FOCUS Enhancements Bridge/Router MX-4DV - Manual (Page 107)

L EARN M ODE L EARNED S CRIPTS
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To create a Learned Environment:
1 Set up the MX-4 DV the way you want for this particular environment. This includes setting
any input effects you want, selecting the initial CURRENT and NEXT sources, defining color,
defining borders, and so forth.
2 Enter LEARN +< NUMBER >, where < NUMBER > can be any value from 1 to 5.
The MX-4 DV saves all current settings under the number you enter. Note that the INPUT
EFFECTS LED (or, light) flashes to let you know the MX-4 DV is in Learn Mode.
At this point, you can create a Learned Script to save with the current Learned Environment.
See the following section for further instructions.
You can also save the environment without a Learned Script. To do so, just press
LEARN to dis-
engage Learn Mode.
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EARNED
S
CRIPTS
Learned Scripts exist only within Learned Environments. Although you can create a Learned
Script without first specifically creating a Learned Environment, The MX-4 DV automatically cre-
ates a Learned Environment using the current settings.
Learned Scripts can have 25 actions (or, steps). If you attempt to exceed this number, the MX-4
DV just stops recording steps when it reaches capacity. You can replay all steps learned up to that
point.
The MX-4 DV does not record the following steps while in Learn mode:
•
Create or transition to compose screens
• Use Chroma Key
• Use PIPs
• Use the Demo
You cannot modify a Learned Script after creating it. If you need to modify a Learned Script, you
must re-record it from the beginning.
If you’re familiar with the video-related term “Edit Decision List,” the MX-4 DV is not an EDL.
The MX-4 DV just records certain steps, then replays them at your direction.
About Steps Most individual actions count as one step. For example, if you enter a two-digit transition number
on the keyboard, that counts as two steps: each time you press PLAY or use the T - BAR , that also
counts as one step: and so forth.
Other buttons count as one step, including SPEED , FREEZE , SETUP , INPUT EFFECTS , ARROW keys,
CURRENT and NEXT sources, and so forth.
Example…
The following Learned Script consists of 6 individual steps:
1 Press NEXT / B to select that device as the NEXT source (step one).
2 Press SPEED to increase the speed of the transition (step two).
3 Press SPEED once more to increase transition speed another unit (step three).
4 Enter 55 to designate that transition (steps four and five).
5 It requires two steps to enter the two digits.
6 Press PLAY (step six).