THOMSON Grass Valley KAM-XM Series User manual

KAM-XM-SERIES
HD UDC/UPC/UNC/DNC/UGC MODULES
Instruction Manual
SOFTWARE VERSION 1.0.7.5
071833000
JUNE 2004

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Contents
Preface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
About This Manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Module Descriptions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Supported Up/Down Conversion Rates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
System Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Quick Start Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Module Placement in the 2000 Frame. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Cabling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
KAM-XM-R Rear Module Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
GPI0 Connections for GPI Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Power Up and Module Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Configuration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Configuration Summary. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Up and Down Conversion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Format Conversion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Aspect Ratio Modes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Proc Amp Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Detail Enhance Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Noise Reduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Spike Filtering. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Brickwall Filtering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Temporal Recursive Filtering. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Color Legalizer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
GPI and User Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Configuration Summary Table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Remote Control and Monitoring. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Web Page Operations and Functional Elements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Status and Identification Headers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Links and Web Pages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Status Web Page. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
License Web Page. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Format Web Page. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Reference Web Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Aspect Web Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Proc Amp Web Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Detail Enhance Web Page. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Spike Web Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Brickwall Web Page. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Temporal Recursive Web Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Mosquito Web Page. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Advanced Aperture Web Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Color Legalizer Web Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Presets Web Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

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Contents
GPI Web Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Slot Config Web Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Software Update Web Page. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Newton Control Panel Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Specifications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Power-up Diagnostics Failure. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Module Repair. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Index
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Preface
About This Manual
This manual describes the features of a specific 2000 Series module in the
Kameleon Media Processing System. As part of this module family, it is
subject to Safety and Regulatory Compliance described in the 2000 Series
frame and power supply documentation (see the 2000 Series Frames Instruc-
tion Manual ).

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Preface

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KAM-XM Series
Up/Down Conversion
Modules
Introduction
This manual covers installation, configuration and operation of the fol-
lowing Kameleon KAM-XM Series modules:
• KAM-XM-UDC – HDTV Up/Down Converter
• KAM-XM-UPC – HDTV High Quality Up Converter
• KAM-XM-UNC – HDTV Up Converter with Advanced SDTV Noise
Reduction
• KAM-XM-UCG – HDTV Character Generator Quality Up Converter
•KAM-XM-DNC – HDTV Down Converter
Module functionality is summarized in Table 1.
Table 1. KAM-XM Up and Down Converter Module Summary
Function KM-XM-UDC KM-XM-UPC KM-XM-UNC KM-XM-UGC KM-XM-DNC
Aspect Ratio Control X X X X X
Proc Amp Adjustments (for video processing) X X X X X
Color Space Conversion X X X X X
Detail Enhancement X X X X X
Spike Filter (Adaptive Median filtering) X X
Brickwall Filter X X
Temporal Recursive Filter (Auto or Manual mode) X X
GPI Control (3 external GPI inputs controlling presets) X X X X X
Color Legalizer Control X X X X X
First 2 audio groups of HD video are re-embedded into
SDI stream. X
First 2 audio groups of SDTV video re-embedded into HD
output stream with compensating delay. XX
Re-insertion of Closed Caption data into HD output
stream. XX

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Module Descriptions
The KAM-XM Up/Down conversion series modules also feature:
•Proprietary Teranex™ PixelMotion™ De-interlacing,
• Support of SD and HD video with embedded audio, including
Dolby-E,
•Hot-swap capability,
•Operates in the same frame with other 2000 and Kameleon modules,
• Three external GPI inputs to trigger selectable Preset 1-10 registers,
•Network control with the Newton Control Panel or Kameleon web con-
trol, and
• Support of NetConfig™ configuration tool and NetCentral™
SNMP-based monitoring system.
Module Descriptions
Each KAM-XM module uses the same circuit board with the application
software enabled for the particular module type. The module type is iden-
tified by a sticker on the circuit board and the Model name is identified in
the web page header. For up/down conversion rates supported, refer to
Table 2 on page 9.
The modules described in this manual include the following:
•KAM-XM-UDC – supports broadcast quality up and down conversion
of SD and HD video with embedded audio with the standard conver-
sion controls. In addition, it also offers noise reduction controls with
adaptive median spike, brickwall, and temporal recursive filters. This
application utilizes de-interlacing on a pixel-by-pixel basis for pre-
serving fine detail from the original image. Down conversion offers an
anti-aliasing filter.
• KAM-XM-UNC – supports broadcast quality HD up conversion for
SDI video with or without embedded audio with the standard conver-
sion controls. In addition, this module also offers advanced noise
reduction with adaptive median spike, brickwall, and temporal recur-
sive filter controls. This application utilizes de-interlacing on a
pixel-by-pixel basis for preserving fine detail from the original image.
•KAM-XM-UPC – supports broadcast quality HD up conversion for SDI
video with or without embedded audio with the standard conversion
controls. This application utilizes de-interlacing on a pixel-by-pixel
basis for preserving fine detail from the original image.
• KAM-XM-UCG – a high quality SDTV character generator up con-
verter with the standard up conversion controls that performs de-inter-
lacing on a field by field basis depending on the amount of motion in
the material.

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Module Descriptions
• KAM-XM-DNC – this broadcast quality down converter application
also utilizes de-interlacing on a pixel-by-pixel basis. Once the image
has been de-interlaced and down converted, detail enhancement can be
applied to the image to further shape the output. The first two groups
of audio from the HD video are re-embedded into the standard defini-
tion SDI video signal.
Supported Up/Down Conversion Rates
The modules support the conversion rates summarized in Table 2.
Table 2. Format Conversion Input/Output Combinations
KAM-XM-
Input Format Output Format UNC UPC UCG DNC UDC
480i59.94 480i59.94 X X X X
480i59.94 720p59.94 X X X X
480i59.94 1080i59.94 X X X X
576i50 576i50 X X X X
576i50 720p50 X X X X
576i50 1080i50 X X X X
720p50 576i50 X X
720p59.94 480i59.94 X X
1080i50 576i50 X X
1080i59.94 480i59.94 X X

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System Requirements
System Requirements
Operation of the KAM-XM modules in 2000 Series frames has the following
hardware and software requirements:
•Modules must be installed in a 2000T1DNG or 2000T3DNG Kameleon
2000 Series frame containing a a 2000GEN module.
• The frame must have a 2000NET module with assembly number
671-5231-01 or later running software version 3.2.2 or later.
Note These requirements are necessary for proper cooling support and interface
to the Newton Control Panel configuration, NetConfig and GUI control, and
SNMP monitoring.
Existing Kameleon frames can be upgraded with the necessary
modules and software for proper operation. Contact your sales repre-
sentative for more information.
All KAM-XM module sets require two vertical module slots of frame space.
Frame density for the 1 RU frame is two module sets and six module sets
for a fully stuffed 3 RU frame. Both dual and single height Kameleon and
2000 modules can be mixed in the frames.