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2.5 Tallies
Notes On Configuring Tallies in Winsoft
A decision needs to be made on how the tallies are to be mapped from the tally input connector (either serial
or parallel) to the output connector. i.e. how the cameras are to be tallied.
Where there is a router in the system and the cameras are presented to the router sources, it is usually
always better, whether or not the router (bus) feeds the Mixer or whether the router is used only for
monitoring, to map the tallies to the router sources either directly or indirectly via a tallied router destination
(bus). If the router bus feeds the mixer, tallies would normally be mapped to the bus.
The reasoning is that tallied router sources may be connected to a physical tally output pin which in turn is
linked to the Camera Control Unit.
Multiple tallies may be connected to a single router source.
Tallies that are designated as Green (Iso tallies) may be linked to a router source and any tallied source then
may be designated as Red or Green or Red+Green and connected to different tally output pins.
This shows that different router
source states may be assigned
to different output pins.
Tallied router sources will be shown on any router destination that selects that tallied router source, so any
destination UMDs will also show a tally (with Bus Tally Unique unchecked in the options dialogue box).
This method of tally configuration is especially important where there is an Emergency 2 x 1 router module in
Winsoft controlled by a single-pole double-throw switch (as far as Winsoft is concerned. Extra poles may well
be required for actual router switching).
A UMD set to the output of the 2 x 1 “router” in Winsoft will show the correct source mnemonic assuming that
the correct source to destination assignments have been made under Edit > Source Assign and any tally
set to the o/p will in turn, tally the Emergency 2 x 1 Router, Source 2, when the router module is driven across
from its normal state from i/p 1.
The main router bus is then tallied and any source which that bus selects is also tallied. Router sources
connected to the Tally Outputs in Winsoft allow tallies to be taken to cameras etc.
This is explained in detail in Section 11.
Simple systems may only have the Tally In mapped directly to the Tally Out pins.
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