Grass Valley K2 ASI Media Client - Manual (Page 3)

June 10, 2008 K2 ASI Media Client User Manual 3
Contents
Finding Information ........................................................................................... 5
Grass Valley Product Support ................................................................................. 7
Chapter 1 Product Description
K2 Features ............................................................................................................. 10
Chapter 2 Getting Started
System Prerequisites .............................................................................................. 12
Starting K2 ASI Client.............................................................................................. 12
Supervisor Rights ............................................................................................... 12
Configurator Rights............................................................................................. 12
K2 ASI Client Connection/Disconnection ................................................................ 13
Manual Connection............................................................................................. 13
Automatic Connection ........................................................................................ 13
Disconnecting from K2 ASI Client ...................................................................... 13
Loss of Connection ............................................................................................. 13
Exiting the Application ............................................................................................. 14
Restarting remotely the K2 ASI device software ..................................................... 14
Shutting Down the System ...................................................................................... 14
Chapter 3 Graphical User Interface Overview
Information Structure ............................................................................................... 16
Inputs panel ........................................................................................................ 17
Outputs panel ..................................................................................................... 17
Toolbars .................................................................................................................. 17
Menu Bar ................................................................................................................. 18
Server Menu ....................................................................................................... 18
View Menu .......................................................................................................... 18
Option Menu ....................................................................................................... 19
Window Menu ..................................................................................................... 19
Help Menu .......................................................................................................... 19
Status Bar................................................................................................................ 19
Contextual Menus ................................................................................................... 20
ASI Input Board Menu ........................................................................................ 20
Input ASI Connector Menu ................................................................................. 20
Access Restriction to Menus .............................................................................. 21
Symbols & Icons...................................................................................................... 22
Drag & Drop Facilities ............................................................................................. 23
Client Preferences ................................................................................................... 24
About Box ................................................................................................................ 25
Chapter 4 Inputs Management
Input Scanning ........................................................................................................ 28
Scanning a New Input ........................................................................................ 28
Scanning an Existing ASI Input .......................................................................... 28
Adding a New ASI Input & Scanning its Content ................................................ 28
Adding/Modifying an ASI Input Connector .............................................................. 29
Removing Inputs ..................................................................................................... 30
Monitoring the Incoming Programs ......................................................................... 31
Services View ..................................................................................................... 31
Tree View ........................................................................................................... 34
Information View................................................................................................. 34
Histogram View .................................................................................................. 36
Performing Analyses .......................................................................................... 36