Information shown in the first part is merely description and shows data previously assigned :
•Code: the resource path you are editing is shown
•Type: shows the resource's type
•Number: indicates the ordinal number that identifies that resource in case there are others of the same type
The following information must be inserted by users
•Name, Description of the resource you are editing.
•Driver, depending on the machine type, LD2000 (2 Layers) or LD2000L1 (1 Layer) or LD3000 (1 Layer) or DL8 (none Layer)
•Configuration
✓Logo Generator configure as: Indicate how the log should be configured.
✓Indicate the associated DSK: Indicate if the DSK is internal (INSIDE) or if one of the resources previously configured must be associated.
(Note, only active DSK are shown, so you need to configure DSK first )
✓N.device, device identifier (in case there is more than one cascade). Default 1.
NB: From Etere version 28.2 onwards, set the device to "1" in order to initialize the device driver correctly (DL8 driver).
✓Mode Preset/Take: Some devices can load the logo in advance of playing it out so as to speed up the operation during the take. This feature can be used using the device in preset/take mode instead of standard mode. The Preset/take mode is advised just in case you use a commutation for each event, otherwise results could be unpredictable.
How the layers work (Valid for LD2000/3000)
✓on layer 1: one of the logos can be selected (max 4 for LD 2000, max 16 for LD 3000)
✓on layer 2: the same logo is always shown (the 4 for LD2000). This is used for the network logo that is never removed. Executing the command "logo off" on layer 2, the logo is not visibile on air only if the logo on the other layer is off.
✓logo 3 is reserved for a black logo used to clean up layer 1.
Due to the way the device works it was necessary to modify the driver as follows:
✓Only supports 1 layer instead of 2
✓Always shows on video 2 logos of the device in pairs (1-2 or 3-4 or 5-6 ...15-16)
✓Exists a file created by the driver that allows you to associate a pair of logos of the device and their position related to an Etere logo. The file is called LD3000MAP.INI and goes in the directory of the executable that the driver uses.
Device Driver
If the driver does not find the file it makes a file with the default settings. This file can be modified to obtain the desired effect (according to devices features).
The file only contains sections such as:
[s]
Logo=m
Effect=n
Position=x,y
•s: corresponds with Etere logo ([1] for logo 1, [2] for the # 2 etc.)
•m: must be an odd number between 1 and 15 that corresponds to the 1st device logo that will be loaded calling for Etere logo s. If m is 1, the device logos 1 and 2 will be loaded; if it's 3 logos, 3 and 4 will be loaded and so on.
•n: defines the two logos layout. the device only allows the following combinations:
✓1st logo on top left side, 2nd logo on bottom right side (n=TL-BR)
✓1st logo on top right side, 2nd logo on bottom left side (n=TR-BL)
✓1st logo on bottom left side, 2nd logo on bottom right side (n=BL-BR)
•x,y: are the logo coordinates of the 1st logo (0= right for x, bottom for y; 255 = left for x , top for y)
Note: To display just one logo on the monitor, one of the 2 logos of the device must be black.
Some more information only for LD3000:
This logo actually works in a particular way: Elca LD 3000 is able to show on screen 1, 2 or 4 logos.
We have decided to use it always in the 2 logos mode. In this mode the 2 logos are shown and you can choose to show them:
a) a logo on top left side and the other on bottom right
b) a logo on top right side and the other on bottom left
c) both on the bottom
The logo selected by Etere is a virtual logo that uses a correspondence defined on file LD3000MAP.INI
(if it is not present in the executable's directory, it is created with default values, and it can be edited afterwards)
activates the physical ELCA logos.
You have to set the LD3000MAP.INI file considering the effect you want to have on the screen.
Elca LD2000/LD3000/DL8 resource editor - User
After indicating for which user and for which program the resource must be activated, you need to set the following data:
Com n. - indicates the PC com number that is connected to the device. Com data are fixed by the driver.
422
✓Device (out)- indicates the device number to be activated when the resource is opened (-1 not managed)
NB: From Etere version 28.2 onwards, set the device to "1" in order to initialize the device driver correctly (DL8 driver).
✓Controller (in)- indicates the controller number to be activated when the resource is opened (-1 not managed)
(Only in the case where you have a central router allowing you to also switch serial ports, set data referred to 422)