Sony XVS Series User Manual

Chapter
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External Devices
Control of External
Devices
You can control operations on the following types of
external device.
• P-Bus (Peripheral II protocol) devices
• GPI devices
•VTRs
• Disk recorders (video disk communications protocol,
Odetics protocol)
• Extended VTRs (Abekas A53 protocol)
For details about the devices that can be connected,
consult your Sony representative.
• To operate P-Bus devices, VTRs, Extended VTRs, and
disk recorders in this system, the following settings are
required on the SIU 9-pin serial port.
- Device type setting
-Device name
- Setting of control panel to be used
For details, see “Configuring Serial Port Settings”
(page 422).
• When using a disk recorder or Extended VTR, be sure to
go to the Device >DDR/VTR >File List menu (5333),
and recall the file (see page 274).
Shared Functions for External
Device Control
Keyframe functions
There are 250 registers, numbered 1 to 250, holding
external device control data as keyframe data (see
page 276) (only 99 registers for the GPI timeline).
The available keyframe functions are as follows.
• RECALL (1 to 250), STORE (1 to 250), RECALL
UNDO, STORE UNDO, empty register search, AUTO
SAVE, RECALL MODE (RECALL, RECALL &
REWIND)
• EDIT ENABLE, EDIT UNDO
• CONST DUR, EFF DUR, KF DUR, DELAY, PAUSE,
INSERT BEFORE, INSERT AFTER, MODIFY,
DELETE, COPY, PASTE BEFORE, PASTE AFTER,
FROM TO, ALL
• PREV KF, NEXT KF, GOTO TC, GOTO KF, RUN,
REWIND, FF, STOP NEXT KF, NORMAL, JOG, KF
FADER
• An action set for a keyframe is only executed when the
keyframe effect is executed in the forward direction.
Take care when executing simultaneously with a
switcher or DME keyframe effect, since the actions are
not executed in the reverse direction.
• The following keyframe functions cannot be used.
- KF LOOP, EFFECT LOOP, REVERSE, NORMAL/
REVERSE
- PATH
Saving to registers
Set the data for controlling external devices in the Device
menu. You can save the set data to a register (see
page 276) as keyframe effect data. You can recall the
register in which the data is saved, and carry out operations
on it with the utility/shotbox control block.
Editing registers
You can carry out the following operations on the registers
in which the data for controlling external devices is saved.
• Copy
•Move
•Swap
• Merge (this cannot be carried out for registers holding
VTR, disk recorder, or Extended VTR control data.)
•Lock
•Name
Notes
Notes

Sony XVS Series Specifications

General

Brand	Sony
Model	XVS Series
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Language	English