Installation And Setup

2013.1

Installation
Preferences
Configuration

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Nucoda and Phoenix 2013 Install Manual

© Digital Vision 2013. All rights reserved.

This manual is provided for informational use only and is subject to change without notice. Digital Vision assumes
no responsibility or liability for any errors or inaccuracies that may appear in this manual.

Centaurus, Centaurus II, Atomix and Atomix LT are registered trademarks of DVS Digital Video Systems GmbH.

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All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

Digital Vision is an Image Systems company.

Contents Nucoda and Phoenix 2013 Install Manual

Contents
Contents.............................................................................................................................3
Contacts.............................................................................................................................4
Resources..........................................................................................................................5
Before You Begin...............................................................................................................7
System Requirements........................................................................................................8
Software Installation...........................................................................................................9
Control Panels.................................................................................................................15
Licensing..........................................................................................................................26
Software Preferences......................................................................................................29
Colour Scaling..................................................................................................................34
NVIDIA Graphics..............................................................................................................38
DVS Centaurus II Video...................................................................................................43
VTR Remote Mode..........................................................................................................47
Shuttle Pro.......................................................................................................................48
THX Cinespace................................................................................................................50
Red Rocket Install............................................................................................................56
Telecine Control...............................................................................................................59
Appendices......................................................................................................................62

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Contacts
Stockholm London

Digital Vision Digital Vision

Telefonv 30 11 Wardour Mews
126 26 Hägersten London W1F 8AN
Sweden United Kingdom

t: +46 (0)8 546 182 00 t: +44 (0)20 7734 8282

f: +46 (0)8 546 182 09 f: +44 (0)20 7292 6969

Los Angeles

Digital Vision
6464 Sunset Blvd
Suite 830
Hollywood
CA 90028
USA

t: +1 818 769 8111

f: +1 818 769 1888

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Resources

Support
You can contact our Support Department using the telephone numbers shown on the
Contacts page. You can also email us :

[email protected]

Drivers, BIOS and system updates, technical notes and other support resources can be
downloaded from our FTP site :

ftp://dvsupport:[email protected]/

Licensing
For licensing requests or problems, please call us or email our License Department :

[email protected]

User Forum
The Digital Vision web forum is an important site for all users of our products and
contains a wealth of information. Please join :

http://forum.digitalvision.se

Registration is quick and simple and allows full access to the forums. New released
versions and important information will always be announced on the forum.

You can also subscribe to the forums and receive email notifications on new forum
note posts. This is especially useful for the announcements forums.

On the Net
Please join us on the social networks :

Facebook
Nucoda :
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Nucoda/262219073813219

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Phoenix :
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Phoenix/163127040447052

YouTube
Nucoda :
http://www.youtube.com/user/NucodaTV
Phoenix :
http://www.youtube.com/user/PhoenixRestoreTV

Twitter
http://twitter.com/DValerts

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Before You Begin

Upgrading

Backup
If you are upgrading your software from a previous major version, make a backup copy
of important files and folders. This should include any project folders and preference
files.

It is not recommended to upgrade the application software in the middle of a job

alert! unless you have a specific reason to do so or are instructed to by the Digital Vision
Support Department.

Preference File
The main preference file is called general.prefs and is located in the root folder.
See the section Software Preferences on page 29.

Projects
Projects are stored in a location set in the general.prefs preference file by the
parameter projectRootDir. See the section Software Preferences on page 29.

Compatibility
A best effort is made to preserve compatibility between major version releases.
However, compatibility is not guaranteed and caution should be used.
Compatibility is only assured (unless otherwise stated) between minor releases.

Note that the application environment variables have changed and are now prefixed
alert! with NUCODA_ or PHOENIX_ (depending on product installed). See Environment
Variables on page 11.

Due to the colour scaling changes in version 3.6, it is not recommended that
alert! projects created in versions previous to this be used in later versions without testing
beforehand. See Colour Scaling on page 34.

Parallel Installs
You can install a new major release in parallel with the previous without affecting your
current installation. A new desktop shortcut is created, alongside a new Root
Environment with new preference files.

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System Requirements
Digital Vision 2013 applications are supported on the following workstations :
· Hewlett Packard Z800
· Dell Precision T7500
· Dell Precision T7600
For a list of supported graphics cards, video cards and operating systems for this
release, please see the application Release Notes.

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Software Installation
To start the installation, double click an installer program :
install_nucoda-2012.2.nnn.exe
install_phoenix-2012.2.nnn.exe

We will use the Nucoda platform as our referenced application throughout this guide.
note Installation and setup for the Phoenix platform is equivalent unless stated otherwise.
In most cases, simply replace the name Nucoda with the name Phoenix.

Install Process
Complete each step, pressing the Next button to continue.

Figure 1 : Installer starts Figure 2 : Choose product

You can only choose to install a single product at a time.

The available options depend on the selected product e.g. the Valhall panel install
note option will not be available for the Nucoda Compose product. See the Install Options
section on page 11.

Figure 3 : Choose options Figure 4 : Review choices

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Tick the required options and then press the Next button to continue and review the
choices made made.

Figure 5 : Install proceeds Figure 6 : Install completes

The install proceeds and completes.

If additional options are installed (e.g. Quicktime, DVS drivers), these are installed as
part of the install process and may require user input.

Microsoft Visual C++ 2008

You may be prompted to Repair or Uninstall Microsoft Visual C++ 2008

Redistributable. Select to Repair :
note

note Some options will require a system reboot.

Install Locations
Application executables and libraries are installed in folder :
C:\Program Files\Nucoda\2013_1\
and a (basic) application configuration setup is installed into folders :

C:\Nucoda\

C:\Nucoda\2013_1\

C:\Nucoda\2013_1\root\

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Environment Variables
A number of environment variables are setup as part of the installation process. These
configure the location of the preference file, panel IP addresses etc.

For Phoenix installs, replace the string Nucoda with Phoenix (uppercase for the
note environment variables).

Environment Variable Description

NUCODA_LICENSE_DIR Set to the folder containing the product
license file e.g.
C:\Nucoda\License
NUCODA_ROOT_V2013_1 Set to the "root" folder i.e. the folder
containing the main preference file
general.prefs e.g.
C:\Nucoda\2013_1\root
NUCODA_VALHALLPANEL The IP address by the Valhall panel e.g.
192.168.64.2
NUCODA_PRECISIONPANEL The IP addresses used by the three
Precision panels (comma separated) e.g.
192.168.21.1,2,3
NUCODA_PRECISIONCOLOUR The IP address used by the Precision
Colour panel (for Nucoda Fuse use) e.g.
192.168.21.1
NUCODA_KEYBOARD Set to the selected keyboard type e.g.
US

The installation process will never touch your application configuration, projects or
note preferences. It will only install or update program executables and libraries. The
installer can be safely re-run any time.

Install Options
The installation options are presented in a scrollable list.
Tick the checkbox to the left of the option name to schedule it for installation. Available
options will vary across products (Figure 7 below shows every possible option and may
differ to those you see).

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Figure 7 : All available install options

Precision Control Panel

see Control Panel section

This option is available for Nucoda Film Master and Nucoda Fuse1. Enabling this option
will set up the correct environment for a Precision Control Panel.

Valhall Control Panel

see Control Panel section

This option is available for Nucoda Film Master, Nucoda HD, Nucoda Fuse2 and
Phoenix Finish3. Enabling this option will set up the correct environment for a Valhall
Control Panel.

DVS Atomix HDMI Driver

Select this option if you are using a DVS Atomix HDMI video board.
1 Nucoda Fuse supports the Precision Colour Panel only.
2 Nucoda Fuse supports the Valhall Colour panel only for full scene master layer grading.
3 Phoenix Finish supports the Valhall Colour panel only.

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DVS Atomix LT Driver

Select this option if you are using a DVS Atomix LT video board.

DVS Centaurus II Driver

see DVS Centaurus II Video section

Select this option if you are using a DVS Centaurus2 video board.

The 32 bit Windows version should be use on systems running Windows Server
note 2003 32 bit.

Quicktime
Select this to install a version of Quicktime tested by Digital Vision.

Do not install the packaged version of Quicktime if you are using Windows Server
note 2003. Also note that Windows Server 2003 should be on service pack 2 or later.

THX CineProfiler Plug-in

Select this to install the THX CineProfiler integration support.
see THX Cinespace section

Digital Vision Wallpaper

This sets the desktop wall-paper for the current user to a Digital Vision design.

Keyboard Type
This sets the keyboard layout for the application. You can choose a UK or US layout.

Install Documentation
Documentation is included in the installer. De-selecting this option will skip installing it.

Completion
Once complete, you will have a new set of icons on your desktop :

The installer itself is copied to the folder :

note
C:\Nucoda\Releases\

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Please take time to read the application release notes and any important information
provided with the install.
A web browser will open at the end of installation process and display the
documentation index page. Double-click the desktop Nucoda 2013 short-cut at any time
to access the documentation.

Run Application
To run the application, double-click its desktop short-cut icon e.g. Nucoda Film Master
2013.1.
You will be prompted to accept a license agreement on first run.

If you get a License Failure error, you need to request or install a Digital Vision
note license. See Licensing on page 26.

System Configuration
By default, the application uses certain drives and folders (e.g. C:, D: and S:) for
configuration and preference information. If these are not present, you will get a warning
and you will not be able to proceed until your preferences have been configured for your
system.
See the Software Preferences section on page 29.

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Control Panels

Precision
Precision is composed of three panels and is supported by Nucoda Film Master, Nucoda
HD and Nucoda Fuse4 :
● Precision Colour
● Precision Transport
● Precision Touch

Cabling
Each panel has :
● A separate power supply (12V, 4 pin DIN style connector)
● An ethernet network port

Figure 8 : Precision Control Panel connections and IP addresses

Power
Connect each panel to a power source using the supplied power cables. See Figure 9
below.

4 Nucoda Fuse supports the Precision Colour panel only.

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Network
Ethernet Port
Each panel has two ethernet ports. Use the top one :

Figure 9 : Precision Control Panel ethernet and power connections

Panel IP Addresses
The Precision panels have the following TCP/IP network addresses y default :
Precision Panel IP Address
Colour 192.168.21.1
Transport 192.168.21.2
Touch 192.168.21.3

note If you need to change the Precision panel default IP address, see page 17 below.

Environment
If you tick the Precision Control Panel option during software installation, an
environment variable is created and lists the default IP addresses of all Precision
panels, comma separated.
Variable Value
NUCODA_PRECISIONPANEL 192.168.21.1,2,3

note For Nucoda Fuse, this environment variable will be : NUCODA_PRECISIONCOLOUR

Host IP Address and Settings

By default, the host computer network port connected to the panels is set to :
IP address : 192.168.21.4
Subnet mask : 255.255.255.0

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No other settings are required (gateway, DNS etc.).

If you need to change the host computer IP address, see the appendix Setting Host
note IP Address on page 65. If you change this, you will also need to set the appropriate
panel IP addresses as well (see below).

Setting the Precision IP Addresses

To change the Precision panel IP addresses, enter the panel configuration menu.
1. Enter the configuration menu by holding the Tools button on the panel when
powering it up (the left Tools button on the Precision Colour panel) :

2. Once powered up, the panel configuration screen will be shown.

3. Use the left joystick to navigate the menus :
• up /down options
• press to select
4. Select :
IP Configuration>
The IP Configuration screen will display the current IP address settings and let
you change them.

note The currently selected option will be highlighted in red.

5. Press the joystick button to select and enter the IP Configuration menu.
The IP Configuration menu will look similar to the following (example only) :
Current Address eth0: 192.168.21.1 (00:50:c2:xx:xx:xx)
Current Address eth1: (00:50:c2:xx:xx:xx)

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Mask: 255.255.255.0
Server Address: 192.168.21.100
Use DHCP: NO
< Exit

Figure 10 : Joystick navigation and adjustment knobs.

6. The ethernet port used is listed at the top :
Current Address eth0 :
7. Set the eth0 address
With Current Address eth0: selected (and highlighted in red), use the four knobs
below the display (as shown in Figure 10 above) to adjust the IP address
components.
8. Set the Server Address
Now use the joystick to select the Server Address option. Then use the four
knobs below the display to set this to the IP address of the host computer system.

The host computer is a system on your local network, probably one running the
note Digital Vision application. You only need to configure the Server Address to enable a
firmware update from the host computer with the specified IP address.

9. Once done, use the joystick to select :

Reboot

Remember that each panel has a separate ethernet port and TCP/IP address. Each
note is configured using the same process as described above.

If you change the IP address of any of the Precision panels, you will also need to
alert! update the environment variable e.g. NUCODA_PRECISIONPANEL or
NUCODA_PRECISIONCOLOUR (for Nucoda Fuse).

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Precision Firmware Update

This section describes how to update the Precision panel firmware.

Firmware can add new functionality, or modify existing functionality and may be
note required occasionally. Digital Vision will communicate this requirement to you.

To update the Precision firmware, you will need :

• The new firmware files.
There may be up to 8 files called (e.g. fw1.pkg,..,fw8.pkg). Some might be 0
(zero) bytes in size and wll be skipped automatically.
• A TFTP (Trivial FTP) server program.
The TFTP program is used to transfer (push) the firmware files to each panel.

Firmware Files
Firmware files are included in the installer and placed in folder :

C:\Nucoda\2013_1\root\Panel\Precision\Firmware

Firmware Version
Before doing the firmware update, you should note the current firmware version
installed. This will be a date and time, displayed via the configuration menu on panel
boot. Do this for each panel.

As described above, to enter the configuration menu, hold down the Tools button on
panel boot and select :

Show version >

The firmware version is displayed as the Panelapp date and time :

….
….
Panelapp: panelapp 05/10/2011 10:25:18 AM
….

Downloading TFTPD32
We will use a TFTP program tftpd32.

This is included in the installer and placed in folder :

note
C:\Nucoda\utilities\tftpd

Installing the Firmware

1. Double click tftpd32.exe to start it.

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2. Set the Current Directory to the folder containing the firmware files (use the
Browse button to set this)
3. The Server Interface shown should be the IP address of the host computer
network port which is connected to the Precision panel.

The Server Interface address shown should match the IP address used to set the
note Server Address in the Precision panel IP Configuration steps as described above.

4. Power cycle each panel in turn, while holding down the Lock button on each
(the left Lock button on Precision Colour) (see below)

The firmware files will be sent from the host computer to each panel by tftpd32.
On completion, each panel will reboot automatically.
5. On restart, check the firmware version and make sure the update was
successful.
6. Repeat this procedure for each panel in turn.

Troubleshooting the Firmware Update Process

If you have problems with the firmware update, check the following points :
1. Check that each panel has the expected IP address configuration.
2. Make sure that the host computer network port connected to the panels is

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configured to be on the same TCP/IP subnet as the panel network.

3. Make sure you can ping each panel from the host computer.
4. Disable any Windows firewall on the host computer network port connected to
the panels.

Precision Emulator
A Precision Panel software emulator program is included with the application. This is a
fully emulated version of the Precision Panel and behaves in the same way as the actual
hardware. You can use the emulated panel controls and interact with a running Nucoda
application as if you had a real panel.

The Precision Emulator works with Nucoda Film Master and Nucoda Fuse. The
note Nucoda Fuse version emulates the Precision Colour panel only.

Starting the Emulator

The emulator is started via a BATCH file. This is linked on your desktop after install and
also located under the application folder :

• Desktop\Precision Emulator 2013.1

• C:\Nucoda\Precision - Emulator\Precision Emulator 2013.1.bat

To start the emulator :

• Double-click a batch (.bat) file e.g.

Desktop\Precision Emulator 2013.1

The batch file :

• Sets up the Precision Panel environment

• Starts the emulator (Precision.exe)
• Starts the Nucoda application

Once the Nucoda application initialises the emulated panel, the panel displays its
welcome screens as usual :

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Valhall
Valhall Control Panels consist of four user panels and a Power and Communications
Unit (PCU)5 :
● Media, Image, Colour and Scribe (tablet) panels
● PCU power/communications

Cabling
The panels connect to the PCU using special cables and the PCU connects to the host
computer via a cross-over ethernet cable. This is shown in Figure 11 below.

Figure 11 : Valhall Control Panel connections

Ethernet Setup
Host IP Address
By default, the host computer network port is set to :
IP address : 192.168.64.1
Subnet mask : 255.255.255.0

No other settings are required (gateway, DNS etc.).

If you need to change the host computer IP address, see the appendix Setting Host
note IP Address on page 65. If you change this, you will also need to set the appropriate
panel IP addresses as well (see below).

5 Newer Mark 2 Valhall panels use a PCU. Older Mark 1 Valhall panels have the PCU
integrated inside the Image panel.

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Valhall Panel IP Addresses

By default, the Valhall panel network port is set to :
IP address : 192.168.64.2
Subnet mask : 255.255.255.0

If you need to change the Valhall panel default IP address, see Changing Valhall IP
note Address below.

Environment
An environment variable is created during application installation (if Valhall checkbox is
ticked) and set to the default IP address of the panel.
Variable Value
DV_VALHALL_PANEL 192.168.64.2

Changing Valhall IP Address

By default, the Valhall panel has an IP address of 192.168.64.2.
To change this press and hold the Event and Enter keys on the Image Panel when
powering it up. After the panel initialisation, instructions for changing the panel IP
address will appear in the LED display as shown in Figure 12 below.

Figure 12 : Image Panel - Press Event + Enter keys on power-up.

Instructions will appear in the large LED panel at the top of the Image panel.
Use the four knobs below the LED display to change the IP address. Once complete,
save the new address by pressing the BookM and Enter keys.

The LED instructions tell you to use the Shift key. However, keys have been moved
note and for the Nucoda products, the Shift key referred to is now BookM.

For 2013 application use, you will also need to :

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● Edit the DV_VALHALL_PANEL environment variable via My Computer /

Properties / Advanced tab

● Modify the IP address for the host LAN port connected to the Valhall.

The panel mouse driver uses the Windows Registry to determine the panel IP
alert! address. If you change the panel IP address from the default, you need to modify the
registry. See the section Valhall Mouse Driver below.

Valhall Mouse Driver

The Image Panel includes a trackball and buttons. This works as a mouse with the
Digital Vision Mouse Driver installed. The driver is installed automatically if you select to
install the Valhall Panel when installing the main software application.

The mouse driver is installed as a Windows service and can be managed in the
note normal way via Control Panel / Administrative Tools / Services. The service is called
DvMouseDriver.

When running, an icon will be present in your Windows system tray :

Figure 13 : Valhall connected (top) and disconnected (bottom) system tray icons

Valhall Panel IP Change

If you change the Valhall panel IP address (see page 23), you will need to modify the
Windows Registry to ensure the panel mouse continues working :
● Start / Run : regedit
● Navigate to :
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE /
Software / Digital Vision / Valhall / RTC

● Right-click in the right-hand pane and select New / String Value :

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● Name this string value : PanelIP

● Then double-click it and enter the new panel IP address as its value :

● Reboot the system to ensure the DvMouseDriver service picks up the registry
value for the new IP address.

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Licensing
A license is required to run the application. You can request this by sending an email to
the Digital Vision licensing department :

[email protected]

Include the following information :

● System MAC address (see below)
● Company name
● Application to license
When received, the license string should be placed in the following file :
Product License File
Nucoda : C:\Nucoda\license\license.flic

Phoenix : C:\Phoenix\license\license.flic

Each license string should be placed on a single line in the license file and you should
only have a single active license file with a .flic extension in this folder.

Environment
An environment variable is set to refer to the folder containing the license file license.flic.
By default this is set to as shown below (for each application installed) :
Variable Value
NUCODA_LICENSE_DIR C:\Nucoda\license\
PHOENIX_LICENSE_DIR C:\Phoenix\license\

System MAC Address

To find your system MAC address :
● Install the software
● Open a CMD window :
Start/Run - cmd
● Change to the folder (depending on installed product) :
cd C:\Nucoda\utilities\machine_id\ or
cd C:\Phoenix\utilities\machine_id\
● Run the machine_id program by typing :
machine_id

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Your system identification will be printed to the CMD window e.g.

System ID: 00-1e-c9-81-cf-0b

The machine_id program has the following options :

--verbose Display all known system MAC information

note
--list Display a list of possible (and acceptable) MAC addresses

--help / -h Display help

Troubleshooting License Problems

If you encounter a licensing error, follow the steps below to troubleshoot.

1. The license file is located in the directory given by the environment variable :
NUCODA_LICENSE_DIR (Nucoda) or
PHOENIX_LICENSE_DIR (Phoenix)
2. Make sure that the environment variable value has no extra spaces (at the start or
end). Inserting quotes to show the extra spurious end space e.g.
NUCODA_LICENSE_FILE “C:\Nucoda\License\license.flic “

3. The license file is called license.flic.

If you are using Windows, make sure that the file has no hidden extension
(e.g. .txt). Check via the Windows file browser menu :
Tools / Folder Options/ View tab

Disable Hide extensions for known file types

4. Make the license.flic file is the only file with a .flic extension in the folder. We
will load the first .flic file we find.
5. Make sure the date and time is correct on your computer.

It is very important that the computer clock is not reset backwards in time
alert! (changing timezone should be safe however). Clock adjustment may cause
license failures and so prevent the application running.

6. Make sure that the MAC address in the license string (third field e.g.
003048671219) is correct for your system.

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See page 26 for locating your system MAC address.

7. The LAN MAC used must be on an active network interface. It must not be
disabled.
8. Make sure that the license string in the license.flic file is on one line only Do
not split license strings over more than one line.
9. Make sure that the version of software you are running matches the version in the
license (second field e.g. 2013.1)
10. Make sure you are running the correct application as per the license file.
11. The license is read from top to bottom. Make sure new and current licenses are
first in the file.
12. The date in the license string is the date the license was created. This is followed
by a duration number (in days). Make sure that the DATE and DURATION is
within the active license period.
13. Some virtualisation products (e.g VMWare) interfere with the network devices we
try and attach to. If you have such software installed, try disabling or uninstalling it.

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Software Preferences
Documentation and configuration files for the 2013.1 software version is installed in the
folder :
Product Folder
Nucoda : C:\Nucoda

Phoenix : C:\Phoenix

The main configuration file is called general.prefs and is located in the root folder :
Product Root Folder
Nucoda : C:\Nucoda\2013_1\root
Phoenix : C:\Phoenix\2013_1\root

Root Environment
The root folder location is specified by the environment variable :
Platform Variable Value

Nucoda NUCODA_ROOT_V2013_1 C:\Nucoda\2013_1\root\

Phoenix PHOENIX_ROOT_V2013_1 C:\Phoenix\2013_1\root\

We look for the general.prefs preference file in the root folder. This file tells us the
note folder locations for all other required components.

Preference File
Name : general.prefs
The preference file is created (in the root folder) in an initial default state the first time
the software runs. You will need to edit and configure it before you will be able to
use the software.
The main areas requiring configuration are :
● Default folder for projects
● Various media folders (e.g. caches, proxies etc.)
● Rendering threads to use
● MXF media search paths

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Any folder paths you specify in the general.prefs file can be relative or absolute (full
note path). A relative path in this file will be relative to the folder containing the
general.prefs file itself (i.e. the root folder).

Any folder paths you specify in the general.prefs file must include a trailing slash
alert! character. Use S:\CacheFolder\ and not S:\CacheFolder.

Folder Locations
Paths for important folders are set in the general.prefs file.
The following sections include some default and recommended folders to use for
application metadata (e.g. projects) and generated media (e.g. renders, captures).

Default Volumes
Drive Description
C:\ Operating system.
RAID 1 (mirror).

Application install but no application metadata or media.

D:\ Digital Vision data
RAID 1 (mirror, usually internal disks)

Application metadata (e.g. projects) and some media (e.g. thumbnails,

audio captures etc.). Not main renders/caches.

Example : D:\Nucoda\2013_1\projects\
Example : D:\Nucoda\media\2013_1\thumb\
S:\ Digital Vision media
RAID 5 (real-time volume, usually external RAID storage).

Renders/caches and video captures.

Example : S:\Nucoda\media\2013_1\cache\

Options
Option Description Location
projectRootDir This setting specifies the default folder D:\
for new projects.
D:\Nucoda\2013_1\projects\
notesRootDir This setting specifies the default folder D:\
for saving application notes.
D:\Nucoda\2009_0\notes\

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CompositionNotesRootDir This setting specifies the default folder D:\

for saving application composition
notes.
D:\Nucoda\2009_0\compositionNotes\
cacheRootDir This specifies the folder under which S:\
we write cache renders. The caches
are separated automatically into
folders on a project basis.
S:\Nucoda\media\2009_0\cache\
proxyRootDir This specifies the folder to save S:\
generated proxy files (if defined for the
project). The proxies are separated
automatically into folders on a project
basis.
S:\Nucoda\media\2009_0\proxy\
thumbRootDir This specifies the folder to save D:\
thumbnail files. The thumbnails are
separated automatically into folders on
a project basis.
D:\Nucoda\media\2009_0\thumb\
captureRootDir This specifies the folder to save VTR S:\
video capture sequences. The
captured sequences are separated
automatically into folders on a project
basis.
S:\Nucoda\media\2009_0\capture\
audioRootDir This specifies the folder to save VTR D:\
audio capture sequences. The
captured audio sequences are
separated automatically into folders on
a project basis.
D:\Nucoda\media\2009_0\audio\

For performance reasons, it is recommended to keep :

alert! · Captured audio and video on separate drive volumes

· Thumbnails on a separate volume to caches and captured video

Thread Settings
The thread settings control the degree of parallelism used when rendering sequences
and hence the overall rendering performance.
These are set via the GUI or by editing the general.prefs file.

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GUI
Main Screen / Preferences / Rendering

Figure 14 : Setting threads in the GUI Preferences screen

Preference File
name Description Setting
renderTileThreads How each frame is split (tiled) for 1
rendering in parallel.
renderFrameThreads How many frames are rendered in Total number of
parallel CPU Cores

The application will set the thread settings automatically when first installed (and no
preference file exists). The optimal values for the thread settings are dependent on
note many factors and these settings are a guide only. For best performance on any
particular workflow, you should undertake your own benchmarks.

MXF Section
name Description
avidDirectory This is the default folder list searched for MXF media
linked to AAF files.
Default : S:\Avid MediaFiles\

The MXF media file structure needs to be placed under one of the folders specified by
the avidDirectory setting.
You can specify multiple search folders e.g.
avidDirectory "S:\Avid MediaFiles\" "H:\Avid MediaFiles\"

The application allows the specification of up to three folders to search through the
note GUI. More can be defined via the preference file (but the GUI will show the first three
only). See the Avid Integration chapter in the User Guide.

Image Memory
The Image Memory is a pool of system memory reserved by the application and used
for storing images (both processed and unprocessed).
This includes sources, renders and intermediate results. This will be memory
unavailable to other applications or third-party libraries in use on the system.

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GUI
Configure Image Memory in the Main Screen / Preferences / Rendering tab :

Figure 15 : Image Memory preference

Preference File
Name Description Default
memoryImagePoolMaxMB Set size of Image Memory (MB) RAM / 2

Recommendations
A 64 bit application can make use of a great deal of system memory and you can set
Image Memory to a high value e.g. RAM - 4096 MB. This is your total RAM minus 4
GB for OS/system reserved use.

Examples :
System RAM (GB) Image Memory
64 60000
16 12000
8 4096
4 2048

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Colour Scaling Nucoda and Phoenix 2013 Install Manual

Colour Scaling
Each project includes a configuration option that defines the project colour scaling.
Colour scaling modes affect :
● SDI Monitoring and whether this SDI signal is scaled or unscaled (untouched).
● Video I/O and whether the SDI signal is scaled or unscaled (untouched).
● Black and white levels to use for timeline filler, transitions, pan/scan blanking,
fade to colour
● Colour Tool behaviour and what black and white levels they pivot around
● Algorithm effectiveness for scene detection and DVO tools

The scaling behaviour can include scaling and clipping of your output display and so
alert! it is essential to understand and test this behaviour carefully, then configure for your
own workflow requirements.

Recommendations
The following colour scaling modes are recommended. A more detailed description is
given in subsequent pages and the appendix SMPTE / CGR Scaling on page 62.

Video/Linear Work
Use : Linear (SMPTE)
Video I/O will capture and lay-off the whole 0-1023 10 bit signal with no scaling or
clipping. The signal is untouched (in/out).
SDI monitoring will be unscaled and untouched, displaying all 0-1023 values.
Generated black and white levels inside your project (e.g. blanking, filler etc.) will
be SMPTE levels 64 and 940
By default, colour tools will pivot around 1023.

Film/Log Work
Use : Film Log
As above, video IO and monitoring will be unscaled and untouched 0-1023.
Generated black and white levels inside your project (e.g. blanking, filler etc.() will
be Cineon levels 95 and 685.
By default, colour tools will pivot around1023.

See colourPivotPoints section in the preference file general.prefs (see the Software
note Preferences chapter).

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Definitions
We use terms SMPTE and CGR and we define these as :

SMPTE : Refers to the standard legal video signal 0-100%

10 bit Range : 64 - 940
Values can exist outside of the 64-940 range (super-blacks and whites)

CGR : Refers to a Computer Generated Render mode

10 bit Range : 0 - 1023
Note that this is not a legal SDI video range

Project Configuration
Select the scaling mode to use on a per-project basis on the main project screen.

Figure 16 : Project colour scaling menu

Note that individual colour adaptive tools allow you to set an independent scaling
note mode inside the tool.

Scaling Modes

The scaling modes are Linear (SMPTE), Linear (CGR), Film Log and Video Log and
have the following behaviours.

Linear (SMPTE)
Unscaled SDI
The SDI signal is not touched (assumed SMPTE already). The full SDI range is

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captured (0-1023) and output/monitored (0-1023) as is.

Colour tools pivot around the SMPTE values 64 and 940.

Linear (CGR)
Scaled SDI
The SDI signal is scaled on both capture and output (monitoring and I/O). On
capture, we scale the 64-940 to 0-1023 and thus lose the any super blacks and
whites. On layoff (and monitoring), we scale the 0-1023 back to 64-940.

alert! Linear (CGR) mode will limit your output to SMPTE levels (e.g. 64-940).

Colour tools pivot around the CGR values 0 and 1023.

note In RGB 4:4:4 mode, CGR mode will not scale the SDI video signal6

Film Log
Unscaled SDI
Logarithmic data.
Colour tools pivot around the LOG values 95 and 685

Video Log
Unscaled SDI
Logarithmic data.
Colour tools pivot around the SMPTE values 64 and 940.

See appendix SMPTE / CGR Scaling on page 62 for more detailed diagrams
note showing the signal path for Linear (SMPTE) and Linear (CGR) modes.

Colour Tools
The colour adaptive tools have their own independent scaling mode option with the
default taken from the main project setting. The scaling mode will affect the black and
white points used and the way the tool pivots around them when adjusting parameters.

Figure 17 : Linear (CGR) Figure 18 : Linear (SMPTE) Figure 19 : Film Log

Pivot around 0. Pivot around 64. Pivot around 95.
Video level graticule. Video level graticule. Log/Cineon level graticule.

6 Unless the general.prefs option scale444 is set to true.

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You can modify the black, mid and white points of the scaling modes via the
note colourPivotPoints section of the general.prefs file.

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NVIDIA Graphics Nucoda and Phoenix 2013 Install Manual

NVIDIA Graphics
The NVIDIA graphics card acts as a display device and a Graphics Processing Unit.

note The recommended SDI monitoring solution is via an installed DVS video board.

NVIDIA Driver
You should contact Digital Vision Support for the latest driver recommendations.

Installing/Upgrading Driver
If you need to install or upgrade an NVIDIA graphics driver, follow these instructions. For
an upgrade, it is best to completely uninstall the driver first, reboot the system and then
install the new driver.
Before installing or upgrading to a new NVIDIA driver, uninstall any current driver. See
below for instructions on how to completely uninstall the driver.
Your NVIDIA driver will be packaged as an installer you can double-click. If it is already
unpacked, you should have a setup.exe installer program to double-click :

note Previously installed NVIDIA drivers are usually placed in a folder C:\NVIDIA.

After install, if you experience slow graphics update or issues, make sure the display
driver Hardware Acceleration is set to Full. Do this via :

alert! Display Properties / Settings / Advanced / Troubleshoot

Driver Uninstall
Use the Control Panel and Add or Remove Programs to remove the NVIDIA
display drivers from your system :

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You may be prompted to choose other NVIDIA components to remove. Be

alert! careful to only choose the display/graphics component.

Do not reboot the system at the end when prompted by pressing the Cancel
button.
Before rebooting, also uninstall the driver via the Device Manager :
My Computer / Manage
Select Device Manager :

Then select your graphics device on the right, right-click and Uninstall :

Then reboot.

NVIDIA Dual-DVI

Dual display mode using the Dual-DVI ports on the NVIDIA FX4600 graphics card allows
you to connect two displays, including projectors, LCD panels or CRT's. Each DVI-I
connector is dual-link capable.
This hardware configuration is set up in Extended Desktop DVI mode.

Components
The NVIDIA FX graphics card :

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NVIDIA FX Graphics board

PCI-Express x16 slot.

DVI and DisplayPort
Power connector.

Setup
To set up dual-display mode with a dual-DVI card :
Right-Click on your desktop and select : NVIDIA Control Panel

From the list on the left, select the option : Display / Setup multiple displays

and then on the right, we can set the mode to use.

Set Dualview :

Figure 20 : Choosing Dualview mode and display orientation and type

You can then set the orientation of your monitors and choose the primary display.

note The primary display is the display on which your Windows task bar appears.

Application Configuration
Start the Digital Vision 2013.1 application and on the main screen, select the
Preferences/Monitoring tab :

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Figure 21 : Monitoring preferences

Then enable the Dual Display tick box :

This ensures the application is aware of both display screens and orientates itself.

Note that many of the Monitoring/Video IO settings require an application restart. You
note can configure more than one setting at a time by pressing Cancel when prompted to
restart and proceeding to the next configuration option. Restart once all done.

alert! Do not enable the NVIDIA SDI direct output.

We can orientate the display the application expects on each of the two outputs i.e.
which display for GUI and which for Monitor :

Figure 22 : Dual Display DVI order and Monitor Anchor

Monitor Anchor
If our displayed image size is different to the resolution of our monitor (e.g.
displaying PAL frames on an HD resolution display), then Monitor Anchor defines
how our image is re-positioned and placed inside this display.

This is mainly used when the second monitor resolution is different from the
note primary (GUI) display resolution.

We re-position and re-fit the image using the panel buttons fit and 1:1 (keyboard
short cut keys f and g respectively).
Set the Monitor Anchor dependent on how the second display is positioned in
respect to the first on the desktop Display Properties window :

Figure 23 : Orientation for setting Figure 24 : Orientation for setting Centre.

Top Left.

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NVIDIA DVI Stereo

The Digital Vision 2013 release includes support for Stereo Mode monitoring using the
NVIDIA DVI output.
This stereo mode treats the left and right stereo channel as a separate field which is
interlaced to a frame for display through DVI.

note This stereo mode requires monitor support (e.g. Zalman ZM-M220W).

Enabling Stereo Mode

There are two configuration options for stereo mode. One option sets enables stereo
globally and one sets which device we use.

note For Centaurus II SDI stereo, see page 45

Project Global Level

This turns stereo mode on for the project globally and is a tickbox on the main
project screen.

Figure 25 : Project level stereo mode enable button

Device Level
The device level setting enables stereo output for the NVIDIA DVI output. This
setting is inside the stereo section of the main preference file general.prefs :
Option Values Description
interlaceDVIOutput true | false Send stereo output through
NVIDIA DVI connector, each
stereo channel as a separate
field.

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DVS Centaurus II Video Nucoda and Phoenix 2013 Install Manual

DVS Centaurus II Video

Digital Vision 2013 applications support the DVS Centaurus II and Centaurus II LT video
cards. These can be used for video I/O (capture/layoff), audio ingest (embedded/AES),
VTR machine control and monitoring.

Hardware
Our workstation solutions incorporate the main Centaurus II board for the SDI A
channels, alongside a slot used for the SDI B channels7 and the RS422 remote
connector (using a breakout cable).

Figure 26 : Centaurus II PCI video board alongside the SDI B channel board.

Audio
You can use embedded audio or AES via the AES connector /breakout cable8.
To monitor audio using the Centaurus II video board, start the Digital Vision 2013.1
application and on the main screen, select the Preferences/Monitoring tab and enable
the Use Video IO card as audio monitor tick box :

Driver Installation
If you have a DVS Centaurus II video board, you should install a driver as part of the
main application install by ticking the Install DVS Centaurus II driver box (see Install

7 No electrical connection is required for the SDI B card.

8 The AES option panel may not be installed inside your system.

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Options on page 11).

● On 32 bit Windows, install the 32 bit driver
● On 64 bit Windows, install the 64 bit driver

Centaurus Firmware
During the driver install, a CMD window will open and prompt you to update the card
firmware. If you enter Y when prompted and press the <ENTER> key, the firmware will
be flashed. You only need to do this once.

note After driver installation, you will need to reboot.

DVS Utility Programs

We install a selection of DVS utility programs that help configure the video board,
retrieve card information and perform some basic trouble-shooting.
The programs are installed in folder :
C:\Program Files\Digital Vision\2013_1\DVS_2013_1\

dvsconf
The dvsconf program displays card information, such as driver/firmware levels and
licensed options. It also allows you to run various tests and diagnostics on the hardware.

Driver and Firmware Revisions

The firmware revision is shown after the HW label.

Licensed Options
To see a list of licensed options installed on the card, on the Card 0 tab, press the
Setup button and choose Info License (see Figure 27 below).

Figure 27 : Centaurus installed license information.

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VTR RS422 Control

To use the Centaurus II RS422 port (instead of the PC COM port), set the following
environment variable :
My Computer / Properties / Advanced tab / Environment Variables
Variable Value
USE_DVS_VTR_IF 1

Centaurus II Enhanced Monitoring

Version 2013 enhances the SDI monitoring capability of the DVS Centaurus II video
board. The Centaurus II SDI output now supports the real-time display of the NVIDIA
OpenGL (GPU) output, including grading, histograms, graphs and shapes.
This is called OpenGL or GPU read-back.

Enabling Monitoring Enhancements

To enable the monitoring enhancements, enable the global option :

Preference File
In the general.prefs IOCard section :
enableReadback true

GUI
In the main Preferences/Monitoring tab, enable the OpenGL readback to Video
option :

When enabled, you will have an extra button below the Library button, indicating the
status of GPU read-back :

note
Toggle GPU read-back on/off by clicking this button.

Note, that when GPU read-back is disabled in the Preferences, you will only have
Mon and Vid icons :

DVS SDI Stereo

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The Digital Vision 2013 release includes support for Stereo Mode monitoring using the
DVS video board.

You will need the Multidevice license option installed on your DVS video card. To find
note installed options, use the dvsconf program (see page 44).

Enabling this mode will output video tracks 1 and 2 to the two stereo channels via SDI A
and B. Both SDI channels with be in 4:2:2 mode.

Stereo Outputs
Video Track SDI Output Channel
1 A Left
2 B Right

Enabling Stereo Mode

There are two configuration options for stereo mode :

Project Global Level

This is a tickbox on the main project screen :

Device Level
The device level setting enables stereo output for the DVS Centaurus II video card.
These settings are inside the IOCard section of the main preference file
general.prefs :

general.prefs file

Name Description Default

dualDVSOutput Enable or disable stereo output through false
SDI A and B channels.
reverseStereoOutput Switch the left/right stereo channel false
between SDI A and B.

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VTR Remote Mode Nucoda and Phoenix 2013 Install Manual

VTR Remote Mode

VTR Remote Mode configures the Digital Vision application to respond as if it was a
VTR device under RS422 remote control.
We can control the Digital Vision application from a VTR device (stop, play, rewind, jog)
via the RS422 control cable.

note VTR Remote Mode is supported with Centaurus2 video boards.

Figure 28 RS422 connection for VTR Remote mode

Note that the RS422 cable is connected in the opposite orientation compared to that
used for normal VTR control from the Digital Vision application.

Application Configuration
Enable VTR Remote Mode inside the Digital Vision application by pressing the Remote
button to the left of the play controls :

Figure 29 Remote button

Once enabled, the button turns orange : and a locator window opens displaying
your current timeline position.

alert! The timeline should be fully rendered for VTR Remote Mode to work correctly.

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Shuttle Pro Nucoda and Phoenix 2013 Install Manual

Shuttle Pro
If you have a Contour ShuttlePRO, we supply a preference file you can use.

Configuration
Each Digital Vision application has a specific ShuttlePRO preference defined for use
with the application. To use the right preference, follow these steps :
· Right-click on the ShuttlePRO 2 icon in your system tray and select Open
Control Panel

· In the Control Panel, click on the Options button

· Then Import Settings.

· Browse to (depending on product) :
C:\Nucoda\ShuttlePRO or
C:\Phoenix\ShuttlePro
· Select the relevant Digital Vision application preference file and Open.
· Press Apply on the Control Panel
The ShuttlePRO should now work with the Digital Vision application.

The key mapping on the ShuttlePRO device for the Digital Vision application can be
note modified. See the ShuttlePRO manual for help with this.

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ShuttlePRO Layout
The ShuttlePRO button layout is shown in Figure 30 below.

Figure 30 : ShuttlePRO v2 Button Layout

Shuttle Wheel Positions

Position Left Side Right Side
1 Backward 5fps Forward 5fps
2 Backward 10fps Forward 10fps
3 Backward x1 Forward x1
4 Backward x2 Forward x2
5 Backward x3 Forward x3
6 Backward x5 Forward x5
7 Backward x8 Forward x8

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THX Cinespace Nucoda and Phoenix 2013 Install Manual

THX Cinespace
Digital Vision applications support the THX cineSpace software suite. This includes
integration with the THX cineProfiler application allowing easy monitor profiling and
calibration via the Digital Vision application. The cineProfiler integration has to be
selected for installation as part of the main application installation process (see page 9).

note You will need a Cinespace license to use these features.

To use Cinespace with Digital Vision 2013.1 :

● Install the THX cineSpace software suite (v2.9)
● If you want to integrate the Nucoda or Phoenix application with THX cineProfiler
then select THX cineProfiler Plug-in when installing Digital Vision v2013.

License
Cinespace v2.9 node-locked licenses are placed in a text file :

C:\Program Files (x86)\THX\cineSpace\licenses\license.lic

note Note the license extension for Cinespace is .lic (not .flic)

Profiling and Calibration

The Digital Vision v2013 applications can profile and calibrate your monitor in
cooperation with the THX cineProfiler application.

note You will need to use a recent version of THX Cinespace e.g. v2.9 or later.

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How it Works
The cineProfiler application includes a Digital Vision plugin that communicates with our
application via TCP/IP (local or remote). This mechanism means that cineProfiler can
direct us to display the colour patches on our output device and still control the profiling
process.

Figure 31: Profiling using the Nucoda plug-in to cineProfiler

Procedure
We need to configure the Digital Vision application and cineProfiler application
separately.

Digital Vision Application

Start the software and ensure we are monitoring through the correct device. In general,
this will be via the video I/O device (e.g. DVS Atomix LT).

· On the main project screen, switch to the Preferences screen

· Then the Monitoring/Video IO tab

· Check that Enable SDI IO Card is on

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Also set the desired SDI Link and format and enable :

Always use default format for monitoring

· Switch to the Colour tab

· Choose Linear (SMPTE) as the colour scaling mode

· Switch to the System screen

· Press the Listen to cineProfiler button

When enabled, the application prints :

Listening for cineProfiler plugin events …

Our application listens on a TCP/IP port for communication from the cineProfiler
application. By default, this port is 9988 but you can set this in the general.prefs file
(see page 29) CineProfilerServer section :
note CineProfilerServer
{
port 9988
}

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cineprofiler
Attach the calibration probe to the system.

The probe can be directly attached to the system running cineProfiler or on a different
note system by using the THX probeServer application.

Choose the following settings :

· Viewing Device : Projector

· Viewing Device Controls : disable (un-tick) brightness and contrast

· Profile Type : Quick Cube or Normal Cube

A Quick Cube uses 1000 colour patches. A Normal Cube uses 8000 patches
note (and so takes more time).

· Plugin : Nucoda

· A window opens and prompts for an IP address and port to use for the Digital
Vision application (see below).

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If we are running cineProfiler on the same system as the Digital Vision

application, you can leave the IP address as the default, localhost.

Once complete, follow the usual cineProfiler instructions to perform the actual profiling.

Enabling Cinespace
To enable THX cineSpace for a project output format, select the THX CineFilmMaster
CMS mode on the project screen :

Figure 32 : Select THX CineFilmMaster CMS mode

You can then use the ..Select custom CMS dialog to choose your monitor and target
profiles and configure Cinespace.

Burnt in CMS
You can burn a selected CMS profile into an output format by enabling the Apply CMS
button :

Figure 33 : Enabling a burnt in CMS using Apply CMS

note You can only burn-in a CMS to a secondary output format.

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View CMS
Use the selected CMS profile as a viewing LUT only by enabling the View CMS button
inside the project.

Figure 34 : CMS toggle button inside project.

A viewing LUT is not rendered or burnt into the output.

References
THX CineSpace is installed with online documentation. Use your web browser and open
the following file :

C:\Program Files (x86)\THX\cineSpace\docs\cineSpace.html

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Red Rocket Install Nucoda and Phoenix 2013 Install Manual

Red Rocket Install

The Red Rocket card is a hardware accelerator for decoding and debayering 4K R3D
files in realtime.

The hardware consists of :

• Single slot / Full-length PCI-Express card
• x16 physical [see below]

A x16 PCI-Express slot is required - physical and electrical. This is due to the
power requirements of the card.
alert!
The card is supported in the HP Z800 and Dell T7500/T7600 workstations only.

Driver and Firmware

Download9 the driver and firmware bundle to your local disk and unzip.
The package includes :
• A Microsoft Windows device driver
• Firmware update
• Red Rocket Installation Guide (PDF)

9 See the application Release Notes for details

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Installation
When working inside your computer workstation with the Red Rocket card, ensure
alert! you read and follow the safety instructions detailed in the Red Rocket Installation
Guide.

Always read the application Release Notes before installation.

If you are requested to update the Red Rocket driver and firmware and the hardware
is already installed, you should uninstall the driver before doing the update i.e.

My Computer / Manage / Device Manager - open Sound, video and game controllers,
right-click Red Rocket and select Uninstall :

note

Once the uninstall is complete, reboot. Then update driver and firmware as
described below.

1. Install Red Rocket card :

a. Shutdown your workstation, unplug power and open case

b. Install the Red Rocket card in a spare x16 PCI-Express slot
[page 58 below]
c. Close case and return cabling and power.
d. Start workstation.

2. Install Windows driver :

a. Windows will notice new hardware and open the Found New Hardware
wizard
b. Select : Install from a list or specific location
c. Navigate to the folder containing the Windows driver files and proceed to
install.

Continue through any Windows warning dialog window.

3. Reboot workstation

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4. Install Red Rocket firmware :

a. Navigate to folder containing Red Rocket firmware files

b. Double-click batch file : Install_Firmware.bat
c. Confirm upgrade by pressing : Y

The update process may take some time. Wait for completion.

5. Shutdown the workstation

6. Wait for one minute

7. Start workstation.

8. Validate driver and firmware install :

a. Right-click My Computer and select Manage

b. Select : Device Manager
c. Expand section : Sound, video and game controller
d. Check that the Red Rocket device is present

PCI Slot Recommendation

The slot recommendations below assume standard HP Z800 and Dell T7500
configurations.

HP Z800 - Slot 2 Dell T7500 - Slot 2

Second from top Second from bottom

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Telecine Control

Digital Vision applications support a Spirit Classic Telecine Controller. This allows us to
interface to Spirit and Shadow telecine devices. We support both transport and picture
control (grades).

note The Telecine Picture control (grading etc.) requires a license option.

Connections
The Telecine Controller connections are as follows :

● RS422 - to the Nucoda system

This provides the transport control (play, rewind etc.)
● Ethernet - to the Telecine unit itself (Eth0)
● Ethernet - to the Nucoda system (Eth1)
This connection is used if you have the Telecine Picture Control option licensed.

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note An RS232/422 converter is included with the package.

Configuration

Ethernet LAN
By default, the ethernet LAN ports are configured as follows :

Port (Internal Name) IP Address Use

Eth0 (vrr0) 10.1.3.251 To Telecine
Do not change this 10
See note below.
Eth1 (vrr1) 192.168.25.1 To Nucoda
A dedicated link is preferred.

Changing Nucoda LAN Address

alert! This procedure is for advanced users only!

If you need to change the default IP address Nucoda LAN port (Eth1), follow these
instructions :

● Connect a cross-over ethernet cable to Eth1

● Use an SSH client11 to connect via SSH to the Telecine unit

user astec
pass astec
port 22

● Switch to superuser :

su <enter>

pass astec

● Edit the file12 : /etc/rc.local

● Change the vrr1 line to reflect your desired IP address e.g.

ifconfig vrr1 <New IP> netmask 0xffffff00

10 The Eth0 ethernet connection does not use TCP/IP for communications to the Spirit
Classic or Shadow Telecine. As such, the IP address is not used and does not need
configuration.
11 On Windows, you can use a free SSH client such as PuTTY available from :
http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/
12 You will need to use the vi editor.

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e.g.

ifconfig vrr1 192.168.80.55 netmask 0xffffff00

● Save the file and reboot the unit.

● Test you can access the device on the new address (e.g. ping)

Preference File
Software preferences are stored in the file :

C:\Nucoda2013_1\root\general.prefs
The telecineControl section specifies the IP address assigned to Eth1 (Nucoda
LAN) e.g.
telecineControl
{
address "192.168.25.1"
port "420"
}

The address option is the IP address of the Eth1 port (Nucoda LAN). You should not
note change this unless you also change the Telecine Controller IP address (see page
60).

Use
Telecine transport controls are available in the List Capture/VTR Capture screen.
In addition, the optional Picture Control functionality is available via the tab Telecine
Settings inside the VTR Capture window.

Figure 35 : Telecine Settings menu inside VTR Capture

window.

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Appendices

SMPTE / CGR Scaling

Using SMPTE video bars (64-940 or 0-100%), we will consider the SDI signal as it
passes through the system when using the two modes Linear (SMPTE) and Linear
(CGR).

Input Scope

SMPTE video bars 0-100%

Data 64-940

These examples will use YCrCb 4:2:2 SDI signals.

Linear (CGR) mode does not scale RGB 4:4:4 signals unless you set the
note general.prefs option :

scale444 true

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Capture
Linear (SMPTE) Mode

Capture video bars to disk. Complete signal captured.

Signal unscaled and untouched.

Linear (CGR) Mode

Capture video bars to disk. Input signal is scaled.

CGR mode takes 64-940 signal only and
scales this to 0-1023. Clipping any low and
high data values.

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Monitoring / Layoff
Linear (SMPTE) Mode

Output/View complete SDI signal. Signal untouched.

Signal untouched.

Linear (CGR) Mode

Output/View scaled SDI signal. Signal scaled back to 64-940.

In CGR mode signal is scaled 0-1023 to
64-940.

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Setting Host IP Address

This section describes the basic process for setting the TCP/IP address for a network
port on Windows. This is for a manual setting and not using DHCP.
For this example only, we will use the following TCP/IP addresses :

IP address : 192.168.8.100
Subnet mask : 255.255.255.0
Default gateway : 192.168.8.1
Preferred DNS server : 192.168.21.10

You should replace the above example values with the ones you need (and as
directed).
note
A network port attached to a control panel (i.e. Precision or Valhall) requires only the
IP address and the Subnet mask set.

Windows 7
● Open the Control Panel (Start / Control Panel)
● Select : Network and Sharing Center
● On the left-hand side, choose : Change adapter settings

● In the list of adapters shown, double-click the one you want to change
● In the new dialog that opens, click the Properties button :

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● In the dialog that opens, double-click the item :

Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4)

● In the new dialog that opens, make sure you select :

Use the following IP address
Set the IP address and Subnet mask to the desired values e.g.

Replace the above example settings with those you require (as directed).

A network port attached to a control panel requires only the IP address and the
note Subnet mask set.

● Press OK until we exit all the dialogs and then exit the Control Center.

Windows XP
● Open the Control Panel (Start / Control Panel)
● Double-click Network Connections
● In the list of adapters shown, double-click the one you want to change
● Click the Properties button

● In the dialog that opens, double-click the item :

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Internet Protocol (TCP/IPv4)

● In the new dialog that opens, make sure you select :

Use the following IP address
Set the IP address and Subnet mask to the desired values e.g.

Replace the above settings with those you require (as directed).

A network port attached to a control panel requires only the IP address and the
note Subnet mask set.

● Press OK until we exit all the dialogs and then exit the Control Center.

Control Panel Specific Settings

If you are setting up the network port attached to a control panel, you should also
disable any TCP/IP checksum offload feature. This setting is found in the Adapter dialog
via the Configure... button.
● Open the Control Panel (Start / Control Panel)
● Select : Network and Sharing Center
● On the left-hand side, choose : Change adapter settings

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● In the list of adapters shown, double-click the one you want to change
● In the new dialog that opens, click the Properties button :

● In the dialog that opens, select the Configure... button :

● Switch to the Advanced tab

● Locate the IPv4 Checksum Offload item
● Set Disabled :

This field depends on your ethernet hardware and driver and may have a slightly
note different name and be in a different location or menu.

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