V6 User Manual 1.00.book - Studio General

Serial PortConfigureClicking the Configure button opens the COMM422 Configuration dialog box:Serial PortShows the current Serial Port selected from the drop-down list. If not already highlighted, select the desired serialCOM port. Standard choices are either COM1 or COM2.Click OK to confirm the choice. This automatically sets the selected COM port with the proper parameters of theSony 9-pin communication protocol.Monitoring options on StopAfter a Stop command the following command will be issued:• Stop Only• Stop + Full EE Off• Stop + Full EE On• Stop + Select EE OnMonitoring Options on Pause/Jog(0)After a Pause/Jog command the following command will be issued:• Pause/Jog(0) Only• Pause/Jog(0) + Full EE Off• Pause/Jog(0) + Full EE On• Pause/Jog(0) + Select EE OnMonitoring optionsSelecting:• Apply Monitoring Options only when the Machine is Chasing (Slave)ensures that the above options, Monitoring options on Stop and Monitoring options on Pause/Jog(0) are onlyapplied when the 9-pin external machine is chasing the Internal Machine (being synchronized, i.e. editing). Whenthe 9-pin external machine is Master (the Internal Machine is chasing it, typically for recording back to tape) thenthe 9-pin external machine is in normal Input/Repro Auto mode.TimeCode Request• AutoCOMM422 Configuration dialog• LTC• VITC• Control TrackThe radio buttons select the source of the TimeCode from the external machine. Sony machines usually respondto all requests, so the Auto setting will probably be appropriate. If necessary E.g. where there are several differentTimeCodes present on a tape, you can specify a desired TimeCode source to override the automatic setting. U-Matic machines do not respond to all requests, therefore you must specify the TimeCode source.Settings : Remote Control 27 - 541