Configuring Tally (option license is required)

Configuration method

Configure each item on the [Tally Settings] tab of the [System Settings] screen. When finished configuring items, press the [Apply] button to apply the settings. The setup items and the available selection options in the [Settings] pane will vary depending on the row selected in the [Device] list or [UMD (Tally/Name)] list.

Setup items

System Settings screen

Setup items on the [Tally Settings] tab are subdivided into the [Tally Enable] pane and [Settings] pane, each having an [Apply] button.

[Tally Enable] pane

Select the tally color for each output for the [PGM]/[PVW]/[CLN] tally trigger. When [None] is selected, a tally signal is not generated.

[Settings] pane

Configure the tally display device settings or the UMD settings used by each tally display device.

When you press (Add) or select a row in the [Device] list, the setup items for the tally display device are displayed in the [Settings] pane.

When you press [UMD Settings] in the [Device] list, the UMD linked to the tally display device is selected in the [UMD (Tally/Name)] list and the UMD setup items are displayed in the [Settings] pane. If you want to link to a different UMD, select the row for the UMD you want to link with or press (Add) in the [UMD (Tally/Name)] list.

When configuring a tally display device

  • [ID]: Enter an arbitrary ID.
  • [Device Name]: Enter an arbitrary name.
  • [IP Address]: Enter the IP address of the tally display device.
  • [Port]: Enter the port number used for TSL UMD protocol communication.

When configuring a UMD

  • [UMD Address]: Enter the UMD address.
  • [Label]: Enter an arbitrary UMD name.
  • [Type]: Select a service to display on the UMD.
  • [Port Name]: Select the connector for which tally is displayed.
  • [Tally Indicator]: Place a check mark in the color to display for each UMD tally ([Left] and [Right]). If check marks are placed for multiple colors, the display is sorted in order [Red] > [Green] > [Yellow].
  • [Tally Text Color]: Select the color to display for UMD text (Center).
    When [Tally] is selected, the tally is only displayed if the color selected using [Color] matches the tally color.
    When [Fixed Color] is selected, the tally is always displayed in the color selected using [Color].
  • [Tally Text]: Select the type of text to display on the UMD.
    • [Fixed]: Displays the text entered in [Fixed Tally Text].
    • [Source]: The displayed content will vary depending on the [Type] and [Port Name] settings.
      When [Type] is set to [Router] and [Port Name] is set to [IN], the [Display Name] setting of the router input is displayed.
      When [Type] is set to [Router] and [Port Name] is set to [OUT], the [Display Name] setting of the router input connected to the output destination is displayed.
      When [Type] is set to [Switcher], text is not displayed.
    • [OWN]: The displayed content will vary depending on the [Type] and [Port Name] settings.
      When [Type] is set to [Router] and [Port Name] is set to [IN], the [Display Name] setting of the router input is displayed.
      When [Type] is set to [Router] and [Port Name] is set to [OUT], the [Display Name] setting of the output destination is displayed.
      When [Type] is set to [Switcher], text is not displayed.

Note

  • A tally is sent using the TSL UMD V5.0 protocol.
  • The character encoding for text sent by a tally is UTF-16LE.
  • If [Tally Text] is set to [Source], [Port Name] is set to [OUT], and the output is [PGM]/[PVW]/[CLN], tally text will not be sent.
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