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GUIDE TO INSTALLATION AND OPERATION 
 

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Grass Valley Technical Support 

For technical assistance, contact our international support center, at 
1-800-547-8949 (US and Canada) or +1 530 478 4148. 

To obtain a local phone number for the support center nearest you, please consult the 

Contact Us

 section of Grass 

Valley’s website (www.grassvalley.com). 

An online form for e-mail contact is also available from the website. 

 

 

Corporate Head Office 

Grass Valley 
3499 Douglas-B.-Floreani 
St-Laurent, Quebec  H4S 2C6 
Canada 
 
Telephone:  +1 514 333 1772 
Fax: 

+1 514 333 9828 

 
www.grassvalley.com 

 

 

 

Содержание Grass Valley HCO-3901

Страница 1: ...GUIDE TO INSTALLATION AND OPERATION HCO 3901 HCO 3901 3G HD SD ASI Change Over with optional Clean Switch and ALC Guide to Installation and Operation M981 9900 125 2017 08 07...

Страница 2: ...ons Grass Valley hereby grants permission and license to owners of HCO 3901 to use their product manuals for their own internal business use Manuals for Grass Valley products may not be reproduced or...

Страница 3: ...interference to radio communications Operation of this equipment in a residential area is likely to cause harmful interference in which case the user will be required to correct the interference at hi...

Страница 4: ...ol using iControl 10 3 4 1 The iControl graphic interface window 10 3 4 2 The Switch panel 11 3 4 3 The Alarms panel 14 3 4 4 The Timing panel 19 3 4 5 The Operation Mode panel 21 3 4 6 The Reference...

Страница 5: ...r panel in use The preview outputs are user selectable to follow the main program output video inputs IN 1 IN 2 or IN 3 The HCO 3901 generates audio video fingerprints for input 1 and input 2 In combi...

Страница 6: ...on board automatic loudness control by Grass Valley not available with ASI signals Reference input with passive loop through 3DRP rear only Two line timing window with CS option not available with ASI...

Страница 7: ...rd edge of the HCO 3901 incorporates two elements Status LED see section 3 2 Select Button see section 3 3 An additional connector is present intended for future use Figure 1 2 Functional block diagra...

Страница 8: ...flash red Move the card to other slot for correct operation No damage will result to the card should this occur See the manual for your Densit frame for detailed instructions on installing cards and...

Страница 9: ...where the third input multiple preview outputs and GPI interface are not required saving a frame slot for another card The rear panel connections are as follows 3G HD SD IN serial digital 3G HD SD in...

Страница 10: ...age is less than approximately 4V an alarm will be raised 2 GPI IN 1 and GPI IN 2 should NOT be activated at the same time DAMAGE TO THE RELAY MAY RESULT 3 GPI inputs trigger on a momentary pulse To b...

Страница 11: ...PI OUT 1 GPI OUT 2 and GPI OUT 3 pins to identify which output is selected 0 indicates selection Read the AUTO OUT and BYPASS OUT pins to determine whether either of these modes is in operation 0 indi...

Страница 12: ...n the HCO 3901 affect the LED status If a cell is gray the error condition cannot cause the LED to assume that status If more than one LED status is possible for a particular error condition the statu...

Страница 13: ...he and buttons a second push confirms the new value ESC Cancels the effect of parameter value changes that have not been confirmed pushing ESC causes the parameter to revert to its former value Pushin...

Страница 14: ...e HCO 3901 is shown in figure 3 2 The window identification line gives the card type HCO 3901 and the slot number where the card installed in its Densit frame There are four main sections in the windo...

Страница 15: ...l heading matched the button name 3 At the bottom are the controls for the User presets 4 This section contains the main operating controls and displays for managing the HCO 3901 s feature set The con...

Страница 16: ...th the Take button shows how long the Take button will remain active before it times out Click the Take button while it is active to switch the HCO 3901 output over to the other source 2 Auto switch A...

Страница 17: ...erval counted from the time the original input returns to a valid state Use the slider at the bottom of the tab to set the interval 0 to 59 seconds 1 to 10 minutes o Toggle switches to the other input...

Страница 18: ...nvolves only inputs 1 and 2 input 3 is not considered in the alarm process and does not appear in this panel In general A number of parameter values are continuously tested against user defined thresh...

Страница 19: ...for both inputs Click on one to select it and the control panel for adjusting that parameter appears at the bottom of the screen Video Video Error alarm This error is always ENABLED and the level set...

Страница 20: ...his error can be Enabled using the checkbox and the level set to 1 2 or OFF Use the LED Color pulldown to choose the color that will be displayed by the status LED on the card edge when a Format Misma...

Страница 21: ...Red Note that if a Video Error is detected on the backup input i e input 2 a switch over to that input will be inhibited until the Input 2 Set Duration has expired and then will only succeed if input...

Страница 22: ...audio in the named group This error can be Enabled using the checkbox and the level set to 1 2 or OFF The user sets the detection parameter for this error using the slider Duration sec sets the time i...

Страница 23: ...pulldown will appear offering the choice of Green Yellow Red or Flashing Red The current status is shown by the colored icon in the right hand column In1 In2 Click the checkbox to force all alarm par...

Страница 24: ...the supported input range is 2 lines 12 3 s SD and 2 lines 4 5 s HD Reference Supported input range Output timing 1H 1H 1H 12 3us SD 1H 4 5us HD Reference Supported input range Output timing H H 12 3...

Страница 25: ...ource detected in this order of priority o Reference input o URS o Selected Input signal External selects the signal connected to the rear panel REF IN connector URS Universal Reference Signal selects...

Страница 26: ...re disabled when clean switch is disabled and the ALC option is not enabled In this case the HCO 3901 acts as an intelligent 2x1 router 3 4 8 The ALC panel Minimizing loudness differences between segm...

Страница 27: ...urns ON the ALC input and output loudness monitoring for all programs 3 4 8 2 PGM1 8 tabs Loudness monitoring When turned ON the loudness meters display the program input loudness before ALC processin...

Страница 28: ...t Light Standard Heavy that is closest to the desired objective then fine tuning it to reach the desired goal This will minimize the troubles that will likely be encountered as many adjustments intera...

Страница 29: ...LC will stop to increase loudness This avoids quiet portions of programs and noise to be boosted unintentionally If the input program loudness is under the Gate Threshold for more than 30 seconds the...

Страница 30: ...ws the user to create a custom window in response to particular or unusual image content The custom window can be placed anywhere within the picture Type the value into the data box and Enter or use t...

Страница 31: ...ble in inputs 1 and 2 there is no need to select one from input 1 and one from input 2 A maximum of four AES can be selected at any time You must deselect one of the inputs before you can select anoth...

Страница 32: ...running count of the number of overloads detected The Overload level is shown by a marker beside the meter and its position can be set under the Meter Ballistics Config tab The Phasemeter located at t...

Страница 33: ...format 2 An external reference or URS is required to run the CSO In this mode the reference presence is always reported regardless of the user s setting 3 The CSO allows us to do a clean video switch...

Страница 34: ...the Enable Option button to activate the Clean Switch feature ALC This option enables the Automatic Loudness Control feature of the HCO 3901 Note that this option is available for 2 6 8 or 16 channels...

Страница 35: ...1 31 3 4 13 The Factory panel The HCO 3901 maintains a Factory Default alignment in its memory to which it can be restored at any time Click the Load Factory button to restore the card to its Factory...

Страница 36: ...ilable levels then click on one to select it Overall Alarm This column allows configuration of the contribution of each individual alarm to the Overall Alarm associated with this card The Overall Alar...

Страница 37: ...other controls Copy to other cards Click this button to open a panel that allows the alarm configuration set for this card to be copied into another HCO 3901 card Select one or more destination cards...

Страница 38: ...the type of rear panel that is installed Label type the label identifies this HCO 3901 when it appears in iControl applications Short Label type the short form label that iControl uses in some cases 8...

Страница 39: ...ck Remove and then Yes to delete it from the window 3 4 16 User Presets The User Preset controls allow the user to save and recover all configuration settings on the card Select any one of the five pr...

Страница 40: ...to open the Profile Copy window Copy Profile From This line shows this HCO 3901 card and identifies it by App server Densit frame and slot number card type and firmware version The Profile column has...

Страница 41: ...g against a yellow background When the reconfiguration is complete the Transfer Status box on the right of the Copy profile from line will indicate Succeeded against a green background Note There is n...

Страница 42: ...n 8281 at 270 Mbps 70m Belden 1694A at 1 485 Gbps 60m Belden 1694A at 2 970 Gbps RETURN LOSS 10 dB up to 1 5 GHz IN1 IN2 2 8 dB up to 3 GHz IN1 IN2 2 15 dB up to 1 5 GHz IN3 10 dB up to 3 GHz IN3 1 To...

Страница 43: ...to ground GPI OUT 5 Open collector External pull up voltage 3 3 V to 24 V Maximum current 15 mA External GPI power 5V DC nominal 1 5 W Video Processing Performance SIGNAL PATH 10 bits LATENCY 0 4 ns...

Страница 44: ...r 1 530 478 4148 To obtain a local phone number for the support center nearest you please consult the Contact Us section of Grass Valley s website www grassvalley com An online form for e mail contact...

Страница 45: ...TCH BLACK ERROR FREEZE ERROR SILENCE CHANNEL 1 to 16 AUDIO GROUP PRESENCE 1 t0 4 USER 1 USER 5 USER 1 USER 5 AUTO MANUAL BYPASS IN1 IN2 IN3 N A AUTO EXT URS INPUT OFF 29 97 HZ 25 HZ 3G HD SD ASI HCO 3...

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