Quick Reference Guide

• Life City Multimedia Quick Reference Guide 2017 [link to doc]

Basic Training

• How to turn on equipment – 10 December 2017
• Propresenter – Fonts
  Change font for many slides at once by applying Template –  #Formatting #Song #Editing #lyrics – 10 December 2017
• ProPresenter – Not responding
  What to do when Propresenter gets stuck #Troubleshooting #propresenter  – What to do if cannot Change songs or slides – 10 December 2017
• Don’t put stuff on top of switcher [video]
• Backgrounds – How to change image to be background [video]

Advanced

• See Advanced tab below for troubleshooting

ProPresenter

• How to import Powerpoint from a USB to ProPresenter [video]

Hub Projector – OpenLP

• Getting started with OpenLP [video]

Other Tutorials:

• ProPresenter Video Tutorials by ProPresenter
• ProPresenter Demo download (from website)

17 Dec 2017

• Audio – Recording – Enter a unique filename or it may overwrite the previous recording! Training required.
• Powerpoint – Importing – If it pops up with an error, you may just need to close the file in PowerPoint before importing to ProPresenter. Training required.
• Remote Clicker/Presenter – Lost USB receiver. Action: Need to buy one.
• 10 Dec 2017
• Video camera – Power – make sure mains is plugged in not half way, but in fully.
• Video camera – make sure laptop powered from mains
• Nov 2017 – Wifi and internet issues appear to be resolved
• Do not stream worship music or video downloaded from YouTube, such as worship music video. If the owner has a global ban on the video, YouTube will automatically detect it and disable streaming for 3-months

God’s Media Army Dream – Julie Meyer, International House Of Prayer [video]

• Side screens flickered between black and the powerpoint message. It appears to be due to the switcher overheating. Action: Switcher – vacuum & blow away dust with compressed air. Lighting dimmer box mayalso require it.
• Moved all remote controls and opened the back cover of the switcher’s roading case to allow better air flow for cooling. No problems after doing this, all day Sunday. Action: need to determine a suitable location for the remotes.
• Changed from using the 1 in 4 out VGA Matrix (Splitter) to a 1 in 2 out VGA Matrix. It still loses signal momentarily on both projectors, when initially switching between inputs to the computer (Left projector loses signal for longer than the right hand side – not sure why). Action: set up the 8×8 rgbhv Matrix (instead of the 1 in 4 out matrix or 1 in 2 out matrix) or change back to the 1 in 4 out VGA Matrix.

Thursday 21 Dec 2017 (Christmas Eve Service Practice)

• Reconnected power to the VGA to HDMI converter.
• Reconnected VGA lead from (a) 1-in-4-out VGA matrix (splitter) to (b) the VGA to HDMI converter.
• Reconnected HDMI lead from (a) VGA to HDMI matrix (splitter) to (b) HDMI over Cat 5/6 extender (to the Hub). Tested the pictures; they look really good. Particularly when the Hub lights are turned off.

Tuesday 19 Dec 2017 (Christmas Eve Service Practice)

• Installed an 8×8 RGBHV matrix on top of the vision switcher and 3RU media roadie case. Put monitor and phone on top.
• Right hand side prjoector needed lens shift (vertical adjustment) for the edge blend.

Sunday Night, 3 Dec 2017

• Middle PC mouse not working mid-service. May be just lost on the Presentation screen but hidden by ProPresenter. Training required.
• Difficult to turn on side screen projectors. May need to replace batteries in the remote?
• Need to get spare 1 in 4 out VGA matrix (it has been showing signs it’s about to fail for over 6 months) for side screen send to:
  1. Left Side Screen
  2. Right Side Screen
  3. The Hub
  4. Aud 2

Sunday morning, 3 Dec. 2017

• ProPresenter “quit unexpectedly”
• ProPresenter froze and required “force quit”

• Input 1. Analog Camera
• Input 2.
• Input 3.
• Input 4.
• Input 5. iMac PC1
• Input 6. HDMI input (“Apple TV”)
• Input 7.
• Input 8.
• Input 9.

Barco PDS-902 – Specs

• 9 inputs, 2 outputs (Preview & Program mode, or Matrix Mode)
• Inputs:
  • 4 Analog inputs – HD15 ports
  • 4 Digital or Analog inputs – DVI-I ports
  • 1 SDI port

• Outputs:
  • Preview – 1 x HD15 port and 1 x DVI port
  • Program – 1 x HD15 port, 1 x DVI port and 1 x SDI port

https://www.barco.com/en/support/pds-902-3g/docs

Side Screen Projectors

Specs

• Viewsonic Pro8450w
• High Brightness WXGA projector – 120Hz and 3D-ready
• Brightness: 4500 ANSI Lumens
• http://www.viewsonic.com.au/products/projectors/Pro8450w.php

Middle Screen Projectors

Setup

3 Projectors with edge blending

Specs

• Model: WD8200U
• Manufacturer: Mitsubishi
• Output: 6500 Lumens
• Setup:
  • Hardware edge blending (tapering off brightnes)
  • Lamp mode:
    • Dual Lamp
    • Standard brightness

• Replaced all 6 lamps on the middle projectors (2 lamps per projector).
• After installing the new lamps, the projectors would operate fine, but then automatically shut down after a few minutes and the lamp 1 and lamp 2 lights would blink orange. The projector manual’s troubleshooting page didn’t say what to do. It did say that if status light was orange, then filters needed cleaning.
• I cleaned the vents which were covered in layers of dust using a vacuum cleaner and small microfibre cloth.
• I used the yellow ladder with platform on the top, which I used to place the Miele vacuum cleaner, while I vacuumed the vents and air filter. Note: the air filters are automatically cleaned by the projector, so they didn’t have much dirt.
• Note 1: Left projector has a more dominant purple tinge coming from the vents at the rear of the projector compared to white from the others. Previously they were all white.
• Note 2: Right projector, Lamp 2 housing has a screw missing on the top.

• Sep. 2017 Successfully streaming during September, October via ethernet to Youtube at 720p, 1080p and higher resolution
• Aug 2017 – Requested Brett from the IT company to assign QoS (Quality Of Service) preference to the Youtube Live server address for streaming
• Feb 2017 – Streamed ACC LIFT