External Hard Disk Drive Access - Sony MVS-8000 User Manual

External Hard Disk Drive Access

In an MVS-8000A system, you can connect a hard disk drive to the IEEE1394
port of the switcher processor, and save and recall image data from frame
memory.
Since image data saved in memory is lost when the system is powered off,
using an external hard disk drive allows required data to be preserved.
Notes
• This function is only available on an MVS-8000A system.
• Only one hard disk drive can be connected to a single switcher processor.
• While the hard disk is being accessed, frame memory operations are not
Consult your Sony service representative or sales representative about the
hard disk drives that can be connected.
Selecting the switcher
When the system is operating in Dual Simul mode, select the switcher on which
to carry out formatting, file saving, and file recall operations.
For details of Dual Simul mode, see "System configuration (System Config)"
(page 172).
Use the following procedure.
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External Hard Disk Drive Access

possible from other panels.
In the Frame Memory menu, select VF6 'External HDD' and HF1
'Format' or HF2 'Backup/Restore.'
The Format menu or Backup/Restore menu appears.
In the region selection area (see page 274), press [SWR].
A popup window for selecting the switcher appears.
Press [SWR1] or [SWR2] to select the switcher.
The button for the selected switcher lights.
You can select two switchers simultaneously. In this case, the last operated
button lights green, and the other lights amber. The menu shows the
information for the switcher lit green.
Press [OK].