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''The main mux'' is the huge black thing in the AV rack, it routes video to different places, and also has analogue TV demodulators in. The main mux is controlled by an outboard box which sits on the directors/vision mixers desk.
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The '''''main mux''''' is the huge black thing in the [[AV rack]]. It routes video to different places, and also has analogue TV demodulator inputs. It's controlled by an outboard box which sits on the Director/Vision Mixer's desk.


==Functions==
==Functions==
* 32 input to 4 output matrix
* 32 input to 4 output matrix
* 2 Nicam stereo tuners


==Faults & unknowns==
==Faults & unknowns==
2 composite inputs to the matrix are dead.
*2 composite inputs to the matrix are dead.
*Input 23 ad 32 are dodgy.
 
==Explanation of operation==
This was originally based around a PIC16F84 with an 8MHz crystal containing code written by [[hist:Rob Sprowson|Rob Sprowson]], the code for which is now lost.


Red buttons have unknown function.
A new PIC, a PIC18F2455 using a 20MHz crystal, has replaced this PIC through use of an extra 'daughter' board. This change in PIC was to allow easier coding, using C instead of assembler, and to provide USB capabilities. The source code has also been lost.


==Controller pinouts==
It now runs on an installed Arduino, and is one of the first [[YVP_Protocol|YVP Protocol]] compatible devices. This does mean a computer is needed to control it however, connected to the now real, RS-232 compliant serial port on the back.
{|border="1"
|-
!1
!+5V power
|-
!2
!0V ground
|-
!3
!32x4 crosspoint switch control lines
|-
!4
!consisting of a clock (rising edge trigger)
|-
!5
!CS (active-low) and Data
|-
!6
!NC
|-
!7
!Station Tuner control (I2C Data)
|-
!8
!Net Tuner control (I2C Data)
|-
!9
!Station/Net Tuner common control line (I2C Clock)
|-
|}


==explanation of operation==
==Power supply==
This was originally based around a PIC16F84 with an 8MHz crystal containing code written by Rob Sprowson. The hex file as loaded into the PIC can be found here[[https://ystv.york.ac.uk/~documents/docs_resources/StationDocumentation/muxController_sprow.hex]] whilst a partial disassembly of it can be found here [[https://ystv.york.ac.uk/~documents/docs_resources/StationDocumentation/muxController_sprow.doc]]. Also available is a disassembled version of the ROM code [[https://ystv.york.ac.uk/~documents/docs_resources/StationDocumentation/schedula_rom_disassembled.txt]] from within the BBC micro that used to be part of Schedula.
This is very much the weak point of the mux, and is tied up with why there are loads of unconnected [[BNC]]s on the back. - The Mux used to hold a distribution amplifier for creating 8 outputs of each main output from the matrix. Sadly though, this experienced some heavy cross-talk, and was misdiagnosed as "electric fields". The original creators now propose that simply adding better decoupling to the power supply would have solved the problem.


A new PIC, a PIC18F2455 using a 20MHz crystal, has replaced this PIC through use of an extra 'daughter' board. This change in PIC was to allow easier coding, using C instead of assembler, and to provide USB capabilites. The source code can be found in [[Main Mux Source Code]].
There are two mains transformers:
* 2x6V
**50VA
**powers + and - 5V rails


Six 74HC595 shift registers are daisy chanined together to form a single large serial-to-parallel converter to control all of the LEDs and the buzzer. The data is shifted in in the following order, with high to turn the LED/buzzer on:
*2x6V
{|border="1"
**3VA
|+ ''Shift register output, leftmost exits chip first''
**wired as 1x12V, 3VA to provide the +12V rail.
|Bottom Row Right LED
|.
|.
|.
|Bottom Row Left LED
|2nd Row Right LED
|.
|.
|.
|2nd Row Left LED
|3rd Row Right LED
|.
|.
|.
|3rd Row Left LED
|Top Row Right Green LED
|.
|.
|.
|Top Row Left Green LED
|Mux4 LED
|Mux3 LED
|Mux2 LED
|Mux1 LED
|Obey LED
|Not Used
|Not Used
|Not Used
|Buzzer
|7-seg Top
|7-seg Top Right
|7-seg Bottom Right
|7-seg Bottom
|7-seg Bottom Left
|7-seg Middle
|7-seg Top Left
|}


The data is shifted in on the rising edge of the clock line. This clock line has multiple destinations and also clocks the Mux ICs in the rack and the 74HC597 ICs in the controller used to shift the button states into the PIC. Once the LED data has been shifted to the correct position within the shift registers, a rising edge on the Storage Register line moves this data to the outputs of the ICs, and hence the LEDs/Buzzer.
All the supplies are smoothed with big electrolitics, and then regulated with 78/79 series regulators.


Five 74HC597 ICs are used to create a single parallel-to-serial converter. The order of buttons fed into the PIC is that same as the order of the LED data is shifted out of the PIC (see above). The only difference is instead of the 3 unused LED states there are the three remaining buttons on the controller. The data is shifted on the rising edge on the shared clock line (see above). Before shifting of the data commences the Parallel Load line must be cleared, a rising edge must occur on the Storage Clock line, and then the Parallel Load line must be set.
All this is built on a length of chocolate block connector strip, with a lot of stranded hookup wire.


The state of the Mux ICs in the rack unit is controlled via 3 lines: Chip Select (CS), Clock and data. Before communication with the ICs begins the CS must be cleared (active low). 64 bits of data must then be shifted into the the ICs (clock active rising edge) before setting CS to select the new inputs. The 32x4 Mux is generated using four 8x4 ICs with their outputs commoned together. Therefore the data is organised into four blocks of 16-bits, with each block controlling one of these ICs. For information on the order in which to clock in data, see the datasheet [[https://ystv.york.ac.uk/~documents/docs_resources/StationDocumentation/MAX458-MAX459.pdf]]. Importantly only one of the Mux ICs should ever be driving each output from the mux, with the outputs on the other three ICs all disabled.
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Latest revision as of 12:45, 6 August 2023

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The main mux is the huge black thing in the AV rack. It routes video to different places, and also has analogue TV demodulator inputs. It's controlled by an outboard box which sits on the Director/Vision Mixer's desk.

Functions

  • 32 input to 4 output matrix

Faults & unknowns

  • 2 composite inputs to the matrix are dead.
  • Input 23 ad 32 are dodgy.

Explanation of operation

This was originally based around a PIC16F84 with an 8MHz crystal containing code written by Rob Sprowson, the code for which is now lost.

A new PIC, a PIC18F2455 using a 20MHz crystal, has replaced this PIC through use of an extra 'daughter' board. This change in PIC was to allow easier coding, using C instead of assembler, and to provide USB capabilities. The source code has also been lost.

It now runs on an installed Arduino, and is one of the first YVP Protocol compatible devices. This does mean a computer is needed to control it however, connected to the now real, RS-232 compliant serial port on the back.

Power supply

This is very much the weak point of the mux, and is tied up with why there are loads of unconnected BNCs on the back. - The Mux used to hold a distribution amplifier for creating 8 outputs of each main output from the matrix. Sadly though, this experienced some heavy cross-talk, and was misdiagnosed as "electric fields". The original creators now propose that simply adding better decoupling to the power supply would have solved the problem.

There are two mains transformers:

  • 2x6V
    • 50VA
    • powers + and - 5V rails
  • 2x6V
    • 3VA
    • wired as 1x12V, 3VA to provide the +12V rail.

All the supplies are smoothed with big electrolitics, and then regulated with 78/79 series regulators.

All this is built on a length of chocolate block connector strip, with a lot of stranded hookup wire.

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