GRASS VALLEY zodiak User manual

ZODIAK
VIDEO PRODUCTION SWITCHER
User Manual
071812600
1.0.0software release
FIRST PRINTING: SEPTEMBER 2001

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Contents
Preface
About This Manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xi
Documentation Set . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xi
Section 1 — System Overview
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1
Features. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1
2.5-M/E System Standard Features. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1
3-M/E System Standard Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2
Zodiak System Options. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3
External Interfaces Supported . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3
System Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4
Control Surface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4
Main Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-5
Menu Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-6
Main Panel Options. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-7
Remote Aux Panels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-7
Video Processor Frame . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-10
Video Processor Power Supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-11
Video Processor Frame Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-11
Transform Engine Option. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-11
RGB Color Correction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-11
Chroma Keyers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-11
Zodiak Facility Example . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-12
Functional Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-13
Video Signal Flow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-13
System Control. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-16
Section 2 — Concepts
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1
Zodiak System Configuration Overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1
Engineering Setups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2
Suite Preferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2
User Preferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-3
Signal Routing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-3
Inputs and Sources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-3
Source Definition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-4
Source to Button Mapping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-4

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Source Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-5
Buses and Crosspoints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-5
Shifted Sources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-7
Mix/Effects (M/E) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-7
Re-Entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-8
Alternate Buses and Delegation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-8
Utility Buses. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-9
Effects Send . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-9
Outputs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-10
M/E, Program and Preview Output Buses. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-10
Aux Buses. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-10
Resource Sharing and Point Of Use. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-10
Transitions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-11
Cut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-12
Mix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-12
Full Additive Mix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-12
Wipe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-13
Other Wipe Pattern Generator Uses. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-13
Preset Black . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-13
Fade to Black . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-13
Transition Rate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-14
Flip Flop Background Buses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-14
Look Ahead Preview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-14
Current and Next Stack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-14
Key Priority and Transitions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-15
Keying . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-15
Matte Fill Key Example . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-16
Shaping Video . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-16
Key Control Signal Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-17
Clip and Gain. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-18
Clip Hi and Clip Lo. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-19
S-Shaped Key Signals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-19
Additional Keying Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-20
Key Invert. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-20
Masking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-20
Opacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-20
Key Positioning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-21
Key Size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-21
Coring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-21
Show Key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-21
Linear Key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-21
Fixed and Adjustable Linear Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-22
Luminance Key and Self Key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-23
Chroma Key. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-24
Primary and Secondary Color Suppression . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-25
Flare Suppression . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-25
Chroma Key Shadow Generator. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-25
Preset Pattern. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-26
Split Key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-26
Properly and Improperly Shaped Video. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-27
E-MEM (Effects Memory) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-30
Work Buffer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-30
Keyframe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-31
Effect Register, Work Buffer, and Current Effect. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-31

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Banks and Registers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-33
Multiple Keyframes and Timelines. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-33
Effect Dissolve . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-35
Effect Sequence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-36
E-MEM Levels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-37
Master Timeline and Multiple Level Keyframe Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-38
Number and Types of E-MEM Levels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-40
Default Keyframe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-40
Source Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-41
Work Buffer, E-MEM, and Source Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-41
Source Memory Organization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-42
Default Source Memory and Factory Default Source Memory . . . . . . . . . . . 2-45
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-45
Section 3 — Control Surface Description
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1
Button Behavior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1
Single Press . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-2
Alternate Action. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-2
Momentary Action. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-2
Interlocked Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-2
Double Press . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-3
Button Tally . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-3
Dialogs and Prompting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-4
Knob Behavior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-4
Delegation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-4
Automatic Subpanel Delegation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5
Momentary Delegation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5
DPOP and SPOP Menu Delegation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-6
Keypad Delegation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-7
Time Value Entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-7
2.5-M/E and 3-M/E Main Panel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-9
Source Selection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-10
Unshifted and Shifted Sources. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-10
Background Buses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-12
Key Buses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-12
Source Button Tally . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-14
PVW/AUX Bus Source Selection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-14
Bus Delegation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-14
Source Selection Buses. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-15
Preview Subpanel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-15
Primary Signal Selection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-16
Transition Subpanels. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-17
Main Transition Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-17
Keyer Transition Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-20
Transition Rates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-21
Other Transition Control Interactions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-21
M/E Keyer Subpanels. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-22
Keyer Delegation Button Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-23
Clip and Gain Knobs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-23
Key Type Button Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-24
Key Source Button Group. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-25

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Key Split Button. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-25
Key Invert Button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-26
Key Prior Button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-26
Show Key Button. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-26
Mask Delegation Buttons. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-26
Effects Loop Control Button Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-26
DSK Keyer Subpanel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-27
Keyer Delegation Button Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-27
Key Type Button Group. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-27
Key Source Button Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-28
Key Invert Button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-28
Show Key Button. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-28
DSK Subpanel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-29
Keyer Delegation Button Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-29
DSK Cut and Mix Button Groups. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-29
Fade to Black Subpanel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-30
Transform Subpanel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-31
Joystick . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-32
Joystick Delegation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-32
Menu Controls. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-34
Axis Buttons. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-34
E-MEM Subpanels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-35
Keypad Numeric Entry Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-35
Keypad Prefix Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-36
Run Control Button. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-40
E-MEM Readout Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-40
Master E-MEM Subpanel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-41
Master E-MEM Keypad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-41
Master E-MEM Enable Buttons. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-42
Auto Recall Button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-43
Master E-MEM Readout Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-43
Run Control Buttons. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-44
Hold Inputs Button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-44
Keyframe Edit Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-45
Auto Run Button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-47
Disk Drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-48
Section 4 — Menus Overview
Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-1
Capabilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-1
Menu Panel Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-1
Touch Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2
Soft Knobs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2
Menu Screen Organization and Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-3
Data Pads and Touch Buttons. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-4
Menu Top Line . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-5
Menu Category Selection. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-5
Delegation Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-5
Mode Selection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-5
Parameter Control Area. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-6
Additional Function Buttons. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-6
Menu Access Touch Button. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-6

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Numeric Keypad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-6
Alphanumeric Keypad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-7
Scrolling Selections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-7
Menu and Panel Interactions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-8
Menu Summaries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-10
Home Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-11
Home Menu Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-11
Daily Setups Menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-13
Daily Setups Save-Load Menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-13
Profiles Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-14
Suite Prefs Menus. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-15
Preview Prefs Menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-15
Default Keyframe Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-17
E-MEM Prefs Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-18
Video Settings Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-21
Source Memory Menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-23
User Prefs Menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-24
Button Mapping Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-24
Aux Deleg Mapping Menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-25
Shift Preferences Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-26
Clip Hi Lo Preferences Menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-27
Eng Setups Menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-28
Eng Setups Save-Load Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-28
Sources Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-29
Outputs Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-30
System Menus. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-31
Config Menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-31
File Operations Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-32
Status/Diags - Versions Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-33
Facility Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-34
DSK Menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-34
Aux Bus Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-35
Timeline Menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-37
Timeline – View Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-37
Timeline – Edit Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-38
Clear Work Buffer Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-40
Restore Work Buffer Button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-40
Timeline Navigation Button Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-41
Constant Duration Button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-41
Timeline Edit Button Group. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-41
Modify, Insert Buttons. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-43
Timeline – Time Adjust Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-44
Timeline – Path Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-45
To Change Path Control Values in an Effect:. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-51
General Curve Tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-51
Cutting and Pasting Path Values. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-52
Controlling Smooth Path Windup. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-52
E-MEM Menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-53
E-MEM – Save-Load Menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-53
E-MEM – Source Holds Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-54
E-MEM – Path Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-55
E-MEM – Register Ops Menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-56
Matte Menus. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-57
Matte – M/E Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-57

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Matte – DSK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-58
Matte – Background Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-59
Keyer Menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-60
Mode Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-60
Keyer Priority Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-64
Keyer Mask Menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-65
Wipe Menus. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-68
Point of Use Menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-68
Pattern Selection Menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-70
Pattern Modifiers Menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-71
Other Menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-73
Section 5 — System Operation
Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-1
Power Up. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-1
Button Mapping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-3
Source Button Mapping. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-4
Aux Bus Delegation Button Mapping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-6
To Map Local Aux Panel Delegation Buttons: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-6
File Operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-7
Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-7
Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-7
File Type Extensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-8
Zodiak Drive Access. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-8
File Storage Organization. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-8
System Upgrade Backup Files. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-9
Formatting Zip Disks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-10
File Operations Menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-11
Copy/Pasting Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-12
Moving Files. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-13
Daily Setups Save-Load Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-14
To Save a Preference, Source Memory, or Profile File: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-14
To Load a Preference or Source Memory File: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-15
Profiles Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-16
Loading Profiles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-17
Eng Setups Save-Load Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-18
E-MEM Save-Load Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-19
Basic Effect Editing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-20
Inserting a Keyframe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-20
Inserting on a Keyframe. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-20
Inserting on the Path. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-21
Deleting a Keyframe. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-22
Restoring a Keyframe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-23
Editing a Keyframe Duration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-23
Showing Keyframe Durations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-23
Changing the Duration of a New Keyframe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-24
Modifying an Existing Keyframe Duration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-24
Restoring KF Duration Default to the Keypad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-25
Modify All Operations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-26
Matte Menu Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-27
Split Key. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-29
Keyer Priority . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-30

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Chroma Key Operating Notes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-33
Auto Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-33
Manual Chroma Key Adjustments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-34
Primary Suppression . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-35
Key Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-36
Secondary Color Suppression . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-38
Other Chroma Key Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-39
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-40
Glossary
Index

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Preface
About This Manual
This Zodiak User Manual provides operational information for the Grass
Valley Group Zodiak Production switcher. This manual is designed for
operators of Zodiak systems.
Documentation Set
The standard Zodiak documentation set consists of a:
■
User Manual,
■
Installation and Service Manual, and
■
Release Notes.
The User Manual contains background information about the Zodiak Pro-
duction Switcher, and describes operating procedures. This manual can be
used while learning about Zodiak, and for enhancing your basic knowl-
edge of the system.
The Installation and Service Manual contains information about installing,
configuring, and maintaining the system.
The Release Notes contain information about new features and system
enhancements for a specific software version, and also includes software
installation procedures. Always check the release notes for your current
system software before you begin operating your system.

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Preface

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Section
1
System Overview
Introduction
The Zodiak Video Production Switcher is optimized for mobile, post-pro-
duction and broadcast facilities that need compact, easy to use, highly cre-
ative, real-time tools for video switching, effects creation and run-time
device control. Powerful digital video switching, mixing, and keying with
E-MEM are standard features of Zodiak, in addition to internal DVE
(optional) and Still Store capability.
The switcher is available in 2.5-M/E or 3-M/E models with or without
Transform Engines (internal DVEs). Zodiak’s architecture provides an easy
upgrade path from a 2.5-M/E to a 3-M/E; requiring the addition of a M/E
module and power supply to the Video Processor frame and keycap
changes to the Main panel. Reduced frame processor size (7 RU) and power
consumption along with a smaller panel, sized to replace older analog
Grass Valley Group switchers, make this switcher system an ideal replace-
ment or addition to any existing or new facility.
Features
2.5-M/E System Standard Features
The standard features for the 2.5-M/E system are:
■
64 auto-timed SMPTE 259M inputs (configured as single inputs or
video/key pairs),
■
Nine Aux buses plus switched preview — up to four Aux buses can be
utilized for two Effects Send pairs,
■
24 Source Selection buttons including Shift on each M/E, Key,
PWV/AUX and PGM/PST bus rows,
■
Program and preview outputs per M/E,
■
Look ahead and other preview modes configured per each M/E,
■
Two full M/Es each with dedicated E-MEM (100 registers),

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■
One Utility bus per full M/E for video in borders, video wipe patterns,
or masking,
■
Four full function keyers with dedicated key controls per M/E,
■
Two complex and four simple (in each keyer) wipe generators per M/E,
■
Solarization, posterization, mosaic capabilities and YUV and RGB color
correction as part of the video processors on each full M/E bus,
■
Input freeze for each M/E key source and fill buses,
■
PGM and PST buses with E-MEM, Downstream Keyers (DSK) with
three simple linear or luminance keyers, and programmable Clean
Feed,
■
One pair of floating Chroma Keyers for use on any full-function keyer,
■
100 frame Still Store,
■
Redundant power supplies for the Main panel and Video Processor
frame,
■
Four optional Transform Engines (internal DVEs) each on M/E 1 and
M/E 2,
■
Hot swapable Video Processor frame modules (including frame power
supplies)
■ Touch Screen Menu Display, and
■
CD-ROM (internal to the Menu panel), external USB-powered Zip
drive and two Floppy drives (one in the Main panel and one in the
Video Processor frame).
3-M/E System Standard Features
The standard features for the 3-M/E model are the same as the 2.5-M/E
system in addition to the following:
■
A third full M/E (replacing PGM/PST) with two complex and four
simple wipes and four full function keyers plus three linear DSK
keyers, and
■
13 Aux buses total plus switched Preview — up to eight Aux buses can
be utilized for four Effects Send pairs.

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Introduction
Zodiak System Options
The options listed below are for all models of Zodiak, except those dedi-
cated to M/E 3. Selected sets of options may be combined into packages for
initial purchase. Individual options can be purchased and added to a
Zodiak system at a later time. Some Zodiak system options contain hard-
ware components and some are software enabled.
The options are:
■
Upgrade Kit (2.5-M/E only) adds a third full M/E (replacing
PGM/PST) by changing keycaps to the Main panel, and installing a
M/E module (M/E 3) and additional Video Processor frame power
supply to the Video Processor frame,
■
RGB Color Correction for all keyer, background, and utility buses on
M/E 1, M/E 2, and M/E 3 (3-M/E only),
■
Additional floating Chroma Key pairs for use on any full-function
keyer,
■
Net Central II SNMP Agent,
■
Spare Video Processor frame power supply (for upgrade from 2.5-M/E
to a 3-M/E system),
■
Four Transform Engines (internal DVEs) each for M/E 1, M/E 2 and
M/E 3 (3-M/E only), and
■
24– and 32–Crosspoint Remote Aux panels.
External Interfaces Supported
All Zodiak systems have the following control interfaces:
■
Ethernet Facility LAN connections allowing error reporting and
upload/download capability for configurations, E-MEMs and images,
■
GPI interface with eight inputs and eight outputs,
■
32 programmable tally contact closures and serial tally,
■
Two USB ports on the Menu panel (one connecting to the external Zip
drive, and one spare),
■
Six RS-422 serial ports for interfacing to 24- and 32-Crosspoint Remote
Aux panels, Peripheral Bus II devices, edit controllers and CPL for
external DVE (Krystal, GVeous) interface.

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Section 1 — System Overview
System Components
A Zodiak system consists of a Main panel, Menu panel, Video Processor
frame, CD-ROM (internal to the Menu panel), external USB-powered Zip
drive, and two standard 1.4 MB 3.5 in. floppy disk drives (one in the Main
panel (see Figure 1-3) and one in the Video Processor frame (see
Figure 1-12).
CAUTION The floppy drives are used exclusively for emergency boot procedures. A
2-floppy set is provided for the Main panel and a single floppy is provided for
the Video Processor frame. The boot floppies are not interchangeable
between the Main panel and Video Processor frame. The boot floppies are not
to be used in other facility or personal equipment as they are designed to
reformat the Main panel and Video Processor frame hard drives.
The Zodiak 2.5 M/E system components depicted in Figure 1-1 are also
common to 3 M/E systems. Both systems use the same Video Processor
frame and Main and Menu panels.
Figure 1-1. Zodiak System Components
Control Surface
A group of panels available to a single operator is called a Control Surface.
A Control Surface consists of at least two components, a Main panel and a
Menu panel. The Zodiak Control Surface provides real time access to the
full function M/Es through the Main panel. In addition, the Menu panel
allows custom user configuration of special effects and matte settings not
requiring real time operation. Optional 24- and 32-Crosspoint Remote Aux
panels are also available.
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Internal
CD-ROM
Drive Zip Drive
Control
Surface
Menu Panel
Main Panel
Video
Processor
Frame
Key
A
B
M/E
1
Key
A
B
M/E
2
Key
Program
Pvw/Aux
Preset
DSK
Key Bus Delegate
Bus Delegate
Key Bus Delegate
Preview Key Bus Delegate
E-MEM Transition Keyers Master E-MEM
E-MEM
Transition Keyers
Transition Keyers
Fade to Black
Recall
Enables Keyframe Edit
On On On
EffectsSend
Uncal
On
027
Key
1
Key
2
Key
3
Key
4
Key
Prior
Key
1
DSK
Link
Key
1
Key
1
Key
1
Trans
PVW
Key
1
Key
1
Preset
Black
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Shift
Shift
Shift
B0 001 OPEN
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Shift
Shift
Shift
Key
1
Key
2
Key
3
Key
4
Utility Macro
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23
Shift
Shift
Shift
Key
1
Key
2
Key
3
Key
4
Utility Macro
Key1
Mix
Key4
Mix
Key3
Mix
Key2
Mix
Trans
Rate
0
Enter
Effect
Dis
123
Bank
1
Seq
456
Bank
0
789
Run
Lock
Learn
Bank
Undo
•
Key
1
Lin
Key
Video
Key
Matte
Fill
Int
DPM
Key
2
Lum
Key
Freeze
Key
Freeze
Fill
Ext
DPM
Key
3
Chr
Key
Split
Inhibit
Mask
Key
Invert
Key
4
Preset
Pattrn
Key
Over
Force
Mask
Show
Key
B0 001 OPEN
B0 001 OPEN
M/E
2
M/E
2
M/E
2
032
On On On
EffectsSend
Uncal
On
Key
1
Key
2
Key
3
Key
4
Key
Prior
Bkgd DSK
Link
Mix Wipe User
Trans Trans PVW
Cut Auto
Trans Preset Black
Trans
Rate
0
Enter
Effect
Dis
123
Bank
1
Seq
456
Bank
0
789
Run
Lock
Learn
Bank
Undo
•
Key1
Mix
Key4
Mix
Key3
Mix
Key2
Mix
Key
1
Lin
Key
Video
Key
Matte
Fill
Int
DPM
Key
2
Lum
Key
Freeze
Key
Freeze
Fill
Ext
DPM
Key
3
Chr
Key
Split
Inhibit
Mask
Key
Invert
Key
4
Preset
Pattrn
Key
Over
Force
Mask
Show
Key
Key1
Mix
Key4
Mix
Key3
Mix
Key2
Mix
Key
1
Lin
Key
Video
Key
Matte
Fill
Int
DPM
Key
2
Lum
Key
Freeze
Key
Freeze
Fill
Ext
DPM
Key
3
Chr
Key
Split
Inhibit
Mask
Key
Invert
Key
4
Preset
Patter
Key
Over
Force
Mask
Show
Key
Key
1
M/E
1
X
Key
Source
Locate
Key
2
M/E
2
Y
Key
Wipe
Size
Key
3
M/E
3
Z
Box
Mask
Rotate
Key
4
Ext
DPM
Center
Pri
Wipe
Menu
DSK
1
DSK
2
DSK
3
DSK1
Cut DSK2 Cut DSK3 Cut
DSK1
Mix DSK2 Mix DSK3 Mix Trans
Rate
0
Enter
Effect
Dis
123
Bank
1
Seq
456
Bank
0
789
Stop
Next
KF
Run
Re-
wind
Rev
Hold
Input
Lock
Learn
Bank
Undo
•
Auto
Recall Auto Run
Clear
WkBfr
GoTo
KF
M/E
1
Ext
DPM Prev Next
M/E
2
Misc
1
Mod Paste
M/E
3
Misc
2
Cut Copy
DSK Misc
3
Insert
Before Insert After
PVW
Aux
1
Aux
2
Aux
3
Aux
4
Aux
5
Aux
6
Aux
7
Aux
8
Aux
9
Aux
10
Clean
Feed
PGM
Shift M/E
1
M/E
2
M/E
2
M/E
2
M/E
2
On On On
EffectsSend
Uncal
On
015
Key
1
Key
2
Key
3
Key
4
Key
Prior
Bkgd DSK
Link
Mix Wipe User
Trans Trans PVW
Cut Auto
Trans Preset Black On
On
On
On On On
M/E
1
M/E
1
M/E
1
M/E
1
M/E
1
M/E
1
M/E
2
M/E
1
Pvw
Pri DSK Macro
Key
4
Key
3
Key
2
Key
1
Utility DSK
1
DSK
2
DSK
3
M/E
3
M/E
3
027
Fadeto
Black
Main Panel Refer to page 1-5
Menu Panel Refer to page 1-6
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System Components
Main Panel
The panel is organized into subpanels that contain groups of related con-
trols (Figure 1-2).
The 3-M/E Main panel provides real time button, knob, and lever arm
control of three full function mix/effects (PGM/PST with full M/E capa-
bility). The panel is identical to the 2.5-M/E panel except for keyer and
wipe functionality in the PGM/PST rows.
The 2.5-M/E Main panel provides real time button, knob, and lever arm
control of two full function mix/effects and one PGM/PST with three
simple Downstream Keyers (DSKs).
Figure 1-2. Zodiak Main Panel (2.5 and 3 M/E)
Connectors to the Zodiak Video Processor frame and to other components
of the Zodiak Control Surface are located on the rear of the Main panel. The
Main panel provides power to the separate Menu panel.
The Main panel power switches, reset buttons, and floppy drive are
accessed by lifting the top of the Main panel (Figure 1-3).
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Subpanels (3)
M/E
1
Master E-MEM
Subpanel
Transition
Subpanels (3)
Preview
Subpanel
Transform
Subpanel
M/E
2
M/E
3
PGM
PST
Keyframe Edit
Subpanel
Key Bus
Delegation (3) Fade to Black Subpanel
Keyer
Subpanels (3) DSK Subpanel
Source Selection
Key, M/E A/B, and PGM/PST PVW/AUX Re-entries Aux Bus Delegation

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Figure 1-3. Main Panel Inside View
Menu Panel
The Menu panel provides access to additional system controls that gener-
ally do not require real time adjustment. The panel includes a Touch Screen
display, control processor, five knobs for adjusting parameter values, and a
CD-ROM (Figure 1-4 on page 1-7).
The Menu panel can be installed behind or to either side of the Main panel,
and should be oriented so the screen directly faces the operator.
Main Power Supply
M/E Switch Board
Redundant Power Supply
Crosspoint Switch Board
Floppy Drive
RT Panel Reset Button
Menu Reset Button
Master Reset Button
Boot Switch
Real Time
Processor Board
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System Components
Figure 1-4. Menu Panel, Front View
Connectors to the Zodiak Main panel, Video Processor frame, an external
Zip drive, and other devices are located on the bottom of the Menu panel .
Main Panel Options
Remote Aux Panels
Remote Aux panels provide control of selected Zodiak Aux buses from a
remote location. Three 24-Crosspoint and two 32-Crosspoint Remote Aux
panel types are available for Zodiak systems.Any combination of these aux
panels can be used in a Zodiak system.
24-Crosspoint Remote Aux Panels
The 24-Crosspoint panels are designed to control 48 external sources (24
unshifted and 24 shifted). The 1 and 2 RU panels (KAL-24AUX1 and KAL-
24AUX2) are dedicated to a single bus (Figure 1-5 and Figure 1-6). The 3 RU
panel (KAL-24AUX3) is multi-destination with 18 bus delegate buttons
(Figure 1-7 on page 1-8).
Figure 1-5. 24-Crosspoint Remote Aux Bus (1 RU)
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CD-ROM
REMOTE AUX PANEL
112 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 1010 1111 1212 1313 1414 1515 1616
ONON
AIRAIR
1 2 3
PgmPgm
PstPst
M/EM/E M/EM/E M/EM/E
1717 1818 1919 2020 2121 2222 2323 2424 ShiftShift
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Figure 1-6. 24-Crosspoint Remote Aux Bus (2 RU)
Figure 1-7. 24-Crosspoint Remote Aux Bus (3 RU)
All three 24-Crosspoint panels have the same rear panel layout (Figure 1-8).
Figure 1-8. 24-Crosspoint Remote Aux Panel Rear View
REMOTE AUX PANEL
REMOTE AUX PANEL
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3
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COMMUNICATIONS
BUS
SHIELD
DC POWER
JOYSTICK OVERRIDE
64 32 16
8 4 2 1 8 4 2 1
FORCE HIGH TALLY
MODE
TEST ADDRESS
PANEL
OFF
ON
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Force High Tally
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