Grass Valley Trinix v.2.4.1 User Manual

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Broadlinx

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Planning and Installation Manual

Not all PC board types will always be present in a given system. The

possible boards are as follows:

HI - High Definition Input board

SI - Standard Definition Input board

HO - High Definition Output board

SO - Standard Definition Output board

DM - Data Matrix board

NR - Broadlinx board (Sync/NIC/OPM board)

SR - Sync/OPM board

RP - interface board (used only on DV-33512 chassis)

Also listed on this menu:

VxWorks - operating system (used only on NR board)

Web Interface - software used to communicate with the PC (used only

on NR board)

Each Trinix circuit board typically has a program active in one or more

FPGA (Field Programmable Gate Array) ICs and another program

active in a microcontroller IC. The FPGA controls the board’s switcher

functions, while the microcontroller allows Broadlinx communication

to and from the FPGA and other board components.

In most cases there will be more than one PC board of a given type in

the system (multiple output boards, for example). If there is a difference

in FPGA or microcontroller firmware version from one board to the

next, the version running on the first board will be shown and the fact

that a difference exists will be indicated by three dots. For example, if

there are four SO-33110 output boards, three with firmware version “2”

and one with firmware version “1,” the table will show “1...”

The Broadlinx board contains at least one, and usually two versions of

the top-level software package used in the system. These two versions

are kept in separate parts of the board’s memory and listed along the

bottom of the Firmware Management menu with the last-activated

version shown first.

The radio buttons are used to select which top-level software package

in the Broadlinx board is being compared to the sub-level programs

currently running on the PC boards. The sub-level programs in the

selected package are identified in the “FPGA Pending” column and the

“uControl Pending” column. The system compares the version

numbers of each sub-level software pair; if there is a mismatch the

Status light will be red.

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