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Setting Up Your KMX-4911 Multiviewer
Welcome to the Kaleido family of multiviewers! This Quick Start Guide is designed to help
you get your KMX-4911 multiviewer up and running for the first time. The following
sections will guide you through the installation of a KMX-4911 system in its default
configuration.
Summary
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Current Limitations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Getting Organized . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Step 1: Physical Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Step 2: Networking Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Step 3: XEdit Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
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-MX 4K,
the Kaleido-IP (also available as a virtual image: Kaleido-IP VM), the Kaleido-X (7RU), the
Kaleido-X (4RU), the Kaleido-X16, and the Kaleido-XQUAD frames, as well as the KMX-4911
cards, the Kaleido-Modular-X cards, the Kaleido-Modular KMV-3901/3911 cards.
The
KMX-4911
multiviewer modules are part of the
GV Node
IP aggregation, processing,
and edge routing platform, designed for live broadcast production. Each KMX-4911 card
can display up to nine SMPTE ST 2022-6, 3Gbps, HD, or SD inputs in up to nine video
windows across one or two high-resolution outputs. Combine up to four KMX-4911 cards,
to configure a dual- or quad-output system supporting up to 36 inputs.
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
