Front Panel Operating Messages - evertz 8084 Instruction Manual

If the front panel display shows a message similar to C1234 T1234E instead of
these alternating messages please refer to section 3.4.
OPERATION
Models 8084/8084AD/8085 Closed Caption Encoder Manual
3.1.4

Front Panel Operating Messages

The front panel display is used to indicate the current operating mode of
the caption encoder as shown below. On some of the displays a period (.)
will be shown to the left of the display if upstream data is present on field 1.
If incoming data is present in field 2 then a colon (:) will be shown to the
left of the display. Figure 3-7 shows the front panel time display with the
associated status indicators.
The normal front panel display alternates between these three messages.
Caption Keyer(s) enabled. The video line number that
LN 21 KEYER
captions are being encoded on will be displayed. The
caption encoder is enabled for Field 1 or Field 2 as
indicated by the FLD 1 Enable and FLD 2 Enable LEDs.
The current local time display shows the local time of the
23:59:59
8084's real time clock. The clock can be set from the
serial port or using the optional LTC input. Please note
that the encoder does not automatically change its clock
for Daylight Saving Time.
The following special indicators are used in the time display:
DST Flag Indicator: If the 'Daylight Saving Time in effect' (DST) flag is set
ON inside the encoder, the separator character between
the hours and minutes will be a period (.). If the DST flag
is OFF, this character will be a colon (:).
DSO Flag Indicator: If the 'Daylight Saving Time observed' (DSO) flag is
set ON inside the encoder, the separator character
between the minutes and seconds will be a period (.). If
the DSO flag is OFF, this character will be a colon (:).
If your region observes Daylight Saving Time, you should set the DSO flag
on permanently; otherwise it should be set to Off. Regardless of whether
your region observes Daylight Saving Time or not, you should set the DST
flag ON when Daylight Saving Time begins in the spring, and OFF when
Daylight Saving Time ends in the fall. This is a requirement in order to
properly encode XDS Time of Day packets. The MetaCast 2 software
package allows you to easily set these flags automatically using your PC.
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