Grass Valley Aurora Browse v.7.0 Installation - Manual (Page 188)

188 Aurora Browse Installation and Configuration Guide April 6, 2010
Appendix C Legacy systems
• “Prepare NetTime servers” on page 188
• “Prepare NetTime clients” on page 188
Prepare NetTime servers
You use one single-channel encoder as the primary Adrienne Absolute Time Server,
and another single-channel encoder as the secondary (redundant) Adrienne Absolute
Time Server. A LTC connection to house timecode is required for single-channel
encoders functioning as Adrienne Absolute Time Servers.
NOTE: Make sure that the Thomson Ingest Control service is off before starting
this procedure. If the service is on and you run AecPciPoll.exe, the single-channel
encoder locks up.
To prepare a single-channel encoder as a Adrienne Absolute Time Server, do the
following:
1. On the single-channel encoder, run the following:
C:\AecPciPoll.exe
This verifies that the Adrienne card is properly installed and the house timecode is
valid.
2. Run C:\Load Service.bat and in Task Manager, verify that NtPciClk.exe is running.
3. Restart the encoder and verify that NtPCiClk.exe restarted automatically.
4. Open C:\ATCS10.exe and click Yes to install.
5. Restart the encoder and verify that the Absolute Time Server icon appears in the
system tray.
6. The encoder is now functioning as the primary Adrienne Absolute Time Server.
Repeat this procedure on a second single-channel encoder, to make it the secondary
Adrienne Absolute Time Server.
Prepare NetTime clients
You can also optionally prepare encoders and other Aurora Browse machines as
NetTime clients, in case you want to use them to run the Aurora Browse application
for test purposes or to keep the PC clock in sync with the rest of the system for the log
files.
Some clients need special configuration to ensure time synchronization throughout
the system. Since your single-channel encoder Adrienne Absolute Time Server is on
the Production Network, only NetTime clients on the Production Network have