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Front Panel Indicators .....................................................................................................................8
Rear Panel Ports and Connectors...................................................................................................9
Pipeline Quad Hardware........................................................................................................................9
Front Panel Indicators ...................................................................................................................10
Rear Panel Ports and Connectors.................................................................................................11
Pipeline HD Dual Hardware .................................................................................................................12
Front Panel Indicators ...................................................................................................................13
Front Panel Reset Switches ..........................................................................................................14
Rear Panel Ports and Connectors.................................................................................................14
Connecting Pipeline Directly to Mac OS X or Windows Computers ....................................................16
Adding Pipeline to a Network...............................................................................................................17
Powering up the Pipeline...............................................................................................................17
Configuring & Connecting to Pipelines.................................................................................................18
Configuring Pipeline Network Settings ..........................................................................................18
Installing Bonjour for Windows ......................................................................................................18
Connecting to Pipeline via Bonjour................................................................................................19
Connecting via IP Address ............................................................................................................19
Register Your Pipeline ...................................................................................................................20
Chapter 3 Implementing Pipeline & Installing
Software
Pipeline Application Feature Comparison............................................................................................22
Workflow Application Requirements ....................................................................................................22
Typical Pipeline Systems and Considerations .....................................................................................23
Disk Requirements For Media Files.....................................................................................................26
Disk Buffering Details...........................................................................................................................27
Platform and System Requirements ....................................................................................................29
General Pipeline Host System Requirements ...............................................................................29
System Requirements for FlipFactory Pipeline Workflows............................................................29
Network and Hard Disk Performance Requirements ...........................................................................29
Suggested Hardware Configurations for SD Ingest Processing....................................................30
Suggested Hardware Configurations for HD Ingest Processing....................................................30
Installing Pipeline Software on Mac OS X............................................................................................31
Upgrading Pipeline Software on Mac OS X .........................................................................................31
Removing Pipeline Software from Mac OS X ......................................................................................31
Installing Pipeline Software on Windows .............................................................................................32
Upgrading Pipeline Software on Windows...........................................................................................32
Removing Pipeline Software on Windows ...........................................................................................33
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