Tascam TM-D4000 Owner's Manual

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9–19 - Machine ControlThe TM-D4000 is capable of acting as a remote con-trol unit for a wide variety of external devices.The exact functionality of the machine controldepends, of course, on the device to be controlled.The device control is carried out through any of thefollowing: dedicated control connections (throughthe IF-TD4000 and IF-LP4000 interface cards), theRS-422 9-pin connector (P2 protocol devices) andMIDI connections (for MMC).Different devices can be selected for simultaneouscontrol by the TM-D4000, with different devicesbeing controlled in different ways. For instance, it ispossible to select one device to have its transportfunctions controlled by the TM-D4000, while theTM-D4000 controls the track arming functions ofanother device. NOTEIn this section, the term "controller" is used torefer to a part of the TM-D4000 software con-trolling an external device, rather than a hard-ware feature of the device or the TM-D4000.9.1 Selecting devices for controlThe EXT CTRL – MIDI/MC key [5] is used to set upthe control of external devices.1 With the SHIFT indicator on, press the EXTCTRL key until the following screen appears:2 With the cursor pointing to either the ∑ ADDor INFO buttons, use the JOG dial to scrollthrough the list of devices that may be con-trolled by the TM-D4000.3 When a device to be controlled by the TM-D4000 is selected in the list, move the cursorto the ∑ ADD button, and press ENTER. Thedevice will be added to the list.To obtain more information regarding a par-ticular item in the list of devices which maybe controlled by the TM-D4000, highlight theitem, move the cursor to the INFO button,and press ENTER. A popup screen will pro-vide information regarding the list item.Other devices may be added to the list in thefuture. If the list does not contain the nameof a device that you wish to control, pleasecontact your TASCAM dealer regarding theavailability of a software upgrade which con-tains the control capability for your device.At the bottom of the list is a key to themethod used for controlling each item in thelist:When a few devices have been added to thelist, the screen will contain some entries inthe list, like the following:9.1.1 Deleting devices from the listIf a device is added in error to the list, move the cur-sor to the on-screen DEL LAST button, andpress ENTER.This process can be repeated to clear the list.9.1.2 Auto-detection of devicesIn addition to the manual addition of controlleddevices, the AUTO DETECT button can also beDisplay MeaningI Internal devicesR REMOTE (DTRS through IF-TD4000)M MIDI Machine Control4 RS-422 P2S ADAT sync (IF-LP4000)