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Section 3 — Configuration
rear of the switcher. The other source types are external devices which can
be configured to interface to Zodiak in a number of ways, including GPI
and Peripheral Bus II controlled devices.
Tally Outputs
The Zodiak Tally system has 32 tally relays available on the rear of the
Video Processor frame for interface to an external tally device. Tally infor-
mation is an attribute of each source. Currently, the first 32 sources defined
in Eng Setup will correspond to the 32 tally outputs respectively. If you
need tally information for a particular source at this time, configure the
source as one of the first 32 sources in
Direct Source Definition on page 109
Name Display Hierarchy
Different source names may appear at different locations of the Zodiak
system, depending on what names have been defined. The following rules
are used to determine which name is displayed:
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Only Engineering names or Engineering ID numbers appear in the Eng
Setup menus,
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If an Engineering name has not been entered, the Engineering ID
number is displayed on these menus, and
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Logical names and nicknames can appear on the Menu panel.
Naming Guidelines
It is not necessary to define an Engineering name, Logical name, and
Logical nickname for every Zodiak source. It is generally a good practice to
create the least number of names possible. This ensures consistency in the
various menu displays and reduces the time needed to enter and edit the
names. If you can create short Engineering names that work for both the
production staff and engineering, complete naming consistency is assured.
However, this level of simplicity is probably only feasible at a fixed instal-
lation where all the shows use the same source names.
The additional naming capabilities available on the Zodiak system can help
make everyone’s job easier. Operators often require program specific
source names, but engineers may need technical names not of any value to
the operators. Separate engineering and logical names solves this problem.
The menus use only one font size, cannot show three lines of text, and may
not show nicknames. The ends of long names are truncated on the menus.
Should you define long names with qualifiers at the ends, indistinguish-
able source names on the menu buttons can result. Check the names on the
Menu buttons as you define them to ensure each one appears unique.
While it is possible to define the same name for different sources, this is
obviously not recommended as it will cause considerable confusion.
