User Manual

Table of Contents
1. SDI2USB 3.0 Overview ..................................................................................... 4
1.1 Package Contents ......................................................................................... 5
2 Physical Attributes .......................................................................................... 5
2.1 System Hardware Features .......................................................................... 5
2.2 USB 2.0 Backwards Compatibility ................................................................ 8
2.3 Cables and Connectors ................................................................................. 8
2.3.1 USB AM-BM Cable ................................................................................ 9
2.3.2 SDI to SDI Cable .................................................................................... 9
3 System Requirements .................................................................................... 10
3.1 USB 3.0 controllers ..................................................................................... 11
4 Getting Started .............................................................................................. 11
5 Installing SDI2USB 3.0 on a video capture workstation running Windows ..... 12
5.1 To install the Windows drivers and capture software................................ 12
5.2 To upgrade to the latest Windows software version ................................. 13
5.3 Finding Software Updates .......................................................................... 13
5.4 Troubleshooting a Windows Installation ................................................... 14
6 Mac OS X Video Capture Workstation Installation ......................................... 14
6.1 To Install the Mac Drivers and Application ................................................ 14
6.2 To Start the Mac OS Capture Application .................................................. 15
6.3 Upgrading to the Latest Mac OS X Software Version ................................. 15
6.4 Finding Software Updates .......................................................................... 16
7 Linux Video Capture Workstation Software ................................................... 16
7.1 The Epiphan USB Device Driver .................................................................. 17
7.2 Video4Linux ................................................................................................ 17
7.3 The Epiphan Capture API ............................................................................ 18
7.4 V4L Custom Video Capture Applications .................................................... 18
8 Connecting SDI2USB 3.0 ................................................................................ 18
9 Windows Capture Application ....................................................................... 19
9.1 Start the Windows Capture Application ..................................................... 19