Grass Valley Kalypso User Manual V.15.0 - Manual (Page 335)

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Resource Sharing
Resource Sharing
Introduction
The Resource Sharing feature permits the allocation of Kalypso system
resources between two suites. This allows independent system operation
from multiple locations without conflict.
Logical resource assignments allow the reuse of E-MEM effects in either
suite regardless of which specific hardware resources were allocated.
Security provisions can restrict unauthorized access to a suite from a Menu
panel in the other suite, or from a PC connected to the Kalypso system net-
work.
Each suite can be run with its own suite preference settings, and two dif-
ferent user preference settings can operate simultaneously in each suite.
These preferences can be saved and loaded, permitting reliable Kalypso
system changes to meet varying requirements.
The current suite/resource relationships are maintained in non-volatile
(NV) memory. If the Kalypso system powers down or is reset, resource allo-
cations for each suite are restored when the system returns to operation.
Collaborative Resource Sharing
Collaborative resource sharing permits a group of operators to have simul-
taneous access to a resource. For example, a video operator may want
access to an M/E so he can set up a chroma key, but the TD also wants
control of that M/E so that he can put the chroma key on air. This type of
sharing has always been available on Kalypso systems, simply by installing
additional control panels, and does not require the Resource Sharing fea-
ture. However, prior to 8.0 software only one User Preference could be used
on the entire Kalypso system at a time, which limited its usefulness (for
example, source to button mapping had to be the same on all Main panels).
Corroborative system operation has inherent limitations. Since one oper-
ator can change the settings used by another operator, it is assumed the
operators are in close communication with each other so they can avoid
system control conflicts.
If two conflicting corroborative commands are sent, the Kalypso system
ends in the state of the last command processed. For example, one operator
could select a source on a bus of an M/E at nearly the same time another
operator selects a different source on that same bus. The output of that M/E
will momentarily display the first source and then switch to the last source
selected, possibly causing an apparent flash on that output.