EEG DE285 HD Caption Decoder/VANC Monitor Product Manual EEG Enterprises, Inc. 586 Main Street Farmingdale, New York 11735 TEL: (516) 293-7472 FAX: (516) 293-7417 Copyright © EEG Enterprises, Inc. 2009-2011 All rights reserved.
DE285 HD Caption Decoder/VANC Monitor Contents 1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.1. Product Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 3 2. Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.1. Front Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.2. Rear Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 4 6 3. Front Panel Menus 3.1. Decoder Setup . 3.2. System Setup . 3.3. Utilities . .
DE285 HD Caption Decoder/VANC Monitor 5.8.1. 5.8.2. 5.8.3. 5.8.4. 5.8.5. 5.8.6. 5.8.7. Upgrade . . . . System Settings Alarm Settings . VANC Settings . Log Settings . . SNMP Settings . Remote Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
DE285 HD Caption Decoder/VANC Monitor 1. 1.1. Introduction Product Description The DE285 HD Caption Decoder/VANC Monitor is an all purpose closed caption decoder which creates an HD open caption display for monitoring CEA–708 data quality and full standards compliance, while also providing an extensive VANC monitoring suite. The DE285 can be configured from the front panel to display caption data in HD Services 1 through 6, and all caption channels present in the EIA-608 compatibility bytes.
DE285 HD Caption Decoder/VANC Monitor 2. Installation 2.1. Front Panel The DE285 front panel is shown below, followed by a brief guide to its functions. Power On LED The Power On LED will light steady green when the unit is powered on. Active Button Toggles the Decoder between active operation (LED on) and Relay Bypass mode (LED off). In Relay Bypass mode, the signal at the Program video input is routed directly through to the Program video output, with no on-screen display created.
DE285 HD Caption Decoder/VANC Monitor LCD Screen The LCD Screen will provide access to the unit’s front panel configuration menu. When the menu is not in use, video status is shown. See the next section for front panel configuration options. Copyright ©2009-2011 EEG Enterprises, Inc. All rights reserved.
DE285 HD Caption Decoder/VANC Monitor 2.2. Rear Panel The DE285 rear panel is shown below, followed by a guide to the connectors located there. Power AC power input, 120–240 V, 50–60 Hz tolerant. Connect to the unit’s primary power source. Turn on/off with switch next to connector. Program In Video input for the Program video chain. The onscreen display will be burned onto this video signal.
DE285 HD Caption Decoder/VANC Monitor 3. Front Panel Menus The front panel LCD screen and Control Pad are used to configure decoder settings and networking, and to perform flash updates. The interface is organized in a series of hierarchical menus; use the LEFT and RIGHT keys to scroll between menu options and the ENTER or DOWN keys to select options or enter sub-menus. Press the CANCEL key from any menu screen to return to the top of the menu hierarchy.
DE285 HD Caption Decoder/VANC Monitor 3.1. Decoder Setup Decoder On/Off Set HD Service Set SD Service 708 Font 708 Size 708 Opacity 8 Turns the on-screen caption decoder display on or off. Use the UP and DOWN keys to select an option, then press ENTER to exit and apply changes or CANCEL to exit and cancel changes. Selects the service that is decoded to create the HD caption display on the decoder output if HD video input is present.
DE285 HD Caption Decoder/VANC Monitor Subtitle Mode Turns subtitle mode on or off for caption display on the decoder output. Subtitle mode removes the black background and displays yellow text with a black shadowed outline. This feature is useful for creating easy–to–read subtitles. Copyright ©2009-2011 EEG Enterprises, Inc. All rights reserved.
DE285 HD Caption Decoder/VANC Monitor 3.2. System Setup LCD Display Sets the contrast level of the display screen. The value ranges from 0 (lightest) to 20 (darkest). Use the UP and DOWN keys to make changes. When you are finished making changes, use the ENTER key to exit the menu and save changes, or the CANCEL key to exit the menu and reject changes. å Contrast å Backlight Sets the brightness level of the display screen’s backlighting. The value ranges from 0 (darkest) to 50 (brightest).
DE285 HD Caption Decoder/VANC Monitor Set Layout Update Allows you to choose a layout from the list of available layouts. Use the LEFT and RIGHT keys to select the name of the layout, then press ENTER to exit and apply changes or CANCEL to exit and cancel changes. The Update utility allows you to upgrade your firmware to the most recent version. Begin by downloading a firmware update file from the EEG website to any USB memory device.
DE285 HD Caption Decoder/VANC Monitor 3.3. Utilities Capture VANC Capture All VANC 12 Captures VANC data of the selected DID/SDID from the Master video input and loads it onto a USB storage device. Use the UP and DOWN keys to select the desired DID/SDID and insert a USB device into the box. Press ENTER to begin downloading the VANC data or CANCEL to exit. To stop capturing VANC data press any front panel key.
DE285 HD Caption Decoder/VANC Monitor Capture 608 Captures 608 data from Line 21 of the Master video input and loads it onto a USB storage device. Insert a USB device into the box and press ENTER to begin downloading the VANC data or CANCEL to exit. To stop capturing 608 data press any front panel key. Depending on the size and type of memory device used, there may be a momentary delay before the device is detected. If you see “Failed: Insert USB Disk”, wait a few seconds and try again.
DE285 HD Caption Decoder/VANC Monitor 4. OSD The OSD monitors offer a variety of information about the video signal. This includes decoded ANC data such as XDS, AFD, audio, closed caption services and a full 608 and 708 closed caption decoder. 4.1. XDS Monitor The OSD XDS Monitor shows common XDS fields such as: • Net Station • Program Name • Rating (turns red to indicate invalid rating) • CGMS 14 Copyright ©2009-2011 EEG Enterprises, Inc. All rights reserved.
DE285 HD Caption Decoder/VANC Monitor • Description • Program Type • Program ID The XDS Monitor found at the top left corner of the OSD in the default layouts. 4.2. AFD Monitor The OSD AFD Monitor displays the AFD code present, AR, bar data present and a description of the AFD code. This monitor is found on the bottom left corner of the OSD in the default layouts. 4.3.
DE285 HD Caption Decoder/VANC Monitor monitor is found at the bottom right corner of the OSD in the default layouts. Note: Blue bars are displayed at -40 dB to indicate the presence of Dolby E or other compressed audio data which is not decoded by this monitor. 4.6. Error Monitor The OSD Error Monitor is used to display alarms/triggers/errors which are user configurable from the Web Tools Suite. These messages are displayed at the top center of the OSD in the default layouts.
DE285 HD Caption Decoder/VANC Monitor 5. Web Tools Suite The Web Tools module is a high-powered network-driven remote application for the DE285 that provides new ways to view VANC data, as well as advanced configuration and monitoring tools. To use Web Configuration, the Decoder first must be connected to a 100-Base LAN, and configured with a valid IP address and subnet mask for that LAN through the front panel Network menu.
DE285 HD Caption Decoder/VANC Monitor which provides a fully customizable reference for seeing which DID/SDID value maps to which service.Pre-defined DID/SDID values are listed in rows giving the DID value, the SDID value, the name of the data and the option to remove this mapping. These mappings determine the name of the service corresponding to a particular DID/SDID listed in the Packet Display tab.
DE285 HD Caption Decoder/VANC Monitor The default viewing mode for the Packet Display Module gives an overview of which service types are present, along with their line numbers, DID/SDID values and frequency. A more detailed view is available by clicking on the ‘+’ button located to the left of each VANC packet. The expanded view displays the hex dump, field, checksum and location/type of the data.
DE285 HD Caption Decoder/VANC Monitor 5.2.2. XDS Decoder The middle section of the screen contains the XDS Decoder module which displays decoded XDS data on the left and the raw XDS packets on the right. The decoded XDS fields shown on the left include the Net Station, the Program Name, the Rating, CGMS, the Description, the Program Type and the Program ID. On the left, the raw XDS data in hex pair format can be sorted by type, name or how recently it has been updated.
DE285 HD Caption Decoder/VANC Monitor 5.2.3. SCTE104 Decoder The bottom section of the screen contains the SCTE104 Decoder module. This module displays recent SCTE104 messages detected by the system. A grid layout provides details about the message which include Splice ID, Request, Preroll (ms), Break Duration (sec/10) and a Last Present timestamp. A running log of all SCTE104 messages can be downloaded by clicking the Save Log As button. This can be useful for tracking SCTE104 messages from the past.
DE285 HD Caption Decoder/VANC Monitor section. To expand the module, click the downwards arrow at the top right hand corner. 5.4. ANC Trigger The ANC Trigger tab allows you to create triggers made up of two parts: the ANC data of interest, and the behavior you would like to observe. The data type is selected using the DID/SDID value, and the trigger can be set on behaviors such as Present, Absent, Change, Data Change and line number.
DE285 HD Caption Decoder/VANC Monitor record triggers that will be stored on the DE285 for detailed viewing or to view information about infrequently occurring errors, please see the next section on Logging. To set a trigger, select a DID/SDID value from the dropdown menu on the left and then choose a specific event type from the adjacent drop down menu.
DE285 HD Caption Decoder/VANC Monitor the event has taken place in and the Line number in which the event happened. To view the packets delivered at the trigger time, click the ‘+’ button to the left of the trigger number. Regardless of the event type, the pop–up window will display up to twenty instances of the triggered event. To stop a trigger, click the ’x’ button at the upper right corner of the pop–up window.
DE285 HD Caption Decoder/VANC Monitor is not being observed by any other user, it can be removed using the pop–up window that displays the active triggers in a list. To remove one trigger, click on the trigger in the Trigger List so that it is highlighted and then click Remove to remove the selected trigger. To remove all of the active triggers, click Remove All. To return to the main window without modifying the active triggers, click the ’x’ at the top of the pop–up window. 5.5.
DE285 HD Caption Decoder/VANC Monitor menu. The added value will appear in the ’DID/SDID to Capture’ area on the right part of the screen. Repeat this process until all VANC data of interest is added to the list. To remove a filter item, highlight the item by selecting the DID/SDID value in the list and then click on the Remove button below the list. To clear all filters, click the Remove All button in the lower right hand corner.
DE285 HD Caption Decoder/VANC Monitor and Alarms. Log Triggers are similar to the normal triggers discussed in the previous section, but are intended for longer term use, when the user is not constantly watching the screen and waiting for a change. The Log Triggers operate only within the Logging tab, just as the normal triggers operate only within the VANC Triggers tab. Alarms are used to record the time and frame location of an error message.
DE285 HD Caption Decoder/VANC Monitor to discard the print options and return to the main window of the log viewer. 5.6.2. Logging/OSD Alarm Settings To begin monitoring and storing Log Triggers and Alarms, click on Logging Options which will bring up a window in which Triggers and Alarms can be assigned or removed. The pop–up window may take a few seconds to load. Log Triggers can be assigned in the top half of the pop–up window.
DE285 HD Caption Decoder/VANC Monitor ing present to not present or vice versa, and “DataChange,” which triggers when the packet presence remains the same, but the data within the packet has changed. The events are evaluated on a per–field basis. After selecting a value for DID/SDID and Trigger On, click Add to begin logging occurrences of the Log Trigger. To set any of the Alarms, click the box to the left of the desired Alarm.
DE285 HD Caption Decoder/VANC Monitor For each selected alarm, the two channels are checked over a 10 second period for data presence. If data is present in one channel but not the other, the alarm goes off. Alarm Name CC1 && S1 CC3 && S2 CC2 && S2 CC1 && CC3 S1 && S2 Description Sets an alarm that goes off when there is a mismatch between the presence of primary language SD captions and HD captions.
DE285 HD Caption Decoder/VANC Monitor Alarm Name Video Frame Error Caption Error XDS Error VANC on Illegal Line Invalid ANC Checksum Packet Description Sets an alarm that goes off when there is an error involving the video signal. Sets an alarm that goes off when a caption error is detected. A complete list of caption errors can be found after this table. Sets an alarm that goes off when there is an error involving the Extended Data Services packets.
DE285 HD Caption Decoder/VANC Monitor Caption Error Description CDP checksum error The CDP footer contains a checksum for the entire CDP; if you see this, it didn’t match what the decoder expected. CDP length mismatch The CDP header contains an 8-bit length count; if you see this, the length didn’t match the number of bytes actually recovered. CDP frame rate mismatch The frame rate indicated by the CDP header doesn’t match the video.
DE285 HD Caption Decoder/VANC Monitor Caption Error Unexpected continue Description DTVCC DTV pairs marked 0xFE should only appear after an 0xFF pair. (See "Bad DTV triplet" for definitions.) Valid DTV data after filler If a 708 service block doesn’t fill the caption data section, the remaining bytes should be marked as filler. Caption channel packet sequence error Caption channel packets have a two-bit sequence counter; this means that there was a skip.
DE285 HD Caption Decoder/VANC Monitor 5.7. OSD The OSD tab allows for a fully customizable screen configuration using the tools on the upper part of the OSD tab and a user specified audio monitor configuration on the lower half of the screen. 5.7.1.
DE285 HD Caption Decoder/VANC Monitor The text size can also be specified for each data type by using the dropdown list in the size column to select the desired size. Below the checkboxes is the caption enabling section where you can choose an SD and HD service using the dropdown lists, as well as using the rightmost checkbox to enable or disable all captions.
DE285 HD Caption Decoder/VANC Monitor 5.7.2. Alarm/Error Configuration The middle section of the OSD tab allows the user to set the alarms and errors for OSD display. An explanation of setting these alarms and errors can be found in Section 5.6.2 . Note: Alarms set in this manner will show up on the OSD and in log. 5.7.3. Audio Monitor Configuration The lower section of the OSD tab allows the user to customize the mapping of audio channels to the audio monitor.
DE285 HD Caption Decoder/VANC Monitor field, select the EEG firmware update and then click Submit to update the firmware. 5.8.2. System Settings The Systems Settings subsection allows the user to restore the factory defaults on the box by clicking the Reset To Factory Defaults button. Copyright ©2009-2011 EEG Enterprises, Inc. All rights reserved.
DE285 HD Caption Decoder/VANC Monitor 5.8.3. Alarm Settings The Alarm Settings subsection allows the user to set a value in seconds that captions can be missing for before a GPIO alarm is triggered on pin 1. To change this value, enter a new value into the text field and click the Apply button to update the No Captions Timeout.
DE285 HD Caption Decoder/VANC Monitor 5.8.6. SNMP Settings The DE285 can be configured to send SNMP traps. The following table provides the SNMP settings fields as well as a description of each field. Setting System Name System Contact System Location Asset Number Get Community Name Trap Community Name Host 1-4 5.8.7. Description Name identifier for the system. Contact identifier for the system. Location identifier for the system. Asset number identifier for the system.
DE285 HD Caption Decoder/VANC Monitor Appendices Appendix A GPI/GPO The following picture shows the 25-pin GPIO connector on the rear panel. The GPI inputs are on pins 17-24, with a common ground on pin 25. Each switch is ON when connected to the common ground, and OFF when open or floating. The GPO outputs are on pins 1-16. Each pair of successive pins forms a switch that is ON when closed and OFF when open. A1. A1.1.
DE285 HD Caption Decoder/VANC Monitor A2. GPO A2.1. Caption Presence Alarm Pin 1 is used as an alarm for missing captions. The missing captions time timeout can be set in the middle section of the Settings tab on the website. Pins 1 and 2 are switch contacts for an external alarm to be connected or built Appendix B SNMP Traps SNMP traps are sent for all system alarms (as shown in the OSD Error Monitor), as well for each received SCTE104 trigger. Copyright ©2009-2011 EEG Enterprises, Inc.
DE285 HD Caption Decoder/VANC Monitor Appendix C Video/Connector Specifications HD–SDI Video Inputs Number of Inputs 1 (Program In relay bypass protected) Connector BNC per IEC 169–8 Format 1.485 Gbits/s SMPTE 292M (1080i, 720p, 480p, 24psf) or 270 Mb/s SD Input Level 800 mV p–p ± 10% Input Impedance 75 Ohm Equalization Automatic up to 100m @ 1.
DE285 HD Caption Decoder/VANC Monitor Appendix D Binary ANC Dump Data Format To view the ANC capture that you have saved to your USB stick, first open the file in a hex editor and then view the data format chart below. Description Size DID 1 byte SDID 1 byte Data Count 1 byte Data specified by Data Count Checksum 1 byte Frame Number 1 byte ANC Line Number 2 bytes The ANC Line Number is little endian. If the most significant bit is set, the packet came from HANC; if not it came from VANC.
