Crystal Vision
VisionPanel
5 VisionPanel
Introduction
VisionPanel is a stylish 3U control panel for the hands-on control of up to 16 frames
containing Crystal Vision products including the Safire 3 and Safire 3 Xpress chroma keyers.
Multiple VisionPanels can be installed – allowing any device to be controlled from a number of
locations. It can also be used alongside the VisionWeb web browser control for simultaneous
operation of systems.
VisionPanel features eight hard buttons that have the following function:
Button
Function
C 1/5
Select Channel 1 as the device to control or Channel 5 if the
‘Shift’ button is held down.
C 2/6
Select Channel 2 as the device to control or Channel 6 if the
‘Shift’ button is held down.
C 3/7
Select Channel 3 as the device to control or Channel 7 if the
‘Shift’ button is held down.
C 4/8
Select Channel 4 as the device to control or Channel 8 if the
‘Shift’ button is held down.
Shift
Hold down to select alternate function. Hold down for knob
coarse adjustment.
Outputs
Jump directly into the outputs menu, allowing you to quickly
monitor your incoming and outgoing signals.
Presets
Jump to the presets menu, allowing the quick recalling or
storing of a preset.
Back/Home
Go back a menu level or jump to the ‘Home’ menu, if the ‘Shift’
button is held down, where all the top level menu options are
available.
Devices, which can be a mix of Crystal Vision cards, can be assigned to one of eight
channels by using the card management menu (see below). The four buttons on the left of
VisionPanel in conjunction with the ‘Shift’ button ( top right) allow you to select which one of
eight devices you want to control but should your system contain more than eight devices,
you can easily select additional ones to control using the ‘Cards List’ menu (see below) on the
touch screen.
Soft buttons on the touch screen are used in conjunction with physical knobs to access the
various intuitive setup menus, which allow the key processing, masks and engineering
settings to be configured with ease. Fades can be implemented using one of these soft
buttons or by using a GPI.
VisionPanel is designed to operate the Safire 3 over Ethernet using standard CAT5 cables.
Just plug the panel into your Ethernet network to connect to the Safire 3 chroma keyers set
up on that network.
Safire 3 User Manual R1.3
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24 March 2017