Acuity
®
Control Panel
Overview
The Acuity
™
control panels allow you to control
all aspects of switcher operation, including
source selection, transitions, recording and
running custom controls, storing and recalling
memories, and device control. The control panel
user interface is made up of the physical panel
top, made up of a number of modules, and the
touchscreen display.
Control Panel Modules
Each control panel consists of a number of
removable modules. Modules can be added,
removed, or replaced as required.
Custom Control Bus
These buttons (the top buttons on the row) are
used to record and run custom controls. When
a custom control has been recorded to one of
these buttons, you can press that button to play,
or run, that custom control. Multiple banks of
custom controls can be accessed from this single
row of buttons. Refer to
on page
67 for information on using custom controls.
On the Double-Down panels there are six
function buttons to the right of the row that
allow you to perform specific custom control
functions.
BANK
STOP
ATTACH
PAUSE
RECORD
DELETE
Note:
Double-Down module shown
Table 1: Custom Control Bus Function Buttons
Function
Button
allows you to insert a pause or hold
into a custom control you are
recording, without using the menu
system.
Pause (Hold)
allows you to record a custom control
without using the menu system.
Record
allows you to delete a custom control.
Press and hold the Delete button and
press the custom control button for
the custom control you want to delete.
Press the custom control button again
to confirm the deletion.
Delete
allows you to select any custom
control bank without assigning each
bank to a custom control button.
Bank
allows you to stop a, or all, running
custom controls. The Stop CC
command cannot stop a custom
control that is at hold.
Stop
allows you to turn the CC/Macro
Attachments personality option on or
off.
Attach
Source Buses
These buttons are used to select sources on the
buses that the rows are assigned to. The lower
two rows select sources on the Background
(upper) and Preset (lower) buses of the ME that
the row is assigned to. The upper row(s) select
sources on the key or aux buses that the rows
are assigned to.
The Double-Down control panel has two upper
rows and mnemonic buttons to the right of each
row to show what the button row is assigned to.
The the standard control panel only has a single
row and a two-line display showing how the
buses are assigned.
Note:
Double-Down module shown.
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Control Panel Overview — Ultrix Acuity Operation Manual (v10.1)