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Broadcast Audio Processor User Guide

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Page 1: ...Broadcast Audio Processor User Guide...

Page 2: ...eople that make things happen At Ross our employees are a special group Our employees truly care about doing a great job and delivering a high quality customer experience every day This code of ethics...

Page 3: ...s of Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation Patents Patent numbers US 7 034 886 US 7 508 455 US 7 602 446 US 7 802 802 B2 US 7 834 886 US 7 914 332 US 8 307 284 US 8 407 374 B2 US 8 499 019 B2 US 8...

Page 4: ...perly please contact Technical Support using the numbers listed under the Contact Us section of this manual All openGear products are covered by a generous 3 year warranty and will be repaired without...

Page 5: ...ur products Company Address Ross Video Limited 8 John Street Iroquois Ontario Canada K0E 1K0 Ross Video Incorporated P O Box 880 Ogdensburg New York USA 13669 0880 General Business Office 1 613 652 48...

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Page 7: ...ashBoard Interfaces 16 Planning the Installation 16 Configuration Overview 16 Integration Example 17 Basic Physical Setup 17 Configure the Initial Network Settings 17 Connect to an NTP Server 18 Confi...

Page 8: ...41 Bypassing the RTLL 41 Monitoring the Audio Levels 42 Watermark Encoders Setup 43 Overview 43 Changing the Watermark Encoder Channel Names 43 Configuring the Global Encoder Settings 43 Configuring...

Page 9: ...r Interface 58 Watermarker Table Tab 59 Status Tab 60 Device Setup Tab 60 DD DDP Encoder interface 61 Config Tab 62 Device Info Tab 64 Technical Specifications 65 Reference Input Specifications 65 SDI...

Page 10: ...iv Contents BAP User Guide v1 0...

Page 11: ...for your BAP Channel Mapping to apply the default audio channel map or assign the channels as required by your system Real Time Loudness Leveling summarizes the steps to configure the Dolby Real Time...

Page 12: ...ropriate value for the IP Address Subnet Mask and Gateway for your device Contacting Ross Video Technical Support At Ross Video we take pride in the quality of our products but if problems occur help...

Page 13: ...unctional Block Diagram Features The BAP includes the following features Based on softGear OS level virtualization technology Provides 8 independent Nielsen watermark engines for reliable audience mea...

Page 14: ...channels refer to Channel Mapping Dolby Encoder Work flow Overview The Dolby Encoder feature enables you to specify if an output path is encoded using Dolby Digital or Dolby Digital Plus You also have...

Page 15: ...1 SDI INPUT 2 DOLBY DIGITAL DOLBY DIGITAL PLUS ENCODER DOLBY DIGITAL DOLBY DIGITAL PLUS ENCODER DOLBY DIGITAL DOLBY DIGITAL PLUS ENCODER DOLBY DIGITAL DOLBY DIGITAL PLUS ENCODER DOLBY DIGITAL DOLBY DI...

Page 16: ...r will be used for a new service If this will be used for a new service or distribution path you will need to obtain a Source Identification SID code from Nielsen The SID is a unique identifier assign...

Page 17: ...Cable the Ethernet connection Refer to Connecting to your Facility Network 3 Connect the two power ports Refer to Connecting the Power Supplies Configure the Initial Network Settings Next the user co...

Page 18: ...ensure correct watermarking and crediting Refer to Specifying the Video Format Configure the SDI Outputs The next step is to configure each SDI output independently The following steps are required f...

Page 19: ...DHCP for the initial Ethernet setup or if you have a need to reset your BAP static IP address outside of DashBoard If the VGA Port on the front panel is also connected to a monitor this connection su...

Page 20: ...0 5 REF IN BNC This BNC provides an analog reference input connection 6 SDI OUT BNCs There are two SDI OUT BNCs OUT 1 OUT 2 7 SDI IN BNCs There are two SDI IN BNCs IN 1 IN 2 8 9 Power Supplies The BAP...

Page 21: ...You Begin Contact your IT department before connecting to your facility network to ensure that there are no conflicts They will provide you with an appropriate value for the IP Address Subnet Mask an...

Page 22: ...nnect each supplied power cable s three prong male connector to an AC outlet 4 Power on the BAP by pressing the POWER button on the front panel Refer to Front Panel Overview for the location of this b...

Page 23: ...To connect a reference source to the BAP 1 Connect one end of a cable to the REF IN HD BNC on the BAP rear panel 2 Connect the other end of the same cable to the applicable output port on the external...

Page 24: ...24 Cabling BAP User Guide v1 0 Figure 10 BAP Cabling SDI Outputs Gb 1 Gb 2 SDI OUT 1 SDI OUT 2...

Page 25: ...Adding the BAP to the DashBoard Tree View The Tree View lists all DashBoard Connect devices that the DashBoard client can communicate with The BAP does not automatically display the DashBoard Tree Vie...

Page 26: ...26 Initial Connection BAP User Guide v1 0...

Page 27: ...SDI signal The SDI specific Channel Mapper node enables you to map each input audio channel to an audio channel in one of the four output paths Subsequent sub nodes display with the nomenclature of P...

Page 28: ...SDI path Selecting a node displays its tabs in the right most pane of the DashBoard window To display the BAP interfaces in DashBoard 1 In the Basic Tree View of DashBoard locate the BAP node 2 Expan...

Page 29: ...onfiguring the specified SDI 8 Double click the Channel Mapper sub node The Channel Mapper interface enables you to assign the input audio channels to the encoded channels of a specific output path 9...

Page 30: ...the Dolby RTLL sub node The Dolby RTLL interface enables you to adjust the target loudness settings for the BAP output 11 Double click the Nielsen Watermark sub node The Nielsen Watermark interface e...

Page 31: ...P User Guide v1 0 Using DashBoard 31 12 Double click the DD DDP Encoder sub node The DD DDP Dolby Digital Dolby Digital Plus provides options for configuring the Dolby encoder channels for an SDI outp...

Page 32: ...32 Using DashBoard BAP User Guide v1 0...

Page 33: ...ur IT Department and network requirements The Gb2 NET1 and NET2 ports are not implemented Updating the Gb1 Port Settings Once the BAP is communicating via DashBoard you may wish to assign a different...

Page 34: ...34 Updating the Network Settings BAP User Guide v1 0...

Page 35: ...isplay the SDI IO interface as outlined in To display the BAP interfaces in DashBoard 2 Select the SDI Input tab 3 Use the Video Format options to specify the video format for the input and output sig...

Page 36: ...36 Specifying the Video Format BAP User Guide v1 0...

Page 37: ...described in this chapter Before You Begin In DashBoard the Tree View displays the configuration options as sub nodes organized under numbered slot nodes SDI 1 SDI 2 Each SDI includes a Channel Mapper...

Page 38: ...Channel menu to assign an audio channel to a specified channel in an Output Path In the example below the user assigns SDI IN 1 Channel 3 to SDI Output Path 1 Channel 1 4 Repeat step 2 and 3 for each...

Page 39: ...BAP User Guide v1 0 Channel Mapping 39 6 Repeat step 3 to 5 for each output path and channel you wish to customize...

Page 40: ...40 Channel Mapping BAP User Guide v1 0...

Page 41: ...ments that contain dialog 2 Use the Target Loudness slider to specify the Loudness K weighted relative to Full Scale LKFS value for the audio output 3 Use the Peak Limit slider to apply a peak compres...

Page 42: ...cify the dialog level of the bitstream program at the decoder output Monitoring the Audio Levels The right side pane of the RTLL Config tab displays a set of audio meters Measurement units are in dBFS...

Page 43: ...from the default values This will help to identify the channels in the other BAP tabs and interfaces To change the name for a watermark encoder channel 1 Display the Nielson Watermarker interface as o...

Page 44: ...CSID value into the CBET CSID cell Leave this field blank if you have not been assigned a CSID by Nielsen 7 In the CBET Check Code cell enter the Critical Band Encoding Technology CBET Source Identif...

Page 45: ...hs 2 and 4 are fixed to 2 0 L R 5 Use the Data Rate menu to specify the maximum data rate allowed for the output audio channel A Data Rate of 192kbps is recommended for watermark encoding 6 Select the...

Page 46: ...r device The device then downmixes the tracks to a stereo track as specified by the preferred mode To specify the preferred stereo downmix mode 1 Select the Downmixing tab 2 Use the Preferred Stereo D...

Page 47: ...for each SDI To embed PCM data you must first bypass the encoder for the path Changing the Bypass state will create a video and audio glitch To bypass an encoder channel for an output path 1 Display...

Page 48: ...48 Outputting PCM Data BAP User Guide v1 0...

Page 49: ...enu provides a list of the compatible units 10 Select the check box for the BAP you want to upload the file to 11 Verify the BAP you want to upload the file to The Error Warning fields indicate any er...

Page 50: ...50 Upgrading the Software BAP User Guide v1 0...

Page 51: ...rameters Description Gb1 MAC Address Specifies the unique Media Access Control MAC Address assigned to the BAP IPv4 Address Specifies the static IP Address that is currently assigned to the Gb1 port T...

Page 52: ...t and the port is physically cabled correctly Unavailable The specified port is not active and is not configured for use Edit Click this button to edit the Address Subnet Mask gateway and Method field...

Page 53: ...the month hh mm ss reports the current encoding time as reported by the NTP Server s yyyy represents the year NTP Server 1 Specifies the first Network Time Server NTP address the BAP can use for time...

Page 54: ...mat that is supported Press Apply to take effect Yellow There are unsaved changes made in the SDI Input Config menus Reference Mismatch Yellow The frame rate from the Reference does not match the fram...

Page 55: ...only Frames Transmitteda Reports the number of valid SDI frames transmitted when the audio video and ANC data are in sync on the specified SDI output Audio Sync Drop Reports the number of instances th...

Page 56: ...output channel that the Channel Source value will be assigned to Channel Source Empty No input channel signal is assigned SDI_ _Path_ Assigns the specific SDI input and channel to the output channel...

Page 57: ...onfig tab Channel Specifies the channel of the output path you are configuring Source Channel SDI_x CHy Assigns an SDI group and channel to the specified output path where x represents the input sourc...

Page 58: ...value for the output signals Peak Limit dBTP Adjusts the audio loudness level based on the highest signal level present in the audio signal Audio Meters L An audio meter reports a measured unit in dBF...

Page 59: ...the Source Identification Number SID that is assigned by Nielsen This field is case sensitive and your must enter the characters in upper case NAES Check Code Specifies the Check Code for the specific...

Page 60: ...ncoming data is present and only transmit the incoming data This should only be selected under the guidance of Nielsen Overwrite Select this option to encode the BAP NAES SID data regardless of the pr...

Page 61: ...atermark encoding Entries made to the CBET fields on the Watermark Table tab will be ignored CBET The BAP applies the CBET values for watermark encoding Entries made to the NAES fields on the Watermar...

Page 62: ...Right Center Low Frequency Effects Left Surround and Right Surround Path 1 and 3 are fixed to this mode Data Rate Specifies the encoder data rate in kilobits per second kbps The default data rate cha...

Page 63: ...vel dB Applies the specified level shift value to the Center channel when downmixing to an Lt Rt output Lt Rt Surround Mix Level dB Applies the specified level shift value to the surround channels whe...

Page 64: ...s of the program a Changing this setting can cause audio glitches b Changing this setting can cause audio glitches c This field is read only when the Audio Coding Mode is set to 3 2 d This menu is rea...

Page 65: ...s SDI Specifications Gb1 Specifications The Gb2 NET1 and NET2 tabs are not implemented Table 17 Technical Specifications Reference Input Item Specifications Connector Type HD BNC Table 18 Technical Sp...

Page 66: ...nical Specifications USB Port Item Specifications Connector Type USB3 0 Table 21 Technical Specifications Environment Item Specifications Maximum ambient temperature 40 C 104 F Table 22 Technical Spec...

Page 67: ...ves to be defective in any way during this warranty period Ross Video Limited reserves the right to repair or replace this piece of equipment with a unit of equal or superior performance characteristi...

Page 68: ...on BAP User Guide v1 0 The Ross Video Technical Support Department will continue to provide advice on any product manufactured by Ross Video Limited beyond the warranty period without charge for the l...

Page 69: ...t Typically it specifies that your facility is the final station or network in the program distribution chain LTC and Timecode refer to Linear Timecode unless otherwise noted NAES refers to Nielsen Au...

Page 70: ...70 Glossary BAP User Guide v1 0...

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