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I am trying to use a PAL camera (Sony FCB EX480CP) to sent video into the graphics engine on the DL2. I have connected it up and get a picture (poor quality) in NTSC M mode but do not get an image from any of the PAL modes. I have set this in the menu on the DL2. It does not work even if I reset the graphics engine from the menu. I have also bypassed the switching relays and sent the S-Video directly into the connector on the computer, but this still only gives me sort of an image in NTSC M, and sent some S-Video from a Handycam which is the same.

Is there something else I need to do?

I am using Software version 1.2.3.906
Firmware 1.2.3.94
xpe 1.0.1

I am hoping to replace the NTSC camera in the DL2 with the PAL version of the same camera as video rental companies in the UK use PAL. Maybe the PAL camera could be an option on new DL2's?
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    Andy,

    After changing the s-video mode, you have to power cycle the unit or reboot the computer for the changes to take effect. This is due to some bugs in the ATI driver that don't always handle changing modes on the fly. Therefore we have required a reboot to occur for the new mode to be active.

    Also, the S-Video has to be set to External for this to work. When set to Internal it will always only function as NTSC for the internal camera.

    I would not reccommend changing the internal cameras. There is a lot of tight integration that we do in communicating with the camera. Changing to a different camera is not something that we'd be able to provide support for and could cause other issues.

    When you are only using the DL.2 fixtures with other DL.2's it doesn't really make much of a difference if the cameras are PAL or NTSC since they are all operating in their own network. If you want to feed the camera signal to something else, then a scan converter would probably be cheaper to use at that point in the camera network rather than replacing all the cameras. Those internal cameras are not cheap at all.
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    Andy,

    After changing the s-video mode, you have to power cycle the unit or reboot the computer for the changes to take effect. This is due to some bugs in the ATI driver that don't always handle changing modes on the fly. Therefore we have required a reboot to occur for the new mode to be active.

    Also, the S-Video has to be set to External for this to work. When set to Internal it will always only function as NTSC for the internal camera.

    I would not reccommend changing the internal cameras. There is a lot of tight integration that we do in communicating with the camera. Changing to a different camera is not something that we'd be able to provide support for and could cause other issues.

    When you are only using the DL.2 fixtures with other DL.2's it doesn't really make much of a difference if the cameras are PAL or NTSC since they are all operating in their own network. If you want to feed the camera signal to something else, then a scan converter would probably be cheaper to use at that point in the camera network rather than replacing all the cameras. Those internal cameras are not cheap at all.
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