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UNMATCHED PICTURE QUALITY AND LAYOUT FLEXIBILITY
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2016-07-07

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  • Page 1 KALEIDO-X UNMATCHED PICTURE QUALITY AND LAYOUT FLEXIBILITY User’s Manual M770-2800-136 2016-07-07...
  • Page 2 Copyright & Trademark Notice Copyright © 2007–2016, Grass Valley Canada. All rights reserved. Belden, Belden Sending All The Right Signals, and the Belden logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of Belden Inc. or its affiliated companies in the United States and other jurisdictions.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Table of Contents 1 New Features ......... . 1 2 Getting Started.
  • Page 4 Table of Contents Exporting a Database............77 Creating a Backup .
  • Page 5 Kaleido-X User’s Manual Managing Alarm Providers..........174 Managing Virtual Alarms .
  • Page 6 Table of Contents 10 Creating Actions........325 Overview.
  • Page 7 Kaleido-X User’s Manual Kayak Production Switcher ..........427 Kayenne Production Switcher.

  • Page 9: New Features

    New Features The following is a list of features and enhancements introduced in Kaleido-X version 8.30. Refer to the Release Notes for more information. New Features and Enhancements in Kaleido-X Version 8.30 • Expanded support for the KMX-4911 multiviewer, up to a 36 × 4 configuration. KMX-4911 on page 12.
  • Page 10 New Features digital audio, at the AES, HDMI, and SDI monitoring outputs, of Kaleido-X, and Kaleido-X16 multiviewers. See Audio Monitoring on page 29. • Daktronics pitch timer: Support for Daktronics Pitch Timer TV Feed Specification DD3030549, Rev 1. (Requires All Sport 5000, with All Sport CG version 2.6 or later). Daktronics Scoreboards on page 457.

  • Page 11: Getting Started

    Getting Started This chapter provides an overview of the different Kaleido multiviewer models and their initial configuration process. Summary System Overview ..............4 Cabling Diagrams .

  • Page 12: System Overview

    Getting Started System Overview System Overview This section reviews the different multiviewer models that support the Kaleido-X software: • For the Kaleido-X, see • Kaleido-X (4RU), on page 4, • Kaleido-X (7RU), on page 5, and • Kaleido-X (14RU) Expansion, on page 6. •...
  • Page 13 Kaleido-X User’s Manual Kaleido-X (4RU) system overview Kaleido-X (7RU) The Kaleido-X (7RU) is a multi-room, multi-image display processor and router in a single, expandable chassis. Its unique mix of capabilities represents the most integrated monitoring and routing solution. As a multi-image processor, it offers the highest level of signal flexibility.
  • Page 14 Getting Started System Overview Kaleido-X (7RU) system overview Kaleido-X (14RU) Expansion Since version 3.00 of the Kaleido-X software, it is possible to expand the input connectivity of one Kaleido-X (7RU) frame to include that of a second. The two frames, each with its own expansion (KXO-EXP) card, are connected by a high bandwidth cable, such that all the output (KXO) modules on each frame (up to 6 in total) have access to all inputs (KXI) on each frame (up to 192 in total) without any blocking or bandwidth limitations.
  • Page 15 Kaleido-X User’s Manual Kaleido-X (14RU) expansion system overview Kaleido-X16 The Kaleido-X16 is a compact, ultra-quiet multiviewer with 16 inputs, and one or two HDMI outputs. It offers the highest level of image quality, and can be used with 3Gbps/HD/SD and Analog video.
  • Page 16 Getting Started System Overview Kaleido-X16-D system overview The 1RU Kaleido-X16 is ideal for smaller monitoring facilities, such as call letter television station master control rooms, mobile trucks and production fly cases, as well as community television. The Kaleido-X16’s super silent design is highly appreciated for use within studios and control rooms.
  • Page 17 Kaleido-X User’s Manual • DXF-100 optical DVI extension module simplifies long runs to monitors from frame, and is a single fiber solution for supporting high-resolution (1920 × 1200) displays over distances of up to 1000 m (3280 ft) • Choice of multiviewer remote control panels: simple Kaleido-RCP2 and advanced RCP- 200 with router control •...
  • Page 18 Getting Started System Overview • A reference signal from a REF-1801 Densité card can be used to minimize processing delay, and reference clocks on the monitor wall • Expansion through combination with upstream router • DXF-200 extension module simplifies long runs to monitors from Densité frame, and is a single fiber solution for supporting high-resolution (1920 ×...
  • Page 19 Kaleido-X User’s Manual Kaleido-IP system overview Kaleido-MX The Kaleido-MX standalone multiviewer system is ideal for production control rooms, trucks and outside broadcast operations. Available in two form factors (1 RU, and 3 RU), the Kaleido-MX supports up to 64 video inputs, and up to four multiviewer outputs.
  • Page 20 Getting Started System Overview Kaleido-MX system overview Kaleido-MX 4K Available in two form factors (1 RU, and 3 RU), and four configurations, the Kaleido-MX 4K ultra high-definition multiviewer can monitor up to 64 video inputs, on a 4K UHD display, without visible quadrants.
  • Page 21 Kaleido-X User’s Manual can display up to nine SMPTE ST 2022-6, 3Gbps, HD, or SD inputs in up to nine video windows across one or two high-resolution outputs. Combine up to four KMX-4911 cards, to configure a dual- or quad-output system supporting up to 36 inputs. Cluster As of version 4.00 of the Kaleido-X software, it is possible to configure a cluster system, allowing operation of layouts sharing output signals from multiple multiviewers fed by a...

  • Page 22: Cabling Diagrams

    Getting Started Cabling Diagrams Cabling Diagrams Kaleido-IP Cabling diagram for a Kaleido-IP X310 with two additional DATA ports (LAN5–LAN6, not connected). The Kaleido-IP X110 rear panel is identical, except for LAN5 and LAN6, which are not available for this model.
  • Page 23 Kaleido-X User’s Manual KMX-4911 Cabling diagram for a KMX-4911 (typical setup)
  • Page 24 Getting Started Cabling Diagrams Cabling diagram for a KMX-4911 setup for 4K UHD output (partial view) Kaleido-MX Cabling diagram, showing the rear view of a Kaleido-MX (1RU) 16 × 2 system...
  • Page 25 Kaleido-X User’s Manual Kaleido-MX 4K Cabling diagram, showing rear view of a Kaleido-MX 4K (3RU) 64 × 1 system...
  • Page 26 Getting Started Cabling Diagrams Kaleido-Modular-X Cabling diagram, showing rear view of a Kaleido-Modular-X 16 × 2 system...
  • Page 27 Kaleido-X User’s Manual KMV-3901/3911 Cabling diagram showing KMV-3911 rear panel. Kaleido-X16...
  • Page 28 Getting Started Cabling Diagrams Kaleido-X (4RU)

  • Page 29: Rs-422 Connection Diagram

    Kaleido-X User’s Manual Kaleido-X (7RU) RS-422 Connection Diagram Note: For information on the KMV-3911 multiviewer’s RS-422 interface, refer to the KMV-3901/3911 Guide to Installation and Operation, available from the Documentation Library section of Grass Valley’s website. In the case of a Kaleido-X multiviewer, each output card supports one RS-422 port over an RJ-45 connector.

  • Page 30: Xedit Application Shortcuts

    Getting Started XEdit Application Shortcuts The pinout for the RS-422 signals at the RJ-45 connectors on a Kaleido-X16—or on the output cards’ rear panel, in the case of a Kaleido-X—, and the wiring diagrams for the appropriate adapters, are shown here: RJ45 DE-9 male DE-9 female Pinout of an RS-422...
  • Page 31 Kaleido-X User’s Manual Action Shortcut key Toggle the Tips pane Ctrl+Shift+H Undo last operation Ctrl+Z Redo last operation Ctrl+Y Ctrl+X Copy Ctrl+C Paste Ctrl+V Delete selection Delete Duplicate Ctrl+D Ctrl+N Open Ctrl+O Save as Ctrl+Shift+S Close Ctrl+W Create grid-type layout based on Ctrl+M selection (Auto-layout) Select all...

  • Page 33: Operation Of The Monitor Wall

    Operation of the Monitor Wall This section introduces the Kaleido-X monitor wall features. Key Concepts Monitor wall The monitor wall refers to the group of display screens that are connected to the output modules of a specific Kaleido-X system. Room A room is a visual grouping of display screens.
  • Page 34 Operation of the Monitor Wall Key Concepts Logical source A logical source (called a channel, in earlier versions of the 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.
  • Page 35 Kaleido-X User’s Manual Subtitling A subtitling monitor defines an area for displaying subtitles extracted from a monitor video signal. By using a subtitling monitor you can monitor subtitling from a specific DVB or SCTE 27 stream, independently from the associated video stream.
  • Page 36 Operation of the Monitor Wall Key Concepts Note: If you have an iControl application server, you may use its GSM alarm browser to configure an acknowledgement snooze duration, which defines the period during which alarm status changes detected by your multiviewer are ignored, immediately after an alarm is acknowledged.

  • Page 37: Detailed Directions

    Kaleido-X User’s Manual Crosspoint A multiviewer can control upstream routers, and it can also be controlled as a router itself. In addition, some multiviewer models—Kaleido-X16, Kaleido- X (7RU), and Kaleido-X (14RU)—can have optional router outputs. A crosspoint is the link inside a router between a source (input) and a destination (output).
  • Page 38 Operation of the Monitor Wall Logging on to the Monitor Wall Using a Remote Control Panel RCP users are active in the same room, they each control a separate pointer on the monitor wall, and can use the monitor wall menu independently, as long as they limit their actions to separate displays.
  • Page 39 Kaleido-X User’s Manual 8 When prompted, type the password for this user name, then press ENTER. Note: By default, the user “Admin” has no password. The message “Access granted” will appear on the LCD display if the login is successful. If a mouse is connected to the Kaleido-RCP2, then you should be able to see and move the mouse pointer on the monitor wall.

  • Page 40: Using On-Screen Wall Control

    Operation of the Monitor Wall Using On-Screen Wall Control connected to when you added the timer you need to control, you will have to proceed by trial and error. 2 Touch the room you wish to access (press the DOWN or UP soft keys to scroll the list as needed).

  • Page 41: Displaying The Dashboard

    Kaleido-X User’s Manual Using On-Screen Wall Control from the RCP-200 Once you have logged on to a room from the RCP-200 control panel, a mouse connected to one of the panel’s USB port automatically switches to the monitor wall, while the RCP-200’s touch screen features remain available.

  • Page 42: Hiding The Dashboard

    Operation of the Monitor Wall Hiding the Dashboard Show dashboard Monitor wall menu (from composite monitor menu) Note: If you right-click the monitor wall background directly, then the monitor wall menu appears immediately, and you can click Show dashboard directly: After a brief delay, the dashboard appears at the bottom-right corner of the display monitor, and the command Hide dashboard replaces Show dashboard on the menu.

  • Page 43: Loading Layouts

    Kaleido-X User’s Manual To hide all the dashboards • Right-click anywhere on the monitor wall, point to Monitor wall on the menu (if you clicked a layout element), and then click Hide all dashboards to hide the dashboard on every display in the room. Hide all dashboards Note: When a dashboard is closed while the system is in an error condition,...
  • Page 44 Operation of the Monitor Wall Loading Layouts 2 Select the layout you wish to load, from the set of layouts defined for this room, and then click OK. The new layout appears on the monitor wall. Loading a Layout by Using the Kaleido-RCP2 To load a layout on the monitor wall, by using the Kaleido-RCP2 1 Press LOAD on the Kaleido-RCP2.

  • Page 45: Displaying A Source In Full Screen Mode

    Kaleido-X User’s Manual After a moment, the new layout appears on the monitor wall, and the RCP-200’s right- hand screen returns to the ASSIGN CHANNEL panel. Refreshing a Layout To refresh a layout • Right-click anywhere on the monitor wall, point to Monitor wall (if you clicked a layout element), and then click Refresh on the menu.

  • Page 46: Video Cropping/Zooming

    Operation of the Monitor Wall Video Cropping/Zooming alternate between the available aspect ratio options (4:3, 16:9, and possibly a third custom aspect ratio if one was defined in XEdit for the monitor). To change the aspect ratio using the RCP-200 1 Touch the WALL MOUSE category if it is not already selected, and then move the pointer over the video source whose aspect ratio you wish to change on the monitor wall.
  • Page 47 Kaleido-X User’s Manual Notes (continued) • Safe title area and aspect ratio markers follow the video signal (e.g., if the safe title area is within 5% of top, left, right and bottom, then when the video is in default overscan mode, the safe title area markers will not appear).

  • Page 48: Toggling Safe Area Markers

    Operation of the Monitor Wall Toggling Safe Area Markers Underscan Toggling Safe Area Markers To toggle the safe area markers on a video using the Kaleido-RCP2 • Move the pointer over the video source, and then press SAFE AREA on the Kaleido- RCP2.

  • Page 49: Displaying Subtitles And Closed Caption Text

    Kaleido-X User’s Manual 2 Click Safe Area again on the menu, to hide the markers. Displaying Subtitles and Closed Caption Text Notes • The KMV-3901/3911, and Kaleido-XQUAD multiviewers do not support extraction of subtitles and closed captions. • Only the Kaleido-IP supports extraction of SCTE 27 subtitles, DVB subtitles, and DVB teletext.
  • Page 50 Operation of the Monitor Wall Displaying Subtitles and Closed Caption Text To prevent the menu from being too crowded by CC (608), CC (708), DVB subtitling, SCTE 27 subtitling, and Teletext/subtitling options, its content (label, icon and available choice) changes, depending on the current video format: Signal type Text Mode Indicator Label...
  • Page 51 Kaleido-X User’s Manual Switching Closed Captioning On/Off To switch CC (608) closed captioning on/off • Right-click the appropriate composite or video monitor on the monitor wall, point to CC (608), and then click either CC1 or Off. To switch CC (708) closed captioning on/off •...
  • Page 52 Operation of the Monitor Wall Displaying Subtitles and Closed Caption Text Note: When monitoring a program that includes DVB subtitling based on a non-supported version of ETSI EN 300 743, the Kaleido-IP raises the DVB subtitle invalid alarm and no subtitling appears on the monitor wall. To switch DVB subtitling off •...

  • Page 53: Editing Umd Text

    Kaleido-X User’s Manual The assignments of Page A to Page H are configured in XEdit. To change the decoded teletext/subtitling page for a Kaleido-X, Kaleido-X16, KMX-4911, Kaleido-MX, Kaleido-MX 4K, or Kaleido-Modular-X • Right-click the appropriate composite or video monitor, point to Teletext & Subtitling, and then click Page A ([page number]) on the menu.

  • Page 54: Selecting An Input Method

    Operation of the Monitor Wall Selecting an Input Method The UMD text area becomes editable. 2 Type the new text, and then press ENTER on the Kaleido-RCP2, RCP-200, or external keyboard. The UMD displays the new text. Selecting an Input Method Note: In the case of a KMV-3901/3911 multiviewer, the current version of the Kaleido-X software does not support input methods on the monitor...

  • Page 55: Assigning Sources To Monitors

    Kaleido-X User’s Manual Assigning Sources to Monitors Any monitor in a layout can be assigned a logical source in XEdit. It is possible to change the logical source assignment directly on the monitor wall. Note: Logical source assignments can also be changed by configuring actions in XEdit.
  • Page 56 Operation of the Monitor Wall Assigning Sources to Monitors To assign a logical source to a monitor, by using the RCP-200’s Category/Index panel 1 Select the appropriate head from the room view, by rotating the HEAD knob (or by touching the DISPLAY SELECT category, and then touching the desired room display), if needed.
  • Page 57 Kaleido-X User’s Manual 5 Click Take. The selected logical source is now assigned to the monitor. 6 Click the × button to close the Assign Source window. Assigning a Logical Source to a Monitor by Using the Mouse To assign a logical source to a monitor, by using the mouse 1 Right-click the monitor that is to be assigned a logical source.

  • Page 58: Changing Crosspoints

    Operation of the Monitor Wall Changing Crosspoints 4 Click Take. The selected logical source is now assigned to the monitor. 5 Click the × button to close the Assign Source window. Changing Crosspoints Changing Logical Sources Assignments on a Kaleido-X Configured as a Router To change a monitor’s source assignment by using a router control device or application •...
  • Page 59 Kaleido-X User’s Manual Monitor-wall destination Current logical source Physical source ID The following information appears, as a submenu: Dest Name associated with this monitor when considered as a destination in the context of the KX Router logical router Name of the logical source currently assigned to this monitor.
  • Page 60 Operation of the Monitor Wall Changing Crosspoints Changing an Internal Router Crosspoint Notes • This feature is only available on Kaleido-X (7RU), Kaleido-X (14RU), and Kaleido-X16 multiviewers, with the SDI Router Output option, and whose internal router is properly configured within the first level of the KX Router logical router.
  • Page 61 Kaleido-X User’s Manual Note: In Assign [router] input, [router] will be the name of the logical router associated with the physical router output that is connected to the multiviewer input currently feeding the monitor (see Configuring Router Connections on page 397). The Assign Router Input window appears.

  • Page 62: Using Timers

    Operation of the Monitor Wall Using Timers Current preset 4 Click Take. The multiviewer requests the specified source signal from the router, and assigns it to the monitor. Notes • The Assign Router Input category/index panel does not support duplicate names for the router sources.
  • Page 63 Kaleido-X User’s Manual Controlling a Timer by Using the Timer Monitor’s Buttons and the Menu Reset Start/Stop Timer mode End behavior Stop Down Overrun Remaining Loop Notes • Timer monitors display time in HH:MM:SS format. Even if the monitor is synchronized with an LTC source, frame count is not displayed.
  • Page 64 Operation of the Monitor Wall Using Timers Alternatively, you can set the mode and behavior directly, by clicking the timer monitor’s Timer mode, and End behavior buttons: • Click the Timer mode button to select one of three modes: Overrun, Stop or Loop. •...

  • Page 65: Triggering Actions

    Kaleido-X User’s Manual Controlling a Timer by Using an External Numeric Keypad If a timer is assigned to the current RCP user, or else if a timer is assigned by default for the room, then the external keyboard’s numeric keypad controls this specific timer. Note: The reserved keys are always enabled, whether Num Lock is set or not.

  • Page 66: Triggering Gpi Output Events

    Operation of the Monitor Wall Triggering GPI Output Events Triggering an Action from the Monitor Wall To trigger a monitor wall action 1 Move the pointer over a monitor associated with the action you wish to trigger. The pointer changes to a hand icon. 2 If the action is not triggered automatically, click or double-click the monitor.
  • Page 67 Kaleido-X User’s Manual 3 Press the UNLATCH STAT knob. To acknowledge an alarm, by using the mouse • Right-click the monitor whose alarm state you wish to acknowledge, and then click Unlatch/Acknowledge on the menu. Unlatch/Acknowledge To acknowledge all current alarms in a room •...

  • Page 68: Monitoring Audio

    Operation of the Monitor Wall Monitoring Audio Monitoring Audio Notes • Before connecting a display or AV receiver to a Kaleido-IP multiviewer, make sure the multiviewer is powered off. In the advent that you have connected such a device while the multiviewer was running, you must restart the multiviewer for audio monitoring to be functional.
  • Page 69 Kaleido-X User’s Manual Audio monitors that have an audio monitoring indicator (see Configuring Audio Monitors on page 276) and that are currently assigned the same audio level, will turn the color associated with the current display (see Calibrating the Audio Monitoring Color on page 158), showing that someone is listening at this specific display.

  • Page 70: Setting A Display Monitor's Output Resolution

    Operation of the Monitor Wall Setting a Display Monitor’s Output Resolution Setting a Display Monitor’s Output Resolution Note: This section does not apply to the KMX-4911, Kaleido-MX, Kaleido-MX 4K, Kaleido-Modular-X, KMV-3901/3911, and Kaleido-XQUAD, which do not support setting a display output resolution from the monitor wall.
  • Page 71 Kaleido-X User’s Manual 3 Click OK. Enabling EDID Auto-Detection from the Monitor Wall Notes • The Kaleido-IP multiviewers do not yet support automatic output resolution detection. • The monitor EDID auto-detection feature is enabled by default in order to facilitate the initial setup of a Kaleido-X system. Setting an output head to a specific resolution, from a multiviewer service panel in iControl (if available), from the monitor wall (Kaleido-IP, Kaleido-X, Kaleido-X16), or from a Densité...

  • Page 72: Changing The Ip Address Of A Multiviewer From The Monitor Wall

    Operation of the Monitor Wall Changing the IP Address of a Multiviewer from the Monitor Wall Changing the IP Address of a Multiviewer from the Monitor Wall Notes This section does not apply to the KMX-4911, Kaleido-MX, Kaleido-MX 4K, Kaleido-Modular-X, KMV-3901/3911, and Kaleido-XQUAD. For these multiviewers, you can configure the network settings by using XAdmin, the Densité...

  • Page 73: Managing Kaleido-X Systems

    Managing Kaleido-X Systems This section explains what constitutes a Kaleido-X system, and the related workflow. Key Concepts Term Description System A Kaleido-X system represents a grouping of equipment, including one or more multiviewers that have the Kaleido-X software, and a number of peripheral devices such as routers, production switchers, UMD controllers, or automation systems.
  • Page 74 Managing Kaleido-X Systems Key Concepts Term Description Kaleido-Modular-X The Kaleido-Modular-X is a flexible and scalable 4K- and IP-ready multiviewer for TV production optimized for the space, power and weight considerations found in studios and outside broadcast trucks. FlexBridge coax cable bridging between the input and output modules allows for the installation of the input stage next to the router or sources, and the output stage next to displays, for simpler, cost-effective cabling with none of the risk associated with HDMI extenders.
  • Page 75 Kaleido-X User’s Manual Term Description Kaleido-IP The Kaleido-IP can monitor and display HD and SD television programs distributed over IP, across two HDTV displays. It supports MPEG-2 and H.264/AVC compressed video, and the AAC, AC-3, DD+, MPEG-1, MPEG- 2, MPEG-4 AAC LC, and MPEG-4 HE-AAC compressed audio formats, within unencrypted DCII, DVB, or ATSC streams.
  • Page 76 Managing Kaleido-X Systems Key Concepts Term Description Database Layouts and related configurations for your Kaleido-X system are created in XEdit. All this information is stored in a database. When you work in offline mode, your load the appropriate database in a local workspace on the PC where XEdit is used.

  • Page 77: Detailed Directions

    Kaleido-X User’s Manual Term Description 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. •...
  • Page 78 Managing Kaleido-X Systems Opening the XEdit Software Note: If you have installed multiple versions of XEdit, the launcher icon on your desktop opens the last version you installed. To open a specific version of XEdit, use the launcher icon on the Start menu (under All Programs).
  • Page 79 Kaleido-X User’s Manual If it is not the first time you open XEdit, and you are satisfied with the location of your local workspace, then select the Don’t ask next time check box, to avoid being prompted every time you open XEdit. 4 Click OK to close the Database Location window.

  • Page 80: Using Xedit Online

    Managing Kaleido-X Systems Using XEdit Online To customize the layout of the XEdit application window • Resize the window, and its three panes, by dragging the window’s borders, corners, and pane splitters. • Move the Tips, Tools, and Properties panes between the left and right panes, and reorder them, by clicking their handle and dragging to the desired location.
  • Page 81 Kaleido-X User’s Manual Connecting to a Multiviewer To connect to a multiviewer 1 On the Configure menu, click Connect. The Connect to Multiviewer window appears. Your recent connections, and all the multiviewers that are on the same subnet as your PC are automatically included in the list.
  • Page 82 Managing Kaleido-X Systems Using XEdit Online In the case of a cluster system, cluster members are listed in alphabetical order based on the system name, which appears first, and the multiviewer you are currently connected to is highlighted. Bold text indicates the cluster member to which XEdit is currently connected.

  • Page 83: Importing A Database

    Kaleido-X User’s Manual To enable access control in XEdit 1 Connect to the multiviewer you wish to protect (see Connecting to a Multiviewer page 73). 2 On the Configure menu, select the Access control check box. XEdit prompts you for a password. 3 Type the password associated with the RCP user Admin, and then click Log on.
  • Page 84 Managing Kaleido-X Systems Importing a Database 3 Click Yes. A progress window appears, followed by a message stating whether the import succeeded or not. 4 Click OK. The imported data has replaced the former content in your local workspace. The originating system’s multiviewer model and IP address now appear in the System list.

  • Page 85: Exporting A Database

    Kaleido-X User’s Manual Exporting a Database Exporting a Single-Multiviewer Database To export a single-multiviewer database 1 On the Configure menu, point to Database, and then click Export. The Export to Multiviewer window appears, prompting you for the IP address of the multiviewer to which you wish to transfer the database.
  • Page 86 Managing Kaleido-X Systems Exporting a Database The Export Cluster window appears, prompting you to confirm the set of multiviewers to which you wish to apply the database. If you were working in offline mode, against a database imported from your existing cluster system, and all cluster members are currently available, then click OK to proceed.

  • Page 87: Creating A Backup

    Kaleido-X User’s Manual A progress window appears, followed by a message stating whether the export succeeded or not. 4 Click OK. All cluster members now have the latest configuration from the local workspace. Creating a Backup Use the Create backup and Restore backup functions to manage copies of your system database.

  • Page 88: Restoring A Backup

    Managing Kaleido-X Systems Restoring a Backup Backing Up Audio Scales To back up audio scales from the current system 1 On the Configure menu, point to Database, then to Create backup and click Audio scales. The Create Backup window appears. 2 In Create Backup, select the location where you wish to save a backup copy of the audio scales from the current database, and then click Save.

  • Page 89: Creating A Single Multiviewer System

    Kaleido-X User’s Manual Note: XEdit will not prompt for confirmation. Creating a Single Multiviewer System When first opening XEdit in offline mode, the database contains the default configuration for a Kaleido-X (7RU) system, including a fully-populated frame (all cards present) as a starting point.
  • Page 90 Managing Kaleido-X Systems Creating a Single Multiviewer System 3 Right-click the current multiviewer in the System list, and then select the appropriate multiviewer model—Kaleido-X16-S, Kaleido-X16-D, Kaleido-X (4RU), Kaleido-X (7RU), Kaleido-X (14RU), KMV-3911, KMX-3901, KMX-4911 9 × 2, KMX-4911 18 × 4, KMX-4911 27 ×...
  • Page 91 Kaleido-X User’s Manual Notes (continued) Conversely, if the current model is not a Kaleido-IP, then none of the Kaleido-IP models are available for selection. Select... To represent... Kaleido-X16-S A Kaleido-X16 (single output) frame Kaleido-X16-D A Kaleido-X16 (dual output) frame Kaleido-X (4RU) A Kaleido-X (4RU) frame Kaleido-X (7RU) A Kaleido-X (7RU) frame...

  • Page 92: Creating A Cluster

    Managing Kaleido-X Systems Creating a Cluster 5 Click Yes to have the system populated with factory defaults for the selected multiviewer model. See Restoring Factory Defaults on page 111. Alternatively, click No, if this system is based on an existing multiviewer system whose room and layout configurations you wish to reuse.
  • Page 93 Kaleido-X User’s Manual 3 create layouts for the new rooms 4 replicate RCP users from one multiviewer to all other systems that are part of the cluster 5 replicate custom display resolutions from one multiviewer to all others 6 make a backup of your cluster configuration IMPORTANT It is important to follow the indicated sequence: first add the cluster members, then create new rooms, and only then create the layouts.
  • Page 94 Managing Kaleido-X Systems Creating a Cluster Creating a cluster in online mode To create a system with multiple multiviewers in online mode 1 Open XEdit, and then click Connect on the Configure menu, to access one of the multiviewers you wish to be part of the cluster system. See Connecting to a Multiviewer on page 73.
  • Page 95 Kaleido-X User’s Manual Note: Each member of a cluster has its own database where both common information about the cluster and information local to the individual cluster member are stored. Room and layout definitions are automatically replicated to all cluster members, whereas the logical sources and the configuration of devices connected to a specific cluster member are only stored in this member’s database.
  • Page 96 Managing Kaleido-X Systems Creating a Cluster A multiviewer of the selected model is added to the System list. 3 On the File menu, click Save. A progress window appears while XEdit applies default settings to your new cluster configuration. 4 Repeat from step 2 until you have added all the required devices to the cluster.
  • Page 97 Kaleido-X User’s Manual 6 Once you have completed the current system’s specific configuration, save it, and then switch to the next cluster member you need to configure: right-click the appropriate multiviewer node and then click Switch to this system. The selected cluster member becomes highlighted in the System list. 7 Repeat from step 5 until all cluster members are configured.

  • Page 98: Configuring The System Representation

    Managing Kaleido-X Systems Configuring the System Representation Replicating RCP Users Across a Cluster System Currently, RCP Users are not automatically propagated to all multiviewers. Before a user can log on to a room associated with a cluster system, the corresponding RCP user configuration must be manually replicated on all member multiviewers across the cluster.
  • Page 99 Kaleido-X User’s Manual for the most part, equivalent to their physical counterparts on the Kaleido-X models (see page 68). Managing Transport Streams in a Kaleido-IP System Representation Although it is possible to partly configure your Kaleido-IP system by using XEdit in offline mode, you must work in online mode, at least once, to obtain the list of programs and elementary streams under each transport stream (see Using XEdit Online...
  • Page 100 Managing Kaleido-X Systems Configuring the System Representation 2 On the File menu, click Import. XEdit prompts you for confirmation. 3 Click OK to dismiss the warning, if you are confident that you have all the information to recover your system configuration if needed. 4 Navigate to the spreadsheet file you wish to import, select it, and then click Open.
  • Page 101 Kaleido-X User’s Manual In addition, logical sources for the programs listed in the spreadsheet you imported are automatically added to the sources table. If XEdit is not connected to the multiviewer, then the new sources’ video levels appear in red in the sources table. In such case, the sources table will be updated when you work in online mode once you have exported the database to the multiviewer.
  • Page 102 Managing Kaleido-X Systems Configuring the System Representation • Logical sources. This area spans columns H – J. • Additional static text levels (optional). This area starts at column K, and can extend to as many columns as you need. Text you enter on the second heading row in this area will be imported.
  • Page 103 Kaleido-X User’s Manual 3 Enter the information that will be used to create the logical source associated with this program: In this column... Enter this information... Index If your system involves a control panel from which you control your multiviewer as a router, set a source number for the logical source associated with this program to be available through the KX Router logical router, by entering the appropriate number in this column.
  • Page 104 Managing Kaleido-X Systems Configuring the System Representation Sample spreadsheet: Additional static text levels area Static text level names and data that only contain digits and have decimal positions that are all zeros must be preceded with an apostrophe in the spreadsheet. 5 Repeat this procedure until you have added the required information for all the programs you wish to monitor.
  • Page 105 Kaleido-X User’s Manual 4 In Multicast Stream Configuration, replace the default stream name if desired, select the appropriate protocol (RTP, UDP), and type the multicast group address and port number associated with the transport stream you wish to add. Notes •...
  • Page 106 Managing Kaleido-X Systems Configuring the System Representation Group address Port number (or range) Protocol Transport stream Program 1 Elementary streams (audio) Elementary stream (video) Program 2 Elementary streams (audio) Elementary stream (video) Note: Under the network adapter elements, transport streams are listed in alphabetical order.
  • Page 107 Kaleido-X User’s Manual The Multicast Stream Configuration window appears. 4 In Multicast Stream Configuration, replace the default stream name if desired, select the appropriate protocol (RTP, UDP), and type the multicast group address and port number associated with the transport stream you wish to add. Notes •...
  • Page 108 Managing Kaleido-X Systems Configuring the System Representation Note: VLAN adapter settings must have been previously configured in XAdmin. See Configuring Virtual Network Adapters on a Kaleido-IP page 540, for more information. 7 Click OK. The Kaleido-IP establishes a connection with the selected SSM/SFM stream. All programs that are part of the selected stream, and the elementary streams included in these programs, automatically appear under the transport stream element in the System list.
  • Page 109 Kaleido-X User’s Manual Adding unicast transport streams To add a unicast transport stream 1 In the main window, click the System tab, and then click Description/Calibrations on the second level tab bar. 2 Expand the System hierarchical list, and then click the appropriate network adapter element, for the stream you wish to add: •...
  • Page 110 Managing Kaleido-X Systems Configuring the System Representation Notes (continued) • Under the network adapter elements, transport streams are listed in alphabetical order. 5 Repeat this procedure until you have added all required unicast transport streams to your system configuration. 6 On the File menu, click Save. Alternatively, click the Save button on the toolbar. Changes to the system are saved.
  • Page 111 Kaleido-X User’s Manual The Kaleido-IP establishes a connection with the stream provider. In the System list, a master playlist element including all media playlists specified in the master playlist automatically appears under the network adapter. All programs that are part of a media playlist, and the elementary streams included in these programs, automatically appear under the media playlist element.
  • Page 112 Managing Kaleido-X Systems Configuring the System Representation 3 Drag RTSP from the Tools pane onto the network adapter element. The RTSP Stream Configuration window appears. 4 In RTSP Stream Configuration, replace the default stream name if desired, type the URL of the stream you wish to monitor, select the appropriate protocol (RTP, UDP), and then click OK.
  • Page 113 Kaleido-X User’s Manual To add an RTMP transport stream 1 In the main window, click the System tab, and then click Description/Calibrations on the second level tab bar. 2 Expand the System hierarchical list, and then click the appropriate network adapter element, for the stream you wish to add: •...
  • Page 114 Managing Kaleido-X Systems Configuring the System Representation Modifying transport streams and HLS playlists To modify the settings for a transport stream or HLS playlist 1 In the main window, click the System tab, and then click Description/Calibrations on the second level tab bar. 2 Expand the System hierarchical list, and then navigate to the transport stream or master playlist you wish to configure.
  • Page 115 Kaleido-X User’s Manual • In the case of an SSM (or SFM) stream, enter the IP address associated with the specific source you wish to monitor in the SSM source IP address box. • In the case of a multicast stream constrained to a virtual LAN, enter the appropriate VLAN identifier.
  • Page 116 Managing Kaleido-X Systems Configuring the System Representation 4 Right-click the selection, and then click Remove. 5 When prompted to confirm, click Yes. 6 On the File menu, click Save. Changes to the system are saved. If you are not planning on adding the removed streams back to your system, then you might now wish to remove logical sources that were based on them: see Removing logical sources for removed programs in a...
  • Page 117 Kaleido-X User’s Manual Populated slots Empty slots If you used the XEdit factory default configuration or the sample database for your multiviewer model (see Restoring Factory Defaults on page 111), then the appropriate slots may already be populated with cards. 3 Add or remove cards until the system’s card slots are populated with cards that match the hardware configuration of your multiviewer.
  • Page 118 Managing Kaleido-X Systems Configuring the System Representation Empty slots Populating card slots To populate slots with cards in a Kaleido-X or Kaleido-MX system representation 1 In the System list, right-click the slot you wish to populate. 2 If you wish to populate multiple slots in a single operation, extend your selection to other slots of the same type by using the standard Shift+click or Ctrl+click keyboard shortcuts.

  • Page 119: Restoring Factory Defaults

    Kaleido-X User’s Manual Restoring Factory Defaults A number of predefined rooms and layouts are available on the multiviewer itself when you first receive your system. However, if you start configuring a system in XEdit by using the default database XEdit creates for the multiviewer model you selected, you will need to create your own rooms and layouts.
  • Page 120 Managing Kaleido-X Systems Restoring Factory Defaults Note: If you are working in online mode, the set of multiviewer models available from the menu varies according to the current model. If the current model is a Kaleido-IP, then only the other Kaleido-IP models are available for selection.
  • Page 121 Kaleido-X User’s Manual 2 Click Yes. XEdit then prompts you to confirm that you want to restore the factory defaults for the multiviewer model you chose. 3 Click Yes. The selected multiviewer model appears in the System hierarchical list. 4 On the File menu, click Save. Restoring Factory Defaults from a Sample Database Notes •...
  • Page 122 Managing Kaleido-X Systems Restoring Factory Defaults Factory Defaults by Multiviewer Model Logical Model Database sources Rooms Layouts RCP users Kaleido-IP-2.zip Kaleido-IP-2 1 (Admin) Kaleido-IP-4.zip Kaleido-IP-4 1 (Admin) Kaleido-IP-6.zip Kaleido-IP-6 1 (Admin) Kaleido-Modular- KMV-3901/3911 8 × 2, 1 (Admin) 8X2_16_9_Displays.zip, Kaleido-XQUAD-DUAL Kaleido-Modular- 8X2_16_10_Displays.zip KMV-3901/3911 8 ×...
  • Page 123 Kaleido-X User’s Manual Logical Model Database sources Rooms Layouts RCP users Kaleido-MX 64 × 2, Kaleido-MX-64x2.zip 1 (Admin) Kaleido-Modular-X 64 × 2 Kaleido-MX-64x4.zip Kaleido-MX 64 × 4, 1 (Admin) Kaleido-Modular-X 64 × 4 Kaleido-MX 4K 16 × 1 Kaleido-MX-4K-16x1.zip 1 (Admin) Kaleido-MX 4K 32 ×...
  • Page 124 Managing Kaleido-X Systems Restoring Factory Defaults Note: The Factory tab is currently available for a KMX-4911 multiviewer’s card A, and card B only. 4 In the Factory tab, select the appropriate check boxes. Select... To... Card Parameters Reset the system name, system frame rate, date and time format, enable all SFP transmitter modules, and clear all log files.

  • Page 125: Managing Multiple Databases Efficiently

    Kaleido-X User’s Manual 6 Click Yes. The selected parameters revert to their factory-default configuration. Managing Multiple Databases Efficiently To avoid mistakes in managing databases, especially when multiple multiviewers are involved, it is recommended to follow the rules below: • Back up the database for each system to a central repository, separate from the local workspace you use when working in XEdit offline.
  • Page 126 Managing Kaleido-X Systems Managing Multiple Databases Efficiently this workspace as a “sandbox” into which you import the database you wish to work on during this session, and from which you export the database at the end of the session. Once you are satisfied with the location of your local workspace, on the Configure menu, point to Database, and then select the Do not prompt for the database path check box, to avoid being prompted every time you open XEdit.

  • Page 127: Calibrating The Kaleido-X

    Calibrating the Kaleido-X A Kaleido-X system includes a number of cards or modules that process a variety of signal types. This section explains how to calibrate features related with the different signal types. Key Concepts IMPORTANT Calibration changes are applied immediately Unlike other elements in a multiviewer configuration, system calibrations do not need to be saved.

  • Page 128: Multiviewer Output Calibrations

    Calibrating the Kaleido-X Multiviewer Output Calibrations SCTE 35 profile SCTE 35 profiles include calibrations for digital program insertion (DPI) signaling (e.g., splice events, DTMF break sequences, timing information), and a signaling timeout calibration. Transport stream Transport stream (TS) profiles include calibrations for TR 101 290 first- profile and second-priority fault-reporting indicators.

  • Page 129: Multiviewer Input Calibrations

    Kaleido-X User’s Manual Multiviewer Input Calibrations Detail enhancer Not available for Kaleido-IP, KMV-3911, or Kaleido-XQUAD. The purpose of the detail enhancer parameter is to recover sharpness that may have been lost in the de-interlacing and scaling process. See Calibrating Detail Enhancement on page 144.
  • Page 130 Calibrating the Kaleido-X Multiviewer Input Calibrations Metadata holding The holding time parameters determine the delay after which decoded time metadata such as closed captions, teletext subtitles, or XDS metadata will be cleared. Requires the CC/XDS option (see Hardware and Software Options on page 468).

  • Page 131: Router Output Calibrations

    Kaleido-X User’s Manual • Compliant with recent standards (EBU R128, ATSC A/85, ARIB TR-B32) and provide two measures (short term, and momentary) per audio program. This applies to Kaleido-IP, Kaleido-X16, and Kaleido-X with second-generation input cards (KXI-16SV rev. 600 and later, KXI-16HS3, and KXI-16HSV3).

  • Page 132: Alarm Debouncing

    Calibrating the Kaleido-X Alarm Debouncing Alarm Debouncing Alarm debouncing allows the filtering of false alarms. Two parameters can be calibrated: the time required for an alarm event to be present before the system considers it to be valid (to avoid false triggering of alarms), and the time required for an alarm state to be normal before the system actually clears the alarm (to avoid false releasing of alarms).

  • Page 133: Detailed Directions

    Kaleido-X User’s Manual Notes (continued) • In the case of V-chip loss alarms, the Set duration parameter should be at least 3 seconds, in order to avoid false alarms. • As of version 6.60 of the Kaleido-X software, the former Occurrences and Detection window debouncing parameters have been removed.
  • Page 134 Calibrating the Kaleido-X Managing Calibration Profiles Configuring Alarm Thresholds on page 127, to adjust alarm thresholds. • For a TS profile: • Refer to Transport Calibration, on page 132, if you need to change alarm thresholds for TR 101 290 fault indicators. •...

  • Page 135: Configuring Alarm Thresholds

    Kaleido-X User’s Manual Elementary stream profile assignment example Transport stream profile assignment example 4 To apply the same profile to all elementary streams of a compatible type (e.g., all audio elementary streams), click Apply to all. Alternatively, you can drag a profile from the Tools pane, onto the desired elementary stream, or transport stream in the System list.
  • Page 136 Calibrating the Kaleido-X Configuring Alarm Thresholds A transport stream profile Elementary stream profiles • For all other multiviewer models, click Description/Calibrations on the second- level tab bar, navigate to the alarm whose threshold you wish to calibrate, by expanding the appropriate multiviewer input, one of its Video elements, and then the alarm-related elements (or the ABT element, and then one of the ABT’s audio elements).
  • Page 137 Kaleido-X User’s Manual Example of alarms related to video and embedded audio input signals, for Kaleido-X, Kaleido-X16, and KMV-3901/3911 multiviewers. 3 In the Properties pane, set the relevant values under Calibration.
  • Page 138 Calibrating the Kaleido-X Configuring Alarm Thresholds Video Calibrations Black detection Set the level (in IRE, sample values, or mV) below which the signal will threshold be considered to be black. By default the threshold is set at 8 IRE, or 0 mV, depending on the multiviewer model.
  • Page 139 Kaleido-X User’s Manual Audio Calibrations Silence Select the level (in dB or dBFS for digital audio sources, in dB or dBu left/right/center for analog audio sources) below which the audio signal will be considered silenced. The default value is –55 dBFS, on a range of -63 to 0.
  • Page 140 Calibrating the Kaleido-X Configuring Alarm Thresholds Metadata Calibration DTVCC service Set the delay (in seconds) after which a service presence timeout presence timeout alarm will be triggered. This calibration applies to the six standard services. The default value is 30 seconds, on a range of 1 to 360. DTVCC text Set the delay (in seconds) after which a text presence timeout alarm presence timeout...

  • Page 141: Configuring Alarm Debouncing

    Kaleido-X User’s Manual 2.3a PCR Set the delay (in millisecond) after which an alarm will be triggered to repetition error report that the interval between two consecutive Primary Clock Reference (PCR) values has exceeded the specified time. The default value is 40 ms, on a range of 10 to 200. 2.5 PTS error Set the delay (in millisecond) after which an alarm will be triggered to report that no Presentation Time Stamp (PTS) was found in the...

  • Page 142: Multiviewer Input Calibrations

    Calibrating the Kaleido-X Multiviewer Input Calibrations Elementary stream profiles • For all other multiviewer models, click Description/Calibrations on the second- level tab bar, navigate to the alarm whose debouncing you wish to calibrate, by expanding the appropriate multiviewer input, one of its Video elements, and then the alarm-related elements (or the ABT element, and then one of the ABT’s audio elements).
  • Page 143 Kaleido-X User’s Manual To configure an audio program 1 In the main window, click the System tab, and then click Description/Calibrations on the second-level tab bar. A hierarchical list representing the current system appears. 2 In the list, expand the multiviewer whose inputs you wish to calibrate. 3 Expand the appropriate input.
  • Page 144 Calibrating the Kaleido-X Multiviewer Input Calibrations To calibrate loudness measurement 1 Navigate to the appropriate input’s Loudness element in the System list or audio profile, and select it. • In the case of a Kaleido-IP, see Navigating to the loudness calibration in a Kaleido-IP calibration profile, on page 137.
  • Page 145 Kaleido-X User’s Manual b.On the monitor wall, loudness monitors using a custom measurement mode have their scale labeled LU, or LUFS. There is no functional difference between the LU vs. LK, or LUFS vs. LKFS scales. Navigating to the loudness calibration in a Kaleido-IP calibration profile To navigate to the loudness calibration in a Kaleido-IP calibration profile 1 In XEdit’s main window, click the System tab, and then click Calibrations (Kaleido-IP) on the second-level tab bar.
  • Page 146 Calibrating the Kaleido-X Multiviewer Input Calibrations Calibrating Loudness Probe Assignments Note: This section applies to Kaleido-X16, and Kaleido-X with second- generation input cards (KXI-16SV rev. 600 and later, KXI-16HS3, and KXI- 16HSV3). In the case of a Kaleido-IP, all audio programs can be measured simultaneously.
  • Page 147 Kaleido-X User’s Manual Note: If you choose to measure the second program for a specific video input, you will not be able to measure audio programs on all inputs. Calibrating Dolby Dialog Loudness Measurement Note: This section applies to Kaleido-X with first-generation input cards (KXI-16SV rev.
  • Page 148 Calibrating the Kaleido-X Multiviewer Input Calibrations The following values are involved: Parameter Description Loudness standard Select the standard you wish to apply: either the A-weighted Leq (LEQ(A)) or the ITU-R BS.1770 filter. Note: Mixing standards for different inputs is not supported. Loudness channel Select the check boxes corresponding to the audio channels that selection...
  • Page 149 Kaleido-X User’s Manual Configuring Sources for Dolby E Audio Metadata Note: This section applies to the Kaleido-X and Kaleido-X16 multiviewer models only. To configure sources for Dolby E audio metadata 1 In the main window, click the System tab, and then click Description/Calibrations on the second-level tab bar.
  • Page 150 Calibrating the Kaleido-X Multiviewer Input Calibrations • For all other multiviewer models, click Description/Calibrations on the second- level tab bar, expand the appropriate input, then one of its embedded audio elements, and select Zero VU. 2 In the Properties pane, set the reference level to the appropriate value (in dBFS), using the Zero VU slider, under Calibration.
  • Page 151 Kaleido-X User’s Manual To calibrate an ABT audio source 1 In the main window, click the System tab, and then click Description/Calibrations on the second-level tab bar. A hierarchical list representing the current system appears. 2 In the list, expand the multiviewer whose inputs you wish to calibrate. 3 Expand the appropriate input, its ABT element, and then one of the ABT’s audio elements.
  • Page 152 Calibrating the Kaleido-X Multiviewer Input Calibrations A hierarchical list representing the current system appears. 2 In the list, expand the multiviewer whose inputs you wish to calibrate. 3 Expand the appropriate input, and then click AFD & WSS. 4 In the Properties pane, select Legacy AFD 3 bits to support the legacy AFD 3-bit format for the video index, if appropriate.
  • Page 153 Kaleido-X User’s Manual A hierarchical list representing the current system appears. 2 In the list, expand the multiviewer whose inputs you wish to calibrate. 3 Expand the appropriate input, then one of its Video elements. 4 Under Video calibrations, click Detail enhancer. 5 In the Properties pane, set the appropriate value (between 0 and 15).
  • Page 154 Calibrating the Kaleido-X Multiviewer Input Calibrations 6 Click Apply to all to apply the associated setting to all video inputs on your multiviewer. Calibrating Subtitling/Closed Captioning This section does not apply to the KMV-3901/3911, or Kaleido-XQUAD multiviewers. For a Kaleido-IP, see Configuring Teletext/Subtitling Page Selection for a Kaleido-IP below.
  • Page 155 Kaleido-X User’s Manual Kaleido-MX, Kaleido-MX 4K, or Kaleido-Modular-X 1 In the main window, click the System tab, and then click Description/Calibrations on the second-level tab bar. A hierarchical list representing the current system appears. 2 In the list, expand the multiviewer whose inputs you wish to calibrate. 3 Expand the appropriate input, then one of its Video elements.
  • Page 156 Calibrating the Kaleido-X Multiviewer Input Calibrations XDS filtering, DTVCC holding time (for a video profile), or Subtitling holding time (for a teletext profile). • For all other multiviewer models, click Description/Calibrations on the second- level tab bar, expand the appropriate input module, then the video input you wish to calibrate, and select the metadata element whose holding time you wish to configure.
  • Page 157 Kaleido-X User’s Manual Subtitling holding time Set the delay (between 5 and 360 seconds, default value is 16 seconds) after which subtitles are cleared: XDS filtering Set the holding time (between 5 and 360 seconds, default value is 30 seconds) for each XDS metadata element (APS, ASB, CGMS-A;...
  • Page 158 Calibrating the Kaleido-X Multiviewer Input Calibrations CC holding time Set the delay (between 5 and 360 seconds, default value is 16 seconds) after which closed captions (608) are cleared: DTVCC holding time Set the delay (between 15 and 360 seconds, default value is 30 seconds) after which closed captions (708) are cleared: Calibrating DTMF Tone Sequences...
  • Page 159 Kaleido-X User’s Manual 3 In the Properties pane, set the appropriate values for the out-of-network, and in- network DTMF sequences. Allowed characters: 0–9, A–D, *, and #. 4 Proceed in the same fashion with DTMF break 2 sequences to DTMF break 8 sequences, as needed, to define the remaining DTMF sequences you wish to monitor.

  • Page 160: Multiviewer Output Calibrations

    Calibrating the Kaleido-X Multiviewer Output Calibrations Splice received Set the delay (in seconds) after which the splice received alarm will be timeout cleared. The splice received alarm is triggered immediately whenever the Kaleido-IP detects a splice insert command. The default value is 120 seconds, on a range of 1 to 3600.
  • Page 161 Kaleido-X User’s Manual 3 Expand the appropriate output module. The expanded module will show the output heads. (Depending on the multiviewer model, other items may also appear.) Output heads 1 and 2 4 Select the head you wish to calibrate. The brightness and contrast adjustment controls appear in the Properties pane.
  • Page 162 Calibrating the Kaleido-X Multiviewer Output Calibrations 7 If appropriate, you may copy settings from this head to every output head in the system. For each value you wish to apply globally throughout your system, click the corresponding Apply to all button. This has the same effect as selecting every output head one by one, and adjusting the sliders to the same value for the selected parameter.
  • Page 163 Kaleido-X User’s Manual 4 Select the head you wish to calibrate. The color saturation adjustment control appears in the Properties pane. 5 Expand the Calibration heading to show the control if it is not visible. 6 Use the slider to adjust the color saturation until you obtain a pleasing presentation of the video elements on the monitor wall display driven by the selected head.
  • Page 164 Calibrating the Kaleido-X Multiviewer Output Calibrations 3 Expand the appropriate output module. The expanded module will show the output heads. (Depending on the multiviewer model, other items may also appear.) 4 Select the head you wish to calibrate. 5 In the Properties pane, select the appropriate value from the DVI Input Keying Mode list.
  • Page 165 Kaleido-X User’s Manual Notes (continued) • By design, the audio signal is approximately 37 ms ahead of the video. To calibrate the audio monitoring delay for a head 1 In the main window, click the System tab, and then click Description/Calibrations on the second-level tab bar.
  • Page 166 Calibrating the Kaleido-X Multiviewer Output Calibrations Note: All videos on the monitor wall display controlled by the selected head are adjusted simultaneously. 6 If appropriate, you may copy the settings from this head to every output head in the system. To apply the audio monitoring delay calibration globally throughout your system, click Apply to all.

  • Page 167: Router Output Calibrations

    Kaleido-X User’s Manual 5 In the Properties pane, click the Audio Monitoring Color box, and then click the button that appears at the end of the line. Click to open the color picker window The color picker window opens. 6 In Colors, click the tab that corresponds to the color space you wish to use, and then choose the color that will be associated with the selected output head.

  • Page 168: Gpi/Genlock Calibrations

    Calibrating the Kaleido-X GPI/Genlock Calibrations 4 In the Properties pane, click the Switch field selection box, and then select the appropriate field value from the list. Calibrating SDI Signal Reclocking To calibrate reclocking of a router module’s output signal 1 In the main window, click the System tab, and then click Description/Calibrations on the second-level tab bar.
  • Page 169 Kaleido-X User’s Manual Note: This section applies to Kaleido-X multiviewers, only. To configure a GPI line’s direction as an output 1 In the main window, click the System tab, and then click Description/Calibrations on the second-level tab bar. A hierarchical list representing the current system appears. 2 In the list, expand the multiviewer you wish to calibrate.

  • Page 171: Configuring Alarms

    Configuring Alarms Your Kaleido-X system can help you monitor alarm conditions efficiently. This section describes how to configure alarm detection and alarm sharing parameters for your system. This configuration is made in XEdit. Key Concepts Alarm An alarm is a report on a single, defined condition (generated by a device or service) within a multiviewer system.

  • Page 172: Alarm Logging

    Configuring Alarms Alarm Logging drop operation (see Configuring logical sources based on external alarm providers page 202). Alarm Logging As part of the alarm calibration process, you can specify that an alarm, when triggered, be logged to an iControl application server. This requires adding a log plug-in to your multiviewer’s GSM configuration (see Adding a GSM log plug-in on page 182).
  • Page 173 Kaleido-X User’s Manual Status Color Description Warning (or Yellow Supported for Gateway alarms only (see Gateway on page 327). Minor) Major Orange Supported for Gateway alarms only (see Gateway on page 327). Critical Error detected. Unknown Gray Could not get status: Failed to communicate with device to get status.

  • Page 174: External Alarm Provider

    Configuring Alarms External Alarm Provider External Alarm Provider Once you have declared a device (e.g., an iControl application server, an EdgeVision quality of experience monitoring system, another multiviewer) as an external alarm provider to your multiviewer system, any alarms registered with this device’s GSM, in addition to the alarms generated by the current multiviewer system, can contribute to your monitoring and control purposes.

  • Page 175: Virtual Alarm

    Kaleido-X User’s Manual Example: Three alarms occur, two of which can be acknowledged without further action, while the other one is considered an Error. In such a case, the overall alarm status would be Error. The Kaleido-X software creates one global alarm for every logical source. The global alarms are not directly exposed in the Channels/Sources tab, but you can configure which alarm levels contribute to them (see Configuring an alarm level’s contribution...

  • Page 176: Sub-Alarm

    Configuring Alarms Sub-Alarm Sub-Alarm A sub-alarm is an alarm that contributes to the status of a higher-level virtual alarm. The effect of a sub-alarm’s contribution is determined by the way in which the higher-level alarm is configured. Alarm Monitor Alarm monitors help you see the status of global and virtual alarms, but their use is not limited to this type of alarms.
  • Page 177 Kaleido-X User’s Manual Create virtual alarms based on health-related alarms from your Kaleido-IP to make this information automatically available to your target SNMP managers. To make Kaleido-IP health-related status available to SNMP managers 1 Connect XEdit to the Kaleido-IP. 2 On the Tools menu, click New virtual alarm. 3 In Build Virtual Alarm, select your Kaleido-IP from the list in the left-hand part of the GSM alarm browser pane.

  • Page 178: Teletext, Subtitles, And Closed Captions

    Configuring Alarms Teletext, Subtitles, and Closed Captions Health-related status information from a Kaleido-IP X300, or Kaleido-IP X100 multiviewer is available via port 1161, for which your NMS will need the SUPERMICRO-HEALTH-MIB, MIBs. SUPERMICRO-SMI • <your multiviewer’s IP address> http:// /pub/SUPERMICRO-HEALTH-MIB.my •...

  • Page 179: Dolby E/Ac-3 Metadata

    Kaleido-X User’s Manual 708 captions, and automatically fall back to displaying the 608 captions only if the 708 data becomes unavailable. In the case of a Kaleido-IP, when a video or subtitling monitor’s text mode is set to Auto sense, and the associated source carries more than one type of captioning, teletext or subtitling data, decoding precedence is a follows: DVB subtitling, SCTE 27 subtitling, DVB teletext (WST), CC (608).
  • Page 180 Configuring Alarms Dolby E/AC-3 Metadata • Program config, for each source • Dialnorm for program 1, for each source • If multichannel audio (up to 16 channels) is transported as regular AES channels (up to 8) in the SDI embedded audio, metadata is extracted from VANC packets: •...

  • Page 181: Microphone Loudness Measurement

    Kaleido-X User’s Manual all amended audio peaks depending on VANC program configuration (regardless of which AES pair was assigned to the logical source). Microphone Loudness Measurement Kaleido-X and Kaleido-X16 multiviewers are capable of providing microphone loudness measurement as dynamic text values, for Audio Bridge Terminal (ABT) sources. Values are available for every ABT channel, and can be displayed in a UMD (or in an alarm status monitor), provided you configured logical sources with the appropriate text levels (see...

  • Page 182: Transport Stream Monitoring

    Configuring Alarms Transport Stream Monitoring Transport Stream Monitoring The Kaleido-IP reports TR 101 290 first- and second-priority faults, as alarms and text values, for every type of transport streams. Measurements are performed based on guidelines from ETSI TR 101 290. Second-priority indicator 2.5 ( ) is available for video and audio PTS_error elementary streams, only.

  • Page 183: Managing Virtual Alarms

    Kaleido-X User’s Manual • To add a device to the providers list, select the device from the Host address list, or type the appropriate IP address in the box, and then click Add. • To remove a device from the alarm providers list, select it, and then click Remove. Note: To qualify as an external alarm provider, an iControl application server must have its lookup service enabled.
  • Page 184 Configuring Alarms Managing Virtual Alarms • Expand Virtual alarms in the filtered System list, right-click any existing virtual alarm, point to Virtual alarm, and then click New. The Build Virtual Alarm window appears. Alarm providers Alarm browser 3 In the Status logic section, select one of the following three options: Virtual alarm status is best status among selected alarms (AND) —...
  • Page 185 Kaleido-X User’s Manual logic tables. This causes the virtual alarm to reflect whether or not all of its sub-alarms have the same status. If all sub-alarms are the same, the virtual alarm will be green. Otherwise, it will be red. For a more detailed description of the difference between these options, refer to “Understanding the Alarm Logic Tables”...
  • Page 186 Configuring Alarms Managing Virtual Alarms the Contribution column, and then select the status you want the virtual alarm to use when an error occurs. For example, if a sub-alarm goes from green to orange or red, but the selected contribution is yellow, the virtual alarm will “see” yellow (the virtual alarm’s overall status may still depend on other sub-alarms).
  • Page 187 Kaleido-X User’s Manual 11 Configure logging behavior as required (see Alarm Logging on page 164): • If you wish to disable logging for this virtual alarm, then select Not logged. • If you wish to have occurrences of this virtual alarm logged as incidents, select This virtual alarm is an incident template.
  • Page 188 Configuring Alarms Managing Virtual Alarms Modifying Virtual Alarms To modify a virtual alarm 1 In the sources table, select a text or alarm level. Alternatively, click the Actions tab. 2 Expand the filtered System list, and navigate to the virtual alarm you wish to modify. 3 Right-click the alarm, point to Virtual alarm, and then click Edit.
  • Page 189 Kaleido-X User’s Manual 4 Modify your virtual alarm, by adding or removing sub-alarms, changing their contribution, the alarm name or path, etc. Refer to Creating Virtual Alarms, on page 175, as needed. For example: • after selecting the sub-alarms you wish to remove from the table in the bottom half of the window, click the large up arrow button.

  • Page 190: Managing Alarm Logging

    Configuring Alarms Managing Alarm Logging XEdit prompts you to confirm. 4 Click Yes to proceed. The selected virtual alarm is removed from your configuration. Managing Alarm Logging Adding a GSM log plug-in To add a log plug-in to your multiviewer’s GSM 1 Make sure your multiviewer is specified as a lookup server in the iControl application server’s configuration.
  • Page 191 Kaleido-X User’s Manual 6 Click Add global. The New Action window appears. 7 Click Event and Incident log, and then click New. The Event and Incident Log Configuration window appears. 8 In Host name (or IP address), type the iControl application server’s IP address. 9 Under Advanced options, clear Enable incident log.
  • Page 192 Configuring Alarms Managing Alarm Logging 11 Close General Status Managers. In iControl Navigator, you may now open Event Log Viewer, and search the application server’s event log database for any relevant alarm information logged by your multiviewer. Refer to the iControl User Guide for more information. Specifying your multiviewer as a lookup server for iControl To specify your multiviewer as a lookup server for iControl 1 Open a Web browser window, and enter the IP address or host name of the iControl...
  • Page 193 Kaleido-X User’s Manual Lookup locations The Lookup location page appears. 5 In the Service and alarm discovery area, type your multiviewer’s IP address, and then click Add lookup. Your multiviewer’s IP address appears as a lookup entry, at the bottom of the Service and alarm discovery area.

  • Page 194: Publishing Alarms To Snmp Managers

    Configuring Alarms Publishing Alarms to SNMP Managers 3 In the Properties pane, select the Logging enabled check box to have the multiviewer publish this alarm to the application server’s log, each time this alarm is triggered. 4 Click Apply to all if you wish to apply this setting to all other alarms with the same name, throughout the system.
  • Page 195 Kaleido-X User’s Manual To identify the target SNMP managers 1 In the main window, click the System tab, and then click Description/Calibrations on the second-level tab bar. A hierarchical list representing the current system appears. 2 Click the multiviewer whose SNMP trap targets you wish to identify. 3 If your target SNMP managers filter traps based on a specific community string, then the Properties pane, click the Community box (which contains “public”...
  • Page 196 Configuring Alarms Publishing Alarms to SNMP Managers To modify an existing trap target 1 Click the trap target you wish to modify in the list. It becomes highlighted and its host address and port number appear in the data boxes, and the Edit button is available.
  • Page 197 Kaleido-X User’s Manual 3 In the Properties pane, select the Trap enabled check box to have the multiviewer issue an SNMP trap each time this alarm is triggered. 4 Click Apply to all to apply this setting to all other alarms with the same name, throughout the system.

  • Page 199: Logical Sources

    Logical Sources This chapter explain how to configure logical sources for your multiviewer system. Key Concepts Term Description Logical source A logical source (called a channel, in earlier versions of the Kaleido-X software user interface, and related documentation) refers to a group of physical audio, video, or metadata sources, and text attributes.

  • Page 200: Detailed Directions

    Logical Sources Detailed Directions Term Description Incremental copy Once a logical source (channel) is configured, it is possible to use incremental copy to automatically propagate appropriate physical assignments to other adjacent logical sources. For instance, if the current logical source’s levels are assigned from Video 1, then the incremental copy tool will automatically assign corresponding physical elements from Video 2 to the next logical source’s levels, and so on.
  • Page 201 Kaleido-X User’s Manual 2 In the Tools pane, expand the multiviewer, and navigate to the transport stream for which you wish to define logical sources. 3 Right-click the transport stream, and then click Create logical sources on the menu. Logical sources are automatically created for every program signal found in the selected transport stream.
  • Page 202 Logical Sources Creating and Configuring Logical Sources 6 On the File menu, click Save. Managing Logical Sources Associated with Programs in a Transport Stream In the case of a Kaleido-IP system, you may need to add or remove sources, from time to time, when programs are added or removed from a transport stream.
  • Page 203 Kaleido-X User’s Manual 2 Select these sources (using the standard Shift+click or Ctrl+click keyboard shortcuts to extend your selection as needed). 3 Right-click the selection, and then click Delete selected sources on the menu. 4 On the File menu, click Save. 5 Click the Layouts tab, open the appropriate layouts, locate any monitors that included assignments based on the sources you just deleted, and update their configuration as required (see...
  • Page 204 Logical Sources Creating and Configuring Logical Sources Note: The sources table is preconfigured with a set of default assignments, including at least one level under each level category. A symbol indicates the physical source for each assignment: for example, “A16” indicates input signal 16 on input card A.
  • Page 205 Kaleido-X User’s Manual Notes • Under Source info, you can change the logical source name and path, resulting from the Name and Cat. level assignments. For example, “Channel 1” can be renamed “Cam 1” or assigned a dynamic name. You can group related logical sources together, by adding static or dynamic text elements to the Cat.
  • Page 206 Logical Sources Creating and Configuring Logical Sources Add level A new level appears under the selected category. 3 If you wish to change the level name, click the level header, and then, in the Properties pane, type the new name in the Level name box. In the case of an alarm level, you may also set its contribution to your system’s global alarms.
  • Page 207 Kaleido-X User’s Manual • Passthrough: This is the default value. Alarms in this level will pass their status unaltered to the global alarms. • Critical, Major, Minor, Disabled: It is possible to override the error status of alarms when they are triggered. This is useful when, for example, a device is only able to report a status of either normal or error, but you want the error condition to be considered as minor in the global alarm calculation.
  • Page 208 Logical Sources Creating and Configuring Logical Sources • Regardless of whether you clicked Yes or No, XEdit will not prompt you again, unless the number of logical sources or the global alarm contribution settings changed. • If you select the Do not ask me again check box, XEdit will no longer prompt you. To restore logical source count prompting •...
  • Page 209 Kaleido-X User’s Manual 4 If you wish to be able to use this logical source as a template, right-click the source header and then click Set source as template on the menu. Once you have added the required number of logical sources, and made appropriate video assignments, you will be able to populate remaining levels in a single operation by applying the template.
  • Page 210 Logical Sources Creating and Configuring Logical Sources 2 In the sources table, click the cell that corresponds to the logical source and alarm level you wish to configure. 3 Expand the filtered System list in the Tools pane, locate the alarm, and drag it onto the selected cell in the sources table.
  • Page 211 Kaleido-X User’s Manual Notes • You can select multiple elements in the GSM alarm browser (by pressing Shift+click or Ctrl+click as needed) and assign them to consecutive logical sources at once, by dragging the multiple selection to the appropriate level for the first logical source you wish to configure. The elements are inserted in the same order you selected them.
  • Page 212 Logical Sources Creating and Configuring Logical Sources 4 Click OK to close the color picker window. The color you chose appears in the sources table. 5 Repeat from step 2 until you have configured all color levels for this source. 6 On the File menu, click Save.
  • Page 213 Kaleido-X User’s Manual Incremental copy handle 2 Move the pointer to the incremental copy handle. The pointer changes to crosshairs. 3 Click and drag to propagate the selected logical source’s physical assignments to the next logical sources’ levels. The source cells are highlighted with a green border and the target cells with a red border.
  • Page 214 Logical Sources Creating and Configuring Logical Sources The sources table is sorted, based on the elements in the selected level. Filtering the Sources Table To filter the sources table • Type in the Cat./Name filter box, located above the sources table. Cat./Name filter Logical sources with categories and names that do not match the text or regular...

  • Page 215: Monitoring Internal-Router Outputs On The Monitor Wall (Sample Scenario)

    Kaleido-X User’s Manual Notes (continued) • The incremental copy tool affects visible sources only. Resizing the Sources Table’s Columns To resize a column manually • In the category or level heading row, point the column boundary you wish to move until the pointer becomes a resize pointer ( ), and then drag the boundary until the column is the desired width.
  • Page 216 Logical Sources Monitoring Internal-Router Outputs on the Monitor Wall (Sample Scenario) Once such a logical source is available, you can also assign it to other composite or video monitors, directly on the monitor wall, and their video window will dynamically follow the video signal sent to that router output.

  • Page 217: Setting Up Rooms

    Setting Up Rooms This section describes Kaleido-X rooms and their configuration. Key Concepts Term Description Room A room is a visual grouping of displays that represent the physical displays positioned and sized as they are installed in an actual room. Multiple operators can share the same room.
  • Page 218 Setting Up Rooms Managing Rooms Note: In the case of a cluster system, it is possible to view a room configuration in offline mode. However, to create and configure a room, XEdit must be connected to one of the cluster members (see Using XEdit Online on page 72).
  • Page 219 Kaleido-X User’s Manual Creating a 4K UHD Room Whether your Kaleido-MX, or Kaleido-Modular-X is to feed 4K UHD output to four 1080p borderless displays, or to a single quad link 4K UHD display, the room you configure in XEdit requires four output heads assigned to four 1080p displays: one for each quadrant. The same requirement applies to Kaleido-MX 4K, and KMX-4911 systems as well.
  • Page 220 Setting Up Rooms Managing Rooms 4K UHD room example (with a KMX-4911 system, CARD A and CARD B would appear, instead of OUTPUT A and OUTPUT B) 4 Make sure all four displays are configured with the same 1080p output resolution (see Changing Room Display Resolutions, on page 223, and Configuring the SDI Monitoring...
  • Page 221 Kaleido-X User’s Manual 3 Select the room you wish to open, and then click Open. The selected room appears in the Rooms tab. Notes • When you have more than one room open, you can switch from one to another by clicking the tabs at the bottom of the window. •...
  • Page 222 Setting Up Rooms Managing Rooms Closing Rooms To close a room • On the File menu, click Close. Alternatively, click the Close button on the toolbar. Deleting Rooms Before deleting a room, make sure you have exported any layouts you might want to save from that room (see Exporting Layouts on page 252), or that you have copied them to...
  • Page 223 Kaleido-X User’s Manual Note: All currently open display libraries appear on the Tools pane. Custom display libraries are stored separately from the XEdit workspace. Managing Display Libraries on page 228 for details. 2 Expand the filtered System list in the Tools pane, and then drag the appropriate output head onto the display in the Rooms tab.
  • Page 224 Setting Up Rooms Managing Rooms Conflicts IMPORTANT Conflicting head assignments Neglecting to resolve conflicting head assignments could result in distorted layout elements on the monitor wall (which would happen, for example, if the same output head is assigned to two displays with different resolutions), or, in the case of a cluster, in the dashboard showing the wrong room name (from one of the earlier standalone configurations you may have used to create the...
  • Page 225 Kaleido-X User’s Manual 4 On the File menu, click Save. The updated room configuration is saved. Adding Full Screen Zones Notes • Adding full screen zones to a room is optional. • Do not span a full screen zone across more than one display; use spanned video monitors instead.

  • Page 226: Configuring Displays

    Setting Up Rooms Configuring Displays Configuring Displays The monitor wall driven by your Kaleido-X system may include displays of various shapes and sizes, each with its specific characteristics. The displays you add to your rooms in XEdit must be configured to match the attributes of their physical counterparts. The Kaleido-X software includes a set of predefined resolutions that cover most standard displays.
  • Page 227 Kaleido-X User’s Manual Kaleido-MX 4K, Kaleido-Modular-X, KMV-3901/3911, Kaleido-XQUAD) disables the EDID auto-detection for this head. To enable EDID auto-detection for a display 1 In the Rooms tab, click the display you wish to configure. 2 In the Properties pane, select the Override with native display resolution check box. Select to enable automatic detection of EDID information 3 On the File menu, click Save.
  • Page 228 Setting Up Rooms Configuring Displays 2 Select the resolution you wish to customize (or the one on which you wish to base a new resolution), from the list at the bottom of the window. Note: When you modify one of the default resolutions, you can only save your changes as a new resolution.
  • Page 229 Kaleido-X User’s Manual Frequency and timing information 4 Type a name for the new resolution in the Friendly name box, and then click Save as to close the Edit Resolution Settings window. Alternatively, if you are modifying an existing custom resolution, you can click the Save button. Type a name Configuring a Custom Resolution from a Specific Display in a Room Note:...
  • Page 230 Setting Up Rooms Configuring Displays 3 Under either the Porch or the Modeline section—depending on whether you prefer to specify front porch, back porch, sync, and active values; or blank start, sync start, sync end and blank end—, set the refresh rate and other timing parameters so that they match those of the physical display you need to configure.
  • Page 231 Kaleido-X User’s Manual 4 Type a name for the new resolution in the Friendly name box, and then click Save as to close the Edit Resolution Settings window. Alternatively, if you are modifying an existing custom resolution, you can click the Save button. 5 On the File menu, click Save.
  • Page 232 Setting Up Rooms Configuring Displays Selected scan format Multiviewer output resolution Interlaced Progressive 1280 × 720 720p 720p 1920 × 1080 1080i 1080p Any other HDMI No output No output resolutions To configure the scan format for a 1080-line signal at the SDI monitoring output 1 In the Room area, click the display associated with the multiviewer output head whose properties you wish to configure.
  • Page 233 Kaleido-X User’s Manual Disabling the Dashboard A room can be configured to prevent the dashboard from appearing on specific displays. For instance, in a production control room, or if the multiviewer is used in the studio backdrop you may not want the dashboard to pop up, regardless of alarm conditions. Note: Make sure the dashboard remains enabled on a least one display, in a room where alarm conditions can be monitored, since it is your only way...
  • Page 234 Setting Up Rooms Configuring Displays 3 Select the appropriate unit of measurement from the list that appears inside the Diagonal size box, and type the size. 4 On the File menu, click Save. Changing a Display’s Height To change the height of a display in a room 1 Click the display whose height you wish to configure.
  • Page 235 Kaleido-X User’s Manual Notes (continued) • For rotation to work properly on the monitor wall, the Display Rotation option must be enabled on the corresponding output card (in the case of a Kaleido-X, Kaleido-MX, Kaleido-MX 4K, or Kaleido-Modular-X multiviewer) or HDMI output port (in the case of a Kaleido-X16). The option can be enabled and verified in XAdmin’s Status and Options page (see Hardware and Software Options...

  • Page 236: Managing Display Libraries

    Setting Up Rooms Managing Display Libraries 3 Type the appropriate values in the X (mm), and Y (mm) boxes, and then click OK. The values appear in the Position box. 4 On the File menu, click Save. Managing Display Libraries The default display library includes configurations for the most popular display models.
  • Page 237 Kaleido-X User’s Manual 5 Type a name for the new custom display library, and then click Save. Custom display libraries are stored separately from the XEdit workspace. They have extension. .dlib Adding Displays to Custom Libraries To add a display to a custom display library 1 Click the Display button on the toolbar, and then click the room background to add a display.
  • Page 238 Setting Up Rooms Managing Display Libraries Removing Displays from Custom Libraries To remove a display from a custom library • Click the display you wish to remove and then press Delete. • Alternatively, right-click its icon and then click Delete entry on the menu. Closing Display Libraries To close a display library •...

  • Page 239: Creating Layouts

    Creating Layouts This section describes layout elements and their purposes, and provides detailed configuration instructions. Key Concepts Layouts and Layout Elements Layout elements Term Description Layout A layout is a visual grouping of monitors that appear on displays within a room.
  • Page 240 Creating Layouts Layouts and Layout Elements Term Description Video monitor A video monitor is a layout element used to define an area for displaying a video signal. It is represented in XEdit by the boundary box made visible by clicking the element.

  • Page 241: Aspect Ratio

    Kaleido-X User’s Manual Term Description Subtitling A subtitling monitor defines an area for displaying subtitles extracted from a monitor video signal. By using a subtitling monitor you can monitor subtitling from a specific DVB or SCTE 27 stream, independently from the associated video stream.

  • Page 242: Cropping Mode

    Creating Layouts Cropping Mode Term Description Wide Screen Signaling. Video raster Video signal that is displayed inside the video monitor on a monitor wall. The aspect ratio of video displayed on the monitor wall can be automatically adjusted. With multiple video players (monitors) on a monitor wall, in multiple formats/aspect ratios, this makes it easy to switch from one format to another in the same player.

  • Page 243: Spanning

    Kaleido-X User’s Manual Changing the underscan/overscan mode dynamically It is possible to dynamically change the overscan/underscan mode based on the current feed assigned to a video monitor. For example, you can change logical sources in a video monitor using Gateway commands, where a video source requires the monitor to be in overscan mode but a graphics source requires the monitor to be in underscan mode to avoid cropping the image.
  • Page 244 Creating Layouts Spanning To avoid pixel cropping on spanned monitors, you must position room displays so that there is no gap between them. Use XEdit’s Remove horizontal space and/or Remove vertical space buttons to make sure your displays are perfectly positioned for spanning. You must also ensure that each display has the same pixel-per-inch (or -per-mm) ratio, calculated as horizontal resolution (pixels) divided by display width (inches or mm) and vertical resolution divided by display height.

  • Page 245: 4K Uhd Spanning

    Kaleido-X User’s Manual Notes (continued) Maximum horizontal Maximum vertical Maximum size of spanned video cropping = 15% cropping = 15% element = 3000 × 1800 pixels • In the case of a KMX-4911 multiviewer, if the video window is larger than 1920 ×...

  • Page 246: Detailed Directions

    Creating Layouts Detailed Directions Notes • Kaleido-MX and Kaleido-Modular-X configured for 4K UHD output, and Kaleido-MX 4K do not support the overscan mode for video windows spanned across multiple heads (see Cropping Mode on page 234). • KMX-4911, Kaleido-MX and Kaleido-Modular-X configured for 4K UHD output, and Kaleido-MX 4K do not support detail enhancement for video windows spanned across multiple heads (see Detail enhancer...
  • Page 247 Kaleido-X User’s Manual 4 Click the layout you wish to open. 5 If you wish to open multiple layouts in a single operation, extend your selection by using the standard Shift+click or Ctrl+click keyboard shortcuts. 6 Click Open. The selected layouts appear in the Layouts tab.
  • Page 248 Creating Layouts Managing Layouts When you have opened more than one layout, you can switch from one to another by clicking the tabs at the bottom of the window. Loading a Layout on the Monitor Wall To load the current layout on the monitor wall, directly from XEdit, in online mode •...
  • Page 249 Kaleido-X User’s Manual The current layout appears on the monitor wall. Closing Layouts To close the current layout • On the File menu, click Close. Alternatively, click the Close button on the toolbar. Creating Room Layouts To create a room layout 1 Click the Layouts tab in the main window.
  • Page 250 Creating Layouts Managing Layouts 7 Type a name for the layout, and then click Save. Creating 4K UHD Upscale Layouts This section applies to KMX-4911, Kaleido-MX, Kaleido-MX 4K, and Kaleido-Modular-X multiviewers only. It explains how to create a layout, to monitor an HD source (1080i, 1080p, or 720p) upscaled to 4K UHD.
  • Page 251 Kaleido-X User’s Manual a Click the View filters button at the top of the Properties pane, and then select the Expert view check box. b Open the region editor, and set the monitor’s position to Left = 0, Right = 0, and its dimensions to Width = 200%, Height = 200% (see Using the Region Editor page 320).
  • Page 252 Creating Layouts Managing Layouts multiviewer’s inputs, you will need to use a router control application or device configured with salvos to change the source assignments. • To configure a layout you might use to monitor an HD source (1080i, 1080p, or 720p) upscaled to 4K UHD, see Creating 4K UHD Upscale Layouts, on page 242.
  • Page 253 Kaleido-X User’s Manual c Click OK to close the region editor. d With the monitor still selected in the main pane, remove the preconfigured borders, at least for the Normal/OK alarm state, by clicking the Border thickness – Normal/OK thickness box, and then selecting “0” from the list. 5 Add three more video monitors to the layout in the same fashion.
  • Page 254 Creating Layouts Managing Layouts 7 Also assign each monitor the monitor wall destination you will use when making crosspoint changes, if needed. 8 On the File menu, click Save. The Save Layout window appears. 9 Type a name for the layout, and then click Save. Creating Full Screen Layouts To create a full screen layout 1 Click the Layouts tab in the main window.
  • Page 255 Kaleido-X User’s Manual Deleting Layouts Deleting an open layout To delete an open layout 1 If you have opened more than one layout (see Opening Layouts on page 238), select the layout you wish to delete by clicking the appropriate tab at the bottom of the window.
  • Page 256 Creating Layouts Managing Layouts • Double-click Full screen layout, if you wish to delete a full screen layout. • Double-click Multihead layout, if you wish to delete a room layout. 3 Double-click the appropriate room. The layouts associated with the selected room appear. 4 Click the layout you wish to delete.
  • Page 257 Kaleido-X User’s Manual 5 If you wish to delete multiple layouts in a single operation, extend your selection by using the standard Shift+click or Ctrl+click keyboard shortcuts. 6 Click the Delete button on the toolbar. The system prompts you to confirm. 7 Click Yes to proceed.
  • Page 258 Creating Layouts Managing Layouts 3 Drag one head from the source pane to the destination pane. 4 Repeat until every part of the source layout you wish to copy has been dragged onto the appropriate head in the destination pane, and then click Copy layout. •...
  • Page 259 Kaleido-X User’s Manual A two-pane window appears. The left pane represents the source layout, and the right pane represents the destination layout. 3 Drag one head from the source pane to the desired head, in the destination pane. 4 Repeat until every part of the source layout you wish to copy has been dragged to the appropriate head in the destination pane, and then click Copy layout.
  • Page 260 Creating Layouts Managing Layouts Your rearranged layout is automatically saved, and appears in the Layouts tab. Exporting Layouts To export a room layout 1 Open the room layout you wish to export (see Opening Layouts on page 238). Note: XEdit does not yet support exporting full screen layouts. If you have opened more than one layout, select the layout you wish to export by clicking the appropriate tab at the bottom of the window.
  • Page 261 Kaleido-X User’s Manual The Import from File to Room window opens. 2 Navigate to the Kaleido Room Layout (KRL) file you wish to import, click it, and then click Open. The layout appears in the Layouts tab. If the number of displays in the target room (or their position), does not match the original room configuration, the imported layout is mapped to the target room’s display areas, on a best effort basis.
  • Page 262 Creating Layouts Managing Layouts Notes (continued) • In the case of a KMV-3901/3911 or Kaleido-XQUAD multiviewer, layouts are subject to the following limitations: • up to eight video monitors over two displays (overlapping is not supported), • up to four stereo audio level meters per video monitor, •...
  • Page 263 Kaleido-X User’s Manual • Configuring UMDs, on page 291 • Configuring Alarm Monitors, on page 299 • Configuring Subtitling Monitors, on page 302 • Configuring Metadata Monitors, on page 307 • Configuring V-Chip Monitors, on page 308 • Configuring Clocks, on page 310 •...
  • Page 264 Creating Layouts Managing Layouts Note: To undo this action, you will need to press Ctrl+Z twice: once to remove the copies, and then once more to restore the first monitor’s initial size. Assigning Logical Sources or Monitor Wall Destinations to Monitors When you load a layout to the monitor wall, monitors that are not configured with a logical source assignment may be blank (until you manually set the assignment) but, if a monitor was configured as a monitor wall destination, then it will remember its last source...
  • Page 265 Kaleido-X User’s Manual When assigning logical sources or monitor wall destinations to monitors in a layout, it may happen that the selection migrates to an adjacent element from the Channels/Sources or Monitor wall destinations list during the drag-and-drop operation. Once you selected a logical source or monitor wall destination from the corresponding list, dragging the selected element horizontally until the pointer exits the Tools pane, or performing a slower drag-and-drop may help.
  • Page 266 Creating Layouts Managing Layouts 4 If the image you wish to use is not already listed in Select Image, then click the Open button to open the Browse Image window. Locate the image, select it, and then click Open. The image is imported into the database. Notes •...
  • Page 267 Kaleido-X User’s Manual The image appears in the layout background. Setting up a Layout for Background Keying from the DVI Input This section explains how to set up a layout’s background to be keyed out and replaced with content from the DVI input (see DVI keying mode on page 120).
  • Page 268 Creating Layouts Managing Layouts Note: Since bright pink colors matching the RGB values listed below are considered pass-through colors, and since background keying is always enabled, if a layout's background color (or any monitor's color attribute) is set to any of these RGB values, the DVI input will be displayed in the corresponding areas on the monitor wall.

  • Page 269: Configuring Video Monitors

    Kaleido-X User’s Manual Showing and Hiding the Layout Navigator To show or hide the layout navigator • On the View menu, click Navigator. Alternatively, press Ctrl+Shift+N. The layout navigator will appear in the Tools pane if it was hidden, and vice versa. Layout navigator Configuring Video Monitors In XEdit, you can configure several properties for a video monitor in a layout.
  • Page 270 Creating Layouts Configuring Video Monitors Setting Monitored Levels for a Video Monitor When a system’s logical sources include more than one level under a given category, the first level is selected by default for monitoring. In the case of a video monitor, you may change the default assignments for video, audio, and alarm levels.
  • Page 271 Kaleido-X User’s Manual Note: In the case of a Kaleido-X or Kaleido-X16, the minimum width supported for a video window is 1/16 of the original signal’s horizontal resolution. In the case of a Kaleido-X, the minimum height supported for a video window is 91 pixels.
  • Page 272 Creating Layouts Configuring Video Monitors To set a custom aspect ratio for a video monitor 1 In the Properties pane, click the Custom aspect ratio box. The box becomes editable. 2 Type the appropriate aspect ratio, and then press Enter. The new aspect ratio is applied to the video window, within the video monitor, and it is added to both the Current aspect ratio, and Custom aspect ratio lists.
  • Page 273 Kaleido-X User’s Manual Select image button 3 Click the button to open the Select Image window. 4 If the image you wish to use is not already listed in Select Image, then click the Open button to open the Browse Image window. Locate the image, select it, and then click Open.
  • Page 274 Creating Layouts Configuring Video Monitors 6 The image appears on the video monitor. 7 To adjust the transparency level of the image, click the Unsafe zone transparency box, then move the slider or type the desired transparency value directly in the box. At 0% the portions of the image that correspond to the unsafe area are opaque;...
  • Page 275 Kaleido-X User’s Manual 2 In the Mode list, select Underscan (to display the entire video signal) or Overscan (to display a cropped video signal). 3 To specify custom crop settings, click in the white area to the right of Custom overscan, then click the button that appears.
  • Page 276 Creating Layouts Configuring Video Monitors Note: Generally avoid exceeding 15% in any direction. You can click Restore defaults to enter the default overscan values (left, right, top and bottom = 5%). Safe title area and aspect ratio markers follow the video signal (e.g., if the safe title is within 5% of top, left, right and bottom, then when the video is in default overscan mode, the safe title will not appear).
  • Page 277 Kaleido-X User’s Manual Configuring the default aspect ratio for HD and SD signals To have a video raster follow a video signal’s AFD/WSS metadata 1 Click to put a check mark in the box labeled Follow AFD/WSS. 2 In the Default SD AFD/WSS value list, select the aspect ratio to use when there is no AFD or WSS in an SD signal.
  • Page 278 Creating Layouts Configuring Video Monitors To set the alarm reporting features for a video monitor 1 In the Properties pane, scroll down to the Alarms/Tallies section. Blink mode selection Display alarm latch check box 2 Set the appropriate border color scheme and associated thickness attributes. 3 Click the Blink mode box, and then select the appropriate blinking behavior, for your purposes.
  • Page 279 Kaleido-X User’s Manual To configure a video monitor’s border colors for source reporting 1 In the Properties pane, scroll down to the Alarms/Tallies section. 2 Set the border thickness attributes as desired. 3 Click the border color box for an alarm state you want associated with a distinctive color, based on the monitor’s current source.
  • Page 280 Creating Layouts Configuring Video Monitors 8 Click OK to close the color picker window. In the Properties pane, the name of the selected source-based color level appears next to the fallback color (and transparency, if used). 9 Repeat from step 3 for the remaining colors you wish to set.
  • Page 281 Kaleido-X User’s Manual 4 Select the appropriate option from the Text colors list. • Auto: To display text in colors, as defined in the signal. • Black & white: To display white characters against a black background, regardless of what is specified in the signal. 5 To adjust the transparency level of the text background, click the Text background transparency box, and then move the slider, or type the desired transparency value directly in the box.
  • Page 282 Creating Layouts Configuring Video Monitors 8 If you wish to pre-select a specific DVB subtitling language for this monitor, click to expand the DVB subtitling language list and then select the appropriate language or DVB stream you wish to monitor. The list of subtitling streams and languages contains the following: •...
  • Page 283 Kaleido-X User’s Manual Then, following DVB stream 12, for each of the currently available languages, the name, the 3-letter code, and the corresponding PID appear in bold text before the list of all supported languages. 9 If you wish to pre-select a specific SCTE 27 subtitling language for this monitor, click to expand the SCTE 27 subtitling language list and then select the appropriate language or SCTE 27 stream you wish to monitor.

  • Page 284: Configuring Audio Monitors

    Creating Layouts Configuring Audio Monitors Notes (continued) • If you do not need teletext to be displayed in colors, then you may find that selecting Black & white will improve your system’s performance. • In the case of the Subtitling (WST) text services, the Kaleido-IP supports decoding of up to eight preset pages (page A to page H) per video signal on the monitor wall.
  • Page 285 Kaleido-X User’s Manual 3 The Monitoring indicator check box is selected by default. Audio monitors with a monitoring indicator show by their color that someone is listening to the same audio level. There could be a distinctive color for each of the displays at the site, or one for each room, etc., telling you in more or less details, where the audio is currently being monitored.
  • Page 286 Creating Layouts Configuring Audio Monitors • If the Audio format is set to PCM, then the available choices are (L) Left, (R) Right, and Stereo. • If the Audio format is set to Auto, Dolby E or Dolby VANC, then the available choices are (L) Left, (R) Right, Stereo, (S) Surround, (Ls) Left surround, (Rs) Right surround, (LFE) Low-frequency effects, (C) Center, (Bsl) Back surround left, (Bsr) Back surround right, (Le) Left extra, and (Re) Right extra.

  • Page 287: Configuring Loudness Monitors

    Kaleido-X User’s Manual Configuring Loudness Monitors To configure a loudness monitor 1 In XEdit, click the Layouts tab, and then open the desired layout. 2 Unlock the appropriate composite monitor if applicable (see Unlocking a Composite Monitor on page 320). 3 Click the loudness monitor you wish to configure.

  • Page 288: Configuring Audio Scales

    Creating Layouts Configuring Audio Scales 6 Make the appropriate source and destination assignments (see Assigning Logical Sources or Monitor Wall Destinations to Monitors on page 256). 7 Set other attributes, as needed (see Creating Actions on page 325 for more information).
  • Page 289 Kaleido-X User’s Manual Note: When you modify one of the default audio scales, you can only save your changes as a new audio scale. On the other hand, custom audio scales can be tweaked and saved repeatedly until the desired configuration is achieved.
  • Page 290 Creating Layouts Configuring Audio Scales 3 Click one of the Top color, Middle color, or Bottom color buttons, depending on the part of the audio scale you wish to configure. The color picker window appears. 4 In Colors, click the tab that corresponds to the color space you wish to use, and then choose the desired color.

  • Page 291: Configuring Time Code Monitors

    Kaleido-X User’s Manual Removing Audio Scales from the System To remove a custom audio scale from the system 1 On the Tools menu, click Edit audio scales. The Edit Audio Scale window appears. 2 In Edit Audio Scale, select the custom scale you wish to remove, from the list at the bottom of the window, and then click Delete.
  • Page 292 Creating Layouts Configuring Time Code Monitors • To replace the default name, type a new name in the Name box. • If you wish to assign a logical source, drag the appropriate element from the Channels/Sources list that appears in the Tools pane, to the time code monitor. The selected logical source’s name appears in the Source box.

  • Page 293: Configuring Timers

    Kaleido-X User’s Manual If the time code monitor is configured with both a time code level and a text level, it will show the most recently updated value (i.e., if the multiviewer received time code data, followed by a text update from the GSM, then the monitor will display the GSM alarm text).
  • Page 294 Creating Layouts Configuring Timers 3 Type a name for your new timer in the Timer name box. 4 Choose the appropriate mode, from the Timer mode list. • Up: The timer counts up starting from zero up to the Preset time. •...
  • Page 295 Kaleido-X User’s Manual 6 If you chose Loop as a timer end mode, specify the number of times the loop should repeat. 7 Specify a Preset duration. 8 Specify a Start time. 9 Choose a synchronization source from the Time code reference list— either an embedded time code signal from a video source, an LTC input (if available), or the internal clock time (default).
  • Page 296 Creating Layouts Configuring Timers • If the selected time code reference does not include time zone information, or you chose to bind the timer to the multiviewer’s internal clock, then the multiviewer's system time will apply. • In the case of a Kaleido-X or Kaleido-X16 multiviewer model, make sure the time zone settings are the same, on the multiviewer, and on the PC or laptop that has XEdit.
  • Page 297 Kaleido-X User’s Manual Alternatively, you can drag a timer monitor from the Timers library to the layout. The timer’s attributes appear in the Properties pane. 3 Replace the default name, by typing a new name in the Name box. 4 If you wish to assign a logical source, drag the appropriate element from the Channels/Sources list that appears in the Tools pane, to the timer monitor.
  • Page 298 Creating Layouts Configuring Timers The Timer Editor window appears. 6 Choose a timer (see Configuring Timers on page 285) from the Timer List. It is also possible to assign a timer to a timer monitor by dragging an existing logical source (containing a timer assignment) to the monitor.

  • Page 299: Configuring Umds

    Kaleido-X User’s Manual For more information on creating actions, refer to Creating Actions, on page 325. 11 Click OK to save the action assignment and close the Action Editor window. 12 Click Save to save the layout with the new timer monitor. 13 Export the database to a Kaleido-X, and load the layout.
  • Page 300 Creating Layouts Configuring UMDs 6 Click outside the composite monitor to lock it, if applicable. 7 On the File menu, click Save. Setting Monitored Alarm and Text Levels for a UMD When a system’s logical sources include more than one level under a given category, the first level is selected by default for monitoring.
  • Page 301 Kaleido-X User’s Manual To set the alarm reporting features for a UMD (text and tallies) 1 In XEdit, open a layout, and click the UMD whose alarm reporting behavior you wish to configure. Note: Double-click the UMD, if it is part of a composite monitor. 2 If you wish to use the UMD’s alarm latching mechanism, make sure the UMD is configured with a bevel.
  • Page 302 Creating Layouts Configuring UMDs Blink mode Description The status indicator will never blink. Follow latch The status indicator’s blinking will follow the latch status. The indicator will blink until someone unlatches the alarm. Critical The status indicator will blink when the current status is critical.
  • Page 303 Kaleido-X User’s Manual 3 Click the text or background color box for a state you want associated with a distinctive color, based on the monitor’s current source. 4 Click the button that appeared at the end of the box. 5 In Colors, select the appropriate level from the Source color level list. See Configuring color level assignments on page 203, for more information.
  • Page 304 Creating Layouts Configuring UMDs 6 Set the color’s transparency as desired. 7 Set the color to be used for sources whose color levels might not be defined, by clicking the tab that corresponds to the color space you wish to use, and then choosing the desired color (see Configuring a UMD’s Alarm Reporting Behavior on page 292, for...
  • Page 305 Kaleido-X User’s Manual To configure static text for a specific UMD in a layout 1 In the Layouts tab, double-click the UMD whose static text you wish to set. 2 Make sure the appropriate input language and method are set in your operating system.
  • Page 306 Creating Layouts Configuring UMDs 8 Click outside the composite to lock it, if applicable. 9 Repeat step 6 – step 8 until you have configured all UMDs that are to display dynamic text when this layout is loaded on the monitor wall. 10 On the File menu, click Save.

  • Page 307: Configuring Alarm Monitors

    Kaleido-X User’s Manual Configuring Alarm Monitors To add an alarm monitor to a layout 1 Click the Alarm monitor button on the toolbar, click the layout, and then move or resize the monitor as needed. You may choose to layer this monitor on top of the video window within a composite. Working with Composite Monitors on page 314, for instructions on how to add elements to a composite.
  • Page 308 Creating Layouts Configuring Alarm Monitors 100% video transparency to keep the status indicator hidden when there is no alarm. Display alarm latch check box Latch colors selection Blink mode selection 4 Click the Blink mode box, and then select the appropriate blinking behavior, for your purposes: Blink mode Description...
  • Page 309 Kaleido-X User’s Manual a specific color, based on their current source. Alarm monitors can provide this information through their text and background colors. To configure an alarm monitor’s background or text colors for source reporting 1 In XEdit, open a layout, and click the alarm monitor whose source reporting behavior you wish to configure.

  • Page 310: Configuring Subtitling Monitors

    Creating Layouts Configuring Subtitling Monitors 6 Set the color’s transparency as desired. 7 Set the color to be used for sources whose color levels might not be defined, by clicking the tab that corresponds to the color space you wish to use, and then choosing the desired color.
  • Page 311 Kaleido-X User’s Manual The first alarm level is selected by default for alarm reporting. 3 If you wish to monitor a different alarm level, or the source’s global alarm, select the appropriate level from the Border alarm level list. The first video level applies by default. 4 If your system’s logical sources include more than one video level, select the one you wish to monitor from the Video level list.
  • Page 312 Creating Layouts Configuring Subtitling Monitors The selected logical source’s name appears in the Source box. 7 If you wish to pre-select a specific text mode for this monitor, select the desired value from the Text mode list (see Teletext, Subtitles, and Closed Captions on page 170).
  • Page 313 Kaleido-X User’s Manual Then, following DVB stream 12, for each of the currently available languages, the name, the 3-letter code, and the corresponding PID appear in bold text before the list of all supported languages. 9 If you wish to pre-select a specific SCTE 27 subtitling language for this monitor, click to expand the SCTE 27 subtitling language list, and then select the appropriate language or SCTE 27 stream you wish to monitor.
  • Page 314 Creating Layouts Configuring Subtitling Monitors 11 If you wish to use the subtitling monitor’s background color for source reporting: a Click the Background color box, and then click the button that appeared at the end of the box. b In Colors, select the appropriate level from the Source color level list. Configuring color level assignments on page 203, for more information.

  • Page 315: Configuring Metadata Monitors

    Kaleido-X User’s Manual page 263 for more information, including on selecting a custom aspect ratio. 13 Refer to Configuring a Video Monitor’s Alarm Reporting Behavior, on page 269, and to Configuring a Video Monitor’s Source Reporting Behavior, on page 270, to configure the subtitling monitor’s other alarm reporting, and source reporting features.

  • Page 316: Configuring V-Chip Monitors

    Creating Layouts Configuring V-Chip Monitors 3 You can also set appearance properties, including the font and size of the text labels, or choose not to display the labels by clearing the Display legend check box. The selected monitor is updated accordingly on the layout. 4 Make the appropriate assignments (see Assigning Logical Sources or Monitor Wall Destinations to Monitors...
  • Page 317 Kaleido-X User’s Manual 2 In the Properties pane, set the transparency attribute to the appropriate value for your purposes, by clicking the V-chip transparency box, and then using the slider or typing the desired value directly into the box. 3 If you wish to preview the logo associated with a specific V-chip rating, select it from the V-chip rating preview list.

  • Page 318: Configuring Clocks

    Creating Layouts Configuring Clocks Configuring Clocks In addition to the default combo-type clock that can be added to a layout by using the Clock button on the toolbar, the predefined monitor library includes a selection of analog and digital clocks. Notes •...
  • Page 319 Kaleido-X User’s Manual If you select Autodetect, then the clock will use the time zone from the assigned source, based on the following rules: • If the clock is bound to an LTC or DVITC time code that includes time zone information, then the time zone is decoded from the time code.
  • Page 320 Creating Layouts Configuring Clocks Notes (continued) • Refreshing the current layout (or switching to another layout and then back) cancels the fallback mechanism. When this happens, the clock that had lost its time reference halts, showing the time it was at the moment the layout was refreshed (or loaded again), based on the multiviewer system clock.
  • Page 321 Kaleido-X User’s Manual In such cases, if border antialiasing remains enabled, the clock will have a pink outline on the monitor wall. 5 Define actions associated to this layout element (see Creating Monitor Wall Actions page 327). 6 On the File menu, click Save. Inserting a Clock Logo Notes •...

  • Page 322: Working With Composite Monitors

    Creating Layouts Working with Composite Monitors The image is imported into the database. 4 In Select image, select the logo you wish to use from the Image selection list, and then click OK. The logo appears on the clock background. Working with Composite Monitors Creating a Composite Monitor Composite monitors encapsulate a number of primary elements (e.g., a video monitor, one...
  • Page 323 Kaleido-X User’s Manual Empty composite 3 Right-click the empty box, and then click Unlock on the menu. Notice that the handles around the box boundary line become orange. Unlocked empty composite Note: If you double-click a composite monitor, the handles also become orange.
  • Page 324 Creating Layouts Working with Composite Monitors Audio level meter within unlocked composite 6 Click the UMD button on the toolbar, and then click inside the composite to add a UMD. UMD within unlocked composite 7 Move the audio level meter to the very edge of the composite, using the mouse and then finishing with the arrow keys, and resize it as appropriate.
  • Page 325 Kaleido-X User’s Manual UMD resized and moved to the bottom, with its upper right handle matching the audio level meter’s lower left handle Notes • Making sure that UMDs and audio monitors do not overlap one another in a composite monitor will ensure optimal performance of any layout where several copies of this composite might appear.
  • Page 326 Creating Layouts Working with Composite Monitors Video monitor stretched vertically with its bounds matching the UMD’s Note: Resizing the video monitor is easier with the UMD’s bounds visible: first click the video monitor, and then click the UMD while holding the Shift key.
  • Page 327 Kaleido-X User’s Manual Resizing a Composite Monitor To resize a composite • Click the composite monitor, and drag any of its corner handles outwards or inwards. The composite expands or shrinks while its individual elements maintain their relative position and aspect ratio. Larger and smaller copies of the original composite Note: In the case of a Kaleido-X or Kaleido-X16, the minimum width...

  • Page 328: Using The Region Editor

    Creating Layouts Using the Region Editor Monitor type Height Width Video Scalable Scalable Vertical audio monitor Scalable Fixed Horizontal audio Fixed Scalable monitor, UMD, time code, timer Clock Fixed Fixed Unlocking a Composite Monitor Since a composite monitor functions as a single entity, its individual components are locked together.
  • Page 329 Kaleido-X User’s Manual To open the region editor 1 Click the monitor whose properties you wish to see. 2 In the Properties pane, click the Bounds box, under Size & Position. Click the button that appeared inside the box to open the Region Editor window. Configuring a Monitor’s Position Using the Region Editor To set a monitor’s position on the layout 1 For each position, first select the appropriate unit.

  • Page 330: Format Painting

    Creating Layouts Format Painting 2 Type values in the Width and Height boxes. 3 Click OK to close the editor. 4 On the File menu, click Save. Format Painting Copying Properties from one Monitor to Another Every monitor in a layout has properties related to its appearance that you can configure in the Properties pane.
  • Page 331 Kaleido-X User’s Manual the size from one monitor to another monitor of the same type. The Copy size tool does not copy any other properties from one monitor to another. To use the Copy size tool 1 In the Layouts tab, click the monitor whose size you wish to copy to another monitor of the same type.

  • Page 332: Managing Monitor Libraries

    Creating Layouts Managing Monitor Libraries Managing Monitor Libraries Creating Monitor Libraries To create a monitor library 1 Click the Layouts tab. 2 In the Tools pane, click My monitors. 3 Right-click inside the custom monitor libraries area, and then click New monitor library on the menu.

  • Page 333: Creating Actions

    Creating Actions This chapter describes how to configure and trigger monitor wall actions, and background actions. Overview An action is an operation automatically performed in response to a specific trigger. A monitor wall action is associated with a monitor belonging to a specific layout, or directly with a specific layout.
  • Page 334 Creating Actions Key Concepts Term Description Action item Action elements are associated with a specific action. When defining an action for a monitor, you could specify, for instance, that a specific full screen layout be displayed on the monitor wall in response to the trigger.

  • Page 335: Detailed Directions

    Kaleido-X User’s Manual Term Description Triggering of GPI Any multiviewer alarm can be used to trigger a GPI output change. outputs Gateway Kaleido multiviewers can execute commands received via the Kaleido Remote Control Protocol (Gateway) interface, allowing third-party developers and individual users remote access to some Kaleido functions.
  • Page 336 Creating Actions Creating Monitor Wall Actions 6 Select the action in the middle pane. 7 In the right pane, specify the attributes of the action. 8 Repeat the procedure if you wish to add action items. If multiple actions are specified, the trigger (e.g., single click on UMD) will cause all of these actions to be executed in order.
  • Page 337 Kaleido-X User’s Manual • On layout exiting — to define an action to be executed when the layout is unloaded (i.e., when it is about to be replaced with another one, on the monitor wall), or • On layout loading — to define an action to be executed when the layout is loaded to the monitor wall.

  • Page 338: Creating Background Actions

    Creating Actions Creating Background Actions Creating Background Actions Creating a Background Action from the Actions Tab To create a background action 1 Open XEdit and load the database associated with the multiviewer for which you wish to create a background action. Alternatively, click Connect on the Configure menu, to work online (see Using XEdit Online on page 72).
  • Page 339 Kaleido-X User’s Manual Note: You do not have to perform this step for actions triggered by Gateway commands, because the Gateway alarm itself acts as the trigger. Creating an Action that can be Triggered via a Gateway Command, on page 333. 5 From the Action list area of the Tools pane, drag one of the available action items onto one of the six columns at the bottom of the Actions tab.
  • Page 340 Creating Actions Creating Background Actions 7 Repeat step 5 step 6 as necessary. Note: If you assign multiple action items to a trigger, you can change the order of execution by dragging items to higher or lower positions in the list. When the background action is triggered, its associated action items are executed in order from top to bottom.
  • Page 341 Kaleido-X User’s Manual 3 From the Action list pane, drag one of the available action items to the middle column, and then set the action item’s properties in the Properties pane. 4 Repeat step 3 as needed. 5 Click OK to close the window, and then click the Save button on the toolbar, to save the action.
  • Page 342 Creating Actions Creating Background Actions Note: The Friendly name is used with the command to setKFireAction trigger the action. Refer to the Kaleido Remote Control Protocol (Gateway) User’s Guide, available from the Documentation Library section of Grass Valley’s website, for details. Editing an Action To edit an action 1 Select an action under the Actions tab, or in the middle pane of the Action Editor...
  • Page 343 Kaleido-X User’s Manual Deleting an Action To delete an action 1 Select the action you wish to delete under the Actions tab. 2 Click the Delete button on the toolbar. 3 Click Save on the toolbar if you modified the action under the Actions tab, or click OK if you modified the action in the Action Editor window.

  • Page 345: Managing Rcp Users

    Managing RCP Users This chapter explains the configuration of a Kaleido multiviewer for use with a Kaleido- RCP2, an RCP-200 Remote Control Panel, or from the Gateway. Summary Managing RCP Users ..............338 Managing Room Access .

  • Page 346: Detailed Directions

    Managing RCP Users Detailed Directions access to some Kaleido functions. Refer to the Kaleido Remote Control Protocol (Gateway) User’s Guide, available from the Documentation Library section of Grass Valley’s website, for more information. Detailed Directions Managing RCP Users Adding RCP Users To add an RCP user to the system 1 In the main window, click the RCP users tab.

  • Page 347: Managing Room Access

    Kaleido-X User’s Manual A confirmation window appears. 4 Click Yes. 5 On the File menu, click Save. Note: The user Admin cannot be removed. Managing Room Access Granting Room Access to RCP Users To grant RCP users access to a room 1 In the main window, click the RCP users tab.

  • Page 348: Setting Room Preferences

    Managing RCP Users Setting Room Preferences The selected user is removed access to the room. 3 On the File menu, click Save. Note: The user Admin cannot be removed. Setting Room Preferences Room preferences will apply by default for any user who log on to the room from a Kaleido- RCP2, or RCP-200 control panel.
  • Page 349 Kaleido-X User’s Manual Assigning an Audio Output to the Remote Control Panel’s AUDIO MONITORING Button To assign an audio output to the Remote Control Panel’s AUDIO MONITORING button for a room 1 In the main window, click the RCP users tab, and then select the room for which you wish to configure the remote control panel’s AUDIO MONITORING button.

  • Page 350: Setting Rcp User Preferences

    Managing RCP Users Setting RCP User Preferences Note: When the large mouse pointer option is enabled for a room, the menus also appear in a larger font size on the monitor wall displays associated with this room. Assigning a Timer to a Room To assign a default timer for all RCP users in a room 1 In the main window, click the RCP users tab, and then select the room to be assigned a timer.
  • Page 351 Kaleido-X User’s Manual 2 Modify the preferences as needed. See: • Assigning Room Layouts to a Kaleido-RCP2 User’s Presets, on page 343, • Assigning a Full Screen Layout to an RCP User, on page 344, • Assigning Audio Output to an RCP User, on page 345, and •...
  • Page 352 Managing RCP Users Setting RCP User Preferences 2 For each Kaleido-RCP2 preset button, click the corresponding box in the Properties pane, and then select the appropriate layout from the list. Note: If no layout is specified for this user preset, the layout that has been selected for this preset in the room’s preferences will apply.
  • Page 353 Kaleido-X User’s Manual Note: Before XEdit 2.00, full screen layouts were not associated with a specific full screen zone. In the case of such legacy layouts, you must also select the appropriate full screen zone from the Zone list. Assigning Audio Output to an RCP User To assign an audio output to an RCP User 1 In the main window, click the RCP users tab, and then select the user for whom you wish to configure the remote control panel’s AUDIO MONITORING button, from under...
  • Page 354 Managing RCP Users Setting RCP User Preferences RCP-200 1 In the main window, click the RCP users tab, and then select the user for whom you wish to set the keyboard, from under the appropriate room. 2 In the Properties pane, click the Keyboard box, and then select the keyboard to be used by this user in this room, from the list of available keyboard configurations.
  • Page 355 Kaleido-X User’s Manual Note: If no timer is specified for this user, the timer that has been selected in the room’s preferences will apply. It will appear in gray in the Time box. Setting Room Preferences on page 340. Changing an RCP User’s Name or Password To change an RCP user’s name and password 1 In the main window, click the RCP users tab, and then select the user whose user name or password you wish to change, from under any of the rooms.
  • Page 356 Managing RCP Users Setting RCP User Preferences Password modification button The Password Modification window appears. 4 In Password Modification, type the new password (only numbers, up to 8 digits) and then type it again to confirm. 5 Click OK.

  • Page 357: Routers & Kaleido-X

    Routers & Kaleido-X This chapter describes how a multiviewer can be configured to control external routers, to act as a router itself, and to be controlled from an upstream router control panel or software. Overview The Kaleido-X, Kaleido-MX, Kaleido-MX 4K, Kaleido-X16, Kaleido-Modular-X, and Kaleido- Modular KMV-3901/3911 multiviewers are designed for flexible integration with a variety of routing devices.

  • Page 358: Key Concepts

    Routers & Kaleido-X Key Concepts Key Concepts Term Description External Router In XEdit’s Equipment library, External Router refers to an upstream router that will be controlled by the multiviewer. For example, the multiviewer can request a specific source from the external router to be routed to a specific video monitor on the monitor wall.
  • Page 359 Kaleido-X User’s Manual Term Description Router service The Kaleido-X router service is the software component responsible for communicating with physical routers, and for managing crosspoint change requests coming from router controllers. Internal Router The Kaleido-X (7RU) and Kaleido-X16 multiviewers feature built-in routing which eliminates the need for separate routing in control rooms, and provides a significant cost saving.

  • Page 360: Router Control Configurations

    Routers & Kaleido-X Router Control Configurations Router Control Configurations Multiviewers can be configured for router control in five ways: 1 Kaleido-X (7RU) and Kaleido-X16 multiviewers allow direct control over their own internal router module. 2 All multiviewers allow direct control over an external router via a serial or TCP/IP connection.

  • Page 361: Router Configuration Scenarios

    Kaleido-X User’s Manual Router Configuration Scenarios Controlling an external router 1 An operator chooses an assignment option on the monitor wall menu (e.g., “switch output 2 of external router A to QC monitor”). 2 The Kaleido-X software interprets the command, and sends it to the designated router over a serial or TCP/IP connection, using the appropriate router protocol.
  • Page 362 Routers & Kaleido-X Router Configuration Scenarios Controlling external routers in a cascade 1 An operator chooses an assignment option on the monitor wall menu (e.g., “switch output 23 of external router A, Level 2 to QC monitor”). 2 The Kaleido-X software interprets the command, and sends it to the designated router over a serial or TCP/IP connection, using the appropriate router protocol.
  • Page 363 Kaleido-X User’s Manual Translating commands from external router controllers 1 A system controller—e.g., Grass Valley (Miranda/NVISION) NV9000, SAM (Snell/Pro-Bel) Aurora, Nevion (Network Electronics) VikinX—sends a router command to an external router connected to the multiviewer. 2 The Kaleido-X software detects the command, translates it to the appropriate router protocol and, then sends it to the designated router over a serial or TCP/IP connection.

  • Page 364: Router Connections

    Routers & Kaleido-X Router Connections 1 An external router control device or application—e.g., SAM (Snell/Pro-Bel) Aurora, Nevion (Network Electronics) VikinX—or an automation system—e.g., Sundance Digital Titan—sends a command, over a serial or TCP/IP connection, to the multiviewer. 2 The Kaleido-X software detects the command, and executes a crosspoint switch on its internal router…...

  • Page 365: Signal Path Viewer

    Kaleido-X User’s Manual Assign Source window on the monitor wall DVI outputs to monitor wall INPUTs 1 to 96 entering KXI cards OUTPUTs 1 to N exiting router, some of which are physically connected to KXI INPUTs SOURCES (e.g. CAM_1, SAT_1) entering router 1 An operator right-clicks a monitor, and either •...

  • Page 366: Router Protocols

    Routers & Kaleido-X Router Protocols which it is not relevant). See Installing Signal Path Viewer on page 510. For each tie line (i.e., for each multiviewer input that was assigned a router output— Router Connections on page 356), the panel displays, in real time, the current router source assignment, the corresponding router destination, as well as router status information.
  • Page 367 Kaleido-X User’s Manual Text database Company Protocol download Routers/Controllers Datatek D-2815 Control Module Protocol ETL Matrix ETL Matrix Evertz Quartz Type 1 Grass Valley Densité HRS-1801 (Miranda) HCO-1821, HCO-1822 Grass Valley NVISION Ethernet protocol - NV9000 system controllers (Miranda/NVISION) Enterprise router (Logical) NVISION Ethernet protocol - Enterprise router (Physical) NVISION Ethernet protocol -...
  • Page 368 Routers & Kaleido-X Router Protocols Text database Company Protocol download Routers/Controllers Sony Sony HKSPC (GVGNP Sony routers (requires HKSPC Emulator) card); GVG routers (Ethernet) Utah Scientific PL-160/PL-320 AVS-1B RCP-1 SC-1, SC-2, SC-3 series RCP-3 SC-4 series (Ethernet only) a. Deprecated. To be used with legacy configurations only. b.To be used in most cases.

  • Page 369: Serial Connections

    Kaleido-X User’s Manual Serial Connections The physical cabling required to connect a multiviewer to an external serial device (such as a router, production switcher, or router controller) can vary from one device to another. It is important to check the manufacturer’s documentation to get the proper pinout so it matches up with the multiviewer.

  • Page 370: Q & A

    Routers & Kaleido-X Q & A The Grass Valley 1737-3000-102 (straight) adapter can be connected directly to the Ross Synergy 100: RJ45 DE-9 male DE-9 female Pinout of an RS-422 Pinout of straight adapter (Grass Pinout of RS-422 port’s RJ45 connector Valley part no.
  • Page 371 Kaleido-X User’s Manual Q: What is the main purpose of having an internal router? A: The internal router allows you to share the inputs connected to a Kaleido-X or Kaleido-X16 multiviewer with other equipment (e.g., QA monitors, vectorscopes), reducing or eliminating the need to have an expensive standalone external router. The internal router allows you to have one piece of equipment (the multiviewer) that serves two integrated purposes: displaying video inputs on the monitor wall, and sharing them with other equipment.

  • Page 372: Detailed Directions

    Routers & Kaleido-X Detailed Directions Q: What are the three different Router Controller items (i.e. Network Compact and the two Pro-Bel items) in the Equipment library? A: They are all used for controlling either the multiviewer’s internal router, or any logical router.
  • Page 373 Kaleido-X User’s Manual 3 Click Import NVISION config. The Import Configuration window appears. 4 In Import Configuration, type the host name or IP address of the NV9000 system controller, click Show only router profiles if appropriate, and then click Get router list. IMPORTANT The number of outputs on a physical router may impact performance, both on the multiviewer and on the NV9000.
  • Page 374 Routers & Kaleido-X Importing Router Configurations from an NV9000 System Controller The name of every NV9000 physical level or profile is followed with an ID, and dimensions. For example, in the case of NV32X8_PL1 (ID 6) [32x8] above, the part NV32X8_PL1 is the name of an NV9000 physical level, whose ID (internal to the NV9000 system) is 6, and which has 32 sources and 8 destinations.
  • Page 375 Kaleido-X User’s Manual Example: One router with two levels will be created. Example: Three routers will be created. 7 Click OK. The selected router configurations are imported into your multiviewer system. • If you selected Create several routers with one level per router, then, once the import has completed, your multiviewer’s configuration includes new external routers whose names are based on the NV9000 system controller’s IP address prefixed with N9000, and followed with the ID of the NV9000 physical level (e.g.,...
  • Page 376 Routers & Kaleido-X Importing Router Configurations from an NV9000 System Controller New physical router imported from NV9000 Physical level New logical router Logical level Three physical routers, and three logical routers were added, each with a single level whose name matches the name of the corresponding NV9000 physical level. •...
  • Page 377 Kaleido-X User’s Manual New physical router Physical levels New logical router Logical levels One physical router, and one logical router were added, each with two levels whose names match the names of the corresponding NV9000 physical levels. If you intend to import other router configurations from the same NV9000 system controller, separately, then you must rename the physical router associated with the configuration you just imported.
  • Page 378 Routers & Kaleido-X Importing Router Configurations from an NV9000 System Controller 11 Sort the sources table as appropriate for your purposes, if you wish, and then define IDs for the new sources, using the incremental copy tool as needed. You may also want to set a category.

  • Page 379: Configuring An External Router

    Kaleido-X User’s Manual 16 Click the Layouts tab. 17 Open the layout you wish to use, and then assign monitor wall destinations to monitors in your layout, as required. See Assigning Logical Sources or Monitor Wall Destinations to Monitors on page 256 for details. You may also assign a logical source to each monitor, if you wish.
  • Page 380 Routers & Kaleido-X Configuring an External Router Step 1 – Defining a Physical Router To configure an external router 1 Open XEdit and load the database associated with the multiviewer for which you wish to configure an external router. 2 Drag External Router from the Equipment library onto the root of the System hierarchical list in the Description/Calibrations pane.
  • Page 381 Kaleido-X User’s Manual 5 In the Properties pane, select the appropriate element from the Connect to list. This can be a serial connection, or a network (TCP/IP or UDP/IP) connection. Depending on the multiviewer model (e.g., on a Kaleido-X, each output card has one RS-422 port, a Kaleido-X16 has one or two RS-422 ports), the available RS-422 ports are designated as follows: KMV-3901/3911...
  • Page 382 Routers & Kaleido-X Configuring an External Router Note: A physical router associated with the multiviewer’s own internal router module is also predefined. In the case of a multiviewer that does not have any router card, there will be no entries in the Levels list for this physical router).
  • Page 383 Kaleido-X User’s Manual • If the connection type is TCP/IP or UDP/IP, you must specify the router’s IP address and port number. 8 Click Use protocol defaults to specify the default parameters for the selected protocol (this can be useful to begin if you do not have access to your specific router’s documentation).
  • Page 384 Routers & Kaleido-X Configuring an External Router 2 In the Physical Level Configuration window, type a name in the Level name box (e.g., “Video”). 3 Type the appropriate value in the Level or frame ID box (whether a level ID or a frame ID is relevant depends on the protocol in use).
  • Page 385 Kaleido-X User’s Manual At this point, you have added a level to a physical router, which appears in the Levels list under the Router configurations tab, and in the Routers list in the Tools pane. New physical level For example, if the physical router is a controller talking to a cascade of routers using a specified protocol, you might have defined one of these, a video router, as Level 0 in the cascade, with 16 sources and 16 destinations (16 ×...
  • Page 386 Routers & Kaleido-X Configuring an External Router serious consequences. To avoid such problems, it is desirable to give operators access only to those crosspoints they need, by creating logical routers. To add a logical router 1 In the Routers list, click the Logical routers folder, and then click Add router under the Router configurations tab.
  • Page 387 Kaleido-X User’s Manual IMPORTANT Once you have configured the logical router, it is important not to change its name. Doing so will disable any settings that refer to the existing router name, including: • logical source assignments for source or destination label, •...
  • Page 388 Routers & Kaleido-X Configuring an External Router New logical level Next, you must specify the relationship between the logical level destinations (4 in this example) and the physical destinations (16 in this example). 7 Click the Destination mapping tab. The Destination mapping table includes rows for each of the logical destinations (4 in this example), with columns for entering a text label (e.g., “Main Out”, “Preview”, etc.) and the corresponding physical router destination (this column’s heading corresponds to the logical router level specified earlier–“[0] Video”...
  • Page 389 Kaleido-X User’s Manual Auto map button Physical outputs are automatically populated • If you have already specified a physical output, the sequence starts from that one, then autofills from there. • If the one you specified is in a row part way down the table, auto-mapping fills in the rows below, then continues the sequence starting at the top of the table.
  • Page 390 Routers & Kaleido-X Configuring an External Router As with destinations, the sources of the logical level must be associated with sources on the physical router. 11 Click the Source mapping tab. The table works in the same way as for destinations, except that the number of rows is determined by the number of sources specified when the logical level was created.
  • Page 391 Kaleido-X User’s Manual The new level appears under the logical router in the Routers list. 13 Click the Destination mapping tab. A new column appears, corresponding to the new logical Audio level. The audio destinations can be mapped to correspond to the video destinations. Use the Auto map button as needed.

  • Page 392: Configuring A Router Controller

    Routers & Kaleido-X Configuring a Router Controller If the audio mapping mirrors the video mapping, then, when a video switch is made (e.g., from Video 1 to Video 2), the corresponding audio will follow (i.e. the same command will switch a crosspoint in both the physical video router and the physical audio router).
  • Page 393 Kaleido-X User’s Manual 2 When prompted, type a name, and then click OK. 3 Click the Interconnects tab, draw a line between the multiviewer and the new router controller, and then click the line. Click the line to configure the connection properties 4 In the Properties pane, select the appropriate element from the RS-422 communication port list.
  • Page 394 Routers & Kaleido-X Configuring a Router Controller Depending on the multiviewer model, the available RS-422 ports are designated as follows: KMV-3901/3911 RS-422 Kaleido-X16 Port 1, and Port 2 Kaleido-X (14RU) Frame A – Output A, B, and C; Frame B – Output A, B, and C Kaleido-X (7RU) Output A, B, C, and D Kaleido-X (4RU)
  • Page 395 Kaleido-X User’s Manual This is the logical router that will be controlled by the router control panel. When the multiviewer receives commands over the serial port on the output card selected in step 4, it will know these are destined for the logical router corresponding to “SmallLogicalRouter”.
  • Page 396 Routers & Kaleido-X Configuring a Router Controller 3 Click the Interconnects tab, draw a line between the multiviewer and the new router controller, and then click the line. Click the line to configure the connection properties 4 In the Properties pane, select the appropriate element from the RS-422 communication port list.
  • Page 397 Kaleido-X User’s Manual Kaleido-MX, Output A, and B Kaleido-MX 4K Note: The Kaleido-MX (1RU) 16 × 4, and the Kaleido-MX 4K 16 × 1 models have only one RS-422 port, which is physically connected to output card A. Kaleido-Modular-X Output A, and B Note: KMX-3901-OUT output cards with a single rear connector panel (KMX-3901-OUT-D-3+SRP) do not have RS-...

  • Page 398: Configuring A Multiviewer's Internal Router

    Routers & Kaleido-X Configuring a Multiviewer’s Internal Router Notes • The logical router matrix ID must be manually entered on the SAM (Snell/Pro-Bel) controller—this is usually done via a Web interface, but is sometimes done over a serial connection. Some controllers allow you to program individual buttons, or groups of buttons.
  • Page 399 Kaleido-X User’s Manual Notes • The following ports are always active and can be used for controlling a Kaleido-X over TCP/IP, via the associated protocols: • port 14000 (SW-P-08) • port 2000 (SW-P-02) • port 4381 (VikinX Modular) • port 5194 (NVISION Ethernet protocol - Compact router) •...
  • Page 400 Routers & Kaleido-X Configuring a Multiviewer’s Internal Router 4 Select the physical levels you wish to add to KX Router’s first logical level, and then click The selected levels appear in the Physical levels list. 5 Click the [1] KX Router (16 × 34) folder under Logical routers in the Routers list. The third-level tab bar appears under Router configurations, with the Configuration tab selected.
  • Page 401 Kaleido-X User’s Manual Logical router matrix ID Configuring the Internal Router in a Kaleido-X (7RU) To configure a Kaleido-X (7RU) multiviewer’s internal router cards 1 Make sure that the System list reflects your multiviewer’s router card configuration. To add an internal router card, right-click OPTION A or OPTION B in the System list, and then click Insert KXO-24Router on the menu.
  • Page 402 Routers & Kaleido-X Configuring a Multiviewer’s Internal Router Notes • The following ports are always active and can be used for controlling a Kaleido-X over TCP/IP, via the associated protocols: • port 14000 (SW-P-08) • port 2000 (SW-P-02) • port 4381 (VikinX Modular) •...
  • Page 403 Kaleido-X User’s Manual Note: “120 × 48” refers to the physical router size including internal connections used for router expansion. The actual size of each router card is 96 × 24. Refer to Configuring Router Card Expansion in the Kaleido-X (7RU) Hardware Description &...
  • Page 404 Routers & Kaleido-X Configuring a Multiviewer’s Internal Router 6 Select the physical levels you wish to add to KX Router’s first logical level, and then click The selected levels appear in the Physical levels list. 7 Click the [1] KX Router (96 × 80) folder under Logical routers in the Routers list. The third-level tab bar appears under Router configurations, with the Configuration tab selected.

  • Page 405: Configuring Router Connections

    Kaleido-X User’s Manual Note: In the case of a Kaleido-X (7RU), signals entering the input cards are made available to the internal router cards via the midplane (i.e. there is no cabling between the BNC outputs on the router cards and the BNC inputs on the KXI cards).
  • Page 406 Routers & Kaleido-X Configuring Router Connections In this example, the Kaleido-X software registers that Output 1 from the router has a cable that connects to the BNC connector corresponding to Video 1 on the multiviewer’s INPUT A module. This means that when you select a router source to be assigned to a monitor on the monitor wall, the Kaleido-X software will be able to determine whether the multiviewer’s INPUT A –...

  • Page 407: Tally Interface Devices &Timer Systems

    Tally Interface Devices &Timer Systems This chapter describes how multiviewers can be configured to receive dynamic labels and status from tally interface devices, timer, time code and status information from a timer system, or status from a GPI module. Summary Plura (Alpermann+Velte) Studio Production Timer .
  • Page 408 Tally Interface Devices &Timer Systems Key Concepts Production Switchers Company Device/System Grass Valley (Thomson) Kayenne K-Frame, Karrera K-Frame, Kayenne, Kalypso, Zodiak, KayakDD, Kayak SD/HD, DD35, XtenDD HD/SD series Ross Acuity, Synergy, and Vision Tritium series (via the Kalypso Serial Tally Protocol) SAM (Snell &...

  • Page 409: Detailed Directions

    Kaleido-X User’s Manual Serial-to-TCP/IP Dispatcher The Serial-to-TCP/IP Dispatcher is a piece of software designed to run on a separate PC or embedded into a product (e.g., a Kaleido multiviewer) and act as a bridge between a serial device and the TCP/IP network. Note: For more information, refer to the Serial-to-TCP/IP Dispatcher Protocol guide, available from Grass Valley’s Technical Support (see...
  • Page 410 Tally Interface Devices &Timer Systems Plura (Alpermann+Velte) Studio Production Timer 4 Drag the Plura (Alpermann+Velte) SPT device from the equipment library onto the root of the System hierarchical list. Alternatively, right-click the list root, and then click Insert Plura (Alpermann+Velte) SPT on the menu.
  • Page 411 Kaleido-X User’s Manual 11 In the Properties pane, type the IP address of your timer system. You are now ready to add information from the timer system to logical sources. Assigning Timer System Information to Logical Sources To configure your logical sources 1 In the Channels/Sources tab, add the required number of logical sources for your purposes (see Manually adding a Logical Source...
  • Page 412 Tally Interface Devices &Timer Systems Plura (Alpermann+Velte) Studio Production Timer 8 If your logical sources include more alarm levels to be associated with the timer system, then repeat step 6 step 7 for the current logical source’s remaining alarm levels. 9 Repeat step 3–step 8 for any remaining logical sources you wish to configure with...
  • Page 413 Kaleido-X User’s Manual 2 Add a UMD from the set of predefined UMDs available in the Tools pane (e.g., umd2), or use the UMD button on the toolbar (see Configuring UMDs, on page 291, and Working with Composite Monitors, on page 314, if needed). 3 In the Tools pane, select one of the logical sources you previously configured (see Assigning Timer System Information to Logical Sources...

  • Page 414: Gpi-1501 General Purpose Interface I/O Module

    Tally Interface Devices &Timer Systems GPI-1501 General Purpose Interface I/O Module information from the device will be visible on the monitor wall. Any changes made by the device’s operator will be immediately reflected on the monitor wall. GPI-1501 General Purpose Interface I/O Module The GPI-1501 is a 2RU Densité...
  • Page 415 Kaleido-X User’s Manual A window appears, prompting you for a device identifier. 5 In Device Identifier, type a name for the GPI-1501, and then click OK. The GPI-1501 is added to the system list. 6 Click the Interconnects tab. 7 Position the pointer over the multiviewer icon, then click and drag towards the GPI-1501 icon.
  • Page 416 Tally Interface Devices &Timer Systems GPI-1501 General Purpose Interface I/O Module 10 In the Interconnects tab, click the GPI-1501 icon. 11 In the Properties pane, type the number of the slot where your GPI-1501 card is located in its housing frame, directly in the Slot number box, or use the slider to set it. •...
  • Page 417 Kaleido-X User’s Manual d To configure the source of timestamp information, click the Timestamp element in the System list, and then, in the Properties pane, select the appropriate value from the Timestamp source list. • None: No timestamping. • CPU: Timestamping will be based on the Densité CPU-ETH2 controller card’s real time clock.
  • Page 418 Tally Interface Devices &Timer Systems GPI-1501 General Purpose Interface I/O Module 4 If your logical sources include more alarm levels to be associated with the GPI-1501, then repeat step 2 step 3 for the current logical source’s remaining alarm levels. 5 Make corresponding assignments to other logical sources by incremental copy, if desired (see Making Further Assignments by Incremental Copy...

  • Page 419: Configuring Serial Tally Systems

    Kaleido-X User’s Manual Alarm level selection for the right tally in a UMD 6 Click outside the composite to lock it, if applicable. 7 Repeat step 4 step 5 until you have configured all UMDs that are to display tally status when this layout is loaded on the monitor wall.
  • Page 420 Tally Interface Devices &Timer Systems Configuring Serial Tally Systems 4 Click the Interconnects tab. 5 Click the multiviewer icon and hold the mouse button, while dragging the pointer towards the peripheral device icon. A line representing the connection between the multiviewer and the device appears. Connection between the multiviewer and the device (example using Kalypso, same for all devices) 6 Click the connection line between the multiviewer and the device.

  • Page 421: Ross Video Production Switcher

    Kaleido-X User’s Manual 8 Click the peripheral device icon in the Interconnects tab. 9 In the Properties pane, set the serial communications properties for the device. The set of properties will vary, depending on the device. Refer to the manufacturer’s documentation for your specific device as needed.
  • Page 422 Tally Interface Devices &Timer Systems Ross Video Production Switcher Menu Field Value Sub-value Extra Option Option Rate Option Data Txfr Complete Option Start None Option At Black All Off Note: For more information on installing port devices, please refer to your Ross switcher documentation.
  • Page 423 Kaleido-X User’s Manual 6 Position the pointer over the multiviewer icon, then click and drag towards the Kalypso device icon. A line representing the connection between the multiviewer and the device appears. Connection between the multiviewer and the device 7 Click the connection line between the multiviewer and the device. 8 In the Properties pane, select the appropriate element from the RS-422 communication port list.
  • Page 424 Tally Interface Devices &Timer Systems Ross Video Production Switcher 10 In the Properties pane, set the serial communications properties for the remote port on the Ross Video switcher as follows: Baud rate 38 400-115 200 Data bits Parity NONE Stop bits 11 In the Channels/Sources tab, configure logical sources using text sources and system tallies from the Kalypso serial tally device.
  • Page 425 Kaleido-X User’s Manual Source IDs Kalypso 104* M/E 2 PVW 2 105* M/E 3 PGM A 106* M/E 3 PGM B 107* M/E 3 PGM C 108* M/E 3 PGM D 109* M/E 3 PVW A 110* M/E 3 PVW 2 Pgm-Pst PGM A Pgm-Pst PGM B Pgm-Pst PGM C...

  • Page 426: Sony Production Switcher

    Tally Interface Devices &Timer Systems Sony Production Switcher Sony Production Switcher A multiviewer can receive dynamic source names and tally information from a Sony switcher. The procedure below describes how to set up a multiviewer to interface with a Sony production switcher (DVS-9000 series, MVS-8000 series or MFS-2000 series). Setting Up a Sony Switcher To set up a Sony switcher 1 Enable serial tally on one of the switcher’s ports (refer to your Sony Production Switcher...
  • Page 427 Kaleido-X User’s Manual EDITOR PANEL Sony System Control Unit (MKS-8010A) EDITOR PANEL Sony System Control Unit (MKS-8010B) To use a serial tally from an SCU model MKS-8010A or MKS-8010B, a 15-pin-to-9-pin adapter is required, with pinouts as follows: MKS-8010A or MKS-8010B Serial tally device (15-pin) (Signal)
  • Page 428 Tally Interface Devices &Timer Systems Sony Production Switcher 2 In the main window, click the System tab, and then click Description/Calibrations on the second-level tab bar. The main pane displays the System hierarchical list, and the Tools pane displays the equipment library when the root of the System list is selected. 3 Drag the Sony production switcher device from the equipment library onto the root of the System hierarchical list.
  • Page 429 Kaleido-X User’s Manual Kaleido-X (7RU) Output A, B, C, and D Kaleido-X (4RU) Output A, and B Kaleido-MX, Output A, and B Note: Kaleido-MX 4K The Kaleido-MX (1RU) 16 × 4, and the Kaleido-MX 4K 16 × 1 models have only one RS-422 port, which is physically connected to output card A.

  • Page 430: Kahuna Production Switcher

    Tally Interface Devices &Timer Systems Kahuna Production Switcher Kahuna Production Switcher A multiviewer can receive dynamic source names and tally information from a Kahuna production switcher. The procedures below describe how to set up a multiviewer to interface with a Kahuna switcher. To set up the Kahuna switcher 1 Physically connect one end of an RJ-45 straight cable to the multiviewer’s RS-422 port.
  • Page 431 Kaleido-X User’s Manual The Kahuna has DE-9 connectors with the following pinout: 9-pin Signal Note: RS-422 Connection Diagram on page 21 for pinouts on the multiviewer. 3 On the Kahuna switcher’s GUI panel, press the ENG CONFIG button. The Engineering Config menu appears on the touch screen. 4 Touch the Protocols button on the screen to bring up the Engineering Config –...
  • Page 432 Tally Interface Devices &Timer Systems Kahuna Production Switcher Notes (continued) • Although it is possible to define “user configuration” source names on the Kahuna switcher, these are not transmitted over the serial tally interface. The switcher only transmits the “engineering configuration” source names. To set up the multiviewer 1 Open XEdit.
  • Page 433 Kaleido-X User’s Manual Depending on the multiviewer model, the available RS-422 ports are designated as follows: KMV-3901/3911 RS-422 Kaleido-X16 Port 1, and Port 2 Kaleido-X (14RU) Frame A – Output A, B, and C; Frame B – Output A, B, and C Kaleido-X (7RU) Output A, B, C, and D Kaleido-X (4RU)
  • Page 434 Tally Interface Devices &Timer Systems Kahuna Production Switcher Source IDs Kahuna 1 - 80 Inputs 1 - 80 Store 9 Store 10 Store 11 Store 12 Store 13 Store 14 Store 15 Store 16 DVE 1 Output 1 DVE 1 Output 2 DVE 1 Output 3 DVE 1 Output 4 M/E 1 Output 1...

  • Page 435: Kayak Production Switcher

    Kaleido-X User’s Manual Source IDs Kahuna Unused Unused DVE 2 Output 1 DVE 2 Output 2 DVE 2 Output 3 DVE 2 Output 4 Store 1 Store 2 Store 3 Store 4 Store 5 Store 6 Store 7 Store 8 12 In the Layouts tab, create layouts and assign logical sources created in step 11 monitors that can display text (e.g., UMD) and alarms (e.g., UMD, video, text alarm).
  • Page 436 Tally Interface Devices &Timer Systems Kayak Production Switcher To set up the Kayak switcher 1 Physically connect one end of an RJ-45 straight cable to the multiviewer’s RS-422 port. 2 Using a DE-9S-to-RJ45 crossover adapter (Grass Valley part no. 1792-3700-100), connect the other end of the cable to one of the RS-422 control ports on the Kayak switcher.
  • Page 437 Kaleido-X User’s Manual 6 Under Automation Control 1, select the appropriate serial port (i.e., the one to which the multiviewer is connected) and the protocol type (only “acos_vxxx” should be available). This completes the configuration required on the switcher. The ACOS protocol is now enabled on the serial port used for the connection between the switcher and the multiviewer.
  • Page 438 Tally Interface Devices &Timer Systems Kayak Production Switcher Connection between the multiviewer and the device 7 Click the connection line between multiviewer and device. 8 In the Properties pane, select the appropriate element from the RS-422 communication port list. Depending on the multiviewer model, the available RS-422 ports are designated as follows: KMV-3901/3911 RS-422...
  • Page 439 Kaleido-X User’s Manual 10 In the Properties pane, set the serial communications properties for the Kayak device as follows: Baud Rate 38400 Data Bits Parity NONE Stop bits Assigning Kayak tallies, input names, and output names to logical sources To configure your logical sources •...
  • Page 440 Tally Interface Devices &Timer Systems Kayak Production Switcher Input Number DD35 XtenDD HD XtenDD SD KayakDD Kayak SD/HD 0x81 Montage processor 1 0x82 Montage processor 2 0x85 DVX1 DVX1 DVX1 0x86 DVX2 DVX2 DVX2 0x87 DVX3 DVX3 DVX3 0x88 DVX4 DVX4 DVX4 0x89...
  • Page 441 Kaleido-X User’s Manual Input Number DD35 XtenDD HD XtenDD SD KayakDD Kayak SD/HD 0xB3 ME3-PVW ME3-PVW ME3-PVW M3p1 M3p1 0xB4 Mhp1 0xB8 VideoStore1 VideoStore1 0xB9 VideoStore2 VideoStore2 0xBA VideoStore3 VideoStore3 0xBB VideoStore4 VideoStore4 0xBC VideoStore5 VideoStore5 0xBD VideoStore6 VideoStore6 0xC0 PP C 0xC1 Layer ME1...

  • Page 442: Kayenne Production Switcher

    Tally Interface Devices &Timer Systems Kayenne Production Switcher Input Number DD35 XtenDD HD XtenDD SD KayakDD Kayak SD/HD 0xDA ME2 UtilA ME2 UtilA M2p2 0xDB ME2 UtilB ME2 UtilB M3p2 0xDC ME2 UtilC ME2 UtilC Mhp2 0xDD ME3 UtilA ME3 UtilA 0xDE ME3 UtilB ME3 UtilB...
  • Page 443 Kaleido-X User’s Manual Configuring the Kayenne Switcher To establish a serial connection between the switcher and your multiviewer, you need to identify the serial port you wish to use for tally contribution in the switcher’s Engineering Setups, by using the Kayenne touch screen menu panel or the Kayenne Menu application. To set up the Kayenne switcher 1 Physically connect one end of an RJ-45 straight cable to the multiviewer’s RS-422 port.
  • Page 444 Tally Interface Devices &Timer Systems Kayenne Production Switcher 4 In the port selection area, touch the port you wish to use as the tally contribution port. 5 In the Baud Rate / Parity area, touch 115.2k, and None. This sets the baud rate to 115,200 and the parity to None. Assuming the required sources and outputs have been defined, this completes the configuration required on the switcher.
  • Page 445 Kaleido-X User’s Manual 7 Click the connection line between multiviewer and device. 8 In the Properties pane, select the appropriate serial port from the RS-422 communication port list. Depending on the multiviewer model, the available RS-422 ports are designated as follows: KMV-3901/3911 RS-422...
  • Page 446 Tally Interface Devices &Timer Systems Kayenne Production Switcher 10 In the Properties pane, set the serial communications properties for the Kayenne device as follows: Baud Rate 115200 Data Bits Parity NONE Stop bits 11 Set the appropriate output numbers to use for tally calculation, based on your switcher’s configuration.
  • Page 447 Kaleido-X User’s Manual the Kayenne’s serial interface. You will find these elements by expanding the filtered system list that appears in the Tools pane. To configure your logical sources 1 In the Channels/Sources tab, add the required number of text and alarm levels for your purposes (see Creating and Configuring Logical Sources on page 192).
  • Page 448 Tally Interface Devices &Timer Systems Kayenne Production Switcher Level 3 The label represents the previous background feed Level 4 The label represents the current background feed (not yet supported) All other Kayenne signals represented in the filtered System list, are associated with a single Input label.
  • Page 449 Kaleido-X User’s Manual 9 On the File menu, click Save. Changes to the sources table are saved. Configuring layout elements You can now assign the logical sources you previously configured (see Assigning Kayenne tallies, input names, and output names to logical sources on page 438) to monitors that can display text (e.g., UMD) or alarms (e.g., UMD, video, text alarm status) in a layout.

  • Page 450: K-Frame Switchers

    Tally Interface Devices &Timer Systems K-Frame Switchers Text level selection for the text label in a UMD 8 Click outside the composite to lock it, if applicable. 9 Repeat step 4 – step 8 until you have configured all UMDs that are to display dynamic text and tally status when this layout is loaded on the monitor wall.
  • Page 451 Kaleido-X User’s Manual 2 Enter your multiviewer’s IP address in one of the two tally ports, and then touch the Enable button for the selected port. The connection status indicator turns red, since the connection has yet to be established on the multiviewer side. Assuming the required sources and outputs have been defined, this completes the configuration required on the switcher.
  • Page 452 Tally Interface Devices &Timer Systems K-Frame Switchers 4 Type a name for the K-Frame production switcher, and then click OK. The device is added to your system configuration. 5 Click the Interconnects tab. 6 Position the pointer over the multiviewer icon, then click and drag towards the K-Frame production switcher icon.
  • Page 453 Kaleido-X User’s Manual By default, in XEdit, Tally 1 corresponds to the K-Frame switcher’s output 1 (which typically carries the Program signal), and Tally 2 corresponds to the K-Frame switcher’s output 5 (typically the Preview signal). 11 On the File menu, click Save. This establishes communication between the multiviewer and the switcher.
  • Page 454 Tally Interface Devices &Timer Systems K-Frame Switchers • Within the operator suites, 6 tally statuses are available for every video processing engine (VPE) output. The tally status indicates whether the VPE output contributes to the switcher output associated with the tally. To configure your logical sources 1 In the Channels/Sources tab, add the required number of text and alarm levels for your purposes (see...
  • Page 455 Kaleido-X User’s Manual K-Frame elements available from the filtered System list, for assignment to text levels in the sources table 4 If your logical sources include more text levels to be associated with the switcher, then repeat step 2 – step 3 for the current logical source’s remaining text levels.
  • Page 456 Tally Interface Devices &Timer Systems K-Frame Switchers Text levels based on dynamic Alarm levels based on tallies K-Frame source labels from the K-Frame switcher 9 On the File menu, click Save. Changes to the sources table are saved. Configuring layout elements You can now assign the logical sources you previously configured (see Assigning K-Frame tallies and input names to logical sources...
  • Page 457 Kaleido-X User’s Manual Alarm level selection for the left tally in a UMD 6 Click the Right tally source level box, and then select the appropriate alarm level, if applicable. 7 Click the Text label level box, and then select the text level you wish to monitor. Text level selection for the text label in a UMD 8 Click outside the composite to lock it, if applicable.

  • Page 458: Zodiak Production Switcher

    Tally Interface Devices &Timer Systems Zodiak Production Switcher Zodiak Production Switcher A multiviewer can receive dynamic source names and tally information from a Grass Valley Zodiak Digital Production Switcher. The procedures below describe how to set up a multiviewer to interface with this family of production switchers. Configuring the Zodiak Switcher To establish a serial connection between the switcher and your multiviewer, you need to identify the serial port you wish to use for tally contribution in the switcher’s Engineering...
  • Page 459 Kaleido-X User’s Manual 3 From the Zodiak Home menu, touch the Eng Setup menu button, and then the Ports & Devices category button. The Physical Serial Port Assignment menu appears. 4 In the port selection area, touch the port you wish to use as the tally contribution port. 5 In the Baud Rate area, touch 38.4k.
  • Page 460 Tally Interface Devices &Timer Systems Zodiak Production Switcher 6 Position the pointer over the multiviewer icon, then click and drag towards the Zodiak production switcher icon. A line representing the connection between the multiviewer and the device appears. 7 Click the connection line between multiviewer and device. 8 In the Properties pane, select the appropriate serial port from the RS-422 communication port list.
  • Page 461 Kaleido-X User’s Manual In the Properties pane, the serial communications properties for the Zodiak device are the following, by default: Baud Rate 38400 Data Bits Parity NONE Stop bits 10 Set these properties to match the values used on the switcher. 11 Select the appropriate outputs to use for the Preview Out and Program Out tally calculation, based on your switcher’s configuration.
  • Page 462 Tally Interface Devices &Timer Systems Zodiak Production Switcher 2 Click a cell that corresponds to the appropriate text level of a logical source. 3 In the filtered System list, navigate to the text element you wish to monitor, and drag it onto the selected cell.
  • Page 463 Kaleido-X User’s Manual 7 If your logical sources include more alarm levels to be associated with the Zodiak switcher, then repeat step 5 – step 6 for the current logical source’s remaining alarm levels. 8 Make corresponding assignments to other logical sources by incremental copy, if desired (see Making Further Assignments by Incremental Copy, on page 204).
  • Page 464 Tally Interface Devices &Timer Systems Zodiak Production Switcher 4 Click the first UMD whose dynamic text and tally reporting behavior you wish to set, after unlocking the composite monitor that contains it if applicable (see Unlocking a Composite Monitor on page 320). 5 In the Properties pane, click the Left tally source level box, and then select the alarm level you wish to monitor.

  • Page 465: Daktronics Scoreboards

    Kaleido-X User’s Manual 11 If you have been working in offline mode, then export the database to your multiviewer (see Exporting a Database on page 77). On the monitor wall, you can now load the layout containing the monitors that were assigned dynamic text and tallies provided by the Zodiak switcher.
  • Page 466 Tally Interface Devices &Timer Systems Daktronics Scoreboards A window appears, prompting you for a device identifier. 5 In Device Identifier, type a name for the scoreboard, and then click OK. The scoreboard is added to the system list. 6 Click the Interconnects tab. 7 Position the pointer over the multiviewer icon, then click and drag towards the scoreboard device icon.
  • Page 467 Kaleido-X User’s Manual Kaleido-MX, Output A, and B Kaleido-MX 4K Note: The Kaleido-MX (1RU) 16 × 4, and the Kaleido-MX 4K 16 × 1 models have only one RS-422 port, which is physically connected to output card A. Kaleido-Modular-X Output A, and B Note: KMX-3901-OUT output cards with a single rear connector panel (KMX-3901-OUT-D-3+SRP) do not have RS-...
  • Page 468 Tally Interface Devices &Timer Systems Daktronics Scoreboards Sample Daktronics configuration, to monitor scoreboard information for a hockey game 7 On the File menu, click Save. Changes to the sources table are saved. Configuring Layout Elements You can now assign the logical sources you previously configured (see Assigning Scoreboard Information to Logical Sources on page 459) to UMDs or alarm monitors in a...
  • Page 469 Kaleido-X User’s Manual 6 Select a monospace font for the text: a Click the Text font box, and then click the button that appears inside the box to open the font picker window. Click this button to open Select a Font b In Select a Font, click a monospace font (e.g., Lucida Sans Typewriter).

  • Page 470: Serial Port Test Agent

    Tally Interface Devices &Timer Systems Serial Port Test Agent 10 On the File menu, click Save. 11 If you have been working in offline mode, then export the database to your multiviewer (see Exporting a Database on page 77). On the monitor wall, you can now load the layout containing the monitors that were assigned information from the scoreboard system.
  • Page 471 Kaleido-X User’s Manual When connected, the serial-port test agent will log all data received from the serial port to a file that you can read using a Web browser. Once the database is exported to the multiviewer, the serial-port test agent starts. The agent opens the serial port and start writing to a log file the data that is received on the port.

  • Page 473: Administration And Servicing

    Administration and Servicing This chapter explains how to configure the Kaleido-X network communications, and how to enable hardware and software options. It also describes where to find system status and version information, for troubleshooting or servicing purposes. Key Concepts Term Description Kaleido-RCP2 The Kaleido-RCP2 is a multi-function remote control panel designed for...
  • Page 474 Administration and Servicing Default IP Settings Kaleido-IP default IP settings Kaleido-IP-6 Kaleido-IP-4 Kaleido-IP-2 Management IP address (LAN1) 10.0.3.70 10.0.3.70 10.0.3.70 Network mask 255.255.0.0 255.255.0.0 255.255.0.0 Default gateway 10.0.0.1 10.0.0.1 10.0.0.1 Data port 1 IP address (LAN2) 172.30.3.70 172.30.3.70 172.30.3.70 Network mask 255.255.0.0 255.255.0.0 255.255.0.0...
  • Page 475 Kaleido-X User’s Manual KMX-4911 default IP settings System IP address 192.168.3.30 Network mask 255.255.255.0 Gateway 0.0.0.0 KMV-3901/3911 default IP settings System IP address 192.168.3.31 Network mask 255.255.255.0 Gateway 192.168.3.1 CPU-ETH3 controller default IP settings IP address 192.168.3.3 Network mask 255.255.0.0 Gateway 0.0.0.0 CPU-ETH2 controller default IP settings...

  • Page 476: Hardware And Software Options

    Administration and Servicing Hardware and Software Options 14RU (expansion) Output C — 10.0.3.68 10.0.3.68 Output D/EXP — 10.0.3.69 — Output A (Frame B) — — 10.0.3.61 Output B (Frame B) — — 10.0.3.62 Output C (Frame B) — — 10.0.3.63 Note: If the IP address of the multiviewer has been changed (i.e., it no longer corresponds to the as-shipped configuration), it is still possible to...
  • Page 477 Kaleido-X User’s Manual KMX-4911 output option Option Part No. Feature Additional KMX-4911-OPT-OP2 Additional head output enable license (1/card). Head In a multi-card system, if a card does not have Activation this option enabled, then the only available multiviewer output is MV OUT A1 (MV OUT 1, in the case of a KMX-4911 9 ×...
  • Page 478 Administration and Servicing Hardware and Software Options Kaleido-MX 4K input options Option Part No. Feature KMX-IN-16-OPT-3GBPS 3 Gbps signal format license (16 inputs) CC/XDS KMX-IN-16-OPT-CSX CC/subtitling and XDS data license (16 inputs) Dolby E KMX-IN-16-OPT-DOLBY Dolby metadata extraction license (16 inputs) Kaleido-MX 4K output option Option Part No.
  • Page 479 Kaleido-X User’s Manual KMV-3901/3911 input options Option Part No. Feature KMV-39N1-8XN-OPT- 3Gbps signal decoding option (8 inputs) 3GBPS KMV-39N1-4XN-OPT- 3Gbps signal decoding option (4 inputs) 3GBPS Embedded KMV-39N1-8XN-OPT-AUD Embedded audio extraction license (8 inputs) Audio KMV-39N1-4XN-OPT-AUD Embedded audio extraction license (4 inputs) Additional KMV-3911-4X1-OPT-4IN KMV-3911-4x1 additional inputs 5-8 license...
  • Page 480 Administration and Servicing Hardware and Software Options Option Part No. Feature Notes Embedded KXS-HD-EMB HD/SD-SDI embedded One HD/SD-SDI embedded audio Audio audio license option key is needed per input card. KXS-SD-EMB SD-SDI embedded One SD-SDI embedded audio option audio license key is needed per input card.

  • Page 481: Dashboard Messages

    Kaleido-X User’s Manual a. After enabling the 3D support option in XAdmin, refresh the current layout or load another one, for the change to be reflected on the monitor wall. Kaleido-X16 router options Option Part No. Feature SDI Router KXS-X16-RTR16x2 Dual router output option (1/frame) Output Dashboard Messages...
  • Page 482 Administration and Servicing Dashboard Messages Status dashboard messages (continued) Message Description PSU B 48 V Fuse PSU B fuse is broken. PSU A 12 V PSU A is absent, overheating, has a DC circuitry fault condition, or no current is drawn from it. PSU B 12 V PSU B is absent, overheating, has a DC circuitry fault condition, or no current is drawn from it.
  • Page 483 Kaleido-X User’s Manual Status dashboard messages (continued) Message Description Rear Fan 4 (replace whole Fan 4 is running too low or is broken. module if in error) Rear Fan 5 (replace whole Fan 5 is running too low or is broken. module if in error) Rear Fan 6 (replace whole Fan 6 is running too low or is broken.
  • Page 484 Administration and Servicing Dashboard Messages Status dashboard messages (continued) Message Description Hardware failure Voltage, current or power is above or below the critical threshold. FPGA fan failed FPGA fan failed Firmware status Tells whether firmware is running properly on the card. HDMI 0 power failed HDMI output for first head has a power failure.

  • Page 485: Network Considerations & Port Usage

    Kaleido-X User’s Manual Upgrade dashboard messages (continued) Message Description Error during safemode This message will appear as a side effect of the presence upgrade. Card presence of cards in Frame B running a version older than version from frame B could not be 3.00.
  • Page 486 Administration and Servicing Network Considerations & Port Usage The Kaleido-IP multiviewer supports concurrent decoding of video programs from multi- program and single-program MPEG transport streams, over UDP or RTP Multicast/Unicast. The following table shows the number of HD or SD programs that can be decoded concurrently, depending on the transport stream type and Kaleido-IP model.
  • Page 487 Kaleido-X User’s Manual From client to multiviewer The following ports must be open on the Client (e.g., workstation running XEdit): Service Port Transport Notes HTTPS Used by XAdmin for secure access HTTP Used by XEdit for ping probing Used by XEdit and XAdmin 5122 Used by XEdit for keepalive (heartbeat) 5432...
  • Page 488 Administration and Servicing Network Considerations & Port Usage Service Port Transport Notes 8086 Internal communication 8087 Used for debugging purposes 8090 Web service 32769 filenet-rpc 5120 On multicast 230.8.8.9 for RCP2 7572 On multicast 230.8.8.8 for “keep-alive” (heartbeat) 7571 For “keep-alive” (heartbeat) Densité...
  • Page 489 Kaleido-X User’s Manual From multiviewer to peripheral devices Service Port Transport Notes SMTP Simple Mail Transfer Protocol, for e-mail alerts. Alpermann+Velte 8851 Used to obtain information from Plura (Alpermann+Velte) Studio Production Timer (SPT) systems. GPI-1501 5100 Used to obtain information from GPI-1501 General Purpose Interface I/O modules.

  • Page 490: Detailed Directions

    Administration and Servicing Detailed Directions Between multiviewer and SNMP managers Service Port Transport Notes SNMP Used for SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol) communications between external SNMP managers and a multiviewer (e.g., sending get, get-next, and set messages to a multiviewer’s SNMP agent, and receiving the response). 1161 Used for SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol) communications between external SNMP managers and a...
  • Page 491 Kaleido-X User’s Manual 3 Type a different name for your system if you wish. If there are more than one multiviewer in the same network environment, it is important to assign each a unique system name, so that you can tell them apart (for example, when using a remote control panel such as the Kaleido-RCP2 or RCP-200).
  • Page 492 Administration and Servicing Assigning an IP Address to Each Device in your System By default, all network adapters are set to auto-negotiate. The connection speed and duplex mode will be set automatically based on the corresponding port settings on the associated switch.
  • Page 493 Kaleido-X User’s Manual Configuring a Multiviewer’s IP Settings Without a Client PC Notes This section does not apply to the KMX-4911, Kaleido-MX, Kaleido-MX 4K, Kaleido-Modular-X, KMV-3901/3911, and Kaleido-XQUAD. For these multiviewers, you can configure the network settings by using XAdmin, the Densité...
  • Page 494 Administration and Servicing Assigning an IP Address to Each Device in your System Finding a Multiviewer’s System IP Address and Application Version To find the system IP address, system name and application version 1 Right-click anywhere on the monitor wall. 2 On the menu, point to Monitor wall (if you clicked a monitor), and then click Show dashboard.
  • Page 495 Kaleido-X User’s Manual 4 On the Networking tab, under This connection uses the following items, click Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4), and then click Properties. The Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4) Properties window opens. 5 On the General tab, click Use the following IP address. 6 Type an IP address in the same range as the multiviewer’s current IP address.
  • Page 496 Administration and Servicing Assigning an IP Address to Each Device in your System Configuring the RCP-200 The RCP-200 is shipped with an IP address of 10.0.3.200. On installation, you should consult your system administrator and replace this address with an appropriate address for your local network configuration (see Configuring the RCP-200’s IP settings on page 488).
  • Page 497 Kaleido-X User’s Manual 2 Touch the COMM category on the right-hand screen. 3 Touch the DISCOVERY tab on the right-hand screen. 4 Use the four control knobs in the ADD TO LIST area to dial in the IP address of the multiviewer you wish to operate.
  • Page 498 Administration and Servicing Assigning an IP Address to Each Device in your System • Do you need to control an external router whose configuration is available only from one or some specific members of the cluster? • Does your system configuration include actions that were configured only on one or some specific members of the cluster? •...
  • Page 499 Kaleido-X User’s Manual Notes • The RCP-200 will remember your user credentials until you log out explicitly (by touching LOG OUT at the upper-right corner of the control panel). • The pointer may flicker when two RCP users access displays fed by the same multiviewer output.
  • Page 500 Administration and Servicing Assigning an IP Address to Each Device in your System Before you can use the Kaleido-RCP2 to operate your Kaleido-X, you must set up the Ethernet connection between the two devices. By default, the Kaleido-RCP2 is shipped with DHCP enabled, so it will automatically be assigned an IP address by a DHCP server.
  • Page 501 Kaleido-X User’s Manual Selecting a room for the Kaleido-RCP2 To select a room for the Kaleido-RCP2 1 Press and hold the ENTER button until the ESC button lights up, to display the configuration menu. 2 In the ROOM SELECTION display, press ENTER again to get the room list from the Kaleido-X systems that are currently available on the network.
  • Page 502 Administration and Servicing Assigning an IP Address to Each Device in your System To configure a unicast IP address on the Kaleido-RCP2 1 Press and hold the ENTER button until the ESC button lights up, to display the configuration menu. 2 Select ETHERNET OPTIONS on the LCD display, and then press ENTER.
  • Page 503 Kaleido-X User’s Manual the audio signals into combined serial feeds on coaxial cables that connect to the multiviewer’s input modules. Note: The ABT is powered through the RJ45 Ethernet connector. There is no power ON/OFF button, so the device is ON whenever a powered Ethernet cable is connected.
  • Page 504 Administration and Servicing Assigning an IP Address to Each Device in your System 6 Click Network Configuration (in the navigation pane). The Network Configuration page is displayed. 7 Change the ABT’s network settings, as necessary, and then click Apply & Reboot. Note: If you purchased more than one Audio Bridge Terminal unit, keep in mind that they all ship with the same default static IP address.

  • Page 505: Enabling Options

    Kaleido-X User’s Manual Color Board Status Hardware fault Flashing red Upgrading firmware When the ABT is powered up, all three LEDs will be orange until the boot sequence is terminated. This is a visual indicator that the LEDs are functioning properly. For more information, refer to the Audio Bridge Terminal Guide to Installation and Operation, available from the Documentation Library section of Grass Valley’s website...

  • Page 506: Installing Kaleido-X Client Applications

    Administration and Servicing Installing Kaleido-X Client Applications A window appears prompting you for the option key. 5 Enter the key for the specific option in the box, and then click OK. Once the option is enabled, the key is displayed, and a Disable button replaces the Enable button.
  • Page 507 Kaleido-X User’s Manual available from the Downloads section of Grass Valley’s website. When you use the standalone installer, XEdit is not automatically updated. See Installing a Specific Version of XEdit on page 502. • 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 the KX Router logical router, or to control other logical routers configured within your...
  • Page 508 Administration and Servicing Installing Kaleido-X Client Applications At the end of the installation process: • If you have Windows 7, or Windows 10, shortcuts ( ) are added to your desktop and to the Start menu (under All Programs). • If you have Windows 8.1, or Windows 8, XEdit will appear on your desktop, in the Apps view with all the other applications on your PC (Windows 8.1), or in your Start screen (Windows 8).
  • Page 509 Kaleido-X User’s Manual Depending on your Windows Firewall settings, a security alert may appear. • Click Allow access to unblock the application. If XEdit cannot find all of the fonts it needs already on your PC or laptop, it downloads them from the multiviewer automatically, in which case a message will appear to confirm the font update, and instruct you to restart the application.
  • Page 510 Administration and Servicing Installing Kaleido-X Client Applications Note: Once it has been installed from the multiviewer, XEdit remains on your PC or laptop, and can be launched from the shortcut that was added to your desktop, Apps view, or Start screen (see page 500), or from the Start menu.
  • Page 511 Kaleido-X User’s Manual At the end of the installation process, • if you have Windows 7, or Windows 10, shortcuts ( ) are added to your desktop and to the Start menu (under All Programs); • if you have Windows 8.1, or Windows 8, XEdit will appear on your desktop, in the Apps view with all the other applications on your PC (Windows 8.1), or in your Start screen (Windows 8).
  • Page 512 Administration and Servicing Installing Kaleido-X Client Applications Notes (continued) • If the installer cannot find all of the fonts it needs already on your PC or laptop, it adds them automatically to the install folder, in which case a message will appear to confirm the font update, and instruct you to restart the application.
  • Page 513 Kaleido-X User’s Manual Note: Once it has been installed from the multiviewer, XEdit remains on your PC or laptop, and can be launched from the shortcut that was added to your desktop, Apps view, or Start screen, or from the Start menu. If you have installed multiple versions of XEdit, the shortcut on your desktop opens the last version you installed.
  • Page 514 Administration and Servicing Installing Kaleido-X Client Applications 4 Click Uninstall. This removes XEdit, including all shortcuts, launchers, and other elements that were installed with it, from your system. Uninstalling XEdit (Static Version 7.20 or Later) To uninstall XEdit (static version 7.20 or later) 1 Close all XEdit windows you may have open.
  • Page 515 Kaleido-X User’s Manual 4 Click Uninstall. This removes the selected version XEdit, including all shortcuts, launchers, and other elements that were installed with it, from your system. Uninstalling XEdit (Version 7.11 or Earlier) To uninstall XEdit (version 7.11 or earlier) 1 Close all Java applications you may have open.
  • Page 516 Administration and Servicing Installing Kaleido-X Client Applications More security warnings or prompts may appear, which you may safely dismiss or accept. A window appears, showing the download and installation progress. At the end of the installation process: • If you have Windows 7, or Windows 10, shortcuts ( ) are added to your desktop and to the Start menu (under All Programs).
  • Page 517 Kaleido-X User’s Manual On the Help menu, click Help to access the online documentation, or refer to the iControl Router User Guide, available from the Documentation Library section of Grass Valley’s website. Notes • Once it has been installed from the multiviewer, Router Control remains on your PC or laptop, and can be launched from the shortcut that was added to your desktop, Apps view, or Start screen (see...
  • Page 518 Administration and Servicing Installing Kaleido-X Client Applications • If you have Windows 7, or Windows 10: Open the Start menu, click All Programs, scroll to the Grass Valley folder, and then expand the Kaleido folder. • If you have Windows 8.1, or Windows 8: Switch to the App view or your Start screen.
  • Page 519 Kaleido-X User’s Manual 3 Unless your browser let you run the file (and you chose to do so), navigate to the location were you saved the installer file and open it. More security warnings or prompts may appear, which you may safely dismiss or accept.
  • Page 520 Administration and Servicing Installing Kaleido-X Client Applications Notes • Signal Path Viewer is available for all multiviewer models, except Kaleido-IP (for which it is not relevant). • Once it has been installed from the multiviewer, Signal Path Viewer remains on your PC or laptop, and can be launched from the shortcut that was added to your desktop, Apps view, or Start screen (see page...

  • Page 521: Opening Xadmin

    Kaleido-X User’s Manual • If you have Windows 8.1, or Windows 8: Switch to the App view or your Start screen. 3 Click Uninstall Signal Path Viewer. An uninstall screen appears. 4 Click Uninstall. This removes Signal Path Viewer, including all shortcuts, and other elements that were installed with it, from your system.
  • Page 522 Administration and Servicing Opening XAdmin Opening XAdmin from a Browser To open XAdmin from a browser 1 Configure your client PC with an IP address in the same range as the IP address of the multiviewer, if needed (see Changing the Client PC’s IP Address on page 486).
  • Page 523 Kaleido-X User’s Manual 3 If you see a security warning, or a certificate error message, then refer to Registering your Multiviewer's Security Credentials with your Browser, on page 517. 4 If the “Log in to XAdmin” page appears, type the password, and then click Log in. 5 Internet Explorer users: If a blank page appears, then refer to Enabling the Compatibility View in Internet...
  • Page 524 Administration and Servicing Opening XAdmin 4 In the Input Status tab, click XAdmin status and options. Your default Web browser opens. 5 If you see a security warning, or a certificate error message, then refer to Registering your Multiviewer's Security Credentials with your Browser, on page 517.
  • Page 525 Kaleido-X User’s Manual Registering your Multiviewer's Security Credentials with your Browser When you open your multiviewer’s home page, or try to access XAdmin, your browser may report a certificate error (Internet Explorer), warn you about the site’s security certificate (Chrome), or report an untrusted connection (Firefox). Follow the appropriate procedure below to register your multiviewer’s security credentials with your browser: •...
  • Page 526 Administration and Servicing Opening XAdmin Your multiviewer's home page appears. You will now be able to access your multiviewer's client applications without seeing the warning. This will remain effective until the multiviewer's IP address is changed, in which case you will need follow the procedure again.
  • Page 527 Kaleido-X User’s Manual Internet Explorer’s security warning Chrome’s security warning...
  • Page 528 Administration and Servicing Opening XAdmin Clicking Continue to this website (not recommended) (Internet Explorer), or Proceed anyway (Chrome) will let you access XAdmin but the browser’s address bar will keep indicating that the multiviewer’s identity is not verified. To suppress this warning, you need to perform the following, in Internet Explorer, even if your preferred browser is Chrome.
  • Page 529 Kaleido-X User’s Manual 5 In Certificate Import Wizard, click Next. 6 In Certificate Import Wizard, click Place all certificates in the following store, and then click Browse.
  • Page 530 Administration and Servicing Opening XAdmin 7 In Select Certificate Store, select Trusted Root Certification Authorities, and then click 8 Back in Certificate Import Wizard, click Next.
  • Page 531 Kaleido-X User’s Manual 9 Click Finish. A security warning appears.
  • Page 532 Administration and Servicing Opening XAdmin 10 Click Yes. 11 Certificate Import Wizard reports that the import was successful. 12 Click OK to dismiss the message, and then click OK to close the Certificate window. 13 Close all Internet Explorer (and Chrome, if any) windows, and then open your browser again.
  • Page 533 Kaleido-X User’s Manual Special note for users of Chrome (continued) Enabling the Compatibility View in Internet Explorer When you try to access XAdmin, from your multiviewer’s home page, in Internet Explorer 8, 9, or 10, you may see a blank page instead of XAdmin’s Status and Options page. To enable the compatibility view for your multiviewer’s XAdmin Web client •...

  • Page 534: Xadmin Access Control

    Administration and Servicing XAdmin Access Control The Compatibility View mode will remain enabled for this multiviewer as long as its IP address does not change. XAdmin Access Control XAdmin supports a simple authentication mechanism to prevent unauthorized users from modifying a multiviewer’s system configuration. Enabling XAdmin Access Control To enable access control in XAdmin 1 Open XAdmin.
  • Page 535 Kaleido-X User’s Manual The Apply settings button becomes available. 6 Click Apply settings. XAdmin must upload the password to the multiviewer, for password enforcement to take effect. A progress indicator appears momentarily, followed by a confirmation message. 7 Click OK. The Log in to XAdmin page appears.
  • Page 536 Administration and Servicing XAdmin Access Control Changing the XAdmin Password To change the password used to prevent access to your multiviewer from XAdmin 1 Open XAdmin. See Opening XAdmin on page 513. 2 Click Access control, in the navigation area on the left of the page. The Access Control page appears.
  • Page 537 Kaleido-X User’s Manual Disabling XAdmin Access Control To disable access control in XAdmin 1 Open XAdmin. See Opening XAdmin on page 513. 2 Click Access control, in the navigation area on the left of the page. The Access Control page appears. 3 Click Disable access control.

  • Page 538: Opening Signal Path Viewer

    Administration and Servicing Opening Signal Path Viewer A confirmation message appears. 2 Click OK. The login page appears. Only authorized users have access to XAdmin for this multiviewer. Opening Signal Path Viewer To open Signal Path Viewer • Double-click the Signal Path Viewer shortcut on your desktop.
  • Page 539 Kaleido-X User’s Manual Status and Options page for a Kaleido-X (4RU) • Kaleido-MX, Kaleido-MX 4K, and Kaleido-Modular-X systems are identified as KMX-3901. • Kaleido-XQUAD, and Kaleido-XQUAD-DUAL systems are identified as KMV-3911. • In the case of a Kaleido-X (7RU) or Kaleido-X (14RU), cards are presented in the order they appear, from left to right when looking at the front of the chassis.
  • Page 540 Administration and Servicing Viewing a Multiviewer’s Status Information Status indicator Card type Serial number Version information Input signal status Input signal format Note: The Kaleido-X software does not distinguish between 1080PsF25 and 1080i50, and neither between 1080PsF29.97 and 1080i59.94. Both 1080PsF25 and 1080i50 are reported as 1080i50, and both 1080PsF29.97 and 1080i59.94 are reported as 1080i59.94, on the monitor wall and in XAdmin’s Status and Options page.
  • Page 541 Kaleido-X User’s Manual Status and option information for a Kaleido-X multiviewer’s input and output cards (partial view) Notes • In the case of a Kaleido-IP multiviewer, there are currently no options that can be enabled via XAdmin. • See Hardware and Software Options on page 468 for more information on the options available for the different multiviewer models.

  • Page 542: Restarting And Shutting Down A Kaleido-Ip Multiviewer

    Administration and Servicing Restarting and Shutting Down a Kaleido-IP Multiviewer Temperature Fan statuses PSU statuses System status and option information for a Kaleido-X (7RU) multiviewer Notes • The KXA-GPI-GEN card, with support for GPI, is standard on the Kaleido-X (7RU), and optional for the Kaleido-X (4RU). GPI support is built-in on the Kaleido-X16, and Kaleido-Modular KMV-3901/3911 multiviewers.
  • Page 543 Kaleido-X User’s Manual The XAdmin Status and Options page appears. 2 Click Restart / Shut down in the navigation area on the left of the page. The Restart / Shut down page appears. 3 Click Restart software. The system prompts you to confirm. 4 Click Yes to proceed.
  • Page 544 Administration and Servicing Restarting and Shutting Down a Kaleido-IP Multiviewer Restarting a Kaleido-IP Multiviewer To restart a Kaleido-IP multiviewer 1 Open XAdmin. See Opening XAdmin on page 513. The XAdmin Status and Options page appears. 2 Click Restart / Shut down in the navigation area on the left of the page. The Restart / Shut down page appears.
  • Page 545 Kaleido-X User’s Manual 5 Click OK. The XAdmin Status and Options page appears. Note: Clicking the “Reset multiviewer” button on the Status and Options page for a Kaleido-IP is equivalent to the above procedure except that, in the first case, you get no feedback from XAdmin. Shutting Down a Kaleido-IP Multiviewer Note: The Kaleido-X software does not support activating a soft shutdown...

  • Page 546: Configuring Head Streaming On A Kaleido-Ip

    Administration and Servicing Configuring Head Streaming on a Kaleido-IP Your multiviewer will perform a clean shut down, during which time you can observe messages associated with the Linux shutdown sequence on the monitor wall display connected to Head 1. 5 Click OK to dismiss the confirmation message. Configuring Head Streaming on a Kaleido-IP Note: The Kaleido-IP supports head streaming, as an option.
  • Page 547 Kaleido-X User’s Manual 4 Select Enable streaming and configure the appropriate parameters for your purposes: a Select the desired output resolution, encoding format, encoding mode, streaming mode. b Type the appropriate bit rate. Notes • If the streaming output is meant to feed a Kaleido-IP multiviewer, the following output resolution / bit rate combinations should ensure good video quality on the monitor wall: •...

  • Page 548: Configuring Virtual Network Adapters On A Kaleido-Ip

    Administration and Servicing Configuring Virtual Network Adapters on a Kaleido-IP 5 Click Apply configuration. A message appears confirming that the configuration has been applied. 6 Click OK to dismiss the message. Configuring Virtual Network Adapters on a Kaleido-IP To add virtual network adapters on a Kaleido-IP 1 Open XAdmin (see Opening XAdmin on page 513).

  • Page 549: Adding Fonts To A Kaleido-Ip

    Kaleido-X User’s Manual 4 Edit the VLAN configuration file as required. Refer to the Help pane for guidelines, if needed. 5 Click Apply configuration. A message appears prompting you to restart the software. 6 Click Yes. A message appears confirming that the software has restarted. 7 Click OK to dismiss the message.
  • Page 550 Administration and Servicing Adding Fonts to a Kaleido-IP 3 Click Configure, under Font configuration. The “Font configuration” page appears. 4 Click Choose a font to upload. A file chooser window appears. 5 Navigate to the font file you wish to upload, select it, and then click Open. Note: The Kaleido-X software supports true type fonts (TTF) only.

  • Page 551: Configuring Power Supply Redundancy On A Kaleido-X16

    Kaleido-X User’s Manual 7 Click Yes to proceed. Your multiviewer will shut down, and then start again. This may take a while. Once the multiviewer has restarted, the system notifies you. 8 Click OK. The XAdmin Status and Options page appears. 9 Make sure the same font is available on the client PC or laptop where you use XEdit.
  • Page 552 Administration and Servicing Configuring Power Supply Redundancy on a Kaleido-X16 PSU A removed Slot A Slot B from Slot A Location of Slot A and Slot B in the front of the Kaleido-X16 frame To configure the PSU B Installed option in XAdmin 1 Open XAdmin.

  • Page 553: Obtaining Edid Data From Displays When Using The Dxf-100 Interface

    Kaleido-X User’s Manual IMPORTANT The system behavior after selecting or clearing the PSU B Installed check box is as follows: • When you select the PSU B Installed check box, the system publishes a warning that PSU B has failed if there is no PSU in Slot B.

  • Page 554: Generating A System Snapshot

    Administration and Servicing Generating a System Snapshot Notes (continued) • Prior to Kaleido-X v. 3.00, EDID information was only reported for the master KXO-Dual card. In more recent versions, every KXO-Dual/KXO- Dual3 card reports the EDID information for its associated displays. For more information on the DXF-100 interface, refer to the DXF-100 DVI Fiber Optic Interface User’s Manual (part no.

  • Page 555: Viewing Version Information

    Kaleido-X User’s Manual Viewing Version Information To view your multiviewer’s system and software version information 1 Open XAdmin. See Opening XAdmin on page 513. The XAdmin Status and Options page appears. • The Kaleido-X software version appears on the Web browser’s title bar or tab label. •...

  • Page 556: Upgrading Your Multiviewer System

    Administration and Servicing Upgrading your Multiviewer System Firmware version information in module heading Firmware version information in detailed status breakdown Status and Option page for a Kaleido-X (4RU) multiviewer Firmware version in system heading Status and Option page for a Kaleido-X16 multiviewer Upgrading your Multiviewer System For information on upgrading your multiviewer system, please refer to the Release Notes published with the Kaleido-X software version you wish to use.

  • Page 557: Index

    Index Index 0–9 Alarms (continued) status indicator ......168 sub-alarms ......168 0 VU .
  • Page 558 Index Audio monitors Calibrating (continued) about ........232 metadata holding time .
  • Page 559 Kaleido-X User’s Manual Configuring (continued) Display libraries (continued) RCP-200 ....... . 488 managing .
  • Page 560 Index Full screen layouts assigning to RCP user ....344 creating ....... . 246 Kahuna .
  • Page 561 Kaleido-X User’s Manual Kaleido-X (continued) Layouts (continued) frame status ......530 monitors, adding ..... . . 253 internal router .
  • Page 562 Index Metadata monitors Multiviewer (continued) about ....... 27, 233 expansion system ..... . 6, 65 configuration .
  • Page 563 Kaleido-X User’s Manual Port usage (continued) Remote control panel (continued) e-mail alerts ......481 RCP-200 .
  • Page 564 Index Routers (continued) Sources table logical levels ......350 filtering ....... . 206 M3 modules .
  • Page 565 Kaleido-X User’s Manual Third-party devices Version information ....465, 547 serial port test ......462 Video monitors TSL (serial) .
  • Page 566 Index Zero VU ....... 141–142 analog ........122 digital .

  • Page 567: Contact Us

    Contact Us Grass Valley Technical Support For technical assistance, contact our international support center, at 1-800-547-8949 (US and Canada) or +1 530 478 4148. To obtain a local phone number for the support center nearest you, please consult the Contact Us section of Grass Valley’s website (www.grassvalley.com). An online form for e-mail contact is also available from the website.

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