Ensemble Designs BE-72 Users Manual
3G/HD/SD SDI to HDMI Converter User Guide
72 and 72-F
BrightEye 72 and 72-F
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Revision 1.4 SW v1.2.6
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Contents
Product Overview and Functional Description 4
Use with Any HDMI Monitor 4
SDI Input 4
Optical Input with the 72-F 4
Test Signal Generator 4
Video Proc Amp and Color Corrector 4
Audio Metering Overlay and Disembedding 5
Graticule Overlay 5
Closed Caption Decoding 6
Timecode Reader 6
Horizontal and Vertical Shift 7
Block Diagrams 8
BrightEye 72 8
BrightEye 72-F 10
Applications 12
Rear Connectors 13
Power Connection 13
USB Connector 13
HDMI Out 13
Audio Out 13
3G/HD/SD SDI Out 14
3G/HD/SD SDI In 14
Optical Input (BrightEye 72-F) 14
Module Configuration and Control 15
Front Panel Controls and Indicators 15
Status Indicators 15
Adjusting Parameters from the Front Panel 16
Front Panel Control and On-Screen Display 16
Examples of Using the Front Panel in Conjunction with On-Screen Display 17
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Using the BrightEye Control Application 20
Software Version Requirement 20
Input Menu 21
Proc Menu 22
Color Correct Menu 23
Audio Menu 24
Config Menu 25
Captions Menu 26
Timecode Menu 27
Software Updating 28
Warranty 28
Factory Service 28
Specifications 29
Glossary 31
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Product Overview and Functional Description
The BrightEye 72/72-F turns any High Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI) display into a monitoring
solution with professional monitoring features. With the BrightEye 72/72-F, you can monitor any type
of digital video signal, including 3 Gb/s signals.
Use with Any HDMI Monitor
The BrightEye 72/72-F can be used with any HDMI monitor. Because there is a wide range of HDMI
monitors available, you have a lot of choices when it comes to selecting which particular HDMI
monitor you want to use.
SDI Input
The BrightEye 72 has an SDI input and a reclocked loopback SDI output. The input can be 1.5 or
3 Gb/s HD SDI or SD SDI. The loopback SDI output is a copy of the SDI input. The key features, such as
on-screen display of audio and open captions, are accessed through the HDMI output.
Optical Input with the 72-F
The BrightEye 72-F offers an optical input instead of the SDI input of the BrightEye 72.
Test Signal Generator
The built-in test signal generator, useful for troubleshooting, inserts the signal at the front of the
signal path, so its behavior is functionally the same as cabling a test signal generator into a BNC input.
Use the test signal generator and adjust the BrightEye 72 as needed to set up your particular HDMI
monitor.
The test signal generator provides a number of test patterns including SMPTE bars with PLUGE, which
is useful for monitor alignment.
Video Proc Amp and Color Corrector
The Proc Amp and Color Corrector functions provide precise control over the output video levels. A
variety of controls are provided for making exact adjustments to produce correct luminance and color
rendition on the monitor and can be used with the built-in test signals. Adjustments are performed at
full 10-bit SDI resolution.
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HDMI monitor output example illustrating audio metering overlay, graticule overlay, closed caption
decoding, and timecode reader.
Audio MetersOpen Captions TimecodeGraticule
Audio Metering Overlay and Disembedding
The BrightEye 72/72-F has a sophisticated audio metering overlay capability
that uses four groups of four-channel on-screen VU meters. It includes a hanging
peak level indicator and a user-adjustable peak (headroom) indicator. You can
disembed and visually monitor up to sixteen channels of audio. Up to eight
channels of audio can be passed through the HDMI output.
Audio metering
overlay
Graticule Overlay
A built-in graticule generator puts up Safe Title and Safe Action reference markers as well as SD Safe
markers on HD signals. There are thin lines running from top to bottom that indicate the SD protect
area. These graticule reference markers aid in seeing how content is aligned, facilitating film transfer,
post production and quality control measurements relating to picture location for both the 4:3 and
16:9 aspect ratios. Safe Title displays the safe title boxes. SD Protect Only displays only the SD Protect
area without displaying the safe title boxes. You can adjust the color and intensity of the graticules or
turn graticules off.
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Closed Caption Decoding
The BrightEye 72/72-F has a caption reader in the video path that decodes caption data. After being
decoded, a character generator system in the BrightEye 72/72-F overlays the captions onto the
video. The video is then sent through the HDMI output to be displayed on screen. This is useful for
compliance monitoring to be sure that all the captions are present in the broadcast signal.
The CEA-608 and CEA-708 standards for closed captions are specific to NTSC-based television systems.
Accordingly, they are supported for these input signals:
Standard Definition 525/59.94
High Definition 1080i/59.94
High Definition 720p/59.94
Under U.S. federal law, all consumer television receivers above a certain display size sold in the U.S.
must include decoding and display of closed caption data. However, that requirement is only for
over the air (or cable) broadcast signals received through the tuner input. The HDMI input of these
displays is not required to support closed captions. In fact, the HDMI standard provides no support
for captions in closed form. BrightEye 72/72-F is able to deliver open captions to an HDMI display by
rendering them as actual image content with its built-in character generator.
Timecode Reader
The video path includes a timecode reader. BrightEye 72/72-F can
read and display running timecode from either DVITC (Digital Vertical
Interval Time Code) on SD SDI inputs, or ATC (Ancillary Time Code) on
HD SDI inputs.
Timecode display
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Horizontal and Vertical Shift
The BrightEye 72/72-F can shift images horizontally and/or vertically to enable inspection of content
in the horizontal and vertical intervals outside of the picture itself, such as embedded audio, closed
caption data blocks, and blanking edges of the signal.
HDMI monitor output example illustrating Horizontal shift. H and V shift enables inspection of content in
the horizontal and vertical intervals.
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Block Diagrams
BrightEye 72
For your reference, see the functional block diagram of the BrightEye 72 on this page and the next
page. The diagram appears twice, first in a portrait view, then larger as a landscape view. Following
that are diagrams of the BrightEye 72-F showing the optical input.
Graticule Gen
Input Status Display
Test Signal
Gen
3G/HD/SD SDI
In
H & V
Delay
On Screen Controls
Overlay
Combiner
Video Proc
& Color
Corrector
HDMI Out
3G/HD/SD SDI
Loopback
16 Chan
Audio Demux
Caption
Reader
Timecode
Reader
Open Caption
Decoding
Timecode
Window Gen
Audio Meter
Overlay
Audio Out
Selection
BrightEye 72 Functional Block Diagram, Portrait View
Analog
Audio Out
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BrightEye 72 Functional Block Diagram, Landscape View
Audio Demux
16 Chan
Overlay
3G/HD/SD SDI
Loopback
Reader
Window Gen
Audio Meter
Timecode
Timecode
Caption
Reader
Open Caption
Decoding
H & V
Delay
3G/HD/SD SDI
In
Test Signal
Gen
On Screen Controls
Input Status Display
Graticule Gen
Audio Out
Selection
Audio Out
Analog
Combiner
Overlay
Video Proc
Corrector
& Color
HDMI Out
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BrightEye 72-F
For your reference, see the functional block diagram of the BrightEye 72-F on this page and the next
page showing the optical input. The diagram appears twice, first in a portrait view, then larger as a
landscape view.
Graticule Gen
Input Status Display
Test Signal
Gen
On Screen Controls
Optical In
3G/HD/SD SDI
Loopback
16 Chan
Audio Demux
H & V
Delay
Caption
Reader
Timecode
Reader
Overlay
Combiner
Open Caption
Decoding
Timecode
Window Gen
Audio Meter
Overlay
Audio Out
Selection
Video Proc
Corrector
BrightEye 72-F Functional Block Diagram, Portrait View
& Color
HDMI Out
Analog
Audio Out
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Loopback
Audio Demux
16 Chan
3G/HD/SD SDI
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Optical In
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BrightEye 72-F Functional Block Diagram, Landscape View
Audio Out
Selection
Audio Meter
Overlay
Timecode
Reader
Window Gen
Timecode
Caption
Reader
Open Caption
Decoding
H & V
Delay
Combiner
Overlay
Video Proc
Corrector
& Color
Test Signal
Gen
On Screen Controls
Input Status Display
Graticule Gen
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Audio Out
Analog
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Applications
Use BrightEye 72/72-F with any HDMI monitor in broadcast production and distribution, QC,
engineering, post production, and the control room. In addition to video, you can also monitor
ancillary data such as closed captions, timecode, and audio. Graticules are available to align titles. Use
the BrightEye 72/72-F in studio applications where you need to adjust the color temperature of on-set
monitors so they look right on camera.
The BrightEye 72/72-F converts 3G/HD/SD SDI video signals to HDMI to provide professional
monitoring capabilities using an HDMI display. In the example below, the program feed from a server
goes into the SDI Input BNC connector of the BrightEye 72 and loops back out through the 3G/HD/
SD SDI Output BNC connector to the router. The input SDI signal is converted to HDMI and sent out
through the HDMI Out connector to an HDMI monitor.
Video
Server
3G/HD/SD
SDI input
Reclocked
loopback
SDI output
BrightEye 72
HDMI
output
HDMI
monitor
Routing
Switcher
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