Tektronix Grass Valley 3000 User manual

User Manual
Grass Valley Model 3000
Digital Production Switcher
Software Release 5.3
071-0159-00
Revised Printing: February, 1998

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Preface
Welcome to the Model 3000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xi
Organization of This Manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xii
How to use this manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xiii
Conventions used in this manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xiv
Button and Panel Knob References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xiv
Menu References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xv
Soft Button and Soft Knob References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xv
Section 1 — System Overview
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1
General Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2
Standard Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3
Optional Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4
Physical Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-5
Signal Processor Frame . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-5
Power Supplies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-6
Control Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-7
Video and Key Inputs and Outputs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-9
Inputs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-9
Outputs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-11
Functional Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-13
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-13
Video Processing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-14
Description of Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-18

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Dual Chroma Keyer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-18
Borderline® Key Edge Generation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-18
Secondary Wipe Generator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-18
Safe Title/Action Area Generator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-19
Mix/Effects Clean Feed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-19
Frame Store . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-19
Effects Send . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-19
Tally Output . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-20
Tally Expansion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-20
Remote Auxiliary Bus Control Panels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-20
Chroma Key Auto Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-20
Section 2 — Startup & Configuration
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1
Powering Up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2
Boot-Up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2
System Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-3
Software Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-7
The Configuration Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-7
Setting System Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-10
Setting the System Clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-12
Configuring Inputs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-14
Setting Input Digital Resolution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-16
Configuring External Key Sync . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-17
Configuring Key Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-18
Mapping Crosspoints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-19
Formatting Chroma Key Inputs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-22
Assigning GPI Inputs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-23
Configuring Outputs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-26
Setting Switcher Output Timing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-28
Setting Output Digital Resolution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-30
Configuring External Interfaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-32
Setting Editor Port Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-33
Configuring a DPM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-34
Video Connection (Aux Buses and Return Inputs) . . . . . . . . . 2-34
DPM Capabilities (Fixed and Pooled) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-35

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Control Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-40
Configuring the DPM Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-41
For Kaleidoscope . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-42
For a DPM-700 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-42
For DVEous: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-43
For Other Non-Poolable DPMs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-43
Mapping DPM Aux Buses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-44
Mapping DPM Inputs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-45
Mapping DPM Returns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-46
Mapping Kaleidoscope Source Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-48
Configuring the Peripheral Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-49
Assigning Peripheral Triggers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-50
Configuring GPI Outputs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-52
Formatting Aux Buses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-53
Setting User Preferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-54
Setting Shift Lock Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-54
To Shift Lock a Bus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-55
To Unshift Lock a Bus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-55
Setting Keyer Preferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-56
Setting Preview Preferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-58
Setting Beeper Preferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-62
Setting User-Defined System Defaults . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-63
Operating Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-64
Field Dominance Selection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-64
Use of Field Dominance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-64
Using the Mask Draw Feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-65
Mask Draw Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-67
Operating the Model 3000 With a DPM-700 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-68
To Enable the Model 3000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-68
Operating the Model 3000 With Kaleidoscope . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-70
To Enable the Model 3000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-70
To Enable Kaleidoscope . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-70
Remote Aux Panel Joystick Override . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-71
Joystick Override Programming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-71

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Section 3 — Switcher Concepts
Clear Working Buffer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-2
CWB Modes of Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-3
Auto Delegation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-4
Crosspoint Bus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5
Transitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-6
Cut Transition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-6
Mix Transition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-6
Wipe Transition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-8
Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-9
Luminance Key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-10
Linear Key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-12
Preset Pattern Key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-12
Shaped and Unshaped Video . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-13
Input Shaped and Unshaped Video . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-14
Output Shaped and Unshaped Video . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-14
Super Black . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-15
Chroma Key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-16
Coring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-18
Layering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-19
E-MEM Effects Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-20
Effects and Keyframes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-20
Enables and Delegates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-21
Enables and Delegates Button Tallies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-22
Keyframing / Timelines / Effects Editing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-23
Effects Editing Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-24
Timeline Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-25
Manipulating Video Images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-26
Effects Send (Option) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-28
Frame Store (Option) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-29

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Section 4 — Switcher Operations
About this Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-1
Starting Conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2
Switcher Hardware Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2
Clearing the Switcher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-4
Transitions - Mix/Effects Bus Operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-6
Background Cut . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-6
Background Mix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-9
Wipe Operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-11
Background Wipe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-11
Pattern Mixing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-15
Learning User Wipes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-16
Fade to Black . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-19
Setting Transition Rates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-20
Background and Matte Generator Operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-22
Matte Selection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-23
Super Black . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-23
Luminance and Linear Keying Operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-24
Key Transition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-28
Preset Pattern Keying Operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-29
Layered Mode Operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-32
Chroma Keying Operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-33
Auto Chroma Keying Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-34
Auto Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-36
Basic Manual Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-37
Optimization Adjustments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-39
E-MEM (Effects Memory) Operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-43
New Operational Mode Available – Version 5.1 and later . . . . . . 4-44
Normal Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-44
Learn A Register . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-45
Recall A Register . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-46
300 Style Mode – 3-M/E Switchers Only . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-47
Operational Defaults in Either Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-47
Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-48
Basic E-MEM Operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-48
Enabling E-MEM Register Levels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-48
Learn Enables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-49

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Storing an Effect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-50
Recalling an Effect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-50
Learning Effects Dissolve Transitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-51
E-MEM Learn Sequence Operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-52
Undo Function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-53
Keyframe Operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-54
Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-54
Basic Editing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-54
Learn Keyframes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-55
Advanced Keyframe Editing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-56
Version 5.2 and later software changes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-58
Working With Keyframe Timelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-60
Setting and Adjusting Start Times . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-61
Zoom and Pan Timeline Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-62
Cut, Copy, and Paste Keyframes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-63
Effects Editing with Get and Put . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-65
Constant Duration Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-65
Using Path Types To Change An Effect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-66
Effects Send Operations (Option) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-68
Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-68
Effects Send Looping Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-70
Effects Send Non-Looping Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-70
Frame Store Operations (Option) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-71
Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-71
Output Routing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-71
Still Image Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-72
Building A Recursive Effect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-72
Video and Key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-73
Mask Store . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-73
Freeze Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-74
Frame Store Field Modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-74
Field 1 / Field 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-74
2 Field / 4 Field . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-74
Grab Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-75
Dropshadow Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-75
Repositioning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-76
Mosaics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-76
Pseudo Color . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-76
Filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-76
Crop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-76

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Floppy Disk Drive Operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-77
Format Diskettes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-77
Creating Directories and Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-78
Store and Name An E-MEM File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-78
Store and Name A Configuration File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-79
Viewing (Listing) Files and Directories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-82
Deleting Files and Directories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-82
Appendix A — Shaped and Unshaped Video
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-1
What are Shaped and Unshaped Video? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-1
Input Shaped and Unshaped Video . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-2
Configuring the Input . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-3
Examples of Operation With Shaped and Unshaped Fill Video . . . . . A-4
Correct Input Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-6
Correct Operation With Shaped Fill Video . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-6
Correct Operation With Unshaped Fill Video . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-8
Incorrect Input Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-9
Incorrect Operation With Shaped Fill Video . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-9
Incorrect Operation With Unshaped Fill Video . . . . . . . . . . . A-11
Output Shaped and Unshaped Video . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-13
For the Model 3000: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-13
For the Model 4000 or Model 2200: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-15
Installation Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-16
Appendix B — Keyframe Facts
Keyframe Timelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-1
Master Timeline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-1
Enables and Delegates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-3
Keyframe Path Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-5
Tension, Continuity, and Bias Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-5
Path Vectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-6
Tension Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-7
Continuity Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-10
Bias Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-13

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Appendix C — Super Black
Definition of Super Black . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-1
Objective . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-1
Limitations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-1
Usage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-2
Using the Super Black Output . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-2
Generating Super Black . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-3
First Method . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-4
Second Method . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-4
Reconstructing the Signal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-5
Glossary
Index

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Preface
Welcome to the Model 3000
This manual provides you with the information you need to
configure and operate the Model 3000-2 or Model 3000-3 Digital
Switching System. Included here are system setup procedures,
switcher concepts, and switcher operating procedures.
Refer to the Model 3000 Operation Reference manual for detailed
descriptions of the switches and knobs on the control panel,
functions accessed through the menu display, and illustrations of
the menu tree structure.

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Organization of This Manual
The main areas of this manual are arranged as follows:
System Overview — Describes the basic architecture of the Model
3000 switcher.
Startup & Configuration — Describes turning on the system and
setting up its operating parameters.
Concepts — Describes several switcher concepts you’ll need to
know when operating the Model 3000.
Operations — Provides task-oriented operating procedures that
illustrate the operation of the Model 3000. Includes use of both
panel controls and menu controls.
Appendices — Includes availableApplication Notes and provides
a place for you to put futureApplication Notes, Software Release
Notes, and so forth.
Glossary — Defines the terms used in the instruction manuals for
the Model 3000.
Index — Provides an alphabetical listing of the functions,
operations, controls, and menus discussed in this manual.

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How to use this manual
How to use this manual
This manual, the Model 3000 User Guide, is intended initially to
get you up and running with the Model 3000 switcher, and later to
answer more detailed questions you may have regarding
operation.
We suggest that you read the System Overview first, to familiarize
yourself with the system architecture and the terminology used in
this manual.
Then turn on the system as described in the Startup section and
configure the switcher parameters for your site or studio. It is
assumed that the system has been physically installed according
to your studio plan and that all inputs and outputs are connected
properly.Itisimportantthatyour switcher be properlyconfigured
before you attempt to put it into regular operation.
After configuring the switcher, you may go directly to the
operating procedures. If you need more detailed information
about the operation of a specific control or menu, refer to the
Operation Reference manual.
If you are not an experienced operator, you should read or scan
the Control Panel and Menu Descriptions sections of the
Operation Reference manual to get an idea of the functions of the
subpanels, controls, and menus. Terminology that you may need
to know more about is presented in a Glossary at the end of this
manual.
For quickly locating specific areas of interest, refer to the Table of
Contentsatthe frontofthis manual, to the“local”table of contents
behind each tabbed divider, or to the Index.

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If you have any comments about this manual, we would like to
hear from you. Please write to:
Tektronix, Inc.
Grass Valley Products
Technical Publications Department
PO Box 1114
Grass Valley, CA 95945
Conventions used in this manual
The following graphical and typestyle conventions are used
throughout this manual.
Button and Panel Knob References
A control panel button is shown as follows:
Similarly, a control panel knob is shown as follows:
Or, when used in the text, they are shown in the following type:
CLEAR WORK BUFR — (button)
BRIGHTNESS
— (knob)
CLEAR
WORK
BUFR
BRIGHTNESS

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Conventions used in this manual
Menu References
Many Model 3000 features may be accessed via the menu display
anditsassociated “soft” buttons and“soft”knobs. The term “soft”
merelymeans thatthe function ofthe button orknob is temporary,
being assigned via the menu display.
An illustration similar to the following may be used when you
need to access a function via the menu.
Soft Button and Soft Knob References
In the text, soft buttons and soft knobs are shown in the same type
as the panel buttons and knobs, using the button or knob label in
the display:
KEYER SELECT
— (soft button)
OPACITY
— (soft knob)
KEYER MENU
keyer
HORIZ KEY POSITION
= 0.00 clocks
OPACITY
= 100.00%
M/E 1
KEYER
SELECT
M/E
SELECT SHAPING CHROMA TRAP > VIDEO PROCESS >
KEY 1
M/E 2
M/E 3
DSK AUTO
KEY 1
NAM >
ON
CALIBRATE
KEYER
COPY >
KEY 2
KEY A
KEY B
AUTO
AUTO
AUTO
M/E 1
KEY 1 OFF
OFF

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Introduction
This section presents a general description of the Grass Valley
Model 3000 Switching System, pointing out specific areas of
interest to the operator. Both the 3000-2 (a two-effects switcher)
and the 3000-3 (a three-effects switcher) are covered.
The Control Panel and Signal Processor descriptions given in this
section will provide you with a basic knowledge of the Model
3000 structure. Any differences between the two models will be
noted.
System Overview

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Section 1 — System Overview
General Description
The Model 3000 is a multi-format digital switcher that can
manipulate a variety of composite digital and analog video and
key signals through the use of 10-bit digital processing. Video
inputs and outputs can be a combination of analog, digital bit
serial, and digital bit parallel, depending upon the configuration
of your installation and the optional input and output modules
installed.
The Model 3000-2 provides two mix/effects (M/E) systems, a
program/preset mixer with dual downstream keyers, and up to
32 video inputs and 32 key inputs selectable at one time from the
control panel.
The Model 3000-3 has all the features of the 3000-2 plus a third
M/E and up to 48 video inputs and 48 key inputs selectable at one
time.

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Standard Features
Standard Features
■
Auto-Timed Inputs
■
Multi-format Input capability - Composite Analog, Serial
Digital, and Parallel Digital
■
Multi-format Output capability
■
Fineline Keying
■
Complex Matte Generators
■
Full Complement of Wipe Patterns
■
Key Channel Throughout
■
10-Bit Processing Throughout
■
Shaped Video Inputs and Outputs
■ 100 E-MEM registers
■
User-Preference Programming
■
Disk Storage of E-MEM and System Parameters
■
Extensive Masking
■
Mask Draw capability

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Section 1 — System Overview
Optional Features
■
Additional video and key inputs, up to 64 total
■
Additional video and key outputs
■
ASecond Wipe Pattern Generator (one module that provides
a second wipe pattern for each M/E)
■
Borderline on each Keyer
■
Dual Chroma Keyers for each M/E
■
Preview Outputs
■
Aux Buses
■
Safe Title/Action Area Generators
■
Four-Channel Effects Send
■ Redundant Power Supplies (frame and panel)
■
Video channel, Key channel, and Mask channel Frame Store
■
Chroma Key Auto Setup
Refer to the end of this section for descriptions of the optional
features.