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Kramer Electronics, Ltd. Prelimin ary USER M ANUA L Model: 7508 CV / YC to SDI Conv erte r[...]
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Content s i Contents 1 Introduction 1 2 Getting Sta rte d 1 2.1 Quick Start 2 3 Overvi ew 3 4 Your 7508 CV/ YC to SDI Converter 4 5 Using Your 7508 CV/YC to SDI Converter 5 5.1 Connecti ng a PC 6 5.2 Setting the DIP - Switches 8 6 Technical Specifications 9 7 Comm unicat ion P rotocol 10 Figures Figure 1: 7508 CV/YC to SDI Converter 4 Figur e 2: C [...]
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Intro ducti on 1 1 1 Introduction Welcome to Kramer Electronics! Since 1981, Kram er Electronics has been providi ng a world of uni que, creat ive , and a ffordabl e solu tions to th e vas t rang e of probl ems that confron t th e video, audio, presentation, and broadcasting professional on a daily basis. In recent years, we hav e red esigne d and [...]
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KRAMER: SIMPLE CREATIVE TECHNOL OGY Getting Sta rted 2 2.1 Quick St art This quick start chart summ arizes the basic setup an d operation steps.[...]
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Overvi ew 3 3 3 Ove rvi ew The high q ualit y Kr amer Di giT OO LS 750 8 CV / YC to SDI Converte r is a multi - standard c onve rter of analog vi deo (com posite and s - Vide o) to SMPT E - 259M seri al dig ita l video (S DI). Man y prof ession al vide o un its on the market today, such as Betacam decks and DVD players have high quali ty a nalo g o[...]
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KRAMER: SIMPLE CREATIVE TECHNOL OGY Your 75 08 CV/YC t o SDI Co nve rter 4 4 Your 750 8 CV / YC to SDI Converter Figur e 1 and T able 1 define the 750 8 CV / YC to SDI Converter : Figure 1: 750 8 CV / YC to SDI Converter Table 1: 750 8 CV / YC to SDI Converter Fea tures # Feat ure Funct ion 1 12V DC + 12V DC conne ctor f or po wering t he u nit 2 S[...]
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Using Your 7508 C V/YC t o SDI Conv er ter 5 5 5 Using Your 750 8 CV / YC t o SDI Converter You can use your 750 8 CV / YC to SDI Conve rter to conv ert prof ess ional quali ty c omposit e video or s - Video (as the ex ample in Figure 2 illustrates) to one or t w o SDI video out puts. To conv ert com posi te vi deo or s - Video t o up to 2 S DI vi [...]
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KRAMER: SIMPLE CREATIVE TECHNOL OGY Using Your 7508 C V /YC to S DI Conv erter 6 Figure 2 : Conne cting a 750 8 CV / YC to S DI Con verter 5.1 Connecting a PC You can connect to th e unit via a crossed RS - 232 con nection, u s ing for example, a PC. A crossed cable or nul l - mode m is r eq uired as sho wn in method A and B respectively. If a sh i[...]
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Using Your 7508 C V /YC to S DI Conv erter 7 7 Figure 3 : Cr osse d Cabl e R S - 23 2 Connec tion Hardware flow control is not required for this unit. In th e rar e case where a control ler requires hardware flow con trol, short pin 1 to 7 and 8, and pi n 4 to 6 on the controller side. Metho d B ( Figure 4 )— Co nne ct t he RS - 232 9 - pi n D - [...]
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KRAMER: SIMPLE CREATIVE TECHNOL OGY Using Your 7508 C V /YC to S DI Conv erter 8 5.2 Setting the DI P -S witch es Con figure the 7508 unit by setting the DIP - switches, a s sho wn i n Table 2 and Figur e 5 . Table 2: Setting the D IP -S witches DIP -S witch Set as F ollows: 1 Y/C ON for Y/C sourc e; OFF for C V sou rce 2 RESERVED OFF 3 PEDESTAL 1 [...]
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Technical S pecificati ons 9 9 6 Technical Specifications Table 3 includes the tec hnical sp ecificatio ns: Table 3 : Techni cal specif icatio ns 1 INPUT: of the 75 0 8 CV / YC to SDI Conv erter 1 comp osite vi deo, 1Vpp/ 75 Ω on a BN C connec to r; 1 s - Video , 1V pp, 0. 3Vpp/7 5 Ω on a 4 - pi n conn ector OUTPUT: 2 SDI SMPTE - 259M , ITU - R[...]
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KRAMER: SIMPLE CREATIVE TECHNOL OGY Comm unication Pr otocol 10 7 Communication Protocol RS - 232 commun ication with t he 7508 com plies wi t h the f ollo w ing prot ocol. The prot ocol uses 4 by tes of inf or mati on, and data is at 9600 baud, w ith no parity , 8 data bits and 1 stop bit . Table 4 : Struct ure of the Prot ocol MSB LSB INSTRUCTION[...]
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Comm unication Pr otocol 11 11 DESCRIPTION OF INSTRUCTIONS INSTRUCTION 0 – RESET DATA=0: initialize the machine. When the machine is initialized, it will send t he RESET code (DAT A = 0). If the machine receives this code, it will reset to its “power- up” state. DATA=1: configure the machine to its factory default state. When the machine rece[...]
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KRAMER: SIMPLE CREATIVE TECHNOL OGY 12 LIM ITED W AR RAN TY WHO IS P R OTECTED? WHA T IS COVERED AND WHA T IS NOT COVERED W H AT W E W I L L P AY F O R A N D W H A T W E W I L L N O T PA Y F O R HOW YOU CAN GET W ARRANTY SERVICE LIMIT A TION OF IMP LIED W A RRANTIES EXCLUSION OF DAMAGES CAUT ION! Kramer Electronics (her eafter ) warrants this pr o [...]
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