Introduction – Decimator Design DMON-12S User Manual

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DMON‐12S Hardware Manual for Firmware Version 1.1

Introduction

Thank you for purchasing the DMON‐12S 12 Channel (3G/HD/SD)‐SDI Multi‐Viewer with HDMI and SDI
outputs. The DMON‐12S is a truly portable converter, which incorporates our new easy to use LCD and button
control system. This gives you easy access to most of the amazing features that have been unavailable without
a computer until now. The days of having to play with complicated dip switches or having to carry around a
computer to change a simple setting are gone.

The DMON‐12S features the following:

 Low cost miniature (3G/HD/SD)‐SDI 1 to 12 channel Multi‐Viewer or 12 to 1 input multiplexer
 Custom Layouts with various standard layouts
 16 Character UMD overlay per window with individual enables, custom positioning and size
 16 Channel Audio Metering overlay per window with individual enables, custom positioning and size
 Safe Action and Safe Title overlay per window with individual enables and adjustment
 Centre Cross overlay per window with individual enable
 Audio ID overlay
 Tallies can be applied to either Tally Boxes (Default), Outside Safe Action Area or Border
 Tally boxes allows for up to 4 Tallies per window with Tally Boxes (Green, Red, Blue and Yellow)
 Load and restore Custom Layouts
 Fast switching between inputs using Full‐Screen scaling
 Selectable output format in both Full‐Screen and Multi‐Viewer mode
 Low latency buffering for each input allowing non‐synchronous inputs
 Linked (3G/HD/SD)‐SDI and HDMI outputs
 12 x (3G/HD/SD)‐SDI inputs with auto detection (26 Formats supported in total)
 Each window is independent of the others, allowing any 3G/HD/SD format of any frame rate to be

displayed simultaneously

 Variable aspect ratios per quadrant
 Pass‐Through mode allowing any of the 12 inputs to be selected for output
 In Pass‐Through mode the selected input is passed through to both the (3G/HD/SD)‐SDI and HDMI

outputs

 The DMON‐12S is a truly portable converter that incorporates our new easy to use LCD and button

control system. This gives you easy access to most of the amazing features without using complicated
LED/button control, dip switches or having to carry around a computer to change a simple setting.

 This unit also includes:

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32 GPI on 37‐pin D‐SUB connector for Dynamic Tallies and Remote Switching

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RS422/485 on 37‐pin D‐SUB connector for Dynamic UMD and Tallies via TSL protocol

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USB port for control and firmware updates

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Heavy duty metal box

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Metal Thread Locking DC Power Socket

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Power Supply, HDMI Cable and USB Cable