Kaleido-X User's Manual.book Page i Friday, August 24, 2007 4:39 PM Kaleido-X User’s Manual Ver. 2.00 Questions about Kaleido-X User’s Manual? Telephone: +1-514-333-1772 techsupp@miranda.com e-mail: Comments and Suggestions about the Kaleido-X Documentation? Documentation-Feedback@Miranda.
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Kaleido-X User's Manual.book Page iii Friday, August 24, 2007 4:39 PM ©Copyright Miranda Technologies Inc. This is a placeholder for the Half-Title artwork. All rights reserved. Safety Compliance ATTENTION: please read the following terms and conditions carefully. By using Kaleido-X This equipment complies with: documentation, you agree to the following terms and conditions: • CAN/CSA C22.2 No. Safety permission of Information Equipment, Including Miranda Technologies Inc.
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Kaleido-X User's Manual.book Page v Friday, August 24, 2007 4:39 PM Safety Compliance This equipment complies with: • CAN/CSA C22.2 No. 950-95 / Safety of Information Technology Equipment, Including Electrical Business Equipment. • UL Std. No. 1950, 3rd Ed. / Safety of Information Technology Equipment, Including Electrical Business Equipment. • EN 60950:1992 (2nd edition) Incorporating A1, A2, A3, A4, and A11/ Safety of Information Technology Equipment, Including Electrical Business Equipment.
Kaleido-X User's Manual.book Page vi Friday, August 24, 2007 4:39 PM Warranty Policies Warranty Statement Miranda Technologies warrants that the equipment it manufactures shall be free from defects in material and workmanship for a period of two (2) years from the date of shipment from the factory. If equipment fails due to such defects, Miranda Technologies Inc. will, at its option, repair or provide a replacement for the defective part or product.
Kaleido-X User's Manual.book Page vii Friday, August 24, 2007 4:39 PM Out-Of Warranty Equipment Updates and Spare Parts Policy Miranda Technologies’ current pricing structure for out-of-warranty equipment updates, or the sale of spare parts, is available from Miranda Technical Support Services at (514) 333-1772.
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Kaleido-X User's Manual.book Page v Friday, August 24, 2007 4:39 PM table of contents ©Copyright Miranda Technologies Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iii Safety Compliance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . v Electromagnetic Compatibility . . . . . . . . .
Kaleido-X User's Manual.book Page vi Friday, August 24, 2007 4:39 PM toc Refreshing a Layout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Assigning a Channel to a Widget . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Invoking an Action . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Kaleido-X User's Manual.book Page vii Friday, August 24, 2007 4:39 PM Calibrating Reclocking. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 Configuring Alarm Threshold . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 Configuring Alarm Debouncing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Kaleido-X User's Manual.book Page viii Friday, August 24, 2007 4:39 PM toc Setting up a Layout to use the DVI Background Input. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116 Adding Widgets to a Layout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117 Assigning a Channel to Widgets. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Kaleido-X User's Manual.book Page ix Friday, August 24, 2007 4:39 PM Viewing Kaleido-X Frame Versions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156 5 Using Kaleido-X Control Protocols 157 Overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157 Key Concepts . . . . .
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Kaleido-X User's Manual.book Page 1 Friday, August 24, 2007 4:39 PM Overview Welcome to the Kaleido-X! This section provides information about the system overview documentation set and customer support. Summary About this Document . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Kaleido-X System Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Kaleido-X User's Manual.book Page 2 Friday, August 24, 2007 4:39 PM 1 Overview Documentation Conventions This documentation may use the following documentation conventions. Notation Usage Example RMB click Click with the rightmost mouse button. RMB click the group and choose Ungroup from the menu that appears. Shift+click Press the Shift key an simultaneously click with the leftmost mouse button. Click on a file, then Shift+click another file to select a range of files.
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Kaleido-X User's Manual.book Page 5 Friday, August 24, 2007 4:39 PM Detailed Directions Step 1 – Physical Setup To set up the Kaleido-X hardware, do the following: 1. With the Kaleido-X frame (enclosure) installed in its designated rack position, and before powering up the unit, verify that each card is securely seated in its slot. 2. Make the network and other connections as shown in the diagram on the next page.
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Kaleido-X User's Manual.book Page 7 Friday, August 24, 2007 4:39 PM To power up the Kaleido-X, do the following: 1. Plug both power cords from the Kaleido-X into a grounded power outlet. The Kaleido-X does not have a power switch, and will start up as soon as it is plugged in. The startup sequence takes approximately 4 minutes, during which some video may appear on the display(s). The startup is completed when the CPU LEDs of the output cards (second from the top) are solid green.
Kaleido-X User's Manual.book Page 8 Friday, August 24, 2007 4:39 PM 1 Overview Step 2 – Networking Setup In order for the Kaleido-X unit to be able to join a TCP/IP network, it must be configured with an IP address, a network mask, a gateway, and system name. In addition, a client PC must be configured to be able to communicate with the Kaleido-X. You must also configure the Kaleido-RCP2 unit.
Kaleido-X User's Manual.book Page 9 Friday, August 24, 2007 4:39 PM If, for some reason, the IP address of the Kaleido-X has been changed (i.e., no longer corresponds to the asshipped configuration), it is still possible to determine the IP address. To find the system IP address, system name and application version, do the following: 1. Connect a mouse to the front USB connector of an output card. 2. Drag the cursor to the lower right corner of the display.
Kaleido-X User's Manual.book Page 10 Friday, August 24, 2007 4:39 PM 1 Overview Configuring a Client PC The IP address of the Client PC that you will use to communicate with the Kaleido-X (via XAdmin and XEdit) must have an address that matches the subnet of the Kaleido-X IP address. To change the IP address of the Client PC, do the following: 1. From the Windows XP Start menu, select Settings|Control Panel | Network Connections and Local Area Connection. 2.
Kaleido-X User's Manual.book Page 11 Friday, August 24, 2007 4:39 PM 6. Click OK to apply these settings. 7. In the Local Area Connection Properties window, click OK. To change the IP address of the Kaleido-X system, do the following: 1. Configure your Client PC with an IP address in the same range as the IP address of the Kaleido-X. See “Configuring a Client PC” on page 10. 2. Open a web browser and type the following: http://AAA.BBB.C.DDD/ where AAA.BBB.C.DDD is the Frame IP address of the Kaleido-X.
Kaleido-X User's Manual.book Page 12 Friday, August 24, 2007 4:39 PM 1 Overview XAdmin Setup > Ethernet page 5. Enter the appropriate IP address information in each of the fields, and then click Save. The Apply Settings link appears in the middle of the left window pane. 6. Click Apply Settings. Kaleido-X system must be restarted in order for any changes to the network configuration to take effect. A message appears giving you the option of rebooting immediately or later. 7.
Kaleido-X User's Manual.book Page 13 Friday, August 24, 2007 4:39 PM Configuring the RCP2 The optional Kaleido-RCP2 is a multi-function remote control panel designed for use with Miranda’s Kaleido-X. Ethernet connectivity allows multiple RCP2 users to access multiple Kaleido-X systems, allowing convenient access to the real-time operating features of the Kaleido-X. When logged into a Kaleido-X via its ethernet connection, it can control various operating features of the Kaleido-X.
Kaleido-X User's Manual.book Page 14 Friday, August 24, 2007 4:39 PM 1 Overview 6. Select the NETWORK MASK menu using the “2” key (to move up in the list) and/or the “8” key (to move down the list), then press ENTER. 7. Using the numeric keypad, type the chosen network mask, then press ENTER. You have successfully configured a static IP address on the RCP2. To select a ROOM for the RCP2, do the following: 1. Press and hold the ENTER key for “8” seconds to enter the Configuration menu. 2.
Kaleido-X User's Manual.book Page 15 Friday, August 24, 2007 4:39 PM RCP2 Login As a network device, the RCP2 provides access to any ROOM configuration on any Kaleido-X system on the network. As a security measure, access is controlled by a login procedure. To log in to a Kaleido-X system from the RCP2, do the following: 1. Press the LOGIN key. The LCD on the RCP2 will display the following message: LOGIN Position Admin 2. Press ENTER to select Admin.
Kaleido-X User's Manual.book Page 16 Friday, August 24, 2007 4:39 PM 1 Overview Configuring an Audio Bridge Terminal The optional Audio Bridge Terminal (ABT) is an external audio multiplexer/serializer for the Kaleido-X. The Kaleido-X supports up to 128 inputs, and all of the video input connectors are located on the rear panels associated with the KXI-series of cards. There is not enough space on the rear panels to also include the audio connectors.
Kaleido-X User's Manual.book Page 17 Friday, August 24, 2007 4:39 PM Ethernet cable. If not, PoE mid-span ("inserter") equipment must be placed between the hub or switch and the Audio Bridge Terminal. 4. Press the RESET button (located on the right-hand side of the ABT rear panel beside the ETHERNET/ POWER RJ-45 connector) for at least 1 second. The Audio Bridge Terminal will reboot with the following static network configuration: DHCP = OFF Static IP address = 10.0.3.190 Subnet mask = 255.255.0.
Kaleido-X User's Manual.book Page 18 Friday, August 24, 2007 4:39 PM 1 Overview Step 3 – Select Default Layouts If your system was configured prior to shipment, then the designated layout will show up on all displays. Otherwise, a gray screen will appear with the following message in the middle: “No layout has been assigned to this room. Please load a layout.” To select a default layout, do the following: 1. Connect a mouse to the RCP2. 2.
Kaleido-X User's Manual.book Page 19 Friday, August 24, 2007 4:39 PM Step 4 – XEdit Installation Kaleido-X Layout Editor (XEdit) is used to create layouts and configure the Kaleido-X. When the computer running XEdit is connected to the Kaleido-X through a TCP/IP network, XEdit can export the Layouts to the Kaleido-X. To install the XEdit software, do the following: 1. Verify that the Client PC on which you are about to install XEdit meets the minimum hardware requirements. 2.
Kaleido-X User's Manual.book Page 20 Friday, August 24, 2007 4:39 PM 1 Overview Step 5 – System Verification To perform a system verification, do the following: You can check internal system statuses via the web-based XAdmin application. There are two ways to access XAdmin: 1. Method 1: Use XEdit on a client PC to start the XAdmin application (see “Step 4 – XEdit Installation” on page 19). Start Xedit and select the “Use XAdmin” option in the Configure drop-down menu (look in the upper menu bar).
Kaleido-X User's Manual.book Page 21 Friday, August 24, 2007 4:39 PM The XAdmin > Status and options page appears, displaying a list of all cards and their statuses. Cards are presented in the order they appear, from left to right when looking at the front of the chassis.
Kaleido-X User's Manual.book Page 22 Friday, August 24, 2007 4:39 PM 1 Overview 4. Check the status of the Kaleido-X frame to make sure that there are no errors or alerts related to: • system temperature • fan operation • card fault conditions The main system statuses are reported by the KXA-GPI-GEN card (the first in the list).
Kaleido-X User's Manual.book Page 23 Friday, August 24, 2007 4:39 PM To verify that the ABT is functioning normally, do the following: 1. Inspect the ACTIVITY and front panel LEDs on the unit to make sure there are no error conditions. The ACTIVITY indicator is located on the right-hand side of the rear panel.
Kaleido-X User's Manual.book Page 24 Friday, August 24, 2007 4:39 PM 1 Overview Customer Support Technical Support Services For technical assistance, please contact the Miranda Technical support centre nearest you: Americas Telephone: e-mail: Asia Telephone: e-mail: +1-800-224-7882 techsupp@miranda.com +81-3-5730-2987 asiatech@miranda.com Europe, Middle East, Africa, UK Telephone: +44 (0) 1491 820222 e-mail: eurotech@miranda.com France (only) Telephone: +33 (0) 1 55 86 87 88 e-mail: francetech@miranda.
Kaleido-X User's Manual.book Page 25 Friday, August 24, 2007 4:39 PM Operation of the Monitor Wall This section introduces and highlights the Kaleido-X Monitor Wall actions. Summary Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Key Concepts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Kaleido-X User's Manual.book Page 27 Friday, August 24, 2007 4:39 PM Key Concepts Key Concepts KX Runtime What is KX Runtime? KX Runtime is a video monitoring application that runs on the KX Hardware. Video Widgets What is a Video Widget? A video widget is the actual representation of video on the display. Dashboard What is the Dashboard? A dashboard is the information on the display that contains the system name, IP address and software build version.
Kaleido-X User's Manual.book Page 28 Friday, August 24, 2007 4:39 PM 2 Operation of the Monitor Wall Room What is a Room? A Room is a visual grouping of displays and potentially full screen zones. A room presents various physical displays that can be positioned and sized in an actual room as viewed by the user. Layout What is a Layout? A Layout refers to a visual grouping of widgets on the monitor wall. Each widget on the display screen and can be positioned and resized.
Kaleido-X User's Manual.book Page 29 Friday, August 24, 2007 4:39 PM Checklist Checklist Monitor Wall Actions Follow these steps to complete all the tasks required for operating the Kaleido-X Monitor Wall: 1. Log into a Monitor Wall. Refer to “Logging into the Monitor Wall” on page 28. 2. Load a Layout. Refer to “Loading a Layout” on page 28. 3. Load a Layout from RCP-2 and Mouse. Refer to “Loading a Layout using the RCP-2 and Mouse” on page 30. 4. Load a Layout from Third party Applications.
Kaleido-X User's Manual.book Page 30 Friday, August 24, 2007 4:39 PM 2 Operation of the Monitor Wall Detailed Directions This section focuses on the actions the user can perform on the Kaleido-X Monitor Wall. Logging into the Monitor Wall To log into the Monitor Wall: 1. Press LOGIN key. 2. Log into the Kaleido-X Room (either as Administrator or User) using the RCP2. 3. Enter your Password. The following is the visual account of the login menu as it appears on the LCD. RCP-2 Display status 4.
Kaleido-X User's Manual.book Page 31 Friday, August 24, 2007 4:39 PM Checklist Right-Click menu 2. Select Load Layout. The New Layout location window appear. New Layout location window 3. Select the New Layout form the location. 4. Click Open. The New Layout appear.
Kaleido-X User's Manual.book Page 32 Friday, August 24, 2007 4:39 PM 2 Operation of the Monitor Wall New Layout window Loading a Layout using the RCP-2 and Mouse To load a Layout from the RCP-2 and Mouse: Using the RCP2 LOAD button: 1. Log into the Kaleido-X Room using the RCP2. 2. Press the Load button the RCP2. The Layout Chooser appears.
Kaleido-X User's Manual.book Page 33 Friday, August 24, 2007 4:39 PM Checklist Layout chooser 3. Select the Layout to load from within the room. 4. Click Open. Executing Actions Note: Actions works on the Monitor Wall, only when they are configured in XEdit. When the Kaleido-X cursor is over a widget with an assigned action, the cursor changes to a hand. To Execute Layout Actions: 1. Log into the Kaleido-X Room using the RCP2. 2. Place the mouse cursor over the Widget configured to that action. 3.
Kaleido-X User's Manual.book Page 34 Friday, August 24, 2007 4:39 PM 2 Operation of the Monitor Wall To assign a Source to a Monitor: Using the RCP2 Channel button: 1. Log into the Kaleido-X Room using the RCP2. 2. Place the cursor over the monitor to change the source assignment. 3. Press the Channel button. The Assign Channel to Monitor menu appear. Right-Click Menu 4. Select Assign Channel to monitor. 5. Select the New Channel to assign the monitor from the list.
Kaleido-X User's Manual.book Page 35 Friday, August 24, 2007 4:39 PM Checklist Monitor Channel select Displaying a Source Fullscreen Note: The fullscreen layout can also be loaded by configuring Actions in XEdit. To display a Source Fullscreen: 1. Log into the Kaleido-X Room using the RCP2. 2. Move the cursor over the Monitor for a fullscreen view. 3. Press the Fullscreen button on the RCP2. The Fullscreen Layout is loaded into the Fullscreen Zone assigned to the user.
Kaleido-X User's Manual.book Page 36 Friday, August 24, 2007 4:39 PM 2 Operation of the Monitor Wall Changing an External Router Crosspoint To change an External Router Crosspoint: 1. Right-Click click on one of the video monitor located on the Monitor Wall. The Right-Click menu appears. Right-Click Menu 2. Move the mouse pointer over the Assign Router input. The Assign Router input group appears. Assign Router input group 3. Move the mouse pointer over the Assign Router Input group.
Kaleido-X User's Manual.book Page 37 Friday, August 24, 2007 4:39 PM Checklist Selected Group input 4. Select the desired input. Refreshing a Layout To refresh a Layout: 1. Right-click on the KX Monitor Wall. The Right-Click menu appear. Right-Click menu 2. Select Refresh. The Refreshed Layout appear.
Kaleido-X User's Manual.book Page 38 Friday, August 24, 2007 4:39 PM 2 Operation of the Monitor Wall Assigning a Channel to a Widget To assign a Channel to a Widget: 1. Right-click on the Widget. The Widget Right-Click menu appear. Widget Right-Click menu 2. Select Assign Channel to Monitor|Video|UMD|Audiometer|Timecode|Clock. The Channel Right-Click menu appear.
Kaleido-X User's Manual.book Page 39 Friday, August 24, 2007 4:39 PM Checklist Channel Right-Click menu 3. Select Channel. The Channel Assignment to the Widget appear. Channel Assignment window Invoking an Action To invoke an Action: 1. Place the mouse pointer over the Widget. The Mouse pointer changes to a Hand icon. 2. On the created Action single or double-click.
Kaleido-X User's Manual.book Page 40 Friday, August 24, 2007 4:39 PM 2 Operation of the Monitor Wall The invoked Action appears. Toggling Safe Areas To toggle the Safe Area: 1. Right-click on the Video Widget. The Right-Click menu appear. Right-Click menu 2. Select Safe Area. The Toggled Safe Area appear.
Kaleido-X User's Manual.book Page 41 Friday, August 24, 2007 4:39 PM Checklist Changing the Aspect Ratio To change the Aspect Ratio: 1. Right-click on the Video Widget. The Right-Click menu appear. Right-Click menu 2. Select Aspect Ratio. The Aspect Ratio menu appear. Aspect Ratio menu 3. Select either 4.3 or 16.9. The modified video Aspect Ratio appear.
Kaleido-X User's Manual.book Page 42 Friday, August 24, 2007 4:39 PM 2 Operation of the Monitor Wall Aspect Ratio modification Editing Text To edit a text: 1. Right-click on the UMD Widget. The UMD Widget menu appear. UMD Widget menu 2. Select Edit Text. The Edit Text field appear.
Kaleido-X User's Manual.book Page 43 Friday, August 24, 2007 4:39 PM Checklist Edit Text field 3. Type new text and press ENTER from RCP or external keyboard. The new Text appear in UMD. New UMD Text Triggering a GPI Out To Trigger a GPI Out: 1. Configure XEdit’s GPI Line Direction to be an output (done using the system calibration filter). 2. Assign an action to toggle the GPI ON/OFF to a widget. 3. Export the Database to the Kaleido-X. 4.
Kaleido-X User's Manual.book Page 44 Friday, August 24, 2007 4:39 PM 2 Operation of the Monitor Wall The GPI state changes. Note: GPI Lines configured as Outputs can have their state set manually for test purposes in the System tab of XEdit using the Calibration filter. Obtaining IP Addresses and System Names To Obtain an IP Address and System Name: 1. Move the Kaleido-X Cursor to the bottom right corner of any display. After two seconds, the Monitor Wall Dashboard appear.
Kaleido-X User's Manual.book Page 45 Friday, August 24, 2007 4:39 PM Checklist Configuring Internal Router Control on the Monitor Wall To configure the Internal Router Control on the Monitor Wall: 1. Right-Click on the Monitor Wall video source. The Right-Click menu appear. Right-Click menu 2. Select Send to Router Output|Router|Output Number. Selected Output number The Video Source is duplicated and sent to the selected Output location.
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Kaleido-X User's Manual.book Page 47 Friday, August 24, 2007 4:39 PM Creating Layouts XEdit is a software intended to be run on a remote computer. Its purpose is to create and apply the necessary configuration for layouts, rooms, system, channels, and RCP user definitions as required for successful operation of the Kaleido-X. Summary Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Kaleido-X User's Manual.book Page 48 Friday, August 24, 2007 4:39 PM 3 Creating Layouts • “To create a backup:” on page 61 • “To retrieve a backup:” on page 62 In this section, you will be able to answer the following questions: • “What is the Kaleido-X?” on page 52 • “What is a database?” on page 53 • “What is a Database Preference window?” on page 53 Checklist XEdit User Guide Task List Follow these steps to complete all the tasks required to get started using XEdit: 1. Starting the XEdit software.
Kaleido-X User's Manual.book Page 49 Friday, August 24, 2007 4:39 PM Checklist Database What is a database? A database is what is exchanged between the XEdit application and the Kaleido-X frame during an export or an import. For changes made in XEdit to take effect on the Monitor Wall, the database must be exported to the Kaleido-X.
Kaleido-X User's Manual.book Page 50 Friday, August 24, 2007 4:39 PM 3 Creating Layouts Database Preference window 2. Click Browse, if the DB location field is blank or if you would like to change the appearing database location. The Select the Database Location window appears. Note: This emplacement doesn't have much impact on file management, in fact, this folder will be use to save data temporarily while you are building your database.
Kaleido-X User's Manual.book Page 51 Friday, August 24, 2007 4:39 PM Checklist Database Preference window with selected folder 5. Click OK. The XEdit main window appears. This may take a few seconds. XEdit main window Connecting to a Kaleido-X Frame Note: Certain database functions are disabled, such as Export, Import, and Retrieve backup. To connect to a Kaleido-X Frame: 1. Repeat steps 1to 5 from Starting the XEdit Software instruction set. 2. Click Config|Connect from the main application menu.
Kaleido-X User's Manual.book Page 52 Friday, August 24, 2007 4:39 PM 3 Creating Layouts IP Address window 3. Enter the Remote IP Address. 4. Click OK. XEdit displays the connection status at the bottom left of the software application. XEdit Connected status XEdit Online Any changes performed when “Connected”, are only stored in the corresponding Kaleido-X database.
Kaleido-X User's Manual.book Page 53 Friday, August 24, 2007 4:39 PM Checklist Disconnecting from a Kaleido-X Frame To disconnect from a Kaleido-X Frame: 1. Repeat steps 1to 5 from Starting the XEdit Software instruction set. 2. Click Config|Disconnect from the main application menu. XEdit displays the Offline status at the bottom left of the software application. XEdit Offline status Importing a Database To import a database: 1. Select Configure|Database|Import from XEdit main window menu.
Kaleido-X User's Manual.book Page 54 Friday, August 24, 2007 4:39 PM 3 Creating Layouts IP Address window 2. Type the Frame IP Address for Kaleido-X, that you would like to import from the Remote IP Address window 3. Click OK. An Import Verification window appears. Import Database confirmation window 4. Click Yes. The Database Import Progress window immediately appears followed by the Import Succeeded window. The remote database is imported and replaces the local database.
Kaleido-X User's Manual.book Page 55 Friday, August 24, 2007 4:39 PM Checklist Import Succeeded window 5. Click OK. The Database Import has successfully completed. Exporting a Database To export a database: 1. Select Configure|Database|Export from XEdit main window menu. XEdit Main window The Remote IP Address window appears.
Kaleido-X User's Manual.book Page 56 Friday, August 24, 2007 4:39 PM 3 Creating Layouts IP Address window 2. Type the Frame IP Address for Kaleido-X, that you would like to export to the Remote IP Address window. 3. Click OK. An Export Verification window appears. Export Verification window 4. Click Yes. The Export Progress window appears immediately followed by the Export succeeded window. The local database is exported and replaces the remote database.
Kaleido-X User's Manual.book Page 57 Friday, August 24, 2007 4:39 PM Checklist Export Succeeded window 5. Click OK. The database export has successfully completed. Creating a Backup Note: To save a copy of a Kaleido-X database, you must use the Create backup and Retrieve backup functions. This is the equivalent to use the save as and Open functions and they will be useful when switching from one database to another. To create a backup: 1.
Kaleido-X User's Manual.book Page 58 Friday, August 24, 2007 4:39 PM 3 Creating Layouts Create backup window 3. Click the Save button in the dialog. The database is saved as a .zip file. Retrieving a Backup To retrieve a backup: 1. Select Configure|Database|Retrieve backup from XEdit main window menu. Retrieve backup window The XEdit Retrieve backup warning message appears.
Kaleido-X User's Manual.book Page 59 Friday, August 24, 2007 4:39 PM Checklist XEdit Retrieve backup warning 2. Click Yes. The Retrieve backup location dialog appears. Retrieve backup location window 3. Select the Database .zip file. 4. Click Open. Note: Once an XEdit backup is retrieved the current user data is permanently lost. Always create a backup of the current user data before retrieving a new one.
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Kaleido-X User's Manual.book Page 61 Friday, August 24, 2007 4:39 PM Checklist 1. Create a System. Refer to “Creating a System” on page 63. 2. Configure a System. Refer to “Configuring a System” on page 65. 3. Importing a database. Refer to “Obtaining Kaleido-X FR4 Factories” on page 67 4. Using the Serial Port Test 3rd Party Device. Refer to “Serial Port Test 3rd Party Device” on page 68. 5. Configuring Calibration. Refer to “Configuring Calibration” on page 69. 6. Configuring Alarm Threshold.
Kaleido-X User's Manual.book Page 62 Friday, August 24, 2007 4:39 PM 3 Creating Layouts parameter inside The Detection Window. A triggered alarm will get back to normal state as soon as the probe returns a normal state. Alarm occurrences that are older than The Detection Window are discarded. Default values are: Duration = 5 sec., Occurrence = 3, Detection Window = 1 min. Cards What cards are supported by XEdit? Cards are added and removed from the Kaleido-X frame.
Kaleido-X User's Manual.book Page 63 Friday, August 24, 2007 4:39 PM Checklist Disabled = Combines multiple conditions - No alarm assigned to the status indicator - Alarm exists but is disabled at the source by the user. The Kaleido-X has the ability to deactivate some alarms on the hardware itself; - Alarm exists but was not reported yet. The software is waiting for the hardware or driver to update the alarm. - Alarm that has been removed (or was never added).
Kaleido-X User's Manual.book Page 64 Friday, August 24, 2007 4:39 PM 3 Creating Layouts shown. When using as the Text Level Alarm, it will display the text value of the alarm, which is the user readable name. In the case of the Global Alarm it will show the status of this alarm. When selected as the Text Level Alarm, it will show the text value of the alarms in Error. There are currently two display settings: Cycle and Marquee. Cycle will cycle each alarm's text one at a time.
Kaleido-X User's Manual.book Page 65 Friday, August 24, 2007 4:39 PM Checklist XEdit main window - Equipment pane 2. Drag and drop either Kaleido-X FR7 or the Kaleido-X FR4 into the center pane’s highlighted System or Right-Click on System. 3. Select the system of choice from the appearing menu. Kaleido-X FR7 or Kaleido-X FR4 appears in the center pane’s System tree. Note: Database created for an FR4 and an FR7 are not fully compatible. The selection of the proper frame is essential at this stage. 4.
Kaleido-X User's Manual.book Page 66 Friday, August 24, 2007 4:39 PM 3 Creating Layouts All third party devices added to the system appears in the center pane’s System tree. 5. Click File|Save or the Save tab in the XEdit application toolbar. Changes to the System are saved. Configuring a System To configure a system: 1. Select the Systems tab. The Systems tab appears with the center pane displaying a highlighted System in the tree. XEdit main window - Equipment pane 2.
Kaleido-X User's Manual.book Page 67 Friday, August 24, 2007 4:39 PM Checklist XEdit Main window with equipment added 3. Expand the Description tab tree. The Kaleido-X frame slots appears in the tree. 4. Select a card slot from the tree. 5. Right-Click on the selected slot. A Right-Click menu appears. XEdit slot Right-Click menu 6. Select the desired card for the slot from the appearing menu.
Kaleido-X User's Manual.book Page 68 Friday, August 24, 2007 4:39 PM 3 Creating Layouts The new card information appears to the right of the appropriate slot in the tree. XEdit card appears after selection from slot Right-Click menu 7. Repeat steps 4 thru 6 for all necessary input and ouput slots, until they match up with the hardware configuration of the Kaleido-X frame you will be using. 8. Click File|Save or the Save tab in the XEdit application toolbar. All slot assignments are saved.
Kaleido-X User's Manual.book Page 69 Friday, August 24, 2007 4:39 PM Checklist Kaleido-X FR4 system 3. Click File|Save or the Save tab in the XEdit application toolbar. Kaleido-X FR4 Factory Defaults Channels Rooms Layouts RCP2 32 2 4 1 Serial Port Test 3rd Party Device During a setup, it is not clear if the wiring between the Kaleido-X and a 3rd party is correct or if the 3rd sends expected data.
Kaleido-X User's Manual.book Page 70 Friday, August 24, 2007 4:39 PM 3 Creating Layouts 4. Connect it to the Kaleido-X by left-clicking and dragging the mouse from Serial Port Test to the Kaleido-X frame. 5. Select the output from the Properties|Connections|RS-422 Com Port on the far right. When connected, the Serial Port Test agent will log all data received from the serial port to a file accessible using a web browser. After an export, the serial test agent is started.
Kaleido-X User's Manual.book Page 71 Friday, August 24, 2007 4:39 PM Checklist Selected Tree Leaf Node 6. Click File|Save or the Save tab in the XEdit application toolbar. Calibrating the KXI 16HSV Embedded Audio for Zero VU Audio Source To calibrate a KXI-16HSV audio source: 1. Repeat the first 4 steps of the Configuring Calibration instruction set. 2. Select the Zero VU of either the embedded audio of the input KXI-16HSV audio. KXI-16HSV Zero VU Audio selection 3.
Kaleido-X User's Manual.book Page 72 Friday, August 24, 2007 4:39 PM 3 Creating Layouts KXI-16HSV ABT Zero VU dBFS Value selection 6. Click Apply All to apply the desired Zero VU dBFS value throughout the system. 7. Click File|Save or the Save tab in the XEdit application toolbar. Calibrating the KXI 16HSV ABT Zero VU Audio Source To calibrate an ABT audio source: 1. Repeat the first 4 steps of the Configuring Calibration instruction set. 2.
Kaleido-X User's Manual.book Page 73 Friday, August 24, 2007 4:39 PM Checklist 6. Click Apply All to apply the desired Zero VU dBFS and Zero VU dBu values throughout the system. 7. Click File|Save or the Save tab in the XEdit application toolbar. Calibrating Router Field Selection Switching To calibrate router field selection switching: 1. Repeat steps 1 and 3of the Configuring Calibration instruction set. 2. Select the KXO-24 Router|Output1|Switch Field Selection. The Switch Field Selection appears.
Kaleido-X User's Manual.book Page 74 Friday, August 24, 2007 4:39 PM 3 Creating Layouts Switch Field Selection 5. Click File|Save or the Save tab in the XEdit application toolbar. Calibrating Reclocking To calibrate reclocking: 1. Repeat steps 1 and 3of the Configuring Calibration instruction set. 2. Select the KXO-24 Router|Output1|SDI Output Reclocking. SDI Output Reclocking selection appears. SDI Output Reclocking selection 3.
Kaleido-X User's Manual.book Page 75 Friday, August 24, 2007 4:39 PM Checklist SDI Output Reclocking On/Off selection 5. Click File|Save or the Save tab in the XEdit application toolbar. Configuring Alarm Threshold To configure alarm threshold: 1. Repeat steps 1 to 3 from “Configuring Calibration” instruction set. 2. Set the threshold value from left to right for that specific alarm until you have reached the desired setting.
Kaleido-X User's Manual.book Page 76 Friday, August 24, 2007 4:39 PM 3 Creating Layouts Configuring Alarm Debouncing To configure alarm debouncing: 1. Repeat steps 1 to 4 from “Configuring Calibration” instruction set The debouncing fields appears inside the Properties panel. Debouncing field 2. Left-click and move the slider to the right or left position under the Debouncing field for each calibration. Example: Audio Silence Left Calibration Threshold = -47dBFS Debouncing|Detection Window (min.
Kaleido-X User's Manual.book Page 77 Friday, August 24, 2007 4:39 PM Checklist The input device identifier window appears. Input Device Identifier window 3. Type the desired name in the window. 4. Click OK. 5. Click the Interconnect tab within the center pane. 6. Connect the Network Compact Router Controller to the Kaleido-X Fame by dragging the mouse from one towards the other. The interconnection is complete. Interconnection diagram 7. Click on the connection between the two devices.
Kaleido-X User's Manual.book Page 78 Friday, August 24, 2007 4:39 PM 3 Creating Layouts 8. Click on the Properties Panel. 9. Select the corresponding Output under Connection|RS-422 Com Port Interconnection Output selection 10. Click File|Save or the Save tab in the XEdit application toolbar. Configuring Internal Router Control Note: This configuration is required to make your internal router appears as a Probel switcher (SW-P-O8 protocol) from a third party point of view.
Kaleido-X User's Manual.book Page 79 Friday, August 24, 2007 4:39 PM Checklist Internal Router Mapping panel 3. Click on the Input task tab. 4. Click the Auto Configure Inputs tab, or individually configure the Input as desired. 5. Click on the Output task tab. 6. Click the Auto Configure Outputs tab, or individually configure the Outputs as desired. 7. Click File|Save or the Save tab in the XEdit application toolbar.
Kaleido-X User's Manual.book Page 80 Friday, August 24, 2007 4:39 PM 3 Creating Layouts In this section, you will be able to answer the following questions: • “What is a channel and when is it used?” on page 84 Checklist XEdit User Guide Task List Follow these steps to complete all the tasks required to get started using XEdit: 1. Creating and Configuring a Channel. Refer to “Creating and Configuring a Channel” on page 80. 2. Adding Levels. Refer to “Adding Levels” on page 82. 3.
Kaleido-X User's Manual.book Page 81 Friday, August 24, 2007 4:39 PM Checklist Detailed Directions Creating and Configuring a Channel To create and configure a channel: 1. Select the Channels button from the XEdit main window. The Channels button appears. XEdit Channels button 2. Select File|New from the main menu. A new Channel is created in the Channel table. 3. Save the new Channel or continue to make physical assignments - required for creating a layout. 4. Select a column of the Channels button.
Kaleido-X User's Manual.book Page 82 Friday, August 24, 2007 4:39 PM 3 Creating Layouts XEdit Channels button - column selected 5. Right-Click on the column selected in the previous step. A Right-Click menu appears. XEdit Channels button - column Right-Click menu 6. From the Right-Click menu, select Assign Item followed by the appropriate physical assignment (For example, audio, video, text, alarm, or time code) as provided in the menu.
Kaleido-X User's Manual.book Page 83 Friday, August 24, 2007 4:39 PM Checklist Right-Click menu - Assign Item physical assignment 7. Repeat steps 4 thru 6 as many times as necessary to create additional physical assignments. 8. Click File|Save or the Save button in the XEdit application toolbar. The Channel table is saved. Adding Levels To add levels: 1. Select the Channels button from the XEdit main window. The Channels button Level categories appears. Level categories 2.
Kaleido-X User's Manual.book Page 84 Friday, August 24, 2007 4:39 PM 3 Creating Layouts Add Level option 3. Select Add Level. Note: You can change the level name by simply clicking on the Properties Tab|Level Name and replace the default name by deleting it and typing the name of choice. 4. Click File|Save or the Save button in the XEdit application toolbar. The channel table is saved. Configuring Global Alarms To configure Global Alarms: 1. Repeat Steps 1 in the Adding Levels instruction sets. 2.
Kaleido-X User's Manual.book Page 85 Friday, August 24, 2007 4:39 PM Checklist Global Alarms selection 5. Click File|Save or the Save button in the XEdit application toolbar.
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Kaleido-X User's Manual.book Page 87 Friday, August 24, 2007 4:39 PM Checklist 7. Changing Room Display Resolution. Refer to “Changing Room Display Resolution” on page 93 8. Changing the Aspect Ratio. Refer to “Changing the Aspect Ratio” on page 104 9. Changing the Diagonal Size. Refer to “Changing the Diagonal Size” on page 95 10. Changing the Height. Refer to “Changing the Height” on page 95 11. Changing the Width. Refer to “Changing the Width” on page 96 12. Changing a Room Display Rotation.
Kaleido-X User's Manual.book Page 88 Friday, August 24, 2007 4:39 PM 3 Creating Layouts Display versus Monitor What is a display in comparison to a monitor within the XEdit workflow? In the XEdit workflow, a display refers to the representation of a physical monitor (such as a CRT) within a room. In the XEdit workflow, A Monitor equals to a Composite widget period. A single video screen should be called a video window. Detailed Directions Creating a Room To create a room: 1.
Kaleido-X User's Manual.book Page 89 Friday, August 24, 2007 4:39 PM Checklist New Room window 3. Add displays to the Room. 4. Add Fullscreen Zones to the display. This step is optional. 5. Click File|Save or the Save tab in the XEdit application toolbar. The Save Room window appears. Save Room window 6. Select a location and provide a name for the new Room. The new Room is immediately saved as specified.
Kaleido-X User's Manual.book Page 90 Friday, August 24, 2007 4:39 PM 3 Creating Layouts Opening an existing XEdit Room To open an existing XEdit room: 1. Start the XEdit software. Refer to “To start the XEdit software:” on page 9. 2. Select the Rooms tab. 3. Select File|Open. The Open Room window appears. Open Room window 4. Select the Room. 5. Click Open. The selected room appears in XEdit. 6. Click File|Save or the Save tab in the XEdit application toolbar.
Kaleido-X User's Manual.book Page 91 Friday, August 24, 2007 4:39 PM Checklist 2. Select the Rooms tab. 3. Right-click on the Display Library panel. The right-click menu appears. Right-click Display Library menu. 4. Click on the New Display Library. Note: The same result can be obtained by selecting the same action from File|New Display Library. The New Composite Widget library appears at the bottom of the Widget library. New Display 5. Click File New or Open an existing Layout. 6.
Kaleido-X User's Manual.book Page 92 Friday, August 24, 2007 4:39 PM 3 Creating Layouts Save Display Library window 9. Type the name of the Display in the File Name row of the Save Display Library window. 10. Click Save. The new Display in the library is now renamed and saved. Note: Once the library is saved, right-click in the library pane and select Close Display Library. It is possible to reopen the created library by selecting Open Display Library from the right-click menu within the library.
Kaleido-X User's Manual.book Page 93 Friday, August 24, 2007 4:39 PM Checklist Room Preferences 3. Click on the button in the Room Preferences. The Room Preferences window appears. Room Preferences window 4. Check the Use Large Mouse Pointer box. The checked box appears. Use Large Mouse Pointer checked box 5. Click File|Save or the Save tab in the XEdit application toolbar. The Large Mouse Pointer appears on the Kaleido-X Monitor Wall.
Kaleido-X User's Manual.book Page 94 Friday, August 24, 2007 4:39 PM 3 Creating Layouts Adding Displays to a Room To add displays to a room: 1. Select the Rooms tab from the XEdit main window. The Rooms tab appears. XEdit Rooms tab 2. Open an existing Room. 3. Drag and drop displays from the display library into the room or create custom size displays by selecting the display widget button in the toolbar. All available display libraries display on the left side of your work area.
Kaleido-X User's Manual.book Page 95 Friday, August 24, 2007 4:39 PM Checklist Properties of the currently selected display Display Library Room with the selected display Room with a display 4. Click File|Save or the Save tab in the XEdit application toolbar. Assigning a Head to a Display Note: One output head cannot be assigned to more than one display at a time. Rooms can only be saved once the output heads are properly assigned. A Room filename cannot exceed 7 characters.
Kaleido-X User's Manual.book Page 96 Friday, August 24, 2007 4:39 PM 3 Creating Layouts Display Right-Click menu 4. Select Assign Head from the Right-Click menu. 5. Select the head of the output card. 6. Click File|Save or the Save tab in the XEdit application toolbar. Changes to the room are immediately saved. Selecting Room Display Properties To select the room display properties: 1. Select the Room tab. 2. Open an existing Room. 3. Left click on the Room Display.
Kaleido-X User's Manual.book Page 97 Friday, August 24, 2007 4:39 PM Checklist Room display properties Creating a Room Display Resolution To create a room display resolution: 1. Repeat the steps 1,2 and 3 from Select the Room Display Properties instruction set. 2. Click on the Room Display. 3. Select the Resolution properties on the far right. 4. Click on the button on the right of the resolution presets. The Edit Resolution Settings window appear.
Kaleido-X User's Manual.book Page 98 Friday, August 24, 2007 4:39 PM 3 Creating Layouts Edit Resolution Settings window 5. Enter the frequency and timing found within the XAdmin page. Frequency must be entered either as 5.994 or 5.000 only. Note: This information can be found at the following location by typing the following: http://10.6.5.116/ XAdmin/. Also see Viewing the Frame Status Information of the Kaleido-X Frame. 6.
Kaleido-X User's Manual.book Page 99 Friday, August 24, 2007 4:39 PM Checklist XAdmin Frequency & Timing information 7. Click Save on the Edit Resolution Settings window. Changing Room Display Resolution To change a room display resolution: 1. Repeat the steps 1,2 and 3 from Select the Room Display Properties. 2. Select the Resolution properties on the far right. The Resolution presets appears.
Kaleido-X User's Manual.book Page 100 Friday, August 24, 2007 4:39 PM 3 Creating Layouts Resolution presets 3. Select the preferred Display resolution. The Room Display resolution is displayed. Room Display resolution 4. Click File|Save or the Save tab in the XEdit application toolbar. Changing the Aspect Ratio Note: Make sure the aspect ratio of the display is properly set. This will have an impact on the ratio of each component inside the layout.
Kaleido-X User's Manual.book Page 101 Friday, August 24, 2007 4:39 PM Checklist Aspect Ratio properties 3. Select the preferred Aspect Ratio. The selected Aspect Ratio is displayed within the field. Selected Aspect Ratio 4. Click File|Save or the Save tab in the XEdit application toolbar. Changing the Diagonal Size To change diagonal size: 1. Repeat the steps 1, 2 and 3 of the Selecting Room Display Attributes section. 2. Select the Diagonal Size properties on the far right.
Kaleido-X User's Manual.book Page 102 Friday, August 24, 2007 4:39 PM 3 Creating Layouts Diagonal Size 3. Enter the preferred Diagonal Size. 4. Select the desired unit of measurement located on the far right of the Diagonal Size field. The Diagonal Size is displayed within the field. The pull-down menu offers the choice of millimeters (mm) or inches (inch). Selected Diagonal Size 5. Click File|Save or the Save tab in the XEdit application toolbar. Changing the Height To change the height: 1.
Kaleido-X User's Manual.book Page 103 Friday, August 24, 2007 4:39 PM Checklist Height presets 3. Enter the preferred Height. 4. Select the desired unit of measurement located on the far right of the Height field. The Height is displayed within the field. The pull-down menu offers the choice of millimeters (mm) or inches (inch). Selected Height and Units 5. Click File|Save or the Save tab in the XEdit application toolbar. Changing the Width To change the width: 1.
Kaleido-X User's Manual.book Page 104 Friday, August 24, 2007 4:39 PM 3 Creating Layouts Width presets 3. Enter the preferred Width values. 4. Select the desired unit of measurement located on the far right of the Width field. The Width value is displayed within the field. The pull-down menu offers the choice of millimeters (mm) or inches (inch).
Kaleido-X User's Manual.book Page 105 Friday, August 24, 2007 4:39 PM Checklist Room Display Rotation presets 3. Select the preferred Rotation presets. The selected Rotation presets are displayed within the field. Selected Room Display Rotation presets. 4. Click File|Save or the Save tab in the XEdit application toolbar. Changing the Room Display Position To change the room display position: 1. Repeat the steps 1, 2 and 3 of the Selecting Room Display Attributes section. 2.
Kaleido-X User's Manual.book Page 106 Friday, August 24, 2007 4:39 PM 3 Creating Layouts Room Display Position presets 3. Enter the numeric properties in the X,Y fields. 4. Click OK The entered Room Display Position values appears within the field. Room Display Position values 5. Click File|Save or the Save tab in the XEdit application toolbar.
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Kaleido-X User's Manual.book Page 108 Friday, August 24, 2007 4:39 PM 3 Creating Layouts 9. Create a Composite. Refer to “Creating a Composite” on page 109. 10. Resize a Composite. Refer to “Resizing a Composite” on page 115. 11. Display Widget Properties using the Region Editor. Refer to “Displaying Widget Properties using the Region Editor” on page 115 12. Configure a Widget Position within the Region Editor. Refer to “Configuring a Widget Position within the Region Editor” on page 117 13.
Kaleido-X User's Manual.book Page 109 Friday, August 24, 2007 4:39 PM Checklist Action What is an action? An action is an operation automatically performed in response to a specific trigger. Actions are directly associated with widgets and layouts. Examples of an action are a load layout, assign channel, set GPI output, show fullscreen layout. Trigger What is a trigger? A trigger is an event that triggers an action. An example of a trigger could be a double-click on a widget.
Kaleido-X User's Manual.book Page 110 Friday, August 24, 2007 4:39 PM 3 Creating Layouts XEdit Layout tab 2. From the main menu select File|New. The Create a New Layout window appear Create a New Layout window 3. Select the Fullscreen Zone from under the Create a Fullscreen Layout or select the room from under the Create a Room Layout. The selected New Layout is displayed. 4. Add a minimum of one widget to the layout. Refer to “To add widgets to a layout:” on page 121. 5.
Kaleido-X User's Manual.book Page 111 Friday, August 24, 2007 4:39 PM Checklist The Save Layout window appears. Save Layout window 6. Provide a name for the layout. 7. Click File|Save or the Save tab in the XEdit application toolbar. The Layout is immediately saved as specified. Opening an Existing XEdit Layout To open an existing XEdit layout: 1. Start the XEdit software. Refer to “To start the XEdit software:” on page 9. 2. Select the Layouts tab. 3. Select File|Open.
Kaleido-X User's Manual.book Page 112 Friday, August 24, 2007 4:39 PM 3 Creating Layouts Creating Widget Libraries To create widget libraries: 1. Start the XEdit software. Refer to “To start the XEdit software:” on page 9. 2. Select the Layouts tab. 3. Right-click on the Widget Library panel. The right-click menu appears. Right-click Widget Library menu. 4. Click on the New Widget Library. Note: The same result can be obtained by selecting the same action from File|New Display Library.
Kaleido-X User's Manual.book Page 113 Friday, August 24, 2007 4:39 PM Checklist 6. Draw a widget in the layout, customize if necessary, then drag it (while holding the CTRL key) onto the widget library. Note: It is not possible to customize a widget once in the library. 7. Right-click in the library pane. 8. Select Save Widget Library. The Save Widget Library window appears. Save Widget Library window 9. Type the name of the Widget in the File Name row of the Save Widget Library window. 10. Click Save.
Kaleido-X User's Manual.book Page 114 Friday, August 24, 2007 4:39 PM 3 Creating Layouts Configuring a Video Widget Safe Area Markers To configure a Video Widget Safe Area Markers: 1. Start the XEdit software. Refer to “To start the XEdit software:” on page 9. 2. Select the Layouts tab. 3. Select File|Open. The Open Layout File window appears. Open layout File window 4. Select the Layout to open from the Open Layout File window. 5. Select and click Open. 6. Select the Room of choice. 7.
Kaleido-X User's Manual.book Page 115 Friday, August 24, 2007 4:39 PM Checklist Room Layout 8. Click on the Room Layout. 9. Select the menus of choice located under the Properties Tooltips Panel to configure the Safe Area of the Room Layout located at the far right of the XEdit application window. Displaying XDS Data To display XDS Data: 1. Repeat steps 1 to 5 from the Opening an Existing XEdit Layout section. 2. Click on the main application toolbar. 3. Click on the DATA widget. 4.
Kaleido-X User's Manual.book Page 116 Friday, August 24, 2007 4:39 PM 3 Creating Layouts XDS Data Display 5. Click on the Properties panel. 6. Check or uncheck the required display data. The following XDS Data selection is displayed. XDS Data Display selection The updated XDS data display selection is displayed within the layout. Setting up a Layout to use the DVI Background Input To set up a Layout to use the DVI Background Input: 1. Select the Layouts tab from the XEdit main window.
Kaleido-X User's Manual.book Page 117 Friday, August 24, 2007 4:39 PM Checklist 3. Select the Layout. 4. Click on the background of the Layout. 5. Select the background color settings to the right under Properties|Apperance|Background Color. 6. Click on the button. The Pick a Color window appears. 7. Click on RGB. 8. Set the Red to 255, Green to 0 and Blue to 255. 9. Click OK. 10. Click File|Save or the Save tab in the XEdit application toolbar.
Kaleido-X User's Manual.book Page 118 Friday, August 24, 2007 4:39 PM 3 Creating Layouts XEdit Layouts tab with open window 2. Select File|Open from the main menu. 3. Browse to select an existing Layout to open. The center pane displays the selected layout. 4. Drag and drop the components from the widget libraries onto the Layout, or create custom sized one by selecting the various Widget buttons in the toolbar. All available widget libraries display on the left side of your work area. 5.
Kaleido-X User's Manual.book Page 119 Friday, August 24, 2007 4:39 PM Checklist XEdit Layouts tab 2. Select File|Open from the main menu. 3. Browse to select an existing Layout to open. The center pane displays the selected layout. 4. Select a Widget within the displayed Layout. Layout with selected widget 5. Right-Click on the Widget. A Right-Click menu appears.
Kaleido-X User's Manual.book Page 120 Friday, August 24, 2007 4:39 PM 3 Creating Layouts Selected widget Right-Click menu with channel list 6. Select Assign Channel from the Right-Click menu or drag and drop Channels from the tools pane to the widgets. A Channel list appears. 7. Select an item from the appearing channel list. 8. Repeat steps 5 thru 7 for all Widgets located on the Layout. 9. Click File|Save or the Save tab in the XEdit application toolbar. The active Layout is saved.
Kaleido-X User's Manual.book Page 121 Friday, August 24, 2007 4:39 PM Checklist Empty Composite 3. Right-Click on the composite and select Unlock from menu to unlock composite. Unlocked Composite 4. Drop a video widget inside the composite.
Kaleido-X User's Manual.book Page 122 Friday, August 24, 2007 4:39 PM 3 Creating Layouts 5. Drop an Audiometer widget inside the composite. Audiometer Widget within Composite 6. Drop a UMD widget inside the composite.
Kaleido-X User's Manual.book Page 123 Friday, August 24, 2007 4:39 PM Checklist UMD Widget within Composite 7. Select the UMD and from the Properties panel, check Show Tallies. Selected and Displays Tallies 8. Move audiometer to the right-end side of composite by either using the arrow keys or the mouse. To resize the audiometer only vertically or horizontally, press the SHIFT key while using the mouse on the audiometer selection handles.
Kaleido-X User's Manual.book Page 124 Friday, August 24, 2007 4:39 PM 3 Creating Layouts Re-positioned Audiometer 9. Repeat step 7 for UMD. In this case the UMD is place on the bottom side of the composite. Re-positioned UMD 10. Move the video widget in the top left corner of composite.
Kaleido-X User's Manual.book Page 125 Friday, August 24, 2007 4:39 PM Checklist Re-positioned Video Widget 11. By pressing SHIFT key while using the mouse on the video selection right-handle, stretch the video borders horizontally. Stretched Video Borders 12. Repeat step 10, but this time stretch the video widget vertically.
Kaleido-X User's Manual.book Page 126 Friday, August 24, 2007 4:39 PM 3 Creating Layouts Vertically stretched Video Widget 13. Click outside the composite to re-lock it. Re-locked Composite 14. Click File|Save or the Save tab in the XEdit application toolbar. Resizing a Composite To resize a Composite: 1. Left-click on the Composite and drag outwards or inwards form any point of its handles. The Composite expands or shrinks whilst, the Widgets within it maintain their relative position and size.
Kaleido-X User's Manual.book Page 127 Friday, August 24, 2007 4:39 PM Checklist The horizontal Audio Meters and UMD's change in length. A vertical Audio Meter change in height and a Video Widget increases proportionally. By default, resizing will keep the aspect ratio of the composite. Holding down the shift key while resizing can modify the horizontally or vertically only. Displaying Widget Properties using the Region Editor To Display Widget Properties using the Region Editor: 1.
Kaleido-X User's Manual.book Page 128 Friday, August 24, 2007 4:39 PM 3 Creating Layouts 3. Left-click on the button in the right field under Size & Position|Bounds. The Region editor appears. Region editor Configuring a Widget Position within the Region Editor To configure a widget position within the Region Editor 1. Repeat the steps 1 and 2 of Displaying Widget Properties using the Region Editor section. 2. Select the units of choice from the pull down menu for each of the position.
Kaleido-X User's Manual.book Page 129 Friday, August 24, 2007 4:39 PM Checklist Region Editor selected units 3. Enter the values for the Left, Top, Right and Bottom positions. 4. Press the OK button to keep the modification. 5. Click File|Save or the Save tab in the XEdit application toolbar. Configuring the Dimension within the Region Editor To configure the dimension within the Region Editor 1. Repeat steps 1 and 2 of the Displaying Widget Properties using the Region Editor section. 2.
Kaleido-X User's Manual.book Page 130 Friday, August 24, 2007 4:39 PM 3 Creating Layouts Configuring Audio Level Properties To configure Audio Level Properties 1. Select Audio Scale within the Layout task tab located under Properties|Appearance. 2. Click on the button on the right of Audio Scale. The Edit Audio Scale window appears. Edit Audio Scale window 3. Select the Top, Middle and Bottom Colors under Controls, by clicking on the assigned buttons located at the right text. 4.
Kaleido-X User's Manual.book Page 131 Friday, August 24, 2007 4:39 PM Checklist Choose Background Color window 8. Click on the color square of choice. The color is shown within the preview window below. 9. Click OK. The selected color is displayed within the Preview column of the Edit Audio Scale window. Selecting a UMD Text Font To select a UMD Text Font: 1. Click on the Layout tab in the center pane of the XEdit application. 2. Click on the UMD. The UMD properties appears in the properties pane. 3.
Kaleido-X User's Manual.book Page 132 Friday, August 24, 2007 4:39 PM 3 Creating Layouts Text Font window 4. Choose the Font, Font Style and Size of choice. 5. Click OK. Configuring a Static UMD Text To configure a static UMD text 1. Repeat steps 1 to 3 steps from the selecting a UMD Text Font instruction set. 2. Select your Keyboard Language of choice from your windows operating system. 3. Double-click on a UMD and type the desired text. (OR choose Option 4 below) 4. Click on the Channel tab. 5.
Kaleido-X User's Manual.book Page 133 Friday, August 24, 2007 4:39 PM Checklist 2. Click on the Layout background. 3. Click on the Properties Panel|Appearance |Background Image on the far right. 4. Click on the button within the Background Image row. The Select Image window appears. Select Image window 5. Click Open or Browse Image button. The Browse Image window appears.
Kaleido-X User's Manual.book Page 134 Friday, August 24, 2007 4:39 PM 3 Creating Layouts Browse Image window 6. Select the location of the image. 7. Select the Image file. Note: File size is limited to 100k to assure performance of the runtime operation. Image formats .jpg, .png and .gif files are supported. 8. Click Open. The selected image file appears in the Image Selection section of the main Select Image window. 9. Click on the image in the Image Selection section. The Image Preview appears.
Kaleido-X User's Manual.book Page 135 Friday, August 24, 2007 4:39 PM Checklist Image Preview 10. Click OK. The image appears in the Layout background. Inserting a Clock Logo To insert a Clock Logo: 1. Repeat step 1 to 3 from Creating a Layout instruction set. 2. Click on the Clock. 3. Click on Logo under Properties|Appearance. 4. Click on the button on the far right. The Select Image window appears.
Kaleido-X User's Manual.book Page 136 Friday, August 24, 2007 4:39 PM 3 Creating Layouts Clock Logo select window 5. Click Open or Browse Image button. The Browse Image window appears.
Kaleido-X User's Manual.book Page 137 Friday, August 24, 2007 4:39 PM Checklist 6. Select the location of the Logo. 7. Select the Logo. Note: File size is limited to 100k to assure performance of the runtime operation. Image formats .jpg, .png and .gif files are supported. 8. Click Open. The selected Logo appears in the Image Selection section of the main Select Image window. 9. Click on the desired Logo under Image Selection. The Logo appears under Preview. 10. Click OK.
Kaleido-X User's Manual.book Page 138 Friday, August 24, 2007 4:39 PM 3 Creating Layouts Checklist XEdit Quick Start Task List Follow these steps to complete all the tasks required to get started using XEdit: 1. Create an RCP2 user. Refer to “Exporting a Database” on page 55. 2. Grant Room access to an RCP2 user. Refer to “Granting Room Access to an RCP2 User” on page 125. 3. Select a Fullscreen Zone and Layout assignment instructions.
Kaleido-X User's Manual.book Page 139 Friday, August 24, 2007 4:39 PM Checklist 2. Right-Click on Admin. The Right-Click menu appears. RCP Right-Click menu 3. Select the New User. The new user appears. RCP New User 4. Click File|Save or the Save tab in the XEdit application toolbar. Granting Room Access to an RCP2 User To grant Room Access to an RCP2 user: 1. Click on the Room in the left pane. 2. Drag a Room from the tools pane onto the user in the center pane. 3.
Kaleido-X User's Manual.book Page 140 Friday, August 24, 2007 4:39 PM 3 Creating Layouts Assigned Room 4. Click File|Save or the Save tab in the XEdit application toolbar. Selecting a Fullscreen Zone and Layout assignment instructions To select a Fullscreen Zone and layout assignment instructions: 1. Click on RCP Users|Room in the center pane. 2. Select the Fullscreen Zone pull-down arrow on the far right under the Properties pane. 3.
Kaleido-X User's Manual.book Page 141 Friday, August 24, 2007 4:39 PM Checklist Room Preferences window 4. Select the Current User Preference in the center column that corresponds to the Preference Name from the left column. 5. Select the row by clicking on it. 6. Select the Current User Preference. The selected User Preference appears.
Kaleido-X User's Manual.book Page 142 Friday, August 24, 2007 4:39 PM 3 Creating Layouts Note: To select the Room Preference Layout on the far right under the Room Preference column follow the steps below. 7. Repeat steps 1 to 3 from Enabling the Large Mouse Pointer instruction set. 8. Select the Preset row of choice in under the Room Preferences window. 9. Click on the right of the selected Preset row under the Room Preferences column. The following Layout appears. Room Preferences Layout selection 10.
Kaleido-X User's Manual.book Page 143 Friday, August 24, 2007 4:39 PM Checklist KXO-Dual Audio Out selection 12. Select the desired KXO-Dual Audio Out from the list. 13. Click File|Save or the Save tab in the XEdit application toolbar to save all of the Room Preferences configuration. Changing the RCP2 User Name and Password To change the RCP2 user Name and Password: 1. Click on RCP User|Properties|Password button on the far right. The Password Modification window appears.
Kaleido-X User's Manual.book Page 144 Friday, August 24, 2007 4:39 PM 3 Creating Layouts 2. Enter the New Password. 3. Confirm Password by re-entering. 4. Click File|Save or the Save tab in the XEdit application toolbar. Selecting the Keyboard Language To select the Keyboard Language used by an RCP2 user connected to a Kaleido-X: 1. Click on the RCP Users tab from the center pane of the XEdit application. 2. Click on a room node under the selected RCP user inside the center pane.
Kaleido-X User's Manual.book Page 145 Friday, August 24, 2007 4:39 PM Checklist Assigning Audio Output to an RCP2 User To assign an Audio Output to a RCP2 User: 1. Repeat Step 1 from the Selecting the Keyboard Language instruction set. 2. Click on the Properties panel. 3. Select Audio Monitoring Output from under the RCP Users|Admin title menu. Audio Monitoring Output selection 4. Click File|Save or the Save tab in the XEdit application toolbar.
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Kaleido-X User's Manual.book Page 147 Friday, August 24, 2007 4:39 PM Administration and Servicing This chapter explains how to configure all the steps necessary to configure the Kaleido-X network communications. Summary Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151 Key Concepts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Kaleido-X User's Manual.book Page 148 Friday, August 24, 2007 4:39 PM 4 Administration and Servicing • “What are Logs?” on page 152 • “What is a Status?” on page 152 • “What are Versions?” on page 153 Key Concepts RCP2 What is an RCP2? The Kaleido-RCP2 is a multi-function remote control panel designed for use with Miranda's Kaleido-X.
Kaleido-X User's Manual.book Page 149 Friday, August 24, 2007 4:39 PM Versions What are Versions? This refers to the various software releases within Kaleido-X system(e.g.XEdit). Detailed Directions IP Addressing Kaleido-X To configure the Kaleido-X to the TCP/IP network: 1. Assign the Kaleido-X frame with a IP address, a network mask, a gateway, and system name. Refer to “Configuring the Kaleido-X” on page 6 2. Configure a Client PC. Refer to “Configuring a Client PC” on page 8 3.
Kaleido-X User's Manual.book Page 150 Friday, August 24, 2007 4:39 PM 4 Administration and Servicing 2. Refer to “To configure the IP address and other network settings of the ABT, do the following:” on page 16 Configure the Client PC To configure the client PC using an IP address: 1. Refer “Configuring a Client PC” on page 8 Installing XEdit To install the XEdit: 1. Refer “To install the XEdit software, do the following:” on page 19 Performing Back-Ups To perform back-ups: 1.
Kaleido-X User's Manual.book Page 151 Friday, August 24, 2007 4:39 PM XAdmin Main Page 2. Select Backup Schedule The BackUp Schedule page appear. XAdmin BackUp Schedule 3. Select Enable from the System backup row.
Kaleido-X User's Manual.book Page 152 Friday, August 24, 2007 4:39 PM 4 Administration and Servicing 4. Schedule the backup from the Backup the system row. 5. Click Save and choose a location to save file or click Open. Managing Hardware and Software Options Metadata Extraction and Display To enable the metadata extraction and display option: 1. Repeat Step 1 from Back-Ups in the previous section. 2. Select the Status and Options. 3.
Kaleido-X User's Manual.book Page 153 Friday, August 24, 2007 4:39 PM Servicing Contact Technical Support 3. Click on System Snapshot. The system snapshot generation takes a few seconds and the following window appear. System Snapshot File Download window 4. Click Save.
Kaleido-X User's Manual.book Page 154 Friday, August 24, 2007 4:39 PM 4 Administration and Servicing The Save As window appear. Save As window 5. Rename the file in the File Name row as desired. 6. Select a location to save the file. 7. Click Save. The download progress proceeds.
Kaleido-X User's Manual.book Page 155 Friday, August 24, 2007 4:39 PM Servicing Note: Depending on the file size the download may take a few seconds which is followed by the Download Complete message window. Download Complete window 8. Click Open, Open Folder, or Close. Viewing the Frame Status Information of the Kaleido-X Frame To view the Status Information of the Kaleido-X frame: 1. Click on Status and Options in the XAdmin main menu.
Kaleido-X User's Manual.book Page 156 Friday, August 24, 2007 4:39 PM 4 Administration and Servicing Status information window The Status Information of the Kaleido-X frame appears under Description detailing the required information. Viewing Kaleido-X Frame Versions To view all Kaleido-X versions: 1. Repeat step 1of Viewing the Frame Status Information of the Kaleido-X frame. The Frame Versions appear at the right of the Description column.
Kaleido-X User's Manual.book Page 157 Friday, August 24, 2007 4:39 PM Using Kaleido-X Control Protocols This chapter explains how Kaleido-X can execute commands received via a Gateway, allowing third-party developers and individual users remote access to some Kaleido functions. This document describes the Gateway functionality, and defines the commands that are available. Summary Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Kaleido-X User's Manual.book Page 158 Friday, August 24, 2007 4:39 PM 5 Using Kaleido-X Control Protocols Key Concepts Kaleido-X Configuration Prerequisites To begin the configuration process, there must be an initial connection between the Kaleido-X application. Detail Directions Remote Operation of the Kaleido-Alto/Quad or Kaleido-X For remote operation, the ethernet port of the Kaleido-Alto/Quad and Kaleido-X are continuously available to communicate with a remote computer.
Kaleido-X User's Manual.book Page 159 Friday, August 24, 2007 4:39 PM • Command • Description • Page • setKCurrentLayout • Loads a specific Layout. • 147 • getKLayoutList • Gets the list of available Layouts. • 148 • setKStatusMessage • Sets a Gateway Alarm to the specified state. • 148 • setKChannel • Associates a Channel to the specified Monitor. • 149 • setKDynamicText • Configures the text to display for a Dynamic Text.
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Kaleido-X User's Manual.book Page 161 Friday, August 24, 2007 4:39 PM IP_ADDRESS_0_4_0_0 On the Kaleido-X: Where: • IP_ADDRESS is the IP address of the Kaleido-K2 or Kaleido-Alto/Quad. Gateway response: • : the Gateway was not able to recognize the command. • : the command was recognized by the Gateway. Note: This command closes the current connection to the client via port 13000, so this connection must be re-established before another session can be opened.
Kaleido-X User's Manual.book Page 162 Friday, August 24, 2007 4:39 PM 5 Using Kaleido-X Control Protocols Where: • LayoutToLoad is the name of the Layout to load. This Layout must have been exported to the Kaleido prior to executing this command. Note that you can use the getKLayoutList command to retrieve the available layouts before sending this command. For Kaleido-Alto/Quad, the layout suffix is .xml instead of .
Kaleido-X User's Manual.book Page 163 Friday, August 24, 2007 4:39 PM • AnId is the identifier that will receive the new state. • Note: Kaleido-Alto/Quad will only accept numeric values for this parameter, in the range 0 to 1024. The Kaleido-X does not have this limitation. • Status is any of the available statuses (OK, DISABLE, WARNING or ERROR). • The Message is reserved for future use, and will be ignored. Gateway response: • : the Gateway was not able to recognize the command.
Kaleido-X User's Manual.book Page 164 Friday, August 24, 2007 4:39 PM 5 Using Kaleido-X Control Protocols • NewText is the text to display. Gateway response: • : the Gateway was not able to recognize the command. • : the command was recognized by the Gateway. getKAudioOut This command allows the user to get the selected Audio Monitoring Output • Returned value can be any of: • The command was not executed, due to bad spelling or invalid parameter.
Kaleido-X User's Manual.book Page 165 Friday, August 24, 2007 4:39 PM X indicates the AES. Valid value can be either 1 or 2. • setKAudioOut • The user can select the audio to be monitored by using this Gateway command. The syntax of the command will differ if the user indicates to monitor audio coming from a stream (Note - streaming sources are not supported by Kaleido Alto/Quad), from an audio card, from an embedded source or no audio at all.
Kaleido-X User's Manual.book Page 166 Friday, August 24, 2007 4:39 PM 5 Using Kaleido-X Control Protocols • set Type="NONE" You may select any audio for monitoring, independent of whether it is being metered in the current Layout, with the exception that STREAMING sources must be part of the current layout. • If the source is included in the layout, the meter assigned to it will be highlighted.
Kaleido-X User's Manual.book Page 167 Friday, August 24, 2007 4:39 PM Using the Serial to TCP/IP Dispatcher Welcome to the Serial-to-TCP Dispatcher Protocol. Summary About the Serial-to-TCP Dispatcher Protocol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167 Using the Serial to TCP/IP Dispatcher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Kaleido-X User's Manual.book Page 168 Friday, August 24, 2007 4:39 PM 6 Using the Serial to TCP/IP Dispatcher Figure:6 Functional model Description This section presents the feature and list the requirements needed to make it understandable to the enduser. The purpose of the Dispatcher is to act as communication bridge between a serial device and multiple TCP/ IP devices.
Kaleido-X User's Manual.book Page 169 Friday, August 24, 2007 4:39 PM Description Normal Case The normal flow of data from a serial device to multiple TCP/IP devices.
Kaleido-X User's Manual.book Page 170 Friday, August 24, 2007 4:39 PM 6 Using the Serial to TCP/IP Dispatcher Exception Case The Dispatcher protocol does not return any error message. Invalid packets are discarded silently. The serial device that uses the Dispatcher must implements its own mechanism to ensure that data is successfully transmitted.
Kaleido-X User's Manual.book Page 171 Friday, August 24, 2007 4:39 PM Interface Interface This section presents the interface used to manage this new feature. Serial Interface Figure 4 shows the format of the packets received by the Dispatcher over its serial interface (i.e. Open socket packet, Data packet and Close socket packet) as well as the format of the packets sent by the Dispatcher onto its serial interface (i.e. Data packet from TCP/IP).
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Kaleido-X User's Manual.book Page 173 Friday, August 24, 2007 4:39 PM Annex A - Checksums Command ID Value Table This section presents the valid values for the Command ID field presented earlier. Command ID value Description 0x01 Open Socket Command 0x02 Send Data Command 0x03 Close Socket Command 0x04 Data from TCP device Serialization Convention The Dispatcher expects the data coming from the serial port respect the Big Endian bits ordering and network byte order.
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