Miranda NV5100MC Master Control, Reference Manual

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2. Introduction
Aspects of the System
from routers connecting in an NV9000 router control system. The MCPM-MK-HD is unique: it
obtains inputs from its own backplane module.
• Other equipment.
EBCP — emergency bypass control panel.
Tally Processor — 32 GPIs and 32 GPOs, plus communication with and control of MCPMs and
MCEs.
Device Controller
— machine control for 4 devices under serial protocol (Sony, Odetics, or
VDCP) and 16 devices under start/stop control.
Intuition XG subsystem
— one- or two-channel HD/SD graphics processor with storage.
In example of Figure 2-1, one frame holds 2 MCPMs in addition to input and output cards. Each
MCPM is considered a channel, so there are two channels of output. Master control panels and
MCPMs communicate over an Ethernet LAN. Master control automation communicates directly
with MCPMs, serially.
The master control system can be part of a NV9000 router control system. The routers typically
provide the video and audio inputs to master control. The master control frame can contain a multi-
format router which can also provide inputs to the MCPMs and perform other functions related to
master control.
Aspects of the System
Master control can be considered from many different perspectives. (Please refer to Figure 2-1.)
Multi-Format System
The master control system is an extension of the design of the NV5128 Multi-Format Router
(MFR). A master control system and an MFR use the same frame and, in fact, both can coexist in
the same frame. Master control architecture takes advantage of that fact.
The newer NV5100MC frame is the same size as the NV5128 frame, accepts the same control
cards and power supplies, and accepts most of the same I/O cards as the NV5128-MC frame. It has
a different motherboard that allows multiple SWB output cards and provides the throughput for up
to 8 HD MCEs. The older NV5128-MC frame supports the “classic” HD cards and machine control
I/O cards. The NV5100MC frame no longer supports these devices.
Either frame has 8 input card slots, 8 output card slots, and 2 control card slots. Each slot services
either 16 inputs or 16 outputs.
In a master control system, MCPMs and MCEs occupy one or more of the output slots and the
MCPMs and MCEs function as outputs. In a combined MC/MFR system, some of the output slots
contain output cards.
A combined MC/MFR system requires at least one router control card (EM0374). A MC system
without an MFR requires only a clock generator card (EM0414) but accepts the EM0374.
The input cards allowed in an MC system include AES audio (synchronous), analog audio, analog
video, SD video, and HD video.
An MFR supports input cards of those formats and also supports time-code and machine control
formats. The MFR typically requires one or more output cards.