On Air Settings - Blackmagicdesign Ultimatte 12 Operation Manual

Monitor Cascade
The monitor cascade feature can be accessed from the 'information' symbol on the
right side of the menu name section of the Smart Remote 4. You can find the setting
under the 'options' tab.
When the monitor cascade feature is disabled, the monitor output will be the view
selected by the monitor out options. For a single Blackmagic Ultimatte 12 unit, the
monitor output can be connected to a video monitor directly. Typically, if there are
multiple Blackmagic Ultimatte 12 units, the monitor output for each unit can be
connected to a routing switcher for monitoring multiple outputs.
Alternately, with multiple Blackmagic Ultimatte 12 units, they can be daisy chained via
their monitor inputs and outputs, with the last unit plugged into a monitor. Then when
you select a unit on the Smart Remote to control, the monitor output for that unit can be
viewed on that monitor. This is an efficient and powerful way to monitor the output from
up to 8 Ultimatte 12 units via one single unit.
To connect 4 units for cascade monitoring:
1 Connect the first unit's monitor output to the monitor input of the second unit.
2 Connect the monitor output of the second unit to the monitor input of the third unit.
3 Connect the monitor output of the third unit to the monitor input of the fourth unit.
4 Connect the monitor output of the fourth unit to a monitor.
When the monitor cascade feature is enabled, the viewed image on the video monitor
will be of the unit that is selected by the Smart Remote 4 as the currently active unit.
When the unit selection is changed, the image viewed on the video monitor will change
to the monitor out of the selected unit.
Matte Out Invert
Enabling this function will invert the polarity of the matte out signal.

On Air Settings

The on air settings let you enable on air indicators for the status bar, and set your Ultimatte to
lock its controls when the unit is on air.
NOTE
These controls only work when tally signals are connected to the GPIO
input and properly configured from the external tally generator.
On Air
When this button is enabled, the unit indicator in the Smart Remote status bar will
illuminate red when on air. The unit identification number above its selection button will
also illuminate red.
On Air Lock
When enabled, the on air lock feature will lock all the controls for the unit currently on
air. This helps to prevent any accidental changes to a unit that is live on air.
GPI and Tally Settings
These settings enable or disable tally signals when connected to an external GPI and tally
interface. Tally lets you monitor on air indicators so you know when an Ultimatte unit is currently
on air. GPI inputs and outputs let you trigger Ultimatte preset files as GPI events, similar in
nature to loading and running macros.
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