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6G-SDI Extender Over UTP

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Table of Contents

1. Overview ..................................................................... 4

1.1.

Description ........................................................... 4

1.2.

Features ................................................................ 6

2. Technical Specifications.............................................. 7

3. Installation Procedure ................................................ 9

3.1.

Parts List............................................................... 9

3.2.

Product Overview ............................................... 10

3.3.

Physical Installation ............................................ 12

3.4.

Installation & Power-up Procedure ...................... 13

3.5.

Supported SDI Modes ......................................... 14

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Supported Video Modes ...................................... 15

3.7.

SDI Input Connection ......................................... 16

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SDI Output Connection ....................................... 16

4. Firmware Upgrade Procedure ..................................17

4.1.

Firmware Upgrade Procedure .............................. 17

4.2.

USB Driver Setup ............................................... 20

5. Unit Control and Status .............................................23

6. Troubleshooting .........................................................24

7. Appendix ....................................................................26

ASCII Command Set .......................................... 26

8. Product Warranty Policy...........................................29

Summary of Contents for 500730

Page 1: ...P N 94 000764 A SE 000764 A 6G SDI EXTENDER OVER UTP 500730 Installation Guide ...

Page 2: ...Printed in Canada No part of this publication may be reproduced stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means electronic mechanical photocopying recording or otherwise without prior written permission of the author Trademarks MuxLab Broadcast is a registered trademark of MuxLab Inc ...

Page 3: ...erview 10 3 3 Physical Installation 12 3 4 Installation Power up Procedure 13 3 5 Supported SDI Modes 14 3 6 Supported Video Modes 15 3 7 SDI Input Connection 16 3 8 SDI Output Connection 16 4 Firmware Upgrade Procedure 17 4 1 Firmware Upgrade Procedure 17 4 2 USB Driver Setup 20 5 Unit Control and Status 23 6 Troubleshooting 24 7 Appendix 26 A ASCII Command Set 26 8 Product Warranty Policy 29 ...

Page 4: ...d benefit of extending the Hi Resolution signal up to 330 feet 100M Standard Cat5e 6 UTP cable is used for the extension The pair Transmitter Receiver uses PoE for power and only requires the Receiver Rx side to be powered The input source for the 6G SDI Extender over UTP is either HD SDI using four coax cables 3G SDI using two coax cables and 6G SDI using a single coax cable Figure 1 System Overv...

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Page 6: ... Standards SMPTE 292M SMPTE 296M SMPTE 372M SMPTE 424M SMPTE 425M Supports all 6G channel configurations 1 2 4 Automatic SDI Link recognition and configuration Firmware is field upgradable Automatic turn on of the long reach mode 150meters when HD signal is detected USB interface for field upgradable firmware and diagnostics PoE to power the Transmitter Ethercon connectivity and solid Aluminum enc...

Page 7: ...ssion Enclosures Measurements Tx 110mm 4 3 x 110mm 4 3 x 32mm 1 250 Rx 146mm 5 75 x 105mm 4 13 x 26mm 1 02 Color Black Enamel Rx Unit Black Electrophoresis Tx Unit Control Serial Console Emulation with USB Interface Compliance FCC CE RoHS Power 48VDC 0 7Amp External Power Supply with US UK and Euro blades Table 1 Specifications ...

Page 8: ... Connector Compatible with NE8MC System Top Side Mini USB for firmware updates and control status Table 2 Connectivity Transmitter Connectivity Receiver Front Side Mini USB for firmware updates and control status Rear Side 1x RJ 45 UTP Connector 4x BNC SDI Output Connectors 0 8V pp 75Ohms 1x BNC Sync Input Connector 1x Power Connector 5 5mm x 2 1mm Table 3 Connectivity Receiver ...

Page 9: ...TP Page 9 3 Installation Procedure 3 1 Parts List The 6G SDI Extender over UTP Kit 500730 comes with the following parts 1x Transmitter Unit Tx 1x Receiver Unit Rx 1x 48VDC Wall mount Power Supply Blades for the Wall mount Power Supply ...

Page 10: ... them before installing the unit Figure 2 Front Transmitter Unit 6G 3G HD SDI Input Compatible LED Indicator When SDI Link is established Power LED Indicator Mini USB Port Firmware Upgrade Unit Control Flashing LED Indicator When information Is passing through the link LED Indicator when the HDBase T link is established Sync Output RJ45 UTP Ethercon Connector 3G HD SDI Input Compatible HD SDI Inpu...

Page 11: ...Front Receiver Unit Figure 4 Rear Receiver Unit SDI Output 6G 3G HD Compatible LED Indicators When SDI links are established Power LED Indicator Mini USB Port Firmware Upgrade Unit Control Flashing LED Indicator when information is passing through the link LED Indicator when HDBase T link is established Sync Input LED Indicator When the SDI link is 6G RJ45 UTP Connector 48VDC Input SDI Output 3G H...

Page 12: ...for any SDI transmission speed Connection to UTP Cable Cat5E Cat6 In order to maintain the specifications Connection to UTP Cable Cat5E Cat6 In order to maintain the specifications Important The Receiver output the signals in the same order and speed as the Transmitter Optional Sync In A DESTINATION OUTPUT Recorder Monitor Ect Must use 6G 3G HD 75Ω graded coax cable In accordance with the SDI Thro...

Page 13: ... the UTP Cat5E or Cat6 to the receiver unit 100m max for 6G 3G Signal and 150m max for HD Signal 4 After hooking up the UTP cable to the RJ 45 port on the receiver unit Connect the SDI coax cables from the unit to the destination device e g Recorder Monitor Capture card Etc 5 Now that all the cabling is installed the only thing left to do is to plug the 48VDC wall mount power supply 6 Each unit wi...

Page 14: ...DI Single HD SDI Dual HD SDI Quad HD SDI Single 6G SDI YES YES 1 Single 3G SDI YES YES 1 Dual 3G SDI YES 1 YES Single HD SDI YES Dual HD SDI YES 1 YES Quad HD SDI YES Table 4 Supported SDI Modes Matrix Notes 1 A terminal command needs to be performed in order to execute the ratio change 1 2 or 2 1 see Appendix for more information ...

Page 15: ... 97 1080PsF30 1080P23 98 1080P24 1080P25 1080P29 97 1080P30 3G 3GBits 1080P50 1080P59 94 1080P60 4 2 2 2Kx1556 PsF23 98 2Kx1556 PsF24 2Kx1556 PsF25 Support HD Modes in 4 4 4 2Kx1556P23 98 2Kx1556P24 2Kx1556P25 Support 3D Modes 6G 6GBits 3840x2160 P23 98 3840x2160 P24 3840x2160 P25 4 2 2 3840x2160 P29 97 3840x2160 P30 4096x2160 P23 98 Support 3G Modes in 4 4 4 4096x2160 P24 4096x2160 P25 Table 5 Su...

Page 16: ...D SDI Link A Link B Link C Link D Table 6 SDI Input Connections Matrix 3 8 SDI Output Connection SDI Input BNC Connector Receiver Input Modes SDI A SDI B SDI C SDI D Single 6G SDI Link A Link A Single 3G SDI Link A Link A Dual 3G SDI Link A Link B Link A Link B Single HD SDI Link A Link A Dual HD SDI Link A Link B Link A Link B Quad HD SDI Link A Link B Link C Link D Table 7 SDI Output Connections...

Page 17: ... see section 4 2 for more details 2 Download the latest version of the firmware upgrade on Muxlab website 3 Unzip the firmware upgrade executable in a directory of your choice 4 Connect the mini USB cable to the unit and to the PC 5 When the device driver has recognized your device to be upgraded you can double click on the upgrade application to execute it ...

Page 18: ...x x Detecting COM port and Baud Rate OK COM PORT Number 3 Baud rate 115200 Checking product RX OK Muxlab 6G SDI EXT DRAKONDIA B RX Preparing to Upload Programmable Logic OK Sending Programmable Logic data 100 OK Preparing to Upload Firmware OK Sending data 100 OK Please wait while the unit is rebooting 100 Press any key to exit ...

Page 19: ...tatus SDI A B C D Blinking Download phase Clear memory space and write new image SDI A Blinking Erasing previous programmable logic memory SDI B Blinking Copying programmable logic from secondary memory to primary memory SDI C Blinking Copying firmware from secondary memory to primary memory 8 After completion firmware will start and the SDI A B C D LEDs will cycle ...

Page 20: ...r is necessary To install the USB serial driver download the SC 000032 A USB to serial driver file from the MuxLab website and save it to the local hard drive NOTE If the downloaded file is compressed it will have to be uncompressed before using it Plug the USB cable between the device and the PC and power up the device The Found New Hardware wizard will open Figure 13 Select Locate and install dr...

Page 21: ... 14 Select Browse my computer for driver software advanced Figure 4 Found New Hardware Dialog Box Another dialog box will open Figure 15 Click Browse and locate the SC 000032 A USB to serial driver file downloaded earlier Once found click Next Figure 5 Browsing for Unknown Device ...

Page 22: ...ating that the driver software is unsigned Figure 16 Select Install this driver software anyway Figure 6 Windows Security A window will appear instructing that the software for the driver has been successfully installed Figure 17 Click Close Figure 7 Successful Installation Dialog Box ...

Page 23: ...s Commands from an ASCII terminal e g PUTTY may be sent directly to the device via a USB connection serial connection emulation Maintenance can be performed with a terminal emulator such as the one available under windows with the ASCII Command set described in the Appendix of this manual ...

Page 24: ...rant Disorder in the SDI Links either at the receiver or transmitter Check for inversion reboot the system when ordered properly No Link Check the grade of the Cable e g Cat5e 6 Etc the quality of the cable and connectors Verify that you have not exceeded the maximum length No SDI Link 3G 6G Verify the quality of the cable and its connector used are the right grade to allow the transport of the ba...

Page 25: ...Support at 877 689 5228 toll free in North America or 1 514 905 0588 International please have the following information ready Unit model number Cabling layout Please include the model of SDI source and receiver cable length and type e g UTP and Coax at both end Description of problem List of tests performed ...

Page 26: ...mulation program parameters are set to the following BAUD Rate 115200 Data bits 8 Stop bits 1 Parity None Flow control None It should be noted that commands are case sensitive and arguments must be separated by a single space Commands must be entered in the following way and ended with a carriage return ...

Page 27: ...ecific command Response List the specifics of the demanded command 2 RESET Command reset f Description Reset the unit and restore the default factory settings Response ok 3 SDI Command sdi r 1 2 Description Set the ratio between the number of Input BNC versus the number of outputs BNC see table 4 for details This command is stored in NV memory and will remain valid after power cycle Arguments 1 2 ...

Page 28: ...hannel SDI ratio 0 SDI ref 148 5 MHz SDI freq 148 505 MHz HDMI freq 148 504 MHz UTP version 13090C10 UTP Bit Error Rate 10 exp N 10 best 0 worst Total 10 Video 0 Audio 0 blank 0 Ctrl 0 UTP lane Status lower number better Lane 41 48 39 37 Lane 34 39 31 29 Lane 32 37 32 30 Lane 35 42 31 30 UTP operating mode 6 5 VERSION Command version Description Report firmware version of the microcontroller Respo...

Page 29: ...A issued by its Customer Service Department and a proof of purchase date If this product is delivered to MuxLab by mail you agree to assume risk of loss or damage in transit to prepay shipping charges to the warranty service location and to use the original shipping container or equivalent THE ABOVE LIMITED WARRANTY IS THE ONLY WARRANTY COVERING YOUR MUXLAB PRODUCT THERE ARE NO OTHER WARRANTIES EX...

Page 30: ...e R M A customer will be liable to pay replacement invoice if defective products are not returned Product more than six months old including shelf life The defective unit must be returned prepaid to MuxLab and then the unit will be repaired or if repair is not possible replaced by an equivalent unit and returned to the customer within one 1 month of receiving any returned product There is no charg...

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