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Xsquare – Version 1.0 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – June 2012 Issue 1.0.C Copyright EVS Broadcast Equipment – Copyright © 2012. All rights reserved. Disclaimer The information in this manual is furnished for informational use only and subject to change without notice.
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Xsquare – Version 1.0 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – June 2012 Issue 1.0.C Table of Contents TABLE OF CONTENTS .................................................................................................... III 1. XSQUARE INTRODUCTION ....................................................................................... 1 2. SOFTWARE INSTALLATION...................................................................................... 2 3. XSECURE MANAGEMENT ...............................
Xsquare – Version 1.0 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – June 2012 1. Issue 1.0.C Xsquare Introduction The goal of the Xsquare solution is to act as an orchestrator receiving job requests and dispatching them to the best engine (loadbalancing, JOB API, etc), which means an engine available and able to manage the requested job (transcoding, rewrap, etc). The engines will first be limited to XTAccess.
Issue 1.0.C 2. Xsquare – Version 1.0 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – June 2012 Software Installation The installation package is based on a suite of software with one installer and subinstallers in subfolders. In the Installers folder you can retrieve all sub-installers (the EVS Software and Microsoft required software). The Microsoft required software could be removed from the package in case of Update. To install XTAccess, proceed as follows: 1. Copy the package in a temp directory (e.g.
Xsquare – Version 1.0 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – June 2012 Issue 1.0.C 3. Press NEXT. 4. Select the destination directory to install the new software and then press NEXT.
Issue 1.0.C Xsquare – Version 1.0 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – June 2012 5. You can select here the different Xsquare modes: • StandAlone setup: The installer will install Xsquare, XTAccess and all the required software. The installer will also automatically associate XTAccess to Xsquare. This Installation mode will not ask other confirmations or questions. • Orchestrator setup: The installer will install Xsquare and all the required software but not XTAccess.
Xsquare – Version 1.0 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – June 2012 3. XSecure Management 3.1 Introduction Issue 1.0.C To be able to manage more than 4 XTAccess with Xsquare and to be able to have the Xsquare user rights, it is necessary to have an Xsquare license. XSecure uses hardware information from the device where XTAccess is running. This means that it is impossible to exchange licenses or codes between devices. Please refer to the XSecure User’s Manual to: 3.2 • Start XSecure Manager.
Issue 1.0.C Xsquare – Version 1.0 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – June 2012 4. Associating XTAccess to Xsquare 4.1 Overview After installing Xsquare and XTAccess, you will have to associate XTAccess to Xsquare. Open the association tool on the Xsquare computer You can see 6 • On the right: all your computers which have XTAccess and/or Xsquare installed • On the top left: the list of your Xsquare and the associated XTAccess.
Xsquare – Version 1.0 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – June 2012 4.2 Issue 1.0.C How to Associate or Disassociate XTAccess To associate/disassociate an XTAccess from an Xsquare, you simply have to drag and drop it from the left to the right or the right to the left. There is no SAVE button, the new association is done in “LIVE”.
Issue 1.0.C Xsquare – Version 1.0 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – June 2012 5. User Interface 5.1 Introduction The Xsquare interface is a web interface available from everywhere on the same network as Xsquare. This web interface is hosted on an EVS Proxy service on the port 9004 (not on windows IIS). To be able to display the Xsquare web interface, the internet browser needs to have the Silverlight plug-in.
Xsquare – Version 1.0 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – June 2012 5.2 Issue 1.0.C Monitoring 5.2.1 Overview The Monitoring of Xsquare will allow you to monitor but also manage all the Xsquare jobs: The available features on the Monitoring window are the following: • Filter on all column information, by cluster and status. • Sort on each column. • Cancel on scheduled or running jobs. • Retry on cancelled or failed jobs.
Issue 1.0.C Xsquare – Version 1.0 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – June 2012 5.2.2 Queuing Management In the Monitoring tool, you can re-order the queue of scheduled jobs inside Xsquare. By default the order of the job execution is “First In First Out” by cluster. But it is possible to change the order in the queue and use the Move to the Top button to move one specific job to the top of the Xsquare scheduled list.
Xsquare – Version 1.0 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – June 2012 Issue 1.0.C Target Definition For each target you will have to define: • Name: name that could be displayed on the client interface. • Template: template with all the job parameters. • Icon: icon which represents the target. • Description(s): description of each destination. • Destination(s): path or IP address.
Issue 1.0.C Xsquare – Version 1.0 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – June 2012 There are three kinds of scanfolders: • Scanfolder for Files: in this mode the scanfolder service will scan video files. • Scanfolder for Graphical Sequence: in this mode the scanfolder service will scan folders which must contain graphical sequences. • Scanfolder for Audio Source: In this mode the scanfolder service will scan audio files.
Xsquare – Version 1.0 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – June 2012 Issue 1.0.C Scanfolder Options You can define here some options for each scanfolder: Scan Mode • Uncompleted files + delay (sec): the Scanfolder service will send the job to Xsquare as soon as it sees the new file or after x seconds, depending on the delay configuration. In this case, if the source file is not growing compatible, the job will fail.
Issue 1.0.C Xsquare – Version 1.0 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – June 2012 Scanfolder ID You can define here how Xsquare must manage the media IDs (VarID, MaterialID, UmID) created by the scanfolder 5.3.3 ScanXML Instructions ScanXML Definition You can create here ScanXML for previous job xml V1. Xsquare will in fact use the information of the job V1 + the information defined in the template and then create a full job.
Xsquare – Version 1.0 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – June 2012 Issue 1.0.C To add/remove a ScanXML, you simply have to click on the + or – button on the bottom of the window: To stop/start a ScanXML, you can click on the small icon next to the ScanXML: Credential The little lock allows you to add the Windows Username/Password to access the ScanXML watch folder: Warning You cannot access different computer UNC paths from the same computer with different windows usernames.
Issue 1.0.C 5.4 Xsquare – Version 1.0 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – June 2012 Configuration 5.4.
Xsquare – Version 1.0 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – June 2012 • XTAccess Group for Vedio • XTAccess SN (not editable) • XTAccess IP (not editable) • XSecure validity date (not editable) Issue 1.0.C Configuration • Total max dest: maximum number of destinations that one XTAccess can handle (transcoding jobs included). • Total max trans: maximum number of destinations that one XTAccess can transcode. Note One job can contain several destinations.
Issue 1.0.C Xsquare – Version 1.0 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – June 2012 • IP Retry timeout (Default 5000) • Enable Retry (Default 1) • MinFieldsToWriteBeforeRefInCEDB (Default 1000) • EDL File extension (Default .edl) Cluster Configuration Introduction The Orchestrator (Xsquare) will always send the jobs to the most available XTAccess. But it is possible to create a group of XTAccess called “Cluster”.
Xsquare – Version 1.0 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – June 2012 Issue 1.0.C Adding a Cluster To add a new cluster: you have to click on the + button and then select the cluster that you want to create: Depending on the cluster, some configurations are available. For example: for the cluster “To Folder”, you can configure the folder.
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Xsquare – Version 1.0 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – June 2012 Issue 1.0.C If one XTAccess is in two clusters: you will be able to define the “max dest” and “max trans” by cluster: When you are done configuring, you can decide to save, cancel, undo or redo it. The configuration can be done during jobs processing. 5.4.2 Job Templates You can manage your list of templates in this window. It is also possible to import/export templates.
Issue 1.0.C Xsquare – Version 1.0 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – June 2012 Note The template name and GUID must be unique. 5.4.3 Encoders/Wrappers Profiles You can manage here your list of encoders/wrappers profiles. It is also possible to import/export encoders/wrappers profiles Note It is also possible to import encoder/wrapper profile from XTAccess 1.17 5.4.4 Icons Manager You can manage here your Xsquare icons. At the moment, they are only used to illustrate the destinations.
Xsquare – Version 1.0 – User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – June 2012 5.5 Issue 1.0.C Administration 5.5.1 Users and Access You can here manage the Xsquare users which will be used to access the web interface or to send job SOAP V2 Warning If you change the password of one user: do not forget to also change it in the client application which sends jobs V2 to Xsquare Here is the list of the different user rights: • Level 3 (administrator): can access everything and create users.
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