Category: General Knowledge
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Airsys.Cloud Required Outbound Ports
Airsys.Cloud requires a number of outbound ports to be accessible for the system to work. Some venues and IT managers may block outbound ports, especially on corporate or public networks.
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How to Capture an Image with Fog
CT uses an open-source network cloning and image management system to flatten Windows machines back to a known working image. The Fog server is hosted at CT and is available through the Imaging network. Devices are imaged by booting from the network, which loads Fog as a basic operating system on the device. An image…
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How To Use the Cadex C7400 Battery Conditioner
The Cadex C7400 is a modular battery analyser and conditioner which can have modules for multiple types of batteries fitted to it. It will run the battery through a full discharge, full charge and then recondition the battery if the preset minimum capacity is not met.
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How to Re-image a Machine with Paragon
CT uses Paragon Backup & Recovery to reimage its S10 and S11 machines in the field. The Images for every machine are stored locally on the Raid in a partition called the ‘Capsule’. Imaging is completed from within Windows initially and then via a fully automated boot program called ‘Backup and Recovery.
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How to Re-image a Machine with Macrium
CT uses Macrium Reflect to reimage its Laptop’s and Hi Spec machines in the field. The Images for every machine are stored locally on a partition called ‘Image Store’. Imaging is completed from within Windows initially and then via a fully automated boot PE environment called ‘Macrium Reflect’
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SFP Cheat Sheet
Not all SFPs are the same as one another, and some equipment requires specific SFPs to work.
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Nimbra 680 Default IP and password
The Nimbra 680 is the standard IP transport system used by NEP Connect to send video and IP over the AnyLive network
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Straight Alpha vs Premultiplied Alpha
Some people insist premultiplied alpha is the way to go, some say straight alpha. To be frank, both are equal in most situations as long as the math and compositing software’s interpretation of the channels is done correctly. But there are cases only one of the two should be used for best results!
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MacBook Pro Charger Earth Issue
The latest MacBook Pro’s (2017 onwards) come with power supply units that plug into the wall directly (pic 1) these have been known to cause earthing issues. We have rectified this with our hire fleet by adding the extension cable between wall socket and PSU (pic 2) But for subbed gear it may be worth…
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Riello UPS VSD 3000 Alarm / Fault Codes
Riello UPS report faults and alarms using a code on their display. The codes can be found here.
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Pi Multicast Test Box
Some notes on default settings for these boxes User: ubuntu Password: Creat1ve Default IP: 192.168.21.10/16 – this is set statically on the box. Default Multicast Address: udp://239.192.254.254:5000 SSH is turned on so you can remote administer it and all the content files and streaming script are located in ~/ubuntu which also happens to be the…
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Artist CPU Redundant Link Cable
To use two CPU cards in an Artist frame as a redundant pair you have to connect the HDLC ports together. It will not work over fibre or over the network ports.
