Belden Grass Valley Kaleido-X User manual

User’s Manual
M770-2800-136
2016-07-07
KALEIDO-X
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Notices
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Title Kaleido-X User’s Manual
Part Number M770-2800-136
Revision 7 July 2016, 5:51 pm

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1New Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
2Getting Started. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
About this Document. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
System Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Cabling Diagrams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14
RS-422 Connection Diagram . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21
XEdit Application Shortcuts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22
3Operation of the Monitor Wall. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Key Concepts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25
Detailed Directions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29
Logging on to the Monitor Wall Using a Remote Control Panel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29
Using On-Screen Wall Control. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32
Displaying the Dashboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33
Hiding the Dashboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34
Loading Layouts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35
Displaying a Source in Full Screen Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .37
Changing a Source’s Aspect Ratio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .37
Video Cropping/Zooming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .38
Toggling Safe Area Markers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .40
Displaying Subtitles and Closed Caption Text. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .41
Editing UMD Text. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .45
Selecting an Input Method. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .46
Assigning Sources to Monitors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .47
Changing Crosspoints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .50
Using Timers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .54
Triggering Actions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .57
Triggering GPI Output Events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .58
Acknowledging Alarms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .58
Monitoring Audio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .60
Setting a Display Monitor’s Output Resolution. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .62
Changing the IP Address of a Multiviewer from the Monitor Wall. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .64
4Managing Kaleido-X Systems. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Key Concepts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .65
Detailed Directions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .69
Opening the XEdit Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .69
Using XEdit Online . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .72
Importing a Database . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .75
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Exporting a Database. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .77
Creating a Backup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .79
Restoring a Backup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .80
Creating a Single Multiviewer System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .81
Creating a Cluster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .84
Configuring the System Representation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .90
Restoring Factory Defaults . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Managing Multiple Databases Efficiently . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
5Calibrating the Kaleido-X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Key Concepts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Profiles. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Multiviewer Output Calibrations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Multiviewer Input Calibrations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Router Output Calibrations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
GPI/Genlock Calibrations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Alarm Debouncing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Detailed Directions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Managing Calibration Profiles. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Configuring Alarm Thresholds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Configuring Alarm Debouncing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Multiviewer Input Calibrations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Multiviewer Output Calibrations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Router Output Calibrations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
GPI/Genlock Calibrations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
6Configuring Alarms. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Key Concepts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Alarm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
General Status Manager (GSM). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Alarm Logging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Alarm Browser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Alarm Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
External Alarm Provider. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Lookup Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Alarm Suppression . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Global Alarms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Virtual Alarm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Sub-Alarm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Alarm Monitor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Teletext, Subtitles, and Closed Captions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Dolby E/AC-3 Metadata. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Microphone Loudness Measurement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
SCTE 35 Digital Program Insertion (DPI) Signaling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Bit Rate Measurement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Transport Stream Monitoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Detailed Directions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174

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Managing Alarm Providers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Managing Virtual Alarms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Managing Alarm Logging. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Publishing Alarms to SNMP Managers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
7Logical Sources. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Key Concepts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Detailed Directions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Creating and Configuring Logical Sources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Monitoring Internal-Router Outputs on the Monitor Wall (Sample Scenario) . . 207
8Setting Up Rooms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Key Concepts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Detailed Directions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Managing Rooms. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Configuring Displays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
Managing Display Libraries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
9Creating Layouts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
Key Concepts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
Layouts and Layout Elements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
Aspect Ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
Cropping Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
Spanning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
4K UHD Spanning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237
Detailed Directions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238
Managing Layouts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238
Configuring Video Monitors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261
Configuring Audio Monitors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276
Configuring Loudness Monitors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279
Configuring Audio Scales . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280
Configuring Time Code Monitors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283
Configuring Timers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285
Configuring UMDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291
Configuring Alarm Monitors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 299
Configuring Subtitling Monitors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 302
Configuring Metadata Monitors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 307
Configuring V-Chip Monitors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 308
Configuring Clocks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 310
Working with Composite Monitors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 314
Using the Region Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 320
Format Painting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 322
Managing Monitor Libraries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 324

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10 Creating Actions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 325
Overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 325
Key Concepts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 325
Detailed Directions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 327
Creating Monitor Wall Actions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 327
Creating Background Actions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 330
11 Managing RCP Users . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 337
XEdit Quick Start Task List. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 337
Key Concepts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 337
Kaleido-RCP2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 337
RCP-200. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 337
Gateway . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 337
Detailed Directions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 338
Managing RCP Users . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 338
Managing Room Access . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 339
Setting Room Preferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 340
Setting RCP User Preferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 342
12 Routers & Kaleido-X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 349
Overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 349
Key Concepts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 350
Router Control Configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 352
Router Configuration Scenarios . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 353
Router Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 356
Signal Path Viewer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 357
Router Protocols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 358
Serial Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 361
Q & A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 362
Detailed Directions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 364
Importing Router Configurations from an NV9000 System Controller. . . . . . . . . 364
Configuring an External Router . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 371
Configuring a Router Controller. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 384
Configuring a Multiviewer’s Internal Router . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 390
Configuring Router Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 397
13 Tally Interface Devices &Timer Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 399
Overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 399
Key Concepts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 399
Detailed Directions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 401
Plura (Alpermann+Velte) Studio Production Timer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 401
GPI-1501 General Purpose Interface I/O Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 406
Configuring Serial Tally Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 411
Ross Video Production Switcher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 413
Sony Production Switcher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 418
Kahuna Production Switcher. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 422

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Kayak Production Switcher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 427
Kayenne Production Switcher. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 434
K-Frame Switchers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 442
Zodiak Production Switcher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 450
Daktronics Scoreboards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 457
Serial Port Test Agent. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 462
14 Administration and Servicing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 465
Key Concepts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 465
Default IP Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 465
Hardware and Software Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 468
Dashboard Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 473
Network Considerations & Port Usage. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 477
Detailed Directions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 482
Assigning an IP Address to Each Device in your System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 482
Enabling Options. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 497
Installing Kaleido-X Client Applications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 498
Opening XAdmin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 513
XAdmin Access Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 526
Opening Signal Path Viewer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 530
Viewing a Multiviewer’s Status Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 530
Restarting and Shutting Down a Kaleido-IP Multiviewer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 534
Configuring Head Streaming on a Kaleido-IP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 538
Configuring Virtual Network Adapters on a Kaleido-IP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 540
Adding Fonts to a Kaleido-IP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 541
Configuring Power Supply Redundancy on a Kaleido-X16. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 543
Obtaining EDID Data from Displays when Using the DXF-100 Interface . . . . . . . 545
Generating a System Snapshot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 546
Viewing Version Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 547
Upgrading your Multiviewer System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 548
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 549
Contact Us . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 559

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The following is a list of features and enhancements introduced in Kaleido-X version 8.30.
Refer to the Release Notes for more information.
New Features and Enhancements in Kaleido-X Version 8.30
• Expanded support for the KMX-4911 multiviewer, up to a 36 × 4 configuration.
See KMX-4911 on page 12.
•Expanded KMX-4911 alarm probing, and metadata extraction (see KMX-4911 input
option on page 468):
• Detection of video freeze, black, luma too high conditions
• Detection or extraction of closed captions, teletext or subtitles
• Extraction of XDS metadata
•KMX-4911 and spanned monitors: Support for seamless spanning of monitors across
two room displays or more.
•Kaleido-IP: Support for RTMP H.264/AAC streams. See Adding RTMP transport streams
on page 104.
•Audio monitoring: Support for removing an audio monitoring output assignment by
using a gateway command (SetKAudioOut), or a Monitor audio action, to set the audio
source to None. See Creating Actions on page 325, and refer to the Kaleido Remote
Control Protocol (Gateway) User’s Guide, available from the Documentation Library
section of Grass Valley’s website, for more information.
•Kaleido-X, Kaleido-X16 audio monitoring: The Kaleido-RCP2’s Mute button, its
equivalent on the RCP-200, and the corresponding Gateway command are no longer
limited to analog audio monitoring outputs. It is now possible to use them to mute
Notes
•Foraseamless output, the room displays must be positioned as a tight 2 ×2
grid, in XEdit, and assigned as follows (same configuration as a 4K UHD
room).
•Topleft:CARDA,Head1
•Bottomleft:CARDA,Head2
• Top right: CARD B, Head 1
• Bottom right: CARD B, Head 2
• In a spanned video monitor, if the video window is larger than 1920 ×1080
pixels (the maximum video window size currently supported for this
multiviewer model), the source image will be windowboxed (i.e., centered,
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digital audio, at the AES, HDMI, and SDI monitoring outputs, of Kaleido-X, and
Kaleido-X16 multiviewers. See Audio Monitoring on page 29.
•Daktronics pitch timer: Support for Daktronics Pitch Timer TV Feed Specification
DD3030549, Rev 1. (Requires All Sport 5000, with All Sport CG version 2.6 or later).
See Daktronics Scoreboards on page 457.
•Upstream router control: A new Assign Router Input category/index panel replaces
the former Assign [router] input menu, which the KMV-3901/3911 and Kaleido-XQUAD
did not support. See Changing an External Router Crosspoint on page 52.
•XEdit exporting/importing layouts: XEdit now supports exporting, and importing
room layouts. See Exporting Layouts on page 252, and Importing Layouts, on
page 252.
•XEdit opening/deleting layouts: XEdit now supports opening and deleting multiple
layouts in a single operation. In addition, deleting a room no longer requires having
first deleted all associated layouts—these are now automatically deleted at the same
time. See Deleting Rooms on page 214, Opening Layouts, on page 238, and Deleting
Layouts, on page 247.
•XEdit layout editing: Enhanced usability of monitor libraries (formerly known as
“widget libraries”). The custom monitor libraries now have their own tab in the Tools
pane, separate from the default monitor libraries, and XEdit automatically opens any
custom libraries that were open when you last closed the application. See Monitor
library on page 233.
•Text levels and layout editing: XEdit now prevents you from editing UMD text in a
layout, for UMDs configured to show dynamic text. See Configuring UMDs on
page 291.
•XEdit logical source count: The Configure menu now includes an option to prevent
XEdit from prompting you to disable global alarm contribution for all alarm levels when
the number of logical sources in your system exceeds 1500. See Logical source on
page 191, and Managing Logical Source Count Prompts, on page 199.
•XEdit connection history: XEdit now remembers recent connection history (up to 10
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Getting Started
This chapter provides an overview of the different Kaleido multiviewer models and their
initial configuration process.
Summary
System Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Cabling Diagrams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
RS-422 Connection Diagram . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
XEdit Application Shortcuts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
About this Document
The Kaleido-X User’s Manual is intended to help you leverage the full working potential of
the Kaleido-X software and XEdit application for controlling and monitoring audio, and
video broadcast signal paths for interfacing, routing distribution and other peripheral
devices.
Grass Valley's Kaleido family of multiviewers ranges from quad-splits to large-scale, multi-
room monitoring systems, with outstanding image quality and signal flexibility. The
Kaleido multiviewers are available in different models: the Kaleido-MX, the Kaleido-MX 4K,
the Kaleido-IP, the Kaleido-X (7RU), the Kaleido-X (4RU), the Kaleido-X16, and the
Kaleido-XQUAD frames, as well as the KMX-4911 cards, the Kaleido-Modular-X cards, and
the Kaleido-Modular KMV-3901/3911 cards.
For installation instructions, refer to the Quick Start Guide that shipped with your
multiviewer. After you have completed your multiviewer’s initial installation, review the
more advanced topics—see Administration and Servicing on page 465—, to fine-tune your
initial system configuration.
After you have established that your basic configuration works as expected, move on to the
other chapters in this manual, to complete your system configuration until it meets your
monitoring requirements.
Note: In line with our commitment to environmental preservation, only the
Quick Start Guide for your multiviewer model, and some ancillary
documents (e.g., welcome letters, warranty cards) are distributed in printed
form. You can obtain the latest version of the Kaleido-X User’s Manual, Quick
Start guides and hardware reference manuals for all multiviewer models, as
well as the Release Notes, from the Documentation Library section of Grass
Valley’s website. (Refer to the Documentation section of the Release Notes
for a complete list.) Software, drivers, sample databases, and useful data are
available from the Downloads section of the website.

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System Overview
System Overview
This section reviews the different multiviewer models that support the Kaleido-X software:
• For the Kaleido-X, see
•Kaleido-X (4RU), on page 4,
•Kaleido-X (7RU), on page 5, and
•Kaleido-X (14RU) Expansion, on page 6.
• For the Kaleido-X16-S (single head) and Kaleido-X16-D (dual head), see Kaleido-X16, on
page 7.
• For the KMV-3901, and KMV-3911, see Kaleido-Modular KMV-3901/3911, on page 9.
• For the Kaleido-XQUAD and Kaleido-XQUAD-DUAL, see Kaleido-XQUAD, on page 10.
• For the Kaleido-IP X310, X110, X300, and X100, see Kaleido-IP, on page 10.
• For the Kaleido-MX, see Kaleido-MX, on page 11.
•FortheKaleido-MX4K, see Kaleido-MX 4K on page 12.
• For the Kaleido-Modular-X, see Kaleido-Modular-X, on page 12.
• For the KMX-4911, see KMX-4911 on page 12.
• For a configuration combining several multiviewers operated as a single system, see
Cluster, on page 13.
• For a system combining inputs from two or three multiviewers on a single monitor wall
display, see Cascade, on page 13.
Kaleido-X (4RU)
The Kaleido-X (4RU) is a multi-room, multi-image display processor and router in a single,
expandable chassis. Its unique mix of capabilities represents the most integrated
monitoring and routing solution. As a multi-image processor, it offers the highest level of
signal flexibility. Each chassis can display 32 HD, SD or Analog inputs any number of times,
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Kaleido-X (4RU) system overview
Kaleido-X (7RU)
The Kaleido-X (7RU) is a multi-room, multi-image display processor and router in a single,
expandable chassis. Its unique mix of capabilities represents the most integrated
monitoring and routing solution. As a multi-image processor, it offers the highest level of
signal flexibility. Each chassis can display 96 HD, SD or Analog inputs any number of times,
across 8 displays of any resolution and orientation. As a router, it offers switching of 96
unprocessed inputs to 48 HD/SD outputs for feeding monitors, test equipment and master
control or production switchers.

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System Overview
Kaleido-X (7RU) system overview
Kaleido-X (14RU) Expansion
Since version 3.00 of the Kaleido-X software, it is possible to expand the input connectivity
of one Kaleido-X (7RU) frame to include that of a second. The two frames, each with its own
expansion (KXO-EXP) card, are connected by a high bandwidth cable, such that all the
output (KXO) modules on each frame (up to 6 in total) have access to all inputs (KXI) on
each frame (up to 192 in total) without any blocking or bandwidth limitations.
Using XEdit, the two frames can be configured as a single system, allowing rooms to share
input modules from either frame. The expansion card allows seamless sharing of video,
audio monitoring output, time code inputs, reference input, metadata information (CC,
XDS, alarms, etc.), and audio level meter data. Refer to the “Kaleido-X (7RU) Expansion”
chapter in the Kaleido-X (7RU) Hardware Description & Installation Manual for more
information.

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Kaleido-X (14RU) expansion system overview
Kaleido-X16
The Kaleido-X16 is a compact, ultra-quiet multiviewer with 16 inputs, and one or two HDMI
outputs. It offers the highest level of image quality, and can be used with 3Gbps/HD/SD and
Analog video. It is ideal for small control rooms, although it can also be paired with routers
to create the very largest combined multiviewer and routing systems.
There are two models: Kaleido-X16-S (single head) and Kaleido-X16-D (dual head).

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System Overview
Kaleido-X16-D system overview
The 1RU Kaleido-X16 is ideal for smaller monitoring facilities, such as call letter television
station master control rooms, mobile trucks and production fly cases, as well as community
television. The Kaleido-X16’s super silent design is highly appreciated for use within studios
and control rooms.
Kaleido-X16 provides a subset of the features of the Kaleido-X (4RU) and (7RU) models:
• 1RU non-modular frame
• 16 auto-sensing 3Gbps/HD/SD/Analog video inputs, one or two independent HDMI
outputs
• Two 3Gbps/HD/SD router outputs
• 3Gbps with 3D support (SMPTE ST 425-1 Level A & B)
• Expansion through combination with upstream router
• 4 analog channel, 2 digital channel audio monitoring
• One or two HD-SDI monitoring outputs with support of 3Gbps signals
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• DXF-100 optical DVI extension module simplifies long runs to monitors from frame, and
is a single fiber solution for supporting high-resolution (1920 × 1200) displays over
distances of up to 1000 m (3280 ft)
• Choice of multiviewer remote control panels: simple Kaleido-RCP2 and advanced RCP-
200 with router control
• Internal router control by NVISION control panel and NV9000 system controller
• Super silent for installation within studios and control rooms
Kaleido-Modular KMV-3901/3911
The Kaleido-Modular KMV-3901/3911 is an expandable, 8-input, dual-output multiviewer
(3Gbps/HD/SD) on one Densité Series card. Hosted in a Densité3 frame, the
KMV-3901/3911 is the most space- and energy-efficient multiviewer system, with up to
20 multiviewer outputs per 3 RU frame, or up to 288 multiviewer outputs when connected
to an upstream router.
Overview of single card functionality
Kaleido-Modular KMV-3901/3911 features
With its unmatched space and energy efficiency, Kaleido-Modular is ideal for production
monitoring in trucks. The multiviewer system integrates tightly with the highly space-
efficient NVISION 8288 Truck router (288 × 576 in 10 RU), as well as Densité signal
processing cards, and third-party production switchers. Control of a highly integrated
system is simplified with the RCP-200 panel, which can operate the router and multiviewer,
as well as signal processing and distribution cards.
The KMV-3901/3911 provides a subset of the features of the Kaleido-X (4RU) and (7RU)
models:
• Four or eight auto-sensing 3Gbps/HD/SD video inputs, one or two independent HDMI
outputs
• Video signals can be repeated in up to eight windows, and scaled up to 1920 × 1200
pixels
• Audio signal, and video time code and AFD/WSS data can be extracted for on-screen
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•A reference signal from a REF-1801 Densité card can be used to minimize processing
delay, and reference clocks on the monitor wall
• Expansion through combination with upstream router
• DXF-200 extension module simplifies long runs to monitors from Densité frame, and is
a single fiber solution for supporting high-resolution (1920 × 1200) displays over
distances of up to 1000 m (3280 ft)
• Choice of multiviewer remote control panels: simple Kaleido-RCP2 and advanced RCP-
200 with router control
• Control by NVISION control panel and NV9000 system controller
• Super silent for installation within studios and control rooms
Kaleido-XQUAD
The Kaleido-XQUAD is a standalone quad-split multiviewer that is ideal for truck and studio
monitoring. It is available in two versions: the Kaleido-XQUAD features four 3Gbps/HD
inputs and a single multiviewer output (HDMI/HD-SDI), and the Kaleido-XQUAD-DUAL
offers eight 3Gbps/HD inputs and two multiviewer outputs. Both versions offer exceptional
display flexibility and outstanding space and energy efficiency, using a 1RU half width
frame with silent ventilation for installation within studios. The multiviewer can be used for
small installations with one or two displays, and in much larger configurations using
multiple Kaleido-XQUADs.
Kaleido-IP
The Kaleido-IP can monitor and display HD and SD television programs distributed over IP,
across two HDTV displays. It supports MPEG-2 and H.264/AVC compressed video, and the
AAC, AC-3, DD+, MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4 AAC LC, and MPEG-4 HE-AAC compressed audio
formats, within unencrypted DCII, DVB, or ATSC streams. The Kaleido-IP X310 supports
concurrent decoding of up to 64 MPEG-2 or up to 32 H.264 HD video programs. In the case
of SD signals, they support concurrent decoding of up to 128 MPEG-2 or up to 64 H.264
programs. The Kaleido-IP X110 supports concurrent decoding of up to 16 MPEG-2 or up to
12 H.264 HD programs, and up to 48 MPEG-2 or up to 24 H.264 SD programs. The
Kaleido-IP X300 supports concurrent decoding of up to 24 MPEG-2 or up to 16 H.264 HD
programs, and up to 64 MPEG-2 or up to 32 H.264 SD programs. The Kaleido-IP X100
supports concurrent decoding of up to 8 MPEG-2 or up to 6 H.264 HD programs, and up to
24 MPEG-2 or up to 12 H.264 SD programs.

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Kaleido-X
User’s Manual
Kaleido-IP system overview
Kaleido-MX
The Kaleido-MX standalone multiviewer system is ideal for production control rooms,
trucks and outside broadcast operations. Available in two form factors (1RU, and 3RU), the
Kaleido-MX supports up to 64 video inputs, and up to four multiviewer outputs.

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Getting Started
System Overview
Kaleido-MX system overview
Kaleido-MX 4K
Available in two form factors (1 RU, and 3RU), and four configurations, the Kaleido-MX 4K
ultra high-definition multiviewer can monitor up to 64 video inputs, on a 4K UHD display,
without visible quadrants.
Kaleido-Modular-X
The Kaleido-Modular-X is a flexible and scalable 4K- and IP-ready multiviewer for TV
production optimized for the space, power and weight considerations found in studios and
outside broadcast trucks. FlexBridge coax cable bridging between the input and output
modules allows for the installation of the input stage next to the router or sources, and the
output stage next to displays, for simpler, cost-effective cabling with none of the risk
associated with HDMI extenders. The Kaleido-Modular-X supports up to 64 video inputs,
and up to four multiviewer outputs.
KMX-4911
The KMX-4911 multiviewer modules are part of the GV Node IP aggregation, processing,
and edge routing platform, designed for live broadcast production. Each KMX-4911 card