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1. 2 0 c occ eee cee cece ec ceeceeees 15 2 4 2 How to ConfigureaCG cece eee cece cee ceeceeceees 16 OPERATION u u 0220022 anaana aooo n onanan anaana aono o ooon aaanaa 20 3 1 Router Manager Window 0 2 22 cece cece eee cee cence eee eee eeeee 20 3 2 Locking Unlocking Sensitive Areas 0 0 cece eee c cee eeeceeceees 22 3 3 Switching the Active Sources _ 22 2 cece cee e cece eee eceeceeeee 23 IPAirEdit Version 1 00 User Manual IPAirEdit Router Manager 1 1 1 1 2 1 Introduction Introduction Product Overview The Router Manager is an IPDirector module used in association with the IPAirEdit application See the IPAirEdit user manual for more information on IPAirEdit The Router Manager aims at controlling the transmission signal of the video router used on an IPAirEdit workflow that provides redundancy In such a workflow the Router Manager allows the supervisor to choose among the following source signals of the router which one will be played out e Play channel of the main server e Play channel of the backup server e Live signal without editing e VTR signal e CG signal signal from a character generator device The module has been designed to control specifically the Miranda router by sending commands to the Miranda NV9000 router controllers Typical Workflow Schema The following schema shows the hardware used on an AirEdit setup with red2. IPAirEdit Version 1 00 User Manual IPAirEdit Router Manager Copyright EVS Broadcast Equipment S A Copyright 2012 All rights reserved Disclaimer The information in this manual is furnished for informational use only and subject to change without notice While every effort has been made to ensure that the information contained in this user manual is accurate up to date and reliable EVS Broadcast Equipment cannot be held responsible for inaccuracies or errors that may appear in this publication Improvement Requests Your comments will help us improve the quality of the user documentation Do not hesitate to send improvement requests or report any error or inaccuracy on this user manual by e mail to doc evs tv Regional Contacts The address and phone number of the EVS headquarters are usually mentioned in the Help gt About menu in the user interface You will find the full list of addresses and phone numbers of local offices either at the end of this user manual for manuals on hardware products or at the following page on the EVS website http www evs tv contacts User Manuals on EVS Website The latest version of the user manual if any and other user manuals on EVS products can be found on the EVS download center on the following webpage http www evs tv downloadcenter IPAirEdit Version 1 00 User Manual IPAirEdit Router Manager Table of Contents Table of Contents TABLE OF CONTENTS a
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5. ation lock unlock lock command within the Router Manager module destination This is a general setting applied to all programs Lists of This area contains two lists Programs area e List of configured programs programs that have already been configured in the Router Manager Configuration module List of missing programs programs that have been defined in the Program Manager but have not been configured within the Router Manager Program This area displays the settings of the program currently selected Configuration in one of the lists of programs It allows to assign devices to the area program sources and destination See section How to Configure a Program on page 11 Program This toolbar allows to save or delete the current configuration or Configuration to cancel any modification toolbar How to Configure a Program Introduction This topics explains how to configure the sources and destinations of a program connected to the router for the Router Manager module Once configured the program will automatically be available in the Router Manager with the underlying connections to the right devices For each program to configure you need to specify at least three device connections e Asource connection for the main program that is the PGM from the main EVS server e Asource connection for the backup program that is the PGM from the backup EVS server e Adestination connection that is the transmitted chan
6. l of the Router Manager Configuration window See section Program Configuration Panel on page 10 3 Operation IPAirEdit Version 1 00 User Manual IPAirEdit Router Manager 3 3 3 Operation Switching the Active Sources Introduction In the Router Manager you can switch the source that is sent on air by clicking the button corresponding to the requested source in the Router Switch Manager area When you have selected the source to go on air the system protects the router destination checks the availability of the selected source and switches the router position to play on air the selected source Note N To switch manually the active sources the Router Switch Manager panel must be unlocked How to Switch the Active Sources To switch the active Proceed as follows source to the main server Click the Main button If the main server is not active the system will perform a failover the backup server Click the Backup button If the backup server is not active the system will perform a failover the live input Click the Live button 23 EVS Broadcast Equipment S A December 2012 Issue 1 00 A 24 To switch the active source to Click the CGbutton Proceed as follows Click the VTR button A VTR source selection window opens and displays buttons for each configured VTR Click the VTR source you want to switch to or click Cancel The window closes immediately 3
7. nel Configuring a source connection for the live program that is the incoming program feed is optional Procedure 1 To edit a program already configured select it from the list of configured programs The program settings are displayed in the Program Configuration area OR To configure a program for the first time select it from the list of missing programs Empty settings are displayed in the Program Configuration area as shown in the following screenshot 11 EVS Broadcast Equipment S A December 2012 Issue 1 00 A Source Configuration Select a Device Assign 4 device to the different program source Sources DeviceID Main None Backup None Live None Destination Configuration Assign a device to the TX destination Destination DeviceID TX None To assign a device to the main program source click the Main row None This displays all devices in the list of devices on the right In the Select a Device list select an unassigned device white normal font To assign a device to the backup program source click the Backup row Backup None This displays all devices in the list of devices on the right In the Select a Device list select an unassigned device white normal font If needed to assign a device to the live program source click the Live row None This displays all devices in the list of devices on the right In the Select a Device list select an unassigned device white no
8. on signal the router will send 2 1 Introduction EVS Broadcast Equipment S A December 2012 Issue 1 00 A 2 2 Configuring Programs 2 2 1 Program Configuration Panel Introduction The Program Configuration panel allows you to specify which connection or device connected to the router is the main backup or live source for a given program The Program Configuration panel is available by clicking the Program button from the Router Manager Configuration toolbar Illustration The Program Configuration panel contains the areas highlighted on the screenshot below and described in the table below Program configuration in the router manager Select and modify program configuration General program Settings E Enable to lock unlock destination for all programs List of Configured Programs AR Source Configuration Select a Device MDB TY Assign a device to the different program source Sources DeviceID XT3S_TL1 Main None Backup None Live None La Select and create program configuration List of Missing Programs Destination Configuration Assign a device to the TX destination P4 LIVE2 INPUT FIT_TV Destination DeviceID Import EVF TX None P4 MAIN2 INPUT MDB_Tv2 P4 BACK2 INPUT NOXT XT3_TL2 10 2 Configuration IPAirEdit Version 1 00 User Manual IPAirEdit Router Manager 2 2 2 2 Configuration Description Enable to This checkbox allows to control the availability of the destin
9. rmal font To assign a device to the TX program destination click the TX row Mone This displays all devices in the list of devices on the right In the Select a Device list select an unassigned device white normal font To confirm the configuration changes click Save 2 Configuration EVS Broadcast Equipment S A December 2012 Issue 1 00 A 3 2 22 Button Formats and Color Codes The buttons allowing to select a source for the router can have the following formats Button Format Meaning Blue The status is ok and the selected source is the active one The status is ok and the selected source is not the active one Red The status is not ok Dimmed The source is not configured Locking Unlocking Sensitive Areas Introduction To prevent any handling mistake especially when using the application through a touch screen some sensitive areas of the window can be locked out How to Lock Unlock the Channel Program Name Selection Toggle the Lock Unlock button from the program channel name area How to Lock Unlock the Panel Toggle the Lock Panel button from the router switch manager panel How to Lock Unlock the Channel Program Destination Toggle the Lock Destination button from the router switch manager panel Note a The destination can be locked from the router switch manager panel e if the panel itself is not locked and e if the setting has been enabled in the Program Configuration pane
10. undancy and how the various devices are connected and communicate with each other The various devices and the communication processes are described below EVS Broadcast Equipment S A December 2012 Issue 1 00 A Incoming feed Live Channel A naa MAIN server _ MAIN transmission signal TA TE I Channel A Main and backup router controllers F 4 i ae gaan CG destination BACKUP server paaa BACKUP transmission signal Router Manager Router Manager Sources 1 and Destinations 2 on the Video Router Source and destination signals are connected to and defined on the ports of the video router e Foreach channel to broadcast the delayed edited outputs play channel of the main and the backup EVS servers are connected to router ports These ports should be configured as sources e Other sources are connected to the router live signal of the channel to broadcast A V content from the VTR and several CG signals delivered by a character generator device e The router destinations are either the transmission channels Tx or the connection to the CG devices as the operator should have the possibility to add graphics to each play channel main and backup of each channel to broadcast Router Manager 3 The Router Manager is a module of IPAirEdit that has to be installed on one or more IPDirector workstations It allows controlling which transmissi
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