Kramer 7508 Operation & User’s Manual

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• Kramer 7508, Contents i Contents 1 Introduction 1 2 Getting Started 1 2.1 Quick Start 2 3 Overview 3 4 Your 7508 CV/YC to SDI Converter 4 5 Using Your 7508 CV/YC to SDI Converter 5 5.1 Connecting a PC 6 5.2 Setting the DIP-Switches 8 6 Technical Specifications 9 7 Communication Protocol 10 Figures Figure 1: 7508 CV/YC to SDI Converter 4 Figure 2: Connecting a 7508 CV/YC to SDI Converter 6 Figure 3: Crossed Cable RS-232 Connection 7 Figure 4: Straight Cable RS-232 Connection with a Null Modem Adapte

• Kramer 7508, Introduction 1 1 1 Introduction Welcome to Kramer Electronics! Since 1981, Kramer Electronics has been providing a world of unique, creative, and affordable solutions to the vast range of problems that confront the video, audio, presentation, and broadcasting professional on a daily basis. In recent years, we have redesigned and upgraded most of our line, making the best even better! Our 1,000-plus different models now appear in 11 groups 1 Thank you for purchasing your Kramer DigiTOOLS 7508

• Kramer 7508, Overview 3 3 3 Overview The high quality Kramer DigiTOOLS 7508 CV/YC to SDI Converter is a multi-standard converter of analog video (composite and s-Video) to SMPTE-259M serial digital video (SDI). Many professional video units on the market today, such as Betacam decks and DVD players have high quality analog outputs, and the 7508 is ideal for preserving the quality, and minimizing the artifacts, when converting to the digital domain. In particular, the 7508: • Converts the SDI on 2 buffered and reclocked SDI output

• KRAMER: SIMPLE CREATIVE TECHNOLOGY Your 7508 CV/YC to SDI Converter 4 4 Your 7508 CV/YC to SDI Converter Figure 1 and Table 1 define the 7508 CV/YC to SDI Converter: Figure 1: 7508 CV/YC to SDI Converter Table 1: 7508 CV/YC to SDI Converter Features # Feature Function 1 12V DC +12V DC connector for powering the unit 2 SDI OUT 2 BNC Connecto

• Kramer 7508, Using Your 7508 CV/YC to SDI Converter 5 5 5 Using Your 7508 CV/YC to SDI Converter You can use your 7508 CV/YC to SDI Converter to convert professional quality composite video or s-Video (as the example in Figure 2 illustrates) to one or two SDI video outputs. To convert composite video or s-Video to up to 2 SDI video outputs, do the following 1 1. Connect a composite video source (for example, a VCR) to the CV BNC INPUT connector. : 2. Connect an s-Video source (for example, a camera) to the Y/C 4-pin INPUT connector. 3. Connect both SDI outputs to SDI acceptors as follows (when only one SDI output is required, use either of the SDI outputs of the 7508, and leave

• Kramer 7508, KRAMER: SIMPLE CREATIVE TECHNOLOGY Using Your 7508 CV/YC to SDI Converter 6 Figure 2: Connecting a 7508 CV/YC to SDI Converter 5.1 Connecting a PC You can connect to the unit via a crossed RS-232 connection, using for example, a PC. A crossed cable or null-modem is required as shown in method A and B respectively. If a shielded cable is used, connect the shield to pin 5. Method A (Figure 3)—Connect the RS-232 9-pin D-sub port on the unit via a crossed cable (pin 2 to pin 3, pin 3 to pin 2, and

• Kramer 7508, Using Your 7508 CV/YC to SDI Converter 7 7 Figure 3: Crossed Cable RS-232 Connection Hardware flow control is not required for this unit. In the rare case where a controller requires hardware flow control, short pin 1 to 7 and 8, and pin 4 to 6 on the controller side. Method B ( Figure 4)—Connect the RS-232 9-pin D-sub port on the unit via a straight (flat) cable to the null-modem adapter, and connect the null- modem adapter to the RS-232 9-pin D-sub port on the PC. The straight cable usually contains all nine wires for a full connection of the D-sub connector. Because the null-modem adapter (which already includes t

• Kramer 7508, KRAMER: SIMPLE CREATIVE TECHNOLOGY Using Your 7508 CV/YC to SDI Converter 8 5.2 Setting the DIP-Switches Configure the 7508 unit by setting the DIP-switches, as shown in Table 2 and Figure 5. Table 2: Setting the DIP-Switches DIP-Switch Set as Follows: 1 Y/C ON for Y/C source; OFF for CV source 2 RESERVED OFF 3 PEDESTAL 1 ON for pedestal (7.5 IRE offset selection for NTSC); OFF for no pedestal AUTO NTSC PAL PAL-M PAL-N NTSC-4 SECAM AUTO 4 STANDARD 1 OFF

• Technical Specifications 9 9 6 Technical Specifications Table 3 includes the technical specifications: Table 3: Technical specifications 1 INPUT: of the 7508 CV/YC to SDI Converter 1 composite video, 1Vpp/75Ω on a BNC connector; 1 s-Video, 1Vpp, 0.3Vpp/75Ω on a 4 -pin connector OUTPUT: 2 SDI SMPTE-259M, ITU-R BT.601 on BNC connectors DIGITAL RESOLUTION: 10 bits BANDWI

• Kramer 7508, KRAMER: SIMPLE CREATIVE TECHNOLOGY Communication Protocol 10 7 Communication Protocol RS-232 communication with the 7508 complies with the following protocol. The protocol uses 4 bytes of information, and data is at 9600 baud, with no parity, 8 data bits and 1 stop bit. Table 4: Structure of the Protocol MSB LSB INSTRUCTION 0 TO PC I5 I4 I3 I2 I1 I0 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 1st byte DATA 1 D6 D5 D4 D3 D2 D1 D0 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 2nd byte EXTENDED DATA 1 E6 E5 E4 E3 E2 E1 E0 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 3rd byte MSB’s ADDR 1 E7 D7 0

• Kramer 7508, Communication Protocol 11 11 DESCRIPTION OF INSTRUCTIONS INSTRUCTION 0 – RESET DATA=0: initialize the machine. When the machine is initialized, it will send the RESET code (DATA = 0). If the machine receives this code, it will reset to its “power-up” state. DATA=1: configure the machine to its factory default state. When the machine receives this code, all programmable parameters will be reset to their factory-default values. EXTENDED DATA - set as 0. INSTRUCTION 1 – READ INPUT STANDARD For sending to machine, set DATA = EXTENDED DATA = 0. When replying:- DATA = INPUT STANDARD; EXTENDED DATA = 0

• Kramer 7508, KRAMER: SIMPLE CREATIVE TECHNOLOGY 12 LIMITED WARRANTY WHO IS PROTECTED? WHAT IS COVERED AND WHAT IS NOT COVERED WH AT W E W IL L PAY FO R A ND W H AT W E W IL L N OT PAY F O R HOW YOU CAN GET WARRANTY SERVICE LIMITATION OF IMPLIED WARRANTIES EXCLUSION OF DAMAGES CAUTION! Kramer Electronics (hereafter ) warrants this product free from defects in material and workmanship under the following terms. Kramer HOW LONG IS THE WARRANTY Labor and parts are warranted for three years from the date of the first c

• Kramer 7508, Kramer Electronics, Ltd. Web site: www.kramerelectronics.com E-mail: [email protected] P/N: 2900-007508 REV 2 For the latest information on our products and a list of Kramer distributors, visit our Web site: www.kramerelectronics.com. Updates to this user manual may be found at http://www.kramerelectronics.com/manuals.html. We welcome your questions, comments and feedback.

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