Q-SYS Designer Software: White Balance And Quality Refinements

Improvements

[NC Cameras: White Balance Updates]

Seamless transition from Auto to Manual mode

When you toggle an NC Series camera's White Balance Mode from 'Auto' to 'Manual', the current White Balance values are now retained from the camera itself, not from the camera's Status/Control component or USB Video Bridge component. This means that you can "lock in" the current White Balance 'Auto' values simply by switching to 'Manual', and then adjust the Manual Red Gain and Manual Blue Gain controls as needed.

Updated range for Manual Gain controls

The range for Manual Red Gain and Manual Blue Gain is now 1 to 5000 (formerly 1-255).

"One Push" mode updates

For NC Series cameras, this mode is recommended for difficult lighting situations where each camera in a room experiences different lighting. Simply aim the camera at a 17% gray card (that occupies the entire image), press the One Push button, and the camera will self-calibrate. During the calibration period (approximately 5 seconds), all White Balance controls are disabled. Once the calibration is complete, the White Balance controls are re-enabled and the camera then transitions to Manual mode.

Deprecated: Indoor and outdoor modes

As part of the White Balance updates for the NC Series cameras, the Indoor/3000K and Outdoor/5000K modes are no longer applicable to NC Series cameras.

• If you've configured an NC Series camera for one of these modes, the mode will continue to apply after upgrading to 9.3.1. However, we recommend changing to another White Balance mode. Note that if you switch to another mode or click the Reset all Camera settings button, the deprecated Indoor and Outdoor modes will no longer be available for ion.
• New designs do not show the Indoor and Outdoor modes for NC Series cameras.
• Indoor and Outdoor modes are still applicable for PTZ-IP Series cameras.

Bug fixes

• Audio: An issue that could cause distorted bridged USB audio after power cycling a Core has been resolved.
• Video: Actively using a Core's USB Video Bridge no longer affects the audio latency of Software Dante TX and RX.
• Video: The NC Series camera FPS value is no longer editable in Auto mode when the design is emulating.
• Control: UCIs that contain controls from components within a Channel Group no longer cause the Core to become unresponsive when those controls are accessed from a browser.
• Control: A "drawing exception" error no longer occurs in the 5 browser-based UCI viewer if a page contains controls with background-image (linear gradient) and opacity s.
• Control: Visibility of Shared Layers when switching between Design and Run modes now works properly.
• Control: Icons now display properly in QDS when applied to a Popup Button.
• Platform: Wiring a Signal Snake to multiple Signal Snake outputs no longer causes QDS to close unexpectedly.