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 supporting GPI
• VTRs
• Disk recorder (Sony disk 9-pin protocol and video disk communications
• Extended VTR (Abekas A53 protocol)
The following is an outline of external device control.
For external device control operations, see Chapter 12 "External Devices"
(Volume 2).
For details on the devices that can be connected, consult your Sony
representative.
Shared Functions for External Device Control
Keyframe functions
There are 99 registers, numbered 1 to 99, holding external device control data
as keyframe data.
The following are the keyframe functions that can be used.
• RECALL (1-99), STORE (1-99), RECALL UNDO, STORE UNDO, empty
• EDIT ENABLE, EDIT UNDO
• CONST DUR, EFF DUR, KF DUR, DELAY, PAUSE, INSERT BEFORE,
• PREV KF, NEXT KF, GOTO TC, GOTO KF, RUN, REWIND, FF, STOP
Note
Actions set in a keyframe are executed only when the keyframe effect is
executed in the normal direction. Take care when executing simultaneously
with a switcher or DME keyframe effect, since the actions are not executed in
the reverse direction.
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External Devices
devices" in the manual)
protocol)
register search, AUTO SAVE, RECALL MODE (RECALL, RECALL &
REWIND)
INSERT AFTER, MODIFY, DELETE, COPY, PASTE BEFORE, PASTE
AFTER, FROM TO, ALL
NEXT KF, NORMAL, JOG, KF FADER