NewTek TriCaster Advanced Edition User Guide - Manual (Page 86)

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8.1.4 FAILSAFE
FIGURE 65
TriCaster’s multi-tiered ‘Always on Air’ hardware and software failsafe systems (see Section 2.6.2) provide
confidence that short of a complete power failure the show will go on.
In some studio settings, however, more elaborate hardware failsafe systems may be in use. Typically, such
systems take over broadcast duties whenever the output signal fails. In such cases, TriCaster’s failsafe video
passthrough mechanism (which ensures that video output continues even in catastrophic circumstances)
can actually prevent the external system from engaging.
For this reason, a Failsafe section has been added to Output Configuration. Its sole raison d’être is to provide
a switch allowing you to disable the A/V passthrough when necessary. By default, A/V passthrough is off.
Hint: Only use fail-safe when a stable video source is connected to video Input 8.
SECTION 8.2 INPUT CONFIGURATION
FIGURE 66 (TRICASTER 8000 SHOWN)
TriCaster’s input monitors have contextual tools that appear when you roll the mouse pointer over in the
footer (that is, the titlebar below each monitor). The right-most button is a Configure button (gear). Clicking
it opens the Configuration panel for the corresponding source (Figure 66).