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.
GPI Trigger Types
There are four trigger types supported by the switcher.
These can be either output triggers, or input triggers.
Table 6: Trigger Types
DescriptionTrigger
The output level is set high, and
momentarily goes low for the
trigger.
Low Edge
The output level is set low, and
momentarily goes high for the
trigger.
High Edge
The output level toggles from the
base high level to the low level. The
output signal remains at this level
until reset.
Low Level
The output toggles from the base
low level to the high level. The
output signal remains at this level
until reset.
High Level
GPI Setup
Each GPI pin on the switcher can be congured as either
an input, or an output. By default, all GPIs are set as
inputs.
To Set Up a GPI Input
The switcher requires a Low Edge GPI input trigger.
1.
Press MENU > CONFIG > GPIO.
2.
Use the Pin knob to select the GPI pin that you
want to congure as an input.
3.
Use the Type, or I/O, knob to select GPI.
4.
Press the Edit knob.
5.
Use the Event knob to select the action you want
to assign to the selected GPI input pin.
•
<none> — no action is taken
•
CC — run a specic custom control
•
use the Prop knob to select Bank and
the Value knob to select the custom
control bank
•
use the Prop knob to select CC and
the Value knob to select the custom
control
•
MemRcl — recall a memory on all MEs (use
the Value knob to select the memory to
recall)
•
FtB — perform a fade to black on all
program outputs
•
MCut — perform a background cut on the
selected ME (use the Value knob to select
the ME, MiniME
™
, or MultiScreen)
•
MAuto — perform a background auto
transition on the selected ME (use the Value
knob to select the ME, MiniME
™
, or
MultiScreen)
•
KCut — perform a key cut on the selected
ME and Key
•
use the Prop knob to select ME and
the Value knob to select the ME,
MiniME
™
, or MultiScreen
•
use the Prop knob to select Keyer and
the Value knob to select the keyer
•
KAuto — perform a key auto transition on
the selected ME, MiniME
™
, or MultiScreen
and Key
•
use the Prop knob to select ME and
the Value knob to select the ME,
MiniME
™
, or MultiScreen
•
use the Prop knob to select Keyer and
the Value knob to select the keyer
number
•
AuxXpt — select a video source on an aux
bus
•
use the Prop knob to select Aux and
the Value knob to select the aux bus
•
use the Prop knob to select Input and
the Value knob to select the video
source
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