Autodesk XW8400 - Manual (Page 42)

Connecting System Components 3
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Connecting Video I/O to a Master or HD Station
You use the video components to set up video I/O and a broadcast monitor. The only video
hardware you must provide are: a sync generator, a VTR, and an SD or HD SDI broadcast
monitor. The following components are included in your hardware shipment.
DVS Centaurus 1 or 2 board and DVS Breakout Box II — The DVS Centaurus board
provides video I/O. Use the DVS Breakout Box II for serial control of a VTR or other slave device
and LTC output to an audio device.
NVIDIA Quadro FX5500 graphics board — The NVIDIA Quadro FX graphics board
provides output to your computer monitor.
EIZO® 24-inch or Sony™ 21-inch wide screen LCD graphics monitor — The EIZO and
Sony LCD graphics monitors provide a 16:9 widescreen aspect ratio for film or HD projects.
With these monitors, the application runs at a maximum resolution of 1920x1200. For
instructions on connecting the graphics monitor, see
“Connecting the Monitor” on page 17.
Altinex® DA1804NT video distribution amplifier — The Altinex video distribution
amplifier can serve a bi-level (SD) or tri-level (HD) sync signal to up to four video hardware
devices from a single sync source/generator. It serves the sync signal to the NVIDIA graphics
board and the DVS Centaurus board.
Video I/O for Real-Time Deliverables and Without Real-Time
Deliverables
The following diagram describes the video I/O wiring for both the Real-time deliverables
configuration and without Real-time deliverables. Real-time deliverables allows Lustre to play
out to a VTR directly through the DVS SDI OUT.
N OTE : The backplanes depicted in the following diagram represent a Windows-based
configuration, but, it is also accurate for a Linux-based configuration, where the ATTO fibre-
channel adapter is replaced by the Infiniband HCA.