Tektronix Aurora Bedienungsanleitung
Aurora
Automated File-based Quality Control System
User Manual
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077-1111-04
Aurora
Automated File-based Quality Control System
User Manual
www.tek.com
077-1111-04
This document supports software version 6.3.
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Aurora technical support
Aurora technical support is available on business days from 6:00 AM to 5:00 PM Pacific time and 9:00 AM to
5:00 PM Indian Standard time using the following numbers:
US/Canada toll-free 1-844-219-5329
India toll-free 1800 3000 4835
Russia toll-free 810800-22554411
United Kingdom 44 1344 39 2541
Europe 1 toll-free 00800-22554411
Alternatively, you can send an e-mail request for support to [email protected].
Contacting Tektronix
Tektronix, Inc.
14150 SW Karl Braun Drive
P.O. Box 500
Beaverton, OR 97077
USA
For product information, sales, service, and technical support:
■In North America, call 1-800-833-9200.
■Worldwide, visit www.tek.com to find contacts in your area.
1 Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, and UK.
Warranty
Tektronix warrants that this software product will conform to the specifications in the documentation provided
with the product, when used properly in the specified operating environment, for a period of three (3) months. The
warranty period begins on the date of shipment, except that if the program is installed by Tektronix, the warranty
period begins on the date of installation or one month after the date of shipment, whichever is earlier. If this
software product does not conform as warranted, Tektronix will provide remedial services as described in the
documentation provided with the product. Tektronix does not warrant that the functions contained in this software
product will meet Customer's requirements or that operation of the programs will be uninterrupted or error-free or
that all errors will be corrected.
In order to obtain service under this warranty, Customer must notify Tektronix of the defect before the expiration
of the warranty period and make suitable arrangements for such service in accordance with the instructions
received from Tektronix. If Tektronix is unable, within a reasonable time after receipt of such notice, to provide
remedial services, Customer may terminate the license for this software product and return this software product
and any associated materials to Tektronix for credit or refund.
This warranty shall not apply to any software product that has been modified or altered by Customer. Tektronix
shall not be obligated to furnish service under this warranty with respect to any software product a) that is used in
an operating environment other than that specified or in a manner inconsistent with the User's Manual and
documentation or b) when the software product has been integrated with other software if the result of such
integration increases the time or difficulty of analyzing or servicing the software product or the problems ascribed
to the software product.
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Table of Contents
Getting started
Installation ...................................................................................................................................... 1
Installation prerequisites ............................................................................................................ 1
How to install the Aurora software ........................................................................................... 1
How to install additional verification units on additional machines ......................................... 7
Activate the software license ..................................................................................................... 8
Aurora technical support ........................................................................................................... 9
Aurora software license upgrades ........................................................................................... 10
First time operation ....................................................................................................................... 11
Login as administrator ............................................................................................................. 11
Set up new users ...................................................................................................................... 11
Testuser login .......................................................................................................................... 12
Aurora tray application ............................................................................................................ 13
Log out of Aurora .................................................................................................................... 14
Before you start ............................................................................................................................ 15
File access permissions ........................................................................................................... 15
Test template customization .................................................................................................... 16
Audio service configuration .................................................................................................... 17
Operating basics
Product overview .......................................................................................................................... 19
Main user interface .................................................................................................................. 19
Tab descriptions ...................................................................................................................... 20
Optional features ..................................................................................................................... 21
Dashboard view ....................................................................................................................... 22
Dashboard job categories ........................................................................................................ 23
Dashboard columns and sorting .............................................................................................. 23
Dashboard buttons ................................................................................................................... 24
View older jobs ....................................................................................................................... 25
QC jobs ......................................................................................................................................... 26
Add new job tab ...................................................................................................................... 26
Aurora shell extension ............................................................................................................. 32
How to add jobs with referenced essence container files ........................................................ 33
How to add jobs for frame-wrapped sequence files ................................................................ 34
How to add jobs with the DXW generic container to group mono essence files .................... 34
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Other job add methods ............................................................................................................ 35
Template Editor ............................................................................................................................ 36
File read .................................................................................................................................. 38
Default .................................................................................................................................... 40
Audio layout ........................................................................................................................... 42
QC tests .................................................................................................................................. 49
Template Manager ........................................................................................................................ 71
How to create templates or use default templates ........................................................................ 72
How to create a custom test template ...................................................................................... 73
Default templates ..................................................................................................................... 75
Smart Test plans ........................................................................................................................... 76
How to build a new Smart Test plan ....................................................................................... 76
How to use a Smart Test plan .................................................................................................. 78
How to import and export Smart Test plans ............................................................................ 78
How to import or export templates ............................................................................................... 79
How to import Aurora legacy templates ................................................................................. 80
Reports .......................................................................................................................................... 83
Options for accessing and viewing job reports ....................................................................... 83
How to understand a Job Report ............................................................................................. 84
Help files from the report ........................................................................................................ 87
How to open the file in Hydra Player from an error report location ....................................... 88
How to use the Hydra Review Bar to view results and edit QC events .................................. 88
How to print job reports .......................................................................................................... 90
How to automate the QC process ................................................................................................. 92
Hot folders-Watch folders ....................................................................................................... 92
Email notifications .................................................................................................................. 93
Application Programming Interface (API) .............................................................................. 94
Aurora analytics ............................................................................................................................ 95
Search ...................................................................................................................................... 95
Trends ...................................................................................................................................... 97
Result comparison ................................................................................................................... 98
Other Aurora settings .................................................................................................................... 99
Manage Credentials ............................................................................................................... 100
Automatic clean-up of old jobs ............................................................................................. 103
Growing file settings ............................................................................................................. 103
Manage multi-core testing (set CPU cores per VU) .............................................................. 103
Report Options ...................................................................................................................... 104
Set a quarantine file location ................................................................................................. 107
Change the browse control (file selector type) ...................................................................... 107
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Check template compatibility for upgrades ........................................................................... 107
MD5 hash creation ................................................................................................................ 108
Sequence file settings ............................................................................................................ 108
Change how QC event locations are reported ....................................................................... 109
Toggle EBU test codes on-off ............................................................................................... 109
Analytics comparison settings ............................................................................................... 110
Analytics search index settings ............................................................................................. 110
Custom language setting ....................................................................................................... 110
Custom theme setting ............................................................................................................ 111
Decryption settings ................................................................................................................ 111
Event log data ........................................................................................................................ 112
LDAP settings ....................................................................................................................... 112
Multi-tenant mode ................................................................................................................. 113
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