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T-TAP Installation and Operation Guide — AJA Control Panel Overview
Primary Format
—The video format currently assigned to T-TAP. This is the format that
the framebuffer will use and is shown in the Control Panel using the color blue. All
icons in blue are the same as the Primary Format used by the framebuffer. Also any
text descriptions in the block diagram that appear in blue also indicate that
something is in the primary format.
Output Icons
—The output icons are triangles that together with their color show the
outputs and their status (selected, not selected, signal present or not, format, etc.). A
complete video path is shown when outputs are connected with lines going from
the framebuffer.
Output Icon
Color Meanings—
All items in the T-TAP Control Panel block diagram are color-coded to
show what is happening in realtime. This applies to both icons and text. These colors have
the following corresponding meanings:
Blue: video is same format as the Primary Format (framebuffer)
Red: the selected operation cannot be performed
Control Panel Configuration Screen links
—The left side area of the T-TAP Control Panel
provides navigation links to the various Screens categorized by topics. Clicking on a
topic—or alternatively, a block diagram element—displays an information screen
corresponding to that topic. Screens that can be selected are:
Control:
configures T-TAP operation and output timing.
Format
:
select the framebuffer primary video format of outputs
HDMI:
configure the HDMI Output
Video Setup:
configures Video such as Progressive Format and QuickTime Video
Output Filter.
Conversion:
used to select codec options such as whether paused video appears as a
full frame or a single field (jitter shown or not shown) and 24 to 30 fps padding
patterns.
Timecode:
monitor RP-188 timecode and configure timecode window burn output
(
Note:
SMPTE 12M-2 is the updated name and specification for what was
RP-188)
Presets:
add or delete saved preset configurations (handy for setting up the T-TAP
for certain workflows and then saving it as a canned configuration for easy later
recall)
Firmware:
enables installation of AJA card firmware.
Info:
displays status information and firmware version # of the T-TAP and how it is
installed in the host computer. This information is generally intended for
troubleshooting/support.
Block Diagram Screen
– the top area of the AJA Control Panel shows a visual picture
representing the processing (if any) that's currently occurring, including outputs, and
system status. Lines between the framebuffer, and outputs, show a video path.
Where there are no lines, it shows there is no connection; this can be either because
an output isn't selected or because no video is present.
Icon objects on the block diagram screen (output icons, frame buffer, etc.—also
called “widgets”—indicate their status by color and can be clicked for context-
sensitive information and choices. (These same choices can also be made from the
Control panel screens.)
Note:
You can use the Up/Down arrows on your keyboard to navigate link selections.
