Grass Valley Xpanel Vertigo Suite v.4.8 - Manual (Page 45)

Xpanel User Manual 4-11
Building and editing panels
LED A LED primitive is often used to provide operators with a visual cue based
on the LED’s state (color). A practical use of an LED object is to program
other objects to change the LED’s S
TATE property to alert operators of a
operational state (i.e. a keyer is currently on/off).
The LED’s S TATE property can be set to the following:
• O FF (Black)
• O N (White)
• I NTERMEDIATE (Green)
• E RROR (Red)
LED objects can be is associated with the O N U PDATE event, so that a
change in their State can execute other actions.
The LED object’s T
EXT property displays a text string next to the LED. This
text is often used to identify the LED object and/or provide instructions to
the operator. How the LED object is added to the panel affects whether or
not the text is immediately visible.
Timer Adding a Timer primitive allows you to create and display a timer object
that can be set up to count up or down to/from specific times.
When associated with the O N T IMER event, an update to the timer object
can trigger actions that affect the playout’s content and/or behavior.
Use the following properties to set the timer’s start, stop and interval
values, as well as the format in which the timer will be displayed:
•
S TART T IME : Sets the initial time at which the timer will start.
• E ND T IME : Sets the time at which the timer will stop.
• I NTERVAL : Sets the interval at which the timer ticks. The smallest
interval supported is 0.05 seconds.
• I NFINITE : Sets whether the timer is infinite or not.
• A UTO S TART : Sets whether or not the timer will automatically start
upon entering Production mode.
• F ORMAT : Determines the time format in which the timer will be
displayed (e.g. HH:MM:SS or MM:SS).
Primitive objects Description
Drag & drop from the toolbar
Select from the toolbar & click
sets the Text property with
a default value.
the canvas. The Text property
is empty.