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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 plug-ins.

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

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