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LE-2n desktop legaliser user manual

1. REMOTE POWER For remote power operation BUS IN must be connected to the PANEL socket of an FB SE or the BUS OUT connection an RR SE which is so connected 2 3 LE 2n Power and control connection using an FP 9 19 eyeheight Unit 34 Park House Watford Business Park Greenhill Crescent Watford Herts GB WD18 8PH Reg No 2855535 Telephone 44 0 1923 256 000 Fax 44 0 1923 256 100 email eyesales eyeheight com The Ethernet cable must be lt 2M long or you may experience fading of the FP 9 display due to voltage drop from the power supply in the LE 2n If you wish to mount the FP 9 panel very remotely up to 150 Metres then set the power switch on the RR 9 Rear box for the FP 9 to LOC Local and use the power supply supplied with the RR 9 to power the panel 2 8 1 Flexipanel controls Device Buttons with LEDS are used to switch from one processing card to NEXT menu Button eyeheight PS2 Keyboard PREV menu Menu Windows Button i Connector r Rotory Digipots A B C D display 4 A B C D with LEDS n rapsen ata eg These are used to ach menu can have change parameters in up to 3 parameters the menu windows Figure 2 4 Flexipanel FP 9 controls 2 8 2 Device Buttons There are 8 grey device buttons These switch between the currently selected processing cards installed in the etherbox It is also possible to select cards in another chassis if the I Bus is connected to the other chassis 2 8 3 Menu
2. Go To 67 eyeheight Unit 34 Park House Watford Business Park Greenhill Crescent Watford Herts GB WD18 8PH Reg No 2855535 Telephone 44 0 1923 256 000 Fax 44 0 1923 256 100 email eyesales eyeheight com Menus 184 187 Menus 196 199 Factory reset menu Menu Num Heading Function 196 ge ge 197 ge 198 Factory Reset Pressing this button will confirm you confirmation want to perform reset the LE 2 to its factory settings The menu icon will change to please wait while the action is performed WARNING Performing a factory reset will permanently erase all user memories that have been stored as well as erasing the current power on State 199 Back Pressing the button takes you to the previous level of menus Go To Menus 188 191 Menus 200 203 Software upgrade in progress info menu Menu Num Heading Function 200 SS Ss 201 ges SS 202 Se 203 SE 68 eyeheight Unit 34 Park House Watford Business Park Greenhill Crescent Watford Herts GB WD18 8PH Reg No 2855535 Telephone 44 0 1923 256 000 Fax 44 0 1923 256 100 email eyesales eyeheight com Menus 204 207 Proc amp gain NTSC IRE Menu Num GER Heading Function Luma gain This menu adjusts the luma gain adjustment between 0 and 200 Chroma gain This menu adjusts the chroma gain adjustment between 0 and 200 206 Black lift This menu adjusts the black lift between 30 0 IRE and 30 0 IRE 207 Back Pressing the button ta
3. Preset memories menu 1 2 Menu Num Heading Function 152 Load preset 1 Pressing this button loads the PAL normal preset memory For details on the preset memories see section 5 1 2 153 Load preset 2 Pressing this button loads the NTSC normal preset memory 154 Load preset 3 Pressing this button loads the Bypass all preset memory 155 Back Pressing the button takes you to the 6 eyeheight Unit 34 Park House Watford Business Park Greenhill Crescent Watford Herts GB WD18 8PH Reg No 2855535 Telephone 44 0 1923 256 000 Fax 44 0 1923 256 100 email eyesales eyeheight com previous level of menus Go To Menus 148 151 Pressing the next button on the panel will take you to the next menu in the nested menu sequence Go To Menus 156 159 Menus 156 159 Preset memories menu 2 2 Menu Num Num Heading Function 156 Load preset 4 Pressing this button loads the PAL normal preset memory For details on the preset memories see section 5 1 2 Load preset 5 Pressing this button loads the PAL normal preset memory 158 Load preset 6 Pressing this button loads the PAL normal preset memory 159 Back Pressing the button takes you to the previous level of menus Go To Menus 148 151 Pressing the prev button on the panel will take you to the previous menu in the nested menu sequence Go To Menus 152 155 Menus 160 163 User memories menu 1 4 Menu
4. previous level of menus Go To Menus 08 11 Menu Num Heading 184 LE 2 version number 185 186 Upgrade software menu 187 Back Function This menu displays the version number of the LE 2 Pressing the button takes you to the upgrade software menu Go To Menus 192 195 Pressing the button takes you to the previous level of menus Go To Menus 180 183 66 eyeheight Unit 34 Park House Watford Business Park Greenhill Crescent Watford Herts GB WD18 8PH Reg No 2855535 Telephone 44 0 1923 256 000 Fax 44 0 1923 256 100 email eyesales eyeheight com Menus 188 191 Resets menu Menu Num Heading Function 188 Reboot unit Pressing this will reset the LE 2 The unit should finish rebooting within 30 seconds or so and it should have the same settings loaded as it had before the reset button was pressed 189 Factory reset Pressing the button takes you to the factory reset menu Go To Menus 196 199 190 191 Back Pressing the button takes you to the previous level of menus Go To Menus 180 183 Menus 192 195 Software upgrade menu Menu Num Heading Function 192 193 194 software upgrage Pressing this button will confirm you confirmation want to update the software of the LE 2 and will jump to the message displayed on Menus 200 203 The details of the update procedure can be found in section 8 195 Back Pressing the button takes you to the previous level of menus
5. Click the Send button lf the Status Bar shows Message Sent the message has been successfully sent and the user memory renamed 2 7 3 Using the messaging system to lock or hide menus from the user Provision has been provided to Lock or Hide menus from the user Locking menus can prevent inadvertent miss operation of the product in some circumstances Hiding menus can be used to ease the use of a product where certain menus are not applicable to the user It is also possible to for example hide all the menus except for the user memories Which can be individually named by the user and program the memories only for specific functions relevant to the user so effectively making a Custom system The following describes how to lock or hide menus from the user e Ensure that the softPanel has the product which requires its name changing currently selected e Use Tools gt Send Message to enter the messaging system e Type Lnn to lock or Hnn to hide where nn is a 2 digit number representing a menu number For example L12 will lock menu 12 e Click the Send button lf the Status Bar shows Message Sent the message has been successfully sent and menu number 12 will be locked from use e Asmall padlock symbol will appear in menu 12 To unlock or un hide a menu using the above general procedure type Ann To apply a global lock to the entire device type L with no 2 digit number A global lock can
6. EE 76 T5223 FOI AS e E E E 77 4 eyeheight Unit 34 Park House Watford Business Park Greenhill Crescent Watford Herts GB WD18 8PH Reg No 2855535 Telephone 44 0 1923 256 000 Fax 44 0 1923 256 100 email eyesales eyeheight com Table of Figures Figure 1 1 Figure 1 1 Nanobox chassis with worldwide PSU and USB Cable 6 FOUS EN ME 1 EE 8 Figure 2 1 Preset Indication LEDs and preset SELECTion switch 00 10 2 2 Diagram showing the power and data CONNECTIONS cccceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeees 11 2 3 LE 2n Power and control connection using an ER 19 Figure 2 4 Flexipanel FP 9 CONntrOls ccccceeeecseeeceeeeceseeceeeeceueesueeseeensees 20 Figure 2 5 Types of menus showing their characteristic colours sesessseesn 20 FIGURE Ca LEN COMMCC IONS saree deezersed cece cccreictanducees dad eiatdideeiatdeeiaheedieeatdediatcaet 22 Figure 3 2 LE 2n Typical CONNECTIONS ENEE 23 Figure 4 1 RGB Legaliser Structure cccccccccssecccesececeeeeeceeseecseeeeseueeeseaeeeeas 26 Figure 4 2 YCC Legaliser Structure ccccccccccseececeeeeeeeeeeesseeeesseseeseeseeseeeeeeas 27 Figure 4 3 Composite Legaliser Structure nssnssensesnnesrrerrrerrrrsrrenrrresrreeerne gt 28 Figure 4 4 Illegal Gource ecccceccccceeceeceeeeeceeeeeseeeesseecesseeeessaeeessaeeesseeeesaeeeeeas 28 ICUS Sire UN EE 29 Figure 4 6 Soft Clipped Output 29 FOUG a OGGING AOD Ca Ol GE RE 35 Figure 10 1 Typ
7. Navigation There are two ways to navigate from menu to menu 1 Using the NEXT and PREV buttons These are for Flat menu structures The NEXT and PREV LEDS will flash while further menus are available 2 Using a GOTO ANOTHER MENU LCD button as below coloured orange This is more common and will take you straight to a relevant set of menus Examples are the Play and UTILS menu s shown on Figure 8 Figure 2 5 Types of menus showing their characteristic colours 2 8 4 Parameter adjustment of a green menu A green menu is one in which there is only one adjustable parameter There are two ways to adjust the parameter in a green menu 20 eyeheight Unit 34 Park House Watford Business Park Greenhill Crescent Watford Herts GB WD18 8PH Reg No 2855535 Telephone 44 0 1923 256 000 Fax 44 0 1923 256 100 email eyesales eyeheight com 1 Press the green LCD button This will increment the value in that window This is most frequently done when the menu parameter is Textural for example switching a parameter between ON and OFF In this case a button press is most natural 2 Use the Rotary digipot A B C or D to adjust the parameter in the respective LCD window A B C or D The direction and speed of rotation enable numeric values to be set easily 2 8 5 Parameter adjustment of a red menu A red menu is one in which there is two or three adjustable parameters In this case it is necessary to first select the menu by pressing
8. On Board GPI s The LE 2 is a geNETics product The geNETics system uses generic Input Output cards which have 2 GPI s These GPI s activate the first 2 user memories in the system The user memories do have different initial names depending on the operational mode Memories are stored separately for 625 525 1080 and 720 line standards GPI 1 Activate User Memory 1 625 7 525 13 1080 19 720 GPI 2 Activate User Memory 2 625 8 525 14 1080 20 720 Activate Short to ground or logic OV See Appendix 6 1 2 Configuring tallies on the etherbox The LE 2 can use an etherbox tally to indicate that it is is bypass no processing mode The etherbox chassis has three usable tallies These are Tallies 11 12 and 13 Set up menu 121 for the box number and tally number that you wish to use If you do not wish to use a tally set the box number to 0 Refer to the etherbox manual for interface information 40 eyeheight Unit 34 Park House Watford Business Park Greenhill Crescent Watford Herts GB WD18 8PH Reg No 2855535 Telephone 44 0 1923 256 000 Fax 44 0 1923 256 100 email eyesales eyeheight com 7 Resetting the LE There are 2 types of resets available which don t involve removing the L 2 from the chassis Both of these are available from the following menu navigated to via Setup gt System Resets Menus 188 191 Resets menu The reboot this unit option will have the same effect as removing p
9. PLACED IN A COOL ENVIROMENT ROOM TEMPERATURE IS REASONABLE WITH ADAQUATE VENTELATION DO NOT COVER OR USE IN AN UNVENTELATED RESTRICTED SPACE 2 3 1 Installing the software The software is provided on an eyeheight USB flash drive which is supplied with the LE 2n The softPanel application requires no installation itself Simply run softpanel jar However it requires three platforms to be in place already e Java Runtime Environment Java 5 or later e RxTx serial drivers for Java see below e USB to serial drivers eyeheight Unit 34 Park House Watford Business Park Greenhill Crescent Watford Herts GB WD18 8PH Reg No 2855535 Telephone 44 0 1923 256 000 Fax 44 0 1923 256 100 email eyesales eyeheight com For full installation instructions please refer to the softPanel_manual_20xx pdf which is available by selecting Support gt Manuals gt Software on our website at Eyeheight com and is also supplied on the memory stick which comes with the LE 2n 2 4 Screen Layout Eyeheight softPanel r File Options Tools Help Device Info Toolba hd MlodeLegalr LE 2S017060844 00 Not Set h M ModeLegalr yj Display Rotary Next amp Riittane Controls Praviniis 2 4 1 Toolbar e File o Exit e Options o COM Port Tick the name of the COM Port that you want to use The application will enumerate this list of your COM Ports when it starts up o Baud Rate This is the speed of the seri
10. To Menus 112 115 Menus 112 115 Input details menu 2 2 Menu Num Heading Function 112 Input video colour This menu toggles the input video mode colour mode between YCbCr and RGB 113 Input video bit depth This menu toggles the input video bit depth between 10 and 12 bit 56 eyeheight Unit 34 Park House Watford Business Park Greenhill Crescent Watford Herts GB WD18 8PH Reg No 2855535 Telephone 44 0 1923 256 000 Fax 44 0 1923 256 100 email eyesales eyeheight com 114 Input video dynamic range 115 Back Menus 116 119 Output menu This menu cycles the input video dynamic range between 100 200 and 400 Pressing the button takes you to the previous level of menus Go To Menus 104 107 Pressing the prev button on the panel will take you to the previous menu in the nested menu sequence Go To Menus 108 111 Menu Num Heading 116 Output video config 117 Output video monitor settings 118 119 Back Menus 120 123 Utilities menu Function Pressing the button takes you to the output video configuration settings menu Go To Menus 224 227 Pressing the button takes you to the Output video monitor settings Go To Menus 220 223 Pressing the button takes you to the previous level of menus Go To Menus 104 107 Menu Num Heading 120 Log mode settings 121 Time code settings Function Pressing the button takes you to the logging setup menu Go To Menus 124
11. To Menus 24 27 19 Back Pressing the button takes you to the previous level of menus Go To Menus 04 07 Menus 20 23 Proc amp hue Menu Num Heading Function 20 Hue adjustment This button sets the value of the hue adjustment with a range of 180 to 180 degrees 21 22 23 Back Pressing the button takes you to the previous level of menus Go To Menus 16 19 45 eyeheight Unit 34 Park House Watford Business Park Greenhill Crescent Watford Herts GB WD18 8PH Reg No 2855535 Telephone 44 0 1923 256 000 Fax 44 0 1923 256 100 email eyesales eyeheight com Menus 24 27 Proc amp gain PAL mV Menu Num Heading Function 24 Luma gain This menu adjusts the luma gain adjustment between 0 and 200 25 Chroma gain This menu adjusts the chroma gain adjustment between 0 and 200 26 Black lift This menu adjusts the black lift between 200mV and 200mV 27 Back Pressing the button takes you to the previous level of menus Go To Menus 16 19 Menus 28 31 RGB YCC main menu Menu Num Heading Function 28 RGB setup Pressing the button takes you to the RGB legalisation menu Go To Menus 32 35 29 YCC setup Pressing the button takes you to the YCC legalisation menu Go To Menus 44 47 30 31 Back Pressing the button takes you to the previous level of menus Go To Menus 04 07 46 eyeheight Unit 34 Park House Watford Business Park Greenhill Crescent Watford Herts GB WD18 8PH
12. be suspended by hitting the stop button Where timecode is available to the unit in the format specified within the timecode menu of the LE 2 the application will log data against the timecode If the timecode stops the log will also stop If no timecode is present the application will log continually The received section gives details of the last log entry received whilst clicking on the graph window brings up the cursor and populates the cursor section with the log entry relating the selected bar The zoom control allows viewing of a larger area of the log data Logs can be saved and opened at a later date using the file menu Ce Eel File Log Comms Help TimeCode EE RA Ek Received Severe 5856893 Illegal PEIE TimeCode 19 00 29 00 CUrsor SEVERE 30 07 205 Illegal 43 34925 Clear Butter Size 1 Figure 4 7 Logging Application GUI 4 3 4 Setting up timecode extraction If timecode data is present in the input video it can be extracted for use with the logging software to give a precise view of exactly where illegal video is Setup of the timecode extraction is done from the below menu found under Setup gt Utils gt T Codes 35 eyeheight Unit 34 Park House Watford Business Park Greenhill Crescent Watford Herts GB WD18 8PH Reg No 2855535 Telephone 44 0 1923 256 000 Fax 44 0 1923 256 100 email eyesales eyeheight com Menus 128 131 Time code menu To set up timecode extraction select the timecode
13. eyeheight com nested menu sequence Go To Menus 168 171 Pressing the prev button on the panel will take you to the previous menu in the nested menu sequence Go To Menus 160 163 Menus 168 171 User memories menu 3 4 Menu Num Heading Function 168 Save user memory 1 Pressing this button saves the current unit settings to user memory 1 For details on the user memories see section 5 1 3 169 Save user memory 2 Pressing this button saves the current unit settings to user memory 2 170 Save user memory 3 Pressing this button saves the current unit settings to user memory 3 171 Back Pressing the button takes you to the previous level of menus Go To Menus 148 151 Pressing the next button on the panel will take you to the next menu in the nested menu sequence Go To Menus 172 175 Pressing the prev button on the panel will take you to the previous menu in the nested menu sequence Go To Menus 164 167 64 eyeheight Unit 34 Park House Watford Business Park Greenhill Crescent Wat
14. type from VITC LTC or ATC and if necessary select the ATC mode or VITC line numbers to further specify where the timecode data should be extracted from When this data is specified correctly the next time the logging application is used it will log the legaliser data with timecode data 36 eyeheight Unit 34 Park House Watford Business Park Greenhill Crescent Watford Herts GB WD18 8PH Reg No 2855535 Telephone 44 0 1923 256 000 Fax 44 0 1923 256 100 email eyesales eyeheight com 5 Other Features al Memories 5 1 1 Power on memory On power up this product will follow the power on memory settings set as on menu 144 ale Preset memories There are 6 preset memories which set the unit up with some common settings These are outlined below PAL normal Legalisation method to Comp Ring suppression off Comp Y high clip and knee to 700mV Comp Y low clip and knee to OmV Comp C high clip and knee to 930mV Comp C low clip and knee to 230mV Comp domain to PAL NTSC normal Legalisation method to Comp Ring suppression off Comp Y high clip and knee to 100 0 IRE Comp Y low clip and knee to 0 0 IRE Comp C high clip and knee to 120 0 IRE Comp C low clip and knee to 33 0 IRE Comp domain to NTSC 7 5 IRE Bypass All e Legalisation method to off e Ring suppression off 0 100 RGB Legalisation method to RGB RGB high clip and knee to 100 0 RGB low clip and knee to 0 0 e
15. use PAL colour space conversion when in auto mode e PAL NTSC e NTSC with 7 5 IRE offset a k a pedestal The unit default mode is Auto The domain has an effect on a certain number of menus which will display either in mV or in IRE For afew menus different values are stored for each mode so for example switching from PAL to NTSC will switch to using the NISC menus for those few variables rather than converting the PAL values into NTSC equivalents The values treated in this way are listed below High Comp Y clip and knee Low Comp Y clip and knee High Comp C clip and knee Low Comp C clip and knee Proc amp gain black lift value Ring suppression high and low clip 4 1 4 Selecting the legaliser values RGB legalisation Setting the RGB legaliser values is done via the below menus which is found under Setup gt RGB YCC RGB Setup 25 eyeheight Unit 34 Park House Watford Business Park Greenhill Crescent Watford Herts GB WD18 8PH Reg No 2855535 Telephone 44 0 1923 256 000 Fax 44 0 1923 256 100 email eyesales eyeheight com Menus 36 39 RGB high clip and knee The basic form of the RGB legaliser is shown in Figure 4 1 In RGB mode the legaliser first converts the video from the YCbCr colour space to the RGB colour space The RGB data is then soft clipped according to the settings for RGB High Clip amp Knee and RGB Low Clip amp Knee Finally the clipped RGB data is converted back to the YCbCr colour sp
16. 127 Pressing the button takes you to the 57 eyeheight Unit 34 Park House Watford Business Park Greenhill Crescent Watford Herts GB WD18 8PH Reg No 2855535 Telephone 44 0 1923 256 000 Fax 44 0 1923 256 100 email eyesales eyeheight com 293 123 Back Menus 124 127 Data logger menu Ko code setup menu Go To Menus 128 131 Pressing the button takes you to the previous level of menus Go To Menus 08 11 Menu Num Heading Function 124 Log mode enable 125 Log threshold 126 127 Pressing the button takes you to the previous level of menus Go To Menus 120 123 Menus 128 131 Time code menu This menu enables or disables logging mode For more information on the logging function of the LE 2 Go To 4 3 3 menu sets the level atwhichan illegal pixel is considered a severe failure ES Menu Num Heading Function 128 ATC mode This menu sets the Ancillary time code mode between LTC VITC1 and VITC2 For more information on the time code function Go To 4 3 4 58 eyeheight Unit 34 Park House Watford Business
17. 2 colour flash and zebra modes 223 Back Pressing the button takes you to the previous level of menus Go To Menus 116 119 Menus 224 227 Configure outputs menu 1 2 Menu Num Heading Function Output video link This menu toggles the output video mode mode between single and dual link J eyeheight Unit 34 Park House Watford Business Park Greenhill Crescent Watford Herts GB WD18 8PH Reg No 2855535 Telephone 44 0 1923 256 000 Fax 44 0 1923 256 100 email eyesales eyeheight com For more information on the output video settings Go To 4 2 3 225 Output 1 type This menu sets the type of output video to be present on output 1 of the i o card Options are Legal Raw or Indicate 226 Output 2 type This menu sets the type of output video to be present on output 2 of the i o card Options are Legal Raw or Indicate lf the output video link mode is set to dual link this menu will be automatically set to the same as output 1 227 Back Pressing the button takes you to the previous level of menus Go To Menus 116 119 Menus 228 231 Configure outputs menu 2 2 Menu Num Heading Function 228 Output video bit This menu sets the output video bit depth depth to either 10 or 12 bit 229 Output video This menu sets the output video dynamic range dynamic range to 100 200 or 400 230 231 Pressing the button takes you to the previous level of menus Go To Menus 116 119 72 eyehe
18. 216 219 Ring suppression NTSC IRE Menu Num Heading Function 216 Ring suppression status This menu cycles the Ring suppression between off on and auto For more information on the ring suppression Go To 4 3 1 217 Ring suppression This menu sets the value for the high high clip clip limit of the ring suppression Values are in IRE 218 Ring suppression This menu sets the value for the low low clip clip limit of the ring suppression 70 eyeheight Unit 34 Park House Watford Business Park Greenhill Crescent Watford Herts GB WD18 8PH Reg No 2855535 Telephone 44 0 1923 256 000 Fax 44 0 1923 256 100 email eyesales eyeheight com Values are in IRE 219 Back Pressing the button takes you to the previous level of menus Go To Menus 100 103 Menus 220 223 Monitor output menu Menu Num Heading Function 220 Indicate output This menu sets the type of indicate display type out Indication between solid 1 colour flash 2 colour flash and 2 colour zebra mode For more information on the indicate output settings Go To 4 2 3 221 Indicate output gain This menu sets the gain for the indicate output A higher number makes each illegal pixel a more solid colour whereas a low number makes the indicate output more of a gradual shading of illegal areas of the picture 222 Indicate output This menu sets the colours for the colours indicate output Colour 2 is only used in
19. 41 Comp C high knee 142 143 Back Function This menu adjusts the high Comp component clip value Values are in IRE This menu adjusts the high Comp component clip knee value Values are in IRE Pressing the button takes you to the previous level of menus Go To Menus 88 91 Menus 144 147 Comp C low clip and knee NTSC IRE Menu Num Heading 144 Comp C low clip 145 Comp C low knee 146 147 Back Function This menu adjusts the low Comp component clip value Values are in IRE This menu adjusts the low Comp component clip knee value Values are in IRE Pressing the button takes you to the previous level of menus Go To Menus 88 91 60 eyeheight Unit 34 Park House Watford Business Park Greenhill Crescent Watford Herts GB WD18 8PH Reg No 2855535 Telephone 44 0 1923 256 000 Fax 44 0 1923 256 100 email eyesales eyeheight com Menus 148 151 Memories menu Menu Num Heading Function 148 Preset memories Pressing the button takes you to the preset memory loading menus Go To Menus 152 155 149 User memories Pressing the button takes you to the user memory load and save menus Go To Menus 160 163 150 Loaded Memory Displays the currently loaded memory if any This will display no mem loaded upon any change to a loaded memory to indicate something has been changed 151 Back Pressing the button takes you to the previous level of menus Go To Menus 00 03 Menus 152 155
20. 6 100 email eyesales eyeheight com 5 1 4 Naming User Memories The user memories can be named with up to 6 characters To name memory 1 MyLeg1 1 Use the appropriate messaging system to send M01 MyLeg1 do not include the quotes 2 You may get a not acknowledged message this does not matter Other memories can be named in the same way but changing the 01 to another memory number 5 2 Tamper Locking the LE 2 The user can lock specific menus or all the menus on the LE 2 so that it cannot be adjusted with a manual control panel This does not effect automation To lock only menu 44 RGB Hi Clip 1 Use the appropriate messaging system to send LO5 do not include the quotes A padlock symbol will appear on the menu and it cannot be adjusted To unlock menu 44 type A44 Other menus are done in the same way To lock the whole product type L and to unlock the whole product type A 5 2 1 Globally locking the user menus only available if an FP 9 is used instead of SoftPanel Hold in the DEVICE SELECT button to which the LE 2 is assigned until a message is displayed on the menus informing you that User has LOCKED menus or User has UNLOCKED menus 39 eyeheight Unit 34 Park House Watford Business Park Greenhill Crescent Watford Herts GB WD18 8PH Reg No 2855535 Telephone 44 0 1923 256 000 Fax 44 0 1923 256 100 email eyesales eyeheight com 6 GPI Tally Set up 6 1 1
21. AL mV Menu Num Heading Function 80 Comp Y high clip This menu adjusts the high Comp luma clip value Values are in mV 81 Comp Y high knee This menu adjusts the high Comp luma clip knee value Values are in mV 82 83 Back Pressing the button takes you to the previous level of menus Go To Menus 76 79 5e eyeheight Unit 34 Park House Watford Business Park Greenhill Crescent Watford Herts GB WD18 8PH Reg No 2855535 Telephone 44 0 1923 256 000 Fax 44 0 1923 256 100 email eyesales eyeheight com Menus 84 87 Composite Y low clip and knee PAL mV Menu Num Heading Comp Y low clip Comp Y low knee Back Function This menu adjusts the low Comp luma clip value Values are in mV This menu adjusts the low Comp luma clip Knee value Values are in mV Pressing the button takes you to the previous level of menus Go To Menus 76 79 Menus 88 91 Composite C hi lo menu Menu Num Heading 88 Comp composite high clip and knee setup 89 Comp composite low clip and knee setup 90 91 Back Function Pressing the button takes you to the Comp composite high clip and knee adjustment menu Go To Menus 92 95 Pressing the button takes you to the Comp composite low clip and knee adjustment menu Go To Menus 96 99 Pressing the button takes you to the previous level of menus Go To Menus 72 75 53 eyeheight Unit 34 Park House Watford Business Park Greenhill Cres
22. D DO NOT CONNECT MUST BE LEFT COMPLETELY UNCONNECTED GPI s are normally activated by a short to ground The GPI has its own internal pull up resistor If the user is interfacing with logic then e Vhigh 12V gt Vin gt 3V e Viow 0 3V gt Vin gt 0V 10 1 3 RS232 Interface This loosely follows the pin convention of EIA 561 which is a standard for RS232 on an RJ45 cable Only TX RX and Signal ground pin 4 are implemented For the LE 2n the following RS232 parameters apply e 115Kbaud e 8 Bits no parity e 1 Stop bit Eyeheight provide a Serial to USB lead with the LE 2n which is normally used for the soft panel control using this port 10 e Technical Specification 10 2 1 Description Provides legalisation of the SD StandardDef version SD HD MultiDef version or dual link 4 4 4 UltraDef version input signal with full 10 bit processing throughout NOTE Indicate output is NOT available in dual link output mode 10 2e c Features e Composite YUV and RGB colour spaces and combined RGB composite with two independent outputs for Legalise and user controllable Legal Indicate e Adjustable clipping levels and soft clipping knee levels e Integral luma and chroma gain black level adjustment amp hue rotation J6 eyeheight Unit 34 Park House Watford Business Park Greenhill Crescent Watford Herts GB WD18 8PH Reg No 2855535 Telephone 44 0 1923 256 000 Fax 44 0 1923 256 100 email eyesales eyehei
23. Framework can be downloaded free of charge from http Awww microsoft com Extract all files in the LESDC_logger zip file to a directory of your choice Run the logger exe file to start the logger Setting Up for Logging For successful logging the unit needs to be set to generate the logging output by setting the Log Mode menu to on The unit then needs to be connected to a spare COM port on the PC make a note of the com port number as it will be required when configuring the logging software using a standard serial cable Finally the com port needs to be configured in the logging software via the Comms menu Understanding the Application The application provides a graphical log of the percentage of pixels in the incoming video which are considered to be illegal and the GUI can be seen in Figure 4 7 The application also provides a visual indication of illegal green and severely illegal red pixels where a pixel is considered to be severely illegal if it is more illegal than the gamut threshold This enables the operator to isolate the dangerously illegal cases from those caused by minor variations between legaliser designs 34 eyeheight Unit 34 Park House Watford Business Park Greenhill Crescent Watford Herts GB WD18 8PH Reg No 2855535 Telephone 44 0 1923 256 000 Fax 44 0 1923 256 100 email eyesales eyeheight com To start logging set up the COM port in the comms menu and then click start The logging operation can
24. Not Used Orange 3 GPI 2 White Green 4 GND Blue 5 RS232 TX White Blue 6 RS232 RX Green 7 Not Used White Brown 8 Not Used Brown Table 1 GPI and RS232 pin out on RJ 45 10 1 1 GPI Inputs DIODES USER GRIINPI TO GPI PROCESSOR Figure 10 1 Typical GPI Input 10 1 2 GPI Splitter The soft panel comms and GPI connections are on the same RJ45 connector Eyeheight provide a GPI Splitter block which enables simultaneous use of the RJ45 for the comms and the RJ45 for the GPI s The Splitter has the following pin out which is also provided on a label on the splitter 74 eyeheight Unit 34 Park House Watford Business Park Greenhill Crescent Watford Herts GB WD18 8PH Reg No 2855535 Telephone 44 0 1923 256 000 Fax 44 0 1923 256 100 email eyesales eyeheight com Figure 10 2 GPI Splitter Has 2 RJ 45 Sockets one for the Comms and one for the GPI s White Orange White Green GND Blue White Blue White Brown Not Used Brown Table 2 GPI Splitter comms Soft Panel connection GPI 1 White Orange GPI 2 Orange DO NOT CONNECT White Green GND Blue DO NOT CONNECT Green Not Used White Brown Not Used Brown 75 eyeheight Unit 34 Park House Watford Business Park Greenhill Crescent Watford Herts GB WD18 8PH Reg No 2855535 Telephone 44 0 1923 256 000 Fax 44 0 1923 256 100 email eyesales eyeheight com Not Used White Blue Table 3 GPI Splitter GPI connection THE CONNECTIONS LABELLE
25. Num Heading Function 62 eyeheight Unit 34 Park House Watford Business Park Greenhill Crescent Watford Herts GB WD18 8PH Reg No 2855535 Telephone 44 0 1923 256 000 Fax 44 0 1923 256 100 email eyesales eyeheight com 160 Load user memory 1 161 Load user memory 2 162 Load user memory 3 163 Back Pressing this button loads the first user memory For details on the user memories see section 5 1 3 Pressing this button loads the second user memory Pressing this button loads the third user memory Pressing the button takes you to the previous level of menus Go To Menus 148 151 Pressing the next button on the panel will take you to the next menu in the nested menu sequence Go To Menus 164 167 Menus 164 167 User memories menu 2 4 Menu Num Heading 164 Load user memory 4 165 Load user memory 5 166 Load user memory 6 167 Back Function Pressing this button loads the fourth user memory For details on the user memories see section 5 1 3 Pressing this button loads the fifth user memory Pressing this button loads the sixth user memory Pressing the button takes you to the previous level of menus Go To Menus 148 151 Pressing the next button on the panel will take you to the next menu in the 63 eyeheight Unit 34 Park House Watford Business Park Greenhill Crescent Watford Herts GB WD18 8PH Reg No 2855535 Telephone 44 0 1923 256 000 Fax 44 0 1923 256 100 email eyesales
26. Park Greenhill Crescent Watford Herts GB WD18 8PH Reg No 2855535 Telephone 44 0 1923 256 000 Fax 44 0 1923 256 100 email eyesales eyeheight com 129 Time code mode 130 VITC line numbers 131 Back This menu sets the time code mode to VITC LTC or ATC This menu sets the VITC line numbers Pressing the button takes you to the previous level of menus Go To Menus 120 123 Menus 132 135 Comp Y high clip and knee NTSC IRE Menu Num Heading 132 Comp Y high clip 133 Comp Y high knee 134 135 Back Function This menu adjusts the high Comp luma clip value Values are in IRE This menu adjusts the high Comp luma clip Knee value Values are in IRE Pressing the button takes you to the previous level of menus Go To Menus 76 79 Menus 136 139 Comp Y low clip and knee NTSC IRE Menu Num Heading 136 Comp Y low clip 137 Comp Y low knee 138 139 Back Function This menu adjusts the low Comp luma clip value Values are in IRE This menu adjusts the low Comp luma clip knee value Values are in IRE Pressing the button takes you to the previous level of menus Go To Menus 76 79 59 eyeheight Unit 34 Park House Watford Business Park Greenhill Crescent Watford Herts GB WD18 8PH Reg No 2855535 Telephone 44 0 1923 256 000 Fax 44 0 1923 256 100 email eyesales eyeheight com Menus 140 143 Comp C high clip and knee NTSC IRE Menu Num Heading 140 Comp C high clip 1
27. Reg No 2855535 Telephone 44 0 1923 256 000 Fax 44 0 1923 256 100 email eyesales eyeheight com Menus 32 35 RGB hi lo menu Menu Num Heading Function 32 RGB high clip and Pressing the button takes you to the knee setup RGB high clip and knee adjustment menu Go To Menus 36 39 33 RGB low clip and Pressing the button takes you to the knee setup RGB low clip and knee adjustment menu Go To Menus 40 43 34 35 Back Pressing the button takes you to the previous level of menus Go To Menus 28 31 Menus 36 39 RGB high clip and knee Menu Num Heading Function 36 RGB high clip This menu adjusts the high RGB clip value Values are in percent 37 RGB high knee This menu adjusts the high RGB knee value Values are in percent 38 39 Back Pressing the button takes you to the previous level of menus Go To Menus 32 35 Menus 40 43 RGB low clip and knee 47 eyeheight Unit 34 Park House Watford Business Park Greenhill Crescent Watford Herts GB WD18 8PH Reg No 2855535 Telephone 44 0 1923 256 000 Fax 44 0 1923 256 100 email eyesales eyeheight com Menu Num Heading RGB low clip RGB low knee Back Function This menu adjusts the low RGB clip value Values are in percent This menu adjusts the low RGB knee value Values are in percent Pressing the button takes you to the previous level of menus Go To Menus 32 35 Menus 44 47 YCC clipping main menu Menu Num 44 H
28. Ring suppression off 37 eyeheight Unit 34 Park House Watford Business Park Greenhill Crescent Watford Herts GB WD18 8PH Reg No 2855535 Telephone 44 0 1923 256 000 Fax 44 0 1923 256 100 email eyesales eyeheight com EBU103 Tight e Legalisation method to RGB e RGB high clip and knee to 103 0 e RGB low clip and knee to 1 0 e Ring suppression off EBU103 Normal Legalisation method to RGB RGB high clip and knee to 101 0 RGB low clip and knee to 0 0 e Ring suppression off Please note that no settings other than those listed above are changed when loading these presets 5 1 3 User Memories The user memories are a generic feature of all eyeheight geNETics products The L 2 has six presets for common legalisation standards and six user memories which are initially named user Mem 1 through to user mem 6 To save to a user memory set up the unit as required and navigate to Setup gt system gt Mems gt USER Preset then save the settings from either of the menus shown below Menus 168 171 User memories menu 3 4 Menus 172 175 User memories menu 4 4 To show this memory as the loaded memory you will need to immediately load it once it s saved using the appropriate user mem recall button 38 eyeheight Unit 34 Park House Watford Business Park Greenhill Crescent Watford Herts GB WD18 8PH Reg No 2855535 Telephone 44 0 1923 256 000 Fax 44 0 1923 25
29. ace The RGB legal colour space is a subset of the composite legal colour space so an RGB legal signal is also composite legal but the reverse is not true Soft Clip YCbCr G RGB Video Ip zc to J Soft gt gt to gt Legal Out RGB Clip YCbCr e ie Soft Clip Ganged Figure 4 1 RGB Legaliser Structure YCC Legalisation Setting the YCC legaliser values is done via the below menus which are found under Setup gt RGB YCC gt YCC Setup Menus 52 55 YCC high clip and knee The basic form of the YCC legaliser is shown in Figure 4 2 YCC Legaliser Structure In YCC mode the legaliser provides direct clipping of the raw YCbCr 26 eyeheight Unit 34 Park House Watford Business Park Greenhill Crescent Watford Herts GB WD18 8PH Reg No 2855535 Telephone 44 0 1923 256 000 Fax 44 0 1923 256 100 email eyesales eyeheight com data using separate clip and knee parameters for the Y and colour difference components Soft Clip Cb Video Ins gt Demux gt Soft P Mux sch Legal Out Clip cr Soft Clip Ganged Figure 4 2 YCC Legaliser Structure Composite legalisation Setting the YCC legaliser values is done via the below menus which are found under Setup gt RGB YCC gt YCC Setup Menus 80 83 Composite Y high clip and knee PAL mV The basic form of the composite legaliser is shown in Figure 4 3 Composite Legaliser StructureError Reference source not found In compos
30. al comms If you are using the softPanel with a nanoBox NB 9 you will need to use 115200 If you are using the softPanel with an etherBox FB 9E you will need to use the same baud rate that the chassis is set to We recommend using 115200 since that is the fastest available o Large Displays If you find the Display Buttons too small then you can tick this option to increase the size at the expense of the resolution o Multi Device Mode lf you are using the softPanel with a nanoBox NB 9 you will not DER eyeheight Unit 34 Park House Watford Business Park Greenhill Crescent Watford Herts GB WD18 8PH Reg No 2855535 Telephone 44 0 1923 256 000 Fax 44 0 1923 256 100 email eyesales eyeheight com need to set this option This option should be set if you are using the softPanel with an etherBox FB 9E to control more than one product as you would a standard panel FP 9 For more info see Multi Device Mode Tools o Refresh The softPanel will request a menu refresh from the active device It will also refresh the data displayed in the Device Info box o Send Message The messaging system is used to send text messages from the panel to a product For more info see The Messaging System o Un acquire product Like a standard Eyeheight panel e g FP 9 the softPanel acquires control of a product and retains a lock to prevent other panels from controlling the same device To release that lock and allow other panels to co
31. be undone by typing A to access all the menus again 2 7 4 Engineering Functions Using the Messaging System The following commands are also available to the user These are mostly for engineering and system purposes I8 eyeheight Unit 34 Park House Watford Business Park Greenhill Crescent Watford Herts GB WD18 8PH Reg No 2855535 Telephone 44 0 1923 256 000 Fax 44 0 1923 256 100 email eyesales eyeheight com KE Engineers First Birthday of the device Factory Reset mox This Informs the device that it is to be installed in an Eyeheight Mini box nbx This Informs the device that it is to be installed in an Eyeheight Flexi Box and will be controlled by a Flexi Panel in a normal I BUS network The above commands should only be used by qualified engineering staff 2 8 Connecting the LE 2n using an FP 9 The LE 2n is normally shipped for operation with a soft panel If you have specifically asked for the system to operate with a flexipanel then it will be shipped this way The control and power connections are shown in the diagram below After power up the Power light should be green and if video is connected the Status light should be green The Status light will change to orange if no video is connected In the unlikely event that the status light stays red then the system has found an error and it will need returning to the factory LE en rear LE en front Universal DC Power unit Supplied Short ethernet cable
32. cent Watford Herts GB WD18 8PH Reg No 2855535 Telephone 44 0 1923 256 000 Fax 44 0 1923 256 100 email eyesales eyeheight com Menus 92 95 Composite C high clip and knee PAL mV Menu Num Heading 92 Comp C high clip 93 Comp C high knee 94 95 Back Function This menu adjusts the high Comp component clip value Values are in mV This menu adjusts the high Comp component clip knee value Values are in mV Pressing the button takes you to the previous level of menus Go To Menus 88 91 Menus 96 99 Composite C low clip and knee PAL mV Menu Num Heading 96 Comp C low clip 97 Comp C low knee 98 99 Back Function This menu adjusts the low Comp component clip value Values are in mV This menu adjusts the low Comp component clip knee value Values are in mV Pressing the button takes you to the previous level of menus Go To Menus 88 91 54 eyeheight Unit 34 Park House Watford Business Park Greenhill Crescent Watford Herts GB WD18 8PH Reg No 2855535 Telephone 44 0 1923 256 000 Fax 44 0 1923 256 100 email eyesales eyeheight com Menus 100 103 Component main menu Menu Num Heading Function 100 Legaliser domain This menu sets the domain used by the legaliser For more information Go To 4 1 3 101 Comp setup Pressing the button takes you to the Comp settings menu Go To Menus 72 75 102 Ring suppression Pressing the button takes you to the setup ring suppressi
33. ceyeheight ee poweR E eyeheight LE en LE 2n Desktop legaliser with composite RGB and YCC gamut correction user manual Table of Contents 1 System OV TT 6 Wet Re E ee Le CI EE 6 1 2 ThetE Z nbrodugt ccc cccccceccceecceeeeceeceeeeeeeeseeeseueeseesseessueeseeeseeesens 6 Engele Be S CE BE 9 21 E Eelere Re UN EE 9 2 2 Using the Front Panel Presets cccccecccseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeseeeesseeeeaeeeeas 10 2 3 Connecting the LE 2n using a Soft panel cccseeecesseeeeeeeeeseeeeeeeees 11 23x 1 IASTANING THE SOMWAN E 11 2a ene OU E 12 2At Ee Un gener ene eee E eee ee ee eee 12 24 2 DCVICE VAIO E 13 E QVAW E 14 2AA ESA OS aee EERE EEE EE 14 2 4 5 Rotary Controls ccccccccccsecccceeeeeceeeeesecesseeeeeseeeesaeeeeseaeeeseeeesaeeeeas 14 2 4 6 Next amp Previous Buttons 15 29 MENON VOO EE 15 2 5 1 Go To Another Menu cccccceccccceeceeseeeeeseeeeeeeeeeseeeeesaeeeesseeesaeeeeeas 15 259 2 onde E EE e EE esercitare anne 15 2 5 3 Double Or Triple Parameter Adjustment cccececeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeees 16 PS AION O DAY E 16 A0 MURED CO MOOC rice te ass E 16 2 7 The Messaging System ccccccccseeeceeeeceeeeeeeeeseeesseeesaeeesseeesseeesaeeeeas 16 2 1 Using the messaging system to set a products username 17 2 2 Using the messaging system to name a products memories 17 2 3 Using the messaging system to lock or hide menus from the us
34. device but it is also used to display error messages and status updates 2 4 4 Display Buttons The four buttons labelled A B C and D act both as separate menu displays and as larger combined displays depending on context They also act as buttons performing an action when clicked This action will depend on what is displayed on the button at the time For more info see Menu Navigation 2 4 5 Rotary Controls In normal use the four rotary controls correspond directly with the four Display Buttons each to the display above it When a rotary control is not enabled its marker will be grey When it is in use the marker will be white and it will respond to the mouse pointer when hovered over tt LI L a Not enabled Enabled Mouse Mouse Mouse hovered over hovered over hovered over centre minus button plus button Click the plus button to rotate clockwise increment Click the minus button to rotate anti clockwise decrement The centre button usually restores a menu to its default value Lei eyeheight Unit 34 Park House Watford Business Park Greenhill Crescent Watford Herts GB WD18 8PH Reg No 2855535 Telephone 44 0 1923 256 000 Fax 44 0 1923 256 100 email eyesales eyeheight com 2 4 6 Next amp Previous Buttons These are aids to navigating the devices flat menu systems They flash while further menus are available 2 5 Menu Navigation Menus are colour coded to show how to interact with t
35. e input video to 100 200 or 400 4 2 3 Setting up the output video parameters Either output of the L 2 can be configured as an indicate output which allows the user to see which parts of the picture are being processed by the legaliser The output config menu allows you to set the type of signal present at the output DN e and the output monitor menu allows the indicate output settings to be customised including solid flashing Zebra indication modes colour choice and intensity level zl eyeheight Unit 34 Park House Watford Business Park Greenhill Crescent Watford Herts GB WD18 8PH Reg No 2855535 Telephone 44 0 1923 256 000 Fax 44 0 1923 256 100 email eyesales eyeheight com To set up the output video settings navigate to Getup 3lniCut 2zCOutput 2tConfg Menus 224 227 Configure outputs menu 1 2 Menus 228 231 Configure outputs menu 2 2 If using the LE 2 in dual link mode UltraDef units only outputs 1 and 2 cannot be set independently so any changes to the outputs will be automatically made to both The output modes can be set to the following e Legal output is the legalised video stream Raw output is the raw unaltered input video stream Indicate output is the legalised video stream but with the illegal parts of the video stream coloured according to how the output monitor menu is set up The output monitor menu is shown below accessed by going to setup In Out gt Output gt Monito
36. eading YCC luma setup YCC chroma setup Back Menus 48 51 YCC Y hi lo menu Function Pressing the button takes you to the YCC luma menu Go To Menus 48 51 Pressing the button takes you to the YCC chroma menu Go To Menus 60 63 Pressing the button takes you to the previous level of menus Go To Menus 28 31 Menu Num 48 Heading YCC luma high clip and knee setup YCC luma low clip Function Pressing the button takes you to the YCC luma high clip and knee adjustment menu Go To Menus 52 55 Pressing the button takes you to the 48 eyeheight Unit 34 Park House Watford Business Park Greenhill Crescent Watford Herts GB WD18 8PH Reg No 2855535 Telephone 44 0 1923 256 000 Fax 44 0 1923 256 100 email eyesales eyeheight com and knee setup YCC luma low clip and knee adjustment menu Go To Menus 56 59 50 m m 51 Back Pressing the button takes you to the previous level of menus Go To Menus 44 47 Menus 52 55 YCC high clip and knee Menu Num Heading Function 52 YCC Y high clip This menu adjusts the high YCC luma clip value Values are in percent 53 YCC Y high knee This menu adjusts the high YCC luma knee value Values are in percent 54 55 Back Pressing the button takes you to the previous level of menus Go To Menus 48 51 Menus 56 59 YCC low clip and knee Menu Num Heading Function 56 YCC Y low clip This menu adjusts the low YCC luma clip value Va
37. er 18 2 4 Engineering Functions Using the Messaging System 000n000naann 18 2 8 Connecting the LE 2n USING ang 19 SEENEN EEN 20 2 0 2 DEVICE te 20 2 8 3 Menu Navigation ccccccccccceecceeeseeeseeeeneeeseeseueeseeeseeseueeseeeseeesaneens 20 2 8 4 Parameter adjustment of a green menu 20 2 8 5 Parameter adjustment Of a red menu 21 P eyeheight Unit 34 Park House Watford Business Park Greenhill Crescent Watford Herts GB WD18 8PH Reg No 2855535 Telephone 44 0 1923 256 000 Fax 44 0 1923 256 100 email eyesales eyeheight com 2 8 6 Information display 21 3 Connecting Vid o to the LE 2i ME 22 4 Legaliser Processing ccccccccssccceccceeeseeceseeceeeceueecseeseeeseuseeeeecseeseuseseeeseeesaes 24 A Nel EE 24 4 1 2 Selecting the legalisation type cccceccccseeceeseeeeeeeeeseeeeeseeeeesaeeeeeas 24 A EE dee the lOGaliSer GO MAIN scscceacecacccdascaccatencoasetqadaceedencansetendoacedce dares 24 4 1 4 Selecting the legaliser values cccccecccceececseeeeeeeeeeseeeeeseeeeesaeeeeas 25 LTS EE 28 4 2 Monitoring Output Generation 29 4 2 1 Proc AND EE 30 4 2 2 Setting up the input video parameters UltraDef units only 30 4 2 3 Setting up the output video parameters ssssesenesensesreesrrerrreerree e 31 4 2 4 Recalling settings when video standard is changed sssessseeseeens 33 4 3 Advanced features of felE 2 33 43 1 TING SUDPICSSION BEE 33 4 3 2 Adj
38. ford Herts GB WD18 8PH Reg No 2855535 Telephone 44 0 1923 256 000 Fax 44 0 1923 256 100 email eyesales eyeheight com Menus 172 175 User memories menu 4 4 Menu Num Heading 172 Save user memory 4 173 Save user memory 5 174 Save user memory 6 175 Back Menus 176 179 Blank Function Pressing this button saves the current unit settings to user memory 4 For details on the user memories see section 5 1 3 Pressing this button saves the current unit settings to user memory D Pressing this button saves the current unit settings to user memory 6 Pressing the button takes you to the previous level of menus Go To Menus 148 151 Pressing the prev button on the panel will take you to the previous menu in the nested menu sequence Go To Menus 168 171 Menu Num Heading 176 177 178 179 Function 65 eyeheight Unit 34 Park House Watford Business Park Greenhill Crescent Watford Herts GB WD18 8PH Reg No 2855535 Telephone 44 0 1923 256 000 Fax 44 0 1923 256 100 email eyesales eyeheight com Menus 180 183 System menu Menu Num Heading 180 Blank 181 Versions menu 182 Resets menu 183 Back Menus 184 187 Software menu Function Pressing the button takes you to the versions menu which includes the software upgrade menu Go To Menus 184 187 Pressing the button takes you to the unit resets menu Go To Menus 188 191 Pressing the button takes you to the
39. ght com e EBU R103 standard SDI legalisation settings and 7 5 IRE or 0 IRE Pedestal with 6 user memories and common presets e Log output with timecode and PC viewer programme Automation Port using simple protocol for presets memories Unique severity display mode on monitoring output Firmware and software fully updatable by file upload Mechanical relay bypass option available Optional web based java soft panel and specific web app available Not available on the MX 9 chassis 10 2 3 Formats e StandardDef version 625 50 525 59 94 e MultiDef version 625 50 525 59 94 10801 23 98psf 24psf 23 98p 24p 25p 501 29 97p 30p 59 941 60i 720p 23 98 24 25 29 97 30 50 59 84 60 e UltraDef version Single Link 625 50 525 59 94 1080i 23 98pst 24pst 23 98p 24p 25p 50i 29 97p 30p 59 94i 60i 720p 23 98 24 25 29 97 30 50 59 84 60 Dual Link 4 4 4 10801 23 98pst 24psf 23 98p 24p 25p 501 29 97p 30p 59 941 601 720p 23 98 24 25 29 97 30 50 59 84 60 J eyeheight Unit 34 Park House Watford Business Park Greenhill Crescent Watford Herts GB WD18 8PH Reg No 2855535 Telephone 44 0 1923 256 000 Fax 44 0 1923 256 100 email eyesales eyeheight com
40. hem See below Information Display 2 5 1 Go To Another Menu A common menu item used for navigating tree structured menus 2 5 2 Single Parameter Adjustment A green menu is one in which there is one adjustable parameter There are two ways to adjust the parameter in a green menu e Press the green Display Button This will increment the value in that window This is most frequently done when the menu parameter is Textural for example switching a parameter between ON and OFF In this case a button press is most natural e Use the Rotary Controls to adjust the parameter in the respective Display Button The direction and speed of rotation enable numeric values to be set easily 5 eyeheight Unit 34 Park House Watford Business Park Greenhill Crescent Watford Herts GB WD18 8PH Reg No 2855535 Telephone 44 0 1923 256 000 Fax 44 0 1923 256 100 email eyesales eyeheight com 2 5 3 Double Or Triple Parameter Adjustment A red menu is one in which there are two or three adjustable parameters In this case it is necessary to first select the menu by pressing the red Display Button When the red button is pressed it will turn green and either two or three of the Rotary Controls will flash indicating that the respective Rotary Control will operate a corresponding parameter 2 5 4 Information Display A yellow menu is one in which only information is displayed 2 6 Multi Device Mode This is available via the Options men
41. ical d AOU ccndiescsesdeierdswedscsdsendecndsendswusceudsexdaendeendseadecedaendacedseed 74 Figure 10 2 GPI Splitter Has 2 RJ 45 Sockets one for the Comms and one for Mee 75 Le eyeheight Unit 34 Park House Watford Business Park Greenhill Crescent Watford Herts GB WD18 8PH Reg No 2855535 Telephone 44 0 1923 256 000 Fax 44 0 1923 256 100 email eyesales eyeheight com I System Overview This manual describes the function of the LE 2n which is an LE 2S LE 2M or LE 2U legaliser processing card connected within a nanobox desktop chassis LI The nanobox chassis The nanobox chassis has been designed to provide a low cost way of operating a single legaliser card for stand alone use without the complex and more expensive infrastructure of an etherbox 1RU rack mount chassis FB 9E and 1RU operational panel FB 9 The LE 2n legaliser card is operated using front panel switches or by a java software application for PC or MAC which will be connected via a supplied USB lead Figure 1 1 Figure 1 1 Nanobox chassis with worldwide PSU and USB Cable le The L en Product This processing card come in three different styles 1 The LE 2nS Standard definition unit capable of SD operation only 2 The LE 2nM Multi definition unit capable of SD and HD operation 3 The LE 2nU Ultra definition unit capable of SD HD and Dual Link 4 4 4 operation Apart from the operational standards the units have the same features and are all co
42. ich device is which particularly when several products in different areas are controlled by one panel The following describes how to set up a new user name for a product e Ensure that the softPanel has the product which requires its name changing currently selected Use Tools gt Send Message to enter the messaging system e Type U or u followed by up to 12 characters which make up the new user name For example u LogoInsert 1 e Click the Send button lf the Status Bar shows Message Sent the message has been successfully sent and the user name changed 2 7 2 Using the messaging system to name a products memories Nearly all of the Eyeheight products have at least 4 user memories associated with them Each of these memories can be named individually with a name of up to 12 characters The following describes how to set up a new name for a given memory 7 eyeheight Unit 34 Park House Watford Business Park Greenhill Crescent Watford Herts GB WD18 8PH Reg No 2855535 Telephone 44 0 1923 256 000 Fax 44 0 1923 256 100 email eyesales eyeheight com e Ensure that the softPanel has the product which requires its memory named currently selected e Use Tools gt Send Message to enter the messaging system e Type Mn or mn where n is the memory number followed by up to 12 characters which make up the new memory name For example m3 MCR SET UP will rename memory 3 as MCR SET UP e
43. ight Unit 34 Park House Watford Business Park Greenhill Crescent Watford Herts GB WD18 8PH Reg No 2855535 Telephone 44 0 1923 256 000 Fax 44 0 1923 256 100 email eyesales eyeheight com Menus 232 235 Blanking menu Menu Num Heading Function 232 Blanking status This menu the video blanking to On or Off See section 4 3 2 for more information 233 Top This menu sets the number of lines that are blanked from the top of the picture See section 4 3 2 for more information 233 Bottom This menu sets the number of lines that are blanked from the top of the picture See section 4 3 2 for more information 234 Left This menu sets the number of pixels that are blanked from the left of the picture See section 4 3 2 for more information 234 Right This menu sets the number of pixels that are blanked from the right of the picture See section 4 3 2 for more information 235 Back Pressing the button takes you to the previous level of menus Go To Menus 120 123 Menus 120 123Menus 120 123Menus 120 123Menus 120 123Menus 120 123 Die CP eyeheight Unit 34 Park House Watford Business Park Greenhill Crescent Watford Herts GB WD18 8PH Reg No 2855535 Telephone 44 0 1923 256 000 Fax 44 0 1923 256 100 email eyesales eyeheight com lO Technical Appendix 10 1 GPI Tally RS23 2 technical information The Processor card has an RJ 45 connector with GPI Tally and RS232 connections as shown below 1 GPI 1 White Orange 2
44. ips the legaliser operates as a hard clipper as shown in Figure 4 5 show shows the now legal signal but the detail in the highlights and lowlights has been lost Figure 4 6 shows the same input signal legalised with a 10 difference between the Clips and their respective Knees The highlight lowlight detail has been compressed into the legal region at the expense of some of the dynamic range of the originally legal part of the waveform Ref INT Gainj x1 00 Mag x1 00 TA 1 4 g50 Gb s 10801 50 00 K 3 000pns div Waveform Menu Filter Color Lowpass Space Figure 4 4 Illegal Source 28 eyeheight Unit 34 Park House Watford Business Park Greenhill Crescent Watford Herts GB WD18 8PH Reg No 2855535 Telephone 44 0 1923 256 000 Fax 44 0 1923 256 100 email eyesales eyeheight com Ref INIT eT PPPPPPPP 1A 1 4850 Gb s 1080i 50 00 R Waveform Menu Overlay 09 02 2006 17 47 27 CF 2 351 914 Active Sample O cbY Act Mag x1 00 3 000ps div Filter Color Lowpass Space F Figure 4 5 Hard Clipped Output Ref INT Gainj x1 00 tA 1 4850 Gb s 10801 50 00 K PPPP PPPP Waveform Menu Overlay 09 02 2006 17 46 12 IF 2 351914 Active Sample O CcbY Act Mag x1 00 3 000ps div Filter Color Lowpass Space Figure 4 6 Soft Clipped Output 4 2 Monitoring Output Generation The second output of the legaliser can be configured either a
45. ite mode the legaliser restricts the Y Cb amp Cr components such that when the signal is converted to a composite waveform the Y component stays within the range allowed by the Y High Clip and Y Low Clip and the total composite waveform Stays within the range defined by Comp High Clip and Comp Low Clip The legaliser works by selectively reducing the saturation of pixels which would otherwise result in over modulation of the composite waveform Composite mode preserves the hue of each pixel but not the saturation 27 eyeheight Unit 34 Park House Watford Business Park Greenhill Crescent Watford Herts GB WD18 8PH Reg No 2855535 Telephone 44 0 1923 256 000 Fax 44 0 1923 256 100 email eyesales eyeheight com S Clip Video In gt Demux see FS Mux gt Legal Out Limiter Figure 4 3 Composite Legaliser Structure Comp RGB mode The video signal is legalised as described in the Composite legalisation section and then the legalised signal is passed through a second legaliser as specified in the RGB legalisation section 4 1 5 Clip amp Knee Many of the legaliser functions present Clip and Knee parameters to the user The Clip parameters specify the maximum and minimum values the system legaliser will allow to pass Figure 4 4 shows an illegal input to the clipper with detail in the illegal highlight and lowlight areas of the signal When the knee values are set to the same value as their respective Cl
46. kes you to the previous level of menus Go To Menus 16 19 Menus 208 211 Ring suppression RGB percentage Menu Num Heading Function 208 Ring suppression This menu cycles the Ring status suppression between off on and auto For more information on the ring suppression Go To 4 3 1 209 Ring suppression This menu sets the value for the high high clip clip limit of the ring Suppression Values are in percent 210 Ring suppression This menu sets the value for the low low clip clip limit of the ring Suppression Values are in percent 211 Back Pressing the button takes you to the previous level of menus Go To Menus 100 103 69 eyeheight Unit 34 Park House Watford Business Park Greenhill Crescent Watford Herts GB WD18 8PH Reg No 2855535 Telephone 44 0 1923 256 000 Fax 44 0 1923 256 100 email eyesales eyeheight com Menus 212 215 Ring suppression PAL mV Menu Num Heading Function 212 Ring suppression This menu cycles the Ring status Suppression between off on and auto For more information on the ring suppression Go To 4 3 1 213 Ring suppression This menu sets the value for the high high clip clip limit of the ring Suppression Values are in mV 214 Ring suppression This menu sets the value for the low low clip clip limit of the ring Suppression Values are in mV 215 Back Pressing the button takes you to the previous level of menus Go To Menus 100 103 Menus
47. lues are in percent 57 YCC Y low knee This menu adjusts the low YCC luma knee value Values are in percent 58 59 Back Pressing the button takes you to the previous level of menus Go To Menus 48 51 49 eyeheight Unit 34 Park House Watford Business Park Greenhill Crescent Watford Herts GB WD18 8PH Reg No 2855535 Telephone 44 0 1923 256 000 Fax 44 0 1923 256 100 email eyesales eyeheight com Menus 60 63 YCC CC hi lo menu Menu Num Heading 60 YCC chroma high clip and knee setup 61 YCC chroma low clip and knee setup 62 63 Back Function Pressing the button takes you to the YCC chroma high clip and knee adjustment menu Go To Menus 64 67 Pressing the button takes you to the YCC chroma low clip and knee adjustment menu Go To Menus 68 71 Pressing the button takes you to the previous level of menus Go To Menus 44 47 Menus 64 67 YCC CC high clip and knee Menu Num Heading 64 YCC C high clip 65 YCC C high knee 66 67 Back Function This menu adjusts the high YCC chroma clip value Values are in percent This menu adjusts the high YCC chroma knee value Values are in percent Pressing the button takes you to the previous level of menus Go To Menus 60 63 50 eyeheight Unit 34 Park House Watford Business Park Greenhill Crescent Watford Herts GB WD18 8PH Reg No 2855535 Telephone 44 0 1923 256 000 Fax 44 0 1923 256 100 email eyesales eyeheight com Me
48. manual AP eyeheight Unit 34 Park House Watford Business Park Greenhill Crescent Watford Herts GB WD18 8PH Reg No 2855535 Telephone 44 0 1923 256 000 Fax 44 0 1923 256 100 email eyesales eyeheight com 9 The LE 2n Menu Set The following set of menus defines the operational controls of the LE 2n Note Only parameters with RED menu numbers are stored in the memories and the Power ON memory Menus 00 03 Top Level Menus Menu Num Heading Function 0 Legaliser standard This menu displays the current input video standard as detected by the LC 1 Legaliser mode This menu selects the required legalisation mode between off RGB YCC comp or comp amp RGB 2 Memories menu Pressing the button takes you to the memories menu Go To Menus 148 151 3 setup Pressing this will take you to the first of the nested setup menus Go To Menus 04 07 Menus 04 07 Main menu set 1 2 Menu Num Heading Function 4 RGB YCC legal Pressing this button takes you to the menu RGB and YCC legalisation settings menus Go To Menus 28 31 5 Composite legal Pressing this button takes you to the menu Composite legalisation settings menu which includes the ring suppression Go To Menus 100 103 43 eyeheight Unit 34 Park House Watford Business Park Greenhill Crescent Watford Herts GB WD18 8PH Reg No 2855535 Telephone 44 0 1923 256 000 Fax 44 0 1923 256 100 email eyesales eyeheight com 6 Proc amp menu Pressing this b
49. n LEDs and preset SELECTion switch See section 5 1 2 for a full explanation of the presets OFF turns legalisation off and puts the legaliser in bypass EBU selects EBU103 Normal 0 100 selects RGB 0 100 COMP selects PAL or NTSC depending on input video USER recalls User Memory 1 for the input video s standard See section 5 1 3 for an explanation of user presets See section 9 for the LE 2n menu settings User Memory 1 must have been previously set by 1 Inputting the required video 2 Setting the Legalisation Mode 3 Setting the Clips and Knees etc 4 Saving the settings to User Memory 1 10 eyeheight Unit 34 Park House Watford Business Park Greenhill Crescent Watford Herts GB WD18 8PH Reg No 2855535 Telephone 44 0 1923 256 000 Fax 44 0 1923 256 100 email eyesales eyeheight com 2 3 Connecting the L en using a soft panel This is the way the LE 2n is normally shipped The data and power connections are shown in the diagram below After power up the Power light should be green and if video is connected the Status light should be green The Status light will change to orange if no video is connected In the unlikely event that the status light stays red then the system has found an error and it will need returning to the factory 7 5 9V de IN dc C 8 Universal DC Power unit Supplied PC Mac USB 2 2 Diagram showing the power and data connections A THE LE 2n UNIT MUST BE
50. ntrol the device use this tool o Search for products Scans the Eyeheight system for available products and adds them to the Devices list For more info see Multi Device Mode Help o About shows version number release and development information 2 4 2 Device Info Shows information about the device that you are controlling to identify it and display status information NID The Network ID is an address on the Eyeheight I Bus communication network Host Alias Sometimes known as the username this is a user definable identification saved to the product For more info about setting the Host Alias see The Messaging System Software The version of software that the device is running By convention this is commonly formed from product name release date version number S N Serial Number of the device This uniquely identifies the product Status This control will display according to the status of the device The display colour is based on a traffic light system of green amber and 3 eyeheight Unit 34 Park House Watford Business Park Greenhill Crescent Watford Herts GB WD18 8PH Reg No 2855535 Telephone 44 0 1923 256 000 Fax 44 0 1923 256 100 email eyesales eyeheight com red Hover the mouse over the control to see an information tooltip 2 4 3 Status Bar Generic GUI component for conveying information to the user In normal use the status bar will display the Host Alias of the
51. nus 68 71 YCC CC low clip and knee Menu Num Heading Function 68 YCC C low clip This menu adjusts the low YCC chroma clip value Values are in percent 69 YCC C low knee This menu adjusts the low YCC chroma knee value Values are in percent 70 71 Back Pressing the button takes you to the previous level of menus Go To Menus 60 63 Menus 72 75 Composite clipping main menu Menu Num Heading Function 72 Component luma Pressing the button takes you to the setup Component luma menu Go To Menus 76 79 73 Component chroma Pressing the button takes you to the setup Component chroma menu Go To Menus 88 91 74 75 Back Pressing the button takes you to the previous level of menus Go To Menus 100 103 5 eyeheight Unit 34 Park House Watford Business Park Greenhill Crescent Watford Herts GB WD18 8PH Reg No 2855535 Telephone 44 0 1923 256 000 Fax 44 0 1923 256 100 email eyesales eyeheight com Menus 76 79 Composite Y hi lo menu Menu Num Heading Function 76 Comp luma high clip Pressing the button takes you to the and knee setup Comp luma high clip and knee adjustment menu Go To Menus 80 83 77 Comp luma low clip Pressing the button takes you to the and knee setup Comp luma low clip and knee adjustment menu Go To Menus 84 87 78 79 Back Pressing the button takes you to the previous level of menus Go To Menus 72 75 Menus 80 83 Composite Y high clip and knee P
52. on settings menu Go To Menus 208 211 103 Back Pressing the button takes you to the previous level of menus Go To Menus 04 07 Menus 104 107 Input output menu Menu Num Heading Function 104 Input video setup Pressing the button takes you to the input video settings menu Go To Menus 108 111 105 Output video setup Pressing the button takes you to the output video settings menu Go To Menus 116 119 106 107 Back Pressing the button takes you to the previous level of menus Go To Menus 08 11 55 eyeheight Unit 34 Park House Watford Business Park Greenhill Crescent Watford Herts GB WD18 8PH Reg No 2855535 Telephone 44 0 1923 256 000 Fax 44 0 1923 256 100 email eyesales eyeheight com Menus 108 111 Input details menu 1 2 Menu Num Heading Function 108 Input mode This menu toggles the input video mode between manual and SMPTE 352 For more information Go To 4 2 2 109 Input video link type Switches the link mode to either Single link or dual link mode For more information on dual link Go To 4 2 2 110 Input video This is a display of the input video resolution resolution as detected by the LE 2 Display is of visible lines pixels not the total number of lines pixels 111 Back Pressing the button takes you to the previous level of menus Go To Menus 104 107 Pressing the next button on the panel will take you to the next menu in the nested menu sequence Go
53. op Level Menus To select the type of legalisation required press menu B to cycle through the available options These are e Off no processing of the input video will be performed by the LE 2 e RGB the picture will be RGB legalised according to the RGB clip and knee settings e YCC the picture will be YCC legalised according to the YCC clip and knee settings e Comp the picture will be Composite legalised according to the Composite clip and knee settings e Comp RGB the picture will be firstly Composite legalised and then RGB legalised 4 1 3 Setting the legaliser domain It is important to note that in order for the unit to do the correct colour space conversion required the manner in which the data is converted needs to be specified This must be done regardless of which type of legalisation is required This is selected from the below menu found by navigating to Setup gt Comp P4 eyeheight Unit 34 Park House Watford Business Park Greenhill Crescent Watford Herts GB WD18 8PH Reg No 2855535 Telephone 44 0 1923 256 000 Fax 44 0 1923 256 100 email eyesales eyeheight com Menus 100 103 Composite main menu The domain options are listed below e Auto This uses the frame rate to calculate which conversion to use o 29 97fps 30fps 59 94fps and 60fps means NTSC with pedestal 7 5IRE will be used o 25fps and 50fps means PAL will be used o Other detected standards including 23 98fps and 24fps will
54. or QA Quality assessment recording purposes The LTC connection will allow accurate time code stamping for the QA If an FP 9 flexipanel is used instead of SoftPanel the RS232 can alternatively be used to recall user memories and presets with a simple text based RS232 protocol Three GPI s can be used to recall user memories 1 and 2 respectively PP eyeheight Unit 34 Park House Watford Business Park Greenhill Crescent Watford Herts GB WD18 8PH Reg No 2855535 Telephone 44 0 1923 256 000 Fax 44 0 1923 256 100 email eyesales eyeheight com OOO goog oe S ck Source VTR xternal Buttons or Automation Video cc RS232 gt GPI IN BNC nel Ly E OUT 2 BNC Recording VTR OUT BNC IND OUT BNC GPI RJ45 Monitor LE 2n BETS Figure 3 2 LE 2n Typical connections 23 eyeheight Unit 34 Park House Watford Business Park Greenhill Crescent Watford Herts GB WD18 8PH Reg No 2855535 Telephone 44 0 1923 256 000 Fax 44 0 1923 256 100 email eyesales eyeheight com 4 Legaliser Processing 4 1 1 Legaliser The legaliser operates in one of three modes RGB YCC component or Composite The mode is selected via the top level mode menu Each mode is discussed below In all modes the legaliser is transparent to pixels within the legal range 4 2 Selecting the legalisation type This is a view of the top level display of the LE 2 Menus 00 03 T
55. or use with a dual link input only in conjunction with Input 1 Outputs 1 and 2 are the legaliser outputs and are configurable independently as either Legal Raw or Indicate outputs except when running dual link where both are required for the dual link output 7 eyeheight Unit 34 Park House Watford Business Park Greenhill Crescent Watford Herts GB WD18 8PH Reg No 2855535 Telephone 44 0 1923 256 000 Fax 44 0 1923 256 100 email eyesales eyeheight com eyeheight LE 2N 1 3 Front of nanobox 3 eyeheight Unit 34 Park House Watford Business Park Greenhill Crescent Watford Herts GB WD18 8PH Reg No 2855535 Telephone 44 0 1923 256 000 Fax 44 0 1923 256 100 email eyesales eyeheight com 2 Setting up the LE en SJ Associated equipment The LE 2n can operate in three modes These modes are determined by setting the front panel switches The modes are 1 Operation using the presets selected by the front panel SELECT switch Operation using the SoftPanel software on a PC or Mac computer Operation using an Eyeheight FP 9 Flexipanel The Dip Switch settings for the above modes are 1 Set the Left switch to E to enable the front panel SELECT switch To disable the front panel SELECT switch set the left switch as below setup and leave 2 Set the right switch to PC as shown below to use the SoftPanel software 3 Set the right switch to gt to use an Eyeheight FP 9 Flexipanel Respecti
56. ower to the LE 2 without having to have physical access to the unit If the unit exhibits unusual behaviour this is a good action to take and may correct the problem It is likely however that output video will be slightly interrupted as the unit resets SO doing this while on air is not recommended The factory reset option will display the following menu Menus 196 199 Factory reset menu Pressing YES will restore all the factory default settings and will clear all the memories WARNING Performing a factory reset will permanently erase all user memories that have been stored as well as erasing the current power on default setting Al eyeheight Unit 34 Park House Watford Business Park Greenhill Crescent Watford Herts GB WD18 8PH Reg No 2855535 Telephone 44 0 1923 256 000 Fax 44 0 1923 256 100 email eyesales eyeheight com 8 Software upgrade Using either SoftPanel or the FP 9 flexipanel navigate to the following menu under Setup gt System gt Ver ns Pressing UPGRDE SOFTWR NOW will display the following set of menus Pressing YES will display the following set of menus The unit will be set into the state where it can be field upgraded using the Flasher software which can be downloaded from our web site www eyeheight com If using SoftPanel now shutdown SoftPanel and open the Flasher software Follow the instruction given in the Flasher instruction
57. r Menus 220 223 Monitor output menu KR eyeheight Unit 34 Park House Watford Business Park Greenhill Crescent Watford Herts GB WD18 8PH Reg No 2855535 Telephone 44 0 1923 256 000 Fax 44 0 1923 256 100 email eyesales eyeheight com When using an indicate output the selected colour is keyed over the legal output with the opacity of the colour indicating how illegal the area is Because signals are typically only slightly illegal the gain on the keyer can be controlled to deliver the desired mix The gain is controlled by the Keyed Gain menu and setting this menu to its maximum value will give the same output as a traditional indicate output 4 2 4 Recalling settings when video standard is changed When the menu settings are changed the new values are automatically backed up to non volatile memory When the video standard is changed the previous settings for that standard are automatically restored 4 3 Advanced features of the L 2 4 3 1 Ring suppression Ring suppression is controlled from the following menu found by navigating to Setup gt Comp gt Ring Supprn Menus 208 211 Ring suppression RGB percentage There are 3 different instances of this menu one for RGB in percent as shown above one for PAL in mV and one for NTSC in IRE The displayed menu will depend on the legalisation required and the domain selected Changes to the values within these menus are not copied across all three instances
58. ry to change some of the default input video parameters especially if the unit is to be used in dual link mode Changing the input video settings is done via the following menus found under setup gt In Out gt i p Config Menus 108 111 Input details menu 1 2 30 eyeheight Unit 34 Park House Watford Business Park Greenhill Crescent Watford Herts GB WD18 8PH Reg No 2855535 Telephone 44 0 1923 256 000 Fax 44 0 1923 256 100 email eyesales eyeheight com Menus 112 115 Input details menu 2 2 Mode This can be set to either manual or SMPTE 352 SMPTE 352 mode allows the L es input video settings to be automatically detected via embedded SMPTE 352 information preset in the input video stream if such data exists If this is set to SMPTE 352 the following menus will not be changeable by the user Manual mode requires the following to be set up manually for correct operation of the LE e Link This is either single or dual link If using SMPTE 352 in dual link mode this will also indicate if only one of the two inputs is present or if the input video streams have been connected to the LE 2 the wrong way around Resoln indicates on all versions This indicates the resolution of the input video as detected by the LE 2 Colour mode This selects the input video colour mode as either YCbCr or RGB Bit depth This sets the input video bit depth to either 10 or 12 bit D Rnge This sets the dynamic range of th
59. s a second legal output or to display which areas of the picture are being processed by the legaliser The MonOp menu provides control of this feature and allows the user to select which colour is used to represent the processed picture area 29 eyeheight Unit 34 Park House Watford Business Park Greenhill Crescent Watford Herts GB WD18 8PH Reg No 2855535 Telephone 44 0 1923 256 000 Fax 44 0 1923 256 100 email eyesales eyeheight com When used as an indicate output the selected colour is keyed over the legal output with the opacity of the colour indicating how illegal the area is Because signals are typically only slightly illegal the gain on the keyer can be controlled to deliver the desired mix The gain is controlled by the Gamut Gain menu and setting this menu to its maximum value will give the same output as a traditional indicate output 4 2 1 Proc Amp Setting the proc amp values is done from the following menu which is found under Setup Lift Gain Menus 16 19 Proc amp main menu The proc amp enables the luma gain to be adjusted from 0 to 200 Similarly the chroma also is adjustable from 0 to 200 Full 10 bit by 10 bit multipliers are used with a rounded 10 bit product Black level adjustment is also applied at this point as is hue adjustment which allows for 180 of hue rotation 4 2 2 Setting up the input video parameters UltraDef units only For the unit to function correctly it may be necessa
60. so settings for PAL NTSC and RGB are all stored separately Ring suppression can either be off on or auto In auto mode the high and low settings for the current legalisation type are used as the high and low clip values for the ring suppression 4 3 2 Adjusting the input picture blanking Adjustment of the input picture blanking parameters uses the menu below found under Utils gt Blank 33 eyeheight Unit 34 Park House Watford Business Park Greenhill Crescent Watford Herts GB WD18 8PH Reg No 2855535 Telephone 44 0 1923 256 000 Fax 44 0 1923 256 100 email eyesales eyeheight com The blanking is defined as the number of pixels in from the edge of the input video picture that you want to be blanked off e is the number of pixels of blanking from the top of the picture e Bis the number of pixels from the bottom of the picture e Lis the number of pixels from the left edge of the picture e Ris the number of pixels from the right edge of the picture e By default all blanking variables are set to zero e Video Blanking defaults to Off 4 3 3 PC Logging Application Only available if an FP 9 flexipanel is used instead of SoftPanel Installation The latest version of the logging application can be downloaded from http www eyeheight com software Utilities Composite legaliser_ TimeCode utilit y zip The software requires the NET Framework v1 1 to be installed on the PC to be used for logging The NET
61. the red button When the red button is pressed it will turn green and either two or three of the rotary digipot LEDS will flash indicating that the respective rotary digipot will operate the respective parameter 2 8 6 Information display A Yellow menu Which on most panels does look a light orange is one in which only information is displayed An example of this is the software version display Pl eyeheight Unit 34 Park House Watford Business Park Greenhill Crescent Watford Herts GB WD18 8PH Reg No 2855535 Telephone 44 0 1923 256 000 Fax 44 0 1923 256 100 email eyesales eyeheight com 3 Connecting Video to the LE en This unit requires HD SDI or SDI digital video connections to the BNC connectors Connections on the LE 2n product Wy I A 5 E Oe e E D e s 6 Not Used Soft Panel GPI Figure 3 1 LE 2n connections The main video connections to the L 2n are shown above Input 2 is for use with a dual link input only in conjunction with Input 1 Outputs 1 and 2 are the legaliser outputs and are configurable independently as either Legal Raw or Indicate outputs except when running dual link where both are required for the dual link output The RS232 GPI LTC connection pin outs are shown in the technical appendix at the end of this manual If an FP 9 flexipanel is used instead of SoftPanel the RS232 connection can be connected to the COM port of a PC with the eyeheight Error Logging Application f
62. u lt is used to control many devices through one softPanel This is not used with the single product nanoBox system In order to use Multi Device mode you will need to connect to a chassis containing many devices such as the etherBox FB 9E Multi Device Mode will add an additional control to the panel which lists the available devices You can populate the list using Tools gt Search for products which will scan the connected system for available devices 2 7 The Messaging System The messaging system is in place to send ASCII character messages to a product Use Tools gt Send Message to see the message screen as below 16 eyeheight Unit 34 Park House Watford Business Park Greenhill Crescent Watford Herts GB WD18 8PH Reg No 2855535 Telephone 44 0 1923 256 000 Fax 44 0 1923 256 100 email eyesales eyeheight com The text box will accept a message up to 32 characters in length Click the Send button to send the message The Status Bar will display a confirmation or error message to acknowledge success or failure Click the Cancel button to return to the normal menu window 2 7 1 Using the messaging system to set a products username The username Is also referred to as a Host Alias and is shown on the Device Info panel There is a special format of message that sends a new username to a product Setting up usernames such as EDIT 3 dev or PRES A makes it easy for the user of the panel to know wh
63. usting the input picture blanking nnannnannnennnnenennonnennnnnnennneennne 33 4 3 3 PC Logging Application Only available if an FP 9 flexipanel is used EIER E EE 34 4 3 4 Setting up timecode evirachon 35 FONE EE 37 5 1 Memories econ e 37 SEI POWT O MOMO Y eaa a 37 5 1 2 Preset memones 37 e Ee 38 5 1 4 Naming User Memories aaannannnannnannnannnnnnnnennrennrernrnnnernrrsnrrnnrrnnernne 39 5 2 Tamper Locking the lE cc ccccceccsececeeeceeeeeeeeseeeseueeneeeseeeseueeaeeeneees 39 5 2 1 Globally locking the user menus only available if an FP 9 is used instead Of SoftPanel eee ceeccceececeeeeeeeeteeeeseeeeseueeteueeteueeteueesseesseeeas 39 6 GPI Tally Set Up cc cceccccceecceceeeeeeceeeeeeeeeeeeeeseeeceeseeeeeeseeeeeesseeseeseeeeeesaaeeeesegs 40 SH fa Kee Ee BE ae age ge E 40 6 1 2 Configuring tallies on the eiherbos 40 7 Resetting the EN 41 8 Software upgrade n nnnnenenenensnrenennnnnirnnrrnrnrrnnrrnnrrrnnrrnnrrrnnrrnnrrrnnrrnnrrennrennni 42 3 eyeheight Unit 34 Park House Watford Business Park Greenhill Crescent Watford Herts GB WD18 8PH Reg No 2855535 Telephone 44 0 1923 256 000 Fax 44 0 1923 256 100 email eyesales eyeheight com 9 The LE 2N Menu Get 43 RRE eeler DOC Le TK 74 10 1 GPI Tally RS232 technical information ccccceseeeeeeeeeeeeeeseeeenees 74 10 1 1 GPI INputs EE 74 IOTZ Ee UE 74 Ee Ne AC Se ee 76 10 2 Technical Gpechttcaion 76 102 ER ele le e E 76
64. utton takes you to the Proc amp settings menu Go To Menus 16 19 7 Back Pressing this button takes you to the previous level of menus Go To Menus 00 03 Pressing the next button on the panel will take you to the next menu in the nested menu sequence Go To Menus 08 11 Menus 08 11 Main menu set 2 2 Menu Num Heading Function 8 Input amp Output video Pressing this button takes you to the settings input and output settings menu Go To Menus 104 107 9 Utilities menu Pressing this button takes you to the utilities menu Go To Menus 120 123 10 system menu Pressing this button takes you to the system menu Go To Menus 180 183 11 Back Pressing the button takes you to the previous level of menus Go To Menus 00 03 Pressing the prev button on the panel will take you to the previous menu in the nested menu sequence Go To Menus 04 07 Menus 12 15 Blank 44 eyeheight Unit 34 Park House Watford Business Park Greenhill Crescent Watford Herts GB WD18 8PH Reg No 2855535 Telephone 44 0 1923 256 000 Fax 44 0 1923 256 100 email eyesales eyeheight com Menu Num Heading Function 12 13 14 15 Menus 16 19 Proc amp main menu Menu Num Heading Function 16 Proc amp status Pressing this button turns on or off the proc amp 17 Hue menu Pressing this button takes you to the hue menus Go To Menus 20 23 18 Gain menu Pressing this button takes you to the gain menus Go
65. vely the associated equipment required for operation of the above modes are 1 No extra equipment is required for operation using the SELECT switch 2 APC or Mac to operate the softpanel user provided and a USB cable Supplied and right switch set to PC 3 An FP 9 control panel with an RR 9E rear enclosure available from Eyeheight and a standard ethernet cable cable with RJ 45 connectors user Supplied is also required to connect the FP 9 panel to the LE 2n Set right switch to gt 9 eyeheight Unit 34 Park House Watford Business Park Greenhill Crescent Watford Herts GB WD18 8PH Reg No 2855535 Telephone 44 0 1923 256 000 Fax 44 0 1923 256 100 email eyesales eyeheight com The LE 2n will always be shipped in mode 1 Front Panel unless the customer specifies otherwise DO NOT CONNECT THE SUPPLIED USB RJ45 CABLE TO THE FRONT RJ45 LABELLED PANEL THIS COULD RESULT IN DAMAGE TO THE UNIT A ONLY ONE OPERATIONAL MODE CAN BE USED AT A TIME FOR EXAMPLE THE USER CANNOT OPERATE THE FRONT PANEL SELECT SWITCH 1 AND THE SOFT PANEL MODE 2 AT THE SAME TIME 2 2 Using the Front Panel Presets The front panel SELECT switch allows quick selection of the legalisation presets Always input the video before using the SELECT switch to select a preset as changing the video will automatically select the preset that was previously selected for that video standard G W J W du Figure 2 1 Preset Indicatio
66. vered within this manual Within this manual it can be assumed that Gs eyeheight Unit 34 Park House Watford Business Park Greenhill Crescent Watford Herts GB WD18 8PH Reg No 2855535 Telephone 44 0 1923 256 000 Fax 44 0 1923 256 100 email eyesales eyeheight com references to the LE 2n refer to either style of processing card When there are differences it will be pointed out specifically The LE 2n is a full featured multi mode legaliser system The main features of the LE 2n legalisers are as follows Provides Legalisation of the SDI Input signal with full 10 bit processing throughout Composite YCC Component and RGB colour spaces Two Independent SDI outputs for Legalise and user controllable Legal Indicate Raw Adjustable Clipping Levels Adjustable soft clipping knee levels Highly effective overshoot and undershoot suppression on the luminance signal Integral luma and chroma gain black level adjustment amp hue rotation EBU R103 standard legalisation settings 7 5 IRE or 0 IRE Pedestal 6 User Memories Unique severity display mode on monitoring output only available if the unit is used with a FP 9 flexipanel 2 off On board GPI s for memory recall Compatible with etherbox GPI Tallies FULLY software and firmware updatable using Flash technology A mechanical relay bypass option is available Figure 1 2 LE 2n rear The main video connections to the L 2 are shown above Input 2 is f

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