Ensemble Designs BrightEye NXT 450 User manual

BrightEye NXT 450 Clean Streaming Router Quick Start Guide

H.264 Encoding/Decoding

A powerful combination

of signal processing

and switching

Dual Up/Down/Cross

For 3G/HD/SD SDI, HDMI,

Converters

Fiber and Streaming

BrightEye NXT 450 Clean Streaming Router

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Front Panel Controls

Quick Start Guide

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Rear Connectors

BrightEye NXT 450 Clean Streaming Router

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Ventilation

Maintaining proper airﬂow is required to keep the NXT’s internal temperature normal. Air input occurs below the front panel.

Air output occurs through the rear panel. If placing the unit on a surface, the four feet must be mounted on its base. If mounted

in a rack, the unit must be installed in such a way that the air ﬂow on the front and rear is not restricted. Our BERKMT-Full rack

mount kit, designed for this purpose, holds up to 3 NXT units in a 1RU rack.

Connecting Cables to Ports

Default Port Conﬁgurations

The default port conﬁgurations are shown below. Ports that are Unassigned, such as Port 3, can be conﬁgured from the front

panel either as a Source or Destination, as described on page 7. The two Clean Switches (CS) can be assigned to Destinations as

described on page 10.

Connect Reference If Needed

The BrightEye NXT locks to house reference or to its own internal precision standard. Select Internal or External from the

Timing & Genlock menu.

Connect Power Supply

Connect the power supply that is provided with the BrightEye NXT 450. The boot up process takes approximately one minute.

Note: The BrightEye NXT 450 must be powered by its own product-speciﬁc power supply that comes with the

unit. This is a 5 amp single power supply, Ensemble Designs part number 23600106, order info: BEPS-NXT.

DO NOT use a BrightEye Spider power supply (BEPS6) or a BrightEye Individual power supply (BEPS, ED

part number 23118900).

In 1: Source

In 2: Source

I/O 3: Unassigned

Out 4: Destination

Out 5: Destination

I/O 6: Unassigned

I/O 7: Unassigned

SFP I/O 8/9: Unassigned

SFP I/O 10/11: Unassigned

TSG 1: Source

TSG 2: Source

CS 1: Unassigned

CS 2: Unassigned

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Selecting Sources and Destinations and

Making a Cross Point Switch

Preset/Take Panel Mode

Use the Dest button to step through the Clean Streaming Router’s Destinations. The unit’s

LCD will show the signal on each Destination. Stop on the Destination you want to use.

Likewise, use the Src button to step through and then select a Source. The LCD will

display the Source, whether it’s a video input or an internal test signal.

Once you’ve selected a Destination and a Source, press Take to make a cross point switch.

Direct Take Panel Mode

Double-tap the Take button to enter Direct Take panel mode. In this mode, selecting

an assigned source shortcut button instantly makes a cross point switch to the already-

selected destination. Double-tap the Take button again to return to Preset/Take mode.

Mix Transition Panel Mode

For destinations that are going through a Clean Switch, you can mix transitions from the

front panel using conﬁgurable transition durations. Switch between Mix mode and Cut

mode by double-tapping the assigned destination shortcut button. Adjust the transition

duration through the Panel Conﬁg menu.

Front Panel Navigation

Press to bring up the conﬁguration menus on the front panel screen.

Use the arrows to scroll through the conﬁguration menus, navigate submenus, or to

change the values of a selected setting.

Press or to drop down successive levels within a menu.

Press or to come back up one menu level.

Pressing any operational button—any button to the left of the screen—will take you

immediately from conﬁguration mode to the unit’s operational mode.

After approximately 30 seconds of inactivity of the conﬁguration controls, the Clean

Streaming Router’s screen will time out and revert to operational mode.

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Front Panel Router Conﬁguration Menus

Panel Conﬁg

Ports

TSG1

TSG2

Clean Switch 1

Clean Switch 2

Media Network

High Res Encoder

Low Res Encoder

Decoding

Unicast A

Unicast B

Multicast

Timing & Genlock

Network

Assign shortcut buttons, adjust mix transition durations, select

preset/take or direct take mode, adjust panel brightness,

number of audio meters, meter reference level, peak display,

disable live video

Name Sources and Destinations, deﬁne ports as inputs or

outputs as needed

Select a test signal, choose its standard, adjust test signal

output timing, conﬁgure slate, enable audio groups, select tone

frequency

Same set of controls as for TSG1

Assign the clean switch to an output, set its standard, adjust

vertical and horizontal timing, enable audio groups, choose

audio source settings, audio type (embedded or AES), split

mode settings, SD > HD Pillar Box settings, HD > SD Letter Box

settings

Same set of controls as for Clean Switch 1

Conﬁgure the Streaming Media I/O Port’s network settings

Conﬁgure video bit rate, proﬁle, encoding level, audio bit rate,

assign PIDs

Same controls as High Res Encoder but with lower bit rates

Select input, unicast receive port, multicast source IP address,

multicast source port, output format

Turn on or oﬀ, select high or low resolution, set the destination

IP address, the destination port, TTL (time to live), packet size,

source port

Same set of controls as for Unicast A

Turn on or oﬀ, select high or low resolution, set the destination

IP address, the destination port, TTL (time to live), packet size,

source port

Select between external and internal reference, get info about

reference status and the system frame rate (determined by

TSG1)

Change the IP address and other network settings

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Assigning Shortcut Buttons

Assign Sources and Destinations to the nine shortcut buttons in order to streamline

router operation. You can have any combination of Source buttons and

Destination buttons.

Press to get to the conﬁguration menus. Panel Conﬁg is the ﬁrst conﬁguration

menu. If needed, use the arrow to navigate to Panel Conﬁg.

Press or twice to select Shortcuts and then go to the Shortcuts Button

Assignments map. Use the arrows to select the shortcut button you want to

conﬁgure.

Use the arrows to select a Source or Destination to assign to the selected shortcut

button. A button can also be unassigned.

After you’ve ﬁnished assigning shortcuts, press to save, or press to cancel.

Conﬁguring Ports

Some of the Clean Streaming Router’s ports are ﬁxed as inputs or outputs, whereas the

ﬂexible I/O ports can be conﬁgured as inputs or outputs. Naming the ports can make

router operation more intuitive.

Press to get to the conﬁguration menus. Use the arrows to navigate to the

Ports menu.

Press or to highlight Input #1.

Use the arrows to select the port you want to assign.

Press or to go to Ports Conﬁguration. Use the arrows to select the port’s

assignment. Available choices reﬂect the type of port you are working with.

Press to set your new port conﬁguration selection, or press to cancel

your selection.

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Adjusting Audio Levels

When the signal is output through a Clean Switch, you can adjust audio levels on a

per-input and per-channel basis. The BrightEye NXT 450 can apply gain or attenuation

from +12.0 dB to -70 dB. When the Clean Switch is in Mix mode, the audio output will

properly mix between the adjusted settings of one input to the adjusted settings of the

new source.

From the Port Name menu, press to enter the Audio Gain menu. Then press to

go to the Audio Gain editing screen. Use the arrows to select one channel at a time and

adjust its levels. Press and hold or to accelerate the rate of adjustment.

When ﬁnished, press to return to the Audio Gain menu.

Naming Ports

Port names are shown on the LCD panel. The red header shows the current source port

name; the green footer shows the current destination port name.

From Ports Conﬁguration, press to enter the Port Name menu. Then press to

go to the front panel keyboard menu.

Use the and arrows to highlight the letter you want to enter. Press to

enter the highlighted letter into the label area. Change case by highlighting and

selecting either “abc” or“ABC.” To backspace or delete letters one at a time, highlight the

“del” key, then press . When ﬁnished editing, highlight “Set,” then press .

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Mapping Audio Channels

From the Audio Gain menu, press to access the Audio Map menu. Then press

to go to the Audio Map editing screen.

Each point on the audio map represents a potential cross-point for a speciﬁc audio

channel Input and audio channel Output. By default, Input 1 is mapped to Output 1,

Input 2 is mapped to Output 2, and so forth.

To edit the audio map, use the arrows to select a point on the grid. Press to toggle

between purple and gray. When purple, the cross-point is active. When gray, the cross-

point is not active.

When ﬁnished, press to exit.

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Setting the Output Standard

While in the Clean Switch menu, press to navigate to the Standard menu. Press

to select it.

Use the arrows to select the standard you want the Clean Switch to use.

Press to conﬁrm your new Clean Switch standard, or press to cancel.

Assigning a Clean Switch to a Router Destination

Press to get to the conﬁguration menus. Use the arrows to navigate to the

Clean Switch 1 or Clean Switch 2 conﬁguration menu.

Press or to highlight the Assignment submenu. Then press or to go to

Assignment selection.

Use the arrows to select the Destination port to which you want to assign the

selected Clean Switch.

Press to set your new selection, or press to cancel.

Clean Switching and Up/Down/Cross Conversion

Both of the BrightEye NXT 450’s clean switches have frame synchronizers, enabling

you to switch between asynchronous sources without glitches or pops. Both clean

switches also have up/down/cross converters. Simply by setting the output standard

of each clean switch, conﬁgured independently, they automatically convert any SMPTE

broadcast resolution source to your chosen output standard, regardless of the signal’s

incoming format.

There are controls to adjust the output timing of the clean switch with respect to the

genlock reference. If you are using embedded audio, enable the appropriate audio

groups.

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