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Viz Engine Administrator Guide

Version 3.13 | Published March 28, 2019 ©

Special Configuration Options for Bluefish444

This section describes the procedures to configure the following options when running a Bluefish444 setup:

To Enable Dual Link Input for Epoch | 4K Supernova and Epoch | 4K Supernova S+ Boards

  1. Stop Viz Engine.

  2. Open the Viz Configuration file (for example: VIZ-<hostname>-0-0.cfg).

    Note: The default location for this file is %ProgramData%\Vizrt\Viz3.

  3. Locate SECTION VIDEO.

  4. Enable the Dual Link Input setting by changing the default value 0 to 1: dual_link_input = 1.

  5. Save the file.

  6. Start Viz Engine.

To Enable Dual Link Output for Epoch | Neutron

  1. Stop Viz Engine.

  2. Open the Viz Configuration file (for example: VIZ-<hostname>-0-0.cfg).

    Note: The default location for this file is %ProgramData%\Vizrt\Viz3.

  3. Locate SECTION VIDEO.

  4. Enable the Dual Link Output setting by changing the default value 0 to 1: dual_link_output = 1.

  5. Save the file.

  6. Start Viz Engine.

To Enable Automatic Bypass for BlueFish444 Epoch Boards

Viz Engine supports automatic mechanical bypass (copper-to-copper) of video for BlueFish444 Epoch boards. To use this feature enable the feature.

  1. Stop Viz Engine.

  2. Open the Viz Configuration file (for example: VIZ-<hostname>-0-0.cfg)

    Note: The default location for this file is %ProgramData%\Vizrt\Viz3.

  3. Locate SECTION VIDEO.

  4. Enable the Watchdog setting by changing the default value 0 to 1: video_use_watchdog = 1.

  5. Save the file.

  6. Start Viz Engine.

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