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Gecko Frames
8900 SIGNAL PROCESSING SYSTEM
Instruction Manual
071063603
MARCH 2005
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Contents Preface. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 About This Manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Safety Terms and Symbols. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Terms in This Manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Contents Section 3 — Power Up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Power Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 120 VAC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Preface About This Manual This manual provides installation and safety and regulatory information for the Gecko 8900 Series Video and Audio frames for housing Grass Valley 8900 Series modules. An Appendix to this manual provides summary archive information on previously released 8900 frames. Gecko Frames Instruction Manual 5
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Preface 6Gecko Frames Instruction Manual
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Safety Summary Read and follow the important safety information below, noting especially those instructions related to risk of fire, electric shock or injury to persons. Additional specific warnings not listed here may be found throughout the manual. WARNING Any instructions in this manual that require opening the equipment cover or enclosure are for use by qualified service personnel only. To reduce the risk of electric shock, do not perform any servicing other than tha
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Safety Summary Symbols on the Product The following symbols may appear on the product: Indicates that dangerous high voltage is present within the equipment enclosure that may be of sufficient magnitude to constitute a risk of electric shock. Indicates that user, operator or service technician should refer to product manual(s) for important operating, maintenance, or service instructions. This is a prompt to note fuse rating when replacing fuse(s). The fuse referenced in the t
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Safety Summary Use proper power cord — Use only the power cord supplied or specified for this product. Ground product — Connect the grounding conductor of the power cord to earth ground. Operate only with covers and enclosure panels in place — Do not operate this product when covers or enclosure panels are removed. Use correct fuse — Use only the fuse type and rating specified for this product. Use only in dry environment — Do not operate in wet or damp condi
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Safety Summary Do not operate with suspected equipment failure — If you suspect product damage or equipment failure, have the equipment inspected by qualified service personnel. Ensure mains disconnect — If mains switch is not provided, the power cord(s) of this equipment provide the means of disconnection. The socket outlet must be installed near the equipment and must be easily accessible. Verify that all mains power is disconnected before installing or removing power suppl
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Regulatory Notices Certifications and Compliances FCC Emission Control This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class A digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference when the equipment is operated in a commercial environment. This equip- ment generates, uses, and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instr
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Regulatory Notices Canadian Certified Power Cords Canadian approval includes the products and power cords appropriate for use in the North America power network. All other power cords supplied are approved for the country of use. Canadian Certified AC Adapter Canadian approval includes the AC adapters appropriate for use in the North America power network. All other AC adapters supplied are approved for the country of use. Laser Compliance Laser Safety Requirements The device used
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Regulatory Notices FCC Emission Limits This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: (1) This device may no cause harmful inter- ference, and (2) this device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesirable operation. This device has been tested and found to comply with FCC Part 15 Class B limits for a digital device when tested with a representative laser-based fiber optical system th
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Regulatory Notices 14 Gecko Frames Instruction Manual
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Section 1 Gecko8900 Series Frames Introduction The Grass Valley Gecko™ 8900 Signal Processing System is a family of con- version, distribution, timing, and processing modules which provides support for a wide variety of signal processing applications. Two Gecko 8900 Series frame types are available to support these modules: • 8900 BNC/Video – providing BNC input/output connectors for video modules, and • 8900 Balanced Audio – providing four BNC connectors and 10 three ter- mina
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Section 1 — Gecko 8900 Series Frames The power usage of 8900 modules varies greatly from less complex analog to higher complexity digital modules. To handle these power requirements and offer more control and monitoring flexibility, both frame types are offered in 8900TX, TF, and TFN models. These models provide: • 8900TX-V/TX-A – Vented cover for passive cooling and single 100 W power supply for modules outputting up to 30 W power, • 8900TF-V/TF-A – Fan front cover with a va
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0636-06 8900TX Convection System 8900TX Convection System The convection system consists of the following: • 8900TX-V/TX-A, convection frame, and one power supply • 8900PSX, redundant power supply (optional) The convection frame has a vented front cover and filter for convective air flow. This frame is used primarily for analog and a limited quantity of digital modules with a total power requirement less than 30 watts. Refer to Frame Cooling on page 21. The convection frame is illustrated in
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0636-07 Section 1 — Gecko 8900 Series Frames 8900TF Forced-air System The forced-air system (Figure 2) consists of the following: • 8900TF-V/TF-A, forced-air frame, Frame Monitor module, and one power supply • 8900PSX, 100 W redundant power supply (optional) The forced-air system has a front cover that is equipped with three fans for air circulation. The fan speed varies with the ambient frame temperature to extend fan life and reduce noise when the frame is used in cooler configu- rations and
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0636 -17 0636 -03 Frame Connections Frame Connections Two types of connector backplanes are available in the Gecko 8900 Series frames. The 8900 BNC/Video frame provides ten module slots, each with a loop-through input and up to eight connectors for input/output func- tions as needed for a specific module type (Figure 3). Figure 3. 8900 Video Frame Module I/O Connectors DA10 DA9 DA8 DA7 DA6 DA5 DA4 DA3 DA2 DA1 J1 J2 J2 J1 J2 J1 J2 J2 J1 J2 J1 J2 J2 J1 J2 J1 J2 J2 J1 J2 J1 J2 J1 J2 O O O O O O
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0636 -18 0636 -23 Section 1 — Gecko 8900 Series Frames The power/communication backplane section of the frame (Figure 5 and Figure 6) provides: • AC power plug connections •DB-9 connector labeled RS-232 (requires the 8900NET module) with Frame Alarm connections (pins 8 and 9 of RS-232 connector) • Ethernet RJ-45 connector (requires the 8900NET module) The RS-232 port provides connection to a PC used for initial network con- figuration. Pins 8 and 9 of the RS-232 port can be used for Frame Alarm
