TC-2 timecode reader/generator user manual
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1. necessary to set the unit up manually while the appropriate line standard is input Then you will need to select the menu SETUPSUTILITIES gt MEMS You then need to use the NEXT and PREV buttons grey to find the 6 recall and 6 save memory activation buttons Select a number to save a user configuration Selection of a memory is done by pressing the appropriate Memory recall location The memory locations are named from 1 to 24 Mems 1 6 are for 625 Mems 7 12 are for 525 Mems 13 18 are for 1080 Mems 19 24 are for 720 4 2 3 Naming User Memories The user memories can be named with up to 6 characters To do this plug ina PS 2 Keyboard into a Flexipanel and select the appropriate processor card with a device button To name memory 1 TXroom 1 Hit F9 function key The LCD displays will change to text entry mode 2 Type M01 TXroom and then press enter 3 You may get a not acknowledged message this does not matter Other memories can be named in the same way but changing the 01 to another memory number 4 3 Tamper Locking the TCe The user can lock specific menus or all the menus on the TC 2 so that it cannot be adjusted with a manual control panel To do this plug in a PS 2 Keyboard into a Flexipanel and select the appropriate processor card with a device button To lock only menu 5 Next Logo for channel A 1 Hit F9 function key The LCD displays will change to text entry mode 2 Type LO5 and then press2. 34 Park House Watford Business Park Greenhill Crescent Watford Herts GB WD18 8PH Reg No 2855535 Telephone 44 0 1923 256 000 Fax 44 0 1923 256 100 email eesales eyeheight com l 2 2 Generators VITC generator 525 625 selectable lines jam to any reader ATC DBB1 LTC generator selectable line jam to any reader ATC DBB1 VITC1 generator selectable line jam to any reader ATC DBB1 User generator selectable line and DBB1 jam to any reader 1 2 3 Display 3 on screen displays with HH MM SS FF and type suffix eg 12 23 54 02 ATC L On screen Drop Frame and VITC field markers Colour size and position of each of the three displays are individually settable Display of time in Hours Minutes seconds also on the FP 9 control panel Display of User bits and Flags also on the FP 9 control panel 2 4 Transcoding other Transcoding from any reader to any generator with 0 9 frame delay advance Auto priority lock system using three readers in selectable priority order ATC blanker Hardware Schematic gt Video IN 10 gt Timecode al ATC ATC ATC VITC Read Read Read Read 1 2 3 Timecode Router with delay advance on inputs ATC ATC ATC VITC Gen Gen Gen gt Gen 1 2 3 3x Character Insertion v LTC Read Figure 1 1 TC 2 processing card and simplified block diagram OPI OP2 OP3 N A RJ45 LTC LTC RJ 45 oF eyeheight Unit
3. 44 0 1923 256 100 email eesales eyeheight com Menus 108 111 User Memories Menu Num Heading Function 108 Memory This saves the current setting into the Save labelled memory x y and z depend on the line standard See User Memories Memory This saves the current setting into the Save labelled memory x y and z depend on the line standard See User Memories Memory This saves the current setting into the Save labelled memory x y and z depend on Back This takes you back a menu level to menu 4 the line standard See User Memories Menus 112 115 Resets and power on memory Menu Num Heading Function 112 Set as Pressing this sets up the current Power on parameters as the power on settings Memory and line standard change settings for this unit in te current line standard See Power on memory Reboot This causes a soft restart of the unit this unit No memory parameters are lost Factory This takes you to the factory reset Reset option Menu 116 115 Back This takes you back a menu level to menu 120 36 eyeheight Unit 34 Park House Watford Business Park Greenhill Crescent Watford Herts GB WD18 8PH Reg No 2855535 Telephone 44 0 1923 256 000 Fax 44 0 1923 256 100 email eesales eyeheight com Menus 116 119 Factory reset last chance to back out Menu Num Heading Function 116 START Just information Ask if you are sure you want to start a factory reset 11
4. 73 74 75 Heading ATC L Reader Function This parameter alters the read advance of the ATC L LTC Advance Delay reader This can be adjusted by up DBB2 value Information Back to 9 frames represents and advance and represents a delay This shows the read value of the ATC DBB2 8 bit byte This is not a variable but reminds you that this reader is permanently set to DBB1 0 which is looking for LTC sourced ATC packets This takes you back a menu level to menu 32 30 eyeheight Unit 34 Park House Watford Business Park Greenhill Crescent Watford Herts GB WD18 8PH Reg No 2855535 Telephone 44 0 1923 256 000 Fax 44 0 1923 256 100 email eesales eyeheight com Menus 76 79 ATC V1 reader parameters Menu Heading Function Num 76 ATC V1 This parameter alters the read Reader advance of the ATC V1 VITC 1 _Advance Delay reader This can be adjusted by up to 9 frames represents and advance and represents a delay 77 DBB2 value This shows the read value of the ATC DBB2 8 bit byte 78 Information This is not a variable but reminds you that this reader is permanently set to DBB1 1 which is looking for VITC sourced ATC packets 79 Back This takes you back a menu level to menu 32 Menus 80 83 ATC U reader parameters Menu He
5. This selects the locking reference for Generator the user selectable ATC generator and 33 eyeheight Unit 34 Park House Watford Business Park Greenhill Crescent Watford Herts GB WD18 8PH Reg No 2855535 Telephone 44 0 1923 256 000 Fax 44 0 1923 256 100 email eesales eyeheight com locking also it s status The Status can be on reference off or FrRun Free running i e not and locked The locking reference can be status specifically any of the five internal time code readers LTC VITC 3xATC or set to Auto Auto Priority see menu 128 where the unit can lock to one reader and if that fails fall back on two other readers 93 DBB2 This inserts this value for DBB2 ATC value and The DBBz2 This also sets the video line line number onto which the generator number inserts the ATC packet 94 DBB1 This sets the ATC packet type As the ATC type value is varied there is an indication of the meaning of the selected ATC type on the lower line Back This takes you back a menu level to menu 68 Menus 96 99 User Memories Menu Num Num a a Heading Function Memory This recalls the labelled memory x y Recall and z depend on the line standard See User Memories Memory This recalls the labelled memory x y Recall and z depend on the line standard See User Memories Memory This recalls the labelled me
6. and simplified block diagram ceee 7 Figure 1 2 Front view of etherbox FB 9E fitted with FF 9 blank panel 8 Figure 1 3 Rear view of etherbox with a single TC 2 installed eeee 8 Figure 1 4 FP 9 Flexipanel can be fitted on the FB 9E or remotely using and RR 9 Kil Raeeereereenr cre erat feet bent rere ane eter ar rear a e ea en Tenn e er tran aS 8 Figure 2 1 TC 2 Connections sched dares asters aa deen deluaateslleuadilva vues denelduavauaualuate 9 Figure 2 2 Typical output showing character inserters eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeees 9 Figure 3 1 typical start up screen layout sssseeeeseeeennrnereeeseeernrnnrnreseerrrrennn ne 11 Figure 4 1 Flexipanel FP 9 Controls c cccceeeeeeeeeeeneeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeenaeeeeeeeeeeeeeees 19 Figure 4 2 Types of menus showing their characteristic COIOUIS ceeee 19 5 eyeheight Unit 34 Park House Watford Business Park Greenhill Crescent Watford Herts GB WD18 8PH Reg No 2855535 Telephone 44 0 1923 256 000 Fax 44 0 1923 256 100 email eesales eyeheight com System Overview This processing card will read VITC LTC and ATC timecode types and overlay this onto an SD or HD video SDI stream The system will also generate VITC and ATC timecode types enabling timecode format conversation l l The TC 2 product 1 1 1 Readers This processing card contains a VITC reader SD 525 625 line standards a LTC reader and t
7. enter The menu will no longer be adjustable To unlock menu 5 type A05 as step 2 above Other menus are done in the same way To lock the whole product type L as step 2 above and to unlock the whole product type A as step 2 above Pl eyeheight Unit 34 Park House Watford Business Park Greenhill Crescent Watford Herts GB WD18 8PH Reg No 2855535 Telephone 44 0 1923 256 000 Fax 44 0 1923 256 100 email eesales eyeheight com 4 4 The TC e Menu Set The following set of menus defines the operational controls of the TC 2 Note Only parameters with RED menu numbers are stored in the memories and the Power ON memory Menus 00 03 Top Level Menus Menu Num Heading Function 0 Time This will indicate the validity of the three Code styles of time code OK or ATC will Validity be valid if there are any valid ATC packets in the SDI stream 1 Line This indicates the line standard in the Standard format lt number of lines gt lt l or P gt indicating l nterlaced or P rogressive and lt Scan Rate gt in scans per second 2 View Pressing this sends you to menu 36 Time which displays the current time of three code of the time code readers You can also view the user bits and flags here 3 Set up Setup takes you to the main reader and generator setup parameters The Reader Display parameters and other Utilities Menus 04 07 Overall setup Pe eyeheight Unit 34 Park House Watford Bus
8. to 9 frames Delay is a negative advance This takes you back a menu level to menu 8 Menus 16 19 VITC reader generator parameters select Menu Num 16 17 18 19 Heading Function VITC This will take you to the VITC reader Reader and generator options Menu 20 VITC This will take you to the VITC reader Generator and generator options Menu 24 Not Used Back This takes you back a menu level to menu 8 Menus 20 23 VITC Reader Set up Heading Not used VITC read lines VITC reader advance delay Back Function These are the two video line number which are read for VITC This parameter adjusts the number of frames adjustment to the reader The reader can be advanced or delayed by up to 9 frames Delay is a negative advance This takes you back a menu level to menu 8 2P4 eyeheight Unit 34 Park House Watford Business Park Greenhill Crescent Watford Herts GB WD18 8PH Reg No 2855535 Telephone 44 0 1923 256 000 Fax 44 0 1923 256 100 email eesales eyeheight com Menus 24 27 VITC Generator Set up Menu Num Heading Function 24 Insert This parameter determines the main VITC state of the VITC generator This can be ON OFF or Free Run In Free Run the system is just counting frames It is not locked to a jamming source 25 VITC These are the two video line numbers generator on which the VITC are generated lines 26 VITC jam This selects the sourc
9. to the on screen display position parameters for the three displays Menu 48 27 eyeheight Unit 34 Park House Watford Business Park Greenhill Crescent Watford Herts GB WD18 8PH Reg No 2855535 Telephone 44 0 1923 256 000 Fax 44 0 1923 256 100 email eesales eyeheight com 45 Display This takes you to the on screen display and Style size and colour parameters and also to the time code reader display selector Menu 52 46 Not used 47 Back This takes you back a menu level to menu 4 Menus 48 51 Set display position parameters Menu Num Heading Function 48 Display 1 This menu enables adjustment of the vertical vertical and horizontal positioning and parameters for display 1 horizontal position 49 Display 2 This menu enables adjustment of the vertical vertical and horizontal positioning and parameters for display 2 horizontal position 50 Display 3 This menu enables adjustment of the vertical vertical and horizontal positioning and parameters for display 3 horizontal position 51 Back This takes you back a menu level to menu 44 Menus 52 55 Set display parameters size colour type Menu Num Heading Function P8 eyeheight Unit 34 Park House Watford Business Park Greenhill Crescent Watford Herts GB WD18 8PH Reg No 2855535 Telephone 44 0 1923 256 000 Fax 44 0 1923 256 100 email eesales eyeheight com 52 Set Display 1 Set the reader type the colour and parameters size of disp
10. will display BG1 to BG8 as eight Hexadecimal Hex digits A hexadecimal digit table is shown below Hex Decimal Binary 0 0 0000 14 eyeheight Unit 34 Park House Watford Business Park Greenhill Crescent Watford Herts GB WD18 8PH Reg No 2855535 Telephone 44 0 1923 256 000 Fax 44 0 1923 256 100 email eesales eyeheight com 1 1 0001 2 2 0010 3 3 0011 4 4 0100 5 5 0101 6 6 0110 7 7 0111 8 8 1000 9 9 1001 A 10 1010 B 11 1011 C 12 1100 D 13 1101 E 14 1110 F 15 1111 Table 2 Hexadecimal Decimal Binary conversions To view the User Bits and also the flags from the top menu press VEIW TC At this point we see the timecode display in HH MM SS for LTC VITC and the selected ATC reader Now press the flashing NEXT button This will show a display like the following 15 eyeheight Unit 34 Park House Watford Business Park Greenhill Crescent Watford Herts GB WD18 8PH Reg No 2855535 Telephone 44 0 1923 256 000 Fax 44 0 1923 256 100 email eesales eyeheight com This shows the user bits for LTC VITC and one of the three selectable ATC readers LUB VUB and AUB respectively The user bits are represented as the first two lines of each display from BG1 to BG8 For example the first display shows the eight hex digits 64D27643 BG1 6 BG8 3 3 2 2 Flags The flags are also shown as hex digits on the bottom line There are o
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12. 3 256 100 email eesales eyeheight com 4 Menu Control of the TC 2 All GeNETics products are controlled using a generic menu system This generic menu system is operated from a generic panel Flexipanel FP 9 or FP 10 An FP 9 is shown below An FP 10 has the same controls in a different layout style For information about acquiring processor cards for control on a Flexipanel see the etherbox manual section 4 4 1 fFlexipanel controls Device Buttons with LEDS are used to switch from one processing card to NEXT menu Button eyeheight PS2 Keyboard PREV menu Menu Windows Button Gonnscior Rotory Digipots A B C D display 4 A B C D with LEDS E menue ata bate These are used to ach menu can have change parameters in up to 3 parameters the menu windows Figure 4 1 Flexipanel FP 9 controls 4 1 Device Buttons There are 8 grey device buttons These switch between the currently selected processing cards installed in the etherbox It is also possible to select cards in another chassis if the l Bus is connected to the other chassis 4 1 2 Menu Navigation There are two ways to navigate from menu to menu 1 Using the NEXT and PREV buttons These are for Flat menu structures The NEXT and PREV LEDS will flash while further menus are available 2 Using a GOTO ANOTHER MENU LCD button as below coloured orange This is more common and will take you straight to a relevant set of menus Examples are the Play and U
13. 34 Park House Watford Business Park Greenhill Crescent Watford Herts GB WD18 8PH Reg No 2855535 Telephone 44 0 1923 256 000 Fax 44 0 1923 256 100 email eesales eyeheight com 1 3 Associated Equipment for the TC 2 The TC2 processing card requires the following in order to set up and operate the unit 1 An etherbox chassis FB 9E Up to six TC 2 units and be installed in one chassis 2 A Flexipanel control surface such as an FP 9 or an FP 10 or a java soft control panel license enabling the TC 2 to be run on a web based java application etherBox by eyeheight eyeheight Figure 1 4 FP 9 Flexipanel can be fitted on the FB 9E or remotely using and RR 9 kit 8 eyeheight Unit 34 Park House Watford Business Park Greenhill Crescent Watford Herts GB WD18 8PH Reg No 2855535 Telephone 44 0 1923 256 000 Fax 44 0 1923 256 100 email eesales eyeheight com 2 Installation The TC 2 has one digital video SD HD SDI input This input may have VITC and or ATC time code present which can be read by the unit The unit has three outputs Any output of the unit is the same as the input but modified dependent on the unit settings The modifications are in two forms 1 The output picture can have up to three timecode character inserters each of which consists of up to 17 characters For example 17 23 34 09 ATC 1 2 The output may also have new ATC packets and VITC lines from the internal generators IN1
14. 56 000 Fax 44 0 1923 256 100 email eesales eyeheight com allows for a background strap to make the timecode visible at all times independent of picture content 3 1 3 1 Switching the displays off One of the options in the Reader type menu is NONE This switches off the display completely 3 1 4 Display special characters amp Field Flag Drop Frame There are two specialised characters within the display that are designed to show two of the flags These are the Drop Frame flag and the Field Flag If the timecode has the drop frame bit set then the colon between the seconds and the frames will change to a semicolon For example 12 43 56 09 If in VITC mode the field flag is represented by a star after the numbers for example 12 43 56 09 3 2 Finding the User Bits and Flags The timecode specification SMPTE 12M specifies that the data bits that are not used to represent the time can be used also The User bits are 8 binary groups of four bits each These bits are called Binary Group 1 to Binary Group 8 often represented as BG1 to BG8 These bits can be assigned by the user and have no generic meaning The TC 2 can read these bits As well as these bits there are also flags which are interleaved within the actual time format in unused bits These flags are used to give further information about the timecode and are context dependent There are six flags which can be read by the TC 2 3 2 1 User Bits The TC 2
15. 7 Are you sure 118 Factory This WILL start a factory reset This will Reset lose all of your stored settings and will take several minutes to restart the unit 119 Back This takes you back a menu level to menu 120 Menus 120 123 Reset and upgrade software Menu Num Heading Function 120 Upgrade This takes you to the menus for starting to new a software update Menu 124 software 121 Not Used 122 RESETS This takes you to the reset and power on memory options Menu 112 123 Back This takes you back a menu level to menu 56 37 eyeheight Unit 34 Park House Watford Business Park Greenhill Crescent Watford Herts GB WD18 8PH Reg No 2855535 Telephone 44 0 1923 256 000 Fax 44 0 1923 256 100 email eesales eyeheight com Menus 124 127 Upgrade software last chance to back out Menu Num Heading Function 124 START Just information Ask if you are sure you want to start a software upgrade If hit by accident the unit will recover if you leave it a minute or two 125 Are you sure 126 Upgrade This will put the system in a mode Software where it is waiting for a software upgrade If no software upgrade is provided then the system will exit this menu harmlessly in a few minutes 127 Back This takes you back a menu level to menu 120 Menus 128 131 Utilities auto priority LCD view select Menu Num Heading Function 128 View on This selects which reader is viewed on LCD the ATC LCD view on the f
16. OPI OP2 OP3 N A RJ45 LTC Figure 2 1 TC 2 Connections 12 23 16 03 ATC L gt Figure 2 2 Typical output showing character inserters The unit also has an LTC input via the RJ 45 connector This is electronically balanced The table below shows the connections 9 eyeheight Unit 34 Park House Watford Business Park Greenhill Crescent Watford Herts GB WD18 8PH Reg No 2855535 Telephone 44 0 1923 256 000 Fax 44 0 1923 256 100 email eesales eyeheight com 1 Not Used White Orange 2 Not Used Orange 3 Not Used White Green 4 GND Blue 5 Not Used White Blue 6 Not Used Green 7 LTC White Brown 8 LTC Brown Table 1 LTC pin out on RJ 45 The user should refer to the etherbox user manual for installation of the TC e into a chassis and connection of flexipanels This will also describe the process of acquiring a processing card in this case the TC 2 by the Flexipanel which is necessary to access the menu structure within the TC e 10 eyeheight Unit 34 Park House Watford Business Park Greenhill Crescent Watford Herts GB WD18 8PH Reg No 2855535 Telephone 44 0 1923 256 000 Fax 44 0 1923 256 100 email eesales eyeheight com 3 Operation This section describes how to use the unit focussing on particular applications It is important to first understand the power on memory system for this device See the section Power on memory The reason that this is important is because once you have set up the unit it
17. TILS menu s shown on Figure 8 Figure 4 2 Types of menus showing their characteristic colours 19 eyeheight Unit 34 Park House Watford Business Park Greenhill Crescent Watford Herts GB WD18 8PH Reg No 2855535 Telephone 44 0 1923 256 000 Fax 44 0 1923 256 100 email eesales eyeheight com 4 1 3 Parameter adjustment of a green menu A green menu is one in which there is only one adjustable parameter There are two ways to adjust the parameter in a green menu 1 Press the green LCD button This will increment the value in that window This is most frequently done when the menu parameter is Textural for example switching a parameter between ON and OFF In this case a button press is most natural 2 Use the Rotary digipot A B C or D to adjust the parameter in the respective LCD window A B C or D The direction and speed of rotation enable numeric values to be set easily 4 1 4 Parameter adjustment of a red menu A red menu is one in which there is two or three adjustable parameters In this case it is necessary to first select the menu by pressing the red button When the red button is pressed it will turn green and either two or three of the rotary digipot LEDS will flash indicating that the respective rotary digipot will operate the respective parameter 4 1 5 Information display A Yellow menu Which on most panels does look a light orange is one in which only information is displayed An example of this is the softwa
18. ading Function Num 80 ATC U This parameter alters the read Reader advance of the ATC reader This Advance Delay can be adjusted by up to 9 frames represents and advance and represents a delay This ATC reader can be selected to read any of the 256 different ATC types This is set in 3l eyeheight Unit 34 Park House Watford Business Park Greenhill Crescent Watford Herts GB WD18 8PH Reg No 2855535 Telephone 44 0 1923 256 000 Fax 44 0 1923 256 100 email eesales eyeheight com menu 82 DBB1 value 81 DBB2 value This shows the read value of the ATC DBB2 8 bit byte 82 DBB1 set ATC This sets up the ATC packet type type that you are looking for There are A 1 83 Back This takes you back a menu level to menu 32 Menus 84 87 ATC L generator parameters Menu Num Heading Function 84 ATC L This selects the locking reference for Generator the ATC L generator and also it s locking status The Status can be on off or reference FrRun Free running i e not locked and The locking reference can be status specifically any of the five internal time code readers LTC VITC 3xATC or set to Auto Auto Priority see menu 128 where the unit can lock to one reader and if that fails fall back on two other readers 85 DBB2 This inserts this value for DBB2 ATC value S
19. e of timecode source from which the generated VITC is jam sync ed This can be LTC VITC ATC L ATC V1 or ATC U and AUTO AUTO is Auto priority where up to the time code sources can be selected in priority failure order 27 Back This takes you back a menu level to menu 16 Menus 28 31 ATC reader generator parameters select Menu Num Heading Function 28 ATC This will take you to the ATC reader Reader and generator options Menu 32 29 ATC This will take you to the ATC reader Generator and generator options Menu 68 30 ATC Set This takes you to the Auto Priority Up selection and LCD View selection Menu 128 31 Back This takes you back a menu level to 25 eyeheight Unit 34 Park House Watford Business Park Greenhill Crescent Watford Herts GB WD18 8PH Reg No 2855535 Telephone 44 0 1923 256 000 Fax 44 0 1923 256 100 email eesales eyeheight com menu 8 Menus 32 35 ATC reader type select Menu Num Heading ATC L Reader ATC V Reader ATC U Reader Back Function This will take you to the ATC L reader options Menu 72 This will take you to the ATC L reader options Menu 76 This will take you to the ATC L reader options Menu 80 This takes you back a menu level to menu 28 Menus 36 39 View time on LCD Menu Num Heading LTC time VITC time ATC time Back Function This is the time on the LTC in H M S This is the time on the VITC in H M S This is th
20. e time on the ATC in H M S The ATC time is selectable between ATC L ATC V1 and ATC U on menu number 128 This takes you back a menu level to menu 0 26 eyeheight Unit 34 Park House Watford Business Park Greenhill Crescent Watford Herts GB WD18 8PH Reg No 2855535 Telephone 44 0 1923 256 000 Fax 44 0 1923 256 100 email eesales eyeheight com Menus 40 43 View User Bits and Flags on LCD Menu Num Heading Function 40 LTC user This shows in hexadecimal the 8 bits and binary groups BG starting from BG1 flags and ending in BG8 represented by the first 8 hex numbers For example the LTC BG3 is hex D or binary 1101 All the groups in ascending order are 64D27643 The next 4 hex dig area representation of the Flags The meanings of these flags vary in context see SMPTE 12M the LSB of the Hex represents bit 14 then 15 35 55 74 and 75 only 6 bits relevant So for example the LTC data 0002 means only bit 15 is set and the others are clear See main manual for a more detailed explanation 41 VITC This is the Binary groups and flags for user bits the VITC See above Menu 36 for and flags more explanation 42 ATC user This is the Binary groups and flags for bits and the ATC See above Menu 36 for flags more explanation 43 Back This takes you back a menu level to menu 0 Menus 44 47 View User Bits and Flags on LCD Menu Num Heading Function 44 Position This takes you
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22. eyeheight ga TC e Multi rate timecode reader and generator user manual User Manual Versions Versions Changes Date 1 00 Original Version 01 07 2011 p eyeheight Unit 34 Park House Watford Business Park Greenhill Crescent Watford Herts GB WD18 8PH Reg No 2855535 Telephone 44 0 1923 256 000 Fax 44 0 1923 256 100 email eesales eyeheight com Table of Contents 1 System OVGIVIGW sipieicctectcsinded senccedes cosdededensdedas comeeorsenedeied cuedeseecenlesns wedeleventeerniene 6 ti The lara 0 oy rere veerenptte etree eee ree re e verre eet tere 6 1A PRON ororengan aee e i aae e nideien ia 6 1 1 2 Generators seers ta tectentireatin da tarendn etter ch dren daccieciueme etna taicuracuenctomemtauitnete 6 1 1 3 Transcoding one format to anothe ccccceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeees 6 1 2 Feature bullet points egscncictacccnnndccanansdsSduansd lt Siversdudlgnvst SivesvendiueystaSlvecsdadee 6 1 2 1 Readers ccc tire ated tt petite dine at dee treet neemmOmeamaende 6 1 2 2 Generators beste ecdatsartaee cineca tc daleadetdereloaulelc ainadnigedelnarle leieanhlveds padeiiiaelnadavedseedase 7 123 SAY ease cts duce geeecer eden scenncetesesucee e dacs 7 1 2 4 TRANS COGING OUNGN iriseora eaaa aaa AE EE 7 1 3 Associated Equipment for the TC 2 ssssssssssesssserenrenssserrrrrnnnrnesserrrrrnne 8 2 Installation sssrin a aaa aa a aa aE aa EE a 9 3 Operat r sieneen a
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24. hone 44 0 1923 256 000 Fax 44 0 1923 256 100 email eesales eyeheight com 5 2 Technical Specification Physical Weight 200g PCB dimensions 100mm x 225mm Module extents 250mm x 107mm x 20mm includes connectors and connector plate Humidity Recommend 40 to 55 Limits 20 to 80 Temperature Recommend less than 35degC ambient around PCB Internal chassis temperature Module Format Proprietary for eyeheight chassis only Suitable Chassis eyeheight FB 9E for full functionality provides extra GPI Tally Ethernet Rs232 or 422 eyeheight FB 9 MX 9 with product dependent functionality contact eyeheight Connectors Standard 3G BNC connectors for SDI RJ 45 for LTC 48Way DIN for chassis connection Electrical Supply Voltage 4 5V 5 5V internally regulated on PCB Supply Current Not greater than 1 7Amps Power consumption lt 10W per card Communication Bus proprietary eyeheight comms system similar to can bus External Indicators 2xLED s Green flashing for processor running and steady Yellow for Firmware loaded SDI input S3 12 BT 656 SMPTE 259M 270Mbit and SMPTE 292M 1 485Gbit 3 x SDI output S3 12 BT 656 SMPTE 259M 270Mbit and SMPTE 292M 1 485Gbit Formats Supported TC 2 with S code all support 625i PAL and 525i NTSC TC 2 with M code all support 625i PAL and 525i NTSC and HD rates as in the following table 23 97 24 25 29 97 50 59 94 60 720p v v v v v v v 1080i v v v 1080p v Al eyehei
25. hree ATC readers SD or HD line standards Two of the ATC readers are set to a fixed DBB1 resolution LTC DBB1 0 and VITC1 DBB1 1 The third reader can be set up to resolve any of the other 254 values of DBB1 but defaults to VITC2 DBB1 2 An LTC reader is included which will read timecodes in the range of 10 x speed and as low as 1 5 x speed In SD modes a VITC reader is included I Generators The unit can display up to three of the read timecodes simultaneously selected by the user The display is an on screen display which inserts the characters into the SDI video stream The character displays can be individually scaled and positioned as well as coloured 1 1 3 Transcoding one format to another As well as displaying the timecode on screen this unit can also transcode the timecode from one format to another For example conversion of LTC to VITC or conversation of VITC to ATC There is also a useful variable 0 9 frame delay advance which can be used to offset one timecode relative to another to allow for processing delays l 2 Feature bullet points 1 2 1 Readers e VITC reader 525 625 selectable lines 0 9 frame delay advance e LTC reader 0 2 to 10 times speed reading 0 9 frame delay advance e ATC DBB1 LTC reader SD HD standards 0 9 frame delay advance e ATC DBB1 VITC reader SD HD standards 0 9 frame delay advance e ATC DBB1 user select reader SD HD standards 0 9 frame delay advance 6 eyeheight Unit
26. iness Park Greenhill Crescent Watford Herts GB WD18 8PH Reg No 2855535 Telephone 44 0 1923 256 000 Fax 44 0 1923 256 100 email eesales eyeheight com Menu Heading Function Num 4 Time code This will take you to the overall time configuration code reader and generator setup options Menu 8 5 Display This takes you to the time code reader display options Menu 44 6 Utilities This takes you to the Memory and reset and upgrade options Menu 56 7 Back This takes you back a menu level to menu 0 Menus 08 11 Reader Generator Set up Menu Num Heading Function 8 LTC This will take you to the LTC reader configuration and generator options Menu 12 9 VITC This will take you to the LTC reader configuration and generator options Menu 16 10 ATC This will take you to the LTC reader configuration and generator options Menu 28 11 Back This takes you back a menu level to menu 4 Menus 12 15 LTC Reader Set up Menu Heading Function Num 12 Not used This will take you to the LTC reader and generator options Menu 12 13 LTC Reader This parameter adjusts the number advance delay of frames adjustment to the reader 23 eyeheight Unit 34 Park House Watford Business Park Greenhill Crescent Watford Herts GB WD18 8PH Reg No 2855535 Telephone 44 0 1923 256 000 Fax 44 0 1923 256 100 email eesales eyeheight com 14 15 Not Used Back The reader can be advanced or delayed by up
27. lay 1 53 Set Display 2 Set the reader type the colour and parameters size of display 2 54 Set Display 3 Set the reader type the colour and parameters size of display 3 and horizontal position 55 Back This takes you back a menu level to menu 44 Menus 56 59 System Parameters Menu Num Heading Function 56 Memories This takes you to the six user memories which can ne set and recalled Menu 96 57 Not used 58 Reset Upgrade This takes you to Factory Reset reboot as well as the power on memory function Menu 120 59 Back This takes you back a menu level to menu 4 Menus 60 63 these menus are current blank and for future upgrades Menus 64 67 these menus are current blank and for future upgrades Menus 68 71 ATC generator type select P9 eyeheight Unit 34 Park House Watford Business Park Greenhill Crescent Watford Herts GB WD18 8PH Reg No 2855535 Telephone 44 0 1923 256 000 Fax 44 0 1923 256 100 email eesales eyeheight com Menu Num 68 69 70 71 Heading ATC L Generator ATC V1 Generator ATC U Generator Back Function This will take you to the ATC L DBB1 LTC generator options Menu 84 This will take you to the ATC V1 DBB1 VITC1 generator options Menu 88 This will take you to the ATC U DBB1 lt User selectable gt generator options Menu 92 This takes you back a menu level to menu 28 Menus 72 75 ATC L reader parameters Menu Num 72
28. lexipanel FP 9 This can be ATC L ATC V1 or ATC U 129 Info auto pri 130 Auto Here you select the three choices for priority auto priority selection The first choice selection is on the top LTC here if this fails the second choice is used VITC here If this fails then the third choice is used 38 eyeheight Unit 34 Park House Watford Business Park Greenhill Crescent Watford Herts GB WD18 8PH Reg No 2855535 Telephone 44 0 1923 256 000 Fax 44 0 1923 256 100 email eesales eyeheight com ATC L here These are the choices when Auto is selected as a locking source for any of the time code generators 131 Blank This is an option to blank all ATC ATC packets that are input into TC 2 unit This may be desirable if you are generating ATC 39 eyeheight Unit 34 Park House Watford Business Park Greenhill Crescent Watford Herts GB WD18 8PH Reg No 2855535 Telephone 44 0 1923 256 000 Fax 44 0 1923 256 100 email eesales eyeheight com 5 Technical Appendix 5 1 GPI Tally RS23e2 technical information The Processor card has an RJ 45 connector with GPI Tally and RS232 connections as shown below 1 White Orange Orange White Green GND Blue White Blue Green LTC White Brown NI AD WO BR W N LTC Brown Table 4 GPI Tally and RS232 pin out on RJ 45 40 eyeheight Unit 34 Park House Watford Business Park Greenhill Crescent Watford Herts GB WD18 8PH Reg No 2855535 Telep
29. mory x y Recall and z depend on the line standard See User Memories Back This takes you back a menu level to menu 4 34 eyeheight Unit 34 Park House Watford Business Park Greenhill Crescent Watford Herts GB WD18 8PH Reg No 2855535 Telephone 44 0 1923 256 000 Fax 44 0 1923 256 100 email eesales eyeheight com Menus 100 103 User Memories Menu Num Heading Function gt 100 Memory This recalls the labelled memory x y Recall and z depend on the line standard See User Memories Memory This recalls the labelled memory x y Recall and z depend on the line standard See User Memories Memory This recalls the labelled memory x y Recall and z depend on the line standard See User Memories 103 Back This takes you back a menu level to menu 4 Menus 104 107 User Memories Menu Num Heading Function 104 Memory This saves the current setting into the Save labelled memory x y and z depend on the line standard See User Memories Memory This saves the current setting into the Save labelled memory x y and z depend on the line standard See User Memories Memory This saves the current setting into the Save labelled memory x y and z depend on Back This takes you back a menu level to menu 4 the line standard See User Memories 35 eyeheight Unit 34 Park House Watford Business Park Greenhill Crescent Watford Herts GB WD18 8PH Reg No 2855535 Telephone 44 0 1923 256 000 Fax
30. nge to green and two green LED s will flash above rotary controls A and B These rotary controls will adjust the H and V H orizontal and V ertical position of the display This can be done for all three displays le eyeheight Unit 34 Park House Watford Business Park Greenhill Crescent Watford Herts GB WD18 8PH Reg No 2855535 Telephone 44 0 1923 256 000 Fax 44 0 1923 256 100 email eesales eyeheight com 3 1 2 Returning to the top menu level At any time you can return to the top menu level by pressing the DEVICE SELECT button associated with the TC 2 or by pressing the BACK buttons repeatedly See Menu Control of the TC 2 for a generic description of using any Eyeheight product with a flexipanel 3 1 3 Changing the display style and reader Any display can be coloured change size and also represent a different internal timecode reader Press SETUPSDISPLAY gt DISPLAY STYLES 1080 Setup I Bl Sh Rarer UTILITIES i he UE SWE This takes you to the three position menus representing the three displays Back a Pressing the left hand button will cause the menu to change to green and three green LED s will flash above rotary controls A B and C These rotary controls will adjust the reader type colour and size of the display The colour adjustment 3 eyeheight Unit 34 Park House Watford Business Park Greenhill Crescent Watford Herts GB WD18 8PH Reg No 2855535 Telephone 44 0 1923 2
31. nly 6 flags so these are only ever represented as hex number 0000 to 003F which is binary 000000 to 111111 The meaning and representations of the flags with reference to SMPTE 12M is SMPTE LTC TC 2 LTC 25 LTC 30 VITC 25 VITC 30 SMPTE VITC Bit 10 14 01 X DF X DF Bit 11 15 02 CF CF CF CF Bit 27 35 04 BGFO PC BGFO FF Bit 43 55 08 BGF2 BGFO BGF2 BGFO Bit 58 74 10 BGF1 BGF 1 BGF1 BGF1 Bit 59 75 20 PC BGF2 FF BGF2 Table 3 Meaning of timecode flags CF Colour Frame DF Drop Frame PC Polarity Correction FF Field Flag BGF Binary Group Flag X not used For example if looking at LTC 25 timecode and the TC 2 reads 0025 this would mean Polarity Correction BGFO and X are set in the LTC 25 column above 3 3 Timecode generators The TC 2 contains a VITC generator and three ATC generators These can be locked to any of the five timecode readers The following is an example of how to I6 eyeheight Unit 34 Park House Watford Business Park Greenhill Crescent Watford Herts GB WD18 8PH Reg No 2855535 Telephone 44 0 1923 256 000 Fax 44 0 1923 256 100 email eesales eyeheight com generate VITC locked to an incoming LTC source Any combination of reader as a locking source and generator can be used 3 3 1 Example of generating VITC locked to LTC To generate VITC you need to set the system up as follows From the top menu press Setup gt ATC LTC VITC Config gt VITC g
32. re version display 4 2 Memories 4 2 1 Power on memory This product has four power on memories associated with the four line standard types which are 625 525 1080 and 720 These are selected implicitly by the input signals line standard These power on memories are selected recalled every time the unit changes line standard and on power on whereby the power on memory is chosen from the input line standard at power on These memories will have default values but if you require the unit to start up each time in a particular mode it will be necessary to set the unit up manually while the appropriate line standard is input Then you will need to select the menu SETUP gt UTILITIES gt Reset Upgrade gt RESETS Set As Pow On Memory This will then store the users configuration as the power on memory for the particular input line standard 4 2 2 User Memories This product has four sets of user memories associated with the four line standard types which are 625 525 1080 and 720 Each set consists of six memories The set is selected implicitly by the input signals line standard These user memories are selected and set up by the user To save a memory setting These memories will have default values but if you require the unit to start up it is 2O eyeheight Unit 34 Park House Watford Business Park Greenhill Crescent Watford Herts GB WD18 8PH Reg No 2855535 Telephone 44 0 1923 256 000 Fax 44 0 1923 256 100 email eesales eyeheight com
33. t Gen AT b 40 COHFIG DISPLAY UTILITIES 100110 READER Source AUtO Now press the first Insert VITC button until it says VITC ON Select the video lines that you require on the second button On the third button Source press until the source which is the locking source says LTC This is now set up to generate VITC locked to the incoming LTC For a generic description of how to operate the menu system see Flexipanel controls 7 eyeheight Unit 34 Park House Watford Business Park Greenhill Crescent Watford Herts GB WD18 8PH Reg No 2855535 Telephone 44 0 1923 256 000 Fax 44 0 1923 256 100 email eesales eyeheight com 3 3 2 Introducing a timecode offset into the generator Each timecode reader has an Advance delay parameter allowing the read timecode to be offset by up to 9 frames This means that any generator locked to an input can also be offset by the same amount Using the above example to introduce an offset you would need to change the time coming from the LTC reader To do this from the top menu press Setup gt ATC LTC VITC Config gt LTC You will then see the following Using the parameter in the second window use rotary control B you can adjust the reader delay which will in turn change the generator by the same amount I8 eyeheight Unit 34 Park House Watford Business Park Greenhill Crescent Watford Herts GB WD18 8PH Reg No 2855535 Telephone 44 0 1923 256 000 Fax 44 0 192
34. trictly DBB2 has no relevance in LTC sourced ATC 86 Inserter This is the video line number onto line which the generator inserts the ATC number packet 87 Back This takes you back a menu level to menu 68 32 eyeheight Unit 34 Park House Watford Business Park Greenhill Crescent Watford Herts GB WD18 8PH Reg No 2855535 Telephone 44 0 1923 256 000 Fax 44 0 1923 256 100 email eesales eyeheight com Menus 88 91 ATC V1 generator parameters Menu Num Heading Function 88 ATC V1 This selects the locking reference for Generator the ATC V1 generator and also it s locking status The Status can be on off or reference FrRun Free running i e not locked and The locking reference can be status specifically any of the five internal time code readers LTC VITC 3xATC or set to Auto Auto Priority see menu 128 where the unit can lock to one reader and if that fails fall back on two other readers 89 DBB2 This inserts this value for DBB2 ATC value The DBB2 value provides information about the VITC source The information is the line pair that was used for the VITC and also if it was a single or double VITC line 90 Inserter This is the video line number onto line which the generator inserts the ATC number packet 91 Back This takes you back a menu level to menu 68 Menus 92 95 User selected ATC generator parameters Menu Num Heading Function 92 User ATC
35. will not remember the settings that you set unless you save the settings in the power on memory Each line standard type 525 625 1080 and 720 have separate power on memories 3 1 Displaying on screen timecode One of the main uses for this unit is to display timecode burnt into the input picture as shown in Figure 2 2 Typical output showing character inserters Upon power on the unit is factory programmed to display three sets of timecode in the lower portion of the screen as shown below 6 04 ATC L 11 29 1 14233 28 15 VITC 12 23 18 05 tre Figure 3 1 typical start up screen layout The exact size will vary with the line standard Generally the bigger the canvas e g 1080 is bigger than 625 lines then the smaller the text can be Each of these reader displays are independent of each other and can be positioned coloured and driven from different timecode readers as well as removed completely from the screen 3 1 1 Positioning the displays From the top menu press SETUP gt DISPLAY gt POS SIZ Il eyeheight Unit 34 Park House Watford Business Park Greenhill Crescent Watford Herts GB WD18 8PH Reg No 2855535 Telephone 44 0 1923 256 000 Fax 44 0 1923 256 100 email eesales eyeheight com 1080 Setup IL a 1 a COHFIG DLAN e fht DISPLAY Back Po gt alZE STYLE This takes you to the three position menus representing the three displays Pressing the left hand button will cause the menu to cha
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