Sound Devices PIX 270i - Manual (Page 73)

PIX 270i User Guide and Technical Information
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3. Select the drive to be mounted and set its mode to Ethernet File Transfer. This drive is now
attached to the Network and unavailable to the PIX 270i for read or write actions. The Drive
Status field on the OSD will read “Network” in this mode.
4. Now the drive is ready to be accessed via the network. The IP address to use
for network access to the PIX 270i is shown on the OSD and in Setup Menu
[Network - IP Address] . The user name and password are configured from Setup Menu op-
tion [Network - Authentication].
• Mac OSX: From the Finder, select Go > Connect to Server. Enter the PIX 270i address as
“smb://[IP Address]” then click Connect. Enter the user name and password.
• Windows: Click the Start button (or press the Windows key on the keyboard). In the
search box, enter the PIX 270i address as “\\[IP Address]”. Enter the user name and pass-
word.
5. Drives that are in Ethernet File Transfer mode will appear as folders in the mounted volume
on the computer. When no drives are set to Ethernet File Transfer mode, a folder titled “No_
Drives_Attached” will appear instead.
6. Set the drive’s mode to Record to remove it from the network and make it available for
recording and playback on the PIX 270i. Allow time for the drives to remount before Record-
ing or Playing back files. The Drive Status OSD field will return to white when the drives are
ready.
FileSafe Utility and the Sound Devices File Format
During recording, PIX recorders store data in a temporary file format with the extension .sdv (for
video) or .sda (for audio). When the recording is completed, the file is converted to its standard
respective format (.mov or .wav). In the event of unintended drive removal or power loss during
recording, these files can be recovered by the PIX recorder itself or with the FileSafe software util-
ity. Upon powering up, the PIX recorder will search all connected drives for .sdv and .sda files and
convert them to their respective .mov or .wav format.
The FileSafe utility (currently available for Windows OS) can be used to recover .sda and .sdv files in
the absence of a PIX recorder.