DNF Controls 4000CL-N User Manual

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Model No. 4000CL-N

(&4000CL-N-T)

400 Clip Fast Access System

FOR GRASS VALLEY GROUP NATIVE PROTOCOL

USER MANUAL

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

1. REVISION HISTORY 4

GETTING STARTED . . . 5

2. SYSTEM

DESCRIPTION 5

FEATURES 5
DEFINITIONS 5

3.

SYSTEM INSTALLATION 6

ST300-S/SM,

4. LOADING

5. CAPTURE

6.

A. SETTING AN IN (OUT) POINT 7
B. CLEARING AN IN (OUT) POINT 7
C. GANGING CLIPS WITH PREVIOUSLY SET IN POINTS 7
D. MULTIGANG SUPPORT 7

LEARN 8

A. LEARN ON THE ST300 8
B. LEARNING IN POINTS, SINGLE CLIP 8
C. LEARNING IN POINTS, GANGED CLIPS 8

7. LOOPING

8.

A. LOOP CLIP 8
B. SAVING CLIPS THAT AUTOMATICALLY LOOP 9
C. SAVING CLIPS THAT AUTOMATICALLY PLAY TO LOOP 9

RECALL 9

A CLIP 7
FUNCTION 7

FUNCTIONS 8

9. DUPLICATING

10. TRIMMING

11. RECORDING

VTR/DDR CONTROLLER 6

A CLIP 10

A CLIP 10

A NEW CLIP 11

12. GOTO 11

13. VIEW

CONTENT OF CUE POINTS 11

14. RECUE 11

15. TRANSFERRING

16.

A. TRANSMIT CUE LIST FUNCTION 12
B. RECEIVE CUE LIST FUNCTION 13

VIDEO SERVER SETUP 14

A. CONFIGURING THE PROFILE FOR NATIVE MODE 14
B. OVERVIEW OF PROFILE CONNECTIONS 14
C. CONNECTION AND CHANNEL ASSIGNMENTS 15
D. COMPLETING THE PROFILE CONNECTION 15
E. PROFILE CONNECTION OPTIONS 16
F. DRIVE/DIRECTORY SELECTION 16
G. NAMING CONVENTIONS 16

CUELIST 12

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REFERENCE . . . 17

17. SETUP

ST300

18. FUNCTION

19. SPECIFICATIONS 23

ST300 23

20. KEY

21. DNF

MENU 17

SETUP DEFAULTS 20

TABLE 21

LAYOUT 24

CONTROLS LIMITED WARRANTY 25

Manual Version......................................................….3.8 100604

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1. REVISION HISTORY

081903 Rev. 3.4 Reformatted.
Added Key Layout.

082503 Rev. 3.5 Clarified use of [MARK] & [LEARN] keys.
Replaced Key Layout.

112403 Rev. 3.6 Company header information revised.

Updated Transmit Cue List Function and Receive Cue List Function
description.
Added DNF Controls Limited Warrant y .

080604 Rev. 3.7 Added T-bar dimension.

100604 Rev. 3.8 Revised Auto Ali gnment in SETUP MENU.

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Getting Started . . .

2. SYSTEM DESCRIPTION

 Quickly & Easily access up to 400 video clips on Grass Valley Group PROFILE using

Native control protocol.

 Quickly access FILL & KEY clips from a single Cue Point.

 Press [PLAY] to play out two video channels simultaneously in sync.

 Control up to 4 video channels individually or ganged LOOP up to 4 channels

FEATURES

The 4000CL-N, 400 Clip Fast Access System consists of the ST300-SSM with Clip software. The
400 Cue Points are saved in non-volatile Cue Point memory in the ST300.

Press [LEARN] to learn the CLIP ID and current IN time of each clip on up to 4 video channels
and the current GANG mode into the selected Cue Point on the ST300.

LOAD a Cue Point to recall the learned CLIP ID and cue to the learned Time on up to 4 video
channels and setup the “learned” GANG mode. Quickly & Easily learn and re-learn Cue Points.

DEFINITIONS

 Throughout this document, the Grass Valley Group Profile will be referred to as the Profile or

Video Server.

 The ST300-S/SM as the ST300.

 Words surrounded by brackets, for example [ENTER], are keys on the ST300.

 [XXX] + [XXX] means hold the two keys down simultaneously.

 Softkey refers to the multiple functions keys located below the display window.

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3. SYSTEM INSTALLATION

ST300-S/SM, VTR/DDR CONTROLLER

a. Plug one end of a 9-conductor, RS422 serial cable into the 9-pin connector (VTR 1, VTR

2, VTR 3 or VTR 4) on the rear of the ST300. Plug the other end of the cable into the 9­pin REMOTE connector on the Video Server.

b. Connect the +5, +12, -12 VDC POWER SUPPLY into the POWER connector on the rear

of the ST300. Plug the Power Supply into an outlet, 90 VAC to 240 VAC.

c. Check SETUP MENU prior to using the ST300 to confirm proper Record mode and other

User settable modes. See “CONFIGURING THE PROFILE FOR NATIVE MODE,”
Section 16.a.

Installation is complete.

CONNECTION DIAGRAM

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4. LOADING A CLIP

a. Select a VTR by pressing VTR [1], VTR [2], VTR [3] or VTR [4].

b. Press [CLIP LIST] to view the list of Clips that exist in the VIDEO SERVER.

The CLIP LIST indicator comes on. The display shows “CREATE NEW CLIP.”

c. Turn the Wheel. The top line of the display will show “xxxxxxxx:”

Where “xxxxxxxx” is the eight character CLIP ID.
Turn the Wheel clockwise to scroll forward, or counter-clockwise to scroll backward,
through the list of available CLIPs.
You may also type in the numeric ID (if a clip has one), from the keypad.

d. Press [LOAD] to load the current CLIP ID shown on the top line of the display.

e. Locate the clip to the desired IN time.

5. CAPTURE FUNCTION

a. SETTING AN IN (OUT) POINT

1) Locate the clip to the desired IN (OUT) time.

2) Press [IN] ([OUT]).
The IN (OUT) indicator comes on.

b. CLEARING AN IN (OUT) POINT

Press and hold [DEL] then press and release [IN] ([OUT]).
The IN (OUT) indicator goes off.

c. GANGING CLIPS WITH PREVIOUSLY SET IN POINTS

If a GANG is established with the master having an IN point, the gang relationship will
be relative to the master IN point and all slave IN points will be overwritten.

d. MULTIGANG SUPPORT

2 GANGs are allowed to exist on the ST300 simultaneously. As long as the loading of a
Cue Point or a selection of a gang does not interfere with another gang, any gang is legal.

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6. LEARN

a. LEARN ON THE ST300

1) Select a VTR by pressing VTR [1], VTR [2], VTR [3] or VTR [4].

2) LOAD a Clip (see Section 4) .

3) Repeat steps 1 - 2 until clips are loaded into the desired VTRs and set the
GANG mode, if required.

4) Select the desired Cue Point by pressing [NEXT CUE], [LAST CUE] or by
manually entering the Cue Point using the numeric keypad.

The selected Cue Point number is shown on the bottom line of the display.

5) Press [SHIFT] + [MARK] to initiate the Learn of the current configuration.

The display shows:

6) Press VTR [1], VTR [2], VTR [3] or VTR [4] to select the VTR(s).

7) Press [MARK] to LEARN the current configuration, which consists of:

Cue Point, CLIP IDs, IN and OUT Times, Current Directory and Ganged VTRs.

b. LEARNING IN POINTS, SINGLE CLIP

If the learned clip has an IN point marked, the LEARN time will be the IN point. If there
is no learned IN point, then the current location will be the learned time and will be made
the IN point upon learning.

c. LEARNING IN POINTS, GANGED CLIPS

If the master has no IN point, the current location of each clip in the gang will be learned
as IN points; if the slaves have IN points, the slaved IN points will be overwritten.

Select VTR:
Learn = OK, ESC-Cancel

7. LOOPING FUNCTIONS

Loop: Play from the IN point to the OUT point continuously.
Play to Loop: Played from the beginning of clip to the OUT point of the clip, then the clip

plays in a continuous loop from the IN point to the OUT point.

a. LOOP CLIP

1) Press [LOOP ENABLE] after a clip is loaded to place any clip in loop mode.
To loop clips in GANG mode, the Master Clip should be loaded in loop mode.
All the clips in the Gang will loop when [PLAY] is pressed.

NOTE: Clips will now loop from the IN point to the END of the clip or the
OUT point (if set).

2) Press [LOOP ENABLE] + [SHIFT] to Play To Loop.

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