User`s manual

3. Getting started
Barco – Hydra Compact – R5976568 – Revision 14 – September-2007
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3.2.4 Video Input Card
To integrate analog video, SDI video and HD-SDI video, there are different types of video input cards available for
use in the H
YDRA COMPACT. Each board except the Streaming video card is additionally equipped with a RJ45 GPIO
connector for user specified functions like tallies or alarms. Furthermore there is an LED for each input connector
to indicate, if there is a video connection or not.
Depending on the type of the video input card up to 40 video sources can be processed and displayed by one
H
YDRA COMPACT.
Order
The video input cards are inserted into the slots on the right of the overlay input card (looking from the back on
the H
YDRA COMPACT). The order of the various video input cards and the RGB input cards can be chosen arbitrarily.
One exception from this is the combination of Quad SDI video input cards and RGB input cards since the RGB
input cards can not be inserted directly to the left of the Quad SDI video input cards. Either a card of another type
can be inserted between these cards or the RGB input cards can be inserted to the right of the Quad SDI video
input cards.
There is no empty slot allowed between overlay input card and video/RGB input cards and
between the video/RGB input cards themselves!