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External Devices, External Device Control
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External Devices 13 Chapter External Device Control You can control operations on the following types of external device. • P-Bus (Peripheral Bus II protocol) devices • GPI devices • VTRs (Sony 9-pin VTR protocol) • Disk recorders (video disk communications protocol, Odetics protocol) • AMP (Advanced Media Protocol) compatible devices 1) 1) Unless otherwise specifically stated in this document, "disk recorder" includes AMP compatible devices. You can also operate external devices controlled by other protocols over a network using general-purpose TCP/IP connection settings. For details about the devices that can be connected, consult your Sony representative. Control of GPI devices Operate an external device using a GPI output port. Control of P-Bus devices, VTRs, and disk recorders Operate an external device using a serial port or network port. Notes • The maximum number of ports that can be used, including serial ports and network ports, is 40. • A serial port can be used when an MKS-X1700 Legacy Interface Board (option) is installed. • Control of P-Bus compatible devices, AMP compatible devices, and TCP/IP connected devices is supported on network ports. • Control of AMP compatible devices is not supported on serial ports. • The connection ports must be configured in order to operate devices connected to serial ports or network ports. For details, see "Setting the Connection Port of External Devices" (page 428). • To use a disk recorder, the target file from the file list must be loaded. For details, see "Disk Recorder File Operations" (page 224). Effect timelines You can register external device control data on an effect timeline. Effect timeline registers The maximum number of registers that can be used in an external device region is given below. Device 1 to Device 12: 250 per device P-Bus: 250 GPI: 99 Notes • Actions configured on an effect timeline are executed only when the effect timeline is operating in the normal direction. • The following actions cannot be set. - Keyframe loop - Effect timeline loop - Reverse direction execution - Normal/reverse direction execution - Keyframe path • External devices connected via general-purpose TCP/ IP connection cannot be operated using an effect timeline. Control of routers You can select destinations and switch sources using the menu or AUX bus control block (router operation mode). 216