Setting Button Assignments (Prefs/Utility Menu); Assigning Functions To User Preference Buttons - Sony MVS-8000X User Manual

Setting Button
Assignments (Prefs/
Utility Menu)
Assign the [PREFS 1] to [PREFS 16] buttons in the menu
control block, the utility/shotbox control block buttons,
and the cross-Point control block.
This assigns recalling frequently used menus (menu
shortcuts), enabling/disabling functions (recalling utility
commands) and recalling shotbox registers or macro
registers.
• User Preference: Make the settings for the user
preference buttons in the menu control block.
• Utility Module Assign: Make the utility/shotbox
control block settings.
• KEY 2/4 Bus Button Assign: Make the settings for the
key 2 row buttons in the cross-point control block.
To display the Prefs/Utility menu
In the Engineering Setup menu, select VF2 'Panel' and
HF4 'Prefs/Utility.'
The status area shows the settings of the user preference
buttons.
Assigning Functions to User
Preference Buttons
1
In the Panel >Prefs/Utility menu, using any of the
following methods, select the button to be assigned.
• Press directly on the list in the status area.
• Press the arrow keys to scroll the reverse video
cursor.
• Turn the knob.
Knob Parameter Adjustment
1 No
2
In the <Action> group, select the function to be
assigned.
Menu Shortcut: Assign a frequently used menu to be
recalled (menu shortcut).
Utility Command: Assign a function enable/disable
or similar operation (utility command).
Macro Recall: Assign a macro register recall.
Shotbox Recall: Assign a shotbox register recall.
3
Depending on the selection in step 2, make the
following settings.
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Setting Button Assignments (Prefs/Utility Menu)

Setting values
User preference 1 to 16
button selection
When Menu Shortcut is selected: For the subsequent
operations, see "Assigning a menu shortcut to a
user preference button" (page 187).
When Utility Command is selected: A list of
commands appears on the right of the status area;
using any of the following methods, select the
command you want to assign.
• Press directly on the list.
• Press the arrow keys to scroll the reverse video
cursor.
• Turn the knob.
Knob Parameter Adjustment
3 Command Utility command
selection
a)
4 GPI No GPI port number
a) When the Command parameter is set to Sw'er GPI Test Fire, Panel
GPI Test Fire, or DCU GPI Test Fire
When Macro Recall is selected: Turn the knob to
select the macro register you want to assign.
Knob Parameter Adjustment
3 Macro Macro register
selection
When Shotbox Recall is selected: Turn the knob to
select the shotbox register you want to assign.
Knob Parameter Adjustment
3 Shotbox Shotbox register
selection
4
Press [Action Set].
This assigns the selected action, which is reflected in
the status area.
To cancel an assignment
After selecting the relevant button, press [Clear].
To display register names in the Utility Command
column
If in step 2 you select [Macro Recall] or [Shotbox Recall],
press [Reg Name Display] to select whether or not register
names appear in the Utility Command column.
Using the [PREFS 9] to [PREFS 16]
settings
There are sixteen user preference buttons that can be set,
[PREFS 1] to [PREFS 16], but there are only eight user
preference buttons present in the menu control block. By
default these buttons are assigned to the [PREFS 1] to
[PREFS 8] settings. Therefore, to use the settings of
[PREFS 9] to [PREFS 16], it is necessary to access the
Engineering Setup >Panel >Config >Link/Program Button
>Menu Panel menu, and assign these settings to buttons in
the menu control block.
Setting values
1 to maximum
value
1 to maximum
value
Setting values
1 to 250
Setting values
1 to 99