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Masterpiece
User Manual
P-Bus Setup
This menu allows the control of Peripheral Bus Interface Boxes that can be connected to the
serial ports on the Masterpiece mainframe. The P Bus boxes have various external devices
connected to them such as VTRs, cameras etc. The P-Bus boxes when “daisy chained” allow
more than one device to be controlled through one serial ports on the Masterpiece mainframe,
this allows up to 24 P Bus boxes to be controlled.
Register - is a store for the setup and position of the P Bus device, 4096 registers are available.
For example, the start point on a VTR tape can be set in a register by selecting a register
number at a certain point relating to the time code then pressing the {Learn} button. {Recall}
will wind the tape back to the start point again which relates to the register point.
Trigger Type - this is a selection of devices that are pre loaded on to the mainframe hard drive
with the trigger functions setup ready to use, the trigger settings for each device are displayed
in the Triggers matrix in the menu. Scroll through this parameter and observe that the triggers
will change for each device selected.
Trigger - selects one of the 16 trigger options in the Triggers matrix
Button Controls
Device Selection - Touch one of the 24 (0 to 23) available Device Selection buttons to control
up to 24.
Learn - will learn an action from an external device and set the action to a register point
Recall - will recall the “Learned” action to the selected register point
Trigger - the Trigger facility allows the switcher to be used to control various functions of the
connected device such as Play, Stop, Slo-Mo or Reverse Play.
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