Serial Port Settings (Serial Port Assign Menu); Making Serial Port Settings - Sony MVS-8000X User Manual

When " " is selected as the trigger polarity, there is
no Pulse Width setting. When "Status" is selected,
there is no Pulse Width or Timing setting.
4
In the <Source Device> group, select the control panel
or DCU to handle the GPI output.
SCU1: ID1 control panel (PNL1)
SCU2: ID2 control panel (PNL2)
SCU3: ID3 control panel (PNL3)
DCU1: ID1 DCU
DCU2: ID2 DCU
When the action set in the following step 5 is carried
out on the control panel selected here, this causes a
GPI output. It is also possible to output error
information. When the DCU is selected, you can
output error information by means of the action set in
step 5.
5
Using any of the following methods, select the action
you want to set.
• Press directly on the list in the status area.
• Press the arrow keys to scroll the reverse video
cursor.
• Turn the knobs.
Knob Parameter Adjustment
2 Action
5 Reg No
5 GPI No
a) Action list when the trigger type is other than "Status"
In M/E-x, the x is the M/E bank number (1 to 5); in Keyx the x is the
key number (1 to 8); in DSKx the x is the DSK number (1 to 8).
When Source Device is SCU: M/E-x Keyx SS ? Recall, P/P DSKx
SS ? Recall, Editor GPI-?? (only when BZS-8050 license is valid),
No Action
When Source Device is DCU: No Action
Action list when the trigger type is "Status"
In M/E-x, the x is the M/E bank number (1 to 5); in Keyx the x is the
key number (1 to 8); in DSKx the x is the DSK number (1 to 8).
When Source Device is SCU: M/E-x Keyx SS ? Recall, P/P DSKx
SS ? Recall, M/E-x Keyx On, P/P DSKx On, Error Make, Error
Break, Keep Make, Keep Break, Device Recording, No Action
When Source Device is DCU: Error Make, Error Break, No Action
b) When knob 2 selection is "Key Snapshot"
c) When knob 2 selection is "GPI"
6
To confirm the selection, press [Action Set].
This confirms the selection, which appears in the
status area.
Test firing the trigger
In the DCU >GPI Output menu press [Test Fire].
This outputs a trigger from the selected output port. This is
not output when the trigger type is "Status."
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Serial Port Settings (Serial Port Assign Menu)

Setting values
Action selection 1 to maximum
a)
value
b)
Snapshot 1 to 4
register number
c)
GPI number 1 to 32
selection
Serial Port Settings
(Serial Port Assign Menu)
To set the protocol to match a device connected to a 9-pin
serial port, display the DCU >Serial Port Assign menu.
To display the Serial Port Assign menu
In the Engineering Setup menu, select VF5 'DCU' and
HF5 'Serial Port Assign.'
The serial port setting status appears in the status area.

Making Serial Port Settings

1
In the DCU >Serial Port Assign menu, select the target
for the setting (DCU1 or DCU2) from the <DCU
Select> group.
2
Using any of the following methods, select the serial
port.
• Press directly on the list on the left of the status area.
• Press the arrow keys to scroll the reverse video
cursor.
• Turn the knob.
Knob Parameter Adjustment
1 Port No Serial port
a) The setting value range depends on the DCU port setting. When the
MKS-2700 is connected, select 2 for the slot and a value in the range
1 to 6 for the port.
3
Using any of the following methods, select the
protocol for the connected device.
• Press directly on the list on the right of the status
area.
• Press the arrow keys to scroll the reverse video
cursor.
• Turn the knob.
Knob Parameter Adjustment
2 Device Protocol
Type selection
a) 1. No Assign: nothing is connected to the serial port.
2. P-Bus: P-Bus device.
3. VTR: VTR
4. DDR SD9P: disk recorder (Sony disk 9-pin protocol)
5. DDR VDCP: disk recorder (video disk communication protocol)
6. Simple VDCP: disk recorder with low-performance
communications (video disk communications protocol)
7. DDR Odetics: disk recorder (Odetics protocol)
8. Extended VTR (Abekas A53 protocol)
9. Mixer ESAM-II
10. AS ES-BUS: device supporting the AS ES bus protocol
Setting values
1 to maximum
a)
value
Setting values
a)
1 to 10