TC Electronic UpCon - Manual (Page 14)

Getting to know UpCon
10 UpCon
Getting to know UpCon
This section of the manual describes the de-
vice’s status indicators and connectors.
! Please note that additional status information
can be displayed using TC Icon software –
see “Obtaining UpCon status information” on
page 20.
Front panel indicators
UpCon has the following front panel status indi-
cators:
Front panel indicators on UpCon
PSU 1 and PSU 2 LEDs
The PSU 1 and PSU 2 LEDs indicate the status
of the two built-in power supplies.
LED color /
indication Status
Green An external power is connect-
ed and the power supply is ful-
ly functioning.
Red There is a problem with the
power supply. Either there is
no external power connected,
or there is a problem at cer-
tain checkpoints in the relevant
power supply.
Please refer to the descriptions of the PSU con-
nectors in the “Back panel connectors” on page
11 section for more information.
Sync LED(s)
UpCon has three Sync LEDs – one for each of
the up to three cards/engines in the device. If
only one card is installed, only the first LED will
be used.
The Sync LEDs indicate if synchronization to
the currently connected signal source has been
achieved.
LED color /
indication Status
Off Startup – no lock achieved.
Green An SDI stream has been detect-
ed at the corresponding input,
and UpCon is locked to it.
Yellow There is an SDI anomaly.
Red UpCon cannot lock to the SDI
audio stream.
Alert LED
UpCon has three Alert LEDs – one for each of
the up to three cards/engines in the device. If
only one card is installed, only the first LED will
be used.
The Alert LEDs indicate problems either within
the device or with the signal being processed.
Detection for the Alert LEDs and GPO occurs at
the UpCon’s input.
LED color /
indication Status
Off UpCon is not connected to a
computer running the TC Icon
software or a hardware TC
Icon.
Green UpCon is connected to a com-
puter running the TC Icon soft-
ware or a hardware TC Icon.
Normal operation, no problems
detected.
Green –
blinking Preset recall
Yellow There has been silence for
more than five seconds.
Signal LED
UpCon has three Signal LEDs – one for each of
the up to three cards/engines in the device.
The Signal LEDs indicate if audio streams are
received and processed by UpCon. Detection
for the Signal LEDs and GPO occurs at the Up-
Con’s input.
LED color /
indication Status
Off No audio signal (above
-70 dBFS) has been detected.
Green An audio signal above
-70 dBFS has been detected.
Yellow An audio signal above -1 dBFS
has been detected.