Setting up AJA FS-HDR

Livegrade comes with support for AJA FS-HDR devices.

Adding the AJA FS-HDR as look device#

To exchange look information with Livegrade, the AJA FS-HDR needs to have a working network connection with the Mac where Livegrade is running.

Please refer to the manufacturer’s documentation for setting up the AJA FS-HDR in your network with a dedicated IP address.

The AJA FS-HDR has a web interface for configuring the device’s IP address, watching a preview of the live video signal, configuring the system settings, and more.

Once you have obtained the device’s IP address, you can add the AJA FS-HDR to any input slot using the slot manager.

Open the slot manager

• by clicking on the Slot Manager symbol in the toolbar or
• via the menu: Livegrade > [Slot Manager…]

In the slot manager, click on the input you want to add the device to.

Within an input click on + Add Device in the Look Devices section to add your AJA FS-HDR to the slot.

Choose AJA FS-HDR to add a new AJA FS-HDR to your slot setup.

To assign a certain channel of an already added AJA FS-HDR device to a slot, choose the an available channel (e.g. AJA FS-HDR (127.0.0.1) (Ch2)) within the pop-up menu.

Add AJA FS-HDR as grading device

Configuring AJA FS-HDR#

While adding an AJA FS-HDR, you have the following options to configure the device:

• Host: enter the device’s IP address
• Operating Mode: choose whether you want to use the device for HD/SD or 4K/UHD signals.
  • When selecting HD/SD, you can use all 4 channels of the device.
  • When selecting 4K/UHD, you can use one channel of the device.
• Look Update: Choose how to update the look on the device.
  • Interactive
    • Adjustments of the look will be sent immediately to the device.
  • Manual Upload
    • Adjustments of the look will be sent on “Upload Look” actions. These actions are available as menu items (Slots > [Upload Look to Device(s)] menu), Toolbar button, Stream Deck and Tangent action
• Channel 1-4: enable or disable the channel for the current slot.
  • Note: this option is only available if operating mode is set to HD/SD
• Pipeline: choose whether the HDR or SDR pipeline should be sent to the channel
  • Note: this option is only available if “Use 2nd Pipeline” is activated in Livegrade’s grading settings.

Finally, click on Connect to add the device to the slot. After that the current look of the corresponding input slot will always be sent to the grading device as long as the input slot is in Live mode.

In order to change the configuration of the device

• disconnect the device via pressing the Disconnect button
• change the configuration and
• press Connect to connect to the device again