Grass Valley PVS Series System Guide v.4.0 Dec 10 200 - Manual (Page 4)

Contents
4 Profile XP System Guide July 27, 2001
Chapter 3 Working with Profile XP storage systems
PFC500 Fibre Channel RAID Chassis key features ............................................................................. 57
PFC500 product description ................................................................................................................. 58
Storage capacity estimates................................................................................................................... 58
Maximum video data rate per channel.................................................................................................. 60
Connecting storage: Using a single PFC500........................................................................................ 61
Connecting storage: Using multiple PFC500s ...................................................................................... 64
Addressing requirements ................................................................................................................. 64
Configuring storage using Disk Utility ................................................................................................... 69
About configuring storage ................................................................................................................ 69
Configuring storage without hot spare drives................................................................................... 71
Configuring storage to include hot spare drives............................................................................... 75
Changing the volume name ............................................................................................................. 80
Expanding storage ........................................................................................................................... 83
Determining which disk modules make up a LUN............................................................................ 85
Updating your PFC500 firmware ..................................................................................................... 86
Chapter 4 Adding or Removing Channels
Using the Channel Configuration dialog box ........................................................................................ 87
Displaying the Channel Configuration dialog box ............................................................................ 88
Working with channels ..................................................................................................................... 89
Default settings for channels you add .............................................................................................. 89
Why resources appear dimmed, red, or in use ................................................................................ 90
Using Tool Tips to manage resources ............................................................................................. 91
Using the Warning symbol to find shared resources ....................................................................... 92
Using the Summary button to review channel settings .................................................................... 93
Adding and configuring a new channel ................................................................................................. 94
To add a channel ............................................................................................................................. 94
Entering channel name and description........................................................................................... 94
Selecting the channel type ............................................................................................................... 96
Selecting video quality and crosspoints ........................................................................................... 98
Selecting audio channels for each audio track .............................................................................. 103
Selecting timecode I/O for each timecode track ............................................................................ 104
Removing a channel ........................................................................................................................... 105
Chapter 5 Modifying a Channel: Video Settings
Adjusting video output timing .............................................................................................................. 107
Adjusting playout timing to match zero time .................................................................................. 108
Adjusting playout timing to match E to E timing ............................................................................. 110
Adjusting system reference timing to offset all playout timing........................................................ 112
Auto-timing synchronous video feeds ................................................................................................. 113
Options for timing asynchronous feeds .............................................................................................. 114
Changing the system video standard ................................................................................................. 116
Selecting the video I/Os used by a channel........................................................................................ 117
Selecting video quality for a channel .................................................................................................. 118
Guidelines for selecting Video Quality Presets .............................................................................. 118
Selecting video quality settings for a channel ................................................................................ 120
Selecting browse video quality settings for a channel ................................................................... 121
Defining and selecting a custom video quality preset .................................................................... 123
Recording VBI information uncompressed ......................................................................................... 124
Selecting the video still-play mode ..................................................................................................... 126
Viewing video input status .................................................................................................................. 127