Video & projection
Christie Terra SDVoE troubleshooting
The Christie Terra SDVoE problems live-event techs bring to Ask Roadie most (also called SDVoE, Terra). Pick your symptom, or describe your own in plain words, and get the likeliest fix first, with the manual page when there is one.
Common Terra SDVoE errors & problems
What techs run into most, and what's usually behind it. The step-by-step fix for your exact unit is in Ask Roadie.
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Black screen or "no signal" only on protected/HDCP content (streaming boxes, Blu-ray)
Likely cause: HDCP 2.2 is enforced end-to-end; any non-compliant sink or wrong mode fails the authentication handshake and blanks protected video.
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Controller won't come up on the network / can't find its IP
Likely cause: The OSD reports the assigned address once boot completes; knowing DHCP-by-default and the ~2 min boot avoids chasing a "dead" controller that is simply still booting or waiting on DHCP.
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Intermittent dropouts, gray/green flashes, or streams freezing when switching sources
Likely cause: A single reliable querier keeps multicast group tables current; mixed/absent queriers cause memberships to time out mid-show, producing dropouts.
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Need to factory-reset a Terra transmitter or receiver (bad config, stuck, wrong IP)
Likely cause: The boot-time button-hold triggers the factory reset routine in firmware; the green LED flash confirms the reset completed.
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New/unknown network switch — will it work with Terra? What switch features are required?
Likely cause: Uncompressed 4K60 needs ~full 10G per stream; any port that cannot sustain line rate or lacks proper IGMP handling corrupts or drops the stream.
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No image at all on any receiver right after install; receivers won't connect to transmitters
Likely cause: Terra transports uncompressed AV as Layer-2 IGMPv2 multicast.
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Terra Controller unreachable / system unrecoverable / need to wipe controller
Likely cause: The reset rebuilds the controller database from scratch, clearing corrupt config; doing it mid-firmware-update or with active sessions can brick the controller.
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Video wall tears / panels not in sync across a multi-display wall
Likely cause: Genlock aligns the receivers' output timing to one reference so adjacent panels refresh together, eliminating tearing/stagger across the wall.
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Which SFP+ optics / cabling does Terra need; fiber vs copper
Likely cause: SDVoE runs on standard 10G optics; using the wrong SFP+ type or exceeding the optic's distance budget causes link/loss-of-signal faults.
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- 2. Describe what you're seeing. In your own words, or the error code off the screen.
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