Misc Menu; Control Port Settings From An External Device; Setting The Safe Title Area; Displaying A List Of Transition Rates And Changing The Settings - Sony MVS-8000X User Manual

Misc Menu

In the Misc menu, you can carry out the following
operations.
• Enable or disable control from an external device.
• Enable or disable side flags on the background bus of
each bank.
For details about side flags, see "Side Flags"
(page 194).
• Enable or disable the safe title function for each switcher
output.
• Display the transition rate, independent key transition
rate, and fade-to-black transition rate for each bank, and
change the settings.
• Set the AUX mix transition rate.
Control Port Settings from an
External Device
Enabling or disabling control from an
external device
1
Open the Misc >Enable >Port Enable menu (3211).
The settings of the following ports are displayed in the
status area.
• Switcher REMOTE1 to REMOTE4 ports (RS-
422A, D-sub 9-pin)
• Switcher GPI port (parallel, 25-pin)
• DME1/DME2 Editor ports (RS-422A, D-sub 9-pin)
• DME1/DME2 GPI ports (parallel, 25-pin)
Note
The DME3/DME4 settings are available only when
the signal format is 1080P.
2
In the <Switcher> or <DME> group, press the button
for the port you want to disable, turning it off.
To enable, press the button again, turning it on.
Note
For AUX bus operation from the REMOTE1 to
REMOTE4 ports of the switcher, the setting (Enable,
Disable, Manual) in the Setup menu takes precedence.
The settings made in the Port Enable menu apply only
when [Manual] is selected.
For details, see "Setting AUX Bus Control"
(page 454).
Setting DME override (DME forced select
mode)
1
Open the Misc >Enable >Port Enable menu (3211).
2
In the <DME Override> group, select the DME
override mode.
DME Override: When a switcher snapshot or effect
using a DME is recalled, forcibly select the DME
that was used when saving.
On Air Protect: The operation is the same as the
DME override function, except that a DME being
used by an M/E bank or P/P bank that is on air will
not be forcibly selected.
Note
If effects using the same DME channel are recalled
simultaneously in two or more regions, the DME is
selected with the order of precedence PGM/PST >M/
E-1 >M/E-2 >M/E-3 >M/E-4 >M/E-5.

Setting the Safe Title Area

Enabling or disabling the safe title function
1
Open the Misc >Safe Title menu (3221).
2
Select the target signal.
Notes
• It is not possible to change the setting for outputs for
which the safe title area is disabled in the Setup
menu.
For details, see "Setting the Safe Title Area"
(page 444).
• The safe title area cannot be attached to output
signals for which through mode is enabled in the
Setup menu.
3
Press [Safe Title] to enable/disable the function.
The safe title area switches to enabled (button is lit) or
disabled (button is not lit) each time the button is
pressed.
Displaying a List of Transition Rates
and Changing the Settings
In the Misc >Transition >Key/ME/FTB menu (3231), you
can display a list of the M/E (or PGM/PST) transition rates
and independent key (or DSK) transition rates for each
bank, and change the settings.
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