Grass Valley Zodiak v.6.0 Mar 15 2006 - Manual (Page 234)

234 Zodiak — User Manual
Section 4 — Menus Overview
Aux Bus Menu
The Aux Bus menu ( Figure 163 ) is a source selector for the A and B chan-
nels for Aux pairs and defines the B channel of an Aux Pair as either Video
or Key . It also allows the operator to set up the Near Side Source and Far Side
Source to be selected in conjunction with a digital effects system.
Aux bus outputs are first configured in the Eng Setups - Outputs menu (see
Outputs Menu
on page 185 ). Aux Bus delegation for selecting sources on the
PVW/AUX bus are set in the User Preferences – Aux Delegate Mapping
menu (see Aux Deleg Mapping Menu
on page 180 ). Refer to Section 3 – Config-
uration in the Zodiak Installation and Service Manual for complete Aux Bus
configuration instructions.
When an Aux bus is configured as an Aux Pair, the settings on the Aux Bus
menu affect the B channel output of that Aux Pair as shown in the example
below. The A channel of the Aux Pair is always a video signal. The B
channel can be either a
Video or Key .
Paired outputs are typically used with external DPMs. The DPM can
choose to operate in video/key or video/video mode. The settings in this
menu should match the settings currently being used by that DPM’s effect.
The Aux Bus settings in this menu are keyframeable, allowing the
changing of settings even during an effect run. You may want to assign the
aux buses associated to a DPM to the same E-MEM enable group as that
DPM, so the settings are always recalled in sync with the DPM effect recall.
Figure 163. Aux Bus Menu