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Lance TDC-100 Installation And Operation Manual

Manual is about: TD’S DISK CONTROLLER

Summary of TDC-100

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    Tdc-100 td’s disk controller installation and operation manual software version 3.4 september 2007 lance design / 27 fairview avenue / ridgefield, connecticut 06877 tel: 203-894-8206 / fax: 203-894-8207 www.Lancedesign.Com.

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    2 caution! Hazardous voltages are exposed when the top cover of the rack frame is removed. Do not apply power with the unit disassembled. Warranty statement this equipment is warranted to be free of defects in materials and workmanship for a period of two years from date of delivery. Any necessary r...

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    3 table of contents quick operation guide page 4 general description page 7 control panel description page 7 menu items page 9 general operation page 14 trigger function numbers page 15 multi-device control rules page 17 auto-dub from vtr page 18 multi-point loops page 19 tbc adjustment control page...

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    4 quick operation guide  to enable a device press the corresponding ‘device enable’ button  to enable more than one device, press multiple ‘device enable buttons at the same time. The first one pressed will be the displayed machine, and will flash  to manually learn the ‘device enable’ data (gang...

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    5 quick operation guide - continued  to recall an in or out time to the display, press fcn, then mark in or mark out. The corresponding time value will be recalled to the display and the scratchpad register, so you can do arithmetic with it if desired (add and subtract). If you ‘double-click’ the r...

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    6 quick operation guide – continued  to do a loop play define the loop by entering an inpoint and an outpoint. The minimum duration is 1:15 [one and one-half seconds]. The loop play may be initiated by either pbus trigger 5, or by pressing the on the front panel. You may simulate the pbus trigger b...

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    7 general description the lance design tdc-100 is designed to provide control of multiple channels of video disk recorder(s) or other devices via p-bus ii interface to grass valley group, sony, or other production switchers. This combination allows the user to do the following: 1) mark playback inpo...

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    8  reg# - used to select the active register from the 300 available registers. Press this key (it lights), and enter a 3-digit register number on the keypad. The active register number is displayed in the lower right corner of the display as ‘r 299’, for example. This key is also used to clear a re...

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    9  device enable (a,b,c,d) - four device enable keys corresponding to the four control ports on the tdc-100. Any lighted key is enabled, and will be sent all transport commands and pbus commands. If more than one is enabled, the one that is flashing is the currently-displayed one. The currently-dis...

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    10 05 clip list mode (int / ext) this item selects the clip list mode that the tdc-100 uses to access the list of available clips on the ddr. The int mode builds the list within the tdc-100, and will operate with any ddr which supports odetics protocol. In this mode the list is limited to 99 clips. ...

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    11 13 panel buzzer (off/on/err only) enables or disables the panel buzzer. ‘off’ is completely off. ‘on’ is on for both error messages, and register changes like marks and learns. ‘err only’ is on for error messages only, off for everything else. 14 preserve loop cha (off/on) when this item is turne...

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    12 26 gpi inputs (disabled/enabled) enables the (5) gpi inputs available on the ‘rs-232/gpi’ connector on the rear panel of the rack frame. These gpi inputs have the following functions: gpi 0 - stop gpi 1 - play gpi 2 - recue gpi 3 - recall register 000 gpi 4 - recall register 001 27 gpi outputs (d...

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    13 32 video frame rate (25/30) selects the video standard being used, in frames per second. For ntsc, 525/60 sdi, and any high-def formats that use 30 frames/sec, or 29.97 frames/sec set this item to ‘30’. For pal, 625/25 sdi or other 25 frame/sec standards, select ‘25’. This setting must match the ...

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    14 general operation what is a register? In this controller, a register refers one set of these items: device a inpoint device a outpoint device a clip name (if enabled) device b inpoint device b outpoint device b clip name (if enabled) device c inpoint device c outpoint device c clip name (if enabl...

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    15 general operation - continued 2) issue recall commands. This happens when you recall an emem, again with learn/recall enabled on the switcher, and ‘enable pbus’ lit on the controller. Enable learn does not have to be lit for recall to work. When you recall an emem on the switcher, here’s what hap...

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    16 the select bank [0,1,2] triggers are new with version 3.0 software, and allow a single emem effect to recall up to three different playbacks per channel. If you have an effect in emem 25 for example, register 025 will be recalled on the tdc when you recall that effect. If you send a trigger 11 fr...

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    17 multi - device control rules this section describes how the controller handles various combinations of multiple machines and device enable numbers  the controller front panel controls enabled machines; ones with lighted device enable buttons. Some front panel functions affect only the displayed ...

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    18 detailed operational information using auto-dub feature to transfer material from vtr to disk 1. Connect the vtr’s remote (9-pin) connector to one of the device control ports on the tdc-100. (e.G. Device port d) 2. Connect the ddr that you want to record onto to another port (it’s probably alread...

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    19 using multipoint loops version 3.0 software has the capability to do multi-point loops, where for example you play a lead-in, loop an internal portion, then (upon receipt of a ‘exit loop’ trigger) play a tail out. Doing this requires four time values. Start point --- loop in --- loop out --- end ...

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    20 tbc control with the tdc-100 the tdc-100 can control vtr/disk tbc or output video processor levels and timing. This is possible only for vtrs or disk recorders which allow these levels to be controlled via the standard rs-422 machine control port, via the standard sony protocol. Machines which al...

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    21 installation and connections the tdc-100 consists of two pieces: the rack-mounted electronics frame (1ru) and the control panel. They are interconnected by the supplied 9-conductor cable, which provides data communications between the two, and power from the frame to the control panel. All other ...

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    22 gpi output connections the gpi output connections also appear on the 15-pin rs-232/gpi connector. These outputs are 74hc-series outputs. They may be used to drive cmos or ttl- compatible 5-volt inputs only. They are not suitable for pulling down 24v, driving relays (other than low-power 5v relays...

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    23 connector pin-outs; interconnect information connector pinouts for the frame and panel d connectors are listed below. Connections to the devices are standard rs-422 links. The connection between the frame and control panel is also rs-422, but includes power for the control panel. All 9 pins (of t...

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    24 gpi / rs-232 pin # function 1 ground 2 rs-232 rx (to tdc100) 3 rs-232 tx (from tdc100) 4 gpi in 1 5 gpi in 3 6 gpi out 0 7 gpi out 2 8 gpi out 4 9 ground 10 ground 11 gpi in 0 12 gpi in 2 13 gpi in 4 14 gpi out 1 15 gpi out 3 rs232 interface cable (for pc upload/download of cues) tdc-100 rs232/gp...