evertz 5550 Operating Instructions Manual page 9

Issue Date: October 23, 1996
Revision Date July 18, 1997
Revision Date: August 10, 1998
Product: 4015, 4025, 5500, 5550, 5150
Subject: Question Marks in the KeyKode
Author: Alan Lambshead
If you are seeing a question mark in place of the film manufacturer or film type when reading and
displaying KeyKode (see note 1), the reason is as follows. The film bar-code has a human readable
component which shows the film manufacturer as a letter ('A','K' or 'F' for Agfa, Kodak and Fuji) and the
film type as a letter (ex. 'J' for Kodak 5296 type film). The actual bar-code contains only numbers and so
the manufacturer and type must be encoded as a numeric code. For clarity and the convenience of the
user, Evertz has chosen to display these codes exactly as shown in the human readable portion of the
film. We translate the codes into the alphabetic characters as established by each film manufacturer.
From time to time new film types with new codes are introduced by the film manufacturers. When these
new films are read or displayed by existing Evertz software, they may show as a question mark ('?') in
place of either the film manufacturer or film type or both. The rest of the bar-code is read and handled
correctly. The actual codes are internally used by the software, and the KeyKode foot and frames are
completely accurate. Only the display of the codes is affected.
Evertz takes great pains to ensure that the code translation tables are up to date and accurate and we
endeavor to obtain the information from the film manufacturers in advance of the release of new film
products. The film manufacturers and film products currently supported are shown below on the
following chart.
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Technical Bulletin
July 18, 1997
Evertz Microsystems Ltd.
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