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Interfacing with External Devices
  Chapter 17  Control Panel Setup
Making detailed settings for a disk 
recorder (video disk communications 
protocol)
1
In the Engineering Setup >Panel >Device Interface 
>Serial Port Assign menu (7325.5), select the serial 
port connected to the disk recorder for which you want 
to make the settings.
2
Press [Port Setting].
When “DDR VDCP” is selected as the protocol, the 
DDR VDCP Setting menu (7325.9) appears.
When “Simple VDCP” is selected as the protocol, the 
Simple VDCP Setting menu (7325.11) appears.
3
In the <DDR Type> group, select the type of disk 
recorder.
Player: Functions as a player.
Recorder: Functions as a recorder.
4
In the <Name Mode> group, select the file name 
character count mode.
Fixed 8 Character: Uses 8-character file names.
Variable Length: Uses variable-length file names. 
(The file name is limited to 23 characters.)
5
In the <TC Sense> group, select the type of timecode 
sensing.
Zero based: Mode in which timecode is detected 
taking the first frame of the recalled file as 
00:00:00:00
SOM based: Mode in which timecode saved in the 
recalled file is detected
The details of the above operation modes depend on 
the connected device. For more information, consult 
the documentation for the connected device.
6
When using a disk recorder that does not support the 
timecode drop frame bit, in the <Frame Control 
Mode> group, select the drop frame mode or non-drop 
frame mode.
Drop Frame: Drop frame mode.
Non Drop Frame: Non-drop frame mode.
This setting is only valid when the system field 
frequency is 59.94.
7
Specify the item to which the video port number or 
response speed setting applies.
1. Video Port: number of the video port associated 
with the serial port to which the setting applies.
For a player, the output port setting.
For a recorder, the input port setting.
2. Maximum Open Delay: Maximum time required to 
open a file
3. Maximum Cueup Delay: Maximum time required to 
cue up a file
4. Play After Cueup Delay: Delay time from the cued-
up state to begin playback
5. Stop Delay: Delay time from issuing the stop 
command until actually stopping
6. Still Delay: Delay time from issuing the still 
command until actually stopping
7. Continue Delay: Delay time from issuing the 
continue command until actually stopping
8. Idle Delay: Delay time from unloading a file until 
entering the idle state
(The idle state is a state wherein a file has been 
unloaded but a new file has not been loaded yet, that 
is, a state wherein no file is loaded.)
9. Status Sense Interval: Time until the next Status 
Sense command is issued (Simple VDCP Setting 
menu only)
8
Set the disk recorder video port number or response 
speed.
Notes
Notes