
Issue 21
TX500 seriestechnical manual
Theemphasisisoneaseofuse,withall commonlyused functionsavailablefromasingle
button press, andless frequentlyused functionsaccessibleviasoftkeysassociatedwiththe
integraldisplay.Bymakinguseofcolouredbuttons,button groupsaredifferentiatedby
colouraccordingtotheirfunction.Inaddition,theplasmadisplayprovidesthe audio
meteringfacilitywhiledoublingup toprovideaccess tosystemset-upandconfiguration
screens, enabling onlinechangestobemadewithout theneed foranexternalPCor
terminal.
Thefourdownstreamlinearkeyersenablecaptionsandlogostobe insertedintothe
programmevideo,witheachkeyerabletobeindependentlycutormixedtoair, orpreset to
followthenext transitionand/orthenextDVE sequence.
Thefouraudiooverinputsprovidedwiththesystemhaveindependent levelcontrol, and
maybecut orfadedtoair.Likethedownstreamkeyers, theoverfacilitycan alsobepreset
tofollowthenexttransitionorDVE.Thenewfaderpaneloptionenablesmanualreal-time
controloftheaudiooversaswell astheaudioleadandlagfunctions.
EnhancedaudiofacilitiesofferuptofourAESlevelsforeitherbalancedorunbalanced
operation,plusembeddedoranalogue optionsusingexternal converters.Thepanel also
providestheabilitytomodifyaudiolevel,phaseandchannel routingforeachsource.
Fullyredundant powersuppliesinboththe controlpanelandassociatedframes, andthe
abilityto‘hotswap’anysystemmoduleprovidetheonairreliabilityandeaseofmaintenance
demandedinthemastercontrolenvironment.
Thecontrolpaneldisplayprovides‘ataglance’monitoring ofaudiolevelsandsingle
keystrokeaccess toless commonlyused operationalfunctions. Systemset-upand
configuration screenspermitonlinechangestobemadewithouttheneedforexternal
equipment.The configurationscreensarePINprotectedandall configurationparameters
maybebacked-uptoanexternalPCusing thecontrolframe’sEthernetport.
Comprehensivemachinecontrolfacilitiesareprovidedasstandard.Thethreemachine
controlportscaneitherbe connectedtodedicatedmachines, orassignedtooperatewith
routedmachinesviaan RS422router.