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NEC Series 2 Lamp focusing using side panel display
When changing the lamp in an NEC Series 2 projector (or pretty much any xenon based digital projector), it is important that the new lamp be properly focused in the projector. Like most xenon digital projectors, NEC provides a built-in tool to assist ...NEC NC3200S and NC3240 Air Filter Replacement
The NEC NC-3200S and 3240S projectors, as shipped from the factory, used two different sized air filters. The filter complement was as follows: 3 x NEC 80AF01 7"x7" filters in a row on the top to filter the incoming air cooling the lamp 2 x NEC ...GDC TMS not transferring content or schedules - not allowing remote content deletion (on or after 12/13/24) - GDC updated
An issue with the TMS software was recently identified that will cause transfers to hang at the queuing stage. In order to resolve, the TMS software must be updated to version 4.3.14721. The installer for this version can be accessed from the TMS ...GDC TMS - Database not found
The GDC TMS platform is not a program but rather a suite of independent programs that are controlled by the GDC TMS interface. The screens that are visible to the end-user are essentially a remote control for the subservient programs running in the ...GDC TMS not transferring content or schedules - not allowing remote content deletion (on or after 12/13/24)
On the morning of December 13th (a/k/a "Friday the 13th) we became aware of a problem that affects many of the GDC TMS-2000 systems in the field. The most common complaint was that content, KDM's and schedules were not transferring automatically or ...
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Public NTP Time Servers
Here are some time servers that can be used for the master clocks in servers/IMB's: Google: While the actual URL for the Google public NTP servers is time.google.com, most servers can't handle a canonical domain name (ie. time.google.com), the actual ...F-200 Aspect Ratio
More and more filmmakers are "thinking outside of the box" and shooting movies in non-traditional aspect ratios. While traditionally the cinema industry works around "standard" aspect ratios of flat (1.85:1) or scope (2.39:1 or 2.35:1 for film) a ...GDC SX-xxxx server showing X at the top of the screen.
On a GDC SX or SA series server (SX-2000, SX-2100, SX-3000, SX-4000) the information button (i) is replaced with an X. This is a warning recently implemented in a software upgrade and generally means that the battery (batteries) in the media block ...GDC Security Manager Host and SM Certificates do not match
Server has lost its security certificate and is therefore being viewed as non-secure. This will prevent it from running content. Once this issue occurs the only fix is to contact GDC and get a replacement server.Christie IMB - Introduction
Here's a video introduction to the Christie Digital Cinema integrated media block.