Important Notes About Cameras Supported By 13.1 - AJA Ki PRO rack Operation Manual

IMPORTANT Notes
About Cameras
Supported by 13.1
RED Epic::
RED One 24:
Ki Pro Rack v4.2
This menu parameter has domain over an array of other Ki Pro parameters; selecting
Camera Data supersedes other parameter selections if valid ancillary data is present and
the camera is selected from the menu parameter.
Example: The RED Epic sends ancillary data from which the reel name, clip name, take
and timecode value are obtained and passed to the Ki Pro Rack recording.
Reel: A230
Clip Name: A230_C001_0714SW
Take: _001
Timecode Value: 20:11:05:12
Within the Ki Pro Rack, the Reel Name that is written to the file is "A230" instead of using
the 17.0 Reel Name that is set to "001" within the menu parameter. "
The full file name is "A230_C001_0714SW_001instead of using the standard clip naming
convention produced by the MEDIA menu parameters 17.0, 17.2, 17.3, 17.4, and 17.5
which would have produced a file named "SC1ATK1".
The timecode value of 20:11:05:12 is produced instead of using the CONFIG menu
parameters of 8.0, 8.1, and 8.2 which might have produced a timecode value of
01:00:00:00 in the recorded file.
Additionally, if a start/stop flag is present in the ancillary data, then instead of the value
selected in CONFIG menu parameter 8.3 Arm Recording, the starting and stopping is
produced by the start/stop flag of the camera (the Rec Key is always a viable selection
even when the Camera Data parameter is selected).
To avoid confusion, the various CONFIG or MEDIA menu parameters do not change; the
changes only affect the file written to the media. If a piece of metadata is missing, such as
Reel Name, the Ki Pro Rack will write all other parameters and use the standard setting for
a value for which no ancillary metadata was found. This means in some cases that a file
could have a clip name associated to the camera recording, but the reel number
associated with the clip created by the camera and the Ki Pro Rack could differ.
To make camera integration as straightforward as possible, only one selection, 13.1
Camera Data, in the CONFIG menu parameters needs to be set as opposed to settings
throughout various menu parameters in CONFIG and MEDIA menu parameters.
The following important notes describe operational variations of menu 13.1 when used
with various cameras.
With the RED Epic, AJA recommends sending the camera an appropriate genlock/
reference signal so that the
compared to the RED Epic recordings. RED Epic firmware version 1.6.24 (or later) is
required for proper operation.
This setting is actually designed to extract the 23.98 frame per second from within the
RED One 720p 59.94 output. Note that "24" is used as opposed to 23.98 in order to
accommodate the user interface constraints. For the RED One, timecode should be sent
to the camera via a timecode generator in order to produce corresponding timecode
Ki Pro Rack
recordings on the
value produced has an accuracy of +/- 1 frame. RED One firmware version 31.6.16 (or
later) is required for proper operation.
Ki Pro Rack
recordings will be timecode accurate when
; note that even with this configuration, the timecode
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