9 - Machine Control—Selecting devices for control
9–2
used to search through the MIDI, RS-422, IF-
LP4000 and IF-TD4000
REMOTE
control ports and
report on devices that it nds, adding the controllers
to the Machine Control list.
NOTE
Because not every device that may be con-
trolled by the TM-D4000 is capable of report-
ing its presence accurately, some devices will
not appear on the list, and must be added to
the list manually.
When attempting to identify a MIDI device, the TM-
D4000 rst sends out an MMC Read Signature com-
mand. It adds a generic “closed loop” device for
every device ID that responds to this command.
It also sends out a MIDI Device Inquiry Message. If
a remote device replies to this message, and an
appropriate controller is available, this controller
replaces the generic MMC closed-loop controller.
After power has been applied, it may take between
one and two minutes for the remote devices to be rec-
ognized. Even if they have been added to the memo-
rized Machine Control list previously, it may not be
possible to control them immediately after the sys-
tem is powered up.
During this "warmp-up" period, connected devices
will not appear during the AutoDetect procedure. If
connected devices do not appear when the Auto
Detect is rst attempted, it is recommended that you
retry the procedure until they are detected (the
CLOCK
screen shows any ADAT and DTRS chains
as they are connected, but RS-422 devices are not
shown).
If two control chains of the same type (i.e. two DTRS
chains or two ADAT chains) are connected to the
TM-D4000, only the chain connected to one of the
interface cards will be detected. The other such chain
will be ignored. However, there is no problem with
regard to having one DTRS and and one ADAT con-
trol chain connected simultaneously. Only one such
chain can be controlled at a time, of course.
Note when using DTRS and/or ADAT control chains,
that only one control connection of each type (DTRS
or ADAT) should be made between the TM-D4000
and the controlled devices.
9.1.3 Selecting the control type for the
devices
The Machine Control list is composed of a number of
columns. These are explained below:
PORT :
This is an expanded version of the control
port abbreviation shown in the list at the right of the
screen. This list item cannot be changed or edited.
DEVICE :
This is the name of the device being
controlled. This list item cannot be changed or
edited.
ID :
This applies to MIDI faders and controllers, and
MMC units. In the case of DTRS and ADAT units, it
refers to the unit ID, and cannot be edited. In the case
of MMC units, it refers to the MMC ID (2 hexadeci-
mal digits) of the unit. This list item cannot be
changed or edited. In the case of MIDI faders and
controllers, see the appropriate section later in this
section. Use the
JOG
dial to change the value and
conrm with
ENTER
.
CHASE :
This applies to DTRS units, and allows
the CHASE mode of the selected unit to be turned on
or off. Any unit which can have its chase mode con-
trolled by the TM-D4000 has this item represented
by a square box. Units whose CHASE mode cannot
be remotely controlled have this item represented by
two dashes (
--
).Use the cursor keys to navigate to
the list item, and the
ENTER
key to toggle between
on (a check mark is shown in the box) and off (the
box is empty).
SCR :
External control screen. Some devices may
have special screens available, allowing further con-
trol from the TM-D4000. Such devices are repre-
sented by a square box as this list item. Devices
which do not have a special control screen have this
list item represented as two dashes (
--
). Use the
cursor keys to navigate to these boxes, and the
ENTER
key to toggle between on (a check mark
✔
is
shown in the box) and off (the box is empty). Note
that more than one device can have this box checked,
allowing the control of many such devices without
remapping.
These screens are accessed with the
EXT CTRL
key
(unshifted). Since more than one device may be
selected for external control, repeated presses of this
key will bring up the screens for all such selected
devices, in order.
TRA and REC :
These two parameters are set
together, to allow the transport controls and of the
TM-D4000
[43]
to control the transport of the
selected device (
TRA
), and the
REC
keys
[25]
to be
used for track arming (
REC
).
