Director SW Manual v3.1.1a

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Director Multiviewer Layout Editor

MANUAL Version 3.1.1a June 23, 2010 Director Version 2.5


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Contents Getting Started ..................................................................................................................................5

Running the Director ................................................................................................................................. 5

Connecting the Director ............................................................................................................................ 6

Online Mode ......................................................................................................................................... 6

Changing the Multiviewer’s IP Address ................................................................................................ 9

Offline Mode ....................................................................................................................................... 11

Continued Instruction ............................................................................................................................. 13

Using the Director Layout Editor ....................................................................................................... 14

Overview ................................................................................................................................................. 14

Objects in the Workspace ....................................................................................................................... 14

Common Properties ............................................................................................................................ 14

Copy and Paste .................................................................................................................................... 15

Undo .................................................................................................................................................... 15

Windows ............................................................................................................................................. 16

Labels .................................................................................................................................................. 20

Borders ................................................................................................................................................ 22

Tallies .................................................................................................................................................. 22

Clocks .................................................................................................................................................. 24

Temperature ....................................................................................................................................... 25

Audio Meters ...................................................................................................................................... 26

Importing Custom Images ................................................................................................................... 27

Video Settings .................................................................................................................................. 28

Alarms and Status Display ....................................................................................................................... 28

Video Format Status Display ............................................................................................................... 28

Video Frozen Alarm ............................................................................................................................. 28

Video Black Alarm ............................................................................................................................... 29

Video WSS/AFD Format Status Display ............................................................................................... 30

Customize Alarm and Status Display Labels ....................................................................................... 30


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Features .................................................................................................................................................. 32

Safe Areas ........................................................................................................................................... 32

Closed Captioning (cc) ......................................................................................................................... 34

Video Ratio Automatic Detection ....................................................................................................... 34

Global .............................................................................................................................................. 36

Window Settings ..................................................................................................................................... 36

Layout .................................................................................................................................................. 36

Window Paste ..................................................................................................................................... 37

Save and Load .................................................................................................................................. 38

Presets ..................................................................................................................................................... 38

Save ..................................................................................................................................................... 38

Load ..................................................................................................................................................... 38

Delete .................................................................................................................................................. 38

Module .................................................................................................................................................... 38

Save Configuration to Flash ................................................................................................................ 38

Save Theme to Flash ........................................................................................................................... 38

Front Panel ...................................................................................................................................... 39

Setting Presets ........................................................................................................................................ 39

Managing Outputs ........................................................................................................................... 40

Configuring Outputs ................................................................................................................................ 40

Display Overview..................................................................................................................................... 41

Hardware ........................................................................................................................................ 43

Tahoma Physical Format ......................................................................................................................... 43

Tahoma LE Components ......................................................................................................................... 43

Universal Receiver Module (URM) ...................................................................................................... 43

Video Processing Module (VPM) ........................................................................................................ 43

Control Processing Module (CPM) ...................................................................................................... 43

Front Panel Module (FPM) .................................................................................................................. 43

Power Supply Module (PSM) .............................................................................................................. 44

Tips and Tricks ................................................................................................................................. 45


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Labels ...................................................................................................................................................... 45

Change all UMD Labels from one location .......................................................................................... 45

Alarms ..................................................................................................................................................... 45

Set all Alarms to trigger GPO’s from one location .............................................................................. 45

Reconnecting .......................................................................................................................................... 46

Tutorial ............................................................................................................................................ 47

Quickly Configure Display Setup ............................................................................................................. 47

Creating a 4x4 (4 Windows per Output with 4 Outputs) .................................................................... 47

Labeling Multiple Displays .................................................................................................................. 52

Customizing Windows ......................................................................................................................... 59

Using Clocks as Counters ........................................................................................................................ 74

Enabling the Clock as a Counter .......................................................................................................... 74

Setting Counter GPI ............................................................................................................................. 77

FAQ ................................................................................................................................................. 81

Tahoma LE ............................................................................................................................................... 81

Tahoma LX ............................................................................................................................................... 82

Contact Information ......................................................................................................................... 84


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Getting Started This section will help you get the editor up and running as quickly as possible.

Running the Director Before you can successfully run the Director, you must first copy it from the provided CD or download it from the Apantac website (www.apantac.com) and place it in an appropriate location on your HDD. Now you can run the Director by double clicking on the Apantac Director icon. Note: A firewall exception may appear, if it does be sure to give the Director permission to access the network.

Figure 1: Double-click on the Apantac Director to launch the Director

After the Director launches you will see this screen.

Figure 2: Director Initialization screen


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Connecting the Director Once the Director is running, you will have to choose to run it in Online or Offline mode. If you want to configure your Apantac Tahoma series multiviewer and see the changes being made in real time, you will want to select Online. If you don’t want to directly affect the Multiviewer because it is in use or you are waiting for it to arrive, select Offline.

Online Mode Note: At anytime while you configure Online mode a firewall or similar program may try to block the Director from communicating with the network. Be sure to allow the Director through the firewall. If you have trouble connecting, consult the FAQ or contact Apantac Support for help. To connect to the multiviewer your PC must be connected to the same subnet as the multiviewer. The default IP address for all Apantac multiviewers is 192.168.1.151. There are three ways to connect to the multiviewer,

• Use Auto Discovery to have the Director attempt to automatically find multiviewers on your network.

o Check the “Auto Discovery” box o Once all the multiviewers have appeared, click “STOP” o If the multiviewers do not appear, you may have to resort to manually entering the IP

address(es)

Figure 3: Auto Connect in process

• Manually enter the IP address using the Director o Right-click on “PC” o Select “Add IP Address” o Enter the IP address in the window and click on “OK”


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o Repeat this process for every multiviewer o Click “Connect”

Figure 4: Add IP Address

Figure 5: Input the IP address for the multiviewer

• Manually enter IP address in a .ini file o Create a .ini file in the same directory as the Director’s executable called

“Apantac_Ctrl_IP_Address.ini” o Add the IP address(es) of your multiviewers in the file, one per line, in the order you

would like to connect to them. o You may have to close the Director and run it again for this change to take effect.


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Figure 6: Adding IP address using a .ini file

After you have completed one of the above steps, click “OK” to continue.


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Figure 7: After having successfully connected to a multiviewer(s) click “OK”

Now you are ready to edit your multiviewer layout!

Figure 8: The Director running with a default layout, click “OK” to finish

Changing the Multiviewer’s IP Address If you wish to change your multiviewer’s IP address from the default, you must first connect to it as seen in Figure 7. Then, right-click on the multiviewer’s icon, and select “Change IP Address”.


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Figure 9: Right-Click on the multiviewer and select Change IP Address

Then edit the IP Address/Gateway to your preference.

Figure 10: Edit the IP Address Field and click "OK"

A confirmation dialog will pop up. Select “OK” to make the IP Address change to your multiviewer.


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Figure 11: Select "OK" to change the multiviewer's IP Address

Offline Mode After selecting “Offline” a warning dialog will appear asking for confirmation if you want to use Offline mode. Select “Yes”.

Figure 12: After selecting “Offline”, click “Yes” to confirm

You will then be asked if you want to copy the Online configuration to the Offline configuration. If you would like to do so, click “Yes” if not, click “No”. If it is your first time running the Director, it will not matter as the Online files should be identical to the default files. Next click “Insert Module” to create a dummy multiviewer that will simulate an actual multiviewer. You will then be prompted to insert a predefined Apantac Tahoma series multiviewer. Choose the one that is identical to your multiviewer. Each multiviewer will be created with the Apantac default IP address, 192.168.1.151, unless you change it. If you plan on configuring your multiviewers to a different IP


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address, it is recommended that you change it now so that you may easily export the Offline configuration to the multiviewer in the future.

Figure 13: Select the multiviewer and click “Insert”

After inserting the proper module(s), click “OK”

Figure 14: Now that the multiviewer is inserted, click “OK” to continue

Now you are ready to edit your multiviewer layout!


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Figure 15: The Director running with a default layout, click “OK” to finish

Continued Instruction For continued step by step instructions on how to use the Director, please take a look at the tutorials.


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Using the Director Layout Editor

Overview The Director Layout Editor is separated into 3 zones, 3 menus, and a tool bar. Zones:

• Workspace • Display Bin • Object Bin

Menus: • Top Level Menu • Context Sensitive

Menu • Output Level Menu

Tool Bar

Figure 16: Parts of the Director

Objects in the Workspace There are many different objects in the workspace, most of which are limited in number by the hardware of your multiviewer. To determine the maximum number of objects that can be used by the Director, see the Hardware section of the manual. The Director will not allow you to use more objects then your multiviewer can accommodate.

Common Properties All of the objects in the Workspace have the following properties,

• Selected with left-click (object will become outlined with a green border)

• Group selected by holding down ctrl and left-click (object will become outlined with a border)

• Deleted or Removed by selecting them and then pressing the <Delete> key

• Deleted or Removed by right-click and selecting “Close” in the Context Sensitive Menu

• Moved freely about the Workspace o Click and drag on the object to

move it

Figure 18: Selected Window

Figure 19: Selected Label


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o Or select it and use the arrow keys to move it

Figure 17: Freely placed Objects

Figure 20: Selected Tally

Figure 21: Multiple selected Windows

Figure 22: Multiple selected objects

Figure 23: Deleted Window

Copy and Paste The Director’s copy and paste functions copies the properties of one object so that those properties can be pasted onto another object of the same type. To Copy either,

• Right-click the object and select “Copy”

• Select the object and click on the button in the tool bar • Select the object and use Ctrl + C

To Paste either,

• Right-click the object and select “Paste”

• Select the object and click on the button in the tool bar • Select the object and use Ctrl + V

Undo Undo will undo the placement, movement, or sizing of any object(s), up to at least the last 10 actions. Undo is not linked to Ctrl + Z.


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To Undo, press the button in the tool bar.

Windows In addition to the common properties that all objects share, with Windows you can,

• Resize in all directions by o Selecting the Window (green markers will appear along the sides) o Click and drag the markers to resize the Window

By right-clicking the Window and using the Context Sensitive Menu you can, • Enable Window driven Labels, Tallies, Audio Bars, and Alarms

o Select “Set Objects” o Check the boxes to enable

UMD (Under Monitor Display) Label –Enabled by default

OMD (Over Monitor Display) Label

Tally 1 (Left Tally) –Enabled by default

Tally 2 (Right Tally) –Enabled by default

Video Format Alarm Video Frozen Alarm Video Black Alarm Video WSS/AFD Format

Alarm Audio Status Alarm

Figure 24: Enabling Window driven Objects

• Enable Audio Meters o Select “Set Audio Meters” o See Audio Meters

• Enable Border o Select “Set Border” o See Borders

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o Select “Set Window Size” o Select either a preset ratio

or input a custom ratio o Select a scale for the

Window based in input o Checking “Lock Ratio” will

force the Window to stay at the designated ratio even if it is resized, if left unchecked resizing will override the input aspect ratio for the Window

Figure 25: Setting Window size and aspect ratio

• Set Video Ratio Auto Detection o Select “Set Video Ratio Auto-detect” o See Video Settings

• Set Safe Areas o Select “Set Safe Area” o See Video Settings

• Set CC configuration o Select “Set Video CC Configuration” o See Video Settings

• Set tallies (triggers) o Select “Set Tally” o Choose to enable LED 1, LED2, Border, UMD Text, and UMD Background tallies and their

GPI inputs o See Tally Settings

• Customize Video Frozen Alarm settings o Select “Set Video Frozen Configuration” o See Video Settings

• Customize Video Black Alarm settings o Select “Set Video Black Configuration” o See Video Settings

• Full Screen o Select “Full Screen” o To disable Full Screen, right click on the Window and select “Resume”

• Set Position and Size o Select “Set Position / Size”

• Select an input source(LX series only)


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o Select “Select Input Source”

Figure 26: Select Input Source

Then you can select the Input Source. On the right you can see the status of the other windows of your Multiviewer. After selecting the input source, click the “Quit” button. To return your multiviewer’s inputs to their respective defaults, click the “Default” button.


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Figure 27: Select Input Source Window


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To Re-enable/Place Windows that have been Deleted/Closed,

• In the Output Level Menu o Select “Window

Manager” o Check the empty box

of the deleted Window

Figure 28: Re-inserting a deleted/removed window

Reset all Window based Objects to their defaults,

• In the Output Level Menu o Select “Reset ALL Window Obj to

Default” o WARNING THIS WILL RESET ALL

WINDOW OBJECTS AND MAY NOT BE UNDO-ABLE

Figure 29: Reset ALL Window Obj to Default

Labels In addition to the common properties that all objects share, with Labels you can,

• Resize the width of the Label by selecting it and then clicking and dragging on the green markers • Resize the height by changing the Font size (see below) • Resize both by right-clicking and selecting “Set Position / Size” (see below)


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By right-clicking the Label and using the Context Sensitive Menu you can,

• Set the Text, Text Color, Font, Background Color, Skin, and Transparency of the Label

o Selecting “Set Label Properties”

• Set Position and Size o Selecting “Set Position

/ Size” o Inputting desired

location, x-y coordinates refer to the upper left corner of the Label and (0,0) is the upper left corner of the Workspace

o Inputting height and width of the label

Figure 30: Set Label Properties dialog with skin enabled


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Borders Borders are the lining around Window. A Border’s color and size or skin can be set by right-clicking on a Window and using the Context Sensitive Menu select “Set Border”.

Figure 31: Set Border menu

Tallies Tallies can be set by right-clicking on a Window to bring up the Context Sensitive Menu and then selecting “Set Tally”. In the Set Tally dialog, the GPI inputs can be associated with the LED 1, LED2, the Border, UMD Text, and UMD Background. Tally colors can be associated with the different GPI’s by clicking “Set System GPI” in the Set Tally dialog. To customize the Tally objects themselves, right click on the Tally object to bring up the Context Sensitive Menu,

Figure 33: Set Tally dialog


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• Change the Tally Skin o Mouse over

“Tally Skin” and select one of the Tally skins from the list that appears

• Change the Tally Size o Select “Adjust

SIZE” o Click and drag

the green markers that appear to resize the Tally

Figure 32: Click and drag the green markers to resize

Figure 34: Change Tally Skin

Figure 35: Change Tally SIZE

You can also use TSL which must be enabled by going to the Top Level Menu and selecting “System”, “Set TSL Address”. The dialog that appears will allow you to set up the TSL serial tally.

Figure 36: Setting up the TSL serial tally


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Clocks There are two types of clocks, digital and analog. For either clock, drag and drop it from the Object Bin onto the Workplace. Right-click on the clock and, using the Context Sensitive Menu, select “Set Properties”. Inside the Set Clock Properties dialog you can set,

• If the Clock should act as a clock or a counter

o Under “Mode” select “Clock” or “Counter”

• Time Zone • Clock to Sync

o Internally o LTC o NTP

• Set a time offset from GMT • Set Daylight Saving

For the Digital Clock you can also

• Set the Clock name • Enable AM/PM • Enable Year • Enable Date • Enable Day Of Week • Enable Second • Make AM/PM appear in the

front of the time instead of behind it

Figure 37: Digital, Analog Clock in the Object Bin

Figure 38: Analog, Digital Clock on the Workspace

Figure 39: Set Clock Properties for Analog Clock


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Figure 40: Set Clock Properties for Digital Clock

Temperature To place the Temperature, drag and drop it from the Object Bin and place it on the Workspace. To resize the Temperature area width wise, select it and click and drag on the green markers that appear. By right-clicking on the Temperature object to bring up the Context Sensitive Menu and then selecting “Set Properties” you can,

• Change the Font • Change the triggering high and low

temperatures for alarms • Change the text and background color for

the high and low alarms

Figure 41: Temperature Object in the Object Bin

Figure 42: Temperature on the Workspace


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Figure 43: Set Temperature Properties dialog

Audio Meters To enable Audio meters, right-click on a Window to bring up the Context Sensitive Menu and select “Set Audio Meters”. In the dialog that pops up you can set,

• The number of meters And for each meter you can set,

• Source o SDI, AES, or AA

(Analog Audio) • 0 VU • If the meter is paired

with another meter • The Audio alarm range

for high and low volume

• How visually thick the meters are

• If the meters are standalone (meter moves with its Window) or not

Figure 44: Set Audio Meters dialog


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A meter or a meter-pair can be set to be monitored, which outputs their audio from the multiviewer.

Importing Custom Images To import a custom image drag and drop the “Logo” icon from the Display Bin onto the Workspace and a dialog will appear to help you locate the image. The Director will accept either .omp files or .bmp. Select your file and click “Open”. The Director will now import your image. The Director will not be able to import large images.

Figure 45: Import Custom Image Object in the Object Bin

Figure 46: Locate the .omp or .bmp file


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Video Settings

Alarms and Status Display

Video Format Status Display To enable the Video Format status display, right-click on the desired Window and select “Set Objects” in the Context Sensitive Menu. Then check the “Video Format” box.

Video Frozen Alarm To enable the Video Frozen alarm, right-click on the desired Window and select “Set Objects” in the Context Sensitive Menu. Then check the “Video Frozen” box. To set the Video Frozen alarm, right-click on the desired Window and select “Set Video Frozen Configuration” in the Context Sensitive Menu.

• At the very top you can change the type of video being inputted

• On the right half of the screen there are four vertical slider bars that control the placement of the lines that sample the video, checking for movement. By adjusting these lines, you can place emphasis on certain parts of the screen for motion detection. For example if movement in the center of the screen is the most important, you can move all the sampling lines there.

• The bottom vertical bars adjust how sensitive the alarm is (100% being extremely sensitive, 0% being not sensitive) and the threshold percentage that must be frozen to activate the alarm (0% for low threshold, 100% for high threshold)

• “Draw Sample Line” will

Figure 47: Default Video Frozen Configuration


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cause Sample Line bars to be shown on the Multiviewer Output

• “Default” will set the settings back to the multiviewer’s default

• “Apply to All” will apply the current Video Frozen Configuration to all Windows

Figure 48: Video Frozen Sample Lines moved to the center

Video Black Alarm To enable the Video Black alarm, right-click on the desired Window and select “Set Objects” in the Context Sensitive Menu. Then check the “Video Black” box. To set the Video Black alarm, right-click on the desired Window and select “Set Video Black Configuration” in the Context Sensitive Menu.


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• Adjusting the “Black Level” slider will change how dark something must be to be considered black.

• Adjusting the “Black Percentage” slider changes how much of the screen must be black, as defined by the Black Level, in order to be considered a black screen.

• “Apply to All” will apply the current Video Black Configuration to all Windows.

Figure 49: Set Video Black Configuration dialog

Video WSS/AFD Format Status Display To enable the Video WSS/AFD Format status display, right-click on the desired Window and select “Set Objects” in the Context Sensitive Menu. Then check the “Video WSS/AFD Format” box.

Customize Alarm and Status Display Labels Alarm Label text, text color, and background color can be customized. To do so, using the Top Level Menu select “System”, then “Signal Status Tag Settings” to bring up the following menu,


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• Select an Alarm/Status Display to customize text, text color, and background color by left-clicking on it.

• After selecting it, click the “Set” button to bring up a menu to change the colors and text.

• Click on the “Text Color” or “Background Color” button to bring up a dialog to choose a different color.

• Type in the “Name” text box to customize the text.

• To save, click “Update to Module” or to save to all click “Update to all Modules”.

Figure 50: Signal Status Tag Settings dialog


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Figure 51: Customizing a Status Display

Features

Safe Areas To set the Safe Areas, right-click on the desired Window and select “Set Safe Area” in the Context Sensitive Menu. In the set Safe Area dialog you can set,


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• If the sampling is done by Video Source or by Window Size by using the “Sample By” drop down menu to select your preference.

• What video type the source is using through the Video Information drop down menu.

• Make the area outside of the safe zones more or less opaque, adjust the “Reduce Y/C” bar (0% is completely transparent, 100% is completely opaque).

• Select either Safe Area 1 or Safe Area 2 to customize by clicking on the radio button next to their name.

• Draw the safe area border lines on the multiviewer output by checking the “Enable Line” box.

• Customize the Safe Area border color by clicking the “Line Color” button.

• Quick adjust the safe areas to a percentage of the whole screen by using the “Safe Area Adjustments” slider, the ratio of the Safe Area can be set using the “Ratio Fix” buttons.

• Freely adjust the Safe Area boxes by dragging on the arrows along the outside of the preview screen to create any rectangular Safe Area

• Save the Safe Areas by

Figure 52: Set Safe Area


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clicking the “Apply” button to apply the settings and then return to this screen or by clicking the “OK” button to save the settings and exit the screen.

Figure 53: Safe Area 1 and 2 set

Closed Captioning (cc) To set Closed Captioning properties, right-click on the desired Window and select “Set Video CC Configuration” in the Context Sensitive Menu. In the dialog box that pops up you can,

• Enable CC by checking the “ON” box

• Choose either 708 or 608 type CC

• Change the Service Number

• Change the CC offset

Figure 54: Set Video CC Configuration dialog

Video Ratio Automatic Detection To set the Video Ratio Auto-detection properties, right-click on the desired Window and select “Set Video Ratio Auto-detect” in the Context Sensitive Menu. In the dialog box that pops up you can,


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• Enable Video Ratio Auto Detection by checking the “Enable” box

• Change how the aspect ratio is chosen (either by Frequency, WSS, or AFD)

• What Ratio to use for SD-SDI or HD • Apply to all Windows by clicking “Apply

to All” • Apply to just the current Window by

clicking “OK”

Figure 55: Set Video Ratio Auto-detect dialog


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Global The Global series of commands is used to change all objects on all display outputs. The Global menu can be accessed by using the Top Level Menu and selecting “System”, then “Global”.

Figure 56: System, Global

Window Settings

Layout This will change the layout of all the windows to the selected layout.

• By using the Top Level Menu and selecting “System”, “Global”, then “Display Layout”, you can choose a format to apply to all outputs.


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Figure 57: System, Global, Display Layout

Window Paste Window Paste is used to apply a copied Window’s properties to all Displays. You must have copied a Window in order to use this.

• By using the Top Level Menu and selecting “System”, “Global”, then “Window Paste”, you can apply a copied Window’s properties to all Windows on all Outputs.

Figure 58: System, Global, Window Paste


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Save and Load

Presets Presets can be saved to the modules so that they can be recalled without the Director. Likewise, they can be loaded by the Director so that you can modify them.

Save You can save your current preset to your computer’s HDD if you’re offline, or to the module and the HDD if you are online, by selecting from the Top Level Menu, “File”, “Preset”, “Save”. A dialog will then appear that will allow you to choose the name of the file. Click the “Save” button to save it. Each save file is suffixed with “.pt#” where # is the display number that the preset replaces. To save all of the displays you are currently working on as one preset, use the “.all” suffix.

Load You can load a preset for modification by selecting from the Top Level Menu, “File”, “Preset”, “Load”. A dialog will then appear and allow you to select the preset you want to load. After selecting the file, click the “Load” button.

Delete Any Presets you no longer want can be deleted by selecting from the Top Level Menu, “File”, “Preset”, “Load”. Then select the preset you want to delete as if you were going to load it, but instead press the “Delete” button.

Module Your configuration and themes can be flashed onto the multiviewer so that whenever the multiviewer restarts, it will automatically load the flashed setup.

Save Configuration to Flash This allows you to save your current configuration to flash by selecting from the Top Level Menu, “File”, “Module”, “Save configurations to flash”. This will only work if the Director is in online mode.

Save Theme to Flash This allows you to save your current themes, such as custom fonts and skins you may have imported, to flash by selecting from the Top Level Menu, “File”, “Module”, “Save themes to flash”. This will only work if the Director is in online mode. You also must have already loaded the themes onto the multiviewer.


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Front Panel

Setting Presets To set the Front Panel presets, using the Top Level Menu, select “System”, then “Front Panel Definition”. There you can set which saved preset should be set to which preset recall.

Figure 59: System, Front Panel Definition


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Managing Outputs You can manage the multiviewers’ outputs through the Output Manager.

Configuring Outputs The Output Manager dialog can be reached by going to the Top Level Menu and selecting “System”, “Output manager”.

• At the top of the dialog you can change the output resolution and refresh rate.

• After selecting an output device by left-clicking on it, you can change

o If it is on or off o Level of pre-

emphasis for CAT5 output (only for cables longer than 15ft/5m, MAY DAMAGE EQUIPMENT IF MISSUSED)

o The output resolution for SDI based output. The SDI-Out resolution must match the Output Resolution Selection and be a valid SDI format (1080, 720, 576 or 480). Interlaced, Progressive, and refresh rate are not restricted by the Output Resolution Selection.

• Turn all outputs on or set just one output per multiviewer by selecting

Figure 60: Output Manager


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“One module one output” or “All outputs on” in the “Auto Set Output” area and then clicking on “SET”.

• Once you are done, click “OK” to apply the settings.

Figure 61: Output manager with output selected

Display Overview Using the Top Level Menu and selecting, “Workspace”, “Set Display Overview”, you can access the Display Overview dialog. In the Display Overview dialog you can label your displays, change their aspect ratio, and select how physically big they are, for comparison purposes.


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Figure 62: Set Display Overview dialog


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Hardware

Tahoma Physical Format Tahoma Multiviewers come in 3 sizes,

• Half-width 1 RU • 1 RU • 2 RU

Tahoma LE Components For details regarding the components in your Apantac multiviewer, visit the Apantac website at http://www.apantac.com/index-2.html.

Universal Receiver Module (URM) • Consists of

o 4 BNC’s • Supports,

o Auto-detect up to 3Gbps HD-SDI • Composite and SD-SDI/composite only URM also available

Video Processing Module (VPM) • Consists of

o CAT5 extended HDMI/DVI output up to 2048x1080 resolution o 8 GPI

• Supports o 8 GPI based Tally and Clock triggers per VPM o 1 Analog Clock per VPM o 1 Digital Clock per VPM o 64 embedded or 16 discrete audio meters

Control Processing Module (CPM) • Consists of

o IP interface o RS232 interface o Analog audio output for monitoring o AES audio output for monitoring o 8 GPI/O for recalling presets and alarm triggering

Front Panel Module (FPM) • Consists of

o Push buttons o LED status indication

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o Analog audio output for monitoring

Power Supply Module (PSM) • Consists of

o Power Supply o Optional Redundant Power Supply


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Tips and Tricks

Labels

Change all UMD Labels from one location To change all UMD Labels from one place, using the Top Level Menu go to “System”, “Set all window labels”. In the dialog that appears you will be able to edit each label from one spot as well as import and export lists of labels.

Figure 63: Set all display window labels

Alarms

Set all Alarms to trigger GPO’s from one location


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This will allow you to configure the alarms for each Window to trigger a bit on the Control Board GPO. You can set what alarms trigger what bit for each Window.

Figure 64: Set All Windows Alarm to GPO

Reconnecting You can reconnect to the multiviewer after losing connection to it by going to the Top Level Menu and selecting “Help”, “All Module Information”. There, in addition to seeing information about your modules, is a button that will have the Director attempt to reconnect to all the modules labeled “Reconnect All”. If after pressing this button you still have trouble reconnecting to your multiviewer, consult the FAQ or contact Apantac support.

Figure 65: All Module Information dialog, click "Reconnect All" to attempt to reconnect


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Tutorial

Quickly Configure Display Setup This Tutorial will show the steps required to quickly set up a simple display configuration, it assumes that the Getting Started section of the manual has already been completed. The tutorial uses an LE-16; however, following along with a different multiviewer will work to some extent, but the results and abilities may be different.

Creating a 4x4 (4 Windows per Output with 4 Outputs) First, we need to enable the other three Windows. To do so, we’ll go to the Output Manager by using the Top Level Menu and selecting, “System”, “Output Manager”

Figure 66: System Output Manager


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This brings up the following dialog,

Figure 67: Output Manager dialog


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Right now the display has defaulted to 1024x768; however we’re going to change this to 1920x1080 (1080p) before enabling more outputs. (When enabling the other outputs, the settings for the first output are copied, which is why we’re going to change the resolution first.)

Figure 68: Changing the resolution to 1080p


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Now we’ll enable the outputs. Because we want all four screens we’ll select “All outputs on” and click set.

Figure 69: Select "All outputs on" to turn on all the outputs


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Figure 70: All of the outputs successfully turned on with 1080p output

Click “OK” to continue. Notice how there are now multiple displays in the Display Bin.


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Figure 71: With four displays turned on, each VPM must have its own display, leaving only 4 screens per display

Labeling Multiple Displays Now that we have our multiple displays, it would make sense that we would want to label them to make it easier to keep track of which one is for what. Using the Top Level Menu, select “Workspace”, “Set Display Overview”. This will lead you to the following dialog,


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Figure 72: Workspace, Set Display Overview

You can select a screen by clicking on it, or by using the drop down “Display” menu.


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Figure 73: Output 1 Selected


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Figure 74: Selecting Output 1 using the drop down menu

After selecting the first screen, set its name to something by typing into the “Name” text box and then clicking “next”.


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Figure 75: Changing the Name of the output


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Figure 76: After hitting "next" the selected output has changed to output 2 and output 1's name has been changed

Now you can see the display’s name in the overview, and it has already selected the next display for you. After moving the displays around by clicking and dragging them, you can see that they’re all labeled.


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Figure 77: All of the outputs names changed, and reordered

Once you’re done, click “OK”. As you can see, the displays are now labeled in the Display Bin.

Figure 78: Updated Display Bin with labeled outputs


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Customizing Windows Now that the displays are set up, it’s time to work on creating a good Window layout with good looking Windows. Obviously, our current Window layout leaves something to be desired.

Figure 79: The current and rather bad layout

Let’s start be resizing the windows to fill the entire screen by creating a 2 x 2 on all the outputs. On the Top Level Menu select, “System”, “Global”, “Layout”, “2 x 2”.


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Figure 80: System, Global, Display Layout, 2 x 2

Figure 81: The Windows in the new layout

As you can see, because we used a Global action, the layout has been changed on all the outputs. Now, we will edit the Windows starting with the Border. Right click on the Window and select “Set Border”.


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Figure 82: Right click on the Window and select "Set Border"


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Figure 83: Set Border dialog

We could change the Border to a different color and size by pressing the “Border Color” button, and choosing a size from the drop down “Size” menu.


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Figure 84: Changing the Border color


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Figure 85: Changing the Border size


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Figure 86: Window with new Border

Instead, we will skin the border using “Skin 2”

Figure 87: Select "Skin 2"


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Figure 88: The Window with the skinned Border

With our Border successfully skinned, we can move on to more important tasks, such as adding a Video Frozen Alarm. This can be done by right-clicking on a Window and selecting “Set Objects” and in the dialog that pops up, checking the “Video Frozen” box and clicking “OK”.


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Figure 89: Right-click and select "Set Objects"

Figure 90: Check the box for "Video Frozen"


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Figure 91: Window with Video Frozen Alarm

Using the Global Window Paste feature, we can quickly apply this Window’s properties to the others by selecting it and hitting Ctrl + C, or right-clicking it and selecting “Copy”.

Figure 92: Right-click on the Window and select "Copy"


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Then using the Top Level Menu, select “System”, “Global”, “Window Paste” to copy it to all the Windows.

Figure 93: System, Global, Window Paste


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Figure 94: The Windows after having the properties applied to them

Now every Window on every display has the same properties.


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To Audio Meters, right-click on Window and select “Set Audio Meters”, then enable the first two meters by checking the boxes under them and clicking “OK”.

Figure 95: Right-click on the Window and select "Set Audio Meters"


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Figure 96: Set Audio Meters dialog


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Figure 97: Two Audio Meters enabled


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Figure 98: Window with two Audio Meters enabled

Using Clocks as Counters Clocks can function as counters; however they still count using hours/minutes/seconds, making them act more like timers. Only digital clocks can be used as counters.

Enabling the Clock as a Counter To start, drag and drop a digital clock from the Object Bin onto the Workspace where you want the counter to be placed.


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Figure 99: Digital Clock on the Workspace

After placing the clock, right click on it and using the Context Sensitive Menu, select “Set Properties”.

Figure 100: Right-click on the clock and select Set Properties

In the Set Clock Properties screen that pops up, change the clock’s mode from “Clock” to “Counter” and click “OK”.


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Figure 101: Change the mode to Counter

Now that the clock has been changed to a counter, right click on it again and using the Context Sensitive Menu, select “Set Control”.

Figure 102: Right click on the clock and select Set Control

In the dialog that pops-up you can set various aspects of the counter, including if you want it to count up, down or stop counting, as well as setting the time for it to start counting from.


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Figure 103: Clock Count Control

Setting Counter GPI By clicking on the “Set System GPI” button in the Module Clock Control dialog as seen above, you can customize the GPI settings to have the clock count up (Bit 1), count down (Bit 3), pause (Bit 5), or load the next time from a preset (Bit 7) . Bits 0, 2, 4, and 6 are reserved for tallies. Because the bits start at 0,


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the 1st GPI input corresponds to bit 0, the 2nd GPI bit 1, and so on.

Figure 104: Set System GPI


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Figure 105: Bit's 1, 3, 5, and 7 set to their corresponding clock controls

In addition you can tell which VPM and therefore which GPIO the clock is associated with by looking at its designation at the top left corner. The last number preceded by the “-“ is the n-1 VPM. So, for this demonstration the designation reads “LE-8 - 1” which means that this clock is associated with the 2nd VPM on the LE-8. Press “OK” to save changes and go back to the Module Control Clock dialog, then press “Quit” to finish.


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Figure 106: The VPM's designation


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FAQ

Tahoma LE Question Answer How do I de-Full Screen a window? Right click on the window to bring up the context

sensitive menu and select "Resume".

It's my first time running the Director and while I can auto detect the multiviewer, I can't connect to it.

Check to see if a firewall is stopping you from connecting. If you're running Vista, you'll have to run the Director executable with administrator privileges. Also, make sure that you're on the same subnet as the multiviewer (usually 192.168.1.xxx by default). Keep in mind that no two machines may share the same IP address, so your computer cannot match the multiviewer's.

Why can't I reconnect to the multiviewer after disconnecting?

The multiviewer has a limit of 3 simultaneous network connections to it at any given time. So, if you've been losing connection to the multiviewer abruptly (network disconnect, computer crash, etc) then it's likely that the multiviewer still has those connections open and cannot accommodate an additional one.


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Tahoma LX How do I set audio meters in a LX series unit using audio that is embedded in SDI? I just bought a LX series without 3g and would like 3g capabilities.

The audio and video assignment of the LX is different than the LE. In the LE, the audio and video is assigned to a fixed window, but since the LX has a router, the audio follows the video and video can be assigned to any window. SDI only has 4 groups of embedded audio per video and each group has 4 channels, it is possible to have a total of 16 audio channels per video, and assuming that Input 1 is assigned to window 1 Input 2 is assigned to window 2 Input 3 is assigned to window 3 Input 4 is assigned to window 4 And so on ... Therefore, your setup should be as follows, (You only need to assign the meters you need). Window 1: meter 1 = SDI 1: Group 1, Ch 1 meter 2 = SDI 1: Group 1, Ch 2 meter 3 = SDI 1: Group 1, Ch 3 meter 4 = SDI 1: Group 1, Ch 4 meter 5 = SDI 1: Group 2, Ch 1 meter 6 = SDI 1: Group 2, Ch 2 meter 7 = SDI 1: Group 2, Ch 3 meter 8 = SDI 1: Group 2, Ch 4 Window 2: meter 1 = SDI 2: Group 1, Ch 1 meter 2 = SDI 2: Group 1, Ch 2 meter 3 = SDI 2: Group 1, Ch 3 meter 4 = SDI 2: Group 1, Ch 4 meter 5 = SDI 2: Group 2, Ch 1 meter 6 = SDI 2: Group 2, Ch 2 meter 7 = SDI 2: Group 2, Ch 3 meter 8 = SDI 2: Group 2, Ch 4 .... And so on for each window. Contact Apantac support to upgrade your current


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multiviewer. (Phone: +1 503 616 371)


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