Control Of P-Bus Devices - Sony DVS-9000 User Manual

VTRs
• RECALL (1-99), STORE (1-99), empty register search, RECALL MODE
(RECALL, RECALL & REWIND)
• RUN, REWIND
Saving to registers
Set the data for controlling external devices in the Device menu. You can save
the set data in keyframe, snapshot, or shot box registers. You can recall the
register in which the data is saved, and carry out operations on it with the
keyframe control block.
For details, see Chapter 12 "External Devices" (Volume 2).
Register manipulation functions
You can carry out the following operations on the control registers in which the
data for P-BUS devices or VTRs is saved.
• Copy
• Move
• Swap
• Merge (this cannot be carried out for registers of VTR control data.)
• Lock
• Name
File related functions
As effect data, you can save and recall, using the File menu.

Control of P-BUS Devices

You can control P-BUS devices from the DVS-9000 system through the 9-pin
serial port of a DCU-8000 Device Control Unit.
P-BUS device control modes
There are two modes of P-BUS device control, as follows.
P-BUS trigger mode: Operating a previously specified button outputs the
P-BUS timeline mode: Carrying out a keyframe effect under the control of the
In the setup, select which of P-BUS trigger mode and P-BUS timeline mode to
use.
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External Devices
command for an action assigned to that button.
center control panel controls external devices.