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SYNNER-VF

 

 

3G/HD/SD video synchroniser, 

tracking audio delay and 

embedder/de-embedder 

Crystal Vision Ltd.,

 Lion Technology Park, Station Road East, Whittlesford, Cambridge, CB22 4WL, England. 

Tel: +44(0) 1223 497049   Fax: +44(0) 1223 497059   [email protected]  www.crystalvision.tv

 

Summary of Contents for Vision System SYNNER-VF

Page 1: ...ser tracking audio delay and embedder de embedder Crystal Vision Ltd Lion Technology Park Station Road East Whittlesford Cambridge CB22 4WL England Tel 44 0 1223 497049 Fax 44 0 1223 497059 sales crys...

Page 2: ...signal I O 11 3 1 Rear module connections with VR02 11 3 2 Rear module connections with VR12 12 3 3 Rear module connections with VR13 13 3 4 VR02 and VR12 audio pin out 14 4 Control and Status monitor...

Page 3: ...ete output router 33 Mute group enable 34 4 7 Presets default alarms 35 Presets 35 Card default 35 Alarm delays 36 4 8 Live button 37 5 Troubleshooting 38 5 1 Card edge monitoring 38 5 2 Basic fault f...

Page 4: ...3 98 1080psf 24 Versatile audio will de embed and embed up to four audio groups and input or output up to eight external AES stereo pairs or four analogue stereo pairs which can be fully shuffled with...

Page 5: ...dder block where up to 16 channels of audio are extracted The video signal is then processed allowing for adjustment of video gain black level and independent RGB and YUV gains This is followed by up...

Page 6: ...from the de embedder and external AES inputs AES signals with Dolby E encoding are treated differently to PCM signals The output of the delay block goes to the embedder and external output piggybacks...

Page 7: ...nc delay control is set to 0 5 frames the overall Dolby E delay with respect to the video will be minimised 4 If the User delay control in the DeEmbedded input delay or Discrete input delay menus is s...

Page 8: ...ed as the output timing reference source the values set by the 0 42ms 0 100us and 0 1us controls in the Delay output menu will delay the video and audio signals with respect to the reference Otherwise...

Page 9: ...not force the card if resistance is met as the card may not be correctly aligned with the rear connectors The white tab at the top of the board is a label only and should not be pulled Ensure that the...

Page 10: ...nput gain of the 3G AIP2 channels 3G AOP2 Analogue Output This analogue piggyback has four balanced audio outputs The links PL1 4 set 0dBFS to 18dBu to the right towards SK2 3 or 24dBu to the left tow...

Page 11: ...I O piggybacks onto the main board SYNNER VF main board showing piggyback fixing holes and sockets The I O piggybacks plug onto the main board such that main board plugs PL6 PL5 PL12 and PL4 PL3 PL11...

Page 12: ...3G HD SD serial digital BNC video input and three 3G HD SD serial digital BNC video outputs The D Type connector allows eight AES stereo pairs or eight mono analogue channels as balanced I O The 26 w...

Page 13: ...26 way high density audio D socket on the VR12 module can be used for analogue or digital inputs or outputs or a mixture of both depending on the I O piggybacks fitted Half of the I O channels on the...

Page 14: ...NC The dual fibre I O can be configured as a video input a video output or a video input and output depending on the fibre modules fitted to the SYNNER VF card AES I O channels 1 4 on the rear module...

Page 15: ...r module are connected to the front I O nearest handle piggyback position and the remainder to the rear The DIOP4 will normally be configured as 110 ohm balanced operation when using these rear module...

Page 16: ...ition Function Pin out Analogue audio 8 AES8 12 13 GND 19 20 23 24 NC 21 22 25 26 VR02 and VR12 audio I O connector wiring All audio balanced signals can be either input or output depending on I O mod...

Page 17: ...on frame User Manual for more details Typical Vision frame home page The example above shows a SYNNER VF card fitted in slot 1 and other Vision cards in slots 2 3 5 and 7 Clicking on the SYNNER VF car...

Page 18: ...F settings What follows are VisionWeb menu screenshots with a description of each control s function Note that VisionWeb adjusts the number and type of controls displayed to suit the piggybacks fitted...

Page 19: ...video input is permanently at black level Frozen On if video input is a permanent still frame Reference Displays status of reference signals Present On if a valid video reference signal is connected F...

Page 20: ...the threshold set by the Audio silence level control for the time period set by the Audio silence seconds control Both of these controls are in the Presets default alarms menu Sub PCB type Displays t...

Page 21: ...to advance reference signal 0 5 frame with respect to video path to help centre synchroniser delay and or for Dolby E channels to advance them 0 5 frame with respect to video thereby reducing alignmen...

Page 22: ...ll possible input video formats Reference source Select the options for the synchroniser reference video The hierarchy runs from left to right so Ref1 Ref2 Video Freerun will attempt to use Ref1 initi...

Page 23: ...ync as the reference input type On Loss of Input Show In the event of the input signal missing choose which picture to output If a freeze then option is selected the video output will freeze with the...

Page 24: ...ault Return Lift and Gain for all components to their calibrated values of 0 lift and 100 gain YUV proc Apply varying amounts of lift and gain to the YUV channels of the video path Y U V Lift Apply a...

Page 25: ...ry Timecode is present Lock to ATC input Set to lock the HD progressive video output field sequence to Ancillary Timecode Invert op sequence Invert HD progressive video output field sequence Fibre ena...

Page 26: ...f up to 50km is possible with single mode fibre this distance is dependent on minimal attenuation from junctions etc Multi mode fibre installations can expect considerably shorter transmission distanc...

Page 27: ...he threshold set by the Audio silence level control for a period set by the Audio silence seconds control see Alarm delays Invert Select to enable inversion of the de embedder output for the selected...

Page 28: ...control will be ignored Discrete inputs Monitor external analogue or AES input channel status invert channels detect Dolby E encoded channel pairs mono and resample stereo pairs Screen grab below sho...

Page 29: ...d As Dolby E signals cannot be resampled the control will be ignored Audio gain Change the gain of the audio inputs by 18dB Gain 1 4 dB In total there are 32 audio gain controls one for each of the 16...

Page 30: ...et by the Delay output controls User delay For each channel pair select to enable the variable delays set by the User delay controls For PCM signals this is 20 to 400mS and for Dolby E signals 14 to 3...

Page 31: ...ach channel pair select to enable delay to match the video frame delay set by the Delay output controls User delay For each channel pair select to enable the variable delay set by the User delay contr...

Page 32: ...oded channel pairs with the User delay control selected See Discrete input delay AES I O configure Configure the optional DIOP4 piggyback AES I O channels as input or output Front Rear Channel Pair DI...

Page 33: ...outed when the Take button is pressed The inputs are shown along the top of the matrix and are available to be routed to the embedded channels shown on the left hand side The example above has 16 de e...

Page 34: ...and pre selected crosspoints as red circles Pre selected crosspoints will be routed when the Take button is pressed The inputs are shown along the top of the matrix and are available to be routed to t...

Page 35: ...ng a total of 12 audio outputs Embed mute Select to mute embedder output channels Aes Analog Op mutes Mute AES and analogue output audio AES outputs only available if a DIOP4 piggyback is fitted Analo...

Page 36: ...VF s configuration from one of 16 memory locations Store Store the current configuration in the selected preset memory Recall Recall a configuration from the selected memory This will overwrite the c...

Page 37: ...Audio silence seconds Set the time that the alarm condition must be present before a fault indication For an audio silence fault the audio level must be consistently below the threshold set by the Au...

Page 38: ...rmal Selecting any of the preset edit options from Preset edit 1 to Preset edit 16 will only edit the stored settings of the selected preset memory and NOT affect the immediate output Selecting any of...

Page 39: ...intact Check that the Fibre enable menu is set correctly The video output exhibits jitter Check that the input SDI stability is within normal limits The card no longer responds to front panel control...

Page 40: ...dards supported 1080p 50 59 94 1080i 50 59 94 720p 50 59 94 1080psf 23 98 24 PAL NTSC Input format auto selected Audio Up to eight 24 bit stereo pairs total of eight inputs and outputs AES3 110 ohm or...

Page 41: ...leaning means that there is no remnant of the original version of old groups If group 1 is replaced there is not an old group 1 with the mark for deletion flag set Instead there is just the new modifi...

Page 42: ...cording to the optional boards fitted for example references to Front or Rear channels will only appear if the appropriate piggyback is fitted Status Video Video Present Format Black Reference Frozen...

Page 43: ...ck Enbl select Ref 1 filter Ref 2 filter Tri Level Input loss BlackBurst On loss of input show select Test pattern select RGB Proc Red Green Blue Lift 10 10 Gain RGB default 80 120 default YUVProc Y U...

Page 44: ...nnels Group 4 C16 Present Silent Invert DolbyE Mono Discrete inputs Resample Discrete inputs Front C1 for all available Input channels Rear C16 Present Silent Invert DolbyE Mono Audio gain Resample Ch...

Page 45: ...ut channels Rear C15 C16 Present Match video frame delay User delay Tracking audio delay TAD Front C1 C2 DolbyE Rear C15 C16 DolbyE align Front C1 C2 User delay Rear C15 C16 Delay value PCM audio ms 2...

Page 46: ...1 C1 for all embedded inputs Grp4 C16 Take Discrete output router only if piggyback fitted Output channels Front C1 for all available outputs Rear C16 Grp1 C1 for all embedded Inputs Grp4 C16 Front C1...

Page 47: ...s Default alarms Presets Store Recall Store Recall Preset select Card defaults 1 16 Card defaults Default exc preset Default inc preset Alarm delays Alarm delays Video black secs 2 60 Video frozen sec...

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