User guide

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CLIPSTER I/O Tool User Guide
The I/O Tool will display the respective state of the external player in its
information area (see section “The Information Area” on page 4-3).
4.1.4 The Controls
Additionally, you can move within the video material of the external
player via the controls below the shuttle bar, e.g. the play button. In de-
tail the controls perform the following functions:
Further information about the different states of an external
player can be found in section “States of an External Device”
on page A-5.
With the button BIN (displayed here in its inactive
state) you can activate or deactivate the bin mode
of the I/O Tool manually and thus switch between
the bin and RS-422 mode of the control area (see
section “The Bin Mode” on page 3-5). If this but-
ton is deactivated, the RS-422 mode is activated, if
it is active, the control area is in the bin mode.
If supported and provided by the external device,
a click on this button will eject its tape.
With this button (displayed here in its active state)
you can activate or deactivate the standby mode of
the externally connected device. This is especially
useful if the external device is a tape machine. Usu-
ally, when in standby mode, the tape is threaded
and the video drum head is turning, thus it is ready
for further processing but causing a little wear on
tape and head. Then it can be unthreaded with this
button which will stop the drum head as well.
These buttons step one frame for- or backward in
the video material of the external player.
The play button plays out the video material of the
external player in real time. When a play-out is ini-
tiated, the signal connected to the video input will
be displayed in the video overlay. After activation
the button changes its appearance to its active
state ( ) and you have to press it
again to stop the play-out.
The activation of another play-out in the
control area of the I/O Tool terminates
the play-out of an external player.