Instruction manual

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Tip: Pressing and holding the Apple COMMAND key while clicking in the
KONA Control panel—while in any software application (Final Cut, etc.)—
causes control of the KONA card to stay with that application, rather than shifting
to the Control Panel. This works regardless of the setting of “Default Kona
Output.”
Test Pattern—This selection directs KONA LHe/LH to output a choice of preset
patterns—when no other QuickTime application is using the KONA board. In
addition to the preset test pattern choices, a “Load File...” selection at the
bottom of the menu allows you to load any standard Mac RGB graphics file
(.tif, .psd, etc.) into the frame buffer for display.
Note: the graphic file will not be scaled to fit. If it’s smaller than the current
frame buffer format, KONA 3 will center it in the frame. If it’s larger than the
current frame buffer format, it will be cropped on the right and bottom.
Once a graphic file is loaded into the frame buffer it will be retained until it is
overwritten by another graphic or test pattern, or when power is turned off.
Graphic file names are only “remembered” in the menu as long as the Kona
Control Panel application is running.
KONA LH Control Panel, Test Pattern Choices
Playback Timing (greyed-out when in Input Passthrough)
Genlock (Freerun, Ref In, Input 1, or Input 2)—Selects how KONA LH will
synchronize program video:
Freerun: in this mode, KONA LH generates sync without an external reference
source
Ref In: directs KONA LH to use the Ref Video source for sync (usually an
analog black burst video signal)
Video: directs KONA LH to use whichever video input source has been selected
in the Inputs tab window for sync
Timing (Horiz and Vert)—these two pull-downs allow output timing adjustment
with reference to the Ref Video source selected. The Horizontal reference can
be adjusted by selecting a number of pixels (clocks) to offset. Vertical can be
adjusted by specifying a number of lines to offset.