Grass Valley KayakDD User Manual

KayakDD

DIGITAL PRODUCTION SWITCHER

Installation Planning Guide

071832400
MAY 2004

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Contents

Installation Planning Guide

Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Features. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Supported Control Protocols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

KayakDD-1 Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

KayakDD-1 System Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

KayakDD-1 Control Panel Installation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Measurements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Panel Mounting Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Table Top. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Surface Mount Cut Out Dimensions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Fastening to Table Top . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

KayakDD-1 Video Processor Frame Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Measurements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Rack Mounting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

KayakDD-1 Cabling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Control Cabling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Video Cabling. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

KayakDD-2 Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Kayak DD-2 System Components. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Kayak DD-2 Control Panel Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Measurements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Panel Mounting Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Table Top. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Surface Mount Cut Out Dimensions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Fastening to Table Top . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Frame. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Measurements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Rack Mounting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Cabling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

KDD-PSU Power Supply Option . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Pin Assignments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

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Introduction

The Grass Valley KayakDD™ digital production switcher is an affordable,
compact, and flexible system that offers an array of high-end features for
everything from live studio and mobile production to small corporate
studios and editing applications. The KayakDD switcher leverages many
of the features found in the Thomson Grass Valley XtenDD™ and Zodiak™
switchers. The result is a compact system with superior image quality and
features not found in any other product.

Two basic models are available, the KayakDD-1 (one Mix Effects) switcher
and the KayakDD-2 (two M/E) switcher.

Features

•Switchable between 525-line and 625-line formats

• Fully digital 10-bit, 4:2:2 inputs, outputs, and video processing

•Compact, lightweight frame (KayakDD-1 frame is 2 RU high, the
KayakDD-2 frame is 3 RU high)

• Low power consumption

• Intuitive menu with touch screen

•Number of inputs: 16 for KayakDD-1, 32 for KayakDD-2

• Five fixed outputs per M/E (2x PGM, 1x Preview, 1x Clean, 1x Clean
PVW), 5 outputs for Kayak DD-1, 10 outputs for KayakDD 2

•Ten timed auxiliary buses

• Four keyers per M/E, each with linear and luminance keying

•Two standard Chroma Keyers

•One Transform Engine

•White or Colored keys (factory installed, choose when ordered)

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Introduction

Options

• Internal frame RAM Recorder holds short clips and stills and works as
frame synchronizer

•Additional Transform Engines (3)

•Kurl effects package with Page Turn, Page Roll, Splits, Mirrors, and
Slits

• RGB color correction (7)

•Chromatte™ chroma keyers (2)

•Remote monitoring support via NetCentral software

• KDD-PSU redundant power supply unit

Supported Control Protocols

•VTRs (BVW-75)

• Servers (Louth VDCP, Odetics BVS)

•Routers/Routing Control Systems (Trinix™, Venus™, Triton™, and
third party routers; Jupiter™ and Encore™ {future} router control sys­tems)

•Control Systems (Grass Valley Andromeda™ and third-party systems)

•Grass Valley under monitor displays

•Grass Valley external auxiliary panels

• ESAM II for audio-follow-video applications

• Edit controllers (native and Grass Valley Model 100 and 200)

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KayakDD-1 Installation

KayakDD-1 System Components

A KayakDD-1 Production Switcher system consists of a control panel with
integrated menu display (color TFT with touch-screen) and a 2 RU Video
Processor Frame.

Figure 1. KayakDD-1 Control Panel

KayakDD-1 Installation

Figure 2. KayakDD-1 Video Processor Frame

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KayakDD-1 Installation

KayakDD-1 Control Panel Installation

Measurements

Figure 3. Kayak DD-1 Control Panel Measurements 1 of 2

2.55 in.

64.75 mm

3.19 in.

80.95 mm

8324_00_01_r0

0.40 in.

10.26 mm

20°

5.69 in.

144.53 mm

7°

16.46 in.
418 mm

15.66 in.

397.74 mm

10.23 in.

259.88 mm

0.60 in.

15.3 mm

1.31 in.

33.33 mm

0.39 in.
10 mm

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Figure 4. Kayak DD-1 Control Panel Measurements 2 of 2

8324_02_r0

KayakDD-1 Installation

15.46 in.
418 mm

0.39 in.
10 mm

17.64 in.
448 mm

16.85 in.
428 mm

0.39 in.
10 mm

17.64 in.
448 mm

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