Grass Valley Zodiak Installation Planning Guide - Manual (Page 5)

Zodiak Installation Planning Guide 5
Zodiak Digital Production Switcher
Installation Planning Guide
Zodiak Digital Production Switcher
The Zodiak Digital Production Switcher features powerful digital video
switching, mixing, and keying with E-MEM, plus integrated control of
other production devices such as external effects systems, VTRs, and
DDRs. The architecture of the system provides a flexible, quickly reconfig-
urable system able to meet the demanding requirements of live production
and post production applications. Refer to the Zodiak
Data Sheet and Grass
Valley Group Full Line Product Catalog for information on the hardware and
software options available . Online documentation is available on the Grass
Valley Group web site. The URL for the Grass Valley Group website is
found on the copyright page at the front of this manual.
The standard features for the Zodiak 2.5-M/E and 3-M/E systems are
listed in
Table 1 and Table 1 , respectively, and optional features for both
systems are listed in Table 2 .
Table 1. Standard Zodiak 2.5-M/E Features
2.5-M/E Standard Features
M/E 1 & 2
Four full function keyers per M/E
Two Complex Wipe Generators per M/E
Four Simple Wipe Generators per M/E (1 per Keyer)
YUV Color Correction
One Utility Bus per M/E
One Program Output per M/E
One Preview Output per M/E
PGM/PST
Background Cut and Mix
Three simple (Luminance or Linear) Downstream Keyers (DSKs)
Program Output (PGM A)
Programmable Clean Feed (PGM B)
Preview Outputs for PGM A & PGM B
64 Inputs
9 Aux Outputs (4 with Effects Send)
Switched Preview
2 Floating Chroma Keyers (Use on Any Full Function Keyer)
2 In/4 Out Still Store
Redundant Video Processor Frame Power Supply
Redundant Main Panel Power Supply