How to configure the Layout to use Quality Control Monitors on the Kaleido-K2?
The Quality Control Monitor uses the capability of the Kaleido-K2 to control an external router. To be able to do so you should have a Router supported by Miranda (contact your Miranda dealer to find out which routers are currently supported).
You first need to install the Router Control Software to be able to control your router. Typically the software is installed on an External computer, and the Router is connected to this computer using a serial port. Please see the Router Control user's manual for more information on how to install and configure your Router Control software.
Once you have your Router Control software installed and configured, you will need to configure the Kaleido-K2 to be able to deal with your router. Each configured router has a Miranda Long ID that enables us to identify that device on the network. You will first need to retrieve this Long ID, then create an alias for it, and finally configure the Router Reference Table that identifies the physical connections between the Kaleido and the Router. When you've done configuring your setup, you can configure your monitors to be in Quality Control mode.
If you already have your Kaleido configured to control a router, you can skip the following section and go directly to the section "Configuring the Monitors to be in Quality Control mode."
Getting the Router's Long ID
- From your Kaleido-K2's desktop, double click on the icon "My Computer".
- Navigate to "C:\iControl\Startup\" and open the file "Kaleido.log" using the Notepad (right click on the "Kaleido.log" file and select "Notepad" from the "Open With" menu).
- Within Notepad, press "Ctrl-F" or select "Find..." from the Edit menu and in the "Find What" section enter "serviceAdded called for ID:".
Each entry found will give you a Miranda Long ID. Continue looking through the file until you find the Long ID of your Router. The Long ID of a router should have the following form:10.6.5.8_COM1_YourRouter_00_SLOTXX_MODULEIDXXXX.Where 10.6.5.8 is the IP address of the computer controlling the router.Creating an Alias for the Router's Long ID
After finding the router's ID you can create an alias, which is a "nickname" you could use while configuring your Kaleido. Here are the steps to create an alias. If you prefer to use the router's Long ID you can skip this section, but we highly recommend you to use the alias.
- On your Kaleido-K2 machine, open the file "C:\iControl\Startup\KG2Config.xml" with Notepad.
- Find the <OtherServices> section.
- Enter the following line:
<Service ServiceLabel="TheRouter" id="10.6.5.8_COM1_YourRouter_00_SLOTXX_MODULEIDXXXX"/>Where:
- Save the KG2Config.xml file.
- You need to restart the Kaleido-K2 system, to be able to recognize the alias you just created.
Example of a KG2Config.xml:
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Configuring the Router Reference Table
It is now time to configure the physical connection between the Kaleido and the Router.
- From within your KEdit connect online to your Kaleido-K2 (select "Open" from "File" menu and then select "Online" or press "Ctrl-O" and choose the Kaleido-K2).
- Select "Router Reference Table" from the "View" menu or press "F4" to display the "Router Reference Table".
- From the Router Reference Table select the "New" button. You are ready to create a new entry in the Router Reference Table.
- An entry is used to inform the Kaleido about the link between an output of the router and an input of the Kaleido-K2.
- In the Router ID field, put the alias you created for your Router.
- In the Router Level, put the level of your router (0 based). Note that if you have several levels (e.g. 0 for Video, 1 for audio), you can enter the two levels separated by a comma (e.g. 0, 1). If you have more than one level, the cross points will be set on all the levels, thus you need to be sure that the levels are identically wired (i.e. the input 1 of the video level must have its audio on the input 1 of the audio level).
- In the Router Output field, put the output of the router you are configuring.
- And in the Kaleido Input field, put the equivalent Kaleido input, i.e. the input that is connected to the router output you just entered.
- When you're done click on the Ok button.
- You should see the new entry in the Router Reference Table.
- Repeat this for all the Kaleido Inputs that are connected to the Router.
Once you have configured your Router Reference Table, your Kaleido-K2 can control your router. It is now time to configure the monitors for the Quality Control mode.
Configuring the Monitors to be in Quality Control mode.
To configure a Monitor to be a Quality Control Monitor, follow these steps:
- From within your KEdit connect online to your Kaleido-K2 (select "Open" from "File" menu and then select "Online" or press "Ctrl-O" and choose the Kaleido-K2).
- Select the monitor you want to configure.
- Right-click on the monitor and select Unlock Monitor from the popup menu. The Monitor border will turn yellow, indicating it is unlocked, and you now have access to the individual components inside it.
- Select the Video Component and select "Configuration Panel" from the "View" menu or press "F5" or double-click on the Component to display the "Configuration Panel".
- In the Action tab, select the checkbox called "Use this monitor as target quality Monitor". You will see that the Action On Double Click becomes grayed out.
- Click on the Apply button.
- On your Kaleido-K2, you should see some gray corner markers (└, ┘, ┌ and ┐) around the Video Component, indicating that your monitor is configured to be a Quality Control Monitor.
You can repeat these steps for each monitor you want to configure for Quality Control.
Operate the quality Control Monitor.
Once at least one monitor has been configured to be a Quality Control Monitor, you can operate the Kaleido-K2. To do so:
- On your Kaleido-K2, use your mouse to double-click on a Quality control Monitor. The corner markers should become white.
- At this time, you have selected your destination.
- You can then click on any other Video Component that has been configured in the Router Reference Table. When you click on a Video Component, the Kaleido will take the router source that feeds this Video and change a Router cross point so that this router source will also be displayed in the quality Control Monitor.
- If you have more than one Monitor designated as a Quality Control Monitor, you can switch to any other one just by double-clicking on it. The newly selected Monitor will have white corners, and the previous one will revert to gray corners, showing that it is no longer the active Quality Control Monitor.
- When you have finished with the Quality Control Mode, and want to revert to a Normal operation mode, just double-click on the current Quality control Monitor. Its corners should become gray.
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