Connector signals

PARALLEL REMOTE (25P)

Pin No.

Signal

 

 

 

 

1

PLAY COMMAND

 

 

2

STOP COMMAND

 

 

3

FF COMMAND

 

 

4

REW COMMAND

 

 

5

REC COMMAND

 

 

6

EJECT COMMAND

 

 

7

STAND BY COMMAND

 

 

8

PREROLL COMMAND

 

 

9

IN SET COMMAND

 

 

10

====

 

 

11

====

 

 

12

610 V, MAX 300 mA

 

 

13

PLAY STATUS

 

 

14

STOP STATUS

 

 

15

FF STATUS

 

 

16

REW STATUS

 

 

17

REC STATUS

 

 

18

EJECT STATUS

 

 

19

STAND BY ON STATUS

 

 

20

PREROLL STATUS

 

 

21

SERVO LOCK STATUS

 

 

22

OPERATION ENABLE STATUS

 

 

23

====

 

 

24

====

 

 

25

GND

 

 

<Notes>

O COMMAND pins: TTL level, active low, 6100ms edge electrical signal.

O STATUS pins: open collector, sink current 6 mA

RS-232C

D-SUB 25-pin (crossover cable supported)

Pin No.

Signal

Description

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

FG

Protective ground

 

 

(Frame ground)

 

 

 

2

RXD

Received data

 

 

(Data is sent to PC.)

 

 

 

3

TXD

Transmitted data

 

 

(Data is received from PC.)

 

 

 

4

CTS

Clear to send

 

 

(Shorted with pin 5.)

 

 

 

5

RTS

Request to send

 

 

(Shorted with pin 4.)

 

 

 

6

DTR

Data terminal ready

 

 

(No processing)

 

 

 

7

SG

Signal ground

 

 

(Signal ground)

 

 

 

20

DSR

Data set ready (+ voltage output after

 

 

communication enable status)

 

 

 

ENCODER (15P)

Pin No.

Signal

 

 

 

 

1

====

 

 

2

BLACK LEVEL

 

 

3

C LEVEL

 

 

4

GND

 

 

5

+12V

 

 

6

SYSTEM H 0

 

 

7

SYS. SC COARSE (2)

 

 

8

–12V

 

 

9

CHROMA PHASE

 

 

10

VIDEO LEVEL

 

 

11

RET GND

 

 

12

====

 

 

13

====

 

 

14

SYS. SC FINE

 

 

15

SYS. SC COARSE (1)

 

 

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Panasonic AJ-SD955A, AJ-SD930 manual RS-232C, SUB 25-pin crossover cable supported

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