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HT800 Series VTR/DDR
Controller
Software version:
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History
Date
Description
Nov 12
Hardware panel updated
Nov 10
Wheel Switch modification
Jan 08
GPI functions added
Sept 07
Update cueing functions
July 06
New functions added
HT884/8 VTR/DDR Controller
HT884c/8c Cue Controller
HT884s/8s Slo Mo Controller
Users Manual
3.42
HT800 manual Version 3.21
Version
3.42
3.30
3.20
3.10
3.00
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- Page 1 HT884/8 VTR/DDR Controller HT884c/8c Cue Controller HT884s/8s Slo Mo Controller Users Manual HT800 Series VTR/DDR Controller Software version: 3.42 Document file: HT800 manual Version 3.21 History Date Description Version Nov 12 Hardware panel updated 3.42 Nov 10 Wheel Switch modification 3.30...
- Page 2 HT800 Series VTR and Disk controllers Feb 06 Update manual with smart wheel Hi Tech Systems Ltd Holbrook House Oakley Lane Oakley Basingstoke Hampshire RG23 7JY Tel: +44 (0) 1256 780880 Fax: +44 (0) 1256 782600 support@hitechsys.com Email: U.K. www.hitechsys.com Web: The hardware/software and manual are copyright 1998 - 2012 by Hi Tech Systems Ltd.
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Page 3: Table Of Contents
Menu, PB and Timecode settings MENU PP/EE Using CUEs Entering cues MARK IN/OUT Keys Cues functions on the HT884/8c Cues functions on the HT884/8s and HT884/8 Looping Cues Cue memory location table Deleting single cues Selecting timecode source data Setting TCG and CTL DITING ... - Page 4 HT800 Series VTR and Disk controllers Edit delay Start delay Marking in and out points Editing functions on the HT884/8c Editing functions on the HT884/8s and HT884/8 Making a single machine edit Making a two machine edit More than one recorder OTION...
- Page 5 HT800 Series VTR and Disk controllers Software Updates ABLE PIN OUT REFERENCE Notes on PC serial connectors SPECIFICATION 2010 Hi Tech Systems Limited...
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Page 7: Introduction
Slo-Motion Controller that adds a key pad and a T- Bar control arm. HT800 series VTR and DDR Controllers HT884/8 HT884/8c HT884/8s 2010 Hi Tech Systems Limited... - Page 8 Introduction All of the three models are available as four-machine and eight-machine versions. This manual covers the following models: HT884/8 4 and 8 Machine VTR and DDR Remote Controller HT884s/8s 4 and 8 Machine Slo-Motion Controller with key pad for direct entry of T/C data and T-Bar...
- Page 9 Introduction Programmable device labels Selectable RS422 ‘loop through’ connector Main Variable jog and shuttle sensitivity for different features VTRs/DDRs continued Controls any DDR supporting Sony VTR emulation Internal bleeper to alert warnings (off line, cassette out etc) Accessories supplied: ...
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Page 10: Installation
Installation The Hi Tech Series of VTR and DDR Controllers are designed as desk-top units. Unpacking The Hi Tech Systems HT800 Series of VTR and DDR controllers are shipped in a carton, which may contain other optional items within the packing, and care should be taken to ensure that these are not thrown away. -
Page 11: Warnings - Read Before Installation Or Use
Installation Warnings – read before installation or use Do not apply AC mains power until all the preliminary activities and interconnections have been completed. AC voltages in excess of 100 volts can be dangerous and even lethal under certain conditions. To prevent injury to personnel and damage to the controller, ensure that it is disconnected from the AC power source (not just switched off) before any dismantling... -
Page 12: External Connections
Installation 2.1 External connections HT800 series VTR and DDR Controller HT888 rear view – with Link board option Power requirements In the UK, the mains plug should be approved to BS1363 and be fitted with a 3 amp fuse approved to BS1362. - Page 13 Installation All accessible metalwork in the room and the safety earth connections of other electrical circuits must be electrically connected together in accordance with safety regulations BS6204. This can be accomplished either by separate routes to the building earth or by bonding together or a combination of the two.
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Page 14: Connecting Controlled Devices
Installation Connecting controlled devices Controller Configurations Function Connections Normal Any remote connection can be used VTR/DDR control Editing (Insert In two-machine editing the first RS422 or Assemble port, REM 1 is reserved as master play mode) device port and REM 2 is reserved as a recorder port. -
Page 15: Rj45 Connector Pin Out
Installation HT8821/M converts VTR serial ports to RJ45 Note: It is recommended not to exceed 100 metres of CAT 5 cable. RJ45 connector pin out Pin No Description RJ45 Connector Chassis Gnd Rx A data Tx B data Tx Gnd Rx Gnd Rx B data Tx A data... -
Page 16: Installing The Gpi I/O Option
Installation Installing the GPI I/O option The HT8823 GPI interface option provides 4 GPI inputs and 4 GPI outputs. To install the GPI interface proceed as follows: Remove the power cord Remove base chassis – 4 screws each corner ... -
Page 17: Using Gpis
Installation The following table shows the electrical characteristics of the GPI Outputs and Triggers (Inputs). Description A, B, C, D Normal output state when there is no trigger output set is logic high (5V). A logic low is output when the programmed trigger has been set. -
Page 18: Using The On-Air Tally
Installation CUE In - cues the VTR to the last entered cue location. VTR - outputs a trigger when a different VTR is selected. Out-5s – outputs a trigger pulse 5 seconds before the mark out point. Out-0s – outputs a trigger pulse at the mark out point. - Page 19 Installation Note: Adapter pin out wiring can be found in the addendum at the end of this manual. 2012 Hi Tech Systems Limited...
- Page 20 Installation GPI Interface circuit layout Note: As supplied LINK L1 is un-made. HT800 Series VTR and Disk controller...
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Page 21: Operation
Operation The HT800 series VTR and DDR controllers’ transport controls may be similar to the front panel controls of the VTR or device they are controlling but benefit from additional functionality. The HT884 four machine controller 2012 Hi Tech Systems Limited... -
Page 22: Using The Main Controller Keys
Operation 3.1 Using the main controller keys Device selection Port select LEDs are shared between upper and lower device select buttons Port selection keys To select a device for local control, press the desired numbered port selection key. A port select LED will illuminate and the display will be updated with the label, timecode and transport status appropriate for the attached device. -
Page 23: Selecting Multiple Devices
Operation Selecting multiple devices To select more than one device for multiple control, press and hold the shift key while selecting the devices with the numbered channel selection keys. Selected devices are indicated by illuminated LEDs. Note: The device selected first is treated as the Master and its status (eg PLAY, STOP etc) is shown in the display. -
Page 24: Menu, Pb And Timecode Settings
Operation Menu, PB and Timecode settings MENU Enters the menu settings (see section 4 for a description of the settings) PP/EE To receive video and audio signals from the tape during fast forward, rewind, still and standby press the PP/E-E key (below menu display) to select playback –... -
Page 25: Using Cues
Operation button changes the display to show the timecode setting (it is set in the menu for the cue controller). Using CUEs CUE locations are timecode reference points that have been stored in one or more of the controller’s 249 cue memory locations. Once a cue is stored a device can be made to search very quickly to a selected CUE point. -
Page 26: Cues Functions On The Ht884/8C
Operation Mark IN and Mark OUT buttons are indicated with IN and OUT tally LEDs Cue and Mark controls An audible ‘bleep’ (the beeper has to be turned ON in the menu) and tally LEDs confirm that the point has been saved, and the saved time code number is briefly shown on the display. -
Page 27: Cues Functions On The Ht884/8S And Ht884/8
Operation Cues functions on the HT884/8s and HT884/8 cue previous cue next Cue last mark [SHIFT]+[-] set next cue point [SHIFT]+[+] set next cue point Looping Cues To Loop a cue, first make sure that the cue has a valid IN and OUT point. Cue to the desired IN point and then press SHIFT and PLAY together. -
Page 28: Deleting Single Cues
Operation Only the IN and OUT timecode data is stored. CUE information does NOT include the device port active when the CUE was created. Empty locations are displayed as [--:--:--:--]. When the capacity of locations is reached the message ‘End of cues’ is displayed. -
Page 29: Setting Tcg And Ctl
Operation signal during playback, or a count of control signal pulses during recording. These counters do not usually keep a highly accurate track of tape position. LTC or Longitudinal time code in either 24 hour or +/- 12-hour format is usually recorded on an audio track on the tape. -
Page 30: Editing
Operation 3.2 Editing The HT800 Series supports single and two machine editing for video, up to four analogue and up to eight digital audio tracks. All record and playback devices must be correctly wired for video, audio, and time code. Set the controller for either assembly editing or insert editing (see Chapter 4). -
Page 31: Edit Delay
Operation Edit modes also require the following switches to be set: Set the TC on the controller to read the same time code as on the VTR, e.g. AUTO Set the TC generator on the record VTR for REGEN (not PRESET) and INT (not EXT) Note: The PLAYER cannot be put into record accidentally. - Page 32 Operation 1. Search for the edit points using the jog or shuttle mode. At the desired points press the Mark IN key and Mark OUT key (IN only for an open ended edit). Then select the RECORDER by pressing the VTR selection key 2.
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Page 33: Editing Functions On The Ht884/8C
IN point (ready to edit) [SHIFT]+[-] goto IN [SHIFT]+[+] goto OUT does the edit REC+PLAY preview the edit Editing functions on the HT884/8s and HT884/8 display IN time display OUT time [-]+[+] display EDIT DURATION goto IN point (ready to edit) [SHIFT]+[-] no function... -
Page 34: Making A Two Machine Edit
Operation Single Machine Edit Making a two machine edit To perform a two machine edit: select the RECORDER then SHIFT + PLAYER to group the 2 VTRs and press the RECORD + PLAY keys. (RECORD on the HT884/8c). Two Machine Edit HT800 Series VTR and Disk controller... -
Page 35: More Than One Recorder
Operation Note: The RECORDER cannot be selected if PLAYER is selected first. More than one recorder If more than one recording is required (e.g. for duplication) then, after the master recorder has been selected, press and hold the Shift key while selecting the other desired VTRs (the selected VTRs are indicated by the illuminated LEDs). -
Page 36: Slow Motion Controller-Using The T-Bar
Operation 3.3 Slow Motion Controller-Using the T-Bar Slow motion controller ‘s’ versions are fitted with a Penny & Giles T-Bar, numeric keypad, variable selection keys and special function keys. Keypad for ‘s’ version Keypad The numeric keypad allows a time code number to be entered directly for entering edit points and cueing and marking purposes. -
Page 37: Esc Key
Operation ESC key Press this key to abort information entered from the keypad before ‘CUE’ is pressed. This is a duplicate of the main VAR function. Press this key to assign 100% (Fast) to the T-Bar. Still This is a duplicate of the main Still function. Press this key to stop the transport. -
Page 38: T-Bar Shuttle Key
Operation T-Bar shuttle key Press this key to turn the T-Bar into a shuttle control and set the VTR into shuttle. The shuttle range is: +/- 0, 0.05, 0.1, 0.2, 0.4, 1.0, 2.0, 4.0 with a ‘dead’ position in the centre of the T-Bar. This is useful for locating the exact start of the playback without having to use the jog/shuttle wheel. -
Page 39: Start Recording
Operation Start Recording To set the record channels recording press REC+PLAY. To stop the recording press STOP (if the record channels are in Record Lock press and hold the REC+PLAY for 2 seconds). Live / Playback mode or EE routing With any playback port selected, pressing the red record button will route the input to the output “LIVE”... -
Page 40: Cue Controller
Operation 3.4 Cue Controller Cue motion controller ‘c’ versions are fitted with a numeric keypad, and special function keys. Keypad for ‘c’ version Keypad The numeric keypad allows a time code number to be entered directly for entering edit points and cueing and marking purposes. -
Page 41: Esc Key
Operation ESC key Press this key to abort information entered from the keypad before ‘CUE’ is pressed. Goto TC Press this key to make the VTR locate to the timecode entered using the keypad. Pressing ESC at any time cancels the operation. Normal VTR operation is available while this button is Goto Cue No Press this key to set the keypad to accept cue... -
Page 42: Using The Menu System
Using the Menu system Press the menu key to accesses the menu functions. Navigating the menu Move forward and back through the menus using the wheel. A chevron > indicates the active display line. Hold down || key to select value HT800 Series Menu Display To change the value assigned to a function press and... - Page 43 Using the Menu system Eject YES or NO Description: Ejects tape from VTR. When tape is ejected the MENU mode is exited, the bleeper will sound and a ‘Cassette out’ message will be displayed. TC Mode Cue controller only CTL, LTC, VITC, AUTO Description: Set the timecode standard.
- Page 44 Using the Menu system particular number. To move between hh:mm:ss:ff turn the wheel. Some VTRs do not support this command. Press and hold down the || key, and turn the wheel to alter numbers. To recall the last setting stored, enter the menu mode select TCG.
- Page 45 Using the Menu system and end of the recording will have picture disturbance. Crash record is usually used to make the first recording on a blank tape. Assemble Starts to record in assemble edit mode. New video, audio tracks, linear timecode and control track are recorded and joined to any previous material.
- Page 46 Using the Menu system for recording “live” signals, then set to YES. This leaves the player channel (REM 1) free to mark and recall cues. When set to NO the player channel can be used as an edit source VTR. Note: it is not necessary to use a source VTR in this mode, but cues will not available.
- Page 47 Using the Menu system Mark Increment Off, In, Out, Both Description: Describes the action of the mark keys. Marking next cues can be made to increment after the In key is pressed or the out key or both Rew/FF Latch Cue controller only Off, On Description: Prevents the fast forward and rewind...
- Page 48 Using the Menu system Edit Delay nn frms 5 frames Description: 1. Corrects the delay time from sending the RECORD command to the VTR until recording starts. 2. Sets the amount of time the VTR will cue back after an auto cue. Start Delay 0 frames nn frms...
- Page 49 Using the Menu system Clear Config NO, YES Description: Restores the factory default conditions. See all items marked as Trig A, Trig B, Trig C, Trig D None, Stop, Rec, Play, Rew, Ffwd, Cue In, None Mark In, Mark Out, VTR, Out-5s, Out-0s, Tally Description: A total of 4 individual trigger inputs and 4 outputs that can be assigned to any VTR, to set an event to occur.
- Page 50 Using the Menu system standard Wrap marks PAL, NTSC Description: No more marks can be stored when the maximum number of cues has been stored. Turn on to wrap around and overwrite cue points. Disk Sport version controller only NO, YES Description: This special mode sets half the controller ports to be playback and half to be record for DDRs that are record and...
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Page 51: Touble Shooting
Trouble Shooting The following section lists commonly asked questions and their solution: Why do labels appear as | | | | when powering the controller for the first time? This indicates the default settings of the controller need to be stored in the non-volatile memory (see Chapter 4 – Engineering menu - Clear Config). - Page 52 Trouble Shooting The Mark Out function does not increment the cue number, is this normal? Yes. The cue point number is only incremented automatically when pressing the Mark IN button. The display does not indicate Crash Record mode, is this normal? Yes.
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Page 53: Addendum
Addendum 6.1 Summary of functions Function Keys Description Play [] The VTR will play Play Lock [] and hold Press and hold for more than 4 second to lock or unlock in playback. (disabled on HT884/8c) Still / Stop [] First press the VTR will be in still mode, second press the VTR will be in... - Page 54 Addendum Function Keys Description Jogging Puts the selected VTR into jog mode Shuttling Puts the selected VTR into shuttle mode Fixed Shuttle []+[>>] or [<<] Fixed shuttle speeds forward and backwards (disabled on HT884/8c) Loop Play [SHIFT] + [PLAY] or Sets the current cue into [VAR]...
- Page 55 Addendum Function Keys Description Browsed saved [SHIFT]+[CUE] or This will allow all saved Cues cues to be viewed. Scroll [GOTO CUE No.] through using the and Keypad entry or jog/shuttle wheel. +/- on HT884/8c [SHIFT] to exit or [CUE] to cue up Delete a Cue [MARK IN] or Select the cue as...
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Page 56: Outline Dimensions
Addendum Function Keys Description Use the T-Bar to [T-BAR SHUTTLE] Allows the T-bar to be shuttle and move T-Bar used to shuttle instead of the jog wheel Pre-set variable [PRESET VARIABLE] The VTR will go into range T-Bar + [VAR] variable playback, using the variable range set in and move T-Bar... - Page 57 Addendum HT88x Outline dimensions Models with a direct entry key pad and/or direct entry keypad and fader arm have the following outline dimensions: HT88x/c/s Outline dimensions 2012 Hi Tech Systems Limited...
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Page 58: Disassembly
Addendum 6.3 Disassembly These instructions are provided mainly to allow controller software firmware to be upgraded. CAUTION: DURING DISASSEMBLY, ALWAYS ENSURE THAT AC POWER IS DISCONNECTED FROM THE EQUIPMENT. ONLY SUITABLY QUALIFIED ENGINEERS SHOULD CARRY OUT MAINTENANCE. Access to the main PCB is very simple, proceed as follows: ... -
Page 59: Replacing The Pcb
Addendum Now carefully remove the two PCB fixing screws from the front edge of the main PCB and carefully pull forward and lift out the main PCB from the case Replacing the PCB When replacing the PCB ensure that it is correctly located in the rear panel before tightening the two screws at the front edge of the PCB. -
Page 60: C Able Pin Out Reference
Addendum 6.4 Cable pin out reference The following diagrams are provided for those wishing to make their own cables. Standard RS422 cable RJ45 to D type - RS422 cable HT800 Series VTR and Disk controller... -
Page 61: Notes On Pc Serial Connectors
Addendum RJ45 to D type – RS232 cable Making a software upgrade serial cable Notes on PC serial connectors Some computers, particularly laptops have odd earth arrangements on the RS232 connector, making the download problematic. If possible, use a desktop PC for performing s/w updates. - Page 62 Addendum Making the RJ45 to RS422 male adapters Making the RJ45 to RS422 female adapters HT800 Series VTR and Disk controller...
- Page 63 Addendum Making the RJ45 to RS422 loop adapters 2012 Hi Tech Systems Limited...
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Page 64: Specification
Specification Control ports Communication Format: RS-422-A Communication Channel: Full Duplex Data Signalling Rate: 38.4 Kb/s (K bits per second) Communication Protocol: SONY 9 pin RS422 Serial connectors: RJ45 – 8 pin sockets VTRs controlled: VTRs that support the Sony RS422 9 pin protocol Power Mains input:...
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