Table 5. A Partial Printout Of The Ifb Configuration List For The Sample Intercom Setup File 1Studio.zus; Table 6. A Summary Of The Toolbar Buttons That Are Used To Configure Resources - RTS Zeus User Manual

Table 5. A partial printout of the IFB configuration list for the sample intercom setup file 1studio.zus

IFB Alpha
001 TAL1
002 TAL2
003 TAL3
004 IF04
005 IF05
006 IF06
007 IF07
008 IF08
The IFB configuration list shows you at a glance all the information about an IFB. The IFB's are numbered 001 through
024. These numbers will never change. The names that you enter using the Other Alpha button, as previously described,
appear in the Alpha column. Recall how an IFB operates: The talent (news anchor, weather person etc.) can hear the
broadcast program in his or her earset. For talent 1 (TAL1) this is the PGM1 program that is coming into Zeus on the inter-
com channel 21 input and is going out on the channel 21 output to the talent earset. Now suppose the director wants to tell
the talent near the end of a commercial break that he or she is back on in 10 seconds. The director could press a key as-
signed to PGM1 to do this, but then his voice would be mixed with the commercial audio and fed to the talent. It would be
difficult for the talent to understand what is being said. That's where the IFB comes in. Instead of pressing a key assigned
to PGM1, the director presses a key assigned to the IFB TAL1. This causes the program audio level to be dimmed (re-
duced) by the amount indicated in the Dim? column. Now the director can be clearly heard. The normal program level will
be restored when the director releases the IFB key.
13. You should now have a good idea of how to name
things and also how to set up any special types of
communication that will be needed. Recall that the
1studio.zus example calls for a party line for the
studio production personnel (the cameras, lighting
director and floor manager). As with IFB setup,
which you start by pressing the IFB button on the
toolbar, you can start party line setup by pressing the
PL button. Table 6 summarizes the types of
communication that you access with toolbar buttons.
Remember, you can get help setting up each of these
types of communication by clicking its toolbar button
and then pressing the F1 key on the computer
keyboard.
14. After you have named things and set up any
additional types of communication that you will
need, you can begin to assign keypanel keys to talk
and listen to the things that you have named. Let's
show how this looks for the director keypanel in the
example setup file 1studio.zus . Press the KP button
on the toolbar.
16 Getting Started, Zeus™ DSP Intercom Matrix
Dim? Scroll Enable
-9.0 dB YES
-9.0 dB YES
-9.0 dB YES
NO YES
NO YES
NO YES
NO YES
NO YES
Input Port Input Alpha
021 PGM1
022 PGM2
023 PGM3
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Table 6. A summary of the toolbar buttons that
are used to configure resources.
PL button Configures party lines.
IFB button Configures IFB's.
SL button Configures special lists.
GPI IN and GPI OUT Configures GPI inputs and out-
buttons puts.
ISO button Configures isolates.
Dim button Configures dim tables.
To get a description of what each of these buttons
does: 1) click on the button; 2) press F1 for help; 3)
click on the description link which appears at the top
of the help screen.
15. The director's keypanel is set up on intercom port
number 1, and this is the intercom port that appears
when you first click the KP button. See Figure 4.
Output Port Output Alpha
021 PGM1
022 PGM2
023 PGM3
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