V1 User's Manual Version 4.16v (11/2002) For use with: V1 Disk Recorder Series w/ Silver Front Panel and firmware up to 4.16 Doremi Labs, Inc. 306 E.
TABLE OF CONTENTS WARRANTY............................................................................................................................... 4 WARNING................................................................................................................................... 5 AVIS ............................................................................................................................................. 5 PROTECTING YOURSELF AND THE V1 ................................
5.2.8 Reverse Play.................................................................................................... 43 5.3 USING DISCONTINUOUS TIME CODE ON A DRIVE. ....................................... 43 5.3.1 Increasing Time Code ..................................................................................... 43 5.3.2 Non-Increasing Time Code ............................................................................. 43 5.3.3 Repeating Time Code..............................................
Warranty Doremi's warranty obligations are limited to the terms set forth below: Doremi Labs, Inc. ("Doremi") warrants this hardware product against defects in materials and workmanship for a period of ONE (1) YEAR from the date of original retail purchase.
WARNING THIS APPARATUS MUST BE EARTHED IMPORTANT WARNING Power requirements for electrical equipment vary from area to area. Please ensure that your V1 meets the power requirements in your area. If in doubt, consult a qualified electrician or Doremi Labs, Inc. dealer. 120VAC 220-230/240VAC 240VAC @60Hz for USA and CANADA rating 1A @50Hz for Europe rating 0.5A @50Hz for Australia rating 0.5A AVIS Le voltage peut differer d’un pays a l’autre. Il faut que le V1 soit ajuste au voltage du pays.
WARNING!! To prevent fire or shock hazard, do not expose this appliance to rain or moisture CAUTION RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK DO NOT OPEN CAUTION: ! TO REDUCE THE RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK, DO NOT REMOVE COVER (OR BACK). NO USER-SERVICEABLE PARTS INSIDE. REFER SERVICING TO QUALIFIED SERVICE PERSONNEL.
CE NOTICE indicates compliance of the device to the EMC (Electromagnetic Marking by the symbol Compatibility) directive and to the Low Voltage directive of the European Community. Such marking is indicative that this device meets or exceeds the following technical standard: • EN 55022 "Limits and Methods of Measurement of Radio Interface Characteristics of Information Technology Equipment.
INTRODUCTION Thank you for your V1 purchase. The V1 is a random access digital video disk recorder that uses magnetic drives (hard drives) as a recording medium. To record video on a hard drive it should be digitized which means that the analog video information must be converted to a digital data stream. Every NTSC video frame contains 525 lines that have 858 pixels each, however, only 480 lines with 720 pixels each are used to hold picture information.
Audio and Time Code In addition to the video, and regardless of the compression ratio used, the V1 records 0, 2, 4, 6 or 8 tracks of uncompressed audio (sampled at 48Khz). Each audio sample is coded on 2 bytes (2*2*48000= 192 KB/s) and every field of time code is sampled on 80 bytes (29.97*2*80= 4.795 KB/s for 2 channels in NTSC and 25*2*6= 4 KB/s for 2 channels in PAL).
DESIGN OF MANUAL This user’s manual covers the V1 MPEG2, DCT and Uncompressed series. Although the basic operation of all V1 products is the same, there are minor differences. When a feature refers to only one product series that function will be highlighted in bold with the name of the product as seen in the example below: >>DCT ONLY >>MPEG2 ONLY >>UncompSD ONLY >>UncompHDTV ONLY – for the DCT product series, V1, V1m, V1d, V1x2 – for the MP2 product series.
1 Setup Guide 1.1 Quick Start Guide for V1 DCT and MPEG2 machines For more information about the items in bold, refer to Chapter 4 there you will find every Menu and Option Menu command listed and explained. Note V1-U and V1-UHD drives are pre-installed at the factory. See section 1.4 for setup information. This quick start guide assumes the most common hardware setup: Single video channel V1 equipped with a removable hard drive using the Kingston Data Express drive carrier and receiver.
1.2 Instructions for Initial Setup and Transport ♦ Before powering-up the V1 unit, please connect the SCSI termination supplied on the rear external SCSI connector (If not there, the V1 will not operate properly). If you don’t see a SCSI connector on the back of the unit, it means that the terminator is mounted internally.
1.4 Setup of drives on the V1-U and V1-UHD ♦ Make sure the drives are on consecutive SCSI ID numbers i.e., 1 and 2 ( and 3 if you have 3 drives). ♦ Power up all drives (Turn on the key of the Data Express) ♦ Go to Option Menu 30 and set it to: “Multi File”, “First Disk” to 1, “Stripe Size” to 2 (or 3), “#RAID Sets” to 1 ♦ Initialize. ♦ The time left in Menu 10 should reflect the total time from all drives ♦ Record. The V1 will record across all drives at the same time.
2 Front Panel Description The V1 front panel contains space for two (3 1/2") half-height SCSI drives or 3 (3 1/2") Low Profile SCSI drives, keypad, menu controls, transport controls, LCD display and an optional LCD video confidence monitor. 2.1 Keypad Area 1, 2, 3, 4 (Channel Selection): If your V1 has more than one channel use these buttons to switch between the different channels. For single channel V1 machines channel "1" should always be selected. AUD.
2.2 Menu Controls and Jog/Shuttle IN: Select the In point for a video segment. OUT: Select the Out point for the video segment. GOTO: To locate to a specific frame (field) from the V1 front panel, enter the time code location numbers from the numeric keypad and press GOTO. ESCAPE: This is the escape key. Press it when you want to exit the menu mode. OPTION: Selects the options menu. Hold down option key and press the MENU button.
JOG/SHUTTLE WHEEL FUNCTIONS: Activates the following function when lit: JOG: In Jog mode, the rotation of the Internal wheel will generate "Jog" steps in forward or reverse. SHUTTLE: In Shuttle mode, the angle of the external wheel from its initial position will control the shuttle speed with 7 different values in each direction: 10%, 20%, 48%, 100%, 200%, 500%, 1000% in >> or <<. The value used and the direction (">>", "<<") is displayed on the bottom line of the LCD during the shuttle operation.
2.3 Transport Controls The V1 standard transport controls are: 2.4 REC Record control button. This key is used in several ways described later in this menu. STOP Stop control button. The STOP key will cause the V1 to stop any transport control (Play, record, rewind, fast forward). PLAY Play control button. If the active drive has recorded material, pressing the PLAY key will start playback from the current location at normal speed and the green LED will go ON.
♦ During transport controls, the current operation is shown on the right side of the display: PLAY, STOP, REWIND, FORWARD, RECORD, JOG, SHUTTLE, VAR..
2.6 LCD Video Display Optional LCD video confidence monitor. The display can be turned OFF or ON. See section 4.3 “video” option.
3 Rear Panel Description DCT, MPEG2 and Uncompressed SD
Uncompressed High Definition (HD)
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Note : Sync In 3.2 Please do not use YUV/RGB output and Y/C (S-Video) outputs at the same time because these signals are coming from the same buffered outputs and so this will produce a mismatch on impedance loads. House Sync input BNC connector for the V1 synchronization reference. Use only Black Burst Sync here. Your Sync input should not exceed 1V P-P. Video Analog Composite video input and output BNC connectors.
3.3 Audio Inputs / Outputs Analog Audio: 2channel analog XLR inputs and outputs. These XLR connectors are the balanced analog audio inputs and outputs. Pin 2 is hot (+), pin 3 is cold (-), and pin 1 is ground. Digital Audio: 4 channel digital XLR inputs and outputs. Transformer balanced AES/EBU input and output. Pin 2 is hot (+), pin 3 is cold (-), and pin 1 is ground.
3.7 SCSI Standard 68-pin female connector for connection to external SCSI drives. When no external SCSI devices are used, make sure the supplied terminator is connected here. When connecting external drives, the last drive in the chain should be terminated. All V1 internal drives supplied by Doremi Labs, Inc. are non-terminated. This connector may not appear on your unit because the terminator was placed inside the unit. 3.
4 Menu & Option Selections From the front panel, you have access to three different sets of menus. Pressing the MENU key will provide access to the “Standard Menu” and pressing OPTION MENU (hold the OPTION key while pressing MENU) will allow access to the “Options Menu”. Pressing the ESC and MENU key will provide access to the “Controller Menu”. If you don’t have a front panel controller, you can either use the VToolsPro utility or the RCV2 stand-alone controller. 4.
During record, the time code embedded in the video input signal (VITC) will be recorded on the VITC track of the V1 active drive. The time code displayed on the V1 front panel and present on the VITC OUT connector during playback or record is the same time code recorded on the VITC track, unless a time code offset has been set. See Section 5.1.4, "Time Code Offset". VITC Time (02) Sync from Specifies the sync reference during playback. The V1 is always locked to the Input when recording.
(06) Compress (Bit Rate for MPEG2 units, Compression Ratio for DCT units and select between 8 and 10 bit for the V1-U) An initialize command should be executed in order for the new setting to be valid for the new recording. Pressing the TOGGLE key on the MPEG2 or DCT units will increase the ratio then it will recycle. Holding down the OPTION key while pressing the TOGGLE key will decrease the ratio.
(10) Time Left This menu selection will display how much time (HH:MM:SS:FF) is still available on the disk from the end of the existing recording. The total duration is calculated using the disk capacity detected, the compression rate, and the number of audio channels. After an Initialize command, Time Left displays the full capacity of the drive in "HH:MM:SS:FF" format. If you call this menu during recording, it will show the time left at the moment it was activated.
4.2 Option Menu Hold the OPTION and the MENU key to call up the “Option menus”. The up arrow key ! (or down arrow key ") will allow the user to get to the next (or previous) menu selection. If there are submenu selections for the Menu items use the ++ or – buttons to scroll through the selections. The TOGGLE button generally sets the parameters for the selected menu. Press TOGGLE to increase the parameter and hold OPTION and TOGGLE to decrease the parameter.
Important notes: ♦ Hitting ENTER after each of these sub-menus will save your choice and launch the copy operation, so do not press ENTER until you have entered all the correct values in the sub-menus. ♦ The destination drive must be previously initialized on a V1. The copy will be aborted if the destination drive is not a V1 drive. ♦During the copy process, the LCD will display a counter showing how much is left to be copied (in Gbytes, Mbytes), when finished, it will display "Completed".
(03) Set Video This menu option will allow you to set the video parameters. The ++ key will switch between: This parameter sets the delay until the video output goes black (screen saver). Hold the OPTION and the TOGGLE to move the delay down by 10 seconds, TOGGLE will move it up by 10 seconds. "000" will disable this feature, "010" will cause the unit to output black video when the unit is idle for 10 seconds. Video Pattern. Use the TOGGLE button to switch between ON Pattern and OFF.
(05) Disk Access This menu option will allow you to write protect your drive. The TOGGLE key will switch between Play Only and Play & Record (Default). When Play Only is selected, you will not be able to record on the disk or initialize it. This option is saved on the disk. Setting is saved on the active drive. So if the drive is mounted on another V1 unit, these settings will be recovered. (06) Frame Mode Select the TOGGLE button to switch between Frame Mode ON, OFF and Play Only.
For standalone units working with Wide SCSI drives, the settings should be: 40-16-ON. For units installed with the V1Xserver, the settings should be: 10-16-ON. For the MPEG2 and DCT units with a loop SCSI cable (2 SCSI connectors in the back), the Termination should be OFF. (12) V1 Type Select the TOGGLE button to switch between Player Only or Rec/Player. This option is used when more than one V1 unit are connected to the same drive or RAID.
in option menu (8). If the clip selected in Option Menu 8 is 0, the loop will be on the whole disk space. (23) Edit Time The “++” key will switch between IN and OUT. When using the EDIT ON/OFF commands from a P2 editor EDIT IN EDIT OUT 2, 3, 4 or 5 frames. Pressing TOGGLE specifies the number of frames the V1 will wait before it starts recording after receiving an EDIT ON command. For MPEG2 units this should be set to 5. 2, 3, 4 or 5 frames.
Stripe On #RaidSets Sets the number of disks in the RAIDSET. Use “1” for Single File. Sets the number of RAIDSET to be defined. This parameter should be set to “1”. UncompSD ONLY: If the V1-U is equipped with the fast ST318452 or ST336752 drives, it can be initialized in Single File system, which does not allow striping but allows daisy chaining and allows for the clips to be saved on the drive.
The V1 will also send a trigger to output pin 1, pin 2 or pin 3 after it completes the playback of a segment. The pin number is determined by the remainder value when dividing the segment number by the number three. (34) Set IP Allows the user to change the IP address of the V1. To enter a new IP address, type it in 3 digit blocks. To jump from one block to the other hit the BKSP. If you are using the RCV2 front panel, you can hit CLEAR before typing the IP address.
4.3 Controller Menu The front panel controls of the V1 are called the “RCV2 controller”. The RCV2 controller communicates with the V1 via RS-422. The controller has several unique functions. To call up the Controller Menu hold the ESCAPE button and press the menu up ! arrow key (or down key "). Use the arrow keys to scroll through the menu selections. The TOGGLE button changes the parameters for the selected menu.
Select Channel 1. Go to the start of the disk by pressing CLEAR then press GOTO, then start recording. Select Channel 2 and press the Record button to go in EE mode. When you see an event worth marking press SAVE, this will increment the Clip number and save the IN point of the clip minus the Preroll value setting. (see Preroll above) Every time you hit SAVE, the clip number will increment and the new time code will be captured.
5 Recording & Playback 5.1 RECORDING 5.1.1 Standard (Crash) Recording Procedures Pressing the REC button on the front panel will automatically put the V1 into "RECORD READY" mode or "INPUT MONITOR" mode, the red LED will go ON. This is useful for monitoring the input audio and video before you record. To turn "INPUT MONITOR" OFF press STOP.
5.1.4 Time Code Offset This function will allow you to offset your time code track starting at any location (frame) on the disk. NTSC users should first select their time code frame rate from the Drop Frame menu option (Drop or Non Drop). To enter your Time Code Offset locate to any position on the drive, manually enter the new time code desired at that location and then hold down the OPTION key while hitting the IN key. The Time Code offset will be permanently saved on the drive.
Both the source machine and the V1 should be synchronized to the same source of House Sync and the Biphase signal should be fed from the source machine into the second RS422 port of the V1. Locate the source machine at a reference position, locate also the V1 to the same reference position (frame) and then enter the required Time code Offset on the V1 (Refer to Section 5.1.4). Begin playing the source machine.
Press RCL 005 Press RCL 005 " ! Prev Seg Next Seg = = 008 001 ENTER ENTER The "Previous Segment" is only used to insert a segment in a previously defined play list. The V1 will automatically display the previous segments for each play list item when you recall the segment and move to "Prev Seg". Note 1: The segment definition and playback feature allows the user to define more than one play list, as long as the segment numbers do not conflict. i.e.
♦ Use the REW or FF until you get to the destination project. ♦ We recommend defining a segment for each project and select the desired project from the (Clip Menu 08). 5.3.3 Repeating Time Code If your drive is divided for example into 3 different projects recorded using the same time code, you can switch between projects using two different methods: ♦ Use the REW or FF until you get to the destination project.
6 Controlling the V1 from a PC or Mac To control the V1 from a PC or Mac, you can use the VTPro software included with the V1 package and posted on our support page at http://www.doremilabs.com. The manual for VTPro is usually in pdf format and included with the VTPro compressed file. For playlist management on a PC, you can use the VTQList software posted on our web site. VTQList has an extensive help menu that you can print as a manual.
7 Upgrading the V1 firmware The V1 firmware can be checked by going to the OPTION MENU (hold the option button then press the menu button). Scroll to Version No by pressing the down arrow key when you reach Option Menu 00. The V1 firmware can be upgraded from a PC or Mac using the Vuploader utility included with the V1 package and posted on our support page at: http://www.doremilabs.com.
8 Upgrading the RCV2 firmware All silver V1 decks have two firmwares, one for the V1 motherboard and another for the front panel (the RCV2). 8.1 Checking your RCV2 firmware version Enter the Controller Menu by holding the ESCAPE button and pressing MENU. Scroll to Firmware. 8.2 The VUploader utility The RCV2 can be upgraded using the VUploader utility version 1.08 or higher. Download the VUploader utility from www.doremilabs.com in the support page.
9 Wiring Diagrams and Pinouts 9.
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9.5 GPIO Connector Pinout GND 1 GPI3 3 GPO3 2 GND 4 GPI1 5 GPIO connector on Back Panel GND 6 9.6 GPI2 8 GPO2 7 GPO1 9 MIDI and Biphase Connector Pinout: Pin 5: +5V will provide a 5V power signal Pin 4: Biphase S signal Pin 9: Biphase R Signal Pin 1: Ground Signal The rest of the pins are used for MIDI chase, which is still not implemented.
10 DISK RECORD TIME / COMPRESSION CHARTS 10.1 DCT Compression Chart (H:M:S) NTSC DCT Compression according to CCIR-601 Compression Ratio 2:1 2.5:1 3:1 3.
PAL DCT Compression according to CCIR-601 Compression Ratio 2:1 2.5:1 3:1 3.
10.2 MPEG2 Compression Chart (H:M:S) NTSC MPEG2 Compression at 720x480 Compression Bit Rate 50 Mbit/s 45 Mbit/s 40 Mbit/s 35 Mbit/s 30 Mbit/s 25 Mbit/s 20 Mbit/s 15 Mbit/s 12 Mbit/s 10 Mbit/s 8 Mbit/s 5 Mbit/s 18GB 36GB 73GB 147GB 180GB 1.2TB 1.
10.3 Standard Definition Uncompressed Chart Uncompressed Recording Time Model Number V1-Ux2-23 per channel V1-U-46 V1-U-93 V1-U-186 1.2TB 1.8TB 8Bit 10Bit Drive Qty 36 GB 1 0:29:03 0:23:21 36GB 2 0:58:07 0:46:43 73 GB 2 1:56:14 1:33:25 147 GB 2 3:52:28 3:06:50 With External Storage Chassis 1200GB 1 15:48:50 12:42:35 1800GB 1 23:43:15 19:03:52 Drive Size 10.
11 USING THE RCV2-9P REMOTE CONTROL To use the RCV2-9P remote controller with the V1, connect the provided RS422 cable between the RCV2-9P and any available RS422 port on the V1. All functions available on the front panel of the V1 are available on the RCV2-9P except for the audio level meters that can only be viewed on the front panel (RCV2). You can download the RCV2-9p manual from the support section of the Doremi website.
12 APPLICATION and TROUBLESHOOTING INFORMATION 12.1 Unable to control V1 remotely If you have a normal RS422 9 pin control connection and you cannot control the V1, check the CHASE menu command. It should be set to CHASE OFF and not to CHASE RS422. 12.2 Quick toggle between SHUTTLE & JOG modes While in SHUTTLE mode, you can still use the nudge keys "--" and "++" to JOG field by field. 12.
12.6 The Video has no colors If the video is not stable and is not displaying colors properly, you have set the Sync From to Auto or Sync In but you do not have a black burst signal (a composite signal is not accepted) fed to the SYNC IN connector. If the video stabilizes when you switch to Internal, the problem is definitely your Sync From setting. 12.7 No Audio from input monitor If you cannot hear the audio when you go in input monitor, check the option menu setting for Source & Audio Level.
13 CONNECTING V1 TO AUDIO WORKSTATIONS & EDIT CONTROLLERS 13.1 Connection to the DAWN workstation (v 4.3c or later) 1. Feed house sync to the V1 and the DAWN, 2. Connect the time code out of the DAWN to the time code in of the V1, 3. Connect the RS422 port 1 of the V1 to one of the serial ports on the Macintosh, 4. Make sure the V1 is in Chase Off mode, 5. Make sure the V1 Sync source is “Auto”, 6. Run the DAWN software, 7. You should see a V1 track at the bottom of the mix view, 8.
13.4 Connection to the Fairlight 1. Feed House Sync to the V1 and the Fairlight, 2. Connect the serial cable between the Fairlight and the V1 RS422 port 1, 3. On the V1, set the Jog Speed to No Limit and save using Option Menu 4. 4. Run the Fairlight software, Hit the Machine 1 button to put the V1 on-line 5. Push buttons for setup of M1 6. Set Lace parameters to UNLACE=ON 7. And the LACE time parameter to 0 SEC The Fairlight software will control the V1 properly. 13.
17. Select Protools -> Setups -> Preferences -> Operation. Activate “Machine Follows Selection/Scrub” 18. Locate the Transport Control on your screen. If you don’t see it, select Protools -> Display -> Show Transport 19. Make sure “transport = protools” is set and that the “online” button (the one that looks like a clock) is selected. 20. Select Protools -> OMS Midi. Please be sure to deselect the serial port used by Protools for V1 control to avoid a conflict with OMS operation.
(*) 13.11 List of DAWs & Editors currently supported by the V1 Adams-Smith SuperController, Akai DD1500, AMS Neve Audiofile, Augan OMX, DAR, Digidesign Protools 4.0, Digigram X-Track, Doremi Labs Dawn II v. 4.3+, Fairlight MFX3, Fast Video Machine, Sadie, Sonic Solutions, Sony BVE, Spectral, Studer Dyaxis, SSL/Screensound, Synclavier, TimeLine Vista Waveframe/StudioFrame, TimeLine Lynx & Micro Lynx Synchronizers .
Other important connections: The RM450, the Player and the Recorder (V1) should be locked to the same House Sync signal. Our Recommendations: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. RM450 on the V1side should be in CTL mode and the V1 should be in A-Time or A-Time As LTC. Synchro = ON RM450, Left side DIP Switches: All OFF RM450, Right Side DIP Switches: All OFF except bit number 2 which sets the edit time to 4 frames.
14 INSTALLING SCSI DRIVES 14.1 V1 and removable SCSI drives • • • • • The V1 is factory set to SCSI ID 7. The internal SCSI cable on the V1 is 68-pin. To be able to mount 50-pin devices you need to order the SCSI68-50 adapter If you have a SCSI connector on the back of your unit, you must place the provided terminator it. If you connect an external SCSI box to it, the external box must be properly terminated.
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♦ Wait for about 40 seconds the “No Disk” message on your LCD will either disappear (Disk already initialized on a V1), or a new message saying “No MD Present” will appear. In case you get “No MD Present”, select the proper compression ratio and initialize the drive. There is no need to perform a Format command on new drives. 14.4 Mounting Data-Express on the V1x2 without drive sharing The only available Data Express model for this unit is the DE300i-SWC160/B.
15 Addendum
