Blackmagicdesign Blackmagic MultiView 4, Installation And Operation Manual

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Solo Input
Use the “solo input” pushbutton to determine which input is displayed full screen when the
“solo” button is enabled on the Blackmagic MultiView 16’s front panel. Simply click on the “solo
input” pushbutton in the Videohub Control destinations panel, then click an input pushbutton in
the sources panel.
Audio Input
On Blackmagic MultiView 16 and Blackmagic MultiView 4 you can use the “audio input”
pushbutton in Videohub Control software to determine which SDI input’s audio is routed to the
multi view output. Simply click on the “audio input” pushbutton in the Videohub Control
destinations panel, then click an input pushbutton in the sources panel to immediately route
that input’s audio to the multi view output.
The “solo input” and “audio input” pushbuttons allow
you to change these settings using Videohub Control.
Developer Information
Blackmagic Videohub Ethernet Protocol v2.3
Summary
Your Blackmagic MultiView is compatible with the Blackmagic Videohub Ethernet Protocol. It is
text based and is accessed by connecting to your Blackmagic MultiView’s IP address and
TCP port 9990.
The multi view sends information in blocks which each have an identifying header in all caps,
followed by a full colon. A block spans multiple lines and is terminated by a blank line. Each line
in the protocol is terminated by a newline character.
Lines sent to the Blackmagic MultiView 16 can be terminated with line feed, carriage
return or both.
Upon connection, the multi view sends a complete dump of the state of the device. After the
initial status dump, status updates are sent every time the multi view status changes.
To be resilient to future protocol changes, clients should ignore blocks they do not recognize,
up to the trailing blank line. Within existing blocks, clients should ignore lines they do not
recognize.
NOTE Controlling your MultiView via Ethernet is available on both models,
however, most features are relevant to Blackmagic MultiView 16. On Blackmagic
MultiView 4, you can change the source for the Multi View audio.
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