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Avid
®
Composer
Products
Setup Guide
for the Windows NT
®
Operating System
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Avid Composer Products Setup Guide for the Windows NT Operating System •
Part 0130-04484-01 Rev. A • August 2000
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Contents
Using This Guide
Who Should Use This Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
About This Guide. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Symbols and Conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
If You Need Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Related Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
If You Have Documentation Comments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
How to Order Documentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Chapter 1 Hardware Overview
Avid System Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
The Platform. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Monitors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Keyboard and Mouse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Peripheral Boards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
PCI Boards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Meridien Display Controller Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Meridien III Digital Media Board Set . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Meridien 3D Effects Board. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
F/C Controller Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
SCSI UL3D/160 Dual-Channel LVD Board. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
SCSI 2940U2B Single-Channel LVD Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
The Meridien I/O Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Meridien Video I/O Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Meridien Eight-Channel Audio Interface Board. . . . . . . . . 28
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Meridien Two-Channel Audio I/O Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Meridien Serial Digital I/O Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Audio and Video Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Audio I/O Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
VLXi Multideck Controller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Black Burst Generator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Supported Internal Storage. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
IBM 6866 Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
M Pro Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Supported External Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Standalone Fibre Channel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
SCSI LVD Boards. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Avid Unity MediaNet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
A Typical Avid System Layout. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Chapter 2 Setting Up the System Hardware
Before You Begin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Checking the Kit Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Arranging the Components. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Assembling the System. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Connecting the Keyboard and Mouse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Connecting the Meridien I/O Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Connecting the Monitors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Connecting the 21-Inch Bin Monitor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Connecting the 21-Inch Edit Monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Connecting the Client Monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Adjusting the Video Monitors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Connecting the F/C Disk Subsystem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Placing the Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Connecting to the System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Connecting Cables to the Fibre Channel Controller Board . . . 48
Connecting to the Fibre Channel Drive Enclosure. . . . . . . . . . . 49
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Installing Rack-Mount FCDE Support Rails . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Installing a Rack-Mount FCDE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Connecting Cables to the Fibre Channel FCDE . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Connecting the Fibre Channel FCDE Power Cords . . . . . . . . . . 57
Installing Fibre Channel Drives. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Setting Fibre Channel Drive Enclosure IDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Connecting the SCSI Disk Subsystem. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Avid rS LVD MediaDrives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Avid MediaDock LVD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Connecting the Application Key. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Using the Grounding Wrist Strap . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Replacing the SDI Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Turning On the System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Chapter 3 Testing the Hardware
Installing the Avid Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Diagnostic Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Diagnostic User Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Understanding the Main Window. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Understanding the Board Information Window. . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Understanding the Error Log Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Understanding the Preference Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Quick Start Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Before You Run Diagnostics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Running the Diagnostics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Running the Standard Test Suite . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Running the External/User Interaction Test Suite . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Testing the Digital Media Board Set . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Testing the Video I/O Board. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Testing the Audio I/O Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Cabling for the External/User Interaction Test Suite . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Cabling for the Digital Media Board Set . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Cabling for the Video I/O Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
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Running a Single Test . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Running Avid StorEx. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
The Main Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
The Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
The Toolbar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
The Testing Display. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
The Console Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
The Preference Window. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
The Tests Tab. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
The Options Tab. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Control Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Before Running Avid StorEx. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Running Avid StorEx . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Chapter 4 Connecting Audio and Video Equipment
Video Decks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Configuration Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Identifying Audio and Video Boards. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Meridien I/O Box Connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Eight-Channel Audio Interface Board Connectors. . . . . . . . . . 108
Two-Channel Audio I/O Board Connectors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Video I/O Board Connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Meridien I/O Box Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Connecting a Client Monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Synchronizing Audio and Video Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Connecting the Eight-Channel Audio Board and
Audio I/O Device. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Connecting the Black Burst Generator (BBGen). . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Connecting the BBGen to Two Video Decks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Controlling a Video Deck . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Connecting Audio Equipment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Connecting the Audio Splitter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Connecting the Video Input/Output Board to Decks . . . . . . . . . . . 126
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Connecting A Single Video Deck — Component Signal . . . . 126
Connecting Two Video Decks — Component Signal . . . . . . . 128
Connecting A Single Video Deck — Composite Signal . . . . . 131
Connecting Two Video Decks — Composite Signal . . . . . . . . 133
Connecting A Single Video Deck — Digital Signal. . . . . . . . . 135
Connecting Two Video Decks — Digital Signal. . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Connecting a Video Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Chapter 5 Connecting Serial and MIDI Port Devices
Connecting to the MIDI Port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Connecting JL Cooper Fader Controllers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Initializing and Testing JL Cooper Fader Controllers. . . . . . . . . . . 143
Connecting the Yamaha 01V Mixer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Connecting the JL Cooper Jog/Shuttle Wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Connecting a VTR Emulator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Chapter 6 Controlling Multiple Video Decks
Cabling Single VLXi Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Single-Deck Cabling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Parallel Interface Cabling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Cabling Dual-Deck Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Cabling Dual VLXi Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Configuring the VLXi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Setting VLXi Receiver Node Numbers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Downloading VLXi Drivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Chapter 7 Troubleshooting
General Problems. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Monitor Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
MediaDrive Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Audio Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
3D Effects Problems. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
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Appendix A Disk Subsystem Management
Windows NT Drive Subsystem Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Partition Size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Supported File Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Enabling Write Cache . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Creating Primary Partitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Striping Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Creating a Stripe Set . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Formatting Partitions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Moving Striped Sets Between Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Creating a Repair Disk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Creating a Disk Configuration Disk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Testing Drives on Windows NT Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Appendix B Removing and Installing the Fan
Removing and Installing the Fan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Removing the Fan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Installing the Fan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Appendix C Regulatory and Safety Notices
FCC Notice. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Canadian ICES-003. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
European Union Notice. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Australia and New Zealand EMC Regulations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Taiwan EMC Regulations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
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Figures
Figure 1-1 Rear View of Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Figure 1-2 Meridien I/O Box Rear View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Figure 1-3 IBM 6866 System Internal Drive Bay Locations. . . . . . 31
Figure 1-4 M Pro System Internal Drive Bay Locations . . . . . . . . 33
Figure 1-5 Avid System Layout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Figure 2-1 Arranging the System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Figure 2-2 Meridien I/O Box to System Cable Connection . . . . . 43
Figure 2-3 Digital Media Board Set to Meridien I/O Box
Cable Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Figure 2-4 Bin Monitor to Display Controller Connection . . . . . . 44
Figure 2-5 21-Inch Bin Monitor Cable Connections. . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Figure 2-6 Edit Monitor to Display Controller Connection . . . . . 46
Figure 2-7 21-Inch Edit Monitor Cable Connections . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Figure 2-8 Attaching Copper Cable to the Controller Board . . . . 48
Figure 2-9 FCDE Connection Locations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Figure 2-10 FCDE Rack-Mount Rail. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Figure 2-11 Locating the FCDE Rails . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Figure 2-12 Attaching the FCDE Rails to the Rack
Front Channel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Figure 2-13 Attaching the FCDE Rails to the Rack Middle or
Back Channel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Figure 2-14 Installing an FCDE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Figure 2-15 Opening the FCDE Front Door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Figure 2-16 Installing the FCDE Mounting Screws . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Figure 2-17 Attaching Copper Cable to the LCC Slot A . . . . . . . . . 56
Figure 2-18 Removing the FCDE Fan Assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
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Figure 2-19 Attaching the FCDE Power Cords. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Figure 2-20 Replacing the FCDE Fan Assembly. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Figure 2-21 Inserting a Drive into the FCDE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Figure 2-22 Setting the FCDE ID. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Figure 2-23 SCSI LVD Board Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Figure 2-24 Application Key Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Figure 2-25 Attaching the Grounding Wrist Strap. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Figure 2-26 Video I/O Board in Meridien I/O Box. . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Figure 2-27 Removing the SDI Board from Video I/O Board . . . . 67
Figure 2-28 Installing the SDI Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Figure 2-29 Replacing the Video I/O Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Figure 3-1 Diagnostic Main Window. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Figure 3-2 Diagnostic Groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Figure 3-3 Board Information Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Figure 3-4 Save As Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Figure 3-5 Error Log Window. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Figure 3-6 Save As Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Figure 3-7 Preference Window — Test Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Figure 3-8 Preference Window — Base Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Figure 3-9 Preference Window — Video Subsystem. . . . . . . . . . . 80
Figure 3-10 Quick Start Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Figure 3-11 Digital Media Board Set Tests . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Figure 3-12 Cabling for the Pixel Test . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Figure 3-13 Cabling for the Capture and Playback Test . . . . . . . . . 90
Figure 3-14 Cabling for the Interaction Component Video Test . . 91
Figure 3-15 Cabling for the Interaction Composite Video Test . . . 92
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Figure 3-16 Cabling for the Interaction SDI Video Test . . . . . . . . . 93
Figure 3-17 Cabling for the S-Video Interaction Video Test. . . . . . 94
Figure 3-18 StorEx Main Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Figure 3-19 Toolbar. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Figure 3-20 Testing Display. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Figure 3-21 Preference Window — Tests Tab. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Figure 3-22 Preference Window — Options Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Figure 4-1 Meridien I/O Board Identification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Figure 4-2 Eight-Channel Audio Interface Board Connectors . . 108
Figure 4-3 Two-Channel Audio I/O Board Connectors . . . . . . . 109
Figure 4-4 Video I/O Board Connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Figure 4-5 Meridien I/O Box Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Figure 4-6 Connecting the Client Monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Figure 4-7 Eight-Channel Synchronization Cabling . . . . . . . . . . 118
Figure 4-8 Black Burst Generator Power Cabling . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Figure 4-9 Connecting the Black Burst Generator . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Figure 4-10 Video Deck Control Cabling. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Figure 4-11 Audio Splitter Rear View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Figure 4-12 Connecting the Audio Splitter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Figure 4-13 Connecting a Video Deck — Component Signal. . . . 127
Figure 4-14 Connecting Two Video Decks — Component
Signal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Figure 4-15 Connecting a Video Deck — Composite Signal . . . . 132
Figure 4-16 Connecting Two Video Decks — Composite
Signal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Figure 4-17 Connecting a Video Deck — Digital Signal . . . . . . . . 136
Figure 4-18 Connecting Two Video Decks — Digital Signal . . . . 138
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Figure 4-19 Connecting a Video Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Figure 5-1 MIDI Port Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Figure 5-2 JL Cooper MCS-3000X Fader Controller Rear View . 142
Figure 5-3 Connecting the JL Cooper Fader Controllers. . . . . . . 143
Figure 5-4 Yamaha 01V Mixer Rear View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Figure 5-5 Connecting the JL Cooper Jog/Shuttle Wheel. . . . . . 145
Figure 5-6 Connecting a VTR Emulator. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Figure 6-1 VLXi Single-Deck Control Cabling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Figure 6-2 VLXi Parallel Deck Control Cabling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Figure 6-3 VLXi Dual-Deck Control Cabling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Figure 6-4 Multiple VLXi Configuration Control Cabling . . . . . 157
Figure B-1 Removing the Side Cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Figure B-2 Fan in the System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Figure B-3 Fan Tab Location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Figure B-4 Extending the Fan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Figure B-5 Connecting the Fan Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
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Tables
Table 1-1 Peripheral Board Location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Table 4-1 Eight-Channel Audio Interface Board Identifiers . . . 109
Table 4-2 Two-Channel Audio I/O Board Identifiers . . . . . . . . 110
Table 4-3 Video I/O Board Identifiers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Table 4-4 Meridien I/O Box Indicator Functions . . . . . . . . . . . 114
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Using This Guide
Congratulations on your purchase of an Avid® Media Composer®,
Film Composer®, or Avid Xpress® system. You can use your system to
create broadcast-quality output incorporating every possible
production element from full-speed, high-resolution footage to
multimedia artwork and animation to titling and computer-generated
effects.
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Your system might not contain all of the hardware that is described in your
documentation. Our documents describe all hardware regardless of which
model you purchased.
Who Should Use This Guide
This guide is designed for anyone who is installing a system for the
first time, for anyone who might be moving a system, and for anyone
who might be attempting to solve problems that can arise with the
system hardware. This guide is not designed for someone who is
installing board sets in the system.
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About This Guide
The information provided in this guide will help you to understand
the components that are part of a system, connect the components for
proper system functionality, configure and test the system after
installation, and troubleshoot basic problems that can arise during
daily operation.
The Contents that precedes this section lists the topics included in the
guide. They are presented with the following overall structure:
• Chapter 1, “Hardware Overview” helps you to understand the
basic and optional components that make up your system.
• Chapter 2, “Setting Up the System Hardware” helps you to
complete the installation of the components that come with your
system.
• Chapter 3, “Testing the Hardware” provides the basic system
configuration information and the tests that you should perform
before trying to run the Avid software.
• Chapter 4, “Connecting Audio and Video Equipment” explains
synchronization of audio and video equipment and how you
connect audio and video equipment to the system.
• Chapter 5, "Connecting Serial and MIDI Port Devices" explains
how you connect serial and MIDI port devices.
• Chapter 6, “Controlling Multiple Video Decks” provides
information that allows you to connect multiple video decks to
your system using VLXi® systems.
• Chapter 7, “Troubleshooting” provides basic problem-solving
information to help you determine why one or more components
is not functioning as expected.
• Appendix A, “Disk Subsystem Management” provides
explanations of how you partition a disk in a Windows NT®
operating system.
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• Appendix B, “Removing and Installing the Fan” explains how to
remove and install the Avid fan.
• Appendix C, “Regulatory Information” provides regulatory and
safety notices for the system.
•An index at the end of this guide helps you locate the information
you need.
Symbols and Conventions
The Avid hardware 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.
Courier Bold font identifies text that you type.
Look here in the margin
for tips.
In the margin, you will find tips that help you perform tasks more
easily and efficiently.
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A note provides important related information, reminders, recommendations,
and strong suggestions.
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A caution means that a specific action you take could cause harm to
your computer or cause you to lose data.
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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.
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If You Need Help
If you are having trouble using the 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 Customer Service and News + Publications sections of
the Avid Web site at www.avid.com for the latest FAQs, Tips &
Techniques, Film + Television Update, and other Avid online
offerings.
The Customer Service Knowledge Center provides support
information and documentation for Avid products. To access the
Knowledge Center:
a. Go to www.avid.com.
b. Click Customer Service.
c. Click Knowledge Center.
d. Log in.
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Registered users can access more information.
For the latest versions of the Avid Products Collaboration Guide and
the drive striping tables, click the Documentation tab.
4. For customer support, contact your local Avid Reseller, or contact
Avid Customer Support directly at 800-800-AVID (2843).
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Related Information
The following documents provide more information about the
hardware and software for your system:
• Avid Composer Products Site Preparation Guide (online version)
• Avid iS MediaDrive Setup and User’s Guide
• Avid MediaDrive rS Setup and User’s Guide
• Avid MediaDock LVD Setup and User’s Guide
• The appropriate Avid Composer products release notes
• 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.
For the most recent version of this guide, see the Documentation
section of the Avid Customer Service Knowledge Center. The
previous section, “If You Need Help”, explains how to access the
Knowledge Center.
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We value your comments about this guide, the Help, the Online
Publications CD-ROM, and other Avid-supplied documentation.
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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
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