Installation
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Installing a DeckLink HDMI bracket
The DeckLink HD Extreme 3D+ includes an HDMI bracket. After installing the DeckLink HD Extreme 3D+ card,
you will need a spare slot to install the HDMI bracket. The Mac Pro has a double-width graphics slot in slot 1.
If you have a regular-width graphics card in slot 1, you can install the HDMI bracket in the spare port which
would have been used by a double-width graphics card. If that port is already occupied by a double-width
graphics card, use a spare slot to install the HDMI bracket. If you don’t need HDMI input and output, there
is no necessity to install the HDMI bracket.
The Mac Pro includes a PCI bracket with two captive screws which is designed to secure all PCI Express
cards. The Mac Pro PCI bracket does not seem to firmly secure the HDMI bracket and so we have included
6 screws with your DeckLink HD Extreme 3D+. Use these screws, in place of the Mac Pro PCI bracket, to
firmly secure all your PCI Express cards, port access covers and the HDMI bracket belonging to DeckLink
HD Extreme 3D+.
After installing and securing the HDMI bracket, loop the included HDMI cables around any other installed
cards and plug them into the rear of the DeckLink HD Extreme 3D+ card. HDMI input is the lower connector
and HDMI output is the upper connector. You may wish to secure any excess cable length by using a cable
tie to neatly hold it in place.
Installing DeckLink Optical Fiber
DeckLink Optical Fiber installs in to your computer in just the same way as any other DeckLink card. However
the fiber optic module must be temporarily removed from the card before attempting to install the card
in a PCI Express slot. This is because the location of the protruding fiber optic module makes it awkward
to install the card in the PCI ports of many computer cases. Temporarily removing the fiber optic module
overcomes this obstacle to installation. The fiber optic module is a standard SFP transceiver module which
includes an LC connector port for attaching fiber optic cables. While other kinds of optical connectors exist,
the SMPTE standard for Optical Fiber SDI specifies that LC type optical fiber connectors be used and this
makes it easy for all compliant optical equipment to connect together.
Attach the supplied DeckLink breakout cable to the DeckLink card.
The DeckLink HD Extreme 3D+ card also includes a HDMI bracket
as pictured above.
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