Setup guide

30 • Avid|DS
Chapter 3 • System Overview
Signal Flow
The following provides an overview of the signal flow during capture and
playback. The Avid|DS software controls the process.
Capture
Capture mode lets you use Avid|DS to capture or play back video and audio
from the VTR.
• The video output of the VTR goes through the Avid Equinox Break-Out-Box
to the Avid Equinox PCI card, and from there to the video storage array.
• 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.
• The control signal from the COM 1 port goes to the VTR to control
device operation (the supplied RS-232/RS-422 convertor and cable must
be connected to the workstation).
• The sync signal from the house sync goes through the Avid Equinox
Break-Out-Box to the Avid Equinox PCI card, and then internally to the
Mykerinos audio card.
Playback
Playback mode allows you to use Avid|DS to record video on the VTR.
• The video stored on the video storage array goes through the Avid
Equinox PCI card to the Avid Equinox Break-Out-Box, and then goes to
the VTR and video monitor.
• The audio stored on the audio disk goes to the Mykerinos audio card,
through the DUA II convertor, and then to the VTR.
• The video output of the Avid Equinox PCI card goes to the Wildcat card
and then to the workstation monitors, where it displays as video-in-
a-window.
• The control signal from the COM 1 port goes to the VTR to control
device operation.
• The sync signal from the house sync goes through the Avid Equinox
Break-Out-Box to the Avid Equinox PCI card and then internally to the
Mykerinos audio card.