Grass Valley Krystal Multi-Channel User Manual

KRYSTAL 4300

MULTI-CHANNEL UPGRADE

Installation Manual

071016500

FIRST PRINTING: DECEMBER 1997

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Installation Instructions
Krystal Multi-Channel Upgrade

Introduction

This document explains how to upgrade a single channel Krystal Video Processor to a
multi-channel Video Processor and install the channel into a multi-channel Krystal
system.

If you purchased a new multi-channel Krystal system, you will not have to upgrade
the hardware. The correct modules will have been installed in the proper locations at
the factory.

Hardware

The Multi-Channel Upgrade kit consists of:

One Video Processor I/O Module (#066237)

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Control cables

Documentation

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Installation Instructions (this document #071016500)

Tools and Materials Required for Installation

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Anti-static work surface

#15 Torx or straight blade screwdriver

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The following module from the single channel Video Processor Frame:

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Effect Manager (#066224-00S or higher).

Note If your Effect Manager is no revision S or higher, we strongly recommend you

contact Tektronix/Grass Valley Products customer service for an upgrade.

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Serial Outputs module (#066227-00L or higher). Versions earlier
than revision L are

Note If you have incompatible modules, contact Tektronix/Grass Valley Products

customer service for an upgrade.

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not

complatible for combining.

Installation Procedure

Save Configuration Files to Disk

You should always save your configuration files to disk before you install
any hardware or software.

Note More than one Effect Manager and Control Panel usually exist in larger sys-

Update Software to 3.0 or Later

tems. We recommend you save your Krystal System Configuration (All System
Data, Network) to floppy disk, save the Effects and User Pref for every Effect
Manager, and save the Panel Configuration and Macros for every Control Panel
onto separate labeled disks before updating your software.

If you are not running 3.0 or later software, upgrade your existing system
before you install the new hardware. Follow the Software Installation pro­cedure described in your latest Krystal Software Release Notes.

Hardware Installation

1.

Power off all the components (Video Processors, System Controllers,
Control Panels) in your Krystal system.

Note Modules in Krystal systems cannot be hot-swapped safely. Always power down

Krystal frames before removing or inserting Krystal modules.

Observing anti-static precautions, remove the Effect Managers and

2.

Effect Manager I/O modules from all Video Processor frames that are
to be connected to the multi-channel system.

3.

Install the Effect Manager modules in the System Controller Frame.

The Small System Controller frame has slots for two Effect

a.

Managers and two Effect Manager I/O modules. Each Effect
Manager and Effect Manager I/O pair that is installed supports one
user. Install at least one Effect Manager and one Effect Manager I/O
module. If only one board set is installed, the modules must be in
slot 1 in both the front and back. If more than two channels are to be
connected to a Small System Controller frame, the extra Effect
Managers and Effect Manager I/Os can be put aside for spares.

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The Large System Controller frame has slots for up to four Effect

b.

Managers and four Effect Manager I/O Modules. Install at least one
Effect Manager (#066224-00S or later) and one Effect Manager I/O
module. Effect Manager CPU modules are inserted into the labeled
slots in the front bay of the Large System Controller, starting at the
slot labeled 1 (actually slot #12 counting from the left) with
subsequent modules inserted toward the left (slots labeled 2, 3, and

4). If only one Effect Manager is being installed it must be in the slot
labeled 1 (#12). The Effect Manager I/O modules go into slots at the
rear of the frame that correspond to the Effect Manager CPU
modules installed in the front (rear labeled slots 1, 2, 3, 4).

Note Each Effect Manager in the Large System Controller frame that will be used for

combining will need a 4 Channel Combiner Output module installed in the num­bered slot that corresponds to that Effect Manager.

4.

Observing anti-static precautions, remove the single channel Video
Processor I/O module (#066226) in the back of each Video Processor
frame being upgraded and replace it with the multi-channel Video
Processor I/O module (#066237) included in the upgrade kit.

5.

Set the hardware IDs of all the Video Processor frames in your system.
The hardware ID is set using a screwdriver dial adjustment located on
the right side of the switch (Figure 1). You may need to remove the
module from the frame to reach this switch. Each Video Processor CPU
must have a different hardware ID. Setting 0 corresponds to the Video
Processor module in the frame identified as Channel 1 in the Physical
Channel Configuration menu (

CHANNEL CONFIG>

), Setting 1 corresponds to the Video Processor CPU

System Setup

SYSTEM CONFIG>

\

\

module in the frame identified as Channel 2, and likewise for the
remaining channel assignments. The settings must be correct for the
system to work properly.

6.

Connect your Video Processor video and control wiring as required for
your facility. Refer to the Krystal Installation and Service Manual for
detailed information.

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Figure 1. Video Processor Hardware ID

System Power Up

Power up the components of your system in the following order:

DC

POWER

0

0868_01

Hardware ID

Configuration

1.

All Video Processor frames

2.

System Controller frame (wait 45 seconds for initialization)

3.

All Control Panels

You need to install each new channel (in software) so the system recognizes
the available hardware.

1.

Acquire an Effect Manager.

2.

Install the physical channels:

CHANNEL CONFIG >

. Select

exit from the menu to save this change to NV RAM. Press the

System Setup

TRUE

for all the channels present. You must

\

SYSTEM CONFIG >

\

OK

Exit

\

button.

3.

Make any other configuration changes required for your system, then
save the configuration files to NV RAM and to floppy disk. Refer to the
latest Krystal Software Release notes for specific procedures.

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