Grass Valley UniConfi NVISION Series v.1.3 - Manual (Page 118)

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11. Managing Machine Control Ports
Setting Machine Control Take Preferences
3 Again from the menu bar, select ‘Tools > Options’. The ‘Connections Options’ dialog box
appears:
Figure 11-3. Connections Options Dialog Box with Connection Preference Tab in Front
4 Select the ‘Machine Control’ tab to bring it to the front:
Figure 11-4. Connections Options Dialog Box with Connection Preference Tab in Front
5 In the ‘Machine Control Take Formats’ section, select a radio button to configure what occurs
when a ‘take’ is performed using the ‘Connections’ window. (See Updating Machine Control
Port Switching on page 110.)
• Forward — Configures the router to perform a ‘take’ by sending signals from the
Controlling device to the Controlled device.
• Reverse — Configures the router to perform a ‘take’ by sending signals from the Controlled
device to the Controlling device.
• Broadcast — Configures the router to perform a ‘take’ by sending signals from the
Controlling device to multiple Controlled devices. One signal can be “broadcast” to several
devices. For more information, see
Broadcasting Machine Control Signals on page 112.
• Data X/Y — Configures the router to act as if machine control ports are standard I/O ports
and not bi-directional. See “About Data X/Y Takes” on this page .