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1. D2 A7 30 14 D3 G 17 4 G Tally Connection Tally is connected through the DB 9 connector in the back of the GPI Remote Panel as follows Pin 1 24V input for Channel A Pin 2 24V input for Channel B Pin 5 Common Ground Tally is active with 24V on Pin lor Pin 2 with respect to Pin 5 The Tally inputs on the DB 9 connector are opto isolated and have no relation to the keyboard s power or ground Pin1 and Pin2 inputs are connected to the anode of opto couples through 1500 ohm 1 2 watt resistors A valid Tally event is a 24V signal 10 mA held on the opto coupler for at least 50ms and then OFF for 50ms The Tally controlled A uto abort button state is checked before the abort code is issued Software Installation The Profile software is installed slightly differently for each of the Profile computers that Grass Valley Group produces Refer to the table below for the list of versions on which the GVG DM has been qualified Profilecomputer Qualified version PDR 200 2 5 6 2 PDR 400 3 2 6 1 PVS 1000 4 0 46 3 PVS 1100 5 0 18 14 GVG MAN 5 0 20 10 0130 05528 01 GVG DeviceM anager Guide 5 Before the GVG Device Manager can be installed some of the Profile software must be installed Here are the steps for that installation 1 Onthecomputer used for the GVG DM install the Profile Software for computers that are not Profiles Refer to the Profile Software installation guide from Grass Valley Group for de2. End DB 37 DB 15 DB 37 DB 15 Female Plug WireColor Female Plug Female Plug WireColor Female Plug A4 33 Red 2 DO co 29 2 DO A5 32 White 7 D1 Cl 28 7 D1 A6 31 Blue 10 D2 C2 27 10 D2 A7 30 Orange 14 D3 C3 26 14 D3 G 17 Green 4 G G 11 4 G Panel 3 Panel 6 Channels Channels E amp F K amp L GPI Panel GPI Panel DIO24End End DIO24End End DB 37 DB 15 DB 37 DB 15 FemalePlug WireColor Female Plug FemalePlug WireColor Female Plug BO 10 2 DO C4 25 2 DO B1 9 7 D1 c5 24 7 D1 B2 8 10 D2 C6 23 10 D2 B3 7 14 D3 C7 22 14 D3 G 15 4 G G 21 4 G 0130 05528 01 GPIs Playl 08 Recuel 04 Freezel 02 Abortl 01 Play2 07 Recue2 OB Freeze2 0D Abort2 OE Play3 80 Recue3 40 Freeze3 20 Abort3 10 Play4 70 Recue4 BO Freeze4 D0 Abort4 EO OF OF OF OF OF OF OF OF FO FO FO FO FO FO FO FO Play5 0800 Recue5 0400 Freeze5 0200 Abort5 0100 Play6 0700 Recue6 OBOO Freeze6 0D00 Abort6 OHOO OFOO OFOO OFOO OFOO OFOO OFOO OFOO OFOO Play7 8000 Recue7 4000 Freeze7 2000 Abort7 1000 Play8 7000 Recue8 B000 Freeze8 D000 Abort8 E000 Play9 080000 Recue9 040000 Freeze9 020000 Abort9 010000 Play10 070000 Recuel0 0B0000 Freezel0 0 Abort10 0 D0000 E0000 Playll 800000 Recue11 400000 Freeze11 200000 Abort11 100000 Play12 700000 Recuel2 B00000 Freeze12 D00000 Abort12 E00000 FOOO FOOO FOOO
3. FOOO FOOO FOOO FOOO FOOO 0F0000 0F0000 0F0000 0F0000 0F0000 0F0000 0F0000 0F0000 FO0000 FO0000 FO0000 FO0000 F00000 F00000 F00000 F00000 GVG DeviceM anager Guide 25 Copyright and Disclaimer This manual is copyright 2002 Avid Technology Inc All rights reserved All Avid products are covered by U S and foreign patents issued and pending Information in this publication supersedes that in all previously published material Specifications and price change privileges reserved The software described in this document is furnished under a license agreement and is protected under the copyright laws of the United States and other countries U S GOVERNMENT USERS RESTRICTED RIGHTS Use duplication or disclosure by the U S Government is subject to restriction as set forth in subparagraph b 2 of the Technical Data and Computer Software Commercial items clause at DFARS 252 211 7015 or in subparagraph c 2 of the Commercial Computer Software Restricted Rights clause at FAR 52 227 19 as applicable Avid is a registered trademark of Avid Technology Inc Media Browse ControlAir NEWS ControlAir and NEWS are trademarks of iNews LLC Microsoft the Microsoft logo MS MS DOS Win 32 Windows Windows NT Windows 2000 Windows NT Server and the Windows operating system logo are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States of America and other countries UNIX is a registered trademark
4. ends at which point the new event would be cued If the keyword is not specified the default valueis No ChannelPollInterval HOW_MANY SECONDS The ChannelPollInterval keyword specifies how often the GVG DM checks to see if any channels that are offline can be brought back online If the keyword is not specified the default is 10 seconds CanPlayTransferringMedia Yes_No The CanPlayTransferringMedia keyword specifies whether or not the DM should allow a transferring clip to be played before the transfer completes The default valueis No in which case a transferring clip cannot be played until the clip is wholly available on the Profile If you specify Yes the DM allows a transferring clip to be played after enough media has been recorded The amount depends on the video server but is generally between 5 and 10 seconds SignalStartOfTransfer Yes_No SignalEndOfTransfer Yes_No SignalStartOfTransfer and SignalEndOfTrans fer provide for signalling behavior only if the canPlayTransferringMedia key s setto Yes SignalStartOfTransfer tdlstheDM to send a message to ControlAir on detection of a clip that is transferring This gives you feedback that the clip is playable but it may not be safe to do so SignalEndOfTransfer tells the DM to send a message to ControlAir on detection that a clip transfer is finished At this point the clip is safe to play The default value for both of these keys is Yes that is messages will be sent to ControlAir at
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6. used by NEWS to the channel and allows the user to specify a name that is displayed in ControlAir Workstation A channel is specified by alinein the following format ChaniNEWS_Channel Name Video_Server Channel_ Name e iNEWS_Channel sa number 1 2 3 this isthe channel number used by NEWS e Name sa string containing anything but a colon this is the name of the channel displayed in ControlAir Workstation e Video Server isthe hostname of the Profile to be controlled Channel_Name isthe name of the channel on that Profile that will be controlled The setting of Channel_Name depends on both what Avid products are installed on the Profile and what model of Profile is being controlled There are three possibilities e TheProfileisaPVS series computer and EditStar is not installed e TheProfileisa PDR series computer and EditStar is not installed e The Profile is either a PDR or PVS series computer and EditStar is installed EditStar is not currently qualified for the GVG MAN so that is not a possible configuration The steps for each possibility appear below 0130 05528 01 GVG DeviceM anager Guide 13 The Profile is a PVS series computer and EditStar is not installed Channel_Name should be set to a number indicating the channel that is controlled by ProfileXP exe To determine this number look at the iN EWS Profile XP Server app running on the Profile SS aa MEWS Profila XP Sarem The channels that the GYG DM can contr
7. Avid Technology Inc NEWS ControlAir GVG Device Manager Guide 1 0 5 This Device M anager Guide is intended to advise you of certain technical requirements and considerations that will affect your use of the GVG Device Manager with Avid s iN EWS ControlA ir system It covers the following general areas e Installation the hardware and software needed to control a Grass Valley Group Profile PDR or PVS series device with the ControlA ir system e Configuration the configuration options needed to control how the GVG Device Manager and the Profile behave e Operations notes on using the GVG Device Manager in a news production environment 2 GVG DeviceM anager Guide Table of Contents Salada 3 AMI TE Oia 3 GPI REMOTE P ane ais aos 3 Cabling noi red e wine ate aie bad Weenie adits 3 Tally CONNECTION 0 ki Dh thi dee AR AA nek ie bathe dele SN 4 Software install ation a A oe ha NR A a Madani aval 4 Configura ee tie hi aL A ed a a hee ne de 8 Configuration Fl an iene ata Sole Sone aii la aon Se Soh 8 COMET QUCationl ia AA ad as eden BN dd 8 ESOS nio 11 Channels dad 12 Rel Sica NL aa 14 VEASOS EVE ii tits 14 WSStAtUSSECLIADIS ed AIR aa ducts A iaa Aida 14 Device SUD A O A oie 16 Operqons caida A is 16 GPI Remote Panel for Playback occciciciciniccnccnccccnnnnncrrrcrrnrrrcrnnn rr 16 ETORRI AAN a 18 Television Video Standard ccccecccscsscsscescsscsesseesesseuseeseussesseseesseseesesseuseeseeseussessausesseuseuseus
8. ReportOnAirControl Yes ReportPlaylistManagement Yes ReportErrors Yes All others No ReportOnAirControl Yes ReportOnAirControlDetails Yes OnAirControl messages occur whenever a Play Stop Cue Pause or Channel Change command is received from ControlAir Workstation ReportPlaylistManagement Yes ReportPlaylistManagementDetails No PlaylistM anagement messages occur whenever an event or story is added to deleted from or moved in the playlist ReportEventStatusChange No ReportEventStatusChangeDetails No EventStatusChange messages describe changes in the status of individual events ReportDeviceStatusChange No ReportDeviceStatusChangeDetails No DeviceStatusChange messages describe changes in the status of the Profile being controlled by the device manager ReportErrors Yes ReportErrorDetails No Error messages describe situations where the device manager could not perform an action or a status changed unpredictably Miscellaneous CueReplacesPlayingEvent Yes_No The CueReplacesPlayingEvent keyword specifies whether the DM will stop any playing event on a channel when the user makes a Cue request on that channel If the keyword is set to 0130 05528 01 GVG DeviceM anager Guide 11 Yes aCue request will stop the currently playing event on that channel and cue the new event If the keyword is set to No a Cue request will put the new event into Standby status until the playing event
9. anel is used Channels C and D would have the same setup as Channels A and B respectively Each set of four buttons controls a single channel The left set controls Channel A and the right set controls Channel B The buttons perform the Play Recue Freeze and A bort actions respectively These are very similar to the Play Cue Pause and Stop keys available on the ControlA ir Workstation However they have slightly different behaviors e The Play button starts playing the next clip known to the DM on the specified channel This is the next clip assigned to the channel after the last played clip Because itis designed for sequential play it does not play the event under the cursor as the Workstation Play key does e The Recue button stops the current playing clip on the specified channel and recues it for Play again If there is no playing clip this button does nothing This is different from the Workstation Cue key which merely cues the clip under the cursor The Recue button is not affected by the CueReplacesPlayingEvent keyword while the Workstation Cue key is affected by it e The Freeze button pauses the currently playing clip on the specified channel If thereis no playing clip this button does nothing To start the clip rolling again from its paused position you must press the Play button This is different from the Workstation Pause key which works as a toggle pressing the Pause key again will start the clip rolling again as wil
10. both the start and end of each transfer The messages will appear in the Error Log drop down list in ControlA ir Workstation and in the Message bar in iNEWS Workstation DefaultDirectory DEFAULT_VOLUME DEFAULT_FOLDER The DefaultDirectory keyword specifies the default directory from which Profile movies are played e The DEFAULT_VOLUME is optional and specifies the disk volume on the Profile e TheDEFAULT FOLDER specifies the folder within a disk volume The DEFAULT_VOLUME portion and the following colon are needed only when the Profile has more than one disk volume Example DefaultDirectory default This would be the default directory on the first disk volume such as INT1 default EDLPrefix EDL_PREFIX The EDLPrefix keyword specifies the VideolD prefix for EditStar EDLs Example EDLPrefix EDL This key word is required in order for the GVG DM to be able to play EditStar EDLs N ote You must also use the EditStar version of DVSObject d11 and the EditStar version of Profile exe Or ProfilexXP exe Shows The Shows section allows the system administrator to set up default directories on the Profile for the clips in a particular show Any show for which a default directory is desired is specified in the Shows section with alinein the following format 0130 05528 01 12 GVG DeviceM anager Guide ShowINDEX RUNDOWN_NAME DEFAULT_VOLUME DEFAULT_FOLDER e The RUNDOWN_NAME is the full
11. cribes how to configure the GYG DM and the Grass Valley Group Profile Configuration File All device manager configuration files are called Device Manager Profile DMP files and havea dmp file extension There are six sections to aGVG DM configuration file Configuration Shows Channels GPIs VideoServers WSStatusStrings Each section starts with its name in square brackets and contains lines of the form K eyword V alue The following sections describe each keyword available in each section with a description following it Configuration The Configuration section contains general configuration for the GVG DM There are four required keywords 0130 05528 01 GVG DeviceM anager Guide 9 e DeviceName e SvrHostName e NumberOfChannels e LogFileDirectory All other keywords are optional with default values if they are not specified DeviceName DEVICE_NAME This keyword is required The DeviceName keyword specifies the name that the GVG DM reports to ControlAir Server It appears in ControlAir Workstation and must match the name of the video device used in production cues Replace DEVICE_NAME with theiN EWS device name SvrHostName SERVER_HOST_NAME This keyword is required The SvrHostName keyword specifies the host name of the computer running the ControlAir Server This is the server that the GYG DM will connect to when it is started NumberOfChannels CHANNEL_COUNT This keyword is required The NumberOfCha
12. desh Belgium Brunei Cameroon Canary Islands China Cyprus Denmark Finland Germany Ghana Gibralter Greece also SECA M Hong Kong Iceland India Indonesia Ireland Israel Italy Jordan Kenya North Korea Kuwait Liberia Luxembourg also SECA M Madeira New Zealand Nigeria Norway Oman Pakistan Paraguay PA L N Portugal Qatar Saudi Arabia also SECAM Siera Leone Singapore South Africa Spain Sri Lanka Sudan Swaziland Tanzania Thailand Turkey Uganda United Arab Emirates United Kingdom Uruguay PAL N Yeman the former Y eman Arab Republic was PAL and the former People s Democratic Republic of Yeman was NTSC Yugoslavia Zambia and Zimbabwe 0130 05528 01 GVG DeviceM anager Guide 23 Appendix Twelve Channels This appendix describes the cabling requirement for controlling a GVG DM with up to 12 channels For fewer channels use fewer Panels For example to control six channels you must use three GPI Remote Panels Cabling Panel 1 Panel 4 Channels Channels A amp B G amp H GPI Panel GPI Panel D1IO24End End D1IO24End End DB 37 DB 15 DB 37 DB 15 FemalePlug WireColor Female Plug FemalePlug WireColor Female Plug AO 37 Pink 2 DO B4 6 2 DO Al 36 Brown 7 D1 B5 5 7 D1 A2 35 Purple 10 D2 B6 4 10 D2 A3 4 Yellow 14 D3 B7 3 14 D3 G 19 Black 4 G G 13 4 G Panel 2 Panel 5 Channels Channels C amp D 1 amp J GPI Panel GPI Panel D1IO24End End D1IO24End
13. e Button_Mask e Button_Name is made up of the action and the channel index for instance Play1 is the Play action on Channel 1 e Button_Code isthe code for that particular button all are specified in the A ppendix e Button Mask isthe mask specifying which bits to inspect all are specified in the Twelve Channels section of the A ppendix The following is the setup for two GPI Remote Panels see the Twelve Channels section for configuration of up to six GPI Remote Panels Playl 08 0F Recuel 04 0F Freezel 02 0F Abortl 01 0F Play2 07 0F Recue2 0B 0F Freeze2 0D 0F Abort2 0E 0F Play3 80 F0 Recue3 40 F0 Freeze3 20 F0 Abort3 10 F0 Play4 70 F0 Recue4 BO F0O Freeze4 D0 F0 Abort4 E0 FO0 VideoServers The GVG DM can control multiple Profile simultaneously The VideoServers section names the Profile s being controlled and specifies which channels are on each Profile Each Profile is specified by a line in the following format ServerINDEX NAME ChanN1 ChanN2 e INDEX iS anumber 1 2 3 e NAME is the name of the video server e N1 N2 arethe numbers from the Channels section that indicate the channels on that machine Examples Server1 PDRO001 Chanl Chan2 Server2 PDR002 Chan3 Chan4 WSStatusStrings Any or all of the event status strings displayed on the ControlAir Workstation can be changed in this section For any status not entered in this section the default value will be displa
14. e directory An exampleis C GVGDMLogs CAUTION If more than one instance of the GVG DM will be running on the same computer they must use different log file directories NumberOfLogFiles FILE_COUNT TheNumberOfLogFiles keyword specifies the maximum number of log files that will be created Replace FILE_COUNT with a number between 1 and 999 If the keyword is not specified the GVG DM will create at most 10 log files 0130 05528 01 10 GVG DeviceM anager Guide StartLoggingOnProgramStart Yes_No The StartLoggingOnProgramStart keyword specifies whether the GVG DM should start logging immediately upon starting up or should wait until the user explicitly starts logging using the Logging Start Logging menu option Replace yes_No with Yes or No The default is to start logging immediately Diagnostic M essages The following keywords determine which types of diagnostice messages the GVG DM reports and in which of two levels of specificity The diagnostic message keywords come in pairs Reportmessagetype and ReportmessagetypeDetails each taking a Yes or No Thefirst keyword specifies that the GVG DM report general messages of the chosen type The second keyword specifies that the GVG DM report more detailed messages in addition to the general messages of the chosen type To specify Yes on a details keyword you must also specify Yes on the general keyword for that message type If none of the keywords is specified the defaults are
15. e or INEWSProfileXP exe for the GVG DM to connect to it These programs are installed by the GVG Profile or ProfileXP option of the ControlA ir installer see the Installing ControlAir Software section of theiN EWS ControlA ir 1 0 5 Installations O perations M anual for details To set up the Profile to connect to the GYG DM perform the action below that corresponds to the Profile to be controlled e IftheProfileisaPDR series computer start Profile exe e If theProfile isa PVS series computer start ProfileXP exe Operations The GVG DM can be controlled from ControlA ir Workstation in the same way that all other device managers are controlled Refer to the iN EWS ControlAir 1 0 5 User M anual for more details The GVG DM also supports sequential playback via GPI input The following section describes the two GPI Remote Panels and their behavior GPI Remote Panel for Playback Play A Freeze A Tally contralled Auto abori A Recua A Abort A uU MUA Mama N Play B Freeze Bl Tally contralled Auge abart E Recue B Abort A Figure 1 A 2 channel GPI Remote Panel 0130 05528 01 GVG DeviceM anager Guide 17 The GPI Remote Pane has 10 buttons on the front The first button on the left is an Enable for the Tally controlled Auto abort feature for Channel A and the last button on the right is the Tally controlled A uto abort feature for Channel B Auto abort is enabled if the button is depressed If a second Control p
16. ected when the T ally controlled A uto abort button is OFF When you press any Play Recue Freeze or Abort key the Tally controlled Auto abort LED switches to its reverse state for 1 4 second to indicate a valid key press If the Tally controlled Auto abort button s LED does not toggle a valid key press was not detected and an output code will not be sent If you press a key and the enable light toggles for 1 second an invalid key 0130 05528 01 18 GVG DeviceM anager Guide combination was detected and code was not sent Two keys pressed at the same time for a single channel is invalid Error Handling This section lists the GVG DM error messages in alphabetical order Each error message is followed by its location a category a description of the problem and if appropriate steps to take to resolve it The possible categories are e Configuration errors setting up the DMP file correctly e Run time errors Words in italics in the error message descriptions below describe the use of the actual value that appears in the actual error message For example a screen message Cue of event Fire failed on channel A matches the error description Cue of event eventname failed on channel channelname Error lt lt lt Received Msg Message Type value NOT TRAPPED Location DM log file or screen Category Run time Action The DM received a message from ControlA ir Server that it cannot handle I
17. ection of profile file Location DM log file or screen Category Configuration Action The DM could not read the Configuration section of theDMP file Modify the DMP file to ensure that the syntax is correct Error Error reading VideoServers section of profile file Location DM log file or screen Category Configuration Action The DM could not read the VideoServers section of the DMP file Modify the DMP file to ensure that the syntax is correct Error ERROR The profile file does not contain a VideoServers section Location DM log file or screen Category Configuration Action Modify the DMP fileto ensure that is contains a VideoServers section Error Event failed to play Location DM log file or screen Category Run time Action The DM was unable to play an event the user tried to play Check the Profile to verify that it is in a state that allows playing by a remote application Error EVT_ STATUS The clip clipname on the video server servername is now safe to play Location DM log file or screen Category Run time Action The DM has detected that a clip that was transferring to the video server has finished transferring The user need not take any action Error EVT STATUS Theclip clipname on the video server servername may not be safe to play Location DM log file or screen Category Run time Action The DM has detected that the clip is transferring to the video server and is not completely pr
18. eesessassessansas 22 APPO in A A aaa 23 TWeveChaiMdsimniaida didas 23 CabIING voii be 23 GP TES O A NA 24 0130 05528 01 GVG DeviceM anager Guide 3 Installation Hardware In atypical setup the GVG Device Manager GVG DM will run on the same computer as the ControlAir Server program It can also run on a separate computer if necessary Therefore hardware requirements are identical to those used for the ControlAir Server Refer to theiN EWS ControlA ir Installation and O perations M anual for further details The GVG DM connects to the Profile via the network unlike some other DMs that require serial connections H ence no additional cables to the Profile are needed for playout control One or more GPI Remote Panels can be used to control Profile playout as an alternative or an addition to using the ControlAir Workstation If you want to use remote panel control and you installed GPI Remote Panel support when you installed ControlAir then a digital 1 O board is also required Note TheGPI Remote Panels are designed for sequential playout of a list of clips They do not support taking clips out of order as the W orkstation does GPI Remote Panel Avid Broadcast supports one or more GPI Remote Panels for the GYG DM Each panel controls 2 channels ontheDM The GPI Remote Panels connect to a digital 1 O board installed in the computer that runs the GVG DM The PCI DIO24 board from Measurement Computing has been qualified to wo
19. esent Playing it may yield unpredictable results The user need not take any action 0130 05528 01 GVG DeviceM anager Guide 21 Error Invalid channel assignment Location DM log file or screen Category Run time Action The DM received a Play command for an event with a bad channel assignment Correct the channel assignment either in ControlAir Workstation or in iNEWS and try again Error Missing channel configuration Check profile Location DM log file or screen Category Configuration Action The Channels section of the DMP file is missing Modify the DMP file to ensure that it contains a Channels section Error Missing ControlAir host name Check profile Location DM log file or screen Category Configuration Action The Configuration section of the DMP file does not specify the computer running the ControlAir Server software Add the line SvrH ostN ame hostname to the Configuration section of the DMP file where hostname is the name of the computer running the ControlAir Server software Error Missing device name Check profile Location DM log file or screen Category Configuration Action The Configuration section of the DMP file does not specify the device name Add the line DeviceN ame devicename to the Configuration section of the DMP file where devicename is the desired name for the DM Error Missing number of channels Check profile Location DM log file or scree
20. l the Play key e TheAbort button stops the currently playing clip on the specified channel If there is no playing clip this button does nothing This is different from the Workstation Stop key which can also uncue a manually cued clip to let the DM auto cuea dip The typical workflow for GPI Remote Panel control is to press the Play button to start a clip then either let it run out or press the Abort key to stop it If the operator wants to preview a clip she would press the Play button followed by the Recue button If the operator wants to skip the currently cued clip she would press the Play button followed quickly by the Abort button to advance to the next event The Play Recue Freeze and Abort buttons are always lit They are controlled by the panel s microprocessor The two Tally controlled A uto abort buttons are mechanically latching switches and the LEDs for these keys are controlled by the microprocessor If the Tally controlled Auto abort button is out the LED will be OFF indicating auto abort is not enabled If the Tally controlled Auto abort button is in the LED will be ON indicating auto abort is enabled N ote An output codeis not sent when simply toggling the T ally controlled A uto abort button Only the panel is aware of the button s state and the LED displays the correct status A valid tally event if enabled is reported exactly the sameas a valid keypress N o output code is sent if a valid tally event is det
21. lowing standards e NTSC e PAL NTSC is an abbreviation for the N ational Television Standards Committee The NTSC committee is responsible for setting television and video standards in the United States The NTSC standard for television defines a composite video signal with a refresh rate of 60 half frames interlaced per second Each frame contains 525 lines and can contain 16 million different colors The NTSC standard is incompatible with most computer video standards which generally use RGB video signals Special video adapters can be inserted into your computer that convert NTSC signals into computer video signals and vice versa NTSC countries are USA Antigua Bahamas Barbados Belize Bermuda Bolivia Burma Canada Chile Colombia Costa Rica Cuba Dominican Republic Ecuador El Salvador Greenland Guam Guatemala Guyana Honduras Jamaica Japan South Korea Mexico Netherlands Antilles Nicaragua Panama Peru Philippines Puerto Rico St Vincent amp the Grenadines St Kitts Saipan Samoa Surinam Taiwan Tobago Trinidad Venezuela and the Virgin Islands PAL is an abbreviation for Phase Alternating Line the dominant television standard in Europe PAL delivers 625 lines at 50 half frames per second M any video adapters that enable computer monitors to be used as television screens support both NTSC and PAL signals PAL countries include Afghanistan Algeria Argentina PAL N Australia Austria Bahrain Bangla
22. n Category Configuration Action The DMP file does not specify how many channels the device has A dd the line NumberOfChannels numberofchannels to the Configuration section of the DMP file where numberofchannels is a number Error The detail diagnostic keyword ReportmessagetypeD etails cannot be set to Yes unless the general diagnostic keyword Reportmessagetype is also set to Yes Location DM log file or screen Category Configuration Action In order to have details on a message type reported the user must tell the program to report the message type as well as its details Add the line Reportmessagety pe Y es to the DMP file If the line already exists make the value after the equal sign equal to Yes Error The profile file must specify alog file directory using the LogFileDirectory keyword Location DM log file or screen Category Configuration Action Add the line LogFileDirectory directory to the Configuration section of the DMP file where directory is a path where the log files will be stored 0130 05528 01 22 GVG DeviceM anager Guide Television Video Standards The values available for the keyword FrameRatein the DMP file see the FrameRate description in the Configuration File section are based on the television and video standards required for a specific geographic location The standards deal with frame refresh rates per second Choices for ControlAir are based on the fol
23. nnels keyword specifies the total number of channels the GYG DM will control Replace CHANNEL_COUNT with a number between 1 and 16 FrameRate FRAME_ RATE TheFrameRate keyword specifies the frame rate of the Profile Replace FRAME_RATE with one of the words NTSC PAL and NTSC_DROPFRA ME If the keyword is not specified the DM will usea default value of NTSC For details about the different television standards refer to the Television Video Standards section DisableAutoCue Yes_No TheDisableAutoCue keyword specifies whether the GVG DM will auto cue the next video clip on a channel when the playing clip on that channel ends or is stopped If yes_No is set to Yes then the GVG DM will not auto cue clips If Yes_No is set to No the GVG DM will auto cue clips If the keyword is not specified the default value is No AutoCueDelay HOW_MANY SECONDS TheAutoCueDelay keyword specifies how many seconds the GVG DM will wait after the end of a playing clip before it auto cues the next clip on that channel Replace HOW_MANY SECONDS with the number of seconds it should wait If DisableAutoCue is set to Yes this keyword is ignored If the keyword is not specified the default value is O which means that the next clip will be cued immediately Logging LogFileDirectory DIRECTORY_NAME This keyword is required The LogFileDirectory keyword specifies the directory in which log files are created Replace DIRECTORY_NAME with a path to th
24. ol have names in the following format Video_Server DVS channelname Set Channel_Name to be channelname The Profile is a PDR series computer and EditStar is not installed Channel_Name should be set to a number indicating the channel that is controlled by Profile exe To determine this number look at the iN EWS Profile Server app running on the Profile N ote The app appears virtually identical to the Profile X P Server app pictured above with a different title The channels that the GVG DM can control are named Video_Server DVS channdnumber Set Channel _ Name to bechanndnumber The Profile is a PDR or PVS series computer and EditStar is installed Channel_Name should beset to anumber indicating the channel that is controlled by EditStar To determine this number look at the EditStar Video Server app running on the Profile N ote The app appears virtually identical to the Profile X P Server app pictured above with a different title The channels that the GVG DM can control have names in the following format Video_Server DVS channdnumber Set Channel _ Name to bechanndnumber 0130 05528 01 14 GVG DeviceM anager Guide GPIs For each channel the GP Is section maps the buttons for that channel on a GPI Remote Panel to the four actions Play Recue Pause Abort available on that channel For two GPI Remote Panels each channel and its associated action are specified by alinein the following format Button_Name Button_Cod
25. r 3 2 x x release notes for more information regarding Profile hardware requirements 5 Since you are not installing the EditStar Server on a Profile click Next The Choose Destination Location dialog box appears Choose Destination Location Setup will install EditStar Server in the following folder To install to this folder click Next To install to a different folder click Browse and select another folder You can choose not to install EditStar Server by clicking Cancel to exit Setup Destination Folder C EditStar Browse Cancel 0130 05528 01 GVG DeviceM anager Guide 6 Click Next to accept the default setting for the Destination Folder or dick Browse to set another drive and directory as the destination The Select EditStar Server Type dialog box appears Select EditStar Server Type 7 Select the EditStar Server Interface for ControlAir and click N ext The Select Components dialog box appears Select Components Configuration Server Profile for XP y Dub Server for PDR400 o aD S anger ya lt a gt 0130 05528 01 8 GVG DeviceM anager Guide 8 Click Next The Setup Status dialog box appears with a progress bar indicating the percentage of the install completed When the dialog box appears indicating the successful completion of the install click Finish Setup Complete Configuration This section des
26. rk with ControlAir The board ships with a CD containing drivers and an installation program To install the board perform the following steps 1 Solder a 10 pin SIP 2 2 K pull up resistor pack into the socket labeled Port A with the common end in the spot marked HI on the board The common end of the SIP is the end with a dot ora line on it This is usually on the left hand side of the side with the writing Repeat Step 1 with Ports B and C Put the CD in the drive and install the installation program called InstaCal Shut down the computer install the card and reboot The Add New Hardware wizard will run and ask for a location enter the drive letter of the CD drive The wizard will install the drivers 6 Runthelnstacal program and add the board as Board 1 AWN The cable that connects GPI Remote Panels to the digital 1 O board is described in the Cabling section Cabling The cable layout between two GPI Remote Panels and the DIO 24 card is shown below For a full 12 channel setup using six 2 channel GPI Remote Panels see the Twelve Channels section in the appendix 0130 05528 01 4 GVG DeviceM anager Guide Panel 1 Channels A B DIO 24 End GPI Panel End DB 37 DB 15 Female Plug Female Plug AO 37 2 DO Al 36 7 D1 A2 35 10 D2 A3 34 14 D3 G 19 4 G Panel 2 Channels C D D1024 End GPI Panel End D B 37 D B 15 Female Plug Female Plug A4 33 2 DO A5 32 7 D1 A6 31 10
27. ss of cueing the event The default value is Cued The EVENT_CUED status indicates that the GVG DM has successfully cued the event and itis ready for immediate play The default valueis Cued The EVENT_PENDINGPLAY Status indicates that the GVG DM isin the process of taking the event to air This status is set by the ControlAir Workstation when the operator presses the PLAY key If an event remains in this state for more than a fraction of a second it indicates that the GVG DM was unable to air the event The default valueis mPlay The EVENT_PLAYING status indicates that the GYG DM has successfully taken the event to the air channel The default value is Play TheEvENT_PAUSED status indicates the event was playing and the GYG DM successfully paused the event on the air channel AccessDisplayGrouping NUMBER PER GROUPING This configuration option tells the ControlA ir Workstation how to group the inventory blocks which appear in the Inventory column For instance if it is set to 2 the line in the configuration file would appear as follows AccessDisplayGrouping 2 0130 05528 01 16 GVG DeviceM anager Guide If set to 2 there will be a space between successive pairs of inventory blocks at the ControlAir Workstation as shown below Inventory AA AN For more information on inventory blocks see Chapter 4 of Avid s iN EWS ControlA ir U ser M anual Device Setup The Profile must be running either iINEWS Profile ex
28. t will ignore it and continue processing If this happens frequently it is likely that there is data being lost between the ControlAir Server and the DM Error Can t establish connection to any channel Good Bye Location DM log file or screen Category Configuration Action The DM cannot connect to any specified channel Check the DMP file and the Profile configuration to ensure everything is correctly configured Error Can t establish connection to the server Good Bye Location DM log file or screen Category Configuration Action The DM cannot connect to the ControlA ir Server Check that the correct host name is specified in the DMP file and that the ControlAir Server is running Then restart the DM Error Can t Initialize GPI board number for Control Panel Location DM log file or screen Category Configuration Action The DM cannot connect to the GPI board used for the GPI Remote Panels Check that the board is correctly installed and calibrated using the Instacal program Then restart the DM Error Cue of event eventname failed on channel channelname Location DM log file or screen Category Run time Action A clip named eventname that the user tried to cue could not be cued Check the Profile to verify that it isin a state that allows cueing by a remote application 0130 05528 01 GVG DeviceM anager Guide 19 Error DEVICE Channel name is back online Location DM log file or screen Categor
29. tails 2 If you do not have EditStar installed on the Profiles to be controlled by the GYG DM do the following a OntheProfiles to be controlled install the GVG Profile or ProfileXP option of the ControlA ir Setup program depending on the version of the Profile Software Refer to the ControlA ir Installation and O perations M anual for details b There areno more pre installation steps Proceed with the installation of the GYG Device Manager 3 If you have EditStar 2 0 installed on the Profiles to be controlled by the GVG DM you must also install the EditStar Server Interface for ControlAir Run the EditStar Server Setup program The Welcome dialog box appears Welcome 0130 05528 01 6 GVG DeviceM anager Guide 4 Click Next The IM PORTANT dialog box appears It contains hardware and software requirements if you are installing the EditStar Server on a Profile IMPORTANT Please read the following before continuing with Setup IMPORTANT PROFILE HARDWARE amp SOFTWARE REQUIREMENTS EditStar PDR100 Profiles must be upgraded with the Enhanced Disk Recorder boards Pentium CPUs and 64 MB of Windows NT RAM PDR200 Profiles also require a minimum of 64 MB Windows NT RAM Enhanced Disk Recorder boards in older PDR100 or PDR200 Profiles may require a memory upgrade or have to be replaced before the 2 5 x or 3 2 x x Profile software will load and run properly See the Grass Valley Group Profile 2 5 x x o
30. ted and the Profile is in a correct state Error ERROR Invalid channel ChanX specified on line lt Jine gt of the VideoServers section of the profile file There are only Y channels Location DM log file or screen Category Configuration Action The channel number X must be between 1 and Y inclusive Modify the DMP fileto ensure that each channel in the VideoServers section appears in the Channels section Error ERROR Line line in the VideoServers section of the profile file contains no video server name Location DM log file or screen Category Configuration Action Modify the DMP file to ensure that each linein the VideoServers section contains a video servername 0130 05528 01 20 GVG DeviceM anager Guide Error ERROR Line line in the VideoServers section of the profile file has a bad channel specification channelspec should be of the form ChanxX Location DM log file or screen Category Configuration Action A channel is specified by a string of the form ChanX where X is a number Modify the DMP file to ensure that each channel in the VideoServers section appears in the Channels section Error ERROR Line line in the VideoServers section of the profile file has no channels specified Location DM log file or screen Category Configuration Action Modify the DMP file to ensure that at least one channel is specified for each video server Error Error reading Configuration s
31. y Run time Action The channel named name was offline but has been brought back online No further action is required from the user Error ERROR At least one thread used for channel control failed to start Location DM log file or screen Category Run time Action The DM could not start all the threads it needs to control the Profile This is an engineering issue contact customer service Error ERROR Channel channelname is not assigned to any video server in the VideoServers section of the profile file Location DM log file or screen Category Configuration Action Every channel must be assigned to some video server Modify the DMP file to ensure that each channel in the Channels section also appears in the VideoServers section Error Error Connecting to Channel channelname Location DM log file or screen Category Configuration Action The DM could not connect to the specified channel Check the DMP file and the Profile to ensure everything is correctly configured Error Error getting duration from device Location DM log file or screen Category Run time Action The DM could not determine a dip s duration Check the Profile to ensure that the DM is connected and the Profile is in a correct state Error Error getting position Location DM log file or screen Category Run time Action The DM could not determine the amount of time remaining on a playing clip Check the Profile to ensure that the DM is connec
32. y qualified path of the rundown queuein iN EWS e TheDEFAULT VOLUME is optional and specifies the disk volume on the Profile e TheDEFAULT_FOLDER specifies the folder within a disk volume Note The DEFAULT VOLUME portion and the following colon are needed only when the Profile has more than one disk volume Here are two examples and their effect on which clips are meant Suppose that the Shows section contains two lines Show1 SHOW 10PM RUNDOWN 10p Show2 SHOW 12PM RUNDOWN 12n Also suppose that the Profile contains one disk volume INT1 and four clips Inthe INT1 10p directory two clips named Fire and Barn Inthe INT1 12n directory one clip named Fire Inthe INT1 9p directory one clip named Fire Then a user can refer to the various clips in the LOPM and 12PM shows as follows e TheclipsINT1 10p Fire and INT1 10p Barn can be entered as Fire and Barn respectively in the 10PM show e TheclipINT1 12n Fire can be entered as Fire in the 12PM show e TheclipINT1 9p Barn must be entered as 9p Barn in either show Additionally the 10p clips can be entered as 10p Fire and 10p Barn into any show and the GVG DM will find them and play the right clip This section can also be left empty if the users always want to refer to clips by their full names The section must be present in the DMP file even if it is empty Channels The Channels section maps each channel controlled by the GVG DM to a Profile channel It maps the channel index
33. yed on the 0130 05528 01 GVG DeviceM anager Guide 15 ControlAir Workstation This feature is provided to enable a site to customize the ControlAir Workstation display The new status text should be short enough to fit into the Status field on the ControlAir Workstation Note Changing the text of a status string does not change the meaning of the status The format for changing event status string text is Event Status status description string Event Status is one of the ControlAir status tokens defined below and status description string is any text string The statuses used by the GVG DM and their default values are The EVENT_UNKNOWN status is the initial state of every event It indicates that the event has not yet been processed by the GVG DM The event cannot be cued or played in this state The default valueis Unknown TheEvENT_UNAVAILABLE status indicates that the GVG DM could not find the event on the selected video server channel The event cannot be cued or played in this state The default value is Unavailable The EVENT_INCOMPLETE status indicates that the event is being created on the video server The GVG DM can play the event before creation process is completed The EVENT_AVAILABLE Status indicates that the event has been successfully processed by the GVG DM The event is ready to be cued or played The default valueis an empty string The EVENT_PENDINGCUE Status indicates that the GVG DM isin the proce
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