Cobalt Open Gear Card 4K UDX & Frame Sync

• 4K UHD, HD, and SD Up/Down/Cross Conversion: Provides high-quality conversion between 4K UHD, HD, and SD video formats, supporting a wide range of resolutions and frame rates.
• Frame Synchronization: Integrated frame sync ensures stable and reliable signal timing, even with asynchronous video sources, making it perfect for live production and broadcast.
• OpenGear Compatibility: Fully compatible with the OpenGear standard, allowing it to be easily integrated into existing OpenGear frames and systems.
• Advanced Audio Processing: Supports audio embedding, de-embedding, and delay compensation, with 16 channels of embedded audio and external audio inputs/outputs.
• Color Correction and Enhancement: Built-in color correction tools for adjusting video color balance, brightness, contrast, and saturation, providing precise control over the video signal.
• HDR Support: Handles High Dynamic Range (HDR) content, ensuring that video retains its dynamic range and color depth during conversion and processing.
• Low Latency Processing: Designed for minimal latency, making it suitable for live broadcasts, sports production, and real-time video applications.
• Scalable and Modular Design: The modular nature of the OpenGear platform allows for scalability, enabling the addition of multiple cards within a single frame for expanded functionality.
• User-Friendly Control: Remote control and monitoring via DashBoard software, offering an intuitive interface for configuration and status monitoring.
• Redundant Power Supply Support: Compatible with OpenGear frames that offer redundant power supplies, ensuring continuous operation in mission-critical environments.
• Multiple I/O Options: Supports a variety of input and output formats, including 12G-SDI, 3G-SDI, HD-SDI, and more, providing flexibility in handling different video signal types.

The Cobalt OpenGear Card 4K UDX & Frame Sync is a versatile and powerful tool for video professionals who require precise signal processing in broadcast, live production, and post-production workflows. Its combination of up/down/cross conversion, frame synchronization, and advanced audio processing makes it an indispensable asset in any video infrastructure.

4K UHD, HD, and SD Up/Down/Cross Conversion: The Cobalt 4K UDX & Frame Sync card offers high-quality up, down, and cross-conversion between various video formats, including 4K UHD, HD, and SD. This flexibility is essential for broadcasters and production facilities that need to manage multiple video formats seamlessly. Whether you're converting 4K UHD content for HD broadcast or upscaling SD material to 4K, this card ensures that your video signals maintain their quality and integrity.

Frame Synchronization: Integrated frame synchronization is a key feature of this card, allowing you to stabilize and align video signals from different sources. This is particularly useful in live production environments where video feeds from multiple cameras or sources need to be synchronized to avoid timing issues. The frame sync feature ensures that all video sources are in sync, providing a smooth and professional output.

OpenGear Compatibility: The card is fully compatible with the OpenGear platform, which is an open standard for signal processing solutions. This compatibility allows the Cobalt 4K UDX & Frame Sync card to be easily integrated into existing OpenGear frames and systems, providing a modular and scalable solution for video processing. The OpenGear platform's modularity also means that you can expand your system by adding more cards as needed, making it a future-proof investment.

Advanced Audio Processing: Audio is just as important as video in broadcast and production environments, and the Cobalt 4K UDX & Frame Sync card excels in this area as well. It supports audio embedding and de-embedding, allowing you to manage up to 16 channels of embedded audio. Additionally, the card offers audio delay compensation, ensuring that your audio and video signals remain perfectly synchronized.

Color Correction and Enhancement: The card includes built-in color correction tools, giving you the ability to adjust the color balance, brightness, contrast, and saturation of your video signals. This is particularly useful in post-production and live broadcast scenarios where precise control over the video signal is required. These tools help ensure that your video content looks its best, regardless of the source material or the final output format.

HDR Support: As HDR content becomes more prevalent in the industry, the Cobalt 4K UDX & Frame Sync card's ability to handle HDR video is a significant advantage. The card ensures that HDR signals retain their dynamic range and color depth during conversion and processing, making it an ideal choice for broadcasters and content creators working with HDR video.

Low Latency Processing: Designed for live applications, the Cobalt 4K UDX & Frame Sync card offers low-latency processing. This is crucial for live broadcasts, sports production, and any real-time video application where delay needs to be minimized. The card’s low-latency performance ensures that your video content is delivered in real time, maintaining the immediacy and impact of live events.

Scalable and Modular Design: The OpenGear platform's modular nature means that the Cobalt 4K UDX & Frame Sync card can be used as part of a scalable system. Whether you need a single card for a specific task or multiple cards for a more complex setup, the OpenGear system allows you to build a solution that meets your exact requirements. This scalability makes it a versatile choice for a wide range of video processing applications.

User-Friendly Control: The card can be remotely controlled and monitored via the DashBoard software, which provides an intuitive interface for configuration and status monitoring. DashBoard makes it easy to set up and manage the card’s features, ensuring that you can quickly adapt to changing production needs and maintain optimal performance.

Redundant Power Supply Support: In mission-critical environments, reliability is paramount. The Cobalt 4K UDX & Frame Sync card is compatible with OpenGear frames that offer redundant power supplies, ensuring that your video processing continues uninterrupted even in the event of a power failure. This redundancy is essential for broadcasters and production facilities where uptime is critical.

Multiple I/O Options: The card supports a variety of input and output formats, including 12G-SDI, 3G-SDI, and HD-SDI. This flexibility allows it to handle different video signal types and integrate seamlessly into various production workflows. Whether you’re working with modern 4K signals or legacy SD content, the Cobalt 4K UDX & Frame Sync card provides the connectivity you need.

Video Input/Output:

• SDI Inputs: Up to 6x 12G/6G/3G/HD/SD-SDI, 75Ω
• SDI Outputs: Up to 8x 12G/6G/3G/HD/SD-SDI, 75Ω
• Supported Formats: SMPTE ST 2082-1, SMPTE 292M, 424M, 259M-C (all 12G-compliant, supports 2SI and Square Division Multiplex)
• HDMI Output: 1x HDMI 2.0 for 4K monitoring (Type A)
• Input Cable Lengths:
  • 45m at 12G-SDI (Belden 1694A)
  • 240m at HD-SDI
  • 400m at SD-SDI

Processing:

• Up/Down/Cross Conversion: Supports HD, 3G, 6G, 12G, and UHD1 (3840x2160) conversion
• Frame Synchronization: Supports audio/video synchronization with a maximum offset of 20 frames
• Latency: Minimum latency of 1 frame
• Color Processing: Supports SDR to HDR conversion and 3D LUT-based color correction

Audio I/O:

• AES Ports: Up to 8x AES-3id coaxial ports, assignable as input/output
• MADI Support: Available with specific rear modules (rev C or later hardware)
• User Audio Delay: Bulk delay from -33ms to +3000ms, per-channel adjustment from -800ms to +800ms

Control and Monitoring:

• Control Interfaces: DashBoard software, SNMP, HTML5 web interface, Cobalt’s RESTful Reflex protocol
• GPIO: Up to 6 GPI and 2 GPO (dependent on rear module)

Physical and Environmental:

• Form Factor: openGear platform (2RU frame supports up to 5 cards)
• Power: Hot-swappable installation within the openGear frame
• Rear Modules: Multiple rear module configurations available for different I/O needs

Additional Features:

• Noise Reduction and Detail Enhancement for image quality optimization
• Optional SFP Ports for video over IP transport
• HDR Support: SDR-to-HDR conversion with color management options