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KeyWest Technology MegaHertz The Protector Operation Manual

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Protector Operation Manual
Due to possible design modifications, the descriptions and technical data in this manual are
subject to change without prior notice. For technical assistance or service, contact Keywest
Keywest Technology
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14563 W. 96
Terrace
Lenexa, Kansas 66215
800.331.2019
www.keywesttechnology.com
"The Protector"
Video Inserter with Integral Combiner
Operation Manual
change 0, 20 Nov 00
PRELIMINARY
Technology at:
14563 W. 96
Lenexa, Kansas 66215
Phone: 913-492-4666 or 800-331-2019
Fax: 913-895-7496
Or email:
tech@keywesttechnology.com
www.keywesttechnology.com
10 July 2000
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Terrace
MegaHertz
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LOCAL AD
STOCK-TICKER
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  • Page 1 For technical assistance or service, contact Keywest Technology at: 14563 W. 96 Terrace Lenexa, Kansas 66215 Phone: 913-492-4666 or 800-331-2019 Fax: 913-895-7496 Or email: tech@keywesttechnology.com www.keywesttechnology.com Keywest Technology 14563 W. 96 Terrace Lenexa, Kansas 66215 10 July 2000 800.331.2019 www.keywesttechnology.com...
  • Page 2 The operating system may not recognize keyboards or mice if not connected prior to boot. Equipment damage could result from failure to follow this caution. DO NOT CONNECT PERIPHRIALS WITH POWER APPLIED TO THE PROTECTOR Keywest Technology 14563 W. 96 Terrace...

  • Page 3: Installation

    Protector Rear Panel View (see following pages for Video and PC connections) 115 VAC Main Input Video Connections Computer Connections See Figure 2 See Figure 3 Keywest Technology 14563 W. 96 Terrace Lenexa, Kansas 66215 10 July 2000 800.331.2019 www.keywesttechnology.com...
  • Page 4 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 TO MOD LOOP IN FROM INSERTER Composite Loop (to genlock foreground video to background video) Composite Input—Ad Inserter Feed (Foreground) Keywest Technology 14563 W. 96 Terrace Lenexa, Kansas 66215 10 July 2000 800.331.2019 www.keywesttechnology.com...
  • Page 5 Protector Operation Manual MegaHertz Figure 3 Typical PC Setup Connections PS2 Mouse Keyboard USB (dual) Keyboard or Video Mouse COM1 Keywest Technology 14563 W. 96 Terrace Lenexa, Kansas 66215 10 July 2000 800.331.2019 www.keywesttechnology.com...
  • Page 6 Use the removable 10-pin plug (green Phoenix type). Strip your GPI contacts from the ad inserter; insert stripped end into plug; tighten locking screws; plug 10-pin plug back into bottom row of the GPI plug (labeled GPI). Keywest Technology 14563 W. 96 Terrace...

  • Page 7: Initial Setup

    After you have connected the computer peripherals, power up the Protector as described in the following paragraphs. Please don’t hesitate to call or email us with any questions you may have, or just for general assistance. Keywest Technology 14563 W. 96 Terrace Lenexa, Kansas 66215 10 July 2000 800.331.2019...

  • Page 8: Operation

    Once the operating system is up and running, you will get a network sign-on prompt. The initial start up USER ID and PASSWORD are both the serial number of your Protector. The user may change this once in and comfortable with the operation of the unit. Keywest Technology 14563 W. 96 Terrace...

  • Page 9: Initialize System

    You will now encounter three successive initialize screens that ask you to verify that you’re ready to start the system and initialize the video processing boards. Click OK if you’re ready on all three initialize screens. Keywest Technology 14563 W. 96 Terrace...

  • Page 10: Main Screen

    But, just in case, should buttons be “clicked” to just take it for a spin…you can always recover to original settings by clicking RECALL POR or as a last resort, Keywest Technology 14563 W. 96...
  • Page 11 The next form of some interest would be the KEYFRAME FORM. Click KEYFRAME on the menu bar. KEFRAME SCREEN Figure 6 Keywest Technology 14563 W. 96 Terrace Lenexa, Kansas 66215 10 July 2000 800.331.2019...
  • Page 12 The six buttons across the top allow you to manually run transitions between keyframes. You can use this function to force a transition. Use the Forward and Reverse buttons to transition between keyframe 0 and 1 (fig. 7). Figure 7 Keywest Technology 14563 W. 96 Terrace Lenexa, Kansas 66215 10 July 2000 800.331.2019...
  • Page 13 Alpha Key Mode and Background Modes are further explained in Appendix ____. Again, they are not used in the stock ticker installation, but changing these settings could change the display to an undesirable state. Remember, to recover, press RECALL POR or re-boot the system. Keywest Technology 14563 W. 96 Terrace...
  • Page 14 A quick way to recover from a size and position setting that are not what you want, is to return to the KEYFRAME SCREEN and press the JUMP BACK ( ) button at the top left of the screen (fig. 7). Keywest Technology 14563 W. 96 Terrace Lenexa, Kansas 66215 10 July 2000 800.331.2019...
  • Page 15 Setting the GPI to OFF, will force the Protector to ignore GPI inputs. This mode is used when you don’t want the Protector to compress the local ad (at times when the stock ticker is not on the network feed—nights, weekends, holidays). Keywest Technology 14563 W. 96 Terrace...
  • Page 16 EVENT CONTROLLER. So, when normal schedules resume, the Protector will still be programmed correctly. With this basic knowledge, we’re ready to examine the most important part of the GUI for the stock ticker job—the EVENT CONTROLLER. Keywest Technology 14563 W. 96 Terrace Lenexa, Kansas 66215 10 July 2000 800.331.2019...
  • Page 17 MegaHertz EVENT CONTROLLER To access the EVENT CONTROLLER, click on EVENTS on a main screen. A blue background event controller programming screen will appear (fig. 11). Figure 11 Keywest Technology 14563 W. 96 Terrace Lenexa, Kansas 66215 10 July 2000 800.331.2019...
  • Page 18 DESELECT EVENT DATE box by clicking on the checkmark, and ensuring the checkmark disappears (fig. 13). Figure 13 Keywest Technology 14563 W. 96 Terrace Lenexa, Kansas 66215 10 July 2000 800.331.2019...
  • Page 19 EVERY MONTH by pressing the down arrow on this box, and clicking on EVERY MONTH. You want this setting of course, because the ticker happens every month (fig. 15). Figure 15 Keywest Technology 14563 W. 96 Terrace Lenexa, Kansas 66215 10 July 2000 800.331.2019...
  • Page 20 EVENT MONTH box should read EVERY MONTH; the EVENT DAY OF THE WEEK box should display WEEKDAYS ONLY; and the SELECT EVENT box should read GPI 1 SEQ FOLLOW (sequence follow) (fig. 17). Figure 17 Keywest Technology 14563 W. 96 Terrace Lenexa, Kansas 66215 10 July 2000 800.331.2019...
  • Page 21 The light yellow boxes in EVENT 1 line should remain yellow with the exception of the DATE box, which should now be gray, and will read not selected—indicating that we are not programming a specific date event, but an everyday event. Figure 19 Keywest Technology 14563 W. 96 Terrace Lenexa, Kansas 66215 10 July 2000 800.331.2019...
  • Page 22 (fig. 21). Figure 21 EVENT MONTH and EVENT DAY OF WEEK should remain the same as the “on” settings (EVERY MONTH and WEEKDAYS ONLY) (fig. 22). Figure 22 Keywest Technology 14563 W. 96 Terrace Lenexa, Kansas 66215 10 July 2000 800.331.2019...
  • Page 23 Click the SET button, to access the event enter screen. This time, select the event to enter as EVENT 2, and then click ENTER on this small form (fig. 24). Figure 24 Keywest Technology 14563 W. 96 Terrace Lenexa, Kansas 66215 10 July 2000 800.331.2019...
  • Page 24 VP boards. Whenever an event occurs (the time and days you programmed) this circle will turn red. If the circle does not turn red, then we need to revisit our settings (days of week, months, AM/PM, etc…) (fig. 27). Figure 27 Keywest Technology 14563 W. 96 Terrace Lenexa, Kansas 66215 10 July 2000 800.331.2019...
  • Page 25 Leave the software running! Once you have everything set, and it are ready to move on, you can remove your setup monitor, your setup keyboard, and your setup mouse, and leave the Protector to do its job. Keywest Technology 14563 W. 96 Terrace...

  • Page 26: Other Control Functions

    VP, overlaid on the video input on the combiner board. Fade-To-Black: Toggle between FTB ON and FTB OFF modes. FTB ON will fade the entire on-screen image to black, while FTB OFF will fade from black the entire on-screen image. Keywest Technology 14563 W. 96 Terrace...
  • Page 27 HORZ PHA: Slide to adjust the horizontal phase value. This allows for horizontal position of background (genlocked) video SC PHASE: Slide to adjust the sub-carrier phase value. This option is used to control the color phase of a genlocked image (similar to Hue). Keywest Technology 14563 W. 96 Terrace Lenexa, Kansas 66215 10 July 2000 800.331.2019...
  • Page 28 MIX ON: Will cause the image to mix out (background video only) when a GPI pulse is received. MIX TOGGLE: Will cause the image to mix out on the first receipt of a GPI pulse; and mix in on the second receipt of a GPI pulse. Keywest Technology 14563 W. 96 Terrace Lenexa, Kansas 66215 10 July 2000 800.331.2019...
  • Page 29 STOP mode keyframe and hold there while the GPI pulse is low (0.0 to 0.4 VDC); the unit will immediately initiate a reverse sequence returning to KEYFRAME 00 when the GPI signal returns high (4.0 to 5.0 VDC). Keywest Technology 14563 W. 96 Terrace...

  • Page 30: Specifications

    4 GPO Microcomputer Greater than 500 MHz Buss Greater than 66 MHz Equal to or Greater than 64 Mb Hard Drive Greater than 10 Gb 250W Keywest Technology 14563 W. 96 Terrace Lenexa, Kansas 66215 10 July 2000 800.331.2019 www.keywesttechnology.com...
  • Page 31 Protector Operation Manual MegaHertz Keywest Technology 14563 W. 96 Terrace Lenexa, Kansas 66215 10 July 2000 800.331.2019 www.keywesttechnology.com...

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