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Zodiak Installation and Service Manual
Section 3 — Configuration
input. Alternatively a source might be a pair of video and key signals asso-
ciated with an external DPM, along with whatever added information is
required to allow the Zodiak system to interact properly with that DPM.
Engineering ID
– (formerly Source ID) An unchanging numeric value associ-
ated with a source. This value is used to unambiguously identify each
source from an engineering perspective, regardless of how it may have
been named. On-air tally uses Engineering IDs so the proper device always
receives tally.
Engineering Name
– An editable name that can be associated with a source,
intended for use by facility engineers to ease source identification. An Engi-
neering name may that of a particular hard wired device (Cam 1), or it may
indicate a patch bay location or a router source or destination. Naming
sources in this manner can help engineers configure and re-configure their
facility wiring. Engineering names reside in Eng Setups.
Logical ID
– An unchanging numeric value associated with a source used in
a production environment. Effects and source memory use Logical IDs.
Logical Name
– An editable name that can be associated with a Logical ID,
used as a convenience to the user to identify sources in a production envi-
ronment. Logical names reside in Suite Prefs.
Logical Nickname
– An alternative editable name that can also be associated
with a Logical ID. If both a Logical name and a Logical nickname are spec-
ified, the nickname will not appear. Logical nicknames only appear when
the Logical ID is blank. The Logical nicknames reside in Suite Prefs.
Source Patch
– A table mapping Logical IDs to Engineering IDs. This makes
it possible to use effects in different environments. For example, effects
created in one production truck equipped with one set of devices can be
used in a different truck with different devices by modifying the Source
Patch table. Source Patch data resides in Suite Prefs.
Background
Facility engineers need to know the exact routing of all the video signals
connecting all the devices they are responsible for. These engineers need to
be able to identify video signals in a way that will help them connect
devices properly. Production personnel, on the other hand, are interested
in the content they work with for their shows, and are generally not con-
cerned about which individual device or routing path is used to make those
signals available. They just need a way to identify the content and access it
when they need it. To support these differing needs, two source naming
mechanisms are available on Zodiak systems; Engineering and Logical.
Engineering names and Engineering IDs are intended to identify a source
as it applies to a specific facility. In a truck, for example, cameras may be
hard wired to the production switcher and might be given Engineering
names 1, 2, and 3. Names like Patch 14 or Rtr 5 may be used for inputs that
are patched or routed.
