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Pluto User Manual v1.38 Page 1 of 66
Version 1.38
21 October 2013
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PLUTO WARRANTY STATEMENT
Exclusive Remedy: Subject to any conditions listed below the sole obligation of Pandora Technology [Starbow Ltd.] under this Warranty is (at no extra charge) to correct, repair or replace the Equipment (or part of it) to prevent a re occurrence of a particular defect during the warranty period.
Notification of Warranty claim: If a customer believes that the equipment is faulty in any way then the customer should contact Pandora technology directly by phone or email at the addresses given below with an full and accurate description of the problem. If after investigation Pandora Technology determines that the equipment is faulty then it will be serviced or repaired according to the provisions of the warranty. All repairs are carried out at our UK facility and it is the responsibility of the customer to ensure that the equipment is properly packed and returned to us carriage paid.
Conditions:
The Limited Warranty does not cover the following:
– Cosmetic Damage – Damage to any software applications or programmes, data or removable media. – Damage due to :
(1) acts of God, accident or disaster, or any reason beyond Pandora Technology's reasonable control. (2) Negligence or misuse including (but not limited to) failure to use the Equipment for its normal purpose of in accordance with Pandora Technology's instructions on it's proper use and maintenance. (3) Improper operation and maintenance of the Equipment (including unauthorized alterations and/or modifications by anyone other than a Pandora Technology authorised service agent). (4) Operation of the equipment with non-compatible equipment, products, accessories power supplies or attachments outside of the published environmental and electrical parameters.
The Customers failure to notify Pandora Technology of a fault with the equipment during the Warranty Period, or the continued use of the equipment after a fault has been detected, shall constitute an unqualified acceptance of such Equipment and a waiver by the Customer of all claims thereto. All Equipment (including any parts and components of Equipment) replaced by Pandora Technology becomes the property of Pandora Technology to be kept or disposed of at Pandora Technology's discretion. Customers shall not be compensated or otherwise credited in respect thereof. From time to time Pandora Technology may release major new software features, product updates and/or new hardware revisions Pandora Technology reserves the right to charge for these accordingly. Please note that it is the responsibility of the customer to ensure that any firmware or software updates or patches are installed according to the published instructions and that any updates are applied to the correctly matching hardware.
Limitation of Liability: The liability of Pandora Technology, if any, and Customers sole and exclusive remedy for damages for any claim of any kind whatsoever shall not be greater than the actual purchase price of the Equipment with respect to which the claim is made. In no event shall Pandora Technology be liable to the Customer for any special, indirect, incidental or consequential damages of any kind including (but not limited to) compensation, reimbursement or damages on account of the loss of present or prospective profits or for any other reason whatsoever.
For Further information or to report any problems please contact ….
Pandora Technology [Starbow Ltd.] Ingress Coach House Capability Way Greenhithe Kent DA9 9GY UK
tel: +44 1322 374700 fax: +44 1322 374701 email: service@pandoratek.org
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Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Introduction............................................................................................................................3
1.1 What's new since v1.37.................................................................................................................3
1.2 Control Overview..........................................................................................................................4
Chapter 2: Hardware Overview................................................................................................................5
Chapter 3: Software Control.....................................................................................................................7
3.1 Main Pluto Window ......................................................................................................................7
3.2 Networking....................................................................................................................................8
3.3 Look Up Tables and How to Upload Them.................................................................................10
3.4 Copying and Moving LUTs.........................................................................................................12
3.5 Setup Tab.....................................................................................................................................13
3.6 Routing Tab.................................................................................................................................15
3.6.1 Single-Head Mode...............................................................................................................15
3.6.2 Dual Head Mode..................................................................................................................15
3.6.3 Stereo Mode.........................................................................................................................17
3.6.4 4K Mode..............................................................................................................................18
3.7 Preset Tab.....................................................................................................................................19
3.8 Patches Tab..................................................................................................................................20
3.9 Linus Tab.....................................................................................................................................21
3.10 Proc Amp Tab............................................................................................................................23
3.11 CDL Tab.....................................................................................................................................24
Chapter 4: Front Panel Control..............................................................................................................27
4.1 Overview.....................................................................................................................................27
4.2 Main Menu (Left hand knob, single press)..................................................................................28
4.3 Setup Menu (from Main Menu)...................................................................................................29
4.4 Blanking Menu (from Setup Menu) ...........................................................................................31
4.5 Network Menu (from Setup Menu).............................................................................................31
4.6 Date/Time Menu (from Setup Menu)..........................................................................................32
4.7 Clear Memory Menu (from Setup Menu)....................................................................................32
4.8 Dual Head Menu (from Main Menu)..........................................................................................33
4.9 Presets Menu (Left hand Knob, press-and-hold).........................................................................34
4.10 CDL Menu (Right hand knob, single press)..............................................................................35
4.11 Looks Menu (Right hand knob, press-and-hold).......................................................................36
Chapter 5: Live CDL Control Using a Kensington Trackball................................................................38
Chapter 6: Licensing..............................................................................................................................41
Chapter 7: Firmware...............................................................................................................................43
Appendix A1: Example of using a Pluto in Dual Head mode in a Post Production environment.........45
Appendix A2: Example of using a Pluto in Dual Head mode in an On-Set environment. ...................46
Appendix B: THX CineSpace workflow and set up..............................................................................47
Appendix C: Light Illusion's LightSpace workflow and set up.............................................................50
Appendix D: Setting up a Pluto in 4K mode..........................................................................................52
Appendix E: Keyboard Shortcuts (Hotkeys)..........................................................................................57
Appendix F: Specification......................................................................................................................58
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Chapter 1: Introduction
Pluto is the multi purpose Display Management system from Pandora. Designed for use within the Production (On-Set) and Post-Production industries, the Pluto is a hardware platform from which various applications can be loaded and applied as demand dictates.
The Pluto's primary application is Look Up Table management, which allows the user to quickly apply a given set of LUTs to the input video signal, without any processing delay for display on any high quality monitor or projection system.
1.1 What's new since v1.37
• New “Routing” tab to setup the configuration of a node as Single-Head, Dual-Head, Stereo or 4K. This replaces the “Stereo” tab from earlier version, as well as the Dual Head options in the Preferences dialog and the 4K options in the Connections dialog.
See the release notes for history of changes in earlier versions. This can be accessed by selecting Release Notes from the Help menu in the Software Control
(GUI) app.
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1.2 Control Overview
There are 2 methods of controlling the Pluto.
• Software. Download the Software Control App from Pandora website and install onto Mac, PC or Linux. The software is non-licensed and can be run on as many Workstations as required. Provided there are no firewalls between the workstation and Pluto, the connection will be established. See Chapter 2 for details.
• Hardware. Two control knobs on the front panel allow the user to control the common functions of Pluto via an on-screen menu system. Everyday operational functions are available in this way, to keep the menu simple and fast to operate. More complex set up functions are only available via the Software control App. The knobs are operated by click and rotate actions. See Chapter 3 for details.
The front panel operation allows for the lock-out of software control to prevent accidental over-ride from a remote workstation. Similarly, the software interface allows for front panel lock out to give centralised control.
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Chapter 2: Hardware Overview
Pluto is available in 2 forms:
• Housed in a rack mountable 1U unit, it is intended to be located in either the central apparatus room as a routable resource, or in close proximity the monitor as a user controlled device. With ample space and power inside, the pluto can be fitted with an additional board. That allows for 4 independent monitors to be driven separately from a single 1U box.
• In a ruggedised smaller profile - ideal for on-set use. This unit requires no external cooling as the casing itself acts as a heat sink (an optional DC input is also available).
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Power - Integrated self-switching PSU means no messy external PSUs. The
standard IEC connector can be used world-wide. The Pluto is a low power device meaning no fans are required and hence it is silent in operation. An optional DC input is also available.
Inputs - 2 BNC connectors provided for 422 (A1) or 444 (A1+B2) signals. The
Pluto self senses SD, HD or 3G and the frame rate of the incoming signal and switches the outputs accordingly. Pluto works with all industry standard frame rates. In 422 mode the Pluto can be used in “dual head mode” to allow separate signal processing of 2 x 422 signals.
Outputs - 2 BNC connectors provided for output. The output standard and frame
rate will match that of the input. The output can be switched in the controls between 422 and 444 and will transcode as required. Pluto can also be used to convert from a 3G input to a dual stream 1.5G output.
Ethernet - RJ45 connector allows users to connect to their network. The Pluto
uses a broadcast mechanism to establish connection and identify itself to the Pluto control software, even if the host computer is on a different subnet. Once connected the user can change the IP address according the their own requirements.
LED – No bright displays to distract the operator in the darkness. LED1 flashes
during a LUT being uploaded, LED2 is on when any LUT is active (applies only to rack mount version).
Control Knob LEDs (2 Knob version) - Left Hand knob is BLUE when a LUT is
applied and GREEN in Bypass. Right Hand Knob is BLUE when CDL information is available to download, otherwise GREEN. Knobs DIM to a very low level when controls are not active.
USB – The Ruggedised Pluto has a USB Port for a Kensington Trackball Mouse to
control the CDL layer.
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Chapter 3: Software Control
Download the software control from the support pages of the Pandora website. Separate versions available for Mac, Linux and Windows. See Specifications for details.
www.pandora-int.com/support .php
Instructions on the different OS installations are located alongside the download files.
Note that for versions 1.16 and upwards, the Pluto software is a "package" containing all the required firmware, software and manuals. Refer to the Firmware section for details on how to update the firmware.
3.1 Main Pluto Window
Shows currently connected Plutos and their IP addresses in the left hand pane, and the currently loaded LUTs against the associated slot numbers in the right hand pane.
Click on one Pluto and select Group to allow LUT upload to all Plutos in the same group.
The bottom section of the panel shows information about the highlighted unit's firmware versions, the Input video Status and the Output video settings.
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Double click on the Pluto Icon to edit the name of the unit. This name will be adopted by all other workstations when they connect.
Group multiple Pluto units together by giving them identical group names.
This dialog can also be used to specify whether or not to ask for Look Data when the node is selected (see "Look Data" section) and to setup the custom input and output matrices if they are used.
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3.2 Networking
Pluto can be remotely controlled using ethernet and it is important that both the PC and the Pluto are setup correctly before trying to upload any LUT's or software to the Pluto. In general we expect that the Pluto is connected directly to the controlling PC or laptop either with a suitable cable between the two devices or via an ethernet switch or hub. It is possible that many Pluto's can be setup on a large network within a post-production facility but this is best done with the assistance of the network administrator as there are so many ways that networks can be configured we cannot cover them all here.
For the simple direct case please follow the notes below......
3.2.1 Basic Networking
All devices on the network need to be identified with a unique address so that the various packets of data that get transmitted reach the correct destination. The standard method for identification is Internet Protocol V4 [or IPv4] which uses an address for each device consisting of four digits separated usually by a period. i.e. 192.168.0.100 Each digit is an 8bit number [octet] which can represent a value of 0 to 255.
The IP address actually consists of two parts the NETWORK ADDRESS [sometimes referred to as the DOMAIN] and the HOST ADDRESS. The 'bits' of the IP address that represent the Domain and Host addresses can be configured using the SUBNET MASK. Every value in the subnet mask that is set to '1' marks a bit in the IP address for the Network Address whilst the remaining bits represent the Host Address. For our simple case the standard setting for the SUBNET MASK = 255.255.255.0 which sets the Network address to be the first three digits of the IP address and the Host address to be the fourth digit. This configuration allows up to 255 devices to be connected together which for most small networks is more than enough !! If the network is a true LAN [Local Area Network] and has no other connection to the internet or a corporate intranet then the numbers used for the IP address can be chosen more or less at random. It is common practice however to use the values of 192.168.0.xxx as the Network Address or Domain. If you do have your Pluto's connected to a wider network where external connections are required then the values must be chosen carefully to fit in with the setup and configuration of the network. Please consult your Network Administrator in that case.
The final networking consideration is the Gateway or Router address. This is another IP address as part of the domain which represents the point at which traffic intended for addresses outside of the domain can be connected. Quite
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often Router address will be configured to connect to a DSL router or network switch which will route traffic out to the internet. For our simple case where Pluto is connected directly to a laptop PC there probably will not be a gateway device however it is important that the setting for this is not left empty or defaulted to e.g. 0.0.0.0. We recommend that the gateway address is set to a matching Network address and the Host Address set to “1” e.g. 192.168.0.1
3.2.2 Network Settings on the PC or Laptop
Open the network settings on your machine. On a Windows PC this can normally be done by clicking on the small icon on the bottom right of the toolbar. You can also do this from the system control panel.
Choose “open Network and Sharing Center” to see something like
this …......
And now select “Local Area Connection” ...
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Click on “Properties”
And now select Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4) and click “Properties”.
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Finally you should arrive at the correct configuration menu and so set it to look something like this …..
Note:: You will have to first select “Use the following IP address” radio button or else the IP setup values will be grayed out.
You don't need to worry too much about the DNS server settings.... leave those
as they were before.
For a Macintosh Computer the procedure is similar. First select “System Preferences” and then “Network”.
You should arrive at window similar to this ….......
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Make sure you choose the correct Ethernet connection from the list on the left of the window. Some macs have more than one ethernet port so choose the right one !!
FOR BOTH PC and MAC make sure that you SAVE or APPLY the settings before exiting the menu's. You might need to restart the Pluto GUI application after making any changes.
Also for both MAC and PC computers you need to make sure that any firewall or security software is either disabled or configured correctly to allow communication.
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3.2.3 Network Settings on the PLUTO
Pluto ships with a default IP address 192.168.0.198 but this can be easily changed using the on screen display and the front panel knob. You need to have video connected to the Pluto and the display showing on an HD monitor. Using the Left Hand control knob click once and then navigate to SETUP-> NETWORK. Here you can change the Ethernet settings for IP address / Subnet Mask and Gateway.
Default settings should be IP 192.168.0.198
SUBNET 255.255.255.0 GATEWAY 192.168.0.1
If you have more than one Pluto on the same network change the last digit of the IP address so that they are all unique.
Once you are done click on “Save and REBOOT” and the Pluto will restart with the new values.
Remember THE BASIC RULES …... [1] Each Device on the network should have the NETWORK ADDRESS set to the SAME value [this is the fist three digits of the IP address]. e.g. 192.168.0.xxx
[2] Each Device on the network must have a unique setting for the HOST ADDRESS [The fouth digit of the IP address]. Values can range between 1 and 255.
[3] The Subnet Mask on ALL devices should be set to 255.255.255.0
[4] The Gateway [or Router] address on ALL devices should be set to any other unique address in the same domain usually “1”. e.g. 192.168.0.1
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If a Pluto is on a different subnet* to the controlling host workstation it will still identify itself but it will not be controllable. In such a case the label
Domain Mismatch! will be shown
against the unit.
*i.e. the first three digits of the IP addresses do not match.
Normally the Pluto's will identify themselves to the GUI even if they are configured to be on a different domain. This is a useful feature to allow you to at least find where Pluto's are connected but without special network configuration it is not possible to control them properly until they are all configured for matching domains.
In the “Edit->Preferences” menu of the Pluto GUI it is possible to turn off the broadcast discovery feature and configure the application to talk to a specific IP address. This can also be useful in more advanced installations where it might be desirable e.g. to limit a workstation so that it can only control a particular Pluto.
For the normal case we suggest that the “Listen to Broadcast” checkbox in this menu is left checked and if you have any special requirements please contact us at “service@pandoratek.org” where we will be happy to help with more advance requirements.
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3.3 Look Up Tables and How to Upload Them
Pluto uses a series of “slots” that can be applied to the signal at any one time. There are 16 slots in total and each slot can contain a sequence of 3 LUTs each of which can be independently enabled or bypassed.
The LUTs are uploaded into the slots by use of the software control. Once the LUT has uploaded it will remain in that slot until it is manually deleted or replaced, even if the unit is powered down.
See specifications section for supported LUT file types.
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To upload a LUT click on the required slot and select Upload File. A browse window will then appear. Navigate to the required file and select.
The software will automatically allocate 3D/1D LUTs to the correct location in that slot.
Select "Activate Slot after Uploading" (or "Activate slot on Side A/B" in dual head or stereo modes) to automatically activate the slot after uploading has completed.
If "Don't Write file on Pluto" is selected, the LUT is applied to the video outputs but not written to a slot. Note that "Activate slot" will also need to be on in this case, otherwise nothing will happen.
If a 1d LUT is selected for upload the user is prompted to indicate whether it is an Input or Output LUT.
If the file contains a 3D LUT, a couple of extra options appear. Some manufacturers create LUTs that are orientated along different axis. Pluto
should set the orientation to the correct value for most LUT types, but if it is incorrect, it can be changed here and uploaded again.
3D LUTs created from the LightSpace colour management system use slightly different scaling. Select the "LightSpace LUT" checkbox to automatically scale for these if appropriate.
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Once the LUTs are uploaded they will appear in the Right hand pane. Click on the [+] next to the slot number to expand the view to see all 3 LUTS in that slot.
Double Click on the Slot name to apply the group of LUTs. The currently active slot is highlighted in green.
Once loaded, LUTs can be Renamed or Deleted using the buttons in this panel.
By default all LUTs loaded into the slots are active (applied). It is possible to bypass the entire slot, or the individual LUTs.
Use the Bypass Slot selection to bypass all LUTs loaded into current slot.
Click on the '+' symbol to expand the menu to allow the individual LUTs to be bypassed.
3.4 Copying and Moving LUTs
Once LUTs are uploaded into the required slots they can be moved into other slot positions by a simple drag and drop process. To copy, hold the Control key down whilst dragging. Entire slots or just the individual 1d or 3d elements can be moved/copied.
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3.5 Setup Tab
Click on the Setup tab to access the Blanking and Input / Output controls.
The Blanking section automatically adjusts the Pixel and line numbers according to the input standard detected. Each control comes with a reset to Default button.
Use the R, G & B values to alter the colour of the blanking as required.
The "Transparent" switch allows you to see the part of the picture that is being blanked.
The Disable Front Panel button prevents accidental changes being made using the control knob. The Disable Remote Access prevents the current workstation, and any other workstation from making any accidental changes (particularly useful during playback/layoff situations). When this box is checked all other controls are greyed out.
The Legaliser section allows black and white levels to be soft clipped individually at the user defined levels. Selecting the Show function causes the illegal colours to be highlighted (flashing in the respective colour) on the outputs.
The Video Mode Selections for the Input and Output allow for the selection of different colour spaces and Pluto can be used to transcode between these. Internally (i.e. through the LUTs the Pluto is always operating in an RGB mode with at least 14 bit precision. The following modes select the Input or Output colour transform:
• YUV: [Actually YCrCb] is the normal mode of operation for 422 video.
Internally these signals are converted to RGB using either SMPTE REC601 or REC709 depending on video standard.
• RGB & XYZ: Technically these standards should only be in a Dual Link or
3G A-stream mode.
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