GRASS VALLEY KARRERA, Installation & Service Manual

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Basic Configuration
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About the Status Menu
2 Highlight a source select button in the central scrolling list.
3 Touch a source button on the scrolling list on the right. It will be assigned to that
Remote Aux Panel button.
• The Source Number data pad and scroll knob on the upper right can be used to quickly
select a GV K-Frame XP source by its logical ID number
• The Lock button at the bottom prevents the source list from scrolling when choosing
different Remote Aux buttons.
About the Status Menu
The Status menu is accessed by selecting Eng Setup , Status . The Status menu reports the
currently connected GV K-Frame XP devices by their name, control surface, type, IP address,
software version, and date in the central window.
Note:
The Control Surface of a Menu Panel indicated on this menu is
defined by the Node Settings, Control Surfaces menu settings. It does NOT
report the Control Surface to which the Menu Panel is currently logged in.
Menu Version – Reports the version of the GV Switcher menu application.
Memory Usage – Reports the amount E-MEM and other keyframe memory currently in use.
If usage reaches 100%, no new keyframes will be able to be added to any effect. Deleting
keyframes from any effect will regain space.
Capture Software Diagnostic Data – This button provides a convenient method to save the
current configuration files, E-MEM, Macro, and also any frame software diagnostics data
files that may exist (see Diagnostic Data Collection below). If you need to contact Grass
Valley for assistance about any software problems, the engineering team will want these
files for efficient troubleshooting. The Minimize Menu button minimizes the menu
application, revealing the Windows desktop. The Exit Menu and Closedown Menu
Computer buttons perform those functions.
Acquire Resources
The Acquire Resources menus are used to acquire and release GV K-Frame XP system
resources when multiple suites are being used. Different menus are used for different
resource types.
General Procedure to Acquire Resources
1 Login to the suite.
2 Select the button of the Logical Device you wish to acquire a resource for. These are the
left most buttons on the scrolling list on the left. The menu will automatically display
the menu for that resource type on the right.
3 Select the button of the physical resource you wish to acquire on the right side of the
screen.
If no resources are available, you may need to Login to another suite, release resources, and
login to the target suite.