Pinnacle Systems Motion Graphics - 2.6 User Manual

Avid® Motion Graphics

Setup and Configuration Guide

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Avid Motion Graphics Setup and Configuration Guide v2.6 • 9329-65243-00 Rev C • January 2014 • 1/21/14

If You Need Help. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Accessing the Online Documentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Chapter 1 Avid Motion Graphics Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Product Suite. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Unpacking a New System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Opening the Shipping Container . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Verifying Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Inspecting Components for Damage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Avid Motion Graphics Hardware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Avid Motion Graphics Server Front . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Server Controls and LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Drive Array and Slot Locations (Single Channel Servers) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Drive Array and Slot Locations (Dual Channel Servers) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

RAID Behavior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Avid Motion Graphics Server Rear Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Expansion Slots . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

System Drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Power Supplies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

USB Ports. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

USB Devices and License Activation ID. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Checklist: Pre-Installation Preparations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Chapter 2 Rack Mounting and Cabling Your Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Installing the AMG Server in a Rack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Rack-mount Requirements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Positioning the Server in the Rack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Separating the Slide Rails . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Attaching Inner Slide Rails to the Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Attaching the Outer Rails to a Square-Hole Rack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Attaching the Outer Rails to a Round-Hole Rack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Securing the Server in a Rack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Installing the RAID Drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Installing the Breakout Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Cabling Avid Motion Graphics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Video Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Video Formats AMG 2.x Servers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Video Formats AMG 1.x Servers and DekoPlayer Formats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Connecting Video Cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Connecting the KVM Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

COM Port Pinouts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Connecting VGA Cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Serial Input and Output Connections. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

Connecting the Serial Cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

Setting Serial Protocol. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

Connecting to Ethernet Port 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

Connecting a Keyboard, Monitor, and Mouse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

Connecting Power Cords to the AMG Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

Powering on Avid Motion Graphics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

Network and Operating System Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

Server Log On . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

Specifying a Unique Computer Name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

Configuring Date and Time Parameters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

Install the LSI MegaRAID Storage Manager Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

Disabling Ethernet Ports. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

Network Protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

Configuring the RAID Drives (For Single Channel Servers only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

Chapter 3 Software Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

Installation Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

Installing Avid Motion Graphics Software and All Dependencies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

Installing Avid Motion Graphics Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

Installing Avid Motion Graphics Plugins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

Chapter 4 Software Licensing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83

What You Need to Activate the Software License . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84

License Activation Using an Internet Connection. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85

License Activation Without an Internet Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87

Deactivating the License . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

Chapter 5 Video Setup and Preferences. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91

Video Setup. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92

Shaped and Unshaped Keying. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94

Preferences. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95

Configuring Viewports Preferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95

Configuring Text Preferences. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96

Configuring Path Preferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97

Configuring Desktop Shortcut Preferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100

Configuring Miscellaneous Preferences. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101

Configuring the Reduced Renderer Preferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102

Chapter 6 Installing and Configuring Avid Motion Graphics Journalist . . . . . . . . . . 104

What You Need to Activate the Software License . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105

Setting Up the Avid Motion Graphics Journalist Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106

Avid Motion Graphics Journalist Server Installation Tasks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107

Installing Avid Motion Graphics Journalist Server Software. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107

Licensing AMG NRCS Clients and AMG Clips. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115

Configuring the Avid Motion Graphics Journalist Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117

Starting the AMG Journalist Server Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120

Installing AMG Journalist Client Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120

Setting Up the AMG Preview Renderer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121

Installing the AMG Preview Renderer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121

Licensing the AMG News Preview Renderer and AMG Clips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123

Starting the Avid Motion Graphics Preview Renderers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127

Creating Project Shortcuts on the AMG Preview Renderer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127

Setting Up the AMG Advanced Device Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128

Installing the AMG Advanced Device Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128

Licensing the AMG Advanced Device Manager. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129

Configuring the AMG Advanced Device Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130

Installing the Avid Service Framework . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133

Setting Up the AMG Device Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137

Installing Avid Motion Graphics Device Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137

Configuring the AMG Device Service. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141

Confirming Functionality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142

Starting the Avid Motion Graphics Journalist Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143

Starting Avid Motion Graphics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143

Starting the Avid Motion Graphics Preview Renderers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144

Testing the AMG Journalist Client . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144

Testing Command Inventory, Playout, and Editing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145

Example of AMGConf.ini File for iNEWS Command. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146

Chapter 7 Installing and Configuring Avid Motion Graphics News Control . . . . . . . 150

AMG News Control Installation Tasks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151

Installing AMG Journalist Server Software. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152

Configuring the AMG Journalist Server with AMG News Control. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152

Licensing AMG News Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154

Understanding the X: Drive Network Share . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155

Installing Avid Motion Graphics Journalist Client . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155

Installing the AMG Preview Renderer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156

Creating a Project Shortcut . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158

Configuring Avid MOS Gateway, AMG News Control and iNEWS . . . . . . . . . . . . 159

Configuring ENPS to Host the AMG Journalist Client . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160

Confirming Avid Motion Graphics Journalist Functionality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161

Example of AMGConf.ini File for AMG News Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162

Chapter 8 Upgrading Your AMG Server Hardware to Dual Channel . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167

Avid Motion Graphics Server Board Slots. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168

Electrostatic Discharge Precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168

Upgrade Checklist. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169

Materials Checklist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170

Removing and Installing the System Cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170

Installing the Additional VGA and Video I/O Boards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172

Inserting Additional Media Drives in Your AMG Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176

Turning on Your Avid Motion Graphics Server. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177

(Optional) Upgrading the AMG Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178

(Optional) Upgrading AJA and NVidia Driver Configuration Settings. . . . . . . . . . . 178

Re-RAIDing Media Drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178

Chapter 9 Adding and Replacing Hardware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189

Electrostatic Discharge Precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189

Removing and Replacing Data Drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189

Removing a Drive. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190

Replacing a Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190

Replacing the Avid Motion Graphics Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191

Replacing System Drives in the Server. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194

Replacing System Drives in the Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195

Installing GPI Functionality in Your AMG Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197

Materials Checklist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198

GPI Card Installation Checklist. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198

Removing and Installing the System Cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199

Installing the GPI Card on Your AMG Server. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201

Installing and Configuring the AMG GPI Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205

Setting Up AMG GPI Service in AMG Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207

Chapter 10 Product Recovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209

Reinstalling the Windows Operating System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210

Chapter 11 Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212

Dimensions and Weight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213

Environment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213

Electrical . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213

Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213

Supported Cabling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214

Appendix A Safety and Regulatory Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215

Warnings and Cautions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216

FCC Notice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216

Class A Equipment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216

Modifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216

Cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217

Canadian Notice (Avis Canadien) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217

Class A Equipment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217

European Union Declaration of Conformity. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217

Disposal of Waste Equipment by Users in the European Union. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219

Argentina Conformity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219

Australia and New Zealand EMC Regulations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219

Japan EMC Regulations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220

Class A Equipment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220

Korean EMC Regulations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220

Class A Equipment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220

If You Need Help

Using This Guide

Congratulations on your purchase of the Avid Motion Graphics Server. This server is the foundation for reliable, high-productivity media production. It is designed for media facilities and broadcasters using the industry's most proven real-time storage software technology, delivering stable operation, high performance media access, and class-leading value. From character generation to full 3D animations, customers can create stunning imagery with a complete next-generation creative toolset, featuring an advanced 2D/3D real-time rendering engine accelerated by the latest GPU technology.

This guide contains all the task-oriented instructions, conceptual information, and reference material you need to setup and configure your new server. It is intended for use by those responsible for setup and configuration of the Avid Motion Graphics Server in your facility.

Unless noted otherwise, the material in this document applies to the Windows 7 operating system.The screen shots in this document were captured on a Windows 7 system.

This document describes all the features available for the Avid Motion Graphics Server.

Depending on your particular configuration, your system might not contain certain features that are covered in this documentation.

If You Need Help

If you are having trouble using your Avid product:

1. Retry the action, carefully following the instructions given for that task in this guide. It is especially important to check each step of your workflow.

2. Check the latest information that might have become available after the documentation was published.

New information would be found in the ReadMe file available online.

You should always check online for the most up-to-date release notes or ReadMe because the online version is updated whenever new information becomes available. To

view the online versions, visit the Knowledge Base at www.avid.com/US/support.

3. Check the documentation that came with your Avid application or your hardware for maintenance or hardware-related issues.

4. Visit the online Knowledge Base at www.avid.com/US/support. Online services are available 24 hours per day, 7 days per week. Search this online Knowledge Base to find answers, to view error messages, to access troubleshooting tips, to download updates, and to read or join online message-board discussions.

Accessing the Online Documentation

The Avid Motion Graphics online documentation contains all the product documentation in PDF format. You can access the documentation in the Avid Motion Graphics Documentation folder on the Avid Motion Graphics installer device.

You need to download and install Acrobat Reader on your Avid Motion Graphics Server before

you can access the PDF documentation.

To access the online documentation from the installer device:

1. Insert your Avid Motion Graphics USB flash drive (UFD) with the Avid Motion Graphics software into the USB port.

2. Navigate to the Avid Motion Graphics Documentation folder, and double-click the PDF file for the document you want to view.

1 Avid Motion Graphics Overview

Avid Motion Graphics solutions integrate industry-leading broadcast graphics systems and live production servers with both the newsroom and broadcast production. The result is facility-wide access to branded visual templates and elements—from traffic to the promotions department to the journalists—and a more consistent and competitive channel identity in all news, sports and entertainment programming.

Depending on your configuration, your Avid Motion Graphics Server might not contain certain features and hardware that are covered in this document. Information that applies to a specific model is specified as such. This document is intended for use during initial setup and installation and may also be useful for system maintenance or troubleshooting.

The following main topics are described in this chapter:

• Product Suite

• Unpacking a New System

• Avid Motion Graphics Hardware

• Avid Motion Graphics Server Front

• Avid Motion Graphics Server Rear Panel

• Checklist: Pre-Installation Preparations

Product Suite

The Avid Motion Graphics platform is built on a powerful rendering engine that lets everyone involved in graphics development make the most of their media. The product suite provides a foundation for a variety of applications, including news, sports, live events, post production, and channel branding. In addition, Avid Motion Graphics has a variety of tools and plug-ins that extend it’s capabilities. The following table describes the different Avid Motion Graphics applications.

Application Description

Avid Motion Graphics Avid Motion Graphics is one of three Avid Motion Graphics

Avid Motion Graphics Production Avid Motion Graphics Production is one of three Avid Motion

Product Suite

design applications. It is geared towards the high-end broadcast graphics designer who needs to produce differentiated broadcast graphics with the highest production value. This application has a state-of-the-art feature set allowing for advanced, real-time 2D/3D graphics creation and playout, integrations with common workflows and infrastructure, turn-key or distributed hardware and control architecture. It also has support for Deko graphics.

Graphics design applications. It is for broadcast graphics designers who need a cost-effective, easy to use, graphics solution with a w/ 2D/3D production capabilities. This application allows simplified real-time 2D/3D creation, and playout with basic effects, turn-key or distributed hardware and control architecture, and including support for Deko graphics.

Avid Motion Graphics Creation Avid Motion Graphics Creation is one of three Avid Motion

Graphics design applications. It is for graphics departments where graphics designers need separate graphics creation for later playout. They can import and edit third-party graphics objects using the full Avid Motion Graphics feature set for creation in a software only package, which can be installed on a laptop with a powerful graphics card and plenty of memory. This application includes the Clips and Stereoscopic options and has support for Deko graphics.

Avid License Control Must be installed on any computer with a licensed component.

For instance, the servers pass licenses to Journalist clients and News Control Clients.

Installed on the Avid Motion Graphics computer, Avid Motion Graphics Journalist Server, Avid Motion Graphics Preview Renderer, and any Computers running 3DS, Photoshop, MAP or Avid Motion Graphics Control.

Product Suite

Application Description (Continued)

AMG Advanced Device Manager Used for the iNEWS Command workflow or Automation and is

installed on the Avid Motion Graphics Server.

Avid Motion Graphics Control Avid Motion Graphics Control is for non-newsroom graphics and

control room operators. For those who need to control sequenced or non-sequenced graphics, and need the ability to adjust graphics on-the-fly. This application provides full graphics control for playout flexibility. It is installed with Avid Motion Graphics or on a separate 3rd party system.

Avid Motion Graphics Font Package Allows use of graphics previously created in Deko and users can

create new graphics using fonts from this package in Avid Motion Graphics too.Installed on the Avid Motion Graphics Server.

AMG Transcode AMG Transcode is an application that allows you to convert from

multiple types of clips into a known usable format, which allows playback in real-time and has aligned audio.

Deko Translator The DekoTranslator is an application that allows you to utilize

your existing Deko Graphics assets and convert them into native AMG Compositions. DekoTranslator is a standalone application not requiring AMG or Deko to be installed to work correctly. However, to confirm that the all the assets required to process the Deko Graphics are available, you need some version of the Deko application. It is recommended that you use a single computer that has a version of both Deko and AMG installed.

Deko Chart Designer Allows use of Deko graphics previously created with Deko Chart

Designer. Installed on the computer running Avid Motion Graphics with Deko Player or Deko Translator.

Deko Player Deko Player is a component of Avid Motion Graphics that allows

you to easily play your existing Deko graphics to air.

Avid Motion Graphics Journalist Avid Motion Graphics Journalist is for the journalists who need

template graphics for easy fulfillment of data.This application allows for use of the NRCS Integrated MOS plug-in along with flexibility in determining the level of functionality that journalists are exposed to for fulfillment of graphics data and adjustment of templates. Avid Motion Graphics News Control is also part of this installer.

Unpacking a New System

Application Description (Continued)

Avid Motion Graphics News Control Avid Motion Graphics News Control is designed for the news

graphics operators who need graphics rundown automation with manual control. This application allows for automated graphics playout connected to the NRCS rundown, on-the-fly graphics adjustment, and third-party production automation integration. This application is part of the Avid Motion Graphics Journalist installer.

Avid Motion Graphics Operations Control

Avid Motion Graphics Operations Control provides a central mechanism for users to manage, diagnose and monitor all configured AMG render engines from a single interface.

Unpacking a New System

When you first receive a new Avid Motion Graphics system, it is important to carefully unpack and verify the condition of the components received.

The following main topics describe:

• Opening the Shipping Container

• Verifying Components

• Inspecting Components for Damage

Opening the Shipping Container

Before unpacking your new system, make sure the location is free of clutter and dust. Also, make sure you have a power source and a VGA monitor nearby.

When opening and unpacking the box, follow the diagram on the side of the cardboard shipping container. The diagram shows how the foam and inner cartons and boxes were packaged.

This information is helpful in the event that Customs officials need to unpack the system to

inspect the serial number of the unit, or if you need to return the unit to Avid.

To unpack a new system:

1. Remove all of the boxes, including the rack rails and lay them out so you can verify that you have received all of the components that should have been shipped

2. After all of the boxes and components are unpacked, visually inspect the enclosure to make sure it is free of any scratches, dents or other types of visible damage.

3. Ensure there are straight connectors on the back, and that the power-supply securing screws are not bent.

4. Verify that you have received all of the components particular to your order.You should get between 3-5 boxes for each unit.

Keep the shipping boxes that come with your Avid Motion Graphics hardware in case you should

ever need to repackage and ship the components in the future. If you are unpacking multiple systems, ensure that you keep the box of media drives with the original AMG system. Mixing the drives between AMG servers causes RAID import problems. This could result in needing to rebuild the raid configuration, which is a lengthy (8 hour) process.

Verifying Components

After unpacking everything, verify that you have all of the items or components that are listed on the packing slip. Each item is marked with a part number appears as a line item on the packing slip. If you are missing any of the items listed on your packing slip, contact Avid before proceeding.

Inspecting Components for Damage

After verifying that all of your components have been received, you must also ensure that they are not damaged.

Unpacking a New System

To inspect components for damage:

1. Visually inspect all of the hardware components to ensure none of them were damaged during shipping.

2. If you received a hardware component that was damaged, contact Avid Customer Support or your Avid sales representative before proceeding.

Avid Motion Graphics Hardware

The Avid Motion Graphics Server uses industry standard components to deliver high capacity, high performance collaborative media solutions. A single Avid Motion Graphics enclosure is comprised of five 1 TB media storage drives, two mirrored system drives, RAID controller, Gigabit Ethernet, plus redundant power and fans.

Avid Motion Graphics Server assures media protection and availability using the following:

• Mirrored system drives are used for system operation.

• Media drive replacement without interrupting the operation of the Avid Motion Graphics Server.

• Data drives configured into one RAID 5 group.

If any of the RAID drives fail, the failed drive can be removed and replaced with a new drive

without interrupting the operation of the Avid Motion Graphics Server.

The Avid Motion Graphics Server uses the Windows® 7 Ultimate operating system. The Windows Product Key Certificate of Authenticity is attached to the top cover of the Avid Motion Graphics Server enclosure, as shown in the following illustration. You only need this product key in the event that you need to reinstall the operating system.

Avid Motion Graphics Hardware

Avid Motion Graphics Server Front

The Avid Motion Graphics Server comes with an Avid bezel that covers the front of the enclosure. This bezel can be locked to prevent unauthorized personnel from accessing the buttons and data drives. Two keys are required to unlock and remove the bezel from the server. The keys are used at the same time in the lock on each side of the bezel. A total of three interchangeable keys are shipped with the server and are found wrapped with the bezel in the box.

Avid Motion Graphics Server Front

The following is an illustration of the Avid Motion Graphics Server enclosure with the front bezel installed.

The front of the single-channel Avid Motion Graphics Server provides access to 5 data drives (dual-channel AMG servers have 10 data drives), a USB port, network port activity LEDs, an error LED, and the Power and Reset buttons. The following is an illustration with the front bezel removed and the data drives installed. The data drives are shipped separately and must be installed in the server. For more information, see, “Installing the RAID Drives” on page 43. In the following illustration, the drives are numbered showing the locations where the data drives are installed. Single channel AMG servers only contain five drives (shown in the illustration as drives 12-16). Dual channel AMG servers contain a total of 10 drives (shown in the illustration as drives 7-16).

The actual drives are not numbered.

Avid Motion Graphics Server Front

Each of the data drives have a blue and red LED on the bottom front of the drive. The left LED (blue) is on when a drive has power and flashes when the drive is in use.

The following table describes the parts of the data drive.

Item Number Description

1 Drive Carrier Latch

2Drive Lock

3 Fault LED (Red)

4 LED (Blue) Power/Activity

The right Fault LED (red) is lit when an error is detected with the drive and the drive needs to be replaced, or when the drive is initializing. Details on the data drive LED indicators are in the following table.

Data Drive LED Functions

Drive State Blue LED Red LED Comments

Online Inactive On solid Off Healthy online drive,

no disk I/O

On-line Active Activity Off Healthy online drive,

with disk I/O

Online Disk in a Degraded Set

Spare Rebuilding Activity Slow flashing Rebuild automatically occurs on drive

Data Rebuilding Activity Fast flashing Rebuild automatically occurs on drive

Consistency Check Activity Off No user intervention required

On solid/ Activity

Fast flashing Nothing needs to be done to these online

drives, but failed drive should be replaced

failure when new drive is installed

Avid Motion Graphics Server Front

Data Drive LED Functions (Continued)

Drive State Blue LED Red LED Comments

Initializing Activity Off Happens on initial array creation

Failed Data Disk On solid On solid Disk performance degraded, should

replace disk

Unused Disk On solid Off No user intervention required

Non-Branded On solid Slow flashing Unapproved disk attempting to be added,

should replace disk

Server Controls and LEDs

The server has 8 LEDs on the top of the front panel, under the bezel, organized into two rows, each row with four LEDs. The first 3 columns of LEDs (6 LEDs) represent activity on each of the six network ports. The top right LED represents system hardware errors. The bottom right LED represents system drive activity. The following illustration shows the front server controls and LEDs.

The following table describes the control panel shown in the previous illustration.

item Number Control Description

Avid Motion Graphics Server Front

1 Universal serial bus (USB)

port

USB 2.0 device port on the front of the system supports one USB device. Recommended for use when re-imaging the system drives or loading software. There are four more USB ports located on the back of the server. Two of them are located on the server itself and can be used for a USB Keyboard and Mouse. There are also two located on the USB/PS2 expansion card.

2 Halt button This button is not implemented in the current release of this product.

3 System reset button Performs a soft reset when pressed. Do not use this button unless the

system has had a fatal error and you need to restart. A soft reset restarts the system; it clears all active program memory (you lose unsaved work) and shuts down all active programs.

4 Six green network activity

LEDs

Illuminates green when a good network connection is established and blinks when there is network activity on the six built-in 1-GB network ports. The number beside the LED corresponds with the number beside the network port on the rear of the enclosure.

5 Red System error LED Illuminates red when an error is detected with the system (fan, power

supply, temperature, voltage).

6 System Drive activity LED Indicates drive activity from the onboard SATA controller and blinks

when either of the system drives is being accessed.

7 System ID button When pressed, it illuminates blue and also illuminates an LED on the

rear of the enclosure. The rear LED is also blue and is on the lower left-hand side of the Ethernet ports. It is used to identify a system for servicing when it is installed in a high-density rack/cabinet populated with several other similar systems.

8 Power button Press to power on the enclosure. Power button illuminates green when

the power is on.

9 Control panel located on the front of the server under the bezel.

Avid Motion Graphics Server Front

Drive Array and Slot Locations (Single Channel Servers)

For single channel AMG servers, one RAID 5 group is created in the Avid Motion Graphics Server enclosure using the 5 data drives.

The single channel Avid Motion Graphics Server provides 5 TB of storage. The numbers assigned to the slots and the group numbers are not displayed in the Avid Motion Graphics Server software. These numbers and groups are only displayed in the LSI MegaRAID Storage Manager. For more information about installing drives, see “Installing the RAID Drives” on

page 43.

The LSI MegaRAID Storage Manager is a RAID utility that allows for viewing and management

of disks in your media array. If your Avid Motion Graphics server OS image is later than version 4, it will not have the LSI MegaRAID Storage Manager software pre-installed. Earlier Avid Motion Graphics software versions had this software pre-installed on the server.

Therefore, if your system does not have it installed, you must install the LSI MegaRAID Storage Manager software yourself in order to view and manage the system. For more information on installing the LSI software, see “Install the LSI MegaRAID Storage Manager Software” on

page 61.

For information on using the LSI MegaRAID Storage Manager software to view and manage your media drives, see the relevant topics later in this guide.

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The RAID group 0 is configured with drives 12 - 16.

Drive Array and Slot Locations (Dual Channel Servers)

For dual channel AMG servers, two RAID 5 groups are created in the Avid Motion Graphics Server enclosure using the 10 data drives.

The dual-channel Avid Motion Graphics Server provides 10 TB of storage. The numbers assigned to the slots and the group numbers are not displayed in the Avid Motion Graphics Server software. These numbers and groups are only displayed in the LSI MegaRAID Storage Manager. For more information about installing drives, see “Installing the RAID Drives” on

page 43.

Avid Motion Graphics Server Front

The LSI MegaRAID Storage Manager is a RAID utility that allows for viewing and management

Therefore, if your system does not have it installed, you must you must install the LSI MegaRAID Storage Manager software yourself in order to view and manage the system. For more information on installing the LSI software, see “Install the LSI MegaRAID Storage Manager

Software” on page 61.

For information on using the LSI MegaRAID Storage Manager software to view and manage your media drives, see the relevant topics later in this guide.

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Blank 7 — RAID Group 1 11 — RAID Group 1 15 — RAID Group 0

Blank 8 — RAID Group 1 12 — RAID Group 0 16 — RAID Group 0

For dual channel AMG servers, the RAID groups are as follows:

• The RAID group 0 is configured with drives 12 - 16.

• The RAID group 1 is configured with drives 7 - 11.

RAID Behavior

Once the RAID group has been created, any of the drives in the server can be swapped within the enclosure. The Avid Motion Graphics Server uses the drive IDs to track what drives are members of the RAID group.

Avid Motion Graphics Server Rear Panel

SDI 3

SDI 4

SDI 2

SDI 1

SDI 3

SDI 4

SDI 2

SDI 1

Avid Motion Graphics Server Rear Panel

The rear panel provides access to the power supplies, system drives, 1 gigabit (Gb) Ethernet connectors, RS232 Serial Port, and two USB connectors for the standard or USB keyboard and mouse provided with the server.

If you purchased an AMG keyboard, you can connect it to one of the USB ports.

The AMG Server has two power supply modules that set the voltage automatically for either 100 V or 240 V at 50 to 60 Hz.

• Data drives — The single-channel Avid Motion Graphics Server enclosure has five 1TB, externally accessible, data drives located on the front side of the server. The dual-channel Avid Motion Graphics Server enclosure has ten 1TB, externally accessible, data drives located on the front side of the server.

• System drives — The Avid Motion Graphics Server uses two externally accessible, mirrored system drives for the operating system and application software, located on the back of the server.

The following illustration shows the rear configuration of a dual channel Avid Motion Graphics

Server.

Avid Motion Graphics Server Rear Panel

The following table describes the back of the Avid Motion Graphics Server.

Item Number Description

1 Power Connector

2 Power Connector

3 Mirrored System Drives

4 Intel Pro 1Gb Ethernet Ports

5 USB Ports (Recommended for use with Keyboard and Mouse)

6 Video Port (disabled)

7 Serial Port - RS232

8 Serial Card - RS422

9 VGA Adapter - used for KVM or VGA Monitor

10 Breakout Panel Interconnect

11 HDMI Preview Port - used for Breakout Panel Preview Monitor

12 Video I/O Card Supports Connection to the Output Program Monitor Through the

Breakout box

13 (Dual Channel only) VGA Adapter - not used

14 (Dual Channel only) 2nd Breakout Panel Interconnect

15 (Dual Channel only) HDMI Preview Port used for the 2nd Breakout Panel

Interconnect to the Preview Monitor

16 (Dual Channel only) Video I/O Card Supports Connection to the Output Program

Monitor Through the Breakout box

17 USB Ports

18 PCI Card with PS/2 and USB Ports

Expansion Slots

SDI 3

SDI 4

SDI 2

SDI 1

SDI 3

SDI 4

SDI 2

SDI 1

Single Channel Server Expansion Slots

Dual Channel Server Expansion Slots

SDI 3

SDI 4

SDI 2

SDI 1

There are six expansion slots accessible from the rear of the Avid Motion Graphics Server enclosure.

For Single-channel model servers, slots 4 and 5 are blank.

When upgrading a single-channel AMG server to a dual-channel AMG server, you must install the additional boards in slots 4 and 5. For more information, see “Upgrading Your AMG Server

Hardware to Dual Channel” on page 167.

Avid Motion Graphics Server Rear Panel

The following table lists the standard boards and the expansion slots that are supported for both the single and dual-channel AMG Server models.

Item PCI Slot Interface Description

1 Serial Card SeaLevel® 7205eS PCI

Express serial interface

2 PCI-E x16 NVidia

Quadro 4000

VGA board

3 PCI-E x4 AJA Kona 3G Video I/O

board

4 N/A for single

channel servers

PCI-E x16 for Dual channel

(For Dual channel servers only):

NVidia

Quadro 4000

VGA board

servers

5 N/A for single

channel servers

PCI-E x4 for Dual channel

(For Dual channel servers only):

AJA Kona 3G Video I/O board

servers

The Sealevel 7205eS PCI Express serial interface provides two serial ports configurable for RS-232 or RS-422. Each serial port utilizes a 16C950 UART with 128-byte Tx/Rx FIFOs which enables data rates to 921.6K bps for reliable high-speed communications in data intensive applications, such as automation-type. An expansion cable is included, shipped with the server.

The NVidia Quadro 4000 VGA board is installed in the second PCI-E x16 connector on the Avid Motion Graphics Server.

The AJA Kona 3G Video I/O board is installed in the third PCI-E x4 connector.

This slot is not populated for single channel servers. However, this slot can be used to install a GPI card.

For Dual channel servers, the NVidia Quadro 4000 VGA board is installed in the fourth PCI-E x16 connector on the Avid Motion Graphics Server.

This slot is not populated for single channel servers. However, this slot can be used to install a GPI card.

For Dual channel servers, the AJA Kona 3G Video I/O board is installed in the fifth PCI-E x4 connector.

6 USB/PCI Card Allows for 2 USB connections.

In dual channel AMG servers that want for GPI connectivity, the USB/PCI card can be removed, and the slot can be populated with a Sealevel BD8004 or 8012 model GPI card.

Avid does not supply the GPI card.

Check the latest Avid Motion Graphics ReadMe for further details.

System Drives

Mirrored System drives

There are two system drives accessible from the rear of the enclosure. These two drives are mirrored and if a failure occurs on either one of the system drives, you can pull the failed drive out of the enclosure and install a replacement drive without turning off the Avid Motion Graphics Server.

The drive carriers for the system drives are locked to prevent them from opening during

shipment. The plastic drive carrier key is mounted on the rear of the enclosure beside the system drives, as shown in the following illustration.

Avid Motion Graphics Server Rear Panel

Power Supplies

There are two power supplies accessible from the rear of the Avid Motion Graphics Server enclosure. If a failure occurs on either one of the power supplies, you can pull the failed power supply out of the enclosure and install a replacement power supply without turning off the Server. All operations continue to run uninterrupted. A faint beeping sound can be heard when there is a power supply failure. This sound is silenced by restoring the power or replacing the module.

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Pinnacle Systems Motion Graphics - 2.6 User Manual

Contents

If You Need Help

Using This Guide

Accessing the Online Documentation

1 Avid Motion Graphics Overview

Product Suite

Unpacking a New System

Opening the Shipping Container

Verifying Components

Inspecting Components for Damage

Avid Motion Graphics Hardware

Avid Motion Graphics Server Front

Server Controls and LEDs

Drive Array and Slot Locations (Single Channel Servers)

Drive Array and Slot Locations (Dual Channel Servers)

RAID Behavior

Avid Motion Graphics Server Rear Panel

Expansion Slots

System Drives

Power Supplies