Ross Acuity - Default Chapter; Table of Contents

Contents
Acuity
®
Control Panel Overview.....................13
Control Panel Modules..........................................................13
Custom Control Bus...............................................13
Source Buses.........................................................13
Fade to Black.........................................................13
Global Memory Module..........................................14
Keyers Module.......................................................14
Memory Module.....................................................15
Menu Keypad Module............................................16
Positioner Module..................................................16
Preview..................................................................16
Preview Overlay.....................................................17
Transition Module..................................................17
Panel Rows...........................................................................18
Assigning a Panel Row to an ME..........................18
Assigning a Row to an Aux Bus.............................19
Assigning a Key bus to a Keyer or Utility
Bus..................................................................19
Quick Presets.........................................................19
Carbonite Black Control Panel
Overview.......................................................20
Control Panel Modules..........................................................20
Menu Display.........................................................................20
Ports.......................................................................20
Power and Cabling.................................................21
Mounting................................................................21
Dell
™
Ownership Transfer......................................21
Control Panel Operation........................................................21
Memories...............................................................21
Bus Selection.........................................................23
Menu Navigation....................................................23
Control Panel Setup..............................................................23
Panel Network Initial Setup....................................23
Control Panel DIP Switches ..................................24
Menu System....................................................25
Using the Menu System........................................................25
Auto-Follow Menus................................................26
Menu Keypad Module............................................26
Menu Number Shortcuts........................................26
Punchpad...............................................................28
Positioner...............................................................28
Color Picker...........................................................................28
Help Features........................................................................29
Online Manuals......................................................29
Screen Captures....................................................29
SoftPanel...............................................................................29
To Install SoftPanel................................................29
To Set Up SoftPanel...............................................30
To Uninstall SoftPanel............................................30
Switcher Basics................................................31
Half ME (Mix/DSK)................................................................31
Video Sources.......................................................................31
Video Layering......................................................................31
ME Re-Entry..........................................................32
Configurable Program Outputs
(MultiFeed)......................................................32
Switcher Reset and Shutdown..............................................33
To Shutdown the Switcher.....................................33
To Restart the Switcher..........................................33
ME Reset (ALL+ALL).............................................33
Default State..........................................................33
Look Ahead Preview.............................................................34
Preview Overlay....................................................................34
Preview Overlay Font Color...................................34
Center....................................................................34
Hide........................................................................35
Mask Preview.........................................................35
Safe Title................................................................35
Source ID...............................................................35
Time Clock.............................................................35
VTR Timecode.......................................................36
Remote Enables....................................................................36
To Turn On/Off a Remote Enable...........................36
Copy and Swap.....................................................................36
ME Copy................................................................36
Bus Copy/Swap.....................................................37
Relative Bus Copy.................................................37
Keyer Copy/Swap..................................................38
Transition..........................................................39
Performing Transitions..........................................................39
Independent Key Transitions.................................39
To Perform a Transition..........................................39
Split ME Functionality............................................40
Transition Rates....................................................................40
ME Rates...............................................................40
Key Rates..............................................................40
Fade to Black Rate................................................41
Cuts.......................................................................................41
Dissolves...............................................................................41
Wipes....................................................................................41
To Set Up a Wipe...................................................41
DVE Wipes............................................................................42
To Set Up a DVE Transition...................................42
Fade to Black........................................................................43
To Fade to Black....................................................43
Preset Background................................................................43
To Perform a Preset Background
Transition........................................................43
WhiteFlash............................................................................43
To Set Up a WhiteFlash Transition........................43
To Copy and Paste WhiteFlash Settings...............44
Transition Preview.................................................................44
To Perform a Transition Preview............................44
Key Priority Transitions..........................................................44
To Perform a Key Priority Transition......................44
To Manually Set the Current Key Priority...............44
Transition Limits....................................................................45
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