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Synapse
GXG100

3Gb/s, HD and SD Up/Down/Cross Converter and
Synchronizer with Optional Audio Shuffler

Version 1.00 | November 2021

INSTALLATION AND OPERATION MANUAL

Summary of Contents for Synapse GXG100

Page 1: ...Synapse GXG100 3Gb s HD and SD Up Down Cross Converter and Synchronizer with Optional Audio Shuffler Version 1 00 November 2021 INSTALLATION AND OPERATION MANUAL ...

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Page 3: ...rmational purpose and use only and subject to change without notice This manual cancels and replaces any previous versions thereof Copyright Copyright 2003 2021 EVS Broadcast Equipment SA All rights reserved This manual may not be reproduced transcribed stored in a database or a retrieval system translated into any language computer language transmitted in any form or by any means electronically m...

Page 4: ...o repair this product If a problem occurs contact your local EVS distributor NEVER expose this product to extremely high or low temperatures NEVER operate this product in an explosive atmosphere To reduce the risk of fire or electrical shock do not expose this appliance to rain or moisture This product complies with the requirements of the product family standards for audio video audio visual ente...

Page 5: ... Settings Menu 10 5 1 System Settings 10 5 2 Up Conv 16 5 3 Down Conv 18 5 4 Cross Conv 20 5 5 Transparent 22 5 6 Inserter 23 5 7 Auxiliary Timecode 25 5 8 Video Proc 27 5 9 Audio Proc Amp 27 5 10 Embedder 28 5 11 GPI Mode 31 5 12 Network 32 6 Status Menu 33 6 1 System Status 33 6 2 Net Status 36 INSTALLATION AND OPERATION MANUAL Synapse GXG100 Contents iii ...

Page 6: ...39 9 Block Schematic 40 10 Connector Panels 41 Appendices 43 Appendix 1 GPIs Explained 43 Appendix 2 Card Dip Switches for BHX and Fiber Configurations 51 GNU Public License 53 ICONOGRAPHY Note Tip Warning iv November 2021 Issue 1 00 D ...

Page 7: ...ed on the left margin to highlight information on updated features The changes linked to new features in version 1 00 of GXG100 110 are listed below SMPTE ST 352 Payload Identifier See section Inserter on page 23 INSTALLATION AND OPERATION MANUAL Synapse GXG100 What s New v ...

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Page 9: ...d settings Please refer to the RRC18 RRC10 RRC04 RRS18 and RRS04 manuals for a detailed description of the local control panel the way to set up remote control over IP and for frame related settings and status information Remote Control Capabilities The remote control options are explained in the rack controller RRC18 RRC10 RRC04 RRS18 RRS04 manual The method for connecting to a computer using Eth...

Page 10: ...se card can be placed vertically in an SFR18 frame or horizontally in an SFR04 and SFR08 frame Locate the two guide slots to be used slide in the mounted circuit board and push it firmly to locate the connectors Correct insertion of the card is essential as a card that is not located properly may show valid indicators but will not function correctly On power up all LEDs will light up for a few sec...

Page 11: ...an be found in later chapters of this manual Please refer to Graphical User Interface on page 1 and Events Menu on page 37 Front Panel Control Front Panel Display and Cursor Settings are displayed and changed as follows Use the cursor arrows on the front panel to select the menu and parameter to be displayed and or changed Move forward through the menu structure Go back through the menu structure ...

Page 12: ...Status Events The display changes to indicate that the SFS10 Settings menu item SDI Format has been selected and shows that its current setting is Auto Pressing the selects the Settings item shown in this example SDI Format Pressing or will change to a different setting e g Mode H Delay The display changes to indicate that the SFS10 Edit Setting menu item SDI Format has been selected To edit the s...

Page 13: ...tained within the Synapse module and displays it on a GUI The software has an intuitive structure following that of the module that it is controlling For operation of Cortex please refer to the Cortex help files Menu Structure Example Slot Module Item Parameter Setting S02 Identity S01 SFS10 Settings Standard dig Auto S00 RRC18 Status Mode 625 Events Ref Input 525 H Delay Further information about...

Page 14: ...timing environment Compatible with the following input formats auto selecting 1080p 59 94 1080i 59 94 720p 59 94 SD625 1080p 50 1080i 50 720p 50 SD525 1080p 23 98 720p 23 98 1080psf 23 98 Output standards only one standard can be chosen for both outputs simultaneously 1080p 59 94 1080i 59 94 720p 59 94 SD625 1080p 50 1080i 50 720p 50 SD525 1080p 23 98 720p 23 98 1080psf 23 98 Frame sync with outpu...

Page 15: ...nsertion A 16 presets Embedder shuffling Gain Phase 16 presets GXG110 only 5 GPI inputs assignable to different preset banks Input selection Up conversion aspect ratio Down conversion aspect ratio Cross conversion aspect ratio Transparent aspect ratio equal in output Insertion of VI WSS AFD S2016 Audio shuffling gain and phase GXG110 only ARC triggers by VI WSS WSSext and S2016 AFD Color corrector...

Page 16: ...47 to WST cross conversion and vice versa Timecode cross conversion Auxiliary timecode input allowing for 2 separate timecodes CC 608 to CC 708 conversion and vice versa 6 Line Vertical Ancillary Blanking transparency in transparent mode Full control and status monitoring through the front panel of the SFR04 SFR08 SFR18 frame and the Ethernet port ACP Conversion Capabilities 8 November 2021 Issue ...

Page 17: ...th the introduction of HD and DTV a new Closed Caption specification was made EIA 708 This allows sending more data per field for extended language color support PMT and EIT and timecode data The new DTV caption format cannot be translated back to EIA 608 However the EIA 708 may include EIA 608 data as NTSC closed captions for compatibility with old decoders This card only de embeds the NTSC close...

Page 18: ...under the SYSTEM SETTINGS header With this item you select how the IO presets are controlled manually Manual via GPI triggers GPI A GPI B or GPI C or by the input format on input 1 SDI1 format or input 2 SDI2 Format By default it is set to Manual The input formats are mapped to the preset as follows Preset Format Preset Format 1 1080i60 9 720p30 2 1080i50 10 720p25 3 1080p30 11 720p24 4 1080p25 12...

Page 19: ... Possible formats to select here are default is Auto PAL M PAL N NTSC M NTSC 4 43 NTSC J SECAM PAL 60 PAL BGHID Auto automatic detection and selection between NTSC J and PAL BGHID Out Ctrl This setting controls the output format of the card When set to Manual the output format corresponds to the Out Frmt setting When set to Auto the output format follows the input format Possible settings are Manu...

Page 20: ...ependent on I O format The default setting is 0ln The preset master for this is Out Frmt hence the prefix H_delay The H Delay setting allows adjustment of the Horizontal phase of the output signal with respect to the selected reference input The H Delay setting gives a delay in addition to the reference timing For example if the H Delay is set to 10 pixels the output signal will be delayed by refe...

Page 21: ...l type horizontal filter H_only a less steep filter with no aliasing Y and soft for C for less ringing effects V_only vertical filters will be active which soften the image and prevents ring effects in down converted content H_And_V same horizontal filter as described under H_Only will be active together with the vertical filters described under V_only INSTALLATION AND OPERATION MANUAL Synapse GXG...

Page 22: ... Selects a line to carry from input to output You can choose 5 lines Refer to VANC_Trans Can be any line from line 7 through 41 If for instance line 7 is selected line 7 from the input is carried to line 7 at the output Pos Prst_Act Selects the active preset to control the positions H Pos A V Pos A H Pos_B and V Pos B Here you can select which of the 8 selectable positioning settings presets you w...

Page 23: ...or Tri Level PrstEditView With this setting set to Follow Active the edit preset settings e g UP_ Prst_editA and UP_Prst_editB will follow the active preset when the active preset is changed This is to avoid confusion when changing the active preset Set to Independent the edit preset will not automatically follow active preset changes By default set to Follow Active PatternSpeed Sets the speed of ...

Page 24: ...ing is Freeze 5 2 Up Conv Setting Description Up_CtrlA With this item you select how the presets for Channel A in up converter mode are controlled manually Manual via GPI triggers GPI GPI A GPI B or GPI C or via changes of the SD SD AR or HD S2016 aspect ratio By default it is set to Manual Up_Prst_ActA With this item you can manually change the currently active preset of channel A in up converter...

Page 25: ... signal only used when Up_ArcA is set to variable Default value is 100 Up_V ScaleA Sets the vertical scaling of the TV picture of channel A in up converter mode Can be set within the range of 50 to 200 of the input signal only used when Up_ ArcA is set to variable Default value is 100 Up_H EnhA With this item you can set the horizontal picture enhancement of channel A in up converter mode between ...

Page 26: ...ly active preset of channel A in down converter mode Can be any preset between 1 and 16 By default it is set to 1 All menu settings that are preceded with a Dn prefix are part of the preset Dn_Prst_EditA Here you can select which of the 16 selectable presets you want to edit for Channel A in down converter mode Changing this will not change the active preset unless the currently active preset is t...

Page 27: ...V scale settings Anam 702 Anamorphic scaling based on 702 active pixels instead of 720 pixels Dn_H ScaleA The horizontal scaling of the TV picture of channel A in down converter mode is set using Dn_H scaleA Dn_H scaleA can be set within the range of 50 to 200 of the input signal only used when Dn_ArcA is set to variable Default value is 100 Dn_V ScaleA Sets the vertical scaling of the TV picture ...

Page 28: ...ect how the presets for Channel A are controlled in cross converter mode manually Manual via GPI triggers GPI A GPI B or GPI C or via changes of the HD Aspect Ratio S2016 By default it is set to Manual Cr_Prst_ActA With this item you can manually change the currently active preset of channel A in cross converter mode Can be any preset between 1 and 16 By default it is set to 1 All menu settings th...

Page 29: ...ows the possible aspect ratios Setting Result Anamorphic With 16 9 source on 4 3 screens CenterCut With 16 9 source on 4 3 screens V Zoom With 4 3 source on 6 9 screens LBox 16 9 With 16 9 source on 4 3 screens LBox 14 9 With 16 9 source on 4 3 screens PBox 4 3 With 4 3 source on 16 9 screens PBox 14 9 With 4 3 source on 16 9 screens Variable Dependent on Cr H scale and Cr V scale settings INSTALL...

Page 30: ...PI triggers GPI A GPI B or GPI C or via changes of the HD or SD aspect ratios S2016 or SD_AR By default it is set to Manual Tr_Prst_ActA With this item you can manually change the currently active preset of channel A in Transparent mode Can be any preset between 1 and 16 By default it is set to 1 All menu settings that are preceded by the Tr prefix are part of the preset Tr_Prst_EditA Here you can...

Page 31: ...re are two versions of the standard The first was published in 2011 and the second in 2013 The revision can be seen within the 4 bytes When the GXG100 is not processing the incoming VPID packets they will be passed transparently When it generates the packets the GXG100 will output VPID packets using the 2013 standard Setting Description S352_Insert S352_Insert enables the Video Payload Identifier ...

Page 32: ..._In With this setting you can select what line of the input you want to copy the VITC data from only when input is SD Can be any line between line 7 and line 22 Default is line 19 VITC_Ln_Ctrl Here you can choose whether you want to select the line to where you want to copy the timecode data to manually manual or use the information in the ATC_DBB package to select the lines ATC_DBB package contai...

Page 33: ...e are inserted into different lines devices can distinguish between the two The EVS devices can be set to de embed either or any of the two both for the original timecode input and the auxiliary timecode input This can be set by AUX_Dem_Sel and ATC_Dem_Sel When receiving an SD signal the input line can be set separately for both normal timecode and auxiliary timecode by VITC_ Ln_In and Aux_VITC_Ln...

Page 34: ...WSS InsertA You can choose which type of WSS data you want to insert with this setting or switch WSS insertion entirely off default value You can set it to Standard or Extended With the WSS InsertA setting set to Extended you can select WSS extended values from the VI DataA setting which you want to be inserted Possible VI settings are 4 3_0 through 4 3_7 and the settings 16 9_0 through 16 9_7 Def...

Page 35: ... range is between 128bit and 127bit The default setting is 0bit R BlackA R BlackA controls the Red Black The control range is between 128bits and 127 bits in steps of 1 bit The default setting is 0 bit G BlackA G BlackA controls the Green Black The control range is between 128bits and 127 bits in steps of 1 bit The default setting is 0 bit B BlackA B BlackA controls the Blue Black The control rang...

Page 36: ...fix are part of the preset Audio Dly sInp1 GXG110 only With this item you can delay all audio on input 1 between 10000ms and 10000ms with 0 01ms increments allowing for precise control 2 sample accuracy in practice Default is 0ms This item is part of the audio presets This audio delay is calculated on top of the tracked video delay Audio Dly sInp2 GXG110 only With this item you can delay all audio...

Page 37: ... be used to either embed audio or de embed audio When one of the EmbXx_Inp settings is set to embed from the ADD ON bus no audio will be de embedded towards the bus anymore not for any of the channels EmbB1_Inp_Ch EmbB4_Inp_Ch GXG110 only With these settings you can select which Channel of the selected input should be embedded to the corresponding output channel Can be any channel between Ch_1 and...

Page 38: ...t 1 Demb SDI1 or SDI input 2 Demb SDI2 the embedder of the active input Demb Input dependent on the current active input from the ADD ON bus groups or to mute the corresponding channel set to off Defaults here are Off Note With this card the ADD ON bus can only be used to either embed audio or de embed audio When one of the EmbXx_Inp settings is set to embed from the ADD ON bus no audio will be de...

Page 39: ...e card latches the value Each contact triggers another value so values are one hot encoded Use this mode when using pushbuttons Binary Values are coded in a binary fashion with code 00000 coding for a starting value of 1 as can be seen in the GPI status items Please refer to GPIs Explained for a more elaborate explanation of the GPI settings GPI_A Take GPI_C Take Selects a take contact for the cor...

Page 40: ... With IP_Conf0 set to manual this setting lets you set a Standard Gateway Default is set to 0 0 0 0 mIP0 When IP_Conf0 is set to manual you can enter the preferred IP address here By default it is set to 0 0 0 0 NetwPrefix0 Here you can set the specific network prefix if required mNM0 With IP_Conf0 set to manual with this setting you can set a Netmask Default is 0 0 0 0 32 November 2021 Issue 1 00...

Page 41: ...nal in input 1 This is displayed as 1080p60 720p60 1080i60 1080p50 720p50 1080i50 1080p30 720p30 1035i60 1080p25 720p25 SD625 1080p24 720p24 SD525 NA sInp1_VI Displays the detected VI value found in input 1 This is displayed as follows 4 3_0 16 9_0 4 3_1 16 9_1 4 3_2 16 9_2 4 3_3 16 9_3 4 3_4 16 9_4 4 3_5 16 9_5 4 3_6 16 9_6 4 3_7 16 9_7 NA no VI detected INSTALLATION AND OPERATION MANUAL Synapse ...

Page 42: ..._3 4 3_4 16 9_4 4 3_5 16 9_5 4 3_6 16 9_6 4 3_7 16 9_7 NA no WSS extended detected sInp1_s2016 This item displays the detected SMPTE 2016 AFD values of input 1 This is displayed as follows AFD0 AFD8 AFD1 AFD9 AFD2 AFD10 AFD3 AFD11 AFD4 AFD12 AFD5 AFD13 AFD6 AFD14 AFD7 AFD15 NA no S2016 detected sInp1_CRC_EDH This item indicates CRC and EDH errors on input 1 Can be OK Error NA sInp1_Map This indica...

Page 43: ...splays the detected WSS standard value found in input3 CVBS input This is displayed as listed under sInp1_WSS Stnd sInp3_WSS Extnd Displays the detected WSS extended value found in input3 CVBS input This is displayed as listed under sInp1_WSS ext sInpCVBS This status item indicates the detected input format on the CVBS input This is displayed as one of the following values NTSC J PAL BGHID NTSC M ...

Page 44: ...G 1 MPEG 2 Dolby E Caption data UserDef Rsvd Enh AC 3 SDI2DemFrmt01 02 SDI2DemFrmt15 16 These status items indicate the detected audio format of each audio pair in the de embedder of SDI input 2 Can be one of the following formats NA default PCM Null AC 3 TimeStmp SMPTE KLV MPEG 1 MPEG 2 Dolby E Caption data UserDef Rsvd Enh AC 3 6 2 Net Status Setting Description IP_Addr0 This item displays the s...

Page 45: ...ected between 0 255 0 no event 1 255 is the priority setting Input_B Input_B can be selected between 0 255 0 no event 1 255 is the priority setting Ref Status Reference can be selected between 0 255 0 no event 1 255 is the priority setting Active_Out_A Active output A can be selected between 0 255 0 no event 1 255 is the priority setting What Information is Available in an Event The message consis...

Page 46: ...1hex Announcements on 81hex Announcements off Announcement of report and control values Input_A 01hex INP_A_LOSS 81hex INP_A_RETURN Input A lost or returned Input_B 41hex INP_B_LOSS c1hex INP_B_RETURN Input B lost or returned Ref Status 02hex REF_LOSS 82hex REF_RETURN Reference lost or returned Active_Out_A 19hex IN_B OUT_A 99hex IN_A OUT_A Input B or input A on outputs A Priority The priority is ...

Page 47: ... of a valid SDI video signal on input B ANC Data LED Indicates the presence of embedded audio within the input signal Reference LED Indicates the presence of a valid reference signal on the selected reference input connector ref 1 or ref 2 Data Error LED This LED indicates a CRC error Connection LED This LED lights up after the card has initialized The LED lights up for 0 5 seconds every time a co...

Page 48: ...9 Block Schematic 40 November 2021 Issue 1 00 D ...

Page 49: ...HD SD SDI PROCESSED OUTPUT A1 HD SD SDI PROCESSED OUTPUT A2 GPI INPUT OUTPUT HD SD SDI PROCESSED OUTPUT B1 HD SD SDI PROCESSED OUTPUT B2 CVBS INPUT For fiber connectivity see www evs com Unused inputs and outputs must be terminated with the correct impedance Please refer to Card Dip Switches for BHX and Fiber Configurations in the Appendices before connecting any backpanel INSTALLATION AND OPERATI...

Page 50: ...GPI Pinning Pin Function 1 GPI in 1 2 GPI in 2 3 GPI in 3 4 GPI in 4 5 GPI in 5 6 GPI out 1 7 GPI out 2 8 Ground 42 November 2021 Issue 1 00 D ...

Page 51: ...ode Up conversion aspect ratio for channel A and B Down conversion aspect ratio for channel A and B Cross conversion aspect ratio for channel A and B Transparent aspect ratio equal in output for channel A and B Insertion of VI WSS AFD S2016 for channel A and B Audio shuffling gain and phase Contact Assignment The physical contacts can be assigned as input or output In the menu of a card these will...

Page 52: ...This setting is called GPI_n Mode and can be set into priority Prio priority latched Prio_Latched and Binary mode N is defined as a character in the range from A Z depending on the number of pools The default output value of a pool is always 0 This translates to preset 1 in EVS products In priority mode the contact which has the highest priority defines the pool value Priority is defined as rangin...

Page 53: ...cess the input values in two ways This setting is called GPO_n Mode and can be set into Priority Prio or Binary mode N is defined as a character in the range from A Z depending on the number of pools The default output value of a pool is always 0 In priority mode the value is translated to one shot encoding on the output contacts See the table below Preset nr Output 1 Output 2 Output 3 Pool Value ...

Page 54: ...fic Statuses Contact Direction This status Contact Dir shows the direction of the physical contacts The value will be presented as a concatenated string containing one character per pin I for Input O for output and _ for unassigned contacts Statuses Contact Status Contact Status shows the current logical value of the physical contacts formatted as a concatenated string containing one character per...

Page 55: ...ing the Up converter preset Pool B consists only of GPI 5 also in priority mode controlling the Output mode setting Pool A now works as follows Contact_1 Status Contact_2 Status Contact_3 Status Contact_4 Status GPI_A Value 0 0 0 0 Up conv Preset 1 1 0 0 0 Up conv Preset 1 0 1 0 0 Up conv Preset 2 0 0 1 0 Up conv Preset 3 0 0 0 1 Up conv Preset 4 0 1 1 0 Up conv Preset 3 because highest takes prio...

Page 56: ...of GPI 1 GPI 2 and GPI 3 as take in a binary mode controlling the Up converter preset Pool B now consists of GPI 4 and GPI 5 in a priority mode controlling the audio presets Pool A now works as follows Contact 1 Status Contact 2 Status Preset Value when Contact_3 take is closed 0 0 Up converter Preset 1 1 0 Up converter Preset 2 0 1 Up converter Preset 3 1 1 Up converter Preset 4 Table 7 Pool valu...

Page 57: ...de We could do the following Set GPI_A Mode to Prio Set Contact_1 to GPI_A Set Contact_2 to GPI_A Set GPI_B Mode to Prio Set Contact_3 to GPI_B Set Contact_4 to GPI_B Pool A now consists of GPI 1 and GPI 2 in a priority mode controlling the Up converter preset Pool B now consists of GPI 3 and GPI 4 in priority mode controlling the audio presets INSTALLATION AND OPERATION MANUAL Synapse GXG100 Appe...

Page 58: ...eset 2 1 1 Up converter Preset 2 because highest takes priority Table 9 Pool value in priority mode Pool B now works as follows Contact 3 Status Contact 4 Status Preset Value 0 0 Audio Preset 1 1 0 Audio Preset 1 0 1 Audio Preset 2 1 1 Audio Preset 2 because highest takes priority Table 10 Pool value in priority mode 50 November 2021 Issue 1 00 D ...

Page 59: ... you must first set the top side dip switch on the synapse board to ON This will pass 30 volt to the backpanel If this is not done the relays won t work at all Using BHX17b When using the backpanel with a bypass relay BHX17b you must first set the bottom side dip switch on the card to ON This will pass 5 volts to the backpanel If this is not done the relays won t work at all On the BHX17b itself t...

Page 60: ...to OFF default Will make the BHX backpanel switch after about 15 seconds from the moment the BHX backpanel detects the trigger signal from the connected Synapse card This setting will allow more time for complex synapse cards to finish initialization and stabilize proper signal processing before the backpanel switches over to the processed signal The OFF setting is recommended if the BHX backpanel...

Page 61: ... code on request either through physical distribution or electronic communication For physical distribution you may be charged a fee that covers distribution costs This offer is valid up to three years after date of purchase Please direct your request to the support department of EVS Broadcast Equipment SA EVS Broadcast Equipment SA supports open source software by participating in the development...

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