Grass Valley NewsroomSuite User Manual

Number: 510057.001

The Quality System of:

Thomson Broadcast & Media Solutions

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and related systems.

This Certificate is valid until: June 14, 2006
Revision Date: September 9, 2003
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Copyright

Copyright © 2005 Thomson Broadcast and Media Solutions, Inc. All rights
reserved. Printed in the United States of America.

This document may not be copied in whole or in part, or otherwise reproduced
except as specifically permitted under U.S. copyright law, without the prior written
consent of Thomson Broadcast and Media Solutions, Inc., P.O. Box 59900,
Nevada City, California 95959-7900

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ContentShare, FeedClip, Grass Valley, K2, M-Series, Media Manager, NewsEdit,
NewsQ, NewsShare, and Profile are either registered trademarks or trademarks of
Thomson Broadcast and Media Solutions, Inc. in the United States and/or other
countries. Other trademarks used in this document are either registered
trademarks or trademarks of the manufacturers or vendors of the associated
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U.S. and foreign patents, issued and pending. Additional information regarding
Thomson Broadcast and Media Solution, Inc.’s trademarks and other proprietary
rights may be found at www.thomsongrassvalleygroup.com.

Product options and specifications subject to change without notice. The
information in this manual is furnished for informational use only, is subject to
change without notice, and should not be construed as a commitment by Thomson
Broadcast and Media Solutions, Inc. Thomson Broadcast and Media Solutions,
Inc. assumes no responsibility or liability for any errors or inaccuracies that may
appear in this publication.

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and Computer Software clause at DFARS 252.277-7013 or in subparagraph c(1)
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Solutions, Inc., P.O. Box 59900, Nevada City, California 95959-7900 U.S.A.

Rev Date Description

March 28, 2005 Initial release, part number 071-8294-00

November 21, 2005 Release 071-8294-01 for Software Version 5.5

Contents

Preface

Chapter 1 Introducing the NewsroomSuite System

The XT Family Components. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Breakout Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Keyboard and Mouse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Comparing the NewsEdit Products . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

NewsEdit SC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

NewsEdit LT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Other Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Storage Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Digital News Production Workgroup Layout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Chapter 2 Setting Up the Hardware

Site Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Power Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Synchronization Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Environmental Requirements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Networking Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Fibre Channel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Ethernet Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Cabling Guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Connecting System Cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Connecting the Keyboard and Mouse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Connecting the Computer Monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Connecting the Power Cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Connecting the Breakout Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Pro Digital/Analog Breakout Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Pro Analog Breakout Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Connecting the ATI Input Adapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Connecting the Breakout Box Directly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Using an External Monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Connecting Network Cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Ethernet Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Fibre Channel Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Connecting a Video Tape Recorder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Connecting Audio and Video Cables to the Breakout Box . . . . . . . . . 34

Connecting an Audio Mixer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

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Chapter 3 Installing the NewsEdit SC Video Board & Breakout Box (Optional)

Installing the XenaSD Board and Breakout Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Installing the XenaSD Driver and Control Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Installing the XenaSD Driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Installing the XenaSD Control Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Enabling SDI Output on NewsEdit SC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Chapter 4 Connecting External Controllers to NewsEdit

Introducing the External Controllers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Connecting an External Controller to the NewsEdit Workstation . . . . 43

Connecting the Jog/Shuttle Controller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Connecting the Motorized Fader or the Effects Controller . . . . . . . 43

Verifying the COM Port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Assigning a COM Port for the Controller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Chapter 5 Turning On the NewsroomSuite Computer

Powering Up the System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Standalone System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Rackmount System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Understanding the System Self Test . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

Running the System Self Test Manually . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

Troubleshooting the System Self Test . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Launching the NewsroomSuite Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

Chapter 6 Installing Software

Installing Profile Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Installing the NewsroomSuite Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

Local Storage System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

Shared Storage System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

Configuring the Disk Volume. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

Obtaining a Software License Number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

Chapter 7 SmartBins

Understanding SmartBins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

SmartBins on an Open SAN System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

SmartBin Folder Synchronization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

Updating the Databases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

SmartBins on a NAS or K2 System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

Video Server SmartBins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

Media Import SmartBins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

Installing the Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

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Mounting the NAS Volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

Configuring the SmartBins Server on a K2 Network . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

Installing the Profile Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

Installing the SmartBins Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

Obtaining a Software License Number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

Configuring SmartBins Service on a NAS or K2 System . . . . . . . . . . . 71

Creating SmartBins in NewsEdit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

Creating a Video Server SmartBin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

Creating a Media Import SmartBin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

Chapter 8 Installing the NewsFTP Service

Chapter 9 Configuring Your System

Setting Up the Host Table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

Setting Up Media Files for Sharing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

Setting Up the NewsEdit Bin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

Organizing Your Bins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

Creating a New Bin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83

Chapter 10 Configuring NewsEdit Options

Default Configuration Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86

Adding Video Sources to NewsEdit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90

Setting General Source Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91

Setting Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91

Setting Record Channels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92

Setting Preroll . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92

Setting Record Handles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92

Setting Options for Your Newsroom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93

Setting General Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94

Configuring Video Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95

Setting Output Options (NewsEdit XT only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96

Setting Up a Workgroup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96

Setting Up Send Locations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97

Setting Handles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101

Setting Timeline Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102

Setting Graphics Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102

Setting Controller Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103

Setting NewsQ Pro Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103

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Chapter 11 Configuring FeedClip Options

Default Configuration Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106

Setting Options for Your Newsroom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110

Setting General Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111

Setting Handles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112

Setting Up Your Workgroup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112

Setting Up Send Locations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112

Setting Colors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116

Setting Controller Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116

Setting NewsQ Pro Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116

Configuring Record Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117

General Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118

Auto-Marking Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119

Input Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119

Output Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119

Audio Channel Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120

Automation Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120

Configuring Playback Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121

General Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122

Slow Motion Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122

Genlock Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123

Output Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123

Automation Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123

Configuring Scheduler Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124

General Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125

Color Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125

Chapter 12 Configuring NewsQ Options

Default Configuration Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128

Setting Options for Your Newsroom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130

Setting General Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131

Setting Output Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132

Setting Up a Workgroup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132

Setting Up Send Locations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133

Setting Handles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137

Setting NewsQ Pro Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137

Configuring Playback Channel Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138

Configuring GPIO Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139

Configuring Genlock Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141

Configuring Automation Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141

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Appendix A Pin Assignments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143

Appendix B Field Replacable Parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147

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Grass Valley Product Support

To get technical assistance, check on the status of problems, or report new
problems, contact Grass Valley Product Support via e-mail, the Web, or by
phone or fax.

Web Technical Support

To access support information on the Web, visit the product support Web page
on the Grass Valley Web site. You can download software or find solutions to
problems by searching our Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) database.

Grass Valley Product Support

World Wide Web:
Technical Support E-mail Address:

http://www.thomsongrassvalley.com/support/

[e-mail].

Phone Support

Use the following information to contact product support by phone during
business hours. Afterhours phone support is available for warranty and contract
customers.

United States [phone] (Toll Free) France [phone]

Latin America [phone] (Toll Free) Germany [phone]

Eastern Europe [phone] Greece [phone]

Southern Europe [phone] Hong Kong [phone]

Middle East [phone] Italy [phone]

Australia [phone] Netherlands [phone]

Belgium [phone] Poland [phone]

Brazil [phone] Russia [phone]

Canada [phone] (Toll Free) Singapore [phone]

China [phone] Spain + 34 91 512 03 50

Denmark [phone] Sweden [phone]

Dubai + 971 4 299 64 40 Switzerland [phone]

Finland [phone] UK [phone]

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Authorized Support Representative

A local authorized support representative may be available in your country. To
locate the support representative for your country, visit the product support
Web page on the Grass Valley Web site.

Profile Users Group

You can connect with other Profile XP Media Platform users to ask questions
or share advice, tips, and hints. Send e-mail to profi[e-mail] to
join the community and benefit from the experience of others.

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Safety Summaries

General Safety Summary

Review the following safety precautions to avoid injury and prevent damage to
this product or any products connected to it.

Only qualified personnel should perform service procedures.

While using this product, you may need to access other parts of the system.
Read the
cautions related to operating the system.

Review all system operator manuals, including manuals in electronic format on
the system hard drive.

Injury Precautions

General Safety Summary

Safety Summaries

in other system manuals for warnings and

Use Proper Power

Cord

Ground the Product

Do Not Operate

Without Covers

Do Not Operate in

Wet/Damp

Conditions

Do Not Operate in

an Explosive

Atmosphere

Avoid Exposed

Circuitry

To avoid fire hazard, use only the power cord specified for
this product.

This product is grounded through the grounding conductor of
the power cord. To avoid electric shock, the grounding
conductor must be connected to earth ground. Before making
connections to the input or output terminals of the product,
ensure that the product is properly grounded.

To avoid electric shock or fire hazard, do not operate this
product with covers or panels removed.

To avoid electric shock, do not operate this product in wet or
damp conditions.

To avoid injury or fire hazard, do not operate this product in
an explosive atmosphere.

To avoid injury, remove jewelry such as rings, watches, and
other metallic objects. Do not touch exposed connections and
components when power is present.

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Product Damage Precautions

Use Proper Power

Source

Provide Proper

Ventilation

Do Not Operate With

Suspected Failures

Battery

Replacement

Do not operate this product from a power source that applies
more than the voltage specified.

To prevent product overheating, provide proper ventilation.

If you suspect there is damage to this product, have it
inspected by qualified service personnel.

To avoid damage, replace only with the same or equivalent
type recommended by the circuit board manufacturer.
Dispose of used battery according to the circuit board
manufacturer’s instructions.

Safety Terms and Symbols

Terms in This

Manual

!

!

These terms may appear in this and other product manuals:

WARNING

: Warning statements identify conditions or

practices that can result in personal injury or loss of life.

CAUTION

: Caution statements identify conditions or
practices that can result in damage to the equipment or other
property.

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These terms may appear on the product:

DANGER

indicates a personal injury hazard immediately

accessible as one reads the marking.

WARNING

indicates a personal injury hazard not

immediately accessible as you read the marking.

CAUTION

indicates a hazard to property including the

product.

Service Safety Summary

Symbols on the

Product

The following symbols may appear on the product:

DANGER high voltage

Protective ground (earth) terminal

!

ATTENTION – refer to manual

Service Safety Summary

Do Not Service

Alone

No Power Switch

Use Care When

Servicing With

Power On

Do not perform internal service or adjustment of this product
unless another person capable of rendering first aid and
resuscitation is present.

To avoid electric shock, disconnect the main power by means
of the power cord. The power cord is the main power
disconnect. Ensure that the power cord is easily accessible at
the rear of the product or at the power receptacle.

Dangerous voltages or currents may exist in this product.
Disconnect power and remove battery (if applicable) before
removing protective panels, soldering, or replacing
components.

To avoid electric shock, do not touch exposed connections.

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Certifications and Compliances

Canadian Certified

Power Cords

Canadian approval includes the products and power cords
appropriate for use in the North America power network. All
other power cords supplied are approved for the country of
use.

FCC Emission

Control

Canadian EMC

Notice of

Compliance

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 his own
expense. Changes or modifications not expressly approved
by Grass Valley can affect emission compliance and could
void the user’s authority to operate this equipment.

This digital apparatus does not exceed the Class A limits for
radio noise emissions from digital apparatus set out in the
Radio Interference Regulations of the Canadian Department
of Communications.

Le présent appareil numérique n’émet pas de bruits
radioélectriques dépassant les limites applicables aux
appareils numériques de la classe A préscrites dans le
Règlement sur le brouillage radioélectrique édicté par le
ministère des Communications du Canada.

Canadian Certified

EN55022 Class A

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AC Adapter

Warning

Canadian approval includes the AC adapters appropriate for
use in the North America power network. All other AC
adapters supplied are approved for the country of use.

For products that comply with Class A. In a domestic
environment this product may cause radio interference in
which case the user may be required to take adequate
measures.

Laser Compliance

Laser Safety

Requirements

Certifications and Compliances

The device used in this product is a Class 1 certified laser
product. Operating this product outside specifications or
altering its original design may result in hazardous radiation
exposure, and may be considered an act of modifying or new
manufacturing of a laser product under U.S. regulations
contained in 21CFR Chapter 1, subchapter J or CENELEC
regulations in HD 482 S1. People performing such an act are
required by law to recertify and reidentify this product in
accordance with provisions of 21CFR subchapter J for
distribution within the U.S.A., and in accordance with
CENELEC HD 482 S1 for distribution within countries using
the IEC 825 standard.

Laser Safety

FCC Emission

Limits

Laser safety in the United States is regulated by the Center for
Devices and Radiological Health (CDRH). The laser safety
regulations are published in the “Laser Product Performance
Standard,” Code of Federal Regulation (CFR), Title 21,
Subchapter J.

The International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC)
Standard 825, “Radiation of Laser Products, Equipment
Classification, Requirements and User’s Guide,” governs
laser products outside the United States. Europe and member
nations of the European Free Trade Association fall under the
jurisdiction of the Comité Européen de Normalization
Electrotechnique (CENELEC).

This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules.
Operation is subject to the following two conditions: (1) This
device may not cause harmful interference, and (2) this
device must accept any interference received, including
interference that may cause undesirable operation.

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Preface

Certification

Category Standard

Safety

Designed/tested for compliance with:

ANSI/UL60950-2000

IEC 60950

CAN/CSA C22.2, No. 60950-00

EN60950:2000

- Safety of Information Technology Equipment (3rd edition, 1999)

- Safety of Information Technology Equipment

- Safety of Information Technology Equipment

- Safety of Information Technology Equipment (3rd edition)

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Environmental Criteria

The following table lists the environmental criteria for the NewsroomSuite
system.

Characteristics Description

Environmental Criteria

Operating Temperature

Storage Temperature

Operating Altitude

Storage Altitude

Mechanical Shock

Random Vibration

Transportation

Equipment Type

Equipment Class

Installation Category

Pollution Degree

Relative Humidity

Requirement:

Requirement:

Requirement:

Supplemental Data:

Requirement:

Supplemental Data:

Requirement:

Requirement:

Requirement:

Supplemental Data:

Supplemental Data:

Requirement:

Requirement:

Requirement:

10° to 40°C

-40° to 65°C

To 10,000 feet

To 40,000 feet

Non-Operational: Class 5 Thomson Grass

Thomson Grass Valley 001131500

Category II Local level mains, appliances,

Operating 80% from +30° to +40°C

IEC 60950 compliant to 2000 meters

Class 5 (30G) Grass Valley 001131500

Operational: Class 6 Thomson Grass Valley
001131500

Valley 001131500

Information Technology

Class 1

portable equipment, etc.

Level 2 operating environment, indoor use
only.

Non-Operating 90% from +30° to +60°C
Do not operate with visible moisture on the
circuit boards

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Preface

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Digital News Production

Chapter

1

Introducing the NewsroomSuite System

The NewsroomSuite system is a combination of hardware and software that
provides you with the tools necessary to create and manage content for your
news broadcasts.

The Digital News Production products include the XT family, NewsEdit SC,
and NewsEdit LT. The XT family, which includes NewsEdit, FeedClip, and
NewsQ, provides the most powerful system for news editing. NewsEdit SC
provides editing capabilities in a software codec system, and NewsEdit LT
provides portable editing capability in the field.

This chapter discusses:

• The XT family components

• How the NewsEdit products compare

• NewsEdit SC

• NewsEdit LT

• Other components

• Storage Options

• The Digital News Production workgroup layout

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Chapter 1 Introducing the NewsroomSuite System

The XT Family Components

The XT family consists of several components comprising a digital news
production system. All of the NewsroomSuite software applications, NewsEdit
XT, FeedClip, and NewsQ run on the XT platform.

Computer

NewsEdit

The XT computer is a personal computer housing these components:

• One of 4 Targa boards to provide video compression: DV25 (with
MPEG50); DV50; IMX; or Dual DV50 and IMX.

• VGA card

• RS-422 controller card

• Hard drive with NTFS format for operating system

• 3.5 inch floppy drive; reads and writes to 1.44 MB diskettes

• CD-ROM reader; required for installing software

• Media drives (36, 72, or 146 GB)

• Built-in TCP/IP compatible Ethernet LAN connection

NewsEdit

(Tower Configuration)

• Windows2000 operating system

• Two serial ports

• Optional Fibre Channel or Gigabit Ethernet network cards

The XT system is available in either a standalone or rackmount version.

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Breakout Box

Breakout Box

1/2 IN--AES/EBU--3/4 IN

PushPush

S/PDIF IN L-IN R-IN TDIF (1-8) L-OUT R-OUT S/PDIF OUT

CMPST IN CMPST OUTY-IN B-Y IN R-Y IN SDI IN SDI OUT Y-OUT B-Y OUT R-Y OUT

1-IN 2-IN 3-IN 4-IN

PushPush

ANALOG 1-4 IN ANALOG 1-6 OUT

Pro Digital/Analog Breakout Box

The NewsroomSuite computer comes with a Breakout Box (BOB) to provide
video and audio input and output. The BOB connects to the NewsroomSuite
computer’s Targa board. All video and audio inputs and outputs to be used with
NewsEdit, FeedClip, and NewsQ plug into the BOB.

There are 2 different types of Breakout Boxes: Pro Analog and Pro
Digital/Analog.

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The XT system’s keyboard has color-coded keys that allow you to see editing
commands at a glance. Keys correspond to NewsEdit, FeedClip, and NewsQ
functions. The NewsroomSuite system also includes a standard PS/2 mouse.

Monitor

You can have one or two computer monitors attached to your NewsroomSuite
system. In a dual-monitor configuration, one monitor usually displays multiple
bins, while the rest of the NewsroomSuite applications display on the other
monitor.

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Chapter 1 Introducing the NewsroomSuite System

Software

NewsroomSuite software consists of the following Digital News Production
applications:

• NewsEdit—Nonlinear editor

• FeedClip—Feed capture system, designed for live events and sporting
contests

• NewsQ—Manual playback system

Comparing the NewsEdit Products

This table shows how each of the NewsEdit products, XT, SC, and LT compare
in their features:

NewsEdit XT NewsEdit SC NewsEdit LT

Codec Hardware Targa 3K Software Software

Platform Tower or Rack Tower or Rack Laptop

Media Formats NTSC DV, DVCAM,

Media Formats PAL DV, DVCAM,

Max Data Rate 50 Mb/s 25 Mb/s 25 Mb/s

Breakout Box Required Yes No (IEEE 1394 Firewire) No (IEEE 1394 Firewire)

Ethernet Workgroup Yes Yes Yes

Fibre Channel Option Yes Yes (no for SCE Option) No

GXF Transfer Support Yes Yes Yes

Color Correction and
2D Support

3D Support Yes No No

Titling Options Yes Yes Yes

Cuts and Transitions Yes Yes Yes

DVCPRO, MPEG, IMX

DVCPRO, MPEG, IMX

Yes Yes Yes

DV, DVCAM,
DVCPRO, MPEG
(playback only)

DV, DVCAM, DVCPRO DV, DVCAM, DVCPRO

DV, DVCAM,
DVCPRO, MPEG
(playback only)

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NewsEdit SC

The NewsEdit SC system is the same personal computer as the XT platform
computer, except it has no video compression board; video compression is
accomplished with software. Available with DV25 video compression (and
MPEG compression for playback), it also includes a 1394 card for deck control
and audio/visual interfacing.

NewsEdit SC uses the Windows XP operating system.

Optionally, you can add an AJA XenaSD video compression board and
Breakout Box to provide video output to an external broadcast VGA monitor.
When the AJA board is present, the video output is enabled by default in the
playback channel, the play to tape channel, and the Bin trimmer. An additional
button on the NewsEdit interface lets you enable this mode, available in most
of the Timeline Tools.

NewsEdit LT

DV Camcorder

NewsEdit SC

NewsEdit LT

FireWire

VTR

Designed for field editing, the NewsEdit LT system is a laptop computer with
DV25 video compression accomplished with software, just like the NewsEdit
SC system. It also includes a 1394 network card and 60 GB of internal storage.

NewsEdit LT comes with a color-coded keyboard, like NewsEdit XT, letting
you perform editing functions quickly.

NewsEdit LT uses the Windows XP operating system.

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Mobile Uplink

Chapter 1 Introducing the NewsroomSuite System

Other Components

There are several additional components you may wish to use with your
NewsroomSuite system:

• XRE Server, used for these services:

- SmartBin Service (see the SmartBins Instruction Guide, part number

071-8370)

- Domain Controller for Open SAN security (see the Open SAN Security

Instruction Guide, part number 071-8369)

• Video Tape Recorder (VTR)—Allows you to use footage from video tapes.

• External monitor—Displays standard NTSC or PAL output.

• Audio mixer, such as Mackie 1402VLZPro—Allows greater control of
audio input.

• External controllers—The Jog/Shuttle Controller, Motorized Fader
Controller, and Effects Controller (available from Thomson Grass Valley)
allow you to control the NewsroomSuite applications. See Chapter 4,
“Connecting External Controllers to NewsEdit” for more information.

• Speakers

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Storage Options

With the NewsroomSuite system, you have four options for storing news files:

• Local storage on the NewsroomSuite computer

• Open SAN network, a shared storage network consisting of these
components:

- Profile Media Server(s), for encoding and playing out broadcast-quality

video

- RAID arrays provide storage for all media

- File System Manager (FSM), one or two servers which control access to

the RAID arrays and host asset databases

• Network Attached Storage (NAS) network, a shared storage network
consisting of these components:

- NAS Server to manage the network file systems

- RAID arrays provide storage for all media

- Database System Manager (DSM), which hosts the News database and

optionally the SmartBin Service

Storage Options

• K2 network, a shared storage network consisting of these components:

- K2 Media Server to manage the network file systems

- RAID arrays provide storage for all media

- Gigabit Ethernet Switch connecting the K2 Media Server and the

NewsEdit client machines

- Control point PC, which hosts the K2 Configuration application used to

configure the storage system

- Database System Manager (DSM), which hosts the News database and

optionally the SmartBin Service

For a detailed discussion of the shared storage network options available with
NewsEdit, see the NewsShare Technical Reference Guide (part number 071-

8371).

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Chapter 1 Introducing the NewsroomSuite System

Digital News Production Workgroup Layout

This illustration shows a typical setup for a NewsroomSuite computer within
the Digital News Production workgroup.

10/100Base-T Ethernet Facility LAN

Grass Valley SAN

High Resolution

Shared Storage

Profile XP

Media Platform

Playout

Embedded SDI

incoming feeds

Profile XP

Media Platform

Feed Capture

FeedClip

Feed Capture

NewsEdit

High Resolution Editing

Fibre Channel LAN

FC Switch

NewsQ Pro

Playout Control

NewsQ Playout

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Chapter

2

Setting Up the Hardware

Once you understand the site requirements and cabling guidelines, you can set
up your NewsroomSuite computer system and connect the cables.

This chapter discusses:

• Site requirements

• Guidelines for cabling your NewsroomSuite system

• Connecting system cables

• Connecting network cables

• Connecting a Video Tape Recorder

• Connecting audio and video to the Breakout Box

• Connecting an audio mixer

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Chapter 2 Setting Up the Hardware

Site Requirements

This section details site requirements for your NewsroomSuite system.

Power Requirements

It is highly recommended that you use a surge protector and an uninterruptible
power supply (UPS) with your system. There must be a 20 A, 110 to 120 V
alternating current, 60 Hz or 10 A, 220 to 224 V alternating current, 50 Hz
circuit breaker and an isolated ground.

Storage upgrades may require additional electrical service. Consider the
equipment nameplate ratings and consult your Thomson Grass Valley
representative.

The NewsroomSuite system is designed to work with a single-phase (three­wire) power cord with a grounded neutral conductor. To reduce the risk of
electric shock, always plug the cord into a powered off grounded power outlet.

For best performance, keep all system power connections on the same power
feed distribution panel. Do not connect any other equipment to the same outlet
that is powering the NewsroomSuite equipment.

This table lists the power requirements for the system components.

Component Voltage Frequency Power

NewsroomSuite Computer 120/240 VAC 50/60 300 Watts

Pro Analog Breakout Box N/A N/A N/A

Pro Digital/Analog Breakout Box 120/240 VAC 1.5 Amps

17" Monitor
(optional; spec based on Viewsonic A70)

Mackie 1402VLZ Pro (optional) 120/240 VAC 50/60 25 W

Fostex Speakers (optional) 120 VAC 5 W

Brocade Silkworm 2400 (optional 8 port) 100/240 VAC 50/60 1.5 Amps

Brocade Silkworm 2800 (optional 16 port) 100/240 VAC 50/60 1.5 Amps

Netgear FS516 Ethernet Switch
(optional 16 port)

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100/240 VAC 50/60 2 Amps

100/240 VAC 50/60 29 W