Grass Valley Aurora Ingest v.6.1 - Manual (Page 16)

6 Aurora Ingest System Guide May 2007
Chapter 2 Installing and Configuring Aurora Ingest
Aurora Ingest - Server
The Aurora Ingest - Server application could be installed on the Aurora Ingest Server
or Aurora Ingest Base Workstation on any regular office machine. The application
must be running for an Aurora Ingest client to connect to it. All Aurora Ingest Clients
should have their system time synced to the Aurora Ingest Server.
NOTE: Grass Valley recommends that the Scheduler, VTR Ingest and Aurora
Ingest - Server applications are not installed in the same machine as K2 AppCenter
application or its remote Control Point software.
Grass Valley supplies the Aurora Ingest - Server software/hardware configuration:
• Dell Server with Windows 2003 Server (two units if redundant option selected)
• Additional Windows 2003 license and Marathon Ftvirtual Server license (if
redundant option selected)
• DIGI One SP 1 Port RS 422 Serial to Ethernet Device Server (RoHS Compliant)
• .NET Framework 2.0
• MSXML 6.0
• SQL Express 2005
• SQL Server Management Studio Express
Aurora Ingest - VTR Ingest/VTR Controller
VTR Ingest and VTR Controller can be installed on the same machine. If VTR Ingest
and VTR Controller are on two separate machines, the two machines need to be
connected via Ethernet. For your VTR Controller client, Grass Valley supplies an
RS-422 card. (See
“Installing Hardware (VTR Controller)” on page 8 .)
NOTE: Grass Valley recommends that the Scheduler, VTR Ingest and Aurora
Ingest - Server applications are not installed in the same machine as K2 AppCenter
application or its remote Control Point software.
The PC you use to run VTR Ingest/VTR Controller should conform to these
requirements:
• Windows XP Pro, with the Intel P4 CPU and a minimum of 512 MB RAM
• 10 GB HDD
• Minimum 1024x768 SVGA display adapter (Preferred: 1280 x 1024)
• CD-ROM drive for installation
• Two available PCI slots for the video capture and RS-422 boards (for VTR
Controller)
• 100BaseTX Ethernet interface
• Hauppage WinTVGo Video Capture Card (optional)