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A.3 States of an External Device
An externally connected device can go into different states that are all
shown in the RS-422 STATUS field of the user interface (see section
“Information Area” on page 3-13). You can control an external device
via the remote output of the DVS system, such as telecines, VTRs or
digital disk recorders. The following shows the most important statuses
that will be displayed by the DVS software:
Additionally, some error messages are available and the following ones
can be displayed by the DVS software:
OFFLINE No external device connected
STANDBY Device is in standby mode
LOCAL External device is controlled from its own oper-
ation panel; all RS-422 commands are ignored
STILL Tape has stopped but is still threaded with the
video drum head turning (standby on)
STOP Tape has stopped and is unthreaded, the video
drum head has stopped as well (standby off)
EJECT Device is ejecting the tape
REWIND Tape is rewound
FORWARD Tape is fast forwarded
RECORD Device is recording
PLAY Device is playing out
JOG Tape is forwarded or rewound (speeds (±) 0.1
to 1)
SHUTTLE Tape is fast forwarded or rewound (speeds
(±) 1.1 to 10)
PREROLL Device is performing the preroll
TAPE UNTHREAD No tape loaded
TAPE TROUBLE A tape error has occurred
HARD ERROR A hardware error has occurred