Grass Valley Kalypso User Manual V.15.0 - Manual (Page 64)

64 Kalypso — User Manual
Section 2 — Concepts
Kalypso Video Production Center configuration information is divided
into three areas, to simplify and increase the speed of reconfiguring the
system. The basic areas of Kalypso configuration are:
• Engineering Setups (settings established by the engineer in charge that
affect the entire system, which never need to be changed by operators),
• Suite Preferences (settings for a suite that affect all the operators
working in that suite, that are designed to suit a particular show or pro-
duction style and ensure a consistent working environment), and
• User Preferences (settings that give the operator the ability to customize
his individual work surface to meet his personal preferences).
All Kalypso configuration settings are non-volatile. Disk save and load
operations are available that allow users to store configuration information
on removable media for easy transport and for use as backup copies.
Engineering Setups
Engineering Setups control how the Kalypso Video Production Center’s
major components behave and interact, and how the Kalypso system inter-
acts with the rest of the facility. Engineering Setups are not likely to change
on a daily basis and so are grouped separately from the Suite and User Pref-
erences. Facility maintenance personnel or the engineer in charge of a pro-
duction truck generally manages Engineering Setups.
Engineering Setups information includes:
• Networking IP addresses),
• Source definition (described later in this section),
• Output assignment (identifying which output connectors are Program,
which are Preview, etc.),
• External device interfaces (DDRs, VTRs, DPM, Router, etc.),
• Control surface and suite definitions (identifying the operating panels
present and their relationships to one another),
• Single Suite or (for Resource Sharing) Multi Suite operating mode, and
• Various other system functions.
Suite Preferences
A Kalypso suite corresponds to a control room, where there is a grouping
of one or more control surfaces. Suite Preferences define how all the control
surfaces associated with a Kalypso suite behave when they control the
Kalypso system. Some parameters (for example, safe title displays) must be
identical to all Kalypso users involved in a session. Suite Preferences can
substantially change system behavior, not just a user’s view of the system.