GRASS VALLEY MAESTRO 1.5 - RELEASE NOTES, MAESTRO 1.500 - RELEASE NOTES 2-12-2008, Maestro Release Note

Maestro

MULTI-FORMAT MASTER CONTROL

Release Notes

SOFTWARE VERSION 1.500

071850605
February 12, 2008

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Release Notes

SOFTWARE VERSION 1.500

071850605
February 12, 2008

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Contents

Maestro Release Notes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Purpose . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Features Modified From Previous Software Versions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Features Added . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Interoperability Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Upgrade Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Caveats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Materials Supplied . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Additional Documentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Release Notes/Addendums. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Manuals. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Engineering Change Orders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Monitor Follow Operation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Monitor Follow Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Monitor Follow Table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Monitor Follow Configuration Examples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Channel Setup Table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Aux Monitor Point in Audio Control Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Audio Monitor Source Tally . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Audio/Video Breakaway. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Video Breakaway. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Audio Breakaway . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Audio Breakaway - All Audio Groups From a Single Source. . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Audio Breakaway - One Or More Audio Groups From Multiple Sources . . 26

Dynamic Channel Mapping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Channel Mapping Process . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Audio Output Group Substitution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Un-Mapping Channels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Battery Charging Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Software Upgrade Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Maestro Deployment PC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Installing the Maestro Software Package . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Manually Removing the Maestro Jupiter Router Service Software . . . . . . . . 45

Re-compiling the Configuration File. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Updating the System Configuration and Software. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Checking the Boot ROM Versions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Checking the GUI Control Panel for Proper LAN Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Updating FPGAs/CPLDs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Maestro — Release Notes 5

Contents

6 Maestro — Release Notes

Ver sion 1.500

Maestro Release Notes

Purpose

This document provides software installation instructions for the 1.500
software release of the Maestro Master Control System. This release pro­vides additional functionality and corrects certain software problems asso­ciated with the previous releases. However, some functions are net yet
available, as noted in the separate v1.500 Release Notes Addendum. The
Release Notes Addendum also provides a list of software corrections
included with this release.

February 12, 2008

Features Modified From Previous Software Versions

• Monitor Follow configuration has changed substantially from its intro­duction in version 1.3. Although the manner in which the feature oper­ates has not changed, the configuration of Monitor Follow is much
more flexible compared to its implementation in software version 1.3.
See page 12 for details.

Note The Monitor Follow configuration discussion in this document supersedes

the Monitor Follow configuration discussion on pages 65-67 in the Maestro

1.3 Release Notes. Beginning with software release 1.4, Monitor Follow oper­ates as documented in these release notes.

• Responses from Maestro to automation commands now use Command
ID Matching. Previously, the Command ID was set to “1” or consecu­tive numbers starting with “1” when returning multiple responses.
With version 1.5, the Command ID responses are matched to the orig­inal automation command. Since the initial release of the automation
protocol, Command ID Matching has been planned and has now been
implemented.

• Automation can now assign a source to a keyer even if there is already
a source assigned to that keyer and that keyer is preset for the next tran­sition.

Maestro — Release Notes 7

Version 1.500

Features Added

• Aux Monitor Point in Audio Control Panel; See page 18 for details.

• Audio Monitor Source Tally; See page 19 for details.

• Audio/Video Breakaway; See page 22 for details.

• Dynamic Channel Mapping; See page 32 for details.

• Battery Charging Status in Deployment Center; See page 39 for details.

• The following automation commands have been added:

MAESTRO_AUDIO_MIXER_CHANNEL_MAPPING
MAESTRO_AUDIO_MIXER_CHANNEL_DEFAULT_MAPPING
MAESTRO_AUDIO_MIXER_CHANNEL_UNMAPPING
MAESTRO_BACKGROUND_AUDIO_CHANNEL_MAPPING
MAESTRO_BACKGROUND_AUDIO_CHANNEL_UNMAPPING
MAESTRO_BACKGROUND_AUDIO_CHANNEL_DEFAULT_MAPPING

• “Auxiliary” is now a possible selection for the <destInputBus> argu­ment for the following automation commands:

MAESTRO_BACKGROUND_SELECT
MAESTRO_BACKGROUND_AUDIO_GAIN
MAESTRO_BACKGROUND_STEREO_MODE
MAESTRO_BACKGROUND_AUDIO_BALANCE
MAESTRO_KEYER_SELECT

See the Maestro Automation Interface Protocol Technical Reference
Manual, v1.5 for additional details concerning additions to or changes
in the automation commands.

Interoperability Requirements

• Encore router control system version 1.7 or newer, or

• Jupiter router control system version 4.2 or newer when using ES­Switch on a VM control system, or

• Jupiter router control system version 7.3 or newer when using ES­Switch on a CM control system, or

• Jupiter router control system 7.5.0 or newer when using ES-LAN on a
CM control system

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Upgrade Requirements

• The previously installed version of Maestro software must be unin-

stalled before installing the v1.5 software.

•The Software Upgrade Procedure on page 40 must be followed as

described.

• Systems that are being upgraded from version 1.3 or earlier may

require special Telnet procedures to complete the update. Because of
this possibility, installers should obtain a copy of Field Modification
Note 075079500, Backup Battery, CP Server, and CP FPGA Telnet Upgrade
before proceeding.

Caveats

• Network issues are presently the most common cause of problems at

customer sites. Network installation and configuration must follow
Grass Valley recommendations. Please refer to “VLAN Network
Topology” section in the v1.3 Release Notes (part number: 071850603).

Upgrade Requirements

• All Maestro processors connected to the same Maestro deployment PC

and comprising a single system (all processors interconnected via the
same facility and control LANs) must have the same software version
and configuration deployed to them. Having disparate software ver­sions/configurations deployed within a single system is not supported
and may result in communication/configuration incompatibilities and
system failure.

Maestro — Release Notes 9

Version 1.500

Materials Supplied

Table 1. MAE-HD-SW Bill of Materials

Quantity Description Part number

Table 2. MAE-SD-SW Bill of Materials

Quantity Description Part number

MAE-HD-SW Maestro Software Upgrade

1

1 Release Notes, Maestro v1.500 071850605

1 Release Notes Addendum, Maestro v1.500 071850705

1 Maestro Documentation CD 071851705

1

1 Release Notes, Maestro v1.500 071850605

1 Release Notes Addendum, Maestro v1.500 071850705

1 Maestro Documentation CD 071851705

CDROM, Maestro HD Software Program,

v1.500 (1.500.2841.950)

MAE-SD-SW Maestro Software Upgrade

CDROM, Maestro SD Software Program,

v1.500 (1.500.2841.950)

063825805

063825905

Additional Documentation

Release Notes/Addendums

Maestro v1.500 Release Notes Addendum 071850705*

Maestro v1.4 Release Notes 071850604 and Release Notes Addendum
071850704*

Maestro v1.3 Release Notes 071850603 and Release Notes Addendum
071850703*

Maestro v1.2 Release Notes 071850602 and Release Notes Addendum
071850702*

Maestro v1.1 Release Notes 071850601 and Release Notes Addendum
071850701*

Manuals

Maestro Installation Planning Guide, 0718384xx*
Maestro Installation and Service Manual, 0718423xx*
Maestro User Manual, 0718482xx*

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Note The above manuals are presently being revised to include v1.3, v1.4 and v1.5

enhancements.

Maestro Automation Interface Protocol Technical Reference Manual,
0718472xx*

Concerto Multi-format Router Instruction Manual, 0718138xx†

Encore Installation and Service Manual, 0718103xx†

Jupiter CM-4000 Installation and Operating Manual, 0718261xx†
Jupiter VM-3000 Installation and Operating Manual, 0718305xx†

Sonata Series Planning and Installation Manual, 0718609xx

Engineering Change Orders

ECO 334Q, Maestro v1.5 HD/SD software

Additional Documentation

*A copy of this publication is provided on the documentation CD supplied with this release.
†A copy of this publication is provided on the Router Products documentation CD supplied with this

release.

Maestro — Release Notes 11

Version 1.500

PGM

PST

Clean Feed

Network

Off-Air RTN

Monitor Follow Operation

In multi-processor (multi-channel) systems, the control room monitors can
now switch automatically to the channel being controlled by the control
panel. In the example shown in Figure 1, the operator is controlling eight
Maestro channels from a single hardware control panel. During monitor
follow operation, the monitor outputs of the channel being controlled are
automatically switched to the control room monitors.

Figure 1. Monitor Follow Operation

Off-Air Return

Video

audio
router

Network Programming

audio (Mon Out) signals for each channel

Channels 1-4 Channels 5-8

1 stereo pair

and

Video (PGM, PST, Clean Feed) and

5 video

Off-Air RTN

D-to-A

converter

Network

Clean Feed

Maestro Control Panel

PST

PGM

Although this example shows a control room equipped with stereo moni­tors, more speakers can be added (e.g., to allow Dolby 5.1 monitoring).

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Monitor Follow Configuration

Monitor Follow operation is configured using the Monitor Follow table in
the Input/Output Sets group (“4th Step”) in the Maestro Configuration
Editor.

Monitor Follow Table

This table is used to describe the connections between matrix router inputs
and matrix router outputs when a channel delegation operation is per­formed from the control panel at the specified IP Address. Any router input
may be switched to any router output. These router inputs do not neces­sarily need to be connected to Maestro outputs although many of them will
be Maestro-related as in the examples below.

A separate table must be created for each channel (i.e., for each Maestro
Processor). Each table is given a name and assigned to a channel using the
Channel Setup table. The figures below represent two monitor follow
tables, one named SD-MonFllw which will be assigned to the channel
“WXYZ-SD” and another named HD-MonFllw which will be assigned to
the channel “WXYZ-HD.”

Monitor Follow Operation

Figure 2 shows a new Monitor Follow table. An explanation of the table

entries appears below the table.

Figure 2. Monitor Follow Table

IP Address

The IP address of the control panel (hardware control panel or GUI PC
panel server card) from which channel delegation operations may be per­formed which should cause monitor follow router switches. The source for
the available selections is the Network Description table.

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Version 1.500

Name

A user-specified name for a router input/router output pair to be switched
when a channel delegation operation is performed. Some examples are
PGM, PST, Off-air Return, etc. Any name is valid but it should describe the
source being directed to the monitors.

RCS Level

Router Control System (RCS) Level. This is the router level which contains
the router inputs and router outputs which will be switched when a
channel delegation operation is performed from the device at the specified
IP address. The RCS Level is selected from a list of all router levels defined
in the router control system and made available for use in Maestro.

RCS Input

A named router input (as defined in the selected Router Control System
Level) to which the source to be switched to the desired monitor is con­nected.

RCS Output

A named router output (as defined in the selected Router Control System
Level) which is connected to the monitor to which the designated source
input should be switched. This switch will take place when a channel del­egation operation is performed.

Refresh

If this box is checked, the router inputs and outputs will be refreshed
approximately every 15 seconds and the designated routes will be re-estab­lished if they have changed.

Note If post-delegation operator control of what is routed to the monitors is

desired, this box should not be checked. With the box unchecked, a routing
of monitor outputs as defined in the Monitor Follow table would take place on
initial channel delegation; however, the operator could perform manual
routes to the monitor outputs after the delegation operation. Maestro would
only re-establish the Monitor Follow configured routes upon execution of
another channel delegation operation.

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Monitor Follow Configuration Examples

Figure 3 shows a sample Monitor Follow configuration for an SD channel

with stereo audio.

Figure 3. “SD” Channel Monitor Follow Configuration

Monitor Follow Operation

In Figure 3 sources defined as PGM, PST, Off-Air RTN, Clean Feed,
Network SD Feed and Audio Monitor are switched to the Master Control
room video and audio monitors when the channel “WXYZ-SD” is under
the control of the control panel at IP address 192.168.197.63. PGM, PST and
Clean Feed video as well as Audio Monitor are output from the SD Maestro
channel. Off-Air Return and SD Network Feeds are not Maestro outputs;
however they can be switched to the monitors whenever the “WXYZ-SD”
channel is the active channel on the control panel.

The first entry in SD-MonFllw table describes the following actions, phys­ical connections and result (assuming this table is the assigned Monitor
Follow table for the channel “WXYZ-SD”):

• When the control panel with IP address 192.168.197.63 takes control of

the channel “WXYZ-SD” the router will automatically perform the
switches defined in this row.

• The PGM output on the Maestro rear panel for the channel “WXYZ-SD”

is wired to the router input labelled I020 on the SDV level.

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Version 1.500

• Input I020 is switched to output D025 (also on the SDV level) which is
wired to the PGM video monitor in the master control room.

• The video source currently active on the PGM bus of the Maestro
“WXYZ-SD” channel thus appears on the PGM monitor in the master
control room.

Figure 4 shows a sample configuration for an HD channel with discrete 5.1

surround audio.

Figure 4. “HD” Channel Monitor Follow Configuration

In Figure 4 sources defined as PGM HD, PST HD, Off-Air RTN, Clean Feed
HD, Network HD Feed and Audio Mon 1/2, Audio Mon 3/4 and Audio
Mon 5/6 are switched to the Master Control room video and audio moni­tors when the channel “WXYZ-HD” is controlled by the control panel at IP
address 192.168.197.63. PGM HD, PST HD and Clean Feed HD video as
well as three AES audio pairs (for 5.1 surround sound) are output from the
HD Maestro channel. Off-Air Return and HD Network Feeds are not
Maestro outputs; however they are switched to the monitors whenever the
channel “WXYZ-HD” is selected from the control panel.

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Channel Setup Table

After a Monitor Follow table has been created for each channel, use the
Channel Setup table to assign the tables to the appropriate channels as seen
in Figure 5.

Figure 5. Channel Setup Table

Monitor Follow Operation

Note The Monitor Follow Set designation appears further into the Channel Setup

table than shown here. When designating a Monitor Follow Set to be used for
a particular channel, use the horizontal scroll bar until you find the Monitor
Follow Set column.

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Version 1.500

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Aux Monitor Point in Audio Control Panel

The audio control panel allows the operator to select which audio source is
routed to the audio monitors. In addition to the audio sources previously
supported, it is now possible to direct Aux bus audio to the monitors. The
supported audio sources are as follows:

•Program

•Preset

• Clean Feed

• Off-Air (Mon In on Maestro rear panel)

•Aux

• Mix 1, Mix 1 (Pgm), Mix 1 (Pst)

• Mix 2, Mix 2 (Pgm), Mix 2 (Pst)

• Mix 3, Mix 3 (Pgm), Mix 3 (Pst)

• Mix 4, Mix 4 (Pgm), Mix 4 (Pst)

Options

Program

Preset

Aux

Clean Feed

Off-Air

Mix 1

Mix 2

Mix 3

Mix 4

Since there only eight buttons on the left side of the screen to which to
assign possible monitor points, Clean Feed and Off-Air are assigned to the
same soft button. Pressing the small black button to the left toggles between
the two selections.

Monitor Point selections are shown in Figure 6.

Figure 6. Audio Panel - Monitor Point Selection

AUDIO CONTROL

Main D StrDolby 5.1

+3

+2

+1

0 VU

-1

-2

-3

-5

-7

-10

-20

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Aux / Main Stereo

< Source Name >

Dolby 5.

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Normal

Mix To

Main Stereo

Level

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Dolby 5.1
Surround

Dolby + 2

Spanish

French

Dolby-E

Group

Channel

Mapping

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Span Fren

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Fren

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Ø

Balance

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Clean

Feed

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Mix To

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Mix To

Clean

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Mix To

Clean

Feed

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Mono

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