User`s guide

Chapter 4: Serial Control Mode and Transport Control 21
When Pro Tools is offline, Pro Tools operates in
local mode. In local mode, Pro Tools responds
only to Transport window commands, and does
not respond to commands from the 9-pin mas-
ter. Pro Tools will respond to requests from the
9-pin master for machine type and status, and
respond that it is in local mode.
Counter Display
The Pro Tools Edit window counter displays the
current machine (9-pin) or session time code lo-
cation, depending on which device is the trans-
port master.
Toggling the Transport while Online
When online, toggling the transport control be-
tween Pro Tools and your Machine will also tog-
gle their master and slave relationship.
Using the Transport
To play or cue your machine independently of
Pro Tools:
1 Select Transport > Machine in the Pro Tools
Transport window.
2 Make sure Pro Tools is not online (the Online
button in the Transport window is not high-
lighted).
3 Click any of the buttons in the Pro Tools
Transport window to control your machine.
Pro Tools always displays incoming LTC or 9-
pin time in the Current Time field during fast-
wind, and switches during playback to display
the current positional reference.
To synchronize Pro Tools and machine playback
from the Pro Tools Transport:
1 Select Transport > Pro Tools in the Pro Tools
Transport window.
2 Put Pro Tools online.
3 Click Play in the Transport window.
If the tape in the machine is striped with time
code that matches your Session time, the ma-
chine will locate to the position of the Pro Tools
on-screen selection/insertion point or Memory
Location (plus pre-roll), and begin playing back
in sync.
Machine Remote Setting
If the Transport toggle will not stay in Machine
mode, or if the toggle suddenly switches to
Pro Tools mode from Machine mode, check
your machine’s Local/Remote setting. Pro Tools
polls the connected machine periodically to
check the status of the machine’s Local/Remote
setting and posts a message if a problem is de-
tected.
Online Display Information
Several display elements of the Edit and Trans-
port windows provide machine status informa-
tion.
◆ 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 cor-
ner of the Edit window.
◆ The online button continues to flash until
you click Play and time code lockup 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 display switches to show
the session time. If your system doesn’t lock up
quickly enough, you may want to adjust your
machine pre-roll. See “Machine Pre-Roll” on
page 11 for more information.