Intergraph StudioZ User Manual

StudioZ Starts Here!

Important Installation and Operation Notes

June 1998 DHA0170C0

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General Information ...............................................................................................................1

Delayed Power-up..................................................................................................................... 1

StudioZ Options....................................................................................................................... 1

Ensemble Serial Box I with PAL............................................................................................... 1

Single-Channel InterRAID-8e Video Storage........................................................................... 1

StudioZ for SOFTIMAGE|DS................................................................................................5

Flashkey .................................................................................................................................... 5

Antex Driver Settings................................................................................................................ 5

Antex Driver Reinstallation....................................................................................................... 5

Stripe Sets.................................................................................................................................. 7

StudioZ T-RAX........................................................................................................................7

Antex Driver Reinstallation....................................................................................................... 7

Stripe Sets.................................................................................................................................. 9

StudioZ Pro.............................................................................................................................. 9

Stripe Sets.................................................................................................................................. 9

Application Software............................................................................................................... 9

Adobe Premiere LE and Adobe Premiere 4.2 ........................................................................... 9

Adobe Premiere 5.0................................................................................................................. 16

in:sync SPEED RAZOR.......................................................................................................... 16

InterSite Products.................................................................................................................... 16

Sound Forge ............................................................................................................................ 16

StudioZ Central Plus ............................................................................................................... 17

Connecting Additional Single-Channel IR-8e Disk Arrays......................................... 2

Configuring Single-Channel IR-8e Disk Arrays.......................................................... 3

Obtaining the Fix Disk Utility..................................................................................... 4

Scratch Disk.............................................................................................................. 10

Preset......................................................................................................................... 10

Time Base ................................................................................................................. 11

Compression.............................................................................................................. 11

Output Options..........................................................................................................12

Preview Options........................................................................................................13

Capture Settings........................................................................................................ 14

Importing StudioZ AVI Files into Sound Forge 4.0.................................................. 16

Reblocking StudioZ AVI Files Edited in Sound Forge 4.0....................................... 17

General Information

Delayed Power-up

You may notice that your workstation seems to hang when you are booting up, or displays the

message “Device Not Ready.” Because of initial power requirements, drive spin-up is delayed by 12 seconds times the SCSI ID number of each disk drive. For example, disk drive 4 (SCSI ID 4) is delayed 12 seconds times 4, or 48 seconds. This is not a problem; the disk drive will be ready when the BIOS process finishes. The required system BIOS level is 8000D or later.

StudioZ Options

Ensemble Serial Box I with PAL

The Ensemble Serial Box I is an optional A/D converter you can purchase for your StudioZ workstation. If you experience a vertical roll when using the Serial Box I with PAL, verify that the DIP switch setting (S1) in the converter is set to PAL. You will have to open the converter box to make this change. See the Serial Box Digital and Analog Converters Technical Manual delivered with your A/D converter for more information.

Single-Channel InterRAID-8e Video Storage

If you purchased the Just a Bunch of Disks (JBOD) FDSK590 InterRAID-8e (IR-8e) disk array for your StudioZ workstation, you can create even more uncompressed and compressed video file storage by purchasing the single-channel IR-8e (FDSK548) disk array. Each singlechannel IR-8e provides an additional hour of video storage space.

The StudioZ for SOFTIMAGE|DS comes with two Adaptec cards, while the StudioZ Pro and StudioZ T-RAX workstations come with one. If you have either the StudioZ Pro or the StudioZ T-RAX, you will need to purchase an additional Adaptec controller.

NOTE The JBOD IR-8e video storage option, setup instructions, and disk striping instructions are

provided in Appendix A, “StudioZ Options,” in the

NOTE If you have to purchase an additional Adaptec controller, see Chapter 4, “System-Specific

Information,” in the

that controller.

The Adaptec cards take up slots two and three on the StudioZ workstation. Refer to the following illustration for the slot assignments.

StudioZ Hardware User’s Guide

for information on installing the driver for

The following illustration shows the cables connected from the Adaptec card external connectors to Channel 0 and 1 of the JBOD dual-channel IR-8e:

Connecting Additional Single-Channel IR-8e Disk Arrays

Because of the IR-8e drive configuration, you will need to purchase single-channel IR-8e disk arrays in multiples of two. These first two single-channel IR-8e disk arrays (FDSK548) to the JBOD (FDSK590). You can purchase subsequent sets of single-channel IR-8e disk arrays to connect to each previous single-channel IR-8e. The following illustration shows how the first single-channel IR-8e set connects to the JBOD.

To connect the single-channel IR-8e disk arrays:

1. Using an MCBL220A7 cable, connect the Channel 0 output on the JBOD (this is the channel furthest from the power connection) to the Channel 1 input on the first singlechannel IR-8e (FDSK548).

2. Using another MCBL220A7 cable, connect the Channel 1 output on the JBOD to the Channel 1 input of the second single-channel IR-8e.

Configuring Single-Channel IR-8e Disk Arrays

Once you have connected the IR-8e (FDSK548) disk arrays to the JBOD IR-8e, you must remove and reset the SCSI IDs for the SAFTE ID, the lower slot, and the upper slot of the single-channel IR-8e.

To set the SAFTE ID:

1. Turn on power to the IR-8e, and then press Menu on the Information Control Panel (ICP). (See the InterRAID-8e Hardware User’s Guide for power switch and ICP location.)

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