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Signal Output Settings

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The signals that can be assigned to Outputs 13 to 16
are selected from the list displayed by pressing
[Output/MV/FC/DME Mode].

Press [Set] to confirm the assignment.

Adjusting the Video Clip

Open the Engineering Setup >Switcher >Output
>Video Clip menu (7333.2).

Select the output you want to set.

Adjust the following parameters.

To set the values to the default values, press [Default].

Making Vertical Blanking Interval
Adjustment and Through Mode
Settings

This sets the number of scan lines from the reference
blanking position of field 1 for each format that should be
masked.

Open the Engineering Setup >Switcher >Output >V
Blank/Through menu (7333.3).

Select the output you want to set.

Press [V Blank Mask].

Adjust the following parameter.

a) Depending on the signal format, the adjustment range varies as

follows.

480i:

10 to 19

576i:

6 to 22

1080i/1080PsF:

7 to 20

720P:

7 to 25

To enable through mode, press [Through Mode],
setting it to Enable. The following outputs can be
enabled.

• Aux 1 to 24 outputs

• Program outputs of the M/E and PGM/PST rows
• Clean outputs of the M/E and PGM/PST rows

Making Safe Title Settings

Open the Engineering Setup >Switcher >Output >Safe
Title menu (7333.4).

The status area shows the output ports and the assigned
signals, with the box 1, box 2, cross, and grid states.

Select the output you want to set.

To enable the safe title on/off setting made in the Misc
menu, press [Safe Title], turning it on.

Carry out one of the following operations.

To display a box:

Press [Box1] or [Box2], turning it

on.
In this case, carry out the following steps

and

To display a cross:

Press [Cross], turning it on.

To display a grid:

Press [Grid], turning it on.

In this case, carry out the following steps

and

If you selected [Box1] or [Box2] in step

, adjust the

following parameters.

a) Adjustable for Box2

If [Grid] is selected in step

, in the <Grid Size> group,

select one of the following.

80.00%:

Sets the grid size to 80% of the screen frame.

85.00%:

Sets the grid size to 85% of the screen frame.

90.00%:

Sets the grid size to 90% of the screen frame.

100.00%:

Sets the grid size to the full-screen size

(100% of the screen frame).

If you selected [Box1] or [Box2] in step

, in the

<Box1 Adjust> or <Box2 Adjust> group, select the
screen aspect ratio (16:9/14:9/4:3).
If you selected [Grid] in step

, in the <Grid Adjust>

group, select the screen aspect ratio (16:9/4:3).

Cropping the Image to a 4:3 Aspect
Ratio in an HD System

In an HD system, to crop an image having a screen aspect
ratio of 16:9 to an aspect ratio of 4:3, use the following
procedure.

No.

Parameter

Adjustment

White Clip

Luminance signal white clip value

Dark Clip

Luminance signal dark clip value

Chroma Clip Chrominance signal clip value

No.

Parameter

Adjustment

Mask End

Final value for vertical blanking

interval

No.

Parameter

Adjustment

Box Size

Box size

Luminance

Display brightness

Summary of Contents for MVS-3000 System

Page 1: ... on recycled paper Printed in Japan 2012 09 32 2012 Multi Format Switcher System MVS 3000 System With ICP 3000 Control Panel MVS 3000 ICP 3000 MKS 6550 User s Guide English Software Version 1 00 and Later 1st Edition MVS 3000 System With ICP 3000 Control Panel ...

Page 2: ...F MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR ANY PARTICULAR PURPOSE WITH REGARD TO THIS MANUAL THE SOFTWARE OR SUCH OTHER INFORMATION IN NO EVENT SHALL SONY CORPORATION BE LIABLE FOR ANY INCIDENTAL CONSEQUENTIAL OR SPECIAL DAMAGES WHETHER BASED ON TORT CONTRACT OR OTHERWISE ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS MANUAL THE SOFTWARE OR OTHER INFORMATION CONTAINED HEREIN OR THE USE THEREOF Sony Corporation r...

Page 3: ... Pad 28 Names and Functions of Parts of the Menu 30 Overview 30 Top Menu List 30 Menu Screen 30 Top Menu Window 33 Numeric Keypad Window 34 Keyboard Window 35 Color Palette Window 36 Basic Menu Operations 36 Recalling Menus 36 Selecting Menus 37 Selecting List Items 37 Setting Parameters 37 Returning Parameters to Default Values 38 Operation with a Mouse 38 Using Shortcut Menus 38 Power Supply and...

Page 4: ...tments Menus 68 Chroma Key Adjustments 68 Key Edge Modifications 70 Mask 73 Key Modify Clear 74 Blink Function 74 Key Adjustments Flexi Pad 74 Resizer 76 Two Dimensional Transformations and Rotation of Keys 77 Resizer Interpolation Settings 78 Resizer Crop Border Settings 79 Applying Resizer Effects 80 Key Snapshots 81 Key Snapshot Operations 81 Chapter 5 Wipes Overview 83 Basic Procedure for Wipe...

Page 5: ...nimation 110 Frame Memory Clip Function 111 Frame Memory Clip Operations 111 Preparations for Operation 111 Recalling Clips 112 Clip Playback 112 Clip Creation 114 Creating and Handling Frame Memory Folders 114 Clip Output 114 Recording and Playback of Ancillary Data 115 Clip Transition Operations 115 Image Data Management 117 Pair File Processing 117 Moving Files 117 Deleting Files 117 Renaming F...

Page 6: ...5 Time Settings 146 Paths 147 Effect Execution 148 Master Timelines 148 Sequence of Keyframe Operations 148 Displaying the Timeline Menu 149 Interpreting the Timeline Menu 149 Settings in the Timeline Menu 150 Recalling a Register 150 Specifying the Region and Edit Points 152 Selecting the Region in which Editing Applies 152 Specifying an Edit Point 153 Creating and Editing Keyframes 153 Keyframe ...

Page 7: ...ing a Shotbox Register using the Menus 178 Shotbox Execution 179 Executing a Shotbox in the Flexi Pad 179 Executing a Shotbox Function with Cross Point Buttons in the 2nd Row 179 Shotbox Register Editing 179 Chapter 14 Macros Macros 180 Overview 180 Macro Creation and Editing 180 Macro Execution 182 Macro Operations in the Flexi Pad 182 Recalling a Macro Register and Executing a Macro 182 Creating...

Page 8: ...itialization 215 Installation and Device Setup 215 Installing Software 215 Saving a Frame Memory Clip with Ancillary Data 216 Setting the Number of Format Converter Input Outputs 216 System Maintenance 216 Setting the Date and Time 216 Using Removable Disks 216 Carrying Out the Primary Setting 216 Formatting a Local Disk 217 Locking the Setup Menu Settings 217 Locking File Loading Operations 218 C...

Page 9: ... Wipe Snapshot Menus 237 Setting the Button Operation Mode 237 Setting the Operation Mode of the ALL Button in the Transition Control Block 237 Setting Trackball and Button Double Click Sensitivity 238 Setting the Macro Execution Mode 238 Screen Saver and Other Settings 238 Using the Menu Display Screen Saver 238 Using Panel Sleep Mode 238 Adjusting the Brightness 238 Setting the Touch Operation B...

Page 10: ...ice Interface Settings 254 Making Switcher Processor GPI Input Settings 254 Making Switcher Processor GPI Output Settings 255 Enabling or Disabling AUX Bus Control 256 Selecting the Mode for Turning Off Keys upon Receiving the Editor Command 256 Chapter 19 Router Interface and Tally Setup Router Interface Settings 257 Assigning Switcher Inputs and Outputs to S Bus Space 257 Tally Group Settings 25...

Page 11: ...emote Panel 288 Procedure for Simple Connection 288 Setting Status of the MKS 8080 8082 in Simple Connection 288 Macro File Editing Rules 289 Macro File Syntax 289 Syntax of Event and Continue Statements 289 File Name 290 Saving and Recalling a File 290 Errors 290 Correspondence between Events and Symbols 290 Symbols and Parameters 291 Example of File Contents 295 About the Macro Attachment List D...

Page 12: ... system including the routing switcher provides an all inclusive tally system The system can be adapted to different applications and settings using multiple tally outputs including both on air and recording tallies Format converter board mounting support An optional MKS 6550 format converter can be installed in the switcher to provide up conversion down conversion and cross conversion functions w...

Page 13: ...ions Basic Video Processing This section introduces basic functions used for video processing on the switcher Transitions In the M E banks and PGM PST bank the switch from the current video stream appearing on the corresponding program monitor to a new video stream is referred to as a transition In the M E banks and PGM PST bank you can change one of the images the background and keys 1 to 4 downs...

Page 14: ...led independent key transitions By carrying out an independent key transition in combination with a common transition different transition types can be used for the background and keys The following compares the independent key transition with a common transition taking a simultaneous change of the background and key as an example Video used in the transition Effect of a common transition In the c...

Page 15: ...stream to a new video stream using a wipe pattern Changing the background by means of a wipe is referred to as a background wipe and inserting or deleting a key with a wipe is termed a key wipe There are two types of wipe those that can be selected in a common transition and those that can be selected in an independent key transition You can also specify the wipe direction or set the pattern posit...

Page 16: ...ee Configuring the Color Corrector 1 p 242 in chapter 18 Side Flags The term side flags refers to the areas to left and right of an image with aspect ratio 4 3 embedded within a 16 9 frame when these areas are filled with a separate image selected from the utility bus For details see Side Flags 1 p 128 in chapter 9 Creation of Special Effects and Management of Data and Operations This section intr...

Page 17: ...enu by pressing the button For details see Utility Execution 1 p 176 in chapter 13 Shotboxes The term shotbox refers to a function whereby for each specified region see Regions 1 p 144 in chapter 11 any snapshot or keyframe effect can be recalled simultaneously For details see Shotbox 1 p 176 in chapter 13 Macros The term macro refers to the function whereby a sequence of signal selections and oth...

Page 18: ...ices and so on connected together in a single system This is referred to as setup and you can carry out the setup operations from the Engineering Setup menu The settings are grouped under the following headings System setup System For details see Chapter 16 System Setup 1 p 211 Panel setup Panel For details see Chapter 17 Control Panel Setup 1 p 219 Switcher setup Switcher For details see Chapter ...

Page 19: ...T THUMB NAIL RESET OUT IN MARK2 SHUTTLE TOP KEY INHI EXPAND CHAPTER F REV F FWD END PREV NEXT PLAY STOP STANDBY REC EJECT CH 1 CH 2 CH 3 CH 4 NETWORK LOCAL REMOTE ACCESS LEVEL REC VARIABLE PRESET PB Camera Playback VTR MVS 3000 Multi Format Switcher Character generator Recording VTR ICP 3000 Control Panel Monitor for multi viewer Removable disk Program output monitor Menu display monitor Preview m...

Page 20: ... Chapter 1 Overview Connection Example U MVS DEVICE DVI D MVS U MVS 3000 Multi Format Switcher AC power supplies ICP 3000 Control Panel Menu display monitor DVI cable USB cable LAN cable straight type AC power supplies AC power supply ...

Page 21: ...s composed by the MVS 3000 switcher processor and the ICP 3000 control panel An external monitor connected to the control panel is required to operate the menus For details about monitors that can be connected consult your Sony representative Control Panel Configuration Transition control block 1 p 24 Device control block 1 p 26 Flexi Pad 1 p 28 Cross point control block 1 p 22 M E 1 bank PGM PST ...

Page 22: ... 47 b 1st row This selects a key bus AUX bus or function You can assign the following buses functions and buttons in the Setup menu KEY1 to KEY4 DSK1 to DSK4 UTIL1 EDIT PVW AUX1 to AUX24 FMS1 FMS2 Utility shotbox function INH SET XPT HOLD PRE MCRO POST MCRO MCRO ATTCH ENBL KEY 1ST ROW DSPLY 2ND ROW DSPLY SHIFT buttons For details about assignments 1 Assigning a Bus or Function to 1st Row Buttons p...

Page 23: ...ow and background B row The following function blocks can be enabled depending on settings in the Setup menu Background A and B rows Key bus Utility bus PRE MCRO pre macro Sets a macro attachment in pre macro mode Simultaneously pressing this button and the POST MCRO button sets a macro attachment in macro only mode POST MCRO post macro Sets a macro attachment in post macro mode Simultaneously pre...

Page 24: ...1 6 PRIOR SET button 1 Next transition selection buttons 7 Key priority display 2 Transition type selection buttons 3 Transition execution section 4 Wipe direction selection buttons 8 Independent key transition execution section q Independent key transition type selection buttons 9 Key delegation buttons 5 TRANS PVW button qs K SS STORE button Shown above is the right hand type transition control ...

Page 25: ...EY1 to KEY4 DSK1 to DSK4 button corresponding to the key you want to bring to the front For details 1 Setting the Key Priority in the Transition Control Block p 49 g Key priority display The current key priority status is displayed on the left while the key priority status after the transition is displayed on the right h Independent key transition execution section This is used to insert or delete...

Page 26: ...t button of the register you want to save while holding this button to save the key snapshot Device Control Block The device control block is used for wipe pattern position setting and for VTR disk recorder frame memory clip operation a Region selection buttons The operation mode allocated to the device control block depends on the selection state of the region selection buttons Name Description K...

Page 27: ...xes the trackball can control to the x or y axis CTR center This returns the pattern position to the center of the screen CLR WORK BUFR clear work buffer Press this twice in rapid succession to reset all parameters on the target M E or PGM PST to their initial values Name Description ASP aspect Pressing this button and operating the trackball or Z ring changes the aspect ratio of a key to which th...

Page 28: ... turning it on in VTR disk recorder frame memory operation mode makes it possible to carry out timeline start stop point setting operation for the selected device timeline setting mode Flexi Pad The Flexi Pad is used for creating and recalling snapshots wipe snapshots DME wipe snapshots key snapshots effects shotboxes and macros for setting the transition rate and for adjusting keys a Mode selecti...

Page 29: ...ncluding the minus sign g Adjustment knobs Use these to adjust the parameters selected with the memory recall section buttons KEY SS key snapshot Press this to carry out key snapshot creation recall deletion By default this is not assigned to a mode selection button so you must assign it to a mode selection button in the Setup menu before use Name Description ALL Selects all regions If any region ...

Page 30: ...isplayed on the screen touch operation or by clicking with the mouse For information about using the mouse 1 Operation with a Mouse p 38 For information about supported monitors contact your Sony representative Top Menu List When the control panel is powered on the top menu list appears as shown below Press each button to display the corresponding top menu in the monitor screen Press the Shutdown ...

Page 31: ...en an external HDD is connected c VF buttons These indicate the larger subdivisions 2nd level of the menu Depending on the selected item the menu screen contents change including the HF button indications d HF buttons These indicate the smaller subdivisions 3rd level of the menu Depending on the selected item the menu indications change Depending on the function if any one is on the status is show...

Page 32: ...window 1 p 34 and you can then enter a new value for the corresponding parameter with the numeric keypad i Previous page button This shows the page number of the previously displayed menu screen Press it to go back to that page When the Parent indication appears this displays the parent directory menu level j Keyframe status This shows the keyframe status of the reference region Pressing this butt...

Page 33: ...ntrol panel p 42 c Add Favorite button This registers the currently displayed menu to the Shortcut menu 1 p 38 d Close button This closes the top menu window e Page number entry section Enter a page number and press the Enter button to open that page If the page number does not exist the color of the entered page will change Pressing the Clear button clears the entry 1 Top menu selection buttons 4...

Page 34: ... appears in a depressed state The range of timecode values you can enter varies as follows depending on the signal format 00 00 00 00 to 23 59 59 nn where nn number of frames per second 1 f minus button This toggles the sign of the entered value g Clear button This clears the input display It does not change the parameter setting h Trim button After entering the difference from the current value p...

Page 35: ...ilenames in capital letters f Shift button This selects the characters on the shift side of the keys The shift is released when you enter a character g Space button This enters a space character h Clear button This clears all of the characters in the input string i Del delete button This clears the character immediately after the cursor j Left Right button These move the cursor one character to th...

Page 36: ...te button with this button held down the color palette button is set to the default color c Color display This shows the setting color and its parameters LUM SAT and HUE By adjusting the parameters you can create any color If a parameter value is outside the permitted range for RGB 0 to 255 the Illegal Color indication appears and this is adjusted to a value within range Cancel Pressing this butto...

Page 37: ...utton to select all items You can also select the number of parameters using Num Example Selecting frame memory folders If the No parameter is set to 2 and the Num parameter is set to 5 five folders are selected starting from folder number 2 Setting Parameters The above mark on a function button indicates that there are parameters which can be adjusted When you press such a button you can set the ...

Page 38: ... the bar showing the setting to the desired value Position the cursor over the parameter setting button for which you want to adjust the value then click the left mouse button to open the numeric keypad window and enter the desired value To scroll a list with the mouse Position the cursor over the list you want to scroll and turn the mouse wheel In the Setup menu you can specify the scroll directi...

Page 39: ...ttings Select the button you want to copy press Copy and then select the target button and press Paste To delete button settings Select the button you want to delete then press Clear To customize groups 1 In the Home Favorites Shortcut menu 0021 press Group Edit The Home Favorites Group Edit menu 0022 appears 2 Use the following procedures To rename a group Select the group you want to change pres...

Page 40: ...ctor BNC type Connect this connector with a BNC cable to an S Bus data link via a T bridge Connecting devices such as IXS series routing switchers and MKS 8080 8082 AUX bus remote panels via an S Bus data link enables the following kinds of control Returning to the S Bus tally data created by this unit on the basis of data received from other devices Switching the cross points of a routing switche...

Page 41: ... unused connector with the supplied 75 ohm terminator l TALLY GPI IN tally general purpose interface input 1 to 18 and TALLY GPI OUT tally general purpose interface output 1 to 48 connectors D sub 25 pin Output tally data created with the control panel of the MVS 3000 system open collector These connectors can also be used as GPI output ports You can also input trigger signals as GPI inputs Input ...

Page 42: ...e menu screen goes fully black check that the control panel power switch indicator 1 has gone out You can forcibly turn off the power without shutting down by pressing and holding the POWER for about five seconds If status indicator A or B does not light even when power is supplied to the AC IN A and B connectors there may be a fault in the power circuits Disconnect the cords from the AC IN A B co...

Page 43: ...nnect to a USB device 1 d DVI D connector Connect to an external monitor 1 e U signal ground terminal Connect to the system ground f AC IN AC power input A and B connectors 3 pin Connect to 100 V to 240 V AC power supply with the optional AC power cords The unit is equipped with two power supplies When A or B power supply is connected unit operation can proceed 1 For information about devices that...

Page 44: ...to as a transition The following illustration shows the flow of operations for carrying out a transition on a switcher bank Select current background video Select next transition Background Keys 1 to 4 Select new background video Make key settings 1 p 62 Select transition type Cut Mix Super mix Preset color mix Wipe DME wipe Make wipe settings 1 p 83 Make DME wipe settings 1 p 93 Preview the effec...

Page 45: ...ween buses and cross point button rows and the delegation operations Signal Assignment and Selection Assigning signals to buttons Each of the 24 cross point buttons has a corresponding button number to which you assign a signal In addition to the signals input to the connectors at the rear of the switcher processor you can also select signals generated within the switcher Each button has assigned ...

Page 46: ...ion of all cross point buttons with the same number in the following buses The corresponding name also disappears from the source name display Background A background B Keys 1 to 4 Utility bus Assigning the function of disabling cross point button operation to a button In the Setup menu assign Inhibit Set to any of the buttons in the 1st row For details 1 Assigning a Bus or Function to 1st Row But...

Page 47: ...the output of each at 50 at the mid point of the transition i e when the fader lever is in the center position Selectable NAM non additive mix The current video and new video signals are compared and the signal with the higher luminance level is given priority in the output The signals are compared at the mid point of the transition when both signals are at 100 at which point the signal with the h...

Page 48: ...erting a key select the key signal and make any required settings For details about key settings 1 Keys p 62 To carry out a cut transition skip to step 7 otherwise continue to step 5 5 Select one of the transition type selection buttons in the transition control block To carry out a dissolve to the new video Press one of the MIX NAM SUPER MIX and PST COLOR MIX buttons turning it on To carry out a ...

Page 49: ... key priority for keys inserted in the current screen and for keys after the transition There are two ways of setting the priority either using the PRIOR SET button in the transition control block or using the Misc menu to access the Key Priority menu for each switcher bank When the operating mode is set to multi program the key priority setting cannot be made Setting the Key Priority in the Trans...

Page 50: ...atus and Key Priority The key status is displayed as follows in the key priority display of the transition control block Example K1 indicates key 1 The current priority i e before transition is displayed on the left CRNT and the priority after the transition is displayed on the right NEXT After the transition is complete the CURRENT and NEXT displays switch places Super Mix Settings You can set th...

Page 51: ... E 1 bank for example open the M E 1 Misc Transition menu 1171 2 Select Preset Color Mix in the Transition Type group 3 In the Preset Color Mix Fill group select one of the following Flat Color Monochrome color matte Utility 1 Bus Signal selected on the utility bus 4 When Flat Color is selected adjust the color matte Executing a Transition There are two modes of executing a transition an auto tran...

Page 52: ...ntered value is a timecode value Example Entering 123 constitutes an entry of 1 second 23 frames Whereas you can enter a value of up to 999 in frame input mode a value not smaller than 10 seconds cannot be entered in timecode input mode Frame display mode and timecode display mode For the transition rate display in the transition control block there are two modes frame display mode and timecode di...

Page 53: ... of movement of the wipe pattern through the course of the transition for each bank When the pattern limit function is enabled carrying out a transition results in the following effect for example settings When the limit value is set to 50 the effect at the end of the transition is the same as when the fader lever is at the center position in the normal case with the pattern limit function disable...

Page 54: ...gain The status before the previous transition is restored To cancel the pattern limit To cancel the pattern limit after completion of step 3 in the previous procedure press the PTN LIMIT button turning it off If after carrying out step 2 in the previous procedure the pattern limit has been reached carry out the following procedure 1 Press the PTN LIMIT button The button you pressed lights green 2...

Page 55: ...te in advance 1 p 52 Transition control block To execute a transition on a switcher bank by a button operation use the following procedure in the transition control block To carry out an instantaneous cut transition Press the CUT button To carry out a gradual transition Press the AUTO TRANS button This executes the transition at the preset transition rate 1 p 52 While the transition is executing t...

Page 56: ...on Sync indicator transition is not executed and the non sync state will be released and the Non Sync indicator will disappear when you reach the end of the lever travel If you move the fader lever toward the Sync indicator the transition resumes and the Sync indicator will disappear when you reach the end of the lever travel In this case a 100 transition is executed in the remaining section Even ...

Page 57: ...tton On the preview monitor you can check the effect of the transition To terminate a transition preview There are three modes for a transition preview To terminate a transition preview carry out the operation which depends on the mode and press the TRANS PVW button turning it off Lock Switching the TRANS PVW button on or off switches between the transition preview mode and the normal mode Hold Th...

Page 58: ...oth cases the common transition is a wipe and the independent key transition is a mix dissolve Time offset execution with the key inserted With the key inserted the key is gradually deleted using two transition types with a time offset Whichever button is pressed first when the common transition completes even if the independent key transition is still not completed the two end simultaneously Time...

Page 59: ... also use the Transition menu to select a desired independent key transition type for each key see the next section For details about wipe settings 1 Wipe Settings for Independent Key Transitions p 87 For details about DME wipe settings 1 DME Wipe Settings for Independent Key Transitions p 97 3 Execute the transition To insert or delete the key gradually with a mix or wipe transition Press one of ...

Page 60: ...the alphanumeric display enter the transition rate you want to set with the memory recall section button If required press the TC button to toggle the input mode frame input or timecode input Enter a value of up to three digits To cancel the input press any of the mode selection buttons 6 Press the ENTR button Setting the independent key transition rate by a menu operation 1 For DSK1 for example o...

Page 61: ... the transition rates in a menu and changing the settings For each of the banks you can display the transition rate independent key transition rate and fade to black transition rate and change the settings 1 p 126 No Parameter Adjustment 1 Transition Rate Transition rate ...

Page 62: ... will color the background You set the clean mode with the Type menu of the respective keyer For details 1 Setting the key type in a menu p 65 Note that in the following situations the clean mode is turned off and cannot be turned on When the key type is a pattern key When key inversion is on When the key fill is a matte When the key edge is an outline When the key edge is normal with soft edge be...

Page 63: ...ge being on When fine key is on To fix key fill key source in key drop OFF mode Switch frame delay mode on Regardless of the fine key and edge type settings key fill and key source are fixed in key drop off mode In this mode key image has a one frame delay Notes Type Description Image Normal This is the state with no key edge modifiers applied Border This applies a uniform width border to the edge...

Page 64: ...ignal is formed When the pattern generator is selected you can select the pattern and apply modifiers Key Memory The key memory function allows the keyer settings on each cross point button to be automatically stored so that the next time the same cross point button is selected these settings are recalled automatically There are two modes for key memory simple mode and full mode The parameters sto...

Page 65: ...pplied The larger the value the more strongly the filter is applied When a chroma key is selected When a color vector key is selected When key wipe pattern key is selected 5 Make the following settings as required To invert the black and white of the key source Press Key Invert turning it on To adjust the horizontal position or key source width for a luminance key linear key or chroma key Press Ke...

Page 66: ...ignal to a cross point button is automatically selected as the key source The pairing settings are carried out in the Setup menu For details 1 Cross Point Settings p 223 Split You can select a key source signal independently of the key source automatically selected in Auto Select mode 6 If you selected Split in step 5 select the key source using any of the following methods In the cross point cont...

Page 67: ...out the background and the key fill is then inserted The inserted signal is also referred to as the foreground and the composite image is called a chroma key image For details about adjusting chroma key images 1 Chroma Key Adjustments p 68 In creating a chroma key image either a normal mix or an additive mix can be used Normal mix The foreground is cut out with the key signal and then combined wit...

Page 68: ...d you can make adjustments for color cancel see the next paragraph Color cancel If the foreground image includes shades of the background color turn this function on to remove the color from the foreground image Window You can adjust the range over which the key signal is determined as matching the specified hue When this function is off the default range is used for the key Chroma keying generate...

Page 69: ...n the composite image is output to the monitor and you can watch the monitor while manually adjusting the keying When the key active function is off only the foreground image appears Set this off when manually adjusting color cancel see the next section 1 In the M E 1 Key1 Type Chroma Adjust menu 1111 1 set Key Active on 2 Adjust the following parameters Making color cancel adjustments If the back...

Page 70: ...components 1 In the M E 1 Key1 Type Chroma Adjust menu 1111 1 set FRGD CCR on 2 Adjust the following parameters Key Edge Modifications Key edge functions can only be used for keys 1 and 2 DSK1 and DSK2 for the PGM PST bank To modify the key edge of key 1 on the M E 1 bank use the following procedure 1 Open the M E 1 Key1 Edge menu 1112 2 Select the edge type 1 p 63 in the Edge group Normal Unadorn...

Page 71: ...color in the Emboss Fill group To adjust matte 1 and 2 press Matte1 or Matte2 respectively then adjust the following parameters 6 To make the edge soft press Soft Edge to turn it on then adjust the softness For a normal edge when Soft Edge is enabled Key Drop is kept on 7 To make separate fine adjustments to the positions of the left right top and bottom of the source edge press Fine Key to set it...

Page 72: ...ted by the dedicated pattern generator 1 In the Edge Fill group of the M E 1 Key1 Edge menu select Matte then press Matte Adjust 2 In the Edge Matte group select Mix Color turning it on 3 Adjust the following parameters a The pattern is the same as the wipe For details 1 Wipe Pattern List p 264 To select the pattern display the Mix Pattern Select menu by pressing Mix Pattern in the edge fill Matte...

Page 73: ...ection Mix Pattern Select menu and make adjustments by pressing Pattern Adjust to open the menu for pattern adjustment Matte Adjust menu Mask Pattern Use the main mask Box or Pattern You can also press Pattern Select and in the corresponding pattern adjustment menu change the pattern 5 To adjust the color press Zabton Color and adjust the following parameters Mask The mask function can be used to ...

Page 74: ...inking and the proportion of each cycle for which the key is inserted Edge blink The key fill and key edge fill are interchanged at regular intervals You can set the period of blinking and the proportion of each cycle for which the original state holds The blink settings are in the Transition menu for each key Using the blink function For example to perform settings for key 1 on the M E 1 bank use...

Page 75: ...he key type in a menu p 65 Selecting the key source AUTO SEL button The signal assigned as a pair with the key fill bus signal for the key row button in the cross point control block is automatically selected SPLT button Select a different signal manually To make the selection hold down this button and press the button assigned to the signal you want as key source in the cross point control block ...

Page 76: ...th the adjustment knobs are different for a box or a pattern The box parameters are on two pages to access the second page press the KNOB 1 2 button For details about parameters 1 Using a mask p 73 Applying modifiers to the key edge BDR button Applies a border to the edge DROP BDR button Applies a drop border to the edge SHDW button Applies a shadow to the edge For details about parameters see ste...

Page 77: ...ed Device control block operations for key shrinking magnification rotation and movement 1 Press the RSZR CTRL button turning it on 2 Use the delegation buttons to select the key to which you want to apply a resizer function 3 Press the RSZR button turning it on 4 To change the aspect ratio turn on the ASP button To shrink magnify or move the key turn on the LOC button To rotate the key turn on th...

Page 78: ...r settings For details about the settings 1 Selecting the State at Start up p 214 Resizer Interpolation Settings For example to make the interpolation settings for key 1 of the M E 1 bank use the following procedure 1 In the M E 1 Key1 Processed Key menu 1115 press Resizer turning it on 2 Press Resizer Process The Resizer Process menu 1115 3 appears 3 In the Video Field Frame Mode group select the...

Page 79: ...oftened when the Crop effect is disabled If mosaic is enabled or if defocus is enabled and in the Defocus Mode group you select Video Key then the crop is disabled Applying a border to a key for which resizer is on 1 In the M E 1 key1 Processed Key menu 1115 press Resizer turning it on 2 Press Border Crop The Border Crop menu appears 3 Press Border turning it on 4 Set the following parameters To a...

Page 80: ...d Key menu 1115 press Resizer turning it on 2 Press Enhanced Effect The Enhanced Effect 1115 4 menu appears Applying a mosaic 1 In the Enhanced Effect menu press Mosaic turning it on 2 Set the following parameters If mosaic is enabled crop is disabled Defocusing 1 In the Enhanced Effect menu press Defocus turning it on 2 In the Defocus Mode group select the signal to which to apply the mosaic effe...

Page 81: ...name is shown as up to eight characters If you save a key snapshot to a button to which settings are already saved the existing contents of the register will be overwritten The button you pressed lights yellow Recalling a key snapshot For example the following procedure recalls the state of the M E 1 key 1 settings 1 Press the KEY1 key delegation button in the M E 1 turning it on 2 Press the key s...

Page 82: ...then key memory is enabled and just the saved key fill and key source signal selections are recalled 3 Press button 1 for the register you want to recall The 1 button lights yellow and the key snapshot is recalled To cancel the recall operation press the UNDO button To delete a key snapshot For example to delete a key snapshot saved to register 1 of key 1 of M E 1 select the M E1 region and KEY1 t...

Page 83: ...t p 264 2 Press the button to select the desired pattern The pattern appears on the screen Setting Wipe Modifiers You can apply various modifiers to the wipe pattern setting the wipe direction pattern position etc Note that the available modifiers may depend on the pattern you are using 1 p 87 Specifying the wipe direction Direction Specify the direction of the wipe effect To specify the wipe dire...

Page 84: ...r or two color combination color matte Select whether to use a single color matte or a two color combination in the Edge Matte group Flat Color Adjust color 1 with the following parameters Carrying out a color mix for the edge fill matte If you selected Matte for the border or soft border edge fill you can combine color 1 and color 2 For the combination you can use not only a normal wipe generator...

Page 85: ...ning it on 3 Set the following parameters To return the pattern position to the center of the screen In the Position group press Center To move the pattern from its current position to the center through the course of a transition In the Position group press Auto Center turning it on To set the wipe position using the trackball You can also set the wipe position using the trackball in the device c...

Page 86: ...on CTR Return the pattern position to the center of the screen Speed Through the course of the transition the wipe pattern rotates at a fixed specified speed Magnitude Through the course of the transition the wipe pattern rotates through the specified angle Angle Off Angle On No Parameter Adjustment 1 Angle Angle of pattern rotation A value of 100 00 corresponds to a rotation of one turn countercl...

Page 87: ... return the wipe settings to their initial status For details about initial status 1 Saving User Defined Settings p 214 Wipe Settings for Independent Key Transitions You carry out independent key transition wipe setting operations using the Wipe Adjust menu for each keyer This section describes an example using key 1 on the M E 1 bank Open the M E 1 Key1 Transition menu 1116 select Wipe Adjust and...

Page 88: ...ameter Setting the wipe position Positioner There are two methods of setting the wipe position using the device control block or in a menu To set the wipe position using the trackball 1 Press the M E1 button in the device control block turning it on The buttons in the device control block are assigned to the wipe position setting as follows 2 Press the K1 button and select the setting item key 1 Y...

Page 89: ...n snapshot and save a wipe pattern together with the current settings of its modifiers and pattern limit in a dedicated register for recall when required There are 10 wipe snapshot registers on each bank Wipe snapshots can be saved or recalled using the Flexi Pad or a menu operation For details about Flexi Pad operations 1 Wipe Pattern Operations in the Flexi Pad p 90 Wipe Snapshot Operations with...

Page 90: ...ing a Wipe Snapshot To recall a wipe snapshot in the Flexi Pad use the following operation 1 Press the WIPE button in the Flexi Pad This switches the memory recall section to wipe snapshot mode You can change the indications for buttons 0 to 9 in the memory recall section to pattern images using the Engineering Setup Panel Operation Flexi Pad Mode menu 7326 3 2 Select the region for the wipe snaps...

Page 91: ...S button is lit green you can adjust the position of the wipe pattern with the adjustment knobs Buttons for setting the wipe direction NORM normal Sets wipe to normal forward direction NORM REV normal reverse Sets the wipe direction to alternate between normal and reverse for each transition REV reverse Sets wipe to the opposite direction of normal Buttons for setting the wipe pattern limit PTN LI...

Page 92: ...press the button in the memory recall section for the register in which you want to save The button you pressed lights yellow Buttons for registers in which wipe snapshots are already saved light orange Canceling a saved wipe snapshot Immediately after saving hold down the STOR STAT button and press the UNDO button Buttons for registers in which wipe snapshots are already saved light orange Cancel...

Page 93: ...tract the 4 3 image Types of DME Wipe Pattern You can use DME wipe patterns that execute in one channel mode DME wipe patterns fall into the following groups For schematic patterns and numbers of each group 1 DME Wipe Pattern List p 264 and 1 Resizer DME Wipe Pattern List p 265 Notes Pattern group Effect Pattern numbers Used in backgrounds Used in keys Slide The new video slides in over the old vi...

Page 94: ...for an independent key DME wipe in the transition control block For details 1 Pattern Limits p 53 Size You can set the size of the image This can only be used when one of the following pattern numbers is selected 1201 to 1208 1221 to 1224 1251 7201 to 7208 7221 to 7224 Crop You can crop the image It is also possible in 16 9 mode to crop both sides and convert the image to a 4 3 aspect ratio For th...

Page 95: ...apply various modifiers to the DME wipe pattern setting the DME wipe direction pattern position etc For an overview of modifiers 1 DME Wipe Pattern Variations and Modifiers p 94 Specifying the DME wipe direction Direction You can specify the DME wipe direction normal reverse To specify the DME wipe direction in a menu 1 Open the M E 1 DME Wipe Edge Direction menu 1164 2 In the Direction group spec...

Page 96: ...Crop turning it on 3 Set the following parameters To crop to 4 3 aspect ratio in 16 9 mode In the Crop Mode group press 4 3 Crop turning it on To set the action when a DME wipe crop transition is executed 1 Open the M E 1 DME Wipe Modify menu 1165 2 In the Crop Mode group press Crop or 4 3 Crop to crop from 16 9 to 4 3 aspect ratio turning it on 3 In the Crop Mode group press Remove From Begin The...

Page 97: ...ansition the transition and cropping removal proceed together DME Wipe Modify Clear Press Default Recall at the lower left of the menu screen turning it on then press the DME Wipe VF6 button to return the DME wipe settings to their initial status For details about initial status 1 Saving User Defined Settings p 214 DME Wipe Settings for Independent Key Transitions You can set independent key trans...

Page 98: ... For details about applicable pattern numbers see Positioner in DME Wipe Pattern Variations and Modifiers 1 p 94 1 In the Position group of the Key1 DME Wipe Adjust menu press Position turning it on 2 Set the following parameters To return the pattern position to the center of the screen In the Position group press Center Setting the DME wipe pattern size Size For details about applicable pattern ...

Page 99: ...al Wipes in the normal direction Normal Reverse Switches between normal and reverse for each transition Reverse Wipes in the opposite direction to normal DME Wipe Snapshots You can snapshot and save a DME wipe pattern together with the current settings of its modifiers and pattern limit in a dedicated register for recall when required There are 10 DME wipe snapshot registers for each of the switch...

Page 100: ... When you press the POS button the alphanumeric display first shows the name of the parameter H or V and then the value of the parameter When the POS button is lit green you can adjust the position of the pattern with the adjustment knobs Buttons for setting DME wipe pattern cropping CROP Adjusts the DME wipe pattern cropping 4 3 CROP Crops a 16 9 image to 4 3 When the CROP button is lit green you...

Page 101: ...pressing and holding down the region selection button for the selected region returns the DME wipe settings to their initial status For details about initial status 1 Saving User Defined Settings p 214 Saving Canceling and Deleting DME Wipe Snapshots The operations of saving canceling and deleting a DME wipe pattern snapshot you have created are the same as the operations of saving canceling and d...

Page 102: ... as an image Frame memory output There are eight frame memory channels FM1 to FM8 and each channel independently allows a freeze image to be saved or recalled By allocating FM1 to FM8 to cross point buttons you can use the still image output or clip output from each channel as input material Correspondence between input and output There are two buses for capturing frame memory material the frame m...

Page 103: ...ders Still images and clips can be managed in a maximum of twelve groups Such a group is called a frame memory folder Folders can be added or deleted and can be given a name of up to 8 characters When the system is powered off the folder names are deleted The folder names must be saved onto media The following names cannot be used for folders Flash1 Flash2 CON PRN AUX CLOCK NUL COM0 COM1 COM2 COM3...

Page 104: ...selected outputs FM1 and FM2 in the example shown the operation applies to The following information appears on the button 1 Auto store status display 2 Display of available image capacity 3Target FM selection buttons 4 Pair selection buttons 5 Pair button 6 File selection area Frame memory selection area 8 Direct Recall button 7 Frame memory folder selection area 9 Find button The border color sh...

Page 105: ... files and clip files Still image files are displayed as gray buttons and clip files are displayed as yellow buttons Single files and pair files Pair files are displayed with a shadow and single files are displayed with no shadow Selected file Pale blue border When more than one file is selected only the first is pale blue and the remainders are orange If a pair file is selected each press switche...

Page 106: ...ess FM1 or FM2 the pair is selected When Pair is Off One of the targets must be selected However in the Clip Play menu you can select both FM1 and FM2 Selecting a frame memory folder Press a button in the frame memory folder selection area 1 p 105 By pressing More to switch the display you can select from a maximum of 12 folders Thumbnails of the files within the selected folder appear Capturing a...

Page 107: ...les saved in memory are lost To save a captured image as a still image file use the following procedure in the Frame Memory Still Freeze Store menu 2512 1 Press Store 2 Enter a file name The following names cannot be used CON PRN AUX CLOCK NUL COM0 COM1 COM2 COM3 COM4 COM5 COM6 COM7 COM8 COM9 LPT0 LPT1 LPT2 LPT3 LPT4 LPT5 LPT6 LPT7 LPT8 LPT9 3 Press Enter This saves the still image file in memory ...

Page 108: ... the sub file in front While direct recall mode is on press Sub Display turning it on To search by file name 1 Press Find The Find window appears 2 Press Find 3 Enter the string you want to search and press Enter This starts the search and the indicator lights When the search ends the found files are selected 4 To move through the selected files press the Prev or Next button 5 Press outside the Fi...

Page 109: ... capture The first string is automatically used as the clip name when the images are treated as a frame memory clip Second character string A four digit number 0000 or greater which is incremented each time a still image is captured When using the record function to continuously capture frames it is not possible to use the mask function Continuously freezing input images and writing to memory 1 Op...

Page 110: ...e Memory Still Create Key Frame menu 2515 A thumbnail appears for each group of files having the same characters except for the last three characters in the file name When Pair is on only pair files each consisting of a main file and a sub file appear When Pair is off both single files and pair files appear 2 In the frame memory selection area select the frame memory to be assigned 1 p 106 The eff...

Page 111: ...local disk removable disk or other external devices and recalled However the ancillary data can only be saved or recalled when all of the following conditions are met The frame memory saving mode is set to save with ancillary data Ancillary data is present in the saved or recalled frame memory file The system signal format is the same as the signal format in the file When the frame memory saving m...

Page 112: ...ecall in direct recall mode Direct recall means that pressing a thumbnail immediately recalls the file In this mode only the front thumbnail file is recalled 1 In step 6 of Recalling a clip 1 p 112 instead of pressing Recall press Direct Recall 2 Press the thumbnail for the file you want to recall To display the sub file in front While direct recall mode is on press Sub Display turning it on To se...

Page 113: ...mory clip for playback FM1 CLIP to FM8 CLIP If the pair mode is on both main and subsidiary FMs light 2 Press the PLAY button turning it on To stop playback press STOP or any of the SHTL JOG CUE REW FF and ALL STOP buttons For details about the buttons in the device control block 1 Device Control Block p 26 and 1 Buttons used when the VTR disk recorder frame memory operation mode is enabled p 135 ...

Page 114: ...u can create rename and delete frame memory folders Creating a new folder 1 Open the Frame Memory Folder menu 2551 2 Select New 3 Enter a folder name and press Enter Changing the folder name 1 Select the folder in the Frame Memory Folder menu 2551 2 Press Rename 3 Enter the new folder name and press Enter The following names cannot be used for folders Default Flash1 Flash2 CON PRN AUX CLOCK NUL CO...

Page 115: ...played back Switching the reposition function between on and off may cause noise Only the AUX bus and edit preview bus can output ancillary data Carrying out file operations on a frame memory clip may result in the ancillary data being discontinuous or in noise occurring However if the first or last frame of the clip is deleted noise will not occur The audio sampling frequency is always 48 kHz Whe...

Page 116: ...nsition Set Timing group press Start Set the number of frames in the BKGD Trans Start parameter The left end of the reference axis see following figure is the position of frame 0 8 Using either of the following methods set the end point of the background transition Move the fader lever to the desired position and in the BKGD Transition Set Timing group press Stop Set the number of frames in the BK...

Page 117: ... Recombination menu 2541 3 Press Couple Splitting a pair file into two single files Carrying out the following operation automatically switches Pair to off This section describes FM1 and FM2 as an example 1 In the Frame Memory Still Recall menu 2511 or Frame Memory Clip Recall menu 2521 recall the pair file 2 Select the folder in which the file to be moved is stored 3 Open the Frame Memory File Pa...

Page 118: ...ack 1 p 112 of the pair assigned to either of the target FM selection buttons frame memory operations may not be performed properly Carry out frame memory operations after stopping clip playback For details about HDDs that can be connected contact your Sony service or sales representative HDD Formatting When you connect an HDD for the first time it is necessary to format the HDD This partitions th...

Page 119: ...existing data with the recalled data press Replace To add the recalled data to the existing data press Append When you execute Replace any existing data in frame memory is lost immediately before the recalling operations 3 Check the message then press Yes This starts the file recall operation 4 Check the message then press OK Managing Images Using a DDR VTR Using a DDR VTR for High speed Backup an...

Page 120: ...e restore operation and when completed a message appears 8 Stop the playback on the external device and press the OK button Extracting Images from a Video Tape By recording a clip or still image stored on a video tape as a single clip single file under certain rules you can automatically extract an image from the clip and save as a separate frame memory file Relation between recorded state of vide...

Page 121: ...tion menu 2542 3 Select a clip single file recorded from the tape 4 Press Extraction Start 5 Check the message then press Yes This starts the extraction analyzes the currently selected single clip and automatically extracts a movie Clip or still image Still When there is key data a pair file is created To check the details of the images still image clip Set and check the following parameters Notes...

Page 122: ...g the color mix function to combine two colors use the following procedure 1 In the Color Bkgd Color Bkgd1 menu 2210 press Flat Color in the Matte group turning it on 2 Set the following parameters Setting a color mix To combine color 1 and color 2 use the following procedure 1 In the Color Bkgd Color Bkgd1 menu 2210 press Mix Color in the Matte group turning it on 2 Set the following parameters a...

Page 123: ... Matte color settings color 1 color 2 and how to compose them Color settings Format converter input settings copy only Format converter output settings copy only You can carry out keyer copy operations by a simple button operation M E copy and M E swap You can copy and swap the overall bank settings among the switcher banks Keyer copy and keyer swap You can carry out copy and swap operations among...

Page 124: ...pping key data Wipe Copying and swapping wipe data DME Wipe Copying and swapping DME wipe data Matte Copying and swapping matte data Color Copying and swapping color data Format Converter Copying format converter data For an overview of copy and swap operations 1 Overview of Copy and Swap p 123 Copy and swap menu operations To copy or swap wipe data use the following procedure 1 Open the Copy Swap...

Page 125: ...de flag function 1 Side Flags p 128 Switching the safe title function on or off for each switcher output Displaying the transition rate independent key transition rate and fade to black transition rate for each of the switcher banks and changing the settings Port Settings for Control from an External Device Enabling or disabling control from an external device 1 Open the Misc Enable Port Enable me...

Page 126: ...mber of frames When a clip transition is selected as the transition type it is not possible to change the transition rate in this menu To set the independent key transition rate For example to make the settings for keys 1 to 4 in the M E 1 bank use the following procedure 1 In the status area if the Misc Transition Key ME FTB menu 3231 press M E 1 2 In the Transition Rate group press Key K1 K4 To ...

Page 127: ... R1xxx series Router remote control a padlock icon appears The right side of the status area shows the level assignment status to the Level 1 to Level 4 buttons Selecting the level In the Level Button No group at the lower right in the above illustration press the level for switching Switching the Source for Each Destination You can switch the source for each destination with a menu operation For ...

Page 128: ...E 1 bank use the following procedure 1 Open the Misc Enable Side Flags menu 3213 The status area shows the buttons for Bkgd A and Bkgd B for each of the banks 2 In the M E 1 Side Flags group press Bkgd B To display a menu for the aspect ratio 4 3 auto side flags and auto crop settings Press Setup SWER Side Flags To display a menu for assigning the side flags on off function to a cross point button...

Page 129: ...Misc Enable Side Flags menu 3213 1 p 128 Use a cross point button operation 1 p 128 This adds side flags to the 4 3 video material Wipe Action on Images with Side Flags When a wipe is carried out on an image with side flags all wipe patterns can be used The following show the action in a wipe Wipe from a 4 3 image to a 16 9 image Wipe from a 4 3 image to another 4 3 image when side flags are on fo...

Page 130: ...a 4 3 image to another 4 3 image when side flags are on for both images Wipe action using squeeze No 1031 Side flag area 16 9 image 4 3 image side flags on Auto crop on Auto crop off Side flag area 4 3 image side flags on Side flag area 4 3 image side flags on Side flag area Auto crop off Side flag area Auto crop on Side flag area ...

Page 131: ...re the keyframe functions that can be used RECALL 1 250 STORE 1 250 empty register search AUTO SAVE RECALL MODE RECALL RECALL REWIND EDIT ENABLE EDIT UNDO CONST DUR EFF DUR KF DUR DELAY PAUSE INSERT BEFORE INSERT AFTER MODIFY DELETE COPY PASTE BEFORE PASTE AFTER FROM TO ALL PREV KF NEXT KF GOTO TC GOTO KF RUN REWIND FF STOP NEXT KF NORMAL JOG KF FADER Actions set in a keyframe are executed only wh...

Page 132: ...ts appear in the status area The left list displays the combinations of devices and actions The settings in this list will be saved as keyframe point data The right list is for selecting the action 2 Select the ID 0 to 23 of the device you want to set 3 Select the action You can select from 2 Store 3 Recall and 4 Trigger 4 Set the register number or trigger number The indication for the 3rd parame...

Page 133: ...c keypad buttons 4 Press the ENTR button Control of GPI Devices You can control GPI devices from this system through the GPI output port of the switcher If using a switcher GPI output port a controllable output port must be assigned using the control panel Make this setting in the Engineering Setup Panel Device Interface Tally GPI Output Config menu 7325 12 For details 1 Assigning a Parallel Outpu...

Page 134: ... Timeline menu 5311 to recall the Rewind Action menu 5311 1 In this setting screen use the same setting method as in the screen for setting an action on the GPI timeline Alternatively you can select the reverse arrangement whereby when the REWIND button is pressed this executes the action set for the first keyframe and when the RUN button is pressed the first keyframe action is not executed In thi...

Page 135: ...peration DELAY Press this button turning it on to enter a delay value from the Flexi Pad STB standby OFF Press this button to switch to standby off mode This button cannot be used for frame memory clip operations REC record Press this button at the same time as the PLAY button to start recording This button cannot be used for frame memory clip operations STOP Press this button to stop the tape dis...

Page 136: ...me settings 1 Creating new files p 142 1 Using the buttons of the device control block select the VTR or disk recorder to which you want to record You can select more than one button The first button pressed lights green as the reference device and subsequently pressed buttons light amber 2 While holding down the REC button in the device control block press the PLAY button Recording starts During ...

Page 137: ... to the end of a file stop playback then press the RUN button once more In such cases first recall a different register then carry out the following sequence Recall the original register again press the REWIND button then press the RUN button Making and saving settings relating to Cueup Play 1 In the Flexi Pad press the EFF button turning it on 2 Press the button corresponding to the region you wa...

Page 138: ...tten Setting with the Cueup Play menu Set the start point stop point and start delay duration 1 p 138 9 To set a start delay time press the DELAY button in the device control block and enter a value in the Flexi Pad Alternatively make the setting in the Cueup Play menu If no setting is required continue to step 10 10 Press the STOR button in the Flexi Pad 11 Enter the register number to save with ...

Page 139: ...ort p 232 1 Open the Device DDR VTR Cueup Play menu 5331 The status area shows the device number register number status information current time start point stop point start delay time and playback mode 2 Select the device 3 In the Mode group press Loop or Recue turning it on VTR Disk Recorder Extended VTR Timeline For a keyframe effect controlled from the control panel the timeline allows you to ...

Page 140: ...out the following sequence Recall the original register again press the REWIND button then press the RUN button Some operating limitations apply when the video disk communications protocol is used These are explained with reference to the following figure which illustrates creation of a timeline that plays from the video of file A to the video of file B Operation with no problems Black video or st...

Page 141: ...ess Enter 8 If setting a stop point in the Stop TC group press the Set button If not setting a stop point skip to step 11 9 Set the stop point as a timecode value 10 Press Enter 11 If setting a variable speed in the Variable Speed group carry out either of the following Press Fit Without setting a speed value this automatically carries out playback according to automatically calculated values for ...

Page 142: ...ing recalling the disk recorder Extended VTR file list 1 Open the Device DDR VTR File List menu 5333 Two lists appear in the status area The upper list shows the selected device name and the currently selected file name register number and set file name The lower list shows a list of files for the selected device in the upper list In this list is shown the file name register number set when the ma...

Page 143: ...can enter up to eight characters Fixed 8 Character mode or 23 characters Variable Length mode For details about the file name character count mode in the video disk communications protocol 1 Making Detailed Settings on the External Device Connected to the Serial Port p 232 When the loaded file is not a target for recording 1 Open the Device DDR VTR File List menu 5333 2 Press Unload ...

Page 144: ...e still images or clips on the eight frame memory outputs The settings made for frame memory images in the Freeze menu or other menus do not apply to snapshots or keyframes To reproduce a frame memory still image or a clip of them by recalling a snapshot or keyframe you must have the same images that were present in the frame memory when you saved the snapshot or keyframe Therefore when saving a s...

Page 145: ...function in a Setup menu Effect Attributes An individual effect may also have attached special conditions relating to switcher operation when the effect is recalled These conditions are called attributes of the effect and can be added when the keyframe effect is saved or recalled Types of attribute Effect dissolve The transition from the state before the effect recall to the state at the effect st...

Page 146: ...de 1 p 146 it is not possible to change the keyframe duration setting Effect duration This is the total execution time of the effect from the first keyframe to the last You can set this time in the Flexi Pad 1 p 159 When you change the effect duration the keyframe duration for each keyframe in the effect is automatically recalculated proportionally Keyframe duration and effect duration The effect ...

Page 147: ... menus User1 to User8 menus The items that can be adjusted depend on the settings in the Setup menu For details 1 Setting User Regions p 241 Notes Deletion position Change in effect duration Deletion of the first keyframe Deletion of an intermediate keyframe Deletion between two keyframes Deletion of the last keyframe Item Paths that can be set M E 1 P P All For each M E and PGM PST path settings ...

Page 148: ...ode setting You can select from the following run modes for when the effect is executed DIRECTION Specifies the effect execution direction STOP NEXT KF Runs the effect and stops at the next keyframe EFFECT LOOP Repeats the effect in an endless loop You make these settings in the Flexi Pad For details 1 Setting the Run Mode p 161 Master Timelines You can save the regions selected for a keyframe eff...

Page 149: ... total This shows the number of the keyframe at the cursor position and the total number of keyframes in the register e Display start time This shows the timecode value for the timeline display start point f Display end time This shows the timecode value for the timeline display end point g Delay display on timeline When a delay is set the interval is shown by a blue line h Pause point A P appears...

Page 150: ...ed precedence order If the inserted region is already present in a different precedence order it is deleted from that precedence order 3 To delete a region from the precedence order select the precedence assigned to the region 4 In the Priority group press Delete This deletes the selected region from the precedence order list Setting the display of regions in the Timeline menu on or off When Activ...

Page 151: ...button green to indicate its corresponding region as the new reference region For details about the precedence order for becoming the reference region 1 Reference region p 144 The alphanumeric display shows the name of the reference region and the number of the register previously recalled for that region 3 Enter the number of the register to be recalled with the numeric keypad buttons To search f...

Page 152: ...egion in which the editing is applied by the effect consisting of keyframes using the region selection buttons in the Flexi Pad For details about the method of region selection 1 Selecting regions in the Flexi Pad p 150 Selecting by menus This is convenient for selecting some of the regions assigned to the Flexi Pad or changing the reference region The function of region selection buttons in the F...

Page 153: ...edit point to the keyframe immediately after the current time the position at which the effect is currently stopped press the NEXT button To move the edit point to the keyframe immediately before the current time press the PREV button To move the edit point to a keyframe specified by number press the GOTO KF button then enter the keyframe number with the numeric keypad and press the ENTR button to...

Page 154: ... 5 to create the required number of keyframes To insert a new keyframe before an existing keyframe Hold down the SHFT button and press the INS button to insert a new keyframe before the current keyframe Insertion Inserting keyframes To insert a keyframe in an existing effect use the following procedure 1 Press the EFF button then press the EDIT ENBL button turning it on 2 Stop the effect at the de...

Page 155: ... 3 Press the ALL button turning it on green 4 Press the MOD button Alternatively hold down the SHFT button and press the MOD button For the difference in the result 1 Differences in the changes when a number of keyframes are modified p 155 To modify the keyframes in a specified range 1 Press the EFF button then press the EDIT ENBL button turning it on 2 Stop the effect at any keyframe within the r...

Page 156: ...e keyframe simultaneously p 155 4 Press the DEL button This deletes the keyframe Deleting a keyframe reduces the total duration of the effect In constant duration mode 1 p 146 however the duration does not change For details 1 Changes in the effect duration caused by deleting a keyframe p 147 Movement Moving keyframes 1 Press the EFF button then press the EDIT ENBL button turning it on 2 Stop the ...

Page 157: ...t To insert the copied keyframe before a keyframe Hold down the SHFT button and press the PSTE button to insert the copied keyframe before the current keyframe Pause To apply a pause to a keyframe use the following procedure 1 Press the EFF button then press the EDIT ENBL button turning it on 2 Stop the effect on the keyframe to which you want to apply a pause 3 Press the PAUS button Keyframe Loop...

Page 158: ...wn If the REV button is lit the loop is played in the reverse order Canceling keyframe loop execution Press the REWIND button Changes to the loop range caused by keyframe insertion deletion When a keyframe is inserted or deleted within the loop range the loop range also changes The following are examples Example 1 If keyframe 3 is deleted the loop end point moves forward as follows Example 2 If ke...

Page 159: ...t on 2 Press the EFF DUR button turning it on The alphanumeric display shows DUR followed by the effect duration minutes seconds frames 3 Use the numeric keypad to enter the desired timecode value as a maximum of six digits For example to set 3 minutes 7 seconds and 15 frames enter 30715 You can also use the TRIM button to enter a difference value 1 p 153 4 Press the ENTR button In addition to the...

Page 160: ...eyframe so that the rate of change is maximum midway between two keyframes Spline The effect follows a smooth curved path from each keyframe to the next The status area reflects the selected path type At this point depending on the setting for Curve the effect for Hue and Xpt is also affected as shown in the following table In the menu the Hue and Xpt settings do not change but the path type indic...

Page 161: ... effect manually In step 3 of the procedure in Executing an effect automatically 1 p 161 operate the fader lever in the transition control block To use the transition control block fader lever as a keyframe fader You can also assign the KF button functions to a transition type selection button in the transition control block 1 p 221 Press the KF button turning it on to execute a keyframe effect wi...

Page 162: ...e memory recall section to effect editing mode 4 Press the STOR button 5 Enter the register number to save with the numeric keypad buttons To search for an empty register instead of entering a number press the period button To search for an empty register common to all currently selectable regions press the button again To search for an empty register in the 100 range press 1 0 0 period in this or...

Page 163: ...M E 1 and recall the desired register here Effect 15 This recalls M E 1 register 15 while on P P register 11 remains selected 4 Press the buttons for the regions you want to save on the master timeline here M E 1 and P P turning them on 5 Press the region selection button MSTR turning it on The alphanumeric display shows the register number last used for master timeline operation 6 Press the EDIT ...

Page 164: ...ssolve attribute to a keyframe effect use the following procedure 1 Open the Effect Effect 1 99 Attribute menu 6221 2 Press the region display in the upper part of the list and in the selection window select the region You can select more than one region To select all regions press ALL 3 Press OK 4 Select a register To select all registers press ALL 5 Press Effect Dissolve turning it on 6 Set the ...

Page 165: ... Between M E 1 and P P regions Between two of the User1 to 8 regions having the same configuration 3 Press OK 4 Select the source and destination registers To select all registers press ALL 5 To copy without transferring the name in the Copy group press W o Name turning it on 6 In the Copy group press Copy This carries out the copy If for example the copy destination register is write protected or...

Page 166: ...or the M E 1 region takes precedence If there is no data for the M E 1 region then the register name appears in the sequence P P User 1 to 8 Device 1 to 12 P Bus GPI Macro Indication colors Each register has a color coded border indicating its status Selected register Pale blue border Register containing data Orange inner border If however there are one or more locked regions the display is in red...

Page 167: ...section describes the snapshots that apply to a particular region or regions Snapshot Attributes An individual snapshot may also have attached special conditions relating to switcher operation when the snapshot is recalled These conditions are called attributes of the snapshot and can be applied when the snapshot is saved or recalled Types of attribute There are seven snapshot attributes as follow...

Page 168: ...on is effective when cross point hold is off and you want to temporarily maintain the cross point setting When cross point hold is on the above operation is not necessary Snapshot Operations in the Flexi Pad Banks and Registers In order to support 99 registers the Flexi Pad handles the registers in groups These groups are called banks and there are ten banks numbered from 0 to 9 The correspondence...

Page 169: ...nding region as the new reference region For details about the precedence order for becoming the reference region 1 Reference region p 144 The alphanumeric display shows the name of the reference region and the number of the register last recalled for that region 4 Press the BANK SEL button and select the desired bank with the register you want to save For details about the method of bank selectio...

Page 170: ...ns 1 p 220 It is not possible to select MSTR and other regions simultaneously If selected simultaneously the master snapshot takes precedence The first button pressed is lit green as the reference region Subsequently pressed buttons turn amber for the region select buttons and yellow for the memory recall section buttons Pressing one of the amber or yellow lit buttons while holding down the SNAPSH...

Page 171: ...he Flexi Pad the SNAPSHOT button is used Deleting a snapshot As an example to delete a snapshot on the M E 1 bank proceed as follows 1 Press the SNAPSHOT button in the Flexi Pad then press the region select button to select M E1 only This switches the memory recall section to snapshot operation mode The alphanumeric display shows the number of the last recalled register on the bank 2 Press the BAN...

Page 172: ...nd press OK To select all levels press ALL 5 Press ON This enables cross point hold on the selected bus or buses To apply the effect dissolve attribute 1 Press Effect Dissolve turning it on 2 Set the dissolve duration To set the duration for a dissolve set as a temporary attribute effect Set the following parameter to set the duration for a dissolve set as a temporary attribute effect in the Flexi...

Page 173: ...re saved or recalled Transition Only the independent key transition settings are saved or recalled Creating and Saving a Master Snapshot To save a master snapshot recall the Snapshot Master Snapshot Store menu 6311 and refer to the operation in Creating and Saving a Master Timeline with the Menu 1 p 163 Recalling the Store menu 1 Open the Snapshot Master Snapshot Store menu 6311 The status area sh...

Page 174: ...umber the register name for the M E 1 region takes precedence If there is no data for the M E 1 region then the register name appears in the sequence P P User 1 to 8 RTR Operations in the Misc Snapshot Menu To limit the snapshot setting to the M E or PGM PST bank use the Misc menu for each bank This section describes an example on the M E 1 bank Recalling a snapshot 1 Open the M E 1 Misc Snapshot ...

Page 175: ... required press Bank Sel to change the bank 3 Press the button for the number or name you want to delete Renaming a snapshot register 1 Open the M E 1 Misc Snapshot menu 1177 and press Rename 2 As required press Bank Sel to change the bank 3 Press the number or name button for the name you want to change 4 Enter the new name and press Enter ...

Page 176: ...ng a Shotbox Function with Cross Point Buttons in the 2nd Row 1 p 179 1 Press the UTIL SBOX assigned to the 1st row turning it on 2 Press the cross point button to which the desired action is assigned Shotbox The term shotbox refers to a function whereby for each specified region any snapshot or keyframe effect can be recalled simultaneously The simultaneous recall setting data such as region name...

Page 177: ...ress the ENTR button This saves the region you turned on in step 6 and the register number you recalled for that region as a snapshot setting in a shotbox register and the STORE button changes color to orange At the same time the RCLL button lights yellow 9 Press the EFF button turning it on 10 Specify the register numbers to recall the keyframe effects for each region that you want to save in the...

Page 178: ... P Bus PBUS GPI GPI Router RTR and Macro MCRO 3 Select a register 4 Press Edit The Edit menu 6411 1 appears You can also use the Shotbox Reg parameter to select the register in this menu In the status area the shotbox register status for each region appears 5 Select a region You can select more than one region To select all regions press ALL To select all switcher related regions M E P P User pres...

Page 179: ...d register number If the selected shotbox register has auto run set on recall the effect is immediately executed When auto run is not set for the recalled register Simply recalling the register does not run the effect To do this press the RUN button Executing a Shotbox Function with Cross Point Buttons in the 2nd Row You can use the bank 2nd row for utility shotbox operations To use this function ...

Page 180: ...et in the Setup menu Macro Creation and Editing You can create or edit a macro by recalling a macro register To create a new macro recall an empty macro register and create the desired sequence of events by executing the sequence of operations on the control panel that you want to save as events in the macro To add an event to an existing macro recall the register holding the macro and create the ...

Page 181: ...ro Events requiring adjustment when creating a macro The following events require time for execution to complete and therefore when executed within a macro sequence a pause event must be inserted to adjust the timing Rewinding effects involving external device control VTR disk recorder Extended VTR cue up For example create a macro to cue up a VTR and then play back as follows Auto insert mode on ...

Page 182: ...started this is referred to as a Take operation Macro take operation using a GPI input You can carry out a macro take operation using a GPI input on the control panel For details about GPI input settings 1 Making Control Panel GPI Input Settings p 230 Macro Operations in the Flexi Pad Recalling a Macro Register and Executing a Macro A macro operation is performed by recalling a macro register You ...

Page 183: ...t bank 0 Press the BANK0 button To select bank 1 Press the BANK1 button To select any of banks 0 to 9 Press the BANK SEL button then press the desired bank button any of 0 to 9 This selects the bank and the buttons in the memory recall section show the macro register state as follows Lit yellow Last recalled register Lit orange Register containing macro data Off Register in which nothing is saved ...

Page 184: ...tachment is set 1 p 184 5 When auto insert mode is off press the INS button to register the event 6 Repeat steps 4 and 5 to register the required events in the macro This registers the events in the macro in the order the operations were carried out on the control panel 7 Press the STOR button 8 Enter the register number to save with the numeric keypad buttons There is no need to enter a number if...

Page 185: ...ng all events at the same time 1 Carry out steps 1 to 3 of the procedure in Modifying a single event 1 p 185 2 Press the ALL button turning it on green 3 Press the MOD button Deleting an event 1 Specify the edit point 1 p 184 2 To delete a number of events in a single operation press the FROM TO button or the ALL button If you press the FROM TO button specify the event range For how to specify a r...

Page 186: ... editing Online Editing of Macro Events You use the On Line Edit menu to carry out online editing of macro events In the On Line Edit menu you can check the control panel operating sequence in the menu You can also carry out editing using the control panel and menu To display the On Line Edit menu 1 Recall the macro register 1 to 250 you want to edit with the control panel and select the macro edi...

Page 187: ...cro File Editing Rules p 289 The cursor shows the current event in the list in reverse video You can use the No parameter to scroll the list without changing the cursor position Depending on the switcher status the cursor color changes as follows Yellow Macro editing mode Gray When the editing mode is exited by a control panel operation Blue During macro execution f ALL button Selects all events i...

Page 188: ...er listing press Prev or Next to select the event you want to delete To select all events in the register press All 2 Press Delete If not in macro editing mode 1 Delete is disabled and it is not possible to delete the selected event 1 While a macro is being executed on the control panel when macro saving has been executed or when the EXIT button in the Flexi Pad has been pressed 3 Operate the cont...

Page 189: ...and repeat this process as required e Macro editing candidate list Shows the list of editing candidates for the selection from the editing button group f Insert Before button Inserts immediately before the event selected in the macro listing g Append button Adds an empty row at the end of the macro listing h Delete button Deletes the event selected in the macro listing i Set button Reflects the it...

Page 190: ...ber as required and press Enter The current macro is stored in the register The menu screen switches to the menu that was on the screen immediately before the offline editing To delete an event 1 In the macro listing select the event you want to delete 2 Press Delete This deletes the selected event If a deleted Event statement is followed by a Continue statement the Continue statement is converted...

Page 191: ...utton This section describes an example of setting a macro attachment to a background A row cross point button For details about buttons that can have a macro attachment 1 Setting a macro attachment to a button p 190 The PRE MCRO and POST MCRO functions must be assigned to buttons in the 1st row of the cross point control block The assignment is carried out in the Engineering Setup Panel Operation...

Page 192: ...Hold down POST MCRO for the operation This assigns the register recalled in step 1 to the fader lever position selected in step 2 To check a macro attachment setting Hold down the PRE MCRO button or POST MCRO button assigned to the 1st row in the cross point control block While it is held down the fader lever position where the macro attachment is set appears in the following places Fader status i...

Page 193: ...macro modes 1 Setting a macro attachment to a button p 190 For details about the macro attachment listing 1 About the Macro Attachment List Display p 295 Moving within the list from one block to another You can move quickly from the current block to another block to check the settings for that block by pressing the following buttons in the Block Select group P P Move to a block in the PGM PST bank...

Page 194: ...he Setup menu If you change the settings in the Setup menu a saved macro may not have the expected effect During macro execution if you switch the control panel to macro editing mode the macro being executed stops During macro editing even if you operate a fader lever with a macro attachment set the macro is not executed To disable a macro attachment setting In the cross point control block for th...

Page 195: ...cedure 1 Select the opening event to execute 2 Press Run To stop execution of a macro Press Stop To move to the start of a menu macro event Press Rewind Recalling a menu macro register from a macro register Menu macro recall and execution operations can be saved as events in a control panel macro and then recalled If with the control panel in macro editing mode you execute a menu macro then this o...

Page 196: ...sert button to toggle the auto insert mode on or off In the auto insert mode when you carry out a menu operation this is automatically recorded as an event in the menu macro 4 Create an event carry out the menu operation you want to record as an event in the menu macro For details about menus that can be recorded 1 Menu macro events p 194 When auto insert mode is on carrying out a menu operation a...

Page 197: ...on then press Insert Before To insert an event after the selected event carry out the new menu operation then press Insert After To delete the selected event Press Delete To delete all events select All Event Select and press Delete 6 Set the event execution interval using the same operation as step 7 of Creating a new menu macro 1 p 196 7 Save the register using the same operation as steps 8 and ...

Page 198: ... frame functions that can be used on the macro timeline RECALL 1 99 STORE 1 99 empty register search AUTO SAVE RECALL MODE RECALL RECALL REWIND EDIT ENABLE EDIT UNDO CONST DUR EFF DUR KF DUR DELAY PAUSE INSERT BEFORE INSERT AFTER MODIFY DELETE COPY PASTE BEFORE PASTE AFTER FROM TO ALL PREV KF NEXT KF GOTO TC GOTO KF RUN REWIND FF STOP NEXT KF NORMAL JOG KF FADER The following keyframe functions ca...

Page 199: ...and the INS button in the Flexi Pad 1 In the Flexi Pad press the EFF button then press the EDIT ENBL button This switches the memory recall section to effect editing mode 2 Open the Macro Timeline Timeline menu 5441 3 Select one of the actions Recall Take Take All No Action that appear on the right If you selected Recall or Take select the number of the macro register 4 Press the Set button The se...

Page 200: ...ollowing file operations When operating on individual files or registers Save Saves the data in a register to a local disk or removable disk Load Loads a file from a local disk or removable disk Copy Copies a file within a directory or from one directory to another When a remote panel is used this function applies to it too Rename Renames a file on a local disk or removable disk Delete Deletes a f...

Page 201: ...all To maintain the shape of the image first create it as a 720 540 image and then use computer software tools to compress the vertical dimension to 487 pixels before importing it HDTV 1080i Images 1920 1080 pixels in size are exactly the size which fills the full screen Like SDTV images are placed with the upper left of the screen as the origin When an image is smaller or larger than the screen p...

Page 202: ...r Data at Power On Autoload Function p 214 Locking file recall operations For each of the following categories in setup you can apply a lock on recalling files 1 p 218 Setup Initial Status Key Memory Effect Snapshot Wipe Snapshot DME Wipe Snapshot Key Snapshot Shotbox Macro Macro Attachment Menu Macro User Setup A locked file cannot be downloaded from the File menu Errors when transferring files I...

Page 203: ...e as one of the following register local disk removable disk and so on You can then further select a directory Files saved on a local disk may be lost if the local disk fails Always keep separate backup copies of important files on a removable disk Format a removable disk before using it for the first time 1 p 216 As an example to select a removable disk use the following procedure 1 In the File m...

Page 204: ...3 and 4 of the procedure in Loading Files above do as follows 1 To select the frame memory folder press Default in the device selection in the list on the left 2 Press the required folder name in the pull down menu 3 Carry out the same operations as in steps 1 and 2 on the list on the right 4 Select the type of data to be displayed To display still image files press Still To display clip files pre...

Page 205: ... 6 Depending on the selections in steps 3 and 4 enter a name as follows and press Enter If you selected a single file with Still or All Enter a name of not more than eight characters If you selected more than one file with Still or All Enter a name of not more than four characters If you selected Clip Enter a name of not more than four characters If you select Register in the operation device sele...

Page 206: ...ion on the opposite side the destination for saving automatically appears 3 As the destination for saving select Local Disk or Removable Disk then specify the directory 4 Select the destination file for saving 5 To save to disk press Save To load from disk press Load To view details of files Press File Edit A list of the saved file names appears You can manipulate these files like any other files ...

Page 207: ...before execution of the load Batch Copying Files To copy files between a local disk and removable disk use the following procedure 1 Open the File All External File All menu 7161 2 In the operating device selection section select the storage location Local Disk or Removable Disk and directory of the source files 3 In the operating device selection section select the destination storage location Lo...

Page 208: ...P Files of the selected type are shown in the list on the right 3 Press one of the buttons at the top left to select the type of data to display To display still image files press Still To display clip files press Clip All of the selected type of frame memory data appears in the list on the left 4 Press the device selection area on the right to select Removable Disk 5 Select the directory to which...

Page 209: ...device selection section on the left list select the storage location of the source files and in the operating device selection section on the right list specify the destination storage location 6 Select the copy source and copy destination unit IDs 7 Press t Copy 8 Check the message then press Yes If there is already data present in the copy destination note that this will overwrite all of the da...

Page 210: ...Setup System Start Up menu 7314 If set to Off the directory does not appear 5 Select the data to be saved and the file in which to save it 6 Press t Save If there is already data in the specified location a confirmation message appears Select Yes to overwrite the data ...

Page 211: ... Yes Authenticating the IP Address Automatically 1 In the Engineering Setup System Network Config menu 7311 press Auto Config Devices with the same group ID within the network are detected and displayed 2 Check the message then press Yes 3 To register the list of detected devices as the setting values at power on press Define 4 Check the message then press Yes Setting the Signal Format After chang...

Page 212: ... conversion input and output signals have one frame delays with respect to the reference signals To synchronize converted input signals and unconverted input signals it is possible to delay the unconverted input signal For details 1 To delay unconverted input signals frame delay function p 213 Conversion format combinations The combinations of switcher signal formats and supported format converter...

Page 213: ...pect Make the setting for the switcher DME Aspect is disabled even if selected 4 In each of the M E 1 P P and USER groups select either 16 9 or 4 3 5 Press Aspect Execute 6 Select Yes Selecting the State After Power on Sets the initial state of the devices when the system is powered on For each device you can select Resume mode or Custom mode Resume mode This resumes the setting state at the previ...

Page 214: ...for the Setup or Initial Status settings For the method of saving the user defined settings see the next item Factory When this is on factory default settings are used for the Setup or Initial Status settings 4 Press Execute 5 Check the message then press Yes Saving User Defined Settings 1 Open the Engineering Setup System Start Up menu 7314 2 Select the target device and then select one of the fo...

Page 215: ...he removable disk containing the software to the USB connector of the external monitor or control panel 2 In the Engineering Setup System Install Unit Config menu 7316 press Install The Install menu 7316 10 appears the status area shows the following information Upper list For each connected device this shows the device name current software version Current and the latest version that can be insta...

Page 216: ...the Date and Time 1 In the Engineering Setup System Maintenance menu 7317 set the following parameters The set date and time appears in the Set box in the status area 2 Press the Set Date Time button Using Removable Disks Displaying removable disk information 1 Insert the removable disk to the USB connector of the external monitor or control panel 2 In the USB Storage Device group of the Engineeri...

Page 217: ...e menu or the set of menus as candidates for the locking operation You can also select a menu while it is open For details 1 Selecting an opened setup menu for locking p 217 4 Press Lock Item Select This makes the selected menus candidates for locking and a padlock icon appears in the Lock box in the unlocked state If there are already one or more locked menus selection of lock candidates is not p...

Page 218: ...for locking The category name display color changes to yellow and the indication Lock is displayed in yellow in the Lock box To deselect a lock candidate After selecting a category press Clear to clear the indication Lock in the Lock box 4 Repeat steps 2 and 3 to select all of the lock candidates 5 Press Execute 6 Enter the password with a maximum of 16 characters in the keyboard window and press ...

Page 219: ...ation of the bank Disable Enables only panel display and disables operation of the bank Inhibit Disables both the panel display and operation of the bank When this is set to Inhibit snapshots of the bank are not recalled Linking Switcher Bus and Router Destination To provide links between the switcher bus and router destination make the following settings as required Matrix selection Selects the t...

Page 220: ... the Link No parameter to set the link number 2 Select the switcher bus and the router destination to be linked to the switcher bus 3 To confirm the bus selected in step 2 press Master Bus Set and to confirm the destination press Linked Dest Set Linking Transitions between Keyers You select whether or not to link transitions between keyers and if so which keyer to link to 1 Open the Engineering Se...

Page 221: ...tton Assign menu 7321 7 press Default To delete a region assignment In step 3 of the procedure in Assigning Regions to Region Selection Buttons in the Flexi Pad 1 p 220 make the selection to which the operation applies then press Clear Setting the region selection buttons selected when the ALL button is pressed 1 In the Engineering Setup Panel Config Region Button Assign menu 7321 7 press All Sele...

Page 222: ...ns to the Buttons in the Flexi Pad You can assign functions to the buttons in the various parts of the Flexi Pad in the following menus Mode selection buttons Multi Function Module menu Region selection buttons Region Button Assign menu Memory recall buttons Multi Function Module menu For details about assignment of regions to the region selection buttons 1 Assigning Regions to Region Selection Bu...

Page 223: ...urrently assigned in the main table On the right is a list of the source numbers and signals that can be assigned When the shift button is pressed the number column is distinguished by color 2 Select the button number 3 When assigning a video signal press Video in the Assign group When assigning a key signal press Key You can select a video signal and a key signal at the same time Video and Key in...

Page 224: ...deo and key pair numbers video signal source names and source numbers and key signal source names and source numbers When the shift button is pressed the number column is distinguished by color The right part shows the video and key pair numbers and the names of video signals and key signals set in the main table The Table Button Assign menu also allows you to access the Main V K Pair Assign menu ...

Page 225: ...s in the range selected are automatically assigned names ending with sequential numbers Example To assign sequential names to source signal 2 through source signal 4 1 In step 2 above set the Source No parameter to 2 and set the Num parameter to 3 2 Set the name of source signal 2 to CAM2 The name CAM3 is assigned automatically to source signal 3 and the name CAM4 is assigned automatically to sour...

Page 226: ...se this button to enable disable side flags for each of the M E and PGM PST banks This setting applies to all of the M E and PGM PST banks When you make this assignment the SHIFT button the button assigned to the shift function is moved one to the left If a macro attachment is set when you assign the button to the side flag function the button numbers are offset and therefore when you press the bu...

Page 227: ...elected destination selection button Off When a snapshot applying to the router is recalled the recall does not apply to the selected destination selection button When a destination selection button is set to Inhibit then even if SS Enable is on the snapshot for that destination is not recalled Setting Button Assignments You can assign user preference buttons that can be accessed via macros or GPI...

Page 228: ...1 K PVW ST M E 1 key preview output safe title on off On Off PP PGM1 ST PP PGM4 ST P P PGM1 output safe title on off P P PGM4 output safe title on off On Off PP PVW ST P P preview output safe title on off On Off PP Clean ST P P clean output safe title on off On Off PP K PVW ST P P key preview output safe title on off On Off Edit PVW ST Edit preview output safe title on off On Off Preset ST Preset ...

Page 229: ...ant the button is pressed When the output is assigned Panel GPI1 Test Fire Panel GPI8 Test Fire Output test trigger from panel GPI1 Output test trigger from panel GPI8 Output lights only at the instant the button is pressed When the output is assigned Macro Attachment Enbl Enable disable macro attachment Enabled Disabled Macro Only Set Macro only mode on off On Off Pre Macro Set macro attachment i...

Page 230: ... x in M E x is the M E bank number the x in DSKx is the DSK number and the x in Keyx is the key number When Target is M E x Cut Auto Trans Keyx Cut Keyx Auto Trans Keyx SS Recall When Target is P P Cut Auto Trans DSKx Cut DSKx Auto Trans DSKx SS Recall FTB Auto Trans FTB Cut When Target is Common Setup Master SS Recall Master Effect Recall SS Recall Effect Recall Effect Recall Run KF Run KF Stop K...

Page 231: ...ds this state for the specified pulse width Falling Edge The trigger causes the relay contacts to be shorted or drives the output low and holds this state for the specified pulse width Any Edge Each time the trigger occurs the relay contacts are alternately closed or opened or the output is switched between high and low Status Depending on the status the relay contacts are closed or opened or the ...

Page 232: ...evice Assign menu 7325 4 2 Select the port to set 3 In the Assign group press one of the DEV1 to DEV12 buttons It is not possible to assign more than one device selection button to the same port The later assigned device selection button takes priority and the previous selection is invalidated If P Bus is assigned to a serial port it is not possible to assign a device selection button to that port...

Page 233: ...tus area the relevant serial port slot number protocol serial port name SCU number and timecode source appear In the lower part of the status area the VTR constants appear 3 In the TC Source group select the timecode source reference signal for determining the tape position from the following LTC Longitudinal Time Code Uses LTC When interpolation data is returned from a VTR use that interpolation ...

Page 234: ...the connected device 6 When using a disk recorder that does not support the timecode drop frame bit in the Frame Control Mode group select the drop frame mode or non drop frame mode Drop Frame Drop frame mode Non Drop Frame Non drop frame mode This setting is only valid when the system field frequency is 59 94 7 Specify the item to which the video port number or response speed setting applies 1 Vi...

Page 235: ...et 6 Repeat steps 3 to 5 as required to make the settings for other items Setting the AUX Bus Override Operating Mode Set the operating mode when the trigger type is Rising Edge or Falling Edge and Aux O ride Src is selected as the GPI input action In the Aux Bus Override Mode group of the Engineering Setup Panel Device Interface menu 7325 select one of the following modes Momentary On an input pu...

Page 236: ...D 1st KF group in the Effect Mode menu When an effect is executed by pressing the RUN button with this setting on the first keyframe action is not executed GPI Settings for the GPI timeline P Bus Settings for the P Bus timeline DDR VTR Settings for the VTR disk recorder Extended VTR timeline Macro Settings for the macro timeline Setting the Source and Destination Names To set the Source and Destin...

Page 237: ... in the Run group Continue Continues the effect Cancel Cancels the effect and returns to the state before starting the execution Interchanging the AUTO TRANS and CUT buttons To interchange the AUTO TRANS and CUT buttons in the transition control block press the Auto Trans Cut Swap button turning it on Transition preview operation mode For the operation mode of the TRANS PVW button select Lock or H...

Page 238: ...o that has been stopped executing macros continue execution Cancel Terminates execution of a stopped or executing macro 5 Using the Macro Recall Override group buttons set the action to occur during macro execution or when a macro is stopped if another macro is recalled Disable Ignores macro recalls Enable Executes other macros To have a cross point button with a macro attachment set lit continuou...

Page 239: ...g the initial state of the control panel when powered on must be set to one of the following Set to Resume mode Set to Custom mode with User selected in the Setup group For details about these settings 1 Selecting the State After Power on p 213 Setting the Mouse Wheel Scrolling Direction for Parameter Setting In the Mouse Wheel Direction group of the Engineering Setup Panel Maintenance menu 7327 p...

Page 240: ...t1 to 4 can be assigned to one of the following outputs M E Output Assign Program outputs 1 to 4 Preview output Key preview outputs 1 and 21 Clean output Further you can change the combination of signals from which the program output is configured PGM Config 1 For the key preview output you can select either video mode background and key or key mode key only and select the background and key K PVW...

Page 241: ... DME wipe or key 1 can be enabled at any one time If background DME wipe is enabled side flags cannot be used in DME wipes This setting can be made for each of the M E and PGM PST banks 1 In the Engineering Setup Switcher Config menu 7331 select the target M E or P P bank 2 In the BKGD DME Wipe Key1 group select BKGD DME Wipe Setting User Regions This assigns the color backgrounds 1 and 2 AUX1 to ...

Page 242: ...ress Misc Enbl Setup Flags Displaying the menu for assigning the side flags on off function to a cross point button In the Engineering Setup Switcher Config Side Flags menu 7331 7 press Side Flags Button Assign Signal Input Settings Making Through Mode Settings This sets the through mode for input You can set this independently for each primary input Through mode is disabled for the input signals ...

Page 243: ...nu 7332 turning it on Selecting the Primary Input to be Used in the Format Converter 1 Open the Engineering Setup Switcher Input FC Input Select menu 7332 3 2 Select the number of the FC format converter that you want to set from the table on the left The format converter range is either FC1 to FC4 or FC1 to FC8 depending on the FC Config setting 1 p 216 3 Select the primary number from the table ...

Page 244: ...up select one of the following Frame Conversion mode in frame units Field Conversion mode in field units Adaptive Automatically switches between the above two modes When Adaptive is selected adjust the following parameter a 1 Still priority mode 2 Standard mode 3 Motion priority mode 3 In the Aspect group select one of the following Edge Crop Adds black bars on the left and right sides of a 4 3 as...

Page 245: ... a 16 9 image to make a 13 9 image and add black bars at the top and bottom of the 13 9 image to make a 4 3 image Letter Box 14 9 Crops the left and right sides of a 16 9 image to make a 14 9 image and add black bars on the top and bottom of the 14 9 image to make a 4 3 image Letter Box 16 9 Adds black bars on the top and bottom of a 16 9 image to convert it to a 4 3 image Squeeze Compresses a 16 ...

Page 246: ... 1 and 2 FC Output 1 and 2 Assigning Output Signals 1 Open the Engineering Setup Switcher Output Output Assign menu 7333 1 2 In the Output Assign group select either of the following Re Entry Source It is possible to make duplicate assignments M E 1 Output 1 to 41 PGM PST 1 to 41 Undefined Color Bkgd 2 Frame Memory 1 to 8 1 M E output signals selected in the M E Output Assign menu Aux Bus It is no...

Page 247: ... Select the output you want to set 3 To enable the safe title on off setting made in the Misc menu press Safe Title turning it on 4 Carry out one of the following operations To display a box Press Box1 or Box2 turning it on In this case carry out the following steps 5 and 6 To display a cross Press Cross turning it on To display a grid Press Grid turning it on In this case carry out the following ...

Page 248: ... is set to 8 In 3 Use any of the following methods to select the target outputs in the list on the left 4 Press Set Setting the Format Converter Outputs Setting the format converter Display the Engineering Setup Switcher Output FC Adjust menu 7333 6 The subsequent operations are the same as for the format converter input settings For details about operations 1 Selecting the Format Converter Conver...

Page 249: ... whether to show or hide the sub screen names 1 In the Engineering Setup Switcher Output Multi Viewer menu 7333 9 select the target sub screens 2 Press Name Enable to select either of the following Enable Shows the subs screen name Disable Hides the sub screen name To make the setting for all of 10 sub screens in a single operation turn All Name Enable on or off 3 To set the name display position ...

Page 250: ...4 press the program output name to toggle between On and Off On When the FTB button is pressed a fade to black is carried out Off Even when the FTB button is pressed no fade to black is carried out The PGM2 to PGM4 settings are only valid in Multi Program mode or DSK mode Setting a preset color mix 1 Open the Engineering Setup Switcher Transition Preset Color Mix menu 7334 1 2 In the Stroke Mode g...

Page 251: ... press FM Auto Store turning it on Selecting the Bank to Make the Settings In the following procedures select the bank to which the settings apply then make the settings Selecting the key memory mode In the Key Memory group of the Engineering Setup Switcher Key Wipe FM CCR menu 7335 select one from Full full mode Simple simple mode Off 1 Key Memory p 64 Selecting the processing order of masks and ...

Page 252: ...e transition waits for the next operation then executes Until you move the fader lever or press AUTO TRANS the transition is not executed Applying color correction to AUX bus signal When color correction is applied in the AUX bus the color correction that was applied to the input signal is disabled 1 Open the Engineering Setup Switcher Key Wipe FM CCR CCR menu 7335 3 2 Select the AUX bus to set 3 ...

Page 253: ...elay value 1 In the Engineering Setup Switcher Link GPI Link Adjust menu 7336 5 select the output port for which you want to set the delay value and the corresponding delay value 2 Press Delay Set Setting the operation mode when selecting M E reentry inputs When you select a re entry signal in the cross point control block of an M E block upstream M E block the output of the upstream M E block is ...

Page 254: ...ration as in step 1 to select the link number for which you want to release the link setting then press Clear Interfacing with External Devices Making 9 Pin Port Device Interface Settings The description in this section takes the Remote S1 port as an example For other Remote ports carry out the same process as required 1 Open the Engineering Setup Switcher Device Interface Remote Assign menu 7337 ...

Page 255: ...up Switcher Device Interface GPI Input menu 7337 2 select the action to be set and press H L Set The H L Set menu 7337 3 appears 2 Select the setting to apply 3 To apply the selection made in step 2 when the input is the GPI high level press H Set To apply the selection the input is low press L Set When the action is Format these settings conflict with the current settings but after making the set...

Page 256: ...r from the selected output port This is no output when the trigger type is Status Enabling or Disabling AUX Bus Control 1 In the Engineering Setup Switcher Device Interface menu 7337 press AUX Control The AUX Control menu 7337 5 appears 2 Select the 9 pin port for the setting from the Control group Remote S1 Makes the settings for the Remote S1 port Remote S2 Makes the settings for the Remote S2 p...

Page 257: ...e name displays for a cross point operation 1 In the Alias Name Gp group of the Engineering Setup Router Tally Router menu 7361 press Gp No 2 Set the following parameter a When setting values 1 to 7 are selected and the name is not set the description name for 0 appears If the description name for 0 is not registered either the Type and No values appear 3 In the Alias Name Gp group press Set Trans...

Page 258: ...g Settings 1 Open the Engineering Setup Router Tally Wiring Modify menu 7363 2 2 Referring to steps 2 and 3 in the preceding section Making New Wiring Settings 1 p 258 change the parameters as required In this case however it is not possible to specify multiple destinations in a single operation and a single address in Destination Address must be specified 3 Press Execute Deleting Wiring Settings ...

Page 259: ...gineering Setup Router Tally Tally Copy New menu 7365 1 2 Select the copy from source When setting more than one tally copy you can specify the copy from source start and end addresses 3 Specify the copy to source address 4 Press Execute Modifying Tally Copy Settings 1 Open the Engineering Setup Router Tally Tally Copy Modify menu 7365 2 2 Select the copy source and copy destination 3 Press Execut...

Page 260: ...s for each port use the following procedure 1 Open the Engineering Setup Router Tally Serial Tally Source Assign menu 7367 1 2 In the Serial Tally Port group select the port to which the setting applies 3 Select the bit number of the port 4 Select the source address 5 Press Source Address Set Clearing a source address setting To clear a source address setting for a particular bit In the Source Ass...

Page 261: ...ters and press Enter 5 Repeat steps 2 to 4 to set all of the necessary names 6 Press File Exp Usr Src Name The Exp Usr Src Name menu 7116 appears 7 Select the removable disk as the destination and press Export To apply the signal pairs in the patch table to this menu Press Apply Patch Tbl Creating a Patch Table Conversion Table Load the removable disk prepared in Switcher A to Switcher B and use t...

Page 262: ... 7 to create a patch table It is also possible to execute the following editing operations using the buttons in the Table Assign group Press Insert to insert a signal name above the signal name selected in the list on the left Press Delete to delete the signal name selected in the list on the left Replacing Signal Pairs Using the Patch Table The source patch is effective for key snapshots snapshot...

Page 263: ...System Info LAN Status menu 7341 The following communications status screen appears Devices constituting the system only appear if they are connected On the screen devices that send information are listed under Device and those that receive information are listed under Target The following information appears in the Status column Connected Ready for communication from Device to Target Not Connecte...

Page 264: ...presents the old video and the white part the new video with the wipe taking place in the direction of the arrow DME Wipe Pattern List DME wipe patterns available in one channel mode Slide Squeeze 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 1001 1002 1003 1004 1005 1006 1007 1008 1021 1022 1023 1024 1025 1026 1027 1028 1029 1030 1031 ...

Page 265: ... in picture Mosaic Defocus Resizer DME Wipe Pattern List Slide Squeeze 1041 1042 1043 1044 1101 1102 1201 1202 1203 1204 1205 1206 1207 1208 1221 1222 1223 1224 1251 1701 1702 7001 7002 7003 7004 7005 7006 7007 7008 7021 7022 7023 7024 7025 7026 7027 7028 7029 7030 7031 ...

Page 266: ... in the Default Recall column can be reset to their initial values by pressing the Default Recall button Some menus display items and functions not supported by the MVS 3000 system For details 1 Menus of Disabled Operations and Settings p 281 7201 7202 7203 7204 7205 7206 7207 7208 7221 7222 7223 7224 Notes ...

Page 267: ...Mask 1113 Yesf Matte Adjust 1112 1 Yes Wipe Adjust 1116 1 Yesf Key Delay Mode 1112 4 Yes HF3 Main Mask 1113 Yesf Mask Ptn Select 1113 1 Yes HF5 Processed Key 1115 Yes Monitor 1115 1 Yes Border Crop 1115 2 d Yes Resizer Process 1115 3 d Yes Enhanced Effect 1115 4 d Yes HF6 Transition 1116 Yesf Wipe Adjust 1116 1 Yesf Pattern Select 1116 2 Yes DME Wipe Adjust 1116 3 Yes 1ch Pattern Select 1116 4 Yes...

Page 268: ...attern is selected d Not displayed for Key3 and Key4 e For Key3 and Key4 the menu name changes to Edge Pattern Adjust Pattern Select f Some parameters are not reset to default values VF6 DME Wipe HF1 1ch 1161 Yes HF2 2ch 1162 Yes HF4 Edge Direction 1164 Yesf HF5 Modify 1165 Yes Remove From Begin 1165 1 Yes HF7 DME Wipe Snapshot 1167 No Wipe Snapshot 1157 No VF7 Misc HF1 Transition 1171 Yesf Clip T...

Page 269: ... Mask 1413 Yesf Matte Adjust 1412 1 Yes Wipe Adjust 1416 1 Yesf Key Delay Mode 1412 4 Yes HF3 Main Mask 1413 Yesf Mask Ptn Select 1413 1 Yes HF5 Processed Key 1415 Yes Monitor 1415 1 Yes Border Crop 1415 2 d Yes Resizer Process 1415 3 d Yes Enhanced Effect 1415 4 d Yes HF6 Transition 1416 Yesf Wipe Adjust 1416 1 Yesf Pattern Select 1416 2 Yes DME Wipe Adjust 1416 3 Yes 1ch Pattern Select 1416 4 Ye...

Page 270: ...lect f Some parameters are not reset to default values Color Bkgd Menu a Some parameters are not reset to default values AUX Menu VF6 DME Wipe HF1 1ch 1461 Yes HF2 2ch 1462 Yes HF4 Edge Direction 1464 Yesf HF5 Modify 1465 Yes Remove From Begin 1465 1 Yes HF7 DME Wipe Snapshot 1467 No Wipe Snapshot 1457 No VF7 Misc HF1 Transition 1471 Yesf Clip Transition 1476 Yes Clip 1476 1 Yes Transition 1471 Ye...

Page 271: ...le HF1 Pair Recombination 2541 No Recall 2511 No Recall 2521 No HF2 Auto Extraction 2542 No HF4 Move 2544 No HF5 Delete 2545 No HF6 Rename 2546 No VF5 Folder 2551 No VF6 External Device HF1 Ext HDD Format 2561 No HF2 Ext HDD Backup Restore 2562 No HF4 Backup to DDR VTR 2564 No File Name Data 7153 No HF5 Restore from DDR VTR 2565 No File Name Data 7153 No Menu Page No Default Recall VF1 Copy Swap H...

Page 272: ...pt 5111 1 No Menu Page No Default Recall VF1 GPI Timeline HF1 GPI Timeline 5311 No Rewind Action 5311 1 No VF2 P Bus Timeline HF1 P Bus Timeline 5321 No Rewind Action 5321 1 No VF3 DDR VTR HF1 Cueup Play 5331 No HF2 Timeline 5332 No Rewind Action 5332 1 No HF3 File List 5333 No Menu Page No Default Recall VF1 Register HF2 Lock 5412 No On Line Edit 7142 2 No Off Line Edit 7142 3 No HF3 Copy 5413 No...

Page 273: ...enu Page No Default Recall HF1 Time Line 6111 No HF3 Path 6113 Yes M E 1 6113 1 Yes P P 6113 4 Yes User1 6113 5 Yes User2 6113 6 Yes User3 6113 7 Yes User4 6113 8 Yes User5 6113 9 Yes User6 6113 10 Yes User7 6113 11 Yes User8 6113 12 Yes DME 3D Trans Local 6113 13 Yes DME 3D Trans Global 6113 14 Yes DME Effect 6113 15 Yes DME Global Effect 6113 16 Yes HF4 DME User PGM 6114 No HF5 Timeline Assign 6...

Page 274: ...No VF3 User DME Wipe Effect 101 199 HF1 Attribute 6231 No HF2 Lock 6232 No HF3 Copy Merge 6233 No HF4 Move 6234 No HF5 Swap 6235 No HF6 Delete 6236 No HF7 Rename 6237 No VF4 User DME Wipe Effect 201 299 HF1 Attribute 6241 No HF2 Lock 6242 No HF3 Copy Merge 6243 No HF4 Move 6244 No HF5 Swap 6245 No HF6 Delete 6246 No HF7 Rename 6247 No VF6 DEV PBUS Effect 1 250 HF2 Lock 6262 No HF3 Copy Merge 6263 ...

Page 275: ...323 No HF4 Move 6324 No HF5 Swap 6325 No HF6 Delete 6326 No HF7 Rename 6327 No VF3 Wipe Snapshot HF2 Lock 6332 No HF3 Copy 6333 No HF4 Move 6334 No HF5 Swap 6335 No HF6 Delete 6336 No HF7 Rename 6337 No VF4 DME Snapshot HF2 Lock 6342 No HF3 Copy 6343 No HF4 Move 6344 No HF5 Swap 6345 No HF6 Delete 6346 No HF7 Rename 6347 No VF5 Key Snapshot HF1 Attribute 6351 No HF2 Lock 6352 No HF3 Copy 6353 No H...

Page 276: ...le Edit 7113 1 No HF5 User Setup 7115 No File Edit 7115 1 No HF6 Export User Source Name 7116 No File Edit 7116 1 No HF7 Import User Source Name 7117 No File Edit 7117 1 No VF2 Effect HF1 Effect 1 99 7121 No File Edit 7121 1 No HF2 User DME Wipe Effect 101 199 7122 No File Edit 7122 1 No HF3 User DME Wipe Effect 201 299 7123 No File Edit 7123 1 No HF5 DEV PBUS Effect 1 250 7125 No File Edit 7125 1...

Page 277: ...r 7152 No HF3 File Name Data 7153 No File Edit 7153 1 No VF6 All External File HF1 All 7161 No HF2 Import Export 7162 No VF7 Configure HF1 Directory 7171 No HF2 Unit ID Copy 7172 No HF3 Group ID Copy 7173 No Menu Page No Default Recall VF1 Source Patch HF1 User Source Name 7211 No Exp Usr Src Name 7116 No File Edit 7116 1 No HF2 Patch Table 7212 No Patch Table Assign 7212 1 No Imp Usr Src Name 711...

Page 278: ...ackage 7316 9 No Install 7316 10 No HF7 Maintenance 7317 No Setup Operation Lock 7317 1 No File Load Lock 7317 2 No VF2 Panel HF1 Config 7321 No Key Trans Link 7321 2 No External Bus Link 7321 3 No Link Matrix Adjust 7321 4 No Link Table Adjust 7321 5 No Link Bus Adjust 7321 6 No Region Button Assign 7321 7 No Transition Module 7321 9 No Trackball Module 7321 17 No Util Bus Key Inhibit 7321 18 No ...

Page 279: ...o HF4 Prefs Utility 7324 No Xpt Module Src Reg Btn Assign 7324 2 No HF5 Device Interface 7325 No GPI Input 7325 1 No H L Set 7325 2 No GPI Output 7325 3 No Device Assign 7325 4 No Serial Port Assign 7325 5 No P Bus Setting 7325 6 a No VTR Setting 7325 7 a No DDR VDCP Setting 7325 9 a No Extend VTR Setting 7325 10 a No Simple VDCP Setting 7325 11 a No Device Assign 7325 4 No Tally GPI Output Config...

Page 280: ...utput Assign 7333 1 No Video Clip 7333 2 No V Blank Through 7333 3 No Safe Title 7333 4 No 4 3 Crop 7333 5 No FC Adjust 7333 6 No Format Converter 3121 No Multi Viewer 7333 9 No Source Output Assign 7333 10 No FC Output Select 7333 11 No HF4 Transition 7334 No Preset Color Mix 7334 1 No Transition Curve 7334 2 No HF5 Key Wipe FM CCR 7335 No Show Key 7335 1 No Key Auto Drop 7335 2 No CCR 7335 3 No ...

Page 281: ...Editor I F 7337 8 No VF6 Router Tally HF1 Router 7361 No External Box Assign 7361 1 No HF2 Group Tally 7362 No HF3 Wiring 7363 No New 7363 1 No Modify 7363 2 No HF4 Tally Enable 7364 No New 7364 1 No Modify 7364 2 No HF5 Tally Copy 7365 No New 7365 1 No Modify 7365 2 No HF6 Parallel Tally 7366 No Set 7366 1 No HF7 Serial Tally 7367 No Source Assign 7367 1 No Menu Page No Default Recall VF1 Error I...

Page 282: ... P DSK5 to 8 selection 3114 Copy Swap Copy Swap DME Wipe Selection of items related to M E 2 P P DSK5 to 8 selection 3115 Copy Swap Copy Swap Matte Selection of items related to M E 2 Selection of items related to P P DSK5 to 8 3116 Copy Swap Copy Swap Color Selection of items related to M E 2 Selection of items related to P P DSK5 to 8 Selection of items related to DME 3117 Copy Swap Copy Swap DM...

Page 283: ...l menu operations 7131 File Snapshot Snapshot M E 2 DME region selection 7131 1 File Snapshot Snapshot File Edit M E 2 DME region selection 7132 File Snapshot Wipe Snapshot M E 2 region selection 7132 1 File Snapshot Wipe Snapshot File Edit M E 2 region selection 7133 File Snapshot DME Snapshot M E 2 region selection 7133 1 File Snapshot DME Snapshot File Edit M E 2 region selection 7134 File Snap...

Page 284: ...tility Xpt Module Src Reg Btn Assign Selection of following utility commands DME Monitor Video ST DME Monitor Key ST DME2 GPI Enbl DME Override DME Graphic 7325 1 Engineering Setup Panel Device Interface GPI Input Primary 33 to 48 selection when Action is set to Aux Bus Xpt Override M E 2 selection Selection of the following items when Trigger Type is not set to Level in M E 1 x 5 to 8 Keyx Cut Ke...

Page 285: ...ettings 7334 1 Engineering Setup Switcher Transition Preset Color Mix M E 2 settings Key5 to Key8 selection 7334 2 Engineering Setup Switcher Transition Transition Curve M E 2 settings 7335 Engineering Setup Switcher Key Wipe FM CCR M E 2 settings 7335 1 Engineering Setup Switcher Key Wipe FM CCR Show Key M E2 PVW settings 7336 2 Engineering Setup Switcher Link Internal Bus Link Link Bus Select Se...

Page 286: ...y All menu operations 7366 1 Engineering Setup Router Tally Parallel Tally Set All menu operations 7367 Engineering Setup Router Tally Serial Tally DCU1 Port1 to DCU2 Port2 settings in the Serial Tally Port group Menu Disabled operation setting Number Path Cross point control block Button Double press Menu Refer to FM1 to 8 signals assigned buttons Frame Memory Still Recall p 107 Color Bkgd1 signa...

Page 287: ...signed buttons Frame Memory Clip Recall p 111 K1RSZ K2RSZc M E 1 Key1 2 3 4 Processed Key PGM PST DSK1 2 3 4 Processed Key p 76 Transition control block Button Double press Menu Refer to Flexi Pad Button Double press Menu Refer to WIPE M E 1 PGM PST Wipe Main Pattern p 83 DME WIPE M E 1 PGM PST DME Wipe XX p 95 SNAPSHOT Snapshot Master Snapshot Storea Snapshot Snapshot XXb p 171 EFF Effect Master ...

Page 288: ...rol panel by setting the STATION ID switches on the front of the board in the MVS 3000 SLOT 8 to 001 switch 1 only to the OPEN position 4 In the Engineering Setup System Initialize menu 7315 select PNL and carry out a reset This carries out a restart and when the restart is completed connection to the MKS 8080 8082 is possible 5 In the Engineering Setup Router Tally Router menu 7361 set the positi...

Page 289: ...used space comma dot Comment Begins with The content of the line following the up to the next newline has no effect on macro execution and can be used as a comment You can only use comments in files saved to a local disk or removable disk When you load a macro file into a register the comments are discarded Event statement Begins with Event and defines the macro event For details see Syntax of Eve...

Page 290: ...ve the file to the prescribed location you can then recall it in the File All External File menu When amending a file saved on the switcher be sure to save it in the original directory Path example Removable Disk Sample MACRO CTRLCPU nnnnnnnn PNL_rrrr PMR Errors If any of the following problems occur it is not possible to recall the file Attempting to recall the file will produce an error message ...

Page 291: ...s Fast forward effect TimelineFF Yes Effect execution direction selection normal TimelineDirectionNormal Yes Effect execution direction selection reverse TimelineDirectionReverse Yes Effect execution direction selection normal reverse on TimelineNormalReverseOn Yes Effect execution direction selection normal reverse off TimelineNormalReverseOff Yes Pausea Pause No Recall of function assigned to me...

Page 292: ...nt value set on the independent key transition is used Direction ToOn a ToOff b Any c Transition execution mode a Key is inserted b Key is deleted c Transition is always executed KeyCut ME ME1 PP Control blocks on the applicable bank Key Key1 to Key4 Key of the applicable independent key transition Direction ToOn a ToOff b Any c Transition execution mode a Key is inserted b Key is deleted c Transi...

Page 293: ...P User1 to User8 PBus Device1 to Device12 GPI Current a Applicable region a Mode in which operation takes place in the region currently specified in the Flexi Pad TimelineRewind Region ME1 PP User1 to User8 PBus Device1 to Device12 GPI Current a Applicable region a Mode in which operation takes place in the region currently specified in the Flexi Pad TimelineFF Region ME1 PP User1 to User8 PBus De...

Page 294: ... GPI Current a Applicable region a Mode in which operation takes place in the region currently specified in the Flexi Pad TimelineDirectionReverse Region ME1 PP User1 to User8 PBus Device1 to Device12 GPI Current a Applicable region a Mode in which operation takes place in the region currently specified in the Flexi Pad TimelineNormalReverseOn Region ME1 PP User1 to User8 PBus Device1 to Device12 ...

Page 295: ... column do not change Block Select P P Block P P XPT KeyBusUtilityButton ME ME1 PP Control blocks on the applicable bank BANK Bank1 to Bank5 Applicable bank KeyBusUtilityButton 1 to 32 Applicable button UtilityStatus On Off Current a Status of function assigned to button a Operates according to currently assigned function ClipRecall Device FrameMemory1Clip to FrameMemory8Clip Applicable clip ClipT...

Page 296: ...etting operations using the parameter setting buttons or trackball value input operations from the numeric keypad are recorded Operations not recorded in menu macros in individual menus Utility Shotbox Bank 1 1 Bank 1 32 Bank 2 1 Bank 2 32 Bank 3 1 Bank 3 32 Bank 4 1 Bank 4 32 Bank 5 1 Bank 5 32 nothing Button 1 Button 2 Button 3 blank DSK1 DSK4 MIXa NAMa SUPER MIXa PST COLOR MIXa WIPEa DMEa DSK_O...

Page 297: ...ineering Setup Panel Xpt Assign Table Button Assign All data relating to Table Button Assign menu 7322 5 Engineering Setup Panel Xpt Assign Main V K Pair Assign Xpt Shift Mode and Display Shift Mode group data 7322 10 Engineering Setup Panel Xpt Assign Side Flags Button Assign All data relating to Side Flags Button Assign menu 7324 Engineering Setup Panel Prefs Utility All data relating to functio...

Page 298: ...l data relating to Output menu 7334 Engineering Setup Switcher Transition All data relating to Transition menu 7335 Engineering Setup Switcher Key Wipe FM CCR All data relating to Key Wipe FM CCR menu 7336 Engineering Setup Switcher Link All data relating to Link menu 7337 Engineering Setup Switcher Device Interface All data relating to Device Interface menu Menu No Menu path Saved data Settings f...

Page 299: ...isplays the Error Status menu HF2 Error Log Displays the Error Log menu Error Status menu The Error Status menu lists currently occurring error information listed with the most recent information at the top When an error has been cleared the error disappears from the list a No This is a sequential number assigned to the error status b Date Time This shows the date and time the error occurred c Dev...

Page 300: ... when an error occurs This button is linked to the Error Popup button in the error status menu On If a device error occurs displays ERROR on the menu title button Off If a device error occurs does not display ERROR on the menu title button Error Messages Appearing in a Message Box Corresponding to the content of the message an icon appears 1 No 2 Date Time 3 Device 4 Status 5 Clear button 6 Plural...

Page 301: ...not be accessed Check that the external HDD is correctly formatted Cannot access the directory 20 2562 Frame Memory External Device Ext HDD Backup Restore In the above menu an attempt was made to execute Backup but the directory of the external HDD could not be accessed Cannot access the directory 21 The external HDD is busy 22 2562 Frame Memory External Device Ext HDD Backup Restore In the above ...

Page 302: ...iled internal processing error ERROR 19 Bad register number 2565 Frame Memory External Device Restore from DDR VTR In the above menu when Backup is pressed this message appears if Register Number is invalid internal processing error Prepare failed because there is clip playing 22 2565 Frame Memory External Device Restore from DDR VTR In the above menu when Backup is pressed this message appears if...

Page 303: ...ectory 7172 File Configure Unit ID Copy In the above menu the same directory and ID were selected for source and target Select a different directory and ID Extraction ERROR 1 2542 Frame Memory File Auto Extraction In the above menu when Extraction Start is pressed this message appears if an internal processing error occurs Create thumbnail failed 2 2542 Frame Memory File Auto Extraction In the abo...

Page 304: ...wing menus to check the device settings 7325 4 Engineering Setup Panel Device Interface Device Assign 7325 5 Engineering Setup Panel Device Interface Serial Port Assign ERROR 02 ERROR FF No target device has been assigned GPI Input Please set Target 7325 1 2 Engineering Setup Panel Device Interface GPI Input 7357 2 3 Engineering Setup Switcher Device Interface GPI Input In the above menus when mak...

Page 305: ...heck that the removable disk is correctly inserted and try the installation once more Internal Error Local Disk is unknown Local disk is incorrect or not formatted To format the local disk please execute Format on Page 7317 When starting up the menu system an error was found on the local disk Execute format local disk in menu 7317 Engineering Setup System Maintenance Internal Error Local Disk Syst...

Page 306: ...Memory External Device Ext HDD Format 2562 Frame Memory External Device Ext HDD Backup Restore In the above menus an attempt was made to execute Refresh Status but the logical drives of the external HDD could not be accessed Check that the external HDD is correctly formatted Cannot access the directory 20 2561 Frame Memory External Device Ext HDD Format 2562 Frame Memory External Device Ext HDD Ba...

Page 307: ...y existed 52 2565 Frame Memory External Device Restore from DDR VTR In the above menu recalling a file from the external device was correctly done However some clips were renamed because of clip name conflicts No external HDD was found 2 2562 Frame Memory External Device Ext HDD Backup Restore In the above menu an attempt was made to execute Restore but the external HDD could not be recognized Che...

Page 308: ... External Device Restore from DDR VTR In the above menu when Restore is pressed this message appears if a marker frame file was not found ERROR 19 Bad register number 2565 Frame Memory External Device Restore from DDR VTR In the above menu when Restore is pressed this message appears if Register Number is invalid internal processing error Restore failed file name already exist try to rename but un...

Page 309: ...he slots on the sides of the white button cap with the button top puller so that the cap flexes slightly and remove the cap 4 Remove the old label and insert the new label 5 Replace the button cap 6 Replace the button in its original location Warning This operation will be cancelled because the register is locked Please change the register status to be unlocked first 6211 1 Effect Master Timeline ...

Page 310: ...essive grime moisten the cloth with a little cold or lukewarm water and wipe gently Wring out all surplus water from the cloth before use to prevent any surplus water from penetrating the panel Moisture inside the panel can cause it to fail Never use organic solvents cleaners or other chemicals Do not wipe with excessive force as this may scratch the panel Notes ...

Page 311: ...ntrol panel button labels 309 care 310 connectors 43 power supply 42 shutdown 42 Control panel settings 219 Copy 123 operations 124 125 Cross point assign tables 223 226 Cross point button 22 inhibiting operation 46 Cross point control block 22 Cut 55 D Date and time 216 DDR recording 119 Default recall button 32 Del button 35 Delay 147 159 Device control block 26 Device Interface menu 254 control...

Page 312: ...ent key transition combining with transitions 57 control block 24 DME wipes 97 execution section 25 operation 57 setting the transition rate 60 type selection buttons 26 wipe 87 wipe modifier 88 Initial Status Define data saved by 298 Initialize menu 215 Input display 34 35 Input menu 242 Install Unit Config menu 215 Installation 215 Item display 34 35 K Key active 68 69 Key adjustments Flexi Pad ...

Page 313: ...al edge 63 Normal mix 67 Numeric keypad window 34 O Operation buttons 27 Operation menu 235 Operation settings 235 Outline 63 Output menu 246 P Page number entry section 33 Parameter group button 32 Parameter setting buttons 32 Parameters initializing 38 setting 37 Path 147 setting 159 Pattern limit 53 252 P Bus devices 132 timeline 132 Positioner 85 setting 88 POWER switch control panel 42 switch...

Page 314: ...menu list 30 Top menu selection buttons 33 Top menu window 33 Touch panel 239 Trackball 27 Trackball sensitivity 238 TRANS PVW button 25 Transition control block 24 Transition execution section 25 Transition menu 250 Transition preview mode 250 Transition rate list display and settings 126 Transition rate setting Flexi Pad 52 menu 53 Transition type selection buttons 24 48 Transitions 47 auto exec...

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