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Auxiliary Control Panels

An auxiliary control panel provides an extra

row of source buttons that can be assigned to

an aux bus. This single row of buttons can be

used to select sources on the aux output, or to

visually follow what is selected on an aux bus.

Auxiliary Control Panel Operation

The Auxiliary Control Panel can be assigned to

either an internal panel row, or an external

panel row, depending on the functionality you

want. Only Auxiliary Control Panels assigned to

internal panel rows can be used for menu auto

follows, double press actions, or recording

custom controls.
In addition to source buttons, all Auxiliary

Control Panels include dedicated Aux Bank and

Aux Bus buttons, as well as control buttons.
• Source Buttons — allow you to select a video

source on the selected bus. If the Auxiliary

Control Panel is in Aux Bus mode, the source

buttons select the video source being fed out

of the aux bus.

• Aux Bank and Bus Buttons — allow you to

select the specific Aux Bus that you want to

assign the Auxiliary Control Panel to.

• Source Buttons — allow you to switch

between the operating modes, and perform

various operations when in each mode.

BANK

1

BANK

2

BANK

3

BANK

4

BANK

5

BANK

6

AUX

1

AUX

2

AUX

3

AUX

4

AUX

5

AUX

6

AUX

7

AUX

8

Control Buttons Aux Bank/Bus Buttons

Source Buttons

Figure 14: Auxiliary Control Panel (24-Button)

The Auxiliary Control Panel allows you to select

the video source that is being fed out of any Aux

Buses on the switcher. You can select the Aux

Bank and Aux Bus, and the video signal you

want

Tip:

(Auxiliary Control Panels assigned to and internal panel

row only) If the Aux Bus you are selecting is set up as an AuxKey,

you can double-press the source button on the Auxiliary Control

Panel to assign the AuxKey to a row on the control panel. The

particular panel row that the AuxKey is assigned to is the panel

row that the Auxiliary Control Panel is assigned to from the Panel

Modules menu.

The control buttons on the Auxiliary Control

Panel are assigned as custom control shot box

buttons, allowing you to access the first 14

custom controls from the shot box pages. Shot

Box Pages are assigned to the Auxiliary Control

Panel in the same way as they are assigned to

a Custom Control Shot Box Module.

BANK

1

BANK

2

BANK

3

BANK

4

BANK

5

BANK

6

AUX

1

AUX

2

AUX

3

AUX

4

AUX

5

AUX

6

AUX

7

AUX

8

CUST
OM01

CUST
OM02

CUST
OM03

CUST
OM04

CUST
OM05

CUST
OM06

CUST
OM07

CUST
OM08

CUST
OM09

CUST
OM10

CUST
OM11

CUST
OM12

CUST
OM13

CUST
OM14

Figure 15: Auxiliary Control Panel with Custom Control Shot

Box

94 • Auxiliary Control Panels — Ultrix Acuity Operation Manual (v10.1)

Summary of Contents for Ultrix Acuity

Page 1: ...Ultrix Acuity Operation Manual v10 1...

Page 2: ...oss our employees are a special group Our employees truly care about doing a great job and delivering a high quality customer experience every day This code of ethics hangs on the wall of all Ross Vid...

Page 3: ...countries This product includes software developed by Jordan Ritter Wireshark and the fin logo are registered trademarks of the Wireshark Foundation Patents Patent numbers US 7 034 886 US 7 508 455 U...

Page 4: ...sult an electrician for replacement of the obsolete outlet 10 Protect the power cord from being walked on or pinched particularly at plugs convenience receptacles and the point where they exit from th...

Page 5: ...PS1 and PS2 on the back of the Acuity control panels are for use with the following Acuity approved accessories Touchscreen Display MN AP TOUCHSCREEN A PN 4820AR 243 01 and Auxiliary Control Panels MN...

Page 6: ...gh static environments such as carpeted areas and when synthetic fiber clothing is worn Touch the frame to dissipate static charge before removing boards from the frame and exercise proper grounding p...

Page 7: ...all components and processes for compliance to Management Methods for the Restriction of the Use of Hazardous Substances in Electrical and Electronic Products also known as China RoHS The Environmenta...

Page 8: ...d the call will be returned shortly Our Technical support staff are available to react to any problem and to do whatever is necessary to ensure customer satisfaction Supporting Documentation Ross Vide...

Page 9: ...Independent Key Transitions 33 To Perform a Transition 33 Split ME Functionality 34 Transition Rates 34 ME Rates 34 Key Rates 35 Fade to Black Rate 35 Cuts 35 Dissolves 35 Wipes 35 To Set Up a Wipe 3...

Page 10: ...63 To Set Animation Properties 64 To Set Audio Properties 64 Managing Media Files and Directories 65 To Rename and Renumber a Media File 65 To Create a Directory 65 To Rename a Directory 65 To Delete...

Page 11: ...Wash 92 To Set Up a Noise Wash 93 To Set Up a SuperBlack Wash 93 Mattes 93 To Set Up a Matte 93 Auxiliary Control Panels 94 Auxiliary Control Panel Operation 94 Ultritouch 95 To Connect to the Switche...

Page 12: ...s 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 t...

Page 13: ...bank and custom control number The functionality of the Recall Clip CC button is set using the CC Global Recall personality option RECALL CLIP CC Function Button Allows you to view the memory attribut...

Page 14: ...y a border to the selected keyer When pressed the border menu is displayed and the last selected border is applied Press the button again to turn the border off BORDER Allows you to apply 2D DVE resou...

Page 15: ...set a new background transition rate for the ME ME RATE Allows you to set a new keyers transition rate for the ME KEY RATE Allows you to select the bank that you want to store or recall a memory regi...

Page 16: ...button is selected the video source that is assigned to the button is fed out of the preview This source overrides the preview video but is not taken to air with the next transition When the SRC butt...

Page 17: ...select a dissolve as the next transition type DISS Allows you to select a wipe as the next transition type WIPE Allows you to select a DVE wipe as the next transition type DVE Allows you to use the t...

Page 18: ...ternal rows are the physical rows on the control panel as well as Auxiliary Control Panels assigned as internal rows External rows are Auxiliary Control Panels that are assigned as external rows 4 Pre...

Page 19: ...utton row you want to recall a quick preset for The source buttons on that row change to show the available quick presets Press the source button for the quick preset you want to recall To Set Up a Qu...

Page 20: ...at the menu system will auto follow to or by pressing one of the quick navigation buttons to the left of the menu region The Main Menu can always be accessed by pressing the Home button on the left si...

Page 21: ...P ONE and LOCK buttons perform the same actions as the buttons on the lower menu region HOME UP ONE HOLD TOP MENU MENU KEYPAD The three knobs on the module correspond to the three virtual knobs on the...

Page 22: ...hot Box Page Setup 058 Key Priority Setup 059 Camera Shotbox 060 Menu No Assign Camera Shot 061 Camera Shotbox 062 Copy Buses 063 064 065 066 Communications 067 Temperature Alarm Shutdown 068 Standard...

Page 23: ...l Type 128 Edit Bus Maps 129 130 Set System Time 131 Diagnostics 132 Setup 133 134 135 136 Menu No 137 Transition 138 139 Custom Controls 140 Attach Custom Controls 141 Set Variables 142 Manage Custom...

Page 24: ...it Custom Control 208 Modify Event 209 Auto Key Setup 210 Auto Key Setup 211 212 Menu No Auto Key Setup 213 214 DVE Setup 215 216 Contact Closure Monitor 217 218 219 220 Attach CCs 221 Odds and Ends M...

Page 25: ...pand the color picker to allow you to select a color based on the HSL RGB values the web safe color name or the eyedropper A fixed palette of default colors is also shown Figure 1 Color Picker collaps...

Page 26: ...ng SoftPanel SoftPanel is treated like a satellite panel by the switcher All satellite panel permissions apply The Oracle VM VirtualBox will prompt you to download and install new versions of the VM V...

Page 27: ...mber is the Panel ID that is set on the SoftPanel 11 Press Change and Reboot to restart the switcher and apply the new settings After the frame reboots the Main Menu is shown on SoftPanel To Uninstall...

Page 28: ...they are layered can be altered by changing how the MEs are re entered on the switcher For example if ME 3 is re entered into ME 1 then ME 3 will appear behind ME 1 in the video layering As with MEs t...

Page 29: ...re switcher or just an ME can be restarted or reset from the control panel This is useful if they switcher is in an unfamiliar state or you are troubleshooting an issue Switcher Shutdown closes the sw...

Page 30: ...rames Interlaced at 59 94 Hz F 20 DSK fade to black transition rate is 20 frames Interlaced at 59 94 Hz Auto Select is selected as the key type in each keyer The Default ME Map is loaded Remote Enable...

Page 31: ...ted ME PST preset bus of the selected ME UTILX utility bus of the selected ME Key XV key X video of the selected ME Key XA key X alpha of the selected ME Aux X aux bus X of the selected aux bus bank 3...

Page 32: ...X of the selected aux bus bank 6 Press Copy to perform the copy Keyer Copy Swap You can copy the entire contents of a keyer to another keyer in the same ME or in a different ME When you copy a keyer t...

Page 33: ...sitions Keys can be transitioned independently using the dedicated key transition buttons on the Keyers Module This allows you to dissolve keys on off air while the fader is off limit or an Auto Trans...

Page 34: ...the A side and B side will use their set transition rates If the A side and B side are both performing a sequence they must start transitioning at the same time Both the A side and B side tally indepe...

Page 35: ...he Preset bus are mixed together until the Preset bus video signal completely replaces the Background bus video signal During the transition both the Background bus and the Preset bus are on air Only...

Page 36: ...ransition Selecting a positive value rotates the pattern clockwise and selecting a negative value rotates the pattern counter clockwise User Controlled Rotation apply a fixed amount of rotation to the...

Page 37: ...ack turns off the Master Audio Control on the Audio Mixer Fade to Black only affects the MEs that are assigned to your control panel and that Fade to Black is turned on for If more than one control pa...

Page 38: ...More Effects More More WhiteFlash Copy Settings 2 Select the ME that you want to copy the WhiteFlash settings from on the top row 3 Select the MEs that you want to copy the WhiteFlash settings to on t...

Page 39: ...e point where a transition will stop This allows you to have all transitions on an ME proceed only half way and stop The next transition is performed from that stop point back to the original starting...

Page 40: ...The operating mode of the Roll Clip button is set with the Roll Clip Mode personality option 40 Transition Ultrix Acuity Operation Manual v10 1...

Page 41: ...nsparency of the key from opaque 0 to fully transparent 100 6 Toggle Additive to temporarily override the shaped unshaped key settings for the selected source On turn shaped keying on for the source O...

Page 42: ...se of the new background eliminating the light or dark key halos In addition background color values are averaged and can be applied to spill areas to add lighting realism to the final composition To...

Page 43: ...or wedge angle wedge shape that is used to detect areas of foreground fill and background alpha based on the chosen color vector This can help fill in areas of heavy spill without hardening edge detai...

Page 44: ...available to each chroma key channel Chroma keys can use static box masks or dynamic masks from an external source Dynamic masks are fed from virtual set systems such as Ross Voyager and follow camera...

Page 45: ...put on a waveform vectorscope and ensure that the chroma background reads as an even signal without variation Camera and Lenses Resolution Cameras naturally vary in performance the ideal camera has a...

Page 46: ...cedure describes how to set up a preset pattern key If you want to modify the pattern refer to To Set Up a Pattern on page 91 1 Press the SEL button on the Keyers module for the key you want to set up...

Page 47: ...en them The active channel is highlighted in red 3 Press Position and use the X Location and Y Location knobs or the positioner to adjust the location of the key X Location move the key from side to s...

Page 48: ...ot point from side to side Y Pivot move the pivot point up or down Z Pivot move the pivot point towards or away from you The Point of Rotation area on the menu shows the location of the pivot point in...

Page 49: ...y or Auto Select Key the following limitations apply Softness is not applied when the border size is 0 Size crops the key when softness is 0 Softness only applies inside the key Color cannot be applie...

Page 50: ...spot in 3D space Chan 1 On Top only turn channel 1 on Chan 2 On Top only turn channel 2 on Intersecting channel layering is the similar to Automatic without the dissolve but the channels can intersect...

Page 51: ...the mask from side to side Y move the mask up and down Size adjust the size of the mask 3 Press Top Left and use the Top and Left knobs to adjust the location of the top left corner of the mask Top m...

Page 52: ...rior to the last memory recall The Undo button lights up after each memory recall indicating that the action can be undone If you perform 10 or more button presses after the memory recall the Undo but...

Page 53: ...s step Tip If a memory has been stored to a register the corresponding button is lit The button shows gray if the memory register is empty For example if memories have been stored to registers 1 and 5...

Page 54: ...E that you want to lock As you scroll through the memory registers the lock status of each memory register is shown 4 Press Lock Memory to lock Yes or unlock No the selected memory register Tip Use th...

Page 55: ...ttributes for is listed near the top left of the menu 4 Select the aux buses BnkXAuxY that you want recalled with the memory To Set Custom Control Memory Attributes 1 Press HOME Attributes ME Attribut...

Page 56: ...dissolve to The switcher slews from the first memory to the second memory at the effects rate stored with the second memory To Set the Effects Dissolve Rate 1 Press EFF RATE on the Effects Memory mod...

Page 57: ...and transition rates As a rule anything that is set up from the Personality menus is stored in these registers Shot Box Pages all the Shot Box pages that have been stored on the switcher Sequences all...

Page 58: ...The USB drive must be formatted as FAT or NTFS To Recall a Switcher Setup Note If you are updating an older setup file you must perform a Recall All followed by a Store All This updates the setup file...

Page 59: ...s that have items stored in them are shown as a hyperlink Click Refresh Table if any changes to the setups you made from the switcher do not appear in the table 3 Click on the setup that you want to d...

Page 60: ...er Targa tga File Type Portable Network Graphics png JPEG jpg or jpeg compressed or uncompressed Compression 24 bit Fill Only 32 bit Fill and Alpha Specification Parameter 1920 1080 pixels max image s...

Page 61: ...ad The length of time it takes to load a file depends on the size of the file and or the length of the animation If you are working with a number of large media files you may have to clear the cache b...

Page 62: ...Store video channel For example if you load a clip with audio in video channel 2 the audio is loaded into audio channel 2 Loading a clip with audio into a Media Store Audio channel only loads the audi...

Page 63: ...a item to disk it is given a file name of CAP number month _ day _ time To Capture to a Media Store 1 Press HOME More Effects Media Store 2 Use the Location knob to select the ME Video channel that yo...

Page 64: ...Press On Air Properties Video 4 Set the media properties as required In the Reverse Play area set whether the animation plays forward Off or in reverse On Reverse Play In the Looping area set whether...

Page 65: ...Press HOME More Effects Media Store or press the source button for the media store channel 2 Navigate to the directory that you want to create a directory in Note Additional directories can be created...

Page 66: ...Media File From Cache 1 Press HOME More Effects Media Store or press the source button for the media store channel 2 Press More View Video Cache 3 Use the middle knob to select the media file that you...

Page 67: ...ttons a custom control only records that a specific button was pressed and does not record the state that the button was in For example if you press the TIME CLOCK button on the Preview Overlay module...

Page 68: ...he custom control A custom control can have multiple Select Memory Banks If you only press the BANK button the next successive Bank is recorded depending on what Memory Bank Cycle is set to Key Clip a...

Page 69: ...Soft Shot Box menu or the Custom Control Shot Box module Custom Control Bus The custom control bus is located above the Program Preset bus on the control panel Custom controls and Banks are assigned t...

Page 70: ...the same in order to run that custom control For example if we again record a relative custom control on ME 2 which is re entered into ME 3 we can run that relative custom control with more or fewer...

Page 71: ...nd the second is the size of all the macros in the selected bank yy Multiple Custom Controls A maximum of 96 custom controls can be running at the same time These custom controls can be started manual...

Page 72: ...king all audio channels off air after you have performed an Audio Memory Recall Audio All Off Description Command Turn an audio channel or group off This can be useful if you want to take an audio cha...

Page 73: ...name Use the Snap Shot knob to select the memory you want to recall AudMemByName Description Command Override the levels for audio channels on the Program bus over a number of fields If the audio cha...

Page 74: ...ept the preroll time assigned to a VTR GPI or camera selected on the preset bus is automatically subtracted from the length of the pause For example if you want a 12 frame pause before taking a camera...

Page 75: ...e field up to 62 characters For example to open and execute a macro on a Chyron enter Lyric Openname Additional commands can be sent to the CG by inserting another Execute Macro event You must insert...

Page 76: ...Description Command Manually opens or closes the selected panel tally 1 Use the Open Close knob to select whether the tally will be set open or closed 2 Use the Tally knob to select the panel tally t...

Page 77: ...r Wall Each box in a layout requires an input channel for the video it displays Assign Chan Load a specific layout on a monitor wall A monitor wall can have several different layouts created each with...

Page 78: ...lect the move you want to prepare Prepare Move Description Command Recall a shot on a particular robotic camera with a specific duration for the recall to be performed When programming this event you...

Page 79: ...Select the ME X s that you want to perform the transition on MEAUTO Perform a cut on the selected ME 1 Select the ME X s that you want to perform the transition on MECUT Description Command Recall a m...

Page 80: ...id for the template you want to load SeqOut Description Command Set the video format that you want the switcher to operate in 1 Press Vid Ref and use the Vid Ref knob to select VID 2 Press Format and...

Page 81: ...cial Description Command Select a source on a specific ME Aux bus or AuxKey Select the ME Aux bus or AuxKey and bus that you want to select a source on and use the XPT knob to select the source you wa...

Page 82: ...rewind the preroll time when the Preroll command is issued In Flag Reset Turn the Entry In mode on the VTR on When the Entry In mode is on the VTR will go to the in entry point that has previously bee...

Page 83: ...rol has had events added to it you can give it a descriptive name This name appears on the menus the mnemonics and the Shot Box buttons for the custom controls This is useful when working with multipl...

Page 84: ...Tip If the custom control contains unsupported events the name of the custom control will appears red and when edited the unsupported events will also appear red 4 Use the Event knob to select the ev...

Page 85: ...ays Active the custom control that is attached to the source always runs Follow Roll Clip the custom control that is attached to the source only runs when Roll Clip is active 5 Use the Postroll knob t...

Page 86: ...ontrol buttons Note The CC Macro Attachments personality option must be set to on for custom controls attached to control panel buttons to be executed when that button is pressed Custom controls are a...

Page 87: ...rtcut allows you to display the previous set of Bank X selection buttons This button is only visible when the Bank button is held Bank To Use The Shortcut Description Shortcut Press and hold the Bank...

Page 88: ...stom control without using the menu system Pause Hold allows you to insert a pause or hold into a custom control you are recording without using the menu system Bank allows you to select any custom co...

Page 89: ...ss HOME Custom Controls 2 Record your custom control to the point where you want to insert the pause and press Insert Event Special 3 Use the Function knob to select V Pause CC 4 In the Enter Pause Eq...

Page 90: ...e if you select A for the variable and 5 for the value with the operator A 5 the expression will return true when CC Variable A has any value other than 5 XPT use the Bus and Source knobs to select th...

Page 91: ...he pattern continuously rotates Selecting a positive value rotates the pattern clockwise and selecting a negative value rotates the pattern counter clockwise Transition Rotation press to apply a rotat...

Page 92: ...the wash Noise apply video noise as the basis of the wash SuperBlack set the wash color to output superblack To Set Up a Pattern Wash 1 Press HOME More Effects BKGD Gen Setup and use the ME and Gener...

Page 93: ...ck Wash 1 Press HOME More Effects BKGD Gen Setup and use the ME and Generator knobs to select the background generator you want to set up and use the Generator Type knob to select one of the Wash gene...

Page 94: ...2 AUX 3 AUX 4 AUX 5 AUX 6 AUX 7 AUX 8 Control Buttons Aux Bank Bus Buttons Source Buttons Figure 14 Auxiliary Control Panel 24 Button The Auxiliary Control Panel allows you to select the video source...

Page 95: ...e will appear in the list I may take a few moments to connect to the switcher 7 Tap the connected devices button to see a table of all the devices Ultritouch is connected to 8 Tap Acuity Slot 0 Acuity...

Page 96: ...4 Source select the source that you want to assign to the selected bus 96 Ultritouch Ultrix Acuity Operation Manual v10 1...

Page 97: ...Close Panel VNC to close the menu system window 4 Point to Add On Modules and select the Shot Box or Aux Panel that you would like to use instead of the panel 5 Point to Options to configure the Acuit...

Page 98: ...hat custom control Right click on the custom control mnemonic to assign a bank or special function to the button Select Bank on Row Point to this item and click the custom control bank that you want t...

Page 99: ...ight click BKGD and KEY 2 A red glow appears below the button when it is held Click on the border of the menu window to move it around or on the left or bottom border to make the window smaller The re...

Page 100: ...me you want to edit make the required changes and press Insert Over This replaces the existing keyframe with the newly edited one Don t forget to save your sequence 1 Navigate to the DVE menus for the...

Page 101: ...sequence 4 Press Save Sequence to save the sequence to the selected register 5 Press Rename Sequence and enter the new name for the sequence 6 Press Accept New Name To Load a Sequence 1 Navigate to th...

Page 102: ...transition multiple keys Select the keys on the Transition module you want to run the sequences on and press SEQ The DVE Sequence Runtime menu shows all the sequences on the keys you have selected Ea...

Page 103: ...he center point locates the channel in X space Moving below the center point locates the channel in Y space Moving above the center point locates the channel in Y space Moving closer to you locates th...

Page 104: ...tion will spin it from right to left Y Axis Figure 20 X Axis Rotation Y Axis Rotation The key rotates vertically about the X Axis A positive rotation will spin the key from top to bottom and a negativ...

Page 105: ...5 006 007 008 009 010 Rotary Wipes Rotary wipes unlike Classic wipes involve rotation of a pattern to reveal the destination source 131 132 133 134 135 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130 111 112...

Page 106: ...thin the Background area Chroma Key Edge Softness Edge Softness lets you apply varying degrees of softening to the Foreground edges to help it blend in with the underlying background image that it is...

Page 107: ...n be described as taking a point on the output versus input video signal line and pulling it perpendicularly away from the line The result is a Bezier curve between the start the new point and the end...

Page 108: ...arency is specified by the key alpha that is associated with the key video A keyer capable of a linear key converts the key signal voltage directly to the transparency effect on the screen Mnemonics A...

Page 109: ...E to 109 IRE The color range from 0 to 7 5 IRE is called SuperBlack and the color range from 100 to 109 IRE is called SuperWhite Tally An indicator which illuminates when the associated button or cont...

Page 110: ...ontrol Panel 94 95 Ultritouch 95 Auxiliary Control Panels 94 AVP 97 B BANK Button 14 Banks 68 Custom Controls 68 BKGD Button 17 BORDER Button 13 Borders 49 DVE 49 Box Mask 51 Bus 12 Source 12 Bus Copy...

Page 111: ...ntrols continued Special Execute Move 78 Special Fast Forward 82 Special Fire Salvo 81 Special Focus 78 Special Frame Advance 82 Special Frame Reverse 82 Special Frame Tally 76 Special FTB 78 Special...

Page 112: ...Special Stop Held Group 74 Special Stop Specific CC 74 Special Store Pbus 78 Special Take 80 Special Take Prepare 77 Special Take Xpt 81 Special Toggle A B 72 Special Trans AuxKey 81 Special Trans Key...

Page 113: ...51 Pattern 51 Utility Bus 51 MATTE FILL Button 13 Mattes 93 ME Buttons 13 16 ME Copy 30 ME PGM Buttons 16 ME PV Buttons 16 ME RATE Button 14 ME Reset 29 MEDIA Button 17 Media Store 60 61 63 65 Cache...

Page 114: ...L Button 14 RECALL CLIP CC Buttons 13 Recalling Memories 53 Recalling Setups 58 Relative Bus Copy 31 Remote Enables 30 Rename Media File 65 Rename Media Store Directory 65 Renumber Media File 65 Reset...

Page 115: ...e 34 Transition Rotation 91 Transitions 33 35 38 Cuts 35 Dissolves 35 Key Priority 38 Wipe 35 Trigger CC 76 U UltraChrome 42 Ultritouch 95 Aux Panel 95 UNDO Buttons 13 Unlocking Memories 54 User Contr...

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