You can also make separate signal assignments for each operating control block.

Visual indications on cross-point buttons

The currently selected button in a row (i.e. the last button pressed) lights amber or red. Amber (“low tally”): The signal selected on the bus does not form part of the program output from the switcher.

Red (“high tally”): The signal selected on the bus forms part of the program output from the switcher.

bXPT (cross-point) HOLD buttons Turning one of these buttons on enables you to recall a keyframe or snapshot while keeping the current cross-point selection unchanged.

When the [XPT HOLD] button in the key 1 or key 2 row is on, then the operation is as follows, depending on the setting in the Setup menu.

When the panel setup is “Normal”: The operation is as follows, depending on the setting in switcher setup.

Key Disable: The snapshot or keyframe is recalled without changing the current key settings.

Xpt Hold: The snapshot or keyframe is recalled without changing the current cross-point selection.

When the panel setup is “Protect”: The cross-point settings cannot be changed by pressing panel buttons.

cKey bus selection buttons

KEY3 button: Press this button, turning it

on, to assign the key 1 cross-point buttons to the key 3 fill bus.

KEY4 button: Press this button, turning it

on, to assign the key 2 cross-point buttons to the key 4 fill bus.

dUTIL (utility) button

While this button is held down, the crosspoint buttons are assigned to the following buses, respectively.

Background A row: utility 1 bus

Background B row: utility 2 bus

Key 1 row: DME external video bus

Key 2 row: DME utility 1 bus when the [KEY4] button is off, or DME utility 2 bus when the [KEY4] button is lit.

In a Setup menu, you can select either of the following two modes for these buttons.

•The button takes effect while being held down.

•Every time the button is pressed, it toggles between the on and off states for key 1 and key 2 rows. For background A and background B rows, utility buses remain disabled.

eSource name displays

These show the names of the signals which can be selected on the cross-point buttons, in two or four characters, or in auto mode. While the [SHIFT] button on the right hand side or the [SHIFT] button assigned to the column of cross-point buttons is enabled, the source name of the signal assigned to the column of cross-point buttons in shift mode appears. You can select green, orange, or yellow for the background color of the source name display, for each source separately. You can set the source name display mode and background color in a Setup menu.

fSHIFT button

When this button is enabled, either the source name displays show the shifted signal names, or the shifted signals for all buses in this M/E (P/P) bank are enabled. You can select either mode in a Setup menu.

Each press of the button toggles between the enabled and disabled states.

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