Setup menus

USER menu

<INTERFACE>

 

 

 

No./Item

 

Description

 

 

 

 

200

This selects whether two or more VTRs are to

 

be operated in synchronization.

PARA RUN

 

 

 

0000

DIS : No operation in synchronization

 

0001

ENA : Operation in synchronization

 

<Note>

 

When operating two or more VTRs in

 

synchronization, set all the VTRs to ENA.

 

 

201

This selects whether the REMOTE (9P)

 

connector functions when the CONTROL

9P SEL

switch has been set to REMOTE.

 

0000

OFF : Connector does not function.

 

0001

ON : Connector functions.

 

 

202

This sets the ID information to be returned to

 

the controller.

ID SEL

 

 

 

0000

OTHER

 

0001 DVCPRO

 

0002

ORIG

 

<Notes>

 

OID information of any VTR except for the

 

DVCPRO’s is set in OTHER.

 

OThe ORIG setting should only be used when a

 

Panasonic controller (AG-A850 etc. sold

 

separately) is connected.

 

 

203

This selects whether the PARALLEL (25P)

 

connector functions when the CONTROL

25P SEL

switch has been set to REMOTE.

 

0000

OFF : Connector does not function.

 

0001

ON : Connector functions.

 

 

204

This selects whether the RS-232C connector

 

functions when the CONTROL switch has

RS232C SEL

been set to REMOTE.

 

0000

OFF : Connector does not function.

 

0001

ON : Connector functions.

 

 

205

These settings are for selecting the RS-232C

 

communication speed (baud rate).

BAUD RATE

 

 

 

0000

300

 

0001

600

 

0002

1200

 

0003

2400

 

0004

4800

 

0005

9600

 

 

206

These settings are for selecting the RS-232C

 

data length. (Unit: bit)

DATA

 

 

LENGTH

0000

7

 

0001

8

 

 

207

These settings are for selecting the RS-232C

 

stop bit length. (Unit: bit)

STOP BIT

 

 

 

0000

1

 

0001

2

 

 

 

The underlined items indicates the initial setting.

No./Item

 

Description

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

208

 

 

These settings are for selecting the none, odd

 

 

 

or even for the RS-232C parity bit.

PARITY

 

 

 

 

 

0000

NON :

 

 

 

Parity bit is not used.

 

 

 

0001

ODD:

 

 

 

An odd number of bits is used for the parity

 

 

 

system.

 

 

 

0002

EVEN:

 

 

 

An even number of bits is used for the parity

 

 

 

system.

 

 

 

 

209

 

 

These settings are for selecting whether the

 

 

 

ACK code is to be returned when a command

RETURN ACK

is received from RS-232C.

 

 

 

0000

OFF : ACK code is not returned.

 

 

 

0001

ON : ACK code is returned.

 

 

 

 

210

 

 

For selecting the method used to detect the

 

 

 

STANDBY COMMAND signal input at the

25P STBY

PARALLEL (25P) connector.

CMD

 

 

 

 

 

0000

OFF/ON :

 

 

 

Each time active signals are detected, the

 

 

 

STANDBY ON or STANDBY OFF mode is

 

 

 

selected alternately.

 

 

 

0001

ON :

 

 

 

When active signals are detected in the

 

 

 

STANDBY OFF mode, the unit is transferred to

 

 

 

the STANDBY ON mode.

 

 

 

Nothing happens if they are detected during an

 

 

 

operation in the STANDBY ON mode.

 

 

 

 

211

 

 

This selects whether the PARALLEL (25P)

 

 

 

connector is to function when the CONTROL

LOCAL 25P

switch is at the LOCAL position.

 

 

 

0000

OFF : Connector does not function.

 

 

 

0001

ON : Connector functions.

 

 

 

 

212

 

 

For selecting the remote control connector to

SD955B

 

 

 

control the slave when the unit is used as the

MASTER

master during deck-to-deck operations.

PORT

 

 

 

 

 

0000

IN/OUT : The IN/OUT connector is used.

 

 

 

0001

OUT : The OUT connector is used.

 

 

 

<Note>

 

 

 

This menu item takes effect only when the

 

 

 

CONTROL switch has been set to the LOCAL

 

 

 

position.

 

 

 

 

 

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Panasonic AJ-SD955Bp manual Interface

AJ-SD955Bp specifications

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