Chapter 11 External Devices; Control Of External Devices; Shared Functions For External Device Control - Sony XVS-9000 User Manual

External Devices
Control of External
Devices
You can control operations on the following types of
external device.
• P-Bus (Peripheral II protocol) devices
• GPI devices
• VTRs (Sony 9-pin VTR protocol)
• Disk recorders (video disk communications protocol,
Odetics protocol)
• Extended VTRs (Abekas A53 protocol)
• AMP (Advanced Media Protocol) compatible devices
1) Unless otherwise specifically stated in this document, "disk recorder"
includes Extended VTRs and AMP compatible devices.
For details about the devices that can be connected, consult
your Sony representative.
Control of GPI devices
Operate external devices using the GPI output port of an
SIU.
Control of P-Bus devices, VTRs, and disk
recorders
Operate external devices using the 9-pin serial ports or
network port of an SIU.
Notes
• The maximum number of ports that can be used for
external device control on a single SIU, including 9-pin
serial ports and network ports, is 40.
• Only AMP compatible devices can be connected to
network ports. Also, control of AMP compatible devices
is not available on 9-pin serial ports.
• The connection ports must be configured in order to
operate devices connected to the 9-pin serial ports or
network ports.
For details, see "Configuring the Connection Port of
External Devices" (page 466).
• To use a disk recorder, the target file from the file list
must be loaded.
For details, see "Disk Recorder File Operations"
(page 290).
Shared Functions for External
Device Control
Keyframe functions
There are 250 registers, numbered 1 to 250, holding
external device control data as keyframe data (see
page 293) (only 99 registers for the GPI timeline).
The available keyframe functions are as follows.
1)
• RECALL (1 to 250), STORE (1 to 250), RECALL
1)
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, NORMAL, JOG, KF
FADER
Notes
• An action set for a keyframe is only executed when the
keyframe effect is executed in the forward direction.
Take care when executing simultaneously with a
switcher or DME keyframe effect, since the actions are
not executed in the reverse direction.
• The following keyframe functions cannot be used.
- KF LOOP, EFFECT LOOP, REVERSE, NORMAL/
REVERSE
- PATH
Saving to registers
Set the data for controlling external devices in the Device
menu. You can save the set data to a register (see
page 293) as keyframe effect data. You can recall the
register in which the data is saved, and carry out operations
on it with the utility/shotbox control block.
278
11
Chapter