Grass Valley iMC-Panel-100 v.7.0.9.0 - Manual (Page 23)

Master Control • iMC-Panel-100 Operator’s Guide 11
2. Introduction
Control Panel Features
Control Panel Features
The iMC-Panel-100 offers the following features. (In many cases, the features are those of the
Imagestore 750 under control.)
• Configurable function buttons.
All master control panels have a set of buttons whose functions can vary according to the needs
of the facility and the operator. When it is controlling an Imagestore 750, the iMC-Panel-100
has 5 sets of customer-definable buttons.
• Channel selection, including ‘no channel’ mode, and ganged channels.
Your panel will usually have a default channel which is the channel selected when the panel
powers up. Your panel might be configured so that its default channel is part of a channel gang.
That is called “automatic gang mode.” Whenever that channel is selected, all the channels in the
gang are selected.
The 8 buttons in the top row of the iMC-Panel-100’s display are meant to be channel selection
buttons, but are configurable for any function. As channel selection buttons, they can display
thumbnail images for the channels. (The thumbnails are static and do not change with the con-
tent of the channel.)
• Salvos.
The iMC-Panel-100 can trigger a NV9000 control system salvo each time a channel change
occurs. For example, a salvo can be programmed to change your entire audio/video monitor
configuration instantly. Refer to the NV9000-SE Utilities User’s Guide for instructions on pro-
gramming system salvos.
Salvos can also be assigned to panel buttons.
S Salvos are inhibited when a channel gang is in effect.
• Independent downstream keyers (DSKs). When it is controlling an Imagestore 750, the iMC-
Panel-100 can control 4 independent (linear) DSKs, each with separate key and fill inputs.
Keyer parameters (e.g., clip, gain, and transparency) are configured independently in each
Imagestore 750.
The DSKs handle internal keys (stills and animations) as well as (up to 3) external keys.
• DVEs.
A DVE (digital video effect) is a sequence of operations that can dynamically scale and posi-
tion a video image on the screen, overlaying the main source. A DVE might perform other
effects too. DVEs are created in the DVE Editor. DVEs are stored within the Imagestore 750.
The panel supports up to 4 independent DVEs. Not all Imagestore 750s have DVE processors.
If your panel is controlling such an Imagestore 750, its DVE buttons, if any, are disabled.
• XG layers.
An XG layer (or clip) is one of up to 8 outputs of an Intuition XG processor. When it is control-
ling an Imagestore 750, the panel can control up to 8 XG layers. XG layers are processed by
one of the DSKs. Usually there is a default DSK assigned to XG layers.
• Fade to black. Master control provides a fade-to-black and a fade-to-silence function.
• General-purpose I/O (GPIO). Control panels have two optically isolated inputs that can sense
external events and two relay outputs that can trigger external events.
The Imagestore 750 has GPIs can be associated with Imagestore 750 macros.