Grass Valley Fiber Media Converter - Manual (Page 24)

24 Media Converters — Instruction Manual
Installation and Operation
To connect a VMC or MVMC in a standalone application ( Figure 10 ), do the
following:
1. Connect the VMC or MVMC receiver or transmitter to the BNC of the
video device.
CAUTION These are Class A laser devices, use caution when handling laser signals.
2. Remove the protective dust plug on the fiber optic connector and attach
the correct fiber optic link to the VMC or MVMC.
3. Connect the Mini-XLR connection on the VMC or MVMC to the correct
type of wall plug power supply for your region of the world. Refer to
Power Supplies on page 21 for the different models.
4. Connect the wall plug to a power source (not shown).
Figure 10. VMC in Standalone Configuration
Both the VMC and the MVMC have mini-LEDs on the rear of the unit that
light to indicate the status of the signal (
Figure 10 for the VMC module).
The color and action of the LEDs are given in Table 1 .
Table 1. VMC and MVMC TX/RX Mini LED Status Conditions
Mini LED Status TX (transmitter) RX (receiver)
Green Normal operation Normal operation
Red Transmit fault Optical input signal out of range
Orange N/A Re-clocker not locked (VMC only)
Blinking Green No cable connected LOS (no optical input signal)
Blinking Red DDMI Alarm
1
1 For DDMI (Digital Diagnostics Monitoring Interface) information, refer to DDMI Web Page Status Moni-
toring on page 37 .
DDMI Alarm
1
Blinking Orange DDMI Warning DDMI Warning
BNC connection to
video equipment.
Fiber optic connection
to correct fiber type
Mini-XLR to Mini-XLR
power connection.
(transmit or receive).
Status indicator mini LED