Solid State Logic C100 HDS Software Update Manual Download

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NTRODUCTION

This document describes the new features, new options and bug fixes incorporated in the V4.2/6 software upgrade and

details the hardware and software installation procedure required to update your system to this latest release of C100 HDS

software.
Please note that this release is only applicable to those systems that have previously been installed with V3.0/11 or greater

software and that have had the new 256 channel Blackrock DSP card installed.

Do not apply power to – or re-start – the Blackrock processor with the C100 HDS Software Disk in the processor’s DVD

drive; doing so will force a complete system re-install!

NSTALLATION

ROCEDURE

Assumptions

The following points are assumed in these installation instructions:

A1. This installation procedure details installation of new software and hardware on a running system, not a fresh

installation.

A2. During commissioning/installation of the C100 HDS system, at least one networked computer within the studio

facility – ideally located in the same room as the console – will have been configured to communicate with the system.

Access to one of these computers will be required to run the software installation process. This will be referred to

in the following text as the ‘

networked computer

’.

A3. The network IP Address that has been assigned to the C100 HDS system will be required. If you do not know either

of these details, please contact your IT or Studio Maintenance Department.

A4. The

networked computer

used for this installation should have an SSH client installed (‘

PuTTY

’, for example).

This program will be used to communicate with the C100 HDS system – login as ‘

sbc

’ using ‘

server

’ as the password.

If you are unsure how to run this program, or the default password has been changed, please contact your IT or Studio

Maintenance Department. This computer must also be fitted with a DVD ROM drive.

A5. Backing up of the current system and installation of the new software will require that the

networked computer

has access to the folders exported by the C100 HDS system. This can be achieved as follows:

a. Click on ‘Run’ in the Windows Start menu.

b. In the ‘Run’ box, type ‘

\\<IP_Address> <CR>

’

Where: ‘

’ indicates that we wish to mount a file share,

‘

<IP_Address>

’ is the IP Address of the C100 HDS system,

‘

<CR>

’ indicates the ‘Return’ key on the computer keyboard.

c. At the resulting login prompt, enter the username (‘

sbc

’) and password (the default for this login being ‘

sbc123

’).

This will result in a view of the shared folders on the C100 HDS system, similar to that shown below:

System backups appear in here

Support software is placed in here

V4.2/6 Software Update

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Summary of Contents for C100 HDS

Page 1: ...llowing items 1 V4 2 6 Update Notes 82S6QC101AH this document 1 C100 HDS Software Disk DVD ROM P996C100H or website download 1 Software Licence String redundant systems will require two licence strings P996C120H If any of the listed items are missing please contact your local SSL representative before attempting the upgrade 82S6QC101AH This document contains essential information please read it ca...

Page 2: ... Mesnil Paris 93150 France 33 0 1 48 67 84 85 Via Timavo 34 20124 Milano Italy 39 0 39 2328 094 Visit SSL at URL http www solidstatelogic com Solid State Logic All Rights reserved under International and Pan American Copyright Conventions C10 HD C100 HD C100 HDS C200 HD C300 HD Alpha Link Blackrock RIO NetBridge Solid State Logic and SSL are trademarks of Solid State Logic All other product names ...

Page 3: ...rred to in the following text as the networked computer A3 The network IP Address that has been assigned to the C100 HDS system will be required If you do not know either of these details please contact your IT or Studio Maintenance Department A4 The networked computer used for this installation should have an SSH client installed PuTTY for example This program will be used to communicate with the...

Page 4: ...ing the firm command in tclient and if required update the firmware to current revision The UID numbers reported by firm will be as follows for the new firmware T9960KF6 UID 922 T989RPLF UID 1446 T989PCU9 UID 1447 If required please contact your SSL representative for further instruction Network Connection Alteration This software update requires a slight alteration to the Ethernet configuration i...

Page 5: ...nded that any backups created are stored off line elsewhere 3 To ensure that sufficient space is still available to contain the upgrade type df h home CR Check that the percentage used is less than about 90 If it is higher consider removing any old backups from the system_backup folder Installing the Support Software 4 Place the C100 HDS Software Disk in the DVD drive in the networked computer and...

Page 6: ...9 When the system has fully booted a pop up will appear on screen inviting you to enter a Software Licence string and so enable the software You will not be able to use the console until the Software Licence has been accepted Open the Software Licence envelope containing your Licence string and type this carefully using the on screen keyboard Once the system has verified the validity of the Licenc...

Page 7: ...sors but this can be done on both processors simultaneously 3 To ensure that sufficient space is still available to contain the upgrade on each system type df h home CR Check that the percentage used is less than about 90 If it is higher consider removing any old backups from the system_backup folder Installing the Support Software 4 Ensure that the slave Blackrock processor has been powered down ...

Page 8: ...epted Open the Software Licence envelope containing your Licence strings Each processor will have a different licence match the 5 digit PAL id given with the licence to the Blackrock network ID on the sticker on the front face of the Blackrock unit and type this in carefully using the on screen keyboard Once the system has verified the validity of the Licence a Software Licence Agreement will appe...

Page 9: ...er Scroller s left and right buttons can also be used to switch control between players Both players can be playing at the same time Each player can be in V Cart or Freeplay mode V Cart mode allows all of the console s Cut files to be listed and triggered either as individual Cuts or as Playlists sequences of Cuts using a standard folder architecture navigated using the Master Scroller Freeplay mo...

Page 10: ...ay window Note that if this button is labelled Freeplay you are already in V Cart mode Navigating V Cart Mode In V Cart mode Player 1 s Cut or Playlist list is shown on the left and Player 2 s list is shown on the right Each list can be placed in Playlist view by touching the Playlist button The Playlist button lights to indicate Playlist mode Note that one player can be Cut view while the other i...

Page 11: ...ther Cut view displays each Cut s duration to the right of the Cut title An arrow symbol before a Cut indicates that the Cut has been assigned a Freeplay Trigger See Freeplay Mode for details and a blue number before a Cut indicates its position in the play order See Playing Cuts below An A before a Playlist indicates that the Playlist is in Auto mode See Playlist Edit for details To create a new ...

Page 12: ...s if a new Cut is selected while the Player is already playing audio If Follow On is not selected any Cut which was playing will be stopped and the new Cut will start If Follow On is selected the new selection will start once any currently playing Cut has finished If any additional Cuts are then selected they will be placed at the back of the playout queue effectively creating a temporary Playlist...

Page 13: ...ed in blue to the left of the Cuts in the list as well as the interaction of the Loop and Follow On functions With Loop and Follow On both active the loopiest 01 to 07 have been added in order with loopiest 03 being added twice as indicated by the plus sign next to its playout position number loopiest 06 is currently playing as indicated by its playout order number being 1 At this point loopiest 0...

Page 14: ... the Cut from the end of the audio file Range 0 59 99s Fade In The length of the fade in measured in length Range 0 9 99s Fade in starts at the Start time Fade Out The length of the fade out measured in length Range 0 9 99s Fade out ends at the Cut Tail time Level Any level trim for the file Range 20dB Once a Start Cut Tail Fade In or Fade Out title box has been selected the Master Scroller arrow ...

Page 15: ...ngth of time before the Cut Tail point at which the audition will start and is set by touching its value box and using the keypad pop up which appears Pre Roll is measured back from the start of the fade out Note that the Post Roll and Pre Roll title boxes are simply on off buttons and do not set the Master Scroller to controlling their value When the Loop button is active touching the audition pl...

Page 16: ...he Cut on which it was based unchanged Note that all Cut edits are non destructive Any number of Cuts can be created using the same root audio file Press OK to close the Cut Edit window and return to the previous screen Note also that new Cuts are always saved in the same folder as the one on which it is based The Cut s location can be altered via Samba Share See Uploading and Managing Audio Files...

Page 17: ...g for each Cut Playlists can be set to play through automatically Auto mode or to pause after each Cut until the next one is manually triggered Manual mode See Creating or Editing Playlists for information on selecting Manual or Auto mode Playlists in Auto mode are indicated by a green A symbol before its name in the Playlist list When Auto is active for the Playlist the Touchscreen Loop button ca...

Page 18: ...ng Note also that Skip is unavailable in Auto mode and that Loop is unavailable in Manual mode See Transport Control Options for more information on using alternative Cut triggers Press the Pause button to pause playback press is again to continue playback from the pause location In Auto mode pressing the Stop button once will cancel the Playlist but leave the current Cut playing until it finishes...

Page 19: ...files and folders Select the Cut to be added using the normal C Play navigation procedures Note To add a Cut to the end of a playlist using Insert mode highlight the empty space below the last Cut displayed and press Insert In Insert mode the display will revert to normal Playlist Edit view once a Cut has been selected In Append mode the display will remain in Cut List view allowing more Cuts to b...

Page 20: ... the transition from the previous Cut in the Playlist by activating the Pre Roll button To adjust how much of the previous Cut you hear as part of the audition touch the blue value box to the right of the Pre Roll button enter a time value in seconds in the calculator pop up which appears and press Enter to activate the value and close the pop up Note that the Pre Roll value is only displayed when...

Page 21: ...lay Trigger go green to indicate when there is one second remaining for each Cut To pause all Triggers currently in playback touch All Pause To continue playback of all paused Triggers from the pause location touch All Pause again To stop and reset all Triggers currently in playback touch All Stop To swap the location of two Triggers activate the Swap function then touch each of the Triggers to be...

Page 22: ...tion are displayed above the button Press Audition again to stop auditioning To loop the Cut s playback activate the Loop button To define the number of times the cut plays once Triggered touch the number box next to the Loop button type the appropriate number in the calculator pop up which appears and press OK To set the Trigger to loop continuously select a Loop value of 0 zero Note that the num...

Page 23: ...arts again from the beginning Re starts playback The Trigger Pauses playback in which case touching the Trigger again will start it from the current location The Trigger stops and resets Neither option selected The lower two Trigger options in the left hand side of the screen define what happens if a Trigger is touched when other Triggers are already playing Again there are three options All Trigg...

Page 24: ...e described more fully below When the fader is open the ON button on the channel assigned to the C Play player can be used to start or stop the selected Cut When the channel is on opening and closing the fader can be used to play and stop Cuts 4 Transport functions can also be activated using channel and centre section Free Controls as well as GPIOs Note that transport functions operated via Fader...

Page 25: ... located at the base of the Touchscreen In the Function display which appears you will notice a C Play folder which opens as above With this window open press the softkey to which you want to assign a C Play function then use the Master Scroller to select the function in the display followed by C Play Player 1 or 2 displayed in the right hand column and touch Select to complete the procedure For m...

Page 26: ...etup section of the most recent version of the Operations Manual As you are likely to need regular access to the C Play Cuts folder we recommend creating a desktop shortcut for it in order to simplify the access procedure Sub folders can be created within both main folders in the normal way To add Cuts simply drag them into the C Play Cuts folder or any sub folder you have created within it C Play...

Page 27: ...d on the Slave machine The C Play Cuts folder will need to be kept synchronised as described below Manual Synchronisation While edit data triggers and playlist files are synchronised between the Slave and Master machines automatically in the event of a changeover the system will encourage you to keep them manually synchronised as described below Synchronisation of the C Play Cuts folder needs to b...

Page 28: ...nsert IN key will now restore Insert normalling on Channels ASG s PGM and Auxes The PGM downmix for stereo PGM is now 0dB The Sync Error message no longer incorrectly appears on large Morse systems when large amounts of routes are made A project containing Morse IO as EXT inputs no longer causes a freeze on a subsequent project load ...

Page 29: ...served by SSL You may not reverse engineer disassemble decompile or translate the Software or otherwise attempt to derive the source code for the Software except to the extent allowed under applicable law If applicable law permits such activities any information so discovered must be promptly disclosed to SSL and shall be deemed to be the confidential proprietary information of SSL Any attempt to ...

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