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USER MANUAL XTract 1.02 Copyright EVS Broadcast Equipment S.A.– Copyright © 2010-2013. All rights reserved. Disclaimer The information in this manual is furnished for informational use only and subject to change without notice. While every effort has been made to ensure that the information contained in this user manual is accurate, up-to-date and reliable, EVS Broadcast Equipment cannot be held responsible for inaccuracies or errors that may appear in this publication.
USER MANUAL XTract 1.02 Table of Contents TABLE OF CONTENTS III WHAT'S NEW? IV 1. OVERVIEW 1 2. INSTALLATION 2 3. NETWORK ARCHITECTURE 3 4. OPERATION 4 4.1. Overview 4 4.2. Backing up Clips 6 4.3. Restoring Clips 8 4.4. About Window 9 4.5.
EVS Broadcast Equipment S.A. Issue 1.02.A July 2013 What's New? This manual has not been subject to changes associated to new features in release 1.02. Further to the new EVS branding, the look and feel of the user interface has been slightly modified. For the same reason, the look and feel of the user manual has been updated. Some changes unrelated to new features have been implemented, and are therefore not indicated with the logo.
USER MANUAL XTract 1.02 1. Overview The XTract application is an interface software dedicated to the backup and restore of clips from or to one or several EVS video servers (XT3, XS, XTnano and/or XSnano). XTract manages the backup and transfer of all clips the operator has marked as "to archive" via the Remote Panel. This manual describes the configuration interface, which is easy to use and straightforward. XTract acts as a user interface for the background running XTAccess application.
EVS Broadcast Equipment S.A. 2. Issue 1.02.A July 2013 Installation The XTract application must be installed on the same computer as the XTAccess application. The XTAccess application used by XTract is solely dedicated to XTract and cannot be used by any other application. It is already configured to process XTract commands. The XTract setup launches the XTAccess installation only if no XTAccess is installed or if the already installed XTAccess version is lower than the new one.
USER MANUAL XTract 1.02 3. Network Architecture XTract is installed on the same computer as an XTAccess application. XTract is the interface application used to manage the backup and restore functions. The files to be archived and restored are located on one or several EVS video servers and storage units connected to the same Ethernet network. Two networks are used for the various communications and for the file transfers as illustrated.
EVS Broadcast Equipment S.A. 4. Operation 4.1. Overview Issue 1.02.A July 2013 Introduction The XTract software interface is made of a single window illustrated below. Each tab or item in the main window opens a specific window or tab described in a dedicated section. The XTract main window contains the areas highlighted on the screenshot below: 4 4.
USER MANUAL XTract 1.02 Area Description The table below describes the various items or tabs that allow opening a secondary window or pane: 4. Operation Part Name Description 1. Backup tab Displays the Backup pane that allows selecting the servers whose clips will be backed up onto a distant storage, as well as defining the backup parameters. See section "Backing up Clips" on page 6. 2.
EVS Broadcast Equipment S.A. 4.2. Issue 1.02.A July 2013 Backing up Clips Overview of the Backup Window From the Backup window, you can back up clips which have the status "to archive" and are stored on selected EVS servers. in this window, you will select backup folder, as well as the file format for the backup files. The Backup window is open by default when you launch the application: 6 4.
USER MANUAL XTract 1.02 How to Back up Clips To back up clips onto the dedicated storage system from the Backup window, proceed as follows: 1. In the Server Visibility area of the Backup window, select the type of EVS video servers the clips to be backed up are stored on. 2. In the Select backup servers area, click the Refresh List button to display only the EVS servers corresponding to the selected types. 3. Once the server list is refreshed, select all servers on which you want to perform a backup.
EVS Broadcast Equipment S.A. 4.3. Issue 1.02.A July 2013 Restoring Clips Overview of the Restore Window From the Restore window, you can select the EVS server on which the files previously backed up will be restored. The Restore window opens when you select the Restore tab: 8 4.
USER MANUAL XTract 1.02 How to Restore Clips To restore clips onto selected server(s) from the Restore window, proceed as follows: 1. In the Server Visibility area of the Restore window, select the type of EVS video servers you want to restore the clip backed up to. 2. In the Select restore servers area, click the Refresh List button to display only the EVS servers corresponding to the selected types. 3.
EVS Broadcast Equipment S.A. 4.5. Issue 1.02.A July 2013 Alert and Messages The following alert and messages may be displayed in the Backup and the Restore windows: Alerts Description A server name is displayed in red. The server had been detected but is not available anymore (for example due to a connexion lost). Messages Description "XML Unit not accessible" The XTAccess application is not started and running.
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