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Setting Up Your Kaleido-MX Multiviewer
Welcome to the Kaleido family of multiviewers! This Quick Start Guide is designed to help
you get your Kaleido-MX (3RU) multiviewer up and running for the first time. The following
sections will guide you through the installation of a Kaleido-MX (3RU) system in its default
configuration. For more information about the Kaleido-MX (3RU) hardware, refer to the
Kaleido-MX (3RU) Hardware Description & Installation Manual
(on the DVD that shipped with
your system).
Summary
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Getting Organized . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Step 1: Physical Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Step 2: Networking Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Step 3: XEdit Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Step 4: System Verification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
RS-422 Connection Diagram . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Introduction
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-IP, the
Kaleido-X (7RU), the Kaleido-X (4RU), the Kaleido-X16, and the Kaleido-XQUAD frames, as
well as the Kaleido-Modular-X cards, and the Kaleido-Modular KMV-3901/3911 cards.
The
Kaleido-MX
standalone multiviewer system is ideal for production control rooms,
trucks and outside broadcast operations. Available in two form factors (1
RU, and 3
RU), the
Kaleido-MX supports up to 64 video inputs, and up to four multiviewer outputs.
At the heart of every multiviewer system is the
Kaleido-X software
, which includes the
following client applications:
•
XAdmin
is a Web client that your system administrator will use to manage the
multiviewer system.
•
XEdit
is a client application used to create layouts for the monitor wall, and to configure
the multiviewer, from your PC or laptop.
• The
Router Control
Software Single Bus and Matrix View applications (also part of the
iRouter Router Control Software packaged with iControl Application Servers) can be
used to control your multiviewer’s logical sources and monitor wall destinations, via
the
KX Router
logical router, or to control other logical routers configured within your
multiviewer system.
•
Signal Path Viewer
opens as a standalone panel, updated in real time, showing
assignment information between router sources and multiviewer inputs. Signal Path
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