GRASS VALLEY PROFILE XP PVS Series, System Manual

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Chapter 1 Introducing the Profile XP Media Platform
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Profile XP System Guide 23 July 2004
About channels and factory default configuration
Profile applications use channels to control disk recording and playback. A channel
defines a grouping of video, audio, and timecode resources and is identified by a unique
name. Profile XP software supports three channel types: Recorder channel, Player
channel, or Player/Recorder channel.
Your Profile XP system is shipped with default Recorder, Player, or Recorder/Player
channels. These default channels are named Vtr1, Vtr2, Vtr3 and so on. The following
table describes the video and audio connections you’ll make for the channel types. The
Installation Guide contains specifics about the type and number of default channels in
your Profile XP model, and their video and audio I/O connections.
You can use the information in this System Guide to modify default channel settings to
satisfy the needs of your system. For more information about channels, refer to
Chapter 4, Adding or Removing Channels.
Default channel
type Video I/O
connections Audio connections
a
a.
The number of audio I/Os is determined by your Profile XP model and the number of Audio boards
installed. For SDTI, audio is part of the data stream.
Timecode I/O
Recorder 1 SDI or HD-SDI
video input
1 analog monitor
b
b.
Available on the PVS1000 and PVS1100 Series only if the optional Video Monitor board is
installed. Input monitoring of SDTI video is not available. Input monitoring is always available as
a connection on the HD-SDI board.
2, 4, or 8 audio I/Os Uses the internal
timecode generator.
Player 1 SDI or HD-SDI
video output 2, 4, or 8 audio I/Os Recorded timecode is
used to generate VITC on
the SDI video output or
insert VITC in the
HD-SDI output
Player/Recorder 1 SDI or SDTI video
input and output
1 analog monitor
b
2, 4, or 8 audio I/Os Uses the internal
timecode generator.
Recorded timecode is
used to generate VITC on
the SDI video output.