Section 22.2 control schema – NewTek TriCaster TC1 (2 RU) User Manual

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marked) control surface on the channel you choose. Of course the control surface must also be set to the same
channel for successful communication.

The

NewTek Control Surface

utility identifies the channel each control surface is on by a number from 1-8

after the colon in the

Surface: (Channel)

column. Normally, you can simply set the

Local Channel

to match this

value (a ‘bang’ is shown if the channel the surface is set to does not match the

Local Channel

If you find it necessary to modify the channel the

control surface

is set to, proceed as follows:

Hold down the *

SHIFT

CTRL

and

ALT

buttons on the control surface at the same time for a couple of

seconds to enable channel select mode. The left-most LCD display in the first stripe in the echelon updates
to show channel selections, and a button in the PGM/A row lights to show the current channel. Tap
another button in the row to change the selection.

*For the four-stripe VMC1 L panel, you must repeat this operation in order to match the second

echelon’s channel setting to that of the first. Press and hold the

number pad

buttons labeled 1, 2 and

in the third stripe

(rather than

SHIFT

CTRL

and

ALT

) in this case; then make your channel selection using

in the a button in the PGM/A row of the third stripe.

With these settings you can, for example, set one system to listen a certain control surface on channel 1, and set
a different unit to listen to the same control surface on channel 2

–

then easily go from controlling one system to

controlling the other by updating the surface channel setting.

SECTION 22.2

CONTROL SCHEMA

FIGURE 243

Generally, you can think of the various control groups provided as being organized into horizontal ‘stripes’.

In turn, two stripes are paired together in upper and lower echelons, as shown above.

Second Echelon

Stripe 3

Stripe 4

First Echelon

Stripe 1

Stripe 2