# Timecode

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Timecode Overview
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## Description

The Timecode tools allow users to monitor various timecode sources connected to the PHOTON network.

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**OPEN THE TIMECODE MODULE**

Select {System >Tools > Timecode} or press \[Alt+D].
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## Features

* **Master clock**: displays timecode received from the selected source in the Timecode list.
* **Timecode list**:  manage multiple timecode sources.
* **FPS dropdown menu**: select a framerate to interpret the received timecode.
* **Offset**: apply an offset onto the received timecode.
* **Timecode source type selection**:
  * **Linear**: (LTC) SMPTE timecode data encoded into an audio signal.
    * Select an option from the Audio Device dropdown menu. The device has to be available {I/O Manager > Audio Devices}.
    * Select an option form the Audio Channel dropdown menu.
    * Select the source’s sample rate from the samples slider.
    * Displays the average frequency of the received LTC.
  * **MIDI**: (MTC) [SMPTE timecode](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SMPTE_timecode) data encoded into a series of small “quarter-frame” [MIDI](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MIDI) messages.
    * Select a source option for the MIDI Device dropdown menu. The device has to be available {I/O Manager > MIDI}.
  * **OS Clock**: internal timecode data generated from the system clock.

## Module-related tasks

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