Control Of P-Bus Devices; Creating And Editing The P-Bus Timeline - Sony MVS-8000X User Manual

Editing registers
You can carry out the following operations on the registers
in which the data for controlling external devices is saved.
• Copy
• Move
• Swap
• Merge (this cannot be carried out for registers holding
VTR, disk recorder, or Extended VTR control data.)
• Lock
• Name
File related functions
As effect data, you can save and recall, using the File
menu.
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Control of P-Bus Devices

Control of P-Bus Devices
You can control P-Bus devices from this system through
the 9-pin serial port of a DCU.
P-Bus device control modes
There are two modes of P-Bus device control, as follows.
Trigger: Operating a previously specified button outputs
the command for an action assigned to that button.
Timeline: Carrying out a keyframe effect under the
control of the center control panel controls external
devices.
In the setup, select which of Trigger mode and Timeline
mode to use.
You can set the following actions (set what action
command is output to which device) in both modes.
• Store
• Recall
• Trigger
Creating and Editing the P-Bus
Timeline
At a keyframe point on the P-Bus timeline, you can set an
action. At any single keyframe point you can set actions
for a maximum of 24 devices.
For details of keyframe creation and editing operations,
see "Creating and Editing Keyframes" (page 392).
For the action setting (or P-Bus timeline editing), use the
Device menu.
You can save the data set in the Device menu in keyframe
effect registers. Recalling the register starts execution of
the keyframe effect, and when this reaches the keyframe
point at which actions are set, action commands are output
to external devices through the 9-pin serial port assigned to
P-Bus.
Notes
Using the P-Bus timeline function requires the P-Bus
control mode to be set to [Timeline]. Carry out this setting
in the Engineering Setup >Panel >Device Interface menu
(see page 516).
Setting an action
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In the Device menu, press VF2 'P-Bus Timeline.'
The Device >P-Bus Timeline menu appears.
The status area shows two lists. The left list is for
setting combinations of devices and actions. The