System information

MX Control
Vicon MX Hardware System Reference 4-9
The Video Burn-in Window embeds timecode or frame count
information in standard
hh:mm:ss:ff format. For frame count, ignore
the colon separators. You can specify the position, size, and
appearance of the display created by the Video Burn-in Window to suit
your output source.
The Video Burn-in Window embeds the timecode or frame count in the
video output signal as follows:
• If the MX Control is genlocked to an external video source plugged
in to a Ref Loop socket, the MX Control applies the burn-in window
(timecode or frame count) to the composite video signal or plate
video and then sends the modified signal to other video devices
via the Ref Out plug.
• If the MX Control is not genlocked to an external video source, the
MX Control generates its own black video image with the burn-in
window (frame count) and sends it to other video devices via the
Ref Out plug.
• If the MX Control is acting as the master timecode generator for
the MX system and other devices, the MX Control can overlay its
internally generated VITC timecode onto an input video or
internally generated black video image and sends it out via the Ref
Out plug.
For information on connecting third-party devices to this card, see
Appendix A MX Control Card Configuration. For information on
configuring Vicon software on the host PC to use Genlock, Timecode,
and Burn-in Window functionality, see the software documentation.
MX Control Standard Connectors
The following sections describe the standard connectors on the rear
panel of the MX Control (from left to right of the unit):
•Net Connect
10-Pin Lemo socket for connecting the MX Control to an
MX Ultranet or MX Net. For details, see Chapter 7 MX Net and
Chapter 9 MX Ultranet.
•RS 422
RS-422 serial socket for general-purpose communications with
video tape recorders (VTR).
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