Ross® Tria, Mira, Kiva Series Video Servers

This setup information applies to the Mira, Mira Express, Tria, Tria Express.

Note: FlexDevice drivers have been integrated into the switcher software as of Acuity® v9.2a. Individual FlexDevice drivers are no longer supported. If you are running a software version prior to Acuity® v9.2a the FlexDevice drivers are still supported and required.
Note: If you are running a software version prior to Acuity® v9.2a you must install and initialize the AMP FlexDevice driver to be able to set up and control the server over ethernet. Contact Ross Video Technical Support for the most recent FlexDevice driver for your device and refer to the Setup Manual that came with your switcher for information on FlexDevice drivers.

Switcher Communications Setup

The switcher must be set up to communicate with the video server using the AMP, VDCP, or RossTalk protocol.

Note: When controlling the server using VDCP the ethernet port sets the channel transport on the server that you are controlling. When using AMP the channel transport is set from the source configuration.

To Set Up AMP Communications

Note: Before trying to connect to the device from the switcher, ensure that any firewall settings on the device are not blocking the incoming connection.
  1. Press HOME > Setup > Installation > Com Setup
  2. Press Type and use the Com Port knob to select the net port that you want to set up for the device.
  3. Use the Device knob to select VTR (CLIP).
  4. Press Select Device and use the Device knob to select AMP.
  5. Use the Device Preroll knob to select 0.
  6. Press Com Type and use the Type knob to select Network TCP.
  7. Press Com Settings and use the Client/Server knob to select Client and enter the IP Settings.
    IP Setting Value
    Remote IP Address (IP of device)
    Remote Port 3811
    Local IP Address 0.0.0.0
    Local Port 0
  8. Press Extra Options and use the Option and Value knobs to set the device parameters.
    Option Value
    MediaIDLength Long IDs (default)
    Clip List Floating list (default)
    Record Time 60 (default)
    Eject Clip On (default)
    Protocol IP (default)
    Send Tries 4 (default)
    Status Interval 6 (default)
    Send Loop On (default)
  9. Press More > VDCP.
  10. Use the Main/Associate knob to select where the device gets the clip list.
    Note: This feature requires multiple devices with the same clips loaded on them. Only the clip list from the main is loaded. Associate devices are assumed to have the same clips and the clip list from the main device is used. This saves loading the same clip list from a different server when switching between the devices.
    • Main — the device with the main clip list.
    • Associate — the main device clip list is used instead.
  11. Use the Main Port knob to select the device and clip list to use instead of loading the list from the current device. Only those devices that have been set to Main are listed.
  12. Press HOME > Confirm.

To Set Up VDCP Communications

Note: Before trying to connect to the device from the switcher, ensure that any firewall settings on the device are not blocking the incoming connection.
  1. Press HOME > Setup > Installation > Com Setup
  2. Press Type and use the Com Port knob to select the net port that you want to set up for the device.
  3. Use the Device knob to select VTR (CLIP).
  4. Press Select Device and use the Device knob to select VDCP.
  5. Use the Device Preroll knob to select 0.
  6. Press Com Type and use the Type knob to select Network TCP.
  7. Press Com Settings and use the Client/Server knob to select Client and enter the IP Settings.
    Tip: Use the Primary/Alternative knob to select Primary. Use the Alternate setting to set up an alternate or backup device with a separate IP address.
    IP Setting Value
    Remote IP Address (IP of device)
    Remote Port 8000 - 8011 (ChA - ChL)
    Local IP Address 0.0.0.0
    Local Port 0
  8. Press Extra Options and use the Option and Value knobs to set the device parameters.
    Option Value
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  9. Press More > VDCP.
  10. Use the Main/Associate knob to select where the device gets the clip list.
    Note: This feature requires multiple devices with the same clips loaded on them. Only the clip list from the main is loaded. Associate devices are assumed to have the same clips and the clip list from the main device is used. This saves loading the same clip list from a different server when switching between the devices.
    • Main — the device with the main clip list.
    • Associate — the main device clip list is used instead.
  11. Use the Main Port knob to select the device and clip list to use instead of loading the list from the current device. Only those devices that have been set to Main are listed.
  12. Press HOME > Confirm.

To Set Up RossTalk Communications

Note: Before trying to connect to the device from the switcher, ensure that any firewall settings on the device are not blocking the incoming connection.
Note: You can only use custom controls to control a RossTalk device from the switcher.
Tip: RossTalk commands can specify the channel you want to perform an action on and so separate connections for each channel are not required.
  1. Press HOME > Setup > Installation > Com Setup
  2. Press Type and use the Com Port knob to select the net port that you want to set up for the device.
  3. Use the Device knob to select RossTalk.
  4. Press Select Device and use the Device knob to select RTalkAbekas.
  5. Press Com Type and use the Type knob to select Network TCP.
  6. Press Com Settings and use the Client/Server knob to select Client and enter the IP Settings.
    IP Setting Value
    Remote IP Address (IP of device)
    Remote Port 7788
    Local IP Address 0.0.0.0
    Local Port 0
  7. Press HOME > Confirm.

Switcher Video Setup

Once the switcher has been setup up to communicate with the video server, you must assign the video input coming from the server to the device you have set up. This allows the switcher to send commands to video server for the video coming in on the selected BNC.

Note: When controlling the server using VDCP the ethernet port sets the channel transport on the server that you are controlling. When using AMP the channel transport is set from the source configuration.

To Set Up a Video Input

  1. Press HOME > Setup > Installation > Source Configuration > Input Type.
  2. Use the Input knob to select the input source that you want to configure.
  3. In the Input Type area, select VTR.
  4. Press More > VTR/VDCP/AMP Xpts and use the Controller knob to select the device that the video signal is coming from.
  5. Press Video Server Setup and use the Channel and SubAddress knobs to select the video output channel you are controlling on the device (channel) and 0 (sub-address).
    • VDCP — leave the Channel selection at 1. The channel transport selection is made by the ethernet port that you are controlling.
    • AMP — use the Channel knob to select the number 0-11 that corresponds to the channel transport (A-L) that the video source is from.
    Tip: Press More > Channel Name to give the video server channel a new name.
  6. Press HOME > Confirm.

Device Setup

The server must be set up to communicate with the switcher using the same AMP or VDCP ethernet protocol as you set the switcher up to use.

Note: This information in this procedure is provided as a guide and is based on the current version of hardware and software that was available at the time of testing. For the most accurate and up-to-date information, refer to the documentation that came with your device.
Note: No device setup is required for RossTalk communications.

To Set Up AMP Communications

  1. Launch the Mira Config or Tria Config application and click the RS422 tab.
  2. Select a Room X Configuration. The room is a specific communication setup that can be applied to one of more channels on the server.
  3. Next to the Ch-X: for each channel you want to control, select the room you are configuring.
  4. In the RS422 Protocol area select AMP over Ethernet.
  5. In the Response Time area select Fast.
  6. In the Video Edit Effects area select whether you want just the video (Edit Video Track), alpha (Edit Key Track), or both (Edit Video and Key Tracks) edited. These are the two video streams coming out of the server.
  7. In the AMP Protocol Configuration area configure the following:
    • Disable field timecode reporting — selected.
    • Allow overlapped commands — selected.
    • Allow playlist control — unselected.
    • Protocol ID — select Generic DDR.
  8. Click Restart Mira or Restart Tria.

To Set Up VDCP Communications

  1. Launch the Mira Config or Tria Config application and click the RS422 tab.
  2. Select a Room X Configuration. The room is a specific communication setup that can be applied to one of more channels on the server.
  3. Next to the Ch-X: for each channel you want to control, select the room you are configuring.
  4. In the RS422 Protocol area select VDCP (Louth Protocol).
  5. In the Response Time area select Fast.
  6. In the Channel Control Port area select Ethernet Port.
  7. In the Video Edit Effects area select whether you want just the video (Edit Video Track), alpha (Edit Key Track), or both (Edit Video and Key Tracks) edited. These are the two video streams coming out of the server.
  8. In the VDCP Configuration area configure the following:
    • Louth Preview — selected.
    • Allow playlist control — unselected.
    • Maximum Length of Clip Names — select 80.
  9. Click Restart Mira or Restart Tria.

Troubleshooting

If the device is communicating properly, but you cannot gain control from the switcher, try cycling through different values for the SubAddress, and then the Channel. The most common settings are channel set to the video channel number and sub-address set to 0 or and channel set to the video channel number and sub-address set to the serial communications port on the video server.