7th Sense M101-4 User manual

Delta Media Server
Delta Server Front Panel
M101-4
User Guide

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Contents
Delta Server Front Panel: Overview 4
Panel Features 5
LED Status Information 6
Display Text Colours 7
Menu Structure 9
Using Delta Front Panel Menus 10
Controls 11
Load Show 12
Graphics/Render 13
Group 14
DeltaVersion 15
Audio VU Meter 16
External Control 17
IP and PC Name 18
Service Menu 19
Restart Delta 19
Reset EDIDs 19
Manage Network 20
Service Mode 24
Document Information 26
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Index

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Delta Server Front Panel: Overview
Delta Server Front Panel: Overview
The Delta Front Panel is controlled by the DeltaMonitor application. On Delta 1.5servers the
functionality is limited. Delta 2adds a significant amount of additional functionality. Delta 2.4 sees more
software changes to allow for NICs to be modified in all servers (including Nano) without having to
enter Service Mode, and with further options for NIC modification throughout.
Terminology
Embedded Server – This refers to the Operating system on the server. The embedded servers include:
Nano, Nano4K and Duo II pre-2016, and Nano1, Nano2, Nano3, Nano4K in the 2016server range. (For
further information see the Service Mode Section .)
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Panel Features
Panel Features

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LED Status Information
LED Status Information
The LEDs light up when a show is playing. Colour indicates the status of graphics, audio and playback
disks.
Green
OK – performing correctly
Amber
Warning – not running smoothly, e.g. audio time drifting
Red
Error – e.g. dropping frames; needs resolving
Graphics Status
Indicates whether the server is able to playback at the specified rate. Corresponds with the
yellow line on the debug graph.
Audio Status
Indicates whether audio playback is at the correct rate. Corresponds with the cyan line on the
debug graph.
Disk Status
Indicates whether the server disks are able to playback all movies currently in scope on the
timeline.

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Display Text Colours
Display Text Colours
Blue
The standard colour of all text on a Delta Master Server.
Cyan
The standard colour of all text on a Delta Slave Server
Red
Indicates the Delta Server application has stopped running. It can also indicate lack of Genlock or AMD
grouping if the Delta monitor application has been configured to monitor these states.
Green
Indication that the server is in Service Mode. This mode is only available on Embedded Delta Servers.

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Display Text Colours
Others
Other colours are used for Alert mode. This mode flashes the display on certain actions and is intended
to aid programming and debug.

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Menu Structure
Menu Structure
The menu structure is navigated using the left and right control keys. The Right Arrow button takes you
clockwise around the pages, the Left Arrow takes you anticlockwise.
For example, press the Right Arrow button twice to go to the Load Show page, or the Left Arrow once to
go to the Service Menu.
Note: Servers running Delta 1.5are only capable of showing the pages marked with an orange border
Pages with this icon have sub-menus/pages. Press the Enter button to open, and the
Up/Down buttons to navigate. The Bottom Left button is the Back button.

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Using Delta Front Panel Menus
Using Delta Front Panel Menus
Main Display
The main display shows the server’s Windows configuration name, its IP address, and the filename of
the current show. The last line shows which timeline is running, the position of the playhead and the
play status (Play, Stop, Ready).
Press the Right or Left arrow buttons to navigate to other pages.

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Using Delta Front Panel Menus
Controls
Note: The Controls page is only available to Delta servers configured as a Master.
Press the Right Arrow button, then Enter (centre button) to use the controls page:
Once in the control page, all buttons have a function:
Bottom Left
Steps back out of the control page into the main pages
Top Left
Rewinds current timeline to frame 0
Left
Stop playing (if running) and press to step back one frame at a time
Right
Stop playing (if running) and press to step forward one frame at a time
Top
Play
Bottom
Cue, ready to play
Enter
Stop

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Using Delta Front Panel Menus
Load Show
Press Enter (centre button) to list available shows:
The cursor arrow indicates the currently selected show.
Scroll through items with the Up and Down buttons, and select the one you want with Enter. (Bottom
Left button goes back to the Load Show page.)

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Using Delta Front Panel Menus
Graphics/Render
Gfx
Current desktop resolution and refresh
Aud
Available Audio
Gfx
Available graphics output i.e. DVI, SDI
Cache
Current disk cache level

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Using Delta Front Panel Menus
Group
This page indicates whether the server is a Master or Slave, the server group it is in, how many servers
are in this group, and the current timing mode.

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Using Delta Front Panel Menus
Delta Version
Shows the current DeltaServer application version installed on the server.

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Using Delta Front Panel Menus
Audio VU Meter
This page shows the audio playing on the current timeline. If audio is current playing, a VUmeter shows,
with a vertical line for each channel of audio:
If no audio is currently in scope the display will read ‘Silence’.

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Using Delta Front Panel Menus
External Control
Lists the current TCP and UDP ports for external control, and the last external control message received.

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Using Delta Front Panel Menus
IP and PC Name
This page shows a list of the current server network IP addresses (first, second and third adapters) and
the server’s Windows configuration name.
The ‘s’ or ‘d’ at the end of each line indicates whether the network address is static or dynamic.

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Using Delta Front Panel Menus
Service Menu
The Service Menu provides configuration functionality for the server. Once in the Service Menu, you will
be presented with a list of all the functions available on that Delta server. Move the cursor through the
options with the Up and Down buttons and select the required item using Enter.
Restart Delta
Select restart Delta. Press Enter to restart the Delta server. Confirm twice before the system will restart.
Reset EDIDs
Select Reset EDID. Press Enter to delete all forced EDID graphics configurations from the server. Confirm
twice before any EDIDs are reset.

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Manage Network
The Manage Network menu replaces the Set IP and Reset IP options and now includes other options
including: Set DNS; Set Gateway; and Auto IP/DNS/Gateway.
Note from Delta vs 2.4 and DeltaMonitor 3.0
Embedded servers no longer need to be in Service Mode to set NIC values. They do, however, still
require Service Mode for other tasks such as upgrading the software.
When you enter the Manage Network menu, the display will alternate between IP address and friendly
name of the corresponding NIC:
To make changes to the NIC information, press Enter. The Manage Network sub-menu will open.