Assigning A Parallel Output Port; Setting The Control Mode For P-Bus Devices; Associating A Port With A Device Selection Button; Serial Port Settings - Sony MVS-3000 System User Manual

Test firing the trigger
Press [Test Fire].
This outputs a trigger from the selected output port. This is
no output when the trigger type is "Status."

Assigning a Parallel Output Port

This sets the Tally/GPI OUTPUT port on the rear panel of
the switcher.
1
Open the Engineering Setup >Panel >Device Interface
>Tally/GPI Output Config menu (7325.12).
2
Select the setting.
3
In the <Parallel Output Assign> group, select either of
the following.
• Tally Output: Assigns a tally output.
• Switcher: Assigns a switcher GPI output.
• Panel: Assigns a control panel GPI output.
4
Select the output you want to assign from the list on
the right.
5
Press [Action Set].
Setting the Control Mode for P-Bus
Devices
This sets the control mode for external P-Bus (Peripheral
II protocol) devices.
In the <P-Bus Control> group of the Engineering Setup
>Panel >Device Interface menu (7325), select the mode.
Trigger: When a predetermined button is pressed, the
action command assigned to that button is output to
control an external device.
Timeline: Controls the external device as a keyframe
effect controlled by the center control panel.
Associating a Port with a Device
Selection Button
1
Open the Engineering Setup >Panel >Device Interface
>Device Assign menu (7325.4).
2
Select the port to set.
3
In the <Assign> group, press one of the [DEV1] to
[DEV12] buttons.
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Interfacing with External Devices
Notes
• It is not possible to assign more than one device
selection button to the same port. The later assigned
device selection button takes priority, and the
previous selection is invalidated.
• If P-Bus is assigned to a serial port, it is not possible
to assign a device selection button to that port.
4
Repeat steps 2 and 3 as required to make assignments
to other ports.
Sharing disk recorder/extended VTR file
lists
You can share files between devices connected to ports on
the same disk recorder/Extended VTR.
1
Select the port to set.
2
Select the device selection button for sharing the file
list.
3
Press [Same File List Set].

Serial Port Settings

This sets the Remote1 to Remote4 ports on the rear panel
of the switcher.
1
Open the Engineering Setup >Panel >Device Interface
>Serial Port Assign menu (7325.5).
2
In the list on the left, select the port for the setting.
3
In the list on the right, select the device type.
4
Press [Device Type Set].
5
To attach a name to the selected port, push [Set] in the
<Assign> group and enter a port name in the keyboard
window.
6
To display detail information about the selected port,
press [Port Setting].
Making Detailed Settings on the
External Device Connected to the
Serial Port
After setting the external device for each serial port, it is
necessary to make further detailed settings for operation of
the external device.