Control Of Vtrs And Disk Recorders; Vtr/Disk Recorder Operations (Device Control Block) - Sony MLS-X1 User Manual

Control of VTRs and Disk
Recorders
VTR/Disk Recorder Operations
(Device Control Block)
You can control VTRs, disk recorders, and other external
devices using serial ports and network ports. Up to 12
devices can be controlled.
The following operations are supported for an external
device.
Device control block:
Operation using the operation buttons and channel
selection buttons in the device control block.
• Operating device selection
• Tape/disk transport control
• Start point/stop point setting
• Recording to VTR/disk recorder
• Loop/recue setting
Cueup & Play:
Saving the following information in effect timeline
registers, recalling registers, and carrying out
operations using the buttons or menu in the utility
control block.
• Start point/stop point
• Start delay time
• Loop/recue setting
DDR/VTR timeline:
Registering the following actions in keyframe points
on an effect timeline, recalling registers, and issuing
action commands.
• Start/stop
• Cueing up the start point
• Variable speed
Channel selection buttons
To operate a VTR/disk recorder, the target device port
must be assigned to a channel selection button (CH1 to
CH12) of the device control block beforehand.
The devices assigned to the channel selection buttons
(CH1 to CH12) correspond to device 1 to device 12.
For details, see "Setting Channel Selection Buttons"
(page 414).
Setting the protocol
The protocol (device type) of the connection port must be
set according to the VTR/disk recorder connected to the
port.
For details, see "Setting the Connection Port of External
Devices" (page 428).
Note
External devices connected via general-purpose TCP/IP
connection cannot be operated using the device control
block buttons, Cueup & Play, DDR/VTR timeline, or
similar functions. Control of external devices is supported
by sending commands using macros.
Operating a VTR/disk recorder
The device control block can be switched to device/frame
memory/clip player operation mode for operating a VTR/
disk recorder.
1
Press the [DEV] button.
The [DEV] button is lit amber, and the operation
mode switches to device/frame memory/clip player
operation mode.
2
Using the channel selection buttons, select the target
channel (CH1 to CH12) for operation.
You can select multiple channels. The first selected
button becomes the reference channel, and is lit
green. Subsequent selected buttons are lit amber.
3
Operate the external device.
VTR/disk recorder operations
In device/frame memory/clip player operation mode,
functions are assigned to the operation buttons as follows.
The illustration shows the ICP-X7000 device control
block. The operation for the ICP-X1000 series device
control block is the same.
Notes
• The [SHIFT] button and [RSZR ON] button are not
used in device/frame memory/clip player operation
mode.
• The [FM LOOP] button is used for frame memory and
clip player operations.
217