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Section 4 — Menus Overview
Data Pads and Touch Buttons
The Zodiak system menus make extensive use of data pads. Data pads are
active areas on the screen that display a summary of the status of an object,
and when touched bring up additional controls and information for that
object. In
Figure 96 , the data pad for M/E 1 Keyer 1 has been selected,
causing the rest of the screen to display settings and controls for that keyer.
Some data pads display a single value (for example, the soft knob data
pads). Touching a soft knob data pad brings up a keypad on the screen for
data entry (which can be closed without making any changes if desired). A
special pattern data pad also exists, which displays the shape of the current
pattern (the circle shape in
Figure 96 ). Touching this data pad brings up a
wipes palette, from which wipe pattern generator shapes are selected.
Note that a single touch of a data pad will not change any Zodiak system
settings, but just brings up controls that permit changes. You can safely
touch any data pad to explore that object’s parameters and settings. Actual
changes are enacted on the screen with the touch buttons, by turning a soft
knob, or by entering a value on a keypad.
Some menu items that look like data pads only display information, and
will have a colored rather than white background. Touching these buttons
does not generate a popup menu. The information displayed might be able
to be changed using different controls, or it may simply report a status.
Touch buttons do not display data, and are labeled by their function. There
are two types of touch buttons. One type changes parameters directly, and
the other changes the menu's display of parameters, from which changes
can be made. Direct change touch button functions include selecting an
operating mode (
Preset Pattern
in Figure 96 ), or turning on an attribute (
Matte
Fill
in Figure 96 ). Touching these buttons will immediately activate their
function. Note that the Menu Category touch buttons at the bottom of the
screen are used to display a different category of controls, and this is actu-
ally a form of delegation. Touching these buttons will not change any actual
Zodiak system settings, so they can also be safely touched at anytime to
explore the menus.
Touch buttons can control on/off functions, and have a colored indicator
on the left side (
Matte Fill
in Figure 96 ), or they can select from a group of
parameters, and turn gold to indicate the state of that parameter
(
Preset Pattern
in Figure 96 ). For on/off buttons, the color of the indicator
shows the relative importance of the function. Green indicates this is a
normal parameter and that either an on or off state is typical. Yellow indi-
cates an active function that may change expected behavior. Red indicates
an active function which significantly changes normal behavior.
Touch buttons and other elements on the screen colored gray are inactive,
perhaps due to their function not being available in a particular mode or
delegation. Features not yet implemented also have gray touch buttons.