Grass Valley Karrera Video Production Center Installation v.4.1 - Manual (Page 161)

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Multiple Suite Resource Sharing
Multiple Suite Resource Sharing
Introduction
The Resource Sharing feature permits the allocation of Karrera 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.
Each suite can be run with its own Suite Prefs settings, and two different
Panel Prefs preference settings can operate simultaneously in each suite.
These preferences can be saved and loaded, permitting reliable Karrera
system changes to meet varying requirements.
The Karrera system retains the current suite/resource relationships. If the
system powers down or is reset, resource allocations 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 ME so he can set up a chroma key, but the TD also wants control
of that ME so that he can put the chroma key on air. This type of sharing is
available simply by installing additional Control 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 Karrera system
ends in the state of the last command processed. For example, one operator
could select a source on a bus of an ME at nearly the same time another
operator selects a different source on that same bus. The output of that ME
will momentarily display the first source and then switch to the last source
selected, possibly causing an apparent flash on that output.
The Resource Sharing feature allows collaborative sharing of Karrera
system components with different User Prefs. For example, when a smaller
25 source panel is used in a corroborative environment with a larger 35
source panel, the button mapping for the two panels must be different
because of the different number of source buttons available.