Configuring Video - Barco TransForm A User Manual

6.1.3 Configuring video

With the switcher definition file user defined names can be assigned to the input, a video switcher can be inte-
grated into the system and be controlled, distributed video can be configured and a video switcher can be used
by multiple computers simultaneously.
Therefore information about the video hardware configuration (i.e. input cards, cabling, switchers, computers,
etc. ) needs to be specified in the switcher definition file and compiled into the registry with the switcher lan-
guage compiler.
If the switcher language compiler is already installed the needed files can be found in the folder: C:\Program
Files\BARCO\SLC\ or if not installed to the default folder in the folder indicated during the installation process.
Else the switcher language compiler has to be installed, please refer to section
switcher language compiler!
A simple switcher definition file example.vsw is included. It can be adapted to your specific configuration and
the name of the file can be changed. The file slc.exe is the compiler that reads the indicated switcher definition
file and makes the entries into the registry. The other files contain static hardware information and may not be
changed.
The switcher definition file
The switcher definition file contains all individual parameters of the related hardware configuration: computers,
video switcher, configuration of S
to the input devices and the cabling.
Line comments are marked with // at the beginning of a line, enclosed comments start with /* and end with
*/. To refer to the different hardware components the hardware identifiers that are listed in the table below are
used. The numbering in square brackets [x] appended to the hardware identifier distinguishes between multi-
ple hardware of the same type. Numbering starts in general with [0]. With video switchers one number is used
per video switcher device. For the input cards each channel available on the card is numbered, this means there
are for each D RGB I
UAL NPUT
Q SDI V C and S
UAD IDEO ARD
When referring to the card itself one number per card is used, this is only applicable for the S
e.g mpg3012[0] for the first S
sponding to their order in the PCI slots, see section
vsw2974[x] Video Switcher (Valid for models AutoPatch 1YDM, AutoPatch 1Y-16, AutoPatch 4YDM)
frg3008[x] input channels of Q
D RGB I
UAL
mpg3012[x] S
TREAMING
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V C
TREAMING IDEO ARDS
C two channels considered and four channels for each Q
ARD
V C , irrespective if there are signals connected to the channels or not.
TREAMING IDEO ARD
V C
TREAMING IDEO ARD
A V
UAD NALOG IDEO
C ; input channels of these card types are commonly considered
NPUT ARD
V C (for configuration of the board settings, see Board section)
IDEO ARD
, definition of analog sources, routing of the analog sources
. The cards/input channels are numbered subsequently corre-
3.2.14 OmniBus and section
C , S V C
ARD TREAMING IDEO
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6. Advanced configuration
3.5.1 Installing the display driver and
A
UAD NALOG
TREAMING
3.2.15 Extender respectively.
, Q SDI V C and
ARD UAD IDEO ARD
indication of input cards
V C ,
IDEO ARD
V C ,
IDEO ARD
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