KAM-SD-2AES-DMX
KAMELEON SERIES MODULES
Instruction Manual
SOFTWARE VERSION 4.0.1
071835000DECEMBER 2004
Страница 1: ...KAM SD 2AES DMX KAMELEON SERIES MODULES Instruction Manual SOFTWARE VERSION 4 0 1 071835000 DECEMBER 2004 ...
Страница 2: ...ase Solutions to problems and troubleshooting efforts can be found by searching our Frequently Asked Questions FAQ database Software Downloads Software updates drivers and patches can be down loaded Region Voice Fax Address Web Site North America 800 547 8949 Support 530 478 4148 Sales 530 478 3347 Support 530 478 3181 Grass Valley P O Box 599000 Nevada City CA 95959 7900 USA www thomsongrassvalle...
Страница 3: ... Interface 19 Web Page Operations and Functional Elements 20 Status and Identification Header 21 Initial Configuration Process Overview 22 KAM SD 2AES DMX Links and Web Pages 23 Status Web Page 24 Color coded Status Indicators and Links 24 Status Front Module Properties 24 Warning Fault Summary 26 Input Output Configuration Web Page 27 Functional View Web Page 30 SDI In Web Page 31 DEMUX Web Page ...
Страница 4: ...Processing Web Page 50 Audio Gain 50 Output Processing 50 Selecting Output Resolution 51 AES Outputs Web Page 52 E MEM Configuration Web Page 53 File Operations 55 Slot Configuration 58 Slot Identification 58 Locate Module 58 Slot Memory 58 Frame Heath Reporting 60 Hardware Switch Controls 60 Slot SNMP Trap Reports 60 Software Update Web Page 61 Specifications 62 Service 65 Troubleshooting 65 Inde...
Страница 5: ... the Kameleon multi function modules that are part of the Kameleon Media Processing System As part of this module family it is subject to Safety and Regulatory Compliance described in the Kameleon 2000 Series frame and power supply documen tation see the Kameleon 2000 Series Frames Instruction Manual ...
Страница 6: ...6 KAM SD 2AES DMX Instruction Manual Preface ...
Страница 7: ... video providing two balanced or unbalanced AES outputs Audio and video delay synchronization and processing amplifier Powerful line by line VBI processing including user configuration of active video lines for carrying data 4x4 audio router for mapping audio channels to specific AES streams Audio and video test generators Hot swappable 5 user programmable E MEM registers Save load module configur...
Страница 8: ...components 2000NET module software version 3 2 2 or later recommended for full functionality 2000GEN module Dual 130W power supplies in the 2000T1DNG frame Single 240W power supply and 2000FAN in the 2000T3NG frame Frame Capacity The 1 RU 2000T1DNG with dual 130W power supplies 2000NET and 2000GEN modules frames have no Kameleon module capacity limitations The 3 RU 2000T3NG single 240W p s 2000FAN...
Страница 9: ...e that can be plugged into any of the 12 frame slot pairs The rear modules provide the input and output interface connectors Installing the Front and Rear Modules To install a KAM SD 2AES DMX module set in the 2000 Series frame 1 Locate a vacant slot in the rear of the 3 RU frame Figure 1 Figure 1 2000T3NG Kameleon Frame Rear View Mid frame motherboard with power and communication buses Front rear...
Страница 10: ...Verify that the module connector seats properly against the midplane 4 Using a crossblade screwdriver tighten the two screw locks to secure the module in the frame CVO SD0 AES 1 SIG J10 J9 J6 J5 J4 J3 J1 V1 J2 2900 PRM 7 J11 AES 2 AES 1 AES 2 J8 J7 AES 3 AES 4 AES 3 AES 4 Rear alignment post and receptacle Screw lock both sides 8345_01 2000 frame rear view KAM AES R module Board edge guides both s...
Страница 11: ...ont slot see Figure 4 7 Verify that the module connector seats properly against the midplane and rear module connector 8 Press firmly on both ejector tabs to seat the module Figure 4 Installing Front Media Module 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 15 13 1 8173 04 Network Slot 13 Reference Distribution Slot 15 Main Power Supply Slot 19 Secondary Power Supply Slot 21 Front Media Slots 1 12 Fan Sled Slot 20 Al...
Страница 12: ... Input Output Configuration Web Page on page 27 Connect balanced audio to the 3 pin connector as shown in the connector pinout at left of Figure 5 SDI Video Out The SDI video is output at BNC connector J6 labeled CVO Figure 5 KAM AES R Input Output Connectors 8350_01 CVO SD0 AES 1 SIG J10 J9 J6 J5 J4 J3 J1 SIG J2 2900 PRM 7 J11 AES 2 AES 1 AES 2 J8 J7 AES 3 AES 4 AES 3 AES 4 J11 VI SDI Video In J1...
Страница 13: ...D3 D4 D5 D6 D7 D8 PWR Green diagnostic LED on indicates power OK For factory use FAULT Red diagnostic LED is off during normal operation Ejector Tabs Processor Module Front Edge COMM Yellow LED on during remote control communication CONF Yellow LED on when module is initializing or processing control data GND Digital ground 8345_03 Signal Present green LED CVO SD0 AES 1 SIG J10 J9 J6 J5 J4 J3 J1 S...
Страница 14: ...ditions Indicated LED Indication Condition Fault red Off Normal operation On continuously Module has detected internal fault Long flash One of the inputs is missing or is wrong standard Short flash Errors present in SDI and or AES EBU input COMM yellow Off No activity on frame communication bus Three flash off pattern Module Location command received from a remote control system Short flash Activi...
Страница 15: ...checkboxes N A Demultiplex embedded audio from SDI in No Extraction No Extraction Video In G1 to G4 DEMUX Str1 Str2 column radio button N A Sample rate convert demultiplexed group Enable Enable or Disable DEMUX Disable checkbox N A Report loss of audio stream Report Report or No Report DEMUX Reporting checkbox N A Select video line rate Auto 525 625 or Auto Video Input Select Video Line Rate radio...
Страница 16: ...ol VBClip Main video soft Y white clip 109 6 8 to 109 0 1 steps Video Proc Standard View Soft Y Clip control YWClip Main video hard video white clip 138 7 6 8 to 138 7 0 1 steps Video Proc Standard View Hard Video Clip control VidWClip Main video brightness Y offset 0 3 55 to 3 44 0 11 steps Video Proc Advanced View Brightness Y Offset control YOffset Main video hue chroma phase 0 0 89 8 degrees 0...
Страница 17: ... Delay controls ms Ch1ADly Ch1BDly Ch2ADly Ch2BDly Select audio processing option for Pair 1 Ch A and Ch B and Pair 2 Ch A and Ch B Pass Pass Invert A B A B A B 1 kHz 400 Hz Silence Audio Proc Pair 1 and Pair 2 Ch A and Ch B Processing pulldowns Ch1AProc Ch1BProc Ch2AProc Ch2BProc Lock Pair 1 Ch A and Ch B gain adjustments and Pair 2 Ch A and Ch B gain adjustments Unlocked Lock or Unlocked Audio P...
Страница 18: ... channels that you can easily manipulate with user configured knobs Update software for applicable modules and assign frame and panel IP addresses with the NetConfig Networking application Recommended for real time control of module configuration parame ters providing the fastest response time Note Not all module functions are available with the control panel such as E MEM and factory default reca...
Страница 19: ... monitoring controls Web access will require some normal network time delays for pro cessing of information Configuration parameter changes may require pressing the Apply button or Enter upload processing time and a manual screen refresh to become effective 8350_03 The Links section lists the frame and its current modules The selected link s Status page is first displayed and the sub list of links...
Страница 20: ...lowing conventions and functional elements shown at left are used in Kameleon web page operations The examples shown throughout this manual represent 2000NET software version 3 2 2 or later Pulldown menus allow you to choose selections from a list Check boxes are used when a selection can be enabled or included in a group Multiple check box selections or enables can be made for some parameters Rad...
Страница 21: ...to the module Status web page where Warnings and Faults are dis played LED colors indicate Green Pass no problems detected Yellow Configuration error warning Red Fault condition detected Variables Model and Description are read only generated by the module Frame Location is entered in 2000 Series Kameleon Frame configura tion Slot number reports the module s location in the frame Last Recalled E M...
Страница 22: ...t and signal presence and condition 3 Go to the Video Input Select web page to configure the output timing source 4 Go to the DEMUX web page if you are demultiplexing audio from the input SDI video signal 5 Go to the Functional View web page to Verify the module s functional configuration is correct and Begin with the Input block links to configure each function in turn Note Next Functional View a...
Страница 23: ...h input page 27 Functional View shows a block diagram of the module with links to each configuration web page page 30 Module Configuration web pages for setting up the module beginning on page 31 E MEM provides a Standard view for Local Recall operations for up to 5 E MEM registers page 53 and an Advanced view providing addi tional Save to and Load from file operations page 54 Slot Config provides...
Страница 24: ...tus Indicators and Links Each box represents a Kameleon module as indicated in Figure 11 on page 25 Arrows represent signal paths that may or may not be monitored These elements act as links when their function is active indicated by underlined function name Color code Green Pass operating as expected Yellow Warning signal is absent has errors or is misconfigured Red Fault a component has failed G...
Страница 25: ...KAM SD 2AES DMX Instruction Manual 25 KAM SD 2AES DMX Links and Web Pages Figure 11 Module and Signal Status Warning and Fault summary section ...
Страница 26: ...nce is 525 lines WARNING Video Input is 525 and reference is 625 lines WARNING Video Input is 625 but configuration is 525 lines WARNING Video Input is 525 but configuration is 625 lines WARNING Video Input Signal not detected WARNING Frame Reference is not present WARNING Frame Reference is not locked to input WARNING Frame Reference is not present WARNING No Video output GenLock selected but not...
Страница 27: ...dio buttons and Assign easily recognized signal names that will help later in the config uration process Figure 12 illustrates the I O Config web page for the KAM AES R passive rear module required for the KAM SD 2AES DMX front module set for unbalanced AES audio outputs Unbalanced radio button selected Note Only the selected AES outputs are valid Unconfigured AES outputs are invalid and should no...
Страница 28: ...tes the I O Config web page for the KAM AES R passive rear module required for the KAM SD 2AES DMX front module with the rear module set for balanced AES audio outputs Balanced radio button selected Figure 13 KAM AES R Rear Module I O Config Web Page Balanced AES Outputs Select AES output type ...
Страница 29: ...only or an operational Input Output selec tion determined by the rear module used Signal Name Enter a signal name up to 15 characters for each operational input output The name will be used to identify the signal in other config uration web pages Factory default names are shown in Figure 12 on page 27 and Figure 13 on page 28 Status Table 4 shows by color and signal type the signal status reports ...
Страница 30: ...nctions and signal paths that are active or inactive in the current configuration It can be used as a link map for configuring module functions Begin configuring with one of the input function blocks on the left Color coding indicates active functions and flow Grayed components are inactive due to hardware and or software constraints Underlined module functions are links to the web page for that f...
Страница 31: ...r All Status button to clear and reset the status reporting Figure 15 SDI In Web Page Summary View To view a detailed view of the SDI input status select the Detail radio button to bring up the view shown in Figure 16 on page 32 This view provides input signal status for both EDH Error and Feed Forward status Each status report can be disabled by deselecting the cor responding Reporting checkbox E...
Страница 32: ...32 KAM SD 2AES DMX Instruction Manual KAM SD 2AES DMX Links and Web Pages Figure 16 SDI In Web Page Detail View ...
Страница 33: ... two streams of audio AES 1 Ch 1 and Ch 2 and AES 2 Ch 1 and Ch 2 The module can demultiplex one group of audio to be output to the balanced or unbalanced AES audio con nectors on the KAM AES R rear module The group is selected on the Demultiplex Web Page on page 34 Embedded audio must be present and reported to be extracted You may also choose to not extract audio Figure 17 Demultiplexing Audio I...
Страница 34: ...age Figure 18 For demultiplexing a group do the following Select No Extraction or the group G1 G4 to be extracted from the Str 1 Str 2 list with the corresponding radio button Use the Audio Stream Input reporting table to do the following Disable the sample rate conversion if desired by checking the corre sponding Disable checkbox Turn off loss of signal reporting by unchecking the corresponding R...
Страница 35: ...e Enable or disable Loss of Signal reporting for the input signal and frame reference to the Status web page and SNMP monitoring refer to the 2000NET manual for SNMP information Enable or disable the SDI Error status warning Configure Vertical Blanking Interval in Advanced mode and Select the output timing reference Figure 19 Video Input Select Web Page Standard View Use this link ...
Страница 36: ...igher level Kameleon status displays and SNMP monitoring They will still be reported on this web page Video Format current input video format reported Video Line Rate select 525 or 625 line rate or enable automatic line rate detection Frame Reference 2000GEN frame reference signal presence reported Enable disable Loss of Signal report to both Kameleon status web pages and SNMP monitoring devices S...
Страница 37: ...ced View Selection The VBI Data Lines panel will appear at the bottom of the web page see Figure 21 on page 38 for 525 line rate and Figure 22 on page 38 for 625 line rate 2 Select the last line includes all previous active video lines that will be used for data Selected active video lines will be shown in the Reserved for Data section of the web page as shown for lines 21 284 and 22 285 in Figure...
Страница 38: ...38 KAM SD 2AES DMX Instruction Manual KAM SD 2AES DMX Links and Web Pages Figure 21 Advanced VBI Configuration 525 Line Rate Figure 22 Advanced VBI Configuration 625 Line Rate ...
Страница 39: ...rame Reference output timing reference provides the manual activation selections plus AutoBlack and AutoFreeze modes to be used when the video signal is lost Figure 23 on page 40 AutoBlack outputs a black signal while AutoFreeze outputs the last complete video field When set to Frame Delay mode using the Video In output timing reference Freeze Mode allows you to manually freeze the output using Fi...
Страница 40: ...40 KAM SD 2AES DMX Instruction Manual KAM SD 2AES DMX Links and Web Pages Figure 23 Frame Synchronizer Web Page Internal Frame Reference Figure 24 Frame Synchronizer Web Page Video In Reference ...
Страница 41: ...erated 100 vertical color bars test signal Two modes of video processing are available Standard or Advanced With Standard selected only the Y Channel Video Processing controls on the left will be visible along with the clipping controls When Advanced is selected the B Y and R Y Gain and Balance Offset con trols will also be displayed as shown in Figure 26 on page 44 Standard View In Standard View ...
Страница 42: ...42 KAM SD 2AES DMX Instruction Manual KAM SD 2AES DMX Links and Web Pages Figure 25 Video Processing Web Page Standard View ...
Страница 43: ...lso apply the clip levels to the vertical blanking interval by checking the Apply clips to VBI box This control is also available on the VBI SDI web page page 45 Use the following clipping controls to adjust levels on the video output Use the Soft Y White Clip control to set the clipping level for the top end white of the luminance signal positive excursions Use the Soft Y Black Clip control to se...
Страница 44: ...44 KAM SD 2AES DMX Instruction Manual KAM SD 2AES DMX Links and Web Pages Figure 26 Video Processing Web Page Advanced View ...
Страница 45: ...he 525 or 625 radio button On a line by line basis you can blank existing VBI and Data Line infor mation by selecting the corresponding checkbox Check the Apply Clips to VBI checkbox to apply the clip values made with the Video Processor to all of the VBI lines This control is also available on the Video Processing web page page 41 Note The data lines not reserved for carrying data on the Video In...
Страница 46: ...46 KAM SD 2AES DMX Instruction Manual KAM SD 2AES DMX Links and Web Pages Figure 28 VBI SDI Web Page 625 Line Rate ...
Страница 47: ... different digital audio pairs Pair 1 Ch A and Ch B and Pair 2 Ch A and Ch B The AES audio group to be extracted from the SDI input video is selected on the DEMUX Web Page on page 33 The audio streams in the group are paired on the Audio Channel pairing web page The pairs Pair 1 Ch A and Ch B and Pair 2 Ch A and Ch B can be output on the balanced or unbal anced AES audio output connectors on the K...
Страница 48: ... frame sync The amount of auto tracking applied is shown in the Auto Tracking Delay read only display The total amount of delay is reported in the Total Delay read only display for each channel Delay Adjustments Each audio channel can be adjusted for delay separately or in pairs Use the following adjustments for audio delay To lock the two channels in a pair together select the Channel Lock checkb...
Страница 49: ...KAM SD 2AES DMX Instruction Manual 49 KAM SD 2AES DMX Links and Web Pages Figure 30 Audio Sync Web Page ...
Страница 50: ...kbox for Pair 1 and or Pair 2 Adjust the gain 40 to 6 dB for each channel with the Ch A Gain Adjust and Ch B Gain adjust controls for each pair If the pair is locked adjusting either control will set the gain to the same value for each channel in the pair Note After gain has been adjusted a straight quote mark will be added to Ch A and Ch B to indicate the status of the channels after gain Output ...
Страница 51: ... Instruction Manual 51 KAM SD 2AES DMX Links and Web Pages Selecting Output Resolution Select the AES output resolution for Pair 1 and Pair 2 with the 20 bit or 24 bit radio button Figure 31 Audio Processing Web Page ...
Страница 52: ...iguration Web Page on page 27 for connector informa tion and audio signal name assignment Status reporting on this page will show the following Whether Unbalanced or Balanced audio outputs are enabled set on Input Output Configuration Web Page on page 27 Output Sample Rate for the AES outputs Output resolution as selected on the Audio Processing Web Page on page 50 A link to this page is provided ...
Страница 53: ... such as the signal inputs select the Recall factory names button There are two E MEM view selections Standard and Advanced In Standard view Figure 33 any one of five learned E MEMs can be recalled by selecting the corresponding Recall button in the Local Opera tions window This will place the configuration for the entire module into that E MEM into the KAM SD 2AES DMX This change will occur imme ...
Страница 54: ...from To learn an E MEM 1 Open the Advanced view 2 When the configuration is complete for all channels on the module type a descriptive name for the configuration into an unused E MEM register or overwrite an existing one 3 Learn the E MEM to memory by selecting the corresponding Learn button All channel configurations are learned at once and stored in the same register This register is now learned...
Страница 55: ...urations to a computer hard drive or other accessible media for later recall to the onboard E MEM registers of any Kameleon module in your system To save to a file first make sure you have learned the configuration then press the Save To button This will bring up a File Download screen similar to Figure 35 Select Save Figure 35 File Download Screen ...
Страница 56: ...lect Save This E MEM reg ister is now saved to the selected location and may be recalled as described below Figure 36 Save As Screen Load File A file may be loaded from a saved directory to a register on the E MEM web page by selecting the Load From button in the associated E MEM reg ister in the Advanced view This will bring up the Load E MEM web page Figure 37 Figure 37 Load E MEM Web Page ...
Страница 57: ...to download and select Open Figure 38 Choose File Screen This will place the path and filename in the Load E MEM screen Figure 37 on page 56 If this is the correct file select Load Continue to load files or select Cancel to return to the main E MEM web page Loaded files will now be entered in the associated E MEM registers Select the associated Recall button for each E MEM register to load the con...
Страница 58: ...onfig inventory report Locate Module When enabled by selecting the Flash pulldown the Locate Module function flashes the yellow COMM and CONF LEDs on the front of the module to make it easy to locate in the frame see Operation Indicator LEDs on page 14 Slot Memory The slot configuration for each media module is automatically saved peri odically to the 2000NET module in that frame You may also sele...
Страница 59: ...KAM SD 2AES DMX Instruction Manual 59 KAM SD 2AES DMX Links and Web Pages Figure 39 Slot Configuration Web Page ...
Страница 60: ...llowing Slot SNMP Trap Reports to function Slot SNMP Trap Reports This section is displayed only when the SNMP Agent software has been installed on the 2000NET module refer to the 2000NET Instruction Manual for installation instructions Slot SNMP traps can be enabled only when the hardware switches for Module Fault reporting and Asynchronous Status reporting are enabled on the 2000NET module dipsw...
Страница 61: ...ibed in the 2000NET Instruction Manual available on line Software may also be updated using the NetConfig Networking Applica tion PC option available with Modular and other Grass Valley products as described in the documentation that accompanies the option Refer to the latest module Release Notes for complete details on how to obtain and install the latest software for this module Figure 40 Softwa...
Страница 62: ...f Belden 1694A SDI Output Number of outputs 1 Signal type Serial digital video conforming to SMPTE259M 10 bit 4 2 2 component digital signal Signal level 800 mV 10 Output impedance 75 Ω Connector type 75 Ω BNC on rear module DC offset 0 5 V when terminated into 75 Ω Output return loss 15 dB up to 270 MHz Jitter Conforms to SMPTE17 12 002 400 ps above 1 KHz Rise fall time 700 900 ps 20 80 amplitude...
Страница 63: ...roups frame sync must be in delay mode Extract retime insert Up to 2 groups Buffer size 170 samples DEMUX delay 1 77 ms Distribution Evenly distributed minimum of 3 samples per line maximum of 4 samples per line except near switching lines Switch line and nearby lines lines 4 5 6 317 318 319 for 625 8 9 10 270 271 272 for 525 have 0 samples Table 10 AES EBU Output Specifications Parameter Value AE...
Страница 64: ...etting for each channel Other processing Selectable Invert L R L R L R 1 kHz 400 Hz Silence Individual setting for each channel Re pairing Complete flexibility to swap or recombine any input channel with any other Table 12 Electrical Length Specifications Parameter Value Electrical Length SDI In to AES EBU Out DMUX 3 8 ms SDI In to SDI Out Audio Delay DMUX retime 5 6 ms Table 13 Environmental Powe...
Страница 65: ... Figure 41 Check for presence and quality of input signals Verify that source equipment is operating correctly Check cable connections Figure 41 Location of Module Fuse and Voltage Testpoints Refer to Figure 6 on page 13 for the location of PWR LED and Table 2 on page 14 for proper LED indications If the module is still not operating correctly replace it with a known good spare and return the faul...
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Страница 67: ...b page control 48 gain summary table 17 web page controls 50 output resolution summary table 17 web page control 51 processing specifications 64 summary table 17 web page controls 50 silence 47 synchronizing 48 Audio Channel Pairing web page 47 Audio Proc web page 50 Audio Sync web page 48 auto tracking audio summary table 17 web page control 48 B balanced audio outputs cabling 12 configuring 28 B...
Страница 68: ...nabling and disabling 60 frame reference loss of signal reporting 36 web page control 36 frame sync 39 web page controls 36 Frame Sync web page 39 freeze modes summary table 16 web page controls 39 frequently asked questions 2 front edge LEDs 14 front media module installation 11 Functional View web page 30 fuse 65 G graphical user interface GUI 23 Grass Valley web site 2 H Hard Video Black Clip s...
Страница 69: ...s 64 PWR LED 14 R Refresh button 20 removing modules 8 repair depot 65 R Y gain summary table 16 web page control 43 R Y offset summary table 16 web page control 43 S sample rate output reported 52 sample rate conversion disabling 34 summary table 15 SDI In web page 31 SDI Input errors summary table 15 web page control 36 SDI video in cabling 12 EDH error reporting 31 loss of signal reporting 36 s...
Страница 70: ...ng 16 45 blanking 16 45 reserving lines for data 15 37 summary table 15 VBI SDI web page 45 vertical blanking interval VBI 36 vertical timing summary table 15 web page control 39 video gain locking 16 43 Video Input Select web page 35 video line rate summary table 15 web page control 36 Video Proc web page 41 video processing clipping controls 43 specifications 63 summary table 16 web page control...
