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SynchroNet ES/2 <strong>Service</strong> <strong>Manual</strong><br />

CIRCUIT DESCRIPTION<br />

CIRCUIT DESCRIPTION<br />

Introduction<br />

The ES/2 synchroniser is a multi-processor machine controller capable of interfacing with ATR,<br />

VTR and film machines as well as several forms of controllers.<br />

The ES/2 has two AK ESbus ports each of which contains an RS422 communications port. The<br />

ESbus ports carry<br />

<br />

<br />

<br />

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the Timeline - a system wide reference signal<br />

a TLext line - to indicate presence or absence of a timeline signal<br />

a frame bus - used to distribute a video sync locked signal<br />

a mute bus - or system locked line.<br />

The general purpose parallel machine port is capable of<br />

<br />

<br />

<br />

<br />

<br />

issuing transport commands<br />

reading tallies<br />

reading tach<br />

generating pulse information for film machines<br />

generating a DC or FM servo control signal.<br />

Two additional communication ports are<br />

<br />

<br />

an RS422/232 machine serial control port allowing control of serial video machines<br />

a diagnostics port allowing remote interrogation of the system.<br />

The ES/2 also features<br />

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<br />

A flexible timecode reader and generator.<br />

A reference input capable of decoding video syncs or square wave pulses.<br />

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