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Io HD Installation and Operation Manual — Using Multiple AJA Products
The moral of the story: keep the Control Panel visible so you can learn what various
QuickTime applications are doing when they control Io HD—and then you can step
in and change the application’s settings and Control Panel settings as desired to get the
configuration you expect.
AJA Control Panel—2nd Priority
If a QuickTime application is not running then the AJA Control Panel gets control of
the board.
Control Recommendations
To avoid surprises, run the AJA Control Panel, keep it visible on the desktop—and
stay consistent in your settings within the various QuickTime applications while
working on a project. Having the Control Panel running and visible helps because
you can always check and see what the Io HD is doing and who has control of it—
even when the Control Panel is running in the background.
Using Multiple AJA Products
Starting with the v7.5 drivers for KONA and Io HD, more than one AJA product can
be used with your host computer. Using the AJA Control Panel application, you can
choose which installed product an application uses for input/output. In the upper left
corner of the AJA Control Panel application, you will see a board name, such as
Kona3-0, if you have more than one product and the associated drivers installed (if
only one product is installed, you’ll see no product or pulldown). To "target" a specific
installed product for use, click on the text in the upper left hand side of the UI and
select from the list of available products that appear in the pulldown.
When you launch an application such as Final Cut Pro, or AJA TV, that application
will use the product that is currently selected in the AJA Control Panel application for
its input/output. Once an application is running, you can change the "targeted"
product selection in the AJA Control Panel and select a different product. The
running application will retain its connection to the product. If you change the
"targeted" product and launch a different application, that application will use the
new product for its input/ output, while the first application you launched will
continue to use the other AJA product.
Example: select a KONA 3 as the targeted product in the AJA Control Panel
application. Launch Final Cut Pro. Final Cut Pro is now using the KONA 3 for
its input/output. Go back to the AJA Control Panel application and select a
KONA LHi as the "targeted" product. Launch the AJA TV application. AJA TV
would now use the LHi for its output. If you switch back to Final Cut Pro, you