Viz Engine Administrator Guide

Version 5.0 | Published December 20, 2022 ©

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: VIZENGINE-0.cfg).

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

  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: VIZENGINE-0.cfg).

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

  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

  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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