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DE1285 Caption Decoder/VANC Monitor

3

Decoder Operation

3.1

DashBoard Menus

The DashBoard software is used to configure layout options, decoder
settings, networking, and audio monitoring. Version 3.0.0 can be down-
loaded from the following URL:

http://www.eegent.com/download/Ross_

Video/Dashboard/

Once you have successfully installed the DashBoard

tool, open the program to find information about the DE1285 and to
configure your card.

There are two main sections in the DashBoard interface: the Status in-
formation on the left side and the Setup menu on the right side. At the
bottom of the DashBoard there are four general purpose buttons. The

Refresh

button updates the fields on the DashBoard to reflect the card’s

current state. The

Upload

button prompts the user to select an upgrade

file to apply to the card. The

Reboot

button restarts the card itself. The

Close

button closes the frame card interface.

The upper section on the left shows the Card State and the Connection
status, each of which has an indicator light and description to describe
the card’s status. There is a more detailed tab labeled Status Informa-

5

Содержание DE1285

Страница 1: ...E1285 Caption Decoder VANC Monitor Product Manual EEG Enterprises Inc 586 Main Street Farmingdale New York 11735 TEL 516 293 7472 FAX 516 293 7417 Copyright EEG Enterprises Inc 2010 2018 All rights reserved ...

Страница 2: ... 1 Packet Display Module 10 3 2 2 Data Decoder Module 11 3 2 3 Caption Decoder Module 12 3 2 4 ANC Trigger 13 3 2 5 VANC Capture 16 3 2 6 Logging 17 3 2 7 OSD 21 3 2 8 Settings 23 A GPI GPO 25 B Video Connector Specifications 26 Copyright 2010 2018 EEG Enterprises Inc All rights reserved The contents of this manual may not be transmitted or reproduced in any form without the written permission of ...

Страница 3: ...DE1285 Caption Decoder VANC Monitor This page left intentionally blank 2 Copyright EEG Enterprises Inc 2010 2018 ...

Страница 4: ...uc ing broadcast quality open captioned video the DE1285 decodes a wide array of metadata types including AFD Active Format Descriptors au dio metadata and XDS The DE1285 also features HANC embedded AES audio decoding with channel levels peaks and phase detection The DE1285 comes equipped with a powerful Web based VANC Analysis Tool for viewing and capturing live VANC data sorted by service type D...

Страница 5: ...n The on screen display will be burned onto this video sig nal Program Out 1 Relay bypass protected decoder video output Program Out 2 Non relay bypass protected copy of the decoder output signal LAN 100 Base Ethernet port for network features in cluding web tools suite GPIO GPI and GPO connector for future development See Appendix A 1 for GPI and GPO pinouts and instructions P1 RS232 serial data ...

Страница 6: ...s in the DashBoard interface the Status in formation on the left side and the Setup menu on the right side At the bottom of the DashBoard there are four general purpose buttons The Refresh button updates the fields on the DashBoard to reflect the card s current state The Upload button prompts the user to select an upgrade file to apply to the card The Reboot button restarts the card itself The Clo...

Страница 7: ...Current Layout Displays the name of the current layout on the screen Layout Option Displays the name of the proposed new layout To change this selection use the Previous and Next buttons below To make this layout the current layout click the Set button Previous Layout Selects the previous layout and displays it in the Layout Options field Next Layout Selects the next layout and displays it in the ...

Страница 8: ... 708 caption data Fonts are only selectable when a 708 caption service is selected for decoding 708 Size Selects the size of the display text for the de coder output Choose default to see the text size as it is encoded in the 708 caption data Text sizes are only selectable when a 708 caption service is selected for decoding 708 Opacity Selects the opacity of the caption display for the decoder out...

Страница 9: ...computer or device that the unit will use to communicate outside of your local network 3 1 4 Audio Monitor Configuration LT RT Select an audio channel pair to map to the left and right total monitors Center LFE Select an audio channel pair to map to the center and LFE monitors SL SR Select an audio channel pair to map to the side left and side right monitors Aux LT Aux RT Select an audio channel p...

Страница 10: ... left hand side while showing the current video standard selected on the upper right hand side Below the video stan dard on the right side the error status is displayed in a continuously updated list which can be hidden or expanded by clicking on the arrow button located at the top of the error list This list will briefly display any current video errors that appear on screen There is also a Clear...

Страница 11: ...splays real time VANC data on the website which can be sorted by one of four methods This is the starting page in the main pane of the DE1285 Web Tools module and is shown on the previous page The VANC packets can be sorted by DID SDID Service Type Line Number or Frequency percentage of frames the sample ap pears in The sorting method can be selected from the drop down menu located at the top of t...

Страница 12: ... return to the default view click on the button at the top of packet line The VANC packets are continuously updated and displayed in the chart If you would like the current data to remain on the screen temporarily click the Pause button on the top left of the Packet Display Module To resume seeing the live updated data click the Resume button 3 2 2 Data Decoder Module The Data Decoder Module is a ...

Страница 13: ...name or how recently it has been updated To view the raw XDS click on the button located to the left of the packet to expand the packet and view the data To hide the XDS decoder module click on the upwards arrow at the top right hand corner To expand the module click the downwards arrow at the top right hand corner The same hide expand feature is also available for only the raw XDS Packet chart on...

Страница 14: ...aviors such as Present Absent Change and DataChange Setting triggers is a useful way to monitor incoming ANC data to check the frequency of events such as missing data Using the web interface triggers can be chosen and then monitored in a live update pop up win dow that is tied to your browser session making the ANC analysis tool ideal for watching until an event occurs To record triggers that wil...

Страница 15: ...r field basis After creating an ANC trigger click on the Start button to monitor the trigger activity A pop up window will appear with multiple columns The text in the upper left corner of the pop up window indicates whether the trigger is active or has completed If the trigger is set to go off when the packet is absent then the pop up window will display the Trigger Count column and the Frame Num...

Страница 16: ...hich the DE1285 has unexpectedly lost power If the message This trigger is already in use occurs when attempting to set a trigger that does not appear to be in use this feature can be used to check whether that trigger is in fact in use If the trigger is not being observed by any other user it can be removed using the pop up window that displays the active triggers in a list To remove one trigger ...

Страница 17: ...nu Using the dropdown menu on the left side of the submenu choose the desired DID SDID and click the Add button to the right of the dropdown menu The added value will appear in the DID SDID to Capture area on the right part of the screen Repeat this process until all VANC data of interest is added to the list To remove a filter item highlight the item by selecting the DID SDID value in the list an...

Страница 18: ...record two types of behavior Log Triggers and Alarms Log Triggers are similar to the normal triggers discussed in the previous section but are intended for longer term use when the user is not constantly watching the screen and waiting for a change The Log Triggers operate only within the Logging tab just as the normal triggers operate only within the VANC Triggers tab Alarms are used to record th...

Страница 19: ...to the left of the the Trigger or Alarm of interest The Log Viewer display can be altered by using the Filter By drop down menu to limit or expand which trigger or alarm types are being displayed The displayed log can be updated by clicking the Refresh button which is found at the upper right corner of the Logging module To remove the current log information and start a new log click the Clear Log...

Страница 20: ...wn menu on the left and then choose a specific event type from the adjacent drop down menu One of the following events can be chosen Present which triggers when a particular packet is present in the video stream Absent which triggers when a packet is not present in the video stream Change when the packet presence changes from being present to not present or vice versa and DataChange which triggers...

Страница 21: ...on channels are active For each selected alarm the two channels are checked over a 10 second period for data presence If data is present in one channel but not the other the alarm goes off Alarm Name Description CC1 S1 Sets an alarm that goes off when there is a mismatch between the presence of primary lan guage SD captions and HD 3G captions CC3 S2 Sets an alarm that goes off when there is a mis ...

Страница 22: ...oting Alarm Name Description Video Error Sets an alarm that goes off when there is an error involving the video signal 3 2 7 OSD The OSD tab allows for a fully customizable screen configuration using the tools on the upper part of the OSD tab and a user specified audio monitor configuration on the lower half of the screen 21 ...

Страница 23: ...ds have a range of 0 100 with X 50 Y 50 signifying the center of the screen The text size can also be specified for each data type by using the dropdown list in the size column to select the desired size Below the checkboxes is the caption enabling section where you can choose a 608 channel or 708 service using the dropdown lists as well as using the rightmost checkbox to enable or disable all cap...

Страница 24: ...sections that allow the user to cus tomize various aspects of the 285 website and screen configuration The top section of the Settings tab is the Systems Settings subsection which allows the user to restore the factory defaults on the box by clicking the Reset To Factory Defaults button 23 ...

Страница 25: ...he No Captions Timeout If you would like to see this alarm on the logging section of the website you must set the No Captions alarm by going to the Logging tab clicking on the Logging Options button and selecting the No Captions checkbox The lower part of the Settings tab is the Log Settings subsection which provides a way to set the date time and time zone for accurate trigger and alarm logging T...

Страница 26: ...ns are connected to each other and OFF when open or floating The GPO outputs also have two pins each labeled GPO 1 to GPO 4 Each pair of successive pins forms a switch that is ON when closed and OFF when open GPI 1 is used as an alarm for missing captions The missing captions timeout time can be set in the middle section of the Settings tab on the website 25 ...

Страница 27: ...DI Video Outputs Number of Outputs 2 Program Out 1 relay bypass protected Connector BNC per IEC 169 8 Output Level 800 mV p p 10 Output Impedance 75 Ohm DC Offset 0V 0 5V Rise Fall Time 200pS nominal Overshoot 10 of amplitude Wide Band Jitter 0 2 UI Data Input Characteristics Data Ports 1 serial RJ 45 connector GPI GPO 8 pin GPIO Serial Data Format 7 data bits odd parity 1 stop bit settable from 1...

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