Chapter1. Introduction
1.1 Overview
TheFM4SDItransmitterandreceiverkitbyThorisdesignedtoextendtherangeofhighdefinitionHDSDIdigital
videobytransmittingthedataoverfibercable.FourfullHDSDIchannelsaretransmittedoverasinglefiberwith
nolatencyoraddeddelayinthevideowithrespecttotiming.InadditiontoHDSDIvideo,thelinkalsotransports
asinglechannelofonedirectionalRS485controldatafromthereceiverbacktothetransmitter.Thisisusefulfor
controllingequipmentsuchasvideoswitchesorPTZcameracontrollers.Linkalarmsareprovidedonbothunits
thatindicatewhenthereisafiberfaultoranopticallinkisnotestablished.Theseunitsaresuitableforall
applicationsinvolvingHDSDI,SDSDI,orDVBASIbroadcasttypedigitalvideo.Optionalupgradesforthe
auxiliaryincludebidirectionalRS232/422data,bidirectionalanalogaudio,orcontactclosure.Supported
optionsareindicatedbymodelnumbers.
1.2 Features
■ FullycomplieswiththeSMPTE292MHDSDIstandard
■ FM4SDITx: 4HDSDIinputsonBNC
■ FM4SDIRx: 4HDSDIoutputsonBNC
■ SupportstwoembeddedaudioperSDIchannel
■ SerialDataRS485(default)withoptionsforRS242orRS422(ModelSpecific)
■ Multipleoptionsforauxiliarychannelincludingaudio,contactclosure,RS232,orRS422
■ Supportsresolutionsat1080P@30,25,24and720P@60,50,30,25,24
■ Outputreclockingensurescleandigitaloutputsignal
■ Surgeprotectioncircuittopreventdamagefromstaticelectricityorpowersurges
■ OpticallinkalarmNOP(Noopticalsignal)indicateslinkstatusfrombothunits
■ Highqualityexternalswitchingtypepowersupply
1.3 Application
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