NewTek TriCaster 2 Elite (3 RU) - Manual (Page 48)

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The individual monitor viewports on the Live Desktop can be flexibly assigned to different Switcher sources
and outputs. Complete monitor layouts can be stored and recalled using tools located in the Workspace menu,
located in the Dashboard across the top of the screen.
We’ll look into this in depth in the Reference Section of this manual, but for now let’s configure the video
sources you connected earlier (Section 3.5.1).
1. Click Workspace in the Dashboard (at the top of the Live Desktop ). Monitoring layout presets are listed
at the top of the menu as Interface A through D. Select the layout labeled A under Multiview 1 (if it
isn’t already check -marked).
2. By default, this default monitoring pane shows individual viewports for the various Switcher sources.
3. To continue to assign sources, you could select Configure from an input monitor’s (right -click) context
menu , but let’s take a different approach.
Move your mouse over the viewport for INPUT 1 and notice that a Configure button ( gear icon)
appears at lower right. Click this to open a tabbed settings panel (Figure 24).
Hint: As a quicker way to access the Input configuration panel, simply double-click the viewport; or, for a
touch-screen, tap the viewport with two fingers.
4. Click the Source drop-down menu to
see a list of sources you can select. SDI
inputs and
Black , along with Skype TX
Caller connections are listed first under
the Local heading. Additional NDI
sources discovered on your network
are grouped below under source device
headings.
For NDI sources, simply making a
selection completes the connection. If
you choose an SDI source, further
selections may be required.
5. The Format menu defaults to Auto-Detect . Generally, this option will suffice. Otherwise, for SDI
sources you can manually select the correct Format (Figure 25).
6. Close the Configuration panel for now (click the Close button, or simply ‘click outside’ the panel to
close it).
7. Continue to configure additional video sources in the same manner.
We’ll look at the other options and settings later, but at this point you should be able to view the video inp uts
you have configured on the Live Desktop multiview monitors.
FIGURE 24