Grass Valley Kaleido-X (7RU) Quick v.7.80 - Manual (Page 13)

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Setting Up Your Kaleido-X (7RU)
Multiviewer
Welcome to the Kaleido family of multiviewers! This Quick Start Guide is designed to help
you get your Kaleido-X (7RU) multiviewer up and running for the first time. The following
sections will guide you through the installation of a Kaleido-X (7RU) system in its default
configuration.
Summary
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Getting Organized . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Step 1: Physical Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Step 2: Networking Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Step 3: XEdit Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Step 4: System Verification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
RS-422 Connection Diagram . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Introduction
Grass Valley's Kaleido family of multiviewers ranges from quad-splits to large-scale, multi-
room monitoring systems, with outstanding image quality and signal flexibility. The
Kaleido multiviewers are available in different models: the Kaleido-MX, the Kaleido-MX 4K,
the Kaleido-IP, the Kaleido-X (7RU), the Kaleido-X (4RU), the Kaleido-X16, and the
Kaleido-XQUAD frames, as well as the Kaleido-Modular-X cards, and the Kaleido-Modular
KMV-3901/3911 cards.
The Kaleido-X (7RU) can display 96 3Gbps, HD, SD or analog inputs any number of times, in
any size, across eight displays of any resolution and orientation. With its router option, the
Kaleido-X (7RU) offers switching unprocessed inputs to 48 HD/SD outputs for feeding
monitors, test equipment and master control or production switchers. By using an optional
mid-plane expansion module, two Kaleido-X (7RU) frames can be configured into a fully
interconnected 14 RU system to display up to 192 video inputs over up to 12 displays, and
capable of switching unprocessed inputs to 96 HD/SD router outputs.
At the heart of every multiviewer system is the Kaleido-X software, which includes the
following client applications:
• XAdmin is a Web client that your system administrator will use to manage the
multiviewer system.
• XEdit is a client application used to create layouts for the monitor wall, and to configure
the multiviewer, from your PC or laptop.
• The Router Control Software Single Bus and Matrix View applications (also part of the
iRouter Router Control Software packaged with iControl Application Servers) can be
used to control your multiviewer’s logical sources and monitor wall destinations, via