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CLIPSTER I/O Tool User Guide
4.2 Using the RS-422 Mode
With the RS-422 mode of the control area of the I/O Tool you can con-
trol an externally connected player via the DVS system and you can
easily search for video material or initiate a play-out operation. Both
procedures are explained in this section.
4.2.1 Searching for Video Material via RS-422
If you want to set specific in- and outpoints for a record operation with
the I/O Tool (see section “Further Settings” on page 5-27) or simply
search the video material of the external player for a certain scene, the
RS-422 mode of the I/O Tool provides various items to accomplish this
task.
y With the DVS software running and the I/O Tool activated make
sure that the control area of the user interface is in the RS-422
mode (see section “The RS-422 Mode” on page 4-2).
When an external player is already running and correctly connected
and set up for a remote control operation, the I/O Tool will display the
respective state of the external player in its information area (see sec-
tion “The Information Area” on page 4-3). If this is the case, the exter-
nal player is ready for use and you can search for video material:
y To search for specific video material use the shuttle bar or the con-
trols of the control area in the RS-422 mode.
Figure 4-4: Shuttle bar and controls for the RS-422 mode
To use the RS-422 mode an external player must be connected
to the remote output of the DVS system and, if applicable, the
player must be set to accept remote control. Furthermore, to
view the video material coming from the externally connected
player in the video overlay of the I/O Tool, the player’s video
output has to be connected to the video input of the DVS sys-
tem. However, to receive a video signal with the video overlay
in the RS-422 mode, the set input video raster has to match the
incoming signal, i.e. the input video raster must be of the same
raster as the incoming signal (see section “The Video Format”
on page 5-4).
In case you want to view the input signal in the VTR task mode,
make sure that the live mode is switched on (button EE, see
section “The Timeline Controls” on page 7-24).