Pinnacle Systems Media Composer Quick Start Guide

Avid® Composer

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Setup Guide

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tools for storytellers®

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Avid Composer Products Setup Guide for the Windows NT Operating System •
Part 0130-04484-01 Rev. A • August 2000

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Contents

Using This Guide

Who Should Use This Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

About This Guide. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Symbols and Conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

If You Need Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Related Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

If You Have Documentation Comments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

How to Order Documentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Chapter 1 Hardware Overview

Avid System Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

The Platform. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Monitors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Keyboard and Mouse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Peripheral Boards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

PCI Boards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Meridien Display Controller Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Meridien III Digital Media Board Set . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Meridien 3D Effects Board. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

F/C Controller Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

SCSI UL3D/160 Dual-Channel LVD Board. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

SCSI 2940U2B Single-Channel LVD Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

The Meridien I/O Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Meridien Video I/O Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Meridien Eight-Channel Audio Interface Board. . . . . . . . . 28

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Meridien Two-Channel Audio I/O Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Meridien Serial Digital I/O Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Audio and Video Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Audio I/O Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

VLXi Multideck Controller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Black Burst Generator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Supported Internal Storage. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

IBM 6866 Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

M Pro Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Supported External Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Standalone Fibre Channel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

SCSI LVD Boards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Avid Unity MediaNet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

A Typical Avid System Layout. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Chapter 2 Setting Up the System Hardware

Before You Begin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Checking the Kit Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Arranging the Components. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Assembling the System. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Connecting the Keyboard and Mouse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Connecting the Meridien I/O Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Connecting the Monitors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Connecting the 21-Inch Bin Monitor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Connecting the 21-Inch Edit Monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Connecting the Client Monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Adjusting the Video Monitors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Connecting the F/C Disk Subsystem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Placing the Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Connecting to the System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Connecting Cables to the Fibre Channel Controller Board . . . 48

Connecting to the Fibre Channel Drive Enclosure. . . . . . . . . . . 49

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Installing Rack-Mount FCDE Support Rails . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

Installing a Rack-Mount FCDE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Connecting Cables to the Fibre Channel FCDE . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

Connecting the Fibre Channel FCDE Power Cords . . . . . . . . . . 57

Installing Fibre Channel Drives. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

Setting Fibre Channel Drive Enclosure IDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

Connecting the SCSI Disk Subsystem. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

Avid rS LVD MediaDrives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

Avid MediaDock LVD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

Connecting the Application Key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

Using the Grounding Wrist Strap . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

Replacing the SDI Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

Turning On the System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

Chapter 3 Testing the Hardware

Installing the Avid Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

Diagnostic Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

Diagnostic User Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

Understanding the Main Window. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

Understanding the Board Information Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

Understanding the Error Log Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

Understanding the Preference Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

Quick Start Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

Before You Run Diagnostics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

Running the Diagnostics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

Running the Standard Test Suite . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

Running the External/User Interaction Test Suite . . . . . . . . . . . 83

Testing the Digital Media Board Set . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83

Testing the Video I/O Board. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86

Testing the Audio I/O Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88

Cabling for the External/User Interaction Test Suite . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

Cabling for the Digital Media Board Set . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

Cabling for the Video I/O Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91

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Running a Single Test . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94

Running Avid StorEx . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95

The Main Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95

The Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97

The Toolbar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97

The Testing Display. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98

The Console Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99

The Preference Window. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99

The Tests Tab. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100

The Options Tab. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102

Control Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103

Before Running Avid StorEx. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104

Running Avid StorEx . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104

Chapter 4 Connecting Audio and Video Equipment

Video Decks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106

Configuration Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106

Identifying Audio and Video Boards. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107

Meridien I/O Box Connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108

Eight-Channel Audio Interface Board Connectors. . . . . . . . . . 108

Two-Channel Audio I/O Board Connectors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109

Video I/O Board Connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111

Meridien I/O Box Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113

Connecting a Client Monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114

Synchronizing Audio and Video Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116

Connecting the Eight-Channel Audio Board and

Audio I/O Device. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117

Connecting the Black Burst Generator (BBGen). . . . . . . . . . . . 119

Connecting the BBGen to Two Video Decks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120

Controlling a Video Deck. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122

Connecting Audio Equipment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123

Connecting the Audio Splitter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124

Connecting the Video Input/Output Board to Decks . . . . . . . . . . . 126

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Connecting A Single Video Deck — Component Signal . . . . 126

Connecting Two Video Decks — Component Signal . . . . . . . 128

Connecting A Single Video Deck — Composite Signal . . . . . 131

Connecting Two Video Decks — Composite Signal . . . . . . . . 133

Connecting A Single Video Deck — Digital Signal. . . . . . . . . 135

Connecting Two Video Decks — Digital Signal. . . . . . . . . . . . 137

Connecting a Video Server. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139

Chapter 5 Connecting Serial and MIDI Port Devices

Connecting to the MIDI Port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141

Connecting JL Cooper Fader Controllers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141

Initializing and Testing JL Cooper Fader Controllers. . . . . . . . . . . 143

Connecting the Yamaha 01V Mixer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144

Connecting the JL Cooper Jog/Shuttle Wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145

Connecting a VTR Emulator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146

Chapter 6 Controlling Multiple Video Decks

Cabling Single VLXi Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149

Single-Deck Cabling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149

Parallel Interface Cabling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151

Cabling Dual-Deck Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153

Cabling Dual VLXi Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155

Configuring the VLXi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159

Setting VLXi Receiver Node Numbers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159

Downloading VLXi Drivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159

Chapter 7 Troubleshooting

General Problems. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162

Monitor Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162

MediaDrive Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164

Audio Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165

3D Effects Problems. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166

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Appendix A Disk Subsystem Management

Windows NT Drive Subsystem Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168

Partition Size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169

Supported File Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169

Enabling Write Cache . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170

Creating Primary Partitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170

Striping Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172

Creating a Stripe Set . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173

Formatting Partitions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176

Moving Striped Sets Between Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178

Creating a Repair Disk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179

Creating a Disk Configuration Disk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180

Testing Drives on Windows NT Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180

Appendix B Removing and Installing the Fan

Removing and Installing the Fan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182

Removing the Fan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182

Installing the Fan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184

Appendix C Regulatory and Safety Notices

FCC Notice. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186

Canadian ICES-003. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187

European Union Notice. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187

Australia and New Zealand EMC Regulations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189

Taiwan EMC Regulations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189

Index

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Figures

Figure 1-1 Rear View of Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Figure 1-2 Meridien I/O Box Rear View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Figure 1-3 IBM 6866 System Internal Drive Bay Locations. . . . . . 31

Figure 1-4 M Pro System Internal Drive Bay Locations . . . . . . . . 33

Figure 1-5 Avid System Layout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Figure 2-1 Arranging the System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Figure 2-2 Meridien I/O Box to System Cable Connection . . . . . 43

Figure 2-3 Digital Media Board Set to Meridien I/O Box

Cable Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Figure 2-4 Bin Monitor to Display Controller Connection . . . . . . 44

Figure 2-5 21-Inch Bin Monitor Cable Connections. . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Figure 2-6 Edit Monitor to Display Controller Connection . . . . . 46

Figure 2-7 21-Inch Edit Monitor Cable Connections . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Figure 2-8 Attaching Copper Cable to the Controller Board . . . . 48

Figure 2-9 FCDE Connection Locations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

Figure 2-10 FCDE Rack-Mount Rail. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

Figure 2-11 Locating the FCDE Rails . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Figure 2-12 Attaching the FCDE Rails to the Rack

Front Channel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

Figure 2-13 Attaching the FCDE Rails to the Rack Middle or

Back Channel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Figure 2-14 Installing an FCDE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Figure 2-15 Opening the FCDE Front Door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

Figure 2-16 Installing the FCDE Mounting Screws . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

Figure 2-17 Attaching Copper Cable to the LCC Slot A . . . . . . . . . 56

Figure 2-18 Removing the FCDE Fan Assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

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Figure 2-19 Attaching the FCDE Power Cords. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

Figure 2-20 Replacing the FCDE Fan Assembly. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

Figure 2-21 Inserting a Drive into the FCDE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

Figure 2-22 Setting the FCDE ID. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

Figure 2-23 SCSI LVD Board Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

Figure 2-24 Application Key Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

Figure 2-25 Attaching the Grounding Wrist Strap. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

Figure 2-26 Video I/O Board in Meridien I/O Box. . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

Figure 2-27 Removing the SDI Board from Video I/O Board . . . . 67

Figure 2-28 Installing the SDI Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

Figure 2-29 Replacing the Video I/O Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

Figure 3-1 Diagnostic Main Window. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

Figure 3-2 Diagnostic Groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

Figure 3-3 Board Information Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

Figure 3-4 Save As Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

Figure 3-5 Error Log Window. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

Figure 3-6 Save As Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

Figure 3-7 Preference Window — Test Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

Figure 3-8 Preference Window — Base Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79

Figure 3-9 Preference Window — Video Subsystem. . . . . . . . . . . 80

Figure 3-10 Quick Start Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

Figure 3-11 Digital Media Board Set Tests . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84

Figure 3-12 Cabling for the Pixel Test . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90

Figure 3-13 Cabling for the Capture and Playback Test . . . . . . . . . 90

Figure 3-14 Cabling for the Interaction Component Video Test . . 91

Figure 3-15 Cabling for the Interaction Composite Video Test . . . 92

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Figure 3-16 Cabling for the Interaction SDI Video Test . . . . . . . . . 93

Figure 3-17 Cabling for the S-Video Interaction Video Test. . . . . . 94

Figure 3-18 StorEx Main Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96

Figure 3-19 Toolbar. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98

Figure 3-20 Testing Display. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98

Figure 3-21 Preference Window — Tests Tab. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100

Figure 3-22 Preference Window — Options Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102

Figure 4-1 Meridien I/O Board Identification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107

Figure 4-2 Eight-Channel Audio Interface Board Connectors . . 108

Figure 4-3 Two-Channel Audio I/O Board Connectors . . . . . . . 109

Figure 4-4 Video I/O Board Connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111

Figure 4-5 Meridien I/O Box Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113

Figure 4-6 Connecting the Client Monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115

Figure 4-7 Eight-Channel Synchronization Cabling . . . . . . . . . . 118

Figure 4-8 Black Burst Generator Power Cabling . . . . . . . . . . . . 119

Figure 4-9 Connecting the Black Burst Generator . . . . . . . . . . . . 121

Figure 4-10 Video Deck Control Cabling. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122

Figure 4-11 Audio Splitter Rear View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124

Figure 4-12 Connecting the Audio Splitter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125

Figure 4-13 Connecting a Video Deck — Component Signal. . . . 127

Figure 4-14 Connecting Two Video Decks — Component

Signal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130

Figure 4-15 Connecting a Video Deck — Composite Signal . . . . 132

Figure 4-16 Connecting Two Video Decks — Composite

Signal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134

Figure 4-17 Connecting a Video Deck — Digital Signal . . . . . . . . 136

Figure 4-18 Connecting Two Video Decks — Digital Signal . . . . 138

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Figure 4-19 Connecting a Video Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139

Figure 5-1 MIDI Port Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141

Figure 5-2 JL Cooper MCS-3000X Fader Controller Rear View . 142

Figure 5-3 Connecting the JL Cooper Fader Controllers. . . . . . . 143

Figure 5-4 Yamaha 01V Mixer Rear View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144

Figure 5-5 Connecting the JL Cooper Jog/Shuttle Wheel. . . . . . 145

Figure 5-6 Connecting a VTR Emulator. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147

Figure 6-1 VLXi Single-Deck Control Cabling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150

Figure 6-2 VLXi Parallel Deck Control Cabling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152

Figure 6-3 VLXi Dual-Deck Control Cabling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154

Figure 6-4 Multiple VLXi Configuration Control Cabling . . . . . 157

Figure B-1 Removing the Side Cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182

Figure B-2 Fan in the System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183

Figure B-3 Fan Tab Location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184

Figure B-4 Extending the Fan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185

Figure B-5 Connecting the Fan Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185

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Tables

Table 1-1 Peripheral Board Location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Table 4-1 Eight-Channel Audio Interface Board Identifiers . . . 109

Table 4-2 Two-Channel Audio I/O Board Identifiers . . . . . . . . 110

Table 4-3 Video I/O Board Identifiers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111

Table 4-4 Meridien I/O Box Indicator Functions . . . . . . . . . . . 114

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Using This Guide

Congratulations on your purchase of an Avid® Media Composer®,
Film Composer®, or Avid Xpress® system. You can use your system to
create broadcast-quality output incorporating every possible
production element from full-speed, high-resolution footage to
multimedia artwork and animation to titling and computer-generated
effects.

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Your system might not contain all of the hardware that is described in your
documentation. Our documents describe all hardware regardless of which
model you purchased.

Who Should Use This Guide

This guide is designed for anyone who is installing a system for the
first time, for anyone who might be moving a system, and for anyone
who might be attempting to solve problems that can arise with the
system hardware. This guide is not designed for someone who is
installing board sets in the system.

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About This Guide

The information provided in this guide will help you to understand
the components that are part of a system, connect the components for
proper system functionality, configure and test the system after
installation, and troubleshoot basic problems that can arise during
daily operation.

The Contents that precedes this section lists the topics included in the
guide. They are presented with the following overall structure:

• Chapter 1, “Hardware Overview” helps you to understand the
basic and optional components that make up your system.

• Chapter 2, “Setting Up the System Hardware” helps you to
complete the installation of the components that come with your
system.

• Chapter 3, “Testing the Hardware” provides the basic system
configuration information and the tests that you should perform
before trying to run the Avid software.

• Chapter 4, “Connecting Audio and Video Equipment” explains
synchronization of audio and video equipment and how you
connect audio and video equipment to the system.

• Chapter 5, "Connecting Serial and MIDI Port Devices" explains
how you connect serial and MIDI port devices.

• Chapter 6, “Controlling Multiple Video Decks” provides
information that allows you to connect multiple video decks to
your system using VLXi® systems.

• Chapter 7, “Troubleshooting” provides basic problem-solving
information to help you determine why one or more components
is not functioning as expected.

• Appendix A, “Disk Subsystem Management” provides
explanations of how you partition a disk in a Windows NT®
operating system.

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• Appendix B, “Removing and Installing the Fan” explains how to
remove and install the Avid fan.

• Appendix C, “Regulatory Information” provides regulatory and
safety notices for the system.

•An index at the end of this guide helps you locate the information
you need.

Symbols and Conventions

The Avid hardware documentation uses the following special symbols
and conventions:

1. Numbered lists, when the order of the items is important.

a. Alphabetical lists, when the order of secondary items is

important.

• Bulleted lists, when the order of the items is unimportant.

- Indented dashed lists, when the order of secondary items is

unimportant.

Look here in the margin
for tips.

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c

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Courier Bold font identifies text that you type.

In the margin, you will find tips that help you perform tasks more
easily and efficiently.

A note provides important related information, reminders, recommendations,
and strong suggestions.

A caution means that a specific action you take could cause harm to
your computer or cause you to lose data.

A warning describes an action that could cause you physical harm.
Follow the guidelines in this guide or on the unit itself when
handling electrical equipment.

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If You Need Help

If you are having trouble using the system, you should:

1. Retry the action, carefully following the instructions given for that
task in this guide.

2. Check the documentation that came with your hardware for
maintenance or hardware-related issues.

3. Check the Customer Service and News + Publications sections of
the Avid Web site at www.avid.com for the latest FAQs, Tips &
Techniques, Film + Television Update, and other Avid online
offerings.

The Customer Service Knowledge Center provides support
information and documentation for Avid products. To access the
Knowledge Center:

a. Go to www.avid.com.

b. Click Customer Service.

c. Click Knowledge Center.

d. Log in.

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If you are not already a registered user of the Knowledge Center, register now.
Registered users can access more information.

For the latest versions of the Avid Products Collaboration Guide and
the drive striping tables, click the Documentation tab.

4. For customer support, contact your local Avid Reseller, or contact
Avid Customer Support directly at 800-800-AVID (2843).

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Related Information

The following documents provide more information about the
hardware and software for your system:

• Avid Composer Products Site Preparation Guide (online version)

• Avid iS MediaDrive Setup and User’s Guide

• Avid MediaDrive rS Setup and User’s Guide

• Avid MediaDock LVD Setup and User’s Guide

• The appropriate Avid Composer products release notes

• Avid Products Collaboration Guide

This guide provides step-by-step instructions for transferring
project files, audio files, and graphics and effects files between
various Avid products.

For the most recent version of this guide, see the Documentation
section of the Avid Customer Service Knowledge Center. The
previous section, “If You Need Help”, explains how to access the

Knowledge Center.

If You Have Documentation Comments

Avid Technology continuously seeks to improve its documentation.
We value your comments about this guide, the Help, the Online
Publications CD-ROM, and other Avid-supplied documentation.

Simply e-mail your documentation comments to Avid Technology at

[e-mail]

Please include the title of the document, its part number, revision, and
the specific section you are commenting on in all correspondence.

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How to Order Documentation

To order additional copies of this documentation from within the
United States, call Avid Telesales at 800-949-AVID (2843). If you are
placing an order from outside the United States, contact your local
Avid representative.

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CHAPTER 1

Hardware Overview

Avid systems allow you to edit video and audio projects digitally, and
to digitize the video and audio in compressed format.

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Your system might not contain all of the hardware that is described in your
documentation. Our documents describe all hardware regardless of which
model you purchased.

This chapter contains the following sections:

• Avid System Components

• Peripheral Boards

• Audio and Video Equipment

• Storage

• A Typical Avid System Layout

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Avid System Components

Your Avid system is based on two major pieces of equipment that
connect using a twisted-pair cable:

• An Avid supported personal computer (PC) system that executes
the software, contains the digital portion of the Avid Meridien™
III video subsystem (needed to display all graphic features and to
perform edits and 3D effects), and performs disk I/O.

• A Meridien I/O box that contains the analog portion of the Avid
Meridien video subsystem that:

- Digitizes video and audio prior to sending it to the PC in

digital form.

- Changes the digital signal from the PC to analog for output to

the video and audio devices.

- Reformats certain digital signals it receives to and from Avid

format for transfer to and from the PC.

The Platform

All Avid Composer systems and some Avid Xpress systems use an

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IntelliStation® Z Pro Type 6866 system (IBM 6866 system) that

IBM

contains seven slots, but only six of the slots are available PCI slots (see

Figure 1-1). There is support for MIDI on the IBM 6866 system board.

The Avid Xpress system can also be purchased on an IBM M Pro
system that contains six slots, but only four of the slots are available
PCI slots. There is no support for MIDI on the system board. If you
need MIDI support on an M Pro system, you need to purchase an
optional PCI audio card.

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The minimum amount of memory required for any Avid Composer
system is 384 MB, while the Avid Xpress system requires only 256 MB.

Removing memory is explained in the user’s guide that ships with
each system.

IBM 6866 System

External
SCSI connection

AGP slot
(unused)

SCSI board
as external
connector

MIDI connection

IBM M Pro System

Figure 1-1 Rear View of Systems

The AGP board must be removed from both systems before the Avid
boards are installed. The AGP slot cannot be used by any Avid boards.

One of the main differences between the IBM 6866 system and the
M Pro system is the type of SCSI connections. The IBM 6866 system
has a SCSI connection at the rear of the system that comes from a
dual-channel Ultra3 LVD controller on the system board.

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The M Pro system has no SCSI controller on the system board and uses
a SCSI 2940U2B single-channel LVD PCI board to support the system
drive. The SCSI board also provides an external SCSI connection to the
rear of the system. You can also connect additional internal drives to
this SCSI board.

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See “Storage” on page 30 for general information concerning storage.

Monitors

Avid systems support the following three monitors:

• The 21-inch Bin monitor displays the Windows NT operating
system desktop.

• The 21-inch Edit monitor displays the Avid software editing
environment.

• The third monitor (Client monitor) displays full-screen video
playback and can be either an NTSC monitor or a PAL monitor.
This monitor is optional.

Avid systems also support monitors of other sizes. You can use most
17-inch multisync monitors in place of the 21-inch monitors, but both
the Bin and Edit monitors must be the same size and model.

Keyboard and Mouse

Although an Avid keyboard and a two-button mouse ship with many
systems, this can change at any time. The Avid keyboard contains
Avid specific keycaps that show defined keys for use with the Avid
software.

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Peripheral Boards

The system uses additional peripheral boards to support video, audio,
compression, effects, and improved data transfer to the hard drives.
The boards are located in the internal PCI slots of the personal
computer or in the Meridien I/O box (an Avid designed standalone
box). Ta bl e 1 -1 lists the board type and location.

Table 1-1 Peripheral Board Location

Board Type Location

Meridien display controller board PCI slot

Meridien III digital media board set PCI slot

Meridien 3D effects board PCI slot

Fibre Channel (F/C) controller board for
standalone F/C (optional)

SCSI UL3D/160 dual-channel LVD board (UL3D)
is optional for all Avid systems

SCSI 2940U2B single-channel LVD board
ships with Avid Xpress on M Pro systems

Meridien video I/O board Meridien I/O box

Meridien eight-channel audio interface board Meridien I/O box

Meridien two-channel audio I/O board Meridien I/O box

Meridien serial digital I/O board (attached to the video I/O board) Meridien I/O box

a. The 2940 is an Ultra2 LVD board used for the internal system drive. It also allows you to

connect LVD drives to an external 68-pin D-type connector. When Ultra3 drives are
attached to this board, they are only capable of Ultra2 speeds.

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(2940)

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PCI slot

PCI slot

PCI slot

PCI Boards

The following sections explain the functions of each peripheral board
located in an internal PCI slot. Removal of PCI boards is explained in
the user guide that ships with the system.

Meridien Display Controller Board

The system uses the Meridien display controller board (display
controller board) to support the Bin and Edit monitor using one PCI
board. These monitors are supplied with the system.

Meridien III Digital Media Board Set

The Meridien III digital media board set is a PCI board and a daughter
card that provides a PCI interface to the system, deep defocus,
compression and decompression functions, color correction circuitry,
and the use of 24p controlled by the dongle. The board set also
interfaces the 3D board set if present, and acts as an interface to the
Meridien I/O box.

Meridien 3D Effects Board

The 3D effects board provides 3D video effects to enhance video
production. The board uses one PCI slot.

F/C Controller Board

This optional F/C board allows the system to mount the F/C drives,
and access the media and other data stored on the drives in the F/C
enclosure.

SCSI UL3D/160 Dual-Channel LVD Board

The optional SCSI UL3D/160 dual-channel LVD board (UL3D) is used
with all Avid rS MediaDrives and the Avid MediaDock™ LVD storage

system.

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SCSI 2940U2B Single-Channel LVD Board

The SCSI 2940U2B single-channel LVD board (2940) ships with each
IBM M Pro system and is used with all Avid rS MediaDrives and the
Avid MediaDock LVD storage system at Ultra2 speeds.

Since the IBM M Pro system does not have a SCSI controller on the
system board, this board is used for the internal system drive (using
SCSI ID 0) and allows you to connect drives to its external 68-pin
D-type connector.

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channels. If you need to stripe across two channels, you can purchase the
optional UL3D board and use it in the same system as the 2940.

The Meridien I/O Box

The system uses the peripheral boards in the Meridien I/O box to
support video and audio. The following sections explain the functions
of each peripheral board located in a Meridien I/O box.

Since the 2940 is a single-channel board, you cannot stripe across two

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Figure 1-2 shows a two-channel audio I/O board. An eight-channel audio

interface board is available that connects to an eight-channel audio I/O device.

AUDIO IN

COMPONENT

COMPOSITE

MIC CHAN 1

IN

ININ

Y

IN

REF

R-Y B-Y

COMPOSITE

S-VIDEO

CHAN 2

Two-channel audio I/O board

CHAN 2

OUT 1 OUT 2 OUT 3IN

DIGITAL VIDEO

SYSTEM

IN / OUT

AES / EBU

IN

OUT

SLAVE CLOCK

OUT

S / PDIF

IN

OUT

LTC

IN

OUT

AUDIO OUT

-10

GAIN 1

GAIN 2

+4

CHAN 1

OUT

B-Y

Y

R-Y

OUT

OUT 1

S-VIDEO

OUT 3

OUT 2

Video I/O board

Serial digital I/O board

Figure 1-2 Meridien I/O Box Rear View

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Meridien Video I/O Board

Each system uses a video I/O board (see Figure 1-2). The video I/O
board has the following features:

• Provides a parallel digital interface between the digital media
board and the analog I/O.

• Digitizes one channel of composite, component (Y, R-Y, B-Y), or
S-Video.

• Converts digital output from the digital media board to an analog
output signal for composite (three outputs), component, and
S-Video.

• Acts as a baseboard for the serial digital I/O (SDI) board.

• Provides a genlock capability to allow the video to be locked to an
external source such as house sync or to a black burst generator
(BBGen).

• Provides an audio slave clock to lock incoming audio to incoming
video.

Meridien Eight-Channel Audio Interface Board

An eight-channel audio interface board that links the system to a
separate eight-channel audio I/O device (Digidesign® 888 I/O™).
The audio I/O device provides connections for up to eight channels of
digital audio or eight channels of analog audio.

Meridien Two-Channel Audio I/O Board

A two-channel audio I/O board (see Figure 1-2) provides connections
for two channels of digital audio, two channels of analog audio, and a
microphone input. This is a standalone board.

Meridien Serial Digital I/O Board

The SDI board (see Figure 1-2) provides physical inputs and outputs
between the video I/O board and a serial digital device.

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Audio and Video Equipment

The system supports add-on hardware for advanced audio and video
input and output capabilities. The system that you purchase
determines whether the hardware is standard with your system or can
be added as an option.

Audio I/O Device

The system supports eight channels of audio by using an
eight-channel audio I/O device. The device allows you to connect up
to eight channels of professional-quality audio equipment, such as
mixers and audio outputs from high-end video decks.

VLXi Multideck Controller

Avid systems support a VLXi multideck controller. It allows you to
connect several video decks to a system and use the software to
control deck operations.

Black Burst Generator

A black burst generator creates a common reference signal that is used
by many of the components external to the system to synchronize
audio and video signals when using multiple video decks.

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Storage

There are two types of storage available in your Avid system:

• Internal storage

• External storage

This section discusses both types of storage and the storage differences
between the IBM 6866 system and the M Pro system.

Supported Internal Storage

Although internal storage options are available in both the IBM 6866
system and the M Pro system, there are major differences between the
number and type of internal options available in these systems. As a
user, you must understand the capabilities and limitations of each
system before you add storage devices.

Figures shown in this section show drive bay locations for both
systems, but you should always refer to the manufacturer’s user guide
that shipped with your computer for more detailed locations and
connections.

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IBM 6866 Systems

Avid recommends that you have a certified Avid Reseller install any internal
drives in either the IBM 6866 or M Pro systems.

The IBM 6866 system contains internal drives and drive bays
controlled by internal drive controllers.

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