Harris ADC 100, User Manual

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Page 7: ...tem Components 4 ADC Device Server 4 Backup Redundant Server 4 Air Client Workstations 4 Media Client Workstation 5 File Server 5 Additional Options 5 What is the ADC Device Server 6 Features 7 Broadc...

Page 8: ...enu Server 2 2 Configuration Manager 2 2 Server Handle 2 3 Configuring Devices 2 3 Logically Configuring Your Devices 2 5 Deleting Devices 2 5 Configuring Lists 2 6 Configuring a Protect Device 2 8 Pl...

Page 9: ...Compiler Tab 2 22 Changing the Password 2 23 3 Video Disk Configuration Video Disk Parameters 3 1 General Tab 3 1 Ports Tab 3 3 Prerolls Postrolls Tab 3 6 Storage Tab 3 8 Recording Tab 3 9 Segments Ta...

Page 10: ...Tools Tab 5 4 Diagnostics Tab 5 5 6 M C Switcher Configuration M C Switcher Parameters 6 1 General Tab 6 1 Sources Tab 6 2 Destinations Tab 6 3 System Inputs Tab 6 4 Effect Durations Tab 6 5 Reporting...

Page 11: ...or Tab 8 6 9 Distributor Configuration Distributor Device Parameters 9 2 General Tab 9 2 Routing Tab 9 2 Source Tab 9 3 Global Delete Targets Tab 9 5 Appendix A Supported Devices Video Disks A 1 VTRs...

Page 12: ...Harris ADC Device Server User s Guide vi Contents...

Page 13: ...t of Figures 2 1 Configured Devices 1 of 2 2 3 2 2 Configured Devices 2 of 2 2 4 2 3 Device Configuration Properties 2 5 2 4 List Assignments 1 of 2 2 7 2 5 List Assignments 2 of 2 2 7 2 6 Configuring...

Page 14: ...Harris ADC Device Server User s Guide viii List of Figures...

Page 15: ...Harris ADC Device Server User s Guide List of Tables ix List of tables 1 1 Updated NT Drivers 1 10 3 1 Additional ports of same video disk 3 5...

Page 16: ...Harris ADC Device Server User s Guide x List of Tables...

Page 17: ...e ADC Device Server and its client side configuration software Chapter 2 Configuration Manager on page 2 1 covers in detail the configuration utility and the basic steps to get the ADC Device Server u...

Page 18: ...st of supported devices What is the Harris Automation System The Harris system automates television broadcast operations for the station network cable newsroom and or offline environments It also prov...

Page 19: ...ut during a specific time period The automation system accepts the schedules from traffic through a traffic system interface con verts the schedules to playlists and stores the lists at the file serve...

Page 20: ...via an RS 422 connection It also sends and receives frame accurate information across the Local Area Network LAN from remote client workstations Backup Redundant Server Optional Backup is an importan...

Page 21: ...ms Media Client Workstation The Media Client workstation is used to prepare material for air Media Client uses the dub list generated by Traffic The operator then creates material records and writes t...

Page 22: ...ur port serial boards can control a maximum of 64 devices and provide 16 channels simultaneously If more capacity is needed additional device servers can be added to the system The ADC Device Server i...

Page 23: ...in lieu of hardware interface boxes With the ADC Device Server modification to the system is simpler and throughput is faster Object Oriented Programming The ADC Device Server software is written usin...

Page 24: ...Tektronix and Hewlett Packard The protocol enables these disk devices to be used as multi channel cart machine replacements Compilation With the compilation feature spots can be compiled onto a single...

Page 25: ...uch as start time event type material identification ID title segment number duration start of message and channel output Play lists can be created locally at the Air Client workstations or from traff...

Page 26: ...cient time is allowed for cueing and pre roll of the edited event Playout can be controlled by the control panel software or hardware Using the control panel buttons it is possible to skip events hold...

Page 27: ...a videodisk server serving that transmission list 3 Monitor the movement of material 4 Log the movement of material 5 Provide automatic media duplication on multiple video disk servers for air protect...

Page 28: ...Harris ADC Device Server User s Guide 12 Introduction...

Page 29: ...e 100 Mb compatible network card Installing the NT Device Drivers Insert the floppy disk or CD ROM containing drivers for the Harris NT Device Server This disk CD ROM is labeled NT DRIVERS VERSION 1 0...

Page 30: ...b can be used to check the IRQ and I O settings used by these boards 5 Make sure that the VREFSync driver is using interrupt 3 and that no other device is using this interrupt Make sure that TimeCode...

Page 31: ...onfirm that you see the HarrisSer for each four port serial card configured in the system Checkkey exe After installation is complete a program file CHECKKEY EXE is installed in the SERVER directory R...

Page 32: ...lf extracting executable file containing all the files necessary to install the server software To install the Device Server software perform the following NOTE If you already have the files on two fl...

Page 33: ...ftware Only upon the first installation on your server does this screen appear If you wish to RENAME your server after installation you must make the change via the command line parameter See Command...

Page 34: ...to install the software onto the client Follow the onscreen instructions to complete the installation 6 Enter a password when the following screen appears during installation Make sure to remember th...

Page 35: ...ed on more than one client each client must have a unique name The device server installation also creates a desktop shortcut containing a command line parameter Example C SERVER adc100nt exe MAIN The...

Page 36: ...ing the NT command line switch causes the Air Client to read the list name from the ADC Device Server Using list names on the Air Client does not disable the listname property for configuration As a r...

Page 37: ...enu option in the first screen of the configuration program 10 Sometimes if the NT Server generates a runtime error and you restart it it may still be running If this appears to happen invoke the Task...

Page 38: ...llation Table 1 1 Updated NT Drivers OLD DRIVER NAME NEW DRIVER NAME GVG Master 21 MCS GVG Master 21 Thomson 9920 Thomson 9920 MCS Probel System 2 3 Pro Bel System 2L Probel System 2 3 Pro Bel System...

Page 39: ...anager next page It must be a unique number not assigned to any other device server on the Harris Automation network The other configuration options devices and lists are remotely configured from any...

Page 40: ...ke sure that only one is running at a time The Configuration Manager is an integral part of the Harris ADC Device Server running on any client on the Harris Automation network Do not run the Configura...

Page 41: ...click on the highlighted server then select File Server Handle from the menu If you entered a server handle in the server you do not need to repeat it again here Configuring Devices Right click on th...

Page 42: ...side has decreased from 4 to 3 since one of the 4 available servers in our example has now been configured 4 Right click on the configured device in the left column then choose Properties A dialog bo...

Page 43: ...Harris automation system checks for material on play lists with configured devices in channel order Channel 1 Channel 2 Channel 3 and so on in order Real devices should be configured on the lower cha...

Page 44: ...were configured earlier See Configuring Devices on page 2 3 for details on how to configure devices Four types of lists are available to choose from Play list Sends commands from play list data files...

Page 45: ...demo video disk to Protect for demonstration purposes 2 Drag Air from the right side onto PlayList 1 on the left side then drop it onto PlayList 1 Your screen should resemble the following Figure 2 5...

Page 46: ...e automatically replaces the air device in the event that the air device loses its connection with the server If the operator notices a problem with the air device such as poor picture quality and wis...

Page 47: ...ng display is similar to the following Note the word Protect in parentheses listed after the second video disk This indicates that the protect disk was successfully configured onto the playlist If you...

Page 48: ...with the air disk Examine Figures 2 6 right and 2 7 wrong to see the difference Play List Parameters Parameters Tab Name Enter a name for the playlist Options Rewind Spots After a spot plays the auto...

Page 49: ...blue registered events count toward the total thread time as if they were threaded Default is disabled Auto Restart When Cued Allows a missing event to automatically start when cued If disabled the a...

Page 50: ...ent to selecting Play on the Control Panel Playlists 1 through 16 correspond to contacts 1 to 8 of Card One Two respectively Default is disabled Auto A B Routing Overrides an event s channel settings...

Page 51: ...he event s time to the actual time that the event was transmitted This information is also written to the As Run Log if logging is enabled Default is enabled Auto Ripple Times The system recalculates...

Page 52: ...is enabled that setting overrides the Thread Time setting here Lookahead Tab Duration Based Lookahead Duration Based Lookahead The Lookahead window is the area of the play list where the automation sy...

Page 53: ...hosen here The valid range is from 0 to 23 hours Default is 4 hours Toggle Minutes Set an alternate time for toggling back and forth from the default setting chosen above Use the F8 key to toggle back...

Page 54: ...he associated primary event For example a backtimed GPI event with an offset of 5 seconds fires the GPI contact 5 seconds before the start of the associated primary event A backtimed GPI event cannot...

Page 55: ...e audio over on off secondary event except that the ontime option is missing the ontime for a transition audio over event is set to 0 In order to have the secondary audio event end at the same time as...

Page 56: ...pods are separated by either an upcount event or by this Break sync event The pods are triggered to run by an external contact closure GPI or by clicking Play on the control panel In normal operation...

Page 57: ...en the event is played the Wipe number in the event is passed to the switcher when the Wipe transition is started The Wipe number is solely dependent on the Master Control Switcher being used and is n...

Page 58: ...that are on the primary list with the exceptions Default is disabled List is Keyed Master Use this option when the secitonal lists are sparse and the exceptions have keys to control them when they ru...

Page 59: ...s Parameters Tab See the Play List Parameters Tab on page 2 10 Options Tab See the Play List Options Tab on page 2 12 Events to Log Tab See the Play List Events to Log Tab on page 2 15 Compile List Pa...

Page 60: ...change the duration of any of the missing items of material you will have to recompile the remainder of the pod after the event whose duration changed Default is disabled Log Errors Check this box to...

Page 61: ...ger The only requirement is that each password must be a minimum of one character and a maximum of 16 characters Letters numbers and spaces are permitted No special characters are allowed The password...

Page 62: ...Harris ADC Device Server User s Guide 2 24 Configuration Manager...

Page 63: ...gure 2 2 on page 2 4 and Figure 2 5 on page 2 7 then choose Properties A dialog box with multiple tabs appears Use the left and right arrows at the upper right to scroll through the other tabs Each ta...

Page 64: ...the Device Server connects to the video disk port if it can If it cannot the port must manually be re initialized on the Device Server under System Diagnostics When disabled it is the operator s respo...

Page 65: ...ot to be used for recording or you want to CLOSE the port so another controller s communication port can take control of that video port number Normally this should have the same value as the VIDEO OU...

Page 66: ...rror will be generated Close Disk Port When Not In Use The default is disabled This feature is rarely used It should only be enabled when the disk port is used by different controllers at different ti...

Page 67: ...tional port for threading Use the same procedure to configure two protect disks each protecting one of the air disk ports Thus when loading a playlist with four disk events and pressing program run yo...

Page 68: ...allowed by the ADC 100 If not configured properly the list may stop If Instant Preroll is set longer than the List Preroll instant play is actually a delayed play The ADC 100 NT operations rely on li...

Page 69: ...k manufacturer or Harris refer to device specific information Four frames is the minimum preroll allowed Preroll is sent to the video disk port when initialized or configured All play and record comma...

Page 70: ...ed first then the second lowest number then the third lowest etc Default is disabled unchecked Spots that are registered in the Lookahead are also never automatically deleted Disk Space to Keep Free M...

Page 71: ...rding of Record Events Allows recording of record events or other types of recordings When disabled the disk port will not record Recording with segment play enabled is equivalent to performing an ins...

Page 72: ...ing Only Record Events with ID in The disk will only record IDs whose first character is between or equal to the limits For example if only IDs starting with a 9 are to be recorded enter a 9 in both b...

Page 73: ...s of program material The HP AMS can only start at the beginning of the file for play and record The Profile can start play or insert recording at any time into the file If the SEGMENT field in an eve...

Page 74: ...communication load between ADC 100 and the disk if many red events are in the play list but the ADC 100 can handle virtually any load This feature is normally only disabled for testing and troublesho...

Page 75: ...controlled by a break away list Once the video disk receives an EE command it enters an EE controlled mode where it no longer controls the internal switcher If EE commands are then disabled the video...

Page 76: ...ppears when the problem occurs the diagnostic code associated with the message should be reported to Harris Default is disabled unchecked Items Automatically Deleted or Recorded This setting should on...

Page 77: ...ent turns blue until then the event stays red When a clip gets a copy command from the Content Server function the ID is placed in the Device Storage Window with a status of R and the clip is shown in...

Page 78: ...ibre Channel Handle Enter the same number that has been assigned as the Content Server source disk Disk To Use as Communications Port Set this to match the ADC NT port number that the copy commands wi...

Page 79: ...This option allows you to manually force the port to be an input port overriding the default configuration Make Output Port Specify the port as a port for playing out material This should never be nee...

Page 80: ...Harris ADC Device Server User s Guide 3 18 Video Disk Configuration...

Page 81: ...figured device see Figure 2 2 on page 2 4 and Figure 2 5 on page 2 7 then choose Properties A dialog box with multiple tabs appears Use the left and right arrows at the upper right to scroll through t...

Page 82: ...allows the VTR to behave as if it has a storage location to hold a tape like a cart machine Use caution when selecting this parameter for VTRs that are used as record decks for the compiler Default is...

Page 83: ...cters When an event is threaded a fifth character the head number is added to the name Compile ID The name is also used to identify the disk port used to execute secondary data events If a disk port s...

Page 84: ...ation VTR Type Tab VTR Type This tab displays information about the VTR including the model number protocol ID cassette size analog digital and whether or not extended errors are reported Refresh Clic...

Page 85: ...ure it Right click on the configured device see Figure 2 2 on page 2 4 and Figure 2 5 on page 2 7 then choose Properties A dialog box with multiple tabs appears Use the left and right arrows at the up...

Page 86: ...in the Enable VTR window Default is 4 VTRs enabled Keep Media in VTR A tape inserted in a VTR is retained by the VTR not ejected The tape can then only be manually ejected This feature allows the VTR...

Page 87: ...properties The following box appears The Edit Compensation values should be left at 2 unless you are experiencing problems If you intend to change these values contact your Harris representative Four...

Page 88: ...ny barcode label Default is 5 Tools Tab Insert and Remove Tapes NOTE This tab is used only for demo devices Since no tape is actually being used with a demo device the tape ID and title are entered he...

Page 89: ...Harris ADC Device Server User s Guide Cart Machine Configuration 5 5 Diagnostics Tab Reinitialize Device Click the Reinitialize button to reinitialize the device Confirm your selection when prompted...

Page 90: ...Harris ADC Device Server User s Guide 5 6 Cart Machine Configuration...

Page 91: ...gured device see Figure 2 2 on page 2 4 and Figure 2 5 on page 2 7 then choose Properties A dialog box with multiple tabs appears Use the left and right arrows at the upper right to scroll through the...

Page 92: ...the device s setting is connected The valid range is 0 to 32768 Default is 1 Latency Switcher Latency This parameter adjusts the latency of the switcher The adjustment can range from 10 to 10 frames...

Page 93: ...uration 6 3 The Crosspoint Name is a mnemonic to help the operator identify the crosspoint The Number is the physical connection number of the crosspoint Destinations Tab Crosspoint Name Click the Add...

Page 94: ...ry the black colorbars station ID and initial input signals Black Input Colorbars StationID Initial Input Specify a number from 0 to 32768 Default is 0 These options are not used by the automation sys...

Page 95: ...Switcher Configuration 6 5 Effect Durations Tab Effect durations in frames Slow Specify a number from 0 to 999 Default is 60 Medium Specify a number from 0 to 999 Default is 30 Fast Specify a number...

Page 96: ...le backup switchers Use this parameter when installing a redundant switcher to act as backup if the main switcher fails In the Configure Backup Switcher window enter the number of the port that has th...

Page 97: ...ide M C Switcher Configuration 6 7 Miscellaneous Tab Audio Mode Stereo Mono Control Select either stereo or mono for audio recording Default is disabled unchecked Cascade Tab Click the Add button to e...

Page 98: ...d range is 0 to 32768 Default is 0 Cascade Device Select a cascade device from the dropdown list Cascade Crosspoint In The crosspoint on the cascaded switcher to which the Output Active Line setting a...

Page 99: ...event on the list On these kinds of events the contact closure occurs at preroll time This allows a device such as a parallel connected VTR to be started at preroll by the list Another way to use a s...

Page 100: ...types of events The event and device goes through preroll switches at the end of preroll counts down a duration rolls the next event and then goes through postroll You can also Skip the event and roll...

Page 101: ...al Tab Device Name Enter a name using up to 16 characters for the switcher This name is used by the automation system to identify the switcher Systems with multiple switchers should have each switcher...

Page 102: ...the next event has a near instant preroll When using a master control switcher the preroll must not be shorter than the shortest preroll supported by the switcher When Use Instant Prerolls is enabled...

Page 103: ...uration of the GPI contact in frames i e the length of time the contacts are closed for primary GPI events The GPI contact closes when the event goes into preroll For secondary events the contact dura...

Page 104: ...he preroll used by the list the Switch Only device is attached to or the instant preroll if configured See Instant Prerolls on page 7 4 Switch Only Select a Switch Only device The settings chosen in t...

Page 105: ...one requester per transmission list however additional requesters may be added to segregate the types of material such as commercials and programs that will be requested from distributors Systems usin...

Page 106: ...nt s projected on air time and the result is the time that the media is expected to be needed Weighting allows some level of prioritization of requests from different requesters on the same or differe...

Page 107: ...you will need to set the request qualifiers if you have multiple requesters on a transmission list and these requesters are requesting media from different sources Program Spots Events With Segments O...

Page 108: ...livery mode for material to a destination device Baseband Real time video signal either analog or digital Baseband includes SDI and SPIT modes Default is enabled Fibre JPEG or MPEG compressed data fil...

Page 109: ...e not supported in this release Server This is the server name that the destination device is physically connected to Choose the correct server from the dropdown menu Device Choose the device name ass...

Page 110: ...distributor may reside on the same device server as the requester or may be on a different device server Server Choose the server from the dropdown menu where the distributor identified in the Device...

Page 111: ...ing limitations and format mismatches If the device contains the media requested by the requester it forwards the missing media event s ID to a GMT list If the distributor does not contain the request...

Page 112: ...General Tab Device Name The name of the distributor The default is DISTRxx where xx is the position of the distributor within the server s device list This position is also known as the channel numbe...

Page 113: ...hive Usually a SCSI connection between the archive system and the video disk server This mode is used when the source device is a digital archive device e g a StorageTek or Ampex DST under control of...

Page 114: ...is only available with baseband and archive routing Fibre mode is not supported See Routing on page 9 3 Next Distributor Specify an additional distributor for locating material For example you may hav...

Page 115: ...n to display a dialog box allowing you to enter crosspoints NOTE 1 The Global Delete target should be a video disk 2 The only allowable routing mode is fibre mode 3 If Delete Target specifies a VTR ca...

Page 116: ...Harris ADC Device Server User s Guide 9 6 Distributor Configuration...

Page 117: ...d Profile Video Disk Ported Tested On Air Caching Video Disk NOT TO BE PORTED Demo Cache Vid Disk NOT TO BE PORTED 2 Port Vid Disk Ported 3 Port Vid Disk Ported 4 Port Vid Disk Ported 5 Port Vid Disk...

Page 118: ...0 Ported Tested Odetics TCS90 Ported Untested Odetics TCS90M Ported Untested Odetics TCS90LEM Ported Untested Odetics TCS90A Ported Untested Odetics TCS2000 Ported Untested Odetics PROPHET Ported Unte...

Page 119: ...ted Untested Datatek D2400 Ported Untested BTS Venus Ported Untested Image Video Ported Untested Pro Bel System 2 3 DOS Only Untested Pro Bel Router Ported Untested Sony DVS V1616 Ported Untested Demo...

Page 120: ...Sony Mini Disk Ported Enco DAD Ported Tested Orban Airtime Ported Tested Character Generators Chyron MAX Ported Does not support IDNAME Chyron MAX 2Chan Ported Chyron Codi Ported Tested On Air Weather...

Page 121: ...eyer Only Ported IBT VPS 9701 Ported IBT VPS 9702 Ported SCREEN SRV2 Ported Tested Still Stores Sony SSCU 1000 Ported Leitch Still Store Ported Leitch Still Store 2Chan Ported BTS VIDIFONT No DOS Supp...

Page 122: ...vices GMT RDRO Ported Untested Requester Ported Tested Distributor Ported Tested Avalon Archive Manager Ported Tested Annotators Harris Annotator No DOS Support Harris GPI Anno No DOS Support Harris G...

Page 123: ...ak thread after 2 13 Broadcast environment using in 3 C Cart machine Bin location 5 4 Configuration overview 5 1 Diagnostics tab 5 5 Edit compensation 5 3 Editor Parameters tab 5 2 Eject on initializa...

Page 124: ...arnings 3 14 Disk to use as storage port 3 4 Distributor General tab 9 2 Global Delete Targets tab 9 5 Overview 9 1 Routing tab 9 2 Source tab 9 3 DOS to NT upgrade issues 1 7 Dub list 3 Duration base...

Page 125: ...7 Reporting tab 6 5 6 6 System inputs 6 4 System Inputs tab 6 4 Master control M C switcher Overview 6 1 Media Client 3 Media list Descrtiption 2 6 Media list parameters Events to Log tab 2 21 Options...

Page 126: ...play record on init 3 2 Supported devices Annotators A 6 Audio carts A 4 Barcode readers A 5 Cart machines A 2 Character generators A 4 GMT A 6 M C switchers A 2 Routers A 3 SERCOM A 5 Still stores A...

Page 127: ...o send play early 3 7 General tab 3 1 Local fibre channel handle 3 15 Only record events with ID in 3 10 Overview configuration 3 1 Ports tab 3 3 Prerolls Postrolls tab 3 6 Recording tab 3 9 Reporting...

Page 128: ...Harris ADC Device Server User s Guide I 6 Index...