Axon Sync

Billy,

There are quite a few things that need to be done correctly to get sync working, and by far the most important thing is the encoding of the content. The content MUST be encoded using all I-frames. The DL/Axon software uses these I-frames to determine where in the movie the playback is on the master, and where the slaves should be.

Secondly for the sync, the "Fixture IDs" must all be unique in your fixtures on the network. This is true as well for servers that might be on the network that aren't being used in the sync set-up. If they are not, I would recommend setting them unique and then rebooting all the servers in the network.

As far as the programming set-up, select a server to be the master server for the sync playback. All of the other servers that are sync'ing to this server should have their "Sync to" parameter on layer 1 set to the fixture ID of the master server. Then you have to select the "sync type" to the appropriate value. "Layer 1" will sync the playback to layer 1 of the master server, "Layer 2" will sync to the playback to layer 2 of the master server and so on.

One important note about the "Sync to" and "Sync Type" parameters: The "Sync to" parameter should be set on Layer 1 of the slave servers. This parameter on layer 1 applies to layer 2 and layer 3, so you cannot have different layers on a server sync'ing to multiple master units. The "Sync type" parameter can be set differently for each layer, but will only take sync information from the single master server set with the "Sync to" parameter on layer 1.

Another note on programming: Any thing that you do on the master server as far as playback settings (playback mode, inframe/outframe, etc) should be mirriored on your programming for the slave servers. When programming your collage, after you have set all the sync parameters, just make sure you are grabbing all layers involved in the collage into your programmer at the same time so they all keep the same playback settings.

If the content is correct, the fixture ID settings are correct, and all of your network set-up is done properly, the sync will keep movies in syncronous playback for long periods of time. I have personally done tests with units sync'ing for 72+ hours.

Sync can be a bit wonky to set-up the first time, but once you get it set-up and working correctly that one time, it becomes much easier to do it in the future. Please let me know if you have any questions and I'll answer them the best I can.

Thanks!

Billy,

There are quite a few things that need to be done correctly to get sync working, and by far the most important thing is the encoding of the content. The content MUST be encoded using all I-frames. The DL/Axon software uses these I-frames to determine where in the movie the playback is on the master, and where the slaves should be.

Secondly for the sync, the "Fixture IDs" must all be unique in your fixtures on the network. This is true as well for servers that might be on the network that aren't being used in the sync set-up. If they are not, I would recommend setting them unique and then rebooting all the servers in the network.

As far as the programming set-up, select a server to be the master server for the sync playback. All of the other servers that are sync'ing to this server should have their "Sync to" parameter on layer 1 set to the fixture ID of the master server. Then you have to select the "sync type" to the appropriate value. "Layer 1" will sync the playback to layer 1 of the master server, "Layer 2" will sync to the playback to layer 2 of the master server and so on.

One important note about the "Sync to" and "Sync Type" parameters: The "Sync to" parameter should be set on Layer 1 of the slave servers. This parameter on layer 1 applies to layer 2 and layer 3, so you cannot have different layers on a server sync'ing to multiple master units. The "Sync type" parameter can be set differently for each layer, but will only take sync information from the single master server set with the "Sync to" parameter on layer 1.

Another note on programming: Any thing that you do on the master server as far as playback settings (playback mode, inframe/outframe, etc) should be mirriored on your programming for the slave servers. When programming your collage, after you have set all the sync parameters, just make sure you are grabbing all layers involved in the collage into your programmer at the same time so they all keep the same playback settings.

If the content is correct, the fixture ID settings are correct, and all of your network set-up is done properly, the sync will keep movies in syncronous playback for long periods of time. I have personally done tests with units sync'ing for 72+ hours.

Sync can be a bit wonky to set-up the first time, but once you get it set-up and working correctly that one time, it becomes much easier to do it in the future. Please let me know if you have any questions and I'll answer them the best I can.

Thanks!