NewTek TriCaster 2 Elite (3 RU) - Manual (Page 34)

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Chapter 3 SETTING UP
This chapter explains how to connect power, monitors and audio visual sources, and
external control devices to your NewTek live production system. After completing this
short section, you’ll be all set to begin using your new unit.
To begin, let’s review ‘what came in the box’:
• Your NewTek live production system
• A/C power cabling
• NewTek mouse and keyboard
SECTION 3.1
COMMAND AND CONTROL
Hint: The user interface requires a minimum monitor resolution of 1920x1080.
1. Connect an external computer monitor to a video output port on TriCaster's backplane.
Note: The user interface runs on the monitor selected as the “main display” in the Windows control panel
Display applet. Section 3.7.2 discusses supplemental monitor connections.
2. Connect the mouse and keyboard to USB ports.
3. Connect the power cord to an A/C power receptacle.
4. Turn on the computer monitor.
5. Press the Power switch, located behind the flip-down front
door on rack-mount systems.
At this point, the blue Power LED will illuminate, and the device will
boot up. (If this does not happen, check your connections and
retry).
Though not a requirement, we do strongly recommend that you use
an uninterruptable power supply (UPS), as for any ‘mission critical’
system.
Likewise, consider A/C “power conditioning”, especially in
situations where local power is unreliable or ‘noisy’. Surge
protection is especially important in some locales.
A word about UPS devices:
‘ Modified sine wave ’ UPS devices
are popular due to low
manufacturing costs. However,
such units should generally be
viewed as being of low quality
and possibly inadequate to fully
protect the system from abnormal
power events.
For a modest added cost, consider
a "pure sine wave" UPS. These
units can be relied on to supply
very clean power, eliminating
potential problems, and are
recommended for applications
demanding high reliability.