Barco TransForm A, User Manual

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3. Getting started
Barco – TransForm A - Workstation for Windows – DOC-3266-2 – Revision 16 – August 2007
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3.3 Starting up
3.3.1 Connecting
Mouse and keyboard must be connected to the respective connectors on the rear of the P
ROCESSOR
. Please, refer
to sections 3.2.2 Mouse and 3.2.3 Keyboard !
•
In an OmniBus configuration connect the link interface and remote power on/off cables to the T
RANS
F
ORM
A
devices. If an external genlock signal is used, connect it also to the P
ROCESSOR
. Please refer to 3.2.15 OmniBus
and 3.2.14 CPU board !
•
In a Processor configuration , if necessary, connect the E
XTENDERS
to the P
ROCESSOR
. Please, refer to 3.2.16
Extender !
Plug in the power cables on the back panel of the T
RANS
F
ORM
A devices. Please, refer to section 3.2.1 Power supply !
Connect the graphic cards to the O
MNI
S
CALERS
, if O
MNI
S
CALERS
are used. Connect the display devices to the graphic
cards or O
MNI
S
CALERS
. At least one display must be connected for administrating T
RANS
F
ORM
A. Please, refer to 3.2.5
Graphic cards and 3.2.6 OmniScaler ! Connect the video and RGB sources to the input cards of T
RANS
F
ORM
A. Please,
refer to section 3.2.7 Quad Analog Video Card , 3.2.8 Streaming Video Card , 3.2.9 Quad SDI Video Card , 3.2.10 Dual DVI Input
Card and 3.2.11 Dual RGB Input Card !
Connect the P
ROCESSOR
to the local area network by connecting the network to the network card or the network
onboard adapter! Please, refer to section 3.2.13 Network !
3.3.2 Switching on
•
In an OmniBus configuration:
Using O
MNI
B
US
A18 first make sure that the power switches [26] ( Figure 3-11 ) of all connected O
MNI
B
US
A18
devices are on. The LED operating status [3] ( Figure 3-10 ) on each O
MNI
B
US
A18 should show a red light.
Check also that the power switches [35] ( Figure 3-5 ) on the rear of the P
ROCESSOR
(if available) are switched
on.
Using O
MNI
B
US
A12 just make sure that the red LED standby / component failed [6] ( Figure 3-7 ) is perma-
nently on, indicating Standby mode.
Then switch on the P
ROCESSOR
by pressing the power button [13] ( Figure 3-1 ) on its front! By means of the
remote power on/off mechanism all T
RANS
F
ORM
A devices are now centrally switched on and initialized in the
necessary order. The LED operating status of the O
MNI
B
US
A18 should show a green light and the LED power
on [4] on the OmniBus A12 should be lighting.
•
In a Processor configuration , switch on the P
ROCESSOR
by pressing the power button [13] ( Figure 3-1 ) on the
front! If also an E
XTENDER
is used switch it on first by pressing the On/Off-switch [3] ( Figure 3-13 ).
Initial system start after delivery
After the pre-configuration of a T
RANS
F
ORM
A system at the factory the operating system is sealed. Therefore
when switching on T
RANS
F
ORM
A at your site for the first time, the Windows 2000 or XP Professional Setup
starts and prompts you to enter information to adjust the T
RANS
F
ORM
A to your site. First read the license agree-
ment before you accept it. Then the Setup will prompt you to adjust the regional and language options and to
personalize your software. After that enter the product key.
The Microsoft Windows product key is labeled on the inside of the front flap of the
Processor.
When asked for the administrator password, enter
barco
and reenter it once again. Finally adjust the date and
time settings as well as the network settings. After entering the workgroup or computer domain, the system
reboots automatically and is from then on ready for normal operation.