Designer Manual 3.8 Owner manual

MBOX
®
MEDIA SERVER USER MANUAL 11
Mac Computer
The Mbox Extreme Media Server contains a Mac Pro computer which has been customized by PRG. The Mac
computer is used to operate the Mbox system and store the media. It also provides standard computer connectors
such as USB and FireWire® for the purpose of importing or exporting media data.
+ Hard Drives - The Mac computer contains four hard drives: one which is used to boot the system, and three
which are arranged in a striped raid array (treating them as a single drive). All media files - including the standard
media library and all custom files - are stored on the computer and recalled as needed during a show.
+ Cards - The Mac computer contains a modified Graphics card (which allows for Genlock), a Genlock card, and a
Blackmagic Decklink Video Capture card that can receive an SDI (SD/HD), component, or composite video signal,
and a Sonnet Ethernet card (v3.5 racks only - see details on next page).
Figure 1-6: Mbox Extreme Mac Computer
SITE WIRING
FAULT
OUT PUT: 120V 50/60 Hz
SENSIBILITY
INPUT
RESET
PUSH TO
PROTECTOR
OVERLOAD
USBPORT
2
out
optical
audio
LEFT RIGHT SMPTE IN
MIDI IN MID I OUT SDI IN R-Y IN B-Y IN
1
in
2 1
(COMP OSITE)
YIN
BALANCED AUDIO OUT
ETHE RNET
EDID C A PTURE
BA
PREVIEW1
SDI 1
OUTPU T 1
PREVIEW DIM ED ID CA PTURE
A
B
Rx
VGA2
DVI2 PREVIEW 2
SDI 2
ST AGEBLACKOUT
VGA 1
STAGEBLACKOUT PREVIEW DIM
OUTPU T 2
DVI1
RDMTx
INPUT 1GENLOCK 2 INPUT 2 PORT1 PORT2
BA
ETHERNET
Dual I/O M odule
US B
OUTIN
DMX Rx
RDMRx
GENLOCK 1
DMX
TM
IN
OUT
US B
COMP U TER
Tx
LINK
MODEL20-980 4-0100
POW ER
ACTIVE
ACTIVE
2
out
optic al
audio
1
in
2 1
Graphics Card
FireWire
SPDIF Audio In/Out
Ethernet
Audio
USB
Genlock Card
Video Capture Card
Mac Rear Detail (v3)
FRONT VIEW REAR VIEW
Mac Front Detail
Power
Button
Headphone Jack
USB
FireWire
CD/DVD ROM (2)