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1. Auto refresh 6 Monitoring USER MANUAL Xsquare 3 3 Area Description V gt The table below describes the various parts of the Job Monitoring window Part Name 1 View tabs 2 Cluster area 3 Column headers and filters area 4 Job grid 5 Queue Management tab 6 Display Information bar 6 Monitoring Description Each tab corresponds to a monitoring view By default the General tab only is available By clicking the button right of the tabs and assigning a name to the view you can add a monitoring view It displays the clusters defined in the Orchestration window By selecting a given cluster you will display in the Job grid only the jobs handled by the selected cluster See section Cluster Area on page 90 for more information on the displayed information It displays the column headers and column filters See section Manipulating and Analyzing Monitoring Data on page 92 for more information on the grid display sorting and filtering features Each row of the grid displays information on a given job See section Job Grid on page 88 for more information on the displayed information It displays the jobs that have not yet been processed and are still in the queue It allows you to view all jobs in the queue and to manage the job order in the queue This bar displays general information on the jobs displayed in the job grid mainly from left to right e Number of pa
2. XML job Job processed by the former interface which uses XML job definition files For this reason these jobs are called XML file jobs or XML File V1 jobs Xsquare can control the XML file jobs through the ScanXML service available in Xsquare as a job initiator Xsquare therefore remains compatible with the old XTAccess ScanXML feature 97 EVS Broadcast Equipment SA Issue 3 3 A February 2015 Xsquare job Job processed by the new interface which uses the soap protocol For this reason such jobs are also called Soap V2 jobs The Targets a job initiator you can define in Xsquare use Xsquare jobs 98 Glossary a i a V To learn more about EVS go to Www evs com Corporate 32 4 361 7000 North amp Latin America 1973 575 7811 EVS Headquarters Asia amp Pacific Liege Science Park 852 2714 2501 16 rue Bois St Jean B 4102 Seraing Other regional offices Belgium www evs com contact EVS Broadcast Equipment is continuously adapting and improving Its products in accordance with the ever changing requirements of the Broadcast Industry The data contained herein is therefore subject to change without prior notice Companies and product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies
3. 2 02 22 2 eco eee eee e eee cece eeeeeee 44 Table of Contents Sa V5 USER MANUAL Xsquare 3 3 i Table of Contents 3 2 1 Job Template amp Encoder Profile Windows 2 2 22 2 44 3 2 2 Filtering and Sorting Grid Items _ 2 2 2 02 2 e cece eee eee cee eee cess 47 3 2 3 Fields in the Job Template and Encoder Profile Grids 2 2 2 22 48 3 2 4 Types of Job Templates _ 2 22 eee cee cece eceeceeeees 49 3 2 5 Managing Job Templates and Encoder Profiles 2 22 2 50 3 2 6 Creating a Customized Job Template _ 2 0 2 0 2 22 22 e eee eee eee 51 3 2 7 Configuring the Source Selection on the EVS Server 22 56 3 2 8 Configuring Source Settings in a Job Template _ 22 22 22 2 58 3 2 9 Configuring Destination Settings in a Job Template _ 0 60 4 MANAGING ICONS AND LABELS 000000000000000000000000002 66 4 1 Icons Manager 2 c cece cece eee cee cece cece ec eeccceceeceecceccceseeceeees 66 4 2 Labels Window 2 222 22 cece cece cece cee cee cee cece ee ceeceeceeeeeeseeseeseees 66 5 ADMINISTRATION anaana cece ccc eee eee eee 68 5 1 Introduction 2 2 lec ccc eee cece cee cece ee ceecceeccecceceeceeccuccceseeceeeees 68 5 2 Users ia aes ee ee essere eee ee ah eee aes eee een eee 69 5 2 1 Users and Access Window 2 022 c cece eee cece cceceeeeeeee
4. Add Removable Devices cluster Add Grab Cluster The new cluster is added above the cluster box where you have clicked the button How to Remove a Cluster e Click the Ed button next to the cluster name you want to remove The cluster is removed and the orchestration configuration of the engines associated to this cluster is updated accordingly 41 EVS Broadcast Equipment SA Issue 3 3 A February 2015 How to Add an Engine to a Cluster You can assign an engine to several clusters and several engines to the same cluster e Drag the engine from the Engine area and drop it into the requested cluster in the Cluster area gt FromFolder 3 IPDA184130 XF73130 73130 If the engine assigned to a cluster is already assigned to another cluster the engine will not be removed from the originally assigned cluster The workload on this engine will be spread among two clusters and you have to define this in the Orchestration field in the Engine area See section Configuring Engines on page 43 How to Move an Engine from a Cluster to Another Cluster You can remove an engine from a cluster and assign it to another cluster as follows e Drag the engine from the cluster it should be removed from and drop it to the cluster it should be added to 77 gt FromFolder XF73130 73130 default XF73130 73130 IPDA184130 184130 How to Remove an Engine from a Cluster e Drag the engine from the Cluster box and drop i
5. Managing Users Without Active Directory Integration When Active Director is not used the whole user administration is performed in Xsquare How to Add a User To add a user proceed as follows 1 Click the button This adds a new row 2 Inthe new row do the following o Entera username in the Username field o Enter the user password twice in the Password field and in the Password Validation field o gt From the Role field click the field and select the role the user must be associated to from the list A role must be assigned as it defines the user operation and visibility rights o From the Group field click the field and select the group s the user should belong to from the list This is an optional field 3 Click the Save button in the row corresponding to the newly added user The user is now defined in Xsquare and he she can directly connect to the application 5 Administration Sa V5 USER MANUAL Xsquare 3 3 i 5 Administration How to Modify a User To modify a user definition proceed as follows 1 Inthe row corresponding to the user definition change the parameters as desired 2 Click Save to the right end of the row How to Delete a User To delete a user proceed as follows 1 Click the Delete button on the right of the user definition A confirmation request is displayed 2 Click Yes to confirm the action Managing Users With Active Directory Integration The user list is in read
6. Two groups cannot have the same names A role and a group cannot have the same name A group can be empty The default user group called Xsquare Users cannot be deleted Only an empty group can be deleted Prerequisites When Xsquare is integrated with Active Directory the groups the administrator wants to use in Xsquare must have been previously defined as groups in Active Directory 83 EVS Broadcast Equipment SA Issue 3 3 A February 2015 84 How to Create a New Group To create a new group proceed as follows 1 Click es to create a new group The New Group dialog box opens 2 Type the group name and click OK In case of Active Directory integration the group name you define in Xsquare must be exactly the same as the AD group name as the group names are case sensitive 3 Doone of the following o With Active Directory integration the group is created and the users belonging to the corresponding AD group are automatically populated into the Group Users list Users who belong to the group You have to close and reopen the application to see the user assignments o Without Active Directory integration you need to add users to the group manually as explained below How to Delete a Group You can only delete a group if all users have been removed from the group To delete a group proceed as follows 1 Click the group name in the Group list 2 Click at the bottom of the Group list 3 Click Yes
7. 3 Configuration Illustration The Selected Cluster Information area will be slightly different depending on the cluster type The following illustrations cover the various Selected Cluster Information areas you can encounter even if it does not present all of them The Cluster Information area for Ingest from EVS Server From EVS Server and To EVS Server clusters is similar to the following screenshot Selected Cluster Information Cluster Type IP Address EVS Server Ingest from EVS Server Cluster Name IngestFromEVSServer Starts with Equals The Cluster Information area for From Folder and To Folder clusters is similar to the following screenshot Selected Cluster Information Cluster Type Destination Folders To Folder Starts with XStore Cluster Name Starts with XTAccess ToFolder Starts with The Cluster Information area for Transfer to Avid TM is as follows Selected Cluster Information Cluster Type Parameters Transfer to Avid Transfer Manager Cluster Name Starts with Equals TransferToAvidTM The Cluster Information area for other clusters is similar to the following screenshot No additional parameter needs to be defined Selected Cluster Information Cluster Type Default Cluster Cluster Name default 39 EVS Broadcast Equipment SA Field Description Issue 3 3 A February 2015 The table hereafter describes the fields in the Selected Cluster Info
8. Grab The cluster engines will process the grab jobs No parameter 3 1 6 Engine Area Introduction The Engine area in the Orchestration window shows all engines XTAccess associated to Xsquare as well as their configuration parameters You configure the XTAccess applications from this area The XTAccess configuration is saved in the Xsquare database Each time the configuration of an XTAccess is modified the change is pushed to the engine without requiring an engine reboot Online Disabled XTA Nickname XTA Location Total Max Dest Total Max Trans Orchestration Max Dest IPD LIGHT16 7 7 Max Trans BEMOFE2 Reset Configuration Show Advanced Configuration 36 3 Configuration USER MANUAL Xsquare 3 3 3 Configuration Field Description Name Online Disabled XTA Nickname XTA Location Total Max Dest Total Max Trans Orchestration SN Hostname IP Address XTAccess Version Transcoding License Reset Configuration button V gt The table below describes the various fields and buttons of the Engine area Description Icon showing the engine XTAccess connection status gt when the engine is online E when the engine is offline Wa when the engine is online but disabled m when the engine is offline and disabled Check box you can select to disable an engine that is to say to prevent the engine from handling future jobs The ongoing jobs are fully processed then the qu
9. This means the application will first search and fill locations on page 1 then 2 all camera positions on these pages It will then search for available locations on other pages starting with from the lowest page number After the page reference you can specify a filter on cameras instead of the interrogation mark for example 1 2 A This means only the locations on the specified CAM CAM A will be searched for and filled in When the locations on the specified CAMs are all used on all pages the job will fail and the application will return an error message 2 Job Initiators ys V5 USER MANUAL Xsquare 3 3 i NEW Detailed Rules The values based on the patterns explained below can be defined in the Location field Parameter Value Behavior Null or empty The application uses the first free location from clip number 111 to 099 by iterating on all cams for each clip number Mga Me Dhl sree es IIA TLB 112 TILA TI B ae ally IORA IOE ae Nr OOA OSI ee OOL OS Sis ICs mR T 10 il A PAPA RE 1 5 0 A The application uses the CAM A free locations first on page 1 5 and then 0 411 A KA 111A 199A 510A a 599A 113 aT O10A O99A a 510 Ed When the CAM A locations on these three pages are full the application searches the other CAM A free locations in the other pages starting on page after 0 page 2 since 0 and 1 are full in this case 2 Job Initiators 2 EVS Broadcast Equipment SA
10. USER MANUAL Xsquare 3 3 6 5 V gt Managing Monitored Jobs Introduction Several actions that allow users to manage monitored jobs are available from a contextual menu when you right click a row in the Job Grid area of the Monitoring window or in the Queue Management tab The following screenshots show these contextual menus Cancel Retry Hide Go to queue Show all info G_5SrcFile_ 20 5 192 16 Cancel Retry Move to Top Show all info Job Grid contextual menu in Queue Job Grid contextual menu in Monitoring window Management tab 6 Monitoring Available Commands on Monitored Jobs Menu Item Cancel Retry Hide Go to queue Move to Top Show all info Description Allows users to cancel a job scheduled or in progress Allows users to retry a failed or canceled job Allows users to hide a job they no longer want to be displayed in the grid You can apply this to jobs you have already dealt with for example It does not purge the job but only hide it Allows users to open the Queue Management tab Allows user to move the selected job to the first position in the Queue Management tab for the job to be processed in priority Opens a pane with detailed information on the selected job 93 EVS Broadcast Equipment SA 6 6 h Monitoring EVS Server Monitoring Window Introduction Issue 3 3 A February 2015 The EVS Server Monitoring window displays the list of EVS servers
11. XTAccess uses all the network bandwidth available and try to perform the job as fast as possible By limiting the bandwidth for lower priority jobs archiving jobs for example more bandwidth can be available for higher priority jobs This field therefore makes it possible to better manage job priorities and to smoothen the bursts in bandwidth use view the user who has created the scanXML definition This is anon editable field only available for users logged as administrators 15 EVS Broadcast Equipment SA Issue 3 3 A February 2015 GUI Element Use this element to button add a scanXML definition Add button button remove the selected scanXML definition Remove button Start button Button that allows users to start the scanXML service of Xsquare that is to say start scanning the scanXML folder and executing the job when an XML file is detected in the scanXML folder Stop button Button that allows users to stop the ScanXML service of Xsquare Refresh button Button that allows users to refresh the window display 16 2 Job Initiators a V5 USER MANUAL Xsquare 3 3 2 3 2 Merge Rules for ScanXML Jobs When you have associated a template to a scanXML definition in Xsquare the parameters from the XML file job and from the scanXML job in Xsquare based on the job template are merged into a final job definition In this merge process priority rules are applicable to determine which parameters will prev
12. B C F H and L The application uses the 123A location only If the LSMID is not free the job will return the following error Clip already exi Co onhan 2 Job Initiators yj V5 USER MANUAL Xsquare 3 3 i NEW Parameter Value Behavior 123 ACEGJ The application uses the first free location starting from clip number 123 with a filter on CAM A C E G and J only T23A 1230 12 3E 123G IZ Su Ida Ae a eae Zar SOV So le oS NO I ee oid ae OTOA UICC ONO IEW a5 WSS ea Ve Je Se e NEWS ol ae TOAT CI EI ae MMR 123 E 123 or The application uses the first free location starting from clip number 123 ABCDEF 123 checking all cameras of a clip before trying next clip number T2 A Ba angel ey E oaa lt 4 lle AE a e A ea a a a a O S O ee 10 a OE OO oR TUNBA OORO oho ale DEEA ca CESS 2 Job Initiators 29 EVS Broadcast Equipment SA Issue 3 3 A February 2015 3 Saks 3 1 1 3 1 2 30 Configuration Orchestration Introduction Before working with an Xsquare application the administrator has to associate the requested engines XTAccess to the specific Xsquare application This association is performed in the Association tool a dedicated application you can install with the Xsquare Suite setup package Once Xsquare is associated to a number of engines it will send the jobs by default to the associated engine that is the most available on the network You can however organize the engines in groups
13. Define the Engine Orchestration This means you defined the maximum destinations the maximum destinations with transcoding the XTAccess can handle in each cluster it belongs to 1 Click the Orchestration field A dialog box similar to the following one is displayed XF73130 Cluster Max Dest Max Trans FromFolder 3 4 default 6 E 2 In this window type the maximum destinations and maximum destinations with transcoding the XTAccess can handle in each cluster it belongs to 3 Click OK The values in the Max Dest and Max Trans fields are adapted according to the entered values How to Assign a Nickname to the XTAccess Type the nickname for the XTAccess in the Nickname field of the requested XTAccess Job Templates and Encoder Profiles Job Template amp Encoder Profile Windows General Description The Job Template window and Encoder Wrapper Profile window are used to manage the job templates and encoder wrapper profiles mainly to perform the following actions e Creating editing or deleting a customized job template or encoder wrapper profile e Importing or exporting a job template or encoder wrapper profile definition to an XML file From the Job Template window you can access the Job Definition windows of all job templates From the Encoder Wrapper Profile window you can access the Encoder Profile windows of all encoder or wrapper profiles 3 Configuration V USER MANUAL Xsquare 3 3 i
14. Destinations 3 4 Transcoding 2 2 default Destinations 2 4 Transcoding 0 3 6 Monitoring USER MANUAL Xsquare 3 3 6 Monitoring Field Description V gt The table below describes the various fields of the Cluster area Part 1 Name Cluster name Cluster Load icon Destinations X Y Transcoding X Y Warning Description Name of the cluster and associated icon as defined in the Orchestration window Provides information on the number of jobs scheduled in the cluster and therefore on the workload on the cluster iii No job is scheduled in the cluster Iil From 0 to 6 jobs are scheduled in the cluster lIl From 6 to 15 jobs are scheduled in the cluster lll More than 15 jobs are scheduled in the cluster Displays the number of destinations being processed by the cluster X out of the maximum destinations it can handle Y The maximum destinations is defined in the Orchestration window Displays the number of destinations with transcoding being processed by the cluster X out of the maximum destinations with transcoding it can process Y The maximum destinations with transcoding is defined in the Orchestration window If the Cluster Load icon is red it means your cluster receives more jobs than its maximum capacity It is recommended to modify your cluster definition 91 EVS Broadcast Equipment SA Issue 3 3 A February 2015 6 4 92 Manipulating and Analyzing Monitoring Data
15. RENDER EDL i To EVS MXF file no transcoding 172 22 52 31 Media NL IP Director To NL Desti_ 100 Realtime Administrator 172 22 52 27 scans XML 01 ase IPD Scan To VC 3 MXF OPAtom file Interplay Ref i To VC 3 100Mbps MXF OPAtom file Avid Inter sd01 ingest2 Avid MediaFiles MXF jly Disabled Administrator 172 22 52 27 TestAuto test WH XML To EVSMXF file 1 dest all MOVE i To EVS MXF file no transcoding 172 22 52 27 TestAuto test A 12A Dest1 aan Disabled Administrator File 172 22 52 27 TestAuto test A 12A Dest2 To EVS MXF file no transcoding Administrator To EVS Server Same Codec as target transco Administrator MyServer Xsquare_XML ae MyXMLScan To EVSMXF file i To EVS MXF file no transcoding lt Use value from XML Job gt Ses Disabled Administrator 172 22 52 22 CE_XML oes EDL Clean Multi To EVS MXF Clean 3 DESTS i To EVS MXF file no transcoding 172 22 52 31 Media NL IP Director To NL Dest5 Disabled Administrator Hi Transcoding 172 22 52 31 Media NL IP Director To NL Dest4 File 172 22 52 31 Media NL IP Director To NL Dest3 14 2 Job Initiators USER MANUAL Xsquare 3 3 2 Job Initiators V gt Field Description The table below describes the fields in the ScanXML window GUI Element ScanXML field ScanXML Name field Template field Edit button Destination Name field Destination field Bandwidth Throttling field Owner field Use this eleme
16. The following screenshot presents the Job Templates window As the Encoder Wrapper Profile window is designed in the same way it is not illustrated below The window parts and buttons described below are applicable to both windows 1 2 3 ft Monitonng Job Initiators Configuration Administration 7 License Validity no license Logged in a5 Administrator Logout Configuration Job Templates s amp Name a Usage Default Owner 11S Web H264 3 destinations 0 IIS Web H264 4 destinations o To Avid Transfer Engine To EVS Server clip dnxhd i administrator Delete To EVS Server clip Same Codec as source To EVS Server clip Same Codec as target To EVSMXF file To EVSM lt F file Medio Ref To High Res file To EVS Server clip To High Res file To Low Res files Refresh Filter Area 1 The Filters area makes it possible to filter the list of job templates or encoder wrapper profiles based on their name The grid is automatically refreshed to display only the items whose name includes the string specified in the Filter area See section Filtering and Sorting Grid Items on page 47 Items Grid 2 The Items grid Job grid or Encoder Wrapper grid provide information on the job templates and encoder wrapper profiles It also allows users to sort the grid items and perform individual actions on the grid templates or profiles See section Fields in the Job Template and Encoder Profile Grids on page 48 3 Config
17. Xsquare The Xsquare group must be the same as the AD group case sensitivity See section Managing Groups on page 83 In Active Directory 5 2 1 Users and Access Window General Description The Users and Access window allows administrators to perform the following actions e create users e manage the user s credentials compulsory e assign a role to a user compulsory e include a user into one or several groups optional It is only accessible to users logged on as administrators Warning When Xsquare is integrated with Active Directory the user definition is fully managed in Active Directory and no changes can be performed in Xsquare The user definitions are read only in this window 5 Administration 69 EVS Broadcast Equipment SA Issue 3 3 A February 2015 The following screenshot present the Users amp Access window without integration with Active Directory ft Monitoring Job Initiators Configuration Administration License Validity no license Logged in as Administrator Logout Administration Users ee el oe ee eee EVS Administrator Username Password Password Validation Group s Last login date Administrator eoccce eoccce 26 September 2013 13 35 User s Password Password Validation Group s Role Last login date aeaece eeccee Technical 25 September 2013 11 4 Delete eeccce eeccce CommonBlocks Xsquare 26 September 2013 13 3 Delete eoccce eeccee CommonBlocks Commo Technical 26 September 20
18. called clusters This allows Xsquare to dedicate a cluster to a specific job type and force the engines associated to the given cluster to execute that cluster job type only The cluster definition must be based on the network topology or on live oriented jobs The goal could be toisolate specific important jobs for example backup of train to specific engines mainly in live or near live productions when jobs have to be processed in real time e to send jobs to the only engines that can reach a destination network topology aspect Orchestration Rules You should keep in mind the following rules when you define the engine orchestration e You can assign an XTAccess to more than one cluster if you want this XTAccess application to take in charge two different job types e Xsquare will send transcoding jobs only to the XTAccess that have transcoding licenses It is therefore not possible to specify a maximum number of transcoding jobs for an XTAccess that does not have a transcoding license e Xsquare will preferably send jobs to the XTAccess installed on the same computer as the destination or the source e Xsquare takes only the first destination into account to choose the cluster that will handle a job In case of multidestinations the other destinations are not taken into account for the cluster selection e Xsquare will use the first cluster highest position in the list of Cluster area that is configured to handle
19. detected on the network This window allows users to check that e the EVS servers defined as the destination in the Job Definition e the EVS servers used as the source in a multiessence configuration have effectively been discovered and identified on the network Job Initiators Configuration Administration Monitoring EVS Servers EVS SDTI Network name 53 120 CDL M12 MDH xt51 34 CDL M12x 31 3 i ER CDL M11 JedXt3 53 103 51 6 JedXt2 51 7 XT SBL XT2 17 XT3 6U A XT3 6U B Refresh 94 Force discover Senal number 20720 46610 48680 112770 92580 109940 35490 14210 20140 29090 123080 54440 49760 33960 22350 54460 25160 41450 26870 25230 114320 Giga address 1 192 168 102 102 172 22 53 120 172 22 51 9 172 22 51 20 172 22 51 34 172 22 51 10 172 22 51 103 172 227 5104 AF2 22 51 5 172 222 51 8 172 22 51 85 172 22 53 103 172 22 51 11 172 22 51 19 1 1 67 3 172 22 51 88 172 22 51 107 172 22 50 33 192 168 141 117 172 22 52 107 172 22 52 110 Last discover 10 18 2013 4 48 57 AM Giga address 2 172 22 51 2 11 1 1 4 192 168 45 10 192 168 53 10 1 1 67 34 192 168 10 154 172 23 51 103 172 23 51 101 1 1 66 101 192 168 12 10 192 168 12 125 10 1 1 3 128 2 111 2 192 168 12 10 172 22 51 13 192 169 12 10 192 168 51 107 1a ath F 192 168 141 217 128 1 2 23 192 168 12 10 License Validity 02 Jan 2015 Logged in as Administrator Logout MTPC a
20. engines associated to Xsquare are included in the default cluster which processes all job types Names of the associated engines The name is made of the nickname assigned in the Engine List area and the hardware serial number Button to remove a cluster You cannot remove the default cluster Button to collapse the cluster box display the cluster name only or expand the cluster box display the associated engines Button to add a cluster See section Cluster Types on page 34 for the list of cluster types In the Cluster area of the Orchestration window the list of available cluster types is displayed when you right click the icon in a Cluster box to add a cluster default XF73130 73130 IPDA184130 184130 3 Configuration USER MANUAL Xsquare 3 3 V gt The table below describes the available cluster types the jobs that each cluster will process and the parameters you need to specify in the Selected Cluster Information area Cluster Name Ingest from EVS Server To EVS Server From EVS Server From Folder To Folder Transfer to Avid Web Services Transfer to Avid TM Transfer to Final Cut Pro Transfer to Adobe Transfer to Xedio EVS EDL 3 Configuration Description The cluster engines will process the backup of trains triggered by the PDirector Ingest Scheduler This cluster will not handle usual train backups The cluster engines will process jobs having an EVS server a
21. for wrapper Wrapper Check box to identify wrappers The check box is only selected for wrappers 48 3 Configuration USER MANUAL Xsquare 3 3 Field Name Default Owner Actions V gt Description Check box to specify whether the job template is predefined Selected check box or customized cleared check box User who created the job template No owner is specified for predefined templates The value is automatically filled in with the login of the user who creates a customized job template Actions that can only be performed on each grid item separately 3 2 4 Types of Job Templates The job templates specify a job process and a destination When you create a scanXML scanfolder or target you need to select a predefined template or create a custom template Several job templates are available in Xsquare whatever the job initiator For each job initiator predefined templates are available in Xsquare They are grouped in five categories Job Templates Without Transcoding With Transcoding MultiDestination To Avid Transfer Engine Custom 3 Configuration Description The job definition does not include a transcoding action This kind of job template includes templates to EVS servers or to files The job definition includes a transcoding action This kind of job template includes templates to EVS servers or to files The source material is processed for and sent to several destinati
22. in the XML job file select No Template from the list o Ifthe available templates do not meet your needs you can create a new template based on an existing one by clicking the Edit button See section Creating a Customized Job Template on page 51 for more information on creating a customized job template 19 EVS Broadcast Equipment SA Issue 3 3 A February 2015 2 4 2 4 1 20 6 Inthe Destination field do one of the following according to the selected job template o If you do not want to change the original destination defined in the XML job file keep lt Use dest from XML Job gt o Ifthe destination is a shared folder on the network click the iia button and select the computer where the shared folder is located If you have not yet connected to that computer you have to type the Windows user and password to gain access to the shared folders on that computer o Ifthe destination is an EVS server type one or both GigE address of the EVS server It is recommended to click the A icon and specify the username password to access the EVS server as well as the requested location that is page bank and first position o If the destination is an Avid Transfer Engine specify the name of the Avid Transfer Engine 7 Inthe Bandwidth Throttling field you can limit to real time or a multiple of it the maximum bandwidth allocated to the jobs based on this job initiator 8 Doone of the following actions to sa
23. job initiators windows Once you have created the template you can open it back and refine the configuration to meet your needs 3 Configuration yj V5 USER MANUAL Xsquare 3 3 E 3 Configuration How to Add a Destination To add a destination proceed as follows 1 From the Job Templates window click the Edit button for the job template you want to add a destination to Click ii on the left pane and select a destination type from the list that appears 3 Source configuration To EVS MXF file High To EVS Server clip High Add File Destination Add HI Transcoding File Destination Add LOW Transcoding File Destination Add EVS Server Destination ad Add Avid Web Services Destination ad Add Avid Standalone Destnaton FCP Add FCP Destination FOP Add FCPX Destination Pr Add Adobe Destination cl Add Medio CE Destination The new destination is selected in the left pane Surrounded by a blue line and the related settings are displayed on the right pane On the right pane select the codec wrapper profile on which the destination is based in the Encoder Wrapper Profile field Encoder Wrapper profile MXF OPAtom Avid Click Save How to Remove a Destination 1 From the Job Templates window click the Edit button for the job template you have previously created Click the cross sign next to the destination you want to remove To EVS MXF file no transcoding Click Yes to confir
24. job template Once the file is processed it is sent to the destination defined in the job ScanXML A scanXML instruction consists in an XML job definition file V1 job stored in a dedicated folder by aclient application The folder is scanned by the ScanXML service of Xsquare when it is defined in an active started scanXML When the client application drops the XML job file in the scanned folder the ScanXML service creates a job to process the source file as defined in the job template When no job template is associated to the scanXML definition in Xsquare the instructions contained in the XML job file are taken into account Otherwise the instructions are merged based on specific merge rules 8 2 Job Initiators ys V5 USER MANUAL Xsquare 3 3 i 2 2 2 2 1 Job Templates Templates that specify a job process and destination Xsquare users select a predefined templates or create a custom template when they create a scanXML scanfolder or target See section Types of Job Templates on page 49 for more information on the types of job templates Configuring Targets Target Window General Description The Target window makes it possible to define the targets that will be available in client applications and specify the underlying job elements that is to say the processing and the destination for the job On the Target window each defined target is represented as a row in a table that contains a number of fields d
25. page 60 Sa V5 USER MANUAL Xsquare 3 3 i 1 1 1 1 Introduction Introduction Product Overview Description Xsquare acts as an orchestrator that centralizes all job requests from client applications and dispatches them to the most appropriate processing device taking into account load balancing job type etc The Xsquare solution offers the following advantages e Central orchestrator for all jobs e Global configuration tool for all processing devices e Global monitoring tool e Integration with old job processing Client Processing Applications Devices EVS Broadcast Equipment SA Issue 3 3 A February 2015 1 2 Client Applications The Xsquare client is the device that initiates the job for Xsquare The client provides the source file or clip Xsquare needs to process The clients can be e EVS or third party applications that use the new or the old job types that Xsquare can process e Files that are dropped in a folder and trigger a job process Xsquare Orchestrator Xsquare itself consists of four processes e Thejob orchestration process that receives the job requests and send them to the right processing device e The ScanFolder process that manages source files dropped in dedicated folders and send jobs to Xsquare to process these files See also section Defining a ScanFolder on page 22 e The ScanXML process that manages XML file jobs old job definition called V1 jobs and transla
26. server This is defined in the EVS Configuration window in the Network tab Second gigabit IP address of the EVS server This is defined in the EVS Configuration window in the Network tab IP Address of the PC LAN of the EVS server This is defined in the EVS Configuration window in the Server tab Multicam version active on the EVS server Connection status between the EVS server and Xsquare The following statuses are possible e Discovered Xsquare has discovered the EVS server but is has not received a job with a source from this XT e Connected Xsquare has received one job with a source from this EVS server and has validated the connection e Disconnected Xsquare has received one job with a source from this EVS server but the LinX connection has been lost Every five minutes Xsquare searches for new EVS servers on the network through the PC LAN connection The discovered EVS servers are then added to the grid The status bar at the bottom of the EVS Server Monitoring window displays the following information on the EVS Server discovery from left to right 6 Monitoring Force Discover button to force the discover process without waiting for the next automatic discovery Date and time of the last discovery process Number of EVS servers discovered on the network 95 V5 USER MANUAL Xsquare 3 3 i Glossary Glossary G group A group of users A user can belong to one or more groups R role A
27. the job e Xsquare will never send jobs to one XTAccess which cannot process the job If no XTAccess is available Xsquare will schedule the job in its database and will wait for the first available XTAccess 3 Configuration USER MANUAL Xsquare 3 3 3 1 3 3 Configuration V gt Orchestration Window Introduction Once engines have been associated to an Xsquare application they can be configured and organized in clusters of engines that will be dedicated to specific job types This cluster organization is defined in the Orchestration window G Note q The Xsquare and engine orchestration can be modified live while jobs are being processed without requiring any engine or Xsquare reboot The changes in the orchestration will be applied to all future jobs but also to job in the queue The Orchestration window contains the areas highlighted on the screenshot below Configuration s Orchestration e ovableDevices x A IPO LIGHT16 107860 default BEMOFE2 100400 IPD LIGHT16 107860 S 31 EVS Broadcast Equipment SA Issue 3 3 A February 2015 Area Description The table below describes the various parts of the Orchestration window Part Name Description le Cluster area Area displaying the defined clusters You can add new clusters from there See section Cluster Area on page 33 and Managing Engine Clusters on page 41 2 Engine area Area displaying metadata on all engines associated to Xsqu
28. the target you want to unpublish The Publish to window opens Click Clear Selection in the Publish to window Click Save 2 Job Initiators 13 EVS Broadcast Equipment SA Issue 3 3 A February 2015 2 3 Configuring ScanXML 2 3 1 ScanXML Window General Description The ScanXML window makes it possible to take over XML file jobs by scanning the scanXML folder where XML job definition files are dropped From the ScanXML window you can define scanXML that will handle the scanXML jobs in two possible ways e Taking over the XML file job and processing it as originally defined in the XML file In this case you will not apply any template to the scanXML job e Taking over the XML file job and applying an Xsquare template to the job This will modify the job definition by merging the old and the new job definitions See section Merge Rules for ScanXML Jobs on page 17 for more information about job merges An Xsquare service called ScanXML service is responsible for scanning the XML file jobs and translate them in Xsquare jobs based on the scanXML job definition On the ScanXML window each scanXML that corresponds to a specific scanXML folder is represented as a row in a table that contains a number of fields described below Job lInitiators s ScanXML instructions amp ScanXML ScanXML Name Template Destination Name Destination Bandwith throttling Owner 172 22 52 27 scans XML 01 wee D XML To EVSMXF file 1 dest
29. 1 Introduction Sa V5 USER MANUAL Xsquare 3 3 i 1 Introduction Area Description Xsquare is made up of the following modules ile 2 N Module Task Job Initiators Allows users to configure start or stop different systems that initiate jobs the processing devices will manage See section Job Initiators on page 7 Configuration The Configuration section contains configurable elements in Xsquare e The Orchestration tool allows users to group the processing devices in clusters dedicated to specific job types This makes it possible to distribute the jobs more efficiently among the various processing devices See section Orchestration on page 30 e The Job Templates tool allows users to manage predefined or customer defined job templates in Xsquare See section Managing Job Templates and Encoder Profiles on page 50 e The Encoders Wrappers Profiles tool allows users to customize encoder wrapper profiles based on the predefined ones available by default in XSquare See section Creating a Customized Job Template on page 51 e Thelcons Manager tool allows managing the icons used in Xsquare See section Icons Manager on page 66 e The Labels tool allows managing the labels that can be assigned to targets See section Labels Window on page 66 Monitoring Allows users to monitor e the jobs scheduled or already processed by the processing devices e the EVS servers detected on the network See
30. 13 13 3 Delete Refresh The following screenshot present the Users amp Access window with integration with Active Directory h Monitoring Job Initiators Configuration Administration License Validity no license Logged in as Administrator Logout Administration Users amp Access iro tmnecuanwansa EVS Administrator Username Password Password Validation Group s Role Last login date Administrator eoccce eoccece EVS Administrator 26 September 2013 11 51 User s Usernames Group s Role EVS AAA CommonBlocks _EVSST EVS AAL _EVSST EVS ACH _EVSST EVS ADI _EVSST EVS ADL GG_TECHNICALWRITER_TEAM _EVSST mml ee causa Force synchronisation with active directory 70 5 Administration V gt USER MANUAL Xsquare 3 3 Field Description The table below describes the various fields of the User and Access window er In AD Item Description EEEE Username field User name used to log into Xsquare Yes read only Password field User password used to log into Xsquare Yes read only Password Validation User password used to validate the first Yes field entered password read only Role field Role assigned to the user A role must Yes always be assigned to a user The assigned read only role must have been defined in the Roles window See section Roles on page 74 for more information on role definition Group field Group s the user belongs to A user can Yes optionally be included in one or more groups read
31. 2 52 27 Dests Dest1 ae Disabled To EVS Server clip Same Codec as target i To EVS Server Same Codec as target transcoding allowed 172 22 51 1 100 Realtime To ProRes 422 LT QTRef file i To ProRes 422 LT QTRef file transcoding allowed 172 22 52 31 Media Dest1 f 100 Realtime To EVSMXF file 1 dest all NO MOVE To EVS MXF file no transcoding 172 22 52 27 TestAuto test A 12A Dest1 Disabled File 172 22 52 27 TestAuto test A 12A Dest2 To EVSMXF file i To EVS MXF file no transcoding 172 22 52 31 Media Dest1 aad Disabled To EVS Server clip ScanFolder d i To EVS Server Same Codec as target transcoding allowed 172 22 51 13 Disabled Hi Transcoding D TestAuto test A 12A Desti To EVS Server Same Codec as target transcoding allowed Field Description The table below describes the fields in the ScanFolder window GUI Element ScanFolder field ScanFolder Name field Filter field Template field Destination Name field Use this element to point to the ScanFolder among others b WXFF3130 ADL_ScanFolder ProRes4271T Options This field is made up of several elements described below from left to right e Icon icon identifying what type of source file is scanned and whether the scanfolder is started green icon or not red icon The source file can be an A V file O D an audio file T T ora graphical sequence H i Q e Path path to the scanfolde
32. Action Buttons 2 3 Description Icon associated to the label The icons managed in the Icon Manager are available in the Labels grid This icon will be displayed in other EVS applications where targets are used Name of the label The label name will be displayed in other EVS applications where labels are used Description of the label Number of job definitions the label is associated to The table below describes the commands available in the Labels window Button Delete Refresh Ei 4 Managing Icons and Labels Description Deletes the label of the corresponding row This is only available for labels created by users Opens the Labels dialog box that allows creating a new label Refreshes the label information in the grid 67 EVS Broadcast Equipment SA Issue 3 3 A February 2015 3 Sl 68 Administration introduction General Principles G Note q The Administration module is only accessible to users logged on as administrators Users are defined in Xsquare with their own login and password Each user must be associated to one and only one role The role defines the user rights and the visibility on the various elements defined or available in Xsquare Each user can but does not have to belong to one or more groups You will first define the roles and groups you need before you create your users You can also create the role as you define the users Active Directory Integratio
33. Description The Groups window allows administrators to view and manage groups of users When Xsquare is not integrated with Active Directory the groups are created in the Groups window and users are then assigned to the created groups When Xsquare is integrated with Active Directory the groups are created in Xsquare with exactly the same name as the corresponding AD groups Once the groups are defined in Xsquare users are automatically assigned to the groups they belong to in Active Directory The actual user assignment is therefore not performed in Xsquare For this reason the Groups window will be slightly different whether Xsquare is integrated with Active Directory or not 5 Administration V USER MANUAL Xsquare 3 3 i The following screenshot present the various areas in the Groups window with integration with Active Directory 1 2 4 fi Monitonig Job Initiators Configuration Adminstration 7 License Validity no license Logged in as Administrator Logout ation Groups 4 User s Mame User s who belong to the group CommonBlocks EVS BCU CommonBlocksR amp D EVS CBE CommonBlocksTest EvS cch Xsquare Users EVS CDL EVS FMR EvsS JED The following screenshot present the various area s in the Groups window without integration with Active Directory 1 2 4 5 tr Monitentg Job Initiaters Configuration Administration 7 License Validity no license Logged in as Administrator Logout Use
34. Incase of a shared folder the full path is specified as follows ComputerName FolderName Name of the source material e Incase of a clip the LSMID and EVS server number are specified e Incase of afile the file name and extension are specified Type of job 89 EVS Broadcast Equipment SA 6 3 90 Field Name Destination Message Frames s MBytes s Cluster XTA Nickname Issue 3 3 A February 2015 Description Location where the job output will be stored e Incase of an EVS server the GigE IP address es is are mentioned e Incase of a shared folder the full path is specified as follows ComputerName FolderName Message giving information on the outcome of the job Transfer rate in number of frames per second Transfer rate in megabytes per second This information is not always available Cluster which has executed the job Name of the computer on which is installed the engine that has processed the job 4q Note q When a job has cancel retry history an asterisk is displayed next to the job ID This means that the displayed job results from a merge of the original job and cancel retry operations Cluster Area Introduction In the Monitoring window the Cluster area provides information on the jobs that are scheduled or processed by a given cluster gt d Transfer ovid IM Destinations 0 4 Transcoding 0 2 ToFolder Destinations 0 4 Transcoding 0 2 xT ToEVSSenver
35. L file jobs through the ScanXML service available in Xsquare as a job initiator Xsquare therefore remains compatible with the old XTAccess scanXML feature EVS Broadcast Equipment SA Issue 3 3 A February 2015 Job Initiators Three job initiators are available in Xsquare Job Initiators Description Targets A job is triggered from a client application when the user calls the target associated to the job See section Defining a Target on page 11 ScanFolders A job is triggered when a file is dropped in a folder defined in the scanfolder configuration and scanned by Xsquare See section Defining a ScanFolder on page 22 ScanXML A job is triggered when an XML definition file is dropped ina folder defined in the scanXML configuration and scanned by Xsquare See section Defining a ScanXML on page 19 Target A target is a destination that the users in the client application can send a source material to The source material can undergo processing before being sent to the destination The targets use the Soap V2 jobs ScanFolder A scanfolder consists in a folder that is scanned by an Xsquare service ScanFolder service to check for files to be processed The folder is scanned when it is defined in an active started scanfolder in Xsquare When a file with the file extension defined in the scanfolder configuration is dropped into the scanned folder the ScanFolder service creates a job to process this source file as defined in the
36. Parameter Value 1 5 0 or 1 5 0 ABCDEFGHIJK L 1 5 0 BCFHL 123A 28 Issue 3 3 A February 2015 Behavior The application uses first the CAM A free locations on page 1 5 and then 0 Then it searches for the CAM B free locations on page 1 5 and then 0 and so on for all CAMs CAM A on page 1 I A Zh SIE SOV I og LEN Ne Then on page 5 Fi Oe lt 5 SO 591A 598A 599A Then on page 0 ee HUSA O91A O98A 099A then CAM B on page 1 110B 111B 112B LGUB LSLB LGob LOSE and so on When the locations on these three pages are full the application searches the other free CAM A locations on another page starting on page after 0 page 2 since 1 is full in this case then CAM B locations C D then next page starting with CAM A The application uses the first free locations on page 1 for CAM B C F H and L Then it uses the free locations on page 5 for the CAM B C F H and L and finally the same on page 0 Page 1 CAMB C F H and L POR OCLC ALOE ak LOULy 4 I E IO oCa Seip LS Sia o St Then on page 5 CAMB C F H and L 510B 510C 510F SIORTS OUL ee BS IG oe Soa 2 SL Then on page 0 010B 010C 010F 010H O10L O099B OSSICS 0S Sle 10 2 Sis 0 SS 110 c When locations CAM B C F H and L on pages 1 5 and 0 are full it searches first for free locations starting on page after page 0 page 2 since 1 is full in this case with CAM filter
37. Sorting Job Grid Items By clicking a column header you sort the rows based on the values of this column The column header the sorting is based on is highlighted in blue and a down or up arrow is displayed above the column header to identify the sorting order ascending descending ak Job Type Filtering Job Grid Items The field is available below the column header allows you to type or select a search filter for a given column The following rules are applicable when you define a filter e The filters defined on each column are associated by an AND operator e The field values selected in one filter are associated by an OR operator e The filters based on text entered by the user do not support wildcards e When a filter based on selectable values is defined on a column the icon is green T Otherwise it is gray T Changing the Job Grid Display You can modify the Job Grid display by right clicking in a column header This opens a contextual menu from which you can e reset the filters and sorting e reset the column layout e select columns to be displayed or hidden e show all columns or only general columns Getting Detailed Information on Monitoring Data You can get more detailed information on monitoring data by right clicking a row and selecting Show all info from the contextual menu You can also view the full error message by double clicking the message for a given job in the Message column 6 Monitoring
38. USER MANUAL Version 3 3 February 2015 Xsquare X a E Monitoring Job Initiators NOl a A anys ScanFolders ScanX sestructions Configuration Eg e2 T oo Ocheros Tob Temples Encoders Wragmers Icons M J Adminis tration la SY V gt Sa V5 USER MANUAL Xsquare 3 3 i Copyright EVS Broadcast Equipment SA Copyright 2012 2015 All rights reserved Disclaimer The information in this manual is furnished for informational use only and subject to change without notice While every effort has been made to ensure that the information contained in this user manual is accurate up to date and reliable EVS Broadcast Equipment cannot be held responsible for inaccuracies or errors that may appear in this publication Improvement Requests Your comments will help us improve the quality of the user documentation Do not hesitate to send improvement requests or report any error or inaccuracy on this user manual by e mail to doc evs com Regional Contacts The address and phone number of the EVS headquarters are usually mentioned in the Help gt About menu in the user interface You will find the full list of addresses and phone numbers of local offices either at the end of this user manual for manuals on hardware products or at the following page on the EVS website http www evs com contacts User Manuals on EVS Website The latest version of the user manual if any and other user manuals on EVS product
39. ail in case of conflicting parameters in the job based on the XML file and on the Xsquare template The applicable rules are presented in the following table Job Type Hao NRE Description in the XML Fil in the Xsquare Result UN ne Template Destination Codec Wrapper Format Other Options Job to EVS Server No associated template No merge All parameters are taken over from the XML file job Xsquare does not add anything Job to File No associated template Nomerge All parameters are taken over from the XML file job Xsquare does not add anything Job to EVS Server Template to EVS Server Merge XML File if you specify Use dest from From Xsquare template Information from XML file XML Job in the GUI OR used in priority Xsquare job if you select a specific destination in the GUI Job to File Template to EVS Server No merge All parameters are taken over from the XML file job Xsquare does not add anything Job to EVS Server TemplatetoFile Use No merge All parameters are taken over from the XML file job Xsquare does not add anything dest from XML Job Job to File Template to File Use Merge XML File if you specify Use dest from From Xsquare template Information from XML file dest from XML Job XML Job in the GUI OR used in priority Xsquare job if you select a specific destination in the GUI 2 Job Initiators 17 EVS Broadcast Equipment SA Job Type in the XML File Job to EVS Server Job to File Job to EVS Server Job
40. ailable and try to perform the job as fast as possible By limiting the bandwidth for lower priority jobs archiving jobs for example more bandwidth can be available for higher priority jobs This field therefore makes it possible to better manage job priorities and to smoothen the bursts in bandwidth use view the user who has created the scanfolder This is anon editable field only available for users logged as administrators add a scanfolder remove the selected scanfolder start the ScanFolder service of Xsquare that is to say start scanning the scanfolder and executing the job when a file is detected in the scanfolder stop the ScanFolder service of Xsquare refresh the window display Defining a ScanFolder Introduction Adding a scanfolder will allow you to define the job to be applied to files dropped in the scanfolder that means a given shared folder scanned by the ScanFolder service of Xsquare For the ScanFolder service to take scanfolder jobs into account you must start the associated scanfolder definition in Xsquare See section ScanFolder Window on page 20 for additional information on the field values specified in this procedure 2 Job Initiators Sa V5 USER MANUAL Xsquare 3 3 i 2 Job Initiators Prerequisites Before adding a scanfolder you must share the source scanfolder and the destination folder Procedure To add a scanfolder in Xsquare proceed as follows 1 Select ScanFo
41. alID Auto Auto grab Advanced UmID Auto Auto Create new Keep original Specify 3 For each ID type you can ask o for IDs to be automatically managed o to keep the original ID o gt to generate a new ID o specify the desired ID Additional information is available in the Tooltip icon Ci 3 Configuration yj V5 USER MANUAL Xsquare 3 3 E How to Create Grabs In this tab you can set automatic grabs of the source media to be created for each output This option will only work with non EDL sources 1 Inthe Job Template window select the destination you want to create grabs for 2 Click the Auto grab tab in the Destination pane To NLE Automatically create grabs during the job Destination metadata Destination IDs Auto grab Advanced 3 Select the check box to create grabs during the job How to Set More Advanced Options You can specify more advanced options among others related to management metadata XML file timecode in destination file 3D Supermotion modes or default autoname as follows 1 Inthe Job Template window select the destination whose advanced options you want to set 2 Click the Advanced tab in the Destination pane To NLE E Destination Failure Mode Policy Abort all the job if this destination fails Destination metadata Incomplete File Retention Policy Auto Retain file if Rec Train Destination IDs Destination File Naming Policy Increment Parenthetical A
42. ally create grabs during the job Deprecated Audio sources TnmClip RemoveGuardbands Specify the maximum duration for the backup train without OUT point Graphical sources Advanced 2 Select the requested check box to activate an option A tooltip for each parameter is displayed as you move the mouse pointer over the icon Configuring Destination Settings in a Job Template Initial and Final Steps All destination settings are configured in the Job Template window Therefore you need to perform the following initial and final steps e As initial step open the template you want to customize in the Job Template window and select the destination you want to customize The related settings are displayed on the right pane e Once you have configured the requested source settings click Save As in the Job Template window to validate the changes See section How to Modify Settings Related to the Destination s on page 55 How to Change the Destination Icon The destination icon is used in Xsquare but also in other EVS applications or software suites like PDirector 1 Inthe Job Template window select the destination whose icon you want to change 2 Select a new icon in the Destination Icon field where all icons added in the Icons Manager window are available Destination Icon 3 Configuration Si V5 USER MANUAL Xsquare 3 3 i How to Change the Wrapper Encoder for the Destination A wrapper or encode
43. ansfer 88 6 Monitoring USER MANUAL Xsquare 3 3 6 Monitoring Field Description V gt The table below describes the fields available by default in the Job Grid area If you want to display other fields or hide displayed field you can right click a column header and select or unselect the field from the contextual menu Field Name ID Status Received Date Source Path Source Name Job Type Description Job identifier in Xsquare If a job contains sub jobs you can click the right arrow in front of the parent job ID to display the associated sub jobs par Status of the job in Xsquare The following statuses are available job in progress job scheduled job failed O job successful job canceled Date and time when Xsquare has received the job request This is the local date and time on the computer on which the Xsquare application is installed The following filters can be applied on date fields jobs received in the last 10 minutes jobs received in the last hour D jobs received in the last 24 hours jobs received before a given date jobs received after a given date jobs received between two dates UTC time is used internally The time zone depends on the client machine configuration usually local time You need to restart your browser after changing the computer s time zone Location of the source material e Incase of an EVS server the GigE IP address es is are mentioned e
44. are See section Engine Area on page 36 and Configuring Engines on page 43 9 Selected Area displaying detailed information on the engine selected in the Cluster Engine area Information See section Selected Cluster Information Area on page 38 area 4 Action Buttons allowing users to save cancel undo redo actions buttons performed in the Orchestration window You will find a short description of each button in the table below General Action Buttons u oF O 5 Description Resets the orchestration configuration to the default values single default cluster no engine configuration Reset Orchestration Refresh Refreshes the Orchestration window Tewa Saves the actions performed in the Orchestration window Cancel Cancels all actions performed in the Orchestration window since the save or since you opened the window Undo 1 Allows to undo one by one the actions stored in the undo buffer The number of actions in the buffer is specified between brackets Redo 1 Allows to redo one by one the actions stored in the redo buffer The number of actions in the buffer is specified between brackets 32 3 Configuration ys V5 USER MANUAL Xsquare 3 3 i 3 1 4 3 Configuration Working Process In the Orchestration window you will usually work in the following order 1 Creating the required clusters in the Cluster area See section Managing Engine Clusters on page 41 2 Specifying the clu
45. are does not add anything The second destination is created with the parameters from the Xsquare template since the XML file jobs handle a single destination 2 Job Initiators Sa V5 USER MANUAL Xsquare 3 3 i 2 3 3 2 Job Initiators Defining a ScanXML Introduction By adding a scanXML in Xsquare the application will handle the XML file jobs by scanning the scanXML folder where XML job files are dropped and applying Xsquare job definition if requested For the ScanXML service to take scanXML jobs into account you must start the ScanXML in Xsquare See section ScanXML Window on page 14 for additional information on the field values specified in this procedure Prerequisites Before defining ascanXML you must share the scanXML folder and the destination folder Procedure To add a scanXML in Xsquare proceed as follows 1 Select ScanXML in the Job Initiators menu 2 Click the button at the bottom of the window to add a row for anew scanXML definition 3 Inthe ScanXML field do the following a Click n and select the folder to be scanned This is the folder where the XML job files will be dropped b Enter the Windows login and password to access the computer where the scanXML folder is located 4 If requested modify the default ScanXML Name In the Template field select the job template to be applied to the scanXML from the list o If you do not want to modify the original job defined
46. bled EVS Broadcast Equipment SA Issue 3 3 A February 2015 Field Description The table below describes the fields in the Target window GUI Element Target Name field Label field Template field Destination Name field Destination field Bandwidth Throttling field Owner field Currently published to field Publish button button Add button button Remove button Refresh button Use this element to assign a name to the target that will appear in the EVS application where the target is available assign a label to the target associate a job template to the target Edit The button allows users to open the displayed job template and create a customized job template based on it view the name of the destination It is stored in the job template and is automatically filled in when you select the job template specify the physical location where the processed material has to be stored See section Job Destination Parameters on page 24 for more information on this field limit the maximum bandwidth allocated to a job to the bandwidth for a real time processing or a multiple of it If the field value is set to Disable XTAccess uses all the network bandwidth available and try to perform the job as fast as possible By limiting the bandwidth for lower priority jobs archiving jobs for example more bandwidth can be available for higher priority jobs This field therefore
47. crosses correspond to the IP address of the machine on which Xsquare is installed OR http computername 9004 where computername is the full computer name of the machine on which Xsquare is installed 2 Toaccess Xsquare enter your username and password When you have an Xsquare license your username is displayed on the top right corner of the Xsquare window User Credentials When Xsquare is not integrated with Active Directory the user login and password are defined in Xsquare When Xsquare is integrated with Active Directory users will use the Windows login and password to access Xsquare The username must be preceded by the domain name in the following pattern domain name username EVS Broadcast Equipment SA Issue 3 3 A February 2015 1 3 Xsquare User Interface Illustration Xsquare is a web based application its home page features the modules organized in four sections C Note q The access to the various modules of Xsquare depend on your user rights The unavailable modules are dimmed on the main window h Monitoring Job Initiators Configuration Administration License Validity no license Logged in as Administrator Logout Msquare Version 3 1 57 Monitoring EVS Servers ScanFolders ScanXML instructions XML jobs oOo Configuration gt Orchestration Job Templates Encoders Wrappers Icons Labels profiles iii KO Job Initiators 4 Administration LA Users amp Access A
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49. ddress 172 22 51 202 172 22 53 128 172 22 51 209 172 22 51 220 172 22 51 234 172 22 51 210 172 22 51 203 aU ee ap 20 172 22 51 205 172 22 51 208 172 22 51 185 172 22 53 105 172 22 51 211 172 22 51 219 172 22 51 213 172 22 51 188 172 22 51 207 172 22 50 16 172 22 23 217 172 22 52 108 172 22 52 111 Discovered servers 32 Version 11 1 74 11 2 48 12 2 42 12 2 42 11 2 69 12 2 42 11 2 68 Uae aes F i 11 1 74 11 2 68 12 2 41 11 2 61 11 1 73 12 2 42 12 2 42 11 2 68 12 2 42 11 2 68 11 1 76 11 1 76 12 1 10 State Discovered Discovered Discovered Discovered Discovered Discovered Discovered Discovered Discovered Discovered Discovered Discovered Discovered Discovered Discovered Discovered Discovered Discovered Discovered Discovered Discovered 6 Monitoring USER MANUAL Xsquare 3 3 V gt Field Description The table below describes the various fields of the EVS Servers window from left to right Part Name 1 EVS Server Name 2 Serial Number 3 Giga address 1 4 Giga address 2 5 MTPC address 6 Version T State Status Bar Description Name of the EVS Server in the SDTI network This corresponds to the Net Name field displayed in the Server Monitoring page on the EVS Server SHIFT F5 Serial number of the EVS Server The EVS Server serial number is displayed in the Server Monitoring page on the EVS Server SHIFT F5 First gigabit IP address of the EVS
50. der A small arrow is then displayed next to the field header showing the sorting order The grid can only be sorted on one field header at a time 47 EVS Broadcast Equipment SA Issue 3 3 A February 2015 3 2 3 Fields in the Job Template and Encoder Profile Grids Job Template Grid Name a Usage Default Owner Actions IS Web H264 3 destinations To EVS Server clip dnxhd To Avid Transfer Engine Open administrator Edit Delete Open The table below describes the fields in the Job Template grid Field Name Description Name Name of the job template Usage Number of job definitions the job template is used in Default Check box to specify whether the job template is predefined selected check box or customized cleared check box Owner User who created the job template No owner is specified for predefined templates The value is automatically filled in with the login of the user who creates a customized job template Actions Actions that can only be performed on each grid item separately Encoder Wrapper Profile Grid Mame a DLL Name Wrapper Default Owner Actions DNxHD 185 220 MXF OP1A SMPTE EVSDNxHDEncoderdll Open DNxHD 185 220 MXF OPAtom Avid EVSDNxHDEncoderdll DY DIF The table below describes the fields in the Job Template grid Field Name Description Name Name of the encoder or wrapper profile DLL Name Name of the DLL that contains the encoder definition This is not a relevant field
51. e is integrated with Active Directory the roles the administrator wants to use in Xsquare must have been previously defined as groups in Active Directory In Xsquare the administrator has to create roles having exactly the same name as the corresponding AD groups Beware that the role names are case sensitive Once the roles have been defined in Xsquare they are available in the Role window within 30 minutes or after logging out and back into Xsquare If several AD groups match several Xsquare roles Xsquare associates the Xsquare user to the first role it finds in alphabetical order 5 Administration Sa V5 USER MANUAL Xsquare 3 3 i 5 Administration How to Define a New Role Based on an Existing One To define a new role based on an existing one proceed as follows 1 6 Select the source role in one of the following ways o gt From the Role window click the Open or Edit button of the source role o From a user definition in the Users amp Access window select the source role from the list and click Open in the Role field only applicable without AD integration The definition of the source role is displayed Click on the radio buttons corresponding to the rights you want to define for each right type The radio button is selected white See section About Role Definition on page 77 Repeat the preceding step for all rights you want to modify Click Save As at the bottom of the window Enter a name for the
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53. election setting is set to Automatic in the underlying job template Xsquare will select the source as follows 1 If Xsquare cannot connect to the MTPC board of the EVS server Xsquare will define the clip source as Intra and look for an Intra clip If no Intra clip exists the job will fail even if an XDCAM clip exists 2 If Xsquare can connect to the MTPC board of the EVS server and the job is a grab the engine will use in priority the Intra clip as the source Available source on the EVS Codec used as source server Intra XDCAM Intra XDCAM only XDCAM Intra only Intra 3 If Xsquare can connect to the MTPC board of the EVS server and the job is any other process copy rewrap restore transcoding action referencing in an NLE etc the engine will use in priority the XDCAM clip as the source Available source on the EVS Codec used as source server Intra XDCAM XDCAM XDCAM only XDCAM Intra only Intra 3 Configuration 57 EVS Broadcast Equipment SA Issue 3 3 A February 2015 3 2 8 Configuring Source Settings in a Job Template Initial and Final Steps All source settings are configured in the Job Template window Therefore you need to perform the following initial and final steps and select Pa Source configuration As initial step open the template you want to customize in the Job Template window to display the source settings on the right pane Once you have configured the requested source settin
54. en the destination is a file you have to specify the file location by clicking the A icon and selecting the computer and shared folder where the generated files have to be stored If you have not yet accessed the computer from Xsquare before you have to enter the Windows login and password to have visibility on the shared folders Avid Transfer Engine Destination If the destination is an Avid Transfer Engine you need to specify the name of the Avid Transfer Engine 2 Job Initiators 25 EVS Broadcast Equipment SA Issue 3 3 A February 2015 2 5 2 26 Clip Location on an EVS Server Introduction When the destination is an EVS server you can specify which location page bank position camera will be used to store the generated clips on the EVS server You specify this in the Location field available by clicking the Lock icon in the Destination column of the job initiator window The following table explains how the application will assign the location based on the value specified in the Location field Basic Rules The following basic rules are applied If the Location field is empty the default value 111 is applied This means the application uses the first free location starting from clip number 111 checking all cameras of a clip interrogation mark before trying the next clip number Instead of specifying the first clip location you can specify one or more pages between square brackets for example 1 2
55. ervers are routed to this cluster IP addresses of the source EVS server s Failing the IP address es all jobs on clips of EVS servers are routed to this cluster List of source folders List of destination folders No parameter Name of the Avid Transfer Manager No parameter No Parameter No parameter No parameter 35 EVS Broadcast Equipment SA Issue 3 3 A February 2015 Cluster Name Description Needed Parameters Playlist Rendering The cluster engines will process the jobs of rendering a No parameter playlist EDL into a consolidated file and or clip in an EVS server Warning A When you assign an engine to this cluster you need to make sure the associated engines have the Xsecure transcoding license as not check is performed in the engine assignment Playlist Export The cluster engines will process the jobs that back up all No parameter playlist elements EDL into a list of files With such a job the engine will create child jobs internally Removable The engines of the Removable Device cluster will process No parameter Devices jobs having a source or first destination which is a lower performing storage such as IPDrives Disks or USB keys located on their local computer Consequently you should add to this cluster all engines installed on computers connected to a removable device being the source or first destination of XTAccess jobs This cluster will always be at the top of the cluster list
56. escribed below The and signs at the bottom of the window makes it possible to add a target or remove a target from the list h Monitoring Job Initiators Configuration Administration T icense Validity no license Logged in as Administrator Logout Job Initiators Label Target Name Xedio i Xedio QT Mov OP1A MXF Targets Template Destination Name estination Bandwith throttlin To EVS MXF Clean Move i To EVS MXF file no transcoding 172 22 52 22 HiResFiles Eas Disabled To QuickTime Move File i To QuickTime file no transcoding imac JLY i Disabled To MXF OP1A SMPTE file i Pr To MXF OP1A SMPTE file 172 22 52 27 TestAuto Dest 00 Disabled OPAtom MXF To VC 3 MXF OPAtom file Interplay Ref i To VC 3 100Mbps MXF OPAtom file Avid Interplay Ref t sd01 ingest2 Avid MediaFiles MXF jly__ 200 Realtime MyTargetName To MXF OPAtom file AAF Ref AFTER i To MXF OPAtom file Avid AAF Ref no transcoding sd01 ingest2 Avid MediaFiles MXF jly Disabled i To XT FTP 2 Job Initiators To EVS Server clip DVC Pro HD i To EVS Server Same Codec as source no transcoding 172 22 51 1 400 Realtime FTP i To EVS MXF file no transcoding 172 22 52 27 Dests FTP2 ae Disabled To EVS MXF Clean i To EVS MXF file no transcoding 172 22 52 31 Media Dests Dest1 Eaa 200 Realtime To XDCAM HD422 50 MXF OP1A file DELE i To XDCAM HD422 50 MXF OP1A file transcoding 172 22 52 31 Media Dest1 or Disa
57. eued or future jobs will be handled when the engine will be set online again Name assigned in Xsquare to the XTAccess engine This a free text field When you modify the name in this field it is automatically adapted in Xsquare user interface Description of the physical location of the XTAccess hardware This a free text field Maximum number of destinations the XTAccess engine can handle transcoding jobs included The field is read only and the value is assigned via the Orchestration field Bear in mind that a job can contain several destinations Maximum number of destinations the XTAccess engine can transcode The field is read only and the value is assigned via the Orchestration field Field from which you can specify the maximum number of destinations and transcoding jobs the XTAccess can handled in each cluster it belongs to When you click the field you access a dialog box where you can define the Max Dest and Max Trans parameters depending on the cluster XTAccess serial number non editable Name of the host computer on which XTAccess is installed IP address es of the host computer non editable XTAccess version number non editable XSecure license associated to XTAccess and expiration date non editable It specifies if no XSecure license is associated Button used to reset the configuration of the selected engine 37 EVS Broadcast Equipment SA Issue 3 3 A February 2015 Advanced Conf
58. ges containing jobs that match the defined filter and buttons to move to the next previous page and to the first last page e Number of jobs displayed on a page You can directly edit the field value and the display is automatically adapted accordingly e Number of jobs matching the defined filters e Check box to activate deactivate the automatic information refresh 87 EVS Broadcast Equipment SA Issue 3 3 A February 2015 6 2 Job Grid Introduction The Job Grid area in the Monitoring window shows metadata on the jobs that you are monitoring Combinable column filters are available below the column headers This section describes the fields in the Job grid and describe filtering rules The screenshot below shows the first general columns in the Job Grid in the Monitoring window Received date Source Path Source Name Job Type Destination 10167 Scheduled 06 06 2013 13 40 20 D scans d Copy Copy Ct ScanFolder 10162 uccessful 06 06 2013 13 37 11 D scans d Copy Copy Ci ScanFolder D dests E 10161 amp Scheduled 06 06 2013 13 36 52 Transfer 10160 amp Scheduled 06 06 2013 13 36 47 Transfer 10159 amp Scheduled 06 06 2013 13 36 Transfer 10158 amp Scheduled 06 06 2013 13 36 Transfer 10157 Scheduled 06 06 2013 13 36 40 Transfer 10156 Scheduled 06 06 2013 13 36 31 Transfer Scheduled 10155 ae 06 06 2013 13 36 29 172 22 55 80 SSE CnHedui Scheduled 06 06 2013 13 36 24 172 22 55 80 Tr
59. group users are defined in Active Directory User Action Buttons 6 These buttons allow administrators to perform the following actions to define the group members The buttons are not available with Active Directory integration as the group users are defined in Active Directory 82 5 Administration ys V5 USER MANUAL Xsquare 3 3 i 5 4 2 5 Administration Description Adds the user selected in the list of all users right to the list of the users belonging to the selected group left Removes the user selected in the list of the users belonging to the apreprre selected group left and moves it back to the list of all users right Saves the modified group definition Save Cancels the changes in the group definition Managing Groups Introduction Administrators can add new Xsquare groups and assign users to groups in the Groups window The Groups window is accessible from the Administration gt Groups menu When Xsquare is not integrated with Active Directory the administrator creates the groups in the Groups window Then he she assigns them to the groups either in the Groups window or in the User and Access window When Xsquare is integrated with Active Directory the groups are created in the Groups window with exactly the same name as the AD group But the users are NOT assigned to the groups in Xsquare they are automatically assigned to the groups they belong to in Active Directory Principles
60. gs click Save As in the Job Template window to validate the changes See section How to Modify Settings Related to the Source on page 54 How to Clean the EDL Source 1 In the Source Configuration pane select Pre Processing to display associated settings on the right pane Pre processing Clean the source EDL remove graphics and text Post processing EDL sources Audio sources Graphical sources Advanced 2 Select the Clean source EDL check box How to Delete the Source File 1 In the Source Configuration pane select Post Processing to display associated settings on the right pane Pre processing Delete the source file s when the transfer succeeded Post processing EDL sources Audio sources Graphical sources Advanced 2 Select the Delete the source file s when the transfer succeeded check box 58 3 Configuration yj V5 USER MANUAL Xsquare 3 3 i How to Process the Media Associated to EDLs 1 Inthe Source Configuration pane select EDL sources to display associated settings on the right pane Pre processing EDL playlist or timeline mode Post processing Render flatten EDL sources Export EDL with transfer of each EDL item P E Export EDL only without transfer of media Graphical sources Don t forget to specify an encoder profile in the destination s Advanced 2 Select the requested option to specify how Xsquare will handle the media elements included in EDLs H
61. he role of the corresponding row This is only available for roles created by the administrator Allows the administrator to define a name for a new role and then define the role in the Role Definition window New roles can also directly be defined from the Role field in the Users amp Access window See section Defining Roles on page 78 for more information on editing and customizing roles Refreshes the window display 5 Administration USER MANUAL Xsquare 3 3 5 3 3 5 Administration About Role Definition Overview In the Role Definition window you define the rights associated to a role This topic will not provide a detailed description of the Role Definition window but useful information about role definition Role Definition Window The Role Definition window is organized as follows The left column lists the rights that is which action the user can perform on which element type in Xsquare The next columns allow the administrator to define the scope of the right that is on which elements the given right will be granted to the user View modify role TechnicalWriters Same Group Modify Create Update Hide Change priority Targets Read Modify Create Update Delete Publish ScanFolders Scan XML instructions Read Modify Create Update Delete Start Stop Templates Encoder profiles Icons Read Modify Create Update Delete Orchestration and XTAcces
62. iguration When you click the Show Advanced Configuration buton advanced parameters are displayed Please contact the EVS support before using them Name Vedio Group EDL Sub Jobs File Reader No Buffering Filename Encoding Mode QT Ref Optimization AMT buffer size AMT read buffer size Description Group the XTAccess engine belongs to in the Vedio application You can specify a group Maximum number of child jobs XTAccess can handle simultaneously during a backup EDL Clips Option to increase the performance when XTAccess writes on anon Windows storage Option to increase the performance when XTAccess reads a non Windows storage Option which forces all QTRef files to be seen as growing files by XTAccess Parameter that allows the configuration of the Avid AMT library used to write XDCAM OPATON files Contact the Avid Support team for more information Parameter that allows the configuration of the Avid AMT library used to write XDCAM OPATON files Contact the Avid Support team for more information 3 1 7 Selected Cluster Information Area General Description The Selected Cluster Information area in the Orchestration window shows information on the cluster selected in the Cluster area It also allows the users to specify some parameters to specify parameters Xsquare should take into account to know which jobs the engine should handle or not 38 3 Configuration ys V5 USER MANUAL Xsquare 3 3 i
63. ilable through an icon in the Destination column are specific to the destination type and largely common to all job initiators EVS Server Destination Overview The screenshots below show the Destination column with the parameters for an EVS server destination Target 1 1 20 5 A ScanXML lt Use value from XML Job gt ScanFolder PERE 2 Job Initiators Sa V5 USER MANUAL Xsquare 3 3 i IP Addresses In this field specify the IP addresses of the one or both GigE ports of the EVS server In the scanXML job initiator Xsquare will use the value from the XML job if you leave the field empty For the other job initiators you have to provide at least one IP address Lock Icon A Clicking this icon opens the EVS Server Authentication window In this window the following fields are available e The username and password to access the EVS server If the fields are left empty it is assumed the default values for username and password are used on the EVS server e The storage location that is the definition of how the clips should be stored on the EVS server See section Clip Location on an EVS Server on page 26 for more information on how to specify the location rules in this field ID ID Icon EJ In the ScanFolder window clicking the ID icon opens the ID Mode window The ID mode allows users to specify whether new IDs have to be generated or whether the old IDs will be taken over File Destination Wh
64. ion page 60 change the wrapper encoder for the How to Change the Wrapper Encoder for destination the Destination on page 61 add NLE related settings for the How to Add NLE Related Settings for the destination file Generated File on page 61 specify values to overwrite source How to Specify Values to Overwrite the metadata in the destination file Source Metadata on page 61 manage the ID definition in the destination How to Manage ID Definition in the file Destination on page 62 3 Configuration 55 EVS Broadcast Equipment SA Issue 3 3 A February 2015 3 2 17 56 If you want to Refer to create grabs of the source media foreach How to Create Grabs on page 63 destination file request a transfer of the destination file How to Request a File Transfer on page 64 set more advanced options How to Set More Advanced Options on page 63 3 Click Save The updated template has been saved and is and is available in the Template drop down field in the job initiators windows Configuring the Source Selection on the EVS Server Introduction When the source media is located on an EVS server running a multi essence configuration Xsquare needs to know which source it should take into account on the EVS server The source taken into account partly depends on the value defined in the EVS Server Source Selection setting in the job template This section describes e how you set the Source EVS Server Source Selecti
65. l as the requested location that is page bank and first position o Ifthe destination is an Avid Transfer Engine specify the name of the Avid Transfer Engine 23 EVS Broadcast Equipment SA Issue 3 3 A February 2015 2 9 2 5 1 24 ID 7 Inthe Destination field click EZ to specify whether or not new IDs have to be generated In the Bandwidth Throttling field you can limit to real time or a multiple of it the maximum bandwidth allocated to the jobs based on this job initiator 9 Doone of the following actions to save your definition o gt To save the scanfolder record click the Save button displayed below the scanfolder definition o gt Tosave and directly start the ScanFolder service click the Save and Start button displayed below the scanfolder definition The new scanfolder is available in the list The icons in the ScanFolder field turns green when the service is started for this scanfolder definition If the ScanFolder is not started red icon you can start it by clicking the red icon in the ScanFolder field Job Destinations Job Destination Parameters Introduction When adding a job initiator you select a job template that includes a job destination Three types of job destinations are available To EVS server To File or To Avid Transfer Engine Depending on the selected job destination you will be requested to define different destination parameters These parameters displayed or ava
66. lders in the Job Initiators menu 2 Click the button at the bottom of the window to add a row for a new scanfolder 3 Inthe ScanFolder field do the following a Click saa and select the folder to be scanned Enter the Windows login and password to access the computer where the scanfolder is located c If requested click Options to specify scanfolder options 4 If requested modify a the default ScanFolder Name b the default extension of the files the scanfolder has to process specified in the Filter field 5 Inthe Template field select the job template to be applied to the scanfolder from the list If the available templates do not meet your needs you can create a new template based on an existing one by clicking the Edit button See section Creating a Customized Job Template on page 51 for more information on creating a customized job template 6 Inthe Destination field do one of the following according to the selected job template o Ifthe destination is a shared folder on the network click the kii button and select the computer where the shared folder is located If you have not yet connected to that computer you have to type the Windows user and password to gain access to the shared folders on that computer o If the destination is an EVS server type one or both GigE address of the EVS server It is recommended to click the A icon and specify the username password to access the EVS server as wel
67. m you want to delete the destination Click Save 53 EVS Broadcast Equipment SA 54 f Issue 3 3 A February 2015 How to Modify Settings Related to the Source 1 From the Job Templates window click the Edit button for the job template you have previously created Source configuration 2 Click Source Configuration on the top left part of the window The source related settings are displayed on the Source pane on the right EYS Server source selection for Multicam 12 or above Automatic The pnornty between the sources available on the EYS Server ts first the XDCAM and then the Intra codecs XDCAM source only Intra DNxHD ProRes DVCPro HD etc source only Pre processing Post processing EDL sources Audio sources Graphical sources Advanced If you want to specify how to select the source clips on the EVS server in a multi essence configuration clean the EDL sources delete the source file specify how to process the media associated to EDLs associate pictures to audio sources specify how to handle graphics or picture Sequences set more advanced options 3 Click Save Clean the source EDL remove graphics and text Refer to Configuring the Source Selection on the EVS Server on page 56 How to Clean the EDL Source on page 58 How to Delete the Source File on page 58 How to Process the Media Associated to EDLs on page 59 How to Specify Picture
68. makes it possible to better manage job priorities and to smoothen the bursts in bandwidth use view the user who has created the target This is a non editable field only available for users logged as administrators view the groups the given target is currently published to This is a read only field that is automatically filled in depending on the publication rules defined select groups a target should be published to add a target remove the selected target refresh the window display 2 Job Initiators Sa V USER MANUAL Xsquare 3 3 Ei 2 2 2 Defining a Target Introduction Adding a target in Xsquare will automatically make this target available in the client application No other configuration is required See section Target Window on page 9 for additional information on the field values specified in this procedure Prerequisites Before adding a target you must share the folder the processed files will be sent to Procedure To add a target in Xsquare proceed as follows 1 2 3 4 5 NEW 7 8 Select Targets in the Job Initiators menu Click the button at the bottom of the window to add a row for a new target Type a name for the target in the Target Name field Select a label from the list in the Label field Select a template from the list If the available templates do not meet your needs you can create a new template based on an existing one by clicking the Edit button See
69. n By default the administrator will create the users roles and groups in Xsquare and maintain them in Xsquare However it can be decided to use in Xsquare the users and groups defined in the Windows Active Directory This provides an easier and more efficient management of users and groups In addition it allows the use of Windows user credentials for login The Administration chapter will cover both the use of Xsquare with or without the integration with Active Directory Tasks in Active Directory vs in Xsquare The following table provides an overview on where the actions are performed in case of Active Directory integration Task Where is the task performed Creating Users In Active Directory See section Managing Users With Active Directory Integration on page 73 Modifying User In Active Directory Definition See section Managing Users With Active Directory Integration on page 73 5 Administration USER MANUAL Xsquare 3 3 Task Adding a Role Defining a Role rights visibilities Adding a Group Adding Removing users in from a group 5 2 Users V 5 Where is the task performed 1 Group added in Active Directory 2 Role added in Xsquare The Xsquare role must be the same as the AD group case sensitivity See section Managing Roles on page 75 In Xsquare See section Role Definition with Active Directory Integration on page 78 1 Group added in Active Directory 2 Group added in
70. new role In Active Directory integration use exactly the same name as the name of the AD group you want to assign these rights to Click OK The new role is created How to Define a New Role from Scratch To define a new role from scratch proceed as follows 5 6 From the Role window click the iia button at the bottom of the window The New Role dialog box is displayed Enter a name for the new role In Active Directory integration use exactly the same name as the name of the AD group you want to assign these rights to Click OK The definition of the source role is displayed Click on the radio buttons corresponding to the rights you want to define for each right type The radio button is selected white See section About Role Definition on page 77 Repeat the operation for all rights you want to define Click Save at the bottom of the window The new role is created How to Modify an Existing Role You can modify an existing role in the same way as you create a new role based ona existing one except that you will click the Save button once you have changed the role definition instead of the Save As button 79 EVS Broadcast Equipment SA Issue 3 3 A February 2015 5 4 5 4 1 80 How to Delete a Role In the Role window click the Delete button next to the role you want to delete G Note q You can only delete roles that are not assigned to users Groups Groups Window General
71. nitoring tool Restart all services Pa 5 Restart all services by clicking C Restart all services and close the application The Xsquare Services icon turns green 1 and Xsquare can then be started 1 Introduction Sa V5 USER MANUAL Xsquare 3 3 i 2 2 1 2 Job Initiators Job Initiators Concepts around Jobs Job A job consists in a process to be executed on a source material The result of the process is Saved in a destination A job is therefore made up of three elements e the source material clip file or EDL selected by a user in the client application dropped in a folder or specified in an XML job definition file e the process to be executed on the source material This can be for example a copy rewrap restore transcoding action referencing in an NLE grab etc This is configured using a job template e the destination which means the physical location where the output of the job must be stored This is configured using a job template Soap V2 Job The new interface to process Xsquare jobs use the soap protocol The jobs using the new interface are called Xsquare jobs or V2 jobs in the online help The targets a job initiator you can define in Xsquare use V2 jobs XML File V1 Job The interface previously used to process the jobs consists in XML job definition files The jobs defined in the XML files are called XML file jobs or V1 jobs in the online help Xsquare can control the XM
72. nt SA Issue 3 3 A February 2015 6 Monitoring 6 1 Job Monitoring Window General Description From the Job Monitoring window you can monitor all the operations processed by the various engine clusters Various filters can be applied to restrict the jobs displayed on screen The Job Monitoring window contains the areas highlighted on the screenshot below Monitoring s Jobs General tab3 Queue Management gt hd TransferToAvidT M Status Received date Source Path Source Name Job Type Destination Destinations 0 4 24h Transcoding 0 2 gt ToFolder Destinations 0 4 Transcoding 0 2 gt ToEVSServer Destinations 3 4 Transcoding 2 2 default Destinations 2 4 Transcoding 0 3 86 gt 10167 gt 10162 10161 10160 10159 10158 1015 7 10156 10154 Scheduled V Successful E Scheduled Scheduled Scheduled Scheduled Scheduled Scheduled S Scheduled SP Scheduled 2B Scheduled Page 1 1 06 06 2013 13 06 06 2013 06 06 2013 06 06 2013 06 06 2013 06 06 2013 06 06 2013 06 06 2013 06 06 2013 06 06 2013 13 36 Jobs per page 1 hy F 3 3 3 ae SF 20 D scans 711 D scans 7 52 29 172 22 55 80 24 172 22 55 80 99 d Copy Copy Ct d Copy Copy Ct Jobs matching filters 36 ScanFolder ScanFolder Transfer Transfer Transfer Transfer Transfer Transfer Transfer Transfer D dests E
73. nt to point to the scanXML folder among others B IPDA184130 XTAccess_XML_IPDNewADL This field is made up of several elements described below from left to right e Icon icon identifying whether the ScanXML service for the is started O or not O for this scanXML folder e Path path to the scanXML folder and scanXML folder name i icon that allows users to select the scanXML folder fa e A icon that allows users to specify the Windows login and password to connect to the computer on which the scanXML folder is located assign a nickname to the scanXML folder This does not have to be the same name as the folder name created in the Windows repository associate a job template to the scanXML folder If the XML file job has to be processed as defined in the XML job file select No Template convert XML job to Xsquare job from the list open the displayed job template and create a customized job template based on it This button is included in the Template field view the a name to the destination It is stored in the job template and is automatically filled in when you select the job template specify the physical location where the processed material has to be stored See section Job Destination Parameters on page 24 for more information on this field limit the maximum bandwidth allocated to a job to the bandwidth for a real time processing or a multiple of it If the field value is set to Disable
74. oles x Name _EVSST Edit EVS Administrator Open R amp D Team Edit Delete TechnicalWriters Delete Test Team Xsquare Configuration xequare Monitonng Refresh 74 5 Administration Sa V5 USER MANUAL Xsquare 3 3 i 5 3 2 5 Administration Filter Area 1 The Filter area allows users to filter the list of roles based on their name The grid is automatically refreshed to display only the items whose name includes the string specified in the Filter area See section Filtering and Sorting Grid Items on page 47 Role List 2 The Role list displays the roles defined in Xsquare The actions that can be performed for each individual role are specified on the right end of the row Action Buttons 3 Two areas contain buttons corresponding to the actions the user can perform in the Role window e Action buttons that apply to a given role item are displayed at the right end of each Role item e Action buttons that do not apply to a given role item are displayed below the grid See section Managing Roles on page 75 Managing Roles Introduction This section covers the general actions you can perform on roles See section Defining Roles on page 78 for more information about the actual role definition The roles are managed from several windows e Inthe Role window you have an overview on all existing roles From this window you can create edit or delete roles To access the Role window click
75. on setting in a job template e how Xsquare interprets the value assigned to this setting How to Specify the EVS Server Source to Take into Account For multi essence configurations you need to specify how Xsquare will select an EVS server source 1 Click Source Configuration on the top left part of the window X Source configuration The Source pane opens on the right 2 Inthe Source pane select the source type in the EVS Server Source selection area gt Select XDCAM or Intra if you want to force the use of a specific source In this case the job will fail if the source is not available on the EVS server o Select Automatic for automatic source selection by Xsquare priority to intra codecs for grabs and to XDCAM codec for other jobs 3 Configuration Sa V5 USER MANUAL Xsquare 3 3 i Warning Note that the MTPC board of the EVS server must be connected to the same VLAN as Xsquare for Xsquare to be able to see the XDCAM source You can check that the EVS server has been discovered in the EVS Server Monitoring window When the User Sets the Source Codec Type If the EVS Server Source Selection setting is set to XDCAM or Intra in the underlying job template Xsquare will exclusively take into account the EVS source type specified in the setting XDCAM or Intra codecs If the requested source is not available the job will fail When Xsquare Selects the Source Codec Type If the EVS Server Source S
76. only The associated group must have been defined in the Groups window See section Groups on page 80 for more information on group definition Last Login Date field Date and time the user logged on for the last Yes time This field is ready only Delete button Deletes the corresponding user definition No Save button Saves changes related to the user defined No on the corresponding row Cancel button Cancels changes related to the user defined No on the corresponding row Add button Adds a row to define a new user its No credentials role and group Force synchronization Forces Xsquare to display the last changes Yes only in with active directory from Active Directory in the Users window AD button integration 71 EVS Broadcast Equipment SA Issue 3 3 A February 2015 5 2 2 72 Managing Users Introduction Administrators can add new Xsquare users in the User and Access window You can access it from the Administration gt Users amp Access menu When you define a user the following rules are applicable e You have to define a user password e You have to assign the user one and only one role e You can link the user to zero one or several groups e You can define several users with administrator roles Prerequisites As you will link users to groups you need to define the required groups in the Groups window before you configure your users You can define the roles beforehand or as you create the user
77. only mode in Xsquare the users are not created nor edited in Xsquare The users are taken over from the Active Directory and are automatically displayed in the Users window when the following conditions are met e The user is defined and associated to a valid role in Active Directory e The role the user is associated to has been added to the Roles window in Xsquare Xsquare is regularly synchronized with the Active Directory You can however force the synchronization with the Active Directory to get new or modified users directly in Xsquare G Note q The Administrator local user is the only user managed in Xsquare You can change his password but he will always have full rights 73 EVS Broadcast Equipment SA Issue 3 3 A February 2015 5 3 Roles 5 3 1 Roles Window General Description The Roles window allows administrators to view and manage roles which can then be granted to users in the Users amp Access window A role consists of a set of rights to perform actions or view content in Xsquare When a given right is granted it can be granted e forall Xsquare elements associated to the right e forthe elements created by the groups the user belongs to e forthe elements created by the user him herself The following screenshot highlights the various areas in the Roles window fh Monitorng JobiInitiater Configuration Ad ninestraton License Validity no license Logged in as Administrator Logout Configuration R
78. ons Destinations to EVS servers and files can be combined in such templates The source material is made available to be processed by the Avid Transfer Manager If the available templates do not match your needs you can create a new job template based ona predefined one Once created the customized job templates are available in the Custom category 49 EVS Broadcast Equipment SA 3 2 9 50 Issue 3 3 A February 2015 Managing Job Templates and Encoder Profiles The job templates and encoder wrapper profiles are managed respectively from the Job Template window and the Encoder Wrapper Profile window The actions described in the table below are available in these windows Button Refresh Export Import ar m a M Description Opens the definition of the job template or encoder wrapper profile of the corresponding row This button is available for predefined templates or profiles From the template or profile definition window the user can then save the parameters of the predefined template or profile as a new one that can then be customized Opens the definition of the job template or encoder wrapper profile of the corresponding row This button is available for customized templates or profiles that can directly be modified See section Creating a Customized Job Template on page 51 for more information on editing and customizing Job Templates Deletes the job template or encoder wrapper
79. ow to Specify Pictures to be Associated to Audio Sources 1 Inthe Source Configuration pane select Audio sources to display associated settings on the right pane Pre processing Picture file Post processing Use default picture file EDL sources From source folder Audio sources Selected file Graphical sources Advanced Video System SD HD PAL Interlaced 2 Select the requested option to specify which type of picture file static picture should be associated to audio sources How to Handle Graphics or Picture Sequences 1 Inthe Source Configuration pane select Graphical Sources to display associated settings on the right pane Pre processing Fill And Key Post processing Add Audio File EDL sources Sequence Duration 50 frames Audio sources Video System SD HD PAL Interlaced Graphical sources p Guardbands IN 0 frames OUT 0 frames Advanced 2 Specify the settings for the requested options to specify how Xsquare should handle pictures or picture sequences By default the displayed values and selections are applied 3 Configuration 59 EVS Broadcast Equipment SA Issue 3 3 A February 2015 3 2 9 60 How to Set More Advanced Options You can specify the options to remove guardbands or to specify the maximum duration of a backup train as follows 1 Inthe Source Configuration pane select Advanced to display associated settings on the right pane Pre processing Post processing EDL sources Automatic
80. profile of the corresponding row This is only available for customized templates or profiles Refreshes the window display Exports the selected job templates or encoder wrapper profiles into an XML definition file It can then be imported into another Xsquare Imports an XML definition file for job templates or encoder wrapper profiles into Xsquare Encoder or wrapper profiles can be imported when the profile definition file e complies with the XML syntax rules AND e is validated by Xsquare If the profile definition file is not valid in Xsquare this is specified between brackets next to the profile definition and the profile definition is only available in XML format from when you open it 3 Configuration Sa V5 USER MANUAL Xsquare 3 3 i 3 2 6 3 Configuration Creating a Customized Job Template Introduction You cannot create a job template from scratch but you can create a new job template based on the definition of a predefined job template that is close to what you request You can create a customized job template from e the job initiators windows targets scanfolder or scanXML available from the Job Initiators menu e the Job Templates window available from the Configuration menu Requirements When you customize a job template you need to make sure that at least the following elements are included in the template e Atleast one destination is defined e Anencoder or wrapper profile is a associa
81. quare manual the icon CET has been added on the left margin to highlight information on new and updated features The full list of modified and new features in version 3 3 is available in the release notes Only changes linked to new features in version 3 3 and documented in the user manual are listed below Bandwidth Throttling Mechanism for all Job Initiators Only valid on jobs To File e See section Target Window on page 9 e See section Defining a Target on page 11 e See section ScanFolder Window on page 20 e See section Defining a ScanFolder on page 22 e See section ScanXML Window on page 14 e See section Defining a ScanXML on page 19 Transfer of Destination File to an FTP Server e See section How to Request a File Transfer on page 64 Clean of EDL e See section How to Clean the EDL Source on page 58 Deletion of Source File e See section How to Delete the Source File on page 58 Limitation in a Backup Train Duration e See section How to Set More Advanced Options on page 60 Support of EVS servers working with 12 channels e See section Clip Location on an EVS Server on page 26 The following changes are not directly related to new features Procedural Information Added on the Customization of Job Templates e See section Creating a Customized Job Template on page 51 e See section Configuring Source Settings ina Job Template on page 58 e See section Configuring Destination Settings in a Job Template on
82. r and scanfolder name ise icon that allows users to select the scanfolder e A icon that allows users to specify the Windows login and password to connect to the computer on which the scanfolder is located Optons Options icon that allows users to specify scanfolder options assign a nickname of the scanfolder This does not have to be the same name as the folder name created in the Windows repository specify the file extension s that has have to be processed in the scanfolder associate a job template to the scanfolder definition Edit The button allows users to open the displayed job template and create a customized job template based on it view the destination name It is stored in the job template and is automatically filled in when you select the job template 21 EVS Broadcast Equipment SA 2 4 2 22 GUI Element Destination field Bandwidth Throttling field Owner field button Add button button Remove button Start button Stop button Refresh button Issue 3 3 A February 2015 Use this element to specify the physical location where the processed material has to be stored See section Job Destination Parameters on page 24 for more information on this field limit the maximum bandwidth allocated to a job to the bandwidth for a real time processing or a multiple of it If the field value is set to Disable XTAccess uses all the network bandwidth av
83. r profile needs to be associated to each destination defined 1 Inthe Job Template window select the destination whose wrapper encoder you want to change 2 Select another wrapper or encoder from the Encoder Wrapper Profile field Encoder Wrapper profile MXF OPAtom Avid How to Add NLE Related Settings for the Generated File You can add NLE settings for all NLE managed in the EVS workflows The NLE settings depend on the NLE system you will select 1 Inthe Job Template window select the destination whose NLE settings you want to edit 2 Click the To NLE tab in the Destination pane The associated settings are displayed on the right pane To NLE Type Apple Final Cut Pro X Destination metadata Referencing mode Auto Destination IDs Destination UNC Path Mac OS Local Path Auto grab Default Volumes Volume name Advanced Post Processing In the Type field select the NLE the generated file has to be checked into 4 Fill in the parameters specific to the selected NLE A tooltip for each parameter is displayed as you move the mouse pointer over the o icon How to Specify Values to Overwrite the Source Metadata You can specify a given value to the displayed metadata field or even add a metadata field and specify the value to the assigned with the Add Free Metadata field 1 Inthe Job Template window select the destination whose metadata you want to set 2 Click the Destination metadata tab in
84. r s ke belong to the group User Group L Ugri Leer Group 2 Lier Msquare Users Liser3 Liserd Refresh 5 Administration 81 EVS Broadcast Equipment SA Issue 3 3 A February 2015 Filter Area 1 The Filter area allows users to filter the list of roles based on their name The grid is automatically refreshed to display only the items whose name includes the string specified in the Filter area See section Filtering and Sorting Grid Items on page 47 Group List 2 The Group list displays all the groups defined in Xsquare In case Xsquare is integrated with Active Directory the groups must be defined in Xsquare with exactly the same name as AD groups Group Action Buttons 3 These buttons allow administrators to create wii or delete wai a group The Refresh button refreshes the displayed group list Group Users 4 The Group Users list displays the users who are included in the group selected in the Group list In case Xsquare is integrated with Active Directory the group users is automatically populated with the users belonging to the AD group that matches the Xsquare group In case Xsquare is not integrated with Active Directory the group users are selected from the Other Users list and added using the Add button Other Users 5 The Other Users list displays the users who are not included in the group selected in the Group list This area is not relevant with Active Directory integration as the
85. rmation area Field Cluster Type Cluster Name IP address EVS Server Destination Folders Parameters 40 Description Type of EVS cluster This is the name of the cluster type you have selected It cannot be modified Name of the EVS cluster This is the name you can assign to the cluster By default the name is the same as the cluster type or an abbreviated form GigE IP address of the EVS server s to be taken into account by the given cluster optional e inan Ingest From EVS Server cluster only record trains of the specified EVS server s will be backed up by the cluster e InaFrom EVS Server cluster only the clips stored on the specified EVS server s will be processed by the cluster e InaTo EVS Server cluster only the jobs whose first destination is one of the EVS server s specified will be processed by the cluster If no IP address is defined the cluster will process all jobs having an EVS server as source or destination Path to the folder s to be taken into account by the given cluster compulsory e InaFrom Folder cluster only source files located in the specified folders will be processed by the cluster e Ina To Folder cluster only the jobs whose first destination is one of the specified folders will be processed by the cluster In an Transfer to Avid TM cluster only the jobs to be sent to the Avid TM specified will be processed by the cluster Available in cluster t
86. s can be found on the EVS download center on the following webpage http www evs com downloadcenter EVS Broadcast Equipment SA Issue 3 3 A February 2015 Table of Contents TABLE OF CONTENTS aaao anaana anana aaoo cece cee ecceeeeee II WHAT S NEW aaao aoaaa aoaaa anana eee eee V 1 INTRODUCTION 2 292 ceases 2 cas hee eee de Renae 1 ki PROGUCUOVEIVICW asiron etait se doe ies Ae Sih ees ease ase Rte Chatty 1 1 2 Accessing Xsquare ics oii oee Ha hh oos a daee used ede onora ee oh ok dadedesuse 2 1 3 Xsquare User Interface _ _ 0 22 2 lec eee eee cece ec ee eee cee ceeeeeeeeees 4 1 4 Configuration for Active Directory Integration 2 02 22 e cece eee eee eee 6 2 JOB INITIATORS __ 0000 0000 0 cocci ccc ccc ccc ccc ececeeeeees T 2 1 Concepts around Jobs 2 2 22 e cece cee ce eee ccc e cece eee eeceeeeeeeeees T 2 2 Configunng Targ ts on oe eee O E E a ee ase 9 2 2 1 Target Window 0 22 c ec e cece cee cece cece aa 2o22 aooo onana 9 2 2 2 Defininga Target 0 2 2 o cece eee e cee e cece cece ee ceeceeseeeeees 11 227 3 Publishing a Target 25 6 2 3222220c5 oe a Sia tat ee kite t suis h su 12 2 3 Configuring SCanXML 2 022 2 cece cece eee cee cee ee cece eee eeeeeees 14 DOA SOCANA WILE WINKOW 133 shttertss che tou eh toeree eTa oa 14 2 3 2 Merge Rules for ScanXML Jobs 00 0002 2 eee eee eee cece eee 17 2 3 3 Defining a ScanX ME oc os oe cccosisx cece
87. s configuration Read Update Users Roles Groups Read Modify Create Update Delete Save As Save Cancel V gt EVS Broadcast Equipment SA Issue 3 3 A February 2015 5 3 4 78 Scope of a User Right Depending on which column the radio button corresponding to a right is selected the user will be able to exercise the right on a more or less limited number of elements The table below explains the scope setting in the right definition Value Description All The user can exercise the right on all relevant elements in Xsquare Same Group The user can exercise the right on the relevant elements that have been created by any person belonging to the same group s as the user User The user can exercise the right only on the relevant elements he she has created None The corresponding right is not granted to the user Defining Roles Introduction By default three roles are available in Xsquare one role for administrating Xsquare one for configuring Xsquare and one for monitoring the jobs processed by Xsquare If the default roles do not meet your needs you can either create new role definitions from scratch or based on an existing role See section About Role Definition on page 77 to get more information on the Role Definition window Warning Two roles cannot have the same names A role and a group cannot have the same name Role Definition with Active Directory Integration When Xsquar
88. s first destination including playlist rendering to an EVS server The cluster engines will process jobs whose source material consists of clips or playlists from one or more specified EVS server s The cluster engines will process jobs using a source file located in one or more folders specified in the Selected Cluster Information area This cluster will not handle jobs from an EVS server The cluster engines will process the jobs having as first destination the folder s specified in the Selected Cluster Information area The cluster engines will process the jobs for which the referencing in the Avid Web Service is the first destination The cluster engines will process the jobs for which the referencing in the Avid TM is the first destination The cluster engines will process the jobs for which the referencing in Final Cut Pro is the first destination The cluster engines will process the jobs for which the referencing in Adobe Premiere is the first destination The cluster engines will process the jobs for which the referencing in Xedio is the first destination The cluster engines will process the jobs whose first destination requires the creation of an EVS EDL file Needed Parameters IP addresses of one several source EVS server s Failing the IP address es all ingest jobs are routed to this cluster IP addresses of one several destination EVS server s Failing the IP address es all jobs to EVS s
89. s to be Associated to Audio Sources on page 59 How to Handle Graphics or Picture Sequences on page 59 How to Set More Advanced Options on page 60 The updated template has been saved and is available in the Template drop down field in the job initiators windows 3 Configuration ti V5 USER MANUAL Xsquare 3 3 i How to Modify Settings Related to the Destination s 1 From the Job Templates window click the Edit button for the job template you have previously created 2 Click the requested destination on the left of the window Template To EVSMXF file_ADL gt Source configuration To EVS MXF file no transcoding EYS Server aad Avid Web Services The destination name on the left is surrounded by a blue line and the destination related settings are displayed on the Destination pane on the right Template To EVSMXF file_ADL X Source configuration s Destination Icon To EVS MXF file no transcoding X Encoder Wrapper profile EVS MXF To NLE Type Avid Destination metadata Referencing mode Auto Destination Save Avid AAF file to disk IDs Interplay Check In Auto grab 4 dati Advanced Interplay User LoginInterplay Post Password Processing Web Service Host http ip port services Assets Interplay URI interplay Workgroup Incoming Media Save As Save Cancel If you want to Refer to change the icon associated to the How to Change the Destination Icon on destinat
90. section Creating a Customized Job Template on page 51 for more information on creating a customized job template In the Destination field do one of the following according to the selected job template o If you have not yet connected to that computer you have to type the Windows user and password to gain access to the shared folders on that computer o Ifthe destination is an EVS server type one or both GigE address of the EVS server It is recommended to click the A icon and specify the username password to access the EVS server as well as the requested location that is page bank and first position o If the destination is an Avid Transfer Engine specify the name of the Avid Transfer Engine In the Bandwidth Throttling field you can limit to real time or a multiple of it the maximum bandwidth allocated to the jobs based on this job initiator Click the Save button displayed below the target definition The new target is defined and is directly operational in the client applications 2 Job Initiators 11 EVS Broadcast Equipment SA Issue 3 3 A February 2015 2 2 3 Publishing a Target Introduction By publishing a target a user can share the target with users who would otherwise not be able to see the given target thanks to their user rights only Depending solely on their rights users can indeed see and modify their own targets and possibly targets created by other users belonging to their group s The
91. section Monitoring on page 86 Administration Allows administrators only to define e users e user groups e user roles i e rights and visibility See section Administration on page 68 Note A separate association tool makes it possible associate XTAccess applications installed on the network to Xsquare Such associations are logically but not necessarily done before you start using Xsquare See the documentation specific to this tool for more information EVS Broadcast Equipment SA Issue 3 3 A February 2015 1 4 Configuration for Active Directory Integration Xsquare can be integrated to Active Directory for managing users and groups In this case you have to configure Xsquare as explained below before you open the application 1 Inatext editor open the file Authentication exe config located in C Program Files Evs Broadcast Equipment Authentication 2 Under the appSettings element in the add element set the value attribute to ActiveDirectory 21 connectionStrings gt 22 __ gt lt appsett ings gt 23 gt add key AuthenticationMode value ActiveDirectory gt 24 gt lt appSettings gt 3 Save and close the file 4 Launch the Xsquare services monitoring tool in one of the following ways Double click the Xsquare Services icon in the Notification area OR Select the tool in the menu Start gt All Programs gt EVS Broadcast Equipment gt Xsquare Suite gt Xsquare services mo
92. set of rights to perform actions or view content in Xsquare One role has to be assigned to a user S scanFolder A scanfolder consists in a folder that is scanned by an Xsquare service ScanFolder service to check for files to be processed The folder is scanned when it is defined in an active started ScanFolder in Xsquare When a file with the file extension defined in the ScanFolder configuration is dropped into the scanned folder the ScanFolder service creates a job to process this source file as defined in the job template Once the file is processed it is sent to the destination defined in the job scanXML A ScanXML instruction consists in an XML job definition file V1 job stored in a dedicated folder by a client application The folder is scanned by the ScanXML service of Xsquare when it is defined in an active started ScanXML When the client application drops the XML job file in the scanned folder the ScanXML service creates a job to process the source file as defined in the job template When no job template is associated to the ScanXML definition in Xsquare the instructions contained in the XML job file are taken into account Otherwise the instructions are merged based on specific merge rules T target A target is a destination that the users in the client application can send a source material to The source material can undergo processing before being sent to the destination The targets use the Soap V2 jobs X
93. ssing 5 When you have selected FTP type the requested credentials that will allow Xsquare to access the FTP server To NLE iN Type FTP Destination metadata Copy the destination file s to the speafied FTP at the end of the job DESTINATE Host host Port 21 Cae Path path Auto grab Login user Advanced s Post Password PTTi titi Processing URI host 21 path Rules The FTP transfer post processing step cannot be enabled fora EVS Server destination If one of the FTP transfer fails the other FTP transfers for the other destinations will be executed except if the option Abort all the job if this destination fails is set for the corresponding destination in the Advanced tab When a Backup EDL only and Backup EDL Clips is defined by the operator the entire destination folder and all its content is transferred So if multiple EDLs are sent to the same folder nearline the whole folder is transferred for each job 3 Configuration Sa V5 USER MANUAL Xsquare 3 3 i NEW e TheFTP transfer post processing step is not triggered if the Keep Partial is set in Auto Mode default value If the transfer fails before any partial video file could not be created the FTP transfer fails with an invalid data No source specified 3 Configuration 65 EVS Broadcast Equipment SA Issue 3 3 A February 2015 4 Managing Icons and Labels 4 1 Icons Manager The Icons Manager window makes it possible to store
94. ster settings whenever required or requested in the Selected Cluster Information area See section Selected Cluster Information Area on page 38 3 Setting the engine orchestration parameters and others in the Engine area See section Configuring Engines on page 43 4 Save the whole orchestration configuration Cluster Area Introduction The Cluster area in the Orchestration window shows the engine clusters defined in Xsquare and the engines associated to each cluster The cluster position in the list determines the cluster priority in handling a specific job type if the same job type is distributed between two clusters the cluster positioned higher in the list will handle the shared job type in priority You manage the clusters from the Cluster area of the Orchestration window See section Managing Engine Clusters on page 41 for more information on managing clusters The following illustration presents a single cluster box not the whole cluster area that can consists of several cluster boxes depending on the number of clusters defined default XF73130 73130 IPDA184130 184130 33 EVS Broadcast Equipment SA 3 1 5 34 Field Description Issue 3 3 A February 2015 The table below describes the various fields of the Cluster box Part Name 1 Cluster name 2 Engine names 3 Command buttons Cluster Types Description Name of the cluster and associated color At installation all
95. t into the Engine area gt FromFolder lt 3 IPDA184130 XF73130 73130 IPDA184130 184130 42 3 Configuration yj V5 USER MANUAL Xsquare 3 3 E 3 1 9 3 Configuration How to Change the Cluster Priority in the Job Processing e Drag the cluster to a higher or lower position in the cluster list and drop it at the requested position when you see a blue arrow E FromFolder XF73130 73130 4 ToFolder IFDA184130 184130 default XF73130 73130 IFDA184130 184130 Configuring Engines Introduction From the Engine area in the Orchestration window you can set several parameters for each XTAccess associated to Xsquare The main configuration task consists in defining the orchestration settings for your XTAccess that is the maximum number of destinations and transcoding jobs the XTAccess will be able to handle In addition more advanced parameters can be set in Xsquare when you display the advanced settings Some other parameters have to be set in the XTAccess application on the host computer Max Log Size in MB IP Retry IP Retry Timeout Enable Retry MinFields ToWriteBeforeRefinCEDB EDL File extension See also Engine Area on page 36 for a description of the fields available in the Engine area How to Disable an XTAccess Select the check box in the Disabled field for the requested XTAccess 43 EVS Broadcast Equipment SA Issue 3 3 A February 2015 3 2 3 2 1 44 How to
96. te them into Xsquare jobs V2 jobs and optionally modify the job definition based on the Xsquare configuration See also section Defining a ScanXML on page 19 e The notification process that records all notifications from the processing devices saves them in a database and sends light notifications to the clients Processing Devices The processing devices are the engines that effectively process the jobs sent by Xsquare In the first versions of Xsquare XTAccess applications are the only supported processing devices In later versions other processing devices will be supported Accessing Xsquare Introduction Xsquare has a web based user interface available from everywhere on the same TCP IP network as Xsquare The web interface is hosted on an EVS Proxy service available on port 9004 of the computer on which Xsquare is installed 1 Introduction Sa V5 USER MANUAL Xsquare 3 3 i 1 Introduction Prerequisite To be able to access Xsquare you need to get a username and password from the administrator Your user credentials are associated to a given level of user rights which may limit the windows and or features you will have access to in Xsquare How to Access Xsquare 1 Open a web browser and type the Xsquare URL using one of the following pattern o gt On the local computer http localhost 9004 OR http hostname 9004 o gt On another computer on the network http xxx xxxX xxx xxx 9004 where the
97. ted to the defined destination s e When Xsquare interacts with an EVS server running a multi essence configuration you need to specify which source will be taken into account on the EVS server See section Configuring the Source Selection on the EVS Server on page 56 Process Creating a customized job template encompasses the following steps some of which are compulsory Step Compulsory How to Create a New Job Template Based on an Yes Existing One How to Add a Destination Yes minimum one dest required How to Remove a Destination No How to Modify Settings Related to the Sources No How to Modify Settings Related to the Destination s No 51 EVS Broadcast Equipment SA Issue 3 3 A February 2015 52 How to Create a New Job Template Based on an Existing One 1 4 Open the job template that is close to the requested customization in one of the following ways o From one of the Job Initiators window click an Edit button in the Template column of the requested job initiator definition Target Name Template To EVSMXF To EVSMXF file o From the Job Templates window click the Open button in the Action column of the requested template Name To EVSM F file The Job Template window opens Click Save As Type a name for your new job template Click OK The new job template appears in the list of job templates in the Job Template window and is available in the Template drop down field in the
98. the Destination pane The associated settings are displayed on the right pane 3 Configuration 61 EVS Broadcast Equipment SA Issue 3 3 A February 2015 62 To NLE a Clip Name Destination metadata Interest Level d Destination V Source Name T3_150115 IDs Auto grab Owner Advanced Add Free Metadata Post Processing o Jump to step 3 if the requested metadata field is listed o Jump to step 4 if the requested metadata field is not listed 3 To force a value for one of the listed metadata field a Select the check box of the metadata field whose value has to be modified in the destination file A field appears on the right of the metadata field b Enter the value in the field displayed on the right 4 To specify a metadata field and the value to be associated to the field a Select the Add Free Metadata field b Type the metadata name and the metadata value following the definition pattern displayed in the text field How to Manage ID Definition in the Destination In this tab you can specify how the various IDs should be managed in the destination In case of scanfolders the ID rules defined in the ScanFolder window has priority over these ID rules 1 Inthe Job Template window select the destination for which you want to manage ID definition 2 Click the Destination IDs tab in the Destination pane To NLE Destination IDs Destination VarID Auto metadata Destination AssetGUID Auto IDs Maten
99. the Role icon on the main Xsquare page in the Administration section 75 EVS Broadcast Equipment SA Issue 3 3 A February 2015 e Inthe Role Definition window you define all the rights associated to a given role You will always use this window to create or modify roles You can access the Role Definition window in the following windows o Users amp Access window from the Open button in the Role field Loser o Role window from the buttons Warning When Xsquare is integrated with Active Directory the roles the administrator wants to use in Xsquare must have been previously defined as groups in Active Directory In Xsquare the administrator has to create roles having exactly the same name as the corresponding AD groups Beware that the role names are case sensitive Operations on Roles The command buttons described in the table below are mainly available in the Role window The Open or Edit buttons are also available in the User and Access window t Refresh 76 Description Opens the definition of the role of the corresponding row This button is available for the roles predefined in Xsquare as these cannot be directly modified Opens the definition of the role of the corresponding row This button is available for roles the administrator has created as these can directly be modified See section Defining Roles on page 78 for more information on editing and customizing roles Deletes t
100. the icons you want to associate to the job template in order to symbolize the job destination The windows are displayed in the upper part of the window and the buttons to add remove import or export the icons are displayed at the bottom of the window Once your icons are imported they will all be available in the job template definition via the Destination Icons field 4 2 Labels Window Introduction Labels can be created and associated to targets This makes it possible to organize and present the targets in groups based on their label in other EVS applications for example IPDirector The Labels window contains the areas highlighted on the screenshot below h Monitoring Job Initiators Configuration Admin stration License Validity no license Logged in as Administrator Logout Configuration Labels e amp Icon Name Description Pr Export_to Premiere _Blue png Adobe and Export_to_avid_purple png Avid Clip_Hi16 png file_Hi png file_Hi png file_Hi_png file_Hi_png rce Export_to_fcp_green png m grab png 9 Export_to_CE orange png 4 Refresh 66 EVS Server File File PC1 File SAN1 Hi Res files sent to SAN1 File SAN2 FinalCutPro Grab thumbnails Xedio Delete 4 Managing Icons and Labels USER MANUAL Xsquare 3 3 Labels Grid 1 V gt The table below describes the fields in the Labels grid Field Name Icon Name Description Usage
101. to File Job Type in the Xsquare Template Template to File multidest 1st dest Template to File multidest other dest Template to File multidestination 1st dest Template to File multidestination other dest Template to EVS server multidestination 1st dest Template to File multidestination other dest Template to EVS server multidestination 1st dest Template to File multidestination other dest Result No merge No merge Merge Merge Merge Merge No merge No merge Destination Description Codec Wrapper Format Issue 3 3 A February 2015 Other Options All parameters are taken over from the XML file job Xsquare does not add anything The job for the second destination is not created as XML file jobs handle a single destination XML File if you specify Use dest from XML Job in the GUI OR Xsquare job if you select a specific destination in the GUI Destination as specified in Xsquare GUI XML File if you specify Use dest from XML Job in the GUI OR Xsquare job if you select a specific destination in the GUI Destination as specified in Xsquare GUI From Xsquare template From Xsquare template From Xsquare template From Xsquare template Information from XML file used in priority From Xsquare GUI Information from XML file used in priority From Xsquare GUI All parameters are taken over from the XML file job Xsqu
102. to confirm the deletion How to Add users to a Group This procedure is only applicable when Xsquare is not integrated with Active Directory To add users to a group proceed as follows 1 Click the group name in the Group list In the Users area two lists are displayed the left one displays the users who already belong to the group Group User list the right one displays all other users Other User list In the right list click a user you want to add to the group and click 3 Repeat step 2 for all users you want to add to the group You can also remove users from the list by selecting them in the Group User list and Remove clicking l 5 Administration ys V5 USER MANUAL Xsquare 3 3 i 4 5 When you have added all requested users to the list click and your group definition is updated G Note q You can also assign a group to a given user from the Users and Access window in the user definition itself How to Remove users from a Group To remove a user from a group proceed as follows 1 2 5 Administration Click the group name in the Group list In the Users area on the right in the left list Users who belong to the group click a Remove user you want to remove from the group and click Repeat step 2 for all users you want to remove from the group When you have removed all requested users from the list click and you group definition is updated 85 EVS Broadcast Equipme
103. uration 45 EVS Broadcast Equipment SA Issue 3 3 A February 2015 46 Action Buttons 3 4 The individual action buttons 3 correspond to actions that can only be executed on each item separately Such buttons are available for each row in the item grid The collective action buttons 4 correspond to actions that can not directly be executed on an item from the list or that can be executed on one or more selected items Such buttons are available below the grid See section Managing Job Templates and Encoder Profiles on page 50 3 Configuration Sa V5 USER MANUAL Xsquare 3 3 i 3 2 2 3 Configuration Filtering and Sorting Grid Items Introduction You can filter and sort the items in grids This explanation is valid for all grids above which a filter field is displayed This is the case for example with the Job Template window Encoder Wrapper Profile window as well as the Roles window and Groups window How to Apply a Filter to a Grid To search for grid items containing a character string type the string in the filtering field The grid items are automatically filtered and only the items that contain the requested string are displayed How to Clear a Filter Applied to a Grid To clear the search filter applied to a grid click the cross next to the search field How to Sort Grid Items To sort the grid items in ascending or descending order based on the values of one field simply click the field hea
104. uto grab V Create Metadata XML Advanced Save to same folder as A V file a Select Path Processing Destination file s native tmecode Primary TC 3D Mode Backup L amp R views TwinRec Mode View 1 SuperMoton Mode All Frames XDCAM Frame Accurate ie Nearest reference for transcoding destination Destination Filename definition 3 Edit the values of the requested fields A tooltip for each parameter is displayed as you move the mouse pointer over the B icon 3 Configuration 63 EVS Broadcast Equipment SA Issue 3 3 A February 2015 64 How to Request a File Transfer NEW j Procedure You can request the files based on a given template to be transferred to a shared folder on the network or to an FTP server as follows 1 In the Job Template window select the destination you want to request a file transfer for Click the Post Processing tab in the Destination pane Select the transfer type in the Type field o gt Move destination file for a move to a shared folder on the network Jump to step 4 gt FTP for a move to an FTP server Jump to step 5 When you have selected Move destination file type the UNC path of the folder where the file has to be moved to or point to it via iii To NLE Type Move destination file Destination metadata Destination WIPDA184130 temp nearline IDs Move the destination file to the specified folder at the end of the job Auto grab Advanced Post Proce
105. ve your definition To save the scanXML record click the Save button displayed below the scanfolder definition o gt Tosave and directly start the scanXML service click the Save and Start button displayed below the scanXML definition The new scanXML is available in the list The icons in the scanXML field turns green when the service is started for this scanfolder definition If the scanXML is not started red icon you can start it by clicking the red icon in the scanXML field Configuring ScanFolders ScanFolder Window General Description The ScanFolder window makes it possible to define a job to be applied to files dropped in a given shared folder scanned by Xsquare This folder is called a scanfolder as well as the Xsquare service responsible for detecting the file to be processed and creating the job 2 Job Initiators USER MANUAL Xsquare 3 3 V gt On the ScanFolder window each defined scanfolder is represented as a row in a table that contains a number of fields described below Job Initiators ScanFolders e ScanFolder ScanFolder Name 172 22 52 27 TestAuto ScanFolderl 172 22 52 27 TestAuto ScanFolder2 172 22 52 27 TestAuto test 172 22 52 27 TestAuto test A 12 D TestAuto test A 12A D TestAuto test A 12A 2 Job Initiators Template Destination Name Destination Bandwith throttling To EVSM F file i To EVS MXF file no transcoding 172 2
106. y cannot see or edit targets created by users who do not belong their group s If you have the right to publish a target you will see the following elements in the Target window e aPublish button for each target e the group s each target is currently published to G Note q You can only publish a target when it has been saved How to Publish a Target To publish a target proceed as follows 1 From Xsquare main window click the Targets icon in the Job Initiators area The Target window opens Publish 2 Inthe Target window click on the row corresponding to the target to be published The Publish to window opens 3 Select the groups you want to publish the target to If many groups exist you can always enter part of the group name in the Filter field at the top of the window The group list is then automatically filtered to display only the groups whose name includes the entered text string 4 Click Save How to Modify the Target Publication Settings To modify the publication settings of a target proceed as follows Publish 1 Inthe Target window click the button on the row corresponding to the target you want to modify the publication settings The Publish to window opens Modify the publication groups by selecting and or unselecing groups Click Save 2 Job Initiators ys V5 USER MANUAL Xsquare 3 3 i How to Unpublish a Target Publish l 1 Inthe Target window click on the row corresponding to
107. ype All All Ingest From EVS Server From EVS Server To EVS Server From Folder To Folder Transfer to Avid TM 3 Configuration ys V5 USER MANUAL Xsquare 3 3 i 3 1 8 3 Configuration Managing Engine Clusters Introduction From the Cluster area of the Orchestration window you can perform the following actions e addorremove clusters dedicated to a specific job type e associate engines to a cluster or remove the association e define the cluster priority in handling jobs G Note q When you add a cluster bear in mind that the cluster position determines the cluster priority in handling a job type In other words if two clusters both handle the same job type the cluster located higher in the list will handle that job type in priority You can always change a cluster position in the cluster list How to Add a Cluster 1 Click the button in the cluster box located below the position where you want to insert a new cluster 2 Select the requested cluster from the list displayed default XF73130 73130 IPDA184130 184130 m Add Ingest from EYS Server cluster r Add To EYS Server cluster w Add From EVS Server cluster gt 4g Add Transfer to Avid Web Services cluster ad Add Transfer to Avid TM cluster FCF Add Transfer to Finalcut Pro cluster 8 Add Transfer to Xedio cluster E Add EDL Rendering cluster E gt Add EDL Export cluster Add To Folder cluster 7 Add From Folder cluster

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