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Grass Valley PDR v.2.2 User Manual

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Changing Event Settings

Profile Family

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Type.

The event types are:

- The Absolute event type plays the material at the time specified in the

Start Time. An Absolute event is always displayed in bold face in the list.

- The Follow event type plays the event immediately after the preceding

event in the list. A Follow event is always displayed in regular face in the
list.

- The Approx event type is queued but will not play unless you select the

event from the list and then issue a Take command. An Approx event is
always displayed in bold face in the list.

Date.

Enter the date on which you wish the event to take place. Dates must

be in the format used in your current Windows NT session, usually
MM/DD/YYYY. The current date is entered by default.

Video input applies to switch events only:

Video Input.

A switch (live feed) event requires a video input. The video inputs

available are determined by your hardware configuration and the resources allocated
by Resource Manager (see “Configuring Resources” on page 227).

The following four settings are for transfer events only:

Source Media.

The name of the source media.

Source Profile.

The name of the Profile unit where the media is stored.

Destination Media.

The name of the destination media.

Destination Profile.

The name of the Profile unit where the media will be copied.

Five settings apply to archive events only:

Media.

The name of the media (clip) that is to be archived or restored.

Path.

The name of the directory path for the media.

Action.

Click either

Archive

or

Restore

.

Cartridge.

Enter the barcode number for the cartridge—

00000015

, for example.

This is an optional setting.

Partition.

Enter the partition number where the media is archived. This also is an

optional setting.