Executing A Macro By Macro Attachment - Sony XVS Series User Manual

• Reg: Assigned register numbers.
• Name: Names of macro registers.
• Mode: Macro modes (Pre/Post/Only/---)
Above the list is shown the name of the block and macro
attachment assigned button selected in the list.
1) "---" indicates no macro mode is set.
For details about macro modes, see "Setting a macro
attachment to a button" (page 343).
For details about the macro attachment list contents, see
"Content Displayed in Macro Attachment List"
(page 470).
Moving within the list by blocks
You can move quickly from the current block to another
block to check the settings for that block by pressing the
buttons in the <Block Select> group.
• P/P: Move to a block in the PGM/PST row.
• M/E-1: Move to a block in the M/E-1 row.
• M/E-2: Move to a block in the M/E-2 row.
• M/E-3: Move to a block in the M/E-3 row.
• M/E-4: Move to a block in the M/E-4 row.
• M/E-5: Move to a block in the M/E-5 row.
• Aux: Move to a block in the AUX row.
• Others: Move to a block other than in the PGM/PST, M/
E-1 to M/E-5, and AUX rows.
Executing a Macro by Macro
Attachment
The following buttons can be used to execute macro
attachments.
Macro Button
attachment
location
M/E and PGM/ Press [MACRO ATTACH ENABLE] on the
PST banks cross-point pad of the cross-point control
block.
Other than M/E • Press the following buttons assigned
and PGM/PST
with the "Macro Attachment Enbl" utility
banks
command.
- User preference buttons in the menu
panel
- Memory recall buttons in the utility/
shotbox control block
- 1st row/2nd row buttons of the cross-
point control block (utility/shotbox
mode)
Executing a macro assigned to a button
1
Depending on the location of the button you want to
execute, press the [MACRO ATTACH ENABLE]
button (or button assigned with the "Macro
Attachment Enbl" command), turning it on.
1)
If using the [MACRO ATTACH ENABLE] button on
the cross-point pad or a memory recall button in the
utility/shotbox control block, press it, turning it on
orange.
2
Press the button with a set macro attachment.
This recalls the macro register assigned to the button,
and the macro is executed as follows, according to the
operation mode.
Pre macro mode: The macro is executed first, and
Post macro mode: The button function is executed
Macro only mode: The button function is not
During macro execution, the selected button blinks.
Notes
• It is not possible to execute more than one macro at a
time. Therefore, even if you simultaneously press
multiple buttons for which macro attachments are set,
only one macro is executed.
• If a button is pressed twice during macro execution or
when the macro is stopped, or if another macro is
recalled, the following operation depends on a setting in
the Setup menu.
For details, see "Setting the Macro Execution Mode"
(page 395).
• Individual events stored in a macro are executed
according to the settings in the Setup menu. If you
change the settings in the Setup menu, a saved macro
may not have the expected effect.
• During macro execution, if you switch the control panel
to macro editing mode, the macro currently being
executed stops.
• During macro editing, pressing a button for which a
macro attachment is set does not execute the macro.
To disable macro attachment settings
Depending on the location of the button you want to
disable, press the [MACRO ATTACH ENABLE] button
(or button assigned with the "Macro Attachment Enbl"
command), turning it off.
If using the [MACRO ATTACH ENABLE] button on the
cross-point pad or a memory recall button in the utility/
shotbox control block, press it, turning it on dark blue.
In this state, pressing a button for which a macro
attachment is set does not execute the macro.
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then the button function is executed.
first, and then the macro is executed.
executed, and the macro only is executed.