Ross Carbonite Switcher Operation Manual

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•RossPartNumber: 4802DR-110-10.0

• ReleaseDate:November,2014.PrintedinCanada

• Equipment:ThisdocumentappliestoallCarbonite framesandcontrolpanels.

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RossVideoLimited(Ross)warrantsitsswitchersand relatedoptions,tobefreefromdefectsundernormaluse andserviceforaperiodofONEYEARfromthedateof shipment.Faderhandleassembliesarewarrantedforthe lifeoftheproduct.Ifanitembecomesdefectivewithin thewarrantyperiodRosswillrepairorreplacethe defectiveitem,asdeterminedsolelybyRoss. WarrantyrepairswillbeconductedatRoss,withall shippingFOBRossdock.Ifrepairsareconductedatthe customersite,reasonableout-of-pocketchargeswill apply.AtthediscretionofRoss,andonatemporaryloan

basis,plugincircuitboardsorotherreplacementparts maybesuppliedfreeofchargewhiledefectiveitems undergorepair.Returnpacking,shipping,andspecial handlingcostsaretheresponsibilityofthecustomer.

Softwareupgradesforswitchersmayoccurfromtimeto time,andaredeterminedbyRossVideo.Theupgrades arepostedontheRossVideowebsite,andarefreeof chargeforthelifeoftheswitcher.

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Our24-HourHotLineserviceensuresyouhaveaccess totechnicalexpertisearoundtheclock.After-sales serviceandtechnicalsupportareprovideddirectlyby RossVideopersonnel.Duringbusinesshours(eastern standardtime),technicalsupportpersonnelareavailable bytelephone.Outsideofnormalbusinesshoursandon weekends,adirectemergencytechnicalsupportphone lineisavailable.Ifthetechnicalsupportpersonnelwho isoncalldoesnotanswerthislineimmediately,avoice messagecanbeleftandthecallwillbereturnedshortly. OurTechnicalsupportstaffareavailabletoreacttoany problemandtodowhateverisnecessarytoensure customersatisfaction.

SupportingDocumentation

RossVideoprovidesawidevarietyofhelpful documentationforthesetupandsupportofyour equipment.Mostofthisdocumentationcanbefound eitherontheProductResourcesdiskthatcamewithyour equipment,ontheRossVideowebsite (www.rossvideo.com),orontheRossVideoCommunity site(community.rossvideo.com)

• CarboniteOnlineHelpforDashBoard —visit help.rossvideo.com/carbonite.

• OperationManual(4802DR-110) —operational instructionsforallCarboniteswitchers

• CarboniteSetupManual(4802DR-120)—setup andconfigurationinstructionsforCarbonite, Carbonite+,andCarboniteMultiMediaframes

• CarboniteeXtremeSetupManual(4803DR-120) —setupandconfigurationinstructionsfor CarboniteeXtremeframes

• CarboniteQuickStartPoster(4802DR-200) setupinformationandspecificationsforthe Carbonite,Carbonite+,andCarboniteMultiMedia frames

• CarboniteeXtremeQuickStartPoster (4803DR-200) —setupinformationand specificationsfortheCarboniteeXtremeframe

• UpgradeNotes(4802DR-500) —upgrade instructions,newfeatures,andknownissuesfora givensoftwareversion

• CarboniteeXtremeUpgradeforNK-3G144-X —upgradeinstructionsfortheNK-3G144-Xrouter toaCarboniteeXtremeswitcher

• SoftwareLicenses(4802DR-502) —third-party softwarelicences

• CarboniteMultilingualSafetyInformation (4802DR-503) —translatedproductsafety information

• CarboniteFrameFanReplacement (4802DR-300)—instructionsforreplacingcooling fansintheCarbonite,Carbonite+,orCarbonite MultiMediaframes

• CarboniteFrameRAMReplacement (4802DR-301) —instructionsforreplacingthe RAMintheCarbonite,Carbonite+,orCarbonite MultiMediaframes

• ControlPanelDeskMounting(4802DR-302) deskmountinginstructionsforCarbonitecontrol panel

• 1-2MEUpgrade(4802DR-303) —1to2ME upgradeinstructionsforC1-AandC1Mcontrol panels

• SideBoxInstallation(4802DR-304)—installation andmountinginstructionforSideBoxmodule

• AuxiliaryControlPanelInstallation (4802DR-305) —installationandmounting instructionforremoteauxpanel(CPS-AUX-053B)

• C102MEUpgrade(4802DR-306) —1to2ME upgradeinstructionsfortheC10controlpanel

• GVG100SupportedCommand(4802DR-401) —connectionandGVG100commandssupported bytheswitcher

• RossTalkCommands(4802DR-403)—supported commandsusingRossTalkprotocol

• DeviceSetupSheets(4802DR-6xx) —setup informationforcontrollingexternaldevicesfrom theswitcher

• RoboticCameraControl(4802DR-131) overviewoftheoperationalinterfacewhen controllingaroboticcamerafromtheswitcher

• AudioMixerControl(4802DR-132)—overview oftheoperationalinterfacewhencontrollingan audiomixerfromtheswitcher

• VideoServerControl(4802DR-133)—overview oftheoperationalinterfacewhencontrollinga videoserverfromtheswitcher

• ConfigurationGuide(4802DR-100) —product descriptionandmarketingcodesforswitchersand options

Features

ThankyouforbuyingaRossVideoCarboniteSeries Multi-DefinitionLiveProductionSwitcher.The CarboniteseriesbuildsontheRossVideoreputationfor designingswitchersthatfittheneedsofanyproduction environment.

AnalogReferenceInputandOutput

Theswitchersupportsbothexternalandinternalreference sources.Theexternalreferencecanbeaninputfroma housesynctothesinglereferenceinputBNC.The internalreferencecanalsobeusedasahousesyncwith selectabletri-levelsyncoranalogblackburstwith independentH/Vsettingsforeachofthetworeference outputBNCs.

Althoughtri-levelsyncisrecommendedasyourreference sourceforallHDapplications,analogblackburstcan beusedwhenoperatingtheswitcher.

3Gand1080p29.97VideoFormats

Theswitchersupportsthe1080p59.94Hz,1080p50Hz, and1080p29.97Hzvideoformats.Tooperateinthese modes,theswitchermustberestartedandsomefeatures andresourcesarelimitedorunavailable.

IntegratedUp/DownConverters

Allswitcherscomewithintegratedup/downconverters andframesynchronizers(FSFC)capableofconverting 1080ior720ptoSD,aswellasconvertSDsignalsto 1080i,orcross-convert720pto1080i.

FormatconversionisnotsupportedontheCarbonite framewhentheswitcherisoperatingin720por1080pSF. TheCarboniteMultiMediaframesupportsde-interlacing onthemultimediainputs,exceptforprogressive segmentedframe(pSF)formats.Themultimediainputs supportde-interlacingofthe720pformat. Ina3Gor1080p29.97Hzswitchermode,theFSFC functionalityislimitedontheCarboniteMultiMediaand Carbonite+switchers,andisnotavailableonthe CarboniteandCarboniteeXtremeswitchers.

CustomControls

Thisfeaturebringsthepowerofmacrostotheswitcher operator.Aseriesofbuttonpressescanbeeasilyrecorded andassignedtoanycustomcontrolbutton.Stepthrough complexshowopeningsaseasilyaspressingCustom Controlbuttons1,2,then3.

DeviceControl

Theswitchercancontrolanumberofexternaldevices, suchasvideoserversandroboticcameras.Foracomplete listofsupporteddevices,andinformationonhowtoset upandcontrolthesedevices,visittheRossVideowebsite (rossvideo.com/production-switchers/carbonite/interface-list).

OverDrive® CapricaSupport

CarbonitecanbecontrolledfromOverDrive® usingthe Capricainterface.ThisinterfaceallowsOverDrive® to performmemoryrecalls,mosttransitions(MediaWipe isnotsupporteddirectly),andruncustomcontrolson theswitcher.ForinformationonsettingupCapricato interfacewiththeswitcher,refertothedocumentation thatcamewithyourCapricaserver.

Carbonitemustbeina2.5MEmodetobecontrolledby Caprica.

DVE(FlyKey)

Theadvanced2DDVEcomesstandardwitheach switcher,andcanbeusedforperformingoverthe shoulder,orpictureinpictureshots.Thisallowsallkey typestobezoomed,cropped,andrepositioned horizontallyandverticallytocreatethelookyouwant, oryoucanuseoneoftheusefulpre-built2Deffectsto perform2Dbackgroundtransitions.

TheCarbonite+andCarboniteMultiMediaframeshave eightchannelsofDVE,or4channelsina3GMiniME™ or3G2.5MEswitchermode.TheCarboniteand CarboniteeXtremeframescanselectbetween8channels ofDVEandnoFSFCresources,or4channelsofDVE and6FSFCresources.

EffectsDissolve

TheEffectsDissolvefeatureallowsyoutointerpolate fromonememorytoanotherusingamemoryrecall.The switcherwillinterpolatefromthestartingmemorytothe destinationmemory,creatingasmooth,twokeyframe effect.

Onlyelementssuchascliplevelandpatternpositioncan beinterpolatedintheeffectsdissolve.Otherelements, suchascrosspointselection,pattern,andnexttransition dataarerecalledfirst,andthentheswitcherwillslewto therecalledmemory.

Aneffectsdissolvecanbeperformedonasmany elementsandMEsasrequired,basedonthememorythat isbeingrecalled.

GeneralPurposeInterface

Theswitcherisequippedwith34GPII/Osthatcanbe assignedaseitheraninputoroutputindependently. TheGPIinputsallowtheswitchertointerfacewith peripheralequipmentsuchaseditors.EachGPIinput canbeusedtoperformsimpleeditingandswitcher functionssuchasfadetoblackoranautotransition.

LiveEDL

EditDecisionLists(EDL)arefilesusedbynon-linear editing(NLE)suitestoaidinpost-production.Your switchercancaptureEDLdatainafilethatyouloadinto yourNLEsuite.

ForinformationonusingtheLiveEDLfeature,visitthe RossVideoWebsite(rossvideo.com).

Media-Store

Uptofour(4)independentchannelsofstill/animations areavailableswitcher-wide,allowingforthousandsof fullscreenstillsandlogosthatcanbecachedandused ontheswitcher.

Animation-Storecomesstandardwith8Gigabytesof cache.Channels1and3have4Gigabytes,andchannels 2and4have4Gigabytes.Thenumberofimagescached increasesconsiderablywhensmaller,non-fullscreen imageslikelogosareloadedfromUSB.

MediaWipe

AMediaWipeallowsyoutouseananimationfromthe Media-Storetoperformbackgroundandkeytransitions. Whenthetransitionstarts,theswitcherplaystheselected animationovertopofthebackgroundandkeysthatare beingtransitioned.Acutisthenperformedbehindthe animationtobringupthenextshotwhentheanimation ends.

UltraChrome

TheUltraChromechromakeyersusesadvancedvideo processingtechnologytoprovideexceptionalbluespill reductionandcleanedges,evenwithdifficultsource material.Glass,smoke,translucentmaterials,andnatural shadowsarehandledsuperbly.

TwofloatingChromaKeysareavailableacrossbothME outputs.

MemoryAIRecallMode

Wetaketheguessingoutofmemoryrecallsbyensuring thatamemoryrecallwillnotaffectwhatiscurrently on-air.MemoryAIusesthecontentofthememoryto configuretheNextTransitionareaandPreviewbusfor thebackgroundandkeyerssothatthenexttransition takesthesamesourceson-airthatwereon-airinthe memory.

Forexample,storeamemorythathasakeyon-airwith CAM1andCAM2selectedonthebackground.When thismemoryisrecallednormally,itpopsthesamekey on-airwithCAM1andCAM2onthebackground.When thememoryisrecalledwithMemoryAIturnedon,CAM1 isselectedonthepresetbus,andCAM2isselectedona keythatisnoton-air.Thetransitionareaisthensetup forabackgroundtransitiontobringCAM2ontothe background,takeanyon-airkeysoff,andtakeakey on-airwithCAM1.

MemorySystem

Storagefor100completeswitchersnapshotsperME, MiniME™,andMultiScreencomesstandardwithall switchers.AllofthesememoriescanbestoredtoaUSB mediadrive,providingcustomtailoredmemoriesfor everyoperatorandeveryshow.

MEEffectSystem

TheME(Multi-levelEffect)systemsarestandard.The numberofMEsdependsonthechosenswitchermodel. EachMEprovidesfourkeyerssupportingpatternmask,

advancedchromakeyforeachMEandisavailableto eachkeyer.

HalfMEFullME

KeyTypes Key,andDVE Key

AutoSelect,Self Key,Chroma AutoSelectand SelfKey

TransitionTypes

Dissolve,Cut, andMediaWipe

Dissolve,Cut, Wipe,DVE,and MediaWipe

PatternMaskNoYes

MiniME™

TheMiniME™ isanadditionalMEthatisprovidedwith theswitchertoperformbasicdissolvesandcuts.Each MiniME™ hasaDVEkey(Key1),anAutoSelect,Self key,orChromakey(Key2),andaBackgroundand Preset.UnlikeafullME,theMiniME™ onlysupports dissolvesandcuts,andhasnopreviewoutput.The MiniME™ sharesallthesamesourcesastheME.

MediaManager

TheMediaManagerallowsyoutoeasilymanagestills andanimationsontheswitcherinagraphicsinterface.

MultiViewer

AllCarboniteswitcherscomestandardwithtwo broadcast-qualityintegratedMultiViewergenerators. EachMultiViewergeneratorallowsyoutoviewupto 16videosources,in29differentlayouts,fromasingle outputBNC.Anyvideosourceontheswitcher,including ME1andME2Program,Preview,andMedia-Store channels,canbeassignedtoanyboxontheMultiViewer output.AllboxesontheMultiVieweroutputinclude mnemonicsourcenamesandredandgreentallies. Iftheswitcherisoperatinginastandard-definitionvideo format,theMultiViewercanbesettooutput high-definition.InHDoutputmode,theMultiVieweris onlyavailableonspecificoutputBNCs.

CleanFeedOutput

Cleanfeedistypicallyusedforbilingualandlive-to-tape productions.ItprovidesasecondProgramoutputthatis derivedfromadifferentlocationthanthestandard programoutput.Afrequentapplicationistherecording ofshowsforlaterairingwithoutcall-inphonenumbers inserted.

Thecleanfeedoutputcancomefrombeforeorbetween thekeyers.

MultiScreen

AllCarboniteswitcherscomestandardwithtwo integratedMultiScreengenerators.EachMultiScreen canbreakasceneintouptofouroutputsthatcanbesent toindependentprojectorsordisplaystomakeaunified picture.Integratededgeblendingallowsyouto

compensatefortheoverlapinprojectoroutputs,orthe outsidebezelofyourdisplay.

EachscreenintheMultiScreenoutputusesaMiniME™ tocreatethebackgroundandkeysoftheoutput.This allowsyoutohavetwoMultiScreengeneratorswithtwo screenseach,oroneMultiScreengeneratorwiththreeor fourscreens.

PatternandMatte/WashGenerators

Asinglepatterngeneratordedicatedtowipescomes standard,andisequippedwith10classicwipes.Most wipescanberotated,bordered,multiplied,aspectized, andrepositioned.

Matte/WashGenerator

AmattegeneratorandcomplexwashgeneratorperME, capableofmulti-colorwashescomesstandard.Anyone ofthecolorgeneratorscanbeassignedtoMATTE,or wipepatternedges.Anadditionalsimplecolorgenerator isavailableforanAuxBus.

TallyOutputs

Theswitcherhas34assignabletallyrelayslocatedinthe rackframe.Eachtallycanbeassignedtoanynumberof combinationsofinputandoutputorbus.

ControlPanelOverview

Thischapterprovidesabasicintroductiontothe Carboniteswitcher,includinganoverviewofthedifferent areasonthecontrolpanel,usingthemenusystem,as wellasanintroductiontothevariousports,andvideo buses.

ControlPanelAreas

EachCarbonitecontrolpanelismadeupofanumberof distinctareasthatcontroldifferentaspectsofthe switcher.Someoftheseareasmayvaryinsizeor function,dependingonthecontrolpanelyouhave.

buttonswiththekeyselectbuttonstoselectthe keyer,andthetypeofkeyyouwanttouse.

6. KeySelectButtons —Thesebuttonsareusedto choosewhichkeyerisselected.Thekeytype buttonsandkeybusfollowtheselectedkeyer.

7. AuxBusSelectButtons—Thesebuttonsareused tochoosewhichauxbusisselected.Theauxbus followstheselectedauxbus.

8. CustomControlBankSelectButtons —These buttonsareusedtochoosewhichcustomcontrol bankisselected.Thecustomcontrolbusfollows theselectedcustomcontrolbank.

9. VideoSourceBuses —Thesebusesarebroken intothePreset,Program,andKey/Aux/Custom Controlbuses.ThePresetbusisthebottomrowof sourcebuttonsandselectsthevideosourcethat willbetakenon-airwiththenextbackground transition.TheProgrambusisthemiddlerowof sourcebuttonsandselectsthevideosourcethatis currentlyon-aironthebackground.The Key/Aux/CustomControlbusisthetoprowof sourcebuttonsandselectsthevideosourcethatis chosenontheselectedkeyerorauxbus,orthe customcontrolthatischosenontheselected customcontrolbank.

10. MnemonicDisplays —Themnemonicdisplay showsthenameofthesourceassignedtothesource buttondirectlybelowit.Themnemonic display-nameandcolorforeachvideosourcecan beadjusted.

1.

areusedtoselectapatternforawipetransition,or toaccessswitchermenus.TheC10/C1control panelshavethenameofthemenusbelowthe patternbutton.

11. On-AirLights —Theselightsglowredtoshow whichkeyersarecurrentlyon-air.

2.

3.

buttonsareusedtostart,stop,edit,andnavigate throughcustomcontrols.

menus,movebackandforthbetweenmenus.On theC10,thesebuttonsarealsousedtostoreand recallswitchermemories.

12. TransitionArea —Thesebuttonsareusedto selectwhichvideosourcebuseswillbeincluded inthenexttransitionandwhattypeoftransition willbeperformed.TheCutandAutoTransbuttons areusedtoperformtransitions.Theuserbuttonon theC2S/C2X/C3S/C3Xcontrolpanelisnot implementedatthistime.

13. ManualTransitionFaderBar —Thefaderis usedtomanuallycontroltherateofatransition. Whatisbeingtransitioned,andthetypeof transition,arecontrolledfromtheTransitionArea.

4.

selectionknobsareusedtoadjustandselectvarious menuitemsorvalues.Theknobsarerotatedto chooseavalue,andpressedtomakeaselection. Themaindisplayshowsthemenusystemofthe switcher.

5. KeyTypeButtons —Thesebuttonsareusedto choosethetypeofkeyyouwanttouse.Usethese

14. KeyerTransitionsButtons —Thesebuttonsare usedtoperformcutsorautotransitionsonkeys directly,withouthavingtoincludethemaspartof thenexttransition.

15. Positioner —Thepositionerisusedtocontrol somewipe,border,andwashparameters,aswell assomeexternaldevices.

16. MESelectionButtons —Thesebuttonsareused toassignthecontrolpanelrowtoanME, MiniME™,orMultiScreen.

17. EffectsMemoryArea—Thisareaisusedtostore andrecallmemoriesontheassignedME,andto selectthevarioustransitionratesusedonthe switcher.

18. MemoryStore/RecallButtons —Thesebuttons areusedtostoreorrecallmemoriestooneormore MEsatthesametime.OntheC3S/C3Xcontrol panels,thereareadditionalbuttonsforselecting specificMEs,MiniME™s,orMultiScreens.

MenuSystem

Themenusystemisaccessedeitherbypressing

MenuNavigation

Themenusystemallowsyoutoaccessallofthesetup

buttonandnavigatingtothemenu,orby double-pressingabuttononthecontrolpanel.

1. PressMENU.ThePattern/SelectionMnemonics

Pattern/MenuSelectionbuttonslightup.

2. PressthePattern/Menubuttonforthemenuyou wanttonavigateto.Thefirstpageofthemenu isshownonthedisplay.

3.

System

Note:

buttonisnotlit,there arenootherpagestothecurrentmenu.

currentmenu.Ifthe

Auto-FollowMenus

Theswitchernavigatestoauto-followmenus automaticallywhenyouselectcertainfunctionsonthe switcher.Forexample,whenyoupressthe

Note:

MenuTrees

Theitemsonthebranchesofthemenutreecanchange, dependingontheselectionsthataremadeonthatbranch.

system.

versionandreferenceformatandthehardwareserial number.

Note: The

Reset

Personality(Pers)(C10/C1)

Note: The MemBnk optionisonlyavailableonthe C2S/C2X/C3S/C3Xcontrolpanel.

SwitcherBasics

Beforeusingyourswitcher,itisimportanttobecome familiarwiththehowaudioandvideoishandledbythe switcher.Someimportantconceptsincludesvideo sources,videolayeringandre-entry,andpreview.For informationonsettingupvideoinputs,refertotheSetup Guidethatcamewithyourswitcher.

AudioandVideoProcessing

Videoandaudiosignalsareprocessedandpassedthrough theswitcherindifferentways,dependingonhowthe switcherisbeingusedorissetup.Abetterunderstanding ofhowtheswitcherisprocessingthesesignalshelpyou toachievetheproductionyouwant.

VideoProcessingandFlow

Videoisprocessedinanumberofblocksintheswitcher. Aftervideocomesintotheswitcher,theframe synchronizers/formatconvertersareapplied(depending ontheframeyouhave).Atthispointanyrequiredcolor correctionisalsoapplied.Afterinputthevideosignalis routedthroughthecrosspoint.Thecrosspointcanroute anyinputtoanyoutputforstraightswitching,ortothe videoprocessorandDVEandbackforvideo manipulation.Justbeforethevideosignalissenttothe output,theprocessingoftheancillarydataisperformed.

Figure4:AudioFlowThroughtheSwitcher

Whenyouareperformingatransition,orkeying,the embeddedaudioiscarriedintheancillarydataofthe backgroundvideosignal.Theancillarydatafromthe backgroundsourceisreplacedwiththeancillarydata fromthepresetsource,andtheancillarydataforkeyed sourcesisstripped.InthecaseoftheMultiViewer,you canselectwhichancillarydatastreamisincludedinthe MultiVieweroutput.

VideoSources

Theswitcherhasaccesstotwobasictypesofvideo sources,externalandinternal.Allvideosourcescanbe assignedtovideosourcebuttons.Bypressingavideo sourcebuttononabus,thevideosourceassignedtothat buttonisselectedonthatbus.

• External —Externalvideosourcescomefrom cameras,videoservers,charactergenerators,or otherexternaldevicesintotheswitcher.

• Internal —Internalvideosourcescomefrom internallygeneratedvideo,suchasMedia-Store channels,mattecolor,andblack.

ToSelectaSourceonaBus

Toselectavideosourceonabus,youmustidentifythe

Figure3:VideoFlowThroughtheSwitcher

AudioProcessingandFlow

Unlikevideo,theswitcherdoesnothandleaudiosignals independently.Anaudiosignalisembeddedintothe ancillarydataofavideosignalbeforeiscomesintothe switcher.Asthesignalcomesintotheswitcherandis manipulated,youmustensurenottoperformanoperation thatwillforcetheancillarydatatobestripped. Specifically,thisincludesanyformatconversiononthe inputvideosignalorstrippingoftheancillarydata.

2.

toanME/MiniME™ andpress ME1 or ME2 onthekeybus.

• MiniME™ —presstheuserbuttonassigned totheMiniME™,orpressandholdauser buttonassignedtoanME/MiniME™ and press MinME1-4 onthekeybus.

• Aux —presstheuserbuttonassignedtothe Aux,orpressandholdauserbuttonassigned toanAuxandpressAUX1-8onthekeybus.

• MultiScreen —presstheuserbutton assignedtotheMultiScreen,orpressand holdauserbuttonassignedtoan ME/MiniME™ andpressMultS1orMultS2 onthekeybus.

Tip:

• BackgroundBus —usethe

• PresetBus —usethePRESETbus.

• KeyBus —press KEY1SEL toassignthe KEY/AUX/CUSTOMCONTROLbusto Key1

• AuxBus —usetheKEY/AUX/CUSTOM CONTROLbus.

MERe-Entry

Re-entryisthetermusedtodescribetheprocessof selectinganotherMEonanME.Forexample,ifyou selectME1onME2,ME1issaidtobere-enteredonto ME2.Re-entrytakestheoutputofanMEandusesitas thebackgroundorkeyontheotherME.Ifyouselectan MEonthebackgroundbus,theMEbecomesbackground videosourceoftheotherME.IfyouselectanMEona KeyBus,theMEbecomesthekeysourceoftheother ME.

Keepthefollowinginmindwhenworkingwith re-entries:

•Youcannotre-enterME2intoME1,orME3into ME2.

•Youcannotre-enteranME,ortheCleanFeedof anME,intoitself.

Re-EntryTiming

Tomaintainpropervideotimingthroughtheswitcher, eachMEorMiniME

existsinaspecifictimingwindow. Thesewindowsrestrictwhatcanbere-enteredintowhat.

FlexiCleanCleanFeed

FlexiCleanprovidesasecondprogramoutputthatis derivedfromadifferentlocationthanthestandard programoutput.Afrequentapplicationistherecording ofshowsforlaterairingwithoutcall-inphonenumbers inserted.

Thecleanfeedoutputcancomefrombeforeorbetween thekeyers.

VideoPreview

Videopreviewallowsyoutouseanadditionalmonitor topreviewwhatthenextshotisgoingtobe.Thepreview foranMEshowswhatisselectedforthenexttransition onthatME.Thisincludesthekeysandbackgroundvideo sourcesthatwillbeon-airafterthenexttransition.

MultiViewer

EachMultiViewergeneratorallowsyoutoviewupto 16videosources,in29differentlayouts,fromasingle outputBNC.Anyvideosourceontheswitcher,including ME1andME2Program,Preview,andMedia-Store channels,canbeassignedtoanyboxontheMultiViewer output.AllboxesontheMultiVieweroutputinclude mnemonicsourcenamesandredandgreentallies.

Iftheswitcherisoperatinginastandard-definitionvideo format,theMultiViewercanbesettooutput high-definition.InHDoutputmode,theMultiVieweris onlyavailableonspecificoutputBNCs.

MECopy

YoucancopytheentirecontentsofanMEtoanother keyerinthesame,oradifferentME.Theentirecontents ofthedestinationMEisreplacedwiththecontentsof thesourceME.

WhenyoucopyanME,theswitchertriestoassign resourcestothedestinationMEtomatchthesourceME. Iftheseresourcesarenotavailable,theswitchermay needtostealresources.Ifyouareperformingthecopy fromthecontrolpanelyouwillbeaskedtoconfirmthe stealingofanyrequiredresources.FromDashBoardyou willnotbeaskedandtherequiredresourceswillbe stolen.

Note: IfyoucopyfromthehalfMEtoafullME,keys3and4 aredefaulted.

ToCopyanMEUsingtheControlPanel

Note: Youmusthaveatleasta2MEcontrolpaneltoperform anMEcopyfromthecontrolpanel.Ifyouonlyhavea1ME controlpanel,youmustperformthecopyfromDashBoard.

ThisprocedurecopiesthecontentsofME1toME3as anexample.UsethesameprocedureforanyME combination.

1. Pressandholdthe BKGD buttononthe transitionareaoftheMEthatyouwanttocopy to.

ThisisthedestinationMEthatyouwanttocopy to.

2. Pressthe BKGD buttononthetransitionareaof theMEyouwanttocopy. ThisisthesourceMEthatyouwanttocopy from.

ToCopyanMEUsingDashBoard

1. OntheLiveAssist node,clickonthe MECopy tab.

2. Clicka Source buttontoselecttheMEyou wanttocopy.

3. Clicka Destination buttontoselecttheME thatyouwanttocopyto.

4. Click Copy

Theframeappearsinthe TreeView

Status

TheStatusnodeprovidesareadonlyoverviewofthe stateofanumberofimportantswitchercomponentsand equipment.

Thefollowingitemsareavailableonthe Status node:

• SoftwareVersion —thecurrentversionofthe softwarerunningontheswitcher

• SerialNumber —theserialnumberoftheframe

• VideoMode —thevideoformatthattheswitcher isoperatingin

• VideoReferenceSource —thesourceofvideo referencetotheswitcher

• ExternalReference —thevideoformatofthe externalreference,ifconnected

• Reference —statusofwhethertheswitcherhas lockedtothereferenceformat

• FieldDominance —theswitchingfield

• AncillaryMode —howancillarydataishandled (striporpass)

• Temperature—statusoftheambienttemperature intheframe

• CPUTemperature(C) —thetemperatureofthe frameCPUindegreesCelsius

• FPGATemperature(C) —thetemperatureof theframeFPGAindegreesCelsius

• Fan#1 —statusoffan1intheframe(leftfan)

• Fan#2 —statusoffan2intheframe(rightfan)

• Timecode —thecurrenttimecodebeingreceived bytheswitcher

LiveAssist

PaneLINK

LiveAssistcanbesettoeithermirroractionsonthe

example,with PaneLINK turnedon,pressing KEY1 SEL, WIPE,andthen SELFKEY causesLiveAssist toshowthe Keyers tab,the Trans tab,andthenthe Keyers tabagain.With PaneLINK turnedoff,Live Assistdoesnotswitchbetweentabs. The PaneLINK buttonislocatedatthebottomright cornerofthewindow.

CustomControls

TheCustomControlnodeprovidesagraphicsinterface

MediaManager

ViewControl

TheViewControlinterfacethroughDashBoardallows youtocoordinatecontroloftheCarboniteswitcher, XPressionLiveGraphicsSystem,andtheBlackStorm™ PlayoutServerallthroughatouchscreeninterface. ThroughViewControlyoucanselectsources,perform transitions,andruncustomcontrols. Keepthefollowinginmindwhenworkingwith ViewControl

•ViewControlrequiresDashBoard5.1,orlater.

•OnlythesourcesassignedtotheMultiViewer boxesareavailablefordirectselection.Custom controlscanbeusedtoselectothersources.

•Arunningcustomcontrol,oracustomcontrolthat ispausedorheld,arenotshownonthe ViewControlinterface.

•Thecontrolpaneldoesnotfollowkeyandbus selectionsmadeonViewControl.

ViewControlOverview

TheViewControlinterfaceprovidesquickaccesstoa numberofcustomcontrolbuttonsaswellasthetransition functionalityoftheswitcher.

CustomControlButtons

Thecustomcontrolbuttonscanbeassignedtoany customcontrolontheswitcherandgivenuniquenames andicons.Thebuttongroupsontheleft(shownbelow) areorganizedintogroups,ortabs.

Figure13:BusSelectionButtons

KeyerTransitionButtons

TheKeyerTransitionbuttonsallowyoutoperformacut ordissolveofthekeysontheProgrambus,without havingtoincludethemaspartofthenexttransition. ThesebuttonsactthesameastheKeyerTransition Buttonsonthecontrolpanel.

Tip: TheCutbuttonsturnredwhenakeyison-air.

Figure14:KeyerTransitionButtons

TransitionButtons

Thetransitionbuttonsallowyoutoselectwhatis

Figure12:CustomControlButtons

BusSelectionButtons

Thebusselectionbuttonsallowyoutoselectthedifferent busesondifferentMEoutputsoftheswitcher. Toselectasourceonabus,pressthebusselectionbutton, andpresstheMultiViewerboxforthesourceyouwant toselect.Forexample,toselectcamera1onME2Key 3,press M2K3 andthenpresstheboxforthecamera1 source.

Areaonthecontrolpanel.

Tip:

Figure15:TransitionButtons

CustomControlButtonSetup

framewhenyouassignthem.Onceassignedtheicons arestoredintheframeandtheUSBcanberemoved. Eachofthetabscanbenamed.

ToSetuptheCustomControlButtons

Transitions

Transitionsareusedtochangethebackgroundvideoand takekeysonandoff-air.Atransitioncanincludeany combinationsofbackgroundandkeyersforanME.The backgroundandeachkeyercanbetransitioned independentlyandatthesametimeusingthededicated KEYCUT and KEYAUTO buttons.

PerformingTransitions

Whatyoucanincludeinthetransition,andthetypeof transitionyoucanperform,dependonthenumberof mediaresourcesyouhave,andifyouareperforminga backgroundandkeyertransitionatthesametime.

Keepthefollowinginmindwhenperforming transitions:

•Ifanyofthesourcesgoingon-airhaveanassigned GPIoutput,theGPIoutputistriggeredandthe switcherthenwaitstheconfiguredpredelay intervalbeforeperformingthetransition.Ifyou performatransitionwiththefaderhandle,theGPI outputistriggeredbutthepredelayintervalis ignored.

•Ifanyofthesourcesgoingon-airareassignedto avideoserver,youcanhavethevideoserverplay whenthesourceistakenon-airbyusingtheRlClip knobtoselect On

•Ifanyofthesourcesgoingon-airareassignedto avideoserver,theswitcherwaitsfortheconfigured predelayintervalbeforeperformingthetransition. Ifyouperformatransitionwiththefaderhandle, thepredelayintervalisignored.

•Ifthefaderismovedduringanautotransition, controlofthetransitionispassedtothefader.You mustcompletethetransitionwiththefader.This allowsyoutooverrideanyautotransitionin progresswiththefader.

• Akeyonlytransitioncanbeperformedbypressing the KEYCUT or KEYAUTO buttonforthekey youwanttotransition.

•Youcanpauseanautotransitionbypressingthe AUTOTRANSbuttonduringthetransition.Press thebuttonagaintocontinuethetransition.

•OnaMiniME™ ,Backgroundandkey2only supportDissolveandCuttransitions.Key2can supportaDissolve,DVE,orCuttransition.

•ThereisnopreviewoutputforaMiniME™ .

UnderstandingtheTransitionMenu

Whenyouselectatransitiontypebutton,themenu systemdisplaysanumberofoptionsthatallowyouto adjusthowatransitionisperformedorappears.The optionsthatareavailabledependonthetypeoftransition thatisselected.

Table2:TransitionMenuItems

MenuItemDescription

selectstheamountoftime(TransitionRate),inframes, thatanautotransitiontakes

selectswhetherGPIoutputsassignedtoinputsources aretriggeredbeforeatransition

Dirctn

selectsthedirectionthatthewipeisperformed(forward orreverse),aswellasturnstheFlip-Flopfeatureonor

selectstheamountoftime,inframes,thatanauto transitiondissolveforthekeyertakes

selectsthepatternforthewipetransition

selectsthehorizontalpositionforthewipepattern

selectstheverticalpositionforthewipepattern

selectstheaspectratioforthewipepattern

turnstheborderfeatureonandselectsthesizeofthe borderonthewipepattern

selectstheamountofsoftnessthatisappliedtothewipe

selectsthecolorforthewipeborderfromapre-setlist

faderdeterminestherateofthetransition.

thetransition.

ToOverridethePre-DelaySetting

Duringthepre-delaytime,youcanoverridethepre-delay

•Whiletheswitcheriswaitingforthepre-delay

thatisgoing-onair.Thepre-delaycountdownand thetransitionareabortedandthesourceiscutto aironthebackgroundbus.

•Initiateatransitionwiththefaderhandle.The pre-delaycountdownisabortedandthetransition proceedsasyoumovethefaderhandle.

ToAbortaTransitionDuringthePre-Delay

Duringthepre-delaytime,youcanabortthetransition completely.

•Whiletheswitcheriswaitingforthepre-delay countdowntocomplete,performoneofthefollowing

•Pressanysourcebuttononanybusotherthanthe sourcebuttononthebackgroundbusthatis going-onair.

• Pressthe BKGD or Key X buttoninthenext transitionarea.

• Pressthe CUT or AUTOTRANS button.

•Ifakeyisincludedinthetransition,pressoneof thededicatedkeytransitionbutton.

•Recallamemory.Thepre-delaycountdownand transitionareabortedandthememoryregisteris recalled.

CutTransitions

ACutisaninstantaneoustransitionbetweenvideo sources.Unlikealltheothertransitiontypes,thereare nointermediatestepsbetweenthevideosourcethatis on-air,andthevideosourceyouaretransitioningto.

Figure17:ExampleCutTransition

Acutisperformedeitherbyselectingdifferencesources onabackgroundorkeybus,orbypressingaCUTbutton.

DissolveTransitions

ADissolveisagradualfadebetweenvideosources.For aBackgroundtransition,thevideosignalonthe BackgroundbusandthevideosignalonthePresetbus aremixedtogetheruntilthePresetbusvideosignal completelyreplacestheBackgroundbusvideosignal.

Figure18:ExampleDissolveTransition

ToSetUpaDissolve

Adissolvetransitionrequiresthatyousetabackground andkeytransitionratefortheautotransition.Afader transitiondoesnotusethetransitionrate.

WipeTransitions

ToSetUpaWipe

setthedirectionandnumber/sizeofwipepattern,aswell assetabackgroundandkeytransitionratefortheauto transition.Afadertransitiondoesnotusethetransition rate.

1. Press WIPE.

2. Usethe Time knobtosetthelengthofthe backgroundtransition.

Tip: IfyouhaveaC2S/C2X/C3S/C3Xcontrolpanel, press MERATE intheEffectsMemoryareaforthe MEyouwanttochangetheratefor,usethekeypad toenterthenewrate,andpress

Tip:

3. Usethe Dirctn knobtoselectthedirectionthat thewipetravels.

4. PresstheDirctnknobtoselectwhetherthewipe runsforwardduringthefirsttransitionandthen reverseduringthesecond(FF),orifitalways goesinthesamedirection.

5. Press NEXT

6. Usethe Pattrn knobtoselectthewipepattern youwanttouse.Youcanalsoselectthepattern bypressingthepatternbuttondirectly.

7. Usethe XPos and YPos knobstopositionthe wipepattern.Youcanalsousethepositioner.

8. Press NEXT.

9. Usethe Aspect knobtoadjusttheaspectratio ofthemask. Notallpatternscanbeadjusted.

10. Usethe Border and Soft knobstoapplya bordertothemask. Refertothesection ToApplyaBordertoa Pattern onpage26forinformationonborders.

11. Press NEXT.Ifaborderisappliedtothewipe, youmustpress NEXT multipletimestogetto thenextstep.

12. Usethe Rot knobtorotatethepattern. Notallpatternscanberotated.

13. Usethe HMult knobtomultiplythepattern horizontally.

14. Usethe VMult knobtomultiplythepattern vertically.

ToApplyaBordertoaPattern

1. Press WIPE > NEXT > NEXT

Usethe Border knobtoadjustthesizeofthe borderaroundthepattern.

Usethe Soft knobtoadjustthesoftnessofthe patternborder.

Press NEXT

5. Selectadefaultorcustomcolorfortheborder.

• Default —usethe Load knobtoselecta presetcolorfortheborder.

• Custom —press

DVETransitions

ADVEtransitionisagradualtransitionwhereonevideo signalisreplacedwithanotheraccordingtoa2DDVE pattern.

KeepthefollowinginmindwhenperformingDVE

• Youmustincludethebackgroundwhenperforming aDVEtransitiononaChromaKey,SelfKey,or Auto-SelectKey.Ifyoudonotincludethe background,adissolvetransitionisperformed.

•PerformingaDVEtransitiononaDVEKey withoutincludingthebackgroundscalesthe transitioneffecttothesizeoftheDVEKey.This transitiondoesnotconsumeanadditionalDVE resource.

•PerformingaDVEtransitiononaDVEKeywith thebackgroundincludeddoesnotscalethe transitioneffect.Thistransitionconsumesthe secondDVEresource.

ToSetUpaDVETransition

5. Press NEXT

6. Usethe Effect knobtoselecttheDVEpattern youwanttouse.Youcanalsoselectmostofthe patternsbypressing,ordouble-pressing,the patternbuttondirectly.

• PushL —PushLeft( )

• PushR —PushRight(double-press )

• PushU —PushUp( )

• PushD —PushDown(double-press )

• SqzHor —SqueezeHorizontally( )

• SqzVert —SqueezeVertically (double-press )

• SqzCtr —SqueezetotheCenter( )

• PushUL —PushtoUpper-Left( )

• PushUR —PushtoUpper-Right (double-press )

• PushDL —PushtoLower-Left (double-press )

• PushDR —PushtoLower-Right (double-press )

• SqzUR —SqueezetoUpper-Right( )

• SqzUL —SqueezetoUpper-Left( )

• SqzDR —SqueezetoLower-Right (double-press )

• SqzDL —SqueezetoLower-Right (double-press )

• CirclL —CircleLeft( )

• CirclR —CircleRight(double-press )

• FlyTru —FlyThrough(double-press )

• Strtch —StretchHorizontallytoBlack( )

• Tumble —TumbleDown(double-press )

• 1000lb —FallsandthenBounces

• SqzU —SqueezeUp

• SqzD —SqueezeDown

• SqzL —SqueezeLeft

• SqzR —SqueezeRight

•OnlyAutoTransitionshouldbeusedforMedia

manuallycouldresultinjumpsintheanimation.

•Thedurationofthetransition(Time)issetbythe lengthoftheanimationandtheplayspeedofthe animation.

•TheaudioassociatedwithaMediaWipeis

9. Ifyouhavenotsetacutframefortheanimation, usethefadertomovethroughtheanimationto thepointwhereyouwantthevideobehindthe animationtocuttothenewvideosource.

10. PressandholdtheMEDIAbuttonandpress

TransitionLimits

M1MW

M2MWoutputsarededicatedtotheseMedia-Store channels.

TheTransitionLimitallowsyoutosetthepointina transitionwhereanautotransitionstops.Whenactive, thepointinthetransitionwheretheautotransitionwill stopisindicatedbyaflashingsegmentonthetransition progressbarnexttothefaderhandle.Theautotransition proceedstothispointandstops.Thesecondauto transitionstartsfromthetransitionlimitpointandgoes backtowherethefirsttransitionstarted.

Tip: IfyouturnLimitoffwhenthetransitionhasstoppedatthe transitionlimitpoint,thenexttransitionstartsfromthetransition limitpointandgoesforwardtocompletethetransition,instead ofgoingbacktothestart.

ToSetUpaTransitionLimit

AtransitionlimitissetusingthefaderoftheMEthat youwanttosetupthetransitionlimiton.Thetransition limitisspecifictotheMEitisseton.

1. Setupthetransitionyouwanttoperform.

2. Press NEXT until Limit isshownonthemenu. Tip: YoucanusethesameprocedureforaMiniME™ orMultiScreen.

3. Movethefadertothepositioninthetransition whereyouwanttosetthetransitionlimitpoint.

4. Togglethe Limit knob(On)tosetthetransition limitpoint.

Thesegmentonthetransitionprogressbarnext tothefaderhandleflashes,indicatingthelocation ofthetransitionlimitpoint.

ThetransitionlimitissetandactivefortheMEyouset iton.Youcanturntransitionlimitonandoffbytoggling the Limit knobwhilethefaderisateitherthetopor bottomlimit.Ifthefaderisnotonalimitwhenyou togglethetransitionlimiton,anewtransitionlimitwill beset.Double-presstheLimitknobtoresetthetransition limitpoint.

GPIOutputTriggers

EachvideosourcecanhaveaGPIoutputassignedtoit. ThisGPIcanbeusedtotriggeranexternaldevice,such asavideoserver,toplaythecuedclipwhenthevideo

sourcesfromthevideoserveraretakenon-air.This triggercanbesetuptooccurautomaticallyanytimethe videosourceistransitionedon-air,oritcanbetriggered manually.

AnautomaticGPIoutputtriggercanbeoverriddenif required.

Note: TheNextButtonSecondaryFunctionmustbesetto GPOtobeabletotriggeraGPIoutputmanuallyusingtheNEXT button.

KeepthefollowinginmindwhenworkingwithGPI outputtriggers:

• The RlClip knobmustbesetto On totriggera GPIoutputwithatransition.

•EdgetriggeredGPIoutputsremaintriggeredfor theconfiguredduration.

•LeveltriggeredGPIoutputstogglebetweenhigh andloweachtimetheyaretriggered.

ToManuallyTriggeraGPIOutput

TheGPImustalreadybesetupasaoutputandtheNext buttonfunctionalitymustbesettoGPObeforeyoucan manuallytriggerit.

1. Pressandholdthe NEXT button. WhileholdingtheNextbutton,the mnemonic/patternbuttonslightforeachGPI outputthatiscurrentlytriggered.

2. Pressthemnemonic/patternbuttonfortheGPI outputyouwanttotrigger.Thenumberofthe GPIisshownonthemnemonicsofthebuttons. Thenumbersonthepatternbuttonsonthe C10/C1correspondtotheGPI.

ToOverrideaGPIOutput

TheRlClippersonalityoptionmustbesettoUserfor youtooverrideGPIoutputtriggering.

1. Preparethetransitionasrequired,butdonot performthetransition.

2. Pressthetransitiontypebuttonagaintobringup thetransitionmenus.

3. Usethe RlClip knobtoselectwhethertheGPI outputistriggered(On),orisnottriggered(Off).

Patterns,Washes,and Mattes

Patterns,Washes,andMattesareinternallygenerated graphicalelementsthatcanbeusedforkeyor backgroundfill,keyshapes,andtransitioneffects.The switcherhasalimitednumberofpatternandmatte generatorsdedicatedtoeachME.

Patterns

Patterngeneratorsareusedforwipes,masks,andwashes. Eachpatterngeneratorcancreateasinglepatternoutput thatcanbeadjustedtocreateaspecificlook.

Patternscanbeappliedtothefollowing:

• Wipes —Press WIPE.

• Masks —Selectthekeyyouwantapplythemask toandusethe Mask knobtoselect Pattern

• Washes —Selectthemattegenerator(BG)ona backgroundorkeybusandusethe Wash knobto select On

ToSetUpaPattern

Whenapatterngeneratorisassignedtoawipe,mask,or wash,thepatternsettingaredisplayed.Selectingthe WIPE button, KEYSEL button,orthemattegenerator (BG)returnstothismenu.Whenapatterngeneratoris assignedthepatternsettingsarepartofthesetupmenu.

1. Usethe Pattrn knobtoselectthewipepattern youwanttouse.Youcanalsoselectthepattern bypressingthepatternbuttondirectly.

2. UsetheXPosknobtopositionthewipepattern horizontally.Youcanalsousethepositioner.

3. UsetheYPosknobtopositionthewipepattern vertically.Youcanalsousethepositioner.

Press NEXT.

5. Usethe Aspect knobtoadjusttheaspectratio ofthepatten.Notallpatternscanbeadjusted.

6. Usethe Border knobtoapplyabordertothe wipe.

7. Press NEXT.Ifaborderisappliedtothewipe ormask,youmustpress NEXT multipletimes togettothenextstep.

8. Usethe Rot knobtoadjusttheaspectratioof thepatten.Notallpatternscanberotated.

9. Usethe HMult knobtomultiplythepattern horizontally.

10. Usethe VMult knobtomultiplythepattern vertically.

Washes

Washesareappliedtomattegeneratorsselectedonthe backgroundorkeybusesandallowyoutoapplya two-coloreffectbasedonaselectedpattern.

ToSetUpaWash

Awashappliescolorstoapatternselectedforamatte. Thefirstcolorispresettothemattecolor,butbothare selectable.Selectingthesourcebuttonagain,orKEY SELbuttonreturnstothismenu.Refertothesections onmattesandpatternsforinformationonsettingthem up.Youcanloadapresetcolorinsteadofcreatingthe firstcustomcolor.

1. Usethe Hue1 knobtoadjustthehueofthefirst customcolor.

2. Usethe Sat1 knobtoadjustthesaturationof thefirstcustomcolor.

3. Usethe Lum1 knobtoadjusttheluminanceof thefirstcustomcolor.

4. Press NEXT

5. Usethe Wash knobtoselect On

6. Press NEXT.

7. Usethe Size knobtoselectthesizeofthewash pattern.

8. Press NEXT > NEXT > NEXT > NEXT

9. Usethe Hue2 knobtoadjustthehueofthe secondcustomcolor.

10. Usethe Sat2 knobtoadjustthesaturationof thesecondcustomcolor.

11. Usethe Lum2 knobtoadjusttheluminanceof thesecondcustomcolor.

Mattes

Mattesaresolidcolorsignalsthatcanbeappliedto backgroundsandkeys,andborders.Colorselectionis doneeitherbypickingapresetcolor,orbyadjustedhue, saturation,andluminancetocreateacustomcolor.

Mattescanbeappliedtothefollowing:

• Background —Selectthemattegenerator(BG) onabackgroundorkeybus.Thefullregionofthe backgroundorkeyisfilledwiththeselectedcolor.

• Border —Assignabordertoa WIPE transition orakey.Thewipeborderisfilledwiththeselected color.

ToSetUpaMatteColor

Whenamattegeneratorisassignedtoabackgroundor key,themattesettingaredisplayed.Selectingthesource buttonagain,or KEYSEL buttonreturnstothismenu. Whenamattegeneratorisassignedtoakeyborderor wipeborder,themattesettingsispartofthesetupmenu, andbecomeactivewhen Border issettogreaterthan 0.

1. Press

2. UsetheLoadknobtoselectthepresetcoloryou wanttouse.

3. Pressthe Load knobtoloadtheselectedcolor. Ifyouwanttousethepresetcolor,ignorethe restofthisprocedure.

4. Press NEXT.

5. Usethe Hue knobtoadjustthehueofyour customcolor.

6. UsetheSatknobtoadjustthesaturationofyour customcolor.

7. Usethe Lum knobtoadjusttheluminanceof yourcustomcolor.

MenuItemDescription

overridestheshapedsettingforthekeyMode

selectsthetypeofmaskthatisappliedtothekey(Masks onpage39) Mask

turnstheforcemaskfeatureonoroff(ToPatternMask aKey onpage39) M-Frce

turnstheinvertmaskfeatureonoroff(ToPatternMask aKey onpage39) M-Inv

adjuststhesizeofthemaskorDVEkeySize selectsthepatternforthepatternmaskPattrn selectsthehorizontalpositionofthemaskorDVEkeyXPos selectstheverticalpositionofthemaskorDVEkeyYPos selectstheaspectratioforthemaskpatternorDVEkeyAspect turnstheborderfeatureonandselectsthesizeofthe borderonthemaskpatternorDVEkey Border

selectstheamountofsoftnessthatisappliedtothemask orDVEkeyborder Soft

selectsthecolorfortheborderfromapre-setlistLoad adjuststhehueofthebordercolorBHue adjuststhesaturationofthebordercolorBSat adjuststheluminanceofthebordercolorBLum selectstherotationforthemaskpatternRot multipliesthemaskpatternhorizontally(1-32)HMult multipliesthemaskpatternvertically(1-32)VMult presstotogglebetween HCrop, Left/R,and HCropL/Rght

• HCrop —adjuststhehorizontalcroppingofthe DVEkey

• Left/R —adjuststhecroppingoftheleftsideof theDVEkey

• L/Rght —adjuststhecroppingoftherightsideof theDVEkey

adjuststheverticalcroppingoftheDVEkeyVCrop

• Top/B —adjuststhecroppingofthetopofthe DVEkey

• T/Bttm —adjuststhecroppingofthebottomof theDVEkey

presstotogglebetween Left/R and Left/RL/Rght

• Left/R —adjuststhecroppingoftheleftsideof theboxmask

• L/Rght —adjuststhecroppingoftherightsideof theboxmask

presstotogglebetween Top/B and Top/BT/Bttm

• Top/B —adjuststhecroppingofthetopofthe boxmask

• T/Bttm —adjuststhecroppingofthebottomof theboxmask

SelfKeys

ToSetupaSelfKey

Clip, Gain, MakeLinear,and Key Invert functionsaredisabledinthismode.

Note:

sourceisselectedonthekeybus,thealphais changed,oramemoryisrecalled.

10. Press NEXT

11. Usethe Mask knobtoapplyamasktothekey.

AutoSelectKeys

AnAutoSelectkeyisakeyinwhichtwovideosignals arerequiredtomakethekey.Thealphaisusedtocut theholeinthevideoandthefillisusedtofillthehole. Thesesignalsoftenoriginatefromexternaldevicessuch ascharactergenerators,externalstillstores,orother graphicssystems.

ToSetUpanAutoSelectKey

Anautoselectkeyissetupbyselectingthekeyerand videosourceyouwanttouse,andadjustingthekey parameters.Thepairingofthevideoandalphavideo signalsisdonewhenconfiguringvideoinputs.Referto theSetupGuidethatcamewithyourswitcherfor informationonsettingupAutoKeys.

Tip: Youcanreturntheclipandgainvaluestothedefault settingsbypressingthe MakeLinear knob.

1. SelectthekeyerthatyouwanttosetupanAuto Selecton.

Tip: YoucanusethesameprocedureforaMiniME

orMultiScreen.

2. Selectthevideosignal,onthekeybus,thatyou wanttouseforthekey.

Usethe Clip knobtoremovelower-saturated colorsfromthevideoimage.

Usethe Gain knobtoadjustthetransition betweenthevideoimageandthepartsofthe videoimagethatareremoved.

Transp knobtoadjustthetransparency ofthekeyfromopaque(

Usethe Invert knobtoreversethepolarityof thekeyalpha(

)sothattheholesinthe backgroundarecutbydarkareasofthekeyalpha insteadofbrightareas.

Usethe Mode knobtooverridetheshaped settingforthekey.

• Normal —usetheshaped/unshapedsetting fromthekeysetup.

• Addtve —settoanadditivekeyerfora shapedsource.

• Full —setthealphatofullyopaque(white). The Clip, Gain, MakeLinear,and Key Invert functionsaredisabledinthismode.

Note: Themodeisresetto

10. Press NEXT

11. Usethe Mask knobtoapplyamasktothekey. TheAutoSelectkeyusesthepre-assignedAutoKey associationtoselectthepropervideoandalpha.Ifyou wanttotemporarilyselectadifferentvideosourcefor thealpha,pressandholdthe AUTOSELECT button andselectthevideosourceyouwanttouseasthenew fill.

UltraChromeChromaKey

AnUltraChromeChromaKeyisakeyinwhichthehole iscutbasedonacolorvalue,orhue,ratherthana luminancevalueoralphasignal.Thecolorisremoved andreplacedwithbackgroundvideofromanothersource. Thedefaultcolorisblue.

ChromaKeyadjustmentsarepersistentandarenot affectedbyasoftresetorswitcherreboot.However, initializingtheChromaKeyorperformingafactoryreset returnsalladjustmentstodefaultvalues.

ChromaKeyModes

TheUltraChromeChromaKeyoperatesinoneoftwo modes,BasicorAdvanced,dependingonthecomplexity oftheChromaKeyyouaresettingup.

• BasicMode —Inbasicmode,UltraChrome providesasimplebackground/foregroundchroma keywithadjustmentforbackgroundspillandedge softness.

• AdvancedMode —Inadvancedmode, UltraChromeprovidesadvancedbackground shadowandtranslucencycontrol,aswellascontrol overbackground/foregroundtransitionareas. Althoughitispossibletoswitchbackandforthbetween advancedandbasicmode,theadditionalimagecorrection oftheadvancedmodeisonlyappliedintheadvanced mode.Forexample,ifyouusethebasicmodetosetup theChromaKeyandthenswitchtotheadvancedmode, theentireimagemaychangeastheimagecorrectors

providedbytheadvancedmodeareappliedattheir defaultsettings.

ChromaKeyBasicMode

Thefollowingchromakeyparameterscanbeadjusted inBasicMode:

• BackgroundGain —Allowsyoutomodifythe rangeofcolorsthatareconsideredbackgroundand aremaskedoutoftheChromaKey.

• EdgeSoftness—Allowsyoutoadjusttheamount ofedgesofteningappliedtotheforeground.This helpsblendtheforegroundintothenew background.

• ForegroundClip/Hue/Reject —Allowsyouto modifytherangeofcolorsthatareconsidered foregroundandarenotmasked.

• SpillRange—Allowsyoutoremovebackground colorcaststhatmayspillintotheforegroundimage (greencolorcastontheforegroundfroma green-screenforexample).

ToSetUpaChromaKeyinBasicMode

TheUltraChromechromakeytriestoautomatically adjustforthesceneyouaretryingtochromakey.For thebestresults,initializethekeyfirst,andthenidentify theareaswhereyouneedtoadjustthekey.

1. Selectthekeyerthatyouwanttosetupan ChromaKeyon.

Note: Youcanusethesameprocedurefora MiniME

Selectthevideosignal,onthekeybus,thatyou wanttouseforthekey.

Everytimethekeyisinitialized,theswitcher resetsalltheChromaKeyparameterstotheir defaultsettings.

andusethe

knobtoadjustthebackgroundgain.

backgroundtoappearmoreopaque.This resultsinlessofthebackgroundcolorbeing removed.

•Decreasingthegainvaluecausesthe backgroundtoappearmoretransparent.This resultsinmoreofthebackgroundcolorbeing removed.

9. Usethe Type knobtoselect Edge andusethe Value knobtoaddorremoveedgesofteningof theforegroundimageandalphachannel.

•Increasingthesoftnessvalueincreasesthe amountofsoftnessappliedtotheforeground edgesandalphachannel.

•Decreasingthesoftnessvaluedecreasesthe amountofsoftnessappliedtotheforeground edgesandalphachannel.

10. Usethe Type knobtoselect Foregd

11. Usethe Cntrl knobtoselect Clip andusethe Value knobtoadjusttheforegroundclipping.

•Increasingtheclipvalueremoves lower-saturatedcolorsfromtheforeground image.

•Decreasingtheclipvalueincludes lower-saturatedcolorsintheforeground image.

12. Usethe Cntrl knobtoselect Hue andusethe Value knobtoselectthecentral(base)colorfor theforeground.

•Increasingthehuevaluemoves counter-clockwisearoundthecolorwheelto selectabasecolor.

•Decreasingthehuevaluemovesclockwise aroundthecolorwheeltoselectabasecolor.

13. Usethe Cntrl knobtoselect Reject andusethe Value knobtoincludeorrejecthuesadjacentto thebasecolor

•IncreasingtheRejectvaluedecreasesthe amountofadjacenthuesthatareincludedin theforeground.

•DecreasingtheRejectvalueincreasesthe amountofadjacenthuesthatareincludedin theforeground.

14. Usethe Type knobtoselect Spill andusethe Value knobtoremoveanycolorcastontothe foreground.

•Increasingtherangevaluecausesmoreof theforegroundcolorstobecorrectedfor backgroundcolorspill.

•Decreasingtherangevaluecausesfewerof theforegroundcolorstobecorrectedfor backgroundcolorspill.

15. Press NEXT

16. Usethe Mask knobtoapplyamasktothekey. ChromaKeyAdvancedMode

AnUltraChromechromakey,inadvancedmode,breaks theimageintofiveelementswhichdetermine,orpartially determine,whichpartoftheimageiskeyedout,or removed.

• Background —Backgroundelementsarethose pixelsinthesourcevideothatarethesamecolor astheoneyouchosetokeyout.Notethatthe Shadowandtranslucentareas(seebelow)are completelycontainedwithintheBackgroundarea.

• Shadow —Shadowelementsarethosepixelsin thesourcevideowithcolorsthatarewithinthe Backgroundrange,butwithlowerluminance values,dependingontheshadowrange.You modifytheShadowrangetocoverdarkerareasof thebackground(e.g.wheretheforegroundis castingashadowonthebackgroundscreen).

• Translucency —Translucentelementsarethose pixelsinthesourcevideothatareinthe Backgroundrange,butwithhigherluminance valuesthantheShadowrange.Youcancontrolthe upper-endoftheTranslucencyrangebysettinga widerhue-rangetoconstrainthearea.Youcanalso controlthetransparencyoftheTranslucentarea.

• Transition—Transitionelementsarethosepixels inthesourcevideowithcolorsthatarenotwithin anyofthepreviousthreerangesandarealsonot consideredpartoftheForegroundarea.Theseare typicallythepixelsneartheedgeoftheforeground, whereitblendsintothebackground.

• Foreground —Foregroundelementsarethose pixelsthatarenotwithintheBackground,Shadow, Translucency,orTransitionranges.Thisisthearea withcolorsthatwillnotbekeyedoutandwill remainsolid.

• SpillSuppress —SpillSuppressionelementsare thosepixelsintheForegroundthathavea noticeabletintoftheBackgroundcolor.This typicallyoccursaroundtheedgeoftheforeground subjectasglowfromthebackgroundblue-screen orgreen-screen“spills”ontothem.

• EdgeSoftness —EdgeSoftnessletsyouapply varyingdegreesofsofteningtotheForeground edgestohelpitblendinwiththeunderlying backgroundimagethatitisbeingkeyedover.

• Luminance —Luminanceallowsyoutocontrol theoverallbrightnessofShadow,Translucency,

andTransitionareasaswellaspartialreflections tomorecloselymatchtheForegroundbrightness.

ToSetUpaChromaKeyinAdvancedMode

TheUltraChromechromakeytriestoautomatically adjustforthesceneyouaretryingtochromakey.For thebestresults,initializethekeyfirst,andthenidentify theareaswhereyouneedtoadjustthekey.

ChromaKeyon.

wanttouseforthekey.

Color knobtoselectthecoloryouwant tokeyout.

Pressthe Init knobtoinitializethechromakey. Everytimethekeyisinitialized,theswitcher resetsalltheChromaKeyparameterstotheir defaultsettings.

Type knobtoselect Bkgd

Usethe Cntrl knobtoselect NegHue anduse the Value knobtoadjusttherangeofhuesthat areincludedintheBackground,expanding counter-clockwisearoundthecolorwheel.

Usethe Cntrl knobtoselect PosHue anduse the Value knobtoadjusttherangeofhuesthat areincludedintheBackground,expanding clockwisearoundthecolorwheel.

11. Usethe Cntrl knobtoselect Sat andusethe Value knobtoadjustthesaturationrangeofthe backgroundcolor.

• Increasingthesaturationrangevalueincludes awiderrangeofsaturationvaluestobe includedinthebackground.

•Decreasingthesaturationrangevalue includesanarrowerrangeofsaturationvalues tobeincludedinthebackground.

12. Usethe Type knobtoselect Edge

13. Usethe Cntrl knobtoselect Sens andusethe Value knobtosettheedgesensitivity.

• Low —Reducesthelevelofdetailinthe edgesofthechromakeyaswellastheoverall noiseinthekeyimagethatcanbetheresult

ofcertainlightingconditionsorhighdetail camerasettings.Thisisthedefaultsetting.

• High —Includethemaximumdetailinthe edgesofthechromakey.

14. Usethe Cntrl knobtoselect Soft andusethe Value knobtoaddorremoveedgesofteningof theforegroundimageandalphachannel.

•Increasingthesoftnessvalueincreasesthe amountofsoftnessappliedtotheforeground edgesandalphachannel.

•Decreasingthesoftnessvaluedecreasesthe amountofsoftnessappliedtotheforeground edgesandalphachannel.

15. Usethe Type knobtoselect Foregd

16. Usethe Cntrl knobtoselect Clip andusethe Value knobtoadjusttheforegroundclipping.

•Increasingtheclipvalueremoves lower-saturatedcolorsfromtheForeground image.

•Decreasingtheclipvalueincludes lower-saturatedcolorsintheForeground image.

17. Usethe Cntrl knobtoselect Hue andusethe Value knobtoselectthecentral(base)colorfor theforeground.

•Increasingthehuevaluemoves counter-clockwisearoundthecolorwheelto selectabasecolor.

•Decreasingthehuevaluemovesclockwise aroundthecolorwheeltoselectabasecolor.

18. Usethe Cntrl knobtoselect Reject andusethe Value knobtoincludeorrejecthuesadjacentto thebasecolor.

•Increasingtherejectvaluedecreasesthe amountofadjacenthuesthatareincludedin theforeground.

•Decreasingtherejectvalueincreasesthe amountofadjacenthuesthatareincludedin theforeground.

19. Usethe Type knobtoselect Lum.

20. Usethe Cntrl knobtoselect BkLuma anduse the Value knobtochangetheoverallbrightness ofShadow,Translucent,andTransitionareas.

•Increasingthebackgroundluminancevalue increasesthebrightnessofBackground, Translucent,andTransitionareas.

•Decreasingthebackgroundluminancevalue decreasesthebrightnessofBackground, Translucent,andTransitionareas.

21. Usethe Cntrl knobtoselect Refl andusethe Value knobtochangethebrightnessof semi-transparentreflections(likereflectionsfrom glasses).

•Increasingthereflectionsvalueincreasesthe brightnessofsemi-transparentreflections.

•Decreasingthereflectionsvaluedecreases thebrightnessofsemi-transparentreflections.

22. Usethe Type knobtoselect Shadow.

23. Usethe Cntrl knobtoselect Gain andusethe Value knobtoadjusttheshadowappearance.

•Increasingthegainvaluecreatesdarker shadows.

•Decreasingthegainvaluecreateslighter shadows.

24. UsetheCntrlknobtoselectRangeandusethe Value knobtoadjusttherangeoftheshadow colors.

• Increasingtherangevaluewidenstheshadow areabyincludinglower-luminance backgroundcolors.Theincreasedrange comesasaresultofcolorsmovingfromthe translucentareatotheshadowarea.

•Decreasingtherangevaluenarrowsthe shadowareabyexcludinghigh-luminance colors.Theseexcludedcolorsmovebackinto thetranslucentarea.

25. Usethe Type knobtoselect Spill.

26. Usethe Cntrl knobtoselect Clip andusethe Value knobtoadjustspillsuppressclipping.

•Increasingtheclipvalueremoves higher-saturatedcolorsfromspillsuppress correction.

•Decreasingtheclipvalueincludes higher-saturatedcolorsinspillsuppress correction.Ifyourforegroundimagecontains bright-coloredareasthataresufferingfrom backgroundspill,decreasetheclipvalueto haveitcorrected.

27. Usethe Cntrl knobtoselect Hue andusethe Value knobtoselectthecentral,orbase,color forspillsuppresscorrection.Ifthecolorspill doesnotappeartobethesamecolorasthe background,usethiscontroltoadjustwhichhue isconsideredtobe"spilled"intotheforeground.

•Increasingthehuevaluemoves counter-clockwisearoundthecolorwheel whileselectingabasecolor.

•Decreasingthehuevaluemovesclockwise aroundthecolorwheelwhileselectingabase color.

28.

Usethe Cntrl knobtoselect Reject andusethe Value knobtoincludeorrejectadjacenthuesto thebase.

•Increasingtherejectvalueincreasesthe amountofadjacenthuesthatareincludedin spillcorrection.

•Decreasingtherejectvaluedecreasesthe amountofadjacenthuesthatareincludedin spillcorrection.

29. Usethe Type knobtoselect Trans

30. Usethe Cntrl knobtoselect Gain andusethe Value knobtoadjusttheappearanceofthe Transitioncolors.

• Increasingthegainvaluemakesthetransition areapixelsmoreopaque.

•Decreasingthegainvaluemakesthe transitionareapixelsmoretransparent.

Usethe Type knobtoselect Trnslc

Usethe Cntrl knobtoselect Gain andusethe Value knobtoadjusttheappearanceofthe translucentcolors.

•Increasingthegainvaluecausesthe translucentcolorstoappearmoreopaque.

•Decreasingthegainvaluecausesthe translucentcolorstoappearmoretransparent.

UsetheCntrlknobtoselectRangeandusethe Valueknobtoadjusttherangeofthetranslucent colors.

•Increasingtherangevaluewidensthe translucentareabyincludingmorehuesfrom thebackgroundrange(thelower-endofthe rangeisdefinedbytheshadowrangeyou justset).

•Decreasingtherangevaluenarrowsthe translucentareabyexcludinghues.

Press NEXT

Usethe Mask knobtoapplyamasktothekey.

DVEKeys

suchasscale,crop,aspectratio,position,andborderto

Key).

KeepthefollowinginmindwhenworkingwithaFly Key:

•TheFlyKeyfeatureconsumesasingleDVE channelforselfkeysandchromakeys,buttwo DVEchannelsforanautoselectkey.

•TheFlyKeyfeatureisnotavailablewhenthe switcherisinStandardmode.

•TheFlyKeyfeaturecannotbeappliedtoaDVE key.

•TheKeyInvertfeatureisnotavailableforaFly Key.

•TheselfkeyFlyKeycanbeusedwithall MultiScreenlayouts.Theautoselectandchroma keyFlyKeycanonlybeusedwiththeDualVert orDualHorizMultiScreenlayouts.

ToSetUpaDVEKey

beaskedtostealtheresourcesfromanotherelement,or bepreventedfromusingtheresources.

b) Press HCrop andusethe Left/R knobto cropthekeyhorizontallyontheleftside only.

c) PressLeft/RandusetheL/Rgt

thekeyhorizontallyontherightsideonly.

Usethe VCrop knobtocropthekey

atthesametime.

b) Press VCrop andusethe Top/B knobto cropthekeyverticallyonthetopsideonly.

Press Top/B andusethe T/Bttm knobto cropthekeyverticallyonthebottomside only.

11.

TheDVEresourcesforthiskeymaynotbeavailable. Dependingonhowyourswitcherisconfigured,youmay beaskedtostealtheresourcesfromanotherelement,or bepreventedfromusingtheresources.

Youshouldsetupyourkeyasyouwantitbefore applyingtheFlyKey.

9.

a) Usethe HCrop knobtocropthekey

atthesametime.

b) Press HCrop andusethe Left/R knobto cropthekeyhorizontallyontheleftside only.

c) PressLeft/RandusetheL/Rgtknobtocrop thekeyhorizontallyontherightsideonly.

Usethe VCrop knobtocropthekey

atthesametime.

b) Press VCrop andusethe Top/B knobto cropthekeyverticallyonthetopsideonly.

c) Press Top/B andusethe T/Bttm knobto cropthekeyverticallyonthebottomside only.

Mask knobtoapplyamasktothekey.

ToApplyaBordertoaDVEKey

Masks

Twotypesofmasksareavailable,BoxmasksandPattern masks.Allkeytypescanbemasked.

• BoxMask —usesasimpleboxshapetomaskout aportionofthekey

• PatternMask —usesapatternfromthepattern generatortomaskoutaportionofthekey

APatternMaskcannotbeappliedtoaDVEkey.

ToPatternMaskaKey

Patternmaskscanbeadjustedforsize,location,rotation, andmultiplication.

1. Selectthekeyerthatyouwanttosetupamask for.

2. Press NEXT.Dependingonthekeytypeand featuressetupforthekey,youmustpress NEXT multipletimestogettothenextstep.

3. Usethe Mask knobtoselect Pattrn

4. Press EditParams.

5. Usethe M-Frce knobtoforcetheareainside themaskregiontotheforeground(On). Forcemaskisnotavailableforallkeytypes.

6. Usethe M-Inv knobtoinvertthemaskedarea withtheunmaskedarea(On).

Theportionofthekeythatwasmaskedoutis nowvisible,andtheportionthatwasvisibleis masked.

7. Press NEXT

8. Usethe Size knobtoadjustthesizeofthemask region.Youcanalsotwistthepositioner.

9. Press NEXT.

10. Usethe Pattrn knobtoselectthemaskpattern youwanttouse.Youcanalsoselectthepattern bypressingthepatternbuttondirectly.

11. Usethe XPos and YPos knobstopositionthe mask.Youcanalsousethepositioner.

12. Press NEXT

13. Usethe Aspect knobtoadjusttheaspectratio ofthemask. Notallpatternscanbeadjusted.

14. Usethe Border and Soft knobstoapplya bordertothemask.

Refertothesection ToApplyaBordertoa Pattern onpage26forinformationonborders. CarboniteOperationManual(v10.0)—Keying•

15.

NEXT.Ifaborderisappliedtothepattern, youmustpress NEXT multipletimestogetto thenextstep.

16. Usethe Rot knobtorotatethepattern. Notallpatternscanberotated.

17. Usethe HMult knobtomultiplythepattern horizontally.

18. Usethe VMult knobtomultiplythepattern vertically.

ToBoxMaskaKey

Boxmaskscanbeadjustedforsize,location,rotation, andmultiplication.

1. Selectthekeyerthatyouwanttosetupamask for.

2. Press NEXT.Dependingonthekeytypeand featuressetupforthekey,youmustpress NEXT multipletimestogettothenextstep.

3. Usethe Mask knobtoselect Box

4. Usethe M-Frce knobtoforcetheareainside themaskregiontotheforeground(On). Forcemaskisnotavailableforallkeytypes.

5. Usethe M-Inv knobtoinvertthemaskedarea withtheunmaskedarea(On). Theportionofthekeythatwasmaskedoutis nowvisible,andtheportionthatwasvisibleis masked.

.

7. Usethe XPos and YPos knobstopositionthe mask.Youcanalsousethepositioner.

8. Usethe Size knobtoadjustthesizeofthemask region.Youcanalsotwistthepositioner.

theboxmaskasfollows:

Left/R knobtoadjusttheposition oftheleftsideoftheboxmask.

Pressthe Left/R knob.

Usethe L/Right knobtoadjusttheposition oftherightsideoftheboxmask.

oftheboxmaskasfollows:

Usethe Top/B knobtoadjusttheposition ofthetopsideoftheboxmask.

b) Pressthe Top/B knob.

c) Usethe T/Bttm knobtoadjusttheposition ofthebottomsideoftheboxmask.

SplitKeys

ASplitkeyallowsyoutoassignadifferentalphasource forakeythanthefill/alphaassociationsthataresetup duringconfiguration,ortouseaseparatealphasource foraSelfkey.

Asplitkeycanbeappliedtoan AUTOSELECT,or SELFKEY.

ToSetUpaSplitKey

Asplitkeyworksonan AutoSelect or SelfKey that hasbeensetupandyouwanttoapplyadifferentalpha to.

1. Setupyourkeywiththevideosourceyouwant touse.

2. Pressandholdthe AutoSelect or SelfKey, dependingonthekeytypeyouaresplitting.

3. Pressthesourcebuttononthekeybusforthe alphasourceyouwanttouse.

Tip: Ifthenewalphasourceisnotassignedtoa sourcebutton,pressanyotherbuttononthekeybus andusethe Alpha knobtoselectadifferentalpha source.

KeyCopy

Youcancopytheentirecontentsofakeyertoanother keyerinthesame,oradifferentME.Theentirecontents ofthedestinationkeyerarereplacedwiththecontents ofthesourcekeyer.

Whenyoucopyakey,theswitchertriestoassign resourcestothedestinationkeytomatchthesourcekey. Iftheseresourcesarenotavailable,theswitchersteals resourcesinthefollowingorder.

1.

Fromoff-airkeysthatarenotthesourcekey.

2. Fromthesourcekey,ifitisnoton-air.

3. Fromon-airkeysthatarenotthesourcekey.

4. Fromthesourcekey,evenifitison-air.

ToCopyaKey

ThisprocedurecopiesthecontentsofKey1toKey3as anexample.Usethesameprocedureforanykey combination.

1. Pressandholdthe KEY3SEL button.

Thisisthedestinationkeyerthatyouwantto copyto.

2. Pressthe KEY1SEL button. Thisisthesourcekeyerthatyouwanttocopy from.

KeySwap

Youcanswaptheentirecontentsofanytwokeyersin thesame,ordifferentMEs.Thevideosource,position, andkeytypeareallswappedbetweenkeyers.Thisallows youtochangetheapparentkeypriority,orlayering,of thekeysinthevideooutput.Forexample,key3appears overkey2.Ifyouperformaswapbetweenkey3and key2,itappearsasifkey2isnowoverkey3.

Keepthefollowinginmindwhenperformingakeyswap:

•Keyswapdoesnotchangetheon-airstatusofa keyer.

•IfaDVEkeyissettofreeze,itwillbeunfrozen bytheswap.

•Akeyswapcanberecordedaspartofacustom control.

•YoucannotswapbetweenkeyersondifferentMEs onaC10/C1controlpanel.

ToPerformaKeySwap

ThisprocedureswapsthecontentsofKey2andKey3 asanexample.Usethesameprocedureforanykey combination.

1. Pressandholdthe KEY2SEL button.

2. Pressthe KEY3 buttoninthenexttransition area.

MemoryFunctions

Amemoryregisterisasnapshotofthecurrentstateof theswitcherthatcanincludeoneormultipleME, MiniME™,orMultiScreenoutputs.Upto100memory registers(10banksof10registers)perME,MiniME™ , orMultiScreencanbestoredandrecalledontheswitcher. Eachofthesememoryregisterscanstoreaslittleasthe informationofoneME,orasmuchasthecurrentstate oftheentireswitcher,includingallME,MiniME™ , MultiScreenoutputs,AuxBuses,andDVEsettings.

MemoryAccessMode

Switchermemoriescanbeaccessedeitherthrough Direct Access or Bank mode.

• DirectAccess —enterthebankandmemory numbertostoreorrecallamemory

• Bank —enterthememorynumbertostoreor recallamemory(thebankislocked)

ToSettheMemoryAccessMode

Thememoryaccessmodeappliestobothmemorystoring andrecalling.

1. Press STORE

2. UsetheModeknobtoselectthememoryaccess modeyouwanttouse.

StoringMemories

Whenyoustoreamemory,youarestoringthecomplete stateofthatpanelrow.Thisincludesthecurrentstateof alltheareasontheME,includingkeyersettings, transitionrates,wipeandpatternselections,andsource selections.Inadditiontothecurrentstateofthepanel, thecurrentsettingsforthevariouskeyers,suchaschroma keysettings,andclipandgainsettings,arealsostored.

ToStoreaMemory(C10/C1)

Tostoreamemory,youmustselectwhichMEtostore thememoryfor,andthenusethepatternbuttonstoselect thebankandregistertostorethememoryin.

1. Pressandhold STORE andselectthesource buttonsonthekeybustoselecttheME, MultiScreen,orMiniME™ thatyouwanttostore thememoryfor.

2. Usethenumbersonthepatternbuttonstoselect thebankandregisteryouwanttostorethe memoryto.Forexample,press andthen to selectbank4,register9.

Thememoryhasbeenstoredtotheselectedmemory registerandthe RECALL buttonisselected.

ToStoreaMemory (C1-A/C1M/C2/C2M/C2S/C2X)

Tostoreamemory,youmustselectwhichMEtostore thememoryfor,andthenusethepatternbuttonstoselect thebankandregistertostorethememoryin.

1. Pressandhold STORE andselectthesource buttonsonthekeybustoselecttheME, MultiScreen,orMiniME™ thatyouwanttostore thememoryfor.

2. Usethenumbersonthemnemonicbuttonsto selectthebankandregisteryouwanttostorethe memoryto.

Thememoryhasbeenstoredtotheselectedmemory registerandthe ME1RECALL buttonisselected.

ToStoreaMemoryontheEffectsMemoryArea (C2S/C2X/C3S/C3X)

1. Press Store intheEffectsMemoryareaforthe MEyouwanttostorethememoryto.

2. Selecttherecallmodethatyouwanttostorewith thememory.Togglethebuttonon(lit)tohave itstoredwiththememory.

• PGM —selectsthePGMrecallmode

• MEMAI —selectstheMemoryAIrecall mode

• EFFDISS —selectstheEffectsDissolve recallmode

3. Press BANK.

4. Pressthenumberforthebankyouwanttoselect.

5. Pressthenumberforthememoryregisteryou wanttoselect. Thememoryisstoredintheselectedlocation andtheEffectMemoryareaisassignedtorecall.

ToStoreaMemoryontheGlobalMemoryArea (C3S/C3X)

1. Press STORE nexttothedisplay.

2. SelecttheMEs,MultiScreens,orMiniME™sthat youwanttostorethememoryfor.

3. Usethenumbersonthemnemonicbuttonsto selectthebankandregisteryouwanttostorethe memoryto.

RecallingMemories

Whenyourecallamemory,theexistingconfiguration ofthatMEisreplacedwiththesettingsstoredinthe memory.

Keepthefollowinginmindwhenrecallingmemories:

•Howamemoryisrecalleddependsonthehowthe MemoryAttributes areset.

•Recallingamemorythatincludesanew Media-StoreimagetobeloadedfromaUSBdrive mayresultinthecurrentlyloadedimagetobe displayedforafewframeswhilethenewimageis loaded.

• Recallingamemorythatincludesasourceassigned toacameraalsorecallstheshotstoredinthe memoryforthatcameraifthe CamRcl memory attributeissetto Recall.Thereisnodelayinthe memoryrecallsocameramovementmaybevisible whiletheshotisrecalled.

•Youcanexitwithoutrecallingamemoryregister bypressinganybuttonotherthanaWipePattern, dedicatedkeytransition,CUT,AUTOTRANS,or sourcebutton.

•Youcanoverridethevideosourcestoredina memorybypressingandholdingasourcebutton andrecallingthememory(BusHold).Theheld sourcebuttonoverridesthesourcethatisrecalled withthememoryforthatbus.Thememoryisnot affectedbyaBusHoldandwillrecallproperly withouttheBusHold.

•EnablingMemoryAImodechangesthewaykey elementsarerecalled.Ifakeyiscurrentlyon-air, theelementforthatkeyisrecalledinthenext availableoff-airkey.Ifthereisnoavailableoff-air keys,theelementisnotrecalled.Allresource sharingissettoFLOATmodesothatkeyelements mayberecalledtootherkeysthanoriginallystored.

ToRecallaMemory(C10/C1)

Torecallamemory,youmustselectwhichMEtorecall thememoryfor,andthenusethepatternbuttonstoselect thebankandregistertorecallthememoryfrom.

1. Pressandhold RECALL andselectthesource buttonsonthekeybustoselecttheME, MultiScreen,orMiniME™ thatyouwanttorecall memoryfor.

2. Usethenumbersonthepatternbuttonstoselect thebankandregisteryouwanttorecallthe memoryfrom.Forexample,press andthen toselectbank4,register9.

Tip: Pressthememorynumberbuttonagaintoundo thelastrecall.Thiscanbeturnedofffromthe Personality menu.

ToRecallaMemory (C1-A/C1M/C2/C2M/C2S/C2X)

Torecallamemory,youmustselectwhichMEtorecall thememoryfor,andthenusethepatternbuttonstoselect thebankandregistertorecallthememoryfrom.

1. Pressandhold RECALL andselectthesource buttonsonthekeybustoselecttheME, MultiScreen,orMiniME™ thatyouwanttorecall memoryfor.

2. Usethenumbersonthemnemonicbuttonsto selectthebankandregisteryouwanttorecall thememoryfrom.

Tip: Pressthememorynumberbuttonagaintoundo thelastrecall.Thiscanbeturnedofffromthe Personality menu.

Thememoryhasbeenstoredtotheselectedmemory registerandthe ME1RECALL buttonisselected.

ToRecallaMemoryontheEffectsMemoryArea (C2S/C2X/C3S/C3X)

1. Press Recall intheEffectsMemoryareaforthe MEyouwanttorecallthememoryto.

2. Selecttherecallmodethatyouwantusewith thememory.Togglethebuttonon(lit)toselect therecallmode,ortogglenoneofthemonto havethememoryrecalledasitwasstored.

• PGM —selectsthePGMrecallmode

MEMAI —selectstheMemoryAIrecall mode

EFFDISS —selectstheEffectsDissolve recallmode

Tip: Pressthememorynumberbuttonagaintoundo thelastrecall.Thiscanbeturnedofffromthe Personality menu.

Torecallamemory,youmustselectwhichMEtorecall

1.

3.

Tip:

MemoryRecallMode

TheMemoryRecallmodesetshowamemoryisrecalled.

ToSetUptheRecallModeMemoryAttribute

MemoryAttributes

MemoryAttributesallowyoutospecifywhatelements arerecalledwithamemory,aswellasaddingeffectsto memoryrecalls.Theseelementsincludethe background/presetbuses,keyerbus,Auxbus,and Media-Storeselections,aswellaskeyeron-airstatus, andtransitionselections.

Inadditiontosettingwhichsourcestorecallwiththe memory,effectssuchasperforminganautotransition afterthememoryrecallorrunningacustomcontrolafter thememoryrecall,canalsobeincluded.

Memoryattributescanbesetbothwhenthememoryis stored,andwhenitisrecalled.Thisallowsyoutostore asetofattributeswithamemoryandthenrecallitas stored,oroverridetheattributesstoredinthememory andapplydifferentoneswhenthememoryisrecalled. Amemoryattributedoesnotneedtobestoredinthe memorytoberecalled.

ToSettheProgramBusSourceAttribute

1. Press

2. Usethe Attrib knobtoselect

3. Usethe

knobtoselecttheME,MiniME

orMultiScreenoutputthatyouwanttosetthe attributefor.

4. Usethe Value knobtoselecthowthesources selectedontheprogrambusarerecalled.

• Memory—settingscomefromthememory beingrecalled

• NoRcl —sourcesarenotrecalledonthe programbus

• Recall —sourcesarerecalledonthe programbus(default)

ToSetthePresetBusSourceAttribute

1. Press RECALL

2. Usethe Attrib knobtoselect

3. Usethe ME knobtoselecttheME,MiniME

orMultiScreenoutputthatyouwanttosetthe attributefor.

4. Usethe Value knobtoselecthowthesources selectedonthepresetbusarerecalled.

• Memory—settingscomefromthememory beingrecalled

• NoRcl —sourcesarenotrecalledonthe presetbus

• Recall —sourcesarerecalledonthepreset bus(default)

ToSettheTransitionTypeAttribute

1. Press

2. Usethe Attrib knobtoselect Trans.

3. Usethe ME knobtoselecttheME,MiniME™ , orMultiScreenoutputthatyouwanttosetthe attributefor.

4. Usethe Value knobtoselecthowthenext transitiontypeandparametersarerecalled.

• Memory—settingscomefromthememory beingrecalled

• NoRcl —transitionselectionsarenot recalled

• Recall —transitionselectionsarerecalled (default)

ToSettheNextTransitionAttribute

1. Press RECALL > NEXT

2. Usethe Attrib knobtoselect NextTr

3. Usethe ME knobtoselecttheME,MiniME™ , orMultiScreenoutputthatyouwanttosetthe attributefor.

4. Usethe Value knobtoselecthowthenext transitionareaisrecalled.

• Memory—settingscomefromthememory beingrecalled

• NoRcl —nexttransitionareasettingsare notrecalled

• Recall —nexttransitionaresettingsare recalled(default)

ToSettheRunAutoTransAttribute

1. Press RECALL > NEXT.

2. Usethe Attrib knobtoselect RnAuto

3. Usethe ME knobtoselecttheME,MiniME™ , orMultiScreenoutputthatyouwanttosetthe attributefor.

4. UsetheValueknobtoselectwhetheratransition isperformedafterthememoryisrecalled.

• Memory—settingscomefromthememory beingrecalled

• NoRun—atransitionisnotperformedafter thememoryisrecalled(default)

• Run —atransitionisperformedafterthe memoryisrecalled

ToSettheSharedPatternGeneratorAttribute

1. Press RECALL > NEXT

2. Usethe Attrib knobtoselect SrdPat

3. Usethe ME knobtoselecttheMEoutputthat youwanttosettheattributefor.

4. Usethe Value knobtoselectwhetherthe settingsforthesharedKeyMask/Washpattern generatorisrecalled.

• Memory—settingscomefromthememory beingrecalled

• NoRcl —sharedpatterngeneratorsettings arenotrecalled

• Recall —sharedpatterngeneratorsettings arerecalled(default)

ToSettheKeyBusSourcesAttribute

1. Press RECALL > NEXT

2. Usethe Attrib knobtoselect KeyBus

3. Usethe Key knobtoselectthekeyeryouwant tosettheattributefor.

4. Usethe Value knobtoselectwhethersources selectedontheselectedkeybusarerecalled.

• Memory—settingscomefromthememory beingrecalled

• NoRcl—sourcesarenotrecalledonthekey bus

• Recall —sourcesarerecalledonthekey bus(default)

ToSettheKeyOn-AirAttribute

1. Press RECALL > NEXT.

2. Usethe Attrib knobtoselect KActiv

3. Usethe Key knobtoselectthekeyeryouwant tosettheattributefor.

4. Usethe Value knobtoselectwhethersources selectedontheselectedkeybusarerecalled.

• Memory—settingscomefromthememory beingrecalled

• NoRcl—sourcesarenotrecalledonthekey bus

• Recall —sourcesarerecalledonthekey bus(default)

ToSettheKeyTypeAttribute

1. Press RECALL > NEXT

2. Usethe Attrib knobtoselect KType.

3. Usethe Key knobtoselectthekeyeryouwant tosettheattributefor.

4. Usethe Value knobtoselectwhetherthekey typeisrecalledfortheselectedkey.

• Memory—settingscomefromthememory beingrecalled

• NoRcl —keytypeisnotrecalled

• Recall —keytypeisrecalled(default)

ToSettheKeyMaskAttribute

1. Press RECALL > NEXT.

2. Usethe Attrib knobtoselect KMask

3. Usethe Key knobtoselectthekeyeryouwant tosettheattributefor.

4. Usethe Value knobtoselectwhethermask settingsfortheselectedkeyarerecalled.

• Memory—settingscomefromthememory beingrecalled

• NoRcl —keymasksettingsarenotrecalled

• Recall —keymasksettingsarerecalled (default)

ToSettheMedia-StoreAttribute

1. Press RECALL

2. Usethe Attrib knobtoselect

.

3. Usethe Media knobtoselecttheMedia-Store channelyouwanttosettheattributefor.

4. Usethe Value knobtoselectwhether Media-Storeimageandsettingsfortheselected channelarerecalled.

• Memory—settingscomefromthememory beingrecalled

• NoRcl —Media-Storeimageandsettings arenotrecalled(default)

• Recall —Media-Storeimageandsettings arerecalled

ToSettheAuxBusAttribute

1.

Usethe Attrib knobtoselect

UsetheAuxknobtoselecttheauxbusyouwant tosettheattributefor.

4. Usethe Value knobtoselecthowthesources selectedontheauxbusarerecalled.

• Memory—settingscomefromthememory beingrecalled

• NoRcl—sourcesarenotrecalledontheaux bus(default)

• Recall —sourcesarerecalledontheaux bus

ToSettheCameraShotAttribute

2. Usethe Attrib knobtoselect CamRcl

3. Usethe Value knobtoselectwhethercamera shotsarerecalled.

• Memory—settingscomefromthememory beingrecalled

• NoRcl —camerashotsarenotrecalled

• Recall—camerashotsarerecalled(default)

ToSettheRollGPOAttribute

1. Press RECALL > NEXT.

2. Usethe Attrib knobtoselect RllGPO

3. Usethe Value knobtoselectwhetherGPI outputsattachedtosourcesaretriggeredwhen recalled.

• Memory—settingscomefromthememory beingrecalled

• NoRoll —GPIoutputsarenottriggered

• Roll —GPIoutputsaretrigged(default)

ToSettheRollVTRAttribute

1. Press RECALL > NEXT

2. Usethe Attrib knobtoselect RllVTR.

3. Usethe Value knobtoselectwhetheraplay commandistriggeredwhenasourcethatis assignedtoavideoserverisrecalled.

• Memory—settingscomefromthememory beingrecalled

• NoRoll —playcommandisnottriggered

• Roll —playcommandistriggered(default)

SwitcherSets

Theswitcherstoresconfigurationandoperationdatain anumberofregistersthatcontaintheindividualentries foritemssuchasmemoriesorpersonalitysettings.These registerscanbestoredasasinglearchivefile,orasa registersetthatcontainsalltheindividualregisterofthat type;allmemoriesforexample.Thesefilesarestored intoSetsonUSBdrive.DifferentSetscanbecreatedfor differentshowsorapplications,allowingyoutoquickly locateandrecalltheswitcherconfigurations.

Theswitcherstoresinformationinthefollowingregisters:

• Memory —containsallthememoriesforallMEs

• CustomControl—containsallthecustomcontrol banksandmacros

• Personality —containsalltheuserinterface settings,suchastransitionrates,thatarestored underthe PERS menu

• Installation —containsalltheexternaldevice setup,andsoftwaresettingsfortheswitcher

ToStoreaSet

SwitcherSetscanonlybestoredtoaUSBdrive.The USBdrivemustbepresentbeforeyoutrytostorethe Set.Atotalof10Setsofswitchersetupinformationcan bestoredontothesameUSBdrive.

1. InsertaUSBdriveintotheUSBPortonthe switcher.Youmustwait5secondsforthe switchertorecognisetheUSBdrive.

2. Press MENU > SAVE.

3. Usethe Save knobtoselecttheset(0-9)you wanttostoretheswitcherregistersto.

4. Presstheknobtoselecttheregistersyouwant tostoretotheselectedset.Ifan(*)isshownon themenu,thatregisteralreadyexistintheset andwillbeoverwritten.

• ALL —storeallregisterstotheset

• Mems —storeonlythememoryregisters totheset

• Cust —storeonlythecustomcontrol registerstotheset

• Pers —storeonlythepersonalityregisters totheset

• Inst —storeonlytheinstallationregisters totheset

ToLoadaSet

SwitcherSetscanonlybeloadedfromaUSBdrive.The USBdrivemustbepresentbeforeyoutrytoloadthe settings.

1. InsertyourUSBdriveintotheUSBPortonthe switcher.Youmustwait5secondsforthe switchertorecognisetheUSBdrive.

2. Press MENU > LOAD.

3. Usethe Load knobtoselecttheset(0-9)you wanttoloadtheswitcherregistersfrom.

4. Presstheselectedset.Onlyregisterswithan(*) shownonthemenuexistintheset.

• ALL —recallallregistersfromtheset

• Mems —recallonlythememoryregisters fromtheset

• Cust —recallonlythecustomcontrol registersfromtheset

• Pers —recallonlythepersonalityregisters fromtheset

• Inst —recallonlytheinstallationregisters fromtheset

5. Press Confrm

5.

Confrm

Media-Store

Media-Storeallowsyoutoloadstills,animations,or audiofilesfromtheUSBdriveandmakethemavailable acrossallMEs.TwochannelsofMedia-Storewithalpha, orfourchannelswithoutalpha,areprovided.

Keepthefollowinginmindwhenworkingwith Media-Stores:

•Astill,animation,oraudiocanbeloadedeitherby browsingthefilesystem,orbyenteringthestill numberusingthepatternbuttons.

•YoucanclearaMedia-Storechannelbyloading medianumber000.

•IfyouareloadinganAutoKeyintoaMedia-Store channel,youmusthaveanotherMedia-Store channelassociatedwiththecurrentonetoloadthe alphainto.

•AnFTPconnectionusingRossLinqcanbecreated fromanexternaldevicedirectlytoaMedia-Store channelontheswitcher.

WorkingWithMedia-Store Animations

Media-Storeanimationsareusedforthingsanimated backgrounds,branding"bugs",ormediatransitions.You cansetupananimationtoloop,playautomaticallywhen takeon-air,playinreverse,orevenplayatdifferent speeds.

Youcanplayananimationmanuallybyselectingthe sourcebuttonfortheMedia-Storechannelwiththe animationyouwanttoplay,andpressing Run.Theknob changedto Stop astheanimationisplaying.

Keepthefollowinginmindwhenworkingwith Media-Storeanimations:

•Whenyouloadananimationtoanoff-air Media-Storechannel,ortheanimationgoesoff-air withatransition,thepreviewshowsthecutpoint (CutFr)forthatanimation,andnotthefirstframe ofthevideo.

•Youcanmanuallycyclethroughframesbyturning the Run knobwhiletheanimationisstopped.

• Double-pressingtheRunknobstopsplaybackand re-cuestheanimationtothefirstframe.

•Youcanshuttleforwardsandbackwardsthrough theanimationbyturningthepositionerclockwise oranti-clockwisewhentheanimationisstopped. Shuttlespeedisincreasedanddecreasedbyturning thepositionermoreorlessineachdirection.

•Youcanrunorstopananimationbypressingthe buttononthetopofthepositioner.

WorkingwithMedia-StoreAudio

AudiocanbeaddedtotheplayoutofaMedia-Store channeleitherbyloadingthefiledirectly,orbynaming theaudiofilethesameastheanimationorstillyouwant ittoplayoutwith.Whenyouloadthestilloranimation, theswitcherwillautomaticallyloadtheaudiofileofthe samename.

Keepthefollowinginmindwhenworkingwithaudio:

•AudioplaysoutonProgram,Preview,Aux,and MultiVieweroutputsonly.

•Audiofilesmustbe20-bitor24-bitwavfilesata 48kHzsamplerate.

•Audiofilesmustbeinthesamefolderandhave thesamenameasthestilloranimationtheyareto beassociatedwith.

• Anaudiofiledoesnotneedtobeofthesamelength astheanimationitisassociatedwith.

•AstillwithaudiooraudioonlyhavetheAutoPlay andLoopingattributes.Theseapplytotheaudio playout.

•Theloopingtimeofananimationwithaudioisthe lengthoftheanimation.

•Audioisembeddedintheancillarydataofthe outputvideostream.Youmusthaveancillarydata settopasstoincludetheaudiointheoutput.

•IfyouareusingaudiowithaMultiViewer,you mustsettheancillarysourcefortheMultiViewer. Thisistheonlysourcethataudiowillbeavailable forintheMultiVieweroutput.

•AMedia-StorechannelcanbeloadedwithAudio only.

Media-StoreModes

Media-Storechannelscanbesetuptooperate independently,orpaired,withonechannelprovidingthe key,andtheotherthealpha.

• Swish —TwochannelsofMedia-Storeare available.Eachchannelcancontainanimageor channel1cancontainanimageandanassociated alphainchannel3.Channels2and4arereserved formediatransitions.

• Swish+ —FourchannelsofMedia-Storeare available.Channel2(video)andchannel4(alpha) canalsobeusedformediatransitions.Channels2 and4arenotreserved.

ToSettheMedia-StoreMode

1.

2. Usethe

knobtoselecttheMedia-Store

• Swish —two(2)channelsareavailableor channel1forkeyandchannel2foralpha (channels2and4arereservedforMedia Transitions)

• Swish+ —four(4)channelsareavailable

LoadingStillsorAnimations

StillsoranimationscanbeloadedintoMedia-Store channelseitherfromUSBortheinternalcacheusingthe medianumber,orbybrowsingtothefile.

Note: Theinternalcacheisusedforsampleimagesonlyand cannotbeusedtostoreuserstillsoranimations.

Medianumbersare4-digitnumbersthatareassignedto stillsoranimationsandallowyoutoloadstillsor animationsdirectlyusingthepatternbuttons.Eachmedia numberismadeupofthreesections,thePlace(0-1),the Bank(00-99),andtheItemNumber(0-9).ThePlaceis either0forinternalstills,or1forexternal.

Media-StoreFileSpecifications

Media-StoreimagesandanimationscanbeTGA,PNG, orJPGfileformats.Foranimations,thefilesmustbe numberedtoindicatetheordertheygoin,andthename andthenumbermustbeseparatedwithanunderscore. Foraudio,20-bitor24-bitwavfilesofthesamename asthestilloranimationareusedtoassociateaudiowith astilloranimation.

ToLoadaStillorAnimation

StillsoranimationscanbeloadedfromtheUSBdrive, orfromtheinternalcache.Onlythedefaultimagesthat camewithyourswitcherareavailableontheinternal cache.

1. IfyouareloadingafilefromUSB,insertyour USBdriveintotheUSBPortontheswitcher. Youmustwait5secondsfortheswitcherto recognisetheUSBdrive.

IfthefilesonyourUSBarenew,ittakesabout 2secondsperfilefortheswitchertogenerate thethumbnailfortheMediaManager.Onceall thethumbnailsaregenerated,theyaredisplayed intheMediaManagerwindow.

2. PressthesourcebuttonfortheMedia-Store channelthatyouwanttoloadastillinto.Ifthe filehasanalpha,thepairedchannelwillloadthe alphaaswell.

3. Pressthe Browse knob.

4. Usetheleftknobtonavigatetothefileyouwant toload.Presstheknobtomakeaselection.

• <..> —upone

• USB(1) —theUSBdrive

• Internal(0) —theinternalcache

• <folder> —asub-folderofthename "folder"

• image —astillofthename"image"

• image.tga.wav—astillwithanassociated audiofile(notinthedatabase)

• image[V][A] —astillwithanassociated audiofile(inthedatabase)

• animation[V10] —a10frameanimation ofthename"animation"(inthedatabase)

• animation.tga[10].wav —a10frame

inthedatabase)

• animation[V10][A]

Together,thesefilesaretreatedasasingleanimation namedAnimthatis100frameslong.

Note: Ananimationmuststartwith _001 astheendofthe nameofthefirstframe.

Filesnamescannotcontainsymbolssuchas !@#&* ()/,?'" andcannotstartwithanunderscore(_).

ToLoadStillsUsingMediaNumbers

Howyouloadastillusingthemedianumberdepends onwhetherthePlaceorMediaarelocked.IfthePlace islocked,youonlyhavetoenterthe3-digitMedia number.IfthePlaceandMediaarelocked,youonlyhave toenterthelastdigitoftheMedianumber.

Note:

1. InsertyourUSBdriveintotheUSBPortonthe switcher.Youmustwait5secondsforthe switchertorecognisetheUSBdrive.Ifyouare loadingafilefromtheinternalcache,youdonot needtheUSBdrive.

2. PressthesourcebuttonfortheMedia-Store channelthatyouwanttoloadastillinto.Ifthe filehasanalpha,thepairedchannelwillloadthe alphaaswell.

3. Usingthepatternbuttons,enterthemedia numberforthestillyouwanttoload. Forexample,press 1051 toselecttheUSB(1) drive,Media051.

4.

Media-StoreCapture

StillimagescanbecapturedfromanyinputBNC,aswell astheprogram,preview,andcleanfeedfromanyME.

ToCaptureaStill

1. IfyouarecapturingtoaUSB,insertyourUSB driveintotheUSBPortontheswitcher.You mustwait5secondsfortheswitchertorecognise theUSBdrive.

2. PressthesourcebuttonfortheMedia-Store

8.

newmediaitemisstoredandthemedianumber isincreasedbyone.

Media-StoreAttributes

Attributesareappliedtotheimageoranimationdirectly, regardlessofthechannelsthattheimageoranimation areloadedin.Ifyouadjusttheattributesofthestillin onechannel,thesesettingsareappliedtothatimageor animationinallotherchannelsthatthesameimageor animationisloadedinto.

UnderstandingtheAttributesMenu

Whenyouselectastilloranimation,themenusystem

howatheimageoranimationappears.Theoptionsthat areavailabledependonthetypeofMedia-Storeimage oranimationthatisselected.

ToSetMedia-StoreFileAttributes

Theattributesthatyoucansetdependonwhetherthe fileyouaresettingthemforisastilloranimation.

1. InsertyourUSBdriveintotheUSBPortonthe switcher.Youmustwait5secondsforthe switchertorecognisetheUSBdrive.Ifyouare loadingafilefromtheinternalcache,youdonot needtheUSBdrive.

2. PressthesourcebuttonfortheMedia-Store channelthatyouwanttoloadastillinto.Ifthe filehasanalpha,thepairedchannelwillloadthe alphaaswell.

3. Press NEXT

4. Usethe Attrib knobtoselecttheattributeyou wanttoset,andthe Value knobtoselectthe valueyouwanttoassigntotheattribute.

• XPos —selectsthehorizontalpositionof theimageoranimation

• YPos —selectstheverticalpositionofthe imageoranimation

• Shaped —selectsshapedorunshapedfor thealphaoftheimageoranimation

• Looping —selectswhethertheanimation loopsautomaticallyornot

• Reverse —selectswhethertheanimation playsinreverseornot

• AutoPly —selectswhethertheanimation startsplayingautomaticallywhentaken on-airornot

• Speed—selectsthespeedthatananimation playsat(0.1-10)

• MediaX —selectsthemedianumberthat youwanttousetorecallthestilloranimation

• CutFr —selectsthepoint,inframes,from thestartoftheanimationthatthebackground cutoccurs

• GPO—selectstheGPIoutputthatyouwant totriggerbyamediatransition

• GPOFr —selectsthetime,inframes,from thestartofthemediatransitionthattheGPI outputistriggered

• Mute—selectswhethertheassociatedaudio isturnedonoroffduringplayback

5. Usethe Func knobtoselecthowyouwantto savetheattributes.

• Save —savestheadjustmentsforthe selected Attrib valueonly

• SavAll —savestheadjustmentsforall Attrib values

• Revert —undoestheadjustmentsforthe selected Attrib valueonly

• RevAll —undoestheadjustmentsforall Attrib values

6. Pressthe Func knobtomaketheselection. ToLockaMediaNumberPlaceandBank LockingtheMediaNumberPlaceandBankmeansthat youdonothavetoenterthemwhenloadingastill.Lock settingarespecifictothechanneltheyareseton.

1. PressthesourcebuttonfortheMedia-Store channelthatyouwanttosetthePlaceandBank locksettingsfor.

2. Pressthe Browse knob.

3. Press NEXT

4. Usethe Place knobtoselectUSBorInternal.

5. Pressthe Place knobtotogglethelockonor off.Lockedisshownwith[]aroundthename.

6. UsetheMediaknobtoselectthebankyouwant tolockto.

7. Pressthe Media knobtotogglethelockonor off.Lockedisshownwith[]aroundthename.

MediaManager

TheMediaManagerprovidesagraphicalinterfacetothe operationoftheMedia-Storefrom.Thelayoutofthe MediaManagerwindowisstoredinPerspectives.The lastloadedPerspectiveisusedwhenthebrowseris

FromtheMenuBaratthetopofthewindowyoucan

UsingMediaManager

TousetheMediaManager,youmusthaveacomputer connectedtothesamesubnetastheswitcher,theIP addressofyourswitcher,andtheGoogleChrome

browserinstalledonyourcomputer.Inthewebbrowser, navigatetotheIPaddressoftheswitcher,the MediaManagerisdisplayed.

Whenyouarecommunicatingwiththeswitcher,a movingstatusindicatorisshowninthelowerrightcorner

ofthebrowserwindow.Ifyoulosecommunicationswith

RefreshingthebrowserwillresetyourPerspectives. Keepthefollowinginmindwhenlogginginandusing

•RossVideorecommendsusingGoogleChrome

orMac

LiontoconnecttotheMediaManager.

•YourbrowsermusthaveJavaScriptandcookies enabled.

•RossVideorecommendsthatyoudonotconnect morethan5MediaManagerclientstoasingle switcheratthesametime.

IconNameDescription

Advancetothepreviousitem intheplaylist.Theiteminthe

Previous playlistthatisbeingshownon theMedia-Storechannel indicatedwithacheck-mark. Theplaylistdoesnotloopback tothetopwhenitreachesthe lastitem.

Advancetothenextiteminthe playlist.

Movethecurrentlyselected itemupintheplaylist.

Movethecurrentlyselected itemdownintheplaylist.

Delete deletetheitem,orclearthe Media-Storechannel.

Deletetheselecteditemfrom theplaylist.Thisdoesnot

Clearsthecurrentplaylist.NewPlaylist

Allowsyoutoload,save,or deleteaplaylistonthe

Playlist switcher.Ifyoudeleteaplaylist thatwasloadedintoa Media-Storechannel,itdoes notclearthatchannel.

ExpandorCollapsetheplaylist areafortheMedia-Store channel.

CustomControls

RecordingCustomControls

Whenyoucreateacustomcontrol,yourecordaseries ofbuttonpressesonthepanel,aswellasspecial functions,thatareplayedbackwhenyourunthecustom

ToRecordaCustomControl

CustomControlSetup

ToSetCustomControlOptions

1. Press

2. Usethe Bank knobtoselectthebankthatthe customcontrolyouwanttorecordwillbestored on,orselectthebankbuttondirectly.

3. Usethe CC knobtoselectthecustomcontrol thatyouwanttorecordto,orselectthecustom controlonthebusdirectly.Ifthecustomcontrol alreadyhasamacrorecorded,an *isshownnext tothenumber.

4. Press RecordStart tostartrecording.Onthe C1thisisthe START/STOP button.

5. Inserttheeventsyouwanttorecord.Thesecan includesourceselections,keytypes,transitions, andmenuselection,forexample.Special functionscanalsobeinserted. Eachcustomcontrolcanhaveamaximumof99 events,plustheEndevent.

6. Press RecordStop tofinishrecording.Onthe C1thisisthe START/STOP button.

Tip:

SpecialFunctions

Specialfunctionsallowyoutoincludeeventsnot associatedwithabuttonpressintoacustomcontrol.A specialfunctioncanbeinsertedintoanyexistingcustom control,orusedwhencreatinganewcustomcontrol.

Hold

Allowsyoutoplaceacommandinacustomcontrol thatwillstopthecustomcontrolattheholdevent. Youmustpressthecustomcontrolbuttonagain,or useaGPItrigger,tocontinuethecustomcontrol.

Pause

Allowsyoutoplaceacommandinacustomcontrol thatwillstopacustomcontrolatthepauseevent.The lengthofthepauseissetwhenthepauseisinserted.

WhenholdingtheINSERTbutton,pausesareshown as Px,where x isthelengthofthepauseinframes.

Loop

Allowsyoutohaveacustomcontrolruncontinuously untilstopped,oraCancel/CancelAllcustomcontrol commandisexecutedfromanothercustomcontrol.

GPO

Allowsyoutotriggerapre-selectedGPIoutputusing acustomcontrol.ThespecificGPIoutputissetwhen theGPOcommandisinserted.

CutKey

Allowsyoucreateacustomcontrolthatwillcutkeys onoroff.Thespecifickeyandwhetherthekeyiscut onoroffissetwhenthekeycutcommandisinserted.

TrnKey

Allowsyoutocreateacustomcontrolthatwill transitionkeysonoroff.Thespecifickeyandwhether thekeyistransitionedonoroffissetwhenthekey transitioncommandisinserted.

IncKey

Allowsyoutocreateacustomcontrolthatwill includeakeywiththenexttransitiontotakethekey on-air,oroff-air.Thespecifickeyandwhetherit shouldgoon-air,oroff-airissetwhentheinclude keycommandisinserted.

Resume

Allowsyoutoresumeaparticularcustomcontrolthat isatahold.Thespecificcustomcontrolissetwhen theresumeisinserted.Ifthetargetcustomcontrolis notataholdevent,theresumecommandwillnotstart thetargetcustomcontrol.

Cancel

Allowsyoutostopaparticularcustomcontrol.The specificcustomcontrolissetwhenthecancelis inserted.

CancelAll

Allowsyoutostopallrunningcustomcontrols.

State

Allowsyoutoembedtheentirestateoftheswitcher intoacustomcontrol.Astateinacustomcontrol behavesjustlikeamemory.

ToInsertaSpecialEventintoaCustomControl

Aspecialfunctioncanbeinsertedintoanyexisting customcontrol,orusedwhencreatinganewcustom control.

1. Startrecordingoreditingyourcustomcontrol whereyouwanttoinsertthespecialevent.

2. Press INSERT.

3. Usethe INSERT knobtoselecttheeventyou wanttoinsert.

Youcanalsopressandholdthe INSERT button andpressthesourcebuttononthecustomcontrol busfortheeventyouwanttoinsert.Theevent namesareshownonthemnemonics.

• Hold —pressthe Insert knobtoinserta holdevent

• Pause—usetheSecsandFramesknobs toenterthelengthofthepauseevent

• Loop —pressthe Loop knobtoloopthe customcontrolbacktothebeginning

• GPO —usethe Pin knobtoselecttheGPI output

• CutKey —usethe Key knobtoselectthe key,andthe State knobtoselectwhether youwantthekeycutonoroff

• TrnKey —usethe Key knobtoselectthe key,andthe State knobtoselectwhether youwantthekeytransitionedonoroff

• IncKey —usethe Key knobtoselectthe key,andthe State knobtoselectwhether thekeyshouldbetransitionedon-airor off-airwiththenexttransition

• Resume—usetheBankknobtoselectthe customcontrolbank,andthe CC knobto selectwhichcustomcontroltoresume

• Cancel —usethe Bank knobtoselectthe customcontrolbank,andthe CC knobto selectwhichcustomcontroltocancel

• CancelAll —pressthe CancelAll knobto insertacancelallcustomcontrolscommand

• State —pressthe Insert knobtoinsertthe state

4. Pressthe Insert knobtoinserttheevent.

RunningaCustomControl

Onceacustomcontrolhasbeenprogrammed,youcan runthatcustomcontrolbypressingthebuttonthatthe customcontrolwasrecordedto.

Keepthefollowinginmindwhenrunningcustom controls:

•Acustomcontrolwillcontinuetorununtilit reachesaholdevent,isstoppedbyanothercustom control,youeditacustomcontrol,orthecustom controlreachestheend.

•Whenacustomcontrolisrunning,thebuttonon thecustomcontrolbusisred.

•Whenacustomcontrolisheld(ataHoldevent), thebuttononthecustomcontrolbusflasheswhite.

•Youcanrunmultiplecustomcontrolsatthesame time.Thenumberofrunningcustomcontrolsis shownonthedisplaywhenincustomcontrolmode.

•Youcanstoparunningcustomcontrolbypressing theredcustomcontrolbuttononthecustomcontrol bank.

•Amaximumof128customcontrolscanberunat thesametime.

ToRunaCustomControl

Onceacustomcontrolhasbeenrecorded,youcanrun thatcustomcontrolatanytime.

Press

.

Selectthebankthatthecustomcontrolyouwant torunisonbypressingthebankbutton.

EditingCustomControls

Afteryouhaverecordedacustomcontrol,youcango backandeditthatcustomcontroltoaddorremove events.

ToEditaCustomControl

Wheneditingacustomcontrol,youcandeleteandinsert eventsatanypointinthecustomcontrol,orappend eventstotheend.

Tip: Wheneditingacustomcontrol,press RUNEVENT torun thecurrentlyselectedevent.Thiscanhelpyoudiagnose problemsinacustomcontrol.

1. Press MENU > BANK1 > EDIT

2. Usethe Bank knobtoselectthebankthatthe customcontrolyouwanttorecordwillbestored on,orselectthebankbuttondirectly.

3. Usethe CC knobtoselectthecustomcontrol thatyouwanttoedit,orselectthecustomcontrol onthebusdirectly.Thecustomcontrolwillhave an * nexttothenumber.

4. UsetheFuncknobtoselectwhereandhowyou wanttoeditthecustomcontrol.

• Edit —selectthepositioninthecustom controltoeditevents

• Append —addeventstotheendofthe customcontrol

5. Pressthe Func knobtostartediting.

Youcanalsostarteditingacustomcontrolby pressingandholding EDIT andselectingthebankand customthatyouwanttoeditto.

Thedisplaychangestoshowthenameand durationofthecustomcontrol,andthecurrently selectedeventinthecustomcontrol.

Usetheleftknobtoselecttheeventyouwant todelete.Youcanalsousethe

and

buttons.

Usetheleftknobtoselecttheeventyouwant toinsertaneventbefore.Youcanalsouse the

buttons.

NamingCustomControls

Eachcustomcontrolcanbegivenauniquenameand mnemoniccolor.Thenameisshowninthemnemonic displaywhenCCMnemissettoSplitorFull.

ToNameaCustomControl

Theproceduretonameorrenameacustomcontrolisthe same.

1. Press MENU > BANK1 > EDIT

2. Usethe Bank knobtoselectthebankthatthe customcontrolyouwanttonameisstoredon, orselectthebankbuttondirectly.

3. Usethe CC knobtoselectthecustomcontrol thatyouwanttoname,orselectthecustom controlonthebusdirectly.

4. Usethe Func knobtoselect Rename

Pressthe Func knob.

Selectanameasfollows:

Usethe Pos knobtoselectthecharacter positiontoedit.Anamecanhaveupto8 character.

b) Usethe Char knobtoselectacharacterfor thecurrentposition.

Usethe Size knobtoselectthetextsizeforthe mnemoniclabel.

• Small —6charactersdisplayedonthetop line,and2onthebottom

• Medium —4charactersdisplayedonthe topline,and4onthebottom

•

—first2charactersaredisplayed

Usethe Color knobtoselectthebackground colorofthemnemonic.

DeletingCustomControls

Anycustomcontrolontheswitchercanbedeletedto removeunusedcustomstofreeupspacefornewcustom controls.

ToDeleteaCustomControl

Thereisnoundoforthisdeletefunction.

1. Press MENU > BANK1 > DELETE

2. Usethe Bank knobtoselectthebankthatthe customcontrolyouwanttodeleteisstoredon, orselectthebankbuttondirectly.

3. Usethe CC knobtoselectthecustomcontrol thatyouwanttodelete,orselectthecustom controlonthebusdirectly.

4. Pressthe Func knob.

5. Pressthe Confrm knobtodeletethecustom control.

CopyingandPastingCustom Controls

Thecontents,orevents,ofacustomcontrolcanbecopied fromonecustomcontrolandpastedtoanother.Along withtheevents,thenameandmnemonicsettingsarealso copied.

ToCopyandPasteaCustomControl

1. Press MENU > BANK1 > Edit

2. Usethe Bank knobtoselectthebankthatthe customcontrolyouwanttocopyison,orselect thebankbuttondirectly.

3. Usethe CC knobtoselectthecustomcontrol thatyouwanttocopy,orselectthecustom controlonthebusdirectly.Ifthecustomcontrol hasamacrorecorded,an * isshownnexttothe number.

4. Usethe Func knobtoselect Copy

Tip: IfyoudonothaveaC10orC1controlpanel,you canpressthe Copy mnemonicbuttontoperformthe copyinsteadofusingthe Func knob.

5. Pressthe Func knobtoperformthecopy.

6. Selectthecustomcontrolthatyouwanttopaste into.

7. Usethe Func knobtoselect Paste

Tip: IfyoudonothaveaC10orC1controlpanel,you canpressthe Paste mnemonicbuttontoperformthe copyinsteadofusingthe Func knob.

8. Pressthe Func knobtoperformthepaste.

SideShotCustomControlShotBox

TheSideShotconnectstotheswitcherandprovidesquick accesstoall24customcontrolsoneachcustomcontrol bank.RefertotheinstructionsthatcamewithSideShot forsetupinformation.

Figure24:SideShotButtonMapping

Thefourbuttonsontherightsideofthemoduleselect theactivecustomcontrolbank,andtheremainingbuttons triggerthecustomcontrolonthebank.Themnemonic forthecustomcontrolisinvertedifthecustomcontrol isrunning.

SwitcherSoftReset

individualcomponents,suchaskeys.

SoftReset

off-air,andthetransitionrateissetbacktodefault.This isusefulifyouneedtoreturntheswitchertoaknown state.

ToResettheSwitcherSoftware

youwanttoreturntheswitchertoapreviousstate.

forthevalueyouwant toreset

Auxbus X parameters,including sourceselections,arereset(each

Auxisresetindividually)(X isthe numberoftheauxbus)

Glossary

AutoKey

Apairingoftwovideosignals,akeyvideoandakey alpha,tocreateakey.Intheswitcher,youassociatethe fillandalphasothattheswitcherknowswhichalphato usewhenthevideoisselected.

AutoTransition

Anautomatictransitioninwhichthemanualmovement ofthefaderhandleissimulatedelectronically.The transitionstartswhenthe AUTOTRANS buttonis pressedandtakesplaceoverapre-selectedtimeperiod, measuredinframes.

ChromaKey

ChromaKeyisakeyinwhichtheholeiscutbasedon acolorvalue,orhue,ratherthanaluminancevalueor alphasignal.Thecolorisremovedandreplacedwith backgroundvideofromanothersource.

Cut

Aninstantaneousswitchfromonevideosignaltoanother.

Dissolve

Atransitionfromonevideosignaltoanotherinwhich onesignalisfadeddown,whiletheotheris simultaneouslyfadedup.Thetermsmixorcross-fade areoftenusedinterchangeablywithdissolve.

DynamicHostConfigurationProtocol

AnEthernetprotocolwhereadevice,suchasthe switcher,isgivenanIPaddressbythenetworkhost.This eliminatestheneedtomanuallyenterthenetwork parametersandIPaddress.

Field

Onehalfofacompletepicture(orframe)interval containingalloftheodd,oralloftheeven,linesin interlacedscanning.OnescanofaTVscreeniscalleda field;twofieldsarerequiredtomakeacompletepicture (whichisaframe).

Frame

Onecompletepictureconsistingoftwofieldsof interlacedscanninglines.

FileTransferProtocol

Anetworkprotocolthatisusedtotransferfilesfromone hostcomputertoanotheroveraTCP-basednetwork.

Gain

tofalloutsidetheallowablerange.Generally,increasing thegainforaspecificcolorcomponentcausesthevideo signalcolorstobecomeincreasinglysaturatedwiththat color.Similarly,decreasingthegainforaspecificcolor componentprogressivelyremovesthatcolorcomponent fromtheoutputvideosignal.

Gamma

Gammacorrectionsintroducenon-linearcorrectionsto avideosignal.Agammacorrectioncanbedescribedas takingapointontheoutputversusinputvideosignal lineandpullingitperpendicularlyawayfromtheline. TheresultisaBeziercurvebetweenthestart,thenew point,andtheendpoint.Generally,increasingthegamma valueaddsmoreofthecomponenttothevideosignalin thelocationofthegammaoffsetpoint.Decreasingthe gammavaluereducestheamountofthecomponentin thevideosignalinthelocationofthegammaoffsetpoint. Movingthegammaoffsetpointallowsyoutoselect whichpartoftheinputvideosignalreceivesthegamma correction.Forexample,ifyouincreasetheredgamma correctiontothepartofthevideosignalthathasnored componentyouwilladdredtothoseareaswhilehaving littleeffectonareasthatalreadycontainasignificant amountofred.Thisallowsyoutoaddaredtinttothe imagewhileminimizingtheamountofred-clippingthat occurs.

GeneralPurposeInterface

Asimplehigh/lowsignalthatisusedtotriggeranaction eitheronanexternaldeviceorontheswitcher.AGPI canbeaninputoranoutputtotheswitcher.

HighDefinition

Ahighdefinition(720por1080i)videosignal.

Hue

Thecharacteristicofacolorsignalthatdetermines whetherthecolorisred,yellow,green,blue,purple,etc. (thethreecharacteristicsofaTVcolorsignalare chrominance,luminance,andhue).White,black,and grayarenotconsideredhues.

HueRotation

Huerotateaffectsthecoloroftheentirevideosignalby rotatingtheinputvideohues.Thisproducesanoutput videosignalwithcolorsthatareshiftedfromtheir originalhues.Byrotatingcolorsaroundthewheel,hue valueswillshift.Forexample,aclockwiserotationwhere yellowsbecomeorange,redsbecomemagenta,blues becomegreen.Themorerotationapplied,thefurther aroundthewheelcolorsareshifted.

Gainrepresentstherangeofsignalvaluespresentina videosignalfromalowesttoahighestpoint(fromblack towhiteforexample).Increasinggainexpandsthisrange, whiledecreasinggaincompressesthisrange.Clipping occursifappliedgainchangescauseoutputsignalvalues

Key

Aneffectproducedbycuttingaholeinthebackground video,thenfillingtheholewithvideoormattefrom anothersource.Keysourcevideocutsthehole,keyfill

videofillsthehole.Thevideosignalusedforcutandfill cancomefromthesame,orseparate,sources.

KeyAlpha

Thevideosignalwhichcutsaholeinthebackground videotomakeakeyeffectpossible.AlsocalledKey VideoorSource.Inpractice,thissignalcontrolswhen avideomixercircuitwillswitchfrombackgroundtokey fillvideo.

KeyInvert

Aneffectthatreversesthepolarityofthekeysourceso thattheholesinthebackgroundarecutbydarkareasof thekeysourceinsteadofbrightareas.

KeyMask

Akeyingtechniqueinwhichapatterniscombinedwith thekeysourcetoblockoutunwantedportionsofthekey source.

KeyVideo

Avideoinputwhichistimedtofilltheholeprovidedby thekeysourcevideo.Anexampleofkeyvideoisthe videooutputofacharactergenerator.

LinearKey

Linearkeysmakeitpossibletofullyspecifythe transparencyofakeyfromopaque,throughtransparent, tofullyoff.Thetransparencyisspecifiedbythekey alphathatisassociatedwiththekeyvideo.Akeyer capableofalinearkeyconvertsthekeysignalvoltage directlytothetransparencyeffectonthescreen.

Mnemonics

Agreen,orange,oryellowdisplayusedtoshowthe namesofasourceaboveorbelowthesourcebuttonor usedasacustomcommandorpatternbutton.

Offsets

Offsetsshiftthevideosignalbyasetamount.Depending ontheoffsetapplied,differentpartsorallofthevideo signalmaybeaffected.Clippingoccursifappliedoffsets causeoutputsignalvaluestofalloutsidetheallowable range.

Pre-Delay

Apre-delayisadelaythatisinsertedintoatransition betweenthetriggeringofaGPIoutputandperforming thetransition.Thelengthofthepre-delayisusuallythe lengthoftimeyourvideoserverrequirestostartplaying acliporyourcharactergeneratorrequiredtoloadapage.

RossTalk

Anethernetbasedprotocolthatallowsthecontrolover Rossdevicesusingplainenglishcommands.

Standard-Definition

Astandarddefinition(480ior576i)videosignal.

SelfKey

Akeyeffectinwhichthesamevideosignalservesas boththekeysignalandkeyfill.

ShapedKey

AnadditivekeywheretheKeyAlphacutsaholebased onthemonochromevalueofthealpha.Shadesofgray aretranslatedintoeitherwhiteorblack,givingthekey ahardedge.ShapedKeyalphasaresometimesusedwith CharacterGeneratorstocutverypreciseholesforthe fill.

SplitKey

ASplitkeyallowsyoutoassignadifferentalphasource forakeythanthefill/alphaassociationsthataresetup duringconfigurationortouseaseparatealphasource foraSelfkey.

Tally

Anindicatorwhichilluminateswhentheassociated button,orcontrol,isselectedorison-air.

UnshapedKey

AmultiplicativekeywheretheKeyAlphacutsahole basedonthegradientvaluesofthealpha.Shadesofgray aretranslatedintotransparencylevels,givingthekeya softedge.UnshapedKeyalphascanalsobeconsidered truelinearalphas.Keyalphasaresettounshapedby default.

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