AJA KONA LHI, Installation And Operation Manual

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Saving Your Control
Panel Presets
After configuring the KONA LHi Control Panel via the Tabbed screens, you can then save all
your settings as a snapshot for later recall—called a preset. In this way, you can organize the
presets for all your typical tasks, saving time by not having to manually reconfigure each time.
To save a preset, simply go to “File -> Save Preset...”. Be sure to give the preset a meaningful
name. Thereafter the preset will be available under the Control Panel “Presets” menu.
Who is Controlling
KONA LHi?
If you are consistent in the workflows and formats you use between applications, you
generally won’t be surprised by how your system operates. KONA LHi is very flexible and most
applications perform the necessary housekeeping so they work correctly when they’re active
and when they’re not. However, since several applications using KONA LHi can be running at
once, with one active, it can create confusion when settings are different in each and you
switch back and forth. To prevent confusion, we recommend you run the KONA LHi Control
Application and have it visible somewhere on your Macintosh desktop. It will tell you, even
when it’s not the “active” application, who has control of KONA LHi and what the format
selections are.
For further understanding, read on and we’ll give you some further background on KONA LHi
control. The main issue you’ll generally want to know, is what application
has control of KONA
LHi’s Primary Format at the current moment .
KONA LHi Control Priorities
The KONA Control Panel is one of three masters contending for control—and it’s the lowest
priority of the three. The other two masters are: any currently running QuickTime application
(e.g. Final Cut Pro, Apple Motion, After Effects, etc.) using the board and the Mac “Desktop”
display. The priority of these three “masters” is:
1. QuickTime Application
2. Macintosh Desktop
3. KONA LHi Control Panel
By “ Master ”, we mean a process that can control and change what the KONA LHi is doing and
the Primary and Secondary formats that it uses (as set in the Control Panel “Formats” tab
screen).
Control of KONA LHi
and
Primary Format
Selection
Masters
That Can
Control KONA LHi
Who Has
Priority?
1st Priority
1st Priority
2nd Priority
3rd Priority
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Final Cut Pro
Other “QuickTime Application”
Mac OSX Desktop Video
KONA LHi Control Panel Application
When you click in an application window, the “Master” controlling KONA LHi
changes, possibly changing the Format Selections in effect.
This happens because each application has it’s own sets of control parameters
TIP: If you keep the KONA LHi Control Panel window in view,
it displays the application that is in control and
what the Primary and Secondary Format Selections are at all times.