Broadcast Pix Slate 100 User manual

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© Copyright Broadcast Pix, Inc. December, 2007
Broadcast Pix, Slate, iBoB, PixButtons, PixMaster, PixPad, AutoAspect and SoftPanel are trademarks of Broadcast Pix Inc.
Slate 100 / 1000 / 2100 Switchers
Operators Manual
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Section 1 Installation and Getting Started
1.1 Broadcast Pix Slate 100
1.1.1 System Contents
1.1.2 Wiring and Setting Up a Slate 100 (see Section 1.2.2)
1.2 Broadcast Pix Slate 1000
1.2.1 System Contents
1.2.2 Wiring Diagram
1.2.3 I/O Configurations
1.2.4 Analog I/O
1.2.5 Optional HD I/O
1.2.6 Optional DVI-I I/O
1.2.7 Audio I/O
1.2.8 Slate I/O Assignments
1.2.9 AutoAspect for Inputs
1.2.10 Optional Tally Box Wiring
1.3 Broadcast Pix Slate 2100
1.3.1 System Contents
1.3.2 Wiring Diagram
1.3.3 iBoB Audio I/O Wiring
1.3.4 iBoB Tally Wiring
1.3.5 iBoB Assignments
1.3.6 Setting up the iBoB from the Control Panel
1.4 Run a Show
1.5 The Sample Show
1.5.1 Testing the System
1.5.2 The Sample Show Memories
1.6 Troubleshooting
1.7 Input Timing & Asynchronous Sources
1.8 Changing what show is running
1.9 Settings
1.9.1 Changing the Startup Show
1.9.2 Selecting between NTSC/525 and PAL/625
1.9.3 Selecting between Aspect Ratio 16:9 and 4:3
1.9.4 Selecting between Monitor Size 1280x1024 or 1680x1050
1.9.5 Enabling DualAspect
1.10 Control Panel Sleep Mode
1.11 Control Panel Console Installation
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Section 2 Broadcast Pix Concepts
2.1 Broadcast Pix Switcher Features
2.1.1 Video Flow Diagram
2.2 PixButtons for Executing with Confidence
2.3 Devices
2.4 Device Controls
2.4.1 Assigning the Device Controls
2.4.2 PixPad Navigation
2.4.3 Multi-View PixPad
2.4.4 PixPad Order Controls
2.4.5 Floating PixPads
2.5 Multi-View
2.5.1 Monitor Sizes
2.5.2 Overview of the Multi-View
2.5.3 Sources on Multi-View
2.5.4 Keyer on the Multi-View
2.5.5 Clip Store Counters
2.5.6 Basic Switching on the Multi-View
2.5.7 Advanced Switching on the Multi-View
2.5.8 About Tab
2.5.9 Floating Monitors
2.6 List of Screen Resolutions
2.6.1 Adjusting the Windows Desktop Screen Resolution
Section 3 PixMaster Show Editor
3.0 PixMaster Storage System
3.1 Creating a New Show
3.2 Selecting an Existing show to Edit
3.3 Editing a Show
3.4 Editing a Show’s Content
3.5 Reorder, Add or Remove Content
3.5.1 To Reorder Content
3.5.2 To Reorder a Group of Content
3.5.3 To Preview Content
3.5.4 To Remove Content from a Show
3.5.5 To Add content from the central Library
3.5.6 To Add a group of content from the central library
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Section 3 PixMaster Show Editor
3.6 To Import Content
3.6.1 Importing a Subfolder
3.6.2 Resize and soften images
3.6.3 Importing PowerPoint Slides into a Still Store
3.7 To Delete Content from the Library (permanently)
3.8 Show Content Summary
3.9 Editing Show Settings
3.9.1 Switcher Source Assignments
3.9.2 Auto Fail-Safe Setting
3.9.3 Adding Wildcard Devices
3.9.4 Show Memories
3.9.5 Global Naming of Memories
3.9.6 Custom Images on Memory PixButtons
Section 4 Production Switcher
4.0 Switcher Controls
4.0.1 Tally
4.1 Video Sources
4.1.1 Program Row Source Selection.
4.1.2 Accessing Inputs 9-18 with Shift
4.2 Transitions
4.2.1 Transition Preview
4.2.2 Background Cut Transition
4.2.3 Background Mix Transition
4.2.4 Background Effects Transition
4.3 Transition Effects
4.3.1 Effects Styles and PixButtons
4.3.2 Selecting a New Effect by Number
4.3.3 Viewing More Effects in the Library
4.3.4 Changing Effect Transition Rates
4.3.5 Modifying an Effect
4.4 Keys
4.4.1 Key Controls
4.4.2 Assigning a Source to Keys 1-3
4.4.3 Direct Keys Control
4.4.4 Transitioning Keys individually with PixButtons
4.4.5 Transitioning Keys with other keys or with the Background
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4.4.7 To Change the Key Fade Rate
4.5 DVE Boxes (Picture in Picture)
4.5.1 To Create a DVE Box:
4.5.2 Modifying a DVE Box
4.5.3 Dual and Triple DVE Boxes
4.5.4 Accessing Keys 4-6
4.6 Source Controls
4.7 Chromakey
4.7.1 Activating the Chromakey
4.7.2 Settings for the Chromakey
4.7.3 Adjusting the Chromakey
4.8 iBoB DSK Downstream on Slate 2100
4.8.1 To Enable/Disable iBoB DSK
4.8.2 To Turn on and Set Up iBoB DSK
4.8.3 To Operate iBoB DSK
4.9 Auxiliary Output Control
4.9.1 Aux Out on Slate 100 or 1000
4.9.2 Aux Out on Slate 2100
4.9.3 PowerAux Control
4.10 StudioMemory
4.10.1 Saving a Mem
4.10.2 Recalling a Mem
4.11 Scripts
4.11.1 To Record a Script
4.11.2 Playing a Script
4.11.3 ScriptsManager Setup
4.12 Fail-Safe On-Air Production
4.12.1 Fail-Safe on Slate 100 and Slate 1000
4.12.2 Fail-Safe on Slate 2100
4.12.3 Fail-Safe Operation on Slate 2100
4.13 Capture of Stills
4.13.1 Capturing an Image
4.13.2 Capture Folder Destination
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Section 5 CG and Graphics
5.1 CG Installation
5.1.1 TitleMotion Pro Canvas
5.2 Creating Still CG Graphics
5.2.1 Exporting a Still Graphic from Inscriber to Broadcast Pix
5.2.2 Exporting Graphics from Photoshop to Broadcast Pix
5.3 CG Rolls and Crawls
5.3.1 To Create CG Graphics that Roll or Crawl
5.3.2 To Play a Roll or Crawl
5.3.3 Motion Controls for Rolls and Crawls
5.3.4 Modifiers for Rolls and Crawls
5.4 Creating an Animated CG Graphic
5.4.1 To Create an Animated Graphic
5.4.2 Importing an Animated CG Graphic into Broadcast Pix
5.4.3 On-Air Operations for CG Animations
5.4.4 Creating Animations in 3rd Party Applications
5.5 Basic CG On-Air Operation
5.6 Updating CG Graphics On-the-Fly
5.6.1 .ICG Editing
5.6.2 Overwriting a File
5.7 Dual CG
5.8 Still Store and Logo Operation
5.8.1 Preparing Still Content
5.9 Optional CG Connect Software
5.9.1 Adding the RTX Tags
5.9.2 Loading CG Connect with a Layout
5.9.3 Updating the CG Layout
5.9.4 Adding a Data Source with XML Files
5.9.5 Creating your Own XML File
5.9.6 Using Images with CG Connect
5.9.7 Using Clocks with CG Connect
5.9.8 Displaying the CG Layout
5.10 Using International Characters with Inscriber
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Section 6 Clip Store
6.0.1 Audio Flow with Embedded Audio
6.0.2 Audio Flow with Digital AES/EBU Audio
6.0.3 Audio Flow with Analog Stereo Audio
6.1 Recording a Clip
6.1.1 Creating Clip Thumbnails
6.2 Clip Store Playout
6.3 To Select a Clip by Name
6.3.1 To Select a Clip by Number
6.3.2 Selecting a Clip with the Multi-View
6.3.3 Viewing More Clips in the Library
6.3.4 Playback of Compressed Clips
6.4 Clip Motion Controls
6.4.1 Clip Counter
6.5 Clip Modifiers
6.5.1 Mark In and Out Points
6.5.2 Auto Start Clips
6.5.3 Auto Stop Clips
6.5.4 Auto Rewind Clips
6.5.5 Loop Clips
6.5.6 AutoAspect Controls
6.5.7 Scrubbing a Clip
6.6 Setting the Clip Audio Advance
6.7 Optional Dual Clip Store (Dual DDR)
6.8 Optional External DDR Control
6.8.1 Installing External DDR Control
6.8.2 Verifying Installation of External DDR Control
6.8.3 Selecting Clips to Access
6.8.4 Adding DDR Control to a Show
6.8.5 Controlling External DDR
6.8.6 Looping
6.8.7 Accessing More Channels
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Section 7 Device Control Options
7.1 Camera Control Option
7.1.1 Camera Control Option Licensing
7.2 Installation of Sony Cameras
7.2.1 Wiring Configurations
7.3 Installation of Hitachi Cameras
7.3.1 One Camera Installation
7.3.2 Multi-Camera Installation
7.4 Adding Camera Control to an Existing System
7.4.1 Setting the COM Port
7.5 Camera Control Settings
7.5.1 Sony Camera Control Settings
7.5.2 Hitachi Camera Control Settings
7.5.3 Assigning the Camera Number
7.6 Adding Camera Control to a Show
7.7 Selecting Camera Control in a Production
7.8 Controlling a Camera Manually
7.9 Setting Camera Preset Positions
7.9.1 Recalling Preset Camera Positions
7.9.2 Recall Speed for Preset Positions
7.10 Camera Control Settings
7.10.1 To Set Travel Limits of Tilt and Pan
7.10.2 To Adjust Camera Functions
7.11 Optional Audio-Follow-Video Control
7.11.1 Enabling Audio Follow
7.11.2 Activating Audio Follow
7.11.3 Audio Follow Setup
7.11.4 Audio Follow Operation
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Section 8 Team Operation
8.1 Types of Multi-User Operation
8.2 Optional Multi-Panel Support
8.3 Adding a Separate Graphics Operator
8.3.1 Two Operators with Separate Graphics Operator and 1 Panel
8.3.2 Two Operators with Separate Graphics Operator and 2 Panels
8.4 Locking Panels Together
8.5 Viewing just a portion of the SoftPanel
8.6 Two Operators with Two Computers
8.7 Remote Operator in the Back Room
8.8 Dual Panels for Back-Up Redundancy
8.9 Remote Control
Appendix
A.1 Updating the Software to Future Versions
A.2 Updating the Control Panel or iBoB Firmware
A.3 Installing System Options
A.4 Classic Show Editor
A.5 Control Panel Operation, Technical Appendix
A.6 Broadcast Pix Slate Analog Video Connector Pin-Outs
A.7 Broadcast Pix Slate Analog Audio Breakout Cable
A.8 Broadcast Pix Slate Technical Specifications
A.9 Glossary
A.10 Broadcast Pix Contact Information
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This section covers the typical installation of a Broadcast Pix Slate system and some
options. Other options that require installation are covered in their sections.
1.1 Broadcast Pix Slate 100
1.1.1 Slate 100 System Contents
The Broadcast Pix Slate 100 is comprised of the following components.
Software:
BPSwitcher V6
Inscriber TitleMotion Pro
Character Generator
Microsoft Windows XP
Broadcast Pix Software,
Showing the Multi-View
Workstation with Slate boards
installed, Keyboard, Mouse
(VGA monitor
not included )
Broadcast Pix
SoftPanel
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Broadcast Pix Slate 100 System Includes:
Hardware
Workstation, with Slate board and I/O board
Inscriber USB Dongle, installed internally in the workstation at the factory
Keyboard and Mouse
Software
Broadcast Pix Software V6
Inscriber TitleMotion Pro Character Generator
Microsoft Windows XP and .NET
Requirements
To install a system you will also need:
At least one VGA monitor (at least 1280x1024 resolution)
Sync Generator or other source of house black burst (analog reference)
1.1.2 Wiring and Setting Up a Slate 100
For instruction on how to wire and set up a a Slate 100 system see the Slate 1000
section, starting at section 1.2.2.
The Slate 100 and Slate 1000 are identical systems except the 1000 has a physical
control panel connected, while the 100 uses a SoftPanel. The SoftPanel can be reached
from the Panel drop down menu, then SoftPanel, Flash Player in BPswitcher.
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Control panel
1.2 Broadcast Pix Slate 1000
1.2.1 Slate 1000 System Contents
The Broadcast Pix Slate 1000 is comprised of the following components.
Software:
BPSwitcher V6
Inscriber TitleMotion Pro
Character Generator
Microsoft Windows XP
Broadcast Pix Software,
Showing the Multi-View
Workstation with Slate boards
installed, Keyboard, Mouse
(VGA monitor
not included )
Broadcast Pix
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Broadcast Pix Slate 1000 System Includes:
Hardware
Broadcast Pix physical control panel (Control panel)
Workstation, with Slate board and I/O board
Network Crossover Cable, to connect panel to workstation
Inscriber USB Dongle, installed internally in the workstation at the factory
Keyboard and Mouse
Software
Broadcast Pix Software V6
Inscriber TitleMotion Pro Character Generator
Microsoft Windows XP and .NET
Requirements
To install a system you will also need:
At least one VGA monitor (at least 1280x1024 resolution)
Sync Generator or other source of house black burst (analog reference)
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1.2.2 Wiring Diagram for Slate 1000 and Slate 100 Switchers
Network
Crossover Cable
Workstation
Sync Generator
1.2.2
Network
for moving
content
Video
VGA
Ethernet
Video
Network
Serial
Wires
Connectors
Out A
Out B
Out C
Ref
Control Panel
On Slate 1000
Right
Switcher
Key
In 4
In 3
In 2
In 1
Out D
center
I/O
Fail-Safe Program Output
(outputs input 1 if the workstation
stops or if power fails)
NOTE: On Analog I/O cards, the
format of Input 1/5 must match
the format of Output D/E for
Fail-Safe video to work properly.
Both need be be either
Composite, S-Video or YUV.
NIC
10/100MB
NIC
1GB
In 8
In 7
In 6
In 5
Out E
left
I/O
VGA
Monitor(s)
Slate Board Set
(left I/O board is optional)
Video Outputs
(assignable under the
Slate I/O Assignments)
• Program
• Preview
• Clean Feed
• Auxiliary (Aux) Out 1
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All Slate switchers have a switcher output board on the right, which does the
processing and contains video outputs and a (analog) reference input. There are 2
slots for I/O boards, of which the center is standard and the left board is optional.
Either I/O board may be Serial Digital Interface (SDI), Analog or High Definition-SDI
(HD-SDI). SDI and HD-SDI connections are BNCs. Analog connections accept
S-Video (Y/C) connections or Composite and Component (YUV) using breakout
cables to BNCs. Sources can be synchronous and /or asynchronous, to support a
wide range of inputs from broadcast cameras to consumer DVD players.
1.2.3 I/O Configurations
Optional Second I/O Board
a (analog) d (SD digital) h (high-def & SD digital)
3 Standard Configurations
aa dd da
1.2.3
NOTE: It is not recommended to have long cable runs over 100 meters (300 feet), as signal quality will be
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Each of the 9 I/O configurations shown above is available on the Slate 100 and Slate
1000. The Slate 2100 must always have at least one SDI I/O board to connect to the
iBoB and so it has 3 configurations available. The iBoB does not support HD video,
although a HD I/O card can be used in the third I/O slot.
1.2.3 I/O Configurations Continued
1.2.3
Optional Second I/O Board using HD
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1.2.4 Analog I/O
The Analog video I/O connectors on the Slate board set are 7-pin S connectors which
can accept S-Video cables directly, and Composite and Component signals via BNC
breakout cables provided by Broadcast Pix. Composite cables are included with all
Slate switcher models for each analog input and output. Three component/composite
break out cables are included with the Slate 100 and Slate 1000 models, and one
composite cable with the Slate 2100 model. Additional component cables are
available as an option.
Composite
Cable
Component
Cable
1.2.4
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1.2.5 Optional HD I/O
The High Definition I/O connectors on the Slate board set are BNC connectors. All
inputs and outputs can either be HD-SDI or SD-SDI for standard definition. The
bottom connector is a HD output and the remaining 4 connections are HD inputs. The
Slate system supports high definition video in:
1080i/60/59.94, 720p/60/59.94, 1080i/50, 720p/50, 487i/59.94 and 576i/50 modes
and processes HD video at 480p/59.94(NTSC) or 576p/50(PAL). It uses a process
called EDTV, Enhanced Definition Television, which has twice the data rate of
traditional SDI switchers and supports the standards:
SMPTE 296M, SMPTE 274M, ITU-R BT601-5, SMPTE 259M and SMPTE 292M.
The Slate HD boards down-convert the signal coming in and then up converts the
signal going out. The system can also down-convert going out for standard definition
on any of the other Slate outputs while outputting a HD signal on the HD output card.
1.2.6 Optional DVI-I I/O
The Slate video switcher is primarily used for broadcast television applications,
although the system can be used in virtually any production scenario. As an option
each Slate switcher can support up to two DVI-I computer inputs and up to two DVI-I
outputs (VGA adaptors are included to convert the signal as well). This is ideal for
corporate, faith or event productions where a computer source is needed, for example
to run a PowerPoint slideshow. Although it is possible to use a S-Video input or a scan
converter to bring in computer signals with a standard configuration, the DVI-I option
gives the highest quality computer signal. DVI-I Digital can support VGA to UXGA
resolutions with pixel clocks up to 165 MHz and DVI-I Analog can support RGB or
YPrPb which supports HDTV modes up to 1080p and graphic resolutions to UXGA
(1600x1200 at 60 Hz).
The DVI-I option is included with the HD I/O card and uses one input and one output
from the HD card. If two DVI-I ports are needed, then two HD I/O cards are necessary.
1.2.5
4 HD/SD - SDI Inputs
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1.2.7 Audio I/O on the Slate 100 and 1000
A clip store is included on the Slate 100 and Slate 1000. The clip store can be used
with or without audio, and can either have embedded audio in/out through the Slate
SD-SDI in/outputs or analog stereo audio through the 25 pin dim to XLR break out
cable, which plugs into the back of the workstation. Both the inputs and the outputs of
the breakout cable use a balanced line level signal.
To use embedded audio, in BPswitcher go to Setup, Engineering Settings and
select Embedded audio enabled, as shown below. You may also change the
group/channel in which the audio is embedded in the SDI stream in this same menu.
To use analog audio, follow the same procedure as stated above and deselect
Embedded audio enabled.
The embedded audio input would come from a Digital Video Tape Deck or other
device that has embedded audio on the SDI video stream. All the SD-SDI Slate inputs
can accept embedded audio.
The analog audio input would come from a Video Tape Deck, DVD player, or any
other source. It is recommended to go though an audio mixer to adjust audio record
levels. For more information about recording to the Clip Store, see section 6.0.
The embedded audio output for each clip store can be assigned to any SD-SDI Slate
output, see section 1.2.8 to setup the embedded audio output. The audio would run to
a Digital Video Tape Recorder or an audio de-embedder.
The analog output would come out of the breakout cable, one channel is for the Clip
Store 1 and the other is for the optional Clip Store 2, as labeled on the breakout cable.
1.2.7
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To Assign the Slate I/O:
1. Start the Broadcast Pix application by
clicking on it's switcher icon on the desktop,
which will bring up the large Broadcast Pix
switcher window, which contains a blank
Multi-View, and various drop down menus at
the top.
2. On the Setup drop down menu, select Slate
I/O assignments
(Note: a show must be loaded to see this.
Go to File, Load Show).
And the Slate IO Assignments window will
appear as shown below.
1.2.8 Slate I/O Assignments
Inputs 1-8 on the Slate boards are general purpose video inputs that may be used for
cameras, VTRs, and feeds from servers and other external video devices. They are set
up using the following steps.
1.2.8