AJA Io Express, Инструкция по установке и эксплуатации

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To illustrate such possible confusion, consider this multiple application scenario:
1. Open Final Cut Pro (FCP), select Io Express as the A/V device. FCP takes control of the Io
Express and tells it what Primary format to use. If one of the FCP windows covers up the
Io Express Control Panel application (which typically happens), you won't be able to
see the
“Io Express is in use by Final Cut Pro” message displayed in the Control Panel, or
be able to tell which format FCP has selected. (This is why we recommend you arrange
your display so you can see the Control Panel at all times.)
2. Next, you want to see what Io Express is doing, so you find the Io Express Control Panel
application by clicking around on the desktop, eventually clicking on the Control Panel
to make it visible. As soon as FCP realizes it is now running in the background, it gives
up control of the Io Express board. The Io Express Control Panel application takes away
the “
...Final Cut Pro” message.
3. With the Control Panel the topmost application—and in control of the interface—you
now switch to a different Primary format.
4. However, when you click back on Final Cut Pro and bring it back to continue your
project, it becomes the master again and resets the board's Primary format to the one
determined by Final Cut’s A/V Settings dialog. To further the surprise, if FCP's windows
are covering the Io Express Control Panel window, the change will be hidden and you
won’t know why the board isn't doing what you told it earlier via the Control Panel.
The moral of the story: keep the Control Panel visible so you can learn what various QuickTime
applications are doing when they control Io Express—and then you can step in and change
the application’s settings and Control Panel settings as desired to get the configuration you
expect.
Io Express Control Panel Control
If a QuickTime application is not running , the Io Express Control Panel gets control of the
board.
Control Recommendations
To avoid surprises, run the Io Express Control Panel, keep it visible on the desktop—and stay
consistent in your settings within all QuickTime applications when working on a project. For
example, if you’re working in a particular format (e.g. 525i29.97), it would make sense to set
Final Cut Pro for 525i29.97 and the Io Express Control Panel for 525i29.97. Then, when you
switch between applications, the output will stay in the same format.
Having the Control Panel running and visible helps because you can always check and see
what the interface is doing and who has control of it—even when the Control Panel is running
in the background.
Easy Setups for Typical Uses
Final Cut and Io Express together make working with multiple formats an easy proposition.
Inside of Final Cut, equipment and setting presets are available in groups called Easy Setups,
from which you can choose typical system configurations. A large set of Easy Setups are
supplied with Io Express and installed along with the Io Express software. At installation, you
can choose exactly which sets of Easy Setups you want. These “canned” choices can be used
directly or as the basis for making your own customized Easy Setups. By duplicating an Easy
Setup and then making changes to it, you simplify the process of configuring and re-
configuring when working with new formats.
Although this manual assumes you’re familiar with Final Cut Pro and have read its
documentation, let’s review Easy Setups and how to use them effectively with Io Express.
At the simplest level, Final Cut lets you choose and edit presets for capturing media, device
control, and for project sequences. These presets are defined in the
Audio/Video Settings
menu. Just like Easy Setups, here also there are factory defined choices, plus you can create
and make your own. When you have a set of presets you want to use again, you can store
them as an “Easy Setup.”