Sony 8000SF User Manual

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External Devices
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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 in keyframe, snapshot, or shotbox registers. You can recall the 
register in which the data is saved, and carry out operations on it with the 
keyframe control block.
For details, see Chapter 12 “External Devices” (Volume 2).
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
File related functions
As effect data, you can save and recall, using the File menu.
Control of P-Bus Devices
You can control P-Bus devices from this system through the 9-pin serial port 
of a DCU.
P-Bus device control modes
There are two modes of P-Bus device control, as follows.
P-Bus trigger mode: Operating a previously specified button outputs the 
command for an action assigned to that button.
P-Bus timeline mode: Carrying out a keyframe effect under the control of the 
center control panel controls external devices.
In the setup, select which of P-Bus trigger mode and P-Bus timeline mode to 
use.