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1. LED Array Top LED Width 6 Left LED Height f4 Horiz Space 1 _ Vert Space 0 Meter Scale gage Wath T Fon coor ws 7 Show Peak LED M Show Channel Label M Single Color LED Array F Multi Color LED Array Show Above I V Show Belo Meter Data Connection DataAENum 1 Data DSP Channel Meter Mode Mono I Stereo Meter Title Font Color I White Font Size 12 gt V Font Bold Device Name J Device Alias M HorizMeter Meter Data Type M Input V Output Meter Standard M US P UK Pf International Figure 35 Horizontal Meter Property Editor Logitek vTools Reference Manual 91 oot td o Logitek Background Top Left Width Height Adjust these values to suit your desired Meter size and location You can also click and drag to position your Meter within the design layout The fields will not allow you to make the Meter larger than the screen size or to move the Meter beyond the borders of the screen Background Lock Position Tick this box to lock the position of the Meter on the design layout Background Color Use the drop down menu to select from a plethora of colors for the background If none of the listed colors suit your requirements double click on the currently listed color to open the Microsoft Windows color palette and choose one of these or make your own custom color If a cust
2. AE Number Specifies the Audio Engine for the Destination Device of the Crosspoint This is the Audio Engine where any routes will be performed Dest Device Specify the Destination Device Number of the Crosspoint This is entered in HEX Device Name This is automatically determined from Supervisor s Device Tables If nothing is displayed the AE Number and Dest Device do not represent a valid Crosspoint in your system or that Audio Engine is offline This field is not editable Show Button If ticked the button is displayed otherwise it is hidden This allows you to layout the buttons in a logical fashion to suit your environment and operator preferences Show Meter Allows you to select either None Mono or Stereo depending on whether a meter is required and whether it should be shown in mono or stereo To show meters the Crosspoint must be switched by a SharcAttack DSP card Output Routes do not provide any Input Meters Allow Effects Determines whether Effects EQ and dynamics is enabled for that button To allow Effects the Crosspoint must be switched by a SharcAttack DSP card Output Routes do not support Effects 20 Logitek vTools Reference Manual io a Logitek Allow Gain Determines whether Gain Control is enabled and a fader shown for that button To allow Gain Control the Crosspoint must be switched by a DSP card Output Routes do not support Gain Either a SharcAttack or a LoneSharc DSP Crosspoint ca
3. Figure 18 vMix Change Screen Change Button By clicking the Change button on one of your vMix faders you are presented with a window which enables you to change a variety of settings Three tabs will be shown Fader Dynamics and Equalization Fader Tab Input Device Select the input you wish to assign and then click Take Device You can also double click the Source to take it Fader Tab Trim Level Slide the button left or right of center to change the trim between 10dB to 10dB respectively Click the Zero button to accurately return the level to 0 Fader Tab Pan Slide the button left or right of center to change the pan to left or right Click the Center button to accurately return the pan to center Fader Tab Mode By ticking the appropriate box you can change the mode of the fader to one of the following Default Stereo Mono Phase LL RR Lx or xR Logitek vTools Reference Manual 51 Lo gitek Fader Tab Bus By ticking the appropriate box you can change the bus assignment of the fader to one of the following Program Aux 1 Aux 2 Aux 3 Aux 4 Aux 5 Aux 6 Aux 7 or Aux 8 Click OK to commit these changes and return to the vMix screen Dynamics Tab Click the Dynamics In button to enable Dynamics processing Click the Dynamics Out button to exclude Dynamics It is not possible to adjust the Dynamics parameters in vMix Click OK to commit these changes and return to the vMix s
4. gt Double click the required Source If Gain Effects control is not enabled on this Crosspoint Button double clicking a Source will perform the route and return you to the main page TIP The allowed Sources for a Crosspoint are set in AEConfig 24 Logitek vTools Reference Manual Lo gitek Change Source Alias Click on the dropdown arrow to select an Alias from the saved list You can also directly type an Alias into the box and press Enter The Alias will be limited to 8 characters when you enter it Logitek vTools Reference Manual 25 gt Logitek Gain Use the fader to change the gain of the DSP Crosspoint If meters are enabled and it is on a SharcAttack DSP Crosspoint a large Input Meter is shown This can be changed between mono and stereo in the profile A Gain Reduction meter will appear when Dynamics is IN Pre Fader amp Post Fader Meter Level Use these buttons to toggle between pre and post fader metering Pre fader is after the Input Trim but prior to Gain Control and Effects Post Fader metering is after all Gain and Effects control TIP On SharcAttack versions prior to v3 5 only pre fader metering is available Pre post is toggled with BUS20 of the Crosspoint and can be set to a default using the Init Triggers in CommandBuilder Route to Monitor When using OB Mode on the top two rows of buttons the Route to Monitor button and fader control is shown Press the button to route the output of the
5. TIP Input device numbers start from 0100 Device Name Once you have entered the AE Number and Source Device values the Device Name will automatically be populated by Supervisor Profile Setup Allowed Destination Devices The profile setup configures the Allowed Destinations for vTranslator A You must setup a vGuest profile containing Allowed Destination Devices within Supervisor Commands received from Sources that are not specified in the Allowed Source Devices will not be executed and as of Supervisor 3 6 4 0 an error message will be displayed in the Network Client Log to indicate the device is not in the allowed list AE Number Specifies which Audio Engine this Destination Device is present on Dest Device Specify the Destination Device Number that is allowed to be controlled via vTranslator This is entered in HEX TIP Output device numbers start from 006E Device Name Once you have entered the AE Number and Dest Device values the Device Name will automatically be populated by Supervisor Once finished click Save All to save the changes to the profile Profile Setup vGuest Profile These buttons allow simple configuration for the vGuest Profile Save All Button Saves all changes made Always use this button when creating or editing vGuest profiles Logitek vTools Reference Manual 131 i Lo gitek Copy Button Copies all profile settings on the current Profile Tab You can use this bu
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7. Clear All Delete Line 1 Sort Clear All Delete Line 14 1 Figure 49 vGuest Profile Setup Page 132 Logitek vTools Reference Manual Lo gitek Conversion Files vTranslator uses conversion files lookup tables to translate the text strings it receives into commands Incoming strings are compared to the defined strings in the conversion file and if a match is found the associated command string is sent to Supervisor in standard Logitek vGuest protocol format Supervisor then executes those commands in the same way it would if it had received the command directly from a vGuest client The conversion file is a standard ASCII text file txt that may be written and edited using a text editor such as Notepad A Delimiter character must be chosen to use as the separator in the conversion file between the incoming string and the commands to execute As an example the asterix character could be chosen but it must not be a character that is included as part of an incoming string from an Automation System vTranslator considers everything to the left of the Delimiter character as the incoming command and everything to the right of the Delimiter character as the command s to execute Leading and trailing spaces before and after the Delimiter are ignored These spaces can assist to easily read the text inside a Conversion File The defined text st
8. Different Faders can communicate with different Audio Engines within the one application Dest Device Specify the Destination Device Number that the fader controls This is entered in HEX You can find the Destination Device for a fader in your site s device reference table or in Supervisor s Audio Engine State page Destination Devices used by faders are as follows Destination Device Port 2 eh 5 Jlo J Ww Ww BK a w an gt AY RL ALA ww jg NYO ot amp N g v O o uo x se i 6 Jo S e B o n2 E e Wo a um o SS 2 Je m ar s O ET Ie o a p16 ta bag T A pis tc pig Ja 20o fie O 21 O 2 a 23 an 10 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 22 23 20 2 as Ne a a d2 42 Logitek vTools Reference Manual Lo gitek This is automatically determined from Supervisor s Device Tables If nothing is displayed the AE Number and Dest Device do not represent a valid Crosspoint in your system or that Audio Engine is offline This field is not editable Device Name Meter Select None Mono or Stereo as the Meter type you wish to be displayed for each Fader Meter Source Select Channel Monitor or Program as the Meter source you wish to be displayed for each Fader Once finished click Save All to save the changes to the profile Operation When you login to vFader it will query Supervisor for the current status The exact status of the fade
9. Top Left Width Height Adjust these values to suit your desired Off Mode Image size and location The fields will allow you to make the Off Mode Image larger than the Background size and to move the Off Mode Image beyond the borders of the Image Background You will need to therefore be diligent and check that your image is within the size of your background You will clearly be able to see the relationship Logitek vTools Reference Manual 81 erty td gt a Logitek between Image size and Image Background both in the design layout and the Run Preview windows Off Mode Image Maintain File Aspect Ratio Tick this box to ensure that the file is not resized to fit the dimensions set in the previous step Off Mode Image Show File Size Image Use the Show File Size Image button to reset the image size back to the size of the original file Off Mode Image View Off Image Use the View Off Image button to view the Off Image on the canvas under the properties window Off Mode Image Center Off Image Use the Center Off Image button to center the Off Mode Image in relation to the Image Background Off Mode Image Max Image Use the Max Image button to maximize the image size within the image background Off Mode Image Clear Off Image Use the Clear Off Image button to clear the image from the design canvas Off Mode Image File Name Click on the Browse button to select the Off Mode Image The image m
10. off Defined gt The Incoming Command must be followed by the Delimiter character gt The Bus for a Device on a given Surface may be turned on or off gt This command should include the Audio Engine number and Surface number Supervisor will assume Audio Engine 1 and Surface 1 if these are not defined gt This command must include the Device number and Bus number Leading zeros in the Device number are not required but can be used if desired gt One of the keywords ON or OFF is also required In the following example the first audio card in your Automation System is device0100 in Audio Engine 1 The command coming from the Automation System is PLAY1 The delimiter used in the conversion file is an asterisk You will need to enter AE1 and 0100 in the Allowed Source Devices in the vGuest Profile Page Enter the following in your conversion file to turn on the fader for the source The engine will turn on the source at the first fader it finds the device number on surface 1 PLAY1 surfacel deviceO0100 bus 0 on 146 Logitek vTools Reference Manual Lo gitek TIP If no surface is specified surfacel is assumed As such Logitek recommends always specifying the surface This keeps code similar and reduces the chance of inadvertently specifying the wrong surface The following command would execute the same function on surface 2 PLAY surface2 device0100 bus0 on TIP When specifying a Device Number
11. 6 1 Aug 2009 Logitek Electronic Systems Inc 5622 Edgemoor Drive Houston Texas 77081 USA Tel 1 713 664 4470 Fax 1 713 664 4479 Email support logitekaudio com Web www logitekaudio com Contents 2013 Logitek Electronic Systems Inc Notice Every effort has been made to supply complete and accurate information However Logitek Electronic Systems Inc assumes no responsibility for its use nor any infringement of patents or other rights of third parties which would result Worldwide rights reserved Except for your own personal use no part of this publication may be stored in a retrieval system transmitted or reproduced in any way including but not limited to photocopy photograph magnetic or other record without the prior agreement and written permission of Logitek Electronic Systems Inc Logitek is a trademark of Logitek Electronic Systems Inc All other trademarks acknowledged All specifications are subject to change without notice Logitek vTools Reference Manual 3 Document Revisions Revision August 2005 1 0 Paul Dengate First release of vTools manual Ben Hietbrink May 2009 Ben Hietbrink Updated for v3 5 versions of all vTools 3 July 2009 Ben Hietbrink Updated for v3 6 versions of all vTools August 2009 Ben Hietbrink Updated for v3 6 2 0 versions of vButton vMix vScreenDesigner vScreenPlayer and vTranslator May 2013 3 6 1 John Davis Updated for vMix rebranding and
12. 64bit certain registry entries are stored in the current user section Logitek recommends only logging in under one user to avoid confusion and duplication of setup parameters A vScreenDesigner also places information in the HKEY_CURRENT_USER section of the registry Logitek vTools Reference Manual 15 Lo gitek Setting Network parameters gt gt gt Click on the Network button on the top right of the vTool screen The Network Configuration window will open Network Enter the IP Address or computer name of the Supervisor PC in the Network Host 1 section Enter the IP Server Port as 10200 unless your Supervisor is configured with a different port Click OK f vButton 3 5 Network Configuration m Network Host 1 Network Host 2 IP Address IP Address IP Server Port 10200 IP Server Port Computer Name dbtnor22d lab dit Computer Name Figure 2 Network Configuration window TIP You can enter either an IP address or a computer name to locate Supervisor If using a computer name a NetBIOS name is expected All vTools will also allow a to support a DNS hostname When resolving by computer name and not IP address ensure you have a reliable WINS and or DNS infrastructure Dual Supervisor operation For Dual Supervisor also enter the IP Address or computer name of the 2nd Supervisor PC in the Network Host 2 section This ensu
13. Char functionality viranslator would be unable to process this string as three separate commands In most cases vTranslator would not find a match and therefore would not process any commands at all COM Port Setup Logitek Delimiter The delimiter character of your choice should be entered in the Delimiter box 140 Logitek vTools Reference Manual o gt td Mi Lo gitek TIP Care should be taken to choose a delimiter character that is not normally used in the strings that will be sent COM Port Setup Load File button The Load File button is provided to force a read of the conversion file after you have edited the text file This prevents having to restart the vTranslator application every time you make a change to a conversion file vTranslator 3 6 Client Edit Available Port UDP 3 COM 3 Baud Rate m 300 Eo M 2400 M 4800 MV 9600 Parity M None Odd M Even Data Bits a O ite Stop Bits v E Se Client to LP2 Conversion File FileName O O OOOO O Client Start Char l Enabled Client End Char Enabled Logitek Delimiter Figure 53 COM Port Assigned Logitek vTools Reference Manual 141 Lo gitek Clicking the Ok button at the bottom will exit the Client Edit page and return you to the main screen of vTranslator 142 Logitek vTools Reference Manual Logitek Operation Client List Each entry in the Client List includes information to hel
14. Crosspoint to the input of your Monitor Crosspoint Use the fader to control the Monitor gain TIP To use this function you need to enable OB Mode set a Monitor Crosspoint that uses DSP resources and allow the top two rows of buttons as Sources for the monitor Destination Device The Route to Monitor section is only visible if the following are all true gt OB Mode is enabled gt The Edit Button is from the top two rows gt Effects control is turned on for the Edit Button gt The Edit Button Destination is not the same as the Monitor Destination Dynamics Limiter Settings In Out Turns Dynamics processing on or off Threshold Limiter Threshold 20 to 20 dB Ratio Limiter Ratio 1 to 40 Release Limiter Release Time 10 to 1000 mSec Dynamics Compressor Settings Gain Compressor Gain O to 21 dB Threshold Compressor Threshold 40 to O dB Ratio Compressor Ratio 1 to 40 Attack Comp Attack Time 5 to 68 mSec Release Comp Release Time 100 to 6000 mSec 26 Logitek vTools Reference Manual Logitek Logitek vTools Reference Manual 27 EQ Click the Equalization tab to gain access to the EQ controls F Presets PreFader PostFader ane Mon1 Load 5 e Save5 Change Source Alias Coe n 1S 10 10 Nyah Press to route Low Mid Range High Mid Range Bandwidth Hz 490 Bandwidth Hz 1002 nastale AA P3 OR made ver ver 3 Online 1P 28 Netwn x ane
15. Crosspoints the bottom 6 rows Layers are only accessible if at least one Crosspoint Button is configured The layer names can be customized Buttons Figure 5 MatrixIP Main Screen Each Button shows the relevant information from the Audio Engine for that Crosspoint Click a button to enter the edit page for that Crosspoint show on the following page Source Device 8 16 character Source Label Input Meter Pre post fader level for source Device Alias 8 character Alias Destination Device 8 16 character Dest Label Gain Reduction Meter Only visible when effects IN Dynamics Effects Indicator D Dynamics IN E EQ IN AE Crosspoint Status Green Online Red Offline i Lo gitek Edit Page When you click a Button on the Main page the Edit Page is revealed The top left corner shows the Button you are editing with the same indicators previously described Destination Settings Change Source Device Ok MOI JE change oures Alas Dynamics Equalization Clear Nyan ly Gain Reduct Limiter Settings Compressor Settings Meter Level Ware MCR Mon1 LPreFader_ sagsthade 8 Threshold Threshold Press to route dB Presets nn A ee Figure 6 Matrix IP Edit Page amp Dynamics Change Source Device Click on the dropdown arrow to see change the Source for this Destination To change the Source gt Select the Source and click Take
16. Height allows you to set the height of the Tabs This is especially useful if you need larger amounts of text for your Tab description Background Lock Position Tick this box to lock the position of the Tab Set on the design layout Logitek vTools Reference Manual 101 oot td o Logitek Inactive Tabs Tab Color Text Color The following settings determine colors for the Tab and Text of tabs in the vMix that are not currently being displayed Use the drop down menu to select from a plethora of colors for Inactive Tabs Tab Color and Text Color If none of the listed colors suit your requirements double click on the currently listed color to open the Microsoft Windows color palette and choose one of these or make your own custom color If a custom color is chosen its RGB values will be shown as the color in the form XXX XXX XXX Use the Run Preview button view to see the fruits of you labor Connection AE Num DSP Channel Enabled By entering appropriate values for AE Number and DSP Channel you can set the Tab Set to change the displayed tab based on data received from Supervisor You must tick the Enabled box to allow the Tab Set to interact with the said AE Number and DSP Channel All Tabs Tab Height Enter the desired Tab Height for this Tab Set All Tabs Tab Count Enter the desired number of Tabs for this Tab Set All Tabs Font Name Use the drop down menu to select from a list of
17. K 5 ooo 340 Fades Tab Labels 6 omo 340 Fades Tab 1 7 om 340 Fade amp 8 om2 340 Fades w 9 om3 340 Fada amp 10 oo 340 Fadrio amp Tab Labels Softkey Buttons 1n oms 340 Fadert1 w 12 ome 340 Faderi2 w 13 0m7 340 Faderi3 K 14 oms 340 Faderi4 w s p omo an rader 001B Fader 17 18 omc Fader18 Figure 15 vMix profile setup Last Fader Number The value of the Last Fader will determine how many faders will be available The Last Fader value must be at least 13 and will be automatically adjusted if a lower value is entered If you wish to display less than 13 faders clear the Show Fader box for the faders you don t want to display Fader This column lists the possible faders from Fader 1 to the Last Fader Number set in the previous step Destination Device Specify the Destination Device Number that the fader controls This is entered in HEX You can find the Destination Device for a fader in your site s device reference table or in Supervisor s Audio Engine State page 46 Logitek vTools Reference Manual Destination Devices used by faders are as follows o do f3 fs f9 fe Jb f mo Ja J3 J B Joa 3s fsa a Jis fed J 4a fe 3 J5 p2 fie f3 mo pa pe e a 6e J
18. N Logitek vTools Reference Manual k Logitek Meter Mode Mono Stereo Tick either the Mono or the Stereo box for your desired metering mode Meter Data Type Input Output Tick either the Input or Output box for your desired metering type Border Off Color On Color Use the drop down menu to select from a plethora of colors for the border If none of the listed colors suit your requirements double click on the currently listed color to open the Microsoft Windows color palette and choose one of these or make your own custom color If a custom color is chosen its RGB values will be shown as the color in the form XXX XXX XXX Border Show Top Show Left Show Right Show Bottom Tick the appropriate boxes to show those borders Border Border Width Set the desired border width for your borders you have chosen to show Border Border AE Number Border DSP Channel Border Bus Num Enabled By entering appropriate values for Border AE Number Border DSP Channel and Border Bus Num you can set the Meter to display a different border color when data is received from the Audio Engine You must tick the Enabled box to allow the border to interact with the said AE Number DSP Channel and Bus Number Meter Scale Font Color Use the drop down menu to select from a plethora of colors for the Meter Scale Font If none of the listed colors suit your requirements double click on the currently listed color t
19. Name or Device Alias options have been ticked in the Text Source section Connection User Defined Text AE Number DSP Channel Bus Number Enabled By setting the appropriate values for AE Number DSP Channel and Bus Number you can use your Label like a Button You must tick the Enabled box to allow the image to control the said AE Number DSP Channel and Bus Number This section will be grayed out unless the User Defined Text option has been ticked in the Text Source section Logitek vTools Reference Manual 87 Lo gitek Message Box The configurable options for a Message Box are shown in Figure 34 below Pa f Prope itor essage Background Top 32 Width Lef Height Connection AE Number i Figure 34 Message Box Property Editor Background Top Left Width Height Adjust these values to suit your desired Message Box size and location You can also click and drag to position your Message Box within the design layout The fields will not allow you to make the Message Box larger than the screen size or to move the Message Box beyond the borders of the screen Background Lock Position Tick this box to lock the position of the Message Box on the design layout Background Color Use the drop down menu to select from a plethora of colors for the background If none of the listed colors suit your requirements double click on the currently listed color to open the Microsoft Windows
20. as in the above example it is not necessary to include the leading zeros It is also acceptable to have a space between the words and digits in surface device and bus Therefore PLAY1 surface 2 device 100 bus 0 onwill produce the same result A The device keyword cannot be used with a Route command Route commands can only use s and d keywords The device keyword cannot be used with a Level command Level may only be used with the fader keyword The following are further examples of using the device keyword to turn on off a bus JC JR OCA RRREJOIN device0100 bus0 on Q device 73 bus 1 on OCA device74 bus56 on TIP When specifying a Device Number as in the above examples it is not necessary to include the leading zeros It is also acceptable to have a space between the words and digits in device and bus Logitek vTools Reference Manual 147 Lo gitek Set Fader Level Sets the Fader level of a specified fader User ae surface fader level O to 255 INFINITY to 10dB OFF Defined INF gt The Incoming Command must be followed by the Delimiter character gt This command must include the Audio Engine number Surface number the fader number and the required keyword LEVEL The Destination Device number must NOT be used The Fader Level value must be expressed in internal Audio Engine units 0 255 A value of 195 is equal to unity gai
21. color palette and choose one of these or make your own custom color If a custom color is chosen its RGB values will be shown as the color in the form XXX XXX XXX 88 Logitek vTools Reference Manual gt a Logitek Background Transparent Tick this box make the background transparent This will allow the canvas background color to show through or if an object is placed behind the Message Box the object will show through the background of the Message Box You can check the look of the transparency by clicking on the Run Preview button after pressing OK to exit the Property Editor Border Color Use the drop down menu to select from a plethora of colors for the border If none of the listed colors suit your requirements double click on the currently listed color to open the Microsoft Windows color palette and choose one of these or make your own custom color If a custom color is chosen its RGB values will be shown as the color in the form XXX XXX XXX Border Show Top Show Left Show Right Show Bottom Tick the appropriate boxes to show those borders Border Border Width Set the desired border width for your borders you have chosen to show Text Lines First Line Line Count Use these values to set the first line to be displayed and the number of subsequent lines to be displayed in your Message Box Connection AE Number DSP Channel By entering appropriate values for AE Number and DSP Chan
22. design canvas On Mode Image File Name Click on the Browse button to select the On Mode Image The image must be located in the same directory as the vMix Design file otherwise the image will not display in vMix Player Button Press Function AE Number DSP Channel Bus Number Enabled By setting the appropriate values for AE Number DSP Channel and Bus Number you can use your Image like a Button You must tick the Enabled box to allow the image to control the said AE Number DSP Channel and Bus Number Button Press Function Toggle Mode Tick this box to make the image function as a toggle Press once to turn a bus on and press again to turn the bus off for example Lamp AE Number DSP Channel Bus Number Enabled You can set the button s lamp to be turned on or off by command sent from Supervisor By entering appropriate values for AE Number DSP Channel and Bus Number the lamp can be displayed as designed in CommanaBuilder You must tick the Enabled box to allow the button s lamp to be controlled via the said AE Number DSP Channel and Bus Number Lamp Internal Image Lamp Tick this box to force the lamp functionality to integrate with the Image Button Press AE Number DSP Channel and Bus Number This will allow the image to be switched when on and off events occur without the need to have a trigger written to give the same functionality Logitek vTools Reference Manual 83 Label The configur
23. edge width for the LED segments LED Array Show Peak LED Single Color LED Array Multi Color LED Array Tick the appropriate box to Show Peak LED You will have to choose either Single Color LED Array or Multi Color LED Array If you choose Multi Color LED Array the Show Peak LED tick box will automatically untick as a Multi Color LED Array shows peak by default Meter Data Connection Data AE Number Data DSP Channel By entering appropriate values for Data AE Number and Data DSP Channel you can set the Meter to display level received from the Audio Engine Ke D Logitek vTools Reference Manual oot td o gt Logitek Meter Mode Mono Stereo 5 1 Surround Tick either the Mono Stereo or 5 1 Surround box for your desired metering mode Meter Data Type Input Output Tick either the Input or Output box for your desired metering type Border Off Color On Color Use the drop down menu to select from a plethora of colors for the border If none of the listed colors suit your requirements double click on the currently listed color to open the Microsoft Windows color palette and choose one of these or make your own custom color If a custom color is chosen its RGB values will be shown as the color in the form XXX XXX XXX Border Show Top Show Left Show Right Show Bottom Tick the appropriate boxes to show those borders Border Border Width Set the desired border width for your bor
24. is horizontally centered no matter what Set the labels for each button you intend to use Once finished click Save All to save the changes to the profile Logitek vTools Reference Manual 35 Lo gitek Operation When you login to vButton it will query Supervisor for the current status Lamps that are ON will be lit and if lamps are flashing vButton will start these flashing Supervisor keeps track of flashes that expire after a certain number of times and will provide the correct status to vButton upon login This ensures vButton is consistent with physical button panels Each panel in vButton has an LED which shows the connection status to the listed Engine and Device Number This LED shows Green for connected and Red for disconnected By clicking on one of your vButtons you enact that same effect as by pressing the real thing The function performed by the button is determined by the Triggers that are used at your site Possible button Triggers include gt ON only usually used in button groups gt ON and OFF momentary push to talk intercom style buttons gt TOGGLE two state buttons which change function each time they are pressed The lamp in the button will only light if the Trigger tells it to do so vButton will not light a lamp just by clicking a button there must be code behind the button to send the appropriate command If you are emulating a physical panel the lamp status will be update both in vButton
25. not normally used in the strings that will be sent UDP Port Setup Load File button The Load File button is provided to force a read of the conversion file after you have edited the text file This prevents having to restart the vTranslator application every time you make a change to a conversion file 138 Logitek vTools Reference Manual 7 i Lo gitek vT ranslator 3 6 Client Edit Available Port UDP 4 COM 1 Listen on UDP Port Remote Server IP Address Port Number Listen to this Remote only Client to LP2 Conversion File FileName Client Start Char Enabled Client End Char I Enabled Logitek Delimiter Figure 52 UDP Port Assigned Logitek vTools Reference Manual 139 Lo gitek COM Port Setup Baud Rate Parity Data Bits Stop Bits If you selected the COM Port you will need to enter the options for Baud Rate Parity Data Bits and Stop Bits To do this select the appropriate tick box for each option COM Port Setup Client to LP2 Conversion File Click on the Browse button to browse to the conversion file COM Port Setup Client Start Char Client Stop Char When a device uses a known ASCII character to start and stop a command enter it in the appropriate field and tick the Enable box If a start character is entered and enabled and no stop character is defined enabled or if it is defined enabled but not received vTranslator will stop
26. position your Meter within the design layout The fields will not allow you to make the Meter larger than the screen size or to move the Meter beyond the borders of the screen Background Lock Position Tick this box to lock the position of the Meter on the design layout Background Color Use the drop down menu to select from a plethora of colors for the background If none of the listed colors suit your requirements double click on the currently listed color to open the Microsoft Windows color palette and choose one of these or make your own custom color If a custom color is chosen its RGB values will be shown as the color in the form XXX XXX XXX Background Transparent Tick this box make the background transparent This will allow the canvas background color to show through or if an object is placed behind the Meter the object will show through the background of the Meter You can check the look of the transparency by clicking on the Run Preview button after pressing OK to exit the Property Editor LED Array Top Left LED Width LED Height Adjust these values to suit your desired LED size and location The Top and Left values will dictate the position of the LED Array relative to the Background After you enter a value and tab out to the next value you will see the positioning change on the design canvas LED Array Horiz Space Vert Space Edge Width Adjust these values to suit your desired spacing and
27. vTools Reference Manual Lo gitek Capture Page To create a new file firstly setup the surface with all the settings you wish to save and then run the Capture On Trigger This would usually be done via a surface button or using vButton You will now need to enter a name for the file Do this by using either the keyboard or by clicking the mouse on the appropriate characters within the vSnapshot integrated keyboard When you have entered the name click on the F1 Capture to File button or press F1 on the keyboard A confirmation message will briefly appear The file name will now appear in the list Click on the F12 Done button or press F12 on the keyboard when finished vSnapshot will minimize to the task bar An example of a created file is shown below IeySnapshot Capture x User File Name Alan Jones Breakfast Show eee aa Name EA ee ee TITS aps Pope pcprpspkiu Figure 46 vSnapshot File Created Logitek vTools Reference Manual 123 Lo gitek TIP To change the settings for an existing file repeat this process using an existing file rather than creating a new one Logitek vTools Reference Manual Lo gitek Edit Page To edit or delete an existing file click the mouse on the name of the file you wish to edit or delete The line containing this file name will now be highlighted To edit the File Name simply amend the text as necessary using either the keyboard or the integ
28. 18 20 201612 6 4 2 042 4 6 amp 10 12 14 16 m Ji Gann landann mdan hanian lamban kannn bnhan anida EC ET Monitor Taai Phones z Cue T fae faa DAWR f CD1 Prv C02 Prv l Aea Mm oxor Dume ET Ee Ee Change Change Change Change Change Change Change Change Change Change Change Change Cue Cue Cue Cue J Cue Cue Cue Cue J Cue Cue Cue Cue TalkBack TalkBack UaikBact TalkBack UalkBack UsikBacl Talkback UslkBecld TalkBack WalkBeck UalkBeck TalkBack 4 3 On On Om asa Om an Ga ala alin alian an MER E A A E T R _380_ _380_ 380 L380 L380_ Y ANE T R AAE T R G E T Figure 17 A sample 10 Fader vMix in operation Logitek vTools Reference Manual 49 i gt a Logitek Softkey Buttons amp Screen Softkey Buttons are located on the top left underneath the Softkey Screen By clicking a Softkey Button an action will be performed based on how that button has been programmed in your Trigger Table Text written to and sent to the Softkey Screen will appear here Bridge Buttons Bridge Buttons are located underneath the meters By clicking a Bridge Button an action will be performed based on how that button has been programmed in your Trigger Table Meters Meters are displayed based on the Audio Engine and Surface number
29. 4 Logitek vTools Reference Manual Lo gitek Setup When creating a vMix Design file vse it is recommended that these along with any log files that are included with the design are stored in the same directory as Supervisor This would normally be C Logitek3 6 but as shown in Figure 25 above may be different if you have specified a different location for Supervisor or stored your designs in a separate folder On a JetStream system this file location is D Logitek Operation After creating a design file that design is executed by opening vMix and logging into Supervisor JetStream Server with the username and password of the profile as created in the Profile Setup section above Keyboard Shortcuts Alt L Brings up the Logon Dialog when the Title Bar is hidden Alt M Minimizes vScreenPlayer when the Title Bar is hidden Alt T Toggles show hide Title Bar Alt X Exits vChange when Title Bar is hidden Alt Arrows Nudges window up down left right when the Title Bar is hidden vMix requires design files to be created See the following chapter for information on creating designs using vMix Design AutoStart Feature To log in vMix automatically 1 Create a user in Supervisor JetStream Server called autostart1 Assign that user to vMix and set the profile number to match the desired design If autostart is in use for a different purpose change to an unused number but there must be no spaces between autost
30. 6 Character Compatibility All vTools v3 6 applications support both 8 and 16 character Device Name systems Network Requirements vTools are designed to talk to Supervisor via a TCP connection You will require TCP IP connectivity from the client computer to the Supervisor machine s vTools communicate on TCP ports between 10200 and 10212 although this can be customized in Supervisor The amount of data transferred is usually quite small making vTools suitable for low speed WANs internet VPNs and even dial up connections This combination of broadcast and IT makes Logitek vTools very powerful Logitek vTools Reference Manual 9 gt td N a Logitek The only real issue for network speed when using vTools for broadcast is latency If your network infrastructure supports prioritization you may wish to give TCP ports 10200 to 10212 priority over other traffic 10 Logitek vTools Reference Manual Lo gitek 2 Installing vTools This chapter describes both the first time and upgrade installation of all vTools Software Installation The Logitek vTools software will be supplied via Email or download from the Logitek website Logitek software is developed without reliance on components that are not standard in Windows Upon first execution the vTool will setup default registry keys and make configuration files in the program directory It is possible to use the software without running an installer package However a
31. 62 62 62 62 62 62 6606F 676974656B2 626 69 64 19 r 6264F61E6161 Show raw receive data Clear Client Log 69 63 33 UDP 1 Conversion file ccu txt read OK 69 63 33 COM 5 Conversion file ccu txt read OK 69 64 21 UDP 1 p16226 open 69 64 21 Com 5 open 69 64 34 UDP 1 p16226 open 09 04 34 UDP 1 Conversion file ccu txt read OK Show raw receive data Clear Clients UDP 1 p10220 C Logitek3 6 ccu tat P John ccu txt Add Client Delete Client Edit Client Figure 55 A sample vTranslator in operation Logitek vTools Reference Manual Lo gitek vTranslator Example Commands The following are examples of vTranslator text file content Action Words The following action words are supported and must be used in the syntax as shown route sS to d s source d destination hex address level Sets fader level to a value from 0 255 195 unity Turns on the designated bus number bus off Turns off the designated bus number Other supported keywords are AE indicates the audio engine the command is to be sent to Surface indicates the surface the command is being sent to Device indicates the device the command is being sent to Fader specifies a fader channel destination Bus specifies the bus number for an ON or OFF command A Only the route command supports the use of the sBracket and dBracket notat
32. 64ccu_txt 2 COM5 P Wohn ccu txt Figure 50 Clients List Add Client Button To add a Client to the list click the Add Client button at the lower left You may click this several times in succession to add multiple clients As you add Clients you will see the rows in the list of Clients increase accordingly The maximum number of clients allowed is 100 Delete Client Button To delete an existing Client highlight the client in the list and click the Delete Client button 134 Logitek vTools Reference Manual erty 4 Lo gitek Edit Client Button To edit an existing Client click on the Client in the list that you wish to edit and then click the Edit Client button This will open the Client Edit page Client Edit Page The Available Ports list will display the next available UDP port followed by all installed COM ports To select a port simply highlight the desired port and click the Assign Port button To change a Port assignment click on the Remove Port button Logitek vTools Reference Manual 135 Lo gitek vTranslator 3 6 Client Edit Available Port UDP 3 COH 1 COH 3 Assign Port Remove Port Client to LP2 Conversion File FileName Client Start Char e Enabled Client End Char Enabled Logitek Delimiter Figure 51 Client Edit Page UDP Port Setup Listen on UDP Port If you selected the UDP port you will need to enter the UDP Port number on which vTranslato
33. Back and BringToFront will move those panes of glass back and forward but only as far as the parent Thus components on a Tab Set page can only move as far back as the page and not behind it Items on a Tab Set page can be brought forward more that recent creations on the main form Be careful Think before you move back or forward Image components will only switch between two pictures If you require switching between more images for example ten You could use a Tab Set with ten Tabs to switch between ten different images one on each page Button Diamond Executing this function will add a Diamond Button as shown on the right Button Rectangular Executing this function will add a Rectangular Button as shown on the right User Button Button Round _ Executing this function will add a Round Button as shown on the right Butona Button XP Style Executing this function will add an XP Style Button as shown on the right Jser Buttoni Date Display Executing this function will add a Date Display to your design layout Logitek vTools Reference Manual 69 Fader Executing this function will add a Fader to your design layout Image Executing this function will add an Image to your design layout Label Executing this function will add a customizable Text Label to your design layout Message Box Executing this function will add a Message Box to your design layout Meter Horizontal Meter Minn
34. Border Border Width Set the desired border width for your borders you have chosen to show 108 Logitek vTools Reference Manual Lo gitek Text Font Color Use the drop down menu to select from a plethora of colors for text color If none of the listed colors suit your requirements double click on the currently listed color to open the Microsoft Windows color palette and choose one of these or make your own custom color If a custom color is chosen its RGB values will be shown as the color in the form XXX XXX XXX Text Font Name Use the drop down menu to select from a list of different fonts Text Font Size Use the drop down menu to select from a list of different font sizes Text Font Bold Tick this box to enable Bold Logitek vTools Reference Manual 109 Lo gitek Timer The configurable options for a Timer are shown in Figure 41 below Prope itor imer Background Top Width 130 Left E tjg Emm Figure 41 Timer Property Editor Background Top Left Width Height Adjust these values to suit your desired Timer size and location You can also click and drag to position your Timer within the design layout The fields will not allow you to make the Tab Set larger than the screen size or to move the Timer beyond the borders of the screen Background Lock Position Tick this box to lock the position of the Timer on the design layout Background Color Use the drop down
35. Button Toggle Mode Tick this box to make this button function as a toggle Press once to turn a bus on and press again to turn the bus off for example Button Show Bevel Tick this box to show a bevel around the perimeter of the button in vMix Player You can check the look of this feature by clicking on the Run Preview button after pressing OK to exit the Property Editor The Show Bevel tick box is not present in the Property Editor of an XP Style Button Button AE Number DSP Channel Bus Number Enabled You can set a button up to perform a function as if launched from a console A good example of this could be a Scene Change If a scene change was already programmed to a button on the console using CommanaBuilder you could give the same AE Number DSP Channel and Bus Number to your vMix button Alternatively if you did not have a Scene Change button on your console you could write a trigger and use the same AE Number DSP Channel and Bus Number for your vMix button Both of these options would trigger an event in Supervisor when the vMix button was pressed You must tick the Enabled box to allow the button to control the said AE Number DSP Channel and Bus Number Lamp Off Color Off Color Use the drop down menu to select from a plethora of colors for both states of the lamp If none of the listed colors suit your requirements double click on the currently listed color to open the Microsoft Windows color palett
36. CE keyword is also valid and is used to tell which console to perform the command DEVICE keyword enabled lets you specify a device number in the conversion file to turn a BUS ON or OFF Leading zeroes are not required This keyword behaves similarly to the DEVICE keyword in Command Builder Logitek vTools Reference Manual
37. Engine using the Surface Label TIP When using the Route to Monitor function of OB Mode you must allocate your OB Crosspoint outputs as allowed sources on the Monitor Destination 22 Logitek vTools Reference Manual Operation Logitek MatrixIP3 5 OB mode Sport 927 Vic 01 Inter 06 Inter 07 Inter 04 Nyah AnglePk AlbionPk Cessnock TVN OB91 OB 03 z OB05 OB 11 OB 15 Inter 01 Vic 02 Inter 05 Inter 11 Vic 03 Inter 15 Penrith Sandown Northam Hobart Bendigo DeanGary OB02 OB 04 OB 06 OB 08 OB 10 OB 16 _Silent_ To MonSp B 927A Pre 927A Pre 927A Pre 927A Pre 927A Pre 927A Pre 927A Pre 927A Pre Ext TB1 Ext TB2 Ext TB3 Ext TB4 Ext TB5 Ext TB6 Ext TB7 Ext TB8 B B B B 8 8 B B aM MMM M MI Ext TB1 Ext TB2 Ext TB3 Ext TB4 Ext TB5 Ext TB6 Ext TB7 Ext TB8 Nyah Sandown Bendigo Vic 01 Vic 02 Vic 03 Vic 04 Vic 05 Vic 06 Vic 07 Vic 08 8 B O a 8 Je 8 a OB01 OB 10 OB 04 927A Pre OB 11 0B 01 0B 04 OB 10 927A Pre 927A Pre Nyah Bendigo Sandown Cessnock Nyah Sandown Bendigo Inter 01 Inter 02 Inter 03 Inter 04 Inter 05 Inter 06 Inter 07 Inter 08 Inter 09 Inter 10 B a LJ 8 B B B LJ B B 927A Pre 927A Pre 927A Pre 927A Pre 927A Pre 927A Pre Inter 11 Inter 12 Inter 13 Inter 14 Inter 15 Inter 16 B B B B B B Layer 1 Layer 2 Layer 3 These buttons give access to the three layers of
38. Executing this function will add a Horizontal Level Meter asshown on 7 88 ss ee se eee eer the right Sa a aa Meter Vertical Meter Executing this function will add a Vertical Level Meter as shown in Figure 28 LR Shape Circle i Executing this function will add a Circle shape to your design layout Shape Ellipse Executing this function will add an Ellipse shape to your design layout Shape Rectangle Executing this function will add a Rectangle shape to your design layout lt Figure 28 Vertical Meter Shape Round Rectangle Executing this function will add a Round Rectangle rectangle with filleted edges shape to your design layout Shape Round Square Executing this function will add a Round Square square with filleted edges shape to your design layout Shape Square Executing this function will add a Square shape to your design layout 70 Logitek vTools Reference Manual erty 4 o gt Logitek Tab Set Horizontal Tabs Executing this function will add a Horizontal Tab set to your design layout Tab Set Vertical Tabs Executing this function will add a Vertical Tab set to your design layout Time Display Executing this function will add a Time Display functioning clock to your design layout Timer Executing this function will add a Timer to your design layout Run Preview Button The Run Preview button allows you to preview how your vMix design will look and
39. O MONITOR PHONES drop down lists are displayed correctly Input device list in Fader Change section no longer overwrites the take device button if the list is longer than 19 sources Labels on SOFTKEY BUTTONS and BRIDGE BUTTONS now work properly Maximum trim value display has been corrected from 20db to 10db Profile name is now displayed on title bar of application vMix generates in instance ID when it connects to Supervisor This ID number is displayed on the Supervisor IP Client State page The ID helps to identify multiple instances of vMix when clients are re connecting to Supervisor in the event of a crash Supervisor will only allow clients with unique IDs to connect thereby eliminating the possibility of the same client connecting twice gt 16 character Device Name support in all v3 6 editions gt Allows and in NetBIOS computer name Vv v VVVV Release Notes The following notes detail known issues version history and current release of vMix Known Issues As at August 2009 there are no issues registered against vMix To report any problems please contact Logitek Electronic Systems Resolved Issues Fixed Screen Display so that Mixer appears OFF LINE no active meters etc when not connected to Supervisor Release History Following is the maintenance release history for this version of vMix For the latest updates and release notes consult the Logitek Audio website E
40. Reference Manual Lo gitek Top Left Adjust these values to set the position of the widget on the screen You may also drag and drop the widget Lock Position Tick this box to lock the widget in its current position AE Number Enter the Audio Engine or JetStream number where the delay crosspoint is located Device Number Enter the device number in hex of the delay crosspoint The delay is usually on Router 1 or Router 2 On Port 1 the device number for Router 1 is 30 and Router 2 is device 31 Background Color Sets the background color of the widget Router Single This widget allows sources to be routed to a fixed destination The destination may either be a DSP crosspoint such as a fader or it may be the address of an output As with physical routers in the Logitek system the available sources are defined in the surface settings of AE Config or JetStream Server matching wth the desired destination device Logitek vMix Design On Line HSER ees rope itor Router Router Top Width AE Number 1 Sees Left 112 Height DSP Channel I Lock Position Logitek vTools Reference Manual 113 o a Logitek Background Top Left Width Height Adjust these values to suit your desired Router size and location You can also click and drag to position your Router within the design layout The fields will not allow you to make the Router larger than the screen size or to move the Time
41. Stereo K K 7 Save New Alias z PABXMn NSS10in ONoneKMono O Stereo E es E o ONone Mono Stereo o o A Wee Ole aa a m ONone Mono Stereo o Li i m ONone Mono Stereo O oO 5 o None Haa Siasa o o Monitor Crosspoint 10 o None Mono Stereo o o AE Num fi Oo ONone Mono Stereo o o Dest Device 4 El None O Mono O Stereo o o W o CONone Mono Stereo o o 3 12 Oo ONone Mono Stereo o o F EKETE E m ONone Mono Stereo Oo oO 1 13 CNone Mono Stereo 2 I ONone Mono Stereo 3 14 ONone Mono Stereo z 15 Figure 4 MatrixIP Profile in Supervisor Logitek vTools Reference Manual 19 Lo gitek Before using MatrixIP it is necessary to create a profile in Supervisor Using the numbered tabs down the right hand side of the Matrix P Profile tab select which profile number you wish to configure Enter a suitable Profile Title Profile Setup Button Grid MatrixIP is a series of buttons on a main page When clicked an edit page is revealed to allow changes to the button A button represents a DSP Crosspoint or Output Route which are both known as Destination Devices This section of the profile setup configures the MatrixIP buttons Each button is represented by a row on the grid The top two rows are always visible The other rows are contained within three layers each with a distinct color A layer can contain up to 60 buttons The layer names are editable in the profile for display in Matrix P
42. Stop Char enabled the entire incoming string will be processed as one command and must exactly match what is in the conversion file in order for the command to execute If the Client Start Char Client Stop Char are also entered in the conversion file vTrans ator will ignore the extra characters in the conversion file As an example Premiere Radio Networks in the USA uses a to start transmission and a to end transmission within their Satellite Receiver The command coming from the satellite receiver looks like RLLOCAL You can enter either RLLOCAL or RLLOCAL before the delimiter in the conversion file and we will process it correctly as long as you define as the start and as the stop character on the edit page of vTranslator Using the Client Start Char and Client End Char fields allows vTranslator to process multiple commands that are sent at the same time in a single string For example an Automation System may send the string FNLOCAL NOCTOH FSLOCAL Without the Client Start Char and Client Stop Char functionality viranslator would be unable to process this string as three separate commands In most cases vTranslator would not find a match and therefore would not process any commands at all Logitek vTools Reference Manual 137 Lo gitek UDP Port Setup Logitek Delimiter The delimiter character of your choice should be entered in the Delimiter box TIP Care should be taken to choose a delimiter character that is
43. able options for a Label are shown in Figure 33 below Figure 33 Label Property Editor 84 Logitek vTools Reference Manual erty td o Logitek Background Top Left Width Height Adjust these values to suit your desired Label size and location You can also click and drag to position your Label within the design layout The fields will not allow you to make the Label larger than the screen size or to move the Label beyond the borders of the screen Background Lock Position Tick this box to lock the position of the Label on the design layout Background Off Color On Color Use the drop down menu to select from a plethora of colors for Off and On mode background color If none of the listed colors suit your requirements double click on the currently listed color to open the Microsoft Windows color palette and choose one of these or make your own custom color If a custom color is chosen its RGB values will be shown as the color in the form XXX XXX XXX Background Transparent Tick this box make the background transparent This will allow the canvas background color to show through or if an object is placed behind the label the object will show through the background of the label You can check the look of the transparency by clicking on the Run Preview button after pressing OK to exit the Property Editor Border Off Color On Color Use the drop down menu to select from a plethora of c
44. ader 13 MASTER 1 MASTER 2 SUB MASTERS Figure 24 vMix Player in operation Logitek vTools Reference Manual 63 i Lo gitek Profile Setup Before using vMix it is necessary to create a profile in Supervisor or JetStream Server Find the appropriate Profile Number click in the File Name section and type the vMix Design filename for your profile Once finished click Save All to save the changes to the profile The vMix Profiles screen is shown in Figure 25 below fm Backup Status 8 May 2009 Friday 02 58 51 PM Logitek Supervisor 3 5 Primary Audio Engine Lag Network Client Log Audio Engine State Com Port Control IP Client State System Administrator ral System Setup Software License Special Functions User Setup Profiles on ee yRoute yButton yFader yDelay MatrixlP yScreen vScreen Profiles vScreen Profile gt Profile File Name Huaber Save All 1 v3 aay L apps Apps 3 5 Test test DE Figure 25 vMix Profile Setup When entering the filename in the vMix Profiles page the filename must not A include the vse extension as Supervisor automatically adds the vse extension when attempting to load the file If the vse extension is included Supervisor will attempt to load Filename vse vse 6
45. age box explaining the problem will be presented to the user New look Windows XP style interface 16 character Device Name support in all v3 6 editions Support for Dual Supervisor operation in all vTools 15 available profiles in Supervisor for each vTool vTools settings are generally stored in the profile meaning setup is done at Supervisor and not shown to the users A user can logon at any terminal and receive correct settings based on username amp profile Logitek vTools Reference Manual 157 Lo gitek Release Notes The following notes detail known issues version history and current release of vSnapshot Bus Assignments The following reserved Bus Assignments are used by vSnapshot Port Number of Surface Bus numbers for Capture Recall Edit Bus 201 202 203 Bus 211 212 213 Bus 221 222 223 Known Issues As at August 2009 there are no issues registered against vSnapshot To report any problems please contact Logitek Electronic Systems Resolved Issues No known issues for resolution Release History Following is the maintenance release history for this version of vSnapshot For the latest updates and release notes consult the Logitek Audio website Executable Name Date vSnapshot3 6 3 6 1 0 01 May 09 First release 158 Logitek vTools Reference Manual i Lo gitek What s New in vTranslator 3 6 gt An all new application gt Support for Dual Supervisor oper
46. al setup has been completed whenever vChange is started it will automatically connect During a Change operation vChange will automatically pop up and the top line will show from left to right the Audio Engine Number Fader Number and Surface Number vChange simplifies the setting of EQ and Dynamics by providing a graph of the settings on screen as they are changed The numbered values as shown on the surface screen are also shown in vChange Keyboard Shortcuts Alt L Brings up the Settings Page Alt M Minimizes vChange Alt T Toggles show hide Title Bar Alt X Exits vChange when Title Bar is hidden Alt Arrows Nudges window up down left right 62 Logitek vTools Reference Manual 7 S d N i Lo gitek 11 vMix This chapter introduces the vMix formerly vScreen suite and describes the operation of the vMix Player Subsequent chapters detail the other vMix suite components vMix is bundled into the purchase of JetStream systems For the AE 32 platform an extra license will need to be purchased from Logitek Electronic Systems to run vMix vMix combines many of the functions of other vTools into a design your own screen builder The primary intention is to replace many of the other vTools on the JetStream platform A screenshot of vMix is shown below Logitee vScreen On Line Network 48a Mix Minus Normal Mode Fader 12 F
47. allocate your own 30 Logitek vTools Reference Manual i Logitek addressing We suggest using a Destination Device from an output that relates to the location or a spare surface port number The Bus Numbers are arbitrary but for consistency should mirror an existing similar panel a y Logitek Supervisor 3 5 Primary Backup Status 17 July 2008 Thursday 14 50 58 Jed IP Client State System Administrator Com Port Control Audio Engine Log Network Client Log Audio Engine State System Administrator System Setup Software License Special Functions User Setup Profiles yRoute vButton IL yFader yGuest vDelay vhlix MatrixlP yScreen vButton Profile 1 ProfileTitle SSS S SN 1 Panel Configuration Button Configuration niacin a Save All lt F Bus Bus Panel Title Dest Left Inc Dec Devi Left Inc Dec Color Paste 5 Num gt evice Num gt ay Bi Display iSS Sources E 0067 m o Red Clear oO Blank x Display a Ay O Blank NSS Destinations lEz 0067 K O Red oO Display o Blank oO Display 4 5 Blank oO Display 5 0 Blank oO Display 6 O Blank O Display E Blank oO Display E 8 E Blank 14 Figure 8 vButton profile setup Panel Configuration page Button Dest Device S
48. and the physical panel no matter where the button was pressed vButton supports three flash speeds SLOW MEDIUM and FAST These speeds are the same as what is available on the Mosaic and COM 12 MEDIUM is the default speed and is supported by all hardware rm vButton3 6 PROFILE 4RK NSS vRoute Network J Lag Te AE1 Device 0068 ES 450 ee 451 Ea 1 Fa 450 Fa 451 Ca 1 ka n sae Post ES Post ee Ea Fa Fa Ca NSS Destinations CE AEI Device 0068 TX A TX B RBS1 REM1 Figure 10 A sample vButton in operation Logitek vTools Reference Manual i Logitek 6 vDelay Setup amp Operation This chapter describes the operation of the vDelay tool vDelay provides real time display of current Talk Delay status and gives the user the ability to Start Stop and Dump the delay The delay is provided by SharcAttack DSP cards in a Logitek Audio Engine Delay is only available on surfaces that have a SharcAttack card allocated to them Profile Setup Before using vDelay it is necessary to create a profile in Supervisor Using the numbered tabs down the right hand side select which profile number you wish to configure Enter a suitable Profile Title Delay The delay control numbers are displayed in this column You can configure a maximum of 12 separate delay controls 6 on each row per instance of vDelay Show Panel Select the box if you wish to show the panel If you want to temporari
49. art and the number eg Autostart2 autostart3 autostart4 and so on are ok 2 Right click on the Windows shortcut to the vMix application On the target line you will see the path to the program in quotes For example d logitek vMix 3 Add a space after the closing quote and then type the auto start username that you created in step 1 For example d logitek vMix autostart1 4 Click Apply then OK 5 Now when you launch the program from that shortcut the client will log in automatically If you place this shortcut in the Windows Startup folder the client will log in automatically when Windows starts Logitek vTools Reference Manual 65 Lo gitek 12 Vmix Design This chapter shows you how to create your own vMix design files for use with vMix You can also obtain sample designs from Logitek Electronic Systems and customize them to suit your station When you open vMix Design you will be presented with a blank canvas as in Figure 26 below TS Logitek vScreen Designer WEE File Edit AddComponent Run Preview File Name Logitek vScreen3 On Line Network m Figure 26 vMix Design Main Page There are three menu choices File Edit and AddComponent as well as the Run Preview button Below this is the designer area You will notice that the designer area mimics the actual screen area of the vMix design Use the menu options as des
50. as not being saved Fixed bug in RUN PREVIEW mode meter borders did not toggle on off colors when meter was clicked with mouse 10 Aug 09 Fixed bug in METER component meter borders on off colors did not change in response to bus on off commands Fixed bug in TAB SET component tab changes did not respond to bus on commands 30 Apr 09 Browse button added to find conversion file Instead of typing the file name you now browse to it This eliminates typing and syntax errors A Client Start Character and Client Stop Character with enable checkboxes has been added to the Edit client page for both serial and UDP This allows multiple commands to be processed if they arrive simultaneously The piping feature that allows multiple commands to be sent to the same destination has been removed vTranslator translates incoming commands to vGuest LP2 commands therefore it will translate one incoming command to one Logitek command If you need to do multiple actions from an incoming command you should use a trigger in Command Builder This change will make troubleshooting much easier because you can keep straight what vTranslator is doing and what Command Builder is doing if you limit the scope of vTranslator Allowed Source Devices section of vGuest profile is now supported vTranslator now works like any other vGuest client Enter allowed sources into the profile and refer to them in the conversion file by the DEVICE keyword The SURFA
51. ation in all vTools Release Notes The following notes detail known issues version history and current release of vTranslator Known Issues As at August 2009 there are no issues registered against vTranslator To report any problems please contact Logitek Electronic Systems Resolved Issues A complete overhaul was performed to simplify the program make it operate more consistently with our other programs and make it usable with the Premiere Radio Networks XDS receiver Release History Following is the maintenance release history for this version of vTranslator For the latest updates and release notes consult the Logitek Audio website Executable Name vTranslator3 6 3 6 1 0 _ 30 Apr 09 vTranslator3 6 3 6 2 0 10 Aug 09 Browse button added to find conversion file Instead of typing the file name you now browse to it This eliminates typing and syntax errors A Client Start Character and Client Stop Character with enable checkboxes has been added to the Edit client page for both serial and UDP This allows multiple commands to be processed if they arrive simultaneously The piping feature that allows multiple commands to be sent to the same destination has been removed vTranslator translates incoming commands to vGuest LP2 commands therefore it will translate one incoming command to one Logitek command If you need to do multiple actions from an incoming command you should use a trigger in Command Builder This change
52. ave the setting if you were looking at or making adjustments to the Setup Page and do not wish to connect press the F12 Done button or press F12 on your keyboard The vSnapshot Setup Page is shown below 4 S Logitek vSnapshot 3 5 UeV Snapshot Setup _ S ate es awe Supervisor A IP Address Computer Name i Supervisor B IP Address is Saami 10200 Computer Name ia Capture Recall for Surface Number cae f Figure 44 vSnapshot Setup Page Click and hold the mouse anywhere on the background image to drag vSnapshot to a desired location on the screen This location is where vSnapshot will appear when it is active Logitek vTools Reference Manual 121 Logitek Once you have done this and setup the connection properties vSsnapshot will automatically connect each time it is launched and will indicate its connection via the two Green status lights A connected vSnapshot is shown below eevSnapshot Capture AE1 Surface 1 SES A PEELE EE ELLY CN TD Se A eu cain ER EA KA as Figure 45 vSnapshot Connected TIP vSnapshot has four different pages These are the Capture Recall Edit and Setup pages Using the ALT P keystroke combination will allow you to toggle between these pages You can now save the surface settings to individual files within vSnapshot vSnapshot allows you to do this with the mouse only or with the mouse and keyboard together if you prefer 22 Logitek
53. behave during operation This is especially helpful in fine tuning the appearance and functionality of the object s you add to your layout Object Property Editor Each object you add to your vMix design layout can be manipulated to suit your requirements Shape size color position and interaction with the Logitek Audio Engine and Supervisor are just some of the customizations you can make to the various different components within vMix Design To customize an object simply right click on it Following are details on the individual customizations you can make to each object within vMix Design Logitek vTools Reference Manual 71 Logitek Button The configurable options for a Button are shown in Figure 29 below Configurable options are the same for all buttons with the exception of the Show Bevel and Flat Style options which are not available for an XP Style Button Figure 29 Button Property Editor Button Top Left Width Height Adjust these values to suit your desired button size and location You can also click and drag to position your button within the design layout The fields will not allow you to make the button larger than the screen size or to move the button beyond the borders of the screen 72 Logitek vTools Reference Manual Lo gitek Button Lock Position Tick this box to lock the position of the button on the design layout This is helpful if you wish to line up several buttons
54. creen Equalization Tab Click the Equalization In button to include Equalization processing Click the Equalization Out button to exclude EQ It is not possible to adjust the EQ parameters in vMix Click OK to commit these changes and return to the vMix screen Cue Button Click the Cue button on a fader to route audio from the fader to the cue bus Click the Cue button again to turn off cue for that channel Talkback Button Click the Talkback button to route the Talkback Mic to the mix minus for that channel Click the Talkback button again to restore the mix minus for that channel to the normal mix bus 52 Logitek vTools Reference Manual Fader Level Lo gitek Click and drag the fader up or down to increase or decrease the level As the physical Surfaces do not have motorized faders the fader change will not be visible at a console Surface However the fader level movement on vMix will be made at the Audio Engine If the fader is moved at the console Surface the vMix display will update to mimic it On Off Buttons Clicking on the On or Off buttons will turn the fader On or Off If you are emulating a physical fader the fader status will be updated both in vMix and the physical panel no matter where the setting was performed Cue button Turn on off cue on fader Bus On indicators PGM AUX1 8 Alias Shows device alias Dynamics amp EQ in out Gain Reduction Meter Shown if Dynamics In Input Meter Sho
55. cribed in the following text to customize your vMix design to suit your requirements Logitek vTools Reference Manual Lo gitek File Menu New Design Creates a new blank vMix Design file to add objects to Read This opens a Windows browse dialog to open an existing vMix Design file vse Save Saves your current vMix Design design You must have already executed the Save As function see below in order to use the Save command otherwise the Save option will be unavailable Save As Opens a Windows browse dialog which allows you to browse to your desired location and save the current design with a name of your choice TIP Itis always good practice to save the design file and any associated images to a central location like a Server as Servers often have a backup capability It is however imperative that the design file is also saved to the Supervisor PC in the same directory as the Supervisor executable This is usually C Logitek3 6 but may be different if you have installed Supervisor in a different location Settings Opens the vMix Design Program Settings window so you can set the screen size and show hints aS a Program Settings Program Screen Size V User Custom Size Width Height Full Screen Size Hints M Show Hints Lk Figure 27 vMix Design Program Settings Window Logitek vTools Reference Manual 67 gt a Logitek Exit Exec
56. custom color If a custom color is chosen its RGB values will be shown as the color in the form XXX XXX XXX Border Show Top Show Left Show Right Show Bottom Tick the appropriate boxes to show those borders 78 Logitek vTools Reference Manual Lo gitek Border Border Width Set the desired border width for your borders you have chosen to show Background Color Use the drop down menu to select from a plethora of colors for background color If none of the listed colors suit your requirements double click on the currently listed color to open the Microsoft Windows color palette and choose one of these or make your own custom color If a custom color is chosen its RGB values will be shown as the color in the form XXX XXX XXX Track Top Left By setting the appropriate values for Top and Left you can move the Fader s track position within the background of the Fader You can check the look of the track positioning by clicking on the Run Preview button after pressing OK to exit the Property Editor Scale Color Use the drop down menu to select from a plethora of colors for scale color If none of the listed colors suit your requirements double click on the currently listed color to open the Microsoft Windows color palette and choose one of these or make your own custom color If a custom color is chosen its RGB values will be shown as the color in the form XXX XXX XXX Scale Show Lef
57. d on the design layout Background Off Color On Color Use the drop down menu to select from a plethora of colors for the background on and off colors If none of the listed colors suit your requirements double click on the currently listed color to open the Microsoft Windows color palette and choose one of these or make your own custom color If a custom color is chosen its RGB values will be shown as the color in the form XXX XXX XXX Background Transparent Tick this box make the background transparent This will allow the canvas background color to show through or if an object is placed behind the image the object will show through the background of the image You can check the look of the transparency by clicking on the Run Preview button after pressing OK to exit the Property Editor Border Off Color On Color Use the drop down menu to select from a plethora of colors for the border on and off colors If none of the listed colors suit your requirements double click on the currently listed color to open the Microsoft Windows color palette and choose one of these or make your own custom color If a custom color is chosen its RGB values will be shown as the color in the form XXX XXX XXX Border Show Top Show Left Show Right Show Bottom Tick the appropriate boxes to show those borders Border Border Width Set the desired border width for your borders you have chosen to show Off Mode Image
58. ders you have chosen to show Border Border AE Number Border DSP Channel Border Bus Num Enabled By entering appropriate values for Border AE Number Border DSP Channel and Border Bus Num you can set the Meter to display a different border color when data is received from the Audio Engine You must tick the Enabled box to allow the border to interact with the said AE Number DSP Channel and Bus Number Meter Scale Font Color Use the drop down menu to select from a plethora of colors for the Meter Scale Font If none of the listed colors suit your requirements double click on the currently listed color to open the Microsoft Windows color palette and choose one of these or make your own custom color If a custom color is chosen its RGB values will be shown as the color in the form XXX XXX XXX Meter Scale Show Channel Label Show Above Show Below Tick the Show Channel Label box to show to show the Channel Label on the Meter Tick the Show Above or Show Below box to show the text either above or below the Meter Meter Scale Mono Stereo Left Right If you chose the Mono or Stereo option in the Meter Mode section you can choose to show the Meter Scale on the Left on the Right or not at all If you chose the 5 7 Surround option in the Meter Mode section this option will not affect your meter Logitek vTools Reference Manual 97 i a Logitek Meter Scale 5 1 Surround Left Center Righ
59. different fonts All Tabs Font Size Use the drop down menu to select from a list of different font sizes All Tabs Font Bold Tick this box to enable Bold Active Tab Tab Number Use the Up and Down arrows to select the tab number for configuration of the following values The number of Tabs to configure will reflect that of which you set above in All Tabs Tab Count Active Tab Label Enter an appropriate label name for the currently selected Active Tab 102 Logitek vTools Reference Manual gt b Logitek Active Tab Tab Color Text Color Use the drop down menu to select from a plethora of colors for the currently selected Active Tab s Tab Color and Text Color If none of the listed colors suit your requirements double click on the currently listed color to open the Microsoft Windows color palette and choose one of these or make your own custom color If a custom color is chosen its RGB values will be shown as the color in the form XXX XXX XXX Logitek vTools Reference Manual 103 AN i Lo gitek Vertical Tab Set The configurable options for a Vertical Tab Set are shown in Figure 39 below Prope itor ertical Tab S All Tabs Tab Width Tab Count 2 Active Tab Tab Number 1 _ Figure 39 Vertical Tab Set Property Editor Background Top Left Width Height Adjust these values to suit your desired Tab Set size and location You can also cl
60. e Artisan Mosaic color LCD screens on a studio PC vChange provides additional visibility of the LCD screens and is designed to pop up only when a change is in progress Therefore vChange can sit in the background of any studio PC and will only appear when necessary It automatically minimizes when a change operation is complete A screenshot of an operational vChange application is shown in Figure 21 below READY A5 A6 A7 A8 EQ DYN In Studio A CD 2 Figure 21 vChange in operation Setup When first run vChange will appear as shown in Figure 22 below Logitek vTools Reference Manual 7 S i Logitek Logitek vChange 3 5 Settings _ Jeg A5 A6 A7 A8 In Figure 22 vChange Initial Start Click on the Settings button to begin configuring vChange The Settings Page shown in Figure 23 below ay j Logitek vTools Reference Manual Network Supervisor A P Adress Server Port Server Port Computer Name Oooo Computer Name Connect to Display Size Audio Engine 1 M Small J Medium W Large Surface Number Oooo o oo Meter Standard lv US J UK Connect Ok Supervisor B IPAddress Figure 23 vChange Settings Page Supervisor A IP Address Enter the IP Address of the Supervisor PC Alternatively you can enter the Computer Name Supervisor A Server Port This will be 10200 unless your Supervisor has be
61. e and choose one of these or make your own custom color If a custom color is chosen its RGB values will be shown as in Figure 29 Button Internal Lamp Tick this box to force the lamp functionality to integrate with the button AE Number DSP Channel and Bus Number This will allow the button to be lit when on and extinguished when off and negates the need to have a trigger written to give the same functionality Button Flat Style Tick this box to eliminate highlights and display a flat color when the lamp is illuminated The Flat Style tick box is not present in the Property Editor of an XP Style Button Logitek vTools Reference Manual 73 Lo gitek Lamp AE Number DSP Channel Bus Number Enabled You can set the button s lamp to be turned on or off by command sent from Supervisor By entering appropriate values for AE Number DSP Channel and Bus Number the lamp can be displayed as designed in CommandBuilder You must tick the Enabled box to allow the button s lamp to be controlled via the said AE Number DSP Channel and Bus Number Label Text Font Name Use the drop down menu to select from a plethora of fonts for the text on your button Label Text Font Size Use the drop down menu to select from a list of different font sizes Label Text Font Bold Tick this box to make the label text Bold Label Text Font Off Color On Color Use the drop down menu to select from a plethora of colors for your
62. e button on the SETUP page to allow changes and or initial configuration to be done and connection to Supervisor made without having to shut down and restart vSnapshot NETBIOS computer name may now be used in place of IP address when setting up network connection data All message boxes have been updated to provide better feedback to user during setup and operation File naming convention has been modified to include user filenames in the actual stored filenames NOTE The user filename that is entered on the CAPTURE page is pre pended to the system filename Example user filename is MORNING SHOW this file is captured in slot 3 using vSnapshot connected to Engine 1 surface 2 the filename will be MORNING SHOW AE1S2F3 sdf system filename convention is AUDIO ENGINE SURFACE FILE vSnapshot generates an instance ID when it connects to Supervisor This ID number is displayed on the Supervisor IP Client State page The ID helps to identify multiple instances of vSnapshot when clients are re connecting to Supervisor in the event of a crash Supervisor will only allow clients with unique IDs to connect thereby eliminating the possibility of the same client connecting twice vSnapshot is restricted to one client application per engine surface combination A second vSnapshot application attempting to connect to an engine surface combination that already has a vSnapshot application connected will be prevented from connecting and a mess
63. ek Digital Audio Control Surface to capture store recall and manage files containing all of the current user adjustable parameters on the surface All values such as fader levels currently routed sources EQ settings limiter amp compressor settings bus assignments etc are captured and stored in a user named file vSnapshot is designed to run on a computer connected via an IP network to a PC running Logitek Supervisor software If applicable vSnapshot may run on the same PC as Supervisor however generally in practice it will be run on a PC in close proximity to the location of the Surface it will interact with vSnapshot relies on Triggers to tie its functionality to the control surface Triggers are written to activate vSnapshot and assign that functionality to any user programmable button on the surface The following Device and bus reservations have been made for vSnapshot functions All reservations rely on Device02 Capture Port1 201 Port 2 211 Port 3 221 Recall Port 1 202 Port 2 212 Port 3 222 Edit Port 1 203 Port 2 213 Port 3 223 Turning these busses On and Off via Triggers causes the function to Execute and Cancel respectively Up to 50 user configured snapshots of the surface configuration for an Artisan or Mosaic surface Please see the Triggers for vVSnapshot section below for specific programming information Program About Box Show Hide Title Bar M P T X 118 Logitek vTools Reference Manua
64. elay To report any problems please contact Logitek Electronic Systems Resolved Issues No known issues for resolution Release History Following is the maintenance release history for this version of vDelay For the latest updates and release notes consult the Logitek Audio website Executable Name vDelay3 6 3 6 1 0 29 Apr 09 First release Logitek vTools Reference Manual 153 Lo gitek What s New in vManager 3 6 gt All new application Release Notes The following notes detail known issues version history and current release of vManager Known Issues As at August 2009 there are no issues registered against vManager To report any problems please contact Logitek Electronic Systems Resolved Issues No known issues for resolution Release History Following is the maintenance release history for this version of vManager For the latest updates and release notes consult the Logitek Audio website Executable Name Date vManager3 6 3 6 1 0 07 Apr 09 First release 154 Logitek vTools Reference Manual Lo gitek What s New in vMix 3 6 gt Input meters on fader channels are now functional requires SA DSP card in engine gt Bus assignments Program Aux 1 8 are displayed on fader channel and update as changes are made on surface or in Supervisor Mode display of fader channel updates as changes are made on surface or in Supervisor 16 character source names in STUDI
65. en Destination Settings Change Source Device Ok veo yeh ty Dynamics Equalization w Gain Frequency Gain Frequency Bandwidth Gain Frequency Bandwidth Gain Frequency Low Gain Low frequency Low mid Gain Low mid Frequency Low mid Bandwidth High mid Gain High mid Frequency High mid Bandwidth High Gain High Frequency 20 30 20 30 10 20 1 000 10 20 4 000 20 1 000 20 8 000 4 000 20 20 000 4 000 20 20 000 Figure 7 Matrix IP Edit Page amp EQ dB Hz dB Hz Hz dB Hz Hz dB Hz Logitek vTools Reference Manual Lo gitek Presets 5 user defined presets can be stored in a MatrixIP profile These presets include all Dynamics and EQ settings Use the box to enter a short name for a preset and click Save Once saved the Load button will be enabled allowing quick access to that preset Logitek vTools Reference Manual 29 oot td o gt Logitek 5 vButton Setup amp Operation This chapter describes the operation of the vButton tool vButton provides user configurable button panels with 12 buttons per panel Up to 8 panels can be displayed in each vButton application for a total of 96 buttons vButton can be used to mimic a physical button panel such as a meter bridge button set or as a virtual button box in places where no button panel hardware is available Buttons can be illuminated and support 3 different flash rates The button col
66. en configured with a different port Supervisor A Computer Name Enter the Computer Name of the Supervisor PC Alternatively you can enter the IP Address Supervisor B IP Address Enter the IP Address of the Supervisor PC Alternatively you can enter the Computer Name Supervisor B Server Port This will be 10200 unless your Supervisor has been configured with a different port Supervisor B Computer Name Enter the Computer Name of the Supervisor PC Alternatively you can enter the IP Address Connect to Audio Engine Enter the Audio Engine Number of the surface you wish to interact with vChange Logitek vTools Reference Manual Lo gitek 61 gt a Logitek Connect to Surface Number Enter the Surface Number of the surface you wish to interact with vChange Display Size Small Medium Large Select Small Medium or Large for the size of the vChange on screen You may wish to test each size to determine the most appropriate for your needs Meter Standard US UK Select US or UK to match the Meter style used by your surface Click OK to commit these changes and return to the vChange screen Alternatively click Connect to connect to Supervisor and begin interaction with your surface Once connected vChange will minimize Whenever a change is made on your Artisan Mosaic that involves a change of screen display vChange will automatically pop up and mimic the screen display Operation Once initi
67. er s profile The size of the application form will adjust to best accommodate the number of panels in the profile Each panel in vDelay has an LED which shows the connection status This LED shows Green for connected and Red for disconnected On Button When delay is off press this button to enable delay This is the same as enabling delay from the actual surface Once on click again to turn delay off This has the same effect as by turning delay off from the actual surface Dump Button The Dump button is only available when delay is on This will dump 4 seconds of audio from the current delay Fill Button If delay is empty zero seconds pressing Fill will start the delay ramping up You will see the delay time begin to build until it reaches the maximum time Empty Button When the delay is at maximum time or filling pressing Empty will cause the delay to ramp down You will see the delay time reduce until it reaches zero Display Each Talk Delay panel shows the Crosspoint Surface Label Audio Engine and a bar graph display of delay time In addition an LCD style readout shows the delay time as well as a pre fader level for the delay input Logitek vTools Reference Manual 39 EN gt a Logitek work J mixi Figure 12 A sample vDelay in operation Logitek vTools Reference Manual i Lo gitek 7 vFader Setup amp Operation Th
68. es A SharcAttack DSP card and DSP Crosspoints are required for access to EQ dynamics and input meters MatrixIP can also control Output Routes without processing metering or gain control MatrixIP provides access to up to 200 DSP Crosspoints or Output Routes The first 20 are always available on two rows of ten buttons The rest are split between three pages of up to 60 buttons Where more than 200 Crosspoints need to be controlled additional profiles can be used 18 Logitek vTools Reference Manual Profile 10 54 01 AM Backup Status Logitek Supervisor 3 6 Primary 7 May 2009 Thursday Audio Engine Log Network Client Log Audio Engine State Com Port Control IP Client State System Administrator System Setup Software License Special Functions User Setup Profiles yRoute yButton yGues MatrixlP yScreen MatrixIP Profile 1 Profile Title 1 m MatrixIP Profiles 2 Sh TXASt NSS1In K ONone Mono X Stereo EJ amp 4 TX B St NSS2In K CONone Mono Stereo EJ amp TX C Mn NSS3In K CONone KMono Stereo EJ E Paste 5 TX D Mn NSS4In amp ClNone Mono Stereo EJ es E SPRI Mn NSS5In K ONone Mono Stereo EJ lE 6 CITY St NSS6In None Mono M Stereo x amp B REM1 Mn NSS7In K ONone Mono Stereo x E 3 REM2Mn NSS8In amp ONone Mono Stereo K K Options i ISDNMn NSS9In amp ONone Mono K
69. ettings click on the F12 Done button or press F12 on the keyboard You will now need to select the file containing the desired settings The selected File Name will become highlighted Click on the F5 Recall From File button or press F5 on the keyboard A confirmation message will briefly appear and vSnapshot will automatically minimize Click on the F12 Done button or press F12 on the keyboard when finished vSnapshot will minimize to the task bar The vSnapshot Recall Page is shown below leySnapshot Recall OE1 Surface 63 User File Name Alan Jones Breakfast Show John Laws Morning Show Figure 48 vSnapshot Recall Page Logitek vTools Reference Manual 127 i Lo gitek Triggers for vSnapshot vSnapshot requires Triggers to operate Examples of these triggers are shown below These examples are written for a Mosaic surface located on Port 1 of Audio Engine 1 These triggers can be changed to suit different Ports Audio Engines and Surface types TIP If available buttons are a premium on your surface you can use vButton to activate the triggers Capture On Trigger The following is an example of the Capture On Trigger trigger ael device28 bus42 on assigns trigger to button cmd ael deviceO02 bus201 on launches vSnapshot capture mode cmd ael device27 bus42 on turns on button lamp Capture Off Trigger The following is an example of the Capture Off Trigger trigger ael device02 bus201
70. f the receiving port is a UDP client the originating IP address and UDP PORT number will be displayed If the received text string is not found in the associated conversion file the message lt no match gt and the text string will be displayed If the received text string matches one found in the associated conversion file then only the received text string is displayed The Client Log also displays some basic error messages and status reports whenever it reads a conversion file at startup when the Read File button is pressed or when exiting the Client Edit page If the conversion file is not found the message Conversion file filename txt not found will appear If the file is found vTranslator checks all of the lines in the conversion file for the presence of the selected delimiter character If found in all lines the message Conversion file filename read Ok will appear If a delimiter is missing or does not match the selected delimiter character the file name and line will be displayed with the message Conversion File filename line no delimiter Show raw receive data Tickbox The Show raw receive data check box in the Client Log window enables the display of incoming data bytes as they are received before decoding This is useful in troubleshooting commands being generated from a third party system as it can confirm what is being received Clients wa oen correron rae nome 1 UDP 1 p10220 C Logitek3_
71. field is not editable Active To make one or more channels active on your vRoute panel select the box next to channel you wish to make active This can be used to space out destinations in a logical fashion AE Number Specifies which Audio Engine this virtual route will communicate with Each Destination is linked to an Audio Engine and Destination Device Different Destinations can communicate with different Audio Engines within the one application Dest Device Specify the Destination Device Number that the routes control This is entered in HEX This can be a Fader Crosspoint Input or an Output Route address You can obtain these addresses easily from within the Audio Engine State page in Supervisor Device Name This is automatically determined from Supervisor s Device Tables If nothing is displayed the AE Number and Dest Device do not represent a valid Crosspoint in your system or that Audio Engine is offline This field is not editable Once finished click Save All to save the changes to the profile 56 Logitek vTools Reference Manual Logitek Operation When you log in to vRoute it will query Supervisor for the current status The currently routed source will be displayed on each destination Supervisor keeps track of routes that are set and will provide the correct route status to vRoute upon login This ensures vRoute is consistent with physical route panels or other surfaces By clicking on one of the vR
72. file setup in Supervisor to help identify studio being controlled if label is left blank the engine number will be displayed gt The label or engine number and the small LED indicator to the left of the label will be GREEN if the engine is on line These will turn RED if the engine is off line NOTE Green ONLINE button on title bar of application indicates that vDelay is connected to Supervisor Green LEDs amp Label Text indicate that individual control panels are connected to their specific engine gt If engine being controlled is off line RED TEXT all buttons on the control panel become inactive gt Title bar may be toggled on off using ALT T key combination application will shrink wrap to size of active control panels gt vDelay generates an instance ID when it connects to Supervisor This ID number is displayed on the Supervisor IP Client State page The ID helps to identify multiple instances of vDelay when clients are re connecting to Supervisor in the event of a crash Supervisor will only allow clients with unique IDs to connect thereby eliminating the possibility of the same client connecting twice gt 16 character Device Name support in all v3 6 editions gt Allows and in NetBIOS computer name Release Notes The following notes detail known issues version history and current release of vDelay Known Issues As at August 2009 there are no issues registered against vD
73. for diagnostics monitoring purposes vManager Monitors the current status of the Supervisor application and automatically re starts Supervisor in the event of a lockup or crash vMix Emulates a physical surface or can be setup to provide a virtual surface subject to available DSP resources The layout includes bridge buttons and some screen space An additional license from Logitek is required to run vMix vRoute Emulates a physical Route 3 panel or can provide a virtual router Stackable to display up to 12 routes in one instance Logitek vTools Reference Manual 7 a5 r Mi gt Logitek vScreen suite vScreenDesigner vScreenPlayer vscreenDesignerUpdate Designed to complement a Logitek Control Surface in an on air studio providing additional button routing metering and other system control this powerful tool includes a screen designer to allow the use of your own customized screen displays An additional license from Logitek is required to run vScreen vSnapshot Allows you to store and recall settings from a Logitek Control Surface The screen interface is PC based and the store and recall function can be executed from both the PC and the Logitek Control Surface via Triggers vTranslator Allows third party applications to communicate with Supervisor by the sending of text strings via UDP and or serial COM ports 8 Logitek vTools Reference Manual Lo gitek System Requirements The current vTools
74. he configurable options for a Time Display are shown in Figure 40 below Prope itor ime Displa Background Top 121 Width Left 313 Height Time Display Format Figure 40 Time Display Property Editor Background Top Left Width Height Adjust these values to suit your desired Time Display size and location You can also click and drag to position your Time Display within the design layout The fields will not allow you to make the Tab Set larger than the screen size or to move the Time Display beyond the borders of the screen Background Lock Position Tick this box to lock the position of the Time Display on the design layout Background Color Use the drop down menu to select from a plethora of colors for the background If none of the listed colors suit your requirements double click on the currently listed color to open the Microsoft Windows color palette and choose one of these or make your own custom color If a custom color is chosen its RGB values will be shown as the color in the form XXX XXX XXX Logitek vTools Reference Manual 107 erty td o Logitek Background Transparent Tick this box make the background transparent This will allow the canvas background color to show through or if an object is placed behind the Time Display the object will show through the background of the Time Display You can check the look of the transparency by clicking on the Run Preview butto
75. he currently listed color to open the Microsoft Windows color palette and choose one of these or make your own custom color If a custom color is chosen its RGB values will be shown as the color in the form XXX XXX XXX Text Font Name Use the drop down menu to select from a plethora of fonts for the text on your date display Text Font Size Use the drop down menu to select from a list of different font sizes Text Font Bold Tick this box to make the label text Bold Logitek vTools Reference Manual TI oot td Lo gitek Fader The configurable options for a Fader are shown in Figure 31 below Pe f Prope itor ader Background wit Left 262 Height 290 lamin Figure 31 Fader Property Editor Background Top Left Width Height Adjust these values to suit your desired Fader size and location You can also click and drag to position your Fader within the design layout The fields will not allow you to make the Fader larger than the screen size or to move the Fader beyond the borders of the screen Background Lock Position Tick this box to lock the position of the Fader on the design layout Border Color Use the drop down menu to select from a plethora of colors for border color If none of the listed colors suit your requirements double click on the currently listed color to open the Microsoft Windows color palette and choose one of these or make your own
76. ick and drag to position your Tab Set within the design layout The fields will not allow you to make the Tab Set larger than the screen size or to move the Tab Set beyond the borders of the screen The Tab Height allows you to set the height of the Tabs This is especially useful if you need larger amounts of text for your Tab description Background Lock Position Tick this box to lock the position of the Tab Set on the design layout 104 Logitek vTools Reference Manual j E Logitek Inactive Tabs Tab Color Text Color The following settings determine colors for the Tab and Text of tabs in the vMix that are not currently being displayed Use the drop down menu to select from a plethora of colors for Inactive Tabs Tab Color and Text Color If none of the listed colors suit your requirements double click on the currently listed color to open the Microsoft Windows color palette and choose one of these or make your own custom color If a custom color is chosen its RGB values will be shown as the color in the form XXX XXX XXX Use the Run Preview button view to see the fruits of you labor Connection AE Num DSP Channel Enabled By entering appropriate values for AE Number and DSP Channel you can set the Tab Set to change the displayed tab based on data received from Supervisor You must tick the Enabled box to allow the Tab Set to interact with the said AE Number and DSP Channel All Tabs Tab Height E
77. idth Set the desired border width for your borders you have chosen to show You can check the look of the borders by clicking on the Run Preview button after pressing OK to exit the Property Editor Date Display Format Use the drop down menu to select an appropriate date format Date Display Separator Use the drop down menu to select Dash Slash Dot or Blank as a date separator Date Display Language Use the drop down menu to select one of English Deutsch Francais or Espanol Wenn Sie dieses dann auserwahlte Deutsch lesen k nnen Date Display Line Spacing Set the desired line spacing for your date display You can check the look of the line spacing by clicking on the Run Preview button after pressing OK to exit the Property Editor 76 Logitek vTools Reference Manual Lo gitek Date Display Time Zone Offset Normally this is set to 0 However for example you could set a time zone offset to constantly monitor the date in Berlin Work out the time difference between your location and Berlin and set the appropriate value in this field The value is changed by clicking on the Up or Down arrows Each click of the arrow button changes the increment by 0 5 hours This allows for places with strange half hour timezone offsets to be monitored also Text Font Color Use the drop down menu to select from a plethora of colors for text color If none of the listed colors suit your requirements double click on t
78. io 38 Je o pa fis fo J Z Ji e e a a e Ja eai s de fia e a j2 Device Name This is automatically determined from Supervisor s Device Tables If nothing is displayed the AE Number and Dest Device do not represent a valid Crosspoint in your system or that Audio Engine is offline This field is not editable Show Fader Select the box to show the fader If you want to temporarily hide a fader this can be used to save you from having to re enter the data again later You can use blank faders to reduce the number of faders shown You can also space out faders for improved accessibility and distinction between functions Show Meter Select the box to show the Input Meter This meter requires a SharcAttack DSP card for this surface otherwise no meter data will be sent to vMix Tab Labels Tabs enable more faders to be displayed on one screen than the Console Width allows The Tab Labels boxes appear as needed based on the Console Width and Last Fader Number settings Enter appropriate labels to suit your needs Softkey Buttons Softkey Buttons enable the same button functionality that is available on the Softkeys on a physical surface There are 12 Softkey buttons which can be labeled to reflect the physical console For a virtual console these buttons will need to be programmed in CommandBuilder before use Bridge Buttons Bridge Buttons enable the same button functionality that is available on the Bridge Button
79. ion All other commands must use the device notation When using the sBracket and dBracket notation the correct usage is s and d where is the 4 digit hex address of the source or destination This notation is only supported for the route command and is the only supported method of addressing for the route command viranslator does not support the use of the s source and d destination nomenclature as used in CommandBuilder Logitek vTools Reference Manual 145 Lo gitek Conversion File Examples The text to the left of the delimiter character is the user defined text string Leading and trailing spaces before and after the delimiter are ignored but used to easily separate the user defined text from the command s being sent The text to the right of the delimiter is the Logitek command to be sent Certain keywords similar to those used in Logitek CommandBuilder scripting language may be used to make the commands more understandable to the user However some advanced knowledge of the Logitek system and device numbers of sources and destinations etc is required TIP The device numbers of sources and destinations may be obtained by using the Engine State Page in Supervisor Destination device numbers are listed down the left side of the page Source device numbers are listed in the fly out Available Source Device list Source On Off Turns a source on or off User ae surface device bus on
80. is chapter describes the operation of the vFader tool vFader provides emulation of faders on physical or virtual Surfaces with 4 faders per application Profile Setup Before using vFader it is necessary to create a profile in Supervisor Using the numbered tabs down the right hand side select which profile number you wish to configure Enter a suitable Profile Title Logitek Supervisor3 Primary Backup Status 29 August 2005 Monday 9 33 10 Audio Engine Log Network Client Log Audio Engine State Com Port Control yClient State wFader Profile Save All O None amp Channel O Mono O Monitor K Stereo O Program O None O Channel O Mono K Monitor K Stereo O Program O None O Channel Clear K Mono K Monitor O Stereo O Program O None O Channel K Mono K Monitor O Stereo O Program Copy Paste Figure 13 vFader profile setup Logitek vTools Reference Manual 41 Logitek Fader The available faders 1 4 are displayed in this column Show Fader Select the box to show the fader If you want to temporarily hide a fader this can be used to save you from having to re enter the data again later You can use blank faders to space out faders for improved accessibility and distinction between functions AE Number Specifies which Audio Engine this virtual fader will communicate with Each Fader is linked to one Audio Engine and Fader only
81. itek vTools Reference Manual 21 Lo gitek MatrixIP Modes Normal Mode In Normal Mode Matrix P is a Crosspoint router with each button providing access to a particular Crosspoint You can configure Gain Metering and Effects Processing on each Crosspoint The top two rows of buttons are always visible The other six rows of buttons have three layers available This allows for commonly used destinations to always be available on the top rows OB Mode In OB Outside Broadcast Mode the operation of MatrixIP changes slightly This mode is designed for stations where Master Control operators receive incoming feeds and assign these to OB Remote channels to other studios with audio processing and aliases When running in this mode two additional features are available for buttons on the top two rows gt When an Alias is assigned to a source on an OB Crosspoint this Alias is also assigned copied to the OB Crosspoint itself as it appears on all Audio Engines Effectively this allows an Alias to be assigned to both a Source and a Destination on the top two rows gt A monitoring destination is provided so the OB Crosspoint output can be monitored easily This provides MCR staff the ability to audition their processing changes very efficiently When running in this mode your OB Crosspoints must have the same Surface Labels on the input and output sides Supervisor matches name of the OB Crosspoint as it appears on each Audio
82. k Border Color Use the drop down menu to select from a plethora of colors for the border If none of the listed colors suit your requirements double click on the currently listed color to open the Microsoft Windows color palette and choose one of these or make your own custom color If a custom color is chosen its RGB values will be shown as the color in the form XXX XXX XXX Border Border Width Set the desired border width for your borders you have chosen to show Border Show Border Tick the box to show the border around your Shape Design Grid Local Background By ticking the appropriate box you can choose to show the common design grid Background or have a local grid specific to the shape Local Alternatively you can choose to not tick a box thus showing no design grid for the shape 100 Logitek vTools Reference Manual Lo gitek Horizontal Tab Set The configurable options for a Horizontal Tab Set are shown in Figure 38 below Prope itor rizon ap All Tabs Tab Height Tab Count 2__ Tab Number be o Figure 38 Horizontal Tab Set Property Editor Background Top Left Width Height Adjust these values to suit your desired Tab Set size and location You can also click and drag to position your Tab Set within the design layout The fields will not allow you to make the Tab Set larger than the screen size or to move the Tab Set beyond the borders of the screen The Tab
83. l 7 N i Lo gitek Profile It is not necessary to create a profile in Supervisor Operation When you first run vSnapshot it will appear as shown below IevSnapshot Capture eAE1 Surface 1 User File Name _ aes F1 Capture to File F2 Edit File Name Figure 42 vSnapshot Startup Screen To commence using vSnapshot hold down the ALT T keys on your keyboard This will show the hidden tile bar and vSnapshot will now appear as shown below Logitek vTools Reference Manual 119 vSnapshot 3 5 HRAREBEREBAH popwhepeprprpup pope _ BRR BEDEES ES ES KA EA ES pu pn ESE M J Figure 43 vSnapshot Alt T Click on the Setup button to begin setting up vSnapshot to connect to the desired Engine and Surface that you wish to interact with Once you have entered setup you will need to set values for the following TIP Alternatively you can enter Setup by pressing the ALT S keys on the keyboard The Supervisor settings are entered as per the information contained in Setting Network parameters on Page 16 Capture Recall for Audio Engine Enter the Audio Engine number of the surface you wish to interact with 120 Logitek vTools Reference Manual Lo gitek Capture Recall for Surface Number Enter the Surface number of the surface you wish to interact with To connect to the designated surface press the F1 Connect button or press F1 on your keyboard To s
84. le options for a Shape are shown in Figure 37 below Property Editor Sha pei j Border Color Mmm Gray e Background Top 263 Width 223 Design Grid M Local Color oaI0I0 i pe l Background Figure 37 Shape Property Editor Background Top Left Width Height Adjust these values to suit your desired Shape size and location You can also click and drag to position your Shape within the design layout The fields will not allow you to make the Shape larger than the screen size or to move the Shape beyond the borders of the screen Background Lock Position Tick this box to lock the position of the Shape on the design layout Shape Color Use the drop down menu to select from a plethora of colors for the Shape If none of the listed colors suit your requirements double click on the currently listed color to open the Microsoft Windows color palette and choose one of these or make your own custom color If a custom color is chosen its RGB values will be shown as the color in the form XXX XXX XXX Shape Type Use the drop down menu to select the type of shape you would like Choose from Circle Ellipse Rectangle Round Rectangle Round Square and Square This will change the type of an existing shape As an example if you added a Circle you can change it to a Rectangle by using this pull down menu Logitek vTools Reference Manual 99 Lo gite
85. level type for your needs Kaj A Logitek vTools Reference Manual Lo gitek Vertical Meter The configurable options for a Vertical Meter are shown in Figure 36 below Property Editor Vertical Meter 2 Border OF Color mm beet On Color Black M Show Top M Show Left Show Right Show Bottom Border Width 1 Background Top Width Let 672 Height 282 M Lock Position Color mck Transparent LED Array Top LED Width 12 Border AE Num 1 Left LED Height 5 Border DSP Channel Enabled Horiz Space gt Border Bus Num lt Vert Space 1 Meter Scale Edge Width 1 Font Color White y 7 Show Peak LED M Show Channel Label MV Single Color LED Array Multi Color LED Array Mono Stereo Let V M Right 5 1 Surround Let M Center I Right Meter Data Connection DataAENum 1 Data DSP Channel Meter Mode M Mono M Stereo 5 1 Surround Meter Title Font Color L White Font Size Font Bold Device Name J Device Alias M Vert Meter2 Meter Data Type I Input V Output Meter Standard M US P UK International Figure 36 Vertical Meter Property Editor Logitek vTools Reference Manual 95 oot td o Logitek Background Top Left Width Height Adjust these values to suit your desired Meter size and location You can also click and drag to
86. ly hide a panel this can be deselected to save you from having to re entering the data again later You can use blank panels to space out panels for improved accessibility and distinction between functions Label Enter a suitable title for your delay control e g Studio A AE Number Specifies the Audio Engine for the required Talk Delay Crosspoint Each Panel is linked to one Audio Engine and Crosspoint only Different Panels can communicate with different Delay Crosspoints Dest Device Specify the Destination Device Number that the delay controls This is entered in HEX This is usually the Router 1 Crosspoint of each port Recent versions of the SharcAttack card support multiple Talk Delays per port such as Router 2 Custom versions may support more on the one port For more information on what is available on your system contact Logitek Electronic Systems or your reseller Logitek vTools Reference Manual SEE Common Destination Device Numbers are Port 1 Router 1 main surface delay Port 1 Router 2 additional delay Port 2 Router 1 main surface delay Port 2 Router 2 additional delay TIP The Talk Delay displayed on a mixer surface is always Router 1 for that particular surface port Port 3 does not have delay available Device Name This is automatically determined from Supervisor s Device Tables If nothing is displayed the AE Number and Dest Device do not represent a valid Crosspoint in your
87. m Administrator System Administrator System Setup l Software License Special Functions User Setup Profiles Matrix P vRoute Button yFader vRoute Profile 1 m vRoute Profile Options Display Device Alias Save All ave Panell X Display Panel EdlAuxAl Rte31 B O Blank Panel Edl uxD1 Rte31 C A 51 DAW1 Rte3 2 A WS1 MixA Rte3 2 B WS1AuxD1 Rte3 2 C 2 DAW1 Rte3 1 A Copy Paste Clear RERE Panel2 X Display Panel O Blank Panel CERFeeds Rte3 2 B CERAuxD1 Rte3 2 C Panel3 X Display Panel O Blank Panel 340 Patch D1 NSSS OW ISDN Panel 4 X Display Panel O Blank Panel vScreen 54 Logitek vTools Reference Manual Lo gitek Figure 19 vRoute profile setup Logitek vTools Reference Manual 55 Lo gitek Options Tick the box to Display Device Alias This tells vRoute to show the Alias for a particular source if an Alias has been assigned Panel Select the box for either Display Panel or Blank Panel If you want to temporarily hide a panel this can be used to save you from having to re entering the data again later You can use blank panels to space out panels for improved accessibility and distinction between functions Channel This column lists the possible destinations It is possible to display up to 24 destinations per vRoute instance This
88. menu to select from a plethora of colors for Background color If none of the listed colors suit your requirements double click on the currently listed color to open the Microsoft Windows color palette and choose one of these or make your own custom color If a custom color is chosen its RGB values will be shown as the color in the form XXX XXX XXX 110 Logitek vTools Reference Manual Lo gitek LED Color Use the drop down menu to select from a plethora of colors for the LEDs that display as part of the Timer If none of the listed colors suit your requirements double click on the currently listed color to open the Microsoft Windows color palette and choose one of these or make your own custom color If a custom color is chosen its RGB values will be shown as the color in the form XXX XXX XXX Connection AE Number DSP Channel Timer Num By entering appropriate values for AE Number DSP Channel and Timer Num you can set the Timer to mimic the data displayed by a surface Timer TIP Setting the address of the timer to be the same as the surface timer will ensure they run in parallel Using the Bridge Device Number set to timer 1 will link the vMix timer to the timer on the bridge Connection Enabled Tick this box to enable the functionality described in the previous option Border Color Use the drop down menu to select from a plethora of colors for the border If none of the listed color
89. n or O dB YYY A The keyword level may only be used with a fader command expressed as fader The following are examples of using the level keyword for a fader AMLOCAL ael surface 2 fader 1 level 195 AMLOCAL ael surfacel fader3 levell95 TIP When specifying a Surface Number and Fader Number as in the above examples it is acceptable to have a space between the words and digits in surface fader and level The following example is not allowed as it attempt to use the level keyword with a Device Number AMLOCAL ael device 110 level 195 148 Logitek vTools Reference Manual Lo gitek Input Route mon a ee Source Device to a Destination Device User ae Not Used route S to dl Defined gt The Incoming Command must be followed by the Delimiter character gt This command should include the Audio Engine number Supervisor will assume Audio Engine 1 if this is not defined gt This command must include the required keyword ROUTE gt The Source Device must be specified using the s notation where the is the 4 digit Hex Address of the Source Device All 4 digits MUST be included gt The Destination Device must be specified using the d notation where the is the 4 digit Hex Address of the Destination Device All 4 digits MUST be included gt The keyword TO must be used gt The keyword DEVICE cannot be used with a Route command The foll
90. n after pressing OK to exit the Property Editor Time Display Format Use the drop down menu to select an appropriate Time Format The options are hh mm hh mm a p hh mm ss and hh mm a p Time Display Title Enter an appropriate title for your Time Display Time Display Line Spacing Enter an appropriate value for the line spacing between the Time Display and the Time Display s Label Time Display Show Title Tick this box to show the Time Display Title Time Display Time Zone Offset Normally this is set to 0 However for example you could set a time zone offset to constantly monitor the time in Berlin Work out the time difference between your location and Berlin and set the appropriate value in this field The value is changed by clicking on the Up or Down arrows Each click of the arrow button changes the increment by 0 5 hours This allows for places with strange half hour timezone offsets to be monitored also Border Color Use the drop down menu to select from a plethora of colors for the border If none of the listed colors suit your requirements double click on the currently listed color to open the Microsoft Windows color palette and choose one of these or make your own custom color If a custom color is chosen its RGB values will be shown as the color in the form XXX XXX XXX Border Show Top Show Left Show Right Show Bottom Tick the appropriate boxes to show those borders
91. n be used Profile Setup General Settings The following general settings are for each MatrixIP Profile Save New Alias When ticked new Aliases entered into MatrixIP will be saved to the TXT file in the MatrixIP directory If unticked new Aliases can be entered but will not be saved to the file The TXT file is named from on the base name of MatrixIP executable Eg for MatrixIP3 6 EXE the Alias file will be MatrixIP3 6 TXT This list will be automatically populated by Matrix P if the Save New Alias option is enabled You can also predefine the Aliases by editing this file in a text editor Use OB Mode This enables OB Mode MatrixIP modes are described in detail on the following page Monitor Crosspoint This allows you to set the Audio Engine and Dest Device for a monitoring crosspoint relevant to this MatrixIP profile When running in OB Mode MatrixIP allows Crosspoints from the top two rows to be routed to the Monitor Crosspoint from within the edit page This provides a convenient and quickly accessible way to monitor changes to Crosspoints in real time TIP If multiple Master Control operators positions have their own monitoring stations a separate MatrixIP profile can be used for each Once you have your primary profile complete use the Supervisor profile setup page to copy the primary profile to a new profile and change the Monitor Crosspoint Once finished click Save All to save the changes to the profile Log
92. n installer package Setup3 6 exe will do all the installation tasks for you To upgrade or install using Setup3 6 exe 1 2 3 4 10 11 Create a new folder on your PC such as C Temp Download all of the new applications to that folder including Setup 3 6 Launch Setup 3 6 Select the option that fits your situation The first option when you are installing the apps for the first time Use the second option when you are upgrading a previous installation where Supervisor is a version before 3 5 This will not copy profile data and Registry entries Use the third option when you are upgrading a previous installation where Supervisor is version 3 5 This will copy profile data and Registry entries Use the fourth option when you are upgrading a previous installation where Supervisor is version 3 6 This will not copy profile data and Registry entries The setup program will prompt you for the location of your existing Logitek files Point it to the existing folder usually this is c Logitek The setup program will prompt you for the location of the new files The default is c Logitek3 6 Adjust this if you use a different folder or drive letter The setup program will also give you a choice of setting up a folder called Logitek Programs in the Windows Start menu and creating Desktop shortcuts Launch AEConfig 3 6 read each config file aec or a16 and save it without making any changes to ensure that an
93. nel you can set the Message Box to display data received from Supervisor in the same manner as the screen on a Remora console for example Text Font Line Number Use the up and down arrows to select the line number for configuration of the following values Text Font Color Use the drop down menu to select from a plethora of colors for text color If none of the listed colors suit your requirements double click on the currently listed color to open the Microsoft Windows color palette and choose one of these or make your own custom color If a custom color is chosen its RGB values will be shown as the color in the form XXX XXX XXX Text Font Name Use the drop down menu to select from a list of different fonts Logitek vTools Reference Manual 89 oot 1 Lo gitek Text Font Size Use the drop down menu to select from a list of different font sizes Text Font Bold Underline Tick these boxes to enable Bold and Underline respectively 90 Logitek vTools Reference Manual Lo gitek Horizontal Meter The configurable options for a Horizontal Meter are shown in Figure 35 below nA i Property Editor Horizontal Meter 1 Top Wit OF Color mm Black Le 206 Heigt 00 On Color mmm Block v Lock Position E R Color m Black v I Show Left Show Right I Transparent Show Bottom Border Width 1 Border AE Num 1 Border DSP Channel Enabled Border Bus Num
94. new features 4 Logitek vTools Reference Manual Contents Document REVISIONS 5 siecssesiscsasssseeeseseevensneusecensesscduopssecarssoesuse conus susedeevessensooseuvavssehemsereuessacsaeasiieen 4 MQUNECEUES once sa cccta eccccasned cxseredceenessatneduacceesucenbssuctsbusuceveuaceucascsunaaccconstegenceiesoesnaucneiwaasasdudestasedaravseasats 5 E DEME OC CEN Dh as ascecesancetesceteasscsccaticenismscteias net nant beset s osooso aa serosa arene ets ees nies 6 2 Installing VU CONS siisii ienis ensis sebivatscvesvanvicdasntdadsendbedsueteqUeasesosn sesssb usssesdasadsosbdvebesendsdeswsstesen 11 3 General vrools NOLES ssissscsesosecectasacscessestiverssstessezesssansetossncussvunssaevesasduptesiansdassasnesecusvesssseauaneness 14 4 MatrixlP Setup amp Operation eseesseeseeeeresereeeeeereeeeeersoereorsoersoesoorsorsoorsorsooeesooreresoeeseseeresseressee 18 5 vButton Setup amp Operation seeseseerseeseeeseersoeseorsorsoorsoesoresoreoresereoeesereeceresoeresseoreseereeseereseeeee 30 6 vDelay Setup amp Operation ssesssessessorsorsseesoreseesereseeserecereereeereoeeeoreceseorseereorseersoeresseeresseressee 37 7 vFader Setup amp Operation seeessessseseesorseseeeeeeosesesoesoesoesoseeeeeeseeeesoeseesossoseesseessoresosseeeeseeesoeesee 41 8 vMix 3 6 Setup Sc OperatiOn ssssssessersersoessorsorsoresoreseesereseeserecereerecereoeeseoeeseoreresoeeeseeeresseressee 45 9 vRoute Setup amp Oper ati antes scssicssisscccscssesses
95. ng the same rules as the Button Dest Device box Lamp Bus Left Num Specify the Bus Number of the left most lamp This is entered in HEX following the same rules as the Button Dest Device box TIP On some button panels the Bus Numbers are the same between lamps and buttons with a different Destination Device to distinguish lamps and buttons On other panels the Destination Device is common with different Bus Numbers to 32 Logitek vTools Reference Manual pe M Lo gitek distinguish between lamps and buttons What is entered here will depend on the panel being emulated Logitek vTools Reference Manual 33 Lo gitek Lamp Inc gt Dec gt Bus numbers will either increase or decrease in value from the Left most bus number TIP Depending on how they are mounted some button interfaces such as Mosaic horizontal MLX NSOFT panels can have lamps in reverse order the left most lamp has the highest number By selecting the Dec gt tick box you will force the panel to count backwards as it assigns numbers to subsequent lamps Lamp Color Click on the color value name which defaults to White when setting up the panel From the drop down menu specify which color you wish the lamp to be The choices are White Green Red Blue Aqua and Yellow The selection affects all lamps in that panel 34 Logitek vTools Reference Manual i Lo gitek Profile Setup Button Labels page The B
96. nter the desired Tab Height for this Tab Set All Tabs Tab Count Enter the desired number of Tabs for this Tab Set All Tabs Font Name Use the drop down menu to select from a list of different fonts All Tabs Font Size Use the drop down menu to select from a list of different font sizes All Tabs Font Bold Tick this box to enable Bold Active Tab Tab Number Use the Up and Down arrows to select the tab number for configuration of the following values The number of Tabs to configure will reflect that of which you set above in All Tabs Tab Count Active Tab Label Enter an appropriate label name for the currently selected Active Tab Using the tilde between characters as shown in Figure 39 above will force the portion of text after the tilde onto the next line Use the Run Preview button to view the fruits of your labor Logitek vTools Reference Manual 105 Lo gitek Active Tab Tab Color Text Color Use the drop down menu to select from a plethora of colors for the currently selected Active Tab s Tab Color and Text Color If none of the listed colors suit your requirements double click on the currently listed color to open the Microsoft Windows color palette and choose one of these or make your own custom color If a custom color is chosen its RGB values will be shown as the color in the form XXX XXX XXX Logitek vTools Reference Manual Lo gitek Time Display T
97. o open the Microsoft Windows color palette and choose one of these or make your own custom color If a custom color is chosen its RGB values will be shown as the color in the form XXX XXX XXX Meter Scale Show Channel Label Show Above Show Below Tick the Show Channel Label box to show to show the Channel Label on the Meter Tick the Show Above or Show Below box to show the text either above or below the Meter Meter Title Font Color Use the drop down menu to select from a plethora of colors for the Meter Title Font If none of the listed colors suit your requirements double click on the currently listed color to open the Microsoft Windows color palette and choose one of these or make your own custom color If a custom color is chosen its RGB values will be shown as the color in the form XXX XXX XXX Logitek vTools Reference Manual 93 erty 4 Lo gitek Meter Title Font Name Use the drop down menu to select from a list of different fonts Meter Title Font Size Use the drop down menu to select from a list of different font sizes Meter Title Font Bold Tick this box to enable Bold Meter Title Device Name Device Alias User defined text Tick the appropriate box to display the Meter Title If you choose User Defined Text enter the appropriate text that you wish to display Meter Standard US UK International Tick one of these boxes to make the meter display the appropriate
98. off assigns trigger to device and bus cmd ael device27 bus42 off turns off button lamp Recall On Trigger The following is an example of the Recall On Trigger trigger ael device28 bus43 on assigns trigger to button cmd ael deviceO02 bus202 on launches vSnapshot recall mode cmd ael device27 bus43 on turns on button lamp Recall Off Trigger The following is an example of the Recall Off Trigger trigger ael device02 bus202 off assigns trigger to device and bus cmd ael device27 bus43 off turns off button lamp Edit On Trigger The following is an example of the Edit On Trigger trigger ael device28 bus44 on assigns trigger to button cmd ael device02 bus203 on launches vSnapshot edit mode cmd ael device27 bus44 on turns on button lamp 128 Logitek vTools Reference Manual Lo gitek Edit Off Trigger The following is an example of the Edit Off Trigger trigger ael device02 bus203 off assigns trigger to device and bus cmd ael device27 bus44 off turns off button lamp See the Release Notes for vSnapshot for further information on Bus assignments Logitek vTools Reference Manual 129 oot td i Logitek 14 vTranslator 3 6 Setup amp Operation This chapter describes the operation of the vTranslator 3 6 tool vTranslator is a new vClient application that works with Supervisor 3 6 It is designed to allow third party applications to communicate with Supervisor through the sending of text st
99. olors for the border on and off colors If none of the listed colors suit your requirements double click on the currently listed color to open the Microsoft Windows color palette and choose one of these or make your own custom color If a custom color is chosen its RGB values will be shown as the color in the form XXX XXX XXX Border Show Top Show Left Show Right Show Bottom Tick the appropriate boxes to show those borders Border Border Width Set the desired border width for your borders you have chosen to show Text Source Device Name Device Alias User Defined Text Tick the appropriate box to choose the text source as desired Text Alignment Left Justify Center Right Justify Tick the appropriate box to choose the text justification within the label Logitek vTools Reference Manual 85 fo E Logitek User Defined Text Off Mode On Mode Enter your desired text to display on your label for Off and On Mode You must tick the User Defined Text tick box in the Text Source section to view this text User Defined Text View Off View On buttons Use the View Off View On buttons to view the Off On text on the canvas under the properties window Text Font Off Mode Off Color Use the drop down menu to select from a plethora of colors for text color If none of the listed colors suit your requirements double click on the currently listed color to open the Microsoft Windows color palet
100. om color is chosen its RGB values will be shown as the color in the form XXX XXX XXX Background Transparent Tick this box make the background transparent This will allow the canvas background color to show through or if an object is placed behind the Meter the object will show through the background of the Meter You can check the look of the transparency by clicking on the Run Preview button after pressing OK to exit the Property Editor LED Array Top Left LED Width LED Height Adjust these values to suit your desired LED size and location The Top and Left values will dictate the position of the LED Array relative to the Background After you enter a value and tab out to the next value you will see the positioning change on the design canvas LED Array Horiz Space Vert Space Edge Width Adjust these values to suit your desired spacing and edge width for the LED segments LED Array Show Peak LED Single Color LED Array Multi Color LED Array Tick the appropriate box to Show Peak LED You will have to choose either Single Color LED Array or Multi Color LED Array If you choose Multi Color LED Array the Show Peak LED tick box will automatically untick as a Multi Color LED Array shows peak by default Meter Data Connection Data AE Number Data DSP Channel By entering appropriate values for Data AE Number and Data DSP Channel you can set the Meter to display level received from the Audio Engine Ka
101. or for a group can be changed in the vButton profile Profile Before using vButton it is necessary to create a profile in Supervisor Using the numbered tabs down the right hand side of the vButton Profile tab select which profile number you wish to configure Enter a suitable Profile Title Profile Setup Panel Configuration page This page of the profile setup configures the options and button addresses for vButton Panel Select the box to either Display Panel or Blank Panel If you want to temporarily hide a panel this can be used to save you from re entering the data again later You can use blank panels to space out panels for improved accessibility and distinction between functions Panel Title Enter a suitable title for your panel e g Intercom Panel The Panel Title will be displayed in the top left corner of the panel Blank Height Enter the height of the blank panel if this panel is selected as a Blank Panel The default value is 30 AE Number Specifies which Audio Engine this virtual button will communicate with Each Panel is linked to one Audio Engine only with sequential bus numbers forward or reversed Different Panels can communicate with different Audio Engines within the one application TIP If you wish to mimic a physical button panel you need to find the Device Number and Bus Numbers for those buttons using Logitek manuals or system documentation To setup a virtual button panel you need to
102. oute panels a drop down list of Sources will be displayed If the Display Device Alias option is enabled you will see the Alias on the right of the source name The Sources allowed for each Destination Device are determined by the allowed routes in the Surface Settings or Output Settings that are set in AEConfig for that Destination The currently selected Source will be highlighted By double clicking another Source you will perform the route The list will disappear and the Source you selected will be displayed on the button If you are emulating a physical panel the route status will be updated both in vRoute and the physical panel no matter where the button was pressed A screenshot of the vRoute application is shown in Figure 20 below a Logitek vRoute 3 5 PROFILE 3GI vRoute 341 341 Program Prog gram Figure 20 A sample vRoute in operation Logitek vTools Reference Manual 57 pe M Lo gitek The Crosspoint Destination is shown at the bottom of the panel display with the Audio Engine number listed to its left in small text The Source is shown at the top with the Alias in red directly below if an alias has been set 58 Logitek vTools Reference Manual 7 N i gt Logitek 10 vChange Setup and Operation This chapter describes the operation of the vRoute tool vChange is a pop up PC screen for use with the Artisan and Mosaic console surfaces This provides a mimic of th
103. owing are examples of the Route command AMROUTE ael route s 0100 to d 006E PMROUTE ael route s 0100 to d 008D wo fa TIP To perform multiple actions from a single incoming command you must use a Trigger created in CommandBuilder Logitek vTools Reference Manual 149 Lo gitek Logging in vTranslator The following string is an example of content logged in vTranslator s 02065201000B0100 This example translates as At 16 01 51 a command was sent s which was a Logitek P2 command 02 that is six bytes long 06 and is a Channel ON 52 command being sent to Engine 1 01 Fader 1 00 OB of Surface 1 01 ON OFF Switch 00 vTranslator is limited to the following commands that may be sent to Supervisor gt Channel ON 52 gt Channel OFF 53 gt Route 54 gt Level 56 turns the designated channel ON turns the designated channel OFF routes a source to a destination sets the fader level 0 255 195 unity gain Logitek vTools Reference Manual Lo gitek 15 Release Notes What s New in vButton 3 6 gt The individual panel engine connection LED will be GREEN if that engine is online and will be RED if that engine is offline gt 16 character Device Name support in all v3 6 editions gt Allows and in NetBIOS computer name Release Notes The following notes detail known issues version history and current release of vButton Known Issues As at A
104. p you see the status of each client easily This is shown in Figure 54 below a Co UDP 1 p10220 C Logitek3 6 ccu tat 7 H mm COM 5 P John ccu txt Figure 54 Clients List For UDP clients the UDP Port number you specified is displayed along with the client name The triangular icon indicates that UDP Port is listening to a specific IP address and UDP PORT number at the originating end This setup was defined earlier in the UDP Port Setup Remote Server section The rectangular icon indicates a general connection for both UDP and COM clients The color of the icon indicates the status of the connection Green indicates open and red indicates not open The Conversion File Name associated with each client is displayed to the right of the Client Name The small circle icon is an indicator of whether that file was found or not Green indicates file found and red indicates file not found If the conversion file is not found then the associated client port will not open The selected Delimiter character for each client and associated conversion file is displayed in the right hand column This is the character you have chosen to use as the separator in the conversion file between the incoming string and the commands to execute Logitek vTools Reference Manual 143 Logitek Logifek yTranslator 3 6 On Line _1P Network l J EJ Supervisor IP Socket Log 69 64 19 r 0201F9 69 64 19 s 6222F96061646D696E2 62 62 62 62
105. parsing upon receiving the next start character Using the Client Start Char Client Stop Char enables vTranslator to properly process multiple commands that are sent all at once It also allows the program to process commands more quickly because it doesn t have to wait for serial transmissions to end before it begins to work Using this feature speeds up processing by at least 1 10th of a second Without the Client Start Char Client Stop Char enabled the entire incoming string will be processed as one command and must exactly match what is in the conversion file in order for the command to execute If the Client Start Char Client Stop Char are also entered in the conversion file vTrans ator will ignore the extra characters in the conversion file As an example Premiere Radio Networks in the USA uses a to start transmission and a to end transmission within their Satellite Receiver The command coming from the satellite receiver looks like RLLOCAL You can enter either RLLOCAL or RLLOCAL before the delimiter in the conversion file and we will process it correctly as long as you define as the start and as the stop character on the edit page of vTranslator Using the Client Start Char and Client End Char fields allows vTranslator to process multiple commands that are sent at the same time in a single string For example an Automation System may send the string FNLOCAL NOCTOH FSLOCAL Without the Client Start Char and Client Stop
106. pecify the Destination Device Number that the buttons control This is entered in HEX Addressing for Numix NW 24 Remora REM 24 and Mosaic modules depends on the port used Common Destination Device Numbers are Dest Device Device Name Port 1 Meter Bridge Softkey lamps Port 1 Meter Bridge Softkey buttons Port 2 Meter Bridge Softkey lamps Port 2 Meter Bridge Softkey buttons Port 3 Meter Bridge Softkey lamps Port 3 Meter Bridge Softkey buttons Logitek vTools Reference Manual 31 i Lo gitek Button Bus Left Num Specify the Bus Number of the left most button This is entered in DECIMAL Common Bus Numbers are Buttons Lamps Numix softkeys Numix oe BTN 12 lamps A BTN 12 buttons 31 42 COM 12 lamps COMET 51 62 COM 12 buttons Button Bus Inc gt Dec gt Bus numbers will either increase or decrease in value from the left most bus number TIP Depending on how they are mounted some button interfaces such as Mosaic horizontal MLX NSOFT panels can have buttons in reverse order the left most button has the highest number By selecting the Dec gt tick box you will force the panel to count backwards as it assigns numbers to subsequent buttons Button Bus Display Num Select this box if you wish to see the button s Bus Number displayed under each button Lamp Dest Device Specify the Device Number that the lamps control This is entered in HEX followi
107. r should listen To do this enter the port number in the Listen on UDP Port field If an incoming string addressed to the local IP address and UDP Port number you assigned matches an entry in the associated conversion file its associated command will be sent to Supervisor 136 Logitek vIools Reference Manual Lo gitek UDP Port Setup Remote Server The Remote Server box may be used to specify an IP address and UDP Port number for the originating location of the UDP message If you wish to use this feature you must tick the Listen to this Remote only box UDP Port Setup Client to LP2 Conversion File Click on the Browse button to browse to the conversion file UDP Port Setup Client Start Char Client Stop Char When a device uses a known ASCII character to start and stop a command enter it in the appropriate field and tick the Enable box If a start character is entered and enabled and no stop character is defined enabled or if it is defined enabled but not received vTranslator will stop parsing upon receiving the next start character Using the Client Start Char Client Stop Char enables vTranslator to properly process multiple commands that are sent all at once It also allows the program to process commands more quickly because it doesn t have to wait for serial transmissions to end before it begins to work Using this feature speeds up processing by at least 1 10th of a second Without the Client Start Char Client
108. r beyond the borders of the screen Lock Position Tick this box to lock the widget in its current position Show Alias When ticked the router will show the Alias assigned to the source The Alias is an 8 character field that can be tagged to a source via Supervisor JetStream Server or via the Command Builder macro system Show Dest Device When ticked the router widget will display the surface label of the destination device AE Number Enter the Audio Engine or JetStream number where the crosspoint is located Device Number Enter the device number in hex of the crosspoint Enabled If ticked the router will be active Background Color Sets the background color of the widget 114 Logitek vTools Reference Manual 7 sd Lo gitek Router Array The Router Array feature simplifies creating more than one router widget After selecting Router Array click and drag the array to the desired position This edit window will appear and give you the following options for setting up the first widget Logitek vMix Design Background Top Left Adjust these values to suit the desired location of the first router in the array Lock Position Tick this box to lock the widget in its current position Background Color Sets the background color of the widget Router Array Size number of rows in Router Array with number of pixels between rows number of routers per row with number of pixels between route
109. r that vFader is emulating will be replicated on the fader Supervisor keeps track of a fader s status and will provide the correct status to vFader upon login This ensures vFader is consistent with physical hardware f fae vFader3 6 Je ome aur Pgm AUxt cue Mode Input PROG 10 20 18 16 aa i n Logitek vTools Reference Manual 43 a Logitek Figure 14 A sample vFader in operation Pan Button By clicking the Pan button a pop up window will allow you to adjust the pan for that channel Trim Button By clicking the Trim button a pop up window will allow you to adjust the input trim for that channel Bus Buttons PGM CUE AUX1 AUX2 AUX3 By click the Bus buttons you can toggle between the Bus state on and off The Bus buttons will illuminate when the Bus is on Mode Button By clicking the Mode button on one of your vFaders you change the mode of the fader with each click The modes are Stereo Mono Phase LL and RR Input Button By clicking the Input button on one of the faders you can change the Input of the fader by clicking on it in the list that drops down Once selected press the Take button to accept or the Cancel button to cancel and keep the current input The inputs are determined by the fader s input allocations in the surface settings of AEConfig Fader Level Click and drag the fader up or down to increase or decrease the level As the physical S
110. rated vSnapshot keyboard When finished click on the F12 Done button or press F12 on the keyboard You will then be prompted with three options Choose the option by clicking on the appropriate button Done Without Save Save then Done or Cancel Done To delete this file click on the F1 Delete File button or press F1 on the keyboard You will be asked to confirm the delete action Click Cancel or Delete If you click Delete you will receive a confirmation message of the deletion and then vSnapshot will automatically minimize You will now need to enter a name for the file Do this by using either the keyboard or by clicking the mouse on the appropriate characters within the vSnapshot integrated keyboard When you have entered the name click on the F1 Capture to File button or press F1 on the keyboard A confirmation message will briefly appear The file name will now appear in the list The vSnapshot Edit Page is shown below Logitek vTools Reference Manual 125 126 Lo gitek U qariy Edit User File Name Alan Jones Breakfast Show John Laws Morning Show x v a 2 I 2 Sees E E rd E et E E E S a 2 RLS dad Figure 47 vSnapshot Edit Page CO AS Surace1 Logitek vTools Reference Manual oot 1 Lo gitek Recall Page To recall settings from an existing file run the Recall On Trigger This would usually be done via a surface button or using vButton If you do not wish to recall s
111. res both Supervisors receive status updates Logging In gt Click on the On Line button to the left of the Network button Cr Line 1 J gt Enter the User Name and the Password then click OK gt For convenience the last entered User Name is stored in the registry gt You will receive an error if Supervisor cannot be found or the username password is wrong gt Once on line the button changes to green P amp B indicate the Primary amp Backup Supervisor Enter User Name amp Password User Name VR_STA Ok Cancel Figure 3 Login window Logging Out OnLine 1P 2 gt Click on the On Line button again to disconnect from Supervisor gt It is not necessary to disconnect before shutting the application Logitek vTools Reference Manual pe N Lo gitek gt When shutting the application you will be prompted to confirm your wish to close and disconnect from Supervisor Logitek vTools Reference Manual 17 Lo gitek 4 MatrixIP Setup amp Operation This chapter describes the operation of the Maxtrix P tool An extra license will need to be purchased from Logitek Electronic Systems to run Matrix P MatrixIP is designed as a router control panel for Master Control Room environments or where advanced routing and processing is needed MatrixIP allows easy access to a large number of Crosspoints with advanced functions such as Dynamics Processing Input Meters and Alias
112. ring may be anything you choose so long as the sending device can generate it The associated command line must follow strict Logitek guidelines which are similar to but not exactly the same as those used in the Logitek CommandaBuilder scripting language See viranslator Example Commands for examples of Conversion File content Application Setup When you login to vTranslator it will connect to Supervisor Once connected to Supervisor vTranslator will show a line for each Client listed in that user s profile Clients that are not yet configured will be listed at the top These should be deleted to avoid confusion Supervisor IP Socket Log The Supervisor IP Socket Log window keeps track of commands that are sent from vTranslator to Supervisor These entries are also time stamped for easy reference against the client log All commands sent to Supervisor are in the Logitek P2 Protocol format which takes the form of a string of two digit hex characters Show raw receive data Tickbox The Show raw receive data check box for the Supervisor IP Socket Log window will only display the data received from Supervisor during connection as Supervisor does not send any data to vTranslator during normal operation Logitek vTools Reference Manual 133 Logitek Client Log The Client Log window displays the incoming text strings being received by vTranslator Each line is time stamped and indicates the client port on which it was received I
113. rings via UDP and or serial COM ports vTranslator supports up to 100 clients which may be either UDP ports or COM ports as needs dictate Each client uses its own conversion file Although conversion files do not need to be located in the same folder as the vTranslator application Logitek recommends that they be located in the same folder for simplicity Profile Before using vTranslator it is necessary to create a profile in Supervisor Using the numbered tabs down the right hand side of the Profile Page in Supervisor select which profile number you wish to configure Enter a suitable Profile Title A user will also need to be setup with the User Setup page in Supervisor See the Supervisor Reference Manual for further details on User Setup Profile Setup Allowed Source Devices The profile setup configures the Allowed Sources for vTranslator You must setup a vGuest profile containing Allowed Source Devices within Supervisor Commands received from Sources that are not specified in the Allowed Source Devices will not be executed and as of Supervisor 3 6 4 0 an error message will be displayed in the Network Client Log to indicate the device is not in the allowed list AE Number Specifies which Audio Engine this Source Device is present on Source Device Specify the Source Device Number that is allowed to be received by vTranslator This is entered in HEX 130 Logitek vTools Reference Manual a Logitek
114. ront With an object selected execute this function to ensure that the object will always be in front of other objects in the design Send to Back With an object selected execute this function to ensure that the object will always be behind other objects in the design 68 Logitek vTools Reference Manual Lo gitek AddComponent Menu When you add a component from the AddComponent menu you have 15 seconds to drag and drop it on the designer area The position of the CURSOR at mouse up determines where the component is placed Each component acquires a parent when it is dropped The main form and each page in a tab set can be parents If you want a component on a certain tab set page you must drag it to that page This means that the desired page has to be showing selected before you go to the drop down menus to select a component If you drop a new component on another existing component the new and existing component will have the same parent Components are placed on their parent in a front to back order based on the order in which they were created Newer components are placed closer to you For example a Button a Tab Set and a Fader are placed on the main form in that order The button would appear to slide behind the other two The fader could slide over and appear in front of all the pages in the tab set and the button The Fader like each component is placed on its own virtual pane of glass which can slide around SendTo
115. rs Logitek vTools Reference Manual 115 E Logitek AE Number Defines the Audio Engine or JetStream Number Device Number Defines the device number of the crosspoint in hex for the first router When the array is built the device number will increment by one per router in the array Enabled Tick the box to make the router active Untick to make the router inactive After the array is built each individual widget may be edited by right clicking and editing as a single router widget 116 Logitek vTools Reference Manual oot 4 Lo gitek Win App Launches a Windows application and displays it within a vMix screen or tab This would allow you to embed an automation program or other Windows application into a meter bridge Property Editor 3 WnApi Windows Application Top Letz Width Height FileName _ S Top Left Width Height Sets the location of the top and left of the widget as well as the width and height File Name The name of the file to be launched including drive and path Parameters Parameters that would follow the file name in a Windows shortcut if any Title Displays a title above the application window Logitek vTools Reference Manual 117 Lo gitek 13 vSnapshot Setup amp Operation This chapter describes the operation of the vSnapshot tool vSnapshot is a software application that provides a user interface to allow the operator of a Logit
116. s on a physical surface There are 12 Bridge buttons which can be labeled to reflect the physical console For a virtual console these buttons will need to be programmed in CommandBuilder before use Logitek vTools Reference Manual 47 Lo gitek Once finished click Save All to save the changes to the profile Operation When you log in to vMix it will query Supervisor for the current status The exact status of the surface that vMix is emulating will be replicated on the surface Supervisor keeps track of surface status and will provide the correct status to vMix upon login This ensures vMix is consistent with physical surfaces Off Button Labels By clicking on the Network button you are now able to make a choice for the labeling of the Off buttons within the vMix console The choices are either the first 8 characters of the DSP table entry for the fader Destination Device the second 8 characters of the DSP table entry for the fader Destination Device or simply the word Off Tick either of the boxes to choose between the first 8 or last 8 characters If you wish to simply display Of f ensure that neither box is ticked The setup window is shown in Figure 16 below l yMix 3 5 Network Host 1 IP Addres Figure 16 Off Button Labels setup screen 48 Logitek vTools Reference Manual Lo gitek Logitek vMix3 6 vMix A o e o a 2016 12 6 2 O 2 4 6 amp 10 12 14 16
117. s suit your requirements double click on the currently listed color to open the Microsoft Windows color palette and choose one of these or make your own custom color If a custom color is chosen its RGB values will be shown as the color in the form XXX XXX XXX Border Show Top Show Left Show Right Show Bottom Tick the appropriate boxes to show those borders Border Border Width Set the desired border width for your borders you have chosen to show Text Font Color Use the drop down menu to select from a plethora of colors for text color If none of the listed colors suit your requirements double click on the currently listed color to open the Microsoft Windows color palette and choose one of these or make your own custom color If a custom color is chosen its RGB values will be shown as the color in the form XXX XXX XXX Text Font Name Use the drop down menu to select from a list of different fonts Logitek vTools Reference Manual 111 a Logitek Text Font Size Use the drop down menu to select from a list of different font sizes Text Font Bold Tick this box to enable Bold Text Line 1 Line 2 Enter an appropriate title for your Timer You may use 2 lines if you wish Delay The Delay widget will control and display information about a profanity delay powered by a SHARCAttack card AE 32 or JetStream Logitek vMix Design AE Number 1 DSP Channel 112 Logitek vTools
118. signed one profile for each different vTool For more information on profile setup see the Supervisor User s Manual Addressing Profiles generally require the Audio Engine Device Numbers and Bus Numbers for devices you wish to control These can be determined by referring to gt Supervisor s Audio Engine State page see the Supervisor User Manual gt Surface manuals gt Device reference tables gt Site specific addressing drawings or documentations Addressing will also depend on whether the vToo is controlling existing physical hardware or is operating as a virtual surface The latter requires the allocation of addresses that do not conflict with existing surfaces and where suitable Audio Engine resources are available Please contact Logitek Electronic Systems or your reseller for assistance with determining addressing Startup Open the vTool application from the directory on disk or a shortcut Upon the first startup on a machine the application will write some settings to the registry The application can be run from a local drive or a network share see Chapter 2 for a cautionary note on running from a network These settings are saved to the HKEY_LOCAL_ MACHINE section of the registry and therefore are machine specific All vlools also save a CFG file into their directory and need write access to that location 14 Logitek vTools Reference Manual oot N Lo gitek A When running Windows Vista
119. sscssassdesnsaesevasevsssdsaconssvavenssiscssspeacsasecscopsiensdeasscavees 54 10 vChange Setup and Operation e sseserseseeroeseeseesoesorsoseeeoesorseesoesorsoseerceesoreseorseeeseoeesorseoeeseses 59 DU VII A E E E E E E 63 PA E ET E E 66 13 vSnapshot Setup amp Operation e seeseresrorseesoesoesoreeseeeoeesesoesoesossoseeeeeeseeseseossseeesoeescosseesseeees 118 14 vTranslator 3 6 Setup amp Operation eseseseeeereeereoeseersceseorsceseoesorsooesoreoeesoreseesereseessoeereseenee 130 1S Release Notes A 151 Logitek vTools Reference Manual 5 Lo gitek 1 Introduction About this Manual This manual describes the installation and operation of the Logitek vTools application suite Intended Audience This manual is aimed at Engineers and Technical Operators responsible for installing configuring and supporting a Logitek Console Router System utilizing the Supervisor and vTools applications This manual also includes information for users of the vTools applications In the context of a system installation or to become familiar with the entire Logitek Console Router System the reader should also reference gt Audio Engine Reference Manual gt AEConfig Reference Manual gt Supervisor Reference Manual gt CommandBuilder Reference Manual Manual Conventions The following conventions are used in this manual This text indicates a menu choice to be made with an arrow separating a multi level selection eg Con
120. suite is designed to run on Microsoft Windows NT based operating systems including Windows 2000 Windows XP and Windows Vista 32bit Non NT based systems such as Windows 95 98 and ME are no longer considered appropriate for broadcast systems and are not supported Windows Vista 64bit has been tested with vTools 3 6 Whilst vTools 3 6 will A run under Windows Vista 64bit it must be noted that due to it running in the WOW64 environment certain Registry entries become embedded at the user level Therefore when logging in as a different user certain features will have to be setup again Logitek recommends that if running in a Windows Vista 64bit environment only one user is used to logon to the PC This avoids confusion and duplication of setup parameters Recommended PC Specification Any PC that is suitable to run Windows 2000 XP or later should be sufficient for vTools The applications will write a small amount of data to their directory If running in limited user accounts write permissions will be required to the directory the executables are stored in Screen size depends on the vTool application Generally 1024x768 is recommended however some tools do not require this much space Compatibility The vTools v3 6 suite is designed for Supervisor 3 6 and Logitek Audio Engine 3 x vTools interface to the system via a TCP IP connection to Supervisor Supervisor then handles the data exchange between each Audio Engine as required 1
121. system or that Audio Engine is offline This field is not editable Once finished click Save All to save the changes to the profile P Backup Status 17 July 2008 Thursday 15 30 35 a a IP Client State Logitek Supervisor 3 5 Primary System Administrator Audio Engine Log Network Client Log Audio Engine State Com Port Control System Setup Software License Special Functions User Setup Profiles Copy Row 1 yRaute vButton vFader yGuest vDelay vMix MatrixlP yScreen a aie B EE a vDelay Profile 1 Profile Title m vDelay Profile 2 Show Label Dest Dest Device Name Panel Device Save All 3 1 amp Studio 340 1 340 Delay In 4 Paste Clear i Row 2 EEE 10 EEE Figure 11 vDelay profile setup 38 Logitek vTools Reference Manual Lo gitek Operation When you login to vDelay it will query Supervisor for the current status Surfaces Crosspoints that are in delay will be shown as such Supervisor keeps track of delay statuses and will provide the correct status to vDelay upon login This ensures vDelay is consistent with physical surface delay settings The text color indicates the connection status with Green being connected and Red being disconnected Once connected to Supervisor vDelay will show a panel for each Talk Delay listed in that us
122. t If you chose the 5 7 Surround option in the Meter Mode section you can choose to show the Meter Scale on the Left and or the Right in the center or not at all Choosing the Center option will display the meter scale in the center of Meters 1 and 2 3 and 4 and 5 and 6 If you chose the Mono or Stereo option in the Meter Mode section this option will not affect your meter Meter Title Font Color Use the drop down menu to select from a plethora of colors for the Meter Title Font If none of the listed colors suit your requirements double click on the currently listed color to open the Microsoft Windows color palette and choose one of these or make your own custom color If a custom color is chosen its RGB values will be shown as the color in the form XXX XXX XXX Meter Title Font Name Use the drop down menu to select from a list of different fonts Meter Title Font Size Use the drop down menu to select from a list of different font sizes Meter Title Font Bold Tick this box to enable Bold Meter Title Device Name Device Alias User defined text Tick the appropriate box to display the Meter Title If you choose User Defined Text enter the appropriate text that you wish to display Meter Standard US UK International Tick one of these boxes to make the meter display the appropriate level type for your needs 98 Logitek vTools Reference Manual oot 1 Lo gitek Shape The configurab
123. t Show Right By ticking the appropriate box you can display the Fader s scale to left or right of the track Alternatively you can choose to not tick a box thus showing no scale for the fader Connection AE Number DSP Channel Enabled By setting the appropriate values for AE Number and DSP Channel you can use your vMix Fader to control level You must tick the Enabled box to allow the fader to control the said AE Number and DSP Channel Design Grid Local Background By ticking the appropriate box you can choose to show the common design grid Background or have a local grid specific to the fader Local Alternatively you can choose to not tick a box thus showing no design grid for the fader Logitek vTools Reference Manual 79 Image The configurable options for an Image are shown in Figure 32 below fc Center Off Imag er Off Image DefaultOfflmage bmp Figure 32 Image Property Editor 80 Logitek vTools Reference Manual erty td o Logitek Background Top Left Width Height Adjust these values to suit your desired Image Background size and location You can also click and drag to position your Image Background within the design layout The fields will not allow you to make the Image Background larger than the screen size or to move the Image Background beyond the borders of the screen Background Lock Position Tick this box to lock the position of the Image Backgroun
124. t connecting twice gt 16 character Device Name support in all v3 6 editions gt Allows and in NetBIOS computer name VV Vv Release Notes The following notes detail known issues version history and current release of vRoute Known Issues As at August 2009 there are no issues registered against vRoute To report any problems please contact Logitek Electronic Systems Resolved Issues No known issues for resolution Release History Following is the maintenance release history for this version of vRoute For the latest updates and release notes consult the Logitek Audio website Executable Name Date 3 6 1 0 30 Apr 09 First release 156 Logitek vTools Reference Manual Lo gitek What s New in vSnapshot 3 6 gt VVVVV Added an engine connection indicator round LED to reflect on line status of engine to which you are connected NOTE Rectangular LED in upper left corner indicates status of connection to Supervisor Added cursor movement arrows to on screen keyboard to facilitate moving the cursor within a filename field for editing purposes when using the on surface WIDE SOFTKEY SELECT KNOB to move the cursor Modified the EDIT page to improve usability when using the on surface WIDE SOFTKEY SELECT KNOB to move the cursor Added Function key support to all action buttons to facilitate ease of use when using physical PC keyboard control Added a CONNECT DISCONNECT toggl
125. t with their own control and visibility of the on air console back at the station Profile Setup Before using vMix it is necessary to create a profile in Supervisor Using the numbered tabs down the right hand side select which profile number you wish to configure Enter a suitable Profile Title AE Number Specifies which Audio Engine this virtual Surface will communicate with Each Surface is linked to one Audio Engine and Port only Surface Number Specify the Surface Number that the virtual surface controls This corresponds to the actual port number on the engine Console Width The specified Console Width is the width of the screen that displays your vMix not the number of faders The value must be at least 13 and will be automatically adjusted if a lower value is entered 13 corresponds to a 1024x768 screen size which is the minimum size for vMix To display 24 faders the maximum allowed on screen simultaneously a UXGA 1200x1200 or W UXGA 1600x900 screen size is required Logitek vTools Reference Manual 45 System Setup Software License Special Functions User Setup Profiles yRoute yButton yFader vScreen yDelay vMix Profile 4 Profle Title 1 Configuration or D Sh st cone with TE Fate porta Dericemame ez AE Number 1 Surface Number 1 Last Fader Number _ sl E 2 oc 340 Fader2 ee o oo a a E 4 oor 340 Fades
126. te and choose one of these or make your own custom color If a custom color is chosen its RGB values will be shown as the color in the form XXX XXX XXX Text Font Off Mode Name Use the drop down menu to select from a list of different fonts Text Font Off Mode Size Use the drop down menu to select from a list of different font sizes Text Font Off Mode Bold Tick this box to make the label text Bold Text Font On Mode On Color Use the drop down menu to select from a plethora of colors for text color If none of the listed colors suit your requirements double click on the currently listed color to open the Microsoft Windows color palette and choose one of these or make your own custom color If a custom color is chosen its RGB values will be shown as the color in the form XXX XXX XXX Text Font On Mode Name Use the drop down menu to select from a list of different fonts Text Font On Mode Size Use the drop down menu to select from a list of different font sizes Text Font On Mode Bold Tick this box to make the label text Bold 86 Logitek vTools Reference Manual Lo gitek Connection Device Name or Alias AE Number DSP Channel Enabled By setting the appropriate values for AE Number and DSP Channel you can use your Label like a Button You must tick the Enabled box to allow the image to control the said AE Number and DSP Channel This section will be grayed out unless the Device
127. text color If none of the listed colors suit your requirements double click on the currently listed color to open the Microsoft Windows color palette and choose one of these or make your own custom color If a custom color is chosen its RGB values will be shown as the color in the form XXX XXX XXX Label Text Line 1 Line 2 Line 3 Enter the text you wish to appear on your button You do not need to have text on all lines Enter text starting from Line 1 as if you have no text on the other lines the single line of text will be centered on the button Label Text Line Spacing Enter an appropriate value for line spacing This will determine the distance between lines of text on your button You can check the look of the line spacing by clicking on the Run Preview button 74 Logitek vTools Reference Manual ATN i Lo gitek Date Display The configurable options for a Date Display are shown in Figure 30 below Prope itor Date Displa Background Top Date Display Format DDDD MMMM d yyyy gt Separator Figure 30 Date Display Property Editor Background Top Left Width Height Adjust these values to suit your desired Date Display size and location You can also click and drag to position your Date Display within the design layout The fields will not allow you to make the Date Display larger than the screen size or to move the Date Display beyond the borders of the screen Backgro
128. trol Panel gt Users amp Passwords This can be a menu choice in a Logitek application or within Windows Indicates a see also section in this manual or another Logitek manual AN The exclamation symbol signifies an important note or critical information This text represents a command script block example instruction to be typed or directory path TIP A useful tip from our knowledge base 6 Logitek vTools Reference Manual Lo gitek About vTools vTools are virtual surface software applications written by Logitek to interface with your Console Router System vTools allow you to perform tasks not possible on analogue consoles or conventional routers In addition you can operate vTools in place of or in conjunction with physical surfaces and use wide area networks or the Internet to control your system remotely via IP links MatrixIP Provides routing EQ Dynamics and input alias assignment Designed for use in an MCR environment particularly with SharcAttack DSP cards An additional license from Logitek is required to run MatrixlP vButton Emulates a physical button panel or provides additional virtual buttons Flexible profile setup allows it to mimic many different button panel types vChange Mimics the Artisan Mosaic s LCD screens onto a PC to allow a larger display for easier operation vDelay Controls up to 8 Talk Delays on SharcAttack DSP cards Can be used for control or
129. tton to simplify the task of creating additional vGuest profiles Go to the Profile Tab that contains the information you require and execute the Copy button Paste Button Pastes the previously copied profile settings to the current Profile Tab You can use this button to simplify the task of creating additional vGuest profiles Go to the Profile Tab that you wish to duplicate the information in and execute the Paste button Clear Button Clears all profile settings on the current Profile Tab You can use this button to simplify the removal of unneeded data from vGuest profiles Go to the Profile Tab that contains the information you no longer require and execute the Clear button Logitek Supervisor 3 6 Primary Backup Status N S 4 March 2009 Wednesday 08 57 03 AM Audio Engine Log Network Client Log Audio Engine State Com Port Control IP Client State System Administrator System Administrator System Setup Software License Special Functions ll User Setup Profiles vRoute vButton vFader vGuest vDelay wMix MatrixIP vScreen vGuest Profile 1 Profile Title Translator 1 m Allowed Source Devices r Allowed Destination Devices _ r vGuest Profile 2 ganca Device Name Device Alias Device Name Save All Number Device 340 Fader 14 OO6E Ed1 DAW1 Rte3 1 A Copy Sort
130. ugust 2009 there are no issues registered against vButton To report any problems please contact Logitek Electronic Systems Resolved Issues Fixed a bug where ping from Supervisor was not handled properly and vButton would cease to respond Release History Following is the maintenance release history for this version of vButton For the latest updates and release notes consult the Logitek Audio website Executable Name vButton3 6 3 6 1 0 30 Apr 09 vButton3 6 3 6 2 0 10 Aug 09 Fixed a bug where ping from Supervisor was not handled properly and vButton would cease to respond Logitek vTools Reference Manual 151 Lo gitek What s New in vChange 3 6 gt All new application gt Allows and in NetBIOS computer name Release Notes The following notes detail known issues version history and current release of vChange Known Issues As at August 2009 there are no issues registered against vChange To report any problems please contact Logitek Electronic Systems Resolved Issues No known issues for resolution Release History Following is the maintenance release history for this version of vChange For the latest updates and release notes consult the Logitek Audio website Executable Name vChange3 6 3 6 1 0 _ 01 May 09 152 Logitek vTools Reference Manual Lo gitek What s New in vDelay 3 6 gt Added ability to label control panel with text entered in pro
131. und Lock Position Tick this box to lock the position of the Date Display on the design layout Background Color Use the drop down menu to select from a plethora of colors for your background color If none of the listed colors suit your requirements double click on the currently listed color to open the Logitek vTools Reference Manual 75 gt N Lo gitek Microsoft Windows color palette and choose one of these or make your own custom color If a custom color is chosen its RGB values will be shown as the color in the form XXX XXX XXX Background Transparent Tick this box make the background transparent This will allow the canvas background color to show through or if an object is placed behind the date display the object will show through the background of the Date Display You can check the look of the transparency by clicking on the Run Preview button after pressing OK to exit the Property Editor Border Color Use the drop down menu to select from a plethora of colors for border color If none of the listed colors suit your requirements double click on the currently listed color to open the Microsoft Windows color palette and choose one of these or make your own custom color If a custom color is chosen its RGB values will be shown as the color in the form XXX XXX XXX Border Show Top Show Left Show Right Show Bottom Tick the appropriate boxes to show those borders Border Border W
132. urfaces do not have motorized faders the fader change will not be visible at a console Surface However the fader level movement on vFader will be made at the Audio Engine If the fader is moved at the console Surface the vFader display will update to mimic it On Off Buttons Clicking on the On or Off buttons will turn the fader on or off If you are emulating a physical fader the fader status will be updated both in vFader and the physical surface no matter where the setting was performed Note that most physical surfaces do not have motorized faders so the fader movement is not replicated on the surface itself 44 Logitek vTools Reference Manual Lo gitek 8 vMix 3 6 Setup amp Operation This chapter describes the operation of the vMix tool An extra license will need to be purchased from Logitek Electronic Systems to run vMix vMix provides a virtual mixer or remote control of an existing console Using vMix as a virtual mixer requires spare DSP resources to be available on the Audio Engine Using vMix to remote control an existing physical Surface does not require additional resources vMix is particularly suited to remote control of a Surface across a wide area network dial up connection or virtual private network As the Logitek Protocol is very efficient the vMix display is quite responsive even on slower network links vMix is a great addition to your Remote Outside Broadcast facilities providing the remote talen
133. ust be located in the same directory as the vMix Design file otherwise the image will not display in vMix Player On Mode Image Top Left Width Height Adjust these values to suit your desired On Mode Image size and location The fields will allow you to make the On Mode Image larger than the Background size and to move the On Mode Image beyond the borders of the Image Background You will need to therefore be diligent and check that your image is within the size of your background You will clearly be able to see the relationship between Image size and Image Background both in the design layout and the Run Preview windows On Mode Image Maintain File Aspect Ratio Tick this box to ensure that the file is not resized to fit the dimensions set in the previous step On Mode Image Show File Size Image Use the Show File Size Image button to reset the image size back to the size of the original file Qo N Logitek vTools Reference Manual erty td o gt Logitek On Mode Image View On Image Use the View On Image button to view the Off Image on the canvas under the properties window On Mode Image Center On Image Use the Center On Image button to center the On Mode Image in relation to the Image Background On Mode Image Max Image Use the Max Image button to maximize the image size within the image background On Mode Image Clear On Image Use the Clear On Image button to clear the image from the
134. uting this function will exit vMix Design If you are working on a design it will prompt you with a message asking if you would like to save the current design you are working on Depending on your circumstances select Yes to save No to exit without saving or Cancel to not exit the program if you accidentally executed the Exit function Edit Menu Highlighting Items An item in vMix must be highlighted before using the Cut Copy Bring to Front or Send to Back functions The following methods are valid e Click on an item to highlight a single item e Control Click on multiple items to highlight multiple items e Click and drag a box around multiple items to highlight them Cut With an object selected execute this function to cut it from its position on the designer Please note that Horizontal Tab Sets and Vertical Tab Sets cannot be cut Keyboard shortcut Ctrl X Copy With an object selected execute this function to copy it from the designer in order to paste one or more identical objects onto the design Please note that Horizontal Tab Sets and Vertical Tab Sets cannot be copied Keyboard shortcut Ctrl C Paste Once you have successfully cut or copied an object you can paste it using this function You will note that after copying a fader for example the Paste menu option will read Paste Fader Keyboard shortcut Ctrl V When pasting with the keyboard shortcut the item will be dropped at the mouse pointer Bring to F
135. utton Labels page allows you to setup the virtual labels for each button a eae Logitek Supervisor3 5 Primary Backup Status 17 July 2008 Thursday 15 10 44 IP Client State Network Client Log Audio Engine State Com Part Control System Administrator Audio Engine Log System Administrator System Setup Software License Special Functions User Setup Profiles yScreen MatrixIP yRoute vButton yFader ak iii vButton Profile 1 ProfleTtle E i m vButton Profile gt 2 Panel Configuration Save All 3 Panel 1 Panel 2 Panel 3 Panel 4 Panel 5 Panel 6 Pane Panett Jh Penis 4 Panel 1 Button Lamp 5 Title Device Device NSS Sources 1 068 0067 6 Button Button Lamp Show Label Label Number Bus Num Bus Num Button Line 1 Line 2 16 Post Diy 3 Post Diy E 9 18 Editi Program 19 J 20 22 Figure 9 vButton profile setup Button Labels page Panel Tabs The button label settings for each Panel are on individual tabs Select the appropriate tab to configure that Panel s button labels Label Line 1 Line 2 Enter a suitable title for your button e g Studio A Intercom A maximum of 8 characters applies to each line If you only enter text on the top line the text will be vertically centered on the button In addition text
136. will make troubleshooting much easier because you can keep straight what vTranslator is doing and what Command Builder is doing if you limit the scope of vTranslator Allowed Source Devices section of vGuest profile is now supported vTranslator now works like any other vGuest client Enter allowed sources into the profile and refer to them in the conversion file by the DEVICE keyword The SURFACE keyword is also valid and is used to tell which console to perform the command DEVICE keyword enabled lets you specify a device number in the conversion file to turn a BUS ON or OFF Leading zeroes are not required This keyword behaves similarly to the DEVICE keyword in Command Builder Logitek vTools Reference Manual 159 i Lo gitek Current Releases As at August 2009 the following versions of vTools are the latest officially supported for general distribution Executable MatrixIP3 6 1 0 vButton3 6 2 0 vChange3 6 1 0 vDelay3 6 1 0 vFader3 6 1 0 vManager3 6 1 0 VMix3 6 2 0 vRoute3 6 1 0 vScreenDesigner3 6 2 0 vScreenPlayer3 6 2 0 vScreenDesignerUpdate vSnapshot3 6 1 0 vTranslator3 6 2 0 Release Date 30 Apr 09 MatrixIP final release vButton would cease to respond 10 Aug 09 Fixed screen display so that mixer appears OFF LINE no active meters etc when not connected to Supervisor 30 Apr 09 vRoute final release 10 Aug 09 Fixed bug in TAB SET component state of ENGINE ENABLE check box w
137. will NOT copy the previous Supervisor profile data and Registry entries Exit setup and manually copy files to my PC Figure 1 Setup3 6 Installation Type Choice I2 Logitek vTools Reference Manual Lo gitek Files required for operation When initially installed the vTools do not require any auxiliary files When run for the first time each of the vTools create their own operational files that are required to run Running from Network Share It is possible to execute the applications from a network share however this may cause problems with the writing of config files This is not recommended if multiple instances will be run simultaneously on different machines Executable Name The vTool executable name determines the base for config files and registry settings Do not rename the executable unless you want to test or use different settings Logitek vTools Reference Manual 13 Lo gitek 3 General vTools Notes This chapter covers some general operation notes on the vTools suite The following chapters go into more detail on each of the individual tools Supervisor Profile Setup Each of the vTools has their own profiles which allow you to have separate instances of a particular vTools application and for those instances to relate to different surfaces Up to 16 different profiles can be set for each vTool The profile used is determined by the username entered when connecting A username can only be as
138. ws source input meter Off Button Also shows fader number Logitek vTools Reference Manual gt gt o gt Dyn Eq p Me gt p gt Change button Use to change fader options Talkback button To talk down mix minus Mode Indicator Stereo Mono Phase LL RR xL xR Pan Indicator Shows current pan position Source Device Fader s current source name Fader Adjust level to suit On Button Turn on fader 53 Lo gitek 9 vRoute Setup amp Operation This chapter describes the operation of the vRoute tool vRoute provides user configurable route panels with 6 Destinations per pane can be displayed in each vRoute application for a total of 24 Router Crosspoints vRoute is useful for controlling record or other destinations where the purchase of a physical Route 3 panel is not justified It can also be used to perform routes from a remote location emulating physical panels or controlling virtual routes Profile Setup Before using vRoute it is necessary to create a profile in Supervisor Using the numbered tabs down the right hand side select which profile number you wish to configure Enter a suitable Profile Title as shown in Figure 19 below Up to 4 panels Logitek Supervisor3 5 Primary Backup Status 17 July 2008 Thursday 16 14 17 2 l Audio Engine State Com Port Control IP Client State Audio Engine Log Network Client Log Syste
139. xecutable Name 3 6 1 0 30 Apr 09 First release vMix3 6 3 6 2 0 10 Aug 09 Fixed Screen Display so that Mixer appears OFF LINE no active meters etc when not connected to Supervisor Logitek vTools Reference Manual 155 Lo gitek What s New in vRoute 3 6 gt Added labels to the left side of panel display to identify each row of information SOURCE ALIAS DEST gt Added Engine in corner of each button to identify which engine that button is connected to gt Color of button now indicates the status of the engine it is connected to Green means the engine is online Red means the engine is offline If engine is offline the button will be non operational gt Improved drop down source selection list to highlight currently routed source in GREEN and provide a moving RED highlight for new selection gt Drop down selection list now provides an X in the upper right to exit without making a selection if desired Profile name is now displayed on title bar of application Title bar may be toggled on off using ALT T key combination vRoute generates an instance ID when it connects to Supervisor This ID number is displayed on the Supervisor IP Client State page The ID helps to identify multiple instances of vRoute when clients are re connecting to Supervisor in the event of a crash Supervisor will only allow clients with unique IDs to connect thereby eliminating the possibility of the same clien
140. y new formatting is correctly done Launch Supervisor 3 6 and set up the COM ports for the engines if necessary In Supervisor 3 6 you can change COM port assignments without having to restart the program Launch CommanaBuilder 3 6 read your trigger table from c Logitek3 6 save it and upload it to Supervisor Configure and launch any other PC applications that you use at your facility Do not try using older versions of our software with version 3 6 as they are not compatible Logitek vTools Reference Manual 11 77 N Lo gitek The setup program will copy the required files to the program directory establish a folder called Logitek Programs in the Windows Start menu if ticked and create desktop shortcuts if ticked These tasks can also be done manually by copying the program file to an appropriate directory i Logitek re Installation Installation Type Which type of Lagitek Version 3 6 software installation do you wish M Install Logitek software on this PC for the first time M Update a previous installation whose Supervisor program is aversion BEFORE Supervisor 3 5 This installation will NOT copy the previous Supervisor profile data or Registry entries Update a previous installation whose Supervisor program is version 3 5 This installation WILL copy the previous Supervisor profile data and Registry entries Update a previous installation whose Supervisor program is version 3 6 This installation
141. you specified when setting up the vMix profile These meters reflect the Program and Monitor meters of a physical console Studio Monitor Phones amp Cue Directly under the meters the above destinations are listed with level and source controls provided Moving the level to left or right will decrease or increase the level respectively By clicking on Change you can change the selected source The available sources are determined by the settings in the Audio Engine configuration Note that Cue does not have the ability to change the source The exact use of each of the functions will be determined by the Audio Engine configuration and studio setup If a real console is connected to the physical port changes will be replicated both on the virtual and physical surfaces Tabs Depending on the Console Width and Last Fader Number set in the vMix profile the faders may need to be displayed in tabs If this is the case use the tabs to navigate between sets of faders The Tab Labels can also be set in the vMix profile 50 Logitek vTools Reference Manual Lo gitek Dynamics Equalization Trim Level 10db 0 10db 340 CD2 340 Flashi 340 Patch D1 340 Patch D2 340 PatchAiL 340 PatchAiR 340 PatchAlS 340 PatchA2L 340 PatchA2R 340 PatchA2S 340 PatchA3L 340 PatchA3R 340 PatchA3s 341 Program Downlink 1L Downlink 1R Downlink 15 Downlink 2L Take Device Device h m econ Bus M Program

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