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EVS X-One Installation And Configuration Manual

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INSTALLATION AND
CONFIGURATION MANUAL
X-One
Version 1.4.1 - December 2019

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  • Page 1 INSTALLATION AND CONFIGURATION MANUAL X-One Version 1.4.1 - December 2019...
  • Page 3 This manual and the information contained herein are the sole property of EVS Broadcast Equipment SA and/or its affiliates (EVS) and are provided “as is” without any expressed or implied warranties, including, but not limited to, the implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose.
  • Page 4 EVS Broadcast Equipment SA Issue 1.4.1 - December 2019 User Manuals on EVS Website The latest version of the user manual, if any, and other user manuals on EVS products can be found at the EVS download center, on the following webpage: https://www.evs.com/en/download-area.

  • Page 5: Table Of Contents

    INSTALLATION AND CONFIGURATION MANUAL X-One 1.4.1 Table of Contents TABLE OF CONTENTS WHAT'S NEW? 1. PRODUCT OVERVIEW 1.1. Description 1.2. Setup 2. REQUIREMENTS 2.1. Network Requirements 2.2. Other Technical Requirements 3. INSTALLATION 4. CABLING 4.1. Cabling the SDI Connectors 4.2. Securing the SDI Cables 4.3.
  • Page 6 EVS Broadcast Equipment SA Issue 1.4.1 - December 2019 6.1.4. Postgres Page 6.1.5. Metrics Page 6.1.6. Docker Page 6.1.7. Versions Page 6.2. Consulting System Log Files and Crash Dumps Table of Contents...

  • Page 7: What's New

    The changes linked to new features in version 1.4.1 are listed below: X-One installer for X-Client, to install services required for the Client see section: "Setting Up and Configuring the System" on page 1.

  • Page 9: Product Overview

    EVS technology with a foundation of software-defined technology to deliver a smart, live production system for small and mid-sized events. The X-One system can ingest up to six camera feeds and allows you to import other media files. With its adaptable interface, X-One puts all of the capabilities of a control room in the hands of a single operator.

  • Page 10: Requirements

    Requirements 2.1. Network Requirements The X-One client workstation and the X-One server hardware need to be connected by a 1 Gbps link. This link can go through a switch or a direct connection. Type of Link The type of link to use depends on the distance between the client and server: •...

  • Page 11: Installation

    INSTALLATION AND CONFIGURATION MANUAL X-One 1.4.1 Installation Prerequisites To be able to install X-One, the following prerequisites should be fulfilled: • X-One hardware (Server or Client) • 1 USB key 16 GB or higher, by preference USB 3.0 • a nearline path accessible from X-One.
  • Page 12 EVS Broadcast Equipment SA Issue 1.4.1 - December 2019 The ISO file should have been shared with you: xone_1.4.1.iso . 6. Click Start. You are prompted to select the appropriate write mode. WARNING If this dialog box does not appear, then you should copy the .iso file on your local machine.
  • Page 13 3. Press F11 to enter the Boot menu. 4. If you're asked to enter a password: evsdvb. 5. Select your USB key as boot device. 6. From the EVS Production menu, select the desired installation package and press ENTER: ◦ X-One Server 1.4.1 - CentOS 7.5 1804 or ◦...
  • Page 14 After a few seconds, please see the Monitoring page: http://127.0.0.1:9081 to check if everything is ok on the Health page (green or orange for the resolve.conf ) before starting to use X-One. • If the Monitoring page is not accessible, please reboot your machine and try again.

  • Page 15: Cabling

    The incoming feeds will be recorded, the outgoing feeds will be used for playout. A camera's SDI Out has to be connected with one of the X-One server's SDI connectors using a mini BNC cable. A maximum of 6 cameras can be connected. The connectors are numbered as indicated in the table below.

  • Page 16: Securing The Sdi Cables

    EVS Broadcast Equipment SA Issue 1.4.1 - December 2019 4.2. Securing the SDI Cables To avoid one or more of the SDI connectors breaking owing to the weight of the SDI cables, or the video card shifting inside the server chassis, it is recommended to attach a cable lacing bar at the back of the rack and to secure the cables to it using cable ties or Velcro®...

  • Page 17: Connecting The Video Monitors

    The VGA connection does not work. 4.4. Connecting the Beplay Remote and External Controller The Beplay remote and External Controller are connected via USB to the X-One server. The device is recognized as soon as it is plugged in. 4.5. DisplayPort Cable Warning If you directly connect a server with a monitor using a DisplayPort cable, you need to make sure that pin 20 (DP_PWR) of the cable is not wired and does not carry any power.

  • Page 18: Connecting The Bfe Tally Box

    EVS Broadcast Equipment SA Issue 1.4.1 - December 2019 According to the VESA specification, the DP_PWR (pin 20) is not supposed to be wired in standard cables because both source and sink devices are designed to provide power. Ignoring this will in certain cases prevent the Avago RAID Controller (AOM-S3108-H8) from being initialized at startup and thus making the RAID unavailable for the OS.
  • Page 19 INSTALLATION AND CONFIGURATION MANUAL X-One 1.4.1 Designation Description OPTO IN 4 - Input 4 (-) OPTO IN 4 + Input 4 (+) V_OUT1+ +5V, max. 100 mA load, short-circuit proof OPTO IN 3 - Input 3 (-) OPTO IN 3 +...

  • Page 20: Configuration

    Hostname Manually Changing the Server's IP Address To manually change the IP address of a X-One server using the GNOME control-center application, proceed as follows: 1. Click on the network connection icon in the system menu located in the top right-hand corner of the screen.
  • Page 21 INSTALLATION AND CONFIGURATION MANUAL X-One 1.4.1 4. Click the gear wheel icon of the connection you want to edit. NOTE • eno1 & eno2 represent the onboard ethernet connections. The Editing dialog box appears. The Details tab is selected by default.

  • Page 22: Arranging The Displays And Setting The Display Resolution

    EVS Broadcast Equipment SA Issue 1.4.1 - December 2019 Manually Changing the Server's Hostname 1. Press the Super key on your keyboard. The Activities Overview is displayed. 2. In the search bar, type Settings and press ENTER. The GNOME control-center application GUI appears.

  • Page 23: Mapping The Touchscreens

    Touchscreen Mapper The Touchscreen Mapper application is the tool that performs the mapping for you. It is automatically launched each time you start the X-One client. It also has a shortcut on the server desktop to manually start the application.

  • Page 24: Enabling Teamviewer

    5.4. Enabling TeamViewer To be able to remotely connect to an X-One server using TeamViewer, you have to make sure that the TeamViewer daemon is running on the server and the TeamViewer GUI is open. You can enable and start the TeamViewer daemon using a terminal window. You can open the TeamViewer GUI using the Applications menu.

  • Page 25: Managing The X-One Licenses

    5.5.1. License Manager Overview The License Manager allows you to request and activate the necessary X-One license keys. Double-click the License Manager shortcut on your server or client workstation desktop to open the application in a terminal window. The following system information is displayed: computer name, server serial number, customer information (company name, first and last name, email, phone), global expiry date, computer description, and a list of installed license keys.
  • Page 26 1. Type 3 (Generate a Request Key File) and press ENTER. A request license key file is generated on the desktop. The naming convention for the file is: hostname_ID_SystemID.xml. 2. Send the request key file to EVS Support. Importing a License Key To import a license key, proceed as follows: 1.

  • Page 27: Customizing The Beplay Remote Controls

    INSTALLATION AND CONFIGURATION MANUAL X-One 1.4.1 5.6. Customizing the Beplay Remote Controls On the Beplay, it is possible to change the default action assignment of the operational block buttons (operational blocks 1-4) by modifying the remoteConfig.json file in the /home/evs/evs/ directory.

  • Page 28: Customizing The External Controller

    NOTE To reset the buttons to their default assignments, you can delete the remoteConfig.json file. X-One will automatically regenerate it at the next Client application restart. WARNING If the format of the configuration file is not valid, a warning message will appear at the startup of the Client application: 'Invalid format for Beplay configuration file.
  • Page 29 INSTALLATION AND CONFIGURATION MANUAL X-One 1.4.1 Pad 2 Pad 12 Pad 3 Repeat Pad 4 Rewind Pad 5 Fast-Forward Pad 6 Stop Pad 7 Play Pad 8 Button A Pad 9 Button B Pad 10 Slider The available actions are:...
  • Page 30 NOTE To reset the buttons to their default assignments, you can delete the remoteConfig.json file. X-One will automatically regenerate it at the next Client application restart. WARNING If the format of the configuration file is not valid, a warning message will appear at the startup of the Client application: 'Invalid format for Beplay configuration file.

  • Page 31: Monitoring And Support

    The Monitoring page can be accessed via the following link: http://<serverip>:9081 6.1.2. Dashboard Page The Dashboard page allows you to check the status of the different X-One back end components (services, databases and infrastructure tools). The backend services and infrastructure tools can have one of the following health statuses: •...

  • Page 32: Health Page

    • Thinpool free space: It checks the space available for the Docker backend storage. If this check is not passing, please call EVS support as we might need to either free- up some space or allocate more disk space. •...
  • Page 33 INSTALLATION AND CONFIGURATION MANUAL X-One 1.4.1 • Zookeeper OK status: Checks the status of Zookeeper. WARNING After an installation, all checks on the Health page will be in orange for while. This is because the data RAID must be built for the first time.

  • Page 34: Postgres Page

    The Stat Activity tab shows the status of the different connections made with Postgres. Backups Tab The Backups tab allows to create a backup of the Postgres database and to restore or delete a backup. It should only be used if requested by EVS support. 6. Monitoring and Support...
  • Page 35 INSTALLATION AND CONFIGURATION MANUAL X-One 1.4.1 Replication Tab The Replication tab does not apply to X-One. 6. Monitoring and Support...

  • Page 36: Metrics Page

    The Metrics page displays several statistics about the health and performance of the backend and server hardware components. Sx Storage Tab The Sx Storage tab displays information about the storage of the X-One server. For example, total amount vs used storage, number of storage partitions, number of tracks, etc.
  • Page 37 INSTALLATION AND CONFIGURATION MANUAL X-One 1.4.1 Run Queues This area contains run queue and load average data. Parameter Description Load average System load average for the last minute, past 5 minutes, past 15 minutes. Run queue size The number of kernel threads in memory that are waiting for a CPU to run.
  • Page 38 EVS Broadcast Equipment SA Issue 1.4.1 - December 2019 Disks This area displays the activities by the individual block devices. Parameter Description Device Device (or partition) name as listed in the /dev directory. Avg queue len Average queue length of the requests that were issued to the device.
  • Page 39 INSTALLATION AND CONFIGURATION MANUAL X-One 1.4.1 Memory This area displays memory statistics. Parameter Description Buffers Memory used as buffers by the kernel in kilobytes. Cached Memory used to cache data by the kernel in kilobytes. Commit Memory in kilobytes needed for current workload.
  • Page 40 EVS Broadcast Equipment SA Issue 1.4.1 - December 2019 Temperature Tab The temperature page displays real-time information about the temperature of the CPUs and CPU cores of the server. 6. Monitoring and Support...

  • Page 41: Docker Page

    The Docker page contains more detailed information about Docker and the Docker containers and images present on the backend. Services Tab The Services tab displays the X-One services and Docker images. With the Restart button a service can be re-created. Disk Usage Tab The Disk Usage tab displays information about the various docker images stored on the server.
  • Page 42 EVS Broadcast Equipment SA Issue 1.4.1 - December 2019 Disk Usage Tab The Disk Usage tab displays information about the various docker images stored on the server. Note that this request can take a very long time. 6. Monitoring and Support...

  • Page 43: Versions Page

    (= Version in content). RPMS Tab The RPMS tab allows you to see the X-One backend components that are installed as RPM package, their version and their installation date. 6. Monitoring and Support...
  • Page 44 EVS Broadcast Equipment SA Issue 1.4.1 - December 2019 LivePamCore Tab The LivePamCore tab allows you to see the X-One backend services that are installed and their version. Docker Images Tab The Docker Images tab allows you to see the X-One backend components installed as Docker images, their version and size.

  • Page 45: Consulting System Log Files And Crash Dumps

    Crash Dump Folder Crash dumps are available in the following directory: /var/crash/. Exporting System Log Files To generate and export the latest X-One system log files, proceed as follows: 1. Double-click or double-tap the GetLogs icon on your X-One client workstation desktop.
  • Page 48 Belgium www.evs.com/contact EVS Broadcast Equipment is continuously adapting and improving its products in accordance with the ever changing requirements of the Broadcast Industry. The data contained herein is therefore subject to change without prior notice. Companies and product names are To learn more about EVS go to www.evs.com...

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