Apantac Mi-16 Series User manual

HDMI-8x8
APANTAC LLC, 7470 SW BRIDGEPORT ROAD, PORTLAND, OR 97224
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Mi-16 Series
User Manual v2.2

Mi-16 series
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APANTAC LLC, 7470 SW BRIDGEPORT ROAD, PORTLAND, OR 97224
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manufacturer. Changes are periodically made to the information in this document. They will be
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changes in the product described in this document at any time.
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WARRANTY STATEMENT
Apantac LLC (herein after referred to as “Apantac”) warrants to the original purchaser of the
products manufactured by Apantac (the “Product,”) will be free from defects in material and
workmanship for a period of three (3) year from the date of shipment of the Product to the
purchaser.
If the Product proves to be defective during the three (3) year warranty period, the purchaser’s
exclusive remedy and Apantac’s sole obligation under this warranty is expressly limited, at
Apantac’s sole option, to:
(a) repair the defective Product without charge for parts and labor or,
(b) provide a replacement in exchange for the defective Product or,
(c) if after a reasonable time, is unable to correct the defect or provide a replacement Product
in good working order, then the purchaser shall be entitled to recover damages subject to
the limitation of liability set forth below.
Limitation of Liability
Apantac’s liability under this warranty shall not exceed the purchase price paid for the defective
product. In no event shall Apantac be liable for any incidental, special or consequential damages,
including without limitation, loss of profits for any breach of this warranty.
If Apantac replaces the defective Product with a replacement Product as provided under the
terms of this Warranty, in no event will the term of the warranty on the replacement Product
exceed the number of months remaining on the warranty covering the defective Product.
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manufacturer’s warranty. Apantac assumes no warranty responsibility either expressed or implied
for equipment manufactured by others and supplied by Apantac.
This hardware warranty shall not apply to any defect, failure or damage:
a) Caused by improper use of the Product or inadequate maintenance and care of the
Product;
b) Resulting from attempts by those other than Apantac representatives to install, repair, or
service the Product;
c) Caused by installation of the Product in a hostile operating environment or connection of
the Product to incompatible equipment;

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Table of Contents
1.0 What’s In The Box ....................................................................................... 4
2.0 Key Features................................................................................................ 5
2.1 Specifications ..........................................................................................................6
2.2 Rear Views...............................................................................................................7
3.0 Hardware boot up........................................................................................ 8
4.0 Software ..................................................................................................... 8
4.1 Changing the Mi-16 IP Address..........................................................................13
4.2 Configuring of the Mi-16 series..........................................................................14
Mi-16 .............................................................................................................................14
Mi-16+ ..........................................................................................................................15
Mi-16# ..........................................................................................................................16
5.0 Common features and configurations .......................................................... 17
5.1 Editing mode .........................................................................................................17
5.2 System level settings..........................................................................................18
5.2.1 Set output timing ..............................................................................................18
5.2.2 Sources, Names, Tally and Other Setups ................................................19
5.2.3 Set Tally colors ..................................................................................................25
5.2.4 System Settings.................................................................................................25
5.2.5 Audio reference settings ..................................................................................26
5.2.6 Load presets ......................................................................................................26
6.0 Editing ...................................................................................................... 27
6.1 To delete a window ..............................................................................................27
6.2 Mi-16 series window styles .................................................................................30
6.3 How to insert a window ......................................................................................32
6.4 Customize Window Elements .............................................................................33
7.0 Offline Mode .............................................................................................. 47
Appendix......................................................................................................... 49
Mi-16 presets ...............................................................................................................49
Mi-16+ presets ............................................................................................................54
Mi-16# presets ............................................................................................................57
Cable Pinouts ...............................................................................................................60

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1.0 What’s In The Box
QTY
Product
Description
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Mi-16/Mi-16+/Mi-16#
multiviewer
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Rack Ears
4
RJ50 to DB9 adapter
cable for GPI
4
DB9 Breakout Terminal
Block
1
RJ45 to DB9 adapter
cable for RS232 interface
16
Terminators for passive
loop outs
1
Analog audio breakout
cable
1
North American Power
Cord. Note: Countries
outside of North America
the power cord excluded
1
Optional Redundant
Power Supply.

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2.0 Key Features
There are 3 models in the Mi-16 family
–Mi-16 –16x1 multiivewer, one source per window, no copy or duplicating sources
–Mi-16+ - 8x2 multiviewer, one source per window, no copy or duplicating sources
–Mi-16# - 16x2 multiviewer, sources can be copy and duplicated from any input to
any output
General features for all Mi-16 series
–Low latency –single frame processing delay
–Accepts 16 auto-detect 3G/HD/SD-SDI inputs
–16 passive input loop through
–Windows can be sized and moved freely
–Decode up to 16 embedded audio channels per SDI input, up to a total of 128
meters
–Ethernet for configuration and extenernal control
–Dynamic UMD/labes & Tallies (TSL)
–20 standalone labels
–4 customizable logos
–32 GPIs for tallies, count up/down triggers or alarms
–Digital and Analog clocks can be sync’d with LTC or NTP
–Borders can be turn on or off
–Safe area markers
–Visual alarm tags for video/audio alarm detection
–Audio monitoring output –stereo, AES, embedded SDI and HDMI
–Optional redundant power supply
–3 year warranty
Mi-16 specific features
–2 simultaneous and indentical HDMI and SDI outputs
–Each source can only be assigned to a window once

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Mi-16+ specific features
–2 independent outputs, 8 windows on each output
–2 analog and 2 digital clocks
–Each source can only be assigned to a single window
Mi-16# specific features
–2 independent outputs
–2 analog and 2 digital clocks
–Each source can be freely assigned to any window
–Each source can be copied up to 16 times as long as they are the same size
–Each source can be copied to a different size window, but only up to 16 times
–Once a source is copied to a different size, the total number of sources will be
decrease by one.
2.1 Specifications

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2.2 Rear Views

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Figure 2-1 Mi-16x rear view
3.0 Hardware boot up
There is no on/off on the Mi-16, this is due to the UL safety regulation imposed on 1 rack
unit products. To power on the Mi-16, insert power cord directly to the AC power
receptacle, the Mi-16 will boot in approximately 10 seconds. When the HDMI output is
connect to the screen, the following information will display on the lower third of the
display for about 5 seconds (see Fig. 1), then followed by the Apantac logo, then the very
last screen layout prior to powering off the unit.
Figure 1: FPGA/FW versions and IP address of the unit will be displayed for about 5 seconds
4.0 Software
This section will help you get the Mi-16 setup as quickly as possible.
Before you can successfully run the JDirector, you must first copy it from the provided CD or
download it from the Apantac website (www.apantac.com) and place it in an appropriate location
on your HDD. The JDirector software can be run from either a MAC or a Windows PC.
If you are using a MAC, click on he APP_ApantacJDirector icon
Figure 2: Double-Click on APP_ApantacJDirector to launch the JDirector

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If you are using a Windows PC, click on the ApantacGUIRUN.BAT to launch
Figure 3: Double-click on the ApantacGUIRUN.BAT to launch the JDirector
After the JDirector launches you will see this screen
Figure 4: JDirector Initialization screen
To connect to the multiviewer your PC must be connected to the same subnet as the
multiviewer. The IP address(es) is displayed briefly on the monitor attached to the
corresponding output at boot up.
Figure 5: IP address of the unit will be displayed for about 5 seconds on boot up.
The default IP address is 192.168.0.100