Grass Valley Kalypso User Manual V.15.0 - Manual (Page 149)

Kalypso — User Manual 149
Source Patching
viously, to use effects in the other truck the Technical Director (TD) would
need to edit the engineering source definitions in the new truck so they
exactly matched the old truck. In some cases six settings would have to be
changed, and tally outputs would also need to be repatched. With the
Kalypso 15.0 release, by remapping the Engineering sources of the devices
in the new truck to the Logical sources used to build the effects, all the
effects can be used without having to edit them. Source Patch can also be
used to quickly swap out a defective device during a show without having
to reconfigure the Engineering sources. In this case Logical names seen by
the production personnel would be identical for that content, even though
the actual device playing the material changed.
Name Display Hierarchy
Different source names may appear at different locations of the Kalypso
system, depending on what names have been defined. The following rules
are used to determine which name is displayed:
Only Engineering names or Engineering ID numbers appear in the Eng
Setup menus. If an Engineering name has not been entered, the Engi-
neering ID number is displayed on these menus.
Logical names and nicknames can appear on the Main panel, the Local and
Remote Aux panels, and on the Menu panel. On M/E and Aux panel
Source Name Displays, if a Logical nickname exists, that name for that
source will be displayed. Otherwise, if a Logical name exists, that name will
be displayed. Otherwise, if an Engineering name exists, that name will be
displayed. Otherwise, the Logical ID number will be displayed. For other
displays (M/E status and all menus) the above logic is also used, except if
both a Logical name and a Logical nickname exists, the Logical name is
shown on these displays, and the Logical nickname continues to appear on
the Source Name Displays.
Naming Guidelines
It is not necessary to define an Engineering name, Logical name, and
Logical nickname for every Kalypso source. It is generally a good practice
to create the least number of names possible. This ensures consistency in
the various displays and reduces the time needed to enter and edit the
names. If you can create short Engineering names that work for both the
production staff and engineering, complete naming consistency is assured.
However, this level of simplicity is probably only feasible at a fixed instal-
lation where all the shows use the same source names.
The additional naming capabilities available on the Kalypso system can
help make everyone’s job easier. Operators often require program specific
source names, but engineers may need technical names not of any value to
the operators. Separate engineering and logical names solves this problem.
Operators also may prefer to see short names on the Main panel. They
know a particular group of buttons are the cameras, so a number is suffi-