Interfacing With External Devices (Device Interface Menu) - Sony MVS-8000SF User Manual

Interfacing With External Devices (Device
Interface Menu)
To carry out setup relating to DME connections with external devices, display
the DME >Device Interface menu.
To display the Device Interface menu
In the Engineering Setup menu, select VF4 'DME' and HF4 'Device
Interface.'
The following functions are available here.
• Editor Protocol: Set the protocol to be used on the Editor port.
• Editor Port Setting: Make settings relating to the control of the four editor
ports installed in the DME.
• GPI Input: Set the GPI input ports and trigger polarities, and make the
action settings.
• GPI Output: Set the GPI output ports and trigger polarities, and make the
action settings.
In the following description, the settings for DME1 are given by way of
example, but the settings for DME2 are carried out in a similar way.
Setting the editor protocol
In the <DME1 Editor Protocol> group of the DME >Device Interface menu,
press the following buttons to make the setting.
DME: Control by DME protocol through the editor port.
VTR: Control by VTR protocol through the editor port.
Making editor port settings
In the <DME1 Editor Port Setting> group of the DME >Device Interface menu,
press either of the following to select the way in which the editor ports are used.
Common: Control all of channels 1 to 4 through Editor ports 1 to 4.
Independ: Control channels 1 to 4 individually through Editor ports 1 to 4.
Notes
On the MVE-8000, the setting is fixed to Common.

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