EVS IPDirector Version 5.6 - May 2009 Part 7 User's Manual - Manual (Page 198)

IPDirector V.5.6 – User Manual – Part 7: Editing - IPEdit
EVS Broadcast Equipment – May 2009
Issue 5.6.A
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O
VERVIEW OF
GPI S
ETTINGS
Each time you define a GPI, you need to specify the following settings:
GPI Setting Description Possible Values
GPI number Number of the GPI used From 1 to 4
GPI mode Type of electric signal used Pulse high, Pulse low,
Level high, Level low
GPI duration Duration of GPI signal In frames and seconds
GPI advance Whether and how much in
advance the GPI signal will
be sent to the third-party
device. In frames and seconds
GPI T
YPES IN
IPE
DIT
The GPIs OUT can be used in the following context in IPEdit:
• Clip GPIs
• Replace GPIs
• Video Transition GPIs
4.16.2 R
EPLACE
GPI
S
P
URPOSE
They can be used to trigger the external device that will add video or audio effects
to the part of the timeline that will be replaced.
M
ORE ABOUT
R
EPLACE
GPIS
For full information on the GPIs OUT used with the Replace function, refer to
section ‘Boundary Mark GPIs’, on page 181.
4.16.3 V
IDEO
T
RANSITION
E
FFECT
GPI
S
P
URPOSE
They can be used, for example, to add video effects to cover a transition effects.