Miranda RCP-BR Instruction Manual

RCP-BR Panel
Guide to Installation and Operation
M885-9900-104
November 2011
Miranda Technologies Inc.
3499 Douglas-B.-Floreani
St-Laurent, Québec, Canada H4S 1Y6
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© 2011 Miranda Technologies Inc.

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Compliance Information
Electromagnetic Compatibility
This equipment has been tested for verification of compliance with
FCC Part 15, Subpart B requirements for Class A digital devices.
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 will be required to correct the interference at his own expense.
This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the
requirements of the EMC directive 2004/108/CE:
•EN 55022 Radiated emissions Class A
•EN 55022 Conducted emissions Class A
•EN 61000-3-2 Harmonic current injection
•EN 61000-3-3 Voltage changes, voltage fluctuations and flicker
•EN 61000-4-2 Electrostatic discharge immunity
•EN 61000-4-4 EFT/Burst immunity
•EN 61000-4-5 Surge immunity
•EN 61000-4-6 Conducted immunity
•EN 61000-4-11 Voltage dips, short interruptions and voltage
variations immunity

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Table of contents
1 RCP-BR Panel ........................................................................ 1
1.1 Introduction................................................................................. 1
1.2 Features ..................................................................................... 1
2 Setting up of the RCP-BR panel............................................ 2
2.1 Connecting up the panel ............................................................ 2
2.2 Network configuration................................................................. 3
2.3 Station configuration................................................................... 5
2.3.1 Setting up the station configuration............................... 7
3 Using the RCP-BR panel...................................................... 15
3.1 Turning on the unit ................................................................... 15
3.2 Turning off the unit (Shutting down) ......................................... 15
3.2.1 Shutting down from the System Panel screen ............ 16
3.2.2 Shutting down from small Control Window Dialog ...... 17
3.3 Starting up an already shut-down RCP-BR unit....................... 17
3.4 Panel basics ............................................................................. 18
3.4.1 Panel Lock button........................................................ 19
3.4.2 Channel Select ............................................................ 19
3.4.3 DSK Off ....................................................................... 19
3.4.4 Take............................................................................. 19
3.5 Selecting a channel .................................................................. 20
3.5.1 Channel ganging ......................................................... 20
3.5.2 User channels ............................................................. 22
3.6 The Main panel......................................................................... 24
3.6.1 Cutting a keyer up or down ......................................... 26
3.6.2 Setting fade rates ........................................................ 27
3.6.3 Cutting a voice-over up or down.................................. 28
3.6.4 Macros......................................................................... 29
3.6.5 Fade to black / silence................................................. 30
3.6.6 Arming multiple events on a Take............................... 30
3.7 Loading media into a keyer ...................................................... 31

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3.7.1 Filter .............................................................................34
3.8 Modifying media in a keyer .......................................................36
3.8.1 Adjusting media position..............................................36
3.8.2 Adjusting the media cropping ......................................37
3.8.3 Adjusting the media clip, gain and transparency .........38
3.8 Audio.........................................................................................39
3.9 Voice-overs ...............................................................................41
3.9.1 Easyplay media browsing ............................................42
3.10 The System panel .....................................................................44
3.11 Alarms.......................................................................................46
4 The web interface .................................................................47
4.1 Maintenance .............................................................................49
4.1.1 Update .........................................................................50
4.1.2 Update history..............................................................51
4.1.3 Licenses.......................................................................52
4.1.4 Install panels ................................................................53
4.1.5 System restart..............................................................54
4.1.6 System shutdown.........................................................55
4.2 Diagnostics ...............................................................................56
4.2.1 Retrieve log files ..........................................................57
4.2.2 Watch log .....................................................................59
4.2.3 Running processes ......................................................60
4.3 Setup.........................................................................................61
4.3.1 Network setup ..............................................................62
4.3.2 Set hostname...............................................................63
4.3.3 Time setup ...................................................................64
4.3.4 Mouse setup ................................................................65
4.3.5 Serial number...............................................................66
4.3.6 Station..........................................................................66
5 Installation.............................................................................67
5.1 Mounting ...................................................................................67
5.1.1 Mounting with ears.......................................................67

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5.1.2
Mounting with 30 degree brackets .............................. 69
5.1.3 With 60 degree Desk-Mounting kit, RCP-BR-DM-KIT. 70
5.1.4 With Rack-Mounting kit, RCP-BR-RM-KIT.................. 71
5.2 Ventilation................................................................................. 72
5.3 Power requirements ................................................................. 72
5.4 RCP-BR rear connections ........................................................ 73
5.4.1 Summary ..................................................................... 73
5.4.2 DC power connector pinout (8 pin DIN, female) ......... 74
5.4.3 GPIO pinout (15-way D-type) ...................................... 75
5.5 Mechanical ............................................................................... 76
5.6 Environment ............................................................................. 76
5.6.1 Operating..................................................................... 76
5.6.2 Storage ........................................................................ 76
5.7 Other......................................................................................... 77
5.7.1 RTC battery ................................................................. 77
5.7.2 Compact Flash ............................................................ 77

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1 RCP-BR Panel
1.1 Introduction
The highly graphical, touch screen Branding Panel provides highly informative
and easy control of Miranda’s channel branding processors, including the
Intuition-XG, the Imagestore 750, and the Densite LGK-3901 / DSK-3901 and
Imagestore-Modular products.
1.2 Features
FLEXIBLE AND USER-FRIENDLY CONTROL PANEL
•Rich graphical interface
•Customizable layouts via standalone software running on a PC
•Combination of touch screen and button control
•Intuitive operation
•Full tallies from devices under control
COMPLETE CONTROL FOR BRANDING APPLICATIONS
•Full keyer and voice-over control
•Media browsing with graphical thumbnails
•Quick adjustment of parameters via rotaries
•Custom branding macro recall
•Easy configuration of keyers and voice-overs
OPTIMIZED FOR MULTI-CHANNEL ENVIRONNMENTS
•Channel ganging capable (simultaneous multi-channel control)
•Easy to use channel selector
ELEGANT DESIGN AND SIMPLE CONNECTIVITY
•1/2 rack / 3RU form factor
•Desk or turret mount
•Connects to branding devices via Ethernet (Oxtel protocol)
•Two USB ports for software upgrades or mouse/keyboard

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2 Setting up of the RCP-BR panel
Before using the RCP-BR panel to control a system, two things will need to be
setup, these are:
1. The networking configuration.
2. The station configuration which defines which devices the panel will
control and the configuration of these devices into channels .
These will be explained in this section.
2.1 Connecting up the panel
Please refer to Figure 2-1 for a picture of the rear of the RCP-BR panel. For
normal usage an Ethernet cable must be inserted with a connection to the network
that the devices to be controlled are on. In addition there is an earth stud for
earthing the unit.
Earth stud DC Power GPI USB Ethernet
Figure 2-1 Main rear connections for the RCP-BR panel
To power up the unit connect the remote power adapter to the power socket on the
RCP-BR panel before the power adapter is connected to the mains supply.

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2.2 Network configuration
The RCP-BR panel comes pre-configured to use DHCP to automatically
configure its networking. If a different network configuration is required for the
unit then the panel’s Control Window provides the facilities for changing the
settings. Once the unit has started up and the Channel Selector dialogue is
displayed, the System menu can be accessed. This is shown in Figure 2-2 and
from here the Switch to control window option can be selected.
Figure 2-2 The System panel

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This will display the dialogue as shown in Error! Reference source not found..
On the touchscreen press the Network button.
Figure 2-3 Control window dialogue
This will display the network settings as shown in Figure 2-4.
Figure 2-4 Network settings
You can now use the touchscreen to switch between DHCP and Static options. If
a static IP option is selected, then the touchscreen must also be used to define the
required IP address, the subnet mask and the default gateway. Once the required
settings are entered, select the Apply button to use the new settings.

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2.3 Station configuration
Before starting to use the RCP-BR panel the station configuration for the unit
must be setup. The station configuration defines the devices which the panel
should control. These devices could be any of the following:
•Imagestore 300
•Imagestore HD
•Imagestore 750
•LGK-3901
•DSK-3901
•Imagestore-Modular (aka ISM-3901)
•Imagestore-Modular + Branding Animation Playout Package
•HMP-1801
•Intuition+
•Intuition XG
These devices then need to be assigned channels. A channel can consist of one of
the following combinations:
1. One ImageStore, LGK-3901 or DSK-3901
2. One Intuition, Intuition+, Intuition XG or HMP-1801
3. One ImageStore, LGK-3901 or DSK-3901 with one Intuition, Intuition+,
Intuition XG or HMP-1801
For information on other Miranda devices not in this list please contact Miranda.

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Please note that increasing the number of channels and devices can slow down
RCP-BR operation. The number of devices is limited to 30 and Miranda
recommends a maximum of 20 channels. Please contact [e-mail] if
you need to create more devices.
To ensure correct operation of the RCP-BR (software version 4.7), appropriate
software versions need to be installed on all controlled devices. The minimum
recommended versions are:
Imagestore 300, Imagestore HD, Intuition, Intuition+ 1.13.8.1
Imagestore 750 3.1.2
1
LGK-3901, DSK-3901 3.1.2
1
Intuition-XG 4.5
Imagestore-Modular 3.1.2
1
HMP-1801 5.1.0
1
For full support of Easyplay media browsing for voice-overs on Imagestore 750
and LGK-3901, software version 3.1.3 is required. Please contact Miranda
support for further details.

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2.3.1 Setting up the station configuration
The station configuration is set up from the RCP-BR’s web interface. Open your
preferred web browser and type in the IP address or the hostname of the RCP-BR
into the location bar. This will display the login page for the RCP-BR panel as
shown in Figure 2-5.
Figure 2-5 Web interface log-in page
To login, type in the password ‘miranda’. This will open the home page as shown
in Figure 2-6.

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Figure 2-6 Web interface home page
Selecting the “Station setup” option from the Setup menu will display the page
shown in Figure 2-7.

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Figure 2-7 Station setup page
The first operation to carry out is the definition of the devices that will be
controlled by the RCP-BR panel. These devices are added in the device area
which is on the left of the page.
Device area
Channel area

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To add a device, select the ‘New device’ icon on the toolbar at the top of the
device area as shown in Figure 2-8. This will drop down a list of the devices
supported by the panel.
New device icon
Figure 2-8 Device toolbar
Having selected the appropriate device from this list, the setup page for the device
will be shown. See Figure 2-9.
The device toolbar also contains buttons to edit the properties of existing devices
and to delete devices.
Note: When configuring an RCP-BR to control “Intuition-XG” units, please
select the device type of “Intuition”.

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On this page the device name and other properties can be defined. Having made
the changes to define the device select the ‘Save’ option. This will close the page
and return to the main station setup page. You will now see the new device appear
in the device area of the page.
Figure 2-9 Configuration for a new device

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Having defined all the devices that are to be controlled by the RCP-BR panel it is
then necessary to setup the channels. Devices can then be assigned to appropriate
channels.
Firstly a new channel should be created by clicking on the ‘Add channel’ option
in the channel toolbar as shown in Figure 2-10. The options on the toolbar are
Save, Add channel and Delete channel.
Save,
Add channel
Delete channel.
Figure 2-10 Channel toolbar
Note: The RCP-BR panel is only updated when the Save option is selected from
the channel toolbar. This option is highlighted when the page contains unsaved
changes to the configuration.