Synchronizing To The Deck's Timecode; Example 1 - High End Systems CATALYST Series User Manual

The 3rd channel is timecode Hours. The 4th channel is timecode Minutes. The 5th channel
is timecode Seconds. The 6th channel is timecode Frames.
Each of the above timecode parameters uses the following DMX protocol:
Time DMX
Value Value
0 0
1 3
2 7
3 11
4 15
5 19
6 23
7 27
8 31
9 35
10 39
11 43
12 47
13 51
14 55

Synchronizing to the Deck's Timecode

Catalyst Media Server layers can be synchronized with timecode sent from Sony 9-pin
devices.
Assign the Play Mode parameter of a layer to a DMX value of 103(Sync to Sony 1) to read
the current frame from the Sony 9-pin device. To assign a negative offset, use the In
Frame parameter value and for a positive offset use the Out Frame parameter value.
Syncing ignores the hours setting because a 16 bit DMX value is only able to represent 44
minutes at 25 fps

Example 1

To assign the first frame of a Catalyst Layer's movie to play at a time code of point 0hr 1
min 30 sec 5 frames:
1. Calculate frame offset:
(1min * 60 * 25) + (30secs * 25) + 5frames = 1500 + 750 + 5 = 2255
2. Set the In Frame value to 2255 and Out Frame to 0.
Catalyst® V3 Media Server User Manual
Time DMX Time
Value Value Value
15 59 30
16 63 31
17 67 32
18 71 33
19 75 34
20 79 35
21 83 36
22 87 37
23 91 38
24 95 39
25 99 40
26 103 41
27 107 42
28 111 43
29 115 44
DMX Time DMX
Value Value Value
119 45 179
123 46 183
127 47 187
131 48 191
135 49 195
139 50 199
143 51 203
147 52 207
151 53 211
155 54 215
159 55 219
163 56 223
167 57 227
171 58 231
175 59 235
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Sony 9-pin RS422
Time DMX
Value Value
60 240
141