Axon Synapse asv12 User manual

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ASV12

High end 12 bit analog composite to serial digital converter

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TECHNICAL MANUAL

High end 12 bit Analog Composite to Serial Digital

Converter with 5-Line Adaptive Comb Filter

and Frame Synchronizer

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frame (SFR18 or SFR04) must be terminated with three-conductor AC mains power cord that includes an

earth ground connection. To prevent shock hazard, all three connections must always be used.

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Date created: 08-01-03

Date last revised: 11-11-06

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entertainment lighting control apparatus for professional use as mentioned below.

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Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Introduction to Synapse 3

An introduction to Synapse 3

Local Control Panel 3

Remote Control Capabilities 3

Chapter 2 Unpacking and Placement 4

Unpacking 4

Placing the card 4

Chapter 3 A Quick Start 5

When powering-up 5

Default settings 5

Changing parameters and settings 5

Front Panel Control 5

Example of changing parameter using

Front Panel control

Synapse Setup Software 7

Menu Structure Example 7

Chapter 4 The ASV12 card 8

Introduction 8

Key Features 8

Chapter 5 Settings Menu 10

Chapter 6 Status Menu 16

Chapter 7 Events 18

Chapter 8 LED Indication 20

Chapter 9 Block Schematic 21

Chapter 10 Connector panel 22

1 Introduction to Synapse

An Introduction to

Synapse Synapse is a modular system designed for the broadcast industry.

High density, intuitive operation and high quality processing are

key features of this system. Synapse offers a full range of

converters and processing modules. Please visit the AXON Digital

Design Website at www.axon.tv to obtain the latest information on

our new products and updates.

Local Control Panel The local control panel gives access to all adjustable parameters

and provides status information for any of the cards in the Synapse

frame, including the Synapse rack controller. The local control

panel is also used to back-up and restore card settings. Please refer

to the RRC18, RRC10 and RRC04 manuals for a detailed

description of the local control panel, the way to set-up remote

control over IP and for frame related settings and status

information.

Remote Control

Capabilities The remote control options are explained in the rack controller

(RRC18/RRC10/RRC04) manual. The method of connection to a

computer using Ethernet is described in the RRC manual.

! CHECK-OUT: “SYNAPSE SET-UP” SOFTWARE

WILL INCREASE SYSTEM FLEXIBILITY OF ONE OR

MORE SYNAPSE FRAMES

Although not required to Setup a Synapse frame, you are strongly

advised to use a remote personal computer or laptop PC with the

Synapse Setup software as this increases the ease of use and

understanding of the modules.

2Unpacking and Placement

Unpacking The Axon Synapse card must be unpacked in an anti-static

environment. Care must be taken NOT to touch components on the

card – always handle the card carefully by the edges. The card

must be stored and shipped in anti-static packaging. Ensuring that

these precautions are followed will prevent premature failure from

components mounted on the board.

Locating the card The Synapse card can be placed vertically in an SFR18 frame or

horizontally in an SFR04 frame. Locate the two guide slots to be

used, slide in the mounted circuit board, and push it firmly to

locate the connectors.

Correct insertion of card is essential as a card that is not located

properly may show valid indicators, but does not function

correctly.

REMARK: On power up all LEDs will light for a few seconds, this

is the time it takes to initialise the card.

3A Quick Start

When Powering-up On powering up the Synapse frame, the card set will use basic data

and default initialisation settings. All LEDs will light during this

process. After initialisation, several LEDs will remain lit – the

exact number and configuration is dependant upon the number of

inputs connected and the status of the inputs.

Default settings In its default condition, the ASV12 will act as an 12 bit analog

composite to serial digital converter.

Changing settings

and parameters The front panel controls or the Synapse Set-Up Software can be

used to change settings. An overview of the settings can be found

in chapter 5, 6 and 7 of this manual.

Front Panel Control Front Panel Display and Cursor

Settings are displayed and changed as follows;

Use the cursor ‘arrows’ on the front panel to select the menu and

parameter to be displayed and/or changed.

Press ►To go forward through the menu structure.

Press ◄To go back through the menu structure.

Press ▲To move up within a menu or increase the value of

a parameter.

Press ▼To move down through a menu or decrease the

value of a parameter.

REMARK: Whilst editing a setting, pressing ►twice will reset

the value to its default.

[

No Alarms]

Example of

changing

parameters using

front panel control

With the display as shown below

Pressing the ►selects the SFS10 in frame slot 01.

The display changes to indicate that the SFS10 has been selected.

In this example the Settings menu item is indicated.

Pressing the ►selects the menu item shown, in this example

Settings.

(Pressing ▲or ▼will change to a different menu eg Status,

Events).

The display changes to indicate that the SFS10 Settings menu

item SDI-Format has been selected and shows that it current

setting is Auto.

Pressing the ►selects the settings item shown, in this example

SDI-Format.

(Pressing ▲or ▼will change to a different setting, eg Mode,

H-Delay).

The display changes to indicate that the SFS10 Edit Setting

menu item SDI-Format has been selected.

To edit the setting of the menu item press ▲or ▼.

All menu items can be monitored and/or changed in this way.

Changing a setting has an immediate effect.

RRC18 [Select Card]

S01=SFS10

SFS10 [Select Menu]

Settings

SFS10 [Settings]

SDI-Format=Auto

SFS10 [Edit

Setting]

Synapse Setup

Software

Synapse Setup Software can be used to change the settings of

Synapse modules from a PC, either locally or remotely. The

software enables communication based on TCP/IP between the

Setup PC and Synapse frames/modules.

Each Synapse frame is addressed through its rack controller’s

unique IP address, giving access to each module, its menus and

adjustment items. The Synapse Setup software has access to data

contained within the Synapse module and displays it on a GUI.

The software has an intuitive structure following that of the

module that it is controlling.

Having selected the desired Frame and Module from the GUI

Synapse Network View, select the menu item that you wish to

open. Opening the menu item gives a complete list of available

properties with their associated Value.

For example to change a setting e.g. SDI-Format, select SDI-

Format form the list of settings by ‘double clicking’ to open a

dialogue box. The dialogue box allows parameters to be changed

or set to default value. On completion close the dialogue box.

Menu Structure

Example

Slot Module Item Parameter Setting

▲

S02 Identity

▲▲

S01 SFS10 ►Settings ►SDI-

Format

►Auto

▼▼▼▼

S00 RRC18 Status Mode 625

▼▼▼

Events Ref-Input 525

▼

H-Delay

▼

REMARK: Further information about Front Panel Control and

Synapse Setup Software can be obtained from the RRC18 and

RRC04 operational manuals.

4 The ASV12 Card

Introduction The AXON ASV12 is a 12 bit analog to digital converter that

converts Analog Composite signals to Serial Digital (SDI). The

ASV12 has a Frame Synchronizer, video proc-amp, VI inserter and

an adaptive 5-Line Comb Filter for signal enhancement.

The converter is capable of working with most common television

standards, PAL, NTSC.

All Digital Decoding The ASV12 12-bit digital decoding to ensure accurate high quality

signal processing.

5-Line Adaptive

Comb Filter A 5-line adaptive comb filter is provided that produces a clean

noise free image with minimum artefacts.

Analog Composite

Input The ASV12 has one analog composite input capable of accepting a

range of video standards.

Four Serial Digital

Outputs Four SDI outputs are available with embedded audio, reducing the

need for distribution amplifiers and external embedders.

Automatic Standard

Selection Most video standards can be handled by the ASV12. In ‘Auto’

Mode (see later) the unit automatically detects the input standard

being used and changes the signal processing to the standard

detected at the input.

Audio Embedding When used with optional ADD-On cards, the ASV12 can perform

audio embedding of up to eight channels into the output SDI

stream.

Built-in Framestore In order to allow the ASV12 to handle poor quality input signals

and correct timing errors a frame store is provided.

Reference Input Two reference input are provided to the ASV12 by the Synapse

Bus, these can be the same TV standard in order to provide

redundancy, or different TV standards to allow operation in two

different modes.

External Freeze External Freeze allows the ASV12 to freeze the output signal. This

is performed manually by switching to freeze input.

Tracking output A tracking output is provided by the ASV12. This output provides

a timing pulse for use with other Axon Synapse devices, e.g. for

Audio Synchronisation with a DIO24.

Back planes The ASV12 can be used with the BPL01 back plane.

Miscellaneous The ASV12 cards fit into the Axon SFR04 & SFR18 rack.

LED’s on the front of the board indicate the presence Video

Reference, Input signal, Connection & Processor Errors.

The ASV12 can be controlled by Axon Synapse set-up software.

5Settings Menu

Introduction The settings menu displays the current state of each setting within

the ASV12 and enables the item to be changed or adjusted.

Settings can be changed using the front panel of the Synapse

frame (SFR18 or SFR04) or Synapse Setup software.

Please refer to chapter 3 for information on the Synapse front

panel control and Synapse Setup software.

Standard This item controls the detection the input standard. The settings

of Standard are Auto, 625 and 525. The default setting is

Auto which automatically detects the presence of a 625 or 525

signal.

625-Stndrd This item sets the input standard when “standard” is set to 625.

The settings are: PAL-BGHI, or PAL-N. Default is PAL-

BGHI

525-Stndrd This item sets the input standard when “standard” is set to 525.

The settings are: NTSC, or PAL-M. Default is NTSC.

Mode Synchronize and Delay mode can be selected within the

Mode menu. In Synchronize mode, the Autophaser/Line

synchroniser is active. In Delay mode a reference is not required,

the output timing is derived from the input.

The default setting is Synchronize.

Synchronizing Mode:

When Mode is set to Synchronize and the card is locked to a

reference, the card is in synchronizing mode. (NOTE that it is

referred to the output signal so it takes the H-V-delay into

account)

Delay Mode:

When Mode is set to Delay, the card is in Delay Mode. The H-

Delay and V-Delay settings give the delay, addition to the

processing time of the card.

Note: The delay of the card is indicated by the tracking pulse on

the BNC output. This can be used, for example, to track an audio

delay.

Input-Gain The input gain can be set to Fixed, Auto-Brst, Auto-Sync

or Variable. The default setting is Fixed. In Fixed mode

the input stage is static and expects a compliant input signal with

the correct amplitude. In Auto-Brst an Automatic Gain Control is

enabled, and the gain is based on the color subcarrier’s amplitude.

In Auto-Sync mode an AGC stage is enabled and the input

voltage is adjusted automatically depending on the sync

amplitude. If the sync is smaller then 300 mV, the video input

signal will be amplified in the exact amount to give 300 mV sync

amplitude. If the sync amplitude is too high, the opposite will

occur. And in Variable mode the input signal is manually

adjustable.

Var-Gain This is the adjustment menu for the Variable mode mentioned

above. The range of adjustment is 0,26x to 1,99x. The

default setting is 1,00x.

Ref-Input This setting allows the user to determine which reference input is

used to lock the ASV12. Input 1 is the uppermost input of on the

RRC18 rack controller connection panel at the rear of the SFR18,

Input 2 is the lower. The SFR04 has one reference input.

The available settings for Ref-Input are 1, 2 and Auto. The

default setting of Ref-Input is 1.

1, 2: Lock to the reference at the respective input.

Auto: Selects Ref_1 to 625, Ref_2 to 525. If a signal is not

connected the reference the reference will automatically be

locked to the reference.

H-Delay The H-Delay setting allows adjustment of the horizontal phase

of the output signal with respect to the selected reference input.

The H-Delay setting gives a delay in addition to the reference

timing. For example, if H-Delay is set to 10 samples, the output

signal will be delayed by the reference timing + 10 samples of

37ns, therefore the delay = Ref timing+ 37ns x10. The signal is

delayed (advanced) with respect to the phase of the reference

signal.

In 625/50 the adjustment range of H-Delay is 0-1727 samples,

0..64 µs (one PAL TV line).

In 525/60 the adjustment range of H-Delay is 0-1715 samples,

0...63.556 µs (one NTSC TV line).

The default setting is 0samples.

The Delay of the card in Delay mode is 273 µs.

V-Delay V-Delay setting allows adjustment of the vertical phase of the

output signal with respect to the selected reference input.

The V-Delay setting gives a delay in addition to the reference

timing. For example, if V-Delay is set to 10 TV lines, the output

signal will be delayed by the reference timing + 10 TV lines. The

signal is delayed (advanced) with respect to the phase of the

reference signal.

In 625/50 the adjustment range of V-Delay is 0-624 lines (one TV

frame).

In 525/60 the adjustment range is 0-524 lines (one TV frame).

The default setting is 0 lines.

The delay of the card is indicated by the tracking pulse on the

BNC output. This can be used, for example, to track an audio

delay.

VI-sel With this setting you can choose which Vertical Interval you

want to put into the processed signal, or to blanking. Settings are:

CVBS or Blank. Default is CVBS.

Remove-Setup Remove-setup enables setup (Black Level) of NTSC signals

to be removed. The settings of Remove-setup are On and

Off. The default setting is On.

Hue Adjusts the hue. Can be set between -90 dgrs and 90 dgrs.

Chroma-Enhanc The Chroma-Enhanc setting item enables the improvement of

the Chrominance signal being processed by increasing the edge

steepness of the chroma signal. The settings of Chroma-

Enhanc are On and Off. The default setting is Off.

Freeze Freeze enables the capture of one Video Field or Frame

(depending on the setting of Frz-mode) when it is set to On.

Freeze can be set On or Off. The default setting is Off.

Frz-Mode Frz-mode gives the choice of storing a complete Video Frame

or Field (double written) for the above Freeze Menu and the

external freeze input. The settings of Frz-mode are Field

and Frame. The default setting is Field.

Panic Frz Panic-Frz enables the capture of the last video information

when the input signal is lost. Panic freeze always uses Field mode

irrespective of the settings of the Freeze-mode menu item.

The settings of Panic-Frz are On or Off. The default setting

is On.

Ext-Frz Ext-Freeze enables the external freeze input. GPI contact

closure J9 of the BPL01. The settings of Ext-Freeze are

Disabled and Enabled. The default setting is Disabled.

Y-Gain Y-Gain controls the Luminance gain of the built-in processing

amplifier. The control range is between 0% and 150%.The default

setting is 100%.

C-Gain Cb-Gain controls the Colour Difference gain of the built-in

processing amplifier. The control range is between 0% and 150%.

The default setting is 100%.

Y-Black This item controls the Luminance black level adjustment between

-128……..+127bits The black level can be aligned by +/–

100mV(analog video). The default setting is 0.

Cb-Black This item controls the Colour Difference (Cb) black level

adjustment.

Cr-Black This item controls the Colour Difference (Cr) black level

adjustment.

EDH-Gen This setting allows the user to switch the built in EDH generator

on/off. The EDH generator inserts EDH (SDI Error Detection

Handling) into the output signal.

The settings of EDH-Gen are On and Off. The default setting is

On.

VLI-Ins The Video Line Index insertion menu enables the generation of

Video Index information. Video Index is used to trigger cascaded

equipment that process wide screen manipulation, aspect ratio

converters for example. VLI-Ins can be set On or Off. The

default setting is Off.

VLI-Data Video Line Index data insertion recognises 16 different modes.

These modes are divided into 2 groups, 4:3 and 16:9, each group

having 8 sub-categories numbered 0-7. Valid VLI-Data ranges

are 4:3_0, 4:3_1, 4:3_2, etc., to 16:9_0, 16:9_1, 16:9_2 etc. The

default setting is 4:3_0.

Emb-Mode Emb-Mode enables additional audio channels to be appended

added to the existing audio-groups in the ancillary data space of

the SDI stream Emb-Mode has three settings, Off, Append,

and Overwrite. The default setting is Off.

In Overwrite mode all existing audio groups will be

overwritten and the processes group is inserted.

In Append mode additional audio channels will be added.

In order to blank the ancillary data space of the SDI stream, set

Emb-Mode to Overwrite and set Emb-Sel to Off (see

below).

Emb-A-Sel Emb-A-Sel determines which of the four groups of audio

available on the Synapse bus will be embedded by embedder A of

the ASV12 into the SDI stream. The settings of Emb-A-Sel are

Off, Group_1, Group_2, Group_3, Group_4. The default

setting is Off.

Emb-B-Sel Emb-B-Sel determines which of the four groups of audio

available on the Synapse bus will be embedded by embedder B of

the ASV12 into the SDI stream. The settings of Emb-B-Sel are

Off, Group_1, Group_2, Group_3, Group_4. The default

setting is Off.

Emb-A1/2 Emb-A1/2 determines which audio channels are embedded by

channels 1 and 2 of embedder A. The available settings are,

AddOn_A1/2, AddOn_A3/4, AddOn_B1/2, AddOn_B3/4,

AddOn_C1/2, AddOn_C3/4 , AddOn_D1/2 , AddOn_D3/4.

The default setting of Emb-A1/2 is AddOn_A1/2.

Emb-A3/4 Emb-A3/4 determines which audio channels are embedded by

channels 3 and 4 of embedder A. The available settings are,

AddOn_A1/2, AddOn_A3/4, AddOn_B1/2, AddOn_B3/4,

AddOn_C1/2, AddOn_C3/4 , AddOn_D1/2 , AddOn_D3/4.

The default setting of Emb-A3/4 is AddOn_A3/4.

Emb-B1/2 Emb-B1/2 determines which audio channels are embedded by

channels 1 and 2 of embedder B. The available settings are,

AddOn_A1/2, AddOn_A3/4, AddOn_B1/2, AddOn_B3/4,

AddOn_C1/2, AddOn_C3/4 , AddOn_D1/2 , AddOn_D3/4.

The default setting of Emb-B1/2 is AddOn_B1/2.

Emb-B3/4 Emb-B3/4 determines which audio channels are embedded by

channels 3 and 4 of embedder B. The available settings are,

AddOn_A1/2, AddOn_A3/4, AddOn_B1/2, AddOn_B3/4,

AddOn_C1/2, AddOn_C3/4 , AddOn_D1/2 , AddOn_D3/4.

The default setting of Emb-B3/4 is AddOn_B3/4.

6Status Menu

Introduction The status menu indicates the current status of each item listed

below.

Analog-Inp This status item indicates the presence of a valid analog video

signal at the input. Analog-Inp indicates if an input signal is

NA (not available) or Present.

Reference This status item recognises a valid reference input on the chosen

reference input. Status is not fed back when there is no input.

Reference indicates if a reference input is NA (not available)

or Present.

Format-Det 625 and 525 standards can be detected as the valid input signal

format, 625/50 and 525/60 are recognised as valid inputs.

Audio-CH_A1 Audio-CH_A1 displays the status of audio channel A1. The