Accom ASWR8150, Technical Manual

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SuperShadow

– a full bandwidth drop shadow.
SurfaceFX

– combines the powerful texture and light source
modeling tools with the advanced UltraWarp

feature. You
can use any 8150 source, including video and key inputs, the
SuperMatte generator, or the Framestores, as the source for a
texture.
Four independent input freeze buffers (two for video, two for
textures).
UltraWarp

– an advanced image warping feature.
Channel configurations – one of the features that makes the
8150 DVE option unique is its flexible channel configuration.
The main channel is dedicated for video, and the second
channel can be used for video, key, or shadow. The A video
transformation path is a full bandwidth video channel. The B
channel can process key signals (luminance only), but is also
a full bandwidth video channel. This lets the DVE board
operate in three modes:
Video + Video – you can control both video channels
independently; there is no key channel in this mode.
Video + Key – you can control the video channel and key
channel independently.
Video/Key + Shadow – you can control the combined
video/key channel and the drop shadow channel
independently.
System Components
The 8150 is a flexible system that you can configure to accommodate a
variety of applications. Figure 1-1 shows the main system components.
Physically, the 8150 system consists of a rack mounted Signal Processor
Chassis and one or more Control Panels. You can connect up to four
Control Panels to a Signal Chassis on the Control Panel serial data
communications chain. The Control Panel maximum chain length is
2000 feet (610 meters) for all Control Panels on the chain.
There are three LED indicators on the front of the Signal Chassis:
Left (Green) – Lights to indicate that +5VDC from the power supply
is present.
Center (Green) – Lights to indicate that the main switcher
microprocessor is running.
Right (Amber) – Lights to indicate SCSI hard drive activity.
System Components 8150 Technical Guide
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Introduction
9100-0212-04 - May 2000