Cross-Point Settings (Xpt Assign Menu); Creating Cross-Point Assign Tables - Sony MVS-8000X User Manual

Cross-Point Settings (Xpt
Assign Menu)
To carry out the cross-point settings, use the Panel >Xpt
Assign menu.
To display the Xpt Assign menu
In the Engineering Setup menu, select VF2 'Panel' and
HF2 'Xpt Assign.'
The status area shows a list of "cross-point assign tables"
to use for the M/E banks, PGM/PST bank, and various
buses.
The following functions are available here.
• Xpt Assign: For each control block or bus, display and
set the assignments to the main table and tables 1 to 14.
You can also carry out settings to link switcher signal
selection to the audio mixer.
• Main, V/K Pair Assign: Make cross-point settings for
the main table.
- Assign video/key sources for button numbers 1 to 300.
- For each table, specify whether the rightmost cross-
point button in each row is used as a shift button, and
the operation mode when it is used as a shift button.
- For the [SHIFT] button in the cross-point control
block and for each table, select the mode in which this
is a shift button dedicated to the source name displays,
or the mode in which it is a shift button for all buses.
- Disable cross-point buttons to work.
• Mixer Xpt Assign: Assign audio mixer cross-points to
cross-point buttons in the main table.
• Table Button Assign: Create tables 1 to 14 in the same
way as the main table.
• Src Name: Set source names of up to 16 characters.
• LCD Color: Set the LCD color for source name display.
• Table Copy: Copy table contents from the main table to
tables 1 to 14 or between tables 1 to 14 (it is not possible
to copy tables 1 to 14 to the main table).
• Name Export: This function sends the source name and
destination name to the S-Bus.
• Side Flags Button Assign: Assign the rightmost button
in the background A/B row to the side flag function
(inserting a selected image on both sides of a 4:3 image).

Creating Cross-Point Assign Tables

As cross-point assign tables, you can create a "main" table
and up to 14 other tables (table 1 to table 14). However,
you can only carry out assignment of the video and key
combinations in the main table.
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Cross-Point Settings (Xpt Assign Menu)

Creating the main table
In the main table, a pair consisting of a video signal and a
key signal is assigned to each button number. You can also
assign the same signal to another button number at the
same time. Further, you can delete currently assigned
signals from the main table.
1
In the Panel >Xpt Assign menu or Panel >Xpt Assign
>Table1 (Table2, Table3, or Table4) menu, press
[Main, V/K Pair Assign].
The Main, V/K Pair Assign menu appears.
The left of the status area shows the video and key
signal names, source number, and audio mixer cross-
points (machine numbers) currently assigned in the
main table. On the right is a list of the source numbers
and signals that can be assigned. When the shift button
is pressed, the number column is distinguished by
color.
For details of audio mixer cross-point assignment
operations, see "Setting the audio mixer cross-points"
(page 502).
2
Using any of the following methods, select the button
number.
• Press the arrow keys to scroll the reverse video
cursor.
• Turn the knob.
Knob Parameter Adjustment
1 V/K Pair Selection of
No video and key
pair number
3
When assigning a video signal, press [Video] in the
<Assign> group. When assigning a key signal, press
[Key]. (You can select a video signal and a key signal
at the same time.)
Notes
[Video] and [Key] in the <Assign> group cannot be
turned off at the same time. At least the one or the
other is always on.
4
Use any of the following methods to select the signal
to assign.
• Press directly on the list in the status area.
• Press the arrow keys to scroll the reverse video
cursor.
• Turn the knob.
Knob Parameter Adjustment
3 Source No Selection of
source to be
assigned
Setting values
1 to 300
Setting values
1 to 236 (MVS-
8000X)
1 to 162 (MVS-
7000X)