Kramer Electronics fc-42 manual

K R A M E R E L E C T R O N I C S L T D . U S E R M A N U A L MODEL: FC - 42 C o m p o n e n t t o H D - S D I C o n v e r t e r P /N : 29 0 0 - 00 0 38 4 Re v 3[...]

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FC - 42 – Contents i Contents 1 Introduction 1 2 Getting Start ed 2 2.1 Achieving the Best Perfor mance 2 2.2 Safety Instruction s 3 2.3 Recycling Kra mer Products 3 3 Overview 4 3.1 Defining the FC-42 Component to HD- SDI Converter 4 4 Installing in a Rac k 7 5 Connecting the FC- 42 8 5.1 Connecting to the FC-42 via R S- 232 10 6 Using the FC-42[...]

FC - 42 - Intr oduction 1 1 Introduction Welcome to Kra mer Electroni cs! Since 198 1, Kramer Electronic s has been providing a w orld of unique, creative, and af fordable solu tions to the vast range o f problems that con front video, audio, pre sentation, and broadca sting p rofessionals on a daily ba sis. In recent year s, we hav e redesigned an[...]

2 FC - 42 - Get t ing Started 2 Getting Started We recommend that you:  Unpack the equip ment carefully and save the original box and pack aging materials for possible future ship ment  Review the con tents of this user man ual Go to http://www .kramerelectroni cs.co m to check for up- to -d ate user manuals, ap plication progr ams, and to ch[...]

FC - 42 - Get t ing Started 3 2.2 Safety Instructions Caution: There are no ope rator serv iceable par ts inside the unit Warning: Use only the pow er cord that i s supplied w ith the unit Warning: Do not open the un it. High vo ltages can cause electrical sho ck! Servicing by qualified per sonnel only Warning: Disconnect the pow er and unplug the [...]

4 FC - 42 - Over view 3 Overvie w The Kramer FC - 42 i s a high perfor mance conv erter for high definition (HD) component vide o ( Y, P B , P R ) . It conver ts the componen t video input (Y, P B , P R ) to HD-SDI on two BNC output connectors. The signal is also converted to an RGB/H V signal on a 15 -pin H D computer gra phics video conn ector. I[...]

FC - 42 - Over view 5 FC - 42 – Overview 5 Figure 1 : FC - 42 Component to HD -SDI Converter Front Panel # Feature Function 1 POWER Switch Illuminated switch f or turning th e unit ON or OFF 2 SETUP / MENU LCD Display Displays the setu p and the men u 3 MENU Button Press to open the m enu (see Section  6.2 ) 4 ENTER Button Press to load and s [...]

6 FC - 42 - Over view Figure 2 : FC - 42 Component to HD -SDI Converter Rear Panel # Feature Function 10 INPUTS Y BNC Connector Connects to a c o mponent video source 11 PB BNC Connector 12 PR BNC Connector 13 OUTPUTS SDI BNC Connect or Connects to an HD - SDI accep tor 14 SDI (bar) BNC C o nnector Connects to an HD -SDI acceptor (reclo cked and eq[...]

FC - 42 - Instal ling in a Rack 7 4 Installing in a Rac k This section pro vides instru ctions for rack mounting the unit.[...]

8 FC - 42 - Con n ecting the FC - 42 5 Connecti ng the FC - 42 Always switch off the pow er to each device before connecting it to your FC - 42 . After connec ting your FC - 42 , connect its pow er and then switch on the powe r to each device . To connect the FC - 42 , as illustra ted in the example in Figure 3 , do the follow ing: 1. Connect a co [...]

FC - 42 - Con n ecting the FC - 42 9 Figure 3: Connectin g the FC - 42 Compo ne nt to HD-SD I Converter[...]

10 FC - 42 - Con n ecting the FC - 42 5.1 Connecting to the FC - 42 via RS- 232 You can conne ct to the unit via a cr ossed RS-232 connection , using f or exa mple, a PC. A crossed cable or null-mod em is required a s show n in method A and B respectively. If a shielded cable i s used, connec t the shield to pin 5. Method A ( Figure 4 ) — Conne c[...]

FC - 42 - Usin g the FC-42 C omponent To HD-SDI Con ve rter 11 6 Using the FC-42 C ompon ent To HD-SDI Converter This section des cribes how to:  Lock/unlock the front panel button, see Section  6.1  Operate the FC -4 2 , see Section  6.2 6.1 Locking the Fron t Panel To prevent changing the setting s acciden tally or tampering with the [...]

12 FC - 42 - Usin g the FC- 4 2 Component To HD -SDI Converter   and  to increa se or decrea se numeri cal values or select fro m several definitions of a setup The converter auto matically conver ts the input signal a ccording to the setup loaded fro m the menu. The setup is def ined via the menu. To oper ate the converter, pres s the MEN[...]

FC - 42 - Tech nical Specifications 13 7 Technical Specif ications INPUT: 1 component vid eo - Y, PB, PR, on 3 BNC connectors OUTPUTS: 2 SDI on BNC conn ectors 1 RGB/HV on a 15 -pin HD connector OUTPUT LEVEL: 800mVpp RESOLUTION: Up to 1080p S/N RATIO: 49dB unweighted CONTROLS: Front panel butto ns: MENU, ENTER, menu arrows, LOCK; rear panel: RS - 2[...]

14 FC - 42 - Comm unication Protocol 8 Communication Protocol The FC - 42 is co mpatible with the protocol (ve r 1.2) des cribed below . For RS-232, a null-mode m connection be tween the FC - 42 and con troller is used. The default data rate is 960 0 baud, with no parity, 8 da ta bits and 1 stop bit. All th e values shown are hexadecimal. Instructi[...]

FC - 42 - Comm unication Protocol 15 The following table define s the local pa rameter da ta: Local Parameter N u mber Local Parameter D ata Description # Input Standard 01 0 - 720p/60 1 - 720p/59 2 - 720p/50 3 - 1080i/60 4 - 1080i/59 5 - 1080i/50 6 - 1080p/30 7 - 1080p/29 8 - 1080p/25 9 - 1080p/24 A - 1080p/23 B - 1080sf/30 C - 1080sf/29 D - 1080s[...]

16 FC - 42 - Comm unication Protocol The following table defines the global pa rameter data : Global Parameter N u mber Global Parameter D ata Description # Panel Lock 00 0 - Off (Defaul t) 1 - On Machine Address 01 0,1 Setup Number 02 0 - 15 Free Run Mode 03 0 - Black Scre e n (Default) 1 - Blue Screen Input Standard (Read Only) (AUTO Mode Onl y )[...]

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