Grass Valley AMX-3981 2014 - Manual (Page 63)

GUIDE TO INSTALLATION AND OPERATION
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Note: if you see a pop-up warning box like this when you click Save, you will need to decide how to deal with the
Metadata Generator presets. Click on the Metadata FAQ button to learn more about this issue.
Briefly explained, a User Preset stores all the parameter values on the AMX-3981 card except the parameter
values for the Metadata generators. These values are stored in a separate set of registers, and the User Preset
saves the contents of these registers plus a pointer to the register that was most recently used. If you change any
of the Metadata values but do not update the Metadata register by saving it, the values referenced by the pointer
are not the current values. If you save to a user preset under this circumstance, the User Preset will not contain
the changed values, and they cannot be recovered if you later load the card from the preset.
The User Preset Save Alert panel will be triggered any time you attempt to save when the Generator Metadata
values have been changed but not saved. You can tell when this is the case, as both the User Preset box on the
main panel, and the Current Generator Preset box in the Presets tab, as well as the Generator tab label, will all
read Custom
The warning box gives you three options for dealing with the situation:
• Option 1 – abort the save process, so that you can go back and manually save the metadata parameters
(see instructions on page 43)
• Option 2 – go ahead and save anyway, but be aware that if you recall this User Preset you will probably not
restore the current metadata generator settings
• Option 3 – Save the Metadata presets first, in the Metadata register whose name is displayed (it will be last
register that was used, and if it is one of the factory registers a Save will not be allowed, so you might want to
consider option 1), and then save the User Preset.
Use the radio buttons to select one of these options (option 1 is the default), and click OK to proceed.
How to tell when the metadata generator settings have not been saved
Figure 5.53 User Preset Save Alert warning panel