Manual

The Cobalt Digital 9018 is a high performance Quad 4:2:2 SDI to analog composite converter card. The card is
100% compatible with openGear
TM
frames. Through the use of the DashBoard Lite software, which can be
found at the openGear
TM
website, the 9018 will report parameter status to any computer on the same network
as the openGear
TM
frame. The DashBoard Lite software also allows for remote resetting of the video lines and
hardware firmware upgrades. For more information on openGear
TM
frames and other cards in the openGear
TM
family see the openGear
TM
website at http://www.opengear.tv.
Gain pots, status LEDs and configuration switches are all mounted on the board edge to allow adjustments and
configuration without having to remove the board from the frame. Output gain control for analog composite is
adjustable +5 / -10 IRE. Configuration switches allow for Setup On/Off (NTSC Only); Color On/Off; and Test
Color Bars On/Off (requires a 270 Mbit input to properly clock output). Four status LEDs indicate the state of
each converter. A solid LED indicates signal lock. A flashing LED indicates no lock to input signal. A dark, non-
flashing LED indicates a fault condition (i.e. power lost to board).
Other features include true sync output levels of -300 mV, on board resetable fuses and low power (per
converter) consumption enabling a large number of conversions per frame. The Cobalt Digital 8310 openGear
TM
2RU frame can easily supply and cool 10 9018 cards, allowing 40 channels of conversion, with 60 composite
output BNCs.
9018 Owner's Manual
Copyright 2001-2007 Cobalt Digital Inc.
Page 2 of 4
Fig. 1: 9018 Quad SDI to Analog Composite
Equalize
& Reclock
Serial to
Parallel
Digital to
Analog
Encoder
DA
Analog Composite
Output
4:2:2 SDI Input
SMPTE 259M
Equalize
& Reclock
Serial to
Parallel
Digital to
Analog
Encoder
DA
Analog Composite
Output
4:2:2 SDI Input
SMPTE 259M
Equalize
& Reclock
Serial to
Parallel
Digital to
Analog
Encoder
DA
Analog Composite
Output (x2)
4:2:2 SDI Input
SMPTE 259M
Equalize
& Reclock
Serial to
Parallel
Digital to
Analog
Encoder
DA
Analog Composite
Output (x2)
4:2:2 SDI Input
SMPTE 259M
The Cobalt Digital 8310 openGear
TM
frame provides a total of 10 BNC connectors per card. I/O configuration is
shown in Fig 2.
2
4
6
1
3
5
87
C Output Analog Composite
A input SDI
B Input SDI
C Input SDI
D Input SDI
A Output Analog Composite
B Output Analog Composite
D Output Analog Composite
Fig. 2: Rear view of Frame BNC connector panel.
109C Output Analog Composite D Output Analog Composite