Grass Valley Profile XP Aug 16 2004 - Manual (Page 7)

Contents
23 July 2004 Profile XP System Guide 7
Power-on the switch and configure if necessary .........................................................275
Test the Fibre Channel network using Media Manager ...............................................275
Setting up a simple video network: Ethernet ....................................................................279
Set up the Windows NT Ethernet network...................................................................279
Configure the video network on each Profile XP: Ethernet .........................................279
Manually Edit the
hosts file on each Profile XP...........................................................281
Power-off and connect proper Ethernet cabling ..........................................................283
Power-on the hub or switch and configure if necessary ..............................................284
Test the Ethernet video network using Media Manager ..............................................284
Chapter 12 Solving Common Setup Problems
Summary of setup problems ............................................................................................289
Common record/play problems ........................................................................................290
Problems with video .........................................................................................................291
Problems with audio .........................................................................................................292
Problems with timecode ...................................................................................................294
VITC Record ................................................................................................................294
Storage system problems.................................................................................................296
Problems using Configuration Manager ...........................................................................297
Channel control problems ................................................................................................298
Common Ethernet network problems ...............................................................................299
Common Fibre Channel video network problems ............................................................300
Testing the Fibre Channel Video network ...................................................................301
Common Ethernet video network problems .....................................................................305
Testing the Ethernet Video network ............................................................................306
Appendix A Electrical and Environmental Specifications
General Information..........................................................................................................311
Test Equipment ................................................................................................................311
Electrical Specifications....................................................................................................312
Profile XP System Power Specifications ..........................................................................317
PAC 216 Power Requirements ........................................................................................317
Environmental Criteria ......................................................................................................318
Appendix B Connector Pin-outs
S-VGA connector .............................................................................................................319
RJ-45 Ethernet connector ................................................................................................320
Parallel Port connector .....................................................................................................321
RS-232 connectors...........................................................................................................322
I/O Panel RS-422 connectors...........................................................................................323
I/O Panel GPI connectors.................................................................................................324
GPI Input connector (on I/O Panel) .............................................................................324
GPI output connector (on I/O Panel) ...........................................................................325
I/O Panel LTC connectors ................................................................................................326
Fibre Channel Disk board connectors ..............................................................................327
Fibre Channel Cable Specifications ............................................................................327
Fibre Channel Network board connector..........................................................................328
Audio board connector .....................................................................................................329
Appendix C Rack Mounting Information and
Rear Panel Drawings
Rack mounting the Profile XP ..........................................................................................331
Chassis dimensions for Profile XP and peripheral equipment.....................................332
Rack mount hardware shipped with the Profile XP system .........................................333
Rack mounting Fibre Channel RAID systems .............................................................333
Mounting the Rack Slides ............................................................................................334
Installing the Profile XP on the rack mount rails ..........................................................336