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Issue 4.4.B II IP Director Version 4.
IP Director Version 4.4 – User Manual – Part 4 – System Management & Troubleshooting EVS Broadcast Equipment – March 2008 Issue 4.4.B Table of Contents Table of Contents............................................................................................................ III What’s New?.................................................................................................................... IV About this Manual................................................................................
Issue 4.4.B IP Director Version 4.4 – User Manual – Part 4 – System Management & Troubleshooting EVS Broadcast Equipment – March 2008 What’s New? N EW F EATURES IN IP D IRECTOR V ERSION 4.3 Metadata on clips Part 1 – section 2.2.5 Main IPD window: metadata menu Part 1 – section 2.7 Main IPD window: metadata profile management Part 2 – section 3.2.6 Metadata in Edit Clip window Part 3 – section 4.7 Metadata in Save Clip window Part 3 – section 4.9 Control Panel: metadata tab Part 3 – section 4.
IP Director Version 4.4 – User Manual – Part 4 – System Management & Troubleshooting Issue 4.4.B EVS Broadcast Equipment – March 2008 N EW F EATURES IN IP D IRECTOR V ERSION 4.4 Protect Clip Part 2 – Section 3.2.3 DB Explorer: protected/unprotected clips in clip data Part 2 – Section 3.2.4 DB Explorer: protect/unprotect clip in contextual menu Part 2 – Section 3.2.6 Edit Clip window: protect/unprotect Clip Part 2 – Section 3.4.7 DB Explorer: bin rules Part 2 – Section 3.6.
Issue 4.4.B IP Director Version 4.4 – User Manual – Part 4 – System Management & Troubleshooting EVS Broadcast Equipment – March 2008 I MPROVEMENTS IN U SER M ANUAL V ERSION 4.3 & 4.4 IP Logger: general review + new sections Part 2 – section 1.3 (new) Using keywords with logs Part 2 – section 1.6.2 (new) Fields in the Create a New Log window Part 2 – section 1.6.3 (new) How to Add Keywords Specifically to a Log Entry Part 2 – section 1.6.
IP Director Version 4.4 – User Manual – Part 4 – System Management & Troubleshooting EVS Broadcast Equipment – March 2008 Issue 4.4.B About this Manual This manual is intended to cover all aspects of IP Director. It should be seen as a reference guide that provides a detailed description on the various modules of IP Director, as well as procedural information on how to work with the IP Director system. The user manual for IP Director Version 4.
Issue 4.4.B IP Director Version 4.4 – User Manual – Part 4 – System Management & Troubleshooting EVS Broadcast Equipment – March 2008 P ART 3: I NGEST AND P LAY -O UT The third part contains the following chapters: Chapter Description Recorder Panel This chapter provides information on the Recorder Panel, i.e. the module used to control the recorder channels of an XT Server.
IP Director Version 4.4 – User Manual – Part 4 – System Management & Troubleshooting EVS Broadcast Equipment – March 2008 Issue 4.4.B 1. System Management 1.1 SHORTCUT DEFINITION 1.1.1 INTRODUCTION For each application in the IP Director there are keyboard shortcuts available to make operation faster to the Operator. All shortcuts can be redefined to suit individual preferences.
Issue 4.4.B IP Director Version 4.4 – User Manual – Part 4 – System Management & Troubleshooting EVS Broadcast Equipment – March 2008 Current Value column. • If the new shortcut key is not available, the following type of error message is displayed: 5. Repeat steps 3 and 4 for all the shortcuts to be modified. 6. Select OK to confirm the changes in the shortcut definition. The changes in the shortcut definition are saved and available in the application.
IP Director Version 4.4 – User Manual – Part 4 – System Management & Troubleshooting EVS Broadcast Equipment – March 2008 Issue 4.4.
Issue 4.4.B 1.1.4 IP Director Version 4.4 – User Manual – Part 4 – System Management & Troubleshooting EVS Broadcast Equipment – March 2008 CHANNEL MANAGEMENT SHORTCUTS In the IP Director main window, the menu Tools > Define Shortcuts in the m enu bar allows the users to define shortcuts for most of the common operations with the IP Director. Shown in the screenshots below are all Channel Management shortcuts that are available, the default values are shown.
IP Director Version 4.4 – User Manual – Part 4 – System Management & Troubleshooting EVS Broadcast Equipment – March 2008 1.1.5 Issue 4.4.B CLIP EDITOR SHORTCUTS In the IP Director main window, the menu Tools > Define Shortcuts in the m enu bar allows the users to define shortcuts for most of the common operations with the IP Director. Shown in the screenshots below are all items that are available in the Clip Editor with shortcuts, the default values are shown.
Issue 4.4.B IP Director Version 4.4 – User Manual – Part 4 – System Management & Troubleshooting EVS Broadcast Equipment – March 2008 1.2 VIDEO DISPLAY 1.2.1 INTRODUCTION The Video Display allows the user to see a display of video in a window on the VGA output of an IP Director Workstation. Open the Video Display panel by selecting the Video Display icon from the Application toolbar in the IP Director main window.
IP Director Version 4.4 – User Manual – Part 4 – System Management & Troubleshooting EVS Broadcast Equipment – March 2008 1.2.2 Issue 4.4.B DISPLAYING VIDEO ON THE VIDEO DISPLAY WINDOW To be ab le to disp lay a ch annel in the Video Display win dow, a physical connection must be made from the required video source to the input of the IP Director workstation A/V board.
Issue 4.4.B IP Director Version 4.4 – User Manual – Part 4 – System Management & Troubleshooting EVS Broadcast Equipment – March 2008 To define a link b etween a PGM and a video display, proceed as follows: 1. Check the box in the Linked column 2. Select which video display device it is linked to from the drop down list in the video d isplay column. The linked box can be checked without being linked to a Video Display. For example, this is used when an external monitor is connected at your workstation.
IP Director Version 4.4 – User Manual – Part 4 – System Management & Troubleshooting EVS Broadcast Equipment – March 2008 1.2.5 Issue 4.4.B ASSOCIATION BETWEEN PLAYER CHANNEL IN VIDEO DISPLAY AND DATABASE EXPLORER To create thumbnails, a video display window must be associated to the Database Explorer. To establish the association between the Video Display window and in a Database Explorer window, you need to do the following: • Assign a player channel to the Database Explorer window.
Issue 4.4.B IP Director Version 4.4 – User Manual – Part 4 – System Management & Troubleshooting EVS Broadcast Equipment – March 2008 • Audio Properties window In the above-mentioned windows, you can specify the settings for the A/V board used in the workstation. Please refer to the Video board User Manual for information on the required settings.
IP Director Version 4.4 – User Manual – Part 4 – System Management & Troubleshooting EVS Broadcast Equipment – March 2008 1.3 SHUTTLEPRO CONFIGURATION 1.3.1 INTRODUCTION Issue 4.4.B ShuttlePRO has a Jog wheel and a Shuttle ring, and fifteen buttons. The two top rows of buttons on the ShuttlePRO series have labels for quick reference as to which functions each button is designed to perform. Since version 4 of IP Director, the ShuttlePRO driver is no more needed.
Issue 4.4.B 1.3.3 IP Director Version 4.
IP Director Version 4.4 – User Manual – Part 4 – System Management & Troubleshooting Issue 4.4.B EVS Broadcast Equipment – March 2008 1.3.
Issue 4.4.B IP Director Version 4.4 – User Manual – Part 4 – System Management & Troubleshooting EVS Broadcast Equipment – March 2008 2. Troubleshooting Guide 2.1 CONNECTIONS: MAIN STATUS IN THE IP DIRECTOR INTERFACE T HE DATABASE STATUS IS RED . It means the IP Di rector has not established the link with th e IP Director database.
IP Director Version 4.4 – User Manual – Part 4 – System Management & Troubleshooting Issue 4.4.B EVS Broadcast Equipment – March 2008 connected to on XT server if the connection is established with the XT server. In the transport tab, the connection must be started (green status in front of the COM or USB co nnection). • Make sure you do not have 2 IPDP serial connections to one XT server. T HE SYNCHRO DB STATUS IS RED It means the IP Director has not established the link with the SynchroDB service.
Issue 4.4.B IP Director Version 4.4 – User Manual – Part 4 – System Management & Troubleshooting EVS Broadcast Equipment – March 2008 O NE XT SERVER APPEARS WITH A GREY FONT IN THE C HANNEL E XPLORER AND I CANNOT CONTROL ITS CHANNELS This means that there are no direct serial connections to that XT Server, you cannot control the channels of that XT Server . 2.
IP Director Version 4.4 – User Manual – Part 4 – System Management & Troubleshooting EVS Broadcast Equipment – March 2008 2.4 Issue 4.4.B IP LOGGER T H E T/C IS NOT RUN NI NG I N THE ‘ LIVE ’ ZONE The T/C information is taken from the preview recorder. The preview recorder is defined in the 3 r d step of the ‘new log sheet wizard’: Relevant recorders definition. You must have a serial connection to the XT where this recorder is located. Otherwise you do not get the information of this recorder.
Issue 4.4.B IP Director Version 4.4 – User Manual – Part 4 – System Management & Troubleshooting EVS Broadcast Equipment – March 2008 T HE KEYWORDS ASSOCIATED WITH MY LOGS ARE NOT PUSHED TO I T S AS SOCIATED CLIPS The clips are created on an XT server which has no serial connection to any IP Director workstation. Check if the Edit Clip by Network parameter is activated on the corresponding XT server. This allows the IP Director to edit the clips on the server to be able to assign keywords to them.
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