User's Manual

Updating the Software in your Videohub Controller
Follow these steps to check if your Videohub control panel’s internal software is up to date:
1 Connect your Videohub control panel to the computer via USB.
2 Launch the Blackmagic Videohub Hardware Panel Setup.
3 If a software update is required, a message will appear asking if you would like to
update your Videohub control panel. Click Yes. The update will take about 2 minutes
to complete.
4 The message “Software Update Complete” should appear at completion of the update.
Click OK to dismiss the message. Settings can be changed now if desired and this is a
good opportunity to give each Videohub control panel a unique name.
5 You can now unplug the USB cable from your Videohub control panel.
This message will appear if an internal software update is required.
About Routing Levels
If your Videohub does not feature RS-422 remote deck control, Videohub Master Control will
always show “SDI” on its LCD and you don’t need to read anything more about routing levels.
If your Videohub does include RS-422 remote deck control ports, you can use the LEVEL
button on Videohub Master Control to reduce the list of sources and destinations by
routing level.
Start by pressing the DEST button. Now press the LEVEL button to cycle through the
routing levels:
SDI 422
Choose this routing level to reduce the list of video equipment to devices with matching
labels for their remote and SDI ports. This level is commonly used with SDI capture cards
and VTR decks but cannot be used with cameras and monitors as they do not have RS-422
remote ports.
Choose the SDI 422 routing level if you only want to see
SDI video equipment with RS-422 deck control. In this
example, the capture card (Edit 1) and the deck (VTR 1) are
listed because they both have SDI and RS-422 ports.
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