AJA Control Room - Manual (Page 16)

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Capture Dashboard
The dashboard offers standard tape deck play controls (as described previously) and
adds the jog control slider.
AJA Control Room can control a Tape Deck via RS422 or can do manually initiated
captures.The Tape Deck Control icon indicates the communication status of the deck. If
no active RS422 connection is present, the icon reports OFFLINE. When connected, the
status will report:
• LOCAL – remote control is not enabled for the VTR
• REMOTE – the VTR is set for remote control via RS422
To activate Remote mode:
1. Verify the RS422 cable connection between your AJA device and the deck.
2. Verify the remote control mode on your recording device is enabled.
Figure 17. Capture Buttons & Tape Deck Control Indicator
NOTE: If the Tape Deck icon is lit (yellow), AJA Control Room is detecting an RS-422 connection that is
active. If it is white, there is no active RS422 connection.
Two record buttons are available:
• Start tape capture–captures from the deck according to timecode VTR IN and VTR OUT
settings.
• Start capture–initiates immediate manual capture of the AJA device input
Batch Capture
The batch capture procedure consists of these steps:
1. Create bin items without content by entering:
• File Type and Clip information in the capture tab settings pane
• IN Point and OUT Point or Duration information for the clip.
2. Click the Pencil icon (see Figure 17 on page 16 ). You will see a red line through the bin
icon that indicates “Footage is offline”.
Repeat this process for additional bin items.
NOTE: You can enter bin items from different tapes entering the numbers in the Tape field (Clip
information). The batch capture will pause for tape change and resume to complete the
batch.
3. When all the bin items are listed, select them in the bin and right-click to select Batch
Capture from the resulting menu.