Grass Valley 8949MDA-CFR User Manual v.1.1.X

8949MDA-CFR/-SFR

HD/SD MONITORING DA

Instruction Manual

SOFTWARE VERSION 1.1.1 and 2.1.1

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8949MDA-CFR/-SFR

HD/SD MONITORING DA

Instruction Manual

SOFTWARE VERSION 1.1.1 and 2.1.1

071843402
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Contents

Preface. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

8949MDA-CFR and 8949MDA-SFR Modules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

About This Manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Software/Hardware Version Requirement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Local Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Configuration Switches S1 and S2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Module Placement in the GeckoFlex Frame . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Module Installation Precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Rear Module Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Front Module Installation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Fiber Optics Submodule Installation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Fiber Optic Cleaning Requirement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Cabling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Video Input. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Video Outputs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

8949MDA-CFR Module Cabling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

8949MDA-SFR Module Cabling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Power Up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Operation Indicator LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Remote Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

8900NET Module Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Newton Control Panel Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Web Browser Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

8949MDA-CFR and 8949MDA-SFR Links and Web Pages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Status Web Page. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Settings Web Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Slot Config Web Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Software Updating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Status Monitoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Frame Alarm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Web Browser Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

SNMP Reporting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Service. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Power-up Diagnostics Failure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Troubleshooting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Electronic Circuit Breaker. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Module Repair . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Table of Alarms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

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Contents

Functional Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Input Processing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Reclocking Processing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

HD to SD Downscaling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Output Processing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Microprocessor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Power Supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Configuration Summary Table. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Index. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

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Preface

About This Manual

This manual describes the features of the 8949MDA-CFR and
8949MDA-SFR modules in the GeckoFlex Signal Processing System family.
As part of this module family, it is subject to Safety and Regulatory Com
pliance described in the GeckoFlex Frames 8900FX/FF/FFN Signal Processing

System Instruction Manual.

All Modular product manuals can be found on-line in PDF format at this
link:

www.thomsongrassvalley.com/docs/modular

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Preface

8 8949MDA-CFR/-SFR — Instruction Manual

8949MDA-CFR and 8949MDA-SFR Modules

Introduction

The 8949MDA-CFR or 8949MDA-SFR performs HD/SD equalization, and
reclocking for distribution of HD/SD signals among electrical connectors
and/or a fiber optic submodule and downscaling of HD video signals to
SD SDI video (-SFR) or analog video signals (-CFR) for monitoring applica
tions.

On the 8949MDA-SFR module with an SD SDI video input, the module will
distribute the SD SDI signal (including embedded audio) on all outputs
(distribution and monitoring). With an HD SDI video input, the module
distributes the HD SDI signal on the HD SDI distribution outputs
(including embedded audio and HANC data); the downscaled monitoring
SDI outputs do not pass embedded audio or HANC (horizontal ancillary)
data from the HD video input.

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Features

The two models, 8949MDA-CFR (composite downscaler outputs) and
8949MDA-SFR (serial data interface downscaler outputs) must be installed
in a GeckoFlex frame and require the presence of an 8900WFR-R rear
module. Optical interface requires the presence of an optional SFP optical
submodule plug-in device.

The 8949MDA module features include:

• Multi-format HD/SD video on one electrical input and/or up to two

optical input/outputs (refer to Cabling on page 19),

• In HD input mode:

• Up to four reclocked HD electrical outputs and up to two reclocked
HD optical outputs,

• Up to four downscaled HD to SD or composite (SDI signals in the
case of 8949MDA-SFR or composite signals in the case of
8949MDA-CFR) electrical outputs,

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Introduction

•In SD input mode:

• Up to eight reclocked SD (SDI standard) electrical outputs and up
to two reclocked SD optical outputs in the case of 8949MDA-SFR,

• Up to four reclocked SDI outputs and up to two reclocked SD
optical outputs and up to four composite outputs in the case of
8949MDA-CFR,

• Auto cable equalization for up to 330m of cable in the case of SD signals
and for up to 125m of cable in the case of HD signals,

• A range of standard definition or high definition input signal on one
electrical input or optical inputs,

• Downscaled signals with monitoring quality (embedded audio and
HANC data will be passed on all SDI outputs except for downscaled
HD monitoring outputs),

• Alarm (signal presence detection) and status management,

• SNMP and product health monitoring is supported through the
8900NET (Net Card) module with applications such as NetCentral,

• A fiber optic submodule option providing optical input/output inter­faces for all models. One of the three different types of single-mode
fiber optic submodules can be used:

• 1310NM-DRL – provides two optical inputs (RX1 and RX2),

• 1310NM-DTL – provides two optical outputs (TX1 and TX2),

• 1310NM-TRL – provides one optical input (RX1) and one optical

output (TX1), and

• Remote control and monitoring support: web pages, Newton control
panel, NetConfig management system.

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Software/Hardware Version Requirement

Base Part Number Dash Version Model Type

This manual covers two software versions, 1.1.1 and 2.1.1. Functionality for
these versions is the same but the software versions must be loaded on spe
cific hardware version modules. It is important to distinguish the module
part number related to the software version.
assembly numbers that will accept software version 1.1.1 and version 2.1.1.

Table 1. Software Versions 1.1.1 or 2.1.1 for Part Number Compatibility

Model

Type

8949MDA-CFR 671-6708 -10

8949MDA-SFR 671-6708 -20

Software Version 1.1.1 Software Version 2.1.1

Base Part Number Dash Version Base Part Number Dash Version

Introduction

Tab le 1 gives the module

671-6708

771-0283

671-6708

771-0283

-11

-12

-10

-11

-21

-22

-20

-21

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The part number of the module is silk-screened on the module circuit board
as shown in Figure 1.

Figure 1. Module Part Number Location on Printed Circuit Board

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Installation

Installation

Local Configuration

The front and the rear modules are delivered together as a set:
8949MDA-CFR front module with the 8900WFR-R rear module or
8949MDA-SFR front module with 8900WFR-R rear module.

The 8949MDA-CFR and 8949MDA-SFR front modules can be plugged in
and removed from a GeckoFlex frame with power on. When power is
applied to the module, LED indicators reflect the initialization process (see

Power Up on page 22).

CAUTION Use anti-static precautions when installing and removing the optional fiber

optic submodule, see Fiber Optics Submodule Installation on page 17.

If you do not have an 8900NET module in the GeckoFlex frame for remote
monitoring and configuration, you will need to configure the module using
the local onboard controls before installing the front module.

Local configuration of the 8949MDA-CFR and 8949MDA-SFR consists of
two DIP switches (S1 and S2) outlined in the lower left corner of
Refer to Ta bl e 2 on page 13 for setting S1 and S2. A summary of Local and
Remote (web page and Newton Control Panel) parameters is provided in

Ta bl e 8 on page 45.

Figure 2. Configuration Switches on 8949MDA Module

Figure 2.

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Configuration Switches S1 and S2

Ta bl e 2 gives the parameters set with the onboard switches S1 and S2 on the

8949MDA module circuit board.

Note Remote control settings made with the web interface will override local set-

tings. To lock out remote control, set the Config Mode to Off.

Table 2. Switch S1 and S2 Settings

Switches S1 and S2 Function Pin 0 (Left/Off) 1 (Right/On)

Switch S2

Config Mode

Factory Mode

Test Mode

Tx Opt Mode

16X9 / 4X3

Side Markers

–

Switch S1

Monitoring

Mode

Format (Input) Setting Auto 1080i/50 1080i/59.94 720p/50 720p/59.94 480i/59.94 576i/50

Input Select Setting Coax In Optic 1 Optic 2

Composite

Setup

Local mode (Remote control locked out) Remote mode

1

2

3

4

5

6

7-8

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

Off (fiber optic outputs disabled) On (fiber optic outputs enabled)

00 0 0 0 0 0 0

10 0 0 0 1 1 1

20 0 1 1 0 0 1

30 1 0 1 0 1 0

00 01

10 10

Off Factory use only

Off Factory use only

Not Used

Not Used

Not Used

Not Used

Off On

Installation

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Installation

Module Placement in the GeckoFlex Frame

There are ten rear and front slot locations in the 2 RU frame to accommo­date either video or audio modules of all types. The 8949MDA-CFR or
8949MDA-SFR module can be plugged into any one of the GeckoFlex
frame slots. Both modules require the 8900WFR-R rear module in the cor
responding rear slot.

Module Installation Precautions

Please read and follow the precautions listed below before installing the
front and rear modules and any fiber optic option submodules:

• Use standard anti-static procedures during installation. As modules
can be installed or removed when the GeckoFlex frame is powered up,
before removing the cover, please use an anti-static bracelet tied to a
metal part of the frame.

• Install the rear module first, then the front module, then the optical sub­module option (if used).

• When installing or removing a rear module, loosen or tighten the
screws holding the retainer clips to the frame manually with the
retainer clip tool provided inside the front cover of the frame or use a
2 mm (5/64”) hex screwdriver. Please do not use an electric screw­driver.

Note On newer 751- version GeckoFlex frames, a Rear Retainer Clip removal tool

and 2 extra retainer clips and screws for installing them are provided on the
inside of the frame cover.

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• Make every effort to leave the screws holding the retainer clips in place
(do not remove them completely). They are very small and can easily
drop into other equipment causing a shorting hazard. (Two turns of the
screw should be enough to loosen the screws, 3 turns or more will
remove it.)

• When installing a rear module, tighten the screws on the retainer clips
just until snug. Do not apply more force than is necessary to seat the
rear module.

• If using a fiber optic submodule, handle it carefully, use anti-static pre­cautions, and read the Fiber Optic Cleaning Requirement on page 18
before cabling.

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Rear Module Installation

Use needlenose pliers
to pull out blank after
removing retainers.

To install the rear module, refer to Figure 3 and the instructions below:

1. To remove a blank rear adapter cover (or a rear module already

present), manually loosen the two screws holding each retainer clip on
the rear adapter cover or rear module to the frame with the retainer clip
tool provided inside the front cover of the frame (newer model frames
only) or a 2 mm (5/64”) hex screwdriver. Do not remove the screws.

Note To remove a rear module already installed, follow the same steps. It is helpful

to first remove the front module so the rear can be pulled out more easily.

1. After loosening the retainer clip screws, pull up on each retainer and

completely remove it, leaving the screws in place.

2. Remove the blank rear adapter cover by inserting needlenose pliers

into the slots in the blank cover and pulling it off.

3. Insert the rear module into the empty slot, guiding it carefully into

place.

Installation

4. Replace each retainer clip over the two screws on both sides of the

module and push down to seat the retainer clip.

5. Tighten the two screws on each retainer clip just until they come into

contract with the retainer clip then tighten about a 1/4 turn more
(snug). Do not force or torque the screws too tightly. The retainer clips
should not bend or be bowed.

Note All unused rear slots in a GeckoFlex frame should have a blank rear adapter

cover installed.

Figure 3. Installing Rear Module

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