Grass Valley NV8500 Series v.3.5 - Manual (Page 19)

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NV8500 Series
User’s Guide
The NV8500 series routers support the following video formats:
Standard vs. Hybrid
I/O modules are grouped into two categories: standard or hybrid.
Standard I/O can routes video signals (SDI) with or without embedded audio (up to 16 chan-
nels), or audio signals (AES pairs). For routers other than the NV8140, standard input cards have
9 inputs. For the NV8140, standard input cards have 18 inputs
Standard output cards have 18 outputs.
Note: Expanded NV8576-Plus routers are a special case. They comprise 2 router frames that
are interconnected. The bulk of the interconnection is through “expansion output cards.”
Standard expansion output cards have 9 outputs.
Hybrid I/O has video and audio signals on the same card. Disembedder (input) cards have 8
video signals with embedded audio. Embedder (output) cards have 16 video signals with
embedded audio. Embedder expansion output card have 8 video signals with embedded audio.
MADI (a.k.a 3Gig/TDM) input cards have 8 video inputs and 1 MADI input (up to 64 channels).
MADI output cards have 16 video outputs and 2 MADI outputs (56 or 64 channels each). The
video, with embedded audio, of a MADI input card is passed through the router, with its audio
unaltered. MADI expansion output card have 8 video signals and 1 MADI output (56 or 64
channels).
IP gateway input cards receive 8 video inputs from 3 10GE Ethernet ports. IP gateway output
cards transmit 8 video outputs on 3 10GE Ethernet ports. IP gateway cards are presently
restricted in use. They support tieline connections only.
Standard I/O cards and hybrid I/O cards can be inter-mixed in the same router. The router is
considered a hybrid router if at least one of the cards is a hybrid card. A hybrid router requires that
all control cards, crosspoint cards and redundant crosspoint cards also be hybrid.
3Gig (SD, HD, or
3Gig) Coax: SMPTE 259M,
272M, 274M, 292M,
296M, 299M, 424M
Fiber optic: SMPTE 297-
2006
Standard Video rates from 19 Mb/s to 2.97 Gb/s.
Outputs: automatic reclocking at 270 Mb/s
and 1.483, 1.485, 2.966, or 2.970 Gb/s. Auto-
matic reclocker bypass, with pass-through,
for other rates.
Embedded audio passed through
Coax: SMPTE 259M,
272M, 274M, 292M,
296M, 299M, 424M
(Fiber not supported)
Hybrid Video rates from 19 Mb/s to 2.97 Gb/s.
Outputs: automatic reclocking at 270 Mb/s
and 1.483, 1.485, 2.966, or 2.970 Gb/s.
1080p60
1080i60
1080p59.94
1080p50
1080i59.94
1080i50
1080p30
1080psf30 1080p29.97
1080psf29.97
1080p25
1080psf25
1080p24
1080psf24
1080p23.98
1080psf23.98 720p60
720p59.94
720p50
720p30
720p29.97
720p25
720p24
720p23.98 525i59.94
625i50 These video formats are support
by all standard and hybrid cards.
Signal Type Standard Card Class Rates Supported