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GRASS VALLEY Profile XP PVS2000 Installation Manual

GRASS VALLEY Profile XP PVS2000 Installation Manual

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Profile XP PVS2000
MEDIA PLATFORM FOR HIGH DEFINITION
Installation Guide
SOFTWARE VERSION 5.4
071-8288-00
FEBRUARY 2004
the mos t watched worl dwide

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  • Page 1 Profile XP PVS2000 MEDIA PLATFORM FOR HIGH DEFINITION Installation Guide SOFTWARE VERSION 5.4 071-8288-00 FEBRUARY 2004 the mos t watched worl dwide...
  • Page 2 Broadcast and Media Solutions, Inc., P.O. Box 59900, Nevada City, California 95959-7900 Trademarks Grass Valley, Profile, and Profile XP are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Thomson Broadcast and Media Solutions, Inc. in the United States and/or other countries. Other trademarks used in this document are either registered trademarks or trademarks of the manufacturers or vendors of the associated products.

  • Page 3: Before Getting Started

    Media Platform using factory default settings. After installing the PVS2000 using this installation guide, you can refer to the Profile XP System Guide to customize system settings for your installation. For Grass Valley Customer Support information, refer to page 45 of this Installation Guide. About channels and factory default configuration Profile applications use channels to control disk recording and playback.
  • Page 4 Referring to Related Documentation This manual is part of a full set of support documentation for the Profile XP Media Platform. The following illustrates how to use the Profile XP documentation depending on the task you are performing. Path for the Installer Release Notes Installation Guide System Guide...
  • Page 5 PVS1000 Series Installation Guide Checking standard PVS2000 Series accessories Your PVS2000 Series Media Platform is shipped with several standard accessories as shown in the table. Locate the accessories you need for your installation and proceed. Standard PVS2000 Accessories Keyboard and Mouse Ethernet Cable I/O Panel and interface cable Windows NT Software Disk and Documentation...
  • Page 6 - PFC500 RAID Storage systems - Wait until the System Check LED is off and all disk access LEDs are steady green— approximately 2 minutes. (Refer to the PFC500 Instruction Manual to interpret other front panel LED behavior.) 4. On the Profile XP Media Platform, shut down and restart the Windows operating system.
  • Page 7 Set up system hardware and connect video Set up the system hardware as shown in this diagram, then locate your PVS2000 Series model under Default Video Connections. Use the color coding to make the video I/O connections for the Recorder/Player channels. Profile XP Media Platform SVGA Monitor...

  • Page 8: Connect Audio

    Connect audio Determine if your PVS2000 media platform has one or two audio boards installed as shown on this diagram, then use the color coding to determine the audio I/O connections for each video channel. Profile XP Media Platform Standard Optional Audio Board Audio Board...
  • Page 9 Set up RAID Storage: PFC500/E (Local storage only) IMPORTANT: If you are installing your PVS2000 as part of an Open SAN, do not perform this RAID Use this diagram to set up the PFC500 Fibre Channel RAID Chassis and the PFC500E Expansion Chassis (if used).
  • Page 10 Set up the RAID Storage: PFR500/E (Local storage only) IMPORTANT: If you are installing your PVS2000 as part of an Open SAN, do not perform this RAID storage setup. Instead, follow the instructions in the Open SAN Use this diagram to set up the PFR500/E chassis addresses and to connect Fibre Instruction Manual for setting up RAID storage.
  • Page 11 Set up RAID Storage: PFR500/E (Local storage only) IMPORTANT: If you are installing your PVS2000 as part of an Open SAN, do not perform Open SAN Instruction this RAID storage setup. Instead, follow the instructions in the Use this diagram to connect Ethernet and serial interface cabling required for monitoring the Manual for setting up RAID storage.
  • Page 12 Set up the RAID Storage: PFR600/E (Local storage only) IMPORTANT: If you are installing your PVS2000 as part of an Open SAN, do not Open SAN perform this RAID storage setup. Instead, follow the instructions in the Instruction Manual Use this diagram to set up the PFR600/E chassis addresses and to connect Fibre for setting up RAID storage.
  • Page 13 Set up RAID Storage: PFR600/E IMPORTANT: If you are installing your PVS2000 as part of an Open SAN, do not perform (Local storage only) Open SAN Instruction this RAID storage setup. Instead, follow the instructions in the Manual for setting up RAID storage. Use this diagram to connect Ethernet and serial interface cabling required for monitoring the PFR600/E with NetCentral Lite or NetCentral Manager.
  • Page 14 Set up the RAID Storage: PFR700/E (Local storage only) IMPORTANT: If you are installing your PVS2000 as part of an Open SAN, do not perform this RAID storage setup. Instead, follow the instructions in the Open SAN Use this diagram to set up the PFR700/E Fibre Channel addresses and to connect Instruction Manual for setting up RAID storage.
  • Page 15 Start your system IMPORTANT: If you are installing your Profile XP Media Platform as part of an Open SAN, disregard this step. Instead, follow the instructions in the Open SAN Instruction Manual for starting your Profile XP Media Platform system. To start your system: 1.
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  • Page 17 1 8 1 5 Create a video file system IMPORTANT: If you are installing your Profile XP Media Platform as part of an Open SAN, disregard this step. Instead, follow the instructions in the Media Area Network Instruction Manual for starting your Profile XP Media Platform system. Before you can use your Profile XP Media Platform system, you must create a video file system on the Fibre Channel RAID Chassis using the Disk Utility.
  • Page 18 Create a video file system 3. If you are configuring a PFR500 or PFR600 storage system, perform the following steps to set the Fibre Channel ID, otherwise, proceed to step 4. a. Expand the tree view and right-click the icon under PFR500 or Controller0 PFR600, then select in the context menu.
  • Page 19 Create a video file system b. Select RAID 3 using the LUN TYPE drop-down box. c. Select five contiguous disks, then click the add button to add them to the Selected Disks list. (TIP: Use ‘shift-click’ to select disks.) d. Click to close the Binding LUN…...
  • Page 20 Create a video file system 7. Enter a volume name or accept the default name, then click Next 8. Select , then click Yes, create a file system using all RAID3 LUNs Finish 9. Click , in the warning message box. The Progress Report window appears showing the create file system task status.
  • Page 21 Create a video file system 10. Upon 100% completion, click in Progress Report window. Close 11. When the reboot message appears, click , then restart the Windows NT operating system on the Profile XP Platform. 12. Continue with the next procedure in this guide. 23 February 2004 PVS2000 Installation Guide...
  • Page 22 Create a video file system PVS2000 Installation Guide 23 February 2004...
  • Page 23 Set up PFR500 or PFR600 network 1 5 1 6 settings This procedure explains how to modify factory default PFR500 or PFR600 network and SNMP settings for monitoring with NetCentral Lite or NetCentral Manager. This step is not required for PFC500 RAID storage systems. NOTE: Disregard this step if you are connecting one Profile XP Platform and PFC500 RAID storage system to a network using factory default network settings.
  • Page 24 Set up PFR500 or PFR600 network settings >>> CAUTION: Use only the PFR500 and PFR600 commands specified in this procedure. Modifying some system parameters may render your RAID chassis inoperable. Instructions Text entered and displayed in terminal window Press Enter to receive the Ciprico# reboot command prompt, then type...

  • Page 25: Communication Parameters

    Set up PFR500 or PFR 600 network settings Instructions Text entered and displayed in terminal window Type the IP address for this IP address(0.0.0.0 = RARP, 255.255.255.255 = DHCP/BOOTP)? RAID Controller, then press [192.168.0.11] <enter your IP address> Enter. NOTE: RAID Controller A and the optional RAID Controller B must use different IP addresses.

  • Page 26: Network Interface Parameters

    Set up PFR500 or PFR600 network settings Instructions Text entered and displayed in terminal window Press Enter to accept defaults. How long (in seconds) should CPU delay before starting up? [10] NOTE: Default value may appear different than shown here. RAID controller configuration NETWORK INTERFACE PARAMETERS: is displayed showing your...
  • Page 27 Set up PFR500 or PFR 600 network settings Instructions Text entered and displayed in terminal window Wait for reboot, plus 10 Rebooting now for new system parameters to take effect seconds, to allow the Enclosure Services Interface Ciprico Web Manager initialization to start.
  • Page 28 Set up PFR500 or PFR600 network settings PVS 2000 Installation Guide 23 January 2004...
  • Page 29 1 5 1 7 Set up PFR700 network settings This procedure explains how to modify factory default PFR700 network and SNMP settings for monitoring with NetCentral Lite or NetCentral Manager. This step is not required for PFC500 RAID storage systems. NOTE: Disregard this step if you are connecting one Profile XP Platform and PFC500 RAID storage system to a network using factory default network settings.
  • Page 30 Set up PFR700 network settings 2. Enter network settings for the RAID chassis. 3. For each SNMP manager to which you want to send SNMP trap messages, enter the IP address of the PC hosting the manager. If you are monitoring the PFR700/E with your NetCentral Lite on your Profile XP Media Platform, enter its IP address.
  • Page 31 Start NetCentral Lite 1 5 1 8 monitoring software NetCentral Lite monitoring software is installed and preconfigured to run on your Profile XP Media Platform to monitor system status. Using NetCentral Lite, you can check status information for all major subsystems in the Profile XP Media Platform and receive alert messages when a subsystem is operating at reduced capacity or is no longer functioning.
  • Page 32 Start NetCentral Lite monitoring software Adding the PFR 500, PFR600, or PFR700 RAID storage device This procedure explains how to add the PFR500, PFR600, or PFR700 Fibre Channel RAID Chassis to the NetCentral device list. This step is required in order to monitor the RAID chassis.
  • Page 33 1 5 1 9 Select audio I/O format You must select the audio I/O format for the audio channels assigned to the default video channels. The PVS2000 supports three audio I/O formats: AES/EBU, embedded audio (SMPTE 272M Level A), and analog audio formats. An interface chassis is required for analog audio and AES/EBU digital audio.
  • Page 34 Select audio I/O format 3. If you selected embedded audio format, perform the following steps for each audio channel input pair requiring embedded audio: a. Click the left-hand drop-down list arrow in the Embedded column for the channel pair you want to configure, and select a video input as shown. NOTE: With one audio board, only the first 4 video inputs are selectable.
  • Page 35 Select audio I/O format Select audio output format To select audio output format: 1. Click to navigate to Page 2 of the Audio Output Routing dialog box as shown. Next 2. For AES/EBU or Analog audio, no selection is required. These audio formats are selected automatically when the system sees the audio interface is attached.
  • Page 36 Select audio I/O format c. Click the right-hand drop-down list arrow in the column for the Embedded channel pair you want to configure, and select an audio group and channel pair as shown. NOTE: Up to two audio groups (8 audio channels) can be embedded on a single video output.
  • Page 37 Test your system setup using 1 6 1 1 VdrPanel In this step, you will use VdrPanel in local control to test the record and play channels. This procedure assumes you have video and audio signals connected to the inputs of all record channels and have a way of monitoring the video, audio, and timecode outputs.
  • Page 38 Test your system setup using VdrPanel 3. Load and play a clip on each Play Channel as follows: a. Click anywhere in the panel for a Play Channel. b. Select to open the Load Clip dialog box. VideoClip | Load Clip c.
  • Page 39 1 7 1 Adjust video output timing All playback channels are zero timed by default, however, video output timing adjustment is provided to meet downstream timing requirements if needed. In this procedure you will load a clip and verify the output timing for each play channel. To adjust video output timing: 1.
  • Page 40 Adjust video output timing 2. Select in the Configuration Manager window. Page 1 of the Video Video Timing Timing dialog box appears. 3. Click to navigate to page 2 of 3. Next Delay Advance 4. Select the video output from the list, then adjust the video output timing with the timing controls.
  • Page 41 1 8 1 Select an RS-422 control protocol Profile XP Media Platform remote control protocols are shown in the table. Follow the procedure indicated for the remote control protocol you want to use. If you are not using RS-422 control, you can skip this step Protocols Available Application to Use Procedure to Follow...
  • Page 42 Select an RS-422 control protocol 4. Select a serial port using the port select drop-down list as shown. COM1 and COM2 are RS-232 ports on the PVS3000 rear panel. P1 through P8 are RS-422 ports on the I/O Panel. Figure 1. dialog box 5.
  • Page 43 Select an RS-422 control protocol Setting up RS-422 remote control using Prolink (Profile protocol) Use this procedure to start and set up Prolink to control the Profile XP Media Platform using Profile protocol. 1. Close VdrPanel if you used it earlier to test your record and play channels. 2.
  • Page 44 Select an RS-422 control protocol PVS2000 Installation Guide 23 February 2004...

  • Page 45: Grass Valley Product Support

    Grass Valley Product Support To get technical assistance, check on the status of problems, or report new problems, contact Grass Valley Product Support via e-mail, the Web, or by phone or fax. Web Technical Support To access support information on the Web, visit the product support Web page on the Grass Valley Web site.
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