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©1994  -  2003  Quantec® Tonstudiotechnik GmbH, Munich, Germany

ZOMBIES 12xx

Operation Guide

Summary of Contents for Zombies 12xx Series

Page 1: ...1994 2003 Quantec Tonstudiotechnik GmbH Munich Germany ZOMBIES 12xx Operation Guide...

Page 2: ...of this manuscript commercial exploitation and disclosure of the contents are forbidden unless explicitly permitted Violation implies liability for damages All rights for the granting of patents or r...

Page 3: ...configure all ZOMBIEs in a recording studio one of the following devices is required additionally ABACUS 1201 COMMANDER 1220 PC in preparation Such an operating console lends the ZOMBIEs the necessary...

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Page 5: ...e Number 26 About 28 2 2 Preset Handling 29 Load Preset 30 Save Preset 31 Accessing the presets via the RS 232 port 32 2 3 Clock Config MX option only 35 Clock Mode some general notes 36 Clock Mode Se...

Page 6: ...ace 1213 only 85 TX Audio phase 86 TX Channel 87 RX Audio phase 88 RX Channel 89 2 10 Config Audio DSP DSP option only 91 De Emphasis 92 DC Filter 94 Head Extension 96 NS mode 98 LL Length ZOMBIEs 16b...

Page 7: ...tents ZOMBIEs 12xx 7 Index 127 COMMANDER 1220 I Device Control II LCD Contrast III Cursor Mode IV About V PC Software VII XSOFT Firmware Update System VII Preset Archiving System X QUANCOseries12xx XI...

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Page 9: ...EBU XLR AES EBU fiber SPDIF CINCH SPDIF fiber SDIF 2 or Yamaha Depending on the model of Zombie there are delay lines or sample rate converters SRC between the global and local loop ZOMBIEs with the o...

Page 10: ...1 Pulsar turn dial pulsar to the right clockwise Pulsar turn pulsar to the left counterclockwise Exit pull the key EXIT up Enter push the key ENTER down Toggle push pulsar axially pulsar click PUSH Op...

Page 11: ...1 Introduction ZOMBIEs 12xx 11...

Page 12: ...cable will be necessary null modem cable 9 way female to 9 way female data wires and handshake lines crossed with the exception of RI The handshake lines are needed as power lines to power the COMMAND...

Page 13: ...re problem Green The ZOMBIE is turned on and voltage is correct red The ZOMBIE is powered from STANDBY OCTOPUS 1228 an external backup power source as the network voltage or the internal power supply...

Page 14: ...E 1202 and indicates that only one SDIF 2 Channel is carrying a correct signal LL LED green flashing red The LL input is connected with every flash an error is registered Either the selected and incom...

Page 15: ...tem Setup are described Only one setup configuration is possible at any given time In Preset the settings of all other main menu items are bundled together so that a complete configuration can be save...

Page 16: ...Exit terminates connection to ZOMBIE Enter to the first submenu item Toggle no operation The ZOMBIE model here SYNCHRO ZOMBIE is always displayed in the first line of the display followed by the curr...

Page 17: ...back to the previous main menu item undo Exit back to the previous main menu item undo Enter disconnect ZOMBIE Toggle no operation Hitting ENTER disconnects the ZOMBIE from the corresponding operating...

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Page 19: ...es Clock Change PLL Entry Device No v v v v v v Set Set Display Set Set Display Delay Res Clock Change PLL Entry Device No Revision v Display PID All adjustments made in the System Setup menu are auto...

Page 20: ...to the submenu item View Delay Resolution Exit discards the modification The previously selected value remains valid and the user is returned to the sub menu item View Delay Resolution In contrast to...

Page 21: ...ying remastering of old archive recordings with a frame skew of half a sample between the two stereo channels as may often be the case if a single AD converter was used for both stereo channels in the...

Page 22: ...menu item Set Clock Change and an arrow appears after the colon Clock change can now be set to either SELECT or ENTER In SELECT mode every modification in the submenu Set Clock Mode becomes effective...

Page 23: ...nu Display PLL and a readout such as the following appears in the display PLL Adjust kHz 9 5 10 96 11 5 Pulsar back to the submenu item Test PLL Pulsar back to the submenu item Test PLL Exit back to t...

Page 24: ...is influenced by temperature It is quite easy to monitor what is happening as the displayed VCO frequency is constantly updated To adjust the VCO it is necessary to power the device while the casing i...

Page 25: ...d to the ZOMBIE User Entry J JINGLE MACHINE 3 Pulsar select next ASCII character Pulsar select previous ASCII character Exit discard modification Enter accept new name Toggle capture character from up...

Page 26: ...as a network ID It is also used in presets and setups downloaded for archive purposes from the ZOMBIE and saved on a PC see User Entry When ENTER is hit an arrow appears after the colon Any number bet...

Page 27: ...e The device number is only required in an AES18 studio installation or when using multiple hierarchy levels of RS 232 OCTOPUS 1226 multiplexes When controlling a ZOMBIE directly from its front or rea...

Page 28: ...2 Pulsar back to the submenu item About Pulsar back to the submenu item About Exit back to the submenu item About Enter display PID Toggle back to the submenu item About ENTER allows the user to acce...

Page 29: ...le to use a ZOMBIE for different purposes and reconfigure it quickly All ZOMBIEs can store 4 different presets in P1 to P4 There is also a SCRATCH preset P0 All modifications are executed in this SCRA...

Page 30: ...ng ENTER allows the user access to a menu where the preset to be loaded can be selected Load Preset P0 SCRATCH Pulsar next preset Pulsar previous preset Exit back to the submenu item Load Preset Enter...

Page 31: ...ack to the submenu item Save Preset Enter load selected preset Toggle no function The presets P0 to P4 can be selected using and EXIT takes the user back to the submenu item Load Preset The preset is...

Page 32: ...lways sending such commands in bursts of 10 or more Repeating the cycle once a minute represents a neat solution to the following problem if one device is switched off at the point in time when the pr...

Page 33: ...sirable consequences for the operational status of the device The idle state of the RS 232 interface lies between 3 V and 15 V However in practice 0V is sufficient as the switchover threshold on norma...

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Page 35: ...n only ZOMBIEs 12xx 35 2 3 Clock Config MX option only The MX option is configured in the main menu Clock Config This main menu item has the following structure Clock Config v View View Clock Mode Err...

Page 36: ...the various ZOMBIES without using a sample rate converter but the common frame orientation is lost so that problems are likely to arise unless the receiver can tolerate a frame skew of over 25 That wo...

Page 37: ...r TTL60 PLL synchronized to 60Hz TTL to BNC connector The various possibilities of the master mode are realized through the simultaneous use of three different adjustable frequency scales Their standa...

Page 38: ...ear the GL clock signal leaving the REF or GL input must be in the form of an AES EBU Signal It is unfortunately not possible to drive the GL from the BNC connector with a Video word clock or TTL Sign...

Page 39: ...clock source Pulsar previous clock source Exit back to the submenu item View Clock Mode Enter select clock source Toggle switches between selecting clock source and sample rate The position of the ar...

Page 40: ...o operation Hitting ENTER takes the user to the submenu item Set Error Mute An arrow now appears after the colon The Error to Mute time can now be set to NoDLY or adjusted to a value between 10 and 20...

Page 41: ...cess may trigger off some jitter in the sample rate or in the reference or internally generated clock This is not of any major significance If it is not possible to lock the PLL within the time span s...

Page 42: ...e period per device On the other hand all inputs must tolerate frame skews of at least 25 Genlock describes a situation where a device is fed with a clock signal extracted from the input audio signal...

Page 43: ...TOD Usage v v v v v v Show Show Show GL Show LL Set GL Set UD GL Input LL Input Source Output LSA TOD Usage v v Edit GL Edit LL Source Source v v Edit GL Edit LL Force Force As the menus View GL Inpu...

Page 44: ...e user to the submenu item Show Input View GL Input A B Locked YES Pulsar view next item Pulsar view previous item Exit back to the submenu item View Input Enter back to the submenu item View Input To...

Page 45: ...selected View GL Input A B Locked YES The items of the current input can be called up with or The items depend on the channel status data and on the ZOMBIE model The GL input displays AES EBU or SPDI...

Page 46: ...e Enter to the submenu item Edit Source Toggle Selection of the channel for which the different channel sources should be displayed or modified TOGGLE is used to select the channel A B A B for which t...

Page 47: ...items of the current input can be called up with or The items depend on the channel status data and on the ZOMBIE model The GL input displays AES EBU or SPDIF items The LL input can show AES EBU SPDI...

Page 48: ...s been selected the selected source allocation is saved with ENTER and the user is returned to the submenu item View Source However if FORCE has been selected ENTER takes the user to the extra submenu...

Page 49: ...xt character To leave these items it is necessary to hit EXIT after saving the selected settings with ENTER TOGGLE discards the selected settings but does not take the user out of the submenu The orig...

Page 50: ...Block AES18 User Defined Aux Bit Usage Not Defined Used for Main Audio Single Coordination Signal User Defined Application Word Length Not Indicated 23 19 bit 22 18 bit 21 17 bit 20 16 bit 24 20 bit...

Page 51: ...ready given However if the given data is incorrect it can be overwritten by entering 00000000 In theory this should be accomplished by the reliability bits but it is not always easy to predict the rea...

Page 52: ...Broadcast Europe Broadcast Software PCM encoder decoder Digital Sound Sampler Digital Signal Mixer Sample Rate Converter A D Converter without copyright A D converter with copyright Digital Audio Broa...

Page 53: ...2 Menu Structure 2 4 CS Data symbolic ZOMBIEs 12xx 53 SDIF 2 Selection local loop only Emphasis NONE 50 15 s Copy Protection not supported...

Page 54: ...eadable special characters allowed to indicate the source of an incoming AES EBU signal Source ID It is used by technical service personnel to identify lost cable ends Displayed on the front panel of...

Page 55: ...e in this manner In this example the REF input is configured as TOD source ENTER takes the user to the submenu item Set LSA TOD The global loop source for the Local Sample Address LSA and the Time Of...

Page 56: ...the clock network it is also possible as an added bonus to activate entries in internal device event lists for free i e without the use of supplementary timecode cables With typical timecode driven ac...

Page 57: ...a centrally generated house sync and can be distributed throughout a studio in this manner ENTER takes the user into a menu where the source for the user data and the AES18 source are selected Select...

Page 58: ...nverter SRC in the new sample rate The SONY IDs follow the same transmission path as the audio data that is to say they from the GL input to the LL output and then from the LL input to the GL output E...

Page 59: ...rives back at the LL input The device attached to the local loop is integrated into the network If the external AES EBU device blocks die user data the data stream is routed around the external device...

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Page 61: ...s the local loop sample rate here 32000Hz accurate to 1Hz and with an absolute degree of accuracy of 10ppm on the MX Option only Freq Counter LL Freq 32000Hz On ZOMBIEs without the MX Option an accura...

Page 62: ...played Freq Counter LL not locked Note In ZOMBIEs which do not feature sample rate converters SRC the frequency counter always shows the value of the current clock source In ZOMBIEs with SRCs the valu...

Page 63: ...g SRC ZOMBIEs with SRCs only The sample rate converter SRC is configured in this main menu This menu item has the following structure Config SRC v View View SRC Mode Bypass SRC v v Set Set SRC Mode By...

Page 64: ...LONG SLOW SHORT The value before the diagonal stroke is the time which the SRC needs to arrive at full interpolation accuracy after a jump in frequency FAST 200ms corresponds to a jitter bandwidth of...

Page 65: ...op is NOT a PLL with 12dB oktave The value given here should be understood such that the incoming jitter is weakened in proportion to the frequency therefore with 6dB Oktave above the given cut off fr...

Page 66: ...second ENTER saves the modification and takes the user back to the submenu item View Bypass SRC EXIT discards the modification The old value remains valid and the user is returned to the submenu item...

Page 67: ...r are used which differ only by a few ppm it can under certain circumstances take several minutes for a difference of one sample to occur and the bypass to be suspended When switching off the various...

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Page 69: ...following structure Config Delay v View View GL to LL Delay LL to GL Delay v v Select Select Display Mode Display Mode v v Set Set GL to LL Delay LL to GL Delay The submenu items View GL to LL Delay...

Page 70: ...t a sample rate of 48kHz This represents an available delayline of up to 2 7 sec for each channel in both audio paths Normally two stereo delaylines with 2 7 sec delay each are available If the local...

Page 71: ...corresponding menu for the other audio path is accessed the last units used will be displayed automatically ENTER takes the user to the submenu Set Delay The desired delay times can now be adjusted TO...

Page 72: ...port delay in video technology with 30F S or 29 97 F S Therefore the FINE DELAY readout is not necessary The readout is in the form seconds frames samples Again the delay value shown should be increas...

Page 73: ...f the fixed constant of the speed of sound in air of 330m s The value is converted as accurately as possible When FINE DELAY is switched on it assists in the compensation process otherwise the value i...

Page 74: ...scale i e of the modification made with each turn of the pulsar depends on the current scale sample rate cursor position The value selected can be increased to the point where one further step would...

Page 75: ...SDIF 2 Interface 1202 only The SDIF 2 interface on the local loop is configured in this main menu item This menu item has the following structure SDIF 2 Interface v View TX View RX WC Position Sync M...

Page 76: ...X WC Position Enter accept word clock position Toggle no operation The position of the word clock WC is adjusted by means of an 8 bit counter 7bits plus sign which is driven from the 256 graduation wo...

Page 77: ...and up to 127 49 6 To make this adjustment easier the scale starts again at the beginning after the maximum value has been reached i e after 127 49 6 it begins again with 128 50 0 ENTER accepts the m...

Page 78: ...r to the previous submenu item View TX WC Postition Exit back to the main menu SDIF 2 Interface Enter select synchronization mode Toggle no operation ENTER takes the user to the submenu item Set RX Sy...

Page 79: ...e adjusted i e the time at which the incoming audio bits are scanned can be adjusted manually However this delay time is valid for both channels so both cables must be of the same length The lock LED...

Page 80: ...f this counter with the highest values 16 FS to 1 FS regulate a two channel reception buffer This counter is loaded with the desired offset value at the start of the SDIF 2 frame and then runs through...

Page 81: ...audio inputs are connected to the BNC outputs of the local loop Normally this should be enough to ensure that a flawless audio signal reaches the SFIF 2 device However if this is not the case the phas...

Page 82: ...nge of 6 to seven steps The value to be saved should lie in the middle of this range And if it still doesn t work There could be errors in the configuration of the send path see step 2 If the audio si...

Page 83: ...OUT L directly to the Local Loop IN L It should now be possible to hear the left channel and the Local LED should flash green Use a second BNC cable to connect Local Loop OUT R directly to the Local L...

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Page 85: ...ly The YAMAHA Y2 interface on the local loop is configured in this main menu item This menu item has the following structure YAMAHA Interface v View TX View TX View RX View RX Audio Phase Channel Audi...

Page 86: ...position 0 Pulsar phase position 180 Exit discard phase position Enter accept phase position Toggle no function Transposition of the poles of both audio signal lines of the YAMAHA Y2 interface causes...

Page 87: ...discard selected channel assignment Toggle no operation Transposition of the poles of both word clock signal lines of the YAMAHA Y2 interface leads to a logically inverted word clock signal This mean...

Page 88: ...on 0 Pulsar phase position 180 Exit discard phase position selected Enter accept phase position selected Toggle no operation Transposition of the poles of both audio signal lines of the YAMAHA Y2 inte...

Page 89: ...el assignment Enter save selected channel assignment Toggle no operation Transposition of the poles of both word clock signal lines of the YAMAHA Y2 interface leads to a logically inverted word clock...

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Page 91: ...Extension NS Mode LL Lenght v v v v v Set Set Set Set Set De Emphasis DC Filter Head Extension NS Mode LL Length This audio DSP DSP Option offers various filter and gain functions and can be used a a...

Page 92: ...Snoop mode on off Hitting ENTER takes the user to the submenu item Set De Emphasis An arrow now appears after the colon The de emphasis filter mode can now be selected The following display readout a...

Page 93: ...Digital Audio were produced with 14 bit AD converters To weaken the disturbing quantization noise the pre emphasis technique known from UKW transmitting 50 15 s was employed In this process frequenci...

Page 94: ...Exit to the main menu item Config Audio DSP Enter modify filter status Toggle Snoop mode on off Hitting ENTER takes the user to the submenu item Set DC Filter An arrow now appears after the colon The...

Page 95: ...The purely digital level meter of the ABACUS 1201 yields some extremely interesting results in this respect DC offsets can have several unpleasant consequences The floating point DA converters which h...

Page 96: ...and the GL output i e on the playback path of the external device This attenuation mechanism can be adjusted here Config Audio DSP Head Xt 0 0dB Pulsar to the submenu item View NS mode Pulsar to the p...

Page 97: ...SP option only ZOMBIEs 12xx 97 When attenuation is switched on the upper right corner of the display shows the digit 0 03dB or 0 5dB in the submenu items View De Emphasis and View DC Filter This is su...

Page 98: ...ise Shaper mode can now be selected The following readout now appears in the display Config Audio DSP NS mode BYPASS Pulsar next mode Pulsar previous mode Exit back to the submenu item View NS mode En...

Page 99: ...allows three ways of doing this TRUNC extra LSBs are simply cut off with no correction SHAPE the audio signal is shortened using the Noise Shaper DITHER the audio signal is shortened using Triangular...

Page 100: ...remaining audio signal is lost between the individual quantizing phases SHAPE is a noise shaping process where the bits which exceed the target word length are saved for use as soon as possible In oth...

Page 101: ...utput word length 20 bit Pulsar output word length 16 bit Exit to the submenu item View LL Length Enter accept LL output word length selected Toggle Snoop mode on off Turning the pulsar or allows the...

Page 102: ...o the LL interface is only possible on DSP Option ZOMBIEs when the noise shaper is set to BYPASS All other modes reduce the audio word to a minimum of 20 and sometimes even to 16 bits If the LL interf...

Page 103: ...s simultaneously Like the filter functions of the DSP Option it works purely digitally When working at maximum capacity a distortion of 0 0000001 can be expected This can be reduced proportionally for...

Page 104: ...ubmenu item Set Sine Level An arrow appears after the colon The level of the sinus oscillators can now be regulated Config Sine DSP Level 0dB Pulsar reduce level Pulsar increase level Exit discard lev...

Page 105: ...appears after the colon The frequency of the sinus oscillators can now be adjusted Config Sine DSP Freq 5Hz Pulsar increase frequency Pulsar reduce frequency Exit discard selected frequency Enter acc...

Page 106: ...GL Out The audio source of the global loop output can now be selected Config Sine DSPA B GL Out SINE Inv Pulsar select audio source Pulsar select audio source Exit discard audio source selected Enter...

Page 107: ...f the local loop output can now be selected Config Sine DSPA B LL Out SINE Inv Pulsar select audio source Pulsar select audio source Exit discard selected audio source Enter accept selected audio sour...

Page 108: ...at Pulsar select operating mode SINE stat Pulsar select operating mode ITU Test Exit discard selected operating mode Enter accept selected operating mode Toggle no operation Turning the pulsar or allo...

Page 109: ...in this main menu item It has the following structure AES18 Config v View View View View RX View TX View View TX View View UD Src UD Ch Serial Address Param CR Address Prior Repeat v v v v v v v v v...

Page 110: ...ation Turning the pulsar and allows the user to select one of the following sources for the user data GL Input The AES18 data packets arriving at the GL input are sent on to the GL output CLK Input Th...

Page 111: ...ock rate enables a faster reaction time with longer messages The rule of thumb select between short messages high blockrate or long messages low blockrate EXIT discards the selected setting and return...

Page 112: ...bmenu item Set UD Channel AES18 Config UD Channel A B Pulsar select user data channel Pulsar select user data channel Exit back to the submenu item View UD Channel Enter back to the submenu item View...

Page 113: ...ar select value Pulsar select value Exit back to the submenu item View Serial Enter back to the submenu item View Serial Toggle switches between baud rate and parity Where the arrow is positioned imme...

Page 114: ...to appear after the colon and the user arrives at the submenu item Set RX Address Size AES18 Config RX Addr Size 1 Pulsar select value Pulsar select value Exit back to the submenu item View RX Address...

Page 115: ...bring cursor forward by one space Turning the pulsar and changes the position of the address currently indicated by the cursor If 2 bytes are used for the address the Extended Address is shown in the...

Page 116: ...t the submenu item Set TX Parameter AES18 Config TXParameter fix Pulsar select value Pulsar select value Exit back to the submenu item View TX Parameter Enter back to the submenu item View TX Paramete...

Page 117: ...AES18 Config Term CR OFF Pulsar switch on CR Pulsar switch off CR Exit back to the submenu item View Terminate CR Enter back to the submenu item View Terminate CR Toggle no operation Turning the puls...

Page 118: ...ption are understood as from the ZOMBIE in the direction of the serial port Message Reception Protocol TX Parameter fix Byte 0 1 length of the message in bytes Byte 2 Byte n LSB first Byte 2 first byt...

Page 119: ...essage in bytes byte 6 byte n LSB first Byte 6 first byte of the message Byte n last byte of the message Byte n 1 CR carriage return only necessary when Terminate CR is set to ON Example 2 data receiv...

Page 120: ...message Byte 1 2 length of the message in bytes byte 3 byte n LSB first Byte 3 first byte of the message Byte n last byte of the message Byte n 1 CR carriage return This byte is only sent when Termin...

Page 121: ...ear after the colon and the user arrives at the submenu item Set TX Address Size AES18 Config TX Addr Size 1 Pulsar select value Pulsar select value Exit back to the submenu item View TX Address Enter...

Page 122: ...ess indicated by the cursor If 2 bytes are used for the address the extended address is shown in the two spaces on the right EXIT discards the selection and returns the user to the submenu item View T...

Page 123: ...ar select value Pulsar select value Exit back to the submenu item View Priority Enter back to the submenu item View Priority Toggle no operation Turning the pulsar or allows the user to assign a messa...

Page 124: ...t value Exit back to the submenu item View Repetition Enter back to the submenu item View Repetition Toggle no operation Turning the pulsar or enables the user to determine a number of repetitions bet...

Page 125: ...am as soon as space is free and the priority allows it The receiver establishes which messages are meant for it and reassembles them according to the continuity index The sender is not defined in the...

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Page 127: ...nge 22 39 Clock Config 35 clock input 9 clock master 13 36 Clock Mode 22 36 clock slave 36 CLOCTOPUS 12 X COMMANDER 11 17 VII IX COMMANDER menu I COMMANDER software VII Config Audio DSP 91 Config Sine...

Page 128: ...125 MX option 9 14 35 MX port 13 N noise shaper 9 98 NS Mode 98 null modem cable 12 VII X O OCTOPUS II OCTOPUS communication II OCTOPUS software VII operating console 9 17 operating elements I optoco...

Page 129: ...117 Test PLL 23 Timecode 54 55 Time of Day 56 Time Of Day 54 55 TOD 54 55 transmission time 111 TRUNCATE 98 100 TTL 9 37 twisted pair line 42 TX Address 116 121 TX Audio Phase 86 TX Channel 87 TX Par...

Page 130: ...the user one step up back in the menu hierarchy or discards a modification To operate TOG Toggle one of the keys is held depressed as the other is hit Toggle is only used if a connected device reques...

Page 131: ...sar to the menu item LCD Contrast Pulsar no operation stop Exit no operation Enter establish connection Toggle no operation With ENTER the COMMANDER tries to open communication with the device While a...

Page 132: ...n When hitting ENTER an arrow appears in front of the current contrast value Turning or selects values on a scale from 4 to 4 Negative values promote reading of the LCD from below positive values from...

Page 133: ...ursor type Toggle no operation When hitting ENTER the current cursor representation will be preceded by an arrow This enables the cursor type to be selected with and There are two cursor types an unde...

Page 134: ...de Exit no operation Enter show revision Toggle no operation When hitting ENTER the revision number will be shown COMMANDER 1220 SW 1220 REV 0 7 Pulsar to the menu item About Pulsar to the menu item A...

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Page 136: ...sing are all things of the past with XSOFT All you need is a few minutes an industry standard PC preferably a laptop and a 9 way null modem cable It is the same cable already provided for connecting a...

Page 137: ...m has terminated the PC still keeps transmitting a BREAK status If that seems to be the case simply disconnect the link to the PC before turning on the unit Some Practical Advice While updating a devi...

Page 138: ...itical screen updates are suppressed This mode is recommended for PCs with lower clock frequencies or marginal CRT controllers Example The command line 1202_25 2 38400 b installs software version 2 5...

Page 139: ...ving software is available under the name of PRESET15 EXE from the manufacturer or from your dealer Alternatively you can download the archiving software twenty four hours a day from our download site...

Page 140: ...to the program buffer The data is received from the serial port specified on the command line F5 Send Installs the contents of the program buffer into an attached unit The data is transmitted via the...

Page 141: ...Status 10 98 1994 1999 QUANTEC Tonstudiotechnik GmbH Munich Germany XII...

Page 142: ...consumer status bits 1208 HARDLOCK Global 44 1 48kHz Local 28 54kHz Varispeed call Local is locked Slave LSA timecode conversion 1 3 1209 SYNCHRONIZER Global 44 1 48kHz Local 28 54kHz Varispeed avail...

Page 143: ...tatus 1 3 1205 SPDIF Global 44 1 48kHz Local 44 1 48kHz available 1 3 1211 SPDIF SRC Global 44 1 48kHz Local 28 54kHz Varispeed available Local may be free running Master SPDIF optical Function Status...

Page 144: ...NC CLOCT 2 in 8 out AES EBU to BNC WCLK w Priority Switch PLL available individual 0 255 256 FS delay compensation for each output 4 1234 CLOCTOPUS 2 in 8 out AES EBU Distribution Amp w Prior Switch P...

Page 145: ...UANTEC Tonstudiotechnik GmbH Munich Germany XVI Other non AUDIO Function Status 1 3 1204 TIMECODE Global 44 1 48kHz Local SMPTE EBU analog timecode call 1217 VIDEO Global 44 1 48kHz Local MotionJPEG V...

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