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External Devices
Control of External
Devices
You can control operations on the following types of
external device.
• P-Bus (Peripheral II protocol) devices
• GPI devices
• VTRs
• Disk recorders (video disk communications protocol,
Odetics 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 in this system, the following settings are
required on the SIU 9-pin serial port.
- Device type setting
- Device name
- Setting of control panel to be used
For details, see "Configuring Serial Port Settings"
(page 422).
• When using a disk recorder or Extended VTR, be sure to
go to the Device >DDR/VTR >File List menu (5333),
and recall the file (see page 274).
Shared Functions for External
Device Control
Keyframe functions
There are 250 registers, numbered 1 to 250, holding
external device control data as keyframe data (see
page 276) (only 99 registers for the GPI timeline).
The available keyframe functions are as follows.
• RECALL (1 to 250), STORE (1 to 250), RECALL
UNDO, STORE UNDO, empty register search, AUTO
Chapter
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
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Notes
• An action set for a keyframe is only executed when the
keyframe effect is executed in the forward direction.
Take care when executing simultaneously with a
switcher or DME 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
Saving to registers
Set the data for controlling external devices in the Device
menu. You can save the set data to a register (see
page 276) as keyframe effect data. You can recall the
register in which the data is saved, and carry out operations
on it with the utility/shotbox control block.
Editing registers
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 holding
VTR, disk recorder, or Extended VTR control data.)
• Lock
• Name
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