Grass Valley Aurora Edit LD v.6.0a Installation - Manual (Page 4)

Contents
4 Aurora Edit Installation and Configuration Guide
Connecting an External Controller to the Aurora Edit Workstation . . . 47
Connecting the Jog/Shuttle Controller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Connecting the Motorized Fader or the Effects Controller . . . . . . . 47
Verifying the COM Port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Assigning a COM Port for the Controller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Chapter 5 Turning On the Aurora Edit Workstation
Powering Up the System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Understanding the System Self-Test . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Running the System Self-Test Manually . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Troubleshooting the System Self-Test . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Chapter 6 Installing Software
Installing the Aurora Edit Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Local Storage System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Shared Storage System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Configuring the Disk Volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Obtaining a Software License Number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Launching Aurora Edit Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Chapter 7 SmartBins
Understanding SmartBins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Updating the Databases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Types of SmartBins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Transfer SmartBins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Step 1: Mount the NAS Volume for Transfer SmartBins . . . . . . . . . 79
Step 2: Install the Software for Transfer SmartBins . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Step 3: Obtain a Software License Number
for Transfer SmartBins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Step 4: Create a Transfer SmartBin in Aurora Edit . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Shared SmartBins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Step 1: Mount the drives for Shared SmartBins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Step 2: Install the Software for a Shared SmartBins . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Step 3: Create Shared SmartBins in Aurora Edit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Media Import SmartBins. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Step 1: Map the Network Drive for Media Import SmartBins. . . . . . 95
Step 2: Install the Media Import SmartBins software . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Step 3: Obtain a Software License Number for
Media Import SmartBins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Step 4: Create a Media Import SmartBin in Aurora Edit . . . . . . . . . 98
Chapter 8 Installing the Aurora FTP Service