Spectrum System
About planning your Ethernet network........................................................................................ 54
Connecting to the SystemManager.............................................................................................. 55
Connecting Spectrum X to your SMPTE 2022-6 network...............................................................58
Connecting to a transport stream network................................................................................... 59
Connecting to a client system or a Harmonic MediaGrid for file transfers.......................................60
Connecting Spectrum X to an automation system......................................................................... 62
Connecting a MediaPort 7000 module to an automation system................................................... 63
Connecting a ChannelPort module to an automation system......................................................... 65
Connecting audio and video I/O to Spectrum X.......................................................................... 67
Connecting audio and video I/O to a MediaPort or a ChannelPort............................................... 68
Connecting an LTC generator to a MediaDirector 2252B or 2251B or a MediaCenter 2200B.......... 69
Connecting to the Sage Digital ENDEC....................................................................................... 69
Connecting to a TFT EAS 911T Encoder/Decoder........................................................................ 72
Connecting to a Monroe DASDEC Encoder/Decoder................................................................... 74
Connecting multiple Spectrum X or ChannelPort channels to the same EAS.................................... 76
Verifying connectivity on a MediaPort 7000...................................................................................... 82
Setting the Spectrum X to "diskless" mode......................................................................................... 84
Powering down................................................................................................................................ 84
Managing and configuring your Spectrum system.............................................................................. 85
About SystemManager............................................................................................................... 85
About Spectrum Management.....................................................................................................86
Spectrum X and ChannelPort system configuration overview......................................................... 86
Chapter 3: Spectrum firmware upgrades
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Spectrum firmware upgrades: overview............................................................................................. 89
Verifying software release versions.................................................................................................... 90
Upgrading Spectrum video server firmware....................................................................................... 90
Upgrading the Spectrum video server firmware from the Properties page.......................................90
Upgrading Spectrum video server firmware from the Upgrade Firmware page............................... 91
Upgrading the I/O module firmware from the Properties page..................................................... 92
Upgrading I/O module firmware from the Upgrade Firmware page..............................................93
Restarting an I/O module.................................................................................................................94
Restarting a Spectrum video server................................................................................................... 94
Verifying disk drive firmware............................................................................................................ 94
Upgrading disk drive firmware......................................................................................................... 94
Handling device upgrade failures......................................................................................................95
Replacing PCapps files..................................................................................................................... 96
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