EVS IPDirector Version 4.4 - March 2008 Part 3 User's Manual - Manual (Page 178)

IP Director Version 4.4 – User Manual – Part 3: Ingest and Play-Out
EVS Broadcast Equipment – March 2008
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Note
If the operator selects ‘None’ for one of the fields, all three fields are
reset to ‘None’. It is considered that the GPI is not used.
D
ELAY
It is possible to specify a delay between the time the GPI key is pressed and the
time the action will be carried out on the XT server.
6.10.5 OUTPUT GPI C
ONFIGURATION
P
ANE
The OUTPUT GPIs are signals that are sent by the GPI from an XT server under
the control of the IP Director. Four GPI OUT commands can be sent from an XT
server.
The OUTPUT GPIs settings are used to send a signal from the IP Director to a GPI
key at a given timecode of a play-list played on a given player channel. This
signal can then be used to trigger a record action of the play-list from the given
timecode by a third device, for example a VTR.
For each OUTPUT GPI, the output mode can be set and a general setting can
determine the pulse width and timing.
The OUTPUT GPI keys will be greyed-out in IP Director if they have been
assigned to the Remote via the Replace function defined on the Remote itself.
Example
We consider that a GPI tag has been defined on the GPI key 1 in the Play-List
Editor on a given timecode of a play-list. In the above configuration, a high pulse
signal, that will last 1.12 sec. (Pulse Duration value), will be sent to the GPI key 1
just 1 sec. (Advance value) before the given timecode is reached in the play-list.
This signal can be handled by a third device, e.g. a VTR, to trigger a record action
on this device, for example. If the VTR is properly set up, it could start recording
the play-list from the XT server on the given timecode.
For more information on how to define GPI tags in the Play-List Editor, refer to
section ‘Insert Tag’, on page 133 in the Play-List Editor chapter.
The following sections describe in details the various fields in the OUTPUT GPI
Configuration pane: