Softron M44X User manual

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What’s in the box ?
• The M|44X(Sonnet Thunderbolt expansion chassis + Decklink Quad 2 Card)
• 1 x USB dongle (with the licenses for the 4 channels of MovieRecorder and 4 licenses of
OnTheAir Video Express)
• 9 x BNC Female to DIN 1.0/2.3 SDI Cable (15 cm)
• 1 x Thunderbolt cable (0,5 m)
• 1 x Power Adapter and Cord
Connect the M|44Xto your computer
To start using the M|44X, unpack it and connect it to:
• a power outlet
• your computer using the Thunderbolt cable
On your computer
• Connect the USB dongle (the small green light should light up)
• Download MovieRecorder and OnTheAir Video Express (http://softron.tv/downloads.html)
• Download and install the drivers for the Blackmagic-Design Decklink card (link available
on the downloads page of our website - requires to restart the computer - a Firmware
upgrade may be necessary after restart)
Change the connector mapping of the Decklink Quad 2
Before starting your Softron application, you will need to change the connector mapping of
the Quad 2 card. Indeed, by default connectors are “paired” and if you leave it like that, you
will only be able to have 4 inputs and 4 outputs. Inputs 5-8 won’t be available.
To change the connector mapping, start the
application “Blackmagic Desktop Video Utility”, and
then:
•Click on the settings icon for the “Decklink
Quad (1)” device
•At the bottom of the “Decklink Quad (1)"
setting page, change the “Connector
Mapping” to SDI 1 instead of “SDI 1 & SDI 2”
•Click on “Save”
•Repeat the same operation for the devices
"Decklink Quad (2)", "Decklink Quad (3)" and
"Decklink Quad (4)".
•That’s it!
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Connection Diagram
The M|44Xhas nine 75 Ohms, DIN 1.0/2.3 connectors, one for the reference input, and eight
video in or out as shown in the following diagram (only valid if you changed the “Connector
Mapping” as explained above).
You can use the connectors the way you want, but if you use connector 1 with MovieRecorder,
you won’t be able to use it in OnTheAir Video Express and it will show a log that the "device is
busy".
Start MovieRecorder and OnTheAir Video Express
After you have connected the device, cabled it, installed the drivers and applications, you are
ready to use your device. You can find additional information on how to use our applications
on our website. At the bottom of the MovieRecorder and OnTheAir Video Express pages, you
can find the “Resources” section. Also the Help Center of our support desk can provide a lot
of useful information: https://softron.zendesk.com/
Add options or licenses to the dongle
If you need to add options to MovieRecorder you can order them and we’ll send you by email
an upgrader for your dongle. Dongles can hold up to 20 licenses, so if you order an additional
license, we can also send an upgrader for your dongle. Can be pretty useful if you need for
example Multicam Logger and OnTheAir Video Express to run on the same computer.
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