Sony CCP-8000 Series User manual

Multi Format Switcher System MVS-8000/8000SF System (With CCP-8000 Series)
Multi Format
Switcher System
MVS-8000/8000SF System
(With CCP-8000 Series Center Control Panel)
User’s Guide [English]
Volume 1
2nd Edition (Revised 3)
3-206-016-14 (1)
User’s Guide
Volume 1
2nd Edition (Revised 3)
[ English ]

MVS-8000/8000SF System
(With CCP-8000 Series Center Control Panel)
User’s Guide
Multi Format Switcher System
Volume 1 [English]
2nd Edition (Revised 3)
Software Version 9.00 and Later

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<Organization of This User’s Guide>
The User’s Guide for this system comprises Volumes 1 to 3.
Volume 1
This book. For the contents of this volume, see “Table of Contents” at the front.
Chapter 1 MVS-8000 Functions
Chapter 2 Menus and Control Panel
Chapter 3 Signal Selection and Transitions
Chapter 4 Keys
Chapter 5 Wipes
Chapter 6 DME Wipes
Chapter 7 Frame Memory
Chapter 8 Color Backgrounds, Copy and Swap, and Other Settings
Chapter 9 Color Corrector
Chapter 10 Special Functions
Appendix (Volume 1)
• Wipe Pattern List
• DME Wipe Pattern List
• Resizer DME Wipe Pattern List
• Menu Tree
Index
Volume 2
The volume comprises the following chapters.
Chapter 11 DME Operations
Chapter 12 External Devices
Chapter 13 Keyframe Effects
Chapter 14 Snapshots
Chapter 15 Utility/Shotbox
Chapter 16 Macros
Chapter 17 Files
Appendix (Volume 2)
• SpotLighting
• Functional Differences With Models of DME
• Macro File Editing Rules
• About the Macro Attachment List Display
• Menu Operations Not Recorded in a Menu Macro
Index
Volume 3
The volume comprises the following chapters.
Chapter 18 System Setup (System)
Chapter 19 Control Panel Setup (Panel)
Chapter 20 Switcher Setup (Switcher)
Chapter 21 DME Setup (DME)
Chapter 22 DCU Setup (DCU)

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Chapter 23 Setup Relating to Router Interface and Tally (Router/Tally)
Chapter 24 Simple Connection of the MKS-8080/8082 AUX Bus Remote
Panel
Chapter 25 DIAGNOSIS
Appendix (Volume 3)
• Data Saved by [Setup Define] and [Initial Status Define]
• Error Messages
Index

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Functions Newly Supported in Version 9.00
The functions newly supported in the MVS-8000 system version 9.00 are as
follows.
Functions relating to operability
Functions relating to the switcher
Classification Functions supported Menu No. See page
Vol.1 Vol.2 Vol.3
Control panel Setting the sensitivity for the search
dial in jog mode
7326.10 70 211,
212
138
Inhibiting DME channel selection in
the device control block (trackball/
joystick)
7321.27 62 – 85
Transitions Setting the status display mode when
the [Auto Trans] or [Take] button is
pressed in a module
7326.4 91,
93
– 136
Keys Menu selection of key fill and key
source
1111.3 215 – –
Snapshots Saving four key snapshots in the
independent key transition control
block (simple type)
7321.25 273 – –
Multi Program 2 Inhibiting key and utility 2 bus
operations for each of main and sub
7321.18 485 – 84
Files Locking file recall operations 7317.2, 7111 to
7171
– 454 58
Utility/shotbox Displaying register names in the
Command and Action columns of the
Prefs/Utility menu
7324
7324.1
7324.2
– – 111
Classification Functions supported Menu No. See page
Vol.1 Vol.2 Vol.3
DME wipe Simultaneously setting crop values
for pairs of opposite sides or all four
sides
1116.3
1165
347 – –

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Functions relating to setup
Frame memory Formatting an external hard disk with
15 partitions
2561 416 – –
Append mode for external hard disk
backup and restore
2562 418 – –
Managing images using a DDR/VTR 7153, 2564,
2565, 2521
420 – –
Searching by file name using the
menu Find button
2511, 2521 380 – –
Trimming a clip 2522 399 – –
PNG file support 7162 – 451 –
Macros Setting the event execution interval
for a menu macro
7144.2, 5431 – 439 –
Assigning a menu macro in the
Shortcut menu
0023.1 – 437 –
Selecting the behavior when the
same button is pressed twice during
macro execution
7326.6 – – 140
Continuously lighting a cross-point
button with a macro attachment set
7326.6 – – 140
Additional actions for a macro
timeline
5441 – 447
Multi Program 2 M/E and link operations for sub 7336.6 – – 183
Support for sub by the [TRNS] button
operable in key adjustment mode on
the Multifunction Flexi Pad
–488––
3D support Image processing in 3D mode 4216, 7313,
7322.5, 7331.10,
7331.12,
499 – –
Registers Now 250 registers for P-Bus, Macro,
and Device
6262 to 6267 – 238,
374
–
Classification Functions supported Menu No. See page
Vol.1 Vol.2 Vol.3
System Frame delay mode using the format
converter board
7332, 7313 – – 27
Classification Functions supported Menu No. See page
Vol.1 Vol.2 Vol.3

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Functions relating to DME
Functions relating to external devices
Classification Functions supported Menu No. See page
Vol.1 Vol.2 Vol.3
Special effects Corner pinning 4142 – 133 –
Increased parameter range for split
and split slide
4141.11
4141.12
– 118,
119
–
Classification Functions supported Menu No. See page
Vol.1 Vol.2 Vol.3
Network Using the NFS server 7311 – – 15
Disk recorder
(VDCP)
Drop frame mode, and loop, recue
settings
7355.4 – – 238
Simple VDCP protocol 7355.6 – – 221
GPI Additional Keep Break and Keep
Make actions for GPI OUT
7325.3
7354
– – 127,
219
Setting the operation mode when
AUX bus override is selected as the
GPI input action
7325 – – 130

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Table of Contents
Chapter 1 MVS-8000 Functions
Introduction ..................................................................................................18
Features of the MVS-8000 Multi Format Switcher System......................21
Basic Video Processing.................................................................................23
Transitions .............................................................................................23
Keys.......................................................................................................27
Wipes.....................................................................................................28
DME Wipes...........................................................................................29
Frame Memory ......................................................................................29
Color Backgrounds................................................................................29
Copy and Swap......................................................................................30
Video Process ........................................................................................30
Color Corrector......................................................................................30
Side Flags ..............................................................................................31
Multi Program 2 ....................................................................................31
Simple P/P Software..............................................................................32
Dual Link Support .................................................................................32
3D Support ............................................................................................33
Creation of Special Effects and Management of Data and Operations...34
Digital Multi Effects (DME) .................................................................34
External Devices....................................................................................35
Keyframes .............................................................................................35
Snapshots...............................................................................................36
Utility.....................................................................................................37
Shotbox..................................................................................................37
Macros ...................................................................................................37
Files .......................................................................................................38
Setup ..............................................................................................................39
Chapter 2 Menus and Control Panel
Names and Functions of Parts of the Control Panel .................................42
Control Panel: Example Configuration 1
(With Standard Transition Modules) .........................................42

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Table of Contents
Control Panel: Example Configuration 2
(With Simple Transition Modules) ............................................44
Control Panel: Example Configuration 3
(With Compact Transition Modules) .........................................46
Cross-Point Control Block ....................................................................47
Transition Control Block (Standard Type)............................................51
Flexi Pad Control Block (Standard Type).............................................55
Key Control Block.................................................................................58
Device Control Block (Trackball).........................................................62
Device Control Block (Joystick) ...........................................................66
Device Control Block (Search Dial)......................................................67
Keyframe Control Block .......................................................................70
Numeric Keypad Control Block............................................................73
Fade to Black Control Block .................................................................76
Auxiliary Bus Control Block (for AUX Buses) ....................................77
Auxiliary Bus Control Block (for Router Control) ...............................79
Menu Control Block..............................................................................81
Memory Card/USB Adaptor Block.......................................................82
“Memory Stick”/USB Connections Block ............................................83
Utility/Shotbox Control Block ..............................................................84
Transition Control Block and Flexi Pad Control Block (Simple Type)85
Independent Key Transition Control Block (Simple Type) ..................90
Downstream Key Control Block ...........................................................92
Downstream Key/Fade-to-Black Control Block ...................................94
Transition Control Block (Compact Type) ...........................................96
CCP-6224 2M/E Control Panel.............................................................98
CCP-6324 3M/E Control Panel.............................................................99
Cross-Point Control Block (CCP-6224/6324) in the AUX Operating
Mode ........................................................................................100
Multifunction Flexi Pad Control Block...............................................102
Basic Menu Operations..............................................................................105
Menu Organization..............................................................................105
About the Top Menu List ....................................................................105
Accessing Menus.................................................................................106
Displaying a Menu ..............................................................................113
Interpreting the Menu Screen ..............................................................114
Menu Operations .................................................................................116
Operation With a Mouse .....................................................................122
Switching Between the Main Menu Site and Subsidiary Menu Site ..128