Kula User Instruction Manual Issue 1 Rev 1

User Manual

Kula Production Switcher

Covering V1.1 Software Releases

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Kula User Instruction Manual

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Table ble of Con Conte tent nts s 3. Warnings Warnings and Precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 3.0.1 Explanation of Safety Symbols Symbols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 3.0.2 Safety Warnings. Warnings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 3.0.3 Lithium Batteries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 3.0.4 Mainframe Mains Supply Voltage. Voltage. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 3.1 Kula Control Surface and Mainframe Mainframe Power Cables Supplied for the USA . . . . . 8 3.1.1 Kula Control Surface and Mainframe Power Cables supplied for countries other than the USA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 3.1.2 External DC PSU for the Kula control Surface. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 3.2 Safety and EMC Standards Standards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 3.3 On Receipt of the Kula System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 4. Product Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 4.1 Kula Mainframe Introduction and Functionality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 4.1.1 Kula System Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 5. Kula Mainframe Rear Rear Connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

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6. Kula Menu Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.0.1 Menu Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.0.2 Menu Selection Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.1 Using the GUI Menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.1.1 Title Bar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.1.2 On Screen Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.1.3 Controlling Parameters using a Joystick or Rotary Controls . . . . . . . . . 6.1.4 Other Menu Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.1.5 Time and Timecode Timecode Adjustments. Adjustments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.1.6 On-Screen QWERTY Keyboard. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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7. Control Surface Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.1 The Control Surface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.2 Source Selection Crosspoint Buttons and Colored Colored Mnemonics . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.2.1 Mnemonics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.2.2 M/E & SME Selection. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.2.3 Key, A/B Bgnd, Util Bus DSK and Aux Selection Buttons (also Macro selection on some control surfaces) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.2.4 Macro Selection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.2.5 Transition Control. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.3 Key Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.3.1 Rotary Controls with Mnemonics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.3.2 Number Pad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.3.3 Joystick . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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8. Projects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.1 Introduction to Projects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.1.1 Using Projects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.1.2 How to create a new Project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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9. How to Save Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.1 Saving Files. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.1.1 Saving a Config File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.1.2 Saving a Config . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.2 DMEM’s. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.2.1 Creating a DMEM. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.2.2 Recalling a DMEM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.3 GMEM’s. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.3.1 Creating a GMEM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Table ble of Con Conte tent nts s 3. Warnings Warnings and Precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 3.0.1 Explanation of Safety Symbols Symbols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 3.0.2 Safety Warnings. Warnings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 3.0.3 Lithium Batteries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 3.0.4 Mainframe Mains Supply Voltage. Voltage. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 3.1 Kula Control Surface and Mainframe Mainframe Power Cables Supplied for the USA . . . . . 8 3.1.1 Kula Control Surface and Mainframe Power Cables supplied for countries other than the USA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 3.1.2 External DC PSU for the Kula control Surface. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 3.2 Safety and EMC Standards Standards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 3.3 On Receipt of the Kula System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 4. Product Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 4.1 Kula Mainframe Introduction and Functionality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 4.1.1 Kula System Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 5. Kula Mainframe Rear Rear Connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

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6. Kula Menu Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.0.1 Menu Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.0.2 Menu Selection Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.1 Using the GUI Menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.1.1 Title Bar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.1.2 On Screen Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.1.3 Controlling Parameters using a Joystick or Rotary Controls . . . . . . . . . 6.1.4 Other Menu Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.1.5 Time and Timecode Timecode Adjustments. Adjustments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.1.6 On-Screen QWERTY Keyboard. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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7. Control Surface Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.1 The Control Surface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.2 Source Selection Crosspoint Buttons and Colored Colored Mnemonics . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.2.1 Mnemonics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.2.2 M/E & SME Selection. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.2.3 Key, A/B Bgnd, Util Bus DSK and Aux Selection Buttons (also Macro selection on some control surfaces) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.2.4 Macro Selection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.2.5 Transition Control. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.3 Key Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.3.1 Rotary Controls with Mnemonics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.3.2 Number Pad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.3.3 Joystick . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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8. Projects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.1 Introduction to Projects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.1.1 Using Projects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.1.2 How to create a new Project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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9. How to Save Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.1 Saving Files. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.1.1 Saving a Config File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.1.2 Saving a Config . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.2 DMEM’s. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.2.1 Creating a DMEM. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.2.2 Recalling a DMEM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.3 GMEM’s. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.3.1 Creating a GMEM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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10. 10. Configuratio n . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.1 Saving Files. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.1.1 Saving a Config File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.1.2 Saving a Config . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.2 Engineering Configuration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.2.1 Input Setup. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.3 Output Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.3.1 Parameter Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.3.2 Output Tally Tally . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.4 User Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.4.1 M/E Outputs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.5 Panel Config . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.5.1 Preferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.5.2 GUI Preferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.5.3 Panel Preferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.5.4 Colors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.5.5 SnapShot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.5.6 Screen Coordinate System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.5.7 Macro Button Block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.5.8 Panel Login Limit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.6 Button Maps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.6.1 Panel Config - Edit Button Map Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.6.2 Edit a Button Map. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.6.3 New Button Map. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.7 Crosspoints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.8 Aux Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.8.1 Setup an Aux Bus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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11. 11. Operator Operator Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.1 Switcher Switcher Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.2 M/E M/E Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.2.1 Transitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.2.2 Setting Basic Transitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.2.3 Basic Background Transitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.2.4 Basic Background Transition with a Wipe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.2.5 Basic Key Transitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.2.6 Transition Control Button Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.3 Transition Transition Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.3.1 Wipe Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.3.2 Advanced Wipes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.3.3 Mix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.3.4 Matte Mix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.3.5 NAM/FAM NAM/FAM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.4 MA MAV Trans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.4.1 Setting up a basic MAV MAV Trans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.5 Keying Keying . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.5.1 Keying Theory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.5.2 Linear Keying . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.5.3 Luma Keying . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.5.4 Chroma Keying. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.6 Accessing Accessing Keys on the Control Surface. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.7 Taking Taking a Key Layer to an Output . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.8 Keyer Keyer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.8.1 Key Priority . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.8.2 Selecting a Type of Key Using Key Key Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.8.3 Other Key Control Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.8.4 Linear and Luma Keying . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.9 Box Mask Mask.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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11.10 Chroma Keying . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93 11.10.1 Chroma Keying Overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93 11.10.2 Achieving good results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93 11.10.3 Using the Chroma Key Menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93 11.10.4 Chroma Keyer - Main Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94 11.10.5 Chroma Keyer Main Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99 11.10.6 Chroma Keyer Basic Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101 11.10.7 Chroma Key Advanced Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103 11.11 Preset Masks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104 11.11.1 Parameter Controls. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105 11.12 DVE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106 11.12.1 Position & Size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106 11.12.2 Crop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107 11.12.3 Border. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108 11.13 Dual Tile. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .110 11.13.1 Dual Tile Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111 11.13.2 Tile 1 Position & Size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111 11.13.3 Tile 1 Crop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .112 11.13.4 Tile 1 Border . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .112 11.13.5 Moving the two tiles so that both can be seen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113 11.14 SME Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .114 11.14.1 SME - Key 1 DVE Rotation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .115 11.15 DSK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116 11.15.1 DSK Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .116 11.15.2 DSK Setup Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .118 11.15.3 Linear and Luma DSK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .118 11.15.4 DSK DVE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .119 11.15.5 Position & Size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .119 11.15.6 Crop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120 11.15.7 Border. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121 11.16 Dual Tile. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122 11.16.1 Dual Tile Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123 11.16.2 Tile 1 Position & Size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123 11.16.3 Tile 1 Crop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124 11.16.4 Tile 1 Border . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124 11.16.5 Moving the two tiles so that both can be seen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125 12. Effects Memories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12.1 DMEM’s. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12.2 GMEM’s. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12.3 Macros. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12.3.1 Setting Up Macros . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12.4 Macro Record . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12.4.1 Pausing a Macro Record Sequence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12.4.2 Appending more Macro Actions to a Macro Sequence . . . . . . . . . . . 12.4.3 Macro Test and Edit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12.4.4 Test Macro . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12.4.5 Pause Macro . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12.4.6 Wait Until Loaded. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12.4.7 Ripple Action Delay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12.4.8 Attacher and Parameter Controls. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12.4.9 Bitmap . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12.4.10 Saving a Macro . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12.4.11 Assigning Macros to buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12.4.12 GPI Assignment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12.4.13 Macro Load . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12.5 Stores . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12.6 Importing Stills and Clips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12.7 Store Load Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12.7.1 Using Store Load . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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12.7.2 Loading a Still or Clip into a Store . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12.8 Sub-Clips. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12.8.1 Creating Sub-Clips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12.9 Store Play/Edit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12.9.1 Transport Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12.9.2 Using Edit Mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12.10 Store - Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12.11 Store - Contents & Details . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12.12 Store - Grab. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12.12.1 Taking a Grab. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12.12.2 Playback Transport Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12.13 Store - Save. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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13. Initial Setup Menu’s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13.1 Log into the System and Set Up a User Account . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13.1.1 Loading a Show . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13.1.2 Loading a Switcher State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13.1.3 Configure Shows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13.1.4 Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13.1.5 Defaults . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13.1.6 Log Off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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14. Maintenance & System Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14.1 Log Off - Mainframe Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14.2 Mainframe Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14.2.1 Export. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14.3 Upgrade. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14.4 Filing System. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14.5 Projects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14.5.1 Using Projects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14.5.2 How to create a new Project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14.5.3 Export a Project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14.5.4 Delete a Project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14.5.5 Project Locking. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14.5.6 Default Project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14.6 Filing System - Config Filing System. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14.6.1 Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14.6.2 Export. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14.6.3 Delete an Engineering Config File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14.6.4 Engineering Config File Locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14.6.5 Default Engineering Config File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14.6.6 Load Engineering Config File. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14.7 Filing System - GMEM, DMEM, Stills, Snapshots, Button Maps and Macros . 14.7.1 GMEM Export. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14.7.2 Delete GMEM. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14.7.3 Lock GMEM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14.7.4 Normal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14.7.5 Startup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14.7.6 Load GMEM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14.8 Import/Export. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14.8.1 Importing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14.8.2 Import / Export Status. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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15. Contact Informatio n . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15.1 Kula Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15.1.1 Customer Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15.2 Copyright and Disclaimer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Warnings and Precautions 3.0.1 Explanation of Safety Symbols

This symbol refers the user to important information contained in the accompanying literature. Refer to installation manual.

This symbol indicates that hazardous voltages are present inside. No user serviceable parts inside. This unit should only be serviced by trained personnel.

3.0.2 Safety Warnings

CAUTION RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK DO NOT REMOVE COVERS NO USER SERVICEABLE PARTS REFER SERVICING TO QUALIFIED PERSONNEL ONLY

CAUTION: These servicing instructions are for use by qualified personnel only. To reduce risk of electric shock, do not perform any servicing other than that contained in the Operating Instructions, unless you are qualified to do so. Refer all servicing to qualified service personnel. CAUTION: This equipment has more than one power supply cord. To reduce the risk of electrical shock disconnect both the power supply cords before servicing.

Warning TO REDUCE THE RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK, DO NOT EXPOSE THIS APPLIANCE TO WATER OR MOISTURE. ! !

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Always ensure that the unit is properly earthed and power connections correctly made. This equipment must be supplied from a power system providing a PROTECTIVE EARTH connection and having a neutral connectio n which can be reliably identified. The power outlet supplying power to the unit should be close to the unit and easily accessible. The IEC power inlets are the mains disconnection devices for this unit.

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3.0.3 Lithium Batteries

Battery Warning CAUTION This equipment contains a lithium battery There is a danger of explosi on if this is replaced incor rectly Replace only with the same or equivalent type. Dispose of used batteries according to the manufacturer instructions. Batteries shall only be replaced by trained service technicians.

The Kula mainframe contains Lithium batteries to provide non-volatile memory. Used batteries should be disposed of according to the manufacturers instruction. Ensure that the same make and model of battery is used if replacement is required (a manufacturer recommended equivalent may be used if the original type is not available). The Kula mainframe can only be serviced by suitably qualified personnel and removal of the battery should only be performed at a SAM service centre.

3.0.4 Mainframe Mains Supply Voltage Before connecting the equipment, observe the safety warnings section and ensure that the local mains supply is within the rating stated on the rear of the equipment.

Mains Inputs to the Kula Mainframe

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3.1 Kula Control Surface and Mainframe Power Cables Supplied for the USA The Kula Control Surface and Mainframe power cords: 4 x RMW8 18

USA MAINS LEAD IEC TO 3BLADE PLUG 2.4M

GREEN lead connected to E (Protective Earth Conductor) WHITE lead connected to N (Neutral Conductor) BLACK lead connected to L (Live Conductor)

3.1.1 Kula Control Surface and Mainframe Power Cables supplied for count ries other t han the USA The Kula Control Surface and Mainframe power cords: 4 x RMW8 16

POWER CORD 10A 2M (IECSKT-IEC PLG

GREEN/YELLOW lead connected to E (Protective Earth Conductor) BLUE lead connected to N (Neutral Conductor) BROWN lead connected to L (Live Conductor)

3.1.2 External DC PSU for the Kula control Surface Two external DC PSU’s for the Kula Control Surface (RMY8 12V100W) 100-240V at 50 and 60Hz To reduce the risk of electric shock, plug ea ch power supply cord into separate branch circuits employing separate service grounds.

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3.2 Safety and EMC Standards This equipment compli es with the followin g standards:

EN60950-1: 2006 Safety of Information Technology Equipment Including Electrical Business Equipment.

UL1419 (3rd Edition) Standard for Safety – Professional Video and Audio equipment (UL file number E193966)

EMC Standards This unit conforms to the followi ng standards: EN55103-1:2009 (Environment E4) Electromagnetic Compatibility, Product family standard for audio, video, audio-visual and entertainment lighting control apparatus for professional use. Part 1. Emission.

EN55103-2:2009 (Envir onm ent E2) Electromagnetic Compatibility, Product family standard for audio, video, audio-visual and entertainment lighting control apparatus for professional use. Part 2. Immunity

FCC / CFR 47:Part 15 (Class A) Federal Communications Commission Rules Part 15, Subpart B

EMC Perform ance of Cables and Connectors SAM products are designed to meet or exceed the re quirements of the appropriate European EMC standards. In order to achieve this performance in real installations it is essential to use cables and connectors with good EMC characteristics. All signal connections (including remote control connections) shall be made with screened cables terminated in connectors having a metal shell. The cable screen shall h ave a large-area contact with the metal shell.

COAXIAL CABLES Coaxial cables connections (particularly serial digital video connections) shall be made with high-quality double-screened coaxial cables such as Belden 8281 or BBC type PSF1/2M and Belden 1694A (for 3Gbps).

D-TYPE CONNECTORS D-type connectors shall have metal shells making good RF contact with the cable screen. Connectors having “dimples” which improve the contact between the plug and socket shells, are recommended.

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FCC Compli ance In order to comply with FCC/CFR47: Part 15 regulations, it is necessary to use the following specification of cable assemblies for HDMI interconnections: •

For Mini HDMI to HDMI use a high-quality triple-screened cable assembly for optimum with integrated ferrite suppression at both ends of the cable for optimum RF/EMI integrity in compliance with HDMI specifications.

3.3 On Receipt of the Kula System The equipment is supplied in dedicated packaging provided by the manufacturer and should not be accepted if delivered in inferior or unauthorized materials. •

Carefully unpack the system components and check them against the packing list. If there is anything incorrect notify your SAM Partner, or SAM, at once.

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Check that the equipment has not been damaged in transit. If any damage has occurred notify your SAM Partner (or SAM directly) and the carrier immediately.

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Always retain the original packing materials if possible, they could prove useful should it ever be necessary to transport or ship the system units.

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Always read the installation guide and the user instructions (separate manual) carefully, it will provide you with he lpful hints and tips about care and maintenance and help you get the most out of your Kula Production Switcher.

In the unlikely event of an equipment failure, contact your SAM Partner, or SAM, at once, contact details are at the rear of this manual.

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Product Overview Thank you for purchasing your new Kula Production Switcher. This User Manual relates to the operational side of the Kula system and will describe in detail how to use the Control Surface and Graphical User Interface (known as the GUI). Please see the Kula Installation Manual for information about the connectivity of the Mainframe and any Ancillary Panels. Note:

Diagrams are for illustration purposes only.

Kula KPP and K1P (2M/E) Control Surface

Kul a KPP (1M/E) Contr ol Surface

Kula K5P (1M/E 19” ) Control Surface

Kula Mainframe

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The Kula Production Switcher is brand new additions to the Kula Family of Video Production Switchers. Kula offers a cost effective, flexible production switcher with a vast amount of features to meet today’s budgets. The core design allows for a powerfu l HD/1080p/UHD production and mix in these formats. The Kula switcher in a simple self contained Mainframe and intuitive control surface that can be taken anywhere. Kula has up to 2 full Mix Effects, each mix effect has A/B Backgrounds, 5 Keyers per which includes: •

4 Full Effects Keyers with Lin/Luma

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2 assignable DVE Engines (will give 4 independent boxes)

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1 assignable Chroma Key

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Transition Keyer with dedicated Clipstores for Key & Fill

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Mask Generator per Keyer

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Separate Wipe Generator

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Matte Generator

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2 Util Buses per M/E.

The system also includes 2 Sub M/Es (SMEs) background with 2 Keyers, which can be used on any output or use within any M/E for more keying power.

Exampl e of a Kul a System Touch-screen monitor

Kula Control Surface

Kula Mainframe

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4.1 Kula Mainframe Introduction and Functionality The Kula mainframe is 2RU and has the ability to mix HD, SD, single link 1080p sources and 4K into a single production and provide multiple outputs of SD, HD and 1080p, using FormatFusion3TM to give the desired video format. The mainframe has up to 36 Inputs, 12 fully assignable Outputs and 6 Bi-directional Input/outputs. •

Large Internal Clipstore with 10 outputs holding 1 minute of un-compressed HD Video and audio content that is totally routable.

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4 x Floating Resizing Down Stream Keyers / Mixing Aux outputs without using M/E or Sub M/E’s

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8 x Channels of FormatFusion3TM assignable of any input of output

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Fully flexible internal Multiviewer with 4 Heads and 12 Tiles.

External Control and connectivity consists of: •

66 x GPI/O’s (on 3x 25 Way D-type connectors)

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2 x RJ45 RS422 Ports

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3 x Ethernet ports for Control Panel and TCP/IP protocols

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2 x USB 3.0 Ports for User/Clip/System files Import, Export and Back up

Kula has 2 power supplies givin g dual redundant capability. All video input and output connections and timing signals are to the mainframe. As well as the configuration set-up the actual operation set-up of the panel can be stored. This includes the selected transition, the Key sources, the still store contents and the timeline settings. All these settings are accessed via menus on the GUI and will be explained later in this manual.

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4.1.1 Kula System Components 1. 2.

Switcher Mainframe: (2RU rack height) in 2M/E or 1 M/E configuration Control Surfaces: (depending on the system purchased) 2M/E Control Surface, 1M/E Control Surface and 1M/E (19”) Control Surface External Power Supplies: 2 x PSU for the Control Surface

3. 4.

Cables: For each system purchased, ther e are 16x RJ45 Comms cables supplied:

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4x 0.5 meters ~ 1 foot 7.68 inches

Installation and User Manuals are supplied regardless of system components purchased.

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5.

Kula Mainframe Rear Connectors

A

B

C

D

F

E

G

H

The table below outlines a 2M/E mainframe.

Table 1. Connectors

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Kul a Mainf rame Connecto rs

Description

Connector Information

A

Output BNCs

12x SDO BNC Outputs total (numbered BNC 1 to 12) (6x SDO BNC Outputs on the 1M/E Mainframe)

B

Input/Output Bi-directional BNCs

C

GPIO

3x 25 Way D-type GPIO connectors (1 - 22, 23 - 44, 45 - 66)

D

Reference

1x Ref In and 1x Ref out

E

Network

3x 10/100/1000 base T

F

USB

2x USB3 - for external memory device or hard drives

G

Serial

2X RJ45, RS422 Ethernet ports

H

Inputs

36x SDI BNC (numbered BNC 1 to 36) (18x SDI BNC Inputs on the 1M/E Mainframe)

6x SDI/SDO BNC (numbered13 to 18 if Outputs and 37 to 42 if Inputs)

Inputs and Outputs will vary, depending on the Kula system purchased.

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