
Getting Started, Zeus™ DSP Intercom Matrix 17
Figure 4. The keypanel setup screen for the director’s keypanel in the example file 1studio.zus
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Note: To get on-line help with keypanel setup, as well as some of the terms used below, press the F1 key while viewing
any keypanel’s setup screen in ZEUSedit.
Notice that all listen keys are assigned as “AF”. This is the auto-follow special function. This means that each listen key will
automatically follow, or have the same assignment as, the talk key directly beneath it. You’ll also notice that the “R” boxes are
checked above all key assignments. This means that the key assignments are restricted and cannot be changed by the key-
panel operator. It is fairly common in many intercom systems for these two features to be set up on all intercom channels right
from the start. The quick way to do this is to set it up on one keypanel and then copy and paste the settings to the keypanel
setup screens for the remaining channels. You use Paste Special to do this. Paste Special is discussed in the on-line help for
keypanel setup.
There are a few other things to note about the key assignments. You’ll notice that the first key, PROD, does not appear in the
illustration for 1studio.zus (Figure 3). That’s because this is the production party line and not an actual intercom station. You
can look at the production party line by clicking the PL button on the toolbar. If you do, you will note that the camera operators,
the lighting director, and both floor managers are assigned as members of the production party line. The director can talk to all
of them by pressing the PROD talk key.
You may also note that the names for the keys that are assigned to camera operators (1CAM, 2CAM, 3CAM) are spelled dif-
ferently than they appear in the 1studio.zus illustration. That’s because these keys are ISO keys and not point-to-point keys.
When the director presses the 1CAM key, for example, this will cause CAM1 to drop out of the production party line (PROD).
The director can then privately direct the camera operator. You can view the ISO setups by pressing the ISO button on the
toolbar.
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Typically in a television broadcast environment, it is the video operator who will use the camera isolates (if you look at the
keypanel setup for VID, you will see that the 1CAM, 2CAM and 3CAM keys are assigned) but the director can also access
them. Whenever one of these ISO’s is in-use by the video operator, the display above that key on the director’s keypanel
will flash slowly and continuously. This is a cue to the director that pressing the key may break in on a conversation that is
in progress.
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