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M866-9905-109
12 January 2014

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  • Page 1 Quick Start Guide M866-9905-109 12 January 2014...
  • Page 2 Copyright & Trademark Notice Copyright © 2010–2014, Miranda Technologies Partnership. 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 KMV-3901/3911 Quick Start Guide Electromagnetic Compatibility This equipment has been tested for verification of compliance with FCC Part 15, Subpart B requirements for class A digital devices. Note: This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class A digital device, pursuant to part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference when the equipment is operated in a commercial environment.
  • Page 5 Setting Up Your Multiviewer Welcome to the Kaleido family of multiviewers! This Quick Start Guide is designed to help you get your Kaleido-Modular KMV-3901/3911 multiviewer up and running for the first time. The following sections will guide you through the installation of a KMV-3901/3911 system in its default configuration.
  • Page 6 Setting Up Your Multiviewer Getting Organized cards, providing up to four quad-split outputs. The Kaleido-Modular range is ideal for production monitoring in trucks. It integrates tightly with other Densité signal processing cards, routers and production switchers. Overview of single card functionality Kaleido-Modular KMV-3901/3911 systems are available in the following sizes: 4 ×...
  • Page 7 KMV-3901/3911 Quick Start Guide In addition to the above, you will need the following (not supplied): • Up to 2 displays • A dedicated 100Base-T Ethernet switch with enough ports for the KMV-3901/3911, client PCs, and Kaleido-RCP2 units • Client PC (see below for system requirements) •...
  • Page 8 Setting Up Your Multiviewer System Requirements for a Client PC IMPORTANT (continued) Densité CPU-ETH2 Enhanced Ethernet Controller Card A Densité frame housing a KMV-3901/3911 multiviewer card must have a controller card (Densité CPU-ETH2 Enhanced Ethernet Controller Card) with firmware version 2.0.4 or later. A controller with an earlier version of the firmware cannot provide a time reference to the multiviewer card.
  • Page 9 KMV-3901/3911 Quick Start Guide 2 Connect a client PC, and the Kaleido-RCP2 (if available) to a dedicated 100Base-T Ethernet switch (see Cabling Diagram, on page 8). You can also connect a mouse and a keyboard to your Kaleido-RCP2. Notes • The Kaleido-RCP2 is an optional device, and may not have been shipped with your KMV-3901/3911 system.
  • Page 10 Setting Up Your Multiviewer Changing the Output Resolution Changing the Output Resolution IMPORTANT All KMV-3901/3911 cards within a housing frame must have their output heads configured with the same refresh rate. If your frame is referenced, then the heads’ refresh rate must also match the reference signal's refresh rate. To change a display’s resolution from the Densité...
  • Page 11 KMV-3901/3911 Quick Start Guide 3 Press the SEL button. HEAD 1 appears on the control panel’s LCD display. 4 Press the SEL button again. 5 The current resolution for the display that is connected to the multiviewer’s output head 1 (i.e. through the MV OUT 1 connector) appears on the LCD display. 6 Press the [+] and [–] buttons, to navigate to a suitable output resolution for your display.
  • Page 12 Setting Up Your Multiviewer Cabling Diagram Cabling Diagram Do not connect the KMV-3901/3911 card to the network until the card’s networking parameters are properly set (see Networking Setup, on page 8 Cabling diagram (showing KMV-3911 rear panel) IMPORTANT If you need to install or momentarily remove a Densité card’s rear module, make sure to first remove the card itself from its slot.
  • Page 13 KMV-3901/3911 Quick Start Guide Changing the Multiviewer’s IP Address from the Densité Control Panel IMPORTANT Before changing a KMV-3901/3911 multiviewer’s IP address, you must first make sure that the Densité controller’s restore-point settings will not prevent you from doing so, and momentarily adjust the controller’s settings if needed.
  • Page 14 Setting Up Your Multiviewer Changing the Multiviewer’s IP Address from the Densité Control Panel USB connector (other side of board) SDI LEDs Boot LED, Power LED, CPU Status LED (other side of board) Status LED Select button The Status LED on the selected card flashes orange, and the associated control menu appears on the display of the Densité...
  • Page 15 KMV-3901/3911 Quick Start Guide • Press ESC to move one position to the left. Note: Pressing ESC when the input focus is in the first position returns to the previous menu level. 4 When the LCD display shows the desired IP address, press SEL to apply your change. 5 Press ESC to return to the previous menu level.
  • Page 16 Setting Up Your Multiviewer Changing the Multiviewer’s IP Address from the Densité Control Panel USB connector (other side of board) SDI LEDs Boot LED, Power LED, CPU Status LED (other side of board) Status LED Select button Green Blinking orange Blinking red Normal Booting (or the card is...
  • Page 17 KMV-3901/3911 Quick Start Guide Finding the System IP Address and Application Version To find the system IP address and application version 1 Press the Select button on the front edge of the KMV-3901/3911 card. USB connector (other side of board) SDI LEDs Boot LED, Power LED,...
  • Page 18 Setting Up Your Multiviewer Using the Kaleido-RCP2 with Default Settings To start using the Kaleido-RCP2 with its default settings 1 Physically connect the Kaleido-RCP2 unit to the network using an Ethernet cable (see Cabling Diagram, on page 8). By default, the Kaleido-RCP2 is configured with DHCP enabled, so it will automatically be assigned an IP address by a DHCP server.
  • Page 19 KMV-3901/3911 Quick Start Guide 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. 9 Press any of the LAYOUT PRESETS buttons to load a predefined layout on the monitor wall.
  • Page 20 Setting Up Your Multiviewer Configuring a Client PC Changing an IP Address on Windows 7 To change the IP address of a client PC that has Windows 7 1 Click the Start button, and then click Control Panel. In the search box, type “adapter”, and then, under Network and Sharing Center, click View network connections.
  • Page 21 KMV-3901/3911 Quick Start Guide 5 Type an IP address in the same range as the default IP address of the multiviewer. For example, if the IP address of the multiviewer is 192.168.3.31, then the IP address of your client PC could be 192.168.3.123. If you are unsure, contact your network administrator. 6 Type a subnet mask in the same range as that of the multiviewer.
  • Page 22 Setting Up Your Multiviewer Configuring a Client PC Step 3: XEdit Installation XEdit is a client application used to create layouts for the monitor wall, and to configure your multiviewer system, from your PC or laptop. When the computer with XEdit is connected to the multiviewer through a TCP/IP network, you can use XEdit to modify layouts and settings directly on the multiviewer, or you can work locally on the computer and then export your changes to the multiviewer.
  • Page 23 KMV-3901/3911 Quick Start Guide 4 Click Run. A window appears, showing the download and installation progress. At the end of the installation process, launcher icons ( ) are added to your desktop and to the Start menu (under All Programs). Once the installation has completed, the XEdit startup screen appears.
  • Page 24 Setting Up Your Multiviewer Configuring a Client PC 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 25 KMV-3901/3911 Quick Start Guide Note: Once it has been installed from the multiviewer, XEdit remains on your PC or laptop, and can be launched from the icon that was added to your desktop (see page 20). Whenever you install a new version of the Kaleido-X software on the multiviewer, the next time you open XEdit, your installed copy of the application will be automatically updated from the multiviewer.
  • Page 27 Contact Us Miranda Technical Support For technical assistance, please contact the Miranda Technical Support center nearest you: Americas Asia Office hours: 9:00 a.m. – 9:00 p.m. (EST) Office hours: 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. (GMT+8) Telephone: 1-800-224-7882 Telephone: +852 2539 6987 Fax: +1 514 335 1614 Fax:...

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