Function Screens - Avid Technology Artist DNxIV Installation And Operation Manual

To establish a Global Preference, the administrator first configures the AJA device (which
automatically creates a "com.aja.devicesettings" Local Preference file in the location identified
above) and then copy or move or that file to the correct computer locations (manually or by pushing
it out across the network) on all the computers that use the AJA device.
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If the user makes changes to an AJA Device's Control Panel settings, those changes are saved to the
Local Preference file, which will take priority over the Global Preference file.
The shared computer locations for a Global Preference file are:
• On Mac: From the Finder, click on Go/Computer/<System HD>/Users/Shared/AJA/ and copy
or move the "com.aja.devicesettings file" described above to this location.
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The "AJA" folder needs to be created manually at this location before moving the preference file into
it.
• On Windows: On Windows there are three possible shared locations depending on your system:
- C:\Users\Public\Aja\
- C:\Users\All Users\Aja\
- C:\ProgramData\Aja
Copy or move the "com.aja.devicesettings file" described above to one of these locations.
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The AJA Control Panel Info screen displays the path to the Global Preference file on that computer.
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Clicking on the AJA Control Panel Erase All Prefs button does NOT delete an existing Global
Preference file from this location.

Function Screens

Listed below are the function screens for Avid Artist | DNxIV and what they are used for.
Screen
Control
Format
Input Select
SDI Out
HDMI
HDR
Video Setup
Audio Setup
Audio Mixer
Functions
Configure basic Avid Artist | DNxIV operation
options and output timing.
Select the framebuffer primary video format settings.
View and edit input selections and audio mapping.
Select output format.
Configure the HDMI I/O
Configure High Dynamic Range settings
Configure Video such as composite black level,
progressive format and ancillary data (Closed
Caption) option.
Configures Audio options such as analog audio
monitor level.
Select and mix audio sources for monitoring.
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AJA Control Panel Overview