Setting the functions when the unit is linked with the switcher

OA tally setting

From the [SETUP] menu, select [SW LINK] and display [TALLY_IP]. Then set On or Off.

6.TALLY_IP Off

When “On” is selected as the item setting, the unit receives the tally information (tally ON/OFF) sent periodically from the switcher through the network, and it sends the ON or OFF instruction to the remote cameras in which changes have occurred.

[Concerning the tally information transferred through the network]

After receiving the tally information (Input1 to Input5) from the switcher through the network, the unit sends the ON or OFF instruction to the remote cameras.

Based on the relationship between the image output (remote camera) and image input (switcher) which have been set using the unit’s menu, the remote camera to which the tally instruction is sent in response to the tally information received from the switcher is identified, the tally indicator

of that remote camera is lighted in red, and the tally ON instruction is sent to the remote camera.

The Tally ON instruction is also sent to the remote cameras which are not in the selected camera group.

The following tally-related settings can be established using the menu.

 Enabling/disabling the tally information instructions sent over the network

If only the tally information from GPI is to be enabled, from the [SETUP] menu select [SW LINK], set [TALLY_IP] to Off, and disable the tally information instructions sent over the network.

 Enabling/disabling the tally ON instructions sent to the remote cameras

From the [CAMERA] menu, select [TALLY] and display [TALLY OUT]. Then set enable or disable for the tally ON instructions to be sent to the remote cameras in response to the tally requests from the GPI and over the network.

PAN/TILT lever control setting

This setting makes it possible to use the unit’s PAN/TILT lever as the switcher’s control lever.

From the [SETUP] menu, select [SW LINK] and display [P/T LEVER]. Then set Self or SW.

7.P/T LEVER

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Self

When “Self” has been selected as the setting, the unit’s PAN/TILT lever is used as the lever for operating the pan and tilt functions of the remote cameras.

AW-HS50

Input1

IP

RP50CAMNo

Input1

CAM1

Input2

CAM2

Input3

CAM3

Input4

CAM4

Input5

CAM5

AW-RP50

Input3

GPI Input

TALLY

CAM 1 2 3 4 5

Group 1

Group 2

1 2 3 4 5

When “SW” has been selected, the following information is sent to the switcher.

PAN/TILT lever: X, Y

ZOOM button: Size

In response to inputs 1 to 5 from GPI Input, tally indicators CAM1 to CAM5 are lighted in red, and the tally ON instruction is sent to the remote cameras concerned. Only CAM1 to CAM5 serve as the GPI Input tally.

This means that when a camera group other than No.1 is selected, the tally indicators will go off.

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Panasonic AW-RP50N operating instructions Tallyip Off, T Lever, Self
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AW-RP50N specifications

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