Video Server Extra Options

Option	Value
Clip List	Associate a video server with either Clip List A or Clip List B, or use the Floating list. Clip lists A and B are cached for fast access when the associated video server is selected. Each clip list can only be associated with one physical device.
Cmd Queuing	Select whether the switcher requires a confirmation message from the video server for each command (Strict), or not (Relaxed). For Strict, the switcher will re-send a command (as set by the Send Tries value) until it receives a confirmation message from the video server.
Cue & Pause	Select whether the switcher sends a pause command immediately after a cue command (Yes), or not (No). This allows you to have the video server cue a clip and advance it so that you can preview the first frame of the clip.
Eject Clip	Select whether the video server ejects the current clip before it cues the next clip (Yes), or not (No).
ExtendedChar	Select whether the switcher allows non-printing characters (extended character set) for clip IDs (Yes), or replaces the characters with spaces (No).
Frame Rate	Select the framerate that the server is currently operating in.
LoopMinLength	Select the minimum length of a clip, in seconds, that can be looped. The minimum length is three (3) seconds.
LoopRecueTime	Select the amount of time, in frames, before the end of a clip that the switcher sends a loop command.
MediaIDLength	Select whether the video server uses clip IDs of up to 8 characters (Short IDs), or up to 32 characters (Long IDs).
Panel	Select the control panel, in a MultiPanel system, that the device is connected to.
Playback Mode	Select the playback mode that your video server is using. PB — your device does not go to Electronic-to-Electronic (EE) mode. PB/EE — if your device does go to EE mode. If you select this option, you enable the serial device to automatically go into PB/EE mode. If a stop command is issued, the device enters EE mode. If a pause command is issued, the device stays in Playback mode.
Play Skip Q	Select whether the switcher sends a play command immediately, skipping all other commands in the queue (Yes), or puts the play command at the end of the command queue (No).
Play w/Alpha	Select whether the switcher plays both the video and alpha channels from a video server (Yes), or only the video channel (No). Both the video and alpha input BNCs must have the video server assigned to them, and must be set up as an auto key to associate the video with the alpha. When set to yes, the switcher does not check the status of the video server channels before sending the play command.
Port Cmds	Select whether the video server supports (Yes), or does not support (No) the Open Port, Select Port, and Close Port commands.
Protocol	Select whether the switcher communicates with the video server using the serial protocol (Serial), or the ethernet (TCP_CHN) protocol (IP).
Record Time	Select the maximum number of minutes that the Video Server will record for when it received the Record custom control command.
RicRoll	Select the amount of time you want the video server to wait after receiving the play command before starting to play the clip. This can be used to emulate the preroll time required by a VTR.
Send Loop	Select whether the switcher sends loop commands to the server (On) or if the server handles the loop status (Off).
Send Tries	Select the number of times that the switcher will try to send the same command to the video server if the switcher has not received a confirmation response.
StatusInterval	Select the amount of time that the switcher waits between status check requests of the video server.
Status Tries	Select the number of times that the switcher will send a status check request to a video server without getting a ready response.
TargetMachine	Select the video server that you are assigning to the selected communications port.
TimeOut	Select the length of time, in fields, that the switcher will wait for a reply from the Video Server before trying to send a command again.

Clip List

Associate a video server with either Clip List A or Clip List B, or use the Floating list. Clip lists A and B are cached for fast access when the associated video server is selected. Each clip list can only be associated with one physical device.

Cmd Queuing

Select whether the switcher requires a confirmation message from the video server for each command (Strict), or not (Relaxed). For Strict, the switcher will re-send a command (as set by the Send Tries value) until it receives a confirmation message from the video server.

Cue & Pause

Select whether the switcher sends a pause command immediately after a cue command (Yes), or not (No). This allows you to have the video server cue a clip and advance it so that you can preview the first frame of the clip.

Eject Clip

Select whether the video server ejects the current clip before it cues the next clip (Yes), or not (No).

ExtendedChar

Select whether the switcher allows non-printing characters (extended character set) for clip IDs (Yes), or replaces the characters with spaces (No).

Frame Rate

Select the framerate that the server is currently operating in.

LoopMinLength

Select the minimum length of a clip, in seconds, that can be looped. The minimum length is three (3) seconds.

LoopRecueTime

Select the amount of time, in frames, before the end of a clip that the switcher sends a loop command.

MediaIDLength

Select whether the video server uses clip IDs of up to 8 characters (Short IDs), or up to 32 characters (Long IDs).

Panel

Select the control panel, in a MultiPanel system, that the device is connected to.

Playback Mode

Select the playback mode that your video server is using.

PB — your device does not go to Electronic-to-Electronic (EE) mode.
PB/EE — if your device does go to EE mode. If you select this option, you enable the serial device to automatically go into PB/EE mode. If a stop command is issued, the device enters EE mode. If a pause command is issued, the device stays in Playback mode.

Play Skip Q

Select whether the switcher sends a play command immediately, skipping all other commands in the queue (Yes), or puts the play command at the end of the command queue (No).

Play w/Alpha

Select whether the switcher plays both the video and alpha channels from a video server (Yes), or only the video channel (No). Both the video and alpha input BNCs must have the video server assigned to them, and must be set up as an auto key to associate the video with the alpha. When set to yes, the switcher does not check the status of the video server channels before sending the play command.

Port Cmds

Select whether the video server supports (Yes), or does not support (No) the Open Port, Select Port, and Close Port commands.

Protocol

Select whether the switcher communicates with the video server using the serial protocol (Serial), or the ethernet (TCP_CHN) protocol (IP).

Record Time

Select the maximum number of minutes that the Video Server will record for when it received the Record custom control command.

RicRoll

Select the amount of time you want the video server to wait after receiving the play command before starting to play the clip. This can be used to emulate the preroll time required by a VTR.

Send Loop

Select whether the switcher sends loop commands to the server (On) or if the server handles the loop status (Off).

Send Tries

Select the number of times that the switcher will try to send the same command to the video server if the switcher has not received a confirmation response.

StatusInterval

Select the amount of time that the switcher waits between status check requests of the video server.

Status Tries

Select the number of times that the switcher will send a status check request to a video server without getting a ready response.

TargetMachine

Select the video server that you are assigning to the selected communications port.

TimeOut

Select the length of time, in fields, that the switcher will wait for a reply from the Video Server before trying to send a command again.