Ross Acuity - Custom Controls; Effects Dissolve; GPI Control; Live Edit Decision Lists

The output of the Look Ahead preview depends on
whether the ME is on-air or not.
• ME Off-Air — The Look Ahead preview displays
the Program output for the assigned ME. This is what
is displayed when you take this ME to air.
• ME On-Air — The Look Ahead preview displays
the Preview output for the assigned ME. This is what
is taken to air if you transition this ME.
For example, if you have ME 4 on-air, the Look Ahead
preview monitors display the Program output for ME 1,
ME 2 and ME 3. If you re-enter ME 3 into ME 4, the
Look Ahead preview for ME 1 and ME 2 remain
unchanged, but the Look Ahead preview for ME 3 shows
the Preview output for ME 3.
MultiPanel
You can connect one master panel and up to eight satellite
panels to a single frame. Each of the control panels can
control some, or all, of the MEs. Only the Master Panel
supports all device control or OverDrive
®
.
SoftPanel
SoftPanel allows you to run the menu system of the
switcher from a computer. The switcher treats the
SoftPanel interface as a satellite panel, allowing it to
control all aspects of the switcher that the menu system
of a satellite panel can control.
The SoftPanel application uses the Oracle
®
VM
VirtualBox to interface with the computer hardware and
operating system, and connect to the switcher frame.
Tip: You can also point your Google Chrome
™
browser to the
SoftPanel to access the Acuity Virtual Panel.
Custom Controls
A custom control is a series of commands, or button
presses, that are recorded together into a single macro.
When you run that custom control, the switcher runs all
the commands and button pressed that were recorded in
the macro. This allows you to simplify complex
sequences of commands into simple button presses. For
example, you can create a custom control that will recall
a camera shot to preview, add a lower third, and then
transition the background and key on-air.
The switcher supports up to 2304 custom controls.
Memory Functions
A memory register is a snapshot of the current state of
the switcher that can include multiple MEs. Up to 1,000
memory registers per ME can be stored and recalled on
the switcher. Each of these memory registers can store
as little as the information of one ME, or as much as the
current state of the entire switcher, including all MEs,
Aux Buses, and DVE settings.
Effects Dissolve
An Effects Dissolve allows you to have the switcher slew
from one memory to another using a memory recall. The
switcher will interpolate from the starting memory to the
destination memory, creating a smooth, two keyframe
effect.
Only elements such as clip level, pattern position, and
DVE settings can be interpolated in the effects dissolve.
Other elements, such as key priority, crosspoint selection,
pattern, and next transition data are recalled rst, and
then the switcher will slew to the recalled memory.
The speed at which an effects dissolve is performed is
either the Effect Rate. If you store an effects dissolve in
a memory register, the effects dissolve rate stored with
that memory is used. The effects rate of the destination
memory is used for any effects dissolve. You can set a
default effects dissolve rate that is used when an ME, or
the switcher, is defaulted. This rate does not override the
rate that is stored in the memory.
GPI Control
General Purpose Interface (GPI) is a high/low voltage
signalling protocol that allows the switcher to send simple
commands to an external device, or receive commands
from a device. Each pin on the GPI is set as either high
(+5 Volts), or low (0 Volts), and it is the switching
between high and low that sends commands to the
external device, or to the switcher.
The switcher has both xed and congurable GPIs. The
10 xed GPI inputs and 10 xed GPI outputs are located
on the Frame CPU board. The 24 GPIs on each Reference
with Tally board can be congured as either an input, or
an output.
Live Edit Decision Lists
Edit Decision Lists are les used by non-linear editing
(NLE) suites to aid in post-production. Your switcher
can capture EDL data in a le that you load into your
NLE suite.
The switcher supports the CMX3600 format for
recording EDL les.
Note: The CMX3600 specification only supports a maximum of
999 events per ME or aux bus. If another event occurs beyond
the 999 limit, a new file is created using the incremental file
number.
10 • Features — Acuity UHD Configuration Guide (v9.1)