EVS LSM Connect User Manual
USER MANUAL
Version 1.3 - July 2013
USER MANUAL LSM Connect 1.3
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Table of Contents
TABLE OF CONTENTS III
1. INTRODUCTION 1
1.1. Product Overview 1
1.2. Starting LSM Connect 2
1.3. User Interface Overview 3
1.4. Selecting Items 4
2. CLIP MANAGEMENT 6
2.1. Clip Tab 6
2.2. Clip Display in Grid View 8
2.3. Accessing Distant Servers 9
2.4. Managing Clips 9
2.5. Copying and Moving Clips 11
2.6. Searching for Clips 12
3. PLAYLIST MANAGEMENT 14
3.1. Playlist Tab 14
3.2. Managing Playlists 18
3.3. Editing Playlists 20
4. SETTINGS 22
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1. Introduction
1.1. Product Overview
Description
The LSM Connect is a tablet-based application that allows users to manage clips and
playlists stored on EVS video servers.
The application is directly connected to the Remote Panel and to the EVS video server via
the Ethernet network. This gives users instant access and control of all clips and playlists
created on EVS servers.
Automatic and instant synchronization between the LSM Connect and the EVS server
provides an excellent interactivity, as well as an easy and intuitive solution to manage clip
and playlist in a live production environment.
Compatible Hardware and Software
EVS Video Servers
The LSM Connect application shall run with EVS servers and Multicam application in the
following conditions:
• It can run with XT3, XT2+ or XT2 servers.
• The EVS servers controlled by the LSM Connect shall run a Multicam version 11.02 or
higher
• The EVS servers controlled by the LSM Connect shall be running a Multicam LSM or
Replay Only application.
Tablet
When the LSM Connect connects to an EVS server, Multicam checks whether the
installed version of the LSM Connect is compatible with the Multicam version. Otherwise,
Multicam pushes and installs automatically the compatible version of the LSM Connect
application to the tablet.
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Network Architecture
The LSM Connect communicates with the Multicam application via the PC LAN
network.The tablet is plugged onto a docking station that allows the connection to the PC
LAN network.
The illustration below shows the network architecture. You can find detailed information
on the network setup, connectivity and docking station in the LSM Connect docking
station technote.
1.2. Starting LSM Connect
To start LSM Connect and connect to an EVS server, proceed as follows:
1. Tap the LSM Connect icon located on the main (central) home screen page.
The LSM Connect application opens on the Settings window, with the focus on the
Connection menu.
2. In the Connection menu, tap XT and Remote connection.
The XT and Remote connection dialog box opens with the list of EVS servers
accessible on the network.
3. On this dialog box, select the EVS server you want to connect to and tap Connect.
After initialization, the main window opens with the default view: Clip tab on the left,
Playlist tab on the right.
Note
With LSM Connect, you can connect to one EVS server and one LSM Remote
Panel at a time.
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1.3. User Interface Overview
Introduction
By default, the main window of the LSM Connect application contains the areas
highlighted on the screenshot below:
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Area Description
The table below describes the various parts of LSM Connect main window:
Part Name Description
1. Clip area Displays a view on the clips stored on the EVS server.
The clips can be displayed in grid view or list view .
2. Playlist area Displays a view on the visible playlists stored on the EVS server.
You can remove playlists from or add playlists to the list using the
Visible Playlist command at the bottom on the tab.
3. Toolbar area Displays metadata information of the element (playlist or clip)
selected in the clip or playlist area.
4. Command
bar
Note
You can easily switch the position of the clip and playlist areas, or display two
clip or two playlist views at the same time by selecting the Clip tab or Playlist
tab on the upper left corner of area.
Gives access to the following windows or commands:
allows you to select multiple elements in clip/playlist area.
allows you to lock the LSM Connect main window.
allows you to search for clips based on metadata.
allows you to open the Settings window.
1.4. Selecting Items
How to Select One or Several Items
To select one clip, playlist or playlist elements, simply tap once on the requested item.
Double tap or tap and hold will not allow other types of selection.
To select several items, first tap the multi-selection icon , then select the requested
items.
Selected items have a blue background.
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