Download 2 - Sony

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External Devices
In this system, you can operate while controlling the
following types of external devices.
• Devices supporting P-Bus (Peripheral II protocol)
• GPI devices
• VTRs
• Disk recorders (video disk communications protocol)
• Extended VTRs (Abekas A53 protocol)
For details about the devices that can be connected,
consult your Sony representative.
Notes
• To operate P-Bus devices, VTRs, Extended VTRs, and
disk recorders, the following settings are required for the
Remote 1 to Remote 4 ports on the rear panel of the
switcher processor.
- Device type setting
- Device name
For details, 1 “Serial Port Settings” (p. 232) and
1 “Making Detailed Settings on the External Device
Connected to the Serial Port” (p. 232).
• When using a disk recorder or Extended VTR, always
use the Device >DDR/VTR >File List menu (5333) to
recall the file (1 p. 142).
Shared Functions for External
Device Control
Keyframe functions
There are 250 registers, numbered 1 to 250, holding
external device control data as keyframe data (1 p. 145)
(only 99 registers for the GPI timeline).
The following are the keyframe functions that can be used.
• RECALL (1-250), STORE (1-250), empty register
search, AUTO SAVE, RECALL MODE (RECALL,
RECALL & REWIND)
• EDIT ENABLE, EDIT UNDO
• CONST DUR, EFF DUR, KF DUR, DELAY, PAUSE,
INSERT BEFORE, INSERT AFTER, MODIFY,
DELETE, COPY, PASTE BEFORE, PASTE AFTER,
FROM TO, ALL
• PREV KF, NEXT KF, GOTO TC, GOTO KF, RUN,
REWIND, FF, STOP NEXT KF, NORMAL, JOG, KF
FADER
Notes
• Actions set in a keyframe are executed only when the
keyframe effect is executed in the normal direction. Take
care when executing simultaneously with a switcher or
keyframe effect, since the actions are not executed in the
reverse direction.
• The following keyframe functions cannot be used.
- KF LOOP, EFFECT LOOP, REVERSE, NORMAL/
REVERSE
- PATH
Chapter 10 External Devices
Control of External
Devices
Chapter
Saving to registers
Set the data for controlling external devices in the Device
menu. You can save the set data in keyframe, snapshot, or
shotbox registers (1 p. 144). You can manipulate data by
recalling the register in which it is saved and using the
Flexi Pad.
Register editing functions
You can carry out the following operations on the registers
in which the data for controlling external devices is saved.
• Copy
• Move
• Swap
• Merge (this cannot be carried out for registers containing
VTR, disk recorder, or Extended VTR control data.)
• Lock
• Name
File-related functions
You can save and recall files as effects data using the File
menu.
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