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1. 6 D claration or Gontormlily isis kepe vege Etre a enn ee e Ee t ades 6 USA 6 FOCAL dE pe bien 6 Getting E d TN 7 Packaging os ete z ei treet cet ed ee coti A vet oti c tens 7 SREL UL me H Preventing ESD Damage I ecrire e aden en eege nates 7 Ori E 7 Product Description EE E KER EE E KER EE E KER ER EE RER ER EE RER ER ER ERERKER EE ER KER EE ER KER EE EK EE EE Kn 8 Input Video Formats s s AA secedere en eee e dedov ovna 8 Output Video Formater Eer eer eee DI evade eia epa ue eee dd ruv eet VE 10 Input Referernice Signal aeree He idi neg Ne di edge a iene 11 Reference LOCK GERMEN 12 REI ee te RETTEN 12 ARG Aspect Ratio Conversion cet ee tte Eco ierant ih De rete reve Erano euet 13 Conversion from 16 9 to 4 3 Aspect Ratio 13 Conversion from 4 3 to 16 9 Aspect Ratio 14 ARC Image Size and Positioning nana 14 Mideo Processing ood eet ipte teen tte eso erepta pt rete neve elena eed 15 Proc Amp ere 15 Aperture COTfOctiOD ce utaja e eo rtt eU o E pese Y ca nici eva Era Ud a eges 15 Tost PINES a EEA 15 Programmable Video Output Delai 15 Fixed Processing Delays uie tree tee ise ipe den rete cce n vertere teure dt 16 Audio PrO ESSING Emm 18 Pathway tete ei tts 18 Pathway 2 For DolbyE pe deci aee eoe peces eere 18 Automatic Audio Synchr
2. needs to be de selected An output can be connected to a new source by simply clicking onto an existing connection and dragging and connecting the open handle to the desired source signal Figure 42 Audio Crossbar Operation One single white line in this diagram represents a stereo connection containing a left and a right channel If required the left and right signals can be connected independently to perform mono switching Access to the individual mono channels is given by clicking the Right Mouse Button onto a white AES line and then selecting Show Stereo Channels from the menu Figure 43 Audio Mono Crossbar Figure 43 Audio Mono Crossbar Page 63 of 74 P VD 5840 Reference Manual Rev 3 0 Embedder All four embedded audio groups can be re embedded into each of the SDI outputs An existing embedded group can also be removed from the SDI stream even without embedding anything Re embedding a group will implicitly remove this same group from the input SDI stream if applicable An embedded audio group can only be embedded as a complete group containing two AES streams If you want to replace only one out of the two AES streams in the SDI you need to feed the other AES stream from the Deemedder on the left through the audio processing block and the output crossbar to the Embedder and re embed it together with that other new AES content into the same group This will technically replace the
3. The back selection in the menu structure will take you back one level when selected When an item is selected which has several setting possibilities the first value displayed will be the value currently stored in the system The order of the available settings for any menu item in the table supplied does not represent the order the settings will actually be displayed When left unattended the menu will default to the root display after a short timeout P VD 5840 A Root Display REF y Reference Selection EXT Reference taken from module rear connection panel E INT Reference taken from common rack reference back FPS LY Output frame rate selection ODD All outputs jammed to 59 94Hz 23 98 Hz or 29 97 Hz frequency frame rate EVEN All outputs jammed to 50Hz 24 Hz 25 30 Hz or 60 Hz frequency frame rate AUTO Output frame rate is derived from connected reference default back RSET T4 Reset Factory Defaults NO YES Reset factory defaults back back NOTE The FPS setting from the local card edge menu is provided for use in facilities which operate in a single fixed format and wish to maintain this constant output frame rate at all times regardless of the connected reference signal or any disturbance to the connected reference signal This will prevent the output frame rate and format automatically tracking the connected reference standard should this change The output video signal will maintain the jammed to the video
4. Full field Yellow Full field Cyan Full field Green Full field Magenta Full field Red Full field Blue 15 Grey full field 75 Color bars 75 Color bars over Red Pathological PLL EQ Test Pattern Standard The P VD 5840 can be used a standalone test In this case this setting can be used to select the exact video format that shall be generated from the SDI output By default the output standard will follow the last input standard If this setting is modified from its default it will fall back to the default setting as soon as a regular input standard is connected again Otherwise the selection is limited to those video standards that use the exact same framerate as the reference signal or half or double that frame rate Test Pattern Enable This checkbox simply switches on the pre selected test Pattern When activated the whole processing box will appear in yellow background color Video Adjustments Four sliders are provided to allow for the adjustment of individual video parameters Separate sliders are provided for e Video Brightness gain e Saturation e Pedestal Black level e Hue Default null settings are 0 this is the default Sliders can be quickly returned to the factory null or transparent settings by double clicking onto the slider handle Page 51 of 74 P VD 5840 Reference Manual Rev 3 0 Color Correction A simple primary Color Correction is available as part of each Conversion Path T
5. also part of the selection This choice influences the aspect ratio operation mode see below and also the value of the inserted WSS AFD VI code if applicable Figure 25 Converter Output Control Conversion Mode The Aspect Ratio Converter provides three different modes for any of the possible aspect ratio conversion operations See page 13 for further details Inserted Format Description With the three checkboxes provided you can select what type of format description will be inserted into the video signal as metadata This information is created depending on the settings of the converters If there was already metadata of this type inserted it will be overwritten if the related checkbox is selected NOTE If none of the checkboxes are selected then no format description data will be inserted into the newly generated output image Page 42 of 74 P VD 5840 Reference Manual Rev 3 0 Motion Adaptive Filtering The check box motion adaptive filtering is used to improve picture guality for moving images and reduces motion blur and should be selected for normal use For still images and conversion from progressive to progressive standards the checkbox should be switched off Input Cropping With these controls it s possible to crop the input image which will be used for conversion cropping will appear on the converted image output To use this function the advanced settings adv checkbox has to be activated Outpu
6. 60Hz 720p 24Hz 720p 25Hz Optional 720p 29 97Hz 3GBit s Formats Level B Dual Link 720p 30Hz 1080p 50Hz 720p 50Hz 1080p 59 94Hz 720p 59 94Hz 1080p 60Hz 720p 60Hz As the synchronizer uses a single studio reference input both input signals should be the same input frequency range odd or even frame rate as the reference for normal operation Formats can be different but the odd or even frame rate must match Example 1 Input 1 z 10801 59 94Hz Input 2 525 59 94Hz Reference 59 94Hz 2 This is a valid configuration Example 2 Input 1 1080i 59 94Hz Input 2 T7T20P bO0Hz Reference 59 94Hz This is NOT a valid configuration The signal from input 2 will appear on the output with disturbances NOTE In this context 25Hz 30Hz 50Hz 60Hz are even frame rates 29 98Hz 59 94Hz are odd frame rates Page 9 of 74 Output Video Formats P VD 5840 Reference Manual Rev 3 0 The module provides six SDI outputs plus two optional fiber optic outputs user assignable in four sets of two outputs these sets can be mapped independently to any of the two input channels Supported output video formats are SDTV Formats HDTV Formats 525 59 94Hz 1080i 50Hz 625 50Hz 1080i 59 94Hz 1080i 60Hz 1080p 23 98Hz 1080p 24Hz 1080p 25Hz 1080p 29 97Hz 1080p 30Hz 1080psf 23 98Hz 3GBit s Formats Level A 1080psf 24Hz 1080p
7. Flashing eg Cooling Fan Failure Power LEDs Power 1 Indication NOTE If one of the Power LEDs Green e Power from Main PSU ok should be OFF while the Off No power from Main Power Supply Corr esponding PSU IS Power 2 Indication working correctly then please Green e Power from Redundant PSU ok contact technical support for Off No power from Redundant PSU a verification of the board s power input fuse Page 33 of 74 P VD 5840 Reference Manual Rev 3 0 Control System GUI All LYNX CardModules support a computer interface which allows setting the modules parameters using a simple GUI interface Access to all standard features and in some cases extended features is possible using this interface The complex nature and extensive user settings provided on the P VD 5840 reguires the use of the control system NOTE Any settings made using the control system overrides any local settings made on the module All settings are stored in internal flash ram and will survive power cycles and long term storage Gi ko PVD5840 D 3G HD SD FrameSync H t 4 o H 2 a e Figure 16 P VD 5840 in APPolo GUI Figure 16 shows the complete module GUI The Device Info area across the top contains information about the module including name and firmware revision The Position area displays the modules position and physical location This is useful if the device is installed as part of a larger installation NOTE The Locat
8. NANA NANA NA NANA NANA NA NANA NANNNA 66 Parameters NA KEE ER EEKER ER EE RER ER ER EEER ER EEERKER ER EE KER ER EE RNA ANN ANANANNNNANANNENANNNNENNNA 67 Parameters control everything WE 68 General GUI functions s sssss1221222 22 22 69 Device PrODGrtles umane en itai pedet E ete es 69 Ego cmn 69 New Control Wimdow ssssesssssessssssessissississtistttsstisttintt tutt tn ttnn tt nunt nnnt tnnt nn nennt nn nenuntun nn nenna na 69 Rendament EEA EI EEA RA Ee 70 Save Settings EE 70 Meo cL ELEM E 70 Reset Factory Default eeeeeeesieeeseeeeee essen nennen nnne nn nnns tnter 70 Settings Management 70 Specifications s KEE ER KER EE EE KER ER EE EE ER ER ER ER ER EEER KREE ER ER EE ERKER EE EE KER EE EE KER EE ERR EE Kn 71 ServiCe neue ER ER ER ER EEER KEE ER eee eee eee eee 73 PAS LSE E DEL 73 Technical SUPPO e EM 73 Contact Information ene ERKER ERR KEE ER EERER ER ENER ER ER EEER ER EEER ER ERERKER EE EE RR ARR EE Rana Kn 73 Page 4 of 74 P VD 5840 Reference Manual Rev 3 0 Warranty LYNX Technik AG warrants that the product will be free from defects in materials and workmanship for a period of two 3 years from the date of shipment If this product proves defective during the warranty period LYNX Technik AG at its option will either repair the defective product without charge for parts and labor or will provide a replacem
9. OC 5840 SCND The addition of this option will enable the second input and provide a second channel of frame synchronization This also includes a 16 channel de embedder with 16 additional inputs into the integrated AES input crossbar It is possible to switch seamlessly between the two inputs clean switch which can be configured to trigger via GPI input or can be switched via the control system NOTE Both inputs are referenced to the single reference input used for the module 3G Level B Dual Link OC 5840 3G LevelB DL The 3G Level B Dual Link option will add the 3G Level B Dual Link capabilities to the P VD 5840 With this option activated the P VD 5840 will detect and process 3G Level B Dual Link input signals Each SDI output processor of the P VD 5840 can be individually configured to either output a 3G Level A or 3G Level B Dual Link signal Page 30 of 74 P VD 5840 Reference Manual Rev 3 0 Settings and Control The P VD 5840 module has an integrated micro controller which enables the module to be configured and controlled locally using the multifunction switch and 4 character dot matrix display or from remote using a GUI interface when using one of the optional controllers and control software NOTE This module is extremely compact and flexible with hundreds of possible user Settings It is not practical to make all these settings available on the local dot matrix display The use of the control system is mandatory
10. Pathway 1 20 x AES with full audio processing gain phase invert mute overload and silence detection mix down Pathway 2 Same as Pathway 1 plus 4 x DolbyE synchronizers Audio delay Audio is delayed to match the video delay and will automatically track the frame synchronizer User adjustment of 0 660 second in ms is provided Audio Embedders Independent embedders apply 4 audio groups 8 AES into each SDI output stream User selectable Operating Modes Frame Sync Basic SD HD 3GBit s Multi rate Frame Line Synchronizer Other functions e g Up Down Cross Conversion are optional Control Local Controls Local alphanumeric display with integrated menu system for setting basic module parameters Remote Control Comprehensive remote control and status monitoring supported when used with a LYNX Controller option The use of the control system is mandated for this module External GPI Single GPI input on BNC connector GPI influence configured in control system Electrical Speci fications Operating Voltage 12 VDC Power Consumption 34 W max If using 5 units of type P VD 5840 in one RackFrame please use optional high power PSU RPS 5810 Safety IEC 60950 EN 60950 VDE 0805 Mechanical Size 283mm x 78mm Weight CardModule 200g connector plate 150g Rack space Requires 2 slots in rack frame max 5 modules per RackFrame Ambient Tempera
11. applied to the module All of these AES streams are supplied to the internal audio infrastructure Phase Aligned Deembedding The SDI Audio Deembedder deembedds all of the contained Audio Groups up to four Groups simultaneously When the deembedder detects a new SDI stream e g after connecting the signal or after a change of video standard then the deembedding process starts for all groups and all groups will be deembedded with correct phase alignment between all channels There is however a particular situation in which a phase aligned deembedding across all deembedded groups is NOT guaranteed by default Consider the following scenario 1 SDI contains audio groups 1 and 2 audio groups 3 and 4 are not present in the SDI stream Both groups are deembedded with a correct phase aligment between all of their AES streams as explained above 2 While SDI stream is being received without interruption audio group 3 is added by the upstream embedder l e the HANC content is re arranged dynamically and another additional audio group appears which has not been present initially 3 The SDI Audio Deembedder will start to de embed the content of the additional group and deliver the AES content as usual The content of new group 3 however is not guaranteed to be phase aligned with the content of groups 1 and 2 which had been there before already l e if the content of the HANC space is re arranged to accommodate for an additio
12. be used to take manual influence on the SDI channel that shall control the Guardband Alignment position See 67 for info on the Parameters Tab Audio Crossbars After going through the audio processing stage each internal audio stream is delivered to the output audio crossbar Here each of the possible audio destinations embedder and external outputs can select from all of the available signals The APPolo Control software offers two different types of audio cross bar controls The type of control can be determined in the view menu of the APPolo Control software Matrix Control With this control mode activated hovering over the audio crossbars will show a checkered matrix field The switching principal is identical to a traditional matrix Move the mouse pointer to the cross point where the desired input and output cross and press the left mouse button The switched cross points are indicated by a blue frame around the cross point Figure 40 Audio Matrix Page 62 of 74 P VD 5840 Reference Manual Rev 3 0 To access the mono controls right click on the desired cross point and select Show Mono Controls The column of the selected cross point will then be shown with left and right selection cross points To exit the mono control simply move the mouse outside of the audio cross bar matrix Figure 41 Mono Controls Drag amp Drop To have this switching mode activated the entry Audio Crossbar Matrix
13. complete embedded group in the SDI stream Embedding audio into an HD SDI and 3G SDI stream will always be done in 24bit resolution When embedding into SD SDI 24bit embedding is activated by default but can be de activated reducing the embedding to 20bit This may be required to satisfy some non standard compliant SDI deembedder AES Port Setup The P VD 5840 provides a total of eight external AES ports Each of these ports can be configured to be an AES input receiver or an AES output source By default i e when delivered from the factory AES ports 1 through 4 are configured as AES inputs while AES ports 5 through 8 are configured as outputs This default port configuration can be modified at any time An explicit un locking of these configuration switches is required to prevent from accidental changes to these fundamental configuration settings A modified AES port configuration will NOT be reset by a Reset to Factory Default operation see page 70 NOTE Please make sure NOT to configure an AES port as an output while an external signal source might send a signal into that port This misconfiguration might potentially result in permanent damage of hardware components Page 64 of 74 P VD 5840 Reference Manual Rev 3 0 User Presets Main General Settings Options User Presets Params Documentation Events Figure 44 User Presets Tab The User Presets Tab provides the ability to store and recall seven differen
14. for level control i e all amplitudes in the signal below this threshold will not be used for the detail enhancement GPI Function The two GPI inputs General Purpose Interface which are switch input functions contact closure can be used to perform a number of functions The influence of these inputs can be set by the user See section GPI Influence on page 65 Page 22 of 74 P VD 5840 Reference Manual Rev 3 0 DV MUU99 XNA1 OJeJJaJUJ mue 10u09 12907 vw J9ppoguzj oipny i JUKS owes Joppequie og N Z l9uuey9 oipny J9ppogurj 4319A002 ssosgjumogidn oipny 1eppequi3 olpny Jeynoy INduj ouAg awesy Jappaquia aq L jauueyd oipny Jones dno DE m J9ppoguzj oipny EET DTI cV ino lias Jossa9Old olpny pue eBeui ou g eure14 qs aH oe IENd YVYIXITI OG ON OV8S GA d Functional Diagrams and Module Layout Functional Diagram Figure 4 Page 23 of 74 9 SDIIN 1 OHO m a SDI OUT 1 2 VN SDI OUT 2 2 Ao PVD 5840 Dual 3G HD SD FrameSync H a L1 E SDI OUT ER 32 SDI OUT 4 2 LYNXTochnik AG SDI OUT 3 1 Figure 10 Rear Termination Panel P VD 5480 U ojej OUT2 1 OUT1 1 1N1 1 W i GE SDI OUT 1 Le N SDI OUT 2 2 EN x SDI OUT A SDI OUT 3 1 32 Figure 8 Rear Termination Panel P VD 5480 UO Figure 6 Card Edge PVD 5840 Dual 3G HD SD FrameSync SDI OUT LYNXTechnik A
15. framesync drops or repeats a complete DolbyE frame at the point of roll over i e when the incoming asynchronous data would lead to a_ buffer overflow underflow The repeating dropping of frames happens at the exact same moment for DolbyE audio frames as for video frames This guarantees correct lip sync even if DolbyE content is processed independently from the SDI path Page 61 of 74 P VD 5840 Reference Manual Rev 3 0 DolbyE Guardband Alignment The AES path delay for DolbyE encoded streams will make sure that the DolbyE bitstream is embedded into an SDI stream with correct timing alignment of the Dolby Guardband DolbyE Guardband alignment can only be achieved for one SDI embedder per internal audio path l e if one internal audio path carries a DolbyE stream and if this DolbyE stream is embedded into more than one SDI output then the Guardband Alignment is adjusted for that one SDI stream that had been connected first The DolbyE Guardband Alignment can then potentially be inaccurate for the other SDI output In this case the input crossbar should be used to route that one DolbyE stream over two independent internal audio streams Each of these internal audio streams can then achieve the correct Guardband Alignment for its own SDI embedder NOTE see here for more information on DolbyE Guardband Alignment http www dolby com us en technologies dolby e preferred alignment html NOTE Internal Parameters AudioDolbyETiming can
16. from the tables above The output frame rate can be any format with a frame rate of 24 Hz NOTE If the frame rate of the reference signal is not equal double or half of the input output frame rate then all functions still are available except the video delay as the frame rate of the output video does not match the frame rate of the reference signal The video output remains frequency locked to the Reference signal In this case a synchronized DolbyE signal will not match the required guard band of the video output signal NOTE If the input frame rate the output frame rate and the frame rate of the reference signal do not match then the module s converters if activated will perform a rudimentary frame rate conversion with drop and repeat frames This mode of operation is not a recommended or specified functionality for the P VD 5840 and unwanted artifacts may occur Frame Synchronization The algorithms used for frame synchronization are extremely robust and very tolerant of poor input signals The Synchronizer uses Flywheel functionality This allows the module to recover from any missing sync pulses on the input signal s by predicting where they should be and then re inserting them If no converters are active the frame synchronizer passes the video in the connected input format The Synchronizer can also be switched into a Line Synchronizer Mode see page 37 Page 12 of 74 P VD 5840 Reference Manual Rev 3 0 AR
17. inputs 2 second input optional Connector BNC Impedance 75 Ohm Cable Equalization Up to 250m Belden 8281 270MHz Up to 140m Belden 1694A 1 485GHz Up to 80m Belden 1694A 2 97GHz Return Loss gt 15 dB 270MHz gt 10dB 1 485GHz OPTIONAL Video Input Fiber P VD 5840 DO UO Signal Type SMPTE 297M 2006 No of inputs 2 Connector LC PC single mode transmit receive duplex connection Wavelength 1260nm 1620nm Reference Input Signal Type Analog Bi level Tri level auto detect cross lock compatible Standards see table on page 11 No of inputs 1 x External or internal rack reference selectable Connection BNC Impedance 75 Ohm Video Outputs BNC Signal Type Serial digital video SMPTE 292M 344M 259M C 424 M 3G Level B Dual Link according to SMPTE ST 425 1 option Output standards See table on page 10 No of outputs 4 separate outputs 1 x Out1 1 x Out 2 2 x Out3 2 x Out4 can be mapped to any available internal resources Connector BNC Impedance 75 Ohms lt 0 2 UI Timing Jitter 270MHz Jitter lt 0 2 UI Alignment Jitter lt 1 0 UI Timing Jitter 1 485GHz lt 0 3 UI Alignment Jitter lt 2 0 UI Timing Jitter 2 97GHz Return Loss 15 dB 1 485GHz 10dB 2 97GHz OPTIONAL Video Outputs Fiber P VD 5840 DO UO Signal Type SMPTE 297M 2006 No of outputs 2 Connector LC PC sin
18. optional fiber connector see Figure 22 In either case if a valid SDI signal is detected the Wu 22 Optical vs Electrical format indicated and the input symbol is shown in green color Page 40 of 74 P VD 5840 Reference Manual Rev 3 0 Scaler Control One high guality up down cross converter is pre installed in the basic unit For a second such converter path the OC 5840 UPXD2 option is has to be activated The following description applies to both converter paths they are functionally identical Figure 23 Converter Control Please note that the Converter takes a seguence of input images from the input memory buffers and generates a seguence of new output images for the device playout buffers The active visible image content is calculated pixel by pixel based on input pixel data from multiple horizontal and vertical neighboring pixels applying spatial digital filtering as well as pixels from previous and next input images motion compensated processing As mentioned earlier an input stream can only be processed in a Converter if that input stream is processed in Framesync mode This is because only in Framesync mode is the input image data available as one or more complete frames of SDI in a memory buffer this is not the case with any of the LineSync Modes The active image data is constructed from input image data and filled into the active picture area of the outpu
19. the GPI influence of GPI1 and or GPI2 to switch user presets The presets are now activated based on the polarity of the GPI inputs 3 The active Preset is indicated by the highlighted background bar in the respective line The current configuration of a Preset can only be modified by the procedure explained above If one of the stored Presets is activated by GPI all control parameters for the P VD 5840 are read only NOTE Only the complete device configuration can be loaded using User Presets l e it is not possible to restore a User Preset and thereby modify only a subset of the internal parameters For more fine grained control to individual parameters by GPI please refer to LYNX APPolo AutoControl GPI Control look at http appolo lynx technik com GPI Influence The P VD 5840 has two local GPI contacts that can be used for various functions The drop down selections named GPI Influence on page General Settings can be used to specify their function By default the GPI Influence is None for both GPIs The following selections are available None default Switch Video inputs only available if the second SDI input is enabled only available for GPI1 All video crossbars are disabled All SDI outputs are supplied with the same video input signal from either SDI input 1 or 2 following the current status of GPI1 Freeze Input 1 Freeze Input 2 Freeze both inputs All outputs that are connected to SDI Input 1 w
20. these controls Relative audio video timing aka lip sync can only be influenced while audio and video are still kept on independent paths See Page 55 of 74 P VD 5840 Reference Manual Rev 3 0 Audio Timing Adjustments below Fixed Video Processing Time Activating the Fixed Processing Time per SDI Output forces the total delay to a relative long minimum delay value This is in fact the worst case total delay for any video path independent of e g the video conversion mode Activating the Fixed Processing Time on one or more SDI outputs guarantees constant and equal output timing on these channels even under varying conditions such as a change of input format which would otherwise potentially change the processing time of the video conversion and other influences Page 56 of 74 P VD 5840 Reference Manual Rev 3 0 Audio Timing Adjustments Audio signals are processed as fast as possible The minimum processing delay across the complete internal infrastructure is approx 3ms When an individual audio signal is embedded into any of the SDI output streams then the audio content is implicitly delayed by the appropriate amount of time so that the relative timing lip sync between the affected audio and video content on the input is replicated on the output Additional User Audio Delay can be applied to any internal audio stream This can be used to correct for mismatched relative audio timing lip sync e g
21. which is the default as soon as the monitored condition becomes critical e g input signal lost the Event becomes ACTIVE This change of state generates a message in the APPolo Control System This message is stored in the APPolo Server logfile Later when the condition is not critical anymore e g input signal present again another message is logged in the APPolo Event System and also saved in the logfile Additionally these messages can be displayed in the APPolo GUI s Event Log bottom part of the APPolo GUI enabled from the View menu This can however be disabled by removing the checkboxes from the Log in GUI columns separately for Event becomes Active and Event not active anymore messages Similarly an SNMP trap can be generated from the APPolo Server for any message in the APPolo Event System Refer to the LYNX Remote Control Guide for more information on SNMP available from http appolo lynx technik com Page 67 of 74 P VD 5840 Reference Manual Rev 3 0 Parameters The Params tab lists all available control parameters of the complete device Every switch and function in any other part of the GUI is actually just a graphical control of a parameter listed on this page There are however a number of parameters for more detailed control that are only accessible in this list of parameters on the Params tab z filter list by entering Details of selected partial text Parameter 4 2 ead writ
22. 080p 60 1080160 66 1080p 60 1080p 60 1080p 60 1080p30 66 66 1080p 60 720p 30 Mi wech Page 17 of 74 P VD 5840 Reference Manual Rev 3 0 Audio Processing The module will de embed the complete audio payload from the incoming two SDI streams second input is optional i e per channel 4 AES groups 8 AES 16 audio channels per channel and passed to an AES audio input matrix along with up to 8 external AES inputs The type of audio PCM Dolby E or Audio Data is detected by the module automatically The AES input matrix has up to 24 selectable input channels The audio is fed through selectable sample rate converters SRC s where the audio is re sampled and synchronized PCM Audio using the sample rate converters will be free from any audio interference pops and clicks when frames are dropped or repeated by the frame synchronizer NOTE If an encoded Dolby E audio signal is detected by the module the associated SRC and the following audio processing will be switched off automatically For asynchronous Dolby E streams you should use Audio Pathway 2 which provides Dolby E synchronizers There are two separate audio pathways through the frame synchronizer each one selected according to the application and requirements for audio processing The audio streams can be individually delayed in various zones see GUI section Pathway 1 This audio pathway is scaled 20 x AES signals wide 40 a
23. 4 P VD 5840 Reference Manual Rev 3 0 For example this situation can occur if there are more than 4 DolbyE streams embedded in the incoming SDI signal the available resources per SDI channel are applied to the embedded audio streams in the following order of priority if one of the audio streams is not present it will not be assigned any resources Audio streams de embedded from group 1 Audio streams de embedded from group 2 Audio streams de embedded from group 3 Audio streams de embedded from group 4 St ue ren Mi In the event of unavailable synchronization resources a warning will be issued and the remaining audio channels will be process un synchronized All audio signals will be delivered on the output in any case So the limitation applies only in an asynchronous environment Limitations 1 Audio Disturbances Whenever the ASCA function is re configuring the audio channels the configuration process will possibly generate audible disturbances in some of the audio output channels embedded or AES of the same video program Such re configuration will be triggered by any change of the appropriate input configuration video embedded audio Therefore this function is recommended to be used in environments in which the incoming signal configuration does not change while a programming stream is being processed l e it can be used for automatic pre setup only 2 Flexibility Crossbars and processing Using the ASCA functi
24. 50Hz 1080psf 25Hz 1080p 59 94Hz 720p 23 98Hz 1080p 60Hz 720p 24Hz 720p 25Hz Optional 720p 29 97Hz 3GBit s Formats Level B Dual Link 720p 30Hz 1080p 50Hz 720p 50Hz 1080p 59 94Hz 720p 59 94Hz 1080p 60Hz 720p 60Hz The output format frequency or frame rate is determined by the connected reference signal and the output will remain fixed to this reference regardless of the connected input signals For input signals mismatched to the connected reference frame rate the synchronizer will show this as an asynchronous source indicated by a yellow status indication in the GUI and any output signal derived from this async source can show video disturbances see below Reference Lock Page 10 of 74 Input Reference Signal P VD 5840 Reference Manual Rev 3 0 The module has a very flexible input reference stage which facilitates the use of either SDTV analog bi phase sync i e black burst or HDTV analog tri level sync The reference input is cross lock compatible so an SDTV reference can be used to freguency lock HDTV signals and vice versa The connected reference is auto detected and the synchronizer automatically configures the outputs to the frame rate of the connected reference signal Supported reference signals are shown below SDTV Analog Bi Level Sync HDTV Analog Tri Level Sync 525 59 94Hz 1080i 50Hz 625 50Hz 1080i 59 94Hz 1080i 60Hz 1080p 23 98
25. 80i 50 3 1080i 50 720050 80 4 1080i 50 3 1080i 50 3 720p 50 1080150 80 2 720p 50 720950 60 3 720p 50 1080p25 60 1 5 720p 50 7200235 80 2 1080p 25 1080i50 80 2 1080p 25 720050 80 4 1080p 25 3 1080p 25 3 1080i 59 94 1080i 59 94 98 3 1080i 59 94 4 1080i 59 94 1080p 29 97 99 3 1080i 59 94 720p 29 97 99 3 720p 59 94 2 720p 59 94 3 720p 59 94 1 5 720p 59 94 2 5 1080p 29 97 2 1080p 29 97 3 1080p 29 97 1080p 29 97 99 3 1080p 29 97 720p29 97 99 3 1080i 60 1080160 98 3 1080i 60 4 1080i 60 1080p30 99 3 1080i 60 720030 99 3 720p 60 2 720p 60 3 720p 60 2 720p 60 2 5 1080p 30 2 1080p 30 3 1080p 30 1080030 99 3 1080p 30 720030 99 3 1080p 24 3 1080p 24 3 1080p 24 1 1080psF 24 3 1080psF 24 3 1080psF 24 1 5 1080p 23 97 3 1080p 23 97 3 1080p 23 97 1 1080psF 23 97 1080p 23 97 124 3 Page 16 of 74 P VD 5840 Reference Manual Rev 3 0 1080psF 23 97 720p 23 97 124 1080psF 23 97 1080i 50 720p 50 1080p 25 625 99 1080i 59 94 525 99 720p 59 94 1080p 29 97 625 525 625 625 625 625 525 525 525 525 720p 29 97 99 1080i 60 720p 60 1080p 30 1080p 50 1080p 50 720p50 60 1080p 50 1080p 50 1080p 50 1080p 50 1080p 59 94 60 80 80 80 66 1080p 59 94 1080p 59 94 1080p 59 94 1080p 29 97 66 1080p 59 94 720p29 97 66 1080p 59 94 525 99 1
26. Adjustments By default all video outputs deliver their SDI stream with a correct H V alignment to the REF signal A manual additional User Delay can be applied to each SDI output offering an additional delay of up to a maximum of 12 additional video frames This manual user video delay is adjustable in one of two dimensions e User Delay in Frames Lines Pixels The eguivalent amount of Milliseconds will be calculated depending on the current video standard and displayed as read only value e User Delay in Milliseconds The equivalent amount of Frames Lines and Pixels will be calculated depending on the current video standard and displayed as read only values When the current video standard changes e g because a different source signal is detected at the input then the manual delay settings in the current dimensions are kept constant while the corresponding other dimension might change their current values depending on the current video standard Figure 35 Video Output Delay NOTE The adjustable delay applied is in addition to the internal processing delay of the module Please refer to the tables provided in the Fixed Video Processing Delays section page 16 for more information on internal processing delays NOTE Aojusting the Video Output delay always delays embedded audio contents together with the video content It is NOT possible to influence the relative timing between audio and video contents with
27. C Aspect Ratio Conversion The basic module includes two ARCs Aspect Ratio Converters which can be used to convert SDTV signals between 4 3 or 16 9 aspect ratios The ARC is a high guality image processor which has extended functionality including manually adjustable image size and position The ARC is an internal resource which can be routed to any of the two available outputs Modes supported are as follows Conversion from 16 9 to 4 3 Aspect Ratio Letterbox This takes the 16 9 aspect ratio of the input signal and fits it horizontally into the 4 3 SD image area with black bars at the top and bottom of the image Center Cut This mode cuts the center portion of the 16 9 input signal and fills the 4 3 SD image area Stretch to Fill This mode takes the 16 9 input signal and distorts vertically stretches the image to fit the available 4 3 SD image area ARC Output Modes 16 9 Center Cut 16 9 SDTV Source 16 9 Letterbox 16 9 Stretch to Fill Figure 1 Aspect Ratio Conversion 16 9 to 4 3 Page 13 of 74 P VD 5840 Reference Manual Rev 3 0 Conversion from 4 3 to 16 9 Aspect Ratio PillarBox This takes the 4 3 aspect ratio of the input signal and fits it vertically into the 16 9 SD image area with black bars at the left and right of the image Center Cut This mode cuts the horizontal center portion of the 4 3 input signal and fills the 16 9 SD image area cropping the top and bottom of the image Stretch to
28. EE a aii 44 TIME COUT E RR 45 BR GE 47 Vie Hrot esimg m 49 Output Coupling ptc 49 hen dodi 50 Clip CR Cb Headroom BEE 50 GEINT Ile Em 50 Output if NO aro tcc 50 Freeze Mode fU EE 50 Test Pattern Pre select acces AA LEV Pee de b eee eee eee 51 Test Pattern Standard aca oda EINE ee ea n Veni VAJE aer Jaren 51 Test Pattern Enable ie eene aie epe sae pee de Lee ean eap eR 51 Video Re EE 51 Color Coreto EE 52 NOISE REQUCTION e 52 General Noise PReduction ana 52 Block Artifact Reduction iioii eni eee IEE N AE OA 52 Mosquito Noise Hecdhucnon ane 53 Page 3 of 74 P VD 5840 Reference Manual Rev 3 0 Detail Enhancement Sharpness and Teviture ttn nstnnnen nens 53 Timing and DelaysS 2 trem Eie c cate aide teet Whee Pet race Mulej vi eo kil 54 Video Timing Adjustments eene 55 Fixed Video Processing Time 55 Audio Timing Adjustments eene 56 AES Output Tracking Delay nana 56 Timing AD ii ie kina ne nie aje prvin RETE perme O ME ja IR AERE re eee cee 57 te e le Ee 58 Audio Content Detection 59 Sample Rate Conversion nana 59 ft ee EE 59 Bee EET 60 le e Hee 61 EMDCOGC ELI 63 AES Port SETUP oa na ii naja ne ea tene ue E Em cie iii ea nu Slani bol 63 User resels toii t TORNO teense dun uaa antiga ce preo Seance dee ai vation E Ti Ena ciate 64 EIS Wl We 65 Options Tab nana RR seen EE RER ER eee eee 66 Device Event Tab aaa nana na RANANANANANANANANANANANANANANANANA NANA NA
29. Fill This mode takes the 4 3 input signal and distorts horizontally stretches the image to fit the available 16 9 SD image area ARC Output Modes 16 9 Center Cut 4 3 SDTV Source 16 9 Pillar Box 16 9 Stretch to Fill Figure 2 Aspect Ratio Conversion 4 3 to 16 9 ARC Image Size and Positioning The high quality ARC provides the ability to manually adjust image position and size for the conversion process A 14 9 conversion setting is also added Please refer to the GUI section of this manual for more information of the controls provided and how to use them NOTE The converter can by automatically controlled by AFD Active Format Description WSS Wide Screen Signaling and VI Video Index Please refer to the GUI section of this manual for more information of the controls provided and how to use them Page 14 of 74 P VD 5840 Reference Manual Rev 3 0 Video Processing Proc Amp Functions Each of the four output channels has an associated video processing amp which provides user adjustable Gain Saturation Black Level and Hue using GUI sliders Aperture Correction An adjustable horizontal aperture corrector is provided for each of the two output channels This can be used to add or remove image sharpness as required NOTE When using the down converter the filtering process results in a very slight loss of high frequency information which is normal the aperture corrector can be used to compensate for thi
30. G 42 P VD 5840 Reference Manual Rev 3 0 SDI OUT 1 SDI OUT 1 1 a 4 EN PVD 5840 Dual 3G HD SD FrameSync SDI OUT d 42 SDI OUT Fa SDI OUT 3 1 32 Figure 9 Rear Termination Panel P VD 5840 D LYNXTechnik AG OUT2 1 OUT1 1 IN1 1 IN2 1 SDI OUT 1 2 EN Ko S SDI OUT 2 2 PVD 5840 Dual 3G HD SD FrameSync SDI OUT 32 SDI OUT Y LYNXTechnik AG 42 SDI OUT 3 1 Figure 7 Rear Termination Panel P VD 5480 DO Board Layout Figure 5 NOTE Cooling fan operation is monitored and alarmed with the module alarm LED and also within the LYNX control system Page 24 of 74 Connections Video P VD 5840 Reference Manual Rev 3 0 The P VD 5840 uses standard 75 Ohm BNC connectors for SDI connectivity We recommend the use of high quality video cable for digital video connections to reduce the risk of errors due to excessive cable attenuation Max cable lengths the module will support are shown below 250m Belden 8281 270Mbits s 140m Belden 1694A 1 4Gbits s 80m Belden 1694A 2 97Gbits s SDTV HDTV 3GBit s NOTE Due to the compact design of the connection plate it will be necessary to use a connection tool to secure the BNC video connectors Audio The module provides for both Unbalanced AES3id on MINI DIN connectors and Balanced AES3 external audio connections The P VD 5840 U versions for unbalanced AES3id The P VD 5840 D versions provides Min
31. Hz 1080p 24Hz 1080p 25Hz 1080p 29 97Hz 1080p 30Hz 1080psf 23 98Hz 1080psf 24Hz 1080pst 25Hz 720p 23 98Hz 720p 24Hz 720p 25Hz 720p 29 97Hz 720p 30Hz 720p 50Hz 720p 59 94Hz 720p 60Hz Page 11 of 74 P VD 5840 Reference Manual Rev 3 0 Reference Lock If the input frame rate the output frame rate and the frame rate of the reference signal are egual exactly half of each other or double of each other then all modes of the P VD 5840 operates with no limitations e All 25 Hz and 50 Hz input formats will be synchronized to any 25 Hz or 50 Hz reference signal from the tables above The output frame rate can be any format with a frame rate of 25 Hz or 50 Hz e All 30 Hz and 60 Hz input formats will be synchronized to any 30 Hz or 60 Hz reference signal from the tables above The output frame rate can be any format with a frame rate of 30 Hz or 60 Hz e All 29 97 Hz and 59 94 Hz input format will be synchronized to any 29 97 Hz or 59 94 Hz reference signal from the tables above The output frame rate can be any format with a frame rate of 29 97 Hz or 59 94 Hz e All 23 98 Hz input formats will be synchronized to any 23 98 Hz reference signal from the tables above The output frame rate can be any format with a frame rate of 23 98 Hz e All 24 Hz input formats will be synchronized to any 24 Hz reference signal
32. LYNXTechnik AG Broadcast Television Eguipment Reference Manual P VD 5840 D P VD 5840 U P VD 5840 DO P VD 5840 UO Dual Channel SD HD 3G Multi format Frame Synchronizer with Full Embedded and External AES Audio Support Revision 3 0 May 2015 This Manual Supports Device Revisions P VD 5840 Firmware Revision 679 Control System GUI Release 8 2 1 Information in this document is subject to change without notice No part of this document may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means electronic or mechanical for any purpose without express written permission of LYNX Technik AG LYNX Technik AG may have patents patent applications trademarks copyrights or other intellectual property rights covering the subject matter in this document Except as expressly written by LYNX Technik AG the furnishing of this document does not give you any license to patents trademarks copyrights or other intellectual property of LYNX Technik AG or any of its affiliates LYNX Technik AG Brunnenweg 3 D 64331 Weiterstadt Germany www lynx technik com 2011 2015 LYNX Technik AG all rights reserved P VD 5840 Reference Manual Rev 3 0 Contents Contents nek EEEEEEEEEEEEREREEEEEEEEEREREEEEEEEEEREREEEEEEEE EE EE EEER 2 Warranty nana nA eee 5 Regulatory information enee KREE EEEEEEEREEEREREEEEER KREE EEEEEEEE KREE ER KREE EE KREE ER KREE EE KREE EE KREE EE EE 6 EUlOP Gn E
33. SPECT TO THIS PRODUCT IN LIEU OF ANY OTHER WARRANTIES EXPRESS OR IMPLIED LYNX TECHNIK AND ITS VENDORS DISCLAIM ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE LYNX TECHNIK S RESPONISIBILITY TO REPAIR AND REPLACE DEFECTIVE PRODUCTS IS THE SOLE AND EXCLUSIVE REMEDY PROVIDED TO THE CUSTOMER FOR BREACH OF THIS WARRANTY LYNX TECHNIK AND ITS VENDORS WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT SPECIAL INCIDENTIAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES IRRESPECTIVE OF WHETHER LYNX TECHNIK OR THE VENDOR HAS ADVANCE NOTICE OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES Page 5 of 74 P VD 5840 Reference Manual Rev 3 0 Regulatory information Europe Declaration of Conformity LYNX Technik AG Brunnenweg 3 D 64331 Weiterstadt Germany Declare under our sole responsibility that the product TYPE P VD 5840 D P VD 5840 U P VD 5840 DO P VD 5840 UO To which this declaration relates is in conformity with the following standards environments E1 E3 EN 55103 1 1996 EN 55103 2 1996 EN 60950 1 2006 Following the provisions of 89 336 EEC and 73 23 EEC directives Winfried Deckelmann bos delle Weiterstadt October 2011 Place and date of issue Legal Signature USA FCC 47 Part 15 This device complies with part 15 of the FCC Rules Operation is subject to the following two conditions 1 This device may not cause harmful interference and 2 this device must accept any interference received including interference that may ca
34. Screen Signaling and VI Video Index Please refer to the GUI section of this manual for more information of the controls provided and how to use them Page 29 of 74 P VD 5840 Reference Manual Rev 3 0 Color Space Conversion The conversion options also provide integrated color space conversion capability which will automatically compensate for the conversion of the wider 709 HD color space into the more narrow 601 SDTV color space or vice versa ensuring legal color reproduction Detail Enhancement Sharpness and Texture The detail enhancement function provides both sharpness and texture enhancement realized by adaptive horizontal vertical and diagonal large edge and small edge enhancement processes Overshoot undershoot control is provided to minimize ringing on the enhanced edges In addition noise rejection is provided to minimize the amount of enhancement applied to the noisy areas of the image For ease of use the various controls are combined into two parameters Level and Threshold Level controls the level of the horizontal vertical as well as the diagonal high pass filtered picture content which will be added to the original signal again i e the gain of the high freguency content in the signal Threshold This parameter controls the level of signal which is passed through for level control i e all amplitudes in the signal below this threshold will not be used for the detail enhancement Second Input Option
35. YNX SNMP Control provides one OID numerical address in the MIB per individual Parameters The exact mapping of Parameter Code to OID is provided in the MIB files See http appolo lynx technik com gt RemoteControl for details Finding the Parameter Code name for a given Parameter in the graphical GUI is made easy by clicking the Right Mouse Button onto the graphical control anywhere in the GUI and then selecting the Parameter Details option see Figure 47 Page 69 of 74 P VD 5840 Reference Manual Rev 3 0 General GUI functions There are a number of functions and commands of the LYNX APPolo Control System which are common for all LYNX devices A click with the Right Mouse Button on any module in the DeviceTree will generate the same menu that is available from the Device menu This menu provides the following options Device Properties The first entry in the Device menu opens a sub menu page which shows device specific properties about the selected module Figure 48 Device Menu from Tree Figure 49 Locate Position Figure 50 Device Properties Menu Locate This function is useful if you need to physically locate a module in a larger system guickly for removal or maintenance purposes When Locate selected this will flash the module alarm LED yellow This function does not impact normal module operation and will timeout after a short time period New Control Window Selecting this option
36. age 53 of 74 P VD 5840 Reference Manual Rev 3 0 Timing and Delays VideoTiming Adjustments Audio Timing Adjustments Figure 34 Audio and Video Timing Adjustments Different internal processing paths for audio and video signals reguire different internal processing times Independenily from these internal processing delays a sophisticated algorithm will make sure that all signals that are received on the input will be delivered from the outputs in the exact same relative timing As an example embedded audio streams which are separated from the video by the audio deembedder near the input and which are then routed on internal channels that are independent and separate from the video infrastructure will be embedded back into the video after they have been timing adjusted to match the processing delay of the video path NOTE all audio processing algorithms in the device reguire a total processing time of about 3ms The video processing path consisting of Synchronizer compensating the offset between SDI and REF Framestore in Framesync mode and optional video Converter can sum up to a total processing delay of multiple video frames Conseguently the audio paths which lead to the video embedders contain an internal compensation delay of the eguivalent amount of milliseconds so that the embedder joins video and audio signals in perfect lip sync relationship Page 54 of 74 P VD 5840 Reference Manual Rev 3 0 Video Timing
37. by delaying an early audio signal by the appropriate amount of milliseconds i e when video is later than audio Such user delay will simply be added to the internal audio delay Even a late audio situation when video is earlier than audio can be corrected by entering negative values as user audio delay These negative values will then be subtracted from the internal audio compensation delay Input vs Output Delay User Audio Delay values can be manipulated in the context of Audio Inputs next to the Audio Inputs on the left side of the GUI as well as the Audio Outputs audio destinations on right side of GUI Technically there is no difference between these two locations Internally both values will be added up and the resulting total delay will be applied i e it makes no difference if a signal is delayed in the context of the input or the output or even both The main difference is the presence of the audio crossbar between those two locations The general recommendation is to correct for input related timing problems with the controls that are located at the inputs And output related timing adjustments e g compensating for a problem downstream shall be corrected with the output related controls Following this rule will make it easy to operate the audio crossbars later without having to re adjust the timing compensation afterwards AES Output Tracking Delay All audio content is automatically delayed to match the video pro
38. cessing delay before the audio content is actually embedded into the SDI stream This is called automatic tracking delay Each internal audio path is automatically tracked to the corresponding SDI signal For external AES outputs no such tracking is done by default As a result if the same audio source stream is simultaneously delivered to an external AES output as well as to an embedder the AES output signal will appear much earlier than the embedded content AES Output Tracking offers the ability to manually specify a timing dependency between an individual AES output and one s of the SDI outputs If enabled the AES Figure 36 AES Output tracking delay Page 57 of 74 P VD 5840 Reference Manual Rev 3 0 output will deliver the audio content with the exact timing as if that same audio content would have been embedded into the specified SDI output Timing Tab The Timing Tab provides an overview of the video and audio delays in relation to each other The displayed delays are displayed e Processing Delay e Auto Compensation Delay e User Delays e Total Delay Figure 37 Timing Tab In addition to providing a complete overview of the timing the timing tab can be used to setup all timing related configurations Page 58 of 74 P VD 5840 Reference Manual Rev 3 0 Audio Infastructure The complete audio payload of 8 AES per SDI is deembedded from each SDI input stream In addition up to 8 external AES inputs can be
39. change spontaneously because ASCA has modified the AES input crossbar following a change of the audio in the input signal 5 DolbyE Frame synchronizer timing assignment The ASCA function will use the available DE FS channels to provide frame synchronization and guard band alignment of the DolbyE signal If the same video signal is assigned to multiple video outputs using the video crossbar on the main page of the GUI and if those video outputs use a different timing offset relative to the current sync input then the correct audio video timing of the DolbyE stream can only be guaranteed for the first of those SDI outputs For details refer to section Maintaining DolbyE Transparency Pathway 2 Dolby E of the product user manual Page 21 of 74 P VD 5840 Reference Manual Rev 3 0 Noise Reduction The module provides Noise Reduction functionality for one or two channels The adaptive noise reduction function processes the input data in either progressive or interlaced format Application of noise reduction to noisy interlaced signals can optimize the de interlacer performance General Noise Reduction General noise reduction comprises of both adaptive 2D and 3D noise reduction 3D noise reduction corrects for temporal and spatial noise and 2D noise reduction corrects spatial 3D noise reduction is applied to any interlaced or progressive signal with a pixel rate less than or egual to 75Mp s 2D noise reduction is applied t
40. converter stages Transparency resp conversion of embedded Metadata is also ensured including Time Code and Closed Caption Eight AES ports are provided which can be switched by the user individually as AES inputs or outputs Dolby E processing is included in the audio processing stages i e encoded Dolby E streams are synchronized to the Reference Signal and the Guard Band is automatically aligned Software options can be activated at any time for additional functionality no hardware or firmware modifications required e Second input channel option code OC 5840 SCND e Asecond channel of High Quality UP DOWN CROSS conversion option code OC 5840 UPXD2 When using 5 units of P VD 5840 in one RackFrame please use the optional high power PSU R PS 5018 Page 8 of 74 P VD 5840 Reference Manual Rev 3 0 Input Video Formats The module has two multi format serial digital inputs second input is optional with automatic input detection The module will detect the following input standards and configure the input stage automatically for operation in the connected format SDTV Formats HDTV Formats 525 59 94Hz 1080i 50Hz 625 50Hz 1080i 59 94Hz 1080i 60Hz 1080p 23 98Hz 1080p 24Hz 1080p 25Hz 1080p 29 97Hz 1080p 30Hz 1080psf 23 98Hz 3GBit s Formats Level A 1080psf 24Hz 1080p 50Hz 1080psf 25Hz 1080p 59 94Hz 720p 23 98Hz 1080p
41. depending on option code OC 5840 UPXD2 Each of the 4 independent SDI outputs can be connected to one of the two converters or to one of the two direct input signals Each SDI output has its own independent video processing and audio embedding stage Each SDI output can be delayed independently Further details can be found in the following sections Page 35 of 74 P VD 5840 Reference Manual Rev 3 0 Audio Routing All 8 AES channels are deembedded from each SDI input In addition up to 8 external AES inputs can be used This makes a total of up to 24 AES inputs that can be processed and then assigned to any one of the outputs 4 SDI embedders and up to 8 external AES outputs Further details can be found in the following sections NOTE there are a total of 8 external AES ports Each of the port can be configured to be an input or an output port See page 63 flexGUI path highlighting and signal patching The flexGUI shows all current signal connections as lines i e it does not show any signal lines that are actually unused dead ends Hovering the mouse pointer over any such signal line will highlight the complete signal path that leads to this point This illustrates clearly where the particular signal is coming from Similarly the downstream path is highlighted to show where this signal is going to To re connect a signal change the routing you can think of a signal line as a patch cable that has to be connected to the de
42. ds This pre defined priority of fallback decisions can be adapted manually after de activating the Default Priority checkbox DVITC Inserter line selection DVITC can be inserted in two different lines Inserter A and B of the output SDI signal with selectable line numbers of the vertical blanking See table below for standard recommendations Table 4 VITC Line select number SDTV interfaces only 525 60 625 50 bit b5 0 bit b5 1 bit b5 0 bit b5 1 DBB2 VITC Repeated VITC VITC Repeated VITC bits b4 through b0 on line N on line Nt2 on line N on line N 2 b0 field 1 field 2 field 1 field 2 field 1 field 2 field 1 field 2 VITC line select number C o eo c LA y a 11 274 13 276 11 324 13 326 16 279 18 281 16 329 18 331 17 280 19 282 19 332 wo me aa 21 334 22 335 0 1 6 319 8 321 1 0 10 323 1 0 11 324 1 0 10 273 12 325 1 0 1 1 mh aljojoj Ol of ech ab ojojojojo Ojojojoja ojoj i jojoj ojo mh a iI j j j jojojojojojo ojojojo h ojajojajojsosaosjosjo sjoso Page 46 of 74 P VD 5840 Reference Manual Rev 3 0 Teletext Teletext metadata will be taken over from input to output A format conversion and transcoding will be applied whenever necessary This automatic process can be configured manually if desired present tLine Selection Figure 29 Telet
43. e below 525 59 94Hz Input Signal Converted to 1080i 59 94Hz or 720P 59 94Hz 625 50Hz Input Signal Converted to 1080i 50Hz or 720P 50Hz Modes of operation are as follows Center Cut This mode cuts the horizontal center portion of the 4 3 SD input signal and fills the 16 9 HD 3GBit s aspect ratio image area top and bottom of image are cropped PillarBox This takes the 4 3 SD aspect ratio of the input signal and fits it vertically into the 16 9 HD 3GBit s image area with black bars at the left and right of the image Stretch to Fill This mode takes the 4 3 SD input signal and distorts horizontally stretches the image to fit the available 16 9 HD 3GBit s image area 14 9 Conversion This mode takes the 4 3 SD input signal and P VD 5840 Reference Manual Rev 3 0 Figure 13 Up Conversion modes distorts horizontally stretches the image to fit the available 14 9 HD 3GBit s image area Cross Conversion When used in cross conversion mode the module will cross convert the video signal between formats within the same or half the frame rate Image Size and Positioning This option also provides the ability to manually adjust the image size and position of the converted output For more information on the controls and use of this feature please refer to the GUI section of this manual for more details NOTE The converters can be automatically controlled by AFD Active Format Description WSS Wide
44. e button in the Position area is a useful tool to quickly identify a module in larger systems Activating Locate will flash the module s alarm LED in yellow color this does not affect the module s operation in any way This function will be stopped automatically timeout The Error Log at the bottom of the screen displays an individual timestamp ed message for any error or warning condition in the system The same information can always be found in the APPolo Control System s textual logfiles Page 34 of 74 P VD 5840 Reference Manual Rev 3 0 The primary GUI screens and functions are described in the following sections to PVD5840 D 3G HD SD FrameSync Figure 17 P VD 5840 MAIN Tab Overview The MAIN Tab Figure 17 visualizes the module s functionality The audio and video signals are presented flowing from left to right Selections are made using onscreen sliders radio buttons drop down selections and checkboxes The screen can be zoomed in out using the mouse wheel or the navigation tool in the top left corner of the screen When zooming closer the contents of the individual boxes will become visible Video Routing Two video input signals on the left deliver their signal first to an Audio Deembedder for extraction of all contained audio channels and then to the Synchronizer After that these input signals can be routed through one of up to two converter paths second converter is available
45. e of select a Parameter Modify current value from list Figure 46 Param Tab All parameters are defined by the following aspects e Code This is a unique code to identify the parameter The Code can contain the slash character to provide some structure to the total collection of parameters The Parameter Code is always to be specified as the complete text string i e including all slashes e Name a human readable short parameter name which is used as the default text label in most parts of the GUI as well as in any CustomControl Panel e Access read write or read only accessibility Note that for some parameters the accessibility status may potentially change depending on the current value of other parameters E g the value of parameter A might be controlled automatically by default so the accessibility of A will be displayed as read only But a boolean parameter B might be provided to switch off the automatic behavior So when parameter B is set to MANUAL then parameter A would dynamically change to read write e Current Value This is the current value of the parameter If Accessibility is read write see above then the Current Value can be modified e Description a textual explanation of the behavior of the individual parameter You can use the Filter function located above the actual list of parameters to show only a subset of the complete list based on textual filtering The filter will act
46. ed output The Automatic Audio Synchronization and Channel Assignment ASCA function has been introduced to address this and once enabled will ensure the incoming embedded audio streams are synchronized and then routed to the appropriate output i e audio is embedded into the same group of the same video program Figure 3 ASCA The ASCA function is enabled and configured on the video proc tab using the LYNX Desktop Controller control system NOTE External AES inputs are not supported while the ASCA function is enabled The ASCA function is by default OFF which required manual configuration of the audio crossbars Working Principle Depending on the type of audio content PCM DolbyE other data different synchronization methods and therefore different internal audio pathways have to be used for each audio input stream The ASCA function will automatically select the appropriate audio pathway through the module by automatically configuring the various internal audio crossbars based on the type of audio signal Limited Sync Resources The synchronization resources are limited on each module There are a total of 24 sample rate converters SRC and 4 DolbyE frame synchronizers DE FS available In the event that the available synchronization resources for Dolby E Streams are exceeded the remaining audio content will be passed through un synchronized and a warning will be visible in the control system GUI Page 19 of 7
47. ence Manual Rev 3 0 Installation If this module was supplied as part of a system it is already installed in the rack enclosure If the module was supplied as a field upgrade please follow the installation procedure below NOTE Observe static precautions when handling card M Please see ESD warnings on Page 7 This module has a double width rear connection panel meaning it will occupy two slots of a standard Series 5000 Card Rack This is to accommodate the additional connections needed for this module and to also provide adequate space for cooling in the rack Up to five P VD 5806 modules can be accommodated in a single Series 5000 rack frame When using 5 units of P VD 5840 in one RackFrame please use the optional high power PSU R PS 5018 Each Card Module is supplied with a rear connection panel and mounting screws Please follow the procedure below for the installation of the card module into the Series 5000 Card Frame We recommend you power the rack down before installing any additional modules into an existing card frame 1 Select a free two slot space in the card frame where the CardModule will be located 2 Remove the blank connection panels from the rear of the rack if fitted 3 Install the rear connection panel using the screws supplied Do not tighten the screws fully 4 Slide the card module into the card frame and carefully check the CardModule connects to the rear connection plate The card should fit easil
48. ent in exchange for the defective product In order to obtain service under this warranty customer must notify LYNX Technik of the defect before expiration of the warranty period and make suitable arrangements for the performance of service Customer shall be responsible for packaging and shipping the defective product to the service center designated by LYNX Technik with shipping charges prepaid LYNX Technik shall pay for the return of the product to the customer if the shipment is within the country which the LYNX Technik service center is located Customer shall be responsible for payment of all shipping charges duties taxes and any other charges for products returned to any other locations This warranty shall not apply to any defect failure or damage caused by improper use or improper or inadequate maintenance and care LYNX Technik shall not be obligated to furnish service under this warranty a to repair damage resulting from attempts by personnel other than LYNX Technik representatives to install repair or service the product b to repair damage resulting from improper use or connection to incompatible equipment c to repair any damage or malfunction caused by the use of non LYNX Technik supplies or d to service a product which has been modified or integrated with other products when the effect of such modification or integration increases the time or difficulty servicing the product THIS WARRANTY IS GIVEN BY LYNX TECHNIK WITH RE
49. ext Control The following standard transport types for teletext data can be detected on the input of the converter WST World System Teletext This analog information has been designed mainly for PAL TV In the SDI domain this is an emulation of analogue teletext for digital TV One page of teletext content is encoded in several lines of the VANC All these lines together carried in one video frame make one complete page of teletext The same group of lines in the next video frame make another page of teletext WST is only supported in SD SDI signals 525 625 2031 WST SMPTE 2031 WST Carriage of DVB SCTE VBI Data in VANC This is basically a digital equivalent of WST see above Where in WST the payload of one page of teletext is carried in a group of VANC lines S2031 WST carries the same amount of data in a group of digital ANC packets The amount of VANC lines WST and ANC packets S2031 WST is equal one ANC packet carries the equivalent of a VANC line In addition a S2031 WST ANC packet carries the WST line number that shall be used as a default when this data should be encoded into WST again OP47 SDP Free TV Australia Operational Practice OP 47 OP 47 is an alternative yet not compatible way to store and distribute CloseCaptioning and Subtitling data in the VANC space Teletext Decoder On the input side of the Converter all of the above formats can be detected simultaneously Only one of these data streams can be co
50. frame rate but the video will be disturbed if the input reference signal changes Page 32 of 74 P VD 5840 Reference Manual Rev 3 0 Alarm LED Status Indicators LED 1 SDI 1 Status m LED 1 SDI 1 Status Green e SDI 1 input ok SDI 1 Frame Rate Mismatch Yellow e Mismatch between the fixed output frame rate o and the SDI 1 input Conversion taking place A Red e SDI 1 input missing 8 E S m LED 2 SDI 2 Status 3 db LED Color Indication E Green e SDI 2 input ok a SDI 2 Frame Rate Mismatch Yellow e Mismatch between the fixed output frame rate and the SDI 2 input Conversion taking place cars same Red e SDI 2 input missing ALARM LED 3 REF Status Power 2 Power Green e Reference Signal present and ok Reference Present but not used 3 Yellow e Module is set to free run with no lock to external Figure 15 Card Edge reference LEDs Red e Reference cannot be detected Alarm LED The slightly larger Alarm LED on the lower edge of the module is visible through the RackFrame s front cover and provides a general indication of the module status LED Color Indication Green e Normal Operation Yellow e Problem with one of the SDI inputs Yellow flashing oe Locate Device activated from Control System triple yellow flash e m Kern Saving current configuration to local flash RAM Red e Problem with both SDI inputs Red
51. gle mode transmit receive duplex connection Wavelength Standard 1310nm non CWDM other wavelengths for CWDM as option O Standard 1310nm non CWDM 5dBm other wavelengths for CWDM as option 1dBm Video Processing Delay adjustment range Up to 3 frames of programmable delay in pixel line frame increments Independent for all 4 outputs Minimum delay Variable depending on selected functionality and installed options Please refer to Fixed Video Delays table in this manual Video adjustments Gain Saturation Hue Black Level Noise Reduction Color Correction Aperture correction Color space conversion Horizontal only adjustable for each output channel 3 601 gt 709 or 709 gt 601 or transparent selectable Note Reguires optional conversion path Page 72 of 74 P VD 5840 Reference Manual Rev 3 0 AES Audio Inputs outputs Signal PVD 5840 U UO AES3 id un balanced on Mini DIN connectors P VD 5840 D DO AES3 balanced on SubD 25 connector No of inputs outputs 8 x AES ports each can be configured to be an input or an output Coupling Transformer Audio Processing De embedder De embed all audio 2 x 4 audio groups 2 x 8 AES Audio input matrix 24 x AES audio input crossbar provides channel assignment prior to processing including Sample Rate Converters for all inputs to matrix Audio pathways Multiple internal paths
52. hanges have been saved to FlashRAM those last changes will not be available on the next power up The Save Settings Now operation in this menu can force the current configuration of this device to be stored to the local FlashRAM now If in doubt this function should be executed before a device is physically removed from the system or before electrical power is shut down Lock Selecting this will lock the device to prevent from any accidental changes being made to the modules settings The module status can be seen but all the controls will be grayed out To unlock simply deselect the lock control from the menu Reset Factory Defaults Executing this function will reset all the individual settings of all parameters of the device back to the predefined state that has been defined by the manufacturer All custom adaptions will be lost This operation cannot be undone Settings Management The complete current configuration of one device can be copied into an internal clipboard and pasted onto a different device of the same type Alternatively the complete current configuration can be stored to a local file as a very simple single device backup Page 71 of 74 P VD 5840 Reference Manual Rev 3 0 Specifications Video Inputs BNC Signal Type Serial digital video SMPTE 292M 344M 259M C 424 M 3G Level B Dual Link according to SMPTE ST 425 1 option Input standards See table on page 8 No of
53. he transmission function for the R G and B channel can be adjusted as Gain amp Offset Alternatively the function can be modified to a Peak amp Black behavior The GUI sliders for modification of R G and B values can optionally be ganged so that they can be operated as a connected group of sliders Settings all sliders to value zero sets the transmission function to neutral which equals no color correction applied Figure 32 Color Correction Noise Reduction The adaptive noise reduction function processes the input data in either progressive or interlaced format Application of noise reduction to noisy interlaced signals can optimize de interlacer performance Different algorithms are provided Each of them is optimized for a particular type of noise artifacts in the video content The following sections briefly describe each of them General Noise Reduction General noise reduction comprises of both adaptive 2D and 3D noise reduction 3D noise reduction corrects for temporal and spatial noise while 2D noise reduction corrects for spatial noise only 3D noise reduction is applied to any interlaced or progressive signal with a pixel rate less than or equal to 75Mp s 2D noise reduction is applied to any interlaced or progressive signal The selection of 2D or 3D noise reduction processing is automatically controlled by the firmware in accordance with the video signal being processed Block A
54. hese Closed Captions transport packets are detected in the input this is indicated on the left hand side Closed Captions Re Insertion Activating the respective checkboxes will re insert the various transport packets into the converter output SDI stream For each of the possible formats the content of the inserted data packages will by default be taken from the same format on the inputs side If that particular format should however not be available on the input side then the source channel selection will fall back to another possible format of CloseCaption data as indicated in the Fallback 1 and Fallback 2 fields This pre defined priority of falloack decisions can be adapted manually after de activating the Default Priority checkbox Page 44 of 74 P VD 5840 Reference Manual Rev 3 0 Time Code TimeCode metadata will be taken over from input to output A format conversion and transcoding will be applied whenever necessary This automatic process can be configured manually if desired Figure 28 Timecode Control The following standard transport types for timecode data can be detected on the input of the converter ATC LTC Ancillary Time Code SMPTE 291M 2008 carrying LTC codeword data ATC VITC Ancillary Time Code SMPTE 291M 2008 carrying VITC codeword data DVITC Digitized Vertical Interval Time Code SMPTE 266M 2008 DVITC is only supported in SD SDI signals 525 625 Time Code input detect
55. iDIN DIN1 0 2 3 connections pin layout see table below and Figure 11 provides a SubD25 connector for balanced AES3 Pin Number Connection Pin Number Connection 1 AES 8 14 AES 8 2 AES 8 GND 15 AES 7 3 AES 7 16 AES 7 GND 4 AES 6 17 AES 6 5 AES 6 GND 18 AES 5 6 AES 5 19 AES 5 GND 7 AES 4 20 AES 4 8 AES 4 GND 21 AES 3 9 AES 3 22 AES 3 GND 10 AES 2 23 AES 2 11 AES 2 GND 24 AES 1 12 AES 1 25 AES 1 GND 13 ket It is recommended to use high 13 1 quality screened twisted pair cable for the balanced audio connections s LYNX Technik provides optional audio breakout cables which will bring out all audio connections to in 25 14 line XLR connectors Model number R AC M 25 8 or R AC F 25 8 Figure 11 SubD25 Audio connector looking into connector from back of module Page 25 of 74 P VD 5840 Reference Manual Rev 3 0 Optical Fiber P VD 5840 DO and UO The P VD 5840 provides LC connectors for single mode fiber cables option Multimode fiber cables can be used also but this will limit the max fiber length to approx 1km NOTE Please take care that surfaces of fiber cables and LC connectors are always protected against scratching and dust if no fiber cables are e connected Dust and or scratches will lead to high attenuation of the optical power transmitted Page 26 of 74 P VD 5840 Refer
56. ill show the same repeated still image while GPI is active Switch user presets see section Activating User Presets by GPI page 65 Page 66 of 74 P VD 5840 Reference Manual Rev 3 0 Options Tab This is where the optional functions can be enabled A textual license code can be entered to unlock the associated functionality If the module was purchased with Options pre installed then you will see the option status as green Active If you would like to add any option after delivery then you will need to purchase the specific license codes from LYNX Technik Click the request code button next to the desired option Please forward the displayed information with your purchase order to your authorized LYNX dealer or representative Once you receive the option license string simply type it or paste it using the windows clipboard into the area provided and press activate Activation of an option is confirmed when the option status turns green Device Event Tab The Events Tab is where the module alarming and error notifications are configured for the module Any of the possible Events that the device can generate can be disabled here which will declare such Events as irrelevant Once an Event has been disabled in this Events Tag the Event will not be reported to the APPolo control system it will not be logged in the logfiles and it will not even influence the local LEDs of the device For all Events that are enabled
57. input timing windows Page 38 of 74 P VD 5840 Reference Manual Rev 3 0 For distortion free switching in front of the P VD 5840 e g in a router all signals have to be in area I or all signals in area II Area II is a window for line synchronization of 2 5 lines HD and 4 5 lines SD Area is an extension of the standard line synchronization to allow for infinite line synchronization As this extended functionality is buffered differently distortion free switching is only possible within these two areas To adjust the timing of video signals relative to the reference to avoid larger delays the video output delay function can be used see page 55 This shifts the video signal into the required area This adds the manually adjusted delay but avoids the additional frame delay e g if a signal is in the area of the minimum delay Freeze Mode This is where the reaction of the synchronizer is defined in the case of excessive video errors TRS Errors The output can be configured to freeze Freeze on TRS Error or pass the input signal transparently when excessive errors are encountered If configured to pass video transparently Transparent then all video content errors and disturbances are passed from the input to the output The TRS Timing Reference Signal aka sync framing is however always restored correctly on the output NOTE The synchronizer is very robust in its abili
58. ion ATC LTC ATC VITC and DVITC will be detected if present in the incoming video signal Detected Time Codes are indicated with present with green background For DVITC also the insertion lines are indicated For DVITC two insertions per video signals are possible normally the second insertion is a duplicate of the first one For ATC VITC a DVITC line index is shown This information is part of the ATC VITC data and indicates the original insertion line of the VITC signal which should be used if this data is converted back to DVITC DVITC Reader line selection For the two DVITC Readers per SDI input signal the reading line can be specified Only the specified input lines will be searched for DVITC data The reading line can be set to AUTO In this case all possible lines will be searched for DVITC content It can take a while until the correct line is identified Page 45 of 74 P VD 5840 Reference Manual Rev 3 0 Time Code output insertion Activating the respective checkboxes will re insert the various transport packets into the converter output SDI stream For each of the possible formats the content of the inserted data packages will by default be taken from the same format on the inputs side If that particular format should however not be available on the input side then the source channel selection will fall back to another possible format of TimeCode data as indicated in the Fallback 1 and Fallback 2 fiel
59. itet enne 30 Detail Enhancement Sharpness and Texture an 30 Second Input Option OC B A0 GCNID nana 30 3G Level B Dual Link OC B A0 20G LevelpDUh enne 30 Settings and Control eceree erue RNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN ANN 31 Multi Function Swit lr cotidie e ctr aetate ved paren dete ee ce dag eene eee de vad e PET dika 31 Using the Local Display Menus nennen nnne enne 31 Menu SII IUe EE 32 Alarm LED Status Indicators nana 33 LED 1 9DI E todo eene eere aded e er rerba ade asas 33 LED 2 9DI2 Stalus uiid n eee beta aded es ende dana ka dede Res ian 33 EED 3 REP Status iscsi uti eere dee a aee x a dese as EA MO e RR ER sea as Rn 33 Alarmi CE Dao m tae er ee reer dE MEA Ld m uA E ES urea 33 POWeIEEDSUm cec eara cns e ca ee Mb oreet Ehe eeh 33 Control System GUII ee eee ee na eee eee eee 34 OVETVIEW sina r eses 35 Video ROUINO E 35 Ando ROUINO ME 36 flexGUI path highlighting and signal patching 36 Reference Source Gelechon 36 Frequency Pre select eeeeeeee O nnn nnt nitentes 37 SD SynchEonlzaltiOn oce Een SERO ARENIS Ee S EEER POTE XE RE SEES ena CER aaa E cece 38 SDI Input select BNC Fiber ennemis nnns tenens 40 Regni 41 image leie ee ul be ELEM 42 Imag Qutp t Control EE 42 Closed Ga PLO Sisar aa E E E a Ee A
60. l maintain the fixed to the video frame rate but the video will be disturbed if the input reference signal changes It is also possible for the synchronizer to configure the output frame rate based upon the connected reference This is the default setting for the module Possible settings are e Even 24 25 30 or 50 Hz e Odd 23 98 29 97 or 59 94 Hz e Follow last reference default NOTE The synchronizer is supplied from the factory with the last stored reference as 50Hz With no reference connected it is possible to change the last stored reference to something else Simply select the desired fixed frequency and then re select follow last reference Now the module will use this new setting through a power cycle This value will not be restored to 50Hz following a Restore Factory Defaults operation Instead the stored setting is preserved Page 37 of 74 P VD 5840 Reference Manual Rev 3 0 SDI Synchronization For each SDI input one of three different modes of video synchronization can be selected Frame Sync This is the default mode In this Frame Sync 1 mode an internal video buffer always holds one complete frame of video This complete frame of video can be used for repeated delivery to the output frame repeat in case of an underflow of input data framesync roll over Optionally the last good input frame can also be Figure 20 GUI Framesync repeated to the output in case of TRS errors in the inp
61. n and SRC currently carry any data NOTE Automatic Content Detection can be overwritten by manual decision click onto the box with the letter P This is however only recommended for testing purposes l e in order to achieve best possible signal integrity it is strongly recommended to leave the Content Detection algorithm in automatic mode Sample Rate Conversion A Sample Rate Converter SRC is provided per each AES input stream The SRC will re sample the input to a 48kHz samping rate as derived from the current REF source SRCs are enabled by default checkbox in APPolo GUI is set to active If the content type has been detected as anything but PCM letter P see above then the SRC operation will automatically be bypassed l e it is NOT possibile to destroy an encoded bitstream such as DolbyE or AC 3 by accidentally leaving the SRC activated NOTE lf the input AES stream is already sampled at 48kHz but if that sampling rate has not been genlocked to the same REF then the use of the built in SRC s is mandatory to achieve the correct sampling structure for the internal processing Audio Processing The Audio Processing block provides access to the detailed audio processing functionality The following functions are available per mono channel Gain Adjustment 66 3dB 18dB Phase Inversion on off Mute on off Mono Downmix per output mono channel enable the addition of the other sibling mono chan
62. nal audio group while other audio groups remain present the additional groups are by default not guaranteed to be deembedded phase aligned to the previous content Such phase aligned deembedding can optionally be guaranteed even in the above case This can be achieved by enabling the Parameter DeembPhaseSync1 SDI1 resp DeembPhaseSync2 SDI2 can be enabled on the Params tab page 67 As a consequence all deembedding will be re initialized on a re arrangement of the HANC content In the above scenario there would be an audible disturbance in the contents of groups 1 and 2 when group 3 appears in the HANC NOTE The Params Tab contains another pair or parameters with similar names DeembPhaseSyncVerify These are ON by default and they guarantee phase alignment within a stereo pair This is not the same as guaranteeing phase alignment across groups as explained above Page 59 of 74 P VD 5840 Reference Manual Rev 3 0 Audio Content Detection For every input AES channel the content type is automatically detected and automatic dateien CE displayed in the APPolo GUI by a single Audio Content Type upper case Letter The following indications are supported Audio Content p p p P PCM stream transparent stereo SRC E DolbyE encoded stream d D Other encoded data e g AC 3 Sample Rate Conversion lt none gt If no letter is displayed at all then this AES channel does not Figure 38 Content Detectio
63. nel as a simple a b 2 downmix Overlevel Detection a yellow warning indication will be displayed if the signal content reaches the potential digital clipping code values reach OxFFF Page 60 of 74 P VD 5840 Reference Manual Rev 3 0 Silence Detection a yellow warning indication will be displayed if the signal content is detected as silent lt 60dB for more than 10 sec Test Tone A 1000 Hz Test Tone can be generated and applied to both mono channels at the same time If enabled the AES input stream is ignored and NOT delivered at the output NOTE all AES processing is automatically disabled neutralized when the content type is NOT PCM audio This guarantees that an encoded bitstream such as DolbyE or AC 3 is not disturbed by such processing AES Proc W ne Figure 39 AES processing DolbyE The P VD 5840 provides automatic processing and correct synchronization of DolbyE encoded AES streams As mentioned above DolbyE contents can be detected as such For DolbyE streams all AES processing such as SRC gain phase adjustment etc is disabled It is recommended to route DolbyE encoded streams through one of the internal AES paths no 21 through 24 For regular PCM contents these paths provide the exact same capabilities as all the other audio paths For DolbyE contents however these paths provide two additional processing capabilities DolbyE Frame Synchronization Similar to a Video framesync the DolbyE
64. ns are needed For information on how to install a licensed option please refer to the GUI section of this manual Up Down Cross Conv Option OC 5840 UPXD2 One high quality up down and cross conversion is already pre installed with the basic unit The addition of this option adds a second channel of high quality up down and cross conversion to the module This is an internal resource which can be mapped to any or all available outputs Modes of operation are described below Note The operation of the Converter can be set to Up Conversion OR Down Conversion OR Cross Conversion Down conversion Modes of operation are described below 4 3 Letterbox This takes the 16 9 aspect ratio of the input HD or 3GBIt s signal and fits it into the 4 3 SD aspect ratio screen with black bars at the top and bottom of the image 4 3 Center Cut This mode cuts the center portion of the 16 9 input signal and fills the 4 3 SD aspect ratio screen 4 3 Stretch to Fill This mode takes the 16 9 input signal and distorts vertically stretches the image to fit the available 4 3 SD aspect ratio space 16 9 HDTV Source 4 3 Center Cut 4 3 Letterbox This converter also adds a 14 9 conversion 4 3 Stretch to fill Figure 12 Downconversion modes Page 28 of 74 Up Conversion The UP converter will convert the connected SDTV input standard to the selected HD 3GBit s Standard within the same or half the frame rate Se
65. nual Now an individual line can be activated or de activated blocked by clicking into the line box See Figure 30 NOTE This can be very useful for example if a particular line has to be kept free of WST data because this would interfere with downstream equipment Please make sure to activate additional lines until all packets from the source stream have found a destination line UPXD 1 Image Scaling Closed Captions Time Code Sa SDI Out3 For 8 19 zx m 22 4 Figure 30 manual control on WST lines Page 48 of 74 P VD 5840 Reference Manual Rev 3 0 Video Processing Each SDI output has its own Video Processor The following description applies to all of the SDI outputs egually unless otherwise noted Figure 31 Video Output Processing Aperture Correction Horizontal aperture correction is provided for each output channel which can be used to sharpen or soften the video signal This is sometimes reguired for down converted video signals as the filtering process rolls off the high freguency very slightly If adjusted in the positive direction this will increase sharpness if adjusted in the negative direction this will soften the image There is a check box to switch aperture correction ON and OFF Setting Aperture correction to OFF has the same effect as setting in the numerical value to zero Output Coupling Coupling Outputs is a possibility to increase the number of rear plate connectors per indi
66. nverted to the output By default the output will use the identical format from the input This automatic selection can be overwritten by a manual switch Decoder Mode Page 47 of 74 P VD 5840 Reference Manual Rev 3 0 Teletext Inserter Only one of the above Teletext formats can be embedded into the Converter Output If more than one input source of Teletext data is available the identical format will be chosen on the input by default This automatic selection can be overwritten by a manual switch Decoder Mode The graphical illustration in the lower part of the Teletext window shows the amount of data packets that are involved in the teletext transport One green box represents one packet of data where many such packets together in one video frame make up one page of teletext If the current format is WST or S2031 WST on the input or the output then the appropriate VANC line numbers are shown inside the green boxes In the case of WST this number shows the VANC line in which this packet resides In the case of S2031 WST this number shows the line number that shall be used when this packet should be transcoded to WST see description of S2031 WST above When the output format is specified as WST only for SD SDI outputs then the VANC line numbers for insertion of the WST information will be chosen automatically This automatic selection of output line numbers can be overwritten by setting the Line Selection Mode to Ma
67. o any interlaced or progressive signal The selection of 2D or 3D noise reduction processing is automatically controlled by the firmware in accordance with the video signal being processed Block Artifact Reduction Block Artifact Reduction BAR locates and reduces block edges produced by DCT based compression processing BAR can be applied to any interlaced or progressive input signal Mosquito Noise Reduction Mosquito Noise Reduction MNR dynamically adapts to image content effectively reducing mosquito artifacts around sharp edges in DCT based compression It can be applied to any interlaced or progressive signal Detail Enhancement Sharpness and Texture The detail enhancement function provides both sharpness and texture enhancement realized by adaptive horizontal vertical and diagonal large edge and small edge enhancement processes Overshoot undershoot control is provided to minimize ringing on the enhanced edges In addition noise rejection is provided to minimize the amount of enhancement applied to the noisy areas of the image For ease of use the various controls are combined into two parameters Level and Threshold e Level controls the level of the horizontal vertical as well as the diagonal high pass filtered picture content which will be added to the original signal again i e the gain of the high frequency content in the signal e Threshold This parameter controls the level of signal which is passed through
68. on imposes the following limitations to the audio infrastructure e Internal audio processing mute gain invert is disabled and set to neutral e Takes full control over all internal audio crossbars input and output except the crossbar configuring the external AES output channel assignment Accordingly the effected audio crossbars and audio processing parameters will be grayed out and set to read only in the control system 3 Persistence of user settings After turning the ASCA function ON audio infrastructure settings crossbars SRCs Embedders are modified by an automatic process When the ASCA function is then turned OFF again previous settings are not automatically restored As a conseguence turning the ASCA ON and OFF can result in a modified audio infrastructure crossbars processing Page 20 of 74 P VD 5840 Reference Manual Rev 3 0 4 External AES input not usable Turning the ASCA function ON will allocate all available Dolby E synchronization resources to the signals de embedded from the video input The external AES inputs cannot be used at all On the other hand the external AES outputs are not controlled by ASCA i e the AES output crossbar is still active not grayed out However the automatic ASCA process can re assign individual audio streams to different internal audio channels So if an external AES output is connected to a particular internal audio stream the content of that stream can
69. onization amp Channel Assignment ASCA sss 19 Weoork trig Principle Em 19 Limited Sync Resources sesssssesssssssseesressrtesrtestnesinsttntttnttinstnnntintttnnttntttnntnnetn nenun nn nenn 19 Bian le 20 NORO REGUCTION 2 P A iin Pn pe kko obja A ed tan 22 General Noise Reduction enne ennt entere ens nnns nennen neis 22 Block ue dee Ter Le TEE 22 Mosquito Noise Hecdhucnon eren en nennen nns 22 Detail Enhancement Sharpness and Texture sse 22 Te E DEE Eeer 22 Functional Diagrams and Module Layout 23 ere teo TEL 25 NIG GO cs M 25 AUC iiie csetera pa didi eR o dd ee ea eed Eee aad A 25 Optical Fiber P VD 5840 DO and UO entere nnne nennen 26 Page 2 of 74 P VD 5840 Reference Manual Rev 3 0 Installation nn ERKER ER EEKER ER ER ER ER ER ERER ER EEERKER EE EE KER ER EE ER EE ER EEEE ER EEERKER EE E KER EE Kn 26 Firmware Option ene ER ERR KER ER RRNA NANNANANNNNNNANNNNANANNNNNNANNNNAN ANN eens 28 Up Down Cross Conv Option IOC B A0 UPDXDO nan 28 DOWN CONVErSION 2 eite petet P de oja bep et ed pao Base pet dauna etc eves he ea eder ruta data 28 Up Conversion Lie teen heec ee Pte ite lee de ree ace rene eles 29 Gross CohVersiof ol redet ete piedi pae fo reete beet deg ase oro javen 29 Image Size and Positioning e eene nennen nnne enne 29 Color Space Conversio essent enne snnt rennen nensi nnns s
70. rizontal and V Vertical blanking When selected the video output will have new blanking applied in both of these areas which will overwrite any information in the vertical and horizontal blanking intervals Output if no input This selection defines the behavior of the respective SDI output signal if no input signal is present on the connected input channel Choices are e Freeze repeat the last good input picture see Freeze Mode below e Black show a full field black picture e Test Pattern show the pre selected test pattern see Test Pattern below Freeze Mode This selection determines the exact content that shall be delivered on the SDI output if the signal has to be shown in freeze state there are two possible reasons why an SDI output can go into freeze See Freeze on TRS Error page 39 and Output if no Input above Possible settings are e Freeze Field 1 e Freeze Field 2 e Freeze Frame NOTE In a progressive video standard this selection has no effect Page 50 of 74 P VD 5840 Reference Manual Rev 3 0 Test Pattern Pre select A wide range of patterns is provided which can be selected using the drop down selection provided The pre selected pattern can explicitly be switched ON see below This same pre selected pattern will be used if the Output if no Input mode is set to Test Pattern see above The following patterns are provided Full field Black Full field White
71. rtifact Reduction Block Artifact Reduction BAR locates and reduces block edges produced by DCT based compression processing BAR can be applied to any interlaced or progressive input signal Figure 33 Noise Reduction Page 52 of 74 P VD 5840 Reference Manual Rev 3 0 Mosquito Noise Reduction Mosquito Noise Reduction MNR dynamically adapts to image content effectively reducing mosquito artifacts around sharp edges in DCT based compression It can be applied to any interlaced or progressive signal Detail Enhancement Sharpness and Texture The detail enhancement function provides both sharpness and texture enhancement realized by adaptive horizontal vertical and diagonal large edge and small edge enhancement processes Overshoot undershoot control is provided to minimize ringing on the enhanced edges In addition noise rejection is provided to minimize the amount of enhancement applied to the noisy areas of the image For ease of use the various internal controls are combined into two separate parameters Level This parameter controls the level of the horizontal vertical and diagonal high pass filtered picture content which will be added to the original signal l e the gain of the high frequency content in the signal Threshold This parameter controls the level of signal which is passed through for level control i e all amplitudes in the signal below this threshold will not be used for the detail enhancement P
72. s slight loss Test Patterns Each of the two output channels has its own independent test pattern generator which provides a wide selection of test patterns which can be switched into each output The selected test pattern is also available as one of the modes the synchronizer will switch to when excessive video TRS errors are encountered Possible synchronizer actions when the input video errors become excessive are e Freeze Field 1 e Freeze Field 2 e Freeze Frame e Selected Test Pattern e Black Programmable Video Output Delay Each of the two SDI outputs has separate programmable video output delay which can be set independently between 0 and 3 frames max The adjustment is available in pixel line and full frame increments This adjustment will delay the SDI video output relative to the connected reference by the delay setting specified fixed delay NOTE The Synchronizer including the OC 5840 UPXD2 option if installed has fixed frame delays depending on the signal path and selected function see below The 0 gt 3 frame user adjustment is additional delay relative to the fixed delays Page 15 of 74 P VD 5840 Reference Manual Rev 3 0 Fixed Processing Delays The Synchronizer including the OC 5840 UPXD2 option if installed has fixed frame delays depending on the signal path and selected function see below Input Standard Output Delay ms Delay Frames rounded to 2 Standard frame 10
73. sired source Hovering the mouse pointer over a flexible signal will show a handle Grab the handle click and hold with the left mouse button and drag and drop it to the new desired source More details are shown below Reference Source Selection The complete P VD 5840 processing clock is derived from one single Reference signal This reference signal can be derived either from a digital source SDI e Input 1 or 2 or from an Analog REF signal Figure 18 If the REF Source type is set amp to Analog then a second switch Figure em 19 selects between the BNC connector Figure 18 Selecting Digital vs Analog on the module s local Backpanel and the PERE ame Rack Reference distributed to all slot positions in the RackFrame NOTE selecting a digital reference from an SDI input is useful for applications where the P VD 5840 is used asa video delay line Figure 19 Selecting Analog REF Source Page 36 of 74 P VD 5840 Reference Manual Rev 3 0 Freguency Pre select This is where the frame synchronizer output frequency or frame rate is selected This can be fixed into a frame rate which will never change to maintain this constant output frame rate at all times regardless of the connected reference signal or any disturbance to the connected reference signal This will prevent the output frame rate and format automatically tracking the connected reference standard should this change The output video signal wil
74. static discharge or damage could result to module Preventing ESD Damage Electrostatic discharge ESD damage occurs when electronic assemblies or the components are improperly handled and can result in complete or intermittent failure Do not handle the module unless using an ESD preventative wrist strap and ensure that it makes good skin contact Connect the strap to any solid grounding source such as any exposed metal on the rack chassis or any other unpainted metal surface Caution Periodically check the resistance value of the antistatic strap The measurement should be between 1 and 10 Megohms Page 7 of 74 P VD 5840 Reference Manual Rev 3 0 Product Description The PVD 5840 FLEXCARD is a high performance SD HD 3G frame synchronizer line synchronizer with full embedded and external AES audio support Basic functionality is a single channel multi format frame synchronizer including 3G processing Noise Reduction basic Color Correction RGB Gain and Lift and SDTV Aspect Ratio Conversion ARC P VD 5840 DO and UO The SDI input can be switched between the BNC input and an optional Fiber input There are various Hardware options provided for optical video inputs and outputs Up to two optical inputs and two optical outputs can be added CWDM versions are also available The module provides support for AFD Active Format Description WSS Wide Screen Signaling and VI Video Index for automated control of the optional
75. t Sizing Positioning With these controls the size and positioning of the output image can be set Any remaining parts of the resulting image which have no content will be filled with black To use this function the advanced settings adv checkbox has to be activated NOTE It is also possible to manually drag the input and output cropping extremities using the mouse pointer on the GUI Simply position the mouse over the green line you wish to move click and drag the line to the desired point on the image NOTE If a non standard setting is used the Conversion setting will jump to custom EXE TET D 1 HOP SQ EES E HE OO pV Lengt Figure 26 Input Cropping gt Output Insertion Page 43 of 74 P VD 5840 Reference Manual Rev 3 0 Closed Captions Close Caption metadata will be taken over from input to output A format conversion and transcoding will be applied whenever necessary This automatic process can be configured manually if desired PAU Figure 27 Close Captions Control Closed Captions Detection The following standard transport types for CloseCaption data can be detected on the input of the converter S334CDP Closed Captions in SMPTE 334 CDP transport packet containing CEA 708 and or CEA 608 data S334RAW Closed Captions in SMPTE 334 RAW transport packet containing CEA 608 data Line21 Closed Captions in Line 21 containing CEA 608 data in 525 video standard only If any of t
76. t image Similarly all the metadata has to be copied from the HANC or VANC space of the input image to the appropriate place in the output image In some cases i e where the input ANC data format is not supported in the output picture e g after an upscaling process this involves a conversion of the ANC metadata contents For metadata such as CloseCaptions TimeCode and Teletext contents this process of conversion of metadata can be influenced manually if this should be desired See the next sections for details NOTE Embedded audio content as a special form of ANC data is not processed in this context Instead embedded audio is handled by the explicit audio routing infrastructure See page 57 Page 41 of 74 P VD 5840 Reference Manual Rev 3 0 Image Input Control Control Mode The input aspect ratio and other settings can either be specified manually default or they can be derived from one of the supported standard format description indications AFD WSS or VI Input Aspect Ratio For SDTV input signaly the source aspect ratio can be set to 4 3 or 16 9 This setting can be derived from AFD WSS or VI see above Figure 24 Converter Input Control Image Output Control Output Format With this selection you can specify the output video format The available selections are qualified by the frequency pre selection see page 37 and the attached reference signal For SDTV output formats the aspect ratio is
77. t sets of User Presets Each such User Preset contains a current value for all settings parameters of the complete device Restoring a User Preset means to apply these current values to all parameters at once l e it is not possible to restore a User Preset and thereby modify only a subset of the internal parameters All User Presets are stored in on board flash RAM where they are preserved even during long periods of no power supply Saving a User Preset The current configuration of the complete device is stored into one of the User Presets by following these steps 1 On the User Presets Tab click the button Save To to open the dialog shown in Figure 45 Saving a User Preset 2 Select one of the User Preset slots click button to the right Optionally rename the User Preset max 8 characters Figure 45 Saving a User Preset 3 Click Save Loading a User Preset An existing User Preset can be restored into the Current Settings of the complete device by following these steps Page 65 of 74 P VD 5840 Reference Manual Rev 3 0 1 On the User Presets Tab click the Load button next to the User Preset 2 Inthe next dialog confirm that this is what you want Activating User Presets by GPI External GPI contacts can be used for quick activation of User Presets by following these steps 1 In the right columns specify the required GPI polarities for the User Preset 2 Set
78. to access the large array of settings possible Please refer to the GUI section of this manual for details on the controls provided Some rudimentary module settings are possible via the local controls which are detailed below Once set all settings are automatically saved in non volatile internal memory Flash RAM The module will always recall the last used settings Multi Function Switch The CardModule is equipped with a multi function switch located on the front bottom edge of the card see Figure 14 Using the Local Display Menus Making local adjustments to the module is done using the multifunction switch and the integrated 4 character dot matrix display The menu system is layered and navigation through the system is done using the UP and DOWN functions of the switch ENTER is used to move between menu levels and also enter a selection Multi function Switch LED 3 REF Zell l v lt D Side Front o 2 KI 1 o LJ m J S 3 D o lt P a Switch Operations N Up Down Enter Figure 14 Multi Function Switch on left card edge Page 31 of 74 P VD 5840 Reference Manual Rev 3 0 Menu Structure The Menu structure is defined in the next table and can be used to help navigating through the menu system ENTER moves between levels UP DOWN moves between items within the level When a new setting is entered the system will jump back one level in the menu system
79. ts please contact your local representative or visit our web site for more product information LYNXTechnik AG Broadcast Television Equipment Page 74 of 74
80. ture 5 C to 40 C Maintaining specifications Humidity 90 Max non condensing Page 73 of 74 P VD 5840 Reference Manual Rev 3 0 Service Parts List Due to the very dense design and high level of integration there the module is not user serviceable Please contact LYNX for repairs or to reguest an exchange unit There is one consumable part used on this module which is the cooling fan A service kit is available to exchange the fan Ordering information below Part type Cooling Fan Service Kit Series 5000 CardModules Technical Support If you are experiencing problems or have guestions please contact your local distributor for further assistance Technical support is also available from our website http support lynx technik com support home Please do not return products to LYNX without an RMA Please contact your authorized dealer or reseller for more details More detailed product information and product updates may be available on our web site www lynx technik com Contact Information Please contact your local distributor this is your local and fastest method for obtaining support and sales information LYNX Technik can be contacted directly using the information below Address LYNX Technik AG Brunnenweg 3 D 64331 Weiterstadt Germany Website www lynx technik com E Mail info lynx technik com LYNX Technik manufactures a complete range of high quality modular products for broadcast and Professional marke
81. ty to handle poor quality input signals but there may be occasions where excessive errors cannot be recovered by the synchronizer This is generally qualified by TRS errors TRS means Timing Reference Signals and is a sequence of digital values embedded in the SDI data streams If the frame synchronizer cannot recover these errors then the channel will freeze the video until the errors can be recovered One function of the synchronizer is to repair any bad TRS values ensuring a stable and technically correct video stream is delivered on the outputs Synchronous SDI Input minimum audio delay The checkbox for Synchronous SDI Input should be activated ONLY when the SDI input is really synchronous to the REF no frequency differences or wandering over time If activated the embedded audio to video delay at the output is always minimal This is achieved by automatically compensating any delay offset between input and REF in the audio path If this function is activated on a non synchronous input signal i e where that offset changes over time then the automatic timing compensation in the audio path would constantly be re adjusted This would result in audible disturbances Page 39 of 74 P VD 5840 Reference Manual Rev 3 0 SDI Input select BNC Fiber this applies to the optical product variants DO UO only The SDI input signal for each channel can be selected from two physical inputs either the electrical BNC or the
82. ually search in any part of the parameter definition including the parameter code the textual description and even the Current Value NOTE In theory it would be possible to manage and monitor the complete functionality of the P DA 5288 by accessing the relevant parameters on this tab only All the other tabs in the GUI are only provided to provide better explanations and overview Page 68 of 74 Parameters control everything As stated in the previous chapter the complete behavior of any LYNX Device can be controlled and monitored with the parameters listed on the Params tab All other parts of the LYNX APPolo Control System use exactly the same parameters access and control the devices P VD 5840 Reference Manual Rev 3 0 The LYNX CustomControl feature connects the individual elements of a custom made Design to real device parameters by their Code See http appolo lynx technik com gt CustomControl for details The LYNX AutoControl automation rules access the individual Parameters for both Conditions and Actions by their Code See http appolo lynx technik com gt AutoControl for details The LYNX RemotelF API addresses individual Parameters by Code See http appolo lynx technik com gt RemoteControl for details 1 Right Click onto any Select function in the GUI Parameter Details Select Show in Params Tab for a direct jump to there Figure 47 Parameter Details from GUI The L
83. udio channels The audio is fed into a full audio processing stage which includes mono gain adjustment mute phase inversion silence and overload detection and stereo down mix Pathway 2 For DolbyE The PVD 5840 is transparent to any embedded or external DolbyE bit streams a If the input is synchronous then any audio pathway can be used b If the input is asynchronous pathway 2 provides 4 DolbyE synchronizers which synchronizes the DolbyE signal to the reference signal and automatically aligns the guard band Synchronization and automatic guard band alignment only works correctly if the frame rates of the video input output matches the reference signal see above Reference lock The Dolby Synchronizers have to be referenced to one of the video outputs or the AES audio outputs for correct guard band alignment see also description on page 60 Page 18 of 74 P VD 5840 Reference Manual Rev 3 0 Automatic Audio Synchronization amp Channel Assignment ASCA The P VD 5840 Frame Synchronizer I provides comprehensive audio routing PVD5840 D 3G HD SD FrameSync capabilities providing a separate AES input crossbar and also individual mono crossbars for each output channel While this provides the greatest level of flexibility it can also be cumbersome for basic applications which just need the audio passed through the system transparently The same embedded audio configuration on the input is required on the synchroniz
84. use undesired operation Note This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class A digital device pursuant to the part 15 of the FCC Rules These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference when the equipment is operated in a commercial environment This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with the instruction manual may cause harmful 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 their own expense Page 6 of 74 P VD 5840 Reference Manual Rev 3 0 Getting Started Most CardModules are installed into the rack frames and system tested in the factory If this is an upgrade part or service exchange item then the module is supplied in a padded cardboard carton which includes the CardModule rear connection plate and mounting screws Packaging The shipping carton and packaging materials provide protection for the module during transit Please retain the shipping cartons in case subseguent shipping of the product becomes necessary Do not remove the module from its protective static bag unless observing adeguate ESD precautions Please see below ESD Warning This product is static sensitive Please use caution and use preventative measures to prevent
85. ut signal As a consequence of holding one full frame of video at all times this mode requires an absolute minimum of 1 frame of total processing time input to output Additional total proc time is added by several other factors Line Sync H This mode is only applicable for synchronous input signals It can be used to achieve minimum total proc time The input signal is buffered for 1 line to correct timing differences within 1 line The absolute minimum total proc time is 1 5 lines The output signal is aligned to the next possible H pulse from the Reference Line Sync V In this mode the video input will also be stored in a video buffer After this minimum proc time has passed by the output of the same video frame from the buffer starts at the next available V pulse from the reference The total proc time equals the offset between SDI and REF A minimum processing time of approx 1 5 lines applies NOTE Both Line Sync modes can be applied to synchronous input signals only Le they must not be applied to an input signal that is potentially not genlocked to the REF input NOTE In both of the Line Sync modes the video converter paths can NOT be used If a converter path is to be used the associdated input path has to be configured to Frame Sync mode Synchronized to Minimum Delay next frame start 4 approx line _ _ _ _ gt Frame 0 Frame 1 Reference Reference Reference Figure 21
86. vidual output at the expense of reducing the amount of independent output channels All SDI outputs except SDI output 1 can be coupled to other outputs Coupling an SDI output to another SDI output will automatically set all parameter controls for this output to a read only state controls in GUI will be greyed out The current values of all of these parameters will dynamically be taken over from the reference output The following couple modes can be set up e Output 1 can NOT be coupled to any other output e Output 2 can be coupled to Output 1 Page 49 of 74 P VD 5840 Reference Manual Rev 3 0 e Output 3 can be coupled to Output 1 or 2 e Output 4 can be coupled to Output 1 or 2 or 3 3G Format This switch determines what 3G streaming format will be output There are three selections to choose of e Auto The streaming format will be determined automatically e Level A The output format is forced to 3G Level A e LevelBDL The output format is forced to 3G Level B Dual Link The 3G output streaming format can be determined for each output individually This switch only has an effect if the output receives a 3G format The SW option OC PVD5840 3G LevelB DL needs to be activated otherwise this switch is greyed out Clip CR Cb Headroom If activated all Luminance Y values below 64 and above 940 and all Chrominance Cr CB values below 64 and above 864 will be clipped H and V Blanking A checkbox selection is provided for H Ho
87. will open up a separate GUI window showing just the controls for the current module This new window can be used to arrange multiple devices on your desktop or similar Page 70 of 74 P VD 5840 Reference Manual Rev 3 0 Rename It is possible to rename individual items RackFrames and individual devices in the APPolo Device Tree The default name of a device is the LYNX product name This name can be modified at any time The original default name can be restored by simply removing the custom name from that renaming field save this as an empty name Figure 51 Rename Device NOTE The names are stored inside the flash memory of a LYNX server if installed or the hard disk of the connected Computer respectively Save Settings Now Any modification to any parameter of a device is immediately propagated from the APPolo GUI to the hardware device card and made effective The current settings are saved in a local FlashRAM of the device so that the device will continue to work in the exact same configuration after a power cycle But in order to reduce the number of write operations on the physical FlashRAM the actual storage of a modified configuration into the FlashRAM is only executed approximately 10 seconds after the last change to any setting in the whole card This operation is visualized on the board by all local LEDs flashing three times in yellow color Consequently if you remove a card from a system BEFORE the last c
88. y and should not require excessive force to insert if you feel any resistance there could be something wrong with the rear connection panel location Do not try and force the connection this may damage the connectors Remove the rear connection panel and check alignment with the CardModule 5 Insert and remove the CardModule a few times to ensure correct alignment and then tighten the two screws to secure the rear connection plate 6 Power up the rack and check the module LED s and matrix display illuminate Check the module is automatically logged into the control system device tree It may take a few seconds for the control system to discover the new module NOTE The use of the optional control system is mandatory for the control and setup of this module If you do not have the control system then please contact your LYNX representative for details on how to upgrade your installation with the LYNX control system Page 27 of 74 P VD 5840 Reference Manual Rev 3 0 Firmware Options The basic module is a single channel frame synchronizer and HQ UP Down Cross Converter with full audio support providing two user mapped outputs With the addition of the following firmware options the performance and features of the module can be greatly enhanced and customized to meet a specific application NOTE Firmware options can be added at any time by simply purchasing and installing a license code string No hardware or firmware modificatio

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