Specifications

VIDEO EQUIPMENT
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SCT-50 Serial Control Titler
The SCT-50 is a Character Generator that operates either Stand-Alone or with a
computer to Title, Caption, or Time-Date Stamp Video from cameras, VCRs, com-
puters, etc. Insert up to 9 lines of 20 characters each into a Video image to add source
ID, to show camera number and location for security, Video data collection, or other
Video monitoring systems. Use internal clock calendar to add Real Time/Date Stamp
to Video images.
■ Standard DB-9 connectors for serial port
with RS-232 Loop-Through operation
allows up to 99 units to be daisy chained.
They can be addressed by your PC indi-
vidually or as a group.
■ Front panel switch control for stand-alone
operation, or simple two letter commands
from your computer for Character
Selection, Location, Size, Background,
Flashing, Black or White, Horizontal and
Vertical position, text HEX data monitor.
■ Built in Time-Code captioning software
operates SCT-50 in association with
Horita PC Time-Code products and the
PC-LOG software to automatically cap-
tion Video images with comments from
PC-LOG files according to their Time-
Code match.
■ Unique "Split Screen" mode splits the 9
line display into 5 lines at the very top
and 4 lines at the very bottom of the
Video image. The topmost line can be
positioned completely within the vertical
interval so that it can only be viewed on a
Video monitor that has "Pulse-Cross" dis-
play. The next two lines at the top and
bottom can usually be viewed only on a
monitor that has an "Underscan" mode.
■ Includes SCT.EXE “pop-up” TSR text edi-
tor and control program for PC; controls
the SCT-50 from within other programs.
Auto Centering, Copy, Move, Delete, Full
Screen or Selectable Line Editing. Three
modes of communication with PC include
a “Continuous” mode for Real Time
positioning of text within Video image.
■ Use the computer and supplied SCT.EXE
Text Editor and control program to auto-
mate stand-alone operation, operate video
information displays, add instructional
information or subtitling, log and docu-
ment experiments, etc.
■ SCT.EXE program controls from 1 to 99
SCT-50s using only a single RS-232 port
on your PC. Automatically stores 99 indi-
vidual SCT-50 screens, any of which can
quickly be selected and sent to an individual
SCT-50 or multiple SCT-50s.
■ You can also add other computer data to
your video images using your own pro-
grams written in Basic or C.
(Programming examples in Basic and C
are included).
HORITA
TVC-50 Time-Code Video Clock
The TVC-50 reads SMPTE Time-Code and provides a Video display of Time and Date, based
on the time and User Bit value of the SMPTE Time-Code input, or on the time and date from
an internal clock/calendar. It provides numerous time and date display formats and is an ideal
Video Time/Date display device for use with the Horita GPS-MTG master SMPTE Time-Code
generator.
SCT-50 Serial Control Titler..........................................309.095 TVC-50 Time-Code Video Clock......................................349.95
TITLE, CAPTION, TIME/DATE STAMP
■ Make Window Dub copies with various
Time/Date formats.
■ Time displays range from simple displays
of hours/minutes to Hours/Minutes/
Seconds/Tenths-Seconds, as well as direct
display of the input SMPTE Time-Code
and User Bit values.
■ Date displays range from simple
Month/Year formats, to Day-of-
Week/Month/Day/Century-Year.
■ Various characters, such as Space, Hyphen,
Slash, etc., can be inserted as field delimiters
(digit separators).
■ Internal independent Clock/Calendar can
be “Jam Set” to the input SMPTE time
and date values, if desired.
■ Selectable character attributes, for White/
Black, Contrast, Background On/Off,
Flashing On/Off and Horizontal and
Vertical size and position control.
■ Can also be used as a source ID generator
to display up to 9 lines of 20 characters
each. The source ID information, as well
as all setup data, is retained in non-volatile
memory and can be displayed along with
the time and date.
■ Play of 30 or 60 minute down count to
zero, which automatically resets to zero
on each half hour.
■ Outputs reshaped SMPTE Time-Code
for passing on to other units.
■ Operates from +9v to +13v DC for
portable use in the field (includes AC
adapter).
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