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Kramer Electronics, Ltd. USER M ANUAL Model: FC -400 Tim e Base Co rrecto r / Synchr onizer[...]
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Co ntents i Contents 1 Introduction 1 2 Getting Sta rted 1 2.1 Quick Start 2 3 Overvi ew 3 4 Your FC - 400 T ime Base Corrector/Synchron izer 4 5 Connecting Your FC - 400 Time Bas e Corrector/S ynchronizer 5 5.1 Connecti ng the F C - 400 via RS - 232 6 5.2 D IP - Switch Se ttings 7 6 Technical Specifications 8 7 Comm unication Protocol 9 Figures Fi[...]
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Intro duction 1 1 Introduction Welcome to Kramer Electronics! Since 1981, Kram er Electro nics h as been pro vidi ng a world o f unique, cre ative, and afforda ble solutio ns to the vast rang e of problem s that confront the video, audio, pres entat ion, and broadcasting professional on a d aily basis. In recent years, we have red esigned and upgr [...]
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KRAMER: SIMPLE CREATIVE TECHNOL OGY Getting Sta rted 2 2.1 Quick St art This quick start chart summ arizes the basic setup a nd operation steps .[...]
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Overvi ew 3 3 Ove rvi ew The Kramer FC - 400 is a f or mat conv erter and TB C. The FC - 400 accepts one in put: Com posite vi deo or 1 T he FC - 400 features : s- Video, and output s time - base corrected com posite vi deo and s - Video . T he outp ut ma y be ge nloc ked t o an ext erna l ref erence, or synchron ized to the high precision referenc[...]
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KRAMER: SIMPLE CREATIVE TECHNOL OGY Your FC - 400 Time Base C orrecto r/Synchro nizer 4 4 Your FC - 400 Time Bas e Corrector / Sy nchronizer Figur e 1 , T ab le 1 , and T ab le 2 define the FC - 400 Time Base Correcto r / Synchronizer . Figure 1 : FC - 400 Tim e Bas e Corr ector / Synchro nizer Table 1 : Front Panel FC - 400 Tim e Base Corre ctor /[...]
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Connec ting Y our FC - 400 Time Base Correct or/Synch ronizer 5 Table 2 : Rear Panel FC - 400 Tim e Base Co rrector / Synchroni zer # Feat ure Funct ion 10 CV INPUT BNC Connector Connects to th e comp osite vid eo so urce 11 Y/C INPUT 4- pin Conne ctor Connects to th e s - Vide o (Y/C) s ource 12 CV OUTPUT BNC Conn ector Connects to the comp osit e[...]
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KRAMER: SIMPLE CREATIVE TECHNOL OGY Connec ting Y our FC - 400 Time Base Correct or/Synch ronizer 6 Figure 2 : Conne cting t he FC - 400 Time B ase Cor rector / Synchro nize r 5.1 Connecting the FC - 400 v ia RS - 232 You can connect to th e unit via a crossed RS - 232 conn ection, u sing for example, a PC. A crossed cable or nul l - mod em i s req[...]
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Connec ting Y our FC - 400 Time Base Correct or/Synch ronizer 7 Hard ware flow control is not re quired for this unit. In the rare case where a control ler requi res ha rdware flow control, short pin 1 to 7 and 8, an d pin 4 to 6 on the contro ller side. Metho d B ( Figur e 4 )— Con nec t the R S - 232 9 - pin D - sub port on th e unit via a stra[...]
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KRAMER: SIMPLE CREATIVE TECHNOL OGY Technical S pecificatio ns 8 Table 4 : Test Sign als FUN CTION DIP 5 DIP 6 DIP 7 Black Screen 1 OFF OFF OFF Blue Scr een 1 OFF OFF ON Horizont al 75% Bar G enerator OFF ON OFF Pulse and Bar Ge nerat or OFF ON ON 75% Ba r Gener ator ON OFF OFF 75% Ba r Gener ator ON OFF ON Split 7 5% Bar Ge nerat or ON ON OFF Mult[...]
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Comm unica tion Protoc ol 9 7 Communication Protocol 1 . RS - 232 using NULL MODEM at 9600 baud. 2 . Command structure is 4 bytes. First byte optio ns: DEC HEX 1 128 80 RESET VIDE O 2 160 A0 READ PARAMET ER 3 161 A1 WRITE PARAMET ER 4 189 BD IDE NTIFY MA CHINE 5 33 21 Set (for the re st of co mmands) Secon d byte is the command t ype (7 bi ts + 80 [...]
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KRAMER: SIMPLE CREATIVE TECHNOL OGY Comm unica tion Protoc ol 10 MACHINE TO PC : -------------------------- MACHINE POWER - UP -------- From machine: I = 0; D = 0; E = 0 I = 33; D = 0; E = INP UT FORMAT I = 33; D = 22; E = GENLOCK STATUS I = 33; D = 0; E = PANEL LOCK S TATUS ------------------------- CH ANGE MAD E V IA F RO N T P ANEL KEY S -------[...]
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11 LIM ITED W ARRAN TY WHO IS P ROTECTED? WHA T IS COVERED AND WH A T IS NOT COVERE D WHA T WE WILL P A Y FOR AND W HA T W E WILL NOT P A Y FOR HOW Y OU CAN G ET W ARRANTY SER VICE LIMIT A TIO N OF IMPLIED W ARRANTIES EXCLUSION OF DAMAGES CAUT ION! Kramer Electronics (her eafter ) warrants this pr oduct free from defects in material and workmanship[...]
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Kramer E lectronics, Ltd. Web site: www.kramerelectronics.com E- mail: info@ kramerel.co m P/N: 29 00 - 00015 9 REV 4 For the latest infor mation on our product s and a list of Krame r distribu tors, visi t our Web si te: www.k ramerelect ronics.co m , where updates to this user manual may be found. We welcome you r questions, commen ts and feedbac[...]