Encore CONTROL SYSTEM Configuration Manual Software Version 1.8.
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Encore CONTROL SYSTEM Configuration Manual Software Version 1.8.
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Contents Preface. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 About This Manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Documentation Set . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Additional Documentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Contents 6 Section 3 — Encore OUI Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Common Display Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Encore Desktop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Icons and Windows . . . .
Contents Full System Configuration Preparation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Redundancy Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SCB Frame Count Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Redundancy Requirements and Notes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Multiple Area Encore Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Contents Destinations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Destination Configuration Screen. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Configuring a Destination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rules Configuration Screen. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Router Controller Configuration Save and Load . . . . . . .
Contents NP Matrix Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . NP Matrix Redundancy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . NP Matrix Protect and Unprotect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . NP Matrix Monitor Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Concerto Port Matrix One-to-Many Control. . . . . . . . . . . .
Contents Panel Grouping Configuration Process . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Panel Group Identification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . BPS + 48B Grouping Configuration Example . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . XY + 48B Grouping Configuration Example. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48B + 48B + 48B Panel Group Configuration Example . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Shift Button Feature . . . . . .
Contents PXD Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PXYE Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MB4 (Multibus 4) Panel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Custom Button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Contents Opening the Local Router Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Selecting a Destination and Source. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Finding Destinations and Sources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Breakaways (and Interlevels) Pane. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Remote Control of the LRP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Contents Automatic Filters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Filter and Tag-Cats Modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Logic Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Save Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Load Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Preface About This Manual This Encore Configuration Manual is designed for facility engineers who are involved in Encore system installation, configuration, and servicing. Documentation Set The basic Encore documentation set consists of: • Installation and Service Manual, • Configuration Manual, • Control Panels Operation Manual, and • Release Notes.
Preface Additional Documentation Documentation for various Encore system options is also available: • Encore Salvo Editor Instruction Manual, • Soft Panels Instruction Manual, and • Visual Status Display Instruction Manual.
Section 1 Encore System Overview Note This same Overview section is included in several Encore manuals. If you are familiar with this material you can skip to the next section. Introduction The Encore system is an open, scalable platform for full router and facility control. Featuring tight integration with Grass Valley router matrices, third-party routers, automation systems, and other equipment, the Encore system can consolidate media assets under a single, unified control system. Figure 1.
Section 1 — Encore System Overview The Encore system modular design lets broadcasters and other highquality content creators select just the level of control they need. At its most basic, the Encore system can configure and control the crosspoints of a single routing matrix, but it can be expanded to control multiple matrices. Controlled Hardware Encore can control a wide range of Grass Valley routers including Trinix, Apex, Concerto, Acappella, 7500 WB, and 7500 NB using Ethernet.
Introduction The System Controller Frame has two slots for SCBs and two slots for Power Supply modules, located behind the front cover/air filter. Status indicator LEDs and a reset button are located on each SCB (Figure 3). Figure 3. System Controller and Power Supply Modules Reset Buttons Power Supply Modules Slot 1 Slot 2 Slot 1 8053_36r0 Slot 2 System Controller Modules Cabling and power connectors are located on the rear of the System Controller Frame (Figure 4). Figure 4.
Section 1 — Encore System Overview Control Panels A wide variety of hardware control panels are available that can work across the room or across the country via IP LAN/WAN connections. Many Grass Valley legacy hardware control panels can also be used with optional serial interfaces. Optional PC control panel software is also available that emulates many of these hardware panels.
Introduction Encore System Control Fundamentals Distributed Control System The Encore system uses a distributed control networked architecture. Various Encore software components are installed on different hardware locations to perform different tasks. This design provides extraordinary system power and flexibility. Configuration files are downloaded over the network to target devices, permitting rapid configuration changes while the Encore system remains operational.
Section 1 — Encore System Overview Sharer PC The Sharer PC is the PC on which the Sharer is installed. Typically the configuration PC and Sharer PC are the same, but separate PCs can be used. Routing Basics Terminology Area - An Area is a defined group of Sources and Destinations. Takes are restricted to connecting Sources and Destinations within the same Area (unless Tie-Lines are used).
Routing Basics Preset - Selecting an item (for example a Source or Destination) in prepara- tion for an action. Protect - A control function that prevents control panels or devices from changing the current Source selection for the specified Destination. Salvo - A named, system-wide preset which, when executed, can change crosspoints on multiple Destinations at the same time. Source - An input signal or collection of input signals generally associated with a particular device (like a VTR or DDR).
Section 1 — Encore System Overview Figure 9. A Single Switching Matrix Inputs 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Outputs 8053_15_r0 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Any of the 10 inputs (numbered 0 to 9) can be routed to any of the 10 outputs (numbered 0 to 9). One input can also be routed to more than one output. All the possible routes are represented by the intersections of the horizontal and vertical lines in the illustration.
Routing Basics Multi-Level Switching Description All Level Take An all Level Take switches the same input number on all Levels, to the controlled Destination, as shown in Figure 10. Figure 10.
Section 1 — Encore System Overview Tie-Line Description Tie-lines can be used to link different matrices, allowing Sources in one matrix to be routed to Destinations in another matrix. Each tie-line has a Source Name and a Destination Name that defines the signal path. A tieline Source is actually a Destination of the first matrix, and the tie-line Destination is a Source of the second matrix. Routes that employ more than one tie-line are called multi-hop tie-lines (Figure 12). Figure 12.
Section 2 Encore Fundamentals Overview The distributed control architecture of the Encore Control system offers great flexibility and power. A basic understanding of this control architecture is beneficial for those responsible for installation and configuration. System Functional Layers One way to approach the Encore Control system is to think of it as a series of layers. The Encore database is the core layer.
Section 2 — Encore Fundamentals The Encore database core contains information that identifies what a particular Encore system consists of and its capabilities. The Sharer application’s layer shares this information with the various distributed Encore system applications on the next higher layer. These other applications (Router, Tie-Line Manager, Panel Server, etc.) use this database information to control the hardware device components (Router Matrices, control panels, etc.
Overview Figure 14. Applications, Engines, Clients, and Servers Encore System Controller Router Control Application Panel Server Application Router Matrix Frame (Hardware) Engineering Workstation PC (Engine) System Manager Server Application Encore OUI Client Application Router Control Panel Panel Client (Hardware) Router Control Panel Router Matrix Frame (Hardware) Sharer Applications can control multiple hardware devices.
Section 2 — Encore Fundamentals Figure 15. Normal Operation Steps Encore System Controller Panel Server Application 1 Panel button pressed. 8 3 Router Control Panel Panel Client 2 5 9 Button tally updated on all panels. Matrix changes crosspoint. Network Ethernet 6 Router Matrix Frame Router Client Router Control Panel Panel Client 7 4 8531_03r0 Router Control Application Encore System Controller The following steps are involved: 1.
Overview the false tally on the initiating control panel reverts to the actual Source selection for that Destination after a time-out. Distributed Configuration and Status Data The Encore system’s varying hardware components and flexible capabilities means various types of configuration and status information are required. This information specifies what the system does and how its components work together. The Encore system employs a distributed database mechanism.
Section 2 — Encore Fundamentals Figure 16. Encore Distributed Database Information Engineering Workstation PC Encore System database Sharer manages distribution of database information to Encore system components Panel Templates User Logons Permissions Defined Workstations Defined Applications Defined Areas Levels Ethernet Destinations Sources Network Defined Engines Sharer System Manager configures Users, Engines, Applications, Permissions, etc.
Overview Redundancy To ensure reliable Encore system operation, various forms of redundancy are available. For example, System Controller frames can be equipped with redundant power supplies. The power supply with the greatest load is automatically used by the frame. Providing power from separate circuits to each power supply helps ensure power to the frame will not be interrupted. System Controller frame cans also be equipped with two System Controller Boards (SCBs).
Section 2 — Encore Fundamentals lection of subdirectories to a safe location. Doing this whenever the data base changes is a recommended practice, since file corruption is a possibility with any computer hardware. Should the Encore database file set become damaged, the backup database can be quickly reloaded to rapidly restore full system configuration capabilities.
Encore Software Applications Router Control Application This application receives switching requests from the Panel Server application and sends them to the Matrices for execution. Through the Encore User Interface, the user establishes crosspoint functionality, such as Levels, Sources, Destinations and protocol drivers. Tie-Line Manager Application This application controls the tie-lines in the system. Tie-lines provide transparent routing of signals between local matrix Levels and remote matrices.
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Section 3 Encore OUI Description Common Display Features Encore Desktop When you logon to the system, the Encore Desktop appears (Figure 18). Menu Bar Figure 18.
Section 3 — Encore OUI Description Help Bar — As you move the mouse pointer around the screen, the Help Bar displays information on the areas it passes over. Clock — Click the Clock in the top right corner of the Desktop to show or hide the Menu Bar. The Menu Bar appears to the right on the Desktop. Title Box — The Title Box displays the name of the currently active application. Click the Title Box to view the status information your workstation.
Common Display Features Buttons Indicator Button — An indicator button has an indicator which changes color when you click the button. The indicator may be a small rectangle or the whole button. Greyed-out Button — You cannot select greyed-out buttons. Active Button — You can select a button that is not greyed out. Icons and Windows Re-Size Icon — Use the Re-size icon to alter the size of a window. The icon is in the bottom right corner of the window.
Section 3 — Encore OUI Description List Window — A List window contains a list of items which you can search, view or select. Click the Single Arrow icons ( down the list by one line at a time Click the Double Arrow icons ( down the list by one page at a time Click and move the green slider bar ( a list window.
Common Display Features Retrieve From Clip Pad — Use the Retrieve From Clip Pad icon to select the Clip Pad so that you can retrieve information. Clip Pad — Use the Clip Pad to store useful information. To retrieve a Clip Pad item, highlight it in the list window, then click the Enter/Return icon. Dustbin icon — To remove an entry from the Clip Pad, highlight the item and click the Dustbin icon. Messages Message Window (with options) A Message Window may appear when you are using an Encore application.
Section 3 — Encore OUI Description Figure 19. Message Window With Options Message Window (without options) If there are no options, click the window or press the Enter/Return key on your keyboard. Figure 20. Message Window Without Options Selecting Options You can usually select options in two ways: 42 • Double click the required option, or • Click once to highlight the option, and then press the Enter/Return key on your keyboard.
Basic Procedures Basic Procedures This section describes how to: • Logon to the OUI, • Load an application, • Request an application from another user, and • Log off the OUI. Logging onto the OUI When you launch the OUI application on your workstation, the system displays the OUI Logon Screen. From this screen you can logon to your OUI workstation and load the applications you want to use. 1. Click the Start button on the right of the task bar. The Logging-On User Identity Box appears. 2.
Section 3 — Encore OUI Description Figure 21. Typical Log-On Welcome Screen 4. Press the Enter/Return key on the keyboard or click the Enter/Return icon. A list of remotely configured (i.e., server-based) Encore applications is displayed in the center of the screen. Figure 22. Typical Select Application List Note Before you can use a remote application, the necessary hardware and software must be suitably configured and accessible (subject to routing arrangements and password) from your OUI workstation.
Basic Procedures Loading a Local Application The four OUI local applications are available at all times. To load an application, click its icon in the Task Bar. The icons are shown below with a brief description of the application. Local Machine Control Panel — Provides local control of devices available on the Encore Network and information on the status of selected devices. Local Router Panel — Provides routing facilities between avail- able Source and Destination devices.
Section 3 — Encore OUI Description Once the remote application is loaded, its main screen is displayed and its icon appears in the Task Bar. Refer to the application’s Reference Guide or Tutorial for information on how to use it. Note You can toggle between remote applications by clicking the icons in the Task Bar. Requesting an Application from Another User 1. From the list of remote applications, select the one you require by double clicking its name.
Basic Procedures 3. Close the window by clicking the Eject button. Figure 24. Application Section of the OUI Station Status Dialog Box OUI Station Status Window To display the OUI Station Status Window from the Encore Desktop, click the Title Box. Figure 25. OUI Station Status Window The OUI Station Status Window has five areas: OUI Station — The OUI displays the name of the workstation that you are logged onto, its IP address and the version number of the OUI that is running.
Section 3 — Encore OUI Description Ancillary — This has two buttons, Memory and Options. Click the Memory button to view memory-usage details. For more information about the Options button, see Ancillary Options. Touch Screen — This enables you to adjust the settings of an attached touch screen. Services — Click the buttons in this area to confirm that the Sharer and a spe- cific engine are on-line.
Basic Procedures Number dialogues show days — Show time codes, if they are longer than 24 hours, in the format days:hours:minutes:seconds:frames. For example, 1:16:32:19:10. Otherwise, the system shows time codes as hours:minutes:seconds:frames. For example, 40:32:19:10. Enable direct text entry — Allows you to type entries directly into fields in the OUI. When this feature is disabled, clicking those same fields opens a separate dialog for data entry. Layout1, Layout2 — Choose different keyboard layouts.
Section 3 — Encore OUI Description Figure 27. Shortcut Key Editor The list on the left shows the shortcuts and macros currently assigned to function keys. Shortcut Key Editor Buttons Use the Shortcut Key Editor buttons to perform tasks: Shortcut List Load — Load a shortcut list. The system displays shortcut lists from which you can select the one you want to load. Note: The OUI saves this setting when you switch off your workstation. Save As — Save the current shortcut list with a new name.
Basic Procedures Action — Change the name of the shortcut or macro. Warning: If you change the name of a macro, make sure you change the name to that of an existing macro. New — Record a new shortcut or macro. Macro — Load a previously saved macro. The OUI displays the cur- rently loaded macros in the Shortcut list in the left of the window. Details — Displays a list of the actions in a shortcut or macro. How to Create a Shortcut or Macro 1. In the Shortcut Area, click the New button.
Section 3 — Encore OUI Description 2. The system displays a warning message. 3. Do one of the following: 4. Click YES (or press Y on your keyboard) to log off. 5. Click NO (or press N on your keyboard) if you do not want to log off. 6. Click HELP (or press H on your keyboard) if you require help. 7. If you select YES the system exits all the applications you have been using, leaving remote applications free for other Users. The workstation returns to the OUI Logon Screen. Figure 28.
Basic Procedures Figure 29. Entering User Variables and Values 2. Select the Omni$WindowHeight and Omni$WindowWidth variables and change them to an appropriate Windows value as noted in the table below, being careful to maintain both values in the same column. Table 1. Variable 640x480 Values 800x600 Values 1024x768 Values Omni$WindowHeight 480 600 768 Omni$WindowWidth 640 800 1024 3. Click the Set button after each entry to move it to the User Variables scrolling list area.
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Section 4 Initial Encore System Setup Overview This section explains how to get a basic Encore system set up for the first time. After your Encore system is functioning at this basic level, you will be able to modify its configuration to meet the specific requirements of your facility, adding the necessary additional components.
Section 4 — Initial Encore System Setup PC Requirements A customer supplied PC is used for software installation and initial system configuration. This PC must meet the following minimum requirements: • 2 Ghz CPU • 512MB RAM • 40GB hard drive • 250MB free hard disk space • Monitor with 1024x768 resolution • 100BaseT Ethernet Network Interface Card • Windows XP Professional (Service Pack 2) • Logged in with Administrator-level privileges for the local machine • Internet Explorer version 6.
Initial Setup Using Default Database Create Default Encore Network Default IP Addresses Sharer PC Encore system components ship with default IP addresses. To use these default settings, the PC you use to configure your Encore system will also run the Sharer and need to have the following settings: Table 2. Sharer PC IP Addresses Encore Sharer PC a Ethernet IP Address 192.168.0.102 Ethernet Subnet Mask 255.255.255.0 Ethernet Gateway 192.168.0.
Section 4 — Initial Encore System Setup Encore Control Panels Encore control panels supplied in the same order will typically be set at the factory with ascending IP addresses. Duplicate panel IP addresses are possible, however, especially if panels are shipped separately: Table 4. Encore Control Panel Default IP Addresses First Encore Control Panel a Additional Encore Control Panels Ethernet IP Address 192.168.1.61 increment by 1 (e.g. 192.168.1.62) Ethernet Subnet Mask 255.255.255.
Initial Setup Using Default Database Install Encore Software (including NetConfig) on PC Note Detailed instructions for updating the software of an existing Encore system are presented in the separate Encore Release Notes. The procedure below is intended for first time Encore installations. 1. Quit all programs on the configuration PC and disable any virus protection programs or firewalls. You will need administrator privileges and any appropriate passwords for your PC. 2.
Section 4 — Initial Encore System Setup 6. Continue following the instructions on the screens displayed, selecting the defaults, and then run the software installation. 7. After the first set of files are transferred, a screen appears asking you to confirm the IP address of the Sharer Network. The IP address of the network interface cards (NIC) in use on that PC will be listed. If multiple NICs are installed you must select the one that will be used by Encore (it should have the 192.168.0.
Initial Setup Using Default Database 2. The NetConfig screen will appear (Figure 32). Figure 32. NetConfig Screen Confirm Component Settings 3. Select the IP View tab at the top of the NetConfig screen if it is not already selected, then click on IP View on the left side of the screen. The name of the configuration PC along with its IP address will appear. Click on the box beside it to open a hierarchy display of the devices NetConfig has discovered on the network (Figure 33).
Section 4 — Initial Encore System Setup Figure 33. NetConfig IP View with Default Encore Devices 4. Clicking on the name of a device opens a web page for that device on the right side of the screen (Figure 34). You can check the software versions and IP addresses of that device by clicking on links on the page (System Controller Description or System Controller Network for example).
Initial Setup Using Default Database Figure 34. Encore System Controller Web Page 5. Confirm that the correct version of software is installed on all the Encore devices. If older software is found, those devices should be updated. Compatible versions of software should be present on all devices on the network. Refer to the separate Encore Release Notes for the latest software update procedures. Duplicate IP Addresses Devices with duplicate IP addresses cannot reside on the same network.
Section 4 — Initial Encore System Setup Figure 35. Devices with Duplicate IP Addresses To Resolve Duplicate IP Addresses: 1. Select the NetConfig Set IP icon on the toolbar or the Device IP Addresses in the Configure pull-down. Figure 36.
Initial Setup Using Default Database 2. Highlight one of the devices with a duplicate IP address (Figure 37). Figure 37. Duplicate IP Device Selected 3. Click Edit, then change the last octet of the device’s IP address to be unique. The first three octets of all the IP addresses generally must be identical, so all the devices are on the same network. Figure 38.
Section 4 — Initial Encore System Setup 4. Click OK, then click on Apply Changes. The device resets and the new IP address will then be reported in the left pane of the NetConfig screen. Note To identify a specific remote panel when several are connected, right-click on the panel in the NetConfig hierarchy display and choose Identify Device. That panel’s buttons will flash.
Initial Setup Using Default Database Figure 39. The System Controller Application Configuration Page 4. If those boxes do not have marks, check them and also check the Reboot box. This will make the System Controller reboot to update it with its new applications. 5. Click the Update configuration button to reboot the SCB and enact the changes. Slot 2 (Right) SCB Find and double-click the System Controller in the left pane of the NetConfig window with IP 192.168.0.
Section 4 — Initial Encore System Setup Note When the Sharer Watchdog program is launched it detects whether a Sharer is already running on the network, and if found terminates the launch with the message Sharer is already running on the network at IP ADDRESS. Note Always launch the Sharer with the Watchdog application, not directly, to ensure the Quick CPS Salvo Startup feature is active (see page 213). 2. Run the System Manager application by clicking its icon on the desktop (Figure 40).
Initial Setup Using Default Database 5. The control panels should now have illuminated tally buttons, and panels with displays will probably report VTR1 (which is the name of the first Source and Destination in the default database). Your Encore system should now be ready for its initial test. Test Initial System Functionality 1. With two control panels operating and the same Destination selected on both panels, push a new Source button on a panel.
Section 4 — Initial Encore System Setup 2. Log on to the OUI by clicking on the Start button on the lower right side of the screen and entering sys (the default user ID) (Figure 43). Figure 43.
Initial Setup Using Default Database 3. The Welcome to Encore screen appears. Click on an empty button at the bottom of the screen, and select Router Controller 1 from the list to launch that application (Figure 44). Figure 44.
Section 4 — Initial Encore System Setup 4. Select Config on the right side of the screen. Confirm that the filing mode is Sharer and its Redundancy Mode is Mirror Master (Figure 45). Figure 45.
Initial Setup Using Default Database 5. Click on another empty button, select Router Controller 2, select Config, and confirm that its filing mode is Sharer and its Redundancy Mode is Mirror Slave (Figure 46). Figure 46. Router Controller 2 Initial Configuration Screen This confirms both Router Control applications are operating correctly.
Section 4 — Initial Encore System Setup 6. Click on another empty button, select Control Panel Server 1, select Panel Server, and confirm that its filing mode is Sharer, its status is In Sync, and Redundancy Mode is Mirror Master (Figure 47). Figure 47.
Initial Setup Using Default Database 7. Click on another empty button, select Control Panel Server 2, select Panel Server, and confirm that its filing mode is Sharer, its status is In Sync, and Redundancy Mode is Mirror Slave (Figure 48). Figure 48. Control Panel Server 2 Initial Configuration Screen This confirms that both Panel Servers are operating correctly.
Section 4 — Initial Encore System Setup Manual Initial System Setup (Without Default Database) Installing the default database is not required to get an Encore system configured for the first time, but some additional steps will be necessary. Avoiding the default database allows you to use non-default IP addresses from the very start of the installation, which makes it possible to install the Encore system onto an existing network.
Manual Initial System Setup (Without Default Database) Initialize the System 4. Initialize the system using the same procedure described earlier (see Initialize the Encore System on page 67). Logging On Using Special Application Note Without a default database in place, a slightly different log on procedure is required, which employs the Shift key. Figure 49. The Initial Encore OUI Desktop 5. Hold down the left Shift key and click the Start button in the bottom right corner of the window. 6.
Section 4 — Initial Encore System Setup Figure 50. Special Application List Window 7. When the Machine address window (Figure 51) appears, type the IP address of your configuration PC and click the Enter/Return key in the Machine address window. Figure 51. Machine Address Window 8. When the Choose an Application list window (Figure 52) reappears, select !App_MAN3 and click the Enter/Return button in the bottom right corner of the list window.
Manual Initial System Setup (Without Default Database) Figure 52. Special Choose an Application List Window 9. When you’re prompted to enter a user ID, select any existing character(s) and replace them with sys in the user ID field, then press Enter/Return. Figure 53. Enter User ID Window 10. The System Manager window appears (Figure 54).
Section 4 — Initial Encore System Setup Figure 54. System Manager Window Registering Your Applications 11. On the System Manager window, click the Applications button in the Main Menu section. 12. Click the Add button at the bottom left of the Application details window (Figure 55) which appears.
Manual Initial System Setup (Without Default Database) Figure 55. Application Details Window 13. When the Enter New Application Executable Name window appears, type the application’s executable name, !APP_Route, and click the Enter/Return key. 14. When the Enter new application name window appears, type Router Control, and press the Enter/Return key. This entry becomes the application name users will see in the Select Application list window in the future when they want to launch an application. 15.
Section 4 — Initial Encore System Setup 19. Repeat Step 12 through Step 18, substituting the executable, application, and display names for each of your remaining applications as indicated in Table 5. Table 5.
Manual Initial System Setup (Without Default Database) Figure 56. Engines Window 22. Click the Add button in the bottom left corner of the window. 23. When the Enter new engine IP address window (Figure 57) appears, type the IP number of the engine you’re adding and press Enter/Return. Figure 57. Entering the Engine IP Address. 24. In the Enter new engine name window which appears, type the name you want to call the engine and press Enter/Return.
Section 4 — Initial Encore System Setup Figure 58. Selecting the Platform of the Device In the case of a system controller, choose Engine (VxWorks). If you’re running everything on a PC, choose Engine (MS Windows). 26. Click the All Areas button in the Availability portion of the window to make the engine and the applications it’s running available in all Areas. Note If you have more than one Area in your system, see Multiple Area Encore Systems on page 91. 27. Now click the Add app.
Manual Initial System Setup (Without Default Database) — on your Encore network. As you might guess, these additional workstations will be able to run the applications you assign to them, but will not be able to run administrative tools or perform administrative tasks. Average, day-to-day operations should be performed from a workstation. 33. From within System Manager and logged in as an administrator, click the Stations button on the Main Menu. The Stations window appears (Figure 59). Figure 59.
Section 4 — Initial Encore System Setup 36. In the Enter new station name window which appears, type the name you want to call the workstation and press Enter/Return. For example, you may want to name the workstation by it’s physical location (e.g. Suite A) or it’s function (e.g. Technical Director). 37. Back in the Stations window click the Platform field and choose the type of engine from the Select platform of device list window, then click the Return button. Figure 61.
Manual Initial System Setup (Without Default Database) Adding Users In addition to adding engines and stations, you must add users to your Encore system. This procedure allows you to assign their privileges, the applications they can use, and the Areas they can “see.” 44. From within System Manager, and logged in as an administrator, click the Users button on the Main Menu. The Users window appears (Figure 62). Figure 62. Users Window 45. Click the Add button in the bottom left corner of the window. 46.
Section 4 — Initial Encore System Setup You Encore system should now be ready for additional configuration. Full System Configuration Preparation Once your basic Encore configuration is complete, you can proceed to configuring the entire system to meet your specific needs. This will include interfacing your router hardware frames (Concerto or Trinix, for example) and configuring your control panels.
Redundancy Operation using the CP Server application’s configuration windows in the Sync Status sub-window. You may see brief “no sync” messages. It means that the panel servers are in the process of exchanging data related to one or more panels and synchronizing themselves. System redundancy is still functional under these conditions.
Section 4 — Initial Encore System Setup 2. If you have Concerto or Acappella matrices controlled by the redundant Encore SCBs above, their equivalent internal reference mechanisms must be turned off so they don’t conflict. Go to the web pages of Concerto and Acappella matrices and do the following: • For Acappella, go to the Reference Config page and in the Reference Time Server section disable the Broadcast field rate time reference option.
Multiple Area Encore Systems • To determine which SCB is active at any given time, you can use the OUI to check the sync status of the controllers. An Encore SCB running a CPS also turns on its BSY LED if the CPS is either operating standalone or is the supervisor in a Master Mirror pair. A supervisor is the CPS that drives the displays and tally lamps of the control panels connected to it. You can also check the Error LEDs on the front edge of the controller boards.
Section 4 — Initial Encore System Setup Figure 63. Two Area Encore System Example Encore control panels Dest Src Salvo Level Prot Status Dest ID Src Salvo Level Prot Prev Next Take Status ID Preset Chop CE Prev Next Preset Take Clear Chop Level CE Clear Level 192.168.1.10 192.168.1.11 GV Matrix Router NIC A connector 192.168.1.1 Area = Studio A NIC B connector 192.168.1.2 Ethernet switch Ethernet switch 192.168.1.100 EN2 EN2 192.168.1.
Multiple Area Encore Systems Network Communications Between Areas When adding a new Area, an additional Ethernet switch connected to the configuration PC will be required. This switch will act as a gateway between the Areas. Route Table (Multi-Area Systems Only) If routes have not been established to cross networks, you may need to execute route commands to allow NetConfig access to other Areas. You can create and run a .bat file at least once to create the routes. Placing this .
Section 4 — Initial Encore System Setup 5. Select Add Area and enter a new Area name (e.g., StudioA). A maximum of seven characters is recommended. (Seven is the maximum for the Area Alias, described below.) Note You can’t rename or delete “Default Area” although you may define an Area Alias for it. 6. Add the next Area using the steps above. Assigning a User to an Area If desired, individual users can be assigned to an Area (able to control Destinations only in that one Area). 1. Select Users. 2.
Multiple Area Encore Systems 4. Select Save. Note The Router Control application is not assigned to an Area using the System Manager. This assignment is made within the Router Control application itself, as described below under Assigning a Router Controller to an Area on page 95. Assigning an SCB to an Area In multi-Area systems, the System Manager is used to assign all SCBs to the default Area. If you are adding new SCBs, you will need to add these “engines,” their IP addresses, and their applications.
Section 4 — Initial Encore System Setup Configure the Router Control Application: 1. Select Config. 2. Select Area and answer Yes to the warning message. 3. Select the desired Area (e.g. “StudioA”). 4. If you want the name of the Area (not just the number) to be visible to the CP Server application, use the Change Area Alias button to enter the name. 5. Select Save and answer Yes to warning message. If this is a redundant SCB installation, also answer Yes to update the mirror with changes. 6.
Section 5 Router Configuration Overview Encore Router Control Application The Encore Router Control application directs the activities of the router matrix or matrices it has been configured to control. The Router Control application runs on an Encore System Controller, and can control up to 32 routing matrices via Ethernet. Serial control ports can also be used, but exhibit greater latency and lesser throughput.
Section 5 — Router Configuration This mirroring of Router Controllers is generally hidden from the users and the routing client applications. The Router Control application provides the highest level of routing control in an Encore system, and offers access to the database that defines the routing configuration. For this reason, this application is not intended for use by operators. The separate Local Router Panel application allows operators to change crosspoints, but does not allow configuration changes.
Overview prevents conflicts from occurring (i.e. two Router Controllers in the same Area) when a new Router Controller is added. When adding to multi-Area systems, use the System Manager to create and name a new Area for each Router Controller, then log on to the Router Control application and change the routing area from Default to the new Area, using the main configuration screen. Levels Levels are used to identify different signal type (signal format, i.e.
Section 5 — Router Configuration block of HD signals and a block of SD signals within a crosspoint group. Interleaved segments simplify configuration of repetitive, linked signal types by alternating the input connectors. For example, red, green and blue signals can be easily configured using an interleaved factor of three. Logical Matrix Configuration A Logical Matrix determines the manner in which the various components of a Physical Matrix are controlled.
Router Configuration Process Router Configuration Process Figure 64 illustrates the overall sequence in which a new router configuration is created after Encore is first installed. Subsequent new configurations can employ some shortcuts, and advanced users can streamline the process even more. Figure 64. Router Configuration Flow Chart New Router Configuration Sources Backup Existing OMN Database Destinations Levels Rules? Source/Dest.
Section 5 — Router Configuration munications is successful among all the devices involved, as described in Test Initial System Functionality on page 69. For a list of general preparation guidelines, including network configuration, see Full System Configuration Preparation on page 88. Specific information about network topologies and configuration, especially for large installations, is beyond the scope of this manual. Contact your facility’s network administrator for guidance.
System Configure Screen Description Figure 65. Router Controller Main Screen System Configure Screen Description Use the System Configure screen (Figure 66) to review or define router settings for your Encore system. The screen displays current router settings, most of which you can change. It also gives access to all of the configurable options in the Router Control application, either within the System Configure screen itself or by means of other screens accessed by the buttons on the Main menu.
Section 5 — Router Configuration Figure 66. System Configure Screen 104 Build Reports the software version of the Router Control application. Cannot be changed by user. Change Area Alias Enables you to change the Area’s alias (maximum 3 characters), not its name. This alias is used by the Local Router Panel and other router clients such as the Panel Server. The actual name of the Area, (also shown on this button), is defined in the System Manager application.
System Configure Screen Description Validate DB This button indicates the current state of the Router database and can be used to regenerate the database. See Database Validation on page 182. Commit Changes Notifies all Encore clients on the network that there have been changes to the database. Clients which need this information will then update their data. Press the Commit Changes button after saving changes made to the router database (by clicking the Save button).
Section 5 — Router Configuration 106 Load Opens a FilerFax window allowing you to select a router configuration file to load. Save Saves the router database from the System Controller’s memory to the Sharer. You must click this button to save any configuration changes you’ve made. Clicking this button does not notify Encore clients that there have been changes to the database. This action also switches the Filing Mode from Local to Sharer.
System Configure Screen Description Import Imports a CSV (comma separated values) file from the directory you choose on the drive you specify in the subsequent screens: the floppy disk (fd0) or the primary hard disk (hd0) on the controller or the floppy drive (IP number//fd0) or the primary hard disk (IP number//hd0) of the workstation running the OUI. Importing a CSV file containing Source and Destination information is an alternative way of quickly configuring the Router Controller.
Section 5 — Router Configuration TLM Status Opens a window that reports the status and IP addresses of Tie-Line Managers at the time the window was opened. The Master/Mirror TLM Status text button reports three conditions: Healthy (green): A TLM is up and running. Failed (red): The RE did recognize the TLM service in the past, however, right now, the TLM is not responding. Not Detected (red): The TLM is not running on the network, or the TLM is in Disabled mode.
Level Screen Description CAUTION The next step erases the database saved on) the Sharer. 4. Click the Save button to save a null database to Sharer. 5. Define the maximum number of Sources and Destinations by typing in the Max Src and Max Dst fields. This establishes the number of Source and Destination index numbers that will be used in the configuration. These numbers can be modified after the fact. Increasing the numbers will not affect any previously entered data.
Section 5 — Router Configuration Figure 67. Level Configuration Screen Set Label Allows naming/renaming the selected Level. Set Format Allows specifying the format the selected Level will support. Format is indicated by the letter in parentheses following the Level name, for example the D in SDI(D) indicates a digital video signal. Commit Changes Saves the changes you’ve made in the Level Configura- tion screen to all Router Controllers on the network and across all Areas.
Level Screen Description The character in parenthesis after the Level name on a button, for example: SDI (D), is intended to help users remember what format that Level supports. Table 6. Level Label Characters and Their Formats Char. Format Char.
Section 5 — Router Configuration Figure 69. Select Level Format Window 9. Click the Commit Changes button to apply your changes to the network. Note Any changes made on the Levels Configuration Screen are implemented system-wide, including across all Areas, and affect all users. 10. Click the Config or Main Menu button to leave the Level Config screen. To continue with a new configuration, proceed directly to I/O Channel Configuration.
Channels Screen Description Figure 70. I/O Channel Configuration Screen When a Protocol Such as CPL is Specified Figure 71. I/O Channel Configuration Screen When a Serial Protocol is Specified Channel Index Displays the communication channel to be specified for the matrix currently being configured. Up Down Arrows Increments the list up or down one entry per click and selects that entry.
Section 5 — Router Configuration Reset Selects the first (top-most) entry in the list. Select Enables a communication channel to be selected from a list window displaying both channel index numbers and their selected protocols. Initialize Channel Initializes the communications channel displayed in the Channel Index field. To finalize the settings, this button must be clicked after the channel and channel parameters are set.
Channels Screen Description Data Bits Specifies the number of data bits for the selected channel. Clicking on the button allows the value to be changed. This button is only visible for serial protocols. Parity Specifies the parity for the selected channel. Clicking on the button allows the value to be changed. This button is only visible for serial protocols. Stop Bits Specifies the number of stop bits for the selected channel. Clicking on the button allows the value to be changed.
Section 5 — Router Configuration 13. Click the Protocol button and select the desired protocol from the list window that appears on the screen. The Data Bits, Stop Bits, Baud Rate, Parity and Hand Shake parameters are automatically set to comply with the selected protocol. These values should be confirmed with the router manufacturer’s serial communication guidelines. Note Use GVG CPL protocol for Ethernet interface to Grass Valley Group matrices. 14.
Physical Matrix Screen Description Figure 73. Physical Matrix Configuration Screen Name Displays the name of the selected Crosspoint Group. Also allows a Crosspoint Group to be selected, named, or renamed. See Crosspoint Groups on page 121 for a definition and explanation of Crosspoint Groups. No. Inputs Allows the number of inputs to be defined for a particular Crosspoint Group. No. Outputs Allows the number of outputs to be defined for a particular Crosspoint Group.
Section 5 — Router Configuration Matrix Type Allows the type of matrix to be chosen from a list and displayed for a particular Crosspoint Group. Note that this setting is required only when using Grass Valley Group’s CPL protocol. Global Attributes Retrieves global attributes for the first controller in the Crosspoint Group. It is assumed that all others have the same attributes.
Physical Matrix Screen Description Outputs Allows entry of the number of outputs for the selected controller. Toggles hardware locking on/off. Hardware Lock locks crosspoints on a matrix. This button appears and this feature is available only if the protocol specified for the selected channel supports Hardware Lock. NOTE: Matrices using the GVG NP (Name or Index) or Dummy Matrix protocol that have tie-lines should disable the Hardware Lock flag. This helps prevent possible tie-line connection failures.
Section 5 — Router Configuration Insert before Allows a newly defined controller to be inserted before the one specified in the subsequent screen. Use the insert and delete buttons with caution; results have global implications. Note: The order of controllers determines which subset of outputs are controlled by a particular controller.
Physical Matrix Screen Description Park Input Allows specifying the input to route to outputs which are parked by Local Router Panel users. The input is specified as a number. Use the Names button on the Main menu and the Sources button on the subsequent screen to find the required number if you know only the Source name. Parking is routing outputs to a predefined default — usually “safe” Source such as bars, black, a station logo, or silence for audio. No. Virtuals Disallows virtual crosspoints.
Section 5 — Router Configuration Note If a Concerto frame contains a mixed-format board set, a different Crosspoint Group must be defined for each format. The same controller is used for all, but there are controller attributes that relate a specific Crosspoint Group to specific boards in the Concerto frame. Crosspoint Groups also support interlevel routing for Sources and Destinations within the same Crosspoint Group.
Physical Matrix Screen Description Configuring Concerto Slots Concerto slots must be configured before the Encore System can be used. The following procedure assumes that you have an existing Router configuration or are in the process of creating one. 1. Ensure that Concerto modules are in appropriate slot locations and are properly seated. Note Concerto modules location guideline: A module must always be in slot 1. (Module slots are numbered from top to bottom.
Section 5 — Router Configuration Segment A Segment is a unique sub-set of Matrix crosspoints within a single Crosspoint Group. All crosspoints in a Segment must be of the same signal type and all crosspoints in a Segment must be populated. A Crosspoint Group must have at least one Segment, but can have as many as eight. An input can belong to multiple Segments, but an output can belong to one, and only one, Segment. Encore Segments are similar, but not identical to Grass Valley Group SMS7000 Slices.
Physical Matrix Screen Description Connectors Click the Connectors button to see a cross reference of Connector Allocations as illustrated in Figure 74. Figure 74. Connector Allocation Cross Reference Note For multiple Segments, unlike those in Figure 74, the numbers in any given connector-input-output row will not always be the same in each column.
Section 5 — Router Configuration Select Connector Allows selection of a connector number by scrolling through a list or specifying a connector number. Up Down Arrows Pages up or down one page per click. Configuring a Physical Matrix The following procedures continue from Configuring a Communication Channel on page 115, but can be used to configure a Physical Matrix at any time.
Physical Matrix Screen Description 21. In the Controller section of the screen, ensure that you have the appropriate controller selected. If you specified one controller in the No. Controllers field of the Cross Point Group section of the screen, you will have only one controller to choose from. Otherwise the controller list, accessed by clicking the Select button in this section, will contain the same number of controllers you specified in the No.
Section 5 — Router Configuration Point Group section of the screen. See the button descriptions for the functions of these buttons. If you specified more than one Segment in the No. Segments field, follow the steps in To Configure Additional Segments, before returning to Step 30. 30. Click the Config. button in the Main menu to return to the System Configure screen. 31. Click the Re-Sync Comms button in the Hardware section of the screen to create the data structures you’ve defined during this procedure.
Logical Matrix Configuration Screen Description Logical Matrix Configuration Screen Description The Logical Matrix Configuration screen (Figure 75) is used to define the way physical matrices are controlled, by creating a Logical Matrix model of that control mechanism. Figure 75. Logical Matrix Configuration Screen Name Displays the name of the selected Logical matrix. Also allows naming or renaming the selected matrix.
Section 5 — Router Configuration All Output Attributes Retrieves and displays Output Attributes for the selected logical matrix. Validate DB This button indicates the current state of the Router database and can be used to regenerate the database. See Database Validation on page 182. Element n Allows choosing segment for the associated element in this Logical matrix. Level n Toggles Level(s) allowed for the selected Logical Matrix.
Logical Matrix Configuration Screen Description Figure 76. Sample Relationship Between Logical Matrices, Levels, Elements, and Segments. Outputs Elements X Logical Matrix = Red+Green+Blue = RGB Level Z Element 1 = Segment A (Red) Element 2 = Segment B (Green) Element 3 = Segment C (Blue) Blue Green C Segments A, B, and C switch together (three crosspoints switch for every connect). Red, Green, or Blue can not be broken away from each other.
Section 5 — Router Configuration Note See Sample Router Configurations on page 148 for examples of several configurations of Physical and Logical Matrices, Segments, and Elements. 33. Click the Logical Matrix button on the System Configure Main menu. 34. Use the Select button in the Matrix section of the screen to choose an undefined Logical Matrix (~Undef Matrix n). 35. Click in the Name field and type a more meaningful name, for example, Washington SD. 36.
Logical Matrix Configuration Screen Description The Source Name (and affected Level or Levels) is used by control panels to specify and select Sources for Take and other panel operations. Source Configuration Screen This screen (Figure 77) enables configuration of all Sources that can be controlled by the Router Controller. Figure 77. Source Configuration Screen Source Allows a Source to be selected by number from the router database. ID Short form name for a Source.
Section 5 — Router Configuration Type Allows the hardware type of a Source to be chosen. The default type is General. Others used by the Encore system include System Tie-Line, Local Tie-Line, and Monitor. Additional types listed are for backward compatibility with other products. (Level column) A list of all of the Levels in the system.
Logical Matrix Configuration Screen Description Multi New Allows the automatic creation of multiple Sources, similar to Copy & Inc, except the number of items to be created is specified and then created with one button press. Configuring a Source The following procedures continue from Configuring a Logical Matrix on page 131, but can be used to configure Sources at any time. 40. Click the Source button on the Main menu to go to the Source Configure screen. 41.
Section 5 — Router Configuration 45. Click the Alias button to give the Source an Alias. A Source Alias is an additional name that can be defined and/or changed from another application such as the Local Router Panel without the potential risks associated with using Router Control application. Aliases enable operators to give more meaningful temporary names to Sources and can then be displayed on Encore control panels and the Local Router Panel instead of the underlying (actual) Source name.
Logical Matrix Configuration Screen Description 50. Repeat Step 47 through Step 49 until you’ve configured all necessary Levels for that Source. • A green indicator next to the name of a Level in the Levels section confirms that the Level will be routed from the currently selected Source. • A yellow light indicates that attributes are available for a Level. • A red light indicates that the crosspoint is invalid. Check the matrix configuration for errors and, once corrected, click the Config.
Section 5 — Router Configuration Destinations A Destination is configured to contain one or more outputs, with each one residing in a different Logical Matrix. A single output can’t be assigned to more than one Destination. Configuring the Destination associates specific outputs (Physical Matrix connections) to the Destination name; selecting a Destination name also selects the associated outputs.
Logical Matrix Configuration Screen Description Type Allows the hardware type of a Destination to be chosen from the list which appears. General is the default type. Others include System Tie-Line, Local Tie-Line, Monitor, etc. Rule Allows choosing a rule to be applied to the selected Destination. Protect Toggles protection of the Destination on/off. This locks the Destination and prevents Takes from happening. (Level column) A list of Levels in the system.
Section 5 — Router Configuration Copy & Inc(rement) Adds the next consecutive Destination number (from that currently shown on screen), with the ID and name incremented by 1. For example, suppose the current Destination is Destination 24, with ID “Mon1” and name “Monitor1”. Clicking the Copy & Inc button will create Destination 25, with ID “Mon2” and name “Monitor2”.
Logical Matrix Configuration Screen Description Figure 82. Select Type Window 57. If you want to apply any restrictions to the Destination, then click the Rule button to choose a pre-configured set of restrictions. For example, you may want to prevent some Sources from being routed to certain Destinations. Note Remember to return to the System Configure Screen and click the Obey Rules indicator button to enable any rules you’ve applied. Figure 83. Select Rule Window 58.
Section 5 — Router Configuration 59. Click in the Type column to toggle between Physical and Virtual definitions for the matrix listed on the same row in the Name column. 60. Click in the I/O column next to the same Level used in Step 58 and enter a number that maps to the physical connector ID for the Destination on the router matrix for that Level. 61. Repeat Step 58 through Step 60 until all necessary Levels for the Destination are configured.
Logical Matrix Configuration Screen Description • Use the Copy & Inc button to copy the current Destination settings and then increment the values shown on the Dest., ID, Name, and Type buttons by one. This saves time and repetition when configuring many Destinations that form a logical list.
Section 5 — Router Configuration Select Allows a pre-configured rule to be selected in the list window which appears. Copy Rule Displays a list of rules from which you can select one and copy its settings over the currently displayed rule. Name Rule Allows the name of the currently displayed rule to be changed. Add Rule Adds a new unnamed rule to the list of rules. Delete Rule Enables one or more rules, selected in the list window, to be deleted.
Router Controller Configuration Save and Load 5. Repeat Step 4 until all Sources are displaying Available or Inhibited as required. Use the arrow keys if necessary to scroll through the list of Sources. Note The Inhibit All button on the Menu bar provides a quick method of setting the status of all the Sources to Inhibited. The Allow All button on the Menu bar provides a quick method of setting the status of all Sources to Available. 6.
Section 5 — Router Configuration 2. A text entry box appears. Enter the name for the new configuration. The Filer-Fax save window then opens (Figure 86). Figure 86. Filer-Fax Save popup screen 3. Use the RCE CONFIG or DATABASE as categories because these are the categories with files that can be loaded into the Router Controller. 4. Click the Save button to save the Router Controller configuration file.
Router Controller Configuration Save and Load Figure 87. Filer-Fax 2. Choose the Category and the file to load. All the files in category RCE CONFIG are shown by default. Note Selecting CATS will access a list of categories. Selecting one of these categories will access the files. 3. Press the Load button to load the configuration into the SCB.
Section 5 — Router Configuration Sample Router Configurations Two Levels in One Blocked Crosspoint Group This example is for two audio Levels (Audio Left and Audio Right) mapped into one Crosspoint Group. The Router Controller cannot carry out inter-level routing. Figure 88.
Sample Router Configurations Two Levels in Two Crosspoint Groups (Multi-Dropped) This example is for two audio Levels (Audio Left and Audio Right) mapped into separate Crosspoint Groups using multi-dropped serial communications. The Router Controller cannot carry out inter-level routing as the Crosspoint Group is not common. Figure 89.
Section 5 — Router Configuration Two Levels in Two Crosspoint Groups (Separate I/O) This example is for two audio Levels (Audio Left and Audio Right) mapped into separate Crosspoint Groups using separate serial communication channels. The Router Controller cannot carry out inter-level routing as the Crosspoint Group is not common. Figure 90. Two Levels in Two Crosspoint Groups (Separate I.
Sample Router Configurations Two Levels in One Interleaved Crosspoint Group This example is for two audio Levels (Audio Left and Audio Right) mapped into one Crosspoint Group. The Router Controller can carry out inter-level routing. Figure 91.
Section 5 — Router Configuration Two Elements in One Blocked Crosspoint Group This example is for one Level (Audio Stereo) containing two elements (Audio Left and Audio Right) which is mapped into one Crosspoint Group. Figure 92.
Sample Router Configurations Two Elements in Two Crosspoint Groups (Multi-Dropped) This example is for one Level (Audio Stereo) containing 2 elements (Audio Left and Right) which is mapped into two Crosspoint Group using multidropped serial communications. Figure 93.
Section 5 — Router Configuration Two Elements in Two Crosspoint Groups (Separate I/O) This example is for one Level (Audio Stereo) containing two elements (Audio Left and Right) which is mapped into two Crosspoint Groups using independent serial communications. Figure 94.
Sample Router Configurations RGB and Key as Two Levels in One Crosspoint Group This example is for two Levels mapped onto the same Crosspoint Group. The first Level has three elements (R, G and B) and the second Level has one element (Key). Figure 95.
Section 5 — Router Configuration RGB and Key as One Level in One Crosspoint Group This example is for one Level mapped onto a single Crosspoint Group. This Level has four elements (R, G, B and Key). Figure 96.
Sample Router Configurations Four Elements in Two Crosspoint Group (Blocked) This example is for one Level (AES 1 - 4) containing 4 elements (AES 1, AES 2, AES 3 and AES 4) which is mapped into two Crosspoint Groups and uses blocked format. Multi-dropped serial communications are used. Figure 97.
Section 5 — Router Configuration Independent Serial Communications This example is similar to Multi-drop Serial Communications above, but uses two independent I/O channels, one to each of the Crosspoint Groups, as in example Two Elements in Two Crosspoint Groups (Separate I/O) on page 154. Table 16.
Sample Router Configurations Four Elements and Two Crosspoint Group (Interleaved) This example is for one Level (AES 1 - 4) containing four elements (AES 1, AES 2, AES 3 and AES 4) which is mapped into two Crosspoint Groups and uses interleaved format. Figure 98.
Section 5 — Router Configuration Independent Serial Communications This example is similar to Multi-drop Serial Communications above, but uses two independent I/O channels, one to each of the Crosspoint Groups, as in example Two Elements in Two Crosspoint Groups (Separate I/O) on page 154. Table 17.
Sample Router Configurations Four Levels and Two Crosspoint Group (Blocked) This example is for four Levels (AES 1, AES 2, AES 3 and AES 4) each containing a single element. AES 1 and AES 2 are mapped to the same Crosspoint Group. AES 3 and AES 4are mapped to a second Crosspoint Group. The logical matrices use blocked format. Figure 99.
Section 5 — Router Configuration Independent Serial Communications This example is similar to Multi-drop Serial Communications above but uses two independent I/O channels, one to each of the Crosspoint Groups, as in example Two Elements in Two Crosspoint Groups (Separate I/O) on page 154. Table 18.
Sample Router Configurations Four Levels and Two Crosspoint Groups (Interleaved) This example is for four Levels (AES 1, AES 2, AES 3 and AES 4) each containing a single element. AES 1 and AES 2 are mapped to the same Crosspoint Group. AES 3 and AES 4are mapped to a second Crosspoint Group. The logical matrices use interleaved format. Figure 100.
Section 5 — Router Configuration Independent Serial Communications This example is similar to Multi-drop Serial Communications above but uses two independent I/O channels, one to each of the Crosspoint Groups. Logical matrices AES1 and AES2 use the first I/O channel and the first Crosspoint Group. Logical matrices AES3 and AES4 use the second I/O channel and the second Crosspoint Group. Table 19.
Sample Router Configurations RGB and Key as Two Levels and Two Crosspoint Groups This example is for two Levels (RGB and Key) with the RGB Level containing 3 elements (R, G and B) and the Key Level containing one element. The R and G elements are mapped onto one Crosspoint Group. The B element and the key Level is mapped onto a second Crosspoint Group. Figure 101.
Section 5 — Router Configuration Independent Serial Communications This example is similar to Multi-drop Serial Communications above but uses two independent I/O channels, one to each of the Crosspoint Groups. Table 20.
Sample Router Configurations Multiple Levels and Shared Elements This example is for three Levels mapped onto a single Crosspoint Group. The first Level is Audio Stereo and has two elements (Audio Left and Right). The other two Levels both have a single element (Audio Left and Audio Right) and share the same crosspoints. Figure 102.
Section 5 — Router Configuration The Audio_Left and Audio_Right logical matrices share the crosspoints in the range 65 to 128. Interlevel routing can be carried out by the Router Controller between the Audio Right and Audio Left Levels. Table 21.
Sample Router Configurations Multiple Matrix Controllers and Shared Elements This example is for two Matrix Controllers configured as a single 128 x 128 Crosspoint Group. There are two Levels (HD and SD) which share all the crosspoints. Figure 103.
Section 5 — Router Configuration Configuration Export and Import Encore allows you to share Router configurations between sites by exporting/importing comma separated values (CSV) files containing the configuration information. The CSV files can be saved to any computer on the network by specifying a path. Excel can open or save CSV files. This section tells you how to export and import such files. Figure 104. Portion of Sample CSV File Exporting a Configuration 1.
Configuration Export and Import 3. If you wish, change the default file name in the File Name field. The CSV extension will be automatically appended if you don’t enter it manually. 4. Click the Path button to browse to the storage location for your file. A user name and password may be required (see User Name and Password Fields on page 172). The Shared Directories window (Figure 106) will open. fd0 is your PC floppy disk drive; hd0 is your PC primary hard disk. Figure 106.
Section 5 — Router Configuration Figure 107. Hard Disk Directory 5. Choose the directory where you want to store the file. The path will appear in the Path field. 6. Click the Export button to export the CSV file to your target. Importing a Configuration An efficient way to share configurations between sites and reduce the likelihood of data entry errors is to import an existing and tested configuration which has been exported in CSV format. 1.
Configuration Export and Import exporting configurations to or from a remote PC. User credentials may be required to access a shared “hd0” folder on the SCB. If the PC is logged in as a domain user, the credentials are for the pop-up window. If the PC is not logged in as a domain user, the entry can just be the user name. If no User name or Password has been configured for the network, blanks can be entered for access. The Guest account must be enabled for SMB to work.
Section 5 — Router Configuration Route Screen Description The Route Screen (Figure 108) enables Takes to be made between Sources and Destinations. Figure 108. Route Screen 174 Select Source Allows a Source to be selected by name or number from a list. Source Notes Allows the entry of notes about the selected Source. Select Destination Allows a Destination to be selected by name or number from a list. Dest Notes Allows the entry of notes about the selected Destination.
Route Screen Description Hold Source When this button is green and a new Destination is selected, the Source is ‘held’ from the previous Take instead of the Source that is currently connected to the new Destination from being displayed. This feature enables many Takes that all use the same Source to be made quickly. Chop Permits Chopping between two sources. Click on the Chop button, then select a different Source and click on Execute. The Chopping status will be reported.
Section 5 — Router Configuration 4. Use the small indicator buttons in the Levels Area to check if a Level is currently routed to a Destination for the selected Source. A green indicator signifies that the Level is routed for the selected Source, and a red indicator signifies that a different Source is routed to the Destination on this particular Level.
Names Screen Description (Lock column) Fixed column which is always visible in this screen and indicates whether its Destination is locked. Left arrow Scrolls columns 3-n one column to the left per click. Up Down Arrows Pages up or down one screen of Destinations per click. Right arrow Scrolls columns 3-n one column to the right per click. Dynamic Audio When green, displays Dynamic Audio statuses for audio Levels.
Section 5 — Router Configuration ID (short name) column Lists the short name for the Destination or Source. This is the name displayed by default on the Control Panels and in the Local Router Panel. Do not edit this field to be blank. Name (long name) column Lists the long name for the Destination or Source. Up Down Arrows Pages up or down one screen of Destinations or Sources per click. Sources indicator When the indicator is green, the Names Screen shows the Source names.
Naming Conventions Seven or Eight Character Names Limiting names of Sources, Destinations, Levels, Salvos, Areas, control panels and other names intended for display on Encore hardware panels to 7 or 8 characters is strongly recommended. Names longer than 8 characters will be truncated and the extra characters will not appear to the panel operator. Names with 8 characters will also have its last character overwritten if a Breakaway condition exists.
Section 5 — Router Configuration Avoid Special Characters The following special characters should not be used, especially in Salvo names: / \ ; : , * ? “ < > | , Options Screen Description Figure 111. Router Option Configuration Screen Split Salvos When this feature is enabled, each Salvo element is sent as a separate connect message. For larger Salvos, Takes may occur across multiple frames.
Options Screen Description Process matrix offline When ON, displays the Report NoMatrix button. Report NoMatrix When ON a No Matrix condition is reported as NoMatrix. When OFF a no Matrix conditions is reported as Undef. Chop Switch Rate Sets the rate that Takes will alternate between two Chop- ping Sources. Unavailable Levels Controls Encore system behavior when mis-matched level Takes are performed. One example is taking a video only single level source (e.g.
Section 5 — Router Configuration Sync Matrices Toggle button. When the indicator is green, the Router Control application sends its Crosspoint maps to all controlled matrices. This synchronizes Crosspoint status and the matrices with the Router Controller. Salvo Button When the indicator is green, the Router Controller (on being booted up) sends the Salvo named in the Salvo field below this button. Salvo field Lists the Salvo to be sent on Router Controller boot up.
Database Validation Database Validity Indicators The Validate DB button has three states: • Normal - Uncolored background: Indicates the database has no discrep- ancies in the configured Source and Destination configuration. • Warning - Yellow background: Indicates minor inconsistencies are present in the configuration. For example, a particular Source or Destination may not have a valid connector.
Section 5 — Router Configuration 4. With the indicator colored Yellow, you can now correct or reconfigure the Source and Destination connectors. Click on the Router Controller Physical Matrix Connectors button to check the validity status of all the configured Sources and Destinations. Sources and Destinations without connectors are shown as Not Associated and Sources sharing connectors are shown with an * (asterisk). These statuses can be used to identify and correct any discrepancies.
Output Monitoring Selecting No Matrix Status Text To be notified of Matrices going off line and select what status text is displayed (NoMatrix or Undef): 1. Log on to the Router Controller OUI and go to the Options screen. 2. Turn ON the Process matrix offline flag. • Turn ON the Report NoMatrix flag to see status as NoMatrix. • Turn OFF the Report NoMatrix flag to see status as Undef.
Section 5 — Router Configuration Figure 112. Router with single monitor output (e.g. Concerto). Internal monitor switcher Router inputs 1 2 3 4 5 Router n 1 2 3 4 5 6 Router outputs 7 8 n QC STATION Monitor output Encore Control System In this example, the control panel’s Destination output 2 is connected to the output monitor; consequently switching input 1 to output 2 will display input 1 on both output 2 and the monitor output.
Output Monitoring Figure 113. RCE Size Setting for Destination Monitors This illustration assumes we want to configure 128 Destinations, 128 Sources, and eight Destination monitors. In this case the number of Destinations is increased by eight from 128 to 136 to incorporate the eight Destination monitors. The number of Sources is also increased by eight to maintain a symmetrical configuration. 2.
Section 5 — Router Configuration Figure 114. RCE Number of Destination Monitors The number of monitor outputs supported by various matrix types is shown in Table 23. Table 23. Matrix Types and Supported Output Monitors Matrix Output Monitors Concerto 1 Trinix 4 7500 NB 8 7500 WB 4 Apex 1 3. On the Destination Configure menu, select “Destination Monitor” as the Type for each output to be used for monitoring. See Figure 115.
Output Monitoring Figure 115. RCE Destination Type 4. Set the Levels for these monitor Destinations. 5. Click, in order, Save, Re-Sync Comms, and Commit Changes to update the database and broadcast the availability of the Destination monitors configured in the system. 6. Since PMB panels control eight Destinations, eight Destinations can be monitored at a time. This is set using the Panel Server application.
Section 5 — Router Configuration Figure 116. Panel Server Destination Monitor Page for PMB Panel 7. Other types of panels (for example, the XY) can control a single Destination at a time, so a single Destination Output can be monitored. In the Panel Server application, when the Monitor Control setting is on a single Destination can assigned with the DstMonitor/Page attribute. See Figure 117.
Native Protocol Matrix Driver Figure 117. Panel Server Destination Monitor for XY Panel 8. For the hardware configuration of the Destination Monitors for the Matrices please refer to the appropriate installation manual. Native Protocol Matrix Driver Overview Encore supports a Native Protocol Matrix Driver (NP Matrix).
Section 5 — Router Configuration could be located in a different site) and switch crosspoints on the second control system. The NP matrix can be used to issue Takes, Protects, Unprotects, and Take Monitor commands to the Remote System. It displays the current status of the Remote System at any point of time. In case of loss of connection to the Remote System, the NP Matrix attempts to reconnect automatically.
Native Protocol Matrix Driver NP Matrix Configuration 1. Using the Encore OUI launch the Router Control application (Figure 118) on the Encore system and click on the Config button to go to the System Configure screen (Figure 118). This will be the Local System. Figure 118.
Section 5 — Router Configuration 2. Click the Levels button and configure the required Levels (Figure 119). Figure 119. NP Matrix Configuration, RCE Levels Screen 3. Click on the Config button, then click the Channels button. Choose a channel and select as the protocol as either GVG NP (Name) or GVG NP (Index) (Figure 120). Figure 120. NP Matrix Configuration, RCE Channels Screen 4. Click on the red Initialize Channel button.
Native Protocol Matrix Driver 5. Click on the Config button, then click on Phys Matrix. In the Cross Point Group section at the top, set the required fields like Name, No. Inputs, No. Outputs, No. Monitors, No. Controllers, No. Segments. While choosing the Matrix Type, choose NP Matrix (Figure 121). Figure 121.
Section 5 — Router Configuration 6. Navigate to the lower left Controller section, choose the Channel, either GVG NP (Name) or GVG NP (Index) (Figure 122). Figure 122.
Native Protocol Matrix Driver 7. Specify the Address as the Level that exists on the remote system, for which the Source(s)/Destination(s) are to be controlled (Figure 123). This field accepts hexadecimal values only. If we want to control the Sources and Destinations on Level 10 of the Remote System then we need to enter ‘a’ as the address. Values of 0 and FF are used to indicate all Levels. Figure 123. NP Matrix Configuration, RCE Address 8.
Section 5 — Router Configuration CAUTION The number of Sources and Destinations on the RCE should be determined by actual customer needs on the Encore RCE configuration side. Unconfigured Sources or Destinations will result in blank name sets. Blank Name sets can adversely affect automation systems retrieving name sets (some automation systems will fault if a blank name is received).
Native Protocol Matrix Driver 10. Click on the Config button, then click on Logical Matrix. Configure the appropriate Levels for the configured physical matrices. Figure 125. NP Matrix Configuration, Logical Matrix Configure 11. Step 5 through Step 10 can be repeated to create more Cross point groups and logical matrices.
Section 5 — Router Configuration Note All panels, automation clients connected to the this Control system will use the Source and Destination ID and the Name specified. 15. Click on the Config button, and then click on the Save button. Now you can test the configuration. Click on the Main Menu button and click on the Route button. Perform a few Takes and verify the crosspoints change on the remote system.
Concerto Port Matrix One-to-Many Control Concerto Port Matrix One-to-Many Control Background Previous Concerto Port Matrix software supported one-to-one bi-directional control for RS-422 serial data routing. To facilitate dubbing operations, where video may need to be recorded to multiple devices simultaneously, the Encore 1.8.0 release supports one-to-many data routing.
Section 5 — Router Configuration Configuration Some configuration is required to use Concerto one-to-many data routing. Exactly what configuration settings are used depends on the specific requirements of your facility. It is not possible to explain every possible data routing configuration here. However, some parameter settings are required to activate one-to-many port routing for any configuration. 1.
Concerto Port Matrix One-to-Many Control 2. Go to Config, Physical Matrix, choose the Crosspoint Group being used for the Concerto Port Router, then click on Matrix Type, and choose Concerto Port Multi Drop Router (Figure 128). Figure 128. Matrix Type for Multi Drop Concerto Port Router 3. If you are not already using one-to one Concerto Port routing, you will also need to define the rest of the Port Router configuration parameters on this menu. 4.
Section 5 — Router Configuration Multi-Dub Operation In this example we will create three dubs simultaneously. We assume that all the dubbing devices’ Sources and Destinations have multiple levels defined for video, audio and data(Figure 129). Figure 129.
Section 6 Control Panel Configuration Overview The Control Panel Server application manages control panel operations, and is used to configure Encore system control panels. As described earlier (see Client/Server Architecture on page 28), Encore system control panels operate using a client/server approach. The Control Panel Server application also has an embedded RCL Server, which supports third party automation systems and other external control mechanisms.
Section 6 — Control Panel Configuration Note Different Encore software versions may have factory panel default files with different settings, resulting in different behavior for new panels added to a system, depending on the version of Encore software being run. Factory Default Templates and Areas Control panel factory defaults are based upon the default Area (Area 1) configuration.
Control Panel Server Application Control Panel Server Application The Encore Control Panel Server application can configure and control up to 127 Encore Panels (this includes hardware panels and soft panels). The Control Panel Server is a remote application. After logging on, click on a blank button on the bottom of the Encore OUI and select the desired Control Panel Server application from the list. The Control Panel Server Main screen will appear (Figure 130). Figure 130.
Section 6 — Control Panel Configuration Figure 131. Panel Server Configuration Window Build Reports the software version of the Control Panel Server application. Can’t be changed by user. Mode Identifies the current redundancy mode of the Panel Server: Mirror Master, Mirror Slave, or Disabled. IP Specifies the IP address of the partner device which will act as either the Panel Server Master or slave.
Control Panel Server Application Filing Mode Displays the Source of the active database — Local or Sharer. Cannot be changed here by the user. In Local mode, the database is loaded from the locally shared cache on the system controller. This mode is used when the Sharer is not detected during Panel Server start-up. If the Sharer comes on line after the Panel Server starts, the mode will remain Local until the user presses the Save button.
Section 6 — Control Panel Configuration Simple Crosspoint Logging Makes the Panel Server application print crosspoint activities to the console of the SCB. The console can be viewed serially or via Telnet. The console output can also be captured to a file using Hyperterminal. Alpha Sort When enabled, Alpha Sort will be the default order used to display Sources and Destinations in their list windows. When disabled, the display order is by Source and Destination index number.
Control Panel Server Application include all the individual configurations for all the control panels that Panel Server services. Saving Panel Server Configurations Saving with a New Name 1. From the Panel Server Configuration screen (Figure 131 on page 208), press the Save As button. 2. A text entry box appears. Enter the name for the new configuration. The Filer-Fax save window then opens(Figure 132). Figure 132. Filer-Fax Save Popup Screen 3.
Section 6 — Control Panel Configuration Note Although this change includes the individual control panel configurations, for Encore version 1.7.2 and earlier software the panels themselves will continue to use their existing configurations until the panel is reset, or the Panel Server application itself is reset. 1. From the Panel Server Configuration screen (Figure 131 on page 208), press the Load button to opens a Filer-Fax window Figure 133). Figure 133. Filer-Fax 2.
Control Panel Server Application at any time (for example, if contact with the Sharer is lost), a warning message is posted on the OUI announcing that fact (Figure 134). Figure 134. Local Filing Mode Warning Message You will need to return to Sharer mode to make any change. Returning to Sharer filing mode is accomplished by either saving the existing configuration (using the Save or Save As buttons), or by loading a configuration (using the Load button). No Router Indication With Encore V1.7.
Section 6 — Control Panel Configuration A new Salvo Monitor application must be running to enable this feature. That application is launched automatically by the Watchdog startup application, and runs continuously in the background. The Sharer PC must also be registered as an Engine to run the Salvo Monitor program. This registration is usually already in place on established Encore systems, but should be confirmed.
Panel Configuration Screen Description Panel Configuration Screen Description Menu Bar Buttons Main Menu Returns you to the main screen of the Control Panel Server application. Panels button (Encore type shown) Returns you to the selection screen for that type of panel. The Encore system supports several different panels, including those originally designed for different model routers. Selecting a specific type of panel automatically opens the Template Management window.
Section 6 — Control Panel Configuration right half of the physical panel are beneath the others in the control panel window. Half rack width panels are shown as they physically appear. Panel Configuration Screen Example (Encore XY) The panel configuration screen offers four views. The Assignment view (chosen by clicking the Assignment Panel Button Function on the lower left) displays the functions that have been assigned to each button on the panel (Figure 135). Figure 135.
Panel Configuration Screen Description The Selection view (chosen by clicking the Selection Panel Button Function on the lower left) shows the actual Source or Destination currently selected by that button, or the button’s assignment if selections are not available for that function (Figure 136). Figure 136.
Section 6 — Control Panel Configuration Both of these views can be shifted, using the Shift Function button, on all Encore system Control Panels except ENC-CLNT, SMS-CLNT, SMS-COS, SMS-MCO, and SMS-SVR. When shifted, alternative functions or selections can be defined for a button, permitting additional choices with the use of a configured Shift button on that panel. Buttons available for Shifted operation are colored yellow (Figure 137). Figure 137.
Panel Configuration Screen Description Reports the type of panel of this screen representation. Displays the name of the template or configuration loaded. (panel buttons) Each button displays its assignment (SrcSel, DstSel, etc.) or selection, depending on the Assignment or Selection indicator button. In the assignment mode, click on any button to open a list from which you can specify that button’s assignment/function.
Section 6 — Control Panel Configuration 220 Configure Flags Opens the Attributes and Flags window for that type of control panel. See Configuration Attributes and Flags Window on page 231 KeyPad Set Displays the name of the primary KeyPad set that has been assigned to that panel. Clicking on this item opens a menu from which you can select from the available KeyPad Sets. See KeyPad Set Window on page 228 Alt KeyPad Displays the name of the alternate KeyPad set that has been assigned to that panel.
Panel Configuration Screen Description Panel Button Function Assignments Table 24 and Table 25 list the buttons functions available for assignment on each type of control panel. Y = assignable button, hard = hardware defined button/knob. Table 24.
Section 6 — Control Panel Configuration Table 24.
Panel Configuration Screen Description Table 25.
Section 6 — Control Panel Configuration Table 25.
Panel Configuration Screen Description • The ID button available for assignment on Control Panels equipped with alphanumeric displays. If the panel is configured without a Dest/ID button (fixed Destinations), the ID button can be assigned instead. Pressing this button initiates the Control Panel ID sequence (IP address, etc.). The advantage of this button type over the Dest/ID button is the new ID button can be used in any mode (Source/ Salvo), helpful when a panel is configured with fixed destinations.
Section 6 — Control Panel Configuration Panel Template Management Window Figure 138. The Panel Template Management Window The controls in the left pane are for templates. 226 Templates list window Uses a scrollable list window to display all of the templates available for the selected type of panel. Only templates appropriate for the type of panel you’ve selected are displayed in this list. Edit Loads the template selected in the Templates list window into the application for editing.
Panel Configuration Screen Description Save As Opens a window where you can save the template you have selected in the Templates list window by another name. Delete Deletes the template selected in the Templates list window. Controls between the two panes are used to copy data between templates and panels.
Section 6 — Control Panel Configuration Delete Deletes the control panel you select in the Panels list window, only if that control panel is not currently connected. Panels with a double arrow (>>) before their name are connected and can not be deleted from the list. ID Panel Toggles control panel identification on (green light lit)/off (green light extinguished).
Panel Configuration Screen Description (KeyPad Buttons) Shows a representation of the current KeyPad. With either the Prefix or Suffix button below illuminated, clicking on a KeyPad button opens a text entry window for changing the Prefix or Suffix text for that keypad button. Selects whether the Prefix or Suffix text will be edited for that named set when a KeyPad button is selected. The scrolling window on the left allows selection of a KeyPad set.
Section 6 — Control Panel Configuration Keypad sets are automatically converted for use with the other physical layout (Figure 140). Figure 140. Keypad Set Conversions During the conversion, if any 2x8 and 4x4 keypad sets have the same name, the 4x4 keypad sets are retained and 2x8 keypad sets are deleted. If your configuration uses identical names for 2x8 and 4x4 keypad sets and if their contents are different, rename them with unique names before attempting to upgrade.
Panel Configuration Screen Description Figure 141. Configuration Attributes and Flags Window Displays the type of panel selected. Displays the name of the template or configuration when one is loaded.
Section 6 — Control Panel Configuration (Left Column) Some fields in this column are activated and deactivated by setting parameters in the right columns. Dst Mode Time In Specifies the length of time in seconds (from 1 to 1200) with no button activity before the panel automatically returns to Destination Mode. The Dst Mode Time In indicator button in the middle column of the Configuration Attributes and Flags window must be enabled before this feature is active.
Panel Configuration Screen Description Low Tally Bright Specifies the brightness of panel button low tally display within a range from 1 to 9. 1 is dimmest, 9 is brightest. This feature is intended for special conditions and is slightly brighter than backlighting. For users not desiring the flashing LED indication, the Low Tally feature is used to denote special conditions such as breakaway Levels or ownership of a Destination Lock/Protect. This feature is not available in legacy SMS7000 control panels.
Section 6 — Control Panel Configuration Keypad Area(s) This feature allows panels with keypad sets to limit to only the specified Areas the names searched for by keypad entries. A menu opens allowing the desired Areas to be selected. The Keypad Local Source flag must be disabled for this feature to be accessible. Permits the blocking of Area, Destination, Level, or Salvo access by a control panel.
Panel Configuration Screen Description Auto Tally When ON, the panel will automatically Tally on the first available non-excluded controllable Level for each Destination the panel is controlling. Backlight Enables/disables the backlight feature for control panel buttons. Chop Lock When ON, Chop operation is blocked. Turn OFF to enable the Chop feature on that panel. Display Alias Names When ON, displays the aliases defined for Sources, Destinations, etc.
Section 6 — Control Panel Configuration Force Unlock/ Unprotect Typically this is left OFF because this flag creates a “super user” control panel. When ON, allows the panel to force an UnLock/UnProtect on a controllable Destination. Hard Lock When ON, allows the panel to Hard Lock a Destination, preventing any panel (including the one used to set the Hard Lock) from changing the Source for that Destination.
Panel Configuration Screen Description Keypad Search Filter (Right Column) When ON, allows the keypad entered preset names to be searched for exact root name matches and scroll through only matching root name Sources. This feature can also be assigned to a panel button to toggle it on or off directly on the control panel. (Green indicator light = enabled No indicator light = disabled) Level Change Lock When ON, prevents a panel from initiating a break-away.
Section 6 — Control Panel Configuration 238 Protect When ON, allows the panel to Protect a Destination, preventing devices except for the panel initiating the Protect from changing the Source of the Protected Destination. The panel that initiated a Protect can remove that Protect. Note that a “super user” panel (Force Lock/Protect, Lock/ Protect Override) can override a Protect. This flag is mutually exclusive with Hard Lock and Soft Lock.
Configuring Encore Control Panels Src Mode Time In When enabled, automatically returns the panel to Source Mode after the specified length of time with no button activity. That length of time is specified in the Src Mode Time In field in the left column of the Configuration Attributes and Flags window. Src Mode Time In and Dst Mode Time In are mutually exclusive. Enabling one disables the other, even though any existing time settings are maintained in the disabled field.
Section 6 — Control Panel Configuration b. On an existing Encore system you can select an existing template (in the Templates list window) or an existing configuration (in the Panels list window). 4. Click the appropriate Edit button to load the template or configuration file for editing. The name of the template or configuration appears in the Config. Name field in both the Panel Template Management window and the panel’s main window behind it. 5. Now proceed to edit your template or configuration. a.
Configuring Encore Control Panels Rapid Configuration During panel configuration, you can now assign a range of Sources or Destinations to several panel buttons in left to right order at the same time. Rapid configuration can be used to assign button Selections, but is not available for button Assignments. 1. Open the Panel Server application, select the panel type you are configuring, and choose Selection. 2. Click on the left-most panel button of the range of buttons you wish to configure. 3.
Section 6 — Control Panel Configuration Figure 142. Control Panel Multiple Buttons, Assignment Mode 242 • When in Assignment mode, the selected button function will be applied to all the green colored buttons. • When in Selection Mode, the selected item, or range of items in the order they were selected, will be applied to the green buttons. Non-contiguous selections are supported (Figure 143).
Configuring Encore Control Panels Figure 143. Control Panel Multiple Buttons, Selection Mode Attributes and Flags Multi-Selection It is also possible to select multiple items when configuring Control Panel attributes, similar to the multi-selection of Destination Page Set items introduced in Encore release 1.7.3.
Section 6 — Control Panel Configuration Figure 144. Destination Exclusion Multiple Selections Destination Exclusion Set Configuration Destination Exclusion Sets can be configured on panels that support scrolling through multiple Destinations. Panels configured for specific Destinations do not support Destination Exclusion Sets. Destination Exclusion Sets restrict a panel’s control to a defined subset of Destinations.
Configuring Encore Control Panels Figure 145. Destination Exclusion Set Pane Destination Exclusion Set Configuration Menu The Named Sets list box on the left side of the screen shows all the Destination Exclusion Sets configured in the CP Server. When the CP Server starts up for the first time, only the Default Exclusion Set appears. The Default Exclusion Set cannot be edited. The selected Destination Exclusion Set is highlighted in red.
Section 6 — Control Panel Configuration Any change made to a Destination Exclusion Set will affect all control panels currently using that specific Destination Exclusion Set. • Save commits the changes to the Sharer database. • Save As opens a pane allowing you to name a new Destination Exclusion Set with the currently specified Destinations. After the save that new Destination Exclusion Set will be selected.
Configuring Encore Control Panels 2. With the Default set selected, click on the lower left Save As button and give your Page Set a name. That Page Set will be saved and loaded into the configuration screen (Figure 147). Figure 147. Page Set Named 3. Click on the number of the top Page Name field in the center of the screen, click Save As, and then enter a Page name (Figure 148). Figure 148.
Section 6 — Control Panel Configuration 4. That Page will now be available for selection as a Page of the set. Click on the top Page Names field and select that new Page (Figure 149). Figure 149. Selecting A Page For The Set 5. You can now define the Destinations for that Page. Click on a Destinations field on the right and select one or more Destinations (Figure 150). Figure 150.
Configuring Encore Control Panels 6. After clicking on the lower right arrow button, these Destinations will populate that Page (Figure 151). Figure 151. Destinations Entered Into Page 7. Click both red Save buttons to save that Page and the Page Set containing that Page. 8. Repeat steps Step 3 through Step 7 above to define the Destinations for all the Pages of the Page Set. The individual Pages and the entire Page Set will be available for use by other control panels after they have been saved.
Section 6 — Control Panel Configuration 3. Enter a name for the Page Set, the base name of the first Page, a suffix for the Pages to be created, the number of Pages in the set, and the initial destination for the first Page of the set (Figure 152). Figure 152.
Configuring Encore Control Panels 4. Click Create. The Page Set will be created (Figure 153). Figure 153. Page Set Auto Create, Result Existing Page Sets also can be automatically appended to, by retaining the original name of the Page Set after clicking on Auto Create. New Pages will be added after the last Page of the original Page Set. Source Categories Source Categories makes it possible to limit a Control Panel’s access to only specific Sources.
Section 6 — Control Panel Configuration Creating Source Category Sets Source Category Sets are created using methods similar to those used for Destination and Salvo Pages and Sets. 1. Using the Panel Server OUI, load a Control Panel configuration, go to the Configuration Attributes and Flags screen and click on Src Category Set. A screen will appear, which by default has an AllSrcs Category Set, containing an AllSrcs Category, neither of which can be edited (Figure 154). Figure 154.
Configuring Encore Control Panels 2. Click on left Save As button and enter the name of a new Source Category Set. This set can be edited (Figure 155). Figure 155. New Source Category Set 3. Click on Create Category and enter the name of a new category. (The default AllSrcs Category cannot be edited.) 4. Click on the first Category Names field and choose the new category you just created.
Section 6 — Control Panel Configuration 5. Click on the right Add button, and select the Sources you wish to include in that Category (Figure 156). Figure 156. Selecting Sources for a Source Category 6. These Sources will then be added. Click the middle red Save button to save this set (Figure 157). Figure 157.
Configuring Encore Control Panels 7. Repeat the steps above for all the Categories you wish to include in that Set (Figure 158). Figure 158. Additional Source Category Added to Set 8. When done, click on the left red Save button to save that Source Category Set containing the Categories you just defined. When saved the button will no longer be colored red. 9. This Category Set will be automatically applied to the Control Panel configuration you are editing.
Section 6 — Control Panel Configuration Source Category Control Panel Buttons Two Source Category buttons are available. The Src Cat Mode button permits scrolling through available Source Categories of a Set, and the Src Cat Select button is configured to access the Sources in a specific Source Category. Figure 159. Source Category Button Assignment Source Category buttons are configured on a Control Panel using standard techniques.
Configuring Encore Control Panels In large facilities or wide area networks (WAN), where devices are physically located great distances apart, this feature should be used carefully and with coordination so as not to adversely affect other system users who are sharing the same Exclusion/Page/Keypad set. Changes to a set are sent to all device configurations sharing the set when the user selects the Save button on the OUI screen for the type of set being edited.
Section 6 — Control Panel Configuration Control Panel Grouping Control panel grouping allows multiple panels to be logically combined together to form a single larger control panel. This feature is typically used when more button functions are desired than are available on particular type of panel. For example, the number of direct access Sources and Destinations can be increased. A panel group consists of one Master panel and one or more Expansion panels.
Configuring Encore Control Panels defined Master panel group will behave according to the configuration of the Master panel. Once the panel is defined as an Expansion panel the Configuration Attributes and Flags screen title will change to Expansion panel of Panel Group Panel Group Name. The only available setting is Panel Group Name. All Expansion panels belonging to a defined Master panel group will behave according to the configuration of the Master panel.
Section 6 — Control Panel Configuration Figure 161. Example of BPS + 48B Panel Group. Destinations 1-32 Prot Chop Lvl 1 Lvl 2 Tally ID BPS Master Desti nati on S tatus Lvl 3 Lvl 4 Lvl 5 Prev Next Lvl 6 All Lvls Config 48B Expansion Sources1-48 1. Log in to the CP Server application. 2. Configure the BPS Master panel: a. Go to Encore Panels > BPS > Select. Select the BPS panel that will be the Master panel. b. Go to Configure BPS Flags > Panel Group Name.
Configuring Encore Control Panels XY + 48B Grouping Configuration Example In an XY+ 48B configuration, the buttons of the 48B panel are treated as 48 extra buttons added to the 18 assignable buttons on the XY panel. Operational control panel name based messages (e.g. in case of Lock, Protect, or error messages) will only show the XY panel name. Figure 162. Example of XY+ 48B Panel Group.
Section 6 — Control Panel Configuration 48B + 48B + 48B Panel Group Configuration Example Three 48B panels can be grouped, to provide a total of 144 programmable buttons. One panel is the Master, the other two are Expansion panels. Figure 163. Example of a Three 48B Panel Group Default Destination Only Salvos 1-7 Levels 1-8 Lock/Protect Sources 1-32 48B Master Sources 33-79 Expansion 1 Sources 80-128 Expansion 2 1. Log in to the CP Server application. 2. Configure the 48B Master panel: a.
Configuring Encore Control Panels Shift Button Feature Introduction Shifted button functionality is available on all Encore system Control Panels except ENC-CLNT, SMS-CLNT, SMS-COS, SMS-MCO, and SMSSVR. This feature allows a doubling of the number of functions available on a panel. For example, a BPS32 panel can be configured to access 64 Sources. Configuration Shifted button are configured using the Panel Server OUI.
Section 6 — Control Panel Configuration Keypad Button Alternative Configuration Reassigning Keypad Set Button Functions Keypad set buttons can be assigned other functions, using the standard Panel Server OUI Control Panel configuration procedures. For example, you can assign a CE/Clear button as part of the set, making it easy to clear incorrect entries using an adjacent button (Figure 164). Figure 164.
Configuring Encore Control Panels Keypad Anywhere Button A Keypad Anywhere function can be assigned to any configurable button on a Control Panel that supports keypad entry. This button enters a user defined keypad Prefix and Suffix. The button is configured using the standard Panel Server OUI Control Panel configuration procedure. You use Assignment mode to define the button function, and use Selection mode to define the Prefix and Suffix (Figure 165). Figure 165.
Section 6 — Control Panel Configuration Src mode button. A pop-up menu appears (Figure 166). Include the infor- mation you wish to have reported. Figure 166. Pop-up Menu for Selecting Information to be Display If Tie Line Path is included, the panel will display the Tie Line name(s) in the Control Panel status window. If the path uses multiple Tie Lines, the Tie Line names are displayed sequentially starting with the most downstream Tie Line.
Configuring Encore Control Panels Destination Ganging Background Destination Ganging was previously available for Encore 48B and JEP-100 Control Panels, as briefly described below. • On 48B panels, holding down one Destination button and pressing and releasing others would Gang those Destinations, allowing Takes of the same Source to multiple Destinations with one button press. Selecting a Destination without holding down a button cancelled the Gang. This method can be considered Dest Ganging Option 1.
Section 6 — Control Panel Configuration Destination Ganging Configuration Control panels that support both Destination Ganging options are configured with the Dest Ganging Option 2 flag (Figure 167). Figure 167. Dest Ganging Option 2 Enabled When Dest Ganging Option 2 is On (green), Ganging Option 2 is active (toggle Destinations in the Gang on and off). When Off, the original Ganging Option 1 is active (hold down a button to add Destinations to the Gang).
Configuring Encore Control Panels A Control Panel can also be configured using the Encore Panel Server with a Destination Ganging Opt 2 button, which permits toggling between the modes (Figure 168). When this button on the panel is illuminated, Ganging Option 2 is active. Figure 168. Dest Ganging Option 2 Control Panel Button Assignment Destination Ganging and Shifted Functions For all 48B, BPS, and derivative Control Panels, if a Shift button is defined on the panel, normal Destination Ganging (i.e.
Section 6 — Control Panel Configuration Control Panel Partition Configuration The Multiple Dest Control flag is available for 48B and KSD Control Panels. When On, the panel can be partitioned. The Bus Assignment mode button becomes available, and multiple Default Destinations can be defined. For Encore PMB, and SMS MB8 and MB4 panels this flag is locked On, since these panels already support multiple Destination control.
Configuring Encore Control Panels Button Assignment and Selection Once divided into partitions, button functions are assigned in the normal manner. In the example below, a 48B panel is being configured with Source and Destination buttons for one partition in the top row, and Source And Destination buttons for another partition in the bottom row. The Level Select buttons on the bottom row apply to both partitions (Figure 170). Figure 170.
Section 6 — Control Panel Configuration With partitions and button assignments defined, button selections are made in the normal manner. Typically selection buttons for different Destinations will be created in each partition. (Figure 171). Figure 171.
Configuring Encore Control Panels Default Destinations When multiple partitions exist on a Control Panel, each partition probably needs its own default Destination. Clicking on the Default Dst/Page field opens a Controlled Destinations menu, in which clicking on each Destination partition field allows selection of the default Destination for that partition (Figure 172). Figure 172.
Section 6 — Control Panel Configuration 2. To retain the panel’s default Destination, select No Change on the template’s Dflt Dst/Page list (Figure 173). Once set, the Destination Exclusion Set and Destination Page Set parameters (if present) will also be grayed out, since they are related to the default Destination. Figure 173.
Configuring Encore Control Panels 3. To retain a particular button’s function, with button Assignment active select No Change for the desired button (Figure 174). Figure 174. Template No Change Button Assignment 4. This template can now be copied to multiple Control Panels of that type with different defeat Destinations. Those Destinations will be retained, along with the button functions that were set to No Change.
Section 6 — Control Panel Configuration If control panel access to all Areas is not desired, various methods are available to restrict panel access. • Area Exclusion Sets can be created that specify which Areas a panel can access when it is being configured. This makes it easy to set up the panel to access just one Area, only a some of the facility’s Areas. • Destination Exclusion Set can also be created and assigned to panels to restrict specific Destinations of specific Areas.
Configuring Encore Control Panels Figure 175. Area Exclusion Set Menu 3. Select the Default Named Set, click Save As and give the new set a descriptive name. 4. Click all the System Areas you wish to exclude so that their green indicators are On. You can click Exclude All or Exclude None to quickly select or clear multiple Areas as a starting point. 5. When all the Areas to exclude all selected, click Save to save the changes to the Exclusion Set. 6. Exit the menu.
Section 6 — Control Panel Configuration Panels with Keypads (XY, PMB, etc.) You can also restrict name keypad searches on these types of panels. 1. Follow the Panels Without Keypads (48B, BPS, etc.) procedure on page 276 to configure any Source and Destination buttons on that panel in only the desired Areas. 2. In the Attributes and Flags menu, disable the Keypad Local Source flag in order to configure the Keypad Searchable Areas attribute. 3. Select the Keypad Area(s) field.
Configuring Encore Control Panels Joystick Override Configuration Joystick override permits switching video momentarily to another Source, and then returning to whatever Source was previously selected. This feature is typically used for camera matching. The following control panels support Joystick Override: Table 26.
Section 6 — Control Panel Configuration Protect via Control Panel GPI Protects or Locks can also be initiated using the Joystick Override GPI inputs. The type of GPI initiated Protect is determined by the Control Panel’s configuration flags (i.e. Soft Lock, Hard Lock, Protect). Four Protect button types, assignable to the GPI Joystick Override Inputs, are available: Lock-Protect - A Protect is applied to the Control Panel’s active Destination on a 0-to-1 transition of the GPI input. The Protect latches On.
Configuring Encore Control Panels Figure 178. Protect Using Control Panel GPI Once configured, the legends for these functions are displayed on the Panel Server OUI screen as indicated in Table 27. Table 27.
Section 6 — Control Panel Configuration Pressing the AllLvl/CFG control panel button for 5 seconds puts the panel in Self configuration mode. In this mode Source/Destination/Salvo/Level select buttons can be reconfigured for any available Source/Destination/ Salvo/Level using the Level/Previous and Level/Next buttons to scroll through available items on the control panel. 1. Using the Encore UI, configure a panel button with AllLvl/CFG and two other panel buttons as Level/Prev and Level/Next. 2.
Available Panel Configuration Screens Available Panel Configuration Screens Encore Model Panels BPS (Button Per Source) Encore — Configuration Manual 283
Section 6 — Control Panel Configuration PMB (Paging MultiBus) XY 284 Encore — Configuration Manual
Available Panel Configuration Screens 48B (48 Button) UCP (Encore Universal Control) Note Encore — Configuration Manual The Encore ENC-UCP control panel operates with Encore 1.7.2.2 and later software releases. Be sure your Encore system is running compatible software before you configure this panel type.
Section 6 — Control Panel Configuration CLNT (Encore Universal Control) An Encore Client panel only operates with an Encore UCP panel that has been configured as a group master. See page 258 for panel group configuration procedures. Destinations are assigned to each of the three Client panel keypad using the Default Dst/Page flag (Figure 179). Figure 179.
Available Panel Configuration Screens JEP-100 Panel Routing Control System Mode Selection The JEP-100 panel can be operated with either Encore or Jupiter control systems. For Encore operation, the proper software must be loaded onto the panel (older Jupiter only software cannot be used). The Encore Routing Control System Mode setting must also be selected on the JEP-100 Panel Network Configuration web page (Figure 180). A reset is required to change operating mode.
Section 6 — Control Panel Configuration JEP-100 Panel Configuration The JEP-100 panel is configured using the Encore Panel Server application. Many configuration modifications occur in real time, so changing Panel Server settings can immediately be reflected in the operation of that panel. The JEP-100 panel is represented with three screens. The left and right screens are shown in Figure 181 and Figure 182. The middle screen shows the buttons in the center of the panel.
Available Panel Configuration Screens Figure 182. JEP-100 Panel Server Right Configuration Screen The JEP-100 panel is configured using the standard Encore procedures (selecting the panel to edit, assigning button functions, selecting Sources and Destinations, and configuration flags (Figure 141 on page 231). Display Level Tally The JEP-100 panel allows configuration of level tally in the front panel displays when the panel is in Source mode.
Section 6 — Control Panel Configuration Figure 183. Router Level Selection for Display Tally Selecting a level will make that display show the source name of that Level. More than one Level can be selected, in which case the display you selected and the displays below it will show Level statuses.
Available Panel Configuration Screens Kalypso Model Panels KMD (Kalypso Multi Destination) Clicking on the arrow buttons on the OUI screen, or using the left/right arrow computer keyboard keys, accesses different panel screens.
Section 6 — Control Panel Configuration SMS Model Panels UCP (SMS Universal Control) Panel EDP (8 Destination Paging) Panel 292 Encore — Configuration Manual
Available Panel Configuration Screens P48 (48 Button) Panel Clicking on the arrow buttons on the OUI screen, or using the left/right arrow computer keyboard keys, accesses different panel screens.
Section 6 — Control Panel Configuration MB8 (Multibus 8) Panel P32 (32 Button) Panel Clicking on the arrow buttons on the OUI screen, or using the left/right arrow computer keyboard keys, accesses different panel screens.
Available Panel Configuration Screens P32 Panel Enable Assignment Limitation P32 SMS style control panels can be set to Level mode. Under SMS7000 control Level mode makes the 32 buttons on the right select Levels instead of Sources. Under Encore control, functions can be assigned to any button on the P32 panel. However, if the Panel Enable function is assigned to one of 32 buttons on the right, in Level Mode that button will not act as Level select, but instead acts as Panel Enable.
Section 6 — Control Panel Configuration PXS Panel PXD Panel Note 296 The PXD control panel only operates when it is part of a PXS panel group.
Available Panel Configuration Screens PXYE Panel Note The PXYE control panel only operates when it is part of a PXS panel group.
Section 6 — Control Panel Configuration Custom Button Clicking on the Custom button brings up a menu bar with custom SMS control panel selections. MCO and COS Custom Panels and RIB Box Two legacy custom GSC hardware panels (MCO and COS) and a custom interface (RIB Box) are supported by Encore 1.7.3 and newer software. These custom panels are not widely used and do not apply to most existing or new Encore systems.
RCL Server Application RCL Server Application The RCL Server application is embedded in the Control Panel Server application, and permits external control of the Encore system. The RCL Server application works with Client applications running on external devices. These Clients can then appear like control panels to the Encore system, allowing them to send commands to route Sources to Destinations.
Section 6 — Control Panel Configuration Serial Clients are listed on the left side of the screen and Ethernet Clients are listed in the middle of the screen. • Clicking on a button selects that Client, adds an arrow to the button, and displays it in the Selected Client Name field below. • Clicking on the name portion of a selected button opens a text entry window allowing the editing of the name of the selected Client. Note • All RCL Clients must have unique names to prevent unpredictable behavior.
RCL Server Application Delete Clicking on the Delete button on the right side of the screen deletes the selected Client, removing its data from the RCL Server configuration stored on the Sharer PC and that SCB’s flash memory. • For Ethernet clients, the connection will also be disconnected. • For serial clients, the port will be closed and Encore will not respond to any further queries sent by the client on that serial line.
Section 6 — Control Panel Configuration Figure 186. RCL Server Flags and Parameters 302 Client Name Displays the name of the currently selected Client application. Area Allows selection of the Area for the selected Client. Backup MCPU When using Ethernet, allows entry of a Mirror IP address of a Client. Protocol Type Allows selection of either RCL (Router Control Language protocol) or NP (Native Protocol).
RCL Server Application Chop Lock When ON, Chop operation is blocked. Turn OFF to enable the Chop feature on that device. Salvo Lock When ON, prevents Salvo execution from the panel. Monitor Control When ON, allows the panel to control system Monitor Crosspoints while operating in Destination Mode with each Destination Take. A Monitor Output must also be selected using the Dst Monitor parameter below.
Section 6 — Control Panel Configuration Frame Accurate When ON, by default the server will ensure that the Take happens exactly 6 frames after the time the command is received by the server. If this flag is OFF, the Take can happen earlier, but the exact time at which it happens may vary. The delay can be changed by creating a text file named FDELAY (without a .txt suffix) that contains only the number of frames to delay Takes. Minimum value is 6 frames.
RCL Server Application Serial communication parameters are displayed and available for editing when a Serial port has been selected. Saving and Loading RCL Configurations RCL client configuration data is saved to the SCB flash memory as well as to the Sharer, the same as other panel configuration data. You cannot modify RCL client configuration data if the Sharer is not on-line. When a specific client configuration is modified, it is saved automatically when you exit from the RCL configuration screen.
Section 6 — Control Panel Configuration Other Encore SCB serial ports (for example, those available with the optional SIO card) also default to these values. Serial port settings can be edited if necessary, using the Serial Parameters fields described above. Interfacing with the RCL Server The Sharer is required to be on-line only for the purpose of configuring the clients. Once the clients are configured, the client can connect to the RCL Server whether or not the Sharer is on-line.
Section 7 Tie-Line Manager Overview Tie-Line Functionality Tie-lines can be used to link different matrices, allowing Sources in one matrix to be routed to Destinations in another matrix. Tie-lines that span matrices are called system tie-lines. A typical use of a system tie-line is to allow interconnection between different areas of a facility that have separate routing matrices. Tie-lines can also operate within a single matrix, and these are called local tie-lines.
Section 7 — Tie-Line Manager Source of the receiving matrix. The same tie-line name is given to both the Source and Destination ends of the tie-line, and that shared name defines the two components of that tie-line. Tie-Line Terminology Floating Tie-Line - The tie-line is usable by all, and is used and released as nec- essary. Tie-lines are released when all Destination users of the tie-line become routed to different Sources. All users of a Floating tie-line are considered equal.
Overview How Tie-Line Manager Works The Tie-Line Manager application does not control routing matrices directly. For system tie-lines, Tie-Line Manager works in conjunction with the Router Controllers of the matrices involved the tie-line path. When a Router Controller receives a panel or other request to connect a Destination in its matrix to a Source outside its matrix (which is inaccessible directly), it sends a request to Tie-Line Manager.
Section 7 — Tie-Line Manager Mismatched Tie-Line Workarounds (1.7.4 and Earlier Software) With Encore 1.8.0 software, the Don’t Care Lvls parameter was added to permit the use of mismatched tie-lines. If this setting is OFF, the system reverts to previous software versions (1.7.4 and earlier) behavior. Workarounds for when this setting is OFF, and for earlier software versions, is explained below: For every tie-line Destination Level involved there must be a corresponding Source Level.
Tie-Line Manager Screen Descriptions Tie-Line Manager Screen Descriptions Main Menu Screen Figure 188. Tie-Line Manager Main Screen Tie-Line Manager is a remote application, and is accessed by logging into the Encore OUI, clicking on a blank button on the bottom row, and selecting the Tie-Line Manager application, which may be named differently on your individual Encore system. Buttons on the right of the Main Menu screen provide access to the other Tie-Line Manager screens.
Section 7 — Tie-Line Manager System Screen Figure 189. Tie-Line Manager System Screen System Information Redundancy Build Number Reports the build number of the application. File Path Displays the configuration file path for the shared database. Mode Displays the mirroring mode. Click the button for a list of mirroring options: Mirror Master, Mirror Slave, or Disabled. IP The IP address of the device which will mirror this TLM is displayed and entered with this field.
Tie-Line Manager Screen Descriptions Release Users Select this option to and free all tie-lines. A precautionary prompt is displayed that must be accepted before the tielines will be released. CAUTION - If “Park on Release” is active all tie-lines will revert to their park Sources when released. If “Park on Release” is off, the paths will not change, but any user will be able to use a tie-line and change its Source. Export Tie-line configurations can now exported in .csv format as a report only (i.e.
Section 7 — Tie-Line Manager Event Logging Opens a window allowing selection of logging options. CAUTION - To prevent slowing system performance, keep logging disabled unless you are troubleshooting. Don’t Care Lvls When ON, allows tie-lines to be established using a tieline Source (router Destination) with Levels that don’t match those of the tie-line Destination (router Source). When OFF, all Levels of a tie-line must be used.
Tie-Line Manager Screen Descriptions Route Screen Figure 190. Tie-Line Manager Route Screen The Route Screen is used to set the number of tie-line hops the system will use, and can also be used to manually create tie-line routes. Because TieLine Manager, once configured, creates and releases tie-lines automatically as needed, this screen is not routinely used. However, it can be helpful if you want to test tie-lines to ensure your system topology permits the creation of the routes you will need.
Section 7 — Tie-Line Manager Find Source When a Destination is selected, clicking on Find Source will display the current Source for that Destination in Source button above. Dest. Levels Displays the Levels involved in the selected path. Find Path When pressed, searches for a path between the selected Source and Destination. If found, the tie-lines involved are displayed on the left.
Tie-Line Manager Screen Descriptions This Tie Config screen is used to configure individual tie-lines. Select Tie Line Opens a window allowing you to select a tie-line for config- uration. You can also use the left and right arrows to scroll through the available tie-lines. Save Saves the selected tie-line configuration. Ref. Name Displays the name of the selected tie-line. OffLine When on, the tie-line is taken off line.
Section 7 — Tie-Line Manager (Menu Bar) 318 Source Id Displays the name of the local Source for the tie-line. Dest. Id Displays the first user of the tie-line, if the tie-line is in use. Clicking on this button displays a list of all users. Enable All Places all off-line tie-lines back on-line. Remove TL Removes the selected tie-line if it is invalid.
Tie-Line Manager Screen Descriptions Src Blocks Screen Figure 192. Tie-Line Manager Source Blocks Screen The Source Blocks screen lets you block Sources from being accessed by Destinations via tie-lines. This is accomplished by specifying a Source, creating a Block for that Source, and then creating Rules for that Block. Source Blocks are active on the next route request, and existing Destinations that are already routed to a now blocked Source will not be routed away.
Section 7 — Tie-Line Manager (Menu Bar) 320 New Block Opens a window allowing selection of a Source to be blocked. Delete Block Deletes the current blocked Source. Copy Block Copies the existing set of Rules for a Source. These can be entered into a new Block by pressing the same button. New Rule Opens a window allowing the creation of a new rule. You can specify Areas, individual Destinations, or Rooms. Delete Rule Deletes the selected Rule from the Block.
Tie-Line Manager Screen Descriptions Rooms Screen Figure 193. Tie-Line Manager Rooms Screen The Rooms feature in Tie-Line Manager gives you another way to organize how tie-lines are used. The Tie-Line Manager can be used to create groups of Destinations (Rooms), and tie-lines can be assigned to a Room. Tie-lines belonging to a given Room are reserved for use by the Destinations in that Room. Destinations not in the Room will not have access to these tie-lines.
Section 7 — Tie-Line Manager (Menu Bar) 322 Destinations Lists the Destinations in the currently selected Room. Tie-Lines Lists the tie-lines in the currently selected Room. New Room Opens a keypad to enter the name for a new Room you will create. Delete Room Deletes the currently selected Room. Ren. Room Opens a keypad allowing the re-naming of a Room. Add Dest Opens a list from which you can pick Destinations for the Room. In a new Room all Destinations will be available.
Tie-Line Manager Screen Descriptions Tie Status Screen Figure 194. Tie-Line Manager Status Scree The Tie Status screen displays the current state of tie-lines between Areas, and permits the releasing of individual tie-lines so they can be used by different users. Tie-Lines Status Window The large scrolling list in the center of the screen displays the tie-lines that span the Areas selected by the buttons above. You can scroll through the list using the up and down arrows on the right.
Section 7 — Tie-Line Manager Clicking on the Name, Ultimate Source, or Local Source columns opens the TieLine Status pane displaying information about that tie-line (Figure 195). Figure 195. Tie-Line Status Pane This same information is displayed on the Tie Config screen (Figure 191 on page 316), and this pane operate the same. For example, clicking on the Tie Users button displays a list of all the users of that tie-line.
Configuring Tie-Lines (Menu Bar) Usage Displays the number of tie-lines and how many are currently being used between the selected Areas. Requests Displays the number of requests for tie-lines in this day between the selected areas. Each day commences at midnight. Successes Displays the number of requests successfully accommodated today. Failures Clicking on this button displays a list of the last 100 failed route requests for tie-lines and the day/date of failure between the selected areas.
Section 7 — Tie-Line Manager Figure 197. Router Controller Source Screen, for Tie-Line Destinations Figure 198.
Configuring Tie-Lines • The System Tie Line setting is usually used for tie-lines connecting different matrices. Tie Line Source Monitor type is also available that permits the viewing of the immediate Source routed to a Tie Line. After Commit Changes are performed on all the Router Controllers, the TieLine Manager receives the network broadcast information and automatically adds the tie-line to its database in memory.
Section 7 — Tie-Line Manager The tie-line should now be able to be used by system operators. Tie-Line Manager Assignments Tie-Line and Machine Control Assignments can be created between Rooms. Assignments reserve a Source to Destination routing path without doing an actual Take. Assignment is a customized feature that does not apply to most existing or new Encore facilities. Assignment is activated with the Enable Assignments button on the Tie-Line Manager System screen (Figure 200). Figure 200.
Tie-Line Manager Assignments Figure 201. TLM. With Assignments enabled the Assignments screen becomes available (Figure 202). Figure 202.
Section 7 — Tie-Line Manager With Assignments enabled, the Tie-Line Manager Rooms screen also changes for custom operation (Figure 203). Figure 203. Tie-Line Manager Custom Rooms Config Screen See Figure 193 on page 321 for comparison to the standard Rooms screen. Assignments are created and released using the Visual Status Display (VSD) application. See the separate Visual Status Display Instruction Manual for more information.
Section 8 Additional OUI Operations Overview Encore systems offer additional OUI applications related to facility operations: • Local Router Panel (LRP) • Local Machine Control Panel (LMCP) • Filer Fax • Pager These applications are available on all Encore OUI stations, and can be useful tools for facility engineers when they configure, maintain, and troubleshoot Encore systems. Some or all of these applications may also be useful for system operators.
Section 8 — Additional OUI Operations Local Router Panel (LRP) Local Router Panel Overview The Local Router Panel (LRP) acts like an Encore control panel, and can be used to route Sources to Destinations using your workstation. Sources and Destinations can be configured by a System Administrator to suit the needs and roles of specific users. Note To use the LRP, the Sharer must be running and available to the PC running the LRP. Local Router Panel Screen Description Figure 204.
Local Router Panel (LRP) The Local Router Panel mimics a traditional Multi-Destination hardware panel. • The basic LRP allows one of four 8-Destination screen panels to be displayed at any one time, with valid Sources for the specific Destinations being displayed as pages of 32 Source buttons. • By entering Options/Config mode, the LRP can be re-configured for additional capabilities, including Preview, Park, Mini-Pic Sources, Alias edit, Salvos, and Interlevel routing.
Section 8 — Additional OUI Operations Different Source banks can be displayed by using the Source Page Navigation Controls, the number of banks depending on the overall system configuration. These controls are used primarily to find Sources. Under Monitor Display Below each Destination button there is an Under Monitor Display (UMD), which shows the Source currently connected to that particular Destination. When a Destination is selected, the Source Bank containing that Source is displayed.
Local Router Panel (LRP) Destinations • Click on a different Destination Panel Selection Button to bring up sets of preprogrammed Destinations. Note If the desired Destination is not pre-programmed, the global routing feature can be used to access all system Destinations (see page 338). Sources • Click the Up and Down Arrow buttons on the Source page selector to scroll through the Source Banks. • Click the upper Router Area button and select specific Area from the list.
Section 8 — Additional OUI Operations Breakaways (and Interlevels) Pane The Breakaways panel allows you to do the following: • Monitor which route paths are connected to the currently selected Destination and from which Source. • Establish Breakaways, i.e., select the Levels and route them through the channels required. The Show Sources indicator button allows you to identify the Source of each of the Levels connected to the selected Destination.
Local Router Panel (LRP) Remote Control of the LRP Another application running on the same OUI workstation may remotely open an LRP display. When it does, the LRP behaves normally but with a different set of router Destinations. To return to the standard LRP set-up, click the LRP icon on the Task Bar. Exiting the Local Router Panel You may exit the Local Router Panel at any time by clicking the Eject icon in the top right corner of the screen.
Section 8 — Additional OUI Operations configured for a particular purpose. Entering Config Mode offers additional functions. Typically these are only activated and de-activated by Encore system administrators. Accessing Config Mode Functions 1. Click the Option button at the bottom of the screen. 2. Click on the Config Mode button. The Config Mode pane will appear.
Local Router Panel (LRP) 2. Click the Under Monitor Display (UMD) below the Global X/Y button to display the Router Sources list window from which a Source can be selected. The Source then appears on the UMD. The X/Y routing remains established until it is changed or until the OUI workstation is switched off. Activating LRP Buttons 1. While in Config Mode, click on a grayed out LRP button. An activation pane will appear. 2. Click on the Enable button to activate or de-activate that button.
Section 8 — Additional OUI Operations Setting up Salvos 1. Click the Salvos button to display the Salvos window. Figure 205. LRP Salvos Window 2. Click Load Salvo to edit an existing Salvo; Delete Salvo to delete the currently loaded Salvo; or Clear Salvo to clear any loaded Salvo and create a new one. 3. Click the Salvo Keycap button and enter the new Salvo name on the Keypad displayed. Press the return key when finished.
Local Router Panel (LRP) Assigning a Salvo to a Button 1. From the LRP select options and load Config Mode. 2. Click the button to represent the Salvo. 3. Select Salvo from list and press the Return icon, or select Load new local salvo and select, using the Filer-Fax window displayed, in the usual way. 4. Repeat for each Salvo you want to load. 5. Close Configuration window and LRP configuration window. Updating Salvos Salvos are not dynamically updated.
Section 8 — Additional OUI Operations Using Salvos for Frame-Accurate Takes For frame-accurate Takes, you can send a Salvo with a timestamp to the Router Controller. This can be made even more deterministic by supplying the Encore SCB running the Router Control application and the routing clients with a VITC time-code reference. A routing client can send a Salvo of Takes to a Router Controller up to 512 frames before the Takes should occur. Advanced scheduling capabilities require an automation system.
Local Router Panel (LRP) configuration. Field tests should be performed on third-party equipment if maximum loading parameters are required. • If serial communications are being used, the number of Takes that can be executed in a single frame is limited by the bandwidth of the serial channel between the Router Controller and the attached matrix.
Section 8 — Additional OUI Operations Figure 206.
Local Machine Control Panel (LMCP) Local Machine Control Panel (LMCP) The Local Machine Control Panel provides local control of the devices that are available on the Encore Network. It also provides information on the status of selected devices. Note To use the LMCP you must have the proper software, and in some cases hardware components or peripherals, properly installed and configured on the device you wish to control.
Section 8 — Additional OUI Operations Opening the LMCP Click the Local Machine Control Panel icon on the Task Bar. Clip Area The Clip Area displays information about the current clip, and enables you to work with clips. The information shown is Clip Name, Duration, In Point and Out Point. Click the Hold Duration indicator button (to the right of the Dur Window) to toggle it on or off. When the button shows green, the clip duration remains constant.
Local Machine Control Panel (LMCP) 3. Click the Enter/Return button. The clip information appears in the Clip Area. Note Step 4 applies only if no device is selected in the Devices panel. 4. When the Select a Device list window appears showing devices that can load a clip, select one of the devices. The Select a Device list window disappears. The system adds the device to the Devices panel and loads the clip.
Section 8 — Additional OUI Operations Adding a Device 1. Highlight an empty slat. 2. Click the Add button to display the devices list window. • If Use Object Database is switched off in the Ancillary Options window (the Button indicator shows black), the list shows all devices (Video Disk Servers and VTRs) currently available on the network.
Local Machine Control Panel (LMCP) Copying (Dubbing) a Clip to a New Location 1. Add the destination and source devices to the Devices panel and Lock them. 2. Load a clip onto the source device and set the play flag. 3. Create a clip on the destination device (see Creating a New Clip on a Video Disk Server on page 346), give the clip an appropriate duration and set the record flag. 4. Ensure that you route the Source to the correct Destination. 5.
Section 8 — Additional OUI Operations 4. Click the Y/C Delay button to adjust the Y/C delay. This can be regarded as adjusting the synchronization between the luminance and chrominance. 5. Click the Black Level button to adjust the black Level. This can be regarded as adjusting the darkest part of the picture, which has reference ‘Black’. 6. Click the Chroma Phase button to adjust the chroma phase. This can be regarded as adjusting the hue.
Local Machine Control Panel (LMCP) Rewind, Fast-Forward and Stop, which are equivalent to clicking the buttons — see LMPC Shortcut Keys on page 368. How to Record Using the Transport Control Buttons CAUTION The procedure you should follow depends on the device you have installed. We describe a typical procedure below, but it may not apply to your installation. 1. From the Devices panel select a device to record to (destination device). 2.
Section 8 — Additional OUI Operations Clicking the Stop button stops the currently selected device; the button shows white. The Shuttle Bar provides incremental control of the currently selected device. Cue Points Area The Cue Points Area enables you to recall a clip at relevant points within the clip. The functions of the different buttons are described below. Using the Cueing Control Buttons 1. Load a clip. 2. Play the clip. 3. Click the Set button so it becomes green. 4.
Local Machine Control Panel (LMCP) button displays the Local Router Panel; the devices are displayed as Router Destinations. A warning message appears if no such devices are loaded. Options Button 1. Click the Options button to display the Options window. 2. Click the first button bar to select the option for creating daughter and clone clips. 3. Switch on the Load virtual clip indicator if you want to activate this option. 4. Click the Size button to set the default duration of a new clip. 5.
Section 8 — Additional OUI Operations material from one device to another; for example, from a Cart Machine to a VideoDisk Server, or from disk to an archive medium. The Dubbing button shows green if there is a Dubbing Server configured on the Encore system. If there is no Dubbing Server, this button shows grey. Figure 210. Dubbing Service Window Use the Dubbing Service window to dub the clip that is loaded on the current device or to dub any other Encore clip. Selecting a Clip and Source 1.
Local Machine Control Panel (LMCP) 4. Select where you want to dub the clip by clicking one of the buttons: Device Line Archive Selecting Device displays a list of all devices on the system; select one. 5. Click the Dest. button and select a Destination. If you click the Archive button, the system automatically configures the Destination. a. If you select a VTR device, the Tape button appears; click the button and select from the displayed list the tape you want to dub to.
Section 8 — Additional OUI Operations modify information about existing clips, and to acquire new clip information from tape without the need to claim a device. Clicking the Clip Assistant button displays the Clip Assistant screen. If the Clip Assistant button is greyed out, the Clip Assistant is not available on your version of the LMCP. About Clips Every piece of media (or stored information), regardless of its duration, is known as a clip within the Encore environment.
Local Machine Control Panel (LMCP) Type B Daughter clips are edited pieces of media, made up of a series of dif- ferent daughter clips sourced from the same, or from different, parent clips. If you delete or modify a parent clip, the daughter clip may be lost. Note You can’t create Type B daughter clips on the LMCP. Figure 212.
Section 8 — Additional OUI Operations The Clip Assistant Main Screen has five areas: • Clip Assistant Devices Area, • Device Control Area, • Clip Area, • Tape Area, and • Clip Assistant Area. Note The Device Control Area and Clip Area are identical in appearance and functionality to those areas of the same name on the LMCP Main Screen (see Clip Area on page 346). Clip Assistant Device Selection The Device Selection Area reduces when you press the Clip Assistant button.
Local Machine Control Panel (LMCP) Registering a New Tape 1. Click the Create button to display the Register Tape window Figure 214. Typical Register Tape Window 2. Click the Tape ID button to display the Alphanumeric Keypad. Enter the tape name (max. 31 characters). 3. Click the Location button to display the Alphanumeric Keypad. Enter the name of the physical location. 4. Click the Format button and select a format from the options displayed. 5.
Section 8 — Additional OUI Operations Figure 215. Typical Clip Assistant Area The Locations List shows all the locations where the currently loaded clip exists. At the top of this list is the primary location for the clip; i.e., the first location registered for the clip by the Encore system. Note You cannot delete the primary location. No warning message window is displayed if you click this.
Local Machine Control Panel (LMCP) The Captions window has the following three areas: • Title Page Selection, • Mark In / Mark Out Area, and • Text Area. Each clip can have up to twelve captions. Click the Up and Down Arrow icons to scroll through the captions. The green number to the left of the arrows indicates the number of the caption currently displayed. The window underneath the Mark In and Mark Out buttons displays the duration of the currently selected caption.
Section 8 — Additional OUI Operations Figure 217. Typical Current PDC Type Window Categorizing Clips 1. Click the Major Category button to display the Select Major Category list window. Once the Major Category has been selected, it is shown on the Major Category button. The Select Major Category list window is replaced by the Minor Category list window appropriate to the Major Category selected. 2. Select the required Minor Category. Once selected, it is shown on the Minor Category button.
Local Machine Control Panel (LMCP) the current clip if the button has been toggled on. For example, Logos1 button may be configured to display the station logo for five seconds commencing three seconds after the start of the clip. When the clip is loaded into Columbus, the selections made in the Select Logos and GPIs window are recognized and activated at the required points. Clip Options The Options button allows various attributes to be associated with the clip.
Section 8 — Additional OUI Operations 6. Click the Delete After Use indicator button to toggle it on (indicator shows green) or off (indicator shows black). 7. Click the Archive After Use indicator button to toggle it on (indicator shows green) or off (indicator shows black). 8. Click the Mirror button if you require this option. 9. Click one of the Audio buttons (A1, A2, A1/A2 or Mono) to select the audio option you require. 10.
Local Machine Control Panel (LMCP) Figure 220. Video Transition window Selecting Video Transition Options 1. Click the Duration button to display the Default Duration Keypad. Enter a value for the duration of the video transition. 2. Click the Wipe button to activate this option; the button becomes green. 3. Click the Wipe Number button to display the Wipe Number Keypad. Enter the number of the wipe effect you want to use with the transition. Note: You can only do this if the Wipe button is green. 4.
Section 8 — Additional OUI Operations Selecting Audio Transition Options 1. Click the Duration button to display the Default Duration Keypad. Enter a value for the duration of the audio transition. 2. Click one of the six Transition Type buttons to select a transition. Other Transition Options 1. Click the No video button to enable or disable the video signal in a transition. 2. Click the No audio button to enable or disable the audio signal in a transition. 3.
Local Machine Control Panel (LMCP) Scanning the tape causes the following window to appear. Figure 222. Typical Information Read From Barcode Window The top area of this window is identical to the Register Tape window in both appearance and functionality. Relevant information from the barcode scan is shown on the buttons. The bottom area, labelled Clip details from barcode, shows the registered clip details (this only applies if the tape is single segment). Changing the Clip Details 1.
Section 8 — Additional OUI Operations Remote Control of the LMCP Another application such as Lines Record may remotely open an LMCP display with devices that it chooses. When it does, it displays an alt LED at the top of the device selection panel and disables the Add button. Devices already in the LMCP are not removed. You can return the original LMCP display either by clicking the LMCP icon on the Task Bar or by pressing the up arrow key on the keyboard.
Filer-Fax Filer-Fax Overview Filer-Fax enables you to manage on your Encore System. For example, you can use the Filer-Fax to filter and select clips to load via the LMCP. Terminology Files are where data is kept. They are best thought of as folders, rather than actual files, and may sometimes be referred to as folders. Data Files are the actual files where physical data is stored. These are placed inside Files, allowing many different Data Files to exist in a single File.
Section 8 — Additional OUI Operations Opening Filer-Fax Click the Filer-Fax icon on the OUI Task Bar to load the Filer-Fax. Multi-Domain Networks A multi-domain network is a network with more than one Sharer. In a multi-domain network, you can use Filer-Fax to manage the files that reside on Sharers other than your local Sharer; that is, files in other domains. To work with the files on a particular Sharer, click the Sharer button. Select a Sharer from the list displayed by the application.
Filer-Fax The following table shows examples of filters you could create and the corresponding files which would be displayed. Filter Applied Files Displayed 1997 Clip A, Clip B, Clip C News Sport Clip A News Sport Clip A, Clip B, Clip C News Sport Clip B An example of a more complex filter is: News 1997 Sport Travel This displays all News stories from 1997, apart from Sport, and all Travel stories.
Section 8 — Additional OUI Operations Logic Buttons When you select a category and add it to the filter using the NOT button, precedes the category in the filter. (You can also use the ‘-’ key on the Keyboard as a shortcut.) When you select a category and add it to the filter using the OR button, precedes the category in the filter. When you select a category and add it to the filter using the AND button, precedes the category in the filter.
Filer-Fax 2. Click the CATS button to show the List of Categories. 3. Select categories to include in the filter; combine them by clicking logic buttons. The File Maintenance window appears showing the file list that results from applying the filter. 4. Click the CATS button and the RESULT button to toggle between the List of Categories and the File Maintenance window on the display.
Section 8 — Additional OUI Operations egories shown in the filter window. You can select files from the list and untag them from these categories. 1. Click the TAG CATS button. 2. Check the File Maintenance window appears; if necessary, click the RESULT button. 3. Select one or more files you want to untag. Note clicking the Multi button enables you to select more than one file. 4. Click the Untag button. Finding File Information 1. Select a file. 2.
Filer-Fax Figure 225. Typical Screen Showing Simultaneous Viewing Deleting Files 1. From the file list select the file(s) you want to put in the dustbin. 2. Click the DUSTBIN icon (or press F1). Save Mode When saving a file from within another application, the Filer-Fax displays the Save Screen. The filter window shows the categories to which the file is tagged; the Save Area is displayed on the right.
Section 8 — Additional OUI Operations Figure 226. Typical Save Screen Saving a file 1. Click the Name button. 2. Enter a name on the displayed Keypad. The system displays the name on the Name button. 3. In the Notes Area, enter any useful information you want to associate with the saved file. You can tag further clips to the category if you want. 4. Click the Save button to save the file. The Filer-Fax Save Screen disappears.
Filer-Fax Figure 227. Typical Load Screen Loading a file 1. Find the file you want to load using the filter if necessary (see Filtering on page 370) and highlight it. 2. Click the Load button. Exiting the Filer-Fax You may exit the Filer-Fax at any time by clicking the Eject icon in the top right corner of the screen.
Section 8 — Additional OUI Operations Pager Overview of OmniPager The Local OmniPager is a standard feature on every Encore Operational User Interface (OUI) workstation. It is a very simple mailing system that enables OUI workstation users to send and receive short messages via the Encore Network. Messages can be sent according to the category of the required Destination(s): Station, User, Area or Broadcast.
Pager Messaging When you load the Local OmniPager application, the Send Message screen is displayed. Figure 228. Send Message Screen Sending a Message 1. Select the destination category from BROADCAST (Default), AREA, USER and STATION. 2. If you select the AREA, USER or STATION button a list window is displayed so that you can select the exact destination: the destination appears in the To window. 3. Type your message using the Keyboard; the text appears in the Message Area. 4. Click the Send button.
Section 8 — Additional OUI Operations Receiving a Message If you receive a message at an OUI workstation, the Incoming Message screen appears and overlies whatever is currently displayed. Figure 229. Typical Incoming Message Screen The Sent by window shows the origin of the message; the To window shows the destination category. Replying To a Message 1. Click the Reply button. 2. The Send Message screen appears with the destination already displayed in the To window. 3.
Pager Figure 230.
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Section 9 System Manager Reference Introduction This section provides reference information about System Manager, the application used to commission and maintain an Encore system. This section is for system administrators responsible for Encore system network functionality, is not intended for Encore system users. Procedures involved in setting up a new Encore system are covered in Section 4-Initial Encore System Setup.
Section 9 — System Manager Reference Main Menu Figure 231. System Manager Main Menu The Main Menu consists of a number of buttons that provide access to the following System Manager screens: 384 Users Access the User Setup screen. Applications Access the Applications Setup screen Engines Access the Engine Setup screen Stations Access the Workstation Setup screen. System Access the System Setup screen. Disconnect Close the application to make it available to other users.
Users Setup Users Setup Figure 232. System Manager Users Menu Purpose You use the User Setup screen to: • Add new users to your network. • Modify a user’s details. • Delete a user from your network. • Copy the key network details from one user logon to another logon. • Delete a user from your network. • Modify a user’s details. • Allow a user to use an application. • Prevent a user from using an application. • Set an application to load automatically when a user logs on.
Section 9 — System Manager Reference Description. User ID The user’s logon name. Once you’ve entered this name, you cannot change it. The system does not allow duplicate user IDs Group The group that the user belongs to. Area The area that the user belongs to. Privileges The user’s privilege level. This is a value between 1 and 20. The system provides a default value of 10.
Users Setup Password The user's password. For security reasons, the system displays eight asterisks if you enter a password (regardless of the length of the password). If you don't enter a password, the system leaves the field blank. System Info View information about the user logon ID. The system shows the time and date the logon was created, the time and date it was last used and the filename of the user logon record in the Encore database. Access rights View or modify the user's access rights.
Section 9 — System Manager Reference 388 Add Add a new user. Delete Delete a user. Save Save the changes made to the user logon. Copy Copy the key network details of an existing user. You can copy the file access rights, the group and area, the available applications and the local log-on and apps settings. The system does not copy over the existing user's logon name, privileges, password, title, additional information and system information. Select Select a user to work with.
Applications Setup Applications Setup Figure 233. System Manager Apps Menu Purpose You use the Applications Setup screen to: • Add an application to the database so that the application is available on your network. • Modify the details of the application in the database. • Delete the application from the database. • Copy the key network details from one application to another application. • Take an application off-line so that it is no longer available on your network.
Section 9 — System Manager Reference Description 390 Application Name The application name. EXE name The application executable file. Display name The name of the application as it appears on your network. File The filename of the application's entry in the database. Parameters Parameters passed to the application. For example, you might pass parameters to an application to control which modules are made available when a user logs on to the application.
Engines Setup Engines Setup Figure 234. System Manager Engines Menu Purpose You use the Engines Setup screen to: • Add an engine to the database. • Modify the details of an engine in the database. • Delete an engine from the database. • Copy the key network details from one engine to another engine. • Take an engine off-line so that it is no longer available to network users. • Test the network connection to the engine. • Set the access that users have to the engine.
Section 9 — System Manager Reference Description 392 IP Address The IP address of the engine. Name The name by which the engine is known on your network. i.e. the name that appears in Select lists etc. File The location of the engine network settings in the database. Area The area that the engine belongs to. User rights The system records in a log file all file creation events that take place on the network. This is to help engineers to diagnose problems that occur on your network.
Engines Setup Useable applications: Lists the applications that are installed on the engine and are available to network users. Add app. Make available to the network an application that is installed on the engine. Poll & add Poll the network and display a list of the engines found. You can then highlight an engine in the list and make it available on your network. Dustbin icon Delete an application from the list of applications that are installed on the engine and are available on your network.
Section 9 — System Manager Reference Workstation Setup Figure 235. System Manager Stations Menu Purpose You use the Workstations Setup screen to: 394 • Add a workstation to the database so that it is available on your network. • Modify the details of a workstation in the database. • Delete a workstation from the database. • Copy the key network details from one workstation to another workstation. • Test the network connection to the workstation.
Workstation Setup Description IP Address The workstation's IP address. This is usually given in the network design documentation. Station ID The name by which the workstation is known on the network, i.e. the name that appears in Select lists etc. File The location of the workstation's network settings in the database. Area The network area to which the workstation belongs. Any user logged on to the workstation automatically becomes a member of that area. Fixed Filter Not implemented.
Section 9 — System Manager Reference Copy Copy the key network details from another workstation. Select View the network settings of a workstation or choose a workstation to perform a further operation on. IP list View a list of workstations by IP address. Name list View a list of workstations in alphabetic order. System Setup Figure 236. System Manager System Menu Purpose You use the System Setup screen: 396 • To view information about network resources.
System Setup Description No. Domains The number of domains on your network. No. Areas The number of areas on your network. No. groups The number of groups on your network. No. Users The number of users on your network. No. Apps The number of applications installed on your network. No. OUI's The number of workstations installed on your network. No. Engines The number of engines installed on your network. Categories The number of categories set-up on your network. Total files.
Section 9 — System Manager Reference Updated Shows the time and date the information shown on the System Setup screen was last updated. Filing Figure 237. System Manager Filing Menu Purpose You use the Filing screen to: 398 • Delete a category. • Tidy a particular category or all categories. • Tidy the Names category. • Empty the dustbin.
Filing Description Cat. The category name. Ref. No The unique reference number of the category. Allocated by the system. File The location of the category's network settings in the database. Live entries The number of entries currently in use in the category. Dead entries The number of entries that have been deleted from the category and have not been tidied. Last change The date and time the category information was last modified. Created The date and time the category was created.
Section 9 — System Manager Reference Groups Setup Figure 238. System Manager Groups Menu Purpose You use the Groups Setup screen to: 400 • Add a group to your network. • Remove a group from your network. • Rename a group. • Put a group in the dustbin.
Areas Setup Areas Setup Figure 239. System Manager Areas Menu Purpose You use the Areas Setup screen to: • Add an area to your network. • Remove an area from your network. • Rename an area. • Place an area in the dustbin.
Section 9 — System Manager Reference Domains Setup Figure 240. System Manager Domains Menu Purpose You use the Domains Setup screen to: 402 • Add a domain to your network. • Delete a domain from your network. • View information about your network domains. You can view the domain reference number, the domain name and the domain broadcast address.
Install Options Description List of domains: Lists all of the domains on your network. Shows the domain reference number (which is a unique identifier for the domain), the name by which the domain is known on your network and the broadcast address for the subnet that contains the domain. This domain Displays the domain the engine is located in. Add group Add a new domain to your network. Dustbin icon Delete a domain from your network. Install Options Figure 241.
Section 9 — System Manager Reference Objects Figure 242. System Manager Objects Menu Purpose You use the Objects screen to: • Add new configuration object templates to your network. • View what configuration object templates are on your network. • Add, modify and delete configuration objects. • Create a new configuration object by copying an existing object Description 404 Current Object The name of the configuration object displayed in the Objects listing.
Objects Array Element An item in the configuration structure. Save Save the changes made to a configuration object. Copy From Create a new configuration object by copying an existing object. Copy & Inc Create a new configuration object by copying an existing object and incrementing the number after the object name. For example, you might create a new configuration object called Clipbox 2 by copying the configuration with the name Clipbox 1. Delete Put a configuration object in the Bin.
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Index Numerics 48B panel configuration screen 285 7500 control by Encore 18 A Acappella consecutive IP addresses 76 Acappella control by Encore 18 ACK button 304 active application 38 Add button 144 Add Dest button 322 Add Rule button 144 Add TL button 322 Address button 118 Alias button 133 Aliases button 337 All Input Attributes button 129 all level Take 25 illustration 25 All Output Attributes button 130 Allow All button 144 AllSvos 234, 302 ALPHA button 372 Alpha Sort button 180, 210 Alpha Sort Lists b
Index Audio Attribute Lock button 234 Audio Transition Area Clip Assistant 365 Auto Create button 249 Auto Level Latching button 234 Auto Ownership (of tie-line) 309 Auto Ownership button 313 Auto Select protocol 302 Auto Tally button 235 automatic control 348 automatic filter Filer-Fax 371 Available button 366 Available indicator 317 B backing up 102 Backlight Bright 232 Backlight button 235 Backup MCPU 302 barcode format Long Sony 366 Odetics 366 barcoded tapes 366 Baud Rate button 114 Black Level button
Index device selection 358 using tapes 358 Video Transition Area 364 Clip Assistant application 355 Clip Pad 41 copy 40 retrieve 41 Clip Progress Bar 350 CLNT (Encore) panel Destination assignments 286 CLNT (Encore) panel configuration screen 286 clone clip 356 comma separated values (CSV) file 170 Commit Changes tie-line configuration 327 Commit Changes button 105, 110, 178 Communication Channel Router Controller configuration 115 communication channel 112 Concerto board slot configuration 123 port matrix
Index default IP address 58 Destination Exclusion Set 244 EDP configuration screen 292 Encore defaults 205 Encore XY configuration example 216 general description 20 grouping 258 grouping identification 259 grouping procedure 258 identification 66 immediate config.
Index D Data Bits button 115 data file definition 369 database 102 as core layer 28 automatic matching on bootup 32 backing up 33 default contents 56 default installation 59 default IP addresses 57 distributed 31 general description 21 OMN folder 102 OMN folder renaming 102 synchronized 31 validation 182 DATABASE category 369 database folder renaming 102 database validation resolution 183 restrictions 183 daughter clip 356 Debug Rx button 303 Debug Tx button 303 default database contents 56 installation 59
Index Local Machine Control Panel 350 device list 347 device selection with Clip Assistant 358 device selection and control Local Machine Control Panel 347 Device Selection Area 347 Display Alias Names button 235 Display Bright 232 Display Last Salvo button 235 Display Level Tally JEP-100 panel 289 distributed control 21 Do COPY button 355 Do EXPORT button 355 documentation online 4 documentation set Encore 15 Don’t Care Lvls (of tile-line) 309 Don’t Care Lvls button 314 Don’t Care Lvls parameter 310 Drop A
Index Tie-Line Manager 314 Exclusion Set precautions 256 shared 256 exclusion set definition 22 Execute button 174 Execute Salvo button 341 Expand All button 337 Expand Local button 337 Expansion panel control panel group 258 Export button 107, 209, 313 F Failures tie-line 325 FAQ database 4 Fast Forward button 351 FDELAY Take delay 304 features 192 File definition 369 file deleting 375 loading with Filer-Fax 377 preview 374 saving with Filer-Fax 376 tagged to category 373 untagged from category 373 file I
Index Lock-Protect 280 Lock-Protect (non-latch) 280 Lock-Protect on Dest Select 280 Lock-Protect on Dest Select (non-latch) 280 Protect 280 Salvo 281 Grass Valley web site 4 grouping control panels 258 Guard button 350 H Hand Shake button 115 Hard Lock button 236 hardware controlled by Encore 18 Hardware Lock button 119 Help Bar display 38 Hold Breakaway button 236 Hold indicator 175 Hold Preset button 236 Hold Source button 175 Horizon control by Encore 18 Host IP button 115 I I/O channel configuration 1
Index shared 256 KeyPad Set button 220 KeyPad Set window 228 keystroke shortcut 49 KMD panel configuration screen 291 KSD panel configuration screen 291 L Last Input button 120 Last Output button 120 Level configuration 111 definition 22 detailed description 99 formats 111 general description 23 naming conventions for 178 system-wide changes 112 Level button 110, 129, 130, 134, 139, 175 Level Change Lock button 237 Level Display Toggle button 237 Level Exclusion Set Tally Level required 257 Level Exclusion
Index Lock/Protect Override button 237 Lock-Protect GPI 280 Lock-Protect (non-latch) GPI 280 Lock-Protect on Dest Select GPI 280 Lock-Protect on Dest Select (non-latch) GPI 280 logging disabling Router Controller 342 disabling Tie-Line Manager 342 negative impact on performance 342 Panel Server 214 Protect/Lock request 214 Salvo request 214 Take request 214 logging off OUI 51 logging on with Special Application 77 logging onto the OUI 43 Logging Options 181 logic buttons Filer-Fax 372 Logical Matrix configu
Index messaging 378 Minipic button 366 Minor Category button 362 Mode 312 Mode button 104, 208, 353 Monitor Control button 237, 303 Monitor Only button 237 monitoring description 185 More button 295 Multi New button 135, 140 multi-domain network 370 Multi-dropped serial communication 157 multi-dropped serial communication 153 multi-level switching general description 25 multiple Area Encore system 91 Multiple Conn button 303 Multiple Dest Control flag 270 Multiple Dst Control button 237 Multiple Dst Control
Index NP Matrix configuration 193 Monitor Control 200 Protect and Unprotect 200 redundancy 200 NP Matrix driver 191 numeric keypad 40 O Off-Line button 312 OffLine button 317 Offline button 209 Off-Line indicator 105 OMN database folder 102 OmniPager 378 accessing 378 receiving a message 380 replying 380 Send Message screen 379 sending a message 379 online documentation 4 Options screen Router Controller 180 Options/Config mode 333 OR button 372 OUI changing screen size 52 logging off 51 logging on 43 OUI
Index Physical Matrix Configuration screen Router Controller 116 Play button 351 playing clip 348 playing/recording 348 PMB panel configuration screen 284 Port button 114 port matrix one-to-many control 201 Prefix button 229 preset definition 23 Preset Source button description 225 Preset Swap button 237 preview route Local Router Panel 339 previewing a file 374 Priority button 355 Process matrix offline 181 Profile control software required 345 Protect definition 23 via Control Panel GPI 280 Protect button
Index Remove TL button 318, 322 Ren.
Index creating 144 defining 144 description 100 Rule button 139 Rules assignment screen 143 Rules Configuration screen Router Controller 143 S Salvo assigning to a button 341 definition 23 filename restrictions 340 for frame-accurate Takes 342 keycap name restrictions 340 naming conventions for 178 naming restrictions 340 quick startup 213 setting up with Local Router Panel 340 updating 341 Salvo button 182 configuration 257 Salvo field 182 Salvo keycap naming restrictions 340 Salvo Lock button 303 Salvo M
Index Share Reserved tie-line 309 shareable Segment 124 shared elements 169 shared elements example 167 shared Exclusion Set 256 shared Keypad Set 256 shared Page Set 256 Sharer general description 21 multi-domain network 370 sharer automatic database match 32 Sharer confirmation 47 Sharer PC default IP address 57 general descripion 22 recommended settings 57 Shift Button feature 263 and Joystick Override 263 and Joystick override 263 configuration 263 Shift Function button 218, 219 Shift Latching button 23
Index Src Category Set 233 Src Category Set button 302 Src Mode Time In 232 Src Mode Time In button 239 Src Preset Lock button 239 Start button 43 State 312 station message destination 378 Status 209 Status button 318 status map 97 Stop Bits button 115 Stop button 352 Store button description 225 Studio Panel button 239 Successes tie-line 325 Suffix button 229 Svo Exclusion Set 234 Svo Exclusion Set button 302 Svo Lock button 239 Svo Page Set 233 Sync Matrices button 182 sync operation confirming 69 Sync Pa
Index partial configuration 273 template file 205 terminology 22 Test Salvo button 341 testing initial system functionality 69 Tie Config screen 316 Tie Line Manager configuration precaution 311 Tie Line Source Monitor 327 Tie Status screen 323 Tie Users indicator 317 Tie-Line RCL Server new config 305 tie-line Area of Destination 317 Area of Source 317 Auto Ownership 309 available indicator 317 Commit Changes for configuration 327 configuing new 327 configuration 325 created in Router Controller 325 defini
Index tie-line 324 touch screen settings 47 Track indicator 175 transport control buttons Local Machine Control Panel 350 recording 351 Trinix control by Encore 18 number of output monitors 188 software installation 59 Type button 134, 139, 360 Type Param tie-line 317 U UCP (Encore) panel configuration screen 285 UCP (SMS) panel configuration screen 292 Ult. Src.
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