Nevion ADC-SDI User Manual
Ntsc/pal to sdi encoder, Flashlink user manual
Table of contents
Document Outline
- ADC-SDI
- NTSC/PAL to SDI encoder
- User manual
- Rev. 6
- Network Electronics AS
- P.O. Box 1020 N-3204 Sandefjord, Norway
- Phone: +47 33 48 99 99 Fax: +47 33 48 99 98 Email: [email protected] www.network-electronics.com
- Support Phone: +47 90 60 99 99
- Revision history
- Current revision of this document is the uppermost in the table below.
- Rev.
- Repl.
- Date
- Sign
- Change description
- 6
- 5
- 2008-07-14
- AS
- Added Declaration of Conformity.
- 5
- 4
- 2007-10-23
- AS
- New front page.
- 4
- 3
- 2007-10-09
- AS
- Added Materials Declaration and EFUP
- 3
- 2
- 2007-06-26
- TØ
- Corrected value for Return loss to ‘> 35 dB’ under specifications. Applied new document template, cleaned up document structure, added Appendix A Materials declaration and recycling information.
- 2
- 1
- 2005-07-07
- New functionality added to DIP switch 9 (software release ≥ 7).
- 1
- 0
- 2005-03-03
- Specification updated, and changed ConQuer to Flashlink.
- 0
- C
- 2004-01-20
- Updated with info about luma/chroma separation filter.
- C
- B
- 2003-01-28
- Updated to ConQuer (software release 2).
- B
- A
- 2002-02-07
- Changed section numbering.
- A
- -
- 2001-12-01
- LED descriptions, and Flashlink commands.
- Preliminary revision for PIC software revision 0.1.2
- Contents
- 1 Product overview 4
- 1.1 Quick Start Guides for ADC-SDI 4
- 2 Specifications 5
- 2.1 Digital Serial Output 5
- 2.2 Analogue input, both PAL (625/50) and NTSC (525/60) 5
- 2.3 Processing performance 5
- 2.4 Electrical 5
- 3 Configuration 6
- 3.1 Data path 6
- 3.2 EEPROM 6
- 3.3 Power-up sequence 6
- 3.4 Channel search modes 6
- 3.5 Luma / chroma separation filters 7
- 3.6 Selection of luma/chroma separation filter 8
- 4 Connections 9
- 4.1 Mounting the connector module 9
- 4.2 Correspondence of connectors and signals 9
- 5 Operation 11
- 5.1 Module status - Light Emitting Diodes 11
- 5.2 Switches 11
- 5.3 Interface with GYDA or other controllers 14
- General environmental requirements for Network Electronics equipment 17
- Product Warranty 18
- Appendix A Materials declaration and recycling information 19
- A.1 Materials declaration 19
- A.2 Environmentally-friendly use period 19
- A.3 Recycling information 20
- EC Declaration of Conformity 21
- 1 Product overview
- Figure 1: Simplified block diagram of the ADC-SDI card
- The Flashlink ADC-SDI is a high-quality 10-bit NTSC/PAL composite 4:2:2 to digital video converter.
- ADC-SDI user parameters can be changed via switches on the unit, or via the GYDA control interface.
- To aid digital to analogue conversion of the digital output the ADC-SDI may generate a white pulse to mark first field of an 8-field-PAL/4-field-NTSC signal. If the digital to analogue converter is able to detect this, it will synchronize to the correct field (8-field-PAL/4-field-NTSC) when synchronizing to an external Black & Burst-generator. The Flashlink DAC-SDI is able to do this.
- 1. Attach Analogue input (CVBS or S-Video) and SDI-output to the backplane module (see Figure 2).
- 2. Set DIP-switch 1 on (towards backplane), switches 2 and 3 according to the Input Channel search-mode you want (see Table 3).
- 3. Insert ADC-SDI into a slot in the sub-rack.
- 4. Power on. After some seconds the ADC-SDI should be running, and the input should be detected. No LED should be red and the SDI output should be active. If this is not the case, please see section 5.1.
- 1. Attach Analogue input (CVBS or S-Video) and SDI-output to the backplane module (see Figure 2).
- 2. Insert ADC-SDI into a slot in the sub-rack.
- 3. Power on. After some seconds the ADC-SDI should be running, and the input should be detected. No LED should be red and the SDI output should be active. The card settings should be as the previous time power was applied.
- 4. Communication with the card is described in section 5.3.
- 2 Specifications
- Output format
- 270 Mb/s scrambled NRZI
- Output level
- 800 mV nominal
- Return loss
- > 15 dB
- Input formats
- CVBS
- S-Video
- Input level
- 1000 mV nominal ± 10 mV
- Return loss
- > 35 dB
- Signal path
- 10 bits
- Video processing delay
- 2 video lines
- Input Voltage
- DC 5 V
- DC –15 V
- Power Consumption
- < 2.6 W
- 3 Configuration
- The Analogue input is identified, the synchronization information in the analogue signal is detected, and the analogue signal is digitized to a 10-bit parallel signal in a dedicated chip. A FPGA adds EDH-information and Field 1 marking. Finally a chip serializes and scrambles the signal, and drives the resulting 270 Mb/s SDI-signal onto three output connectors.
- The ADC-SDI card actually has two EEPROM's. A small EEPROM is included in the microcontroller, while a larger external EEPROM holds the configuration memory of the FPGA and the input video chip.
- State variables are written to EEPROM in the microcontroller each time a configuration change is made. Basically, the card remembers it's setting between power-downs.
- The configuration memory of the FPGA and the input video chip is upgradeable. This is, however, a task for qualified maintenance personnel.
- At power-up, the card performs a self-check, and initiation. The manual mode switch is then sampled. If manual mode is enabled, the other switch settings are read and the state of the card set accordingly. If manual mode is disabled, the state the card held the previous time it was used is read from EEPROM. The interplay between the EEPROM, the switches and the GYDA (or other) controller adheres to the following simple rules:
- If a GYDA controller is present in a system, it can always override manual settings.
- If the manual mode is used together with a GYDA controller, the ADC-SDI will initiate as determined by the switches, and may then be overridden by the controller.
- If the manual mode is not used, the ADC-SDI will initiate as determined by the state of the EEPROM. It is subsequently controlled by the GYDA controller.
- At any time, when a state change is done, whether it be by switches or GYDA, the state is stored in the EEPROM as soon as it is detected.
- ADC-SDI will search for an input-signal, try to identify it and hopefully find a signal it can lock to.
- ADC-SDI has 2 input channels with 3 types of input:
- CVBS Channel 1
- CVBS Channel 2
- S-Video: Luma Channel 1, Chroma Channel 2.
- To search for input ADC-SDI has 4 channel search modes:
- Automatic ADC-SDI searches for any possible input signal type. When a signal is detected, it tries to lock to it, and stops searching.
- CVBS Ch. 1 ADC-SDI searches for CVBS input on channel 1, and ignores other input types. When a signal is detected, it tries to lock to it, and stops searching.
- CVBS Ch. 2 ADC-SDI searches for CVBS input on channel 2, and ignores other input types. When a signal is detected, it tries to lock to it, and stops searching.
- S-Video ADC-SDI searches for S-Video input, Luma on channel 1, chroma on channel 2, and ignores other input types. When a signal is detected, it tries to lock to it, and stops searching.
- If the input type is changed while the card is running, or the signal is missing or lost, the card will start searching for the type of signal defined by the channel search mode. Channel search mode settings are described in sections 6 and 7.3.
- The ADC-SDI module has 4 different luma / chroma separation filters to select between.
- This filter will adaptively select between 3-line (½, 0, ½) comb filter and no comb filter.
- Adaptive comb filter is available for both luminance and chrominance. The adaptive comb filter algorithm computes the vertical and horizontal contours of colour based on a block of 3x3 pixels. If there is a sharp colour transition, comb filtering is applied to the two lines that have fewer colour changes. If there is no colour transition, 3-line comb filtering is used with filter coefficients (½, 0, ½).
- The comb filter can be selectively bypassed in luma or chroma path. If the comb filter is bypassed in the luma path, then chroma trap filters are used which has a characteristic according to CCIR601.
- The adaptive comb filter algorithm reduces artefacts such as hanging dots at colour boundary and detects and properly handles false colour in high frequency luminance images such as a multi burst pattern or circle pattern.
- This filter will adaptively select between 3-line (¼, ½, ¼) comb filter and no comb filter, same functionality as the above, but with different filter coefficients.
- This is a fixed 2-line comb filter with no adaptive selection.
- This filter has no comb filter enabled. The luma signal will be filtered with a chroma trap, and the chroma signal will be filtered with a low pass filter.
- Filter type
- Luma Bandwidth
- Limitations
- Applications
- No comb filter
- (filter 3)
- PAL ~= 4MHz
- NTSC ~= 3MHz
- Limited bandwidth.
- Cross colour artefacts visible in luma
- VHS, Umatic and other sources with lower bandwidth
- Fixed 2-line comb filter
- (filter 2)
- Full bandwidth available
- Cross chroma errors at vertical transitions.
- For PAL: Some cross colour artefacts in luma
- Full bandwidth processing.
- Not suitable for graphics or material with high saturation levels.
- Adaptive 3-line comb filter
- with filter coefficients
- (½,0,½)
- (filter 0 for PAL)
- (filter 1 for NTSC)
- Full bandwidth available
- Some cross colour artefacts at vertical transition.
- Graphics material with high saturation may produce artefacts at vertical edges.
- Best suited for PAL signal sources.
- Very good for most PAL applications.
- Adaptive 3-line comb filter
- with filter coefficients
- (¼, ½, ¼)
- (filter 0 for NTSC)
- (filter 1 for PAL)
- Full bandwidth available
- Graphics material with high saturation may produce artefacts at vertical edges.
- Some Cross colour artefacts visible in luma for PAL signal sources.
- Best suited for NTSC signal sources.
- Very good for most NTSC applications.
- Also a good alternative for PAL sources if artefacts in (½, 0, ½) are unacceptable.
- Table 1: Selection of luma /chroma separation filter.
- The factory default filter setting is: Adaptive 3-line comb filter with filter coefficients (½,0,½).
- 4 Connections
- The ADC-SDI has its own connector module: ADC-SDI-C1, mounted at the rear of the sub-rack.
- Figure 2: ADC-SDI-C1 connector module.
- If the connector module is purchased separately, it should be mounted as described in the user manual for the sub-rack frame FR-2RU-10-2. This manual is also available from our web site: http://www.network-electronics.com/
- The ADC-SDI-C1 connector module has 7 BNC's:
- Ch1
- Analog input: CVBS or S-Video Luma
- Ch2
- Analog input: CVBS or S-Video Chroma
- Dup1
- Passive loop through Ch1.
- Dup2
- Passive loop through Ch2.
- SDI1
- Digital SDI output
- SDI2
- Digital SDI output
- SDI3
- Digital SDI output
- The analogue input BNC's can be used with CVBS, one at a time, or together with S-Video Luma on Ch1 and Chroma on Ch2. SDI1, SDI2 and SDI3 are equivalent SDI outputs.
- The backplane has a DIP-switch with two individual switches, as shown in Figure 2. Switch 1 is used to turn on/off 75 ohm termination on input channel 1, and switch 2 is used to turn on/off 75 ohm termination on input channel 2.
- The analogue input must be terminated somewhere to enable the video decoder chip.
- Figure 3: ADC-SDI simplified silkscreen (figure not to scale).
- 5 Operation
- Summary: Green LEDs are good, red LEDs are bad.
- ADC-SDI implements four Light Emitting Diodes (LEDs) that show the state of the card. The LEDs are visible through the front-panel of the rack (see the user manual of FR-2RU-10-2 for details). The LEDs are described top-down, see also Figure 3.
- No Light
- No power, fuse F1 blown, LED malfunction or configuration memory lost.
- Red
- A fundamental, probably electrical, error has been detected. The card is set in a passive state, so that it does not disturb other cards in the rack. While powering on, the CardState LED will light red for approximately 0.5 s while the card undergoes self-test.
- Yellow
- The startup-sequence is running. The card is not yet ready
- Green
- ADC-SDI is powered and ready.
- No Light
- Channel 1 is inactive.
- Red
- ADC-SDI tries to detect input signal on channel 1.
- Yellow
- Input signal is detected on channel 1, but not yet locked.
- Green
- Input signal on channel 1 is detected, and properly locked.
- No Light
- Channel 2 is inactive.
- Red
- ADC-SDI tries to detect input signal on channel 2.
- Yellow
- Input signal is detected on channel 2, but not yet locked.
- Green
- Input signal on channel 2 is detected, and properly locked.
- No Light
- Not used.
- Red
- No SDI output, or SDI output not correct.
- Yellow
- Not used.
- Green
- Correct SDI output.
- Summary: Most users will probably want switches 1, 6 and 10 in on position and the rest in off position. All users should place switch 10 in the on position.
- The ADC-SDI card implements a Dual-Inline switch (DIP-switch) that provides 10 individual On/Off switches. The purpose of the switches is to offer you an easy interface to some features of the ADC-SDI card, without the need of a GYDA controller. Table 2 gives the general layout of the switches. The switches are numbered from '1' at the top and downwards to the bottom, see Figure 3. A switch is on when the tap is displaced in direction of the back-plane.
- The ADC-SDI card is shipped with all switches, except switch 1, 6 and 10, in the Off-position. Switch number 10 should always be in the On-position. The switches are discussed in logical rather than numerical order.
- Switch #
- Function
- Comment
- 1
- Manual mode on/off
- When on, enables switches 2, 3, 4, and 5
- 2
- Input Channel select 1
- According to Table 3
- 3
- Input Channel select 2
- According to Table 3
- 4
- EDH disable on/off
- When on, the EDH will not be inserted into the SDI-output.
- 5
- Mark Field 1 disable on/off
- When on, the Mark Field 1-feature is not used.
- 6
- Luma/chroma separation filters
- According to Table 4
- 7
- Luma/chroma separation filters
- According to Table 4
- 8
- Factory Reset on/off
- To restore internal EEPROM only
- 9
- Chroma blanking for Teletext
- Chroma blanking for Teletext within vertical blanking area
- 10
- Running mode on/off
- For factory use only
- Table 2: Summary of the DIP switches. Switch 9 and 10 are mainly for factory use, while switches 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7 will be used when no GYDA controller is available.
- Switch 1 is the manual mode switch. If set to on, the ADC-SDI is primarily assumed to be operated with switches alone. If set to off, the ADC-SDI is assumed to be used with a GYDA controller.
- Factory setting is switch 1 in off position.
- With switch 1 off
- While in automatic mode, switches 2, 3, 4 and 5 are without any effect.
- With switch 1 on
- In manual mode, the functionality of switches 2, 3, 4 and 5 is as follows:
- These two switches determine the input channel selection. See Table 4.
- Factory setting is switch 2 and switch 3 off.
- Sw #3
- Sw #2
- Input Channel Select
- Comment
- 0
- 0
- Automatic
- Search for any possible input type.
- 0
- 1
- CVBS Ch. 1
- Only search for CVBS on Ch. 1
- 1
- 0
- CVBS Ch. 2
- Only search for CVBS on Ch. 2
- 1
- 1
- S-Video
- Only search for S-Video; Luma Ch. 1 and Chroma Ch. 2
- Table 3: Manual selection of video mode
- Switch 4 turns on/off disabling of EDH in the output SDI. With switch 4 off, the EDH is included in the SDI signal, with switch 4 on, EDH is not included.
- Factory setting is switch 4 in off position.
- Switch 5 turns on/off disabling of the Mark Field 1-feature. With switch 5 off the Mark Field 1-feature is enabled, with switch 5 on the Mark Field 1-feature is disabled.
- Factory setting is switch 5 in off position.
- These two switches determine which Luma / Chroma separation filter that are in selected, according to Table 5. The factory settings are switch 6 set to on and switch 7 set to off.
- Switch #
- Function description
- 6
- 7
- 0
- 0
- Default adaptive 3-line comb filter selection.
- NTSC adaptive comb with filter coefficients (¼, ½, ¼)
- PAL adaptive comb with filter coefficients (½, 0, ½)
- 1
- 0
- Adaptive 3-line comb filter selection with optional filter coefficients
- NTSC adaptive comb with filter coefficients (½, 0, ½)
- PAL adaptive comb with filter coefficients (¼, ½, ¼)
- 0
- 1
- Fixed 2-line comb filter
- 1
- 1
- No comb filter
- Luma filtered with chroma trap
- Chroma low pass filtered
- Table 4: Luma / Chroma separation filter.
- ADC-SDI contains EEPROM that is affected by your choices. Switch 8 is implemented to reset the EEPROM to factory default. Its use is shown in Table 5.
- Action
- Comment
- Power down
- Turn switch 8 on
- Power up
- ADC-SDI enters a special state where the EEPROM is restored to factory default values. This is flagged by the LEDs, they are all yellow.
- Power down
- Turn switch 8 off
- If you want the DIP switches to be placed in the factory default position, this is the time to do so: Turn switches 1 through 9 to the off position. Switch 10 should, as always, be turned to the on position.
- Power up
- The card EEPROM is now reset to factory settings.
- Table 5: A method to restore the ADC-SDI card to the factory settings. Remember to let some seconds pass by each time you power down, to allow capacitors to be fully discharged.
- Switch 9 is enabling Chroma Blanking within the vertical blanking area. When on, the chroma information in lines 1-23 / 313-335 (PAL) or 1-21 / 263-284 (NTSC) will be erased (replaced with 0x200). This is an important setting when using ADC-SDI with teletext information in line 23 (like for PAL+). When switch 9 is off, the vertical blanking area will be optimised for video information.
- When using ADC-SDI with S-Video (Y/C), it is recommended to leave switch 9 in off position
- Factory setting is switch 9 in off position.
- Switch 10 is purely used for service upgrade of the ADC-SDI card. It should always be in the on position. If switch 10 is in the off position, the CardState LED will light up red, and the ADC-SDI card will enter programming mode. This causes no harm, but the card will not work in this mode.
- Factory setting is switch 10 in on position.
- ADC-SDI follows the Flashlink-protocol, see the definition of the protocol available from our web site: http://www.network-electronics.com/. ADC-SDI can also be used with any controller or controller system that adheres to the Flashlink-protocol, using the RS422 bus. For more information on the electrical interconnect, see the documentation of RS-2RU-10-2. The available commands are shown in Table 6.
- Command
- Response
- Comment
- ?
- Yes
- The “Hello” command.
- info
- Yes
- Gives back the card state.
- AutoSearch
- “OK”
- Set Cannel Search mode to automatic.
- CVBSCh1
- “OK”
- Set Cannel Search mode to CVBS Ch. 1.
- CVBSCh2
- “OK”
- Set Cannel Search mode to CVBS Ch. 2.
- SVideo
- “OK”
- Set Cannel Search mode to S-Video; Luma Ch1, Chroma Ch2.
- EDH on
- “OK”
- Turn on EDH in output SDI.
- EDH off
- “OK”
- Turn off EDH in output SDI.
- MarkF1 on
- “OK”
- Turn on the Mark Field 1-feature.
- MarkF1 off
- “OK”
- Turn off the Mark Field 1-feature.
- get [0xHH]
- Yes
- Get a value from a numbered register.
- set [0xHH] [0xHH]
- No
- Set a value to a numbered register.
- filter 0
- “OK”
- Select luma/ chroma separation filter, see Table 4.
- filter 1
- “OK”
- Select luma/ chroma separation filter, see Table 4.
- filter 2
- “OK”
- Select luma/ chroma separation filter, see Table 4.
- filter 3
- “OK”
- Select luma/ chroma separation filter, see Table 4.
- Table 6: All commands available to the user
- According to the Flashlink-protocol, no card can use the RS422-bus before the '?' (hello) command is sent the card at least once. The response from ADC-SDI will be:
- xxxxADC-SDI\ PIC sw rev X.X.X\ FPGA sw rev X\ Protocol ver X.X
- Here xxxx denotes the source and destination rack and slot coordinates, while X represents a version number. As of primo February 2002, these revisions would be:
- xxxxADC-SDI\ PIC sw rev 1.1.0\ FPGA sw rev 7\ Protocol ver 1.0
- This command reports the entire state of the card. An example:
- xxxxChannel Select: automatic\ Locked PAL CVBS Ch. 1
- The “info” command is composed by many minor lines, fully specified in Table 7. In general, when a condition is normal, it is not reported. For instance, EDH will normally be enabled. It is only when it is disabled its state is reported.
- The commands AutoSearch, CVBSCh1, CVBSCh2 and SVideo all determine the channel search mode of the card. The AutoSearch-command will let the ADC-SDI-card search for any possible input type: CVBS Ch. 1, CVBS Ch. 2 or S-Video with Luma on Ch. 1 and Chroma on Ch. 2. The other three commands will force the ADC-SDI-card to search for only one of the three input types.
- Commands to turn on/off the Mark Field 1-feature or the EDH inclusion in the SDI output are both straightforward text, see Table 6.
- These commands are factory internal. The end-user should avoid these commands.
- Commands to select between different luma/chroma separation filters.
- Status of
- Status string
- Comment
- Channel Select
- Channel Select: Automatic
- Search for any legal type of input signal on the 2 input channels.
- Channel Select: Ch. 1 CVBS
- Search for CVBS Ch. 1
- Channel Select: Ch. 2 CVBS
- Search for CVBS Ch. 2
- Channel Select: S-Video
- Search for S-Video, Luma Ch. 1, Chroma Ch. 2
- Analog input and SDI output
- Searching for input on Ch1 and Ch2
- No input signal detected. Searching for any legal type of input (Channel Select: Automatic). No SDI output.
- Searching for CVBS, Ch. 1
- No input signal detected. Searching for CVBS, Ch. 1 (Channel Select: Ch. 1 CVBS).
- No SDI output.
- Searching for CVBS, Ch. 2
- No input signal detected. Searching for CVBS, Ch. 2 (Channel Select: Ch. 2 CVBS).
- No SDI output.
- Searching for S-Video
- No input signal detected. Searching for S-Video Channel Select: S-Video). No SDI output.
- Try lock CVBS Ch. 1
- CVBS found on Ch. 1, not yet locked. No SDI output.
- Try lock CVBS Ch. 2
- CVBS found on Ch. 2, not yet locked. No SDI output.
- Try lock S-Video
- S-Video found, not yet locked. No SDI output.
- Locked
- Stable locked CVBS on Ch. 1. SDI output is on.
- Locked
- Stable locked CVBS on Ch. 2. SDI output is on.
- Locked
- Stable locked S-Video input. SDI output is on.
- Valid video standards: NTSC, NTSC 4.43, PAL, (M) PAL and (Combination-N) PAL.
- EDH
- EDH off
- No EDH information in SDI output.
- (No EDH status string)
- EDH information is included in SDI output.
- Field 1 marking
- Field 1 marking off
- The Mark Field 1-feature is turned off
- (No Field 1 marking-string)
- Mark Field 1-feature is turned on
- Filter 0
- No filter status string
- Luma / chroma separation filter 0 selected
- Filter 1
- Filter mode 1
- Luma / chroma separation filter 1 selected
- Filter 2
- Filter mode 2
- Luma / chroma separation filter 2 selected
- Filter 3
- Filter mode 3
- Luma / chroma separation filter 3 selected
- Table 7: The info command broken up in components.
- General environmental requirements for Network Electronics equipment
- 1.
- The equipment will meet the guaranteed performance specification under the following environmental conditions:
- -
- Operating room temperature range:
- 0°C to 40°C
- -
- Operating relative humidity range:
- Up to 90% (non-condensing)
- 2.
- The equipment will operate without damage under the following environmental conditions:
- -
- Temperature range:
- -10°C to 50°C
- -
- Relative humidity range:
- Up to 95% (non-condensing)
- Product Warranty
- The warranty terms and conditions for the product(s) covered by this manual follow the General Sales Conditions by Network Electronics AS. These conditions are available on the company web site of Network Electronics AS:
- www.network-electronics.com
- For product sold into China after 1st March 2007, we comply with the “Administrative Measure on the Control of Pollution by Electronic Information Products”. In the first stage of this legislation, content of six hazardous materials has to be declared. The table below shows the required information.
- 組成名稱
- Part Name
- Toxic or hazardous substances and elements
- 鉛
- Lead
- (Pb)
- 汞
- Mercury
- (Hg)
- 镉
- Cadmium
- (Cd)
- 六价铬
- Hexavalent Chromium
- (Cr(VI))
- 多溴联苯
- Polybrominated biphenyls
- (PBB)
- 多溴二苯醚
- Polybrominated diphenyl ethers
- (PBDE)
- ADC-SDI
- X
- O
- O
- O
- O
- O
- O: Indicates that this toxic or hazardous substance contained in all of the homogeneous materials for this part is below the limit requirement in SJ/T11363-2006.
- X: Indicates that this toxic or hazardous substance contained in at least one of the homogeneous materials used for this part is above the limit requirement in SJ/T11363-2006.
- The manual must include a statement of the “environmentally friendly use period”. This is defined as the period of normal use before any hazardous material is released to the environment. The guidance on how the EFUP is to be calculated is not finalised at the time of writing. See http://www.aeanet.org/GovernmentAffairs/qfLeOpAaZXaMxqGjSFbEidSdPNtpT.pdf for an unofficial translation of the draft guidance. For our own products, Network Electronics has chosen to use the 50 year figure recommended in this draft regulation.
- Network Electronics suggests the following statement on An “Environmentally Friendly Use Period” (EFUP) setting out normal use:
- EFUP is the time the product can be used in normal service life without leaking the hazardous materials. We expect the normal use environment to be in an equipment room at controlled temperature range (0ºC 40ºC) with moderate humidity (< 90%, non-condensing) and clean air, not subject to vibration or shock.
- Further, a statement on any hazardous material content, for instance, for a product that uses some tin/lead solders:
- Where a product contains potentially hazardous materials, this is indicated on the product by the appropriate symbol containing the EFUP. The hazardous material content is limited to lead (Pb) in some solders. This is extremely stable in normal use and the EFUP is taken as 50 years, by comparison with the EFUP given for Digital Exchange/Switching Platform in equipment in Appendix A of “General Rule of Environment-Friendly Use Period of Electronic Information Products”. This is indicated by the product marking:
- It is assumed that while the product is in normal use, any batteries associated with real-time clocks or battery-backed RAM will be replaced at the regular intervals.
- The EFUP relates only to the environmental impact of the product in normal use, it does not imply that the product will continue to be supported for 50 years.
- Network Electronics provides assistance to customers and recyclers through our web site http://www.network-electronics.com. Please contact Network Electronics’ Customer Support for assistance with recycling if this site does not show the information you require.
- Where it is not possible to return the product to Network Electronics or its agents for recycling, the following general information may be of assistance:
- Before attempting disassembly, ensure the product is completely disconnected from power and signal connections.
- All major parts are marked or labelled to show their material content.
- Depending on the date of manufacture, this product may contain lead in solder.
- Some circuit boards may contain battery-backed memory devices.
- EC Declaration of Conformity
- MANUFACTURER
- Network Electronics AS
- P.B. 1020, N-3204 SANDEFJORD, Norway
- AUTHORISED REPRESENTATIVE
- (Established within the EEA)
- Not applicable
- MODEL NUMBER(S)
- ADC-SDI
- DESCRIPTION
- NTSC/PAL to SDI encoder
- DIRECTIVES this equipment complies with
- LVD 73/23/EEC
- EMC 2004/108/EEC
- HARMONISED STANDARDS applied in order to verify compliance with Directive(s)
- EN 55103-1:1996
- EN 55103-2:1996
- TEST REPORTS ISSUED BY
- Notified/Competent Body
- Report no:
- Nemko
- E07379.00
- TECHNICAL CONSTRUCTION FILE NO
- Not applicable
- YEAR WHICH THE CE-MARK WAS AFFIXED
- 2008
- TEST AUTHORIZED SIGNATORY
- MANUFACTURER
- AUTHORISED REPRESENTATIVE
- (Established within EEA)
- Date of Issue
- 2008-07-14
- Place of Issue
- Not applicable
- Sandefjord, Norway
- Name
- Thomas Øhrbom
- Position
- Quality Manager
- (authorised signature)