Doremi Rapid and Rapid-2x - Manual (Page 41)

7 VTR Control Tab
The “VTR Control” tab (Video Tape Recorder) has the settings and transport buttons to control
VTR devices. It uses the serial port to control a playback device using the “Sony 9 Pin Control”
protocol. The "VTR Control" tab allows the operator full control of an external VTR device that
will be used as a HD-SDI source for an encoding job.
The “VTR Control" tab applies only when encoding from an HD-SDI source not a file source.
The “Sony 9 Pin Control” standard protocol allows the user to send commands to the HD-SDI
device manually or automatically. It is important to remember that the “VTR Control” is not
enabled when encoding from a HD-SDI device that does not support the “Sony 9 Pin Control”
protocol.
Note: The user cannot use the VTR control buttons (i.e., play, stop, pause, fast-forward, rewind)
during the encoding job.
7.1 External Device Control Button
Selecting the "External Device Control" button will enable control of any VTR device connected
to the RAPID using remote communication.
• When the LCD is green a connection is established and all of the navigation buttons will
be enabled (see Figure 32 below).
• When the LCD is red a connection is not established and the HD-SDI device does not
support the “Sony 9 Pin Control” protocol.
• Use the “Go to Time Code” option to enter a specific frame and then press the “Locate”
button, the frame time code will be reflected in the green LCD (see Figure 32 below).
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