Setup guide

DVS Centaurus 1 or 2 board and DVS Breakout Box II The DVS Centaurus
board provides video I/O. Use the DVS Breakout Box II for serial control of a
VTR or other slave device and LTC output to an audio device.
NVIDIA Quadro FX5500 graphics board The NVIDIA Quadro FX graphics
board provides output to your computer monitor.
EIZO 24-inch or Sony 21-inch wide screen LCD graphics monitor The EIZO
®
and Sony LCD graphics monitors provide a 16:9 widescreen aspect ratio for
film or HD projects. With these monitors, the application runs at a maximum
resolution of 1920x1200. For instructions on connecting the graphics monitor,
see Connecting the Monitor on page 20.
Altinex DA1804NT video distribution amplifier The Altinex
®
video
distribution amplifier can serve a bi-level (SD) or tri-level (HD) sync signal to
up to four video hardware devices from a single sync source/generator. It serves
the sync signal to the NVIDIA graphics board and the DVS Centaurus board.
Video I/O for Real-Time Deliverables and
Without Real-Time Deliverables
The following diagram describes the video I/O wiring for both the Real-time
deliverables configuration and without Real-time deliverables. Real-time
deliverables allows Lustre to play out to a VTR directly through the DVS SDI
OUT.
NOTE The backplanes depicted in the following diagram represent a
Windows-based configuration, but, it is also accurate for a Linux-based
configuration, where the ATTO fibre-channel adapter is replaced by the Infiniband
HCA.
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