Calibre HQPro1000 User manual

HQPro1000

User Guide

Issue 2.5 HQPro1000 User’s Guide

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Issue 2.5 HQPro1000 User’s Guide

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 Table of Contents 
TABLE OF CONTENTS.......................................................................................................... 4 
LIST OF FIGURES .................................................................................................................. 8 
LIST OF TABLES .................................................................................................................... 8 
REVISION TABLE .................................................................................................................. 9 
SAFETY WARNINGS...........................................................................................................10 
1
 
INTRODUCTION
 ..........................................................................................................11 
1.1 SYSTEM OVERVIEW........................................................................................................................11 
1.2 UNIT SETUP..................................................................................................................................12 
2
 
UNIT DESCRIPTION
.....................................................................................................13 
2.1 FRONT PANEL LAYOUT....................................................................................................................13 
2.1.1 Front Panel Shortcuts:........................................................................................................14 
2.1.2 Button behaviour tables.....................................................................................................15 
2.2 REAR PANEL LAYOUT......................................................................................................................18 
3MAIN UNIT PRODUCT SPECIFICATION ...................................................................19 
3.1.1 Power Supply Requirement................................................................................................19 
3.2 INPUT SPECIFICATIONS....................................................................................................................19 
3.2.1 4K HDMI.............................................................................................................................19 
3.2.2 4K DP Input (General Input Module Only) .........................................................................19 
3.2.3 3G-SDI Input (General Input Module Only)........................................................................19 
3.2.4 Genlock Input with Loop through ......................................................................................19 
3.3 OUTPUT SPECIFICATIONS ................................................................................................................20 
3.3.1 HDMI Outputs ....................................................................................................................20 
3.3.2 HDCP Output encryption....................................................................................................20 
3.3.3 Audio Output......................................................................................................................20 
3.3.4 Supported Formats (Resolutions and Frame rates) ...........................................................21 
3.4 COMMUNICATIONS SPECIFICATION...................................................................................................22 
3.4.1 TCP/IP Port.........................................................................................................................22 
3.4.2 Serial Communication Settings (RS232).............................................................................22 
4
 
UNIT CONTROL
 ...........................................................................................................23 
5
 
FRONT PANEL MENUS
 ...............................................................................................23 
5.1 MAIN (TOP)MENU .......................................................................................................................23 
5.2 INPUT MENU ................................................................................................................................24 
5.2.1 Slot 1 and Slot 2 Sources....................................................................................................24 
5.2.2 Source Config .....................................................................................................................24 
5.2.3 Picture Control ...................................................................................................................24 
5.2.3.1 Colour space.................................................................................................................................................24 
5.2.3.2 Sharpness.....................................................................................................................................................25 
5.2.3.3 Reset All .......................................................................................................................................................25 
5.2.4 Video Range.......................................................................................................................25 
5.2.5 EDID ...................................................................................................................................25 
 
5.2.6 Picture Format ...................................................................................................................27 
5.2.6.1 Scaling ..........................................................................................................................................................27 

 
 
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2.6.2 Aspect Ratio .....................................................................................................Error! Bookmark not defined. 
2.6.3 HDMI Audio Support (Future Release).........................................................................................................28 
2.6.4 SDI Setup (Optional GIM card) (Future Release)..........................................................................................28 
2.6.5 SDI Level B Stream (Future Release) ............................................................................................................28 
2.7 Input Enable (Future release)...........................................................................................28 
3 OUTPUT.......................................................................................................................................29 
3.1 Main Output and Quad Output Format.............................................................................29 
3.1.1 Resolution ....................................................................................................................................................29 
3.1.2 Frame Rate...................................................................................................................................................29 
3.2 Chroma Control..................................................................................................................29 
3.2.1 HDMI Deep Colour .......................................................................................................................................29 
3.2.2 Colour Space ................................................................................................................................................29 
3.2.3 DVI Range.....................................................................................................................................................29 
3.2.4 Colour Temperature.....................................................................................................................................30 
3.3 Luma Control......................................................................................................................30 
3.3.1 Gamma Correction.......................................................................................................................................30 
3.3.2 Black Crush...................................................................................................................................................30 
3.4 Sync Mode..........................................................................................................................30 
3.4.1 I/O Lock = Off (Free Run)..............................................................................................................................30 
3.4.2 I/O Lock = Source .........................................................................................................................................31 
3.4.3 I/O Lock = Low Latency.................................................................................................................................31 
3.4.4 I/O Lock = Genlock .......................................................................................................................................31 
3.5 Confidence Monitor Output (Future Release)....................................................................32 
4 LED SCREEN SIZE...........................................................................................................................33 
4.1 Single LED Wall Size Adjustments ......................................................................................33 
4.2 Splicing Width & Height (Quad Output Module) ...............................................................34 
4.3 Standard or Advanced Splicing (Quad Output Module).....................................................34 
4.4 LED Wall Splicing Examples ...............................................................................................35 
4.4.1 Standard Splicing - 2x1 Example...................................................................................................................35 
4.4.2 Advanced Splicing - 2x1 Example .................................................................................................................36 
4.5 Standard Splicing - 2x2 Example........................................................................................37 
4.5.1 Advanced Splicing - 2x2 Example .................................................................................................................37 
5 LAYERS.........................................................................................................................................39 
5.1 Background........................................................................................................................41 
5.2 Layer Enable.......................................................................................................................42 
5.3 Layers Sources....................................................................................................................42 
5.4 Layer Modes.......................................................................................................................39 
5.5 Fade (Transition) speed......................................................................................................41 
5.6 Layer (PiP) Position & Size..................................................................................................43 
5.6.1 Layer Pos ......................................................................................................................................................43 
5.6.2 Layer Size......................................................................................................................................................43 
5.6.3 Fade Curves..................................................................................................................................................44 
5.6.4 Curve Control ...............................................................................................................................................44 
5.6.5 Opacity .........................................................................................................................................................44 
5.6.6 Horizontal Flip ..............................................................................................................................................44 
5.6.7 Vertical Flip...................................................................................................................................................44 
5.6.8 Area-of-Interest (AOI Select)........................................................................................................................44 
5.6.9 Color Keying .................................................................................................................................................46 
5.6.10 Layer Freeze.............................................................................................................................................49 
5.7 Layer Wireframe Preview...................................................................................................50 
6 PRESETS.......................................................................................................................................51 
6.1 Preset Page ........................................................................................................................51 
6.2 Store...................................................................................................................................51 
6.3 Recall..................................................................................................................................51 
6.4 Clear...................................................................................................................................51 
6.5 Export Page........................................................................................................................51 
6.6 Import Page .......................................................................................................................51 
6.7 Preset Conflict ....................................................................................................................51 

 
 
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6.7.1 Preset Conflict examples..............................................................................................................................51 
7 PRESET WIREFRAME PREVIEW .........................................................................................................52 
8 UTILITIES......................................................................................................................................53 
8.1 Custom Res (Resolutions)...................................................................................................53 
8.2 Test Pattern Setup..............................................................................................................53 
8.2.1 Test Pattern Selection ..................................................................................................................................53 
8.2.2 Test Pattern Tone.........................................................................................................................................53 
8.2.3 Moving Cross parameters ............................................................................................................................54 
9 AUDIO .........................................................................................................................................55 
9.1 Audio Sys Enable ................................................................................................................55 
9.2 Layer Control......................................................................................................................55 
9.2.1 Audio Set......................................................................................................................................................55 
9.2.2 Priorities.......................................................................................................................................................55 
9.3 Output Control ...................................................................................................................55 
9.3.1 Global Mute .................................................................................................................................................55 
9.3.2 Global Gain...................................................................................................................................................55 
9.3.3 Global Delay .................................................................................................................................................55 
9.3.4 Processing ....................................................................................................................................................55 
9.4 Input Control......................................................................................................................56 
9.4.1 Source Gain ..................................................................................................................................................56 
9.4.2 Source Mute.................................................................................................................................................56 
10 SYSTEM ....................................................................................................................................57 
10.1 Names/Profiles...................................................................................................................57 
10.2 Unit Name..........................................................................................................................57 
10.3 Input Names.......................................................................................................................57 
10.4 User (Future release)..........................................................................................................57 
10.5 Menu Settings....................................................................................................................57 
10.5.1 Language..................................................................................................................................................57 
10.5.2 Keypad Lock (Future Release)..................................................................................................................57 
10.5.3 Menu Time...............................................................................................................................................58 
10.5.4 LCD Backlight ...........................................................................................................................................58 
10.5.5 Jog Push Enable .......................................................................................................................................58 
10.6 Network Settings................................................................................................................59 
10.7 Security Settings.................................................................................................................59 
10.8 Factory Defaults.................................................................................................................59 
11 AUDIO (FUTURE RELEASE).............................................................. ERROR!BOOKMARK NOT DEFINED.
11.1 Audio Volume.........................................................................Error! Bookmark not defined. 
11.2 Audio Priority .........................................................................Error! Bookmark not defined. 
11.3 Audio Delay............................................................................Error! Bookmark not defined. 
11.4 Audio Mute ............................................................................Error! Bookmark not defined. 
6
 
WEB BROWSER CONTROL
 .........................................................................................60 
1 CONNECTING TO THE UNIT ..............................................................................................................60 
2 WEB PAGE MENU ORIENTATION.......................................................................................................61 
3 SOFTWARE UPDATE .......................................................................................................................62 
4 BACKUP AND RESTORE....................................................................................................................62 
5 LOGO &CUSTOM TEST PATTERNS..................................................................................................62 
7
 
FIRMWARE UPDATE
 ...................................................................................................63 
1 USB UPDATE ................................................................................................................................63 
2 WEB BROWSER UPDATE .................................................................................................................63 
3 SYSTEM RESTORE FROM AN IMAGE FILE .............................................................................................63 
 
 
 

 
 
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8OPTIONAL MODULES .................................................................................................64 
1 GENERAL INPUT MODULE (GIM).....................................................................................................64 
1.1 Module Description............................................................................................................64 
1.2 Module Specification..........................................................................................................65 
1.2.1 4K 2.0 HDMI .................................................................................................................................................65 
1.2.2 4K 1.2 DP Input.............................................................................................................................................65 
1.2.3 3G-SDI Input .................................................................................................................................................65 
2 QUAD 2K HDMI OUTPUT CARD ......................................................................................................65 
2.1 Module Description............................................................................................................65 
2.2 Module Specification..........................................................................................................65 
3 QUAD 12G-SDI INPUT (FUTURE RELEASE)........................................................................................66 
3.1 Module Description............................................................................................................66 
3.2 Module Specification..........................................................................................................66 
9USING THE FRONT PANEL .........................................................................................67 
1 FRONT PANEL MENU TREE..............................................................................................................67 
1.1 Input Menu.........................................................................................................................68 
1.2 LED Screen Sizing Menu .....................................................................................................70 
1.3 Layer Menu ........................................................................................................................71 
1.4 Presets................................................................................................................................72 
1.5 Utilities...............................................................................................................................72 
1.6 System................................................................................................................................73 
1.7 Status .................................................................................................................................73 
2 BUTTON COLOUR CODES FOR THE OPERATION EXAMPLES .....................................................................74 
3 FRONT PANEL OPERATION EXAMPLES ................................................................................................75 
3.1 Switch between two layers with two different inputs .......................................................75 
3.2 Switch between two inputs on the same layer ..................................................................76 
3.3 Resize layers.......................................................................................................................77 
3.4 Remove a Layer..................................................................................................................78 
3.5 Assign source to the same layer from the same input card...............................................79 
3.6 Store a Preset.....................................................................................................................80 
3.7 Delete a Preset...................................................................................................................81 
ENVIRONMENTAL AND EMC .................................................................................82 
1 OPERATING CONDITIONS.............................................................................................................82 
2 STORAGE ..................................................................................................................................82 
3 CE AND FCC COMPLIANCE ..........................................................................................................82 
4 PAT TESTING ............................................................................................................................82 
DIMENSIONS ............................................................................................................83 
WEIGHT .....................................................................................................................83 
POWER.......................................................................................................................83 
NOISE LEVEL .............................................................................................................83 
WARRANTY...............................................................................................................83 
APPENDIX A RELEASE HARDWARE & FEATURES ...................................................84 
APPENDIX B INPUT AND OUTPUT MODULE CARD INSTALLATION....................85 
 

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List of Figures

Figure 1: HQPro1000 Front Panel............................................................................................................13

Figure 2: HQPro1000 Rear Panel ............................................................................................................18

List of Tables

Table 1: Input and Outputs......................................................................................................................14

Table 2: Input and Output formats..........................................................................................................21

Table 3: Serial Connector Pinout ............................................................................................................22

Table 4: RS-232 communication settings ...............................................................................................22

Issue 2.5 HQPro1000 User’s Guide

Revision Table

Version

Author

Modification

Date

1.0

Initial Release

02-Jul-2019

1.01

Corrected a chapter numbering error

Corrected an error on the rear panel image

21-Jul-2019

1.02

RAS

Updated Menu Control

11-Nov-2019

1.03

RAS

Added Menu features for R2

28-Nov-2019

1.04

RAS

Release 2

13-Mar-2020

1.05

RAS

Minor Edits to menus

22-Mar-2020

1.06

RAS

Edited EMC, Added Noise Levels and power consumption

31-Mar-2020

2.0

RAS

R2.0 initial Features included

09-Apr-2020

2.1

RAS

New Features and Menus added

01-Jul -2020

2.5

RAS

R2.5 Features added

05-Feb-2021

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Safety Warnings

•THERE ARE NO USER-SERVICEABLE PARTS WITHIN THE UNIT. REMOVAL OF THE TOP COVER

WILL EXPOSE THE USER TO DANGEROUS VOLTAGES. DO NOT OPERATE THE UNIT WITHOUT

THE TOP COVER INSTALLED.

•ENSURE THAT ALL ELECTRICAL CONNECTIONS (INCLUDING THE MAINS PLUG AND ANY

EXTENSION LEADS) COMPLY WITH ELECTRICAL SAFETY REGULATIONS.

•CONNECT ONLY LOW VOLTAGE ISOLATED CIRCUITS TO THE INPUT AND OUTPUT CONNECTORS.

IF ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THIS ISSUE, PLEASE CONSULT QUALIFIED SERVICE PERSONNEL.

•TO PREVENT SHOCK OR FIRE HAZARD DO NOT EXPOSE THIS EQUIPMENT TO RAIN OR

MOISTURE. IF SUCH EXPOSURE OCCURS, REMOVE THE POWER CABLE FROM THE MAINS

OUTLET AND HAVE THE EXPOSED UNIT CHECKED BY QUALIFIED SERVICE PERSONNEL.

•DO NOT OPERATE THE EQUIPMENT IF IT APPEARS THAT IS NOT OPERATING NORMALLY, OR IF

IT IS DAMAGED IN ANY WAY. REMOVE THE POWER CABLE FROM THE MAINS OUTLET AND

CONSULT QUALIFIED SERVICE PERSONNEL.

•DO NOT REMOVE ANY FIXED COVERS UNLESS YOU ARE A QUALIFIED SERVICE PERSONNEL.

ALWAYS DISCONNECT THE POWER CABLE FROM THE MAINS OUTLET BEFORE ANY COVER IS

REMOVED.

•THIS EQUIPMENT CONTAINS NO USER-SERVICEABLE PARTS. REFER ALL SERVICING AND

MAINTENANCE TO QUALIFIED SERVICE PERSONNEL.

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