Selecting A Bus; Operation Mode Of Cross-Point Button Rows; Bus Types And Assignments - Sony XVS-G1 User Manual

Re-entry buttons
You can assign re-entry signals to the cross-point button
rows of the cross-point control block for use as re-entry
buttons.
Re-entry buttons are used to load an image created on one
switcher bank as an input signal on another switcher bank.
For example, to load the image created on M/E-1 as
background B on M/E-2, press the M/E-1 re-entry button
in the cross-point button row for background B bus on
M/E-2.
Note
M/E-1, M/E-2, M/E-3, and P/P re-entry signals are
assigned to the following cross-point buttons by default.
• For 24-button rows: Button numbers 20 to 23
• For 16-button rows: Button numbers 12 to 15
Re-entry signal restrictions
The following restrictions apply when selecting a re-entry
signal.
• Up to four re-entry stages are supported.
• Selecting a re-entry signal within the same switcher bank
is not supported.
Extended re-entry
When extended re-entry is enabled, selection of re-entry
signals within the same switcher bank becomes possible.
For details, see "Setting Extended Re-Entry" (page 308).

Selecting a Bus

The cross-point button rows in a cross-point control block
are shared by multiple buses.
Buses are assigned to the cross-point button rows for use.
Operation Mode of Cross-Point
Button Rows
The operation mode of cross-point button rows in a cross-
point control block can be selected from the following
three modes.
They are set to key/AUX bus delegation mode by default.
For details about setting the operation mode, see "Setting
the Operation Mode of a Button Row" (page 320).
Key bus mode
Uses the 1st row and 2nd row as cross-point button rows
for the bus/utility function selected by the delegation
buttons.
Uses the 3rd row as a cross-point button row for
background A bus, and the 4th row for background B bus.
You can assign the following buses to the 1st row and 2nd
row.
Key 1 bus to key 8 bus, utility 1 bus/2 bus, DME external
video bus, DME utility 1 bus/2 bus
Free assign mode
Uses the 1st row to 4th row as cross-point button rows for
the bus/utility function selected by the delegation buttons.
Key/AUX bus delegation mode
Uses the 1st row as a delegation button row and the 2nd
row as a cross-point button row for the bus/utility function
selected by the 1st row buttons.
Uses the 3rd row as a cross-point button row for
background A bus, and the 4th row for background B bus.
Notes
• You can also change the bus assignment using dual
background bus mode and utility bus mode.
For details, see "Dual background bus mode" (page 49)
and "Utility bus mode" (page 49).
• You can also select a utility function when a utility/
shotbox bank is assigned to a cross-point button row.
For details, see "Utility Functions" (page 177).

Bus Types and Assignments

You can select buses using the delegation buttons for
assignment to cross-point button rows.
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