Plura RUBIDIUM Series User manual

TIMING SOLUTIONS
Rubidium Series
RUB XV-I
IRIG-B Reader
Programmable GPI Inputs/Outputs
Option “I”
Version: 1.3
December 2, 2020

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CONTENTS
A1 REVISION HISTORY 4
A2 COPYRIGHT 4
A3 GENERAL REMARKS 4
1HARDWARE 5
1.1 ADDITIONAL BOARD 5
1.2 CONNECTIONS 6
1.3 SPECIFICATIONS 7
2FUNCTIONS 8
2.1 IRIG-B READER 8
2.2 IRIG-B INSERTER 9
2.3 TC_LINK 10
2.4 STATUS MONITOR 11
2.5 GPI 12

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A1 Revision History
No.
Date
Subject
0.n
Preliminary documents, changes without notice.
1.0
August 19, 2016
First released document.
1.1
May 10, 2019
Added date formats and TC_Link.
1.2
September 30, 2019
Changed address of Plura Europe GmbH.
1.3
December 2, 2020
Re-formatted in new design.
A2 Copyright
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may be reproduced, translated into another language, stored in a retrieval system, or
transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or
otherwise without the prior written consent of Plura Europe GmbH.
Printed in Germany.
Technical changes are reserved.
All brand and product names mentioned herein are used for identification purposes only and
are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders.
Information in this publication replaces all previously published information. Plura Europe
GmbH assumes no responsibility for errors or omissions. Neither is any liability assumed for
damages resulting from the use of the information contained herein.
For further information please contact your local dealer or:
Plura Europe GmbH
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A3 General Remarks
This manual is a supplement to the “Functional Description & Specifications” of the XV
appropriate module.
It describes those additional features which are made available assembling an additional
board and flashing a special firmware with OPT75.

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1 Hardware
1.1 Additional Board
Option “I“ requires assembling an additional board.
The rear plate of the module receives a RJ45 jack additionally.
This board can be assembled for RUB1 as well as for RUB3 versions of XV.
LOOPOUT
VIDEOIN
VIDEOOUT
Alpermann+Velte
IRIG
IN
8.....1

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1.2 Connections
Pin assignments
IRIG IN
RJ45 jack
1: GPI_1
2: GPI_2
3: IRIG_IN_A
6: IRIG_IN_B
4: GND
5: do not connect
7: GPI_3
8: GPI_4
Signal descriptions
GND
Signal ground.
IRIG_IN_A
IRIG_IN_B
IRIG-B (Time Code) input.
Balanced IRIG-B
Cinch/RCA/BNC
Unbalanced IRIG-B
Pin 3: REF_IN_A
Pin 6: REF_IN_B
Pin 4: GND Signal -
GND
Signal +
GPI_1 ... GPI_4
General Purpose In/Out: inputs or outputs for digital signals
according to application.
Programmable functions.

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1.3 Specifications
IRIG-B Input
Supported Formats
IRIG-B: Amplitude modulated 1 kHz carrier signal, balanced.
IRIG-B 123 or IRIG-B 127 according to IRIG STANDARD 200-04;
AFNOR time code according to AFNOR NF S 87-500.
Connector
RJ45: Signals IRIG_IN_A/IRIG_IN_B
Input
Balanced or unbalanced signals
Impedance: 680 Ω
Mark Amplitude: 1 Vpp to 5 Vpp
Space Amplitude: 0.5 Vpp to 2.5 Vpp
Mark-to-Space Ratio: 2/1 to 6/1
GPI
GPI_1 ... GPI_4:
Input specification
Input “Low“: -2.0 to +1.0 V
Input “High“: +3.0 to +24.0 V
Impedance: ≈ 4.7 kΩ
Frequency: 0 - 1 MHz
GPI_1 ... GPI_4:
Output specification
Open Collector output of an NPN transistor at 4k7 pull-up
resistor (5 VDC). Max. power dissipation: 200 mW.
“High“ state: 4.3 V (no load).
“Low“ state: output switched to GND.
Max. collector current: 100 mA DC, fused by a 100 mA auto-
recovery fuse.
Collector-emitter saturation voltage: @100 mA: typ. 200 mV
(600 mV), @10mA: typ. 90 mV (250 mV).
Frequency: 0 - 150 kHz.

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2 Functions
2.1 IRIG-B Reader
Option “I“ adds IRIG-B reader functionality to the module:
•Read IRIG-B and visibly insert time and user data.
At the IRIG Read / GPI page of the configuration tool, three formats can be selected. Please
select according to the format of the input signal.
Decoding a date makes the difference:
IRIG-B 123: This format according to IRIG STANDARD 200-04 does not include information
about the current year. So, the year will be read out of the battery buffered real time clock of
the module after power has turned on. It is possible to set the year manually utilizing the
configuration tool. Turn of the year will be proceeded automatically. This format conveys “day
of year”. If the year is known, day and month can be calculated.
IRIG-B 127: This format according to IRIG STANDARD 200-04 includes year information (two
digits 00 –99, meaning 2000 –2099). Together with the “day of year” information the date
can be calculated.
AFNOR NF S 87-500: The format according to NF S 87-500 includes day, month, and year
information. So, the date can be completely decoded.

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2.2 IRIG-B Inserter
Option “I” enables to insert values from the IRIG-B reader visible to video. The module has to
receive the following set-up at the Insert page:
“Source = IRIG-B“
“Format = IRIG-B“
Data will be displayed in the following format:
208 : 10 : 59 : 28 : 96
Day of
Year HH:MM:SS:1/100
It’s also possible to use the “Date”formats like “Date, DD MM YYYY”to insert local date if
provided by IRIG source.

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2.3 TC_Link
IRIG-B data can be distributed to other video inserters over TC_Link. This allows to insert the
same IRIG-B code to different video streams.
If another video module like XV receives IRIG-B data over TC_Link it will use it as its IRIG-B
data source for the IRIG-B inserter.

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2.4 Status Monitor
The function of the IRIG-B reader can be monitored in the “Status Monitor”. On “System” page
in “IRIG Reader” box it shows current time and (if an IRIG format with date was selected)
current date.

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2.5 GPI
Option “I“ adds GPI functionality to the module. Set-up regarding GPI functions works same
way as provided for XT modules.
•The configuration tool enables the IRIG READ / GPI function to assign functions to the
GPI ports.
Name (in drop-
down list)
Functional description
IRIG-B Lock
Input signal status.
On: IRIG-B with valid data. Data of consecutive IRIG frames
are consistent, for example there is no discontinuity of
any time information.
Slowly flashing: IRIG-B with valid data. The check of consistent data is
still in progress or the check fails.
Off: No IRIG-B with valid data. Either the signal has failed
completely, or the cable has been disconnected, or the
signal contains invalid data.
Please refer to “Functional Description & Specifications” manual of the XV module for details
of configuration features.
Please refer to the document “RUB AT/DT/HT/XT Application: GPI Functions” for a description
of the available functions. You can download it from:
https://plurainc.com

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