Optional Breakout Box and Video I/O Board
Qualified Aurora Edit workstations can be equipped with an optional rack-mountable
AJA Video Breakout Box (BOB) with an I/O video board that installs in a slot in the
Aurora workstation.
This option provides additional high-quality analog and digital audio and analog,
component, and SDI video sources, in addition to one HDMI (High Definition
Multimedia Interface) input and one HDMI output. It allows interfacing to various
external devices such as tape decks and cameras as well as HDMI sources. When the
I/O Video board is installed in the workstation during initial installation, the necessary
software components for this option will be installed when the Aurora Edit software
is deployed using the SiteConfig application.
Installing the Video I/O Board and Connecting to the Breakout Box (BOB)
Install the video I/O board in the workstation, then connect it to the rear of the Breakout
Box (BOB) as described below.
NOTE: The previous version Breakout Box (BOB) and video I/O board had three SDI BNC
connectors and no HDMI connectors and had a differenct breakout cable. Cable it in the
same manner by following the labeled cables.
1. Install the video I/O board in the correct workstation slot.
2. Connect the video board to the rear of the breakout box (BOB) using the two cables
provided. One end of the cables attaches to the video board and the other to the
back of the BOB. The cables included are listed below and labeled clearly for
installation:
a) Connect the 60-pin to 60-pin cable to the 60-pin connector on the video board
installed in the workstation and J1 on the rear of the Breakout Box (BOB).
b) Connect the breakout cable with two BNCs labeled SDI OUT to J5 and SDI IN
to J4 on the BOB and in the same order (OUT, IN) to the video card, installed
in the workstation, then connect the two HDMI connectors Iabeled HDMI OUT
to J3 and HDMI IN to J2 on the BOB and in the same order (OUT, IN) to the
video board in the workstation.
Connecting Cables to the Breakout Box
The following illustrations and table detail how to connect video and audio cables to
the breakout box to interface external equipment to your Aurora Edit system.
The image below illustrates the previous version of the HDR Breakout Box (BOB)
with three SDI connectors (one IN and two OUT) and no HDMI connectors. This
BOB requires a specific video board and cable set as specified in the option model.
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