Eyeheight AR-2n User Manual

AR-2n

Multimode Aspect Ratio Converter in a desktop chassis with
software control application.

user manual

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User Manual Versions

Date

Product
Version

MD S/W
Version

MD F/W
Version

Viper

Version

Changed

13/06/2008

AR-2 V100

AR-2 S104

AR-2MD

F100

V100

17/06/2008

AR-2 V101

AR-2 S106

AR-2MD

F100

V100

- fixed bug with x-fade not being updated when changed

- fixed infinite loop issue with fade to black and invalid input
video/powerup condition

25/06/2008

AR-2 V102

AR-2 S106

AR-2MD

F101

V100

added 507->487 remapping nd fixed hd audio CRC error

06/08/2008

AR-2 V103

AR-2 S106

AR-2MD

F101

V101

fixed numerous issues with VIPER build 100, rest no change

02/10/2008

AR-2MD

V104

AR-2MD

S117

AR-2MD

F113

V106

HD audio fixed, many software changes, many viper changes

14/10/2008

AR-2MD

V105

AR-2MD

S118

AR-2MD

F113

V106

Fixed issue with GPI changes setting variable in incorrect bank

22/10/2008

AR-2MD

V106

AR-2MD

S119

AR-2MD

F113

V106

Fixed bug that caused a memory to be saved in the wrong
location
Fixed a banking error with the simple protocol

07/11/2008

AR-2MD

V107

AR-2MD

S120

AR-2MD

F113

V106

fixed a couple of small issues, see log for details

Versions

Changes

Date

Software

1.0

Initial release

17/6/09

V106

1.1

Softpanel instructions re-directed

01/02/10

V106

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Table of Contents

Table of Contents .................................................................................................. 3

Table of Figures .................................................................................................... 5

1 System Overview ............................................................................................... 6

1.1 The nanobox chassis .............................................................................. 6

1.2 The AR-2n product. ................................................................................. 6

2 Setting up the AR-2n ......................................................................................... 8

2.1 Associated equipment. ............................................................................ 8

2.2 Connecting the LE-2n using a soft panel. ............................................... 8

2.2.1 Installing the software. ......................................................................... 9

2.3 Screen Layout ....................................................................................... 10

2.3.1 Toolbar ............................................................................................... 10

2.3.2 Device Info. ........................................................................................ 11

2.3.3 Status Bar .......................................................................................... 11

2.3.4 Display Buttons .................................................................................. 11

2.3.5 Rotary Controls .................................................................................. 12

2.3.6 Next & Previous Buttons .................................................................... 12

2.4 Menu Navigation ................................................................................... 12

2.4.1 Go To Another Menu ......................................................................... 13

2.4.2 Single Parameter Adjustment ............................................................ 13

2.4.3 Double Or Triple Parameter Adjustment ............................................ 13

2.4.4 Information Display ............................................................................ 13

2.5 Connecting the AR-2n using an FP-9. .................................................. 13

2.5.1 Flexipanel controls. ............................................................................ 15

2.5.2 Device Buttons. .................................................................................. 15

2.5.3 Menu Navigation. ............................................................................... 15

2.5.4 Parameter adjustment of a green menu. ............................................ 15

2.5.5 Parameter adjustment of a red menu ................................................. 16

2.5.6 Information display ............................................................................. 16

3 Connecting Video to the AR-2n ........................................................................ 17

4 Other Features/Messaging ............................................................................... 18

4.1 Messaging with the soft java panel. ...................................................... 18

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4.2 Messaging with an FP-9........................................................................ 18

4.3 Tamper Locking the AR-2n. .................................................................. 19

4.4 Primary AR-2N control .......................................................................... 19

4.4.1 Setting the output video standard ...................................................... 19

4.4.2 Bypass mode operation ..................................................................... 19

4.4.3 Loading a memory ............................................................................. 20

4.4.4 Setting up the GPIs ............................................................................ 22

4.4.5 Setting up embedded video signalling parameters ............................ 23

4.4.6 Setting up the transition parameters .................................................. 23

4.4.7 Setting the power-on default values ................................................... 24

4.5 Advanced AR-2N control ...................................................................... 24

4.5.1 Adjusting the output picture dimensions ............................................ 24

4.5.2 Adjusting the input picture blanking ................................................... 25

4.5.3 Setting the Audio delay ...................................................................... 25

4.5.4 Adjusting the advanced video options ................................................ 26

4.5.5 Auto-ARC mode and the Clear all vars function ................................ 27

4.5.6 Saving a user memory ....................................................................... 28

4.5.7 Viewing a saved memory ................................................................... 30

4.6 The software upgrade process .............................................................. 31

4.7 Unit reset options .................................................................................. 31

5 The AR-2N Menu Set ....................................................................................... 33

6 Technical Appendix .......................................................................................... 71

6.1 GPI/Tally/RS232 technical information. ................................................ 71

6.1.1 GPI Inputs. ......................................................................................... 71

6.1.2 GPI Splitter ........................................................................................ 72

6.2 Technical Specifications ....................................................................... 73

6.3 Aspect Ratio Terminology ..................................................................... 75

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Table of Figures

Figure 1-1 Figure 1 1 Nanobox chassis with worldwide PSU and USB Cable ...... 6

Figure 1-2 The AR-2n Front (top) and Rear (below). ............................................ 7

2-1 Diagram showing the power and data connections. ........................................ 9

2-2 LE-2n Power and control connection using an FP-9. .................................... 14

Figure 2-3 Flexipanel (FP-9) controls. ................................................................. 15

Figure 2-4 Types of menus showing their characteristic colours ......................... 15

Figure 3-1 - Video connections to the AR-2N ...................................................... 17

Figure 3-2 AR-2n Connections. ........................................................................... 17

Figure 4-1 UK keyboard reference diagram. ....................................................... 18

Figure 6-1 Typical GPI Input ............................................................................... 71

Figure 6-2 GPI Splitter. Has 2 RJ-45 Sockets, one for the Comms and one for the

GPI's ............................................................................................................ 72

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1 System Overview

This manual describes the function of the AR-2n which is an AR-2S (SD-SDI) or
AR-2M (SD/HD-SDI) Aspect Ratio Converter (from now on referred to as ARC)
processing card connected within a nanobox desktop chassis.

1.1 The nanobox chassis

The nanobox chassis has been designed to provide a low cost way of operating a
single ARC card for stand-alone use without the complex and more expensive
infrastructure of an etherbox 1RU rack mount chassis (FB-9E) and 1RU
operational panel (FB-9). The AR-2n ARC card is operated by a java software
application for PC or MAC. Connection is via a supplied USB lead.

Figure 1-1 Figure 1 1 Nanobox chassis with worldwide PSU and USB Cable

1.2 The AR-2n product.

The AR-2n is a single channel aspect ratio converter and up/down-converter,
incorporating HD/SD auto-sensing and 3 field temporal processing. It is capable
of high quality bi-directional conversion between different aspect ratios such as
4:3, 14:9, 16:9, etc. with full 10-bit resolution.

In addition to the basic function of the AR-2n listed above, the unit also has the
following features:

WSS/VI control

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Blanking adjustments
Integrated embedded audio delay which compensates for internal and

external picture delay, settable from a control panel.
InvisiARC™ technology for discrete aspect ratio switching
Advanced filter controls including Mosquito Noise Reduction and Block

Artefact Removal

Figure 1-2 The AR-2n Front (top) and Rear (below).

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2 Setting up the AR-2n

2.1 Associated equipment.

The AR-2n can operate in two modes. Each of these modes is determined by a
factory set internal link option. The modes are:

1. Operation using a soft panel on a PC or a Mac computer.

2. Operation using a “hard” eyeheight FP-9 Flexipanel.

Respectively the associated equipment required for operation of the above
modes are:

1. A PC or Mac to operate the softpanel. (User provided) and a USB cable
(Supplied).

2. An FP-9 control panel with an RR-9E rear enclosure (Available from
eyeheight) and a standard ethernet cable with RJ-45 connectors (user
supplied) is also required to connect the FP-9 panel to the AR-2n.

The AR-2n will always be shipped in mode 1 ( Soft Panel) unless the
customer specifies otherwise.

DO NOT CONNECT THE SUPPLIED USB/RJ45 CABLE TO THE
FRONT RJ45 LABELLED “PANEL” THIS COULD RESULT IN
DAMAGE TO THE UNIT.

You cannot operate the softpanel and an FP-9E Flexipanel at the
same time.

2.2 Connecting the LE-2n using a soft panel.

This is the way the LE-2n is normally shipped. The data and power connections
are shown in the diagram below. After power up the Status light should turn from
red to green indicating that it is operational in soft panel mode. If the status light
goes orange the system was factory configured for operation with an FP-9 1RU
panel. In the unlikely event that the status light stays red then the system has
found an error and it will need returning to the factory.

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2-1 Diagram showing the power and data connections.

THE AR-2n UNIT MUST BE PLACED IN A COOL ENVIROMENT
(ROOM TEMPERATURE IS REASONABLE) WITH ADAQUATE
VENTELATION. DO NOT COVER OR USE IN AN UNVENTELATED
RESTRICTED SPACE.

2.2.1 Installing the software.

The software is provided on an eyeheight USB flash drive which is supplied with
the LE-2n.

The softPanel application requires no installation itself. Simply run “softpanel.jar”
However, it requires three platforms to be in place already:

Java Runtime Environment (Java 5 or later).
RxTx serial drivers for Java (see below).
USB to serial drivers.

For full installation instructions please refer to the softPanel_manual_20xx.pdf
which is available by selecting:

Support -> Manuals -> Software on our website at Eyeheight.com and is also
supplied on the memory stick which comes with the AR-2n.

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2.3 Screen Layout

Toolbar

Device
Info.

Status
Bar

Display

Buttons

Rotary

Controls

Next & Previous

Buttons

2.3.1 Toolbar

File

o Exit

Options

o COM Port

Tick the name of the COM Port that you want to use.
The application will enumerate this list of your COM Ports when it
starts up.

o Baud Rate

This is the speed of the serial comms. You will need to use 115200.

o Large Displays

If you find the Display Buttons too small, then you can tick this
option to increase the size at the expense of the resolution.

Multi-Device Mode

If you are using the softPanel with a nanoBox (NB-9), you will not need to
set this option.
This option should be set if you are using the softPanel with an etherBox
(FB-9E) to control more than one product, as you would a standard panel
(FP-9).

Tools

o Refresh

The softPanel will request a menu refresh from the active device.
It will also refresh the data displayed in the Device Info box.

o Send Message

The messaging system is used to send text messages from the
panel to a product.
For more info, see section 4.

o Un-acquire product

Like a standard Eyeheight panel (e.g., FP-9), the softPanel

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“acquires” control of a product, and retains a lock to prevent other

panels from controlling the same device.
To release that lock, and allow other panels to control the device,
use this tool.

o Search for products…

Scans the Eyeheight system for available products, and adds them
to the Devices list.

Help

o About…

Shows version number, release, and development information.

2.3.2 Device Info.

Shows information about the device that you are controlling, to identify it and
display status information.

NID

The Network ID is an address on the Eyeheight I-Bus communication
network.

Host Alias

Sometimes known as the username, this is a user definable identification,
saved to the product

Software

The version of software that the device is running.
By convention, this is commonly formed from [product name] + [release
date] + [version number].

S/N

Serial Number of the device. This uniquely identifies the product.

Status

This control will display according to the status of the device.
The display colour is based on a traffic light system of green, amber, and
red.
Hover the mouse over the control to see an information tooltip.

2.3.3 Status Bar

Generic GUI component, for conveying information to the user.
In normal use, the status bar will display the Host Alias of the device, but it is also

used to display error messages and status updates.

2.3.4 Display Buttons

The four buttons, labelled A, B, C, and D act both as separate menu displays,
and as larger combined displays, depending on context.

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They also act as buttons; performing an action when clicked. This action will

Not enabled

Enabled

Mouse

hovered over

centre

Mouse

hovered over

minus button

Mouse

hovered over

plus button

depend on what is displayed on the button at the time.
For more info, see Menu Navigation.

2.3.5 Rotary Controls

In normal use, the four rotary controls correspond directly with the four Display
Buttons; each to the display above it.

When a rotary control is not enabled, its marker will be grey.
When it is in use, the marker will be white, and it will respond to the mouse

pointer, when hovered over it:

Click the plus button to rotate clockwise (increment).
Click the minus button to rotate anti-clockwise (decrement).
The centre button usually restores a menu to its default value.

2.3.6 Next & Previous Buttons

These are aids to navigating the devices “flat” menu systems.
They flash while further menus are available.

2.4 Menu Navigation

Menus are colour coded to show how to interact with them.

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See below:

Go To

Another Menu

Single

Parameter

Adjustment

Double Or

Triple

Parameter

Adjustment

Information

Display

2.4.1 Go To Another Menu

A common menu item, used for navigating tree-structured menus.

2.4.2 Single Parameter Adjustment

A green menu is one in which there is one adjustable parameter.
There are two ways to adjust the parameter in a green menu:

Press the green Display Button.

This will increment the value in that window.
This is most frequently done when the menu parameter is Textural for
example switching a parameter between ON and OFF. In this case a
button press is most natural.

Use the Rotary Controls to adjust the parameter in the respective Display

Button.
The direction and speed of rotation enable numeric values to be set easily.

2.4.3 Double Or Triple Parameter Adjustment

A red menu is one in which there are two or three adjustable parameters. In this
case it is necessary to first select the menu by pressing the red Display Button.
When the red button is pressed it will turn green, and either two or three of the
Rotary Controls will flash, indicating that the respective Rotary Control will
operate a corresponding parameter.

2.4.4 Information Display

A yellow menu is one in which only information is displayed.

2.5 Connecting the AR-2n using an FP-9.

The AR-2n is normally shipped for operation with a soft panel. If you have
specifically asked for the system to operate with a flexipanel then it will be
shipped this way. The control and power connections are shown in the diagram

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below. After power up the Status light should turn from red to orange indicating
that it is operational in FP-9 panel mode. If the status light goes green then the
system was factory configured for operation with a soft panel. In the unlikely
event that the status light stays red then the system has found an error and it will
need returning to the factory.

2-2 LE-2n Power and control connection using an FP-9.

The Ethernet cable must be <2M long or you may experience fading of the FP-9
display due to voltage drop from the power supply in the LE-2n. If you wish to
mount the FP-9 panel very remotely (up to 150 Metres) then set the power switch
on the RR-9 (Rear box for the FP-9) to “LOC” (Local) and use the power supply
supplied with the RR-9 to power the panel.

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2.5.1 Flexipanel controls.

GOTO

ANOTHER

MENU

SINGLE

PARAMETER

ADJUSTMENT

DOUBLE OR

TRIPLE

PARAMETER

ADJUSTMENT

INFORMATION

DISPLAY

Figure 2-4 Types of menus showing their characteristic colours

Figure 2-3 Flexipanel (FP-9) controls.

2.5.2 Device Buttons.

There are 8 grey device buttons. These switch between the currently selected
processing cards installed in the etherbox. It is also possible to select cards in
another chassis if the I-Bus is connected to the other chassis.

2.5.3 Menu Navigation.

There are two ways to navigate from menu to menu.

1. Using the NEXT and PREV buttons. These are for “Flat” menu structures.
The NEXT and PREV LEDS will flash while further menus are available.

2. Using a GOTO ANOTHER MENU LCD button (as below coloured orange).
This is more common and will take you straight to a relevant set of menus.
Examples are the Play and UTILS menu‟s shown on Figure 8.

2.5.4 Parameter adjustment of a green menu.

A green menu is one in which there is only one adjustable parameter. There are
two ways to adjust the parameter in a green menu.

1. Press the green LCD button. This will increment the value in that window.
This is most frequently done when the menu parameter is Textural for
example switching a parameter between ON and OFF. In this case a
button press is most natural.

2. Use the Rotary digipot (A,B,C or D) to adjust the parameter in the
respective LCD window (A,B,C or D). The direction and speed of rotation
enable numeric values to be set easily.

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2.5.5 Parameter adjustment of a red menu

A red menu is one in which there is two or three adjustable parameters. In this
case it is necessary to first select the menu by pressing the red button. When the
red button is pressed it will turn green and either two or three of the rotary digipot
LEDS will flash indicating that the respective rotary digipot will operate the
respective parameter.

2.5.6 Information display

A Yellow menu (Which on most panels does look a light orange!) is one in which
only information is displayed. An example of this is the software version display.

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3 Connecting Video to the AR-2n

This unit requires HD-SDI or SDI digital video connections to the BNC
connectors.

Figure 3-1 - Video connections to the AR-2N

The main video connections to the AR-2n are shown above. The Main Out 1 and
Main Out 2 are the main ARC outputs. They are functionally identical to each

other. The In 1 Loop is a “reclocked input” loop output. Four GPI‟s can be used to

recall user memories.

Figure 3-2 AR-2n Connections.

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4 Other Features/Messaging

The messaging system is used to access some features within the unit. This is
done differently if you are using the soft panel than if you are using a “hard” FP-9
Panel.

4.1 Messaging with the soft java panel.

Use [Tools > Send Message] to see the message screen as below:

The text box will accept a message up to 32 characters in length.
Click the Send button to send the message. The Status Bar will display a

confirmation or error message to acknowledge success or failure.
Click the Cancel button to return to the normal menu window.

4.2 Messaging with an FP-9.

Plug in a PS-2 Keyboard into a Flexipanel and select the appropriate processor
card with a device button. (See Error! Reference source not found. for
connector location). Hit F9 function key. The LCD displays will change to text
entry mode. Now type in the text and press return to send their message. Please
be aware that the FP-9 only maps to a UK keyboard. Other keyboards may be
used but the location of the keys must be referenced to the diagram below.

Figure 4-1 UK keyboard reference diagram.

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4.3 Tamper Locking the AR-2n.

Defini
Frame
Frame

tion->
form->
rate->

625
I
50

The user can lock specific menus or all the menus on the AR-2n so that it cannot
be adjusted with a manual control panel. This does not effect automation.

To lock only menu 52. (General Noise Reduction (GNR)):

1. Use the appropriate messaging system to send “L52:” (do not include the
quotes)

A padlock symbol will appear on the menu and it cannot be adjusted. To unlock

menu 52, type “A52:”. Other menus are done in the same way
To lock the whole product type “L:” and to unlock the whole product type “A:” .

4.4 Primary AR-2N control

4.4.1 Setting the output video standard

Setting the output video standard is done via the below menu, which is found
under “Utils  Video  Output”

When menu window 3 is selected:

Digipot A will change the output video definition
Digipot B will toggle between Progressive and Interlaced output
Digipot C will select the output video frame rate

It is advisable to make changes to this menu slowly, as the display can lag
slightly depending on the current fade transition settings.

All changes to this menu are saved as they are made, so if the unit loses power
for any reason it will keep the same video standard it had before it lost power.

A complete list of available output standards is listed in the technical specification
found in section 6.2.

4.4.2 Bypass mode operation

The top level menu shown below gives a basic overview of the current state of
the unit, as well as containing the Bypass Mode control.

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ARC
in
Bypass

Video
Input
=625

ARC
off

Video
Input
=625

Pressing the “Bypass” button will toggle the state of bypass mode between off
and on. By default the unit will boot up with bypass mode off.

Turning Bypass mode on will display something similar to the display below:

The loaded memory display changes to state the ARC is in bypass mode, and
that the previously loaded memory is not being used. When in Bypass mode:

The output picture size and position are changed to the default values for

the current output video standard.

All picture blanking is turned off.
The audio delay is set to the default for the current input standard.
All menus that have had values changed in this process are locked to

prevent them being changed.

Loading a memory is also locked.

When Bypass mode is subsequently turned off, the previous settings for the
above are re-loaded automatically.

Note that Bypass mode cannot be enabled if no valid input video is present.
All changes to this menu are saved as they are made, so if the unit loses power

for any reason it will keep the same video standard it had before it lost power.

4.4.3 Loading a memory

There are two types of memory: The 11 preset memories and the 53 user
memories. There are several things to bear in mind when loading a memory:

When loading a preset memory, only the output picture aspect ratio is

changed. All other settings (input picture blanking, etc.) are left at their
previous values.

Only user memories saved in the same input standard as the unit currently

detects can be loaded. For example, a memory saved with an input
standard of 625 cannot be loaded if the current input standard is 525, 720
or 1080.

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When loading a user memory, if the stored output video standard differs

16F16
to
16L12

16F16
to
14L12

16F16
to
12F12

next
*BACK*

----->
ACTIVE

----->

ARC
off

from the current video standard, the output will change to that which is
stored in the user memory. This will cause temporary disruption to the
output video stream while the new standard is being loaded.

The load memory top-level menu is the one shown below, which is found under
“On Air”

Menu window B shows the currently loaded memory; in this case memory #11

“ARC off” is loaded.

To load a different menu, pressing the “Select” button will show the first in a

series of menus that show the memories:

Use the next and prev buttons on the panel to navigate to other memories. A
memory that is not valid for the current input video standard will be locked.

The preset memories, in order, are:

1. 16F16 to 16L12

2. 16F16 to 14L12

3. 16F16 to 12F12

4. 12F12 to 12P16

5. 12F12 to 14P16

6. 12F12 to 16F16

7. 12P16 to 16F16

8. 12P16 to 14P16

9. 14P16 to 16F16

10. Auto ARC mode

11. ARC off

To load memories 1 to 23, simply press the icon for that memory. The panel
display will switch to the display shown below, and will return to the load memory
top-level menu after a brief pause.

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#4=OFF
LH=0
HL=0

GPO #1

=OFF

*BACK*
prev

#1=OFF
LH=0
HL=0

#2=OFF
LH=0
HL=0

#3=OFF
LH=0
HL=0

next
*BACK*

Select
Memory

----->

User
define
mem13

-----­APPLY

------

******

PLEASE

WAIT

******

Memories 24-64 are accessed via the menu below:

The memory to load is displayed in menu window B. To cycle through the other
memories, either press menu window B or use the digipot for that menu.

When the memory you want to load is selected in menu window B, pressing the

“APPLY” button will put the selected menu on air, with the same procedure

afterwards as described above.
Note that if a memory is not valid, the “apply” button will be locked.

4.4.4 Setting up the GPIs

The GPIs on the AR-2N are used solely to load memories.
Setting the GPIs uses the following menus, which are found under “Utils 

Global Setup  GPI/O”

There are a few of things to note:

LH stands for the „Low to High‟ transition, and HL stands for the „High to

Low‟ transition.

If an LH or HL value is 0, then no change to the current memory will

happen for that transition type

If LH = HL, then that memory value will be loaded on any change in state

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Even if the current memory loaded is the same as the one asked for by a

Triggr
=OFF

RCL if
val=0
mem=1

16F16
to
16L12

change in GPI state, the memory will be re-loaded, which may result in a
brief disruption in output video.

It is possible using GPIs to load user memories that were saved with an

input standard that differs from the current input standard, which may give
undesired results. Memories 1 to 11 are presets, and memories 12 to 64
are the user presets.

All changes to this menu are saved automatically, and will not be lost if the unit
loses power for any reason.

Wiring diagrams for the GPIs and the GPO (tally) can be found in section 6.1.

4.4.5 Setting up embedded video signalling parameters

The AR-2N can be set up to load different user memories automatically upon
detection of embedded video switching signals. The menu used to set this
feature up is shown below, which is found under “Utils  Global Setup 
Sgnllng”

There are 4 different modes:

VI (AFD or AR)
WSS (UK or ETSI)

The 8 different values of each mode are set up using menu window B in the
following way:

Digipot A sets the value of the mode which you want to set a memory for
Digipot B assigns a memory to be loaded when the value of the mode

selected is the same as that specified by digipot A.

By default, Trigger is „off‟ and the memories to be recalled all point to

memory #11 (ARC off).

All changes to this menu are saved as soon as they are made, and will not be
lost if the unit loses power for any reason.

4.4.6 Setting up the transition parameters

This menu sets how the transition between memories will look. It is found under
“Utils  Global Setup  Fading”

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X-fade
Time
=1 fr

Black
Fade
= off

FD=1
HD=1
FU=1

If black fade is off, the cross-fading setting is used.
If black fade is on, the settings specified in menu window C will be used
The settings for the black fade are as follows:

Digipot A adjusts the Fade Down time
Digipot B adjusts the faded-down Hold Delay
Digipot C adjusts the Fade Up time

All delay times are expressed in the number of frames. This means the fastest
transition possible is using cross-fading, which can be done in 1 frame. Black
fade transitions take a minimum of 3 frames to complete.

All changes to this menu are saved as they are made, and will not be lost if the
unit loses power for any reason.

4.4.7 Setting the power-on default values

The AR-2N constantly stores any changes made to all settings under the „global

setup‟ menu, so if the unit loses power these settings will automatically be

restored. These values are:

GPI/O
Signalling
Transition fade settings
The Auto-ARC mode setting

In addition to the above, the following are also constantly updated:

Output Video Mode
The currently loaded memory
The state of Bypass Mode

4.5 Advanced AR-2N control

4.5.1 Adjusting the output picture dimensions

Adjustment of the output picture parameters uses the menu below, found under
“Utils  ARC”

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Audio
delay
=2 fi

Blnkng
T=0
B=0

Blnkng
L=0
R=0

Size
H=720
V=576

Positn
H+0
V+0

The output picture is defined by the number of horizontal and vertical pixels, and
the position offset is also defined in pixels. All adjustments take effect as soon as
they are made.

The limits to the amount of adjustment available vary depending on the input and
output video standards, but the maximum dimensions possible are 4000 x 2250.
Any output picture can be reduced to a single pixel output.

4.5.2 Adjusting the input picture blanking

Adjustment of the input picture blanking parameters uses the menu below, found
under “Utils  Blank”

The blanking is defined as the number of pixels in from the edge of the input
video picture that you want to be blanked off.

T is the number of pixels of blanking from the top of the picture
B is the number of pixels from the bottom of the picture
L is the number of pixels from the left edge of the picture
R is the number of pixels from the right edge of the picture
By default, all blanking variables are set to zero.

4.5.3 Setting the Audio delay

The audio delay can be customised from this menu, found under “Utils  Audio”

By default, the audio delay is set to match the processing delay of the video
input, which is either 1 or 2 fields depending on the video standards being used.

Use digipot A to adjust the audio delay to the value you require. The maximum
delay allowed is 16 fields.

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Txture
H=0
V=0

Txture
D=0
OC=0

Txture
enable
= OFF

Sharp
H=0
V=0

Sharp
D=0
OC=0

Sharp
enable
= OFF

GNR

= 0

BAR

= 0

MNR

= 0

4.5.4 Adjusting the advanced video options

The advanced video options allow you to compensate for various imperfections
that may be present in the picture.

4.5.4.1 Noise Reduction

The Noise Reduction feature is accessed through the menu shown below, found
under “Utils  Video  Advncd  Ns.Rdct”

Menu window A adjusts the General noise reduction, which comprises of both
adaptive 2D and 3D noise reduction. The 3D noise reduction corrects for
temporal and spatial noise on input signals with a pixel rate of less than 75Mp/s,
whereas the 2D noise reduction corrects for spatial noise only on all input signals.
The AR-2N automatically selects the applicable correction for the current input
signal, using the level set by the user.

Menu window B adjusts the Block Artefact Reduction level. This reduces the
block edges produced by DCT-based compression processing. BAR can be
applied to any interlaced or progressive input signal.

Menu window C adjusts the Mosquito Noise Reduction level, which dynamically
adapts to image content, effectively reducing mosquito artefacts around sharp
edges in DCT-based compression. MNR can be applied to any interlaced or
progressive input signal.

All of these values have a range 0-63, where 0 is off and 63 is maximum effect.

4.5.4.2 Edge Sharpening and Texture Enhancement

The Edge Sharpening and Texture Enhancement features are accessed through
the menus shown below, found under “Utils  Video  Advncd  Shrpns” and
“Utils  Video  Advncd  Txture” respectively.

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The sharpness settings affect „large edges‟, whilst the texture settings affect

AAM=
No Img
Crop

Clear
All
Vars

Sh+Txt
Y only
= OFF

Sh+Txt
NA Lim
= 0

„small edges‟.

The H parameter adjusts the Horizontal sharpness/texture, range 0-63.
The V parameter adjusts the Vertical sharpness/texture, range 0-63.
The D parameter adjusts the Diagonal sharpness/texture, range 0-63.
The OC parameter adjusts the Overshoot Control for the

sharpness/texture, which is used to minimise ringing on the enhanced
edges. The range for this variable is 0-255.

The enable setting turns on and off the applicable type of enhancement.

There are also a couple more settings that effect the sharpness and texture
adjustment, which are accessed via the menu shown below, found under “Utils 
Video  Advncd  Misc.”

Menu window A sets the target of the sharpness and texture enhancement. If
this is set to on, edge sharpening and texture enhancement is applied to the Y
(Luma) channel only. If set to off, edge sharpening and texture enhancement is
applied to RGB channels independently.

Menu window B sets the Noise Adaption threshold value. This setting will limit
the effect of the edge sharpening and texture enhancement settings in areas of
video that are noisy, to prevent enhancing noise. The range is 0 (no noise
adaption) to 63 (maximum limiting of enhancement effects in noisy picture areas).

4.5.5 Auto-ARC mode and the Clear all vars function

Settings for these are found in the menu shown below, under “Utils  Global
Setup  Misc.”

Menu window A sets the action taken for the Auto ARC mode function, which is
only used if the active memory is memory #10 (Auto ARC mode) and is only of
use for the AR-2 MD, and only then if the unit is being used to up/down scale.

For any fixed input, Auto ARC mode will automatically adjust the aspect ratio if
the selected output standard is different from the input.

For SD in HD out:

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No Img Crop will perform a 12F12 to 12P16 conversion
Compromise will perform a 12F12 to 14P16 conversion
Full Screen will perform a 12F12 to 16P16 conversion

For HD in SD out:

No Img Crop will perform a 16F16 to 16L12 conversion
Compromise will perform a 16F16 to 14L12 conversion
Full Screen will perform a 16F16 to 12F12 conversion

Menu window B is used to clear a number of the user customisable settings of
the AR-2N in one go.

Pressing the button will set the following:

Input Picture Blanking to zero
All Noise Reduction values to zero
Edge Sharpening disabled and all sharpness settings to zero
Texture Enhancement disabled and all texture settings to zero
Sh+Txt Y ch only to off and the NA threshold value to zero
Audio delay to the default for the current input video standard

The menu will briefly display the message „all vars cleared‟ when the operation is

completed successfully (this is usually almost instant).

4.5.6 Saving a user memory

The following settings are stored when creating a user memory:

Output picture aspect ratio
Input picture blanking
Input video standard
Output video standard
Noise reduction
Edge sharpening
Texture enhancement
Audio delay

Film mode setting

Saving a user memory starts with the menu below, found under “Softw‟r  Mems
 Save”

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Edit->
Pos 1
val 53

User
define
mem01

!Save!
!!To!!
!Mem!!

Save
to:
mem 1

User
define
mem01

Select the memory which you wish to save to by pressing menu window A, or by
using the appropriate digipot. The current name of the memory selected is
displayed in menu window B.

When you have selected the location of the memory you wish to save to,

pressing “Save” will take you to the name editing screen shown below. From

there, you can save the memory with the current name or change the name to
something else.

To save the memory without changing the name, simply press menu window C.

After a brief pause, the display will change to “Saved!” to indicate the operation is

complete.
All 18 characters of a memory name can be changed. To change the name of

the memory, you will need to use the controls in menu window A.

Digipot A will change the position to be saved, from position 1 (top-left) to

position 18 (bottom-right). Position 7 is the beginning of the middle line.
The currently selected position will show an inverted cursor to make it
more obvious which value you are editing.

Digipot B changes the character at the selected position. The order of the

values is given below:

o values 1 – 26 are “A” to “Z” (upper-case)
o values 27 – 52 are “a” to “z” (lower-case)
o value 53 is space (and is also the value if you press the digipot)
o values 54 – 63 are numbers 0 to 9
o values 64 – 89 are various punctuation marks and symbols

When you‟ve finished changing the name, you save the memory in the same way
as described above.

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4.5.7 Viewing a saved memory

Move
mem to
On air

input
video
info 

625
I
50

o/p 
video
info 

625
I
50

View
memory
no. 1

User
define
mem01

-----­ view

------

If you want to view the contents of a saved memory without putting it on-air, you

can use the „view memory‟ function to check the saved data contained within any

of the user memories.
Viewing a user memory starts from the following menu, found under “Softw‟r 

Mems  View”

Use digipot A to select the memory you want to view, in the range 1 to 53. The
preset memories cannot be viewed. The name of the memory selected is shown
in menu window B.

When you have selected the memory you want, pressing “view” (menu window

C) will take you to the view memory nested menu set; the first of which will look
similar to that shown below:

If the output video info displays “No Video Output”, the user memory being
viewed has not been saved to, and contains invalid data (the input video info will
display the same message).

To navigate through the saved data display, you will need to use the next and
prev buttons on the panel to cycle through the 6 nested menus, which all display
data saved within the selected memory.

The final menu of the 6 is shown below:

The fist two windows are intentionally blank.

Pressing “Move mem to On air” (menu window C), will set the memory you are

currently viewing as your active ARC memory. Once pressed, the “Please wait”

message will be displayed, and you will be returned to the On Air select menu
(shown below) rather than the view memory menu. It will show that the memory
you were viewing is now the active memory.

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AR-2
FILE
TIMES

IS UPG
IS REC
OUT IN

RADING
EIVED
3 MINS

IF NO
IT

AR-2
010108
v1.00

VIPER
010108
v1.00

Upgrde
Softwr
Now!!!

START?

Softwr

ARE 
YOU 
SURE?

-----­ YES

------

----->
ACTIVE

----->

User
define
mem01

Pressing “Back” will take you back to the view memory select menu without

changing the active memory.
Note that it is possible to load memories that are not guaranteed to be valid for

the current input video standard using the „move mem to on air‟ function. Caution

is advised when using this method to load a memory.

4.6 The software upgrade process

Navigate to the following menu, under “Softw‟r  Ver‟ns”

Pressing “UPGRDE SOFTWR NOW!!!” will display the following set of menus

Pressing “YES” will display the following set of menus

The unit will be set into the state where it can be field upgraded using the

“Flasher” software which can be downloaded from our web site:

www.eyeheight.com

4.7 Unit reset options

Navigate to the following menu, under “Softw‟r  Resets”

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Reboot
this
unit

Factry
reset

START?

Factry

ARE 
YOU 
SURE?

-----­ YES

------

The “Reboot this unit” option will restart the AR-2N as if the product had been
unplugged from the chassis. It is usual for the product not to respond for up to a
minute while settings are loaded.

Pressing “FACTRY RESET” will display the following set of menus

Pressing “YES” will restore all the factory default settings and will clear all the

memories.

WARNING! Performing a factory reset will permanently erase all user memories
that have been stored, as well as erasing the current power-on default setting.

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5 The AR-2N Menu Set

Menu Num.

Heading

Function

0

Bypass mode

This menu toggles bypass mode
between:
0 = OFF
1 = ON

See section 4.4.2 for an in-depth
explanation of this function

1

Active ARC
memory

This is a display for the currently
loaded memory being used by
the AR-2N.

2

Video Input

This is a display for the current
input video standard.

3

More

Pressing this menu button will
display the on air select, utilities
and software menus (Go To

Menus 128-131).

----->
ACTIVE

----->

ARC
off

ARC
off

Video
Input
=625

The following set of menus defines the operational controls of the AR-2N.
Note: Only parameters with RED menu numbers are stored in the memories, and

only parameters in BLUE are saved automatically as soon as they are changed.
Values in bold in the Heading section are the factory set default values, which

will be restored if a factory reset is ever performed.

Menus 00-03 Main Menu Set 1/2

Menus 04-07 ARC Memory Select Top Menus

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Menu Num.

Heading

Function

4

---

---

5

Active ARC

This is a display for the currently
loaded memory being used by
the AR-2N.

6

Select

This button takes you to the first
of the nested memory loading
menus (Go To Menus 08-11).

7

Back

Pressing this menu button will
display the top level menus (Go
To Menus 128-131).

Menu Num.

Heading

Function

8

Load memory
„16F16 to 16L12‟

Pressing this button will load
memory 1 of 64, which is a
preset memory which cannot be
overwritten.

This will change the panel

display to „please wait‟, and will

return after a short delay to the
ARC Memory Select Top
Menus (Go To Menus 04-07)

9

Load memory
„16F16 to 14L12‟

Pressing this button will load
memory 2 of 64, which is a
preset memory which cannot be
overwritten.

This will change the panel

display to „please wait‟, and will

return after a short delay to the
ARC Memory Select Top
Menus (Go To Menus 04-07)

16F16
to
16L12

16F16
to
14L12

16F16
to
12F12

next
*BACK*

Menus 08-11 Change Active Memory 1/8

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Load memory
„16F16 to 12F12‟

Pressing this button will load
memory 3 of 64, which is a
preset memory which cannot be
overwritten.

This will change the panel

display to „please wait‟, and will

return after a short delay to the
ARC Memory Select Top
Menus (Go To Menus 04-07)

11

Back

Pressing this button takes you
to the previous level of menus
(Go To Menus 04-07)

Pressing the next button on the
panel will take you to the next
menu in the nested menu
sequence (Go To Menus 12-

15)

Menu Num.

Heading

Function

12

Load memory
„12F12 to 12P16‟

Pressing this button will load
memory 4 of 64, which is a
preset memory which cannot be
overwritten.

This will change the panel
display to „please wait‟, and will
return after a short delay to the
ARC Memory Select Top
Menus (Go To Menus 04-07)

13

Load memory
„12F12 to 14P16‟

Pressing this button will load
memory 5 of 64, which is a
preset memory which cannot be
overwritten.

This will change the panel

display to „please wait‟, and will

12F12
to
12P16

12F12
to
14P16

12F12
to
16F16

next
*BACK*
prev

Menus 12-15 Change Active Memory 2/8

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return after a short delay to the
ARC Memory Select Top
Menus (Go To Menus 04-07)

14

Load memory
„12F12 to 16F16‟

Pressing this button will load
memory 6 of 64, which is a
preset memory which cannot be
overwritten.

This will change the panel

display to „please wait‟, and will

return after a short delay to the
ARC Memory Select Top
Menus (Go To Menus 04-07)

15

Back

Pressing this button takes you
to the previous level of menus
(Go To Menus 04-07)

Pressing the next button on the
panel will take you to the next
menu in the nested menu
sequence (Go To

Menus 16-19)

Pressing the prev button on the
panel will take you to the
previous menu in the nested
menu sequence (Go To Menus

08-11)

Menu Num.

Heading

Function

16

Load memory
„12P16 to 12F12‟

Pressing this button will load
memory 7 of 64, which is a
preset memory which cannot be
overwritten.

This will change the panel

display to „please wait‟, and will

12P16
to
12F16

12P16
to
14P16

14P16
to
16F16

next
*BACK*
prev

Menus 16-19 Change Active Memory 3/8

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ARC Memory Select Top
Menus (Go To Menus 04-07)

17

Load memory
„12P16 to 14P16‟

Pressing this button will load
memory 8 of 64, which is a
preset memory which cannot be
overwritten.

This will change the panel

display to „please wait‟, and will

return after a short delay to the
ARC Memory Select Top
Menus (Go To Menus 04-07)

18

Load memory
„14P16 to 16F16‟

Pressing this button will load
memory 9 of 64, which is a
preset memory which cannot be
overwritten.

This will change the panel

display to „please wait‟, and will

return after a short delay to the
ARC Memory Select Top
Menus (Go To Menus 04-07)

19

Back

Pressing the button takes you
to the previous level of menus
(Go To Menus 04-07)

Pressing the next button on the
panel will take you to the next
menu in the nested menu
sequence (Go To

Menus 20-23)

Pressing the prev button on the
panel will take you to the
previous menu in the nested
menu sequence (Go To Menus

12-15)

Menus 20-23 Change Active Memory 4/8

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Menu Num.

Heading

Function

20

Load memory

„Auto ARC

mode‟

Pressing this button will load
memory 10 of 64, which is a
preset memory which cannot be
overwritten.

This will change the panel display

to „please wait‟, and will return

after a short delay to the ARC
Memory Select Top Menus (Go
To Menus 04-07)

21

Load memory
„ARC off‟

Pressing this button will load
memory 11 of 64, which is a
preset memory which cannot be
overwritten.

This will change the panel display

to „please wait‟, and will return

after a short delay to the ARC
Memory Select Top Menus (Go
To Menus 04-07)

22

Load memory

„User define

mem01‟

Pressing this button will load
memory 12 of 64.

This will change the panel display
to „please wait‟, and will return
after a short delay to the ARC
Memory Select Top Menus (Go
To Menus 04-07)

23

Back

Pressing the button takes you to
the previous level of menus (Go
To Menus 04-07)

Pressing the next button on the
panel will take you to the next
menu in the nested menu
sequence (Go To Menus 24-27)

Pressing the prev button on the
panel will take you to the previous

Auto
ARC
mode

Turn
ARC
off

User
define
mem01

next
*BACK*
prev

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menu in the nested menu
sequence (Go To

Menus 16-19)

Menu Num.

Heading

Function

24

Load memory

„User define

mem02‟

Pressing this button will load
memory 13 of 64.

This will change the panel display

to „please wait‟, and will return

after a short delay to the ARC
Memory Select Top Menus (Go
To Menus 04-07)

25

Load memory

„User define

mem03‟

Pressing this button will load
memory 14 of 64.

This will change the panel display

to „please wait‟, and will return

after a short delay to the ARC
Memory Select Top Menus (Go
To Menus 04-07)

26

Load memory

„User define

mem04‟

Pressing this button will load
memory 15 of 64.

This will change the panel display

to „please wait‟, and will return

after a short delay to the ARC
Memory Select Top Menus (Go
To Menus 04-07)

27

Back

Pressing the button takes you to
the previous level of menus (Go
To Menus 04-07)

Pressing the next button on the
panel will take you to the next
menu in the nested menu

User
define
mem02

User
define
mem03

User
define
mem04

next
*BACK*
prev

Menus 24-27 Change Active Memory 5/8

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sequence (Go To Menus 28-31)
Pressing the prev button on the

panel will take you to the previous
menu in the nested menu
sequence (Go To

Menus 20-23)

Menu Num.

Heading

Function

28

Load memory

„User define

mem05‟

Pressing this button will load
memory 16 of 64

This will change the panel display

to „please wait‟, and will return

after a short delay to the ARC
Memory Select Top Menus (Go
To Menus 04-07)

29

Load memory

„User define

mem06‟

Pressing this button will load
memory 17 of 64

This will change the panel display

to „please wait‟, and will return

after a short delay to the ARC
Memory Select Top Menus (Go
To Menus 04-07)

30

Load memory

„User define

mem07‟

Pressing this button will load
memory 18 of 64

This will change the panel display

to „please wait‟, and will return

after a short delay to the ARC
Memory Select Top Menus (Go
To Menus 04-07)

31

Back

Pressing the button takes you to
the previous level of menus (Go

User
define
mem05

User
define
mem06

User
define
mem07

next
*BACK*
prev

Menus 28-31 Change Active Memory 6/8

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Pressing the next button on the

panel will take you to the next
menu in the nested menu
sequence (Go To Menus 32-35)

Pressing the prev button on the
panel will take you to the previous
menu in the nested menu
sequence (Go To Menus 24-27)

Menu Num.

Heading

Function

32

Load memory

„User define

mem08‟

Pressing this button will load
memory 19 of 64

This will change the panel display

to „please wait‟, and will return

after a short delay to the ARC
Memory Select Top Menus (Go
To Menus 04-07)

33

Load memory

„User define

mem09‟

Pressing this button will load
memory 20 of 64

This will change the panel display

to „please wait‟, and will return

after a short delay to the ARC
Memory Select Top Menus (Go
To Menus 04-07)

34

Load memory

„User define

mem10‟

Pressing this button will load
memory 21 of 64

This will change the panel display

to „please wait‟, and will return

after a short delay to the ARC
Memory Select Top Menus (Go
To Menus 04-07)

User
define
mem08

User
define
mem09

User
define
mem10

next
*BACK*
prev

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35

Back

Pressing the button takes you to
the previous level of menus (Go
To Menus 04-07)

Pressing the next button on the
panel will take you to the next
menu in the nested menu
sequence (Go To Menus 36-39)

Pressing the prev button on the
panel will take you to the previous
menu in the nested menu
sequence (Go To Menus 28-31)

Menu Num.

Heading

Function

36

Load memory

„User define

mem11‟

Pressing this button will load
memory 22 of 64

This will change the panel display

to „please wait‟, and will return

after a short delay to the ARC
Memory Select Top Menus (Go
To Menus 04-07)

37

Load memory

„User define

mem12‟

Pressing this button will load
memory 23 of 64

This will change the panel display

to „please wait‟, and will return

after a short delay to the ARC
Memory Select Top Menus (Go
To Menus 04-07)

38

More user
memories…

Pressing this will give you access
to the remaining user defined
memories (Go To Menus 40-43)

39

Back

Pressing the button takes you to
the previous level of menus (Go

User
define
mem11

User
define
mem12

more
user
mems..

*BACK*
prev

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Pressing the prev button on the

panel will take you to the previous
menu in the nested menu
sequence (Go To Menus 32-35)

Menu Num.

Heading

Function

40

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41

User memory
0 – 40

This button selects which user
memory you want to load,
between memories 24 and 64.

42

Apply

This will load the memory
selected in the above menu (41).

This will change the panel display

to „please wait‟, and will return

after a short delay to the ARC
Memory Select Top Menus (Go
To Menus 04-07)

Note: If the memory selected is
not valid, this menu icon will be
locked.

43

Back

Pressing the button takes you to
the previous level of menus (Go
To Menus 36-39)

Defini
Frame
Frame

tion->
form->
rate->

625
I
50

Select
Memory

----->

User
define
mem13

-----­APPLY

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Menu Num.

Heading

Function

44

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45

---

---

46

Input Video
Standard

This icon indicates the currently
detected input video standard

(will show „No Video Input‟ if no

valid video is detected)

47

Back

Pressing the button takes you to
the previous level of menus (Go
To Menus 148-151)

Menu Num.

Heading

Function

48

---

---

49

---

---

50

50

Output Video
Standard

This menu selects the output
video standard.

Details of this menu can be found
in section 4.4.1

51

Back

Pressing the button takes you to
the previous level of menus (Go
To Menus 148-151)

Menu Num.

Heading

Function

GNR

= 0

BAR

= 0

MNR

= 0

Defini
Frame
Frame

tion->
form->
rate->

625
I
50

Menus 48-51 Video Output Menus

Menus 52-55 Noise Reduction Menus

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52

General Noise
Reduction

This changes the general noise
reduction level that is applied to
the output video, range 0 (off), to
63 (maximum noise reduction).

An explanation of the Noise
Reduction feature is given in
section 4.5.4.1

53

Block Artefact
Removal

This changes the block artefact
removal level that is applied to
the output video, range 0 (off), to
63 (maximum noise reduction).

54

Mosquito Noise
Removal

This changes the mosquito noise
reduction level that is applied to
the output video, range 0 (off), to
63 (maximum noise reduction).

55

Back

Pressing the button takes you to
the previous level of menus (Go
To Menus 152-155)

Menu Num.

Heading

Function

56

Edge
Sharpness
Adjustment

This menu adjusts the level of
edge sharpening applied to the
output video.

An explanation of the Edge
Sharpening feature is given in
section 4.5.4.2

57

Edge
Sharpness
Adjustment and
Overshoot
Control

This menu adjusts the level of
edge sharpening applied to the
output video.

58

Sharpness
Enable

This menu enables or disables
the edge sharpening effect. If set
to off, the settings above are

Sharp
H=0
V=0

Sharp
D=0
OC=0

Sharp
enable
= OFF

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ignored and no edge sharpening
will be performed.

59

Back

Pressing the button takes you to
the previous level of menus (Go
To Menus 152-155)

Menu Num.

Heading

Function

60

Texture
Enhancement
Level
Adjustment

This menu adjusts the level of
texture enhancement applied to
the output video.

An explanation of the Texture
Enhancement feature is given in
section 4.5.4.2

61

Texture
Enhancement
Level
Adjustment

This menu adjusts the level of
texture enhancement applied to
the output video.

62

Texture Enable

This menu enables or disables
the texture enhancement effect.
If set to off, the settings above
are ignored and no texture
enhancement will be performed.

63

Back

Pressing the button takes you to
the previous level of menus (Go
To Menus 152-155)

Sh+Txt
Y only
= OFF

Sh+Txt
NA Lim
= 0

Txture
H=0
V=0

Txture
C=0
OC=0

Txture
enable
= OFF

Menus 60-63 Texture Enhancement menus

Menus 64-67 Misc. Sharpness and Texture menus

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Menu Num.

Heading

Function

64

Sharpness and
Texture apply
to Y channel
only

This menu allows for more
specific channel targeting for the
sharpness and texture effects.

65

Sharpness and
Texture Noise
Adaption Limit

This menu adjusts the noise
adaption threshold for the
sharpness and texture effects.
Range is 0 (no noise adaption) to
63 (full noise adaption).

66

---

---

67

Back

Pressing the button takes you to
the previous level of menus (Go
To Menus 156-159)

Menu Num.

Heading

Function

68

Output Picture
Size

This menu sets the Horizontal
and Vertical output picture size, in
pixels.

69

Output Picture
Position

This menu sets the horizontal and
vertical output picture position, in
pixels.

70

---

---

71

Back

Pressing the button takes you to
the previous level of menus (Go
To Menus 132-135)

Size
H=720
V=576

Positn
H+0
V+0

Menus 68-71 Aspect Ratio Menus

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Menu Num.

Heading

Function

72

Blanking

This menu sets the amount of
blanking applied to the input
video source before processing,
in lines.

„T‟ is the number of horizontal

lines from the top of the picture
that will be blanked.

„B‟ is the number of horizontal

lines from the bottom of the
picture that will be blanked.

73

Blanking

This menu sets the amount of
blanking applied to the input
video source before processing,
in lines.

„L‟ is the number of vertical lines

from the left of the picture that will
be blanked.

„R‟ is the number of vertical lines

from the right of the picture that
will be blanked.

74

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---

75

Back

Pressing the button takes you to
the previous level of menus (Go
To Menus 132-135)

Menu Num.

Heading

Function

Blnkng
T=0
B=0

Blnkng
L=0
R=0

Triggr
=OFF

RCL if
val=0
mem=1

16F16
to
16L12

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76

Aspect Ratio
change trigger
target

This menu sets the source of the
data embedded in the video
stream used to load memories
automatically.

77

Memory recall
for a given
target value

This menu sets up the memories
to be recalled for the 8 possible
values of the detection method

specified in the „Trigger‟ menu

above (76).

„mem‟ is the number of the

memory you want recalled for
that signalling value.

„val‟ is the value that the memory
specified will apply to.

A more in-depth explanation is
given in section 4.4.5

78

Target memory
name

This menu displays the name of
the memory currently selected in
menu 77.

79

Back

Pressing the button takes you to
the previous level of menus (Go
To Menus 140-143)

Menu Num.

Heading

Function

80

Audio delay

This menu sets the delay that will
be applied to the audio stream.
Units are in number of fields of
the input video.

81

---

--­82

---

---

Audio
delay
=2 fi

Menus 80-83 Audio Menus

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83

Back

Pressing the button takes you to
the previous level of menus (Go
To Menus 136-139)

Menu Num.

Heading

Function

84

GPI #1 Setup

This menu sets up the state of
the on-board GPI #1.

A detailed explanation of how the
GPIs work can be found in
section 4.4.4

85

GPI #2 Setup

This menu sets up the state of
the on-board GPI #2.

86

GPI #3 Setup

This menu sets up the state of
the on-board GPI #3.

87

Back

Pressing this button takes you to
the previous level of menus (Go
To Menus 140-143)

Pressing the next button on the
panel will take you to the next
menu in the nested menu
sequence (Go To Menus 88-91)

Menu Num.

Heading

Function

88

GPI #4 Setup

This menu sets up the state of

#4=OFF
LH=0
HL=0

GPO #1

=OFF

*BACK*
prev

#1=OFF
LH=0
HL=0

#2=OFF
LH=0
HL=0

#3=OFF
LH=0
HL=0

next
*BACK*

Menus 84-87 GPI/O Menus 1/2

Menus 88-91 GPI/O Menus 2/2

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the on-board GPI #4.

89

GPO #1 Enable

This menu turns GPO #1 off or
on.

If set to „on‟, the GPO #1 line will

be triggered if the input video to
the AR-2N becomes invalid.

90

---

---

91

Back

Pressing this button takes you to
the previous level of menus (Go
To Menus 140-143)

Pressing the prev button on the
panel will take you to the previous
menu in the nested menu
sequence (Go To Menus 84-87)

Menu Num.

Heading

Function

92

Save settings
to target
memory

This menu selects the target
memory to be overwritten when
the current settings are saved.

A more detailed explanation of
saving user settings is given in
section 4.5.6

93

Target memory
name

This menu displays the name of
the memory selected in the above
menu (92).

94

Save memory
sub-menu

Pressing this button takes you to
the save memory menu set,
which also allows editing of the
save name via panel controls (Go
To Menus 96-)

Save
to:
mem 1

User
define
mem01

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95

Back

Pressing the button takes you to
the previous level of menus (Go
To Menus 160-163)

Menu Num.

Heading

Function

96

Edit memory
name

This menu allows you to edit the
user memory name for the
memory you are about to save.

„Pos‟ reflects which character is
going to be changed.

„val‟ is the number used in the

memory naming lookup table,
which determines the character
used in the specified location.

The lookup table used is
specified in section 4.5.6

97

Edited memory
name

This menu contains the name of
the memory you are about to
save, which is updated constantly

as it‟s changed using the controls

in the above menu (96).

98

Save memory

Pressing this button will save the
current settings of the AR-2N to
the memory specified in menu 92,
with the edited memory name
specified in menu 97.

When pressed, the display will

show „SAVED!‟ briefly to let you

know the operation was
successful.

99

Back

Pressing the button takes you to

Edit->
Pos 1
val 53

User
define
mem01

!Save!
!!To!!
!Mem!!

Menus 96-99 Save Settings Menus

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the previous level of menus (Go
To Menus 92-96)

Menu Num.

Heading

Function

100

View memory
number

This menu specifies the user
memory you wish to view.

Preset memories are not
viewable, so the range is 1 – 53.

An explanation of this function is
given in section 4.5.7

101

Selected
memory name

This is a display of the name of
the currently selected memory
you have selected to view.

102

View

Pressing this button takes you to
the „view memory‟ set of menus,
which display all of the
information stored in the selected
memory (Go To Menus 180-183)

103

Pressing the button takes you to
the previous level of menus (Go
To Menus 160-163)

View
memory
no. 1

User
define
mem01

-----­ view

------

START?

Softwr

ARE 
YOU 
SURE?

-----­ YES

------

Menus 100-103 View Memory Select Menus

Menus 104-107

Menus 104-107 are not accessible by the user.

Menus 108-111 Software Update Confirmation Menus

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Menu Num.

Heading

Function

108

---

--- 109

---

---

110

Software
upgrade
confirmation

Pressing this button will confirm
you want to update the software
of the AR-2N, and will jump to the
message displayed on Menus

168-171.

The details of the update
procedure can be found in
section 4.6

111

Pressing the button takes you to
the previous level of menus (Go
To Menus 112-115)

Menu Num.

Heading

Function

112

AR-2N software
version

This displays the software version
of the AR-2N, as well as the date
the software was created (in the
form dd mm yy).

113

AR-2N video
processing
software
version

This displays the version of the
video processing software used
to control the hardware of the AR-
2N, as well as the date it was
created (in the form dd mm yy).

114

Upgrade
software sub­menu

Pressing this button will take you
to the software update
confirmation menu (Go To

Menus 108-111)

115

Pressing the button takes you to
the previous level of menus (Go

AR-2
010108
v1.00

VIPER
010108
v1.00

Upgrde
Softwr
Now!!!

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Menu Num.

Heading

Function

116

Warm Start

Pressing this button will make the
AR-2N perform a warm start,
which has a similar effect to
power cycling.

Be aware that this will be likely to
cause temporary loss of output
video while the unit loads the new
settings.

The AR-2N will return to the top
level menu in 20-30 seconds.

117

Factory Reset

Pressing this button will take you
to the factory reset confirmation
menu (Go To Menus 120-123)

118

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---

119

Back

Pressing the button takes you to
the previous level of menus (Go
To Menus 164-167)

Menu Num.

Heading

Function

120

---

---

121

---

---

START?

Factry

ARE 
YOU 
SURE?

-----­ YES

------

Reboot
this
unit

Factry
reset

Menus 116-119 Resets Menus

Menus 120-123 Factory Reset Confirmation Menus

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122

Factory Reset
confirmation

Pressing this button will confirm
you want to perform reset the AR-
2N to its factory settings. The

menu icon will change to „please
wait‟ while the action is

performed.

WARNING! Performing a factory
reset will permanently erase all
user memories that have been
stored, as well as erasing the
current power-on default setting.

123

Back

Pressing the button takes you to
the previous level of menus (Go
To Menus 116-119)

Menu Num.

Heading

Function

124

Auto Arc
Manipulation

This menu sets the desired
output of the auto-arc mode.

A detailed explanation of this
setting is given in section 4.5.5

125

Clear all vars

Pressing this button will reset
numerous user definable values
within the AR-2N.

The menu will briefly display the

message „all vars cleared‟ when

the operation is completed
successfully (this is usually
almost instant).

A detailed explanation of this
setting is given in section 4.5.5

126

---

---

AAM=
No Img
Crop

Clear
All
Vars

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127

Pressing the button takes you to
the previous level of menus (Go
To Menus 156-159)

Menu Num.

Heading

Function

128

On air sub­menu

Pressing this button will take you
to the ARC memory select top
menu (Go To Menus 04-07)

129

Utilities sub­menu

Pressing this button will take you
to the first of the utilities menus
(Go To Menus 132-135)

130

Memories,
versions and
resets menu

Pressing this button will take you
to the Software menu (Go To

Menus 164-167)

131

Back

Pressing the button takes you to
the previous level of menus (Go
To Menus 00-03)

Menu Num.

Heading

Function

132

Video menu

Pressing this button will take you
to the Video Settings Menus (Go
To Menus 148-151)

133

Aspect Ratio
menu

Pressing this button will take you
to the Aspect Ratio Menus (Go
To

Menus 68-71)

next
*BACK*

Menus 128-131 Main Menu Set 2/2

Menus 132-135 Utilities Menu 1/2

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134

Picture
Blanking menu

Pressing this button will take you
to the Picture Blanking Menus
(Go To Menus 72-75)

135

Back

Pressing this button takes you to
the previous level of menus (Go
To Menus 128-131)

Pressing the next button on the
panel will take you to the next
menu in the nested menu
sequence (Go To Menus 136-

139)

Menu Num.

Heading

Function

136

Audio menu

Pressing this button will take you
to the Audio Menus (Go To

Menus 80-83)

137

Film menu

Pressing this button will take you
to the Film mode menus (Go To

Menus 216-219)

138

Global Settings
menu

Pressing this button will take you
to the Global Setup Menus (Go
To Menus 140-143)

139

Back

Pressing this button takes you to
the previous level of menus (Go
To Menus 128-131)

Pressing the prev button on the
panel will take you to the next
menu in the nested menu
sequence (Go To Menus 132-

135)

*BACK*
prev

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Menu Num.

Heading

Function

140

GPI/O menu

Pressing this button will take you
to the GPI/O Menus (Go To

Menus 84-87)

141

Signalling
menu

Pressing this button will take you
to the Signalling Menus (Go To

Menus 76-79)

142

Transitions
menu

Pressing this button will take you
to the Transitions Menus (Go To

Menus 208-211)

143

Back

Pressing this button takes you to
the previous level of menus (Go
To Menus 136-139)

Pressing the next button on the
panel will take you to the next
menu in the nested menu
sequence (Go To Menus 144-

147)

Menu Num.

Heading

Function

144

Global Setup
Misc. Menu

Pressing this button will take you
to the Misc. Global Settings
Menus (Go To Menus 124-127)

145

---

---

*BACK*
prev

next
*BACK*

Menus 140-143 Global Setup Menus 1/2

Menus 144-147 Global Setup Menus 2/2

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146

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147

Back

Pressing this button takes you to
the previous level of menus (Go
To Menus 136-139)

Pressing the prev button on the
panel will take you to the next
menu in the nested menu
sequence (Go To Menus 140-

143)

Menu Num.

Heading

Function

148

Video Input
Menu

Pressing this button will take you
to the Video Input Menus (Go To

Menus 44-47)

149

Video Output
Menu

Pressing this button will take you
to the Video Output Menus (Go
To Menus 48-51)

150

Advanced
Video Menu

Pressing this button will take you
to the Advanced Video Settings
Menus (Go To Menus 152-155)

151

Back

Pressing the button takes you to
the previous level of menus (Go
To Menus 132-135)

Menu Num.

Heading

Function

next
*BACK*

Menus 148-151 Video Settings Menus

Menus 152-155 Advanced Video Settings Menus 1/2

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152

Noise
Reduction
Menus

Pressing this button will take you
to the Noise Reduction Menus
(Go To Menus 52-55)

153

Edge
Sharpness
Menu

Pressing this button will take you
to the Edge Sharpness menus
(Go To Menus 56-59)

154

Texture
Enhancement
Menu

Pressing this button will take you
to the Texture Enhancement
menus (Go To Menus 60-63)

155

Back

Pressing this button takes you to
the previous level of menus (Go
To Menus 148-151)

Pressing the next button on the
panel will take you to the next
menu in the nested menu
sequence (Go To Menus 156-

159)

Menu Num.

Heading

Function

156

Advanced
Video Misc.
Menu

Pressing this button will take you
to the Misc. Sharpness and
Texture menus (Go To Menus

64-67) 157

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158

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159

Back

Pressing this button takes you to
the previous level of menus (Go
To Menus 148-151)

Pressing the prev button on the
panel will take you to the next

*BACK*
prev

Menus 156-159 Advanced Video Settings Menus 2/2

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menu in the nested menu
sequence (Go To Menus 152-

155)

Menu Num.

Heading

Function

160

Save Settings
Menu

Pressing this button will take you
to the Select Save Memory
Location Menus (Go To Menus

92-96)

161

View Memory
Menu

Pressing this button will take you
to the View Memory Select
Menus (Go To Menus 100-103)

162

163

Back

Pressing the button takes you to
the previous level of menus (Go
To Menus 164-167)

Menu Num.

Heading

Function

164

Memories
Menu

Pressing this button will take you
to the Memories Menus (Go To

Menus 160-163)

165

Software
Versions Menu

Pressing this button will take you
to the Software Versions Menus
(Go To Menus 112-115)

166

Resets Menu

Pressing this button will take you
to the Resets Menus (Go To

Menus 160-163 Memories Menus

Menus 164-167 Software Menus

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Menus 116-119)

167

Back

Pressing the button takes you to
the previous level of menus (Go
To Menus 128-131)

Menu Num.

Heading

Function

168

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Menu Num.

Heading

Function

172

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174

---

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175

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******

PLEASE

WAIT

******

AR-2
FILE
TIMES

IS UPG
IS REC
OUT IN

RADING
EIVED
3 MINS

IF NO
IT

Menus 168-171 Software Upgrade In Progress Menu

Menus 172-175 Performing Operation Menu

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Menu Num.

Heading

Function

180

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181

Input Video
Standard

This shows the Input Video
Standard stored in the user
memory.

182

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183

Output Video
Standard

This shows the Output Video
Standard stored in the user
memory.

next button

on panel

---

This will cycle to the next menu in
the nested menu loop (Go To

Menus 184-187)

Menu Num.

Heading

Function

184

Output Picture
Size

This shows the output video
picture size stored in the user
memory.

185

Output Picture
Position

This shows the output video
picture position stored in the user
memory.

ARC
H=720
V=576

info
H+0
V+0

Blnkng
T=0
B=0

info
L=0
R=0

input
video
info 

625
I
50

o/p 
video
info 

625
I
50

Menus 176-179 xxx

These menus are not usable by the user

Menus 180-183 View Memory Display Menus 1/6

Menus 184-187 View Memory Display Menus 2/6

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186

Blanking

This shows the Picture blanking
that will apply to the top and
bottom of the input image before
processing, stored in the user
memory.

187

Blanking

This shows the Picture blanking
that will apply to the left and right
of the input image before
processing, stored in the user
memory.

next button

on panel

---

This will cycle to the next menu in
the nested menu loop (Go To

Menus 188-191)

prev button

on panel

---

This will cycle to the previous
menu in the nested menu loop
(Go To Menus 180-183)

Menu Num.

Heading

Function

188

Edge
Sharpening
Level

This shows the level of Horizontal
and Vertical Edge Sharpening
that is stored in the user memory.

189

Edge
Sharpening
and Overshoot
Control Levels

This shows the levels of Diagonal
Edge Sharpening and Overshoot
Control stored in the user
memory.

190

Edge
Sharpening
Enable

This shows if Edge Sharpening is
enabled or disabled in the user
memory.

191

Sharpness and
Texture apply
to Y (Luma)

This shows if The Sharpness and
Texture effects will apply to only
the Y (Luma) channel, or to the

Sharp
H=0
V=0

Sharp
D=0
OC=0

Sharp
enable
= OFF

Sh+Txt
Y only
= OFF

Menus 188-191 View Memory Display Menus 3/6

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only

RGB channels independently, as
stored in the user memory.

next button

on panel

---

This will cycle to the next menu in
the nested menu loop (Go To

Menus 192-195)

prev button

on panel

---

This will cycle to the previous
menu in the nested menu loop
(Go To Menus 184-187)

Menu Num.

Heading

Function

192

Texture
Enhancement
Level

This shows the level of Horizontal
and Vertical Texture
Enhancement that is stored in the
user memory.

193

Texture
Enhancement
and Overshoot
Control Levels

This shows the levels of Diagonal
Texture Enhancement and
Overshoot Control stored in the
user memory.

194

Texture
Enhancement
Enable

This shows if Texture
Enhancement is enabled or
disabled in the user memory.

195

Sharpness and
Texture Noise
Adaption Level

This shows the level of Noise
Adaption applied to the
Sharpness and Texture effects
stored in the user memory.

next button

on panel

---

This will cycle to the next menu in
the nested menu loop (Go To

Menus 196-199)

prev button

on panel

---

This will cycle to the previous
menu in the nested menu loop
(Go To Menus 188-191)

Txture
H=0
V=0

Txture
D=0
OC=0

Txture
enable
= OFF

Sh+Txt
NA Lim
= 0

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Menu Num.

Heading

Function

196

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197

Noise
Reduction
Levels

These show the levels of the
GNR, BAR and MNR options
stored in the user memory.

198

Audio Delay

This shows the audio delay

amount, in number of input fields‟

delay, as stored in the user
memory.

199

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next button

on panel

---

This will cycle to the next menu in
the nested menu loop (Go To

Menus 200-203)

prev button

on panel

---

This will cycle to the previous
menu in the nested menu loop
(Go To Menus 192-195)

Menu Num.

Heading

Function

200

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Load Memory

Pressing this button will make the
memory currently being viewed

Move
mem to
On air

GNR
BAR
MNR

= 0
= 0
= 0

Audio
delay
=1 fi

Menus 196-199 View Memory Display Menus 5/6

Menus 200-203 View Memory Display Menus 6/6

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the „On Air‟ memory.
This will change the panel display

to „please wait‟, and will return

after a short delay to the ARC
Memory Select Top Menus (Go
To Menus 04-07)

203

Back

Pressing the button takes you to
the previous level of menus (Go
To Menus 100-103)

Pressing the prev button on the
panel will cycle to the previous
menu in the nested menu loop
(Go To Menus 196-199)

Menu Num.

Heading

Function

208

Cross-Fade
Transition Time

This menu sets the time in frames
that a transition between one
memory and another will take, the
minimum value of which is one
frame.

A detailed explanation of all
settings for these menus is given
in section 4.4.6

209

Fade to Black
Enable

This menu toggles the Fade to
Black transition option on and off.

If set to „on‟, cross-fading is
automatically disabled and will be
set to 1 frame.

If set to „off‟, the previously stored

X-fade
Time
=1 fr

Black
Fade
= off

FD=1
HD=1
FU=1

Menus 204-207

These menus are not usable by the user.

Menus 208-211 Transitions Menus

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cross-fading value will be
restored and Fade to Black will
be disabled.

210

Fade To Black
Timing
Variables

This menu sets the profile of the
Fade to Black (if enabled).

FD sets the Fade Down time
HD sets the Hold Delay time

(the time spent in black)

FU sets the Fade Up time

211

Back

Pressing the button takes you to
the previous level of menus (Go
To Menus 140-143)

Menu Num.

Heading

Function

216

Film mode auto
detect

This sets the state of the film
mode detection software.
If set to on, the video processor
attempts to adapt to the video
being fed into the AR-2SD/MD.

This may give some unusual
artefacts in some circumstances,
but may improve the overall video
quality.

The default for this setting is off.

217

218

219

Back

Pressing the button takes you to

Auto
detect
= Off

Menus 212-215

These menus are not usable by the user.

Menus 216-219 Film mode detection

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the previous level of menus (Go
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6 Technical Appendix

1

GPI-1

White/Orange

2

GPI-2

Orange

3

GPI-3

White/Green

4

GND

Blue

5

RS232 TX

White/Blue

6

RS232 RX

Green

7

Tally (open
collector)

White/Brown

8

GPI-4

Brown

6.1 GPI/Tally/RS232 technical information.

The AR-2N has an RJ-45 connector with GPI, Tally and RS232 connections as
shown below:

Table 1 GPI/Tally and RS232 pin-out on RJ-45.

Note that the Tally output is on a different pin compared to other genetics
products fitted with an RJ-45 connector.

6.1.1 GPI Inputs.

Figure 6-1 Typical GPI Input

GPI‟s are normally activated by a short to ground. The GPI has its own internal

pull-up resistor. If the user is interfacing with logic then

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Vhigh = +12V>Vin>+3V

1

DO NOT CONNECT

White/Orange

2

DO NOT CONNECT

Orange

3

DO NOT CONNECT

White/Green

4

GND

Blue

5

RS232 TX

White/Blue

6

RS232 RX

Green

7

Not Used

White/Brown

8

Not Used

Brown
1

GPI-1

White/Orange

2

GPI-2

Orange

Vlow = +0.3V>Vin>0V

6.1.2 GPI Splitter

The soft panel comms and GPI connections are on the same RJ45 connector.
Eyeheight provide a GPI Splitter block which enables simultaneous use of the

RJ45 for the comms and the RJ45 for the GPI‟s. The Splitter has the following

pin-out which is also provided on a label on the splitter.

Figure 6-2 GPI Splitter. Has 2 RJ-45 Sockets, one for the Comms and one for the GPI's

Table 2 GPI Splitter, comms (Soft Panel) connection.

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3

GPI-3

White/Green

4

GND

Blue

5

GPI-4

White/Blue

6

DO NOT CONNECT

Green

7

Not Used

White/Brown

8

Not Used

Brown

Table 3 GPI Splitter, GPI connection.

SDI Inputs
(270 Mbps, 800mV p-p±10% into 75Ω)

1 Input to SMPTE 259M

SDI cable equalisation

At least 200m of PSF 1/3
Return loss better than 18dB, 5 MHz –
270 Mhz

HD-SDI Inputs
(1.845 Gbps, 800mV p-p±10% into
75Ω)

1 Input to SMPTE 292M
HD-SDI cable equalisation

At least 100m of Belden 1694A

Ancillary Data

Passes all ancillary data in vertical and
horizontal blanking except for CRC
recalculation.

Control Surfaces

Option of local or remote FP-9 control
panel.

Chassis

FB-9E etherBox 1U enclosure

THE CONNECTIONS LABELLED “DO NOT CONNECT” MUST BE
LEFT COMPLETELY UNCONNECTED.

6.2 Technical Specifications

When in SDI mode:

When in HD-SDI mode:

General:

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Supported Input Formats

SD
625
525

HD
1280x720/23.98p
1280x720/24p
1280x720/25p
1280x720/29.97p
1280x720/30p
1280x720/50p
1280x720/59.94p
1280x720/60p
1920x1080/23.98p
1920x1080/23.98psf
1920x1080/24p
1920x1080/24psf
1920x1080/25p
1920x1080/50i
1920x1080/29.97p
1920x1080/59.94i
1920x1080/30p
1920x1080/60i

Supported Output Formats

SD
625
525

HD
1280x720/23.98p
1280x720/24p
1280x720/25p
1280x720/29.97p
1280x720/30p
1280x720/50p
1280x720/59.94p
1280x720/60p
1920x1080/23.98p
1920x1080/24p
1920x1080/25p
1920x1080/50i
1920x1080/29.97p
1920x1080/59.94i
1920x1080/30p
1920x1080/60i

Delay

1 frame

Power Supply

100-240v AC. Less than 50W power
consumption with 6 AR-2 units
installed.

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FB-9E Dimension

Width 442mm
Height 44mm
Depth 300mm

Weight

<3Kg

Temperature

<25°C ambient, <55°C internal

Humidity

Recommended 40 to 55%
Limits 20 to 80%

6.3 Aspect Ratio Terminology

Recent developments in widescreen technology have made the use of Aspect
Ratio Converters Prolific. The industry as a whole has found it necessary to
formalise specifying the format of a picture on a 4:3 or 16:9 monitoring glass
using a sequence of letters and numbers. For example 16F16 is a normal Full
frame Widescreen picture viewed on a widescreen monitor.

Generally the format of the code is as follows:

PPAMM

“PP” is a number (usually 12,14 or 16) which describes the aspect ratio divided

by 9** of the “Viewable Picture” when viewed correctly (i.e not distorted). Note

this does not include any “Black” which goes to make parts of the picture that

have no picture content (e.g the black of the letterbox).

“A” is a letter describing the appearance of the “Viewable Picture” within the
Glass Screen. This can be:=

“F”, which means the picture completely fills the screen
“L”, which means the picture is letter-boxed. (Letter-box means there is a black

band at the top and the bottom of the picture).
“P”, which means the picture is pillar-boxed. (Pillar-box means that there is black

to the left and the right of the picture)
“MM” is a number (usually 12, 16) which describes the aspect ratio divided by

9** of the “Glass”.
(**Note that 16 therefore means 16:9, and 12 means 12:9, which is the same as

4:3.)

An example of a conversion is:

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16F1616L12

16F16

A Normal Widescreen (16:9) Picture.

12F12

A normal 4:3 Picture.

16L12

A 16:9 Letterbox viewed on a 4:3 (12:9) monitor.

14L12

A 14:9 Letterbox viewed on a 4:3 (12:9) monitor.

12P16

A 4:3 picture viewed on a 16:9 monitor leaving black to the left and
right. (Pillar-box)

14P16

A 14:9 picture viewed on a 16:9 monitor leaving black to the left and
right. (Pillar-box)

This means converting from:

“A picture that has a 16:9 appearance on a 16:9 monitor and completely fills the
screen”. (In other words a normal Widescreen picture)

To:

“A picture that has a 16:9 appearance on a 4:3 monitor and looks like a letter­box”.

Some Common Aspect Ratios

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