Cobalt Digital COMPASS 9414 4 In _ 4 Out Fiber-to-BNC Receiver _ Crosspoint Card - Manual (Page 30)

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9400-Series Function Submenu List and Descriptions
3-4 9400-SERIES PRODUCT MANUAL 9400S-OM (V1.1)
9400-Series Function Submenu List and Descriptions
Tables 3-1 and 3-2 individually list and describe card function submenu and
its related list selections, controls, and parameters for 9401 thru 9404 Tx
cards and 9411 thru 9414 Rx cards, respectively. Where helpful, examples
showing usage of a function are also provided. Tables 3-1 and 3-2 are
primarily based upon using DashBoard™ to access each function and its
corresponding submenus and parameters.
Note: If DashBoard™ is not used, the card edge controls can be used to access
many of the controls described here. Refer to Card-Edge Control (p. 3-10) for
using card edge controls.
9401 thru 9404 (Tx) Card Function Submenu List
Table 3-1 lists and describes the function submenus for 9401 thru 9404 Tx
cards.
Table 3-1 9401-9404 (Tx) Card Function Submenu List
Control/Status Tab (9401-9404 Tx)
Provides controls for selecting SDI input-to-fiber output
crosspoint sources for the card fiber output channels,
and reclocker/automute disable. Also provides signal
status displays for the up to four signal channels.
• Input Channel Status Display
Displays the current SDI input status and signal format of the four card SDI inputs as follows:
• Status: If any valid signal is received (regardless of whether signal is SMPTE valid or not) Active is displayed. Inactive is
displayed if signal is not received, or does not conform to appropriate logic levels for the coaxial physical medium.
• Input Rate: If a recognized SMPTE rate is detected on an input, the SMPTE video format is correspondingly displayed (e.g.,
3G, HD, SD). If the received signal is usable by the card but is not recognized as a SMPTE rate, Valid is displayed.
• Reclocker: If a recognized SMPTE rate is detected on an input, Locked is displayed. If the received signal is usable by the
card but is not recognized as a SMPTE rate, LOS is displayed. This can indicate a signal, in which to be reliably processed by
the card channel, should be set to bypass reclocking (see Reclocker/EQ Automute Bypass below).
EQ/reclocking is tailored for signal ranging from 19 Mbps to 3 Gbps. These functions help reject noise in the transport and help
recover received signals that may be degraded due to long cable runs. EQ/reclocking is applied before the automute function,
allowing the automute to blank signal transfer when a signal is not reliably locked by reclocking. When handling non-SMPTE
signals (specifically signals slower than 19 Mbps), the card’s reclocking and automute functions can be bypassed so that
non-SMPTE signals are not rejected by these functions.
Example here shows:
• Input 1 receiving and locking to
3G (SMPTE 425) signal
• Input 2 receiving a
non-SMPTE signal
• Input 3 and Input 4 showing
no signal present.