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Chapter 4: Setting Up Machine Control 15
Toggling the Online Status of a Device
Use the Online pop-up menu in the Transport
Master selector to toggle the online status of a
Machine (or MMC) device.
To take a device offline:
1
Click the Transport Master selector.
2
Click on the Online pop-up menu and select
or deselect the device (Machine or MMC) by
clicking on it. Device choices depend on the cur-
rent Transport Master and which devices have
been set up in Pro Tools.
Online Display Information
Several display elements of the Edit and Trans-
port windows provide machine status informa-
tion during MachineControl use, as follows:
• When Pro Tools is online, the Transport On-
line button flashes. “Waiting for Sync” will be
displayed in the status box in the lower left
corner of the Edit window.
• The Transport Online button continues to
flash until you click Play and time code lock
occurs (all devices locked and responding in
sync).
• The Time Code display in the Edit window
shows the Machine Time when the machine is
Master.
• Upon lockup, the Time Code display switches
to show the session time.
Online menu in Transport window
The Online pop-up menu will only display
devices that have been properly set up in
Pro Tools.
To set up machine devices, see Chapter 5,
“Serial Deck Control Mode
(Configuration and Operation).”
To set up MIDI devices, see the Pro Tools
Reference Guide.
Transport pop-up menu