Grass Valley Branding Panel User Manual

RCP-BR Panel

Guide to Installation and Operation

M885-9900-100

September 2009

Miranda Technologies Inc.

3499 Douglas-B.-Floreani

St-Laurent, Québec, Canada H4S 1Y6

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Compliance Information

Electromagnetic Compatibility

This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class A
digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to
provide reasonable protection against harmful interference when the equipment is
operated in a commercial environment. This equipment generates, uses, and can
radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with
the instruction manual, may cause harmful interference to radio communications.
Operation of this equipment in a residential area is likely to cause harmful
interference in which case the user will be required to correct the interference at
their own expense.

This equipment complies with the requirements of the following standards:

EN 55022, Radiated Emissions, Class A
EN 55022 Conducted Emissions, Class A
EN 61000-4-2, -3, -6, -11, Electromagnetic Immunity
EN 61000-3-2 & -3-3, Electromagnetic Disturbance.

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Table of contents

1 RCP-BR Panel ........................................................................ 1

1.1 Introduction................................................................................. 1

1.2 Features ..................................................................................... 1

2 Setting up of the RCP-BR panel............................................ 2

2.1 Connecting up the panel ............................................................ 2

2.2 Network configuration................................................................. 3

2.3 Station configuration................................................................... 7

2.3.1 Installing Xpanel configuration tool on a PC ................. 8

2.3.2 Defining the RCPs to be configured ............................ 11

2.3.3 Setting up the station configuration ............................. 14

3 Using the RCP-BR panel...................................................... 20

3.1 Turning on the unit ................................................................... 20

3.2 Turning off the unit ................................................................... 20

3.3 Panel basics ............................................................................. 22

3.3.1 Panel Lock button........................................................ 23

3.3.2 Channel Select ............................................................ 23

3.3.3 DSK Off ....................................................................... 23

3.3.4 Take............................................................................. 23

3.4 Selecting a channel .................................................................. 24

3.4.1 Channel ganging ......................................................... 24

3.4.2 User channels ............................................................. 26

3.5 The Main panel......................................................................... 28

3.5.1 Cutting a keyer up or down ......................................... 30

3.5.2 Setting fade rates ........................................................ 31

3.5.3 Cutting a voice-over up or down.................................. 32

3.5.4 Macros......................................................................... 33

3.5.5 Fade to black / silence................................................. 34

3.5.6 Arming multiple events on a Take ............................... 34

3.6 Loading media into a keyer ...................................................... 35

3.6.1 Filter............................................................................. 38

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3.7 Modifying media in a keyer .......................................................40

3.7.1 Adjusting media position ..............................................40

3.7.2 Adjusting the media cropping ......................................41

3.7.3 Adjusting the media clip, gain and transparency .........42

3.8 Audio.........................................................................................43

3.8 Voice-overs ...............................................................................45

3.9 The System panel .....................................................................47

3.10 Alarms.......................................................................................49

4 The web interface .................................................................50

4.1 Maintenance .............................................................................52

4.1.1 Update .........................................................................53

4.1.2 Update history..............................................................54

4.1.3 Install panels ................................................................55

4.1.4 System restart..............................................................56

4.1.5 System shutdown.........................................................57

4.2 Diagnostics ...............................................................................58

4.2.1 Retrieve log files ..........................................................59

4.2.2 Watch log .....................................................................61

4.2.3 Running processes ......................................................62

4.3 Setup.........................................................................................63

4.3.1 Network setup ..............................................................64

4.3.2 Set hostname...............................................................65

4.3.3 Time setup ...................................................................66

4.3.4 Mouse setup ................................................................67

4.3.5 Serial number...............................................................68

5 Installation.............................................................................69

5.1 Mounting ...................................................................................69

5.1.1 Mounting with ears.......................................................69

5.1.2 Mounting with 30 degree brackets...............................71

5.1.3 With 60 degree Desk-Mounting kit, RCP-BR-DM-KIT .72

5.1.4 With Rack-Mounting kit, RCP-BR-RM-KIT ..................73

5.2 Ventilation .................................................................................74

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Power requirements ................................................................. 74

5.3

5.4 RCP-BR rear connections ........................................................ 75

5.4.1 Summary ..................................................................... 75

5.4.2 DC power connector pinout (8 pin DIN, female) ......... 76

5.4.3 GPIO pinout (15-way D-type) ...................................... 77

5.5 Mechanical ............................................................................... 78

5.6 Environment ............................................................................. 78

5.6.1 Operating..................................................................... 78

5.6.2 Storage ........................................................................ 78

5.7 Other......................................................................................... 79

5.7.1 RTC battery ................................................................. 79

5.7.2 Compact Flash ............................................................ 79

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1 RCP-BR Panel

1.1 Introduction

The highly graphical, touch screen Branding Panel provides highly informative
and easy control of Miranda’s channel branding processors, including the
Intuition XG, the Imagestore 750, and the Densite LGK-3901 / DSK-3901.

1.2 Features

FLEXIBLE AND USER-FRIENDLY CONTROL PANEL

• Rich graphical interface

• Customizable layouts via standalone software running on a PC

• Combination of touch screen and button control

• Intuitive operation

• Full tallies from devices under control

COMPLETE CONTROL FOR BRANDING APPLICATIONS

• Full keyer and voice-over control

• Media browsing with graphical thumbnails

• Quick adjustment of parameters via rotaries

• Custom branding macro recall

• Easy configuration of keyers and voice-overs

OPTIMIZED FOR MULTI-CHANNEL ENVIRONNMENTS

• Channel ganging capable (simultaneous multi-channel control)

• Easy to use channel selector

ELEGANT DESIGN AND SIMPLE CONNECTIVITY

• 1/2 rack / 3RU form factor

• Desk or turret mount

• Connects to branding devices via Ethernet (Oxtel protocol)

• Two USB ports for software upgrades or mouse/keyboard

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2 Setting up of the RCP-BR panel

Before using the RCP-BR panel to control a system, two things will need to be
setup, these are:

1. The networking configuration.

2. The station configuration which defines which devices the panel will

control and the configuration of these devices into channels.

2.1 Connecting up the panel

Please refer to figure 2-1 for a picture of the rear of the RCP-BR panel. For
normal usage an Ethernet cable must be inserted with a connection to the network
that the devices to be controlled are on. In addition there is an earth stud for
earthing the unit.

Earth stud DC Power GPI USB Ethernet

Figure 2-1 Main Rear connections for the RCP-BR panel

To power up the unit connect the remote power adapter to the power socket on the
RCP-BR panel before the power adapter is connected to the mains supply.

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2.2 Network configuration

The RCP-BR panel comes pre-configured to use DHCP to automatically
configure its networking. If a static IP address is required for the unit then a USB
keyboard and mouse should be added to the unit. The unit should be powered up.
Once the unit has started up and the channel selector dialogue is displayed the
ALT + Tab keys should be pressed on the keyboard, this will display the dialogue
as shown in figure 2-2. On the touchscreen press the button marked as Web.
This will display the web log-in screen as shown in figure 2-3.

Figure 2-2 Dialogue to select web interface

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To log-in to the web interface select the area for the password to be typed in by
pressing the screen in this area and then on the keyboard type in the password
miranda (all in lower case). This will then display the main Web Interface screen.

Figure 2-3 RCP-BR Web interface log-in

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The first thing to do will be to enable the display of the mouse pointer, to do this,
use the touchscreen to press on the Setup option and then select Mouse setup.
This will display the dialogue shown in figure 2-4. Now press on the ‘Show’
button to display the mouse pointer.

Figure 2-4 Turning on the display of the mouse pointer

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Having selected to display the mouse pointer now select the Setup option and then
the Network setup option. This will show the network setup dialogue as shown in
figure 2-5. In this dialogue the DHCP setting can be changed to Static and the
static IP address can be entered. Once this has been changed then select the
‘Apply’ button.

Figure 2-5 Setting up a static IP address

The networking on the unit is now configured and the unit should be shutdown.
To do this, close the web browser so that the interface shown in figure 2-2 is
displayed. In this dialogue press the Shutdown button to start the shutdown
process. The unit MUST be left powered on until all the LEDs on the front panel
of the unit have been turned off. At this point the keyboard and the mouse can be
removed from the unit and it can be connected to the system network and the unit
can be repowered.

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2.3 Station configuration

Before starting to use the RCP-BR panel the station configuration for the unit
must be setup. The station configuration defines those devices on the network
which the panel should control; these devices could be any of the following:

• Imagestore 300

• Imagestore HD

• Imagestore 750

• LGK-3901

• DSK-3901

• Intuition

• Intuition+

• Intuition XG ( supported in future )

These devices then need to be assigned to a channel. A channel can consist of one
of the following combinations:

1. One ImageStore, LGK-3901 or DSK-3901

2. One Intuition, Intuition+ or Intuition XG

3. One ImageStore, LGK-3901 or DSK-3901 with one Intuition, Intuition+

or Intuition XG

For information on other Miranda devices not in this list please contact Miranda.

The RCP-BR continually monitors all channels in its station configuration for
device status. Increasing the number of channels can slow down RCP-BR
operation. Miranda recommends a maximum of 20 channels / 30 devices.

Note: To ensure correct operation of the RCP-BR panel appropriate software
versions need to be installed on all controlled devices. The minimum
recommended versions are:

Imagestore 300, Imagestore HD, Intuition, Intuition+ 1.13.8.1
Imagestore 750 2.0.2 or 3.1
LGK-3901, DSK-3901 2.1.3 or 3.0

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2.3.1 Installing Xpanel configuration tool on a PC

In order to setup the station configuration, the Xpanel application must be
installed on to a standard desktop PC or laptop that has network access to the
RCP-BR panel. The Xpanel installer will be found on the ‘User Documentation
and Software’ CD that accompanies the RCP-BR panel. Install the Xpanel
application and then on completion of the installer, run the application. This will
then come up with a dialogue as shown in figure 2-6.

Figure 2-6 Initial dialogue to licence application

To run the Xpanel application the software must be licensed to run on the PC. To
do this when the dialogue shown in figure 2-6 is displayed select the ‘Enter
License’ option. This will then display the ‘License Manager’ dialogue as shown
in figure 2-7.

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Figure 2-7 License Manager dialogue

To get the license key for the PC, copy the Customer ID and email this to
[e-mail] requesting an Xpanel2RCP license. When the license key
is received back this should be pasted into the area of the window directly below
the label ‘License Keys’. Having pasted in the license key the ‘Validate’ button
must be pressed to validate the license key, this will show the ‘License Key
Details’ part of the dialogue as shown in figure 2-8.

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Figure 2-8 License Key Details

Assuming that the status of the license key is ok, then press the ‘Apply’ button
followed by the ‘OK’ button. If the status is not ok then please contact Miranda
support. Assuming that the license is correct when the ‘OK’ button is selected,
Xpanel will be launched.

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2.3.2 Defining the RCPs to be configured

Having successfully licensed the software the initial Xpanel screen is shown in
figure 2-9.

Figure 2-9 Xpanel start-up screen

The Xpanel RCP configuration tool can configure multiple RCPs so only one
instance of this tool is required to configure all RCP-BR panels.

Having started up Xpanel we will need to define in this tool the RCP-BR panels
that we wish to configure and then connect to the device to enable the
configuration of the panel to be completed. To add the RCP-BR panels the RCP
view must be opened. To do this select the ‘View’ option from the menu and then
select the ‘RCP List’ option as shown in figure 2-10.

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Figure 2-10 Selection of the RCP List view

When the RCP List option is selected the RCP List View dialogue will be opened
within Xpanel as shown below.

Figure 2-11 Xpanel with the RCP List view open

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In this RCP List view we need to define all the RCP-BR panels that we wish to

configure. To do this, select the

icon in the toolbar. This will display the ‘New

RCP’ dialogue as shown in figure 2-12.

Figure 2-12 New RCP setup dialogue

In this dialogue the hostname or the IP address of the RCP-BR panel must be
entered and an optional name for the RCP-BR panel can be entered. If no name is
entered then the IP address or hostname will be shown in the RCP List. Having
completed the definition of the RCP-BR panel select OK and the new entry will
be shown in the RCP List view, as shown in figure 2-13.

Figure 2-13 RCP List view with new RCP-BR panel inserted

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Co

nnect to an RCP icon

To configure the station configuration on the RCP-BR panel select the RCP-BR
panel in the list to be configured and then select the ‘Connect to an RCP’ icon as
shown in figure 2-14.

Figure 2-14 Connect to an RCP icon

Having selected the ‘Connect to an RCP’ icon, connection will take several
seconds. At the end of which the indicator to the left of the RCP-BR panel will
turn green to indicate that a connection to the device has been successfully
completed. The IP address or hostname of the RCP-BR panel will be displayed
with a red background at the bottom right hand corner of the Xpanel application.

2.3.3 Setting up the station configuration

To setup the station configuration the view for this must be opened. Before
starting to setup the station configuration it is essential that you connect to the
RCP-BR panel to be setup as described in the previous section. To start the setup
of the station configuration select the View option and in the View list select
Station Manager. Please see figure 2-15.

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Selecting the Station Manager option will display the following view:

Device area

Channel area

Figure 2-16 Station Manager view

Having opened the view, the first operation to carry out is the definition of the
devices that will be controlled by the RCP-BR panel. These devices are added in
the device area which is on the left of the view. To add a device, select the ‘New
device’ icon on the toolbar at the top of the device area as shown in figure 2-17.
This will drop down a list of the devices supported by Xpanel.

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New device icon

Figure 2-17 Station Manager device toolbar

When setting up the station configuration for an RCP-BR panel only the options
ImageStore, LGK, DSK, or Intuition should be selected from this list. Having
selected the appropriate device from this list, the setup dialogue for the device
will be shown. See figure 2-18.

In this dialogue a name can be setup for the device which will make it
distinguishable from other devices that will be added to the configuration. In
addition the IP address of the device must be setup, but the control port should not
be changed. Having made the changes to define the device select the ‘Save’
option. This will close the dialogue and you will now see the new device appear
in the device area of the Station Manager.

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Figure 2-18 Configuration for a new device

Having defined all the devices that are to be controlled by the RCP-BR panel it is
then necessary to setup the channels on the device, and for each channel assigned
in the configuration the appropriate devices should be assigned to the channel.

Firstly a new channel should be created in the station configuration. To do this
right click in the channel section of the Station Manager and select the ‘Add
channel’ option as shown in figure 2-19.

Figure 2-19 Adding a channel to the station configuration

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By default, a channel with one Imagestore will be created (IS1). If you will
require a channel with an Intuition in the configuration then the ‘Add device
column’ option should be selected and the Intuition option should be selected.
The devices from the device area of the station configuration can then be dragged
to the required channel. A + sign will be displayed when the device being
dragged is over a device column in a channel and the device can then be dropped
into the column. An Imagestore, DSK or LGK can only be dropped into an
Imagestore column and an Intuition can only be dropped into an Intuition column.
The device in the device area will then be greyed out to indicate that it is in use by
a channel. A device can only be assigned to one channel, so if it is required by
another channel then it must first be removed from the channel using it. This can
be done by right clicking on the device in the channel.

A typical configuration is shown in figure 2-20.

Under the column ‘Group’ you can optionally type in the type of channel that the
new channel is. On the RCP-BR panel if all channels are left as Default all
channels will be shown in one view on the channel selector. This works well if
there are not many channels, but if you want to show groups of channels together
then entering a Group name will separate the channels in the channel selector into
their appropriate groups. An example of Groups is to create three groups - News,
Sport & Default.

Save option

Figure 2-20 Typical setup of station configuration

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Having completed the setup of the station configuration the Save option in the top
toolbar should be selected. This will save the station configuration to the RCP­BR panel.

Having completed configuration of the RCP-BR panel the connection to the
device in the RCP List view should be dropped. This should be done by selecting

the icon:

in the RCP List view.

The RCP-BR panel should now be ready for use.

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