Vision Operator’s Manual (v12.0 MD) Peripheral Control • Ops 10–17
Character Generator Control
The Vision switcher can interface with character generators, allowing you to control the various
aspects of the character generator, including loading and running effects, loading and navigating
through a playlist, or template, and editing the character generator text directly from the control
panel.
All character generator control is performed from the Character Generator Menu. The contents
of this menu is specific to the character generator you are controlling.
You can also access the Character Generator Menu by pressing the crosspoint button assigned
to the character generator you want to control.
Use the following procedure to navigate to the Character Generator Menu:
1. Navigate to the Remote Control Menu as follows:
• Press HOME B Effects B More B Remote Ctrl Select.
2. Press Character Generator on the Remote Control Select Menu.
3. Use the BNC knob on the Remote Control Select Menu to select the character
generator you want to control.
4. Press GO!! on the Remote Control Select Menu.
Pinnacle FXDeko II — Character Generator Menu
This completes the procedure for navigating to the Character Generator Menu. From the
Character Generator Menu you can control all the supported commands for a given character
generator. Refer to the section on your specific character generator for information on the
commands it supports.
Character Generator Commands
This section provides a description of all of the commands available to the character generators.
• Channel A/B Select — This command allows you to toggle between Channel A and
Channel B. These channels are the two outputs on the character generator, and toggling
between A and B allows you to control each one.
• Change PGM Text — This command takes you to the CG – Change PGM Text
Menu, which allows you to change the tag information for an event in the PGM column.
• Change PV Text — This command takes you to the CG – Change PV Text Menu,
which allows you to change the tag information for an event in the PV column.
• List/Current View — This command allows you to toggle between List (Lst) and
Current (Crnt) view.
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