Phabrix Qx IP Series - System IO; SDI Modes

System
System IO
Due to the complexity of the UHDTV standards, PHABRIX has introduced innovative ways of displaying
status. The ‘System IO’ window has been designed as a quick view of the signal inputs and outputs attached
to the Qx.
'System IO' shows the status of signal inputs and outputs, external reference, cable length, and connector
details. In SDImodes, this status and configuration window provides input and output mechanism selection -
be it BNC or SFP. Additionally for SDI BNC outputs, 'System IO' offers a 'Generator Output Copy' option
(output copy is automatically applied for SDI SFPs), and the ability via the 'Loop' feature to passthrough the
SDIBNC input signal(s) - making it available on the SDI BNC output connection.
SDI Modes
In the top half of the instrument window is a graphical view of the Qx rear panel, displaying from left to right:
SDI BNC outputs, SDI BNC inputs, external reference, and SFP+B and SFP+A positions (and the I/O's of any
installed SFP's.)
All active SDI inputs and outputs are indicated by colored connectors; their colors dictated by the
Analyser/Generator color scheme set in 'Display Options'. (See 'Instrument Launch Menu' section of this
manual for more details.) An entirely grayed out connector indicates that a signal is not present, and the
previously colored ring will be black. The color of the connectors correspond to the color of their related
instrument borders and instrument icons, to aid recognition.
If an SDI SFP is unseated or not present, this is displayed graphically with a black void - indicating a missing
SFP. (IP SFP's will also be displayed if installed, but will only become active in IP boot up mode.)
The Qx SDIsignal input and output mechanism can be configured in the instrument submenu - with a choice
of two SDI connector types for both input and output.
Select the SDI connector configuration you require:
l SDI Input Source > [BNC, SFP]
l SDI Out > [BNC, SFP]
Note: The Qx default SDI connector state is BNC in / BNC out.
Example 1 shows a BNC output and BNC input in use
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