Sony HSR-1/1P REC MODE SENSE (DAH+C8H), REC PRESET SENSE (DAH+C9H)

REC MODE SENSE (DAH+C8H)

Requests the specified recording mode.

	bit 7	bit 6	bit 5	bit 4	bit 3	bit 2	bit 1	bit 0
byte 1	1	0	0	0	0	NORMAL REC MODE
byte 2	0	TIMER	REPEAT	CONTINU-	0	ALARM	0	0
		REC	REC	OUS REC		REC

Example: When Recording mode 1 is set for normal recording and Repeat recording is active:

	EXP-3			CMD
RxD		DAH		C8H
TxD			0AH			81H	20H
			ACK		DATA DATA

First byte

Bits 2 to 0: Shows the recording mode set for normal recording.

Second byte

Bit 6: Shows the status of Timer recording.

0:Inactive

1:Active

Bit 5: Shows the status of Repeat recording.

0:Inactive

1:Active

Bit 4: Shows the status of Continuous recording.

0:Inactive

1:Active

Bit 2: Shows the status of Alarm recording.

0:Inactive

1:Active

REC PRESET SENSE (DAH+C9H)

Requests the setting status of each Recording mode. When this command is issued with the number of the desired recording mode number and ENTER (40H), the VTR returns the settings of the specified Recording mode, as shown below.

	bit 7	bit 6	bit 5	bit 4	bit 3	bit 2	bit 1	bit 0
byte 1	1	0	0	0	0		REC MODE
byte 2	CAMERA8	CAMERA7	CAMERA6	CAMERA5	CAMERA4	CAMERA3	CAMERA2	CAMERA1
byte 3	CAMERA	CAMERA	CAMERA	CAMERA	CAMERA	CAMERA	CAMERA	CAMERA9
	16	15	14	13	12	11	10
byte 4	Thousands of TAPE LENGTH				Hundreds of TAPE LENGTH
byte 5		Tens of TAPE LENGTH				Units of TAPE LENGTH
byte 6	0	0	0	0	0	QUALITY MODE
byte 7	Thousands of TIME MODE					Hundreds of TIME MODE
byte 8		Tens of TIME MODE				Units of TIME MODE
byte 9		Tens of REC CYCLE				Units of REC CYCLE
byte 10	Down to the 1st decimal place of REC CYCLE				Down to the 2nd decimal place of REC CYCLE

Example: In the case of Recording mode 1, 16 cameras, 270-minute tape, HIGH image quality mode, 123-hour time mode, 1.8-second cycle:

	EXP-3			CMD		1		ENTER
RxD		DAH		C9H		31H			40H
TxD			0AH		0AH		0AH
			ACK		ACK		ACK

81H FFH FFH 02H 70H 02H 01H 23H 01H 80H DATA DATA DATA DATA DATA DATA DATA DATA DATA DATA

First byte

Bits 2 to 0: Show the Recording mode number.

Second and third bytes

Show the tape length in units of minutes in BCD.

Fourth and fifth bytes

Each bit shows whether to record the corresponding camera input.

0:Not to record

1:Record

Sixth byte

Shows the image quality mode.

001:SUPER

010:HIGH

011:MID

100:LOW

Seventh and eighth bytes

Show the time mode in units of hours in BCD.

When the time mode has not been specified, both bytes are padded with FFH.

Ninth and tenth bytes

Show the recording cycle in units of 0.01 second by a BCD code.

When the cycle has not been specified, both bytes are padded with FFH.

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