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Author Topic: DMA8 wake up mode Richard May Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1057 From: Floral Park, NY USA Registered: Aug 2004 posted 08-07-2012 01:50 PM                     Can the DMA8 be programmed to wake up in digital mode?  |  IP: Logged Tony Bandiera Jr Film God Posts: 3067 From: Moreland Idaho Registered: Apr 2004 posted 08-07-2012 02:14 PM                     Download the DMA8 manual in the Warehouse and check out Section 3.2.2 (page 24 of the pdf file). You can select the priority of the inputs so that it would look at whichever input you want first....that would get very close to what you want.  |  IP: Logged Richard May Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1057 From: Floral Park, NY USA Registered: Aug 2004 posted 08-07-2012 07:25 PM                     I understood that part of the book, but will it switch from film to digital when it senses a digital signal?  |  IP: Logged Kore Pendragon Film Handler Posts: 27 From: Johannesburg Registered: Jun 2011 posted 10-24-2012 06:13 PM                     In my experience it need to be cued via a GPIO  |  IP: Logged David Graham Rose Expert Film Handler Posts: 187 From: Cambridge, UK Registered: Sep 2002 posted 11-01-2012 02:42 PM                     Greetings All! Just set it to wake up in the mode you want? Connnect to the beast, click on change settings, and in the bottom right is a tab saying startup input mode. Choose your option there. It's not difficult! David  |  IP: Logged

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