Control Of External Devices - Sony MVS-8000SF User Manual

Control of External Devices

In this 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)
• Devices supporting GPI
• VTRs
• Disk recorder (Sony disk 9-pin protocol and video disk communications
protocol)
• Extended VTR (Abekas A53 protocol)
For details on the devices that can be connected, consult your Sony
representative.
Use the Device menu to carry out operations for controlling above external
devices.
To access the Device menu
In the menu control block, press the top menu selection button [DEV].
VTR, Extended VTR, and disk recorder operations are only possible when the
optional device control block (MKS-8031TB trackball module or MKS-8036A
search dial module) is installed.
Notes
• To operate P-Bus devices, VTRs, Extended VTRs, and disk recorders in the
this system, the following settings are required on the DCU 9-pin serial port.
– Device type setting
– Device name
– Setting of control panel (SCU) to be used
For details of the settings, see "Making Serial Port Settings" in Chapter 22
(Volume 3).
• When using a disk recorder or Extended VTR, be sure to go to the Device
>DDR/VTR >File List menu, and recall the file.
For details of the operation, see "Recalling a file" (page 711).
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