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User Manual
Grass Valley Model 3000
Digital Production Switcher
Software Release 5.3
071-0159-00
Revised Printing: February, 1998
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Customer Support Telephone Tektronix Grass Valley Products is committed to providing the Numbers most responsive and professional product support available. We have a fully staffed, highly trained support team ready to respond North America to anything from a simple question to an emergency repair. Sup- (800) 547-8949 port is available via telephone or email. For new and updated cus- Fax: (530) 478-3181 tomer support documents, as well as new product information, Elsewhere check the Tekt
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Contents 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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Contents 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 St
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Contents 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 No
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Contents Section 3 — Switcher Concepts Clear Working Buffer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-2 CWB Modes of Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-3 Auto Delegation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-4 Crosspoint Bus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5 Transitions . . . . .
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Contents 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
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Contents 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
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Contents 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)
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Contents Appendix C — Super Black Definition of Super Black . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-1 Objective . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-1 Limitations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-1 Usage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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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. xi
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Preface 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. Incl
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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 y
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Preface 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: CLEAR WORK BUFR Similarly, a control panel knob is shown as follows: BRIGHTNESS Or, w
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Conventions used in this manual Menu References Many Model 3000 features may be accessed via the menu display and its associated “soft” buttons and “soft” knobs. The term “soft” merely means that the function of the button or knob 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. KEYER MENU OPACITY = 100.00% keyer KEY 1 OFF HORIZ KEY POSITION = 0.00 clocks KEY 2 AUTO M/E 1 KEY A
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Preface xvi
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System Overview 1 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. 1-1
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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) syst
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Standard Features Standard Features n Auto-Timed Inputs n Multi-format Input capability - Composite Analog, Serial Digital, and Parallel Digital n Multi-format Output capability n Fineline Keying n Complex Matte Generators n Full Complement of Wipe Patterns n Key Channel Throughout n 10-Bit Processing Throughout n Shaped Video Inputs and Outputs n 100 E-MEM registers n User-Preference Programming n Disk Storage of E-MEM and System Parameters n Extensive Masking n
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Section 1 — System Overview Optional Features n Additional video and key inputs, up to 64 total n Additional video and key outputs n A Second Wipe Pattern Generator (one module that provides a second wipe pattern for each M/E) n Borderline on each Keyer n Dual Chroma Keyers for each M/E n Preview Outputs n Aux Buses n Safe Title/Action Area Generators n Four-Channel Effects Send n Redundant Power Supplies (frame and panel) n Video channel, Key channel, and Mask chann
