
Platinum™ Predator II-GX 2RU
Chapter 1
Installation and Operation Manual
Introduction
© 2014 Imagine Communications.
Proprietary and Confidential.
Edition E | Page 13
Main Features
This list includes features supported by firmware version 4v5.
4, 8, 12, 16, 20, 24 or 32 factory configured autosensing inputs: Composite (PAL, NTSC), SD-SDI (525,
625), and HD-SDI (1080i/59.94, 1080i/50, 1080i/60, 720p)
Dual DVI outputs to 1920 x 1200 single head or 1920x1080 dual head
Input configuration is user expandable with field upgrades
Up to eight VID4 video cards for a total of 32 video inputs
Up to four dual input DVI-I computer cards (configuration dependent)
Control using ZConfigurator software (supplied) and SNMP
Visual monitoring with in-picture audio meters for 16 channels of embedded audio per input and/or
optional external discrete AES and analog inputs
AES or analog audio monitoring output to listen to a selected stereo pair
Control View for easy switching to full-screen view of any single input with automatic AFV (new), PiP
source selector (new) and audio level changes saved to layouts (new)
Input source duplication
Local LCD menu with front panel controls
On-screen alarms, SNMP notification and GPI Output to indicate common fault conditions such as
Audio Over/Under, Loss of Sync, Frozen Video and Black Picture
UMD (Under Monitor Display) and tally control interface with support for Zandar, Thomson Ascii,
Probel, TSL,Imagine Communications (LRC), Ross and Image Video native protocols
Support for re-mapping Imagine Communications Platinum and Ross switcher source assignments
(new)
On-screen clocks and timers with support for NTP (Network Time Protocol) time code
Independent clock and timer synchronisation sources (new)
Main labels such as UMD text can now use the multiviewer’s color range (new)
Status panel over video or border (new)
New layout themes Slim and Ornamental (new)
Graphic elements such as tallies, labels, UMDs, borders, layout backgrounds and alarms
Stand alone audio panel and (new) stand alone text box
Video caption support for Closed Caption or D-VITC
Minimum delay through system
Two GPI inputs per video input for full-screen, layout, or tally recall
Tally protocols, ballistics and layout data transferred using a local Ethernet (10/100) connection
Easy telnet based firmware upgrade over LAN
Dual redundant hot swappable PSUs (second PSU optional)
Support for control via Navigator, CCS-P
Unicode support with language packs to include Chinese, Japanese and Korean languages (new)
(new)Always check with Customer Service for the latest multiviewer firmware and the latest version of
ZConfigurator to support new features. Refer to "New Features” for an introduction to some of the new
features. Also see the help file that accompanies ZConfigurator for a full discussion of all features.