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WORKSTATION SETUP GUIDE

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  • Page 1 4.02 WORKSTATION SETUP GUIDE...
  • Page 2 The Avid|DS 4.02 Workstation Setup Guide was written by Patrick Bayne and edited by Liven Tam. Formatting, layout, and illustrations by Luc Langevin and Jim Royal. © 1999–2001 Avid Technology, Inc. All rights reserved. Avid, the Avid|DS Logo, and Softimage are registered trademarks, and MEDIArray, MediaDock, and Equinox are trademarks of Avid Technology, Inc.
  • Page 3 EN55024:1998 + A1 Manufacturer’s Name: Avid Technology, Inc. 1925 Andover Street Tewksbury, MA 01876, USA European Contact: Nearest Avid Sales and Service Office or Avid Technology Sales Ltd. Sandyford Business Center Unit 3, Dublin 18, Ireland Type of Equipment: Information Technology Equipment...
  • Page 4 Directives and Standards. George R. Smith, Director of Hardware Design and Development Australia and New Zealand EMC Regulations John Kells, Australian Operations Manager Avid Technology (Australia) Pty Ltd. Unit B 5 Skyline Place French Forest NSW 2086...

  • Page 5: Table Of Contents

    Avid|DS Mailing List ........11...
  • Page 6 The Avid MEDIArray ........

  • Page 7: Before You Start

    Before You Start Workstation Setup Guide • 7...

  • Page 8: Where To Find Information

    Roadmap, you’ll know where to find the information you need to get up and running quickly and effectively. Start with the Workstation Setup Guide to prepare your site for Avid|DS and assemble your workstation. Use the Installation & Administration Guide if you need to reinstall and license any of the components, or for tips on the daily maintenance of your workstation.

  • Page 9: About This Guide

    Following these guidelines can help ensure the successful installation of your workstation, and avoid delays in getting your workstation up and running. This guide is intended for anyone who is installing an Avid|DS 4.02 HD (high definition) or standard definition workstation for the first time, moving a workstation, or attempting to solve problems that can arise with the hardware.

  • Page 10: Avid|Ds Support

    Avid|DS Customer Service. Immediate assistance for any technical issue is available through our hotline, e-mail, and web support services. Licensing Support You must contact your reseller to request a license for your Avid|DS workstation. You can do this directly or through the license request form at http://www.softimage.com/licensing/request.

  • Page 11: E-Mail Support

    You can contact Avid|DS Customer Service at any time by sending e-mail to dssupport@avid.com. Avid|DS Mailing List If you have an e-mail account, you can join the worldwide network of Avid|DS users exchanging ideas. The mailing list has proven to be quite useful for users, with a constant stream of new subscribers.
  • Page 12 Before You Start 12 • Avid|DS...

  • Page 13: Package Contents

    Package Contents C h a p t e r 1 Workstation Setup Guide • 13...

  • Page 14: In This Chapter

    This chapter provides an overview of the hardware, software, and documentation included with your Avid|DS workstation. Package Contents......... . 15...

  • Page 15: Package Contents

    Package Contents Package Contents Your Avid|DS workstation contains hardware, software, and documentation. Hardware After carefully unpacking the hardware, verify all of the items on the packing slip before setting up your workstation. And, make sure that you write down the serial number of all the devices.

  • Page 16: Software

    Chapter 1 • Package Contents Customers who purchase the standard definition version of Avid|DS can choose between an Avid MediaDock LVD storage and an Avid MEDIArray Fibre Channel storage. Software Most of the software that you receive on CD is also installed on your workstation's hard drive.

  • Page 17: Documentation

    Compositing & Print Describes the basic types of effects in Avid|DS and shows Effects Guide you how to apply them to your media. There’s also information on when and how to process effects.
  • Page 18 Chapter 1 • Package Contents 18 • Avid|DS...

  • Page 19: Site Preparation

    Site Preparation C h a p t e r 2 Workstation Setup Guide • 19...
  • Page 20 Additional Equipment ........24 20 • Avid|DS...

  • Page 21: Site Planning

    Site Planning Site Planning When preparing your site, you must consider the environmental, electrical, and space requirements for your Avid|DS 4.02 workstation, as well as any additional equipment that you may need to purchase and its requirements. Environmental The site you choose for your Avid|DS workstation should meet the following...

  • Page 22: Space Requirements

    100 to 240 V AC 50 to 60 Hz Avid Equinox Break-Out-Box 100 to 240 V AC 50 to 60 Hz Avid MediaDock LVD storage 90 to 264 V AC 50 to 60 Hz system (fully configured) Avid MEDIArray Fibre Channel...
  • Page 23 Site Planning If you purchase the optional rack mount kit for the base unit, it mounts in a standard 19-inch equipment rack. The Avid Equinox Break-Out-Box, MEDIArray, MediaDock LVD storage system, and DUA II audio convertor can also be mounted in the same or another equipment rack.

  • Page 24: Additional Equipment

    HD or NTSC/PAL Video tape recorder VTRs connect to the base unit through an RS-422 cable. (VTR) (Contact your Avid|DS reseller for a list of approved HD VTRs) Digital waveform Measures the luminance and chrominance video signals monitor Speakers and...
  • Page 25 Workstation Setup Guide • 25...
  • Page 26 Chapter 2 • Site Preparation 26 • Avid|DS...

  • Page 27: System Overview

    System Overview C h a p t e r 3 Workstation Setup Guide • 27...
  • Page 28 This chapter provides an overview of the hardware included with your Avid|DS 4.02 workstation. System Inputs and Outputs ........29 Signal Flow .

  • Page 29: System Inputs And Outputs

    RS-232 Remote DB-9 connector that connects the RS-232 to RS-422 convertor. Use the supplied cable only. Adaptec 39160 VHDCI connectors for the Avid MediaDock LVD storage system MIDI out 15-pin game port that enables MIDI control for the JLCooper MCS-3800 external controller The MIDI/game port on the lower-right corner of the workstation gives you MIDI control of external controllers, such as the JLCooper MCS-3800.

  • Page 30: Signal Flow

    • The audio output of the VTR goes through the DUA II convertor to the Mykerinos audio card, and is stored on the audio storage area. • The video output of the Avid Equinox PCI card goes to the Wildcat card and then to the workstation monitors, where it is displayed as video-in- a-window.

  • Page 31: Back Panel Overview

    Back Panel Overview Back Panel Overview On the back panel of your base unit, four expansion cards are installed for use with Avid|DS. The back panel also contains ports for connecting the mouse, keyboard, monitors, and software protection key (dongle). Workstation Cards The following table describes the function of each expansion card installed in the workstation.

  • Page 32: Card Placement

    The optical outputs on the card are red. Avid Equinox PCI Card Connections The following illustration shows the connections on the Avid Equinox PCI card. For information on connecting your video and audio equipment to the Avid Equinox PCI card, see Peripheral Devices on page 50.
  • Page 33 The following illustration shows the connections on the Adaptec 39160 card. This is the storage adapter included with HD systems and with standard definition versions of Avid|DS that use the Avid MediaDock LVD storage. For more information on the Adaptec card, refer to the Adaptec documentation.

  • Page 34: Disk Subsystem

    SCSI disk drive is installed in the base unit, and eight LVDS disk drives are installed in the Avid MediaDock LVD. The system disk drive is formatted with three partitions for storing operating system files, project files, and audio files.

  • Page 35: Assembling The System

    Assembling the System C h a p t e r 4 Workstation Setup Guide • 35...
  • Page 36 The Avid MediaDock LVD ........43...

  • Page 37: Before Assembling The System

    Before setting up your system, consult the Release Notes to make sure that there are no changes, additions, or deletions to the procedures in this chapter. The required expansion cards are installed and configured for Avid|DS. You should not remove or modify these cards.

  • Page 38: The Keyboard, Mouse, And Graphic Tablet

    2. Connect the DB-9 cable from the WACOM tablet to the COM 2 port on the back panel of the base unit. 3. Verify that the input voltage on the power adapter matches the voltage of your power outlet. 4. Connect the power adapter to the AC outlet. 38 • Avid|DS...

  • Page 39: The Computer Monitors

    Off position, and then connect these devices to a power source. 2. Attach each monitor’s video cable to the appropriate DVI connector as per the illustration above. Only the DVI connectors of the Wildcat 4210 are used in Avid|DS. Workstation Setup Guide • 39...

  • Page 40: The Avid Equinox Break-Out-Box

    Chapter 4 • Assembling the System The Avid Equinox Break-Out-Box The Avid|DS workstation also includes the Avid Equinox Break-Out-Box, which provides the high definition and standard definition input and output from your workstation. The front panel of the break-out-box has several status LEDs and a power switch.
  • Page 41 • Digital tether that transfers video signal data between the workstation’s Avid Equinox PCI card and the break-out-box • Sync output to the Avid Equinox PCI card • HD video input from a VTR or other device • HD video outputs to VTRs or monitors If either of the HD video outputs is not being used, terminate it with a 75-ohm terminating resistor.
  • Page 42 Chapter 4 • Assembling the System To connect the Avid Equinox Break-Out-Box to the workstation 1. Make sure that the power switch on the break-out-box is in the Off position. 2. Attach the power cord to the power connector at the back of the break- out-box and plug it into a power outlet.

  • Page 43: The Avid Mediadock Lvd

    Back The Avid MediaDock LVD storage system The Avid MediaDock LVD has eight slots for LVD shuttle drives. You can use them in either single or dual-bus configurations. With Avid|DS, however, the Avid MediaDock LVD is used in a dual-bus configuration. In this configuration, the slots are shared between bus A and bus B.

  • Page 44: Single Enclosure Configuration

    Avid MediaDock LVD To connect the Avid MediaDock LVD in a single enclosure configuration 1. Locate one of the SCSI cables in the Avid MediaDock LVD kit. It has a very-high-density SCSI connector at one end and a high-density 68-pin connector at the other end.

  • Page 45: Two-Enclosure Configuration

    Adaptec controller. 3. Attach the cable’s other high-density 68-pin connector to the corresponding connector in the ESM module at the top rear of Avid MediaDock LVD #1. 4. Locate the second SCSI cable; it is identical to the first.

  • Page 46: Three-Enclosure Configuration

    Three-Enclosure The three-enclosure configuration uses two Avid MediaDock LVDs in single Configuration bus configurations and one Avid MediaDock LVD in a dual bus configuration. This configuration lets you use a maximum of twenty-four drives; twelve on each SCSI bus. Avid|DS workstation...
  • Page 47 Adaptec controller. 3. Attach the cable’s other high-density 68-pin connector to the corresponding connector in the SRM module at the top rear of Avid MediaDock LVD #1. 4. Locate the second SCSI cable; it is identical to the first.

  • Page 48: The Avid Mediarray

    The Avid MEDIArray The Avid MEDIArray is an optional storage solution available with the standard definition version of Avid|DS 4.02. You can connect the Avid MEDIArray storage directly to the Emulex fibre channel controller board in the Avid|DS workstation. The controller board is installed before shipment.

  • Page 49: The Machine Control Cable

    DM 7015 or Rosetta Stone adapter, a 3-foot RS-232 cable, and a 10-foot RS- 422 cable. The adapters perform an RS-232 to RS-422 signal conversion that lets you control a VTR from your Avid|DS workstation. The two cables are both standard 9-pin male-to-male data cables.

  • Page 50: Peripheral Devices

    To connect video devices 1. Connect the HD In, on the Avid Equinox Break-Out-Box, to the HD Out on the VTR. 2. Connect one of the HD Outs, on the Avid Equinox Break-Out-Box, to the HD In on the VTR.
  • Page 51 Peripheral Devices 7. Plug one end of a BNC sync cable into the Avid Equinox Break-Out-Box’s Genlock Input and the other into the house sync. RS-232 cable to COM 1 RS-232 to RS-422 convertor USB cable RS-422 cable to VTR...

  • Page 52: Audio Connections

    6. Connect the audio input ports on the audio convertor to the output ports on the VTR or audio device. There is no external sync connection to the Mykerinos card as the sync signal is provided by the Avid Equinox PCI card via an internal connection. 52 • Avid|DS...

  • Page 53: The Software Protection Key

    Your workstation is delivered with a license file already on the hard drive. This license file was used for testing prior to shipment. Your Avid|DS reseller will provide a valid license file for your dongle. For more information, refer to Installing the License File on page 52 of the Avid|DS Installation &...
  • Page 54 Chapter 4 • Assembling the System 54 • Avid|DS...

  • Page 55: Index

    Index Index connections, card Equinox Break-Out-Box, connecting 42 Avid Equinox PCI 32 Equinox PCI card 32 Emulex 33 Adaptec card connections 33 ESM module 46, 47 Mykerinos 32 attaching software protection key 53 contents, Avid|DS system 15 audio devices, connecting 52...
  • Page 56 23 Workstation Setup Guide 8, 17 Online Help 17 SRM module 46, 47 outputs and inputs, system 29 storage Avid MediaDock LVD 43 Avid MEDIArray 48 package contents 15 storage configurations 44 to 47 documentation 17 single enclosure 44...

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