HD9690 Series HDTV Graticule Generator Manual
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Revision 1.5
FRONT PANEL
OPERATION
3.1.1. The Object Pushbutton Group
The Object key group consists of the
ON/OFF, MODE, CTRL SEL, LOCK, KEYER ON/OFF,
and five
object keys. The object key group is used to select individual objects and control their behaviours on the
screen.
GRID
Pressing this button selects the
grid object
.
MASK
Pressing this button selects the
mask
object
CURSOR
Pressing the button once selects the first
cursor
object. Pressing the button a second
time selects the second
cursor
object
BOX
Pressing the button once selects the first
box
object. Pressing the button a second
time selects the second
box
object
ELLIPSE
Pressing this button selects the
ellipse object
ON/OFF
This button turns a particular
object ON
or
OFF
. If the
object
is set to
ON
you will see it in
the output video. If the
object
is set to
OFF
you will not see it in the output video.
The
ON/OFF
status of each
object
is stored individually. You must select the
object
before
you can change its
ON/OFF
status.
MODE
This button controls various
MODES
for a particular
object
such as the aspect ratio and
whether it is centred on the screen on not. Some of the
MODES
are automatically
determined by the
setup
menu items, and may be hidden if they are not applicable. You
must select the
object
before you can change its
MODE.
CTRL SEL
This button controls which attributes for a particular object (colour. line width, position, size
or shape) will be adjusted by turning the shaft encoder knobs. Some of the object controls
are affected by the setup menu items, and the object mode, and may be hidden if they are
not applicable. You must select the
object
before you can change its
CTRL SEL
ection
.
LOCK
Pressing the
LOCK
button initiates a global panel lock. All front panel controls except the
LOCK
button are inhibited when
LOCK
is enabled. When the panel is
LOCKED
the
PANEL. LOCKED
LED illuminates. Pressing the
LOCK
button will toggle the
LOCK
state
ON
and
OFF
.
KEYER ON/OFF
Pressing this button allows the user to toggle the global
KEYER
state
ON (enabled)
and
OFF (disabled)
. When the
KEYER
is
ON
all enabled
objects
will be present in the
video output. When the
KEYER
is
OFF
none of the enabled
OBJECTS
will be present in
the video output.
3.1.2. The Setup Button Group
SETUP
Pressing this button allows you to program various global attributes for the objects, and to
configure the overall operating modes for the Graticule Generator. See section 4.1.6 for a
complete description of the setup modes.
ESC
This button is used to exit out of menus or to abort setup operations.
