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Signal assignment and selection – Sony GP-X1EM Grip Extension User Manual

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a) For buttons that not set by default, assignment is required in the Setup

menu.

b) Dual background bus mode can be selected.
c) Can also be assigned using utility bus mode.
d) Can be assigned to the 1st row and 2nd row in key bus mode, or to the 1st

row to 4th row in free assign mode.

Dual background bus mode

You can select the background A bus (3rd row) shifted
signal in the 1st row, and the background B bus (4th row)
shifted signal in the 2nd row.
To set dual background bus mode, press the [DUAL
BKGD BUS] button on the cross-point pad, turning it on.

• The [DUAL BKGD BUS] button requires an assignment

to have been made in the Setup menu

(see page 435)

.

• For the following state of the switcher banks, dual

background bus mode is not available.
- When set to [Dual M/E Assign]
- When the operation mode (M/E Config) is set to DSK

mode

• Not available in free assign mode.

Utility bus mode

The following buses can be assigned to the 1st row to 4th
row while the [UTIL] button is pressed on the cross-point
pad of the cross-point control block.
While the [UTIL] button is pressed, the cross-point pad
displays buttons for utility bus mode, and you can switch
the assignment in the 2nd row by pressing the [DME
UTL1] button or [DME UTL2] button.
• 1st row: DME external video bus
• 2nd row: DME utility 1 bus (when [DME UTL1] button

indicator is lit) or DME utility 2 bus (when [DME
UTL2] button indicator is lit)

• 3rd row: Utility 1 bus
• 4th row: Utility 2 bus

You can change the bus assignments of the 1st row to 4th
row in the Setup menu. The following bus assignments are
supported.

- Background A bus, B bus
- Key 1 bus to key 8 bus

The [UTIL] button operation can be set to hold mode or
lock mode.

For details, see “Setting Utility Bus Mode” (page 438)
and “Setting the [UTIL] button operation mode”
(page 433).

• Not available in key/AUX bus delegation mode and free

assign mode.

• Not available when dual background bus mode is set.
• If a key bus is assigned using the [UTIL] button, the key

source signal cannot be selected.

Signal Assignment and Selection

Assigning signals to buttons

Each cross-point button has a button number, which you
use to assign a signal.
Signals input to the input connectors (primary inputs) and
signals generated within the switcher can be selected.
Each button has assigned to it a video signal and a key
signal, forming a pair. You can set the video and key
combinations in the Setup menu.

For details, see “Creating Cross-Point Assign Tables”
(page 415).

AUX bus control
block (AUX bus
operation mode)

M/E-1 key 1 to key 8 source buses
M/E-2 key 1 to key 8 source buses
M/E-3 key 1 to key 8 source buses
M/E-4 key 1 to key 8 source buses
M/E-5 key 1 to key 8 source buses
P/P key 1 to key 8 source buses

3rd row, 4th row

Press the following buttons in the 1st row/2nd
row, turning them on.
[M/E1 KEY1 K] to [M/E1 KEY8 K] buttons
[M/E2 KEY1 K] to [M/E2 KEY8 K] buttons
[M/E3 KEY1 K] to [M/E3 KEY8 K] buttons
[M/E4 KEY1 K] to [M/E4 KEY8 K] buttons
[M/E5 KEY1 K] to [M/E5 KEY8 K] buttons
[P/P KEY1 K] to [P/P KEY8 K] buttons

M/E-1 DME external video bus
M/E-2 DME external video bus
M/E-3 DME external video bus
M/E-4 DME external video bus
M/E-5 DME external video bus
P/P DME external video bus

3rd row, 4th row

Press the following buttons in the 1st row/2nd
row, turning them on.
[M/E1 DME EXT] button
[M/E2 DME EXT] button
[M/E3 DME EXT] button
[M/E4 DME EXT] button
[M/E5 DME EXT] button
[P/P DME EXT] button

DME utility 1 bus
DME utility 2 bus

3rd row, 4th row

Press the [DME UTIL1] and [DME UTIL2]
buttons in the 1st row/2nd row, turning them on.

Control block

Bus name

Cross-point button
rows

Delegation operation

a)

Notes

Notes