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PT5300

 

Master Sync Generator

 

Guide to Installation and Operation

 

 

[Software version: 6.6  Sep 2014] 

 

 

 
 
 

 
 
 

 
 
 

 
 

 

 

DK-Technologies 

Summary of Contents for PT5300

Page 1: ...PT5300 MasterSyncGenerator Guide to Installation and Operation Software version 6 6 Sep 2014 DK Technologies ...

Page 2: ...uirements for Class A digital devices NOTE This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class A digital device pursuant to part 15 of the FCC Rules These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference when the equipment is operated in a commercial environment This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and if n...

Page 3: ...nt instrument such as a screwdriver for leverage if necessary 4 Dispose of the batteries and equipment according to your local environmental laws and guidelines WARNING Be careful not to short circuit the batteries adhere to the appropriate ESD practices Do not dispose of batteries in a fire as they may explode Batteries may explode if damaged or overheated Do not dispose of batteries as household...

Page 4: ... 6 2 8 3 PT8635 Dual AES EBU Audio Generator 7 2 8 4 PT8612 Quad HD SD Serial Digital Test Signal Generator 7 2 8 5 PT8616 GPS Genlock and LTC Generator VITC decoder PT8620 9 2 8 6 Ethernet port and PT8643 SNTPv4 Time Server Option 10 2 8 7 Level detectors 10 2 9 Mechanical and Environmental Specification 11 2 9 1 Climate Conditions 11 2 9 2 Mechanical Requirements 11 2 10 Power Supply 11 2 11 Mec...

Page 5: ...on 54 5 2 Serial Remote 54 5 3 Telnet Remote User Name and Password 55 5 4 General Description of the Interface Syntax 55 5 4 1 General Information 55 5 4 2 Syntax Elements 56 5 4 3 Command Syntax 56 5 4 4 Syntax of Program Messages 56 5 4 5 Long and Short Form 57 5 4 6 Syntax of Response Messages 57 6 Command reference 58 6 1 Reference Documents 58 6 2 Configuration and Syntax 58 6 3 Commands Sum...

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Page 7: ...ed SD SDI signals can be timed in steps of 37 ns over a 1 field range HD SDI and Tri Level Sync signals in steps of 6 7 ns the analog Black Bursts and test pattern outputs are timeable in steps of 0 5 of subcarrier over a 4 field sequence for PAL and 2 field sequence for NTSC The stability of the internal reference oscillator ensures accurate signals when the PT5300 is acting as a standalone refer...

Page 8: ... with a string of up to a 16 character In automated applications the RS232 remote control interface provides full control over all functions of the generator Parameters for each output can be adjusted remotely and a complete set up can be transmitted to and from the instrument A Telnet Ethernet interface is also available As with the RS232 interface the Telnet interface provides full control over ...

Page 9: ...d version with additional HD Tri level sync outputs as well as HD SDI test signal outputs The HD SD SDI generator works in 16 different HD formats plus the SD SDI formats 625 and 525 lines where the Tri Level sync option PT8611 works with 20 different HD formats 2 3 Options Option Name Function Part Number PT8608 Dual Black Burst Generator 9449 086 08001 PT8611 Quad HD Tri Level Sync Generator 944...

Page 10: ...r when locked to burst 0 5 Jitter when locked to sync 2 ns Timing range PAL 4 fields NTSC 2 fields Timing resolution 0 5 fsc 2 4 4 Genlock Signal Continuous frequency reference Subcarrier 5 or 10 MHz Amplitude 1 V 3 dB 2 4 5 Analog Genlock Transparent Channel The analog genlock signal is transferred via an AC coupled amplifier to a transparent output Output impedance 75 Ω Return loss 36 dB to 6 MH...

Page 11: ...ectly 2 6 Changeover Control A built in fault detection circuitry determines when to send an error flag to the PT5211 Changeover Unit The detector for each output can be disabled internally so the user can determine which signals will participate in the automatic switching decision 2 7 Presets Six complete instrument presets are stored in a non volatile memory The presets have names consisting of ...

Page 12: ...p 60 x HD 1080p 1080p 59 94 x 1080p 50 x 1080p 30 x 1080p 29 97 x x 1080p 25 x x 1080p 24 x 1080p 23 98 x 1080i 30 x HD 1080i 1080i 29 97 x x 1080i 25 x x 1080sF 30 x HD 1080sF 1080sF 29 97 x x 1080sF 25 x x 1080sF 24 x 1080sF 23 98 x 720p 60 x HD 720p 720p 59 94 x x 720p 50 x x 720p 30 x 720p 29 97 x x 720p 25 x x 720p 24 x 720p 23 98 x 576i 25 625 x SD 487i 29 97 525 x Table 1 HD Tri Level sync ...

Page 13: ...no No click Dual 1 kHz in Ch A 400 Hz in Ch B No Click 48 KHz reference Output levels Silence 0 9 12 15 16 18 20 dBFS Pre emphasis None Audio reference word clock output 48 KHz squarewave Note When the 110 Ω XLR output is used with the 48 kHz clock signal it should be terminated by 110 Ω in order to obtain reliable transmission 2 8 4 PT8612 Quad HD SD Serial Digital Test Signal Generator Four gene...

Page 14: ... HD 1080sF 1080sF 29 97 x x 1080sF 25 x x 1080sF 24 x 1080sF 23 98 x 720p 60 x HD 720p 720p 59 94 x x 720p 50 x x 720p 30 x 720p 29 97 x x 720p 25 x x 720p 24 x 720p 23 98 x 576i 25 625 x SD 487i 29 97 525 x Table 2 HD SD serial digital test signals supported by PT5300HD Connectors 4 x BNC Output Impedance 75 Ω 1 Return loss 15 dB 5 to 1 5 GHz Amplitude 800 mVpp 2 Jitter Timing resolution 1 2 fram...

Page 15: ...0 Ω Output voltage 1 Vpp Timing 500 ms Step size 6 7 ns Stability Accuracy 15 ns Absolute long term drift 15 µs Absolute short term drift 1 µs Supported LTC formats 625 lines 25 FPS PAL 525 lines 29 97 FPS NTSC dropframe 30 FPS 24 FPS Supported Time References GPS time VITC on A BB1 Internal PAL Internal NTSC Standard boot up time depending on sky view Cold start 44 s Warm start 18 s Included feat...

Page 16: ...rovides remote control of the PT5300 over the network Default Port 23 TCP SNTP Server with PT8643 option also requiring PT8616 GPS Genlock module installed Simple Network Time protocol version 4 Unicast Port 123 UDP NetFinder Provides easy configuration of the PT8643 module Port 3040 UDP RS232 Remote control Changeover control 2 8 7 Level detectors All sync pulse generator outputs have built in le...

Page 17: ...ions 10 to 150 Hz 0 7 mmp p and 50 m s2 max acceleration According to IEC Publ 68 test Fc Note Unit mounted on vibration table without shock absorbing material Shocks Limit range for storage and transport 1000 shocks of 100 m s2 sine 6 ms duration in each of 3 directions According to IEC Publ 68 test Eb 2 10 Power Supply Voltage 100 240 VAC Frequency 50 60 Hz Power consumption Maximum 90 Watts wit...

Page 18: ...interruption of the protective conductor inside or outside the instrument or disconnection of the protective earth terminal is likely to make the instrument dangerous Intentional interruption is prohibited 3 2 2 Mains Voltage Cord and Fuses Different power cords are available for the various voltage outlets Note If the mains plug has to be adapted to the local situation it should only be done by a...

Page 19: ... rubber feet are supplied together with this instrument If several cabinets are mounted in a 19 rack special attention must be paid to the temperature inside the rack The PT5300 is equipped with cooling fan and air inlets on the front bottom and at the sides If the PT5300 is mounted between other instruments with high surface temperature this cooling may not be sufficient Under these circumstances...

Page 20: ...tween 123 dBm and 130 dBm at the earth surface With a typical antenna gain of 30 dB the power level out of the antenna is in the range of 97 dBm This allows a maximum loss of 43 dB in the cable before the locking threshold of 140 dBm is reached It is advisable to keep a margin of about 5 dB from the locking threshold Clouds snow and rain will degrade the performance Below are some examples of cabl...

Page 21: ...menu choices In the upper right corner of the display is an indication of the keys that are active in the current menu The bottom line of the display indicates new selections or enables changes to parameter settings Several other pushbuttons and status indicators are provided to the right of the keypad 4 2 Front Panel Controls 4 2 1 Navigation Keypad The circular keypad in the middle of the front ...

Page 22: ... selected via the menu 4 3 Indicators and Connections 4 3 1 Front Panel Indicators UNLOCKED A red LED that indicates when genlock mode is enabled but no correct genlock signal is found on the active genlock input In this case the generator switches automatically to internal mode until a valid genlock signal becomes available Note The function of some of the output input connectors on the rear pane...

Page 23: ...see section 7 for detailed information about the RS232 interface ETHERNET Ethernet network interface The Ethernet interface provides support for remote control through Telnet and the optional PT8643 SNTP Time Server The green LED in the Ethernet connector lights up when an Ethernet link is detected The yellow LED lights up as a result of network traffic CHANGEOVER Remote connector to connect the P...

Page 24: ...igital audio test signal BNC OUT POSITION 25 XLR OUT POSITION 26 This signal is available on XLR and BNC simultaneously AES EBU2 AES EBU digital audio test signal BNC OUT POSITION 4 XLR OUT POSITION 27 This signal is available on XLR and BNC simultaneously Note that when the optional PT8616 GPS and PT8620 LTC is installed this XLR position is replaced by LTC Output As a result AES EBU 2 output is ...

Page 25: ...gnosis will be continued if you press any of the front panel keypad buttons When the power up diagnostics program is finished the instrument may be used but function s for which errors have been detected by the power up diagnostics will be non functional 4 6 2 Status Displays If a preset was active at the previous power down this preset is automatically recalled and the preset status display is sh...

Page 26: ...and time i e the information inserted into the video signal Status WARNING HD SD Error Warning Status No error detected HD SD Error Warning Status No active warning HD SD Error Warning Status E 00n mmmmmmmmmm The display shows the error warnings status The No error detector shows that no errors have been detected The No active warning shows that no errors are present now but previously detected er...

Page 27: ... on to the next menu e g MENU BLACK BURST configure SUBMNU BB1 BB2 The menus have basically the same structure and the same procedure is used with all the menus Select one of the items in the menu displayed Make a selection in the next menu below Use the arrow buttons as indicated in the icon field Select SAVE and press E to store the setting Select ESC and press to escape the menu or Select the n...

Page 28: ... system appears in the display move the cursor to SAVE and press E to change the system setting If no change is desired move the cursor to ESC and press Leaving the function takes you back to the BLACK BURST BB1 submenu Analog Black Burst generator system options NTSC PAL PAL w PAL ID Note If the PAL Field 1 pulse in Line 7 is inserted it is independent of the SCH SubCarrier to Horizontal phase se...

Page 29: ...sing the and buttons To exit the editor press E When the desired delay setting appears in the display move the cursor to SAVE and press E If no changes are desired move the cursor to ESC and press Leaving the function takes you back to the BLACK BURST BB1 submenu To change the SCH phase of the BB1 output select SCH PHASE The default SCH phase for the BB outputs is 0 degrees The value can be change...

Page 30: ...NU allows changes to be made in the parameters for the TLS1 output To change from one HD TRI LEVEL format to another select FORMAT 2NDMNU TLS1 SYSTEM select SYSTEM HD 1080I 25 SAVE ESC Operation Use the and buttons to find the format setting you want When the desired system appears in the display move the cursor to SAVE and press E to change the format setting 2NDMNU TLS1 SYTEM select E SYSTEM HD ...

Page 31: ...hen the desired setting appears in the display move the cursor to SAVE and press E to change the setting The timing can be adjusted by coarse or fine adjustment parameters The coarsest adjustment is field F the finest is time T and line H is lines The T value is in nanoseconds The T value can be changed by using the and buttons to adjust the smallest step for the adjustment but a faster method is ...

Page 32: ...e cursor to OK and press the E button to change the selection OK is only visible for non active selections If no change is desired move the cursor to ESC and press Leaving the function takes you back to the GENLOCK menu The types of inputs available are A xxxxxx Input A terminated 75 Ω B xxxxxx Input B terminated 75 Ω A B xxxxxx Input A and B looped through high impedance Internal The internal OCX...

Page 33: ...ming can be selected when Genlock Input is set to Internal or one of the continuous wave signals To change the genlock timing for the input selected select TIMING in the GENLOCK menu SUBMNU GENLOCK TIMING edit delay V 0 H 123 T 00123 4 SAVE ESC Operation Use the and buttons to select V H or T Then use the and buttons to select the value desired Changes to the timing are instantaneous i e any chang...

Page 34: ...is the menu for setting the parameters for the GPS Genlock input and the PT8620 LTC output Select GENLOCK Operation When an input has been configured to a specific type of genlock this will be shown in the genlock select input menu Use the and buttons to scroll through the different input options with attached genlocked types Then move the cursor to OK and press the E button to change the selectio...

Page 35: ... selecting Internal NTSC 29 97 FPS dropframe mode go to the main LTC menu and select SYNC to reset the frame counter To change how the 29 97 FPS LTC re sync the frame counter select SYNCMODE 2NDMNU LTC A SYNCMODE edit SYNCMODE AUTO TIME 00 00 OK ESC When running at 29 97 FPS the frame counter does not match real time One second at 29 97 FPS is a bit longer than a real time second Therefore the LTC...

Page 36: ...rs or minutes Use the and buttons to set the desired offset When the desired UTC offset appears in the display move the cursor to OK and press E Note If you want the Timezone settings to take effect immediately go to the main LTC menu and select SYNC to reset the frame counter The Timezone correction may take up to 3 minutes to take effect To change daylight saving options select DAYLIGHT 2NDMNU L...

Page 37: ... Note If you want the Daylight savings settings to take effect immediately i e the Start date has already passed go to the main LTC menu and select SYNC to reset the frame counter The Daylight savings correction might take up to 3 minutes to take effect 4 7 5 Menu NETWORK This is the menu for setting the parameters for the PT8643 Ethernet module Ethernet settings SUBMNU NETWORK select ETHERNET CON...

Page 38: ...ack to the ETHERNET submenu IP Address configuration 3RDMNU IP ADDR modify 000 000 000 001 OK ESC If not already in the IP ADDR submenu use the and buttons in the ETHERNET submenu to select IP ADDR and press E Use the and buttons to move the cursor between the fields Use the and buttons to change the IP address When the desired IP address has been entered move the cursor to OK and press E to save ...

Page 39: ... PC software PT5300 to easily distinguish multiple PT5300s from each other The NetFinder name cannot be changed locally It must be changed from the PC Software PT5300 The NetFinder name is not visible if an Ethernet link has not been established Please see section 10 for further information about the NetFinder protocol and PT5300 Use the buttons to exit the menu Leaving the function takes you back...

Page 40: ... change is desired move the cursor to ESC and press Leaving the function takes you back to the CONFIG submenu View the Telnet port number 2NDMNU NETWORK CONFIG PORT 23 ESC Operation In the CONFIG submenu use the and buttons to select PORT and press the button to enter the PORT submenu The Telnet server is as default configured to listen on port 23 The Telnet port number cannot be changed locally I...

Page 41: ...SET RECALL select RECALL PRESET 1 OK ESC Operation Use the and buttons to select preset When the desired preset appears in the display move the cursor to OK and press E If no change is desired move the cursor to ESC and press Leaving the function takes you back to the PRESET menu or if a preset is recalled the Preset Status display will be activated Whenever a recall is activated it will apply to ...

Page 42: ...ired preset appears in the display press the button E to open the text editor Use the button to delete characters while backspacing Scroll through the characters the and buttons The characters being edited will flash during the editing process When the desired character appears use the button to move to the next character to be inserted To exit the editor press E To store the programmed line and s...

Page 43: ... key to recall presets stored presets can be recalled but not changed The OUTPUT button operates as a short cut key to the signal generators The button toggles between all the test signal generators if more than one is installed Note If the setup has no test signal generator the OUTPUT button has no function Note A padlock will appear in the top right corner of the display of a locked function Sel...

Page 44: ... is disabled the menu mode will remain active To change the contrast level of the display select LCD CONTRAST SUBMNU CONFIG LCD CONTRAST set xxxx ESC Use the and keys to change the contrast level of the display To copy the instrument settings from one generator to another select DOWNLOAD The DOWNLOAD function is used when two generators are directly connected by an RS232 interface cable The cable ...

Page 45: ...e selected preset number or the entire instrument to its original factory programming To view the RS232 remote communication settings select RS232 SUBMNU CONFIG RS232 select 2NDMNU BAUD RATE DATA BIT PARITY SUBMNU CONFIG RS232 select 2NDMNU HANDSHAKE The RS232 settings cannot be changed Use the and buttons to select the parameter to be accessed Then press the button to enter the submenu for parame...

Page 46: ... text can be entered for the standard patterns e g color bar crosshatch etc To change the text inserted in the test pattern select TEXT 2NDMNU HD1 TEXT select 2NDMNU EDIT SCALE POS MOVEMENT 2NDMNU HD1 TEXT select 2NDMNU TEXT COLOR BACKGROUND COLOR Operation Use the and buttons to select the item to change Then press the button to enter the 2nd menu to change the selected item To change the output ...

Page 47: ...te To download text strings with regional characters the RS232 interface has to be configured for 8 data bits To change the position of text select POS 2NDMNU TEXT POS select X 1 V 2 SAVE ESC Operation Use the and buttons to change the position of text When the desired position is reached move the cursor to SAVE and press E If no change is desired move the cursor to ESC and press Leaving the funct...

Page 48: ...etting If no change is desired move the cursor to ESC and press Leaving the function takes you back to the HD SDI HD1 select submenu HD SD SDI signal system options 1080p 60 1080p 59 94 1080p 50 1080p 30 1080p 29 97 1080p 25 1080p 24 1080p 23 96 1080i 30 1080i 29 97 1080i 25 720p 60 720p 59 94 720p 50 720p 30 720p 29 97 720p 25 720p 24 720p 23 9 Setting the embedded audio generator select AUDIO SU...

Page 49: ...ack to the HD1 AUDIO select 2ndmenu The following signals are available as embedded audio from the Dual HD SD SDI Test Signal Generators Off Silence Sine Click To change the level of the audio signal embedded on the DL signal 2NDMNU S AUDIO LEVEL select LEVEL 12dBFS SAVE ESC Operation Use the and buttons to change the embedded audio signal level Changes of the embedded audio signal level are insta...

Page 50: ...ing are instantaneous i e any changes are reflected immediately in the output signal When the desired setting appears in the display move the cursor to SAVE and press E to change the setting The timing can be adjusted by coarse or fine adjustment parameters The coarsest adjustment is field F the finest is time T and line H is in between The T value is in nanoseconds with a resolution of approximat...

Page 51: ...ation Use the and buttons to change the audio signal selection Changes to the audio signal are instantaneous i e any changes are reflected immediately in the output signal When the desired audio signal appears in the display move the cursor to SAVE and press E to change the setting If no changes are desired move the cursor to ESC and press Leaving the function takes you back to the AES EBUx menu S...

Page 52: ... select silence the data bit indicating stereo mono or dual sound will continue to be active To change the phase timing of the AES EBU audio data select TIMING 2NDMNU AES EBUx TIMING select TIMING PAL SAVE ESC Operation Use the and buttons to change the audio signal selection Changes to the audio signal are instantaneous i e any changes are reflected immediately in the output signal When the desir...

Page 53: ...y pressing the and buttons After the factory reset is done a confirming message is shown on the display for 1 5 seconds and then the instrument proceeds to the normal startup The following parameters are reset to factory values Parameter Factory value AUTO ESCAPE On PANELLOCK Off NORMALLOCK Off DIAGNOSE LOCK Off RS232 INTERFACE 9600 8 1 NONE XON XOFF LOCAL LOCK OUT Off RS232 only CONTRAST 17 middl...

Page 54: ...scription Black Burst test Note The Black Burst unit tested is the two standard included Black Burst generators When the test is running this will be indicated by a number of arrows on the right side of the display When a total of five arrows are displayed the test is finished If no errors have been found a message OK will appear on the display to indicate that the test has been completed otherwis...

Page 55: ...nn During the test the display indicates which option is being tested The syntax for the display is the following OPTxxxx indicates the type number for the option For example OPT8616 indicates that the MSG OPT 8616 GPS Genlock and LTC Generator is being tested yyy indicates that the installed option is a special version option designed according to special requirements nnnn indicates an optional p...

Page 56: ...of arrow on the right side of the display When a total of five arrows are displayed the test is finished If no errors have been found a message OK will appear on the display to indicate that the test has been completed otherwise the message FAIL will appear When the ROM has been tested the check sum is also displayed To continue testing on the next main section press the E button To cancel further...

Page 57: ...or uses output 1 and 2 2NDMNU DIAGNOSE Configuration BB1 KUxxxxxx 02 1 ESC DIAGNOSE ErrorQueue 2NDMNU DIAGNOSE ErrorQueue 1 E 006 Level detector at BB3 ESC Description The errorqueue displays the history of detected internal errors including the hardware level detector circuits which surveys the output signals The errorqueue stores the last detected five errors The errors are numbered from 1 to 5 ...

Page 58: ...D Sync Generator SD HD Sync Generator Dual AES3 installed by default Note Dual Black Burst Quad Tri level HD Test Gen GPS SNTP Server No physical slot is needed for this option PT8616 is mounted only the BNC output is available from one of the two audio generators in PT8635 Primary Position Additional alternate position included in the base instrument Figure 5 PT5300 Configurations Figure 6 Rear P...

Page 59: ...PT5300 53 4 9 Menu Tree Figure 7 PT5300 Menu tree ...

Page 60: ... control of virtually all functions in the generator as well as reading of instrument settings The serial remote operates electrically as an RS232C communication port All functions can be controlled and checked by using the serial remote interface RS232 Settings Baud rate 9600 Baud Data bits 8 Stop bits 1 Parity None Handshake XON XOFF The RS232 settings cannot be changed Buffers Receive buffer 64...

Page 61: ...ment is assumed To use the remote interface a basic knowledge of the SCPI programming and computer control is also recommended The paper A beginner s Guide to SCPI by Barry Epler Hewlett Packard Press 1991 can be used to gain the basic knowledge of the ideas behind the SCPI system 5 4 1 General Information The remote system is organized in a tree structure The structure defines sub systems In orde...

Page 62: ...me xxxx Square brackets indicate an optional specific string parameter used by some command systems XXXX A horizontal line through a command indicates a command not implemented The command is included for future compatibility reasons The generator will not give any response to these commands error messages are not generated 5 4 3 Command Syntax A command consists of a header and one or several par...

Page 63: ...esents sub nodes under the root node 5 4 5 Long and Short Form Program messages may be sent in either long or short form The long form is the full word The short form is the first character of the long form The short form in a syntax specification is shown in upper case and the remaining part of the long form is shown in lower case characters Note Upper and lower case as used in syntax specificati...

Page 64: ... and Syntax Control characters Control Function Ctrl L 0x0C Local lockout switchover Local lockout is always disabled after 0x0A Terminator i e newline LF 6 3 Commands Summary All commands listed consist of both a set and request command unless specifically listed in the table as query only or no query 6 3 1 Mandated Commands Command Parameter Status after RST Remarks CLS Clear Status Command ESE ...

Page 65: ... A B A B SDI INTernal INTernal2 A SYSTem PALBurst NTScburst SYNC625 SYNC525 SDI625 SDI525 F358MHz F443MHz F5MHz F10MHz PALBurst DElay Field Line HTime 0 0 0 GENLock query only SDIGenlock VERSion query only OUTPut Subsystem Command Parameter Status after RST Remarks BB1 SYSTem PAL PAL ID NTSC PAL DELay Field Line HTime 0 0 0 SCHPhase 179 to 180 0 VERSion query only BB1 query only BB2 SYSTem PAL PAL...

Page 66: ...D1 8 PATTern BLACk SDICheck PLUGe LRAMp CLAPperbrd COLOrbar COMBInation WINdow CROSshatch WHITe MOD HH HS SS A105 A100 A95 A90 A85 A80 A75 A70 A65 A60 A55 A50 A45 A40 A35 A30 A25 A20 A15 A10 A5 A0 AM5 Applies only for certain patterns SYStem OFF HD1080I30 HD1080I2997 HD1080I25 HD1080P30 HD1080P2997 HD1080P25 HD1080P24 HD1080P2398 HD720P60 HD720P5994 HD720P50 HD720P30 HD720P2997 HD720P25 HD720P24 H...

Page 67: ...24 HD720P2398 SD525 SD625 INTERFace I1 I2 I3 I4 I5 I6 EMBaudio SIGnal SILence SINE CLICK OFF LEVel DB0FS DB6FS DB12FS DB18FS DB24FS CLIck 499 to 500 TEXT STRing1 TEXT1 STRing2 TEXT2 STRing3 TEXT3 MOVement OFF VERtical HORizontal BOTH SCAle 1 to 4 COLor WHIte YELlow CYAn GREen MAGenta BLUe BLAck BACKground WHIte YELlow CYAn GREen MAGenta BLUe BLAck DELay Field Line HTime VERSion query only LTCGener...

Page 68: ... response PTV PT5230 KU123456 1 0 1 2 OPC OPERATION COMPLETE The device accepts this command but does not respond to it OPC OPERATION COMPLETE QUERY The device accepts this command but does not respond to it RST RESET Resets the device to factory preset status The six presets are NOT reset i e any user preset will NOT be erased The internal errorqueue and the SCPI errorqueue will also be reset Fin...

Page 69: ...REC response 3 i e preset 3 is currently active SYSTem PRESet STORe Command to store the actual configuration in a preset Six user presets from 1 to 6 are available Example SYST PRES STOR 6 store configuration in preset 6 SYSTem PRESet NAMe Command for naming a user preset Six user presets from 1 to 6 are available Number of characters in the name is limited to sixteen 16 Example SYST PRES NAME2 W...

Page 70: ... download the complete PT5300 SYSTem UPLoad Command for uploading i e storing a complete PT5300 configuration incl all presets WARNING This command is currently not supported by the Telnet Interface Do not attempt to use it Example SYST UP aaa upload block data aaa to PT5300 STATus commands STATus OPERaction EVENT The device accepts this command but does not respond to it STATus OPERation CONDitio...

Page 71: ...ces to PT5300 in commands These apply to the PT5300 6 4 3 Instrument Commands DIAGnostic commands DIAGnostic DISPlay The device accepts this command but does not respond to it DIAGnostic ERRorqueue RESet Command to reset the internal error queue of the generator The errorqueue is a circular queue consisting of five entries Example DIAG ERR RES reset the five elements in the errorqueue DIAGnostic E...

Page 72: ... F5MHz X 5 MHz lock F10MHz X 10 MHz lock Note When the input has been selected as Internal or Internal2 issuing this command will result in an error namely 200 Execution error This error will also occur if selecting a system which is invalid for the active input Example INP GENL SYST F358MHz set system to 3 59 MHz clock INP GENL SYST response F358 MHz INPut GENLock DELay Command to set the delay f...

Page 73: ...The response is defined as lock info input system Field Line where lock info is either GENLOCKED or UNLOCKED For an explanation concerning the rest of the response see the commands INP GENL INP INP GENL SYST and INP GENL DEL Note The response will always return the above six parameters But when selecting the input as INTERNAL the parameters system Field Line HTime will have no meaning Also when se...

Page 74: ...e Field sets the field offset Line sets the line offset and HTime sets the horizontal time in ns i e HTime PAL 64000 0ns HTime NTSC 63492 1ns Note It is not possible to select a delay outside the range of the selected system See table below Analog PAL 625 Lines NTSC 625 Lines Field Line Field Line 3 0 312 2 0 311 1 0 312 1 0 262 0 0 311 0 0 261 0 0 312 0 0 262 1 0 311 1 0 261 2 0 312 2 0 3 0 311 4...

Page 75: ...Command to display the complete settings of the standard Black Burst modules The response contains five fields System Field Line HTime SCHPhase For an explanation of the response see the commands OUTP BBn SYST OUTP BBn DEL and OUTP BBn SCHP where n equals 1 or 2 Example OUTP BB1 response PAL 2 123 12345 5 160 OUTPut AUDio1 SIGNal OUTPut AUDio2 SIGNal Command to select the audio signal in the built...

Page 76: ...0 NTSC2 Phase AES1 NTSC3 Phase AES2 NTSC4 Phase AES3 NTSC5 Phase AES4 Example OUTP AUD1 TIM NTSC3 set the audio timing in the generator to NTSC3 OUTP AUD1 TIM response NTSC3 OUTPut AUDio1 VERSion Command to display the version of in the built in Dual AES EBU Audio Generator The response contains four fields Field 1 Company name Field 2 Type name Field 3 Serial number KUxxxxxx Field 4 Not available...

Page 77: ...I25 HD 1080I 25 HD1080P30 HD 1080P 30 HD1080P2997 HD 1080P 29 97 HD1080P25 HD 1080P 25 HD1080P24 HD 1080P 24 HD1080P2398 HD 1080P 23 98 HD1080sF30 HD 1080sF 30 HD1080sF2997 HD 1080sF 29 97 HD1080sF25 HD 1080sF 25 HD1080sF24 HD 1080sF 24 HD1080sF2398 HD 1080sF 23 98 HD720P60 HD 720P 60 HD720P5994 HD 720P 59 94 HD720P50 HD 720P 50 HD720P30 HD 720P 30 HD720P2997 HD 720P 29 97 HD720P25 HD 720P 25 HD72...

Page 78: ...30 HD1080sF30 0 562 0 0 0 562 29622 9 HD 1080sF 29 97 HD1080sF2997 0 562 0 0 0 562 29652 4 HD 1080sF 25 HD1080sF25 0 562 0 0 0 562 35548 8 HD 1080sF 24 HD1080sF24 0 562 0 0 0 562 37030 3 HD 1080sF 23 98 HD1080sF2398 0 562 0 0 0 562 37067 2 HD 720P 60 HD720P60 0 374 0 0 0 375 22215 5 HD 720P 59 94 HD720P5994 0 374 0 0 0 375 22237 7 HD 720P 50 HD720P50 0 374 0 0 0 375 26659 9 HD 720P 30 HD720P30 0 3...

Page 79: ...ions HH 100 0 100 0 HS 100 0 75 0 SS 75 0 75 0 Patterns WINdow WHITe have the following modifications AM5 5 White A0 0 White A5 5 White A10 10 White A15 15 White A20 20 White A25 25 White A30 30 White A35 35 White A40 40 White A45 45 White A50 50 White A55 55 White A60 60 White A65 65 White A70 70 White A75 75 White A80 80 White A85 85 White A90 90 White A95 95 White A100 100 White A105 105 White ...

Page 80: ...al MSG OPT 8612 HD Test Pattern Generator Available systems are OFF OFF HD1080I30 HD 1080I 30 HD1080I2997 HD 1080I 29 97 HD1080I25 HD 1080I 25 HD1080P30 HD 1080P 30 HD1080P2997 HD 1080P 29 97 HD1080P25 HD 1080P 25 HD1080P24 HD 1080P 24 HD1080P2398 HD 1080P 23 98 HD720P60 HD 720P 60 HD720P5994 HD 720P 59 94 HD720P50 HD 720P 50 HD720P30 HD 720P 30 HD720P2997 HD 720P 29 97 HD720P25 HD 720P 25 HD720P2...

Page 81: ...io CLIck OUTPut HD3 EMBaudio CLIck OUTPut HD6 EMBaudio CLIck Command to select the click timing of the embedded audio on MSG OPT 8612 HD Test Pattern Generators Available values are in milliseconds 499 500 example outp dl5 EMBaudio CLIck 200 sets embedded audio click to 200 ms outp dl5 emb cli response 200 OUTPut HD1 TEXT STRing1 OUTPut HD4 TEXT STRing2 OUTPut HD5 TEXT STRing3 Command to insert on...

Page 82: ...Horizontal movement BOTH Movement in both directions example OUTPut HD5 TEXT mov both sets text movement to both directions OUTPut HD5 TEXT mov response BOTH OUTPut HD1 TEXT SCAle OUTPut HD4 TEXT SCAle OUTPut HD5 TEXT SCAle Command to set text scale on MSG OPT 8612 HD Test Pattern Generators Available possibilities are 1 2 3 and 4 example OUTPut HD5 TEXT sca3 sets text scale to 3 OUTPut HD5 TEXT s...

Page 83: ...ible to select a delay outside the range for the selected system See table below system SYSTem MIN MAX HD 1080I 30 HD1080I30 0 562 0 0 0 562 29622 9 HD 1080I 29 97 HD1080I2997 0 562 0 0 0 562 29652 4 HD 1080I 25 HD1080I25 0 562 0 0 0 562 35548 8 HD 1080P 30 HD1080P30 0 562 0 0 0 562 29622 9 HD 1080P 29 97 HD1080P2997 0 562 0 0 0 562 29652 4 HD 1080P 25 HD1080P25 0 562 0 0 0 562 35548 8 HD 1080P 24...

Page 84: ...sted in table 10 Syncmode sets the mode to reset the framecounter see table 11 Hour sets the sync hour and Min sets the sync minute The sync mode is only relevant for 29 97 frames per second as other formats always stays synchronized to real time 24FPS 24 Frames pr second 25FPS 25 Frames pr second 2997NOND 29 97 Frames pr second non drop 2997DROP 29 97 Frames pr second drop frame 30FPS 30 Frames p...

Page 85: ...ceived when the generator did not accept strings 103 Invalid separator A separator was expected but an illegal character was encountered e g the semicolon was omitted after a command IDN SYST ERR 104 Data type error A data element different than one allowed was encountered e g numeric data was expected but string data was encountered 108 Parameter not allowed More parameters were received than exp...

Page 86: ... error An error in the suffix was encountered 131 Invalid suffix The suffix is syntactically incorrect 134 Suffix too long The suffix contains more than twelve characters 138 Suffix not allowed A suffix was encountered after a numeric element which does not allow suffixes 140 Character data error An error in the character was encountered 150 String data error An error in the string data was encoun...

Page 87: ...ected 233 Invalid version Indicates that a legal program data element was parsed but could not be executed because the version of the data is incorrect to the device 241 Hardware missing Indicates that a legal program command or query could not be executed because of missing device hardware 6 5 3 Device specific Errors 399 300 Error Number Error string description explanation example 300 Device sp...

Page 88: ...or An error occurred during a query 410 QueryINTERRUPTED Indicates that a condition causing an INTERRUPTED Query error occurred 420 QueryUNTERMINATED Indicates that a condition causing an UNTERMINATED Query error occurred 430 QueryDEADLOCKED Indicates that a condition causing a DEADLOCKED Query error occurred ...

Page 89: ...E 021 No contact to SDI TSGn E 022 Error writing to SDI TSGn E 023 No response from SDI TSGn E 024 Error reading from SDI TSGn AES EBU unit type 03x E 030 General failure AES EBU E 031 No contact to AES EBU E 032 Error writing to AES EBU E 033 No response from AES EBU E 034 Error reading from AES EBU OSC unit type 08x E 080 General failure OSC E 081 No contact to OSC E 082 Error writing to OSC E 0...

Page 90: ...No contact to POWER ADC E 142 Error writing to POWER ADC E 143 No response from POWER ADC E 144 Error reading from POWER ADC LEVEL DETECTOR unit type 15x E 150 General failure LEVEL DECTOR E 151 No contact to LEVEL DETECTOR E 152 Error writing to LEVEL DETECTOR E 153 No response from LEVEL DETECTOR E 154 Error reading from LEVEL DETECTOR SERIAL REMOTE type 16x these are two line error message E 16...

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