Connecting System Components
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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 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, to the broadcast monitor, and to a VTR (for real-
time deliverables).
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 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
The following diagram describes the video I/O wiring for the Real-time deliverables
configuration, which allows Lustre to play out to a VTR directly through the NVIDIA graphics
board.
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The backplanes depicted here 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.
