TC Electronic UpCon - Manual (Page 3)

English Manual a
Important safety instructions 1
Warning 1
Service 1
Caution 1
EMC/EMI 1
For the customers in Canada 1
About this manual 2
Getting support 2
Before you get started 2
Register your product 2
Stay up-to-date on loudness 2
Unpacking and setup 3
Package contents 3
Software: TC Icon and UpCon firmware 3
Finding and installing TC Icon software –
Microsoft Windows
4
Finding and installing TC Icon software –
OS X
6
UpCon: An introduction 8
Cinema-quality upconversion 8
Uncompromised Downmix 8
Loudness Transparency 8
Redundancy and reliability 8
Operating UpCon 8
Expanding UpCon 8
UpCon presets 9
Serial digital interface (SDI) 9
UpCon features overview 9
Getting to know UpCon 10
Front panel indicators 10
Front panel reset button 11
Back panel connectors 11
Scenes, Routings, Engines 12
Setting up UpCon 13
Networking basics and troubleshooting 13
Quick Setup 15
Updating UpCon software 16
Basic operation 17
Introduction 17
Basic TC Icon operation 17
Faders 17
On-screen keyboard 18
Accessing UpCon 19
Scanning / rescanning a network for devices 19
Obtaining UpCon status information 20
Clock section 20
Status section 20
Setting up audio 21
Setting up audio dithering 22
Setting up GPI/O 24
Setting up GPI 24
GPI 1: Preset Recall 24
GP Input Calibration 24
Setting up GPO 24
Recalling, storing and deleting settings 26
The Library concept 26
Library – Recall page 26
Library – Store page 26
Library – Delete page 27
Library – Bank page 28
Updating UpCon firmware 28
Finding and installing UpCon firmware –
Microsoft Windows
29
Finding and installing UpCon firmware –
OS X
31
Icon Setup 33
Accessing the Icon Setup pages 33
Info page 33
Devices page 33
Security page 33
Joystick page 34
UI page 34
Color page 34
The UpCon algorithm 35
UpCon algorithm – Main page 35
UpCon algorithm – Level page 36
UpCon algorithm – Style page 37
UpCon algorithm – Limit page 38
UpCon algorithm – Auto page 38
Appendix 1:
Links and additional information
40
Appendix 2: UpCon GPI/O page 40
GPIO Technical specifications 40
GPI installation 40
Technical specifications 42
UpCon Frame 42
UpCon 3G Card 42