To Set Up a MultiViewer

Note: A MultiViewer must be assigned to a video output to be usable.
Note: The available layouts and feature depend on the video format the switcher is operating in, the MultiViewer output, and the number of boxes in the layout being used.
  1. Click Navigation Menu > Configuration > MultiViewersand click the MultiViewerX button for the MultiViewer you want to set up.
    Tip: The number of MultiViewers that are available depends on the model of switcher you have.


  2. Click the Layout button and select the arrangement of the boxes that you want to use for the selected MultiViewer.


  3. Use the Transparency slider to adjust the transparency of the background behind the source label for the selected MultiViewer.
  4. Apply an overlay to the MultiViewer as follows:
    Note: The overlay feature is only available on MultiViewer outputs 1 and 2 when a layout of less than 16 boxes is used and the switcher is not operating in a 3G video format.
    1. Click the Overlay button and click On to turn the overlay on, or Off to turn it off.
      Tip: The overlay can be used to overlay a camera shot of a shot-clock over the MultiViewer output.
    2. Click the Source button for the video source that you want to overlay over the MultiViewer output.
    3. Use the Clip slider to adjust the clipping of the overlay source.

      At 0% the overlay source is completely opaque, and at 100% it is completely transparent.

  5. Click a Tally button to select how boxes on the MultiViewer are tallied.
    • Box — red or green border is shown around the outside of the MultiViewer box
    • Label — red or green boxes are shown inside the label area of the MultiViewer box
    • Label Reverse — the same as Label, but the placement of the tally boxes is swapped
  6. Click an FS Label button to select whether FSFC is shown on the source labels (On) or not (Off) when a FSFC is applied to the source.
  7. Click Shift Panel and select the panel that you want the MultiViewer shift to be active on. When the Shift button is pressed on the assigned control panel the MultiViewer shows the shifted sources.
    Note: The shift function can only be assigned to a single panel at a time.


    Tip: When the MultiViewer Shift is active, the box buttons on the layout show the shifted source in brackets.
  8. Click on one of the Boxes buttons and set up how that box appears on the MultiViewer in the standard and shifted configuration.


    • Physical — the physical inputs to the switcher on the input BNCs.
    • Internal — the internally generated sources of the switcher (ME, MiniME™, chroma key outputs, etc.).
    • Aux Follows — the aux buses.
    • ME Follows — the background, preset, and key buses of each ME.
    • MiniME Follows — the background, preset, and key buses of each MiniME™.
    • MultiScreen Follows — the background, preset, and key buses of each MultiScreen.
  9. Select how you want that box to appear on the MultiViewer.
    Tip: Click Apply to All to have the settings for the current box applied to all boxes in MultiViewer. This does not include what video source is assigned to the box.
    Option Description
    Green Tally Turn the preview (green) tally for the box on or off.
    Red Tally Turn the program (red) tally for the box on or off.
    Border Turn the border around the box off (Off), white (White), or black (Black). When the border is turned off, some distortion may be visible around the edges of the box. Border is not available for ViewControl layouts.
    Aspect Turn aspect ratio markers for the box on (Aspect) or off (Off).
    Shift Source Turn the shifted source on (On) or off (Off) for the selected box. When the MultiViewer is shifted, the source in this box will not change.
    Label Turn source labels for the box off, or on in a selected position.
    Display Select what name is shows on the label.
    • Fixed — show only the text entered in the Fixed Label field as the name.
    • Switcher — show only the internal mnemonic name.
    • Router — show only the TSL UMD name.
    • Switcher and Router — show both the internal and TSL UMD name
    Tip: If you select a source on an aux bus that does not have a TSL UMD name, the mnemonic name is used instead on the MultiViewer.
    Label Pos Select a position for the source label for the box(Bottom or Top).
    MultiSc X Turn the MultiScreen overlay Off or On. The overlay shows what portions of the image are cropped to fit into the output of the MultiScreen.