11 - Machine Control/Location?External control
Viewing a list of location memories
To view a popup list of all the location memories 2Press the EDIT key (now the LIST key as
which have been stored:shown by the shifted legend).
1Press the SHIFT key so that the indicator is The location memory source (timecode or
lit.MTC, or ABS) is shown, along with the value
of each location memory.
Manual location
It is also possible to enter a location point manually, This location point can be stored by pressing the
(from a cue list, for instance) and locate straight to it.MEMO key so that the indicator flashes, followed by
pressing the MANUAL key again.
1Press the MANUAL key so that the indicator
lights.To locate to this point again after storing the location
2Use the number keys to enter a number in point, press the MANUAL key, followed by the
ENTER key.
hh:mm:ss (and optionally frames) format.
3When the ENTER key is pressed, the con-Note that the pre-roll time (?Locate Preroll? on
trolled device starts to locate to the location page 85) does not apply here.
point just entered.
Repeat play
Location memories 8 and 9 (accessed with the 8 and If point 8 follows point 9, or if the distance between
9 keys) are used as the start and end points of a repeat the two points is very short, the behavior of the repeat
loop that can be played by pressing the REPEAT key playback depends on the device being controlled.
in the transport control section.
Auto punch operations
For DTRS units, the three AUTO PUNCH keys: When punch operations are taking place, the punch-
RHSL, IN/OUT and CLEAR are used in the same way in and punch-out points may be viewed and edited in
as the corresponding keys on the DTRS unit.location memories 4 and 5 respectively. When the
CLEAR key is pressed to finish punch operations, the
Consult the documentation for the DTRS unit for
details of how to perform punch operations.original location memories (if any) are restored.
ALL INPUT and AUTO MON
The ALL INPUT and AUTO MON keys send the and some which do not, the indicator will not light in
appropriate commands to all devices in the list that the majority of cases.
have the REC function enabled. When the function is
DTRS devices can accept this command, as can
active, the key?s indicator lights.MMC devices. Some devices controlled using the P2
If the controller does not support the function, the protocol can accept these commands, but some can-
indicator does not light.not, depending on the manufacturer?s implementa-
tion of the protocol.
If a number of controllers have had the REC function
selected, some of which do accept this command,
External control
These following notes apply to the external control The list of devices which are assigned to the DM-24
screens, etc. for some of the specific devices that may for control is set up in the following way:
be controlled by the DM-24.
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