This topic describes how to load the Power Core RP v2 configuration onto a Power Core.

Opening the configuration

The release package provided by your Lawo Project Engineer will include three ON-AIR Designer database files.

  • RPv2.db3 - This file should be used for Revision 3 Power Core RP v2 units that have also purchased the Ravenna Plus addon license.
  • RPv2-rev3.db3 - This file should be used for Revision 3 Power Core RP v2 units that have not purchased the Ravenna Plus addon license.
  • RPv2-rev2.db3 - This file should be used for Revision 1 or Revision 2 Power Core RP v2 units.

The Power Core hardware revisions are described here.

1.   Launch ON-AIR Designer, select File>Open, and select the appropriate ON-AIR Designer configuration file.

2.   Once the configuration file has loaded, use the Unit Selector in the Project window to select the desired streaming configuration. Power Core RP v2 comes with three default configurations:

  • 8CH-STREAMS - This unit comes with 32 8 channel RAVENNA senders and receivers. If the RPv2.db3 has been selected, there will be 64 8 channel RAVENNA senders and receivers.
  • 16CH-STREAM - This unit comes with 16 16 channel RAVENNA senders and receivers. If the RPv2.db3 has been selected, there will be 32 16 channel RAVENNA senders and receivers.
  • 64CH-STREAM - This unit comes with 4 64 channel RAVENNA senders and receivers. If the RPv2.db3 has been selected, there will be 8 64 channel RAVENNA senders and receivers.

3.   Select Transfer > Create Config in the top menu bar. This will create the binary configuration file that must be loaded onto the Power Core RP v2 unit.

3.   Once the binary configuration file has been generated, a folder will be created in the project directory with the same name as the selected unit. In this example, we created a configuration for a unit with 8 channel streams, so the folder is called 8CH-STREAMS.

4.   Select the *.cfg file in the folder. The name will be the same as the ON-AIR Designer database file used to generate the configuration file. In this example, the configuration file is called RPv2-rev2.cfg.

5.   Rename the binary configuration file to io_node.cfg.

6.   Using a FTP client, transfer the io_node.cfg to the /media/mmcsd-0-0/configs folder on the Power Core RP v2 unit.

7.   Login to the Web UI of the Power Core as an Administrator, and go to the Control page in the System tab. 

8.   Click the Reboot (Coldstart) button to coldstart the Power CoreRP and load the new configuration file. 

Next Steps

Once you have completed the steps above, proceed to the instructions on configuring the mc² console.