External Devices; Shared Functions For External Device Control - Sony MVS-6520 User Manual

External Devices

Control of External
Devices
In this system, you can operate while controlling the
following types of external devices.
• Devices supporting P-Bus (Peripheral II protocol)
• GPI devices
• VTRs
• Disk recorders (Sony disk 9-pin protocol and video disk
communications protocol)
• Extended VTRs (Abekas A53 protocol)
For details about the devices that can be connected,
consult your Sony representative.
Notes
• The Remote 1 to Remote 4 ports on the rear panel of the
switcher processor do not support the Sony disk 9-pin
protocol.
• To operate P-Bus devices, VTRs, Extended VTRs, and
disk recorders, the following settings are required for the
Remote 1 to Remote 4 ports on the rear panel of the
switcher processor and the DCU 9-pin serial port.
- Device type setting
- Device name
- Setting of control panel (SCU) to be used (DCU port
only)
1 "Setting the Serial Ports" (p. 340)
For details,
1 "Making Serial Port Settings" (p.
• When using a disk recorder or Extended VTR, always
use the Device >DDR/VTR >File List menu (5333) to
recall the file (1 p.
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Control of External Devices
369).
238).
Shared Functions for External
Device Control
Keyframe functions
There are 250 registers, numbered 1 to 250, holding
external device control data as keyframe data
(only 99 registers for the GPI timeline).
The following are the keyframe functions that can be used.
• RECALL (1-250), STORE (1-250), empty register
search, AUTO SAVE, RECALL MODE (RECALL,
RECALL & REWIND)
• EDIT ENABLE, EDIT UNDO
• CONST DUR, EFF DUR, KF DUR, DELAY, PAUSE,
INSERT BEFORE, INSERT AFTER, MODIFY,
DELETE, COPY, PASTE BEFORE, PASTE AFTER,
FROM TO, ALL
• PREV KF, NEXT KF, GOTO TC, GOTO KF, RUN,
REWIND, FF, STOP NEXT KF, NORMAL, JOG, KF
FADER
Notes
• 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.
• The following keyframe functions cannot be used.
- KF LOOP, EFFECT LOOP, REVERSE, NORMAL/
and REVERSE
- PATH
Saving to registers
Set the data for controlling external devices in the Device
menu. You can save the set data in keyframe, snapshot, or
shotbox registers
recalling the register in which it is saved and using the
Flexi Pad.
Register editing functions
You can carry out the following operations on the registers
in which the data for controlling external devices is saved.
1 1
Chapte r
(1 p. 239). You can manipulate data by
(1 p. 240)