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KAM-XM-SERIES Instruction Manual

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Configuration and Adjustments

 

Mosquito Web Page

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Figure 30

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module types.

Figure 30.  KAM-XM Mosquito Web Page

Advanced Aperture Web Page

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Figure 31

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these module types.

Figure 31.  KAM-XM Advanced Aperture Web Page

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Summary of Contents for Grass Valley KAM-XM Series

Page 1: ...KAM XM SERIES KAM XM UDC UPC UNC DNC MODULES Instruction Manual SOFTWARE VERSION 1 4 1 071833002 AUGUST 2005...

Page 2: ...e Solutions to problems and troubleshooting efforts can be found by searching our Frequently Asked Questions FAQ database Software Downloads Software updates drivers and patches can be down loaded Reg...

Page 3: ...21 Configuration Summary 21 Up and Down Conversion 21 Format Conversion 22 Aspect Ratio Modes 23 Proc Amp Controls 25 Detail Enhance Controls 25 Noise Reduction 26 Spike Filtering 26 Brickwall Filteri...

Page 4: ...eb Page 55 Advanced Aperture Web Page 55 Color Legalizer Web Page 56 Grain Insertion Web Page 57 GPI Web Page 58 E MEM Web Page 59 Slot Config Web Page 65 Software Update Page 68 Specifications 73 Ser...

Page 5: ...s the features of a specific 2000 Series module in the Kameleon Media Processing System As part of this module family it is subject to Safety and Regulatory Compliance described in the 2000 Series fra...

Page 6: ...6 KAM XM SERIES Instruction Manual Preface...

Page 7: ...onverter Module Summary Function KM XM UDC KM XM UPC KM XM UNC KM XM DNC Aspect Ratio Control X X X X Proc Amp Adjustments for video processing X X X X Color Space Conversion X X X X Detail Enhancemen...

Page 8: ...io with the standard conver sion controls This application utilizes de interlacing on a pixel by pixel basis for preserving fine detail from the original image Down conversion offers an anti aliasing...

Page 9: ...d in Table 2 Table 2 Format Conversion Input Output Combinations KAM XM Input Format Output Format UNC UPC DNC UDC 480i59 94 480i59 94 X X X 480i59 94 720p59 94 X X X 480i59 94 1080i59 94 X X X 576i50...

Page 10: ...3 2 2 or later Note These requirements are necessary for proper cooling support and interface to the Newton Control Panel configuration NetConfig and GUI control and SNMP monitoring Existing Kameleon...

Page 11: ...ne 3 Navigate to the module you would like to configure and click on the appropriate slot to access the module links Links and Web Pages on page 38 4 Click on the Slot Config link on the left side of...

Page 12: ...fully stuffed with KAM XM front and rear modules will accommodate up to six module sets A 1 RU 2000T1 frame will accom modate up to 2 module sets The KAM XM front and rear module can be plugged in an...

Page 13: ...gure 2 2000T1DNG Frame Rear View Mid frame motherboard with power and communication buses Use rear media module slots 2 4 and 6 Use rear media module slots 8 10 and 12 8330_05r1 Slot 6 Slot 4 Slot 2 S...

Page 14: ...rcuit board The 3 RU frame front view is illustrated in Figure 4 and the 1 RU frame is shown in Figure 5 on page 15 Note Module slots where the KAM XM should be installed are highlighted in gray for a...

Page 15: ...y that the module connector seats properly against the midplane and rear module connector 8 Press firmly on both ejector tabs to seat the module Figure 6 Installing Front Media Module 2 3 4 5 6 1 8039...

Page 16: ...signal to be looped to another destination OUT1 BNC this serial digital output connection can be either SD or HD depending on the front module type and the output format selected OUT2 BNC this serial...

Page 17: ...P J1 BNC to another destination if required Connect the OUT1 J5 and OUT2 J4 BNCs to the HDTV device if up con verting or the SDTV device if down converting KAM XM UNC For a KAM XM UNC HDTV Up Converte...

Page 18: ...I triggers are wired through con nector J6 GPIO on the rear module Inputs to the GPI are held high and expect a contact closure to ground to activate the programmed presets There is a 100 mA maximum s...

Page 19: ...age 20 to see a complete list of possible operating con ditions and the resulting indicator status Figure 8 Front Edge LEDs Indicators 8269_07 FAULT COMM CONF GND PWR 3 3 SEQ ACT TC PRSNT AUD PRSNT FR...

Page 20: ...green Off Input video not detected or PLL unlocked Blinking Normal operation Sequencer Active LED should be blinking to Indicate good video input and PLLs locked TC PRSNT green Off No timecode or bad...

Page 21: ...ction names and locations for setting each value Up and Down Conversion Up and down conversion in today s facilities is required for interconnec tion between video formats that have different numbers...

Page 22: ...summarized in Table 2 on page 9 Two additional controls are included in format selection described below Source Material this control is provided to further distinguish the type of input signal to the...

Page 23: ...s that the top and bottom edges of the input aspect ratio match the top and bottom edges of the output aspect ratio When used with standard 4 3 material it will have the effect of stretching the mater...

Page 24: ...le in 480i 59 94 to 1080i 59 94 up conversion is a non linear anamorphic aspect ratio designed for use when converting 4 3 material to 16 9 without the traditional distortion of a normal anamorphic st...

Page 25: ...applied to the image to further sharpen the output detail This process utilizes an industry standard film compositing technique called unsharp masking The filtering process adds an additional level of...

Page 26: ...ed application of the adaptive median filter This type of filtering provides controls for setting the adaptive threshold of the luminance and the chroma channels The filter must be enabled to allow pr...

Page 27: ...o motion low Gaussian noise may be reduced via temporal processing by a weighted averaging over succes sive frames For pixels labeled as random noise spatial processing replaces these pixels Pixels la...

Page 28: ...g or any objects or areas that are in motion If the Distance control is set too low too little filtering may occur whereas if set too high too much filtering will be applied The No Motion control sets...

Page 29: ...e making the minimum limit 0 and the maximum limit 1019 High and low luma and chroma limit con trols are provided for setting the upper and lower limits that the module will output By default these co...

Page 30: ...ckboxes 525 Line 20 21 22 23 283 284 285 286 Blank20 Blank283 Blank21 Blank284 Blank22 Blank285 Blank23 Blank286 Up conversion modes Format Conversion Input selection Up Converter 480i59 94 Down Conve...

Page 31: ...lack Level control Black Hue Enable Off On or Off ProcAmp Hue Enabled checkbox HueEn Hue adjustment 0 degrees 9 0 degrees ProcAmp Hue control Hue Saturation Enable Off On or Off ProcAmp Saturation Ena...

Page 32: ...ost Brickwall Cutoff setting 3 5 MHz 0 9 1 0 1 25 1 50 1 75 2 0 2 25 2 5 2 75 3 0 3 25 3 5 3 75 4 0 4 25 4 5 4 75 5 0 5 25 5 5 MHz Brickwall Cutoff control Cutoff Brickwall direction Horizontal Vertic...

Page 33: ...annels that you can easily manipulate with user configured knobs Update software for applicable modules and assign frame and panel IP addresses with the NetConfig Networking application Recommended fo...

Page 34: ...processing time and a manual screen refresh to become effective Web interface recommended for setting up module signal and slot names E MEMS and reporting status for SNMP and monitoring Refer to the F...

Page 35: ...e selected link s Status page is first displayed and the sub list of links for the selection is opened The sub list allows you to select a particular information page for the selected device Content d...

Page 36: ...nd right inside single arrows increases or decreases the step value by 1 To change a value use the arrow button controls or enter a value into the number field and select the Enter button or use the E...

Page 37: ...f the Status page for each of the modules covered in this manual are shown in Figure 15 UDC Figure 16 UPC Figure 17 UNC and Figure 18 DNC Figure 15 KAM XM UDC Status Header Figure 16 KAM XM UPC Status...

Page 38: ...re available only with the KAM XM UNC module Spike provides adaptive median filter for random noise removal page 50 Brickwall provides a low pass filter with a sharp cutoff for impulse and gaussian no...

Page 39: ...KAM XM module Arrows repre sent signal paths that may or may not be monitored These elements act as links when their function is active indicated by underlined function name Color code Green Pass ope...

Page 40: ...40 KAM XM SERIES Instruction Manual Configuration and Adjustments Figure 19 KAM XM Status Web Page Warning Fault reporting area...

Page 41: ...icense web page Figure 20 displays read only values for identifying the License Tag and Key and the type of module in the Licensed Packages area Note This information is set at the factory to determin...

Page 42: ...o match the external reference Closed Caption Line select the line on which to place closed captioning Bad Video Input when the Ignore checkbox is selected the module will not perform an application r...

Page 43: ...KAM XM SERIES Instruction Manual 43 Configuration and Adjustments Figure 21 KAM XM Setup Web Page...

Page 44: ...after this time has elapsed Select the Apply button to set the values Note All possible input and output values will be listed and can be selected in the pulldowns If the value does not apply to the a...

Page 45: ...KAM XM SERIES Instruction Manual 45 Configuration and Adjustments Figure 22 KAM XM Format Web Page...

Page 46: ...60 seconds and the module will display a message stating that the application is reloading Select the Refresh button to see the new settings after this time has elapsed Zoom Crop when enabled by check...

Page 47: ...KAM XM SERIES Instruction Manual 47 Configuration and Adjustments Figure 23 KAM XM Aspect Web Page...

Page 48: ...bled checkbox Use the Proc Amp controls to set the following parameters Video Gain sets the overall amplitude of the output video signal from 6 dB Black Level adjusts the black level of the video outp...

Page 49: ...hecking the corresponding Enable checkbox Use the following controls to perform detail enhancement Horizontal this control is used to soften or sharpen the horizontal detail in the image 6 dB Vertical...

Page 50: ...e filter Enable enable or disable the Spike control with the Enable pulldown Luma Chroma sets the adaptive threshold of the filter in the luminance and chrominance channels This threshold represents a...

Page 51: ...for the Brickwall filter Boost sets the amount of boosting in dB of amplitudes prior to the cutoff frequency This gives the appearance of sharpening the image to help compensate for blurring that occ...

Page 52: ...ols for removing noise Red Overlay when enabled On a red overlay is superimposed onto areas in the input image where the temporal recursive filter identifies motion Auto enabling this mode Figure 28 e...

Page 53: ...ill appear as shown in Figure 29 Use the controls below in Manual Mode Red Overlay when enabled On a red overlay is superimposed onto areas in the input image where the temporal recursive filter ident...

Page 54: ...areas in motion In summary if the distance is set too low the module detects every thing as moving and applies no filtering If set too high no motion is detected and everything is filtered No Motion s...

Page 55: ...web page Figure 30 indicates it is not available on these module types Figure 30 KAM XM Mosquito Web Page Advanced Aperture Web Page The Advance Aperture web page Figure 31 indicates it is not availab...

Page 56: ...ow legal limits for the luma and chroma values as described in Color Legalizer on page 29 Use the following controls to set High and Low limits for Luma and Chroma Luma set the legal limits for the Lu...

Page 57: ...uction Manual 57 Configuration and Adjustments Grain Insertion Web Page The Grain Insertion web page Figure 33 indicates it is not available on these module types Figure 33 KAM XM Grain Insertion Web...

Page 58: ...external GPI inputs Input 1 3 The E MEM presets are defined on the E MEM web page E MEM Web Page on page 59 Select the desired E MEM register to be recalled from the pulldown list for each GPI input...

Page 59: ...module This change will occur immediately upon recall To learn an E MEM select the Advanced button in the View Selection section This will open the Advanced view Figure 36 on page 61 Note The existing...

Page 60: ...60 KAM XM SERIES Instruction Manual Configuration and Adjustments Figure 35 KAM XM E MEM Web Page Standard View...

Page 61: ...KAM XM SERIES Instruction Manual 61 Configuration and Adjustments Figure 36 KAM XM E MEM Web Page Advanced View...

Page 62: ...37 Figure 37 E MEM Save to Operation 3 In the Save As dialog box the file name will default to the E MEM name Browse to the folder where you want to save the configuration and select Save The KAM XM...

Page 63: ...tion Manual 63 Configuration and Adjustments To load a saved E MEM from a location 1 Select the Load from button in the File Operations section 2 This will bring up the Load E MEM page Figure 38 Figur...

Page 64: ...filename and path in the Enter filename box Figure 39 Choose File Window 4 Once the correct path and filename is loaded select the Load button on the Load E MEM page 5 This should place the recalled...

Page 65: ...y default module name Locate Module selecting Flash from the Locate Module pulldown flashes the yellow COMM and CONF LEDs on the front of the module so it can be located in the frame Figure 40 Slot Co...

Page 66: ...al Frame Health Alarm connector on the rear of the frame Note This page is only present on the 2000T3 frame The 2000T1 frame does not have an external Frame Health alarm This web page contains the fol...

Page 67: ...hardware switches for Module Fault reporting and Asynchronous Status reporting are in enabled on the 2000NET module dipswitch S1 segment 7 and dipswitch S2 segment 1 SNMP Trap Reporting this section p...

Page 68: ...the 2000NET Network Interface Instruction Manual for instructions for installing and using the ftp server application The preferred method for updating software is done using the NetConfig PC applica...

Page 69: ...er FTP site at the following URL ftp ftp thomsongrassvalley com pub modular Software Updating With NetConfig To use this method your 2000NET module must be running version 3 2 2 or later and you must...

Page 70: ...odule to be upgraded in your frame and unplug it Plug it back in to begin the upgrade CAUTION During the download the module will have no video output so be sure the module is off air before upgrading...

Page 71: ...re updating in the Client Name list Check the corresponding checkbox in the window on the right to indicate you wish to update this device Note You may upgrade all modules at once with this applicatio...

Page 72: ...popup will appear as shown in Figure 43 Click the OK button 23 Allow the reboot to complete 24 Bring up NetConfig again and click on the Discover button in the top menu bar Then click on the Load SW...

Page 73: ...h Belden 1694 or equivalent cable Return Loss 15 dB 270 Mb s and 1 5 Gb s Active Input Loop through Output Standard KAM XM UNC KAM XM UPC SMPTE 259 C 270 Mb s KAM XM UDC SMPTE 259 C 270 Mb s SMPTE 292...

Page 74: ...ed in time with the output video Electrical Power 27 W EMI RFI Complies with FCC Part 15 Class A EU EMC Directive Physical Number of slots 2 installation in even numbered frame slots recommended for m...

Page 75: ...ot operating correctly proceed as follows If module power is not present check fuse F1 see Figure 44 Check for presence and quality of input signals Verify that source equipment is operating correctly...

Page 76: ...76 KAM XM SERIES Instruction Manual Service...

Page 77: ...y table 32 boot up time 19 brickwall filter overview 26 remote controls 51 summary table 32 Brickwall web page 51 C cabling 16 CH1 STAT LED 20 Clear button 66 closed caption setting line 42 summary ta...

Page 78: ...questions 2 FRM LOCK LED 20 front module installation 15 front panel LEDs 19 fuse location and type 75 G Genlock Offset remote control 42 summary table 30 GPI General Purpose Interface configuring inp...

Page 79: ...ir depot 75 RESET LED 20 RP 177 overview 25 proc amp control 48 summary table 31 S SEQ ACT LED 20 Setup web page 42 Slot Config web page 65 slot identification 65 slot memory 66 SNMP reporting enablin...

Page 80: ...on Manual Index V VBI blanking selecting lines 42 summary table 30 Vert Interpolation deinterlace type 30 44 VOLT TRIP LED 20 W web browser overview 34 web site documentation 2 FAQ database 2 Grass Va...

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