GRASS VALLEY CR6400 Family, User Manual

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CR6400
User’s Guide
Defining Source Buttons
To configure a button as a source button:
1 Click on the image of the particular button you want to configure.
2 Choose ‘Source’ from the ‘Button Function’ drop-down list. The ‘Configure Button’s Inputs’
table appears. It has 8 rows. Each row can represent a level/input pair.
3 Enter (level, input) pairs on rows of the table. Click on ‘Level’ field to select a level from drop-
down list. Click in the ‘Input’ field to enter an input number manually.
You can use the context menu to edit the destination table.
You can drag-and-drop levels from the ‘Levels’ table to the destination table.
4 Optionally enter a mnemonic in the ‘Device Name / Button Label’ field.
The purpose of the table is to identify the input ports that compose the source.
The inputs you specify are in the range you specified as the “Controller Inputs” in the ‘Router Levels’
page. For example, suppose a 32×32 AES router is divided into 4 equal partitions:
Level A = inputs 1–8,
Level B = inputs 9–16,
Level C = inputs 17–24,
Level D = inputs 25–32 where each level starts counting at output 1.
When entering an input on level C, you specify an input in the range 1–8, not 17–24. Input 3 of
level C is router input 19 (in this example). You would specify (level C, input 3) in the table and
run cable to the router’s input BNC numbered 19.
Entries in the ‘Level’ column are drop-down lists and list available levels. The number of choices
diminishes as you add levels to the source button’s level list. CR6400 does not allow you to
represent the same level more than once.
How you organize levels is up to you. It is recommended that you place, as the first entry in the
list, the level you want to be considered the primary level. Typically this would be a video level.
Unused Button Type
A fifth entry appears in the ‘Button Type’ drop-down list — unused . Buttons that you designate
“unused” perform no function (and remain unlit on the panel).