Installation manual

Kaleido-X16 Installation

Control

The connectors located in the middle of the rear connector panel (the yellow and orange color-coded area)

are Control connectors.

Linear Time Code (LTC)

The Kaleido-X16 supports two linear time code (LTC) inputs over BNC connectors. The format is SMPTE 12M

unbalanced.

GPI I/O

The Kaleido-X16 supports status monitoring, genlock and GPI interfacing. The rear connector panel houses

all input and output connectors associated with GPI I/O. The Kaleido-X16 supports 32 GPI inputs and 4 GPI

outputs. The GPI connector type is a DSUB-44 (female on the connector panel; male on the cable):

The pin numbering scheme for the GPI I/O connector is represented in the following diagram:

There are 44 GPI connector pins (40 not including GND) whose functions are as follows:

• 4 Ground (GND) pins

• 32 GPI Input pins

• 4 GPI Output Emitter pins (designated in the table, below, as “N”)

• 4 GPI Output Collector pins (designated in the table, below, as “P”)

The exact pinout for the GPI connector is as follows:

See also: For more information about LTC specifications, see “Time Code Inputs (LTC)” on page 68.

BNC connectors

for LTC inputs

USB connectors (2)

RJ-45 connectors (2)

for RS-422 serial

connections

RJ-45 Ethernet

connector

DSUB-44 connector

for GPI I/O

n 15

Pin 1

Pin 30

Pin 44

Pin 31

Pin 16