Grass Valley K2 ASI Media Client - Manual (Page 20)

20 K2 ASI Media Client User Manual June 10, 2008
Chapter 3 Graphical User Interface Overview
To show or hide the status bar, use the View | Status bar menu.
Contextual Menus
Some menu items are common to several menus. They are presented hereafter.
Specific menu items will be presented in their corresponding sections.
• Disable/Enable video decoding: Disabling or enabling video decoding of
thumbnails in the input Services view. This procedure is useful to decrease the
CPU of the K2 ASI Client and when the control network has small bandwidth. It is
recommended to always enable this option
• Current error state: When an error or warning is present on the input, this menu lets
you get the current error state
• Acknowledge error: When some errors have disappeared but are have not been
acknowledged yet (i.e. orange state), this menu lets you acknowledge them and to
make the overlay disappear from the connector
• Display messages: Opening a window that contains a list of errors and messages
concerning this connector (all services on this connector) in the error list
ASI Input Board Menu
Right-click the ASI board to reach the following contextual menu:
• Add input: Adding input connector. When adding a new input, if the maximum
number of available inputs is reached, a message is displayed. The maximum
number of inputs indicated in the
Rights panel of the About box (refer to the “About
Box” section)
• Scan new input: Scanning for new inputs that are not already listed. This procedure
is useful when a connector with no signal is connected to a stream
Input ASI Connector Menu
Right-click an ASI input to reach the following contextual menu: