Using Multiple Aja Products - AJA KONA LHI Installation And Operation Manual

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Using Multiple AJA Products

supported application that is running such as Adobe Premiere Pro or AJA TV, the AJA Control
Panel in-use message will report the change by displaying the new application in control. If no
in-use message is displayed, the AJA Control Panel is in control of KONA. If no QuickTime
applications are running, the board's state is determined by the AJA Control Panel
application's settings.
QuickTime Application Format Selection
If a running QuickTime application uses KONA for capture or output, it controls the Primary
format via its own menus and settings. These format selections are reported in the AJA
Control Panel block diagram.
QuickTime applications can start and stop and change modes—even while they are running.
And the behavior of different QuickTime applications can vary: some applications take control
of the interface as soon as they are launched and don't give it up until they quit, while other
applications take control of the interface only when they are the "front-most" running
application and then relinquish control when they're not. Even these QuickTime applications
may not reliquish control until capture or output operations are completed.
Note: Some third-party applications do not release the board if it is in capture mode. The AJA
Control Panel "in-use" message will still indicate the application still has control even if
the front application changes.
Control Recommendations
We recommend you have the Control Panel running and visible at all times. When the Control
Panel is running in the background (not front-most) you can see what the interface is doing
and who has control of it.
Starting with the v7.5 drivers, more than one AJA product can be used with your host
computer. Using the AJA Control Panel application, you can choose which installed product
an application uses for input/output. In the upper left corner of the AJA Control Panel
application, you will see a board name, such as KONA 3G-0 and the pane heading will read
"AJA Control Panel" if you have more than one product and the associated drivers installed (if
only one product is installed, you'll see no product or pulldown and the product name will
appear in the header). To "target" a specific installed product for use, click on the text in the
upper left hand side of the UI and select from the list of available products that appear in the
pulldown.
When you launch an application such as Adobe Premiere Pro, or AJA TV, that application will
use the product that is currently selected in the AJA Control Panel application for its input/
output. Once an application is running, you can change the "targeted" product selection in
the AJA Control Panel and select a different product. The running application will retain its
connection to the product. If you change the "targeted" product and launch a different