External Connections And Power Block; Keyer Block - Sony DFS-900M Operating Instructions Manual

1 External Connections and Power
Block
This block provides a connector for USB flash drives,
buttons to turn control by editors and GPI on and off, and
a button to start the shutdown process.
3 GPI button
2 EDITOR button
a USB MEMORY connector (Type-A)
Use to connect a USB flash drive.
Note
The USB flash drive must be formatted with the FAT16 or
FAT32 file system.
b EDITOR button
Turns editor control on and off. When this button is on,
you can control the switcher from an editor. When you turn
this button on by pressing it twice in quick succession, the
Serial menu for setup operations appears in the display
panel.
c GPI button
Turns GPI control on and off. When this button is on, you
can perform GPI control of the switcher. When you turn
this button on by pressing it twice in quick succession, the
GPIO Tally menu appears in the display panel.
d SHUTDOWN (start shutdown process) button
When you press this button, lighting it, the message
"Shutdown? F2:OK F3:CANCEL" appears. Press the F2
knob to start data backup. When data backup finishes, you
can power the switcher off by using the POWER switch on
the rear panel of the control panel.
1 USB MEMORY connector
4 SHUTDOWN
button

2 KEYER Block

This block allows you to select a key type, to add a mask
or edge (shadow) to a key, and to enable or disable DME.
The operation target key must be selected in advance (see
page 14).
4 DME ENABLE button
a Key type selection buttons
Press one of the following buttons, lighting it, to select a
key type.
EXT (external key) button: Press to create a key by using
separate signals for the key fill and key source.
SELF (self key) button: Press to create a key by using the
same signal for the key fill and key source.
CK (chroma key) button: Press to create a chroma key.
b MASK button
Press this button, turning it on, to apply a mask to a key.
When one of KEY1 to KEY4 is selected as the operation
target, the Key Mask sub menu appears when you press
this button. This menu allows you to select the mask
pattern and to specify the center position and size of the
mask.
When DSK1 or DSK2 is selected as the operation target,
the Box Mask sub menu appears when you press this
button. This menu allows you to specify a box mask
position.
c EDGE SHADOW button
Press this button, turning it on, to add an edge or shadow
to the key. When you press this button with one of KEY1
to KEY4 selected, the Edge Type sub menu appears,
allowing you to select the edge or shadow type, and to
specify the width and the color.
d DME ENABLE (enable/disable digital multi
effects) button
Enables or disables DME for each of the BKGD
(background) and KEY1 to KEY4 layers. This button
functions as a three-step switch. With each press, the DME
enable/disable state changes as follows, starting with the
button not lit (DME disabled).
First press: DME is enabled. As the key, use a white
signal for the entire screen.
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1 Key type selection buttons
2 MASK button
3 EDGE
SHADOW
button
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