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QBox Installation & Operation Guide
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Table of Contents
Preface................................................................................................ iii
Table of Contents ............................................................................. vii
1 Prompting Software Overview........................................................... 1
1.1: The prompting software suite..........................................................................1
1.1.1: QStart .................................................................................................1
1.1.2: QPro ...................................................................................................1
1.1.3: QMaster..............................................................................................1
1.1.4: Feature summary ...............................................................................2
1.2: Prompting hardware - QBox............................................................................3
2 QMaster Application Architecture..................................................... 5
2.1: QMaster and QBox operational scenarios ......................................................5
2.1.1: Studio deployments............................................................................6
2.1.2: Large-scale field deployments............................................................7
2.1.3: Small-scale field deployments ............................................................7
3 QBox Hardware................................................................................... 9
3.1: QBox components...........................................................................................9
3.1.1: Supplied equipment............................................................................9
3.1.2: Other required equipment.................................................................10
3.2: QBox physical characteristics .......................................................................11
3.3: Set up QBox..................................................................................................11
3.3.1: Connect QBox to a prompter or monitor...........................................11
3.3.2: Connect any peripherals to the QBox...............................................11
4 QBox Configuration and Operation ................................................ 13
4.1: QBox operating system.................................................................................13
4.1.1: QBox onscreen menus.....................................................................13
4.1.2: Configure and test the QBox ............................................................13
4.2: Basic operational checks...............................................................................17
4.2.1: Reboot and shutdown.......................................................................18
4.3: Direct and network connections to a QBox ...................................................20
4.3.1: Ethernet network ..............................................................................20
4.3.2: Ethernet crossover cable..................................................................21
4.3.3: FireWire............................................................................................21
4.4: Configuring network connections ..................................................................22
4.4.1: Configuring a direct QBox-computer connection..............................22
4.4.2: Connecting QBox to an existing network..........................................25
4.5: Time settings on a QBox...............................................................................29
4.6: Using a scroll control device to configure QBox............................................30
4.6.1: Altering QBox configuration using a ShuttlePRO controller .............31
4.7: Configure the QMaster to QBox interface .....................................................32