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Page 1: ...Profile XP PVS3000 3500 MEDIA PLATFORMS FOR STANDARD AND HIGH DEFINITION Installation Guide SOFTWARE VERSION 5 4 071 8255 01 JULY 2004 the most watched worldwide ...

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Page 3: ... Platform is shipped with default Recorder and Player channels These default channels are named Vtr1 Vtr2 Vtr3 and so on The following table describes the video and audio connections you ll make for the two channel types On the pages that follow you ll find specifics about the type and number of default channels in your system and their video and audio I O connections Rack mounting the Profile XP ...

Page 4: ...a l F a m il y o f X P S e r ie s G r a s s V a l l e y G r o u p Release Notes Path for the Installer Path for the Operator System Guide User Manuals Other Manuals Contains the latest information about Profile XP hardware and software shipped with your system P r o f i l e X P M a n u a l F a m il y o f X P S e r ie s G r a s s V a l l e y G r o u p Release Notes Contains the latest information a...

Page 5: ...n of these formats on any SD channel using an SDI output HD channels let you record and play high definition clips with your HD SDI inputs and outputs PVS3500 The PVS3500 includes an Agile Output software license that enables you to play SD and HD clips through an HD decoder If your Definition Independent HD SD Player channel includes a standard definition SDI output SD clips play out normally and...

Page 6: ...is then all RAID Controller chassis Always power on the RAID Expansion chassis prior to or at the same time as the RAID Controller chassis 3 Wait for RAID storage initialization as follows PFR700 RAID Storage systems Wait until all disk access LEDs are steady approximately 4 minutes The controller READY LED must be ON the front Power LED must be ON and the front Service LED must be OFF Refer to th...

Page 7: ...y HD SDI PVS 3024 Channel names Video Connections Vtr1 Vtr2 Vtr3 Vtr4 Vtr5 Vtr6 NTSC PAL SD SDI Monitor Record Play HD SDI SDI 2In 2Out A B A B Record Play PVS 3534 Channel names Video Connections Video Connections with Embedded Audio Vtr1 Vtr2 Vtr3 Vtr4 Vtr5 Vtr6 Vtr7 NTSC PAL SD SDI Monitor Record Play HD SDI SDI 2In 2Out A B A B Record Play HD SDI NTSC PAL SD SDI Monitor Record Play SDI 2In 2Ou...

Page 8: ...r2 Vtr3 Vtr4 NTSC PAL SD SDI Monitor Record Play HD SDI SDI 2In 2Out A B A B Record Play PVS 3514 Channel names Video Connections Video Connections with Embedded Audio Vtr1 Vtr2 Vtr3 Vtr4 Vtr5 NTSC PAL SD SDI Monitor Record Play HD SDI SDI 2In 2Out A B A B Record Play SDI 2In 2Out A B A B Record Play NTSC PAL SD SDI Monitor Record Play HD SDI Vtr1 Vtr2 Vtr3 PVS 3512 Channel names Video Connections...

Page 9: ...1 4 5 8 9 12 13 16 Vtr1 Vtr2 Vtr3 Vtr4 Vtr5 Vtr6 Vtr7 Vtr8 OR OR AES EBU Breakout Panels Profile Audio Chassis PAC Digital 9 16 Digital 1 8 BNC216 1 2 1 2 3 4 3 4 5 6 5 6 7 8 7 8 9 10 9 10 11 12 11 12 13 14 13 14 15 16 15 16 Mon Out Analog In Out In Out PROFILE PAC216 PACXLR PROFILE In Out AES EBU Monitor XLR216 Analog Digital Digital Monitor 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Push Push Push P...

Page 10: ...dia Platform Port A If Installed This cable and SFP used for PFR 600s with optional RAID Controller B Chassis Addresses PFR 600E RAID Controller Chassis factory set to 0 PFR 600E RAID Expansion Chassis if installed 4 5 3 2 1 0 Order of daisy chain A B Loosen retaining screws Remove both Loop Bypass Board modules to access the chassis address switch on the midplane board Set the switch to the appro...

Page 11: ...tion See serial cabling detail below Media Platform After RAID Controller A is configured the standard serial cable will be moved to this connector to configure RAID Controller B if installed Maximum of 5 Expansion Chassis If Installed This cable used for PFR600s with optional RAID Controller B This cable used for PFR600 chassis with optional RAID Controller B Standard Serial Cable Serial Cabling ...

Page 12: ... addresses on both PFR 700 controllers Set the same Chassis Address and diagnostic ID on both PFR 700E Expansion Adapters if installed 0 2 Address ID 2 If Installed 0 1 Address ID 1 1 Chassis Address 1 ID 0 4 3 2 1 ON Install Ethernet and diagnostic cabling as shown 4 PFR 700 RAID Chassis PFR700E Expansion Chassis Media Platform Ethernet Hub or Switch If Installed Ethernet cables Diagnostic cables...

Page 13: ... steps on pages 10 12 3 Turn on the Profile XP Media Platform using the front panel standby switch and wait for Windows NT to initialize and perform auto logon The Windows NT desktop will appear after successful auto logon During initialization the Profile XP system software checks the RAID storage system for a video file system Since at first power up one is not found an error message may be disp...

Page 14: ...Start your system 14 PVS3000 3500 Series Installation Guide 23 July 2004 ...

Page 15: ...ng the Disk Utility NOTE If you want to configure some drives as hot spare drives do not perform this procedure Instead perform the procedures found in Chapter 3 of the Profile XP System Guide in the section titled Configuring RAID storage using GVG Disk Utility then proceed with the next procedure in this guide To create a video file system 1 Start Configuration Manager using the desktop shortcut...

Page 16: ...chassis has finished initializing restart the Windows NT operating system on the Profile XP Platform f Start Configuration Manager using the desktop shortcut or by selecting Start Programs Profile Applications Configuration Manager g In Configuration Manager dialog box appears click File System to start the GVG Disk Utility 4 Expand the tree view and identify bound LUNs and unbound disks by their ...

Page 17: ...trollers take less than a minute to bind a LUN but can bind only one LUN at a time You must wait until binding is completed before binding the next LUN PFR700 controllers take several hours to bind a LUN but allow multiple binding processes at the same time f Upon 100 completion click Close in Progress Report window NOTE Do not proceed until all LUNs are finished binding g Restart the Windows NT o...

Page 18: ...e 23 July 2004 7 Enter a volume name or accept the default name then click Next 8 Select Yes create a file system using all RAID3 LUNs then click Finish 9 Click OK in the warning message box The Progress Report window appears showing the create file system task status ...

Page 19: ...Series Installation Guide 19 10 Upon 100 completion click Close in Progress Report window 11 When the reboot message appears click OK then restart the Windows NT operating system on the Profile XP Platform 12 Continue with the next procedure in this guide ...

Page 20: ...Create a video file system 20 PVS3000 3500 Series Installation Guide 23 July 2004 ...

Page 21: ... session using the following steps a Click Start Programs Accessories Hyperterminal HyperTerminal b In the Connection Description dialog box type pfr then click OK c In the Connect To dialog box click OK d In the Com1 Properties dialog box click Restore Defaults then click OK 9600 8 bits parity none stop bit 1 flow control none A flashing cursor appears in the terminal window 2 Use the instruction...

Page 22: ...ITY NAME public TRAP MANAGER 1 IP Address 192 168 0 10 After board is reset start up code will wait 10 seconds To change any of this press any key within 10 seconds Press Enter to modify settings M odify any of this or C ontinue M Press Enter to configure a LAN interface For each of the following questions you can press Return to select the value shown in braces or you can enter a new value NETWOR...

Page 23: ...ve Traps sent by this device Enter Trap Manager 1 IP Address 0 0 0 0 Enter Trap Manager 2 IP Address 0 0 0 0 Enter Trap Manager 3 IP Address 0 0 0 0 Enter Trap Manager 4 IP Address 0 0 0 0 Press Enter Modify SNMP MIB Communities N Press Enter Modify Mail parameters N Press Enter to accept defaults NOTE Default value may appear different than shown here How long in seconds should CPU delay before s...

Page 24: ...w the Enclosure Services Interface initialization to start Rebooting now for new system parameters to take effect Ciprico Web Manager Copyright Ciprico Inc 2000 NETWORK INTERFACE PARAMETERS IP address on LAN is 192 168 0 11 LAN interface s subnet mask is 255 255 255 0 COMMUNICATION PARAMETERS Serial channels will use a baud rate of 9600 HARDWARE PARAMETERS This board s MAC Address is 0 20 46 11 15...

Page 25: ...onitoring software on page 29 Wait for initialization then proceed to step 3 of this procedure NOTE If the network cable is not connected the console stops at the message Waiting for Ethernet Link If you cannot connect network cabling at this time cycle the power on the RAID Controller chassis then proceed to step 3 following this table You will not be able to monitor yourRAID chassis with NetCent...

Page 26: ...Set up PFR600 network settings 26 PVS3000 3500 Series Installation Guide 23 July 2004 ...

Page 27: ... stored on the LAN card Therefore the PFR700 RAID chassis including its one or two RAID controllers is a single networked device This is different than other PFR series RAID devices in which each controller is a networked device You can use the GVG Disk Utility to configure the following settings for the PFR700 RAID chassis IP address Subnet mask Gateway Address SNMP trap destinations To configure...

Page 28: ...monitoring the PFR700 E with your NetCentral Lite on your Profile XP Media Platform enter its IP address If you are monitoring the PFR700 E with NetCentral enter the IP address of the NetCentral server NetCentral 4 x and higher or NetCentral monitoring station NetCentral 3 x and lower 4 Click OK to save settings and close Now that the RAID controller network and SNMP settings are configured you ca...

Page 29: ... need to reconfigure network settings you must refer to the NetCentral Lite setup instructions in the Profile XP Service Manual to reconfigure SNMP settings Starting NetCentral Lite on the Profile XP system Use the following steps to start NetCentral Lite and begin monitoring the Profile XP Media Platform To start NetCentral Lite 1 Click Start Programs NetCentral NetCentral Lite After NetCentral L...

Page 30: ...me for RAID Controller A then click OK You can use the following default address if you have not modified network settings controller A 192 168 0 11 NetCentral contacts RAID Controller A and adds it to the device list The RAID Controller is labeled using the controller IP address or the host name if network name resolution is setup for the Profile XP system Refer to Setting up a simple network in ...

Page 31: ...s AES EBU embedded audio and analog audio formats An interface chassis is required for analog audio and AES EBU digital audio If you are using only embedded audio no interface chassis is required Select audio input format To select audio input format 1 Click Audio Routing in the Configuration Manager window The Audio Input Routing dialog box appears 2 Select the audio input format for each audio c...

Page 32: ...own list arrow in the Embedded column for the channel pair you want to configure and select a video input as shown NOTE With one audio board only the first 4 video inputs are selectable b Click the right hand drop down list arrow in the Embedded column for the channel pair you want to configure and select an audio group and channel pair as shown NOTE Up to two audio groups 8 audio channels can be ...

Page 33: ...ese audio formats are selected automatically when the system sees the audio interface is attached 3 Select embedded audio output using the following steps a For embedded audio select the Embedded check box for each audio channel pair that require embedded audio b Click the left hand drop down list arrow in the Embedded column for the channel pair you want to configure and select a video output as ...

Page 34: ...o two audio groups 8 audio channels can be embedded on a single video output Embedded audio can only be allocated by groups of 4 channels In some cases with two audio boards installed you may have to select embedded audio outputs first then select the audio inputs for each audio board to be able to select all the desired embedded outputs 4 Click Finish to save your settings 5 Continue with the nex...

Page 35: ... 1 Start VdrPanel using the desktop shortcut or by selecting Start Programs Profile Applications VdrPanel The VdrPanel window appears NOTE The first time VdrPanel runs a panel opens for each default record and play channel The number of default channels depends on your model Refer to Default Video Connections on page 5 2 Record a short clip a few seconds in duration as follows a Click the Record b...

Page 36: ...Load Clip to open the Load Clip dialog box c Select clip 1 in the clip list then click OK to load the clip d Click Play and verify that video audio are present at the channel outputs If you have a problem refer to the Chapter 10 Solving Common Setup Problems in the Profile XP System Guide 4 Use steps 2 and 3 to test all record and play channels 5 Continue with the next procedure in this guide to a...

Page 37: ...ill load a clip and verify the output timing for each play channel To adjust video output timing 1 In VdrPanel load and playback a clip as follows a Click anywhere in the panel for the first Play Channel b Select Video Clip Load Clip to open the Load Clip dialog box c Select a clip to load then click OK d Click the ee button in the panel e Repeat step a through step d for all Play channels Adjust ...

Page 38: ... Click Next to navigate to page 2 of 3 4 Select the video output from the list then adjust the video output timing with the timing controls NOTE Use the Select All button to enter the same offset for all video outputs 5 Repeat step 4 for each video output 6 Click Finish to save your settings 7 Continue with the next procedure in this guide to select RS 422 control protocol Delay Advance ...

Page 39: ...erface GPI Refer to your vendor s documentation for instructions on using GPI triggers Protocols Available Application to Use Procedure to Follow VDCP Control Odetics Protocol BVW Protocol VdrPanel Setting up RS 422 remote control in VdrPanel Profile Protocol Prolink Setting up RS 422 remote control using Prolink Profile protocol RS 422 or Ethernet Network AMPa application a Advanced Media Protoco...

Page 40: ...f VdrPanel is not already running start it using the desktop shortcut or by selecting Start Programs Profile Applications VdrPanel The VdrPanel window appears 2 In VdrPanel click in the panel you want to set up for remote control 3 Choose Controller Configure to open the Channel Configuration dialog box then select a control protocol using the Protocol drop down list as shown ...

Page 41: ...00 rear panel P1 through P8 are RS 422 ports on the I O Panel Figure 1 dialog box 5 Click OK in the Channel Configuration dialog box 6 Repeat step 2 through step 5 for the remaining panels 7 Test the system using your automation controller This completes all the procedures in this Installation Guide Refer to the Profile XP System Guide for more information on customizing settings for your applicat...

Page 42: ...lecting Start Programs Profile Applications Prolink 3 Select an RS 422 serial port then click Select The Prolink window appears 4 Test the PVS1100 system using your controller 5 Repeat steps 2 4 for the number of control ports you need to control the PVS1100 using Profile protocol NOTE For more information on the Prolink user interface see Chapter 8 Controlling the Profile XP Remotely in the Profi...

Page 43: ...e controller or a software application Status mode The Profile XP channel is controlled by a remote application and the local AMP application only monitors activities on the channel When you are using a remote application AMP protocol supports the use of a two head model in that two clips are loaded simultaneously as follows Active clip The AMP preset id is considered the active clip that controls...

Page 44: ...ou are using 6 Click OK to save changes and close If the selected channel is currently allocated to another application a message informs you that it is not available After a pause indicated by Connecting Please wait in the status bar the selected channel is allocated to the AMP protocol The channel remains allocated as long as the AMP application remains open You can now control the Profile XP ch...

Page 45: ...sentative may be available in your country To locate the support representative for your country visit the product support Web page on the Grass Valley Web site Profile Users Group You can connect with other Profile XP Media Platform users to ask questions or share advice tips and hints Send e mail to profile users thomson net to join the community and benefit from the experience of others United ...

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