VANC Monitor User Manual
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1. 02 Vanc Monitor 2 4 0 Card 890000000123 Video Type 10801 59 94Hz DID SDID Map Caption Text 608 Embedded XDS 608 61 2 708 Native Primary Caption Secondary Caption Other Sonic Designed to work with the TTX890 Multi format HD SDI SD SDI TV Data De embedder Decoder WHAZ it VANC Monitor software automatically alerts you to missing or missed matched VANC data based on your pre defined criteria 608 Embedded CC1 C CC2 C CC3 C cCC4 C T1 C T2 C T3 C T4 Designed to work with the TTX890 Multi format HD SDI SD SDI TV Data De embedder Decoder WHAZ it VANC Monitor software automatically alerts you to missing or missed matched VANC data based on your pre defined criteria Caption Text Tab Using VANC Monitor 3 3 608 Embedded XDS Tab The 608 Embedded XDS tab shows the 608 XDS data which is carried as part of the 708 data This will be the caption data delivered to an NTSC TV set from a settop box tuned to an ATSC signal The most common Extended Data Service XDS data is shown on the screen The boxes to the right of each XDS record show counters of the time in seconds since the last record of that type and the total time between the last two records The data will be erased from display if it is not refreshed within 30 seconds Vanc Monitor 2 4 0 Card 890000000123 Video Type 1080i 59 94Hz DID SDID Map Caption Text Show Rating CGMS TVPG TV G 32. 5041 RCD 1 CGMS A One Generation APS No APS ASB 0 7 Network NPSG In Affiliate wk RI TSID fr 234 fo Type Classical Fantasy 16 Description Episode One s Other 3 4 Using VANC Monitor Durat 01 00 elapsed 00 23 28 608 Embedded XDS Tab VANC Monitor User Manual Iss 02 608 61 2 Tab The 608 61 2 tab shows 608 caption data embedded in the VANC in DID 61 SDID 02 according to SMPTE 334 It is decoded and presented in the same way as 608 embedded data Vanc Monitor 2 4 0 Card 890000000123 v VideoType 1080 59 94Hz DID SDID Map Caption Text fe teca gi gin ge ii cai Cod is Networks and stations can scrutinize HDTV signals at ingest to insure audio metadata and captions are present and as expected Designed to work with the TTX890 Multi format HD SDI SD SDI TV Data De embedder Decoder Show rneone show Mm To Rang fypg Rp B CGMS 5041 RCD 1 CGMS A One Generation APS No APS ASB 0 p pa Network JNPSG fo Affiliate JCNPK ps TD 24 a we sscsaFaway je Description Episode One Rh B Other Durat 01 00 elapsed 00 28 Po 608 61 2 Tab VANC Monitor User Manual Iss 02 Using VANC Monitor 3 5 Broadcast Flag Tab For the Broadcast Flag the time interval between repeats of the broadcast flag is displayed Vanc Monitor 2 4 0 Card 855000000123 Video Type f 080 59 94Hz DID SDID Map Broadcast Flag every 19 se
3. EEE lt YO ss S99 Ross Video Limited VANC Monitor User Manual ROSS Live Production Technology VANC Monitor User Manual Ross Part Number WHZ890DR 004 02 Release Date October 1 2010 Printed in Canada The information contained in this manual is subject to change without notice or obligation Copyright O 2010 Ross Video Limited All rights reserved Contents of this publication may not be reproduced in any form without the written permission of Ross Video Limited Reproduction or reverse engineering of copyrighted software is prohibited Patents This product is protected by the following US Patents 4 205 346 5 115 314 5 280 346 5 561 404 7 034 886 7 508 455 This product is protected by the following Canadian Patents 2039277 1237518 1127289 Other patents pending Notice The material in this manual is furnished for informational use only It is subject to change without notice and should not be construed as commitment by Ross Video Limited Ross Video Limited assumes no responsibility or liability for errors or inaccuracies that may appear in this manual Trademarks ROSS is a registered trademark of Ross Video Limited Ross ROSS ROSS are registered trademarks of Ross Video Limited Microsoft and Windows are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the U S A and or other countries e Pentium is a trademark of Intel Corporation in the U S and or
4. Metadata Captioning Broadcast Flag and Active Format Description determine if VANC Monitor will monitor these streams Check the box if you wish to monitor each of the signals The data will be decoded and displayed if present whether or not the box is checked Checking the box enables error messages and warning indicators when the data is not present Play Alarm The Play Alarm combo boxes determine if a sound will be played how it will be played and what that sound will be if VANC Monitor detects a loss of signal There will be no sound played when the sound is set to none When a sound is selected the box below determines if it will be played just once or will play until it is turned off by clicking on the tab of the monitor tab generating the error You can place more sounds into the executable directory and they will become available for use Captioning Captioning has additional settings A combo box sets how long captions should dwell on the screen before being erased This removes any stale captioning text from the display There 1s a check box to select the display of two caption languages When unchecked the Caption tab displays one 608 caption stream and one 708 caption stream each of which is selectable When this box is checked CC1 CC3 S1 and S2 are displayed in separate windows This shows the primary and secondary captions for both the 608 and 708 streams on the same screen simultaneously The final feature allows the captioning
5. VANC Monitor 3 1 Overview The VANC Monitor program has six tabs One each for Audio Metadata Captioning Broadcast Flag Active Format Description Dump and DID SDIS The four main streams Audio Metadata Captioning Broadcast Flag and AFD have graphic indicators on the tab If the stream is present the tab will be green If the stream is not present the tab will be flashing red Clicking on the tab will stop it flashing The tab will go green if the signal has already returned or go red if the stream is still not present If you have set up VANC Monitor so that a stream is not being monitored then the tab will be yellow at all times Vanc Monitor 2 4 0 Card 890000000123 w Video Type 1080 59 94Hz Look for data in SDID 01 Default for a single set of metadata v Dolby E I Program Config 51 Frame Rate 23 97 Hz Pitch Shift 0 Time Code Joo 00 00 00 SMPTE 2020 Method B Jv Essential Match Pgm 1 ProgramID 0 Prefered Stereo Downmix Lt Rt Preferred x LFE Channel Enable E Audio Production Info Bit Stream Mode Complete Main CM X Copyright Bit Channel Mode 372 LuRt C Mix Level 30 dB x Original Bitstream Dialogue Level far dB Lt Rt Sur Mix Level 30 dB E BER iun Center Mix Level 30 dB Lo Ro C Mix Level 30 dB x Lowpass Filter De LFE Filter Surround Mix Level 30 dB Lo Ro Sur Mix Level 30 dB X Surround Phase Shift Dolby Surround Mode Surround Mix Level en dBSPL Surr
6. text to be written to files A file is opened for each of the caption streams in the executable directory 2 2 Configuring the VANC Monitor Program VANC Monitor User Manual Iss 02 Alarms There are three possible ways for visual warnings to display in VANC Monitor The type of visual display is controlled by the warning combo box at the bottom of the screen Flat chooses a 2D icon Led chooses a 3D icon and Tab chooses the entire tab The indicator will be green when data is present and correct red when the data is not present or is incorrect and yellow if monitoring is disabled VANC Monitor User Manual Iss 02 Configuring the VANC Monitor Program 2 3 Audio Metadata The ConfigManager program is used to configure how audio metadata is monitored VANC Monitor does two distinct tasks It monitors for loss of audio metadata and it checks the incoming metadata against expected profiles The ConfigManager sets up these profiles Vanc Config Manager 1 1 1 Dolby E M Pesan Config 51 2 Not Allowed Frame Rate any Pgm2 Bit Stream Mode Any LFE Channel Enable Channel Mode Any Lt Rt C Mix Level Any E Audio Production Info Dialogue Level An LuRt Sur Mix Level Any Copyright Bit Center Mix Level Any w Lo RoC Mix Level Any Original Bitstream Surround Mix Level lay x Lo Ro Sur Mix Level lay A D Converter HDCD Dolby Surround Medea x Mix Level lay DC Highpass Filter Surround EX Mo
7. Active Format Description and Bar Data Monitoring A Map ofthe VANC Space Showing DID SDID Usage e Hexadecimal Dump of DID SDID Packets e Capture of VANC Data to a File System Requirements The VANC Monitor program is designed to run on a Windows based PC It requires a TTX890 card for each video stream you wish to monitor The following are the system requirements for the VANC Monitor program e Microsoft Windows Based PC 500MHz Intel Pentium e 256M of RAM e 50M of disk space e CDROM for installation e Microsoft Windows 2000 XP or Vista TTXS890 Card s 1 2 Installation VANC Monitor User Manual Iss 02 Installing the VANC Monitor Program Run the TTX890 driver install on the CD before installing the TTX890 card s into the PC Place the CD into the drive and it should auto run and present a menu Select Install the TTX890 Driver from the menu and follow the instructions Turn off the PC and install the TTX890 card s When the PC next starts it will detect the new card s and install the driver automatically To install the VANC Monitor application put the install CD into the drive It should auto run and display the menu Click on the line to install the VANC Monitor programs and follow the install instructions This is a standard windows install and will work for Windows 2000 XP and Vista The install program will place three application on your PC e VANCMonSet a program to configure operation of the VANC Mo
8. conds Broadcast Flag Tab 3 6 Using VANC Monitor VANC Monitor User Manual Iss 02 AFD Tab The AFD tab displays the current Active Format Description code and its meaning There is also a graphical depiction on the meaning of the code Bar data is displayed if it is indicated in the AFD Data Vanc Monitor 2 4 0 Card 890000000123 Video Type 1080i 59 94Hz Active Format Description AFD fot DO Letterbox greater than 16 9 image centered r Bar Data Bottom 491 AFD Tab VANC Monitor User Manual Iss 02 Using VANC Monitor 3 7 DID SDID Tab The DID SDID tab shows a map of VANC line usage The table expands and contracts to show Just the VANC lines currently in use Each row of the table represents chroma or luma for a single VANC line Each entry of table shows a DID SDID record which is on the line If you hover the mouse pointer over the DID SDID it will bring up a tool tip describing the content if known and the record size Double clicking on the DID SDID takes you to the appropriate tab to view the data Vanc Monitor 2 4 0 Card 890000000123 Video Type 10801 59 94Hz Line 9 Chroma Fiela 1 5725 D5725 enza Gin fine 9 Chroma Fiela 2 5 25 NS Line 10 Chroma Field 1 BMG 621 Line 11 Chroma Fiela 1 DEM Line 11 Chroma Fiela 2 DEM DID SDID Tab 3 8 Using VANC Monitor VANC Monitor User Manual Iss 02 Dump Tab The Dump tab allows for
9. de jay Room Typelany x Lowpass Filter Dynamic Range Compression Line Mode jay LFE Filter Dynamic Range Compression RF Mode jay Surround Phase Shift Preferred Stereo Downmix jay Surround 3dB Atten RF Overmod Protect Save Changes Vanc Config Manager There are 24 Program Configurations possible with audio metadata Typically you will support only a small number of these At the top of the screen in the Dolby E section there is a Program Config combo box Select each program configuration in turn and check or uncheck the Not Allowed box for that configuration Notice that as you change program configurations the Pgm tabs change For each of the program configurations that you allow you should set each attribute of each of the programs Pgm Each attribute such as Bit Stream Mode has a combo box containing all the possible settings plus the Any setting The incoming metadata must match the attribute you select or the monitored data will be reported as in error If you select Any then no errors will be reported 2 4 Configuring the VANC Monitor Program VANC Monitor User Manual Iss 02 Using VANC Monitor In This Chapter This chapter provides a summary of the menus available for the VANC Monitor The following topics are discussed e Overview Caption Text Tab 608 Embedded XDS Tab 608 61 2 Tab e Broadcast Flag Tab AFD Tab DID SDID Tab Dump Tab VANC Monitor User Manual Iss 02 Using
10. e 652 e 4425 1 613 e 652 e 4886 1 613 e 349 e 0006 techsupport rossvideo com solutions rossvideo com http www rossvideo com Contents Installation 1 uu dau l I E vafa AR a iaia 1 2 System Requirement eene ener ener enne 1 2 Installing the VANC Monitor Program ii 1 3 Configuring the VANC Monitor Program 2 aul C 2 2 Audio Metadata einen a RHODE URBIS 2 4 Using VANC Monitor 3 Overmview niisis ali saio ie lana iaia 3 2 Caption Text Tab ito lara eee 3 3 608 Embedded XDS Tab iei aaa iaia 3 4 SUN PAM MC EP 3 5 Broadcast ETE 3 6 AED TAD NC DRE 3 7 DID SDID Tab cristalli iae eene tob Dee re Un ER EH aaa 3 8 Dump Rabo raia caste E A MNA 3 9 VANC Monitor User Manual Iss 02 Contents i ii Contents VANC Monitor User Manual Iss 02 installation In This Chapter This chapter provides instructions for installing the VANC Monitor software The following topics are discussed Overview Installing the VANC Monitor Program VANC Monitor User Manual Iss 02 Installation e 1 1 Overview The VANC Monitor program is designed to monitor the VANC content of a SMPTE 292M signal It requires the use of one or more TTX890 cards The program provides Audio Metadata Monitoring Closed Captioning Monitoring e Capture of Captioning Text to a File Broadcast Flag Monitoring e
11. nitor program e VANCConfigMan program to configure the monitoring of audio metadata e VANC Monitor The main monitoring application You must run the configuration programs before running VANC Monitor VANC Monitor User Manual Iss 02 Installation 1 3 1 4 Installation VANC Monitor User Manual Iss 02 Configuring the VANC Monitor Program In This Chapter This chapter provides instructions for configuring the VANC Monitor program The following topics are discussed e Overview e Audio Metadata VANC Monitor User Manual Iss 02 Configuring the VANC Monitor Program 2 1 Overview The VancMonsSet program is used to configure the VANC Monitor program The main screen is shown below YancMonitor Setup 2 3 1 3 IV jr Audio Metadata Play Alarm Sound3 wav z Play larm Once Si v r Captioning 708 CDP Play larm Sound2 wav Play Alarm Until Shut Off x Automatically Erase Captions After fis seconds z TT Support for two simultaneous languages Do not write caption text to log files v r Captioning 608 61 02 Play Alarm None v Play Alarm Once Automatically Erase Captions After fio seconds v r Broadcast Flag Play Alarm None Play Alarm Once v Active Format Description AFD Play Alarm None Play Alarm Once Show warnings as fr ab OK Cancel VancMonitor Setup Menu The check boxes beside Audio
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13. ound 3dB Atten RF Overmod Protect Surround EX Mode Not Surround Ex Room TypelNot Indicated Dynamic Range Compression Line Mode None RF Mode None Sync Segments Originator ID Metadata Tool Address 33408 Sample Offset 21 Jv SF Vanc Monitor Overview At the top of the program window above the tabs are the TTX890 card selector combo box and the current video mode of the selected card You will be able to select which TTX890 card to display with the monitor using the combo box The video mode display will change if the video to the TTX890 card changes or you select a different TTX890 card using the combo box The tab for each of the streams contains the monitored data for that stream In the case of Audio Metadata it includes which program configuration is currently being used and the attribute settings for each program The attribute will be in red if it does not match the configuration set up using the ConfigManager 3 2 Using VANC Monitor VANC Monitor User Manual Iss 02 Caption Text Tab Monitoring for captioning includes the text which is currently being displayed by both 708 ATSC and 608 NTSC decoders There are three sub tabs under captioning that show the different captioning content The Caption Text tab shows the native 708 caption data and the 608 embedded caption text The radio buttons at the top of the screen select which caption stream language is displayed VANC Monitor User Manual Iss
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15. the display of the contents of a DID SDID packet Fill in the DID and SDID and the display will show the packets as they go by The button allows you to pause the display to show the contents of one particular packet The dump can be written to a file While in the paused state select a filename and specify if the data is to be stored raw or as text encoded hexadecimal file VANC Monitor User Manual Iss 02 Vanc Monitor 2 4 0 Card 890000000123 Video Type 10801 59 94Hz DID SDID Map 96 69 49 F4 41 00 Ol 72 F FC 80 80 FD 80 80 FF ilt rt 0 Ol 22 FE 80 80 FE 43 80 FE 80 80 FA 80 80 FA 80 C z z 80 FA 80 80 FA 80 80 FA 80 80 z z z z z FA 80 80 FA 80 80 FA 80 80 FA 80 80 FA 80 80 FA z z z z z z 80 80 FA 80 80 74 00 Ol SS Z t U DID SDID er fa Found on Line 8 Field 1 in Chroma Channel Save to pe Default bin Select File Do not save data into the file Save raw data in bnary file C Save data as hexidecimal in text file Dump Tab Using VANC Monitor 3 9 Contact Us Contact our friendly and professional support representatives for the following e Name and address of your local dealer e Product information and pricing Technical support e Upcoming trade show information General Business Office and Technical Support al PHONE After Hours Emergency 613 349 0006 Fax 613 652 4425 General Information solution
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