User guide

Viz Engine Administrator’s Guide

12.1 Connectors

The Epoch 4K SuperNova comes with 5 bidirectional BNC connectors. With 5 BNC

connectors, each of the first four do SD, HD, 3G, ASI, AES and LTC as either input or

output. The fifth is the designated GenLock or SD, HD, 3G, ASI or AES (no LTC).

12.2 Configuration History for BlueFish444

Use the driver version available on Vizrt’s FTP server to make sure of correct

functionality and ring buffer support.

• 3.6.4 and later, driver version Bluefish444 v5.11.0.3 (firmware 96)

• 3.6.3, driver version Bluefish444 v5.10.2.18

• 3.6.1 - 3.6.2, driver version Bluefish444 v5.10.2.4

• 3.5.1 - 3.5.4, driver version Bluefish444 v5.10.1.11

• 3.5.0, driver version Bluefish444 v5.9.0.78

12.3 Watchdog

Viz Engine supports automatic mechanical bypass (copper-to-copper) of video for

BlueFish444 Epoch boards. To use this feature, enable the Watchdog feature.

To Enable Automatic Bypass for BlueFish444 Epoch Board

1. Stop Viz Engine.

2. Open your Viz configuration file (e.g. VIZ-<hostname>-0-0.cfg)

• The file is located in the Viz3 program folder

3. Locate the SECTION MATROX_CONFIG.

4. Enable the Matrox watchdog setting:

Matrox0.WatchDogUseHardwareBypass = 0

5. Save the file

6. Start Viz Engine