Grass Valley MPEG Upgrade User Manual

MPEG BOARD UPGRADE

Installation Manual

071-0169-01

SEPTEMB ER 2000

PROFILE FAMILY

VIDEO FILE SERVERS

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Rev Date Description

April 1998 Original issue. Manual Part Number 071-0169-00.
September 2000 Revised Product Support contac t informa tion.

Part Number 071-0169-01.

Contents

Introduction .................................................................................................................. 1

System Software Requirements............................................................ ............... 2

Master and Slave EDR Memory Requirements ................................................... 3

Slave EDR Requirements.................................................................................... 3

Kit Contents.......................................................................................................... 4

Tools Required........................... .................................................... ...................... 4

Electro sta tic Precautio n s....................................................... ............................... 4

Installation Procedures........................................................... ...................................... 5

Removing the Profi l e Uni t fro m the Ins tr u men t Ra ck........................................... 6

Removing the Chassis Covers............................................................................. 8

Removing the Circuit Board Hold-down Brackets................................................ 10

Installi n g Board s in an Option MG Unit...................................... .................................. 12

Installing Boards in a non-Option MG Unit.................................................... ....... ........ 16

Installing Boards in an Early PDR 200 Unit .................................................................. 18

Removing Circui t Bo a r d s.................................... ...................................... ............ 18

Reinstalling the Boards ........................................................................................ 19

Audio Clock and Sharcnet Cabling .............................................................................. 21

General Shar cn et Rule s...... .................................................... ............................. 21

General Audio Clock Ru les........... ....................... ............................................. ... 21

Reassemblin g the Pro file Chassis ................... ...................................... ...................... 28

Installation Verification................................... ........................................................... ... 29

Using Configuration Manager to Verify Boards.................................................... 30

Board Location Guide ......................................... ......................................................... 32

Video Router to Motherboard Relationship .......................................................... 32

Video Router I/O Connections.............................................................................. 33

Selecting a Board Location.................................................................................. 36

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Grass Valley Group Product Support

You can get technical assist ance, check on the status of problems, or report new
problems by contacting our Produc t Support Group.

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General Safety Summary

Review the following safet y precautions to avoid personal injur y
and prevent damage to this product or any products c onnected to
it.

Only qualified personne l should perform service procedures.

While using this product, you may need to access other parts of the
system. Read the ge neral sa fety summary in ot her system manuals
for warnings and cautions related to operating the system.

Injury Precautions

Do Not Operate

Without Product

Covers in Place

Do Not Operate in

Wet/Damp

Conditions

Do Not Opera te i n an

Explosive

Atmosphere

Avoid Exposed

Circuitry

To avoid electric shock or fire hazard , do not operate this prod uct
with covers or panels removed.

To avoid electric shock, do not operate this product in wet or damp
conditions.

To avoid injur y or fire h azar d , do no t operat e this pr oduct in an
explosive atmosphere.

To avoid injury while serving, remove jewelry such as rings,
watches, and other metallic objects. Do not touch exposed
connections and components when power is present.

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Product Damage Precautions

Product Damage Precautions

Use the Proper

Voltage Setting

Provide Proper

Ventilation

Do Not O p er ate If

You Suspect

Product Failures

Ensure that the line selector is in the proper posit ion for the power
source before applying power.

Prevent product overhea ting by pr oviding proper ventilation.

If you suspect ther e is damage to this product, have it ins pected by
qualified servic e personnel.

Safety Terms and Symbols

Terms in This

Manual

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Terms on the

Product

These terms may appear in this manual:

WARNING: Warni ng statements identify conditions or practices
that can result in persona l injur y or loss of life.

CAUTION: Caution statements identify conditions or practices
that can result in damage to the equipment or other property.

These terms may appear on the product:

DANGER indicates a personal injury ha zard immediately
accessible as you read the marking.

WARNING indicates a personal injur y hazard not immediately
accessible as you read the marking.

CAUTION indicates a hazard to property, including the product.

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Symbols on the

Product

The following symbols may appear on the produc t:

DANGER high voltage

Protective ground (ear th) terminal

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ATTENTION – refer to manual

Service Safety Summary

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Do Not Service

Alone

Disconnect Power To avoid electric shock, disconnect the main power by means of

Use Care When

Servicing With

Power On

WARNING: These instru ct ion s ar e for use b y qu alifi ed ser vice
personnel only. To avoid personal injury, do not perform any
servicing unless you are qualified to do so. Refer to all safety
summaries before performing se rvice.

Do not perform internal servi ce or adjustment of this product
unless another person capable of rendering first aid and
resuscitation is present.

the power cord.

Dangerous voltages or currents may exist in this product.
Disconnect power and remove batte ry (if applicable) before
removing protectiv e panels, soldering, or replaci ng components.

To avoid electric shock, do not touch exposed connections.

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Certifications and Compliances

Certifications and Compliances

FCC Emission

Control

Canadian EMC

Notice of

Compliance

This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the
limits for a Class A digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC
Rules. These limits are des igned to provide reasonable prot ection
against harmful inter ference when the equipment is operated in a
commercial environm ent. This equipment g enerates, uses, a nd can
radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in
accordance with this insta llation manual, may cause harmful
interference to radio communications. Operation of this
equipment in a residentia l are a is likely to cause harmful
interferen ce in wh i ch cas e the us er w ill be requ ired to correct the
interference at his or her own expense. Changes or modifications
not expressly a pproved by Grass Valley Gr oup can affect emiss ion
compliance and could void the user’s authority to operate this
equipment.

This digital a pparat us does not exc eed the Class A limit s for radio
noise emissions from a digital apparatus set out in the Radio
Interference Regula tions of the Canadian Department of
Communications.

Le présent appareil numérique n’émet pas de bruits radioélectriques
dépassant les limites applicables aux appareils numériques de la
classe A préscrites dan s le Règlement sur le brouillage
radioélectrique édicté par le ministère des Communications du
Canada.

EN55022 Class A

Warning

For products that comply with Class A. In a domestic
environment, this product may cause radi o interference, in which
case the user may be required to take adequate measures.

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Certification

Category Standard

Safety Designed/tested for compliance with:

UL1950 – Safety of Information Techn ology Equipment, including El ectrical
Business Equipment (Thi rd Edition, 1995)

IEC 950 – Safety of Informati on Technology Equipment, including Electrical
Business Equipment (Second edition, 1991)

CAN/CSA C22.2, No. 950-95 – Safety of Information Technology Equipment,
including Electrical Business Equipment

EN60950 – Safety of Information Technology Equipment, including Electrical
Business Equipment (includes Appendix ZB)

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MPEG Board Upgrade Installation

Introduction

NOTE: Profile system software version 2.4 or higher must be installed and
tested before you inst all any MPEG boards. For more information, see
“System Software Requirements” on page 2.

These instructi ons explain how to i nsta ll MPEG circui t board s in an MPEG-ready
(Option MG) PDR200 Video File Server. Instruct ions are also included for
installing MPEG boards in a PDR 200 that is not MPEG-ready. The MPEG field
kit comes with either of two boards, shown in Table 1.

Table 1. MPEG board nomenclature

MPEG Boa rd Features Nomencla ture

Encoder 1 encoder, 2

decoders

Decoder 4 decoders P2MPG04

In general, three configur ations are possible when instal ling MPEG boards:

1. In an MPEG-ready Option MG PDR200 (serial number B030000 or above).
For instructi on s, see “Installing Boards in an Option MG Unit” on page 12.

2. In a non-Option MG unit (serial number B030000 or above) . Ref e r to the
instructions in “Installing Boards in a non-Option MG Unit” on page 16.

3. In a early, non-MPEG ready unit (serial number B029999 or below). See
instructions under “Installing B oards in an Early PDR200 Unit” on page 18.

NOTE: It is stro ngly recommended that you read these instructions
thoroughly before attempting any part of the installation. The installation
process takes from t hree t o five hour s .

P2MPG12

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MPEG Board Upgrade Installation

Depending on the field kit s you have orde red and how you pl an to configu re your
system, you most probably will be adding other boards, such as serial digital I/ O
boards or an Audio Signal Proces sing Board (ASPB). For example, if you instal l
two decoder boards, you will need four serial digital I/O boards to output eight
video channels. In such a case, it is also likely that you will install an additi onal
ASPB for a total of 32 channels of embedded audio. There is no reason not to
install all the field kits while the Profile chassis is open.

When this manual re fers to slot numbers, such as J8 and J12, refer to the label on
the back of the Profile unit to find wher e the physical slots are (see to Figure 10
on page 29).

System Software Requirements

The Profile system software installed in the Profile syste m must be version 2.4 or
higher to support MPEG boards. This software should have been ordered and
received along with this MPEG field kit. To chec k the softwa re version installed
in your Profile system, open the VrdPanel application and choose

VdrPanel

have version 2.4 or higher software, contact your Grass Valley Group
representative.

. The software version is listed in the disp layed window. If you do not

Help | About

NOTE: Aft er you install 2.4 or highe r software, you must update the firmware
of some Profile circuit boards with an in-system programming (ISP)
procedure described in the appropriate software release note s and in the
Profile utilities chapter of the Profile Family User Manual.

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Master and Slave EDR Memory Requirements

Master and Slave EDR Memory Requirements

The Master Enhanced Disk Recorder (EDR) board and Slave EDR board (if
present) must be upgraded to 64 megabytes of memory with the EDR Memory
Upgrade kit. If you ordered you PDR200 recently, the Master and Slave may
already have 64 megabytes of memory each. To see the amount of memory you
have on the Master and Slave EDR boards, check the Profile log for messages
regarding memory size or choose

Diagnostics | Master EDR

from the Win dows NT 4.0 desktop. If your system do es
not have the required memory, you will need two serv ice kits— one kit for the
Master and one for the Slave—each with two 32-megabyte SIMMs.

If you have a large file syste m, it is recommended that you upgrade the local i 960
memory to 32 megabytes. You will need one kit for this upgrade, containing one
32-megabyte SIMM, replacing the existing 16-megabyte SIMM.

NOTE: You should have obtained service kits for these memory upgrades at
the same time you receiv ed the MPEG fiel d kit. If you hav e not install ed these
memory upgrades, in stal l them fir st t hing when doi ng the MPEG upgrad e; i f
for some reason you have not obtained the kits, contact your Grass Valley
Group representativ e.

Start | Programs | PDR Debug Tools | PDR

Slave EDR Requirements

You may or may not have a Slave EDR board installed in your system. Table 2
lists the cases whe re y ou need a Sl ave an d when y ou do n ’t.

Tabl e 2. Slave EDR requirements

MPEG Configuration Slave Needed

Two encoder boards Yes
Two decoder boards No
One encoder, one decoder Yes, but only with Fibre

One encoder only Yes, but only with Fibre

Channel; otherwise No

Channel; otherwise No

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MPEG Board Upgrade Installation

Kit Contents

This upgrade kit includes the following:

• An MPEG board.

• A five-slotted PCI Inter connect board.

• Sharcnet cables for digi ta l embedded audio.

• Five antistatic bags for board storage.

• Replacement tie wraps for bundling cables.

• A set of stick-on identifi cation labels.

• This installation manual.

Tools Required

Tools required to install the board are (not supplied in this kit):

• A Torx tool with T10 and T15 tips.

• Electrostati c discharge (ESD) wrist grounding straps.

Electrostatic Precauti ons

CAUTION: All Profile system circuit boards h ave components that are h ighly

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sensitive to electrostatic discharge (ESD). To protect these components from
damage and to maintain product reliability, take the following precautions
when handling the circuit board:

• Handle all circuit boards in a static -protected area capable of controlling
static charge on conductiv e materials, people, and nonconductive
materials. Stat ic-protect ed areas inclu de nonstatic table tops a nd nonstatic
floor mats.

• While out of the chassis, place boards in the ESD static-shielded bags
(provided with this kit) until you install them.

• Wear ESD grounding straps when handling boards outside of their ESD
static-shielded bags.

• Handle the circuit boards only by the edges and av oid touching the printed
wires on the back of the circuit board as much as possible.

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