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1. A U D l O O U Audio Squelch Audio Channel Select Digital Analog T Switches Switches Audio Output Switch Figure 4 A Pioneer LD V8000 Level Il User s Manual TP 114 v 1 1 e 8 92 4 11 Chapter Four e LD V8000 Level Il AUDIO 1 amp AUDIO 2 cont Example Play from frame 1000 to 3000 with Audio 1 OFF and Audio 2 ON Play from frame 3000 to 5000 with Audio 1 ON and Audio 2 OFF 0013 0015 0017 0022 0027 0028 0029 Address Argument 0 AUDIO1 F4 Turn off Audio 1 1 AUDIO2 FC Turn on Audio 2 1000 SEARCH F7 Search to frame 1000 3000 AUTOSTOP F3 Play to frame 3000 AUDIO1 F4 Toggle Audio 1 ON AUDIO2 FC Toggle Audio 2 OFF 5000 AUTOSTOP F3 Play to frame 5000 Command HexCode Comment This would actually be poor programming practice if the programmer intended to force AUDIO 1 ON and AUDIO 2 OFF The viewer might have toggled either audio channel during the AUTOSTOP from 1000 to 3000 IPI114 v 1 1 8 92 Pioneer LD V8000 Level Il User s Manual LD V8000 Level Il Chapter Four AXX 8 AXX Audio Channel Select Function These single byte commands can be used to efficiently control the Audio Channel Select switches Argument Hex Code Mnemonic Audio Ch 1 L Audio Ch 2 R Ignored AO AFF OFF OFF Ignored Al AFN OFF ON Ignored A2 ANF ON OFF Ignored
2. Argument Hex Code Mnemonic RCU Buttons Integer 11 PAG Play 1 1 Explanation The PAGE command sets the current size of the Program Area Up to seven pages 1022 bytes each of program area can be selected Specify the number of pages minus one in the argument If N PAGE 0 lt N lt 6 is executed an area of N 1 pages is made active As explained earlier in Section 2 4 Random Access Memory an increase or decrease in the size of the active program area causes a change in the correspondence between register numbers and program addresses When the PAGE command is used it is recommended that it be executed just once before most other significant code After power on or a REJECT the active memory size is one page After the initial program load Register 0 contains a 1 and Registers 1 2 contain data loaded from the disc Then if a 6 PAGE is executed Registers 1 2 move They then contain data left in RAM from previous use of the player This feature may be useful but must be carefully understood for proper programming Note Execution of the PAGE command without an argument makes one page active If the argument exceeds six an argument of six is assumed 4 4 TP114 v 1 1 8 92 Pioneer LD V8000 Level Il User s Manual LD V8000 Level Il Chapter Four LOAD Number of Active Number of Specified Active Pages Memory Size Registers Command 1024 Bytes 512 POWER
3. LD V8000 LEVEL Il USER S MANUAL Programmer s Reference Guide Pioneer LD V8000 Level Il User s Manual TP114 v 1 1 8 92 LD V8000 Level II Chapter Three 3 Entering Level Il Code into RAM Either the RCU or an external computer attached to the player s RS 232C port may be used to enter simple or complex Level II programs into the player s memory Complete Level II applications usually short are sometimes entered with the RCU and retained in the LD V8000 s memory by it s 5 year battery However the RCU is most often used for interactive input examining variables or patching and examining code during the testing of larger programs These are usually written and edited on an external computer compiled with a Level II computer utility and downloaded into the player for thorough testing This procedure is highly reliable and is strongly recommended Section 3 1 and Section 3 2 of this chapter explain both ways of entering Level II codes into the player s memory Sometimes a Level II simulator utility program is used for testing instead of downloading code into a player Since the best simulator may not exactly duplicate a particular model of videodisc player it is best to test applications on the player actually intended for use including a final check using a proof disc No application should be considered ready for mass production until a proof disc has been extensively tested and approved Section 3 3 of
4. Q PIONEER PIONEER COMMUNICATIONS OF AMERICA INC See inside this Reference Guide for Level Il Internal Program Control LD V8000 INDUSTRIAL LASERDISC PLAYER LEVEL Il USER S MANUAL PROGRAMMER S REFERENCE GUIDE Pioneer Technical Publication DTP 114 V 1 0 7 91 LD V8000 Level II e NOTE TO USERS LD V8000 Level II Documentation For Internal Program Control Note to Users This manual is based on the most up to date information for Level II program development and delivery on the LD V8000 available at the time of publication It is subject to change without notice Although every reasonable effort has been made to include accurate information the statements in this document are not warranties Pioneer New Media Technologies Inc makes no warranty or claims as to the accuracy completeness or fitness for any particular purpose of the technical information provided herein Throughout this manual NOTES appear reflecting details of the particular player functions which may be different on future players The NOTES are included to aid understanding but should not be depended upon in designing applications Please fill out the Registration Form on the next page and return it to us to insure that you receive updated versions of the Level II Manual for the LD V8000 and related support materials as they become av
5. 111 o 6 F 112 p 7 0 113 i 6 9 114 c 6 3 115 space 2 0 116 space 2 0 117 space 2 0 118 space 2 0 119 space 2 0 Appendix F Sample Flow Chart amp Level Il Code RCU Entry TP 114 v 1 1 8 92 Sample Level Il Program Example 3 in RCU entry format cont F 10 Address Arg Command RCU Input Comments 120 1 Oy ck Line 4 text 121 space 2 0 1 Frame Store 122 space 2 0 123 space 2 0 124 F 4 6 125 r eet 2 126 a 6 1 127 m 6 D 128 e 6 5 129 space 2 0 130 S D 3 131 t 7 4 132 o 6 F 133 r 7 2 134 e 6 5 135 space 2 0 136 space 2 0 137 space 2 0 138 space 2 0 139 space 2 0 140 2 9 2 Line 5 text 141 space 2 0 2 Digital Audio 142 space 2 0 143 space 2 0 144 D 4 4 145 i 6 9 146 g 6 7 147 i 6 9 148 t Cud 149 a 6 1 150 l 6 C 151 space 2 0 152 A 4 1 153 u 45D 154 d 6 4 155 i 6 9 156 O 6 F 157 space 2 0 158 space 2 0 159 space 20 TP 114v 1 1 8 92 Sample Flow Chart amp Level Il Code RCU Entry Appendix F Sample Level Il Program Example 3 in RCU entry format cont Address Arg Command RCU Input Comments 160 3 0 9 Line 6 text 161 space 2 0 3 Fast Search 162 space 2 0 163 space 2 0 164 F 4 6 165 a 6 1 166 s 7 9 167 t 7 4 168 space 2 0 169 S D 170 e 6 5 171 a 6 1 172 r 7
6. 2 N 2 2046 0 2045 2044 2 N 2045 2 N 3 3068 0 3067 3066 2 N 4067 2 N 4 4090 0 4089 4088 2 N 4089 2 N 5 5112 0 5111 5110 2 N 5111 2 N 6 6134 0 6133 6132 2 N 6133 2 N 7 7156 0 7155 7154 2 N 7155 2 N Figure 2 B PAGE Active Command Memory Size Register Numbers Pages Bytes Range Reg at Location M O PAGE 1 1024 0 511 INT 1023 M 2 1 PAGE 2 2046 0 1022 INT 2045 M 2 2 PAGE 3 3068 0 1533 INT 3067 M 2 3 PAGE 4 4090 0 2044 INT 4089 M 2 4 PAGE 5 5112 0 2555 INT 5111 M 2 5 PAGE 6 6134 0 3066 INT 6133 M 2 6 PAGE 7 7156 0 3577 INT 7155 M 2 Figure 2 C 2 8 TP 114 v 1 1 e 8 92 Pioneer LD V8000 Level Il User s Manual LD V8000 Level II Chapter Two 2 4 1 Active Memory The player s RAM is divided into seven 1022 byte blocks called Pages and one 2 byte block called Register 0 Each RAM memory location is one eight bit byte Memory locations begin at Address 0 and continue to Address 7155 Depending upon the argument of the most recent Page PAG command the active memory may consist of one to seven pages and Register 0 This gives an Active Memory Size of 1024 2046 7156 bytes Register 0 is not changed by any program load from disc and it occupies two fixed bytes of memory that are separate from all of the pages However the two bytes of Register 0 can usually be addressed as the last two program locations of Active Memory 2 4 2 Program Area The program area is a part or all o
7. 2043 R 2556 2043 2044 R 2555 2044 Page 2 1022 Bytes 3065 R 2045 3065 R 2044 3066 Page 3 PURG 1022 Bytes 4087 R 1534 4087 Page 4 4088 R 1533 4088 1022 Bytes 5109 R 1023 5109 5110 R 1022 5110 Page 5 i 1022 Bytes 6131 R 512 6131 6132 Page 6 6132 R 511 1022 Bytes 7153 R 1 7153 Register 0 7154 _7154 2 Bytes 7155 R 0 7155 Figure 2 G Pioneer LD V8000 Level Il User s Manual TP 114 v 1 1 8 92 2 13 Chapter Two LD V8000 Level Il 2 5 Program Format The following is a brief description of the two parts of a Level II instruction used to control the LD V8000 videodisc player the arguments and the command Also included is an overview of Level II program code structure and of command execution speed Specific Level II commands and arguments are described in Chapter 4 Level II Commands for the LD V8000 2 5 1 Arguments An argument is attached to a command to provide a numeric parameter useful for the command s execution Arguments represent integer data CAV or CLV frame numbers time codes chapter numbers program addresses register numbers time delays or other values In Level II Programs the argument if any is always placed before the command Any number of digits can be placed before the command to form the argument However only the lower order seven digits are used for a CLV frame number the lower two digits for a chapter number and the lower five digits for most other parameters In addit
8. 4 31 35 SSM Set Still Mode 4 32 36 TJF Track Jump Forward 4 32 37 TJR Track Jump Reverse 4 32 4 2 5 Program Execution CommandS 4 33 38 BRANCH anna 4 33 39 BRF Branch on Failure 4 34 40 JUMP Cero ai 4 34 Dl BAIE ela lira 4 35 42 NE INGENTI Acea 4 35 4 2 6 Register COMMANdS i 4 36 49 ADD L ssi 4 36 44 SUBTRACT bia 4 36 45 MULTIPLY se rset so ta er talent tl et ae tn ti 4 37 40 DIVIDE ore a ee ee eee 4 37 47 GET Set Value into Register 0 4 38 48 PUT Transfer Value from Register 0 4 38 49 RECALL Recall Active Register 4 39 Pioneer LD V8000 Level Il User s Manual TP114 v 1 1 e 8 92 Ill Table of Contents LD V8000 Level Il 4 2 6 Register Commands cont 50 ARG Argumenb iucagaialengala ago aa 4 40 DL COMPARE Lenna 4 41 52 DECREG Decrement Register 4 42 53 DROP Drop Low Order Digit 4 43 54 RND Generate Random Number 4 43 55 STORE Store in Active Register 4 44 56 RRS Read Rear Switch 4 46 57 CLOCK Clock Read and Reset 4 47 4 2 7 Input Processing CommandS 4 47 58 INPUT Input fr
9. Example 1 Place the current frame number in Register 20 and the value 4000 in Register 21 Address Argument Command Hex Code Comment 0010 20 RECALL 7F Activate Register 20 0013 STORE F5 R20 lt current frame activate R21 0114 4000 STORE F5 Store 4000 in R21 activate R22 4 44 TP114 v 1 1 8 92 Pioneer LD V8000 Level Il User s Manual LD V8000 Level Il Chapter Four STORE cont Example 2 Assume a video segment is being played but we want to interrupt it to see a Help frame FR 5000 for 3 seconds then continue playing from the interrupt point Address Argument Command Hex Code Comment 0100 WAIT FB Stop the player 0101 19 RECALL 7F Make R19 active 0109 STORE F5 Store current frame in R19 0110 5000 SEARCH F7 Show the Help frame FR 5000 0114 30 WAIT FB for 3 seconds 0117 19 ARG SEARCH F7 Return to the interrupt frame 0118 PLAY FD and continue playing Recall contents of R19 to return to the interrupt frame Pioneer LD V8000 Level Il User s Manual TP 114 v 1 1 8 92 4 45 Chapter Four LD V8000 Level Il RRS 56 RRS Read Rear Switch Function RRS puts the sixteen user function switch settings into RO Argument Hex Code Mnemonic RCU Buttons Ignored 10 RRS Play 1 0 Explanation This command reads the sixteen user function switches 1 16 counting an ON switch as a 1 bit and an OFF switch as a O bit The 16 bit value is stored in Registe
10. SOSMOTION REG 0 HAS REGISTER OF AUDIO SET FLAG 1 2 or 3 THE STILL FRAME NUMBER IS IN THE 2ND REG THE START FRAME IS IN THE NEXT REG amp THE END FRAME IS IN THE 4TH REG 2 PUT SAVE REG 0 1 ADD INCREMENT REG 0 O ARG RECALL GET SET FOR SEARCH TO STILL SC SHOW THE STILL 2 ARG ARG GET GET THE AUDIO FLAG 2 COMPARE ANN MOVE BR FLAG gt 2 USE BOTH AUDIOS AFN MOVE BR FLAG 2 USE AUDIO 2 ONLY ANF FLAG lt 2 USE AUDIO 1 ONLY MOVE MWD ENABLE FRAME BUFFER WRITE SC SEARCH TO FRAME IN ACTIVE REGISTER AUTOSTOP LOCATE START FRAME AND PLAY AUDIO 3 ARG BR RETURN TO MENU hl THE END G 12 TP 114v 1 1 8 92 Sample Flow Chart amp Level Il Code Programming Appendix G Q PIONEER PIONEER COMMUNICATIONS OF AMERICA INC EAST CENTRAL WEST Corporate Headquarters and MSD Sales Office MSD Sales Office Multimedia Systems Division Sales Office 1263 Hamilton Parkway amp Technical Support amp Engineering Technical Support Itasca IL 60143 915 E 230th St 600 East Crescent Avenue Carson CA 907457 Upper Saddle River NJ 07458 1827 TEL 201 327 6400 TEL 708 285 4500 TEL 310 522 8600 FAX 201 327 9379 FAX 708 285 4570 FAX 310 522 8699 PIONEER ELECTRONIC EUROPE N V Keetberglaan 1 2740 Beveren BELGIUM PIONEER ELECTRONICS AUSTRALIA PTY LTD 178 184 Boundary Road Braeside Vic 3195 AUSTRALIA PIONEER ELECTRONIC CORPORATION 4 1 Meguro 1 Cho
11. Set Frame Mode 1 Audiol O Audio2 Use Audio 1 only 1 SBC Force Blue Color Background Loop 2113 Search Von 3493 Autostop Voff 50 Wait Segment 1 4450 Search Von 5117 Autostop Voff 50 Wait Segment 2 5619 Search Von 6570 Autostop Voff 50 Wait Segment 3 6700 Search Von 7820 Autostop Voff 50 Wait Segment 4 Loop Branch Example 1 in RCU entry format Address Arg Command RCU Input Comments 0 SFM 8 E Set Frame Mode 1 1 Audiol 1 Audiol Turn on Audio 1 3 O Audio2 0 Audio2 Turn off Audio 2 5 1 SBC 1 8 8 Select Blue Color 7 000 000 Filler 10 02113 Search 02113 Search Start Segment 1 16 VON LB Turn video On 17 03493 Autostop 03493 Autostop Play to the segment end 23 VOFF LC Turn on Blue Screen 24 00050 Wait 00050 Stop Wait for 5 0 seconds 30 04450 Search 04450 Search Start Segment 2 36 VON LB Turn video On 37 05117 Autostop 05117 Autostop Play to the segment end 43 VOFF 1 C Turn on Blue Screen 44 00050 Wait 00050 Stop Wait for 5 0 seconds 50 05619 Search 05619 Search Start Segment 3 56 VON 1 B Turn video On 57 06570 Autostop 06570 Autostop Play to the segment end 63 VOFF paren LC Turn on Blue Screen 64 00050 Wait 00050 Stop Wait for 5 0 seconds 70 06700 Search 06700 Search Start Segment 4 76 VON 1 B Turn video On 77 07820 Autostop 07820 Autostop Play to the segment end 83 VOFF bi Turn on Blue Screen 84 00050 Wait 00050 Stop Wait for 5 0 seconds 90 10 Branch 10 Branch Loop to Segment 1 TP
12. Set Frame Mode Turn on Audio 1 Turn off Audio 2 Wait to Start Frame Wait for Input Key O Start the Attract Key 1 9 Ignore the key Start of the Attract Loop Interrupt on Key O or 1 Capture the pressed key Go play the Feature Play to the Attract end Turn off Interrupt Mode Repeat the attract Loop Was the 1 key pressed Key gt 1 continue Attract Key 1 Start Feature Play to the Feature end Restart the Attract loop Key lt 1 continue Attract Appendix F Appendix G Flow Charts and Level Il Program Examples Programming APPENDIX LD V8000 LEVEL II USER S MANUAL Programmer s Reference Guide LD V8000 Level amp Ill User s Manual TP 114 v 1 1 e 8 92 Example Flowchart Symbols The symbols below or similar ones could be used in a flow chart to aid the design process and to document the interactive aspects of an Audio Video presentation The flowchart is a graphic representation of both the order of information presentation and of how the interactive control program responds to viewer inputs The flowchart is the interactive story board which should be used to guide subsequent scripting and programming Consistency clarity and completeness are more important than the symbols used When in doubt use text descriptions of your intentions Quiz 1 A terminal symbol indicating the starting or ending point of a flowchart from Page 7 or a continuation of the flowchart from another
13. time mode is changed If this bit is set ON the player enters Play Mode after the relevant operation If this bit is OFF the player enters Still Mode after the relevant operation as usual 4 58 TP114 v 1 1 8 92 Pioneer LD V8000 Level Il User s Manual LD V8000 Level Il Chapter Four Transmit Commands TM ITM DTM STP 4 2 9 Transmit Commands Three transmit commands can be used to send bytes of information from the player to external devices via the RS232 port Three other commands provide support 68 69 amp 70 TM ITM and DTM Transmit Memory commands Function These commands send one byte of data out the RS232 port Argument Hex Code Mnemonic RCU Buttons Ignored DC TM PLAY D C Ignored DD ITM PLAY D D Ignored DE DTM PLAY D E Explanation The TM command sends the byte stored at the program address indicated by the Transmit Pointer The Transmit Pointer is set by the STP command The ITM command increments the Transmit Pointer 1 then performs like a TM The DTM command decrements the Transmit Pointer 1 then performs like a TM Note CAUTION ASCII output mode is not available on the LD V8000 Binary output mode is the only output mode available It is the power on default 71 STP Set Transmit Pointer Function STP sets the Transmit Pointer to the specified program address Program Address PLAY E 8 Explanation STP sets the Transmit Pointer to the argu
14. 0505 SEARCH F7 Search to a start frame 0506 AUTOSTOP F3 Play to an end frame 0507 0 DECREG FO Test and decrement the RO counter 0509 505 BRANCH CF Loop to play next sequence 0513 6500 SEARCH F7 Show the menu 4 42 TP114 v 1 1 8 92 Pioneer LD V8000 Level Il User s Manual LD V8000 Level Il Chapter Four DROP RND 53 DROP Function The DROP command acts as part of an argument It drops the low order decimal digit from the argument it receives passing the result on as an argument value Argument Hex Code Mnemonic RCU Buttons Integer 1D DRP Play 1 D Explanation The argument value perhaps taken modulo 65536 is divided by 10 with any remainder discarded The resulting value is used as the argument for the following command With no argument or arguments less than 10 0 is passed on as the new argument value CAUTION In some cases 90000 DROP SEARCH will not search to frame 9000 due to a modulo 65536 operation performed on the 90000 argument Example Set RO to 123 Then replace the low digit with a 7 Address Argument Command Hex Code Comment 0014 123 GET 08 Put 123 into RO 0018 0 ARG DROP 7 GET 08 Puts 127 into RO 54 RND Generate Random Number Function RND generates a random number which is used as an argument for the following command Argument Hex Code Mnemonic RCU Buitons Ignored 05 RND Play 0 5 Explanation RND acts as part of an argu
15. 10 BIN 35 24 24 Command GET COMPARE BRANCH SEARCH BRANCH BRANCH COMPARE BRANCH BRANCH BRANCH Hex Code 08 04 CF F7 CF CF 04 CF CF CF Pioneer LD V8000 Level Il User s Manual Comment RO lt 255 watch for no input code 255 255 gt button being or was pressed 255Search and go watch for any button press 255 lt abnormal try again Wait loop for some key to be pressed 255 gt button pressed continue 255 no button try again 255 lt abnormal try again continue program TP 114 v 1 1 8 92 4 55 Chapter Four LD V8000 Level Il IIN 64 IIN Interrupt Input Function This command sets up conditions so that certain external inputs will cause the normal sequence of instruction execution to be interrupted Argument Hex Code Mnemonic RCU Buttons Integer 20 IIN Play 2 0 Explanation Unlike other Input type commands this command does not wait for external input but rather tells the player to monitor external inputs while program execution continues Digits O 9 and function keys 10 19 can be monitored The argument is used to determine which viewer inputs 0 19 will be monitored If the argument is set to N 0 lt N lt 21 inputs from 0 through N 1 are monitored For example if the argument is 3 then 0 1 and 2 will be monitored If an argument is not specified or the argument is set to 0 monitoring is discontinued When IIN
16. 8 92 4 17 Chapter Four LD V8000 Level Il DISPLAY cont An argument of 0 turns OFF the generation of the Disc Location display An argument of 1 turns ON the generator If there is no argument DISPLAY simply toggles the On Off state of the Disc Location display generator At program RUN the Disc Location display generator is forced OFF Note The terminology used in this section differs from that used in the description of external player control This DISPLAY control is equivalent to externally setting Register A to 7 for Display ON and to 4 for Display OFF Note An odd argument is equivalent to a 1 and an even argument is equivalent to a 0 During program execution in Interrupt Mode the user may toggle this Disc Location display ON or OFF at any time usually undetected by the program The CGD command turns off all display from the character generator regardless of the Disc Location display s ON or OFF status Example 1 Display the Disc Location information for one second as the sequence from 1000 to 2000 begins playing Address Argument Command Hex Code Comment 000 1000 SEARCH F7 Search to Frame 1000 005 1 DISPLAY F1 Disc Location display ON 007 10 WAIT FB Wait for one second 010 0 DISPLAY F1 Disc Location display OFF 012 2000 AUTOSTOP F3 Finish the sequence Example 2 Display frame numbers during the first video sequence Address Argument Command Hex Code Comment 0050 1000 SEARCH F7 Search to Frame 1
17. Here is the program in a high level programming format as it might be made for a compiler SFM Set Frame Mode 1 Audl O Aud2 Use Audio 1 only Menu 210 Search Ignore 1 Input Attract Branch Key O start attract Ignore Branch Key 1 9 ignore Attract 2113 Search Continue 2 IN Set Interrupt Mode DIN Get CheckKey Branch an interrupt happened 3493 Autostop Play Attract to end O IIN Cancel Interrupt Mode Attract Branch Loop the Attract CheckKey 1 Compare Continue Branch Key gt 1 continue 5619 Search 6570 Autostop Attract Branch Key 1 Play Feature Continue Branch Key lt 1 continue Appendix F Sample Flow Chart amp Level Il Code RCU Entry 7P114v 1 1 8 92 F 13 Sample Level Il Program Example 4 in RCU entry format Address O 1 1 3 O 5 00210 11 1 13 19 16 11 19 02113 25 2 27 DIN 29 43 32 03493 38 O 40 19 43 1 45 25 48 05619 54 06564 60 19 63 25 F 14 TP 114v 1 1 8 92 Sample Flow Chart amp Level Il Code RCU Entry Arg Command SFM Audiol Audio2 Search Input Branch Branch Search IIN GET Branch Autostop IN Branch COM Branch Search Autostop Branch Branch RCU Input 8 E 1 Audiol O Audio2 00210 Search 1 Input 19 Branch 11 Branch 02113 Search 2 2 0 1 E 0 8 43 Branch 03493 Autostop 0 2 O 19 Branch 1 0 4 25 Branch 05619 Search 06564 Autostop 19 Branch 25 Branch Comments
18. Only the values 0 or 1 may be specified In Buffer Frame Mode this 1 O setting is ignored EE 76 MWE Memory Write Enable Function MWE allows disc playback video to be written into the selected video buffer Argument Hex Code Mnemonic RCU Buttons Integer 86 MWE PLAY 8 6 Explanation This function enables the writing of disc playback video information into the video buffer In Buffer Field Mode buffer field 0 or 1 is independently enabled with a O or 1 argument Only 0 or 1 may be specified In Buffer Frame Mode both buffer fields are enabled independent of the command s argument 4 62 TP114 v 1 1 8 92 Pioneer LD V8000 Level Il User s Manual LD V8000 Level Il Chapter Four MWD ELA 77 MWD Memory Write Disable Function MWD inhibits disc playback video writing into the selected video buffer Argument Hex Code Mnemonic RCU Buttons Integer 87 MWD PLAY 8 7 Explanation This function disables the writing of disc playback video information into the video buffer In Buffer Field Mode buffer field 0 or 1 is independently disabled with a O or 1 argument Only 0 or 1 may be specified In Buffer Frame Mode both buffer fields are disabled independent of the command s argument Example Use the new Video Buffer Control commands to create a Sound Over Still effect Set the Program Buffer Control switch ON Then hold the video image at frame 1000 and play Audio Channel 1
19. 0 12 COMPARE CHECK FOR STEP FORWARD KEY NAVIGATE BR GO AND WAIT FOR SOME OTHER KEY FORWARD BR STEP FORWARD 11 COMPARE CHECK FOR STEP REVERSE KEY NAVIGATE BR GO AND WAIT FOR SOME OTHER KEY REVERSE BR STEP REVERSE NAVIGATE BR GO AND WAIT FOR SOME OTHER KEY Appendix G Sample Flow Chart amp Level Il Code Programming TP 114v 1 1 8 92 G 9 Sample Level Il Program Code com Level Il Example 3 Program Code cont FORWARD 0 RECALL STORE GET THE CURRENT FRAME 5 ARG COMPARE CHECK IF AT END FRAME OF STILLS 3 ARG BR 3 ARG BR AT OR PAST END gt SUB MENU STEPF NOT AT END STEP FWD NAVIGATE BR GO AND WAIT FOR SOME OTHER KEY REVERSE 0 RECALL STORE GET THE CURRENT FRAME 4 ARG COMPARE CHECK IF AT BEGINNING FRAME OF STILLS STEPR NOT AT START STEP REVERSE NAVIGATE BR NAVIGATE BR AT START FRAME DO NOTHING 4 ARG SC NAVIGATE BR ERROR BEFORE START Sa a reseesie THE END G 10 TP 114v 1 1 92 Sample Flow Chart amp Level II Code Programming Appendix G Sample Level Il Program Code com Level Il Example 4 Program Code Sound over Still selections from a multi page menu Use a multi page menu to select a non interruptable sound over still sequence RSEQ1 EQU 20 Ist sound 1000 1200 over still 5010 sequence Audio 1 only RSEQ2 EQU 24 2nd sound 1000 1200 over still 5020 sequence Audio 2 only RSEQ3 EQU 28 3rd sound 30
20. 1400 121 AFN Al Audio 1 L ON and Audio 2 R OFF 122 1600 AUTOSTOP F3 Stop at frame 1600 127 AFF AO Audio 1 L and Audio 2 R OFF 128 1800 AUTOSTOP F3 Stop at frame 1800 9 DAD Digital Audio Function This command selects Digital Audio Output or Analog Audio Output Argument Hex Code Mnemonic RCU Buttons Integer 82 DAD Play 8 2 Explanation When a videodisc has Digital Audio encoded on it the player will normally connect the Digital Audio channels to audio outputs 1 L and 2 R instead of the disc s Analog Audio channel When playing a Digital Audio disc either the Digital Audio channels or the Analog Audio channels can be connected there by controlling Switch 7 see SW 7 in Figure 4 A The Analog Audio channels are always connected to Audio Outputs 3 L and 4 R With this command an argument of 0 selects Analog Audio output on 1 L and 2 R An argument of 1 selects Digital Audio output there if Digital Audio is present on the 4 14 TP114 v 1 1 8 92 Pioneer LD V8000 Level Il User s Manual LD V8000 Level Il Chapter Four DAD cont Video Control Commands videodisc Switch 7 is just toggled if there is no argument However if the videodisc does not have Digital Audio then Analog Audio is output regardless of the attempt to select Digital Audio with the DAD command Example On a four language disc encoded with different languages on each of two independent Analog Audio channels and on e
21. 3 5 for Hex Code Entry 3 The Mnemonic The command mnemonic produced is displayed on the screen by the LD V8000 in Programming Mode when Level II commands are sent from the RCU As a shorthand in examples or in programming a command is sometimes referred to by it s mnemonic rather than it s full name e 4 Remote Control Unit Buttons RCU Level II commands can be entered into memory in Programming Mode by pressing RCU buttons Many frequently used commands may be input by pressing a single button Other codes require three button presses Any code 0 255 Hex 00 FF can be entered See pages 3 3 through 3 6 4 1 3 Explanation Explanation A detailed description of the command s execution is provided 4 1 4 Notes Special information is sometimes presented as a Note to further explain player operation However the programmer should not depend upon this information since it may not be true of other model players future players or some versions of this player 4 2 TP114 v 1 1 8 92 Pioneer LD V8000 Level Il User s Manual LD V8000 Level Il Chapter Four 4 1 5 Examples A program example is often shown as an aid in understanding the use of the command in a programming sequence The example usually includes a short statement of the program s intended function and a chart containing program address argument command Hex code for the command and a comment for each command used Depending upon the compiler used the source
22. ARG BRANCH CF Go to address 208 08 ARG BRANCH CF Go to address 3 10 ARG ARG BRANCH CF Go to address 8 13 ARG ARG ARG BRANCH CF Go to address 10 17 0 ARG RECALL 7F R13 becomes active 20 8 ARG PUT 09 R10 lt 13 23 10 ARG GET 08 RO lt 208 4 40 TP114 v 1 1 e 8 92 Pioneer LD V8000 Level Il User s Manual LD V8000 Level Il Chapter Four COMPARE 51 COMPARE Function This command compares RO to the argument for conditional branching Argument Hex Code Mnemonic RCU Buttons Integer 04 COM Play 0 4 Explanation The COMPARE command compares the contents of Register 0 to the argument value Sequential execution continues if Register O is greater than the argument If Register 0 is equal to the argument program code is skipped until exactly one BRANCH command is skipped then sequential execution continues with the command just after that BRANCH If Register O is less than the argument two BRANCH commands are skipped and then command execution continues with the command immediately following the second BRANCH Note No argument is equivalent to a zero argument Example If RO gt R21 SEARCH to Frame 1000 If RO R21 set RO to 36 If RO lt R21 do neither Then wait 2 seconds and SEARCH to Frame 1234 Address Argument Command Hex Code Comment 0019 21 ARG COMPARE 04 Compare RO and R21 0023 1000 SEARCH F7 Search when RO gt R21 0028 37 BRANCH CF 0031 36 GET 08 When RO R21 RO lt
23. BR GET BR BR SC GET PUT INPUT BR GET BR GET BR BR SEARCH SUB MENU 1 GET THE LOCATION OF SMENU1 SAVE IT IN REGISTER 3 WAIT FOR KEY PRESS 0 2 DIGIT 0 RETURN TO MAIN MENU GET THE REG CONTAINING MOTION SEQ1 RANGE DIGIT 1 MOTION SEGI1 GET THE REG CONTAINING MOTION SEQ2 RANGE DIGIT 2 MOTION SEG2 OTHER DIGITS 3 9 IGNORE SEARCH SUB MENU 2 GET THE LOCATION OF SMENU2 SAVE IT IN REGISTER 3 WAIT FOR KEY PRESS 0 2 DIGIT 0 RETURN TO MAIN MENU GET THE REG CONTAINING STILLS STS1 RANGE DIGIT 1 STILL GROUP 1 GET THE REG CONTAINING STILLS STS2 RANGE DIGIT 2 STILL GROUP 2 OTHER DIGITS 3 9 IGNORE Appendix G Sample Flow Chart amp Level Il Code Programming TP 114 v 1 1 8 92 G 7 Sample Level Il Program Code con Level Il Example 3 Program Code cont MOTION SPIN DONE O ARG ARG O ARG ARG 4 PUT 10 5 ARG 4 ARG 3 ARG DONE BIN 251 SPIN 3 ARG 63 SPIN MMENU SPIN REG 0 HAS REGISTER OF START FRAME END FRAME IS IN NEXT REG STOP BUTTON INTERRUPTS MOTION RETURNS TO CALLING MENU 0 DIGIT INTERRUPTS AND RETURNS TO MAIN MENU SC SEARCH THE FRAME THAT IS IN THE REG THAT IS IN REGO PLAY LOCATE START FRAME AND PLAY ADD INCREMENT REG 0 TO POINT TO THE END FRAME REGISTER GET GET END FRAME SAVE IT IN REG 4 SUB SUBTRACT 10 FROM END FRAME PUT AND SAVE IT IN REG 5 WE NEED A LITTLE
24. BRANCH is skipped The following table shows the relationship between argument values expected input digits and other digits Range of Expected Range or Other Argument Value N Numeric Input Numeric Input 1 O Only 1 through9 2 O or 1 2 through 9 3 O through 2 3 through 9 4 O through 3 4 through 9 5 O through 4 5 through 9 6 O through 5 6 through 9 7 O through 6 7 through 9 8 O through 7 8 and 9 9 O through 8 9 only 4 48 TP 114 v 1 1 8 92 Pioneer LD V8000 Level Il User s Manual LD V8000 Level Il Chapter Four INPUT cont Example 1 The player waits for numeric button input and execution proceeds in one of four ways depending upon the input value Address Argument Command Hex Code Comment 0100 1000 SEARCH F7 Search to Menu Frame 1000 0105 3 INPUT F8 Wait for input 0 1 2 3 9 0107 1500 AUTOSTOP F3 0 digit play 1000 to 1500 0112 147 BRANCH CF lt end of 0 digit code block gt 0116 3500 SEARCH F7 1 digit Search to 3500 0121 4000 AUTOSTOP F3 and play to 4000 0126 147 BRANCH CF lt end of 1 digit code block gt 0130 4500 SEARCH F7 2 digit Search to 4500 0135 100 WAIT FB and wait 10 seconds 0139 147 BRANCH CF lt end of 2 digit code block gt 0143 105 BRANCH CF digits 3 9 ignore these 0147 Example 2 In response to the menu at frame 1000 branch to one of 4 different locations 400 500 600 and 700 when an input of 1 2 3 or 4 is received Address Argu
25. Il Commands for LD V8000 com Command Name Mnemonic Hex Code RCU Button Argument Page Set Still Mode SSM 8B PLAY 8 B Integer 4932 Set User Display SUD 2B PLAY 2 B Integer 4 19 Slow Speed Set SS ED SPEED SET Slow Integer 426 Step Forward SF F6 STEP FWD Ignored 4 29 Step Reverse SR FE STEP REV Ignored 4 29 Stop Stop FB STOP Integer Clear Blink CLB 2E PLAY 2 E Integer 420 Store ST F5 STORE Integer 444 Subtract SUB 03 PLAY 0 3 Integer 4936 Timed Input TIN 0E PLAY 0 E Integer 451 Track Jump Forward TUF 80 80 PLAY 8 0 Integer 4932 Track Jump Reverse TJR 81 81 PLAY 8 1 Integer 4932 Transmit Memory TM DC PLAY D C Ignored 459 Video Of VFF 1C PLAY 1 C Ignored 416 Video On VON 1B PLAY 1 B Ignored 416 Wait WAIT FB STOP Integer 425 B 4 7P114v 1 1 892 Alphabetical Listing of Level Il Commands for the LD V8000 Appendix B Appendix C Hex Code Matrix of Level Il Commands Available on the LD V8000 APPENDIX LD V8000 LEVEL II USER S MANUAL Programmer s Reference Guide Pioneer LD V8000 Level Il User s Manual 1P 114 v 1 1 e 8 92 LD V8000 Matrix of Level Il Hex Codes LD V8000 Level Il Command Table High Order Hex Digit L o W i 6 r d i 8 i g e x D B 9 D seu Jar se E Fle 7 o le e fe rele e ele NOTE The High Order Hex Digit is entered first the Low Order Hex Digit is entered second For example the Hex code for SEARCH SC is F7 Appendi
26. Mnemonic RCU Buttons Ignored 1B VON Play 1 B Output terminals If the Blue or Black squelch video was being output that video will be replaced by whatever image is stored in the video buffer Character generator overlay if any continues to be seen The player s power on default is Video ON Example Wait for the user to press button 0 Then squelch the video during a Search so that the viewer gets an immediate response to the input Address Argument Command Hex Code Comment 0 1 INPUT F8 Wait for Input from User 2 VOFF 1C Button 0 pressed squelch video 3 1000 SEARCH F7 Search to Frame 1000 8 VON 1B Turn video back ON 9 14 BRANCH CF Continue program at 14 12 0 BRANCH CF Button 1 9 ignored 4 16 TP114 v 1 1 8 92 Pioneer LD V8000 Level Il User s Manual LD V8000 Level Il Chapter Four CGE CDG amp DISPLAY 12 amp 13 CGE and CGD Character Generator Enable and Disable Function These commands enable or disable the overlay of character generator output on the player s Video Output signal Argument Hex Code Mnemonic RCU Buttons Ignored EO CGE PLAY E 0 Ignored E1 CGD PLAY E 1 Explanation The CGE command permits the overlay of characters produced by the player s internal character generator on the video being routed to the player s Video Output The CGD command inhibits the overlay process of even the Frame Number Display information At program RUN the
27. Number is 1 to 5 decimal digits from 1 through 54000 The Extended Time Number is 1 to 7 decimal digits HMMSSFF from 0 onward H is the hour digit if any MM is minutes 00 to 59 SS is seconds 00 to 59 FF is frames 00 to 29 Leading zeros are not required in these Disc Location numbers 33 STM Set Time Mode Function For CLV discs this command puts the player into Time Code Mode Argument Hex Code Mnemonic RCU Buttons Ignored 8D STM Play 8 D Explanation If the disc has time numberss a CLV disc any argument representing a Disc Location is treated as a Time Number The Time Number is 1 to 5 decimal digits HMMSS from 0 onward H is the hour digit if any MM is minutes 00 to 59 SS is seconds 00 to 59 Leading zeros are not required in these Disc Location numbers 4 30 TP114 v 1 1 8 92 Pioneer LD V8000 Level Il User s Manual LD V8000 Level Il Chapter Four SCM 34 SCM Set Chapter Mode Function If Chapter Numbers are encoded on the disc the player enters Chapter Mode Argument Hex Code Mnemonic RCU Buttons Ignored 8C SCM Play 8 C Explanation If the disc has chapter numbers any argument representing a Disc Location is treated as a Chapter Number The Chapter Number is a 1 or 2 digit decimal number from 0 through 79 If the disc does not have chapter numbers the command is ignored NOTE In Manual Mode the END button on the RCU can be used to cycle
28. ON 1 ea aa lon pees anc RE 0 PAGE 2 2046 1023 1 PAGE 3 3068 1534 2 PAGE 4 4090 2045 3 PAGE 5 5112 2556 4 PAGE 6 6134 3067 5 PAGE 7 7156 3578 6 PAGE 2 LOAD Load information from disc Function This command loads a 1022 byte dump from the videodisc into Page 0 Argument Hex Code Mnemoni RCU Buttons Not Allowed CC L Play C C Explanation An argument is not permitted see MLOAD Video and both audio channels are temporarily squelched the current frame is used as the dump s target frame and the player tries to detect dump leader tone on Audio Channel 2 It is not required that the user have Audio 2 ON If leader tone is detected the player reads 1022 bytes of dump data from the disc into program memory Page 0 It does not affect the contents of Register 0 or the Active Register Pointer Thus Register 0 may be used for passing data between different program overlay segments There are no prohibited byte values in a dump Any of the Hex codes 00 through FF may be loaded into RAM via a program dump Pioneer LD V8000 Level Il User s Manual TP 114 v 1 1 e 8 92 4 5 Chapter Four LD V8000 Level Il LOAD cont MLOAD Program dump data is stored as a specially constructed tone on Audio Channel 2 Data bits are recorded at 5000 bits per second and span approximately 50 frames of Audio Channel 2 The combined leader tone data and buffer zone may occupy 2 to
29. Reverse play returning to Frame 1000 is at triple speed Address Argument Command Hex Code Comment 0100 SFM 8E Frame Mode 0101 1000 SEARCH F7 Search to Frame 1000 0106 2 SLOW ED Set 1 2 speed 0108 1200 MSF F2 Multi speed forward to Frame 1200 0113 3 FAST EC Set triple speed 0115 1000 MSR FA Multi speed reverse to Frame 1000 4 28 TP114 v 1 1 8 92 Pioneer LD V8000 Level Il User s Manual LD V8000 Level Il Chapter Four STEP F amp STEP R Example Play Frame 100 to Frame 500 at twice normal speed Address Argument Command Hex Code Comment 0000 2 FAST EC Select two times normal speed 0002 100 SEARCH F7 Search to Frame 100 0006 500 MSF F2 Plays to Frame 500 at 2 x speed 30 amp 31 STEP F and STEP R Step Forward and Step Reverse Function These commands force Still Mode and step forward or backward one frame Argument Hex Code Mnemonic RCU Button Ignored F6 SF STEP FWD Ignored FE SR STEP REV Explanation Both commands force the player into Still Mode if it is not already there In Still mode each STEP F command will advance the player to the next video frame and each STEP R will access the preceding frame on the videodisc These commands can be used in a programmed loop to display a series of still frames or to provide programmed slow motion effects NOTE For maximum compatibility the argument should be omitted CAUTION The time required for the execution of these
30. Set RO 6 Compare RO with input 6 gt ignore 6 go show frame 200 6 lt ignore Show frame 200 Example 2 Following a button press of a O 9 digit button place the associated numerical value in Register O Address Argument Command Hex Code Comment 0000 1 INPUT F8 Accept viewer input 0002 4 BRANCH CF 0 digit 0004 DIN GET 08 digits 1 9 RO lt digit number 4 54 TP 114 v 1 1 e 8 92 Pioneer LD V8000 Level Il User s Manual 63 BIN Binary Input LD V8000 Level Il Chapter Four BIN Function BIN generates an argument for the following command from any input data Argument Ignored Hex Code Mnemonic BIN Explanation The player can receive button press inputs from the RCU and single byte inputs from the RS232 port The RCU button press is converted by the player to a one byte code 0 255 The last byte received is saved by the player as the last input code BIN reads this last input code converts it to a decimal argument value for the next command and then sets the last input code to 255 If a button is being held down it s code is immediately stored again as the current last input code Example The program does search until there are no button being pressed then it does not continue until some button is pressed 0006 0010 0012 0013 0018 0021 0024 0026 0029 0032 0035 Address Argument 255 BIN 10 2000 24
31. Video Buffer Control Commands 4 3 LD V8000 EPROM Upgrades CHAPTER LD V8000 LEVEL Il USER S MANUAL Programmer s Reference Guide Pioneer LD V8000 Level Il User s Manual 1P 114 v 1 1 e 8 92 LD V8000 Level Il Chapter Four 4 Level Il Commands for the LD V8000 This section provides a detailed description of each Level II command available for use with the LD V8000 The program commands are grouped by function e Program Load Control Commands e Audio Control Commands e Video Control Commands e Player Control Commands e Program Execution Commands e Register Management Control Commands e Input Processing Commands e Flag Set Commands e Transmit Commands e Video Buffer Control Commands See Appendix B for an Alphabetical Listing of Level II Commands for the LD V8000 This list also includes page numbers where detailed command descriptions are found The command descriptions are accompanied by a header in the corner of each page to aid in locating the commands Most of the Level II commands available on the LD V8000 were available on the LD V6000A They may execute somewhat differently on the LD V8000 due to command and hardware enhancements or modifications New Level II commands are available on the LD V8000 to better use the player s new features These new commands are highlighted by the symbol preceding the command title and description We urge programmers to thoroughly test Level II applications develo
32. WARNING BEFORE THE REAL MOTION END RECALL STORE GET CURRENT FRAME COMPARE SEE IF ALMOST DONE AS PLAY TO END OF MOTION BR FINISH amp RETURN TO LAST SUB MENU BR NOT TO END TEST FRAME YET SEE IF STOP OR 0 WAS PRESSED GET GET KEY OF LAST KEY PRESSED COMPARE CHECK FOR STOP KEY BR NOT STOP KEY SO CONTINUE CHECKING FOR MOTION END WAIT STOP MOTION PLAYBACK BR STOP PRESSED RETURN TO LAST SUB MENU COMPARE CHECK FOR ZERO KEY PRESS BR NOT ZERO KEY SO CONTINUE CHECKING FOR MOTION END WAIT STOP MOTION PLAYBACK BR 0 PRESSED RETURN TO MAIN MENU BR NOT ZERO KEY SO CONTINUE CHECKING FOR MOTION END TP 114v 1 1 892 Sample Flow Chart amp Level Il Code Programming Appendix G Sample Level Il Program Code com Level Il Example 3 Program Code cont STILLS REG 0 HAS REGISTER OF START FRAME END FRAME IS IN NEXT REG USE STEP FWD AND REV TO NAVIGATE THE STILLS STEP FWD ON END FRAME RETURNS TO CALLING MENU 0 DIGIT INTERRUPTS THE STILLS AND RETURNS TO MAIN MENU O ARG ARG GET GET THE START FRAME IN THE REG THAT IS IN REG O 4 PUT SAVE START FRAME 4 ARG SC DISPLAY START FRAME 1 ADD O ARG ARG GET GET THE END FRAME IN THE REG THAT IS IN REG O 5 PUT AND SAVE IT IN REG 5 NAVIGATE 1 FIN WAIT FOR STEP FWD OR STEP REV KEY MMENU BR O DIGIT RETURN TO MAIN MENU NAVIGATE BR DIGITS 1 9 IGNORE HANDLE FUNCTION KEYS DIN GET FUNCTION KEY NUMBER TO REG
33. an external computer The computer is attached to the player s RS232C port The chapter also provides information about preparing Level II programming for encoding onto a videodisc Chapter Four Level Il Commands for LD V8000 This chapter presents definitions and explanations of all LD V8000 Level II commands both those previously available on the LD V6000A and the new commands that take advantage of the special capabilities of the LD V8000 Commands are presented by category Program Load Control Audio Video Control Display Control Player Control Register Control Input Processing Program Execution Flag Set Transmit and Memory Control Often examples are included for educational purposes usually with comments explaining command usage The user will also find Notes referring to details which may be different on future or past players The information in the Notes is included to aid understanding but should not be depended upon in designing applications Note Most Level II program applications developed using the LD V6000A command set will run on the LD V8000 However some new hardware features and accompanying Level II commands available on the LD V8000 are not available on the LD V6000 or LD V6000A See Appendix A for a chart comparing the Level II commands available on different Pioneer programmable players the LD V8000 the LD V6000A the LD V6000 the LD V3000 and the PR7820 3 For a complete alphabetical listing of th
34. an odd numbered address higher program or memory address The formula to calculate the memory locations that a register occupies is shown below Memory Location of Register Y assuming it is accessed by a Level II program after an X PAGE command was executed with 0 lt X lt 6 and O lt Y lt 511 x X 1 If Y O then for R 0 a The most significant byte of R 0 is at memory location 7154 b The least significant byte of R 0 is at memory location 7155 If Y gt O then for R Y a The most significant byte is at memory location 511 x X 1 Y x 2 b The least significant byte is at memory location 511 x X 1 Y x 2 1 3 8 TP114 v 1 1 8 92 Pioneer LD V8000 Level Il User s Manual LD V8000 Level II Chapter Three 3 2 2 Reading Level Il Codes Program codes can be read from the player s memory by an external computer in a manner similar to that used to send them to the player First set the memory location pointer with the S command just as you would for sending code to the player The location specified will be the first code byte read Second use the D command to tell the player now many code bytes to transmit from it s memory The maximum transmission is 64 bytes of code followed by a carriage return Each byte is sent as two Hex characters so a maximum of 128 characters are transmitted To aid reading sequential sections of the player s memory the memory location pointer is i
35. arguments might be better Note NE is the one defined command that does not eat preceding digits as an argument but leaves them for the following command just as if the NE was not there However it is best not to rely on this Also the player takes 16 7 milliseconds one field time to execute each NE command Pioneer LD V8000 Level Il User s Manual TP 114 v 1 1 e 8 92 4 35 Chapter Four LD V8000 Level Il Register Commands ADD SUBTRACT 4 2 6 Register Commands Each of the following commands affect the contents of at least one of the user registers ADD SUBTRACT MULTIPLY DIVIDE GET PUT DECREG STORE RRS and CLOCK The COMPARE command uses the contents of a register RECALL affects the Active Register Pointer The ARG RND and DROP commands are only used as part of another instruction s argument 43 ADD Addition Function This command adds the argument value to Register 0 Integer Play 0 2 Explanation The integer argument taken modulo 65536 is added to the value stored in Register 0 The resultant sum is also taken modulo 65536 and the result then replaces the value in Register 0 Example Add 1020 to the number stored in Register 0 and use it as a frame number for a search Assume Register O initially contains 8400 Address Argument Command Hex Code Comment 0015 1020 ADD 02 RO lt RO 1020 0020 0 ARG SEARCH F7 Search to Frame 9420 from RO 44 SUBTRACT Function
36. commands has changed Example 1 From Frame 1000 go forward 2 frames and return at 1 frame second Address Argument Command Hex Code Comment 0100 1000 SEARCH F7 Search to Frame 1000 0105 10 WAIT FB and Wait 1 second 0108 STEP F F6 Step Forward to 1001 0109 10 WAIT FB and Wait 1 second 0112 STEP F F6 Step Forward to 1002 0113 10 WAIT FB and Wait 1 second 0116 STEP R FE Step Reverse to 1001 0117 10 WAIT FB and Wait 1 second 0120 STEP R FE Step Reverse to 1000 Pioneer LD V8000 Level Il User s Manual TP 114 v 1 1 e 8 92 4 29 Chapter Four LD V8000 Level Il STEP F amp STEP R cont SFM STM Example 2 Beginning at the current frame display the next ten frames as a series of 8 second stills then return to a menu at frame 2000 First enter 20 RECALL 10 STORE END CLEAR Address Argument Command Hex Code Comment 0053 10 GET 08 Place the value 10 in Register 0 0056 STEPF F6 Step to the next frame 0057 80 WAIT FB and wait 8 seconds 0060 0 DECREG FO Decrement Register 0 and test it for 0 0062 56 BRANCH CF RO gt 0 Continue at address 56 0065 2000 SEARCH F7 RO 0 Show the menu 32 SFM Set Frame Mode Function This command puts the player into Frame Mode Argument Hex Code Mnemonic RCU Buttons Ignored 8E SFM Play 8 E Explanation Any argument representing a Disc Location is treated as a Frame Number on a CAV disc and as a Extended Time Number on a CLV disc A Frame
37. con Level Il Example 2 Program Code Menu with Timeout selects Video Segments This Level II program uses a menu at frame 1000 The frame number is preloaded by the dump load into Register 10 so that it can be changed easily later One of five segments is played and the menu has a 15 6 second timeout to an Attract loop Any key interrupts the Attract loop Here we use SC for SEARCH AS for AUTOSTOP and BR for BRANCH Note the use of the symbol RMENU to represent the value 10 in the program to improve readability RMENU 10 N 10 R 1000 MMENU RMENU ARG 156 MMENU 2000 2200 MMENU 3000 3200 MMENU 4000 4200 MMENU 5000 5200 MMENU 6000 6200 MMENU MMENU Set RMENU to 10 so substitute 10 for RMENU wherever it is found below Set the Program Address to the High Byte of Register 10 Put frame number 1000 into Register 10 ADDR 0 START AT PROGRAM ADDRESS 0 SEARCH TINPUT BR SC AS BR SC AS BR SC AS BR SC AS BR SC AS BR BR SHOW MENU AT FRAME RMENU i e 1000 HERE TIMED WAIT FOR A KEY PRESS TIME OUT IN 15 6 SECONDS DIGIT 0 IGNORE KEY 1 COMES HERE SEARCH BEGINNING OF MOTION PLAY TO END OF MOTION SEGMENT DIGIT 1 KEY 2 COMES HERE SEARCH BEGINNING OF MOTION PLAY TO END OF MOTION SEGMENT DIGIT 2 KEY 3 COMES HERE SEARCH BEGINNING OF MOTION PLAY TO END OF MOTION SEGMENT DIGIT 3 KEY 4 COMES HERE SEARCH BEGINNING OF MOT
38. followed by a carriage return For example gt P lt CR gt lt 0129 lt CR gt 3 3 Level Il Programs Encoded on Videodiscs As mentioned at the beginning of this chapter programmers preparing a Level II program to be encoded onto a videodisc will most likely use an authoring utility program of some sort Programmers might develop their own compilers and other utilities or use commercially available authoring support tools You may contact Pioneer New Media Technologies Inc Engineering Support for more information The West Coast number is 310 952 2111 the East Coast number is 201 327 6400 It is highly recommended that the entire Level II application be carefully structured before any programming begins Like scriptwriting and storyboarding the interactive program should be well thought out and reasonably well documented before any video or audio production begins This will help eliminate the need for the costly re do of video sequences that don t quite fit into the intended interactive framework A flow chart provides a symbolic roadmap for any interactive application The intent of the flowchart is to clearly document the intended interactions and sequence of visual and audio events The specific symbols used are not too important Consistency and clarity are very important For your convenience we have provided example flow chart symbols in Appendix F Sample Flow Chart and Level II Code Additional information on flow charts i
39. from frame 3000 to 4000 Finally display frame 2000 hold that image and play Audio Channel 2 from frame 5000 to 6000 Address Argument Command Hex Code Comment 0000 1 SMS 84 Set Program Buffer Control ON 0002 1000 SEARCH F7 Search to frame 1000 0007 ANF A2 Turn ON Audio Channel 1 only 0008 0 MWD 87 Hold the video image 0010 3000 SEARCH F7 Search to frame 3000 0015 4000 AUTOSTOP F3 and play to frame 4000 0020 2000 SEARCH F7 Search to Frame 2000 0025 0 MWE 86 capture another image in video buffer 0027 0 MWD 87 and hold the image 0029 AFN A1 Turn ON Audio Channel 2 only 0030 5000 SEARCH F7 Search to frame 5000 0035 6000 AUTOSTOP F3 and play to frame 6000 Pioneer LD V8000 Level Il User s Manual TP114 v 1 1 e 8 92 4 63 Chapter Four LD V8000 Level Il 4 3 LD V8000 EPROM Upgrades The Audio Sync Lock Video Delay Time Switch was implemented on LD V8000 videodisc players manufactured since October 1990 All LD V8000 players with EPROMs 1119 and 1120 and above contain this feature If your player has older EPROMs and you want to upgrade contact Pioneer Parts and Service For an EPROM Upgrade Kit Dealers can call 1 800 457 2881 End Users can call 1 800 228 7221 See Technical Bulletin 137 or Appendix D of the LD V8000 User s Manual Programmer s Reference Guide for details 4 3 1 Video Delay Time The LD V8000 always sends the video signals read from the videodisc through its video buffer before it generates an output
40. language format and the command mnemonics used in the source code may differ greatly from the code shown These examples are intended to be instructional in nature not examples of source code format Example Play from frame 1000 to frame 1500 displaying frame numbers Address Argument Command Hex Code Comment 100 SFM 8E Set Frame Mode 101 1 DISPLAY F1 Turn Display ON 103 1000 SEARCH F7 Search to frame 1000 108 1500 AUTOSTOP F3 Play to frame 1500 This sample program segment just happens to start at address 100 Notice that each digit of the argument uses one byte of memory and that the command also uses one byte The second instruction begins at program address is at 101 the next at 103 and the last at 108 Ifyou enter this code from the RCU you will see command mnemonics on the monitor instead of these command names To enter the example above using the RCU press the following buttons 100 PROGRAM This puts the player into Programming Mode and code will be entered beginning at address 100 PLAY 8 E This is the three button press PLAY prepares the player to receive Hex code and 8E is the Hex code to SET FRAME MODE 1 DISPLAY 1 enables DISPLAY the DISPLAY button is a single button press sending Hex code directly to the player 1000 SEARCH button 1500 AUTO STOP button To enter this sample code from a computer the following commands must be sent 100 S indicating the program address and 64 W allowing up
41. or as one two field one frame buffer When the switch is ON Buffer Field Mode is selected and each buffer field can be controlled independently Then video field 0 or field 1 may be selected for video storage and video output When Buffer Frame Mode is selected both field buffers are used and controlled together Then both video fields 0 and 1 are automatically selected e Blue Black Search Squelch switch This switch selects the video source to be used to generate the player s search squelch output When the switch is ON the player s internal Blue Black screen generator is selected When the switch is OFF the player s internal video buffer is selected so that the image held there continues being displayed Pioneer LD V8000 Level Il User s Manual TP114 v 1 1 e 8 92 4 61 Chapter Four LD V8000 Level Il SRM MWE Program Field Frame Blue Black ARGUMENT Buffer Control Mode Search Squelch 0 OFF FRAME OFF 1 ON FRAME OFF 16 OFF FIELD OFF 17 ON FIELD OFF 32 OFF FRAME ON 33 ON FRAME ON 48 OFF FIELD ON 49 ON FIELD ON CAUTION Use only the arguments listed in this table EGM 75 SRM Select Read Memory Function SRM selects which field buffer to use to produce video output Argument Hex Code Mnemonic RCU Buttons Integer 85 SRM PLAY 8 5 Explanation In Buffer Field Mode the argument values O or 1 select field buffer O or field buffer 1 as the video buffer s output source
42. page Jumpers 12372 12778 Audio 2 only A motion sequence with or without sound Possibly a still image with narration or music Set Quiz Flag Special instructions scoring or any computations the control program to No Quiz may be required to do Flags may be set values recorded etc Horses Frame 12456 for 3 4 sec A still frame Include how long to wait at the still before continuing to the next block in the flowchart A series of stills Specify how the user proceeds forward through the stills Is it by time steps only Can the user back up in the sequence What happens when the user goes past the end still or tries to back up past the beginning still Pet Menu 1 Dogs 2 Cats A still frame Menu All possible viewer inputs are accounted for and a timeout if any is specified The branch paths and the input values that cause the path to be taken are clearly shown To Quiz 1 lt Indicate a continuation of the flow chart on another page Include the Pg 3 page number A decision point indicating the value or condition to be tested the branching that results and the values that caused the branching Appendix G Sample Flow Chart amp Level Il Code Programming TP 114v 1 1 8 92 G 1 Sample Level Il Pogramming Code Some Necessary Definitions The Examples in this Appendix were written to help explain how to create Level II programs To simplify these examples they were written i
43. sequence Argument Hex Code Mnemonic RCU Button Integer F8 IN INPUT Explanation INPUT puts the player into Input Mode where it waits indefinitely for one of the O 9 digit codes The digit code is usually generated as the result of a viewer s pressing one of the digit buttons on the RCU This is often a response to a menu of choices displayed on the video screen The command s argument is normally a single digit N 1 9 High order digits if present are ignored If the argument is missing or 0 the value 9 is used for N The argument allows a separate block of code to be executed for each of the N expected viewer inputs the codes for the digits 0 through N 1 The other digit codes N 9 are treated in one single category as other digits For example when N 3 each of the responses 0 1 or 2 causes its own block of code to be executed The other entries codes for the digits 3 through 9 are not ignored they cause the player to skip over the three reserved blocks of code and continue program execution While waiting for this numeric input the player does not accept most other commands from the RCU REJECT HALT AUDIO1 and AUDIO2 and various Transmit commands are exceptions When digit M s code is received if M lt N the player skips M blocks of code Otherwise N blocks are skipped over Then program execution continues For each block code is skipped until exactly one
44. these commands are specific to the LD V8000 or a particulat version of the LD V8000 For example the Video Buffer commands are specific to the LD V8000 01 with later EPROMS In some cases specific EPROM versions may be necessary PIONEER makes no assurances of compatibility with any particular videodisc player model past present or future Test all programs carefully Command Name Mnemonic Hex Code RCU Button Argument Page Add ADD 02 Play 0 2 Integer 4936 Argument ARG 0A Play 0 A Register 440 Audio 1 AI F4 AUDIO 1 L Integer 411 Audio 2 A2 FC AUDIO 2 R Integer 4 1 AutoStop AS F3 AUTOSTOP Disc Location 423 AXX AFF AQ Play A 0 Ignored 413 AFI A5 Play A 5 Ignored i AFN AI Play A 1 Ignored AFT A4 PLAY A 4 Ignored AIF AA PLAY A A Ignored AIN AB PLAY A B Ignored i AIT AE PLAY A E Ignored i ANF A2 PLAY A 2 Ignored i i ANI A7 PLAY A 7 Ignored i ANN A3 PLAY A 3 Ignored ANT A6 PLAY A 6 Ignored ATF A8 PLAY A 8 Ignored ATI AD PLAY A D Ignored i ATN A9 PLAY A 9 Ignored 1 ATT AC PLAY A C Ignored i Binary Input BIN 17 PLAY 1 7 Ignored 455 Blink BLK 2D PLAY 2 D Integer 420 Branch BR CF BRANCH Address 433 Branch on Failure BRF 07 PLAY 0 7 Address 434 Character Generator Disable CGD El PLAY E 1 Ignored 417 Character Generator Enable CGE E0 PLAY E 0 Ignored 417 Appendix B Alphabetical Listing of Level Il Commands for the LD V8000 7P114v 1 1 8
45. through the modes that are valid for a specific disc All discs encoded with Frame Numbers can be accessed in Frame Mode CLV discs can be accessed in Time Mode and any CAV or CLV disc with chapters encoded can be accessed in Chapter Mode Example A chapter coded CLV disc is being used The frame at 0 hours 20 minutes 30 seconds and 21 frames is displayed for one second Then the frame at 11 minutes 30 seconds and 0 frames is displayed for one second Finally the first frame of Chapter 16 is displayed Address Argument Command Hex Code Comment 0100 SFM 8E Use Frame Mode CLV Disc 0101 203021 SEARCH F7 Search to 20 min 30 sec 21 frames 0108 10 WAIT FB and Wait for 1 second 0111 STM 8D Use Time Code Mode 0112 1130 SEARCH F7 Search to start of 11 min second 30 0117 10 WAIT FB and Wait for 1 second 0120 SCM 8C Use Chapter Mode 0121 16 SEARCH F7 Search to start of Chapter 16 Pioneer LD V8000 Level Il User s Manual TP 114 v 1 1 e 8 92 4 31 Chapter Four LD V8000 Level Il SSM TIF amp TJR 35 SSM Set Still Mode Function This command allows the user to select a special 4 field Still Mode Argument Hex Code Mnemonic RCU Buttons Integer 8B SSM Play 8 B Explanation When the player is in normal Still Mode it repeatedly accesses 2 fields a normal still frame For special applications it may be desirable to access 4 fields instead displaying a special 4 field still The norma
46. video signal Audio on the other hand is processed directly to the audio outputs Therefore the video signal is delayed and the audio signal is not The video signal may be delayed up to 16 2 milliseconds refer to Figure 4 1 below Normally this delay time is anything from 4 2 to 16 2 msec depending upon how the disc happened to spin up If directed to do so the player can take a longer time to spin up up to 20 seconds and force the delay time into a narrower range 15 2 to 16 2 msec A VIDEO DELAY TIME switch also referred to as Audio Sync Lock can be set to select the narrower delay time range The switch option has been added to Page 4 of the Function Switch Setting Mode hold down DISPLAY at player power on This feature is available only when CAV discs are used This switch is ignored when CLV discs are used The LD V8000 only adjusts the delay time at spin up Therefore if external synchronization is done after spin up the delay time may change To achieve proper external synchronization attach the signals to the player before spin up The VIDEO DELAY TIME switch is switch 7 bit 7 of EPROM switch bank 6 which is read into Register H at power on Video signal from disc Video N Video N 1 Output video signal ne LI lt j i delay time Figure 4 B 4 64 TP114 v 1 1 8 92 Pioneer LD V8000 Level Il User s Manual Appendix A Comparison of Level Il Commands Available on Different Pioneer Indust
47. waits for the designated time before executing the next instruction The argument specifies the delay in tenths of a second No argument means no delay Note The maximum delay is 1000 seconds 10 000 tenth seconds or 10000 WAIT Example The 52 WAIT instruction will force a still frame and delay 5 2 seconds Pioneer LD V8000 Level Il User s Manual TP 114 v 1 1 e 8 92 4 25 Chapter Four LD V8000 Level Il PAUSE SLOW 25 PAUSE Function The PAUSE command just delays program execution for a period of time Argument Hex Code Mnemonic RCU Buttons Integer OD PAU Play 0 D Explanation The command tells the player to wait for the designated time before executing the next instruction Motion in progress may continue The argument specifies the delay in tenths of a second No argument means no delay Note The maximum delay is 1000 seconds 10 000 tenth seconds or 10000 PAUSE Example Play the first 13 5 seconds of material after Frame 1000 and stop Address Argument Command Hex Code Comment 0100 1000 SEARCH F7 Go to Frame 1000 0105 PLAY FD and begin playing the disc 0106 135 PAUSE OD Delay program execution for 13 5 sec 0110 WAIT FB and Still Mode at the current frame 26 SLOW Slow Speed Function SLOW selects a slow speed to be used by the MULTI SPEED commands Integer SLOW Explanation This command selects one of the several predefined slow playback speeds to be used
48. with new or modified Level II commands Some of the new player features are e Four Channels of Audio The player can simultaneously read and process two channels of Analog Audio and two channels of Digital Audio Thus program designers have access to four independent audio tracts For example these could be used as four different interpretations or languages all relating to the same video material e Video Buffer The player s ability to capture and hold any frame of video on the disc provides seamless searches CLV still frames and Sound Over Still With new Level II commands to control this buffer special user programmed effects are possible e CLV Frame Access Most Level II commands now apply to CLV videodiscs facilitating highly interactive CLV applications e Rapid Search Time The player provides one half second access across an entire CAV disc Three seconds access across an entire CLV disc In the past Level II applications were prepared only for CAV discs because CLV discs did not allow the full range of interactive capabilities Still Frame Step Forward and Reverse Multi Speed Forward and Reverse etc The LD V8000 s video memory buffer makes possible CLV interactive with frame accurate CLV searches Thus it is now possible to create significant Level II applications for CLV discs Special care must be taken when programming Level II applications for CLV discs CLV frame access use
49. 00 3200 over still 5030 sequence Audio 1 amp 2 RSEQ4 EQU 32 4th sound 4000 4200 over still 5040 sequence Audio 1 only THE FOLLOWING SYNTAX WILL N 35 R 4200 4000 5040 1 3200 3000 5030 3 1200 1000 5020 2 1200 1000 5010 1 ADDR O START OF PROGRAM AT ADDRESS 0 1 SMS ALLOW PROGRAM CONTROL OF VIDEO BUFFER MENUA 7010 SC SEARCH MENUA STILL MWE ENABLE FRAME BUFFER WRITE MENUA GET GET MENUA LOCATION AND 3 PUT SAVE IT IN REG 3 3 FINPUT WAIT FOR DIGITS OR FUNCTION KEY PRESS MENUA BR DIGIT 0 IGNORE RSEQ1 GET GET TABLE REG LOCATION SOSMOTION BR DIGIT 1 SOS SEG 1 RSEQ2 GET GET TABLE REG LOCATION SOSMOTION BR DIGIT 2 SOS SEG 2 MENUA BR OTHER DIGITS 3 9 IGNORE ANY FUNCTION KEY GOES TO NEXT MENU Appendix G Sample Flow Chart amp Level Il Code Programming TP 114v 1 1 8 92 G 11 Sample Level Il Program Code com Level Il Example 4 Program Code cont MENUB 7020 SC SEARCH MENUB STILL MWE ENABLE FRAME BUFFER WRITE MENUB GET GET MENUB LOCATION AND 3 PUT SAVE IT IN REG 3 3 FINPUT WAIT FOR USER KEY PRESS MENUB BR DIGIT 0 IGNORE RSEQ3 GET GET TABLE REG LOCATION SOSMOTION BR DIGIT 1 SOS SEG 3 RSEQ4 GET GET TABLE REG LOCATION SOSMOTION BR DIGIT 2 SOS SEG 4 MENUB BR OTHER DIGITS 3 9 IGNORE MENUA BR ANY FUNCTION KEY GOES TO OTHER MENU THIS SOSMOTION ROUTINE DEPENDS ON A GROUP OF REGISTERS CONTAINING THE DATA IN THE FOLLOWING FORMAT
50. 00 LD V6000A and on the LD V8000 In order to take advantage of the latest hardware features we urge developers to write Level II programs for use with specific players Note that other players in the current Pioneer Industrial Videodisc product line the LD V2000 LD V2200 CLD V2400 LD V4400 and the LC V330 Autochanger are not Level II players and do not contain an internal microprocessor that will execute Level II programs When new LD V8000 players are purchased Level II programs written for and tested on LD V8000 players containing older EPROMs Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory chips should be thoroughly tested with the newer EPROMs that may contain improvements and additional features See Technical Bulletin 131 LD V8000 Version Upgrade All Level II programs should be thoroughly tested preferably with a proof disc before the master stamper is made and replicates are pressed A proof disc is a pre replication test disc containing all program video audio and Level II program information It is used to verify and confirm both the video and audio material and the disc s interactive programming functions 2 2 TP114 v 1 1 8 92 Pioneer LD V8000 Level Il User s Manual LD V8000 Level Il Chapter Two Caution Pioneer Level II programs will not execute on Level II players produced by other manufacturers because Level II languages vary between manufacturers Level II programming code is usually developed and t
51. 000 0055 CLD 2C Clear all lines of the Character Generator 0056 CGE EO Force Character Generator overlay ON 0057 1 DISPLAY FI Turn ON Frame display generation 0059 1500 AUTOSTOP F3 Play to Frame 1500 with Display ON 0064 0 DISPLAY FI Force Disc Location generation OFF 0066 2000 AUTOSTOP F3 Continue to Frame 2000 4 18 TP114 v 1 1 8 92 Pioneer LD V8000 Level Il User s Manual LD V8000 Level Il Chapter Four SUD CLD 15 SUD Set User Display Function This command loads data into one line of the character generator Argument Hex Code Mnemonic RCU Buttons Line Number 2B SUD Play 2 B Explanation When enabled the character generator overlays its lines of text on the output video Each line lines 0 11 in the LD V8000 player contains twenty ASCII characters An argument of 0 through 11 is used to specify the line to be loaded The SUD command reads and loads the 20 bytes of data starting at the program address stored in the Active Register After loading is complete the active register pointer is incremented by one Note The topmost overlay line is line 0 and the bottommost line is line 11 Since other players access different lines use care in selecting lines if compatibility is desired The command is ignored if the argument is other than 0 through 11 The 20 bytes of data to be loaded should be byte values in the range of 20 through 9F Individual characters do not blink Refer to Appendix
52. 028 and R3 lt 2 Example Assume RO contains 1200 Multiply RO by 5 and use the new number as a frame number for a SEARCH Address Argument Command Hex Code Comment 0015 5 MULTIPLY 22 RO lt RO x5 0017 0 ARG SEARCH F7 Search to Frame 6000 46 DIVIDE Function This command divides RO by the argument with the remainder in R3 Argument Hex Code Mnemonic RCU Buttons Integer 21 DIV Play 2 1 Explanation The 2 byte contents of Register 0 are divided by the integer argument taken modulo 65536 The quotient is stored in RO and the remainder is stored in R3 If 37 is divided by 5 RO lt 7 and R3 lt 2 Pioneer LD V8000 Level Il User s Manual TP 114 v 1 1 8 92 4 37 Chapter Four e LD V8000 Level Il DIVIDE cont GET Note An attempt to divide by zero does not change RO or R3 Example Assume RO contains 62 Take Register 0 modulo 12 and use the result times 100 as a frame number for a SEARCH Address Argument Command Hex Code Comment 0015 12 DIVIDE 21 R3 lt RO modulo 12 2 0018 0 ARG 00 SEARCH F7 Search for Frame 200 47 GET Function This command sets Register 0 to the argument value Argument Hex Code Mnemonic RCU Buttons Integer 08 GET Play 0 8 Explanation This command replaces the contents of Register 0 by the value specified by the argument taken modulo 65536 RO is set to O if the argument is omitted Example Assume Register 2
53. 114v 1 1 8 92 Sample Flow Chart amp Level Il Code RCU Entry Appendix F Sample Level Il Program RCU Entry Example 2 Three selectable motion segments Start up set frame mode audio channel 1 on hold a still frame until RCU button 1 2 or 3 is pressed to select one of three motion segments At the end of each selected segment branch back to introductory still frame Introductory still frame is at Frame 00210 Segment One is 4450 to 05117 Segment Two is 05619 to 06570 and Segment Three is 06700 to 07820 Flow Chart of Example 2 Set Frame Mode Select Audio 1 Show Menu no Timeout Ignore 0 4 9 Motion Segment 1 Motion Segment 2 Motion Segment 3 It is necessary to understand the format of the INPUT command to be able to follow this program The other commands used here are fairly simple commands so this program is fairly easy to understand Here is the program in a format as it might be made by a programmer for a compiler SFM Set Frame Mode 1 Audl O Aud2 Use Audio 1 only Menu 2113 Search Ignore 4 Input Ignore Branch Key O ignore it 4450 Search 5117 Autostop Menu Branch Key 1 Segment 1 5619 Search 6570 Autostop Menu Branch Key 2 Segment 2 6700 Search 7820 Autostop Menu Branch Key 3 Segment 3 Ignore Branch Keys 4 9 ignore Appendix F Sample Flow Chart amp Level Il Code RCU Entry 7P114v 1 1 8 92 F 5 Sample Level Il Program RCU Entry Example 2 in RCU entr
54. 2 173 c 6 3 174 h 6 8 175 space 2 0 176 space 2 0 177 space 2 0 178 space 2 0 179 space 2 0 Appendix F Sample Flow Chart amp Level Il Code RCU Enty TP 714v 1 1 8 92 Sample Level Il Program Example 4 A selectable continuously repeating Attract Loop with a selectable Main Feature Set on screen function switches for Load from Memory Then when the disc is inserted in the drawer and PLAY is pressed the Level II program in memory is automatically executed The Program starts by setting frame mode and audio channel 1 on then searches to a still frame 00210 and waits for only one input to start attract loop Press 0 to start Attract Loop frame 02113 to 03493 The attract loop repeats continually until 1 is pressed to play the Main Feature Motion Segment frame 05619 to 06564 At the end of the Main Feature the program automatically branches back to the continuously repeating attract loop Flow Chart of Example 4 Set Frame Mode Select Audio 1 Show the Wait Menu no Timeout 0 Ignore 1 9 Interrupt on 41 Feature Motion Segment Interruptable Attract Loop This flow chart looks simple but actually the program is difficult to understand unless one well understands the IIN Interrupt Input and COM Compare commands F 12 TP 114v 1 1 8 92 Sample Flow Chart amp Level II Code RCU Entry Appendix F Sample Level Il Program Example 4 cont
55. 3 seconds of Audio Channel 2 Thus approximately 2 to 3 seconds are required to load a 1022 byte page of data Information regarding the recommended positioning and spacing of multiple program dumps may be obtained from Pioneer Video Manufacturing Inc Also refer to Section 3 3 Level II Programs Encoded on Videodisc on page 3 10 of this manual Upon successful completion of the load operation the audio and video squelch status are returned to the state they were in before the load was executed Then program execution continues at program address 0 If the load is unsuccessful for example a checksum error the player retries the load operation up to eight times If the load operation still fails or no leader tone was detected at the target frame the player returns to Manual Mode operation Note The player may not properly process commands received while it is loading a program dump from a videodisc Example A dump that has it s target frame covered by leader tone at frame 450 is loaded into Page 0 and the program execution is to resume at Address 0 The player searches to frame 450 finds the leader tone and then loads the data Since there is no argument before the Load command the player will automatically resume executing program instructions at program address 0 Also show a program segment which passes a parameter the value 13 in Register 0 to the loaded program Address Argument Command Hex Code 100 450 SEARCH
56. 3 11 Chapter Three LD V8000 Level II 3 4 Player Initialization Since different videodisc players might initialize their internal parameters to different settings it is best to write programs that do not expect specific settings When possible force the settings that you want Make sure to test any that you expect Some programmers will detect initial program load by finding a one in Register 0 when the program starts from program address 0 Loading a dump does not change Register 0 Concerning all other parameters be careful Although the figure below shows the expected behavior of some parameters there may exist peculiar circumstances where the expected does not occur Parameter At Power On at Run At Program Halt AUDIO 1 L amp 2 R Both On Both On These Register 0 contents 1 no change fi they were in Frame Display Off before HALT Active Register Pointer 0 1 Depends on Character Generator Enabled REG A Status Figure 3 D 3 12 TP114 v 1 1 8 92 Pioneer LD V8000 Level Il User s Manual 4 Level II Commands for the LD V8000 4 1 Format Used to Describe Commands 4 2 Level II Command Descriptions 4 2 1 Program Load Control Commands 4 2 2 Audio Control Commands 4 2 3 Video Control Commands 4 2 4 Player Control Commands 4 2 5 Program Exectuion Commands 4 2 6 Register Commands 4 2 7 Input Processing Commands 4 2 8 Flag Set Commands 4 2 9 Transmit Commands 4 2 10
57. 36 0034 37 BRANCH CF 0037 20 WAIT FB Skip to here if RO lt R21 0040 1234 SEARCH F7 Pioneer LD V8000 Level Il User s Manual TP 114 v 1 1 8 92 4 41 Chapter Four LD V8000 Level Il DECREG 52 DECREG Decrement Register Function This command tests and decrements a register usually for loop control Argument Hex Code Mnemonic RCU Button Register Number FO DR DEC REG Explanation If the value in the specified register is greater than zero the value is decremented by one Then if the resultant value in the register is greater than zero program execution proceeds with the instruction immediately following the DECREG If the value is equal to zero all following commands are skipped until one BRANCH is skipped then program execution resumes with the instruction immediately following that BRANCH DECREG does not change the Active Register Pointer No argument is equivalent to a zero argument Example Odd numbered registers 21 through 29 hold the start frames and the even numbered registers 22 through 30 hold the end frames for five video motion sequences Play all five sequences then show a menu at frame 6500 Register Contents R21 1001 R 26 13000 R 22 2000 R 27 5100 R 23 4000 R 28 5800 R 24 6000 R 29 6001 R 25 10000 R 30 6011 Address Argument Command Hex Code Comment 0500 21 RECALL 7F Make Register 21 the Active Register 0503 5 GET 08 Put count of 5 into Register 0
58. 40 Store 140 Store Line 5 text address in Reg 7 19 160 Store 160 Store Line 6 text address in Reg 8 23 00765 Search 00765 Search Menu Background Frame 29 CLD 2 Clear Character Overlay 30 5 Recall 5 Recall 32 3 SUD 3 2 B Display Line 3 text 34 4 SUD 4 2 B Display Line 4 text 36 5 SUD 5 2 B Display Line 5 text 38 6 SUD 6 2 B Display Line 6 text F 8 TP 114v 1 1 8 92 Sample Flow Chart amp Level Il Code RCU Entry Appendix F Sample Level Il Program Example 3 in RCU entry format cont Address Arg Command RCU Input Comments 40 4 Input 4 Input Wait for Inputs 0 9 42 Branch 40 Branch Key O Ignore it 45 CLD 20 Clear Character Overlay 46 04450 Search 04450 Search Key 1 Start Segment 1 52 05117 Autostop 05117 Autostop Play to the segment end 58 23 Branch 23 Branch Return to the Menu 61 CLD Te Clear Character Overlay 62 05619 Search 05619 Search Key 2 Start Segment 2 68 06570 Autostop 06570 Autostop Play to the segment end 74 23 Branch 23 Branch Return to the Menu 77 CLD 2 C Clear Character Overlay 78 06700 Search 06700 Search Key 3 Start Segment 3 84 07820 Autostop 07820 Autostop Play to the segment end 90 23 Branch 23 Branch Return to the Menu 93 40 Branch 40 Branch Ignore buttons 4 9 96 0000 0000 100 space 2 0 Line 3 text 101 S Duo Selecta Topic 102 e 6 5 103 l 6 C 104 e 6 5 105 c 6 3 106 t 7 4 107 space 2 0 108 a 6 1 109 space 2 0 110 T 54
59. 56 bytes are available for Level II programming The RAM holds program codes the registers and other data This coexistence requires RAM to be addressed in two ways One addressing method is used to store single bytes of program code and data The second method is used to manipulate the values stored in two byte registers _ Program Address 0 Program Code Active Memory Registers in Use a ___ Register Number 0 Figure 2 A Because program code and registers may overlay each other the programmer must understand how each is structured and addressed See Figure 2 A above Since there is rarely a good reason to allow program code to overlap the registers in use the programmer should usually consider such an overlap to be an error and make every effort to avoid it Generally the program code begins at the lowest address in the active memory and the register area begins at the highest address This is not always required but it is usually convenient and sufficient The size of the program and the number of registers to be used must be managed so that the total size of the program data and the register data does not exceed the total size of the active memory Pioneer LD V8000 Level Il User s Manual 1P 114 v 1 1 e 8 92 2 7 Chapter Two LD V8000 Level Il Active Memory Size Memory Locations Pages Bytes Range Hi Byte Reg N Low Byte Reg N 1 1024 0 1023 1022 2 N 1023
60. 92 B 1 Alphabetical Listing of Level Il Commands for LD V8000 con Command Name Mnemonic Hex Code RCU Button Argument Page Clear Blink CLB 2E PLAY 2 E Integer 420 Clear User Display CLD 2C PLAY 2 C Integer 4 19 Clock CLK 16 PLAY 1 6 Ignored 447 Compare COM 04 PLAY 0 4 Integer 44 Decrement Register DR FO DEC REG Register 442 Decrement Transmit Pointer DTP DA PLAY D A Ignored 460 Decrement amp Transmit Memory DTM DE PLAY D E Ignored 4 59 Digital Audio DAD 82 PLAY 8 2 Integer 414 Divide DIV 21 PLAY 2 1 Integer 437 Digit Input DIN 1E PLAY 1 E Ignored 454 Display DI FI DISPLAY Integer 417 Drop DRP 1D PLAY 1 D Integer 443 End Programming Mode EF END Fast Speed Set FS EC SPEED SET Fast Integer 427 Function Key Input FIN 18 PLAY 1 8 Integer 450 Function Key Input amp TimeOut FT 19 PLAY 1 9 Integer 452 Get GET 08 PLAY 0 8 Integer 4938 Halt Program H BF HALT 4035 Increment Transmit Pointer ITP D9 PLAY D 9 Ignored 460 Increment amp Transmit Memory ITM DD PLAY D D Ignored 4 59 Input IN F8 INPUT Integer 448 Interrupt Input IIN 20 PLAY 2 0 Integer 456 Jump JMP 0B PLAY 0 B Program Address 434 Load Program L CC PLAY C C 45 Memory Write Disable MWD 87 PLAY 8 7 Integer 463 Memory Write Enable MWE 86 PLAY 8 6 Integer 462 Moving Load L CC PLAY C C Page Number 46 B 2 7P114v 1 1 892 Alphabetical Listing of Level Il Commands for the LD V8000 Appendix B Alphabetical L
61. A3 ANN ON ON Ignored A4 AFT OFF Toggled Ignored A5 AFI OFF Ignored Ignored A6 ANT ON Toggled Ignored A7 ANI ON Ignored Ignored A8 ATF Toggled OFF Ignored A9 ATN Toggled ON Ignored AA AIF Ignored OFF Ignored AB AIN Ignored ON Ignored AC ATT Toggled Toggled Ignored AD ATI Toggled Ignored Ignored AE AIT Ignored Toggled F OFF Open N ON Closed T Toggled I Ignored no change Explanation The Audio Channel Select switches can be turned ON N turned OFF F toggled T or ignored I left alone Audio Channel 1 L is activated by closing switches 1 and 3 Audio Channel 2 R is activated by closing switches 2 and 4 The player automatically controls switches 5 and 6 Note Even though any arguments are ignored it is preferred that they be omitted Pioneer LD V8000 Level Il User s Manual TP 114 v 1 1 e 8 92 4 13 Chapter Four LD V8000 Level Il AXX cont DAD Example Frames 1000 to 1200 are played with both AUDIO 1 and AUDIO 2 ON Frames 1200 to 1400 are played with AUDIO 1 ON and AUDIO 2 OFF Frames 1400 to 1600 are played with AUDIO 1 OFF and AUDIO 2 ON Frames 1600 to 1800 are played with both AUDIO 1 and AUDIO 2 OFF Address Argument Command Hex Code Comment 100 SFM 8E Frame Mode 101 1000 SEARCH F7 Search to frame 1000 106 ANN A3 Audio 1 L and Audio 2 R ON 107 1200 AUTOSTOP F3 Stop at frame 1200 112 1 AUDIO1 F4 Audio 1 L ON 114 0 AUDIO2 FC Audio 2 R OFF 116 1400 AUTOSTOP F3 Stop at frame
62. Branch to program address 256 0055 1 ARG BRANCH CF Branch to the address in Register 1 0058 0613 BRANCH CF Branch to program address 613 0063 BRANCH CF Branch to program address 0 Pioneer LD V8000 Level Il User s Manual TP 114 v 1 1 e 8 92 4 33 Chapter Four LD V8000 Level Il BRF JUMP 39 BRF Branch on Failure Function The program branches only if the most recent failure reporting command failed in its execution Argument Hex Code Mnemonic RCU Buttons Program Address 07 BRF Play 0 7 Explanation Some commands such as SEARCH AUTOSTOP MSF and MSR and the MLoad commands set the player s Success Fail flag as they finish execution If the flag indicates Fail when BRF is executed program execution continues at the program address specified by its argument Otherwise the next sequential instruction is executed Example If MLOAD fails try again Otherwise continue program execution Address Argument Command Hex Code Comment 0021 VOFF 1C Video squelched 0022 100 SEARCH F7 0026 2 MLOAD CC 0028 22 BRF 07 On failure try the load again 0031 40 JUMP Function Branches to a subroutine recording a return address in Register 1 Argument Hex Code Mnemonic RCU Buitons Program Address 0B JMP Play 0 B Explanation Like a BRANCH command JUMP causes the player to continue instruction execution at the program address specified by the argument I
63. Channel 2 is ON as the disc spins up In general it is not necessary for Audio 2 to be ON for the player to read dumps but Audio 2 OFF during spinup tells the player to skip its initial dump load detection sequence For more information about loading Level II programming codes to the players RAM using the RCU see Section 3 1 For information about sending Level II code to the player s RAM from a computer via the RS 232C port see Section 3 2 2 2 2 Executing Level Il Program Code from RAM Level II programs loaded from videodisc automatically begin execution when they are loaded However one may wish to automatically execute a program that is already in the players memory independent of the type of disc or the original source of the program In this case set Level II Auto Start as described above but choose the Back Up Memory option This will cause the player to automatically begin execution of the code stored in memory as soon as any videodisc is spun up CAUTION When running programs automatically with the Back Up Memory setting make sure that the program code begins at program address 0 The Level II program remains in the player s RAM indefinitely until it is overwritten The LD V8000 contains a lithium battery so that a Level II program can be held in memory up to 5 years even when the player is not plugged in To begin execution of a program manually press the RUN button on the RCU To use an external computer to command exec
64. Commands Available on the LD V8000 Both Chapter 4 and Appendix B include the commands corresponding one byte Hex codes Pioneer LD V8000 Level Il User s Manual TP114 v 1 1 e 8 92 2 9 Chapter Two LD V8000 Level Il 2 4 3 Registers All or part of any page in active memory can be used to hold register data Each register occupies two bytes two memory locations The most significant byte of a register is at an even program address the least significant byte is at the next higher location odd address There are 511 registers in each active page Register storage begins at the highest program address and proceeds downward When only one page is active Register 0 occupies program addresses 1022 and 1023 while Register 511 occupies program addresses 0 and 1 Since this correspondence of register number to program addresses changes with the use of the Page command the two program addresses corresponding to a particular register number can be computed with the aid of Figure 2 B of this chapter Registers store data in a 16 bit binary unsigned integer format For example the value 1536 can be stored in a register as the hexadecimal value 0600 Since a register is 16 bits long it can contain a value of 0 through 65535 There are no negative numbers and larger numbers are usually taken modulo 65536 The Active Register Pointer holds a number designating which register is currently considered to be Active Of the available registe
65. D Character Generator Table of Hex Codes 16 CLD Clear Display Function This command erases one or all character generator lines Argument Hex Code Mnemonic RCU Buttons Line Number 2C CLD Play 2 C Explanation The argument 0 11 selects one line of the character generator s display The data stored in the character generator for that line is erased that display line is cleared If there is no argument all of the character generator lines are cleared Pioneer LD V8000 Level Il User s Manual TP 114 v 1 1 8 92 4 19 Chapter Four LD V8000 Level Il BLINK CLB 17 BLINK Function All the characters on the selected line start to blink Argument Hex Code Mnemonic RCU Buttons Line Number 2D BLK Play 2 D Explanation The character generator is directed to begin blinking all of the characters on a line 0 11 specified by the argument All lines blink if the argument is missing 18 CLB Clear Blink Function All the characters on the selected line cease blinking Argument Hex Code Mnemonic RCU Buttons Line Number 2E CLB Play 2 E Explanation The character generator is directed to stop blinking all of the characters on a line 0 11 specified by the argument All lines stop if the argument is missing Example HELLO there is overlayed on line 7 for 5 seconds Then the line blinks for 3 seconds and the overlay is cleared After 4 mo
66. F7 104 LOAD CC 200 VOFF 1C 201 13 GET 08 204 100 BRANCH CF 3 MLOAD Moving Load Function This command loads a 1022 byte dump into the indicated page Argument Hex Code Mnemonic RCU Buttons Integer CC L Play C C 4 6 TP114 v 1 1 8 92 Pioneer LD V8000 Level Il User s Manual LD V8000 Level Il Chapter Four MLOAD cont Explanation One or several dumps can be loaded while a motion sequence is playing In effect loading the program is hidden under a motion segment providing an invisible load Like LOAD the MLOAD command loads a 1022 byte program dump from the videodisc However the data may be put into any of the currently active pages of memory Thus the command must have an argument specifying the page 0 6 into which the dump information will be loaded The command does not affect the contents of Register O or the Active Register Pointer When the MLOAD command is executed AUDIO 2 is temporarily muted Valid program leader must be detected for the MLOAD to continue It is not necessary for AUDIO 2 to be turned ON While listening for data the player is forced to PLAY forward if it is not already doing so The VIDEO and AUDIO 1 squelch status are not changed Thus dumps could be loaded while a motion sequence is playing After the MLOAD the player reverts to the mode it was in before the MLOAD was executed Program execution continues at the program address immediately f
67. ION PLAY TO END OF MOTION SEGMENT DIGIT 4 KEY 5 COMES HERE SEARCH BEGINNING OF MOTION PLAY TO END OF MOTION SEGMENT DIGIT 5 OTHER DIGITS 6 9 IGNORE TIMEOUT OF THE TINPUT EXECUTION COMES HERE AND CONTINUES BELOW G 4 TP 114v 1 1 892 Sample Flow Chart amp Level Il Code Programming Appendix G Sample Level Il Program Code con Level Il Example 2 Program Code cont ATTRACT PRESSING SPIN 100 BIN 255 PRESSING SPIN PRESSING 690 MOTION END DONE Appendix G Sample Flow Chart amp Level Il Code Programming TP 114v 1 1 8 92 SC ATTRACT LOOP 100 700 WAIT FOR NO KEY PRESS GET GET NUMBER OF LAST KEY PRESSED COMPARE IF KEY NUMBER IS NOT 255 KEY WAS PRESSED BR PLAY BR WAIT FOR NO BUTTON BR AND START PLAYING LOOP HERE AND CHECK FOR END OF ATTRACT LOOP RECALL STORE GET CURRENT FRAME COMPARE SEE IF ALMOST DONE WE NEED A LITTLE WARNING BEFORE THE REAL ATTRACT LOOP NEAR END SO AS FINISH LAST 10 FRAMES BR BR NOT YET TO FRAME 690 SEE IF ANY BUTTON PRESSED GET CHECK IF USER PRESSED A KEY COMPARE BR ERROR SHOW MENU CAN T REALLY GET HERE BR NO BUTTON PRESS BR BUTTON PRESS SHOW MENU G 5 Sample Level Il Program Code con Level Il Example 3 Program Code Demonstrate menu sub menus interruptable motion and still frame sets Load a second and third dump not really needed here Use sub menus to select the mater
68. Il User s Manual 1P 114 v 1 1 e 8 92 3 1 Chapter Three LD V8000 Level II programming will begin at address 0 If an argument is used programming will begin at the specified program address 3 1 2 Screen Display When the player is in Programming Mode the monitor displays a four digit decimal program address at the upper left of the screen Mnemonics representing one or more sequential program codes are displayed on a second line The displayed program address is the address of the rightmost byte of code command argument digit or data displayed on the second line PRG 0011 PRG 0011 Program Address 1DI 1000SC 1200AS __ As code is entered the display line shifts left This Program Code is at the program address shown 1DI 1000SC 1200AS The code then shifts left Figure 3 A 00o Notice Each argument digit or command takes up one byte The rightmost code byte is special it s value may be replaced by a code entry from the RCU When a new code replaces an old code the display shifts to the right so that the next code byte in active memory is displayed as the rightmost mnemonic While in Programming Mode the PROGRAM button does not enter a replacement code it preserves the codes displayed and just shifts the second line left to display the next program code By pressing the PROGRAM button repeatedly entire program segments can be reviewed and verified The d
69. JUMP command for subroutine return addresses Thus an IIN interrupt may invalidate the return address in R1 limiting the usefulness of subroutines while using IIN Also continuation of the interrupted code using the Register 1 address should only be done with care since the previous command may not have finished its execution when the interrupt occurred as AUTOSTOP 4 2 8 Flag Set Commands The following commands select non standard operational modes of the videodisc player 65 amp 66 RCE and RCD Remote Control Enable and Disable Function These commands can block disable or allow input from the RCU Argument Hex Code Mnemonic RCU Buttons Ignored 12 RCE PLAY 1 2 Ignored 13 RCD PLAY 1 3 Explanation Normally the Remote Control Unit input is enabled The RCD command disables that input RCE enables the input again Both the infrared and the wired RCU inputs are affected Note A HALT does not re enable a disabled RCU input However the RCU is re enabled at power on Pioneer LD V8000 Level Il User s Manual TP114 v 1 1 e 8 92 4 57 Chapter Four e LD V8000 Level Il SCS 67 SCS Special Control Switches Function This command turns the player s special control switch bits ON or OFF Argument Hex Code Mnemonic RCU Buttons Integer 8A SCS Play 8 A Explanation All four of the LD V8000 player s special control switch bits are set to ON 1 or OFF 0 when this comm
70. Level II Transmit Register commands available on earlier player models have been eliminated along with a number of the Transmit Status commands Since RF Output and Antenna Input are not available on the LD V8000 the Antenna Input Enable and Disable commands have been eliminated Since CX control is automatic the CX Enable and CX Disable commands have also been eliminated Refer to Appendix A Comparison Chart of Level II Commands available on various Pioneer Videodisc Players The LD V8000 offers the best of the LD V6000A its programmable memory and command set for Level II programming along with the best of the LD V4200 its standard mnemonic command set for Level III computer control of the player The LD V8000 may receive viewer input during Level II program execution from either RCU the RU V6000T or the RU V103 With the RU V6000T one can do manual Level II programming See Section 3 1 Sending Level II Code to the LD V8000 with the RCU Also see Appendix F Flow Chart and Sample Level II Code Note Since the RU V103 remote control unit lacks the Program button it cannot be used to write Level II code into the player s RAM 2 6 TP 114 v 1 1 8 92 Pioneer LD V8000 Level Il User s Manual LD V8000 Level II Chapter Two 2 4 Random Access Memory The LD V8000 includes a 8086 microprocessor two EPROMs that contain the basic operating system of the player and seven kilobytes of Random Access Memory RAM of which 71
71. N A A Appendix A Level Il Commands Available by Player 7P114v 1 1 8 92 A 3 Level Il Command Comparisons by Player Mnemonic Command LD V8000 LD V6000A LD V6000 LD V3000 PR7820 3 Transmit Commands cont TIB Transmit F8 In Port B N A N A N A N A A TIC Transmit F8 In Port C N A N A N A N A A TR Transmit F8 Register NA NA NA NA A TID Transmit Player ID NA A NA NA NA SRP Set Transmit Register Pointer N A A N A N A N A TRG Transmit Register N A A N A N A N A ITR Increment Transmit Register NA A NA NA NA DTR Decrement Transmit Register NA A NA NA NA IRR Increment TR Pointer N A A N A N A N A DRR Decrement TR Pointer N A A N A N A N A TDS Transmit Disc Status N A A N A N A N A TLS Transmit Loading Status NA A NA NA NA TAC Transmit Acknowledge Status N A A N A N A N A TCN Transmit Chapter Number N A A N A N A N A TSS Transmit Switch Status N A A N A N A N A Video Buffer Control Commands SMS Set Memory Control Switch A N A N A N A N A SRM Select Read Memory A N A N A N A N A MWE Memory Write Enable A NA NA NA NA MWD Memory Write Disable A N A N A N A N A A 4 TP114 v 1 1 892 Level Il Commands Available by Player Appendix A Appendix B Alphabetical Listing of Level Il Commands Available on the LD V8000 APPENDIX LD V8000 LEVEL II USER S MANUAL Programmer s Reference Guide Pioneer LD V8000 Level Il User s Manual 1P 114 v 1 1 e 8 92 Alphabetical Listing of Level Il Commands for LD V8000 Note Some of
72. NA NA NA N A N A N A N A N A Changed Changed Level Il Command Comparisons by Player Mnemonic Command LD V8000 LD V6000A LD V6000 LD V3000 PR7820 3 Player Control Commands RJ Reject A A A A A PAU Pause Execution A A A A A P Play A A A A A SC Search A A A A A MF Multi Speed Forward A A A A A MR Multi Speed Reverse A A A A A W Wait Stop A A A A A W Wait Stop and Delay A A A A A SF Step Forward A p A A A A SR Step Reverse A p A A A A SCN Scan to Target NA A N A N A N A Scan Fwd Rev NA N A N A N A N A TJ F 80 Track J ump Forward A p A N A N A N A TJ R 81 Track J ump Reverse A p A N A N A N A AS AutoStop A A A A A SMK Set Marker N A A N A N A N A SFM Set Frame Mode A A NA N A N A STM Set Time Mode A A N A N A N A SCM Set Chapter Mode A A N A N A N A LPD Landing Pad N A A A N A A SS Slow Speed Set A A A A N A FS Fast Speed Set A A A A N A FSM Field Step Mode N A N A N A N A A SSM Set Still Mode A A N A N A N A WFW White Flag Wait NA N A N A N A A Register Management Commands ADD Addition A A A A A SUB Subtract A A A A A MUL Multiply A A N A N A N A DIV Divide A A N A N A N A ARG Argument A A A A A COM Compare A A A A A DR Decrement Register A A A A A DRP Drop A A A N A A GET Get A A A A A PUT Put A A A A A RC Recall A A A A A RND Random A A A N A A ST Store A A A A A RRS Read Rear Switch A A N A N A N A CLK Clock A A A N A A A 2 TP114v 1 1 8 92 Level Il Commands Available by Play
73. S os nie 2 15 2 5 3 Program Structure ss 2 15 2 5 4 Execution Speed eLerrrrrrrrriririririrero 2 16 Pioneer LD V8000 Level Il User s Manual TP114 v 1 1 e 8 92 Table of Contents LD V8000 Level Il 3 Entering Level Il Program Code into RAM 3 1 Entering Level II Code with the RCU 3 1 1 Entering Programming Mode Bold Screen Display erea Aa AEA 3 1 3 Entering and Changing Program Code 3 1 4 Exiting Programming Mode 3 2 Entering Level Il Code via the RS 232 Port 3 2 1 Downloading Level II Codes 3 2 2 Reading Level II Codes 3 3 Level II Programs Encoded on Videodiscs 3 4 Player Initialization 4 Level II Commands for LD V8000 4 1 Format Used to Describe Commands 4 1 1 ah Bg 61 80 6 rie del 2 EL PT ET TT TS SE 4 1 3 Explanations occ criari 4 1 4 NOES ri ai 4 1 5 Examples snai 4 2 Level II Command Descriptions 4 2 1 Program Load Control Commands 1 PAGE Set Pagelle 2 LOAD Load Progeram From Disc 3 MLOAD Moving Load From Disc 4 PLOAD Partial Load From Disc 5 MPLOAD Moving Partial Load From Disc 4 4 2 2 Audio Control CommandS 6 AUDIO 1 Audio 1 Output Control 7 AUDIO2 Audio 2 O
74. This command subtracts the argument value from Register 0 Argument Hex Code Mnemonic RCU Buttons Integer 03 SUB Play 0 3 Explanation The integer argument taken modulo 65535 is subtracted from the value in Register 0 The resultant difference also taken modulo 65536 is then stored in Register 0 Thus if the subtraction result is negative 65536 is added to the result before it is stored in Register 0 For example if RO contains a value of 10 then 12 SUB would store 65534 in RO For example 10 12 65536 2 65534 in Register 0 4 36 TP114 v 1 1 8 92 Pioneer LD V8000 Level Il User s Manual LD V8000 Level II Chapter Four SUBTRACT cont MULTIPLY DIVIDE Example Assume RO contains 1200 Subtract 50 from RO and BRANCH to the calculated program address Address Argument Command Hex Code Comment 0015 50 SUBTRACT 03 RO lt RO 50 0018 0 ARG BRANCH CF Branch to 1150 from RO 45 MULTIPLY Function This command multiplies Register 0 by the argument with overflow to R3 Argument Hex Code Mnemonic RCU Buttons Integer 22 MUL Play 2 2 Explanation This command takes the argument modulo 65536 and multiplies it by the value in RO The two lower order bytes of the 4 byte result are stored in RO The two high order bytes are stored in Register 3 Thus if the result is less than 65535 Register 3 becomes 0 For example 358 x 450 161100 so RO lt 30
75. ach of two independent Digital Audio channels play a sequence frames 1050 through 1836 four times Each time the sequence is played accompany it with a different language output on Audio Output 1 L Address Argument Command Hex Code Comment 200 SFM 8E Frame Mode 201 ANF A2 Select Left Channel 202 1 DAD 82 Select Digital Audio 204 1050 SEARCH F7 Search to frame 1050 209 1836 AUTOSTOP F3 AutoStop at frame 1836 214 AFN Al Select Right Channel still Digital 215 1050 SEARCH F7 Search to frame 1050 220 1836 AUTOSTOP F3 AutoStop at frame 1836 225 0 DAD 82 Select Analog Audio still Right Channel 227 1050 SEARCH F7 Search to frame 1050 232 1836 AUTOSTOP F3 AutoStop at frame 1836 237 ANF A2 Select Left Channel still Analog 238 1050 SEARCH F7 Search to frame 1050 243 1836 AUTOSTOP F3 AutoStop at frame 1836 4 2 3 Video Control Commands These commands control the selection of the video source that provides the player s output They also control the operation of the player s internal character generator and allow specification of the information it overlays on the video signal The video control commands set the switches and registers that display mute squelch and overlay the video information read from the videodisc In Manual Mode these commands may be executed with or without arguments but in Interrupt Mode any arguments are ignored All video information from the disc is either ignored or written into a digital video buffer in
76. ailable Also comments observations and or corrections regarding this document would be appreciated For more information on Level I amp III Program Control for the LD V8000 please refer to the LD V8000 Level I amp III User s Manual Programmer s Reference Guide The Level I amp III Manual for the LD V8000 is available from Pioneer New Media Technologies Inc Technical Support System Integration 310 952 2111 LD V8000 Level Il User s Manual TP 114 v 1 1 e 8 92 A LD V8000 Level II Table of Contents LD V8000 Level II DOCUMENTATION for Internal Program Control CONTENTS Note to Users User Registration Form Li INEFOAUEELON trollo Le a 1 1 Level Il and the LD V8000 ba 1 2 Chapter Highlights 1 2 2 Level Il Basics 2 1 2 1 What is Level IL ns aaa 2 1 2 2 Loading and Executing Level Il Programs 2 3 2 2 1 Loading Level II Program Code into RAM 2 3 2 2 2 Executing Level II Program Code from RAM 2 4 2 2 3 Stopping Level II Program Execution 2 4 2 3 CAUTION Differences Between LD V8000 amp LD V6000A 2 5 2 4 Random Access Memory 2 7 2 41 Active NIC AONE ic ricca baia 2 9 2 4 2 Program ATEQ iniri a a 2 9 DAB ARCGISIERS imite 2 10 2 5 Program Format PR 2 14 2 9 4 ATGUINCRIS veal G Aaa 2 14 ZIO COMMRONG
77. and is executed The low order 4 bits of the argument bits 0 1 2 and 3 are used to set the 4 switches The power on value for all 4 bits is OFF zero A description of the switch functions is provided below Note The meaning and detailed functioning of these bits may be specific to this player Level II programs to be used on other players should be carefully tested Special control switch Functions Bit 0 Audio Squelch Disable This bit disables the automatic audio squelch mechanism If this bit is set ON audio is not automatically squelched as usual If this bit is OFF the player automatically squelches the audio to match the current the playback mode Bit 1 Video Squelch Disable This bit disables the automatic video squelch mechanism If this bit is set ON video is not automatically squelched as usual If this bit is OFF the player automatically squelches the video to match the current the playback mode Bit 2 SEARCH End Mode This bit determines whether the player enters Still Mode or Play Mode after a SEARCH is finished execution If this bit is set ON the player enters Play Mode after a SEARCH If this bit is OFF the player enters Still Mode after a SEARCH as usual Bit 3 AUTOSTOP End Mode This bit determines whether the player enters Still Mode or Play Mode in one of the following situations an AUTOSTOP PLAY with an argument or a MULTI SPEED command finishes execution an IIN interrupt occurs or the chapter frame
78. argument is not specified the value in the Active Register is used as an argument The argument is a target disc location frame time code or chapter number and the player performs a high speed search for the target Then the Active Register Pointer is incremented by one even when there is an explicit argument The next command is executed after the search is finished Search sets the Success Fail Flag Note During a search good playback video from the disc itself is not available so the Video Buffer usually acts as the video output source during the search Since the Video Buffer contains the last picture seen before the search the user may not be aware that a search is in progress 4 24 TP114 v 1 1 8 92 Pioneer LD V8000 Level Il User s Manual LD V8000 Level Il Chapter Four SEARCH cont WAIT Example Assume Register 20 contains the value 1500 Search to Frame 1500 three different ways First enter the following code 20 RECALL 1500 STORE END CLEAR Address Argument Command Hex Code Comment 100 1500 SEARCH F7 Explicit argument 200 20 RECALL 7F 203 SEARCH F7 Use value in Active Register 300 20 ARG SEARCH F7 Use value from Register 20 24 WAIT Function WAIT forces a still frame and then delays execution for a period of time Argument Hex Code Mnemonic RCU Button Integer FB W STOP Explanation The command forces any motion to stop Still Frame Mode and then the player
79. buttons are noted below Play Pressing the Play Button prepares player to receive Hex input RCU Button Hex equivalent RCU Button Hex equivalent Autostop A Search D StepRev B Multi Rev E StepFwd C Multi Fwd F Scan Rev Input command in Hex mode Level II Programming Examples Example 1 A continuously repeating series of four motion segments with a five second blue squelch screen between each segment Start up set frame mode audio channel 1 on search to the first motion segment and play it flash a 5 second blue squelch screen search to second motion segment and play it and so forth through four segments After segment four and the five second blue squelch is completed branch back to segment 1 Segment One is Frame 02113 to 03493 Segment Two is 04450 to 05117 Segment Three is 05619 to 06570 and Segment Four is 06700 to 07820 Flow Chart of Example 1 Set Frame Mode Select Audio 1 Select Blue Color Motion Segment 1 Motion Segment 4 Motion Segment 2 Motion Segment 3 Appendix F Sample Flow Chart amp Level Il Code RCU Entry TP114v 1 1 8 92 F 3 Sample Level Il Program RCU Entry Example 1 cont Since the commands used here are fairly simple commands this program is fairly easy to understand even without reading the LD V8000 Level II User s Manual Programmer s Reference Guide Here is the program in a format as it might be made by a programmer for a compiler SFM
80. by the next MULTI SPEED FWD or MULTI SPEED REV It usually selects a slower than normal speed An argument from 1 to 127 selects a speed from the following table Note A missing or zero argument will select zero speed Then a following MSF or MSR command will be ignored The argument is taken modulo 128 4 26 TP114 v 1 1 8 92 Pioneer LD V8000 Level Il User s Manual LD V8000 Level Il Chapter Four SLOW cont FAST The relationship between the SLOW argument and the selected speed is shown below Argument Speed Fr Sec Argument Speed Fr Sec 1 1x 30 2 1 2 x 15 3 1 3 x 10 4 1 4 x 7 5 5 1 5 x 6 6 1 6 x 5 7 4 30 x 4 8 7 60 x 3 5 9 10 3 30 x 3 11 12 5 60 x 2 5 13 15 2 30 x 2 16 20 3 60 x 1 5 21 30 1 30 x 1 31 127 1 60 x 0 5 27 FAST Fast Speed Function FAST selects a fast speed to be used by the MULTI SPEED commands Argument Hex Code Mnemonic RCU Button Integer EC FS FAST Explanation This command selects one of the several pre defined fast playback speeds to be used by the next MULTI SPEED FWD or MULTI SPEED REV Command It usually selects a faster than normal speed An argument from 1 to 3 selects a speed from the following table Note A missing or zero argument will select zero speed Then a following MSF or MSR command will be ignored If an argument over 3 is used the selected speed will be three times normal speed The relationshi
81. c production The program s object code is encoded into Audio Channel 2 when the videodisc is manufactured When the start up parameters on the LD V8000 are set for automatic Level II execution the disc s Level II program is loaded into the player s memory just after the disc spins up However Level II discs are not required For some applications the Level II program is simply entered into the player s memory with the RCU or downloaded into the videodisc player s memory from a computer For trade shows museums and other situations where the program and the videodisc do not change the program might simply reside in the player However when there is a library of training videodiscs to choose from it is quite convenient to select the one disc lesson you want put it into the player and have the whole lesson ready to run No floppy disks or complex startup procedure Likewise when a network of point of purchase kiosks must be updated monthly it is again most convenient to simply mail out a new videodisc for the store manager to put Pioneer LD V8000 Level Il User s Manual TP 114 v 1 1 e 8 92 2 1 Chapter Two LD V8000 Level Il into the player The simplicity and overall low cost of updating the entire interactive network in this manner is noteworthy Level II applications have saved developers and system integrators thousands of dollars in hardware costs by allowing applications to be used in multiple settings without an expens
82. character generator overlay is enabled but usually there is no text being generated The internal character generator is used to display a variety of information While in Automatic Mode the following information can be displayed e Frame or Time Number in the upper left corner on line 0 e Chapter Number in the upper left corner on line 0 e A user message on any of lines 0 through 11 of 20 characters each Note Descriptive names used in this section differ from the names used in explaining the external control of the player CGE is equivalent to the external DISPLAY ON and CGD is equivalent to the external DISPLAY OFF 14 DISPLAY Function This command controls the generation of a Disc Location display Argument Hex Code Mnemonic RCU Button Integer FI DI DISPLAY Explanation The player s internal character generator can produce a Disc Location display on line O of its overlay On a CAV disc the five digit Frame Number is generated On a CLV disc the Time Code 3 5 Or 7 digit time number is generated Hours Minutes Seconds and Frame numbers depending upon the encoding of the disc If a CAV or CLV disc is encoded with chapters the two digit Chapter Numbers will also be generated preceeding the frame or time number The character generator must be enabled for character overlay or the Disc Location display will not be visible Pioneer LD V8000 Level Il User s Manual TP 114 v 1 1
83. command to loop back to a specific program address VIDEO DISC PLAYER REMOTE CONTROL UNIT RU V6000 O FRONEErR Press CLEAR HALT to stop Level II program execution In Programming Mode it enters a HALT command into Level II code Press RECALL to examine register data Use STORE to load data into registers Figure 3 B For descriptions of specific buttons on the RU V6000T for Level I control please see the LD V8000 Level I amp III User s Manual Programmer s Reference Guide Pioneer LD V8000 Level Il User s Manual 1P 114 v 1 1 e 8 92 3 3 Chapter Three LD V8000 Level II Level II code can be entered into the players RAM with the RCU by using either the Direct Code Entry method or the Hex Code Entry method as described below Direct Code Entry This is the one button press method usually used for entering the command codes which have a single RCU button assigned to them except Play Using these convenient one press entries the user can enter most arguments and the most commonly used commands with just the RCU s numeric and command keys The RCU buttons other than REJECT PLAY PROGRAM and END can be used for one button press entries If the PROGRAM button is pressed new data is not written into the current byte the old value is retained and the next byte of the program memory is displayed Example 1 Use the Direct Code Entry method At program address 100 enter the following program 250 S
84. conds 0005 0007 0008 0011 0013 0016 Address Argument 1 30 0 30 Command Hex Code Comment SBC 88 Blue selected VOFF 1C Video squelched WAIT FB and Wait for three seconds SBC 88 Black selected WAIT FB and Wait for three seconds BRANCH CF Branch to repeat Pioneer LD V8000 Level Il User s Manual TP 114 v 1 1 8 92 4 21 Chapter Four LD V8000 Level Il Player Control Commands REJECT PLAY 4 2 4 Player Control Commands These commands control video playback by specifying how the player accesses the information on the videodisc 20 REJECT Function REJECT stops disc rotation and returns the player to the PARK position Argument Hex Code Mnemonic RCU Button Ignored F9 RJ Play F 9 Explanation REJECT forces the player to stop disc rotation and enter Park Mode It also terminates Automatic Mode returning the player to Manual Mode In addition Video Audiol and Audio 2 are turned ON Disc Location display generation is turned OFF the Character Generator is Enabled Multi Speed is set to 1 4 speed the Active Register Pointer is set to 0 Register O is set to 1 Active Memory Size is set to one page and the RCU is enabled Note A programmed Level II REJECT command does not open the disc drawer 21 PLAY Function The videodisc is played at normal speed Argument Hex Code Mnemonic RCU Buitons Disc Location FD P Play F D Explanation Wh
85. contains 25 Address Argument Command Hex Code Comment 0100 100 GET 08 Set RO to 100 0104 12 ARG GET 08 Copy the contents of R12 into RO 1008 2 ARG ARG GET 08 Copy the contents of R25 into RO 4 38 TP114 v 1 1 8 92 Pioneer LD V8000 Level Il User s Manual LD V8000 Level Il Chapter Four PUT RECALL 48 PUT Function This command copies the contents of Register 0 into a specified register Argument Hex Code Mnemonic RCU Buttons Register Number 09 PUT Play 0 9 Explanation This command copies the contents of Register 0 into the register specified by the argument Example Make R10 and the Active Register equal to RO Address Argument Command Hex Code Comment 500 10 PUT 09 Copy the contents of RO into R10 503 ARG PUT 09 Copy RO into the Active Register 49 RECALL Function This command sets or manipulates the Active Register Pointer which specifies which register is the current Active Register Explanation When there is an argument RECALL sets the Active Register Pointer to Argument Hex Code Mnemonic RCU Button Register Number 7F RC RECALL the register number specified by the argument Without an argument one of two things happens Usually the Active Register Pointer is incremented by one If since the last RECALL another command such as STORE SEARCH AUTOSTOP etc has already incremented the Active Register Pointer then this RECALL does n
86. d Hex Code Comment 300 524 GET 08 Place 524 into R 0 304 950 SEARCH F7 Search to frame 950 308 PLOAD OC Load 500 Bytes 1024 524 4 8 TP114 v 1 1 8 92 Pioneer LD V8000 Level Il User s Manual LD V8000 Level Il Chapter Four MPLOAD 5 MPLOAD Moving Partial Load Function This command loads a special partial dump into any active page Argument Hex Code Mnemonic RCU Buttons Integer OC PLD Play 0 C Explanation This command loads a partial page of information into the indicated active page Since the LD V8000 has multiple pages of memory this command is rarely used in programming the LD V8000 However the command might possibly be used to load small amounts of data quickly Like the MLOAD command the MPLOAD command loads information from the videodisc into any active page an argument 0 6 is required see MLOAD and there are no prohibited byte values Neither Register O nor the Active Register Pointer is changed by any load Like PLOAD MPLOAD can load less than 1022 bytes and the number of bytes is calculated from the value stored in Register 0 a value of 2 through 1023 If Register 0 contains N then 1024 N bytes of data are loaded The data is loaded starting at the 1024 N th byte of the page proceeding down to the first byte of the page The remaining N 2 bytes at the high address end of the page are not rewritten CAUTION Do not use a value of N that is less than 2 or g
87. d to control the player Thus Level II programs are loaded into RAM from three different sources Automatically from Disc by reading programs encoded on Audio Channel 2 of a Level II videodisc Program Dumps e Manually with the RCU entering program argument command and data codes individually using the RU V6000T remote control unit e Via the RS 232C port from an External Computer downloading each page of codes in just a few seconds To prepare the LD V8000 to automatically load a Level II program from a Level II videodisc make sure that the player s Level II Auto Start parameter is set to Load From Disc as described below e Power On the player while simultaneously pressing the player s DISPLAY button This allows customization of any of the player s On Screen Function Switch settings Pioneer LD V8000 Level Il User s Manual TP 114 v 1 1 e 8 92 2 3 Chapter Two LD V8000 Level Il e Press the SCAN FORWARD button four times to select Page 4 of the On Screen Function Switch Setting menus e Press the STEP FORWARD button to select Level II Auto Start e Press the STEP REVERSE button to choose the option Load from Disc e Press the DISPLAY button to store the chosen options For more about the available options see the LD V8000 Level I amp III User s Manual Programmer s Reference Guide On Screen Function Switches and On Screen Status Displays in Manual Mode Audio Status Display Then make sure that Audio
88. e Level II commands available for the LD V8000 see Appendix B Also refer to the LD V8000 Level I amp III User s Manual Programmer s Reference Guide Appendix C LD V8000 Interface Cable Specifications for the RS 232C port specifications and some cable configurations useful in attaching various computers Pioneer LD V8000 Level Il User s Manual 1P 114 v 1 1 e 8 92 1 3 2 Level II Basics 2 1 What is Level 11 2 2 Loading and Executing Level Il Programs 2 2 1 Loading Level II Program Code into RAM 2 2 2 Executing Level II Program Code from RAM 2 2 3 Stopping Level II Program Execution 2 3 CAUTION Differences between the LD V8000 amp the LD V6000A 2 4 Random Access Memory 2 4 1 Active Memory 2 4 2 Program Area 2 4 3 Registers 2 5 Program Format 2 5 1 Arguments 2 5 2 Commands 2 5 3 Program Structure 2 5 4 Execution Speed CHAPTER LD V8000 LEVEL Il USER S MANUAL Programmer s Reference Guide Pioneer LD V8000 Level Il User s Manual TP114 v 1 1 8 92 LD V8000 Level II Chapter Two 2 Level Il Basics This chapter is intended to familiarize Pioneer LD V8000 users with basic concepts terms and procedures associated with developing and delivering Level II program applications A Level II program consists of a series of commands that when stored in the player s RAM and interpreted by the microprocessor cause the player to operate in a pre defined way This chapter explains how Level II programs can b
89. e written into the player s memory It contains a CAUTION section detailing the differences between the LD V8000 and the LD V6000A It describes the player s 7K Random Access Memory both the Program Area and the Registers It also describes the elements of a Level II Program Arguments Commands variables and data Finally the chapter covers the structure of Level II Program code in memory and instruction Execution Speed 2 1 What is Level II As with the authoring languages used for other interactive video productions the Level II programming language is responsive to new hardware capabilities Thus it continues to evolve Sophistication of Level II applications depends upon the increasing knowledge of programmers and developers who work with the system Any successful interactive videodisc production requires meticulous planning and Level II applications are no exception to the rule A well planned carefully programmed Level II application can provide a very complex and highly interactive application that is extremely easy to work with requiring no prior computer knowledge on the part of the viewer The Level II system allows both simple and complex interactive programming to be delivered with only a Level II videodisc player a remote keypad a monitor and of course a videodisc It does not require an external computer to send commands to the player In most cases a Level II program is prepared and tested in advance of dis
90. earch 350 Auto Stop Halt To enter and run the program use the following sequence of RCU button presses 100 250 350 100 3 4 PROGRAM SEARCH AUTOSTOP HALT END RUN Start entering code at program location 100 Search to frame 250 Play to frame 350 Stops execution of Level II program Exits programming mode The player will begin to execute the program code at program address 100 TP114 v 1 1 8 92 Pioneer LD V8000 Level Il User s Manual LD V8000 Level II Chapter Three Hex Code Entry Commands not represented by an RCU button and most data codes must be entered using a three button press method Any and all code values 0 255 or 00 to FF can be entered using this method After the PLAY button is pressed use the 0 through 9 digit buttons and the A through F function buttons on the RCU to input a two digit hexadecimal code value as explained below While in Programming Mode press the PLAY button to enable the player to accept entry of a single byte of Hex code The rightmost mnemonic displayed on the screen changes to 00 Enter a two digit hexadecimal code using the 0 to 9 and A to F buttons For example the Step Forward button becomes the Hex digit C Refer to the information in Chapter 4 and or Appendix B for Hex code equivalents When the two digit code has been entered the corresponding one byte code is written into the program memory and the program address is increased by one To enter an
91. ed between other codes in memory If an erroneous code is discovered a correct code can be rewritten over the offending code However if a code is omitted a whole section of codes may have to be re entered As codes are entered into RAM with the RCU the program address is incremented by one each time a byte of code is entered During entry press the PROGRAM button instead of entering a code value to skip over a byte of code without replacing it RU V6000T Remote Control Unit Buttons used for Level Il Programming In Programming Mode the following codes can be sent directly to the Player s memory Pressing dct from the RCU with one button prepares the player REJECT o st MULTI SPEED SET to receive a two digit Hex Code entry SLOW FAST using 0 9 and A F STOP DISPLAY us AUDIO 1 L AUDIO 2 R INPUT DEC REG INPUT DEC REG Buttons A F can be SEARCH MULTI SPEED gt AUDIO 1 L SEARCH AUTOSTOP used for Hex RECALL STORE Entries AUTO STOP STEP AUDIO 2 R BRANCH HALT MULTI SPEED SET Slow Fast MULTI SPEED PLAY Fwd Rev Buttons 0 9 are pesa STEP Fwd Rev used for most The Digits 0 9 arguments CLR HALT Se Press PROGRAM to put the player into Programming Mode ready to receive Level II code Press END to exit Programming Mode PROGRAM END RUN BRCH Press RUN BRANCH in Manual Mode to execute Level II I ESS program code stored in the players memory in Programming Mode use it to enter a BRANCH
92. el II programs even if they do not require a Level II disc When a Level II videodisc is spun up on the LD V8000 its Level II program can be automatically loaded into the player s memory When executed the program will tell the player what audio and video to present and how to respond to user inputs Using a Remote Control Unit RCU or other input device the viewer provides the Pioneer LD V8000 Level Il User s Manual TP 114 v 1 1 e 8 92 1 1 Chapter One e LD V8000 Level Il player with the inputs used by the Level II program to guide its logical path In addition the player can command external devices and can monitor some external inputs Typical interactive programs are written to shape the presentation of audio visual material to the user s unique requirements without the need for an external computer to be attached to the videodisc player Properly designed programs for the LD V8000 can bring outstanding performance flexibility and interaction to applications developed for industry business education entertainment and other uses This manual is intended to be a reference guide for programmers It is not intended to be an instructional course in Level II programming It contains explanations of concepts terms and Level II commands Ifyou are new to Level II program development and or plan to produce a Level II videodisc we strongly recommend working closely with an experienced Level II computer programmer Additional i
93. en there is no argument the videodisc starts playing forward at normal speed from the current location Then the next command is executed When there is an argument the player proceeds forward or reverse as necessary to reach the specified disc location frame time numbers or chapter The next command is executed when the specified disc location is reached When the disc is playing in reverse audio is automatically squelched Note If Level II programs attempt to play into leadout the player immediately stops and re positions itself on the last frame before leadout Other players may not properly execute the PLAY command with an argument 4 22 TP114 v 1 1 8 92 Pioneer LD V8000 Level Il User s Manual LD V8000 Level Il Chapter Four PLAY cont AUTOSTOP Example Play from Frame 1000 forward at normal speed with AUDIO 1 and 2 ON for five seconds With AUDIO 2 OFF continue playing for five more seconds Finally play backward to Frame 1000 Address Argument Command Hex Code Comment 100 SFM 8E Frame Mode 101 1 DISPLAY F1 Disc Location Display ON 103 1000 SEARCH F7 Search to Frame 1000 108 ANN A3 Audio 1 and 2 ON 109 PLAY FD Normal Play 110 50 PAUSE oD for 5 seconds 113 0 AUDIO2 FC Turn Audio 2 OFF playing continues 115 50 PAUSE OD and Wait for 5 more seconds 118 1000 PLAY FD Play backward to Frame 1000 22 AUTOSTOP Function The player plays forward at normal speed to a specific Disc Location Argument He
94. er Appendix A Level Il Command Comparisons by Player Mnemonic Command LD V8000 LD V6000A LD V6000 LD V3000 PR7820 3 Input Processing Commands IN Input A A A A A FIN Input with Function Keys A A A N A A TIN Input with Timeout A A A A A FTI Input with Function amp Timeout A A A N A A DIN Digit Input A A A A A BIN Binary Input A A A N A A IIN Interrupt Input A A NA NA NA Program Execution Control Commands BR Branch A A A A A BRF Branch on Failure A A A A A JMP J ump A A A A A NE No Entry A A A A A Flag Set Commands BIE Binary Out Enable N A e A A N A Changed BID Binary Out Disable N A e A A N A Changed RCE Remote Control Unit Enable A A A N A N A RCD Remote Control Unit Disable A A A N A N A AIE Antenna in Enable N A e A A N A N A AID Antenna in Disable N A e A A N A N A SCS Set Player Control Switch A A N A N A N A Transmit Commands TFN Transmit Frame Number N A A A N A A TPA Transmit Program Address N A A A N A A TS Transmit Status N A A A N A A TES Transmit Extended Status N A A A N A N A STP Set Transmit Pointer A A A N A A ITP Increment Transmit Pointer A A A N A A DTP Decrement Transmit Pointer A A A N A A TM Transmit Memory A A A N A A ITM Increment amp Transmit Memory A A A N A A DTM Decrement amp Transmit Memory A A A N A A TPO Transmit F8 Out Port 0 N A N A N A N A A TP1 Transmit F8 Out Port 1 N A N A N A N A A TP5 Transmit F8 Out Port 5 N A N A N A N A A TIA Transmit F8 In Port A N A N A N A
95. ested using an external computer to edit compile download and test the application Then a properly formatted object code version of the program is submitted to a specific videodisc manufacturer for encoding into Audio Channel 2 of the videodisc Although hundreds of dumps can be placed on a single disc typically from one to fifteen program dumps 1022 bytes each are encoded onto a Pioneer videodisc 2 2 Loading and Executing Level Il Programs The LD V8000 s microprocessor in addition to directly controlling the videodisc player s operations provides the user with seven pages and one extra register 7156 bytes of RAM This memory space is available for the storage of user designed Level II program instructions associated data and variables Level II program instructions stored in RAM are executed by an interpreter program that is resident in the player s EPROMs 2 2 1 Loading Level Il Program Code into RAM Programming code may be entered directly into the player s memory to allow execution of stand alone programs that do not require a Level II disc More commonly however interactive Level II programs are generated on a computer downloaded to the player for testing and then sent to videodisc manufacturing to be encoded onto a videodisc Then the On Screen Function Switch Settings of the LD V8000 can be set to automatically load a Level II program from a videodisc into the players memory The program read from disc is execute
96. evel II Chapter Three e 2 Download data Specify a data length the number of code bytes to be sent to the player and then send the data This is a two step Level III command Step 1 Use the W command to specify a maximum number of data bytes to be written into the player s memory by the next step Without this the player would try to interpret the following data as Level III commands If the W command is successful the player will transmit an R The computer should wait for this response from the player before proceeding Step 2 Send the data two Hex digits for each code byte followed by a carriage return A maximum of 64 bytes may be specified in Step 1 Thus a maximum of 128 Hex characters should be transmitted in Step 2 For example transfer 8 bytes of data 8 W lt CR gt R AFBFCFDF01020304 lt CR gt R Since a maximum of 64 bytes of Level II code can be sent to the player in one download operation it will usually be necessary to download many times Since the memory location pointer is incremented by one each time one byte of program code is written it is usually not necessary to use the S command except at the beginning of a sequence of download operations Example The Level II program codes for1000 SEARCH 1200 AUTOSTOP HALT are sent to the player s RAM beginning at address 120 Obtain the Hex codes for each code byte use Chapter 4 or Appendix Band E This 11 byte program is represented by the follow
97. f Contents Appendices Appendix A Comparison of Level II Commands Available on Different Pioneer Players Appendix B Alphabetical Listing of Level II Commands Available on the LD V8000 Appendix C Hex Code Matrix of Level II Commands Available on the LD V8000 Appendix D Character Generator Table of Hex Codes Appendix E Numbers and Their Hex Code Equivalents Appendix F Sample Flow Charts and Level Il Program Examples RCU entry Appendix G Sample Flow Charts and Level Il Program Examples Programming Accompanying Figures by Chapter Chapter Two Figure 2 A Random Access Memory 2 7 Figure 2 B Active Memory Size and Memory Locations 2 8 Figure 2 C PAG Command Memory Size and Register Numbers 2 8 Figure 2 D The Whole Program Area i 2 11 Figure 2 E Program Area One Page Active 2 12 Figure 2 F Program Area Two Pages Active sence eens 2 12 Figure 2 G Program Area Seven Pages Active 2 13 Chapter Three Figure 3 A Programming Mode On Screen Display 3 2 Figure 3 B RU V6000T Remote Control Unit Buttons Used for Level II Program Control 3 3 Figure 3 C Structure of Pioneer Level II Dump 3 11 Figure 3 D Initialization cceccccccceececeeeeeneeeeeeeneeeeeneneeeeeeenaeeeees 3 12 Chapter Four Figure 4 A Digital and Ana
98. f the player s Active Memory Program instructions arguments and commands are written into the program area along with other data characters etc A program is usually loaded from a videodisc in units of one page or in unusual circumstances as a partial page The size of the active program area can be set by the Page command allowing from 1 to 7 pages to be active The actual size of the active program including Register 0 can be calculated as follows Number of active pages x 1022 2 bytes At power on there is only one page active 1022 bytes plus Register 0 This provides for compatibility with earlier players and program dumps which do not use the Page command Beginners will often write program dumps for the LD V8000 in one of two ways e Without using the PAG command for small programs or when compatibility with the oldest players is desired e Using the 6 PAG command to make the active memory as large as possible Program instructions arguments and commands are stored in coded format Each digit of an argument and each command is a one byte code which occupies one memory location For example the instruction 1536 Search consists of a 4 byte argument and the one byte SC command represented in memory by the following five bytes of Hex code OF AF 4F 6F and F7 See Chapter 4 Level II Commands the LD V8000 for an explanation of specific program commands and Appendix B Alphabetical Listing of Level II
99. g the LD V8000 Like the LOAD command the PLOAD command loads program data from the videodisc into program memory Page 0 an argument is not allowed and there are no prohibited byte values When the command is executed valid leader must be detected on Audio Channel 2 which does not need to be ON Unlike LOAD PLOAD can load less than 1022 bytes into Page 0 The number of bytes to be loaded is calculated from the value stored in Register 0 a value of 2 through 1023 If Register 0 contains N then 1024 N bytes of data are loaded The data is loaded starting at Address 1023 N proceeding down to Address 0 The remaining N 2 bytes in Page O are not rewritten Thus new program code or data can be loaded into the low address part of Page 0 without changing the information stored in the high address end CAUTION Do not use a value of N that is less than 2 or greater than 1023 In execution the PLOAD command is almost the same as the LOAD command The player reverts to Manual Mode if the PLOAD does not successfully complete the load operation After a PLOAD is completed the instruction at program address 0 is executed Example The dump leader starts before frame 950 the dump data starts after frame 950 The user wishes to overlay the first 500 bytes of page 0 addresses 0 499 and resume program execution at program address 0 Page 0 addresses 500 through 1021 and Register 0 remain unchanged Address Argument Comman
100. he digits 0 9 have function key numbers of 0 9 4 50 TP114 v 1 1 8 92 Pioneer LD V8000 Level Il User s Manual LD V8000 Level Il Chapter Four FIN cont TIN Example The player waits for digit or function key input Processing continues when Function Key 15 SLOW FWD is pressed Ignore all other inputs Address Argument Command Hex Code Comment 0000 1 FIN 18 Wait for digit or function key 0002 BRANCH CF digit 0 ignore 0003 BRANCH CF digits 1 9 ignore 0004 DIN GET 08 Function Key RO lt function 0006 15 COMPARE 04 Was it Function Key 15 0009 BRANCH CF Key over 15 ignore 0010 14 BRANCH CF Key 15 Go on to address 14 0013 BRANCH CF Key less than 15 ignore 0014 sia Processing continues 60 TIN Input with Timeout Function TIN waits for a digit code or a timeout and then modifies the program execution sequence Argument Hex Code Mnemonic RCU Buttons Integer OE TIN Play 0 E Explanation TIN behaves like a FIN command where the only function key allowed is the timeout function key 20 The least significant digit of the argument N is still used as in the INPUT command but the whole argument is used to specify a timeout period expressed in tenths of a second Thus an argument of 278 specifies a 27 8 second timeout and sets N 8 The maximum timeout period is 10 000 tenth seconds If a response is not received before the timeout period expires a pseudo function key res
101. he user back up in the sequence What happens when the user goes past the end still or tries to back up past the beginning still Pet Menu 1 Dogs 2 Cats A still frame Menu All possible viewer inputs are accounted for and a timeout if any is specified The branch paths and the input values that cause the path to be taken are clearly shown To Quiz 1 lt Indicate a continuation of the flow chart on another page Include the Pg 3 page number A decision point indicating the value or condition to be tested the branching that results and the values that caused the branching Appendix F Sample Flow Chart amp Level Il Code RCU Entry 7P114v 1 1 8 92 F 1 Sample Flow Chart amp Level Il Code RCU Entry Level Il Program Examples Here are four Level II examples for use with the LD V8000 videodisc player They were developed to serve several purposes 1 With a flow chart and several sentence introduction describing each program and then the program itself in the format below these examples explain how to enter Level II programs into the memory of the LD V8000 using the remote control unit the RU V6000T 2 These are actual working examples that can be used at trade shows or in training sessions by users if they replace the frame numbers with their own frame numbers We have used leading zeros to keep the program addresses the same no matter what frame numbers are entered We are assuming the
102. ial to be displayed Show interruptable motion sequences and sets of still frames RSEQ1 EQU 20 First motion sequence frame 1000 1200 in registers 20 amp 21 RSEQ2 EQU 22 2nd motion sequence frame 2000 2300 in registers 22 amp 23 N 23 Load data into registers 23 22 21 and 20 R 2300 2000 1200 1000 RSTS1 EQU 24 Set of 10 stills from 3001 through 3010 RSTS2 EQU 26 Set of 8 stills from 3050 through 3057 N 27 R 3057 3050 3010 3001 ADDR 0 START OF PROGRAM AT ADDRESS 0 2 PAGE ENABLE 2 MEMORY PAGES IN PLAYER VOFF TURN OFF VIDEO WHILE OTHER DUMPS ARE LOADED LOADA LOAD 2ND DUMP 500 SC SEARCH TO 2ND DUMP LOCATION 1 LOAD LOAD DUMP INTO PAGE 1 LOADA BRF TRY AGAIN IF AN ERROR OCCURS LOADB LOAD 3RD DUMP 1000 SC SEARCH TO 2ND DUMP LOCATION 2 LOAD LOAD DUMP INTO PAGE 2 LOADB BRF TRY AGAIN IF AN ERROR OCCURS WAIT STOP PLAYBACK MMENU 1000 SC SEARCH MENU FRAME VON DISPLAY IT 3 INPUT WAIT FOR DIGIT KEY PRESS 0 2 MMENU BR DIGIT 0 IGNORE SMENU1 BR DIGIT 1 TO SUBMENU 1 SMENU2 BR DIGIT 2 TO SUBMENU 2 MMENU BR OTHER DIGITS 3 9 IGNORE G 6 TP 114v 1 1 892 Sample Flow Chart amp Level Il Code Programming Appendix G Sample Level Il Program Code com Level Il Example 3 Program Code cont SMENUI1 1010 SMENU1 3 3 MMENU RSEQ1 MOTION RSEQ2 MOTION SMENU1 SMENU2 1020 SMENU2 3 3 MMENU RSTS1 STILLS RSTS2 STILLS SMENU2 SC GET PUT INPUT BR GET
103. ing Hex codes 1000 SEARCH gt OF 3F 3F 3F F7 1200 AUTOSTOP gt OF 8F 3F 3F F3 HALT gt BF Set the program memory pointer to 120 gt 120 S lt CR gt lt R lt CR gt Pioneer LD V8000 Level Il User s Manual TP 114 v 1 1 8 92 3 7 Chapter Three LD V8000 Level II Set the data length to 11 bytes gt 11 W lt CR gt lt R lt CR gt Send the Hex codes for the 11 bytes gt OF3F3F3FF70F8F3F3FF3BF lt CR gt lt R lt CR gt The memory location pointer will now be 131 When downloading Level II code into the player s memory the code can be written to any byte of any page even if the page is not active Even though they are essentially identical except for referring to Register 0 Memory Locations Memory Addresses are used instead of Program Addresses See Figure 2 D If one wishes to download data into specific registers the user must take into account the number of pages that will be active when the registers are accessed by the Level II program For example Register 2 would be at Program Address 1018 and 1019 when there is only one page active However it will be at 2040 and 2041 if there are just two pages active Register 0 is always accessed as Memory Locations 7154 and 7155 Recall that each register uses two bytes of memory The most significant byte of the register data is written at an even numbered address lower program or memory address The least significant byte is written at
104. ion to the ten digits 0 9 several other program codes ARG DIN DRP etc are also considered to be argument codes because they generate argument digits for the command that immediately follows them For example 123 ARG DRP ARG 12 ARG is a nine code argument that creates argument digits for a following command such as Search NOTE Usually the arguments generated in this manner are five digits they can be more and they may be taken modulo 65536 Usually extra high order digits are ignored But Beware the instruction 90000 DRP SC does not search to frame 9000 but the instructions 12345 GET 0 ARG DRP 7 SC may indeed find frame 23457 Some commands don t require arguments others do often because the default argument usually zero does not make sense When the argument is optional there is usually a meaningful default or an implied argument can be taken from the active register Unless otherwise specified no argument is equivalent to a zero argument Each numeric digit of an argument is internally represented as a one byte code Thus each digit or other argument code occupies one memory location Note Registers can only hold the values 0 through 65535 2 14 TP114 v 1 1 8 92 Pioneer LD V8000 Level Il User s Manual LD V8000 Level II Chapter Two 2 5 2 Commands The Level II command set represents the functions available for development of a Level II program Many of the commands are direct counterparts of butto
105. isplayed mnemonics differ depending upon the contents of each byte Each argument digit code is displayed as a one digit numeric character Other codes are displayed in a three character area followed by a comma Most commands are displayed as a 1 2 or 3 character mnemonic Other program codes are displayed as a hexadecimal value preceded by an asterisk i e BA A code value being entered using the Hex Code Entry method starts to appear on screen in Hex but the code s mnemonic if any is used in the display as the code byte shifts left For example the Set Frame Mode command has no single corresponding RCU button Appendix B Alphabetical List of Level II Commands indicates that the Hex code is 8E and the mnemonic is SFM As the first Hex digit the 8 is entered one can see an 8 on the screen However as the second Hex digit the E is pressed the display will shift to the left showing the SFM command mnemonic and the displayed program address will be incremented by one 3 2 TP114 v 1 1 8 92 Pioneer LD V8000 Level Il User s Manual LD V8000 Level II Chapter Three 3 1 3 Entering and Changing Program Code When the RU V6000 RCU is used to enter program codes bytes of code in memory are changed one byte at a time The program address displayed on the screen indicates the memory location of the code byte that will be changed by an entry The entry is a simple one for one replacement a code cannot be insert
106. isting of Level Il Commands for LD V8000 com Command Name Mnemonic Hex Code RCU Button Argument Page Moving Partial Load PLD 0C PLAY 0 C Page Number 49 Multi Forward MF F2 MULTI FWD Disc Location 428 Multi Reverse MR FA MULTI REV Disc Location 428 Multiply MUL 22 PLAY 2 2 Integer 437 No Entry NE FF PLAY F F passed on 4935 Page PAG 11 PLAY 1 1 Page Number 44 Partial Load PLD 0C PLAY 0 C 48 Pause PAU OD PLAY O D Integer 426 Play P FD PLAY F D Disc Location 422 Programming Mode DF PROGRAM Program Address Put PUT 09 PLAY 0 9 Register 4938 Read Rear Switch RRS 10 PLAY 1 0 446 Recall RC 7F RECALL Register 439 Reject RJ F9 PLAY F 9 Ignored 422 Remote Control Unit Disable RCD 13 PLAY 1 3 Ignored 457 Remote Control Unit Enable RCE 12 PLAY 1 2 Ignored 457 Random RND 05 PLAY 0 5 Ignored 443 Run Program CF RUN Program Address Search SC F7 SEARCH Disc Location 424 Select Read Memory SRM 85 PLAY 8 5 Integer 462 Set Background Color SBC 88 PLAY 8 8 Integer 421 Set Chapter Mode SCM 8C PLAY 8 C 431 Set Frame Mode SFM 8E PLAY 8 E 430 Set Video Memory Switch SMS 84 PLAY 8 4 Integer 461 Set Special Control Switches SCS 8A PLAY 8 A Integer 458 Set Time Mode STM 8D PLAY 8 D 430 Set Transmit Pointer STP E8 PLAY E 8 Progam Address 459 Appendix B Alphabetical Listing of Level Il Commands for the LD V8000 7P114v 1 1 892 B 3 Alphabetical Listing of Level
107. ive computer at every workstation Level II applications provide in effect stand alone systems When Level II programs are carefully planned and efficiently developed companies find that cost savings using Level II program delivery are substantial primarily because a computer is not required to control each videodisc player kiosk or station Level II delivery systems are often comprised entirely of off the shelf components This can lower the cost allow for faster system delivery and simplify set up for customers When a Level II encoded videodisc spins up on the LD 8000 program code on Audio Channel 2 of the disc can be automatically loaded or dumped into the LD V8000 s 7K of RAM The program information is written into one of seven pages where each page can contain 1022 bytes of information Earlier Pioneer Industrial Videodisc Players the LD V6000 series the LD V3000 and the PR V7820 3 are also capable of loading and executing Level II programs However they all have slightly different hardware capabilities Thus the available Level II commands also vary from player to player to reflect these differences See Section 2 4 CAUTION Differences Between the LD V8000 and the LD V6000A See also Appendix A Comparison of Level II Commands Available on Different Pioneer Industrial Laserdisc Players The succession of players has been generally upward compatible Usually discs for the PR V7820 3 run on the LD V60
108. l 2 field still mode is selected if the argument is O the 4 field mode is selected if the argument is a 1 The 2 field 4 field mode is toggled if there is no argument SSM does not make the player enter Still Mode Note An odd argument is equivalent to a 1 and an even argument is equivalent to a 0 36 amp 37 TJF and TJR Track Jump Forward and Track Jump Reverse Function The player jumps forward or in reverse quickly by the number of tracks designated by the argument up to 100 tracks Argument Hex Code Mnemonic RCU Buttons Integer 80 80 Play 8 0 Integer 81 81 Play 8 1 Explanation The argument is an integer from 1 to 100 If a value greater than 100 is given 100 is used instead If no argument is supplied the command is ignored The player jumps quickly to the new disc location After the jump the player continues in its previous operating mode Note Instead of jumping actual tracks the LD V8000 probably jumps frames On a 2 2 pulldown CAV disc there is one frame per track but 3 2 pulldown and other disc configurations are possible CAUTION the time required for the execution of this command has changed substantially 4 32 TP 114 v 1 1 8 92 Pioneer LD V8000 Level Il User s Manual LD V8000 Level Il Chapter Four Program Execution Control Commands BRANCH 4 2 5 Program Execution Control Commands These commands modify the normal sequence of program instruction execution Usua
109. lay in Level II programs see Section 4 2 3 Video Control Commands in this manual See the example provided with the CLB command on page 4 20 Also see Appendix F Example 3 Three selectable motion segments with simple instruction menu using character overlay Appendix D LD V8000 Character Generator Table of Hex Codes TP114v 1 1 8 92 D 1 Appendix E Numbers and Their Hex Code Equivalents APPENDIX LD V8000 LEVEL II USER S MANUAL Programmer s Reference Guide Pioneer LD V8000 Level Il User s Manual TP114 v 1 1 e 8 92 Numeric Digit Hex Codes Digit Hex Code Decimal Value 0 3F 63 1 OF 15 2 8F 143 3 4F 79 4 2F 47 5 AF 175 6 6F 111 7 1F 31 8 9F 159 9 5F 95 When downloading Level II instructions to the LD V8000 via the RS 232 port command argument digits are each sent as a two character code the Hex Code shown above Since the numeric digit buttons on the RCU cause the player to receive the hex codes shown above they can be used directly in Programming Mode to enter digits as part of command arguments The Decimal Values are sometimes used in a program as arguments for a COMPARE command following the use of a BIN command See Chapter 3 of this manual for more details on entering code and data into the player s memory Appendix E The Numeric Digits Hex Code Equivalents TP 114v 1 1 8 92 E 1 Appendix F Sample Flow Charts amp Level Il Program Example
110. lly after one instruction has finished execution the next sequential instruction is fetched and executed In addition to BRANCH BRF and JUMP described below see DECREG and COMPARE in the next section and the Input commands The command NE No Entry is rarely used in a program 38 BRANCH Function Take the next instruction from the specified program address Program Address RUN BRANCH Explanation BRANCH directs the player to continue Level II execution at the program address specified by the argument If no argument is present address 0 is assumed The BRANCH command is only executed from memory It does not alter the status of the Audio outputs and has no effect on the disc location display or the active register pointer BRANCH is generally used under the following conditions Unconditional branch to cause immediate transfer of control to another location After an INPUT type command where it ends each of the command groups Following DECREG for conditional branching or loop control Following COMPARE for conditional control of the execution sequence ND Note The RUN BRANCH button on the Remote Control Unit doubles as the RUN button in Manual Mode pressing RUN tells the player to execute a Level II program Example A variety of BRANCH instructions are shown First press 1 RECALL 10 STORE to store number 10 in register 1 Address Argument Command Hex Code Comment 0051 256 BRANCH CF
111. log Audio Switches 4 11 Figure 4 B Video Delay Time 4 64 Pioneer LD V8000 Level Il User s Manual TP114 v 1 1 e 8 92 V 1 Introduction 1 1 Level Il and the LD V8000 1 2 Chapter Highlights CHAPTER LD V8000 LEVEL Il USER S MANUAL Programmer s Reference Guide Pioneer LD V8000 Level Il User s Manual TP 114 v 1 1 8 92 LD V8000 Level II Chapter One 1 Introduction Before you use the LD V8000 please read the safety information contained in the Operating Instructions packaged with the player For an overview of the three player control methods Level I II and III and for more details on player Operational Basics refer to the Pioneer LD V8000 Level I amp III User s Manual Programmer s Reference Guide Technical Publication 113 Version 2 0 3 91 1 1 Level Il and the LD V8000 Although several earlier Pioneer Industrial Videodisc Players contained programmable memory allowing for the execution of Level II programs added features of the Pioneer LD V8000 now provide even more advanced Level II capabilities This LD V8000 Level II User s Manual Programmer s Reference Guide provides information to assist programmers in the development of Level II program applications for Pioneer s model LD V8000 industrial videodisc player The LD V8000 is a highly flexible programmable playback system that employs a laser to read video and audio program material from a rotating
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113. ment It ignores its own argument and generates a random value in the range of 0 through 255 That value becomes the argument for the following command Recalls contents of RO 123 divides by 10 with no remainder 12 Multiplies previous argument by 10 and adds 7 Puts 127 into RO Pioneer LD V8000 Level Il User s Manual TP 114 v 1 1 8 92 4 43 Chapter Four LD V8000 Level Il RND cont STORE Example Display frame 1000 or frame 3000 Choose frame 1000 about 30 percent of the time Address Argument Command Hex Code Comment 0014 RND GET 08 Set RO to a random number 0 255 0016 77 COMPARE 04 77 30 of 256 0019 3000 SEARCH F7 RO gt 77 Show frame 3000 0024 35 BRANCH CF and continue at address 35 0027 19 BRANCH CF RO 77 go show frame 3000 0030 1000 SEARCH F7 RO lt 77 Show frame 1000 0035 eae Continue program execution 55 STORE Function This command stores a value in the Active Register Argument Hex Code Mnemonic RCU Button Integer F5 ST STORE Explanation If there is no argument the numerical value of the Disc Location currently being accessed by the player for example a frame number is used as the argument Then STORE writes the argument value modulo 65536 into the Active Register The Active Register Pointer is incremented by one after the value is stored NOTE With a CLV disc only the hours minutes and seconds of the Disc Location are used the frame 0 29 is not
114. ment Command Hex Code Comment 0100 1000 SEARCH F7 Search to FRAME 1000 0105 5 INPUT F8 Allow 0 4 and other 5 9 0107 105 BRANCH CF 0 digit ignore it 0111 400 BRANCH CF 1 digit go to address 400 0115 500 BRANCH CF 2 digit go to address 500 0119 600 BRANCH CF 3 digit go to address 600 0123 700 BRANCH CF 4 digit go to address 700 0127 105 BRANCH CF digits 5 9 ignore Pioneer LD V8000 Level Il User s Manual TP 114 v 1 1 8 92 4 49 Chapter Four LD V8000 Level Il FIN 59 FIN Input with Function Keys Function FIN waits for a digit or function key code and then modifies the program execution sequence Integer Play 1 8 Explanation Operation is the same as the INPUT command except that function key codes are allowed As with INPUT the other digits skip N blocks of code All of the function keys cause N 1 blocks of code to be skipped A function key input is processed when the byte code for one of the buttons listed below is recognized See Figure 3 B on page 3 3 for a detailed diagram of the RU V6000T remote control The function buttons are indicated and corresponding function button numbers are listed below Remote Control Buttons Function Key Number AUTOSTOP 10 STEP REV 11 STEP FWD 12 SEARCH 13 SLOW REV 14 SLOW FWD 15 SCAN REV 16 SCAN FWD 17 STOP 18 PLAY 19 The function key number of the button that was pressed is made available to the program by the DIN command T
115. ment value which should be a program address in active memory The pointer is set to zero if there is no argument Note Power on and REJECT initialize the Transmit Pointer to zero Pioneer LD V8000 Level Il User s Manual 1P 114 v 1 1 e 8 92 4 59 Chapter Four LD V8000 Level Il STP cont ITP amp DTP Example Transmit the 10 bytes at program address 1016 through 1025 Address Argument Command Hex Code Comment 0040 1015 STP E8 Set Transmit Pointer to 1015 0045 10 GET 08 Set a counter to 10 0048 ITM DD Increment pointer amp transmit data 0049 0 DECREG FO decrement counter amp test 0051 48 BRANCH CF continue loop 72 amp 73 ITP and DTP Increment and Decrement Transmit Pointer Function These commands increment or decrement the Transmit Pointer Argument Hex Code Mnemonic RCU Buttons Ignored D9 ITP PLAY D 9 Ignored DA DTP PLAY D A Explanation The ITP command increases the value stored in the Transmit Pointer by one The DTP command decreases the value by one Example Transmit the contents of program address11 followed by program address 13 Address Argument Command Hex Code Comment 0000 11 STP E8 Set Transmit Pointer to address 11 0003 TM DC Transmit contents of location 11 0004 ITP D9 Increment pointer to location 12 0005 ITM DD Increment pointer to 13 and transmit 4 60 TP114 v 1 1 8 92 Pioneer LD V8000 Level Il User s Manual LD V8000 Level Il Chap
116. mer Then it resets the timer to zero The timer is incremented every 1 10 second counting to 65535 where it overflows to zero again Thus it increases for 6553 5 seconds Example Measure the time required to search from Frame 100 to 4000 Then display the time required as a frame number showing the number of 0 1 second time periods Address Argument Command Hex Code Comment 0000 100 SEARCH F7 Search to Frame 100 0004 CLOCK 16 and Clear the timer 0005 4000 SEARCH F7 Search to Frame 4000 0010 CLOCK 16 R2 lt current timer value 0011 2 ARG SEARCH F7 Use R2 as search target 0014 1 DISPLAY F1 and display the elapsed time 4 2 7 Input Processing Commands The commands described in this section allow the Level II program to respond to external inputs The subsequent path of program execution may be changed depending upon the received input The commands are usually used to process viewer button presses from the hand held Remote Control Unit RCU or an equivalent keypad The commands can also respond to various data bytes sent to the player by an external controller or computer on the RS232C port These commands permit a wide range of interactivity between the viewer user and a Level II program Pioneer LD V8000 Level Il User s Manual TP 114 v 1 1 8 92 4 47 Chapter Four LD V8000 Level Il INPUT 58 INPUT Input from Digit Keys Function INPUT waits for a 0 9 digit code and then modifies the program execution
117. mory G 2 TP 114v 1 1 892 Sample Flow Chart amp Level Il Code Programming Appendix G Sample Level Il Program Code Level Il Example 1 Flow Chart For use with LD V8000 Demo Disc CAV Side A Repeating Video Segment preceded by an Introduction This flowchart details the introductory sequence and the motion segment to be looped Frame Mode ON LD V8000 Display OFF Special Features Audio 1 L Only Frames 4471 5456 Introduction Title Screen frame 800 Frames 115 800 wait 3 0 sec Level Il Example 1 Program Code Continuously Repeating Video Segment The Level II source code shown below uses a mixture of command names and mnemonics The intent is to show an operational program in an educational way Some Level II compilers may require a slightly different syntax With hand entry of the program the Program Address of each label TITLE below must be noted and that address value substituted where necessary ADDR 0 START THIS PROGRAM AT PROGRAM ADDRESS 0000 SFM 0 DISPLAY TURN OFF DISPLAY ANF TURN AUDIO 1 AND 2 ON 115 SEARCH CUE BEGINNING OF MOTION 800 AUTOSTOP PLAY THE INTRODUCTION TITLE 800 SEARCH CUE BEGINNING OF MOTION 30 WAIT SHOW TITLE FRAME FOR 3 SEC 4471 SEARCH CUE BEGINNING OF MOTION 5456 AUTOSTOP SHOW LOOP MOTION SEGMENT TITLE BRANCH LOOP BACK Appendix G Sample Flow Chart amp Level Il Code Programming TP 114v 1 1 8 92 Sample Level Il Program Code
118. n begins executing the Level II program from program address zero As the program in that first page of memory is being executed the program can command the player to search to any other frame on the videodisc and attempt to load another page of program code another dump If a dump is found it will be read and either overlay previously loaded memory or fill unused memory as commanded by the Level II program instructions If the player finds no Level II leader tone at frame 1 it continues into the player s normal Manual Mode to be controlled by either Level I or Level III commands Later one of those commands may initiate Level II operations executing any Level II program codes that might be in the player s memory Preparing Level Il Programs for Transmission to PVMI When a Level II videodisc is manufactured by Pioneer Video Manufacturing Inc PVMI each Level II program dump is sent to PVMI as an Object File in Pioneer Level II Object Code Format Along with comments the target frame number and possibly other information the file contains a series of Hex codes one two character Hex code for each byte in the program dump The file also contains a check sum value of object code at the end of the dump The Object File is a simple ASCII text file Call Pioneer New Media Technologies Inc Engineering Support for documentation of Pioneer s Level II Object File syntax Pioneer LD V8000 Level Il User s Manual TP 114 v 1 1 e 8 92
119. n executable command code is found Some commands have explicit arguments others have implied arguments default arguments or no arguments As an example the two instructions 1000 SC 2000 AS are internally represented as codes OF 3F 3F 3F F7 8F 3F 3F 3F F3 Starting with the first byte OF the argument is accumulated while the codes are scanned for a command code In this example the Search command code F7 is detected The SC command using the currently accumulated argument 0F 3F 3F 3F instructs the player to position the laser read head at frame 1000 When the player is executing Level II program code in Automatic Mode succeeding commands from memory are not processed until the function specified by the current command has been completed The Play command and the INN command are the exceptions A Play command instructs the videodisc player to begin playing audio video material and continue until instructed to do something else by another command Pioneer LD V8000 Level Il User s Manual TP114 v 1 1 e 8 92 2 15 3 Entering Level II Code into RAM 3 1 Entering Level II Code with the RCU 3 1 1 Entering Programming Mode 3 1 2 Screen Display 3 1 3 Entering and Changing Program Code 3 1 4 Exiting Programming Mode 3 2 Entering Level II Code via the RS 232 Port 3 2 1 Downloading Level II Codes 3 2 2 Reading Level II Codes 3 3 Level Il Programs Encoded on Videodiscs 3 4 Player Initialization CHAPTER
120. n symbolic assembler form This means that a program called a symbolic assembler will be necessary to convert any of the examples to actual code that a Pioneer videodisc player can run The input to a symbolic assembler is called the source code file and is in a syntax that is easy for a programmer to understand the output of an assembler is called the object code file and contains the codes the videodisc player understands Symbolic assemblers offer various methods for a programmer to control the process of converting the symbolic source code file to the final object code file The following is a description of the assembler control syntax used in the four examples of this Appendix The assembler you use may require different syntax to accomplish the same operations RSEQ1 20 Set the value of symbol RSEQ1 to 20 RSEQ2 22 Set the value of symbol RSEQ2 to 22 N 23 N sets the assembler s internal register pointer to register 23 R 2300 2000 1200 1000 R loads the data into registers 23 22 21 and 20 respectively RSTS1 EQU 24 Set the value of symbol RSTS1 to 24 RSTS2 EQU 26 Set the value of symbol RSTS2 to 26 SN 27 N sets the assembler s internal register pointer to register 27 R 3057 3050 3010 3001 R loads the data into registers 27 26 25 and 24 respectively SADDR O Set the assembler s internal program counter to 0 all code following this statement will be entered into successive locations in me
121. ncreased by one every time a byte of data is output Example Read the first 9 bytes of the program downloaded in the previous section Set the memory location pointer As before set the memory location pointer to 120 gt 120 S lt CR gt lt R lt CR gt Transfer Data Ask the player to transmit 9 bytes of code gt 9 D lt CR gt lt OF3F3F3FF70F8F3F3F lt CR gt The memory location pointer will be at 129 when the player s transmission is complete At this point the programmer should note that the player s Program Address Pointer is used for two different purposes First it is used during the execution of a Level II program to indicate the instruction being processed While being used in this manner the Program Address counter will point to a location in active memory Second it is set by the S command and is used as a Memory Location Pointer by the Level III downloading and code reading commands At this time it may point to any of the byte locations addresses in memory even if only one page is active Pioneer LD V8000 Level Il User s Manual TP 114 v 1 1 e 8 92 3 9 Chapter Three LD V8000 Level II Since it might be useful for an external computer to monitor the execution of a Level II program the player has a new P command Level III to ask the player to transmit the value of the Program Address Pointer Transmit the value of the Program Address Pointer The player transmits four decimal digits
122. nd FIN Its operation is like that of FIN except that it also allows the timeout function key see TIN As with TIN the timeout duration is specified by the argument in tenths of seconds The maximum timeout is 10 000 tenth seconds 4 52 TP 114 v 1 1 e 8 92 Pioneer LD V8000 Level Il User s Manual LD V8000 Level Il Chapter Four FTI GORE Example 1 Frame 100 is displayed and the player waits for input A frame number is calculated by multiplying the input s equivalent function key number by 20 then that frame is displayed Thus frame 400 is displayed if the 20 1 second timeout occurs Address Argument Command Hex Code Comment 0000 100 SEARCH F7 Search for Frame 100 0004 201 FTI 19 Wait for input or timeout 0008 14 BRANCH CF 0 digit go calculate frame 0011 14 BRANCH CF digit 1 9 go calculate frame 0014 DIN GET 08 Function or Timeout RO lt function 0016 20 MULTIPLY 22 calculate frame RO lt RO x 20 0019 0 ARG SEARCH F7 Search to calculated frame 0022 HALT BF Program end Example 2 In response to a digit or function key input play from frame 100 to Frame 200 If the 10 1 second timeout occurs just display frame 300 Address Argument Command Hex Code Comment 0050 100 SEARCH F7 Search to frame 100 0054 101 FTI 19 Accept viewer input 0058 100 SEARCH F7 0 digit Play the sequence 0062 200 AUTOSTOP F3 to the end 0066 90 BRANCH CF and continue 0069 58 BRANCH CF digit 1 9 go play the se
123. nformation may be obtained from Pioneer New Media Technologies Inc West Coast Engineering Support 310 952 2111 or East Coast Engineering Support 201 327 6400 1 2 Chapter Highlights This manual is divided into chapters providing the following information Chapter One Introduction This chapter provides an overview of Level II videodiscs and the Pioneer LD V8000 videodisc player It also includes a summary of what information is included in each chapter Chapter Two Level Il Basics This chapter provides the basic concepts required for understanding Level II programming and an overview of loading and executing Level II programs This is baseline information for new Level II application developers and is intended as a reference for Level II application designers and programmers This chapter contains a CAUTION section which highlights the different hardware capabilities and Level II commands available on the LD V8000 as compared to the LD V6000A It also provides an overview of the following essential subjects Random Access Memory Addressable Program Areas and Registers Program Formats Arguments and Commands Level II Program Structure and Command Execution Speed 1 2 TP114 v 1 1 8 92 Pioneer LD V8000 Level Il User s Manual LD V8000 Level II Chapter One Chapter Three Using Level Il This chapter explains how to enter and execute short Level II demonstration and test programs using either the remote control unit or
124. ns on the RCU e g SEARCH AUDIO1 DISPLAY etc and they cause corresponding operations to be performed by the player Other commands are used for controlling program interpretation directing the path of execution managing registers etc A command is stored as a one byte code in the active memory Any argument must be placed before the command An argument if any and the following command make an instruction See Chapter 4 Level II Commands for the LD V8000 for a description of each Level II command Refer also to Appendix B Alphabetical Listing of Level II Commands Available on the LD V8000 Many commands can be executed directly by the player or entered into RAM from the RCU with a single button press All codes and any data byte can be entered into RAM as a hexadecimal code with three button presses on the RCU See the procedure described in Section 3 1 3 Entering Level II Code with the RCU When the programmer enters arguments commands and data from the RCU the video display shows the byte codes on screen as command or digit mnemonics whenever possible Unrecognized codes are displayed as two character hex values 2 5 3 Program Structure A Level II program segment when stored in memory is a continuous string of one byte codes The string is processed by the player s Level II program interpreter beginning at the location specified or implied by the RUN command As each byte is examined argument codes are accumulated until a
125. ollowing the MLOAD command Thus an MLOAD would usually be used to load data only into another page not the page that is currently executing code If dump leader is not detected or the load is not successfully completed the player does not retry the MLOAD Branch on Failure BRF is used to detect the failure Note The argument is taken modulo 256 The command is ignored if the argument specifies a page that is not active The player may not properly process commands received while it is loading a program dump from a videodisc Example Load the dump at frame 100 into Page 3 of pages 0 6 Invisible Load the dump at frame 450 into Page 2 while playing from 450 to 600 In both cases if loading fails Branch to program address 200 Address Argument Command Hex Code 50 VOFF 1C 51 AFF AO 52 100 SEARCH F7 56 3 MLOAD CC 58 STOP FB 59 200 BRF 07 100 450 SEARCH F7 104 PLAY FD 105 2 MLOAD CC 107 200 BRF 07 111 600 AUTOSTOP F3 Pioneer LD V8000 Level Il User s Manual TP 114 v 1 1 e 8 92 4 7 Chapter Four LD V8000 Level Il PLOAD 4 PLOAD Partial Load Function This command loads a specially prepared partial dump into Page 0 Argument Hex Code Mnemonic RCU Buttons Not Allowed OC PLD Play 0 C Explanation The command gives the ability to pass more data from one overlay of Page 0 to the next Since the LD V8000 has multiple pages of memory this command is rarely used in programmin
126. om Digit Keys 4 48 59 FIN Input with Function Keys 4 50 60 TIN Input with Timeout 4 51 61 FTI Input with Function and Timeout 4 52 62 DIN Digit INPUT end arena 4 54 63 BIN Binary Input rien 4 55 64 IIN MtertapLINPpuo sua siii 4 56 4 2 8 Flag Set Commands ivisiadiaca aaa 4 57 65 RCE REeC Enableka sidro ei 4 57 66 RCD RCU Disable 0 eeeneeneeneeeeeereereeerseerssrss 4 57 67 SCS Special Control Switches 4 58 4 2 9 Transmit COMMANAdS 4 59 68 TM Transmit Memory 4 59 69 ITM Increment amp Transmit Memory 4 59 70 DTM Decrement amp Transmit Memory 4 59 71 STP Set Transmit Pointer 4 59 72 ITP Increment Transmit Pointer 4 60 73 DTP Decrement Transmit Pointer 4 60 4 2 10 Video Buffer Control Commands 4 61 74 SMS Set Video Memory Switches 4 61 75 SRM Select Read Memory eeeeeeecseersene 4 62 76 MWE Memory Write Enable 4 62 77 MWD Memory Write Disable 4 63 4 3 LD V8000 EPROM Upgrades 4 64 4 3 1 Video Delay Time sistema 4 64 IV TP114 v 1 1 e 8 92 Pioneer LD V8000 Level Il User s LD V8000 Level Il Table o
127. other byte of code using the Hex Code Entry method the PLAY button must be pressed again Example 2 At Program location 300 enter the following program using Direct Code Entry one button press and Hex Code Entry three button presses as necessary Set Frame Mode AUDIO OFF 1200 SEARCH 1350 AUTO STOP 50 WAIT 300 BRANCH Use the RCU button presses below 300 PROGRAM Player is put into Programming Mode beginning at program address 300 PLAY 8 E Set Frame Mode Hex 8E SFM is displayed on screen PLAY A O AFF command turns both Audio channels OFF 1200 SEARCH Searches to frame 1200 1350 AUTO STOP Plays the video segment 1200 to 1350 50 STOP Waits for five seconds 300 BRANCH Loops to location 300 to repeat the video segment END Exits Programming Mode 300 RUN Begin Level II execution at Program Address 300 Pioneer LD V8000 Level Il User s Manual 1P 114 v 1 1 e 8 92 3 5 Chapter Three LD V8000 Level II In the previous example when the 300 RUN command is given the player will execute the Level II program Automatic Mode repeating the video sequence over and over because of the 300 BRANCH command To stop the program execution press the CLEAR HALT button the HALT command on the RCU A HALT changes the player s mode from Automatic Mode to Manual Mode If the HALT occurs while the AUTO STOP command is being executed the player will continue playing to the target frame unless it is subsequently told to do otherwi
128. othing Note HALT does not change the Active Register Pointer RUN sets the pointer to 1 Example Address Argument Command Hex Code Comment 50 10 RECALL 7F R10 Active 53 RECALL 7F R11 Active 54 100 SEARCH F7 R12 Active 58 RECALL 7F Nothing happens 59 RECALL 7F R13 Active Pioneer LD V8000 Level Il User s Manual TP 114 v 1 1 8 92 4 39 Chapter Four e LD V8000 Level Il ARG 50 ARG Argument Function ARG acts as part of an argument It generates a numerical value which is used as an argument by the command which follows it Argument Hex Code Mnemonic RCU Buttons Register Number OA ARG Play 0 A Explanation When ARG has an argument that argument is a register number The argument value generated for the next command is the value stored in the specified register When ARG has no argument the value generated is equal to the value of the Active Register Pointer not the value in the Active Register Example 1 The contents of the Active Register multiplied by 10 is used as the argument for a SEARCH Assume that the Active Register contains 38 Address Argument Command Hex Code Comment 0015 SFM 8E Set Frame Mode 0016 ARGARGO SEARCH F7 Search to 3800 Example 2 In the following instruction examples assume that RO 13 R8 10 R10 208 and R3 8 where R3 is the Active Register Argument Command Hex Code Comment 00 10 ARG BRANCH CF Go to address 208 04 8 ARG
129. otion Segment 2 Motion Segment 3 Appendix F Sample Flow Chart amp Level Il Code RCU Entry 7P114v 1 1 8 92 F 7 Sample Level Il Program Example 3 cont It is helpful to understand the format of the INPUT command the use of CLD Clear User Display and SUD Set User Display to overlay text on the screen and the use of RECALL and STORE to manipulate Registers to be able to follow this program The other commands used here are fairly simple commands so this program is moderately easy to understand Here is the program in an format as it might be made by a programmer for a compiler SFM Set Frame Mode 1 Audl O Aud2 Use Audio 1 only 5 Recall Setup Registers 5 8 with Text addresses 100 Store 120 Store 140 Store 160 Store Menu 765 Search CLD Show background frame 5 Recall 3 SUD 4 SUD 5 SUD 6 SUD Put up Text Ignore 4 Input Ignore Branch Key O ignore it CLD 4450 Search 5117 Autostop Menu Branch Key 1 Segment 1 CLD 5619 Search 6570 Autostop Menu Branch Key 2 Segment 2 CLD 6700 Search 7820 Autostop Menu Branch Key 3 Segment 3 Ignore Branch Keys 4 9 ignore Then Example 3 in RCU entry format Address Arg Command RCU Input Comments 0 SFM 8 E Set Frame Mode 1 1 Audiol 1 Audiol Turn on Audio 1 3 O Audio2 0 Audio2 Turn off Audio 2 5 5 Recall 5 Recall Point to Register 5 7 100 Store 100 Store Line 3 text address in Reg 5 11 120 Store 120 Store Line 4 text address in Reg 6 15 1
130. p between the FAST argument and the selected speed is shown below Argument Speed Fr Sec 1 1x 30 2 2x 60 3 3x 90 Pioneer LD V8000 Level Il User s Manual TP114 v 1 1 e 8 92 4 27 Chapter Four LD V8000 Level Il MSF amp MSR 28 amp 29 MSF and MSR Multi Speed Forward and Multi Speed Reverse Function Forward or Reverse silent motion video is produced at a selected speed The player enters Still Mode when the target disc location is reached Explanation The argument is a target disc location frame time code or chapter number which is compared to the current disc location If the direction required to reach the target is compatible with the command s direction play begins at the most recently selected speed slow or fast Audio is squelched while the Multi Speed motion is in progress When the player reaches the target the player enters Still Mode at the target and then the next command is executed If the player is instructed to play in the wrong direction to reach the target the player will just search to the target Note The command will be ignored unless it has an argument and the selected speed is non zero It is best to select the desired speed with SLOW or FAST rather than rely upon any default speed Argument Hex Code Mnemonic RCU Button Disc Location F2 MF MULTI FWD Disc Location FA MR MULTI REV Example Frames 1000 to 1200 are played at one half speed
131. ped for the LD V8000 or any other player prior to disc manufacturing to assure that the program runs as intended 4 1 Format Used to Describe Commands Individual commands are described in the following format There is a short Function statement a table showing the command s argument type Hex code mnemonic and RCU button s a detailed Explanation of the command and usually an Example showing how the command might be used 4 1 1 Functions Function This part provides a short statement describing the basic command function Pioneer LD V8000 Level Il User s Manual TP 114 v 1 1 e 8 92 4 1 Chapter Four LD V8000 Level Il 4 1 2 Table The table indicates how a programmer refers to a command Argument Hex Code Mnemonic RCU Button s 1 2 3 4 e 1 The Argument The command s argument type is specified for example as an integer register number line number program address or disc location Integer A decimal number from 0 to 65535 Disc Location Frame number time code minutes and seconds or chapter number An argument enclosed in brackets is optional it can be omitted Unless stated otherwise the default value for an omitted argument is zero Sometimes the value in the active register is used as the default argument 2 The Hex Code The command s two digit hexadecimal Hex code is sometimes used in programming or when code is entered using the RCU s Level II Hex Entry mode See page
132. ponse is generated internally and the player process it just like any other function key response Thus TIN will only wait the specified amount of time for an input then processing will continue skipping N 1 blocks of code Thus there should be one BRANCH instruction following TIN for each of the N allowed viewer inputs and one additional BRANCH for the Other inputs Then as with the FIN command the following code is for the timeout condition Pioneer LD V8000 Level Il User s Manual TP 114 v 1 1 8 92 4 51 Chapter Four e LD V8000 Level Il TIN cont FTI Example Display Frame 100 and wait for viewer input If the viewer enters a 1 show Frame 300 If the viewer enters any other numeric digit or does not respond within 10 2 seconds show Frame 200 Address Argument Command Hex Code Comment 0000 100 SEARCH F7 Search for Frame 100 0004 102 TIN OE Wait for Input with timeout 0008 21 BRANCH CF 0 digit go show frame 200 0011 300 SEARCH F7 1 digit Show frame 300 0015 25 BRANCH CF and continue 0018 21 BRANCH CF digit 2 9 go show frame 200 0021 200 SEARCH F7 Timeout Show frame 200 0025 D Program Continues 61 FTI Input with Function and Timeout Function FTI waits for a digit code function code or timeout then it modifies the program execution sequence Argument Hex Code Mnemonic RCU Buttons Integer 19 FTI Play 1 9 Explanation The FTI command is a combination of Tin a
133. quence 0072 DIN GET 08 Function RO lt function 0074 20 COMPARE 04 Is it a timeout 20 0077 58 BRANCH CF gt 20 go play the sequence 0080 300 SEARCH F7 20 timeout so show frame 300 0084 90 BRANCH CF and continue 0087 58 BRANCH CF lt 20 go play the sequence 0090 an program continues Pioneer LD V8000 Level Il User s Manual 1P 114 v 1 1 e 8 92 4 53 Chapter Four LD V8000 Level Il DIN 62 DIN Data Input Function DIN provides information about the viewer s response to the last Input type command INPUT FIN TIN FTI or IIN Argument Ignored Hex Code 1E Mnemonic RCU Buttons DIN Play 1 E Explanation DIN generates a value to be used as an argument by the command which follows it DIN generates a value of 0 through 20 depending on the last input received A O 9 numeric digit button generates the corresponding value 0 9 A function key input generates a value of 10 through 19 see FIN A timeout generates the value 20 It can be used after any of the input commands to determine which input was received Example 1 Digit 6 input shows frame 200 Other inputs are ignored 0000 0002 0003 0005 0007 0008 0011 0012 Address Argument 1 DIN 12 200 Command Hex Code INPUT BRANCH GET COMPARE BRANCH BRANCH BRANCH SEARCH F8 CF 08 04 CF CF CF F7 Comment Make the player wait for input 0 digit ignore go to address 0
134. r 0 Note On the LD V8000 these on screen parameter switches are accessed by pressing the player s Display button while turning on the player s power Then the user parameter switch settings can be viewed using the player s Scan Forward or Reverse buttons They can be changed using the Step Forward and Step Reverse buttons Switch 1 is the least significant and Switch 16 is the most significant See LD V8000 Level I amp III User s Manual Programmer s Reference Guide TP 113 v 2 0 3 91 Section 2 4 Example If user function Switch 12 is ON 1 access Frame 1000 otherwise access Frame 2700 Address Argument Command Hex Code Comment 101 RRS 10 Set RO to Switches 102 2048 DIVIDE 21 Remove SW 1 11 bits 107 2 DIVIDE 21 SW 12 bit to Register 3 109 0 GET 08 RO lt 0 111 3 ARG COMPARE 04 Test SW 12 ON or OFF 114 132 BRANCH CF RO gt R3 not possible here 118 2700 SEARCH F7 RO R3 so show frame 2700 123 132 BRANCH CF and continue 127 1000 SEARCH F7 RO lt R3 so show frame 2000 132 and continue 4 46 TP114 v 1 1 8 92 Pioneer LD V8000 Level Il User s Manual LD V8000 Level Il Chapter Four CLOCK Input Processing Commands 57 CLOCK Clock Read and Reset Function This command reads and then resets the user tenth second timer Argument Hex Code Mnemonic RCU Buttons Ignored 16 CLK Play 1 6 Explanation This command sets Register 2 to the current value of the tenth second ti
135. re seconds the cycle repeats Address Argument Command Hex Code Comment 0100 200 GET 08 0104 10 PUT 09 0107 10 RECALL 7F 0110 7 SUD 2B Display the 20 character message 0112 50 WAIT FB and Wait for 5 seconds 0115 7 BLINK 2D Start blinking 0117 30 WAIT FB for 3 seconds 0120 CLD 2C Then clear all lines 0121 CLB 2E and all blinking 0122 40 WAIT FB Wait for 4 seconds 0125 107 BRANCH CF and repeat 0200 20 20 20 20 48 4 spaces and H 0205 45 4C 4C 4F 20 ELLO and 1 space 0210 74 68 65 72 65 there data representation will vary 0215 2E 20 20 20 20 period and 4 spaces 4 20 TP114 v 1 1 8 92 Pioneer LD V8000 Level Il User s Manual 19 SBC Set Background Color LD V8000 Level Il Chapter Four SBC Function This command selects the color for the video squelch generator Argument Integer Hex Code 88 Mnemonic RCU Buttons SBC Play 8 8 Explanation This command selects Blue or Black as the background color used for the output video signal when the normal video is squelched Blue is selected when the argument is 1 and Black is selected when the argument is 0 The background color toggles between Blue and Black if an argument is not supplied Note An odd argument is equivalent to a 1 and an even argument is equivalent to a 0 Example The player s video is squelched and and the background screen color is changed from blue to black and back every 6 se
136. reater than 1023 In execution the MPLOAD command is almost the same as the MLOAD command except that the shorter load may finish faster As with MLOAD valid leader must be detected on Audio Channel 2 which does not need to be ON The load operation is not automatically retried even if it fails After the MPLOAD command the next sequential program instruction is executed regardless of whether the MPLOAD command was successful Note The argument is taken modulo 256 The MPLOAD command is ignored if the argument does not specify a currently active page Pioneer LD V8000 Level Il User s Manual TP 114 v 1 1 e 8 92 4 9 Chapter Four LD V8000 Level Il MPLOAD cont Example 1 Load a 604 byte partial dump at frame 2500 into Page 2 Address Argument Command Hex Code Comment 100 420 GET 08 Place 420 into Register 0 104 VOFF 1C Turn Video OFF 105 AFF AO and Audios OFF 105 2500 SEARCH F7 Search to frame 2500 110 2 MPLOAD OC Load into page 2 112 STOP Force Still mode Example 2 Overlay the first 500 bytes of Page 1 Retry until successful Address Argument Command Hex Code Comment 598 VOFF 1C Turn Video OFF 599 AFF AO and Audios OFF 600 524 GET 08 Place 524 in RO 604 450 SEARCH F7 Search to dump Target frame 608 1 MPLOAD OC Load 500 bytes 1024 524 610 604 BRF 07 Retry if load failed 614 1000 SEARCH F7 Perhaps show a menu 619 VON 1B Turn Video back ON 4 10 TP114 v 1 1 8 92 Pioneer LD V8000 Le
137. rial LaserDisc Players APPENDIX LD V8000 LEVEL II USER S MANUAL Programmer s Reference Guide Pioneer LD V8000 Level Il User s Manual TP114 v 1 1 e 8 92 Level Il Command Comparisons by Player A Available N A Not Available Changed Available but meaning is changed Mnemonic PGM END RUN PAG PLD PLD CX Al AXX DAD VFF VON DI SUD CLD BLK CLB SBC CGE CGD Appendix A Level Il Commands Available by Player 7P114v 1 1 8 92 Command Mode Control Commands Programming Mode End Programing Mode Run Program Halt Program Program Load Commands Page Set Memory Page Load Program Moving Load Partial Load Moving Partial Load Audio Control Commands CX Control Audio 1 L Out Audio 2 R Out Set Audio Status Digital Audio Out Video Control Commands Video Off Video On p Performance substantially modified e Eats argument for compatibility LD V8000 Changed Changed A A PPDPP N A automatic A A A A Character Generator Control Commands Display Set User Display Clear Display Blink Clear Blink Set Background Color Character Generator Enable Character Generator Disable A A A A A A A A LD V6000A PDPP PPDPP DPPPPPPDP LD V6000 PPDPP PPDP PPDP N A N A NA NA NA NA LD V3000 PDPP N A N A N A N A DPPP N A N A N A N A N A N A NA NA PR7820 3 PPDP N A N A
138. rs one will always be designated as the current Active Register Register 0 is designated as active at power on Any register in RAM can be designated as active by specifying it as the argument of a Recall command In addition the Active Register Pointer is increased by one whenever one of the following commands are executed Autostop Search Store and Recall These commands may use the contents of the current active register Then they always activate the next highest register The following charts show the relationship between active memory size program addresses register numbers and memory addresses in the active program area These Memory Addresses are the addresses used when reading or writing Level II program code through the RS 232C port Note The relationship between program addresses and register numbers changes if the size of the active memory number of active pages is changed Reading or writing program codes through the RS232C port always uses the memory addresses and all of the pages can be accessed independent of the size of active memory 2 10 TP114 v 1 1 8 92 Pioneer LD V8000 Level Il User s Manual LD V8000 Level II Chapter Two The whole RAM memory area is shown below Page Number Memory Address Address 0 Page 0 1022 bytes eu Address 1022 Page 1 1022 bytes e Address 2044 Page 2 1022 bytes p Address 3066 Page 3 1022 bytes lt Address 4088 Page 4 1022 byte
139. s Address 5110 Page 5 1022 bytes D R Address 6132 Page 6 1022 bytes 7 7154 Register 0 Address 7154 7155 2 bytes Aine Figure 2 D Pioneer LD V8000 Level Il User s Manual 1P 114 v 1 1 e 8 92 2 11 Chapter Two LD V8000 Level Il The relationship between program addresses register numbers and memory addresses is shown in the following figures for one two and all seven pages active One page active by using the 0 PAG command Page Allocation Program Address Register Numbers 0 R 511 Page 0 1022 Bytes 1021 R 4 Register 0 1022 2 Bytes 1023 R 0 Memory Addresses 0 1021 7154 7155 Figure 2 E Two pages active by using the 1 PAG command Page Allocation Program Address Register Numbers Memory Addresses 0 R 1022 0 Page 0 1022 Bytes 1021 R 512 1021 1022 Page 1 1022 R 511 1022 Bytes 2043 R 1 2043 Register 0 2044 7154 2 Bytes 2045 R 0 17155 Figure 2 F 2 12 TP114 v 1 1 8 92 Pioneer LD V8000 Level Il User s Manual LD V8000 Level Il Seven pages active by using the 6 PAG command e Chapter Two Page Allocation Program Address Register Numbers Memory Addresses 0 R 3577 0 Page 0 1022 Bytes 1021 R 3067 1021 1022 R 3066 1022 Page 1 1022 Bytes
140. s RCU entry APPENDIX LD V8000 LEVEL II USER S MANUAL Programmer s Reference Guide Pioneer LD V8000 Level Il User s Manual 1P 114 v 1 1 e 8 92 Example Flowchart Symbols The symbols below or similar ones could be used in a flow chart to aid the design process and to document the interactive aspects of an Audio Video presentation The flowchart is a graphic representation of both the order of information presentation and of how the interactive control program responds to viewer inputs The flowchart is the interactive story board which should be used to guide subsequent scripting and programming Consistency clarity and completeness are more important than the symbols used When in doubt use text descriptions of your intentions Quiz 1 A terminal symbol indicating the starting or ending point of a flowchart from Page 7 or a continuation of the flowchart from another page Jumpers 12372 12778 Audio 2 only A motion sequence with or without sound Possibly a still image with narration or music Set Quiz Flag Special instructions scoring or any computations the control program to No Quiz may be required to do Flags may be set values recorded etc Horses Frame 12456 for 3 4 sec A still frame Include how long to wait at the still before continuing to the next block in the flowchart A series of stills Specify how the user proceeds forward through the stills Is it by time steps only Can t
141. s also available from Multimedia Engineering Technical Support The actual Level II program code is encoded on Audio Channel 2 of the videodisc as a brief series of audio tones Each burst of tones lasts about 2 seconds and contains one page of data 1022 bytes It is sometimes referred to as a Level II program Dump Caution When planning to place program dumps one after another on the videodisc remember to allow for sufficient space between the dumps PVMI specifies 3 seconds 90 frames per dump allowing for 0 5 seconds of leader tone 30 fields almost 2 seconds for the dump itself approximately 100 fields and about another 0 5 second of buffer zone Refer to Figure 3 C 3 10 TP114 v 1 1 8 92 Pioneer LD V8000 Level Il User s Manual LD V8000 Level II Chapter Three Note The vertical line below in the leader represents the target frame for the dump Structure of a Pioneer Level Il Dump Leader tone Level Il Program Code Buffer Zone 0 5 sec 1 64 sec 0 5 sec 15 Frames 50 Frames 15 Frames 90 frames on Audio Channel 2 L Figure 3 C When a Level II videodisc is spun up on the LD V8000 and the Level IT Auto Start On Screen Function Switch Setting is set to Load from Disc the player searches to frame 1 squelches the video and audio and looks for Level II leader tone on the disc s Audio Channel 2 When the player finds leader tone it loads the first dump into memory page one and the
142. s up to seven digit arguments for example 1231514 to represent 1 hour 23 minutes 15 seconds and frame number 14 of frame 0 to 29 within the second Usually 6 digits are sufficient but Level II registers contain a maximum value of 65535 and cannot hold six digit values for arguments Pioneer LD V8000 Level Il User s Manual TP114 v 1 1 e 8 92 2 5 Chapter Two LD V8000 Level Il Four new Video Buffer control commands have been added to the LD V8000 command set For detailed explanations see Section 4 2 10 They are e Set Video Memory Switch Allows user control over the Video Buffer inhibiting the normal automatic use of the Video Buffer by the player A Field Mode or Frame Mode may be selected for the buffer e Select Read Memory For Field Mode this command selects the video buffer field 0 or 1 to be used for generating the player s video output signal e Memory Write Enable Allows disc generated video signals to be written into the video buffer In Field Mode the command selects which video buffer field 0 or 1 will be written e Memory Write Disable Disables writing into the video buffer Both the LD V8000 and the LD V6000 provide Binary Output but the LD V8000 does not support the 6000 s Ascii Hex Output mode The Binary Output is most useful in controlling external serial devices via the RS 232C port for example a serial printer used to provide feedback to viewers via a scorecard or coupon print out Note The
143. se 3 1 4 Exiting Programming Mode Press the END button on the remote control unit to exit Programming Mode usually returning to Manual Mode 3 2 Entering Level Il Code via the RS 232 Port The user can enter download Level II code into the players memory from an external computer by using the RS 232C port This downloading of data is accomplished by using new Level III commands Thus the player must be ON or in Manual Mode such that Level III commands will control the player before entering Level II code using this Downloading Mode 3 2 1 Downloading Level Il Codes To use Downloading Mode to send data as Hex codes from a computer to the players memory use the following two Level III commands 1 Set the Memory Address pointer Before sending any data to the player it is usual to specify the memory location address where the first byte of program code is to be written Use the S command as shown in the example below to start writing data at memory location 100 The argument specifies the memory location as a decimal number If the S command is successful an R will be sent by the player If the memory location has already been specified by other means this step may be omitted 100 S lt CR gt Note that memory locations are almost identical to program addresses See Section 2 5 Random Access Memory for details about memory locations 3 6 TP114 v 1 1 8 92 Pioneer LD V8000 Level Il User s Manual LD V8000 L
144. se examples will be developed with CAV videodiscs An indicates the Play button in the RCU input sequence section Format describing Input of Level II Programs using RCU button presses Address Argument Command RCU Input Comments Sequence of button presses NOTE The Frame numbers used in the following examples correspond to segments on the Pioneer LD V8000 Demonstration Disc Still Frame frame 00210 Pioneer Logo Segment One frame 02113 to frame 03493 Introduction Segment Two frame 04450 to frame 05117 Frame Store Segment Three frame 05619 to frame 06570 Digital Audio Segment Four frame 06700 to frame 07820 Fast Search These segments may be replaced with others for use with different CAV videodiscs The following examples can be expanded upon to add additional segments etc after the concepts illustrated in the flow charts are understood Modifications to the programs must also take into account resulting changes to program locations For more details about sending program code to the LD V8000 s RAM Level II button press code entry or Level II command descriptions please refer to LD V8000 Level II User s Manual Programmer s Reference Guide Pioneer Technical Publication 114 Ver 2 0 7 92 F 2 TP 114v 1 1 892 Sample Flow Chart amp Level Il Code RCU Entry Appendix F Sample Level Il Program RCU Entry The buttons A through F and Input are marked on the RU V6000T keypad but their equivalent
145. side the player The player s output video always comes from one of two sources The Video Buffer or a Blue Black Squelch Generator Either may be overlayed with text from the player s Text Overlay Generator The typical power on configuration allows the disc s video to be written into the video buffer with the video buffer providing the player s video output During a SEARCH when video would be squelched the last information in the video buffer is used to generate a still while the laser read head is moving Pioneer LD V8000 Level Il User s Manual TP 114 v 1 1 e 8 92 4 15 Chapter Four e LD V8000 Level Il VOFF VON 10 VOFF Video Off Function The player s Video Output is squelched to Blue or Black Argument Hex Code Mnemonic RCU Buttons Ignored 1C VFF Play 1 C Explanation This command substitutes the player s internally generated video Blue or Black background for the normal video output from the Video Buffer Thus it blocks the buffered video image captured from the videodisc from being displayed on the screen providing instead an entire screen of blue or black Characters generated by the character generator if it is enabled can still be seen superimposed on the squelch screen 11 VON Video On Function Video output previously squelched by VOFF is turned back on Explanation This command routes the output of the Video Buffer to the player s Video Argument Hex Code
146. t also stores in Register 1 the program address of the code byte that immediately follows the JUMP command This stored address can be used as a return address by a subroutine exit 4 34 TP114 v 1 1 8 92 Pioneer LD V8000 Level Il User s Manual LD V8000 Level Il Chapter Four Jump cont HALT NE Example Call subroutine A at 60 which calls subroutine B at 200 Notice the different code implementing the two types of subroutine return Address Argument Command Hex Code Comment 0010 60 JUMP 0B To subroutine A and R1 lt 13 0060 1 ARG GET 08 A Get the return address from R1 0063 5 PUT 09 and save it in Register 5 0065 200 JUMP 0B go to another subroutine B amp R1 lt 69 0089 5 ARG BRANCH CF Return from subroutine A 0200 B 0220 1 ARG BRANCH CF Bottom level return from subroutine B 41 HALT Function This command makes the player exit Automatic Mode and enter Manual Mode Ignored CLEAR HALT Explanation This command stops program execution and returns the player to Manual Mode Note If the player is not in Still Mode it continues to play after a HALT 42 NE No Entry Function NE instructs the player to do nothing Argument Hex Code Mnemonic RCU Buttons FF NE Play F F Explanation NE s might be put into programs to reserve space for future program modifications Leading non significant zeros in command
147. ter Four Video Buffer Control Commanas SMS 4 2 10 Video Buffer Control Commands Four new commands are available in the LD V8000 to change the default operation of the player s Video Buffer memory These commands are available on the LD V8000 because the player has a full frame Video Buffer which can be used as two independent one field buffers These Video Buffer Control commands cannot be used with other players because they manipulate the unique video buffer hardware capabilities of the LD V8000 videodisc player EEM 74 SMS Set Video Memory Switches Function SMS is used to set 3 of the player s video buffer control switches Argument Hex Code Mnemonic RCU Buttons Integer 84 SMS PLAY 8 4 Explanation This command sets three switches in player control Register G as specified by the argument see following table When a HALT is executed these switches return to the settings they had before Level II program execution There are 3 video buffer control switches which can be set Program Buffer Control switch This switch must be set to allow the program to control operation of the video buffer When this switch is ON the other 3 Video Buffer Control commands can be used to control the video buffer If this switch is set to OFF the video buffer is controlled automatically by the player Buffer Field Mode Select switch This switch determines whether video buffer is used as two one field buffers
148. this chapter describes how Level II programs are encoded in the Audio Channel 2 of a Pioneer videodisc Caution This manual is intended to be a reference guide not an instructional manual in the fundamentals of computer programming Actual programming procedures and methods are not explained anywhere in this manual If you decide to create your own Level II videodisc application and you are not familiar with computer programming we strongly suggest you become familiar with programming concepts This will help you to make best use of the considerable power of the Level II videodisc programming language In any case it is highly recommended that you contract an experienced Level II programmer before you begin the project Pioneer New Media Technologies Inc Engineering Support can answer questions or refer you 3 1 Entering Level Il Code with the RCU Here are the steps for entering Programming Mode and entering Level II codes into the LD V8000 using the RU V6000T remote control unit RCU 3 1 1 Entering Programming Mode Pressing the PROGRAM button on the RCU when the player is ON or when it is in Manual Mode i e when a disc has been spun up played and stopped puts the player into Programming Mode ready to receive Level II program code input You will see an on screen program address indicator appear on the video monitor attached to the LD V8000 If no argument is specified before the PROGRAM button is pressed Pioneer LD V8000 Level
149. to 64 bytes of information to be written into the player s memory Then the following Hex code may be sent 8E SET FRAME MODE OFF1 1 DISPLAY DISPLAY ON 0F3F3F3FF7 1000 SEARCH and OFAF3F3FF3 1500 AUTO STOP Note When sending sample code from the computer to the players memory refer to Hex code for commands included in the sample charts and refer to Appendix E Numbers and Their Hex Code Equivalents All arguments and commands must be in Hex code when sent from the computer via the RS 232C Review Chapter 3 for details on entering Level II Code into RAM via RCU RS 232C or from a Level II videodisc Pioneer LD V8000 Level Il User s Manual TP 114 v 1 1 e 8 92 4 3 Chapter Four LD V8000 Level Il Program Load Control Commands PAGE 4 2 Level Il Command Descriptions The following are descriptions of the Level II commands available on the LD V8000 4 2 1 Program Load Control Commands The PAGE command is used to set the size of active memory The other four commands described in this section are used to load program dumps from a Level II videodisc In general they specify that 1022 or fewer bytes are to be loaded into a particular page of the player s memory The commands are LOAD loads page zero only PLOAD Partial Load for page zero only MLOAD Moving Load for any page and MPLOAD Moving Partial Load for any page 1 PAGE Function The Page command sets the active memory size from 1 to 7 pages active
150. ution to begin send a RUN R command 2 2 3 Stopping Level Il Program Execution To stop execution of a Level II program press the CLEAR HALT button on the remote control unit or send a HALT command H from an external computer When the program is halted the player changes from Automatic Mode to Manual Mode NOTE If the HALT is sent during the execution of an AUTO STOP command the player will continue execution of the AUTO STOP even though it is in Manual Mode 2 4 TP114 v 1 1 8 92 Pioneer LD V8000 Level Il User s Manual LD V8000 Level II Chapter Two 2 3 Caution Differences Between the LD V8000 and the LD V6000A Level II developers must be aware of both hardware and Level II language command differences between the LD V8000 and the LD V6000A It is advised that any Level II program be prepared tested and then used with specific players Programs can be carefully written to work properly on several player types Programs using the new LD V8000 features may not execute properly on other players Although sales of the LD V6000A were discontinued in March 1991 Pioneer New Media Technologies Inc Engineering Support continues to provide technical support for that player as well as for other discontinued Pioneer Industrial Videodisc players The LD V8000 has new features and increased capabilities that make it a more advanced player than the LD V6000A New features of the LD V8000 can be accessed
151. utput Control 8 AXX Set Audio Status 9 DAD Digital Audio Output Control 4 2 3 Video Control CommandS 10 VOFF Video Off 11 VON Video Ont nr a as 12 CGE Character Generator Enable 13 CGD Character Generator Disable 1 O ND H 1 O TP114 v 1 1 e 2 92 Pioneer LD V8000 Level Il User s Manual LD V8000 Level Il Table of Contents 4 2 3 Video Control Commands cont 14 DISPLAY Display Control 4 17 15 SUD Set User Display 4 19 16 CLD Clear Display rinata 4 19 17 BLINK Blinking ON 4 20 18 CLB Clear Blink aecleasdleglailedi 4 20 19 SBC Set Background Color 4 21 4 2 4 Player Control Commands i 4 22 20 REJECT dellla liebe ancl lee 4 22 ZL SPAY DEORE EE NM ARA 4 22 22 AUTOSTOP rale a e dur 4 23 23 SEARCH gilda aid 4 24 24 WAR un ed aE 4 25 25 PAUSE Samia E EEE R 4 26 26 SLOW Slow Speed 4 26 27 FAST Fast Speed sinistres 4 27 28 MSF Multi Speed Forward 4 28 29 MSR Multi Speed Reverse 4 28 30 STEP F Step Forward 4 29 31 STEPR Step Reverse iii 4 29 32 SFM Set Frame Mode 4 30 33 STM Set Time Modo isgizi aa 4 30 34 SCM Set Chapter Mode
152. vel Il User s Manual LD V8000 Level Il Chapter Four Audio Control Commands AUDIO 1 amp AUDIO 2 4 2 2 Audio Control Commands The audio control commands set the switches and status registers that pass or block the disc s audio information 6 amp 7 AUDIO 1 and AUDIO 2 Function These commands can be used to control the Audio Channel Select switches Argument Hex Code Mnemonic RCU Button Integer F4 Al AUDIO 1 L Integer FC A2 AUDIO 2 R Explanation The AUDIO 1 command opens closes or toggles Audio Channel Select Switches 1 and 3 see Figure 4 1 below The AUDIO2 command opens closes or toggles Switches 2 and 4 The affected switches are both opened turned OFF if the argument is 0 The switches are both closed turned ON if the argument is 1 The switches are both turned ON closed at power on and program RUN Also the player automatically closes turns ON Audio Switch 5 whenever only one of Audio Switches 1 or 2 is closed ON otherwise Switch 5 is open OFF Likewise Audio Switch 6 is automatically closed ON whenever only Audio Switch 3 or 4 is closed ON otherwise it is open OFF If the command is executed without an argument it toggles the controlled switches In other words the switches are opened OFF if they were closed ON and closed ON if they were open OFF Note An odd argument is equivalent to a 1 and an even argument is equivalent to a O
153. videodisc An internal microprocessor controls all phases of the Pioneer LD V8000 s operation processing external commands internally stored commands and internally generated control and status signals The microprocessor makes possible the players many Play Search and Display functions The player includes 7K of user accessible Random Access Memory RAM allowing for the presentation of significant player controlled interactive videodisc applications Because the LD V8000 is programmable the exact sequence and display of information presented to the viewer can be predetermined by an interactive program designer and computer programmer Audio visual applications developed for a wide variety of uses may be executed by the player s internal microprocessor Properly constructed stand alone Level II programs allow a wide range of dynamic viewer interactions with the displayed material This Level II program may be loaded onto the player manually downloaded from a computer or read from a Level II videodisc When a videodisc is manufactured with a properly formatted Level II program encoded in the first few seconds of its Audio Channel 2 it is referred to as a Level II disc In addition to the normal Audio and Video the Level II disc contains computer readable instructions that define all or part of an interactive application Interactive programs stored within and executed by the LD V8000 are referred to as Lev
154. with a non zero argument is executed the following commands up through the next BRANCH command are skipped With no argument or a zero argument no commands are skipped If a monitored viewer input occurs Register 1 is set to the program address of the next command that normally would have been executed monitoring is disabled the normal sequence of program instructions is interrupted and execution commences with the command immediately following the IIN command The input s function key value can be obtained with the DIN command Only the last IIN command remains in effect if two or more IIN commands are executed The other Input type commands IN FIN TIN or FTI also terminate monitoring 4 56 TP114 v 1 1 8 92 Pioneer LD V8000 Level Il User s Manual LD V8000 Level Il Chapter Four IIN cont Flag Set Commands RCE amp RCD Example Frames 1000 through 1600 are played repeatedly while inputs are monitored If O through 11 is pressed Frame 2000 DIN is shown for 2 seconds Address Argument Command Hex Code Comment 0000 12 IIN 20 Allow O to 11 keys to interrupt 0003 DIN GET 08 Interrupt RO lt key value 0005 2000 ADD 02 R 0 R 0 x 20000 0010 0 ARG SEARCH F7 Search 0013 20 WAIT FB Wait two seconds 0016 32 BRANCH CF continue program 0019 1000 SEARCH F7 Search to Frame 1000 0024 1600 AUTOSTOP F3 and play to Frame 1600 0029 18 BRANCH CF and Repeat 0032 CAUTION Register 1 is also used by the
155. x C LD V8000 Matrix of Level Il Hex Codes 7P114v 1 1 8 92 C 1 Appendix D Character Generator Table of Hex Codes APPENDIX LD V8000 LEVEL II USER S MANUAL Programmer s Reference Guide Pioneer LD V8000 Level Il User s Manual TP114 v 1 1 8 92 LD V8000 Character Generator Table of Hex Codes ASCII Character Codes for the User Display Lines of the LD V8000 The Hex code and corresponding graphic for the LD V8000 s Character Generator Hex Code 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 2A 2B 2C 2D 2E 2F Character s de er e e i eee Hex Code 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 3A 3B 3C 3D 3E 3F Character 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 lt gt Hex Code 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 4A 4B 4C 4D 4E 4F Character A B C D E F GH I J K LM N O Hex Code 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 5A 5B 5C 5D 5E 5F Character PARS TU VW X YZ e x gt 0 Hex Code 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 6A 6B 6C 6D 6E 6F Character a b c d e f g h i j k I m n o Hex Code 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 7A 7B 7C 7D 7E 7F Character p q r s tuvw x y z T J Hex Code 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 8A 8B 8C 8D 8E 8F Character gt c amp i 1 gt Hex Code 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 9A 9B 9C 9D YE YF Character e E 6 6 y e B Pt f Hex Code 5E 7E Character White Block Black Block For more information on using the LD V8000 Character Generator Over
156. x Code Mnemonic RCU Button Disc Location F3 AS AUTOSTOP Explanation If an argument is not specified the value in the Active Register is used as an argument The argument is a target disc location frame time code or chapter number which is compared to the current disc location If the target is ahead the player plays at normal speed to the target and stops there in still mode If it is behind the player just searches to the target Then the Active Register Pointer is incremented by one even when there is an explicit argument The next command is executed after the target is reached NOTE In Level II an Autostop takes precedent over any picture stops encoded on the videodisc Pioneer LD V8000 Level Il User s Manual TP 114 v 1 1 8 92 4 23 Chapter Four LD V8000 Level Il AUTOSTOP SEARCH Example Play frames 2000 to 3000 delay five seconds and play the next 1500 frames Assume R50 2000 and R51 3000 Address Argument Command Hex Code Comment 0010 50 RECALL 7F Activate Register 50 0013 SEARCH F7 Search to Frame 2000 activate R51 0014 AUTOSTOP F3 Play to Frame 3000 activate R52 0015 50 WAIT FB and wait five seconds 0018 4500 AUTOSTOP F3 Play to Frame 4500 activate R53 23 SEARCH Function This command is used for high speed access to the specified disc location Argument Hex Code Mnemonic RCU Button Disc Location F7 SC SEARCH Explanation If an
157. y format Address Arg Command RCU Input Comments 0 SFM 8 E Set Frame Mode 1 1 Audiol 1 Audiol Turn on Audio 1 3 O Audio2 O Audio2 Turn off Audio 2 5 02113 Search 02113 Search Show Menu Frame 11 0004 Input 0004 Input Wait for Input 16 011 Branch 011 Branch Key O Ignore it 20 04450 Search 04450 Search Key 1 Start Segment 1 26 05117 Autostop 05117 Autostop Play to the segment end 32 05 Branch 05 Branch Return to the Menu 35 05619 Search 05619 Search Key 2 Start Segment 2 41 06570 Autostop 06570 Autostop Play to the segment end 47 05 Branch 05 Branch Return to the Menu 50 06700 Search 06700 Search Key 3 Start Segment 3 56 07820 Autostop 07820 Autostop Play to the segment end 62 05 Branch 05 Branch Return to the Menu 65 11 Branch 11 Branch Ignore buttons 4 9 TP 114v 1 1 8 92 Sample Flow Chart amp Level Il Code RCU Entry Appendix F Sample Level Il Program Example 3 Three selectable motion segments with simple instruction menu using character overlay Use same example as above only include this basic instruction menu on a still frame at frame 00765 Line 3 Select a Topic Line 4 1 Frame Store Line 5 2 Digital Audio Line 6 3 Fast Search Flow Chart of Example 3 Set Frame Mode Select Audio 1 Set up Registers to access Line 3 6 Text Show Menu Overlay Text Background on Lines 3 6 Frame Ignore 0 4 9 1 2 3 Clear Clear Clear Overlay Overlay Overlay Motion Segment 1 M

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