Instruction manual

For this reason, it is useful to leave the Kona Control Panel application on the

desktop while you work in applications and simply command click into it to

access it if you are unsure of a setting or wish to make a change.

Control Panel

Basics

Although the KONA 3 card auto-detects the input format depending on the

input that it is presented, and the Control Panel intuitively shows at a glance

much about what the card is doing—there is even more information presented

that may not be obvious. To ensure you make the most of the software, run the

KONA 3 Control Panel application and look at its display. Then refer to the

“Basics” described here to better understand what you're seeing and learn how to

view and change the KONA 3 system conﬁguration.

Note: The KONA Control Panel also works with KONA LS/LSe, KONA

LH/LHe, and KONA 2. However, the actual features and screens displayed

differ slightly since the board feature sets differ. Currently, only one KONA

card can be installed in a Mac at a time.

Before we go into too much detail, here are some basic deﬁnitions you should

know (please refer to the ﬁgure that follows for reference). After studying the

basics, read “Who is Controlling KONA 3?” later in this chapter for more advanced

information on how applications interact with the KONA 3 board.

Block Diagram Screen—the top area of the KONA 3 Control Panel shows a

visual picture representing the processing (if any) that's currently occurring,

including inputs/outputs, any up/down/cross conversion, reference source,

and system status. Lines between inputs, the framebuffer, and outputs, show a

video path. Where there are no lines, it shows there is no connection; this can

be either because an input or output isn't selected or because no video is

present at the selected input. The lines will also show whether the input or

outputs are single inputs/outputs or dual-link (where two channels are used to

carry the bandwidth of HD-SDI 4:4:4 video), and whether output is video or

video + key.

Icon objects on the block diagram screen (input/output icons, frame buffer,

etc.-also called “widgets”-indicate their status by color (explained later) and

can be clicked for context-sensitive information and choices. (These same

choices can also be made from the tabbed Control panel screens.)

Control-Clicking

an Icon Produces

a Context-sensitive