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desperately need help with Kona card/k3 box
I have an HDV source, the Sony HDV deck, which goes to a Miranda bridge via firewire (4-6 pin). From the Miranda bridge, the SDI HD cable and RS-422 cable are plugged into the K3 Box, which is then going to the Kona card. I have deck control and can capture now fine, but as soon as I try to batch (I’m onlining a feature) the deck goes where it should and starts playing but then I get the following message: “Unable to lock deck servo. Tape possibly still threading.” while the deck is playing fine. Any ideas on how to remedy this?
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4 Replies
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What’s you refernce set to? Change it to free run.
Jeremy
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I had the same problem and called Miranda. They said that the problem was probably due to the Kona 9 pin deck control and asked if I had a Keyspan USB serial adapter. Luckily, I had one from an older Avid system (which I coincidently sold for the Final Cut HD/Kona 3 system). I downloaded and installed the software drivers, plugged it in and set Final Cut to control the Miranda deck with the Keyspan instead of the Kona 9 pin cable. At this point, I was able to batch digitize just fine.
I was onlining a 1 hour 45 minute 6 camera concert, 2 of the cameras were HDV. Needless to say, there were plenty of HDV clips to be re-digitized. Everything worked fine, the only issue was that I had to keep an eye on the Miranda deck because it would need to be reset (power cycle) occasionally. Other than that it worked fine.
George Bellias
Jade Producitons
G5 Quad 2.5
4.5gb Ram
Kona 3
Final Cut Pro HD -
Sounds to me like a Miranda problem…
By the way, you could have saved half of you money by purchasing the AJA HD10A which converts you analog component video to HD-SDI and then you can use your firewire for machine control and audio. It’s much cheaper and works perfectly.
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Wayne Carey
Schazam Productions -
Wayne is absolutely correct. Next time, buy the AJA HD10A
Bob Zelin
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