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SECTION 21.4
TRICASTER
®
460 CS & 860 CS
The principle difference between these two control surfaces is the number of video inputs directly supported
on their Main Switcher and M/E button rows. As well, a few control groups are in slightly different locations
on the two control surfaces.
Apart from these distinctions, these two control surfaces correspond to one another quite closely, which will
allow us to treat them simultaneously in the following discussion.
Hint: Since the expansion of sources available in (NDI-enabled) TriCaster Advanced Edition, some TriCaster
460 operators may prefer the 8000 CS and 860 CS over the 460 CS, given the greater number of Switcher
and M/E row buttons.
21.4.1
OVERVIEW
The control layout on these two surfaces closely follows that of the standard TriCaster user interface. For
TriCaster Advanced Edition, however (with its additional NDI source and other options), their capabilities
have been extended by remapping various controls.
The controls are comprised of grouped sets including the following hardware types:

Backlit push buttons

Twist knobs
 T-bar

3-axis joystick

LED indicators
21.4.2
SPECIAL BUTTONS
FIGURE 21-19
The SHIFT and CTRL buttons provided on the
control surface support extended features,
including Switcher row Bank selection, and
future expansion. To the extent that these
buttons are currently in use, they have been
described in context.
Note: You can disable most CS buttons to
prevent accidental use when this would be
desirable. Hold down MACRO + SHIFT for a few seconds to light any currently
locked buttons, or to toggle the locked/unlocked state of a button. (For an older
CS lacking a Macro button, substitute ALT.)
FIGURE 21-20