Sam Sirius 840 User manual

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Sirius 800 Router Range
Sirius 830, 840 and 850 routers

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Top Level Contents
1 About this Manual. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10
2 Warnings and Precautions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12
3 Product Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19
4 Powering the Sirius 800 Routers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .49
5 Door PC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .53
6 Catsii Functionality. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .79
7 External Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .83
8 Module Locations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .87
9 Input Rear Panels and Input Modules. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .109
10 Crosspoint Modules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .158
11 Output Modules and Rear Panels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .174
12 Sirius 850: Video and Audio Expansion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .211
13 Multiviewer & Input/Output Monitoring Modules. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .226
14 Nucleus Router Control Modules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .252
15 Control/Fan Interface Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .288
16 Control and Alarm Rear Panel Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .294
Appendix A Router and Power Supply Shelf Dimensions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .300
Appendix B Router Power Supply Shelf Requirements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .304
Appendix C Modules No Longer Supplied With New Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .308
Appendix D Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .351

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Contents
1 About this Manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
1.1 Software and Firmware Release Details. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
1.1.1 Export System Information (Nucleus2 only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
1.2 Contact Details . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11
1.3 Copyright and Disclaimer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11
2 Warnings and Precautions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
2.1 Explanation of Safety Symbols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
2.2 Safety Warnings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
2.3 Lithium Batteries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
2.4 Fiber Output Modules Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
2.5 Cable Management. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
2.6 Power Supplies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
2.7 Earth Cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
2.7.1 Important Protective Earth Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
2.7.2 Important Functional Earth Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
2.8 Ventilation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
2.9 Compliance Standards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
3 Product Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
3.1 Signal Flow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
3.1.1 Input Modules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
3.1.2 Video Crosspoints. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
3.1.3 Audio Crosspoints. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
3.1.4 Output Modules. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
3.1.5 Audio Processing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
3.1.6 Input Embedding. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
3.1.7 Audio Phasing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
3.1.8 Video Processing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
3.1.9 Integrated Multiviewers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
3.2 Router Configuration and Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
3.2.1 Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
3.2.2 Router System Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
3.2.3 Routing Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
3.3 Sirius 800 Input/Output Modules. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
3.3.1 Input Modules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
3.3.2 Output Modules. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
3.4 Interconnection Cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
3.4.1 Unbalanced 62 Way AES to BNC Breakout Cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
3.4.2 DS-Link to DS-Link Cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
3.4.3 DC Power Cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
3.5 Sirius 800 Features. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
3.5.1 Sirius 830 Router . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
3.5.2 Sirius 840 Router . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
3.5.3 Sirius 850 Router . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
3.5.4 All Sirius 800 Routers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
3.6 Software Compatibility Matrix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
3.6.1 Sirius 800 Routers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
3.7 AHP Licensing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
3.7.1 Video Module Licensing Options. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
3.7.2 Audio Module Licensing Options. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
3.8 Sirius 830 Frame Overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
3.8.1 Frame Architecture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
3.8.2 Signal Flow Through the Router . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
3.8.3 Rear Connectors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
3.9 Sirius 840 Frame Overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
3.9.1 Frame Architecture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
3.9.2 Signal Flow Through the Router . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

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3.9.3 Rear Connectors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
3.10 Sirius 850 Frame Overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
3.10.1 Frame Architecture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
3.10.2 Signal Flow Through the Router . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
3.10.3 Rear Connectors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
3.11 Video Reference Inputs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
3.11.1 Derived Video References (Nucleus2 Controllers Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
3.11.2 Video Switching Point References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
3.11.3 Reference Offset (Nucleus2 Controllers Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
3.11.4 RefAuto Selected. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
3.11.5 Manual Reference Standard Selected. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
3.11.6 Reference Input (Physical or Derived) Selected . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
3.12 Audio Reference Input. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
3.13 Audio Routing and AHP Router Modifications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
3.14 Frame Configuration and Module Compatibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
4 Powering the Sirius 800 Routers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
4.1 Powering Up the Sirius 800. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
4.1.1 Power Sequencing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
4.1.2 Power Up and Initialization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
4.1.3 Starting the Door PC Manually . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
4.2 Powering Down the Sirius 800 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
5 Door PC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
5.1 Main Menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
5.2 Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
5.2.1 Alarms. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
5.2.2 Modules. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
5.2.3 Temperature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
5.3 Signals. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
5.3.1 Video Inputs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
5.3.2 MADI Inputs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
5.3.3 References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
5.4 Redundant Crosspoint Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
5.4.1 Video Crosspoint Matrix Status Screens. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
5.4.2 Audio Crosspoint Matrix Status Screens. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
5.5 Nucleus Info . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
5.6 Miscellaneous . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
5.6.1 Catsii . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
5.6.2 Dial Up Routing (Video). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
5.6.3 Dial Up Monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
6 Catsii Functionality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
6.1 Signal Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
6.1.1 Video Signal Catsii Colors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
6.1.2 MADI Audio Catsii Colors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
6.2 I/O Port Connector Identification. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
6.2.1 Door PC Catsii Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
6.3 Workbench Catsii Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
7 External Control. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
7.1 Control Panels. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
7.1.1 High Density Button Panels. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
7.1.2 Standard Density Panels. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
7.1.3 2RU Dial-up XY Panel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
7.1.4 2RU Dial-up Multibus (8 Bus) Panels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
7.1.5 2RU Dial-up Multibus (4 Bus) Panels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
7.2 Older Control Panels. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
7.2.1 6700 series 1RU . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
7.2.2 6276 2RU . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84

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7.2.3 6277 2RU . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
7.3 Default Serial Port Configuration: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
8 Module Locations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
8.1 Front Module and Rear Panel Compatibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
8.2 Sirius 830 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
8.2.1 Sirius 830 Module Locations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
8.2.2 Sirius 830 Rear Panel Locations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
8.2.3 Sirius 830: Input and Output Module Locations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
8.2.4 Sirius 830: Rear Input/Output Connector Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
8.3 Sirius 840/850 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
8.3.1 Sirius 840 Module Locations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
8.3.2 Sirius 840 Rear Panel Locations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
8.3.3 Sirius 850 Module Locations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
8.3.4 Sirius 850 Rear Panel Locations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
8.3.5 Sirius 840/850: Input Module Locations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
8.3.6 Sirius 840/850: Output Module Locations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
8.3.7 Sirius 840/850: Rear Input/Output Connector Configuration. . . . . . . . . . . 101
8.3.8 Sirius 850: Rear Expansion Output Connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
8.4 Inserting and Removing Vertical Modules. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
8.5 Inserting and Removing Horizontal Modules. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
9 Input Rear Panels and Input Modules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
9.1 Sirius 830: 1234 & 1235 Video BNC Input Rear Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
9.2 Sirius 830: 1372 Video HD BNC DS-Link Input Rear Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .110
9.3 Sirius 830: 1236 Video Fiber Input Rear Panel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .111
9.4 Sirius 830: 1373 Video Fiber DS-Link Input Rear Panel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .112
9.5 Sirius 830: 1303 MADI BNC Input Rear Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .113
9.6 Sirius 830: 1304 MADI Fiber Input Rear Panel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .114
9.7 Sirius 840/850: 1285 Video/MADI BNC Input Rear Panel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .115
9.8 Sirius 840/850: 1286 Video/MADI Fiber Input Rear Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .116
9.9 Sirius 840/850: 1349 & 1289 Video BNC Input Rear Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .117
9.10 Sirius 840/850: 1360 Video HD BNC DS-Link. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .118
9.11 Sirius 840/850: 1305 Video Fiber Input Rear Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .119
9.12 Sirius 840/850: 1361 Video Fiber DS-Link Input Rear Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
9.13 Sirius 840/850: 1362 DS-Link In/Out Expansion Input . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
9.14 Balanced AES Input Rear Panels with MADI Inputs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
9.14.1 Sirius 830: 1354 Balanced AES Input Rear Panel with MADI Inputs . . . 122
9.14.2 Sirius 840/850: 1352 Balanced AES Input Rear Panel with MADI Inputs 123
9.14.3 62 Way High Density Balanced AES Socket Pin Outs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
9.15 Unbalanced AES Input Rear Panels with MADI Inputs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
9.15.1 Sirius 830: 1357 Unbalanced AES Input Rear Panel with MADI Inputs . 127
9.15.2 Sirius 840/850: 1355 Unbalanced AES Input Rear Panel with MADI Inputs128
9.15.3 62 Way High Density Unbalanced AES Socket Pin Outs . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
9.15.4 FGAEY 2502910A: Unbalanced 62 Way AES to BNC Breakout Cable . 131
9.16 HD BNC MADI Input Connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
9.16.1 Example 1: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
9.16.2 Example 2: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
9.16.3 Example 3: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
9.17 4915 Sirius 800 AES/MADI Input Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
9.17.1 MADI Main and Redundant Inputs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
9.17.2 AES Audio Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
9.17.3 MADI Audio Functions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
9.17.4 Audio Processing on the Input Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
9.17.5 4915 Connections to the Audio Crosspoints. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
9.17.6 4915 Input Module LED Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
9.18 5917 Sirius 800 Standard Video BNC/Fiber Input Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
9.18.1 5917 Input Module LED Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
9.19 5919 Sirius 800 Video AHP Input Module with Delay and Sync . . . . . . . . . . . 143
9.19.1 Advanced Hybrid Processing on the 5919 Input Module . . . . . . . . . . . . 144

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9.19.2 Input Embedding. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
9.19.3 5919 Connections to the Audio Crosspoints. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
9.19.4 5919 Input Module LED Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
10 Crosspoint Modules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
10.1 5905 Sirius 800 Series Video Crosspoint Module. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
10.1.1 5905 Video Crosspoint Module LED Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
10.2 Sirius 830: Video Crosspoint Arrangement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
10.2.1 Sirius 830: Redundant Video Crosspoint Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
10.3 Sirius 840/850: Video Crosspoint Arrangement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
10.3.1 Sirius 840/850: Redundant Crosspoint Operation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
10.4 Video Crosspoint Failure. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
10.4.1 Replacing a Failed Video Crosspoint Module using the Door PC. . . . . . 164
10.5 5903 Sirius 800 Audio Crosspoint Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
10.5.1 5903 Audio Crosspoint Module LED Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
10.5.2 Sirius 800 Audio Crosspoint Arrangement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
10.5.3 Audio Crosspoint Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
10.5.4 Redundant Audio Crosspoint Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
10.5.5 Replacing a Failed Audio Crosspoint Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
10.6 Enabling/Disabling Video/Audio Redundancy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
10.6.1 Video Redundancy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
10.6.2 Audio Redundancy - Nucleus2 Controller Only. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
10.7 Configuring Video/Audio Crosspoint Failure Action . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
11 Output Modules and Rear Panels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
11.1 4929 Sirius 800 Audio AES/MADI Output with Audio Delay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
11.1.1 Duplicate MADI Outputs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
11.1.2 Configuring MADI to 56 or 64 Channels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
11.1.3 AES Audio Outputs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
11.1.4 MADI Audio Outputs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
11.1.5 Audio Processing on the Output Module. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
11.1.6 4929 Connections to the Audio Crosspoints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
11.1.7 4929 Output Module LED Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
11.2 5926 Sirius 800 Standard Video Output (Non Expandable) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
11.2.1 5926 Output Module LED Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
11.3 5949 Video Embedding & AHP Output with Delay & Sync . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
11.3.1 Processing on the Output Module. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
11.3.2 5949 Connections to the Audio Crosspoints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
11.3.3 5949 Output Module LED Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
11.4 1294 Sirius 800 Video BNC Output Rear Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
11.5 1363 Sirius 800 Video HD BNC Output Rear Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
11.6 1302 Sirius 800 Video Fiber Output Rear Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
11.7 1364 Sirius 800 Video DS-Link Output Rear Panel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
11.8 1295 Sirius 800 Video/MADI BNC Output Rear Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
11.9 1296 Sirius 800 Video/MADI Fiber Output Rear Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
11.10 1353 Balanced AES Output Rear with MADI Outputs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
11.10.1 62 Way High Density Balanced AES Socket Pin Outs . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
11.11 1356 Unbalanced AES Output Rear with MADI Outputs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
11.11.1 62 Way High Density Unbalanced AES Socket Pin Outs . . . . . . . . . . . 207
11.11.2 FGAEY 2502910A: Unbalanced 62 Way AES to BNC Breakout Cable 209
11.12 HD BNC MADI Output Connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
11.12.1 Example 1:. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
11.12.2 Example 2:. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
11.12.3 Example 3:. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
12 Sirius 850: Video and Audio Expansion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
12.1 Single Sirius 850 Frame up to 576 x 1152 Video . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .211
12.2 Dual Sirius 850 Frames up to 1152 x 1152 Video . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
12.2.1 Control of a Dual Frame System. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
12.2.2 Signal Flow Between Frames . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214

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12.3 5938 Sirius 850 Standard Video O/p (Expandable). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
12.3.1 5938 Output Module LED Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
12.4 5928 Sirius 850 Standard Video Expansion Output . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
12.4.1 5928 Sirius 850 Standard Video Expansion Output Module LEDs . . . . . 219
12.5 1290 Sirius 850 Video Expansion Output Rear Panel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
12.5.1 1290 DS-Link Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
12.6 1365 Sirius 850 DS-Link In/Out Expansion Rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
12.6.1 1365 DS-Link Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
12.7 1366 Sirius 850 Video HD BNC Output Rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
12.8 Audio Input Expansion in a Two-Frame System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
13 Multiviewer & Input/Output Monitoring Modules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
13.1 Monitoring and Multiviewer Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
13.2 Sirius 830 Monitoring and Multiviewer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
13.2.1 Sirius 830: Multiviewer Outputs Only (no monitoring). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
13.2.2 Sirius 830: Input/output Monitoring Only (no multiviewer outputs) . . . . . 229
13.3 Sirius 840 Monitoring and Multiviewer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
13.3.1 Sirius 840: Multiviewer Outputs Only (no monitoring). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
13.3.2 Sirius 840: Multiviewer Outputs and Input/Output Monitoring. . . . . . . . . 231
13.3.3 Sirius 840: Output Monitoring Only (no multiviewer outputs) . . . . . . . . . 232
13.3.4 Sirius 840: Input/Output Monitoring Only (no multiviewer outputs). . . . . 232
13.3.5 Sirius 840: Router Outputs with Multiviewer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
13.4 Sirius 850 Monitoring and Multiviewer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
13.4.1 Sirius 850: Multiviewer Outputs Only (no monitoring). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
13.4.2 Sirius 850: Multiviewer Outputs and Input/Output Monitoring. . . . . . . . . 235
13.4.3 Sirius 850: Output Monitoring Only (no multiviewer outputs) . . . . . . . . . 236
13.4.4 Sirius 850: Input/Output Monitoring Only (no multiviewer outputs). . . . . 236
13.4.5 Sirius 850: Router Outputs with Multiviewer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237
13.5 5902 Sirius 800 Multiviewer Crosspoint . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238
13.5.1 Sirius 840/850 only . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238
13.5.2 5902 Sirius 800 Multiviewer Crosspoint Module LED Information . . . . . 239
13.6 5931 Sirius 800 External Multiviewer Output . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240
13.6.1 5931 Sirius 800 External Multiviewer Output Module LED Information. . 241
13.7 5939 Sirius 830 Video & Audio, I/p & O/p Monitoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242
13.7.1 5939 Sirius 830 Video & Audio, Input & Output Monitoring Module LEDs243
13.8 5930 Sirius 840/850 I/p & 5933 O/p Monitoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244
13.8.1 5930 Sirius 840/850 Input Monitoring Crosspoint Module. . . . . . . . . . . . 244
13.8.2 5933 Sirius 840/850 Output Monitoring Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246
13.9 1237 Sirius 830 Monitoring Rear Panel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248
13.10 1369 Sirius 830/840 Ext. Multiviewer HD BNC Rear. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249
13.11 1370 Sirius 850 External Multiviewer HD BNC Rear. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251
14 Nucleus Router Control Modules. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252
14.1 Workbench . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
14.1.1 Initial Connection and Configuration Steps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
14.2 Nucleus Router Controller Compatibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254
14.3 Single Active IP Addr. on Dual Red. Controllers (Optional). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
14.3.1 Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
14.3.2 Single Active/Idle IP Address Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
14.3.3 Nucleus2 2464/2463 Single Active/Idle IP Address Configuration . . . . . 257
14.3.4 Nucleus 2450 Single Active/Idle IP Address Configuration. . . . . . . . . . . 258
14.3.5 SAM Control Panel(s) over IP: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259
14.4 2464/2463 Nucleus2 Router Control Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260
14.4.1 Reset Button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260
14.4.2 Nucleus2 Router Control Module LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261
14.4.3 Nucleus2 Router Control Module LEDs at Startup/Reset . . . . . . . . . . . . 263
14.4.4 Nucleus2 Router Control Module LEDs on Database Push . . . . . . . . . . 263
14.4.5 Nucleus2: Sirius 800 Input and Output Port Mapping. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264
14.4.6 Configuring Nucleus2 Controller Replication. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266
14.4.7 Changing the IP Address of a Nucleus2 Controller. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267

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14.4.8 Setting the Network Communication Speed of a Nucleus2 Controller . . 268
14.4.9 Enable/Disable RollCall on a Nucleus2 Controller Using the Online Editor269
14.4.10 Enable/Disable Auto Change Over of Controller Ethernet Connection. 270
14.4.11 Further Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270
14.5 Nucleus 2450 Router Controller Card. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271
14.5.1 Nucleus 2450 Controller LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271
14.5.2 Nucleus 2450: Sirius 800 Input and Output Port Mapping . . . . . . . . . . . 273
14.5.3 Nucleus 2450: Config.ini File. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275
14.5.4 Nucleus 2450: Network.ini File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277
14.5.5 Nucleus 2450: Viewing/Modifying Config.ini and Network.ini Files. . . . . 280
14.5.6 Nucleus 2450: Changing the IP Address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281
14.5.7 Nucleus 2450: Setting the Network Communication Speed . . . . . . . . . . 282
14.5.8 Nucleus 2450: Enabling RollCall. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282
14.5.9 Nucleus 2450: Setting Parity for SW-P-02 & SW-P-08 Protocols. . . . . . 282
14.5.10 Further Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282
14.6 Multi-Drop Panel Communications Protocol (SW-P-06) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283
14.7 General Switcher Protocol (SW-P-02). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283
14.7.1 SW-P-02 Routing, Monitoring O/Ps & MV Destination Control. . . . . . . . 283
15 Control/Fan Interface Module. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 288
15.1 Control/Fan Interface Module Compatibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289
15.1.1 Fan-Out. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291
15.1.2 Sirius 850: Control/Fan Interface Module in a Two Frame System. . . . . 291
15.1.3 Control/Fan Interface Module LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 292
16 Control and Alarm Rear Panel Connections. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 294
16.1 Sirius 830: Control Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 294
16.2 Sirius 840/850: Control Connections. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295
16.3 Sirius 840/850: Alarm Rear Panel Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 296
16.3.1 Sirius 840/850: Frame ID Rotary Switch on the Alarm Rear Panel. . . . . 297
16.4 Control I/O and Alarm Pin-outs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 298
16.4.1 RS485 9 Way D-Type Socket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 298
16.4.2 LTC & AES Reference 9 Way D-Type Socket. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 298
16.4.3 Alarm Relay Output 25 Way D-Type Socket. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 299
Appendix A Router and Power Supply Shelf Dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300
A.1 Sirius 830 Frame Dimensions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300
A.2 Sirius 840 Frame Dimensions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301
A.3 Sirius 850 Frame Dimensions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 302
A.4 Power Supply Shelf Dimensions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303
Appendix B Router Power Supply Shelf Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 304
B.1 Power Supply Redundancy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 304
B.1.1 Sirius 830: Power Supply Shelf Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 304
B.1.2 Sirius 840: Power Supply Shelf Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305
B.1.3 Sirius 850: Power Supply Shelf Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 306
B.2 DC Power Supply Order Codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 307
B.2.1 DC Power Cable Order Codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 307
Appendix C Modules No Longer Supplied With New Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 308
C.1 Input Rear Panels. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 308
C.1.1 Sirius 830: 1299 Balanced AES Input Rear Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 308
C.1.2 Sirius 840/850: 1297 Balanced AES Input Rear Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . 309
C.2 Input Modules. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 310
C.2.1 5913/4 Sirius 840/850 Standard Video Input Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . 310
C.2.2 5915 Sirius 800 Video AHP Input Module. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 313
C.2.3 5916 Sirius 830 Standard Video BNC/Fiber Input Module . . . . . . . . . 319
C.3 5901 Sirius 800 Series Video Crosspoint. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 322
C.3.1 Video Crosspoint Module LED Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 323
C.4 Output Modules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 324

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C.4.1 4925 Sirius 800 AES/MADI Output Module (no audio delay) . . . . . . . 324
C.4.2 5923/4 Sirius 840/850 Standard Video Output Module. . . . . . . . . . . . 331
C.4.3 5925 Sirius 800 Video AHP Output Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 335
C.4.4 5937 Sirius 830 Standard Video BNC/Fiber Output Module . . . . . . . . 341
C.5 Output Rear Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 343
C.5.1 1298 Sirius 800 Balanced AES Output Rear Panel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 343
C.6 Multiviewer Modules and Rear Panels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 344
C.6.1 1309 Sirius 830/840 Multiviewer Coax Rear Panel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 344
C.6.2 1291 Sirius 850 Multiviewer Coax Rear Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 345
C.6.3 5932 Sirius 850 Multiviewer Output Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 346
C.6.4 Sirius 850: 1292 MV-Link Rear Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 348
C.7 Sirius 850 Video Expansion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 350
C.7.1 1293 Sirius 850 Video DIN 1.0/2.3 (mini Coax) Output Rear Panel . . 350
Appendix D Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 351
D.1 Inputs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 351
D.1.1 Video Inputs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 351
D.1.2 Video AHP Inputs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 352
D.1.3 AHP Audio Inputs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 354
D.2 Outputs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 355
D.2.1 Video Outputs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 355
D.2.2 Video AHP Outputs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 356
D.2.3 AHP Audio Outputs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 358
D.2.4 Multiviewer and Additional HD BNC Outputs 577 to 1152 . . . . . . . . . 361
D.2.5 Multiviewer and Additional Coax Outputs 577 to 1152 (No Longer Supplied)
362
D.3 Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 363
D.4 Physical . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 364
D.4.1 Sirius 830 Frame. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 364
D.4.2 Sirius 840 Frame. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 364
D.4.3 Sirius 850 Frame. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 365
D.4.4 All Sirius Frames . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 365
D.4.5 Power Supply Shelf. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 365

Sirius 800 Series User Manual Software and Firmware Release Details About this Manual 1.1
Iss 5 Rev 7 Page 10 © 2017 SAM
1 About this Manual
This manual describes the Sirius 800 router range, and the configuration of the various
modules that can be added to the range.
Refer to the individual Installation and Quick Start manuals for details on how to unpack,
install and test the Sirius 800 routers and the Sirius 800 Maintenance & Upgrade manual for
maintenance information.
Refer to the Workbench manual for details on configuring hardware and software panels.
If you have any questions regarding the installation and setup of your product, please refer to
the Customer Service contact details (see section 1.2).
1.1 Software and Firmware Release Details
This version of the Sirius 800 user manual documents the features and functions available
with Workbench version 3.17.x and firmware release PA1250x. These features are shown in
summary in Table 1
Firmware release notes are included with the firmware and are available on request from
SAM Customer Service, see section 1.2 for contact details.
1.1.1 Export System Information (Nucleus2 only)
Router system information can be exported to a CSV file by right clicking on the controller in
the configuration screen of Workbench. System information saved includes; hardware module
types, hardware versions, firmware versions, software versions, Workbench details and
database location information. See the Workbench manual for information on using
Workbench.
Firmware
Release
Version Module AHP Features Supported
3.0.x Nucleus2 2464/
2463
AHP control
(software/firmware supplied with the Workbench release).
PA1250x 4915 Gain, Phase Invert, Left/Right Swap, Left Both, Right Both, Mono Mix.
PA1250x 5919 Audio De-embedding, Gain, Phase Invert, 16 Channel Mix and Channel Swap (Shuffle), Video Frame/Line Sync, Video Delay,
Audio Input Embedding.
PA1250x 4929 Gain, Phase Invert, Left/Right Swap, Left Both, Right Both, Mono Mix,
Audio Delay, Sample Rate Convert.
PA1250x 5949 16 Channel Mix, Channel Swap (Shuffle), Gain, Phase Invert and Audio
Embedding, Video Frame/Line Sync, Video Delay.
Crosspoint Modules:
PA1250x 5903 Audio crosspoint operation, Audio Input Embedding.
PA1250x 5905 Video crosspoint operation.
Modules no longer supplied with new systems:
PA1250x 5915 Audio De-embedding, Gain, Phase Invert, 16 Channel Mix and Channel
Swap (Shuffle).
PA1250x 4925 Gain, Phase Invert, Left/Right Swap, Left Both, Right Both, Mono Mix.
PA1250x 5925 16 Channel Mix, Channel Swap (Shuffle), Gain, Phase Invert and Audio
Embedding.
Table 1 Firmware Release History

Sirius 800 Series User Manual Contact Details About this Manual 1.2
Iss 5 Rev 7 Page 11 © 2017 SAM
1.2 Contact Details
Customer Support
For details of our Regional Customer Support Offices please visit the SAM web site.
www.s-a-m.com/support/247-support-contact-details/
Customers with a support contract should call their personalized number, which can be found
in their contract, and be ready to provide their contract number and details.
1.3 Copyright and Disclaimer
Copyright protection claimed includes all forms and matters of copyrightable material and
information now allowed by statutory or judicial law or hereinafter granted, including without
limitation, material generated from the software programs which are displayed on the screen
such as icons, screen display looks etc.
Information in this manual and software are subject to change without notice and does not
represent a commitment on the part of SAM. The software described in this manual is
furnished under a license agreement and can not be reproduced or copied in any manner
without prior agreement with SAM or their authorized agents.
Reproduction or disassembly of embedded computer programs or algorithms prohibited.
No part of this publication can be transmitted or reproduced in any form or by any means,
electronic or mechanical, including photocopy, recording or any information storage and
retrieval system, without permission being granted, in writing, by the publishers or their
authorized agents.
SAM operates a policy of continuous improvement and development. SAM reserves the right
to make changes and improvements to any of the products described in this document
without prior notice.

Sirius 800 Series User Manual Warnings and Precautions
Iss 5 Rev 7 Page 12 © 2017 SAM
2 Warnings and Precautions
Erklärung der Sicherheitssymbole
Dieses Symbolweistden Benutzer auf wichtige Informationen
hin, die in der begleitenden Dokumentation enthalten sind.
Dieses Symbolzeigt an,dass gefährliche Spannung vorhanden ist.
Es befinden sich keine vom Benutzer zu wartenden Teile im Geräteinneren.
Dieses Gerät sollte nur von geschultem Personal gewartet werden
·Um das Risiko eines Elektroschocks zu reduzieren, setzen Sie das
Gerät weder Regen noch Feuchtigkeit aus.
·Stellen Sie immer sicher, dass das Gerät ordnungsgemäß geerdet
und verkabelt ist.
·Dieses Equipment muss an eine Netzsteckdose mit Schutzleiter
angeschlossen werden und einen zuverlässig identifizierbaren Nullleiter haben.
·Die Netzsteckdose sollte nahe beim Gerät und einfach zugänglich sein.
Sicherheits-Warnhinweise
D
!
Die angeführten Service-/Reparatur-Anweisungen sind
ausschließlich von qualifiziertem Service-Personal
auszuführen.Um das Risiko eines lektroschockszu
reduzieren, führen Sie ausschließlich die im
Benutzerhandbuch eschriebenen Anweisungen aus,
es sei denn, Sie haben die entsprechende Qualifikation.
Wenden Sie sich in allen Service-Fragen anqualifiziertes Personal.
!ACHTUNG
G efa hr vo n Ele ktro sc hock s.
Abdeckungen nicht entfernen
Keine vom Benutzer zu wartende Teile
Wenden Sie sich ausschließlich
an qualifiziertes Personal
Explicación de los Símbolos de Seguridad
Éste símbolo refiere al usuario información importante contenida
en la literatura incluida.Referirse al manual.
Éste símbolo indica que voltajes peligrosos están presentes en el interior.
No hay elementos accesibles al usuario dentro.
Esta unidad sólo debería ser tratada por personal cualificado.
Las instrucciones de servicio cuando sean dadas, son
sólo para uso de personal cualificado.Para reducir el
riesgo de choque eléctrico no llevar a cabo ninguna
operación de servicio aparte de las contenidas en las
instrucciones de operación, a menos que se esté
cualificado para realizarlas.
Referir todo el trabajo de servicio a personal cualificado.
·
Para reducir el riesgo de choque eléctrico, no exponer este equipo
a la lluvia o humedad.
· Siempre asegurarse de que la unidad está propiamente conectada a
tierra y que las conexiones de alimentación están hechas correctamente.
· Este equipo debe ser alimentado desde un sistema de alimentación
con conexión a TIERRA y teniendo una conexión neutra fácilmente
identificable.
· La toma de alimentación para la unidad debe ser cercana y fácilmente
accesible.
E
S
P
!
Advertencias de Seguridad
RIESGO DE CHOQUE ELECTRICO
NO QUITAR LAS PROTECCIONNES
ELEMENTOS NO ACCESIBLES AL
USUARIO.
SERVICIO SOLAMENTE A PERSONAL
CUALIFICADO
Simboli di sicurezza:
Questo simbolo indica l'informazione importante contenuta nei
manuali appartenenti all'apparecchiatura. Consultare il manuale.
Questo simbolo indica che all'interno dell'apparato sono presenti
tensioni pericolose. Non cercare di smontare l'unità.
Per qualsiasi tipo di intervento rivolgersi al personale qualificato.
Le istruzioni relative alla manutenzione sono ad uso
esclusivo del personale qualificato. E' proibito all'utente
eseguire qualsiasi operazione non esplicitamente
consentita nelle istruzioni. Per qualsiasi informazione
rivolgersi al personale qualificato.
·
Per prevenire il pericolo di scosse elettriche è necessario non esporre
mai l'apparecchiatura alla pioggia o a qualsiasi tipo di umidità.
· Assicurarsi sempre, che l'unità sia propriamente messa a terra e che
le connessioni elettriche siano eseguite correttamente.
· Questo dispositivo deve essere collegato ad un impianto elettrico
dotato di un sistema di messa a terra efficace.
· La presa di corrente deve essere vicina all'apparecchio
e facilmente accessibile.
I
!
Attenzione:
!
ATTENZIONE
RISCHIO DI SHOCK ELETTRICO
NON CERCARE DI SMONTARE
L'UNITA PER QUALSIASI TIPO DI
INTERVENTO RIVOLGERSI AL
PERSONALE QUALIFICATO
Forklaring på sikkerhedssymboler
Dette symbol gør brugeren opmærksom på vigtig information
i den medfølgende manual.
Dette symbol indikerer farlig spænding inden i apparatet. Ingen bruger
servicerbare dele i apparatet på brugerniveau.
Dette apparat må kun serviceres af faglærte personer..
Serviceinstruktioner er kun til brug for faglærte
servicefolk. For at reducere risikoen for elektrisk
stød må bruger kun udføre anvisninger i
betjeningsmanualen.
Al service skal udføres af faglærte personer.
·
For at reducere risikoen for elektrisk stød må apparatet ikke
udsættes for regn eller fugt.
· Sørg altid for at apparatet er korrekt tilsluttet og jordet.
· Dette apparat skal forbindes til en nettilslutning, der yder
BESKYTTENDE JORD og 0 forbindelse skal være tydeligt markeret.
· Stikkontakten, som forsyner apparatet, skal være tæt på apparatet
og let tilgængelig
.
D
K
!
!
Sikkerhedsadvarsler
!
FORSIGTIG
RISIKO FOR ELEKTRISK STØD
DÆKPLADERMÅIKKEFJERNES
INGEN BRUGER SERVICERBARE
DELE SERVICE MÅ KUN UDFØRES
AF FAGLÆRTE PERSONER

Sirius 800 Series User Manual Warnings and Precautions
Iss 5 Rev 7 Page 13 © 2017 SAM
Förklaring av Säkerhetssymboler
Denna symbol hänvisar användaren till viktig information som
återfinns i litteraturen som medföljer. Se manualen.
Denna symbol indikerar att livsfarlig spänning finns på insidan.
Det finns inga servicevänliga delar inne i apparaten.
Denna apparat få endast repareras av utbildad personal.
Serviceinstruktioner som anges avser endast kvalificerad
och utbildad servicepersonal. För att minska risken för
elektrisk stöt, utför ingen annan service än den som
återfinns i medföljande driftinstruktionerna, om du ej är
behörig. Överlåt all service till kvalificerad personal.
·
För att reducera risken för elektrisk stöt, utsätt inte apparaten för
regn eller fukt.
· Se alltid till att apparaten är ordentligt jordad samt att strömtillförseln
är korrekt utförd.
· Denna apparat måste bli försörjd från ett strömsystem som är försedd
med jordadanslutning samt ha en neutral anslutning som lätt identifierbar.
· Vägguttaget som strömförsörjer apparaten bör finnas i närheten samt
vara lätttillgänglig.
S
!
CAUTION
RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK
DO NOT REMOVE COVERS
NO USER SERVICEABLE PARTS
REFER SERVICING TO QUALIFIED
PERSONNEL ONLY
!
Säkerhetsvarningar
Turvamerkkien selitys
Tämä merkki tarkoittaa, että laitteen mukana toimitettu kirjallinen
materiaali sisältää tärkeitä tietoja. Lue käyttöohje.
Tämä merkki ilmoittaa, että laitteen sisällä on vaarallisen voimakas jännite.
Sisäpuolella ei ole mitään osia, joita käyttäjä voisi itse huoltaa.
Huollon saa suorittaa vain alan ammattilainen.
Huolto-ohjeet on tarkoitettu ainoastaan alan
ammattilaisille. Älä suorita laitteelle muita
toimenpiteitä, kuin mitä käyttöohjeissa on
neuvottu, ellet ole asiantuntija.Voit saada sähköiskun.
Jätä kaikki huoltotoimet ammattilaiselle.
·
Sähköiskujen välttämiseksi suojaa laite sateelta ja kosteudelta.
· Varmistu, että laite on asianmukaisesti maadoitettu ja että
sähkökytkennät on tehty oikein.
· Laitteelle tehoa syöttävässä järjestelmässä tulee olla
SUOJAMAALIITÄNTÄ ja nollaliitännän on oltava luotettavasti
tunnistettavissa.
· Sähköpistorasian tulee olla laitteen lähellä ja helposti tavoitettavissa.
F
I
!
Turvaohjeita
!
SÄHKÖISKUN VAARA ÄLÄ AVAA
LAITTEEN KANSIA EI SISÄLLÄ
KÄYTTÄJÄLLE HUOLLETTAVIA
OSIA HUOLTO AINOASTAAN
AMMATTILAISEN SUORITTAMANA
VAROITUS
Símbolos de Segurança
O símbolo triangular adverte para a necessidade de consultar o
manual antes de utilizar o equipamento ou efectuar qualquer ajuste.
Este símbolo indica a presença de voltagens perigosas no interior
do equipamento.As peças ou partes existentes no interior do equipamento
não necessitam de intervenção, manutenção ou manuseamento por parte
do utilizador.Reparações ou outras intervenções devem ser efectuadas
apenas por técnicos devidamente habilitados.
As instruções de manutenção fornecidas são para
utilização de técnicos qualificados. Para reduzir o
risco de choque eléctrico, não devem ser realizadas
intervenções no equipamento não especificadas no
manual de instalações a menos que seja efectuadas
por técnicos habilitados.
·
Para reduzir o risco de choque eléctrico, não expor este equipamento
à chuva ou humidade.
· Assegurar que a unidade está sempre devidamente ligada à terra e
que as ligações à alimentação estão correctas.
· O sistema de alimentação do equipamento deve, por razões de
segurança, possuir ligação a terra de protecção e ligação ao
NEUTRO devidamente identificada.
· A tomada de energia à qual a unidade está ligada deve situar-se na
sua proximidade e facilmente acessível.
P
!
Avisos de Segurança

Sirius 800 Series User Manual Explanation of Safety Symbols Warnings and Precautions 2.1
Iss 5 Rev 7 Page 14 © 2017 SAM
2.1 Explanation of Safety Symbols
2.2 Safety Warnings
CAUTION: These servicing instructions are for use by qualified personnel only. To reduce the
risk of electric shock, do not perform any servicing other than that contained in the Operating
Instructions unless you are qualified to do so. Refer all servicing to qualified service
personnel.
Always ensure that the unit is properly earthed and power connections correctly made.
This equipment must be supplied from a power system providing a PROTECTIVE EARTH
connection and having a neutral connection which can be reliably identified.
The power circuit breakers or switches supplying power to the unit should be close to the unit
and easily accessible.
2.3 Lithium Batteries
The Sirius 800 door PC and router control module(s) each contain a Lithium battery.
This symbol refers the user to important information contained in the accompanying
literature.
This symbol indicates that hazardous voltages are present inside. No user serviceable
parts inside. This system should only be serviced by trained personnel.
To reduce the risk of electric shock, do not expose this appliance to rain or moisture.
CAUTION
RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK
DO NOT REMOVE COVERS
NO USER SERVICABLE PARTS
REFER SERVICING TO QUALIFIED
PERSONNEL ONLY
This equipment contains a lithium battery
There is a danger of explosion if this is replaced incorrectly.
Replace only with the same type from the same manufacturer.
Dispose of used batteries in accordance with local
and national laws/regulations.
Batteries should only be replaced by trained service technicians.
CAUTION

Sirius 800 Series User Manual Fiber Output Modules Warning Warnings and Precautions 2.4
Iss 5 Rev 7 Page 15 © 2017 SAM
2.4 Fiber Output Modules Warning
2.5 Cable Management
It is important that the cabling to and from the router is correctly labelled and routed. This will
simplify the work required if the installation needs to be changed or added to at a future date.
2.6 Power Supplies
The power supply shelves are separate 2RU modules. Power supply shelves are rack
mountable and can be placed above, below or remote from the Sirius frame.
The power supply alarm cable(s) and 48 V DC cables are supplied by SAM and can be
ordered as either 2.5 meter cables or 8 meter cables.
LASER SAFETY
The average optical output power does not exceed 0 dBm (1mW) under normal
operating conditions. Unused optical outputs should be covered to prevent direct
exposure to the laser beam.
Even though the power of these lasers is low, the beam should be treated with caution
and common sense because it is intense and concentrated. Laser radiation can cause
irreversible and permanent damage of eyesight. Please read the following guidelines
carefully:
• Make sure that a fiber is connected to the board's fiber outputs before power is
applied. If a fiber cable (e.g. patchcord) is already connected to an output, make
sure that the cable's other end is connected, too, before powering up the board.
•Do not look in the end of a fiber to see if light is coming out. The laser
wavelengths being used are totally invisible to the human eye and can cause
permanent damage. Always use optical instrumentation, such as an optical
power meter, to verify light output.
• Cables connected to the router must be fitted with adequate vertical and horizontal
strain relief to avoid twisting of the rear panels causing damage to the router
connectors and loss of electrical/signal connection to the router.
• Cables connected to the router should be routed so they do not cover any of the
frame fan exhausts as this can restrict airflow through the router.
• Ensure that the power supply shelves are correctly earthed see section 2.7 for
details.
• The power supply units are sealed and do not contain any serviceable items
• Power supply shelves are heavy so it is advised that two people are needed to
support the weight of the power supply shelves during installation.
• To prevent damage, power supply shelves should not be mounted using just the
front ears, and should have support at the rear of the shelves.

Sirius 800 Series User Manual Earth Cables Warnings and Precautions 2.7
Iss 5 Rev 7 Page 16 © 2017 SAM
2.7 Earth Cables
2.7.1 Important Protective Earth Information
Due to the high leakage current, ensure that all of the power supply shelves are grounded to
the protective earth. Earth studs are provided on the rear of each power supply shelf for this
purpose. These studs have M6 size nuts, and are suitable to take an eyelet crimp.
2.7.2 Important Functional Earth Information
Up to three earth cables (636027) are supplied with the Sirius 800 depending on how many
power supply shelves are fitted. One should be fitted from each power supply shelf to the
Sirius 800 router frame, this is called a Functional Earth.
Figure 1 Power Supply Shelf Rear Panel
Functional Earth
Point, see section
2.7.2
PowerCon AC Input
Connectors x4
48 V DC power
connectors Protective Earth
Point, see
section 2.7.1
25 Way D Type
Alarms Connector
Note:
• The Protective earth is indicated on the power supply shelf by this symbol:
(located on the right side of the power supply shelf, see Figure 1).
• Protective Earthing is a conductor in the building installation wiring, or in the power
supply cord, connecting a main protective earthing terminal to an earth point in the
building installation.
PROTECTIVE EARTH
• The building installation must provide a means for connection to the protective
earth and the equipment must be connected to that means.
• A service person must check that the socket outlets that the equipment is to be
powered from provide a connection to the protective earth. If not the service person
must arrange for the installation of the protective earth wire in the building.
Warning
High leakage current; the Protective Earth connection is essential before connecting the
supply.
Note:
• The Functional Earth on the power supply shelf is indicated by this symbol:
(located on the left side of the power supply shelf, see Figure 1).
• Functional Earthing is the earthing of a point on the equipment or system, which is
necessary for purposes other than safety.
Warning
The Functional Earth cable from the power supply shelf to the Sirius frame must be fitted.

Sirius 800 Series User Manual Ventilation Warnings and Precautions 2.8
Iss 5 Rev 7 Page 17 © 2017 SAM
2.8 Ventilation
A fully populated Sirius 800 is ventilated by groups of fan modules mounted in the front and
rear of the router. The vents in the front, sides and rear must not be obstructed and should be
periodically cleaned and kept free from the build-up of dust. All the fan modules are monitored
for failure.
Air is pulled in through the ventilation slots in the front door and circulated through the router,
passing over the modules, and then expelled by the rear fans, air is also expelled out at points
on each side of the frame, where the crosspoint modules are situated.
The power supply shelves have their own integral cooling system.
• Ensure the flow of air is not restricted through the vents and fan exhausts.
• Do not obstruct the air vents situated on both sides of the frame, and allow a
minimum of 50 mm (2 inches) clearance to allow air flow. The air that is exhausted
from the sides must be able to flow past the rear of the router frame without being
obstructed. This also applies to the PSU shelves.
• The fan assemblies should be placed back into the closed position as soon as
possible after opening, as this ensures correct ventilation of the frame. Failure to
do this will result in failure.
• In practice the maximum time that a fan assembly can be left open will depend on a
number of factors such as; ambient temperature, frame loading, crosspoint
routings, etc. To ensure correct operation under all conditions the fan assemblies
should be left open for no more than 4 minutes at a time.

Sirius 800 Series User Manual Compliance Standards Warnings and Precautions 2.9
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2.9 Compliance Standards
This equipment complies with the following standards:
EN60950-1 2006
Safety of information Technology Equipment Including Electrical Business Equipment.
UL1419 (3rd Edition) - UL File E193966
Standard for Safety - Professional Video and Audio equipment
EMC Standards
This unit conforms to the following standards:
EN55103-1:2009 (Environment E4)
Electromagnetic Compatibility, Product family standard for audio, video, audio-visual and
entertainment lighting control apparatus for professional use. Part 1. Emission
EN55103-2:2009 (Environment E2)
Electromagnetic Compatibility, Product family standard for audio, video, audio-visual and
entertainment lighting control apparatus for professional use. Part 2. Immunity
Federal Communications Commission Rules, 47 CFR: Part 15, Subpart B (Class A)
EMC Performance of Cables and Connectors
SAM products are designed to meet or exceed the requirements of the appropriate European
EMC standards. In order to achieve this performance in real installations it is essential to use
cables and connectors with good EMC characteristics.
All signal connections (including remote control connections) shall be made with screened
cables terminated in connectors having a metal shell. The cable screen shall have a
large-area contact with the metal shell.
COAXIAL CABLES
Coaxial cables connections (particularly serial digital video connections) shall be made with
high-quality double-screened coaxial cables such as Belden 1694A or Belden 1505A.
D-TYPE CONNECTORS
D-type connectors shall have metal shells making good RF contact with the cable screen.
Connectors having “dimples” which improve the contact between the plug and socket shells,
are recommended.
AC and DC Cables
AC & DC cables used must be double screened to maintain EMC compliance.

Sirius 800 Series User Manual Product Overview
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3 Product Overview
SAM continues to lead the way in video and audio signal routing with its innovative Sirius 800
router range. The large-scale, multi-format routers incorporate many technological firsts, the
Sirius 800 routers offer multi-format operation up to 3 Gb/s in one frame.
The Sirius 800 routers support a range of different configurations based on a common module
format. The router range is made up of the non-expandable Sirius 830 and Sirius 840 routers
and the field expandable Sirius 850 router.
The Sirius 850 can be equipped as 576 x 1152 in a single frame or is field expandable up to
1152 x 1152 video (dependant on input/output card configuration) by linking two Sirius 850
routers together using multi-way cables. No other external splitters or combiners are required.
Figure 2 Sirius 800 Router Range
Note:
*The router height in Figure 2 does not include the power supply shelves which are a
further 2U each in height. Between one and three power supply shelves are used with the
Sirius router depending on the router configuration and local mains voltage.
Sirius 830 15U*
non- expandable router
Sirius 840 27U*
non- expandable router
Sirius 850 34U*
expandable router

Sirius 800 Series User Manual Signal Flow Product Overview 3.1
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3.1 Signal Flow
The Sirius 800 routers are large scale multi-format video and audio routers. The Sirius 800
routers enable you to mix and match different signal formats - 3 Gb/s and 1.5 Gb/s HD and
SD video, and embedded, AES and MADI audio - in the same frame. Different video signal
formats can also be freely mixed within individual video input/output modules. BNC and Fiber
connections are available for video and MADI signals and high density 62 way D-type sockets
for AES. In addition to video and audio Advanced Hybrid Processing (AHP) modules allow
adjustment and processing of input and output signals.
3.1.1 Input Modules
The standard (non AHP) video input modules (5917, 5913, 5914 & 5916) route the video and
embedded audio through to the video crosspoint cards.
The AHP video input modules (5919 & 5915) de-embed up to 16 mono audio channels per
video input. Both the embedded and de-embedded audio channels can be manipulated
directly on the input module before being routed through the video and audio crosspoint cards
respectively.
The audio input module (4915) accepts either MADI only or a combination of AES and MADI
depending on the rear panel that is fitted. In either case the individual audio channels can
then be routed through the audio crosspoint cards.
3.1.2 Video Crosspoints
The video signals are routed through the video crosspoints to one or more destinations on the
video output modules as instructed by the router control system. Any embedded audio is
routed along with the video.
The video routing is completely non blocking and an optional video crosspoint card gives the
router video crosspoint redundancy.
Optionally the Sirius 850 has a second set of video crosspoint cards in the top of the router
that are used to route signals to the expansion outputs (577 to 1152). As with the other
crosspoint cards an optional video crosspoint can be fitted for video redundancy.
Figure 3 Audio and Video Signal Routing