Suite Preferences
Source Patching and Effects Portability
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example, if an alternative name is entered in the OLED Name column for a source and the
other two columns remain blank, the Menu Name takes the OLED Name (OLED Name being
first to the left of the Menu Name) but the Panel Name takes the Eng. Source column’s name
(first name to its left). If names are entered in all three alternative name columns, each area
of the system displays the name entered in each column of the Source Patch menu.
Menu Source
Lists
If Menu Name
is blank, panel
OLEDs use the
first name to
the left
Transition area
display
It is a good practice to create the least number of names possible. This ensures consistency
in the various displays and reduces the time needed to enter and edit names. If you can
create short engineering names that work for both the production and engineering staff,
complete naming consistency is assured. However, this level of simplicity is probably only
feasible at a fixed installation where all the shows use the same source names. When
multiple names are created, try to keep the first four characters unique, and make different
names for the same source similar for ease of recognition.
Source Patching and Effects Portability
Source patching makes it possible to build effects on a GV Switcher system in one facility or
truck, and then use those effects on a different system at another facility that has different
Engineering source configurations. Building a Source Patch table prior to effects creation
simplifies the migration of effects between facilities.
Plan out the sources you will use for a show, even ones that may not exist on the system
where you are creating the effects. Build a list of Logical sources in the Source Patch menu
without regard to the currently associated Engineering sources. After the list is built, map
one of the facility’s existing Engineering sources to each Logical source. If physical devices
don't exist for some planned sources, substitute a dummy Engineering source. You can
then build your effects and verify that they run properly. When you are satisfied with the
effects, save the Suite Prefs and E-MEM effects you have created to USB Memory Stick. At
the new facility, load these files into that GV Switcher system. Do not load the Eng Setups of
one facility into the other, as this will overwrite that facility’s existing Engineering
configuration.
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