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Setting Up the Kaleido-X (7RU) Multi-Viewer

Networking Setup

2

Photograph of a Kaleido-X (7RU) frame showing LED indicators on modules.

Step 2: Networking Setup

For the Kaleido-X unit to join a TCP/IP network, it must be configured with an IP address, a network mask, 
a gateway, and a system name. In addition, a client PC must be configured to communicate with the 
Kaleido-X. You must also configure the Kaleido-RCP2 unit, and any Audio Bridge Terminal unit you may 
have ordered.

The Kaleido-X is shipped with the following default settings:

CPU LED Color

Card Status

Action Required

Solid green

Ready for operation

None

Red

Fault

Verify that the card is securely seated in the proper slot in the 
frame. If status remains unchanged, remove the card, reseat 
it and then reboot.

Flashing green

Rebooting

Wait for card to reboot before starting operations.

Summary of Contents for Kaleido-X (7RU)

Page 1: ...Kaleido X 7RU Quick Start Guide Part Number M808 9905 105 30 May 2011 ...

Page 2: ...means electronic or mechanical includingphotocopyingandrecording foranypurposeunlessspecificallyauthorized in writing by Miranda Technologies Inc A Miranda Technologies Inc manual may have been revised to reflect changes made to the productduringitsmanufacturinglife Thus differentversionsofamanualmayexistforanygiven product Care should be taken to ensure that one obtains the proper manual version ...

Page 3: ...cal fast transient burst immunity EN 61000 4 5 Surge transient immunity CAUTION These servicing instructions are for use by qualified service personnel only Toreducetheriskofelectricshock donotperformanyservicingotherthanthatcontainedinthe operatinginstructionsunlessyouarequalifiedtodoso Referallservicingtoqualifiedservice personnel Servicingshouldbe doneinastatic freeenvironment Note This equipme...

Page 4: ... EN 61000 4 6 Conducted disturbances immunity Warranty Policies Warranty information is available in the Support section of the Miranda Web site www miranda com ...

Page 5: ... Step 2 Networking Setup 12 Changing the IP Address of a Kaleido X from the Monitor Wall 13 Finding the System IP Address System Name and Application Version 14 Using the Kaleido RCP2 with Default Settings 15 Loading a Layout 16 Configuring a Client PC 18 Configuring an Audio Bridge Terminal 20 Step 3 XEdit Installation 22 Step 4 System Verification 29 Verifying the Kaleido X Multi Viewer 29 Verif...

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Page 7: ...es aswell as the Kaleido Modular KMV 3901 3911 Densité card The Kaleido X 7RU can display 96 3Gbps HD SD or analog inputs any number of times in any size across eight displays of any resolution and orientation With its router option the Kaleido X 7RU offers switching unprocessed inputs to 48 HD SD outputs for feeding monitors test equipment and master control or production switchers By using an op...

Page 8: ...eido X system package includes the following Kaleido X frame enclosure containing various input output and option modules cards One Kaleido RCP2 including power supply and cord One keyboard One mouse Serialportadapters onewithstraightcablingandonewithcrossovercablingforeachoutputmodule in your multi viewer Two AC power cords DVD including manuals training videos software and release notes Part num...

Page 9: ...sources to displays and to the network System Requirements for a Client PC AclientPCrunningWindows XP orWindows 7 isrequiredtoaccesstheXAdminWebclient aswellasto run the XEdit application Cable type Purpose CAT 5 For Ethernet connectivity Display cables Either extension modules for example Miranda s DXF 200 part number DXF 200 A or DVI cables Video cables Standard coaxial cables with BNC connector...

Page 10: ...4 Introduction System Requirements for a Client PC 1 ...

Page 11: ...the video signal from a specific input module card Each output card drives displays in either VGA or DVI D at a default resolution of 1280 1024 60Hz Consult theKaleido X User sManual on the DVD that shipped with your multi viewer for instructions on how to create rooms and layouts according to your specific requirements The Kaleido X 7RU is a multi room multi image display processor and router in ...

Page 12: ...metoincludethatofasecond The twoframes eachwithitsownexpansion KXO EXP card areconnectedbyahigh bandwidthcable such thatall the output modules oneach frame up to 6 in total have access toall inputs on each frame up to 192 in total without any blocking or bandwidth limitations Using Miranda s XEdit software the two frames can be configured as a single system allowing rooms to have a mixture of inpu...

Page 13: ...Overview Step 1 Physical Setup Setting up the Kaleido X 7RU Hardware To set up the Kaleido X 7RU hardware 1 With the Kaleido X 7RU frame enclosure installed in its designated rack position and before powering up the unit verify that each card is securely seated in its slot Seealso FormoreinformationabouttheKaleido X 7RU refertotheKaleido X 7RU HardwareDescription Installation Manual ...

Page 14: ...as shown in the cabling diagram see page 9 Connect a client PC the Kaleido RCP2 one or more Audio Bridge Terminals and every output module to a dedicated 100Base T Ethernet switch You can also connect a mouse and a keyboard to your Kaleido RCP2 IMPORTANT Therearetwodifferentmodelsof7RUframes andtwomodelsofpowersupplies If you have a frame model KXA FR7 B with the corresponding KXA PSU 7 B power su...

Page 15: ...Kaleido X 7RU Quick Start Guide 9 Cabling Diagram Kaleido X 7RU cablingdiagram ...

Page 16: ... wall point to Monitor Wall if you clicked a monitor and then click Display resolution The Display Resolution window appears If you would like the system to automatically select a resolution based on information from the connected display select Use detected monitor resolution If you would like to manually set and fix the resolution select the desired resolution from the Default DVI resolution lis...

Page 17: ...dy CheckthestatusLEDsoneachcardinstalledintheKaleido Xframe Makesurethatnoneareindicating an error condition see table below IMPORTANT At initial startup after your system has auto detected the resolution of the display it is strongly recommended that you manually set the output resolution and clear the Use detected monitor resolution check box IMPORTANT If you have a KXA FR7 B frame make sure a g...

Page 18: ...igured to communicate with the Kaleido X You must also configure the Kaleido RCP2 unit and any Audio Bridge Terminal unit you may have ordered The Kaleido X is shipped with the following default settings CPU LED Color Card Status Action Required Solid green Ready for operation None Red Fault Verify thatthe card issecurely seatedintheproperslotinthe frame If status remains unchanged remove the card...

Page 19: ...ernet tab 5 Type the required Frame IP address network mask and gateway address in the appropriate boxes 6 Type the required addresses for all outputs 7 Click OK Kaleido X 7 RU Kaleido X 7 RU 2 Frame IP address 10 0 3 70 10 0 3 70 Network mask 255 255 0 0 255 255 0 0 Gateway 10 0 0 1 10 0 0 1 Output A 10 0 3 66 10 0 3 66 Output B 10 0 3 67 10 0 3 67 Output C 10 0 3 68 10 0 3 68 Output D EXP 10 0 3...

Page 20: ... find the system IP address system name and application version 1 Connect a mouse to the front USB connector of an output card 2 Right clickanywhereonthemonitorwall Ontheshortcutmenu pointtoMonitorWall ifyouclicked a monitor and then click Show dashboard to display the dashboard associated with the current head A small window appears revealing the frame IP address and the system version Take note ...

Page 21: ...ars on the LCD display Configuration ROOM SELECTION Default IP address 10 0 3 191 Defaultsubnetmask 255 255 0 0 Default gateway 0 0 0 0 Notes If you need to operate with a fixed IP address you must use the RCP2 s configuration menu to disableDHCPandsetupthecorrectIPaddress NetworkMask andGateway seethe Enabling or Disabling DHCP and Setting an IP Address Subnet Mask and Gateway sections in the Per...

Page 22: ...password The message Access granted will appear on the LCD display if the login is successful If a mouse is connected to the RCP2 then you should be able to see and move the mouse pointer on the monitor Press any of the LAYOUT PRESETS buttons to load a predefined layout on the monitor wall wall If your system was configured prior to shipment then a layout will appear on all displays Otherwise a gr...

Page 23: ...r Wall if you clicked a monitor and then click Load layout on the shortcut menu Monitorwallshortcut menu A layout browser appears on the displays associated with the current room By default each room is associated with one output card Each default layout is pre configured to show 16 video streams for each input card Example ofa defaultlayout showing16videostreams 4 Choose a layout from the layout ...

Page 24: ...tem For Windows 7 see Changing an IP Address on Windows 7 on page 19 Changing an IP Address on Windows XP To change the IP address of a client PC that has Windows XP 1 On the Windows XP Startmenu point toControl Panel right clickNetwork Connections and then click Open on the shortcut menu 2 In Network Connections right click Local Area Connection and then click Properties on the shortcut menu 3 In...

Page 25: ...then the IP address of your client PC could be 10 0 3 123 If you are unsure contact your network administrator 6 Type a subnet mask in the same range as that of the Kaleido X 7 Click OK 8 In Local Area Connection Properties click OK Changing an IP Address on Windows 7 To change the IP address of a client PC that has Windows 7 1 Click the Start button and then click Control Panel In the search box ...

Page 26: ...s of the multi viewer is 10 0 3 70 then the IP address of your client PC could be 10 0 3 123 If you are unsure contact your network administrator 6 Type a subnet mask in the same range as that of the multi viewer 7 Click OK 8 In Local Area Connection Properties click OK Configuring an Audio Bridge Terminal TheoptionalAudioBridgeTerminal ABT isanexternalaudiomultiplexer serializerfortheKaleido X Th...

Page 27: ...onnector for at least 1 second The Audio Bridge Terminal will reboot with the following static network configuration 5 Using a Web browser on the PC connect to the ABT using the following address 10 0 3 190 The home page of the ABT s built in Web server is displayed 6 Click Network Configuration in the navigation pane Note The ABT is powered through the RJ 45 Ethernet connector There is no power O...

Page 28: ...ettings directly on the Kaleido X or you can work locally on the computer and then export your changes to the Kaleido X XEditisnotprovidedasastandaloneapplication YoudownloadtheapplicationtoyourclientPCorlaptop directly from the multi viewer Note If you purchased more than one Audio Bridge Terminal unit keep in mind that they all ship with the same default static IP address Make sure to assign eac...

Page 29: ...ttheJ2SEversiononyourcomputer and ifnecessary willprompt youto installversion1 6 0update20 referto InstallingtheJavaRuntimeEnvironment onpage 27 for details 3 If the Opening MEdit jnlp window appears click OK Note TouseXEdit youmusthaveJavaRuntimeEnvironment J2SE version1 6 0update20installedon your PC or laptop Click the link at the bottom of the page to download the installer for the J2SE versio...

Page 30: ...Installation 2 Another window appears displaying the progress of the XEdit download 4 You may see a warning about XEdit s digital signature In this case select Always trust content from this publisher and then click Run The XEdit startup screen appears ...

Page 31: ...p 6 When prompted to specify a database choose one from the Path list or click Browse to specify another location and then click OK to continue Note If the installer cannot find all of the fonts neededby XEdit it will download them to your PC automatically A message will appear to confirm the font update and advise you to restart the application Click OK to continue then restart XEdit from the des...

Page 32: ...RCP2devices ifavailable to the latest firmware The update files can be found on the DVD that shipped with your multi viewer Please refer to the Kaleido RCP2GuidetoInstallation andOperation and to the Audio Bridge TerminalGuidetoInstallation andOperation available on the DVD for instructions on how to determine the firmware level and how to perform the upgrade for these devices Seealso Formoreinfor...

Page 33: ... onyourcomputer and ifnecessary willpromptyou to install version 1 6 0 update 20 Alternatively you can download the J2SE installer from your multi viewer by clicking the link at the bottom of the Kaleido X home page To install J2SE 1 Clickanywhereinthepromptarea onthepagethatappearedwhenJavaWebStartdetectedthatyour system was missing the required J2SE version Alternatively click the link at the bo...

Page 34: ...Installing the Java Runtime Environment 2 Another security warning may appear 3 Click Run to open the installer file You will be prompted to accept the license agreement 4 Review the license agreement if you wish and then click Install to proceed ...

Page 35: ...the Web based XAdmin application Therearetwowaysto access XAdmin Method1 Use XEdit on a client PC to start the XAdminapplication see Step 3 XEdit Installation on page 22 On the Configure menu click UseXAdmin This will open your default Web browser Method 2 From a workstation on the same subnet open a Web browser window and type the IP address of the Kaleido X frame in the address bar The frame mus...

Page 36: ...aying a list of all cards and their statuses Cardsarepresentedintheordertheyappear fromlefttorightwhenlookingatthefrontofthechassis The card heading shows the card type serial number firmware and safemode versions and a summary view of the input signals for each input card 3 Move the pointer to an input signal status icon to view the associated signal format ...

Page 37: ...that no card status error is reported Note AtanytimeyoucanclicktheRefreshbuttontomakesurethedatadisplayedfortheselectedcard is up to date Click theReset card button at the end of a card s header row to reset the card remotely directly from your Web browser Card type Serial number Version information Input signal status Input signal format Expand details Refresh Reset card ...

Page 38: ... genlock card KXA GPI GEN you can check the main system statuses of theKaleido Xframe tomakesurethattherearenoerrorsoralertsrelatedtosystemtemperature fan operation or card fault conditions Note See Managing Hardware and Software Options in the Kaleido XUser sManual for more information on the available options ...

Page 39: ...ning under Chassis Door Open Status KXA GPI GEN 1 2V Status KXA GPI GEN 1 8V Status KXA GPI GEN 2 5V Status KXA GPI GEN 3 3V Status KXA GPI GEN 48V Power Supply A Fuse Status KXA GPI GEN 48V Power Supply B Fuse Status KXA GPI GEN Board High Temperature KXA GPI GEN Chassis Door Open Status KXA GPI GEN Power Supply A Status KXA GPI GEN Power Supply B Status ...

Page 40: ...his LED reports the status of the Ethernet connection as indicated in the table below Two LEDs are visible on the front panel one for each power supply When lit they both indicate the same status WhentheABTispoweredup allthreeLEDswillbeorangeuntilthebootsequenceisterminated This is a visual indicator that the LEDs are functioning properly KXA GPI GEN Rear Fan 1 Status KXA GPI GEN Rear Fan 2 Status...

Page 41: ...ashing red Upgrading firmware Note The Kaleido X RS 422 ports each have an RJ 45 connector in order to preserve space on a busy panel The RS 422 interface specifies a DE 9 connector so if you are using this interface you will require a DE 9 to RJ 45 adapter Miranda supplies two adapter models correctly wired for this application a straight adapter part no 1737 3000 102 and a crossover adapter part...

Page 42: ...er an external device should be able to communicate with a multi viewer despite the lack of a ground Seealso For more information about RS 422 specifications see the RS 422 section in the Specifications chapter of the Kaleido X 7RU Hardware Description Installation Manual RS 422 serial connections see the Serial Connections section in the Routers chapter of the Kaleido X User s Manual ...

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