Grass Valley Kaleido-X v.7.80 User Manual
Kaleido-x, User’s manual
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Table of contents
Document Outline
- New Features
- Getting Started
- Operation of the Monitor Wall
- Key Concepts
- Detailed Directions
- Logging on to the Monitor Wall Using a Remote Control Panel
- Using On-Screen Wall Control
- Displaying the Dashboard
- Hiding the Dashboard
- Loading Layouts
- Displaying a Source in Full Screen Mode
- Changing a Source’s Aspect Ratio
- Video Cropping/Zooming
- Toggling Safe Area Markers
- Displaying Subtitles and Closed Caption Text
- Editing UMD Text
- Selecting an Input Method
- Assigning Sources to Monitors
- Changing Crosspoints
- Using Timers
- Triggering Actions
- Triggering GPI Output Events
- Acknowledging Alarms
- Triggering Audio Monitoring
- Setting a Display Monitor’s Output Resolution
- Changing the IP Address of a Multiviewer from the Monitor Wall
- Managing Kaleido-X Systems
- Key Concepts
- Detailed Directions
- Opening the XEdit Software
- Using XEdit Online
- Importing a Database
- Exporting a Database
- Creating a Backup
- Restoring a Backup
- Creating a Single Multiviewer System
- Creating a Cluster
- Configuring the System Representation
- Managing Transport Streams in a Kaleido-IP System Representation
- Importing a stream lineup
- Preparing a spreadsheet with stream lineup information
- Adding any-source multicast transport streams
- Adding source-specific or source-filtered multicast transport streams
- Adding unicast transport streams
- Adding HLS playlists
- Adding RTSP transport streams
- Modifying transport streams and HLS playlists
- Removing transport streams and HLS playlists
- Managing Cards in a Kaleido-X or Kaleido-MX System Representation
- Managing Transport Streams in a Kaleido-IP System Representation
- Restoring Factory Defaults
- Managing Multiple Databases Efficiently
- Calibrating the Kaleido-X
- Key Concepts
- Detailed Directions
- Managing Calibration Profiles
- Multiviewer Output Calibrations
- Multiviewer Input Calibrations
- Configuring Audio Programs
- Calibrating Loudness Measurement
- Calibrating Loudness Probe Assignments
- Calibrating Dolby Dialog Loudness Measurement
- Configuring Sources for Dolby E Audio Metadata
- Calibrating Zero VU Reference Levels for Embedded Audio Sources
- Calibrating Zero VU Reference Level for an ABT Audio Source
- Calibrating Aspect Ratio Decoding
- Calibrating Detail Enhancement and Dynamic Range
- Calibrating Subtitling/Closed Captioning
- Calibrating Metadata Holding Time
- Calibrating DTMF Tone Sequences
- Calibrating SCTE 35 Event Reporting Duration
- Router Output Calibrations
- GPI/Genlock Calibrations
- Configuring Alarms
- Key Concepts
- Alarm
- General Status Manager (GSM)
- Alarm Browser
- Alarm Status
- External Alarm Provider
- Lookup Service
- Alarm Debouncing
- Alarm Suppression
- Global Alarms
- Virtual Alarm
- Sub-Alarm
- Alarm Monitor
- Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP)
- Teletext, Subtitles, and Closed Captions
- Dolby E/AC-3 Metadata
- Microphone Loudness Measurement
- SCTE 35 Digital Program Insertion (DPI) Signaling
- Bit Rate Measurement
- Detailed Directions
- Key Concepts
- Logical Sources
- Key Concepts
- Detailed Directions
- Creating and Configuring Logical Sources
- Automatically Adding Logical Sources
- Managing Logical Sources Associated with Programs in a Transport Stream
- Manually adding a Logical Source
- Managing Levels
- Defining Physical Assignments
- Making Further Assignments by Incremental Copy
- Sorting the Sources Table
- Filtering the Sources Table
- Resizing the Sources Table’s Columns
- Monitoring Internal-Router Outputs on the Monitor Wall (Sample Scenario)
- Creating and Configuring Logical Sources
- Setting Up Rooms
- Key Concepts
- Detailed Directions
- Managing Rooms
- Configuring Displays
- Viewing Room Display Properties
- Enabling EDID Auto-Detection in XEdit
- Configuring Custom Resolutions from the Tools Menu
- Configuring a Custom Resolution from a Specific Display in a Room
- Changing Room Display Resolutions
- Configuring the HD-SDI Monitoring Output Format
- Enabling Phase Locking at the HD-SDI Monitoring Output
- Disabling the Dashboard
- Changing a Display’s Aspect Ratio
- Changing a Display’s Diagonal Size
- Changing a Display’s Height
- Changing a Display’s Width
- Changing a Display’s Rotation
- Changing a Display’s Position
- Managing Display Libraries
- Creating Layouts
- Key Concepts
- Detailed Directions
- Managing Layouts
- Opening Layouts
- Loading a Layout on the Monitor Wall
- Closing Layouts
- Creating Room Layouts
- Creating 4K UHD Upscale Layouts
- Creating Layouts to Monitor 4K UHD Quad Link Sources
- Creating Full Screen Layouts
- Deleting Layouts
- Adding Monitors to a Layout
- Removing Monitors
- Duplicating Monitors
- Automatically Populating a Grid-Type Layout
- Copying layouts
- Assigning Logical Sources or Monitor Wall Destinations to Monitors
- Selecting a Background Image for a Layout
- Setting up a Layout for Background Keying from the DVI Input
- Zooming and Panning a View
- Showing and Hiding the Layout Navigator
- Configuring Video Monitors
- Setting Monitored Levels for a Video Monitor
- Resizing a Video Monitor
- Setting a Video Monitor’s Aspect Ratio
- Adding Safe Area Markers
- Adding a Custom Safe Area Image
- Video Cropping/Zooming
- Configuring Automatic Aspect Ratios
- Configuring a Video Monitor’s Alarm Reporting Behavior
- Configuring a Video Monitor’s Source Reporting Behavior
- Setting a Video Monitor’s Text Mode
- Configuring Audio Monitors
- Configuring Loudness Monitors
- Configuring Audio Scales
- Configuring Time Code Monitors
- Configuring Timers
- Configuring UMDs
- Configuring Alarm Monitors
- Configuring Subtitling Monitors
- Configuring Metadata Monitors
- Configuring V-Chip Monitors
- Configuring Clocks
- Working with Composite Monitors
- Using the Region Editor
- Format Painting
- Managing Widget Libraries
- Managing Layouts
- Creating Actions
- Managing RCP Users
- Routers & Kaleido-X
- Overview
- Key Concepts
- Detailed Directions
- Tally Interface Devices &Timer Systems
- Overview
- Key Concepts
- Detailed Directions
- Alpermann+Velte Timer System
- GPI-1501 General Purpose Interface I/O Module
- Configuring Serial Tally Systems
- Ross Video Production Switcher
- Sony Production Switcher
- Kahuna Production Switcher
- Kayak Production Switcher
- Kayenne Production Switcher
- K-Frame Switchers
- Zodiak Production Switcher
- Serial Port Test Agent
- Kaleido Remote Control Protocol
- Using the Serial to TCP/IP Dispatcher
- Administration and Servicing
- Key Concepts
- Default IP Settings
- Hardware and Software Options
- Dashboard Messages
- Network Considerations & Port Usage
- Network Considerations
- TCP/UDP Port Usage
- From client to multiviewer
- From multiviewer to client
- From multiviewer to multiviewer
- From iControl to multiviewer
- Between multiviewer and remote control panel
- From multiviewer to peripheral devices
- From peripheral devices to multiviewer
- Between multiviewer and SNMP managers
- Between multiviewer and NTP server
- Detailed Directions
- Assigning an IP Address to Each Device in your System
- Configuring a Multiviewer’s IP Settings
- Configuring a Multiviewer’s IP Settings Without a Client PC
- Finding a Multiviewer’s System IP Address and Application Version
- Changing the Client PC’s IP Address
- Configuring the RCP-200
- Logging on to the RCP-200
- Correlating Monitor Wall Destinations and KX Router Logical Routers for the RCP-200
- Configuring the Kaleido-RCP2
- Connecting the Kaleido-RCP2 to Other Kaleido-X Systems
- Logging on to the Kaleido-RCP2
- Configuring an Audio Bridge Terminal
- Enabling Options
- Installing Kaleido-X Client Applications
- Opening XAdmin
- XAdmin Access Control
- Restarting and Shutting Down a Kaleido-IP Multiviewer
- Configuring Head Streaming on a Kaleido-IP
- Configuring Virtual Network Adapters on a Kaleido-IP
- Adding Fonts to a Kaleido-IP
- Configuring Power Supply Redundancy on a Kaleido-X16
- Obtaining EDID Data from Displays when Using the DXF-100 Interface
- Servicing
- Upgrading your Multiviewer System
- Assigning an IP Address to Each Device in your System
- Key Concepts
- Index
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