Alcorn Mcbride Digital Video Machine HD User manual

Digital
Video
Machine HD
Including the DVMHD-Pro
User’s Guide
by Alcorn McBride Inc.

Document Revision 3.3
January 2007
Copyright ©1998-2007 Alcorn McBride, Inc. All rights reserved. Digital Video Machine HD, and
the other Machine product line names are trademarks of Alcorn McBride Inc. Microsoft Windows,
Sony and Pioneer are trademarks of their respective owners.
Dolby Digital AC-3 is a registered trademark of Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation.
Every effort has been made to assure the accuracy of the information contained in this manual, and
the reliability of the hardware and software. Errors sometimes can go undetected, however. If you
find one, please bring it to our attention so that we can correct it for others.
Alcorn McBride Inc. reserves the right to make changes to these products, without notice, in order to
improve their design or performance.
Applications described herein are for illustrative purposes only. Alcorn McBride Inc. assumes no
responsibility or liability for the use of any of these products, and makes no representation or
warranty that the use of these products for specific applications will be suitable without further
testing or modification.
Our equipment is not intended for use in applications where a malfunction can reasonably be
expected to result in personal injury or damage to equipment. Customers using or selling Alcorn
McBride Inc. products for use in such applications do so at their own risk, and agree to fully
indemnify Alcorn McBride Inc. for any damages resulting from such improper use or sale.
Product Design:
Jim Carstensen, David Mayo, Jason Crew, Scott Harkless, Chris Harden, Jeremy Scheinberg, and
Martin Chaney
Documentation:
Chris Harden, Jason Crew, Scott Harkless, Joy Burke
Alcorn McBride Inc.
3300 S. Hiawassee, Suite 105
Orlando, Florida 32835
TEL: [phone]
FAX: [phone]
http://www.alcorn.com
[email protected]

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Contents
Welcome .................................................................................. 1
Using this Guide............................................................................................................1
Specifications...................................................................................................1
Getting Started.................................................................................................1
Front Panel.......................................................................................................1
Rear Panel.......................................................................................................1
Detailed Command Summary..........................................................................1
General Command Summary..........................................................................2
Ethernet Control...............................................................................................2
Serial Control ...................................................................................................2
Playlists............................................................................................................2
Schedules ........................................................................................................2
Networking Your DVMHD................................................................................2
Transferring Files to the DVMHD.....................................................................2
Creating DTV Clips..........................................................................................2
Updating Operating System.............................................................................2
Troubleshooting ...............................................................................................2
Obtaining Technical Support.........................................................................................3
North America..................................................................................................3
International .....................................................................................................3
Specifications.......................................................................... 5
Getting Started ........................................................................ 7
What’s In the Box?........................................................................................................7
Power Supply Settings..................................................................................................7
Power-up Operation......................................................................................................7
Give AMI Terminal a Try!..............................................................................................7
Front Panel .............................................................................. 9
LED Indicators...............................................................................................................9
Removable Hard Drive Bay ..........................................................................................9
Rear Panel.............................................................................. 11
Power Switch ..............................................................................................................11
Unbalanced Audio Connectors...................................................................................11
Digital Audio Connector..............................................................................................11
HD Video Out Connector............................................................................................12
RGB-HV Mode Pinout (Non-Pro version only)...............................................12
Component (YPbPr) Mode Pinout.................................................................12
HD-SDI Output (DVMHD-Pro only).............................................................................12
RS-232 Serial Control Port .........................................................................................13
Ethernet Connector.....................................................................................................13
USB Connector...........................................................................................................13
VGA Monitor Output....................................................................................................13
Serial Control – RS232.......................................................... 15

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Ethernet Control.....................................................................17
Hardware and Software Requirements......................................................................17
AMINet Protocol .........................................................................................................17
Control Message Format............................................................................................17
Control Message Checksum ......................................................................................18
UDP Message Layer ..................................................................................................18
Control Message Response.......................................................................................18
Detailed Command Summary...............................................19
Pioneer / AMI Protocol................................................................................................19
Addressing Commands.................................................................................19
Version Request............................................................................................19
Set IP Address...............................................................................................19
Get IP Address..............................................................................................20
Select File......................................................................................................20
Play................................................................................................................20
Loop Play.......................................................................................................20
Stop ...............................................................................................................21
Still.................................................................................................................21
Pause.............................................................................................................21
Video Colorspace (non-Pro version only)......................................................21
Video Mute ....................................................................................................22
Audio Mute ....................................................................................................22
Sync on Green (non-Pro version only)..........................................................22
Active Mode Request ....................................................................................22
Chapter Request ...........................................................................................22
Video PID Set................................................................................................22
Audio PID Set................................................................................................23
Soft Reboot....................................................................................................23
Reset Video Card..........................................................................................23
Video Output Format.....................................................................................24
Error Codes...................................................................................................24
General Command Summary................................................26
Playlists ..................................................................................28
Extra Commands........................................................................................................28
Example Playlists .......................................................................................................29
Looping a Series of Videos............................................................................29
Playlist Example using ‘AND’ operator..........................................................30
Playlist Example using ‘AFTER’ operator......................................................31
Scheduler ...............................................................................32
The Basic Idea for Commands...................................................................................32
File Format / Tutorial ..................................................................................................32
Fields in Detail...............................................................................................33
Restrictions....................................................................................................37
Comments & Whitespace..............................................................................37
Order of Operations.......................................................................................37
Double Occupancy: When Two Events Occupy the Same Slot....................38
Loading New Schedules on the DVMHD ......................................................39