Avid Technology AirSpeed Multi Stream Installation And User Manual

Avid AirSpeed® Multi Stream

Installation and User’s Guide

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Avid AirSpeed Multi Stream Installation and User’s Guide • 0130-30041-01 Rev I • May 2011 (5/17/11)

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Using This Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Symbols and Conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

If You Need Help. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Avid Training Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Chapter 1 AirSpeed Multi Stream Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

AirSpeed Multi Stream Models . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

AirSpeed Multi Stream Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Hardware and Software Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Optional Avid Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Software Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Synchronization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Ethernet Connections. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Time-of-Day Timecode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Internal Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Serial Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

User Interface. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Software Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Digital Input and Output Selection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Supported Media Formats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Capture Mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

MXF Media Formats and Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Media Destination Selection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Protecting Workspaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Headframes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Playback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Playout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Studio Playout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Play While Transfer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Play While Record. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Edit While Capture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Closed Caption. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Up/Down/Cross (UDX) Conversion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

UDX Terms and Examples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Pillarbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Letterbox. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Center-Crop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Anamorphic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Active Format Description (AFD) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

AutoAFD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

ATC and VITC Timecode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Video Format. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

International Character Support (ICS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Front and Rear Panels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Front Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Visual Status Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Rear Media Connections (All Models). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

Chassis Label Location (All Models) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Control Connections (All Models) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Video/LTC Connections (SD Model) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Video/LTC Connections (MPEG-2 HD Model) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

Video/LTC Connections (DNxHD Model) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

Video/LTC Connections (AVC-Intra Model). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

Keyboard and Mouse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

Chapter 2 Installing the Hardware and Setting Up Your System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

Unpacking and Inspecting Your System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

Unpack and Inspect Checklist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

Unpacking Your System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

Verifying Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

Inspecting Components for Damage. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

Installing AirSpeed Multi Stream in a Rack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

Rack-mount Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

Rack-mount Kit Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

Positioning the AirSpeed Multi Stream in the Rack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

Securing the AirSpeed Multi Stream Chassis in the Rack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

Inserting the Hard Drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

Cabling Up the AirSpeed Multi Stream . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

Connecting SDI and Video Reference Cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

Connecting Video Reference Cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

Connecting SDI Video Input Cables (for SD Models) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

Connecting SDI Video Input Cables (for MPEG-2 HD Models). . . . . . . . . . 73

Connecting SDI Video Input Cables (for DNxHD Models). . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

Connecting SDI Video Input Cables (for AVC-Intra Models). . . . . . . . . . . . 75

Connecting SDI Video Output Cables (for SD Models) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

Connecting SDI Video Output Cables (for MPEG-2 HD Models) . . . . . . . . 77

Connecting SDI Video Output Cables (for DNxHD Models) . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

Connecting SDI Video Output Cables (for AVC-Intra Models) . . . . . . . . . . 79

Connecting Time of Day (TOD) LTC Cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

Connecting Control and Communications Cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

Connecting USB Devices (Mouse and Keyboard). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

Connecting Ethernet Cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83

Connecting to AirSpeed Multi Stream Over the Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84

Connecting Expansion Port Cables. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85

Connecting Remote Serial Cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86

Connecting the Console Cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86

Connecting the VGA Cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87

Connecting the Power Cords. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87

Setting Up Your System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88

AirSpeed Multi Stream System Setup Checklist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88

Changing the Computer Name. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

Adjusting the Date, Time and Time Zone. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90

Configuring Media Drives for RAID 0 Striping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90

Creating RAID 0 Striping in Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91

Reconfiguring Media Drives for RAID 0 Striping (for Previously Striped Drives) 92

Verifying Your Network Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94

Creating a Windows User Account on the AirSpeed Multi Stream. . . . . . . . . . . 95

Configuring Your Shared Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96

Setting Up Remote Access to the AirSpeed Multi Stream Server. . . . . . . . . . . 96

Chapter 3 General Configuration Procedures. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97

General Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97

User Names and Passwords. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98

User Names and Passwords for Interplay and ISIS Environments . . . . . . 98

User Names and Passwords When Using a Standalone Transfer Manager 98

License Agreements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99

Configuration Requirements for AirSpeed Multi Stream . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99

AirSpeed Multi Stream Configuration Checklist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100

(Option) Installing the AirSpeed Multi Stream Device Service . . . . . . . . . . . . 101

Creating a New Database in the AirSpeed Multi Stream Application . . . . . . . 102

Setting the Default Database . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105

Configuring Channels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105

Configuring Channels on AirSpeed Multi Stream . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113

Configuring Channels for Capturing Ancillary Timecode . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116

Configuring Channels for Playing Out Ancillary Timecode (SD Only) . . . 116

Configuring Channels for Remote Control with Avid iNEWS Command. . . . . 117

Configuring Communication Protocols in AirSpeed Multi Stream . . . . . . . . . . 121

Configuring General Purpose Interface (GPI) Inputs and Outputs . . . . . . . . . 123

Configuring Your Avid Editor to Work with AirSpeed Multi Stream . . . . . . . . . 125

Optional AirSpeed Multi Stream Configuration Procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126

Setting Database Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126

Configuring Auto Logon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128

Locking Channel Assignments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129

Avid IsoSync Application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129

Configuring International Character Support. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130

Chapter 4 Configuring the Software in a Workgroup Environment . . . . . . . . . . . 133

AirSpeed Multi Stream Workgroup Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133

Configuration Requirements for AirSpeed Multi Stream . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133

AirSpeed Multi Stream Workgroup Configuration Checklist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134

Configuring the Avid Service Framework Workgroup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134

Configuring the Avid Service Configuration for Interplay Workgroup . . . . . . . 136

Configuring the Avid Service Configuration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137

Setting Up your Credentials for Connection to Interplay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138

Setting Up User Profiles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139

Setting Up Record and Destination Templates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140

Selecting Default Templates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144

Setting Up Inventory Rules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146

Launching Transfer Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148

Configuring Channels for Remote Control with Avid iNEWS Command, CaptureM-

anager, or Interplay Capture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149

Chapter 5 Configuring the Software with a Standalone Transfer Manager . . . . . 155

Standalone Transfer Manager Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156

Configuration Requirements for AirSpeed Multi Stream . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157

Software Requirements for the Avid Editing Client . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157

AirSpeed Multi Stream Configuration Checklist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158

Enabling Transfers for AirSpeed Multi Stream Servers in a Standalone Environ-

ment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158

Installing, Configuring and Starting the Interplay Transfer Engine . . . . . . . . . . 160

Installing the Interplay Transfer Engine on the Avid Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . 161

Configuring the Interplay Transfer Engine for a Standalone Environment 162

Starting the Interplay Transfer Engine on the Avid Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163

Configuring the Standalone Settings for the Avid Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164

Configuring the AirSpeed Multi Stream for Standalone Transfer . . . . . . . . . . . 165

Configuring the Integration Service on the AirSpeed Multi Stream . . . . . . . . . 168

Enabling Standalone Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168

Setting Up User Profiles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170

Setting Up Record Templates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171

Selecting Default Templates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173

Setting Up Inventory Rules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175

(Option) Installing the AirSpeed Multi Stream Device Service . . . . . . . . . 176

Chapter 6 Setting Up for Team Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179

Team Configuration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180

Configuration Requirements for AirSpeed Multi Stream . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181

Software Requirements for the Avid Editing Client . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181

AirSpeed Multi Stream Configuration Checklist. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182

Configuring the Standalone Settings for the Avid Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182

Configuring the AirSpeed Multi Stream for Team Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . 184

Configuring the Integration Service on the AirSpeed Multi Stream . . . . . . . . . 187

Enabling Standalone Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187

Setting Up User Profiles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189

Setting Up Record and Destination Templates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190

Selecting Default Templates. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194

Setting Up Inventory Rules. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195

(Option) Installing the AirSpeed Multi Stream Device Service . . . . . . . . . 198

Chapter 7 Fundamentals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199

Starting AirSpeed Multi Stream . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200

AirSpeed Multi Stream Database Overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200

Opening a Database . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201

Closing a Database . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202

Locking and Unlocking a Database. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202

Showing Properties for a Database File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203

User Interface. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204

Main Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205

File Menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206

File > Preferences Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207

File > Advanced Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209

Edit Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210

View Menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211

Air Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212

Window Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213

Help Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213

Network Tree . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214

Expanding the Network Tree. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215

Browse Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216

Changing the Order and Number of Fields in the Browse Window. . . . . . . . . 217

Changing the Sort Order of Clips in the Browse Window. . . . . . . . . . . . . 218

Headframes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219

Selecting Headframes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220

Changing Headframe Sizes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221

Clip Numbers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222

MiniMonitor Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222

Preview Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223

Dockable Items . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224

Main Toolbar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225

Air Toolbar. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226

Right-Click Menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227

Selecting Clips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228

Status Bar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229

Background Tasks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230

Numeric Keypad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231

Keyboard Shortcuts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231

General Keyboard Shortcuts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232

Preview Dialog Box Keyboard Shortcuts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233

Chapter 8 Working with Clips. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235

Recording a Clip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235

Playing While Recording a Clip (PWR) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237

Clip Recording Methods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239

Copying or Moving Clips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241

Creating Subclips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242

Deleting Clips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243

Editing Clips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243

Editing Clips Using the Item Properties Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244

Editing Clips Using the Preview Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246

Playback Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248

Renumbering Clips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248

Playing Clips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249

Cueing Clips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250

Clip Headframes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250

Selecting a Default Headframe for a Clip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251

Selecting the Timecode for a Clip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251

Performing a Take. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252

Changing a Clip’s Headframe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253

Transferring a Clip to Interplay. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254

Sending Sequences from an Avid Editor to AirSpeed Multi Stream. . . . . . . . . . . . 254

Transfer Setup Checklist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255

Transferring Sequences from your Avid Editor to AirSpeed Multi Stream. . . . 255

Modifying Clip File Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255

Editing the Current Template . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257

Template for Channel and Item Properties — General Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258

Template for Channel and Item Properties — Clip Tab. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259

Template for Channel and Item Properties — Record Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261

Template for Channel and Item Properties — Audio Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263

Searching for Clips. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264

Search Syntax Rules. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266

Chapter 9 AirSpeed Multi Stream Studio and Playout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267

Studio Concept. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268

Creating a Studio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268

Adding the Studio to Your WorkGroup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268

Using the Studio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270

Connect to Playout Server or Studio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270

Send to Playout Server or Studio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271

Monitoring Studio Transfers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272

Transfer Status Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273

Chapter 10 Working with the Remote Console . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275

Installing the Remote Console . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276

Starting the Remote Console . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276

User Interface. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278

Main Menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279

File Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279

Options Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280

About Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281

Channels Pane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281

Transport Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285

Inventory Pane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 286

Filter Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 288

Status Bar. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289

View Playlists Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 290

Playlist Information Bar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291

Clip Information Bar. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 292

Right-Click Menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 294

Connecting to an AirSpeed Multi Stream Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295

Enabling Transfers for AirSpeed Multi Stream Servers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 296

Using the AirSpeed Multi Stream Remote Console . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 298

Selecting Clips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 299

Changing the Sort Order of Clips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 299

Showing or Hiding Columns in the Inventory Pane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301

Filtering on a Clip Name or Video ID . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 302

Playing Clips. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303

Cueing and Playing Clips Directly from the Current Video ID Field. . . . . . 304

Cueing and Taking Clips via the Next Video ID Field . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 304

Recording Clips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305

Crash Recording Clips. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305

Cueing Clips for Record . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305

Recording Clips with Only a Video ID Specified (no Duration or Name) . . 306

Recording Clips with Both a Video ID and Duration Specified . . . . . . . . . 306

Recording Clips with Only a Name Specified (no Duration or Video ID) . . 306

Recording Clips with Only a Duration Specified (No Video ID or Name) . 307

Creating Subclips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 307

Editing the In and Out Points of a Clip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 308

Deleting Clips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 308

Protecting or Unprotecting Clips from Deletion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 309

Transferring Clips to Interplay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 310

Transferring Clips to an Avid Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 310

Working with Playlists. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 311

Creating Playlists. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 311

Playlist Operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 313

Saving Playlists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 313

Opening Playlists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 313

Clearing Playlists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 314

Taking Control of a Playlist for a Channel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 314

Setting Loop Behavior in the Playlist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315

Working with Clips in the Playlist. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315

Reordering Clips within the Playlist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315

Modifying Mark In/Mark Out Points for Clips in the Playlist . . . . . . . . . . . 316

Setting the Follow Behavior for Clips in the Playlist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 316

Deleting Clips from the Playlist. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 317

Cueing a Playlist. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 317

Cueing From a Specific Clip in the Playlist. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 317

Playing Clips in the Playlist. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 318

Pausing Clips in the Playlist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 318

Stopping and Unloading Clips in the Playlist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 318

Performing an Edit While Capture (EWC) with Drag and Drop . . . . . . . . . . . . 319

Performing an Edit While Capture (EWC) with Auto Transfer. . . . . . . . . . . . . 320

Keyboard Shortcuts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 323

Inventory Pane Keyboard Shortcuts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 323

Channel Keyboard Shortcuts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 324

Playlist Keyboard Shortcuts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 325

Chapter 11 Maintaining Your AirSpeed Multi Stream. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 327

Copying and Restoring Databases. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 328

Reimaging Your System. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 328

Checklist for Reimaging Your System. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 329

Saving and Restoring Your Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 330

Loading the Windows XPE Restore Image . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 331

Installing the Avid Service Framework . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 333

Installing AirSpeed Multi Stream Application Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 334

Rebuilding a Database. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 337

Identifying Bad Media Drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 340

Replacing Media Drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 342

Windows XPe Security Update Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 342

Viewing System Health Status Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 342

Accessing the Knowledge Base . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 343

Chapter A Specifications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 345

Physical Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 345

Power and Environment Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 346

Audio Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 346

Video Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 347

Control and Synchronization Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 349

Data Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 349

Rear Panel Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 350

Connector Pinouts and Connections. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 351

RS-422 Serial Control Mechanism Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 351

RS-422 Serial Remote RJ45 Connector Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 352

Sony BVW Extensions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 353

Supported Optional VDCP Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 354

Ethernet Connector Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 356

Expansion Port Connector Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 357

LTC Timecode Connector Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 361

USB 2 Connector Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 361

Chapter B Performing Hardware Diagnostics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 363

Diagnostic Window Explained. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 364

Reviewing Hardware Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 364

Starting the Hardware Test . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 367

Playing a Video Frame . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 369

Capturing from an External Video Source. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 371

Testing Audio Outputs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 372

Capturing from the Play Frame Video (Loopback Mode) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 373

Error Log . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 374

Diagnostic Test Failed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 374

Chapter C Network Teaming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 375

Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 375

Setting Up Network Teaming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 375

Chapter D Up, Down, Cross Convert (UDX) Examples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 381

Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 381

Up Convert AFD Examples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 382

Down Convert AFD Examples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 383

HD Cross Convert AFD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 383

SD Cross Convert AFD Examples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 384

Warnings and Cautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 385

FCC Notice. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 385

Class A Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 385

Modifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 386

Cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 386

LED Safety Notices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 386

Canadian ICES-003 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 387

European Union Declaration of Conformity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 387

Disposal of Waste Equipment by Users in the European Union . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 389

Australia and New Zealand EMC Regulations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 389

Taiwan EMC Regulations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 390

Using This Guide

Congratulations on your purchase of an Avid ingest and playout server. You can use your AirSpeed Multi Stream to capture incoming media directly into Avid shared storage or play out media to air. Media can be captured directly into Avid Unity workspaces unattended, freeing the Avid editing system for editing. Use the Avid editing system to edit the captured media into sequences and send the sequence back to the AirSpeed Multi Stream for playout.

This guide contains all the installation, configuration, and task-oriented instructions, conceptual information, and reference material you need to install, configure and use the Avid product.

This guide is intended for all users, from beginning to advanced.

Unless noted otherwise, the material in this document applies to the Windows systems.The majority of screen shots in this document were captured on a Windows XP system.

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.

XP operating

Symbols and Conventions

Avid documentation uses the following symbols and conventions:

Symbol or Convention Meaning or Action

> This symbol indicates menu commands (and subcommands) in the

(Windows), (Windows only), (Macintosh), or (Macintosh only)

Bold font Bold font is primarily used in task instructions to identify user interface

Italic font Italic font is used to emphasize certain words and to indicate variables.

Courier Bold font

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.

A warning describes an action that could cause you physical harm. Follow the guidelines in this document or on the unit itself when handling electrical equipment.

order you select them. For example, File > Import means to open the File menu and then select the Import command.

This symbol indicates a single-step procedure. Multiple arrows in a list indicate that you perform one of the actions listed.

This text indicates that the information applies only to the specified operating system, either Windows or Macintosh OS X.

items and keyboard sequences.

Courier Bold font identifies text that you type.

Ctrl+key or mouse action Press and hold the first key while you press the last key or perform the

mouse action. For example, Command+Option+C or Ctrl+drag.

If You Need Help

If you are having trouble using your Avid product:

1. Retry the action, carefully following the instructions given for that task in this guide. It is especially important to check each step of your workflow.

2. Check the latest information that might have become available after the documentation was published:

- If the latest information for your Avid product is provided as printed release notes,

they are shipped with your application and are also available online.

- If the latest information for your Avid product is provided as a ReadMe file, it is

supplied on your Avid installation CD or DVD as a PDF document (README_product.pdf) and is also available online.

You should always check online for the most up-to-date release notes or ReadMe because the online version is updated whenever new information becomes available. To view these online versions, select ReadMe from the Help menu, or visit

the Knowledge Base at www.avid.com/readme.

3. Check the documentation that came with your Avid application or your hardware for maintenance or hardware-related issues.

If You Need Help

4. Visit the online Knowledge Base at www.avid.com/onlinesupport. Online services are available 24 hours per day, 7 days per week. Search this online Knowledge Base to find answers, to view error messages, to access troubleshooting tips, to download updates, and to read or join online message-board discussions.

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1 AirSpeed Multi Stream Overview

AirSpeed Multi Stream is a digital recorder or playback device designed to work seamlessly in Avid Unity environments (Avid Unity ISIS or Avid MediaNetwork). Depending on your configuration, AirSpeed Multi Stream allows you to capture incoming media directly into Avid shared (or local) storage with or without an asset manager, and play out media to air. Media can be captured directly into Avid Unity workspaces unattended, freeing the Avid editing system for editing. Use the Avid editing system to edit the captured media into sequences and send the sequence back to the AirSpeed Multi Stream for playout.

Up to eight devices ( a combination of original AirSpeed and AirSpeed Multi Stream systems) together can be grouped to form a Studio. A maximum of five AirSpeed Multi Stream systems can be part of a Studio totalling up to eight systems.

Included for use with the AirSpeed Multi Stram server, the AirSpeed Multi Stream Remote Console is an application that can be installed on up to ten PCs on your network. Each instance of the AirSpeed Multi Stream Remote Console is able to connect to up to ten AirSpeed Multi Stream servers on your network. Once connected to an AirSpeed Multi Stream server (or servers), you can see the channels and inventory on the server(s) you are connected to. Then, remotely from your PC, you can use the AirSpeed Multi Stream Remote Console application to Cue, Play, Record, and Retransfer clips. You can also manage clip inventory, and create Playlists and play the clips out on their associated channels.

This chapter provides background information about the AirSpeed® Multi Stream media server. The following topics are discussed:

• AirSpeed Multi Stream Models

• AirSpeed Multi Stream Design

• Hardware and Software Requirements

• Software Overview

• Media Destination Selection

• Headframes

• Playback

• Playout

• Studio Playout

• Play While Transfer

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• Play While Record

• Edit While Capture

• Up/Down/Cross (UDX) Conversion

• Closed Caption

• International Character Support (ICS)

• Front and Rear Panels

• Keyboard and Mouse

AirSpeed Multi Stream Models

The following AirSpeed Multi Stream models are available.

• AirSpeed Multi Stream SD - Single VIO card SD only. The chassis number for this model is 7020-20280-XX.

• AirSpeed Multi Stream MPEG-2 HD - Dual VIO cards SD/HD. The chassis number for this model is 7020-20279-XX.

• AirSpeed Multi Stream DNxHD - Single VIO card SD/HD. The chassis number for this model is 7020-30015-XX.

• AirSpeed Multi Stream AVC-Intra - Dual VIO card SD/HD. The chassis number for this model is 7020-30069-XX.

An “XX” in the model number indicates the hardware revision. Your model will have an

actual number (01, 02, and so on.).

AirSpeed Multi Stream Design

AirSpeed Multi Stream is designed for ease of use. Once the AirSpeed Multi Stream is configured, based on your model, this video server captures up to four streams of video and up to eight audio channel pairs for HD streams, and 4 audio channel pairs for SD streams to a preselected Avid Unity workspace. The video standard (NTSC, PAL, 1080i, 720p) that you select on the AirSpeed Multi Stream should be compatible with the editing systems used at your site. The captured material is made available to Avid editing systems that use media files compliant with Material Exchange Format (MXF).

A database in AirSpeed Multi Stream is a collection of clips, represented by thumbnail images called headframes, and associated data. This data includes the name of the clip, notes about its content, the dates captured, and so on. If the AirSpeed Multi Stream system has multiple databases installed, or if you have many machines networked together, there can be several folders in the Network Tree. A database can contain both SD and HD clips, as long

AirSpeed Multi Stream Design

as they have related frame rates. For example, an NTSC 29.97 FPS clip can be in the same database as a 1080i 59.94 FPS clip, and a PAL 25 FPS clip can be in the same database as a 1080i 50 FPS clip.

Depending on your model, the AirSpeed Multi Stream also supports up to four simultaneous channels of playout. Select the AirSpeed Multi Stream’s host name in the Send To Playback list on the Avid editing system and you can transfer a sequence to the AirSpeed Multi Stream server. Then, use Avid iNEWS® Command to manage the playout of the sequence.

You can group from two to eight systems (a combination that is comprised of up to five AirSpeed Multi Stream servers, and the balance of original AirSpeeds) as a Studio by following an AirSpeed Multi Stream host naming method. Send a sequence to the Studio and all the AirSpeed Multi Stream systems in that Studio has the capability to playout the sequence.

For more information on the Studio concept and configuration, see “AirSpeed Multi Stream

Studio and Playout” on page 267.

In addition, the AirSpeed Multi Stream Remote Console is an application that can be installed on up to ten PCs on your network. Each instance of the AirSpeed Multi Stream Remote Console is able to connect to up to ten AirSpeed Multi Stream servers on your network. Once connected to an AirSpeed Multi Stream server (or servers), you can see the channels and inventory on the server(s) you are connected to. Then, from your PC, you can use the AirSpeed Multi Stream Remote Console application to do the following:

• Cue and play clips

• Cue and record clips

• Retransfer clips

• Manage clip inventory

• Create Playlists and play the clips out on their associated channels For more information, see “Working with the Remote Console” on page 275.

Media that you previously captured plays back through the connections on the back of the AirSpeed Multi Stream. You can play back up to four streams of video at the same time.

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Capture and playback can be controlled on the AirSpeed Multi Stream in the following ways:

• The AirSpeed Multi Stream user interface

• Avid CaptureManager over Ethernet

• Avid iNEWS Command over Ethernet

• RS-422 serial control using VDCP, or Sony BVW protocols

For more information, see “Configuring Channels for Remote Control with Avid iNEWS

Command, CaptureManager, or Interplay Capture” on page 130.

AirSpeed Multi Stream creates a copy of all media captured to its local drives. The media remains there until deleted.

Hardware and Software Requirements

Your AirSpeed Multi Stream system requires specific Avid components and software versions; see the AirSpeed Multi Stream ReadMe included with your release for the qualified versions. The following Avid products are required:

• Avid Unity ISIS 2.0.1 or later is recommended

• Avid MediaNetwork 5.1.1 or later

• Avid Interplay®

• Avid NewsCutter®, Avid NewsCutter XP, Avid Media Composer®, or Symphony Nitris® editing systems.

• A network Domain Name System (DNS) server is required (or strongly recommended) in Avid Interplay environments.

For the latest rsoftware equirements for your version of the AirSpeed Multi Stream software,

refer to the Avid AirSpeed Multi Stream ReadMe for your software version. The ReadMe can be found on the Avid Knowledge Base. Go to www.avid.com.

If your Avid Unity environment does not have a network DNS server, instructions for

creating one can be found on the Avid Knowledge Base. Go to www.avid.com.

Optional Avid Applications

Optional Avid applications and hardware include:

• Avid iNEWS® Command

• Avid CaptureManager

• Avid IsoSync™

Software Installation

The AirSpeed Multi Stream software must be installed and configured onsite. For more information, see “Installing the Hardware and Setting Up Your System” on page 61.

Synchronization

AirSpeed Multi Stream supports both blackburst and tri-level sync. When AirSpeed Multi Stream is capturing media, it can capture independent to the house reference signal, but the playout is not synced to the input reference signal. During playback, the outgoing media should be locked to the house reference signal provided on REF IN connector on the rear of the AirSpeed Multi Stream. For information on video reference output and configuration, see “Video/LTC Connections (MPEG-2 HD Model)” on page 55.

Hardware and Software Requirements

Ethernet Connections

AirSpeed Multi Stream systems have 4 Ethernet connections, although only 2 are used to control, configure, capture media to, or play out from, Avid Unity. For more information see

“Connecting Ethernet Cables” on page 83.

AirSpeed Multi Stream connects to the Avid Unity network with a unique name and IP address. Avid Unity identifies each AirSpeed Multi Stream using either the AirSpeed Multi Stream name or the IP address.

Time-of-Day Timecode

AirSpeed Multi Stream takes the time-of-day (TOD) timecode from the Avid Unity ISIS environment. The time and date are established each time the AirSpeed Multi Stream is turned on. If an external timecode is not connected to the LTC IN connector, the AirSpeed Multi Stream uses the system time as TOD.

1 AirSpeed Multi Stream Overview

Internal Storage

The AirSpeed Multi Stream is equipped with four internal drives. These drives are used as a buffer for incoming media and storing playback media. These internal drives are pre-configured in a 4-way RAID 0 stripe. For more information, see “Inserting the Hard

Drives” on page 68.

Serial Control

For flexibility, the AirSpeed Multi Stream supports more than one control mechanism. The AirSpeed Multi Stream supports the AirSpeed® Multi Stream Application Programming Interface (AMS API), the Sony® BVW protocol with Avid extensions (BVW75Serial), and Video Disk Control Protocol (VDCPSerial). These operations include capturing, playing, pausing, shuttling, and navigating to timecode. The serial control of the AirSpeed Multi Stream is through eight standard 8-pin RJ45 RS-422 interface connectors on the rear of the AirSpeed Multi Stream.

For information on Sony BVW extensions supported by Avid, see “Sony BVW Extensions”

on page 353.

For information on optional VDCP commands supported by Avid, see “Supported Optional

VDCP Commands” on page 354.

For information on connecting the serial remote ports, see “Connecting Remote Serial

Cables” on page 86.

For information on configuring the serial remote ports, see “Configuring Communication

Protocols in AirSpeed Multi Stream” on page 136.

User Interface

The AirSpeed Multi Stream system software UI provides windows for capturing media, playing media, and configuring the AirSpeed Multi Stream. The AirSpeed Multi Stream UI is explained in “User Interface” on page 204.

The AirSpeed Multi Stream system software UI provides you with the flexibility to tailor capture and playout settings. These settings include network and workgroup settings, audio and video formats, and interface operations.

You have the ability to instantly capture (crash record) to a predetermined workspace (default template) on Avid Unity by pressing the Record button in the AirSpeed Multi Stream UI, or alternately, by right-clicking on a mini-monitor and selecting Quick Record from the list.

Software Overview

The AirSpeed Multi Stream system software supports all networking and operational requirements of the AirSpeed Multi Stream.

Digital Input and Output Selection

The AirSpeed Multi Stream can capture and play back video from serial digital interface (SDI) connectors on the rear of the AirSpeed Multi Stream as follows:

• For SD models - SDI inputs and outputs using 525 lines (NTSC) or 625 lines (PAL) of video with embedded 48 KHz (2, 4, 6, or 8 channels) of 20 or 24-bit audio. The AirSpeed Multi Stream application allows you to select 16 or 24-bit only.

• For MPEG-2 HD, DNxHD, and AVC-Intra models - HD SDI inputs and outputs support HD - 1080i and 720p with 48KHz, (2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, or 16 channels) of 24-bit audio. The AirSpeed Multi Stream application allows you to select 16 or 24-bit only.

• Closed Captioning and VITC in IMX.

• Closed Captioning and VITC in DV.

• HD Ancillary data preservation is supported for all HD formats.

Software Overview

In addition, if you have minimum requirements of the following software versions, you will have the ability to have a data track available for use in your Editing application. When the composition is complete, you can send it to the AirSpeed Multi Stream server and it will play out the preserved ancillary data from the composition. The minimum software requirements are as follows:

- Media Composer v5.0 or later, or NewsCutter v9.0 or later

- Interplay v2.2 or later

- ISIS v2.2 or later If you have these requirements, you should select the Ancillary Data Output Enabled?

check box in the Channel Configuration dialog box. For more information, see

“Configuring Channels on AirSpeed Multi Stream” on page 115. If you do not have the

minimum requirements, leave the Ancillary Data Output Enabled? check box unchecked.

The term power cycle, used throughout this document, means to shutdown and power up the

AirSpeed Multi Stream.

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Supported Media Formats

The media files created by AirSpeed Multi Stream and stored on Avid Unity workspaces are MXF compliant. AirSpeed Multi Stream supports the following Avid media formats:

Media File Type Supported Formats

Video (NTSC and PAL) • DV25

n n

•DV50

IMX IMX 30 — MPEG 30 I-frame-only compression

IMX 50 — MPEG 50 I-frame-only compression

MPEG-2 HD • HDV25mb 1080i

• MPEG-2-HD 35mb 1080i

• MPEG-2-HD 17.5mb 1080i

• MPEG-2-HD 35mb 1080i

• MPEG-2-HD 50mb 1080i

• MPEG-2-HD 50mb 720p

• MPEG-2 HD 35mb 720p

n n

DNxHD • DNxHD 120/145 8-bit 1080i

• DNxHD 120/145 8-bit 720p

• DNxHD 185/220 10-bit 1080i

• DNxHD 185/220 10-bit 720p

AVC-Intra (AVC-I) • AVC-Intra 50mb 1080i

• AVC-Intra 50mb 720p

• AVC-Intra 100mb 1080i

• AVC-Intra 100mb 720p

For DV25, NTSC supports DVCPRO (DV25 411)

For DV25, PAL supports DVCPRO (DV25 411 and DV25 420)

For SD, each format supports 29.97 and 25 FPS.

For HD, each format supports 59.94 and 50 FPS.

Audio WAVE — 48 kHz

Capture Mode

Video and audio are captured through the SDI input and stored on an Avid Unity workspace. You can start a capture using the AirSpeed Multi Stream system software controls or via remote protocol.

MXF Media Formats and Files

The Material Exchange Format (MXF) is a format developed by the Professional MPEG Forum in association with organizations such as the SMPTE, The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and the AAF Association.

Material Exchange Format is a wrapper or container format which encapsulates media and rich production metadata into a single file, which is useful for media storage and exchange. It is an open technology that can be implemented by any manufacturer.

MXF has been designed to be flexible enough for use in all stages of content creation, from acquisition, to authoring, to distribution. The primary benefit of MXF is that it provides greater workflow efficiency by preserving useful metadata as media files make their way through the content creation process.The MXF format is independent of the type of content that it contains, so an MXF file can contain video and/or audio, as well as ANC data at any resolution or compression. In many instances, MXF files encapsulate media that is already formatted to one of the existing industry standards.

Software Overview

MXF allows for easy exchange of material between file servers, tape streamers and digital archives. MXF is an ideal interchange format to enable workflow efficiencies in news broadcasting, post production, asset management, and archiving applications.

The AirSpeed Multi Stream creates media and metadata files in the MXF MediaFiles directories on the target workspaces. If the system’s unique MediaFiles directory is not present on the selected network media drive, the AirSpeed Multi Stream creates one. The AirSpeed Multi Stream also creates a subdirectory under the Avid MediaFiles (for MXF) directory.

The AirSpeed Multi Stream does not perform bin management operations.

Interplay supports only the AAF data format in Avid AirSpeed Multi Stream environments.

Workspaces must already be created in Avid Unity in order to enter the workspace name during the AirSpeed Multi Stream setup. AirSpeed Multi Stream creates new projects, bins, and catalogs if the names in the configuration do not already exist.

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Media Destination Selection

AirSpeed Multi Stream uses Destination templates for selected channels to direct storage to particular workspaces on various storage locations. There is also a default location in the event you want to perform a crash record. AirSpeed Multi Stream does not remember the last storage destination set.

Captured media is first stored on the internal drives of the AirSpeed Multi Stream and then copied to the selected Avid Unity workspace. To avoid reaching the internal drive’s maximum storage capacity, AirSpeed Multi Stream can be configured to automatically delete the media that has been saved to a workspace. The Auto Delete setting controls when to delete the media stored on the AirSpeed Multi Stream server and how much media to delete. For more information on setting Auto Delete, see “Configuring the Avid Service

Configuration for Interplay Workgroup” on page 120. When the workspace is full, the

AirSpeed Multi Stream continues to capture until the internal drives are filled. Once the internal drives are full, the AirSpeed Multi Stream stops capturing.

Protecting Workspaces

Protect a workspace against drive failure by duplicating files on more than one drive (a form of mirroring).

For best results, do not use unmirrored (unprotected) workspaces. Performance and behavior is unpredictable.

For more information on protecting workspaces, see your Avid Unity ISIS or MediaNetwork documentation.

For data integrity of your media, Avid recommends that you always use protection to avoid

data loss.

Headframes

AirSpeed Multi Stream supports the display of headframes in Asset Management systems. Clips transferred to the Asset Management system display headframes.

Playback

You can play back media previously captured by the AirSpeed Multi Stream. Up to four video streams of media (depending on the format) can be played back at the same time. Navigation and playback of specific clips is initiated by the AirSpeed Multi Stream user interface and controlled using the Operational Control buttons.

To playback clips:

1. Load a clip in the AirSpeed Multi Stream user interface. The clip’s headframe will be shown in the MiniMonitor or the cued window.

2. Press the Play button beneath the Mini-monitor. The Output monitor shows the playback of the clip.

For more information, see “MiniMonitor Window” on page 222.

Playout

Once you have edited your media, use the AirSpeed Multi Stream as a playout server. The AirSpeed Multi Stream allows you to play out up to four channels at the same time. In an Avid iNEWS environment, or when using a MOS-enabled newsroom system, use the Avid iNEWS® Command application. For information on controlling clips on the AirSpeed Multi Stream, see the Avid iNEWS Command User’s Guide.

Playback

Before you can send your sequence to the AirSpeed Multi Stream from an Avid editing system, you must add the AirSpeed Multi Stream to your Send To Playback list in the Avid editing application. Adding an AirSpeed Multi Stream to the Send to Playback list is done by adding the AirSpeed Multi Stream Host Name to the TMClient.ini tab of the Transfer settings.

AirSpeed Studio is not supported in the Macintosh environment, for AirSpeed Multi Stream

servers configured with a Standalone Transfer Manager, or for Standalone original AirSpeed systems.

To send a sequence from an Avid editing system to playout:

1. Add the AirSpeed Multi Stream Host Name to the TMClient.ini tab in the Transfer settings. This process is described in “Adding the Studio to Your WorkGroup” on

page 268.

2. Connect to the AirSpeed Multi Stream by selecting Transfer > Reconnect to Server. This process is described in “Connect to Playout Server or Studio” on page 270.

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3. Send a sequence to playout by doing one of the following:

t Right-click on the selected sequence and select Send To Playback > AirSpeed Multi

Streamname.

t Highlight the sequence in your bin and select Transfer > Send To Playback >

AirSpeed Multi Stream name.

4. (Optional) Monitor the transfer status by selecting Transfer > Status Window.

Do not delete the sequence or source media off of the Avid Unity workspace until you are sure the transfers to the AirSpeed Multi Stream or Studio are complete.

Studio Playout

An Avid AirSpeed Multi Stream Studio consists of two to eight systems (a combination that is comprised of up to five AirSpeed Multi Stream servers, and the balance of original AirSpeeds) as a Studio by following an AirSpeed Multi Stream host naming method. When an Avid editing system sends a sequence to the Studio, any AirSpeed Multi Stream member of the Studio can play out the sequence. If one or more AirSpeed Multi Stream systems in the Studio are offline, any other AirSpeed Multi Stream still online in the Studio can perform the playout.

For detailed information on the Studio concept, configuration, and using the Studio, see

“AirSpeed Multi Stream Studio and Playout” on page 267.

Play While Transfer

Play While Transfer (PWT) allows the AirSpeed Multi Stream to playout media after approximately 20 seconds of media has been transferred from the shared storage. The transfer of the entire clip from the Avid editing system is not required with this option.

The following applies with regards to Play While Transfer:

• When PWT is selected, the clip is available for playout when 20 seconds of media has been transferred. This allows the clip to be played before the transfer of the clip is complete.

• If a group of clips are selected in an editor, only one clip can be designated as a PWT. Sending multiple PWTs requires separate STP transfers.

• AirSpeed Multi Stream supports up to four simultaneous Play While Transfers (PWTs), although PWT transfers happen even if four transfers are in progress. You might see up to eight transfers in progress at one time if this occurs. If there are no PWT transfers, you will have a max of 4 transfers at one time.

Play While Record

• Items that are either transferred or in progress will display in the AirSpeed Multi Stream database window and will be playable if they have a duration of at least 20 seconds.

• The priority is always on playout. The highest priority clips in the system are clips that are transferring and playing at the same time. If the Playout point is close to the end of the currently transferred media, the system will speed up the rate of transfer for that clip.

• Selecting the PWT option from the editor when sending a clip for playback causes this transfer to begin as soon as is possible. PWT items will have a priority in the transfer queue and occur before existing non-PWT items in the queue.

• PWT is not supported for DNxHD 185/220 clips.

The PWT feature is designed for time-sensitive playout needs and is not recommended for all of your playout media to the AirSpeed Multi Stream.

Play While Record

The Play While Record (PWR) feature enables you to start recording a clip in SD or HD on one channel, and then begin to play the same recording out of another channel after 20 seconds. In a PWR workflow, the recorded media will continue to transfer to the shared storage and be checked into Interplay.

For information on how many Play While Records (PWRs) you can perform at the same time

on one AirSpeed Multi Stream, see the Avid AirSpeed Multi Stream Peformance Guidelines.

This is a system intensive process. It is recommended that you limit other activities on the AirSpeed Multi Stream system (such as playback, re-ingest transfers, and so on) while performing a PWR.

For more information, see “Playing While Recording a Clip (PWR)” on page 237.

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Edit While Capture

When using a Team Configuration, you can edit media while it is being captured and transferred to shared storage. This allows you to start editing new media as soon as possible.

There are two different ways you can take advantage of Edit While Capture:

• Drag and drop the clip into the editor bin (Edit While Capture with Drag and Drop)

• Open the master clip directly from shared storage during the transfer (Edit While Capture with Auto Transfer)

Edit While Capture with Drag and Drop - In this workflow, the Remote Console Standalone allows you to drag and drop one or more clip(s) to the editor bin. Once the clip(s) are in the Editor bin, they become partially on-line, allowing you to create sequences with the Avid Editor. The partially on-line media continues to grow until the capturing clip completes. Subsequently, the partially on-line clip is closed and the entire media will be available.

Edit While Capture with Auto Transfer – In this workflow, the media that is captured on the AirSpeed Multi Stream will be transferred directly to storage. The metadata (.aaf file) for the media is transferred to a predefined Avid MasterClips location (a folder on the ISIS 5000/7000 workspace). From the editor, you would then import this .aaf file and the media would be available partially on-line. The partially on-line media will continue to grow until the capturing clip completes. At this point, you must reimport the same .aaf file to close out the file.

These workflows can only be used with ISIS 5000 or ISIS 7000 shared storage. MediaNetwork is not supported.

Before you can perform an Edit While Capture, your system must have been set up using a Team Configuration (AirSpeed Multi Stream with Shared storage).

For information on how many Edit While Captures (EWCs) you can perform at the same time on one AirSpeed Multi Stream, see the Avid AirSpeed Multi Stream Performance Guidelines.

This is a system intensive process. It is recommended that you limit other activities on the AirSpeed Multi Stream system (such as playback, re-ingest transfers, and so on) while performing an EWC.

For more information on Edit While Capture workflows, see the following topics:

• “Performing an Edit While Capture (EWC) with Drag and Drop” on page 319

• “Performing an Edit While Capture (EWC) with Auto Transfer” on page 320

Closed Caption

Closed caption information can be captured on ingest and supported on playout. This information is embedded in the video signal, invisible without a decoder. Closed captions are stored in line 21 of the vertical blanking interval (VBI) or CC special for NTSC, as well as EIA/CEA-608 and EIA/CEA-708 ancillary caption data in HD formats.

Up/Down/Cross (UDX) Conversion

AirSpeed Multi Stream supports Up, Down or Cross (UDX) conversion of video formats. Using this feature, you can configure a channel to allow for conversion of a clip and its ancillary data (where available) to convert to a specific format for play-out. UDX preferences can be set in the Channel Configuration dialog box. UDX options available are the following:

• Up-Convert - SD video is up-converted to HD using one of five possible Up-Convert options available in the user interface.

• Down-Convert - HD video is down-converted to SD using one of five possible Down-Convert options available in the user interface.

Closed Caption

• SD Cross Convert - SD video is cross-converted (to SD) using one of six possible SD-Cross-Convert options available in the user interface.

• HD Cross Convert - This type of conversion only has one possible outcome, which is Anamorphic and based on incoming video. If you have 1080i, it is automatically converted to 720p. If you have 720p, it is automatically cross converted to 1080i. There is no selection in the User Interface for HD Cross Convert. It is just done anamorphically based on the incoming video standard.

For more information on using UDX Conversion, see “Configuring Channels” on page 105, and Appendix D - “Up, Down, Cross Convert (UDX) Examples” on page 381.

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UDX Terms and Examples

This section describes the relevant UDX terms used in this guide to explain the video format behavior that occurs when various UDX options are selected. Examples are included where necessary. Terms described include the following:

• Pillarbox

• Letterbox

• Center-Crop

• Anamorphic

• Active Format Description (AFD)

• AutoAFD

Pillarbox

A Pillarbox image typically means black “pillars” are placed on either side of an image when it is up-converted from a 4:3 image to a 16:9 image.

Pillarbox is a selection in the Up-Convert and SD-Cross-Convert list boxes. If Pillarbox is selected when up-converting a 4:3 image to a 16:9 image, black “pillars” are placed on either side of the image.

4:3 SD Image Up-Converted to 16:9 HD Pillarbox Example

The example below shows a 4:3 SD image, and then the same image after it was up-converted to an HD 16:9 pillarbox image.

Letterbox

Up/Down/Cross (UDX) Conversion

A Letterbox image typically means black bars are placed on the top and bottom of an image when it is down-converted from a 16:9 HD image to a 4:3 SD image, or cross-converted from a 4:3 HD image to a 4:3 SDimage.

Letterbox is a selection available in both the Down-Convert and SD-Cross-Convert list boxes. If Letterbox is selected when down-converting a 16:9 HD image to a 4:3 SD image, black bars are placed on the top and bottom of the SD image.

16:9 HD Image Down-Converted to 4:3 SD Letterbox Example

The example below shows an HD 16:9 image, and then the same image after it was down-converted to a 4:3 SD letterbox image.

Center-Crop

Center-crop is conversion process that, if selected, crops the image to fit in the format you are converting to. Center-crop works when you are up-converting a 4:3 SD image to 16:9 HD, down-converting a 16:9 HD image to 4:3 SD, or cross-converting an SD image.

AirSpeed Multi Stream supports the Center-Crop in the following conversion types:

• Up-convert

•Down-convert

• SD-Cross-convert

These are described in more detail below:

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Up Convert Center-Crop

If you are up-converting a 4:3 SD image that already contains a letterboxed image, and want to convert it to a 16:9 HD output, you probably want to just remove the black bars from the top and bottom. To do so, select Center-Crop from the Up-Convert list box.

If you selected Pillarbox in this case, the video image would show black bars on the top and

bottom (Letterbox), as well as black pillars on the sides. This is usually an undesired effect.

Example of a Up-Converted and Center-Cropped Image

The example below shows a 4:3 SD letterboxed image, and then the same image after it was Up-converted and Center-cropped to a 16:9 HD image.

Down Convert Center Crop

If you are down-converting a 16:9 HD image that already contains a pillarboxed image, and you want to convert it to a 4:3 SD full-screen output, you probably want to just remove the black pillars from the sides. To do so, select Center-Crop from the Down-Convert list box.

If you select Letterbox instead, you will end up with black pillars on the sides, as well as

black bars on the top and bottom. This is usually an undesired effect.

Example of a Down-Converted and Center-Cropped Image

The example below shows a 16:9 HD pillarboxed image, and then the same image after it was Down-converted and Center-cropped to a 4:3 SD full-screen image.

Anamorphic

In an anamorphic image, the active image is scaled to use all available pixels, both vertically and horizontally. In AirSpeed Multi Stream, typically you would only select Anamorphic when converting one 16:9 format to another.

For example, if you are down converting a 16:9 HD image to a 16:9 SD format, and want to scale the image vertically and horizontally using all pixels (anamorphically), select Anamorphic from the Down-Convert list box in the Channel Configuration dialog box.

When cross-converting HD 720p to 1080i (or vice versa), AirSpeed Multi Stream provides

the anamorphic conversion by default. There is no user interface or user interaction for this to occur.

16:9 SD Image Up-Converted to 16:9 HD Example

The example below shows a 4:3 SD image, and then the same image after it was Up-converted anamorphically to a 16:9 HD image.

Up/Down/Cross (UDX) Conversion

Active Format Description (AFD)

Active Format Description (AFD) is a type of ancillary data that can be attached to each frame of video, both into and out of AirSpeed Multi Stream. The AFD data consists of two parts:

• A 4-bit code that identifies the active video

• An aspect ratio that defines the overall shape of the image

As long as the Ancillary Data Output Enabled? check box is selected, AirSpeed Multi Stream will output AFD ancillary data for each video frame played. For information on the AFD codes used by AirSpeed Multi Stream for input and output AFD, including examples of their corresponding video formats when performing an Up, Down and Cross conversion with AirSpeed Multi Stream, see Appendix D - “Up, Down, Cross Convert (UDX)

Examples” on page 381

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AutoAFD

If one of the AutoAFD options is selected as the Up, Down, or SD-Cross convert option, then AirSpeed Multi Stream will use an intelligent algorithm to reshape or convert the video image. The conversion from input format to output format is detailed in Appendix D, “Up,

Down, Cross Convert (UDX) Examples” on page 381.

If the video being played does not contain AFD information, then AirSpeed Multi Stream uses the “default” specified in the configuration settings. For example, if AFD exists in the incoming video, the setting “AutoAFD Default Pillarbox” follows the approach outlined in Appendix D, and will use Pillarbox, if AFD does not exist in the video.

ATC and VITC Timecode

For HD streams, we use Ancillary TimeCode (ATC). ATC is always stored and displayed in 25/30 Hz timing, even for progressive video formats. AirSpeed Multi Stream implements SMPTE RP188 Ancillary TimeCode.

For SD streams, the timecode is Vertical Interval TimeCode (VITC).

Generally, when a clip is recorded, you can select from a variety of timecode choices. The selected option is used to set the clip’s base timecode.

At playback time, you can select whether to use the clip’s base timecode, or the frame embedded timecode, for output to ATC or VITC.

Video Format

In SDI video, the ancillary data that defines the video format is called AFD, or Active Format Description. AFD is defined as a 4-bit number; there are 16 possible values. However, many of these are reserved and are not used. The most common AFD values include:

• SD, AFD=9: 4:3 image

• SD, AFD=10: 16:9 image, letterboxed (black bars at top and bottom)

• HD, AFD=10: 16:9 image

• HD, AFD=9: 4:3 image, pillarboxed (black bars on left and right sides)

Up/Down/Cross (UDX) Conversion

The AFD code is used to describe the video format before and after conversion. One of the primary purposes of using AFD to describe the image format is so that processing and display equipment can make intelligent choices. For example, if the starting image is a pillarboxed 4:3 image (AFD=9):

When down converting this image to SD, an intelligent approach is to simply remove the black bars from the 2 sides. If the black bars are removed, then the resultant image is now a full-screen 4:3 image, and would get stamped with an AFD code of 9.

The main goal is to avoid letterboxing an image that is already pillarboxed (or vice versa). When this happens, you get black bars on both the top and bottom, and the left and right sides, and the active picture is smaller than it needs to be:

This is generally an undesirable effect. However, if you want this, you can override the ‘intelligent’ formatting based on AFD with fixed formatting during UDX conversions. The Channel Configuration dialog box provides the settings to enable you to configure how you want conversion formatting to occur.

For more information on input and output AFD including examples of their corresponding video formats when performing an Up, Down and Cross conversion, see Appendix D “Up,

Down, Cross Convert (UDX) Examples” on page 381.

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International Character Support (ICS)

AirSpeed Multi Stream includes international character support (ICS). ICS allows you to display and input character in languages other than English. The AirSpeed Multi Stream application is qualified on an English operating system running locales for the following languages: French, Italian, German, Spansih, Korean, Japanese, and Simplified Chinese. This allows you to input and display characters in your chosen language even though you are using the basic English-language operating system. The operating system will display the appropriate language in menus and dialog boxes. You can also specify the language you want to use for keyboard layouts.

AirSpeed Multi Stream does not support ICS for the following:

• Computer name

• Operating system login and password

• Interplay login and password

• Shared storage workspace

• Database name and database path

• In the Service tab of the Avid Service Configuration, the Interplay Credentials field must be English-only.

• In the Destination tab of the Avid Service Configuration, the Workspace field must be English only.

• In the Avid Workgroup Properties, the Workgroup, and the Host name for the lookup Service must be English only.

For information on configuring ICS for AirSpeed Multi Stream, see “Configuring

International Character Support” on page 144.

For additional information on using ICS, see International Character Support on the Avid Knowledge Base.

Front and Rear Panels

NETTMPSAPS

LTC REF ACT WNK

500

500 500 500

NETTMPSAPS

LTC REF ACT WNK

500

LEDs

Power button

Reset

Power LED

Media Drive LED

AirSpeed Multi Stream uses industry-standard video input and output connections in addition to network and control connections. The AirSpeed Multi Stream is designed for a 19-inch (483-mm) rack occupying one and a half rack units (1.5RU). For information on installing the AirSpeed Multi Stream into a rack, see “Installing AirSpeed Multi Stream in a

Rack” on page 64.

Avid recommends using an application such as Windows Remote Dektop or Virtual Network

Computing (VNC) to configure the AirSpeed Multi Stream when access to the AirSpeed Multi Stream is not available or when a keyboard and mouse are not attached.

Front Panel

The following figure shows the front of all AirSpeed Multi Stream models. All configuration, capture, and playback functions are done through AirSpeed Multi Stream software on this box or in some cases on remote systems. Although the system automatically powers on when it is plugged in, the power button can be used to power on and off the AirSpeed Multi Stream in the event of a drive failure (indicated by the LED for the problem media drive going dark) or other problem.

Front and Rear Panels

LEDs and Power Button section

The following diagram shows the LEDs on the front of the AirSpeed Multi Stream system.

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The Power button shuts down and restores power to the AirSpeed Multi Stream server. The Reset button restarts AirSpeed Multi Stream server, without powering off the AirSpeed Multi Stream server. The functions of the 9 LEDs on the front of the AirSpeed Multi Stream system are described in the following table:

LED Description State

Power The Power LED is located furthest to

the right (to the left of the Avid logo and to the right of the Power button). This LED is tied to the AC power system that indicates when the AirSpeed Multi Stream chassis is powered on.

PS Power Supply Status indicator • Steady Green - Indicates good

SA Not Used

TMP Overheat • Steady Green - Indicates that the

• Steady Green - Indicates power on.

• Dark - Indicates power off.

power.

• Steady Amber - Indicates bad power.

• Blinking Amber - Indicates one power supply is missing or no AC.

AirSpeed Multi Stream is working properly. No overheat condition or fan failure.

• Steady Amber - Indicates an overheat condition.

• Blinking Amber - Indicates fan failure.

NET Network Link • Steady Green - Indicates

successful log in to shared storage and asset manager.

• Blinking Amber - Indicates failure to log in to shared storage or asset manager.

Front and Rear Panels

LED Description State

LTC LTC In Detected • Steady Green - Indicates a valid

LTC-In has been detected.

• Blinking Amber - Indicates a LTC signal is detected, but it is an incorrect or bad signal.

• Dark - No LTC connection detected.

REF Reference In Detected • Steady Green - Indicates a valid

Reference-In has been detected.

• Blinking Amber - Indicates a signal has been detected, but it is an incorrect or bad signal (frame rate, standard).

• Dark - No Reference In connection has been detected.

ACT Active status for Play, Record, Cue,

Cueing. Used to indicate that the system is most likely doing something important.

WNK “Wink”. Enables you to physically

identify a specific AirSpeed Multi Stream server in a rack of multiple systems.

• Steady Green - Indicates that the AirSpeed Multi Stream is playing, recording, cueing, and/or has something that is cued.

• Dark - Indicates that the AirSpeed Multi Stream is not playing, recording, or cueing, and nothing is cued.

• Blinking Green - Indicates that the AirSpeed Multi Stream system has received a request to identify itself.

• Dark - Indicates that there is no request to be identified.

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Media Drive LED example

The following diagram shows the a media drive and points out the location of the green media drive LED on the front of the AirSpeed Multi Stream system.

Media Drive LED

500

The Media Drive LED display a steady green light when the drive is ready. A blinking green LED indicates drive activity. If there is no light in the LED, this indicates a problem with the media drive.

Visual Status Information

You can monitor a variety of status information using the UI, and the LEDs. Monitored system components are displayed in the Interplay Health Monitor. For more information, see

“Viewing System Health Status Information” on page 342.

Rear Media Connections (All Models)

123

EXPANSION PORT 1

EXPANSION

PORT 2

USB

CONSOLE

VGA

SERIAL

ETHERNET

1234

5678

OUT

REF

IN/THRU

LTC

IN/THRU

OUT

567

EXPANSION PORT 1

EXPANSION

PORT 2

USB

CONSOLE

VGA

SERIAL

ETHERNET

1234

5678

OUT

REF

IN/THRU

LTC

IN/THRU

123

EXPANSION PORT 1

EXPANSION

PORT 2

USB

CONSOLE

VGA

SERIAL

ETHERNET

1234

5678

OUT

REF

IN/THRU

LTC

IN/THRU

The AirSpeed Multi Stream supports industry-standard inputs and outputs to provide flexibility for individual requirements. Back panels for all AirSpeed Multi Stream models are shown below.

The following diagram shows the rear media connections for the AirSpeed Multi Stream SD model.

The following diagram shows the rear media connections for the AirSpeed Multi Stream MPEG-2 HD model.

Front and Rear Panels

The following diagram shows the rear media connections for the AirSpeed Multi Stream DNxHD model.

The following diagram shows the rear media connections for the AirSpeed Multi Stream AVC-Intra model.

EXPANSION PORT 1

EXPANSION

PORT 2

REF

IN/THRU

LTC

IN/THRU

OUT

CONSOLE

1234

VGA

SERIAL

5678

OUT

USB

ETHERNET

1234

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The following table lists the audio and video inputs and outputs for all models of the AirSpeed Multi Stream. Model names are referenced when differences apply.

Connector Description

Expansion Ports 1 and 2 2 GPIO inputs to be used with Avid supplied GPIO breakout cables.

Serial Digital Interface For SD models:

• 2 serial digital interface (SDI) inputs (2 BNC) labelled IN 1-2

• 4 SDI outputs (4 BNC) labeled OUT 1-4 For MPEG-2 HD models:

• 4 serial digital interface (SDI) inputs (4 BNC) labelled IN 1, 2, and 5, 6

• 8 SDI outputs (8 BNC) labeled OUT 1-8

For DNxHD models:

• 2 serial digital interface (SDI) inputs (2 BNC) labelled IN 1-2

• 4 SDI outputs (4 BNC) labeled OUT 1-4

For AVC-Intra models:

• 4 serial digital interface (SDI) inputs (4 BNC) labelled IN 1-4

• 4 SDI outputs (4 BNC) labeled OUT 1-4

Analog Reference In and Loop thru

LTC In and Loop thru 1 analog TC input (1 BNC)

1 reference input (1 BNC) 1 reference loop through (1 BNC)

1 analog TC loop through (1 BNC)

Chassis Label Location (All Models)

NETTMP

LRMPGD

LTC REF ACT WNK

500

7020-20280-01

Expansion Port 1

Expansion Port 2

Console

VGA

USB

Ethernet

Serial

OUT

567

EXPANSION PORT 1

EXPANSION

PORT 2

USB

CONSOLE

VGA

SERIAL

ETHERNET

1234

5678

OUT

REF

IN/THRU

LTC

IN/THRU

This section explains each of the interface connections for all of the AirSpeed Multi Stream chassis models. The chassis identification label is on the top of the chassis. If your AirSpeed Multi Stream does not have a label in this location, see the documentation that came with your AirSpeed Multi Stream chassis.

Front and Rear Panels

Control Connections (All Models)

The following figure identifies the network, serial, USB, and Ethernet connectors on all AirSpeed Multi Stream models. Although these connections are in the same location for all models, for illustration purposes, the following figure depicts the rear panel of the AirSpeed Multi Stream MPEG-2 HD model.

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For a description of each connector, see the following table.

Label Function

EXPANSION PORT 1 and 2 A general purpose input/output for remotely controlling the

CONSOLE The RS-232 port is used for terminal access to the AirSpeed

VGA The Video graphic array (VGA) connection is used for

SERIAL There are 8 Serial Remote RJ-45 connections, used for

USB Universal serial bus (USB) 2 connections, used primarily for

AirSpeed Multi Stream, 29-pin DVI connector. For example, you can invoke a GPI command to start capturing and another one to stop capturing. Each expansion port also provides 4 LTC out each.

Multi Stream.

connecting a monitor to the AirSpeed Multi Stream.

controlling other devices.

compatible mouse and keyboard inputs. The port can also be used with a trackball or other compatible pointing device.

ETHERNET (Ethernet control interface)

1000 BASE-T data port Ethernet connection to the Avid Unity network. Connects to a network switch and provides a fast link to the Avid Unity environment.

There are 4 Ethernet ports, although only 2 (Ports 1 and 2) are supported for communicating with the shared storage (Avid Unity ISIS, or MediaNetwork).

Port 4 is reserved for use for connecting and configuring the AirSpeed Multi Stream over a network interface. For more information, see “Connecting to AirSpeed Multi Stream Over

the Network” on page 84.

Video/LTC Connections (SD Model)

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EXPANSION PORT 1

EXPANSION

PORT 2

USB

CONSOLE

VGA

SERIAL

ETHERNET

1234

5678

OUT

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IN/THRU

LTC

IN/THRU

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The following figure identifies the video and timecode connectors on the AirSpeed Multi Stream SD model.

For a description of each connector, see the following table.

Number Label Function

1 IN 1 Serial Digital Interface input number 1, BNC

Front and Rear Panels

connector.

2 IN 2 Serial Digital Interface input number 2, BNC

connector.

3 OUT 1 Serial Digital Interface output number 1, BNC

connector.

4 OUT 2 Serial Digital Interface output number 2, BNC

connector.

5 OUT 3 Serial Digital Interface output number 3, BNC

connector.

6 OUT 4 Serial Digital Interface output number 4, BNC

connector.

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Number Label Function

7 REF (IN/THRU) (Reference

Input/loopthrough)

8 LTC (LTC IN/THRU) Can be used as either:

Can be used as either:

• Video reference (REF) input for a black burst/tri-level or house sync signal, BNC connector.

• Video reference (REF) loop through sync signal for daisy-chaining the house sync to other media equipment, BNC connector.

If you are only using one REF IN signal, and

not looping, the 2nd connection must be terminated with a 75 ohm-rated terminator.If the AirSpeed Multi Stream is in the middle of your reference loop, connect the remaining REF IN/THRU conector to the next device’s REF input.

• Longitudinal timecode input, BNC. Provides a feed to the AirSpeed Multi Stream server for an analog timecode signal, allowing an alternate source generated timecode to be applied to the captured material.

• Longitudinal timecode loop through BNC connector. Analog timecode signal that can be used by external devices that require such a signal for their capture or command and control operations.

If you are only using one LTC IN signal, and

not looping, the 2nd connection must be terminated with a 75 ohm-rated terminator. If the AirSpeed Multi Stream is in the middle of your LTC loop, connect the remaining LTC IN/THRU conector to the next device’s LTC input.

9 CONSOLE The RS-232 port is used for terminal access to the

AirSpeed Multi Stream. Used by Avid personnel for troubleshooting purposes.

Video/LTC Connections (MPEG-2 HD Model)

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OUT

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EXPANSION PORT 1

EXPANSION

PORT 2

USB

CONSOLE

VGA

SERIAL

ETHERNET

1234

5678

OUT

REF

IN/THRU

LTC

IN/THRU

The following figure identifies the video and timecode connectors on the AirSpeed Multi Stream MPEG-2 model.

For a description of each connector, see the following table.

Number Label Function

1 IN 1 Serial Digital Interface input number 1, BNC

connector.

Front and Rear Panels

2 IN 2 Serial Digital Interface input number 2, BNC

connector.

3 OUT 1 Serial Digital Interface output number 1, BNC

connector.

4 OUT 2 Serial Digital Interface output number 2, BNC

connector.

5 OUT 3 Serial Digital Interface output number 3, BNC

connector.

6 OUT 4 Serial Digital Interface output number 4, BNC

connector.

7 IN 5 Serial Digital Interface input number 5, BNC

connector.

8 IN 6 Serial Digital Interface input number 6, BNC

9 OUT 5 Serial Digital Interface output number 5, BNC

connector.

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Number Label Function

10 OUT 6 Serial Digital Interface output number 6, BNC

11 OUT 7 Serial Digital Interface output number 7, BNC

12 OUT 8 Serial Digital Interface output number 8, BNC

connector.

connector. Not used.

13 REF (IN/THRU) (Reference

Input/loopthrough)

14 LTC (LTC IN/THRU) Can be used as either:

15 CONSOLE The RS-232 port is used for terminal access to the

Can be used as either:

• Video reference (REF) input for a black burst/tri-level or house sync signal, BNC connector.

• Video reference (REF) loop through sync signal for daisy-chaining the house sync to other media equipment, BNC connector.

If you are only using one REF IN signal, and

not looping, the 2nd connection must be terminated.

• Longitudinal timecode loop through BNC connector. Analog timecode signal that can be used by external devices that require such a signal for their capture or command and control operations.

AirSpeed Multi Stream. Used by Avid personnel for troubleshooting purposes.

Video/LTC Connections (DNxHD Model)

123

EXPANSION PORT 1

EXPANSION

PORT 2

USB

CONSOLE

VGA

SERIAL

ETHERNET

1234

5678

OUT

REF

IN/THRU

LTC

IN/THRU

345

The following figure identifies the video and timecode connectors on the AirSpeed Multi Stream DNxHD model.

For a description of each connector, see the following table.

Number Label Function

1 IN 1 Serial Digital Interface input number 1, BNC

connector.

Front and Rear Panels

2 IN 2 Serial Digital Interface input number 2, BNC

connector.

3 OUT 1 Serial Digital Interface output number 1, BNC

connector.

4 OUT 2 Serial Digital Interface output number 2, BNC

connector.

5 OUT 3 Serial Digital Interface output number 3, BNC

connector.

6 OUT 4 Serial Digital Interface output number 4, BNC

connector.

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Number Label Function

7 REF (IN/THRU) (Reference

Input/loopthrough)

8 LTC (LTC IN/THRU) Can be used as either:

Can be used as either:

• Video reference (REF) input for a black burst/tri-level or house sync signal, BNC connector.

• Video reference (REF) loop through sync signal for daisy-chaining the house sync to other media equipment, BNC connector.

If you are only using one REF IN signal, and

not looping, the 2nd connection must be terminated with a 75 ohm-rated terminator. If the AirSpeed Multi Stream is in the middle of your reference loop, connect the remaining REF IN/THRU conector to the next device’s REF input.

• Longitudinal timecode loop through BNC connector. Analog timecode signal that can be used by external devices that require such a signal for their capture or command and control operations.

If you are only using one LTC IN signal, and

9 CONSOLE The RS-232 port is used for terminal access to the

AirSpeed Multi Stream. Used by Avid personnel for troubleshooting purposes.

Video/LTC Connections (AVC-Intra Model)

OUT

EXPANSION PORT 1

EXPANSION

PORT 2

USB

CONSOLE

VGA

SERIAL

ETHERNET

1234

5678

OUT

REF

IN/THRU

LTC

IN/THRU

The following figure identifies the video and timecode connectors on the AirSpeed Multi Stream AVC-Intra model.

For a description of each connector, see the following table.

Number Label Function

1 IN 1 Serial Digital Interface input number 1, BNC

connector.

Front and Rear Panels

2 IN 2 Serial Digital Interface input number 2, BNC

connector.

3 OUT 1 Serial Digital Interface output number 1, BNC

connector.

4 OUT 2 Serial Digital Interface output number 2, BNC

connector.

5 IN 3 Serial Digital Interface input number 3, BNC

connector.

6 IN 4 Serial Digital Interface input number 4, BNC

connector.

7 OUT 3 Serial Digital Interface output number 3, BNC

connector.

8 OUT 4 Serial Digital Interface output number 4, BNC

connector.

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Number Label Function

9 REF (IN/THRU) (Reference

Input/loopthrough)

10 LTC (LTC IN/THRU) Can be used as either:

11 CONSOLE The RS-232 port is used for terminal access to the

Can be used as either:

• Video reference (REF) input for a black burst/tri-level or house sync signal, BNC connector.

• Video reference (REF) loop through sync signal for daisy-chaining the house sync to other media equipment, BNC connector.

If you are only using one REF IN signal, and

not looping, the 2nd connection must be terminated.

• Longitudinal timecode loop through BNC connector. Analog timecode signal that can be used by external devices that require such a signal for their capture or command and control operations.

AirSpeed Multi Stream. Used by Avid personnel for troubleshooting purposes.

Keyboard and Mouse

You need to provide your own USB keyboard and mouse to navigate through the AirSpeed Multi Stream UI. The keyboard and mouse plug directly into the USB connectors in the rear of the chassis.

Using a PS2 keyboard or mouse with a PS2 to USB connector might cause problems with the

system. It is recommended that you use a native USB keyboard and mouse.

For more information, see “Connecting USB Devices (Mouse and Keyboard)” on page 82.

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Your System

This chapter provides information on hardware installation (including unpacking and inspecting, and installing in a rack), cable connections, and system set up instructions. Also included is information on configuring your shared storage and setting up remote access to the AirSpeed Multi Stream.

Do not connect multiple AirSpeed Multi Stream servers to your Avid Unity environment until you have assigned a new unique IP address to each AirSpeed Multi Stream.

This chapter contains the following topics:

• Unpacking and Inspecting Your System

• Installing AirSpeed Multi Stream in a Rack

• Cabling Up the AirSpeed Multi Stream

• Setting Up Your System

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Unpacking and Inspecting Your System

This topic provides information on how to unpack your system and inspect it to verify that you have received the appropriate components for your order, and that the components are not damaged in any way.

Unpack and Inspect Checklist

The following table provides a checklist of tasks that must be performed when unpacking and inspecting your AirSpeed Multi Stream system.

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Unpack your system, as described in “Unpacking Your System” on page 62.

Verify that you have all of the correct boxes and components, as described in “Verifying

Components” on page 63.

Verify that the components are not damaged, as described in “Inspecting Components for

Damage” on page 63.

Unpacking Your System

Before you unpack your system, make sure the location is free of clutter and dust. Also, make sure you have clean power and a VGA monitor nearby.

To unpack your system:

1. Open the box.

2. Unpack your system. Avid recommends that you keep all packaging materials for at least 90 days. If you need

to return a system to Avid Technology, Inc., the system must be repackaged in its original packaging material to ensure that there is no damage to the system during shipment.

3. Remove all of the boxes, and lay them out so you can verify that you have received all of the components that should have been shipped.

4. Once all of the boxes and components have been unpacked, visually inspect the chassis to make sure that it is free of all scratches and dents, that there are straight connectors on the back, and that the power-supply securing screws are not bent.

5. The next step is to verify that you have received all of the items particular to your order. For more information, see “Verifying Components” on page 63.

Verifying Components

Once you have unpacked everything, verify that you have the following boxes or components:

• AirSpeed Multi Stream chassis

• Media drives (4 per system)

• Expansion Port cables (one cable for SD and DNxHD models, two cables for MPEG-2 HD, and AVC-Intra models)

• Power cables (2 per system)

• USB Flash Drive (UFD)

• Rack mount supports, ear covers, clips and screws. For more information, see

“Rack-mount Kit Contents” on page 65.

• Service ID card

• Health and Safety Guide

ReadMe files are not in the box. They can be found in your Avid application folder as a PDF

document (ReadMe.pdf) and are also available online. You should always check online for the most up-to-date release notes or ReadMe because the online version is updated whenever new information becomes available. To view these online versions, visit the Knowledge Base at www.avid.com/readme.

Unpacking and Inspecting Your System

If you are missing any of these components, contact Avid Technical Support before proceeding.

Inspecting Components for Damage

Once you have verified that all of your components have been shipped, you must verify that they are not damaged.

To inspect components for damage:

1. Visually inspect all of the hardware components listed in the section on the previous page to make sure that none of them were damaged during shipment.

2. If you received a hardware component that was damaged, contact Avid Technical Support.

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Installing AirSpeed Multi Stream in a Rack

The AirSpeed Multi Stream is designed for 19-inch (483-mm) rack enclosures and requires one and a half EIA rack units (1.5RU), or 2.6 inches (66.7-mm) of rack space. AirSpeed Multi Stream provides rack nuts for those rack enclosures that do not have threaded holes. Rack-nut clips position the rack nuts at the holes of the rack and are used to secure the rack components in place.

The AirSpeed Multi Stream ships with brackets, and rack-mount screws. If your rack has threaded holes, you might have to supply your own rack fasteners. If your rack does not have threaded holes, install the rack nuts included with the AirSpeed Multi Stream.

The AirSpeed Multi Stream is designed to be installed horizontally in a rack. Installing the AirSpeed Multi Stream on an angle or in a sloped console causes the internal drives to wear faster than the intended life of the drive.

To ensure the stability of the rack enclosure, start from the bottom when you install the rack components in the rack enclosure.

Rack-mount Requirements

The following rack-mount requirements are listed below:

• Elevated Operating Ambient — If installed in a closed or multi-unit rack assembly, the operating ambient temperature of the rack environment might be greater than room ambient. Therefore, consider installing the equipment in an environment compatible with the maximum ambient temperature (Tma) specified by the manufacturer.

• Reduced Air Flow — Installation of the equipment in a rack should be such that the amount of air flow required for safe operation of the equipment is not compromised.

AirSpeed Multi Stream airflow is from the front of the chassis enclosure to the rear. Make allowances for cooling air to be available to the front panel surface and no restrictions at the rear.

• Mechanical Loading — Mounting of the equipment in the rack should be such that a hazardous condition is not achieved due to uneven mechanical loading.

• Circuit Overloading — Consideration should be given to the connection of the equipment to the supply circuit and the effect that overloading of the circuits might have on overcurrent protection and supply wiring. Appropriate consideration of equipment nameplate ratings should be used when addressing this concern.

• Reliable Earthing — Reliable earthing of rack-mounted equipment should be maintained. Particular attention should be given to supply connections other than direct connections to the branch circuit (for example, use of power strips).

Installing AirSpeed Multi Stream in a Rack

Rack-mount Kit Contents

The rack-mount kit contains the following:

• 2 – rear rack support brackets (right and left)

• 2 – plastic rack ear covers

• 2 – plastic rack ear cover clips (attached to the rack ears on the chassis)

• 8 – #10-32 screws (2 for each corner)

• 8 – rack-nut clips

• Avid service ID card (one label is affixed to the top of the AirSpeed Multi Stream chassis)

Use your own rack hardware if your rack has threaded holes or unique fasteners.

Positioning the AirSpeed Multi Stream in the Rack

The following procedure helps you decide where to install the AirSpeed Multi Stream in the rack. If your rack enclosure does not have threaded holes, install the rack-nut clips included with the rack-mount kit where the AirSpeed Multi Stream front panel secures to the rack enclosure. If your rack enclosure has threaded holes, do not attach the rack-nut clips.

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To position the AirSpeed Multi Stream in the rack enclosure and attach the rack-nut clips:

1. Select a position in the rack where you can mount the AirSpeed Multi Stream at eye level (or lower). The AirSpeed Multi Stream needs to be positioned at the proper baseline position (see the preceding figure).

2. Slide the rack-nut clips over the holes where the AirSpeed Multi Stream brackets and front panel will secure to the rack enclosure; see the following figure.

Rack-nut clip slid over hole

Use your own rack hardware if

Rack enclosure mounting rail

your rack has threaded holes o unique fasteners

Securing the AirSpeed Multi Stream Chassis in the Rack

All Avid AirSpeed Multi Stream rack-mount components are supplied with rear mount rack supports (brackets). You should follow the manufacturer’s installation instructions supplied with each component to correctly attach the rails or brackets to the rack enclosure.

Where necessary, this guide supplies specific rack-mount bracket installation instructions.

These instructions supersede the manufacturer’s instructions.

You should have someone helping you lift the AirSpeed Multi Stream while you are positioning it into the rack.

Installing AirSpeed Multi Stream in a Rack

To secure the AirSpeed Multi Stream chassis in the rack:

1. Screw the left and right mounting brackets to the rear of the rack as shown in the following figure.

2. Lift the chassis and place the rear of the chassis onto the rear brackets, and line up the rack ears on the front panel to where you want to position the rack.

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3. Screw the chassis to the front of the rack through the ears of the chassis as shown in the following figure.

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4. Insert the rack ear covers on the rack ear clips. If the front bezel is not installed on the front of your chassis, you can clip it on.

Inserting the Hard Drives

Once you have installed the AirSpeed Multi Stream chassis into the rack, you must next insert the four hard drives into the front of the chassis.

The hard drives that were shipped with your chassis can be installed into any slot on the

AirSpeed Multi Stream chassis.

To insert the hard drives into the chassis:

1. Unpack each drive and turn it so you can properly read the Avid name.

2. Pull open the plastic handle (with drive size label) on the front of the drive.

3. Place the drive into the slot and slowly push the drive completely into the slot.

4. Push the plastic handle (with drive size label) closed, to lock the drive into the slot.

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5. Repeat steps 1 through 4 until all drives are installed in the chassis. Once the drives are installed, you can begin cabling up the AirSpeed Multi Stream for

your site. For more information, see “Cabling Up the AirSpeed Multi Stream” on page

69.

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Cabling Up the AirSpeed Multi Stream

Once the AirSpeed Multi Stream is securely installed in the rack, and the drives are installed, you are now ready to connect the appropriate cables to the rear panel of the AirSpeed Multi Stream to the external devices for your particular site. This section contains the cabling diagrams and instructions for all AirSpeed Multi Stream models.

The following sections describe the cabling on the rear of the AirSpeed Multi Stream for all models:

• Connecting SDI and Video Reference Cables

• Connecting Time of Day (TOD) LTC Cables

• Connecting Control and Communications Cables

• Connecting USB Devices (Mouse and Keyboard)

• Connecting Ethernet Cables

• Connecting Remote Serial Cables

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• Connecting Expansion Port Cables

• Connecting the Console Cables

Connecting SDI and Video Reference Cables

The SDI and Video Reference connections are marked on the rear of the AirSpeed Multi Stream. The following procedure describes which connector to use.

For more specific information, see the following topics:

• “Connecting Video Reference Cables” on page 71

• “Connecting SDI Video Input Cables (for SD Models)” on page 72

• “Connecting SDI Video Input Cables (for MPEG-2 HD Models)” on page 73

• “Connecting SDI Video Input Cables (for DNxHD Models)” on page 74

• “Connecting SDI Video Input Cables (for AVC-Intra Models)” on page 75

• “Connecting SDI Video Output Cables (for SD Models)” on page 76

• “Connecting SDI Video Output Cables (for MPEG-2 HD Models)” on page 77

• “Connecting SDI Video Output Cables (for DNxHD Models)” on page 78

• “Connecting SDI Video Output Cables (for AVC-Intra Models)” on page 79

Connecting Video Reference Cables

House Reference (Analog or Tri-level)

OUT

1423

567

EXPANSION PORT 1

EXPANSION

PORT 2

USB

CONSOLE

VGA

SERIAL

ETHERNET

1234

5678

OUT

REF

IN/THRU

LTC

IN/THRU

This topic contains information on how to connect video reference cables to the rear of the AirSpeed Multi Stream chassis.

The following illustration shows the location of the video reference connectors on the rear of the AirSpeed Multi Stream MPEG-2 HD chassis. The location of the REF IN/THRU connectors are the same for all AirSpeed Multi Stream models.

To connect video reference cables:

1. Ensure that you have the proper SDI video (75 ohm-rated) interface coaxial cables available.

Cabling Up the AirSpeed Multi Stream

2. Connect a composite video reference source (house reference, blackburst, or tri-level) to one of the reference input connectors (labelled REF IN/THRU).

If the AirSpeed Multi Stream is the last device in your reference loop, terminate the remaining Ref Loopthrough connector with a 75 ohm-rated terminator. If the AirSpeed Multi Stream is in the middle of your reference loop, connect the remaining REF IN/THRU connector to the next device’s reference input.

3. Connect the other end of the video reference cable to your devices that are sending the input signal to the AirSpeed Multi Stream.

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123

EXPANSION PORT 1

EXPANSION

PORT 2

USB

CONSOLE

VGA

SERIAL

ETHERNET

1234

5678

OUT

REF

IN/THRU

LTC

IN/THRU

Broadcast Devices

Connecting SDI Video Input Cables (for SD Models)

The SDI Video Input connections are marked on the rear of the AirSpeed Multi Stream SD. The following procedure describes which connector to use. To find the exact location, see

“Video/LTC Connections (SD Model)” on page 53.

When an AirSpeed Multi Stream channel is in Record mode, the signal present at the video

input will display on the corresponding video output.

The following illustration shows the location of the SDI IN video connectors on the rear of the AirSpeed Multi Stream SD chassis.

To connect SDI video input cables on the SD chassis:

1. Ensure that you have the proper SDI video (75 ohm-rated) interface coaxial cables available.

2. Connect the SDI input signal to an incoming SDI input (one of the two labelled IN 1-2) for AirSpeed Multi Stream SD models.

3. Connect the other end of all SDI input cables to your devices that are sending the input signal to the AirSpeed Multi Stream SD.

Cabling Up the AirSpeed Multi Stream

Broadcast Devices

OUT

567

EXPANSION PORT 1

EXPANSION

PORT 2

USB

CONSOLE

VGA

SERIAL

ETHERNET

1234

5678

OUT

REF

IN/THRU

LTC

IN/THRU

Connecting SDI Video Input Cables (for MPEG-2 HD Models)

The SDI Video Input connections are marked on the rear of the AirSpeed Multi Stream MPEG-2 HD. The following procedure describes which connector to use. To find the exact location, see “Video/LTC Connections (MPEG-2 HD Model)” on page 55.

When an AirSpeed Multi Stream channel is in Record mode, the signal present at the video

input will display on the corresponding video output.

The following illustration shows the location of the SDI IN video connectors on the rear of the AirSpeed Multi Stream MPEG-2 HD chassis.

To connect SDI video input cables on the MPEG-2 HD chassis:

1. Ensure that you have the proper SDI video (75 ohm-rated) interface coaxial cables available.

2. Connect the SDI input signal to an incoming SDI input (one of the four labelled IN 1-2, and IN 5-6) for AirSpeed Multi Stream MPEG-2 HD models.

3. Connect the other end of all SDI input cables to your devices that are sending the input signal to the AirSpeed Multi Stream MPEG-2 HD.

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Connecting SDI Video Input Cables (for DNxHD Models)

The SDI Video Input connections are marked on the rear of the AirSpeed Multi Stream DNxHD. The following procedure describes which connector to use. To find the exact location, see “Video/LTC Connections (DNxHD Model)” on page 57.

When an AirSpeed Multi Stream channel is in Record mode, the signal present at the video

input will display on the corresponding video output.

The following illustration shows the location of the SDI IN video connectors on the rear of the AirSpeed Multi Stream DNxHD chassis.

Broadcast Devices

EXPANSION PORT 1

EXPANSION

PORT 2

REF

IN/THRU

LTC

IN/THRU

CONSOLE

VGA

1234

SERIAL

5678

123

OUT

1234

USB

ETHERNET

To connect SDI video input cables on the DNxHD chassis:

1. Ensure that you have the proper SDI video (75 ohm-rated) interface coaxial cables available.

2. Connect the SDI input signal to an incoming SDI input (one of the two labelled IN 1-2) for AirSpeed Multi Stream DNxHD models.

3. Connect the other end of all SDI input cables to your devices that are sending the input signal to the AirSpeed Multi Stream.

Cabling Up the AirSpeed Multi Stream

OUT

EXPANSION PORT 1

EXPANSION

PORT 2

USB

CONSOLE

VGA

SERIAL

ETHERNET

1234

5678

OUT

REF

IN/THRU

LTC

IN/THRU

Broadcast Devices

Connecting SDI Video Input Cables (for AVC-Intra Models)

The SDI Video Input connections are marked on the rear of the AirSpeed Multi Stream AVC-Intra. The following procedure describes which connector to use. To find the exact location, see “Video/LTC Connections (AVC-Intra Model)” on page 59.

When an AirSpeed Multi Stream channel is in Record mode, the signal present at the video

input will display on the corresponding video output.

The following illustration shows the location of the SDI IN video connectors on the rear of the AirSpeed Multi Stream AVC-Intra chassis.

To connect SDI video input cables on the AVC-Intra chassis:

1. Ensure that you have the proper SDI video (75 ohm-rated) interface coaxial cables available.

2. Connect the SDI input signal to an incoming SDI input (one of the four labelled IN 1-4) for AirSpeed Multi Stream AVC-Intra models.

3. Connect the other end of all SDI input cables to your devices that are sending the input signal to the AirSpeed Multi Stream AVC-Intra.

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EXPANSION PORT 1

EXPANSION

PORT 2

USB

CONSOLE

VGA

SERIAL

ETHERNET

1234

5678

OUT

REF

IN/THRU

LTC

IN/THRU

Broadcast Devices

Connecting SDI Video Output Cables (for SD Models)

The SDI Video Output connections are marked on the rear of the AirSpeed Multi Stream SD. The following procedure describes which connector to use. To find the exact location, see “Video/LTC Connections (SD Model)” on page 53.

When an AirSpeed Multi Stream channel is in Record mode, the signal present at the video

input will display on the corresponding video output.

The following illustration shows the location of the SDI OUT video connectors on the rear of the AirSpeed Multi Stream SD chassis.

To connect SDI video output cables on the DNxHD model chassis:

1. Ensure that you have the proper SDI video (75 ohm-rated) interface coaxial cables available.

2. Connect the SDI output signal to an outgoing SDI output (one of the four labelled OUT1-4) for AirSpeed Multi Stream DNxHD models.

Up to four SDI outputs are available for sending SDI signals out to your other devices.

3. Connect the other end of all SDI output cables to your devices that are receiving the output signal from the AirSpeed Multi Stream DNxHD.

Cabling Up the AirSpeed Multi Stream

Broadcast Devices

OUT

567

EXPANSION PORT 1

EXPANSION

PORT 2

USB

CONSOLE

VGA

SERIAL

ETHERNET

1234

5678

OUT

REF

IN/THRU

LTC

IN/THRU

Connecting SDI Video Output Cables (for MPEG-2 HD Models)

The SDI Video Output connections are marked on the rear of the AirSpeed Multi Stream MPEG-2 HD. The following procedure describes which connector to use. To find the exact location, see “Video/LTC Connections (MPEG-2 HD Model)” on page 55.

When an AirSpeed Multi Stream channel is in Record mode, the signal present at the video

input will display on the corresponding video output.

The following illustration shows the location of the SDI OUT video connectors on the rear of the AirSpeed Multi Stream MPEG-2 HD chassis.

To connect SDI video output cables on the MPEG-2 HD model chassis:

1. Ensure that you have the proper SDI video (75 ohm-rated) interface coaxial cables available.

2. Connect the SDI output signal to an outgoing SDI output (one of the eight labelled OUT1-8) for AirSpeed Multi Stream MPEG-2 HD models.

Up to four SDI outputs are available for sending SDI signals out to your other devices.

3. Connect the other end of all SDI output cables to your devices that are receiving the output signal from the AirSpeed Multi Stream MPEG-2 HD.

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EXPANSION PORT 1

EXPANSION

PORT 2

USB

CONSOLE

VGA

SERIAL

ETHERNET

1234

5678

OUT

REF

IN/THRU

LTC

IN/THRU

Broadcast Devices

Connecting SDI Video Output Cables (for DNxHD Models)

The SDI Video Output connections are marked on the rear of the AirSpeed Multi Stream DNxHD. The following procedure describes which connector to use. To find the exact location, see “Video/LTC Connections (DNxHD Model)” on page 57.

When an AirSpeed Multi Stream channel is in Record mode, the signal present at the video

input will display on the corresponding video output.

The following illustration shows the location of the SDI OUT video connectors on the rear of the AirSpeed Multi Stream DNxHD chassis.

To connect SDI video output cables on the DNxHD model chassis:

1. Ensure that you have the proper SDI video (75 ohm-rated) interface coaxial cables available.

2. Connect the SDI output signal to an outgoing SDI output (one of the four labelled OUT1-4) for AirSpeed Multi Stream DNxHD models.

Up to four SDI outputs are available for sending SDI signals out to your other devices.

3. Connect the other end of all SDI output cables to your devices that are receiving the output signal from the AirSpeed Multi Stream DNxHD.

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OUT

EXPANSION PORT 1

EXPANSION

PORT 2

USB

CONSOLE

VGA

SERIAL

ETHERNET

1234

5678

OUT

REF

IN/THRU

LTC

IN/THRU

Broadcast Devices

Connecting SDI Video Output Cables (for AVC-Intra Models)

The SDI Video Output connections are marked on the rear of the AirSpeed Multi Stream AVC-Intra. The following procedure describes which connector to use. To find the exact location, see “Video/LTC Connections (AVC-Intra Model)” on page 59.

When an AirSpeed Multi Stream channel is in Record mode, the signal present at the video

input will display on the corresponding video output.

The following illustration shows the location of the SDI OUT video connectors on the rear of the AirSpeed Multi Stream AVC-Intra chassis.

To connect SDI video output cables on the AVC-Intra model chassis:

1. Ensure that you have the proper SDI video (75 ohm-rated) interface coaxial cables available.

2. Connect the SDI output signal to an outgoing SDI output (one of the four labelled OUT1-4) for AirSpeed Multi Stream AVC-Intra models.

Up to four SDI outputs are available for sending SDI signals out to your other devices.

3. Connect the other end of all SDI output cables to your devices that are receiving the output signal from the AirSpeed Multi Stream AVC-Intra.

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LTC In/Loop Thru Connectors

EXPANSION PORT 1

EXPANSION

PORT 2

REF

IN/THRU

LTC

IN/THRU

Connecting Time of Day (TOD) LTC Cables

The LTC IN/THRU connections are clearly marked on the rear of the AirSpeed Multi Stream. The AirSpeed Multi Stream automatically synchronizes the system clock to LTC IN if the signal is present. If the signal is not present, interrupted, or invalid, the system clock will be used. LTC can be used for a record indirectly by selecting TOD (Time of Day). This uses the system clock as a reference for time code.

The following procedure describes which connector to use. To find the exact location, see

“Video/LTC Connections (MPEG-2 HD Model)” on page 55.

To connect longitudinal timecode (LTC) in/loop thru cables:

t Connect your time of day (TOD) LTC timecode source to one of the connectors

(labelled LTC IN/THRU) as shown in the following diagram. If the AirSpeed Multi Stream is the last device in your reference loop, terminate the

remaining LTC Loopthrough connector with a 75 ohm-rated terminator. If the AirSpeed Multi Stream is in the middle of your LTC loop, connect the remaining LTC IN/THRU connector to the next device’s LTC input.

Cabling Up the AirSpeed Multi Stream

Connecting Control and Communications Cables

The following figure identifies the connectors used to connect the control and communication cables. The illustration shows the rear of the MPEG-2 HD model. The location of the control and communication connections is the same for all models. For the exact location of the control and communication connectors, see “Control Connections (All

Models)” on page 51.

EXPANSION PORT 1

Expansion Port 1

Expansion Port 2

EXPANSION

PORT 2

REF

IN/THRU

LTC

IN/THRU

Console

CONSOLE

VGA

OUT

1234

Serial

SERIAL

5678

567

USB

For more information, see the following topics:

• “Connecting USB Devices (Mouse and Keyboard)” on page 82

• “Connecting Ethernet Cables” on page 83

• “Connecting to AirSpeed Multi Stream Over the Network” on page 84

• “Connecting Expansion Port Cables” on page 85

• “Connecting Remote Serial Cables” on page 86

• “Connecting the Console Cables” on page 86

OUT

1234

ETHERNET

Ethernet

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USB

ETHERNET

1234

USB mouse connection

USB keyboard connection

Connecting USB Devices (Mouse and Keyboard)

You need to provide a standard USB compatible keyboard and mouse. The keyboard and mouse plug directly into either of the USB ports on the rear of the chassis. Or, if you have a splitter, you can connect both to one USB connecter and leave the other USB connector open for other purposes (such as a removable USB hard drive).

Some USB flash devices might not appear in a Safely Remove Hardware dialog box even

though they are plugged in. In addition, it might take several seconds for a USB device to be available to the system.

To connect the keyboard and mouse cables:

1. Connect a USB compatible mouse to one of the USB connectors on the rear of the AirSpeed Multi Stream.

2. Connect the USB compatible keyboard to the other USB connector on the rear of the AirSpeed Multi Stream.

Connecting Ethernet Cables

All AirSpeed Multi Stream models come equipped with four Ethernet connectors. Although all four are functional, we currently support the use of two connectors (Ports 1 and 2) in a redundant configuration.

However, Port 4 is reserved for use for connecting and configuring the AirSpeed Multi Stream over a network interface.

For more information on connecting and configuring the AirSpeed Multi Stream in this manner, see “Connecting to AirSpeed Multi Stream Over the Network” on page 84

These connections are not gangable. Zone 2 configuration is supported.

The illustration shows the rear of the MPEG-2 HD model. The location of the Ethernet connectors is the same for all models.

If you do not have a redundant DNS configuration, use one connection to your shared storage using a static IP address.

To connect the Ethernet cable:

t Connect an Ethernet CAT-5E or CAT-6 cable with a RJ-45 connector from the GigE

connector to a Gigabit (1000BASE-T) Ethernet switch.

Cabling Up the AirSpeed Multi Stream

Example Showing Ethernet Port Connections

EXPANSION PORT 1

EXPANSION

PORT 2

REF

IN/THRU

LTC

IN/THRU

OUT

CONSOLE

VGA

1234

SERIAL

5678

RJ-45 cable (Cat 5E or better)

10/100/1000 Gb Ethernet Ports

567

OUT

1234

USB

ETHERNET

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Remote PC or Laptop

RJ-45 cable (Cat 5E or better)

OUT

567

EXPANSION PORT 1

EXPANSION

PORT 2

USB

CONSOLE

VGA

SERIAL

ETHERNET

1234

5678

OUT

REF

IN/THRU

LTC

IN/THRU

Connecting to AirSpeed Multi Stream Over the Network

You can connect a PC (a remote PC or laptop, for example) to the AirSpeed Multi Stream via the Port 4 Ethernet connection on the rear panel. This allows you to bring the AirSpeed Multi Stream online over a network interface using a remote PC or laptop, a network cable, and VNC software. The benefit of this setup is that you can perform all required AirSpeed Multi Stream configuration via VNC, and bring the AirSpeed Multi Stream to operational/production status without the use of a direct attached keyboard, monitor, or mouse.

Before you can connect to the AirSpeed Multi Stream, you must have the following:

• a remote PC or laptop

• a network cable

• VNC software installed on the laptop

To connect to AirSpeed Multi Stream over the Network:

1. Power on both the AirSpeed Multi Stream and the remote PC or laptop that you are using to connect to it.

2. Connect the network cable from the remote PC or laptop to the ETHERNET Port 4 on the AirSpeed Multi Stream.

3. On the remote PC or laptop, change your IP address to 192.168.0.11, and Subnet Mask to 255.255.255.0.

For information on how to change the IP address, follow the procedures for your Operating

System (OS).

4. From the remote PC or laptop, use the VNC software to connect to the AirSpeed Multi Stream over the network. The IP address of the AirSpeed Multi Stream is 192.168.0.10.

5. You are now ready to configure the AirSpeed Multi Stream from the remote PC or laptop over the network. For more information, see “Setting Up Your System” on page

88.

Connecting Expansion Port Cables

The Expansion Port connections on the AirSpeed Multi Stream are for your GPIO devices.

Each Expansion port has 4 LTC out BNCs (1 per SDI channel, LTC 1-4), and a General Purpose I/O Pins Connector (DB25), and other connections that are not enabled in the current version.

These ports are not to be used to connect VGA monitors.

If you have a GPIO device that you want to control, you must connect it to one of the GPIO connectors labelled EXPANSION PORT 1 or EXPANSION PORT 2 as shown in the example below:

The Avid supplied Expansion Port cable is shown below:

Cabling Up the AirSpeed Multi Stream

To connect the Expansion Port cable:

1. Connect the 29-pin connector to the port labelled EXPANSION PORT 1. The other end of the cable depends on the GPIO interface on the device you are controlling.

For more information on GPIO connector specifications and DB25 pin assignments, see “Expansion Port Connector Specifications” on page 128

2. Connect the other end of the Expansion Port cable to your timecode recording devices. The BNC connectors labelled A, B, C, and D are for your LTC Out connections 1, 2, 3, and 4, respectively.

The BNC connector labelled E is for future expansion.

3. Repeat steps 1-2 using EXPANSION PORT 2 if connecting LTC to another GPIO device.

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Connecting Remote Serial Cables

The following illustration shows the equipment needed to connect a serial controller device to an AirSpeed Multi Stream server, using standard RJ-45 Category 5 Ethernet cable. This cable must be a straight cable with all eight conductors wired. For details on each RJ-45 connector with signals, see “RS-422 Serial Remote RJ45 Connector Specifications” on page

352.

12345678

SERIAL

To connect remote serial cables:

1. Connect one end of a RJ-45 serial cable to any of the corresponding Serial outputs. By default, the serial ports are labelled 1-8.

2. Connect the other end of the serial cable to your RS-422 device, such as an automation system or edit controller.

The remote ports can be used for:

- Remote control via VDCP protocol

- Sony BVW protocol

3. Connect additional remote ports by repeating steps 1 and 2. If you want to configure these ports, see “Configuring Channels for Remote Control with Avid iNEWS

Command, CaptureManager, or Interplay Capture” on page 130.

Connecting the Console Cables

The CONSOLE input is an RS-232 port that is not for customer use. Avid uses this port for terminal access to the AirSpeed Multi Stream to perform diagnostic tests.

Console input

CONSOLE

VGA

To connect to the console:

1. Attach one end of the RS-232 cable to the Console input on the back of the AirSpeed Multi Stream chassis.

2. Connect the other end to your RS-232 device.

Connecting the VGA Cables

CONSOLE

VGA

VGA input

Power cord receptacles

The VGA input is used to connect a VGA monitor to the AirSpeed Multi Stream.

To connect to the VGA:

1. Attach one end of the VGA cable to the VGA input on the back of the AirSpeed Multi Stream chassis.

2. Connect the other end to your VGA monitor.

Connecting the Power Cords

The last step you must perform when cabling up your AirSpeed Multi Stream is to connect the power cords. Two U.S. IEC power cords are shipped with the . If your local power distribution is not compatible with the supplied cords, you must provide your own IEC power cables that are compatible with your country’s power system. The power connector accepts 100 to 240 Vac, 50/60 Hz.

Cabling Up the AirSpeed Multi Stream

To connect power:

1. Attach the power cords to both power receptacles on the rear of the AirSpeed Multi Stream.

The system will power on after you connect the first power supply. The Monitor application will automatically launch. AirSpeed Multi Stream and Transfer Engine also launch.

2. Connect the other end of both power cords to a properly grounded stable power source. Once powered on, you must set up your system. For more information, see “Setting Up

Your System” on page 88.

For maximum power protection, Avid recommends a surge protected uninterruptible power supply (UPS).

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Setting Up Your System

Once you have cabled up your AirSpeed Multi Stream, and the system is powered on, you must perform some basic system setup before you configure the software.

The default Administrator password is blank. Press Enter. Do not try to type a password.

Some USB flash devices might not appear in a Safely Remove Hardware dialog box even

though they are plugged in. In addition, it might take several seconds for a USB device to be available to the system.

AirSpeed Multi Stream System Setup Checklist

The following table provides a checklist of tasks that must be performed when setting up your AirSpeed Multi Stream system.

Before beginning the upgrade or installation process, be sure to close all running AirSpeed Multi Stream applications on the server. The most convenient way to do this is to close the Monitor application. When closing the Monitor application you will see a dialog box asking you to confirm that you want the AirSpeed Multi Stream application(s) closed. By selecting ‘Yes’, the AirSpeed Multi Stream application(s) will be closed and will not restart automatically.

Make sure that you only close AirSpeed Multi Stream applications when they are idle, with

no records, playouts or transfers in progress.

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Change the computer name, as described in the topic “Changing the Computer Name” on

page 89 of this guide.

Adjust the date, time, and time zone, as described in the topic “Adjusting the Date, Time and

Time Zone” on page 90 of this guide.

Based on whether you are setting up a new system or reimaging an existing system, you need to either configure or reconfigure your media drives for RAID 0 striping.

If you are setting up a new system in which the media drives have not yet been RAID 0 striped in Windows, you should follow the procedure as described in “Configuring Media

Drives for RAID 0 Striping” on page 90.

If you are reimaging an existing system in which the media drives have already been RAID 0 striped in Windows, you should follow the procedure as described in “Reconfiguring

Media Drives for RAID 0 Striping (for Previously Striped Drives)” on page 92.

Verify your network connection, as described in “Verifying Your Network Connection” on

page 94.

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(Option) Create a Windows User Account on the AirSpeed Multi Stream, as described in

“Creating a Windows User Account on the AirSpeed Multi Stream” on page 95.

Configure your shared storage, as described in “Configuring Your Shared Storage” on page

96.

Set up remote access to the AirSpeed Multi Stream server, as described in “Setting Up

Remote Access to the AirSpeed Multi Stream Server” on page 96.

Changing the Computer Name

This topic contains information on how to change the computer name on your AirSpeed Multi Stream system.

To change the computer name:

1. Select Start > Settings > Control Panel. The Control Panel opens.

2. Click on the System icon. The System Properties dialog box opens.

3. Click on the Computer Name tab.

4. Click the Change button. The Computer Name Changes dialog box opens.

5. Type a new computer name in the Computer Name field, and click OK to close the Computer Names Changes dialog box.

The System Properties dialog box opens.

You must restart your system for changes to take effect.

6. Click OK on the System Properties dialog box to close it. The System Settings Change dialog box opens. You will be asked to restart your

computer now.

7. Click Yes.

8. Restart your system.

9. The next step is to adjust the date, time and time zone for your site. For more information, see “Adjusting the Date, Time and Time Zone” on page 90.

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Adjusting the Date, Time and Time Zone

When your system ships out, it might not have the correct date, time and time zone set up for your site. You must determine if this information must be changed and then change it, if necessary. This topic contains information on how to adjust the date, time, and time zone for your site.

To adjust the date, time and time zone:

1. Double-click on the system time in the lower right corner of the screen. The Date and Time Properties dialog box opens.

2. In the Date & Time tab, change the date and time to be accurate for your site.

3. Click on the Time Zone tab.

4. Select the time zone for your site from the drop menu.

5. Click OK to close the dialog box.

6. The next step is to configure your media drives for RAID 0 Striping. For more information, see “Configuring Media Drives for RAID 0 Striping” on page 90.

Configuring Media Drives for RAID 0 Striping

With all of your media drives inserted, and the AirSpeed Multi Stream powered on, you need to configure your media drives for RAID 0 striping within Windows.

If this system has previously configured for RAID 0 striping wihtin Windows, and you are

reimaging the system, you must reconfigure your Media drives for RAID 0 Striping within Windows. For more information, see “Reconfiguring Media Drives for RAID 0 Striping (for

Previously Striped Drives)” on page 92.

Make sure there are no external disks, DVD drives, including USB DVD drives attached to

the system.

Make sure that all Avid applications or Windows applications ( such as Disk Management )

that would use the Media disk drive are not running.

For more information, see “Creating RAID 0 Striping in Windows” on page 91.

Creating RAID 0 Striping in Windows

This topic contains information on how to create RAID 0 striping in Windows.

To create RAID 0 Striping in Windows:

1. Power on the AirSpeed Multi Stream.

2. Navigate to C:\Installables\Utils\Windows\Scripts. There are two batch files in this folder that you need to run.

3. Double-click the CreateMediaRaid.bat file to run the batch file.

4. In the same folder (C:\Installables\Utils\Windows\Scripts), double-click the FormatMediaRaid.bat file to run the batch file.

5. Right-click on the “My Computer” icon on the desktop, and select Manage. The Computer Management dialog box opens.

6. Under the Storage icon, click the Disk Management icon. The Computer Management dialog box should look like the following example:

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7. Close the Computer Management dialog box. The next step is to verify your network connection. For more information, see “Verifying Your Network Connection” on page

94.

Reconfiguring Media Drives for RAID 0 Striping (for Previously Striped Drives)

This procedure should be used only if this system has been previously configured for RAID 0 Striping within Windows. If it has not, you should perform the procedure for new systems with unstriped drives in the topic “Configuring Media Drives for RAID 0 Striping” on page

90.

Make sure there are no external disks, DVD drives, including USB DVD drives attached to

the system.

Make sure that all Avid applications or Windows applications ( such as Disk Management )

that would use the Media disk drive are not running.

To reconfigure Media Drives for RAID 0 Striping within Windows:

1. Right-click on My Computer, and select Manage from the menu. The Computer Management dialog box opens.

2. Click Disk Management in the left pane.

3. Right-click on any “Foreign” disk, and select Import Foreign Disks from the menu.

Setting Up Your System

The Import Foreign Disks dialog box opens.

4. Make sure the Foreign disk group (4 of 4 disks) check box is selected, and click OK. The Foreign Disk Volumes dialog box opens.

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5. Click OK. All Media disks will be reconfigured back to RAID 0 striping as shown below.

6. Close the Computer Management dialog box. The next step is to verify your network connection. For more information, see “Verifying Your Network Connection” on page

94.

Verifying Your Network Connection

Once you have the AirSpeed Multi Stream server connected to your network, you should verify your network connection. This involves assigning a static or dynamic IP address based on the requirements for your site. This enables you to communicate with your shared storage infrastructure (ISIS or MediaNetwork). You should be able to get this information from your site’s Administrator.

For information on setting up with ISIS, see the Avid Unity ISIS Setup Guide.

For information on setting up with MediaNetwork, see the Avid Unity Media Engine and

Avid MEDIArray XT Setup Guide.

When mounting volumes on ISIS, make sure that you use the UNC pathway only. Do not use

the lettered drive as this will affect the performance of your system.

Setting Up Your System

Creating a Windows User Account on the AirSpeed Multi Stream

When configuring your shared storage, it might be good practice to create a Windows user account (with Admin rights) with an AirSpeed Multi Stream user name and matching password (recommended Avid1234) that is consistent with an Interplay and ISIS user name and password.

The password does not have to be the same for all three (AirSpeed Multi Stream, ISIS, and

Interplay). It should be the same for AirSpeed Multi Stream and ISIS, but the Interplay user name and password can be different depending on security for your site.

If you have the AirSpeed Multi Stream application installed, but not fully configured, the

Monitor application will keep popping up. You can disable the Monitor application by closing the AirSpeed Multi Stream Application Monitor dialog box, and then clicking OK in the Monitor dialog box to exit and shut down.

To create a Windows user account on the AirSpeed Multi Stream:

1. Right-click on the “My Computer” icon on the desktop, and select Manage from the menu.

The Computer Management dialog box opens

2. Select Local Users and Groups in the left pane.

3. Double-click the Users folder in the right pane to open it.

4. Right-click in the right pane, and select New User from the menu. The New User dialog box opens.

5. Type the user name in the User name field. The Full Name and Description fields are optional.

6. Type a password for this user account in the Password field.

7. Retype the password in the Confirm password field.

8. Uncheck the “User must change password at next logon” option.

9. Select the “Password never expires” option.

10. Click the Create button. The new user is created and appears in the right pane of the Computer Management

dialog box.

11. Right-click on the new user you just created, and select Properties. The Properties dialog box for this user opens.

12. Click the Member Of tab, and then click the Add button.

13. In the “Enter the object names to select” field, type Administrators.

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14. Click the Check Names button. The full group will be added to this user.

15. Click OK. This user is now also a member of the Administrators Group.

Configuring Your Shared Storage

This topic shows you how to configure your shared storage for ISIS or MediaNetwork.

To configure your shared storage:

1. Install the ISIS or MediaNetwork client software on the AirSpeed Multi Stream server.

2. It is recommended that you mount the volume that you intend to capture to. For more information, see the Avid Unity ISIS Setup Guide, or the Avid Unity Media

Engine and Avid MEDIArray XT Setup Guide.

For MediaNetwork connectivity, AirSpeed Multi Stream uses a Client configuration, not a

Server configuration. For more information, see your MediaNetwork documentation.

Setting Up Remote Access to the AirSpeed Multi Stream Server

To remotely access the AirSpeed Multi Stream server from another system, we support the use of both VNC and Remote Desktop remote access tools.

To set up remote access to the AirSpeed Multi Stream server:

1. Select the third party remote access tool of your choice.

2. Set up remote access to the AirSpeed Multi Stream server. For more information, see the documentation for your remote access tool.

When you are done, you can configure the software on the AirSpeed Multi Stream Server. For more information, see “Configuring the Software in a Workgroup

Environment” on page 99.

3 General Configuration Procedures

This chapter provides information on the general configuration procedures used when configuration the AirSpeed Multi stream server. The procedures outlined in this chapter apply to the following AirSpeed Multi Stream configurations:

• Workgroup - For more information on this configuration, see “Configuring the Software

in a Workgroup Environment” on page 133

• Standalone Transfer Manager - For more information on this configuration, see

“Configuring the Software with a Standalone Transfer Manager” on page 155

• Team - For more information on this configuration, see “Setting Up for Team

Configuration” on page 179

For more information, see the following topics:

• General Information

• AirSpeed Multi Stream Configuration Checklist

• Optional AirSpeed Multi Stream Configuration Procedures

Prior to proceeding with AirSpeed Multi Stream configuration, ensure that your AirSpeed

Multi Stream is installed and connected using the information in “Installing the Hardware

and Setting Up Your System” on page 61.

General Information

Before configuring your AirSpeed Multi Stream, you should read the topics in this section first to see how they apply to your configuration.

For more information, see the following topics:

• User Names and Passwords

• License Agreements

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User Names and Passwords

It is important to have the correct user names and passwords for your AirSpeed Multi Stream environment. For more information on the requiremenrts for your environment, see the following topics:

• “User Names and Passwords for Interplay and ISIS Environments” on page 98

• “User Names and Passwords When Using a Standalone Transfer Manager” on page 98

User Names and Passwords for Interplay and ISIS Environments

When you are adding an Avid AirSpeed Multi Stream server in an Interplay workgroup, it is important to have consistent user names and passwords throughout your AirSpeed Multi Stream, Interplay, and ISIS clients. For example, you could set up and use the following accounts:

• On the AirSpeed Multi Stream server, set up a Windows user account (with Admin rights) with an AirSpeed Multi Stream user name and matching password (recommended Avid1234)

• In the Interplay Administration tool, create the same user with the same password. This user must have Read/Write permission to the Interplay folders that the AirSpeed Multi Stream will use for checkin.

• In the Avid Unity Administration tool, set up the same user with the same password. This user must have Read/Write permission to the appropriate workspaces.

• Use this same user when configuring the AirSpeed Multi Stream in the Open Framework Service Configuration dialog box.

You must use the exact user and password names. Passwords are case sensitive.

User Names and Passwords When Using a Standalone Transfer Manager

When you configure the Avid AirSpeed Multi Stream server with a Standalone Transfer Manager for either Local or Shared storage, it is important to have consistent user names and passwords throughout your Avid Editor, AirSpeed Multi Stream server, and Shared Storage clients. For example, you must set up and use the following accounts:

• On the Avid Editor, you must create an OS level user.

• On the AirSpeed Multi Stream server, create an OS level user with the same user name and password as that on the Avid Editor.

• If using Shared storage, in your Shared Storage environment, set up the same user with the same password. This user must have Read/Write permission to the appropriate workspaces.

Passwords are case sensitive.

License Agreements

Once the AirSpeed Multi Stream is launched, you must accept the Avid End User License Agreement.

Configuration Requirements for AirSpeed Multi Stream

Each AirSpeed Multi Stream must be configured with the following:

• Site-specific settings need to be applied for the AirSpeed Multi Stream to operate with a standalone Transfer Manager and shared storage. Each AirSpeed Multi Stream server that is installed needs to be uniquely configured.

• You must create a site-specific host name/domain name of the AirSpeed Multi Stream, including an IP address and mask for the network interface.

• The Shared Storage Client for Avid Unity ISIS 5000, ISIS 7000, or MediaNetwork (ethernet attached).

General Information

Once these requirements are met, and you have installed all of the necessary hardware and software for your site, you can configure the AirSpeed Multi Stream. For more information on specific tasks involved when configuring your AirSpeed Multi Stream, see “AirSpeed

Multi Stream Configuration Checklist” on page 100.

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AirSpeed Multi Stream Configuration Checklist

The following table provides a checklist of tasks that must be performed when configuring your AirSpeed Multi Stream.

The tasks in this checklist apply to all configurations and environments.

Depending on your site’s configuration, some tasks are optional.

(Option) If your site uses Avid iNEWS Command or CaptureManager, or Interplay

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Capture to control AirSpeed Multi Stream channels for capture or playout, you need to install the Interplay AirSpeed Multi Stream Device Service on the AirSpeed Multi Stream server. For more information, see “(Option) Installing the AirSpeed Multi Stream

Device Service” on page 101.

Create a new database and set a default database, as described in “Creating a New

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Database in the AirSpeed Multi Stream Application” on page 102.

Configure Channels on AirSpeed Multi Stream, as described in “Configuring Channels”

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on page 105.

(Option) If you are using Avid iNEWS Command to control AirSpeed Multi Stream, you

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must configure AirSpeed Multi Stream Channels for Remote Control with Avid iNEWS Command , as described in “Configuring Channels for Remote Control with Avid

iNEWS Command” on page 117.

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(Option) Configure Communication Protocols in AirSpeed Multi Stream, assuming you

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have external devices that will control AirSpeed Multi Stream (such as automation systems), as described in “Configuring Communication Protocols in AirSpeed Multi

Stream” on page 121.

(Option) Configure General Purpose Interface (GPI) Inputs and Outputs in AirSpeed

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Multi Stream, as described in “Configuring General Purpose Interface (GPI) Inputs and

Outputs” on page 123.

Configure your Avid Editor to work with AirSpeed Multi Stream, as described in

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“Locking Channel Assignments” on page 129.

Avid Technology AirSpeed Multi Stream Installation And User Manual

Specifications and Main Features

Frequently Asked Questions

User Manual

Contents

Using This Guide

Symbols and Conventions

If You Need Help

Avid Training Services

1 AirSpeed Multi Stream Overview

AirSpeed Multi Stream Models

AirSpeed Multi Stream Design

Hardware and Software Requirements

Optional Avid Applications

Software Installation

Synchronization

Ethernet Connections

Time-of-Day Timecode

Internal Storage

Serial Control

User Interface

Software Overview

Digital Input and Output Selection

Supported Media Formats

Capture Mode

MXF Media Formats and Files

Media Destination Selection

Protecting Workspaces

Headframes

Playback

Playout

Studio Playout

Play While Transfer

Play While Record

Edit While Capture

Closed Caption

Up/Down/Cross (UDX) Conversion

UDX Terms and Examples

Pillarbox

Letterbox

Center-Crop

Anamorphic

Active Format Description (AFD)

AutoAFD

ATC and VITC Timecode

Video Format

International Character Support (ICS)

Front and Rear Panels

Front Panel

Visual Status Information

Rear Media Connections (All Models)

Chassis Label Location (All Models)

Control Connections (All Models)

Video/LTC Connections (SD Model)

Video/LTC Connections (MPEG-2 HD Model)

Video/LTC Connections (DNxHD Model)

Video/LTC Connections (AVC-Intra Model)

Keyboard and Mouse

Unpacking and Inspecting Your System

Unpack and Inspect Checklist

Unpacking Your System

Verifying Components

Inspecting Components for Damage

Installing AirSpeed Multi Stream in a Rack

Rack-mount Requirements

Rack-mount Kit Contents

Positioning the AirSpeed Multi Stream in the Rack

Securing the AirSpeed Multi Stream Chassis in the Rack

Inserting the Hard Drives

Cabling Up the AirSpeed Multi Stream

Connecting SDI and Video Reference Cables

Connecting Video Reference Cables

Connecting SDI Video Input Cables (for SD Models)

Connecting SDI Video Input Cables (for MPEG-2 HD Models)

Connecting SDI Video Input Cables (for DNxHD Models)

Connecting SDI Video Input Cables (for AVC-Intra Models)

Connecting SDI Video Output Cables (for SD Models)

Connecting SDI Video Output Cables (for MPEG-2 HD Models)

Connecting SDI Video Output Cables (for DNxHD Models)

Connecting SDI Video Output Cables (for AVC-Intra Models)