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MAXX-2420-EX Owner’s Manual Page 1 MAXX-2420-EX™ High Definition Video Server Operations Manual P/N 100-145-0022-01 June 2012 Software V

Page 10 MAXX-2420-EX Owner’s Manual Safety Notices Safety Terms and Symbols THE FOLLOWING WARNING SYMBOLS ARE USED IN THIS MANUAL: ENGLISH ATTENTIO

Page 100 MAXX-2420-EX Owner’s Manual Installation To install Remote Workstation software from CD-ROM or USB drive, insert the media into the PC. •

MAXX-2420-EX Owner’s Manual Page 101 Hard Disk Management MAXX-2420-EX employs an advanced Serial-ATA controller that manages eight high-capacity ha

Page 102 MAXX-2420-EX Owner’s Manual About RAID 5 A RAID 5 configuration features the data striping of RAID 0, combined with the parity benefits of

MAXX-2420-EX Owner’s Manual Page 103 Managing Disk Arrays The MAXX-2420-EX’s Disk Array Configuration Utility provides tools for monitoring and mana

Page 104 MAXX-2420-EX Owner’s Manual IMPORTANT The term “DEGRADED” refers to the state of the Array data, not necessarily the hardware or disk drive

MAXX-2420-EX Owner’s Manual Page 105 Log-In to the RAID Utilities Figure 44 - RAID Utilities Login Screen To log in to the RAID utilities, perfor

Page 106 MAXX-2420-EX Owner’s Manual Determining the Condition of the RAID Array Figure 45 - RAID Array Condition Screen To check the condition of

MAXX-2420-EX Owner’s Manual Page 107 Displaying the Alarm Log of the Raid Array Figure 46 - RAID Alarm Log Screen The RAID controller keeps track o

Page 108 MAXX-2420-EX Owner’s Manual Checking Status of the Drives Figure 47 - RAID Array Maintenance Screen To check the status of the RAID driv

MAXX-2420-EX Owner’s Manual Page 109 Removing the Degraded Drive from the RAID Unit Figure 48 - Removing Failed Drive from Array The Unit Maintena

MAXX-2420-EX Owner’s Manual Page 11 Important Safety Instructions These instructions are required per applicable safety standards. 1. Read these in

Page 110 MAXX-2420-EX Owner’s Manual Rebuilding the RAID Array Figure 49 - Selecting a drive to rebuild • Select Rebuild Unit. The dialog above

MAXX-2420-EX Owner’s Manual Page 111 RAID Controller Settings The server RAID controller is configured at the factory. The following is provided on

Page 112 MAXX-2420-EX Owner’s Manual Multi-Channel Audio Audio Input/Output Modules In addition to embedded audio, provided as a standard feature o

MAXX-2420-EX Owner’s Manual Page 113 DXP-1 Technical Specifications Digital Audio Module Audio channels 8 per video channel (3 outputs x 8, 1 in

Page 114 MAXX-2420-EX Owner’s Manual AXP3/AXP4 Technical Specifications Analog Audio Module Audio channels 4 per video channel Word

MAXX-2420-EX Owner’s Manual Page 115 Maintenance Fault Diagnostics Front Panel Indicators The five LED indicators on the front panel are used to di

Page 116 MAXX-2420-EX Owner’s Manual Gigabit Ethernet Indicators The Gigabit Network Port card has the following indicator lights: Label Indicati

MAXX-2420-EX Owner’s Manual Page 117 General Handling Precautions ESD Precautions Observe electrostatic discharge (ESD) precautions to avoid damagi

Page 118 MAXX-2420-EX Owner’s Manual Program Updates from USB Memory Program updates for the MAXX-2420-EX may be issued from time to time. The ser

MAXX-2420-EX Owner’s Manual Page 119 Updating Firmware Firmware is low-level code used by the video hardware; it is not server operating system so

Page 12 MAXX-2420-EX Owner’s Manual Product Damage Precautions • 360 Systems’ MAXX-2420-EX™ server contains hard disk drives and other fragile elec

Page 120 MAXX-2420-EX Owner’s Manual After each bank is loaded, you should see the message “Verify complete”. The procedure will continue, and fina

MAXX-2420-EX Owner’s Manual Page 121 Replacing a Hard Drive Do not remove a hard drive from the server unless the diagnostic software identifies a

Page 122 MAXX-2420-EX Owner’s Manual Factory Repair Policy A video server being returned under warranty shall be sent to 360 Systems, freight prepa

MAXX-2420-EX Owner’s Manual Page 123 FCC Emission Limits This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following

Page 124 MAXX-2420-EX Owner’s Manual Product Warranty Limited Warranty This product is warranted to the original purchaser against defects in mate

MAXX-2420-EX Owner’s Manual Page 125 End User License Agreement For Server Software IMPORTANT THIS IS A LEGAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN YOU (“YOU”) AND 36

Page 126 MAXX-2420-EX Owner’s Manual 5. Company warrants that the Software will perform substantially in accordance with its Documentation. Your e

MAXX-2420-EX Owner’s Manual Page 127 Appendix A Connector Specifications Audio XLR-3 Connector Pinout Signals appearing on XLR connectors of the D

Page 128 MAXX-2420-EX Owner’s Manual BNC Connectors The following note applies to all video and Genlock connectors: • A BNC connector used as an ou

MAXX-2420-EX Owner’s Manual Page 129 1GPI 1GPI 1 RTN9SIGNAL GND141013GPO 625GPO 512GPO 424GPO 311GPO 222INPUTSOUTPUTS+5V, 200mA MAX SOURCEGPI/O (DB

MAXX-2420-EX Owner’s Manual Page 13 Introduction 360 Systems’ MAXX-2420™ server is a four channel, high-definition video recorder/server designed

Page 130 MAXX-2420-EX Owner’s Manual System Board Ports Standard computer I/O ports on the server include video monitor, keyboard, mouse, and Gigabi

MAXX-2420-EX Owner’s Manual Page 131 Appendix B Serial Command Protocols VDCP Command Table The server responds to the following VDCP commands. S

Page 132 MAXX-2420-EX Owner’s Manual CMD-1 CMD-2 NAME CMD-1 CMD-2 NAME 3X 01 Open Port 3X 81 Grant/Denied 3X / BX 02 Next 3X 82 Li

MAXX-2420-EX Owner’s Manual Page 133 P2 (BVW) Serial Command Table The server command set includes most BVW-type commands. Commands not implemente

Page 134 MAXX-2420-EX Owner’s Manual Odetics® Protocol Odetics serial protocol is an extension of P2 machine control protocol. Among its most signi

MAXX-2420-EX Owner’s Manual Page 135 COMMAND DESCRIPTION RETURN COMMENT 0X4X00 TIMER1 PRESET ACK 0X4X04 TIME CODE PRESET ACK 0X4008 TIM

Page 136 MAXX-2420-EX Owner’s Manual COMMAND DESCRIPTION RETURN COMMENT GEN UB DATA 0X7409 GEN U BAND TC DATA 0X7809 0X600C CU

MAXX-2420-EX Owner’s Manual Page 137 Appendix C Technical Specifications Video Video Input 2 Channel Video Outputs 4 Channels (2 are bidirecti

Page 138 MAXX-2420-EX Owner’s Manual Keyboard Shortcuts Transport Control Edit Operations L Forward at 4x, 16x, 64x, 128x E Enter/Exit Edit Mode K

MAXX-2420-EX Owner’s Manual Page 139 Appendix D Playlist Management Detail Playlists can be accessed via the server’s FTP feature, allowing sever

Page 14 MAXX-2420-EX Owner’s Manual Compatibility with Automation Controllers MAXX servers work with automation controllers from many different man

Page 140 MAXX-2420-EX Owner’s Manual Each line of the example appears with its explanation below: #360PLAYLIST 2.0 Header line, this must always be

MAXX-2420-EX Owner’s Manual Page 141 Some text editors, such as Notepad, do not display each line separately. Word and Wordpad perform correctly b

Page 142 MAXX-2420-EX Owner’s Manual Appendix E As-Run Logging Detail To enable As-Run logs, open a Playlist window, select Options, and then click

MAXX-2420-EX Owner’s Manual Page 143 As-Run Log Page Header This section describes the format of the first line (page header): IS-76152 as-run (Ch2

Page 144 MAXX-2420-EX Owner’s Manual Appendix F Mechanical Drawing Figure 32: Dimensional Drawing

MAXX-2420-EX Owner’s Manual Page 145 Index 360 Systems Customer Service ...122 E-mail...

Page 146 MAXX-2420-EX Owner’s Manual Duration Display...50 DXP-1 Digital Audio Module...

MAXX-2420-EX Owner’s Manual Page 147 Transport View ...34 Out Point Display...

Page 148 MAXX-2420-EX Owner’s Manual Take Control ...34 TARGA (.tga) files...

MAXX-2420-EX Owner’s Manual Page 15 System configuration is clear and straightforward through the GUI. It provides access to encoding parameters, a

Page 16 MAXX-2420-EX Owner’s Manual Key Features and Benefits The MAXX-2420-EX is designed from the ground up to deliver outstanding performance and

MAXX-2420-EX Owner’s Manual Page 17 Applications for 360 Systems Servers The MAXX-2420-EX adds value to many applications in broadcasting, cable dis

Page 18 MAXX-2420-EX Owner’s Manual Accessory Information AXP-3 Multi-Channel Analog Audio Module (optional – provides audio channels 1-4) Provide

MAXX-2420-EX Owner’s Manual Page 19 Installation Unpacking Your server has been carefully inspected and calibrated before shipment to allow immedia

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Page 20 MAXX-2420-EX Owner’s Manual Important Installation Notes System Cooling When many pieces of equipment are mounted in an equipment rack, a co

MAXX-2420-EX Owner’s Manual Page 21 Continuous Conversion UPS Design This improved design, sometimes called ‘double conversion’ continuously convert

Page 22 MAXX-2420-EX Owner’s Manual About Server Software The MAXX-2420-EX is shipped with its application programs and operating system installed.

MAXX-2420-EX Owner’s Manual Page 23 Connect the keyboard to the PS-2 keyboard port on the rear of the unit; connect the mouse to the mouse port. Ref

Page 24 MAXX-2420-EX Owner’s Manual Rear Panel Connections Figure 1 indicates the Rear Panel connections on MAXX-2420-EX. Each connection is describ

MAXX-2420-EX Owner’s Manual Page 25 CVBS Monitor Outputs (Optional) Channels 1, 2, 3 and 4 have letterboxed composite video monitoring outputs. Ge

Page 26 MAXX-2420-EX Owner’s Manual USB Ports The rear panel USB ports are used for software updates. As of version 1.07.559 the USB ports can supp

MAXX-2420-EX Owner’s Manual Page 27 Control Module (CXP) Connections The CXP Module provides connections to the server’s serial ports and its GPI i

Page 28 MAXX-2420-EX Owner’s Manual contacts or to an open-collector transistor output. GPI inputs are programmable, and can provide machine contro

MAXX-2420-EX Owner’s Manual Page 29 Basic Operations This section introduces the Graphic User Interface (GUI), its menus and operating controls. If

MAXX-2420-EX Owner’s Manual Page 3 Contents Preface________________________________________________________________ 9 Software and Operations Manu

Page 30 MAXX-2420-EX Owner’s Manual Graphic User Interface Overview Once the server has successfully powered up, the VGA monitor will display the GU

MAXX-2420-EX Owner’s Manual Page 31 System Menu Bar The System Menu bar contains four menus: Show, Edit, Windows and Help. Show Menu Contains selec

Page 32 MAXX-2420-EX Owner’s Manual In addition, there are selections for each open transport window. Selecting one of these brings that transport

MAXX-2420-EX Owner’s Manual Page 33 The Transport Channel View The Transport Channel View is shown in Figure 6. This is the default view of each ch

Page 34 MAXX-2420-EX Owner’s Manual Save As Opens the Clip Navigator to allow saving an edited version of the clip with a new name. This allows mak

MAXX-2420-EX Owner’s Manual Page 35 The Playlist Channel View The Playlist Channel View is shown in Figure 7. This view allows multiple clips to be

Page 36 MAXX-2420-EX Owner’s Manual Save As Opens the Clip Navigator to allow saving an edited version of the clip with a new name. This allows mak

MAXX-2420-EX Owner’s Manual Page 37 Initial System Configuration Selecting a Sync Reference In many applications, this server and downstream equip

Page 38 MAXX-2420-EX Owner’s Manual Selecting a Video Format The MAXX-2420-EX can record and play video in four high definition video formats: 1080

MAXX-2420-EX Owner’s Manual Page 39 Making a Recording from the GUI Video recordings are made using the Transport View of Channel 1 or 2. These chan

Page 4 MAXX-2420-EX Owner’s Manual Graphic User Interface Overview...30 System Menu Bar ...

Page 40 MAXX-2420-EX Owner’s Manual Setting the Audio Input Source Select OPTIONS >CONFIGURE from the Channel 1 Transport Window. The Dialog box

MAXX-2420-EX Owner’s Manual Page 41 Figure 10 - Audio Delay Time Offset Audio Rate Conversion • Converting the sample rate for audio applies only

Page 42 MAXX-2420-EX Owner’s Manual Setting VANC Line Selections • Select OPTIONS >CONFIGURE from the Channel 1 Transport Window. The Dialog box

MAXX-2420-EX Owner’s Manual Page 43 Making a Crash Recording Press Record whenever Channel 1 reports that it is IDLE. Making a Named Recording • Fr

Page 44 MAXX-2420-EX Owner’s Manual Figure 12 - Channel 1 Ready to Record • Click the RECORD button at any time to begin recording. The yellow ti

MAXX-2420-EX Owner’s Manual Page 45 Under automation control, Auto E-E behavior is slightly different than under GUI control. The server will remai

Page 46 MAXX-2420-EX Owner’s Manual Playing a Clip from the GUI Video Playback can be done on all four channels, individually or simultaneously. The

MAXX-2420-EX Owner’s Manual Page 47 Ejecting a Clip Ejecting a clip effectively removes it from the transport. The channel will output Black. Press

Page 48 MAXX-2420-EX Owner’s Manual the Shuttle control. For faster playback from the GUI, use the FAST FORWARD or REWIND buttons as described in th

MAXX-2420-EX Owner’s Manual Page 49 Editing a Clip Edit controls are activated with the Edit check box. Several buttons are available to define the

MAXX-2420-EX Owner’s Manual Page 5 Sorting Clips ...57 Filtering the Clip

Page 50 MAXX-2420-EX Owner’s Manual The values in this display window may be set by two methods: • Enter Mark In point from the keyboard: Use the

MAXX-2420-EX Owner’s Manual Page 51 System Configuration The following configuration options apply to the server as a whole, except where it applies

Page 52 MAXX-2420-EX Owner’s Manual Programming GPIO Outputs The MAXX-2420-EX has twelve General Purpose Outputs, referred to as GPO 1 through 12.

MAXX-2420-EX Owner’s Manual Page 53 Programming GPI Inputs The MAXX-2420-EX has 12 General Purpose Inputs, referred to as GPI 1 through GPI 12. Eac

Page 54 MAXX-2420-EX Owner’s Manual Figure 16 - GPI Configuration Screen Configuring the Ethernet Network MAXX-2420-EX provides a number of user set

MAXX-2420-EX Owner’s Manual Page 55 Disable Network [X] This selection turns the network OFF or ON. The default is Disabled (the box is checked). T

Page 56 MAXX-2420-EX Owner’s Manual Setting the Date and Time Click EDIT >CONFIGURE >DATE/TIME. The dialog below appears. Figure 18 - Tim

MAXX-2420-EX Owner’s Manual Page 57 Clip Navigator The MAXX-2420-EX’s Clip Navigator is used to find, select, delete, name, and rename clips. Clips

Page 58 MAXX-2420-EX Owner’s Manual Finding Clips Clips can be easily found using the Clip Locator. To locate a clip: 1. Click SHOW>FIND CLIPS.

MAXX-2420-EX Owner’s Manual Page 59 Finding Clips Using Regular Expressions A regular expression (“RE”) specifies a pattern to be matched in a clip

Page 6 MAXX-2420-EX Owner’s Manual Network Time Protocol ________________________________________________ 88 Automatic Date/Time Updates...

Page 60 MAXX-2420-EX Owner’s Manual Using Playlists MAXX-2420-EX’s Advanced Playlisting software provides extensive tools for building, editing and

MAXX-2420-EX Owner’s Manual Page 61 The Playlist View The playlist view for channel 1 is shown in Figure 21. Its functions are briefly described her

Page 62 MAXX-2420-EX Owner’s Manual Creating and Running a Playlist To Create a Playlist (Using Channel 1 in the example): 1. Change the transport

MAXX-2420-EX Owner’s Manual Page 63 Figure 23 – Active Playlist 7. To SAVE the Playlist select FILE >SAVE-AS. Enter a file name. Click SAVE. 8.

Page 64 MAXX-2420-EX Owner’s Manual Stopping a Playlist (STOP) Click STOP to halt a Playlist. Pausing Playlist (PLAY/PAUSE) When a Playlist is runni

MAXX-2420-EX Owner’s Manual Page 65 Automatic Scrolling to Currently Playing Clip (HOME) Click HOME to make the currently playing clip visible in th

Page 66 MAXX-2420-EX Owner’s Manual Editing Playlists Removing Clip from a Playlist To remove a Clip from a Playlist: • Make sure the clip to be re

MAXX-2420-EX Owner’s Manual Page 67 Changing Duration of Clips in Playlist Make sure the EDIT checkbox is checked in the Playlist View window. Posit

Page 68 MAXX-2420-EX Owner’s Manual Figure 25 - GPO Configuration Screen Figure 26 - GPO Editor Mapping GPI to Control a Playlist Playlists can

MAXX-2420-EX Owner’s Manual Page 69 Advanced Topics System Timing The MAXX-2420-EX is equipped for use with an external genlock signal as a timing r

MAXX-2420-EX Owner’s Manual Page 7 Program Updates from USB Memory ...118 Updating Firmware ...

Page 70 MAXX-2420-EX Owner’s Manual Using Embedded Audio The MAXX-2420-EX provides 8-channel embedded audio capability. Features include: • Synchro

MAXX-2420-EX Owner’s Manual Page 71 Ganging Channels for Synchronized Playback Two video channels can be ganged together for frame-accurate playback

Page 72 MAXX-2420-EX Owner’s Manual Note that the VDCP checkbox option to “show first frame” for a Cue command is ignored for channels in ganged mod

MAXX-2420-EX Owner’s Manual Page 73 over 2GB. This can be an issue when attempting to Export directly to network storage locations. In practice thi

Page 74 MAXX-2420-EX Owner’s Manual FTP File Transfers The MAXX-2420-EX connects over Gigabit Ethernet using an RFC-1359 compliant FTP server. File

MAXX-2420-EX Owner’s Manual Page 75 When connecting directly to a PC or Laptop, configure the server as IP address 192.168.1.3, netmask 255.255.255.

Page 76 MAXX-2420-EX Owner’s Manual Transfer Time for 1 minute of video Workload Upload to MAXX Download (or MAXX-to-MAXX FXP transfer) IDLE 14

MAXX-2420-EX Owner’s Manual Page 77 When transferring files as mxf, only the material between the edit points is transferred. This means that: • Tr

Page 78 MAXX-2420-EX Owner’s Manual Figure 29 – Result of a VFC file transfer Bit Rates of Transferred Files Reported in the Clip Navigator JPEG

MAXX-2420-EX Owner’s Manual Page 79 The following formats are supported: JPEG-2000 (.mxf) JPEG-2000 files wrapped in the .mxf format. The mxf type

Page 80 MAXX-2420-EX Owner’s Manual Use File>Export>Quicktime Conversion (this is specific to Final Cut Pro, other programs may differ). Setti

MAXX-2420-EX Owner’s Manual Page 81 Using MAXX-HD with the Edius NLE Edius is a non-linear video editing program for PC computers available from Gra

Page 82 MAXX-2420-EX Owner’s Manual The Select Exporter Plug In dialog appears. In the window on the left, select Infinity. In the Exporter s

MAXX-2420-EX Owner’s Manual Page 83 Figure 31 – 720p Configuration Click on the Disk icon at the bottom of the Select Exporter Plug In dialog (se

Page 84 MAXX-2420-EX Owner’s Manual Figure 32 – Export Dialog Select the Folder option and click Browse to specify the output directory. Enter a

MAXX-2420-EX Owner’s Manual Page 85 For this example the output directory was F:\HDVideoFilesOn13T\Edius. After the export, two folders are create

Page 86 MAXX-2420-EX Owner’s Manual Creating a Project and a Project Preset When using Edius to edit video primarily sourced from the MAXX-HD, there

MAXX-2420-EX Owner’s Manual Page 87 Figure 33 – 1080i Project Configuration Figure 34 – 720p Project Configuration Note that the VA track includes

Page 88 MAXX-2420-EX Owner’s Manual Network Time Protocol Automatic Date/Time Updates When using server play-lists in broadcast applications, an acc

MAXX-2420-EX Owner’s Manual Page 89 Configuring NTP The server GUI is used to set the time zone and to enter the networking parameters. The local G

MAXX-2420-EX Owner’s Manual Page 9 Preface This manual provides installation, setup and operating instructions for 360 Systems’ MAXX-2420-EX vide

Page 90 MAXX-2420-EX Owner’s Manual Entering Network Parameters From the GUI’s main menu bar, click EDIT>CONFIGURE>NETWORK. The following scre

MAXX-2420-EX Owner’s Manual Page 91 The nonprofit Internet Systems Consortium, Inc. (ISC) maintains sites that automatically return lists of public

Page 92 MAXX-2420-EX Owner’s Manual Automation Control MAXX-2420-EX’s serial control inputs connect with many broadcast automation systems, instant

MAXX-2420-EX Owner’s Manual Page 93 Controller Priority Only one serial controller can control a given video channel at a time. In general, the firs

Page 94 MAXX-2420-EX Owner’s Manual Figure 39 - Serial Port Configuration Screen Setting the Automation Source Directory By default, automation eq

MAXX-2420-EX Owner’s Manual Page 95 Segregating material for different broadcast channels • Content can be placed in a folder for each channel, and

Page 96 MAXX-2420-EX Owner’s Manual This option is very seldom used; it allows preroll commands to be ignored and assumes that the operational prero

MAXX-2420-EX Owner’s Manual Page 97 Tested Automation Controllers The server has been tested by 360 Systems and the manufacturers of equipment liste

Page 98 MAXX-2420-EX Owner’s Manual Remote Workstation Interface The Remote Workstation Interface is a software application that provides control o

MAXX-2420-EX Owner’s Manual Page 99 Figure 40 - Remote Workstation Deployments About the Remote Workstation Interface The Remote Workstation Interf