QS100HD
I
I n t t r r o d u c t t i i o n
The QS100HD HD Quad module is an HD four-window display processor card designed specifically for selected Sony LMD production monitors.
It is configurable as a Quad-split or any 4 window arrangement. It can drive LMD HD displays up to a resolution of 1920 x 1080, with autosensing of analog composite, SDI and HD-SDI inputs.
Main features
• 4 auto-sensing HD SDI, SDI and composite video inputs
• Full-screen, quad-split and any 4-window display configuration
• 10-bit resolution for all digital inputs
• Compatible with the Sony LMD series of HD monitors
• DVI-D output supporting 1920 x 1080p
• HD-SDI output at 1080i or 720p dependent on DVI output resolution and frame rate.
• No more than 1 frame of delay from source to display
• Control options include ZConfigurator software, LMD front panel for full screen selection of any source, GPI and LAN
• Supports embedded audio metering with up to 16 in-picture audio meters per video window
• 4 GPI inputs for external triggers
• Dynamic & static UMD support
• Configurable tally lamps, up to four tally lamps per video window
• Supports user bitmaps and logos
• NTP timecode support with clocks with Up/Down timers
• Built in test patterns for display calibration
Video sources are rendered as scalable windows with no more than 1 frame of delay from source to display. The QS100HD multiview output can be monitored by 1) looping its DVI output to the LMD HD monitor’s
DVI input or 2) connecting its HD-SDI output to suitable video input on another LMC monitor.
The QS100HD enhanced graphics engine delivers pristine image quality and can reproduce fine details even for small video windows. Each video input is equipped with an advanced de-interlacing and scaling engine to ensure high quality monitoring.
There is a wide range of applications wherever high quality real time monitoring, centralized control and configurable virtual monitor walls are required.
Typical applications include:
• Broadcast Monitoring in Studios and Production Control
• Broadcast Monitoring in Master Control Rooms
• Satellite Center & Cable Head-end Monitoring
Figure 3: Typical Broadcast Application
Applicable Sony LMD monitors
The QS100HD is an integrated solution that fits into the expansion slot of
Sony LMD production monitors with the following details:
LMD-2450W: S/N 3003387 and later; exfactory from 19th December 2007
LMD-2050W: S/N 3003370 and later; exfactory from 18th December 2007
LMD-4250W: S/N 3000001 and later; exfactory from 7th January 2008
Using presets
A range of preset layouts are available as standard and further layouts may be created with video tiles scaled to any size using ZConfigurator.
Any image can be made to fill the screen using Full-Screen Mode.
GPIs, Dynamic UMDs and Tallies
There are 4xGPI inputs which can be configured using ZConfigurator to control Full Screen, Layout Recall or Tally lamps.
GPIs are OFF by default.
GPI functionality toggles on whether a GPI is closed or not, for example, when enabled, a contact closure on GPI 1 will cause PiP 1 to go Full
Screen on the display where it is positioned. Contact open will cause the full screen display to revert to the preset layout.
GPIs can be configured to turn on one Tally lamp per PIP on and off.
Contact closure on GPI inputs can toggle any selected Tally.
GPIs must be turned on and configured via ZConfigurator.
Two types of tally are supported, GPI triggered tallies or router controlled tallies. GPI inputs can be used to trigger events such as tally display. The
GPI interface supports up to 4 tallies in total and the router interface supports four tallies per PiP
The multiviewer also supports up to two UMD (Under Monitor Display) captions per PiP with up to 16 characters per UMD. Tally status and UMDs can be dynamically updated from attached routers.
GPI and router tallies cannot be used at the same time.
Router tallies and captions are configured via ZConfigurator and can be positioned within the PiP.
QS100HD interfaces to a selection of industry routers via Ethernet. This ensures that source idents, UMDs, and tally status are dynamically updated by the router or UMD controller.
Refer to the Using ZConfigurator chapter, online help and/or Operation chapter for further details of UMD and Tally configuration.
Clocks and Timecode
Internally generated clock formats use a handless analog design with a digital clock at its center and a digital only clock (similar to the timer). The clock size and position can be changed using ZConfigurator.
Figure 4: Internal clocks and timers
In the analog clock shown on the left, yellow dots precede around the clock edge in place of hands turning red for the last ten seconds.
Clocks may be synced to an external NTP server. This is an application running on a local server which can synchronize to a time source such as
GPS or other master time source.
Control options
QS100HD may be controlled via ZConfigurator software, GPI closures and source fullscreen select from the front panel of the LMD monitor in which it is installed.
LMD front panel control
The LMD monitor in which the QS100HD is installed can display any of the 4 sources in full screen by selecting one of them from the front panel.
A multi-image display available from the DVI-D output should be connected to the DVI input of the monitor in which the QS100HD is installed. The DVI source button on the LMD front panel can then be selected for the multi-image display.
The HD-SDI O/P will also provide a multi-image display.
Layout control using ZConfigurator
ZConfigurator is a Windows application allows layout configurations to be created and edited for compatible multiviewers.
Figure 5: ZConfigurator Layout Editor
ZConfigurator runs on any personal computer running a Microsoft operating system and interconnects with the unit via the Ethernet port at the rear of the module.
ZConfigurator can be used to interconnect to multiple QS100HD or other compatible multiviewer units if a network is used. ZConfigurator allows preset layouts stored in each multiviewer to be edited to create custom presets or new layouts to be created using a resource library containing
Layout Templates, Source Graphics and Layout Styles.
Presets and new layouts can be stored in the multiviewer as well as local
PC storage and recalled for later use.
ZConfigurator Features
• Create new or edit existing layout configurations
• Read and edit all presets on any compatible multiviewer
• Save presets to attached multiviewer and/or local PC storage
• Create new presets in off-line mode
• Resource library with readymade styles, templates, source graphics, analog/digital clocks and timers
• Print layouts
ZConfigurator layout controls
• Assign source to any PiP and define which are visible
• Change label text and assign any color to text, border and background
• For each PiP define the following properties
• PiP position and size using drag and drop
• PiP border margins and color
• PiP labels text, color and background
• Audio bargraphs – choose over/under thresholds
• Tally and UMD events
• PiP format – 4:3/16:9
• PiP layering priority – not applicable to QS100HD
• Add clock and/or up/down timers
