Specifications

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4 Click Continue. The Activation tool confirms
your system information. When the activation is
complete, a message informs you that your soft-
ware has been successfully activated.
5 Click OK.
Authorizing the Video Satellite
Option
To authorize the Video Satellite option:
 Insert the iLok key that is authorized for the
Video Satellite option into an available USB port
on your Media Composer computer.
If authorizing a Windows system, a dialog will
display a message indicating that the computer
is identifying and recognizing the iLok key.
If you’ve previously used the Video Satellite op-
tion with Avid Media Station|PT, you can con-
tinue to use the original iLok authorization that
came with that option. The authorization will
need to be moved from the Pro Tools system it is
currently on, to the Media Composer or
Symphony system you now wish to authorize.
If the authorization is on an iLok key by itself,
simply move that iLok key from the Pro Tools
system to a free USB port on the Media Com-
poser or Symphony system.
If the iLok key contains other software authori-
zations and needs to stay with the Pro Tools sys-
tem, you will need to purchase an additional
iLok key (from your local dealer or from
www.avid.com) and transfer the authorization,
titled “Video Satellite Option PT 7.4,” to it by
visiting www.ilok.com.
Once this is done, the new iLok key can be used
to authorize the Video Satellite option on the
Media Composer or Symphony system.
Making Ethernet
Connections with Video
Satellite Systems
To exchange transport commands and files on
remotely mounted storage, the computers in a
video satellite system communicate over Ether-
net with the standard TCP/IP protocol using
100 Base-T or 1000 Base-T connections. The
computers may either be connected directly
through a hub or switch, or over a Local Area
Network (LAN).
Using a Direct Connection
Use a direct connection for any of the following
conditions:
• When the satellite will always be connected
to the same Pro Tools system
• When a LAN is not available
• To avoid possible conflicts on the LAN with
other network traffic
To connect the systems directly:
1 Connect a CAT5e Ethernet cable between the
Pro Tools system and a standard Ethernet hub or
switch.
2 Connect another CAT5e cable between the Me-
dia Composer system and the same hub or
switch.
Direct connection over a crossover Ethernet
cable without a hub or switch may work
with some systems, but is untested.