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9 - Machine Control
The 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 control
depends, of course, on the device to be controlled.
The device control is carried out through any of the
following: dedicated control connections (through
the IF-TD4000 and IF-LP4000 interface cards), the
RS-422 9-pin connector (P2 protocol devices) and
MIDI connections (for MMC).
Different devices can be selected for simultaneous
control by the TM-D4000, with different devices
being controlled in different ways. For instance, it is
possible to select one device to have its transport
functions controlled by the TM-D4000, while the
TM-D4000 controls the track arming functions of
another device.
NOTE
In this section, the term "controller" is used to
refer 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 control
The
EXT CTRL – MIDI/MC
key
[5]
is used to set up
the control of external devices.
1
With the
SHIFT
indicator on, press the
EXT
CTRL
key until the following screen appears:
2
With the cursor pointing to either the
• ADD
or
INFO
buttons, use the
JOG
dial to scroll
through 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 cursor
to the
• ADD
button, and press
ENTER
. The
device will be added to the list.
To obtain more information regarding a par-
ticular item in the list of devices which may
be controlled by the TM-D4000, highlight the
item, 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 the
future. If the list does not contain the name
of a device that you wish to control, please
contact your TASCAM dealer regarding the
availability of a software upgrade which con-
tains the control capability for your device.
At the bottom of the list is a key to the
method used for controlling each item in the
list:
When a few devices have been added to the
list, the screen will contain some entries in
the list, like the following:
9.1.1 Deleting devices from the list
If a device is added in error to the list, move the cur-
sor to the on-screen
DEL LAST
button, and
press
ENTER
.
This process can be repeated to clear the list.
9.1.2 Auto-detection of devices
In addition to the manual addition of controlled
devices, the
AUTO DETECT
button can also be
Display Meaning
I
Internal devices
R
REMOTE (DTRS through IF-TD4000)
M
MIDI Machine Control
4
RS-422 P2
S
ADAT sync (IF-LP4000)
