AJA Ki PRO ULTRA Use and maintenance manual

Ki Pro Ultra and Ki Pro Ultra Plus
Version 1.0
Published December 14, 2018
Machine Control Guide

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Table of Contents
1 Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5
2 Detailed Commands Descriptions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6
2.1. 0x00 0x11 – Device Type Request . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
2.2. 0x20 0x00 – Stop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
2.3. 0x20 0x01 – Play . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
2.4. 0x20 0x02 – Record . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
2.5. 0x20 0x04 – Standby O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
2.6. 0x20 0x05 – Standby On . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
2.7. 0x20 0x08 – Deterministic Play Arm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
2.8. 0x20 0x09 – Deterministic Play Disarm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7
2.9. 0x20 0x0F – Eject . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
2.10. 0x20 0x10 – Fast Forward . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7
2.11. 0x2X 0x11 – Jog Forward . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
2.12. 0x2X 0x12 – Var Forward . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
2.13. 0x2X 0x13 – Shuttle Forward. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
2.14. 0x20 0x20 – Rewind . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
2.15. 0x2X 0x21 – Jog Reverse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
2.16. 0x2X 0x22 – Variable Reverse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
2.17. 0x2X 0x23 – Shuttle Reverse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
2.18. 0x20 0x30 – PreRoll. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
2.19. 0x20 0x42 – Auto Edit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
2.20. 0x20 0x60 – Full EE O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
2.21. 0x20 0x61 – Full EE On . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9
2.22. 0x20 0x63 – Selected EE On . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
2.23. 0x20 0x64 – Edit O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
2.24. 0x20 0x65 – Edit On . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
2.25. 0x24 0xE0 – Set Clip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
2.26. 0x21 0x32 – Next/Prev Clip. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
2.27. 0x24 0x31 – Cue Up with Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
2.28. 0x40 0x10 – In Entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
2.29. 0x40 0x11 – Out Entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
2.30. 0x40 0x12 – A In Entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
2.31. 0x40 0x13 – A Out Entry. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
2.32. 0x40 0x14 – In Preset . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
2.33. 0x40 0x15 – Out Preset . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
2.34. 0x40 0x16 – A In Preset . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
2.35. 0x40 0x17 – A Out Preset . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
2.36. 0x40 0x18 – In Shift + . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
2.37. 0x40 0x19 – In Shift –. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
2.38. 0x40 0x1A – Out Shift + . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
2.39. 0x40 0x1B – Out Shift – . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
2.40. 0x40 0x1C – A In Shift + . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
2.41. 0x40 0x1D – A In Shift – . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
2.42. 0x40 0x1E – A Out Shift + . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
2.43. 0x40 0x1F – A Out Shift – . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
2.44. 0x40 0x20 – In Reset . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
2.45. 0x40 0x21 – Out Reset . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
2.46. 0x40 0x22 – A In Reset . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
2.47. 0x40 0x23 – A Out Reset . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
2.48. 0x44 0x30 – Edit Preset . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
2.49. 0x40 0x34 – Head Select . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
2.50. 0x60 0x0E – Clip ID Sense . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
2.51. 0x60 0x10 – In Data Sense . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
2.52. 0x60 0x11 – Out Data Sense . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
2.53. 0x60 0x12 – A In Data Sense . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
2.54. 0x60 0x13 – A Out Data Sense. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
2.55. 0x60 0x2E – Command Speed Sense . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

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2.56. 0x60 0x31 – PreRoll Time Sense. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
2.57. 0x60 0x36 – Timer Mode Sense . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
2.58. 0x61 0x0A – TC Gen Data Sense. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
2.59. 0x61 0x0C – Current Time Sense . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
2.60. 0x61 0x20 – Status Sense . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
2.61. 0xF0 0xEE – Error Code Sense . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
3. Status Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
3.1. Status Data Byte 0, Bit 0 – Local . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
3.2. Status Data Byte 1, Bit 0 – Play . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
3.3. Status Data Byte 1, Bit 1 – Record . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
3.4. Status Data Byte 1, Bit 2 – Fast Fwd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
3.5. Status Data Byte 1, Bit 3 – Rewind . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
3.6. Status Data Byte 1, Bit 4 – Eject . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
3.7. Status Data Byte 1, Bit 5 – Stop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
3.8. Status Data Byte 1, Bit 6 – Tension Release. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
3.9. Status Data Byte 1, Bit 7 – Standby . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
3.10. Status Data Byte 2, Bit 0 – Cue Ok. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
3.11. Status Data Byte 2, Bit 1 – Still . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
3.12. Status Data Byte 2, Bit 2 – Reverse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
3.13. Status Data Byte 2, Bit 3 – Var . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
3.14. Status Data Byte 2, Bit 4 – Jog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
3.15. Status Data Byte 2, Bit 5 – Shuttle. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
3.16. Status Data Byte 2, Bit 7 – Servo Lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
3.17. Status Data Byte 3, Bit 1 – Out Set. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
3.18. Status Data Byte 3, Bit 2 – Audio In Set . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
3.19. Status Data Byte 3, Bit 3 – Audio Out Set . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
3.20. Status Data Byte 3, Bit 1 – Out Set . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
3.21. Status Data Byte 3, Bit 2 – Audio In Set . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
3.22. Status Data Byte 3, Bit 3 – Audio Out Set . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
3.23. Status Data Byte 3, Bit 1 – Out Set . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
3.24. Status Data Byte 3, Bit 2 – Audio In Set . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
3.25. Status Data Byte 3, Bit 3 – Audio Out Set . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
3.26. Status Data Byte 4, Bit 0 – Cue Up Complete. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
3.27. Status Data Byte 4, Bit 2 – Auto Edit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
3.28. Status Data Byte 4, Bit 4 – Edit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
3.29. Status Data Byte 4, Bit 5 – Full EE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
3.30. Status Data Byte 4, Bit 6 – Selected EE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
3.31. Status Data Byte 8, Bit 3 – Color Frame Lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
3.32. Status Data Byte 5, Bit 0 – Edit Preset A1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
3.33. Status Data Byte 5, Bit 1 – Edit Preset A2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
3.34. Status Data Byte 5, Bit 2 – Edit Preset LTC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
3.35. Status Data Byte 5, Bit 4 – Edit Preset Video . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
3.36. Status Data Byte 5, Bit 5 – Edit Preset Assemble . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
3.37. Status Data Byte 5, Bit 6 – Edit Preset Insert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
3.38. Status Data Byte 6, Bit 4 – Reverse Lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
3.39. Status Data Byte 6, Bit 5 – Forward Lamp. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
3.40. Status Data Byte 6, Bit 6 – Still Lamp. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
3.41. Status Data Byte 10, Bit 0 – Deterministic Play Armed . . . . . . . . . . . 20
3.42. Status Data Byte 10, Bit 1 – Deterministic Play Ready . . . . . . . . . . . 21
3.43. Status Data Byte 12, Bit 0 – DA1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
3.44. Status Data Byte 12, Bit 1 – DA2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
3.45. Status Data Byte 12, Bit 2 – DA3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
3.46. Status Data Byte 12, Bit 3 – DA4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
3.47. Status Data Byte 12, Bit 4 – DA5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
3.48. Status Data Byte 12, Bit 5 – DA6. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
3.49. Status Data Byte 12, Bit 6 – DA7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
3.50. Status Data Byte 12, Bit 7 – DA8. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
3.51. Status Data Byte 14, Bit 0 – DA9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
3.52. Status Data Byte 14, Bit 1 – DA10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
3.53. Status Data Byte 14, Bit 2 – DA11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

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3.54. Status Data Byte 14, Bit 3 – DA12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
3.55. Status Data Byte 12, Bit 7 – DA8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
3.56. Status Data Byte 14, Bit 0 – DA9. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
3.57. Status Data Byte 14, Bit 1 – DA10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
3.58. Status Data Byte 14, Bit 2 – DA11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
3.59. Status Data Byte 14, Bit 3 – DA12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
4. Deterministic Playback. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24
5. Editing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

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Chapter 1 –
Overview
This section describes aspects of the machine control protocol processing for
Ki Pro Ultra and Ki Pro Ultra Plus accessible via the RS-422 port in the rear of
the device.
The guiding document for the protocol processed is Sony Video Cassette
Recorder/Player, Protocol of Remote (9-pin) Connector, 2nd Edition (Revised 11).
Refer to the SRW-5500 information presented in that document.
This document will outline the differences from the Sony document.

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Chapter 2 – Detailed Commands Descriptions
2.1. 0x00 0x11 – Device Type Request
The Ki Pro Ultra and Ki Pro Ultra Plus will respond with the following, depending
on the “35.6 RS-422 ID” setting:
ID Returned RS-422 ID (35.6) Value
0x20 0xA1 SRW-5500 (default)
0x20 0xA0 SRW-5000
0xE0 0x11 Ki Pro Ultra
2.2. 0x20 0x00 – Stop
Issuing this command during playback will cause the device to go into still
playback output. Issuing while still will cause the device to go into capture mode.
Issuing this command while capturing will cause the device to stop capturing.
Please note that transition from playback to capture may take up to two seconds
to complete. This command responds with ACK, but will do so before the
transport has changed state. Use the status bits to determine when the device
has actually stopped.
2.3. 0x20 0x01 – Play
Issuing this command while still, will cause the device to go into normal speed
playback. Issuing this command while the device is in capture mode will cause the
device to go into playback mode and begin playing back at normal speed. Please
note there may be a delay of up to two seconds when switching from capture
to playback mode. This command responds with ACK, but will do so before the
transport has changed state. Use the status bits to determine when the device
has actually started playback.
2.4. 0x20 0x02 – Record
Issuing this command while in playback mode will cause the device to enter
capture mode and begin capturing video at the current timecode. It will
always create a new clip (i.e. never record over a previously selected clip).
Upon completion of capture, this new clip will now be the single clip available
for playback. This command will respond with ACK, but will do so before the
transport has changed state. Use the status bits to determine when the device
has actually started capture.
2.5. 0x20 0x04 – Standby Off
This has no effect on the device. It will respond with ACK to maintain
compatibility with typical controllers.

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2.6. 0x20 0x05 – Standby On
This has no effect on the device. It will respond with ACK to maintain
compatibility with typical controllers.
2.7. 0x20 0x08 – Deterministic Play Arm
This arms the deterministic (i.e. frame accurate) playback start. Please see the
deterministic play section later in this document for details on this feature. This
command responds with ACK.
2.8. 0x20 0x09 – Deterministic Play Disarm
This disarms a previously armed deterministic play command. Please see the
deterministic play section later in this document for details on this feature. This
command responds with ACK.
2.9. 0x20 0x0F – Eject
This command has no effect on the device. It will respond with ACK to maintain
compatibility with typical controllers.
2.10. 0x20 0x10 – Fast Forward
This command puts the device in fast forward playback. This is roughly 20x
realtime speed. This command responds with ACK, but will do so before the
transport state has changed. Use the status bits to determine when the device
has actually changed state.
2.11. 0x2X 0x11 – Jog Forward
This command jogs the device similar to a VTR. It takes the same one or two byte
payload as outlined in the SRW-5500 9 pin protocol document. This command
responds with ACK, but will do so before the transport state has changed. Use the
status bits to determine when the device has actually changed state.
2.11. 0x2X 0x11 – Jog Forward
This command jogs the device similar to a VTR. It takes the same one or two byte
payload as outlined in the SRW-5500 9 pin protocol document. This command
responds with ACK, but will do so before the transport state has changed. Use the
status bits to determine when the device has actually changed state.

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2.12. 0x2X 0x12 – Var Forward
This command initiates variable speed playback similar to a VTR. It takes the same
one or two byte payload as outlined in the SRW-5500 9 pin protocol document.
This command responds with ACK, but will do so before the transport state
has changed. Use the status bits to determine when the device has actually
changed state.
2.13. 0x2X 0x13 – Shuttle Forward
This command shuttles the device similar to a VTR. It takes the same one or
two byte payload as outlined in the SRW-5500 9 pin protocol document. This
command responds with ACK, but will do so before the transport state has
changed. Use the status bits to determine when the device has actually
changed state.
2.14. 0x20 0x20 – Rewind
This command puts the device in rewind playback. This is roughly 20x realtime
speed. This command responds with ACK, but will do so before the transport
state has changed. Use the status bits to determine when the device has actually
changed state.
2.15. 0x2X 0x21 – Jog Reverse
This command jogs the device similar to a VTR. It takes the same one or two byte
payload as outlined in the SRW-5500 9 pin protocol document. This command
responds with ACK, but will do so before the transport state has changed. Use the
status bits to determine when the device has actually changed state.
2.16. 0x2X 0x22 – Variable Reverse
This command initiates variable speed playback similar to a VTR. It takes the same
one or two byte payload as outlined in the SRW-5500 9 pin protocol document.
This command responds with ACK, but will do so before the transport state
has changed. Use the status bits to determine when the device has actually
changed state.
2.17. 0x2X 0x23 – Shuttle Reverse
This command shuttles the device similar to a VTR. It takes the same one or
two byte payload as outlined in the SRW-5500 9 pin protocol document. This
command responds with ACK, but will do so before the transport state has
changed. Use the status bits to determine when the device has actually
changed state.

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2.18. 0x20 0x30 – PreRoll
This command functions identically to the behavior outlined in the SRW-5500 9
pin protocol document.
2.19. 0x20 0x42 – Auto Edit
This command initiates an auto edit. Please see the section below labeled “Editing”
for details on how editing functionality is implemented on the Ki Pro Ultra.
2.20. 0x20 0x60 – Full EE Off
This command has no real effect on the device. The device will, however, track the
state of Full EE in the “Full EE” status bit.
2.21. 0x20 0x61 – Full EE On
This command has no real effect on the device. The device will, however, track the
state of Full EE in the “Full EE” status bit.
2.22. 0x20 0x63 – Selected EE On
This command has no real effect on the device. The device will, however, track the
state of Selected EE in the “Selected EE” status bit. This bit will be cleared upon
edit completion.
2.23. 0x20 0x64 – Edit Off
This command stops an edit. There is a three frame delay between when the
edit off command is received and when the edit actually stops. Please see the
“Editing” section below for details on how editing functionality is implemented
on the Ki Pro Ultra.
2.24. 0x20 0x65 – Edit On
This command starts an edit. There is a three frame delay between when the
edit on command is received and when the edit actually starts. Please see the
“Editing” section below for details on how editing functionality is implemented
on the Ki Pro Ultra.
2.25. 0x24 0xE0 – Set Clip
This command sets the current clip index from the currently selected playlist. It
takes a four byte payload containing the 32 bit unsigned integer clip ID. The first
payload byte sent is the least significant byte of the 32 bit clip ID. This will cause
the device to cue up to the beginning of the set clip ID and go into still playback.

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2.26. 0x21 0x32 – Next/Prev Clip
This command, when supplied with the following payloads, will cause the device
to jump the next or previous clip in the currently selected playlist. The following
payload bytes are accepted:
• 0x01 – Next Clip
• 0xFF – Previous Clip
2.27. 0x24 0x31 – Cue Up with Data
This command functions identically to the behavior outlined in the SRW-5500 9
pin protocol document.
2.28. 0x40 0x10 – In Entry
This command functions identically to the behavior outlined in the SRW-5500 9
pin protocol document.
2.29. 0x40 0x11 – Out Entry
This command functions identically to the behavior outlined in the SRW-5500 9
pin protocol document.
2.30. 0x40 0x12 – A in Entry
Split audio editing is not supported by Ki Pro or Ki Pro Ultra Plus Ultra, however this
command will respond with ACK to maintain compatibility with typical controllers.
2.31. 0x40 0x13 – A Out Entry
Split audio editing is not supported by Ki Pro or Ki Pro Ultra Plus Ultra, however this
command will respond with ACK to maintain compatibility with typical controllers.
2.32. 0x40 0x14 – In Preset
This command functions identically to the behavior outlined in the SRW-5500 9
pin protocol document.
2.33. 0x40 0x15 – Out Preset
This command functions identically to the behavior outlined in the SRW-5500 9
pin protocol document.