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REC MODE SENSE (DAH+C8H)
Requests the specified recording mode.
Example: When Recording mode 1 is set for normal
recording and Repeat recording is active:
First byte
Bits 2 to 0: Shows the recording mode set for normal
recording.
Second byte
Bit 6: Shows the status of Timer recording.
0: Inactive
1: Active
Bit 5: Shows the status of Repeat recording.
0: Inactive
1: Active
Bit 4: Shows the status of Continuous recording.
0: Inactive
1: Active
Bit 2: Shows the status of Alarm recording.
0: Inactive
1: Active
REC PRESET SENSE (DAH+C9H)
Requests the setting status of each Recording mode.
When this command is issued with the number of the
desired recording mode number and ENTER (40H),
the VTR returns the settings of the specified Recording
mode, as shown below.
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Example: In the case of Recording mode 1, 16
cameras, 270-minute tape, HIGH image quality
mode, 123-hour time mode, 1.8-second cycle:
First byte
Bits 2 to 0: Show the Recording mode number.
Second and third bytes
Show the tape length in units of minutes in BCD.
Fourth and fifth bytes
Each bit shows whether to record the corresponding
camera input.
0: Not to record
1: Record
Sixth byte
Shows the image quality mode.
001: SUPER
010: HIGH
011: MID
100: LOW
Seventh and eighth bytes
Show the time mode in units of hours in BCD.
When the time mode has not been specified, both bytes
are padded with FFH.
Ninth and tenth bytes
Show the recording cycle in units of 0.01 second by a
BCD code.
When the cycle has not been specified, both bytes are
padded with FFH.
RxD
TxD
DAH
0AH
C8H
81H
EXP-3 CMD
ACK DATA
20H
DATA
RxD
TxD
DAH
0AH
C9H 31H 40H
0AH 0AH
70H02HFFHFFH81H
02H 01H 23H 01H 80H
EXP-3 CMD 1 ENTER
ACK ACK ACK
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DATA DATA DATA DATA DATA
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