External Devices; Shared Functions For External Device Control - Sony DVS-9000 User Manual

External Devices

In the DVS-9000 system, you can operate while controlling the following types
of external device:
• Devices supporting P-BUS (Peripheral II protocol) (referred to as "P-BUS
devices" in the manual)
• VTRs
The following is an outline of external device control.
For external device control operations, see Chapter 12 "External Devices"
(Volume 2).

Shared Functions for External Device Control

Keyframe functions
There are 99 registers, numbered 1 to 99, holding control data for P-BUS
devices.
The following are the keyframe functions that can be used, for each type of
device.
P-BUS devices
• RECALL (1-99), STORE (1-99), RECALL UNDO, STORE UNDO, empty
register search, AUTO 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, EFFECT LOOP, NORMAL, REVERSE, NORMAL/
REVERSE, JOG, KF FADER
Note
Actions set in a keyframe are executed only when the keyframe effect is
executed in the normal direction.
The following keyframe functions cannot be used on P-BUS devices.
• KF LOOP
• PATH
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External Devices