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3.4
PROGRAMMING THE FILM TRANSFER MODES - THE FILM MENU
OPERATION
that the generator drop frame mode is set to be the same as the
incoming reader data's drop frame mode.
3.3.4
Selecting the Reading Mode of the LTC/VITC Reader
The LTC and VITC readers may be operated as separate readers and
assigned to Reader 1 or Reader 2, or, they may be operated as one Auto
reader which reads both LTC and VITC. In this case, the Auto reader is
assigned to Reader 1 and Reader 2 is turned off. The RDR 1 and RDR 2
CODE IN LED's on the front panel will be on when the respective readers
are receiving valid timecode.
To enable the Jam sync mode of operation select either the RDR1 EDGE
or RDR1 RDR2 + KEYKODE settings on the GEN ASSIGN menu. (See
section 3.3.1) The operation of the jam sync reader (RDR1) when there is
no incoming code is controlled by the NO CODE JAM setting in the
Toolbox menu. (See section 3.7)
RDR ASSIGN Is used to select the reading mode for the LTC/VITC
timecode reader.
Select R1:AUTO R2:OFF to assign Reader 1 for reading of
either longitudinal or vertical interval time code, whichever is
present. Reader 1 continues reading from whatever source was
previously selected.
switch to the other source, provided code exists there.
Otherwise it will continue to show the last valid time read until
valid code resumes on one of the sources. Reader 2 is turned
off.
Select R1:LTC R2:VITC to assign Reader 1 to the LTC reader
and Reader 2 to the VITC reader.
Select R1:VITC R2:LTC to assign Reader 1 to the VITC
reader and Reader 2 to the LTC reader.
3.4.1
Selecting when the Film Edge numbers are updated from the
KeyKode reader
KK JAM
Is used to select the way in which data received from an
external KeyKode reader will affect the edge number
information being encoded into the user bits. This setting is
only applicable if the generator is set to one of the EDGE or
+ KEYKODE modes. When KK JAM is set to ONCE, PLAY, or
ALWAYS, the KeyKode numbers are read by the bar code
reader and inserted with the appropriate offset compensation.
The complete KeyKode number may be displayed in the
character generator or placed into the secondary VITC.
truncated film barcode number may be placed in the user bits of
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When it encounters invalid code, it will
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