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Document Part Number 9050-0422

Installation and User Manual

Vela CineCast

 Quad Pro

MPEG-2 Decoder

Model 2000-0422

MPEG-2 Four-Channel 

Serial Digital Interface (SDI) 

A/V Decoder System for Broadcasters 

(Also covers the Model 2000-0422-1 “Dash-1” 

and Model 2000-0422-2 versions)

 Version 2.6

Содержание CineCast 2000-0422

Страница 1: ...on and User Manual Vela CineCast Quad Pro MPEG 2 Decoder Model 2000 0422 MPEG 2 Four Channel Serial Digital Interface SDI A V Decoder System for Broadcasters Also covers the Model 2000 0422 1 Dash 1 a...

Страница 2: ...are registered to the respective companies or organizations that own the names or trademarks Returns must be accompanied by an authorized RMA number obtained from Vela Vela OEM Products Division 5733...

Страница 3: ...Subpart B ICES 003 The technical documentation required to demonstrate that this product meets the requirements of the stated EMC Directive has been compiled by the EMC testing organization listed be...

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Страница 5: ...coder 4 Audio Decoding 4 Playback Modes 5 MPEG Play on Trigger Options 6 Selection of Video and Audio Content 6 Playback Controls 6 Audio Controls 7 Genlock Options Per Channel 7 Closed Captioning Sup...

Страница 6: ...on 19 Installing Under Windows NT 19 Installing Under Windows 2000 29 Hardware Driver Installation Windows 2000 29 Installing CineCast 2 6 Software Windows 2000 34 Uninstalling CineCast Software 37 Ap...

Страница 7: ...de Page 33h 105 MODE SENSE 6 106 Mode Sense Example 107 WRITE BUFFER 109 Programming the Decoder Firmware Microcode 109 READ CAPACITY 112 REQUEST SENSE 113 Sense Data Error Codes 117 SCSI Command Erro...

Страница 8: ...Playlist 147 Creating Modifying or Opening a Playlist 147 Saving a Playlist File 148 Setup Window Playback Tab 150 Setup Window Audio Tab 152 Setup Window Video Tab 153 Setup Window Cueing Tab 154 Se...

Страница 9: ...pair and Maintenance Overview 169 Fan Filter Maintenance 169 Fan Replacement 170 Power Supply Replacement 170 Primary Power Supply Replacement 170 Secondary Power Supply Replacement 171 Fuse Replaceme...

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Страница 11: ...re 1 11 Password Dialog Box 28 Figure 1 12 Installation Completion Screen 28 Figure 1 13 System Properties Device Manager Screen 31 Figure 1 14 Device Driver Wizard Welcome Screen 32 Figure 1 15 Devic...

Страница 12: ...annel Selection Fade Page Format 83 Table 2 12 Genlock SDI Timing Adjustment Command Format 87 Table 2 13 Video Audio Fade Command Format 89 Table 2 14 MODE SELECT Command Format 91 Table 2 15 MODE PA...

Страница 13: ...e 3 12 Setup Window Error Log Tab 157 Figure 3 13 Setup Window FW Upgrade Tab 158 Figure 3 14 Properties Window Product Tab 159 Figure 3 15 Properties Window Clip Properties Tab 160 Figure 3 16 Proper...

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Страница 15: ...from or to adjacent channels Duration of the fade is pro grammable from 33 msec up to 5 seconds The capability to fade to a background color between the channel to channel fade is also supported Genlo...

Страница 16: ...rate MPEG playback capability into your application The Cine Cast SDK supports functions such as random access seamless back to back play pause stop play continue fast forward slow motion freeze frame...

Страница 17: ...ded Ultra SCSI External SCSI ID switch External SCSI termination enable disable switch SCSI hot swap switch SMPTE Longitudinal Time Code LTC input Master clock input for local house time NTSC PAL Disc...

Страница 18: ...Profile Main Level supported Supported stream types System Program Transport Video PES Video Elementary Audio PES MPEG and MPEG Audio Elementary MPEG stream bit rates supported up to 50Mbps for System...

Страница 19: ...o always at 48kHz sampling rate sample rate converters convert other rates to 48kHz Future support for two channel Dolby Digital AC 3 5 1 downmixed to two channel Not currently supported Contact Vela...

Страница 20: ...ion via Transport Program ID PID select Playback Controls Playlist create and play lists of MPEG files Play Frame accurate start stop and play out of all frames of MPEG data Stop go to black Stop with...

Страница 21: ...bedded into SDI video and output as analog audio and AES EBU digital audio Audio level indicator Reports back to host for monitoring purposes Genlock Options Per Channel Individual channel genlock inp...

Страница 22: ...st block of MPEG data loaded same as existing Vela CineCast products Occur at specific output SMPTE time code Occur at specific frame count Occur at specific input LTC time code Occur when input discr...

Страница 23: ...use under the Microsoft Windows operating system Contact your Vela area sales representative for current information on these products CineCast Playback Application Overview The full featured CineCast...

Страница 24: ...ck 18 Pause on First Frame of Video 19 Pause on Last Frame of Video 20 Mid Steam Start By Frame Counts By Byte Offset 21 NTSC PAL Video Mode Select 22 Enable Playback Status Return 23 Select Audio Vid...

Страница 25: ...0422 1 only 33 Time Code Input LTC Input Single input for all four channels 34 Linear Time Code Output Source Select Each decode channel MPEG Stream Time Code Extraction 35 Standard Professional Prof...

Страница 26: ...ee wire cord provided with the unit Connecter l unit seulment une prise correctement dimensionn e Utiliser seulment le cable trois fils fourni avec l unit GER T NUR AN EINE AUS REICHEND DIMENSIONIERTE...

Страница 27: ...nalog output Refer to Table 1 6 and Table 1 7 for audio connector pinouts Always disconnect power cord before opening unit Toujours d brancher la corde avant d ouvrir l unit IMMER NETZKABEL AUSSTECKEN...

Страница 28: ...us activity can occur for the decoder that is being installed or removed failure to adhere to this may cause the host system to crash and or may require the host system to be rebooted External SCSI bu...

Страница 29: ...8 15 Some host adapters and operating systems have further restrictions on SCSI IDs for hard disk CD ROMs and tape drives Operating systems and SCSI device drivers may restrict the use of SCSI IDs to...

Страница 30: ...nnect Allowed Enabled mandatory for multiple SCSI decoder operation Synchronous Data Transfer Synchronous Negotiation Enabled Synchronous Data Transfer Rate 80M transfers second REQ ACK period Wide Da...

Страница 31: ...he up position 5 Assure that the AC power switch on the front panel is off then connect the AC power cable from the receptacle on the rear of the unit to a suitable AC outlet Note that if a customer s...

Страница 32: ...ID Function or Setting JP1 Jumper for single power supply No jumper installed JP2 JP3 Jumper pins 1 2 No SMU installed Jumper pins 2 3 SMU installed JP4 Jumper pins 1 2 Single power supply installed J...

Страница 33: ...allation and performance issues Installing Under Windows NT All of the software that you need to install the CineCast Quad Pro decoder on Windows NT 4 0 is located on the single CD ROM you received wi...

Страница 34: ...ervice Pack 4 or later if it s not already installed on your system Again you can download this from the Internet or you can install it from the Vela system software installation CD ROM To use the CD...

Страница 35: ...screen select Install CineCast then follow the steps listed below Read the Welcome screen Figure 1 3 then click Next On the Choose Destination Location screen Figure 1 4 accept the C Program Files Ve...

Страница 36: ...h the system restart process 10 If you remembered to leave the CD ROM in the drive the setup application will appear soon after the reboot Continue the installation by following these steps On the Cin...

Страница 37: ...Chapter 1 Getting Started 23 Software Installation Figure 1 1 Installation Autorun Setup Screen Figure 1 2 Explore This CD Screen...

Страница 38: ...24 CineCast Quad Pro Version 2 6 Installation and User Manual Software Installation Figure 1 3 Install Welcome Screen Figure 1 4 Destination Location Screen...

Страница 39: ...Chapter 1 Getting Started 25 Software Installation Figure 1 5 Select Components Screen Figure 1 6 Program Manager Group Screen...

Страница 40: ...26 CineCast Quad Pro Version 2 6 Installation and User Manual Software Installation Figure 1 7 Installation Start Screen Figure 1 8 Install Restart Message...

Страница 41: ...Chapter 1 Getting Started 27 Software Installation Figure 1 9 CineCast License Agreement Screen Figure 1 10 CineCast SDK License Agreement Screen...

Страница 42: ...28 CineCast Quad Pro Version 2 6 Installation and User Manual Software Installation Figure 1 11 Password Dialog Box Figure 1 12 Installation Completion Screen...

Страница 43: ...ication will extract files then ask you to read a license agreement After reading the agreement check the Accept License Agreement check box as well as the Backup Files Required to Uninstall checkbox...

Страница 44: ...ou find a driver for the Multimedia controller Check Browse to select the device from the following path for the driver Drivers Cinecast Windows 2000 Cinecast INF Note When prompted for the CineCast s...

Страница 45: ...should pop up after the system restart If it does not run setup exe from the CD ROM or click Start Run Proceed with the installation of CineCast system software See Installing Cine Cast 2 6 Software W...

Страница 46: ...32 CineCast Quad Pro Version 2 6 Installation and User Manual Software Installation Figure 1 14 Device Driver Wizard Welcome Screen Figure 1 15 Device Driver Wizard Install Drivers...

Страница 47: ...Chapter 1 Getting Started 33 Software Installation Figure 1 16 Device Driver Wizard Locate Driver Files Figure 1 17 Device Driver Wizard Browse Window...

Страница 48: ...nload this from the Internet or you can install it from the installation CD ROM To use the CD ROM follow these steps Insert the CD ROM into the CD ROM drive When the Autorun setup screen Figure 1 1 ap...

Страница 49: ...you have not yet run the MFC update option for this release check the MFC Update checkbox on the Select Components screen This step needs to be done only once If you check this box there will be an ex...

Страница 50: ...the agreement Then click OK The application will install some files 6 If you elected to install the SDK Select the I Agree radio button on the CineCast SDK End User License Agreement screen Figure 1...

Страница 51: ...nel click on the entry that begins with the phrase Vela Research Software Version Then on the Uninstall Information panel click OK When asked to select the uninstall method select Automatic and click...

Страница 52: ...Visual C sample applications that can be used to decode and play MPEG encoded files through the CineCast Prime The SDK requires versions 6 0 or higher of Visual Basic and Visual C Connector Pinout And...

Страница 53: ...om that provide an auxiliary interface for firmware and CPLD program ming and SMPTE LTC input Table 1 8 and Table 1 9 Channel 2 Secondary AES Audio BNC J15 Bottom Channel 3 Primary AES Audio BNC J22 T...

Страница 54: ...Pin 14 Channel 1 Analog Audio Secondary Left Pin 15 Channel 1 Tally Return Pin 16 Channel 2 Analog Audio Primary Right Pin 17 Channel 2 Analog Audio Primary Right Pin 18 Channel 2 Analog Audio Primar...

Страница 55: ...Pin 39 Channel 1 General Purpose Input 2 Pin 40 Channel 1 General Purpose Output 1 Pin 41 Channel 1 General Purpose Output 2 Pin 42 Channel 1 LTC Out Pin 43 GND Pin 44 GND D Sub Connector J25 Audio 3...

Страница 56: ...in 13 Channel 3 Analog Audio Secondary Right Pin 14 Channel 3 Analog Audio Secondary Left Pin 15 Channel 3 Tally Return Pin 16 Channel 4 Analog Audio Primary Right Pin 17 Channel 4 Analog Audio Primar...

Страница 57: ...in 38 Channel 3 General Purpose Input 1 Pin 39 Channel 3 General Purpose Input 2 Pin 40 Channel 3 General Purpose Output 1 Pin 41 Channel 3 General Purpose Output 2 Pin 42 Channel 3 LTC Out Pin 43 GND...

Страница 58: ...GND Pin 3 CTRL PNL RS 485B Reserved Pin 4 SMU RS 485A TERMINATION Reserved Pin 5 SMU RS 485B TERMINATION Reserved Pin 6 GND Pin 7 PWRUP_NTSC DISCRETE INPUT Pin 8 CTRL PNL RA 485A Reserved Pin 9 GND P...

Страница 59: ...Chapter 1 Getting Started 45 Customer Support Figure 1 20 CineCast Quad Pro Decoder Chassis Layout...

Страница 60: ...46 CineCast Quad Pro Version 2 6 Installation and User Manual Customer Support Figure 1 21 Front View of 4 Channel Decoder Front Panel Removed...

Страница 61: ...Chapter 1 Getting Started 47 Customer Support Figure 1 22 Quad Pro Connector Panel...

Страница 62: ...48 CineCast Quad Pro Version 2 6 Installation and User Manual Customer Support Figure 1 23 Typical Audio Cable Physical Makeup Balanced...

Страница 63: ...Chapter 1 Getting Started 49 Customer Support Figure 1 24 Typical Audio Cable Pinouts Balanced...

Страница 64: ...50 CineCast Quad Pro Version 2 6 Installation and User Manual Customer Support Figure 1 25 SCSI Cable Adapter for Connecting Multiple Decoders...

Страница 65: ...or Bus Device Reset The CineCast Quad Pro decoder will report Check Condition to the first SCSI command excluding INQUIRY and REQUEST SENSE The host adapter initiator after seeing the check condition...

Страница 66: ...t Quad Pro decoder Command fields within SCSI Command Descriptor Blocks are supported as follows Logical Unit Number LUN Ignored by the decoder Per SCSI 2 recommendations this field should be set to 0...

Страница 67: ...es not fit into any of the standard SCSI device types a new device type has been defined The function of the MPEG decoder is similar to a Direct Access Storage Device e g a hard disk but also has char...

Страница 68: ...ecified in Page Code Page Code Specifies the Vital Product Data page to be returned Allocated Length Specifies the number of bytes of inquiry information to be returned to the initiator Standard Inqui...

Страница 69: ...ocess not supported Response Data Format 2 SCSI 2 data format RelAdr 0 Relative Address not supported WBus32 0 WBus16 1 16 Bit SCSI Sync 1 Synchronous Data Transfers Linked 0 Linked commands not suppo...

Страница 70: ...l product Data page is eight bytes Unit Serial Number Page 80h This page returns the serial number of the decoder The size of the Unit Serial Number page is 20 bytes and currently reports the serial n...

Страница 71: ...irmware micro code components which make up the Quad Pro decoder 7 6 5 Reserved Page Code 80h Page Length 16 Unit Serial Number in ASCII Peripheral Qualifier 0 Peripheral Device Type 0Ch 4 3 2 1 0 0 1...

Страница 72: ...coder MACH for the specific LUN Current revision is 0001 for Model 2000 0422 0003 for Model 2000 0422 1 0002 for Model 2000 0422 2 SCSI Controller Hardware Revision Returns the hardware revision of th...

Страница 73: ...ro checks the state of an input discrete SMU connector 15 pin D Sub on pin 7 If the discrete is open the default video standard is NTSC If the discrete is closed connected to ground open the default v...

Страница 74: ...Start Midstrm By setting this bit to 1 the decoder will automatically find the first valid sequence header before starting playback This allows the start of playback in a random position within an MP...

Страница 75: ...bit frame count in video frames Video and audio will play back for this speci fied number of frames A value of 0h plays in non frame count mode Post Black 16 bit post black interval in video frames A...

Страница 76: ...n the two 44 pin connectors as shown in Table 1 6 D Sub Connector Pinout J13 on page 39 and Table 1 7 D Sub Connector Pinout J25 on page 41 Chroma Format Select Chroma The IBM decoder hardware uses tw...

Страница 77: ...sire additional control over the decoder s operation Format of the command is Supported Commands Value Decoder Command Supported Notes 0000 Soft Reset Audio Video Yes 0004 Set Time Code Yes New Functi...

Страница 78: ...0021 Yes 0012 Resume Play from Pause Yes 0013 Mute Audio Yes 0014 Unmute Audio Yes 0015 Set Stand alone mode Genlock disable Yes 0016 Set Genlock Mode Yes Add source selection bits 001A Resume from S...

Страница 79: ...udio Channel Select Audio Fade 003Ch 003A Set Output Discretes Yes New function 003B Video Switch Yes Video only switching Also see new Set Audio Channel Select Audio Fade 003Ch 003C Set Audio Channel...

Страница 80: ...l remain pending until a spe cific Input LTC time code occurs Use command 0004 Set Time Code to set the specific time code 0011b Frame Count Mode Command will remain pending until a specific frame cou...

Страница 81: ...hen received 1011b Adjacent Channel Frame Count mode Command will remain pending until a specific frame count of the adjacent channel is reached Use com mand 0024 Set Frame Count to set the specific f...

Страница 82: ...r Fast Motion X X 001B Default Resolution Setup NTSC PAL Select X 001D Flush Inline Commands X X 0021 Buffer Reset and Pause on Last Frame X X 0023 Stop X X 0024 Set Frame Count X 0028 Select Audio Vi...

Страница 83: ...different uses Set User Defined starting time code used in place of GOP header time code 1 Send Set Time Code command 0004h with specific starting time code 2 Send LTC VITC Time Code Configuration com...

Страница 84: ...Pause with fields Inline 1 and Inline Mode 011b 0005 LTC VITC Timecode Configuration This command configures the LTC output 0008 Set Audio Gain Each audio output has an adjustable gain control from 12...

Страница 85: ...only effects the analog outputs and does not affect the digital embedded audio Default is 18dB headroom matching Vela audio video encoders 000C Slow Motion This commands slows the playback rate A thr...

Страница 86: ...ent within the first second of playback 000E Closed Captioning Reorder Closed Captioning data in NTSC MPEG streams is contained in the User Data associated with each picture CC data can be presented i...

Страница 87: ...sed Equivalent to RESET BUFFER 0021h 0012 Resume Play from Pause Resumes playback after a pause 0013 Mute Audio Mutes the audio output 0014 Unmute Audio Unmutes audio output Disabled during Fast Forwa...

Страница 88: ...3 After a loss of genlock The genlock resync will occur upon reacquisi tion and detection of the genlock signal Genlock Source Selection The CineCast Quad Pro allows each decoder chan nel s genlock s...

Страница 89: ...Flush Inline Commands Commands which are sent as inline can be flushed by sending this command 0021 Buffer Reset Pause on Last Frame Used in the playback sequence to reset the MPEG buffer pointers be...

Страница 90: ...ransport stream use a different mechanism see command 003Dh Set Transport Program ID PID This command changes the audio and video stream IDs to decode as determined by bits 15 8 of the command The bel...

Страница 91: ...data contained in the Error Mask are as follows Video Stream ID Select 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 1 0 1 X V V V V X Doesn t care Bit Error Mask Notes Limitations 0 9 Reserved 10 Genlock Loss Error Capabil...

Страница 92: ...bit 0 1 of the 32 bit data enables this feature Bit 0 0 disables the feature default at power up This feature re mains enabled until the decoder is reset or disabled by this command 0032 Wait for Con...

Страница 93: ...nally set to blue or any color specified by the user Bits 8 9 of the command determine background color mode In User defined mode the user passes the background color in the 32 bits of data Color spec...

Страница 94: ...audio The second channel audio decoder can decode two channel MPEG MPEG 1 layers I II audio The CineCast Quad Pro Model 2000 0422 1 Dash 1 decoder includes an up graded second channel audio decoder Cr...

Страница 95: ...ecoder 0038 Video Level Luma Adjust Command ignored by firmware 0039 Switch Audio Command ignored by firmware Refer to command 003C Set Audio Channel Selection Audio Fade instead 003A Set Output Discr...

Страница 96: ...h out put channel is selected If genlock is not valid on both channels when switching video the command will be ignored and the following error will be returned Recovered Error Genlock Sync Lost See A...

Страница 97: ...Source 1 Crystal Audio Output 1 010b Source 2 Reserved 011b Source 3 Adjacent Channel IBM Decoder Audio 100b Source 4 Adjacent Channel Crystal Audio Output 1 101b Source 5 Reserved 110b Reserved 111b...

Страница 98: ...track on both L R outputs 11b Reserved Fade Time Fade Time Value Total Fade Time in ms 00000b 0 No Fade 00001b 1 21 4 ms 00010b 2 42 6 ms 00011b 3 64 0 ms 00100b 4 85 4 ms 00101b 5 106 6 ms 00110b 6 1...

Страница 99: ...lication Note on page 139 for an example of two channel playback using the CineCast Quad Pro video audio switching feature 003D Set Transport Program ID PID This command is used to select differ ent a...

Страница 100: ...bles in the stream specified in the Transport PMT packet set the audio and video PIDs to zero Values may be changed at any time and become effective immediately even during playback A soft reset comma...

Страница 101: ...The Horizontal Adjustment is an 11 bit unsigned delay with valid adjustment ranges of NTSC 0 to 1715 0 to 63 5 S PAL 0 to 1727 0 to 64 0 S Example settings Vertical Adjustment Vertical Adjustment is 8...

Страница 102: ...video switching fading is used both LUN pairs must be set for the same SDI timing parameters Otherwise when the adjacent video is select ed it may appear shifted and or display the wrong colors Verti...

Страница 103: ...IO FADE WITH VIDEO SWITCH 003CH Video Fade Enable This bit must be set to enable video fading operation When cleared no video switch or fade will occur Video Source This selects the new video source N...

Страница 104: ...d color to the new video source Background color is specified in command 0033h Video Fade Time Video Fade time is specified in terms of video frames The maximum fade time is 255 frames 8 5 seconds NTS...

Страница 105: ...The MODE SELECT commands allow the initiator to modify some of these mode pages A companion SCSI command MODE SENSE 1Ah allows the initiator to read these mode pages The Vela CineCast Quad Pro decode...

Страница 106: ...e 0 Medium Type Ignored by decoder Device Specific Parameter Ignored by decoder Block Descriptor Length If 0 then the Block Descriptor is not included otherwise it must be 8 if the Block Descriptor is...

Страница 107: ...I READ and WRITE commands Mode Parameter Pages Individual page data follows the Header and Block Descriptor if supplied The page data can consist of a single mode page or many mode pages The decoder i...

Страница 108: ...ed or low 1 Input open high GPIN2 Returns the state of the general purpose input discrete 2 GPIN2 0 Input shorted to ground closed or low 1 Input open high The input and output discretes can be found...

Страница 109: ...indicates decoder is idle FIFO Buffer Status Returns the number of 64 K buffers free on the decoder The number of buffers is defined as When all buffers are empty the number of available buffers is on...

Страница 110: ...which is derived from the GOP time code Data Underflow Error Count Returns the number of data underflows since power up reset The count is incre mented on a data underflow when ErrRcvy 1 in the MPEG...

Страница 111: ...y bit byte 2 bit 0 does not get set until Resume occurs The Preload bit will remain set while the decoder is paused on the first frame Preload is cleared when playback starts i e when the Play bit is...

Страница 112: ...Audio Status Page size is 16 bytes Parameters are not changeable This page is read only Stream Type As shown below MPEG 1 System Stream 10h MPEG 1 Video Elementary 11h MPEG 1 Audio Elementary 12h MPEG...

Страница 113: ...02D0h 704 pixels 02C0h 352 pixels 0160h Vertical Size in Pixels Normal Resolutions are as follows 512 pixels 0200h 480 pixels 01E0h 240 pixels 00F0h 608 pixels 0260h 576 pixels 0240h 288 pixels 0120h...

Страница 114: ...Mode Stereo 00b Joint Stereo 01b Dual Channel 01b Single Channel 11b Sample Rate Audio Sample Rate 22 05kHz 000b 24 0kHz 001b 16 0kHz 010b 44 1kHz 100b 48 0kHz 101b 32 0kHz 110b Audio Bit Rate in K bi...

Страница 115: ...Chapter 2 Overview and Operation 101 Mode Parameter Pages 352 224 192 0Bh 384 256 224 0Ch 416 320 256 0Dh 448 384 320 0Eh...

Страница 116: ...me Code Mode Page 34h This mode page is used to report the current SMPTE time codes from three different sources LTC Output time code MPEG GOP Header SMPTE time code LTC Input time code This page also...

Страница 117: ...st frame will have a frame number of NTSC with Drop Frame 29 97 Hz 1 hour x 29 97 frames sec x 60 sec min x 60 min hr 107892 frames PAL 25 Hz 1 hour x 25 frames sec x 60 sec min x 60 min hr 90000 fram...

Страница 118: ...st be set PAL This bit is not used Set to 0 NOTE Generally the host S W can ignore the Color Frame and Drop Frame bits Trick Mode LTC Output Function Stop LTC output last valid time code Play LTC outp...

Страница 119: ...l Mode Page 35h This mode page reports that latest averaged audio levels for each output audio channel MPEG Audio Video Synchronization Page 31h This page is not supported Video Parameter Mode Page 33...

Страница 120: ...eturn the Block Descriptor Page Code Determines which pages are returned to the initiator Page Code of 3Fh causes all supported pages to be returned See MODE SELECT for description of Mode Page Header...

Страница 121: ...he default values Supported Mode Pages See description of mode pages under MODE SELECT 6 The page code 3fh returns all mode pages Mode Sense Example The Mode Sense returns the requested Mode page alon...

Страница 122: ...es Page code 0x30 Byte 3 0x00 Byte 4 0x20 4 byte Mode Parameter Header plus 8 byte Block Descriptor plus 20 byte Mode Page 32 0x20 bytes Byte 5 0x00 Bus Free Arbitration 0040 6 Select w ATN 0060 5 6 M...

Страница 123: ...multiple of 8 K bytes Parameter List Length Length of data transfer must be a multiple of 8 K bytes up to a maximum length of 1024K Programming the Decoder Firmware Microcode The decoder s microcode c...

Страница 124: ...Check Condition status is returned The contents of the non volatile memory are not altered for Mode 100h This mode can be used to verify that the microcode data is downloaded into the decoder properly...

Страница 125: ...Alternatively a SCSI Reset or Bus Device Reset can be issued NOTES 1 The MPEG FIFO buffer area is used during this command No WRITE 6 or WRITE 10 commands can be used during a microcode download seque...

Страница 126: ...erms of Logical Block Address and Block Length in bytes The decoder returns only the last Logical Block Address it does not support Partial Media Indicator The decoder returns the following eight byte...

Страница 127: ...detailed sense error data to the initiator The decoder maintains sense data on an individual initiator basis since multiple initiators can exist on the SCSI bus Format of command Bytes 0 3 Return Numb...

Страница 128: ...Code 70h Segment Number 0 Filemark 0 EOM 0 ILI 0 7 6 5 Error Code 70h Segment Number 00h Valid Information FileMrk EOM ILI Rsvd Sense Key Additional Sense Length 0Ch Command Specific Information Addit...

Страница 129: ...tion 0 Additional Sense Length 12 Command Specific Info 0 Additional Sense Code Depends on Error Condition Additional Sense Code Qualifier Depends on Error Condition Field Replaceable Unit Code 0 SKSV...

Страница 130: ...edium Error 00h 00h Time out 00h 05h End of data detected 00h 14h Play operation stopped due to error 5h Illegal Request 1Ah 00h Parameter list length error 20h 00h Invalid command operation code 21h...

Страница 131: ...tion SCSI Status to TEST UNIT READY or any other SCSI command The host must see the Check Condi tion and perform REQUEST SENSE at which time the sense data will be UNIT ATTENTION POWER ON RESET OR BUS...

Страница 132: ...rite while not playing A WRITE command was received while the decoder was not currently playing This error is also given if more than 29 64 K buffers are loaded between a RESET BUFFER command and the...

Страница 133: ...SY status may be returned for Volume Page if decoder is unable to change volume Retry command MODE SENSE Illegal request invalid field within CDB A reserved or specific field contains invalid data or...

Страница 134: ...est invalid field within CDB A reserved or specific field contains invalid data DECODER Command Illegal request invalid field within CDB A reserved or specific field contains invalid data BUSY SCSI St...

Страница 135: ...ation MPEG PLAY AUDIO VIDEO Illegal request invalid field within CDB A reserved or specific field contains invalid data SCSI Status Check Condition Sense Key 03h Additional Sense Code and Qualifier 00...

Страница 136: ...command the follow ing error is returned bit 15 of command 1 Recovered error genlock sync lost WRITE BUFFER Illegal request invalid field within CDB A reserved or specific field contains invalid data...

Страница 137: ...m a lack of data or from MPEG stream syntax errors These errors are not the result of bad SCSI commands but are a result of corrupt or insufficient data to the decoder The only mechanism to report the...

Страница 138: ...SCSI interface supports only one command I O process per LUN at a time If more than one command is sent to the same LUN and error is generated On receipt of the second command on the same LUN the deco...

Страница 139: ...ly Good status is returned Format of command TEST UNIT READY OpCode 0x00 6 bytes The TEST UNIT READY command always returns Good status except after power up SCSI Reset or Bus Device Reset Command for...

Страница 140: ...e transfer length must be a multiple of 64 K which is 80h logical blocks 512 bytes block The Logical Block Address is ignored DPO Disable Page Out must be zero FUA Force Unit Access must be zero RelAd...

Страница 141: ...requires 1 0MB to 3 5MB of MPEG data to be preloaded before issuing the MPEG PLAY command A5h Three commands are used RESET BUFFER MPEG WRITE 2ah and MPEG PLAY a5h RESET BUFFER Part of the DECODER 45...

Страница 142: ...MPEG WRITEs are rejected The decoder will return Illegal request write protected MPEG Write while not playing After the RESET BUFFER command and before the MPEG PLAY is issued data must be pre loaded...

Страница 143: ...Chapter 2 Overview and Operation 129 MPEG PLAY Command With Frame Counting Flowchart 2 1 MPEG PLAY Command Not Using Frame Counting...

Страница 144: ...130 CineCast Quad Pro Version 2 6 Installation and User Manual MPEG PLAY Command With Frame Counting Flowchart 2 2 MPEG PLAY Command With Frame Counting...

Страница 145: ...his specified number of frames A value of 0h uses the maximum frame count Note that the total frame count includes pre black and visible frames such that Frame Count Specified Preblack Frames Visible...

Страница 146: ...command send new MPEG data and send a new MPEG PLAY command The amount of time the host has to set up the next playback is two frames plus the amount of post black set in the last PLAY AUDIO VIDEO com...

Страница 147: ...ollowing is the priority of returned decoder playback status A SCSI Check Condition due to an error in the SCSI command has priority over playback errors If the SCSI command would have reported Good s...

Страница 148: ...specified frame count is much smaller than the amount of MPEG data being written The decoder will report The sense data will be set to VENDOR SPECIFIC THRESHOLD CONDITION MET It is not necessary to p...

Страница 149: ...g a stream the following error will be returned Illegal request write protected MPEG Write while not playing This will occur when Playback has stopped and an MPEG WRITE was received If more than fifty...

Страница 150: ...com mand code 0016h Set Genlock Mode Only enable this when decoder is in genlock mode If bit 9 of the command 0 then The Additional Sense Bytes bytes 18 19 will be set to 0107h Once genlock sync is l...

Страница 151: ...bytes 18 19 will be set to Lip Sync Status Reporting Reported when audio video lip sync errors occur RECOVERED ERROR AUDIO SYNCRONIZATION per SCSI 2 spec Spindles Not Synchronized The Additional Sense...

Страница 152: ...as been detected for 1 5 seconds playback stops This can occur if the MPEG stream is invalid or the audio bit rate is not a legal MPEG rate The following error will be returned This is a fatal playbac...

Страница 153: ...e Video switching between channels occurs during the vertical interval Audio can be switched between channels using a 21 341ms fade or can be switched without a fade Example Command Sequences for Vide...

Страница 154: ...Pause on First Frame Set pre black set to starting frame number 8 Continue sending data for clip 1 9 Continue sending data for clip 1 Send Resume 0x0012 with inline execution on Adjacent Channel Play...

Страница 155: ...Play Com mand with Pause on First Frame set Pre black set to starting frame number Continue sending data for clip 2 16 Send Resume 0x0012 with inline execution on Adjacent Channel Playback End Event...

Страница 156: ...ple 19 Playback on LUN 1 ends Clip 2 triggers inline events C D Clip 3 Playback starts on LUN 0 Video Audio switches to LUN 0 outputs Mode Page 0x30 PLAY bit will be set and data will start being cons...

Страница 157: ...arch CineCast Playback Controller to open the application User Interface Playback Controller Window Figure 3 1 The main user interface of the playback application is the VCR style Playback Controller...

Страница 158: ...in the Decoder Selector Area and matching it to one of the pictures and descrip tions below SCSI 2 Vela CineCast Prime Model 2000 0206 MPEG 2 SCSI 2 decoder board Refer to the CineCast Prime user man...

Страница 159: ...ylist PAUSE Button Clicking on the button will pause the current play back and disable all other control buttons The user can click again on the button to resume normal playback FAST FORWARD Button Cl...

Страница 160: ...Frame Count The user can enter the maximum number of frames of an MPEG file to play back rather than playing back the entire MPEG file However if the Frame Count display is blank or the value of the f...

Страница 161: ...and dragging files into the list area of the GUI or by clicking on the Add button When the Add button is clicked an Open File window will appear Figure 3 3 Use this window to select the clip file s t...

Страница 162: ...There are three ways of saving a playlist vpl file The first way is to click on the Save button on the Playlist GUI window This will save the list under a current playlist name However if there is no...

Страница 163: ...Chapter 3 The Video Playback Controller 149 Figure 3 4 Playlist Open Files Window Figure 3 5 Playlist Save As Window...

Страница 164: ...alue of 1 Post Black Sets the post black interval in video frames In single playback mode this field specifies the minimum number of black frames until starting the next play Freeze on Under Run Deter...

Страница 165: ...ndicated Time Code Display Select the input time code to be displayed in the LTC output window of the Playback Controller The time can be based on frames played stream GOP time code or LTC Slow Motion...

Страница 166: ...y affects the analog outputs and does not affect the digital embedded audio Default is 18 dB headroom to match Vela encoders Click OK to save current changed settings Click Cancel to dismiss the windo...

Страница 167: ...associated with each picture CC data can be presented in either bit stream order or display order Click OK to save current or changed settings and dismiss the window Click Cancel to dismiss the windo...

Страница 168: ...Pause on First Frame When this radio button is selected the decoder begins playback but automatically pauses on the first non black video frame Use External Trigger Function See next page for an examp...

Страница 169: ...t the source for which event will start trigger the playback Selections available are hardware trigger using GPIN1 default or GPIN2 trigger on external LTC match or trigger when adjacent channel playb...

Страница 170: ...e for triggering purposes External Trigger LTC Input Sets the desired time code data for playback triggering Time code can be entered with the scroll buttons or manually by typing in the LTC numbers C...

Страница 171: ...the level of debug infor mation available through the Event Viewer as an aid to problem determination and resolution Switch to Standalone When the decoder detects loss of genlock the decoder will auto...

Страница 172: ...e tab of the Setup window Select a file from the file browser and click Start Upgrade to begin the process Clicking on Verify File will validate the file only No upgrade will be performed Click OK to...

Страница 173: ...operties window Comprehensive information is displayed for the decod er s and product s in use Revision data is also displayed for various firmware and hardware If optional hardware is detected the Op...

Страница 174: ...b of the Properties window to display information on the currently selected video clip Default Program Selection Enabling this checkbox allows for the selection of a particular Program ID PID the para...

Страница 175: ...nnel Play Displays when playback is active Queue Set after a reset buffer is received cleared only after playback has started Under Displays when decoder enters a pause on data underflow condition GPI...

Страница 176: ...and code executed by the decoder firmware Frame Count Returns the current frame number Data Underflow Error Count Returns the number of data underflows since power up reset FIFO Buffer Status Returns...

Страница 177: ...eezes frame of last image Routing Set output selection for the two outputs primary and secondary from six possible sources Video Switch Sets when to fade or switch video source Video switching require...

Страница 178: ...ed the pending command is executed immediately by clicking the Apply button Time Code Output The desired inline command will remain pending until a specific output time code either MPEG GOP time code...

Страница 179: ...Chapter 3 The Video Playback Controller 165 Figure 3 18 Dynamic Settings Window Inline Immediate Figure 3 19 Dynamic Settings Window Inline Output...

Страница 180: ...166 CineCast Quad Pro Version 2 6 Installation and User Manual Figure 3 20 Dynamic Settings Window Inline Input Figure 3 21 Dynamic Settings Window Inline Frames...

Страница 181: ...r to synchronize to the genlock input source Each decoder channel s genlock source to come from one of three possible sources This gives the ability to lock 1 2 or 4 channels together to a genlock sou...

Страница 182: ...ick on the Reset button to revert to the previously saved settings Click on Factory Settings to revert to factory default settings Click OK to save current changed settings Click Cancel to dismiss the...

Страница 183: ...ly and the secondary power supply A sketch illustrating the locations of these access panels is provided in Figure 4 1 Fuse replacement is covered at the end of this chapter Fan Filter Maintenance The...

Страница 184: ...he new fan assembly The installation procedure is the reverse of the removal procedure Power Supply Replacement The Quad Pro ships with a primary and secondary power supply providing oper ational redu...

Страница 185: ...ocedure must be performed by qualified personnel only 1 Without powering down the decoder remove the plastic front panel cover by gripping the sides and pulling the cover out 2 Remove four access scre...

Страница 186: ...172 CineCast Quad Pro Version 2 6 Installation and User Manual Fuse Replacement Figure 4 1 View of Quad Pro Decoder Front Panel Removed...

Страница 187: ...EG Elementary streams MPEG 1 System streams MPEG 2 Program streams MPEG 2 Transport streams MPEG 2 Packetized Elementary streams PES MPEG 1 video compression encapsulated in MPEG 2 Program and Transpo...

Страница 188: ...s per channel Internally jumperable 75 ohm termination 2 Units delivered with termination jumpers installed Connector type BNC Digital Audio Parameters 4 Channels Dual stereo AES EBU digital audio Con...

Страница 189: ...e surge protection Connector Interface Incorporated within the two 44 pin high density D Sub connectors Tallys One tally interface per channel Normally open relay contacts Maximum voltage 50V Maximum...

Страница 190: ...dently accessible via individual LUN MPEG 1 audio layers 1 and 2 at 32kHz 44 1kHz and 48kHz LED status panel indicates board power up status SCSI bus activity LUN playback activity and hot swap status...

Страница 191: ...terns 78 Bus Activity 14 Bus Arbitration 15 C CD ROM 19 CDROM PLAY AUDIO 10 63 Changeable Values 107 Checksum 110 Collision Errors 137 Color Bars 78 Connector Pinouts 38 Control Byte 53 Current Values...

Страница 192: ...Genlock Disable 73 Genlock Loss Error 136 GOP 131 Group of Pictures 131 H Hardware Driver Installation 19 29 Host Adapter 15 51 117 Host Adapter Configuration 16 Host System 14 Hot Swap 14 15 17 51 11...

Страница 193: ...tton 145 Pause Video 72 Pentium 2 PLAY AUDIO 10 63 PLAY AUDIO VIDEO 132 PLAY Button 145 Playback 59 Playback Controller 143 Playback End 131 Playlist 5 6 145 147 148 Playlist File 147 148 Playlist GUI...

Страница 194: ...ter Systems Interface 14 SMU 170 Soft Reset 69 Software Installation 19 34 Spindles 137 STANDALONE Mode 136 START STOP UNIT 125 Stop 75 STOP Button 144 145 Stream Bit Rate 99 Supported Mode Pages 107...

Страница 195: ...181 Index W Wait for Condition 78 Weight 173 Wide Transfer 51 Windows 2000 1 3 18 19 29 34 Windows 2000 Service Pack 29 Windows NT 1 3 18 19 143 Windows NT Service Pack 19 WRITE BUFFER 109 122 WRITE...

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