Installation and Operation Manual HyperDeck Shuttle HyperDeck Studio Mac OS X™ Windows™ November 2012
Welcome Welcome to HyperDeck! Welcome to HyperDeck! We hope you share our dream for the television industry to become a truly creative industry by allowing anyone to have access to the highest quality video. Our range of HyperDeck disk recorders have made it easier and more affordable than ever to record and play back full 10-bit uncompressed video. HyperDeck records directly to removable 2.5” Solid State Disks (SSDs) that are getting bigger, faster and more affordable every day.
Contents HyperDeck 4 Introducing HyperDeck 4 HyperDeck Shuttle Controls 24 5 HyperDeck Shuttle Connections 25 Choosing the Right SSD 5 Installing the HyperDeck Shuttle Mounting Plate 26 Preparing SSDs for HyperDeck 6 Selecting Your Video Format 8 Recording and Playing Clips 9 HyperDeck Studio Controls 27 Recording Video with HyperDeck Shuttle 9 HyperDeck Studio Connections 28 Recording Video with HyperDeck Studio 9 Playing Video 10 Accessing Media on
Getting Started Introducing HyperDeck HyperDeck disk recorders record uncompressed SD and HD video quality directly to low cost solid state disks. Video playback can be viewed on an SDI or HDMI monitor or you can connect the SSD to a computer and edit directly from the SSD media itself. HyperDeck disk recorders have internal 3 Gb/s SATA ports which are used with standard 2.5" SSDs.
Getting Started About SSDs Choosing the Right SSD When working with uncompressed video it's important to carefully check the SSD you would like to use. This is because some SSDs can have up to 50% lower write speed than the manufacturer’s claimed speed, so even though the disk specifications claim an SSD is fast enough to handle video, in reality the disk is not fast enough for real time video data recording.
Getting Started Preparing SSDs for HyperDeck SSDs used by HyperDeck must be formatted as either HFS+ or ExFAT. These disk formats allow long clips to be recorded in a single file per clip. Simply connect the SSD to your computer with an external dock or cable adapter and format it as you would a regular disk. Make sure you back up anything important from your SSD as you will lose everything on it when you format it. HFS+ is also known as Mac OS Extended.
Getting Started The Format dialog box can format a drive in the ExFAT format on a Windows PC. Step 1. Connect the SSD to your computer. Step 2. Choose Start>Computer and right-click on your SSD. Step 3. From the contextual menu, choose Format. Step 4. Set the file system to "exFAT" and the allocation unit size to 128 kilobytes. Step 5. Type a volume label, select "Quick Format" and click "Start". Step 6. Your SSD will quickly be formatted and made ready for use with HyperDeck.
Getting Started Selecting Your Video Format HyperDeck Studio and HyperDeck Shuttle 2 let you select from a choice of uncompressed and compressed video formats. The original HyperDeck Shuttle exclusively records in an uncompressed video format. HyperDeck can play back 10 bit uncompressed QuickTime files on a fast SSD, or to a compressed format if you have a slower SSD or want to fit longer high definition recordings on a single SSD.
Getting Started Recording and Playing Clips HyperDeck ships ready to record and play back with uncompressed SD and HD video quality. You can start recording immediately without having to configure any settings and all you need is a recommended SSD formatted in the HFS+ or ExFAT format. The "Using HyperDeck" section later in this manual provides information about changing settings for recording and playback as well as more detailed steps for recording, playback and using RS-422 control.
Getting Started Playing Video Playing back a clip is simple and instantaneous. HyperDeck Shuttle playing back video. If you’re recording with HyperDeck Shuttle, press the Stop button once to stop recording. Press it again to switch to playback. Then simply press Play and you'll see your video on any displays connected to the SDI and HDMI outputs.
Getting Started Externally Controlling Your HyperDeck There are several ways you can remotely control your HyperDeck and more detailed instructions are provided in the "Using HyperDeck" section of this manual. SDI Start/Stop Recording Start/stop recording means that when you press the record button on an HD-SDI camera, HyperDeck will start recording without also having to press the record button on your HyperDeck disk recorder.
Updating the HyperDeck Software HyperDeck Utility Blackmagic HyperDeck Utility is used to change settings and update the internal software in your HyperDeck. In addition to installing HyperDeck Utility, uncompressed 10 bit codecs are installed for Mac and Windows. If you use Avid Media Composer 6.x, you'll also find a HyperDeck Studio deck preset is installed to help with RS-422 deck control.
Using HyperDeck Using HyperDeck Disk Check When you first switch on HyperDeck, or any time you insert an SSD, the SSD indicator will light up while checking the SSD and then switch off. If the SSD has not been formatted correctly, or fails to work, the SSD indicator will illuminate solid red until the SSD is removed. Refer to the previous section "Preparing SSDs for HyperDeck" to check if the SSD is formatted correctly and also check that it works with a computer.
Using HyperDeck Recording Clips with HyperDeck Studio Before recording, format a recommended SSD in the HFS+ or ExFAT format and use HyperDeck Utility to choose your recording format. Step 1. Insert a recommended and correctly formatted SSD into either SSD slot. Step 2. Connect your video source to an HyperDeck Studio input. Press the INPUT button once, while the stop button is illuminated, to preview the video source on the LCD before recording.
Using HyperDeck Timecode Run Recording HyperDeck Shuttle and HyperDeck Studio also support timecode run recording, which is similar to start/ stop recording, but is only used if your HD-SDI camera does not support trigger recording via HD-SDI. To set up timecode run recording: Step 1. Go into your camera's timecode settings and change them from "free run timecode" to "record run timecode". Step 2. In HyperDeck Utility, set Trigger recording to "When SDI timecode runs".
Using HyperDeck Playback Playing Back Clips Playing back a clip is simple and instantaneous. If you’re recording with HyperDeck Shuttle, press the Stop button once to stop recording. Press it again to switch to playback. Then simply press Play. If you’re recording with HyperDeck Studio, press the play button once for instant playback. The controls of HyperDeck work just like a CD player so pressing next clip will skip to the start of the next clip and continue playing.
Using HyperDeck Playing Back RP 188 Embedded Timecode If you use HyperDeck Utility to switch on the option to "Play back media timecode track to SDI output" when playing back high definition video, your HyperDeck will embed SMPTE RP 188 metadata allowing other video equipment to display or record the timecode. Timecode is also commonly displayed on HD-SDI monitors but you will often need to find a menu setting to turn it on.
Using HyperDeck 5 4 3 2 RS-422 Control 1 What is RS-422 Control? The RS-422 standard is commonly supported by NLE hardware and software and allows video players and recorders to be remotely controlled by an external RS-422 controller or capture device. 9 8 7 6 Receive (–) Receive (+) Transmit (–) Transmit (+) Ground Pins 2 7 8 3 1, 4, 6, 9 RS-422 remote pin connections.
Using HyperDeck Supported RS-422 Commands Command Reply No Remote Notes 0x11 DeviceTypeRequest NTSC: 0xF0E0 PAL: 0xF1E0 24P: 0xF2E0 Enabled 0x20 0x00 Stop Acknowledge Disabled 0x20 0x01 Play Acknowledge Disabled 0x20 0x02 Record Acknowledge Disabled 0x20 0x10 FastFwd Acknowledge Disabled 0x21 0x11 JogFwd1 Acknowledge Disabled 0x22 0x11 JogFwd2 Acknowledge Disabled Treated as N=1; Same as JogFwd1 0x21 0x12 VarFwd1 Acknowledge Disabled Uses ShuttleFwd1 0x22 0x
Using HyperDeck Supported RS-422 Commands Command Reply No Remote Notes 0x21 0x38 ProgSpeedPlayPlus Acknowledge Disabled 0x21 0x39 ProgSpeedPlayMinus Acknowledge Disabled 0x20 0x40 Preview Acknowledge Disabled Status bits are set 0x20 0x41 Review Acknowledge Disabled Status bits are set 0x20 0x43 OutpointPreview Acknowledge Disabled 0x22 0x5C DMCSetFwd Acknowledge Disabled 0x22 0x5D DMCSetRev Acknowledge Disabled 0x20 0x60 FullEEOff Acknowledge Disabled 0x20
Using HyperDeck Supported RS-422 Commands Command Reply No Remote Notes 0x40 0x23 AOutReset Acknowledge Disabled 0x44 0x31 PrerollPreset Acknowledge Disabled 0x40 0x40 AutoModeOff Acknowledge Disabled ignored, Status bit remembered 0x40 0x41 AutoModeOn Acknowledge Disabled ignored, Status bit remembered 0x0A TimeCodeGenSense 6 - Sense Request 0x61 Request for Gen TC GenTCData Enabled Timer1Sense Timer1Data Enabled UserBitsVITCTimeSense UserBitsVITCTimeData Enabled L
Using HyperDeck Supported RS-422 Commands Command Reply No Remote Notes 7 - Sense Reply 0x78 0x00 Timer1Data - - Current Time and 00:00:00:00 0x78 0x04 LTCUserBitsTimeData - - Current Time and 00:00:00:00 0x78 0x06 VITCUserBitsTimeData - - Current Time and 00:00:00:00 0x74 0x06 VITCTimeData - - Current Time 0x74 0x07 UserBitsVITCTimeData - - 00:00:00:00 0x74 0x08 GenTCData - - Current Time 0x78 0x08 GenTCUBData - - Current Time and 00:00:00:00 0x74 0x09 Ge
Using HyperDeck RS-422 Developer Information Bit 7 Bit 6 Bit 5 Bit 4 Bit 3 Bit 2 Bit 1 Bit 0 Byte 0 0 0 Cassette out 0 0 0 0 Local Byte 1 Standby 0 Stop 0 Rewind Forward Record Play Byte 2 Servo Lock 0 Shuttle Jog Var Direction Still 1 Byte 3 Auto Mode 0 0 0 Aout Set Ain Set Out Set In Set Byte 4 Select EE Full EE 0 0 0 0 0 0 Byte 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Byte 6 0 Lamp Still Lamp Fwd Lamp Rev 0 0 0 0 Byte 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Byte 8
Using HyperDeck Shuttle HyperDeck Shuttle Controls 1 2 3 4 5 6 DISP 7 8 9 VIDEO Buttons Status Indicators 1. Record HyperDeck Shuttle will instantly record the moment you press the Record button, even if you’re playing back a clip. This means you’ll never miss a good take that’s happening. If the button flashes red, the SSD is too slow and cannot keep up with recording. 5. Next Clip If you hold down Next Clip, the clip will fast forward at 2x speed.
Using HyperDeck Shuttle HyperDeck Shuttle Connections 11 12 13 14 +12V POWER HDMI IN HDMI OUT SDI IN 15 16 18 SDI OUT 17 Connections Mounts 11. +12V POWER You can use the power adapter supplied with HyperDeck Shuttle or power it off an external camera battery as the connector supports an input range of 12V to 18V. When a power source is connected, the built-in internal battery will also be charged. 14.
Using HyperDeck Shuttle Installing the HyperDeck Shuttle Mounting Plate The contents of the box includes: x1 HyperDeck Shuttle x4 Socket Head Screws Mounting Plate M3 x 10mm Step 1. Peel back the rubber mat from all four corners of the base so you can just see the screws. Remove all four screws. You will need: x1 Hex Allen Key 2.5mm Step 2. Remove the base. Step 3. Attach your HyperDeck Shuttle Mounting Plate using the supplied socket head screws.
Using HyperDeck Studio HyperDeck Studio Controls 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 INPUT DISP SET 9 IN LOOP OUT OUT 1 OUT 2 MON OUT +12V POWER REMOTE ETHERNET SD/HD/3GHD-SDI 1. SSD Slot 1 2. SSD Slot 2 Insert a 2.5" SSD into an SSD slot until you feel the SSD press into place. The surround of the SSD slot lights in green when it is accessing a correctly formatted SSD. If the SSD has not been formatted correctly, or fails to work, the SSD slot light will illuminate solid red until the SSD is removed.
Using HyperDeck Studio HyperDeck Studio Connections DISP SET IN LOOP OUT OUT 1 OUT 2 MON OUT REMOTE ETHERNET 17 18 19 SD/HD/3GHD-SDI 20 21 22 REM JOG REF IN IN +12V POWER INPUT OUT HDMI 23 24 25 26 27 28 Connections 17. +12V POWER You can use the universal power adapter supplied with HyperDeck Studio or power it off any DC power source, from 12V to 18V, allowing for portable battery packs and on set use. 21.
Help Getting Help The fastest way to obtain help is to go to the Blackmagic Design online support pages and check the latest support material available for your HyperDeck. Blackmagic Design Online Support Pages The latest manual, software and support notes can be found at the Blackmagic Support Center at www.blackmagicdesign.com/support.
Warranty 12 Month Limited Warranty Blackmagic Design warrants that this product will be free from defects in materials and workmanship for a period of 12 months from the date of purchase. If a product proves to be defective during this warranty period, Blackmagic Design, at its option, either will repair the defective product without charge for parts and labor, or will provide a replacement in exchange for the defective product.
