Interfacing With External Devices (Device Interface Menu); Making 9-Pin Port Device Interface Settings - Sony MVS-8000X User Manual

To release the link setting
Use the same operation as in step 2 to select the link
number for which you want to release the link setting, then
press [Clear].
Interfacing With External
Devices (Device Interface
Menu)
To carry out setup relating to connections with external
devices, display the Switcher >Device Interface menu.
To display the Device Interface menu
In the Engineering Setup menu, select VF3 'Switcher' and
HF7 'Device Interface.'
The following functions are available here.
• Remote Assign: Set the use of the four 9-pin ports.
• GPI Input: Set the GPI input ports and trigger
polarities, and make the action settings.
• GPI Output: Set the GPI output ports and trigger
polarities, and make the action settings.
• Aux Control: Set whether operations on the AUX buses
from the four 9-pin ports are inhibited.
• DME Type Setting: Make DME and interface settings,
and for an SDI interface set the AUX bus outputs and
reentry inputs.
• DME SDI Interface: Make AUX bus output and reentry
input settings for connection to a DME.
• Editor I/F: Set the key off mode for control from an
editor.
Making 9-Pin Port Device Interface
Settings
The description in this section takes the REMOTE1 port as
an example. For other REMOTE ports, carry out the same
process as required.
1
In the Switcher >Device Interface menu, press
[Remote Assign].
The Remote Assign menu appears.
2
Select the device interface you want to set for the
REMOTE1 port from the <Remote1> group.
Editor A: assign Editor A to the REMOTE1 port.
Editor B: assign Editor B to the REMOTE1 port.
AUX: assign AUX to the REMOTE1 port.
The device interfaces which can be selected for
REMOTE2 are the same as for REMOTE1. For
REMOTE3 you can also select DME1, and for
REMOTE4 you can also select DME2.
Notes
When REMOTE3 and REMOTE4 are respectively
assigned to DME1 and DME2, you can switch the AUX

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