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Table Of Contents
- Title Page
- Contents
- Chapter 1 Avid Motion Graphics Overview 13
- Chapter 2 Rack Mounting and Cabling Your Server 34
- Chapter 3 Software Installation 65
- Chapter 4 Software Licensing 83
- Chapter 5 Video Setup and Preferences 91
- Chapter 6 Installing and Configuring Avid Motion Graphics Journalist 104
- Chapter 7 Installing and Configuring Avid Motion Graphics News Control 150
- Chapter 8 Upgrading Your AMG Server Hardware to Dual Channel 167
- Chapter 9 Adding and Replacing Hardware 189
- Chapter 10 Product Recovery 209
- Chapter 11 Specifications 212
- Appendix A Safety and Regulatory Information 215
- Using This Guide
- Avid Motion Graphics Overview
- Rack Mounting and Cabling Your Server
- Installing the AMG Server in a Rack
- Installing the RAID Drives
- Installing the Breakout Box
- Cabling Avid Motion Graphics
- Connecting Power Cords to the AMG Server
- Powering on Avid Motion Graphics
- Network and Operating System Settings
- Configuring the RAID Drives (For Single Channel Servers only)
- Software Installation
- Software Licensing
- Video Setup and Preferences
- Installing and Configuring Avid Motion Graphics Journalist
- What You Need to Activate the Software License
- Setting Up the Avid Motion Graphics Journalist Server
- Installing AMG Journalist Client Software
- Setting Up the AMG Preview Renderer
- Setting Up the AMG Advanced Device Manager
- Installing the Avid Service Framework
- Setting Up the AMG Device Service
- Confirming Functionality
- Example of AMGConf.ini File for iNEWS Command
- Installing and Configuring Avid Motion Graphics News Control
- AMG News Control Installation Tasks
- Installing AMG Journalist Server Software
- Configuring the AMG Journalist Server with AMG News Control
- Licensing AMG News Control
- Understanding the X: Drive Network Share
- Installing Avid Motion Graphics Journalist Client
- Installing the AMG Preview Renderer
- Creating a Project Shortcut
- Configuring Avid MOS Gateway, AMG News Control and iNEWS
- Configuring ENPS to Host the AMG Journalist Client
- Confirming Avid Motion Graphics Journalist Functionality
- Example of AMGConf.ini File for AMG News Control
- AMG News Control Installation Tasks
- Upgrading Your AMG Server Hardware to Dual Channel
- Avid Motion Graphics Server Board Slots
- Electrostatic Discharge Precautions
- Upgrade Checklist
- Materials Checklist
- Removing and Installing the System Cover
- Installing the Additional VGA and Video I/O Boards
- Inserting Additional Media Drives in Your AMG Server
- Turning on Your Avid Motion Graphics Server
- (Optional) Upgrading the AMG Software
- (Optional) Upgrading AJA and NVidia Driver Configuration Settings
- Re-RAIDing Media Drives
- Adding and Replacing Hardware
- Product Recovery
- Specifications
- Safety and Regulatory Information
Installing GPI Functionality in Your AMG Server
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5. Remove the screw securing the blank panel (or populated slot) associated with the slot
where you are installing the GPI card.
6. Insert the GPI card into the slot so that it fits into the connector and fills the hole where you
previously removed the blank panel.
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Be sure that the tab at the bottom panel seats into the slot on the bottom of the server chassis.
7. Re-attach the T-Bar with the ten (10) screws that you removed earlier.
8. Replace the top cover, see “Removing and Installing the System Cover” on page 199.
9. Re-rack the AMG server, see “Removing and Installing the System Cover” on page 199.
10. Reconnect all peripheral devices and the AC power cords into the server.
11. Turn on your Avid Motion Graphics server, as described in “Turning on Your Avid Motion
Graphics Server” on page 177. Once your server is up and running, you will need to install
and configure your GPI service.
For more information, see “Installing and Configuring the AMG GPI Service” on page 205.
Installing and Configuring the AMG GPI Service
Once you have installed the GPI card, you must install and configure the Avid Motion Graphics
GPI Service on the computer where the GPI card was installed.
Once configured, the GPI service listens for the button pushes on the GPI card, and then sends
the appropriate command to the AMG playout application that the service is configured for.
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The AMG GPI Service must always be installed in the computer where the physical GPI
card has been installed.
Before you install and configure the GPI service, make sure you have the appropriate drivers
provided by Sealevel.
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The AMGGPIConf.exe program is installed together with the service and its main purpose is to
allow administrators the ability to configure the service. This program must be run with
Administrator privileges which it tries to do by default. The program generates a configuration
file called AMGGPIConf.ini that will be read by the service. Each time the configuration gets
changed, the service must be restarted to apply the new settings.
For troubleshooting purposes, the AMG GPI service will generate log files and store them at
"C:\ProgramData\Avid\AMGGPI\logs".