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D00010058B

SPG8000A
Master Sync / Clock Reference Generator Technical

Reference
User Manual

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Page 1: ...D00010058B SPG8000A Master Sync Clock Reference Generator Technical Reference User Manual This document supports rmware Version 3 6 www telestream net...

Page 2: ...by U S and foreign patents issued and pending Information in this publication supersedes that in all previously published material Specifications and price change privileges reserved TELESTREAM is a r...

Page 3: ...p restore procedure 17 Transfer or Install User Files 21 Transfer or Install User Files Using FTP 21 Transfer or Install User Files Using USB Drive 23 Determine if Firmware Upgrade is Needed 27 Upgrad...

Page 4: ...ubmenu 94 SDI Timecode Submenu 99 SDI menu factory default settings 100 Select an SDI output signal 102 Test signal sets 104 SDI Picture File Generation 110 SDI Zone Plate Signals 110 Zone Plate Depen...

Page 5: ...r Manual v EMBED Button Menu Option SDI Only 175 LTC Button Menu 181 REF Button Menu 182 SDI Button Menu Option SDI Only 185 STATUS Button Menu 198 SYSTEM Button Menu 200 TIME Button Menu 221 PTP Butt...

Page 6: ...ust accept any interference received including interference that may cause undesired operation Safety UL 61010 1 2012 R4 16 Safety Requirements for Electrical Equipment for Measurement Control and Lab...

Page 7: ...N SWEDEN UNITED KINGDOM ICELAND LICHTENSTEIN NORWAY SWITZERLAND Declaration of Conformity Marking by the CE symbol indicates compliance with the Essential Requirements of the EMC Directive of the Euro...

Page 8: ...indicates that this product must not be disposed of with your other household waste Instead it is your responsibility to dispose of your waste equipment by handing it over to a designated collection p...

Page 9: ...fely perform service on this product see the Service safety summary that follows the General safety summary General Safety Summary Use the product only as specified Review the following safety precaut...

Page 10: ...tructions for the location Do not position the equipment so it is difficult to operate the power cord it must remain accessible to the user at all times to allow for quick disconnection if needed Obse...

Page 11: ...orm service on the product Only qualified personnel should perform service procedures Read this Service safety summary and the General safety summary before performing any service procedures To avoid...

Page 12: ...ury and prevent damage to this product or any products connected to it Carefully read all instructions Retain these instructions for future reference Comply with local and national safety codes For co...

Page 13: ...lator provides a stable frequency reference for the system or the loop through genlock input can be used to lock to an external video reference or 10 MHz continuous wave signal The Stay GenLock featur...

Page 14: ...elected test pattern can be generated on both outputs per channel or one output can generate digital black A wide variety of standard test patterns are included such as color bars convergence grid ste...

Page 15: ...ent and feature a locking mechanism to prevent the power cable from accidental disconnection Key features Multiple independent black burst and HD tri level sync outputs provide all the video reference...

Page 16: ...mation SPG8000A User Manual D00010058x Provides detailed operating information SPG8000A Specifications and Performance Verification 077 1219 00x Lists the product specifications and provides procedure...

Page 17: ...ats with 50 Hz or 25 Hz frame rates These signals are synchronized with each other PAL 625 270 1080 25p 1080 50i 25 fps LTC FRAME RESET 3 This frame reset signal runs at 3 000 Hz and is used for HD LT...

Page 18: ...one of those readouts now includes the rmware version number installed on the GPS receiver module 1 03 in the image The ID value in the above readout represents the hardware version of the GPS receiv...

Page 19: ...FOM in the STATUS button menu Table 1 lists the gures of merit and their descriptions Table 1 Figures of merit for GPS and or GLONASS signal quality Option GPS only Figure of Merit FOM Indicator Desc...

Page 20: ...LONASS signal 6 Locked Signal quality is 16 These states indicate the phase of the frame signals is within 150 ns of the GPS or GLONASS signal The number of arrows indicates the signal quality It is n...

Page 21: ...time information is used at different points in the system In particular it shows how the different user inputs and con guration settings combine with the time base to create the time code An asteris...

Page 22: ...is set to black burst NTSC or PAL or continuous wave CW input or if it is set to internal mode This mode is useful in situations where the GPS signal is unavailable or when VITC or LTC inputs are not...

Page 23: ...kward to the Master Time When the input time source is set to VITC or LTC the instrument works similar to how it works in internal mode precorrecting the master time of day by the time zone offset Thi...

Page 24: ...es and triggered alarm outputs TC Offset Every time code output has an independent offset hours minutes seconds frames that can be added to the value of the selected time code source TC Engine The tim...

Page 25: ...ntdown before the program start perhaps to signal a change from color bars to Black within the pre program leader GPI Out The instrument has two General Purpose Interface GPI outputs either of which m...

Page 26: ...e temporary delays when a large le is being transferred using the USB port or when many buttons are being selected on the front panel Levels of control From the instrument front panel use the Web User...

Page 27: ...e Web user interface window Some display elements are dependent on certain options being installed in the instrument Note A red exclamation mark next to a menu item indicates that an alert exists Clic...

Page 28: ...ck on the arrow next to the needed SDI output to access the menu for that output For more information see the SDI button menu section Composite menu Option BG only Use this menu to view or change the...

Page 29: ...ly mode so status and current configuration settings are visible without having to log in The username to log in is fixed to admin and the password is set from the SYSTEM WEB USER INTERFACE PASSWORD m...

Page 30: ...Enable Traps Use this setting to turn on or off the traps that are sent out through SNMP SNMP Traps Use this setting to enable or disable these traps For more information about each trap see SNMP TRAP...

Page 31: ...setting to set the Private Community string Thisstring is effectively a password Without this string SNMP commands cannot change values in the instrument Note The Private String is necessary for SNMP...

Page 32: ...SB drive before you remove the drive from the instrument Backup and restore operations details During the backup operation les are copied to a directory named SpgBackup in the root directory of the US...

Page 33: ...nstrument before you perform a restore operation You can also go to the Status submenu of the System menu in the Web interface to see the amount of free and used space Find how much memory is required...

Page 34: ...he message Finishing copy is displayed while the le system buffers are emptied This message may appear for a couple of minutes c When the backup or restore operation is complete the message Backup com...

Page 35: ...Install User Files Using FTP 1 Connect the instrument to your local Ethernet network or to a standalone Windows PC See SPG8000A Installation and Safety Instructions for information about installing th...

Page 36: ...by the instrument See File structure required to install custom user files Note If the flash memory on the instrument fills up before the copy operation completes an error message similar to the exam...

Page 37: ...e instrument still does not recognize the USB device attempt this procedure again using a different USB device from a well known brand that is 16 GB or less 3 Press the up or down arrow button to sele...

Page 38: ...l read Mounted if the USB device is properly installed If the display reads Unmounted or Not Connected try to reinstall the USB device If the instrument still does not recognize the USB device attempt...

Page 39: ...ectory named SpgBackup is required at the top level of the USB drive In the SpgBackup directory a subdirectory named SDI7 is required In the SDI7 directory subdirectories with these names are required...

Page 40: ...26 SPG8000A User Manual Figure 5 shows how the required directory structure for installing custom user les looks using Windows Explorer Figure 5 File structure for installing custom user files...

Page 41: ...1 Verify the current rmware version installed on the instrument a Press the SYSTEM button to access the SYSTEM menu b Press the up or down arrow button to select SYSTEM VERSION INFO F W c In the seco...

Page 42: ...lled in the instrument None is displayed if no options are installed and SDI 3G is displayed if Option SDI is installed d Make a note of the installed options 7 If the firmware in your instrument must...

Page 43: ...3 On the USB device create a directory named SpgUpgrd Note To prevent upgrade failure be sure to correctly name the upgrade directory The directory name is case sensitive the S and the U in SpgUpgrd...

Page 44: ...lays messages indicating the upgrade status 12 If the instrument does not reboot at the completion of the firmware upgrade remove and reconnect the power cables 13 After the upgrade is complete remove...

Page 45: ...e instructions for backing up user files is described in the section To transfer user files from an instrument to a USB drive You will restore the user files at the end of the upgrade procedure d Pres...

Page 46: ...w after the upgrade is complete 4 If the instrument does not reboot at the completion of the firmware upgrade remove and reconnect the power cables 5 Go to Verify the firmware upgrade and reinstall us...

Page 47: ...ssage Select upgrade network mode is displayed press the left or right arrow button to select from modes and then press ENTER DHCP Use this selection if the instrument is connected to a network with D...

Page 48: ...ou noted in the previous step into the upgrade transfer application window on your PC to restart the upgrade process 8 When the upgrade is complete the instrument should reboot If it does not cycle th...

Page 49: ...PG8000A Installation and Safety Instructions for information about the power supply status indicators You can use the SYSTEM menu to perform a load test on the backup supply and to view voltage levels...

Page 50: ...e Factory Default preset See Presets submenu This procedure uses the front panel controls on the instrument to configure the preferred active supply You can also use the System General Settings submen...

Page 51: ...M to access the SYSTEM menu 5 Press the up or down arrow button to select SYSTEM POWER SUPPLY PREFERRED SELECT 6 Press the left or right arrow button to display the supply you want to be the primary a...

Page 52: ...upply module that you are removing or replacing 2 Pull out the handle located at the bottom of the supply See Figure 7 3 While pushing the retaining latch to the left use the handle to pull the Power...

Page 53: ...SPG8000A User Manual 39 Figure 7 Removing a Power Supply module...

Page 54: ...ion Enable Stay Genlock To enable the Stay GenLock function on the instrument Note These procedures use the front panel controls on the instrument to enable Stay GenLock You can also use the Reference...

Page 55: ...tor on the front panel will be red and the lock status readout will indicate Unlocked waiting for user approval To approve the system to lock 1 Press REF 2 Press the up or down arrow button to display...

Page 56: ...et and audio video synchronization Figure 8 shows the AES menu including the Global Settings and Channel Parameters Figure 8 AES menu Global settings Resolution This menu item is available only when O...

Page 57: ...nnel parameters This menu is available only when Option AG is installed Select the parameters for audio Channel 1 to Channel 8 from the drop down lists Frequency Sets the audio signal frequency for th...

Page 58: ...th the Frequency setting is output continuously Audio Click makes it easy to identify any of the four output channels AES menu factory default settings Table 4 shows the settings for the AES button me...

Page 59: ...output lists the current signal being output NTSC Black Burst for example Figure 9 shows the Black menu with the Black 2 submenu expanded Most of the entries in all ve submenus are the same with the d...

Page 60: ...s are unavailable for the Black 3 output The available HD output formats depend on whether the HD tri level sync rate for the selected Black output is set to integer or non integer See Table 6 Table 6...

Page 61: ...ero then it is aligned If the timing is near a frame of offset then it is not aligned You must unlock and relock the reference to obtain the needed alignment if this is important to the application yo...

Page 62: ...ck output relative to the selected time code source in the format HH MM SS FF You can enter a time offset of up to 23 59 59 29 maximum frame value depends on the frame rate of the video signal Note Th...

Page 63: ...you can set the amount of time delay before the Black 2 output will be blanked when a loss of lock to the reference signal is detected The purpose of the delay is to reduce false alarms by allowing a...

Page 64: ...c Time code 2 Source Disable Offset 00 00 00 00 VITC 1 Line Line Number NTSC NTSC J 14 PAL 19 Output Disable VITC 2 Line Line Number NTSC NTSC J 16 PAL 21 Output Disable Enable 30 Drop Frame Enabled 3...

Page 65: ...con gure the composite video outputs Figure 10 shows the Composite menu with the Composite 1 submenu expanded Figure 10 Composite menu Composite output settings Format Select the drop down list and c...

Page 66: ...e Shallow Ramp CCIR 17 NTC7 Combination CCIR 18 NTC7 Composite Composite Timing Settings These settings allow you to set the timing offset for the selected Composite signal output Use this submenu to...

Page 67: ...inutes seconds video frames Note The Offset adjustment allows you to enter a time zone correction of up to 23 59 hours However the ST309 standard only implements codes for time zones in the range of 1...

Page 68: ...Menu item name Settings Composite 1 or Composite 2 Format NTSC Test Signal NTSC NTSC J Black Burst PAL Black Burst No Field Reference TIMING Vertical 0 0 Line s Horizontal 0 0 sec TIME CODE SOURCE Dis...

Page 69: ...on DBT Only When Option DBT is installed use the Dolby E Con guration menu to view and con gure settings for Dolby E channel 1 CH1 or channel 2 CH2 Figure 11 shows the Dolby E menu with the DOLBY E CH...

Page 70: ...o set the starting line position of the Dolby E signal Use the drop down list to select Early Ideal Late or Custom The Line Number for the starting position varies depending on the format of the video...

Page 71: ...E signal This parameter indicates what level shift should be applied to the surround channels before adding them to the left and right channels when downmixing to a stereo output This parameter is use...

Page 72: ...dB 4 5 dB 6 0 dB In nite 3 0 dB 1 5 dB 0 0 dB or 1 5 dB Frame Rate Use this menu item to select the video frame rate associated with the Dolby E signal Use the drop down list to select 23 98 fps 24 f...

Page 73: ...E generated formats 23 98 Hz frame rate Dolby E program Dolby E level Signal levels and frequencies 8x1 Program 1 Program 2 Program 3 Program 4 Program 5 Program 6 Program 7 Program 8 M1 M2 M3 M4 M5...

Page 74: ...1198 8 Hz 119 9 Hz 4x2 Program 1 Program 1 Program 2 Program 2 Program 3 Program 3 Program 4 Program 4 L1 R1 L2 R2 L3 R3 L4 R4 20 dBSF 20 dBFS 20 dBFS 20 dBFS 20 dBFS 20 dBFS 20 dBFS 20 dBFS 20 dBFS...

Page 75: ...kHz 2 400 kHz 2 400 kHz 240 Hz 2 400 kHz 2 400 kHz 2 400 kHz 2 400 kHz Multitone 18 dBFS 20 dBFS 22 dBFS 24 dBFS 26 dBFS 28 dBFS 30 dBFS 32 dBFS 240 Hz 360 Hz 480 Hz 600 Hz 1200 Hz 120 Hz 1800 Hz 2400...

Page 76: ...1 Program1 Program1 Program1 Program1 Program1 Program1 L C R Ls Rs LFE Lt Rt 20 dBSF 20 dBFS 20 dBFS 20 dBFS 20 dBFS 20 dBFS 20 dBFS 20 dBFS 20 dBFS 1 0 kHz 1 0 kHz 1 0 kHz 1 0 kHz 1 0 kHz 240 Hz 1 0...

Page 77: ...ram1 Program1 Program1 Program1 Program1 L C R Ls Rs LFE Lt Rt 20 dBSF 20 dBFS 20 dBFS 20 dBFS 20 dBFS 20 dBFS 20 dBFS 20 dBFS 20 dBFS 2 997 kHz 2 997 kHz 2 997 kHz 2 997 kHz 2 997 kHz 240 Hz 2 997 kH...

Page 78: ...1 Program1 Program1 Program1 Program1 Program1 Program1 L C R Ls Rs LFE Lt Rt 20 dBSF 20 dBFS 20 dBFS 20 dBFS 20 dBFS 20 dBFS 20 dBFS 20 dBFS 20 dBFS 3 0 kHz 3 0 kHz 3 0 kHz 3 0 kHz 3 0 kHz 240 Hz 3 0...

Page 79: ...t values LKFS program level Program 1 Prog 2 Prog 3 Prog 4 Prog 5 Prog 6 Prog 7 Prog 8 8x1 20 dBSF 20 2 20 2 20 2 20 2 20 2 20 2 20 2 20 2 18 dBSF 18 2 18 2 18 2 18 2 18 2 18 2 18 2 18 2 Multitone 22...

Page 80: ...Dolby E Dolby E Loudness measurement values LKFS program level Program 1 Prog 2 Prog 3 Prog 4 Prog 5 Prog 6 Prog 7 Prog 8 8x1 20 dBSF 19 9 19 9 19 9 19 9 19 9 19 9 19 9 19 9 18 dBSF 17 9 17 9 17 9 17...

Page 81: ...scription 1 Tektronix Program1 Program Description 2 Tektronix Program2 Program Description 3 Tektronix Program3 Program Description 4 Tektronix Program4 Program Description 5 Tektronix Program5 Progr...

Page 82: ...s For 3G Level B formats you can select audio group 1 2 3 or 4 for both Link A and Link B In each audio group you can Enable or disable the embedded audio Select a speci c channel Set the sampling mod...

Page 83: ...audio group Sampling For each audio group use the drop down list to set the sampling alignment status bits for the selected audio group s Audio Control Packet ACP Select Frame Frame w o Frame or Asyn...

Page 84: ...of the Embedded menu to select one of the signals for the secondary bottom BNC connector of the selected SDI output Tones No Audio or Mute Audio The SDI 1B audio output is the same format and sample...

Page 85: ...y with LTC 1 Select this check box to force LTC 1 to be an input Source Use drop down list to select one of the LTC signal sources The default value is Local DST Disabled Disables the LTC outputs Loca...

Page 86: ...at Rate Delay range 24fps 24 fps at 24 Hz 20 83 ms 25fps 25 fps at 25 Hz 20 00 ms 30fps 30 fps at 30 Hz 16 67 ms 30fps drop frame 30 fps drop frame at 29 97 Hz 16 68 ms 24fps 23 98 Hz 24 fps at 23 98...

Page 87: ...reference source for the module timing These selections are available Internal Uses the internal clock frequency setting as the timing reference GPS Signal This menu item appears only when Option GPS...

Page 88: ...al Mode to wait for user approval before locking The Status tab will indicate if the system is waiting to lock FRAME RESET This setting is only available when the reference source is a continuous wave...

Page 89: ...tor lights up Blinks green to indicate an open circuit This occurs if no antenna is connected or if the current load is less than expected because a splitter or DC block is being used Displays solid r...

Page 90: ...ve only GPS signals Later versions of the GPS receiver can receive GPS and or GLONASS signals Signal Warning Threshold This function provides a warning that the antenna signal has degraded Set this le...

Page 91: ...ive to the internal reference signal The selections are unavailable when the reference source is set to Internal or GPS Signal The range of the timing adjustment depends on the selected signal format...

Page 92: ...m name Settings Reference Source Internal Genlock Timing 1 Vertical 0 Line s Horizontal Coarse 0 0 sec Loss Lock Action 2 Stay at Current Frequency GL Lock Action Mode 3 Automatic Holdover Recovery 4...

Page 93: ...to expand the selections to show the menus for each generator The menu selections are similar but independent for each output Figure 15 shows the SDI menu with the SDI 1 submenu expanded Figure 15 SDI...

Page 94: ...t runs at 270 Mbps o HD 1920 1080 Provides a 1080 line SMPTE 274M compliant signal o HD 1280 720 Provides a 720 line SMPTE 296M compliant signal o 3G Level A This is one way of constructing the 3 Gb s...

Page 95: ...for more information These 3G Level B signals are available 1920 x 1080 The output is 1080 line SMPTE 425 compliant signal 2k x 1080 This output provides 2048 1080 resolution signals primarily for dig...

Page 96: ...me reset signal This allows you to adjust the timing of this module relative to another module or to an external reference such as Genlock Vertical Enter the vertical timing offset you can set the val...

Page 97: ...signal formats Selects the data to be placed on the alpha channel when a sample structure that includes an alpha channel is selected The channel can contain a duplicate of the Y or G channel data or...

Page 98: ...rs are discussed in more detail later in this document Frequency This menu item is dependent on the zone plate signal Detailed information for the different zone plate signals is provided in a separat...

Page 99: ...mponents the Cr component for a YCbCr sample structure the R component for a GBR sample structure or the Z component for an XYZ sample structure Note When the sampling structure for the current format...

Page 100: ...ition You must enable the T Reset parameter to reset the temporal coordinate to zero To completely disable all motion and reset the pattern set all of the time related K parameters to zero and enable...

Page 101: ...le individual video components enable or disable edge ltering on each video line enable or disable Error Detection and Handling EDH packet insertion SD formats only and enable or display the AV Timing...

Page 102: ...tering will result in instantaneous level changes for adjacent color bars AV Timing Mode Select this check box to turn on the AV Timing Mode Clear the check box to disable the AV Timing mode In the AV...

Page 103: ...SPG8000A User Manual 89 Figure 22 SDI Overlay submenu...

Page 104: ...a logo you need to create a logo file bmp and use FTP or a USB memory device to copy the file to the SDI7 Logo directory on the instrument The file must be installed in the Logo folder Files installed...

Page 105: ...a text le txt and use FTP or a USB memory device to copy the le to the SDI7 TEXT directory on the instrument The le must be installed in the TEXT folder Files installed in the wrong directory locatio...

Page 106: ...alue from 0 0 to 99 0 in 0 1 steps Height Enter the font size of the text The size is set as a percentage of active picture height You can set the value from 1 0 to 100 0 in 0 1 steps Source Selection...

Page 107: ...centage of active picture height You can set the value from 50 0 to 50 0 in 0 1 steps Diameter Enter the diameter of the circle The diameter is set as a percentage of active picture height You can set...

Page 108: ...he field and can overwrite any of the ancillary or video data with a few exceptions the inserter will not overwrite embedded audio or CRC Use care to not overwrite important information Use this subme...

Page 109: ...e entire 10 bit word is in system memory though so if the module is then reset to manual parity the entire 10 bit word entered by the user will be transmitted DID Use this eld to edit the hex value of...

Page 110: ...Output settings de ne the ancillary data payload output The menu selections differ depending on the output mode de ned in the SDI Signal submenu See Signal Standard settings A Line selection is avail...

Page 111: ...se the drop down list to set the video channel to Luma or Chroma Link Location Use the drop down list to set the link location to Link A or Link B This menu setting is available only in 3G Level B for...

Page 112: ...ded frame Therefore for this AFD code set the data words as UDW 000 UDW 001 UDW 002 UDW 003 UDW 004 UDW 005 UDW 006 UDW 007 0x4C 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 The AFD ancillary data packet should...

Page 113: ...menu item to set a time code offset for the SDI outputs This is an offset from the selected time code source Note The offset adjustment allows you to enter a time zone correction of up to 23 59 hours...

Page 114: ...eld Multiburst Y Multiburst 15 30 MHz Zoneplate Circle Zoneplate Monitor Black Dark Gray Step Scale Pulse Bar Color Pulses Timing Co siting Pulse SDI SDI Matrix Frame Picture 4 No BMP files found in S...

Page 115: ...ion 5 0 APW Y Position 5 0 APH Second Line Disable Overlay Blink Text Circle Blink Off Overlay Border Text Circle Border Enable Timing Vertical 0 Line s Horizontal 0 0000 s Relative To5 Serial 0H Time...

Page 116: ...is available only for HD 1 485 Gb s formats 6 The default time code source depends on whether Option GPS is installed 7 This menu item is available only when Option GPS is installed 8 This menu item i...

Page 117: ...X X X X X X X X X Table 30 SDI 3G Level B 1920 1080 Structure 59 94i 50i 60i 23 98p 24p 25p 29 97p 30p 50p 59 94p 60p 23 98psf 24psf 25psf 29 97psf 30psf YCbCr 4 4 4 12b X X X X X X X X X X X X X 10b...

Page 118: ...29 97psf 30psf YCbCr 4 2 2 10b X X X X X X X X Table 36 SDI SD 525 720 486 Structure 59 94i 50i 60i 23 98p 24p 25p 29 97p 30p 50p 59 94p 60p 23 98psf 24psf 25psf 29 97psf 30psf YCbCr 4 2 2 10b X Tabl...

Page 119: ...m the 16 9 image with a center cut SMPTE EG432 1 Color Accuracy Split screen color bars using values from SMPTE RP 431 2 2007 The upper half of the pattern is essentially the same as 100 color bars co...

Page 120: ...t 25 50 and 75 saturation The fourth row of ramps includes fully saturated colors at 100 value The next three rows of ramps are at 75 50 and 25 value The bottom row of ramps is monochrome Flat Field 0...

Page 121: ...YCbCr formats one multiburst pattern consists only of a Y channel signal up to the maximum frequency limit and the second multiburst pattern is identical for all three channels up to half of the Y cha...

Page 122: ...to luminance levels of 110 mV 200 mV 450 mV and 700 mV 100 white in the analog domain The 2 patch of the pluge section is clipped to 0 Black for XYZ formats Checkerboard 4 4 grid of alternating Black...

Page 123: ...e 10 bit words 300h and 198h regardless of the current sampling structure and format For 10 bit 4 2 2 YCbCr HD SDI formats the Y samples carry the 198h words and the Cb Cr samples carry the 300h words...

Page 124: ...shaped at the edges of the raster then there may be ringing if the signal is put in motion If this is a concern then the picture le should be processed to have gradual transitions at the edges before...

Page 125: ...rameters The dependent parameters are common to all of the zone plate signals and are found below the pattern control parameter in the menu for each zone plate signal Altering the pattern control para...

Page 126: ...response for the whole line is at the calculated 3 dB level and read the 3 dB frequency directly from the instrument display Since the ZP Amplitude parameter is adjustable for each of these signals y...

Page 127: ...the menu and select either Custom 1 or Custom 2 to save the signal modi cations Zone plate pattern control parameters Note Zone plate variations can be sinusoidal square or triangular These discussion...

Page 128: ...of the maximum vertical sinusoid frequency at the very top and bottom of the screen see the discussion of the KY 2 parameter Adjusting the circle frequency has the simple effect of increasing or decr...

Page 129: ...sted below the Frequency pattern control parameter in each of the zone plate patterns they are the same for all zone plate patterns Frequency pattern control parameter Display name Frequency Units c a...

Page 130: ...ll that the sine of 90 is 1 0 and the sine of 90 is 1 0 When K 0 25 the pattern will begin in the upper left corner of the screen as white when K 0 25 the beginning will be Black KX parameter Display...

Page 131: ...The frequency will increase until it reaches the maximum for the active format then the phase of the signal will ip by 180 the sine wave will become negative and the frequency will continue to increas...

Page 132: ...so forth The frequency will increase until it reaches the maximum for the active format then the phase of the signal will ip by 180 the frequency will become negative and the frequency will continue...

Page 133: ...ckwise To see the effects of this parameter set it to a low number and adjust a waveform monitor to view one or two elds of the instrument SDI output The variation in the dc voltage level from line to...

Page 134: ...menu is for viewing status only and no changes to the instrument settings can be made from this menu Figure 36 shows the menu diagram on the left side of the Status menu Figure 36 Status display In ad...

Page 135: ...ot contain any data If a fault occurs the Status eld lists possible reasons for the fault Click the System tab for more information on a fault or a reason for analert Time This section of the Status d...

Page 136: ...atus for that signal Click on the heading of each column to quickly go to the related item under the LTC tab Figure 37 LTC status display PTP Status This section appears on the right side of the Statu...

Page 137: ...of the indicators change such as red You can click on an indicator to quickly go to the related menu to get more information More information on the front panel indicators is provided in the SPG8000A...

Page 138: ...tions Use this submenu to view which options are installed in the instrument See Options submenu Diagnostics Use this submenu to view the results of diagnostic tests for various components of the inst...

Page 139: ...lock on reference input o No GPS signal detected o VITC or LTC input missing o LTC out of SMPTE spec o No REF input signal detected o GPS Figure of Merit FOM o Alarm time Frame Resets This section dis...

Page 140: ...the amount of available memory is low you might need to delete some of these custom les from memory before you can install new les Presets Submenu Use this submenu to recall instrument settings saved...

Page 141: ...n detected Clear the check box to disable the alarm beeper Front Panel LCD Contrast Enter a number between 0 and 40 to adjust the contrast of the LCD display The default value is 8 Active Power Supply...

Page 142: ...ing these values resets all of the PTP systems and will disrupt the PTP operation for about 35 seconds This menu also allows control of the internal switch The RJ45 and SFP ports can be con gured as f...

Page 143: ...ument clear the check box to disable the communication Enable Traps Select this check box to enable the instrument to send SNMP traps clear the check box to disable the instrument from sending SNMP tr...

Page 144: ...instrument sends an SNMP trap when a voltage error is detected You can use the Diagnostics submenu to view the current instrument voltages See Diagnostics submenu Temperature Error When enabled the in...

Page 145: ...nds an SNMP trap when Power Supply 2 is detected to have exceeded the temperature weighted hours limit GPI Settings submenu The GPI Settings submenu con gures the General Purpose Interface GPI inputs...

Page 146: ...o Output 2 Alarm Select This output corresponds to pin 3 on the GPI port connector and pin 2 on the GPI LTC port connector o Output 3 Alarm Select This output is not available on the SPG8000A Alarm D...

Page 147: ...ted GPI output when a loss of lock to the genlock reference input signal is detected Lock Warning When enabled sends an alarm signal to the selected GPI output when a near loss of lock to the genlock...

Page 148: ...3G is listed If no options are installed None is displayed Option This area displays a list and description of the installed options Diagnostics Submenu The Diagnostics submenu displays the results of...

Page 149: ...t of deviation from the calibrated frequency For example if you use a reference signal to lock to a video source that is 5 parts per million high then the readout will say 5 00e 6 This allows you to m...

Page 150: ...e been miscalibrated or the oscillator oven may have drifted out of speci cation since the last calibration In this case you should consider calibrating the internal frequency of the instrument using...

Page 151: ...splayed if the voltage is out of range WARN is displayed If a power supply module is not installed PS 1 or 2 12V not installed is displayed Hours These readouts display the number of hours that each i...

Page 152: ...lay a brief history of the load test for each installed power supply module The readouts include the status of the previous load test for each installed power supply module when the module was con gur...

Page 153: ...ic readouts Figure 49 shows the diagnostic information for the Reference Module Figure 49 Reference Module diagnostic readouts These diagnostic readouts are shown for the Reference Module Note If no i...

Page 154: ...I Module Figure 50 SDI Module diagnostic readouts These diagnostic readouts are shown for the SDI module Temperatures This readout displays the temperatures of the SDI board and the FPGA in degrees C...

Page 155: ...eading might indicate a problem with the Option SDI board or with the instrument o SDI Module voltages These readouts display the voltages on the SDI module The status for each voltage displays OK whe...

Page 156: ...Fault Disable Power Supply Fault Disable Lock Error Disable Lock Warning Disable Time Error Disable Time Warning Disable Alarm Time Disable Alarm Delays GPO Lock Error 00 00 10 GPO Lock 00 00 10 Warn...

Page 157: ...aylight Saving Time See Daylight Savings Time submenu Leap Second Schedules when the instrument applies leap seconds Option GPS only When Option GPS is installed and GPS is selected as the reference s...

Page 158: ...clock Internal In Internal Time of Day mode the user can manually input the time On versions 2 5 1 and earlier setting the time manually did not affect the Real Time Clock RTC On later versions of the...

Page 159: ...ffset adjustment allows you to enter a time zone correction of up to 23 59 hours However the ST309 standard only implements codes for time zones in the range of 12 to 13 hours Therefore when you are u...

Page 160: ...acted from the input and added to the output but the net effect is that the outputs match the inputs unless individually offset SMPTE309 time zone offset data on individual outputs is not affected by...

Page 161: ...fully qualified hostnames for example 0 pool ntp org can be specified for one or two remote NTP servers If the SPG does not get a response from the first server it will use the second server The time...

Page 162: ...mmed offset from time zone and DST be restricted to the range of 12 to 13 hours Once Date Time Use this setting to enter the date and time in the form YYYY MM DD HH MM SS for when you want to apply da...

Page 163: ...to be deferred up to 24 hours Note The Leap Second submenu is only available when GPS is configured as the reference source in the REF button menu Figure 54 Leap Second submenu Mode Use this setting...

Page 164: ...tem GPI Output submenu to configure the GPI port connector to output a signal when the Alarm Time setting is reached See GPI Output Alarm Selections Jam Sync Submenu This submenu con gures the paramet...

Page 165: ...tion GPS GPS Signal Mode Follow SMPTE309 Data Ignore Internal Time of Day 2008 01 01 00 00 00 Time Zone Offset 00 00 NTP Server Addresses 0 0 0 0 Daylight Savings Time Mode Disable Offset 01 00 ONCE S...

Page 166: ...ptive mode between master and slave is not supported The Secondary PTP engine is only a master The primary and secondary PTP engine cannot be on the same domain The SPG8000A will display an error mess...

Page 167: ...PTP mode Profile Type Use this drop down list to set the Pro le Type to General ST2059 AVB or AES67 Set Profile Parameters to Default The defaults will set a nominal value given the selected pro le Do...

Page 168: ...evices on the domain will start the process of selecting a new master Priority 1 and Priority 2 Priority 1 and 2 are used in the BMCA to select the active master Typically all the masters should have...

Page 169: ...c delay in the network Use the 1 pps or other timing signal to determine the required delay This should not be necessary if the network is PTP aware ST2059 Profile Menu Selections When ST2059 is the s...

Page 170: ...esets are often not valid and will usually be erased Therefore after an update use the REF button menu to reselect either GPS or PTP as the Reference mode and then use the PTP button menu to reselect...

Page 171: ...ster selection In a PTP network all the masters on the network are evaluated by the Best Master Clock Algorithm BMCA The BMCA runs on all devices and chooses a master based on several parameters Some...

Page 172: ...master Sync message The Sync message is sent by the master and is used to measure the propagation delay from the master to slave The sync message may contain the timestamp indicating when it was sent...

Page 173: ...nes the default and range of each parameter and de nes with options are required allowed or prohibited In the SPG8000A the pro le can be initialized to the default value for a given pro le and mode A...

Page 174: ...apable of inserting the time into the message so instead it is sent in a second follow up message This is called two step mode since there are two messages It is interesting to note that in End to End...

Page 175: ...AMTs of all the slaves In Unicast PTP systems the slave starts the messaging process The slave sends several grant requests to the master requesting speci c rates for each message type If the master...

Page 176: ...twork have a different list of masters in their AMT then they may choose a different master Mixed mode In a SMPTE ST2059 mixed environment the announce message is Multicast Therefore the BMCA can foll...

Page 177: ...c This will help control the effects of traf c delay and asymmetry Message type mismatch Another cause of delay asymmetry is message type mismatch For example if the sync message is Multicast and the...

Page 178: ...Master Mode Disable Master Profile Type ST2059 Domain Number 126 Communication Type Mixed SMPTE w o negotiation Announce Interval 0 25s 4Hz Sync Interval 0 125s 8Hz Announce Timeout Count 3 Priority 1...

Page 179: ...the Black 4 and Black 5 outputs You can also con gure the Black 1 3 and Black 4 5 tri level sync signals Click on the arrow next to the needed Black output to access the menu for that output CMPST Op...

Page 180: ...secondary PTP settings for the instrument Menu control buttons Use these buttons to control the menu display Arrow buttons and Use these arrow buttons to move through the available menu items ENTER bu...

Page 181: ...t setting o There is a submenu available for the menu selection that can be accessed by pressing ENTER When you enter a submenu press BACK to return to the top menu As shown in example 2 above if the...

Page 182: ...168 SPG8000A User Manual Figure 61 AES button menu diagram...

Page 183: ...diagram Option AG only AES TIMING OFFSET submenu This submenu opens for the selected AES audio channel when you press ENTER in the AES button menu with TIMING OFFSET selected Figure 63 AES TIMING OFFS...

Page 184: ...the BLACK outputs Select BLACK repeatedly to select the needed BLACK output 1 5 or to select the needed group of BLACK outputs 1 3 or 4 5 for which to set the HD tri level sync rate Figure 64 shows th...

Page 185: ...71 Figure 65 BLACK button menu diagram part 2 BLACK TIMING submenu This submenu opens for the selected BLACK output when you press ENTER in the BLACK button menu with TIMING selected Figure 66 BLACK T...

Page 186: ...en you press ENTER in the BLACK button menu with TIMECODE selected Figure 67 BLACK TIMECODE submenu diagram BLACK TIMECODE VITC submenu This submenu opens for the selected VITC signal when you press E...

Page 187: ...hen Option BG is installed press CMPST to view and con gure the composite video outputs Press CMPST repeatedly to select the needed composite output CMPST 1 or CMPST 2 Figure 69 shows the menu diagram...

Page 188: ...TIMING submenu diagram Note You can reset the timing offset to zero by pressing the left or right arrow buttons simultaneously The horizontal timing can be adjusted only in clock cycle increments COMP...

Page 189: ...diagram EMBED Button Menu Option SDI Only When Option SDI is installed press the EMBED button to view and con gure the embedded audio settings on the SDI video outputs Use this menu to select the aud...

Page 190: ...176 SPG8000A User Manual Figure 73 EMBED button menu diagram...

Page 191: ...7 EMBEDDED AUDIO GROUP submenu This submenu opens for the selected SDI output and audio group when you select ENTER in the EMBED button menu with EMBEDDED AUDIO Group selected Figure 74 EMBEDDED AUDIO...

Page 192: ...ual EMBEDDED AUDIO CHANNEL submenu This submenu opens for the selected SDI output audio group and channel when you press ENTER in the EMBEDDED AUDIO submenu with Channel selected Figure 75 EMBEDDED CH...

Page 193: ...DBT only The DOLBY E CONFIG submenu is available only when Option DBT is installed This submenu opens for the selected SDI output when you press ENTER in the EMBED button menu with DOLBY E CONFIG sel...

Page 194: ...180 SPG8000A User Manual Figure 77 DOLBY E CONFIG submenu diagram part 2...

Page 195: ...and outputs on the GPI LTC port Figure 78 shows the menu diagram for the LTC button Figure 78 LTC button menu diagram LTC TIMING submenu This submenu opens for the selected LTC signal when you press...

Page 196: ...tatus of instrument settings such as the signal reference source the GPS or GLONASS time and antenna quality the signals being output and information about system faults and alerts Figure 80 shows the...

Page 197: ...SPG8000A User Manual 183 Figure 81 REF button menu diagram part 2...

Page 198: ...84 SPG8000A User Manual GENLOCK TIMING submenu The GENLOCK TIMING submenu is available only when the selected reference source is not GPS Signal PTP or Internal Figure 82 GENLOCK TIMING submenu diagra...

Page 199: ...tton Menu Option SDI Only When Option SDI is installed press SDI to view and con gure the signals on the SDI video outputs Figure 83 and Figure 84 shows the menu diagrams for the SDI button Figure 83...

Page 200: ...186 SPG8000A User Manual Figure 84 SDI button menu diagram part 2...

Page 201: ...00A User Manual 187 SDI TEST SIGNAL submenu The instrument comes with a standard set of test signals already installed Figure 85 shows the SDI TEST SIGNAL submenu Figure 85 SDI TEST SIGNAL submenu dia...

Page 202: ...188 SPG8000A User Manual SDI MOVING PICTURE submenu Figure 86 shows the diagram for the SDI MOVING PICTURE submenu Figure 86 SDI MOVING PICTURE submenu diagram...

Page 203: ...SPG8000A User Manual 189 SDI OVERLAY submenu Figure 87 shows the diagram for the SDI OVERLAY submenu Figure 87 SDI OVERLAY submenu diagram...

Page 204: ...190 SPG8000A User Manual SDI OVERLAY LOGO submenu Figure 88 shows the diagram for the SDI OVERLAY LOGO submenu Figure 88 SDI OVERLAY LOGO submenu...

Page 205: ...SPG8000A User Manual 191 SDI OVERLAY ID TEXT submenu Figure 89 shows the diagram for the SDI OVERLAY ID TEXT submenu Figure 89 SDI OVERLAY ID TEXT submenu...

Page 206: ...192 SPG8000A User Manual SDI OVERLAYCIRCLE submenu Figure 90 shows the diagram for the SDI OVERLAY CIRCLE submenu Figure 90 SDI OVERLAY CIRCLE submenu...

Page 207: ...MECODE submenu SDI TIMING submenu Figure 91 shows the diagram for the SDI OVERLAY BURNT IN TIMECODE submenu Figure 91 SDI OVERLAY BURNT IN TIMECODE submenu Figure 92 shows the diagram for the SDI TIMI...

Page 208: ...194 SPG8000A User Manual SDI TIMECODE submenu Figure 93 shows the diagram for the SDI TIMECODE submenu Figure 93 SDI TIMECODE submenu diagram...

Page 209: ...SPG8000A User Manual 195 SDI VIDEO submenu Figure 94 shows the diagram for the SDI VIDEO submenu Figure 94 SDI VIDEO submenu diagram...

Page 210: ...196 SPG8000A User Manual SDI ANC PAYLOAD submenu Figure 95 and Figure 96 show the diagrams for the SDI ANC PAYLOAD submenu Figure 95 SDI ANC PAYLOAD submenu diagram part 1...

Page 211: ...SPG8000A User Manual 197 Figure 96 SDI ANC PAYLOAD submenu diagram part 2...

Page 212: ...lect STATUS to view the current status of instrument settings such as the signal reference source GPS and or GLONASS signal quality the signals being output and information about system faults and ale...

Page 213: ...SPG8000A User Manual 199 Figure 97 STATUS button menu diagram part 1...

Page 214: ...s GPI alarms installed options display brightness beeper control front panel disable and hardware rmware versions You can also use this menu to perform rmware upgrades calibrate the oven oscillator mo...

Page 215: ...SPG8000A User Manual 201 Figure 99 SYSTEM button menu diagram part 1...

Page 216: ...202 SPG8000A User Manual Figure 100 SYSTEM button menu diagram part 2...

Page 217: ...the Web User Interface Read Only Allows a user to have read only access to instrument settings when using the Web User Interface BACKUP RESTORE Backs up or restores the instrument presets or all user...

Page 218: ...with rmware version 1 4 and below the display lists the hardware versions for the base instrument Black GPS board PLD and both of the Black GPS board FPGA versions DO and BB As shown for instruments w...

Page 219: ...ibrate the oscillator without removing the instrument from service PTP If Option PTP is installed in the instrument you can lock the instrument to PTP and calibrate the oscillator without removing the...

Page 220: ...T 5000 Enables or disables the access to the SCPI remote control port This is independent from the Web interface access Note If the remote port is not needed this setting should be disabled to provide...

Page 221: ...SPG8000A User Manual 207 NET SETUP submenu Figure 103 shows the diagram for the NETWORK SETUP submenu Figure 103 NET SETUP submenu...

Page 222: ...208 SPG8000A User Manual PTP submenu Figure 104 shows the diagram for the PTP submenu Figure 104 PTP submenu...

Page 223: ...SPG8000A User Manual 209 SNMP submenu Figure 105 shows the diagram for the SNMP submenu Figure 105 SNMP submenu diagram...

Page 224: ...210 SPG8000A User Manual SNMP TRAPS submenu Figure 106 and Figure 107 show the diagrams for the SNMP TRAPS submenu Figure 106 SNMP TRAPS submenu diagram part 1...

Page 225: ...SPG8000A User Manual 211 Figure 107 SNMP TRAPS submenu diagram part 2...

Page 226: ...212 SPG8000A User Manual GPI submenu Figure 108shows the diagram for the GPI submenu Figure 108 GPI submenu diagram...

Page 227: ...SPG8000A User Manual 213 GPI OUTPUT 1 or 2 submenu Figure 109 shows the diagram for the selected GPI OUTPUT submenu 1 or 2 Figure 109 GPI OUTPUT 1 or 2 submenu diagram...

Page 228: ...ALARM DELAY submenu Figure 110 shows the diagram for the GPI ALARM DELAY submenu Figure 110 GPI ALARM DELAY submenu diagram OPTIONS submenu Figure 111 shows the diagram for the OPTIONS submenu Figure...

Page 229: ...SPG8000A User Manual 215 FRAME RESET STATUS submenu Figure 112 shows the diagram for the FRAME RESET STATUS submenu Figure 112 FRAME RESET STATUS submenu diagram...

Page 230: ...ow buttons to view the different types of events If the event has additional information press the left and right arrow buttons to view the later entries EVENT LOG BY TIME Lists all the log entries in...

Page 231: ...ked loops This log entry corresponds to the fault light on the front panel LTC VITC missing Indicates that the selected time input of LTC or VITC was not present LTC not SMPTE Indicates that LTC was n...

Page 232: ...ap second offset received from the GPS or PTP input Reference source change Indicates the new selected reference any time the reference source is changed the values are 0 is Internal 1 is GPS 2 is NTS...

Page 233: ...SPG8000A User Manual 219 DIAGNOSTICS submenu Figure 114 and Figure 115 show the diagram for the DIAGNOSTICS submenu Figure 114 DIAGNOSTICS submenu diagram part 1...

Page 234: ...0A User Manual Figure 115 DIAGNOSTICS submenu diagram part 2 POWER SUPPLY LOAD TEST submenu Figure 116 shows the diagram for the POWER SUPPLY LOAD TEST submenu Figure 116 POWER SUPPLY LOAD TEST submen...

Page 235: ...to set instrument time parameters such as the time of day source the time zone offset the DST schedule the leap second schedule the program time and the jam sync settings Figure 117 shows the TIME bu...

Page 236: ...222 SPG8000A User Manual TIME OF DAY submenu Figure 118 shows the diagram for the TIME OF DAY submenu Figure 118 TIME OF DAY submenu diagram...

Page 237: ...SPG8000A User Manual 223 DST SCHEDULE submenu Figure 119 shows the diagram for the DST SCHEDULE submenu Figure 119 DST SCHEDULE submenu diagram...

Page 238: ...PROGRAM TIME submenu Figure 120 shows the diagram for the PROGRAM TIME submenu Figure 120 PROGRAM TIME submenu diagram JAM SYNC submenu Figure 121 shows the diagram for the JAM SYNC submenu Figure 121...

Page 239: ...P SECOND submenu Figure 122 LEAP SECOND submenu diagram PTP Button Menu Use this menu to view or change the primary and secondary PTP settings for the instrument PTP master settings Figure 123 and Fig...

Page 240: ...226 SPG8000A User Manual Figure 123 PTP primary master menu diagram part 1...

Page 241: ...SPG8000A User Manual 227 Figure 124 PTP primary master menu diagram part 2...

Page 242: ...228 SPG8000A User Manual PTP slave settings Figure 125 and Figure 126 show the primary slave settings Figure 125 PTP primary slave menu diagram part 1...

Page 243: ...SPG8000A User Manual 229 Figure 126 PTP primary slave menu diagram part 2...

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