User guide

Viz Engine Administrator’s Guide

5.14.1 General

The General tab shows information about the installed hardware.

• Serial No.: Shows the serial number of the installed Matrox board.

• Board Info: Shows the model and type of the Matrox board.

• DSX Info: Shows the software version and driver version.

• Print Clip Info: When activated this setting enables printing of clip information to

the console; however, such information may cause the render loop to stall. Default

mode is Inactive.

• Use Watchdog: When activated this setting enables the Matrox X.mio watchdog

feature. It defines what kind of key is produced when the watchdog takes over

control. Default mode is Inactive. When the watchdog is enabled, turning off the

video out will activate the hardware bypass after a given timeout (see next setting).

• Timeout: Defines the time in milliseconds until the watchdog takes over control.

This value should not be smaller than the time of two fields/frames. Default value is

999 milliseconds.

• Use Flywheel: When activated, the Matrox board adopts a tracking mode if the

genlock signal is interrupted or lost that maintains the signal frequency until the

source genlock signal is regained. Default mode is Active.

• Max Recovery Time: Represents the time in milliseconds (ms) provided to the

flywheel to attempt to regain the genlock before an abrupt jump to the locked state

is performed. Default value is 15.

• Max Unclock Time: Represents the time in milliseconds (ms) provided to the

flywheel to remain in the unlocked state before switching to the free running state.

Default value is 15.