Control Of Gpi Devices; Gpi Timeline Creation And Editing - Sony MVS-8000X User Manual

Control of GPI Devices

You can control GPI devices from the control panel of this
system, or through the GPI output port of a DCU.
GPI timeline
For a keyframe effect controlled from the center control
panel, the GPI timeline allows you to set an action (setting
a trigger output from a particular GPI output port) at a
keyframe point on the GPI timeline. At any keyframe
point, you can make a maximum of eight GPI output port
settings.
GPI timeline actions
The actions that can be used on the GPI timeline are as
follows.
• Control panel GPI output port
• DCU GPI output port
For the GPI output settings (keyframe editing), use the
Device menu.
The data set in the Device menu are saved in a keyframe
effect register. When you recall this register and start
execution of the keyframe effect, and advance the effect to
the keyframe point for which the GPI output is set, a
trigger pulse is output to the external device from the
specified GPI output port.

GPI Timeline Creation and Editing

This section describes how to set GPI output ports to be
registered at a keyframe point, and how to carry out
creation and editing of the GPI timeline.
For details of keyframe creation and editing operations,
see "Creating and Editing Keyframes" (page 392).
GPI output port settings
Set the GPI output port number of the control panel or
DCU which outputs GPI pulses at a keyframe point on the
GPI timeline.
Use the following procedure. (Use the same procedure to
subsequently change the settings.)
1
In the Device menu, press VF1 'GPI Timeline.'
The Device >GPI Timeline menu appears.
The status area shows the "GPI Output" list on the left
and the "GPI Port" list on the right.
The "GPI Output" list (on the left) shows the relation
between ports 1 to 8 for the GPI timeline and the
trigger pulse output destination ports. The content of
this list is saved as keyframe data.
The "GPI Port" list (on the right) is for selecting the
GPI trigger pulse output destination.
2
Using either of the following methods, select the GPI
timeline port you want to set on the GPI Timeline.
• Press directly on the list on the left of the status area.
• Turn the knob.
Knob Parameter Setting
1 GPI Output GPI timeline port
No number
3
Using either of the following methods, trigger output
destination.
• Press directly on the list on the right of the status
area.
• Turn the knob.
Knob Parameter Setting
2 GPI Port SCU/DCU GPI
No port to be the
trigger output
destination
a) 1: Off (no specification)
2: Control panel (SCU) GPI port
3: DCU GPI port
4
If in step 3 you selected 2 (SCU) or 3 (DCU), then use
the knob to select the port number.
The indication for knob 3 depends on whether SCU or
DCU is selected.
Knob Parameter Setting
3 SCU Port SCU GPI port
No number
3 DCU Port DCU GPI port
No number
a) The number of DCU GPI ports depends on the settings in
Engineering Setup.
The setting is reflected in the list on the right of the
status area.
Notes
For the output port you have set here, be sure to set the
trigger type to "Rising Edge," "Falling Edge" or "Any
Edge."
For details of the trigger type settings, see "Making
Control Panel GPI Output Settings" (page 515) and
"Making DCU GPI Output Settings" (page 558).
5
Press [Set].
This specifies the SCU/DCU GPI port whose number
you specified in step 4 as the pulse output destination
Setting values
1 to 8
Setting values
a)
1 to 3
Setting values
1 to 8
a)
1 to 50
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Control of GPI Devices