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Installation Guide
Axial/MX • Installation Guide
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© Accom, Inc. May, 2005
No part of this publication may be reproduced, transmitted, transcribed, stored in a
retrieval system, or translated into any languages in any form by any means without
the written permission of Accom.
Notice
The information in this guide is subject to change without notice or obligation, and
does not represent a commitment on the part of Accom, Inc.
Acknowledgments
Registered product trademarks or names used in this manual are the exclusive
property of that equipment or software manufacturer. Their usage in this manual is
with beneficial intention only.
Part Number
9100-0414-01
Company Address
Accom, Inc.
1490 O’Brien Drive
Menlo Park, California 94025
USA
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Phone: (650) 328-3818
Fax: (650) 327-2511
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FCC Compliance and User Information
The following information has been provided to clarify FCC requirements for
operation of this device. These requirements are found in the FCC rules for radio
frequency devices, Part 15.
Compliance
This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B
digital device pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to
provide reasonable protection against harmful interference when the equipment is
operated in a commercial environment. This equipment generates, uses, and can
radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the
instruction manual, may cause harmful interference to radio communications.
Operation of this equipment in a residential area is likely to cause harmful
interference in which case the user will be required to correct the interference at his or
her own expense.
Important - Modifications & Shielded Cables
Changes or modifications to this product not authorized by Accom, Incorporated
could void the FCC Compliance and negate your authority to operate the product.
This product was tested for FCC compliance under conditions that included the use of
Accom peripheral devices and Accom shielded cables and connectors between system
components. It is important that you use Accom peripheral devices and shielded
cables and connectors between system components to reduce the possibility of
causing interference to radios, television sets, and other electronic devices. You can
obtain Accom peripheral devices and the properly shielded cables and connectors
through an Accom-authorized dealer.
Safety and First Aid
Accom equipment is designed to the highest standards of quality and reliability.
However, no matter how these systems are designed, operators and maintenance
personnel can be exposed to electrical shock hazard when protective covers are
removed for maintenance or the installation of options. With this caution in mind,
each operator and engineer must observe all safety regulations, and have a clear
understanding of first aid procedures related to electrical hazards.
Axial/MX contains CD-ROM Drive therefore the following CLASS 1 LASER
PRODUCT warning is necessary when working with the CD-ROM. CAUTION:
Invisible laser radiation when open. Do not stare into beam or view directly with
optical instruments.
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Safety and Compliance Certifications
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Conforms to UL STANDARD 1950
Certified to EN60950
Power Information
This device is supplied with two power cords. One is for use in the United States and
those areas where a North American style cord can be used. A second power cord is
provided for international use. The international cord has a receptacle on one end for
fitting to the Accom hardware and three pre-stripped wires on the remaining end,
ready for installation of the proper international plug (supplied by the customer).
To ensure safe operation and to guard against potential shock or risk of fire, ensure
that your power source is within the required voltage range and frequency for which
the Axial/MX power supply has been set (115V, 60Hz or 230V, 50Hz).
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Input AC Power Requirement: 100 - 127V ~ / 10A 60HZ
Input AC Power Requirement:200 - 240V ~ / 5A50HZ
Operating Environment
The Axial/MX optimum operating environment is within the following ranges:
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Recommended Operating Temperature: 20˚C to 35˚C (68˚F to 95˚F)
Note
High temperature/humidity should be avoided at all times.
Recommended Operating Humidity: 20% to 80% non-condensing
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Table of Contents
Chapter 1
Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1
In This Guide. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Installation Guide Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
How to Use This Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Navigating and Searching. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Table of Contents and Index. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Terms and Conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Contacting Accom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Axial Technical Support. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
World Wide Web . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Axial Specfile Resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
System Overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
System Diagram . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Recommendations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
System Processing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
525 / 625 Operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Physical Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Main Chassis Architecture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Control Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Display Monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Maintenance Keyboard and Mouse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
System Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
External Communication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Comms Port Communications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
GPI Outputs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Display Chassis to Comms Chassis Link. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Control Panel Port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Display Monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Printer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Ethernet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Video I/O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Data Storage and Transfer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Chapter 2
Installation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11
In This Chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Safety Precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Unpacking and Inspection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
System Option Keycode Sheet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Shipping Brackets. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
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Power Consumption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Chassis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Control Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Cooling and Airflow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Site Preparation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Physical Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Display Chassis Rack Mounting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Comms Chassis Rack Mounting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Control Panel Mounting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Control Panel External Power Supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Software Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Chapter 3
System Connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23
In This Chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Display Chassis Rear Panel Connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Comms Chassis Rear Panel Connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Display Chassis Front Panel Connectors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Control Panel Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Connector Pinouts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
RS-422 Connectors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
GPI Connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
RS-232 Serial Connector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Parallel Printer Connector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Ethernet Connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Crossover Cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
VGA Connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Chapter 4
System Interconnection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .37
In This Chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Axial/MX Interconnection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Power Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Edit Display Monitor Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Ethernet Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Control Panel Connection. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Reference Video Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Printer Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
PC Keyboard and Mouse Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Connecting Axial/MX into your Edit Environment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Comms Port Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Live Video Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Connections using Video Switcher AUX Busses . . . . . . . . . 45
Connections using a Video Router (Matrix) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Connections using Alternate Video Feed Options . . . . . . . . . 47
Video Preview Switching Methods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Video Switcher Preview Bus / Aux Bus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Video Router (Matrix) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Record Machine EE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
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External Preview Switcher. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Audio Preview Switching Methods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Audio Mixer Preview Bus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Record Machine EE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
External Preview Switcher. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Audio Router (Matrix) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Pre-read Preview and Record Pass Monitoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
System Power Up and Status. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Prerequisites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
System Power Up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
System Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Display Chassis Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Comms Chassis Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
System Reboot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Chapter 5
Engineering Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .55
In This Chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Comms Chassis Device Control. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Display Chassis General Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Comms Chassis General Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Display Chassis Video I/O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Reference Video . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Display Chassis Physical and Electrical. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Comms Chassis Physical and Electrical. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Control Panel Physical and Electrical . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Index
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1. Introduction
In This Guide
The following topics are covered in this chapter:
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Installation Guide Introduction
How to Use This Guide
Terms and Conventions
Contacting Accom
System Overview
Installation Guide Introduction
This guide gives an installation overview of the Accom Axial/MX On-Line Editing
System. It provides the information necessary for installation within your edit
environment, including all equipment interconnections.
The following chapters provide instructions for all aspects of Axial/MX installation:
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This chapter, “Introduction” describes how to use this guide, and provides a
complete system overview.
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Chapter 2, “Installation” provides details on system power, cooling and
airflow, site preparation and physical installation. Diagrams are provided for
each chassis.
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Chapter 3, “System Connectors” provides information on all Axial/MX
rear panel connectors and includes connector location and pinout diagrams.
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Chapter 4, “System Interconnection” outlines the procedures required to
connect Ethernet, control panel, display monitor, reference video, source and
peripheral devices, preview switching and pre-read monitoring.
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Chapter 5, “Engineering Specifications” provides detailed tables of Axial/
MX specifications.
Important
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Do not install any other software on your Windows® NT
based Axial editor, other than that provided by Accom.
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How to Use This Guide
How to Use This Guide
Following are several important tips for streamlining your use of this guide in its
electronic form — as an Acrobat PDF file.
Navigating and Searching
Use the bookmarks on the left side of Acrobat Reader to navigate to the desired
location. All chapter files have the same bookmark structure for instant navigation to
any section of the guide. In addition:
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Extensive hyperlinks are provided within the chapters for navigational ease.
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Use the “Previous Page” and “Next Page” buttons to go to the previous or
next page within the current file.
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As required, use Acrobat’s On-Line Help file to familiarize yourself with all
of Acrobat’s navigational features.
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Acrobat provides incredible search capabilities. You can use the “Find” tool
to search for words in the currently open file, or use the “Search Index” tool
to perform a complete search of all chapter files. Please use Acrobat’s OnLine Help file to learn more about search functionality.
Use Acrobat’s “Go to Previous View” and “Return to Next View” buttons
to trace your complete navigational path across files.
Table of Contents and Index
Use the Table of Contents bookmarks to navigate to the desired topic. Click any
item to instantly jump to that section of the User’s Guide. Use the Index to jump to
specific topics within any chapter. Each page number in the Index is a hyperlink.
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Terms and Conventions
Terms and Conventions
The following documentation conventions are used throughout this guide:
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The symbol denotes an operations procedure, or marks the heading for a
group of functions.
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The symbol denotes an example.
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When two buttons together are required for an operation or function, the plus
(+) sign is used between the buttons. This procedure requires that the
operator hold down the first button, then press the second.
Entries written in bold-face capital letters denote Control Panel buttons. For
example: In the commands list, use PREV or NEXT to highlight a
command.
SHIFT + A-1 (hold down SHIFT, then press A-1)
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Softkey labels on the User Menu are shown in bold upper and lowercase
letters between braces.
Press {SaveAs} to …
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A long string of entries between brackets “[ ]” denotes the syntax for using a
function, with commas ( , ) separating each step. To follow the procedure,
press the first button, release, press the second button, and so on. Within an
entry string, the symbol “#” denotes entering a timecode or frame value.
[CUT, AUX 1-9, #, ENTER]
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When the label “SOURCE” or “SRC” is included in a procedure, it instructs
you to press the desired source button such as SRC A or SRC B. However,
if the source is already selected, the source button need not be pressed again.
In the operation [SOURCE, #, SPEED], if SRC E is already
selected in the Workspace, simply press [#, SPEED].
The following documentation terms are used throughout this guide:
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“System” and “Edit System” refer to the Axial/MX Editing System.
“Operator” and “Editor” refer to the person who uses the System.
“Screen” and “Edit Screen” both refer to the Menu Monitor.
“User Menu” refers to the small screen on the right side of the Control Panel.
“Image” and “Picture” refer to video images on the Edit Screen.
The following check boxes appear if a System Option is required for a function to
operate:
Live Video Option — Function requires the Live Video Option.
RAVE Option — Function requires the RAVE Option (requires the
Live Video Option).
ShowCase Option — Function requires the ShowCase Option (requires
the Live Video and RAVE options).
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Contacting Accom
Contacting Accom
Axial Technical Support
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Phone: (650) 328-3818
E-mail: techsupport@accom.com
World Wide Web
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Accom home page: http://www.accom.com
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Axial Forum at Editsuite.com — Online Resources for Post Production
Editors: http://www.editsuite.com
From the home page, you can access the FTP site to download documents
and Axial specfiles.
Axial Specfile Resources
Visit the Accom FTP site, accessed from the Accom home page, to view and
download Axial device specfiles. All device specfiles on the Accom web site are
public domain and therefore have no charge.
Other sites such as “Editsuite.com” also have specfiles, some of which have not been
checked by Accom, but are noted as such.
Accom will continue to write and provide specfiles and updates for all current and
future Accom products. However Accom DOES NOT write or provide specfiles for
other manufacturer’s equipment. Specfile help is available on the Accom website. In
addition, Accom can put you in contact with freelance specfile writers, but note that
all services will be between said freelancer and the customer.
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System Overview
System Overview
This section provides an overview of the complete Axial/MX system, including:
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System Diagram
Physical Components
External Communication
Video I/O
Data Storage and Transfer
Maintenance
System Diagram
The Axial/MX system consists of a Display Chassis, Comms Chassis, Control Panel,
high-resolution Display Monitor (customer supplied), and a Maintenance Keyboard
and Mouse. The figure below illustrates a simplified block diagram of the system.
Figure 1-1. Axial System Diagram
Please note the following important points about system interconnection:
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The Display Chassis and Comms Chassis are linked with a dedicated
100BaseT Ethernet connection. An Ethernet “crossover” cable is required.
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The Control Panel connects to the Comms Chassis via an RS-422 serial
connection.
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The Display Chassis includes a standard VGA output to connect the
Display Monitor.
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The Comms Chassis requires reference video and RS-422 connections to all
VTRs, DDRs, video switchers, audio mixers, DVEs, routers, and other
peripheral devices.
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Additional communications ports include GPI Outputs, Ethernet, and Serial
and Parallel Printers.
Recommendations
Installing the Display Chassis in the edit suite is recommended for easy
access to system drives and to minimize display, keyboard, and mouse
cable runs. However, if desired, the Display Chassis may be located in
the machine room.
Installing the Comms Chassis in the machine room is recommended for
easy access to serial device control lines.
System Processing
The Axial/MX system is powered by high-speed Pentium Processors. Additional
processors are dedicated to device communication tasks for each serial port.
Video Line Standard Operations
The system line standard is switchable between 59.94i, 50i, 24p (option) and Auto
Detect. Proper reference signals must be connected, and AC power selector switches
on both the Display Chassis and Comms Chassis must be set to the proper line
voltage.
Reference standard selection is performed by setting an initialization parameter in the
Axial editing software and rebooting the system.
Important
In Appendix A of the Axial/MX User’s Guide, refer to the
“Miscellaneous” section for details on setting the
Reference Standard initialization value.
Physical Components
The Axial/MX system consists of the following physical components:
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Main Chassis Architecture
Control Panel
Display Monitor (customer supplied)
Maintenance Keyboard and Mouse
System Options
Main Chassis Architecture
Axial/MX is based on a two-chassis architecture: a Display Chassis and a Comms
Chassis. The Display Chassis and Comms Chassis communicate to each other via a
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System Overview
“private” Ethernet link.
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The Display Chassis runs under the Windows NT operating system and
displays the editing application software. Its hard drive stores the Windows
operating system, all session files and all EDLs.
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The Comms Chassis runs under the VxWorks operating system and drives
the serial device communications.
Control Panel
Axial/MX includes a standard Axial Control Panel (this panel can also be used or
swapped with Axial 2010, Axial 2020 and Axial 3000 systems). An external AC
power supply is included with the Control Panel.
Display Monitor
The basic Axial/MX system DOES NOT include a Display Monitor. The Display
Monitor used with Axial/MX must support 1280 x 1024 resolution, and greater than
32,000 colors. For CRTs, a 21-inch monitor with .25 mm pitch is recommended for
optimum viewing, though smaller monitors with larger pitch may be used with the
system. LCD (flat panel) monitors are also ideal.
Currently, the following monitors have been qualified for use with Axial/MX:
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NEC LCD1700V (Flatscreen)
ViewSonic P810
ViewSonic 20PS
ViewSonic 21PS
Maintenance Keyboard and Mouse
Axial/MX includes a standard QWERTY PC Keyboard and PC Mouse for
maintenance purposes. Display Chassis access to the PC Keyboard and Mouse is
required when updating system software and for diagnostic maintenance, but is not
typically needed during normal Axial/MX operation. Comms Chassis access to the
PC Keyboard is required only for diagnostic maintenance. A separate PC Keyboard
for the Comms Chassis is not included with the system.
System Options
All Axial/MX system options may be configured with initial system delivery or added
at a later date. All options are field upgradable.
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Hardware Options: (plug-in hardware upgrade board sets)
~ Live Video (requires a software key)
~ Extra Comms Ports
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Software Options: (software key-based)
~ RAVE™
~ ShowCase™
~ 24P
External Communication
Axial/MX offers a complete array of external communications ports. This section
discusses the following communications parameters:
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Device Control
~ Comms Port Communications
~ GPI Outputs
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General Interface
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Display Chassis to Comms Chassis Link
Control Panel Port
Display Monitor
Printer
Ethernet
Comms Port Communications
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12 RS-422 Comms Ports are standard
12 additional RS-422 Comms Ports may be added as an option (for a
maximum total of 24 ports)
Comms Chassis connections
Using the RS-422 serial comms ports, the Axial Editor communicates to devices via
their Remote, Auxiliary, or Editor serial port. Each Axial RS-422 serial comms port
is configured for the desired device interface and protocol using the Assign Manager
Window, as access via the ASIGN MNGR button on the Axial Control Panel.
Important
In Chapter 3, “System Configuration” of the Axial/MX
User’s Guide, refer to the “Device Configuration” section
for full details on machine assignment.
Setup configurations of devices and peripherals are stored on disk. These setups
provide a default boot-up configuration, and also permit the editor to quickly change
configurations from session to session.
Note
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Axial/MX does not support RS-232 serial device
communications. Also, Axial/MX hardware does not
include RS-422 serial loop-through connections (e.g.,
separate loop-in and loop-out connectors).
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GPI Outputs
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12 GPI Outputs are standard
12 additional GPI Outputs may be added as part of the Extra Comms Ports
option (for a maximum total of 24 GPI Outputs)
Display Chassis to Comms Chassis Link
•
100BaseT / RJ-45 “private” Ethernet link is used for communication
between the two chassis. An Ethernet “crossover” cable is required.
Control Panel Port
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RS-422 communications between chassis and Axial Control Panel
Display Monitor
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Standard VGA output — 15-pin D connector
Printer
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Serial and Parallel printers supported
Ethernet
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TCP/IP link to other Axial (2010, 2020, 3000 or MX) systems or “house”
Ethernet devices on your facility LAN
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1000BaseT (gigabit) / 100BaseT supported
Video I/O
Following are the Video I/O requirements for Axial/MX:
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Reference Video
~ Composite video (color black) input is required.
~ Reference selection may be “hard” set to NTSC, PAL, 24p biphase
(optional), or set to auto-detect NTSC or PAL.
•
Live Video Option
~ Four assignable SDI video inputs plus one serial digital reference
video input are provided on the video input card. Input assignments
are performed using the Asign Manager Window.
~ If desired, external video switcher aux busses or video router
outputs can be used to route video sources to the source windows.
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System Overview
Data Storage and Transfer
The Axial/MX Display Chassis includes:
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Hard Drive
~ High-capacity primary system drive
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3.5" Floppy Drive
~ EDL import / export and saving setup information
~ Specfile updates
~ DOS and RT-11 supported
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CD-ROM Drive
~ Standard media for software updates
~ Not to be used as a “cup holder”
Note
Axial/MX does not support optical or floptical drives. A
ZIP drive (customer supplied) may be connected to the
Display Chassis’ parallel port.
Maintenance
Axial/MX includes maintenance features for each chassis:
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Display Chassis Maintenance
~ Required for updating system software and for diagnostic
maintenance.
~ Standard VGA monitor required (Axial Display Monitor may
typically be used).
~ Standard QWERTY PC keyboard required (supplied with Axial/
MX Base System).
~ Standard PC mouse recommended (supplied with Axial/MX Base
System).
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Comms Chassis Maintenance
~ Required for diagnostic maintenance.
~ Standard VGA monitor is required (not included with Axial/MX
Base System).
~ Standard QWERTY PC keyboard required (not included with
Axial/MX Base System, although the Display Chassis’ PC
Keyboard may be used).
~ 3.5" floppy drive included for maintenance purposes.
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In This Chapter
This chapter provides details on system power, cooling and airflow, site preparation,
and physical installation. The following topics are discussed:
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Safety Precautions
Unpacking and Inspection
Power Consumption
Cooling and Airflow
Site Preparation
Physical Installation
Software Installation
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Safety Precautions
Safety Precautions
For all Axial/MX installation procedures, observe the following important safety and
handling rules to avoid damage to yourself and the equipment:
Important
Important
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Note the following important points regarding AC:
•
To protect users from electric shock, ensure that the
chassis power supplies connect to earth via the
ground wire provided in the AC power Cord.
•
The AC Socket-outlet should be installed near the
equipment and be easily accessible.
When handling any internal chassis boards or components,
please observe the following important safety precautions:
•
Perform the system installation in an anti-static
environment.
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Always stand on an anti-static mat, not carpet.
•
Hold a board by its edges. Do not touch the
components on the board.
Ground yourself to the chassis, by touching it, just
before handling internal boards and mechanisms.
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Unpacking and Inspection
Unpacking and Inspection
Before opening the boxes, inspect them for damage. If you find any damage, notify
the shipping carrier immediately for all claims adjustments. Your Axial/MX editing
system comes in two boxes. As you open each box, compare its contents against the
packing slips. If you find any shortages contact your Accom sales representative.
Once you have removed all the components from their packaging and checked that all
the listed components are present, visually inspect the Display Chassis, Comms
Chassis and Control Panel to ensure there was no damage during shipping. If there
is damage, notify the shipping carrier immediately for all claims adjustments.
System Option Keycode Sheet
Each Axial/MX shipment includes a System Option Key Code Sheet. This sheet
lists your system s hardware serial numbers, hardware ID number and unique option
keycode. When you unpack your system, locate the sheet and store it in a safe place.
It will be required if you reinstall or upgrade software, swap a chassis or install new
options.
Shipping Brackets
Both the Display Chassis and Comms Chassis are installed with a main card cage
Shipping Bracket to securely hold the cards in their slots and prevent them from being
displaced during shipment.
Figure 2-1. Chassis Shipping Bracket and Shock Mount Brace
In addition, each chassis includes a drive assembly Shock Mount Brace to prevent
system drives from being damaged during shipment. Please note the following
important points regarding the shipping bracket and shock mount brace:
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The shipping bracket may remain installed in each chassis during normal
operation. You may remove the Shipping Brackets if desired, but they must
be reinstalled prior to shipping.
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Power Consumption
•
For optimum drive operation, remove the Shock Mount Brace from each
chassis to enable the shock absorbing system to absorb motion effectively.
The Shock Mount Braces must be reinstalled prior to shipping.
Power Consumption
The following topics are discussed:
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Chassis
Control Panel
Chassis
The Axial/MX Display Chassis and Comms Chassis each draw less than 250 watts
from an input range of 90-132/180-264 VAC, 47-63 Hz (voltage selector slide
switch). Standard 15A/110 VAC or 10A/240 VAC power service is recommended.
Important
Use the Voltage Selector Slide Switch on the rear of the
chassis to ensure that the Axial/MX Display Chassis and
Comms Chassis are set to the proper line voltage either
115 or 230 VAC.
Figure 2-2. Voltage Selection
Control Panel
The Axial/MX Control Panel draws less than 42 watts for an input range of 90-264
VAC, 47-63 Hz (auto select). The panel receives DC power from an external power
supply. Standard 15A/110 VAC or 10A/240 VAC power service is recommended.
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Cooling and Airflow
Cooling and Airflow
The Axial/MX Display Chassis and Comms Chassis are forced air-cooled. Using
two low noise fans mounted mid-chassis, air is drawn in through the front panel of the
chassis and forced into the main card cage. It exhausts through slotted vents at the
rear of the side and top panels. The Pentium Processor in each chassis has its own
cooling fan mounted on the IC. The Power Supply also has its own cooling fan.
Figure 2-3. Axial/MX Chassis Airflow
Each chassis has a front-panel air filter:
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On the front of the Comms Chassis is a vented door that secures a
removable air filter.
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On the front of the Display Chassis is a locking door that provides access to
the air filter.
To avoid overheating and subsequent damage to each chassis, ensure that the filter is
always in place and that there is no restriction to the front/rear airflow. For proper
ventilation, one rack unit (minimum) of empty space above an Axial/MX chassis is
recommended.
Note
The air filter should be cleaned or replaced every three
months.
The Axial Control Panel is conduction air-cooled. Air ventilates via slotted panels
along the top edge and the left side of the rear panel (viewed from the front of the
Control Panel). A minimum of six inches ventilation space should be maintained
between the rear side of the Control Panel and a console enclosure.
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Site Preparation
Site Preparation
The environment in which you install your Axial/MX system should be clean,
properly lit, free from static, and have adequate power, ventilation, and space for all
components. Installing the Display Chassis in the edit suite is recommended for easy
access to system drives and to minimize display, keyboard, and mouse cable runs (as
shown below). However, if desired, the Display Chassis may be located in the
machine room. Installing the Comms Chassis in the machine room is recommended
for easy access to serial device control lines.
Figure 2-4. Sample Equipment Configuration
Tips
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Please note:
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To minimize movement in the edit suite, the Axial/
MX Control Panel should be placed on the right
side of the video switcher.
•
For increased flexibility in the edit suite, you may
configure your system with an infrared PC
keyboard and RF mouse (these may be purchased
from a computer retailer).
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Physical Installation
The following topics are discussed in this chapter:
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Display Chassis Rack Mounting
Comms Chassis Rack Mounting
Control Panel Mounting
Display Chassis Rack Mounting
The Display Chassis dimensions are:
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3.5 High (8.89 cm), 2 RU
17.0 Wide (43.18 cm)
18.5 Deep (46.99 cm)
Figure 2-5. Display Chassis Dimensions
Please note:
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The front panel s USB port is currently not implemented.
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The inside panel includes a STANDBY POWER switch (leave in the ON
position) and a RESET switch.
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The floppy drive is used for importing and exporting EDLs and other files.
The CD-ROM drive is used for system software updates.
The Display Chassis is designed to be installed in a standard 19 rack. Use the figure
below for reference during the Display Chassis rack mount procedure:
Figure 2-6. Display Chassis Rack Mount Detail
Use the following procedure to rack mount the Display Chassis:
1.
Determine a location in the destination rack (in your Edit Suite or Machine
Room) that has adequate ventilation with no restriction to the chassis frontto-rear air flow.
2.
Using the supplied rack mounting kit (that includes Rack Ears, L Brackets
and screws), attach each Rack Ear to the front of the Display Chassis.
Threaded holes are provided in the side of the chassis. Use the illustration
above for reference.
3.
Install the supplied L Brackets in your rack. These two brackets are
designed to carry the weight of the chassis, but they do not attach to the
chassis itself. The bottom of the chassis rests on the brackets.
4.
Using four rack screws (not supplied), rack mount the chassis. Rack threads
may be metric or otherwise, depending upon the rack type.
Important
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On each side, install the lower of the two mounting holes
first. Once complete, install the upper of the two holes.
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Comms Chassis Rack Mounting
The Comms Chassis dimensions are:
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7.0 High (17.78 cm), 4 RU
17.0 Wide (43.18 cm)
24.5 Deep (62.23 cm)
Figure 2-7. Comms Chassis Dimensions
Please note:
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The Comms Chassis is designed to be installed in a standard 19 rack. The
rack mount kit enables you to install the chassis in a rack up to 30 deep.
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The floppy drive on the front panel is used only for maintenance software
updates and other engineering functionality. It is not used for EDLs.
•
In Chapter 4, refer to the Comms Chassis Status section for details on
front panel status LEDs.
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Use the figure below for reference during the Comms Chassis rack mount procedure:
Figure 2-8. Comms Chassis Rack Mount Detail
Use the following procedure to rack mount the Comms Chassis:
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1.
Determine a location in the target rack (in the Machine Room) that has
adequate ventilation with no restriction to the chassis air flow.
2.
In the rack, measure the distance between the front and rear rails. Use this
measurement to determine the best position for the Side Support Plate to
attach to the chassis so that the Plate extends beyond the rear rail a minimum
of 1 inch (2.54 cm). Attach both Plates as shown above.
3.
Attach the two End Support Plates to the rear rails as shown above. Make
sure the chassis will be level when the installation is complete.
4.
Place the Comms Chassis in position in the rack, and carefully slide the Side
Support Plates through the slots in the End Support Plates.
5.
Install the chassis into the rack, and secure the front with screws in the front
ears of the chassis.
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An alternative is to mount the Comms Chassis with rack slides. This allows you to
access the internal electronics from the top of the chassis without removing the unit
from the rack.
Note
Accom does not supply rack slides.
Control Panel Mounting
Supports with rubber feet screw on the bottom of the Control Panel allowing it to sit
directly on a desk. Alternately you can cut a hole in the desk and surface mount the
Control Panel. The figure below shows the Control Panel dimensions.
Figure 2-9. Control Panel Dimensions
Note that the Control Panel cannot be more than 3000 feet (1000 meters) from the
Comms Chassis.
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Control Panel External Power Supply
The External Power Supply must be located within six feet of the Control Panel.
Dimensions are listed below:
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2.5 High (6.4 cm)
3.75 Wide (9.5 cm)
6.5 Deep (16.5 cm)
Software Installation
As required, new software may be provided by Accom for updates and various system
options. Complete software installation instructions will be provided with each
specific release, in the Release Notes that accompany the software CD-ROM.
Important
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Do not install any other software on your Windows¤ NT
based Axial editor, other than that provided by Accom.
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In This Chapter
This chapter provides information on all Axial/MX rear panel connectors, including
connector location and pin-out diagrams.
The following topics are discussed:
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Display Chassis Rear Panel Connectors
Comms Chassis Rear Panel Connectors
Display Chassis Front Panel Connectors
Control Panel Connections
Connector Pinouts
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Display Chassis Rear Panel Connectors
Display Chassis Rear Panel Connectors
The figure below illustrates the Display Chassis rear panel:
1
2
3
5
6
Video Inputs
1 2 3 4 Ref
4
9
10
7
8
11
12
Figure 3-1. Display Chassis Rear Panel Connectors
1)
Exhaust Fan
5)
Video Inputs (Live Video Option)
9)
Ethernet Port (Private)
2)
Voltage Selector
6)
Com 2
10)
Ethernet Port (House LAN)
3)
AC Power
7)
Parallel Printer Port
11)
Keyboard/Mouse Port
4)
Main Power Switch
8)
Com 1
12)
VGA Display Monitor
Following are descriptions of each rear panel control and connector:
1)
Exhaust Fan
The Exhaust Fan pulls air thru the chassis, from the front air vents. To
prevent overheating, do not block the exhaust fan.
2)
Voltage Selector
The Voltage Selector is used to set to the proper line voltage — either 115 or
230 VAC. In Chapter 2, refer to the “Chassis” section for details.
3)
AC Power
Use the AC Power connector to connect the chassis to your facility’s AC
power source.
4)
Main Power Switch
The Main Power Switch turns the power supply on. Once on, use the front
panel “Power” toggle to power up the chassis.
5)
Video Inputs (Live Video Option)
(BNC) Four assignable SDI (SD/HD) video inputs are provided for the
Master and Source windows on the Axial/MX display monitor. A serial
digital reference video input is also provided.
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6)
Com 2
This port is not functional.
7)
Parallel Printer Port
(25-pin D female) Parallel printer port allowing connection to an external
printer. Refer to the “Parallel Printer Connector” section for pinouts.
Note
8)
A ZIP Drive that uses a parallel interface can be connected
to the Parallel Printer Port
Com 1
(9-pin D female) Serial RS-232 port allowing connection to an external
serial printer or other serial devices. Refer to the “RS-232 Serial
Connector” section for pinouts.
9)
Ethernet Port (Private)
(RJ-45 female) 100BaseT Ethernet link for communication with Axial/MX
Comms Chassis. An Ethernet “crossover” cable is required. Refer to the
“Ethernet Connectors” section for pinouts.
10) Ethernet Port (House LAN)
(RJ-45 female) Ethernet port for communication with other Axial Editors or
“House” devices. 1000BaseT (gigabit) or 100BaseT supported. Refer to the
“Ethernet Connectors” section for pinouts.
11) Keyboard/Mouse Port
(P/S 2 female) This port connects to the supplied “splitter” cable, enabling
connection of a keyboard and mouse port for software installation purposes.
12) VGA Display Monitor
(15-pin D female) Display monitor output for the Axial/MX VGA
(1280x1024) color monitor. Refer to the “VGA Connectors” section for
pinouts.
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Comms Chassis Rear Panel Connectors
Comms Chassis Rear Panel Connectors
The figure below illustrates the Comms Chassis rear panel:
1
2
5
3
4
7
6
8
9
10
11
13
12
15
14
17
18
16
19
Figure 3-2. Comms Chassis Rear Panel Connectors
1)
Exhaust Fan
8)
GPI Connector 1
15)
Auxiliary Com Port (Option)
2)
Main Power Switch
9)
Spare 1
16)
Spare 4 (Option)
3)
Voltage Selector
10)
Spare 2 (Option)
17)
VGA Display Monitor
4)
AC Power
11)
Ethernet Port (Private)
18)
ID Label
5)
Serial Device Ports 1-12
12)
GPI Connector 2 (Option) 19)
6)
Serial Device Ports 13-24 (Option)
13)
Control Panel Port
7)
Keyboard/Mouse Port
14)
Spare 3
Reference Video Card
Following are descriptions of each rear panel control and connector:
1)
Exhaust Fan
The Exhaust Fan pulls air thru the chassis, from the front air vents. To
prevent overheating, do not block the exhaust fan.
2)
Main Power Switch
The Main Power Switch turns the power supply on. Once on, use the front
panel “Power” toggle to power up the chassis.
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3)
Voltage Selector
The Voltage Selector is used to set to the proper line voltage — either 115 or
230 VAC. In Chapter 2, refer to the “Chassis” section for details.
4)
AC Power
Use the AC Power connector to connect the chassis to your facility’s AC
power source.
5)
Serial Device Ports 1-12
(9-pin D female) Ports 1-12 can be used to connect up to 12 RS-422 serial
devices to Axial, and assign them via the Asign Manager Window. Refer to
the “RS-422 Connectors” section for pinouts.
6)
Serial Device Ports 13-24 (Option)
(9-pin D female) Ports 13-24 can be used to connect up to 12 RS-422 serial
devices to Axial, and assign them via the Asign Manager Window. These
ports are optional and field upgradable. Refer to the “RS-422 Connectors”
section for pinouts.
7)
Keyboard/Mouse Port
(P/S 2 female) This port connects to the supplied “splitter” cable, enabling
connection of a keyboard and mouse for maintenance purposes.
8)
GPI Connector 1
(25-pin D female) Provides GPI outputs 1-12 for contact-closure device
control. Refer to the “GPI Connectors” section for pinouts.
9)
Spare 1
(9-pin D female) This connector is not used.
10) Spare 2 (Option)
(9-pin D female) This connector is not used.
11) Ethernet Port (Private)
(RJ-45 female) 100BaseT Ethernet link for communication with the Axial/
MX Display Chassis. Refer to the “Ethernet Connectors” section for
pinouts.
12) GPI Connector 2 (Option)
(25-pin D female) Provides GPI outputs 13-24 for additional contact-closure
device control. This port is optional. Refer to the “GPI Connectors” section
for pinouts.
13) Control Panel Port
(9-pin D female) Provides serial communications with the Axial/MX
Control Panel. Refer to the “RS-422 Connectors” section for pinouts.
14) Spare 3
(25-pin D) This connector is not used.
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15) Auxiliary Com Port (Option)
(9-pin D female) This port may be used as serial port #25. Refer to the “RS422 Connectors” section for pinouts.
16) Spare 4 (Option)
(25-pin D) This connector is not used.
17) VGA Display Monitor
(15-pin D female) Display monitor output for the maintenance display. Refer
to the “VGA Connectors” section for pinouts.
18) ID Label
The ID Label indicates the connector assignments for the cards immediately
below the label.
19) Reference Video Card
(4 x BNC) This card provides 525/625 Reference Video input connectors. A
composite video input signal (NTSC or PAL) is required to lock the system
to house reference.
Figure 3-3. Reference Video Card
Note that the Reference LED lights solid when a valid 525 or 625
reference signal is present. When the system is running in 24p mode, the
LED will blink.
Important
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Even though both 525 and 625 connectors are provided,
only use the top 525/AUTO connector pair for 525, 625,
24P and “Auto” detect reference connection. In Chapter 4,
refer to the “Reference Video Connection” section for
instructions.
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Display Chassis Front Panel Connectors
Display Chassis Front Panel Connectors
The USB port on the front panel of the Display Chassis is currently not
implemented.
Control Panel Connections
At the center rear of the Control Panel is a recess with two connectors.
1
2
Figure 3-4. Control Panel Connectors
1)
Power
1)
2)
Control Panel
Power
(6-pin XLR) The Power connector provides DC power for the Control
Panel.
2)
Control Panel
(9-pin D female) The Control Panel connector provides RS-422 serial
communications with the Comms Chassis.
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Connector Pinouts
Connector Pinouts
This section provides pinout details for the Display Chassis and Comms Chassis rear
panel connectors. The following connector diagrams are provided:
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•
•
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RS-422 Connectors
GPI Connectors
RS-232 Serial Connector
Parallel Printer Connector
Ethernet Connectors
VGA Connectors
RS-422 Connectors
Figure 3-5. RS-422 Connector Pinout
This pinout configuration is used for:
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Comms Chassis: Device Control Ports 1-24
Comms Chassis: Auxiliary Comms Port
Comms Chassis: Control Panel Port
Table 3-1. RS-422 Connector Pinouts
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Pin
Function
1
Chassis Ground
2
- Receive Data (Rx-)
3
+ Transmit Data (Tx+)
4
Signal ground
5
No connection
6
Signal Ground
7
+ Receive Data (Rx+)
8
- Transmit Data (Tx-)
9
Chassis Ground
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Connector Pinouts
GPI Connectors
Figure 3-6. GPI Connector Pinout
This pinout configuration is used for:
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Comms Chassis: GPI Connectors 1 and 2
The GPI Outputs are relay closure type. The normal state of each GPI Output relay is
open — when activated the GPI Output relay is closed.
Table 3-2. GPI Connector Pinouts
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Pin
Function
Pin
Function
1
GPI OUT 1 +
14
GPI OUT 1 -
2
GPI OUT 2 +
15
GPI OUT 2 -
3
GPI OUT 3 +
16
GPI OUT 3 -
4
GPI OUT 4 +
17
GPI OUT 4 -
5
GPI OUT 5 +
18
GPI OUT 5 -
6
GPI OUT 6 +
19
GPI OUT 6 -
7
GPI OUT 7 +
20
GPI OUT 7 -
8
GPI OUT 8 +
21
GPI OUT 8 -
9
GPI OUT 9 +
22
GPI OUT 9 -
10
GPI OUT 10 +
23
GPI OUT 10 -
11
GPI OUT 11 +
24
GPI OUT 11 -
12
GPI OUT 12 +
25
GPI OUT 12 -
13
SIGNAL GROUND
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Connector Pinouts
RS-232 Serial Connector
Figure 3-7. Serial Connector Pinout
This pinout configuration is used for:
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Display Chassis: Com 1
Table 3-3. Serial Connector Pinouts
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Pin
Function
1
No connection
2
Receive Data (Rx)
3
Transmit Data (Tx)
4
No connection
5
Signal Ground
6
Signal Ground
7
Ready to Send (RTS)
8
Clear to Send (CTS)
9
No connection
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Parallel Printer Connector
Figure 3-8. Parallel Printer Connector Pinout
This pinout configuration is used for:
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Display Chassis: Parallel Printer Port
Table 3-4. Parallel Printer Connector Pinouts
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Pin
Function
Pin
Function
1
STB
14
Paper Feed
2
Data Bit 0
15
Error / Fault
3
Data Bit 1
16
Printer Init
4
Data Bit 2
17
Select
5
Data Bit 3
18
Ground
6
Data Bit 4
19
Ground
7
Data Bit 5
20
Ground
8
Data Bit 6
21
Ground
9
Data Bit 7
22
Ground
10
ACK
23
Ground
11
BSY
24
Ground
12
PE
25
Ground
13
SLCT
Note
A ZIP Drive that uses a parallel interface can be connected
to the Parallel Printer Port
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Ethernet Connectors
Figure 3-9. Ethernet Connector Pinouts
This pinout configuration is used for:
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•
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Display Chassis: Ethernet Port (House LAN)
Display Chassis: Ethernet Port (Private)
Comms Chassis: Ethernet Port (Private)
Table 3-5. Ethernet Connector Pinouts
Pin
Function
1
+ Transmit Data (Tx+)
2
- Transmit Data (Tx-)
3
+ Receive Data (Rx+)
6
- Receive Data (Rx-)
Crossover Cable
A crossover RJ-45 cable must be used for the RJ-45 Ethernet connection between the
Display Chassis and the Comms Chassis. These pin assignments are for the crossover
RJ-45 cable.
Table 3-6. Ethernet Crossover Connector Pinouts
Pin
Function
Pin
End 1
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Function
End 2
1
+ Transmit Data (Tx+)
3
+ Receive Data (Rx+)
2
- Transmit Data (Tx-)
6
- Receive Data (Rx-)
3
+ Receive Data (Rx+)
1
+ Transmit Data (Tx+)
6
- Receive Data (Rx-)
2
- Transmit Data (Tx-)
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VGA Connectors
Figure 3-10. VGA Connector Pinouts
This pinout configuration is used for:
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•
Display Chassis: VGA Display Monitor Connector
Comms Chassis: VGA Display Monitor Connector
Table 3-7. VGA Connector Pinouts
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Function
1
Red Output
2
Green Output
3
Blue Output
4
No connection
5
Self Test
6
Red Return
7
Green Return
8
Blue Return
9
No connection
10
Digital Ground
11
Digital Ground
12
Ground
13
Horizontal Drive
14
Vertical Drive
15
No connection
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In This Chapter
This chapter outlines the procedures required to connect Ethernet, control panel,
display monitor, reference video, source and peripheral devices, preview switching
and pre-read monitoring.
The following topics are discussed in this chapter:
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The following topics are covered in this section:
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Power Connection
Edit Display Monitor Connection
Ethernet Connection
Control Panel Connection
Reference Video Connection
Printer Connection
PC Keyboard and Mouse Connection
Power Connection
Use the following steps to connect system power:
1.
On the Comms Chassis and Display Chassis, ensure that the voltage is set
properly. In Chapter 2, refer to the “Chassis” section for details on each
chassis’ Voltage Selector Slide Switch.
2.
Connect an AC power cord to the AC Power Connector on the rear of
each chassis, and then to an AC outlet.
3.
For Control Panel power, connect one end of the 6-pin XLR DC Power
Cable to the Control Panel’s External Power Supply, and the other end
to the rear of the Control Panel. In Chapter 3, refer to the “Control Panel
Connections” section for details on the Control Panel Power Connector.
4.
Connect an AC power cord to the Control Panel’s External Power
Supply. Do not connect the cord to an AC outlet at this time.
Edit Display Monitor Connection
Use the following steps to connect the Edit Display Monitor:
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1.
Connect an AC power cord to your selected (LCD or CRT) display monitor,
and then to an AC outlet.
2.
Connect the display monitor’s VGA cable to the VGA Display Monitor
connector on the rear of the Display Chassis. In Chapter 3, refer to the
“Display Chassis Rear Panel Connectors” section for an illustration of the
Display Chassis rear panel.
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Ethernet Connection
The Display Chassis and the Comms Chassis communicate over an Ethernet
connection, using a supplied Ethernet “crossover” cable.
Use the following steps to connect Ethernet:
1.
Connect one end of the Ethernet “crossover” cable to the Ethernet Port
(Private) on the Comms Chassis. In Chapter 3, refer to the “Comms
Chassis Rear Panel Connectors” section for an illustration of the Comms
Chassis rear panel.
2.
Connect the other end of the Ethernet “crossover” cable to the Ethernet
Port (Private) on the Display Chassis. In Chapter 3, refer to the “Display
Chassis Rear Panel Connectors” section for an illustration of the Display
Chassis rear panel.
3.
If desired (for communication with other Axial Editors or “House” devices),
connect one end of a standard Ethernet cable to the Ethernet Port (House
Lan) connector on the Display Chassis.
4.
Connect the other end of the standard Ethernet cable to your house LAN
(e.g., to an Ethernet Switch or Hub).
Control Panel Connection
The Comms Chassis and Control Panel communicate over an RS-422 cable. A 50foot RS-422 cable is included with your Axial/MX Editor.
Use the following steps to connect the Control Panel:
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1.
Connect one end of the supplied 50-foot RS-422 cable to the Control
Panel Port on the rear of the Comms Chassis. In Chapter 3, refer to the
“Comms Chassis Rear Panel Connectors” section for an illustration of the
Comms Chassis rear panel.
2.
Connect the other end of the RS-422 cable to the Control Panel Port on
the rear of the Control Panel. In Chapter 3, refer to the “Control Panel
Connections” section for an illustration of the Control Panel rear panel.
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Reference Video Connection
In the Axial/MX editor, you can set the reference standard to NTSC (525), PAL (625),
or Auto detect. This procedure is performed in the Init Manager Window, under the
“Miscellaneous” category. In Appendix A of the Axial/MX User’s Guide, refer to the
“Miscellaneous” section for details on setting the reference initialization value.
Once the standard is set, the system must be rebooted.
Use the following steps to connect reference video for 525, 625, 24P or
“Auto” detect configurations:
1.
Connect the desired reference signal:
~ For NTSC (525) or PAL (625), connect the appropriate reference
color black signal (NTSC or PAL) to the 525/AUTO BNC
connector on the Comms Chassis rear panel.
~ For 24P, connect a 24-frame biphase signal to the 525/AUTO BNC
connector on the Comms Chassis rear panel.
In Chapter 3, refer to the “Reference Video Card” section for an illustration
of the card.
Important
2.
Notes
Note
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Even though both 525 and 625 BNC connectors are
provided, only use the top 525/AUTO connector pair for
525, 625, 24P and “Auto” detect reference connection.
Terminate the reference loop with at 75Ω terminator on the other 525/
AUTO BNC connector.
Please note:
•
For NTSC, the reference signal must conform to
EIA RS-170A standards. Black Burst (Color
Black) or Color Bars are recommended.
•
It is not recommended that you loop reference to
another device.
An SDI reference is also required with the Live Video
Option. This SDI reference video must match the frame
rate and format of the video sources and can be live video
input. If a live input is used, it must be synchronous.
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Printer Connection
The Axial/MX Display Chassis provides serial and parallel printer ports that enable
you to print Axial files, such as EDLs. If desired, you can also print files to a
networked printer via the “House” Ethernet connection. Refer to the “Ethernet
Connection” section for Ethernet connection instructions.
Use the following steps to connect a printer:
1.
Select the printer that you wish to install:
~ For a parallel printer, connect the printer’s 25-pin D cable to the
Parallel Printer Port on the rear of the Display Chassis.
~ For a serial printer, connect the printer’s 9-pin D cable to the Com
1 Port on the rear of the Display Chassis.
In Chapter 3, refer to the “Display Chassis Rear Panel Connectors”
section for an illustration of the Display Chassis rear panel.
2.
Configure the printer through Windows NT. Refer to the “PC Keyboard and
Mouse Connection” section for instructions on using the Maintenance
Keyboard to access Windows NT. Refer to your Windows NT User Manuals
for printer configuration details.
3.
Once properly configured, print a test EDL. In Chapter 5 of the Axial/MX
User’s Guide, refer to the “List I/O” section for EDL printing instructions.
Note
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The Parallel Printer Port can also be used to connect an
external ZIP drive. If you use this method, the ZIP drive
has a parallel “loop” connector that enables a parallel
printer to be connected simultaneously. Thus, the Display
Chassis’ Parallel Printer Port can be daisy-chained to
both a ZIP drive and a printer.
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PC Keyboard and Mouse Connection
The basic Axial/MX system includes a PC keyboard and mouse that can be connected
to either the Display Chassis or the Comms Chassis.
•
When connected to the Display Chassis, you have the ability to access
Windows NT® and configure printers or update Axial system software.
•
When connected to the Comms Chassis, qualified system engineers can
perform maintenance using the VxWorks output.
Display Chassis — use the following steps:
1.
Connect the supplied “splitter” cable to the Keyboard/Mouse Port on the
rear of the Display Chassis. In Chapter 3, refer to the “Display Chassis
Rear Panel Connectors” section for an illustration of the Display Chassis
rear panel.
2.
Connect the PC keyboard’s cable to the purple end of the splitter cable
marked with the “Keyboard” symbol.
3.
Connect the mouse cable to the green end of the splitter cable marked with
the “Mouse” symbol.
4.
Once the system is powered up (as described in the “System Power Up and
Status” section), you can access Windows NT by pressing the “Windows”
button on the keyboard.
~ For printer configuration, click Start > Setting > Printers to
access the Printers Window. Refer to your Windows NT User
Manuals for printer configuration details.
~ For software updates, contact Axial Technical Support.
Comms Chassis — use the following steps:
1.
Connect the supplied “splitter” cable to the Keyboard/Mouse Port on the
rear of the Comms Chassis. In Chapter 3, refer to the “Comms Chassis
Rear Panel Connectors” section for an illustration.
2.
Connect the PC keyboard’s cable to the purple end of the splitter cable
marked with the “Keyboard” symbol.
3.
Connect the mouse cable to the green end of the splitter cable marked with
the “Mouse” symbol.
4.
For maintenance procedures, contact Axial Technical Support.
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For increased flexibility in the edit suite, you may
configure your system with an infrared PC keyboard and
RF mouse. These items may be purchased online or from a
computer retailer.
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Connecting Axial/MX into your Edit Environment
Once the basic Axial/MX system interconnections have been made, you will need to
connect to the other components in your edit environment to make your system
function efficiently.
The following topics are discussed:
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•
•
Comms Port Connections
•
•
Audio Preview Switching Methods
Live Video Connections
Video Preview Switching Methods
Pre-read Preview and Record Pass Monitoring
Comms Port Connections
To provide editor control of equipment in your facility from the Axial/MX, you must
connect RS-422 cables from the Device Control Comms Ports on the rear of the
Comms Chassis to the RS-422 serial communications ports on the equipment to be
controlled. These ports may be labeled Remote, Auxiliary, Editor (etc.) on the
various devices.
External equipment that can be controlled includes audio mixers, video switchers,
video routers, DVEs (such as Accom Dveous/MX), DDRs (such as the Accom
APR•ClipStore), servers (such as the Accom ProServ), VTRs, ATRs and more.
Use the following steps to connect device communications:
1.
Using a standard RS-422 cable, connect one end of the cable to the serial
communications port on the selected external device. Refer to your device’s
technical manual to determine where to connect the serial cable.
2.
Connect the other end of the RS-422 cable to one of the 12 Serial Device
Ports on the rear of the Comms Chassis. (If the serial port option has been
purchased, 24 ports will be available.) In Chapter 3, refer to the “Comms
Chassis Rear Panel Connectors” section for an illustration of the Comms
Chassis rear panel.
3.
For the selected device, make a note of the serial port number on the rear of
the Comms Chassis. This port number will be required when you asign the
device using the Asign Manager Window.
4.
Repeat steps 1 through 3 for each external serial device to be connected.
Note
There is a 4000 ft. maximum length for RS-422 cable runs.
In Chapter 3 “System Configuration” of the Axial/MX User’s Guide, refer to the
“Device Configuration” section for details on using the Asign Manager Window.
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Live Video Connections
The Axial/MX Live Video Option includes assignable SDI video inputs.
Figure 4-1. Display Monitor Live Video Inputs
Note
This section assumes that the Live Video board is already
installed and does not offer instructions on installing the
board. If installing the live video board, please refer to the
instructions that are included with the board. Or contact
Accom technical support.
Please note:
•
Typically, the larger video window on the Axial/MX displays live video from the
master recorder or video switcher program output.
•
The smaller video input displays on the Axial/MX screen can display live video
from up to 3 other video feeds, typically Aux busses from the video switcher.
These smaller windows display the currently selected source device.
On the display, there are six, smaller source video windows — four of which can be
active at any time:
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Depending on room configuration, one is the active window (currently selected
source), while the other five are stills (last active frame) to provide visual
representation of each source device. However, if 4 live video feeds are used, up
to 3 source windows could be active at one time.
•
•
Windows 1 through 5 display sources A through E.
The sixth window displays sources F through J and Aux sources 1 through 9.
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In all operation modes, the video windows remain the same size. However, in
HD mode, video windows will be “letterboxed,” with black at the top and
bottom.
•
The live video board has 5 video inputs. Inputs 1-4 support live video inputs in
either SD or HD (including 24p). Input 5 is an SDI input that must be
connected and be at the same line standard as the current live inputs.
For proper viewing of all live video sources, several connection configurations can be
used, as outlined in the following sections:
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•
•
Connections using Video Switcher AUX Busses
Connections using a Video Router (Matrix)
Connections using Alternate Video Feed Options
Connections using Video Switcher AUX Busses
Use the following figure for reference with the “AUX Bus” method for live
video connections:
Figure 4-2. Live Video fed by two Aux Busses
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Axial/MX can control video switcher Aux busses that enable selection of the proper
source video for the display monitor’s live video windows. Axial/MX has 4 live video
inputs, so it is possible to connect and control up to 4 video switcher Aux busses.
Note
The typical installation will use a total of 4 Aux busses: 2
to feed the source windows, 1 to feed the record window
and a fourth to be used for preview monitoring. Refer to the
“Video Preview Switching Methods” section.
Connections using a Video Router (Matrix)
Use the following figure for reference with the “Video Router” method for
live video connections:
Figure 4-3. Live Video fed by Video Router (Matrix) Outputs
Axial/MX can control video router outputs that enable selection of the proper source
video for the display monitor’s live video windows. Axial/MX has 4 live video inputs,
so it is possible to connect and control up to 4 video router outputs.
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Note
The typical installation will use a total of 4 router
crosspoints: 2 to feed the source windows, 1 to feed the
record window and a fourth to be used for preview
monitoring. Refer to the “Video Preview Switching
Methods” section.
Connections using Alternate Video Feed Options
If multiple aux busses or video router (matrix) outputs are not available for feeding
the live video inputs, alternate options may be used to feed the Master Window. One
switcher aux bus or video router (matrix) output is still desired to feed the source
window video input.
Following are several options:
•
A preview monitor output may be fed to the Master Window input. This
preview monitor output may be a video router (matrix) output, switcher aux bus
or preview bus, or external preview switcher. In this manner, the Master
Window would always have the same display as the preview monitor, rather
than displaying master video when a source device is selected.
•
The master record device’s video output may be connected directly to an
assignable video input. Note that with this method, if the recorder is changed,
the Master Window will not update automatically to display the new recorder
video — the window feed must be changed manually.
Video Preview Switching Methods
For source selection and preview (or record) monitoring, Axial/MX will select the
appropriate video switcher output or master recorder that feeds the preview monitor
— based on the preview switching method used. The figure below shows the display
intervals during preview and record edit passes:
Figure 4-4. Video Preview Switching Display Intervals
The Axial/MX editor includes comprehensive preview switching control capabilities.
The following Video Preview Switching methods are supported:
•
•
•
•
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Video Switcher Preview Bus / Aux Bus
Video Router (Matrix)
Record Machine EE
External Preview Switcher
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Video Switcher Preview Bus / Aux Bus
Axial/MX can control a video switcher’s dedicated Preview Bus or an Aux Bus for
edit preview monitoring on the main edit suite monitor. For video switchers that
include a dedicated Preview Bus (not to be confused with Preset Bus), this is the
preferred option. If the video switcher does not include a dedicated Preview Bus, an
Aux Bus may be used.
Video Router (Matrix)
A single video router (matrix) output can be controlled by Axial for edit preview
monitoring on the main edit suite monitor.
Important
Please note:
•
The switcher program output MUST be fed back
into the video router (matrix) as an input source for
it to function properly as a preview monitor.
•
For field accurate preview monitoring, a video
router (matrix) must be capable of “deterministic
switching,” or responding to connect commands
with exactly the same delay at all times, regardless
of other matrix “traffic.”
Record Machine EE
The Axial/MX can perform Record Machine EE preview switching for preview
monitoring on the main edit suite monitor. If you prefer (or if no other video preview
monitoring options are available), you can use Record Machine EE for video preview
monitoring.
During the record interval, the record machine output is switched to display the input
video signal (video switcher program output).
There are limitations to this method when performing pre-read edits. Please see the
“Pre-read Preview and Record Pass Monitoring” section for details.
External Preview Switcher
An External Preview Switcher can be controlled by Axial for preview monitoring on
the main edit suite monitor. With the advent of video switchers equipped with
multiple preview/aux busses, this is a less commonly used method.
A Preview Switcher is a dedicated external box, typically with two inputs and one
output. One input is dedicated to the record device — the other is dedicated to the
video switcher / audio mixer program output. A Preview Switcher may support video
and/or audio, and may handle digital or analog signals.
The user must ensure that the proper inputs are fed to the preview switcher. This is
typically accomplished by manual button selections. When re-configuring record
devices, manual re-selection of the record input is typically required.
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Audio Preview Switching Methods
For source selection and preview (or record) edits, Axial will select the appropriate
audio mixer output or master recorder feeding the preview monitor based on the
preview switching method used. The following Audio Preview Switching methods
are supported:
•
•
•
•
Audio Mixer Preview Bus
Record Machine EE
External Preview Switcher
Audio Router (Matrix)
Audio Mixer Preview Bus
The Axial/MX can control an audio mixer’s Preview Bus for audio edit preview
monitoring. This is the preferred method for audio preview monitoring.
Record Machine EE
When a video switcher or router (matrix) is used for video preview switching, Record
Machine EE preview switching is normally disabled. An exception is if you do not
have an Axial-controlled audio preview switcher. Normally, audio preview
monitoring is handled by an audio mixer under Axial control. If an audio mixer is not
available, Record Machine EE preview switching is the alternative.
Pvw Bus / Aux Bus / Router and Record Machine EE Preview Switching may be
enabled at the same time. The result for video preview edits will not change.
•
During preroll, the master output will be viewed directly via the selected
preview switching output feeding the preview monitor.
•
During the edit interval, the master machine will be switched to EE (audio
mixer program output), but at the same time, the selected preview switching
output will switch to video switcher program output.
•
During postroll, the master machine will be switched out of EE, and at the same
time, the selected preview switching output will switch back to the master
output.
There are limitations to this method when performing pre-read edits. Please see the
“Pre-read Preview and Record Pass Monitoring” section for details.
External Preview Switcher
An External Preview Switcher can be controlled by Axial for audio edit preview
monitoring. With the advent of audio mixers equipped with a preview bus, this is a
less commonly used method for preview monitoring.
A Preview Switcher is a dedicated external box, typically with two inputs and one
output. One input is dedicated to the record device — the other is dedicated to the
video switcher/audio mixer program output. A Preview Switcher may support video
and/or audio, and may handle digital or analog signals.
The user must ensure that the proper inputs are fed to the preview switcher. This is
typically accomplished by manual button selections. When re-configuring record
devices, manual re-selection of the record input is typically required.
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Audio Router (Matrix)
Axial/MX is capable of supporting audio preview switching via an Audio Router
(Matrix). In practice, this method is not commonly used. For more information on
router (matrix) connections please see the “Video Router (Matrix)” section.
Pre-read Preview and Record Pass Monitoring
For video and audio pre-read preview and edit passes, preview monitoring is the same
as for non-pre-read edits. During pre-read record passes, Axial normally switches
away from the record device to display input video and/or audio signals, rather than
displaying record machine confidence playback. This is done for record devices that
are not physically capable of displaying confidence or EE playback during a pre-read
record pass.
•
To view the proper video during the record interval of a pre-read edit, video
preview monitoring must be handled by a video switcher preview bus, a video
switcher bus, a video router (matrix) or an external preview switcher.
•
To monitor the proper audio during the record interval of a pre-read edit, audio
preview monitoring must be handled by an audio mixer preview bus, an audio
mixer aux bus, and audio router (matrix) or an external preview switcher.
A drawback of Record Machine EE preview monitoring is that during a pre-read
record pass, it is not possible to monitor input video and audio due to physical
limitations of the record device.
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System Power Up and Status
The following topics are discussed in this section:
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•
•
•
Prerequisites
System Power Up
System Status
System Reboot
Prerequisites
As a prerequisite, ensure that you have made all system connections as described in
these sections:
•
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System Power Up
With all connections made, power can be applied as described below.
Use the following steps to apply power to each component:
1.
Control Panel — Turn on Control Panel power by plugging the AC power
cord from the External Power Supply into an AC outlet.
2.
Edit Display Monitor — Press the power switch on your selected Edit
Display Monitor (CRT or LCD).
3.
Comms Chassis — Use the following steps:
Important
a.
Ensure that the MAIN POWER switch on the rear panel is in the
ON position.
b.
On the front panel, toggle the POWER switch.
The STANDBY POWER switch on the front of the
Comms Chassis is a toggle. It does not have a specific ON
or OFF position. Power is either toggled ON or OFF.
In the event of a power outage, the chassis is toggled OFF.
When power is restored, you must toggle the POWER
switch again.
4.
5.
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a.
Ensure that the MAIN POWER switch on the rear panel is in the
ON position.
b.
Inside the front panel, toggle the STANDBY POWER switch to
the ON position.
Turn on power to all peripheral equipment.
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System Status
The following topics are discussed:
•
•
Display Chassis Status
Comms Chassis Status
Display Chassis Status
The figure below illustrates the Status LEDs on the Display Chassis front panel.
Figure 4-5. Display Chassis Status LEDs
•
•
The green PWR LED lights when power is on.
The red HDD LED lights to indicate hard disk activity.
Comms Chassis Status
The figure below illustrates the green POWER LED on the Comms Chassis front
panel. This LED lights when chassis power is on.
Figure 4-6. Comms Chassis Power LED
On the front panel, there are also four rows of communication status LEDs:
Figure 4-7. Comms Chassis Communication Status LEDs
The top two rows display Transmit (Tx) and Receive (Rx) status for each RS-422
Comms Port including the Control Panel (KBD) and AUX ports.
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•
The COM 1 section represents the standard Comms Port board (Comms Ports
1 thru 12). The COM 2 section represents the optional Comms Port board
(Comms Ports 13 thru 24 ).
For example, if a port’s Tx LED is on and the associate Rx LED is not, there
may be one of several causes:
~ The RS 422 cable is bad.
~ The selected machine is not on.
~ The assigned protocol does not match the device’s protocol.
•
The bottom two rows report field status and comms port operation status for
the COM 1 and COM 2 boards. Descriptions are listed in the table below.
Table 4-1. Communication Status LED Descriptions
LED
Color
Description
FIELD 1
Yellow
Field 1 active. Turns on at start of processing
Field 1, off at end.
FIELD 2
Yellow
Field 2 active. Turns on at start of processing
Field 2, off at end.
1
Yellow
ON indicates valid video reference present.
2
Yellow
Flashes during boot as each port is initialized.
Remains ON if all ports initialize properly.
3
Red
ON indicates reference lock error.
RESET
Red
ON when the Comms Chassis is booting.
System Reboot
System reboot can be accomplished from the Axial/MX Control Panel, or each
chassis can be rebooted individually by using the front panel RESET switch.
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This chapter provides comprehensive tables of Axial/MX specifications. The
following tables are provided:
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Display Chassis General Interface
Comms Chassis General Interface
Display Chassis Video I/O
Reference Video
Display Chassis Physical and Electrical
Comms Chassis Physical and Electrical
Control Panel Physical and Electrical
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Comms Chassis Device Control
The table below lists Comms Chassis device control specifications:
Table 5-1. Comms Chassis Device Control Specifications
Parameter
Specification
Note
Serial
12 RS-422 ports standard, expandable to 24
D9 female
GPI
12 GPI outputs, expandable to 24
D25 female
Display Chassis General Interface
The table below lists Display Chassis general interface specifications:
Table 5-2. Display Chassis General Interface Specifications
Parameter
Specification
Note
Ethernet (private)
100BaseT interlink to Comms Chassis
RJ-45
Ethernet (house LAN)
1000BaseT (gigabit) / 100BaseT
RJ-45
Serial printer port
RS-232
D9 female
Parallel printer port
D25 female
Keyboard
Maintenance port
PS/2
Mouse
Maintenance port
PS/2
Auxiliary serial ports
2x
D9 male
Comms Chassis General Interface
The table below lists Comms Chassis general interface specifications:
Table 5-3. Comms Chassis General Interface Specifications
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Parameter
Specification
Note
Control Panel port
RS-422
D9 female
Ethernet (private)
100BaseT interlink to Display Chassis
RJ-45
VGA
Maintenance display output
HD15 female
Keyboard
Maintenance port
PS/2
Mouse
Maintenance port
PS/2
Auxiliary serial port
1x
D9 male
Auxiliary parallel ports
2x
D25 female
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In This Chapter
Display Chassis Video I/O
The table below lists Display Chassis video I/O specifications when the Live Video
Option is installed:
Table 5-4. Display Chassis Video I/O Specifications
Parameter
Specification
Note
Monitor Output
1 x VGA, 1280 x 1024 resolution
HD15 female
Video Inputs
5 x 601 (SDI)
BNC
Reference Video
The table below lists reference video specifications:
Table 5-5. Reference Video Specifications
Parameter
Specification
Note
Display Chassis
1 x serial reference video input if Live Video
Option is installed.
BNC
Comms Chassis
1 x 525/625/24p/Auto, high-impedance looping.
BNC
Display Chassis Physical and Electrical
The table below lists Display Chassis physical and electrical specifications:
Table 5-6. Display Chassis Physical and Electrical Specifications
Parameter
Specification
Detail
Display Chassis
Dimensions
3.5” High (8.89 cm), 2 RU
17.0” Wide (43.18 cm)
18.5” Deep (46.99 cm)
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28 lbs / 12.7 kg.
Power
Switchable 90-132 / 180-264 VAC; < 250W
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Comms Chassis Physical and Electrical
The table below lists Comms Chassis physical and electrical specifications:
Table 5-7. Comms Chassis Physical and Electrical Specifications
Parameter
Specification
Detail
Display Chassis
Dimensions
7.0” High (17.78 cm), 4 RU
17.0” Wide (43.18 cm)
24.5” Deep (62.23 cm)
Weight
25 lbs / 11.4 kg.
Power
Switchable 90-132 / 180-264 VAC; < 250W
Control Panel Physical and Electrical
The table below lists Control Panel physical and electrical specifications:
Table 5-8. Control Panel Physical and Electrical Specifications
Parameter
Specification
Detail
Control Panel
Dimensions
6.5” High (16.5 cm)
31.0” Wide (78.74 cm)
12.75” Deep (32.39 cm)
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Weight
17 lbs. / 7.7 kg.
Power
Universal input, 90-264 VAC; < 42W
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Numerics
24P . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
reference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
3.5" Floppy Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
525/NTSC reference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
625/PAL reference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
A
AC
power connector, comms chassis . . . . . . . . . . . 27
power connector, display chassis . . . . . . . . . . . 24
precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Accom
contact . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
technical support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
world wide web . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Acknowledgements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ii
Air
filter, display and comms chassis . . . . . . . . . . . 15
flow, display and comms chassis . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Architecture, chassis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Audio
mixer preview bus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
preview switching . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
router matrix preview switching . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Auxiliary com port, comms chassis . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Axial
2020 and 2010 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
forum, Editsuite.com . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
specfile resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
B
Brackets, shipping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
C
CD-ROM drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
display chassis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
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Color black . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Com
1, display chassis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
2, display chassis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Comms Chassis
AC power connector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
air filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
auxiliary com port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
control panel port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
cooling and airflow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
device control specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
end support plates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Ethernet link, private . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
exhaust fan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
floppy drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
general interface specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
GPI outputs 1-12, 13-24 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
ID label . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
interconnection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
keyboard/mouse port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
main power switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
operating system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
physical and electrical specifications . . . . . . . . 58
power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
rack mount . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
rack mounting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
rear panel connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
reference LED . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
reference video card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
serial ports 1-12, 13-24 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
side support plates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
spare 1 and 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
spare 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27, 28
status LED descriptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
status LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Tx, Rx status LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
VGA monitor connector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
voltage selector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Comms Ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Communications
comms ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
59
Index
display monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Ethernet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
external . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
GPI outputs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
RS-422 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
status LED descriptions, comms chassis . . . . . 53
Company address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ii
Compliance certifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iv
Components, physical . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Composite video . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Connection
control panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29, 39
display monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Ethernet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
into edit environment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
live video . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
live video, alternate methods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
mouse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
reference video . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
RS-422 comms ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
RS-422 device communications . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
zip drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Connector
Ethernet crossover pinouts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Ethernet pinouts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
GPI pinouts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
parallel printer pinouts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
pinouts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
RS-232 pinouts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
RS-422 pinouts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
VGA pinouts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Connectors
comms chassis rear panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
display chassis rear panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Contact Accom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Control Panel
connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
external power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
external power supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
interconnection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
mounting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
physical and electrical specifications . . . . . . . . 58
placement in suite . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
port, comms chassis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
power connector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
serial control connector, RS-422 . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
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Conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Cooling, display and comms chassis . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Copyright . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ii
D
Data storage and transfer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Device
control specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
RS-422 connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Diagram, system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Dimensions
comms chassis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
control panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
display chassis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Display Chassis
AC power connector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
air filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
CD-ROM drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
com 1 and 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
cooling and airflow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Ethernet link, house LAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Ethernet link, private . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
exhaust fan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
floppy drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
general interface specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
interconnection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
keyboard/mouse port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
L brackets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
main power switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
operating system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
parallel printer port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
physical and electrical specifications . . . . . . . . 57
power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
POWER standby switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
rack ears . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
rack mount . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
rack mounting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
rear panel connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
RESET switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
status LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
USB port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17, 29
VGA monitor connector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
video I/O specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
video inputs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
voltage selector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Display Monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
communications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Display video windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Drive
CD-ROM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
floppy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
hard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
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E
Editsuite.com . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Electrical specifications
comms chassis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
control panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
display chassis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
End support plates, comms chassis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Engineering specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Environmental specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iv
Ethernet
connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
connector pinouts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
crossover connector pinouts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
house (LAN) link, display chassis . . . . . . . . . . 25
private link . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
private link, comms chassis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
private link, display chassis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Exhaust Fan
comms chassis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
display chassis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
External
communication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
power supply, control panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
preview switcher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
preview switcher, audio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
F
Fan
exhaust, comms chassis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
exhaust, display chassis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
FCC compliance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iii
First Aid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iii
Floppy drive
comms chassis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
display chassis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
G
General interface specifications
comms chassis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
display chassis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
GPI
connector pinouts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
outputs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
outputs 1-12, comms chassis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
outputs 13-24, comms chassis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
H
Hard Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
How to
connect control panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
connect display monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
connect Ethernet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
connect keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
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connect live video, alternate methods . . . . . . . 47
connect mouse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
connect printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
connect reference video . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
connect RS-422 comms ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
connect RS-422 device communications . . . . . 43
connect system power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
connect zip drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
power up system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
rack mount comms chassis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
rack mount display chassis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
I
ID label, comms chassis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Inspection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Installation
AC precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
installation details . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
physical . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
recommendations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
safety precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
shipping brackets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
site preparation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
system connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
system option keycode sheet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
unpacking and inspection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Interconnection
display and comms chassis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
K
Keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
infrared . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Keyboard/mouse port
comms chassis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
display chassis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Keycode sheet, system options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
L
L Brackets, display chassis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
LED
descriptions, comms chassis status . . . . . . . . . . 53
status, comms chassis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
status, display chassis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Tx, Rx, comms chassis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Live video
connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
connection, alternate methods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
option . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
61
Index
M
Main Power Switch
comms chassis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
display chassis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
comms chassis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
keyboard and mouse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Modifications and shielded cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iii
Monitor, display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Mounting
control panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Mouse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
RF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
N
Navigating the installation guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Notice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ii
NTSC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
O
Operating System
VxWorks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Windows NT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Option
live video . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
RAVE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
showcase . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
system keycode sheet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Options
hardware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Overview, system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
P
PAL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Parallel printer
connector, pinouts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
port, display chassis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Part number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ii
Physical
components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Physical specifications
comms chassis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
control panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
display chassis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Pinouts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Ethernet connector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Ethernet crossover connector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
GPI connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
parallel printer connector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
62
RS-232 connector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
RS-422 connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
VGA connector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Power
connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
connector, control panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
consumption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
control panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
display and comms chassis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iv
main switch, comms chassis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
main switch, display chassis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
standby switch, display chassis . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
supply, external, control panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
up, system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Pre-read preview and record monitoring . . . . . . . . . 50
Preview switching
audio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
audio mixer preview bus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
audio router matrix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
audio, external preview switcher . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
external preview switcher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
methods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
record machine EE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48, 49
switcher preview bus/Aux bus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
video router matrix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Processing, system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
R
Rack Ears . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Rack mounting
comms chassis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
display chassis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
RAVE option . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Reboot system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Receive (Rx) status LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Recommendations, installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Record
machine EE audio preview switching . . . . . . . 49
machine EE preview switching . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
monitoring, pre-read . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Reference
LED, comms chassis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
video card, comms chassis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
video connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
video specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
video, PAL, NTSC, 24P . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Release Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
RESET switch, display chassis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
RS-232 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
connector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
display chassis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
RS-422
comms ports connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Axial/MX • Installation Guide
Index
communications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
connector pinouts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
connector, control panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
serial ports 1-12, Comms Chassis . . . . . . . . . . . 27
serial ports 13-24, Comms Chassis . . . . . . . . . . 27
S
Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iii
compliance certifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iv
information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . v
precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Serial Ports 1-12, 13-24, comms chassis . . . . . . . . . 27
ShowCase option . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Side Support Plates, comms chassis . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Site preparation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Software
installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Windows NT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Spare
1, comms chassis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
2, comms chassis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
3, comms chassis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27, 28
Specfile resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Specifications
comms chassis device control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
comms chassis general interface . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
comms chassis physical and electrical . . . . . . . 58
control panel physical and electrical . . . . . . . . 58
display chassis general interface . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
display chassis physical and electrical . . . . . . . 57
display chassis video I/O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
engineering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
environmental . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iv
reference video . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Status
comms chassis status LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
display chassis status LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51, 52
System
connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
diagram . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
interconnection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
option keycode sheet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
power-up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
processing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
reboot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51, 52
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T
Technical Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Terms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Trademarks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ii
Transmit (Tx) status LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
U
Unpacking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
USB port, display chassis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17, 29
V
VGA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
connector pinouts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
monitor connector, comms chassis . . . . . . . . . . 28
monitor connector, display chassis . . . . . . . . . . 25
Video
display windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
I/O specifications, display chassis . . . . . . . . . . . 57
inputs, display chassis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
preview switching methods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
reference card, comms chassis . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
reference specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
router matrix preview switching . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Video I/O
live video option . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
reference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
ViewSonic
20PS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
21PS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
P810 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Voltage
selection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
selector slide switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Voltage Selector
comms chassis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
display chassis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
W
Windows NT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
World Wide Web . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Z
ZIP drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
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