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Source Naming Conventions
You can customise the names of Sources without going back to change the Engineering definitions.
In the "Suite Prefs | Source Patch" menu, each Source can be given both a "Logical Name" and a "Logical Nickname". This can be a name that better suits the Source as you plan to use it.
If present, the Logical Name is shown on the M/E Status display, and the Logical Nickname is shown on the Source Name display. So the Engineering Name may be "CAMERA 1 LDK-500", and you can make the Logical Name "Cam 1", but the display above the button can read "1", the Nickname. The "Logical Nickname" is also displayed for other users in the 32-button Multi Aux panel, or on buttons displayed on a PC or the Menu.
You could rename a VTR1 Source as "Blue", or a camera3 Source as "3 Bob" or "WS" (wide shot).
Since this is in "Suite Preferences", changes here will affect other users of the Kalypso. Changing the Nickname may confuse other users, who obviously aren't as clever as you. Take pity on them.
I've heard there can be unexpected problems if you use "special" characters as part of a name; stick to letters, numbers, dashes and spaces only. Now the problems are not unexpected.
When using Machine Control with a Source, the Display will have extra symbols to indicate the device status (Playing, Stopped etc). This might affects your choice of Nickname. Then again, it might not.
By the way, you can change the colour of the Source Name Display for each Source to any of three colours, in either normal or inverse. I find both the Black-on-Red and the Red-on-Black hard to read, so rarely use them. I set the display for graphical Sources (Still Stores, Picture Box, CG etc) to be Amber-inverse; cameras to be Green, etc. Develop a colour scheme of your own and stick to it, to assist with switcher reflexes.
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