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- From: msc@ramoth.esd.sgi.com (Mark Callow)
- Subject: Re: Panasonic SVHS, VLAN, and indigo
- Message-ID: <satjqc8@zola.esd.sgi.com>
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- Organization: Silicon Graphics, Inc. Mountain View, CA
- References: <1992Nov13.145407.27883@aio.jsc.nasa.gov> <saofs84@zola.esd.sgi.com> <1992Nov13.202114.7974@ringer.cs.utsa.edu>
- Date: Fri, 13 Nov 92 22:04:36 GMT
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- In article <1992Nov13.202114.7974@ringer.cs.utsa.edu>, senseman@ricky.brainlab.utsa.edu writes:
- > Panasonic's S-VHS AG-7750 comes with a 9-pin interface connector for serial I/O
- > control. My question is whether an Indigo can directly control the AG-7750
- > without buying a VLAN system. Right now, we have our AG-7750 connected to a
- > AG/A770 multi-event controller using the 9-pin connector. We are planning to
- > generate videos using Wavefront's "Video Composer" and need to if we
- > can get by without the VLAN system. Thanks.
- >
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- If the AG-7750's serial port is rs232 or rs422 and you can find the
- pinouts to make an appropriate cable, you should be able to control it
- directly from the Indigo. You will, of course, have to write some
- software.
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- -Mark
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