Abekas Mira User manual

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User Operations Guide
Mira Instant Replay Server
Applicable to Mira Software V5.0.0 and Higher
5 September 2014

Get ready to learn about a rather resourceful product.
But first, that stuff you tend to skip over. Please pay attention; it could perhaps save your life.

Regulatory Information
The following information provides regulator and safety information for the Abekas Mira product.
Publishing, Copyright and Compliance Information
Mira User Guide Part Number 9301-0203-03 Rev.A
Publishing History
Preliminary Publication 03 March 2006
Version 1.20 18 February 2010
Version 2.5.1 13 March 2011
Version 4.7.2 26 March 2014
Version 5.0.0 06 August 2014
Published in the United States of America
Copyright
©2014 Abekas, Incorporated. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, transmitted, transcribed, stored in a
retrieval system, or translated into any languages in any form by any means without the expressed written permission of Abekas.
FCC Compliance and User Information
The following information has been provided to clarify FCC requirements for operation of this device. These requirements are found in the
FCC rules for radio frequency devices, Part 15.
NOTE: This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class A digital device pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC
Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference when the equipment is operated in a
commercial environment. This equipment generates, uses, and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in
accordance with the instruction manual, may cause harmful interference to radio communications. Operation of this equipment in a
residential area is likely to cause harmful interference—in which case the user is required to correct the interference at the user’s own
expense.
Important - Modifications & Shielded Cables
Changes or modifications to this product not authorized by Abekas, Incorporated could void the FCC Compliance and negate your
authority to operate the product.
This product was tested for FCC compliance under conditions that included the use of Abekas peripheral devices and Abekas shielded
cables and connectors between system components. It is important that you use Abekas peripheral devices and shielded cables and
connectors between system components to reduce the possibility of causing interference to radios, television sets, and other electronic
devices. You can obtain Abekas peripheral devices and the properly shielded cables and connectors through an Abekas-authorized dealer.
Notice
Information contained in this document is not guaranteed and is subject to change without notice or obligation, and does not represent a
commitment on the part of Abekas, Incorporated.
Acknowledgments
Registered product trademarks or names used in this manual are the exclusive property of that equipment or software manufacturer. Their
usage in this manual is with beneficial intention only.

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Company Information
Abekas, Incorporated Voice: [phone]
1090 O’Brien Drive Fax: [phone]
Menlo Park, California 94025 Web: www.abekas.com
United States of America e-mail: [email protected]
Safety and First Aid
Abekas equipment is designed to the highest standards of quality and reliability. However, no matter how these systems are designed,
operators and maintenance personnel can be exposed to electrical shock hazard when protective covers are removed for maintenance or
the installation of options. With this caution in mind, each operator and engineer must observe all safety regulations, and have a clear
understanding of first aid procedures related to electrical hazards.
Power Information
This device is supplied with two sets of two power cords. One set is for use in the United States and those areas where a North American
style cord can be used. A second power cord set is provided for use outside the United States use. The so-called “international cord”has a
“female” receptacle on one end for fitting to the Abekas hardware, and three pre-stripped wires on the remaining end—ready for installation
of the proper localized plug (which is to be supplied by the customer). It is the responsibility of the customer to obtain the proper localized
plug and to ensure it is properly fitted on the end of the “international cord” before using with Abekas Mira.
To ensure safe operation and to guard against potential shock or risk of fire, ensure your AC power source for the Mira is within the
required voltage range and frequency. The Mira power supply has the following input AC power requirements:
AC Voltage Input (Auto-Ranging): 100VAC through 240VAC
Input AC Frequency Range (nominal) 47Hz —63Hz
Input AC Power Requirement at 110VAC: ~12A Maximum
Input AC Power Requirement at 240VAC: ~6A Maximum
Safety and Compliance Certifications
Certified to:
And some fancy logos from the certification agencies:
EN-60950-1
EN-55103-1
EN-55103-2

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Operating Environment
The Mira system will operate to all specifications within the temperature, humidity and altitude ranges indicated in Table 1 below. However,
reliability is greatly enhanced by operating the Mira within the following ranges:
Recommended Operating Temperature: 13°C to 35°C (55°F to 95°F)
Recommended Operating Humidity: 20% to 80% non-condensing
High temperature/humidity combinations should be avoided at all times. Please keep Mira’s main chassis well ventilated at all times during
active operation.
Table 1: Temperature, Humidity and Altitude
Operating Conditions
Metric
English
Temperature
5°C to 55°C (See Notes below)
41°F to 131°F (See Notes below)
Relative Humidity
8% to 90% non-condensing
8% to 90% non-condensing
Maximum Wet Bulb Temperature
29.5°C non-condensing
85°F non-condensing
Maximum Temperature Gradient
15°C/Hour
59°F/Hour
Altitude Range
-300 m to 3,048 m
-984 ft. to 10,000 ft.
Non-Operating Conditions
Metric
English
Temperature
-40°C to 65°C
-40°F to 149°F
Relative Humidity
5% to 95% non-condensing
5% to 95% non-condensing
Maximum Wet Bulb Temperature
35°C non-condensing
95°F non-condensing
Maximum Temperature Gradient
15°C/Hour
59°F/Hour
Altitude Range
-300 m to 12,200 m
-984 ft. to 40,026 ft.
Notes:
Operator is responsible for providing sufficient ventilation to maintain surface temperature below 40°C (104°F) at the center of the
top cover of the media disk drives.
Non-condensing conditions should be maintained at all times.
Maximum storage period inside shipping package is one year.
Recommended Operating Temperature: 13°C to 35°C (55°F to 95°F)
Recommended Operating Humidity: 20% to 80% non-condensing

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Safety Warnings
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information; we realize there are some pretty humorous phrasing, grammar, and choice of vocabulary used in some of the translated text.
Please ignore that humor as best you can, so you can better pay attention to the basic messages being conveyed. You will then learn how
to avoid situations which may result in consequences that will short-circuit your chances of enjoying this humor again.
The text of the ENGLISH version may be highlighted, copied and pasted into your favorite language-translation tool (online or offline) to
translate this important text into your local language for others to read.
Safety Warnings —English / Arabic / Chinese
ENGLISH
WARNING!
This system complies with the safety standard IEC/EN60950-1. To ensure safe operation and to guard against potential shock hazard or risk of fire, the
following must be fulfilled:
This system features auto-ranging power supplies. Ensure your AC power source is within the correct operating range of voltage and frequency, as
required by the system.
Each chassis in this system must be electrically grounded by connecting the input power cord(s) to a correctly wired and grounded power outlet.
The input AC power cord(s) supplied with this system must be wired as follows:
Live = Brown
Neutral = Blue
Earth = Green
Completely disconnect all input AC power cords from chassis before removing top cover from chassis. Failure to do so will expose dangerous
electric currents and voltages. Physical contact with these electric currents and voltages is extremely dangerous and may result in severe
physical injury or death! Only qualified service personnel should remove the top cover from the chassis.
Modules marked with this symbol may be removed while the system is operating (powered). After removing a module, beware of dangerous
electric currents and voltages that are exposed on the module receptacle connector inside the chassis. Please keep fingers, tools, and foreign
metal objects away from the exposed receptacle connector while the chassis has input AC power applied. Physical contact with these electric
currents and voltages is extremely dangerous and may result in severe physical injury or death! Only qualified service personnel should
remove these modules.

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User Operations Guide
Mira Instant Replay Server
Applicable to Mira Software 4.7.2 and Higher
5 September 2014
Copyright © 2014 / Abekas, Incorporated
Background
This operations guide is intended for new users to quickly familiarize themselves with the primary operations of the Mira Digital Video
Production Server.
Components of the Mira Server
The Mira Digital Video Production Server consists of a single 3RU chassis, which contains all of the video/audio processing hardware and
a RAID-6 disk array. The Mira system comes standard with the following components:
(1) 3RU chassis; body of which measures 17.0”/43.2cm wide by 25.0”/ 63.5cm deep
(including rack-mount flanges: 19.0”/48.3cm wide)
(1) Rack Slide Mount Kit for standard 19.0”/48.3cm width racks.
(1) USB Mouse
(1) USB QWERTY Keyboard
(2) AC Power Cords
(4) “Male RJ45” to “Female DB9” Adaptors for RS422 Serial Control (Mira 4-Channel Server only)
(8) “Male RJ45”to “Female DB9”Adaptors for RS422 Serial Control (Mira 8-Channel Server only)
Required Support Equipment
The following support equipment is to be supplied by the customer:
(1) DVI-D Display 1280x1024 minimum resolution (for user graphical user interface)
(1) HD-SDI Video Monitor (for displaying Mira’s internal quad-split viewer output; Mira 4-Channel Server only)
(2) HD-SDI Video Monitor (for displaying Mira’s internal quad-split viewer output; Mira 8-Channel Server only)
External professional video / audio / control / monitoring equipment, as required for the given application

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Table of Contents
Regulatory Information.......................................................................................... 1
Company Information ........................................................................................ 2
Operating Environment ...................................................................................... 3
Safety Warnings.................................................................................................... 4
Background......................................................................................................... 13
Connections to Mira Server ................................................................................ 18
Power-ON / Power OFF Procedure .................................................................... 31
Windows Login.................................................................................................... 33
Mira Explorer —Login & Operations .................................................................. 34
Mira Explorer Login.......................................................................................... 35
Select Video Channel, Load & Unload Clips.................................................... 36
Auto Play Upon Clip Load in Channel Transport.......................................... 40
Lock & Unlock Transport Control..................................................................... 41
Expand & Shrink Clip Library Listing ............................................................... 42
Display Clips in Clip Library ............................................................................. 43
Transport Controls in Mira Explorer ................................................................. 44
Record Clips .................................................................................................... 48
Immediate Record Shortcut ............................................................................. 60
Customize Clip Library..................................................................................... 61
Clip Metadata —Modify .................................................................................. 63
Clip Metadata —Descriptions ......................................................................... 68
Trim Clips......................................................................................................... 74
Parent/Child Clips ............................................................................................ 78
Find Clips......................................................................................................... 80
List Play ........................................................................................................... 82
Delete Clips ................................................................................................... 106
Desktop Viewer.............................................................................................. 107
Lock / Unlock Clips ........................................................................................ 113
Administrator Options .................................................................................... 116
Mira Explorer on Remote PC ............................................................................ 121
Download & Install Mira Explorer on Remote PC .......................................... 121
Disable Abekas Mira Services on Remote PC............................................... 122
Assign Mira Video Channels to Remote PC .................................................. 124
Media File Import .............................................................................................. 128
Supported Media Files for Import .................................................................. 129
Import Media Files ......................................................................................... 131
Multi-Screen Import ....................................................................................... 138
Import Watch Folders .................................................................................... 141
Map Network Disk for Media File Import........................................................ 147
Media File Export .............................................................................................. 150
Supported Media Files for Export .................................................................. 151

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Export Clips into Media Files ..........................................................................152
Engineering Setup .............................................................................................172
Launch Mira Engineering Setup Utility ...........................................................173
Engineering Setup —Channels .....................................................................174
Engineering Setup —Video ...........................................................................202
4K Play / Record..........................................................................................204
Engineering Setup —Audio ...........................................................................208
Engineering Setup—Audio Router .................................................................210
Engineering Setup —Timecode.....................................................................216
Engineering Setup —Compression ...............................................................217
Engineering Setup —RS422 .........................................................................218
Engineering Setup —Labels..........................................................................221
Engineering Setup —Quad Viewer................................................................222
Engineering Setup —Demo...........................................................................223
Engineering Setup —Flipper Option..............................................................224
Quad Viewer ......................................................................................................226
Countdown Timer From Quad Viewer Output ................................................227
RS422 Serial Control .........................................................................................228
Select RS422 Protocol ...................................................................................228
Clip ID Support ...............................................................................................228
Instant Replay Control Surface Operations .......................................................229
Connections to Mira Server ...............................................................................230
Configurations for Mira Control Surface .........................................................231
Mira 8-Channel Instant Replay Servers: One Mira Control Panel...............232
Mira 8-Channel Instant Replay Servers: Two Mira Control Panels, Two Events 233
Mira 8-Channel Instant Replay Servers: Two Mira Control Panels, One Event234
Mira Control Panel Communications with Mira Server ...................................237
Mira Control Panel Power & Booting................................................................237
Configure Mira Server for Number of Cameras ..............................................238
Assign Replay Channel(s) to Mira Control Panel ...........................................239
Ergonomic Aspects of Mira Control Surface...................................................241
Create & Open New Instant Replay Event on Control Panel..........................242
Open Live Replay Event on Control Panel..................................................244
Controls on Mira Control Panel.......................................................................246
Elements of Mira Control Panel & Instant Replay GUI ...................................248
Elements of Mira Instant Replay GUI ..........................................................249
User Setup: Customize Control Surface.........................................................251
Listing of User Setup Parameters................................................................253
PGM Channels: Modes of Operation..............................................................262
Instant Replay Operation: LIVE-EE Mode ......................................................263
LIVE-EE Mode: Activate GANG Control & Select Desired Camera ............264
Instant Replay Operation: PLAYBACK Mode .................................................266
PLAYBACK Mode: Instant Replay on two PGM Outputs (no Marking) .......269
PLAYBACK Mode: GOTO TC .....................................................................273
Instant Replay Operation: CLIP PLAY Mode..................................................275
Define, Save & Load Clip: Auto-Mark IN & OUT .........................................276
Define, Save & Load Clip: Manually Mark IN & OUT ..................................278
Define, Save & Load Clip: Manually Mark IN / Auto-Mark OUT ..................281

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Define, Save & Load Clip: Manually Mark OUT / Auto-Mark IN ................. 284
CLIP PLAY Mode: Navigate Clip Registers ................................................... 286
Navigating Clips in Current Bank –from Control Panel.............................. 287
Change Clip Register Bank ........................................................................ 288
Load Clip Numerically................................................................................. 290
CLIP PLAY Mode: Clip Trim .......................................................................... 292
Trim Clip POI .............................................................................................. 294
Trim Clip OUT............................................................................................. 296
Hold To Trim............................................................................................... 298
CLIP PLAY Mode: Mira Clip Library .............................................................. 300
CLIP PLAY MODE: Bank #0.......................................................................... 302
CLIP PLAY Mode: Naming Clips Free-Form ................................................. 304
CLIP PLAY Mode: Naming Clips from Preset Labels ................................. 306
Instant Replay Operation: PLAY LIST Mode ................................................. 308
Create New AUX Audio List........................................................................ 311
Play List Library .......................................................................................... 313
Play List Trash Can .................................................................................... 315
Naming Playlists ......................................................................................... 317
PLAY LIST EDIT Mode: Modifying Content in Playlist................................ 320
PLAY LIST AIR Mode: Presenting Playlist Content.................................... 345
PLAY LIST AIR Mode: Exit ......................................................................... 352
Instant Replay Operation: VUE MARKS Mode .............................................. 353
Naming Mark Points ................................................................................... 356
Change Camera Angle of Mark Point ......................................................... 357
Trim IN/OUT-Points of Mark Point .............................................................. 358
Play Mark Point........................................................................................... 361
Save Mark Points to Clip Register .............................................................. 362
Add Mark Points to Playlists ....................................................................... 363
Instant Replay Operation: Export / Melting Clip Content ............................... 365
Trouble-shooting Guide .................................................................................... 371
Index ................................................................................................................. 374

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Connections to Mira Server
Since first product introduction, Mira has experienced two major hardware revisions. The original four-channel Mira has been modified with
a new motherboard, with some changes to the circuit boards that plug into the motherboard. Therefore, if you own a four-channel Mira,
there are two possible rear panel configurations.
In addition, an eight-channel Mira was first shipped into the marketplace in June 2010; so the eight-channel Mira will have a third possible
rear panel configuration.
Choose the rear panel illustration below which best matches your Mira.
Original Mira 4-Channel Server Rear Panel (shipped before June, 2010)...........Page 19
Mira 4-Channel & Mira 8-Channel Rear Panel (shipped after June, 2010)....Page 22
Mira 8-Channel Rear Panel (shipped after June, 2014)………………………….. Page 27