User manual

sinaCAM Installation
User Manual Rev.: E 19
7.7 sinaCAM as Part of a GenLock Chain
GenLock is used to synchronize multiple cameras to ensure that all cameras in a synchronization chain
begin reading the first pixel of an image from the sensor at the same time. The system needs a clocking
component that provides the synchronization data – currently, sinaCAM cannot provide a clock itself.
Multiple sinaCAMs can be daisy-chained. The last camera in a chain must terminate the signal.
The input accepts standard analog SD/HD video signals (NTSC, PAL, 480p, 576p, 720p, and
1080i/p/psF) with either bi-level (black bursts) or tri-level sync.
sinaCAM supports GenLock for CVBS, Y (luma) from Y/C and YPbPr and G (sync on green) from GBR
as specified in the following video standards:
 Composite Video (CVBS) and S-Video (Y/C):
– SDTV: SMPTE 170M (NTSC), ITU-R BT.470 (PAL)
 Component Video (YPbPr/GBR):
– SDTV: SMPTE 125M, SMPTE 267M, ITU-R BT.601 (480i, 576i)
– EDTV: ITU-R BT.1358 (480p, 576p)
– HDTV: SMPTE 296M (720p), SMPTE 274M (1080i/p), SMPTE RP 211 (1080psf)
Supported input formats (automatically detected):
 480i
 480p59.94
 576i
 576p50
 720p60, 720p59.94, 720p50, 720p30, 720p29.97, 720p25, 720p24, 720p23.98
 1080i60, 1080i59.94, 1080i50
 1080p60, 1080p59.94, 1080p50, 1080p(sf)30, 1080p(sf)29.97, 1080p(sf)25, 1080p(sf)24,
1080p(sf)23.98
Figure 9: GenLock Example Setup with two sinaCAM Base Units
Please refer to chapter 9.4.3 GenLock on how to configure the system in a GenLock chain.