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Zodiak Installation and Service Manual
Section 3 — Configuration
Tally Calculation Definition Menu
The Tally Calculation Definition menu is used to select calculators,
methods, and levels, name User calculators, assign outputs to Tributaries,
and turn the User calculators on and off. Touch
Eng Setup
,
Tally, Tally Calcs,
(the Tally Calcs button is in the Function pane) to access the menu
(
).
Figure 82. Tally Summary Menu
The Zodiak tally calculator may use a method other than Output On Air to
compose its list of tallied sources. There are 3 tally calculation Methods or
types; Output, Look Ahead, and Bus Selection.
Zodiak has five independently running tally calculators. For example, the
system can calculate On Air tally, Look Ahead tally, and M/E output tallies
for three M/Es at the same time. The first of the five tally calculators is
reserved for On Air tally calculation.
Up to four tributaries can be included as the basis for each tally calculation.
For example, both program outputs of the Pgm-Pst bank are typically
included in the On Air tally calculation. The final tally source list is a union
of the sources found on each of the four tributaries. If aux buses are actually
used as the program outputs of the switcher, up to four aux buses can be
the basis of On Air tally calculations.
