turn pilot...

Page 21: ...l access module are installed This panel and its access button will not appear for IRD 3111s with an ATSC tuner CAM status The icon is green when a valid CAM card is detected in the card reader CAM ID CAM card identifier Manufacturer ID Identifies the manufacturer of the CAM card currently installed Supported CA Systems a list of all the encryption systems supported by the installed CAM card Table...

Page 22: ...Hz The Common Interface standard calls for a 9 MHz maximum clock speed and most CAMs will operate properly with an 8 33 MHz clock Some older CAMs don t quite meet the Common Interface standard and will only operate at lower clock speeds Some professional CAMs because of the higher bit rate will require a faster clock Remember that the maximum bit rate that can be processed by the CAM is eight time...

Page 23: ...rvice Selection Mode use the pulldown to choose how the service to be decoded is selected Manual decode the service selected in the Service Select pulldown If the service is not present in the TS nothing is decoded Auto if the service selected in the Service Select pulldown does not exist or if none is specified the card decodes the first service found Currently Selected Service Video Audio The da...

Page 24: ...or the AFD that is always used MANUAL Change Click the Change button to open the Select AFD panel showing the available AFD codes that could be used as the default Click on one to select it then click Apply or OK at the bottom of the panel Flags This section gives information about AFD flag management Presence the status icon is green if AFD flags are detected in the input data stream Detected the...

Page 25: ... untouched In this mode no V CHIP is generated if no XDS data is present Time Code Section Insertion ON OFF VITC Insertion line select the line to insert VITC time code for SD output only 525 between 10 and 20 625 between 7 and 22 Duplicate inserts a copy of the VITC time code 2 lines following the selected insertion line unless it would be outside the allowable range for SD output only OFF ON Tim...

Page 26: ...n is ON Dialnorm Override select the checkbox to override the dialnorm value included in the metadata and use the pulldowns in the Generator Config section to set new values Generator Config Profile use the pulldowns to select the generator profiles for programs 1 and 2 Profiles 1 2 3 and 4 are the available choices See Annex 2 on page 56 for a listing of the parameter values in the four profiles ...

Page 27: ...to normal limits or to allow super whites and blacks i e a much expanded range Normal Allow Super Whites and Blacks NTSC Setup Use the pulldown to select whether setup will be added to the composite video output OFF ON CVBS Monitor Aspect Ratio Select the aspect ratio of the monitor attached to the analog output 4 3 16 9 3 4 8 The Video Processing panel The IRD 3111 includes basic proc amp functio...

Page 28: ...to Line mode or RF mode Analog Audio Output The Analog Output option must be activated in order to use these controls Synchronization Use the pulldown to select whether the analog audio output will be synchronized with CBVS which is not frame synced or SDI Left Source Right Source Use the pulldowns to select the source of audio for the two output channels The available choices are the same for bot...

Page 29: ...ded to six discrete channels are grouped into three pairs of two channels Left Right Center LFE and Ls Rs and each pair is assigned to one AES The decoded outputs from Audio 2 stereo program are grouped as a pair Left Right which is assigned to one AES Bypass Mode If the decoder has been bypassed Decoder Operation pulldown set to Pass Through in the Audio Configuration panel for either of the prog...

Page 30: ...he internal reference 625 from the backplane Input uses the currently selected input signal The Used Reference box shows the reference currently in use which is helpful in Auto mode Vertical lines With this adjustment a value ranging from 0 to 200 lines compared to the reference or the processing delay may be set This adjustment can be used in conjunction with the horizontal timing adjustment Hori...

Page 31: ...TR 101 290 tab This tab shows the results of the tests against the TR 101 290 standard Click in the checkbox at the bottom 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 Figure 3 21 TR 101 290 tab Figure 3 20 Probing panel Structure tab I...

Page 32: ...ng the various elements in the service This representation illustrates the bandwidth distribution within the service 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 Figure 3 22 Probing panel U...

Page 33: ...hen DVB S2 from the tuner input is selected 3 4 13 The Test panel Use the Color Bars checkbox to turn the Test function ON or OFF When checked the output signal is replaced by Color Bars When unchecked the normal program signal is present at the output The icon at the top of the window second from the right shows the status of the color bars Figure 3 24 Probing panel PSIP tab Figure 3 25 The Test ...

Page 34: ...s Mask static network parameters Gateway 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 to leave the current values unchanged Current IP Address Current Mask Current Gateway these are the current values for this card Ethernet Speed use the pulldown to select the ethernet speed Options are Auto Negotiate 10 Half Dupl...

Page 35: ...es allowing them to limit the range of sources that the receiving device can access either by excluding all other addresses Accept mode or by excluding the listed addresses and accepting all others Reject mode The list of addresses is entered manually in this window Click ADD to open a new blank line in the panel or click on an existing line to edit it The ADD button then changes to a SAVE button ...

Page 36: ...he name of the currently selected User Preset is shown on the on the pulldown icon e g User1 User2 User5 Click Load to load the contents of the selected User Preset into the IRD 3111 All parameter settings and values will be replaced by the contents of the selected User Preset Click Save to store the current parameter settings and values from the IRD 3111 into the selected User Preset The existing...

Page 37: ...d correctly the Transfer Status box on the right of the Copy profile from line will indicate Succeeded against a green background If the file was not saved for some reason the Transfer Status box to the right of the Copy profile from line will indicate Failed against a red background Restore profile from disk Click this button to open an Open dialog box within which you can locate and select a val...

Page 38: ...the Transfer Status box on the right of the Copy profile to line will indicate Working against a yellow background When the profile copy operation is complete the Transfer Status box on the right of the Copy profile to line will indicate Succeeded against a green background 3 4 16 The Options panel This panel provides an entry point for activating the six options available for the IRD 3111 Each op...

Page 39: ... box indicates whether the option is activated green or not gray Analog Output option This option activates the analog composite video and analog audio outputs of the IRD 3111 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 entry box indi...

Page 40: ...ox indicates whether the option is activated green or not gray Dolby 5 1 option This option enables the Dolby 5 1 output on 6 discrete channels Note Dolby 5 1 decoding is always enabled 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 entr...

Page 41: ... 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 3111 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 Card LED Overall alarm and GSM...

Page 42: ...m 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 is selected ...

Page 43: ...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 Excel csv format OK Apply Cancel OK accepts the settings and closes the window once the card confirms that ther...

Page 44: ...el type the label that appear for this IRD 3111 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 3111 Comments type any desired text The remaining data boxes show manufacturing information about this card Details Reports the Firmware version service version and panel version f...

Page 45: ...erated 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 For various re...

Page 46: ...GUIDE TO INSTALLATION AND OPERATION 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 42 IRD 3111 ...

Page 47: ...or iControl please refer to section 3 4 6 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 fuzzy The I...

Page 48: ... 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 is importan...

Page 49: ...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 monitors PILL...

Page 50: ... be performed by the IRD 3111 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 optimum display o...

Page 51: ..._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 protect 14 9...

Page 52: ...mage 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 Protected Full frame...

Page 53: ...ns 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 PCR accuracy e...

Page 54: ...it rate DVB ASI Up to 80 Mbps Mode Burst and byte supported TS packet length 188 204 byte packets Return loss 15 dB up to 270 MHz ASI OUTPUT Quantity connector One output with BNC connector IP OUTPUT Quantity connector One Gigabit Ethernet with RJ45 connector IEEE 802 3 Standards Pro MPEG Code of Practice 3 CoP3 Stream protocols IP UDP RTP and IGMPV3 VIDEO DECODER Compatibility standard MPEG 2 com...

Page 55: ...PAL 625 50 with one BNC connector Analog audio Unbalanced analog audio with two RCA connectors VIDEO AND TS METADATA CC data extraction NTSC CC1 and CC2 as per EIA 608B DTV CC EIA 608B compliant bytes 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 S...

Page 56: ...ELECTED SERVICE NUM xxxx xxxxH Name Unknown SERVICE Name Video PID xxxxH Video MPEG2 H 264 Aud1 PID xxxxH Aud2 PID xxxxH SERVICE FORMAT Encrypted 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 ATSC PSIP STATUS for cards with ATSC tuner only the items in this part...

Page 57: ...AULT GATEWAY xxx xxx xxx xxx PORT DIRECTION DISABLED INPUT OUTPUT STREAM IP ADDR xxx xxx xxx xxx PORT NUMBER xxxx ENCAPSULATION RTP UDP FEC OFF D x L x VIDEO MENU OUTPUT ON ERROR Freeze Black OUTPUT FORMAT SD 1080i 720p HD with optional up conversion activated AFD MODE AUTO FORCED DEFAULT AFD CODE numbers from 8 to 15 ASP RATIO MODE NONE AUTO STRETCH CENTER CUT LETTERBOX PILLAR BOX DISP ASP RATIO ...

Page 58: ...IGHT CENTER LFE SURR LEFT SURR RIGHT AUX LEFT AUX RIGHT OUTPUT MENU SD SDI OUTPUT CLOSED CAP EMBED OFF ON TELETEXT OFF AUTO TIMECODE INSERTION OFF ON DVITC LINE 10 11 14 20 6 7 8 14 21 DVITC DUPLICATE OFF ON OFFSET 10 9 0 9 10 frames VCHIP MODE PASS REPLACE AFD VLI WSS INS OFF AFD VLI WSS AFD LINE 9 20 CVBS OUTPUT NTSC SETUP OFF ON CVBS BLANKING NARROW WIDE CVBS LUMA RANGE NORMAL SUPER B W CVBS AS...

Page 59: ...LARM LEVEL OFF YELLOW RED FLASH RED ALARM REPORT NONE GPI TS LIMITS ALARM LEVEL OFF YELLOW RED FLASH RED ALARM REPORT NONE GPI VERSION IRD 31x1 xxxB xxx First number is firmware second is PCB B BETA SERIAL NUMBER Gives the serial number of the card OPTIONS FRAME SYNC ON status ON or OFF is shown beside option name UP DN CROSS ON status ON or OFF is shown beside option name ANALOG MON ON status ON ...

Page 60: ...n 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 dB SPL 85 d...

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