Grass Valley Indigo HD Expansion Solution - Manual

Indigo HD Expansion Installation Guide
Published 17 July 2009
Out of the Box
The HD expansion ships in its own box. It consists of an Acappella router and a NetConfig software CD. To connect
the router to Indigo, you will need BNC video cables, Cat-5 Ethernet cable and an Ethernet switch.
Video Connections
As illustrated above, all HD inputs are connected to the Acappella router. All inputs are HD-SDI. Acappella outputs
1 and 2 are connected to Indigo HD-SDI inputs 1 and 2. The expansion option does not offer the possibility of
connecting both HD-SDI and DVI-I. DVI-I sources would need to be converted externally and connected to
Acappella.
Reference Connection
Connect the BlackBurst sync signal from Indigo to Acappella. Using this sync source to reference sources coming
into Acappella will eliminate the potential for freeze frame on switching between sources.
Audio Connections
Indigo does not support embedded HD audio. Audio on the HD sources will be blanked. However, the audio inputs
of Indigo can still be used for audio follow video with HD sources and to mix or delay external audio sources.