Avid NewsCutter 3.0 User guide

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Avid NewsCutter and NewsCutter XP Site Preparation Guide • Part 0130-05052-01

Rev. A • April 2002

Contents

Using This Guide

Who Should Use This Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

About This Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Symbols and Conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

If You Need Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Related Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

If You Have Documentation Comments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

How to Order Documentation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Avid NewsCutter Site Preparation

Avid System Layouts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

NewsCutter Layout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Avid Unity for News Workgroup Layout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Fibre Channel Workgroup Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

NewsCutter Connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Input and Output Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Avid Meridien I/O Box Connectors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

1394 Board Connectors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Cabling Guidelines. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Component Dimensions and Weights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Site Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Power Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Source Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Synchronization Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Printing Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Telephone Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Environmental Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Networking Requirements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Fiber-Optic Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Ethernet Hub. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Patch Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Pin Assignments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Serial Ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

VGA Monitor Port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Keyboard and Mouse Connectors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

RJ-45 Jacks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

1394 Connector (NewsCutter XP Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

GPI Connector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

SDTI Connectors (NewsCutter Only Option) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Regulatory and Safety Notices

FCC Notice. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Canadian ICES-003 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

European Union Notice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Australia and New Zealand EMC Regulations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

Taiwan EMC Regulations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

Index

Figures

Figure 1 Sample NewsCutter System Layout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Figure 2 Sample Layout for an Avid Unity for News

Workgroup Environment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Figure 3 Meridien I/O Box Audio Connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Figure 4 Meridien I/O Box Video Connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Figure 5 Meridien I/O Box Serial Digital Connectors . . . . . . . . 27

Figure 6 1394 Board DV Connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Figure 7 9-Pin Serial Connector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Figure 8 15-Pin VGA Monitor Connector. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Figure 9 6-Pin PS/2 Connector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Figure 10 8-Pin Category 5 RJ-45 Connector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Figure 11 6-Pin 1394 Connector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Figure 12 GPI Node Terminals. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Figure 13 BNC Connectors on the Breakout Box. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Figure 14 BNC Connectors on the MPEG SDTI-CP

Adapter Board. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Tables

Table 1 NewsCutter Connector Identifiers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21

Table 2 Meridien I/O Box Audio Identifiers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24

Table 3 Meridien I/O Box Video Identifiers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25

Table 4 Meridien I/O Box Serial Digital Identifiers. . . . . . . . . .27

Table 5 System Cable Lengths . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29

Table 6 Physical Specifications for Components . . . . . . . . . . . .31

Table 7 Power Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34

Table 8 Environmental Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .36

Table 9 Serial Connector Pin Assignments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .39

Table 10 VGA Monitor Connector Pin Assignments . . . . . . . . . .40

Table 11 PS/2 Connector Pin Assignments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .42

Table 12 Category 5 RJ-45 Connector Pin Assignments . . . . . . .43

Table 13 6-Pin 1394 Connector Pin Assignments . . . . . . . . . . . . .44

Using This Guide

This guide provides site requirement information for the Avid

NewsCutter

and NewsCutter XP systems. Unless noted otherwise,

“NewsCutter” refers to both NewsCutter and NewsCutter XP

throughout this guide.

The documentation describes the features and hardware of all models.

Therefore, your system might not contain certain features and hardware that

are covered in the documentation.

Who Should Use This Guide

This guide is intended for all NewsCutter users, from beginning to

advanced. Read this guide if you are responsible for preparing a site

for installation.

Using This Guide

About This Guide

This guide provides specifications for your NewsCutter system

components in the following areas:

• Connectors

•Cabling

• Physical (dimensions and weights)

•Power

• Environmental

Symbols and Conventions

Unless noted otherwise, the material in this document applies to the

Windows

2000 operating system.

The NewsCutter documentation uses the following special symbols

and conventions:

1. Numbered lists, when the order of the items is important.

a. Alphabetical lists, when the order of secondary items is

important.

• Bulleted lists, when the order of the items is unimportant.

- Indented dashed lists, when the order of secondary items is

unimportant.

A note provides important related information, reminders, recommendations,

and strong suggestions.

A caution means that a specific action you take could cause harm to

your computer or cause you to lose data.

If You Need Help

A warning describes an action that could cause you physical harm.

Follow the guidelines in this guide or on the unit itself when

handling electrical equipment.

If You Need Help

If you are having trouble using the NewsCutter system, you should:

1. Retry the action, carefully following the instructions given for that

task in this guide.

2. Check the documentation that came with your hardware for

maintenance or hardware-related issues.

3. Check the release notes supplied with your Avid application for

information on accessing the Avid Web site and the Avid

Knowledge Center.

4. For support services, call Avid Customer Support:

- Broadcast products — call 800-NEWS-DNG (639-7364).

- Postproduction products — call 800-800-AVID (2843).

Related Information

The following documents provide more information about

NewsCutter:

• Avid NewsCutter Setup Guide

This guide provides installation and configuration instructions as

well as suggestions for troubleshooting problems that might arise

with system hardware.

Using This Guide

• Avid NewsCutter User’s Guide

This guide provides complete information on all editing tasks,

such as recording footage, viewing and marking footage, editing,

trimming, importing, exporting, and generating final output.

• Avid NewsCutter Effects Guide

This guide describes techniques for using digital video effects,

titles, third-party plug-in effects, mattes, keys, and layering

options.

• Avid NewsCutter Quick Reference

This folded card lists convenient keyboard shortcuts.

• Avid NewsCutter Release Notes

This document describes new features, hardware and software

requirements, software installation instructions, and summary

information on system and memory requirements.

• Avid NewsCutter Online Publications CD-ROM

This online collection provides electronic versions of this guide

and other guides listed in this section. You can view these

documents with Adobe

Acrobat

Reader

, which you can install

from the CD-ROM. The collection also includes the Avid

NewsCutter User’s Guide Supplement, the Avid EDL Manager User’s

Guide, the Avid MediaLog User’s Guide, the Avid MetaSync Setup and

User’s Guide, and the Help systems associated with these guides.

• Avid NewsCutter Help

The NewsCutter application includes a Help system that can be

viewed using your default Web browser. Help can be run as a

standalone application from the Avid NewsCutter Online

Publications CD-ROM.

•Avid NewsCutter XP Setup Guide

This guide provides installation and configuration instructions as

well as suggestions for troubleshooting problems that might arise

with system hardware.

Related Information

• Avid NewsCutter XP User’s Guide

This guide provides complete information on all editing tasks,

such as recording footage, viewing and marking footage, editing,

trimming, importing, exporting, and generating final output.

• Avid NewsCutter XP Effects Guide

This guide describes techniques for using digital video effects,

titles, third-party effect filters, mattes, keys, paint effects, and

layering options.

• Avid NewsCutter XP Quick Reference

This folded card lists convenient keyboard shortcuts.

• Avid NewsCutter XP Release Notes

This document describes new features, hardware and software

requirements, software installation instructions, and summary

information on system and memory requirements.

• Avid NewsCutter XP Online Publications CD-ROM

This online collection provides electronic versions of this guide

and other guides listed in this section. You can view these

documents with Adobe Acrobat Reader, which you can install

from the CD-ROM. The collection also includes the

Avid NewsCutter XP Help, the Avid MediaLog User’s Guide, and

the Avid EDL Manager User’s Guide.

•Avid NewsCutter XP Help

The NewsCutter XP application includes a Help system that can

be viewed using your default Web browser. Help can be run as a

standalone application from the Avid NewsCutter XP Online

Publications CD-ROM.

Using This Guide

• Avid Products Collaboration Guide

This guide provides step-by-step instructions for transferring

project files, audio files, and graphics and effects files between

various Avid products.

The most recent update of the Avid Products Collaboration Guide is

provided online. Check the release notes supplied with your Avid

application for information on accessing online documentation.

If You Have Documentation Comments

Avid Technology continuously seeks to improve its documentation.

We value your comments about this guide, the Help, the Online

Publications CD-ROM, and other Avid-supplied documentation.

Simply e-mail your documentation comments to Avid Technology at

T[email protected]

Please include the title of the document, its part number, revision, and

the specific section you are commenting on in all correspondence.

How to Order Documentation

To order additional copies of this documentation from within the

United States, call Avid Telesales at 800-949-AVID (2843). If you are

placing an order from outside the United States, contact your local

Avid representative.

Avid NewsCutter Site

Preparation

This guide provides information about requirements for the site where

the NewsCutter system will be installed. Electrical (power) and

physical specifications on the system components are also included.

Connector information and pin assignments are given if customized

cabling is required.

Avid ships NewsCutter XP as a desktop system. You can also purchase

NewsCutter XP software and install it on supported laptop systems.

To use NewsCutter XP in the configurations covered in this guide, you

must have the desktop version. The current release of both

NewsCutter and NewsCutter XP versions ships on the Compaq

Evo

Workstation W8000. Unless noted otherwise, all subsequent references

to “NewsCutter” refer to both NewsCutter and NewsCutter XP on this

desktop platform; references to the “NewsCutter system” refer to

NewsCutter and any peripheral components connected to the desktop

computer.

Avid NewsCutter Site Preparation

Avid System Layouts

This section provides typical system layouts. Diagrams of NewsCutter

components identify the rear interface connectors. The exact

orientation of the equipment depends on the following:

• Available space in the work area: This document provides the

dimensions of the equipment (see “Component Dimensions and

Weights” on page 31). However, Avid recommends additional

space for access and ventilation.

• Length of the cables: Avid does not recommend excessively long

cables. See “Cabling Guidelines” on page 28 for cabling

information.

• User preference: Whether the monitor, video deck, and system are

on the left or right side is up to the user. The order from top to

bottom in the rack can also differ due to accessibility of the

controls or viewing indicators. (For rack-mount options, see your

Avid sales representative.)

NewsCutter Layout

Figure 1 shows all standard and optional NewsCutter components

except for a video reference source (such as a black burst generator).

Set up your system components — especially the User Interface (UI)

and Playback monitors, video deck, and keyboard — in positions that

give you easy access to them.

Avid System Layouts

Figure 1 Sample NewsCutter System Layout

The NewsCutter system has the following features:

• Internal hard drive with an NTFS partition; primary drive that

contains the operating system.

• 3.5-inch floppy drive; reads and writes to 1.44-MB floppy disks.

• CD-ROM reader; required for installing software. Avid software is

distributed on CD-ROM.

• Fast and wide external SCSI connector; for connecting external

SCSI media drives. Media drives must be formatted as NTFS.

• Ethernet network interface; required for Avid network

connections.

• High-resolution monitor (1024 x 768); required for viewing the

media edits.

• Windows 2000 operating system and the Windows

Service Pack 2.

VLX

SCSI ID

Slots

Act

Wide

Dualbus

Fans

Pwr 2

Pwr 1

44.1 kHz

PULL DOWN

AUDIO SYNC

VIDEO SYNC

POWER

kHz

Video deck

MediaDock device

Speaker UI monitor

Playback monitor

NewsCutter

Speaker

Keyboard

Meridien I/O box

Mouse

Amplifier

V-LAN VLXi device

Optional rack

Avid NewsCutter Site Preparation

Avid Unity for News Workgroup Layout

NewsCutter can work as a standalone system or as part of a broadcast

network such as an Avid Unity

™

for News workgroup.

The Avid Unity for News workgroup environment consists of the

following functional components:

• Supported Avid editing systems (such as a NewsCutter system).

• Avid Unity MediaManager server to track and manage Avid Unity

media files. When connected to a Fibre Channel network, a

workgroup client uses the MediaManager server to share

Avid Unity files with clients within the workgroup.

• Avid Unity TransferManager server to manage the transfer of

media files to and from another workgroup’s TransferManager

server (typically, over an Ethernet network). The TransferManager

server also allows you to transfer media files from a feed (ingest)

device or send finished sequences to a playback device.

The TransferManager server is not required equipment in a MediaNet

workgroup. However, you must connect a TransferManager server in your

workgroup if you want to share media files with other workgroups.

• Avid Unity MediaNet File Manager and storage subsystem.

• A Fibre Channel network that connects the Avid editing systems,

MediaManager server, and TransferManager server to the File

Manager and storage subsystem.

An optional Fibre Channel connection kit is available for connecting

NewsCutter to the Avid Unity MediaNet workgroup.

• An Ethernet network that is used as a general-purpose

communications network connecting all the system components.

An Ethernet network can also be used by the TransferManager

server to transfer media files between workgroups.

Avid System Layouts

The purpose of the workgroup is to enable collaborative workflows by

allowing multiple NewsCutter editors to share media files and other

project data.

Figure 2 shows a typical shared-storage workgroup configuration that

includes the necessary connections if you are planning to transfer

media files over a network to an optional playback device. The

playback sequences are cued and sent to air by the optional Broadcast

Control System (BCS). The BCS controls the playback devices using a

serial connection.

Figure 2 Sample Layout for an Avid Unity for News

Workgroup Environment

Avid Unity

Playback

Broadcast Control

System

MediaNet File

Manager and

Avid Unity

storage

Fibre Channel switch

Character

generator

Local network

hub or switch

Serial connections to

playback devices

device

MediaManager

server

TransferManager server

to another workgroup

NewsCutter systems

(see Figure 1 for a

typical layout)

Still store

Avid NewsCutter Site Preparation

Follow the procedures in the Avid Unity MediaNet Windows Client

Setup Guide in order to make your NewsCutter system operational in the

Avid Unity environment.

Fibre Channel Workgroup Configuration

An optional Fibre Channel connection kit is available for NewsCutter.

If you are installing a Fibre Channel connection kit, follow the

instructions provided by the computer manufacturer for removing the

cover and installing an expansion board in NewsCutter.

NewsCutter Connectors

The NewsCutter system is a computer with specific peripheral boards

installed for converting the incoming video and audio, analog, or

digital signals into digital format for storage. The Windows 2000,

Windows

Service Pack 2, and NewsCutter application software come

preinstalled. This disk-based, nonlinear, random-access system is

designed for editing news stories, promotional material, and other

broadcast needs.

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