User's Manual

How to select devices using the customizable and numeric buttons together
If you have customized the Videohub port labels with names and numbers, you can use the
customizable buttons and numeric buttons together to directly select sources and destinations.
This method is very fast and intuitive because you don’t have to scroll through a list of
equipment and you only have to remember how many of each type of equipment you have,
e.g., two VTRs and four monitors.
This method is very helpful if you label types of equipment by name and number, e.g., VTR 01,
VTR 02, Cam 01, Cam 02, Cam 03, Mon 01, Mon 02, Mon 03 and Mon 04.
1 Press the DEST button. The destination field will be highlighted blue on the LCD.
2 If your Videohub router has RS-422 remote control, press the LEVEL button until you
have set the appropriate routing level for your equipment. Otherwise you can skip
this step.
3 Press a button you have customized for a type of destination equipment, e.g., VTR. The
button should light gold.
4 Type in the destination equipment number using the numeric pushbuttons, e.g., 07 for
VTR 07. Each numeric button will flash gold as you press it.
5 Press the SRC button. The source field will be highlighted blue on the LCD.
6 Press a button you have customized for a type of source equipment, e.g., a capture
card. The button should light white.
7 Type in the source equipment number using the numeric pushbuttons, e.g., 03 for the
capture card Edit 03. Each numeric button will flash white as you press it.
8 The TAKE button will flash red, awaiting your confirmation of the route change. Press
TAKE and the route will change immediately. Otherwise, press CLEAR and no route
change will take place. Videohub Master Control will then return to its idle state with the
latest route displayed on the LCD.
If any button you have customized for either a source or destination flashes but does
not stay lit, Videohub Master Control is preventing you from selecting the button
because the equipment type has not been labeled as a source or destination device or
does not match the current routing level. For example, cameras should not usually be
set as destination devices, monitors should not be set as source devices and won’t
match the RS-422 routing level. Refer back to Creating Button Labels in Configuring
Videohub Master Control Pro for steps on how to change this.
If you know that you want Edit 3 as the source, and VTR1 as the destination,
you can select the route directly without any scrolling being necessary.
In this example, press DEST, press the customized VTR button and then
press 1. VTR 1 will be shown in the destination field. Now press SRC,
press the customized Edit button and then press 3. “Edit 3” will be shown
in the source field. Finally, press TAKE to confirm the route change.
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