Configuring Third Party Control Panels. Apple DaVinci Resolve 10 , mac pro Mid 2012

DAVINCI RESOLVE FOR MAC - CERTIFIED CONFIGURATION GUIDE

Configuring Third Party Control Panels

You can use DaVinci Resolve with your mouse and keyboard, with a pen and tablet and also with one of the supported third party control panels.

DaVinci Resolve supports the Avid Artist Color,

JLCooper Eclipse CX, or either of the Tangent

Devices WAVE or Element control panels.

Refer to the instructions from the panel vendor and review with the directions below to configure the panel to work with DaVinci Resolve.

After first starting the Resolve application, open the Hardware Setup tab by selecting ‘Preferences’ from the DaVinci Resolve application. In the

Hardware settings window, select the Control

Panel tab and select the control panel you have connected to your Mac. Save the updated preferences and restart the DaVinci Resolve application.

The Tangent Devices WAVE control panel is a USB device and requires no special configuration for use with DaVinci Resolve. Just plug it in to your Mac and select in Resolve. The Tangent Devices Element

Bundle is a set of four USB panels that connect to your Mac via a 4-port USB 2.0 hub. You will need to download and install the 'Tangent Hub support pack' to use the panels with DaVinci Resolve. Once the Tangent Hub is installed, plug the panels into your Mac and select in Resolve. The Tangent Hub installer for Mac OS X can be downloaded from http://www.tangentdevices.co.uk/support.asp

If using a JLCooper Eclipse CX, follow the Eclipse

CX documentation to connect and configure it with an Ethernet port on your Mac. Then launch

Resolve, use the Preferences to select the Eclipse

CX panel and click “Save.” If you have changed the IP address or port from the default panel settings, enter the IP address and port number for your panel and then click “Save.” Restart the

DaVinci Resolve application and you will see the panel menus as soon as the application starts.

The Avid Artist Color panels installation is generally quite straight forward. If your Mac is connected to a network with a DHCP server, just connect an Ethernet cable from the panel to the same network switch. Install the EUcontrol application that comes with the panel, or download it from the

Avid support site.

Launch the application and you will notice the E icon towards the right side of the top menu bar.

When the icon is solid, the panel is communicating with the EUcontrol application and, once selected in the DaVinci Resolve preferences, the panel will display Resolve menus at the next restart of the

Resolve application.

If you are not using a DHCP server, refer to the Avid

Artist Color installation instructions for setting the

IP address of the panel and Mac. It should take just 30 seconds to set.

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