Use Custom Settings

When you select Use custom settings, you can recall any previously customized and saved configuration file and apply these settings to a video signal based on any bitmap image that you select in the Video Generator Wizard dialog box. Several customized configuration files are already installed on the computer. The configuration file that you recall contains only the video parameters, video format, and so on, but does not refer to a specific bitmap image.

To generate a video signal using previously defined custom settings, complete the following steps:

1. Select Use custom settings from the Video Generation Wizard. In the Settings File Path, an example file called NTSC low saturation.cfg is already selected. This configuration file results in the generation of a video signal with half the normal saturation level that is an image with weak colors.
2. To select any other configuration files, such as PAL low saturation.cfg or SECAM low saturation.cfg, complete the following steps:
   1. Navigate to the .cfg file you want to apply to the video signal.
   2. Double-click the file.
3. Select Download video data file.
4. Click Finish. A Processing dialog box appears showing the processing status.

A new video signal based on the selected configuration computes and downloads to the NI 5431.