6. Advanced configuration
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6.2.3
Configuring video
With the switcher definition file, user defined names can be assigned to the input devices, a video switcher can
be integrated into the system and be controlled, distributed video can be configured and a video switcher can be
used by multiple computers simultaneously.
Therefore information about the video hardware configuration (i.e. input cards, cabling, switchers, computers,
etc. ) needs to be specified in the switcher definition file and compiled into the registry with the switcher lan-
guage compiler.
If the switcher language compiler is already installed the needed files can be found in the folder:
C:\Program
Files\BARCO\SLC\
or if not installed to the default folder in the folder indicated during the installation process.
Else the switcher language compiler has to be installed, please refer to section
3.5.1 Installing the display driver and
A simple switcher definition file
example.vsw
is included. It can be adapted to your specific configuration and
the name of the file can be changed. The file
slc.exe
is the compiler that reads the indicated switcher definition
file and makes the entries into the registry. The other files contain static hardware information and may not be
changed.
The switcher definition file
The switcher definition file contains all individual parameters of the related hardware configuration: computers,
video switcher, configuration of S
TREAMING
V
IDEO
C
ARDS
, definition of analog sources, routing of the analog sources
to the input devices and the cabling.
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//
at the beginning of a line, enclosed comments start with
/*
and end with
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. To refer to the different hardware components the hardware identifiers that are listed in the table below are
used. The numbering in square brackets
[x]
appended to the hardware identifier distinguishes between multi-
ple hardware of the same type. Numbering starts in general with
[0]
. With video switchers one number is used
per device. For the input cards each input available on the card is numbered, this means there are for each D
UAL
RGB
I
NPUT
C
ARD
two inputs considered and four inputs for each Q
UAD
A
NALOG
V
IDEO
C
ARD
and S
TREAMING
V
IDEO
C
ARD
,
irrespective if there are signals connected to the inputs. When referring to the card itself one number per card is
used, this is only applicable for the S
TREAMING
V
IDEO
C
ARD
, e.g
mpg3012[0]
for the first S
TREAMING
V
IDEO
C
ARD
. The
cards/input channels are numbered subsequently corresponding to their order within the PCI
slots, see section
vsw2974[x]
Video Switcher (Valid for models AutoPatch 1YDM, AutoPatch 1Y-16, AutoPatch 4YDM)
frg3008[x]
video channels of Q
UAD
A
NALOG
V
IDEO
C
ARD
, S
TREAMING
V
IDEO
C
ARD
and D
UAL
RGB
I
NPUT
C
ARD
input channels of these card types are commonly considered
mpg3012[x]
S
TREAMING
V
IDEO
C
ARD
(for configuration of the board settings, see
Board
section)
Table 6-29
indication of input cards
