Grass Valley iMC-Panel-100 User Manual v.7.2.9.0

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iMC -Panel-100

Master Control Panel

Operator’s Guide (for Imagestore 750s)

UG0069-01

7 Nov 2012

All rights reserved. No part of this manual may be reproduced in any form by photocopy, microfilm, xerography or any other means, or incorporated into any information retrieval system, electronic or mechanical, without the written permission of Miranda Technologies, Inc..

• Document Revision: 1.1

• Document Part Number: UG0069-01

• Software Version: 7.2.9.0

Change History

Rev. Date ECO Description Approved

1.0 29 Nov 11 17941 Conforms to software release 7.2.0. D.Cox

1.1 07 Nov 12 18617 Conforms to software release 7.2.9. D.Cox

Notice

Due to continued product development, the accuracy of the information in this document may change without notice. The information and intellectual property contained herein is confidential between Miranda and the client and remains the exclusive property of Miranda. If you find any problems in the documentation, please report them to us in writing. Miranda does not warrant that this document is error-free.

FCC Statement

This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class A digital device, pursuant to part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference when the equipment is operated in a commercial environment. This equipment generates, uses, and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instruction manual, may cause harmful interference to radio communications. Operation of this equipment in a residential area is likely to cause harmful interference in which case the user will be required to correct the interference at his own expense.

Declaration of Conformance (CE)

All of the equipment described in this manual has been designed to conform with the required safety and emissions standards of the European Community. Products tested and verified to meet these standards are marked as required by law with the CE mark.

When shipped into member countries of the European Community, this equipment is accompanied by authentic copies of original Declarations of Conformance on file in Miranda USA offices in Grass Valley, California USA.

Trademarks

Miranda is a registered trademark of Miranda Technologies, Inc.

Brand and product names mentioned in this manual may be trademarks, registered trademarks or copyrights of their respective holders. All brand and product names mentioned in this manual serve as comments or examples and are not to be understood as advertising for the products or their manufactures.

Software License Agreement and Warranty Information

Contact Miranda for details on the software license agreement and product warranty.

Important Safeguards and Notices

This section provides important safety guidelines for operators and service personnel. Specific warnings and cautions appear throughout the manual where they apply. Please read and follow this important information, especially those instructions related to the risk of electric shock or injury to persons.

WAR NIN G

Any instructions in this manual that require opening the equipment cover or enclosure are for use by qualified service personnel only. To reduce the risk of electric shock, do not perform any service other than that contained in the operating instructions unless you are qualified to do so.

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Operator’s Guide (for Imagestore 750s)

Restriction on Hazardous Substances (RoHs)

Miranda is in compliance with EU Directive RoHS 2002/95/EC governing the restricted use of certain hazardous substances and materials in products and in our manufacturing processes.

Miranda has a substantial program in place for RoHS compliance that includes significant investment in our manufacturing process, and a migration of Miranda product electronic components and structural materials to RoHS compliance.

It is our objective at Miranda GVD to maintain compliance with all relevant environmental and product regulatory requirements. Detailed information on specific products or on the RoHS program at Miranda is available from Miranda Customer Support at

1-800-719-1900 (toll-free) or 1-530-265-1000 (outside the U.S.).

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Symbols and Their Meanings

The lightning flash with arrowhead symbol within an equilateral triangle alerts the user to the presence of dangerous voltages within the product’s enclosure that may be of sufficient magnitude to constitute a risk of electric shock to persons.

The exclamation point within an equilateral triangle alerts the user to the presence of important operating and maintenance/service instructions.

The ground symbol represents a protective grounding terminal. Such a terminal must be connected to earth ground prior to making any other connections to the equipment.

The fuse symbol indicates that the fuse referenced in the text must be replaced with one having the ratings indicated.

The presence of this symbol in or on Miranda equipment means that it has been designed, tested and certified as complying with applicable Underwriter’s Laboratory (USA) regulations and recommendations.

The presence of this symbol in or on Miranda equipment means that it has been designed, tested and certified as essentially complying with all applicable European Union (CE) regulations and recommendations.

General Warnings

A warning indicates a possible hazard to personnel which may cause injury or death. Observe the following general warnings when using or working on this equipment:

• Heed all warnings on the unit and in the operating instructions.

• Do not use this equipment in or near water.

• This equipment is grounded through the grounding conductor of the power cord. To avoid electrical shock, plug the power cord into a properly wired receptacle before connecting the equipment inputs or outputs.

• Route power cords and other cables so they are not likely to be damaged.

• Disconnect power before cleaning the equipment. Do not use liquid or aerosol cleaners; use only a damp cloth.

• Dangerous voltages may exist at several points in this equipment. To avoid injury, do not touch exposed connections and components while power is on.

• Do not wear rings or wristwatches when troubleshooting high current circuits such as the power supplies.

• To avoid fire hazard, use only the specified fuse(s) with the correct type number, voltage and current ratings as referenced in the appropriate locations in the service instructions or on the equipment. Always refer fuse replacements to qualified service personnel.

• To avoid explosion, do not operate this equipment in an explosive atmosphere.

• Have qualified service personnel perform safety checks after any service.

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Operator’s Guide (for Imagestore 750s)

General Cautions

A caution indicates a possible hazard to equipment that could result in equipment damage. Observe the following cautions when operating or working on this equipment:

• When installing this equipment, do not attach the power cord to building surfaces.

• To prevent damage to equipment when replacing fuses, locate and correct the problem that caused the fuse to blow before re-applying power.

• Use only the specified replacement parts.

• Follow static precautions at all times when handling this equipment.

• This product should only be powered as described in the manual. To prevent equipment damage, select the proper line voltage on the power supply(ies) as described in the installation documentation.

• To prevent damage to the equipment, read the instructions in the equipment manual for proper input voltage range selection.

• Some products include a backup battery. There is a risk of explosion if the battery is replaced by a battery of an incorrect type. Dispose of batteries according to instructions.

• Products that have (1) no on/off switch and (2) use an external power supply must be installed in proximity to a main power output that is easily accessible.

1 Preface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Chapter Structure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

The PDF Document . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Terms, Conventions and Abbreviations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Prerequisites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Options. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

2 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Purpose . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Master Control System Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

NV9000 Router Control System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Control Panels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Other Miranda Products . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Tally Processor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Intuition XG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Imagestore 750 Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Other Transition Processors like the Imagestore 750 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Imagestore 750 Conceptual Model. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Imagestore 750 Detailed Model. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

LGK-3901, DSK-3901, and ISM-3901. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

LGK-3901 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Conceptual Model. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Detailed Model . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

DSK-3901 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Conceptual Model. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Detailed Model . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

ISM-3901. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Control Panel Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

3 Control Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Panel Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Button Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Display Unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Panel Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Soft buttons. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Panel Knobs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Functional Sections of the Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Top Row Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Menu Area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Configurable Button Section. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Audio Levels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

‘Program Out’ Knob . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

‘Preset In’ Knob. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

‘Over Ratio/Duck Level’ Knob . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

On-Screen “Knobs” and the Slider. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

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Table of Contents

Audio Monitoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Preset and Program Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Aux/User and Preview/User Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Button Details. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Source Button Characteristics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

“Hot Cuts”. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Video Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Voice-Overs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Bottom Row Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Transition Button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Definable Button Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

None . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Channel Selection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Channel Select . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

No Channels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Gang Channels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Salvo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

System Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Panel Lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Automation Off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Fade to Black . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Fade to Silence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Group Select . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Audio Lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Macro Arm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Fire Macro . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

PGM DVE Enable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

PST DVE Enable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

KaleidoX Layout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Automation Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Transition Type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Transition Rate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Take . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Take Primary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Take Secondary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

GPI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

GPI Output . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

GPI Input . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

GPI Input and Output . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Button Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Power. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Ethernet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

USB Ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

VGA Port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

GPI/Alarm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Touchscreen Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

viii

Operator’s Guide (for Imagestore 750s)

4 Installation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

Button Panel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

Mounting the display. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

/ Alarms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

GPI

Cabling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

5 Menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

About Menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

Main Menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

Other Menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

Menu Button Conventions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

Keypads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

Lists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

Main Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

Audio Monitor Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

Audio Meters Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

Audio Preview Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

Automation Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

Channel Select Menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

Sharing Channels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

Preemption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

Sharing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

Edit/More . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

Channel Details Sub-Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

Version Info Sub-Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

DSK Menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

Options Buttons. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

List Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

Rates, CGT, Keying. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

Position, Size, Crop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

‘Options Saving’ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

“EasyPlay” Menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

Macro Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

Program Input Audio Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

Presets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79

Gains and Mutes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79

“Phase Inverts” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

Audio Channel Shuffle. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

Program Output Audio Menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

Presets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83

Gains and Mutes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83

“Phase Inverts” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84

Audio Channel Shuffle. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85

iMC-Panel-100

Table of Contents

Preset Input Audio Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86

Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86

Presets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87

Gains and Mutes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87

“Phase Inverts” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88

Audio Channel Shuffle. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

Voice-Over Menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90

Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90

Presets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91

Gains and Mutes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91

Phase Inverts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92

Audio Channel Shuffle. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93

Shuffle Presets and Gain Presets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94

Shuffle Presets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94

Gain Presets. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95

XG Keyer Layers Menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96

XG Layer Menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97

A/B Mixer Menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98

Adjust Profiles. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99

Sources Menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100

Adding a Source to a Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101

Changing a Source within a Group. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102

Removing a Source from a Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103

Panel Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104

IP Setup. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105

Manage Log . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106

Set Date Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107

Version Info . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108

Panel Status. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108

Panel Test Sub-Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109

6 Operation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111

General Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111

About Colors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111

Colors on Physical LCD Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112

Colors on “Soft” Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114

Button Colors in the Menu Area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115

Thumbnail Color . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116

About Error Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116

About the Button Rows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117

About “Layer” Buttons. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117

About Configurable Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117

Panels and Channels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117

Sharing vs. Preemption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118

Using the Keypad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118

Performing Transitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119

Basic Transition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119

Transition Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119

Working with Transition Type and Rate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121

Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121

Changing Transition Rates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121

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Working with DSKs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122

Performing Key Transitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122

Changing Key Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123

Rates, CGT, Keying. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124

Position, Size, and Crop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125

Saving DSK Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127

Working with DVEs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127

Working with XG Layers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128

Working with Voice-Overs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128

Performing Transitions with Voice-Over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129

Voice-Over Menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130

Presets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131

Gains and Mutes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131

“Phase Inverts” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132

Audio Channel Shuffle. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133

Performing Over Transitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133

Shuffle Presets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134

Gain Presets. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135

Working with Audio Monitors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135

Audio Monitor Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136

Audio Preview Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137

Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137

Working with Audio Meters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138

Working with Audio Levels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139

‘Program Out’ Knob . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139

‘Preset In’ Knob . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140

‘Over Ratio/Duck Level’ Knob . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140

Menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140

Gains and Mutes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142

Phase Inverts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143

Audio Channel Shuffle. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144

Shuffling Audio Channels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144

Performing a Shuffle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144

Working with Multiple Channels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146

Channel Selection with Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146

Channel Selection in the Menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146

No Channel Selection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147

Sharing Channels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147

Preemption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147

Sharing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148

Monitor Wall Re-Layout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148

Working with a Monitor Wall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148

Working with the Aux Buttons. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149

‘Aux Bus Follow’. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149

Using the Panel Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149

Panel Status. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150

IP Address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151

View Version Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152

View or Clear the Panel’s Log File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152

Set Time and Date. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Fade to Black . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154

Fade to Silence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154

Updating Configuration Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154

Panel Startup and Shutdown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155

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Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157

Alarms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157

Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158

Power Supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158

Button Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158

Electrical . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158

Mechanical . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158

Control Inputs and Outputs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158

Planar PT1945R Touchscreen Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159

Drawings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160

Glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165

Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167

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This is an operator’s guide that is intended for panel operators using the iMC-Panel-100 to control Imagestore 750s. Operators who control MCEs (or MCPMs) may refer to the iMC-Panel- 100 Operator’s Guide for MCEs and MCPMs.

Chapter 1 provides an introduction to this guide.

Topics

Chapter Structure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

The PDF Document . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Terms, Conventions and Abbreviations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Prerequisites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Chapter Structure

The following chapters provide information regarding the iMC-Panel-100 in the master control system:

• Chapter 1, Preface, (this chapter) presents easy ways to use this guide and provides a list of

terms and conventions.

• Chapter 2, Introduction, describes how the panel relates to the master control system.

• Chapter 3, Control Panel, discusses the features and functions of the panel.

• Chapter 4, Installation, provides a detailed discussion of the panel menus.

• Chapter 5, Menus, provides a detailed discussion of the panel menus.

• Chapter 6, Operation, provides operating instructions.

• Chapter 7, Misc. Topics, presents a glossary, specifications, and miscellaneous instructions

and information.

An Index

and Glossary are also available for your reference.

Preface

The PDF Document

This guide is provided in PDF format, allowing you to use Acrobat’s “bookmarks” to navigate to any desired location. You can also easily print a hardcopy. Please note:

• Use the Table of Contents or the bookmarks page to jump to any desired section.

• Many hyperlinks are provided within the chapters.

• Use the Index to jump to specific topics within a chapter. Each page number in the index is a

hyperlink.

• Use Acrobat’s ‘Go to Previous View’ and ‘Go to Next View’ buttons to retrace your complete

navigational path.

Preface

Terms, Conventions and Abbreviations

• Use the ‘First Page’, ‘Previous Page’, and ‘Next Page’, and ‘Last Page’ buttons to go to the first,

previous, next, or last page within a PDF file.

Note

To display the navigation buttons, right-click the Tool Bar area, and check ‘Navigation’.

• Use Acrobat’s extensive search capabilities, such as the ‘Find’ tool and ‘Search’ tool to per-

form comprehensive searches as required.

Terms, Conventions and Abbreviations

The following conventions are used throughout this guide:

• The symbol S denotes either an example or a special message.

• Entries enclosed in single quotes denote the names of control panel buttons and knobs, or

menu items.

Choose ‘Aux’ to ...

Press ‘Keyer 2’ button ...

The following terms and abbreviations are used throughout this guide:

• The term “MCPM” refers to any of several older models of master control processing mod-

ules.

• “MCE” stands for Master Control Engine. An MCE as a type of MCPM.

• “High tally” means that a button is brightly illuminated — at full intensity. “Low tally” means

that a button is illuminated at low intensity. Most buttons assume a low tally state until selected. Some buttons are not illuminated.

Other terms, used occasionally, include the following:

• Intuition XG is a single- or dual-channel graphics processor. The term “Intuition XG” can

encompass all the hardware and software involved in the Intuition XG component of master control.

• XMedia is a term that includes different software applications that create and manage

images, keyers, logos, etc. used by Intuition XG.

• Xplay and the XG Dashboard are software applications under XMedia. Both of these are used

to configure the Intuition XG processor.

• Xbuilder and Xstudio are creative software applications under XMedia.

• Oxtel is a division of Miranda. Its name is used to identify certain ports of the Intuition XG

hardware. The Oxtel protocol is used by the Imagestore 750 in the master control system.

• The terms “XG media clip” and “XG clip” refer to one of the video and audio sequences stored

in and played by the Intuition XG processor. The term “XG media” refers to the body of clips available. An XG clip is a composition of video, static and animated graphics, audio, and text (which can be obtained from live data).

Prerequisites

Please observe the following important prerequisites:

• Equipment and software properly installed.

• Video monitors properly set.

Ensure that your control room’s program and preview monitors are properly set, according to the requirements of your facility.

NV9000 requirements met.

You are using a master control system in conjunction with an NV9000 router control system. Ensure that your master control system and NV9000 are communicating with each other and configured as required.

• Channels properly configured.

Ensure that each Imagestore 750 has been configured (using the Imagestore 750 Configurator or by using the Imagestore 750’s front panel). Refer also to the Imagestore 750 Reference Manual for more information.

• All control panels properly configured.

All control panels (and GUIs) should be configured and operational. Refer to the MCS Panel Configuration Editor User’s Guide for details.

• User accounts for PCs used for master control set to ‘Standard User’ or better.

Master control software does not function properly when user accounts are set to ‘Restricted User’ or its equivalent.

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Options

The Master Control Tally Processor is an option. It provides 32 GPI inputs and 32 GPI outputs. It can monitor master control events and trigger master control events.

Intuition XG is an option that adds rich branding to master control because it includes sophisticated design tools, a powerful graphics processor, and storage for video clips, and access to “live” data.

Preface

Options

Purpose

Introduction

Chapter 2 is an introduction to the iMC-Panel-100 as it applies to controlling Imagestore 750s, LGK-3901s, DSK-3901s, and ISM-3901s.

Note that this document uses the term Imagestore 750 to represent all four of these transition processors, which have similar behavior with respect to control panel functions.

Topics

Purpose . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Master Control System Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Imagestore 750 Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Control Panel Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

The iMC-Panel-100 is one of the hardware control panels available in the Miranda master control system. These are its distinguishing characteristics:

• Separate button panel and display. The display can be mounted anywhere with respect to

the panel.

• Compact and rack-mountable button panel. The panel is 19.0″ wide × 5.22″ high × 3.7″

deep. The iMC-Panel-100 requires at least 2–3″ clearance at the rear for cables.

• Moderate price.

• Menu system that allows an operator to change parameter settings.

• A set of buttons that can be configured as sources, video effects, or voice-overs as required

by your facility. You can switch between several groups of sources.

Some of the buttons are present on the button panel and other buttons (“soft” buttons) are present on the display.

• A set of customer-definable function buttons.

• Audio control knobs.

The iMC-Panel-100 can control Imagestore 750s, MCEs, and MCPMs and therefore its button panel has silkscreen markings that refer to either Imagestore 750s or MCEs and MCPMs.

Master Control System Overview

Miranda’s combined master control system — a multi-channel switcher — might include one or more Imagestore 750s, MCEs, and MCPMs. Imagestore 750s are independent transition processors (a.k.a. channel branding processors).

MCEs and MCPMs reside in iMC-Panel-100 frames. The frames are 8RU assemblies with 16 I/O card slots that can operate in conjunction with other switchers, routers, an NV9000 router

Introduction

Master Control System Overview

control system, and other products. Each frame holds one or more MCPMs, MCEs, and optionally a multi-format router.

Each Imagestore 750, MCE, or MCPM is considered a channel.

Imagestore 750s, MCPMs, MCEs, and control panels communicate on an Ethernet LAN. When an operator presses control panel buttons (the ‘Transition’ button, for example), the control panel issues commands to the attached channel (Imagestore 750, MCPM, or MCE). The channel responds with status and (unless a problem exists) executes the command. When a command is successfully executed, the channel notifies the panel, which updates its displays and indicators accordingly.

Figure 2-1 shows the basic relationships in a master control system:

NV5100MC NV5100MC

Config

Fig. 2-1: Master Control Network

Control

Panel

Control

Panel

•••

GUI

LAN

Imagestore

750

•••

Imagestore

750

NV9000

System

Controller

•••

Other

Devices

Master control can work in conjunction with an NV9000 router control system. In such a configuration, a channel has access to the entire router input space, with the ability to select any router source.

Most control panels can control one or more channels at any time

— but usually one at a time.

Operators can select which channel(s) to control. When you change channels, control panel updates take about a second. We say that the panel attaches the newly selected channel, and the channel’s own source layout, transition rates, and layer presets are available for use.

Each channel can also be operated under automation. A channel can be controlled by multiple control panels.

The panel’s features when it is controlling an Imagestore 750 are quite different from the same panel’s features when it is controlling an MCE or MCPM. (This guide discusses only the features that support Imagestore 750s.)

NV9000 Router Control System

A master control system can be viewed as a part of an NV9000 system. Alternatively, the NV9000 can be regarded as a provider of inputs to the master control system.

In either case, master control allows router outputs as master control inputs and allows an operator (or automation) to take router sources to the master control output.

The NV9000 system is a requirement for master control systems that use Imagestore 750s.

An iMC-Panel-100 frame used in conjunction with an NV9000 system must be connected to the NV9000 (in the control section of the master control frame).

iMC-Panel-100

Operator’s Guide (for Imagestore 750s)

Control Panels

Presently there are 3 hardware control panels and 1 software control panel (GUI) that support Imagestore 750s:

iMC-Panel-GUI A software control panel, also called the “GUI.” This panel runs on a PC and

has a graphical user interface. The GUI is a software emulation of the iMC- Panel-200. The GUI is designed to operate with (or without) a touch-sensitive screen.

iMC-Panel-100 A 3RU rack-mounted panel with a separate rack-mountable display. This

panel has reduced size (less than 4″ in depth) and reduced cost.

iMC-Panel-200 A compact hardware control panel that has a large LCD touchscreen, many

function buttons, and a joystick. The iMC-Panel-200 mounts on a desktop or work surface. All buttons have LCD legends and color-coding.

iMC-Panel-300 A “full-size” control panel that has a large LCD touchscreen, many function

buttons, and a joystick. The iMC-Panel-300 mounts on a desktop or work surface. All but 2 buttons have LCD legends and color-coding.

Other Miranda Products

Listed here are products that relate to master control.

Tally Processor

Miranda offers a third-party “tally processor”— a 1RU device that provides 32 optically isolated inputs and 32 relay outputs, also optically isolated. The tally processor can sense master control events such as main source selections and transitions, trigger master control events, and control various devices in your system. A master control network can include multiple tally processors.

Intuition XG

As a master control subsystem, Intuition XG is a combination of the following:

• Intuition XG — a single- or dual-channel HD/SD graphics processor. This processor stores XG

media clips and transmits the clips (fill and key) when directed by an Imagestore 750, MCE, or MCPM.

• XMedia software for configuration and for composing, rendering, and previewing graphics.

Panel operators will generally not need to understand or use this software.

Imagestore 750 Overview

The Imagestore 750 is an independent transition processor (also called a “channel branding processor”) that can operate as a stand-alone unit with or without automation, or as part of Miranda’s iMC master control system. In the context of the combined master control system, it operates in conjunction with an NV9000 router control system, that provides video and audio sources, and one or more master control panels, such as the iMC-Panel-100, that provide commands. The Imagestore 750 issues switching instructions to the NV9000 when it receives commands from a master control panel.

The Imagestore 750 is essentially an A/B transition processor that inserts video effects (DVEs and DSKs) and voice-overs into its output. It has many configuration options.

Introduction

Imagestore 750 Overview

This is a system block diagram of the Imagestore 750:

Video In

D (or Key 3)

GPIO, LTC, Metadata

C (or Fill 3)

Fill 1

Key 1

Fill 2

Key 2

Ref

A B

Imagestore

750

LAN 1, 2 COM 14

Program Out

Preview Out

Clean Out

Monitor Out

AES In, Out

Video Out

Fig. 2-2: Imagestore 750 System Diagram

Inputs and outputs of the Imagestore 750 include:

• Four SDI inputs, A–D. These accept HD or SD input.

• Two external keyer pairs (fill and key). Inputs C and D can be used for a third keyer pair.

• A GPIO connector that supports 16 GPIO ports (each configurable as an input or an output),

LTC, and Dolby metadata.

• 16 AES inputs and 16 AES outputs.

• Four SDI outputs (program, preview, clean-feed, and monitor).

There are also 4 COM ports and 2 Ethernet ports.

Other Transition Processors like the Imagestore 750

For the sake of discussion in this document, the term “Imagestore 750” includes the LGK-3901, DSK-3901, and the ISM-3901, as well as the Imagestore 750 itself. These are transition processors that fit in a 3RU Densité frame. These units provide a subset of the functions of an Imagestore

750. The master control system treats these units as if they were Imagestore 750s. They are configurable using the Imagestore 750 Configurator and each has a browser application (for remote management) that is similar to the browser application for the Imagestore 750.

See LGK-3901, DSK-3901, and ISM-3901

on page 11 for more information.

Operator’s Guide (for Imagestore 750s)

Imagestore 750 Conceptual Model

This diagram shows the Imagestore 750’s native conceptual model:

(option)

Video

A/B

Mixer

DVE 1

DVE2

DSK 1 DSK 2 DSK 3 DSK 4

(option)

DVE 1

DVE2

DSK 1 DSK 2 DSK 3 DSK 4

FTB

Program Output

Preview Output

iMC-Panel-100

Program Audio

Preview Audio

Audio

A/B

Mixer

Gain,

Shuffle

Gain,

Shuffle

Audio

Clip

Audio

Clip

16 16

Gain,

Shuffle

16 16

Gain,

Shuffle

Audio

Clip

Audio

Clip

Gain,

Shuffle

Gain,

Shuffle

VO 1 VO 2

Gain,

FTS

Gain,

FTS

There are two video processing paths, program and preview. Each includes 4 downstream keyers (DSKs) and an optional DVE processor.

After audio is disembedded, the audio processing path includes an A/B mixer for 16 audio channels and two voice-over processors, also for the 16 channels. Audio is re-embedded in program and preview audio after processing.

The model also includes a clean-feed (video) output and a (video) monitor output. There are many selectable tap locations for these outputs.

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Imagestore 750 Overview

Imagestore 750 Detailed Model

This diagram shows a more detailed view of the Imagestore 750’s video processing:

Rectangular mask (8x)

SDI

test signals

Fill2

Key2

Fill1

Key1

Disembed Audio

A/B Mix

Internal

Store

DVE1 (DVE2)

Fill1, Key1

Fill2, Key2

Fill3, Key3

Fill4, Key4

Ext. Fill3, Key3

Ext. Fill2, Key2

Ext. Fill1, Key1

Audio Processing

DSK1 DSK2 DSK3 DSK4

Test signals

Color Field 1 Color Field 2 Color Field 3 Test Pattern 1 Test Pattern 2

DSK1

DSK2 DSK3 DSK4

PGM A/B Mix

PGM DVE PGM DSK1 PGM DSK2 PGM DSK3

Embed

Audio

PGM Out

PVW Out

CLN Out

MON Out

Each input (A, B, C, D, Fill1, Key1, Fill2, and Key2) can be individually selected as an SDI input or one of 5 test signals. (Each SDI input can be subject to a rectangular clipping mask.)

Inputs C and D can be used as a (fill3, key3) pair. The Imagestore 750 can use any of its fill/key inputs to receive clips from an Intuition XG processor. The Intuition XG processor produces up to 8 “XG keyer layers.” The Imagestore 750 sends commands to the Intuition XG processor that control the playout of the clips.

Both the A and B side of the A/B mixers can connect to any of the inputs (A, B, C, D, Fill1, Key1, Fill2, and Key2). Similarly, any of the DVEs can connect to any of those inputs.

The DVEs can also accept the output of the A/B mixer. The DVE output (either DVE1 or DVE2) can be inserted in the processing path in one of 3 places: before DSK1, before DSK2, or before DSK3. The DVE processing section is a purchase option. The DVE processor can be bypassed if it is installed.

The Imagestore 750 has storage supporting internal keyers (logos, etc.). Inputs C and D can be used as external keyer (fill3, key3).

The preview output can present video from one of several different tap points. Similarly, the clean-feed (CLN) output and the monitor (MON) outputs can present video from several different tap points.

Audio is disembedded from SDI sources, sent to the audio processing section, and reembedded on output. The audio is re-embedded in the PGM, PVW, CLN, and MON outputs.

LGK-3901, DSK-3901, and ISM-3901

The LGK-3901 and the DSK-3901 are card modules that fit in a 3RU Densité frame. Each of these units comprises an I/O card set and a backplane connector module. The Densité frame can accommodate up to 10 of these modules.

Each of these modules can be regarded, from the standpoint of the iMC Master Control system, as a reduced version of the Imagestore 750. Configuration of the modules uses the same software: the Imagestore 750 Configurator. The browser application for these modules is nearly identical to the browser application for the Imagestore 750.

LGK-3901

The LGK-3901 is an independent transition processor (also called a “3G/HD/SD Logo Inserter and Downstream Keyer”) that can operate as a stand-alone unit with or without automation, or as part of Miranda’s iMC master control system. Like the Imagestore 750, it operates in conjunction with an NV9000 router control system, that provides video and audio sources, and one or more master control panels, such as the iMC-Panel-200, that provide commands. The LGK-3901 issues switching instructions to the NV9000 when it receives commands from a master control panel.

The LGK-3901 is essentially an A/B transition processor that inserts video effects (stills and animation) and voice-overs into its output. It has several configuration options. The principal software used is the “Imagestore 750 Configurator.” Note that a particular version of this software is required for operation in the context of an iMC master control system: at present, it is v1.5. Other configuration tools exist.

Version 3.0 of the LGK-3901 software and firmware is required for use in the master control system. The LGK-3901 must be equipped with the master control option.

This is a “black box” diagram of the LGK-3901:

iMC-Panel-100

Operator’s Guide (for Imagestore 750s)

Video In

B (or Fill 2)

Key 2

Fill 1

Key 1

Ref

AES In

LGK-3901, DSK-3901,

ISM-3901

LAN COM 12

Program Out

Video Out

Preview Out

GPIO, LTC In

Fig. 2-3: LGK-3901 System Diagram

If you compare this diagram to Figure 2-2, you can see that the LGK-3901 has fewer connectors. It also has some enhancements.

Inputs and outputs of the Imagestore 750 include:

• Two SDI inputs, A and B. These accept 3Gig, HD, and SD input.

• Two external keyer pairs (fill and key). Input B can alternately be used as the fill of the second

keyer pair.

• A GPIO connector that supports 16 GPIO ports (8 inputs and 8 outputs), LTC input, and 4 AES

input (pairs).

• Two SDI outputs (program and preview).

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LGK-3901, DSK-3901, and ISM-3901

There are also 2 COM ports and 1 Ethernet port.

This drawing shows the general location of the LGK-3901’s connectors:

A / PGM In

Fill 1 In

Key 1 In

B / Fill 2 In

Key 2 In

PVW Out

NIMGPNI

F I LL

KNI1 YE

NI2YEKNI2LLIF PVW OUT

PGM OUT

ETH COM1

GPIO / LTC /AES IN

COM2

LGK-3901-3DRP-R

PGM Out

Ethernet

COM 1

GPIO, LTC, AES In

Video Ref.

NIFER

COM 2

Conceptual Model

Figure 2-4 shows the LGK-3901’s conceptual model in the iMC master control system:

Video

Fig. 2-4: Conceptual Model of the LGK-3901

Audio

Video

A/B

Mixer

A/B

Mixer

DSK 1 DSK 2 DSK 3 DSK 4

Gain,

Shuffle

Gain,

Shuffle

Audio

Clip

Audio

Clip

Gain,

Shuffle

Gain,

Shuffle

Gain

DSK 5

Program Audio

Preview Audio

Program Output

Preview Output

There are two video processing paths, program and preview. Each includes 5 downstream keyers (DSKs). The preview output and inputs, as they are called in Imagestore 750 terminology, are called the preset output and inputs at the control panels. An A/B mixer combines preset video and program video according to the selected transition type and rate, and according to configured transition modes.

The configuration tool allows you a nearly infinite number of ways to connect audio components. Only a few of those ways (similar to what is shown in Figure 2-4) are useful in the master control system.

iMC-Panel-100

Operator’s Guide (for Imagestore 750s)

After audio is disembedded, the audio processing path includes an A/B mixer and two voiceover processors. Audio is re-embedded in program and preview audio after processing. (See the detailed model, following.) Voice-overs are either stored EasyPlay clips or from external AES input.

Detailed Model

This diagram shows a more detailed view of the LGK-3901’s video processing:

SDI

Rectangular mask (8x)

test signals

Key2

Fill1

Key1

Disembed Audio

A/B Mix

Internal

Store

Fill1, Key1

Fill2, Key2

Fill3, Key3

Ext. Fill2, Key2

Ext. Fill1, Key1

DSK1

Test signals

Audio Processing

DSK2 DSK3 DSK4 DSK5

DSK2

Color Field 1 Color Field 2 Color Field 3 Test Pattern 1

DSK3 DSK4 DSK5

PGM A/B Mix

PGM DSK1 PGM DSK2 PGM DSK3

Embed

Audio

Each input (A, B, Key2, Fill1, and Key1) can be individually selected as an SDI input or one of 4 test signals. (Each SDI input can be subject to a rectangular clipping mask.)

Both the A and B side of the A/B mixers can connect to any of the inputs.

The LGK-3901 has storage (up to 8GB) supporting internal keyers. Input B can be used, alternatively, as the fill of an external key (fill2, key2). Either of the 2 external (fill, key) inputs can be used to receive Intuition XG clips.

The preview output can present video from one of several different tap points.

Audio is disembedded from SDI sources, sent to the audio processing pipeline, and reembedded on output. The audio is re-embedded in the PGM and PVW outputs.

PGM Out

PVW Out

DSK-3901

The DSK-3901 (called a “3G/HD/SD Downstream Keyer”) can be considered a reduced version of the LGK-3901. (If you order the right upgrade options, it will have the same features as an LGK-

3901.)

The DSK-3901 has the same “black box” diagram as the LGK-3901:

Video In

B (or Fill 2)

Key 2

Fill 1

Key 1

Ref

AES In

LGK-3901, DSK-3901,

ISM-3901

LAN COM 12

Fig. 2-5: DSK-3901 System Diagram

Program Out

Video Out

Preview Out

GPIO, LTC In

Introduction

LGK-3901, DSK-3901, and ISM-3901

The DSK uses the same backplane connector module as the LGK-3901 (although the part number of the backplane module might be different.)

Internally, however, it is different.

Conceptual Model

Figure 2-6 shows the DSK-3901’s conceptual model in the iMC master control system:

Video

Mixer

A/B

DSK 1 DSK 2

Program Output

Audio

Video

A/B

Mixer

Gain,

Shuffle

Gain,

Shuffle

DSK 1 DSK 2

Ext.

Aduio

Gain,

Shuffle

Ext.

Audio

Gain,

Shuffle

Gain

Program Audio

Preview Audio

Preview Output

Fig. 2-6: Conceptual Model of the DSK-3901

Each video processing path includes 2 downstream keyers (DSKs). The preview output and inputs, as they are called in Imagestore 750 terminology, are called the preset output and inputs

at the control panels. An A/B mixer combines preset video and program video according to the selected transition type and rate, and according to configured transition modes.

The configuration tool allows you a nearly infinite number of ways to connect audio components. Only a few of those ways (similar to what is shown in Figure 2-6) are useful in the master control system.

After audio is disembedded, the audio processing path includes an A/B mixer and two voiceover processors. Audio is re-embedded in program and preview audio after processing. (See the detailed model, next page.) Voice-overs are either stored EasyPlay clips or from external AES input.

The DSK-3901 does not have internal storage. It cannot store keys of any kind and it cannot store audio clips.

Operator’s Guide (for Imagestore 750s)

Detailed Model

This diagram shows a more detailed view of the DSK-3901’s video processing:

iMC-Panel-100

Embed

Audio

SDI

Rectangular mask (8x)

test signals

Key2

Fill1

Key1

Disembed Audio

A/B Mix

Ext. Fill2, Key2

Ext. Fill1, Key1

DSK1

Test signals

Audio Processing

DSK2

Color Field 1 Color Field 2 Color Field 3 Test Pattern 1

DSK2

PGM A/B Mix

PGM DSK1 PGM DSK2 PGM DSK3

Each input (A, B, Key2, Fill1, and Key1) can be individually selected as an SDI input or one of 4 test signals. (Each SDI input can be subject to a rectangular clipping mask.)

Both the A and B side of the A/B mixers can connect to any of the inputs.

The DSK-3901 has no storage supporting internal keyers or audio clips. Input B can be used, alternatively, as the fill of an external key (fill2, key2). Either of the 2 external (fill, key) inputs can be used to receive Intuition XG clips.

The preview output can present video from one of several different tap points.

Audio is disembedded from SDI sources, sent to the audio processing pipeline, and reembedded on output. The audio is re-embedded in the PGM and PVW outputs.

PGM Out

PVW Out

ISM-3901

The product code for the Imagestore Modular is ISM-3901.

The ISM-3901 is a “product bundle” that comprises the following items:

• An LGK-3901 module with 8GB of storage and version 3.0 software or later.

• An ISM-3901 backplane connector module (identical to the LGK-3901 backplane module).

• The AB-mixing option for the LGK-3901.

• An LGK-3901 installation and operations guide.

Configurers should use tools that reference the LGK-3901.

Introduction

Control Panel Features

The iMC-Panel-100 offers the following features. (In many cases, the features are those of the Imagestore 750 under control.)

• Configurable function buttons.

All master control panels have a set of buttons whose functions can vary according to the needs of the facility and the operator. When it is controlling an Imagestore 750, the iMCPanel-100 has 5 sets of customer-definable buttons.

• Channel selection, including ‘no channel’ mode, and ganged channels.

Your panel will usually have a default channel which is the channel selected when the panel powers up. It might be the only channel.

The 8 buttons in the top row of the iMC-Panel-100’s display are meant to be channel selection buttons, but are configurable for any function. As channel selection buttons, they can display thumbnail images for the channels. (The thumbnails are static and do not change with the content of the channel.)

• Salvos.

The iMC-Panel-100 can trigger a NV9000 control system salvo each time a channel change occurs. For example, a salvo can be programmed to change your entire audio/video monitor configuration instantly. Refer to the NV9000-SE Utilities User’s Guide for instructions on programming system salvos.

Salvos can also be assigned to panel buttons.

S Salvos are inhibited when a channel gang is in effect.

• Independent downstream keyers (DSKs). When it is controlling an Imagestore 750, the iMC-

Panel-100 can control 4 independent (linear) DSKs, each with separate key and fill inputs. Keyer parameters (e.g., clip, gain, and transparency) are configured independently in each Imagestore 750.

The DSKs handle internal keys (stills and animations) as well as (up to 3) external keys.

• DVEs.

A DVE (digital video effect) is a sequence of operations that can dynamically scale and position a video image on the screen, overlaying the main source. A DVE might perform other effects too. DVEs are created in the DVE Editor. DVEs are stored within the Imagestore 750.

The panel supports up to 4 independent DVEs. Not all Imagestore 750s have DVE processors. If your panel is controlling such an Imagestore 750, its DVE buttons, if any, are disabled.

• XG layers.

An XG layer (or clip) is one of up to 8 outputs of an Intuition XG processor. When it is controlling an Imagestore 750, the panel can control up to 8 XG layers. XG layers are processed by one of the DSKs. Usually there is a default DSK assigned to XG layers.

• Fade to black. Master control provides a fade-to-black and a fade-to-silence function.

• General-purpose I/O (GPIO). Control panels have two optically isolated inputs that can sense

external events and two relay outputs that can trigger external events.

The Imagestore 750 has GPIs can be associated with Imagestore 750 macros.

• Audio monitoring.

iMC-Panel-100

Operator’s Guide (for Imagestore 750s)

The iMC-Panel-100 has two audio monitor knobs, but they are not used when the panel is controlling an Imagestore 750s.

• Audio channel control.

The Imagestore 750 processes 16 audio channels.

The Imagestore 750 has 5 audio sections: program input audio, program output audio, preset input audio, and voice-over 1 audio and voice-over 2 audio. The Imagestore 750 has gain control, inversion, and 16-channel shuffles for each of these 5 sections.

The iMC-Panel-100 has 3 knobs for program audio output, preset audio input, and voiceover level. (These are live controls.)

• Panel lock. You can use a ‘Panel Lock’ button to prevent accidental changes to the panel set-

tings.

• Automation control. You can enable or inhibit automation with a button press. There are 4

automation assist functions, such as ‘Cue Next’ and ‘Skip Next’.

• Source groups. The iMC-Panel-100 can have up to 16 source buttons. The Imagestore 750

allows the definition of multiple source groups. Each of those source groups can be mapped to the source buttons of the iMC-Panel-100. The sources in a group are selected from the sources defined in the NV9000 system. Thus, all NV9000 sources are potentially accessible.

• Configurable source button color. The panel’s source buttons can be assigned two colors,

one color for the selected state of the button and another color for the unselected state. All source buttons of the panel use the same coloring. The choice of colors is green, white, yellow, or red.

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Control Panel Features

Chapter 3 describes the structure and functioning of the iMC-Panel-100as it applies to the Imagestore 750.

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Functional Sections of the Panel Definable Button Functions Connectors

Panel Summary

The iMC-Panel-100 is a configurable master control panel. It has two parts:

• 3RU rack-mountable button panel, 19.0” wide × 5.22” high × 3.7” deep.

You can also mount the button panel in a recess of a console surface.

The rear of the panel includes 2 USB ports, one VGA port, 2 (redundant) power supply connectors (Molex 4-pin), an Ethernet port, GPI/alarm connector, and fan outlet.

• VGA display.

The VGA display is third-party equipment you must purchase separately. We recommend, and support, the Planar series of touchscreen monitors. This guide describes the Planar PT1945R 19” monitor.

Touchscreen monitors from other manufacturers will probably not work as part of the iMCPanel-100. However, most non-touchscreen VGA monitors will work as part of the iMCPanel-100. The monitor you use must have a screen resolution of at least 1280×1024 pixels. The iMC-Panel-100 supports resolutions up to 1920×1200.

A mouse must be used with a non-touchscreen monitor.

The display provides a menu and a number of “soft” function buttons.

Control Panel

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Button Panel

At the front of the iMC-Panel-100’s button panel are 41 color-coded LCD buttons and 6 knobs (a.k.a. rotary encoders). Each LCD button has a 64×32 graphic display that usually shows 3 lines of text, 8 characters per line. Sometimes a button can show graphics, as does the ‘Transition’ button at the lower right.

Control Panel

Panel Summary

Three knobs at the far right control audio levels. Two knobs at the bottom of the panel control audio monitor levels. The remaining knob (labeled ‘Scroll/Set’, at the bottom) is for adjusting parameter values.

Fig. 3-1: iMC-Panel-100 Button Panel (Front View)

At the rear of the panel are two power connections, an Ethernet port, a fan, two USB ports, a VGA connector, and a GPI/alarm connector. See GPI/Alarm

on page 45 for more information.

Fig. 3-2: iMC-Panel-100 Button Panel (rear view)

Display Unit

Miranda supports the Planar series of touchscreens. This is the Planar PT1945R:

It has a removable stand and can be wall-mounted.

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The iMC-Panel-100’s separate display unit provide a set of menus and “soft” function buttons in which you can do the following:

• Select a channel (i.e., Imagestore 750, MCE, or MCPM).

• Select a main source or an over source.

• Choose a router source.

• Select a video effect and alter its settings.

• Manipulate audio.

• Change transition rates.

• Perform panel maintenance and updates.

• View status and error messages.

Some menus have a scrollbar with which to select items. You can use an on-screen “slider” to adjust parameter values or you can enter a value using a touchscreen keypad. In many cases, you can use the ‘Scroll/Set’ knob of the button panel to adjust parameter values.

The recommended display unit is a touchscreen: you press or touch buttons on the screen itself to perform menu selections.

S Your panel will operate with a non-touchscreen display. In that case, you’ll use a mouse.

(There is no need for a keyboard).

Panel Buttons

Buttons appear in several colors and 3 brightness levels: off, low-tally, and high-tally.

Buttons allow you to choose sources and video effects and to make menu selections. Some buttons display status. Pressing a button usually selects something. However, nothing happens when you push a button that is disabled or off and nothing happens when you push a button that merely displays status.

The buttons on the panel display the following colors:

Low Green Low Blue Low Violet Low Orange Aqua High Red

High Green High Blue High Violet High Orange White High Amber

In addition to these 12 colors, a button can be dark (that is, off, or having no color). High red and high amber usually indicate warnings.

The following color scheme usually applies. Exceptions will be noted.

• Non-selected state: low tally — green, blue, violet, orange, or white.

• Selected state: high tally — green, blue, violet, orange, or red, or aqua.

Some buttons are toggles. Pressing a deselected toggle button will cause it to become selected. Pressing a selected toggle button will make it deselected.

Some groups of buttons operate as a mutually exclusive set. Pressing a deselected button will cause it to become selected and all other buttons in the set to become deselected. There are two types of mutually exclusive buttons:

1 Pressing a selected button makes it deselected. (All other buttons in the set remain dese-

lected.)

2 Pressing a selected button has no effect: the button remains selected.

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Soft buttons

The display has 3 rows of button:

• Top r ow.

There are 8 large buttons in this row. All are configurable buttons. However, the row is designed to support channel selection buttons that have thumbnail images representing the channels.

• Aux/user buttons.

The aux/user row has 16 buttons. The leftmost buttons are source buttons that you can use to direct a source to an auxiliary device. The rightmost buttons (if any) are customer-configurable buttons.

S The source buttons are identical in all 4 button rows: the aux and preview rows of the

display and the program and preset rows of the button panel.

• Preview/user buttons.

The preview/user row has 16 buttons. All 16 buttons are customer-configurable buttons. (The button row is used to control the preview bus of an MCE when the panel is controlling an MCE.

Panel Knobs

Turning a knob clockwise increases the associated value until the maximum value is reached. After that, turning the knob clockwise has no effect.

Turning the knob counter-clockwise decreases the associated value until the minimum value is reached. After that, turning the knob counter-clockwise has no effect.

The function assigned to a knob might be disabled. In that case, turning the knob does nothing.

S The LED above the ‘Scroll/Set’ knob illuminates when scrolling is enabled.

S The LEDS above the audio monitor buttons illuminate when the monitor is “dimmed.”

Functional Sections of the Panel

Figure 3-3 shows the location of the iMC-Panel-100’s touchscreen, function buttons, and controls.

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Button

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Fig. 3-3: Sections of the iMC-Panel-100

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1 Top row buttons 6 Aux/user buttons 11 Bottom row buttons

2 Menu area 7 Preview/user buttons ‘Scroll/Set’ knob

3 Configurable buttons 8 Program buttons 12 Audio monitoring knobs

4 Slider 9 Preset buttons 13 Transition button

5 Knob “Proxies” 10 Audio level knobs

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Following are brief descriptions of each section:

1Top row buttons

The 8 large buttons in this row are all customer-configurable buttons. However, the row is designed to accommodate channel selection buttons that have thumbnail images representing the channels.

2 Menu area

Using the menus of the display, you can adjust parameters and control system functions. Associated with the menu are 8 knob “proxies” for adjustment of parameters. See Menu Area on page 27 for detail.

3 Configurable buttons

The configurable button section includes 16 buttons, each of which may be programmed to perform functions such as channel selection, menu selection, or source group selection. Some of these buttons can function as status indicators. See Configurable Button Section page 28 for detail.

Buttons in other sections of the panel are also configurable.

4Slider

The slider helps you make certain parameter adjustments such as changes to the size or position of DSKs. See On-Screen “Knobs” and the Slider

5 Knob “Proxies”

The 8 knob “proxies” under the menu area allow you to adjust menu parameters. Not all of these “knobs” are active all the time. When a knob is active, the menu shows a colored indicator near the knob.

Touch (or click) a knob proxy to select it. When you do, the knob proxy turns green and a slider appears, to the right of the menu, and the ‘Scroll/Set’ knob of the button panel becomes enabled. You can use either the slider or the ‘Scroll/Set’ button to perform parameter adjustments.

6Aux/user buttons

When the panel is controlling an Imagestore 750, this button row contains source buttons and customer-definable buttons.

The sources are the same sources as on the preset and program button rows. These buttons allow you to direct a main source to an auxiliary device such as a waveform monitor.

Source buttons of the aux bus can be configured with specific colors (green, yellow, red, or white).

S Imagestore 750s have an “aux bus follow” option. Depending on how this option is set,

your aux buttons might follow the program or preset bus or might remain independent. When they follow the program bus, whatever source becomes selected on the program bus is also selected on the aux bus. When they follow the preset bus, whatever source becomes selected on the preset bus is also selected on the aux bus.

In any case, you can always use the aux buttons, normally, regardless of what was selected on the preset or program bus.

S If the Imagestore 750 is not configured for controlling an auxiliary device, the aux button

row’s source buttons are disabled (dark).

on page 30 for detail.

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7 Preview/user buttons

This row of buttons is a set of “preview” buttons when the panel is controlling an MCE or MCPM and it is a set of customer-definable buttons when the panel is controlling an Imagestore 750. (Among the customer-definable buttons can be “menu” buttons.)

8Program buttons

The 16 program buttons include main source buttons and “layer” buttons. The layer buttons can be configured as video effects or voice-overs. The number of main sources, video effects, and voice-overs varies according to the panel configuration.

Whatever main source, video effects, and voice-overs are selected on the program buttons form the program output of the Imagestore 750 that is currently controlled by the iMCPanel-100.

Source buttons of the program and preset buses (and aux bus) can be configured with specific colors (green, yellow, red, or white).

See Preset and Program Buttons

S The preset and program buses behave differently under different transition options. See

Transition Options

on page 119.

on page 31 for detail.

9 Preset buttons

The preset buttons allows you to set up the state of the program output that will exist after the next transition.

The preset buttons include main source buttons and “layer” buttons. In fact, the preset bus and program bus have the same button functions. The function assigned to a program button is also assigned to the preset button directly beneath it.

Whatever main source, video effects, and voice-overs are selected on the preset bus form the preview output of the Imagestore 750 that is currently controlled by the iMC-Panel-100.

Source buttons of the program and preset buses (and aux bus) can be configured with specific colors (green, yellow, red, or white).

See Preset and Program Buttons

S The preset and program buses behave differently under different transition options. See

Transition Options

on page 119.

on page 31 for detail.

10 Audio level knobs

The panel has 3 rotary knobs in this section, labeled:

• Program Out

This knob controls either the program output level as a whole or (when a voice-over is active on the program bus) the voice-over level.

• Preset In

This knob controls the preset input level (as a whole).

• Over Ratio / Duck Level

When the panel is controlling an Imagestore 750, this knob controls the audio level of the main source when a voice-over is mixed with program output. (That is called the “duck level.” The term “over ratio” applies only to MCEs and MCPMs.)

See Audio Levels

on page 29 for detail.

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11 Bottom row buttons

The buttons in this section are all configurable. (See Definable Button Functions page 37.)

‘Scroll/Set’ knob

When you touch (or click) the knob proxy (under the menu) associated with some parameter (such as voice-over level), the slider appears on the display and the ‘Scroll/Set’ knob of the button panel becomes enabled. You can use either the ‘Scroll/Set’ knob or the slider to adjust the parameter.

12 Audio monitoring knobs

The panel has two rotary knobs in this section, labeled:

• Monitor A

• Monitor B

The knobs apply when the panel is controlling an MCE or an MCPM. The knobs do not apply to Imagestore 750s.

13 Transition button

The transition button displays the transition type (as a graphic) and the transition rate (in text).

‘Cut’ transitions involve no rate and for cut transitions, the button displays no rate text.

The button is bright orange.

Pressing the transition button initiates a transition in the Imagestore 750 according to the iMC-Panel-100 setup.

See Transition Button

, on

on page 36 for detail.

Top Row Buttons

Figure 3-5 shows the top row of buttons:

Fig. 3-4: Menu Area (Sample Showing Knob Proxies)

The 8 large buttons in this row are all configurable buttons. However, the row is designed to accommodate channel selection buttons that have thumbnail images representing the channels.

Menu Area

Figure 3-5 shows the menu area and its 8 associated “knobs”:

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Fig. 3-5: Menu Area (Sample Showing Knob Proxies)

The menu area presents a number of different menus that allow you to perform source selections and adjust operating parameters.

Menu buttons allow you to select the menu that appears in the menu area. Menu buttons are toggles: pressing the button once displays the menu; pressing the button again displays the main menu.

Some menus allow you to adjust function parameters, such as the ‘DSK Rates, CGT, and Keying’ menu shown in Figure 3-5. You can adjust function parameters in two ways:

• Using the adjacent knob proxies.

Touch (or click) the knob proxy. Use the slider that appears or the ‘Scroll/Set’ knob that becomes enabled to adjust the parameter.

• Pressing the keypad image within the menu itself.

Use the on-screen keypad that appears to adjust numeric values.

Some menus have a scrollbar with which to select items. You can use the menu knobs (and the slider) to “dial in” a parameter value or you can enter a value using a keypad menu.

The menu area has a region at the top for status and error messages and another region at the top for informative messages.

Refer to Chapter 5, Menus

, on page 55 for a comprehensive review of all menus.

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Configurable Button Section

Figure 3-6 shows the configurable button section which is located near the top right of the display:

Fig. 3-6: Configurable Button Section

The configurable button section includes 16 buttons, each of which may be programmed to perform various functions such as channel selection, GPI triggers, or machine control. The buttons can also be status buttons.

Each button has 3 rows of 8 characters. The button functions and button legends are determined during panel configuration. Each configured button is illuminated. Buttons that are not configured are dark and have no legend. The illumination can be high or low tally white, amber, or red. Red usually indicates a problem.

There are several dozen different button functions available to the configurer. You, the operator, will find a variety of these button types in the configurable button section of the panel you are using.

S Most other buttons of the panel are configurable too.

This table lists the button function classes for controlling Imagestore 750s:

— green,

Channel Selection Transition Type Automation Assist

Salvo Transition Rate Ta ke

System Control Menu GPI

See Definable Button Functions

on page 37 for details regarding these button functions.

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Audio Levels

Figure 3-7 shows the audio level section in which there are 3 knobs:

Fig. 3-7: Audio Level Section

S The knobs are red because level changes affect on-air levels.

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‘Program Out’ Knob

This knob controls either the program output level or voice-over level.

When no voice-over is active on the program bus, the knob controls the overall program output level.

When one voice-over is active on the program bus, the knob controls the level of the selected voice-over signal.

When both voice-overs are active on the program bus, the knob controls the level of both voiceover signals. The effect is additive: a turn of the knob adds the same amount to each voice-over level.

This knob adjusts the audio level in increments of 0.5 dB, from –100.0 dB to +28.0 dB.

‘Preset In’ Knob

When the panel is controlling an Imagestore 750, this knob controls the preset input level.

This knob adjusts the audio level in increments of 0.5 dB, from –100.0 dB to +28.0 dB.

‘Over Ratio/Duck Level’ Knob

When the panel is controlling an Imagestore 750, this knob controls the audio level of the program source when a voice-over is mixed with program output. (That is called the “duck level.” The term “over ratio” applies only to MCEs and MCPMs.)

When no voice-over is active on the program bus, the knob is inoperative.

When one voice-over is active on the program bus, the knob controls the audio level of the program source for the selected voice-over signal.

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When both voice-overs are active on the program bus, the knob controls the level of the program source for both voice-over signals. The effect is additive: a turn of the knob adds the same amount to each voice-over level.

This knob adjusts the duck level in increments of 0.5 dB, from –100.0 dB to +28.0 dB.

On-Screen “Knobs” and the Slider

There are 8 knob “proxies” under the menu area:

When you select a knob proxy, it turns green, a slider then appears to the right of the menu area, and the ‘Scroll/Set’ button of the button panel becomes enabled. Use either the slider or the ‘Scroll/Set’ knob to adjust parameter values.

Figure 3-8 shows the slider and the ‘Scroll/Set’ knob:

Unselected Selected

Fig. 3-8: Slider

The slider scale changes according to the value being adjusted. If you are adjusting an audio level, the range is –100.0

dB to +28.0 dB. If you are adjusting transparency, the scale shows

values in the range 0 to 512.

The slider is for rapid and coarse adjustment only. Its steps are large and uneven. To operate the slider, click or touch and drag the oval up or down. The setting value is displayed within the oval.

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Audio Monitoring

Figure 3-9 shows the monitor section in which there are 2 knobs and 2 LEDs:

Fig. 3-9: Audio Monitor Section

The audio monitor knobs are not used for panels controlling Imagestore 750s, but they are used for panels controlling MCEs or MCPMs.

Preset and Program Buttons

The preset and program buttons, on the button panel, are each divided into two parts:

1Source buttons.

The leftmost buttons represent sources only.

Source buttons are usually green, high-tally when selected and low-tally when not. If a source has a problem (e.g., LOS or non-sync), it is high-tally amber when unselected and red when selected. Unused source buttons are dark.

The panel can be configured so that buttons for selected main sources are green, white, yellow, or red. Unselected main source buttons can also be green, white, yellow, or red.

2“Layer” buttons.

The rightmost buttons can be configured as video effects, and voice-overs:

For the Imagestore 750, the layer section provides up to 4 DSKs, 4 DVEs, 8 XG layers, and 2 voice-overs (voice-overs).

For the LGK-3901 and ISM-3901, the layer section provides up to 5 DSKs, 8 XG layers, and 2 voice-overs (voice-overs).

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For the DSK-3901, the layer section provides up to 2 DSKs, 8 XG layers, and 2 voice-overs (voice-overs). (The DSK-3901 does not support EasyPlay audio.)

Sixteen main sources buttons and 18 “layer” buttons obviously do not fit in a button row. The panel’s configurer will have made trade-offs in this regard.

Source buttons and layer buttons together forming 2 processing sequences:

Program Selections on the program buttons compose the program output of the currently

Preset Selections on the preset buttons preview the content of the program bus as it will

S The preset buttons can be configured to tally according to the “PresStation” model or the

traditional model.

The preset bus (and its output) allow you to set up new output for the program bus. When the new output is ready, you press the transition button and the Imagestore 750 transitions the contents of the preset bus to the program bus.

S The preset and program buses behave differently under different transition options. For

example, the preset buttons can be configured to tally according to the “PresStation” model or the traditional model. See Transition Options

Your iMC-Panel-100 might be configured with one or more “group select” button. If it has group select button(s), you can switch between several groups of sources. When you switch groups, the source mnemonics of the selected group appear on the physical buttons.

In any case, up to 16 source buttons are available, using one group or another. Usually an iMCPanel-100 will have fewer than 16 source buttons.

Source buttons are mutually exclusive. Pressing one selects that source and deselects an other source. Video effects and voice-overs are independent and not mutually exclusive.

selected Imagestore 750.

appear after the next transition.

on page 119.

Aux/User

Preview/User

Aux/User and Preview/User Buttons

The aux/user buttons and the preview/user buttons are on the display unit:

When the panel is controlling an Imagestore 750, all the buttons in the ‘Preview/User’ row, on the display unit, are customer-definable. There are several dozen configurable button types among which are menu buttons.

The aux/user buttons, also on the display unit, are divided into two parts:

1Source buttons.

The leftmost buttons if the aux/user row represent sources only. They are the same sources as on the preview, program, and preset buttons.

Source buttons are usually green, high-tally when selected and low-tally when not. If a main source has a problem (e.g., LOS or non-sync), it is high-tally amber when unselected and red when selected. Unused main sources are dark.

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The panel can be configured so that buttons for selected main sources are green, white, yellow, or red. Unselected main source buttons can also be green, white, yellow, or red.

S If the Imagestore 750 under control does not support an auxiliary device, all source

buttons of the aux/user row are disabled (dark).

S Imagestore 750s have an “aux bus follow” option. Depending on how this option is set,

In any case, it is always possible to use the aux buttons, normally, regardless of what was selected on the preset or program bus.

2 “Customer-definable buttons.

The rightmost buttons of the aux/user row, if not committed to sources, are customer-definable buttons. If your aux/user row has few source buttons and few customer-definable buttons, the intervening buttons will be unused (and dark).

Button Details

Source Button Characteristics

The source buttons display an 8-character source name on the button.

The main source buttons use the following color scheme:

Dark Button is not in use.

Low Green Not selected.

High Green Selected video.

High Amber An unselected video source is non-sync or LOS, or an unselected audio

source is LOS.

High Red The selected video source is non-sync or LOS, or audio source is LOS.

However, the panel can be configured so that buttons for selected main sources are green, white, yellow, or red. Unselected main source buttons can also be green, white, yellow, or red. The color of a button that is selected need not be the same color as a button that is unselected.

Status

The touchscreen displays the source status. If status is “OK,” there is no message text. These are possible fault conditions:

1 Video LOS 3 Video Non-Sync

2Audio LOS 4Audio Problem

The numbers here show the priority of the messages (in case more than one condition arises).

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“Hot Cuts”

When you press a button on the program bus, whether main source, video effect, or voice-over, the iMC-Panel-100 will request the Imagestore 750 to perform a “hot cut” on the program bus. The Imagestore 750 performs the hot cut without benefit of a transition.

Video Effects

Selected video effects overlay the selected main video source. Video effects are cumulative and apply in the order defined by the Imagestore 750.

DSKs are applied in this order: DSK1, DSK2, DSK3, DSK4.

If the Imagestore 750 has a DVE unit, it can insert DVEs in the video stream in one of three places: before DSK1, before DSK2, or before DSK3.

If the Imagestore 750 is connected to an Intuition XG processor, one of its DSKs can process XG keyer layers from the Intuition XG.

Any one effect is electronically downstream and visually on top of all the effects preceding it in the order. Any one effect is electronically upstream and visually under of all the effects following it in the order.

“Downstream” effects modify “upstream” effects and the main source. Upstream effects never modify downstream effects. For example, a DVE might transform the main source and DSK1, but not DSK2 or DSK3.

S Please note: the order of effect buttons and the number of effects assigned to the buttons do

not affect the order in which the Imagestore 750 applies the effects. (Also, the source is always upstream of any effect.)

The video effect buttons use the following color scheme:

Dark The video effect is not supported by the Imagestore 750.

Low-tally blue The video effect is not selected.

High-tally blue The video effect is selected.

High-tally amber An unselected video effect has a problem (e.g. non-sync or LOS). Amber

is a warning flag.

High-tally red The selected video effect has a problem (e.g. non-sync or LOS). Red is an

error flag or a severe warning.

A video effect button has 3 lines of 8 characters.

The first line of text identifies the video effect itself.

The second line of text identifies the effect assigned to the effect processor.

The third line of text varies:

• For DSKs, VOs, and XG keyers on the preset bus, the third line displays “CUT” or “FADE”

depending on how the effect is armed. If the effect is not armed, the third line of the button displays nothing.

• For DVEs on the preset bus, the third line displays “ARMED” if the effect was armed. If the

effect is not armed, the third line of the button displays nothing.

• On the program bus, the third line generally is blank, but for XG keyers, the third line might

contain a portion of the XG keyer name if the name is longer than 8 characters.

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• On the preset bus, for unarmed XG keyers, the third line generally is blank, the third line

might contain a portion of the XG keyer name if the name is longer than 8 characters.

Downstream Keyers

The 4 keyer buttons are independent toggles. A downstream keyer (DSK) is active when its button is selected (high-tally) and inactive when its button is low-tally. (A DSK cannot actually be used when it is non-sync or LOS.)

An external key is usually a pair of video sources

— a key and a fill. The key forms a mask for the

fill. An internal key is a stored still frame or an animation. External keys can be provided by an Intuition XG processor.

A key source overlays the upstream source (and upstream effects) with specified clip, gain, and transparency parameters that control the key values.

Any DSK button can be associated with any key source, including Intuition XG clips.

DVE

The 4 DVE buttons are independent toggles. A DVE is active (selected) when its button is hightally and inactive when its button is low-tally.

A DVE button is pre-configured with a DVE stored in the Imagestore 750.

There are button functions available (‘PGM DVE Enable’ and ‘PST DVE Enable’) that enable or disable DVEs on the program button row and the preset button row.

Video Effect Source Status

The touchscreen displays an effect’s source status. Possible fault conditions include LOS and non-synchronous video.

You can check panel status to view all error conditions. Use the ‘Manage Log’ sub-menu under the ‘Panel’ menu. See page 106.

Voice-Overs

Like video effect buttons, the 2 voice-over button pairs on the program and preset bus are not mutually exclusive. When an over is selected on the program button row, its audio contributes to program audio. When an over is selected on the preset button row, it becomes armed and will play at the next transition.

S An over function mixes the selected audio source to air, but it does not trigger audio

playback.

Voice-Over Button Characteristics

The voice-over buttons use the following color scheme:

Low violet The voice-over is not selected.

High violet The voice-over is selected.

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Voice-Over Source Status

The touchscreen displays an over’s source status. These are the fault conditions:

1LOS

2Problem

If status is “OK,” there will be no message.

The third line of text displays “CUT” or “FADE” depending on how the over was armed. If the effect is not armed, the third line of the button is blank.

Bottom Row Buttons

These buttons are all configurable:

The configurable button functions are described under Definable Button Functions

, on page 37.

Transition Button

Pressing the transition button initiates a transition in the Imagestore 750 controlled by your panel. You can change the transition rate and type.

The transition button is orange under normal circumstances. The transition button is high-tally while the Imagestore 750 is performing a transition. Otherwise it is low-tally.

The maximum transition period is 999 frames. The minimum is 1.

When you press this button, the panel sends a transition request to the Imagestore 750.

Please note the following points regarding transitions:

• You can start a new transition only after the current transition has completed.

• You can always interrupt a transition in progress with a cut on the program bus.

• Fade transitions (cut-fade, V-fade, U-fade, and fade-cut, and others) involve a fade to black

during the transition.

Definable Button Functions

Buttons of the display unit and of the button panel itself can be configured (or reconfigured). These are the button function classes:

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Channel Selection

Salvo

Menu Transition Rate GPI

Following are descriptions of the functions that can be assigned to definable buttons during configuration (using the MCS Panel Configuration Editor).

Remember that the iMC-Panel-100’s button legends are at the discretion of the configurer. They might not be exactly what you see listed in this guide.

System Control Automation Assist

Transition Type Tak e

None

This kind of button has no function. On the panel, the button’s legend is blank and the button is dark. (The iMC-Panel-100 can never enable or disable this kind of button.)

Channel Selection

An Imagestore 750 is equivalent to a channel. A typical iMC-Panel-100 configuration provides a set of channel selection buttons. (You can also select channels in the menus.)

A channel can be configured to invoke an NV9000 salvo when selected. Consult your system’s administrator to determine which channels execute salvos.

Your panel will usually have a default channel which is the channel that is selected when the panel powers up. Your panel might be configured so that its default channel is part of a channel gang. If so, you panel is configured in what is called “automatic gang mode.” Whenever the default channel is selected, all the channels in the automatic channel gang are selected channel gang.

There are 3 button types for channels:

• ‘Channel’ selection.

• ‘No Channels’.

• Gang Channels.

— as a

Channel Select

A channel is equivalent to an Imagestore 750, an MCE, or an MCPM. Press a ‘Channel Select’ button to select a channel to control.

When you press a ‘Channel Select’ button, all status and configuration data for the newly selected channel are downloaded to the panel. (It takes about one second.)

‘Channel Select’ buttons are mutually exclusive.

‘Channel Select’ buttons use the following colors:

• Low-tally green. The associated channel is not selected.

• High-tally green. The associated channel is selected and communicating. The channel might

or might not be the main channel in a channel gang.

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• High-tally amber. The associated channel is selected as a follower in a channel gang and is

communicating.

• High-tally red. The associated channel is selected, but the panel cannot establish communi-

cation with it.

A channel selection button also displays a mnemonic for the associated Imagestore 750, MCE, or MCPM.

An Imagestore 750 can accept up to 4 concurrent connections: any combination of up to 4 control panels may acquire the same channel at the same time. If a fifth control panel attempts to connect to an Imagestore 750 that already has four control panel connected to it, the fifth control panel’s request for connection will be ignored.

S Note that only one channel selection button may be assigned to a channel.

No Channels

A ‘No Channel’ button quickly disconnects the panel from all channels. (To restore operation, select any channel.) These are the ‘No Channel’ button colors:

• Green. The panel is connected to a channel.

• Red. The panel is not connected to any channel.

S Note that a panel configuration can have only one ‘No Channel’ button.

S A “no channel” button is typically used in diagnostic situations.

Gang Channels

A ‘Gang Channels’ button lets you couple from 2 to 4 channels together for “ganged” channel operation. When channels are ganged, any action performed on the “main” channel is also performed on all selected “follower” channels. (Follower channel buttons tally amber; the main channel button tallies green.)

A ‘Gang Channels’ button is a toggle: press the “gang” button once to enable gang selection and press the gang button again to disable gang selection, i.e., to return to single-channel operation.

While gang selection is enabled, you can add or remove follower channels, by pressing additional channel buttons, subject to the limit of 4 channels in the gang.

S When gang selection is enabled, salvos are inhibited.

S You cannot use the channel menu to add or remove follower channels.

Salvo

A panel might have one or more salvo buttons. Pressing a salvo button causes an NV9000 salvo to execute. (This button requires a connected NV9000 router control system.)

S A channel change can also execute a salvo.

S When channel gang selection is enabled, salvos are inhibited.

iMC-Panel-100

Operator’s Guide (for Imagestore 750s)

System Control

There are 11 system control button types that can be present on your iMC-Panel-100:

Panel Lock Auto Off Fade-to-Black Macro Arm PGM DVE Enable Group Select Audio Lock Fade-to-Silence Fire Macro PST DVE Enable Kaleido-X Layout

Panel Lock

The panel lock button prevents you (or someone else) from accidentally making changes to the Imagestore 750 while allowing you see the status of the Imagestore 750.

A panel lock button is a toggle. Press it once to lock the panel. Press it again to unlock the panel.

When the panel is locked:

• The panel lock button is high-tally red.

• All other buttons on the panel are disabled (locked) but their colors and legends remain

unchanged.

When the panel is locked and you press the panel lock button, the panel will become unlocked and the panel will function normally.

Automation Off

The ‘Automation Off’ button is a toggle that enables or disables control of the currently selected Imagestore 750 by an automation system. When this button is high-tally red, the currently selected Imagestore 750 ignores commands from the automation system (if there is one). When this button is low-tally green, the Imagestore 750 communicates with the automation system normally.

If the currently selected Imagestore 750 does not allow you to turn automation off and on, the button is disabled (dark).

Fade to Black

A ‘Fade To Black’ (FTB) button is a toggle. Press it once to fade the program output of the currently selected Imagestore 750 to both black and silence. Press it again to fade the program output up from black and silence.

When the program output is in black/silence, fading to it, or fading up from it, the FTB and FTS buttons of the main menu are red.

Fades occur at the FTB (and FTS) rate defined in the Imagestore 750 configuration. The FTB rate is fixed in the Imagestore 750 configuration.

These are the button colors:

• High-tally green. The program output is fading or has faded to black.

• Low-tally green. The program output is fading or has faded back to normal.

Fade to Silence

A ‘Fade To Silence’ (FTS) button is a toggle. Press it once to fade the program output of the currently selected Imagestore 750 to silence. Press it again to fade the program output up from silence.

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Definable Button Functions

When the program output is silent, fading to it, or fading up from it, the FTS button of the main menu is red.

Fades occur at the FTS rate defined in the Imagestore 750 configuration. The FTS rate is fixed in the Imagestore 750 configuration.

These are the button colors:

• High-tally green. The program output is fading or has faded.

• Low-tally green. The program output is normal.

Group Select

The Imagestore 750 allows different source groups to be defined, where the sources in a group can be mapped to the main source buttons of the panel.

A ‘Group Select’ button selects a source group. When the group is selected, its source mnemonics appear on the main source buttons and (if your system is so configured) the sources in the group appear on monitors in a monitor wall.

When you hold the button down, an automated transition is suspended. When you release the button, the transition continues. This is special-purpose button that lets you synchronize a transition with a video feed that might be delayed unpredictably.

The button is low-tally green normally and high-tally amber when you press it.

Audio Lock

An ‘Audio Lock’ button is a toggle that enables or disables the 3 audio level knobs on the iMCPanel-100. (This feature helps prevent accidental changes to the audio levels)

The button is amber when the audio level knobs are locked.

Macro Arm

A ‘Macro Arm’ button selects an Imagestore 750 macro that will execute at the next transition.

S Certain macros can contain functions that must not execute during a transition. Such

macros will execute immediately after the transition completes.

Fire Macro

A ‘Fire Macro’ button executes an Imagestore 750 macro immediately.

PGM DVE Enable

A ‘PGM DVE Enable’ button enables or disables the use of DVE buttons on the program button row.

PST DVE Enable

A ‘PST DVE Enable’ button enables or disables the use of DVE buttons on the preset button row.

KaleidoX Layout

A ‘Kaleido-X Layout’ button triggers a re-layout of a Kaleido-X multi-viewer. (The panel will probably not have any ‘Kaleido-X Layout’ buttons if your master control system is not associated with a Kaleido-X multi-viewer. The Kaleido-X multi-viewer supports multiple layouts.)

iMC-Panel-100

Operator’s Guide (for Imagestore 750s)

Automation Assist

There are 4 ‘Automation Assist’ button functions:

1Cue next.

2Drop next.

3Hold next.

4Take next.

These buttons allow you to manipulate the automation playout to a limited extent.

Transition Type

There are 8 ‘Transition Type’ button functions:

Cut V-fade (or fade-fade) V-fade preset 1 Fade/cut Cross fade (or X-fade) V-fade preset 2 Cut/fade U-fade

Transition type buttons are mutually exclusive. Press one to select the transition type the Imagestore 750 will use subsequently to execute transitions. All other transition type buttons become deselected.

1. The functioning of these audio menus depends on the construction of the audio processing section of the Imagestore 750. If the audio section lacks a component, the menus will be empty (except for a missing component message).

Control Panel

Definable Button Functions

Transition type buttons appear green and show graphics instead of text:

Cut C ut-Fa de V-Fade Fade -Cu t

X-Fade

U-Fade V-Fade Preset 1 V-Fade Preset 2

(A U-type transition is like a V-fade, but with a pre-configured dwell period. The exact length of the dwell period is defined by the person configuring the Imagestore 750. The characteristics of the V-fade preset 1 and preset 2 types are also defined by the person configuring the Imagestore 750.)

If one or more transition functions on your panel were assigned to the “soft” buttons of the display., they look like these — the same basic graphics with different shading:

Cut Cut-Fade V-Fade Fade-Cut

X-Fade U-Fade

V-fade Preset 1 V-fade preset 2

Transition Rate

There are 4 ‘Transition Rate’ button types:

1Slow.

2Medium.

3Fast.

4Automation Rate.

The actual rates (i.e., the duration, in frames, of the transitions) that correspond to slow, medium, and fast are defined in the Imagestore 750 configuration.

The ‘Automation Rate’ button selects whatever rate is in effect in your automation system (if there is one).

The transition rate buttons are mutually exclusive. Press one to select the transition rate the Imagestore 750 will use subsequently to execute transitions. Other rate buttons become deselected.

Transition rate buttons are green.

S Keep in mind that each DSK has its own slow, fast, and medium rate settings. If you press the

‘Medium’ button, for instance, all DSKs will play out at their medium rate (unless they are set to cut to the program output).

iMC-Panel-100

Operator’s Guide (for Imagestore 750s)

Take

There are two kinds of ‘Take’ buttons that can appear on buttons of the panel (other than the large fixed ‘Take’ button at the lower right).

• Take Primary

• Tak e Seco ndary

Each of these buttons takes a subset of what is armed to program output. An example of a primary function is the A/B mixer. An example of a secondary function is a DSK.

For more information about the primary and secondary subsets, refer to the Imagestore 750 User’s Guide.

Take Primary

A ‘Take Primary’ button transitions the primary subset of the panel’s armed functions to program output.

Take Secondary

A ‘Take Secondary’ button transitions the secondary subset of the panel’s armed functions to program output.

GPI

GPI means “general purpose interface.” A GPI output port lets you control an external device. A GPI input port receives a signal from an external device.

The iMC-Panel-100 has a GPI/Alarm connector at the rear that provides 2 relay outputs (with NO, NC, and COM terminals) and 2 optically isolated TTL-level inputs. The 2 relays can control external devices. The inputs can sense external events in your system.

There are 3 GPI button types that can be present on your iMC-Panel-100:

GPI input Displays status of one of the 2 inputs on the iMC-Panel-100.

GPI output Controls one of the 2 relays on the iMC-Panel-100.

Combined GPI input and output

Any GPI button will have a legend assigned by the configurer. All GPI buttons are green.

S A iMC-Panel-100 configuration does not allow any GPI port to be represented by more than

one button.

GPI Output

A GPI output button is a toggle: when it is deselected, the associated relay’s “normally open” circuit is open. When it is selected, the relay’s “normally open” circuit is closed. (When a GPI output button is selected, it is high-tally.)

Displays status of one input (iMC-Panel-100 or MCPM/MCE) and controls one output (iMC-Panel-100 or MCPM/MCE).

GPI Input

A GPI input button displays the state of a GPI input (panel or MCPM/MCE). There are 2 options:

• The button is low-tally when the associated GPI input is active (current flowing).

• The button is high-tally when the associated GPI input is active (current flowing).

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Connectors

Consult with your system administrator to determine which options apply to the GPI input buttons in your iMC-Panel-100 configuration.

GPI Input and Output

A combined GPI input and output button performs 2 functions.

• The illumination of the button represents the state of a GPI input as for the GPI input but-

tons.

• Pressing the button toggles the state of a relay, as for the GPI output buttons.

Note that the button displays the state of the designated input, not the designated output.

If necessary, consult with your system administrator to determine which input and output applies to a button of this type and which display option applies.

Notes

Remember that most of the iMC-Panel-100’s button legends are at the discretion of the configurer. They might not be exactly what you see listed in this guide.

Connectors

At the rear of the iMC-Panel-100’s button panel are 2 power connectors, an Ethernet connector, two USB connectors, a VGA connector (for the display unit) and a GPI/alarm connector:

Power Supply

Connectors (2)

Button Panel

Ethernet

(RJ-45)

USB Ports (2) (to monitor)

VGA Port (to monitor)

GPI/Alarms

(DB25)

Power

There are 2 power connectors, PS1 and PS2, for the sake of redundancy. Only one is required, but with both, the iMC-Panel-100 will continue uninterrupted operation if one fails.

iMC-Panel-100

Operator’s Guide (for Imagestore 750s)

The PS0001 power supply that comes with the iMC-Panel-100 has a 4-pin plug that goes in the connector. The plugs are keyed so that you cannot insert the plugs the wrong way:

n.c. n.c.

12VDC GND

12 VDC

n.c.

21GND

n.c.

Receptacle

Plug

Connect the line cable to the power supply and then to AC power. Then insert the 4-pin plug into the iMC-Panel-100’s power connector.

The button panel has two power connectors. You can connect an additional PS0001 for redundancy.

Ethernet

The iMC-Panel-100 has one RJ-45 Ethernet connector. Connect the iMC-Panel-100 to the switch on the master control network using CAT5 cable or better.

It is on this network that the iMC-Panel-100 communicates with MCPMs and with the configuration software. You (or your system administrator) must provide a unique IP address for the iMCPanel-100.

Without the IP address, the iMC-Panel-100 cannot communicate with MCPMs, MCEs, or the configuration software. Use the Panel ID menu under the Panel Menu to set the IP address and IP subnet mask.

The default IP address is 192.168.7.100. and the subnet mask must always be 255.255.255.0.

S Operators generally need not be concerned with the iMC-Panel-100’s network address.

USB Ports

There are two USB ports. If your iMC-Panel-100 uses a Planar touchscreen, one of the USB ports will connect to the USB port of the touchscreen. If your panel does not have a touchscreen, one of the USB ports will be used for a mouse (with which you manipulate items on the display). The other port is discretionary.

VGA Port

The VGA port (HD15) connects to the VGA port of the display.

GPI/Alarm

The iMC-Panel-100 has a DB25 connector that supports GPI inputs, GPI outputs, and alarms:

COM

Minor Alarm

Major Alarm

COM

NO NC

GPI In 1

GND



unused

12 24

GPI Out 1

GPI In 2

GND



COM NO NC

unused

GPI Out 2

COM

2 14 1

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Connectors

If you intend to use any of these connections, make the connections according to figures 3-10 and two diagrams.

+3.3V

If your GPI input cable has a ground wire or shielding, you can connect the ground (or shielding) to the associated ground pin on the DB25 connector. It is not necessary to do so.

The ground pin is not shown here.

The GPI relay and alarm relay

Customers Load

circuits are identical.

Note: it is the NO circuit that closes when the GPI output or alarm is turned on. You can use the NC circuit as well.

Customers Load

Customers

Circuit

Figure 3-10. GPI Input

from internal bus

alarm signal

+5V

GPI Input n



Optical Isolation

GPI Output n

Alarm Relay

COM

10K

to internal bus

Fig. 3-11: GPI Output andAlarms

Power applied to the inputs can be from 5 to 24VDC, and less than 30 mA. Typically, 5V at 1 mA. Loads for the outputs can be larger:

Max current: 1 A Max voltage: 125VAC, 110VDC. Max capacity: 62.5VA, 33W. Rated loads: 1A at 30 VDC; 0.3 A at 110VDC; 0.5Aat 125 VAC.

Touc hscre en Displ ay

This describes the Planar PT1945R touchscreen display. If you have purchased another display type, the connections will differ.)

At the bottom of the Planar touchscreen display (in a recess) are an AC power connector, a VGA connector, an RS232 connector, a 3 mm audio jack, and a USB connector:

USB RS232 VGAAUDIO

USB Port

RS-232 Port

Audio Jack

AC InputVGA Port

On/Off Switch

iMC-Panel-100

Operator’s Guide (for Imagestore 750s)

Use the cables supplied with the display to make connections. See Chapter 4, Connections, for connection details.

Important: do not make any connection to the RS-232 port.

Notes:

1 You can obtain a manual for the Planar PT1945R monitor from the manufacturer at either

www.planartouch.com or www.planar.com.

2 The on/off switch is at the bottom of the display at the right, as you are viewing the display

from the front.

3 At the right of the display are 4 buttons (not shown here) that are to be used to set the oper-

ating characteristics of the display.

Control Panel

Connectors

Summary

Installation

Chapter 4 addresses concepts relating to the installation of the iMC-Panel-100.

Topics

Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

Button Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

The iMC-Panel-100 has two separate parts: a button panel and a display. There are several installation options.

You can rack-mount the button panel, either in a full rack or in a small desktop rack. It is also possible to mount the button panel in a recess in a console or desktop. The button panel is light in weight and not very deep (3.7″). It does not require special rack supports and should allow adequate knee clearance when mounted in a recess of a desktop.

The display comes with a detachable stand. It can be placed on a desktop or a shelf. In particular, it can be placed on a shelf in a vertical rack, presumably above the button panel.

The display has VESA-standard 100mm mounting holes that mate to a number of readily available wall-mounting fixtures. The mounting fixture must be able to support 11 lb (5

S Exercise care not to damage the LCD surface of the display. When making wiring connec-

tions to the display, place the display face-down on a flat, even surface that is clear of small parts or debris.

kg).

Button Panel

Rack-mounting the button panel is trivial. It need not be discussed.

Installation

Display

Drill for 3/16

screws, 4 places

If you wish to place the button panel in a recess of a console or desktop, you will need to cut a hole in the console surface that will fit the button panel. This is a suggested cutout:

2.25

[57.2]

1.495 [38.0]

 Cut Through 

5.10

[129.5]

5.24

[13 3.1]

Display

0.355 [9.0]

19.02 [483.1]

17.73 [450.3]

The dimensions given above allow 0.01″ (0.25 of the button panel, about 0.125″ (3 for ventilation. and about 0.06″ (1.5

mm) clearance on each short side of the panel’s enclosure

mm) clearance on the long sides of the enclosure.

mm) clearance on each edge of the front surface

0.13R, 4 places

With recessed mounting, keep in mind that cables must run from the button panel to the display unit and also to the Ethernet switch for the master control network and to external power supplies (PS0001).

(This applies to the Planar PT1945R touchscreen display. Other displays might differ.)

Mounting the display

0.075

Skip this section if you plan to use the display with its stand, on a flat surface.

iMC-Panel-100

Operator’s Guide (for Imagestore 750s)

1 If the stand is attached to the display, remove it. (There are 4 mounting screws. See the fol-

lowing figures.)

2 Using finger pressure, slide the cover of the wiring recess down to remove it:

Remove 4 screws

Remove the cover of the wiring recess

The wiring recess and the 4 mounting holes are now exposed.

3.94

[100.0]

3.94

[100.0]

Recess for Connectors

Attach the monitor to your mounting fixture. The mounting holes are tapped for M4 screws and are 11mm deep. Use screws of a length appropriate for your mounting fixture.

The monitor has cooling vents at the rear. You should not block the vents.

Installation

Connections

These are the connectors at the rear of the button panel:

DC Power (2)

Ethernet Ethernet

USB (2)

VGA

These are the connectors in the wiring recess of the display unit:

USB RS232 VGAAUDIO

USB Port

RS-232 Port

Audio Jack

AC InputVGA Port

GPI / Alarms

The GPI / Alarms connector of the button panel supports optional or discretionary wiring. The connector is a DB25. See Specifications

on page 158 for pinout and usage information.

On/Off Switch

iMC-Panel-100

Operator’s Guide (for Imagestore 750s)

Cabling

If you are using the display with its stand, route the cables through the cable harness (in the wiring recess) and then through the cavity in the middle of the stand:

Cable Harness

Cables

Recess Cover

If you are not using the stand, it is not necessary to use the cable harness.

In any case, you will have to remove the cover of the wiring recess to perform some of these steps.

1 Connect a power supply or power supplies (PS0001) to either or both of the power connec-

tors of the button panel. Then connect the power supplies to AC power.

2 Connect the button panel’s Ethernet port to a port on the Ethernet switch of the master con-

trol network.

Later, you will assign an IP address to the iMC-Panel-100.

3 Using the supplied VGA cable, connect the VGA port of the button panel to the VGA port of

the display:

4 Using the supplied USB cable, connect the USB port of the display to one of the USB ports of

the button panel:

5 If you wish to use a mouse with the iMC-Panel-100, connect the mouse to the remaining USB

port of the button panel. (The mouse must, of course, have a USB connector.)

Installation

Connections

6 Using the supplied power cable, connect AC power to the display:

7 If you are using the display with a stand, ensure that the cables pass through the cable har-

ness in the wiring recess and then replace the recess cover. It snaps into place.

There is a small screw in the kit that comes with the display. Use it to secure the recess cover.

8 Turn on the display using its on/off switch located at the bottom, on the right as you are fac-

ing the display from the front.

You should see the main menu of the iMC-Panel-100 on the display.

S Important: leave the RS232 port of the display unconnected.

Setup

1 Press the ‘Panel’ button of the main menu (of the display). Then press the ‘IP Setup’ button.

Use the buttons of the ‘IP Setup’ menu to enter an IP address, a subnet mask, and a gateway IP address for the iMC-Panel-100. Generally the subnet mask should be 255.255.255.0. (All devices on the master control network must have unique IP addresses.)

2 There are 4 buttons at the right side of the display:

Down

Enter

On/Off

Press the menu button to reveal the on-screen adjustment menu. Press the button again to hide the menu. (The menu will turn off by itself if it is idle for a certain amount of time. You can change the timeout period.)

If you wish to adjust the display settings (e.g., brightness, language, menu timeout period), use the up, down, and enter buttons to navigate through the entries of the menu.

Use the up and down buttons to increase or decrease parameter values.

Please refer to the Planar PT1945R manual for further details.

You can obtain a manual for the Planar PT1945R monitor from the manufacturer at either

www.planartouch.com or www.planar.com.

Menus

Chapter 5 describes the menus of the iMC-Panel-100 as they apply to Imagestore 750s.

Topics

About Menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

Main Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

Audio Monitor Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

Audio Meters Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

Audio Preview Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

Automation Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

Channel Select Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

DSK Menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

“EasyPlay” Menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

Macro Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

Program Input Audio Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

Program Output Audio Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

Preset Input Audio Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86

Voice-Over Menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90

Shuffle Presets and Gain Presets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94

XG Keyer Layers Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96

A/B Mixer Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98

Sources Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100

Panel Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104

About Menus

The iMC-Panel-100’s color LCD touchscreen presents a number of selectable menus. Using the menu(s), you can make source selections and parameter adjustments in several ways:

• Pressing the menu’s on-screen buttons or selecting an item in a list.

• Entering numeric values on the menu’s keypad by pressing the numeric menu buttons.

• Using any of the 8 knob proxies below the menu to set a parameter value. When selected,

the knob proxies enable an on-screen slider and the ‘Scroll/Set’ knob of the button panel, either of which can be used to adjust the parameter.

Menus

About Menus

Main Menu

Figure 5-2 illustrates the main menu components:

1 3 52 4

Fig. 5-1: Menu Parts (Showing the Main Menu)

1 Menu name 3 Message bar 5 Navigation buttons

2 Error Bar 4 Toggle button 6 Knob proxies

Following are descriptions of each menu area:

1Menu name

The current menu name is always present in the top left corner. This label changes dynamically as you use different menus.

The main menu shows the channel name in this area.

2Error Bar

The error bar is a rectangular area at the top of the menu that displays error messages (e.g., “Panel Not Connected”) and other important “alerts.”

3 Message bar

The message bar is a second rectangular area at the top of the menu that displays confirmation messages when certain actions are in progress (e.g., “Changing Channels”) or have completed (e.g., “NV9000 Salvo Successful”).

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4 Selection buttons

A selection button lets you choose an one of several items. In Figure 5-2, the selection button identified selects DSK 3.

5 Navigation buttons

A navigation button takes you to another menu. In Figure 5-2, the navigation button identified selects the panel menu.

6 Knob proxies

You can adjust menu parameters (such as DSK transparency) by clicking a parameter’s associated knob “proxy” and moving the slider that appears or turning the ‘Scroll/Set’ knob. (The proxy turns green when you select it.) For disabled parameters, the knob proxy is also disabled. Enabled parameters show a green “asterisk” near by the proxy to show that it is usable.

Other Menus

Figure 5-2 illustrates the usual menu components:

1 3 52 4

Fig. 5-2: Menu Parts

1 Menu name 3 Message bar 5 Functional area 7 Keypad Buttons

2 Error Bar 4 Toggle button 6 Navigation bar 8 Menu “knobs”

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Following are descriptions of each menu area:

1Menu name

The current menu name is always present in the top left corner. This label changes dynamically as you change menus.

2Error Bar

The error bar is a rectangular area at the top of the menu that displays error messages (e.g., “Panel Not Connected”) and other important “alerts.”

3 Message bar

4Toggle button

A toggle button lets you switch a function or an option on and off or switch between two options.

5Functional area

The function area is the menu’s working area for all selections, adjustments, and modifications. The content of the area changes according to the selected menu. Content can includes messages, lists of settings, a scroll bar, graphics, buttons, and a keypad.

6 Navigation bar

Some buttons are “navigation buttons.” These buttons either change the display, introducing new controls, or take you to another menu altogether.

These are typical navigation buttons:

Press ‘Main Menu’ to return to the main menu.

Press ‘Back’ to jump one level up in the menu structure, from your current location. This button is present on many menus.

Press ‘Edit/ More’ to jump one level down the menu structure, for purposes of adjusting a selected item (e.g., an item in a list). Only a few menus have this button.

7Keypad Buttons

The keypad buttons appear when a menu has a parameter that you can set with a numeric value. When you touch a keypad button, the panel displays the keypad.

8Menu “knobs”

You can adjust menu parameters by clicking a parameter’s associated knob “proxy” and moving the slider that appears or by turning the ‘Scroll/Set’ knob. (The proxy turns green when you select it.) For disabled parameters, the knob proxy is also disabled. Enabled parameters show a green “asterisk” near by the proxy to show that it is usable.

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Menu Button Conventions

The following concepts apply to menu buttons in the iMC-Panel-100’s touchscreen:

A momentary button executes the selected function, changes to bright green for an instant, then returns to dark green. The ‘Set All Levels to Unity’ button is an example.

A few buttons are red, indicating that caution is advised. The ‘Take’ buttons in the audio channel shuffle menus are also red.

Active keypad buttons appear bright and usually have a green “asterisk” that indicates the “knob” below it will change the button’s parameter value. The parameter’s current value is present in the enclosing box. Pressing the button itself activates the keypad (menu) so that you can adjust a parameter numerically.

Inactive keypad buttons appear with a dim pattern and any associated graphics are also dimmed. Parameter values are not evident.

A list button is usually blue or green; however, sometimes a list button is red, meaning that the list item is inaccessible. A selected list entry is high-tally.

See About Colors

on page 111 for additional information on button colors.

Keypads

Figure 5-3 shows the keypad, used in menus for numeric entry and parameter adjustment:

Fig. 5-3: Keypad (Sample)

Please note:

• The box with large numbers is the “entry register” that shows your numeric entry in

progress.

• Press ‘Clear’ to clear the entry register.

• Press ‘Cancel’ to return to the previous menu — without entering a number.

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• Press ‘Done’ to accept the new entry, and return to the previous menu. The ‘Done’ button

remains disabled until you make an entry.

If the number is out of range, an error message appears. (Press ‘OK’ to return to the keypad.)

Lists

The menus present channels in lists. Lists are arrays of “buttons,” up to 3 buttons wide and indefinitely long. When a list has more than 4 rows of buttons, a scroll bar appears at the right.

Figure 5-4 shows a sample:

Up Arrow

Vacant Area

Control

Vacant Area

Down Arrow

Fig. 5-4: Example of a Settings List with Scrollbar

Touch any item in the list to select the item. Use the scroll bar when the item you want is offscreen.

You can scroll through a list in several ways:

• A page at a time.

A. Touch an up or down arrow.

B. Touch either of the vacant areas in the scrollbar.

• A row at a time.

Touch the scroll bar control and move it up or down.

When you press a setting button, the setting takes effect immediately. The panel does not wait for any confirmation.

Main Menu

Audio

Input Sec-

Video Input

Section

Figure 5-5 shows the iMC-Panel-100’s main menu:

Voice-Over Controls Audio MetersMisc.

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XG Layers Layer GroupsIntuition XG Control DSK Controls

Fig. 5-5: Main Menu

Following are brief descriptions regarding the main menu elements:

• Audio input section

The buttons in this section are status buttons, showing the main sources selected on the program.and preset button rows. (This can be important if the source selected is not among the sources currently on the program and preset buttons.)

The buttons are labeled ‘PGM’ and ‘PST’. The ‘PGM’ button is always green and shows the source currently selected on the program bus. The ‘PST’ button is always grey and shows the source selected on the preset bus.

If you press ‘PGM’, the panel shows the ‘Program Input Audio’ menu. If you press ‘PST’, the panel shows the ‘Preset Input Audio’ menu.

• Video input section

The buttons in this section are status buttons, showing the main sources selected on the program and preset button rows. (This can be important if the source selected is not among the sources currently on the program and preset buttons.)

Here too, the buttons are labeled ‘PGM’ and ‘PST’. The ‘PGM’ button is always green and shows the source currently selected on the program bus. The ‘PST’ button is always grey and shows the source selected on the preset bus.

If you press either of these buttons, the panel shows the ‘Sources’ menu.

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• Voice over control

The two buttons in this section access the voice-over 1 and voice-over 2 menus. The button becomes highlighted (in purple) when the corresponding voice-over is on program output. See Voice-Over Menus

on page 90.

• Audio Meters

The meters in this portion of the screen show the audio levels of the designated audio source which can be selected in the audio meters menu. See A page 64.

Click or touch the meters section to access the audio meters menu.

udio Meters Menu on

• Intuition XG, XG layers and Layer groups.

The button on the left, labeled ‘Intuition XG Layer Control’, accesses the XG Keyer Layers

Menu (page 96).

The two buttons on the right, labeled ‘XG Lyr 1–4’ and ‘XG Lyr 5–8’ cause the 4 middle buttons at the bottom of the screen to represent XG layers 1–4 or 5–8.

The 4 middle buttons at the bottom represent XG layers.

• DSK controls

Each of the 4 ‘Imagestore DSK’ buttons in the middle of the screen accesses a DSK browser menu. See DSK Menus

on page 71.

• Miscellaneous controls

The ‘Output Gain’ button accesses the ‘Program Output Audio’ menu. See Program Output

Audio Menu on page 82.

The ‘FTS’ button is a status button that turns red when the channel’s program output is in silence, fading to silence, or fading up from silence.

The ‘FTB’ button is a status button that turns red when the channel’s program output is in black/silence, fading to black/silence, or fading up from black/silence.

The ‘Panel Settings’ button accesses the panel menu. See Panel Menu

The ‘Channels’ button accesses the channel selection menu. See Channel Select Menu page 67.

on page 104.

Audio Monitor Menu

Figure 5-7 shows the panel’s ‘Audio Monitor’ menu:

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Fig. 5-6: Audio Monitor Menu

This menu allows you to select the source for the audio that is directed to the Imagestore 750’s monitor output.

There are 11 source choices illustrated here:

PGM Input PGM Input Post PGM Easyplay PGM Post Voice-Over

PST Input PST Input Post PST Easyplay PST Post Voice-Over

PGM Copy PGM Post AB Mix AES Voice-Over Input

The number of sources and the names of the sources are determined by the person who configured the Imagestore 750. Please consult your management if you need to know what the sources represent.

Press the ‘Main Menu’ button to return to the main menu.

The functioning of this menu depends on the presence of components in the configuration of the audio section of the Imagestore 750. If the required audio component is absent, the menu displays a message similar to the following:

Waiting for configuration information, or this audio output multiplexer is not defined in the audio template or Configurator audio graph.

S Easyplay is a trade name that represents audio segments stored in the Imagestore 750.

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Audio Meters Menu

Figure 5-7 shows the iMC-Panel-100’s audio meters menu:

Fig. 5-7: Audio Meters Menu

The audio meters menu displays 16 audio meters. The meters show the audio channels for the selected source. Press ‘Meters Source Select’ to get the ‘Meters Source Select’ menu where you can select the source for the meters.

Press ‘Audio Meters’ to return to the main menu.

This is the ‘Meters Source Select’ sub-menu:

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Press any source button to change the metering source.

There are 11 source choices illustrated here:

PGM Input PGM Input Post PGM Easyplay

PGM Post Voice-Over

PST Input PST Input Post PST Easyplay PST Post Voice-Over

PGM Copy PGM Post AB Mix AES Voice-Over Input

The number of sources and the names of the sources are determined by the person who configured the Imagestore 750. Please consult your management if you need to know what the sources represent.

Press ‘Back’ to return to the ‘Audio Meters’ menu.

Press ‘Main Menu’ to return to the main menu.

Waiting for configuration information, or this audio output multiplexer is not defined in the audio template or Configurator audio graph.

Audio Preview Menu

Figure 5-7 shows the panel’s ‘Audio Preview’ menu:

Fig. 5-8: Audio Preview Menu

This menu allows you to select the source for the audio that is directed to the Imagestore 750’s preview output.

1. Easyplay is a trade name that represents audio segments stored in the Imagestore 750.

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Automation Menu

There are 11 source choices illustrated here:

PGM Input PGM Input Post PGM Easyplay PGM Post Voice-Over

PST Input PST Input Post PST Easyplay PST Post Voice-Over

PGM Copy PGM Post AB Mix AES Voice-Over Input

The number of sources and the names of the sources are determined by the person who configured the Imagestore 750. Please consult your management if you need to know what the sources represent.

Press the ‘Main Menu’ button to return to the main menu.

Waiting for configuration information, or this audio output multiplexer is not defined in the audio template or Configurator audio graph.

S Easyplay is a trade name that represents audio segments stored in the Imagestore 750.

S The DS3901 does not support Easyplay. It has no storage capability.

Automation Menu

Figure 5-9 shows the panel’s automation menu:

Fig. 5-9: Automation Menu

The automation menu provides an alternative to dedicated function buttons.

Buttons

These buttons allow you to manipulate the automation playout to a limited extent.

The meanings of the terms ‘Cue Next’, ‘Skip Next’, ‘Hold Next’, and ‘Take Next’ are defined by the automation system. Consult your system’s administrator if you need to know what these functions are.

The ‘Take’ button initiates a transition.

The ‘Primary Take’ button initiates a transition of the armed primary functions to program output.

The ‘Secondary Take’ button initiates a transition of the armed secondary functions to program output.

Press the ‘Main Menu’ button to return to the main menu.

Channel Select Menu

Figure 5-10 shows the panel’s channel select menu:

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Fig. 5-10: Channel Select Menu

This menu shows a list of channels. The currently selected channel is highlighted. If the list has more than 12 channels, scrolling is enabled.

Press any channel button to select that channel. The channel selection is immediate, although it take about one second for the channel to be acquired. If your panel is under “automatic gang mode” and you choose the default channel, all channels in the automatic channel gang are selected and gang selection is enabled. A multiple channel selection takes slightly longer than one second.

However, the channel selection is not immediate if the channel (or one of the ganged channels) is in use at a panel that does not share. Either you will be given the opportunity to preempt (i.e.,

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“kick”) the other panel or you will be denied access to the channel. See Sharing Channels, following.

S When you and other operators share the same channel, the other panels reflect any change

you make, and your control panel reflects changes made on other panels.

If a configurable button is assigned to the channel you select, it becomes high-tally. Under automatic gang mode, any buttons assigned to the channels in the gang become high-tally.

Sharing Channels

Your panel can be configured to share or not to share channels with other panels.

If your panel is not configured to share, an attempt to acquire the channel at an other panel can preempt your use of the channel. If the other panel has a higher priority than yours has, it will preempt you and take over the channel, and you will be notified of the fact.

Conversely, if you wish to preempt another panel, and have a higher priority than that panel, you can preempt the other panel.

If your panel is configured for sharing, it is possible for you to share a channel with other panels, unless some other channel that is not configured for sharing controls that channel.

Preemption

When your panel is not configured for sharing, if the channel (or one of the ganged channels) you want to control is in use, you will see either a permission message or a denial of access message:

If you see a permission message, and you wish to preempt the other panel, press ‘OK’. Otherwise press ‘Cancel’.

If you see a denial of access message, press ‘OK’. You may not acquire the channel. You can try again later, choose another channel, or negotiate with the other panel operator.

S If someone preempts you, your panel will immediately appear to “go dead.” What actually

happens is the same thing that would happen if you pressed a ‘No Channel’ button. You will have to wait for the channel to become available again or switch to another channel.

S A panel can preempt another panel if it has been configured with a higher priority or in

some cases, with the same or higher priority.

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Sharing

When your panel is configured for sharing, if the channel (or one of the ganged channels) you want to control is in exclusive use (at a panel that does not share), you will see a failure message:

If the sharing attempt failed, your panel will revert to its previous state, controlling the channel it controlled prior to the sharing attempt.

Edit/More

Press ‘Edit/ More’ to access the Channel Details Sub-Menu, which lets you view a channel’s parameters and the channel’s log.

Channel Details Sub-Menu

Press ‘Edit/ More’ in the ‘Channel Select’ menu to view the ‘Channel Details’ menu:

Fig. 5-11: Channel Details Menu (Sample)

The top of the function area displays the name, IP address, and type of the selected Imagestore

750. Press ‘Version Info’ to display the ‘Version Info’ sub-menu.

Press the ‘Back’ button to return to the ‘Channel Select’ menu.

Press the ‘Main Menu’ button to return to the main menu.

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Version Info Sub-Menu

The ‘Version Info’ sub-menu lists the software and firmware versions of the attached Imagestore

750. Refer to this menu, as required, for channel-related trouble-shooting:

Fig. 5-12: Version Info Menu (Sample)

Press the ‘Back’ button to return to the ‘Channel Select’ menu.

Press the ‘Main Menu’ button to return to the main menu.

DSK Menus

Figure 5-13 shows the panel’s ‘DSK 1 Browser’ menu:

List

Buttons

Options

Buttons

DSK

Thumb-

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Scroll Bar

Fig. 5-13: DSK 1 Menu

The DSK 2, DSK 3, and DSK 4 browser menus are just like the DSK 1 browser menu.

S The LGK-3901 and ISM-3901 support 5 DSKs. For these units, the panel has 5 DSK menus. The

DSK-3901 has only 2 DSKs. For this unit, the panel has only 2 DSK menus.

The DSK browser menus let you select a DSK (downstream key) and specify display parameters for it.

Touch a DSK thumbnail to select the DSK. Use the scroll bar to view additional thumbnails. The outer arrows of the scrollbar scroll the list to its top or bottom. The inner arrows scroll the list of DSKs by one line up or down. The ‘Show Selection’ button causes the list to scroll so that the currently selected DSK appears in the window. This can be important if you have very many DSKs from which to choose.

The parameters controlled by the options buttons apply to the most recently selected DSK.

Press the red ‘Load Disabled’ button to enable selection of clips using thumbnails. The button turns green and reads ‘Load Enabled’ when clip selection is enabled. Disabling loads prevents accidental select of a clip. Press ‘Load Enabled’ again to re-disable selection of clips.

Press the ‘Clear DSK’ button unselect the currently selected DSK. The result is no selection.

Press the ‘Main Menu’ button to return to the main menu.

XG layers are handled by one of the DSKs. The relationship between XG layers and a DSK is not simple. See Working with XG Layers

on page 128 for information.

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Options Buttons

There are 2 options buttons:

• Rates CGT Keying

This button accesses the Rates, CGT, Keying

sub-menu.

• Position Size Crop

This button accesses the Position, Size, Crop

sub-menu.

• ‘Options Saving’

This button accesses the ‘Options Saving’

sub-menu.

List Buttons

There are 2 list buttons. These buttons filter the list of keys presented in the menu. When the button is green, the list includes items of the type indicated:

Still Stored still frames.

Anim Stored animations.

When the button is dark gray, the list of keys does not show items of that type. If all the list buttons are dark gray, the list appears empty.

Rates, CGT, Keying

This is the ‘Rates, CGT, Keying’ sub-menu:

Green AsteriskKeypad

In this menu, you can make adjustments to the currently selected DSK.

The ‘Adjust CGT’ button causes the clip, gain, and transparency controls to appear (as shown above).

The ‘Adjust Rates’ button causes the slow, medium, and fast rate controls to appear.

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Clip, Gain, Transparency

At the bottom of the screen are 3 numerical controls for the CGT (clip, gain, and transparency) parameters. To adjust any of those parameters, either touch the knob proxy associated with the green asterisk in the control box, or touch the keypad icon to access a large keypad with which to enter a number. When you touch the knob proxy, a slider appears and the ‘Scroll/Set’ knob becomes enabled. Use either to adjust the parameter.

Rate Adjustment

When you touch the ‘Adjust Rate’ button, the menu presents rate controls at the bottom:

There are 3 numerical controls for the 3 rates (slow, medium, and fast). To adjust any of those parameters, either use the knob proxy associated with the green asterisk in the control box, or touch the keypad icon to access a large keypad with which to enter a number.

Press the ‘Position Size Crop’ button to go to the ‘Position, Size, Crop’ sub-menu.

Press the ‘Back’ button to return to the DSK browser menu.

Press the ‘Main Menu’ button to return to the main menu.

Keying Parameters

The ‘Key Source’ button is a a toggle that switches between ‘Key’ and ‘Self’. ‘Key’ means that the key includes a key signal. ‘Self’ means that the key is a self-key and does not include a separate key signal.

The ‘Key Mode’ button is a a toggle that switches between ‘Full’ and ‘Linear’.

The ‘Key Sense’ button toggles between ‘Normal’ and ‘Invert’.

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Position, Size, Crop

This is the ‘Position, Size, Crop’ sub-menu. When you touch ‘Adjust Position’, two position controls appear at the bottom:

When you touch ‘Adjust Crop’, four boundary controls appear at the bottom:

To adjust any of those parameters, either use the knob proxy associated with the green asterisk in the control box, or touch the keypad icon to access a large keypad with which to enter a number.

The numerical values are in units of pixels.

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The ‘Zero Position’ button sets the ‘X Position’ and ‘Y Position’ parameters to 0.

The ‘Clear Crop’ button sets the ‘Top’, ‘Bottom’, ‘Left’, and ‘Right’ parameters to 0.

Position and crop values are independent. Changing one does not change the other. However, the position controls affect the placement of the uncropped boundary of the DSK. For example, with position (0,0) and crop values (left = 30 and top = 40), the DSK will appear to be inset from the edge of the frame by 30 and 40 pixels.

The amount of crop is indicated by a light grey field.

‘Options Saving’

This is the ‘Options Saving’ sub-menu:

In this menu, you can save the settings of the currently selected DSK. Press ‘Save DSK Settings’ to do so.

S If you have cleared the DSK, the ‘Save DSK Settings’ button is absent.

The ‘Main Menu’ button returns you to the main menu.

The ‘Rates, CGT, Keying’ button takes you to the ‘Rates, CGT, Keying’ sub-menu.

The ‘Position Size Crop’ button takes you to the ‘Position, Size, Crop’ sub-menu.

The ‘Browse’ button takes you back to the DSK browser.

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“EasyPlay” Menus

Figure 5-13 shows the panel’s EasyPlay 1 browser menu:

List

Buttons

Clip Icons

Scroll Bar

Fig. 5-14: DSK 1 Menu

The EasyPlay 1 browser menu corresponds to voice-over 1. The EasyPlay 2 browser menu corresponds to voice-over 2. These menus are functionally identical.

S “Easyplay” is a trademark that represents an (optional) audio clip playout component in the

Imagestore 750. If your Imagestore 750 does not have Easyplay, these two menus are empty.

S The DSK-3901 does not support Easyplay. It has no storage capability.

An Easyplay browser menu lets you select an audio clip.

Touch a clip icon to select the clip. Use the scroll bar to show additional clips. The outer arrows of the scrollbar scroll the list to its top or bottom. The inner arrows scroll the list of clips by one line up or down.

The ‘Show Selection’ button causes the list to scroll so that the currently selected clip appears in the window. This can be important if you have very many clips from which to choose.

The ‘Load Disabled’ button

— when it is red — prevents you from accidentally selecting a clip. To

be able to select a clip, first click the ‘Load Disabled’ button. It will turn green and you can proceed to make a selection.

The ‘Clear Selection’ button removes the currently selected clip from the EasyPlay component.

Macro Menu

Figure 5-15 shows the panel’s macro menu:

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Fig. 5-15: Macro Menu

This menu can arm macros or execute Imagestore 750 macros immediately. The upper row of buttons are “fire” buttons and execute the macros immediately. The lower row of buttons are “arming” buttons. An armed macro will execute at the next transition (or at the end of the next transition if it contains commands that interfere with the transition itself).

Buttons for armed macro appear high-tally and show the word ‘ARMED’.

The “fire” buttons go high-tally briefly when the macro is executing.

Press the ‘Main Menu’ button to return to the main menu.

The number of macros and the names of the macros depend on the Imagestore 750 configuration.

Consult your system’s administrator to determine what the Imagestore 750’s macros do.

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Figure 5-16 shows the panel’s ‘Program Input Audio’ menu:

Fig. 5-16: PGM In Audio Menu

The ‘Program Input Audio’ menu and the ‘Preset Input Audio’ menu control the Imagestore 750’s audio input.

The control at the bottom of the screen adjusts the master audio level of program input. To adjust this parameter, click or touch the knob proxy associated with the green asterisk in the control box. Then either click or touch the keypad icon to access a large keypad with which to enter a number, use the slider, or use the scroll/set knob to adjust the main level. (The scroll/set knob does not become enabled until you click or touch the knob proxy.)

Buttons

The ‘Main Menu’ button returns you to the main menu.

The ‘Shuffles’ button accesses the ‘Audio Channel Shuffle’ sub-menu (for program input audio).

The ‘Gains Mutes’ button accesses the ‘Gains and Mutes’ sub-menu (for program input audio).

The ‘Phase Inverts’ button accesses the ‘Phase Inverts’ sub-menu (for program input audio).

S The term phase is a misnomer. Phase has nothing to do with signal inversion.

The ‘Set All Levels to Unity’ sets each of the 16 audio channels to unity gain.

The ‘Restore Shuffle to Config’ button reverts the shuffle to that which was defined in the Imagestore 750 configuration.

The ‘Restore Gain to Config’ button reverts the audio channels’ gains to those that were defined in the Imagestore 750 configuration.

The ‘Shuffle Presets’ button accesses a ‘Shuffle Presets’ sub-menu (for program input audio).

The ‘Gains Presets’ button accesses a ‘Gain Presets’ sub-menu (for program input audio).

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Presets

A shuffle preset is a predefined configuration of the shuffle matrix such as you might define using the ‘Shuffles’ submenu. A “gain preset” is a predefined set of 16 gain settings such as you might define using the ‘Gains and Mutes’ submenu.

These presets are defined in the Imagestore 750 Configurator.

See Shuffle Presets and Gain Presets on page 94.

Gains and Mutes

This is the ‘Gains and Mutes’ sub-menu:

Each of the 16 audio channels has a mute button. The mute button is amber if the channel is muted. Click or touch the mute button to mute, or unmute, the channel.

Each of the 16 audio channels has a keypad icon. Click or touch the keypad icon to access a keypad in which you can enter a gain value numerically.

Either the top row of 8 buttons or the bottom row of 8 buttons can be associated with the 8 knob proxies. You can adjust the gain of each channel by using the knob proxy to activate the slider and the ‘Scroll/Set’ knob with which you can adjust the level. To choose the top row, touch the top row. To choose the bottom row, touch the bottom row.

The gain range is –100.0dB to +28.0dB. The gain of individual channels is affected by the master gain of the program input.

Press the ‘Shuffles’ button to go to the ‘Audio Channel Shuffle’ menu.

Press the ‘Phase Inverts’ button to go to the ‘Phase Inverts’ menu.

Press the ‘Back’ button to return to the ‘Program Input Audio’ menu.

Press the ‘Main Menu’ button to return to the main menu.

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“Phase Inverts”

This is the ‘Phase Inverts’ sub-menu:

When the audio channel is inverted, its PCM values are multiplied by –1.

S The term phase is a misnomer. Phase has nothing to do with signal inversion.

Pressing an invert button either inverts or un-inverts the audio samples. When the button is amber, the samples are inverted. When the button is green, the samples are normal.

Press the ‘Shuffles’ button to go to the ‘Audio Channel Shuffle’ menu.

Press the ‘Gains Mutes’ button to go to the ‘Gains and Mutes’ menu.

Press the ‘Back’ button to return to the ‘Program Input Audio’ menu.

Press the ‘Main menu’ button to return to the main menu.

Audio Channel Shuffle

This is the ‘Audio Channel Shuffle’ sub-menu:

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Press the ‘Back’ button to return to the ‘Program Input Audio’ menu.

Press the ‘Main menu’ button to return to the main menu.

on page 144.

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Program Output Audio Menu

Figure 5-17 shows the iMC-Panel-100’s ‘Program Output Audio’ menu:

Fig. 5-17: PGM Out Audio Menu

The ‘Program Output Audio’ menu controls the Imagestore 750’s audio output.

The control at the bottom of the screen adjusts the master audio level of program output. To adjust this parameter, click or touch the knob proxy associated with the green asterisk in the control box. Then either click or touch the keypad icon to access a large keypad with which to enter a number, use the slider, or use the scroll/set knob to adjust the main level. (The scroll/set knob does not become enabled until you click or touch the knob proxy.)

Buttons

The ‘Main Menu’ button returns you to the main menu.

The ‘Shuffles’ button accesses the ‘Audio Channel Shuffle’ sub-menu (for program output audio).

The ‘Gains Mutes’ button accesses the ‘Gains and Mutes’ sub-menu (for program output audio).

The ‘Phase Inverts’ button accesses the ‘Phase Inverts’ sub-menu (for program output audio).

S The term phase is a misnomer. Phase has nothing to do with signal inversion.

The ‘Set All Levels to Unity’ sets each of the 16 audio channels to unity gain.

The ‘Shuffle Presets’ button accesses a ‘Shuffle Presets’ sub-menu (for program output audio).

The ‘Gains Presets’ button accesses a ‘Gain Presets’ sub-menu (for program output audio).

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Presets

These presets are defined in the Imagestore 750 Configurator.

See Shuffle Presets and Gain Presets on page 94.

Gains and Mutes

This is the ‘Gains and Mutes’ sub-menu:

Each of the 16 audio channels has a mute button. The mute button is amber if the channel is muted. Click or touch the mute button to mute, or unmute, the channel.

Each of the 16 audio channels has a keypad icon. Click or touch the keypad icon to access a keypad in which you can enter a gain value numerically.

Either the top row of 8 buttons or the bottom row of 8 buttons can be associated with the 8 knob proxies. You can adjust the gain of each channel by using its knob proxy to active the slider and the ‘Scroll/Set’ knob with which you can adjust the level. To choose the top row, touch the top row. To choose the bottom row, touch the bottom row.

The gain range is –100.0 dB to +28.0 dB. The gain of individual channels is affected by the master gain of the program output.

Press the ‘Phase Inverts’ button to go to the ‘Phase Inverts’ sub-menu.

Press the ‘Back’ button to return to the ‘Program Output Audio’ menu.

Press the ‘Main menu’ button to return to the main menu.

Menus

Program Output Audio Menu

“Phase Inverts”

This is the ‘Phase Inverts’ sub-menu:

When the audio channel is inverted, its PCM values are multiplied by –1.

S The term phase is a misnomer. Phase has nothing to do with signal inversion.

Pressing an invert button either inverts or un-inverts the audio samples. When the button is amber, the samples are inverted. When the button is green, the samples are normal.

Press the ‘Gains Mutes’ button to go to the ‘Gains and Mutes’ sub-menu.

Press the ‘Back’ button to return to the ‘Program Output Audio’ menu.

Press the ‘Main menu’ button to return to the main menu.

Audio Channel Shuffle

This is the ‘Audio Channel Shuffle’ sub-menu:

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Operator’s Guide (for Imagestore 750s)

See Shuffling Audio Channels

Press the ‘Back’ button to return to the ‘Program Input Audio’ menu.

Press the ‘Main Menu’ button to return to the main menu.

on page 124.

Menus

Preset Input Audio Menu

Figure 5-18 shows the panel’s ‘Preset Input Audio’ menu:

Fig. 5-18: PST In Audio Menu

The ‘Program Input Audio’ menu and the ‘Preset Input Audio’ menu control the Imagestore 750’s audio input.

The control at the bottom of the screen adjusts the master audio level of preset input. To adjust this parameter, click or touch the knob proxy associated with the green asterisk in the control box. Then either click or touch the keypad icon to access a large keypad with which to enter a number, use the slider, or use the scroll/set knob to adjust the main level. (The scroll/set knob does not become enabled until you click or touch the knob proxy.)

Buttons

The ‘Main Menu’ button returns you to the main menu.

The ‘Shuffles’ button accesses the ‘Audio Channel Shuffle’ sub-menu (for preset input audio).

The ‘Gains Mutes’ button accesses the ‘Gains and Mutes’ sub-menu (for preset input audio).

The ‘Phase Inverts’ button accesses the ‘Phase Inverts’ sub-menu (for preset input audio).

The ‘Set All Levels to Unity’ sets each of the 16 audio channels to unity gain.

The ‘Restore Shuffle to Config’ button reverts the shuffle to that which was defined in the Imagestore 750 configuration.

The ‘Restore Gain to Config’ button reverts the audio channels’ gains to those that were defined in the Imagestore 750 configuration.

The ‘Shuffle Presets’ button accesses a ‘Shuffle Presets’ sub-menu (for preset output audio).

The ‘Gains Presets’ button accesses a ‘Gain Presets’ sub-menu (for preset output audio).

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Operator’s Guide (for Imagestore 750s)

Presets

These presets are defined in the Imagestore 750 Configurator.

See Shuffle Presets and Gain Presets on page 94.

Gains and Mutes

This is the ‘Gains and Mutes’ sub-menu:

Each of the 16 audio channels has a mute button. The mute button is amber if the channel is muted. Click or touch the mute button to mute, or unmute, the channel.

Each of the 16 audio channels has a keypad icon. Click or touch the keypad icon to access a keypad in which you can enter a gain value numerically.

Either the top row of 8 buttons or the bottom row of 8 buttons can be associated with the 8 knob proxies. You can adjust the gain of each channel by using its knob proxy to activate the slider and the ‘Scroll/Set’ knob with which you can adjust the level. To choose the top row, touch the top row. To choose the bottom row, touch the bottom row.

The gain range is –100.0 dB to +28.0 dB. The gain of individual channels is affected by the master gain of the preset input.

Press the ‘Shuffles’ button to go to the ‘Audio Channel Shuffle’ sub-menu.

Press the ‘Phase Inverts’ button to go to the ‘Phase Inverts’ sub-menu.

Press the ‘Back’ button to return to the ‘Preset Input Audio’ menu.

Press the ‘Main menu’ button to return to the main menu.

Menus

Preset Input Audio Menu

“Phase Inverts”

This is the ‘Phase Inverts’ sub-menu:

When the audio channel is inverted, its PCM values are multiplied by –1.

S The term phase is a misnomer. Phase has nothing to do with signal inversion.

Pressing an invert button either inverts or un-inverts the audio samples. When the button is amber, the samples are inverted. When the button is green, the samples are normal.

Press the ‘Shuffles’ button to go to the ‘Audio Channel Shuffle’ sub-menu.

Press the ‘Gains Mutes’ button to go to the ‘Gains and Mutes’ sub-menu.

Press the ‘Back’ button to return to the ‘Preset Input Audio’ menu.

Press the ‘Main menu’ button to return to the main menu.

Grass Valley iMC-Panel-100 User Manual v.7.2.9.0

Specifications and Main Features

Frequently Asked Questions

User Manual

Table of Contents

Chapter Structure

Preface

The PDF Document

Terms, Conventions and Abbreviations

Prerequisites

Options

Purpose

Introduction

Master Control System Overview

NV9000 Router Control System

Control Panels

Other Miranda Products

Tally Processor

Intuition XG

Imagestore 750 Overview

Other Transition Processors like the Imagestore 750

Imagestore 750 Conceptual Model

Imagestore 750 Detailed Model

LGK-3901, DSK-3901, and ISM-3901

LGK-3901

Conceptual Model

Detailed Model

DSK-3901

Conceptual Model

Detailed Model

ISM-3901

Control Panel Features

Panel Summary

Control Panel

Button Panel

Display Unit

Panel Buttons

Soft buttons

Panel Knobs

Functional Sections of the Panel

Top Row Buttons

Menu Area

Configurable Button Section

Audio Levels

‘Program Out’ Knob

‘Preset In’ Knob

‘Over Ratio/Duck Level’ Knob

On-Screen “Knobs” and the Slider

Audio Monitoring

Preset and Program Buttons

Aux/User and Preview/User Buttons

Button Details

Source Button Characteristics

Status

“Hot Cuts”

Video Effects

Voice-Overs

Bottom Row Buttons

Transition Button

Definable Button Functions

Channel Selection

None

Channel Select

No Channels

Gang Channels

Salvo

System Control

Panel Lock

Automation Off

Fade to Black

Fade to Silence

Group Select

Audio Lock

Macro Arm

Fire Macro

PGM DVE Enable

PST DVE Enable

KaleidoX Layout

Menu

Automation Assist