DVEOUS Digital Video Effects - Abekas DVEous Tech Manual

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DVEOUS
Dig ita l
Vid eo
Effec ts
Tec hnic a l
Guid e
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DVEOUS
Dig ita l
Vid eo
Effec ts
Tec hnic a l
Guid e
PN 9100-0239-01
Cop yrig ht© Oc tob er 1995
Revised Novem b er 1996
Sc itex Dig ita l Vid eo

101 Ga lveston Drive
Red wood City, Ca lifornia 94063
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fo rth on the a tta tc hed a re the p rop erty o f Sc itex
Dig ita l Vid eo a nd a re p rovid ed in c o nfid enc e to
the user for the sole p urp ose of using the
eq uip ment a sso c ia ted with the a tta tc hed
d oc ument, a nd a re not to b e d isc losed to a third
p a rty o r rep rod uc ed in a ny ma nner witho ut the
exp ress p rior written p ermission o f Sc itex Dig ita l
Vid eo.
COPYRIGHT © 1996 SCITEX DIG ITAL VIDEO.

ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. NO PART OF THIS
PUBLICATION MAY BE REPRODUCED OR USED IN
ANY FORM BY ANY MEANS WITHOUT WRITTEN
PERMISSION OF THE PUBLISHER.
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this ma nua l, a nd Sc itex Digita l Vid eo wa s a wa re of
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p rinted in initia l c a p s or a ll c a p s.
Note
This equipm ent has been tested and found to com ply
w ith the lim its for a Class A d igital d evice p ursuant to
Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These lim its are d esigned to
p rovid e reasonable p rotection against harm fu l
interference when the equip m ent is op erated in a
com m ercial environm ent. This equ ipm ent generates,
u ses, and can rad iate rad io frequ ency energy and , if not
installed and used in accord ance w ith the technical and
operations m anu als, m ay cau se harm ful interference to
radio com m unications. Operation of this equip m ent in
a resid ential area is likely to cau se harm ful interference
in which case the u ser will be requ ired to correct the
interference at his ow n expense. Changing or
m odifying this equ ipm ent without express app roval by
Scitex could void you r right to operate the equ ipm ent.
Good Pra c tic es
Electronic equip m ent requ ires sp ecial handling. When m aintaining the equ ipm ent covered
in this m anu al, observe the stand ard p rocedu res listed below:
Unless it’s term inated internally, u se the correct term ination resistor at the inpu t of
any m onitoring d evice w hen connecting it to a high frequency ou tput.
Always turn p ower OFF before rem oving or installing circuit board s, fuses, cable
connectors, etc. After p owering down, w ait for the p ower sup plies to bleed d own
before reinstalling circuit board s.
MOS and other d evices are sensitive to static electricity and m ay be d am aged by static
discharge. Observe static p recautions w hen hand ling any electronic com ponents or
assem blies. Use on ly a sold erin g iron w ith a grou nd ed tip w hen sold ering
com ponents. DVEOUS board s have com p onents on BOTH sides.
Take care not to dam age the circuit board traces when rem oving com ponents.
Wear safety glasses when working on high voltage circuits.
The AC line c irc uit brea ker p rotec ts the hot sid e of the line
only. There is no p rotec tion on the neutra l leg . Therefore,
sing le p ha se p ower is req uired .
240 Volt Users

The power cord su pplied with this equip m ent has a m olded grou nd ing connector (IEC
320-C13) at one end and stripped cond uctors (50/ 5 m m ) at the other end. The cond uctors
are CEE color cod ed :
Lig ht Blue ......................Neutral
Brown............................Line
Green/ Yellow ..............Ground
Other IEC 320 type power supp ly cord s can be used if they com p ly with the safety
regulations of the country in which they are installed .
U.S. Sa les a nd Servic e Offic es
NORTH WEST REGION NORTH EAST REGION
Scitex Digital Vid eo, Inc. Scitex Digital Video, Inc.
101 Galveston Drive 500 N. Broadw ay, Ste. 101
Redw ood City, CA 94063 Jericho, N Y 11753
Tel: 415.599.3078 Tel: 516.939.9000
Fax: 415.599.3123 Fax: 516.939.9055
SOUTH WEST REGION MID-ATLANTIC REGION

12711 Ventu ra Blvd., Ste. 160 12741 Dillingham Sq., Ste. 303
Stu dio City, CA 91604 Woodbrid ge, VA 22192
Tel: 818.955.6446 Tel: 703.878.4448
Fax: 818.955.6472 Fax: 703.878.4449
NORTH CENTRAL REGION SOUTH EAST REGION

479 N . Bu siness Center Dr., Ste. 107 400 Peachtree Ind Blvd, Ste. 5-308
Mt. Prosp ect, IL 60056 Su wanee, GA 30174
Tel: 847.699.9400 Tel: 770.451.0637
Fax: 847.699.6896 Fax: 770.451.0829
PLAINS REGION SOUTH CENTRAL REGION

4349Beard Ave. S, 14180 Dallas Parkw ay, Ste. 508
Minneap olis, MN 55410 Dallas, TX 75240
Tel: 612.922.3315 Tel: 214.385.4544
Fax: 612.922.5772 Fax: 214.385.4583
Interna tio na l
Sa les a nd Servic e Offic es
Scitex Digital Vid eo, Inc. sells and su p p orts Abekas p rodu cts world wide throu gh
a netw ork of offices and d istribu tors. For local inform ation or the nam e of the
d istribu tor in you r cou ntry, p lease contact the ap p rop riate office:
LATIN AMERICA and ENGLAND

CANADA Scitex Digital Video, Inc.
Scitex Digital Vid eo, Inc. Portland Hou se
101 Galveston Drive Alderm aston Park
Red wood City, CA 94063 Chu rch Road
USA Alderm aston
Em ail: [email protected] Berkshire RG7 4HP
Tel: +1.415.599.3055 England
Fax: +1.415.559.3198 Em ail: [email protected] k
Tel: +44.1734.(0)408200
AFRICA
Scitex Digital Vid eo, Inc. FRANCE
Portland Hou se Scitex Digital Video, Inc.
Ald erm aston Park B.P. 037
Chu rch Road F-06901 Sop hia Antip olis
Ald erm aston France
Berkshire RG7 4H P Em ail: [email protected] k
England Tel: +33 -93 95 52 45
Em ail: info@abekrd .co.u k
Tel: +44.1734.(0)408200 BELG IUM
Scitex Digital Video, Inc.
M IDD LE EAST Waterloo Office Park
Scitex Digital Vid eo, Inc. Bu ilding E-F
Portland Hou se Dreve Richelle 161
Ald erm aston Park B-1410 Waterloo
Chu rch Road Belgium
Ald erm aston Em ail: [email protected] k
Berkshire RG7 4H P Tel: +32 -2 352 28 79
England
Em ail: info@abekrd .co.u k SOUTHEAST ASIA /
Tel: +44.1734.(0)408200 PACIFIC
Fax: +44.1734.(0)408201 Abekas Asia Pacific, Inc.
Units 12, 40/ F
Metrop laza Tow er II
223 H ing Fong Rd
Kw ai Chu ng, Hong Kong N T
Tel: +852.2424.2832
Fax: +852.2424.2216
Custo m er Sup p ort
Scitex provides the best customer service in the industry. For professional quality
equipment such as ours, you need professional quality service and support. We
provide technical support and service as outlined below:
CUSTOMER SERVICE
Scitex p rovides technical su p p ort throu gh p rofessional Field Service and Produ ct Su p p ort
Engineers. In the U.S., dial (800) 777-9787. Ou tsid e the U.S., p lease contact you r nearest Scitex
office or Distribu tor and ask for service or p rod u ct su p p ort.
LIMITED WARRANTY
1. Limited One-Year Warranty. Scitex Digital Video w arrants to you , as the original
p u rchaser/ licensee only, that the p rodu ct you p u rchased / licensed will p erform as stated
below for a p eriod of one (1) year from the d ate of delivery (as evid enced by the sales
receip t):
Software. If software is supplied as part of the product, the software will operate in
substantial conformance with its specifications as set forth in its product operator’s
guide. Scitex Digital Video does not warrant that the Software will meet your
requirements, that operation of the Software will be uninterrupted or error-free, or that
all Software errors will be corrected.
Hardware and Media. The Software Media (if supplied with the product) and the
Product hardware components, including equipment supplied but not manufactured by
Scitex Digital Video but NOT including any third party equipment that has been
substituted by the Distributor for such equipment (the "Hardware"), will be free from
defects in materials and workmanship under normal operating conditions and use.
Operational Support. Telephone support will provide 90 days of toll-free telephone

operational support for the product.
2. Warranty Remedies. You r sole rem edies u nd er this lim ited w arranty are as follow s:
Software. If software is supplied as part of the product and it shall fail to substantially
conform to its specifications as stated in the product operator Os guide, Scitex Digital
Video shall, at its own expense, use its best efforts to correct (with due allowance
made for the nature and complexity of the problem) such defect, error or
nonconformity.
Hardware and Media. Scitex Digital Video will either repair or replace (at its option)
any defective Hardware component or part, or Software Media, with new or like new
Hardware components or Software Media.
3. Software Updates. If software is su p p lied as p art of the p rodu ct, Scitex Digital Vid eo w ill
su p p ly you , the original p u rchaser/ licensee, w ith Softw are Up d ates of the Scitex Digital
Vid eo p rop rietary Softw are Release in effect at the tim e of license for a p eriod of one year
from the d ate of license or u ntil su ch tim e as Scitex Digital Video issu es a new Release of the
Softw are, w hichever first occu rs. All software u p d ates will be m ade available electronically
via Scitex Digital Vid eo BBS. Scitex Digital Vid eo shall have no obligation to su p p ly you with
any Up date or new Release of third p arty software, or to p rovide any Softw are Up d ate or
Release to adap t the Scitex Digital Video p rop rietary Software to op erate with any Up date or
new Release of third p arty softw are du ring the warranty p eriod. To clarify the difference
between an Up d ate and Release, an Up d ate generally corrects som e m inor operational
d eficiencies (bu gs, workarou nd s, p reviou sly nonim p lem ented featu res) contained in the
Softw are, while a Release ad ds m ajor fu nctionality and new featu res.
4. Restrictions and Conditions of Limited Warranty. This Lim ited Warranty will be
void and of no force and effect if (i) Prod u ct H ard ware or Softw are Med ia, or any p art
thereof, is d am aged d u e to abu se, m isu se, alteration, neglect, or ship p ing, or as a resu lt
of service or m odification by a p arty other than Scitex Digital Vid eo, or (ii) Softw are is
m od ified w ithou t the w ritten consent of Scitex Digital Video.
5. Limitations of Warranties. THE EXPRESS WARRANTIES SET FORTH IN
THIS AGREEMENT ARE IN LIEU OF ALL OTHER WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR
IMPLIED, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY WARRANTIES OF
MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. N o oral or
w ritten inform ation or advice given by Scitex Digital Vid eo, its d istribu tors, dealers or
agents, shall increase the scop e of this Lim ited Warranty or create any new w arranties.
The warranties set forth in this Agreem ent are exp ressly su bject to the lim itations of
Article 9 of the Uniform Com m ercial Code.
6. Warranty Service Procedure. To receive warranty service, you m u st retu rn the
Produ ct (or d efective H ard ware or Media com ponent or p art thereof) to Scitex Digital
Video w ithin the one year warranty p eriod or w ithin ten (10) d ays after exp iration of
su ch one year p eriod. If within the U.S.A. or Canada, return the Product or
component to Scitex Digital Video; if in any other country, return it to the seller or
distributor from whom the Product was purchased. If you are retu rning the Product
or com p onent d irectly to Scitex Digital Video, you m u st first obtain a Retu rn
Au thorization N u m ber from Scitex Digital Video. For Im MIX brand w orkstation
p rodu cts call Scitex Digital Video at 1-800-444-6649; for Abekas brand p rodu ctsÑ call
1-800-777-9787. Retu rn the Produ ct (or defective com p onent) in its original container or
equ ivalent, fu lly insu red and w ith freight p rep aid, and , if to Scitex Digital Vid eo, w ith
the Retu rn Au thorization Nu m ber p rom inently disp layed on the ou tside of the
ship p ing container. Ou tside of the U.S.A. or Canad a, Produ cts or com p onents m ay also
be retu rned to the seller by p ersonal delivery. Proof of p u rchase showing d ate
p u rchased, seller’s nam e and add ress, and m od el and serial nu m ber m u st accom p any
the retu rned Prod u ct or accom p any the retu rned Produ ct or com p onent.
7. Geographical Limitation of Warranty. This lim ited warranty is valid only w ithin
the cou ntry in which the Produ ct is p u rchased / licensed.
8. Limitations on Remedies. YOUR EXCLUSIVE REMEDIES, AN D THE EN TIRE
LIABILITY OF SCITEX DIGITAL VIDEO WITH RESPECT TO TH E PRODUCT,
SH ALL BE AS STATED IN THIS LIMITED WARRANTY.You r sole and exclu sive
rem ed y for any and all breaches of any Lim ited Warranty by Scitex Digital Vid eo shall
be the recovery of reasonable d am ages w hich, in the aggregate, shall not exceed the
total am ou nt of the com bined license fee and p u rchase p rice p aid by you for the
Produ ct.
SCITEX DIGITAL VIDEO SHALL NOT BE LIABLE TO YOU FOR ANY DAMAGES,
INCLUDING AN Y LOST PROFITS, LOST SAVINGS, OR OTH ER INCIDEN TAL OR
CONSEQUEN TIAL DAMAGES ARISIN G OUT OF YOUR USE OR INABILITY TO
USE THE PRODUCT, OR THE BREACH OF AN Y EXPRESS OR IMPLIED
WARRAN TY, EVEN IF SCITEX DIGITAL VIDEO HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE
POSSIBILITY OF TH OSE DAMAGES, OR ANY REMEDY PROVIDED FAILS OF ITS
ESSENTIAL PURPOSE.
Fu rther inform ation regard ing this lim ited w arranty m ay be obtained as follows: For
Abekas brand p rodu cts, w rite to Scitex Digital Video, 101 Galveston Drive, Redw ood
City, CA 94063-9885, or call (415) 369-5111.For Im MIX brand p rodu cts, write to Scitex
Digital Vid eo, P.O. Box 2980, Grass Valley, CA 95945, or call (916) 272-9800.
DVEOUS Tec hnic a l Guid e Ta b le o f Co ntents
Ta b le of Contents
Introd uc tion
Sc op e o f Ma nua l ........................................... 1-1
Section Descrip tions .........................................................1-1
Manu al Conventions .......................................................1-2
System Desc rip tio n ......................................... 1-3
Stand ard Featu res .............................................................1-3
Options ...............................................................................1-4
Reference Requ irem ents ..................................................1-6
Control Ports ......................................................................1-6
Overview of Te rms Used ................................ 1-7
Control Pa nel Button Group s ....................... 1-9
The Menu Screen ..............................................................1-9
Channel Select Buttons ..................................................1-12
Quick Keyframe Buttons ...............................................1-13
Channel Menu Bu ttons .................................................1-14
Tim eFrame Effects Ed itor Bu ttons .............................1-15
Graphics Buttons ............................................................1-16
Global Menu Bu ttons ....................................................1-17
Effects Buttons ................................................................1-18
System Bu ttons ...............................................................1-19
Joystick ..............................................................................1-20
N um eric Keypad ............................................................1-21
On-Air Bu ttons ...............................................................1-22
Tim eline Control Bu ttons .............................................1-23
Shot Box ........................................................ 1-24
Vid eo a nd Key Sig na l Pa ths........................ 1-25
Channel Configu rations.................................................1-25
Signal Paths ......................................................................1-28
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Insta lla tion

Physic a l Insta lla tion ........................................ 2-1
Unpacking ..........................................................................2-1
Preinstallation Checks ......................................................2-1
Pow er Consu mp tion.........................................................2-1
Cooling and Airflow .........................................................2-2
Rack Mounting ..................................................................2-3
Control Panel Mou nting ..................................................2-5
Shot Box Control Panel ...................................................2-7
Vid eo Connec tio ns ...................................... 2-8
Reference Inp ut .................................................................2-8
Serial Com ponent Digital Outp uts ................................2-8
Com ponent Ou tpu t Mod u le ...........................................2-9
Com posite Ou tp u t Mod ule ..........................................2-10
Channel Outp u t Mod ule ...............................................2-11
Inpu t Mod u le Options ...................................................2-12
Control Co nnec tio ns .................................. 2-17
C/ P ....................................................................................2-18
AUX, LIN C, and EDITOR .............................................2-20
GPI In (General Purpose Interface Inpu ts) .................2-22
GPI Ou t (General Pu rp ose Interface Outp uts)...........2-25
Control Pa nel Connec tio ns ....................... 2-27
Keybd ................................................................................2-27
Flopp y ...............................................................................2-28
Mouse................................................................................2-28
Shot Box and Chassis......................................................2-29
Loop Thru .........................................................................2-31
Pow er ................................................................................2-32
Connec ting Co ntrol Pa nels......................... 2-33
Shot Box Control Panel Connection .............................2-34
Using a Local Control Panel Su pp ly ............................2-34
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System Overview
DVEOUS M a in Cha ssis.................................... 3-1
The Prim ary Circu it Board s ............................................3-1
Board Ed ge Switches and LEDs .....................................3-3
Prim ary Board Jum pers and Mod ules...........................3-5
Rear Mod u le Jumpers ....................................................3-11
Pow ering Up DVEOUS.................................. 3-13
Perform ing a First Birthd a y ........................... 3-15
Up d a ting Softw a re ....................................... 3-16
Po w er Sup p ly Rep la c em ent ....................... 3-18
Cha ssis Pow er Sup p ly Ad justm ent .............. 3-20
Op tion Insta lla tion

Overview ......................................................... 4-1
Op tion Id entific a tion...................................... 4-3
Second DVE Channel Pair ...............................................4-3
Target Fram estore .............................................................4-3
Wid e Range Defocus ........................................................4-3
Color Corrector..................................................................4-5
Extend ed Mem ory ............................................................4-5
Main Ou tp u t Mod ules (Com p onent/ Comp osite)......4-5
Channel Outp u t Mod ules ...............................................4-6
Inpu t Mod u les ..................................................................4-7
Shot Box ..............................................................................4-8
Op tion Insta lla tion .......................................... 4-9
Second DVE Channel Pair ...............................................4-9
Target Fram estore ...........................................................4-11
Wid e Range Defocus ......................................................4-14
Color Corrector/ Color Corrector Byp ass ...................4-17
Extend ed Mem ory ..........................................................4-21
Main Ou tp u t Mod ules (Com p onent/ Comp osite).....4-24
Channel Outp u t Mod ules ..............................................4-26
Inpu t Mod u les .................................................................4-27
The BRUTUS Config ura tion ........................... 4-29
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System Interconnection ..................................................4-29

Control Dipsw itches .......................................................4-30
Vid eo/ Key Connections ................................................4-31
Tim ing Setu p....................................................................4-32
Operation..........................................................................4-32
Ap p lic a tions
Overview ......................................................... 5-1
Tim ing Consid era tions.................................... 5-2
Ou tp u t Tim ing...................................................................5-2
Input Timing ......................................................................5-3
The Engineering Menu Timing Control.........................5-4
Key Input Timing ..............................................................5-4
LINC Co m munic a tio n .................................... 5-6
LINC Connections ............................................................5-6
G VG CPL Interfa c e ........................................ 5-7
Installing the CPL Mod ule ..............................................5-7
Cable Connections for Stand ard DVEOUS...................5-7
BRUTUS/ CPL Configu ration Control Cable ...............5-9
BRUTUS/ CPL Configu ration Signal Cabling ............5-10
Vid eo Inp uts ....................................................................5-11
Interface Setup .................................................................5-11
Control Cable Pinou ts ....................................................5-12
Externa l Aux Bus Contro l.............................. 5-14
RS-422 Control Cable......................................................5-15
Aux Bus Vid eo Cabling..................................................5-15
Configu re the DVEOUS AUX/ EDITOR Port.............5-16
Configu re the Sw itcher Serial Port...............................5-16
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G VG E-MEM / Perip hera l Interfa c e ............ 5-17
RS-422 Cable Connection ...............................................5-17
DVEOUS Rem ote Port and Ad d ressing Setu p ..........5-18
Multiple Channel Configu ration .................................5-18
Setting Up the Sw itcher Attribu tes ..............................5-19
GVG Mod el 200 Perip heral Triggers ...........................5-19
Dia m ond Dig ita l Sw itc her Interfa c e ........... 5-20
RS-232 Cable Connection ...............................................5-20
Configu re the Diam ond Digital Attribu tes ................5-21
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Setup Menus
Overview ......................................................... 6-1
Inp ut Setup Menu........................................... 6-2
Com ponent Analog Inpu ts..............................................6-4
Com posite Analog Inp u ts................................................6-7
Digital Inp u t (Parallel and Serial).................................6-10
Channel Out Mod ule......................................................6-11
O utp ut Setup Menu ..................................... 6-13
Rem ote Setup Menu .................................... 6-19
Eng ineering Menu ........................................ 6-21
Chassis Softknobs ...........................................................6-21
Panel Softknobs ...............................................................6-24
Rem ote Ena b le Menu.................................. 6-25
Perso na lity Menu .......................................... 6-28
Disk Menu ...................................................... 6-29
Ap p end ix
Ap p end ix A .....................................................A-1
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DVEOUS Tec hnic a l Guid e Sc op e of Ma nua l
Sec tion 1
Introd uc tion
Sc ope of Manual
This Technical Guid e provid es d etailed inform ation to help you p lan,
install, and configu re you r DVEOUS d igital vid eo effects system. For
op erations information, please see the DVEOUS Op erations Manu al -
P/ N 9100-0238.
Sec tion Desc rip tions

This m anu al has tabbed sections to let you qu ickly find the inform ation
you need . These sections cover installing and u sing the DVEOUS
hard w are, and are sep arated into functional topics.
Sec tion 1 – Introd uc tion

This section is an overview of the system. It d iscu sses the m anual and
how to get the m ost ou t of it. There are d escriptions of a stand ard
DVEOUS system and the available op tions. It also inclu d es a su mm ary
of basic op erations and basic signal path block d iagram s.
Sec tion 2 – Insta lla tion

The Installation section covers the p hysical aspects of a DVEOUS system .
This includ es p ow er and cooling requ irem ents, and size and w eight
sp ecifications. It covers all rear p anel connections, w ith connector
p inou ts, and d iscusses connecting a Control Panel.
Sec tion 3 – System Overview

This section has the inform ation need ed to configure the DVEOUS
chassis. It d efines the front ed ge LEDs and sw itches, and the internal
configu ration switches. It also covers configu ring the GPI (General
Purp ose Interface) I/ O ports, powering the system on and off, and
u p d ating softw are. Discussions of hard w are m aintenance, softw are
ad justments, and power su p ply rep lacement ap pear at the end of the
section.
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Sc o p e of Ma nua l DVEOUS Tec hnic a l Guid e
Sec tion 4 – Op tion Insta lla tion

This section d etails p roced u res for installing and rep lacing hard w are
op tions in the chassis. These inclu d e the vid eo inpu t and outp ut card s,
a second twin DVE board , the reTou ch™ Color Corrector board , the
Defocus board , and the Target Framestore board . This section also
d iscusses the optional BRUTUS expand ed channel configu ration.
Sec tion 5 – Ap p lic a tions

The Ap plications section covers tim ing DVEOUS to integrate it into an
existin g system an d th e variou s sw itch er con trol in terfaces th at
DVEOUS su p ports.
Sec tion 6 – Setup Menus

This section d etails the engineering and setu p m enu s. It covers the
settings and ranges in m enu s u sed for system timing and configu ration.
Sec tion 7 – Ap p end ix

This section is a list of comm only requested assem blies and their Scitex
p art nu mbers.
Ma nua l Conventions
In this manu al, all Control Panel keys are called buttons to avoid
confu sion with the vid eo keying process.
Keycap labels app ear in bold capital letters: the 3D TRAN S button, the
RUN → button. Menu nam es are cap italized : the Warp menu, the Inp ut
m enu . Softkey labels are in bold up p er and low er case italicized letters:
the Rot a te softkey. Softknob labels ap p ear in bold u p per and lower case
letters: the H Pos softknob. Otherw ise, softknobs ap pear as softknob A,
softknob B, softknob C, and softknob D, starting on the left w ith softknob
A.
A sequence of bu tton presses ap p ears w ith long d ashes (—) sep arating
the bu ttons: M O D IFY — ALL — ENTER. H old ing one bu tton d ow n and
p ressing another ap p ears w ith a p lus (+). For exam ple, hold ing CLEAR
and p ressing the 3D TRANS bu tton ap p ears as CLEAR + 3D TRANS.
Dep end ing on your inp u t and channel configu rations, a channel can
process a vid eo signal, a key signal, or a d rop shad ow d erived from a
key signal. This manu al u ses the word image generically to ind icate the
channel’s outp ut (vid eo, key, or shad ow).
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DVEOUS Tec hnic a l Guid e System Desc rip tion
System Desc ription

Sta nda rd Fea tures
DVEOUS™ is a 10-bit, fram e-based , d igital vid eo effects system that is
switchable betw een the 525 and 625 line stand ard s. It offers the most
ad vanced feature set ever seen in a real-tim e effects d evice. DVEOUS’
u nique stand ard features includ e the follow ing:
Sup erShad ow ™ – a fu ll-band w id th d rop shad ow .
An internal Combiner that keys u p to tw o DVE channel p airs and the
optional Target Fram estore over a backgrou nd .
A Backgrou nd Framestore that can feed live or frozen im ages to the
internal Combiner as a backgrou nd .
Su rfaceFX™, which com bines the p ow erfu l textu re and 3D light
sou rcing tools. There is an internal Pattern Fram estore for generating
vid eo test patterns and textu res. You can use any inp u t to the routing
m atrix, inclu d ing vid eo and key inpu ts and the Su p erMatte generator,
as the sou rce for a texture.
Su p erMatte color generator for creating d u al color w ashes and
p atterns.
Fou r ind ep en d ent inp u t freeze bu ffers (tw o for vid eo, tw o for
textu res) per DVE channel pair.
UltraWarp™ ad vanced image w arp ing featu re.
Channel configurations. One of the featu res that makes DVEOUS
u niqu e is its flexible channel configu ration. The stand ard u nit has
tw in channels: one m ain channel d ed icated for vid eo, and a second
channel that can be u sed for vid eo, key, or shad ow . The A vid eo
transform ation p ath is a fu ll-band w id th vid eo channel. The B channel
can process key signals (lu m inance only), but is also a fu ll band w id th
vid eo channel. This lets DVEOUS op erate in three mod es:
Vid e o / Vid eo – y o u ca n co n t r o l t h e t w in ch a n n e ls
ind epend ently.
Vid eo/ Key – you can control the key channel ind ep end ently.
Vid eo-Key/ Sh ad ow – Th e key follow s the m ain vid eo
channel, w ith ind ep end ent control of the shad ow .
Tw o d u al serial comp onent d igital inpu t m od u les or tw o analog
comp osite inpu t m od u les (provid ing fou r inp ut sou rces) are stand ard
in the particu lar I/ O p ackage you ord ered . Each d igital inpu t m od u le
can provid e two ind epend ent vid eo signals. Each com posite inpu t
m od ule p rovid es one vid eo plu s associated key inpu t. Ad d itional
inp u t mod u les, in any su pported form at, are optional. DVEOUS
su pp orts a m axim um of 12 inp u ts (six d u al inp ut m od u les).

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The DVEOUS chassis su p ports tw o outp ut m od ules, and there are

tw o typ es you can choose from. Both typ es have a serial comp onent
d igital vid eo ou tpu ts and d igital key ou tp u ts. They d iffer in their
analog ou tpu ts:
Com posite analog vid eo and key outp uts
Com ponent analog vid eo and key ou tp u ts
The DVEOUS Control Panel has a high resolu tion grap hics d isplay
and a 3.5" high d ensity (1.44MB) MS-DOS form at flop py d isk d rive.
You can u se th e flop p y d rive to store an d recall effects an d
engineering setu p files.
Rem ote in terfacin g cap abilities. DVEOUS can con trol extern al
sw itcher aux bu ses w ith fram e accu rate front/ back sw itching. Serial
interfaces let external d evices, su ch as a sw itcher or ed it controller,
control DVEOUS. DVEOUS supports the Abekas LIN C™ tim eline
control, SMPTE, Sony VTR, GVG CPL, and Phillips/ BTS Diam ond
Digital Switcher protocols. There are also 12 GPI (General Pu rp ose
Interface) inpu ts and 12 GPI outp uts.
Internal 16 X 11 crossp oint matrix for sou rce rou ting.
Op tions
An op tional second DVE board ad d s a second pair of tw in channels
to expand DVEOUS to a full tw o-channel (each channel has both
vid eo and key) or a fou r-channel (vid eo only) system .
DVEOUS sup p orts u p to 12 inp uts (six d u al-inp ut m od ules). You can
ad d inp u t m od ules in any com bination to suit your app lication:
Dual Serial Digital – tw o id entical 10-bit inpu ts; either can be
vid eo or key.
Dual Parallel Digital – tw o id entical 10-bit inpu ts; either can
be vid eo or key.
Dual Com ponent Analog – two id entical 8-bit resolu tion
inp u ts; either can be vid eo or key. Both are software selectable
for SMPTE, Betacam ® (525 or 625, setu p or no setup ), MII®,
RGB (setu p or no setu p), or key (setu p or no setu p). Sync m ust
be present on Y or G on the A inp u t source; the B inp ut can
lock to the A inpu t if sync is not present on the B inp ut sou rce
(su ch as a key sou rce withou t sync).
Com ponent Analog Vid eo Plu s Key – one each vid eo and key
in p u t at 10-bit resolu tion. Th e vid eo inp u t is softw are
selectable for SMPTE, Betacam (525 or 625, setu p or no setu p),
MII, or RGB (setu p or no setup ). The key inp u t is selectable
for setu p or no setup . This inp ut has an external sync inpu t,

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or can take sync on Y or G on the vid eo inp u t; the key inpu t

can u se sync from the vid eo inp ut if sep arate sync is not
p resent.
Com posite Analog Vid eo Plu s Key – one each vid eo and key
inp u t at 10-bit resolu tion. This is selectable for 525 (N TSC) or
625 (PAL) operation, and has high imp ed ance loop ing inp uts
for connection to m ultip le d evices. It also p rovid es advanced
ad ap tive comb filtering for m aintaining the quality of moving
im ages and high resolu tion graphics.
A separate Channel Ou tpu t m od ule is available as an option. This
m od ule provid es the ou tpu t from each channel p air up stream of the
Combiner feed ing the main outp ut mod u le. Each Channel Ou tpu t
m od ule has vid eo and key outp uts for its respective channel p air
(1A/ 1B or 2A/ 2B), w ith the vid eo unshaped and not keyed over a
backgrou nd . They occup y the inp u t 9/ 10 and / or 11/ 12 slots, which
m eans that have 8 inpu ts available in this configu ration. The Channel
Ou tpu t form at is serial com ponent d igital only.
The Shot Box op tion is a sm all Control Panel intend ed for use in an
on-air or live environm ent for recalling and ru nning effects. Its
bu ttons d u plicate those in the On-Air and Timeline Control sections
on the main Control Panel. It lets you d irectly access any effect and
any keyfram e in an effect. You can also freeze the inp ut signal to each
channel and ru n effects forw ard or backw ard from the Shot Box.
Th e reTou ch™ Color Corrector op tion offers w id e range color
correction and mod ification in either RGB or YUV sp ace for each DVE
channel inp u t ind epend ently.
The Defocus option allow s w id e band d efocu sing of the lu m inance or
chrom inance in an image, or both. It is d u al channel: you can u se it on
one or tw o vid eo signals, or on one vid eo and one key signal or the
backgrou nd . Defocus controls inclu d e ind ep end ent horizontal and
vertical d efocu s settings.
The Target Fram estore op tion lets you create trails w ith variable d ecay
(with either vid eo or a matte fill), sparkles with variable size and
in ten sity, m otion blu r, and m ontage (d rop -ins) w ith selectable
priority for live vid eo over or u nd er existing d rop-ins. This option also
stores Z, or d epth, inform ation, letting you bu ild solid s easily and
m o v e liv e im a g es in fr o n t o f o r b eh in d th e fr o z en im a g es
autom atically.
An External Flopp y Drive can be connected to the DVEOUS control
p anel w hen console m ou nting blocks access to the on-board d rive.
Exp and ed Memory ad d s 1 Megabyte of RAM to the Combiner board
to increase total keyfram e effects from 900 to 2200.
The CPL Protocol Converter m od u le interfaces DVEOUS to sw itchers
u sing GVG Control Protocol Langu age (m od els 3000 and 4000).

System Desc rip tion DVEOUS Tec hnic a l Guid e
Referenc e Req uirem ents

You mu st operate DVEOUS locked to an external reference inp ut. A
switch on the Com biner Controller board front ed ge selects the system
line rate (525 or 625). It accep ts black bu rst (color black) or com p osite
sync as a reference inp ut if the com p onent ou tpu t m od ule is installed ,
but requ ires black bu rst if the com p osite ou tp u t m od u le is installed . The
reference inp ut inclu d es a switch selectable 75-ohm termination or high
imp ed ance loop through for d aisy chaining the reference signal to other
d evices.
Control Ports
There are several control p orts on the rear of the DVEOUS Main Chassis.
The Au x and Ed itor ports are used to sup p ort various protocols. They
have id entical p rotocol selections. The Ed itor p ort is u su ally u sed for
serial rem ote control of DVEOUS as a slave d evice u sing the SMPTE
or Sony RS-422 protocols. The Aux p ort is typ ically u sed for auxiliary
bu s control of several sw itcher types.
The LINC™ (Locally Integrated Nod e Control) p ort provid es timeline
control of DVEOUS from any Abekas d igital vid eo switcher.
Tw o GPI (General Pu rpose Interface) ports sup p ly extensive inp ut
and ou tp u t sw itch closure-based rem ote control. The GPI outp uts can
also p rovid e tally inform ation. Inp u t and Ou tp u t fu nctions are
assignable and trigger-ed ge m od e is selectable in the Rem ote Setu p
m enu . Pinou ts and specifications for the GPI p orts are p rovid ed in
Section 2. Configu ration is d iscu ssed in Section 6, Setu p Menus.

DVEOUS Tec hnic a l Guid e Overview o f Term s Used
Overview of Terms Used

DVEOUS’ uniqu e features call for a new way of thinking about DVEs.
To avoid confu sion about the terms u sed when d iscussing DVEOUS,
p lease see the d iscussion below.
Ch an n el
The term "channel" has historically been u sed to d escribe either the vid eo
or key p rocessing path, inp u ts, or ou tp u ts (the vid eo channel, or the key
ch a n n el o u t p u t ). M o s t D VE s y s t em s p r o ces s lu m in a n ce a n d
chrominance in the vid eo p ath and only lum inance in the key p ath.
Usu ally, a "tw o-channel" system or effect refers to the nu mber of vid eo
images involved , and imp lies that the key channels are inclu d ed .
DVEOUS has the uniqu e ability to process either a key signal or a vid eo
signal on the second channel. This means that the stand ard DVEOUS
system can have one vid eo and one key path, or two vid eo p aths and no
key p ath; it can generate raster-shaped key signals at the ou tpu t.
In this manu al, "channel" can refer to a vid eo p ath or a key path, and ,
u nless sp ecifically noted , they are interchangeable. Each tw in channel
DVE board has a m ain vid eo channel (1A) and its "tw in" vid eo, key, or
shad ow channel (1B). Th e second (op tion al) DVE board ad d s an
ad d itional vid eo channel (2A) and tw in vid eo, key, or shad ow channel
(2B).
M u ltich an n el
"Mu ltich an n el system s" in th e p ast alw ays referred to th e vid eo
ch an n els, w ith th e accom p anyin g key chan nels im p lied . Thu s, a
four-channel system had four vid eo p aths and four key p aths. DVEOUS
is a mu ltichannel system in its stand ard configu ration, becau se both
channels can process vid eo.
Each DVEOUS DVE board (m axim u m tw o p er system ) has tw in

processor channels: the vid eo channel (A) and the twin channel (B). You
can use these channels in three d ifferent m od es:
V + V (Vid eo + Vid eo)

The DVE board in d ep en d en tly p rocesses tw o vid eo sou rces. All
transform, warp, and lighting effects are ad ju stable sep arately on each
vid eo channel. The DVE processor internally generates the key signals
associated w ith these signals. The key signals are fu ll screen "white" with
ad justable opacity and ed ge softness.
V + K (Vid eo + Key)
The DVE board ind epend ently p rocesses one vid eo and one key sou rce.
All transform s are available to the key signal ind epend ently from the
vid eo. The key channel also has clip , gain, and horizontal p hase controls.

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VK + S (Vid eo/Key + Sh ad ow)

In this m od e, the DVE board d erives a full-band wid th d rop shad ow
from the key inpu t. It processes the vid eo and key (which are tied
together) in the A channel, w ith ind ep end ent control of the shad ow in
the B channel. Besid es the clip, gain, and horizontal phase controls for
the key p art of the A channel, there are color and op acity controls for the
shad ow channel.

DVEOUS Tec hnic a l Guid e Control Pa nel Button Group s
Control Panel Button Groups

A brief d escription of the Control Panel and its bu tton group s follow s.
The Menu Sc reen
Menu Disp la y
The m enu screen is in the up p er left corner of the Control Panel. You can
ad just brightness and contrast in the Engineering Setu p m enu .
Menu La b els a nd Controls

Som e of th e in form ation d isp layed in th e m en u screen ch anges
d ep end ing on DVEOUS’ cu rrent statu s and the current m enu . The figu re
below shows a typical d isplay.
The top line show s the cu rrent m enu title, and ind icates the cu rrently
selected master channel (the one the m enu settings reflect): 1A, 1B, 2A,
or 2B. The master channel d isplay d oes not ap pear in global m enu s.
A m enu can have u p to three d ifferent softkeys. The softkey labels

ap p ear on the left sid e of the m enu screen. Select a softkey by p ressing
the bu tton next to its label. When you p ress a softkey, a black highlight
ind icates that it is active. If there is m ore than one label for the softkey,
p ressing it toggles the fu nction, and the highlight ind icates the active
m od e. Also, up to fou r p arameters for each softkey fu nction can ap p ear
above the softknobs at the bottom of the m enu d isplay. You can ad ju st
these settings w ith the softknobs, the keyp ad , or the joystick. The m otion
p ath typ e assigned to the param eter app ears above the softknob values.
Menu Softkeys
Menu Functions Effect Menu Title Master

WorkSpace Channel Channel
Delegation
Status
BORDER
BORDER/CROP Ch 1A
Gb
Edge Soft CURRENT TIME: 0:00 CURRENT EFFECT: WorkSpace REMAINING KFs: 300 1A
1B
KF# LEFT RIGHT TOP BOTTOM 2A
CROP 2B
Edge Soft
COLOR
Function LEFT RIGHT TOP BOTTOM KEYPAD

LN LN LN LN
Parameters
-0.5000 0.5000 0.3750 -0.3750
Parameter Keypad
Softknobs Buffer
Menu Sc reen a nd Controls

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You can change softknob settings several w ays:

Tu rn the softknob.
Enter a valu e in the nu m eric keyp ad , then p ress the corresp ond ing A,
B, C, or D bu tton in the top row of the nu m eric keyp ad . For examp le,
to enter the value 17 in softknob A, enter 17 on the keyp ad , then press
A. This ap plies to softknobs that u se num eric valu es.
Use the joystick to change softknob settings. Ad ju st softknob settings
w ith left/ right arrow s by m oving the joystick left and right. Ad just
settings w ith u p / d ow n arrows by moving the joystick u p and d own.
Ad ju st softknob settings w ith circular arrow s by tw isting the joystick
hand le.
You can copy a valu e from one softknob to another. With the keypad
bu ffer em pty, p ress the keyp ad softkey (A,B, C, or D ) for the softknob
you w ant to cop y. This cop ies the value to the keypad buffer. Pressing
another keyp ad softkey (A, B, C, or D ) enters the valu e in that
softknob and clears the buffer.
You can invert a value by pressing the +/- bu tton, then the keypad
softkey (A, B, C, or D ) for the softknob. Use this for valu es that accep t
negative num bers.
You can also u se TRIM to trim a valu e: press 1 — TRIM — A to ad d
1 to the valu e in softknob A.
You can reset valu es and entire m enu s to their d efau lt settings:
Press CLEAR, then A, B, C, or D to reset the softknob value to d efau lt.
H old CLEAR and press more than one keyp ad softkey (A, B, C, or D)
to reset mu ltip le values.
Hold CLEAR and press a softkey to clear all the values for that softkey
to d efau lt. This resets both the softkey setting (if it is a toggle or flag)
and any softknob valu es.
Hold the CLEAR bu tton and p ress a menu button to reset all the
values for that menu to d efau lt. This resets all softkeys and softknob
values.

A keyp ad bu ffer ap p ears in the lower right corner of each m enu . The
buffer can d isp lay one of the follow ing:
Em pty (d efau lt).
A nu m ber w aiting to be assigned to a softknob.
A nu m ber and the w ord Trim.
The w ord Align.
The w ord Clear.
The +/- sym bol.
The m essage <Set Path > and a list of the path typ es: JP
(ju m p ), LN (lin e a r ), SL (s m o o th lin ea r ), T1 (Ten sion
Continuity Bias 1), T2 (Tension Continu ity Bias 2), and SM
(sm ooth). A cu rsor ind icates the cu rrently selected path typ e.
The center of the d isp lay show s information abou t the cu rrent timeline
and effect. The top line (CTime) ind icates the cu rrent point on the effects
tim eline as second s:frames. The next five lines ind icate the cu rrent
keyfram e and total keyfram es for each channel’s effect. For exam p le, if
channel 1A is on keyfram e 2 of a five keyfram e effect, the d isp lay read s
Ch 1A : Kf 2 of 5. There are tw o Free Kf lines. The first one show s the
nu m ber of keyframes available for ad d ition in the current effect (there
is a m axim u m of 300 keyfram es p er effect). The bottom line shows the
nu m ber of keyframes available in the system keyfram e p ool (a total of
over 900 with the stand ard 1MB m em ory, 2200 w ith the op tional 2MB
m emory).
Below the effect inform ation d isplay area is a single line ed it bu ffer that
show s you r keyfram e ed iting com mand strings (Tim eFram e Effects
Ed itor o r Q u ick Key fr am es key str o ke seq u en ces). If D VEO US
recognizes the com m and string, it confirms by d isp laying OK at the end
of the string when you press EN TER. If it d oes not, an error m essage
ap p ears after the u nrecognized com mand string.
You can "lock" the joystick control to the cu rrent menu settings, then
change to a d ifferent menu and u se the softknobs to control the settings
there. The joystick still affects only the settings it is locked to.

Cha nnel Selec t Buttons

The Channel Select buttons inclu d e G LO BAL, 1A, 1B, 2A, and 2B. They
are the red bu ttons on the left sid e of the Control Panel, below the m enu
d isplay. 1A and 1B are twin channel nu mber 1. 2A and 2B comp rise the
second (op tional) tw in channel. The global channel affects every channel
equ ally. Press a Channel Select bu tton to light its LED and m ake it the
active channel. The menus reflect the status of the active channel, and
any changes you m ake in the m enu s affect the active channel.
The LED d isplays above and below the A Channel Select bu ttons read
VIDEO to ind icate that these channels are vid eo channels. The d isp lays
above and below the B Channel Select bu ttons can be either VIDEO or
KEY, d ep end ing on how you have configu red your channels. See the
d iscussion at the end of this section for m ore d etails on configuring
channels.
When a channel is d esignated as the "m aster," its settings app ear in the
m enu s. You can have more than one channel active at a time, bu t only
one channel can be the "m aster" channel. Though the menus reflect the
m aster channel’s settings, any changes you m ake in the menus affect all
active (selected ) channels. Hold a Channel Select bu tton for half a second
to d esignate it as the m aster w ithou t d e-selecting other channels. Dou ble
p ress a Channel Select bu tton to select it as the m aster channel and
d e-select all other channels. You can toggle any other channel on and off
after d esignating a m aster channel by pressing its Channel Select bu tton
once.
DVEOUS
GLOBAL
VIDEO KEY
1A 1B
2A 2B
Cha nnel Selec t Buttons

Quic k Keyfra m e Buttons

The Qu ick Keyfram e bu ttons inclu d e the IN SERT N EXT, D ELETE,
M O DIFY, and UN D O KF ED IT buttons. All are located on the left sid e
of the Control Panel. They only affect the cu rrent keyfram e (the one that
is cu rrently highlighted in the tim eline[s]).
These bu ttons are single press fu nctions. Pressing IN SERT N EXT inserts
a keyframe after the cu rrent keyfram e. Pressing D ELETE rem oves the
cu rrent keyfram e, inclu d ing its d u ration, from the timeline. Pressing
M O DIFY changes the current keyframe to reflect any changes in any
p aram eter. Pressing UND O KF ED IT "und oes" the last keyfram e ed it
you mad e.
DVEOUS
INSERT DELETE
NEXT
UNDO
MODIFY KF EDIT
Quic k Keyfra m e Buttons

Cha nnel Menu Buttons

The Channel Menu bu ttons inclu d e the 3D TRAN S, 2D TRAN S,
BORD ER/CRO P, M ULTI, CO LO R CRCTR, CO LO R M O D IFY,
INPUT, WARP, LIGH T SO URCE, TEXTURE, KEY, CORN ER PIN ,
and O UTPUT m enu bu ttons. These buttons are located below the
softknobs. Use these bu ttons to access m enu s and p arameters for the
active channel(s).
DVEOUS
3D 2D BORDER MULTI COLOR COLOR INPUT

TRANS TRANS CROP CRCTR MODIFY
WARP LIGHT TEXTURE KEY CORNER OUTPUT

SOURCE PIN
Cha nnel Menu Buttons

Tim eFra m e Effec ts Ed itor Buttons

The Tim eFram e Effects Ed itor bu ttons, located below the Channel Menu
bu ttons, inclu d e IN SERT, DELETE, REM O VE, CO PY, M OD IFY,
N ORM AL, CH AN N EL COPY, START (REW), TO , EN D (FF), TH IS,
ALL, TRIM , and ENTER. Use these bu ttons to insert, d elete, ed it, and
cop y keyframes in effects.
DVEOUS
INSERT DELETE REMOVE COPY MODIFY NORMAL CHANNEL

COPY
START END
TO THIS ALL TRIM ENTER
(REW) (FF)
Tim eFra m e Effec ts Ed itor Buttons

Gra p hic s Buttons

The Grap hics buttons let you enable grap hic overlays and lock the
joystick to the current menu controls. Press the CURSO R bu tton to tu rn
on a cu rsor for each channel on the DVEOUS outp ut. The cu rsor app ears
at the intersection of the H , V, and Z axes for each channel, and a channel
id entification (1A, 1B, etc.) ap pears on the channel’s im age. This can help
w hen you need to id entify or position an im age very precisely. Use
JOYSTICK LOCK to d ed icate the joystick to the cu rrent m enu controls.
This is hand y if you w ant to continu e u sing the joystick for p ositioning,
for exam p le, w hile using the softknobs in the Warp m enu .
DVEOUS
CURSOR JOYSTICK
LOCK
Gra p hic s Buttons

Glob a l Menu Buttons

The Global Menu bu ttons are below the Graphics buttons, and inclu d e
G LO BAL TRANS, CO M BIN ER, TARG ET FRAM ESTR, D EFOCUS,
SUPER M ATTE, and SOLID BUILD ER. These bu ttons access menus
that control DVEOUS fu nctions that are not specific to the ind ivid u al
DVE channels (1A, 1B, 2A, 2B) . This includ es m enu s for controlling
op tional featu res.
DVEOUS
GLOBAL COMBINER TARGET

TRANS FRAMESTR
DEFOCUS SUPER SOLID

MATTE BUILDER
Glob a l Menu Buttons

Effec ts Buttons
The buttons in this grou p , TIM ELINE, EVEN TS, PATH , DISK, SAVE
EFFECT, and RECALL EFFECT, access menus that let you set controls
for the effect as a w hole. The Disk m enu lets you save effects and setu ps
to flop p y d isk.
DVEOUS
TIMELINE EVENTS PATH
DISK SAVE RECALL

EFFECT EFFECT
Effec ts Buttons

System Buttons
Th e Sy stem b u tton s in clu d e IN PUT SETUP, O UTPUT SETUP,
REM OTE SETUP, EN G, UN D O M ENU, REM O TE EN ABLE, NO
XPO IN T, PERSO NALITY, a n d ACQ UIRE. Th ese bu tton s access
m enu s that let you set u p the DVEOUS inp uts, ou tpu ts, remote setu ps,
and enables. Press EN G to bring up the Engineering m enu .
INPUT REMOTE
SETUP ENABLE
DVEOUS
OUTPUT
SETUP
REMOTE NO
SETUP XPOINT
ENG PERSON-
ALITY
ACQUIRE
System Buttons

Joystic k
You can u se the joystick to change p aram eter settings. Ad just param eters
w ith left/ right arrow s by m oving the joystick left and right. Ad ju st
p aram eters w ith up / d own arrow s by m oving the joystick up and d ow n.
Ad just param eters w ith circu lar arrow s by twisting the joystick hand le.
You can "lock" the joystick control to the cu rrent m enu controls, then
change to a d ifferent menu and u se the softknobs to control the settings
there. The joystick still affects only the settings it is locked to.

Num eric Keyp a d

The nu m eric keyp ad is located u nd er the System buttons. Use the
keyp ad to enter effect nu mbers, keyfram e nu m bers, p arameter values,
etc. The A, B, C, and D bu ttons let you enter values into the softknob
settings. For exam p le, to enter the valu e 17 in softknob A, enter 17 on the
keyp ad , then p ress A.
You can invert a value by p ressing the +/- bu tton, then the A, B, C, or D
button for a softknob. Use this for valu es that accept negative nu m bers.
You can use CLEAR to erase the contents of the keyp ad bu ffer, the
contents of the keyframe ed it d ialog, or reset entire softkeys or menus
to d efau lt.
You can u se TRIM to ad ju st valu es. For examp le, p ress 1 — TRIM — A
to ad d 1 to the value in softknob A.
Press ALIGN to pu t the w ord Align into the keyp ad bu ffer. N ow

p ressing a keyp ad softkey (A, B, C, or D) brings the correspond ing
softknob value to its nearest "nom inal" valu e. For exam p le, aligning a
rotation valu e of 39 d egrees sets it to 45 d egrees. Pressing ALIG N, then
a m enu softkey (left sid e of the d isp lay) sets all the softknobs to their
closest nominal value.
Pressing PATH d isp lays the available m otion p ath typ es in the keypad
buffer. You can assign a motion p ath type to any param eter by pressing
PATH to select the m otion typ e in the keypad buffer, then the keypad
softkey (A, B, C, or D ) for that softknob.
DVEOUS
A B C D
7 8 9 PATH
4 5 6 ALIGN
1 2 3 TRIM
+/ - 0 . CLEAR
Num eric Keyp ad

On-Air Buttons
Use these six On-Air bu ttons w hen operating DVEOUS live. Press the
O N-AIR bu tton to bring u p the On-Air m enu and p u t the keyp ad in
on -air m od e. The fou r freeze bu ttons let you freeze the channels
ind epend ently. Once you have frozen an inp ut, you can set up the freeze
typ e for each inp u t. Param eter softknobs for each channel ap p ear when
you press FIELD, allow ing you to select the freeze type (field 1, field 2
or fram e).
Note th at on -air freezes overrid e an y tim elin e effect: th e
ch an n el stays frozen n o m atter w h at effects you recall or
ru n . Th is on -air freeze is d ifferen t from th e freeze settin g
in th e In p u t m en u , wh ich lets you ap p ly a freeze on a
k eyfram e-b y-k eyfram e b asis.
DVEOUS
FREEZE FREEZE ON-AIR

1A 1B
FREEZE FREEZE FIELD

2A 2B
On-Air Buttons

Tim eline Control Buttons

These bu ttons are in the low er right corner of the Control Panel and let
you step through keyframes in an effect, ru n an effect either forw ard or
reverse, and p au se a running effect.
Pressing RUN → ru ns the current timeline effect forw ard . Pressing

←RUN ru ns the cu rrent tim eline effect in reverse. Pressing the PAUSE
button momentarily halts the effect. You can continue ru nning it by
p ressing RUN → or ←RUN . The PAUSE LED lights if the effect is
cu rrently p au sed , and one of the RUN bu tton LEDs flashes to ind icate
the d irection the effect w as ru nning w hen it w as p au sed . Pressing the
PAUSE button to tu rn its LED off takes the effect out of run mod e. Use
the RUN → or ←RUN bu tton to run the effect from the beginning or the
end .
Pressing the PREVIO US button step s the tim eline back to the previous
keyfram e. Pressing the N EXT bu tton step s the timeline forw ard to the
next keyframe. Pressing the STOP N EXT bu tton p au ses a ru nning effect
w hen it reaches the next keyfram e.
DVEOUS
PREVIOUS STOP NEXT

NEXT
← RUN PAUSE RUN →
Tim eline Control Buttons

Shot Box DVEOUS Tec hnic a l Guid e
Shot Box
The Shot Box is an optional small Control Panel for on-air or live use. Its
buttons d u p licate the ones in the On-Air and Timeline Control sections
on the m ain Control Panel. You can use the Shot Box to recall keyframes,
recall, ru n, and pause effects, freeze channels, and select a field / fram e
ou tpu t.
Layer CTime Kf Dsrate

23 02:00 3 3:00
The Shot Box Op tion

DVEOUS Tec hnic a l Guid e Vid eo a nd Key Sig na l Pa ths
Video and Key Signal Paths

This d iscu ssion is an overview of the vid eo and key signal flow p aths,
w hich w ill help you better u nd erstand how DVEOUS w orks. It inclu d es
d etails of your op tions for channel configu rations, w hich is followed by
block d iagrams that show the system vid eo and key signal p aths in m ore
d etail.
Cha nnel Config urations

The stand ard DVEOUS is a tw in channel system . It has one channel
d ed icated for vid eo (A) and a second channel (B). Both transform ation
p aths are full-band wid th vid eo channels. However, the B channel can
p rocess a key or d rop shad ow signal instead of vid eo. This gives
DVEOUS three mod es of operation.
Vid eo+Vid eo
This m od e lets you u se the B channel as a vid eo channel. This channel
has ind epend ent control of all keyframe p aram eters includ ing m otion
p aths, warps, light sources, and textu res. The DVE p rocessor internally
generates the key signals associated w ith these signals. Each channel’s
key signals are raster size "w hite" with ad ju stable op acity and ed ge
softness.
The Vid eo/ Vid eo Mod e

Vid eo a nd Key Sig na l Pa ths DVEOUS Tec hnic a l Guid e
Vid eo+Key
In this m od e, you can manipu late the key signal with all keyfram e
p aram eters, inclu d ing m otion paths, w arp s, light sources, and textures,
ind epend ently of the vid eo. Note that, since you can m ove the key
channel com pletely ind ep end ently of the vid eo channel, p arts of the
vid eo channel that d o not overlap the key channel are not visible. For
this reason, select both channels when m oving the image in this mod e,
u nless this effect is w hat you want.
The Vid eo/ Key Mod e
Vid eo-Key+Sha d ow
This m od e splits the B channel in tw o. The key p art moves with the m ain
vid eo channel (A), w ith a horizontal position control for the key signal.
You can manipu late the shad ow, w hich is d erived from the key inp ut,
w ith the B channel, com pletely ind epend ently of the vid eo/ key. All
keyfram e p aram eters, inclu d ing m otion paths, w arp s, light sources, and
textures, ap p ly to the shad ow channel.
The Vid eo-Key/ Sha d ow Mod e

Ad d itiona l Cha nnels

As an option, you can ad d a second twin channel DVE board to provid e
another set of A and B channels. The configu ration p ossibilities are the
sam e as for the stand ard DVE board . You can use the system as a tw o
channel u nit in conventional term s (tw o vid eo and two key p rocessing
p aths), as show n in the figu re below .
You also have the op tion of using one DVE board to p rocess tw o vid eo
signals, and using the other DVE board to process one vid eo and one
key signal. Another configu ration is fou r channels of vid eo, each with
ind epend ent control. This lets you use DVEOUS as a four channel,
real-time vid eo image processor.
The Vid eo/ Key Mod e on Both Cha nnel Pa irs

Sig na l Paths
Inp uts
DVEOUS sup p orts up to 12 vid eo and / or key inp u ts w ith a variety of
inp ut m od ules. The m od u les hand le tw o inp u ts each. Inp u t m od ule
typ es available are serial com ponent d igital, parallel comp onent d igital,
8-bit or 10-bit com p onent analog (inclu d ing RGB and m ost Y/ R-Y/ B-Y
formats), and 10-bit comp osite analog (both N TSC and PAL); all su pp ort
either vid eo or key signals. However, the tw o 10-bit analog inp ut
m od u les (com p onent and com p osite) su p port one d ed icated vid eo and
one d ed icated key inpu t. All analog formats are autom atically converted
to com p onent d igital for internal p rocessing.
Crossp oint Ma trix

DVEOUS’ Com biner board has a 16 inp ut by 11 ou tp u t crossp oint m atrix
that lets you rou te sou rces internally. You can rou te any source in the
m atrix to any d estination fed by the m atrix. These are the 16 m atrix
inp uts:
External inp u ts 1 through 12 (if all inp ut m od u les are installed ).
The Su p erMatte ou tpu t (d u al color w ash generator).
The Pattern Fram estore ou tp u t, w hich is used to generate vid eo test
p atterns and textu res.
The ou tp u ts of the optional d ual channel w id e range Defocu s m od ule.
Inp ut Vid eo Pa ths

The matrix outp uts feed these 11 d estinations:

The DVE channel vid eo inpu ts (a total of fou r if the op tional second
DVE board is installed ). These m atrix ou tpu ts are rou ted throu gh the
optional reTou ch Color Correctors, if installed , before p assing to the
DVE channel inpu ts.
The DVE channel textu re inp u ts (a total of fou r if the optional second
DVE board is installed ).
The Background Fram estore.
The optional d ual channel w id e range Defocu s m od ule inp uts.
DVE Paths
You can con figu re th e DVE ch an n els th ree w ays: Vid eo+Vid eo,
Vid eo+Key, an d Vid eo-Key+Sh ad ow . Th is d iscu ssion inclu d es a
d rawing for each m od e.
Vid eo+Vid eo M od e
In th e Vid eo+Vid eo m od e, the DVE board acts as tw o id entical
vid eo-only DVE channels, each processing a full 4:2:2 vid eo p ath. Each
channel has a vid eo inp ut and a textu re sou rce inpu t w ith d ed icated
freeze bu ffers. The texture inp uts feed each channel’s light sou rce m od el,
w here the textures are app lied to the light source calcu lations. The vid eo
inp uts feed the bord er/ crop processing, then p ass to their respective
light sou rce m od els. Then the light sou rce, inclu d ing texture, is ap plied
to each im age.
Each channel has its ow n ind ep end ent transform controller, w hich
generates ad d ressing for the m ain transform fram estore and filter
coefficients for the horizontal and vertical band w id th filters. The vid eo
Vid eo+Vid eo Mod e Pa ths

for each channel is filtered and then p assed to the motion d etection and
vertical up sam pling circu itry. From here the vid eo is written into the
m ain transform fram estores.
The vid eo for each channel is read out of the transform fram estores, with
ad d resses generated by that channel’s transform controller, and sent to
the ou tp u t interpolators. The transform ed vid eo and generated key
in for m ation fr om each ch an n el p asses to th e com b in er, w h ich
com p osites the tw o channels together.
The com bining process u ses either a fixed key p riority (A over B or B
over A) or a Z (d epth) based key priority. In Z key mod e, the Z position
of each channel in 3D space d eterm ines its p riority relative to the other
channel.
The grap hics outp ut consists of axis grid s and channel id entifiers for
each channel.
Vid eo+Key M od e
The Vid eo+Key m od e d iffers from the Vid eo+Vid eo mod e only in that
the board processes the B channel as the key signal for the A channel,
w ith ad d itional key clip, gain, and horizontal p hase ad ju stm ents. N ote
that the chrom inance p rocessing of the B channel is not u sed in this mod e
since key signals have lu m inance information only. This makes the A
channel 4:2:2 and the B channel 4:0:0.
The A/ B Com biner’s key outp ut is effectively that of the B channel, and
not the raster-based signal seen in the Vid eo+Vid eo m od e. Since the key
(B) transform can be ind ep end ent of the vid eo (A) transform, it is
p ossible to p osition the transformed key so that the transform ed vid eo
is not visible, or only partially visible, in the final comp osited ou tp u t.
Vid eo+Key Mod e Pa ths

Vid eo-Key+Sh ad ow M od e
Th e Vid eo-Key+Sh ad ow m od e is sim ilar to th e Vid eo+Key m od e,
excep t th at th e k ey sign al in p u t to th e B ch an n el is p rocessed b y th e
A ch an n el’s tran sform con troller, so th at th e vid eo an d k ey are
tran sform ed at th e sam e tim e. Also, th e k ey in p u t is u sed to create a
d rop sh ad ow . Th e d rop sh ad ow is rou ted th rou gh th e ch rom in an ce
p art of th e B circu itry, an d p rocessed b y th e B ch an n el’s tran sform
con troller, w h ich p rovid es in d ep en d en t sh ad ow tran sform con trol.
Alth ou gh th e actu al sign al p ath s are th e sam e as in Vid eo+Vid eo
m od e, from an op eration al p oin t of view , th is m ak es th e A ch an n el a
4:2:2:4 p ath an d th e B ch an n el 0:2:2.
The A/ B Combiner key ou tpu t in this m od e is a com bination of the key

shad ow signals processed by the B channel.
Vid eo-Key+Sha d ow Mod e Pa ths

Outp uts
Each DVE board su p plies three signals to the Com biner board : vid eo,
key, and grap hics. The vid eo signal is either a transform ed version of
the A inp u t (Vid eo+Key or Vid eo-Key+Shad ow m od es) or of the
com bined A and B inp u ts (Vid eo/ Vid eo m od e). The key signal is either
a transform ed version of the B inp u t (Vid eo+Key or Vid eo-Key+Shad ow
m od es) or an internally generated raster-shaped ed ge key (Vid eo+Vid eo
m od e). The graphics signal has a channel id entifier and up to three axis
cu rsors per channel, w hich are visu al clu es used for creating complex
objects or movem ent.
The vid eo and key signals connect to both the DVE Com biner and the
Target Fram estore keyers. The DVE Com biner com bines the two DVE
board s’ com bined vid eo and key signals into a single com posite of the
four channels. This com bined ou tp u t is then keyed over the op tional
Target Fram estore (TFS) and the background .
The Outp ut Vid eo Pa ths

The Target Framestore op tion lets you create trail, sparkle, and sm ear
effects, as w ell as com p osite d rop-ins. You can select the 1A/ 1B DVE
ou tput, the 2A/ 2B DVE outp ut, or the combined four channel DVE
ou tpu t as the inpu t source for the Target Fram estore. Also, since the TFS
stores key and Z (d epth) inform ation, it has its ow n Z key p riority, and
can be p laced "over" or "u nd er" the live DVE channels.
If tw o DVE board s are installed , the d irect unshaped vid eo and key
ou tpu ts of each DVE board are also available as an op tion. These
Channel Ou tpu t m od u les are installed in the inpu t 9/ 10 and 11/ 12 slots
in the chassis, and lim it the nu mber of available inpu ts to eight. Each
m od u le p rovid es serial d igital vid eo and key outp uts: one for the
com bined 1A/ 1B channels, and one for the com bined 2A/ 2B channels.
The vid eo ou tpu ts are u nshaped and u nkeyed , and intend ed for use as
key and fill inpu ts to a sw itcher or external keyer.
DVEOUS’ m ain vid eo ou tpu t sup p lies two id entical serial com ponent
d igital vid eo and key ou tpu ts. The stand ard com p onent ou tpu t m od ule
also su p plies one com p onent analog vid eo and key ou tp u t with sep arate
sync. An op tional comp osite outp ut m od u le su p plies tw o com p osite
analog vid eo and one analog key ou tpu t besid es the serial com ponent
d igital ou tpu ts.


DVEOUS Tec hnic a l Guid e Physic a l Insta lla tion
Sec tion 2
Insta lla tion

Physic al Installation
Unp a c king
Remove the DVEOUS Main Chassis and Control Panel from the packing
boxes. Insp ect all articles for shipp ing d am age. If you find any d am age,
notify the shipp ing carrier im m ed iately for claim s ad ju stm ents.
Com p are the ship ping box contents to the p acking slip. Contact you r
Abekas sales rep resentative if there are any u nexp lained shortages.
Pre-insta lla tion Chec ks

Remove the Main Chassis front. Ensure that each circuit board is aligned
in the circuit board gu id es and firm ly seated in its connector socket.
Power Consum p tion

The DVEOUS Main Chassis consu mes less than 750 w atts. The Main
Chassis norm ally p ow ers the Control Panel with its 12VDC su p ply. If
you install the Control Panel more than 33 feet (abou t 10 m eters) from
the Main Chassis, you m u st u se the optional 5100-CPPS Control Panel
p ow er su p ply, P/ N 2800-0063. The Control Panel d raw s less than 35
w atts. See p age 2-25 for more information on cable lengths and the
p ow er su p ply.
Since the circu it breaker is single end ed , it is recomm end ed that you
p ow er DVEOUS w ith single phase power only.
Note: Do n ot in sert or rem ove b oard s or m od u les wh en
ch assis is p ow ered .
For initial startup inform ation see Getting Started in Section 3, System
Overview .
9100-0239-01 - NOVEM BER 96 Insta lla tion 2-1

Physic a l Insta lla tion DVEOUS Tec hnic a l Guid e
Cooling a nd Airflow
The DVEOUS Main Chassis is forced air cooled w ith a set of fans
m ou nted in the rear p anel. The cooling air enters from the front, and the
exhau st leaves throu gh the fans at the rear. Fans at the low er right front
of the chassis force air throu gh the power su pp ly.
NO TE: N ever p ower u p th e D VEO US M ain Ch assis with
th e top cover rem oved or an y of th e rear p an el I/O slots
u n covered . Th is com p rom ises th e in tegrity of th e coolin g
system an d cou ld resu lt in overh eatin g, w h ich cou ld lead
to com p on en t failu re.
After installing the chassis in the rack, be carefu l not to block the exhau st
fans on the rear with cable bu nd les. Period ically check that the fans are
op erating properly.
A tem p erature sensor on the Com biner Controller board d isplays a

w arning m essage in the Control Panel d isplay if the Main Chassis
becom es overheated .
The DVEOUS Control Panel requ ires no sp ecial cooling consid erations.
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Inp ut
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2-2 Insta lla tion 9100-0239-01 - NO VEMBER 96

Ra c k Mounting
The DVEOUS Main Chassis w eighs app roxim ately 50 lb., d epend ing on
op tions, and occu p ies five rack u nits (8.75 inches or 22.23 centim eters).
Tw o L-shap ed rack su pp orts, one on each sid e, are mounted on the front
of the Main Chassis. There are two other front mounting p ositions,
letting you control how mu ch of the front p art of the chassis protru d es
from the front of the rack. You m ust u se a second set of su p ports to use
these, since the front cover attaches to the front m ou nted su pp orts.
Tw o rear su p ports, one on each sid e, are m ou nted on the rear of the Main
Chassis. There are three m ou nting p ositions for the su p ports, letting you
Ma in Cha ssis Dim ensions

m atch you r rack d ep th. The su pp orts are mounted on the front position.
Tw o L-shap ed rear brackets slid e into the supp orts and attach to the rear
of the equip ment rack.
To ensu re p rop er chassis ground ing, attach the grou nd ing lu g on the
rear of the Main Chassis to a su itable grou nd .

Control Pa nel Mounting

The Control Panel is d esigned to sit on a counter top or in a 19 inch rack
rail console. You can cou ntersink the base of the Control Panel, bu t this
requ ires the 5100-FDD external flop py d rive option, P/ N 9500-0204, to
p rovid e flop p y d rive access. Also, be su re to allow access to the
connections on the rear of the Control Panel base. The d arker shad ed
cu tou t area is requ ired for cable access, notice the control/ p ow er
connector location below .
Control Pa nel Dim ensions

Shot Box Control Pa nel

The Shot Box Control Panel is used in live ap p lications, w here it is only
necessary to recall and run effects. It connects to the rear of the m ain
Control Panel.
Shot Box Control Pa nel Dim ensions

DVEOUS Tec hnic a l Guid e Vid eo Connec tions
Video Connec tions

This section d escribes the vid eo signal connectors on the rear of the
DVEOUS Main Chassis. Connector pinouts are provid ed . For d etails on
configu ring the vid eo inp u ts and outp uts, see Section 6 – Setu p Menus.
For inform ation on installing the mod u les in the rear of the chassis, see
Section 4 – Option Installation.
Referenc e Inp ut
You mu st operate DVEOUS externally locked to a house reference inp ut.
A sw itch on the Combiner Controller board front ed ge d etermines the
system line rate (525 or 625).
The reference signal m ust be black bu rst (color black) if the com posite
ou tpu t option is installed . If the com p onent ou tpu t m od u le is installed ,
a ju m per on the ou tpu t board lets you select either a 286mV/ 300m V
(black bu rst) or a 2V/ 4V p-p (com p osite sync) reference inpu t. See
Section 3 – System Overview for information on changing the ju mp er.
The com p onent ou tp u t board , as shipp ed , is configu red for a black bu rst
inp ut.
Both ou tp u t m od ules inclu d e a sw itch selectable 75-ohm term ination or

high-im ped ance loop throu gh so you can connect the reference signal to
other equ ipm ent.
Seria l Comp onent Dig ita l Outp uts

Both Outp ut Mod u le typ es have tw o id entical serial com p onent d igital
vid eo and key ou tpu ts that conform to the SMPTE 125M/ CCIR 601 and
SMPTE 259M stand ard s as d escribed below . You can ad ju st the system ’s
horizontal tim ing in the Outp ut Setup menu. This ad ju stm ent moves all
ou tpu ts (d igital and analog) simu ltaneou sly u p to 19 m icrosecond s
ad vanced or d elayed from reference. Also, the analog key ou tpu ts have
another +/ - 1 microsecond tim ing ad justment to match vid eo and key
tim ing. The d igital key ou tp u ts d o not have this feature, how ever.
Com p onent Outp ut Mod ule Connec tions

Vid eo Connec tions DVEOUS Tec hnic a l Guid e
Dig ita l Vid eo a nd Key Outp uts

You can configu re the serial d igital ou tp u ts in the Ou tpu t Setup m enu .
You can u se fu ll 10-bit, 8-bit w ith d ynam ic rou nd ing, 8-bit w ith
d ithering, or 8-bit crop ped (tru ncated ) resolu tion. Use the 8-bit m od es
w hen DVEOUS’ ou tpu t feed s an 8-bit d evice, such as a D1-form at VTR.
Otherw ise, u se the 10-bit setting for best image qu ality. There are
separate bit resolu tion controls for the program (main vid eo) and key
ou tpu ts.
You can also select the am ou nt of horizontal blanking p rocessing: 601

Crop (n arrow blankin g), 601 Sh ap e (narrow blan king w ith ed ge
filter in g ), A n lg C r o p (a n a lo g -sp ec b la n k in g ), o r A n lg Sh a p e
(analog-sp ec blanking w ith ed ge filtering). There are separate blanking
w id th controls for the program (m ain vid eo) and key ou tp u ts.
Since a key signal is lum inance only, the chrom inance part of the
com p onent d igital key ou tp u t is available for embed d ed Z (d ep th) d ata,
w hich is u sed by som e p rocessing d evices for 3D keying. (The d ep th
sign al is a 20-bit w ord at h alf th e key sam p lin g rate, w h ich is
d em u ltiplexed into tw o 10-bit w ord s and placed in the chrom inance p art
of the key ou tpu t, effectively m aking the d igital key ou tpu t a 4:2:0
signal.) The d igital key ou tp u t tim ing is coincid ent w ith the d igital
p rogram ou tp u t and is not ind ep end ently ad justable.
Comp onent Outp ut Mod ule

Besid es the d igital ou tp u ts d escribed above, this mod u le p rovid es one
com p onent analog p rogram ou tp u t and one analog key ou tpu t.
Comp onent Ana log Outp ut

You can select several com p onent analog ou tpu t form ats in the Outp ut
Setup m enu . These includ e RGB, SMPTE/ EBU, Betacam ®, and MII®
color d ifference levels (Y/ R-Y/ B-Y or YUV), inclu d ing p ed estal for the
525-line VTR form ats. The Y/ G ou tpu t carries sync, or you can use the
separate sync outp ut.
Ana log Key Outp ut

The analog key ou tp u t format is id entical to the form at selected for the
com p onent analog vid eo (p rogram ) ou tp u t. Key outp ut timing follows
the vid eo outp ut timing. A key tim ing ad ju stm ent horizontally offsets
th e key ou tp u t relative to th e vid eo ou tp u t; th e ran ge is +/ - 1
m icrosecond . You can configu re the key ou tpu t with or w ithou t sync.

Comp osite Outp ut Mod ule

Besid es the d igital ou tp u ts d escribed above, this m od u le p rovid es tw o
com p osite analog program outp uts and tw o analog key outp ut.
Comp osite Ana log Vid eo Outp uts

Tw o analog comp osite ou tpu ts p rovid e either N TSC or PAL outp uts, as
d eterm ined by the line stand ard sw itch and the reference signal, w hich
m ust be black bu rst (color black) at the selected line stand ard .
Ana log Key Outp uts

The analog key ou tp u t format is id entical to the form at selected for the
com p onent analog vid eo (p rogram ) ou tp u t. Key outp ut timing follows
th e p rogram ou tp u t tim ing. A key tim ing ad ju stm ent offsets the
horizontal tim ing of the key ou tp u t relative to the vid eo ou tp u t, in the
range +/ - 1 m icrosecond . You can configu re the key outp ut with or
w ithout sync.
Com p osite Outp ut Mod ule Connec tions

Cha nnel Outp ut Mod ule

The optional Channel Outp ut m od ules let you use the vid eo and key
ou tpu t of each DVE board , u p stream of the Com biner. There is one vid eo
and one key ou tpu t per m od u le, and one m od ule p er DVE board . When
installed , these mod u les occup y the inp u t slots normally u sed for inp u ts
9 – 12, eliminating these slots for inp u t m od ules.
These ou tpu ts are serial com p onent d igital form at only. You can u se fu ll
10-bit, 8-bit w ith d ynam ic rou nd ing, 8-bit w ith d ithering, or 8-bit
crop p ed (truncated ) resolution. Use the 8-bit mod es w hen the channel
ou tpu t feed s an 8-bit d evice, su ch as a D1-form at VTR. Otherwise, use
the 10-bit setting for best im age quality. The vid eo ou tp u ts are unshaped
and unkeyed , and all channel outp u t tim ing follows the system outp ut
tim ing. As w ith the m ain d igital key outp uts, the chrom inance part of
the channel key outp uts are available for embed d ed Z (d epth) d ata,
w hich is u sed by som e processing d evices for 3D keying.
Op tiona l Cha nnel Outp ut Mod ule Connec tions

Inp ut Mod ule Op tions

You can choose from five typ es of inp ut m od u les :
d u al serial com p onent d igital
d u al parallel com p onent d igital
10-bit com ponent analog with key
8-bit d ual comp onent vid eo
10-bit com posite analog w ith key
DVEOUS comes stand ard w ith tw o of these mod u les, giving four system
inp uts. It su p ports u p to six m od u les, for a m axim u m of twelve inp u ts.
NO TE: Th e op tion al Ch an n el O u tp u t m od u les occu p y th e
in p u t slots n orm ally u sed b y in p u ts 9 – 12, lim itin g th is
con figu ration to 8 in p u ts.
Except for the com posite analog w ith key m od u le, all inpu ts have a
tim ing wind ow of 60 m icrosecond s ad vanced to 120 m icrosecond s
d elayed from reference—less than 1H early to less than 2H late. The
vid eo part of the com posite analog mod u le has a tim ing w ind ow of 120
m icrosecond s ad vanced to 60 m icrosecond s d elayed from reference, or
less than 2H early to less than 1H late.
Dua l Seria l Com p onent Dig ita l

The d u al serial com ponent d igital inp ut card provid es tw o id entical
inp uts that can be u sed for vid eo or key. Both 8- and 10-bit formats are
sup p orted . Also, this inp u t mod u le has m atte color generators that you
can su bstitu te for the vid eo inp u ts. The color generator lets you create a
fu ll-field color m atte and route it internally using DVEOUS’ crossp oint
m atrix. Select vid eo or the color m atte in the Inp u t Setu p m enu .
A d u al color LED ind icates the sync status for each inp ut. The LED lights
green to ind icate an inp ut locked at the correct line rate, amber to ind icate
an inp u t u nlocked or at the wrong line rate, or no LEDs to ind icate no
serial d ata is p resent.
Dua l Seria l Com p onent Dig ita l Inp ut Connec tions

Dua l Pa ra llel Com p onent Dig ita l

The d ual p arallel com p onent d igital inpu t card p rovid es tw o id entical
inp uts that can be u sed for vid eo or key. Both 8- and 10-bit formats are
sup p orted . Also, this inp u t mod u le has m atte color generators that you
can substitute for the vid eo inpu ts. With the color generator selected ,
you can create a fu ll-field color matte and rou te it internally u sing
Dua l Pa ra llel Com p onent Dig ita l Connec tions
DVEOUS’ crosspoint m atrix. Select vid eo or the color m atte in the Inp ut
Setup m enu .
A d u al color LED ind icates the sync status for each inp ut. The LED lights
green to ind icate an inp ut locked at the correct line rate, amber to ind icate
an inpu t u nlocked or at the w rong line rate, or rem ains off ind icating no
p arallel Data is p resent.
10-Bit Comp onent Ana log with Key

The 10-bit com p onent analog w ith key mod u le p rovid es d ed icated
non-looping vid eo and key inp u ts. Su p ported vid eo form ats inclu d e
RGB an d several Y/ R-Y/ B-Y color d ifferen ce form ats, in clu d ing
SMPTE/ EBU, Betacam ®, and MII®. You can use the sep arate sync inp ut
if sync on the green or lu m inance signal is not available. Sync on the key
inp ut is also optional.
An LED ind icates the sync statu s for each inp ut. It lights green to ind icate
an inp ut locked at the correct line rate, am ber to ind icate an inp ut
u nlocked or at the w rong line rate, red to ind icate that there is no sync
p resent at the inp u t.
10-Bit Com p onent Ana log with Key Connec tions

8-Bit Dua l Comp onent Ana log

The 8-bit com ponent analog mod u le provid es d ed icated non-looping
vid eo or key inp u ts. Supp orted vid eo formats inclu d e RGB and several
Y/ R-Y/ B-Y co lo r d iffer en ce fo r m at s, in clu d in g SM P TE/ EBU ,
Betacam ® , and MII® . Sync m u st be p resent on the Y/ G signal on the A
inp ut. The B inp ut can be slaved to the A if it is connected to a sou rce
w ith no sync on Y/ G.
An LED ind icates the sync statu s for each inp ut. It lights green to ind icate
an inp ut locked at the correct line rate, am ber to ind icate an inp ut
u nlocked or at the w rong line rate, red to ind icate that there is no sync
p resent at the inp u t.
8-Bit Dua l Com p onent Ana log Connec tions
Comp osite Ana log with Key

The com p osite analog w ith key inpu t m od u le su p ports both N TSC and
PAL form ats. A high qu ality frame-based d ecod er converts the vid eo
inp ut from com p osite to com ponent. A p recision 10-bit analog-to-d igital
conversion p rocess converts both inp uts to a d igital signal. Sync on the
key inpu t is not requ ired as long as the key inp ut is synchronou s with
the vid eo inp ut. The key inp ut only p rocesses a key signal. Both the
connections are high-im p ed ance looping inpu ts that requ ire external
75-ohm term inations if the loop throu gh is not u sed .
Com p osite Ana log with Key Connec tions

Control Connec tions DVEOUS Tec hnic a l Guid e
Control Connec tions

See the follow ing p ages for d etails of the control and p ow er connectors
on the Main Chassis and control p anels. Their functions, and their
p inou ts are d escribed .
External Control Interface (switchers/editors)

Abekas Switchers using LINC Protocol
External Control Interface (switchers/editors)
Control Panel Cable
DVEOUS Ma in Cha ssis a nd Control Pa nel Connec tions

DVEOUS Tec hnic a l Guid e Control Connec tions
C/ P
This is a 15-pin fem ale D su bm iniature connector that u ses RS-422
com m unications. It also su pp lies +12VDC power for the Control Panels
located near the DVEOUS chassis. Control Panels requ iring a cable
longer than 33 feet (10 meters) d o not use this pow er. A Rem ote Pow er
sup p ly is available for these long-ru n installations. See Using a Local
Control Panel Sup p ly, later in this section for m ore inform ation on
p ow ering the Control Panel. The RS-422 com m unications sup p ort cable
lengths of u p to app roxim ately 2000 feet (610 m eters).
8 1
15 9
Control Pa nel Connec tor
Pin Func tion

1 +12VDC Po w er Sup p ly (o utp ut)
2 +Rec eive Da ta (inp ut)
3 + Tra nsm it Da ta (o utp ut)
4 12VDC Po w er Sup p ly Return
5 No t Use d
6 +12V DC Po wer Sup p ly (o utp ut)
7 -Tra nsm it Da ta (o utp ut)
8 -Rec eive Da ta (inp ut)
10 No t Use d
11 No t Use d
12 Cha ssis Gro und
13 No t Use d
14 No t Use d
15 No t Use d
Control Pa nel Connec tor Pinout
NO TE: Pin s 6 an d 4 p rovid e a secon d set of p ow er an d

retu rn lin es for th e Con trol Pan el. Th ese are in ad d ition to
th ose u sed (1 an d 9) on oth er Ab ek as eq u ip m en t. Th eir
p u rp ose is to red u ce lin e losses.

AUX, LINC, a nd EDITOR

These are 9-pin fem ale D su bm iniature connectors. You can configu re
the ed itor and aux p orts as slaves (d efau lt) or masters in the Rem ote
Enable menu. The EDITOR port provid es serial control of DVEOUS on
an ed itor’s tim eline. SMPTE and Sony ed itor protocols are sup p orted ,
as are perip heral (GVG E-MEM) and switcher Aux Bu s control. The AUX
port p rovid es the same serial rem ote protocol op tions as the Ed itor p ort.
The LIN C p ort provid es serial tim eline control of DVEOUS by Abekas
d igital vid eo switchers u sing the LIN C™ (Locally Integrated N etw ork
Control) protocol. DVEOUS is configu red as a LIN C slave only. Since
this p rotocol uses a d aisy chain interconnection, it m u st be term inated
only at the last d evice on the chain. Set the LIN C Term switch off u nless
this is the last (or only) d evice on the netw ork.
5 1
9 6
Aux, LINC, a nd Ed itor Connec tors
Pin Func tion

1 Cha ssis Gro und
4 Sig na l Ground
5 No t Use d
6 Sig na l Ground
7 +Tra nsm it Da ta (o utp ut)
9 Cha ssis Gro und
Aux, LINC, a nd Ed itor Connec tor Pinouts (Sla ve Mod e)

GPI In (Genera l Purp ose Interfa c e Inp uts)

This is a 25-pin fem ale D su bm iniature connector you can u se for a
switch closure-based rem ote interface. There are 12 u ser-assignable GPI
inp uts, and each is configu rable as either isolated closu re or d ry closu re.
There is a d efau lt function assigned to each inp ut.
13 1
25 14
GPI In Connec tor
Pin Func tion

1 Cha ssis Gro und
14 -GPI 1 In
2 +GPI 1 In
15 -GPI 2 In
3 +GPI 2 In
16 -GPI 3 In
4 +GPI 3 In
17 -GPI 4 In
5 +GPI 4 In
18 -GPI 5 In
6 +GPI 5 In
19 -GPI 6 In
7 +GPI 6 In
20 -GPI 7 In
8 +GPI 7 In
21 -GPI 8 In
9 +GPI 8 In
22 -GPI 9 In
10 +GPI 9 In
23 -GPI 10 In
11 +GPI 10 In
24 -GPI 11 In
12 +GPI 11 In
25 -GPI 12 In
13 +GPI 12 In
GPI In Connec tor Pinout

Selec ting GPI Inp ut Typ e

The GPI inpu ts can read either a simp le contact closu re or an external
voltage level between 5V and 24V. To choose between these tw o m od es,
set the GPI Inp u t Ju mp ers in one of the tw o configurations shown below .
You mu st m ake this selection for each of the 12 GPI inpu ts.
ADVE5100 Comms & GPI Interface

8800-0476-
GPI Input Optoisolators
Jumper Placement Key
GPI INPUT JUMPER SETTINGS
CONTACT EXTERNAL
CLOSURE VOLTAGE
(5V . . 24V)
GPI Input Mode

selection jumpers
GPI Output Optoisolators
Com m unic a tions Boa rd with GPI Inp ut Jum p ers

GPI Inputs
All GPI inp u ts work as switch closu res throu gh an op to-isolator. The
schem atics below , show a d ry contact and an external voltage interface.
Electrical Sp ecifications
The follow ing sp ecifications are for the opto-isolator (d evice # H11L1)
u sed in DVEOUS.
IN PUT LED MAXIMUM RATIN GS

Reverse Voltage (VR): 6 V.
Continu ou s Forw ard Current (IF): 60 mA.
Peak Forw ard Current (300 µSec Pu lse): 1.2 A.
Forward (Turn On) Voltage (VF): 1.5 V (1.2 V Typ ical).
Isolation Surge Voltage (Peak AC Voltage, 60Hz, 1 Second Duration):
7500 V.
DRY GPI INPUTS
External Circuitry 5100 Internal Circuit

Jumper block configured for
Jumpers dry contract inputs for internal
voltage source
+5 V
5 1
Computer
Trigger
ISOLATED (External Voltage) GPI INPUTS
External Circuitry 5100 Internal Circuit

Jumper block configured for
Jumpers Isolated inputs for external
voltage input circuitry
+5 V
+5 V to 5 1
+24 V Gnd
Computer
Trigger
Typ ic a l GPI Inp ut Circ uit

GPI Out (Genera l Purp ose Interfa c e Outp uts)

This is a 25-pin female D su bm iniature connector. It su p plies tally
information and can be u sed for keyfram e-based switch closu re control
of an external d evice. The 12 GPI ou tp u ts are all p rogram mable on a
keyfram e-by-keyfram e basis. Electrically, th ey are con figu red as
isolated closu res.
13 1
25 14
GPI Out Connec tor
Pin Func tion

1 Cha ssis Gro und
14 -GPI 1 Out
2 +GPI 1 Out
15 -GPI 2 Out
3 +GPI 2 Out
16 -GPI 3 Out
4 +GPI 3 Out
17 -GPI 4 Out
5 +GPI 4 Out
18 -GPI 5 Out
6 +GPI 5 Out
19 -GPI 6 Out
7 +GPI 6 Out
20 -GPI 7 Out
8 +GPI 7 Out
21 -GPI 8 Out
9 +GPI 8 Out
22 -GPI 9 Out
10 +GPI 9 Out
23 -GPI 10 Out
11 +GPI 10 Out
24 -GPI 11 Out
12 +GPI 11 Out
25 -GPI 12 Out
13 +GPI 12 Out
GPI Out Connec tor Pinout

GPI Outp uts

All GPI ou tp u ts w ork as solid state op to-isolated sw itch closu res.
Op to-isolators have lim ited d rive cu rrent cap ability, so som e form of
external d rive interface is need ed for ap plications that need greater
cu rrent than that su p plied by the opto-isolator outp ut. The schematic
below show s an exam ple cu rrent d river circuit you can build . The
2N 2222 general p urp ose transistor provid es u p to 650m W of d rive.
Check all ap p licable d ata sheets for the external d evices show n below
before bu ild ing you r current d river.
Electrical Sp ecifications
The follow ing specifications are for the opto-isolator (d evice # 4N 33)
u sed in DVEOUS.
OUTPUT DETECTOR MAXIMUM RATIN GS

Collector - Em itter Voltage (VCEO ): 30 V.
Em itter - Collector Voltage (VECO ): 5 V.
Collector Cu rrent - Continuous (IC): 150 m A.
Power Dissip ation (P D ): 150 mW.
Isolation Surge Voltage (Peak AC Voltage, 60Hz, 1 Second Duration):
7500 V.
Typ ic a l GPI Outp ut Circ uit

Control Pa nel Connec tions DVEOUS Tec hnic a l Guid e
Control Panel Connec tions

See the follow ing p ages for d etails of the Control Panel connectors, their
fu nctions, and their pinouts.
DVEOUS Control Pa nel Rea r Pa nel Connec tions
Note: Th e term in ation sh ou ld b e in th e d ow n p osition for

sin gle p an el in stallation s. For m u ltip le p an el in stallation s,
term in ate (sw itch in d ow n p osition ) th e last p an el in th e
ch ain .
Keybd
This is a 5-p in fem ale DIN connector for connecting an external PC-AT
com p atible QWERTY keyboard . This keyboard can be u sed to nam e
effect files and ad d com ments to them .
Keyb d Connec tor
Pin Func tion

1 Clo c k
2 Da ta
3 No Co nnec tor
4 Ground
5 +5VDC
Keyb d Connec tor Pinout

DVEOUS Tec hnic a l Guid e Control Pa nel Connec tions
Flop p y
This is a 25-pin fem ale D su bm iniature connector, u sed to connect the
op tional 5100-FDD external flop py d rive, P/ N 9500-0204. This op tion is
u sed if you countersink the Control Panel or otherw ise block access to
the bu ilt in flopp y d rive. Note that connecting an external flopp y d rive
d oes not d eactivate the internal d rive; both are active and usable.
13 1
25 14
Flop p y Connec tor
Pin Func tion

1 Rea d Da ta
2 PU
3 Write Ena b le
4 Write Da ta
5 Ste p
6 Ind ex
7 Tra c k 00
8 Write Pro tec t
9 He a d Lo a d
10 Direc tion
11 PU
12 Drive Selec t 4
13 No t Use d
14 Ground
15 Ground
16 Ground
17 Ground
18 Ground
19 Ground
20 VCC
21 VCC
22 VCC
23 He a d Sid e
24 Drive Selec t 2
25 Disk Cha ng ed
Flop p y Connec tor Pinout

Mouse
Use this 9-p in m ale D su bm iniatu re connector to connect a serial
3-bu tton m ou se.
NO TE: Th is con n ector is n ot cu rren tly su p p orted .
5 1
9 6
Mouse Connec tor
Pin Func tion

1 No t Use d
2 Rec eive Da ta (inp ut)
3 Tra nsm it Da ta (o utp ut)
4 DTR (o utp ut)
5 Cha ssis Gro und
6 DSR (inp ut)
7 RTS (o utp ut)
8 CTS (inp ut)
9 No t Use d
Mouse Connec tor Pinouts

Shot Box a nd Cha ssis

These are 9-p in fem ale D subm iniatu re connectors on the DVEOUS
Control Panel, both w ired as shown below . Use the Shot Box connector
to connect the optional Shot Box Control Panel. The main Control Panel
sup p lies p ow er to the Shot Box throu gh this connector. In some cases
this m ay excessively load the p ow er sou rce, requ iring a local p ow er
sup p ly (see Shot Box Control Panel Connection, later in this section).
Use the Chassis connector to connect to the DVEOUS Main Chassis.

When u sing the stand ard Control Panel and a cable length of 33 feet (10
m eters) or less, th is p ort also p rovid es th e +12VDC p ow er (see
Connecting Control Panels, later in this section).
5 1
9 6
Shot Box a nd Cha ssis Connec tors
Pin Func tion

1 +12VDC Po w er Sup p ly (inp ut)
5 Cha ssis Gro und
6 +12VDC Po w er Sup p ly (inp ut)
Shot Box a nd Cha ssis Connec tor Pinout
NO TE: Pin s w ith th e sam e n am e (1 an d 6, 4 an d 9) are tied

togeth er in th e Con trol Pan el ch assis. D ou b le p in s are
p rovid ed to red u ce voltage losses w ith sm all gau ge w ire or
lon g cab le len gth s. With h eavier w ire, you n eed u se on ly
on e p in of each p air. Do n ot con n ect p in 5 (Ch assis G rou n d )
to p in s 4 or 9 (12VD C Retu rn ).

Loop Thru
Use this 9-p in fem ale D subm iniatu re connector to connect an ad d itional
Control Panel. The p ow er is not sup p lied to this connector, only the
com m unications lines. Each ad d itional Control Panel m ust use the
op tion al 5100-CPP S Con trol Pan el p ow er su p p ly, p art n u m ber
2800-0063. See Using a Local Control Panel Sup p ly, later in this section.
5 1
9 6
Loop Thru Connec tor
Pin Func tion

1 No t Use d
4 Sig na l Ground
5 Cha ssis Gro und
6 No t Use d
9 Sig na l Ground
Loop Thru Connec tor Pinout

Power
This 5-p in fem ale DIN connector accep ts Control Panel p ow er from the
5100-CPPS Control Panel rem ote p ow er su p ply, P/ N 2800-0063, and is
u sed w hen the DVEOUS Main Chassis is located m ore than 33 feet (10
m eters) from the Control Panel. See Using a Local Control Panel Sup p ly,
later in this section, for inform ation on locally p ow ering the Control
Panel.
Power Connec tor
Cau tion : th is is a p ow er in p u t. D o n ot m istak e it for th e

Keyb oard 5-p in D IN .
Pin Func tion

1 Shield
2 Ground
3 +12VDC
4 Ground
5 +12VDC
Power Connec tor Pinout

on e p in of each p air. D o n ot con n ect p in 1 (Sh ield ) to p in s
2 or 4 (G rou n d ).

Connec ting Control Pa nels DVEOUS Tec hnic a l Guid e
Connec ting Control Panels

Scitex su p plies a 33-foot (10-meter) cable for connecting a Control Panel
to the DVEOUS Main Chassis. This cable carries RS-422 com mu nications
betw een the Control Panel and Main Chassis, and +12VDC power to the
Control Panel. The w iring of this cable is N OT stand ard RS-422 (see the
p inou t). It has a 15-p in m ale D connector on the Chassis end and a 9-p in
m ale D connector on the Control Panel end (Part nu m ber 9000-0204-01).
Instead of u sing a Scitex-sup p lied cable, you can constru ct a cu stom

cable. There are tw o things to keep in m ind :
The Main Chassis 12VDC p ow er su pp ly can d rive a Control Panel up
to 33 feet (10 meters) aw ay. Longer d istances requ ire a local pow er
su pp ly at the Control Panel location (Op tion 5100-CPPS).
The RS-422 com m unications have a cable length limit of 2000 feet (610
m eters).
Longer, non-p ow er carrying cables available from Scitex are:
50ft. (15 meters) – #9000-0206-01; 100 ft. (30 meters) – #9000-0207-01;
150 ft. (45 m eters) – #9000-0208-01.
Control Panel Cable

8 black
without power
7 black
5 shield
9 black
4 blue Pair #3 blue/black white/black Pair #2
8 black Pair #1 red/black red/black Pair #1
3 red 12 shield
7 black Pair #2 white/black blue/black Pair #3 4 blue
2 white
Belden 8303 3 red
2 white
DB 9 9 black
Plug
DB 15
Plug
Control Panel Cable

with power 8 black
7 black
5 shield
9 black 6 blue
4 black Pair #3 blue/black white/black Pair #2
8 black
3 red Pair #2 white/black blue/black Pair #3
12 shield
7 black Pair #1 red/black red/black Pair #1 4 black
2 white
6 blue Pair #4 white/black red/black Pair #4
3 red
1 green
Belden 8304 2 white
DB 9 9 black
Plug 1 green
DB 15
Plug
Ma in Control Pa nel Ca b les with Overa ll Shield

DVEOUS Tec hnic a l Guid e Connec ting Control Pa nels
Th e cable sh ou ld be 22 gau ge w ith tw isted -p air cond u ctors. An

overall-shield cable or a cable w ith ind ivid u al screened pairs with a
shield can be u sed . Both typ es are illu strated . Also, both power carrying
and non-p ow er carrying cables are shown.
8 black
7 black
5 shield
9 screen
4 screen Pair #1 red/black white/black Pair #2
8 black
3 red Pair #2 white/black red/black Pair #1
12 shield
7 black 4 screen
2 white
3 red
Control Panel Cable 2 white
DB 9 without power 9 screen
Plug
DB 15
Plug
8 black
7 black
5 shield/screen
9 screen 6 blue
4 screen Pair #1 red/black white/black Pair #2
8 black
3 red Pair #2 white/black red/black Pair #1
12 screen/shield
7 black 4 screen
Pair #3 blue/black blue/black Pair #3
2 white
6 blue 3 red
1 black
2 white
DB 9
Control Panel Cable 9 screen
Plug with power 1 black
DB 15
Plug
Control Panel Chassis
Pin Function Pin
1 +24V Power Supply 1

2 +Receive Data 2
3 +Transmit Data 3
4 Circuit Ground 4
N/A Not Used 5
6 Reserved 6
7 -Transmit Data 7
8 -Receive Data 8
9 24V Return 9
N/A Not Used 10
N/A Not Used 11
5 Chassis Ground 12
N/A Not Used 13
N/A Not Used 14
N/A Not Used 15
Ma in Control Pa nel Ca b les with Sc reened Pa irs

NO TE: Pin s 13 an d 4 p rovid e a secon d set of p ow er an d
retu rn lin es for th e Con trol Pan el. Th ese are in ad d ition to
th ose u sed (1 an d 9) on oth er Ab ek as eq u ip m en t. Th eir
p u rp ose is to red u ce lin e losses.
NO TE: Th e term in ation sw itch sh ou ld b e in th e d ow n

p osition for sin gle p an el in stallation s. For m u ltip le p an el
in stallation s, term in ate (switch in d own p osition ) th e last
p an el in th e ch ain .

Shot Box Control Pa nel Connec tion

The Shot Box live-effects control p anel uses a cable with a male 9-pin D
connector on the Main Control Panel end (fem ale m ating connector
show n earlier) and an RJ45 connector on the Shot Box sid e. This cable
carries RS422 d ata and ad equ ate p ow er for a m axim um run of 33 feet
(10 m eters). Longer ru ns require a local control p anel sup p ly to be
located at the Shot Box site and connected to the 5-p in remote p ow er
connector show n below (see Using a Local Control Panel Su p p ly,
follow ing in this section). The RS-422 com mu nications have a cable
length lim it of 2000 feet (610 m eters).
Main Control Panel to Shot Box Cable

Part Number 9000-0627-00
RJ45
Plug 9
9 grey
8 4 blue
8 yellow
3 green
1 7 red
2 black
8 - grey 6 orange
7 - blue 1 white
6 - yellow RJ45 Wire DB 9 1
5 - green Pin Color Pin
4 - red DB 9
8 - grey - 9 Plug
3 - black
2 - orange 7 - blue - 4
1 - white 6 - yellow - 8
5 - green - 3
4 - red - 7
3 - black - 2
2 - orange - 6
1 - white - 1
3 1
Layer
2 41
5
Shot Box Connec tions

DVEOUS Tec hnic a l Guid e Connec ting Control Pa nels
Using a Loc a l Control Pa nel Sup p ly

When u sing the Keyboard port to connect to the Control Panel, the
DVEOUS Main Chassis sup p lies 12VDC to p ow er it. This is su fficient
for cable ru ns of u p to 33 feet (10 m eters). Longer cable ru ns require the
Abekas 5100-CPPS Control Panel pow er su p ply, P/ N 2800-0063, w hich
has the connector need ed to plu g into the rear of the Control Panel. This
sup p ly is also used for remote pow er for the Shot Box live-effects control
p anel. It au to-senses for inpu t voltages from 90 - 250 VAC and 47 - 63
H z.
Loc a l Power Connec tor
Because of p ossible d amage to the Control Panel electronics, w e strongly

d iscou rage using a local sup p ly other than one from Scitex. If you
connect you r own sup p ly to the Control Panel, you m ust u se a 12VDC
2.5 am p su pp ly.
NO TE: Un lik e som e oth er Ab ek as eq u ip m en t, th e Con trol
Pan el u ses th e in p u t voltage d irectly. D o n ot con n ect a
su p p ly greater th an 12VD C. Th ere is n o in tern al regu lator.
The connector u sed is a 5-p in m ale DIN type. The connector p inou t is as
follow s:
Pin Func tion

1 Shield
2 Ground
3 +12VDC
4 Ground
5 +12VDC
Loc a l Power Connec tor Pinout

on e p in of each p air. D o n ot con n ect p in 1 (Sh ield ) to p in s
2 or 4 (G rou n d ).


DVEOUS Tec hnic a l Guid e DVEOUS Ma in Cha ssis
Sec tion 3
System Overview
DVEOUS Main Chassis
The DVEOUS Main Chassis hold s the prim ary circuit board s and the
inp ut and ou tpu t card s.
Note: Do n ot in sert or rem ove b oard s or m od u les wh en
ch assis is p ow ered .
The Prima ry Circ uit Boa rd s

The p rimary circuit board s are the Com biner Controller, in the bottom
slot, the DVE 1 board , in the top slot, and the optional DVE 2 board , in
the m id d le slot. In a system equ ipp ed w ith tw o DVE board s, the tw o
board s are id entical and interchangeable.
The board s are accessible from the front of the chassis. To access the
board s, first remove the front cover and the RFI m etal grate.
Rem oving the Ma in Cha ssis Front Cover

Besid es p rotecting the board s insid e, the Main Chassis front cover filters
the incom ing cooling air. The cover has tw o parts: the main cover and
the sm aller LED bezel. There are tw o LEDs visible w ith the covers in
p lace: the left one ind icates that chassis power is on, and the right one
ind icates that the main CPU is ru nning.
You can sep arate the LED bezel from the main cover by grasp ing it and
p ulling forw ard . This lets you see the LEDs on the prim ary circu it board s
w ithout rem oving the m ain front cover.
Remove the m ain cover by grasp ing it on either end and pu lling it
tow ard you. An integral connector d isconnects pow er to the LEDs in the
bezel. Rem ove the cover to access the p rim ary circuit board s and the
p ow er sw itch.
9100-0239-01 - NOVEM BER 96 System Overview 3-1

DVEOUS Ma in Cha ssis DVEOUS Tec hnic a l Guid e
To remove the RFI m etal grate refer to the follow ing illu stration and
rem ove the three Phillip s head screws along the bottom ed ge. Then
loosen the tw o slid e locks and slid e them in toward s the center of the
grate. Rem ove the grate.
NO TE: Th e RFI grate restricts rad io freq u en cy in terferen ce
an d is u sed to su p p ort th e b oard s in sh ip p in g an d travel.
Th is screen m u st b e in p lace for rem ote veh icle
in stallation s. Rein stall th e grate b efore rep lacin g th e fron t
cover.
Rem oving the RFI Gra te
3-2 System Overview 9100-0239-01 - NO VEMBER 96

Boa rd Edg e Switc hes a nd LEDs

The prim ary circu it board s have front ed ge LEDs and sw itches that
ind icate DVEOUS’ status. In general, the LED color convention is:
Green LEDs are norm ally on, and ind icate a p ow er problem when off.
Red LED is norm ally off, and w hen on, ind icates the CPU is in Reset
mod e.
Am ber LEDs ind icate com mu nication activity.
Comb iner Board

The front ed ge of the Com biner board has LEDs that reflect control I/ O
activity and p ow er su pp ly statu s. An 8-section DIP sw itch controls
several DVEOUS fu nctions, inclu d ing u p d ating the softw are and
erasing the battery backed m emory (know n as a "first birthd ay"). See the
d iscu ssions on p erform in g a first birthd ay and u p d atin g system
softw are later in this section.
Press the p ushbu tton reset switch to reset the entire system , inclu d ing
the DVE board (s). The 525/ 625 line stand ard sw itch is also located on
the front ed ge.
Com b iner Boa rd Front Ed ge

DVE Boa rd
The three green LEDs at the front ed ge of the DVE board ind icate that
the DVE processors are active. They norm ally flash at a field rate, and
ap p ear to be on stead ily. Not all of the green LEDs are necessarily
op erative, this varies with softw are versions. A red LED lights to ind icate
that the DVE processor is in Reset m od e.
Press the p u shbu tton reset sw itch to reset the DVE board w ithout
affecting the rest of the system .
DVE Boa rd Front Ed g e

Prim a ry Boa rd Jum p ers a nd Mod ules

Each p rimary board has several ju m pers and p lu g in mod u les. See
Section 4 – Option Installation for information on installing op tional
m od u les.
Som e mod u les are sm all p rinted circu it board s that install p arallel to the
p rim ary board , and attach w ith stand offs and Phillip s screws. Others
a r e SIM M s (Sin g le In -Lin e M em o r y M o d u le s ), a n d p lu g in
p erpend icular to the p rimary board .
See the instruction sheet in the introd u ctory m aterial at the front of this
m anu al for d etails on u sing the insertion/ extraction tool for rem oving
and installing p rim ary circuit board s. The tool provid es more controlled
leverage for removing and seating the board than is possible by hand
insertion or extraction.
NO TE: Always ob serve p rop er an ti-static p roced u res
wh en h an d lin g circu it b oard s an d electron ic com p on en ts.
Failin g to d o so can lead to p erm an en t d am age. Do n ot
in sert or rem ove b oard s or m od u les w h en ch assis is
p owered .
Cau tion : Th ere are com p on en ts on b oth sid es of m ost

p rin ted circu it b oard s in DVEO US. Th ey can b e d am aged
if th e b oard s are n ot carefu lly h an d led .
When rem oving and installing the p lu g in mod u les, alw ays p lace the
p rim ary circu it board on an anti-static flat, sm ooth su rface. Th is
provid es su p port to cou nter the p ressu re u sed to p u sh the m od ules into
their sockets and prevents the board from flexing and possibly cau sing
d amage.

Comb iner Board

NO TE: Before p ow erin g u p th e system , m ak e su re all
b oard s are seated p rop erly b y u sin g th e Scitex-su p p lied
in sertion /extraction tool.
The follow ing option board s plu g into the Combiner board : Defocus,
Target Fram estore, the reTou ch™ Color Corrector, and Exp and ed
Keyframe Mem ory. See Section 4 – Op tion Installation for inform ation
on installing these op tions.
There are five 72-p in SIMM sockets on the Combiner board .

SM 8A1 Exten d ed Battery Back ed RAM O p tion
This op tional SIMM d oubles the mem ory available for storing effects
on-line, and is battery protected . It is id entical to the SIMM in socket
SM8A2.
SM 8A2 Battery Back ed RAM
This is the stand ard effects m em ory SIMM for the on-line effects. It is
battery p rotected .
SM 8A3 M ain RAM Ban k 2
This is the second of two SIMMs that sup p ly the RAM for the main
CPU.
SM 8A4 M ain RAM Ban k 1
This is the first of tw o SIMMs that su pp ly the RAM for the main CPU.
SM 8A5 Flash PRO M
Th is flash PROM h old s th e DVEOUS op erating softw are. It is
rew ritten w hen you p erform a software up d ate.
There are fou r jum pers on the Com biner board . Their positions are
factory set and shou ld not be changed for norm al op erations.
JP6C1 H LC CD IS
This ju m per is for factory test and shou ld be left op en.
JP8F1 CO M M CDIS
JP8E1 COM M EM UL
JP7B1 BATT
This ju m per connects the battery to the effects m emory, and shou ld
alw ays be left in place. You can p u ll it to perform a first birthd ay,
w hich erases the effects m em ory SIMMs. Use the front ed ge mounted
sw itch p osition 7 to p erform a n orm al first birth d ay. See th e
inform ation on perform ing a first birthd ay later in this section.
There are two d ebug ports on the front ed ge of the board : JP3A1 is for
the m ain CPU; JP3A2 is for the com ms CPU. These are for factory use
only.

Com b iner Boa rd Loc a tions

DVE Boa rd
The DVE board has one large m od ule and several SIMMs that p lug into
it.
The Ad d ress Generator m od u le plu gs into tw o sockets: J8F1 (120 p in)

and J4D1 (160 p in). It provid es the m ain transform ad d ress generation,
w arp ad d ress generation, and the light sou rce and texture functions.
NO TE: Use extra care wh en in stallin g an d rem ovin g th e
Ad d ress G en erator b oard from th e DVE b oard . Provid e
stu rd y su p p ort for th e b ack of th e DVE b oard to p reven t it
from flexin g.
There are three sockets for the DSP (Digital Signal Processor) circu itry
m emory SIMMs:
SM8F1 DSP Data RAM
SM8F2 DSP Program RAM
SM8F3 DSP Program ROM
There are eight Filter Coefficient #1 SIMMs. They are id entical, althou gh
som e are u sed for horizontal p rocessing and som e for vertical:
SM3E4 A channel Y horizontal filter
SM3E2 A channel Y vertical filter
SM3E1 A channel C horizontal filter
SM2E3 A channel C vertical filter
SM2E2 B channel Y/ Key horizontal filter
SM1E4 B channel Y/ Key vertical filter
SM1E3 B channel C/ Shad ow horizontal filter
SM1E1 B channel C/ Shad ow vertical filter
There are fou r Delay SIMMs. They are id entical, and support a vid eo or
key comp onent path:
SM3E3 A channel Y d elay
SM2E4 A channel C d elay
SM2E1 B channel Y/ Key d elay
SM1E2 B channel C/ Shad ow d elay

There are fou r Interpolator Coefficient #2 SIMMs. They are id entical, and
sup p ort a vid eo or key comp onent path.
SM8B4 A channel Y interp olator
SM8B3 A channel C interp olator
SM8B2 B channel Y/ Key interp olator
SM8B1 B channel C/ Shad ow interp olator
There are eight Transform Framestore SIMMs. They are id entical, and
are d ivid ed into four banks. Each p rovid es a field store fu nction.
Field A SM7A2 and SM7A1
Field B SM6A3 and SM6A2
Field C SM6A1 and SM5A2
Field D SM5A1 and SM4A1
There are fou r ju m pers on the DVE board . Their positions are factory set
and shou ld not be changed for norm al op erations.
JP8F1
Jum p er across p ins 1 and 2 for norm al op eration. The 2 to 3 setting is
for factory u se only.
JP8E1
Jum p er across p ins 5 to 6 and 7 to 8 for normal op eration. The other
settings are for factory u se only.
JP8E2
Leave all p ositions op en. This is a d ebu g p ort for factory u se only.
JP8E3
Leave all p ositions op en. This is for factory use only.

DVE Boa rd Loc a tions

Rea r Mod ule Jum p ers

Th e Com p onent Ou tp u t, Com m s, and op tional 10-bit Com p onent
Analog plu s Key m od ules each have u ser configu rable ju mp er settings,
as d escribed below . Th e Com p osite Ou tp u t m od u le has no u ser
configu rable jum p ers.
Comp onent Outp ut Mod ule

Use ju mp er JP1 on the Comp onent Ou tpu t m od ule, located near the
center of the board , to select the level for DVEOUS’ reference input. Short
p ins 1 and 2 together to select black bu rst/ color black, nominally at
300m V p-p w hen term inated in 75 ohms. Short p ins 2 and 3 together to
select comp osite syncs, nom inally 2V or 4V p -p w hen terminated in 75
ohms.
Comm s Mod ule

DVEOUS GPI inp u ts su p port two m od es of operation. One m od e, called
the "d ry closure" m ethod , sup p lies a +5VDC p u ll-u p voltage to the inp ut,
and requ ires only an external contact closu re to trigger the GPI. The other
m od e, called the "isolated " m ethod , prevents DVEOUS’ power sup p ly
from being connected to any external equ ip m ent, bu t requ ires an
external DC p ull-u p voltage to tu rn on the GPI inpu t opto-isolators.
(DVEOUS’ GPI Ou tpu ts [GPOs] su p port only the "isolated " method ,
requ iring an external p ull-u p voltage.)
There are 12 sets of jum p ers on the Com m s m od ule that let you select
the mod es for each GPI inp ut. JP1 correspond s to GPI inp u t 1, JP2
corresp ond s to GPI inpu t 2, and so on. The last one, JP12, correspond s
to GPI inp u t 12.
To select the "d ry closu re" m ethod , short p in 1 to p in 2 and p in 3 to p in

4 on the ju mp er for the GPI inpu t. To select the "isolated " m ethod , short
p in 2 to p in 3 and p in 4 to p in 5 for the GPI inpu t. (See Section 2, GPI In
and GPI Ou t, for m ore d etailed inform ation.)

10-Bit Comp onent Ana log Plus Key Mod ule

The op tional Com ponent Analog plu s Key inp u t m od ule sup p orts one
d ed icated com p onent vid eo inp ut and one d ed icated key inpu t. Sync is
exp ected on the Y/ G com ponent of the vid eo signal, and on the key
signal. However, if you need to inpu t a vid eo signal that d oes not have
sync, the mod u le has a separate sync inp u t for this p u rpose.
There are three ju mp ers on this m od ule for selecting of Y/ G sync or

sep arate sync, for term inating or u n-term inating the sep arate sync
signal, and for selecting the level of sync on the key signal. The following
table d escribes the functions and settings for each ju mp er.
Jum p er Func tion Pin Connec tions

JP1 Selec ts level o f 1-2 = 300m V sync (d efa ult)
the sync o n ke y 2-3 = c o m p osite sync
inp ut
JP2 Selec ts sync on 1-2 = vid eo sync (d efa ult)
vid eo o r sep a ra te 2-3 = se p a ra te sync
sync
JP3 Term ina tes or 1-2 = 75-o hm term (d efa ult)
un-term ina te s the 2-3 = hi-z term ina tion
sep a ra te sync
inp ut

DVEOUS Tec hnic a l Guid e Powering Up DVEOUS
Powering Up DVEOUS
This section assu m es that you r DVEOUS system is p rop erly installed .
Pow er up DVEOUS as follow s:

STEP 1: The m ain pow er sw itch is located behind the front cover on
the low er right sid e of the Signal Chassis front. Remove the
front p anel p ush the sw itch tow ard the "1" to turn it on. The
Signal Chassis takes a few second s to load its operating
softw are. Then it is read y for use.
When you power u p DVEOUS, channel 1A ap p ears fu ll size at the vid eo
ou tpu t, w ith inpu t 1 as its sou rce vid eo. The key outp ut is a fu ll-raster
w hite field that d up licates the size of the transform ed sou rce vid eo. You
can change this d efault by reconfigu ring the channels, as d escribed in
the Op erations Manu al.
STEP 2: If the cable connecting the Signal Chassis to the Control Panel
is less than 33 ft. (10 meters), the Control Panel gets its p ow er
from the Signal Chassis, and boots u p at the sam e tim e as the
Signal Chassis.
If the Control Panel cable is m ore than 33 ft. (10 m eters) long,
you need an external p ow er su pp ly for p roper op eration. The
external su p p ly (Abekas P/ N 2800-0063) DIN connector
p lu gs into the Control Panel connector labeled "POWER."
The external su pp ly AC cord then p lugs into a stand ard AC
socket to pow er the Control Panel. (The external p ow er
sup p ly is auto-ranging, accom m od ating 115 or 230 VAC at 50
or 60 H z.) The Control Panel takes about five second s to load
its operating software, then is read y for u se.
STEP 3: When both the Signal Chassis and Control Panel are p ow ered
u p and running, the local 3D Trans m enu app ears in the
Control Panel d isp lay.
NO TE: If th e Sign al Ch assis an d Con trol Pan el are n ot

com m u n icatin g, th e m en u d isp lay rem ain s b lan k or states
th at com m u n ication is lost. If th is is th e case, ch eck th e
cab le con n ection at b oth th e Con trol Pan el an d th e Ch assis.

Pow ering Up DVEOUS DVEOUS Tec hnic a l Guid e
STEP 4: If a single Control Panel is connected to the Signal Chassis,

its ACQ UIRE bu tton LED lights au tom atically. If there is
m ore than one Control Panel connected , the first Control
Panel to comm u nicate w ith the Signal Chassis has control of
the system , and its ACQ UIRE bu tton LED lights. To use
another Control Panel, hold the lit ACQ UIRE button on the
active Control Panel and press the Chassis m enu softkey to
release control and turn off its LED. Then press the ACQUIRE
button on the Control Panel you w ant to u se.
DVEOUS is now read y to use.

DVEOUS Tec hnic a l Guid e Perform ing a First Birthd a y
Performing a First Birthday

Use p osition 7 on the Combiner board front ed ge DIP sw itch to erase all
u ser effects and setup s from battery p rotected mem ory.
NO TE: Before p erform in g a first b irth d ay, save on a
d isk ette an y effects an d setu p s th at you w an t to k eep .
Perform a first birthd ay as follows:

STEP 1: Move segm ent 7 on the Com biner board DIP switch to the
d own position.
STEP 2: Press the m aster reset button on the front of the Combiner
board .
IM PORTAN T: Retu rn D IP switch segm en t 7 to its origin al

u p righ t p osition . If you d o n ot, u p on reb oot you will
p erform an oth er first b irth d ay.
Com b iner Boa rd Dip Switc hes

Up d a ting Softw a re DVEOUS Tec hnic a l Guid e
Updating Software
DVEOUS ship s with the cu rrent software as installed at the factory. A
3.5" floppy d isk that contains the softw are also ships w ith DVEOUS.
Softw are releases are sent on flop py d isks, and are accom p anied by
w ritten instructions. Unless d irected otherw ise in the release notes,
follow this proced ure for u pd ating softw are.
WARNIN G: Up d atin g th e software in th e

D VEOUS an d BRUTUS Con figu ration ch assis
au tom atically clears th e b attery-b ack ed RAM ,
erasin g all en gin eerin g setu p s an d effect
registers. Save setu p s an d effects to d isk u sin g
th e Con trol Pan el flop p y d isk d rive. Version
2.04 an d later softw are p rovid es im p roved
flop p y d isk error d etection in th e Con trol
Pan el. You can u p d ate Con trol Pan el software
b efore savin g setu p s an d effects with ou t
h arm in g m em ory in an y w ay.
Up d ate or restore the system software as follow s:

STEP 1: Save any effects and engineering setups to a d iskette before
execu ting software u pd ates. See the DVEOUS Op erations
m anu al for d etails abou t saving and recalling setu p and effect
files to d isk.
STEP 2: Remove the d iskette containing setu p and effect files and
insert the new Control Panel software into the Control Panel
d rive.
STEP 3: Press and hold the red GLOBAL bu tton and the three
buttons along the bottom row of the nu m eric keyp ad (+/ -, 0,
a n d . ) sim u lt a n eou sly t o r eb oo t th e Con tr ol P an el.
Alternatively, in the Engineering menu, und er Setu p, you
can select Panel and then p ress the Up d ate Softw are softkey.
STEP 4: When the Control Panel reboots, you h ave ab ou t 5 secon d s

to p ress th e B b u tton (in the num eric keyp ad ) to load the new
softw are (otherw ise the existing softw are w ill ru n). The
Control Panel softw are will load from d iskette. This takes
abou t three m inutes. When it is finished , rem ove the d iskette
from the d rive to reboot the panel.

DVEOUS Tec hnic a l Guid e Up d a ting Softw a re
STEP 5: There are tw o w ays to u p d ate the chassis—throu gh the

Engineering m enu or by d oing a hard up d ate u sing a system
d ip sw itch. If the system is running and comm u nicating with
the Control Panel, go into the ENG m enu , u se the Set up
softkey to select Ch assis and press the Upda te Soft w are
softkey.
Otherw ise, p ow er d ow n the chassis. Locate the DIP switch at

the front of the Com biner board and set sw itch 8 (the segm ent
on the right sid e) to the d own p osition. Power up the chassis.
It will au tom atically execute the softw are load ing routine
w ithout any further inp u t. This takes abou t 15 m inutes.
STEP 6: When the chassis softw are up d ate rou tine is finished , turn off
the chassis, set DIP sw itch 8 up , and power up the chassis.
When the control Panel m enu p rom p ts, p ress the A bu tton to
boot from the internal flash EEPROM, or ju st allow the
Control Panel to time ou t and boot from the flash EEPROM.
The system will now ru n the new softw are. To verify this,
p ress the ENG bu tton to d isplay all op erating versions. The
listing at the center of the menu d isplay shou ld show the
cu rrent softw are version for the Control Panel, Combiner,
and DVE board s.
STEP 7: To perform softw are u pgrad es for BRUTUS (three chassis)

configu rations, you can u p d ate only one of the three chassis
at a tim e. Connect the Control Panel to each chassis in turn to
load the chassis softw are. If this is not feasible, a less d esirable
m ethod is to rem ove the Com biner board assem bly from each
chassis and install them one at a tim e in the Com biner chassis
to p erform the up d ate there. However, this m ethod increases
the risk of d am aging board s d u e to hand ling.
IM PORTAN T N O TE: If, after follow in g th is p roced u re,

th e Con trol Pan el m en u screen rem ain s b lan k , p ress an d
h old th e ACQ UIRE b u tton . Wh en th e Ch assis softk ey
ap p ears, toggle it to h igh ligh ted (w h ite letters on d ark
b ack grou n d ). If th e ch assis w as u n acq u ired for an y reason ,
th is sh ou ld restore com m u n ication s b etw een th e Con trol
Pan el an d Ch assis.

Up d a ting Softw a re DVEOUS Tec hnic a l Guid e
If you find you m u st press the ACQUIRE bu tton after every

reboot, the Control Panel m emory w as saved w ith ACQUIRE
d isabled . Acqu ire the chassis, then p ress the ENG bu tton to
enter the Engineering menu. Press any other menu button to
exit this menu. The act of exiting the Engineering m enu forces
the ACQUIRE statu s to be resaved in its cu rrent state.
Su bsequ ent reboots of the system w ill au tom atically acquire
the chassis.

DVEOUS Tec hnic a l Guid e Power Sup p ly Rep la c em ent
Power Supply Replac ement

The DVEOUS Main Chassis power sup p ly is configu red so that you can
rem ove it from the front w ithou t rem oving the chassis from the rack.
The power su pp ly is attached to a tray that also hold s the power switch
and the m ain p ow er d istribu tion tie bar. If the p ow er sup p ly fails,
exchange the entire tray to ensu re p rop er connections.
NO TE: O b serve p rop er an ti-static p roced u res wh en
h an d lin g circu it b oard s, in tegrated circu its, an d oth er
electron ic assem b lies.
STEP 1: Disconnect the AC pow er from the rear of the chassis and
rem ove the chassis from its equ ip m ent rack.
STEP 2: Remove the m ain front cover and RFI grate from the front of
the chassis (d escribed at the beginning of this section). Then
rem ove the chassis top.
Remove top retaining screws - 15 places
DVEOUS chassis
Rem oving the Cha ssis Top

STEP 3: Remove the p rimary circuit board s from the chassis and p lace
th em on a su itable static free su rface. Use th e sp ecial
extraction/ insertion tool as d escribed in the front of this
m anu al.
STEP 4: There are tw o white m u ltipin connectors that connect the

p ow er tray ou tpu t to the motherboard . Disconnect them by
reaching in and squ eezing their sid es w hile p ulling toward
you .

Po w er Sup p ly Rep la c em ent DVEOUS Tec hnic a l Guid e
STEP 5: Disconnect the AC harness 3-p in connector.
STEP 6: Remove the tw o Phillip s head screws that secure the tray at
the front of the chassis.
STEP 7: Remove the tray by first p u shing it back abou t one half of an
inch, then lifting it up and p u lling it ou t throu gh the front of
the chassis.
Install the p ow er su pp ly by reversing the above step s. Be su re to u se the

insertion tool to seat all the board s p rop erly.
Power Sup p ly Tray Top View
Ma in Cha ssis Front View

DVEOUS Tec hnic a l Guid e Cha ssis Po w er Sup p ly Ad justm ent
Chassis Power Supply Adjustment

The DVEOUS chassis pow er su p ply (Tod d N MX-754-1205) is factory-set
for you r system configu ration. If you change you r system com p onents
or su spect pow er su pp ly performance is not correct, you can perform
the follow ing ad ju stm ent p roced u re.
CAUTION : Power su p p ly ad ju stm en t sh ou ld be
p erform ed b y a q u alified tech n ician .
STEP 1: Pow er d ow n the DVEOUS chassis. Use the Scitex-su p plied

board extractor tool to carefu lly rem ove th e DVE an d
Com biner board s from the chassis and place them on a
static-free surface. Leave the inp ut and ou tpu t mod u les in
p lace.
STEP 2: Remove the chassis top by rem oving the 15 retaining screws
show n below .
Remove top retaining screws - 15 places
DVEOUS chassis
Rem oving the Cha ssis Top

Cha ssis Pow er Sup p ly Ad justm ent DVEOUS Tec hnic a l Guid e
STEP 3: Carefully connect a d igital volt m eter to the app rop riate p in
on one of the inp ut m od u le backp lane connectors as show n
below. USE CAUTION TO N OT SHORT TH E PIN S. All
m easurem ents are taken on row D (the ou tsid e row) of the
connector on pins 9, 5, and 11.
Measurements:
+5V nom., D9 = +5.25V
-5V nom., D5 = -5.30V
+12V nom., D11 = +12.10V Power
Supply
Pin 1 -5 V adjust
R10
Pin 12 +12 V adjust
R19
Row: D C B A
+5 V adjust
Input Module Backplane
R55
Connector
Three Voltage Adjust

Trim-Pots
DVEOUS chassis top view
Mea suring a nd Ad justing the Power Sup p ly
Note: Th e m easu red voltages are w ith ou t th e m ain b oard s

in stalled .
STEP 4: Replace the chassis top and DVE and Com biner board s.
Re-p ow er the chassis.

DVEOUS Tec hnic a l Guid e Overview
Sec tion 4
Op tion Insta lla tion

Overview
This section covers id entifying and installing DVEOUS op tions and
subassemblies. At the end of this section you w ill find instru ctions for
installing the BRUTUS configuration option that d ou bles the num ber of
channels offered in the stand ard DVEOUS.
You r u nit was configu red at the factory, but you may u p grad e it later,
or you m ay need to id entify installed options. Som e option su bboard s
p lu g into the Com biner Controller board w ith stand off sup p orts. Others
are SIMM type (Single In-Line Memory Mod u le) p lu g-ins. Still others
p lu g into the rear of the Main Chassis. The figu re on the following p age
show s the p rim ary board locations in the Main Chassis. Rem ove the
integral front cover/ air filter to access the prim ary board s.
Use the Scitex-sup p lied tool to extract p rimary board s from the chassis.
Lay the board on a clean, static free, ground ed w ork surface.
NO TE: See th e in stru ction s at th e fron t of th is m an u al.
Alw ays p ower d ow n th e M ain Ch assis b efore rem ovin g or
in sertin g b oard s or m od u les. O b serve all static electricity
p recau tion s you w ou ld n orm ally follow w h en h an d lin g
static sen sitive electron ic com p on en ts. H an d lin g p rim ary
b oard s or su b b oard s casu ally m ay cau se failu re.
9100-0239-01 - NOVEM BER 96 Op tion Insta lla tion 4-1

Overview DVEOUS Tec hnic a l Guid e
Sig na l Cha ssis Ma jor Com p onents
4-2 Op tion Insta lla tion 9100-0239-01 - NO VEMBER 96

DVEOUS Tec hnic a l Guid e Op tion Id entific a tion
Option Identific ation

The follow ing p ages have d rawings and d iscu ssions of the op tion
board s. To id entify the op tions installed in you r DVEOUS, see the
figures and the follow ing d iscu ssions.
Sec ond DVE Cha nnel Pa ir

The DVEOUS Main Chassis su pp orts tw o fu ll DVE board s; each board
has tw o DVE channels. The second DVE board , if present, is installed in
the second board slot, below the stand ard DVE board and above the
Com biner Controller board . The tw o DVE board s are id entical and
interchangeable.
Ta rg et Fra m estore
The Target Fram estore op tion su bboard is installed on the 160-p in
connector (location J6F1) at the rear center of the Com biner Controller
board . This option provid es two framestores, one for vid eo and one for
key, w hich you can u se for trail, sm ear, sparkle, reveal, and comp ositing
effects. You can route the com bined ou tpu t of either DVE board , or the
com bined ou tpu ts of both DVE board s, to the Target Fram estore. There
is only one Target Fram estore option p er u nit, w hether the u nit has one
DVE board or tw o.
Wid e Ra ng e Defoc us
The w id e range Defocu s op tion su bboard is installed on the 120-p in
connector (location J3B1) at the right front corner of the Combiner
Controller board . This option p rovid es tw o ind ep end ent channels of
horizontal and vertical filtering, for both lum inance and chrominance.
This lets you ap ply a lot of blu rring or softening to any vid eo available
as an inpu t to the internal crossp oint m atrix (i.e., all external inpu ts, the
Su perMatte generator, and the Pattern Fram estore). There is only one
d u al wid e range Defocu s op tion p er u nit, whether the u nit has one DVE
board or two.
NO TE: Th is op tion is d ifferen t from th e b lu r fu n ction in
th e In p u t m en u , wh ich u ses th e n orm al b an d w id th
filterin g for b lu rrin g in p u t vid eo, an d is stan d ard for all
DVE ch an n els.

Op tion Id entific a tion DVEOUS Tec hnic a l Guid e
DVEOUS Com b iner Boa rd - Op tion Loc a tions

Color Correc tor

Either a Color Corrector Byp ass su bboard or the Color Corrector
subboard is requ ired and is factory installed on the 160-pin connector
(location J1E1) at the right rear corner of the Combiner Controller board .
The Color Corrector Byp ass su bboard com pletes the inpu t vid eo signal
p aths to the fou r DVE channels, allow ing DVEOUS to fu nction w ithout
color correction. This board is virtu ally d evoid of parts. The Color
C o r r ect o r s u b b o a r d , h o w ev er , is fu lly p o p u la t ed a n d a llo w s
ind epend ent w id e range color correction of all DVE channel vid eo
inp uts. In either case, one or the other su bboard m ust be installed to
rou te vid eo to each DVE channel vid eo inp ut.
Extend ed Mem ory

The Extend ed Memory option is a SIMM board installed in a 72-p in
SIMM socket (location SM8A1) near the left front corner of the Combiner
Controller board . This option increases keyfram e mem ory storage from
ap p roxim ately 900 to ap p roxim ately 2200. This SIMM socket is em pty if
the Extend ed Mem ory op tion is not installed .
Ma in Outp ut Mod ules (Com p onent/ Com p osite)

Either a comp onent or com p osite ou tpu t m od ule is required and is
factory installed at the rear of the signal chassis.
The Com p onent Ou tp u t m od u le has tw o serial com p onent d igital

p rogram (m ain vid eo) ou tp u ts, tw o serial com p on ent d igital key
ou tpu ts, a com ponent analog program outp ut (u ser configu rable for
several d ifferent com ponent form ats) w ith sep arate com posite sync, and
an analog key outp ut. It also provid es a looping reference inpu t with
switchable 75-ohm termination.
Com p onent Outp ut Mod ule

Th e Com p osite Ou tp u t m od u le has tw o serial com p onent d igital

p rogram (m ain vid eo) ou tp u ts, tw o serial com p on ent d igital key
ou tpu ts, tw o com p osite analog program outp uts (which autom atically
ou tpu t NTSC or PAL accord ing to the reference inp ut and selected line
stand ard ), and tw o analog key ou tpu ts. It also provid es a looping
reference inpu t with switchable 75-ohm termination.
Com p osite Outp ut Mod ule
Cha nnel Outp ut Mod ules

The optional Channel Outp ut mod u les are installed at the rear of the
signal chassis in inp u t slots 9/ 10 and / or 11/ 12. These m od ules provid e
serial com ponent d igital vid eo and key ou tp u ts for each channel p air
(one pair per DVE board ) installed in the u nit. The ou tp u ts are the
com bined outp uts of each DVE pair (vid eo and key of each p air). The
vid eo ou tpu ts are u nshaped and not keyed over a background : they are
intend ed as fill and key sou rces for a keyer, and not for u se as d irect
sou rces.
The Channel Ou tpu t m od u le installed in inpu t slot 9/ 10 p rovid es the

DVE board 1 ou tpu ts (channels 1A and 1B), and the m od u le installed in
inp ut slot 11/ 12 provid es the DVE board 2 ou tpu ts (channels 2A and
2B).
Cha nnel Outp ut Mod ule

Inp ut Mod ules

There are five Inp ut mod u les currently available: Du al Serial Digital,
Du al Parallel Digital, Dual Comp onent Analog, Comp onent Vid eo +
Key, and Com posite Vid eo + Key. Each inclu d es tw o inp uts per board .
The d igital Inpu t m od u les inclu d e a color field (matte) generator for each
inp ut, which you can use instead of the connected inp u t signal. The Du al
Com p onent Analog m od u le accom mod ates RGB or Y/ R-Y/ B-Y (at
SMPTE/ EBU N10, Betacam ®, or MII® levels), m onochrome key signals,
or internal composite sync for vid eo sou rces withou t sync on G or Y. The
Com ponent Vid eo + Key mod u le su pp orts one vid eo inp ut in any of the
above form ats, p lu s one analog key inp u t, both samp led at 10-bit
resolu tion, p lu s an intern al com p osite sync inp u t if n eed ed . The
Com posite Analog + Key m od ule su p ports one com posite vid eo inp ut
(either N TSC or PAL, d ep end ing on the line stand ard selected on the
Com biner board ), plu s one analog key inp ut, both sam pled at 10-bit
resolu tion. These tw o inp u ts also inclu d e a high-im p ed ance loop
throu gh for connection to other equ ipm ent. Term inate this into 75 ohms
if not u sed .
There are six inpu t m od ule slots at the rear of the signal chassis, labeled
1/ 2, 3/ 4, etc. The two lowest inpu t slots are labeled 9/ 10 and 11/ 12.
These slots can be u sed either for inp uts 9 – 12 or for the Channel Outp ut
m od u le(s). Since these slots can each be used for only one mod u le at a
tim e, you can have a m axim um of 12 inp u ts w ithou t the Channel
Ou tp u t(s), or a m axim u m of eight or ten inp uts with the Channel
Ou tp u t(s) installed .
Ba c k Pa nel Connec tions

You can install any version of Inp u t mod u le in any slot. Blan k cover
p lates must cover u n u sed slots.
WARNIN G: It is im p ortan t th at an y u n u sed

slot h ave a b lan k p late in stalled for p rop er
coolin g air flow in sid e th e M ain Ch assis. High
h eat levels in sid e th e ch assis can resu lt if th e
in ten d ed coolin g air flow is b yp assed .
Shot Box
The Shot Box op tion is a sep arate small control p anel that d u p licates the
buttons in the On-Air section of the m ain Control Panel. It is intend ed
for u se in on-air and live situ ations for recalling p rebu ilt effects and
ru nning them , and to freeze or u nfreeze any DVE channel inp u t. The
Shot Box connects to the m ain Control Panel w ith a cable that su pp lies
both p ow er and com mu nications.

DVEOUS Tec hnic a l Guid e Op tion Insta lla tion
Option Installation
Sec ond DVE Cha nnel Pa ir
Before proceed ing, ensure that you have one DVE Main board assem bly,
Scitex P/ N 9400-0656.
STEP 1: Pow er d own the Main Chassis. Remove the integral front
cover/ air filter by grasp ing it at the low er ed ges and pu lling
forward and d own.
STEP 2: Loosen the slid e locks and rem ove the three Phillip s head
screws along the bottom of the RFI grate. Pu ll the bottom of
the grate forw ard and d own to rem ove it. (See Section 3 for
d etails.)
STEP 3: Slid e th e secon d DVE board assem bly into the m id d le

(em p ty) prim ary board slot, ap p lying gentle p ressu re when
the board reaches the m otherboard assem bly. DO N OT
FORCE IT if the board feels like it is not aligned correctly.
STEP 4: Use the Scitex-su pp lied extraction/ insertion tool to secu rely
seat the DVE board in the motherboard connectors. See the
d iagram at the front of this Technical Guid e for inform ation
on the proper u se of this tool.
STEP 4:
5: Pow er u p the Main Chassis. When the u nit boots u p, you can
control the new DVE channels with the 2A and 2B channel
select buttons on the Control Panel. Verify the presence of all
four channels by red ucing them in size and m oving them
ind ivid u ally so that all fou r are visible over the background .
STEP 6: Reinstall the RFI grate and the front cover/ air filter on the
Main Chassis. The system is now read y for u se.
For m ore information on u sing the second DVE channel p air, see the
DVEOUS Operations Manual.

Op tion Insta lla tion DVEOUS Tec hnic a l Guid e
DVE Boa rd

Ta rg et Fra m estore
Before p roceed in g, en su re th at you have one Target Fram estore
subboard assem bly, Scitex P/ N 9400-0700.
forward and d own.
d etails.)
STEP 3: Use the Scitex-sup p lied extraction/ insertion tool to remove

the Com biner Controller board from the chassis and lay it on
a clean, static free, grou nd ed work su rface.
STEP 4: Remove the screws in the stand offs at the rear center of the
board .
NO TE: In stallin g th e Target Fram estore su b b oard req u ires

m od erate p ressu re to seat it on th e con n ector. Be su re to
su p p ort th e Com b in er Con troller b oard from b en eath so
th at it d oes n ot b ow or b en d wh en seatin g th e su b b oard .
STEP 5: Install the Target Framestore subboard onto connector J6F1.

Fasten it to the stand offs with the screw s rem oved in the
p reviou s step.
STEP 6: Slid e the Com biner Controller board into the bottom p rim ary
board slot in the Main Chassis, ap p lying gentle p ressu re
w hen the board reaches the m otherboard assembly. DO N OT
STEP 7: You m ay wish to u se the Scitex-sup p lied extraction/ insertion

tool to seat the board in the m otherboard connectors. See the

Com b iner Boa rd with Ta rg et Fra m estore Soc ket Loc a tion

STEP 8: Pow er u p the Main Chassis, and verify that the Target
Fram estore is op erating p rop erly, as outlined below.
STEP 9: Press the GLOBAL TRAN S bu tton and toggle the Locat e
softkey to highlight Source. Tw ist the joystick to make all
DVE channels smaller, so you can see the background behind
them .
STEP 10: Press the COM BINER button, then the Out put softkey. Set
the TFS O p ac softknob to 100. (The d efau lt TFS O p ac valu e
is 0, w hich makes it invisible.) N ote that, since there is nothing
in the Target Fram estore, you cannot see it yet.
STEP 11: Press the TARG ET FRAM ESTO RE bu tton and press the
Effect softkey. Change the Freeze softknob from Live to
Freeze to store the cu rrent com bined DVE outp ut in the
Target Fram estore.
STEP 12: Press the G LO BAL TRAN S bu tton again and m ove the DVE
channels w ith the joystick. You shou ld see the channels
frozen at th eir p reviou s location as you m ove the live
channels on screen. If so, the Target Fram estore is operating
correctly.
For m ore inform ation on using the Target Fram estore option, see the
DVEOUS Operations Manual.
Ta rg et Fra m estore Sub b oa rd

Wid e Ra ng e Defoc us
Before p roceed ing, ensu re that you have one w id e range Defocu s
subboard assem bly, Scitex P/ N 9400-0699.
forward and d own.
d etails.)
STEP 3: You may w ish to u se the Scitex-sup p lied tool to extract the
Com biner Controller board from the chassis and lay it on a
clean, static free, ground ed w ork surface.
STEP 4: Remove the screws that are in the top p arts of the stand offs
su rrou nd ing Com biner Controller board connector J3B1,
near the front right sid e of the board .
NO TE: In stallin g th e wid e ran ge D efocu s su b b oard

req u ires m od erate p ressu re to seat it on th e con n ector. Be
su re to su p p ort th e Com b in er Con troller b oard from
b en eath so th at it d oes n ot b ow or b en d wh en seatin g th e
su b b oard .
STEP 5: Install the wid e range Defocu s su bboard onto connector J3B1.
Fasten it to the stand offs with the screw s rem oved in the
p reviou s step.
FORCE IT if the board feels like it is not aligned correctly; this
can bend the m otherboard pins, which are not easy to rep air.
STEP 7: Use the Scitex-su pp lied extraction/ insertion tool to seat the
board in the motherboard connectors. See the d iagram at the
front of this Technical Gu id e for information on the p rop er
u se of this tool.
NO TE: Th e b oard m ay n ot seat if you d o n ot u se th e tool.

Com b iner Boa rd with Defoc us Soc ket Loc a tion

STEP 8: Pow er u p the Main Chassis and verify that the w id e range
Defocus m od u le is op erating properly, as ou tlined below .
STEP 9: Dou ble p ress the 1A Channel Select bu tton to select control
of DVE channel 1A and d eselect all other channels.
STEP 10: In the Channel Menus bu tton group , press the 3D TRAN S
button and toggle the Loca te softkey to highlight Source. Use
the joystick to red u ce the size of channel 1A so that channel
1B is visible behind it.
STEP 11: Press the IN PUT Channel Menu bu tton and p ress the Source
softkey to highlight Near. Using the Typ e softknob, select
D efocu s A as the sou rce. The vid eo in channel 1A is now
com ing from the A outp ut of the Defocu s mod u le.
STEP 12: Press the 1B Channel Select button tw ice qu ickly to select
control of DVE channel 1B and d eselect all other channels.
STEP 13: Still in the Inp u t m enu , select D efocu s B as the sou rce for
channel 1B. This is the B outp ut of the Defocu s mod u le.
STEP 14: Press the 1A Channel Select button once to select control of
both 1A and 1B. Press the D EFO CUS button and toggle the
Defocus A softkey to highlight both Luma and Chroma .
STEP 15: Select Inp ut 1 w ith the Sou rce softknob and enter a valu e of
5 in both the H and V registers. If there is no vid eo connected
to DVEOUS Inp ut 1, use the Sou rce softknob to select an
inp ut that has vid eo.
STEP 16: Press the Defocus B softkey and toggle it to highlight both
Luma and Chroma . If there is no vid eo connected to DVEOUS
inp ut 1, u se the Sou rce softknob to select an inpu t that has
vid eo. That sou rce shou ld now app ear in channel 1B.
STEP 17: Tw ist the joystick to ad ju st the Defocu s B outp ut. You shou ld
see the channel 1B vid eo (behind 1A) d efocus.
STEP 18: Press the Defocus A softkey and tw ist the joystick to ad ju st
the Defocus A outp ut. You shou ld see the channel 1A vid eo
(in front of 1B) d efocus.

Color Correc tor/ Color Correc tor Byp a ss

Before proceed ing, ensu re that you have either one Color Corrector
board assembly, Scitex P/ N 9400-0648, or one Color Corrector Bypass
board assem bly, Scitex P/ N 9400-0731.
The figu re below shows the m ajor comp onents on both subboard s and
their assem bly nu m bers for id entification.
forward and d own.
d etails.)
STEP 3: You may w ish to u se the Scitex-sup p lied tool to extract the
Com biner Controller board from the chassis and lay it on a
clean, static free, ground ed w ork surface.
STEP 4: There is a Byp ass su bboard installed at location J1E1, at the

right rear corner of the Com biner Controller board , as
shipped from the factory; the vid eo paths to the DVE board s
are not com plete withou t a subboard installed here. Remove
the fou r screws that secu re the subboard currently installed
at location J1E1. Rem ove this subboard and lay it on a clean,
static free, grou nd ed surface.
Color Correc tor a nd Color Correc tor Byp a ss Sub b oa rd s

Com b iner Boa rd with Color Correc tor Sub b oa rd Loc a tion

NO TE: In stallin g th e Color Corrector or Color Corrector

Byp ass su b b oard req u ires m od erate p ressu re to seat it on
th e con n ector. Be su re to su p p ort th e Com b in er Con troller
b oard from b en eath so th at it d oes n ot b ow or b en d wh en
seatin g th e su b b oard .
STEP 5: In stall th e Color Corrector or Color Corrector (Byp ass

subboard ) onto connector J1E1. Fasten it to the stand offs with
the screws rem oved in the previous step.
STEP 7: You m ay wish to u se the Scitex-sup p lied extraction/ insertion

tool to seat the board in the m otherboard connectors. See the
STEP 8: Pow er u p the Main Chassis and verify that the installed
m od u le is op erating properly, as ou tlined below .
STEP 9: Verify the presence of vid eo in all DVE channels by red ucing
them in size and m oving them ind ivid u ally so that both
channels (or all four in a d u al DVE system ) are visible over
the background . If you ju st installed the Color Corrector
Bypass su bboard , this is all you need to d o to verify correct
op eration. Go d irectly to step 12.
STEP 10: If you ju st installed the Color Corrector subboard , m ake su re

that all Channel Select button LEDs are lit. This ind icates that
all channels (1A and 1B, plu s 2A and 2B if installed ) are
enabled for control.
STEP 11: Press the CO LO R CO RRECTOR bu tton and toggle the

P rima ry softkey to highlight GBR.

STEP 12: With the Ad ju st softknob set to Wh ite, ad ju st the G , B, and

R softknobs to change the green, blu e, and red gains of all
channels sim u ltaneou sly. If you see the vid eo change, the
Color Corrector op tion is op erating correctly.
For m ore inform ation on the Color Corrector option, see the DVEOUS
Op erations Manu al.

Extend ed Mem ory

Before proceed ing, ensu re that you have one Extend ed Mem ory SIMM
assembly, Scitex P/ N 9400-0772.
WARNIN G: In stallin g th is op tion clears all

effects m em ory in b attery b ack ed RAM . Save
all on -lin e effect registers to flop p y d isk b efore
b egin n in g th is p roced u re.
forward and d own.
d etails.)
STEP 3: Use th e Scitex-su p p lied tool to extract th e Com bin er

Controller board from the chassis and lay it on a clean, static
free, grou nd ed w ork su rface.
NO TE: In stallin g th e Exten d ed M em ory SIM M req u ires

m od erate p ressu re to seat it on th e con n ector. Be su re to
su p p ort th e Com b in er Con troller b oard from b en eath so
th at it d oes n ot b ow or b en d wh en seatin g th e SIM M .
STEP 4: Install the Extend ed Mem ory SIMM onto SIMM socket
SM8A1. Orient it with the notch toward the rear of the board ,
and visu ally align the pins on the mod u le with the socket
connector p ins. After placem ent, verify that the height of the
SIMM matches the height of the other SIMMs next to it.
STEP 5: Using a DVM, m easu re the resistance across cap acitor C7D1
(near the SIMM socket) to verify that the SIMM p ow er and
grou nd p ins are not shorted together. A high resistance
read ing ind icates the SIMM is correctly seated in the socket.
A low resistance read ing (near 0), ind icates a short circu it.
WARNIN G: Pow erin g u p D VEO US w ith an

in correctly seated SIM M can cau se con sid erab le
d am age to th e system .

STEP 7: Use the Scitex-su pp lied extraction/ insertion tool to seat the
board in the motherboard connectors. See the d iagram at the
front of this Technical Gu id e for information on the p rop er
u se of this tool.
STEP 9: Press the Timeline bu tton to d isp lay its menu. In the center
of the menu is an inform ation box that lists the cu rrent status
of the five tim elines w ith a statu s line above rep orting
"Rem aining KFs," m eaning rem aining free keyfram es.
The stand ard m emory has 900 keyframes, plu s 300 for the
w orksp ace. The Extend ed Memory option has over 2200
keyfram es, p lus 300 for the w orksp ace. The Rem aining KFs
nu m ber should now be over 2200.
STEP 10: Reload the effects registers that you saved to flop py d isk.
Mem ory SIMM

Com b iner Boa rd with Mem ory SIMM Loc a tion

Ma in Outp ut Mod ules (Com p onent/ Comp osite)

Before proceed ing, ensu re that you have either one Com p onent Outp ut
board assem bly, Scitex P/ N 9400-0695, or one Com posite Ou tpu t board
assembly, Scitex P/ N 9400-0697.
STEP 1: Pow er d own the Main Chassis and d isconnect all cables from
the d igital and analog ou tp u ts at the rear of the u nit. You m ay
w ant to label these cables for easier reconnection.
STEP 2: Remove the four Phillip s head screw s that secure the Outp ut
m od u le to the rear of the chassis.
STEP 3: Grasp the knobs at both sid es of the connector p late and p u ll
the assem bly straight out of the chassis. Lay it on a clean, static
free, ground ed surface.
STEP 4: If you are installing a Com ponent Ou tp u t m od ule, m ake su re

that the sync select jum p er JP1 is set for the correct reference
level (p ins 2-3 shorted for comp osite syncs at 2V/ 4V p -p , or
p ins 1-2 shorted for black bu rst/ color black at 300m V p-p). A
Com p osite Ou tpu t mod u le requ ires black bu rst/ color black
and has no selection ju m per.
STEP 5: Slid e the new mod u le into the slot you just emp tied . Press it
gently into p lace in the motherboard . DO N OT FORCE IT if
it feels like it is not seating correctly.
STEP 6: Reinstall the four screws removed in step 2. Reconnect the

serial d igital and reference connections to the new Outp ut
m od u le. Make su re that connections to the analog ou tp u ts
(now a d ifferent form at than before) are correct for you r
system.
STEP 8: Press the O UTPUT SETUP bu tton and press the Ana log
softkey. Verify that the m enu settings m atch the typ e of
Ou tp u t m od u le installed : Y/U/V/Key for the Com p onent
Ou tp u t mod u le, or NTSC/Key or P AL/Key for the Com p osite
Ou tp u t m od ule.

STEP 9: M a k e a n y fo r m a t an d lev el a d ju stm en ts n eed ed fo r

integration into you r vid eo system . See Section 5 – Setup
Menu s for m ore information on these settings.
Com p onent Outp ut Mod ule
Com p osite Outp ut Mod ule
Ba c k Pa nel Connec tions

Cha nnel Outp ut Mod ules

Before proceed ing, ensu re that you have one or tw o Channel Outp ut
board assem blies, Scitex P/ N 9400-0748.
STEP 1: Pow er d ow n the Main Chassis. Rem ove the two screw s that
secure the Inpu t mod u le or blank p late currently installed in
slots labeled 9/ 10 and / or 11/ 12. If you are installing or
rem oving a Channel Outp ut mod u le for DVE board 1, use
slot 9/ 10. For a Channel Ou tp u t m od u le for DVE board 2, use
slot 11/ 12.
STEP 2: Remove the Inpu t mod u le(s) or blank p late(s) from the slot(s)
and replace them with the Channel Ou tp u t mod u le(s). Press
them gently into p lace in the motherboard . DO N OT FORCE
TH EM if they feel like they are not seating correctly.
NO TE: If th ere is n o m od u le in an in p u t slot, in stall a b lan k

p late over th e slot to p reven t coolin g p rob lem s cau sed b y
air b ein g d raw n in th e rear in stead of th e fron t of th e
ch assis. Extra b lan k p lates w ere in clu d ed w ith you r
DVEO US sh ip m en t.
STEP 3: Replace the screw s that you rem oved in step 1 to secure the
Channel Ou tp u t m od ule(s) in p lace.
STEP 4: Connect the Channel Outp ut(s) to their d estinations in you r

system. Note that the connector labeled AUX 3 is the vid eo
ou tpu t, AUX 4 is the key ou tp u t, and AUX REF 2 is not u sed .
STEP 5: Pow er u p the Main Chassis, and verify the proper operation
of the mod u les as ou tlined below .
STEP 6: Monitor the d estination of the Channel 1A/ 1B ou tp u ts. Make

the channels smaller and m ove them ap art so that they are
both visible. Verify also th at th ey are n ot keyed over
DVEOUS’ backgrou nd or Target Framestore. The key outp ut
shou ld be the com bined key ou tpu ts of channels 1A and 1B.
STEP 7: Repeat the above step for the Channel 2A and 2B outp uts, if
need ed . See Section 5 – Setup Menus for m ore inform ation
on selecting blanking wid ths, ou tp u t bit resolu tion, and Z key
d ata ou tp u t for these mod u les.

Inp ut Mod ules

Before proceed ing, ensure that you have the correct complement of
Inpu t m od ule(s) selected from the listed below , and blank plates to
install in any em p ty slots.
Dual Serial Digital Inp u t, Scitex P/ N 9400-0675
Dual Parallel Digital Inp ut, Scitex P/ N 9400-0669
Dual Comp onent Analog Inp ut, Scitex P/ N 9400-0667
Com ponent Vid eo + Key Inp ut, Scitex P/ N 9400-0722
Com posite Vid eo + Key Inpu t, Scitex P/ N 9600-0696
Blank p late, Scitex P/ N 8900-0976-03
STEP 1: Pow er d ow n the Main Chassis. At the rear of the chassis,

rem ove the two screws that secu re the Inp u t m od ule or blank
p late currently installed in the slot w here you w ant to install
the new Inpu t mod u le.
STEP 2: Remove the Inpu t m od u le or blank plate from the slot and
rep lace it w ith the Inp ut mod u le. Press it gently into place in
the m otherboard . DO NOT FORCE IT if the m od ule feels as
thou gh it is not seating correctly.
NO TE: If th ere is n o m od u le in an in p u t slot, in stall a b lan k

p late over th e slot to p reven t coolin g p rob lem s cau sed b y
air b ein g d raw n in th e rear in stead of th e fron t of th e
ch assis. Extra b lan k p lates w ere in clu d ed w ith you r
DVEO US sh ip m en t.
STEP 3: Replace the screw s that you rem oved in step 1 to secure the
m od u le in place.
STEP 4: Connect the inp u ts from you r system to the new Inp u t
m od u le(s).
STEP 5: Pow er u p th e Main Ch assis an d verify that th e Inp u t

m od u le(s) are w orking properly, as ou tlined below .

STEP 6: Press the IN PUT SETUP button, then the Cha nnel softkey.
Use the In p u t # softknob to select the nu mbers for the inp u ts
that you ju st installed or changed . N ote that each Inp ut
m od u le id entifies itself and d isp lays its form at typ e in the
Inpu t Setu p menu as listed in the following table.
Mod ule Typ e Insta lled Corresp ond ing Menu Disp la y
Dua l Seria l Dig ita l Seria l 601 fo r b o th inp uts
Dua l Pa ra llel Dig ita l Pa ra llel 601 for b o th inp uts
Dua l Com p onent Ana log Dua l Com p onent fo r b oth inp uts
Com p onent Ana log + Key Com p onent for A inp ut;
Com p onent Key for B inp ut
Co m p o site Ana lo g + Key Com p osite for A inp ut;
Com p osite Key for B inp ut
Cha nnel Outp ut Ch _ Vid eo Out fo r vid eo o utp ut
Ch _ Key Out for key o utp ut
STEP 7: After verifying that the new inp uts are p resent and have
id entified them selves correctly, you can configure them to
m atch you r system . See Section 5 – Setup Menu s for m ore
information on configuring the inp uts.
The system is read y for u se.
Inp ut Mod ule Op tions

DVEOUS Tec hnic a l Guid e The BRUTUS Config ura tion
The BRUTUS Configuration

The BRUTUS configu ration of DVEOUS consists of tw o DVEOUS
chassis, each with tw o twin-channel DVE board s, p lus a third Combiner
chassis that houses a Com biner board assem bly and tw o DVE bypass
board assemblies. This system gives you control of fou r fu ll-vid eo p lus
key channels or eight vid eo-only channels—DVEOUS tim es tw o.
The Com b iner Cha ssis

The BRUTUS Com biner Chassis is a stand ard DVEOUS chassis w ith tw o
Byp ass board s installed in the norm al DVE board slots as show n below.If
you are converting an existing DVEOUS system , the DVE board s can be
u sed to exp and system s with single DVE board s.
Byp a ss Boa rd s Rep la c e DVE Boa rd s in the Com b iner Cha ssis

The BRUTUS Config ura tion DVEOUS Tec hnic a l Guid e
System Interc onnec tion

Interconnection of the three chassis requires a special three-way Control
Panel ad ap ter cable from Scitex. This cable has one fem ale 15-pin D
connector that attaches to the norm al Control Panel cable as show n
below. Three m ale 15-pin connectors attach to the three chassis.
BRUTUS
Combiner
Chassis
MOUSE CHASSIS
RESET KEYBD POWER

FLOPPY SHOTBOX LOOPTHRU
Connect the Control Panel

cable to the C/P
connector labelled
CHASSIS
DVEOUS
Chassis 1
Interconnect the
control cables
C/P
Control Panel cable DVEOUS

Scitex #9000-0634-01 Chassis 2
connects to the Control Panel
port of each DVEOUS chassis
C/P
BRUTUS Control Pa nel Ca b ling

Control Dip switc hes

To establish BRUTUS configuration control, d ip switches on the front of
the Com biner board assem blies in each chassis m u st be set as show n
below. All other segments m ust be in the u p position.
Combiner board
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Combiner - Place segments 5 and

6 in down position
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Chassis 1 - Place segment 6

in down position
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Chassis 2 - Place segment 5

in down position
Setting BRUTUS Dip switc hes

Vid eo/ Key Connec tions

All vid eo and key con nections from the DVEOUS chassis to the
Com biner chassis are serial d igital and shou ld be m ad e as shown below .
The looping vid eo reference cabling illu strated below assu mes looping
end s in DVEOUS Chassis 2 and the Reference Term ination switch is
switched on. The u p stream chassis shou ld have the termination switch
in the OFF p osition.
BRUTUS Vid eo Sig na l Ca b ling

Tim ing Setup

In all BRUTUS system s, you m ust select a d ifferent d elay setting for the
Com biner chassis, since it d oes not contain the one-fram e d elay inherent
in the DVE board assem blies. To d o this, access the Com biner chassis by
p ressing and hold ing the ACQUIRE bu tton and pressing the Combiner
softkey. Press the ENG button and set the Tim in g control to Bru tu s.
For both Chassis 1 and Chassis 2, m ake the follow ing settings:
En gin eerin g m enu Setup/Chassis softkey: Set Vid eo Out to Unshaped
mod e.
Ou tp u t Setu p menu Digital/Key softkey: Turn Z Data On.
O u tp u t Setu p m e n u Timing softk ey : Set Pr og r am Coar se to
ap p roxim ately 76 for com p on en t ou tp u ts, or 60 for com p osite
outp uts.
Ad d itionally, if the BRUTUS system is fed by the Au x ou tpu ts of a
com p osite d igital switcher (su ch as the GVG 3000) then the DVEOUS
chassis mu st be set to com pensate for the ad d itional comp osite analog
to com ponent d igital d ecod ing d elay. In the En gin eerin g m enu of
Chassis 1 and Chassis 2, set the Tim in g control to Delay. If BRUTUS is
being fed by a com p onent d igital switcher, leave the Tim in g settings at
N orm al.
Op eration
Op eration of this system is id entical to the op eration of a stand ard
DVEOUS system . As outlined previously, pressing and hold ing the
ACQUIRE bu tton accesses three softkeys: Chassis 1, Chassis 2, and
Com biner. By p ressing one of these softkeys, you gain access to the
m enu s for the selected chassis and its tw o tw in channels. You can then
press the ACQUIRE button to qu ickly toggle betw een Chassis 1 and
Chassis 2 and their corresp ond ing menus.


Sec tion 5
Ap p lic a tions
This section p rovid es installation and setup instru ctions for interfacing
DVEOUS to other vid eo system s. Topics inclu d ed are:
Timing consid erations
LIN C™ (Abekas, Locally Integrated Nod e Control)
GVG CPL (Control Protocol Language) for u se with Grass Valley
m od el 3000, 4000, and 2200 series sw itchers
External Aux Bu s control
GVG E-m em control
Phillip s/ BTS Diam ond Digital sw itcher control
Overview
DVEOUS is a h igh ly flexible an d p ow erfu l d igital vid eo effects
processor, equ ally capable of being u sed d irectly on-air, live-to-tape, or
in a post p rod u ction environm ent. Its internal p rocessing is com pletely
com p onent d igital, bu t inp u t/ outp ut op tions let you integrate it into a
w id e range of vid eo system configu rations, from com posite analog to
com p onent d igital.
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Tim ing Consid era tions DVEOUS Tec hnic a l Guid e
Timing Considerations
There are five types of available inp ut m od u les, w hich m eans DVEOUS
can su pp ort m ost com m on vid eo form ats. All inp ut m od ules featu re
au tom atic inpu t vid eo timing, from u nd er one line ad vanced to ju st
u nd er two lines d elayed w ith respect to reference, giving a "w ind ow" of
a little less than three TV lines. Also, the outp ut tim ing range available
w ith either outp ut mod u le is large, about 18.8 microsecond s ad vanced
to 18.8 microsecond s d elayed from reference—m ore than one half of a
TV line. The com bination of autom atic inpu t tim ing and large outp ut
tim ing range, m ake DVEOUS easy to integrate into m ost vid eo systems.
Outp ut Tim ing

DVEOUS p rovid es serial com p onent d igital program (m ain vid eo) and
key ou tpu ts for easy integration into a com ponent d igital vid eo system .
H ow ever, there are cases when you need an analog outp ut. For this
reason, there are two typ es of ou tpu t mod u le available.
The stand ard com p onent ou tp u t m od u le p rovid es one com p onent

analog program outp ut and one analog key ou tp u t, besid es the d igital
ou tpu ts. You can configu re these analog outp uts for any of several
formats, d ep end ing on you r system requ irem ents. The u nit references
to either black burst/ color black or com p osite syncs. These form at
setu p s are d etailed in Section 6 – Setu p Menu s.
The op tional comp osite ou tpu t m od ule provid es tw o com posite analog
p rogram ou tp u ts and tw o analog key ou tp u ts, besid es the d igital
ou tp u ts. N ote th at, alth ou gh th e an alog ou tp u ts on m od u le are
com p osite, the serial d igital ou tp u ts are com p onent; there are no
com p osite d igital ou tp u ts (or inp u ts, for that matter) available for
DVEOUS. The analog ou tpu ts au tom atically select NTSC levels when
the u nit is set to the 525-line stand ard and is referenced to N TSC black
burst. They autom atically select PAL levels when the unit is set to the
625-line stand ard and is referenced to PAL color black.
One set of outp ut tim ing ad ju stm ents affects all ou tp u ts, regard less of
format, inclu d ing the op tional Channel Ou tpu ts. Since the timing of the
analog ou tpu ts is typically mu ch more critical than that of the d igital
ou tpu ts, you shou ld m ake all tim ing ad justments while observing the
analog ou tpu ts and their tim ing relative to the analog vid eo system .
H ow ever, the d igital outp uts "lead " the analog ou tp u ts in time by a few
m icrosecond s, becau se of the d elay caused by the d igital-to-analog
conversion process. Most mod ern d igital p rocessing d evices have a
certain am ou nt of au tomatic inpu t timing, so if you need to rou te both
sim u ltaneou sly to d ifferent d evices, there should not be a problem with
the tim ing d ifference betw een the d igital and analog ou tp u ts.
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DVEOUS Tec hnic a l Guid e Tim ing Consid era tions
Tim ing DVEOUS’ ou tpu t into an analog system is sim ilar to tim ing any
other d evice. Rem ember, how ever, that there is a one fram e p rocessing
d elay from inp ut to ou tp u t, as in m ost m od ern DVEs. The Ou tpu t Setup
m enu has coarse and fine horizontal phase controls. Ad ju st them while
m onitoring the inpu t of the sw itcher or other d evice that requ ires that
its inp u ts be zero-tim ed to a set reference. Becau se of possible p ath length
d ifferences betw een the analog program and key ou tp u ts and their
respective d estinations, there are separate coarse and fine phase controls
for the analog key ou tpu t. These let you ad vance or d elay the ou tpu t key
tim ing by +/ - 30 p ixels (abou t +/ - 2.2 microsec) to coincid e with the
ou tpu t vid eo tim ing at its d estination. This key tim ing ad ju stm ent d oes
not affect the d igital key outp ut.
Inp ut Tim ing

DVEOUS’ inpu ts are au tomatically retimed if they are in a range of less
than one line early to less than tw o lines late, relative to reference. If all
sou rces u sed as inp uts fall into this "w ind ow ," you d o not have to retim e
any of them , and DVEOUS can rem ain locked to house reference.
H ow ever, in a d igital vid eo system , timing d elays of m ore than tw o lines

are not uncom mon. In this case, you m ay need to consid er connecting
DVEOUS to a "roving" reference signal, like that outp ut by the Abekas
ASWR8100/ 8150 Digital Sw itcher. The 8100/ 8150 lets you rou te any of
its external or internal sou rces ou t any of its Au x Bu s ou tp u ts. Because
of variou s processing d elays in the 8100/ 8150, these sou rces have one of
three fixed p rocessing d elays associated w ith them. Direct sou rces are
d elayed by tw o lines; sou rces fed throu gh the M/ E (m ix/ effects)
p rocessor are d elayed by 18 lin es; an d sou rces fed th rou gh th e
Program / Preset/ DSK p rocessor are d elayed by 34 lines. Becau se of
these varying d elays, the 8100/ 8150 su p plies a sync signal, know n as
Au x(iliary) Ref(erence), w hich is u sed to synchronize d evices that are
fed by the 8100/ 8150’s Au x Bus ou tpu ts.
If you are feed ing sw itcher Aux Bus outp uts to DVEOUS, w hether or
not from an 8100/ 8150, u se this "roving" reference signal to lock
DVEOUS, instead of you r hou se reference. However, the switcher or
d estination d evice that DVEOUS feed s m ust be able to accom mod ate the
large tim ing sw ings that DVEOUS has w hen locked to a "roving"
reference. Otherw ise, DVEOUS w ill not be tim ed properly with other
sou rces in the system .
Note: Th e Com p osite Ou tp u t m od u le req u ires b lack b u rst
as its referen ce. Th e 8100/8150 Au x Ref ou tp u t con tain s
syn c on ly. If you h ave th e Com p osite O u tp u t m od u le, u se
a slaved com p osite syn c gen erator to feed th e DVEO US
in p u t.

Tim ing Consid era tions DVEOUS Tec hnic a l Guid e
If the d evice feed ing DVEOUS has no "roving" reference, another w ay

to ensu re that the vid eo inp ut and external reference are always in tim e
w ith each other is to loop the vid eo inpu t throu gh the external reference
inp ut. This, of cou rse, w orks only if the vid eo is analog; if you are feed ing
a d igital sou rce to DVEOUS, you m u st route a d u p licate of this signal
throu gh a DAC (d igital-to-analog converter) and feed this analog signal
to DVEOUS’ external reference inp ut. This w ay, the d elay of the sou rce
is alw ays zero w ith regard to DVEOUS’ reference.
The Eng ineering Menu Timing Control

DVEOUS can accomm od ate signals from and to the com posite w orld
w ith the Com p osite Inp ut m od ule and the Com p osite Ou tp u t m od ule.
The Com posite Inp u t m od ule has the sam e am ou nt of inpu t autotiming
com p ensation as d o the other Inp ut m od ule types—ap p roxim ately 2.8
lines of au totim ing. H ow ever, d u e to the extra d elay incu rred in
d igitizing and d ecod ing com p osite analog signals, the au totim ing
"wind ow " of the Com posite Inp u t m od ule is significantly "earlier" in
tim e, relative to system reference, than the au totim ing w ind ow of the
other Inp ut m od u le typ es.
The typ ical inp u t autotiming "wind ow ," w ithin which any sou rce fed to
that inp ut is autom atically correctly timed into DVEOUS, norm ally
ranges from ju st u nd er one line early to ju st und er tw o lines late, relative
to system reference. This means that, as long as the tim ing of a sou rce
relative to system reference falls insid e this range, DVEOUS can accept
and au tom atically tim e that sou rce for internal u se. H ow ever, the
Com posite Inpu t mod u le’s "w ind ow" normally ranges from just over
two lines early to ju st u nd er one line late, again relative to system
reference, because of the d ecod ing d elays m entioned earlier.
This "earlier" autotiming w ind ow associated w ith the Comp osite Inp ut
m od u le is not a p roblem w ith sou rces tim ed closely to system reference.
H ow ever, w hen DVEOUS’ inpu ts are fed by the Aux ou tp u ts of a
com posite d igital sw itcher, such as the Abekas A82 or GVG Mod el 3000,
p rocessing d elays throu gh the sw itcher may d elay the vid eo enou gh so
that DVEOUS Com posite inpu t mod u les cannot au totim e it p rop erly.
For this reason, DVEOUS has a Tim ing control that allow s you to d elay
the inp u t tim ing wind ow of all inp uts sim u ltaneou sly to comp ensate for
external d elays. (See Engineering Menu , Section 6.)
Key Inp ut Tim ing

When u sing DVEOUS in V+K (Vid eo plu s Key) or VK+S (Vid eo/ Key
p lu s Shad ow ) m od es, you can feed a fill signal and its correlated key
signal to any inpu ts, then select those inp u ts as the sou rces for the vid eo
and key channels respectively. If these sources are d igital, their relative

DVEOUS Tec hnic a l Guid e Tim ing Consid era tions
sync tim ing d oes not m atter, as long as they both fall into the au tomatic
tim ing "w ind ow " d escribed earlier; DVEOUS retimes them so that their
relative sync timing is zero. The same is true if both sou rces are analog
and both have sync; their horizontal sync p hase is retim ed to be
coincid ent.
With an analog vid eo or key signal withou t sync (also know n as a

"noncom posite" signal), horizontal tim ing is critical. Becau se the inp ut
m od u les "slave" the tim ing of the noncom p osite inpu t to the inpu t that
contains sync, the two signals m ust be zero tim ed to each other as they
enter the inp u t m od u le. The com ponent analog inp ut mod u les have a
small horizontal timing ad ju stm ent of +/ - 1 p ixel (+/ - 74 nsec), and the
Key m enu has a sm all key phase ad justment of abou t +/ - 8 p ixels (+/ -
600 nsec). You m ust com pensate for a larger tim ing d ifference ou tsid e
DVEOUS, w ith d elay lines, cable lengths, or ad ju stm ents at the sou rce
d evice, for exam ple. The Com posite Analog Inp u t mod u le, how ever, has
a large horizontal tim ing range at +/ - 40 m icrosecond s.
Another p roblem arises if the fill and key signals both have sync, but
their relative horizontal active p ictu re p ositions d o not align. Ad ju sting
the signal’s horizontal tim ing d oes not fix this, becau se DVEOUS’ inp ut
locks to sync and retim es it regard less of its tim ing relative to reference.
The only way to fix this kind of problem is to m ove the horizontal vid eo
or key p osition relative to its ow n sync. As d escribed in the previous
p a r a g r a p h , t h e D VEO U S’ h o r iz o n t a l tim in g a d ju stm en t s ca n
com pensate for sm all d ifferences, bu t you mu st fix larger d ifferences
elsew here.

LINC Com m unic a tion DVEOUS Tec hnic a l Guid e
LINC Communic ation

DVEOUS u ses LIN C™ (Locally Integrated N od e Control) protocol to
com m unicate w ith Abekas 8100/ 8150, A83, and A84 switchers so they
can fram e-accu rately integrate DVEOUS effects into the sw itcher’s
Tim eline effects. You can p lay, jog, and stop the DVEOUS from the
switcher’s LIN C Menu. Refer to the sp ecific sw itcher’s manu al for
Op eration instru ctions.
Note: If you h ave a Com b in er b oard version 1.D or earlier,
you m u st p erform a m in or m od ification to allow LINC to
op erate. Con tact Scitex Cu stom er Service for in stru ction s.
LINC Connec tions

Use a stand ard RS-422 cable to connect the switcher LIN C port to
DVEOUS. Tu rn on the DVEOUS LIN C port in the Rem ote Enable m enu
and u se the Ad d ress softknob to set the DVEOUS LIN C ad d ress to the
ap p rop riate nu mber between 1 and 16 or 32 (d ep end ing on switcher
typ e). Every d evice on the LIN C bus m ust have a u nique ad d ress.
DVEOUS LINC Connec tion

DVEOUS Tec hnic a l Guid e GVG CPL Interfa c e
GVG CPL Interfac e

DVEOUS offers an op tional CPL Protocol Converter m od ule that allows
GVG 3000, 4000, or 2200 series switchers to control DVEOUS as thou gh
it w ere a GVG KRYSTAL DVE. It allow s you to recall and ru n DVE
effects as part of the switcher timeline. It allows DVEOUS to select
sou rces on the switcher Au x bu s outp uts and tally them at the switcher
w hen they are visible in the DVE vid eo ou tpu t.
CPL Mod ule Fa c e-Pla te
The face-plate of the CPL m od u le d isp lays a series of red and green LEDs
that ind icate active d ata transm ission—red = transm it, green = receive.
The three left-m ost p airs are ind icators for DVEOUS channels. Of these,
only the left-most p air is used in stand ard DVEOUS op eration. The
s eco n d a n d t h ir d p a ir s a r e a ct iv e in th e exp a n d ed BRU TU S
configu ration only, ind icating com m unication w ith the second BRUTUS
ch assis and the third (com biner) ch assis resp ectively. Th e fou rth
ind icates CPL activity.
Insta lling the CPL Mod ule

The CPL m od u le is installed in one of the DVEOUS chassis inp ut m od ule
slots where it receives both p ow er and field tim ing p ulses. If you are
installing the CPL mod u le, refer to Op tion Installation, in Section 4 of
this m anual for d etailed Inpu t Mod u le installation instru ctions.
Ca b le Connec tions for Sta nd a rd DVEOUS

Tw o control cables are required —one from the CPL mod u le to the
DVEOUS Aux or Ed it port, and one from the CPL m od ule to the Grass
Valley sw itch er. Th e follow in g illu stration sh ow s typ ical cable
connections and p rovid es Scitex p art num bers for the control cables
(BRUTUS configu ration cables follow this illu stration). If you choose to
build your ow n cables, refer to the cable pinout d raw ings p rovid ed in
this section.

GVG CPL Interfa c e DVEOUS Tec hnic a l Guid e
On the CPL m od ule, the DVEOUS 25-pin D connector accep ts the

cu stom serial cable #9000-0640-00 w hich connects on the other end to the
DVEOUS Aux (or Ed itor) rem ote port. This cable carries send / receive
d ata between DVEOUS and the CPL Protocol Converter. The 9-p in D on
the CPL m od u le u ses cable #9000-0639-01 to connect to the GVG
3000/ 4000/ 2200 serial remote port. This cable is sim ilar to an RS-422
cable excep t that pins 2 and 7 are cross-w ired (Cable p inou ts for these
cables are provid ed later in this section.)
Video/Key *
Video
DVEOUS
Use Input 1 Use Input 3 chassis rear
Video/Key *
Video
Use Input 5 Use Input 7
DVEOUS RESET CPL
CPL cable
Scitex #9000-0639-01
typically connects to
AUX EDITOR
Port A1
RS422 cable
Scitex #9000-0640-00
connects to
AUX or EDITOR
Aux 4 A/B Port A1

Grass Valley
Switcher
Aux 3 A/B
A
B Aux 2 A/B
A
Aux 1 A/B
B
* Video/Key signals require full-video capable inputs, not Key inputs
CPL Interfa c e Ca b le Connec tions

BRUTUS/ CPL Config ura tion Control Ca b le

If you are connecting the CPL interface in a BRUTUS configu ration,
connect the CPL mod u le 25-pin connector to each of the three DVEOUS
frame AUX or EDITOR ports using the Scitex-su p plied cable assem bly
#9000-0629-00, or bu ild a cable u sing the p inout d raw ing provid ed later
in this section. The CPL p ort connects to the Grass Valley sw itcher as
p reviou sly d iscu ssed .
CPL cable
Brutus Scitex #9000-0639-01
Combiner typically connects to
chassis rear Port A1
DVEOUS RESET CPL
AUX EDITOR
Port A1
Grass Valley
Switcher
DVEOUS
Slave 1
chassis rear
RS422 cable
Scitex #9000-0629-00
AUX EDITOR
connects CPL module to
AUX or EDITOR ports
DVEOUS
Slave 2
chassis rear
AUX EDITOR
BRUTUS CPL Interfa c e Control Connec tions

BRUTUS/ CPL Config ura tion Sig na l Ca b ling

The following illustration show s the vid eo signal cabling from the GVG
switcher AUX bu ses to the DVEOUS BRUTUS configu ration.
Input 1 - PGM 1
Input 2 - KEY 1
Input 3 - PGM 2
Input 4 - KEY 2
SYNC SYNC
Brutus INPUT A INPUT B INPUT A INPUT B
Combiner
DVEOUS RESET CPL
Program Video Out to Switcher

Key Signal Out to Switcher
Video/Key *
Video/Key *
DVEOUS Use Input 1* Use Input 3*

Chassis 1
Video/Key * Use Input 5* Use Input 7*
Video/Key *
PGM KEY
* Video/Key signals require full-video

capable inputs, not Key inputs
Video/Key *
Video/Key *
DVEOUS Use Input 1* Use Input 3*

Chassis 2
Use Input 5* Use Input 7*
V ideo/Key *
V ideo/Key *
PGM KEY
A B A B A B A B
AUX 1 AUX 2 AUX 3 AUX 4
Grass Valley Switcher

AUX Outputs
BRUTUS CPL Vid eo Sig na l Connec tions

Vid eo Inp uts

Vid eo au x ou tpu ts from the Grass Valley sw itcher are "hard -wired "
inp uts in the DVEOUS setu p control schem e. Connect to DVEOUS or
the op tional BRUTUS configu ration inp u ts in the ord er show n below:
GVG Aux Out DVEOUS Inp ut BRUTUS Op tion
Aux 1A Inp ut 1 Cha ssis 1 Inp ut 1
Aux 1B Inp ut 3 Cha ssis 1 Inp ut 3
Aux 2A Inp ut 5 Cha ssis 1 Inp ut 5
Aux 2B Inp ut 7 Cha ssis 1 Inp ut 7
Aux 3A Cha ssis 2 Inp ut 1
Aux 3B Cha ssis 2 Inp ut 3
Aux 4A Cha ssis 2 Inp ut 5
Aux 4B Cha ssis 2 Inp ut 7
DVEOUS inp u ts 1, 3, 5, and 7 are alw ays full-vid eo inp u ts, no matter
w hich inp ut m od u les are installed .
Interfa c e Setup
After the cabling connections are m ad e, press the REMOTE EN ABLE
m enu button on the DVEOUS control panel and toggle the Au x or Ed itor
(w hichever port you are u sing) softkey to On. Use the softknobs to select:
Protocol – CPL
Bau d – 76800
Parity – Od d parity
This establishes com mu nications w ith the Grass Valley 3000, 4000 or
2200 series sw itcher.

Control Ca b le Pinouts
The follow ing illu strations p rovid e the p inou t for the control cables
show n in the earlier cable connection s illu stration . N ote that the
DVEO US to GVG CPL cable cross-w ir es p in s 2 an d 7 th rou gh
twisted -p air #2. The BRUTUS control cable follow s.
9 9
4 blue 4 blue
3 red 3 red
7 white Pair #2 white/black white/black Pair #2 7 black
jumper jumper
2 black Pair #3 blue/black blue/black Pair #3 2 white
6 black 6 black
1 shield 1 shield
DB 9 DB 9
Plug Plug
DVEOUS CPL module to 3000/4000/2200
NC black 17 shield
Pair #1 red/black blue/black Pair #3
8 black 4 blue
3 red Pair #2 white/black white/black Pair #2 16 black
3 white
7 white
Pair #3 blue/black red/black Pair #1 15 red
2 black
6 blue 2 black
1 shield NC black
DB 9
Plug DB 25
Plug
DVEOUS to CPL Module Cable
CPL Interfa c e Control Ca b les

5
9
NC black
8 black 13
3 red Pair #2 white/black white/black Pair #2 25
7 white
Pair #3 blue/black red/black Pair #1
2 black
6 blue
1 shield NC black
6 23 shield
1 10 blue
P-4 to 22 black
Combiner 9 white
5 21 red
9 8 black
NC black 20 shield
8 black 7 blue
3 red Pair #2 white/black white/black Pair #2 19 black
P-3 to 6 white
7 white
Chassis 2 Pair #3 blue/black red/black Pair #1 18 red
2 black
5 black
6 blue
NC black 17 shield
6 1 shield 4 blue
1 16 black
3 white
15 red
5
2 black
9 NC black
8 black 14
Pair #2 white/black 1
3 red white/black Pair #2
7 white DB 25
Pair #3 blue/black red/black Pair #1
2 black P-1
6 blue
1 shield NC black
6
1
P-2 to
Chassis 1
Twisted Wire 25-pin 9-pin

Pair # Color Plug#-Pin# Plug#-Pin#
Pair #1 red P1-15 P2-3

black P1-2 P2-8
Pair #2 white P1-3 P2-7
black P1-16 P2-2 CABLE #1 to
Pair #3 blue P1-4 P2-6 DVEOUS Chassis 1
black N/C N/C
Shield P1-17 P2-1

black P1-5 P3-8
Pair #3 blue P1-7 P3-6 DVEOUS Chassis 2
black N/C N/C
Shield P1-20 P3-1
black P1-8 P4-8
Pair #3 blue P1-10 P4-6 Combiner Chassis
black N/C N/C
Shield P1-23 P4-1
BRUTUS CPL Protoc ol Ca b le Pinout

Externa l Aux Bus Control DVEOUS Tec hnic a l Guid e
External Aux Bus Control

The DVEOUS Au x and Ed itor p orts can be u sed to m ake sou rce
selections on the aux bu ses of Abekas A82/ A83/ A84, ASWR8100/ 8150;
GVG m od el 200, 1200, 2200, 3000, and 4000; or Phillip s/ BTS Diam ond
Digital switchers. N ote that this interface is not need ed if you are u sing
the GVG CPL Interface Option. To configu re this interface you w ill:
Use a stand ard RS-422 cable to connect DVEOUS to the sw itcher serial
control port
Connect the switcher Aux bus outp uts to full-vid eo DVEOUS inp u ts
Configu re the DVEOUS and switcher serial ports for Au x Bu s (GVG)
protocol
Video/Key *
Video
DVEOUS
Use Input 1 Use Input 3 chassis rear
Video/Key *
Video
Use Input 5 Use Input 7
AUX EDITOR
RS-422 cable
connects to AUX or EDITOR
-or-
Aux 3 Serial Port

AWSR8100/8150,
Grass Valley,or
Aux 4 BTS Diamond Digital Switcher
Aux 1
Aux 2
* Video/Key signals require full-video capable inputs, not Key inputs
Externa l Aux Bus Interfa c e Ca b le Connec tions

DVEOUS Tec hnic a l Guid e Externa l Aux Bus Control
RS-422 Control Ca b le
The AUX or EDITOR port, w hen set for Au x Bu s protocol is internally
configu red for RS-422 com m unication. We recomm end tw isted -p air
cable be u sed as show n below .
Standard RS-422 Cable
9 9
4 blue 4 blue
3 red 3 red
7 white Pair #2 white/black white/black Pair #2 7 white
jumper jumper
2 black Pair #3 blue/black blue/black Pair #3 2 black
6 black 6 black
1 shield 1 shield
DB 9 DB 9
Plug Plug
Aux Bus Control Interfa c e Ca b le
Aux Bus Vid eo Ca b ling

When Au x Bu s control is selected in the DVEOUS, each DVE channel
"hard w ires" itself to one external inp u t. Becau se this featu re w as
d esigned to su pp ort the Comp osite Inpu t m od ule, w hich has one vid eo
and one key in p u t p er m od u le, each ch annel is d ed icated to an
od d -num bered DVEOUS inpu t as shown below (GVG switcher aux
buses may be d esignated 1A, 1B, etc. rather than Au x 1, Au x2, etc.).
DVEOUS channel 1A controls Au x 1 or 1A, which m u st be connected
to Inp ut 1
DVEOUS channel 1B controls Au x 2 or 1B, w hich mu st be connected
to Inp ut 3
DVEOUS channel 2A controls Au x 3 or 2A, which m u st be connected
to Inp ut 5
DVEOUS channel 2B controls Au x 4 or 2B, w hich mu st be connected
to Inp ut 7

Externa l Aux Bus Control DVEOUS Tec hnic a l Guid e
Config ure the DVEOUS AUX/ EDITOR Port

On the DVEOUS m ain control p anel, use the Rem ote Enable m enu to
turn on the serial port you are u sing (AUX or EDITOR) and select:
Protocol - Aux Bus
Baud - 38400
Parity - od d
Config ure the Switc her Seria l Port

Configu re the sw itcher serial p ort you are using to m atch the DVEOUS
com m unication p arameters. If you are connecting to an 8100/ 8150 you
w ill u se the EN G menu and Com m unications soft button to access and
set:
Protocol - GVG
Baud - 38400
Parity - od d
Preview Cm d s rou ted from - N one

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DVEOUS Tec hnic a l Guid e GVG E-MEM / Perip hera l Interfa c e
GVG E-MEM ® / Peripheral Interfac e

DVEOUS can comm u nicate w ith GVG sw itchers w ith E-MEM ® effects
m emory using Perip heral Interface I or II p rotocol. The E-MEM Interface
a llow s th e Gr a ss Va lley sw itch er to co n tr ol D VEO US effects.
Ap p lications for this interface are m ainly in live p rod u ctions such as
new s or sporting events.
Perip heral Interface I is an old er p rotocol u sed with GVG m od el 1600

and 300 series switchers. Peripheral Interface II is u sed on GVG m od el
200 and later sw itchers.
To configu re this interface you w ill:

Use a mod ified RS-422 cable to connect DVEOUS to the switcher
E-MEM control p ort,
Configu re the DVEOUS rem ote port (AUX or EDITOR) for Peripheral
p rotocol and set com mu nications p aram eters
Setu p the Grass Valley switcher attribu tes
Connect the sw itcher inp u ts to the d ed icated DVEOUS outp uts
RS-422 Ca b le Connec tion (GVG Perip hera l

Ca b le)
Connecting to a GVG sw itcher you u se a m od ified RS-422 cable. Check
you r GVG d ocu m entation for correct p inou t for connection to the
Perip heral Bu s. A typical m od ified cable is show n below . This cable
cross-w ires the transm it lines on p ins 2 and 7.
9 9
4 blue 4 blue
3 red 3 red
7 white Pair #2 white/black white/black Pair #2 7 black
jumper jumper
2 black Pair #3 blue/black blue/black Pair #3 2 white
6 black 6 black
1 shield 1 shield
DB 9 DB 9
Plug Plug
Mod ified RS-422 Ca b le
Note: M aster/Slave m od e cross-w irin g of receive an d

tran sm ission lin es is au tom atically d on e w ith in DVEO US
rem ote p orts w h en you select th e d esired p rotocol. Th is
d oes n ot, h ow ever, accou n t for th e GVG tran sm ission lin e
( p in 2/7) cross-wirin g m en tion ed ab ove.

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GVG E-MEM / Perip hera l Interfa c e DVEOUS Tec hnic a l Guid e
A stand ard RS-422 cable is show n below . (N ot for u se w ith the CPL
Interface)
Standard RS-422 Cable
9 9
4 blue 4 blue
3 red 3 red
7 white Pair #2 white/black white/black Pair #2 7 white
jumper jumper
2 black Pair #3 blue/black blue/black Pair #3 2 black
6 black 6 black
1 shield 1 shield
DB 9 DB 9
Plug Plug
GVG 3000/ 4000 RS-422 Ca b le
DVEOUS Rem ote Port a nd Add ressing Setup

Use the Remote Enable menu to select:
Protocol - Perip h
Baud - 38400
Parity - Od d
Ad d ress - between 0 and 23 for mod el 200, betw een 24 and 31 for
m od els 300, 1600 or 1680.
Perip heral d evices on this bu s m u st be uniqu ely ad d ressed to m aintain
com m unications ord er. For Mod el 200 Peripheral II p rotocol you m u st
u se ad d resses betw een 0 and 23. An ad d ress above 23 w ill autom atically
invoke the p rotocol Peripheral I u sed for m od el 300, 1600, and 1680
switchers. Ad d ress settings 24 through 31 are interp reted as E-MEM
ad d resses 0 through 7 resp ectively, w hen Peripheral I is invoked .
Multip le Cha nnel Config ura tion

For m u ltiple channel DVEOUS system s, you m u st d aisy chain each
channel’s RS-422 ports. You m ay either choose u niqu e ad d resses for
each DVEOUS or give them all the sam e ad d ress and d isconnect all but
one ch annel’s transm it lines (p ins 2 and 7). This avoid s send ing
conflicting retu rn d ata to the switcher effects m emory.

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DVEOUS Tec hnic a l Guid e GVG E-MEM / Perip hera l Interfa c e
Setting Up the Switc her Attrib utes

The Grass Valley switcher mu st be p rogram med w ith several attribu tes
before you can interface to DVEOUS. Please refer to you r GVG switcher
m anu al for d etails and op tions.
The basic com m unications p arameters you m u st set are:

Bau d Rate - 38400
Parity - Od d
Transm ission Stand ard - RS422
All d evices sharing the E-MEM bus m ust conform to these p arameters.
GVG Mod el 200 Perip hera l Trig g ers

DVEOUS w orks w ith the m od el 200 effects m emory throu gh softw are
triggers that mu st be p rogram m ed in the switcher. DVEOUS su p ports
the follow ing five triggers:
Ru n Forw ard
Ru n Reverse
Pause
Freeze
Unfreeze

Dia m ond Dig ita l Sw itc her Interfa c e DVEOUS Tec hnic a l Guid e
Diamond Digital Switc her Interfac e

DVEOUS can be controlled by the Diam ond Digital series sw itchers
from Phillip s/ BTS. The interface allow s Diam ond Digital sw itchers to
control DVEOUS as if it w ere an Abekas A53-D, emu lating VTR type
com m and s su ch as p lay, stop , jog, fast forw ard , rewind , and cue.
RS-232 Ca b le Connec tion

The follow ing d iagram shows the RS-232 connection betw een DVEOUS
and either Diamond Digital m od els 5 &10 or m od els 20 & 30 (see the
p ort connection table in the follow ing illustration.
Dia m ond Dig ita l Switc her Interfa c e Connec tion

DVEOUS Tec hnic a l Guid e Dia m ond Dig ita l Sw itc her Interfa c e
The RS-232 cable should conform to the following p inou t.
Diamond Digital DVEOUS

Switcher Aux B Aux or Editor
Port
9 5 CTS
4 RTS 9
4 GND
3 Rx Data 8 Rx Data
7 GND
2 Tx Data 7 Tx Data
1
1
DB 9 DB 9
Plug RS-232 Cable Plug
DVEOUS to Dia m ond Dig ita l Control Ca b le
Configu re the DVEOUS AUX/ EDITOR Port
On the DVEOUS m ain control p anel, use the Rem ote Enable m enu to
turn on the serial port you are u sing (Au x or Ed itor) and select:
Protocol - A53D VTR
Baud - 9600
Parity - Even
Config ure the Dia m ond Dig ita l Attrib utes

Re fe r t o t h e P h illip s / BTS s w it ch e r d o cu m e n t a t io n t o s et u p
com m unications param eters that m atch the DVEOUS Au x/ Ed itor p ort
setu p .
To control Diam ond Digital switcher Au x bu ses, configu re and connect

DVEOUS to the sw itcher as ou tlined earlier in this section u nd er
"External Au x Bu s Control." Configu re the DVEOUS Aux or Ed itor port
for Type: GVG 200.

Dia m ond Dig ita l Sw itc her Interfa c e DVEOUS Tec hnic a l Guid e

Sec tion 6
Setup Menus
Overview
DVEOUS lets you m ake alm ost all en gineerin g ad ju stm en ts an d
configu rations from the Control Panel. Since DVEOUS controls these
setu p s in softw are, you can save and recall them to and from flop py d isk.
This lets you quickly access mu ltip le engineering setu p s as need ed .
This section covers the menus used in tim ing and configuring DVEOUS
for your system , and using the flop py d isk d rive for saving and recalling
Setup m enu files. This involves the following m enu s:
The Inp u t Setu p m enu lets you set tim ing and signal setu p param eters
for the variou s inp ut mod u le typ es, and ad just the optional Channel
Ou tpu t mod u le(s).
The Ou tp u t Setu p m enu lets you set ou tp u t tim ing, horizontal
blanking typ e, ou tpu t bit rou nd ing, and analog ou tp u t form at and
levels for vid eo and key signals ind epend ently.
The Rem ote Setu p menu lets you change the ed itor tim ecod e offset
and configure GPIs.
The Engineering m enu lets you :
Select the ed ge processing (shaped or u nshaped ) for the
p rogram (m ain vid eo) outp uts
Bypass the internal background keyer (backgrou nd on/ off)
Com pensate for d elayed comp osite inp u ts
Set the m enu d isplay brightness, contrast, and screen saver
timeout
Perform software up d ates
The Rem ote Enable m enu lets you enable the Ed itor, Au x, and LIN C
Serial p orts, and select their serial rem ote p rotocol.
The Personality m enu lets you set Field Dom inance on Ru n. This
allow s you to d eterm ine the field you r effect will start on w hen
operating in a timing sensitive environm ent su ch as p ost prod u ction.
Use the Disk m enu for all flopp y d isk functions, includ ing naming,
saving, recalling, cop ying, and d eleting files; formatting d isks; and
setting the system clock.
9100-0239-01 - NOVEM BER 96 Setup Menus 6-1

Inp ut Setup Menu DVEOUS Tec hnic a l Guid e
Input Setup Menu

Press the IN PUT SETUP bu tton to bring u p this m enu . The Softkeys and
Softknobs ap earing w ill be d ifferent for the variou s types of inp ut
m od u les you are u sing. The Channel softkey, how ever, calls u p the sam e
fu nctions for all inp u t mod u les and will be d escribed once below . The
rest of the softkey and softknob functions w ill be d escribed accord ing to
three general inp ut channel typ es:
C o m p o n e n t A n a lo g In p u t s (8-b it D u a l C o m p o n en t , 10-b it
Comp onent Vid eo, 10-bit Com p onent Key)
Com posite Analog Inp uts (Com posite Vid eo, Comp osite Key)
Digital Inp uts (Parallel and Serial)
Setup of the op tional Channel Outp ut m od u le is also d iscussed .
6-2 Setup Menus 9100-0239-01 - NO VEMBER 96

DVEOUS Tec hnic a l Guid e Inp ut Setup Menu
Cha nnel Softkey (a ll inp ut m od ules)

Press this softkey to bring u p the In p u t # softknob, w hich lets you select
the inpu t nu m ber you want to set u p. The range is 1 throu gh 12, even if
you r DVEOUS d oes not have all inp ut m od ules installed . As you select
an inpu t num ber, the m enu d isp lay show s (below the m od ule typ e table)
the cu rrently selected inp u t nu mber and the typ e of inp u t m od ule
installed (p arallel d igital, serial d igital, com p onent, etc.). It read s
<<absent>> if no m od ule is installed .
Th e Blan k in g m od e selection an d ad ju stm en t softknobs are also

available u nd er the Channel softkey. These softknobs provid e inp ut
horizontal and vertical blanking w id th com p ensation. DVEOUS offers
two m od es to com pensate for inpu t vid eo that contains overly w id e
blanking that cau ses horizontal and vertical black ed ges on those signals.
These ad ju stm ents app ly only to vid eo rou ted to the DVE channels, not
to vid eo selected as a backgrou nd sou rce.
Note: Th is in corp orates p ictu re stretch for com p en sation if
it is n ecessary to "m atch cu t" to th is vid eo. Crop p in g th e
ed ges sh ou ld b e d on e in th e Bord er/Crop m en u .
Bla nking Softknob

N orm al m od e allow s you to set d ifferent blanking com p ensation for
each inpu t ind ivid u ally. It m aintains a true 4:3 asp ect ratio for the im age
by stretching the asp ect ratio of the inpu t vid eo so that the blanking
ed ges are not visible. The advantage of this m ethod is that each inp ut
can h ave its ow n blanking com p ensation. H ow ever, the vid eo is
stretched slightly. You cannot transition or m atch-fram e back to the
original unstretched im age, either in DVEOUS or in som e external
d evice, w ithou t seeing a visible d ifference betw een the two im ages.
Crop (A57) mod e blanks all inpu ts by the same am ou nt. It d oes this by
sim p ly cropp ing the ed ges to remove the offend ing blanking areas. In
ad d ition, all transform valu es are re-scaled so the 4:3 screen u nit
nu m bers p rop erly match the size of the crop ped im age. The advantage
of this method is that all im ages maintain their original asp ect ratios so
there is no visible d ifference betw een the original and the crop ped
image, allow ing match-framing betw een the two. A d isad vantage is that
the blanking com p ensation ap p lies equ ally to all external inp u ts.
Ind ivid u al inpu ts cannot be ad justed .

Comp onent Ana log Inp uts
Tim ing
Press Tim in g to bring u p controls for ad ju sting the horizontal position
of the active picture and to select Syn c Slave statu s for a com ponent
analog inpu t mod u le.
H Phase
Use this softknob to ad ju st the horizontal phase of the active p ictu re
relative to sync. For a comp onent vid eo or key inp u t, the range is +/ - 1
p ixel (+/ - 74 nsec), ad justable in 2.3 nsec step s.
Sync Sla ve
Th e d u al com p on en t in p u t m od u le exp ects syn c on the Y or G
com p onents; however, if you have a signal w ithout sync, you can
connect it to the even nu mbered inp u t of the m od u le (2, 4, 6, 8, 10, or 12).
You m ust then "slave" it to the od d nu m bered inp ut on the same m od ule
(1, 3, 5, 7, 9, or 11), w hich m u st be a signal w ith sync. This signal can be
a Y/ G com p onent, a key signal, or a com p osite sync signal. Tu rn Syn c
Slave O n for the even num bered inp ut if it has no sync. If it has sync,
leave Syn c Slave tu rned Off.
The com p onent analog plu s key inp u t mod u le also exp ects sync on the
Y or G components and the key signal. H ow ever, if you have a vid eo
signal w ith sep arate sync, you can connect the sep arate sync to the
d ed icated sync inp ut. Ju mp er JP2 on the mod u le selects sync on Y/ G
(short JP2 p ins 1-2) or sep arate sync (short JP2 pins 2-3). See Section 3 –
System Overview for m ore inform ation on jum p er settings for this
m od u le. This m od ule allow s either the vid eo inp u t or the key inp ut to
"sync slave." Vid eo can slave to key, or key can slave to vid eo. If external
sync is provid ed , Syn c Slave O n w ill lock to the sync inp ut.
Setup
Press Set up to bring u p controls for selecting the form at and ad ju sting
the inp ut’s levels.
Mod e
Use M od e to select the format of the com p onent analog inpu t. The table
on the follow ing p age d etails the inpu t levels expected by each setting.
H ere are som e general gu id elines for selecting form ats:
In 625-line systems, som e Betacam VTRs u se SMPTE/ EBU N 10 levels;
u se the SM PTE N 10 setting for VTRs that su pp ly these ou tp u t levels.
If you are using a 625-line Betacam VTR w ith the stand ard Betacam

levels, you shou ld u se the Beta 50 setting. Also, 625-line MII VTRs
outp ut correct SMPTE/ EBU N 10 levels, and you shou ld use the
SM PTE N 10 setting w ith these u nits also.
In all 525-line systems except Japan, Betacam ® VTRs ou tpu t stand ard
Betacam levels with setup ; u se the Beta 60 setting for these VTRs. In
Jap an only, Betacam VTRs ou tp u t no setu p and higher chrom inance
levels; u se the Beta 60 N S setting for these VTRs. You shou ld u se the
M II SU setting w ith 525-line MII VTRs that have setup . MII® VTRs
in Jap an shou ld u se the SM PTE N 10 setting, as they d o not have setu p .
The G BR SU setting is intend ed for use w ith 525-line N TSC-related
GBR (RGB) signals that are prod u ced by cameras or by d ecod ed NTSC
vid eo.
When selecting a key inpu t form at, u se the SM PTE Key setting in all
625-line system s and in all 525-line systems that use SMPTE levels as
shown in the table on this p age. Key SU is intend ed for 525-line
(NTSC-related ) key signals with setup . Key N SU is intend ed for
525-line (NTSC-related ) key signals with no setu p.
Inp ut Form at Lum ina nc e Ra ng e Chrom ina nc e

Nam e (Bla c k to White) Ra ng e (75%
Ba rs)
SMPTE YUV White = 700m V 525m V p -p ,
Bla c k = 0m V B-Y a nd R-Y
SMPTE GBR White = 700m V 0 to 525m V
Bla c k = 0m V Green, Blue, Red
Beta 60 NSU White = 714m V (100IRE) 757m V p -p ,
(60Hz, no setup ) Bla c k = 0m V (0IRE) B-Y a nd R-Y
Beta 60 SU White = 714m V (100IRE) 700m V p -p ,
(60Hz w / setup ) Bla c k = 54m V (7.5IRE) B-Y a nd R-Y
Beta 50 NSU White = 700m V 700m V p -p ,
(50Hz, no setup ) Bla c k = 0m V B-Y a nd R-Y
MII SU White = 700m V (100IRE) 486m V p -p ,
(w ith setup ) Bla c k = 53m V (7,5IRE) B-Y a nd R-Y
GBR SU White = 714m V (100IRE) 54 to 549m V
(w ith setup ) Bla c k = 54m V (7.5IRE) Green, Blue, Red
SMPTE Key White = 700m V N/ A
Bla c k = 0m V
Key SU White = 714m V (100IRE) N/ A
(NTSC w/ setup ) Bla c k = 54m V (7.5IRE)
Key NSU White = 714 m V (100IRE) N/ A
(NTSC w/ o setup ) Bla c k = 0m V (0IRE)

Y Ga in
Use Y G ain to ad ju st the overall level of the vid eo signal’s lu minance
com p onent, or the key signal’s overall level if it is a key inp u t. When
u sed w ith the SMPTE GBR format, this ad ju stm ent is d ow nstream of the
transcod ing circuitry, so there is no sep arate "green" gain control for
these form ats. GBR SU has sep arate Y gain and offset ad ju stm ents.
Y Offset
This softknob only app ears if a comp onent format with setup (Beta 60,
MII SU, GBR SU, or Key SU) is selected . Use Y O ffset to ad ju st the black
level of the vid eo signal’s lu m inance comp onent, or the key signal’s
black level if it is a key inp u t.
U Gain
Use U G ain to ad ju st the overall level of the vid eo signal’s B-Y
com p onent. When used with the SMPTE GBR or GBR SU form ats, this
ad justment sets B gain.
U Offset
This softknob only ap p ears if the GBR SU form at is selected . Use U
O ffset to ad ju st the DC offset of the vid eo signal’s B com p onent.
V Gain
Use V G ain to ad ju st the overall level of the vid eo signal’s R-Y
com p onent. When used with the SMPTE GBR or GBR SU form ats, this
ad justment sets R gain.
V Offset
This softknob only ap p ears w ith the GBR SU form at selected . Use V
O ffset to ad ju st the DC offset of the vid eo signal’s R comp onent.
Setup
This softknob only ap p ears if a format w ith setu p (Beta 60, MII SU, or
GBR SU) is selected . Use Setu p to select the comp onent (Y, U, or V for
Beta 60 and MII SU, and G, B, or R for GBR SU) for w hich you want to
ad just black level.

Comp osite Ana log Inp uts
Tim ing
Press Timing to bring u p controls for ad ju sting the horizontal position
of the active picture and to select the timing lock M od e.
H Phase
This softknob to ad justs the horizontal p hase of the active picture relative
to sync.
Mod e (Tim ing Mod e)

For the com posite analog inp ut m od ule timing M od e is used to select
either SC (sub-carrier) tim ing lock or H (horizontal) Sync tim ing lock.
Use SC for norm al composite vid eo inpu ts with colorbu rst. Use H Sync
only if the inp ut d oes not contain colorbu rst.
Setup / Y / UV / Chrom a
This softkey and its softknobs only ap pear if a com p osite analog inp ut
m od u le is installed at the selected inpu t location, and the Vid eo (not Key)
inp ut is selected . Press Setup to toggle Y, UV, and Chroma . With the
Com posite Key inp ut selected , the softkey label is simp ly Set up.
Setup Y
This brings up gain and offset controls for the lu minance com p onent of
the com posite vid eo signal, plu s a control to d etermine the typ e of
d ecod e processing u sed on the comp osite signal.
Y Ga in
Use Y G ain to ad ju st the overall level of the vid eo signal’s lu minance
com p onent. This ad ju stm ent is d ownstream of the d ecod ing circu itry,
so there is no "com posite" or overall vid eo gain control.
Y Offset
Use Y O ffset to ad ju st the black level of the vid eo signal’s lu minance
com p onent. This ad ju stm ent is d ownstream of the d ecod ing circu itry,
so there is no "com posite" or overall black level control.
Mod e
Use M od e to select a method for d ecod ing the composite vid eo inp ut
into its lum inance and chrom inance com ponents.
Notch – This selects a sim ple band p ass filter that red u ces or eliminates
d ot cr aw l o n h o r iz on tal ed g es. H o w ev er ,v er tica l ed ges an d

lu minance frequ encies near those of color su bcarrier w ill p rod u ce d ot

crawl artifacts. This setting is m ost u seful in images that have no
vertical ed ges.
Com b – This selects a com b filter that red u ces or elim inates color
fringing artifacts on vertical ed ges and in lum inance frequ encies near
those of color su bcarrier. H ow ever, horizontal ed ges in the p ictu re
w ill exhibit d ot craw l artifacts. This setting is m ost u sefu l in im ages
that have no horizontal ed ges.
Vid eo – This selects an ad ap tive com bination of N otch and Comb
filtering that has a high noise threshold . Use the Vid eo setting for
im ages that com e from cameras, analog VTRs, or other sou rces that
m ay have a fair am ou nt of noise. In N TSC system s, this setting is
id entical to the G rap h ics setting.
Grap h ics – This also selects an ad ap tive combination of N otch and
Comb filtering that has a low noise threshold . Use the G rap h ics
setting for im ages that com e from com p u ter grap hics, character
generators, or other d igital sources that are clean and noise-free. In
N TSC system s, this setting is id entical to the Vid eo setting.
Setup UV
This brings u p gain and offset controls for the B-Y and R-Y com p onents
of the com posite vid eo signal.
U Gain
Use U G ain to ad ju st the overall level of the vid eo signal’s B-Y
com p onent. This ad ju stm ent is d ownstream of the d ecod ing circu itry.
U Offset
Use U Offset to ad ju st the DC offset of the vid eo signal’s B-Y com ponent.
This ad justment is d ow nstream of the d ecod ing circuitry.
V Gain
Use V G ain to ad ju st the overall level of the vid eo signal’s R-Y
com p onent. This ad ju stm ent is d ownstream of the d ecod ing circu itry.
V Offset
Use V O ffset to ad just the DC offset of the vid eo signal’s R-Y com ponent.
This ad justment is d ow nstream of the d ecod ing circuitry.

Setup Chrom a
This brings u p satu ration and hu e controls for the com posite vid eo
signal before it is d ecod ed .
Sa t
Use Sat to ad ju st the satu ration, or chrominance level, of the com p osite
signal before it is d ecod ed .
Hue
Use Hu e to ad ju st the hue, or tint, of the com posite signal before it is
d ecod ed .
Setup
Pressing this softkey, w hen the selected inp ut typ e is a com posite key,
accesses the Y G ain , Y O ffset, and M od e controls.
Y Ga in
Use Y Gain to ad ju st the inp ut key signal’s overall level.
Y Offset
Use Y Offset to ad ju st the inp ut key signal’s black level.
H Phase
Use this softknob to ad ju st the horizontal phase of the active p ictu re
relative to sync.
Mod e
Use M od e to select a typ e of key inpu t su p ported by this m od ule.
KEY+SY+BST – Key signal originates from a comp osite source, with
lu minance, sync, and color burst.
KEY+SYN C – Key signal originates from a comp osite or com ponent
sou rce, w ith lu minance and sync only.
KEY - SYNC – Key signal originates from a composite or com ponent
sou rce, w ith lum inance only and no sync. This slaves the inp ut sync
timing to the com panion com posite vid eo inp u t, and therefore m ust
alw ays have a signal p resent at the com posite vid eo inp u t.

Dig ita l Inp ut (Pa ra llel a nd Seria l)
Bits
This softkey only app ears if a p arallel d igital inp ut mod u le is installed
at the selected inp ut location. Press Bit s to bring u p the In p u t Bits
softknob, which lets you select the bit resolu tion for a serial or parallel
d igital inp ut. Typ ically, 10 Bits is the best setting to use. H ow ever, som e
8-bit com p on en t d igital equ ip m en t w ith d igital ou tp u ts w as not
d esigned to set the 9th and 10th bits (LSBs) to a level of 0. These LSB d ata
lines can float high, causing low level rand om noise in the fu ll 10-bit
signal. If need ed , you can select 8 Bits for the inp ut to eliminate rand om
noise from these floating LSBs.
Matte
This softkey only app ears if a serial d igital or parallel d igital inp ut
m od u le is installed at the selected inp ut location. Press Ma tt e to bring
u p controls for selecting external vid eo or the internal color matte
generator for the cu rrently selected inp u t, and to ad ju st the m atte’s color.
Only the serial d igital and parallel d igital inp u t m od ules have matte
color generators. If the inp ut location has an analog inpu t m od ule
installed , or no inp ut mod u le installed at all, the matte color generator
is not available for that inp u t.
Ma tte Ena b le
The d efault setting for this softknob is Off, w hich p asses the vid eo
connected to this inpu t to DVEOUS’ crossp oint matrix. If set to O n , it
d isables the selected inp u t’s vid eo and rep laces it with a color matte
generator.
Hue / Sa t / Lum
Use these softknobs to set the color for the m atte generator. The Hu e
softknob controls the tint, the Sat softknob controls the chrominance
saturation, and the Lu m softknob controls the brightness. N ote that it is
p ossible to create "illegal" colors that fall outsid e the RGB, N TSC,
and / or PAL color ranges if satu ration is set to 100%. However, colors
are correct if satu ration is set to 75%. It is a good id ea to use a w aveform
m onitor or vectorscope w hen creating a color m atte w ith this featu re.

Cha nnel Out Mod ule
Setup
Press Set up to bring u p controls for setting horizontal blanking, bit
resolution, and Z key d ata outp ut. The m enu d isp lay ind icates that the
"Channel Vid eo" or "Channel Key" outp ut is selected .
N ote that these controls app ear only w ith the od d nu mbered inp ut slot
(9 or 11) selected with the In p u t # softknob. This means that the settings
affect both the vid eo and key ou tp u t on the selected m od ule, except the
Sen d Z softknob, w hich affects on ly the key ou tp u t. If the even
nu m bered slot (10 or 12) is selected , the d isp lay read s "Channel Key" and
the blanking and round ing controls d o not ap pear.
Bla nking
Use Blan k in g to select a horizontal blanking wid th for the Channel
vid eo and key ou tpu ts.
O f f – Passes th e fu ll d igital activ e lin e (720 p ixels, or 53.33
m icrosecond s) to p rod u ce the m inim u m d igital horizontal blanking
w id th of 10.22 m icrosecond s in 525 and 10.67 m icrosecond s in 625.
1 – Wid ens m inim u m d igital horizontal blanking by a total of 4 p ixels
(abou t 300 nsec).
(abou t 600 nsec).
(abou t 900 nsec).
Bits
Use Bits to select a bit resolu tion for the vid eo and key ou tp u ts of the
selected m od ule.
10 – Preserves m axim u m d ynam ic range. Use this setting when
feed ing the DVEOUS outp ut to a 10-bit d igital d evice, su ch as a d igital
sw itcher, etc.
8 Rou n d – 10-bit levels that fall in between 8-bit levels are "round ed "
d ow n or u p to the nearest true 8-bit level to avoid truncation errors
w hen feed ing an 8-bit d evice. Use this setting w hen feed ing the
DVEOUS ou tpu t to an 8-bit d igital d evice, su ch as a D1 VTR, etc.
8 Crop – Truncates the 10-bit outp ut to an 8-bit signal by d iscard ing
the tw o least significant bits. Do not u se this setting except for trouble
shooting pu rp oses, as it can introd u ce tru ncation errors into the
outp ut vid eo or key signal.

Send Z
Dep th or Z key d ata is a 20-bit signal that has inform ation on the relative
d ep th , or Z p osition , of a DVE ch an n el, Target Fram estore, or
background . Som e keyers can inpu t and u se this information to p rod u ce
d ep th or 3D keying. To ou tpu t Z d ata to su ch a d evice, tu rn Sen d Z O n .
The 20-bit Z key signal is broken d ow n into two 10-bit w ord s and p laced
in the otherw ise u nu sed chrom inance part of the key outp ut. If the d evice
to which the key ou tpu t is connected cannot p rocess Z key d ata, leave
Sen d Z set to O ff.

DVEOUS Tec hnic a l Guid e Outp ut Setup Menu
Output Setup Menu

Press the O UTPUT SETUP button to bring u p this m enu . Here you can
set the ou tpu t tim ing, horizontal blanking w id th, ou tpu t bit rou nd ing,
and analog ou tp u t form at and levels.
Tim ing (Comp onent Outp ut Boa rd )

Press this softkey to bring u p controls for ad ju sting the program (vid eo)
and key ou tp u t tim ing. N ote that the program ou tp u t tim ing affects all
ou tpu ts equally. The key ou tp u t tim ing ad ju stm ent is an offset from the
m ain p rogram tim ing setting.
Progra m Coa rse Pha se

Use this softknob to set the horizontal ou tp u t tim ing in coarse step s. The
fu ll range, 0 to 255, is ap p roxim ately 38 microsecond s, in tw o p ixel (148
nsec) steps. 128 (center) is normal.
Progra m Fine Pha se

Use this softknob to fine tune the horizontal ou tp u t tim ing. The fu ll
range, 0 to 63, is tw o pixels (148 nsec), in ap proximately 2.3 nsec steps.
47 (center) is norm al.
Key Coarse Phase

Use this softknob to sep arately ad just the key outp ut’s horizontal timing
relative to the program (vid eo) outp ut in coarse steps. The full range, +8
to -7, is 30 p ixels (2.2 microsec) from the p rogram outp ut, in tw o pixel
(148 nsec) step s.
Key Fine Pha se

Use this softknob to fine tune the key ou tp u t’s horizontal timing relative
to the program (vid eo) outp ut. The full range, 0 to 63, is tw o pixels (148
nsec), in app roxim ately 2.3 nsec step s. 47 (center) is norm al.
Tim ing (Comp osite Outp ut Boa rd )

Press this softkey to bring u p controls for ad ju sting the program (vid eo)
and key ou tp u t tim ing. N ote that the program ou tp u t tim ing affects all
ou tpu ts equally. The key ou tp u t tim ing ad ju stm ent is an offset from the
m ain p rogram tim ing setting.
H (Horizonta l) Phase
Use this softknob to set the horizontal ou tp u t tim ing in coarse step s. The
fu ll range is +20 to -17, ap proximately 38 m icrosecond s.

Outp ut Setup Menu DVEOUS Tec hnic a l Guid e
SC (Sub -c a rrier) Pha se

Use this softknob to fine tune the horizontal ou tp u t tim ing. The fu ll
range is plu s or minu s 360 d egrees.
Key Coarse Phase

Use this softknob to sep arately ad just the key outp ut’s horizontal timing
relative to the program (vid eo) ou tpu t in coarse step s. The fu ll range,
+16 to -16, is 60 pixels (+/ -2.2 m icrosec) from the p rogram ou tp u t.
Key Fine Pha se

Use this softknob to fine tune the key ou tp u t’s horizontal timing relative
to the program (vid eo) outp ut. The full range, 0 to 63, is tw o pixels (148
nsec), in app roxim ately 2.3 nsec step s.
Dig ita l
Press this softkey to bring u p controls for setting the horizontal blanking
w id th and bit resolu tion for the d igital outp uts. You can select d ifferent
blanking w id ths and bit resolu tions for the program (vid eo) and key
ou tpu ts. Select Vid eo for Program outp ut ad ju stm ents or toggle to Key
for Key ou tp u t ad ju stm ents.
Progra m Bla nking / Key Bla nking

Use the Program Blan k in g softknob to select a blanking w id th for the
d igital program (vid eo) outp uts. Use Key Blan k in g to select a blanking
w id th for the d igital key outp uts. Both softknobs have the same settings.
601 Crop – Passes the fu ll d igital active line (720 pixels) with blanking
ed ge risetim es of abou t 150 nsec.
601 Sh ap e – Filters the transition from blanking to active vid eo to
avoid ringing, with blanking ed ge risetim es of abou t 300 nsec.
An lg Crop – Passes the m axim u m analog active line, meaning it sets
the minim um allow able analog blanking w id th, w ith blanking ed ge
risetim es of abou t 150 nsec.
An lg Sh ap e – Passes the minim um analog active line, m eaning it sets
the maximu m allow able analog blanking w id th, w ith blanking ed ge
risetim es of abou t 300 nsec.

Progra m Round ing / Key Round ing

Use the Program Rou n d in g softknob to select a bit resolu tion for the
d igital p rogram (vid eo) ou tpu ts. Use the Key Rou n d in g softknob to
select a bit resolu tion for the d igital key outp uts. Both softknobs have
the sam e settings:
10 Bit – Preserves maximu m d ynamic range. Use this setting when
feed ing the DVEOUS outp ut to a 10-bit d igital d evice, su ch as a d igital
sw itcher, etc.
8 Bit DR – Uses Dynam ic Rou nd ing, w hich is a p rocess d evelop ed by
Qu antel to rou nd the 10-bit outp ut signal d own to eight bits to avoid
tru ncation errors w hen feed ing an 8-bit d evice. Use this setting w hen
feed ing the DVEOUS ou tpu t to an 8-bit d igital d evice, su ch as a D1
VTR, etc.
8 Bit D ith er – Uses d ithering, w hich ad d s a sm all amount of rand om
noise to the 10-bit ou tp u t signal before truncating it to eight bits. This
avoid s tru ncation errors w hen feed ing an 8-bit d evice. Use this setting
w hen feed ing the DVEOUS ou tp u t to an 8-bit d igital d evice, su ch as
a D1 VTR, etc.
8 Bit Crop – Tru ncates the 10-bit ou tpu t to an 8-bit signal. Do not use
this setting except for trou ble shooting p u rposes, as it can introd u ce
tru ncation errors into the outp ut vid eo or key signal.
Z-Da ta
Since som e external d evices can process Z, or d ep th, key inform ation,
you can enable this d ata to be inclu d ed in the d igital key ou tp u t in the
O u tp u t Setu p m en u u n d er th e Digital softkey. Sin ce Z d ata is
m u ltip lexed into the serial d igital key signal w here ch rom inance
sam ples usu ally exist, Z d ata is not available on the analog key ou tpu t.

Ana log
(For the Comp onent Outp ut m od u le.)
Press this softkey to ad just DVEOUS’ analog ou tp u ts. The controls

change d ep end ing on the Outp ut m od u le installed . If the Com ponent
Analog Ou tpu t m od ule is installed , the Ana log softkey toggles Y, U, V,
and Key, and brings up the follow ing softknobs.
Mod e
Use this softknob to select the component analog form at need ed for
connecting to you r vid eo system . The follow ing table ou tlines the
settings. In all cases, the Y or G ou tpu t inclu d es sync, althou gh there is
also a sep arate com p osite sync ou tp u t (4V p -p ) available. N ote that with
Key highlighted , only the last three settings ap pear.
Mod e Na m e Lum ina nc e Ra ng e Chrom ina nc e

(Bla c k to White) Ra ng e (75% Ba rs)
SMPTE YUV White = 700m V 525m V p -p ,
SMPTE GBR White = 700m V 525 m V p -p ,
Bla c k = 0m V Green, Blue, Red
Beta 60 NS White = 714m V (100IRE) 757m V p -p ,
Bla c k = 0m V (0IRE) B-Y a nd R-Y
Beta 60 S White = 714m V (100IRE) 700m V p -p
Bla c k = 54m V (7.5IRE) B-Y a nd R-Y
Beta 50 White = 700m V 700m V p -p
MII 60 White = 700m V(100IRE) 486m V p -p ,
Bla c k = 53 m V (7.5IRE) B-Y a nd R-Y
SMPTE Key White = 700m V N/ A
( Key o nly) Bla c k = 0m V
NTSC Key NSU White = 714m V(100IRE) N/ A
(Key o nly) Bla c k = 0m V (0IRE)
Key SU White = 714m V (100IRE) N/ A
(Key o nly) Bla c k = 54m V (7.5IRE)
Gain
Use this softknob to change the level of the selected comp onent (Y, U, V,
or Key). A setting of 0 is u nity gain. A p ositive value increases the gain,
and a negative value d ecreases the gain.

Offset
Use this softknob to change the DC offset of the selected com p onent (Y,
U, V, or Key). A setting of 0 p rod u ces no DC offset. A p ositive valu e
p rod u ces a positive DC offset, and a negative valu e p rod u ces a negative
DC offset.
Ana log
(For the Comp osite Ou tpu t mod u le)
Press this softkey to ad just DVEOUS’ analog ou tp u ts. The controls

change d ep end ing on the Ou tp u t m od ule installed . If the Com posite
Analog Outp ut m od u le is installed , the Ana log softkey toggles Y,UV,C
and Key. Y or UV brings up the G ain and O ffset softknobs for Y or U
and V channels. C brings u p the Sat (satu ration ) softknob for the Video
selection only. Key ad ju stm ents inclu d e Key Level, Key Setu p , Key
Syn c En ab le and Key Setu p En ab le. DVEOUS autom atically selects the
N TSC or PAL com posite stand ard accord ing to its line stand ard setting.
Gain
Use this softknob to change the level of the selected (Y, U or V) Vid eo
ou tpu t. A setting of 100 is u nity gain. A setting over 100 increases the
gain, and a setting below 100 d ecreases the gain.
Offset
Use this softknob to change the black level of the selected (Y, U or V)
Vid eo outp ut. A setting of 0 has no black offset. A positive setting
prod u ces a positive offset, and a negative setting p rod u ces a negative
offset.
Sa t
Use this softknob to change the chrom inance saturation of the vid eo
ou tpu t. A setting of 100 is unity gain, w hich d oes not change the original
saturation. A setting over 100 increases the satu ration, and a setting
below 100 d ecreases the satu ration.

Key Level
Use this softknob to change the level of the Key ou tpu t. A setting of 0 is
u nity gain. A p ositive setting increases the gain, and a negative setting
d ecreases the gain.
Key Setup
Use this softknob to change the black level of the Key outp ut. A setting
of 0 has no black offset. A positive setting p rod uces a p ositive offset, and
a negative setting prod u ces a negative offset. This cntrol has no effect if
Key Setu p En ab le is off.
Key Sync Ena b le

This softknob allow s you to rem ove or keep the sync p u lse in the Key
signal. On enables sync, Off removes it.
Key Setup Ena b le

This softknob enables or d isables the Key Setup softknob allowing you
to lock or u nlock the Key Setu p setting.

DVEOUS Tec hnic a l Guid e Rem ote Setup Menu
Remote Setup Menu

Press the REM O TE SETUP bu tton to bring u p this m enu . H ere you can
change the ed itor tim ecod e offset and setu p GPI inpu t and outp ut
fu nctions.
Setup
This softkey is au tomatically highlighted w hen you bring u p this m enu .
Offset
Use this softknob to change the tim ecod e values that DVEOUS send s to
an ed it controller or other d evice via the rem ote p orts. Since all timeline
effects start at a tim ecod e value of 00:00:00:00, this is the typ ical "in point"
for DVEOUS when und er ed itor control. You m ay need a tim ecod e valu e
greater than 00:00:00:00, for example, to prevent the ed itor from having
to preroll "before m id night" (m eaning across the bou nd ary betw een
23:59:59:24/ 29 and 00:00:00:00). Use the O ffset softknob to ad d a fixed
offset to the d efau lt tim ecod e value. The d efau lt offset valu e is 0:00. You
can enter an offset of any valu e up to 43,200:00, or 12 hou rs.
GPI Inp uts

Gives you softknob wind ow s to select each of the 12 GPI inp ut contacts
and set it for one of 27 p ossible fu nctions:
Run Forward Next Keyframe Freeze Channel 2B Toggle Freeze Ch 1A
Run Reverse Previous KeyframeFreeze All Channels Toggle Freeze Ch 1B
Pause Rewind Unfreeze Channel 1A Toggle Freeze Ch 2A
Jog 1 Frame Fwd Fast Fwd Unfreeze Channel 1A Toggle Freeze Ch 2B
Jog 1 Frame Rev Freeze Channel 1A Unfreeze Channel 1B Toggle Freeze All Ch
Jog 1 Field Fwd Freeze Channel 1B Unfreeze Channel 2A Toggle Cursor On/Off
Jog 1 Field Rev Freeze Channel 2A Unfreeze All Channels
You can u se the Typ e control to select the typ e of GPI trigger being sent.
Hi-Low – GPI triggers on a falling ed ge
Low -H i – GPI triggers on a rising ed ge
Toggle – GPI triggers on either a falling or rising ed ge

Rem ote Setup Menu DVEOUS Tec hnic a l Guid e
GPI Outp uts

There are tw o mod es for the GPI outp uts that you can select in the
Rem ote Setu p menu. Mod e 1 assigns fu nctions to the 12 GPI ou tp u ts as
follow s:
GPIs 1 to 4 – Program mable on a keyfram e-by -keyfram e basis in the
Events m enu . You can fire any combination of these fou r GPI outp uts
on any keyfram e of the Global tim eline.
GPIs 5,7,9, and 11 – These GPI ou tpu ts provid e front/ back switch
tallies for each of the four DVE channels (5 = Ch 1A, 7 = Ch 1B, 9 = Ch
2A, 11 = Ch 2B). A high outp ut ind icates that the channel’s "Front"
sid e is visible, w hile a low ou tp u t ind icates that the channel’s "Back"
sid e is visible. These ou tpu ts are u seful for connection to a sw itcher
that accepts Front/ Back toggles for sw itching Au x Bus ou tp u ts. By
allow ing the switcher to p erform Front/ Back switching, only two
sw itcher Au x ou tpu ts are need ed to feed each twin channel (1A/ 1B
or 2A/ 2B).
GPIs 6, 8, 10, and 12 – These GPI ou tp u ts p rovid e on-air tallies for each
of the fou r DVE channels (6 = Ch 1A, 8 = Ch 1B, 10 = Ch 2A, 12 = Ch
2B). An on-air tally is low w henever that channel is visible on the
DVEOUS m ain ou tpu t, and high otherw ise.
When set to Tally m od e, the 12 GPI ou tp u ts function as on-air tallies for
the 12 inp uts. An on-air tally is low w henever that inpu t is visible in the
DVEOUS main ou tp u t, and high otherwise.

DVEOUS Tec hnic a l Guid e Eng ineering Menu
Engineering Menu
Press the EN G bu tton to bring u p this m enu . H ere you can select the
ed ge p rocessin g for th e m ain vid eo ou tp u t, byp ass th e in tern al
background keyer, com pensate for d elayed comp osite inp uts, ad ju st
Control Panel setu p s, and p erform softw are up d ates. This m enu also
d isplays the current softw are versions, and hard w are option cu rrently
installed .
Setup
Press th is softkey to brin g u p con trols for tu rn in g th e in tern al
background keyer on and off, for shap ing the ou tpu t vid eo’s ed ge, for
ad justing the Control Panel m enu d isp lay, and for setting the timeout
for the Control Panel lam p saver. Set up toggles Cha ssis and P a nel. With
Cha ssis h ig h lig h ted , th e Vid eo O u t, Back grou n d , a n d Tim in g
softknobs app ear. With P a nel highlighted , the Back ligh t, Bias, D isp lay,
and Lam p Saver softknobs ap p ear.
Cha ssis Softknob s
Vid eo Out
Use this softknob to select the ed ge p rocessing for DVEOUS’ p rogram
(vid eo) outp uts.
Sh ap ed – (the d efau lt) Multip lies, or shap es, the p rogram outp ut
ed ges so that they exactly m atch the key ou tp u t ed ges. Use this setting
w hen view ing the transformed vid eo keyed over DVEOUS’ own
backgrou nd , or when feed ing DVEOUS’ outp ut to a keyer that can
p erform a "m atte" (or ad d itive) key. This type of keyer d oes not
p rocess the key fill before com positing it over a backgrou nd .
Un sh ap ed – Does not process the program outp ut ed ges. Use this
setting when feed ing DVEOUS’ program and key ou tp u ts to a norm al
m u ltiplicative keyer, w hich p rocesses the key fill before com p ositing
it over a backgrou nd . N ote that if the transform ed vid eo is keyed over
DVEOUS’ ow n backgrou nd in this m od e, the ed ges ap p ear to overlap
the backgrou nd becau se they have not been correctly processed to fill
the key shape.
Ba c kg round
Use this softknob to tu rn DVEOUS’ background keyer on and off. To
view the transformed vid eo over the internal backgrou nd , leave the
background keyer turned O n . To key the transform ed vid eo externally
(for exam ple, in a sw itcher), turn the backgrou nd keyer O ff to avoid
d ou ble-keying the transform ed vid eo. You m ay also w ant to u se
Un sh ap ed m od e, d escribed above, w hen u sing an external keyer.

Eng ineering Menu DVEOUS Tec hnic a l Guid e
Note: Back grou n d on ly ap p lies if th e vid eo ou tp u t is set to

sh ap ed .
Tim ing
DVEOUS can accomod ate signals from and to the com posite world with
the Com posite Inp ut mod u le and the Comp osite Outp ut m od ule. The
Com p osite Inpu t m od ule has the sam e am ou nt of inpu t autotiming
com p ensation as d o the other Inp ut m od ule types—ap p roxim ately 2.8
lines of au totim ing. H ow ever, d u e to the extra d elay incu rred in
d igitizing and d ecod ing com p osite analog signals, the au totim ing
"wind ow " of the Com posite Inp u t m od ule is significantly "earlier" in
tim e, relative to system reference, than the au totim ing w ind ow of the
other Inp ut m od u le typ es.
The typ ical inp u t autotiming "wind ow ," w ithin which any sou rce fed to
that inp ut is autom atically correctly timed into DVEOUS, norm ally
ranges from ju st u nd er one line early to ju st und er tw o lines late, relative
to system reference. This means that, as long as the tim ing of a sou rce
relative to system reference falls insid e this range, DVEOUS can accept
and au tom atically tim e that sou rce for internal u se. H ow ever, the
Com posite Inpu t mod u le’s "w ind ow" normally ranges from just over
two lines early to ju st u nd er one line late, again relative to system
reference, because of the d ecod ing d elays m entioned earlier.
This "earlier" autotiming w ind ow associated w ith the Comp osite Inp ut
m od u le is not a p roblem w ith sou rces tim ed closely to system reference.
H ow ever, w hen DVEOUS’ inpu ts are fed by the Aux ou tp u ts of a
com posite d igital sw itcher, such as the Abekas A82 or GVG Mod el 3000,
p rocessing d elays throu gh the sw itcher may d elay the vid eo enou gh so
that DVEOUS Com posite inpu t mod u les cannot au totim e it p rop erly.
For this reason, DVEOUS has a Tim ing control that allow s you to d elay
the inp u t tim ing wind ow of all inp uts sim u ltaneou sly to comp ensate for
external d elays.
Cha ng ing the DVEOUS Inp ut Autotim ing Wind ow

Press the EN G bu tton and toggle the Setu p softkey to Chassis. When the
Tim ing softknob is set to N orm al, DVEOUS’ inp ut tim ing wind ow range
is as d escribed above. Ad ju sting the Tim ing softknob to Delay changes
the inp u t tim ing w ind ow for all inpu ts, d elaying them all by abou t one
and one-half lines from the N orm al setting. This allow s DVEOUS to be
able to p rop erly au totim e com p osite analog sou rces that are either tim ed
to system reference or d elayed by u p to 2.5 lines from system reference.
N ote, however, that other types of inpu t mod u les (serial d igital, parallel
d igital, com p onent analog) w ill now accep t only sou rces that are

DVEOUS Tec hnic a l Guid e Eng ineering Menu
d elayed by at least 0.5 lines from system reference. The Delay setting is
therefore not recom m end ed for DVEOUS system s containing both
Com p osite Inpu t mod u les and other types of Inp u t m od ules.
The follow ing table ou tlines the inpu t tim ing w ind ow ranges for all
inp ut m od u les, for both the N orm al and Delay settings.
Inp ut Mod ule Timing setting Ap p ro xima te Retiming Wind ow Ra ng e
Composite Video Normal 2H advanced to 1H delayed from system ref.
Delay 0.5H advanced to 2.5H delayed from system ref.
All Others Normal 1H advanced to 2H delayed from system ref.

Delay 0.5H advanced to 3.5H delayed from system ref.
N ote that all figu res in the above table are ap proximate because they
vary w ith the Outp ut Phase setting for the DVEOUS unit. If you ad vance
or d elay the DVEOUS ou tp u t horizontal p hase relative to system
reference, the inp u t tim ing w ind ow is ad vanced or d elayed by the sam e
am ou nt. Since the Ou tp u t Phase ad ju stm ent range is ap proximately p lus
or minus 19 m icrosecond s, you can vary the inp ut tim ing wind ow by
that am ou nt by ad ju sting Ou tpu t Phase, but only if the ou tp u t tim ing of
DVEOUS is not critical to the rest of the system .
There is a third Tim in g selection, called Com b in er, bu t this setting is

o n ly u sed in t h e C o m b in er C h a ss is o f a BRU TU S q u a d r u p le
twin-channel system. Do not select Com b in er if you are not u sing the
BRUTUS configu ration option.

Eng ineering Menu DVEOUS Tec hnic a l Guid e
Pa nel Softknob s
Ba c klig ht
Use this softknob to ad ju st the m enu d isp lay’s overall brightness.
Bia s
Use this softknob to ad ju st the contrast betw een the menu characters and
the background .
Disp la y
Use this softknob to select d ark m enu characters over a light background
(N orm al) or light menu characters over a d ark background (In verted ).
La m p Sa ver
Use this softknob to set the tim eou t for the lamp saver. The lam p saver
turns off the m enu d isp lay and all LEDs if the Control Panel is id le for
a set length of tim e. The d efault tim eou t is ten minu tes. You can set a
tim eou t betw een one minu te and 255 minu tes (fou r hours 15 m inutes),
or tu rn the lam p saver fu nction off.
Upd a te Softwa re
Use this softkey to install system softw are u p d ates. See Section 3 for
Softw are Upd ate instru ctions.

DVEOUS Tec hnic a l Guid e Rem ote Ena b le Menu
Remote Enable Menu

Press the REM O TE EN ABLE button to bring u p this m enu . Here you
can enable and d isable the Ed itor, Aux, and LIN C RS-422 ports, and
select their serial rem ote protocol.
Ed itor / Aux
Use these softkeys to bring up controls for setting the com mu nications
protocol, baud rate, p arity, and ad d ress (if app licable) for the RS-422
p orts labeled EDITOR and AUX. The highlighted O n or Off setting
ind icates w hether the selected port is active. The Ed itor p ort is typ ically
u sed to comm u nicate w ith an ed it controller. The Au x p ort is typ ically
u sed to comm u nicate w ith a sw itcher. This can be used w ith effect
m emory (E-MEM) control or to send front/ back sw itch com mand s to a
switcher Aux Bu s ou tpu t. You can u se either p ort for any of these
fu nctions.
Protoc ol
Use this softknob to select the p rotocol need ed to com m unicate with ed it
controllers and switchers, or to control switcher Au x Bu s ou tpu ts. These
are the available settings:
Son y – Em u lates Sony VTR com mu nications to allow control by a
Sony ed itor.
SM PTE – Em u lates SMPTE VTR com m unications to allow control by
ed itors that transfer d ata and comm and s u sing this p rotocol. This
setting also brings u p the SM PTE Ad d r control, d escribed below .
Perip h – Em u lates Grass Valley Grou p Perip heral p rotocol, for
control by Grass Valley Grou p switcher Effect Memories (E-MEMs).
This lets DVEOUS learn effect register recalls as p art of a sw itcher
E-MEM.
Au x Bu s – Allow s DVEOUS to control sw itcher Au x Bu s ou tp u ts. Use
this w hen feed ing DVEOUS’ inp u ts from sw itcher Au x Bus outp uts.
Instead of feed ing separate front and back sources to DVEOUS using
tw o Aux Bu s ou tpu ts (four if front and back key signals are inclu d ed ),
this type of control lets you p reset both the front and back sou rces on
one Au x Bu s ou tpu t. DVEOUS then send s a switch comm and to the
Aux Bu s ou tpu t to change sou rces w hen the image rotates from front
to back or vice versa. This cu ts you r sw itcher Au x Bus outp ut u sage
in half, as each Aux Bus ou tp u t to DVEOUS acts as both a front and
back sou rce. This setting also brings u p the Typ e control, d escribed
below .
CPL – Requires the CPL Protocol Converter m od u le and allows
DVEOUS to u se Control Protocol Langu age to com mu nicate w ith
GVG m od el 3000, 4000, and 2200 series switchers.

Rem ote Ena b le Menu DVEOUS Tec hnic a l Guid e
A53D VTR – allow s ASWR8100/ 8150 and Phillips/ BTS Diam ond
Digital sw itchers to control DVEOUS as if it w ere an Abekas A53-D,
em u lating VTR com m and s.
Ba ud
Use this softknob to set the baud rate for the serial rem ote control p ort.
The d efau lt bau d rate of 38400 is typical, bu t 1200, 2400, 9600, and 76800
are also available.
Parity
Use this softknob to set the parity for the serial remote control p ort. The
d efau lt p arity is O d d , bu t Even and N on e are also available.
SMPTE Ad d r
(This softknob only ap p ears w hen you select the SM PTE rem ote
protocol.) Use this softknob to set the SMPTE ad d ress for the serial
rem ote port. Most ed it controllers require a SMPTE ad d ress of 1, bu t you
can select any ad d ress from 1 to 64. Abekas d evice ad d resses correspond
to SMPTE ad d resses as follow s:
Abekas SMPTE ad d ress 1 = tru e SMPTE ad d ress 80A2

and so on, throu gh
Abekas SMPTE ad d ress 64 = true SMPTE ad d ress 8120

DVEOUS Tec hnic a l Guid e Rem o te Ena b le Menu
LINC
Use th is softkey to set DVEOUS’ LIN C ad d ress. LIN C (Locally
Integrated N od e Control) is a p rotocol d eveloped by Abekas to let
switchers control p eripheral d evices, such as DVEs and DDRs (d igital
d isk record ers) as part of the sw itch er’s tim elin e effects. LIN C can
control u p to 16 d evices simu ltaneou sly as p art of a tim eline effect. Since
DVEOUS su pports LIN C, you can have one or more DVEOUS u nits on
a sw itcher timeline, each with a d ifferent LINC ad d ress, and run them
frame accurately as part of the switcher effect.
Protoc ol
This softknob autom atically selects the LINC p rotocol, and you cannot
change it.
LINC Addr
Use this softknob to select DVEOUS’ LIN C ad d ress. Valid LIN C
ad d resses are from 1 to 32. Be sure the ad d ress you set for this DVEOUS
d oes not conflict with another LIN C d evice on the sam e netw ork. Each
d evice on the netw ork mu st have a uniqu e ad d ress.
NO TE: Th e Ab ek as A84+ an d ASWR8100 switch ers on ly
recogn ize LIN C ad d resses from 1 to 16 in clu sive. Set
DVEO US’ LIN C ad d ress in th is ran ge w h en con trollin g it
with on e of th ese sw itch ers.
Previou s generations of Abekas DVEs (A53-D, A51+, and A57) d isplay

their ow n control m enu s in the sw itcher Control Panel w hen interfaced
to the A82, A83, and A84+ d igital sw itchers. However, DVEOUS d oes
not sup p ort this feature and is not intend ed to be controlled this way via
LINC.

Persona lity Menu DVEOUS Tec hnic a l Guid e
Personality Menu
Un d er the Personality m enu is an im p ortant setu p item for p ost
p rod u ction op eration called "Field Dom inance on Ru n." With the Misc
softkey active, you w ill see the "C" p osition softknob controls "Ru n
Dom ." The d efau lt state is Off, allow ing the DVE effect to start rand om ly
on whichever field the sou rce vid eo presents w hen the ru n bu tton is
p ressed . When set to Field 1, the system w ill start running the effect only
on field one. Conversely, if set to Field 2, it w ill only run the effect starting
on field tw o. This is usefu l when build ing effects using the Target
Fram estore to freeze the p rop er field reference into the fram e bu ffer.
PAT T E R N
RUN DOM. AU TO L OA D
Field 1 Off
Persona lity Menu with "Field Dom ina nc e on Run"

DVEOUS Tec hnic a l Guid e Disk Menu
Disk Menu
Press the DISK bu tton to bring up this m enu , w hich controls all flop py
d isk fu nction s, inclu d ing nam ing, saving, recalling, cop ying, and
d eleting files, and form atting d isks.
Disk
Press this softkey to bring up the controls for saving, recalling, cop ying,
m oving, and d eleting files, and for form atting flop py d isks. Disk toggles
Save, Reca ll, and Misc.
With Disk/Sa ve highlighted , the Save and Show Comment softkeys, and
the File, File Typ e, Reg # (if the file typ e is Effect), and D rive softknobs,
ap p ear.
With Disk/Recall highlighted , the Reca ll and Show Comment softkeys,

and the File, File Typ e, Reg # (if the file type is Effect), and D rive
softknobs, ap pear.
With Disk Misc highlighted , the Act ion and Set Clock softkeys, and the
File, File Typ e, D rive or D est Drive, and Letter softknobs, app ear.
File
Use this softknob to scroll through the list of files on the d isk. The list
show s only the files that are the cu rrently selected file typ e (Effect,
Setu p , or All). The highlight in the list ind icates the cu rrently selected
file.
File Typ e
Use this softknob to select the type of file (Effect, Setu p , or All) that you
w ant to save, recall, cop y, m ove, or d elete. When the file typ e is Effect,
the Reg # softknob app ears.
Reg #
(This softknob only ap pears w hen File Typ e is Effect.) When saving
effects, u se this softknob to select the on-line effect register (Work Sp ace
or 0 – 99) you want to save to d isk. Use All Reg #s to save all registers
containing keyfram es to d isk, using a comm on file nam e. When recalling
effects, u se this softknob to select the on-line effect register (Work Sp ace
or 0 – 99) you w ant to recall the d isk effect to. Use Origin al to
au tom atically restore the d isk effect to the effect register from w hich it
w as saved .

Disk Menu DVEOUS Tec hnic a l Guid e
Drive
Use this softknob to select the d rive (In tern al or Extern al) to which you
w ant to save a file, or from which you want to recall or d elete a file. The
internal d rive is the one bu ilt into the Control Panel. The external d rive
is an op tional d isk d rive that you can connect to the Control Panel Ext
Flopp y port. You cannot select External unless there is an external flop py
d rive connected to the Control Panel.
Dest Drive
(Th is so ftk n o b o n ly a p p ea r s w it h Disk/Misc a n d Act ion/Copy
highlighted .) Use this softknob to select the d estination d rive (In tern al
or Extern al) for a file copy. The In tern al d rive is the one built into the
Control Panel. The Extern al d rive is an op tional d isk d rive that you can
connect to the Control Panel Ext Flop py port. The sou rce d rive’s file list
ap p ears in the menu d isp lay.
Letter
Use this softknob to nam e a file w hen you save, copy, or m ove it. Use
the softknob to select a character, then press the D keypad softkey to
enter the character in the nam e, w hich app ears in the keyp ad buffer. If
you have a PC/ AT com p atible keyboard connected to the Control Panel
Keyboard p ort, you can u se it to nam e the d estination file instead .
Filenames u se DOS conventions, and DVEOUS ad d s an extension based
on the file typ e cu rren tly selected : EFF for effect files, EN G for
engineering setu p files. To typ e a nu mber, enter the num ber from the
nu m eric keypad .
Sa ve
(This softkey only ap pears w ith Disk /Save highlighted .) Press this
softkey to enable the save file function. It brings up the Confirm Save
softkey. To save a file to the selected d rive with the cu rrent nam e and
com m ent, p ress Confirm Save. Saving a setu p file saves the settings in
the Inpu t Setu p , Outp ut Setup , Remote Setu p, Remote Enable, and
Engineering m enu s, excep t the Control Panel settings, w hich are saved
in the Control Panel flash EEPROM, as they may be d ifferent for each
Control Panel.
Confirm Sa ve
(This softkey only ap pears w ith the Sa ve softkey highlighted .) Press this
softkey to save the currently selected register (if the file typ e is Effect)
or the system setu p (if the file type is Setu p ) to flop py d isk. DVEOUS
u ses the cu rrently entered nam e and com ment w hen it saves to d isk.

Show/ Set Com m ent

(This softkey only ap pears w ith Disk/Save or Disk/Recall highlighted .)
DVEOUS attaches com m ents to on-line effects registers, and these
com m ents are saved , by d efau lt, w hen you save an effect file to d isk.
Press this softkey to read a d isk file comm ent. In Disk/Sa ve m od e, the
label changes to Set Comment w hen you p ress the softkey. In this mod e,
you can ad d or change the file comm ent w ith the Letter softknob or a
PC/ AT com patible keyboard connected to the Control Panel Keyboard
port. The comm ent can be u p to 80 characters long. Press Set Com m en t
again to ad d the comm ent.
NO TE: D VEOUS w rites th e file com m en t to th e d isk wh en
it saves th e file. Set com m en ts b efore savin g th e file to d isk ,
or resave a file after ad d in g a n ew com m en t.
Warn in g: Press Sh ow Com m en t to rem ove th e

d isp layed com m en t b efore p ressin g an y b u tton
on th e n u m eric k eyp ad . If Sh ow Com m en t is
h igh ligh ted , p ressin g a n u m eric k eyp ad b u tton
overwrites th e cu rren t com m en t.
You can also view d isk file com m ents on a DOS com p atible PC by
inserting the d isk in the PC flop p y d isk d rive and entering the comm and
type filename.ext
at the p rom pt. Be su re to use the actu al file name and extension when
entering this com mand , which d isplays the comm ent saved w ith the file.
DVEOUS u ses d efau lt com ments if you save on-line effects registers
w ithout ad d ing you r own com m ents. If you save an effect w ith no
keyfram es, the d efau lt com m ent is "no keyfram es." Otherw ise, the
d efau lt com ment is the effect register nu m ber and the time and d ate you
first saved it.
Rec a ll
(This softkey only ap p ears w ith Disk/Recall highlighted .) Press this
softkey to enable the recall file fu nction. It brings u p the Confirm Recall
softkey. To recall a file from the selected d rive to the selected effect
register (if the file type is Effect), press Confirm Recall. Recalling a setup
file resets DVEOUS to the settings in the Inpu t Setu p, Outp ut Setup ,
Remote Setu p, Rem ote Enable, and Engineering menus, excep t the
Control Panel settings, which are saved in the Control Panel flash
EEPROM, as they m ay be d ifferent for each Control Panel.

Confirm Rec a ll
(This softkey only ap pears w ith the Reca ll softkey highlighted .)Press
this softkey to recall the cu rrently selected file from the flop py d isk.
Ac tion
(This softkey only ap pears w ith Disk/Misc highlighted .) Press this
softkey to toggle the other d isk fu nctions: Copy, Move, Del (d elete), and
Frmt (form at). When you select a fu nction, a softkey labeled Confirm
[funct ion] ap pears to let you execute the selected function.
With Copy highlighted , you can copy file(s) from one d irectory or d isk
to another u sing the File, File Typ e, D est D rive, and Letter softknobs,
d escribed earlier. Press Confirm Copy to execu te the cop y.
With Move highlighted , you can m ove file(s) from one location to
another on the same d isk using the File, File Typ e, and Letter softknobs,
d escribed earlier. Moving a file is sim ilar to cop ying it, excep t that the
sou rce file is d eleted after the cop y. Press Confirm Move to execu te the
move.
With Del highlighted , you can d eleted file(s) u sing the File, File Typ e,
and Drive softknobs, d escribed earlier. Press Confirm Delet e to execute
the d elete.
With Frmt highlighted , you can format the d isk in the flop py d rive
selected w ith the Drive softknob, d escribed earlier. DVEOUS formats
flop py d isks u sing a stand ard DOS formatting process, so you can read
them on a DOS com patible PC. Press Confirm Forma t to execu te the
format.
WARNIN G: Form attin g a d isk erases ALL files

an d d irectories on it. Before form attin g a d isk ,
m ak e su re th at th ere are n o files on it th at you
w an t to k eep .

Set Cloc k
(This softkey only ap pears with Disk Misc highlighted .) Press this
softkey to bring u p controls for setting the system clock. DVEOUS u ses
the clock to "stam p " d isk files and for the d efau lt effect register
com m ents when you save them . Set Clock toggles Time (which has
H ou r, M in u te, and AM /PM softknobs) and Da t e (w hich has M on th ,
D ay, and Year softknobs).
Hour
Set the current hou r with this softknob.
Minute
Set the current m inu te w ith this softknob.
AM_PM
Select AM (before 12:00 noon) or PM (after 12:00 noon) w ith this
softknob.
Month
Set the current m onth with this softknob.
Da y
Set the current d ay of the m onth with this softknob.
Year
Set the current year w ith this softknob.


DVEOUS Insta lla tio n Guid e Com m o n Pa rt Num b ers
Ap p end ix A
Common Part Numbers
A list of com monly u sed p art nu mbers follow s.
Ma in Cha ssis
Ma in Cha ssis Po w er Sup p ly 2800-0069
Po w er Sup p ly Tra y 9500-0235
60m m Fa n 1700-0047
(This is the one in front of the p ow er sup p ly.)
80m m Fa n 1700-0002
(Tw o of these a re in the rea r of the c ha ssis.)
Po w er Switc h 3200-0100
13 Am p Circ uit Brea ker 3200-0102
Boa rd Insertion/ Extra c tion Too l 8900-0956
Ma in DVE Bo a rd 9400-0656
Co ntro ller/ Co m b iner Bo a rd 9400-0691
Wa rp Ad d ress Genera tor 9400-0702
Co m m unic a tions Bo a rd 9400-0690
Co lor Correc to r Op tion 9400-0648
Co lor Correc to r Byp a ss 9400-0731
Defo c us Op tio n 9400-0699
Ta rg et Fra m estore Op tion 9400-0700
Mo therb o a rd 9400-0689
Seria l Dig ita l Inp ut Ca rd 9400-0675
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Com m o n Pa rt Num b ers DVEOUS Insta lla tio n Guid e
Pa ra llel Dig ita l Inp ut Ca rd 9400-0669
Ana lo g Co m p onent
Inp ut Ca rd (10 b it) 9400-0722
Ana lo g Co m p onent
Inp ut Ca rd (8 b it) 9400-0667
Ana lo g Co m p o site Inp ut Ca rd 9400-0696
Ana lo g Co m p o nent Outp ut Ca rd 9400-0695
Ana lo g Co m p o site Outp ut Ca rd 9400-0697
Cha nnel Outp ut Op tio n 9100-0748
Bla nk I/ O Pla te 8900-0976
Co eff 1 SIMM 9400-0661
Co eff 2 SIMM 9400-0662
Fra m e Buffer SIMM 9400-0658
Line Dela y SIMM 9400-0659
DSP RAM SIMM 9400-0660
DSP ROM SIMM 9400-0663
SRAM SIMM 9400-0517
4MB Fla sh SIMM 9400-0741
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DVEOUS Insta lla tio n Guid e Com m o n Pa rt Num b ers
Control Pa nel
CP CPU Bo a rd 9400-0693
CP Ma in Sw itc h Bo a rd 9400-0692
CP Keyb o a rd Sw itc h, no LED 3200-0043
CP Keyb o a rd Sw itc h, LED 3200-0083
Interna l Flo p p y Disk Drive 1600-0060
Externa l Flo p p y Disk Drive 9500-0204
Externa l Flo p p y Ca b le 9000-0085
Jo ystic k Assem b ly 9800-0201
Sc reen Disp la y 1500-0037
Sha ft Enc o d er Assy 9400-0694
So ftp o t Kno b 1902-0156
So ftkey Keyb o a rd 9400-0763
So ftkey Keyb o a rd Sw itc h, no LED 3200-0048
Loc a l Power Sup p ly 2800-0063
CP Ca b le, 10’ 9000-0205
CP Ca b le, 33’ 9000-0204
CP Ca b le, 50’ 9000-0206
CP C a b le, 100’ 9000-0207
CP C a b le, 150’ 9000-0208
9100-0239-01 - NOVEM BER 96 Ap p end ix A-3

Co m m on Pa rt Num b ers DVEOUS Insta lla tion Guid e
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Wear safety glasses when working on high voltage circuits.

240 Volt Users

SOUTH WEST REGION MID-ATLANTIC REGION

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Insta lla tion

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Op tion Insta lla tion

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System Interconnection ..................................................4-29

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Sec tion Desc rip tions

Sec tion 1 – Introd uc tion

Sec tion 2 – Insta lla tion

Sec tion 3 – System Overview

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Sec tion 4 – Op tion Insta lla tion

Sec tion 5 – Ap p lic a tions

Sec tion 6 – Setup Menus

Sec tion 7 – Ap p end ix

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System Desc ription

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The DVEOUS chassis su p ports tw o outp ut m od ules, and there are

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or can take sync on Y or G on the vid eo inp u t; the key inpu t

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Referenc e Req uirem ents

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Overview of Terms Used

Each DVEOUS DVE board (m axim u m tw o p er system ) has tw in

V + V (Vid eo + Vid eo)

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VK + S (Vid eo/Key + Sh ad ow)

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Control Panel Button Groups

The Menu Sc reen

Menu La b els a nd Controls

A m enu can have u p to three d ifferent softkeys. The softkey labels

Menu Functions Effect Menu Title Master

Function LEFT RIGHT TOP BOTTOM KEYPAD

Menu Sc reen a nd Controls

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You can change softknob settings several w ays:

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Cha nnel Selec t Buttons

Cha nnel Selec t Buttons

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