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Welcome to Lightning
Pinnacle’s Lightning is an advanced still store that allows you to record and play stills, organize them into sequences, create transitions between channels (from the “Preview” channel to the “Air” channel), and create basic layouts with your stills. You can also create your own transitions using third party
Note
For convenience and speed, the Lightning Operator’s Manual is provided as an online help file instead of a printed document. Please refer to the online manual for information on how to operate Lightning with the keyboard and mouse. In addition, please refer to the Lightning ShotBox Tutorial for information on operating Lightning from the optional ShotBox.
The following sections briefly review Lightning’s features and functions.
Lightning Hardware
The figure below illustrates a basic Lightning system. Optional equipment is shown connected by dotted lines.
Lightning |
Channel 3 |
(optional) |
SDI Video Monitors (customer supplied)
Lightning |
Channel 2 |
(optional) |
Lightning |
Channel 1 |
SVGA
Monitor
(customer
Supplied)
Alphanumeric Keyboard
and Mouse
ShotBox A
(optional)
Lightning
Chassis
ShotBox B
(optonal)
Lightning 1000 Installation Guide