Belden grass valley KALEIDO-IP VM, Quick Start Manual

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Setting up the Kaleido-IP VM
Kaleido-IP VM from Grass Valley, a Belden Brand, is a complete version of the Kaleido-X
software for the Kaleido-IP multiviewers, packaged as a virtual image (OVA file). This Quick
Start Guide is designed to help you get your Kaleido-IP VM multiviewer up and running for
the first time.
Summary
Limitations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Step 1: Creating the Kaleido-IP Virtual Machine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Step 2: License Activation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Step 3: Networking Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Step 4: XEdit Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Step 5: System Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Step 6: Testing the Monitor Wall Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Overview
Grass Valley's Kaleido family of multiviewers ranges from quad-splits to large-scale, multi-
room monitoring systems, with outstanding image quality and signal flexibility. The
Kaleido multiviewers are available in different models: the Kaleido-MX, the Kaleido-MX 4K,
the Kaleido-IP (also available as a virtual image: Kaleido-IP VM), the Kaleido-X (7RU), the
Kaleido-X (4RU), the Kaleido-X16, and the Kaleido-XQUAD frames, as well as the KMX-4911
cards, the Kaleido-Modular-X cards, the Kaleido-Modular KMV-3901/3911 cards.
The Kaleido-IP can monitor and display HD and SD television programs distributed over IP,
across two HDTV displays
— or in the case of a Kaleido-IP VM, through one streaming
output. It supports MPEG-2 and H.264/AVC compressed video, and the AAC, AC-3, DD+,
MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4 AAC LC, and MPEG-4 HE-AAC compressed audio formats, within
unencrypted DCII, DVB, or ATSC streams.
• The Kaleido-IP X310 supports concurrent decoding of up to 64 MPEG-2, up to
32 H.264, or up to 9 H.265 HD video programs. In the case of SD signals, it supports
concurrent decoding of up to 128 MPEG-2, up to 64 H.264, or up to 18 H.265 programs.
• The Kaleido-IP X110 supports concurrent decoding of up to 16 MPEG-2 or up to
12 H.264 HD programs, and up to 48 MPEG-2 or up to 24 H.264 SD programs.
• The Kaleido-IP X300 supports concurrent decoding of up to 24 MPEG-2 or up to
16 H.264 HD programs, and up to 64 MPEG-2 or up to 32 H.264 SD programs.
• The Kaleido-IP X100 supports concurrent decoding of up to 8 MPEG-2 or up to 6 H.264
HD programs, and up to 24 MPEG-2 or up to 12 H.264 SD programs.
• The Kaleido-IP VM supports concurrent decoding of up to 24 H.264 HD programs.