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GUIDE TO INSTALLATION AND OPERATION 
 

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  |  Kaleido-Solo 

3.1  Special button functions 

 

Label 

Description 

Reset button 

Press to reset unit 

Hold for 5 seconds to restore factory default 

 + 

 

Hold for 5 seconds to enter safe mode (640x480) 

 or 

 

Analog audio volume control (when not in menu) 

 
3.2  Status LED 

 
The status LED in the lower left corner of the front panel displays the current status of the Kaleido-Solo. 
 

Status 

Description 

Green 

Video presence on selected input with no errors 

Flashing green 

Kaleido-Solo is still booting up with a valid video input 

Red 

No signal 

Signal with errors 

Unstable input signal 

Hardware failure (after boot up) 

Flashing red 

Kaleido-Solo is still booting up with an invalid video input. 

 

 

 

Summary of Contents for KS-900

Page 1: ... HDMI Converter Guide to Installation and Operation M865 9900 406 October 09 2012 Miranda Technologies Inc 3499 Douglas B Floreani St Laurent Québec Canada H4S 2C6 Tel 514 333 1772 Fax 514 333 9828 www miranda com 2012 Miranda Technologies Inc ...

Page 2: ... radio communications Operation of this equipment in a residential area is likely to cause harmful interference in which case the user will be required to correct the interference at his own expense This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the requirements of the EMC directive 2004 108 CE EN 55022 Class A radiated and conducted emissions EN 61000 4 2 Electrostatic discharge immunity...

Page 3: ... Supported output resolution 10 4 1 3 Supported frame rate processing 10 4 1 4 Scaling limitations 11 4 1 5 Processing delay 11 4 2 Audio 11 5 Configuration Menu 12 5 1 Status Menu 14 5 2 Video Menu 16 5 3 Metadata Menu 20 5 4 Audio Menu 24 5 4 1 Audio General 25 5 4 2 Audio 5 1 27 5 4 3 Audio ALM 28 5 4 4 Audio Downmix 30 5 4 5 Audio Loudness 35 5 4 6 Audio Loudness Advanced 37 5 4 7 Audio Loudne...

Page 4: ...er windows 7 IP address 77 7 1 2 How to change the computer windows 7 IP address 79 7 2 Connecting to your Kaleido Solo LAN connection or crossover connection 81 8 Profile 84 9 Debug information 85 10 Custom resolution 86 11 Virtual Menu 87 12 Technical support information 89 13 Kaleido remote control optional 90 14 Specifications 91 15 Annex 1 AFD Functions 92 16 Annex 2 Installing the Optical In...

Page 5: ... graph overlay without the cost and complexity of a traditional loudness monitoring device Kaleido Solo also provides overlays for markers Time Code Subtitling V Chip CAD dynamic UMD Under Monitor Display Tallies GPIO AFD and ALM Audio Level Meters To simplify embedded audio monitoring it provides two audio connectors to output S PDIF and analog stereo of a 5 1 downmix or any audio pair Kaleido So...

Page 6: ...rlacer Optical SFP fiber input output options S PDIF digital audio terminal that can output either o a 5 1 Downmix o any PCM stereo pair o an incoming Dolby Digital stream Analog audio terminal that can output either o a 5 1 Downmix o any PCM stereo pair Selectable burn in and Metadata overlay o History graph of audio loudness levels and dialnorm o ALM Audio Level Meters Configurable ballistics o ...

Page 7: ...TION AND OPERATION Kaleido Solo 3 1 3 Block Diagram The following block diagram shows the functionality of the Kaleido Solo Figure 1 Functional Block Diagram 1 4 Output example Figure 2 Elements of the on screen display ...

Page 8: ...ems have been shipped with your Kaleido Solo If any of the following items are missing contact your distributor or Miranda Technologies Inc Kaleido Solo Power Supply Power cord User Manual Special mounting adapter with Kaleido Solo mounting screws see section 18 4x square Velcro Warranty and Support Contact ...

Page 9: ...module 2 3G HD SD IN SDI input BNC 3 3G HD SD OUT SDI output BNC 4 S PDIF Audio Out S PDIF digital 2 ch 3 5mm stereo jack 5 ANALOG Audio Out 2 channels unbalanced 3 5mm stereo jack 6 Monitor Out HDMI to monitor HDMI type A 7 Ethernet 10 100 RJ 45 8 RS 422 GPI RJ 45 9 Power The two video outputs fiber and electric are not loop throughs of their respective inputs They both carry the video from the s...

Page 10: ...uld see the content of the SDI input If you only use the optional optical input you won t be able to see any video for 15 approximately seconds During this step Kaleido Solo will use all factory default parameters for video and audio Even if you had muted audio you will hear audio in this boot up step After 15 seconds the led should stop blinking The overlay should appear and the monitor will turn...

Page 11: ...creen menus displayed on the video monitor There are also some non menu functions for these buttons From left to right Label Description 1 Reset button 2 Status Status LED 3 Remote control Connection with the optional Kaleido Solo remote control see section 13 4 Escape 5 Up 6 Down 7 Enter Note that you can see 2 mounting holes on the right side to mount the included metal bracket see section 18 ...

Page 12: ...ntrol when not in menu 3 2 Status LED The status LED in the lower left corner of the front panel displays the current status of the Kaleido Solo Status Description Green Video presence on selected input with no errors Flashing green Kaleido Solo is still booting up with a valid video input Red No signal Signal with errors Unstable input signal Hardware failure after boot up Flashing red Kaleido So...

Page 13: ...p 60Hz 1280x720p 59 94 720p 59 94Hz 1280x720p 50 720p 50Hz 1920x1080i 60 1080i 60Hz 1920x1080i 59 94 1080i 59 94Hz 1920x1080i 50 1080i 50Hz 1920x1080p 60 1080p 60Hz 1920x1080p 59 94 1080p 59 94Hz 1920x1080p 24 1080p 24Hz 1920x1080p 23 98 1080p 23 98Hz 1920x1080p 50 1080p 50Hz 1920x1080p 25 1080p 25Hz 1920x1080 PsF 24 1080p 24sF 1920x1080 PsF 23 98 1080p 23 98sF 1920x1080 PsF 25 1080i 50Hz ...

Page 14: ...00p60 1680x1050p 60 59 94 50 e g 1680x1050p60 1440x900p 60 59 94 50 e g 1440x900p60 1366x768p 60 59 94 50 e g 1366x768p60 1280x720p 60 59 94 50 e g 1280x720p60 640x480p 60 59 94 e g 640x480p60 Note that 640x480p 60 is the safe mode resolution Note that other resolutions can be supported though the safe mode menu see section 5 11 4 1 3 Supported frame rate processing Frame rate input 60Hz monitor 5...

Page 15: ...SD 4 3 input e g AFD Code 4 3_8 to a 1920x1200 monitor the output image will not fill the monitor as it should The aspect ratio will be maintained When scaling an SD letter box input e g AFD Code 4 3_4 into a 1920x1200 or 1920x1080 monitor the output image will not fill the monitor as it should The aspect ratio will be maintained 4 1 5 Processing delay The Kaleido Solo s video processing delay is ...

Page 16: ...e screen The current position always appears to the right and it is highlighted in yellow along with the path to it Move up and down the options in the current level by using the UP and DOWN buttons Move back to the previous level on the left by pushing the ESCAPE button Move on to the next level which will appear on the right by pushing the ENTER button ...

Page 17: ...u level while restoring the value to its original state When you have finished using the menu push ESCAPE until you are in the left most level and then once more The menu will disappear from the screen Kaleido Solo remembers the last path you used so you can retrace your steps back to the last parameter changed quickly just by pushing ENTER until you arrive at the value list All parameters are sav...

Page 18: ...models and description Aspect Ratio Shows the AFD VLI WSS aspect ratio video processing applied at the output This parameter can be changed in the Metadata section Monitor Video Shows the monitor s preferred resolution specified by EDID see section 5 11 See section 4 1 1 for a complete list of possible values Monitor Audio Shows the monitor audio support status specified by EDID see section 5 11 P...

Page 19: ... Muted NPCM 5 1 no 2 5 1 no 2 Muted NPCM Audio Driver Off Muted Output SPDIF Analog Shows the current state of the SPDIF Analog audio output Possibilities are Stereo 5 1 no 1 Downmixed 5 1 no 2 Downmixed 5 1 no 1 Muted NPCM 5 1 no 2 Muted NPCM Muted Input Embedded Audio 1 to 16 Shows the type of audio detected per channel PCM NPCM AC3 E AC3 DOLBY E MPG1L1 MPG1L2 3 MPG2 aud MPG2L1 MPG2L2 3 AAC HE A...

Page 20: ...e Kaleido Solo Choose between Electrical The signal arriving on the rear panel BNC connector Optical The signal arriving via optical fiber into the SFP module installed in the rear panel Video Picture Checked Enable the input video to appear on screen Unchecked Disable the input video and subtitling from appearing on screen ...

Page 21: ...for white Dynamic range expansion broadens the range to the full gamut of 0 to 255 that is available in an 8 bit system Expand Use the full dynamic range of 0 to 255 for the displayed video by expanding the input video data video processing implied Video values lower than 16 will be clipped to 0 Standard Display the video using the standard dynamic range of 16 to 235 Video values lower than 16 wil...

Page 22: ...lasting 250 ms Viewing the video display and listening to the audio allows the user to time align the audio and video for correct lip sync Go to the Audio General Delay SPDIF Analog menu see section 5 4 1 to make the timing adjustment Note that these test signals are available only when there is an input to the Kaleido Solo and they only appear on the HDMI and audio outputs they do not appear on t...

Page 23: ...t video signals when the scaler is set to anything but Off Refer to Annex 1 AFD Functions 16 9_2 16 9_3 16 9_14 16 9_15 Aspect Ratio Forced SD Select the AFD code that will be forced for an SD input video signals when the scaler is set to anything but Off Refer to Annex 1 AFD Functions 4 3_2 4 3_3 4 3_14 4 3_15 16 9_8 Anamorphic ...

Page 24: ...ase of configuration Aspect Ratio Status Aspect ratio status shows the presence of an AFD code of the type specified by the AFD source parameter Detected or N A Time Code Status Time code status shows the presence of time code Detected or N A Dolby Metadata Status Dolby metadata status shows the presence of the selected SDID Detected or N A Subtitling Advisory Status Subtitling status shows the pr...

Page 25: ...D flag is sent as a Video Line Index VLI signal RP 186 as a Wide Screen Signaling WSS signal ITU R BT 1119 2 for 625 only or as an AFD packet SMPTE 2016 Note that it is not possible to specify different sources for SD and HD e g VLI for SD and AFD for HD Time Code SD Select Mode Select whether time code extraction from SD video inputs will be automatic or manual Auto The vertical interval of the i...

Page 26: ...meter to enter a string manually to display Subtitling Advisory 608 Service CC1 Select the closed captionning and program descriptor to display from service 1 CC4 Select the closed captionning and program descriptor to display from service 4 Subtitling Advisory 708 Service Legacy CC608 Select the legacy CC608 closed captionning and program descriptor contained inside the EIA708B packet It is commo...

Page 27: ... show a program descriptor Input CC608 V Chip EIA708B CAD SD HD HD Legacy CC608 Note that Kaleido Solo only extracts the first available region inside the content advisory descriptor CAD V Chip Refer to standard EIA CEA 608B CAD Content advisory descriptor Refer to standards SMPTE 334M RP207 A 65 2009 EIA CEA 766 A ...

Page 28: ... or described by configuring the monitor parameter in the safe mode menu or as described in the custom resolution see section 5 11 When an NPCM audio is involved in a downmix selection the output stereo selection will be muted Downmix channels selection is described in section 5 4 2 When an NPCM audio is involved in an HDMI 5 1 all channels will be muted even the PCMs 5 1 Channels selection is des...

Page 29: ...left and 2 right Ch 15 16 Monitor channel 15 left and 16 right Downmix 5 1 no 1 Monitor the downmix output See section 5 4 2 to configure the input channels assignment for downmix no 1 See section 0 to configure the downmix behavior Downmix 5 1 no 2 Monitor the downmix output See section 5 4 2 to configure the input channels assignment for downmix no 2 See section 0 to configure the downmix behavi...

Page 30: ...is could help with some monitors that do not support compressed audio Volume Analog Adjust the volume of the Kaleido Solo s analog audio output 0 dB The input level is unchanged 96 dB The input level is attenuated Note that the audio output volume can also be adjusted by pressing the UP and DOWN keys when you are in normal operation i e menu not displayed Delay SPDIF Analog Delay can be added to t...

Page 31: ...the Audio General menu The available delay range is 0 to 120 ms 5 4 2 Audio 5 1 5 1 Assignment No 1 Select the channels you want to assign to 5 1 No 1 This assignment will be used by ALMs downmix HDMI 5 1 No 1 audio selection etc 5 1 Assignation No 2 Select the channels you want to assign to 5 1 No 2 This assignment will be used by ALMs downmix HDMI 5 1 No 2 audio selection etc ...

Page 32: ... 5 3 Audio in dBU level at 0 dBFS This configuration is used to set up analog level meters listed below Furthermore it s the reference level used to convert dBFS to dBU Analog level meters affected by this parameter VU METER IEC60268 17 Analog VU UK PPM IEC60268 10 type IIa Analog peak EBU PPM IEC60268 10 type IIb Analog peak NORDIC PPM IEC60268 10 type I Analog peak DIN PPM IEC60268 10 Analog pea...

Page 33: ... Meter Ballistic True Peak ALM s ballistics follow True Peak algorithm PPM ALM s ballistics follow Peak algorithm Note that when using PPM the Loudness True Peak Max measurement TP Max will not be available It is replaced by a Peak Max measurement P Max ...

Page 34: ...metadata extraction see section 5 3 you can use this option It will configure the downmix using specific extracted parameters from program 1 center mix level surround mix level and mode LtRt LoRo If you also want to use the dialnorm extracted parameter you must set the Apply Dialnorm selection to ON You can display the contents of the Dolby metadata using the Show Input Status Note that if there i...

Page 35: ...nuation is applied only on 2 0 programs If the operating mode is Follow Metadata the channel configuration is given by the AC 3 coding mode parameter in the metadata If the operating mode is Manual the channel configuration is given by the selected mix levels a 2 0 channel configuration is achieved by setting Center Surround and LFE Mix Levels to Mute Any other combination of mix levels is assumed...

Page 36: ...Apply Dialnorm Choose whether to apply the Dialnorm parameter to the downmixed stereo program On Applies a gain after the downmix The gain applied is contained in the Dolby Metadata if the operation mode is set to follow metadata or set by the manual dialnorm if operation mode is set to manual The 31 dBFS is equal to unity no gain Off No gain applied Manual Mode LtRt Stands for Left total Right to...

Page 37: ...rm Select a dialnorm value to use during the manual downmix The gain will be applied after the downmix 1 dBFS 30 dB gain is applied 31 dBFS Unity gain is applied no gain no attenuation The gain applied dBFS is calculated as follows Gain applied dBFS 31 dBFS Dialnorm ...

Page 38: ...is not used in the downmix Manual Surround Mix Level Select the mix level of the surround channels into the stereo downmix 3 dB 1 5 dB The input level is boosted 0 dB The input level is unchanged 1 5 dB 3 dB 4 5 dB 6 dB The input level is reduced Mute Surround is not used in the downmix Input Selection Assign input channels to the L R C LFE Ls and Rs downmix inputs Note that if compressed audio is...

Page 39: ...de and the channel selection Prog 1 Use the Dolby metadata contained coding mode and channel selection of program 1 Prog 8 Use the Dolby metadata contained coding mode and channel selection of program 8 Note that loudness meters can under some conditions be unable to display loudness information For instance if one of the loudness audio channels involved is not PCM an error message will be display...

Page 40: ...STEREO selection will copy one channel selectable into a stereo pair for proper loudness measurement 1st Loudness 2nd Loudness Target Src Dialnorm Manual By selecting this option you can change the loudness chart target in the loudness advanced menu Loud Adv see section 5 4 6 Follow Metada The loudness chart target is defined within the extracted Dolby metadata program 1st Loudness 2nd Loudness In...

Page 41: ...A 85 recommendation For legacy support A85 ITU BS 1770 2 The loudness chart will follow the ATSC A 85 recommendation ARIB TR B32 The loudness chart will follow the ARIB TR B32 recommendation Note that if there is a star in front of a parameter e g Relative Gating it means that the parameter has been changed from its default value These changes could affect the measurements Note that if there are s...

Page 42: ...rm is triggered If the integrated measurement is 20 then no alarm is triggered 1st Loudness 2nd Loudness Alarm Lower Tolerance This parameter sets the minimum allowable value for the integrated I measurement without triggering an alarm e g Lower Tolerance set to 25 If the integrated measurement is 26 then an alarm is triggered If the integrated measurement is 25 then no alarm is triggered 1st Loud...

Page 43: ...GUIDE TO INSTALLATION AND OPERATION Kaleido Solo 39 5 4 7 Audio Loudness Logging Refer to iControl v4 30 iControl solo v4 30 documentation ...

Page 44: ...udness engine goes from a paused state to a running state the engine is restarted and continues where it was left A special case occurs for EBU LRA measurements that need valid short term values no new LRA measurements will be displayed until the Short Term Time Window has elapsed e g For EBU mode this value is 3 sec Reset Ok Reset all loudness measurements traces on the loudness 1 or 2 chart Canc...

Page 45: ...The capture automation ran and automatically stopped Running The capture automation is waiting for the start of measurement or already found it and is waiting for the end of measurement Capture Automation Start of measurement SOM End of measurement EOM Grab Time Code Now Will grab the current time code A still image is always more precise ...

Page 46: ...want the loudness measurement to end and grab the time code for end of measurement Capture Automation Step 3 Rewind the video before the start of measurement time code grabbed in the precedent step Capture Automation Step 4 Change the Capture parameter to running Capture Automation Step 5 Run the video When Kaleido Solo reaches the end of measurement time code the capture parameter will automatica...

Page 47: ...nsparent 0 Opaque Show OSD Acts as a Master Switch affecting all OSD elements except the menu Checked Enable the display of OSD elements Each OSD element has its own show hide parameter e g loudness chart Unchecked Disable all OSD elements irrespective of their individual Show Hide setting Note that if the OSD is turned off the video signal is still displayed ...

Page 48: ...GUIDE TO INSTALLATION AND OPERATION 44 Kaleido Solo 5 5 2 OSD Loudness Loudness measurement is available in Kaleido Solo model 910 only This menu controls the appearance of the on screen loudness chart ...

Page 49: ... program settings see section 5 4 5 Compact Meter 1 Shows 1 compact loudness chart with first program settings see section 5 4 5 Compact Meter 2 Shows 1 compact loudness chart with second program settings see section 5 4 5 Compact Meter 1 2 Shows 2 compact loudness charts with both first and second program settings see section 5 4 5 Full Screen Meter Shows a special loudness oriented layout see se...

Page 50: ...figuration Target Dialnorm Checked Display the target trace in both loudness charts Unchecked Hide the target trace in both loudness charts Chart Configuration Chart Value Scale 9 All loudness charts will use a scale of 41 0 LUFS LKFS to 14 0 LUFS LKFS 18 0 LU dB to 9 0 LU dB 18 All loudness charts will use a scale of 59 0 LUFS LKFS to 5 0 LUFS LKFS 36 0 LU dB to 18 0 LU dB Chart Configuration Cha...

Page 51: ...Momentary since last reset Top right corner Shows if the alarm condition is triggered RED by the measurement 1 and or 2 Both charts are active at all times but only one can be displayed at a time Center section Graphic representation of the short term and integrated measurements and the target value The time scale is shown at the bottom of this section The three traces can be independently shown o...

Page 52: ...ation for more details Center section Graphic representation of short term and integrated measurements and the target value The time scale is shown at the bottom of this section The three traces can be independently shown or hidden see section 5 5 2 The EBU Mode or A85 Mode is displayed only when the measurements are compliant to those specifications see section 5 4 6 Right section Meter that repr...

Page 53: ...m condition is triggered RED by the measurement 1 and or 2 Both charts are active at all times but only one can be displayed at a time Top right section Graphic representation of the short term and integrated measurements and the target value The time scale is represented at the bottom of this section The three traces can be independently shown or hidden see section 5 5 2 The EBU Mode or A85 Mode ...

Page 54: ...do Solo To exit from this mode Press the esc key once if the menu is not visible You can select another loudness display or select off see section 5 5 2 Note that in this mode you don t have access to some OSD elements e g V Chip Input format etc ...

Page 55: ...ay the on screen ALMs Checked Show all audio level meters Unchecked Hide all audio level meters Control Scale Checked Show scales on all audio level meters levels are in dB Unchecked Hide scales on all audio level meters Control Channel ID Checked Show the identity channel numbers on all audio level meters Unchecked Hide the identity channel numbers on all audio level meters ...

Page 56: ...udio level meters leaving space to show up to 3 stereo audio level meters Other types See ALM1 2 etc type for more details ALM Standard ALM1 ALM2 etc For each of the eight available ALMs Off Hide the stereo meter Other types See the picture and table below for descriptions of all supported representations ...

Page 57: ...e VU Green bars Peak White horizontal lines 2 EBU Digital Digital type VU Green bars Peak White horizontal lines IEC60268 18 3 VU Meter Analog VU IEC60268 17 4 UK PPM Analog peak IEC60268 10 type IIa 5 EBU PPM Analog peak IEC60268 10 type IIb 6 Nordic PPM Analog peak IEC60268 10 type I 7 DIN PPM Analog peak IEC60268 10 ...

Page 58: ...Channel ID Identifies the audio channel pair reprensented by audio level meter Phase meter Provides an indication of the relative phase of the two channels and thereby provides some measure of mono compatibility The range is 0 to 180 degrees and is represented as follows bottom is 0 degrees and top is 180 degrees ...

Page 59: ...STALLATION AND OPERATION Kaleido Solo 55 5 1 channel assignment L Stands for front left C Stands for center R Stands for front right LS Stands for left surround LF Stands for subwoofer RS Stands for right surround ...

Page 60: ...lay monitor where the time code will be displayed or turn it off Off Top Left Top Center Top Right Bottom Left Bottom Center Bottom Right Font Size Set the size of the font used to display the time code Big Selects the big font Small Selects the small font The samples show the relative sizes of the fonts ...

Page 61: ...ION Kaleido Solo 57 5 5 5 OSD Asp Ratio Show Set the location on the display monitor where the AFD code extracted from the input will be displayed or turn it off Off Top Left Top Center Top Right Bottom Left Bottom Center Bottom Right ...

Page 62: ...AND OPERATION 58 Kaleido Solo 5 5 6 OSD In Format Show Set the location on the display monitor where the input format will be displayed or turn it off Off Top Left Top Center Top Right Bottom Left Bottom Center Bottom Right ...

Page 63: ...ND OPERATION Kaleido Solo 59 5 5 7 OSD Advisory Show Set the location on the display monitor where the advisory content will be displayed or turn it off Off Top Left Top Center Top Right Bottom Left Bottom Center Bottom Right ...

Page 64: ...GUIDE TO INSTALLATION AND OPERATION 60 Kaleido Solo 5 5 8 OSD Markers Line Choose whether to show 4 3 markers within the 16 9 video displays No Lines Marker are not displayed Lines Markers are displayed ...

Page 65: ...nd the mask selected as transparent or opaque using this menu Off No mask applied Opaque Mask is applied and completely blocks video Transparent Mask is applied and video can be seen through mask The 4 3 line or mask will appear only when the active output resolution is 16 9 e g 1920x1080p60 For this behavior the 4 3 line 4 3 mask must not be set to off ...

Page 66: ...isplay UMD Text Under monitor display UMD Text with tallies Dynamic text can be driven by some automation systems Note that the ID number for the Kaleido Solo UMD text box is 0 and the port number is 13000 This is useful when configuring a third party automation system see section 6 ...

Page 67: ...Kaleido Solo 63 5 5 10 OSD SubTitle Subtitling Unchecked Disable burn in subtitling Checked Enable burn in subtitling Note that if the video is scaled to use a small portion of the monitor the subtitling may be illegible but still present ...

Page 68: ...work to assign an IP address every time you power up the Kaleido Solo IP Address An Internet Protocol address IP address is a numerical label assigned to each device participating in a computer network that uses the Internet Protocol for communication You can set the IP address here Netmask Netmask configures the subnetwork A subnetwork or subnet is a logically visible subdivision of an IP network...

Page 69: ... different protocols You can put the IP address of a gateway here Apply Settings After IP Netmask and Gateway addresses are entered navigate to the Apply Settings button and click on it Wait a few seconds to see the Status box information change accordingly If DHCP is checked the IP is the one provided by your network DHCP server ...

Page 70: ...pt for Ethernet configuration see section 5 6 Safe mode configuration see section 5 11 Analog Volume see section 3 1 Remote control buttons assignment see section 5 8 GP I O assignment see section 5 9 Default Preset If activated everything will be reset to factory default values except for Ethernet configuration see section 5 6 Safe mode configuration see section 5 11 ...

Page 71: ...t see section 5 4 7 Run Loudness Run loudness measurement see section 5 4 7 Toggle Loudness 1 and 2 This is a special action to toggle between loudness mono meter chart 1 and 2 see section 5 5 2 Toggle Loudness Layout Cycles between the full screen loudness layout and last active layout see section 5 5 2 Loudness Timecode SOM Grab the actual time code and place it in the start of measurement see s...

Page 72: ...TALLATION AND OPERATION 68 Kaleido Solo Loudness Capture Stop Stops stopped the capture automation see section 5 4 8 When you press a button once Action 1 is triggered To access Action 2 press the same button again ...

Page 73: ...n will occur when the associated GPI is detected as active Here are the possibilities No Action Nothing Load User Preset 1 to 5 Load a previously saved associated preset see section 5 7 Tally Program Activate the left most tally see section 5 5 9 Tally Preset Activate the right most tally see section 5 5 9 Status WARNING Activate a Warning mode UMD and UMD text will turn yellow and a yellow border...

Page 74: ...ive Pause see section 5 4 7 GPI Output Trigger You can define a trigger to activate the GPI output Here are the possibilities None Nothing GPI Input 1 Loop GPI Input 1 status to GPI Output GPI Input 2 Loop GPI Input 2 status to GPI Output Loudness Meter 1 Error Activate the GPI output when loudness measurement 1 is in error alarm see section 5 5 2 Loudness Meter 2 Error Activate the GPI output whe...

Page 75: ... C F and M that could be needed by the Miranda technical support If a remote control is detected it will be identified with the version of the remote control You can find out if an XML Gateway connection has been established and see the host IP address You can find out if an iControl service is connected to the Kaleido Solo and see the host IP address There is also a fan health indicator Tech Tip ...

Page 76: ... be 640x480p59 94 640x480 is chosen to be almost universally accepted by video monitors The Safe Mode Menu will be shown on the screen allowing some operating parameters of the Kaleido Solo to be set manually Resolution The Output resolution of the Kaleido Solo can be set to one of the following fixed values or it can be set to follow the EDID from the monitor The EDID is information reported by t...

Page 77: ...l and vertical syncs Negative Negative horizontal and vertical syncs Monitor HDMI Monitor supports audio DVI Monitor does not support audio Apply Push ENTER to apply the settings made in this menu and close the menu At the bottom of the display the following statuses are shown Input Resolution of the selected input Output Current resolution of the HDMI output Monitor Preferred resolution of the mo...

Page 78: ... OK Gray frame white UMD text WARNING or MINOR Yellow frame and UMD text CRITICAL or ERROR Red frame and UMD text UMD 0 setKDynamicText Text new text setKDynamicText UMD text will change to the requested string UMD text source must be configured to use Ethernet Program Preset red right 1 setKStatusMessage status new status setKStatusMessage NORMAL or OK Unlit tally WARNING or MINOR Red lit tally C...

Page 79: ...s that can be used on the Kaleido Solo Get current preset getkCurrentLayout This command retrieves the name of the current layout Load preset setKCurrentLayout set LAYOUT_NAME setKCurrentLayout USER PRESET 1 USER PRESET 5 Load user preset 1 Load user preset 5 Note that a colored frame will always appear when the picture frame status is set to WARNING or CRITICAL ...

Page 80: ...software version use the procedure described here The Kaleido Solo serves a web page that is the portal for upgrading the device 7 1 Using a crossover RJ45 Connecting a Kaleido Solo directly to your computer with an Ethernet crossover cable requires particular care The Kaleido Solo and your computer must be in the same IP address range ...

Page 81: ...o 77 7 1 1 How to determine the computer windows 7 IP address Select Control Panel on the Start windows menu Select View network status and tasks Click on Local Area Connection If you have more than 1 physical network connection choose the right one ...

Page 82: ...ION 78 Kaleido Solo Select Details You can now see the computer IPv4 Address In the example shown here it s 10 0 24 166 You can configure the Kaleido Solo to be in the same subnet as your computer by selecting for example 10 0 24 170 ...

Page 83: ...AND OPERATION Kaleido Solo 79 7 1 2 How to change the computer windows 7 IP address In the Local Area Connection Status window click on Properties instead of Details Select Internet Protocol Version 4 and click on Properties ...

Page 84: ...GUIDE TO INSTALLATION AND OPERATION 80 Kaleido Solo You can now assign a new IP address to your computer ...

Page 85: ... Ethernet menu see section 5 6 The Kaleido Solo is shipped with its IP address set to 192 168 3 31 Once you have accessed the Kaleido Solo the Introduction page appears in your browser window Click on the Upgrade link to open the Upgrade Kaleido Solo s page Click on the Browse button to open the Choose File to Upload dialog box where you can search your local computer or network for the upgrade fi...

Page 86: ...LATION AND OPERATION 82 Kaleido Solo Select the file and click Open The file name will appear in the Upgrade File data box and the Upgrade button will be enabled Click the Upgrade button to begin the upgrade procedure ...

Page 87: ...nd you of the things NOT to do When the upgrade is complete the main window will notify you that it was successful and advise you to reboot your Kaleido Solo Reboot the Kaleido Solo to put the upgraded software into service Note that the web page format has changed If you want to change the version to a previous one the web will not refresh properly You will see a 404 Not Found You will have to cl...

Page 88: ...o s web page Connect to the Kaleido Solo s IP address and select Profile Click on Download to download the configuration file ksolo_profile tar You can upload an existing profile file ksolo_profile tar previously downloaded from a Kaleido Solo to overwrite all parameters except ethernet configuration Press Browse to select the file to upload and then press on Upload to overwrite actual Kaleido Sol...

Page 89: ...A debug information file could be required when contacting technical support You can download the file from the debug web page provided by the Kaleido Solo Connect to the Kaleido Solo s IP address and select Debug Click on Download to download the debug file ksolo_debug tar ...

Page 90: ...n Upload to upload the file to the Kaleido Solo Once the file is uploaded select Custom resolution under Monitor resolution and click Apply The custom resolution file should be obtained from Miranda s technical support It allows Kaleido Solo to output an unsupported HDMI output resolution Note that once the file is uploaded you must go in safe mode and select custom under resolution see section 5 ...

Page 91: ...NSTALLATION AND OPERATION Kaleido Solo 87 11 Virtual Menu Connect to the Kaleido Solo s IP address and select Virtual Menu Left click on the purple image with your mouse and use your keyboard s arrows to navigate ...

Page 92: ...GUIDE TO INSTALLATION AND OPERATION 88 Kaleido Solo This is an example of the status menu ...

Page 93: ...LLATION AND OPERATION Kaleido Solo 89 12 Technical support information Connect to the Kaleido Solo s IP address and select Technical Support You can find the information required to contact Miranda Technical Support ...

Page 94: ...omes with 6 feet of cable but you can extend it up to 100 feet with standard 4 wire phone cable RJ 11 The remote uses capacitive sensor button technology The remote will help configure your Kaleido Solo recall presets or control the loudness history graph KS 910 only See section 5 8 for details about button 1 2 3 and 4 configurations Ordering information KS Remote ...

Page 95: ...0 dB up to 3 GHz Jitter HD SD 0 2 UI as per alignment jitter in SMPTE spec 3Gbps 0 3 UI as per alignment jitter in SMPTE spec FIBER I O SMPTE 297M 2006 compliant Single receive or transmit or receive transmit SFP module Dual receive or transmit modules can be installed but only one Rx or Tx channel will be used HDMI OUTPUT Connector HDMI Type A Standard HDMI 1 3a Format Compliant to EIA CEA 861 D ...

Page 96: ...6 9 Letterbox top image in a 4 3 frame 4 3_2 16 9 Letterbox top image in a 4 3 frame 4 3_2 16 9 Full frame image in a 16 9 frame 16 9_8 14 9 Letterbox top image in a 4 3 frame 4 3_3 14 9 Letterbox top image in a 4 3 frame 4 3_3 14 9 Pillar box image in a 16 9 frame 16 9_11 16 9 Letterbox center image in a 4 3 frame 4 3_4 16 9 Letterbox center image in a 4 3 frame 4 3_4 16 9 Letterbox center image ...

Page 97: ...protect 14 9 in a 4 3 frame 4 3_13 14 9 Pillar box image in a 16 9 frame 16 9_11 16 9 Letterbox image shoot and protect 14 9 in a 4 3 frame 4 3_14 16 9 Letterbox image shoot and protect 14 9 in a 4 3 frame 4 3_14 16 9 Image shoot and protect 14 9 in a 16 9 frame 16 9_14 16 9 Letterbox image shoot and protect 16 9 in a 4 3 frame 4 3_15 16 9 Letterbox image shoot and protect 16 9 in a 4 3 frame 4 3_...

Page 98: ...n a 16 9 frame 16 9_3 16 9 Letterbox center image in a 16 9 frame 16 9_4 16 9 Letterbox image in 4 3 frame 4 3_4 16 9 Protected Full frame image in a 16 9 frame 16 9_4 16 9 Full frame image in a 16 9 frame 16 9_8 16 9 Letterbox image in 4 3 frame 4 3_10 as shown here or 4 3_8 as in box below 16 9 Full frame image in a 16 9 frame 16 9_8 4 3 Pillar box image in 16 9 frame 16 9_9 4 3 Full frame image...

Page 99: ...Shoot and protect 14 9 in a 16 9 frame 16 9_13 4 3 Image shoot and protect 14 9 in a 4 3 frame 4 3_13 14 9 Pillar box image in a 16 9 frame 16 9_11 16 9 Image shoot and protect 14 9 in a 16 9 frame 16 9_14 14 9 Letterbox image in a 4 3 frame 4 3_11 16 9 Image shoot and protect 14 9 in a 16 9 frame 16 9_14 16 9 Image shoot and protect 4 3 in a 16 9 frame 16 9_15 4 3 Full frame image in a 4 3 frame ...

Page 100: ...y be powered up as soon as it is installed DO NOT LOOK INTO AN OPERATING SFP MODULE S CONNECTORS AS EYE DAMAGE MAY RESULT The SFP module is sensitive to electrostatic discharge ESD SFP modules are subject to wear and their useful lifetime is reduced each time they are inserted or removed Do not remove them more often than is absolutely necessary Never remove or install an SFP module with the fiber...

Page 101: ...to the SFP module and pull it straight out to disengage the optical fiber from the SFP Never pull the fiber optic cable itself as catastrophic damage may occur 2 Insert a dust plug into the SFP module Removing the SFP module 1 Move the bale clasp lever to the open position 2 Grasp the SFP module between your thumb and forefinger and pull it straight out of the slot Do NOT pull on the bale clasp le...

Page 102: ...cartridge with LC PC connector DUAL RX SFP RR LC Dual fiber Rx input cartridge with LC PC connector TX SFP T S13 LC Single fiber Tx output cartridge at 1310 nm with LC PC connector DUAL TX SFP TT S13S13 LC Dual fiber Tx output cartridge at 1310 nm with LC PC connector RXTX SFP RT S13 LC Dual fiber Rx Tx input output cartridge 1310 nm with LC PC connector ...

Page 103: ...GUIDE TO INSTALLATION AND OPERATION Kaleido Solo 99 18 Annex 4 Mounting bracket Do not use any screws other than the ones provided or it may cause damage to the Kaleido Solo ...

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