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Pinnacle Systems NewsCutter - 3.0 User's Guide

Avid® NewsCutter® and
NewsCutter XP
Site Preparation Guide
Copyright and Disclaimer
Copyright © 2002 Avid Technology, Inc. and its licensors. All rights reserved. Printed in USA.
The following disclaimer is required by Sam Leffler and Silicon Graphics, Inc. for the use of their TIFF library:
Copyright © 1988–1997 Sam Leffler Copyright © 1991–1997 Silicon Graphics, Inc.
Permission to use, copy, modify, distribute, and sell this software [i.e., the TIFF library] and its documentation for any purpose is hereby granted without fee, provided that (i) the above copyright notices and this permission notice appear in all copies of the software and related documentation, and (ii) the names of Sam Leffler and Silicon Graphics may not be used in any advertising or publicity relating to the software without the specific, prior written permission of Sam Leffler and Silicon Graphics.
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IN NO EVENT SHALL SAM LEFFLER OR SILICON GRAPHICS BE LIABLE FOR ANY SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, INDIRECT OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OF ANY KIND, OR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS, WHETHER OR NOT ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF DAMAGE, AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE.
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Portions of this software are based on work of the Independent JPEG Group.
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“Install-It” is licensed from Ray Sauers Associates, Inc. End-User is prohibited from taking any action to derive a source code equivalent of “Install-It,” including by reverse assembly or reverse compilation, Ray Sauers Associates, Inc. shall in no event be liable for any damages resulting from reseller’s failure to perform reseller’s obligation; or any damages arising from use or operation of reseller’s products or the software; or any other damages, including but not limited to, incidental, direct, indirect, special or consequential Damages including lost profits, or damages resulting from loss of use or inability to use reseller’s products or the software for any reason including copyright or patent infringement, or lost data, even if Ray Sauers Associates has been advised, knew or should have known of the possibility of such damages.
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“This software contains V-LAN ver. 3.0 Command Protocols which communicate with V-LAN ver. 3.0 products developed by Videomedia, Inc. and V-LAN ver. 3.0 compatible products developed by third parties under license from Videomedia, Inc. Use of this software will allow “frame accurate” editing control of applicable videotape recorder decks, videodisc recorders/players and the like.”
The following notice is required by Altura Software, Inc. for the use of its Mac2Win software and Sample Source Code:
©1993–1998 Altura Software, Inc.
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Certain real-time compositing capabilities are provided under a license of such technology from Ultimatte Corporation and are subject to copyright protection.
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Trademarks
AirPlay, AudioVision, Avid, Avid Xpress, CamCutter, Digidesign, FieldPak, Film Composer, HIIP, Image Independence, Marquee, Media Composer, Media Recorder, NewsCutter, OMF, OMF Interchange, Open Media Framework, Pro Tools, and Softimage are registered trademarks and 888 I/O, AirSPACE, AirSPACE HD, AniMatte, AudioSuite, AutoSync, AVIDdrive, AVIDdrive Towers, AvidNet, Avid Production Network, AvidProNet, AvidProNet.com, AVIDstripe, Avid Unity, AVX, DAE, D-Fi, D-fx, Digidesign Audio Engine, DINR, D-Verb, ExpertRender, FilmScribe, HyperSPACE, HyperSPACE HDCAM, Intraframe, iS9, iS18, iS23, iS36, Lo-Fi, Magic Mask, make manage move | media, Matador, Maxim, MCXpress, MEDIArray, MediaDock, MediaDock Shuttle, Media Fusion, Media Illusion, MediaLog, Media Reader, MediaShare, Meridien, NaturalMatch, NetReview, OMM, Open Media Management, ProEncode, QuietDrive, R&A, Recti-Fi, Review & Approval, rS9, rS18, Sci-Fi, Sound Designer II, SPACE, SPACEShift, Symphony, Trilligent, UnityRAID, Vari-Fi, Video Slave Driver, and VideoSPACE are trademarks of Avid Technology, Inc.
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Adobe, Acrobat, and Reader are registered trademarks of Adobe Systems Incorporated in the United States and/or other countries. Compaq is a registered trademark of Compaq Computer Corporation. IBM and IntelliStation are registered trademarks of International Business Machines Corporation. RCA is a registered trademark of General Electric Company. Texas Instruments is a registered trademark of Texas Instruments. Videomedia, V-LAN, and VLXi are registered trademarks of Videomedia, Inc. Vixel is a registered trademark of Vixel Corporation. Windows is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or other countries. All other trademarks contained herein are the property of their respective owners.
Avid NewsCutter and NewsCutter XP Site Preparation Guide • Part 0130-05052-01 Rev. A • April 2002

Contents

Using This Guide
Who Should Use This Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
About This Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Symbols and Conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
If You Need Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Related Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
If You Have Documentation Comments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
How to Order Documentation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Avid NewsCutter Site Preparation
Avid System Layouts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
NewsCutter Layout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Avid Unity for News Workgroup Layout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Fibre Channel Workgroup Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
NewsCutter Connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Input and Output Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Avid Meridien I/O Box Connectors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
1394 Board Connectors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Cabling Guidelines. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Component Dimensions and Weights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Site Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Power Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Source Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Synchronization Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Printing Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
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Telephone Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Environmental Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Networking Requirements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Fiber-Optic Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Ethernet Hub. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Patch Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Pin Assignments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Serial Ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
VGA Monitor Port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Keyboard and Mouse Connectors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
RJ-45 Jacks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
1394 Connector (NewsCutter XP Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
GPI Connector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
SDTI Connectors (NewsCutter Only Option) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Regulatory and Safety Notices
FCC Notice. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Canadian ICES-003 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
European Union Notice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Australia and New Zealand EMC Regulations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Taiwan EMC Regulations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Index

Figures

Figure 1 Sample NewsCutter System Layout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Figure 2 Sample Layout for an Avid Unity for News
Workgroup Environment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Figure 3 Meridien I/O Box Audio Connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Figure 4 Meridien I/O Box Video Connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Figure 5 Meridien I/O Box Serial Digital Connectors . . . . . . . . 27
Figure 6 1394 Board DV Connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Figure 7 9-Pin Serial Connector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Figure 8 15-Pin VGA Monitor Connector. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Figure 9 6-Pin PS/2 Connector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Figure 10 8-Pin Category 5 RJ-45 Connector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Figure 11 6-Pin 1394 Connector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Figure 12 GPI Node Terminals. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
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Figure 13 BNC Connectors on the Breakout Box. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Figure 14 BNC Connectors on the MPEG SDTI-CP
Adapter Board. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
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Tables

Table 1 NewsCutter Connector Identifiers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21
Table 2 Meridien I/O Box Audio Identifiers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24
Table 3 Meridien I/O Box Video Identifiers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25
Table 4 Meridien I/O Box Serial Digital Identifiers. . . . . . . . . .27
Table 5 System Cable Lengths . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29
Table 6 Physical Specifications for Components . . . . . . . . . . . .31
Table 7 Power Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34
Table 8 Environmental Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .36
Table 9 Serial Connector Pin Assignments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .39
Table 10 VGA Monitor Connector Pin Assignments . . . . . . . . . .40
Table 11 PS/2 Connector Pin Assignments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .42
Table 12 Category 5 RJ-45 Connector Pin Assignments . . . . . . .43
Table 13 6-Pin 1394 Connector Pin Assignments . . . . . . . . . . . . .44

Using This Guide

This guide provides site requirement information for the Avid NewsCutter® and NewsCutter XP systems. Unless noted otherwise, “NewsCutter” refers to both NewsCutter and NewsCutter XP throughout this guide.
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The documentation describes the features and hardware of all models. Therefore, your system might not contain certain features and hardware that are covered in the documentation.
Who Should Use This Guide
This guide is intended for all NewsCutter users, from beginning to advanced. Read this guide if you are responsible for preparing a site for installation.
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About This Guide
This guide provides specifications for your NewsCutter system components in the following areas:
• Connectors
•Cabling
• Physical (dimensions and weights)
•Power
• Environmental
Symbols and Conventions
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Unless noted otherwise, the material in this document applies to the Windows
The NewsCutter documentation uses the following special symbols and conventions:
1. Numbered lists, when the order of the items is important.
• Bulleted lists, when the order of the items is unimportant.
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.
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2000 operating system.
a. Alphabetical lists, when the order of secondary items is
important.
- Indented dashed lists, when the order of secondary items is
unimportant.
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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.
If You Need Help
If you are having trouble using the NewsCutter 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 release notes supplied with your Avid application for information on accessing the Avid Web site and the Avid Knowledge Center.
4. For support services, call Avid Customer Support:
- Broadcast products — call 800-NEWS-DNG (639-7364).
- Postproduction products — call 800-800-AVID (2843).
Related Information
The following documents provide more information about NewsCutter:
• Avid NewsCutter Setup Guide
This guide provides installation and configuration instructions as well as suggestions for troubleshooting problems that might arise with system hardware.
If You Need Help
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• Avid NewsCutter User’s Guide
This guide provides complete information on all editing tasks, such as recording footage, viewing and marking footage, editing, trimming, importing, exporting, and generating final output.
• Avid NewsCutter Effects Guide
This guide describes techniques for using digital video effects, titles, third-party plug-in effects, mattes, keys, and layering options.
• Avid NewsCutter Quick Reference
This folded card lists convenient keyboard shortcuts.
• Avid NewsCutter Release Notes
This document describes new features, hardware and software requirements, software installation instructions, and summary information on system and memory requirements.
• Avid NewsCutter Online Publications CD-ROM
Using This Guide
This online collection provides electronic versions of this guide and other guides listed in this section. You can view these documents with Adobe
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Acrobat
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Reader®, which you can install
from the CD-ROM. The collection also includes the Avid
NewsCutter User’s Guide Supplement, the Avid EDL Manager User’s Guide, the Avid MediaLog User’s Guide, the Avid MetaSync Setup and User’s Guide, and the Help systems associated with these guides.
• Avid NewsCutter Help
The NewsCutter application includes a Help system that can be viewed using your default Web browser. Help can be run as a standalone application from the Avid NewsCutter Online
Publications CD-ROM.
•Avid NewsCutter XP Setup Guide
This guide provides installation and configuration instructions as well as suggestions for troubleshooting problems that might arise with system hardware.
• Avid NewsCutter XP User’s Guide
This guide provides complete information on all editing tasks, such as recording footage, viewing and marking footage, editing, trimming, importing, exporting, and generating final output.
• Avid NewsCutter XP Effects Guide
This guide describes techniques for using digital video effects, titles, third-party effect filters, mattes, keys, paint effects, and layering options.
• Avid NewsCutter XP Quick Reference
This folded card lists convenient keyboard shortcuts.
• Avid NewsCutter XP Release Notes
This document describes new features, hardware and software requirements, software installation instructions, and summary information on system and memory requirements.
• Avid NewsCutter XP Online Publications CD-ROM
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This online collection provides electronic versions of this guide and other guides listed in this section. You can view these documents with Adobe Acrobat Reader, which you can install from the CD-ROM. The collection also includes the Avid NewsCutter XP Help, the Avid MediaLog User’s Guide, and the Avid EDL Manager User’s Guide.
•Avid NewsCutter XP Help
The NewsCutter XP application includes a Help system that can be viewed using your default Web browser. Help can be run as a standalone application from the Avid NewsCutter XP Online
Publications CD-ROM.
Related Information
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• 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.
The most recent update of the Avid Products Collaboration Guide is provided online. Check the release notes supplied with your Avid application for information on accessing online documentation.
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
TechPubs@avid.com
Please include the title of the document, its part number, revision, and the specific section you are commenting on in all correspondence.
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.
Using This Guide

Avid NewsCutter Site Preparation

This guide provides information about requirements for the site where the NewsCutter system will be installed. Electrical (power) and physical specifications on the system components are also included. Connector information and pin assignments are given if customized cabling is required.
Avid ships NewsCutter XP as a desktop system. You can also purchase NewsCutter XP software and install it on supported laptop systems. To use NewsCutter XP in the configurations covered in this guide, you must have the desktop version. The current release of both NewsCutter and NewsCutter XP versions ships on the Compaq Workstation W8000. Unless noted otherwise, all subsequent references to “NewsCutter” refer to both NewsCutter and NewsCutter XP on this desktop platform; references to the “NewsCutter system” refer to NewsCutter and any peripheral components connected to the desktop computer.
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Avid System Layouts

This section provides typical system layouts. Diagrams of NewsCutter components identify the rear interface connectors. The exact orientation of the equipment depends on the following:
• Available space in the work area: This document provides the dimensions of the equipment (see “Component Dimensions and
Weights” on page 31). However, Avid recommends additional
space for access and ventilation.
• Length of the cables: Avid does not recommend excessively long cables. See “Cabling Guidelines” on page 28 for cabling information.
• User preference: Whether the monitor, video deck, and system are on the left or right side is up to the user. The order from top to bottom in the rack can also differ due to accessibility of the controls or viewing indicators. (For rack-mount options, see your Avid sales representative.)

NewsCutter Layout

Figure 1 shows all standard and optional NewsCutter components
except for a video reference source (such as a black burst generator).
Set up your system components — especially the User Interface (UI) and Playback monitors, video deck, and keyboard — in positions that give you easy access to them.
Avid NewsCutter Site Preparation
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Fans
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V-LAN VLXi device
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Video deck
Speaker UI monitor
Keyboard
Figure 1 Sample NewsCutter System Layout
The NewsCutter system has the following features:
• Internal hard drive with an NTFS partition; primary drive that
contains the operating system.
• 3.5-inch floppy drive; reads and writes to 1.44-MB floppy disks.
• CD-ROM reader; required for installing software. Avid software is
distributed on CD-ROM.
• Fast and wide external SCSI connector; for connecting external
SCSI media drives. Media drives must be formatted as NTFS.
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• Ethernet network interface; required for Avid network connections.
• High-resolution monitor (1024 x 768); required for viewing the media edits.
• Windows 2000 operating system and the Windows
Service Pack 2.
Avid System Layouts
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