Grass Valley Zodiak v.6.0 Mar 15 2006 - Manual (Page 22)

22 Zodiak — User Manual
Section 1 — System Overview
• One Utility bus per full M/E for video in borders, video wipe patterns,
or masking,
• Four full function keyers with dedicated key controls per M/E,
• Two complex and four simple (in each keyer) wipe generators per
M/E,
• Solarization, posterization, mosaic capabilities and YUV color correc-
tion as part of the video processors on each full M/E bus,
• Input freeze for each M/E key source and fill buses,
• PGM and PST buses with E-MEM, Downstream Keyers (DSK) with
three simple linear or luminance keyers, and programmable Clean
Feed,
• One pair of floating Chroma Keyers for use on any full-function keyer,
• 100 frame Still Store,
• Redundant power supplies for the Main panel and Video Processor
frame,
• Four optional Transform Engines (internal DPMs) each on M/E 1 and
M/E 2,
• Hot swapable Video Processor frame modules (including frame power
supplies)
• Touch screen Menu Display, and
• CD-ROM (internal to the Menu panel), external USB-powered Zip
drive and two Floppy drives (one in the Main panel and one in the
Video Processor frame for emergency recovery procedures).
3-M/E System Standard Features
The standard features for the 3-M/E model are the same as the 2.5-M/E
system in addition to the following:
• A third full M/E (replacing PGM/PST) with two complex and four
simple wipes and four full function keyers plus three linear DSK
keyers, and
• 13 Aux buses total plus switched Preview — up to eight Aux buses can
be utilized for four Effects Send pairs.
Zodiak System Options
The options listed below are for all models of Zodiak, except those dedi-
cated to M/E 3. Selected sets of options may be combined into packages for
initial purchase. Individual options can be purchased and added to a
Zodiak system at a later time. Some Zodiak system options contain hard-
ware components and some are software enabled.