OPERATING THE VCR FROM A PERSONAL COMPUTER (Continued)

Format of Commands and Status

See pages 26 and 27 for the meanings of the small letters in the table.

 

Function of command

Format of command

 

Status for reception acknowledgment

 

Stop

S

XSTO X

S

XSTO X

i

 

 

 

E

 

E

 

 

Fast forward

S

XFWD X

S

XFWD X

u

 

 

 

E

 

E

 

 

Rewind

S

XREW X

S

XREW X

y Operates the VCR in the same

 

 

 

E

 

E

 

 

Recording

S

XREC X

S

XREC X

u way as when its buttons

 

 

E

E

 

 

Playback

S

XFPL X

S

XFPL X

u are pressed.

 

 

E

 

E

 

 

 

Reverse play

S

XRPL X

S

XRPL X

u

 

 

E

E

 

 

Frame advance

S

XFAD X

S

XFAD X

u

 

 

 

E

 

E

 

 

Reverse frame advance

S

XRAD X

S

XRAD X

u

 

 

 

E

 

E

 

 

Pause/still play

S

XPAU X

S

XPAU X

u

 

 

 

E

 

E

 

 

Pause/still play ON

S

XPA1

X

S

XPA1

X

u

 

 

E

E

 

 

Pause/still play OFF

S

XPA0

X

S

XPA0

X

u

 

 

E

E

 

 

Tape eject

S

XEJE X

S

XEJE X

t

 

 

E

E

 

 

One shot input

S

XOSR X

S

XOSR X

Controls pin e.

 

 

 

E

 

E

 

 

Alarm index ON/OFF

S

XAlw X

S

XAlw X

i

 

 

E

E

 

 

Timer ON/OFF

S

XTSs X

S

XTSs X

y Operates the VCR in the same

 

 

E

E

 

operation

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mode lock ON/OFF

S

XMLI X

S

XMLI X

u way as when its buttons

 

 

E

E

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Alarm reset

S

XAL–

X

S

XAL–

X

u are pressed.

 

 

E

E

 

 

Counter reset

S

XCO– X

S

XCO– X

t

 

 

E

E

 

 

Tape end reset

S

XTE–

X

S

XTE–

X

Controls pin t.

Remote

 

E

 

E

 

 

Tape speed

 

XSPD

r X

 

XSPD X

Specifies the recording/playback mode.

 

System control microprocessor reset

S

XSY–

X

 

 

 

 

 

 

E

 

 

 

 

 

 

S

 

E

S

 

E

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

OSD screen number

S

XSCR n X

S

XSCR X

 

 

 

 

E

 

E

 

 

OSD horizontal display position up

S

XHO> X

S

XHO> X

 

 

 

 

E

 

E

 

 

OSD horizontal display position

S

XHOR jj X

S

XHOR X

 

 

 

 

E

 

E

 

 

OSD vertical display position up

S

XVE> X

S

XVE> X

 

 

 

E

E

 

 

OSD vertical display position

S

XVER vv X

S

XVER

X

 

 

 

 

E

E

 

 

TIME ADJUST

S

XTAη X

S

XTAη X

 

 

 

 

E

 

E

 

 

ONE SHOT REC

S

XORf X

S

XORf X

i

 

 

E

E

 

 

SEARCH SPEED

S

XSXx X

S

XSXx X

y Settings on the SELECTION

 

 

E

E

 

 

VIDEO MODE

S

XVMk X

S

XVMk X

u MENU screen.

 

 

 

E

 

E

 

 

CAMERA SW

S

XCSW z X

S

XCSW X

t

 

 

 

E

 

E

 

 

Buzzer setting

S

XBZR β, γ, δ, ε, ζ X

S

XBZR

X

 

 

 

 

E

E

 

 

Clock setting

S

XCLK

yy-mm-dd, hh:ff, www X

S

XCLK

X

Specifies the current time.

 

 

 

E

E

 

 

Alarm recording setting

S

XALA

ddd, r, u, o, qqqq X

S

XALA

X

Sets the alarm recording conditions.

 

 

 

E

 

E

 

 

Program setting

S

XPRp hh:ff, hh:ff, r X

S

XPRp

X

Sets a timer program.

 

 

 

E

E

 

 

Timer setting

S

Xwww p, p X

S

Xwww X Selects the timer program on each day of the week.

 

 

 

E

 

E

 

 

OSD display

S

XOSD αααααααααααα X

S

XOSD X

Command to display characters.

 

 

 

E

 

E

 

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