Specifications

Chapter 4: Setting Up Machine Control 17
Taking a Device Offline
Use the Online pop-up menu in the Transport
Master selector to take a Machine (or MIDI) de-
vice offline.
To take a device offline:
1 Click the Transport Master selector.
2 Click on the Online pop-up menu and dese-
lect the device (Machine or MIDI) by clicking on
it. Device choices depend on the current Trans-
port Master and which devices have been set up
in Pro Tools.
To bring a device back online, click and recheck
it in the Online pop-up menu.
Online Display Information
Several display elements of the Edit and Trans-
port windows provide machine status informa-
tion during MachineControl use, as follows:
• When Pro Tools is online, the Transport On-
line button flashes. “Waiting for Sync” will be
displayed in the status box in the lower left
corner of the Edit window.
• The Transport Online button continues to
flash until you click Play and time code lock
occurs (all devices locked and responding in
sync).
• The Time Code display in the Edit window
shows the Machine Time when the machine
is Master.
• Upon lockup, the Time Code display switches
to show the session time.
Unchecking a device to take it offline
The Online pop-up menu will only display
devices that have been properly set up in
Pro Tools.
To set up machine devices, see Chapter 5,
“Serial Deck Control Mode
(Configuration and Operation).”
To set up MIDI devices, see the Pro Tools
Reference Guide.
Transport pop-up menu