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Machine Control Guide
Ki Pro Ultra Products
Version 3.0
Published May 27, 2020

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  • Page 1 Machine Control Guide Ki Pro Ultra Products Version 3.0 Published May 27, 2020...
  • Page 2 AJA® and Because it matters.® are registered trademarks of AJA Video Systems, Inc. for use with most AJA products. AJA™ is a trademark of AJA Video Systems, Inc. for use with recorder, router, software and camera products. Because it matters.™ is a trademark of AJA Video Systems, Inc.
  • Page 3 Copyright ..........2 Contacting AJA Support ........2 Chapter 1 –...
  • Page 4 3.41 DA4 – Status Data Byte 12, Bit 3 ......21 Ki Pro Ultra Products Machine Control Guide v3.0...

  • Page 5: Table Of Contents

    Chapter 5 – Editing ......24 Ki Pro Ultra Products Machine Control Guide v3.0...
  • Page 6 1.0 Overview This document describes aspects of the machine control protocol processing for Ki Pro Ultra 12G, Ki Pro Ultra Plus, and Ki Pro Ultra digital video recorder/players. It is intended for engineers, either software or hardware, who are interested in controlling Ki Pro hardware via its RS-422 interface.
  • Page 7 4. When a DEVICE receives a COMMAND block from the CONTROLLER, the DEVICE must transmit a response within 9 milliseconds. Therefore if the CONTROLLER cannot receive the appropriate response from the DEVICE within 10 milliseconds after transmitting the COMMAND block, Ki Pro Ultra Products Machine Control Guide v3.0 www.aja.com...
  • Page 8 COMMAND tables.) When the CONTROLLER receives a NAK, it must immediately stop transmission of the COMMAND block. The DEVICE must not accept a subsequent command within 10 milliseconds after that (except NAK-UNDEFINED command) and must execute a necessary process. Ki Pro Ultra Products Machine Control Guide v3.0 www.aja.com...
  • Page 9 (Figure 2 on page 2. 1 Device Type Request – 0x00 0x11 The Ki Pro Ultra and Ki Pro Ultra Plus will respond with the following, depending on the “35.6 RS-422 ID” setting: ID Returned RS-422 ID (35.6) Value...
  • Page 10 TAPE SPEED = 10 (N/32 _ 2) + N’/256 x {10 [(N+1)/32 _ 2] _ 10(N/32 _ 2) N = SPEED DATA OF DATA-1 (DECIMAL), N’ = SPEED DATA OF DATA-2 (DECIMAL) Ki Pro Ultra Products Machine Control Guide v3.0 www.aja.com...
  • Page 11 2. 1 8 PreRoll – 0x20 0x30 When this command is received, the DEVICE is prerolled to the tape position that is obtained by subtracting the preroll time from the IN POINT. Ki Pro Ultra Products Machine Control Guide v3.0 www.aja.com...
  • Page 12 This command, when supplied with the following payloads, will cause the device to jump the next or previous clip in the currently selected playlist. The following payload bytes are accepted: • 0x01 – Next Clip • 0xFF – Previous Clip Ki Pro Ultra Products Machine Control Guide v3.0 www.aja.com...
  • Page 13 CODE data, which is displayed on the DEVICE, into the IN, OUT memory as IN POINT, OUT POINT data. 2.30 A In Entry – 0x40 0x12 Split audio editing is not supported by Ki Pro or Ki Pro Ultra Plus Ultra, however this command will respond with ACK to maintain compatibility with typical controllers.
  • Page 14 2.40 A In Shift + (plus) – 0x40 0x1C 2.41 A In Shift – (minus) – 0x40 0x1D Split audio editing is not supported by Ki Pro or Ki Pro Ultra Plus Ultra, however these two commands will respond with ACK to maintain compatibility with typical controllers.
  • Page 15 2.56 PreRoll Time Sense – 0x60 0x31 This command is used to request the PREROLL TIME setting data of the DEVICE. Because Ki Pro Ultra only supports a fixed 5 sec preroll, this command will always return a timecode value of 00:00:05:00, not ACK.
  • Page 16 [DATA-1] The response command to the request command is as follows. This command also provides USER’S BIT responses, but only for RS-422 compatibility. Ki Pro Ultra devices do not store actual user bit information in the resulting Quicktime files. Instead userbits are always set to 00000000, and this value will be returned in the response, rather than an ACK.
  • Page 17 Chapter 3 – Status Data 3.0 Status Overview The following status bits are supported by the Ki Pro Ultra and Ki Pro Ultra Plus: Figure 5. Supported Status Data DATA BIT-7 BIT-6 BIT-5 BIT-4 BIT-3 BIT-2 BIT-1 BIT-0 0x00 LOCAL...
  • Page 18 3. 1 4 Jog – Status Data Byte 2, Bit 4 This bit will be high whenever the device has received a jog playback command. It will be cleared whenever the device enters a mode outside jog playback. Ki Pro Ultra Products Machine Control Guide v3.0 www.aja.com...
  • Page 19 The device does not support full EE, however this bit will be set if the enable Full EE On command has been sent. It will be cleared if the Full EE Off command has been sent. Ki Pro Ultra Products Machine Control Guide v3.0 www.aja.com...
  • Page 20 This bit will be high whenever the device’s transport is moving forward. 3.34 Still Lamp – Status Data Byte 6, Bit 6 This bit will be high whenever the device’s transport is still. Ki Pro Ultra Products Machine Control Guide v3.0 www.aja.com...

  • Page 21: Da5 - Status Data Byte 12, Bit 4

    3.43 DA6 – Status Data Byte 12, Bit 5 This bit reflects the DA6 edit preset value set by the Edit Preset command. This device has limited edit support. Please refer to the “Editing” section below for further details. Ki Pro Ultra Products Machine Control Guide v3.0 www.aja.com...

  • Page 22: Da7 - Status Data Byte 12, Bit 6

    3.49 DA12 – Status Data Byte 14, Bit 3 This bit reflects the DA12 edit preset value set by the Edit Preset command. This device has limited edit support. Please refer to the “Editing” section below for further details. Ki Pro Ultra Products Machine Control Guide v3.0 www.aja.com...

  • Page 23: Chapter 4 - Deterministic Playback

    When controlling multiple devices, it is important that timing of the play command to each device happen at roughly the same time. Ki Pro Ultra Products Machine Control Guide v3.0 www.aja.com...

  • Page 24: Chapter 5 - Editing

    The device will also ignore the assemble and insert flag (only requiring that one of them be set). In effect, since the 24 hour timecode always exists, the device will always be doing an insert edit. Ki Pro Ultra Products Machine Control Guide v3.0 www.aja.com...

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