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Starting up the itx ingest appliance – Grass Valley iTX Ingest Appliance v.2.3 User Manual

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Installation and Setup Instructions

Starting up the iTX Ingest Appliance

6 Connect the SDI Video input, SDI output and reference cables to the video card

connectors.

Fig. 2-5: Rear connections of the iTX Ingest Appliance

Starting up the iTX Ingest Appliance

Once the iTX Ingest Appliance is properly racked and connected, you can make the power
connections and perform the first-time start up of the iTX Ingest Appliance.

1 Plug the iTX Ingest Appliance’s power supply cable into a power socket.

2 Plug the VGA monitor’s power supply cable into a power socket and power on the

monitor.

3 Power on the iTX Ingest Appliance by pressing the

Power

button on the unit’s front

panel.

4 Observe the front panel’s Power LED to be sure that it lights up (see

Overview of the

front panel components

, on page 3).

Upon startup, the iTX Ingest Appliance automatically logs on as

itx-user

.

Note:

Refer to the iTX System Administrator Guide for complete information

about the iTX software applications and service components.

5 Since the iTX Ingest Appliance and iTX software components are factory-configured

with many generic settings, you must now configure some of the Windows, system and
iTX software settings. See

Software Configuration Procedures

, on page 13 for

instructions.