COBHAM Inline Camera Mount Broadcast Versioin, Inline Camera Mount Broadcast Version User Manual

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User’s Manual

Inline Camera Mount

- Broadcast Version -

Cobham Surveillance
GMS Products
1916 Palomar Oaks Way Ste 100
Carlsbad, CA 92008
100-M0058X2 T: 760-496-0055
06/18/09 F: 760-496-0057

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

1.0 ACRONYMS................................................................................................................................................................... 3

2.0 INTRODUCTION.................................................................................................................................................... 4

3.0 FRONT CONTROL PANEL OPERATION................................................................................................... 4

3.1 Menu Structure....................................................................................................................................................... 4

3.1.1 Power Up .......................................................................................................................................................... 6

3.1.2 Main Menu....................................................................................................................................................... 6

3.1.2.1 Channel Display......................................................................................................................................... 6

3.1.2.2 Enter Detail Menu Display .................................................................................................................... 6

3.1.2.3 Exit MDT-B Control Display ................................................................................................................. 7

3.1.2.4 Enter MDT-B Transmitter Display...................................................................................................... 7

3.1.3 Detail Menu ..................................................................................................................................................... 7

3.1.3.1 TX COFDM MODE display..................................................................................................................... 8

3.1.3.2 TX COFDM BANDWTH display ........................................................................................................... 8

3.1.3.3 TX GUARD INTERVL display................................................................................................................. 8

3.1.3.4 TX MOD FEC display................................................................................................................................ 8

3.1.3.5 TX VIDEO INPUT display....................................................................................................................... 9

3.1.3.6 TX AUDIO ON display ............................................................................................................................. 9

3.1.3.7 TX AUDIO LEVEL display ....................................................................................................................... 9

3.1.3.8 TX AUDIO GAIN ADJUST display ....................................................................................................10

3.1.3.9 TX BACKLIGHT display .........................................................................................................................10

3.1.3.10 EXIT DETAIL MENU display...........................................................................................................11

4.0 CONNECTORS/PWR SWITCH AND LCD CONTROL PANEL .................................................... 11

4.1 RF Output ................................................................................................................................................................12

4.2 I/O...............................................................................................................................................................................12

4.3 Video Input.............................................................................................................................................................12

4.4 Power Switch .........................................................................................................................................................12

4.5 LCD Display.............................................................................................................................................................13

4.6 SDI Input (optional)............................................................................................................................................13

LIST OF TABLES

Table 1 - I/O DB-15 Connector Pin Out........................................................................................................... 11

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1.0 Acronyms

This section lists and describes the various acronyms used in this document.

Name Meaning

16QAM 16-state Quadrature Amplitude Modulation
64 QAM 64-state Quadrature Amplitude Modulation
A/V Audio/Video
C-OFDM Coded Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing
CVBS Color video base band signal (Composite video).
Y Luminance video
C Chromaince video
Pr Red Chromaince
Pb Blue Chromaince
FEC Forward Error Correction
MDT-B Messenger Digital Transmitter, Broadcast Version
MPEG Moving Picture Experts Group
NTSC National Television System Committee
PAL Phase Alternation Line
QPSK Quadrature Phase Shift Keying
RF Radio Frequency
SDI Serial Digital Interface
TX Transmitter

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2.0 Introduction

The inline camera mount box is an optional housing (for the MDT-B transmitter) which mounts to a
professional A/V camera. The housings are designed to use either Anton Bauer or IDX batteries.

The two line LCD (liquid crystal display) provides visual readouts of transmitter frequency, analog video
lock status, COFDM mode, COFDM bandwidth, transmitter guard interval, forward error correction (FEC),
video input type, audio status, audio gain and backlight status.

In addition the front control buttons allows the most common available options (as described later in this
document) to be changed from the front panel. If necessary the transmitter can still be accessed with the
use of a PC using GMS control software through the 15-pin DB connector. Refer to MDT-B operation
manual (100-M0056, found on GMS web site www.gmsinc.com) for detailed description of the external
control software.

3.0 Front Control Panel Operation

The front control panel consists of a two line LCD (liquid crystal display) and four control buttons, the
CTRL, ENTR, ↑ (up arrow), and ↓ (down arrow), see figure 1. In general, the up and down arrow buttons are

for selecting available options, the CTRL button is for moving between menus and the ENTR button is for
saving new values (as selected with the up and down arrow buttons).

Figure 1 –Front Control Panel

3.1 Menu Structure
The overall menu structure is demonstrated as a flowchart in Figure 2. Refer to this figure as the following
individual displays are explained in detail.

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