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Delta  Media  Server

Delta  Server  Front  Panel

M101-4

User  Guide

Summary of Contents for M101-4

Page 1: ...Delta Media Server Delta Server Front Panel M101 4 User Guide ...

Page 2: ...d and shall not be reproduced or copied without express written authorisation from 7thSense Design Ltd The information in this document is subject to change without notice 7thSense Design Ltd assumes no responsibility for errors and or omissions contained in this information Printed January 2018 2 The Courtyard Shoreham Road Upper Beeding Steyning West Sussex BN44 3TN UK T 44 0 1903 812299 1032 N ...

Page 3: ...formation 6 Display Text Colours 7 Menu Structure 9 Using Delta Front Panel Menus 10 Controls 11 Load Show 12 Graphics Render 13 Group 14 Delta Version 15 Audio VU Meter 16 External Control 17 IP and PC Name 18 Service Menu 19 Restart Delta 19 Reset EDIDs 19 Manage Network 20 Service Mode 24 Document Information 26 27 Index ...

Page 4: ...of additional functionality Delta 2 4 sees more software changes to allow for NICs to be modified in all servers including Nano without having to enter Service Mode and with further options for NIC modification throughout Terminology Embedded Server This refers to the Operating system on the server The embedded servers include Nano Nano4K and Duo II pre 2016 and Nano1 Nano2 Nano3 Nano4K in the 201...

Page 5: ...5 Delta Server Front Panel 2018 7thSense Design Panel Features Panel Features ...

Page 6: ...ing smoothly e g audio time drifting Red Error e g dropping frames needs resolving Graphics Status Indicates whether the server is able to playback at the specified rate Corresponds with the yellow line on the debug graph Audio Status Indicates whether audio playback is at the correct rate Corresponds with the cyan line on the debug graph Disk Status Indicates whether the server disks are able to ...

Page 7: ...n The standard colour of all text on a Delta Slave Server Red Indicates the Delta Server application has stopped running It can also indicate lack of Genlock or AMD grouping if the Delta monitor application has been configured to monitor these states Green Indication that the server is in Service Mode This mode is only available on Embedded Delta Servers ...

Page 8: ...elta Server Front Panel 2018 7thSense Design Display Text Colours Others Other colours are used for Alert mode This mode flashes the display on certain actions and is intended to aid programming and debug ...

Page 9: ...he Left Arrow takes you anticlockwise For example press the Right Arrow button twice to go to the Load Show page or the Left Arrow once to go to the Service Menu Note Servers running Delta 1 5 are only capable of showing the pages marked with an orange border Pages with this icon have sub menus pages Press the Enter button to open and the Up Down buttons to navigate The Bottom Left button is the B...

Page 10: ...nus Main Display The main display shows the server s Windows configuration name its IP address and the filename of the current show The last line shows which timeline is running the position of the playhead and the play status Play Stop Ready Press the Right or Left arrow buttons to navigate to other pages ...

Page 11: ... Enter centre button to use the controls page Once in the control page all buttons have a function Bottom Left Steps back out of the control page into the main pages Top Left Rewinds current timeline to frame 0 Left Stop playing if running and press to step back one frame at a time Right Stop playing if running and press to step forward one frame at a time Top Play Bottom Cue ready to play Enter S...

Page 12: ... Panel Menus Load Show Press Enter centre button to list available shows The cursor arrow indicates the currently selected show Scroll through items with the Up and Down buttons and select the one you want with Enter Bottom Left button goes back to the Load Show page ...

Page 13: ...r Front Panel 2018 7thSense Design Using Delta Front Panel Menus Graphics Render Gfx Current desktop resolution and refresh Aud Available Audio Gfx Available graphics output i e DVI SDI Cache Current disk cache level ...

Page 14: ...Front Panel 2018 7thSense Design Using Delta Front Panel Menus Group This page indicates whether the server is a Master or Slave the server group it is in how many servers are in this group and the current timing mode ...

Page 15: ...15 Delta Server Front Panel 2018 7thSense Design Using Delta Front Panel Menus Delta Version Shows the current DeltaServer application version installed on the server ...

Page 16: ...g Delta Front Panel Menus Audio VU Meter This page shows the audio playing on the current timeline If audio is current playing a VU meter shows with a vertical line for each channel of audio If no audio is currently in scope the display will read Silence ...

Page 17: ...17 Delta Server Front Panel 2018 7thSense Design Using Delta Front Panel Menus External Control Lists the current TCP and UDP ports for external control and the last external control message received ...

Page 18: ...nt Panel Menus IP and PC Name This page shows a list of the current server network IP addresses first second and third adapters and the server s Windows configuration name The s or d at the end of each line indicates whether the network address is static or dynamic ...

Page 19: ... all the functions available on that Delta server Move the cursor through the options with the Up and Down buttons and select the required item using Enter Restart Delta Select restart Delta Press Enter to restart the Delta server Confirm twice before the system will restart Reset EDIDs Select Reset EDID Press Enter to delete all forced EDID graphics configurations from the server Confirm twice be...

Page 20: ...DNS Gateway Note from Delta vs 2 4 and DeltaMonitor 3 0 Embedded servers no longer need to be in Service Mode to set NIC values They do however still require Service Mode for other tasks such as upgrading the software When you enter the Manage Network menu the display will alternate between IP address and friendly name of the corresponding NIC To make changes to the NIC information press Enter The...

Page 21: ...t buttons to move the cursor along the numbers and the up down keys to change the numbers Once you have set the IP you need to open and check amend the Subnet Press the top left button to enter the Subnet screen Note 255 fixes that part of the address so that the server will only see other devices on that same network 000 allows the server to see any other device numbered 000 to 255 on that networ...

Page 22: ...eft right buttons to move the cursor along the numbers and the up down keys to change the numbers to a valid DNS Once set press the top left button to check amend the DNS2 address Press the Top Left button to Apply the changes to DNS1 and DNS2 and return to the Manage Network menu Set Gateway Note that this option is only available if there is a static IP address Select Set Gateway and press Enter...

Page 23: ...h DHCP On Auto IP DNS Gateway If you want the server to select an IP automatically you can switch DHCP on by selecting the Auto IP DNS Gway option Press Enter to switch to automatic selection Note You may need to use this setting if you want your server to temporarily switch networks to for example allow access to the internet To switch back to a static IP and switch DHCP off you should set the IP...

Page 24: ...ows Embedded Operating System This offers the advantage of file write protection on loss of power By default all embedded servers are shipped out of service mode When an embedded server is not in service mode its menu is Blue Cyan as per any normal Delta server When not in service mode the operating system disk is locked Anything that is saved to the OS disks when not in service mode will be lost ...

Page 25: ...ve a need to install drivers or additional software you need to be in service mode to do this In this mode the Front Panel text is permanently green and rotates flashing the Service Mode text below It is not advised to leave the server in service mode during normal operation Once you have made any required changes to the server you should always switch back out of Service mode to Normal mode ...

Page 26: ... edition Software version Revision Details Author Editor January 2013 1 New release January 2015 2 Updated September 2015 2 1 Reformatted Helen Ward August 2016 3 Delta Server 2 4 Delta Monitor 3 0 Software update Helen Ward May 2017 4 Delta Server 2 4 Delta Monitor 3 0 Edited and reissued Andie Davidson ...

Page 27: ... name 9 load show 9 service menu 9 front panel features 5 G graphics information on server display 13 grouping information 14 I IP name information 18 L LED server status lights 6 LED status lights 4 load a show from front panel 12 M main display front panel 10 manage network 20 menus front panel display 9 N navigation via front panel controls 9 R reset EDIDs from front panel 19 restart Delta from...

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