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MW-3EM

 

A/B Video and embedded audio mixer.  

 

user manual 

 

 

eyeheight

 

Summary of Contents for MW-3EM

Page 1: ...MW 3EM A B Video and embedded audio mixer user manual eyeheight ...

Page 2: ...No 2855535 Telephone 44 0 1923 256 000 Fax 44 0 1923 256 100 email eyesales eyeheight com User Manual Versions Versions Changes Date SW Vers 1 00 Original Version 16 3 2008 8 00 1 10 Automatically extracted automation parameters added Various corrections Additional information on Memories 17 5 2009 8 10 ...

Page 3: ... 10 3 Menu Control of the MW 3EM 11 3 1 Flexipanel controls 11 3 1 1 Device Buttons 11 3 1 2 Menu Navigation 11 3 1 3 Parameter adjustment of a green menu 12 3 1 4 Parameter adjustment of a red menu 12 3 1 5 Information display 12 3 2 Memories 12 3 2 1 User Memories 12 3 2 2 User Memories change for each line standard 12 3 2 3 Remembering setups on power up 12 3 2 4 Naming User Memories 13 3 3 Tam...

Page 4: ...2 Interface 28 4 2 On Board automation protocol 29 4 2 1 Implimentation on RS232 29 4 3 geNETics Automation Protocol Parameter table 30 4 3 1 625 automatically extracted menu parameters V8 10 31 4 3 2 525 automatically extracted menu parameters V8 10 32 4 3 3 720pautomatically extracted menu parameters V8 10 34 4 3 4 1080i automatically extracted menu parameters V8 10 36 4 4 Technical Specificatio...

Page 5: ...therbox FB 9E fitted with FF 9 blank panel 7 Figure 3 Rear view of etherbox with a single MW 3EM installed 7 Figure 4 FP 9 Flexipanel can be fitted on the FB 9E or remotely using and RR 9 kit 8 Figure 5 MW 3EM connections 9 Figure 6 Typical connections for an MW 3EM Module 9 Figure 7 Flexipanel FP 9 controls 11 Figure 8 Types of menus showing their characteristic colours 11 Figure 9 Typical GPI In...

Page 6: ...sitions commonly used in transmission and post production The main features are as follows A B Mix Cut transitions A B Wipe transitions with 8 wipe patterns with coloured soft borders 16 channel embedded Audio Mixing follows video transitions configurable as mix or cut transitions cut transitions suitable for dolby E splice Embedded audio manipulation LR swap Mono Programmable Auto or manual trans...

Page 7: ... card requires the following in order to set up and operate the unit 1 An etherbox chassis FB 9E Up to three MW 3EM units and be installed in one chassis 2 A Flexipanel control surface such as an FP 9 or an FP 10 Figure 2 Front view of etherbox FB 9E fitted with FF 9 blank panel Slot 2 Slot 5 Slot 3 Slot 4 Slot 6 PANEL I BUS 232 422 ETHNET GPI 0 2 GPI 1 GPI 1 PSU 1 PSU 2 REF PGM1 PGM 2 PVW A IN RS...

Page 8: ...rd Business Park Greenhill Crescent Watford Herts GB WD18 8PH Reg No 2855535 Telephone 44 0 1923 256 000 Fax 44 0 1923 256 100 email eyesales eyeheight com Figure 4 FP 9 Flexipanel can be fitted on the FB 9E or remotely using and RR 9 kit ...

Page 9: ...d connection of flexipanels This will also describe the process of acquiring a processing card in this case the MW 3EM by the Flexipanel which is necessary to access the menu structure within the MW 3EM 2 1 Connections on the MW 3EM product Slot 2 REF PGM1 PGM 2 PVW A IN RS232 B IN N O T U S E D Figure 5 MW 3EM connections A Typical Connection diagram for the MW 3EM is shown below All signals incl...

Page 10: ...internally as intermediate sources For example when a U or V fade is performed 2 4 Audio Processing MW 3EM MW 3M The MW 3EM has full 16 channel audio processing Normally this means that if the Video mixes then the audio will also mix from one source to another In the case of transitions through Matte or Black these sources are treated as mute This results in a smooth audio transition on all 16 aud...

Page 11: ...ntrols 3 1 1 Device Buttons There are 8 grey device buttons These switch between the currently selected processing cards installed in the etherbox It is also possible to select cards in another chassis if the I Bus is connected to the other chassis 3 1 2 Menu Navigation There are two ways to navigate from menu to menu 1 Using the NEXT ane PREV buttons These are for Flat menu structures The NEXT an...

Page 12: ...ective rotary digipot will operate the respective parameter 3 1 5 Information display A Yellow menu Which on most panels does look a light orange is one in which only information is displayed An example of this is the software version display 3 2 Memories 3 2 1 User Memories The user memories are a generic feature of all eyeheight geNETics products Six of these are included in the MW 3EM Parameter...

Page 13: ...memory number 3 3 Tamper Locking the MW 3EM The user can lock specific menus or all the menus on the MW 3EM so that it cannot be adjusted with a manual control panel This does not effect automation To do this plug in a PS 2 Keyboard into a Flexipanel and select the appropriate processor card with a device button See Figure 8 for connector location To lock only menu 8 Transition type 1 Hit F9 funct...

Page 14: ...rd Tally The single tally output simply indicates Low Transistor activated when the B side is on air Otherwise it indicates HIGH 3 5 Configuring tallies on the etherbox The MW 3EM can make use of the three configurable tallies on the etherbox chassis The etherbox chassis has three usable tallies These are numbered tallies 11 12 and 13 Set up these menus for the box number and tally number for A ch...

Page 15: ...selected On air Source A B matte or black matte and black are internal sources 06 PRSET 0 In A 1 In B 2 Matte 3 Black This Shows the Next selected On air Source A B matte or black matte and black are internal sources 07 BACK none Go To the Top Level Menus Menus 08 11 VIDEO Transition Set up Menus NEXT for more TIMES Tr 25F Hd 25F BACK TRANS WIPE Menu Num Heading Automation Function 08 TRANS 0 Mix ...

Page 16: ...on of the shape of the currently selected Wipe Transition 11 BACK none Go To the Top Level Menus Menus 12 15 VIDEO Transition Set up Menus NEXT PREV to navigate BORDER SIZE 10 COLOUR DEPTH 50 BACK BORDER SOFT Menu Num Heading Automation Function 12 BORDER 0 Off 1 Soft 2 Colour 3 Soft Col This selects the Type of Border on the Wipe edge between No Border Soft Coloured and Soft and coloured 13 BORDE...

Page 17: ...will manually move the Transition point between PGM and PST 0 100 19 BACK none Go To the Top Level Menus Menus 20 23 VIDEO Transition Set up Menus PREV for less L 50 H 112d S 50 HOLD TO Black BACK MATTE COLOUR Menu Num Heading Automation Function 20 MATTE COLOUR none Points to adjacent menu for information only 21 L H S Menu Level A 0 255 L Menu Level B 0 255 H Menu Level C 0 255 S Press this butt...

Page 18: ...K SAFE ACTION ON Menu Num Heading Automation Function 40 SAFE ACTION None This Switches on and off the currently selected area Pressing the Red switch next to this one and adjusting the rotary digipots with the lighted green LED s chooses the Selected area 41 None Menu Level A 0 S Action 1 S Capt 2 DigEdge 3 An Edge Menu Level B 0 4 3 When this button is pressed to Green The Three line display in ...

Page 19: ...utomation This records the seconds on the VITC on the reference input This is only relevant in a Playout Compact system 43 BACK none Go To the Top Level Menus Menus 44 47 Utility Menus Timing EDH and S W version Chan A Box 1 Tal 11 More BACK Timing 864Px 0 Ln Menu Num Heading Automation Function 44 Timing Menu Level A 0 1439 Menu Level B 0 624 Press this button and the two digipots indicated by th...

Page 20: ...mes can be programmed in to the memories using a keyboard See geNETics User guide section Giving product Memories names 49 MEM2 1 Recall Pressing this will recall Memory number 2 50 MEM3 1 Recall Pressing this will recall Memory number 3 51 BACK none Go To the Top Level Menus Menus 52 55 Utility Menus Memories NEXT PREV to navigate MEM5 MEM6 BACK MEM4 Menu Num Heading Automation Function 52 MEM4 1...

Page 21: ...1 57 SAVE MEM2 1 Save Pressing this will Save Memory number 2 58 SAVE MEM3 1 Save Pressing this will Save Memory number 3 59 BACK none Go To the Top Level Menus Menus 60 63 Utility Menus Memories NEXT PREV to navigate SAVE MEM5 SAVE MEM6 BACK SAVE MEM4 Menu Num Heading Automation Function 60 SAVE MEM4 1 Save Pressing this will Save Memory number 4 61 SAVE MEM5 1 Save Pressing this will Save Memory...

Page 22: ...e which incorporates embedded audio mixing 109 Channel Set Up Go to menu 124 to set up Audio Transition mode mix cut 110 Input Mode Go to menu 112 to set up Audio input config stereo mono etc 111 BACK none Go To the Top Level Menus Menu Num Heading Automation Function 112 ABch12 0 Stereo 1 L R 2 L LR 3 R LR 4 Mono Press this button and the two digipots indicated by the respective LED s will cause ...

Page 23: ...odification to the A and B embedded audio Ch 7 and 8 as follows Stereo No change Left and Right Swapped Left to both Left and Right Right to both Left and Right Mono 117 Ch9 10 As above As above but for Chan 9 10 118 C11 12 As above As above but for Chan 11 12 119 BACK none Go To menu 108 Menu Num Heading Automation Function 120 C13 14 0 Stereo 1 L R 2 L LR 3 R LR 4 Mono Press this button and the ...

Page 24: ... is the software equivalent of recycling the power 130 Factory Reset Pressing this will take you to the Factory Reset Last Chance menu Go To Menu 44 131 BACK Go To the Top menu 123 BACK none Go To menu 108 Menu Num Heading Automation Function 124 Ch1 2 0 Mix 1 Cut Press this button and the two digipots indicated by the respective LED s will cause modification to the Chan1 and 2 Transitions Mix Nor...

Page 25: ...gos and Settings that may have been previously set up Only do this if you are setting up from scratch or there is a problem with your unit 135 BACK Go To the Top Menus Menu Num Heading Function 136 Upgrade Software Pressing this will take you to the Software Upgrade last chance menu Go To Menu 140 137 Software Version This window displays the software version 138 Resets Pressing this will take you...

Page 26: ...ons in the etherbox FB 9E manual to correctly perform this procedure This will Wipe ALL Logos and Settings that may have been previously set up The unit MUST be installed in an FB 9E to perform an upgrade 143 BACK Go To the Top Menus Menu Num Heading Function 144 This is a system message If you accidentally press Software Upgrade then this message appears If you have done this accidentally simply ...

Page 27: ...J 45 connector with GPI Tally and RS232 connections as shown below 1 GPI 1 White Orange 2 GPI 2 Orange 3 GPI 3 White Green 4 GND Blue 5 RS232 TX White Blue 6 RS232 RX Green 7 Not Used White Brown 8 Tally open collector Brown Table 2 GPI Tally and RS232 pin out on RJ 45 4 1 1 GPI Inputs Figure 9 Typical GPI Input GPI s are normally activated by a short to ground The GPI has its own internal pull up...

Page 28: ...gure 10 Tally Output The user Tally Output is an open collector transistor The drain should be 200mA An electro mechanical relay can be operated by this as shown in the example below Figure 11 Tally interface to relay 4 1 3 RS232 Interface This loosely follows the pin convention of EIA 561 which is a standard for RS232 on an RJ45 cable Only TX RX and Signal ground pin 4 are implemented For the LI ...

Page 29: ... protocol is not the same as the geNETics protocol Refer to the geNETics protocol in section 6 Product Automation of the etherbox manual GeNETics protocol is used to control a number of processor cards using one connection The command set is as follows Command Meaning Example hex string PRn Set Program Bus to n where n A A side B B side M Matte L Black 50 52 41 Set Program bus to side A PSn Set Pr...

Page 30: ...tion TAKE 54 4B A response will occur within 100mS of the command The responses are as follows Response Meaning Hex string OK Command was understood and will implement 4F 4B E0 Command timed out 45 30 E1 Error 1 Unknown command 45 31 E2 Error 2 Next Logo number is not in range 45 32 TF This indicates that a transition has ended The user should look for this after a TK command and not issue any mor...

Page 31: ... 33 R W Levels A 0 1023 A 33 R W B 0 1023 B 34 R W T Time A F 1 200 A 34 R W B F 1 200 B 35 N A Gr N A N A A 36 N A Gr N A N A A 37 N A Gr N A N A A 38 N A Gr N A N A A 39 N A Gr N A N A A 40 RD 0 3 A SAFE SAFE DIGTAL ANALOG 40 RD 0 3 B ACTION CAPT N EDGE EDGE 40 R W 0 1 C OFF ON 41 R W 0 3 A S Act S Cap D Edg A Edg 41 R W 0 4 B 4 3 16 9 16p4 3 16p149 43p149 41 R W 0 3 C Thin Thick Shade Black 42 ...

Page 32: ...119 N A Gr N A N A A 120 R W C13 14 0 4 A A Ster A L R A L LR A R LR A MONO 120 R W 0 4 B B Ster B L R B L LR B R LR B MONO 121 R W C15 16 0 4 A A Ster A L R A L LR A R LR A MONO 121 R W 0 4 B B Ster B L R B L LR B R LR B MONO 122 N A N A N A A 123 N A Gr N A N A A 124 R W Group1 0 1 A 1 Mix 1 Cut 124 R W 0 1 B 2 Mix 2 Cut 125 R W Group2 0 1 A 1 Mix 1 Cut 125 R W 0 1 B 2 Mix 2 Cut 126 R W Group3 0...

Page 33: ... 1 0 1 A Save DONE 57 R W Mem 2 0 1 A Save DONE 58 R W Mem 3 0 1 A Save DONE 59 N A Gr N A N A A 60 R W Mem 4 0 1 A Save DONE 61 R W Mem 5 0 1 A Save DONE 62 R W Mem 6 0 1 A Save DONE 63 N A Gr N A N A A 64 N A Gr N A N A A 65 N A Gr N A N A A 66 N A Gr N A N A A 67 N A Gr N A N A A 68 R W 0 6 A Gr Gr Gr Gr Gr Gr Gr 69 R W 0 3 A Gr Gr Gr Gr 70 N A Gr N A N A A 71 N A Gr N A N A A 72 R W HoldTo 0 1...

Page 34: ...141 N A ARE YOU SURE N A N A A 142 R W 0 1 A YES 143 N A Gr N A N A A 144 N A MW 3M FILE TIMES N A N A A 145 N A IS UPG IS REC OUT IN N A N A A 146 N A RADING IEVED 3 MINS N A N A A 147 N A IF NO IT N A N A A 4 3 3 720pautomatically extracted menu parameters V8 10 Menu Access Text Low Up Lev Txt1 Txt2 Txt3 Txt4 Txt5 Txt6 Txt7 Txt8 Txt9 Txt10 0 N A Gr N A N A A 1 N A Gr N A N A A 2 N A Gr N A N A A...

Page 35: ...r N A N A A 91 N A Gr N A N A A 92 R W 0 6 A Gr Gr Gr Gr Gr Gr Gr 93 R W 0 3 A Gr Gr Gr Gr 94 R W User TrTime fr 3 253 A 95 N A Gr N A N A A 96 R W HoldTo 0 1 A Black Matte 96 R W For F 0 993 B 97 N A Matte Color N A N A A 98 R W L 0 255 A 98 R W H d 0 255 B 98 R W S 0 255 C 99 N A Gr N A N A A 100 R W 0 7 A Gr Gr Gr Gr Gr Gr Gr Gr 101 R W 0 3 A NoBord Bordr1 Bordr2 Bordr3 101 R W Sz 1 49 B 101 R ...

Page 36: ... 255 A 17 R W H d 0 255 B 17 R W S 0 255 C 18 R W Manual Tran 0 16386 A 19 N A Gr N A N A A 20 N A Matte Color N A N A A 21 R W L 0 255 A 21 R W H d 0 255 B 21 R W S 0 255 C 22 R W Hold To 0 1 A Black Matte 23 N A Gr N A N A A 24 RD Aud In 0 2 A Lead Lag LL Off 24 R W Fds 64537 999 B 25 RD AudOut 0 2 A Lead Lag LL Off 25 R W Fds 64537 999 B 26 R W F Rate In F 0 250 A 26 R W Ou F 0 250 B 27 N A Gr ...

Page 37: ... A N A A 111 N A Gr N A N A A 112 R W ABCh12 0 4 A A Ster A L R A L LR A R LR A MONO 112 R W 0 4 B B Ster B L R B L LR B R LR B MONO 113 R W ABCh34 0 4 A A Ster A L R A L LR A R LR A MONO 113 R W 0 4 B B Ster B L R B L LR B R LR B MONO 114 R W ABCh56 0 4 A A Ster A L R A L LR A R LR A MONO 114 R W 0 4 B B Ster B L R B L LR B R LR B MONO 115 N A Gr N A N A A 116 R W ABCh78 0 4 A A Ster A L R A L LR...

Page 38: ...ght Unit 34 Park House Watford Business Park Greenhill Crescent Watford Herts GB WD18 8PH Reg No 2855535 Telephone 44 0 1923 256 000 Fax 44 0 1923 256 100 email eyesales eyeheight com 4 4 Technical Specification ...

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