Grass-valley AMX-3981 2014 User Manual

DENSITÉ series AMX-3981 3Gbps/HD/SD 8 AES Audio & Metadata Embedder Guide to Installation and Operation M922-990

GUIDE TO INSTALLATION AND OPERATION 4 | AMX-3981 2 Installation 2.1 Installation of Rear Connector Panels Miranda Densité-series cards are each

GUIDE TO INSTALLATION AND OPERATION 94 | AMX-3981 Upmix Configuration To set up the parameters of the upmix, go to the PGM1-Upmix tab in the Audio

GUIDE TO INSTALLATION AND OPERATION AMX-3981 | 95 Presets The Preset pulldown allows the JA-ALC module to be configured for this program according

GUIDE TO INSTALLATION AND OPERATION 96 | AMX-3981 Zero Zone Above The Zero Zone Above parameter makes it possible to keep some long-term dynamics a

GUIDE TO INSTALLATION AND OPERATION AMX-3981 | 97 6.6.4.5 Presets The four available “Factory” presets are configured as follows: Preset name

GUIDE TO INSTALLATION AND OPERATION 98 | AMX-3981 6.6.5 Notes • The MOD-JA-ALC-N-YYY works with PCM audio. If non-PCM audio such as Dolby E o

GUIDE TO INSTALLATION AND OPERATION AMX-3981 | 99 7 Specifications VIDEO INPUT/OUTPUT Signal (1): SMPTE-259M-C (270 Mbps), SMPTE-292M (1.48

GUIDE TO INSTALLATION AND OPERATION 100 | AMX-3981 GPIO (-3SRP rear) Signal (2): Contact closure to ground Connector: BNC Direction: Bidirect

ANNEX 1 – AMX-3981 CARD MENU Menu level LEV1 LEV2 LEV3 LEV4 VALUES Conditions Card Status STATUS GENERAL STATUS

SWAP [OFF, ON] -- -- -- -- -- CHANNEL16 -- -- --

GUIDE TO INSTALLATION AND OPERATION AMX-3981 | 103 ANNEX 2 – Installing the Optical Interface Installing and removing the Fiber I/O interface cart

GUIDE TO INSTALLATION AND OPERATION AMX-3981 | 5 2.2 AMX-3981 Card Installation Once a matching rear connector panel has been installed, install

GUIDE TO INSTALLATION AND OPERATION 104 | AMX-3981 3. Slide the module straight into the socket, and push gently until it clicks into position.

GUIDE TO INSTALLATION AND OPERATION AMX-3981 | 105 ANNEX 3 – Installing the Audio Modules To install an audio module: 1. Remove the card from th

GUIDE TO INSTALLATION AND OPERATION 106 | AMX-3981 4. Hold the audio module tilted at about a 30 degree angle and insert its connector into the so

GUIDE TO INSTALLATION AND OPERATION AMX-3981 | 107 To remove an audio module: 1. Remove the card from the frame 2. Remove the two screws that s

GUIDE TO INSTALLATION AND OPERATION 108 | AMX-3981 ANNEX 4 – Dolby Digital Main Channel Output Functions Coding Mode Listening Mode Main Channel O

GUIDE TO INSTALLATION AND OPERATION AMX-3981 | 109 ANNEX 5 – AFD Flags The two charts below list all available Active Format Descriptor (AFD) flag

GUIDE TO INSTALLATION AND OPERATION 110 | AMX-3981 16:9 AFD flags 16:9 Full frame image in a 16:9 frame (use preferred 16:9_8 flag instead) (16:9

GUIDE TO INSTALLATION AND OPERATION AMX-3981 | 111 ANNEX 6 - Loudness Logging and the Miranda Audio Loudness Analyzer Activating and Managing Lou

GUIDE TO INSTALLATION AND OPERATION 112 | AMX-3981 Starting the Audio Loudness Analyzer from iControl The Audio Loudness Analyzer processes the lo

GUIDE TO INSTALLATION AND OPERATION 6 | AMX-3981 2.4.2 Summary of rear panel connections AMX-3981-75D-3SRP AMX-3981-110-3SRP AMX-39

GUIDE TO INSTALLATION AND OPERATION AMX-3981 | 7 Rear Panel Type Connector(s) / Impedance AMX-3981-110-3DRP-F D-SUB 26 (1) 110Ω AMX-3981-110-3S

GUIDE TO INSTALLATION AND OPERATION 8 | AMX-3981 SFP Modules Description SFP-RR-LC Dual Rx module with LC connector SFP-TT-S13S13-LC Dual Tx mod

GUIDE TO INSTALLATION AND OPERATION AMX-3981 | 9  AMX-3981-110-3DRP-F This rear panel carries three GPIO and RS-422 on a 15-pin D-SUB connector

GUIDE TO INSTALLATION AND OPERATION 10 | AMX-3981 3 User Interface 3.1 Control options The AMX-3981 can be controlled in three different ways:

GUIDE TO INSTALLATION AND OPERATION AMX-3981 | 11 4 Local control using the Densité frame control panel 4.1 Overview Push the SELECT button on

GUIDE TO INSTALLATION AND OPERATION 12 | AMX-3981 5 Remote control using iControl The operation of the AMX-3981 may be controlled using Miranda’s

GUIDE TO INSTALLATION AND OPERATION AMX-3981 | 13 If there is an error, the error status message appears in the message area without mouse-over. •

GUIDE TO INSTALLATION AND OPERATION AMX-3981 Electromagnetic Compatibility This equipment has been tested for verification of compliance with FCC P

GUIDE TO INSTALLATION AND OPERATION 14 | AMX-3981 Icon #4 – Audio Status (green) Audio OK (yellow) Yellow alarm condition detected on 1 or more

GUIDE TO INSTALLATION AND OPERATION AMX-3981 | 15 5.2 Video Input/Output panel This panel allows input selection, control of the deglitcher and f

GUIDE TO INSTALLATION AND OPERATION 16 | AMX-3981 For this mode to function correctly, the following requirements must be met: • The two inputs mu

GUIDE TO INSTALLATION AND OPERATION AMX-3981 | 17 0 line and -31.76 µs to 0 line and 31.76 µs 0 line and 31.76 µs to 1 line and 31.76 µs etc.

GUIDE TO INSTALLATION AND OPERATION 18 | AMX-3981 5.2.3 Freeze tab Freeze type: This is a pull-down menu with four options – FIELD 1, FIELD 2, FRA

GUIDE TO INSTALLATION AND OPERATION AMX-3981 | 19 Horizontal (µsec): With this adjustment, a value ranging from zero to the equivalent of 1 horiz

GUIDE TO INSTALLATION AND OPERATION 20 | AMX-3981 5.2.5 SFP Info tab When an SFP module is detected in the rear panel socket of this AMX-3981, t

GUIDE TO INSTALLATION AND OPERATION AMX-3981 | 21 detected at the input. [10-20 for 525; 7-22 for 625] SD Duplicate: Select the line in which t

GUIDE TO INSTALLATION AND OPERATION 22 | AMX-3981 If the source has no time code, a fixed time code of 00:00:00:00 will be generated in the appropr

GUIDE TO INSTALLATION AND OPERATION AMX-3981 | 23 Source: Selects the source of AFD information – options are AFD (SMPTE 2016), VLI (SD only) or W

GUIDE TO INSTALLATION AND OPERATION AMX-3981 Table of Contents 1 AMX-3981 3Gbps/HD/SD 8 AES Audio & Metadata Embedder ...

GUIDE TO INSTALLATION AND OPERATION 24 | AMX-3981 • The table has two tabs, one for SD inputs, and one for HD inputs. • The table in each tab lis

GUIDE TO INSTALLATION AND OPERATION AMX-3981 | 25 • Dolby E and Dolby Digital decoder module(s) – see note • Linear Acoustic’s upMAXtm module(s)

GUIDE TO INSTALLATION AND OPERATION 26 | AMX-3981 5.4.1 Audio Proc – Levels tab Grouped by pairs of channels, each channel has the following cont

GUIDE TO INSTALLATION AND OPERATION AMX-3981 | 27 Without Reference: Additional Adjustment Adjustment Frame Delay Range Range (59.94 Hz

GUIDE TO INSTALLATION AND OPERATION 28 | AMX-3981 Level Normalization: use the pulldown to select the type of normalization to be applied on the do

GUIDE TO INSTALLATION AND OPERATION AMX-3981 | 29 Dialnorm: this pulldown selects the dialog normalization level. Select OFF to prevent the downmi

GUIDE TO INSTALLATION AND OPERATION 30 | AMX-3981 5.4.5 AES Inputs tab The AMX-3981 processes 32 channels of audio. The sources of the channels a

GUIDE TO INSTALLATION AND OPERATION AMX-3981 | 31 processing delay of the card. In this case, you have to add an extra frame delay to the video to

GUIDE TO INSTALLATION AND OPERATION 32 | AMX-3981 A85 ITU BS.1770 -24 10 sec LKFS ARIB TR-B32 -24 3 sec LKFS Enable Loudness Monitoring turns

GUIDE TO INSTALLATION AND OPERATION AMX-3981 | 33 Target Loudness Sets the target output loudness. This value sets the average output loudness, whi

GUIDE TO INSTALLATION AND OPERATION AMX-3981 5.8 Dolby Metadata panel ...

GUIDE TO INSTALLATION AND OPERATION 34 | AMX-3981 Response Time Outside of the Fast and Transient modes ranges, the ALC performs loudness correctio

GUIDE TO INSTALLATION AND OPERATION AMX-3981 | 35 Click the Bypass Settings checkbox to bypass all the dynamics processing settings set up in this

GUIDE TO INSTALLATION AND OPERATION 36 | AMX-3981 Use the Ratio pulldown to set the compression ratio (i.e. slope of the transfer curve). The comp

GUIDE TO INSTALLATION AND OPERATION AMX-3981 | 37 • The left-hand side shows approximately how much dynamic processing is being applied to the sig

GUIDE TO INSTALLATION AND OPERATION 38 | AMX-3981 Backup: use this pulldown list to select the source that will be used if the primary source becom

GUIDE TO INSTALLATION AND OPERATION AMX-3981 | 39 5.8.1.2 [Config] → [Probe] The Probe function allows the user to view information about the Met

GUIDE TO INSTALLATION AND OPERATION 40 | AMX-3981 [Config] → [Probe] → [Dynamic Range] This panel reports the status of Dynamic Range processing:

GUIDE TO INSTALLATION AND OPERATION AMX-3981 | 41 [Config] → [Probe] → [Extended BSI] • Preferred Stereo Downmix • Lt/Rt Center Mix Level • Lt

GUIDE TO INSTALLATION AND OPERATION 42 | AMX-3981 [Config] → [Generator] → [Dynamic Range] This panel allows configuration of the Dynamic Range pr

GUIDE TO INSTALLATION AND OPERATION AMX-3981 | 43 [Config] → [Generator] → [Extended BSI] • Preferred Stereo Downmix • Lt/Rt Center Mix Level •

GUIDE TO INSTALLATION AND OPERATION AMX-3981 6.6.2 Program Configurations ...

GUIDE TO INSTALLATION AND OPERATION 44 | AMX-3981 The Save Probe To pulldown gives access to the five user-settable presets. Once one is selected,

GUIDE TO INSTALLATION AND OPERATION AMX-3981 | 45 • The Profile column will show the same profile that was selected for the current AMX-3981 in th

GUIDE TO INSTALLATION AND OPERATION 46 | AMX-3981 Note: If the card is configured to insert a special SDID at the output, any Dolby Metadata packe

GUIDE TO INSTALLATION AND OPERATION AMX-3981 | 47 Mix: The output channel is a mono mix of the (ABUS Select and Channel) selected in sub-menus SOU

GUIDE TO INSTALLATION AND OPERATION 48 | AMX-3981 5.10 Loudness Panel Note: In order to use the loudness measurement capabilities of the AMX-3981,

GUIDE TO INSTALLATION AND OPERATION AMX-3981 | 49 Enable Loudness Monitoring turns all loudness monitoring functions ON or OFF RESET resets the me

GUIDE TO INSTALLATION AND OPERATION 50 | AMX-3981 Assign inputs to the program channels using the Input Channels pulldowns • For each program chan

GUIDE TO INSTALLATION AND OPERATION AMX-3981 | 51 The chart shows a running plot of the last 15 seconds of the value of the Short Term (yellow trac

GUIDE TO INSTALLATION AND OPERATION 52 | AMX-3981 5.11 Fingerprint panel Fingerprinting technology on this card functions in conjunction with iCon

GUIDE TO INSTALLATION AND OPERATION AMX-3981 | 53 5.12 Reference panel This group of parameters allows the selection of the reference to be used b

GUIDE TO INSTALLATION AND OPERATION AMX-3981

GUIDE TO INSTALLATION AND OPERATION 54 | AMX-3981 5.13.2 RALM tab The Remote Audio Level Meter (RALM) panel displays audio output level meters fo

GUIDE TO INSTALLATION AND OPERATION AMX-3981 | 55 The Phasemeter (located at the bottom of the RALM meter display) is a small meter that represents

GUIDE TO INSTALLATION AND OPERATION 56 | AMX-3981 250 ms. Figure 5.51 Lip Sync test signal appearance and timing 5.15 Factory/Presets panel 5

GUIDE TO INSTALLATION AND OPERATION AMX-3981 | 57 Note: if you see a pop-up warning box like this when you click Save, you will need to decide how

GUIDE TO INSTALLATION AND OPERATION 58 | AMX-3981 Edit Presets Label… Click this button to open a window where you can define the name assigned t

GUIDE TO INSTALLATION AND OPERATION AMX-3981 | 59 Save Profile to Disk… Click this button to open a Save dialog allowing you to specify a file n

GUIDE TO INSTALLATION AND OPERATION 60 | AMX-3981 • Note that you can only select AMX-3981 cards with the same firmware version as the source card

GUIDE TO INSTALLATION AND OPERATION AMX-3981 | 61 The display and string notation used in the iControl panel is as follows: Audio Type Audio Chann

GUIDE TO INSTALLATION AND OPERATION 62 | AMX-3981 Audio Conditions – type a Presence/Type string into the data box for each of the presets that y

GUIDE TO INSTALLATION AND OPERATION AMX-3981 | 63 to be applied. The new preset should only be applied then, so that the processing change is appli

GUIDE TO INSTALLATION AND OPERATION AMX-3981 | 1 1 AMX-3981 3Gbps/HD/SD 8 AES Audio & Metadata Embedder 1.1 Introduction The AMX-3981 is an

GUIDE TO INSTALLATION AND OPERATION 64 | AMX-3981 5.16 Options panel Three options are available for the AMX-3981: • Dynamic Processing Option

GUIDE TO INSTALLATION AND OPERATION AMX-3981 | 65 5.16.2 ALC option This option enables the Automatic Loudness Control feature of the AMX-3981.

GUIDE TO INSTALLATION AND OPERATION 66 | AMX-3981 5.17 Alarm Config panel This panel allows the alarm reporting of the AMX-1981 to be configured.

GUIDE TO INSTALLATION AND OPERATION AMX-3981 | 67 • If the Overall alarm contribution is selected as Disabled, the GSM alarm contribution can be s

GUIDE TO INSTALLATION AND OPERATION 68 | AMX-3981 Copy to other cards Click this button to open a panel that allows the alarm configuration set for

GUIDE TO INSTALLATION AND OPERATION AMX-3981 | 69 5.18 Info panel When the AMX-3981 is included in an iControl environment, certain information ab

GUIDE TO INSTALLATION AND OPERATION 70 | AMX-3981 • Remote System Administration – opens the Joining Locators window, which lists remote lookup se

GUIDE TO INSTALLATION AND OPERATION AMX-3981 | 71 6 Audio Modules The AMX-3981 supports the use of a single audio processing module, user-install

GUIDE TO INSTALLATION AND OPERATION 72 | AMX-3981 Digital only selection. If Mute (OFF) is selected, all outputs are muted for any type of input bi

GUIDE TO INSTALLATION AND OPERATION AMX-3981 | 73 6.1.3 Dolby Digital tab The Decoder to Proc Channel Assignment section indicates the output chan

GUIDE TO INSTALLATION AND OPERATION 2 | AMX-3981 1.2 Features Video • 3Gbps/HD/SD input • Supports 3Gbps level A (mapping

GUIDE TO INSTALLATION AND OPERATION 74 | AMX-3981 6.2 Dolby Digital and Dolby Digital Plus encoder • Identified as MOD-DOLBY-ENC-D-2 on the modu

GUIDE TO INSTALLATION AND OPERATION AMX-3981 | 75 Stream Number Sets the output stream number from 0 to 6. Bitstream Format The output mode of the

GUIDE TO INSTALLATION AND OPERATION 76 | AMX-3981 6.3 Dolby E encoder • Identified as MOD-DOLBY-ENC-E on the Module tab 6.3.1 Input and Out

GUIDE TO INSTALLATION AND OPERATION AMX-3981 | 77 Encoding Latency The Dolby E encoding latency is one (1) video frame (33 msec for 59.94 Hz format

GUIDE TO INSTALLATION AND OPERATION 78 | AMX-3981 6.4 Upmixing using Linear Acoustic Technology upMAXTM • Identified as MOD-LA-DUP-701 on the mo

GUIDE TO INSTALLATION AND OPERATION AMX-3981 | 79 If the Coding Mode parameter (in the Dolby Metadata panel) is other than 3/2 (i.e. 5.1 channels)

GUIDE TO INSTALLATION AND OPERATION 80 | AMX-3981 6.5 N-channel ALC and upmix licensed by Linear Acoustic Minimizing loudness differences between

GUIDE TO INSTALLATION AND OPERATION AMX-3981 | 81 The figure below shows some of the most popular operating modes for the 5.1 ALC. AeroMAXtmLFERsL

GUIDE TO INSTALLATION AND OPERATION 82 | AMX-3981 Upmix Mode The first 2 channels (L & R) are upmixed. The other input channels in PGM 1 are ig

GUIDE TO INSTALLATION AND OPERATION AMX-3981 | 83 • ITU LOUDness LMT - Utilizes a specially tuned Input AGC plus Multiband Limiters and the Final

GUIDE TO INSTALLATION AND OPERATION AMX-3981 | 3 1.3 Functional Block Diagram Figure 1.1 AMX-3981 Functional Block Diagram 1.4 Front Card-

GUIDE TO INSTALLATION AND OPERATION 84 | AMX-3981 For reference, the crossover frequencies are: • Band 1 (Low Bass): 20 Hz - 60 Hz • Band 2 (Mid

GUIDE TO INSTALLATION AND OPERATION AMX-3981 | 85 Parametric Equalization (PEQ) Three bands of parametric equalization are provided for fine tuni

GUIDE TO INSTALLATION AND OPERATION 86 | AMX-3981 Threshold /Inf > Thr • B1 - B5 AGC Thresh(old): -12.00dB - +12.00dB (default: 0.00dB all). T

GUIDE TO INSTALLATION AND OPERATION AMX-3981 | 87 Multiband Limiters Performs multiband limiting of the signals coming from the multiband compress

GUIDE TO INSTALLATION AND OPERATION 88 | AMX-3981 Final Stage This final section of the processor is where the final look-ahead peak limiter and b

GUIDE TO INSTALLATION AND OPERATION AMX-3981 | 89 6.6 N-channel ALC licensed by Jünger Audio & upmix by Linear Acoustic Minimizing loudness d

GUIDE TO INSTALLATION AND OPERATION 90 | AMX-3981 Select the Config tab to set up the program configuration and input/output channels. Input &

GUIDE TO INSTALLATION AND OPERATION AMX-3981 | 91 Channel Configuration tables The table below shows the possible configurations for 2, 6 and 8-ch

GUIDE TO INSTALLATION AND OPERATION 92 | AMX-3981 When changing the ALC filter to ITU-R BS.1770, the link mode may be affected. If the value is goi

GUIDE TO INSTALLATION AND OPERATION AMX-3981 | 93 The link mode parameter is only enabled for a 5.1 program. For all other programs, it cannot be m