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CBS LIDIA V IconLogo™ System
Channel Branding System for CBS Affiliates
The Harris® LIDIA V IconLogo™ system is designed to meet the needs of the fifth-generation CBS automated station identification system. LIDIA stands for: Local IDentification Inserted Automatically.
LIDIA is a user-friendly channel-branding solution for CBS affiliates that automatically incorporates local station identification logos into network programs and promotional announcements. It also adds time, temperature display, and news lower-third graphics crawls when initiated by the LIDIA trigger.
The LIDIA V system provides:
- Integrated LIDIA compatibility
- Local and remote text
- Standard graphics editing software
- Standard graphics formats
- Local news and informational crawl
- Time and temp with existing local temperature probe
- Static logo and full animation playback
- Web data EAS crawl
- School closing information
- Weather emergency information
- Graphics uploads by standard data network or compact flash
- Continued operation without data network connectivity
Features
The LIDIA V system offers all the features of the standard IconLogo, including:
- Up to four fully independent key layers, used to key any combination of
- Static and animated logos
- Digital and/or analog clocks
- Temperature
- Optional crawls
- Static text
- 4 GB Compact Flash near-line storage, expandable to 8 GB
- 2 GB DDR2 RAM online storage, expandable to 4 GB
- Logos can be any size and can be positioned anywhere with varying transparencies
- Up to 999 logos can be online and are instantly accessible on any layer
- Transfer files via Compact Flash, FTP or LogoCreator, directly over the Ethernet connection
- File transfer integration available with Harris® Connectus® – an optimized graphics management system
- Multiple native graphics formats supported, including:
- Quantel® Format (*.vpb)
- Windows® Bitmap (*.bmp)
- Truevision™ Graphics Adaptor (Targa - *.tga)
- Tag Image File Format (Tiff - *.tif)
- Portable Network Graphics (*.png)
- SGI Image Format (*.sgi or *.rgb)
- Graphics Interchange Format (*.gif)
- Portable Bitmap (*.pbm)
- Portable Grey Map (*.pgm)
- Portable Pixel Map (*.ppm)
- PC Paintbrush Format (*.pcx)
- Harris® IconLogo Format (*.mgi & *.mg2)
- Joint Photographic Experts Group Format (*.jpg)
- Operation and Control
- Operates in downstream program/preview or upstream key/fill modes
- Comprehensive live on-air hardware panel offers full access to all parameters
- Cost-effective software panel offers full capabilities of hardware panel
- Programmable quick selects for easy recall of complex setups
- Eight programmable GPIs
- Logo selection
- Key on/off
- LIDIA enable/disable
- Crawls/dynamic text titling
- EAS support with interface to TFT, Sage and Digital Alert Systems (using Sage and TFT protocols)
- Entry from local keyboard or crawl editor application
- High-quality fonts stored on board with kerning
- Programmable font prefix (CBS eye)
- Four-channel AES capability with:
- 24-bit resolution, embedded and/or discrete and/or internal clips with support for WAV, AIFF and AIFC formats
- Audio only or associated with video element (logo/clock/crawl)
- Optional MGI breakout modules provides discrete AES relay
- Redundancy
- Program bypass relay protected
- Programmable trouble slide on loss of PGM input
- Optional redundant power supply
- Simple upgrade path from SDI CBS LIDIA 4 to LIDIA V HD (MGI-3903 models only)
Product Details
The LIDIA V system is based on the popular IconLogo HD card set. A fourth-generation modular branding product, IconLogo is housed in a Harris® NEO® frame and is available with a powerful complementary tool set to allow for maximum flexibility and creativity.
The system offers all of the standard benefits of our IconLogo HD product:
- Display up to four logos at once in HD (720p, 1080i). Each layer (logo) can be a static logo, animated logo, digital clock, temperature, analog clock or external key. Logos can be created on the device using a variety of formats or created offline using the LogoCreator software application and transferred via the Ethernet connection or copied directly to the Compact Flash.
- The EAS option supports crawls with connection to existing EAS decoders via an RS232 connection. EAS messages are configurable to allow automatic airing of alert or warning messages.
- The Crawl option allows for the creation of custom crawls and text titling with entry from a local keyboard or via the crawl editor application. Crawls maintain the same attributes as logos and can therefore be positioned anywhere on screen with configurable font color and transparency. Up to four independent crawl objects can be aired at one time. Crawls can play once, repeat continuously, repeat a programmable number of cycles and be configured with variable crawl speeds.
Control
The LIDIA V system can be controlled using the popular and comprehensive NUCLEUS-LOGO on-air panel. This panel allows for control of all IconLogo parameters with easy layer selection, on-air take, preview and logo selection. The NUCLEUS™ panel is available in both rack-mount (shown, NUC-LOGO-RM) and deskmount models (NUC-LOGO-DM).
A cost-effective software panel (MGI-GUI) is also available to use in place of or in conjunction with the hardware panel. The software panel offers the same operations as the hardware panel and runs on a Windows® platform.
Automation control is achieved using the existing 2602 LogoMotion™ protocol with extensions for three additional layers. Without extensions, automation systems can control a single layer or multiple layers using internal quick selects.
Specifications
Specifications and designs are subject to change without notice.
HD Serial Digital Video | |
Input Signals | PGM1, Fill1 and Key1 |
Formats | 1.485 Gb/s serial per SMPTE 292M
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Output Signals | PGM1 (or Fill), Preview1, Clean1, Key1 |
Equalization | 50 m Belden 1694A cable with Relay Bypass SMPTE 292M |
Return Loss | Typical -15 dB from 5 MHz to 1.2 GHz
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Jitter | <200 ps pk-pk |
Impedance | 75 ohms |
Connector | BNC per IEC 169-8 |
Signal Level | 800 mV ±10% output |
AES Digital Audio | |
Inputs | 4 (2 audio groups or 4 stereo pairs)
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Format | Per AES3-1992, 24-bit
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Outputs | 4 (2 audio groups or 4 stereo pairs)
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Format | Per AES3-1992 (balanced audio), 24-bit
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Connector | 25-pin D-type female connector |
Embedded Audio | |
I/O | Per SMPTE 299M for HD video
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Channels | 2 groups (4 stereo pairs) |
External Reference | |
Input Signal | 1 differential |
Formats | Composite NTSC or PAL-B (color black recommended) per SMPTE 318M-1999
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Impedance | 75 ohms |
Input Coupling | AC |
Maximum Input Signal Range | 1 V pk-pk |
Return Loss | >35 dB, 1 kHz to 35 MHz |
Miscellaneous Connections | |
Timecode | Per ANSI/SMPTE 12M via 44-pin, HD-type female connector |
Ethernet | 10/100Base-T IEEE 802.3u via RJ45, 8-pin |
Serial | RS-422 (38,400 baud, 8-bit, no parity, 1 stop bit) per SMPTE 207M via dedicated DB-9, D-type female connector |
GPI | 8 (TTL level, diode protected via 44-pin, HD-type female connector) |
GPO | 8 (TTL open collector via 44-pin, HD-type female connector) |
Temperature Probe | 12 to 36 VDC, 4 to 20 mA via 44-pin, HD-type female connector |
Ordering Information
COMPLETE LIDIA V ICONLOGO SYSTEMS
| ICONL-L5-UPG | IconLogo HD to LIDIA upgrade — includes only firmware and I/O module update for MGI-3903 systems to support LIDIA V |
| ICONL-L5 | IconLogo LIDIA V base system card set |
| ICONL-L5-FR | IconLogo LIDIA V base system card set (ICONL-L5) and the NEO 3RU frame (FR-3923) with redundant power supply (3923PS) |
| ICONL-L5-FR-DM | IconLogo LIDIA V base system card set (ICONL-L5) and the NEO 3RU frame (FR-3923) with redundant power supply (3923PS) and NUCLEUS deskmount remote control panel (NUC-LOGO-DM) |
| ICONL-L5-FR-RM | IconLogo LIDIA V base system card set (ICONL-L5) and the NEO 3RU frame (FR-3923) with redundant power supply (3923PS) and NUCLEUS rackmount remote control panel (NUC-LOGO-RM) |
| OPTIONAL ITEMS | |
Networked Media Management Software | |
| INSCNCTS | Connectus control for up to 15 devices |
| INSCNCTS-A10 | License for connecting 10 additional devices to an existing Connectus server |
| ICONL-3903-UPG | Upgrade IconLogo units based on MGI-3901 to MGI-3903. Includes 2G DDR2, 4G Compact Flash, Text, EAS and Software GUI Licenses |
DDR2 Memory Upgrades | |
ICONL-DDR2-2G (quantity 1) | Upgrade from 512 MB or 1 GB to 2 GB of DDR2 RAM used on MGI |
ICONL-DDR2-2G (quantity 2) | Upgrade from 512 MB or 1 GB to 4 GB of DDR2 RAM used on MGI |
Compact Flash Upgrades | |
MGI-CF-4096 | 4 GB CF card for use in MGI-based products |
MGI-CF-8192 | 8 GB CF card for use in MGI-based products |
The IconLogo unit is factory equipped with a 2 GB DDR2 module and 4 GB compact flash module. | |
Breakout Module | |
MGI-3902-BO | MGI breakout module |
Control Panel | |
NUCLEUS-LOGO | MGI NUCLEUS remote control panel, rackmount |
NUCLEUS-LOGO-DM | MGI NUCLEUS remote control panel, deskmount |
MGI-GUI | Software control panel for MGI |
EAS License | |
MGI-LIDIA-EAS | IconLogo EAS and Crawl |
Temperature Probes | |
TT-LIDIA-PROBE | CBS LIDIA temperature probe |
TT-SHIELD | Shield for temperature probe |
Sales Contacts
- North America +1 800 231 9673
- Caribbean and Latin America +1 786 437 1960
- Europe and Africa +44 118 964 8200
- Middle East and South Asia +971 4 433 8250
- Asia, Pacific Rim +852 2776 0628
