AJA Ki Pro Mini - Manual (Page 81)

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To add a Ki Pro to a gang, simply select the checkbox for the unit in the Gang column. As
a shortcut, if all available Ki Pro units are desired for a gang, select the "All" item below
Gang. Alternately, if you want to clear units from a gang, deselect them or use the "Clear"
option.
IMPORTANT: There can be only one Master in a gang; typically, the IP address for the Ki Pro unit you entered
and are viewing the web UI on is the one which should be promoted to the "controlling" role.
If the unit with the IP address that is currently being viewed via the web UI is selected, a red
capitalized "MASTER" text will appear on the webpage above the columns.
A Master Ki Pro unit can send three items to the slave Ki Pros units within a gang; a record
start command, a stop command and clip naming. The record start and stop commands
are controlled from the web UI Transport area above the gang information on the Master
Ki Pro unit or via physical front panel buttons (provided the unit is set to "Local Only" for
the CONFIG parameter 35.2).
The Settings area is where the Ki Pro clip name for each unit is decided.
By default, the Ki Pro is configured to use the standard clip naming conventions, not the
custom clip naming conventions. The first user selection is "Use Custom Clip Name"; if
the user wants to use the standard clip naming convention, leave this set to "OFF", but if
the user wants to create a custom clip name, mouse click on the "OFF" to reveal a
pulldown for "OFF/ON" selection, then click "OK".
If "OFF" was selected, the next parameter would be "Clip Name", again, clicking on the
"SC" or "Clip" presented brings up the pulldown and the "OK" box. "Clip Number" must
be entered manually with a valid value for Ki Pro of 1 through 999 and then the enter/
return key must be hit. NOTE: If the enter/return key is not entered after the selection,
the value will revert to whatever was previously shown. Clicking on the value next to
"Clip Append" and "Alpha Append" both bring up a pulldown and an "OK" button. "Take"
operates like the "Clip Number", where a valid value of 1 to 999 can be entered and the
enter/return key needs to be hit for confirmation of the value.
For custom clip naming considerations, review the section in this manual on "Custom
Clip Naming." .
Note that for Slave Ki Pro units, the Settings column provides a selection of either Use:
"Master Name" or "Slave Name." Clicking on the default value of "Master Name" pulls up
a pulldown selection of "Master Name" or "Slave Name" with an "OK" confirmation
button. If the desire is to have clips named the same across all Ki Pro units' recordings,
then the Use: "Master Name" selection should be made. If the desire is to have clips
named independently on Ki Pro units, then "Slave Name" should be selected. Selecting
"Slave Name" means that the recording will take it's name from the individual Ki Pro's
parameters and not accept the value pushed to the Slave by the Master Ki Pro.
Caution!
If a custom clip name is not changed and the "Use Custom Clip Take" parameter is not
enabled, an existing clip can be overwritten on the disk. Example: the first recording
made is called "Flying" and the "Custom Clip Take" parameter is not enabled; additionally,
the user does not enter a new value for the custom clip name and leaves "Flying" entered.
As a result, the first recording will be overwritten by the second recording. AJA does not
typically recommend disabling the use of the custom clip take, but in some situations,
overwriting an existing file may be desirable.