Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product 9084 Cobalt Networks
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9084 2406 E. Un iversity Ave. Urbana, I L 61802 Voice 217.344.124 3 • Fax 2 17.344.1245 www.cobal tdigital.com Product Manual 9084-OM (V4.0) Cobalt Digital Inc.
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908 4-OM (V4 .0) 9084 PRODUCT MA NUAL i T able of Contents Chapter 1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1 Overview ......................................................................
ii 9084 PRODUCT MANU AL 908 4-O M (V 4. 0) Chapter 3 Operating Instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1 Overview ............................................................................................
908 4-O M (V 4.0 ) 9084 PRODUCT MANUAL 1-1 Chapter 1 Chapter 1 Introduction Overview This manual provid es install ati on and oper at ing instructi ons for the 9084 HD/SD-SDI RGB Col or Corrector with YCbCr V ideo Proc and Fra me Syn c card (also referr ed to h e rein a s the 9 084) .
1 9084 Card Software V ersions and this Manual 1-2 9084 PRO DUCT M ANUAL 90 84-O M (V4 .0) 9084 Card Sof tware V ersion s and this Manual Whe n appli cable , Coba lt Dig ital In c. pr ovid es for conti nual C O MP ASS ™ card prod uct enhancement s through software updat es.
9084-OM (V4.0) 90 84 PR O DU CT M AN UA L 1-3 Introduction Manual Conventions Manual Conven tions In this manual, dis play messages a nd connect ors are shown us ing the ex act name shown on the 9084 it self.
1 Safety Summary 1-4 9084 PRO DUCT M ANUAL 90 84-O M (V4 .0) Labeling Symbol Definitions Safety Summary W arnings Cautions Atte ntion, consul t acco mpan ying do cument s. Electro nic devi ce or ass embly is s usceptibl e to damage from an ESD even t.
9084-OM (V4.0) 90 84 PR O DU CT M AN UA L 1-5 Introduction 9084 Functional Description 9084 Function al Description Figure 1- 1 shows a fu nctional bl ock diagram of the 9084.
1 9084 Functional Description 1-6 9084 PRO DUCT M ANUAL 90 84-O M (V4 .0) Figure 1-1 9084 F unctional Bloc k Diagram Video Processing Frame Sync Serializer/ Cable Drivers SDI OUT Video P rocessor EXT REF IN (1,2) Reclock RCK OUT Deserialize HD/SD SDI IN EQ 9084V 4.
9084-OM (V4.0) 90 84 PR O DU CT M AN UA L 1-7 Introduction 9084 Functional Description Color Corrector The 9084 col or correct or convert s the YCbCr SDI in put video to t he 4:4:4 RGB color sp ace (where the color cor rectio n is applied) , and then b ack to YCbCr SDI on th e output.
1 9084 Functional Description 1-8 9084 PRO DUCT M ANUAL 90 84-O M (V4 .0) User Control Interface Figure 1- 2 shows the u ser control interface options f or the 9084. Thes e options a re indivi dually desc ribed bel ow . Note: All user control i nterfaces d escribed h ere are cr oss-com patible and can oper- ate tog ether as des ired.
9084-OM (V4.0) 90 84 PR O DU CT M AN UA L 1-9 Introduction 9084 Functional Description • Built-in Car d Edge User Interf ace – Using the built-in c ard edge control s and disp lay , card control settings c an be set using a front panel menu whic h is described in Chapter 3, “ Operat ing Inst ruction s ” .
1 9084 Functional Description 1-10 9084 PRO DUCT M ANUAL 90 84-O M (V4 .0) Note: Althoug h the OGC P-9000 Remot e Control Panel ca n be used with the 90 84, the OG CP-9000/C C Remote Cont rol Pane l is sp ecificall y designed for use with 9084 cards and provide s the mos t intuitiv e and si mplest i nterface of a ll the me thods des cribed.
9084-OM (V4.0) 90 84 PR O DU CT M AN UA L 1-11 Introduction T echni cal Spec ificatio ns T ech nical S peci fi cati ons T able 1-2 lis ts the tech nical spe cificatio ns for the 908 4 HD/SD-SDI RGB Color Corr ector with YCbCr V ideo Proc an d Frame Sync card .
1 T echnical Sp ecifications 1-12 9084 PRO DUCT M ANUAL 90 84-O M (V4 .0) Serial Dig ital Video Input (cont.) SD Frame Rates Sup ported: 486i 29. 97 (NTSC) 575i 25 (P AL ) Impedanc e: 75 Ω terminatin g Equali zation ( HD): 328 ft (100 m ) Belde n 1694A Equali zatio n (SD): 1000 ft (305 m) Beld en 1694A Return Los s: > 15 dB at 5 MHz – 1.
9084-OM (V4.0) 90 84 PR O DU CT M AN UA L 1-13 Introduction T echni cal Spec ificatio ns Pre-Pr ocessor (Recloc ked) Serial Digital Video Outputs (con t.) Return Loss: > 15 dB at 5 MHz – 270 MHz > 12 dB at 270 MH z – 1.485 GHz Signal Lev el : 800 mV ± 10% DC Offset: 0 V ± 50 mV Jitt e r (HD ): < 0.
1 W a rranty and Se rvice Information 1-14 9084 PRO DUCT M ANUAL 90 84-O M (V4 .0) W arranty and Service Informa tion Cobalt Digit al Inc. Limited W arranty This produc t is warrant ed to be free f ro.
9084-OM (V4.0) 90 84 PR O DU CT M AN UA L 1-15 Introduction Contact Cobalt Digital Inc. Cont a ct Cobalt Digital Inc. Feel fr ee to contact our friendl y and prof essional sup port repres entatives f .
1-16 9084 PRO DUCT M ANUAL 90 84-O M (V4 .0) This page in tentional ly blank.
908 4-O M (V 4.0 ) 9084 PRODUCT MANUAL 2-1 Chapter 2 Chapter 2 Installation and Setup Overview This chapt er contai ns the foll owing infor mation: • Install ing the 9084 I nto a Frame Slot (p. 2-1) • Install ing a Rear I/ O Module (p . 2-3) • Setting Up 9084 Network Remote Contr ol (p.
2 Installing the 9084 Into a Frame Slot 2-2 9084 PRO DUCT M ANUAL 90 84-O M (V4 .0) Note: • If installing the 9084 in an 83 10-C-BNC or 8310-BNC frame (which is pre-eq uipped wit h a 100-BNC r ear I.
9084-OM (V4.0) 90 84 PR O DU CT M AN UA L 2-3 Installation a nd Setup Installing a Rear I/O Module Note: T o r emove a car d, press d own on t he ejector tab to unseat the card from the rear I/O m odule mati ng conne ctor . Eve nly dra w the card fr om its slot.
2 Setting Up 9084 Network Remote Control 2-4 9084 PRO DUCT M ANUAL 90 84-O M (V4 .0) Figure 2-2 Re ar I/O Module In stallation Setting Up 90 84 Network Remo te Control Perf orm re mot e c ontro l se tu p in ac cord ance w i th Co balt ® reference guide “ COMP ASS ™ Remote Cont rol User Gu ide ” (PN 9000RCS-RM).
908 4-O M (V 4.0 ) 9084 PRODUCT MANUAL 3-1 Chapter 3 Chapter 3 Operating Instructions Overview This chapt er contai ns the foll owing infor mation: • Control an d Display Descr iptions (p. 3 -1) • Accessing t he 9084 Card vi a Remote Control (p. 3-10) • Checking 908 4 Card Infor mation (p.
3 Control and Display Descriptions 3-2 9084 PRO DUCT M ANUAL 90 84-O M (V4 .0) Note: Instruc tions provi ded here a re applic able for all available user contr ol meth- ods. However , DashBoard ™ an d the Remote Control P anel pr ovide great ly simpli fied user i nterfaces as compared to using the 9084 car d edge co ntrols.
9084-OM (V4.0) 90 84 PR O DU CT M AN UA L 3-3 Operating Instructions Control and Display Descriptions 9084 Card Edge Controls, Indicators, and Display Figure 3- 2 shows and d escribes th e 9084 card edge controls , indicator s, and display .
3 Control and Display Descriptions 3-4 9084 PRO DUCT M ANUAL 90 84-O M (V4 .0) 9084 Card Edge Control Menu/Submenu S tructure (See below .) Using t he men u syst em of group menus an d submen us de scrib ed earlie r , th e 9084 paramet ers/con trols ar e org anized int o menus and su bmenus.
9084-OM (V4.0) 90 84 PR O DU CT M AN UA L 3-5 Operating Instructions Control and Display Descriptions Figure 3-3 Card Edge Controls Setu p of Example Color Corre ction Function 12 3 4 ClrC Proc Enbl O.
3 Control and Display Descriptions 3-6 9084 PRO DUCT M ANUAL 90 84-O M (V4 .0) Card Edge Display Orient ation, Brightness, and Timeout Adjust The card e dge 4-Characte r Alphanumer ic Display ca n be changed between vertica l or hori zontal cha racter o rientat ion to suit the moun ting posit ion of the card as s hown and desc ribed below .
9084-OM (V4.0) 90 84 PR O DU CT M AN UA L 3-7 Operating Instructions Control and Display Descriptions The timeou t period f rom when a menu i s entered t o when the displ ay times outs (r everts t o the def ault ca rd model di splay) ca n be adjus ted from 5 to 9999 seconds ( 166.
3 Control and Display Descriptions 3-8 9084 PRO DUCT M ANUAL 90 84-O M (V4 .0) Figure 3 -5 DashBoar d ™ Setup of Example Color Correction Functio n Select top-level m enu item Color Correction [ A in Figure 3-3] Set Enable to On [ B – C in F igure 3-3] Set Gain for Blue channel ( White Adj.
9084-OM (V4.0) 90 84 PR O DU CT M AN UA L 3-9 Operating Instructions Control and Display Descriptions Cobalt ® Remote Contr ol Panel Us er Interfaces (See Figu re 3-6.) Si milar to the functio n submenu tabs using Dash Board ™ , the Remote Cont ro l Pan els have a Sel ect Submen u key t hat is used to displ ay a list of function submenus.
3 Accessing the 9084 Card via Remote Control 3-10 9084 PRO DUCT M ANUAL 90 84-O M (V4 .0) Accessing the 9084 Card via Remote Control Access th e 9084 card using DashBoard ™ or Cobalt ® Remote Con trol Panel as descr ibed below . Accessing th e 9084 Ca rd Using DashBoard ™ 1.
9084-OM (V4.0) 90 84 PR O DU CT M AN UA L 3-11 Operating Instructions Accessi ng the 9084 Card via Remote Control Accessing the 9084 Card Using a Cobalt ® Remote Control Panel Press t he Select Device key and sele ct a car d as sh own in the exa mple below .
3 Checking 9084 Card Information 3-12 9084 PRO DUCT M ANUAL 90 84-O M (V4 .0) Checking 9084 C ard Information The opera ting stat us and s oftwar e ver sion t he 90 84 card can be check ed using the card edge contr ol user int erface or DashBoard ™ .
9084-OM (V4.0) 90 84 PR O DU CT M AN UA L 3-13 Operating Instructions Ancillary Data Line Number Locations and Ranges Ancillary Dat a Line Nu mber Location s and Ranges T able 3-1 lis ts the de fault output video V ANC line number loc ations fo r various ancillary d ata items pr ocessed or passed by the card.
3 9084 Function Submenu List and Descriptions 3-14 9084 PRO DUCT M ANUAL 90 84-O M (V4 .0) 9084 Functio n Submenu List and D escriptions T able 3-2 indi vidually lists an d describes e ach 9084 fu nction sub menu “ tab ” and i ts rela ted lis t sele ction s, co ntrol s, an d p aram eters .
9084-OM (V4.0) 90 84 PR O DU CT M AN UA L 3-15 Operating Instructions 9084 Function Submenu List and Descriptions T able 3-2 9084 Function Subm enu List Provide s the following Video Proc param etr ic contr ols . • Video P roc Video P roc (On/O ff) provides mast er on/off control of all Video Proc functions.
3 9084 Function Submenu List and Descriptions 3-16 9084 PRO DUCT M ANUAL 90 84-O M (V4 .0) (continued ) • Color Gain Adjusts gain percentage (saturation) applied to Chroma (C-channel). (0% to 200% range in 0. 1% steps; unity = 100%) • Color Phase Adjusts phase angle applied t o Chroma.
9084-OM (V4.0) 90 84 PR O DU CT M AN UA L 3-17 Operating Instructions 9084 Function Submenu List and Descriptions (continued) • White Hard Clip Applies whit e hard clip (limiting) at specified percentage. (50.0% to 109.1%; null = 109.1%) • Whit e S oft Cli p Applies white s of t clip (limiting) at specified percentage.
3 9084 Function Submenu List and Descriptions 3-18 9084 PRO DUCT M ANUAL 90 84-O M (V4 .0) AFD All ows as sign ment of AFD ( Active Forma t Des cript ion) codes to the SDI output video.
9084-OM (V4.0) 90 84 PR O DU CT M AN UA L 3-19 Operating Instructions 9084 Function Submenu List and Descriptions Provides c olor correcto r functions f or the indi vidual RG B channels of the rec eived SD/HD SDI signal. • Color Corrector Color Corrector (On/Off) provides m aster on/off control of all C olor Corrector functions.
3 9084 Function Submenu List and Descriptions 3-20 9084 PRO DUCT M ANUAL 90 84-O M (V4 .0) (continued ) • Gang Black Level Controls Whe n se t to On , changing any of the Black Adj. controls increases or decreases R, G , and B black levels by equal amounts.
9084-OM (V4.0) 90 84 PR O DU CT M AN UA L 3-21 Operating Instructions 9084 Function Submenu List and Descriptions (continued) • Gamma (Green – Red – Blue) Separate red, green, and blue gamma controls respec tively apply gamma curve adjustment for R, G , and B channels.
3 9084 Function Submenu List and Descriptions 3-22 9084 PRO DUCT M ANUAL 90 84-O M (V4 .0) Fram esync Provid es vide o Frame Sy nc and de lay con trol t ools. • Framesync Enable Disables the Frame Sync function, or selects from choices below . • Off: Disables Frame Sync function; output video timing matches the input video timing.
9084-OM (V4.0) 90 84 PR O DU CT M AN UA L 3-23 Operating Instructions 9084 Function Submenu List and Descriptions (continued) • Minimum Latency Frames Control Minimu m Latency F rames Control When Framesync is enabled, specifies the smallest amount of latency allowed by the frame sync (latency measurement in output video frames).
3 9084 Function Submenu List and Descriptions 3-24 9084 PRO DUCT M ANUAL 90 84-O M (V4 .0) (continued) • Framesync LOS Freeze Color In the event of LOS with Freeze to Color enabled above, sets the image raster color from choices shown to the left. • Custom Color Hue Adjusts raster hue (pha se angle) f or custom LO S color .
9084-OM (V4.0) 90 84 PR O DU CT M AN UA L 3-25 Operating Instructions 9084 Function Submenu List and Descriptions Pres ets This func tion allo ws up to 16 ca rd user se ttings configura tion prese ts to b e saved in a Preset an d then recalled (loaded) as d esired.
3 9084 Function Submenu List and Descriptions 3-26 9084 PRO DUCT M ANUAL 90 84-O M (V4 .0) (continued ) • Reset Current Preset • Reset Current Preset resets all parameters (including preset custom name entered) of the currently selected Preset (as displayed in the Selected Preset field) to factory default settings.
9084-OM (V4.0) 90 84 PR O DU CT M AN UA L 3-27 Operating Instructions Color and V ideo Correction Examples Using the 9084 Color and Video Correction Examples U sing the 9084 Shown bel ow are exa mples of us ing the 9084 to prov ide par ametri c color and video cor rection.
3 Color and V ide o Correction Examples Using the 9084 3-28 9084 PRO DUCT M ANUAL 90 84-O M (V4 .0) Ideally , this disp lay would ess entially r esult in a waveform showing id entical RGB components c orrespond ing to the gr ayscale mono chrome bar spec trum bein g fe d t o th e set m onito r .
9084-OM (V4.0) 90 84 PR O DU CT M AN UA L 3-29 Operating Instructions Color and V ideo Correction Examples Using the 9084 Figure 3- 1 1 shows the s ame setup us ing the 9084 Col or Correc tor functio n, along wit h the appr opriate sig nal sourc e standard an d a video wav eform monito r to asse ss and determ ine the color corre ction req uired.
3 Color and V ide o Correction Examples Using the 9084 3-30 9084 PRO DUCT M ANUAL 90 84-O M (V4 .0) Figure 3-12 Applying Correctio n to Example Mon itor Wav eform Signal Corrected Offs et Corrected Ga.
9084-OM (V4.0) 90 84 PR O DU CT M AN UA L 3-31 Operating Instructions Color and V ideo Correction Examples Using the 9084 Miscellaneous Color and V ideo Correction Examples T able 3-3 provi des example s sh owing and des cribing va ri ous col or and v ideo conditi on correc tions using t he 9084.
3 Color and V ide o Correction Examples Using the 9084 3-32 9084 PRO DUCT M ANUAL 90 84-O M (V4 .0) Whit e (luma) le vel exceed ing 100% level (as s hown below for limit ramp m onochrome bars on waveform monit or dis p lay) Using the White Hard Clip control, a lowered w hite hard clippi ng thresho ld is appli ed to now li mit the l evel to 10 0%.
9084-OM (V4.0) 90 84 PR O DU CT M AN UA L 3-33 Operating Instructions Color and V ideo Correction Examples Using the 9084 Chroma gain excee ds 100% lev el (as sh own below fo r 100% co lor bars on YPbPr waveform m onitor dis play) Us in g the Color Ga in (Chroma ) control t o reduce chro ma gain, ch roma gain is now res tored to 100% level.
3 T roubleshooting 3-34 9084 PRO DUCT M ANUAL 90 84-O M (V4 .0) T roublesh ooting This sect ion provi des genera l troublesh ooting in formation and specif ic symptom/ corrective action for t he 9084 car d.
9084-OM (V4.0) 90 84 PR O DU CT M AN UA L 3-35 Operating Instructions T roubleshooting 9084 Card Edge S tatus/Error Indicators and Display Figure 3- 13 shows and describes t he 9084 card edg e status indicators and display .
3 T roubleshooting 3-36 9084 PRO DUCT M ANUAL 90 84-O M (V4 .0) DashBo ard ™ St atus/Error Indicators and Displays Figure 3- 14 shows and d escribes th e DashBoard ™ status ind icato rs a nd display .
9084-OM (V4.0) 90 84 PR O DU CT M AN UA L 3-37 Operating Instructions T roubleshooting Acce ss Ca rd Inf o pan es for s pec ific c ards b y clic kin g the c ard sl ot pos itio n in the Card Access/Navi gation T ree pane (as s hown in the e xample in Figur e 3-15).
3 T roubleshooting 3-38 9084 PRO DUCT M ANUAL 90 84-O M (V4 .0) Basic T roubleshooting Checks Failure s of a general nature (af fecting many ca rds and/or fu nctions simultan eously), or gross in operabilit y errors are best addr essed fi rst by performi ng basic ch ecks before p roceeding further .
9084-OM (V4.0) 90 84 PR O DU CT M AN UA L 3-39 Operating Instructions T roubleshooting 9084 Processing Error T roubleshooting T able 3-5 p rovides 9084 pr ocessing troubleshoot ing infor mation. If the 9084 card e xhib its an y of th e sym ptoms listed in T able 3-5, follo w the trouble shooting i nstructio ns provided.
3 T roubleshooting 3-40 9084 PRO DUCT M ANUAL 90 84-O M (V4 .0) T roubleshooting Network/Remote Control Errors Refe r to Co b alt ® reference guide “ COMP A SS ™ Remo te Co ntrol U s er Guide ” (PN 9000RCS- RM) for networ k/remote cont rol trouble shooting inform ation.
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