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Technical Reference Manual - XT3 12.02

1. 14 4 1 Video Specifications 14 4 2 Audio Specifications _ 15 4 3 Video Codecs and Bitrates 17 4 3 1 Supported Codecs 17 4 3 2 Maximum Bitrates 19 4 3 3 Internal Bandwidth 20 4 3 4 Recording Capacities _ 24 4 4 Network Transfers 32 4 4 1 XNet Transfers 32 4 4 2 Gigabit Ethernet Transfers _ 36 4 4 3 XF2 Capacities l 42 4 5 Video Interpolation 44 EVS Broadcast Equipment SA Issue 12 02 B February 2014 5 1 5 2 5 3 5 4 5 5 5 6 5 7 5 8 6 1 6 2 6 3 HARDWARE INSTALLATION AND CABLING 46 Rack Installation _ 46 Rear Panel Description L umu 22 2 0
2. Model Product JF JF Number RU Uplinks switching routing Stacking Dual Cisco Catalyst 1 4x1G SFP Y N Y No WS C2960S 48TS L Cisco Catalyst 1 Optional Y Y Y Optional WS C3750X 24TS module Cisco Catalyst 1 Optional Y Y Y Optional WS C3750X 48TS module 5 8 5 8 1 5 Hardware Instal A layer 2 device can be used when all machines are configured to be on the same LAN when another layer 3 device is present to do the routing if needed or when no routing between VLANs is needed The following table gives the list of available uplink modules for the Cisco Catalyst switches of the WS C3750X series Product Number Description C3KX NM 1G Four GbE port network module C3KX NM 10G Two 10GbE SFP ports and Two SFP ports network module C3KX NM 10GT Two 10GB T ports network module Additional Information HP switches have a lifetime guarantee with next business day advance replacement with no additional contract purchase HP switches are not compatible with Cisco s proprietary protocols ISL PagP PVST etc which could be a problem for integration in some legacy Cisco environment However such a case is quite unlikely to arise and most of the time workarounds can be found The stacking possibilities of the Cisco 3750X series permit to have fully active LACP teams for redundancy to the hosts GPIO Connections GP In Connections GPI Triggers The allocation of the server GPI triggers is performed in
3. 50 50 Disks ibid spares 8 audios 8 audios 8 audios 8 audios 8 audios 5 M 1 0 24 22 17 16 44 6 1 1 1 24 22 17 16 44 10 1 2 0 48 44 35 33 88 11 1 2 1 48 44 35 33 88 15 1 3 0 72 66 52 49 132 16 1 3 1 72 66 52 49 132 20 1 4 0 96 88 70 66 177 21 1 4 1 96 88 70 66 177 25 2 5 0 120 110 87 82 221 27 2 5 2 120 110 87 82 221 30 2 6 0 144 132 105 99 265 32 2 6 2 144 132 105 99 265 35 2 7 0 168 155 122 115 310 37 2 7 2 168 155 122 115 310 40 2 8 0 192 177 140 132 354 42 2 8 2 192 177 140 132 354 45 2 9 0 216 199 157 148 398 47 2 9 2 216 199 157 148 398 50 3 10 0 240 221 175 165 443 53 3 10 3 240 221 175 165 443 55 3 11 0 264 243 192 181 487 58 3 11 3 264 243 192 181 487 60 3 12 0 288 265 210 198 531 63 3 12 3 288 265 210 198 531 65 3 13 0 312 288 227 214 576 68 3 13 3 312 288 227 214 576 4 Software Specifications 29 EVS Broadcast Equipment SA RAID Disks 70 74 15 79 80 84 85 89 30 array T f Oo Units 14 14 15 15 16 16 17 17 spares Bloilsjlo rioilsi o DNxHD 100 8 audios 336 336 360 360 384 384 407 407 DNxHD 100 XDCAM 50 8 audios 310 310 332 332 354 354 375 375 DNxHD 145 8 audios 245 245 263 263 280 280 297 297 Issue 12 02 B February 2014 Jxpcaw 50 8 audios 8 audios 231 620 231 620 247 664 247 664 264 709 264 709 279 751 279 751 4 Software Specifications mmm HARDWARE TECHNICAL REFERENCE MANUAL
4. Power Supplies The server power supply is made of two hot swappable units Both of these units are connected to allow automatic power switching to the second power supply should the first one fail 56 5 Hardware Installation and Cabling HARDWARE TECHNICAL REFERENCE MANUAL Server 12 02 5 3 5 4 5 4 1 VS Video Connections You fill find full details on video connections in the Configuration manual in the chapter Supported Configurations Audio Connections Audio Channels The XT3 server manages up to 96 embedded audio channels depending on the chosen variant and the installed hardware The embedded audio modules and codecs can be used as input or output channels for embedded digital AES EBU or analog audio signals Depending on your server configuration you can find the following audio connectors on the rear panel Digital audio DA 15 connectors 16 inputs and 16 outputs 110 Ohm balanced connectors 8 inputs and 8 outputs 75 Ohm unbalanced XLR connectors 8 inputs and 8 outputs 110 Ohm balanced Analog audio DA 15 connectors 16 inputs high Z balanced and 16 outputs 600 Ohm drive capable breakout cables with XLR connectors available Audio monitoring DA 15 connector 4 analog mono outputs 600 Ohm drive capable 4U XLR connectors 4 analog mono outputs 600 Ohm drive capable 60 See also section Audio Specifications
5. Server 12 02 Table of Contents VS Table of Contents TABLE OF CONTENTS IH WHAT S NEW Vil 1 OVERVIEW 1 els Presertatior ernest chic eo Luc M he etisalat ede 1 2 SAFETY AND COMPLIANCE 3 21 CIE CILE 3 2 2 EMC Standards 3 2 9 EMG Warming ell Eier l decd 4 2 4 FCC Marking 5 2 5 CE Marking E E 5 3 HARDWARE SPECIFICATIONS 6 3 1 Mechanical Dimensions and Weights 6 3 1 1 Rack Mount 4U Main Frame 6 3 1 2 Rack Mount 60 Main Frame 7 3 1 3 SAS HDX UN T aeoaea a dd e cece eee 10 3 1 4 Control Devices 11 3 2 Power Supply 11 3 3 Environmental Conditions 13 4 SOFTWARE SPECIFICATIONS
6. European European European European European European Title Emission Standard Electromagnetic Compatibility EMC Part 3 Limits Section2 limits for harmonic current emissions equipment input current 16A per phase European Electromagnetic Compatibility EMC Part 3 Limits Section 3 limitation of voltage fluctuation and flicker in low voltage supply systems for equipment with rated current of 16 A European Electromagnetic Compatibility EMC Part 4 Limits Section 3 Testing and measurement techniques Radiated radio Frequency electromagnetic field immunity test European Electromagnetic Compatibility EMC Part 4 Limits Section 4 Testing and measurement techniques Electrical fast transient burst immunity test European Electromagnetic Compatibility EMC Part 4 Limits Section 5 Testing and measurement techniques Surge immunity test European Electromagnetic Compatibility EMC Part 4 Limits Section 6 Testing and measurement techniques Immunity to conducted disturbances induced by radio frequency fields EVS Broadcast Equipment SA 2 3 Standard Area EN 61000 4 7 European EN 61000 4 11 European EN 50082 1 European FCC USA Issue 12 02 B February 2014 Title European Electromagnetic Compatibility EMC Part 4 Limits Section 7 harmonics and interharmonics measurements and instrumentation for power supply systems and equipment connected thereto
7. Reference Bandwidth The table below specifies the reference GbE bandwidth used for calculations in this section However the effective bandwidth depends on network behavior which only partly relies on the EVS server Real Time Transfers Single Transfer Speed Gigabit Connection Type Backup Restore Backup Restore 1GbE internal 70 MB s 65 MB s 65 MB s 40 MB s 10GbE external 220 MB s 100 MB s 200 MB s 80 MB s 36 4 Software Specifications mmm HARDWARE TECHNICAL REFERENCE MANUAL Server 12 02 L Example How many real time transfers can be processed over a 1GbE network if work with Avid DNxHD 120 Mbps PAL and if the maximum GbE bandwidth on my network is 70 MB s Calculation Maximum GbE bandwidth actual block based bandwidth real time transfers 70 MB s 14 9 MB s 4 7 real time transfers Important Recommendations For6 channel configuration maximum bitrates for Avid DNXHDQ or Apple ProRes 422 should be 220 Mbps NTSC or 185 Mbps PAL Super Motion 1 Cam configuration i e 1 Super Motion REC 1 Std REC 1 Super Motion PLAY 1 Std PLAY maximum bitrates for Avid DNxHD or Apple ProRes 422 should be 145 Mbps NTSC or 185 Mbps PAL When using the Avid DNXHD codec we advise to work at 100 Mbps if the picture quality is satisfactory so that the XT3 can sustain 6 local channels 5 network transfers 4 Software Specifications 37 EVS Broadcast Equipment S
8. The available LEDs on the XNet2CTL controller module are from left to right LED Color Status Function LED 1 Green On Ok Red On An error occurred while booting the H3X board LED 2 to For EVS internal use only LED 8 FRAMER Green On The signal on the XNet2 IN connector is a valid EVS SDTI signal NET Green On The XNet2 SDTI network is established SDTI loop closed correct speed etc DSP Green Blinking Indicates DSP activity audio processing The available LEDs on the GBE Gigabit module module are from left to right LED Color Status Function CPU1 Green Blinking These LEDs blink alternately every 250 milliseconds to CPU2 indicate that the processor is running Other For EVS intemal use only LEDs Connectors The following connectors are available on the XNet2 SDTI module J15 OUT connector for XNet2 SDTI network 1485 2970 Mbps without relay J16 IN connector for XNet2 SDTI network 1485 2970 Mbps without relay Gigabit Connectors The two board Gigabit connectors are connected to the two backplane Gigabit ports The Gigabit connectors must be on a network that supports Jumbo Frames of at least 9014 bytes Ethernet frames See section Switches on page 72 for the list of supported switches You can set up the GbE IP addresses in the Multicam Configuration window in the Network tab Gigabit Ethernet section See the Configuration manual for more information 98 6 Boards D
9. 93 EVS Broadcast Equipment SA Issue 12 02 B February 2014 Monitoring Limitations The monitoring of PGM B on J3 is only possible in a 1 REC 1 PLAY configuration In a 2REC 1 PLAY configuration the monitoring of the player 1 is only available with the internal multiviewer In a TREC 2PLAY configuration the monitoring of the player 2 is only available with the internal multiviewer 6 2 7 Channel Assignment Server with Three Codec Boards The following table shows how the channels play or record channels are assigned to the codec boards and connectors Codec Board Codec Connector Channel Number Lower codec board slot 2 CODA CAM F or PGM 1 Lower codec board slot 2 COD B CAM E or PGM 2 Middle codec board slot 3 COD A CAM D or PGM 3 Middle codec board slot 3 COD CAM C or PGM 4 Upper codec board slot 4 CODA CAM B or PGM 5 Upper codec board slot 4 COD B CAM A or PGM 6 Server with Two Codec Boards The following table shows how the channels play or record channels are assigned to the codec boards and connectors Codec Board Codec Connector Channel Number Lower codec board slot 2 CODA CAM D or PGM 1 Lower codec board slot 2 COD B CAM C or PGM 2 Middle codec board slot 3 COD A CAM B or PGM Middle codec board slot 3 COD B CAM A or PGM 4 94 6 Boards Description VS HARDWARE TECHNICAL REFERENCE MANUAL XT3 Server 12 02 Server with a Single Codec Board The following table shows h
10. AES output 15 16 58 5 Hardware Installation and Cabling HARDWARE TECHNICAL REFERENCE MANUAL Server 12 02 5 4 3 Analog Audio DA 15 Pinout The analog audio DA 15 connector is illustrated hereunder connector installed on the rear panel and viewed from outside Its pinout is described in the following table where each column corresponds to one of the 4 available connectors o O Q ON eS eS elg es a OO Na O DA 15 connector 1 Inputs 1 4 mono Gnd Analog input 1 Gnd Analog input 2 Gnd Analog input 3 Gnd Analog input 4 Analog input 1 Gnd Analog input 2 Gnd Analog input 3 Gnd Analog input 4 5 Hardware Installation and Cabling DA 15 connector 2 Inputs 5 8 mono Gnd Analog input 5 Gnd Analog input 6 Gnd Analog input 7 Gnd Analog input 8 Analog input 5 Gnd Analog input 6 Gnd Analog input 7 Gnd Analog input 8 DA 15 connector 3 Outputs 1 4 mono Gnd Analog output 1 Gnd Analog output 2 Gnd Analog output 3 Gnd Analog output 4 Analog output 1 Gnd Analog output 2 Gnd Analog output 3 Gnd Analog output 4 VS DA 15 connector 4 Outputs 5 8 mono Gnd Analog output 5 Gnd Analog output 6 Gnd Analog output 7 Gnd Analog output 8 Analog output 5 Gnd Analog output 6 Gnd Analog output 7 Gnd Analog output 8 59 EVS Broadcast Equipment SA 5 4 4 60 Issue 12 02 B F
11. Server 12 02 L CET Recording Capacity in Hours for 6 Disk 5 1 RAID Configuration 59 94Hz s p Disks ia pita spares 8 audios 8 audios 8 audios 8 audios 8 audios 6 1 1 0 30 27 21 20 55 7 1 1 1 30 27 21 20 55 12 1 2 0 60 55 43 41 110 13 1 2 1 60 55 43 41 110 18 1 3 0 90 83 65 61 166 19 1 3 1 90 83 65 61 166 24 1 4 0 120 110 87 82 221 26 2 4 2 120 110 87 82 221 30 2 5 0 150 138 109 103 277 32 2 5 2 150 138 109 103 277 36 2 6 0 180 166 131 123 332 38 2 6 2 180 166 131 123 332 42 2 7 0 210 193 153 144 387 44 2 7 2 210 193 153 144 387 48 2 8 0 240 221 175 165 443 51 3 8 3 240 221 175 165 443 54 3 9 0 270 249 197 185 498 57 3 9 3 270 249 197 185 498 60 3 10 0 300 277 219 206 554 63 3 10 3 300 277 219 206 554 66 3 11 0 330 304 241 226 609 69 3 11 3 330 304 241 226 609 72 3 12 0 360 332 263 247 664 76 4 12 4 360 332 263 247 664 78 4 13 0 390 360 284 268 720 82 4 13 4 390 360 284 268 720 4 Software Specifications 31 EVS Broadcast Equipment SA Issue 12 02 B February 2014 il Disks 9X array 84 4 88 4 4 4 4 4 1 32 DNxHD DNxHD 100 DNxHD DNxHD 145 100 XDCAM 50 145 XDCAM 50 KDE 50 spares 8 audios 8 audios 8 audios 8 audios 8 audios 14 0 407 375 297 279 751 14 4 407 375 297 279 751 Network Transfers XNet Transfers Rule This section provides figures on transfer speeds for jobs processed by the XNet or SDTI network The section presents data in tables including the following pa
12. 17 78 60 Apple ProRes 422 24 17 28 34 57 69 55 Avid DNxHD 185 18 13 06 26 13 52 26 Apple ProRes 422 HQ 16 11 39 23 17 46 36 Storage Capacity at 150 Hz PAL Super Motion 3x The following tables gives the time in hours and minutes of A V content of a given codec that can be stored on the XF2 hardware at a frame rate of 150 Hz Codec Fieras 1TB 2TB 4TB Block Apple ProRes 422 LT 34 8 15 16 30 33 00 HD Mjpeg Standard 12 2 54 5 49 11 38 HD Mpeg 2 Intra 6 1 27 2 54 5 49 AVC Intra 100 14 3 23 6 47 13 34 DVCPro HD 17 4 07 8 15 16 29 Avid DNxHD 120 27 6 33 13 06 26 12 Apple ProRes 422 24 5 49 11 39 23 18 Avid DNxHD 185 18 4 22 8 44 17 28 Apple ProRes 422 HQ 16 3 52 7 46 15 31 42 4 Software Specifications VS HARDWARE TECHNICAL REFERENCE MANUAL Server 12 02 Storage Capacity at 59 94 Hz NTSC The following tables gives the time in hours and minutes of A V content of a given codec that can be stored on the XF2 hardware at a frame rate of 59 94 Hz Codec 1 TB 2 TB 4TB Block XDCAM HD 37 22 26 44 53 89 47 Apple ProRes 422 LT 35 21 14 42 28 84 57 HD Mjpeg Standard 14 8 30 17 00 34 00 HD Mpeg 2 Intra 7 4 15 8 30 17 00 AVC Intra 100 17 10 19 20 38 41 16 DVCPro HD 19 11 31 23 03 46 07 Avid DNxHD 120 27 16 22 32 45 65 31 Apple ProRes 422 24 14 33 29 07 58 14 Avid DNxHD 185 18 10 55 21 50 43 40 Apple ProRes 422 HQ 16 9 42 19 25 38 50 Storage Capacity at 180 Hz NTSC Super Motion 3x The following tables gives t
13. 22 ccc ccc cece a cece cceeeeccececeseeee 47 5 2 1 Rear Panel Configurations _ 47 5 2 2 60 Rear Panel Layout 47 5 2 3 40 Rear Panel Layout 53 Video Connections 200 0 LU LL ush usa ccc cece RR IRI aou ansa rrr 57 Audio Connections 57 5 4 1 Audio Channels 57 5 4 2 Digital Audio DA 15 Pinout 58 5 4 3 Analog Audio DA 15 Pinout 59 5 4 4 Monitoring Audio DA 15 Pinout 60 RS422 Connections u uu uuu uu c ccc ccc ccc cece e RR rr 61 5 5 1 RS422 Connector Pinout 61 5 5 2 Redundant IPDP Serial Link __ 61 eO So e COD 62 5 6 15 Introd ctlon ooa rero ot dono ec ananas a ea cise see 62 5 6 2 Network Architectures 63 5 6 3 Required Conditions to Set up and Run XNet 64 5 6 4 Starting XNet uu u Du sa alam Sasu e err rre e eere lle 66 5 6 5 XNet Performan
14. 293 N A N A N A N A 222 222 N A N A This value can be achieved with intemal SAS HDD disks with revision 10K 5 4 Software Specifications EVS Broadcast Equipment SA Issue 12 02 B February 2014 4 3 3 Internal Bandwidth General Description This section helps you select the most appropriate bitrate for the native codec s on the EVS server on the basis of the internal bandwidth the channel configuration and the calculated number of real time channels at the EVS server level The section therefore presents tables including the following parameters 1 Video Bitrate codec bitrate set by the user in the Codec section of the Server tab in the Multicam Configuration window 2 Fields Block numbers of video fields that can be stored in one disk block of 8 MB taking into account 8 audio track in 1080i 3 Actual Bandwidth actual disk network bandwidth required for the real time record or real time playback of one video stream and its associated audio tracks 4 Max RT Channels maximum number of video channels real time record or real time playback that one EVS server can support for a given frame rate and bitrate Since an XT3 server can have a maximum of 8 local video channels any value higher than 8 means that these additional real time accesses can be used for transfers over the XNet SDTI network The RT Channels calculation is based on the use of Seagate disks of 300 GB 10K5 configured in 4 1 raids Suc
15. 4 2 7 0 9 0 5 1 3 1 1 2 1 1 9 1 4 1 2 35 EVS Broadcast Equipment SA Issue 12 02 B February 2014 4 4 2 Gigabit Ethernet Transfers General Description This section provides empirical figures on real time transfers for backup and restore jobs processed by the GbE network The GbE bandwidth however relies on the customer network behavior which depends on external conditions and partly on the EVS servers Warning A The observations and data focus on steady rates the transfer performances with small clips will be lower as they generate a lot of starts and ends of sessions The section presents data in tables including the following parameters 1 Field Rate field frequency used or number of video fields transferred per second 2 Video Bitrate codec bitrate set by the user in the Codec section of the Server tab in the Multicam Configuration window 3 RT Transfers maximum number of simultaneous transfers of A V data that can be processed for the given frame rate and video bitrate through the GbE network Calculation formula Maximum GbE bandwidth actual block based bandwidth real time transfers 4 Transfer Speed transfer speed for a single transfer expressed in faster than real time speed The calculation formula is the same with a reference GbE bandwidth that is slightly smaller Note The transfer speed in real time for a single A V stream is 10 lower compared to the number of real time transfers
16. European Electromagnetic Compatibility EMC Part 4 Limits Section 11 Voltage dips short interruptions and voltage variations immunity tests European Generic Immunity Standard Part 1 Domestic commercial and light industry environment Conducted and radiated emission limits for a Class A digital device pursuant to the Code of Federal Regulations CFR Title 47 Telecommunications Part 15 Radio Frequency devices subpart B Unintentional Radiators EMC Warning Changes or modifications not expressly approved by the manufacturer for compliance could void the user s authority to operate the equipment This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions may cause harmful interference to radio communications However there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected Consult the dealer or an experienced radio TV technician for help 2 S
17. HD 3D and 1080p in Single Link 3G SDI mode Connect or J1 J2 J3 J4 J5 J6 J7 J8 J9 k 88 3D 1080p Mode N A SDI program output 2D HD SDI program output 2D HD SDI monitoring output for left eye 3D or link 1 1080p HD SD Not installed 3G SDI program output for left amp right eyes 3D or link 1 amp 2 1080p 3G identical to J7 3G SDI program output for left amp right eyes 3D or link 1 amp 2 1080p 3G identical to J6 3G SDI input left amp right eyes 3D or link 1 amp 2 1080p 3G Alternate 3G SDI input 3G for the internal loop Note The loops of the input signal are not genlocked Connector label CHAR SD Not wired to the backplane Used for onboard multiviewer input OUT B CHAR OUT SD HD INB OUT OUT IN Not wired to the backplane J9 of REC1 only connected to Loop connector 6 Boards Description VS HARDWARE TECHNICAL REFERENCE MANUAL XT3 Server 12 02 Connectors Layouts 3D 1080p 3G Input REC ac OUT 6 x Left eye amp Right eye input 3D or L f Inout Link 1 amp 2 input 1080p or inpu J8 J7 IN 1B 05 CHAR SD J1 3G NA e Loop of Input J6 CHAR OUT OUT6B HD SD SDD Left eye output 3D or HD Link 1 output 1080p Loop of Input Character Out E J3 3D 1080p 3G Output PLAY OD IN 1 OUT6 3G Clean output J8 J7 IN 1B 05 CHAR SD J1 N A 3G Clean outp
18. HD 59 94 100 19 25 3 11 8 AVC Intra 100 59 94 111 17 28 3 10 6 Avid DNxHD 145 59 94 145 27 17 8 16 8 Apple ProRes 422 59 94 145 24 20 0 15 0 Avid DNxHD 220 59 94 220 18 26 7 11 2 Apple ProRes 422 HQ 59 94 220 16 30 0 10 0 4 Software Specifications 21 EVS Broadcast Equipment SA Issue 12 02 B February 2014 Bandwidth and RT Channels at 180 Hz NTSC SLSM 3x Codec pes sie fe us n Hz Mbps MB s Apple ProRes 422 LT 179 82 85 11 43 6 6 8 HD Mjpeg Standard 179 82 100 4 120 0 2 5 HD 2 Intra 179 82 100 2 240 0 1 2 DVCPro HD 179 82 100 6 80 0 3 7 AVC Intra 100 179 82 111 5 96 0 3 1 Avid DNxHD 179 82 145 9 53 3 5 6 Apple ProRes 422 179 82 145 7 68 6 4 3 Avid DNxHD 179 82 220 5 96 0 3 1 Apple ProRes 422 HQ 179 82 220 5 96 0 onl Real Time Channel Calculation Rule The maximum server bandwidth depends on the disks Based on the assumption that Seagate disks of 300 GB 10K5 are used in 4 1 raids the disks will be able to write 300 MB s and the maximum server bandwidth is therefore 300 MB s For a mixed configuration with standard and super motion channels on the same EVS server the following calculation must be used to ensure that the settings do not exceed the maximum bandwidth of the server that is to say 300 MB s nbr of standard channels x their block based bandwidth nbr of super motion channels x their block based bandwidth For a multi essence configuration a similar calculation is used and t
19. by software either as an encoder for a record channel or as a decoder for a play channel The COD V3X modules are SD HD and 3 Gbps capable They support the following feature s Full resolution 3D HD on a single V3X module Dual Link HD SDI or single link 3 Gbps e 1080 50 59 94 Hz video standard on a single V3X module Dual Link HD SDI or single link 3 Gbps XDCAM Modules The XDCAM modules provides the option to encode the incoming video feeds in XDCAM codec These modules do not include LEDs and are therefore not further detailed below Genlock There are 2 versions of the V3X board one with genlock one without genlock The genlock model can easily be identified by the presence of 3 quartz synthesizers at the rear of the V3X base board on the right hand side and by the presence of the GLK and PSU OK LEDs on either side of the DIN connector at the center front of the board 6 Boards Description 79 EVS Broadcast Equipment SA Issue 12 02 B February 2014 Note that a V3X board with genlock must be installed as V3X 1 in first position slot 2 in the server A V3X board with genlock can never be installed in any other slot and thus cannot be used instead of V3X 2 or 3 Doing so will result in conflicting electrical signals inside the system Block Diagram The block diagram of the V3X board with genlock is illustrated hereunder with the connectors jumpers and LEDs location XDCAM module
20. connectors 2 in and 2 out Analog Audio The analog audio inputs and outputs are available on multi pin DA 15 connectors for audio signal inputs and outputs in analog format See section Audio Connections on page 57 for more details on the connectors pinout according to the different configurations The analog connector layout consists in 4 multi pin DA 15 connectors 2 in and 2 out ANALOGAUDIO INPUTS RS422 Ports 4 The RS422 ports allow the server to be remotely controlled through remote panels or third party control devices When a remote panel is used it should be connected on the first RS422 port The RS422 connectors layout is as follows 1 2 3 4 Controls and Communications This rear panel part presents some or all of the following connectors according to your configuration The Ref Video connectors allow the server to receive or send back the analog genlock reference signal The XNet2 connectors allow the interconnection of EVS servers and or XStore in an XNet2 network The IN connector of a server is connected to the OUT connector of another server and so on to form a closed loop network 5 Hardware Installation and Cabling 55 EVS Broadcast Equipment SA Issue 12 02 B February 2014 The Multiviewer connectors allow a monitor to be connected directly to the server and to display PGM and REC channels as configured in the Multicam Configuration window in the Monitoring tab Multiviewer p
21. out 12 34 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 12 34 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 1344 15 16 ANALOG AUDIO OUTPUTS 5 6 7 8 1 2 3 4 D cG Timecode and Video Ref Connectors The Timecode connectors allow the server to receive the LTC timecode reference signal and send the LTC timecode that corresponds to PGM1 The Ref Video connectors allow the server to receive or send back the analog genlock reference signal This rear panel part located below the audio connectors presents connectors that allow the EVS server to communicated with other devices The connectors are described from top left to bottom right The XNet2 connectors allow the interconnection of EVS servers and or XStore in an XNet2 network The IN connector of a server is connected to the OUT connector of another server and so on to form a closed loop network The Loop connector allows the loop of PGM1 on REC1 to be able to use the internal loop feature 5 Hardware Installation and Cabling mmm HARDWARE TECHNICAL REFERENCE MANUAL Server 12 02 L The Multiviewer connectors allow a monitor to be connected directly to the server and to display PGM and REC channels as configured in the Multicam Configuration window in the Monitoring tab Multiviewer page See the Multicam Configuration manual for a description of the configuration parameters The RS232 connector allows a tablet to be connected to the server The Multiviewer connector provides an analog Mu
22. plug and socket outlet or a non industrial appliance coupler or both Correct mains polarity must always be observed Do not use reversible power plugs with this equipment Class of equipment Class 1 equipment EN 60950 1 2 5 electric shock protection by basic insulation and protective earth Electrical Consumption The following electrical specifications are valid for the XT3 6U server Data Type Voltage Value Inrush current PSU plugged on power grid 230 V 3 8 A Maximal current full load CPU at 100 230 V 1 7 A Inrush current PSU plugged on power grid 115 V 7 9A Maximal current full load CPU at 100 115V 3 6A Maximal power consumption full load CPU at 100 400W 12 3 Hardware Specifications VS HARDWARE TECHNICAL REFERENCE MANUAL XT3 Server 12 02 3 3 Environmental Conditions Operating Temperature 10 C to 45 C 50 F to 113 F ambient with free air flow Relative humidity 0 to 90 non condensing Cooling requirements Forced air cooling air flow from right to left when looking the back panel of the EVS server Handling movement Designed for fixed use when in operation Storage and Transport Temperature 0 C to 70 C 32 F to 158 F Relative humidity 0 to 90 non condensing 3 Hardware Specifications 13 EVS Broadcast Equipment SA 4 4 1 Video Standards Video Specifications Issue 12 02 B February 2014 Software Specifications The followin
23. speed with the exception of the normal 100 playback speed a number of fields violate the normal parity of the output signal This parity violation induces a 1 line shift of the field resulting in a vertical jitter of the picture The jitter frequency depends upon the chosen playback speed To avoid this phenomenon and provide a stable output picture EVS developed 2 types of line interpolator 2 line and 4 line interpolators The interpolation process can be enabled or disabled by the operator on all EVS slow motion systems 2 Line Interpolator The 2 line interpolator actually generates a new field when the original field is in parity violation Each line of this new field is calculated by a weighted average of the 2 neighboring lines This process solves the problem of parity violation and vertical jitter but the drawback is a reduction of the vertical resolution on the interpolated fields that appear unfocused Another side effect is the alternation of original fields perfectly focused and interpolated fields unfocused resulting in a pumping video signal 4 Software Specifications mmm HARDWARE TECHNICAL REFERENCE MANUAL XT3 Server 12 02 L 4 Line Interpolator The 4 line interpolator uses a more sophisticated calculation based on the 4 neighboring lines By using suitable coefficients for the weight of each line in the resulting calculation we apply this interpolation to all fields The final result is a permanentl
24. the DOS operating system Neither audio nor video data is saved on this disk The capacity of this drive may vary depending on market availability but the system partition is always set to 1 GB The remaining capacity of this drive is not used 128 MB SDRAM or higher modified The SDRAM used has been modified to suit the system requirements Please contact EVS support for RAMs upgrade Do not use standard PC RAM modules 6 Boards Description 103 EVS Broadcast Equipment SA 104 Illustration Header 26 Issue 12 02 B February 2014 DB15 MULTIVIEWER BOARD Y gt qi 8 IN 1 IN 3 P IN5 IN6 OU OUT 1 HD 3V3 LE D AHD FC SERIAL 123456 6 Boards Description VS HARDWARE TECHNICAL REFERENCE MANUAL Server 12 02 Multiviewer The multiviewer board is an option on XT3 servers Connectors Function IN The J2 connectors from the CODEC modules of the COHX board are connected to the IN connectors of the multiviewer board OUT1 HD The OUT HD connector of the multiviewer board is connected to the MULTIVIEWER HD SDI connector on the rear panel of the server OUT2 SD The OUT SD connector of the multiviewer board is connected to the MULTIVIEWER SD SDI connector on the rear panel of the server DA 15 The DA 15 connector of the multiviewer board is connected to the MULTI DA 15 connector on
25. the Multicam Configuration window in the GPI tab See the Configuration manual for detailed information on allocating GPI triggers lation and Cabling T3 74 EVS Broadcast Equipment SA Issue 12 02 B February 2014 Opto isolated Inputs GP In 1 2 3 4 Pin Out Specifications The input consists in an opto diode VF 1 1 Volt in series with a 470 ohm resistor Typical switching point 1 4 mA for secure operation 0100 5 mA gt opto OFF j22 5to 30 mA gt opto ON 30 mA Direct connection to a TTL CMOS signal possible Pin opto to GND and pin opto to the TTL CMOS signal Typical switching point 1 6 Volts for secure operation lt 0 8 Volts gt opto OFF Vin 2 2 Volts 2 mA gt opto ON Vin max without external resistor 15 Volts 5 Hardware Installation and Cabling mmm HARDWARE TECHNICAL REFERENCE MANUAL XT3 Server 12 02 L TTL Inputs GP In 5 6 7 8 Relay Inputs Pin Out The relay must be connected between the ground and the corresponding TTL input on the DB 25 TTL Inputs Pin Out Each TTL input on the DB 25 is directly connected to the pin of the T TL connector on the device triggering the The ground must be common between the DB 25 connector of the XT3 server and the external device Specifications each pin can be individually configured as an output or an input internal 4K7 pull up to 5 V low level
26. the possible workflows with third party systems 5 Hardware Installation and Cabling HARDWARE TECHNICAL REFERENCE MANUAL XT3 Server 12 02 5 7 2 Backup of Clips Overview The following schema shows how the backup of clips is performed with the Gigabit connection and XTAccess M gt Video Feeds Archive Apple Final Cut Pro wrapping ES Gigabit Ethernet Workflow 1 Anexternal system for example IP Director sends an XML file to XTAccess to request the backup of a given clip created on an XT3 server 2 XTAccess processes the XML file tgets the clip content that has to be backed up from the server It generates a backup file of the clip the format specified by the external system no transcoding feature only native codec The following formats are supported EVS MXF AVI Avid MXF OPAtom MXF OP 1A Quick Time Quick Time Ref depending on the video codec tstores the backup file in the target folder specified by the external system The metadata of the clip are either included in the file in EVS MXF or sent via an XML file 5 Hardware Installation and Cabling 69 EVS Broadcast Equipment SA Issue 12 02 B February 2014 5 7 3 70 Restore of Clips Overview Only clips having one of the following formats can be restored EVS MXF MXF OP 1A or Quick Time depending on the video codec The restore process can be set up i
27. the rear panel of the server LED Information Internal EVS information Board Configuration HPOL VPOL and ENVS are used to configure the composite sync generator used in LSM TV mode no effect if the server is only used with a VGA monitor The HPOL jumper can be used to invert or not the VGA HS signal Horizontal Sync to generate the composite output signal TV mode The VPOL jumper can be used to invert or not the VGA VS signal Vertical Sync to generate the composite output signal TV mode The ENVS jumper can be used to enable or not the presence of the VGA VS signal Vertical Sync in the composite output signal TV mode If the LSM TV mode is used these jumpers must be set up according to EVS recommendations which depend on software version and CPU board model revision Set up the jumpers as follows HPOL On VPOL Off ENVS On REMOTE RESET jumpers are available to designate the remote s from which the RESET command can be sent This command resets the whole system PC and video hardware 6 Boards Description 105 EVS Broadcast Equipment SA Issue 12 02 B February 2014 In standard configuration only Remote one on RS422 port 1 is allowed to reset the Warning This jumper should be removed if the device connected to the RS422 port is NOT an EVS controller Maximum voltage on pin 5 of an RS422 port of the server should not exceed 5 Volt when the corresponding jumper is engaged Applying a higher voltage on
28. 080p and 1080i standards These multi channel disk based video servers are ideal for a wide range of broadcast applications from sports and live production to playout and transmission XT3 servers are available in 6U or 4U chassis The XT3 servers offer flexible configurations up to 8 channel SD HD and optionally 6 channel 3D 1080p XT3 servers work with SAS disks they are equipped with internal SAS disk array and or can be connected to a SAS HDX extemal SAS disk array They can be used with various third party controllers applications and automation systems using industry standard protocols such as Sony BVW75 VDCP Odetics DD35 IPDP or EVS AVSP EditRec LinX API They natively support a wide range of HD Intra codecs such as Mjpeg VC 3 Avid DNxHD Apple ProRes Mpeg 2 Intra Panasonic DVCPRO HD AVC Intra Class 100 as well as SD Intra codecs It can also encode A V content in two essences at a time Intra LongGOP XD CAM or Intra Proxy Mjpeg as well as in Intra only or LongGOP only EVS Broadcast Equipment SA Issue 12 02 B February 2014 They can be operated in multi essence configurations where the ingested material is directly and simultaneously available in the XDCAM codec and in an Intra frame codec XT3 servers can also be controlled by EVS applications Live Slow Motion LSM for sports production including replays highlights editing and analysis tools like Split Screen to compare 2 synchronized a
29. 2 PLAY XT3 s XT3 2 REC 4 PLAY 2 REC 2 PLAY xr3 II xr3 3 m 1485 4 2970 XT3 5 REC 1 PLAY XHub3 OB Van 2 XT3 XS 1 SuperMotion REC 4 REC 2 PLAY 1 REC 2 PLAY n 1 S M J E 5 6 3 Required Conditions to Set up and Run XNet 1 All systems on the network shall belong to the or XS servers XStoreSE XHub3 devices 2 The SDTI advanced option code for network client master or server modes shall be validated in the options list 3 They shall all be running compatible software versions Otherwise warning message is displayed 4 The EVS video servers shall operate the same multi essence configuration LOS 5 The SDTI speed parameter shall have the same value on all EVS servers Network page SDTI section The SDTI speed 2970 Mbps is available with EVS servers equipped with H3X boards 64 5 Hardware Installation and Cabling mmm HARDWARE TECHNICAL REFERENCE MANUAL Server 12 02 L 6 The network type must be set to Server on one and only one EVS video server on the network The others must be set to either Master to share clips and view others clips or Client to share clips only 7 Adifferent network number must be specified for each EVS video server that you want to connect to the network If the same network number is assigned to 2 different systems the second one will not be able to connect and a warning mes
30. 3750X 48TS Arista Network 7150S 24 Comparison The models HP Procurve 2510G 24 Cisco Catalyst 2960S 24TS and 2960S 48TS can be used for small setups where no inter VLAN routing is needed The models Cisco Catalyst 2960S 24TD and 2960S 48TD can be used for small setups where 10G uplinks are required but no inter VLAN routing is needed On larger setups both GbE ports of the XT3 servers or and several ports on the SANs are often used to increase the bandwidth or to allow redundancy Since both GbE ports of an XT3 server cannot be used on the same sub network virtual LANs need to be created To allow the transfer of packets between the virtual LANs layer 3 switches are required You need to select a layer 3 switch that is able to route jumbo frames A switch of the Cisco Catalyst 3750X series should be used on larger setups as they support jumbo frames allow traffic to be routed between different VLANs and provide stacking capabilities The following table gives an overview on the supported switches Model Product Gb JF JF Number Ry ports DIRK switching routing Seas ou alit HP Procurve 1 20 4 4x1G SFP Y N N No 2510G 24 Cisco Catalyst 1 24 2x10GIG Y N Y No WS C2960S 24TD L SFP or 2x1G SFP Cisco Catalyst 1 48 2x10GIG Y N Y No WS C2960S 48TD L SFP or 2x1G SFP Cisco Catalyst 1 24 4x1G SFP Y N Y No WS C2960S 24TS L 72 5 Hardware Installation and Cabling HARDWARE TECHNICAL REFERENCE MANUAL Server 12 02
31. 5 times faster than real time transfers depends on network load HD content 3to 4 real time Up to 2 times faster than real time transfers depends on network load SLSM content real time transfers These performances are also limited by the disk bandwidth available from the EVS server where the clips are stored To prevent freeze issues and to maximize network bandwidth efficiency priority levels have been implemented in the following order from the high to the low priority 1 Play requests 2 Search Browse and Live E2E requests 3 Copyrequests 5 Hardware Installation and Cabling HARDWARE TECHNICAL REFERENCE MANUAL XT3 Server 12 02 5 7 5 7 1 VS Troubleshooting 1 If the network does not start up properly although all machines are apparently configured properly and Multicam is actually started on all of them check that selected cables to connect all EVS servers are suitable and not too long to operate 2 If the connection cannot be established please make sure that all equipments are set to the same speed and connected to the non relay connectors 3 Once the network has been established if the EVS server acting as the network Server is disconnected or shut down another server will automatically be assigned to act as a new network Server The next machine to be automatically assigned as new network server is the one with the highest serial number in the SDTI network Gigabit Network Functional Ov
32. 5x DVCPro HD 50 00 Hz 100 23 6 9 3 4 2x AVC Intra 100 50 00 Hz 111 28 6 UU 3 5x Avid DNxHD 50 00 Hz 120 14 9 14 7 6 7x 120 Apple ProRes 50 00 Hz 120 16 7 13 1 6 0x 422 Avid DNxHD 50 00 Hz 185 22 3 9 8 4 5x 185 Apple ProRes 50 00 Hz 185 25 0 8 8 4 0x 422 HQ 4 Software Specifications 39 EVS Broadcast Equipment SA 40 Restore Transfers Internal 1GbE Connection Issue 12 02 B February 2014 The maximum number of real time transfers through the 1GbE ports of the XT3 server in 1080i without SLSM REC are summarized in the following table Codec XDCAM HD Apple ProRes 422 LT HD Mjpeg Standard HD Mpeg 2 Intra DVCPro HD AVC Intra 100 Avid DNxHD 120 Apple ProRes 422 Avid DNxHD 185 Apple ProRes 422 HQ Field Rate Video Bitrate Mbps Block based bandwidth RT Transfer Speed Transfers faster than RT 50 00 Hz 50 00 Hz 50 00 Hz 50 00 Hz 50 00 Hz 50 00 Hz 50 00 Hz 50 00 Hz 50 00 Hz 50 00 Hz 100 100 100 111 120 120 185 185 33 4 66 7 23 6 28 6 14 9 16 7 22 3 25 0 1 9 1 0 2 7 2 3 4 3 3 9 2 9 2 6 3 0x 3 4x 1 2x 0 6x 1 7x 1 4x 2 7 2 4 1 8 1 6 4 Software Specifications VS HARDWARE TECHNICAL REFERENCE MANUAL Server 12 02 INEW External 10GbE Connection The maximum number of real time transfers through the 10GbE ports of the XT3 Gigabit Gateway PC in 1080i w
33. 6 1 Boards and Slots Configuration The XT3 server is equipped with several boards that are all developed by EVS According to your server version the following setup configurations are available 6U Rack Slot Installed boards 6 video channels 4 video channels 2 video channels 7 RSAS 6 H3X 5 CODA Audio Codec 4 V3X SD HD 3 3 V3X SD HD 2 V3X SD HD 2 2 V3X SD HD 1 V3X SD HD 1 V3X SD HD 1 Genlock Genlock Genlock 4 MTPC 4U Rack Installed boards Slot 4 video channels 2 video channels 6 RSAS 5 H3X 4 CODA Audio Codec 3 V3X SD HD 2 2 V3X SD HD 1 Genlock V3X SD HD 1 Genlock 1 MTPC 78 6 Boards Description mmm HARDWARE TECHNICAL REFERENCE MANUAL Server 12 02 L 6 2 6 2 1 V3X Video and Reference Boards Description Overview The V3X board is divided in several parts abase board identified as V3X base rear section and center extension two modules identified as COD A V3X front left and COD B V3X front right two modules identified as XD CAM rear section plugged onto the left and right sides of the base board Warning It is highly advised not to remove a V3X board from your EVS server Should you have to do so manipulate the board very carefully making sure it is not exposed to mechanical or electric shocks COD Modules The COD A V3X and COD B V3X modules are the actual codec modules each of them being able to be configured
34. A 38 Backup Transfers Internal 1GbE Connection Issue 12 02 B February 2014 The maximum number of real time transfers through 1GbE ports of the XT3 server in 1080i without SLSM REC are summarized in the following table Codec XDCAM HD Apple ProRes 422 LT HD Mjpeg Standard HD Mpeg 2 Intra DVCPro HD AVC Intra 100 Avid DNxHD 120 Apple ProRes 422 Avid DNxHD 185 Apple ProRes 422 HQ Field Rate Video Bitrate Mbps Block Based Bandwidth RT Transfer Speed Transfers faster than RT 50 00 Hz 50 00 Hz 50 00 Hz 50 00 Hz 50 00 Hz 50 00 Hz 50 00 Hz 50 00 Hz 50 00 Hz 50 00 Hz 100 100 100 111 120 120 185 185 33 4 66 7 23 6 28 6 14 9 16 7 22 3 25 0 2 1 1 0 2 9 2 4 4 7 4 2 3 1 2 8 4 8x 515X 1 9x 0 9x 2 7 2 2 4 3 3 9x 2 9x 2 6x 4 Software Specifications VS HARDWARE TECHNICAL REFERENCE MANUAL Server 12 02 External 10GbE Connection The maximum number of real time transfers through 10GbE ports of the XT3 server in 1080i without SLSM REC are summarized in the following table Vid Block Transfer Cod Field Bit y Based RT Speed oed Rate Mbps Bandwidth Transfers faster than p MB s RT XDCAM HD 50 00 Hz 50 13 4 16 4 7 4x Apple ProRes 50 00 Hz 85 11 8 18 6 8 4x 422 LT HD Mjpeg 50 00 Hz 100 33 4 6 6 3 0x Standard HD Mpeg 2 Intra 50 00 Hz 100 66 7 3 3 1
35. AR SD J1 CHAR 8001 CHAR SD J1 CHAR SD J1 c4 hd hd hd Rd oe CHAR OUT OUT 1B CHAR OUT OUT2B CHAR OUT OUT3B CHAR OUT OUT 4B CHAR OUT OUT 5B CHAR OUT OUT 6B 48 5 Hardware Installation and Cabling HARDWARE TECHNICAL REFERENCE MANUAL XT3 Server 12 02 L Analog and Digital Audio 2 This section shows the available associations of analog and digital connectors See section Audio Specifications on page 15 for more details on the available audio configurations See section Audio Connections on page 57 for more details on the DA 15 connectors pinout depending on the configuration The audio connector layouts described in this section are available according to your configuration Digital XLR Connectors Digital audio 16 XLR connectors 8 in and 8 out No analog audio DIGITAL AUDIO INPUTS DIGITAL AUDIO OUTPUTS Po lt Em Digital BNC Connectors and Analog DA 15 Connectors Digital audio 16 BNC connectors 8 in and 8 out Analog audio 4 multi pin DA 15 connectors 2 in and 2 out Pw 8 O n ADA Qe 9 e e P y e 9 10 e j e 9 10 e v o 7 5 Hardware Installation and Cabling 49 EVS Broadcast Equipment SA Issue 12 02 B February 2014 50 Digital and Analog DA 15 Connectors Digital audio 4 multi pin DA 15 connectors 2 in and 2 out Analog audio 4 multi pin DA 15 connectors 2 in and 2
36. ARE TECHNICAL REFERENCE MANUAL Server 12 02 4 3 4 3 1 VS Video Codecs and Bitrates Supported Codecs Codecs and Related License Codes The XT3 server supports natively the video codecs presented in the table below when the required license code is valid The codecs corresponding to license codes 10 to 12 are installed by default on the XT3 server Codec SD HD Code Protection IMX Code 11 Mjpeg SD Code 10 DVCPro 50 V Code 9 Mjpeg Standard HD Code 10 Mjpeg EVS HD Mpeg 2 Intra Y Code 12 Avid DNxHD V Code5 Apple ProRes 422 Y Code6 DVCPro HD Y Code8 AVC Intra V Code 13 LU XDCAM LongGOP Y Code 14 Target Bitrate Range and Default Values The target bitrate of the encoded video stream can be set by the user within the accepted range 8 to 100 Mbps for standard definition 40 to 250 Mbps for high definition with the exception of Apple ProRes Avid DNXHD and DVCPro codecs working with defined bitrates The default values are Mjpeg 30 Mbps for standard definition and Mjpeg 100 Mbps for high definition 4 Software Specifications 17 EVS Broadcast Equipment SA Issue 12 02 B February 2014 Content Transfer Encoding and File Header It is possible to perform the encoding process in 8 bit or 10 bit and to write a 10 bit file on selected codecs The following table summarizes the proposed configurations valid for encoding and file header Codec DNxHD 120 145 DNxH
37. ARE TECHNICAL REFERENCE MANUAL XT3 Server 12 02 AE Connector SD mode HD mode label J2 SDI monitoring output SD SDI monitoring output Not wired HD to the backplane Used for onboard multiviewer input J3 Loop through for the SDI Loop through for the SDI OUT input signal SD input signal SD down converted J4 SDI monitoring output SD SDI monitoring output CHAR SD HD OUT SD HD J5 Not used Not used INB or or SDI input SD in an XREC SDI input HD in an configuration configuration J6 SDI program output HD SDI program output OUT SD identical to J7 SD identical to J7 J7 SDI program output HD SDI program output OUT SD identical to J6 HD identical to J6 J8 SDI input SD HD SDI input HD IN J9 Alternate SDI input Alternate HD SDI input Not wired SD for the internal loop HD for the internal loop to the backplane J9 of REC1 only connected to Loop connector Note The loops of the input signal are not genlocked 6 Boards Description 83 EVS Broadcast Equipment SA Issue 12 02 B February 2014 Connector Layouts SD Mode Input REC SD SDI Input N A or SD SDI Input XREC CODEC 1 IN 1 J8 y IN 1B 05 OUT 6 CHAR SD J1 J6 CHAR OUT OUT 6B SD HD SD SDI Loop of Input SD SDI Loop of Input SD SDI SD SDI Loop of Input L Character Out 33 Epp HD Mode Input REC IN 1 OUT 6 HD SDI Input HD SDI Loop of Input J8 J7 IN 1B 05 CHAR
38. D 185 220 DNxHD 185x 220x ProRes 85 ProRes 120 145 ProRes 185 220 DVCPro HD Mjpeg Mpeg 2 Intra AVC Intra 100 XDCAM HD 50 Encoding amp File Header 8 bit 8 bit 10 bit 10 bit 10 bit 10 bit 8 bit 8 bit 8 bit 10 bit 8 bit 4 Software Specifications HARDWARE TECHNICAL REFERENCE MANUAL Server 12 02 4 3 2 Maximum Bitrates VS These maximum values are valid for XT3 servers running Multicam version 12 02 or higher They guarantee a smooth play and a browse at 100 speed on all channels simultaneously Codec SD Mjpeg HD Mjpeg HD Mpeg 2 Intra Avid DNxHD Apple ProRes 422 DVCPro 50 DVCPro HD AVC Intra 100 fe XDCAM 50 LongGOP Format PAL NTSC PAL NTSC PAL NTSC PAL NTSC PAL NTSC PAL NTSC PAL NTSC PAL NTSC PAL NTSC 2 ch 100 100 225 250 225 250 185 220 185 220 50 50 100 100 111 111 50 50 4 ch 100 100 225 250 225 250 185 220 185 220 50 50 100 100 111 111 50 50 4ch 3D N A N A 180 180 180 180 185 220 185 220 N A N A 100 100 110 110 50 50 4ch 3D SLSM 3x N A N A 100 100 N A N A 100 100 85 102 N A N A N A N A N A N A N A N A 6 ch 100 100 180 180 180 180 185 220 185 220 50 50 100 100 111 111 50 50 8 ch 100 100 180 180 180 180 185 220 185 220 50 50 100 100 111 111 50 50 6ch 1080p N A N A N A N A N A N A 367 403 367
39. HARDWARE TECHNICAL REFERENCE MANUAL Version 12 02 February 2014 XT 3 VS HARDWARE TECHNICAL REFERENCE MANUAL XT3 Server 12 02 Copyright EVS Broadcast Equipment SA Copyright 2011 2014 All rights reserved Disclaimer The information in this manual is furnished for informational use only and subject to change without notice While every effort has been made to ensure that the information contained in this user manual is accurate up to date and reliable EVS Broadcast Equipment cannot be held responsible for inaccuracies or errors that may appear in this publication Improvement Requests Your comments will help us improve the quality of the user documentation Do not hesitate to send improvement requests or report any error or inaccuracy on this user manual by e mail to doc evs com Regional Contacts The address and phone number of the EVS headquarters are usually mentioned in the Help gt About menu in the user interface You will find the full list of addresses and phone numbers of local offices either at the end of this user manual for manuals on hardware products or at the following page on the EVS website http www evs com contacts User Manuals on EVS Website The latest version of the user manual if any and other user manuals on EVS products can be found on the EVS download center on the following webpage http www evs com downloadcenter HARDWARE TECHNICAL REFERENCE MANUAL
40. SD J1 N A or HD SDI Input XREC e HD SDI Loop of Input CHAR OUT OUT6B SD HD HD SD SDI Loop of Input e SD SDI Character Out Loop of Input 84 J3 6 Boards Description HARDWARE TECHNICAL REFERENCE MANUAL XT3 Server 12 02 N A N A SD SDI Monitoring Output Character Out N A N A HD SD SDI Monitoring Output Character Out 6 Boards Description SD Mode Output PLAY OD IN 6 OUT 1 J8 J7 IN 6B U5 CHAR SD 1 J6 CHAR OUT OUT 1B SD HD JA _ J3 _ HD Mode Output PLAY OD IN6 OUT1 J8 J7 IN 6B 05 CHAR SD J1 J6 CHAR OUT OUT 1B SD HD JA J3 VS SD SDI Clean Output SD SDI Clean Output N A HD SDI Clean Output HD SDI Clean Output SD SDI Clean Output 85 EVS Broadcast Equipment SA 6 2 3 86 Issue 12 02 B February 2014 COD Connectivity in 3D and 1080p Dual Link Connector Assignments This section describes the connector assignments and layout for the video standards HD 3D and 1080p in Dual Link mode Connector 3D 1080p mode J1 N A J2 SDI monitoring output HD J3 HD SDI program output for right eye 3D or link 2 1080p HD J4 SDI monitoring output for left eye 3D or link 1 1080p HD SD J5 HD SDI input for right eye 3D or link 2 1080p HD J6 HD SDI program output for left eye 3D or link 1 1080p HD identical to J7 J7 HD SDI program output for left eye 3D or link 1 1080p HD ident
41. Storage The disk storage on SAS disks can be as follows with a total of up to 84 disks internal storage only 6 or 12 x 300 GB or 900 GB SAS disks external storage only up to 4 arrays with 24 x 300 GB or 900 GB SAS disks with or without spare disks both internal and external storage Warning The sum of internal and extemal disk storage on an XT3 server cannot exceed 20 TB This is therefore not possible to have higher recording capacities than the ones described in the following tables RAID Level 3 The video RAID uses striping process across 5 or 6 disk drives The video and audio data is striped over the first 4 or 5 drives while the parity information is saved on the fifth or Sixth drive If one drive is damaged the video RAID can use the parity information to recover the missing information so that operation can continue seamlessly without bandwidth loss Recording Capacity Figures The following tables show the recording capacity in hours for different video bitrates for 1record channel that is 1 video 4 stereo audio tracks in SD 1 video 8 stereo audio tracks in HD With the Operational Disk Size parameter set to 100 With arrays of 300 GB disks Tip e The table figures should be multiplied by 3 for 900 GB disk arrays 4 Software Specifications mmm HARDWARE TECHNICAL REFERENCE MANUAL Server 12 02 L CET Recording Capacity in Hours for 5 Disks 4 1 RAID Configurati
42. Vi lt 1 5 Volt U12 74HC245 high level Vi gt 3 5 Volt 012 74HC245 optional TTL compatible level U12 74HCT245 5 Hardware Installation and Cabling 75 EVS Broadcast Equipment SA Issue 12 02 B February 2014 5 8 2 76 GP Out Connections Relay Isolated Outputs GP Out 1 2 3 4 Pin Out The user can define the functions types and settings associated to the GPI outs in the following applications Setup menu of the Remote Panel Director settings and Auxiliary Track tab GPI GPI GPI OUT4 OUT3 OUT 1 A amp XG569 X0 000 CD gt eeeoooeegeo Specifications normally open contact power off gt open maximum 1A maximum 50 Volts typical life time 100 000 000 switchings TTL Outputs GP Out 5 6 7 8 Pin Out Common Ground OUT GPO 8 OUT GPO 5 OJI IO A BQ DODOQOOOOOOSO QOOOOOGGOGOG 5 Hardware Installation and Cabling mmm HARDWARE TECHNICAL REFERENCE MANUAL XT3 Server 12 02 V L Specifications each pin can be individually configured as an output or an input internal 4K7 pull up to 5 V low level Vi lt 1 5 Volt U12 74HC245 high level Vi gt 3 5 Volt U12 74HC245 optional TTL compatible level U 12 74HCT245 5 Hardware Installation and Cabling 77 EVS Broadcast Equipment SA Issue 12 02 B February 2014 6 Boards Description
43. XDCAM module Board 1 Board2 Board 3 Board 4 80 6 Boards Description HARDWARE TECHNICAL REFERENCE MANUAL Server 12 02 VS Base Board Jumpers The following table lists the V3X base board jumpers and their respective function Jumper ST1 ST2 ST3 SPARE ST4 only on V3X with genlock ST5 Function These 2 jumpers must be installed on the last V3X board of the server that is on V3X 1 2 or 3 if there are respectively 1 2 or 3 V3X boards installed in the server Parking for ST1 and ST2 jumpers when they are not used Must be set to HiZ or not installed Note that the Genlock Loop connector on the back panel of the server if available must always be terminated with a 75 Ohm load if it is not used Defines the position of the board inside the server It must be set to 1 for a V3X with genlock and to lt 2 gt or lt 3 for a V3X board without genlock depending on its position in the server Base Board LEDs The following table lists the LEDs available on the V3X base board with the genlock functionality LED Color Status Function GLK Off The genlock module is not initialized Green Blinking The genlock module is properly initialized but no valid genlock signal is detected On The module is initialized and a valid genlock signal is detected Red Blinking There is a genlock problem On A resync is needed PSU Green O
44. afety and Compliance mmm HARDWARE TECHNICAL REFERENCE MANUAL Server 12 02 L 2 4 FCC Marking This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation The following labels are affixed on the equipment y This device complies with Part 15 ofthe FCC Rules Operation is subject to the following two conditions 1 This device may EVS XT3 Server not cause harmful interference and 2 this device must accept any interference received including interference that may cause undesired operation C Tested to comply With FCC Standards 2 5 CE Marking The CE marking is affixed to indicate compliance with the following directives 89 336 EEC of 3 May 1989 on the approximation of the laws of the Members States to electromagnetic compatibility 73 23 EEC of 19 February 1973 on the harmonization of the laws of the Members States relating to electrical equipment designed for use within certain voltage limits e 1999 5 EC of 9 March 1999 on radio equipment and telecommunications terminal equipment and the mutual recognition of their conformity 2 Safety and Compliance 5 EVS Broadcast Equipment SA 3 3 1 3 1 1 Issue 12 02 B February 2014 Hardware Specifications Mechanical Dimensions and Weig
45. age See the Multicam Configuration manual for a description of the configuration parameters The Multiviewer connector provides an analog Multiviewer output on a DA 15 connectors that can be configured in CVBS RGB HD or YUV HD The Loop connector allows the loop of PGM1 on REC1 to be able to use the internal loop feature The 1GbE Gigabit Ethernet connectors allow the interconnection of servers other EVS and or third party systems into a Gigabit Ethernet network with a global bandwidth of 1 GbE The RS232 connector allows a tablet to be connected to the server The GPI connector allows GPI General Purpose Interface devices to send or receive electric pulses that will trigger commands on the server or to be connected with third party devices The Timecode connectors allow the server to receive the LTC timecode reference signal and send the LTC timecode that corresponds to PGM1 The Console connectors allow a monitor and a keyboard to be connected to the server Controls and Communications This rear panel part presents some or all of the following connectors according to your configuration Two PC LAN connectors allow connection of the PC LAN interface of the EVS server to an Ethernet network The Audio Monitoring Output connector is a DA 15 connector that allows audio output connections for monitoring purposes SAS HDX 9 The SAS HDX connector allows the connection to the external disk array SAS HDX if it is installed
46. allation and Cabling Rack Installation Unpacking Upon receipt of the equipment examine packing for obvious signs of damage If damaged do not unpack and inform the carrier immediately Check thanks to the included packing list if all the items are present and if they show any mechanical damage If yes report damage or the missing parts to EVS or their appropriate representative Ventilation and Rack Mounting Adequate ventilation is obviously required for optimum performance As a result of this consideration ensure that no other equipment is located close to the mainframe Warning Remember that fans are used to air cool the equipment and protect it from overheating Donot block fans intakes during operations Having regard to the weight of the server chassis support guides are required for this unit into the rack mount The front ears of the unit are not designed to support its full weight Applying full weight on these might result in bending the metal plate Boards Checking The main power switch is located at the front side lower right corner of the unit Before turning on the power open the front door of Video disk recorder unit to check if all boards fit into their guides If a board is out of its guides remove carefully the board and replace it in the same slot 5 Hardware Installation and Cabling HARDWARE TECHNICAL REFERENCE MANUAL XT3 Server 12 02 L 5 2 Rear Panel Description 5 2 1 Rear Pa
47. boards The SDTI loop is closed only when the Multicam software is started As non relay connectors are used it is recommended to use XHub to avoid network interruptions The XNet2 requires a network server dedicated to the management of the database shared among all EVS video servers This is assigned to one of the EVS servers on the network The EVS server acting as the network server can of course be used for standard server operations 5 Hardware Installation and Cabling mmm HARDWARE TECHNICAL REFERENCE MANUAL XT3 Server 12 02 L 5 6 2 Network Architectures Introduction To set up an XNet network EVS servers may be connected directly in a closed loop architecture Using a dedicated hub they may be connected in a star architecture as illustrated in the following figure Multicam 12 02 can work with XHub version 3 03 or above but 3G SDTI is only supported with version 4 00 Connection Diagram Without EVS XHub SDTI Hub Example of XNet2 network without hub OB Van 1 5 2 REC 2 PLAY xS XT3 2 REC 4 PLAY SDTI 1485 2970 SRED T eu Mbps amp XStoreSE OB Van 2 XS 4 REC 2 PLAY 1 SuperMotion REC 1 REC 2 PLAY 5 Hardware Installation and Cabling 63 EVS Broadcast Equipment SA Issue 12 02 B February 2014 Connection Diagram With EVS XHub SDTI Hub Example of XNet2 network with a SDTI hub OB Van 1 XS 2 REC
48. ces and Troubleshooting 66 e NI i ben 67 5 7 1 Functional Overview 67 5 f 2 gt BaGkup OF EU c e n ERR 69 5 7 3 Restore of Clips _ 70 5 4 Important Rules 25 eat o dees oe d dade T au Ru aa 71 SWITCHES o eM iS RARE IB 72 GPIO Connections 73 5 8 1 GP In Connections 73 5 8 2 GP Out Connections Uu a ee pA aos 76 BOARDS DESCRIPTION 78 Boards and Slots Configuration 78 V3X Video and Reference Boards 79 6 2 1 Description ee aa Ee os 79 6 2 2 COD Connectivity in SD and HD 82 6 2 3 COD Connectivity in and 1080p Dual Link 86 6 2 4 COD Connectivity in and 1080p Single Link 3G SDI 88 6 2 5 COD Connectivity in SLSM 2Ph Single Link 3G SDI 90 6 2 6 COD Connectivity in 4K 92 6 2 7 Channel Assignm
49. ctions side by side Target Tracking and Painting to highlight a particular detail or provide tactical explanations IPDirector a suite of Windows software applications designed to manage networked EVS video servers Its applications make it possible to control multiple channels within the XNet2 network as well as to log an event to create and manage clips and play lists with advanced functions among others to extract clips from a VTR It also provides extensive database search features INSIO an interface to manage single or multi camera ingests instant review clip transfer and streaming to editor and storage as well as production notes 2 1 Overview HARDWARE TECHNICAL REFERENCE MANUAL Server 12 02 VS 2 Safety and Compliance 2 1 Safety This equipment has been designed and tested to meet the requirements of the following EN 60950 European Safety of information technology equipment including business equipment IEC 950 International Safety of information technology equipment including business equipment In addition this equipment has been designed to meet the following UL1950 USA USA Safety of information technology equipment including business equipment 2 2 EMC Standards This equipment complies with following EMC standards Standard EN 55022 EN 61000 3 2 EN 61000 3 3 EN 61000 4 3 EN 61000 4 4 EN 61000 4 5 EN 61000 4 6 2 Safety and Compliance Area European
50. ctures on page 63 See section Required Conditions to Set up and Run XNet on page 64 See section H3X Board on page 97 See section XNet Transfers on page 32 Multi Essence New LongGOP and Proxy codecs See section Supported Codecs on page 17 See section Maximum Bitrates on page 19 See section Internal Bandwidth on page 20 See section Recording Capacities on page 24 Multi Essence Restrictions on XNet due to multi essence configurations See section Required Conditions to Set up and Run XNet on page 64 Multi Essence New XDCAM modules on the V3X board See section Description on page 79 Multi Essence Audio specifications for Proxy codec See section Audio Specifications on page 15 Transfer data for 10GbE connection via a gateway PC See section Gigabit Ethernet Transfers on page 36 VII EVS Broadcast Equipment SA Issue 12 02 B February 2014 The following changes are not related to new features Modified requirements See section Environmental Conditions on page 13 VIII What s New mmm HARDWARE TECHNICAL REFERENCE MANUAL XT3 Server 12 02 L 1 1 1 1 Overview Overview Presentation Welcome to the EVS range of products and thank you for using an EVS XT3 server We will do our best to satisfy your video production needs and we look forward to continuing working with you The EVS XT3 servers are full digital in PAL 625i NTSC 525i 720p 1
51. ds Description VS 3G Loop of Input 3G Loop of Input HD SD Phase 1 Loop of Input HD Clean output HD Clean output HD SD Clean output 91 EVS Broadcast Equipment SA 6 2 6 92 COD Connectivity in 4K mm Connector Assignments Issue 12 02 B February 2014 This section describes the connector assignments and layout for the 4K cameras that provide 4 x 3G SDI connectors Connector J1 J2 J3 J4 J5 J6 J7 J8 J9 4K 3G Mode N A N A SDI output 3G SDI monitoring output 3G 3G SDI input 3G program output identical to J7 3G program output identical to J6 3G SDI input N A Connector label CHAR SD Not wired to the backplane Used for onboard multiviewer input OUT B CHAR OUT SD HD INB OUT OUT IN Not wired to the backplane 6 Boards Description HARDWARE TECHNICAL REFERENCE MANUAL XT3 Server 12 02 Connectors Layouts AK Input REC REC A prim 3G REC B sec 3G 3G Monitoring RECA Character Out N A N A 3G Monitoring PGMA Character Out 6 Boards Description ODEC 1 IN 1 OUT6 IN 1B 05 CHAR SDU1 J6 CHAR OUT OUT6B SD HD JA J3 4K Output PLAY CODEC 1 IN 1 OUT 6 IN 1B 05 CHAR SD J6 CHAR OUT OUT 6B SD HD J3 VS 3G Loop of RECA 3G Loop of RECA 3G Monitoring REC B Character Out 3G Clean output PGMA 3G Clean output PGMA 3G Clean output PGM B
52. ebruary 2014 Monitoring Audio DA 15 Pinout The monitoring audio DA 15 connector is illustrated hereunder connector installed on the rear panel and viewed from outside Its pinout is described in the following table The DA 15 monitoring audio connector is only available on XT3 4U Pin o NO OC D N El csl e c a WO Na O DA 15 connector Outputs 1 4 mono Gnd Analog output 1 Gnd Analog output 2 Gnd Analog output 3 Gnd Analog output 4 Analog output 1 Gnd Analog output 2 Gnd Analog output 3 Gnd Analog output 4 5 Hardware Installation and Cabling mmm HARDWARE TECHNICAL REFERENCE MANUAL Server 12 02 V L 5 5 5 5 1 5 5 2 RS422 Connections RS422 Connector Pinout The RS422 connectors are used to connect a remote control from EVS or third party to your server The cable wiring is a straightforward pin to pin connection as illustrated in the following diagram You should use a shielded cable to avoid electromagnetic interference on long distances Controller DB9PM DB9PM 3 Twisted pair 8 3 8 TT 8 RESET 2 7 Tx B Tx A 2 2 Twisted pair 7 1 4 6 9 EE Shell Shell Warning The RESET command line from the remote control is sent through the pin 5 of the RS422 connector This function should be disabled when the controller on connector 1 is not an EVS controller The technical specification for the RS422 link is a
53. el www bluebell tv LOS Cable type 2970 Mbps 1485 Mbps RG59 30 m 98 ft 45 m 148 ft RG6 70 m 230 ft 90 m 295 ft RG11 85 m 279 ft 120 m 394 ft Fiber 55 km 80 km 55 km 80 km is the total length of the return path i e the actual distances between the 2 servers connected via the fiber link is half of this value i e 40 km 1485 Mbps Note When reclockers are used the total delay induced by these reclockers between 2 active servers on the network may not exceed 15 us 5 Hardware Installation and Cabling 65 EVS Broadcast Equipment SA Issue 12 02 B February 2014 5 6 4 5 6 5 66 Starting XNet 1 When all above conditions are fulfilled and the cabling is correct tum on the Server EVS video server 2 Makesure the value to Server in the Type field in the SDTI section on the Network page Then start Multicam 3 Tum on all Master and Client EVS video servers and make sure the appropriate value is selected in the Type field in the SDTI section 4 Start Multicam on all of the Master and Client EVS servers They should see the Server on the network and they will connect automatically Connection takes a few seconds usually between 2 and 5 sec for each EVS video Server XNet Performances and Troubleshooting Performances With the default settings the following performances can be achieved in normal conditions Material Transfers Distant copy SD content 10 real time Up to
54. ent 94 Audio Codec Board u isis ed e e tees 96 Hox Board eto crs tutes ee he cleus e UL DE LR dC E A 97 RAID Controller Boards 99 Table of Contents mmm HARDWARE TECHNICAL REFERENCE MANUAL Server 12 02 AE 6 5 1 RCTL Board on SAS Disk Array 99 6 5 2 External RAID Array SAS HDX 100 6 6 MTPC Board 103 Table of Contents V HARDWARE TECHNICAL REFERENCE MANUAL Server 12 02 What s New VS What s New In the Technical Reference manual the icon has been added on the left margin to highlight information on new and updated features The changes linked to the new rear panels for 6U servers are listed below New rear panels with XT3 6U servers See section 60 Rear Panel Layout on page 47 Updated audio hardware configuration due to the new rear panels See section Audio Specifications on page 15 The changes linked to new features in version 12 02 are listed below COD connectivity with 4K configuration See section COD Connectivity in 4K page 92 See section Audio Specifications on page 15 Support of 3G SDTI See section Introduction on page 62 See section Network Archite
55. eripheral or circuit boards IONS SM i AUDIO MONITORING OUTPUTS 5 Hardware Installation and Cabling 47 EVS Broadcast Equipment SA Issue 12 02 B February 2014 Video and Codecs 0 The codecs modules allow connections for recording and playback of video material Each connector on a codec module is connected to the corresponding J connector on the COD A or COD B module of a V3X board See section V3X Video and Reference Boards on page 79 for more details on each connector specific usage according to the different configurations The video and codec connector layouts described in this section are available according to your configuration 2 Channel Version CODEC 1 Se T IN2 ort 1 OUT2 00090 IN2B TT CHAR SDUIT O0 00 4 P CHAR OUT OUT1B CHAR OUT OUT2B py DD o o w 4 Channel Version 2 1 les r D RN a IN4 OUT 1 OUT 2 ours IN1 OUT4 00000000 TAM TM IN2B IN1B CHAR SD J1 CHAR SD Jl CHAR 80011 CHAR SD J1 CHAR OUT OUT 1B CHAR OUT OUT 2B CHAR OUT OUT 3B CHAR OUT OUT 4B 900000090 6 Channel Version ee Ba Y WeWezmarn r OUT4 IN2 IN 6B IN 5B IN4B e LE IN 2B IN 1B CHAR SD J1 CHAR SD J1 CH
56. erver 12 02 4 2 SMPTE Standards VS The following table lists the SMPTE standards supported by your server Configuration SD SDI HD SDI Embedded audio HD AES EBU audio LTC D VITC Ancillary TC in HD Vertical Ancillary Data VC 3 IMX D 10 Dual Link 1 5 Gb s Mapping of Audio Metadata into Vertical Ancillary data 3G SDI 3G SDI Data mapping SMPTE standard ST 259 2008 525i 59 94 Hz 625i 50 Hz ST 292 1 2011 ST 292 2012 720p 50 and 59 94 Hz 1080i 50 and 59 94 Hz ST 299 0 2010 ST 299 1 2009 ST 272 2004 ST 12 1 2008 ST12 2 2008 ST 266 2012 RP 188 ST 334 2000 ST 2019 1 2008 ST 356 2001 ST 372 2011 ST 2020 2 2008 ST 2020 3 2008 ST 424 2006 ST 425 B 2008 Audio Specifications Audio Analog and Digital Configurations 4U Server The following optional audio configurations are available Configuration BNC AES EBU DA 15 Analog 16 input and 16 output 8 pairs 8 pairs AES EBU or Dolby E unbalanced on 16 BNC connectors 8input and 8 output analog balanced channels on 4 DA 15 connectors Configuration DA 15 AES EBU DA 15 Analog 16 input and 16 output 8 pairs 8 pairs AES EBU or Dolby E on 4 DA 15 connectors 8 input and 8 output analog balanced channels on 4 DA 15 connectors 4 Software Specifications EVS Broadcast Equipment SA Issue 12 02 B February 2014 60 Server The following optional audio configurations are available Configura
57. erview The Gigabit connection makes it possible to transfer video and audio material from your XT3 server to external systems via the TCP IP network The external systems can be the following e Astorage system or an archiving system such as XStore or XF2 A non linear editing system such as Xedio Apple Final Cut Pro or Avid However the external systems cannot read the raw files coming from a XT3 server For this reason XTAccess is used as a gateway between your server and the IT world It takes up the role of gateway used so far by XFile XStream as it creates file formats compliant with external systems In this architecture the Xsquare application plays the role of XTAccess orchestrator on the Gigabit network communicating via the PC LAN connection 5 Hardware Installation and Cabling 67 EVS Broadcast Equipment SA Issue 12 02 B February 2014 68 Archive 0 lt Apple Final Cut Pro Gigabit Ethernet XTAccess is directly connected to the XT3 server through the Gigabit network via an F TP client It runs on a Windows workstation and is mainly controlled by the external systems no user interface via XML files or other processes The Gigabit connection fulfills the following functions in relation with the XT3 server Backup of clips from an server e Restore of clips to an server Transfer of clips between servers Please refer to the XTAccess user manual for full information about
58. escription HARDWARE TECHNICAL REFERENCE MANUAL Server 12 02 6 5 6 5 1 VS RAID Controller Boards RCTL Board on SAS Disk Array Disk Arrays on systems with H3X boards have a controller on the disk array board Different configurations can be used One internal array with a series of 6 disks One internal array with two stacked series of 6 disks Nointernal storage LEDs on Internal Array LEDs 1 to 6 are used in case of one internal array of 6 disks LEDs 7 to 12 are used for the upper series of disks in case of one internal array of 2x6 disks LEDs correspond to the disks as schematized as followed upper 7 12 lower 1 6 upper 8 9 10 11 lower 2 3 4 5 LED Status Function Disk Off the corresponding disk is not started not spinning LEDs On fast blinking the corresponding disk is starting Spinning green On steady green the corresponding disk is started and used in the RAID array On slowly blinking the corresponding disk is started but not used in the green RAID array STS On green the RCTL RAID controller is properly booted ERR On red errors occur during the data transfer between the RAID controller and the disks 6 Boards Description 99 EVS Broadcast Equipment SA Issue 12 02 B February 2014 6 5 2 100 Eel 5 88 guy 9g 9 8 gg Ss Bg External RAID Array SAS HDX The SAS HDX is a 2U external disk storage containing up to 24 ho
59. ew I lt I RARAA 465 00 482 60 For more information on the SAS HDX refer to External RAID Array SAS HDX on page 100 10 3 Hardware Specifications HARDWARE TECHNICAL REFERENCE MANUAL XT3 Server 12 02 AE 3 1 4 3 2 Control Devices The following control devices can optionally be connected to your server to control it LSM Remote Control Panel Weight 2 9 kg 6 3 Ib Keyboard Weight 0 4 kg 0 9 Ib Tablet Weight 0 3 kg 0 66 Ib Ref Wacom CTF 430 Bamboo One lt o VERA cus Power Supply Redundant Power Supply The server is fitted with two auto switching and hot swappable power supplies The secondary hot swappable power supply should be connected to the mains to allow automatic power switching to this second power supply should the first one fail 3 Hardware Specifications 11 EVS Broadcast Equipment SA Issue 12 02 B February 2014 Grounding Warning The protective earth must be connected to the ground before powering up the unit Ensure the disk recorder unit is properly grounded at all times to avoid electrical shock hazard Electrical Specifications Rated voltage 115 to 240 VAC single phase Rated frequency 47 63 Hz Input connector CEE 22 IEC 320 3 pin male receptacle Connection to supply Pluggable equipment Type A EN 60950 1 2 5 Equipment which is intended for connection to the building power supply wiring via a non industrial
60. g table lists the video specifications both in SD and in HD format for your XT3 server Video Formats Digital Interface Number of Channels Monitoring amp Down converters Reference Graphics Board Standard Definition 525i 59 94fps NTSC 625i 50fps PAL 10 bit 4 2 2 Serial ST 259 2008 Full frame synchronizer at input Dual output for PLAY channels 2 4 6 or 8 channels reversible REC PLAY 1 CVBS per channel with OSD 1 SD SDI per channel with OSD Analog Black Burst n a High Definition 720p 50 59 94fps 10801 50 59 94fps 1080p 50 59 94fps Dual Link or 3G 10 bit 4 2 2 Serial ST 292 1 2011 Full frame synchronizer at input Dual output for PLAY channels 2 4 6 or 8 channels reversible REC PLAY 1 built in down converter per channel CVBS output with OSD 1 HD SDI output per channel with OSD Additional clean SD SDI output Analog Black Burst and HD Tri Level Sync n a From a hardware point of view six codec modules and therefore six channels remain available on the backplane However it is possible to increase the number of connected record channels by connecting distinct recorders to the main and the secondary IN connector of a codec module Such configurations called XREC 2 recorders per codec module are detailed in the Configuration manual Supported Configurations chapter 4 Software Specifications HARDWARE TECHNICAL REFERENCE MANUAL XT3 S
61. gabit Ethernet Connector module The 1GbE Gigabit Ethernet connectors allow the interconnection of servers other EVS and or third party systems into a Gigabit Ethernet network with a global bandwidth of 1 GbE Audio Monitoring Connectors This connector is located on the top right part of the rear panel above the PSU The Audio Monitoring Outputs connectors are AES XLR connectors that allow audio output connections for monitoring purposes SAS HDX Connector This connector is located on the top right part of the rear panel above the PSU The SAS HDX connector allows the connection to the external disk array SAS HDX if it is installed Power Supplies The server power supply is made of two hot swappable units Both of these units are connected to allow automatic power switching to the second power supply should the first one fail 5 Hardware Installation and Cabling mmm HARDWARE TECHNICAL REFERENCE MANUAL XT3 Server 12 02 L 5 2 3 4U Rear Panel Layout Rear Panel Areas The following drawing represents an example of a 4U rear panel available on an XT3 server The various areas of the rear panel are highlighted in the drawing and their respective variants are listed in the following table along with a short description of the related connectors E 2 s y 5 Hardware Installation and Cabling 53 EVS Broadcast Equipment SA Issue 12 02 B February 2014 54 Video and Codecs T
62. h disks able to write 300 MB s Bandwidth and RT Channels at 50 Hz PAL Field Video Block based Codec Rate Bitrate bandwidth Hz Mbps MB s XDCAM HD 50 00 50 30 13 4 22 4 Apple ProRes 422 LT 50 00 85 34 11 8 25 4 HD Mjpeg Standard 50 00 100 12 33 4 9 0 HD Mpeg 2 Intra 50 00 100 6 66 7 4 5 DVCPro HD 50 00 100 17 23 6 12 7 AVC Intra 100 50 00 111 14 28 6 10 5 Avid DNxHD 120 50 00 120 27 14 9 20 1 Apple ProRes 422 50 00 120 24 16 7 17 9 Avid DNxHD 185 50 00 185 18 22 3 13 4 Apple ProRes 422 HQ 50 00 185 16 25 0 12 0 20 4 Software Specifications mmm HARDWARE TECHNICAL REFERENCE MANUAL Server 12 02 L Bandwidth and RT Channels at 150 Hz PAL SLSM 3x Field Video Block based Codec Rate Bitrate hee bandwidth s tn Hz Mbps MB s Apple ProRes 422LT 150 00 85 11 36 4 8 2 HD Mjpeg Standard 150 00 100 4 100 0 3 0 HD Mpeg 2 Intra 150 00 100 2 200 0 1 5 DVCPro HD 150 00 100 5 80 0 3 7 AVC Intra 100 150 00 111 4 100 0 3 0 Avid DNxHD 120 150 00 120 9 44 5 6 7 Apple ProRes 422 150 00 120 7 57 2 5 2 Avid DNxHD 185 150 00 185 5 80 0 3 7 Apple ProRes 422 HQ 150 00 185 5 80 0 3 7 Bandwidth and RT Channels at 59 94 Hz NTSC Field Video Block based Codec Rate Bitrate iter bandwidth E Hz Mbps MB s XDCAM HD 59 94 50 37 13 0 23 1 Apple ProRes 422 LT 59 94 85 35 13 8 21 7 HD Mjpeg Standard 59 94 100 14 34 3 8 7 HD Mpeg 2 Intra 59 94 100 7 68 6 4 3 DVCPro
63. he codecs modules allow connections for recording and playback of video material Each connector on a codec module is connected to the corresponding J connector on the COD A or COD B module of a V3X board See section V3X Video and Reference Boards on page 79 for more details on each connector specific usage according to the different configurations The video and codecs connector layouts described in this section are available according to your configuration 2 Channel Version CODEC T CODEC2 mm OUT1 IN1 OUT2 IN 18 05 CHAR 5009 192805 GHAR SD UD CHAR OUT 1B CHAR our OUT 28 2 4 Channel Version OD UT 1 IN3 OD OD T OD OUT 12 QUT T us l ET 9 ouT1B 9 QUT ovrza 9 ourse 9 ovr s n s E Digital Audio 2 The digital audio inputs and outputs are available on BNC or on multi pin DA 15 connectors for audio signal inputs and outputs in digital format See section Audio Connections on page 57 for more details on the DA 15 connectors pinout according to the different configurations The following digital audio connectors layouts are available according to your configuration BNC Connectors 16 BNC connectors 8 in and 8 out 3 4 78 1112 15 16 3 4 78 1112 15 6 5 Hardware Installation and Cabling mmm HARDWARE TECHNICAL REFERENCE MANUAL XT3 Server 12 02 VU L DA 15 Connectors 4 multi pin DA 15
64. he results cannot exceed the maximum server bandwidth nbr of standard channels x their block based bandwidth nbr of XDCAM channels x their block based bandwidth nbr of Lo Res channels x their block based bandwidth 22 4 Software Specifications mmm HARDWARE TECHNICAL REFERENCE MANUAL XT3 Server 12 02 L Example with Standard and Supermotion Channels run an server with 2 record channels 1 super motion 1 standard 2 play channels 1 super motion 1 standard in Avid DNxHD with a video bitrate of 120 Mbps in PAL Calculation standard rec play at 120 Mbps uses 14 9 MB s 1 super motion record play at 120 Mbps uses 44 5 MB s All channels will use 2x 14 9 2 x 44 5 118 8 MB s Conclusion this configuration is supported as it is lower than 300 MB s Example with Multi Essence Configuration Can run an server with 4 record channels 2 play channels in the multi essence configuration with Apple ProRes 422 HQ with a video bitrate of 220 Mbps and with XDCAM with a video bitrate of 50 Mbps in NTSC Calculation standard rec play at 220 Mbps uses 30 0 MB s 1XDCAM record at 50 Mbps uses 13 0 MB s All channels will use 30 0 6x 13 0 258 MB s Conclusion this configuration is supported as it is lower than 300 MB s 4 Software Specifications 23 EVS Broadcast Equipment SA Issue 12 02 B February 2014 4 3 4 24 Recording Capacities Disk
65. he time in hours and minutes of A V content of a given codec that can be stored on the XF2 hardware at a frame rate of 180 Hz Codec ides 1TB 2TB 4TB Block Apple ProRes 422 LT 35 7 04 14 09 28 19 HD Mjpeg Standard 14 2 49 5 40 11 19 HD Mpeg 2 Intra 7 1 25 2 49 5 40 AVC Intra 100 17 3 26 6 52 13 45 DVCPro HD 19 3 50 7 41 15 22 Avid DNxHD 120 27 5 27 10 55 21 50 Apple ProRes 422 24 4 51 9 42 19 24 Avid DNxHD 185 18 3 38 7 16 14 33 Apple ProRes 422 HQ 16 3 14 6 28 12 57 4 Software Specifications 43 EVS Broadcast Equipment SA Issue 12 02 B February 2014 4 5 44 Video Interpolation Introduction The playing back of smooth slow motion pictures carries specific issues since some fields must be repeated at regular interval to provide the video at the playback speed required by the operator parity violation appears regularly on the output video signal This issue is specific to interlaced formats 525i 625i and 1080i and does not concern progressive formats 720p and 1080p If O and E represent respectively the odd and even fields of a standard video signal 50 60 Hz we have The original video signal OEOEOEOEOEOEOEOE The output video signal at 50 speed OOEEOOEEOOEEOOEE The output video signal at 33 speed OOOEEEOOOEEEOOOE The output video signal at 25 speed OOOOEEEEOOOOEEEE Fields with parity violation are shown in bold underlined letters As it appears from the above table whatever the playback
66. hts Rack Mount 4U Main Frame Weight 40 19 inches chassis with 6 HDD on RCTL board 31 kg 68 3 Ib Dimensions The following drawings provide the various dimensions in mm of the XT3 server with a AU chassis Front view C lI 3 Hardware Specifications HARDWARE TECHNICAL REFERENCE MANUAL Server 12 02 Right view Top view 3 1 2 Rack Mount 6U Main Frame Weight Disk Configuration 6U 19 inches chassis with 6 HDD on RCTL board fix mounted 6U 19 inches chassis with 12 HDD on RCTL board fix mounted 6U 19 inches chassis with 6 HDD on hot swap rack 6U 19 inches chassis with 12 HDD on hot swap rack 3 Hardware Specifications Weight 35 kg 77 2 Ib 37 kg 81 6 Ib 37 kg 81 6 Ib 39 kg 86 0 Ib EVS Broadcast Equipment SA Issue 12 02 B February 2014 Dimensions The following drawings provide the various dimensions in mm of the XT3 server with a 6U chassis Front view I I ro ov aL wW Q lt 8 3 Hardware Specifications mmm HARDWARE TECHNICAL REFERENCE MANUAL XT3 Server 12 02 AE Top view 3 Hardware Specifications 9 EVS Broadcast Equipment SA Issue 12 02 B February 2014 3 1 3 SAS HDX Unit The following drawings provide the various dimensions in mm of the SAS HDX external array Rear View 442 40 Left View 88 00 N e CN Top View Front Vi
67. ical to J6 J8 HD SDI input for left eye 3D or link 1 1080p HD J9 Alternate HD SDI input HD for the internal loop Note The loops of the input signal are not genlocked Connector label CHAR SD Not wired to the backplane Used for onboard multiviewer input OUT B CHAR OUT SD HD INB OUT OUT Not wired to the backplane J9 of REC1 only connected to Loop connector 6 Boards Description HARDWARE TECHNICAL REFERENCE MANUAL XT3 Server 12 02 VS Connectors Layouts 3D 1080p Dual Link Input REC 1 Left eye input 3D Loop of Link 1 input 1080p Left eye input 3D or Link 1 input 1080p IN 1805 CHAR SD J1 Right eye input 3D or Link 2 input 1080p OUT T 6B HD SD TT Left eye output 3D or Ri ght eye input 3D Link 1 output 1080p e Character Out Link 2 input 1080p 3D 1080p Dual Link Output PLAY IN 1 OUT 6 N A Left eye output 3D or Link 1 output 1080p IN1B 05 CHAR SD J1 N A CHAR QUT 6B HD SD Left eye output 3D or Right eye output 3D or Link 1 output 1080p e Link 2 output 1080p Character Out 6 Boards Description 87 EVS Broadcast Equipment SA 6 2 4 Issue 12 02 B February 2014 Link 3G SDI Connector Assignments COD Connectivity in 3D and 1080p Single This section describes the connector assignments and layout for the video standards
68. ithout SLSM REC are summarized in the following table Vid Block Transfer Codec Field Bit y based RT Speed Rate Mbps bandwidth Transfers faster than p MB s RT XDCAM HD 50 00 Hz 50 13 4 14 9 6 0x Apple ProRes 50 00 Hz 85 11 8 17 0 6 7x 422 LT HD Mjpeg 50 00 Hz 100 33 4 6 0 2 4 Standard HD Mpeg 2 Intra 50 00 Hz 100 66 7 3 0 1 2x DVCPro HD 50 00 Hz 100 23 6 8 5 3 4x AVC Intra 100 50 00 Hz 111 28 6 7 0 2 8x Avid DNxHD 50 00 Hz 120 14 9 13 4 5 3x 120 Apple ProRes 50 00 Hz 120 16 7 12 0 4 8x 422 Avid DNxHD 50 00 Hz 185 22 3 9 0 3 6x 185 Apple ProRes 50 00 Hz 185 25 0 8 0 3 2x 422 HQ Simultaneous Backup and Restore The backup sessions reach higher bandwidth and pre empt the bandwidth against the restore sessions On a per session base the system allocate between 3 75 and 6 times more bandwidth to backup session than to restore session 4 Software Specifications 41 EVS Broadcast Equipment SA Issue 12 02 B February 2014 4 4 3 XF2 Capacities Storage Capacity at 50 Hz PAL The following tables gives the time in hours and minutes of A V content of a given codec that can be stored on the XF2 hardware at a frame rate of 50 Hz Codec ee 1 TB 2 TB 4TB Block XDCAM HD 30 21 51 43 42 87 24 Apple ProRes 422 LT 34 24 45 49 30 99 00 HD Mjpeg Standard 12 8 44 17 26 34 55 HD Mpeg 2 Intra 6 4 22 8 44 17 28 AVC Intra 100 14 10 11 20 21 40 43 DVCPro HD 17 12 22 24 44 49 28 Avid DNxHD 120 27 19 39 39
69. k 5 1 RAID Configuration 50Hz DNxHD 100 DNxHD 120 DNxHD XDCAM DNxHD XDCAM XDCAM 100 50 120 50 50 ext RAID Disks array Units spares 8 audios 8 audios 8 audios 8 audios 8 audios 6 1 1 0 30 27 26 24 55 7 1 1 1 30 27 26 24 55 12 1 2 0 60 55 52 48 110 13 1 2 1 60 55 52 48 110 18 1 3 0 90 82 78 72 165 19 1 3 1 90 82 78 72 165 24 1 4 0 120 110 104 97 221 26 2 4 2 120 110 104 97 221 30 2 5 0 150 138 130 121 276 32 2 5 2 150 138 130 121 276 36 2 6 0 180 165 156 145 331 38 2 6 2 180 165 156 145 331 42 2 7 0 210 193 182 170 387 44 2 7 2 210 193 182 170 387 48 2 8 0 240 221 209 194 442 51 3 8 3 240 221 209 194 442 54 3 9 0 270 248 235 218 497 57 3 9 3 270 248 235 218 497 60 3 10 0 300 276 261 243 553 63 3 10 3 300 276 261 243 553 66 3 11 0 330 304 287 267 608 69 3 11 3 330 304 287 267 608 72 3 12 0 360 331 313 291 663 76 4 12 4 360 331 313 291 663 78 4 13 0 390 359 339 315 719 82 4 13 4 390 359 339 315 719 4 Software Specifications 27 EVS Broadcast Equipment SA Issue 12 02 B February 2014 DNxHD 100 DNxHD 120 DNxHD XDCAM DNxHD XDCAM XDCAM 100 50 120 50 50 m npud e RAID spares 8 audios 8 audios 8 audios 8 audios 8 audios Disks array Units 84 4 14 0 407 374 354 329 749 88 4 14 4 407 374 354 329 749 28 4 Software Specifications mmm HARDWARE TECHNICAL REFERENCE MANUAL Server 12 02 L CET Recording Capacity in Hours for 5 Disk 4 1 RAID Configuration 59 94Hz puio 29010 pua DP MST
70. ltiviewer output on a DA 15 connectors that can be configured in CVBS RGB HD or YUV HD The GPI connector allows GPI General Purpose Interface devices to send or receive electric pulses that will trigger commands on the server or to be connected with third party devices Two PC LAN connectors allow connection of the PC LAN interface of the EVS server to an Ethernet network The Console connectors allow a monitor and a keyboard to be connected to the server The RS422 ports allow the server to be remotely controlled through remote panels or third party control devices When a remote panel is used it should be connected on the first RS422 port 10 Gigabit Ethernet Connectors When the Gigabit Ethernet Connector module internal 10GbE and 1GbE connectors will be available it will be located at the bottom center of the rear panel 5a In the meantime this area can have one of the following layouts It is covered with a filler if no 10GbE is available which is the default configuration U U It hosts a PCle connector that allows the connection of the EVS server with the XTAccess PC gateway providing the external 10 GbE connection 5 Hardware Installation and Cabling 51 EVS Broadcast Equipment SA Issue 12 02 B February 2014 52 Gigabit H3X Ethernet Connectors The 1GbE Gigabit Ethernet connectors are currently located at the top right of the rear panel 5b They will later be integrated into the future Gi
71. n All voltages are present and in the allowed range OK 6 Boards Description Off There is a voltage problem 81 EVS Broadcast Equipment SA Issue 12 02 B February 2014 6 2 2 82 V3X COD Modules LEDs The following table lists the LEDs available on then V3X COD modules from left to right LED Color Status Function CPU Green Blinking Indicates CPU activity On There is a problem with the module processor PLAY Green On The module is set in play mode by the software Off The module is set in record mode PVID Green On A valid video signal has been detected on the J8 connector SD HD SDI input whether the module is in play or record mode TF Green Blinking Data transfers occur between the module and the H3X transfer board M1 Not used M2 M3 M4 COD Connectivity in SD and HD Connector Assignments This section describes the connector assignments and layout for the video standards SD 525i SD 625i HD 1080i and HD 720p The specific connectivity for HD 3D 1080p Dual Link and 3D 1080p Single Link 3 Gbps is described in the following sections Connector SD mode HD mode Rerum label J1 J5 is factory wired to the backplane instead of J1 You CHAR SD connect J1 instead of J5 if CVBS monitoring is required in SD or HD mode A SDI monitoring is no longer available on J1 CVBS monitoring output SD CVBS monitoring output SD down converted 6 Boards Description mmm HARDW
72. n and can be stopped by pressing the Mute button on the array 6 Boards Description 101 EVS Broadcast Equipment SA Disk Insertion and Removal Issue 12 02 B February 2014 To insert or remove a disk from an external array carefully follow these steps 1 How to insert 2 How to remove 102 Insert the canister in the bay slot Push the canister Push until the canister is fully engaged in the slot Press to hold the canister firmly in place While holding the canister in place press the lack lever The canister is lacked when you hear a click All the canisters must be well aligned Press the unlock button Pinch slightly the lock lever and pull out the canister 6 Boards Description VS HARDWARE TECHNICAL REFERENCE MANUAL Server 12 02 6 6 MTPC Board Introduction The function of the PC board is mainly the control of the video hardware and the interface of the peripheral equipment such as a remote controller with the video hardware The following MTPC board is used Revision A3 A6 with COMMEL HS873 motherboard and a new time code management module with bootable USB In standard configuration the PC hardware is composed of mounting PC board with serial ports LTC reader and generator is controlled by the motherboard IDE System Hard disk the IDE disk drive is used for storing the EVS software and
73. n two different ways Via XML file sent by the external application Via folder scan The following schema shows how the restore of clips is performed with the Gigabit connection and XTAccess ER lt U Video Feeds Archive Un wrapping Gigabit Ethernet Workflow Restore via XML File 1 Anexternal system which can generate XML files for restoring clips for example MediaXChange or IPDirector sends an XML file to XTAccess to request the restore copy of clips from an archiving or backup system to a given XT3 server 2 XTAccess processes the XML file It gets the clip file to restore from the extemal system It restores i e copies the clip on the server specified in the XML file 5 Hardware Installation and Cabling HARDWARE TECHNICAL REFERENCE MANUAL Server 12 02 VS Workflow Restore via Folder Scan 1 Based on the parameters defined in XTAccess this application scans specific folders on external backup or archiving systems When a clip file has been written to the scanned folder XTAccess creates a copy of the clip on the server specified in the XTAccess parameters The restored clip receives new UmID and LSM ID Multicam automatically assigns a UmID to the restored clip Astart LSM ID is specified in XTAccess and incremented as defined for each new clip that is restored in order to find an empty location on the server The restored clip con
74. nel Configurations The XT3 server comes ina variety of configurations and rear panel variants 6U rack with 6 4 or 2 codec modules and various audio connectors 4U rack with 4 or 2 codec modules and various audio connectors The different available configurations and the connectors positions and types for each of these variants are described in the following topics 5 2 2 60 Rear Panel Layout Rear Panel Areas The following drawing represents an example of a 6U rear panel available on an XT3 server The various areas of the rear panel are highlighted in the drawing and their respective variants are listed in the following table along with a short description of the related connectors Wes DEC CODEC CODEC CODEC CODEC CODEC OUT 1 INS OUT2 IN4 OUT3 IN3 OUT 4 LE OUTS OUT 6 p N YX 7 rN L N rN 7 UD D IN 6B 5 IN 5B 09 IN 4B 5 IN 3B 5 IN 2B 8 IN 1B 5 CHAR SD J1 CHAR SD J1 CHAR SD J1 CHAR SD J1 CHAR SD J1 CHAR SD J1 Ko Ko 9 Ko Ke CHAR QUT OUT 1B CHAR OUT OUT 2B CHAR OUT 3B CHAR OUT OUT 4B CHAR our OUT 5B CHAR E OUT 6B Ke M 9 SS C s C SAS HDX GIGABIT H3X CAUTION This app must be earthed Do not block ventilation slots fo prevent electric shocks EN do not remove remove the back pa ei Tum power off before connecting p
75. on 50Hz veo 290100 pp 00880427 ocan 50 50 ext Disks RAID spares 8audio 8 audio 8 audio 8 audio 8 audio Units 5 1 1 0 24 22 20 19 44 6 1 1 1 24 22 20 19 44 10 1 2 0 48 44 41 38 88 11 1 2 1 48 44 41 38 88 15 1 3 0 72 66 62 58 132 16 1 3 1 72 66 62 58 132 20 1 4 0 96 88 83 77 177 21 1 4 1 96 88 83 77 177 25 2 5 0 120 110 104 97 221 27 2 5 2 120 110 104 97 221 30 2 6 0 144 132 125 116 265 32 2 6 2 144 132 125 116 265 35 2 7 0 168 154 146 136 309 37 2 7 2 168 154 146 136 309 40 2 8 0 192 177 167 155 354 42 2 8 2 192 177 167 155 354 45 2 9 0 216 199 188 174 398 47 2 9 2 216 199 188 174 398 50 3 10 0 240 221 209 194 442 53 3 10 3 240 221 209 194 442 55 3 11 0 264 243 229 213 486 58 3 11 3 2664 243 229 213 486 60 3 12 0 288 265 250 233 531 63 3 12 3 288 265 250 233 531 65 3 13 0 312 287 271 252 575 68 3 13 3 312 287 271 252 575 4 Software Specifications 25 EVS Broadcast Equipment SA Issue 12 02 B February 2014 onio 0 xpcAM 50 50 ext 2 Disks Dm spares 8audio 8 audio 8 audio 8 audio 8 audio 70 3 14 0 336 309 292 272 619 74 4 14 4 336 309 292 272 619 75 4 15 0 360 331 313 291 663 79 4 15 4 360 331 313 291 663 80 4 16 0 384 354 334 311 708 84 4 16 4 384 354 334 311 708 85 4 17 0 407 374 354 329 749 89 4 17 4 407 374 354 329 749 26 4 Software Specifications mmm HARDWARE TECHNICAL REFERENCE MANUAL Server 12 02 L CET Recording Capacity in Hours for 6 Dis
76. on page 15 for full information on the available audio hardware configurations The connectors are illustrated along with their respective pinouts in the following topics 5 Hardware Installation and Cabling 57 EVS Broadcast Equipment SA Issue 12 02 B February 2014 5 4 2 Digital Audio DA 15 Pinout The digital audio DA 15 connector is illustrated hereunder connector installed on the rear panel and viewed from outside Its pinout is described in the following table where each column corresponds to one of the 4 available connectors 8 1 J Ig 15 9 DA 15 connector DA 15 connector DA 15 connector DA 15 connector Pin 1 2 3 4 Inputs 1 8 Inputs 9 16 Outputs 1 8 Outputs 9 16 mono mono mono mono 1 Gnd Gnd Gnd Gnd 2 AES input 1 2 AES input 9 10 AES output 1 2 AES output 9 10 3 Gnd Gnd Gnd Gnd 4 AES input 3 4 AES input 11 12 AES output 3 4 AES output 11 12 5 Gnd Gnd Gnd Gnd 6 AES input 5 6 AES input 13 14 AES output 5 6 AES output 13 14 7 Gnd Gnd Gnd Gnd 8 AES input 7 8 AES input 15 16 AES output 7 8 AES output 15 16 9 AES input 1 2 AES input 9 10 AES output 1 2 AES output 9 10 10 Gnd Gnd Gnd Gnd 11 AES input 3 4 AES input 11 12 AES output 3 4 AES output 11 12 12 Gnd Gnd Gnd Gnd 13 AES input 5 6 AES input 13 14 AES output 5 6 AES output 13 14 14 Gnd Gnd Gnd Gnd 15 AES input 7 8 AES input 15 16 AES output 7 8
77. ow the channels play or record channels are assigned to the codec board and connectors Codec Board Codec Connector Channel Number Lower codec board slot 2 CODA CAM B or PGM 1 Lower codec board slot 2 COD B CAM A or PGM 2 6 Boards Description 95 EVS Broadcast Equipment SA Issue 12 02 B February 2014 6 3 Audio Codec Board The audio codec board is the audio interface between the V3X boards and the H3X board Video codec and audio codec boards are tied to the H3X board with one bus connector on the front side Different audio configurations are available with the audio codec board See Audio Connections on page 57 for details The following LEDs are available on the audio codec board LD 1 3 internal EVS information only LD 4 transfer activity to from the H3X board d dB BB nooo DADDAN J J ANALOG C JL C CJ AES EBU 96 6 Boards Description mmm HARDWARE TECHNICAL REFERENCE MANUAL XT3 Server 12 02 L 6 4 H3X Board The H3X board is divided in 4 parts 2 in front 2 in the back Frontleft GbE module Front right CTL controller module Back left CPU module Back right SDT module SDT 1485 2970 Mbps SDI OUT SDIIN pe CPU CPU 123495 6 7 8 NET DSP i 6 Boards Description 97 EVS Broadcast Equipment SA Issue 12 02 B February 2014 LEDs Function
78. pin 5 when the corresponding jumper is engaged will result in permanent electronic damage to the board 106 6 Boards Description Sa L To learn more about EVS go to www evs com Corporate 32 4 361 7000 North amp Latin America 1 973 575 7811 EVS Headquarters Asia amp Pacific Li ge Science Park 852 2914 2501 16 rue Bois St Jean B 4102 Seraing Other regional offices Belgium www evs com contact EVS Broadcast Equipment is continuously adapting and improving its products in accordance with the ever changing requirements of the Broadcast Industry The data contained herein is therefore subject to change without prior notice Companies and product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies
79. rameters 1 Field Rate field frequency used or number of video fields transferred per second 2 Video Bitrate codec bitrate set by the user in the Codec section of the Server tab in the Multicam Configuration window 3 RT Transfers maximum number of simultaneous transfers of A V data that can be processed for the given frame rate and video bitrate through the SDTI network Calculation formula Maximum SDTI bandwidth actual block based bandwidth real time transfers When A V data is transferred through the XNet network you should take into account the maximum SDTI bandwidth of 110 MB s for SDTI 1 5 Gbps and 200 MB s for SDTI 3 Gbps When A V data is backed up and restored to from the XF2 smaller bandwidths have to be taken into account Example How many real time transfers can do over an XNet network if work with Apple ProRes 422 at 120 Mbps in PAL Calculation Maximum SDTI bandwidth Actual Bandwidth real time transfers 110 MB s 14 9 MB s 7 4 real time transfers for SDTI 1 5 Gbps 200 MB s 14 9 MB s 13 4 real time transfers for SDTI 3 Gbps This is the maximum real time transfers the network connection can support It is obviously also necessary that the XT3 where the material is stored has enough local disk bandwidth to feed the network accesses on top of its own local channels see Max RT Channels 4 Software Specifications VS HARDWARE TECHNICAL REFERENCE MANUAL XT3 Server 12 02 XNet Transfe
80. rs The maximum number of real time channels between EVS servers through the SDTI ports of the XT3 server are summarized in the following table The following tables take into account a field rate of 50 00 Hz and the resolution 1080i without SLSM REC and the following reference bandwidths anSDTI network of 1 5 Gbps with a maximum bandwidth of 110 MB s anSDTI network of 3 Gbps with a maximum bandwidth of 200 MB s 4 Note The transfer speed in real time for a single A V stream is 10 lower compared to the number of real time transfers For example a single transfer will be processed 12 3x faster than real time for XDCAM HD and around 8x faster than real time for Apple ProRes 422 LT Video Blocks RT RT Field e Based Codec RAS Bitrate Bandwidth Transfers Transfers DTI Mbps MB s 1 56 SDTI 3G SDTI XDCAM HD 50 00 Hz 50 13 4 8 2 14 9 Apple ProRes 422 50 00 Hz 85 11 8 9 3 16 9 LT HD Mjpeg 50 00 Hz 100 33 4 3 2 6 0 Standard HD Mpeg 2 Intra 50 00 Hz 100 66 7 1 6 3 0 DVCPro HD 50 00 Hz 100 23 6 4 6 8 47 AVC Intra 100 50 00 Hz 111 28 6 3 8 7 0 Avid DNxHD 120 50 00 Hz 120 14 9 7 4 13 4 Apple ProRes 422 50 00 Hz 120 16 7 6 5 11 9 Avid DNxHD 185 50 00 Hz 185 22 3 4 9 8 9 Apple ProRes 422 50 00 Hz 185 25 0 4 4 8 0 HQ 4 Software Specifications 33 EVS Broadcast Equipment SA Issue 12 02 B February 2014 Backup Transfers The following tables gives the transfer speed of A V content of a gi
81. s follows 19200 bauds No parity Bdatabits 1 stop bit Redundant IPDP Serial Link The IPDirector communicates with the server via one serial link If that link fails the XT3 server can no longer be controlled by any IPDirector A failover mechanism has been put into place it switches the IPDirector link from one port of an XT3 server to another port on another XT3 server 5 Hardware Installation and Cabling 61 EVS Broadcast Equipment SA Issue 12 02 B February 2014 To ensure the failover the backup links between IPDirector workstations and the XT3 Servers need to be physically wired to a second RS422 port as shown on the following schema lt gt 5 6 5 6 1 62 Active RS link Redundant RS link The serial link redundancy will ensure that there is no single point of failure in the setup However you need to put into place a thoroughly thought through IPDP configuration for the SynchroDB to continue working correctly This can be achieved for example by defining an IPDirector workstation in Network mode XNet Network Introduction The XNet2 network consists of several EVS video servers or other EVS hardware all connected with a 75 Ohm coaxial cable BNC The data exchange between systems is operated through the SDTI interface at 1485 Mbps 1 5 Gbps or 2970 Mbps 3 Gbps with non relay connectors The 2970 Mbps speed for the SDTI network is restricted to EVS servers fitted with H3X
82. sage will be displayed 8 All EVS video servers must be connected with a good quality BNC 75 Ohm cable to form a closed loop Connect the SDTI OUT connector of the first EVS video server to the SD TI IN connector of the second one etc until the loop is closed by connecting the SDTI OUT connector of the last EVS video server to the SDTI IN connector of the first one The SDTI loop must be closed at all times during network operation If for any reason the loop is open all network communication will be interrupted and all systems will automatically switch to stand alone mode When the loop is closed again network operation will resume automatically This problem can be avoided or limited using an XHub 9 The distance shown in the table below is the maximum cable length between two active EVS servers or 2 SDTI reclockers on an XNet2 SDTI network using a single piece of cable between 2 servers or 2 reclockers Intermediate connectors patch panels etc might degrade these figures Depending on the number of servers connected on the network the location of the master server the presence or not of an XHub SDTI hub the actual maximum values may be higher than indicated If longer distances between servers are required SDTI to Fiber converters can be used allowing distances over thousands of meters if necessary EVS has validated the following SDI Fibre converter s BlueBell BC313T and BC313R Single channel or BC323TR Dual chann
83. t swappable SAS disks with a minimum of 5 disks External storage can be used with or without internal storage It is connected to the server via a dedicated SAS cable on the rear panel of the server provided that the X ESAS connection module has been placed inside the server Necessary equipment Server with SAS HDX connector on the rear panel Multicam version 10 05 or higher e SAS HDX external disk storage 6 Boards Description HARDWARE TECHNICAL REFERENCE MANUAL Server 12 02 VS LEDs on the External Array For each Status Blue LED Off Blinking On steady On steady Off k disk a blue LED and a red LED are present Red Function LED On steady Defect drive must be replaced Off Connected disk being written to read from Off Connected disk not currently written to read from On slowly Spare disk the corresponding disk is started and used in blinking the RAID array Off The corresponding disk is not present Note When starting from a clean disk array after a Clear Video Disks from the EVS maintenance menu the server is recording first on RAID 0 until this one is full then on RAID 1 and finally on RAID 2 It is therefore normal to see activity only on some disks depending on how much material clips and record trains is stored on the server Sound Alert on External Array When af an or a power supply unit fails on an external array a sound alert is give
84. tains the clip metadata The restored clip is moved from the scanned folder to one of the following subfolders on the external archiving or backup system Restore done folder where the files are moved to when they are successfully restored folder where files are moved to when they failed to restore 5 7 4 Important Rules Gigabit networks including EVS servers need to abide by the following rules The hardware used on GbE networks with EVS servers need to support jumbo frames Both GbE ports of an EVS server need to be defined on different sub networks Teaming between the GbE 1 and GbE2 ports is not possible This is not possible to implement failover through the GbE network The GbE port available on the MTPC board PC LAN is a 100Base T port This is used for monitoring purposes XNet Monitor or for the communication with other applications LinX This can be in the same sub network as the GbE port 5 Hardware Installation and Cabling 71 EVS Broadcast Equipment SA Issue 12 02 B February 2014 5 7 5 Switches Supported Switches All switches used on the GbE networks of EVS systems need to support jumbo frames Ethernet frames with more than 1 500 bytes of payload The following models of 19 inch Gigabit switches have been validated for use with EVS workflows e Procurve 25106 24 Cisco Catalyst 2960S 24TD 2960S 48TD 2960S 24T8 2960S 48TS e Cisco Catalyst 3750X 24TS
85. tion XLR AES EBU 16 input and 16 output 8 pairs 8 pairs AES EBU balanced channels on 16 XLR connectors Configuration BNC AES EBU DA 15 Analog 16 input and 16 output 8 pairs 8 pairs AES EBU or Dolby E unbalanced on 16 BNC connectors 8 input and 8 output analog balanced channels on 4 DA 15 connectors e Configuration DA 15 AES EBU DA 15 Analog 16 input and 16 output 8 pairs 8 pairs AES EBU or Dolby E on 4 DA 15 connectors 8 input and 8 output analog balanced channels on 4 DA 15 connectors Additional Audio Specifications 4 additional analog balanced output channels for monitoring All audio connectors on mainframe The Lo Res audio is Mpeg 1 Layer Il at 48 kHz sampling frequency The 4U servers provide Upto64 embedded audio channels 4 16 audio mono channels per video channel Upto56 embedded audio channels 7 8 audi mono channels per video channel in XREC configurations The 6U servers provide with Intra codecs Upto 96 embedded audio channels 6 16 audio mono channels per video channel Upto64 embedded audio channels 8 8 audi mono channels per video channel in XREC configurations In 4K configurations the embedded audio will be processed from the first channel Top Left Audio Processing e Uncompressed audio 24 bit processing and storage Sample rate converter from 25 55 kHz to 48 kHz Audio scrub Audio mix 4 Software Specifications HARDW
86. ut CHAR OUT OUT 68 HD SD SD HD Left eye output 3D or HD Link 1 output 1080p Clean output JA J3 Character Out 6 Boards Description 89 EVS Broadcast Equipment SA Issue 12 02 B February 2014 6 2 5 COD Connectivity in SLSM 2Ph Single Link 3G SDI Connector Assignments This section describes the connector assignments and layout for the SLSM 2 phase cameras in Single Link 3G SDI mode Connector SLSM 2 Phase 3G Mode Connector label J1 N A CHAR SD J2 SDI program output HD Not wired to the backplane Used for onboard multiviewer input J3 SDI program output of phase 1 OUTB HD SD J4 SDI monitoring output in SLSM CHAR OUT SD HD HD SD J5 Not installed INB J6 HD program output of phase 1 OUT identical to J7 J7 HD program output of phase 1 OUT identical to J6 J8 3G SDI SLSM 2Ph input IN 3G J9 Alternate 3G SDI SLSM 2Ph input Not wired to the 3G for internal loop backplane J9 of REC1 only connected to Loop connector Note The loops of the input signal are not genlocked 90 6 Boards Description HARDWARE TECHNICAL REFERENCE MANUAL XT3 Server 12 02 Connectors Layouts SLSM 2Ph 3G Input REC 3G SLSM 2Ph Input J8 J7 IN 1B 05 CHAR SD J1 va 26 CHAR OUT OUT6B H D SD SD HD Phase 1 Character Out amp e JA J3 SLSM 2Ph 3G Output PLAY v 28 J7 IN 1B 05 CHAR SD J1 J6 CHAR OUT OUT 6B SD HD HD SD Character Out e JA J3 6 Boar
87. ven codec to the XF2 hardware knowing that the XF2 bandwidth for backup is 50 MB s XF2 can only use the the SDTI 1 5 Gbps for transfers through XNet Block Codec um uses tae Mbps MB s 1 5G SDTI XDCAM HD 50 00 Hz 50 13 4 3 7 Apple ProRes 422 LT 50 00 Hz 85 11 8 4 2 HD Mjpeg Standard 50 00 Hz 100 33 4 1 5 HD Mpeg 2 Intra 50 00 Hz 100 66 7 0 7 DVCPro HD 50 00 Hz 100 23 6 2 1 AVC Intra 100 50 00 Hz 111 28 6 1 7 Avid DNxHD 120 50 00 Hz 120 14 9 3 3 Apple ProRes 422 50 00 Hz 120 16 7 3 0 Avid DNxHD 185 50 00 Hz 185 22 3 2 2 Apple ProRes 422 HQ 50 00 Hz 185 25 0 2 0 34 4 Software Specifications HARDWARE TECHNICAL REFERENCE MANUAL Server 12 02 Restore Transfers VS The following tables gives the transfer speed of A V content of a given codec to the XF2 hardware knowing that the XF2 bandwidth for restore is 32 MB s XF2 can only use the the SDTI 1 5 Gbps for transfers through XNet Codec XDCAM HD Apple ProRes 422 LT HD Mjpeg Standard HD Mpeg 2 Intra DVCPro HD AVC Intra 100 Avid DNxHD 120 Apple ProRes 422 Avid DNxHD 185 Apple ProRes 422 HQ 4 Software Specifications Field Rate 50 00 Hz 50 00 Hz 50 00 Hz 50 00 Hz 50 00 Hz 50 00 Hz 50 00 Hz 50 00 Hz 50 00 Hz 50 00 Hz Video Bitrate Mbps 50 85 100 100 100 111 120 120 185 185 Block Based bandwidth MB s 13 4 11 8 33 4 66 7 23 6 28 6 14 9 16 7 22 3 25 0 RT Transfers 1 5G SDTI 2
88. y slightly unfocused picture The advantage is a stable output signal with no jitter and no pumping but the vertical bandwidth is even more reduced The interpolator is of course always disabled at 100 playback speed because there is no parity violation EVS uses the same techniques with the Super Slow Motion disk recorder working with all models of Super Motion cameras 150 180 Hz The only difference between the processing of Super Motion and normal scan 50 60 Hz signals is that the interpolator is always disabled at 33 playback speed because the Super Motion signal does not cause parity violation at this particular speed Whatever the choice the resulting picture is thus always a compromise between stability and resolution With EVS systems the operator always has the choice between any of the 3 above described techniques no interpolation 2 line interpolation or 4 line interpolation Even if the operator chooses to use the interpolation this process will be automatically disabled when not necessary 100 playback for 50 60 Hz signal 33 and 100 playback for 150 180 Hz signal Note All professional VTRs use line interpolation in PlayVar mode to avoid vertical jitters Default value is interpolator off for all configurations except SLSM configurations in which 4 line interpolator mode is enabled 4 Software Specifications 45 EVS Broadcast Equipment SA Issue 12 02 B February 2014 5 5 1 46 Hardware Inst

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