Author: Admin
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SPMs for Comms
Using SPM’s to monitor party lines is a really useful way of keeping rehearsals flowing and complaints of “the comms aren’t working” (when it’s actually someone not wearing there headset) to a minimum. My suggestion is that every area (FoH, Gallery etc) that has comms, should have an SPM monitoring the main SHOW or PTB…
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ZeeVee STBi3 Basic Troubleshooting
Below are some basic fault-finding tips and info to sort a few of the problems encoutered with the STBi3 boxes.
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E2 Bridge Shutdown & Restart
To cut down on wasting energy unnecessarily the E2 Bridge should be shut down when there is a prolonged period between events. These instructions cover the process.
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Training at Creative Technology
If you are attending training at CT and haven’t visited us before, below is some useful information for you. This website is our Knowledge Base so feel free to have a look around. There are useful how-to and operational instructions, along with training material that you will be guided through in your training, and always…
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Makito X Encoders/Decoders MultiSync buffering to Sync 2 SRT Channels Together
The Makito X multi-channel synchronization feature is designed to work in the broadcast industry where remote producers typically capture multiple views of the same content and transport it over a network to a central production facility. All these channels need to be synchronized to within one frame period at the decoders, so that downstream equipment…
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Firewall Rules on Linux
There are a few different ways of configuring firewall rules in the various flavours of Linux that we run.
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Monitor Temperature and Humidity with Zabbix
Temperature and humidity will have a substantial effect on the lifespan of your hardware. Almost all computers and servers have several temperature sensors for gathering component or ambient temperatures. Humidity sensors though, are often overlooked. With very few and inexpensive components, we can monitor both in Zabbix.
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Enabling and Accessing a Raspberry Pi using SSH.
Secure Shell (SSH) is a cryptographic network protocol used for a secure connection between a client and a server. In the recent versions of Raspberry Pi OS, the SSH access is disabled by default but it can be easily enabled. Here we are going to show you how to enable SSH on a Raspberry Pi…
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Zabbix Proxy: Install on Ubuntu 20.04 / 18.04
Zabbix proxy is a service that can collect performance and availability data from the end devices on behalf of the Zabbix server. You can use Zabbix proxy to monitor remote locations behind the firewall or locations that have unreliable communication and to offload the Zabbix server in large environments.
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Adjusting Banner Width on Multiview Webpages
From time to time you maybe asked to add a bespoke logo to the top banner section of our multi view websites.
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Install Zabbix 5.0 or 5.2 on Ubuntu 20.04 / 18.04 [Step-by-Step]
Note: You need to log in as a root user on your Linux server with “su -” or use “sudo” to successfully execute commands used in this tutorial. Step 1: Install Zabbix server, frontend, and agent Install Zabbix 5 .deb package on your Ubuntu OS (Ubuntu 20.04 Focal and Ubuntu 18.04 Bionic are supported). Choose 5.0 LTS release (stable, 5-year support)…
