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HD5050070999 Version 1 Issue 4

For Software Version Z5 onwards

0.1

Operator’s

Manual

Snell & Wilcox Ltd, Durford Mill, Petersfield, Hampshire, GU31 5AZ, United Kingdom.
Tel: +44(0) 1730 821188. Fax: +44(0) 1730 821199.

HD5050 HDTV

Up-Converter

(Active Front Panel and TX

Versions)

Summary of Contents for HD5050

Page 1: ...tware Version Z5 onwards 0 1 Operator s Manual September 1999 Snell Wilcox Ltd Durford Mill Petersfield Hampshire GU31 5AZ United Kingdom Tel 44 0 1730 821188 Fax 44 0 1730 821199 HD5050 HDTV Up Converter Active Front Panel and TX Versions ...

Page 2: ... is shipped with a power cord with a standard IEC moulded free socket on one end and a standard 3 pin plug on the other If you are required to remove the moulded mains supply plug dispose of the plug immediately in a safe manner The colour code for the lead is as follows GREEN lead connected to E Protective Earth Conductor WHITE lead connected to N Neutral Conductor BLACK lead connected to L Live ...

Page 3: ...n order to achieve this performance in real installations it is essential to use cables and connectors with good EMC characteristics All signal connections including remote control connections shall be made with screened cables terminated in connectors having a metal shell The cable screen shall have a large area contact with the metal shell COAXIAL CABLES Coaxial cables connections particularly s...

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Page 5: ...ion details 3 8 4 Operation General operating principles 4 1 Operation via the front panel Active Front Panel Version only 4 2 Using the Dedicated Push Buttons Input 4 4 Convert 4 6 Output 4 10 Display 4 11 Genlock 4 15 Memory 4 16 Utils and Config 4 17 Operation from an active front panel via the RollCall System Active Front Panel and TX Versions 4 23 Operation from a dedicated remote control fro...

Page 6: ...ments 100798 1 1 First Issue 280898 1 2 Some menu changes New manual issued 150998 1 3 FCC data added to section 0 New section 0 issued 070999 1 4 For software version Z5 RollCall menu added rear panel updated with Film Frame added CE mark added front panel drawing to 4U model variations added Now covers TX versions Complete new manual issued ...

Page 7: ...HD5050 family will up convert 525 625 standard definition video signals into HDTV 1 48 GHz output formats The HD5050 will handle the standards conversion and aspect ratio conversions required during the up conversion process All options will provide the user with complete control over the size and shape of the output picture either via the front panel RollCall or RS422 Active Front Panel Versions ...

Page 8: ...Picture adjustment aspect size shape position Digital horizontal and vertical enhancement Flexible Genlock capability Internal test pattern generator with 9 test patterns Selectable digital colorimetry conversion Frame based Interpolation modes ensuring best picture quality and optimum up conversion of film inputs Full input and output blanking adjustments 12 GPI inputs and 12 GPI outputs Freeze m...

Page 9: ...peed Type Shape Update Trigger Network Logserver Network Address Panel Brightness Lock Memory Up to 4 system and 20 user display memories Specifications Signal Input Standard 625i 50 Serial or Parallel 625i 24 Serial or Parallel 625i 23 98 Serial or Parallel 525i 59 94 Serial or Parallel Rec 656 Reference Input Standard 625i 50 Analog and HDTV 525i 59 94 Analog and HDTV Output Signal Standard SMPT...

Page 10: ... IEC connector The mains power fuse rating is 4 A T and the rated current for the unit is 2 6 A at 100 V and 1 2 A at 240 V The ON OFF switch is located on the rear panel as part of the mains inlet assembly Note that the fan ventilation holes on the rear panel must not be obscured Supply Voltage The unit automatically senses the supply voltage in the ranges 85 V to 264 V and sets itself up accordi...

Page 11: ...o be rack mounted first open the front panel details are given in Section 8 The fixing ears behind the panel will be revealed and the unit can be mounted in the rack Refit the front panel Remote Control The unit may be controlled via the RollCall remote control system from an active front panel It may also be controlled via RS422 serial link A remote control panel can be supplied or the user may u...

Page 12: ...D connector for pin connections see Table 3 3 D1 Serial Digital Input The SERIAL connector is the SDI serial digital input Film Frame These connectors are for a future upgrade and have no function on the unit at present Genlock References There are two pairs Ref A and Ref B of loop through BNC connectors for 75 Ohms provided that may be connected to an external source of reference signal SDI Outpu...

Page 13: ...n the rear panel is the remote control connector that allows RS 422 remote control interfacing via the 9 pin female D connector Network RollCall This single BNC connector allows the unit to be connected to the RollCall network communications system For more details of this system see Section 4 17 Remote Control 56 1 7 25 ...

Page 14: ...ay User Memory 4 13 Ground GPI outputs are accessed via a 25 way female D type connector and connections are as follows 287387 GPI output Contact pins Action 1 2 14 Machine Memory 1 Selected 2 3 15 Machine Memory 2 Selected 3 4 16 Machine Memory 3 Selected 4 5 17 Machine Memory 4 Selected 5 6 18 Display Preset Full Height Selected 6 7 19 Display Preset Full Width Selected 7 8 20 Display Preset Ins...

Page 15: ...onwards 3 6 Equivalent circuit for the GPI input The GPI output characteristics are as follows Operating Voltage Range 0 to 60 V DC AC peak Maximum Load current 1 0 A AC DC Maximum On State Resistance Tamb 25 C 500 mOhm Minimum Off State Resistance Tamb 25 C V 48V 100 MOhm ...

Page 16: ... manner to an Ethernet system Both extremities of the system must be terminated in 75 Ohms A unique address for each unit on the RollCall system must be set by pressing the mCONFIG Button and selecting the Network item To give And then the Netaddr item The addresses 00 and FF are reserved and must not be used For details see Section 4 20 Network Address Note that in a RollCall segment all units mu...

Page 17: ...ield Table 3 4 RS 422 A Pin Function Direction Remote Master Connections 1 Ground 6 Receive Signal Common 2 Receive HD5050 Remote 7 Receive HD5050 Remote 3 Transmit HD5050 Remote 8 Transmit HD5050 Remote 4 Transmit Signal Common 9 Ground 5 Spare The Baud Rate is 38 4Kbs full duplex Format is 1 start bit 7 data bits odd parity bit 1 stop bit Switching On Open the control panel by pushing the levers...

Page 18: ...l controls and may only be operated via the RollCall remote control system RS422 or the GPI OPERATION USING THE FRONT PANEL CONTROLS All operational parameters and selections may be made by pressing dedicated push buttons and selecting items from a system of menus displayed in the window Menus are selected by push buttons and further menu selections made by using 4 spinwheels The spin wheels also ...

Page 19: ...hat all these functions may also be accessed by pressing the relevant dedicated push button the button will become illuminated when the function has been selected from either the menu or the push button Home Display An example of unit status is shown below indicating that the unit is set to accept an 625 SDI D1 input signal and the output signal is selected to be 1125 60 This example indicates tha...

Page 20: ...essing this button will return all settings of the displayed menu to factory or display memory default settings KRPH EDFN SUHVHW Selection Buttons r Pressing the button adjacent to the required item makes a selection and the display will then show the information relevant to that function Alternatively the dedicated buttons see below may be used to access the same information USING THE SPINWHEELS ...

Page 21: ...The force positions may be used where the input standard is known otherwise the Auto position which automatically senses the input standard should be used Note that the 625 24P and 625 23 98P standards are not auto detected so that if these input standards are applied the input standard must be forced using this menu The HD5050 assumes that the input data uses the normal Rec656 data format but use...

Page 22: ...be visible 1 equals blank the first active line etc Bottom Adjusts the bottom line of blanking 576 PAL or 486 NTSC equals no blanking on any output lines that would normally be visible 575 PAL or 485 NTSC equals blank the last active line etc Left Adjusts the left hand edge of blanking 0 equals no blanking on any output pixels that would normally be visible 1 equals blank the first active pixel Ri...

Page 23: ...ough the machine can vary by up to plus or minus half a field Interpolate In this mode the output is always interpolated from the input This will give the smoothest output but at the expense of potential blurring of moving objects Synchronise Synchronise mode gives the highest performance with minimum output blurring If the input and output field rates are not identical it can cause field drops or...

Page 24: ...hether the cuts are on field one or two Video 2 2 In this mode the HD5050 will convert incoming video material into frame based material That is there will be no motion between successive field one and twos Objects will only move at frame boundaries This is useful if the user wishes to convert video material to an HD segmented frame format For example one could take in 525 59 94 video material and...

Page 25: ...cal then there will be periodic frame drops at the output of the HD5050 Similarly in 2 2 3 2 mode it is important that the output field rate is one and a half times the input field rate If it is not continuous 3 2 sequence will not be obtained To make this easy it is possible to genlock the HD5050 output to it s input see Genlock menus below Pair As sub menu This allows the user to determine how t...

Page 26: ...space conversion to SMPTE 274 requirements SMPTE 240 Colour space conversion to SMPTE 240 requirements BT709 Colour space conversion to BT709 requirements No Correct No conversion applied Enhance Vertical enhancement horizontal enhancement and de ringing may be applied to the signal with this function Up to 7 dB of horizontal enhancement and 3 dB of vertical enhancement in steps of 1 dB is availab...

Page 27: ...lank Output blanking widths may be adjusted with these controls Adjustments to the left right top and bottom of the picture may be made in steps of output samples lines This function is used where it is required that the output be active on more than a certain range of output lines For example it is possible to impose an artificial letterbox by bringing the top output blanking down the screen and ...

Page 28: ...tion parameters to be set up Full Height The picture will contain all vertical picture information Unused display areas will be black The aspect ratio of the active picture will be 4 3 Full Width The picture will contain all horizontal picture information Some information at the top and bottom of the picture will be lost Full Height Full Width ...

Page 29: ...on will construct an output picture which has the same number of active lines as the input picture and the correct number of output pixels to ensure a 4 3 input picture is correctly proportioned on the output display In the example opposite an input picture containing 486 active lines e g 525 input 1080i output is displayed on a screen containing 1080 active lines A correctly proportioned but smal...

Page 30: ...ize When size is selected the size of the image can be scaled Both the vertical and horizontal size change whilst maintaining the aspect ratio of the output picture Aspect This function allows the picture aspect ratio to be adjusted by adjusting the horizontal size of the picture The numerical value will be shown in the display window Position The position selection allows the picture to be vertic...

Page 31: ...lay size set up to be stored in a memory location The characteristics Pan Size Aspect Ratio and position will displayed in the window To recall a set up select User 1 2 3 or 4 To save a current set up select Store and then select User 1 2 3 or 4 Selecting mDISPLAY mCONFIG will activate the display functions as shown on page 4 19 ...

Page 32: ...EF B input will be used as the genlock source Input The selected input signal will be used as the genlock source Preset is to Auto Ref Standard The reference standard may be selected as Auto The unit will automatically detect and use the standard of the Ref Source 1125 59 94 The unit is forced to accept only a 1125 59 94 HD reference input Note that this item is always the current HD output standa...

Page 33: ... locations where all settings may be saved To save settings select a memory location for example Save 1 When this is highlighted the settings will be saved in the Mem 1 location To recall a memory select the required memory location When this is highlighted the settings stored in that location will be loaded To return to factory set default values press the Preset button mUTILS This function allow...

Page 34: ... network to audio delay units connected on the same network This enables compatible audio delay units to produce an audio delay dependent on this and other similar units The audio delay unit will dynamically follow or track the received delay time information allowing processed video signals to be timed correctly with audio signals This automatic tracking system via the RollCall network is call Ro...

Page 35: ...k address Select Setup The second set is the number identifying the Unit address enclosure mainframe The third set is the Port slot number in the unit The fourth set is the Virtual channel number Note that only channel numbers 14 15 16 17 should be used for audio delay cards The fifth set is the Unit Identification Once a destination address for a unit has been set the SAVE function will save the ...

Page 36: ...ze or shape to be set from the following options Linear The rate of change will be constant Accelerate The rate of change will increase as the transition progresses Decelerate The rate of change will decrease as the transition progresses S Curve The rate of change will increase and then decrease as the transition progresses Preset is to Linear Update The method of updating may be set from the foll...

Page 37: ...adjacent spinwheel The names may contain up to 20 characters including spaces Logserver Name The logserver may be named in the same manner as NetName Network Address The network address a 2 digit number may be set up using the adjacent spinwheel Note that as the unit only reads the Net address on power up the unit must be restarted if the address is changed Panel Brightness The brightness of the p...

Page 38: ...on 3 page 7 Input This allows the GPI input to be set to ON active or OFF not active Output This allows the GPI output to be set to ON active OFF not active or Inverted If ON is selected the contact action will be from open to closed If INVERT is selected the contact action is from closed to open The small number to the left of the large 0 or 1 refers to the GPI output 1 to 12 A 0 indicates the ou...

Page 39: ...HD5050 SECTION 4 HD5050070999 Version 1 Issue 4 For Software Version Z5 onwards 4 22 ...

Page 40: ...perating dedicated push buttons The system may be considered structured as a set of menus and sub menus which are displayed in the windows The windows will display the current status of the controlled module and other information messages e g error comments warnings etc and the names of the lower level menus which may be scrolled through using the spinwheel A new menu may be selected by pressing t...

Page 41: ...eric display to allow various functions and parameters to be set up and adjusted The HD5050 remote control unit is an enclosure of 1 RU size but only 1 3rd the depth of a standard 1 RU enclosure It is designed for control desk mounting and acts as a remote control unit for the HD5050 This unit can also be used to connect a PC to the RollCall 75 Ohm BNC network and as semi portable unit in engineer...

Page 42: ...s should be connected to the RS422 9 pin D connector on the HD5050 NETWORK This has no function on this unit COMMUNICATIONS MODE SWITCH This toggle switch must be set to the RS422 position LED INDICATORS OK This LED will flash to show that software is running ERROR This LED will flash to indicate a system error COMMS This LED has no function on this unit PROG This LED has no function on this unit ...

Page 43: ... two types of pushbutton square and round The square pushbuttons take you to a menu level i e those menus covering a single area of functionality The round pushbuttons select a single function The buttons have indicator lamps in the centre In general when a button is pressed the indicator lamp illuminates If controls are not in the Preset position or there is an abnormal condition the indicator la...

Page 44: ... in which case the left hand pushbutton selects the left hand parameter and the right hand button the right hand parameter An item with further options to select is indicated by at the right hand end of the display The rotary control allows you to scroll menus and to set parameters to a required value The illuminated arrows indicate the direction options that you have To return to the previous men...

Page 45: ... If the unit was in user mode pressing any of the dual function buttons will select the preset display for that button If the unit was in preset mode pressing any of the dual function buttons will select the user display for that button The LEDs stop flashing when a display mode is correctly selected To store a user display hold down the HOME button and press the appropriate dual function button A...

Page 46: ...fore it was edited The second row shows the string being edited the letter currently selected is marked by a flashing cursor To change the letter currently selected turn the knob left or right To select another letter in the text use the left and right buttons for this row to move the flashing cursor The PRESET button sets the text to the factory preset The RollTrack Audio Delay text takes the fol...

Page 47: ... a single audio delay in a RollCall system The audio delay will have the same delay as through the video path If the delay changes the audio delay will track IQD1FSY IQBADC RollCall connection 4 2 2 Analogue Audio delayed video by 10 ms delayed audio by 10 ms The next level of configuration is where there are multiple Frame Synchronizers for example each connected through RollCall to their own tra...

Page 48: ...s to 20 ms delayed audio by 10 ms tracks to 20 ms From one to eight audio delay products can be connected via RollCall to a single frame synchronizer for example If the synchronizer delay changes then however many audio delays are connected will track the delay The audio delays can also have a manual delay which will be added to the RollTrack delay The next level of complexity is a horizontal dela...

Page 49: ...ue network address of the IQBDAD in the form nnnn xx yy z d where nnnn network address and in most cases will be 0000 hex xx IQ enclosure address hex yy slot address of the IQBDAD hex z the connection or channel number decimal see table below d the unique identification of the destination unit decimal The ID entered must match the receiving units own ID or else the command will be ignored If the I...

Page 50: ...HD5050 SECTION 5 HD5050070999 Version 1 Issue 4 For Software Version Z5 onwards 5 4 The most complex system would be an array of matrix delay clusters ...

Page 51: ...HD5050 SECTION 5 HD5050070999 Version 1 Issue 4 For Software Version Z5 onwards 5 5 ...

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