Grass Valley Kaleido-X v.7.80 User Manual
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Managing Kaleido-X Systems
Key Concepts
Logical source
A logical source (called a channel, in earlier versions of the software and
documentation) refers to a group of physical audio, video, or metadata
sources, and text attributes. A logical source can be used as a whole, and
assigned to a virtual monitor. See
details.
Cards
Cards are added to, and removed from a Kaleido-X, Kaleido-MX,
Kaleido-MX 4K, or Kaleido-Modular-X multiviewer (see
in a Kaleido-X or Kaleido-MX System Representation
on page 112). There
are different, specialized types of cards: input cards, output cards, a
GPI/genlock card, expansion cards and internal router cards. Refer to the
appropriate Hardware Description & Installation Manual available on the
DVD that shipped with your system, and from the Documentation
Library section of Grass Valley’s website, for more information.
Virtual card slots
The Kaleido-X16 introduced the concept of virtual card slots that
represent a set of hardware features directly on the multiviewer’s main
board. In XEdit, the Kaleido-X16 virtual card slots contain
representations of GPI/genlock, input, output, and internal router cards
that are equivalent to their physical counterparts on the Kaleido-X (4RU)
and Kaleido-X (7RU) models. Likewise, the KMV-3901/3911 multiviewers
have virtual card slots with representations of GPI/genlock, input, and
output cards.
There are, however, some differences in the Kaleido-X16 and
KMV-3901/3911 multiviewer models are presented in XEdit, compared
to the Kaleido-X models:
• Cards in virtual slots are always present by default, and cannot be
removed in XEdit.
• There are no status icons next to a virtual card slot (e.g., inserted or
empty card slot icon).
In XAdmin the virtual slot/card concept is represented as follows:
• Cards in virtual slots have no name.
• There is no reset button associated with each card. Instead, there is a
single multiviewer reset button that sends a reboot command to the
multiviewer.
• Cards in virtual slots have no serial number. Instead, there is one serial
number for the multiviewer.
• Cards in virtual slots do not have individual IP addresses. There is only
one IP address, which is associated with the multiviewer.
Calibration
Calibration refers to the configuration of different card attributes. For
example, an output card’s Brightness and Contrast attributes can be
calibrated, or an input card’s Silence threshold attribute. See
on page 123, for details.
Peripheral devices
A peripheral device is an external piece of equipment, such as a router or
production switcher, that can be connected to the multiviewer.
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