XL[2] Technical Reference – Hardware
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1. ANALOG AES EBU A 91 LD2 03 LED INFORMATION AND CONNECTOR LD 1 3 Internal EVS information only LD4 transfer activity to from the HCTX board XL Series DISK RECORDER Version 10 01 Hardware Technical Reference Manual Issue 10 01 A EVS Broadcast Equipment SA May 2009 34 RAID CONTROLLER BOARDS 3 4 1 HCTXBOARD The HCTX board is actually divided in 4 parts 3 in front 1 in the back e Front left GBE module e Front centre CTL controller module e Front right SDTI XNet 2 module e Back CPU module JJ IN J4 OUT SDTI 270 540 SDTI J5 OUT J6_IN HDSDTI 270 1500 GP 21 Issue 10 01 A 20 XL Series DISK RECORDER Version 10 01 Hardware Technical Reference Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment May 2009 J UMPERS ST1 1 on controller module front centre jumper must be installed on ST1 1 only when the HCTX board is used with previous video codec boards SD CODEC6 COHD COHU This jumper is automatically detected by the software application and an error2. XL Series DISK RECORDER Version 10 01 Hardware Technical Reference Manual Issue 10 01 A EVS Broadcast Equipment SA May 2009 LEDs 0 A 1 B 2 C 3 D 4 E between the 2nd and 3rd disk from left in front These LEDs match the position of the disks on the board i e 0 A RTCL 3 D 1 B 2 C 4 E Disk LEDs off on fast blinking green on steady green on slowly blinking green the corresponding disk is not started not spinning the corresponding disk is starting spinning the corresponding disk is started and used in the RAID array the corresponding disk is started but not used in the RAID array TF just behind the 5 disks LEDs on green STS between the on green when data is transferred between the RAID array and the HCTX board If the led is nearly permanently on it means that data is transferred almost all the time between the RAID array and the HCTX board thus being close to the max bandwidth of the system lst and 2nd disk from left in front when RCTL RAID controller is properly booted ERR next to STS lights red when errors occur during the data transfer between the RAID controller and the disks 31 Issue 10 01 A 3 5 32 XL Series DISK RECORDER Version 10 01 Hardware Technical Reference Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment SA May 2009 MTPC BOARD The function of the PC board is mainly the control of the Video hardware via the soft
3. MAXIMUM BITRATE VALUES The maximum bitrate is 6 Mbps This maximum value is valid for XL 2 servers running Multicam version 10 00 xx or higher RAID LEVEL 3 The Video Raid uses striping process across 5 disk drives The video and audio data is striped over the first 4 drives while the parity information is saved on the XL Series DISK RECORDER Version 10 01 Hardware Technical Reference Manual Issue 10 01 A EVS Broadcast Equipment SA May 2009 1 6 8 fifth 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 For more information on online rebuild refer to the section dedicated to this subject in the XT Technical Reference Software manual INTERPOLATION 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 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 OEQEOEO0EOQEOEOEOQE The output video signal at 5096 speed OOEFOOEFOOEEOOEE The output video signal at 33 speed OOOEEEOOOEEEOOOE The outp
4. as the network server is disconnected or shut down another system will automatically be assighed to act as a new network server The switch is automatic and seamless The next machine to be automatically assigned as new network server is the one with the highest serial number in the SDTI network GIGABIT CONNECTION The Gigabit connection between the XL 2 servers is only used for browsing purposes by IPDirector It is not used to transfer video and audio material to external systems since the diffusion and archiving are performed on the high resolution material For more information on the GigE network setup refer to the EVS Support team XL Series DISK RECORDER Version 10 01 Hardware Technical Reference Manual Issue 10 01 A EVS Broadcast Equipment SA May 2009 3 1 3 2 3 2 1 3 Hardware Description SLOT CONFIGURATION The EVS Disk Recorder contains all the EVS developed boards 6U Frame Slot 9 8 7 CODA Audio Codec 6 5 4 3 2 1 MTPC VIDEO AND REFERENCE BOARDS COHX BOARD The COHX board is divided in 3 parts COHX base centre front and back COD A module front left and COD B module front right COD A and COD B modules are the actual CODEC modules each of them being able to be configured by software as an encoder for a record channel There are 2 versions of the COHX base one with genlock one without genlock The genlock model can easily be identified by the presence of 3
5. ee 21 Jumpers onthe COMM Dasemodule susreta rie tato xus ene aa uen bud as Mascot de dux D badiske 22 XL Series DISK RECORDER Version 10 01 Hardware Technical Reference Manual Issue 10 01 A EVS Broadcast Equipment SA May 2009 Leds on the COHX base module with gunlock esee eene nennen eere nnns 23 Leds on the COD A and COD B modules from left to right 23 Connectors on the COD A and COD B modules sssssssssessesssssseseeeeen nennen nennen nennen innen nnne nnne nnns 24 2 hs SIGIR TL oed ttd ot scie Mica cd DIE LIE I eM EEE 25 gt AUDIO ME 6 idit 26 LED inormalomand CONNEC O pvr 26 3 4 RAID CONTROLLER BOARDS sunne 27 __ __ _______ __ 27 decet RN 28 BID Xe 28 EE RR 29 s ERU ED M 30 3 4 2 RICE Board on DISK Array with ACTA suse 30 T Tr EET 31 Aca S 32 SET BOI MH ER 33 LE DMT AI aue toute Me Cc IE MM MM ELE 34 BOTNEN NT 34 XL Series DISK RECORDER Version 10 01 Hardware Technical Reference Manual Issue 10 01 A EVS Broadcast Equipment SA May 2009 1 1 1 Overview Welcome in the EVS range of products and thank you for using an EVS XL 2 server We will do our best to satisfy your video
6. immunity test EN 61000 4 5 European European Electromagnetic Compatibility EMC Part 4 Limits Section 5 Testing and measurement techniques Surge immunity test XL Series DISK RECORDER Version 10 01 Hardware Technical Reference Manual Issue 10 01 A EVS Broadcast Equipment SA May 2009 1 4 3 EN 55022 European Emission Standard EN 61000 4 6 European European Electromagnetic Compatibility EMC Part 4 Limits Section 6 Testing and measurement techniques Immunity to conducted disturbances induced by radio frequency fields EN 61000 4 7 European European Electromagnetic Compatibility EMC Part 4 Limits Section 7 harmonics and interharmonics measurements and instrumentation for power supply systems and equipment connected thereto EN 61000 4 11 European European Electromagnetic Compatibility EMC Part 4 Limits Section 11 Voltage dips short interruptions and voltage variations immunity tests EN 50082 1 European European Generic Immunity Standard Part 1 Domestic commercial and light industry environment FCC USA 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 equipm
7. inputs will need to be cabled in the XL 2 and the XT 2 servers 2 4 CONNECTION BETWEEN MULTIPLE XL 2 SERVERS ON XNET In major events production where the media is ingested in low resolution in parallel to the high resolution ingest each XL 2 is connected to an XT 2 The XL 2 servers and XT 2 servers have their own independent XNet network as well as an independent gigabit Ethernet network The following schema represents such a setup XL Series DISK RECORDER Version 10 01 Hardware Technical Reference Manual Issue 10 01 A EVS Broadcast Equipment SA May 2009 Gigabit E ther net XHub 2 XLE XLE iu re XNet 2 E Y Ig jn XHub 2 The XNet network is composed by several XL 2 systems all connected with a 75 Ohm coaxial cable BNC The exchange between systems is operated through the SDTI interface at 540 or 1485 Mbps On XL 2 servers there are two pairs of SDTI connectors e XNet Relay connectors can be used at a maximum speed of 540 Mbps e XNet 2 Non Relay connectors can be used at 540 or 1485 Mbps When connected on the SDTI network through Relay connectors the SDTI loop is always established even if the XL 2 is not powered on When connected through Non Relay connectors the SDTI loop is closed only when the Multicam software is started It is therefore recommended to use XHub when using Non Relay connectors to avoid network interruptions The XNet requires a network server dedicated to t
8. m dewolf evs tv Tel 33 1 46 99 9000 france evs tv Tech line 33 1 46 99 9003 iberica evs tv Tech line 34 91 490 3933 italy evs tv Tech line 39 334 631 1493 XL Series DISK RECORDER Version 10 01 Hardware Technical Reference Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment SA May 2009 EVS Middle East EVS UK Tel 971 4 365 4222 Fax 971 4 425 3501 Mobile 971 50 887 8758 Tel 44 1372 387 250 Fax 44 1372 387 269 Tech line 44 1372 387 266 middle east evs tv uk evs tv Issue 10 01 A 37 2 Instant Tapeless TechnOlogy 1111 ANN EVS Broadcast Equipment Li ge Science Park 16 rue Bois St Jean B 4102 Ougr e Belgium Corporate North amp Latin America Headquarters Headquarters 32 4 361 7000 1 973 575 7811 Asia amp Pacific Other regional offices Headquarters available on 852 2914 2501 www evs tv contact 2 To learn more about EVS go to www evs tv
9. message is generated if it is not properly set ST1 2 ST1 3 and ST1 4 on controller module are not used No jumper must be installed on these ST1 on CPU module rear corner left for EVS internal tests only used to reset the board Never install that jumper or the board will be in a permanent reset state LEDs LEDs on the XNet 2 module SDTI from left to right FRAMER on green when the signal on the XNet or XNet 2 IN connector is a valid EVS SDTI signal NET on green when the XNet SDTI network is actually established SDTI loop closed correct speed etc GP not used LEDs on the CTL controller module centre from left to right LED 1 lights red when an error occurs while booting the HCTX board LEDs 2 to 8 display the boot sequence of the HCTX board cfr note below DSP led blinks green to show DSP activity LEDs on the GBE Gigabit module left from left to right LEDs indicate that the processor is running The LEDs blink 1 2 alternately every 250 milliseconds Other LEDs The six other LEDs are for EVS internal use XL Series DISK RECORDER Version 10 01 Hardware Technical Reference Manual Issue 10 01 A EVS Broadcast Equipment SA May 2009 Note When booting the HCTX board LEDs 1 to 8 will light according to the following sequence Hardware reset gt all LEDs on 1 red 2 to 7 green Setup of CPU basic gt led 2 on green registers Check of CPU PC gt if error le
10. slot Issue 10 01 A 1 4 1 4 1 1 4 2 XL Series DISK RECORDER Version 10 01 Hardware Technical Reference Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment SA May 2009 SAFETY COMPLIANCE AND OPERATING CONDITIONS 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 Interna Safety of information technology equipment tional including business equipment In addition this equipment has been designed to meet the following UL 1950 USA USA Safety of information technology equipment including business equipment EMC STANDARDS EN 55022 European Emission Standard EN 61000 3 2 European Electromagnetic Compatibility EMC Part 3 Limits Section2 limits for harmonic current emissions equipment input current 16A per phase EN 61000 3 3 European 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 EN 61000 4 3 European European Electromagnetic Compatibility EMC Part 4 Limits Section 3 Testing and measurement techniques Radiated radio Frequency electromagnetic field immunity test EN 61000 4 4 European European Electromagnetic Compatibility EMC Part 4 Limits Section 4 Testing and measurement techniques Electrical fast transient burst
11. CVBS SDI SDI monitoring output SD Character Outs SD SDI input SD SD IN The switch between SDI and CVBS on J1 is done by a software setting in the EVS Configuration menu The following schema shows the connector positions Des 6 C 7 S ar CVBS SDI XL Series DISK RECORDER Version 10 01 Hardware Technical Reference Manual Issue 10 01 A EVS Broadcast Equipment SA May 2009 X Note Only front backplanes labelled BKP7 are compatible with COHX boards 7 slots for 6U frames The BKP7 backplanes compatible with COHX boards have 3 rows of soldering per slot while the backplanes compatible with IO E COHD or boards have 2 rows of soldering per slot Note that the top slot of BKP7 backplanes must always be connected to the HCTX board CHANNEL ASSIGNMENT 6 ch XL 2 Server Upper Codec 5 CAM B CAMA t Middle Codec 4 i CAM C Lower Codec 2 25 Issue 10 01 A XL Series DISK RECORDER Version 10 01 Hardware Technical Reference Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment SA May 2009 33 AUDIO CODEC BOARD 26 The AUDIO CODEC board is the audio interface between the COHX boards and the HCTX board VIDEO CODEC and AUDIO CODEC board are tied to the HCTX board with one Bus connector on the front side
12. DISK RECORDER Version 10 01 Hardware Technical Reference Manual Issue 10 01 A EVS Broadcast Equipment SA May 2009 Environmental conditions The equipment should be kept in the following environmental conditions Temperature 0 C to 40 C 32 F to 104 F ambient with free air flow Relative humidity 0 to 90 non condensing Cooling requirements Forced air cooling air flow from front to back Handling movement Designed for fixed use when in operation Storage and transportation temperature 0 C to 70 C 32 F to 158 F Storage and transportation relative humidity 0 to 90 non condensing HoT SWAP This equipment is fitted with a wide ranging power supply It is suitable for supply voltages of 115 to 240 Vac 10 at 47 or 63 Hz nominal Connection to supply Pluggable equipment Type EN60950 1 2 5 Equipment which is intended for connection to the building power supply wiring via a non industrial 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 EN60950 1 2 5 electric shock protection by basic insulation and protective earth Rated voltage 115 to 240Vac single phase Rated frequency 47 63 Hz Related Current 8 A 100 to 120 Vac range 4 A 220 to 240 Vac range Input connector CEE22 IEC 320 3 pin male receptacle Environmental conditions T
13. Hardware Technical Reference Manual Issue 10 01 A EVS Broadcast Equipment SA May 2009 LEDS ON THE COHX BASE MODULE WITH GUNLOCK GLK Off Blinks green On steady green Red intermittent Red steady PSU OK On green when the genlock module is not initialized when the genlock module is properly initialized but not valid genlock signal is detected when the module is initialized and a valid genlock signal is detected when there is a genlock problem when a resync is needed when all voltages are present and in the allowed range otherwise the led is off LEDS ON THE COD A AND COD B MODULES FROM LEFT TO RIGHT CPU Blinks green On steady green PLAY On green Off PVID on green to indicate CPU activity when there is a problem with the processor of the COD module when the COD module is set by the software in play mode when the COD module is set in record mode when a valid video signal has been detected on the J8 connector SD HD SDI input whether the COD module is in play or record mode 23 24 Issue 10 01 A XL Series DISK RECORDER Version 10 01 Hardware Technical Reference Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment SA May 2009 TF transfer Blinks green while data transfers occur between the COD module and the HCTX board M1 M2 not yet used M3 M4 CONNECTORS ON THE COD AND COD B MODULES Connector label on rear panel J1 output SD Character Outs
14. Processing e uncompressed audio e 20 or 24 bit processing and storage e audio scrub 1 0 3 VIDEO CODECS amp BITRATES The EVS XL 2 server uses an intra frame video encoding technique The XL 2 server supports natively the MJPEG SD video codec The target bitrate of the encoded video stream can be set by the user within the accepted range 1 to 6 Mbps for standard definition The default values are MJPEG 3 Mbps for standard definition Issue 10 01 A 1 6 4 1 6 5 1 6 6 1 6 7 XL Series DISK RECORDER Version 10 01 Hardware Technical Reference Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment May 2009 RECORDING CAPACITY FOR XL 2 SERVERS The following tables show the record duration for 1 record channel i e 1 video 2 stereo audio tracks in SD with arrays of 300GB disks These tables are valid with the Operational Disk Size parameter set to 100 The typical drive arrangement is an Internal External module 4 1 x 300 GB drives total 1200 GB usable PAL Compression Bitrate Audio Nr MJPEG 3 Mbps 4 audios 365h MJPEG 3 Mbps 8 audios 22 h MJPEG 3 Mbps 16 audios 129 h NTSC Compression Bitrate Audio Nr 5x300GB MJPEG 3 Mbps 4 audios 367h 367h MJPEG 3 Mbps 8 audios 228h MJPEG 3 Mbps 16 audios 130 h SUPPORTED SMPTE STANDARDS The following standards are supported SD SDI SMPTE 259M 525i 625i LTC SMPTE 12M D VITC SMPTE 266M Vertical Ancillary Data SMPTE 334M
15. R OUT CHARACTER OUTS ned OUTS a A 7 4 A m 2 0 0 0 0 0 zm gt Sp eR p 5 PSU 2 RS422 PORTS REMOTE PSU 1 CONSOLE VGA KEYBOARD 2 2 AUDIO CONFIGURATIONS 221 CODA A2 Internal Audio Module Embedded Audio only e 2 Embedded audio groups 8 mono channels per video channel e Audio Monitoring 4 analogue balanced mono outputs XLR 13 Issue 10 01 A XL Series DISK RECORDER Version 10 01 Hardware Technical Reference Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment SA May 2009 2 3 CONNECTION BETWEEN XL 2 AND XT 2 The SDI inputs of the low resolution server will come from the loop of the recorders of the corresponding XT 2 server that will run either SD or HD High Resolution Server XT High Resolution Server XTI2 Server XT 2 Low Low Resolution Server XLI2 Server Low Resolution Server XLI2 IN 1 OUT 2 IN 1 CHARACTER OUTS CVBS SDI In case the high resolution server is in HD you need to ensure that the REC HD gt SD Low Latency parameter defined on the high resolution XT 2 in the EVS Advanced Parameters is set to ON This parameter takes into account the one frame delay between the HD IN J8 connector and the SD OUT J3 connector that feeds the XL 2 server The VITC and embedded audio information is kept The LTC and genlock
16. Technical Reference Hardware Version 10 01 May 2009 Production Proxy Server XL Series DISK RECORDER Version 10 01 Hardware Technical Reference Manual Issue 10 01 A EVS Broadcast Equipment SA May 2009 Copyright EVS Broadcast Equipment Copyright 2009 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 tv Issue 10 01 A XL Series DISK RECORDER Version 10 01 Hardware Technical Reference Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment SA May 2009 Table of Contents TABLE OF CONTENTOS GN L OVER VIE Mva 1 NN 1 tr DIMENSIONS acing testi 2 ICM UNIO a E 3 1 4 SAFETY COMPLIANCE AND OPERATING 4 XE a I E 4 L42 ENN EN 4 I A 5 GETS 6 145 PS 6 ei ID satin du
17. automatic power switching to the second power supply would the first one fail GROUNDING Ensure the disk recorder unit is properly grounded at all times to avoid electrical shock hazard 1 5 VENTILATION amp RACK MOUNTING Adequate ventilation is obviously required for optimum performance As result of this consideration ensure no other equipment is located close to the mainframe AN Important e Remember that fans are used to air cool the equipment and protect it from overheating e Do not block fans intakes during operations Having regard to the weight of the XL 2 chassis support guides are required for this unit into the rack mount The front ears of the XL 2 unit are not designed to support its full weight Applying full weight on these might result in bending the metal plate XL Series DISK RECORDER Version 10 01 Hardware Technical Reference Manual Issue 10 01 A EVS Broadcast Equipment SA May 2009 1 6 XL 2 SERVER MAIN SPECIFICATIONS 1 6 1 VIDEO XL 2 Server Standard Definition Video Formats 525i 59 94fps NTSC 625i 60fps PAL Digital Interface 10 bit 4 2 2 Serial SMPTE259M Full frame synchronizer at input Number of 6 REC channels channels 6RU rack Monitoring amp 1 CVBS or SDI software select per channel with OSD Down converters Analogue Black Burst 1 6 2 AUDIO e up to 8 embedded audio channels per video e no AES or analogue audio connector on mainframe Audio
18. d 1 on red DPRAM led 8 on green gt if check is successful led 3 on green Polling for PC gt led 4 on green commands Switching to enhanced gt led 5 on green mode Executing PC led 6 on green commands until execution requests end Jump to SDRAM and execute microcode CONNECTORS On the XNet 2 module SDTI 3 IN connector for XNet SDTI network 270 540Mbps with relay 4 OUT connector for XNet SDTI network 270 540Mbps with relay J 5 OUT connector for XNet 2 SDTI network 270 540 1485Mbps without relay J 6 E for XNet 2 SDTI network 270 540 1485Mbps without relay Note J3 must be used with J4 and J5 must be used with J6 Never use J3 with J5 or J4 with J6 29 Issue 10 01 A 3 42 30 XL Series DISK RECORDER Version 10 01 Hardware Technical Reference Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment SA May 2009 GIGABIT CONNECTORS The two Gigabit connectors of the card are connected to the two Gigabit ports of the backplane The Gigabit connectors must be on a network that supports Jumbo Frames of at least 9014 bytes Ethernet frames One of the tested switch belongs to the Cisco 3750 G family for example the WS C3750G 24T S For more information refer to the Software Technical Reference manual for setting up the IP addresses RTCL BOARD ON DISK ARRAY WITH HC TX Disk Arrays on systems with HCTX Boards have a controller on the disk array board
19. emperature 0 C to 50 C 32 F to 104 F ambient with free air flow Relative humidity 0 to 90 non condensing Cooling requirements Forced air cooling air flow from front to back Handling movement Designed for fixed use when in operation Storage and transportation temperature 0 C to 70 C 32 F to 158 F Storage and transportation relative humidity 0 to 90 non condensing Issue 10 01 A XL Series DISK RECORDER Version 10 01 Hardware Technical Reference Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment SA May 2009 SECONDARY POWER SUPPLY Cold swap 2 Power Supply A 2nd power supply cold swap for the disk recorder unit is available optionally To connect this 2 power supply in case of failure of the main one remove the metal plate in the top right corner of the back panel and swap the large electrical connector located inside this compartment This additional power supply should not be connected to mains when not in use Hot swap 2 Power Supply 2 d power supply hot swap for the disk recorder unit is available optionally This additional power supply should be connected to mains to allow automatic power switching to the second power supply would the first one fail The remote panel the touch screen and the external ADA rack are fitted with an AUTOSWITCH power supply 2 power supply hot swap for the disk recorder unit is available optionally This additional power supply should be connected to mains to allow
20. ene 6 POU SW AD i ER D MM oro E 7 Sedan 8 olia e Tura Mense ICE RP 8 15 VENTILATION RASK NOUNIING usunne den 8 LO XL SERVER MAIN SPECIFICATIONS Lamaen 9 ONES P 9 B A 9 LOS Video COUOCSc PEAS 9 1 6 4 Recording Capacity for XL 2 5 10 155 Supported SMPTE SANS ve 10 1 6 6 Maximum Bitrate nnne nnne nnn nns 10 EE SIEUT 10 158 PS ITE UTIMUR 11 InterpolaloP Se 11 Aa NMG 1MEP 1 12 2 ENGL 13 TN PUPPENE NS 13 22 AUYDIO CONFIGURATIONS va 13 MD OPS 13 2 3 CONNECTION BETWEEN AND AR 14 24 CONNECTION BETWEEN MULTIPLE XL 2 SERVERS ON 14 24 1 Connection Diagram without EVS XHub SDTI HUB eese 16 2 4 2 Connection Diagram With EVS XHub SDTI 17 24 3 Required conditions to set up and run 17 AMNI 19 245 XNet Performances amp 19 29 GIGABIT CONNECTION blam desinat Ren 20 3 HARDWARE DESCRIPTION iniii 21 o SLOFCONFIGURATION 21 22 VIDEO AND REFERENCE BOARDS Lune den 21 Ql SOPP
21. ent 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 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 e Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna e Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver e Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected e Consult the dealer or an experienced radio TV technician for help Issue 10 01 A 1 4 4 1 4 5 XL Series DISK RECORDER Version 10 01 Hardware Technical Reference Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment SA May 2009 This device complies with Part 15 ofthe FCC Rules Operation is subject to the following two conditions 1 This device may EVS XT 9 Server C Tested to comply With FCC Standards not cause harmful interference and 2 this device must acce
22. enu Issue 10 01 A XL Series DISK RECORDER Version 10 01 Hardware Technical Reference Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment May 2009 b Number of clips Network Type must be set to Server on 1 XL 2 and only 1 on the network The others must be set to either Master to share clips and view others clips or Client to share clips only A different network number must be specified for each XL 2 system 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 message will be displayed All XL 2 s must be connected with a good quality BNC 750 hm cable to form a closed loop Connect the SDTI OUT connector of the first XL to the SDTI IN connector of the second one etc until the loop is closed by connecting the SDTI OUT connector of the last XL 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 EVS XHub SDTI hub The distance shown in the table below is the maximum cable length between two active EVS servers or 2 SDTI reclockers on an XNet SDTI network using a single piece of cable between 2 servers o
23. he management of the Database shared among all XL 2 s This is assigned to one of the XL 2 systems on the network The XL 2 acting as the network server can of course be used for standard LSM video server operation Issue 10 01 A XL Series DISK RECORDER Version 10 01 Hardware Technical Reference Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment SA May 2009 2 4 1 CONNECTION DIAGRAM WITHOUT EVS XHuB SDTI HUB OB Van 1 XL 2 ALBI XL 2 XL 2 XLE XLE SDTI 540 1485 XL 2 M b D XL 2 XLE XLE OB Van 2 XL 2 XL 2 XL Series DISK RECORDER Version 10 01 Hardware Technical Reference Manual Issue 10 01 A EVS Broadcast Equipment SA May 2009 2 4 2 CONNECTION DIAGRAM WITH EVS XHuB SDTI HUB XL 2 XL 2 540 1485 i CNN XL 2 2 XL 2 OB Van 2 XL 2 XL 2 XLE T T 2 4 3 REQUIRED CONDITIONS TO SET UP AND RUN XNET 1 All systems on the network must be XL 2 servers XFile 2 or XF 2 XStore 2 or XHub 2 2 The SDTI advanced option code for network client master or server modes must be validated in the options list 3 They should all be running compatible software version warning message is displayed when trying to connect an XL 2 system with a software version that is not compatible with the network server 4 The following parameters must be similar on all systems a SDTI Speed usually 540Mbps or 1485Mbps from Hardware Configuration m
24. induced by these reclockers between 2 active servers on the network may not exceed 1515 9 Note 2 4 4 STARTING XNET 1 When all above conditions are fulfilled turn on all Masters and Clients XL 2 s and make sure the Multicam application is started on all of them A message appears because they are looking for the Server XL 2 2 Turn on the Server XL 2 and start the Multicam application The other XL 2 s should see the Server arriving on the network and will connect automatically Connection takes a few seconds usually between 2 and 5 sec for each XL 2 2 4 5 XNET PERFORMANCES amp TROUBLESHOOTING 1 With the default settings 10 real time transfers can be achieved on the network with standard definition pictures in normal conditions and 3 real time transfers with super motion pictures Copy of a clip between 2 servers on the network can be made up to 5 times faster than real time depending on network occupancy With high definition pictures these numbers are reduced to 3 4 real time transfers and copy clip 2 times faster than real time These performances are also limited by the disk bandwidth available from the XL 2 where the clips are stored If the XL 2 owning the clips is doing multiple playbacks at the same time freezes can occur on the remote XL 2 using those clips Priority levels have been implemented to maximize network bandwidth efficiency PLAY requests have higher priori
25. kable length from behind the rack 603 23 7 mounting stripes to the back of the server Length without the front panel 627 24 7 Length with the handles 660 26 0 Length with the front panel 670 26 4 XL Series DISK RECORDER Version 10 01 Hardware Technical Reference Manual Issue 10 01 A EVS Broadcast Equipment SA May 2009 1 3 Hot swap with redundant power supply Description Length mm Length inch Rackable length from behind the rack 640 25 2 mounting stripes to the back of the server Length without the front panel 662 26 1 Length with the handles 695 21 4 Length with the front panel 705 27 7 Hot swap power supplies sticks out by 25mm 1 187mm 7 2 by W 170mm 6 65 Rack mounting stripes L 270 mm 10 6 by W 21 mm 0 8 Handles H 55mm 2 2 by L 160 6 3 W 21 0 6 Keyboard Weight 0 4 Kg 0 9 Lbs INSTALLALTION A Important Verify the disk recorder unit has the correct voltage specifications for your power source prior to applying power selectable 110 230 VAC on the rear panel of the power supply or autoswitch depending on the type of power supply unit installed 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
26. olator uses a more sophisticated calculation based on the 4 neighbouring 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 permanently 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 Whatever the choice the resulting picture is thus always a compromise between stability and resolution With EVS systems the operator always has got 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 Note All professional VTRs use line interpolation in PlayVar mode to avoid vertical jitters Default value is interpolator off for all configurations XL Series DISK RECORDER Version 10 01 Hardware Technical Reference Manual Issue 10 01 A EVS Broadcast Equipment SA May 2009 2 Cabling 2 1 XL 2 6U BACK PLANE MADE IN E U Humidity 0 90 RH SPECIFICATIONS TO XT HDX Line variations limits 90 130 180 260V 47 63Hz www evs tv non condensing Size 19 6RU CHARACTE
27. production needs and we look forward to continuing working with you The EVS XL 2 servers are full digital in PAL 625i NTSC 5251 Developed to work as a complement to the XT 2 production server which allows users to work in high resolution media in either SD or HD the XL 2 server is the ideal solution for large studio and major events production The XL 2 server allows ingesting the media in low resolution in parallel with the ingest on the XT 2 server The users can then browse or review the low resolution ingested media through the gigabit Ethernet connection to keep the production running smoothly The XL 2 server is controlled by EVS IPDirector or through EVS open AVSP protocol UNPACKING On receipt of the equipment examine packing for obvious signs of damage lf 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 Issue 10 01 A XL Series DISK RECORDER Version 10 01 Hardware Technical Reference Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment SA May 2009 1 2 DIMENSIONS Video disk recorder Main frame 19 inches Rack mount 6U Weight 32 5 Kg 71 5 Lbs 270mm 10 6 The following table specifies the various lengths Cold swap without redundant power supply Description Length mm Length inch Rac
28. pt any interference received including interference that may cause undesired operation CE MARKING The CE marking is affixed to indicate compliance with the following directives e 89 336 EEC of 3 May 1989 on the approximation of the laws of the Members States to electromagnetic compatibility e 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 POWER SUPPLY COLD SWAP This equipment is fitted with a wide ranging power supply It is suitable for supply voltages of 100 to 240 Vac 10 6 at 50 or 60 Hz nominal Connection to supply Pluggable equipment Type EN60950 1 2 5 Equipment which is intended for connection to the building power supply wiring via a non industrial 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 EN60950 1 2 5 electric shock protection by basic insulation and protective earth Rated voltage 110 to 240Vac single phase Rated frequency 50 60 Hz Related Current 10 A 100 to 120 Vac range 5 A 220 to 240 Vac range Input connector CEE22 IEC 320 3 pin male receptacle XL Series
29. quartz synthesizer at the back of the 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 centre front of the board Note that a COHX board with genlock must be installed as COHX 1 in first position slot 2 in an XL 2 system A COHX board with genlock can never be installed in any other slot and thus can not be used instead of COHX 2 or 3 Doing so will result in conflicting electrical signals inside the system 21 Issue 10 01 A XL Series DISK RECORDER Version 10 01 Hardware Technical Reference Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment SA May 2009 COHX base BOARD 1 BOARD 2 BOARD 3 BOARD 4 J UMPERS ON THE COHX BASE MODULE 511 ST2 These 2 jumpers must be installed on the last COHX board of the server i e on COHX 1 2 or 3 if there are respectively 1 2 or 3 COHX board installed in the server ST3 SPARE parking for jumpers for ST1 and ST2 when these are not used ST4 only on It must be set to HiZ or not installed COHX with genlock Note that the Genlock Loop connector on the back panel of the XL 2 server must always be terminated with a 75 Ohm load if it is not used ST5 It defines the position of the board inside the server It must be set to 1 for a COHX with genlock and to 2 or 3 for a COHX board without genlock depending on its position in the server 22 XL Series DISK RECORDER Version 10 01
30. r 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 fibre converters can be used allowing distances over thousands of meters if necessary EVS has validated the following SDI fibre converters a Stratos Lightwave Media Converter TX RX VMC T H 2 VMC R H 2 www stratoslightwave com b Telecast TX RX292 www telecast fiber com c Network Electronics SDI EO 13T electrical to optical SDI OE S optical to electrical www network electronics com d Network Electronics HD EO 13T electrical to optical HD OE optical to electrical e BlueBell BB320T TX and BB320R RX www bluebell tv Cable type 1485 Mbps 540 Mbps RG59 45m 148ft 100m 328ft RG6 90m 484ft 180m 590ft RG11 120m 393ft 250m 820ft super HiQ 150m 492ft 350m 1148ft Fiber 80km 200km 80km 200km 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 1485Mbps 100 km 540Mbps XL Series DISK RECORDER Version 10 01 Hardware Technical Reference Manual Issue 10 01 A EVS Broadcast Equipment SA May 2009 When reclockers are used the total delay
31. re used to configure the composite sync generator used in LSM TV mode no effect if LSM 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 LSM software version and CPU board model revision With MPTC board A2 A3 or A2 A4 set up the jumpers as follows e HPOL On VPOL Off ENVS On REMOTE RESET jumpers are available to designate the remote s REMOTE reser from which the RESET command can be sent um This command resets the whole system PC and video hardware 3 um 4 uw 5 um In standard configuration only Remote on RS422 port 1 is allowed to reset the system N Important 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 XL 2 server should not exceed 5 Volt when the corresponding jumper is engaged Applying a higher voltage on pin 5 when the corresponding jumper is engaged will result in permanen
32. t electronic damage to the board XL Series DISK RECORDER Version 10 01 Hardware Technical Reference Manual Issue 10 01 A EVS Broadcast Equipment SA May 2009 Notes 39 36 Issue 10 01 A XL Series DISK RECORDER Version 10 01 Hardware Technical Reference Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment May 2009 Regional Contacts EVS Americas EVS Canada ASIA amp PACIFIC EVS Australia EVS China EVS Hong Kong EVS India EVS Belgium Headquarters EVS Brussels EVS France EVS Iberica EVS Italy Tel 1 973 575 7811 Fax 1 973 575 7812 Tel 1 514 750 7544 Fax 1 514 750 7518 Fax 61 02 9975 1368 Tel 86 10 6808 0248 Fax 86 10 6808 0246 Tel 852 2914 2501 Fax 852 2914 2505 Tel 91 22 6697 2999 Fax 91 22 2673 2092 Mobile 91 98 9017 5958 Tel 32 4 361 7000 Fax 32 4 391 7099 Tel 32 2 421 78 78 Fax 32 2 421 78 79 Fax 33 1 46 99 9009 Tel 34 91 490 3930 Fax 34 91 490 3939 Tel 39 030 296 400 Fax 39 030 294 3650 AMERICA NORTH amp LATIN usa evs tv Tech line 1 973 575 7813 usa evs tv Tech line 1 973 575 7813 Tel 61 02 9452 8600 sales evs asia com hk Mobile 61 420 307 387 evschina evs tv Tech line 86 139 1028 9860 sales evs asia com hk Tech line 852 9401 2395 sales evs asia com hk EUROPE MIDDLE EAST amp AFRICA support Qevs tv sales Qevs tv marketing evs tv Tech line 32 495 284 000
33. ty than SEARCH BROWSE requests which in turn have a higher priority than COPY requests Note that Live E2E mode on a remote record train has the same priority level as a SEARCH BROWSE request 2 Note that when working at 1485Mbps or 540Mbps only passive SDI routing equipment may be used The use of active SDI equipment should be avoided because they could cause additional line delays and prevent the proper operation of XNet 3 If the start up of the network at a specific speed does not work properly and all machines are apparently configured properly and the Multicam is actually started on all of them this can be due to the fact that the selected cables to connect all XL 2 s together are not suitable or too long to operate at such a speed You can decrease the speed of the SDTI network on all machines and try working in this mode The number of simultaneous real time transfers you can achieve is of course reduced Issue 10 01 A 2 5 20 XL Series DISK RECORDER Version 10 01 Hardware Technical Reference Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment May 2009 4 While working at 1485 Mbps 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 All equipments should be started if not connected to an XHub 5 Itis recommended to use XHub if the network speed is set to 1485 Mbps 6 Once the network has been established if the system acting
34. ut video signal at 25 speed 0 0 Fields with parity violation are shown in bold underlined letters As it appears from the above table whatever the playback 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 neighbouring 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 by side effect is the alternation of original fields perfectly focused and interpolated fields unfocused resulting in a pumping video signal Issue 10 01 A XL Series DISK RECORDER Version 10 01 Hardware Technical Reference Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment May 2009 4 LINE INTERPOLATOR The 4 line interp
35. ware and to interface the peripheral equipment i e remote controller with the Video hardware The following MTPC board is used e A2 A4 with COMMEL HS870 motherboard and a new time code management module with bootable USB In standard configuration the PC hardware is composed by e One mounting PC board with serial ports LTC reader and generator is controlled by the motherboard e IDE System Hard disk the IDE disk drive is used for storing the EVS software and 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 1GB The remaining capacity of this drive is not used e 128MB SDRAM 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 XL Series DISK RECORDER Version 10 01 Hardware Technical Reference Manual Issue 10 01 A EVS Broadcast Equipment SA May 2009 3 5 1 A2 A4 BOARD HEADER 26 8 y 8 wy 3V3 LED A HD SERIAL 1 23 4 5 6 RESET 33 Issue 10 01 A 34 XL Series DISK RECORDER Version 10 01 Hardware Technical Reference Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment SA May 2009 LED INFORMATION Internal EVS information BOARD CONFIGURATION HPOL VPOL and ENVS a
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