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MEDIA SERVER USER MANUAL
HEADS UP DISPLAYS (HUDS)
Using HUDs
Mbox Extreme can display Heads Up Displays (HUDs) that provide you with detailed information on the state of the
server. There are two methods for calling up most of these HUDs: the Camera fixture control channel or the keyboard.
Refer to the chart on
page 116 for a listing of discrete values for the Camera control channel. For keyboard activation
of the HUDs, you will need to press one of the function keys listed below:
Note: On some keyboards you may need to press a combination of the [fn] key and the function [F1 - F10] key since
the function keys are mapped to OS-specific tasks.
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F1 - Lights, Camera, Keystone, Shutter HUD
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F2 - Objects HUD (Texture)
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F3 - Objects 3D HUD
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F4 - DMX HUD
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F5 - Pixel-mapping previsualization
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F6 - Pixel-mapping sample areas
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F7 - Alignment Rectangles
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F8 - Software version HUD
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F9 - Performance HUD
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F10 - Timecode/Activity HUD
Any HUD called from the keyboard will override a request for a HUD from the Camera control channel. You can press
[esc] to clear any keyboard HUD or press the activating key a second time. HUDs activated from the keyboard can
also be cleared from the control console through the use of the Camera control channel.
[F5] and [F7] allow you to cycle through the two modes for Pixel-mapping and Alignment Rectangles respectively:
Mode 1, Mode 2, Off. Please see the relevant manual sections for more information.
[F10] allows you to cycle through the five display positions for the Timecode/Activity HUD - center, top-right, top-left,
bottom-left, and bottom-right.
Activity/Timecode On-Screen Notification [F10]
Program activity and timecode input can be monitored on the display. Since the screen may be programmed to go
black at certain points in time, this provides an indication that Mbox Extreme is still running, and also provides an on-
screen indication of current timecode.
Using the Camera control channel ( page 116 ) you can display the
notification in five different positions on the screen: center, top-right,
top-left, bottom-right, and bottom-left. The green rectangle moves
across the gray notification area from left to right, indicating program
activity. When valid timecode is being received (using the Mbox Remote
application), the current timecode value (HH:MM:SS:FF) will be
displayed in the notification area. If timecode stops, the timecode
notification will go away, but the green activity rectangle will continue to
move.