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From: Gord_Wait@mindlink.UUCP (Gord Wait)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.graphics
Subject: Re: Controling Betacam :RS422
Message-ID: <4687@mindlink.UUCP>
Date: 4 Feb 91 16:52:44 GMT
Organization: MIND LINK! - British Columbia, Canada
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RS422 is a balanced line version of RS232. In most cases, you can connect an
RS232 signal directly to RS422, I have seen this work before. I don't have the
RS422 pinout any more, unfortunately. Last time I saw single frame recording on
a betacam, it had a
SMPTE timecode generator reader installed to keep track of the frames (linear
audio track timecode), and the company I worked for caused the deck to do
single frame insert edits on a pre-blacked and timecode striped tape, via the
RS422 port and custom software. SONY supplied us with a document describing all
the RS422 commands. I don't have access to this info any more, the company went
belly up a few years back. (AMPEX also second source the Sony Betacam, so give
em a call too.)
Hope that helps a bit. Gord Wait
SMOS Systems Vancouver