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1. e server name e server serial number e number of record channels in the running configuration When the header is expanded the record channels area is displayed below the header Read only field displaying the following information from left to right e name of the record channels in the following pattern lt Server Net Name gt lt Camera ID gt e camera angle e recorder type Standard 3x 4x etc for SLSM recorders or Unknown if not identified Drop down field where you can select a camera name included in the production configuration in C Cast Administrator and associate it to a given record channel The AV content from this record channel will then be made available in C Cast By default the EVS servers and their record channels are automatically discovered with the LinX protocol In addition you can discover EVS servers using two methods available 2 Setting up the Production 13 EVS Broadcast Equipment SA Issue 3 2 A June 2015 in the Advanced area Individual Server Discovery via LinX using LAN IP Address Discovery by LinX Address es PCLan A Advanced In the Advanced area the following fields are available when the LinX protocol is selected in the Discovery by field Name Description Address es Field to enter the PC LAN IP address of the EVS server PCLan Discover via LinX Button to launch the discovery process Automatic Server Discovery via IPDirector API Discovery by IPDirect2. Overview and Startup 2 1 1 Opening the Production Setup Wizard How to Open the Wizard for Initial Setup To launch the wizard to set up a production for the first time proceed as follows 1 Click the C Cast Agent icon A in the notification area 2 Select the Start New Production item from the C Cast Agent menu amp Cast Agent Start New Producton Jim Barcelone Juventus Traces Jobs Monitonng Services Monitonng Help Exit The C Cast Agent production wizard opens with the focus on first window 1 Initialization A c Cast Agent Wizard Cast Agent 1 Initialization Production Code PA E Initialization This wizard will guide you through the configuration of a C Cast Production First enter your production code and the URL of your C Cast Central The C Cast Agent will Test the internet connection C Cast Central URL https c cast tv Contact the C Cast Central Retrieve the Production information A Advanced See section Step 1 Initialization on page 8 6 2 Setting up the Production Sa VE USER MANUAL C Cast Agent 3 2 2 1 2 2 Setting up the Production How to Open the Wizard for Modifying the Setup To launch the wizard to modify a production you have set up earlier proceed as follows 1 Click the C Cast Agent icon A in the notification area 2 Select the production name item in the C Cast Agent menu and the Launch Wizard menu item Cast Agent Start N
3. distant targets are available in C Cast Agent These are targets for media files that are sent outside the production site This is for example a target for the mezzanine files used as source file to generate the distributed outputs The mezzanine files are indeed stored on C Cast Central This can also be a target for the contribution workflow Such targets are not editable in C Cast Agent Their definition comes from C Cast Administrator In C Cast Agent you can only test the connection to the distant targets Prerequisite You have opened the production setup wizard and have already configured the steps up to 5 Targets See section Overview on the Production Setup on page 7 for links to the previous configuration steps How to Test Distant Targets The distant targets are automatically tested and a connection status icon is displayed in the row corresponding to each distant target In case the icon failed connection is displayed on the row of a distant target click the Retry button next to the icon This launches the connection process again and the icon changes to D while C Cast Agent tries to connect If the connection status changes to the connection is established If the connection status remains w for more than 1 minute or changes to contact your C Cast Central administrator 2 Setting up the Production 21 EVS Broadcast Equipment SA Issue 3 2 A June 2015 3 Monitoring the Production 3 1 O
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5. Operator Studio124824 Studio12 12 Studio12 RE AE63E0FF426150BC66C1BE09ACF50D6A mp4 16 34 23 Barcelone Mezzanine Operator Operator Studio124824 Studio12 12 Studio12 RE 423310B59FA1E7BD03DF9747F484B376 mp4 16 34 23 Barcelone Juv Mezzanine Operator Operator Studio124824 Studio12 12 Studio12 RE BBOESEBE12049AACF7BDB351202C7373 mp4 16 34 22 Barcelone Juv Mezzanine Operator Operator Studio124824 Studio12 12 Studio12 RE 3787CC0580916EB8EFE4FBE74A8AF4F2 mp4 16 34 21 w Barcelone Juv Mezzanine Operator Operator Studio124823 Studio12 12 Studio12 RE 7AD3539B738848C4E6122784F572B5F2 mp4 16 34 21 Barcelone Juv Mezzanine Operator Operator Studio124821 Studio12 12 Studio12 RE 620DCDE015DF3DBDC5F88249239468F6 mp4 001 01 01 00 00 00 Barcelone Juv Mezzanine Operator Operator Studio124820 Studio12 12 Studio12 RE DD56AAFBD6E45C0E992DE6A185EB6B38 mp4 DM S NK 15 14 0FAR Rarrelone line Mezzanine Anaratar Nnerator Shidin1 74219 Ghidin12 17 Stidin1 RF F1FIRAANGCOFIANRFIRTACCRAAKCN11R mnd Show System jobs 1 20 7535 gt gt gt Refresh JobID 89 Start at 2015 06 16 16 35 00 Extraction Profile Mezzanine Server name Studio12 Asset Id e36e1c25 b01d 44d7 9532 8b137a221f13 Finished at 2015 06 16 16 35 20 Transfer Profile Standard Transfer Recorder name 12 Studio12 REC6 Completed Elapsed time 00 00 19 378 Low Service State Started at Finished at Elapsed time Message Depends on 2de3ccf3 d244 4e98 Sed3 f76b27299b5f VideoExtractionService Completed 2015 06 16 16 35 0
6. Production Setup Wizard on page 6 The wizard opens on page 1 Initialization 2 Inthe Production Code field type the production code that you has received and uniquely identifies the production you want to set up 3 Doone of the following o gt If you work in a C Cast production environment jump directly to step 5 o fyouworkin a C Cast staging or test environment click Advanced at the bottom of the window to open the Advanced pane 4 Inthe Advanced pane in the C Cast Central URL field type the URL of the C Cast Central the C Cast Agent has to communicate with The URL must start withhttps Production Code Initialization This wizard will guide you through the configuration of a C Cast Production First enter your production code and the URL of your C Cast Central The C Cast Agent will Test the internet connection Contact the C Cast Central Retrieve the Production information C Cast Central URL https demo c cast staging tv A Advanced 2 Setting up the Production Sa V 5 USER MANUAL C Cast Agent 3 2 5 Click Next to validate the information you have entered This opens the next configuration window See section Step 2 Working Folder on page 9 Results When you enter the Production code and the C Cast Central URL the application only checks that the format is valid If the format is not valid the iconis displayed In this case check you have entered the correct info
7. on a job item a pane opens at the bottom of the page with more detailed information about the job item among others the services involved in the job processing If a job requires a rendition that is already available in C Cast Central the extraction step is not processed once again and the job will solely consists in transferring the existing rendition to the requested destination Name Description Job ID Incremented number for each item referenced in the Jobs Monitoring window Received Date Date when the C Cast Agent has received the job State Status in the job process The job status is derived from both extraction and transfer progress statuses and can have the following values 3 Job canceled Job queued w Job running Job stopped Job failed Job successfully processed Priority Priority for processing the job The processing priority is defined on the asset item in C Cast Publisher if it differs from the default priority 3 Monitoring the Production USER MANUAL C Cast Agent 3 2 Name Production Type Initiator Name Source Filename Destination Extraction Transfer 3 Monitoring the Production V gt Description Production name Type of target The following types are possible e Mezzanine job to generate outputs for the distribution workflows e System Video job to generate the video in C Cast Publisher e System Thumbwall job to generate thumbs in C Cast Publisher
8. on the Production Setup Li 2 2 Step 1 Initialization 22222222 8 2 3 Step 2 Working Folder 222222222222222222 9 2 4 Step 3 Production SITES ca cece cece deus edi tii deusuccenedescewesdadeceueldsesscensaeasass 10 2 5 Step4 Recorders 2 11 2 5 1 Recorders Window 2 22 2 e cece eee cece cece ee cece eee ceeceeseeseeees 11 2 5 2 Mapping the Recorders ec eee eee cece cece e cece ceeceecceccees 15 2 5 3 Modifying the Recorder Discovery Process 17 2 6 Step 5 Targets Soccer a PA ees ee ese eee 19 2 6 1 Targets Window 2 22 a 19 2 6 2 Setting up the Targets _ 02 cle eee c cece cece cece eeeeeeecees 21 3 MONITORING THE PRODUCTION LU 22 3 1 Overview of the Monitoring Windows 2 22 22 a 22 3 2 Services Monitoring Window 2 222 22 aa 22 3 3 Monitoring the C Cast Agent Services 2 2 2 25 3 4 Jobs Monitoring Window 222 0 a 2f 3 5 Traces WINDOW 2 saaan NG ENGE LUNAILS KAG TLIROK ANDA NLDLELLNNSLADEK ELISA LAKAN nAK 30 aa V 5 USER MANUAL C Cast Agent 3 2 Ea 1 1 1 1 Introduction Introduction Product Description C Cast Agent Application C Cast Agent is the hardware and software that manage the extraction and transfer of the requested A V content from the venue premises to C Cast Central The C Cast Agent software is c
9. 0 2015 06 16 16 35 18 00 00 17 454 Square job is completed 5b01580b fe36 4611 99e5 2daleb7dfcc8 TransferService Completed 2015 06 16 16 35 18 2015 06 16 16 35 20 00 00 01 854 Completed 2de3ccf3 d244 4e98 9ed3 f76b27299b5f 3 Monitoring the Production 27 EVS Broadcast Equipment SA Issue 3 2 A June 2015 28 About Jobs A job sent by the IPConnect initiator to a C Cast Agent through C Cast Central to make AV content available in C Cast Publisher will usually be divided into minimum three items in the Jobs Monitoring window Each item corresponds to one part of the job e agroup of thumbnails to be displayed in the Thumbnails area thumbwall in C Cast Publisher system job e alo res file called system rendition that can be browsed in the player in C Cast Publisher system job e aso called mezzanine file that is used as source for all distributed output files A job sent from the Publisher initiator to a C Cast Agent to general several output files for the distribution workflow will consist of as many jobs as output files need to be generated C Cast Agent will usually try to group jobs in a multi destination job in Xsquare in order to optimize the resource usage Field Description The Jobs Monitoring window contains the fields described in the table below By default the system jobs are not displayed You can display them in the grid by selecting the Show System Jobs check box at the bottom of the page If you click
10. 168 129 103 2014 09 24 11 09 33 771 DEBUG LinxControllerV2 LinxController Linx Trying to get Recorder from interface Teredo Tunneling Pseudo Interface on Ip address 192 168 129 103 2014 09 24 11 09 33 865 DEBUG LinxControllerV2 LinxController linx Connect 2014 09 24 11 09 33 865 DEBUG LinxSimpleEngineLib InternalLogger BEFORE connect 192 168 129 103 2014 09 24 11 09 33 865 DEBUG LinxSimpleEngineLib InternalLogger AFTER connect 192 168 129 103 connectionId 0 2014 09 24 11 09 33 871 DEBUG LinxControllerV2 LinxController Linx Found 0 recorders from interface Teredo Tunneling Pseudo Interface on Ip address 192 168 129 103 2014 09 24 11 10 08 475 DEBUG EVS CCast Agent Services Manager ProductionManager Keep Alive URL https demo c cast staging tv Content Token 71c605be 9662 476b 87a8 56b669f63155 2014 09 24 11 10 08 604 DEBUG EVS CCast Agent Services Manager ProductionManager Keep Alive URL https demo c cast staging tv Content Token fd131ff9 6889 4e29 9b90 30226282d566 2014 09 24 11 10 08 942 DEBUG EVS CCastAgent Services Manager ProductionManager Keep Alive URL http demo c cast staging tv content Token 6c57377e 7f76 42ab b943 01918b164fc1 2014 09 24 11 10 20 124 DEBUG EVS CCastAgent Services Tools SignalR SignalRManager SignalRManager StartTimer Need to call all jobs not ack 2014 09 24 11 10 20 148 DEBUG EVS CCastAgent Services Tools SignalR SignalRObserver SignalRObserver SendMeAlINotACK SendAlINAck notificatio
11. C Cast Agent service See section Monitoring the C Cast Agent Services on page 25 for more information Name Name of the service or the EVS product acting as a service in C Cast Agent Version Version number of the service used Service IP IP address C Cast Agent uses to contact and send requests to the Address C Cast Agent service Server Name Port Port number C Cast Agent uses to contact and send requests to the C Cast Agent service Local Network IP IP address the C Cast Agent service shall use to answer to C Address Cast Agent 3 Monitoring the Production 23 EVS Broadcast Equipment SA 24 Issue 3 2 A June 2015 Service Details Area 2 When you open the Services Monitoring window you first have to double click a service for the Service Details area to be displayed The Services Details area displays the detailed information on the service selected in the Services List area e Inthe main zone all fields from the Services List area are available as well as a Message field where messages are displayed in case of error See section Services List Area 1 on page 23 e Inthe main zone the buttons have the following role Name Test Connection Update Cross Description Button to test the C Cast Agent connection to the C Cast service Button to establish the connection with the modified connection settings Button to hide the Service Details area e Inthe Advanced zone additional fields are di
12. C Cast application that requests the job The following initiators are possible e Operator operator when the job has been initiated by C Cast IPConnect e Workspace workspace when the job has been initiated by C Cast Publisher Name of the clip Source of the clip specified in the following pattern e Ifthis is an EVS server lt server name gt lt recorder name gt e fthisisafile lt file path Name of the output file Status of the transform task of the job e If the status is not running one of the following status is possible e a See State field e Ifthe status is running a progress bar will be displayed Status of the transfer task of the job e Ifthe status is not running one of the following status is possible O vV See State field e Ifthe status is running a progress bar will be displayed 29 EVS Broadcast Equipment SA Issue 3 2 A June 2015 3 5 Traces Window Introduction When you need to deliver the log files to the Support team for further investigation on an issue you can zip and send the CCast folder stored in C EVSLogs CCast In C Cast Agent the Traces window also allows you to monitor the messages generated by C Cast Agent and its services The following screenshot shows an example of the Traces window PA HET 2014 09 24 11 09 33 771 DEBUG LinxControllerV2 LinxController Linx Found 0 recorders from interface GbE Left Jumbo Frame Capapble on Ip address 192
13. USER MANUAL Version 3 2 June 201b Vs aa V 5 USER MANUAL C Cast Agent 3 2 E Disclaimer This manual and the information contained herein are the sole property of EVS Broadcast Equipment SA and or its affiliates EVS and are provided as is without any expressed or implied warranties including but not limited to the implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose In particular EVS makes no warranty regarding the use or the consequences of use of this manual and the information contained herein Furthermore EVS may not be held liable for any direct or indirect incidental punitive or consequential loss damage cost or expense of any kind whatsoever and howsoever resulting from the normal or abnormal use of this manual and the information contained herein even if advised of the possibility of such loss damage cost or expense While every effort has been made to ensure that the information contained in this manual is accurate up to date and reliable EVS cannot be held liable for inaccuracies or errors that may appear in this publication The information in this manual is furnished for informational purpose and use only and subject to change without notice This manual cancels and replaces any previous versions thereof Copyright Copyright 2014 2015 EVS Broadcast Equipment SA All rights reserved This manual may not be reproduced transcribed stored in a database or an retrieval s
14. cord channel to the C Cast camera name 3 Repeat step 3 for all record channels of all EVS servers you want to retrieve AV content from 4 Click Next to validate the recorder mapping This opens the next configuration window See section Step 5 Targets on page 19 to go directly to the next step Result All record channels whose AV content you want to make available from this C Cast Agent have been mapped to a camera name of your production 16 2 Setting up the Production Sa VE USER MANUAL C Cast Agent 3 2 2 5 3 Modifying the Recorder Discovery Process Introduction Depending on the C Cast setup on your production site you may want or have to modify the way the EVS servers and associated record channels are discovered by C Cast Agent By default the EVS servers are automatically discovered using the LinX protocol Two additional discovery processes are available in the Advanced Area of the Recorders window step 4 in the production setup wizard e Automatic discovery via the IPDirector API e Manual discovery with LinX using the EVS server PC LAN IP address How to Discover the EVS Servers via IPDirector API To discover the EVS servers via the IPDirector API proceed as follows 1 Make sure that the IPDirector API you are going to use for the discovery process is correctly started 2 In the Recorders window of the production setup wizard step 4 click Advanced at the bottom of the window The Ad
15. cord channels the AV content will be extracted from on the production site You achieve this by mapping the camera names defined in your production in C Cast Administrator with the actual record channels of the EVS servers installed on the production site The AV content from the record channels will only be available in C Cast if you perform this recorder mapping Prerequisites Previous Steps Configured You have opened the production setup wizard and have already configured the steps up to 4 Recorders See section Overview on the Production Setup on page 7 for links to the previous configuration steps EVS Servers Correctly Displaying When the Recorders window opens C Cast automatically discovers the EVS servers using the LinX protocol Should you not find the requested EVS servers click once Previous and Next to come back to the Recorders window and refresh the server display Other discovery processes can also be triggered in the Advanced area See section Modifying the Recorder Discovery Process on page 17 for more information how the other discovery processes C Cast Cameras Selected in C Cast Administrator In C Cast Administrator in the production configuration a number of cameras have been 2 Setting up the Production 15 EVS Broadcast Equipment SA Issue 3 2 A June 2015 selected to be made available in the C Cast Agent Production Site you have associated to your C Cast Agent Procedure In C Cast Agen
16. data is transmitted to the C Cast Central via to the C Cast IPConnect 4 The C Cast Central requests the C Cast Agent to extract the media corresponding to the selection The C Cast Agent and the underlying Xsquare service extracts and transfers the preview files and mezzanine files to the C Cast Central Based on the configuration all camera angles associated to the selected media are also generated as preview and mezzanine files 5 Inthe broadcast center the operator browses the preview files of all requested camera angles video asset in C Cast Publisher The operator validates the publication items and video assets s he wants to publish to viewers 6 The C Cast Central requests the video transcoders to generate the requested output files 7 The C Cast Central exposes the output files to the viewers applications Communication BROADCAST CENTER HA C Cast Publisher D aid CI IPDirector 2 C Cast IPConnect File Transfers Program Feed A O x Fa 3 Content Delivery pana Pi Network DC y Transcoded video ms amp metadata par VC Cast Central Stadium ulticam an se Connected P TV Transcoders n d a 4 4 Preview amp Mezzanine C Cast Agent CLOUD Web IOS Android Logical entity that contains a media part of the publication item ex thumb asset or video asset It is characterized among others by a source an IN point an OUT point It does not contain a
17. ew Production Launch Wizard rs Barcelone Juventus Traces Jobs Monitonng Services Monitonng Help Exit The C Cast Agent production wizard opens with the focus on first window 1 Initialization 3 Click Next until you reach the requested window See the section corresponding to the configuration step you want to modify Overview on the Production Setup For C Cast Agent to be functional on a venue you need to set up the production relevant for the venue using the production setup wizard The production setup wizard consists of several windows each corresponding to one of the configuration steps detailed in this chapter The procedure to set up a production has therefore been divided into the following steps after the initial step Opening the Production Setup Wizard For detailed information on a step click one of the steps mentioned below to reach the relevant section Step 1 Initialization Step 2 Working Folder Step 3 Production Sites Step 4 Recorders Step 5 Targets EVS Broadcast Equipment SA Issue 3 2 A June 2015 2 2 Step 1 Initialization Introduction In the Step 1 Initialization you initialize the production This step allows the C Cast Agent to establish the communication with and start receiving information from the C Cast Central Procedure Toinitialize the production proceed as follows 1 Open the production setup wizard as described in the section Opening the
18. he network where you will store the extracted media in one of the following ways o Click ai and point to the folder o Type the UNC path of the targeted folder If you type a destination folder that does not exist the Next button will not be available 3 Click Next to validate the information you have entered This opens the next configuration window See section Step 3 Production Sites on page 10 Results When a destination folder is specified the disk space available is automatically displayed as a read only field The size of the working folder has to be large enough to store the media generated by Xsquare during a production The working folder is indeed only purged when you terminate the production When you click Next to proceed to the next step a subfolder is created in the path with the name of the production followed by a unique ID for example Football 2013 882dc065 24c8 41cc a017 688aba124ff9 The material will be stored in this folder Step 3 Production Sites Introduction In C Cast Administrator the administrator has configured production sites involved in the production In C Cast Agent in the step 3 Production Sites you need to associate the C Cast Agent to a production site This will make it possible to identify its position and role in the C Cast workflow Prerequisite You have opened the production setup wizard and have already configured the steps up to 3 Production Sites See section O
19. ice stopped hy Service shut down A Error When a Service is stopped it is automatically restarted within one minute When a Service is in error state modify the connection settings to redirect to another service on the network Modifying the Connection Settings of a C Cast Agent Service If you want your C Cast Agent to work with a service that is not installed on the C Cast Agent hardware for example another Xsquare service you will have to specify and apply the connection settings for this service To modify the connection settings for a service in C Cast Agent proceed as follows 1 26 Click the C Cast Agent icon A in the notification area and select Services Monitoring from the contextual menu The Services Monitoring window opens Double click the row corresponding to the service whose connection settings you want to modify The Services Details area opens at the bottom of the window with detailed information on the service In the Services Details area click to expand the Advanced area In the Advanced area specify the IP address login and password C Cast Agent has to use to communicate with the service Click issi next to the password field to move the IP address to the upper part of the Details pane 3 Monitoring the Production aa V 5 USER MANUAL C Cast Agent 3 2 Cas 6 Click in the Services Details area to check whether the C Cast Agent can contact the service using the given IP Addres
20. n sent to NotificationCenter 2014 09 24 11 11 20 159 DEBUG EVS CCast Agent Services Tools SignalR SignalRObserver SignalRObserver SendMeAlINotACK SendAlINAck notification sent to NotificationCenter Severity Level The records are categorized according to their severity level Information type Debug Messages in white font the developers can use for debug purpose in case of failure Information Messages in green font providing useful information to C Cast Agent users Error Messages in red font referring to errors in one of the C Cast Agent services Critical Messages in red font referring to errors that can prevent C Cast Agent and C Cast Agent services to work correctly Fatal Messages in red font referring to errors that prevent C Cast Agent and C Cast Agent services from being used 30 3 Monitoring the Production USER MANUAL C Cast Agent 3 2 V gt Record Components Each record is made up of the following sequence lt Date gt lt Time gt lt Severity Level gt lt Code Related Info gt lt Message gt Information type Date Time Severity Level Code Related Info Message 3 Monitoring the Production Date yyyy mm dd when the error or information has been generated Time hh mm ss ms when the error or information has been generated Degree of importance of the error Information relevant to EVS developers Message describing the event 31 a i a V To learn more about
21. ny formatting information For example each camera of a multicamera publication item is a video asset 2 1 Introduction Sa V 5 USER MANUAL C Cast Agent 3 2 1 2 1 Introduction Opening C Cast Agent How to Launch C Cast Agent When C Cast Agent has been installed launch the application in one of the following ways e Click the application icon on the desktop e Click the Start button and select the application name in the EVS Broadcast Equipment gt C Cast Agent 3 2 gt C Cast Agent 3 2 How to Access a Started C Cast Agent When the C Cast Agent application is started you can access the C Cast Agent menu by clicking the icon A in the notification area at the far right of the taskbar The C Cast Agent menu gives access to all configuration and monitoring commands How to Exit C Cast Agent 1 Click the C Cast Agent icon A in the notification area 2 Select Exit from the C Cast Agent menu EVS Broadcast Equipment SA Issue 3 2 A June 2015 1 3 Overview of the C Cast Agent Menu Introduction The C Cast Agent application consists of a menu that gives access to the commands or windows To open the C Cast Agent menu click the C Cast Agent icon on the notification area of the taskbar A To close the C Cast Agent menu click outside the C Cast Agent icon and menu Cast Agent Start New Production Barcelone Juventus Traces Jobs Monrtonng Services Monitonng Help Exrt Menu Item De
22. on being tested y successfully connected to target Button allowing you to try establishing again the connection when the connection status is on Action Buttons 3 The action buttons are similar in all steps of the production setup wizard Name Cancel Previous Next Finish Help Pane 4 Description Exits the wizard without applying the changes on the last window you have opened Goes back to the previous window saves the changes on the current window in memory but does not apply them Goes to the next window saves the changes on the current window in memory but does not apply them On the last window Applies the changes brought to the setup wizard and exists the wizard The help pane is displayed in all windows of the wizard It provides information on the window and the actions you have to perform in the window 2 Setting up the Production Sa V 5 USER MANUAL C Cast Agent 3 2 2 6 2 Setting up the Targets Introduction In the step 5 Targets you will view the various targets which means the devices and folders where the AV content extracted on the production site will be sent to in the C Cast setup From this window you will need to perform the following action on targets e Checking the targets based on which the media will be extracted and transferred e Testing the connection to the distant targets and detecting connection problems Target Types In the current version
23. onnected to the EVS servers network XT XS series via PC LAN and gigabit networks It automatically receives requests from the C Cast Central to extract footage from the EVS servers It needs to be connected to internet or at least to have access to the C Cast Central The C Cast Agent relies on Xsquare and XTAccess for the actual file extraction C Cast Agent User Interface The C Cast Agent user interface serves two purposes e It makes it possible to easily set up the C Cast Agent software on the venue so that it can fulfill its extraction and transfer management role e t makes it possible to monitor that the services built in the C Cast Agent application are running and operating properly The actual management of extractions and transfers is fulfilled in the background by the C Cast Agent services C Cast Agent Workflow The C Cast Agent installed on the venue premises plays a major role in the generation of files for the C Cast workflow as explained in step 4 of the following workflow EVS Broadcast Equipment SA Issue 3 2 A June 2015 1 From the OB van on the venue the reference program feed is sent via satellite or landline to an EVS server in the broadcast center 2 In the broadcast center the operator accesses with IPDirector the reference feed on which s he defines IN and OUT points to identify the media to be made available in C Cast Publisher 3 The media selection information IN and OUT points and meta
24. or Address Login administrator Password evs A Advanced In the Advanced area the following fields are available when the IPDirector protocol is selected in the Discovery by field Name Description Address IP address of the computer where the IPDirector API is installed The IPDirector API you are pointing to must be started when you launch the discovery process Login Login to be used by C Cast Agent to access the API Password Password to be used by C Cast Agent to access the API Discover via IPD Button to launch the discovery process API Action Buttons 4 The action buttons are similar in all steps of the production setup wizard Name Description Cancel Exits the wizard without applying the changes on the last window you have opened Previous Goes back to the previous window saves the changes on the current window in memory but does not apply them 2 Setting up the Production Sai V 5 USER MANUAL C Cast Agent 3 2 2 5 2 Name Description Next Goes to the next window saves the changes on the current window in memory but does not apply them Finish On the last window Applies the changes brought to the setup wizard and exists the wizard Help Pane 5 The help pane is displayed in all windows of the wizard It provides information on the window and the actions you have to perform in the window Mapping the Recorders Introduction In the step 4 Recorders you need to specify the re
25. rmation and contact your system administrator if necessary When you click Next you validate the data entered and proceed to the next step the C Cast Agent does the following e Establishing the internet connection with C Cast Central e Checking that the production code exists in C Cast Central 2 3 Step 2 Working Folder Introduction In the step 2 Working Folder you define a working folder where C Cast Agent will store the media extracted by Xsquare for the C Cast workflow Prerequisite You have opened the production setup wizard and have already configured the first step 1 Initialization of the setup wizard See section Step 1 Initialization on page 8 Procedure To define the working folder proceed as follows 1 In the production setup wizard open the 2 Working folder window using the Next or Previous buttons Destination folder Working Folder Disk space available 150 GB This step will let you define where the working folder will be placed Select a folder in which the C Cast Agent will create a working folder dedicated to your production s need This working folder will contain all the media extracted prior to the transfer The C Cast Agent will Create and configure the working folder of your production Cancel Previous 2 Setting up the Production 9 EVS Broadcast Equipment SA Issue 3 2 A June 2015 2 4 2 In the Destination folder field select a shared folder on t
26. s and the credentials If the test is successful the service state will be 7 Depending on the outcome of the test do one of the following actions a Ifthe testis unsuccessful check the settings and repeat steps 4 to 6 b If the test is successful click Misi settings to validate and apply the new connections The service connection settings have been modified and successfully applied 3 4 Jobs Monitoring Window Introduction In C Cast Agent the Jobs Monitoring window allows you to monitor all jobs processed by the C Cast Agent services The following screenshot shows an example of the Jobs Monitoring window jobs Monitoring Received date Priority Production Type Initiator Name Source Filename Destination Extraction Transfer State 09 08 14 tow Barcelone Juv Mezzanine Operator Operator Studio124830 Studio12 12 Studio12 RE 6E3A6F13CB62887F94E81730C40F6449 mp4 O 09 08 13 Low Barcelone Juv Mezzanine Operator Operator Studio124830 Studio12 12 Studio12 RE F397DCO340A61E0ECES66EBA446666EC mp4 O 09 08 12 Barcelone Mezzanine Operator Operator Studio124830 Studio12 12 Studio12 RE 54D8CBOBABF87CE91D87E0B292CA44F0 mp4 O 16 34 21 Barcelone Juv Mezzanine Operator Operator Studio124822 Studio12 12 Studio12 RE FFE80617121147DBDEDF6FFOCB8BA959 mp4 16 34 22 Barcelone Mezzanine Operator Operator Studio124823 Studio12 12 Studio12 RE 920A56251B8CD52AE2D6C1F27F09A6D8 mp4 16 34 23 Barcelone Mezzanine Operator
27. s and the record channels the AV content will be extracted from on the production site 2 Setting up the Production 11 EVS Broadcast Equipment SA Issue 3 2 A June 2015 The Recorders window contains the areas highlighted on the screenshot below known cam05 High Behind Gos The table below describes the various parts of Recorders window Part AreaName 1 Item bar 22 EVS Server area 3 Advanced area 4 Action buttons a Help pane Area Description Item Bar 1 The item bar is common to all steps in the production setup wizard As you move from one page to the other in the wizard the item bar shows in bold the configuration step corresponding to the open window EVS Server Area 2 In the EVS Server area you can map the camera names defined as part of your production in C Cast Administrator with the actual record channels of the EVS servers installed on 12 2 Setting up the Production USER MANUAL C Cast Agent 3 2 the production site In the EVS Server area the following fields are available Part Name T Information bar 2 EVS Server O Record Channels 4 Camera Name Advanced Area 3 Description It displays the following information e Onthe left name of the recorder profile associated to the C Cast Agent in production configuration Expandable header displaying from left to right the following information on each detected EVS server e server icon specifying the server series
28. scription Start New Production It launches the C Cast Agent wizard to set up a new production lt Name of Production gt When a production is set up a menu item corresponding to the production name is available It gives access to secondary menu items e Launch Wizard It allows you to start the C Cast Agent wizard again and change the production settings e Terminate Production It allows you to remove the production from the C Cast Agent menu and purge the working folder content when you no longer want to use C Cast Agent for this production on the venue 1 Introduction Em VS USER MANUAL C Cast Agent 3 2 E 1 Introduction Traces It displays the logs with references to all service operations See section Traces Window on page 30 for more information on logs Jobs Monitoring It displays all incoming jobs in the C Cast Agent See section Jobs Monitoring Window on page 27 for more information on the job monitoring Services Monitoring It displays the services built in the C Cast Agent as well as their running status See section Services Monitoring Window on page 22 for more information on the service monitoring Help It gives access to the help file and to information about C Cast Agent Exit It exists the C Cast Agent application closes all associated services as well as the AppGuard application EVS Broadcast Equipment SA Issue 3 2 A June 2015 2 Setting up the Production 2 1
29. splayed to allow users to define new settings for C Cast Agent to connect to the C Cast Agent service Name Specific Service IP Address Server Name Login Password Add Description New IP address C Cast Agent needs to use to communicate with the C Cast Agent service Login C Cast Agent needs to use to communicate with the C Cast Agent service Password C Cast Agent needs to use to communicate with the C Cast Agent service Button to apply the connections settings defined in the Advanced zone These new settings will overwrite the settings in the main zone of the Service Details area 3 Monitoring the Production Sa V 5 USER MANUAL C Cast Agent 3 2 3 3 Monitoring the C Cast Agent Services Overview of the C Cast Agent Services The C Cast Agent application relies on five services to perform its tasks These services which are custom Windows services are automatically installed when you install the C Cast Agent suite Service Name Purpose EVS Notification Service responsible for the communication of C Cast Agent Center with C Cast Central C Cast Transfer Service responsible for the transfer of the generated files to Service external targets It can handle the transfers via different protocols C Cast Resource Service responsible to identify the location s of all files in Locator Service the C Cast workflow The purpose of this service is to prevent transform and transfer operations to be proce
30. ssed several times The service is local if you delete the service all information related to the resource locations are deleted C Cast Thumbnail Service responsible for the extraction of the thumbnails to be Extraction Service made available in the thumbnails area thumbwall in C Cast Publisher EVS Xsquare Service Service responsible for the extractions transcoding and rewrap requested to C Cast Agent Checking the Overall Service Status The C Cast Agent services should be configured to e be automatically started when you start the C Cast application e be automatically restarted after one minute should they accidentally stop running When all services are correctly started the C Cast Agent icon in the taskbar is blue A When one of the services is stopped the C Cast Agent icon in the taskbar is red A Checking the Individual Service Status In C Cast Agent you can check for each service that the service is correctly started and can communicate with C Cast Agent e Click the C Cast Agent icon A in the notification area and select Services Monitoring from the contextual menu The Services Monitoring window opens 3 Monitoring the Production 25 EVS Broadcast Equipment SA Issue 3 2 A June 2015 The services status is displayed in the Service State column and symbolized by one of the following icons Icon Service Status Service starting af Service correctly started JJ Service paused en Service stopping an Serv
31. t you can only map the cameras associated to the C Cast Agent Production Site in the production configuration in C Cast Adminstrator To map the recorders proceed as follows 1 In the production setup wizard open the 4 Recorders window using the Next or Previous buttons Recorders Recorder Profile Footbal Camera Map ma pa 1 s 6 Here you can find a list of all the servers and A 2 S N 13 p nn dabei recorders automatically discovered 12Studio12 REC1 000A Unknown Each of these XT s Recorders can be linked to one of the C Cast Recorders configured for 12Studio12 REC2 0008 Unknown cam01 Main Camera this production A C Cast Recorder can only be linked to one 12Studio12 REC3 000C Unknown cam02 Close Camera i single XT Recorder 2 i mme LLLE cnin If you can t find a server in the list you can add it manually 12Studio12 RECS 000E Unknown Using LinX by putting server PCLAN S IP address in the field 12Studio12 REC6 000F Unknown cam05 High Behind Goal Using IP Director Discovery by LinX Address es PCLan Advanced Cancel Previous See section Recorders Window on page 11 for a detailed description of the Recorders window 2 Forthe requested server select the appropriate C Cast camera name in front of each record channel whose content you want to make available in C Cast Click the Camera Map button if you want to have a look at the camera map to help you assign the right EVS re
32. vanced area opens Discovery by LinX Address es PCLan Advanced 3 Select IPDirector in the Discovery by field The Advanced area changes to Discovery by IPDirector Address Login administrator Password evs A Advanced 4 Inthe Address field type the IP address of the computer where the IP Director API is installed and started 5 Inthe Login and Password fields type the login and password that C Cast Agent has to use to connect to the IP Director API This must be an administrator login to the IPDirector API The Discover via IPD API button becomes available 6 Click the Discover via IPD API button The list of EVS servers is regenerated 2 Setting up the Production 17 EVS Broadcast Equipment SA Issue 3 2 A June 2015 How to Discover an EVS Server with its IP Address To discover manually a given EVS server proceed as follows 1 3 In the Recorders window of the production setup wizard step 4 click Advanced at the bottom of the window The Advanced area opens Discovery by LinX Address es PCLan Advanced In the Address es PC Lan field type the PC LAN IP address of the requested EVS server Click the Discover via LinX button to trigger the connection process The EVS server is added to the list 2 Setting up the Production aa V 5 USER MANUAL C Cast Agent 3 2 E 2 6 2 6 1 Step 5 Targets Targets Window Introduction In the production setup
33. verview of the Monitoring Windows The following monitoring windows are available in C Cast Agent from the C Cast Agent menu e The Traces window is available from the Traces menu item e The Jobs Monitoring window is available from the Jobs Monitoring menu item e The Services Monitoring window is available from the Services Monitoring menu item 3 2 Services Monitoring Window Introduction In C Cast Agent the Services Monitoring window allows you to check that the C Cast Agent services are correctly started From this window you can also edit connection parameters and test the connection The Services Monitoring window contains the areas highlighted on the screenshot below Services Monitoring EVS Notification Center 21 C Cast Transfer Service 03 0L45 11246 03 0L45 11246 03 0L45 112746 Gan NMothcabonCenter EVS Notincabon Center ALIMENT A Advanced Nena Specific service IP address Server name Message Li g rj Password 22 3 Monitoring the Production Sa V 5 USER MANUAL C Cast Agent 3 2 The table below describes the various parts of Services Monitoring window Part Area Name ab Services List area 2 Services Details area Area Description Services List Area 1 The Services Lists area displays all Windows services linked to C Cast Agent and provides the following information on the services The fields are described from left to right Name Description Status Connection status of the
34. verview on the Production Setup on page 7 for links to the previous configuration steps 2 Setting up the Production aa VE USER MANUAL C Cast Agent 3 2 Procedure To select the production site proceed as follows 1 Inthe production setup wizard open the 3 Production Sites window using the Next or Previous buttons Choose a Production Site Production Sites a C Cast Agent Studio The next steps of the wizard will be determined by your selection of a Production Site Each Production Site can only be configured in once Production Sites Production Site s used already configured will not be available Cancel Previous 2 Inthe Choose a Production Site area click the production site corresponding to the place where the C Cast Agent you are configuring is installed The production sites in the Production Site s used area are already used by another C Cast Agent in the C Cast setup and are therefore unavailable 3 Click Next to validate the selected production site This opens the next configuration window See section Step 4 Recorders on page 11 to go directly to the next step Results The C Cast Agent is associated to the appropriate production site which is necessary for C Cast Agent services and C Cast Central to manage the C Cast setup 2 5 Step 4 Recorders 2 5 1 Recorders Window Introduction In the production setup wizard the Recorders window step 4 aims at specifying the EVS server
35. wizard the Targets window step 5 aims at viewing and specifying where the AV content extracted on the production site will be sent to in the C Cast setup The Targets window contains the areas highlighted on the screenshot below The table below describes the various parts of Targets window Part Area Name 1 Item bar 2 Distant Targets area 3 Action buttons 4 Help pane Area Description Item Bar 1 The item bar is common to all steps in the production setup wizard As you move from one page to the other in the wizard the item bar shows in bold the configuration step corresponding to the open window 2 Setting up the Production 19 EVS Broadcast Equipment SA 20 Issue 3 2 A June 2015 Distant Targets 2 A 1 Distant Targetis Mezzanine Standard Transfer Details In the Distant Targets area the following fields buttons or status icons are displayed from left to right for each target The fields are not editable and come from the Transfer Profile and Target definitions in C Cast Administrator Settings section Name Target Name Target IP Address Details Connection Status Retry Description Name of the target IP Address through which the target can be reached Button displaying a summary of the transfer and target information Icon specifying the connection status to the target It can be one of the following statuses failed to connect to target B connecti
36. ystem translated into any language computer language transmitted in any form or by any means electronically mechanically printed photocopied optically manually or otherwise in whole or in part without the prior written consent of EVS Trademarks All product and brand names are registered trademarks and trademarks of EVS or of their respective owners Improvement Requests Your comments will help us improve the quality of the user documentation Please send improvement requests or report any error or inaccuracy on this user manual by e mail to doc evs com Regional Contacts You will find the full list of addresses and phone numbers on the following webpage http www evs com contacts EVS Broadcast Equipment SA Issue 3 2 A June 2015 User Manuals on EVS Website The latest version of the user manual if any and other user manuals on EVS products can be found on the EVS download center on the following webpage http www evs com downloadcenter EC VS USER MANUAL C Cast Agent 3 2 Es Table of Contents Table of Contents TABLE OF CONTENTS DU lll 1 INTRODUCTION UU 1 1 1 Product Description a 1 1 2 Opening C Cast Agent 2 2 2 3 1 3 Overview of the C Cast Agent Menu 0 2 2 22 2 cece eee e eee eee ceeeeees 4 2 SETTING UP THE PRODUCTION LU 6 2 1 Overview and Startup ii 6 2 1 1 Opening the Production Setup Wizard 2222 ee cece eee eee ee 6 2 1 2 Overview
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