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MV-16 Multiviewer

www.snellgroup.com

Connection to Other Equipment

Issue 1 Rev 12

Page 71

© 2013 Snell Limited

8.

to make sure they are SDi rather than DVi etc. 

9.

Click on the 

OK

 button to save the changes.

10. Once you have a multiviewer on-screen layout setup, double click the screen to be 

edited. The 

Edit Objects

 dialog for that screen is displayed.

11. From this screen select the 

Properties

 tab and then select the 

Tally

 tab 

Settings should be as shown in Fig 70.

Fig 69.  Module Properties - Boards Tab

Fig 70.  Edit Object - Properties Tab - Tally Tab

Summary of Contents for MV-16

Page 1: ...snellgroup com User Manual MV 16 Multiviewer Enables up to 16 channels of video to be viewed on a single display device...

Page 2: ...MV 16 Multiviewer www snellgroup com Issue 1 Rev 12 Page 2 2013 Snell Limited...

Page 3: ...ssignments 15 3 Operation 17 3 1 Local Operating Modes 17 3 1 1 Normal Mode 17 3 1 2 Configuration Mode 18 3 2 Keyboard Operation 18 3 3 Using the Web Interface 19 3 3 1 Object and Source Explorer 21...

Page 4: ...69 4 5 Connecting the Multiviewer to a Nucleus or Nebula Controller 73 4 5 1 MV 16 Settings 74 4 5 2 MV 16 Wiring Connections to Nucleus Nebula Controller 74 4 5 3 Nucleus 2450 Settings 74 4 5 4 Nebul...

Page 5: ...ibited No part of this publication may be transmitted or reproduced in any form or by any means electronic or mechanical including photocopy recording or any information storage and retrieval system w...

Page 6: ...MV 16 Multiviewer www snellgroup com Information and Notices Issue 1 Rev 12 Page 6 2013 Snell Limited...

Page 7: ...itself either directly via an Ethernet cable or over a network 1 1 System Concept The modular architecture is designed for scalability Each video input card handles four channels Up to four cards may...

Page 8: ...3G 1080p DVI I output up to 1080p60 1920x1080 in 16 9 Genlocked inputs for flicker free and full frame operation Teletext analog subtitles AFD WSS VITC SDI HD SDI only decoding monitoring Up to 256 c...

Page 9: ...software operating on a remote PC or via the RS232 422 port using TSL or other protocols Up to two lines of UMD text can be left center or right justified and may be placed anywhere in the tile 1 2 3...

Page 10: ...sync or may be taken from a chosen input on any input card 1 2 6 Using GPI Input Output Connections Assignable GPI I O with 16 inputs and 8 outputs for external alarm indication and tally functions 1...

Page 11: ...The unit MUST BE DISCONNECTED ISOLATED FROM THE MAINS INPUT and from other product outputs before undertaking maintenance ELECTRIC SHOCK HAZARDS exist if conductive instruments neck chains or fingers...

Page 12: ...n of the two types Additionally an external analogue or digital audio I O card may be fitted to a dedicated card slot as an option MV VIP1 video cards support the following standards Composite video P...

Page 13: ...put screen can be varied continuously in size and position cropped or displayed in pre configured screen layouts on a chosen colored background The main output is also used to display the unit s syste...

Page 14: ...CPU card Access requires the removal of the CPU card from the front of the unit with the power removed Fig 8 shows the CPU card jumpers and Table 2 shows the jumper settings Fig 8 MV 16 CPU card Jump...

Page 15: ...assignment of the connector is given in section 4 1 3 Fig 9 MV 16 AES EBU digital audio input card balanced unbalanced settings Jumper Position Description 1 2 Balanced 2 3 Unbalanced Table 3 Balanced...

Page 16: ...MV 16 Multiviewer www snellgroup com Installation Issue 1 Rev 12 Page 16 2013 Snell Limited...

Page 17: ...normal or locked is the normal operating mode A special configuration or menu mode is provided to allow initial IP address configuration for LAN control via a browser The currently set IP address will...

Page 18: ...server to allocate them automatically 3 2 Keyboard Operation Any HID compliant USB keyboard can be used for the entry and editing of UMD The keyboard is connected to the USB port on the front panel o...

Page 19: ...s a free download from http www java com en download manual jsp To access the web interface type the IP Address configured for the frame into a browser The Java application should launch immediately b...

Page 20: ...ecting the Type tab from the Edit Object menu and choosing the desired tile type Video and audio tiles can be assigned sources by double clicking on a tile selecting the Properties tab from the Edit O...

Page 21: ...ons are presented in the top tool bar for ease of use The Edit Object menu can also be displayed for a tile by double clicking on its entry in the Object Folder in the Explorer view Audio and Alarm se...

Page 22: ...motes Not Used Set Time Opens the Set Time dialogue to adjust the clock and date settings See section 3 6 Halt Reboot Reset Module Maintenance items for shutting down rebooting the system or resetting...

Page 23: ...og covers parameters common to the whole MV rack such as IP address and GPIs It also covers initial setup of the inputs and outputs of the unit 3 4 1 Boards Tab Fig 15 Module Properties Boards Tab Sel...

Page 24: ...mited 3 4 2 Screen Tab Fig 16 Module Properties Screen Tab Resolution Set the display output resolution Aspect Ratio Set the display output aspect ratio to match the display device Genlock Lock the di...

Page 25: ...ing of each source These are not the names that get transferred to UMDs they are simply user names to assist with identifying sources from within the Web interface Source names can be used to set the...

Page 26: ...8 Audio monitor output channel selection controls Select the source and source channel number to be directed to the monitor output Table 12 Module Properties Audio Monitor Tab Fig 19 Module Properties...

Page 27: ...2 Page 27 2013 Snell Limited 3 4 6 GPO Alarms Tab Fig 20 Module Properties GPO Alarms Tab GPO Alarm Number Select GPO alarm output number 1 to 8 Alarm Source Assign alarm source to the selected GPO al...

Page 28: ...rk settings IP Address Enter fixed IP address if required Netmask Enter network mask if required Gateway Enter gateway address if required DNS Server 1 Enter DNS server address if required DNS Server...

Page 29: ...ial port settings can be set as required for the attached device Fig 22 Module Properties Protocols Serial Ports Tab Configure The Configure button is used to edit the serial port settings Fig 23 Seri...

Page 30: ...64 Assigns display address 64 to source 1 video input 1 display address 65 to source 2 video input 2 etc TSL UMD address 80 Assigns display address 80 to source 1 video input 1 display address 81 to...

Page 31: ...elow Channel 1 to 16 Controls Select an audio input to display for the associated source bar Phase Bar 1 and 2 Enable either or both phase bars and select two channels from the appropriate drop down b...

Page 32: ...Properties Alarm Tab Select Alarm Click on one of the alarms listed to change the attributes of it using the controls listed under Properties Enabled Tick this to enable the selected alarm Delay Input...

Page 33: ...ls will have their audio loss alarms enabled with a nominal threshold set for the audio loss level Fig 26 Source Properties Audio Alarms Tab Enable Alarms To enable an individual audio loss or over al...

Page 34: ...larms will be enabled The following table summarizes the various alarm status conditions 3 5 4 Copy Tab Individual Alarm Use Audio Channel Alarm Settings Alarm State Enabled Enabled Enabled and uses u...

Page 35: ...appropriate fields and then press the Set button A battery on the CPU board ensures that time data is retained should the unit be powered down NTP In this mode the time is sourced from an NTP server o...

Page 36: ...A name must be given if this is the first time the layout has been saved Save Layout As Saves current layout with a different name Delete Layout Delete a selected layout from the saved list Setup Lay...

Page 37: ...d can be operated on as a group Un select All Objects Cancels group all objects command Cut Objects Deletes all the tile objects in the group Paste Objects Pastes the object that is on the clipboard t...

Page 38: ...opy the display properties of the currently selected tile object excludes source properties Paste Object Paste the copied the display properties of the currently selected tile object Paste New Object...

Page 39: ...e to the cell size of the grid that has been set 3 11 Help Menu 3 11 1 About This menu provides current status information on the Browser CPU and scaler firmware versions Fig 33 Grid Menu Snap to Grid...

Page 40: ...g 35 Edit Object Type Tab Type Defines object type Choose from None Video Audio Text Logo and Clock Name Name of the tile can be up to 40 characters long X Y Width Height The size and position of the...

Page 41: ...nell Limited 3 12 2 Border tab Fig 36 Edit Object Border Tab Separator Number of pixels separating the edge of the video content from the tile border Width Pixel width of the border Colour Color of th...

Page 42: ...ects that have a fixed association Fig 37 Edit Object Parent Tab Name For the currently selected tile select the parent object Position Set the anchor point of the currently selected tile relative to...

Page 43: ...background Position Position of UMD relative to the tile Separator Places a separator between the UMD and the object s image and also between each line of text The color of the separator can be chosen...

Page 44: ...rties tab The Object Type tabs available under Properties are Source Audio Error Tally VBI WSS 3 12 5 1 Source Tab Video or Audio Object This tab only exists within the Properties tab of Video and Aud...

Page 45: ...r range color for the bar selected in the Bar Colours control Lower Colour Sets the lower range color for the bar selected in the Bar Colours control Labels Sets the display of the bar labels to eithe...

Page 46: ...triggered Fig 41 Edit Object Properties Error Tab Colour Sets the border color of the tile when an alarm triggers Clear Sets the border color of the tile when an alarm has been cleared by the user bu...

Page 47: ...d to a source depends on how the TSL Protocol has been configured see section 3 4 8 1 for details of the TSL Protocol Options Each video window can use the first 2 tallies of its display address to tr...

Page 48: ...el of the Closed Caption to encode XDS Visible Shows the information contained in the Extended Data Services TT Indicator Enables the indicator to be shown if Teletext is present in the video TT Visib...

Page 49: ...e of WSS AFD to decode Colour Sets the color of any cropping of the video that may be needed to display the correct aspect ratio Aspect Ratio Auto Size When ticked the aspect ratio of the video will a...

Page 50: ...ideo Safe Area Cage if a preset safe area cage is to be shown then choose the appropriate one from this list Setup Custom Cage when ticked a custom safe area cage can be drawn using the vertical and h...

Page 51: ...s only available in tiles that are of Text type Fig 46 Edit Object Properties Text Tab Text Enter up to four lines of text and set it to hidden or visible Alignment Justify text within the tile Font S...

Page 52: ...e 1 Rev 12 Page 52 2013 Snell Limited 3 12 5 9 Logo Tab Logo Object This tab is only available in tiles that are of Logo type Fig 47 Edit Object Properties Logo Tab File Name Select one of the stored...

Page 53: ...clock type only Timezone Check to set clock time to GMT or within the range of GMT 1 to GMT 12 Offset Hours Applies offset from 12 to 12 hours works in combination with Timezone setting if checked For...

Page 54: ...than the start time the timer will count down the time remaining before the start time if countdown is ticked If not ticked then the timer will display 00 00 00 during this period preceding the start...

Page 55: ...trigger 1 as the GPI source Set the start time to 00 00 30 and tick the countdown box When this GPI is triggered the timer will start counting down from 00 00 30 and be colored white When it reaches 0...

Page 56: ...MV 16 Multiviewer www snellgroup com Operation Issue 1 Rev 12 Page 56 2013 Snell Limited...

Page 57: ...rom the back of MV 16 4 1 1 D sub 9 serial interface RS232 RS422 The following table gives the pin assignments for the RS 232 RS 422 D sub 9 serial interface Fig 50 RS232 and RS422 Connector Pin Numbe...

Page 58: ...9 9 GND 22 GPI In 12 10 GPI In 1 23 GPI In 15 11 GPI In 4 24 GPI Out 3 12 GPI In 7 25 GPI Out 6 13 GPI In 10 26 5V via 0 5A re settable fuse Table 45 GPI I O Connector Note The MV 16 GPI outputs are...

Page 59: ...EDs or relays The following schematic is an example of the wiring needed when an LED is to be driven by each output The numbers on the left are the GPI output numbers and pin numbers for the outputs o...

Page 60: ...Pin Number Signal Pin Number Signal Pin Number Signal 1 Common GND 20 16 1 Common GND 20 2 16 21 15 2 21 8 3 15 22 14 3 8 22 4 14 23 13 4 23 7 5 13 24 Common GND 5 7 24 Common GND 6 12 25 12 6 25 7 11...

Page 61: ...s for the 25 pole sub D female connector Fig 54 Analog Monitor Out Connector D sub 25 Female Pin Number Signal Pin Number Signal 1 In 8 14 In 8 2 In 8GND 15 In 7 3 In 7 16 In 7GND 4 In 6 17 In 6 5 In...

Page 62: ...Ensure the MV 16 serial port is set to normal mode rather than debug mode See section 2 5 for information on the MV 16 jumper settings 2 Set up the serial port to use the TSL UMD protocol with the app...

Page 63: ...it is set up in the manager 4 3 Example for setting up a GPI input to use as a Tally In this example the first GPI input on the first rear video card is to be setup as the tally source for Source 2 It...

Page 64: ...hown in Fig 57 5 Press OK and upload the changes to the MV 16 Press the red arrow update layout in the toolbar Step 3 Hardware configuration The tally that has been setup will now activate when approx...

Page 65: ...and PVW outputs which place a Red or Green border around the selected output source when viewed on a monitor via the multiviewer Red indicates a PGM output and Green indicates a PVW output and source...

Page 66: ...DE 9 connectors Fig 59 RS422 Connector as seen from the rear of the Multiviewer and Kahuna 360 Note The pin outs shown in Table 48 are the default pin outs for the Kahuna 360 The Kahuna 360 operates...

Page 67: ...ol Type parameter to select Tally UMD Use the Available Protocols parameter to select TSL UMD Output Only and then touch the Load button Fig 60 2 To select an RS422 port on the Kahuna 360 mainframe to...

Page 68: ...button on the Engineering Config Protocols menu to activate the protocol Fig 62 4 4 3 Kahuna 360 Peripherals Setup The peripherals menu is used to configure the way the multiviewer operates with the K...

Page 69: ...Multiviewer Setup Make sure the jumpers on the multiviewer CPU Card are set correctly left Card with the Ribbon Cables Links set as follows J1 Position 2 3 J13 Position 1 2 J14 Position 1 2 1 The IP A...

Page 70: ...Serial Ports tab Fig 66 5 Click on the Configure button and set the multiviewer Protocol to be TSL UMD 6 Click on the OK button to save the configuration 7 Select the Screen tab to set the output scre...

Page 71: ...e OK button to save the changes 10 Once you have a multiviewer on screen layout setup double click the screen to be edited The Edit Objects dialog for that screen is displayed 11 From this screen sele...

Page 72: ...ut Only entry in the Loaded Protocols list and touch the Unload button followed by the Load button 17 You should now have a multiviewer layout on the monitor with UMD and Red Green Box Tallies Note If...

Page 73: ...er when they are connected together As the sources change the UMDs will dynamically change to match the correct source name without any intervention from the user This section describes how to connect...

Page 74: ...ial Port Settings MV Inputs Matrix No Matrix Level Router Destination Router Association Connected Tick Box MV BNC Input 1 0 As required Destinations start at 0 As required Destinations start at 0 Tic...

Page 75: ...hand side of the Windows Explorer page 5 The file transfer will begin 6 When the upload is complete reboot the browser to update the file list 5 2 Multiviewer System Settings The Multiviewer system s...

Page 76: ...set to 2 Right click in the right hand side of the Windows Explorer page and select Login As from the menu The FTP server Log On As window appears Log in with the user name root using the password smv...

Page 77: ...vailable or commercial FTP clients may be used as an alternative to Windows Explorer For example WinSCP This may be required should difficulties be encountered using Windows Explorer For example file...

Page 78: ...the scalers listed Where scaler updates are required proceed with steps 1 to 3 above and continue as follows note that this process takes approximately 25 minutes for each installed video board 1 Ope...

Page 79: ...t inside the XML tag is always PACKET The structure is always of the format XML PACKET MODULE MV 16 VERSION 1 0 PACKET XML The MODULE and VERSION attributes in the PACKET element are not essential the...

Page 80: ...t have failed due to errors in the command sent Within this transaction response the command results are stored in the same order that they sent in the original transaction A 5 Commands Each command s...

Page 81: ...only remains applied to the UMD while the current layout remains on screen Uploading a new layout or even uploading the current layout again will overwrite the UMD with the text stored in the layout C...

Page 82: ...using this command to be visible the associated lines of text need to be turned on in the Object Properties of the text object in the current layout Send Receive Description Send COMMAND ID adjustbord...

Page 83: ...ite the UMD with the text stored in the layout A 5 3 2 Set Source Tally Set the tallies for a source For each source specify the source number 0 to n tally number 0 to 2 and tally state 0 or 1 Send Re...

Page 84: ...s set by the setsourcetally command or other sources that can control the tallies by software such as the TSL UMD protocol Tally 2 is the state of the hardware tally input GPI that is assigned to the...

Page 85: ...ating to a particular attribute of an object For example colors are set using color names The text values available are listed here A 6 1 Color Values Colors available for setting objects that can hav...

Page 86: ...MV 16 Multiviewer www snellgroup com Hydra Open Protocol Issue 1 Rev 12 Page 86 2013 Snell Limited...

Page 87: ...59 94 1920x1080i50 1920x1080p30 1920x1080p29 97 1920x1080p25 1920x1080p24 1920x1080p23 98 1280x720p60 1280x720p59 94 1280x720p50 SMPTE424M 1920x1080p60 1920x1080p59 94 1920x1080p50 some connector rela...

Page 88: ...listics NORDIC Overall dynamic range 54dB 12 to 42dB Attack time 10mSec Decay time 1 7 Sec per 20dB decay DIN PPM Overall dynamic range 55dB 5 to 50dB Attack time 10mSec Decay time 1 5 Sec per 20dB de...

Page 89: ...I I S Video Component Video Input card B as card A with HD SDI Audio input or output card consumes 1 slot Front Panel USB connector for keyboard 10 preset buttons 6 on screen menu control buttons Rear...

Page 90: ...MV 16 Multiviewer www snellgroup com Technical Appendix Issue 1 Rev 12 Page 90 2013 Snell Limited...

Page 91: ...f the display see answer to question below An output should be seen once the unit has booted The image appears fuzzy or lacking clarity If an analog or digital LCD Plasma screen is used check that the...

Page 92: ...og scale the color changes will adhere to the analog upper and lower settings What are the RS232 RS422 options RS232 or RS422 operation can be selected via jumpers on the controller CPU card as explai...

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