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Author Topic: What mean:" SMPTE Error Counter" Steve Lam Film Handler Posts: 6 From: GuangZhou City/Guangdong Province,China, Registered: May 2011 posted 06-18-2011 04:31 AM                     **** SMPTE Error Counter **** Error Total SDI-A 0 SDI-B 0 SDI-C 0 SDI-D 0 Error Frame SDI-A 0 SDI-B 0 SDI-C 0 SDI-D 0 FPGA Link 0 Status: Decryption Error **** Event Log **** 2011/06/12 06:24:54(2) Lamp OverTemp. How to solve? thank you!  |  IP: Logged Carsten Kurz Film God Posts: 4340 From: Cologne, NRW, Germany Registered: Aug 2009 posted 06-19-2011 07:54 AM                     Seems that no errors occured on the HD-SDI Links. It's a digital transmision that is monitored for transmission errors. If too many sum up there, you should be concerned. Since they are zero, everything is okay. This is just a status message. - Carsten  |  IP: Logged Steve Guttag We forgot the crackers Gromit!!! Posts: 12814 From: Annapolis, MD Registered: Dec 1999 posted 06-19-2011 08:36 AM                     It was notably important on the Series-1 projectors. It seems that TI had the SMPTE A and B lines a bit close on the PCB and they could "chatter." This would drive the SMPTE errors up. The "solution" was to use 50-foot SDI cables to attenuate the signal such that it was within the inputs AGC range but would not cause the chatter issue. If you are seeing pixelation and such, it is a good idea to check the SMPTE error counts to see if they are going up...if so, check your HDSDI lines. -Steve  |  IP: Logged

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