Grass Valley MRC User Manual

Miranda Router Configurator v3.7.0

User’s Guide

UG0051-02

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Terms and Conditions

Please read the following terms and conditions carefully. By using Miranda Router Configurator documentation, you agree to the following terms and conditions.

Gr ass Valley he reby grant s pe rmi ssi on and licen se t o owners of M ira nda Rou ter Conf igu rator routers to use their product manuals for their own internal business use. Manuals for Grass Valley products may not be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying and recording, for any purpose unless specifically authorized in writing by Grass Valley.

A Grass Valley manual may have been revised to reflect changes made to the product during its manufacturing life. Thus, different versions of a manual may exist for any given product. Care should be taken to ensure that one obtains the proper manual version for a specific product serial number.

Information in this document is subject to change without notice and does not represent a commitment on the part of Grass Valley.

Warranty information is available in the support section of the Grass Valley web site (www.grassvalley.com).

Title MRC User’s Guide

Part Number UG0051-02

Revision 1.2 (11 Nov 14)

Miranda Router Configurator

User’s Guide

Change History

Rev Date ECO Description of Changes Approved By

1.0 24 Apr 13 18826 Initial release with MRC v3.3.1 D.Cox

1.1 03 Fe b 14 19133 Conforms to MRC v3.5.0 and v3.5.2 hybrid firmware. Added material for pass-through and stereo audio, for frame sync cards, and for Sony’s ROT-16 protocol.

1.2 11 Nov 14 19356 Conforms to MRC v3.7.0 D.Cox

D.Cox

FCC Statement

This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class A digital device, pursuant to part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference when the equipment is operated in a commercial environment. This equipment generates, uses, and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instruction manual, may cause harmful interference to radio communications. Operation of this equipment in a residential area is likely to cause harmful interference in which case the user will be required to correct the interference at his own expense.

Declaration of Conformance (CE)

All of the equipment described in this manual has been designed to conform with the required safety and emissions standards of the European Community. Products tested and verified to meet these standards are marked as required by law with the CE mark.

When shipped into member countries of the European Community, this equipment is accompanied by authentic copies of original Declarations of Conformance on file in the Grass Valley offices in Grass Valley, California USA.

Software License Agreement and Warranty Information

Contact Grass Valley for details on the software license agreement and product warranty.

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Table of Contents

1 Getting Started. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

PC Requirements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Assigning IP Address to PC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Installing MRC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Verifying Your Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

2 Using MRC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Overview of MRC. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

MRC Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Network Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Router Tools. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Configurator Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Selecting a Control Card. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Control Card State Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Refreshing the Control Card Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Saving Configuration Changes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

The MRC Interface. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Using Tabbed Tables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Table Commands. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Keyboard Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Icons. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Setting Preferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Screen Size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Other Topics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Context Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Nomenclature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

3 Configuring Routers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Firmware Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Using the Firmware Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Choosing a Firmware file . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

‘Used on This Control Card’ Option. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

‘All Available’ Option . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

The ‘Available’ Column . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Context Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Updating Firmware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Creating a Module Selection Rule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Viewing and Saving Update Logs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Router Levels Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Using the Router Levels Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Network Frame Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Physical Levels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Level Types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Special Case for NV8500 Hybrid Routers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Table of Contents

Adding and Updating Levels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Deleting Levels. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Special Audio Sources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Regions of the Special Audio Section. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Null Audio Source . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Pass-Through Audio Sources. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Input Attributes Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Card Selection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

Caveats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

Nomenclature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

Context Menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

Output Attributes Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

Using the Output Attributes Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

AES Reference Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

Dual Video Reference Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

Output Range . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

The Attributes Table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Output Attributes Context Menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Configuring and Updating Output Attributes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

Redundant Crosspoint Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

Manual Redundant Switchover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

NV8140 Switchover. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

NV8144 Switchover. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

NV8280 Switchover. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

NV8576 and NV8576-Plus Switchover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

Miscellaneous Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

Serial Port Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

Viewing Serial Port Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

Router Serial Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

Control Card Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

Ethernet Protocol Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

Configuring Serial Ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

How to Configure Serial Ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

Expansion Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

How to Set a Frame as Main or Expansion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

Module Types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

Selecting Slots . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

Context Menus. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

Hybrid Routers Table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

Module Type Table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

Setting the Card Type. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

Resetting Card Types after a Firmware Update. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

Using the Module Types Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

Viewing a Subset of the Modules. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

Assigning Module Types. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

Troubleshooting Module Type Errors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

Copy Settings Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

Miranda Router Configurator

4 Router Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83

Crosspoints Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84

Diagnostic Levels. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85

Context Menus. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85

“Live” Changes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86

Salvos. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86

Locks and Protects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86

Takes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87

Takes for Non-Existent Ports (for NV8500 Series Routers). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87

Takes for Ports Belonging to Empty Slots . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87

Caveats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

Using the Crosspoints Page. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90

Icons and Context Menu Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91

Locating Outputs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92

Selecting a Level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93

Viewing a Crosspoint Matrix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94

Performing Takes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95

Single Input to Single Output . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95

Range Takes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96

Diagonal Takes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98

Incrementing Takes Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100

How to Perform Incremental Takes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101

History Tab. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102

The History Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104

Single Takes Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104

How to Perform Single Takes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105

How to Perform Chop Takes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106

Copying and Pasting Crosspoint Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106

Copy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106

Paste. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106

Using Salvos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109

Creating and Updating a Salvo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111

Opening a Salvo and Uploading its Crosspoint Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112

Deleting a Salvo. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113

Logs Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114

System Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115

Status Panels. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116

Module Status Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117

Network Frame Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118

List of Modules. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118

Individual Module State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120

Graphic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122

Selecting Modules. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123

Using the Module Status Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123

Troubleshooting Module Status Errors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123

View Change Report. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123

View Status Report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125

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5 Network Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127

NVISION Series Products Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128

Network Interfaces Button. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129

Ethernet Settings Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129

Frame Sync Cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130

Using the Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130

Entries for Control Cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131

Entries for Frame Sync Cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132

Adding and Removing Control Cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132

Adding Control Cards. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132

Removing Control Cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132

Creating Virtual Control Cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133

Locking and Unlocking Configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136

Updating an IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137

6 Tutorials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139

The MRC Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139

What is an IP Address?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140

What is a Subnet? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140

What is a Subnet Mask?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141

What is a Gateway IP Address?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141

Cabling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141

Using Switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141

Routing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141

What is a Router?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142

The Crosspoint Matrix Inside the Router . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143

Sources and Destinations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143

Signal Types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143

Available Signal Types. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144

Levels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144

Mono and Stereo Switching . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145

Mono and Stereo in the NV8500 Hybrid Routers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145

Mono and Stereo in Other Routers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145

Video Fields and Frames. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145

About Vertical Timing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145

SMPTE Standards for Switch Point. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146

External References and Switch Point Configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146

Redundant and Dual Video References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149

Switching “Rules” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149

Null Audio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149

Pass-Through Audio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149

AFV Partition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149

Force Embedder On . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150

Tally . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150

Understanding How the Rules Combine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150

Embedded Group Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151

Pass-Through Sources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152

Basic and Extended Pass-Through . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152

Configuring Pass-Through. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153

Basic Pass-Through Source. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153

Extended Pass-Through Sources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153

Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155

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Synchronous Stereo Audio Level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156

Stereo Port Numbers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156

Crosspoint Page. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156

Example 1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157

Example 2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157

IOXM Extended Status Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158

Module Types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158

Video Formats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159

IOXM Extended Status Reporting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159

Standard Input . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159

Standard Output . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159

Hybrid Output. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159

Hybrid Input . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160

MADI Input. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160

AES Input . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160

AES Output. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160

Standard Crosspoint (EM0986) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160

Standard Crosspoint (EM0662) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160

Std Redundant XPT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161

Hybrid Crosspoint (144×144) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161

Glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163

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Table of Contents

Getting Started

The Miranda Router Configurator (MRC) is a software application that runs on your PC and communicates with an NVISION series router perform all configuration tasks through a comprehensive set of configuration pages and status pages. (See Using MRC

This user’s guide assumes that you have basic computer skills and a basic understanding of networks and NVISION series routers.

Topics

Before Configuring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

PC Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Assigning IP Address to PC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Installing MRC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Before Configuring

Before you can start using MRC to configure NV8500 routers, complete the following tasks:

Task Description Related Topic

Verify the router installation

Connect serial ports

through the router’s control cards. MRC lets you

on page 11.)

Make sure that the router being configured has input, output, crosspoint, monitor and control cards installed and that all required reference signal connections have been made.

Some third-party router control systems require a serial connection to the control card. Be sure that all of the router’s serial connections to the router control system have been made.

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Miscellaneous Page on page 65

Set up a network Set up a network that includes the PC on which MRC is installed,

an Ethernet switch, and the router(s) being configured. Contact your system administrator for assistance.

Assign an IP address to your PC

Install MRC To install MRC, available on the SB0033 CD, insert the CD in your

1. MRC can also configure other devices that have an “NVISION series” control card.

Assign the appropriate IP address to the PC that will be running MRC. After the PC is set up, MRC will discover all Ethernet connections automatically; usually no settings need be entered. All control cards display on MRC’s ‘Ethernet Settings’ page.

CD drive, and choose ‘Configuration Software’ from the main window that appears. Then click ‘Install MRC’ and follow the directions. The installation takes less than a minute.

he MRC Network

on page 139

Assigning IP Address to PC on

page 2

Verifying Your Installation on

page 9

Getting Started

PC Requirements

MRC is installed on a PC with the following:

• Windows® 2000, Windows® XP, Windows® Vista or Windows® 7. A Macintosh or Linux version

can be made available if you request it. Contact Miranda customer service.

• A late model Pentium-class processor.

• At least 90 MB of disk space

• A CD drive (optional)

• 256 MB or more RAM

In addition, the following items are necessary to allow MRC and routers to communicate:

• A 100baseT Ethernet port in your configuration PC that can use a fixed IP address on the

same subnet as your routers and control panels.

• 100 Mb/s Ethernet switch with at least 4 ports.

• Ethernet cables (category 5 or better).

Assigning IP Address to PC

You must assign an IP address to the PC on which MRC will be installed. The PC must be assigned an IP address on the subnet you intend to use for the MRC network. Typically, the subnet is 192.168.1.xxx.

(For an overview of networks and subnets, see T

If you have multiple subnets in your router system, you might want to add those subnets to your PC’s network configuration.

he MRC Network on page 139.)

How to Configure the PC IP Address

1 Depending on your operating system, from the PC’s Start menu, choose:

From the Windows XP Start menu,

Settings > Network Connections

All Programs > Accessories > Communications > Network Connections,

whichever is available.

From the Windows Vista or Windows 7 Start menu,

Control Panel > Network and Sharing Center.

2 Double-click ‘Local Area Connection’.

The ‘Local Area Connection Status’ window appears.

Windows 7

Windows XP

Windows 7

Windows XP

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If multiple tabs display, select the General tab. Click Properties.

3 The ‘Local Area Connection Properties’ window appears.

Select Inter net Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4) or Internet Protocol (TCP/IP). Click Proper- ties.

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Windows 7

Windows XP

Assigning IP Address to PC

4 The ‘Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) Properties’ window appears.

5 Choose Use the following IP address and enter an IP address for your PC. It is recommended

that you use the IP address 192.168.1.19. The IP address must be unique on the MRC network. The subnet mask must be 255.255.255.0.

(For details, see T

he MRC Network on page 139.)

6Click OK to save your changes.

How to Create Additional Subnets

Windows 7

Windows XP

1 Starting from step 5 in the preceding procedure, click Advanced.

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2Click Add . . . and enter an IP address.

3 Repeat step 2 for additional IP addresses.

4 After adding IP addresses for your subnets, click OK.

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Installing MRC

MRC is available on the SB0033 Software and Documentation CD. To install MRC:

1 Insert the CD in your CD drive.

Wait for the initial screen:

Click the ‘Configuration Software’ button.

2 The ‘Routing Products Software’ page appears:

Click ‘Install MRC’.

3 The installation script will begin to run:

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Click ‘Next’.

4 A window appears in which you can designate the location on your PC in which to install

MRC:

The window presents the default location. If you prefer another location, click ‘Browse’ to navigate to a different folder.

Uncheck ‘Create a desktop icon’ if you do not want an MRC shortcut to appear on your PC desktop.

The window tells you the disk space needed for the installation. If you do not have that much space, the installation will fail.

When you are satisfied with the pathname and options, click ‘Next’.

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5 A confirmation window appears:

If the options presented are not correct, click ‘Back’ to go back to the previous window and re-enter a pathname or change options.

Otherwise, click ‘Next’ to start the installation or click ‘Cancel’ to stop the installer.

When you start the installation, a progress window appears:

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6 After several seconds, the installation will complete. The completion window appears:

Uncheck ‘Launch Miranda Router Configurator’ if you do not want to run MRC immediately.

7 Click ‘Finish’.

Verifying Your Installation

After you have installed MRC, launch MRC by clicking its desktop icon or selecting ‘NVISION > Miranda Router Configurator’ from the PC’s list of programs. Then, from MRC’s navigation pane, click ‘Ethernet Settings’ to open the ‘Ethernet Settings’ page and view a list of control cards in the network.

Click ‘Refresh List’ in the ‘Ethernet Settings’ page.

Examine the list of control cards and note whether any of the following problems exist:

• No entries in the list.

Either you have no network, the network is not properly connected to the PC, or there are no control cards on the network. Ensure that the PC has an Ethernet connection to the Ethernet switch for the network.

Click the ‘Network Interfaces’ button in MRC’s ‘NVISION Series Products’ page to determine to which subnets your configuration PC is connected.

One of your router frames might be disconnected or receiving no power. Check Ethernet connections, power connections, and power supplies of the router.

• Entries read IP Conflict. There might be duplicate IP addresses on the network. To correct this,

find and change IP address so that all IP addresses are distinct. See T page 139.

he MRC Network on

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• Entries read Different Subnet. These entries are for devices that are detectable by MRC, but

are not on a currently available subnet. To view available subnets, hover your mouse over “Different Subnet.” A popup context menu of available subnets appears.

There are several corrections for this type of entry:

• Change the IP address of the device to the current subnet.

• Change the IP address or subnet of the configuration PC.

• Change the IP address in some other way, but leaving the device on some other subnet.

• Physically remove the device from the network by disconnecting the connecting cables.

Correct any problems and click ‘Refresh List’ on the ‘Ethernet Settings’ page to view an updated list of devices. Once the network is functioning properly, you are ready to use MRC to perform configuration tasks.

Using MRC

The Miranda Router Configurator (MRC) is a software application used to set up and modify configuration settings and perform diagnostics for NV8500 series hybrid routers.

MRC also has limited (i.e., incomplete) support for other routers and for other devices that have control cards. Routers other than NV8500 series hybrid routers should be configured with UniConfig. In particular, NV8500 series standard routers should be configured with UniConfig.

Topics

Overview of MRC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

MRC Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Selecting a Control Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Saving Configuration Changes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

The MRC Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Setting Preferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

MRC is periodically updated at Miranda with new features and functionality. Miranda automatically notifies you of available updates whenever your copy of MRC is connected to the Internet for longer than 5 minutes.

To obtain an update, click Upgrade Now or Upgrade On Exit on the dialog window that appears. If you do not want to upgrade, click Don’t Upgrade. The next time you launch MRC, the download options will appear again, allowing you to upgrade at that time.

Overview of MRC

MRC runs on a PC and communicates with the router’s control cards over Ethernet.

MRC configures the router by applying settings to the router’s control card, by updating firmware in the I/O cards, crosspoint cards, and monitor cards, and by changing settings in the EEPROM on the router’s backplane. MRC communicates with the control cards through Ethernet connections.

Some third-party router control systems use a serial protocol and require that serial connections be configured within MRC. (See Serial Port Settings

NVISION Ethernet protocol is always available through the router’s Ethernet connections. NVISION serial protocol is always available through the CTRL 2 serial ports. Other protocols can be active on the CTRL 1 ports. The routers have two sets of ports, one for the primary control

on page 66.)

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card and one for the secondary (redundant) control card in the router frame. For details about the serial ports, see the router’s documentation. The control card allows only one third-party protocol to be loaded at any one time.

MRC fully supports these NV8500 series hybrid routers (i.e., those that use an EM0833 control card):

NV8144 144 × 144 NV8140 144 × 288 NV8280 288 × 576 NV8576 576 × 1152 NV8576-Plus, single frame 576 × 576 NV8576-Plus, expanded (two frames) 1152 × 1152

For information about the NV8500 routers, see the NV8500 Series Routers User’s Guide.

MRC has limited support for all other NVISION series routers and some other devices that have NVISION series control cards, such as the EC9535.

An NV8500 series standard router (one that uses an EM0666 control card), and all other routers are configured primarily by UniConfig or UniDiag configuration software. Contact Miranda for more information.

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MRC Tools

After you launch MRC, it presents a window with two parts: a navigation pane to the left, and a work area to the right.

The navigation area is divided into sections based on function: network setup, configuration,

router tools

perform specific tasks.

, and configurator tools. Within each of these sections are links to pages (tools) that

Using MRC

Overview of MRC

Network Setup

The ‘Network Setup’ section provides an introduction to MRC, lists all devices detected by MRC and supports control card management, including adding and removing, and creating “virtual” cards, locking configurations, and updating IP addresses. These are its pages:

Page Description Related Topic

Welcome A brief introduction to MRC and a summary of MRC

tools.

NVISION Series Products

Ethernet Settings

Lists all NVISION series devices known to MRC. NVISION Series Products Page

Manages IP addresses, virtual control cards, and adding or removing cards.

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on page 128

Ethernet Settings Page on

page 129,

he MRC Network on

page 139

Configuration

The ‘Configuration’ section provides tools for configuring a router by making settings in the router’s control card. Control card configurations can be copied to another control card. These are its pages:

Page Description Related Topic

Firmware Lists firmware, version information, and uploads new

firmware to control cards and IOXM cards.

Router Levels Configures router levels. A router control system uses

level information to communicate with the router control cards and to manage the switching matrix.

Input Attributes Specifies “output embedder” settings for NV8500

hybrid router inputs.

Output Attributes

Miscellaneous Manages router serial settings. Also configures which

Module Types Specifies which module belongs in a specific card

Copy Settings Either copies selected control card settings from one

Sets parameters for individual outputs. Different video and audio formats require different switch points to prevent switching artifacts.

Also makes reference settings.

router frame is main and which are expansion frames for expanded routers.

slot in an NV8500 hybrid router frame. Allows for initial setup verification and future alarming if a module is removed or an incorrect module is installed.

physical control card to another physical control card or creates a “virtual” control card whose settings can be imported to physical control cards.

Firmware Page on page 28

Routing on page 141.

Router Levels

page 37.

on page 144.

Levels

Signal Types

Input Attributes Page

page 48

Output Attributes Page

page 50.

Video Fields and Frames

page 145.

Redundant and Dual Video References on page 149

iscellaneous Page on

page 65

Module Types

opy Settings Page on

page 78

on page 143

Page on

on page 71

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Router Tools

After your router is configured, you can use the pages of the ‘Router Tools’ section to monitor system status and module status, manage the switching matrices, and view alarm messages. These are its pages:

Page Description Related Topic

Crosspoints Displays, tests, and updates crosspoints. Testing and

updating is done by performing “takes.”

Logs Displays startup log data and current running log

data for a selected control card.

System Status Displays the “health” of a router’s active or standby

control card, frame, alarms, power supplies and fans.

The page also displays the overall health of all the modules in the system and the state of the slot configuration.

Module Status Lists the modules physically installed in a router

frame and gives the location and “health” of each module.

Crosspoints Page on page 84 Routing on page 141

Module Types on page 71

System Status

Module Status Page

page 117

on page 115

MRC automatically updates system and status information every 8 seconds.

Configurator Tools

The ‘Configurator Tools’ section provides preference settings, application version information, and online Help.

Page Description Related Topic

Preferences Allows you to re-enable warning messages that you

have disabled.

Help Opens MRC’s online help. This entry in the ‘Configu-

rator Tools’ section does not correspond to an MRC page.

About Presents version information, disclaimers, copyright,

and other product information.

These are “tools” that help you use MRC.

Selecting a Control Card

To perform configuration tasks, you must generally select a router’s control card.

When a control card is selected, it is selected in all MRC pages associated with that control card. For example, if you select a control card on the Control Cards tab in the ‘Crosspoints’ page, that same control card is automatically selected on all pages in which the Control Cards tab appears.

Setting Preferences on

page 23

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Selecting a Control Card

Typically, control cards are selected from the Control Cards tab. However, on the ‘Switch Points’ page and ‘Module Types’ page, only hybrid routers are configurable so it is the Hybrid Routers tab that you use.

How To Select a Control Card

In the ‘Network Frame Summary’ section, click the Control Cards tab (or the Hybrid Routers tab) to bring the page forward. Then click the radio button on the row listing the control card you want. Control cards are identifiable both by name and by IP address.

Note: merely clicking on a row listing a control card highlights the row, but does not select the control card.

Control Card State Indicators

Control cards are listed one per row. On each row, a colored dot appears in the Online column.

IMPORTANT

Each control card in a router must be configured separately and identically.

With two control cards, one control card is active and the router can remain operational while configuration changes are being made to the inactive control card.

The color of the dot indicates the state and type of card, as follows:

• Green — the control card is functioning normally. Communication between MRC and the

router is good and without interruption.

• Yellow — the control card is in an “unhealthy” state even though no interruption in commu-

nication between MRC and the router has occurred. You can open the ‘System Status’ page to view diagnostic messages. (See System Status

on page 115.)

• Red — the control card is in a faulty state and all communication has been stopped. You can

open the ‘System Status’ page to view the extent of failure. (See System Status

on page 115.)

• Grey — the control card is offline and MRC cannot communicate with it.

• Blue — represents a virtual control card. A “virtual” control card is one that does not physi-

cally exist but for which there is a configuration. (See Creating Virtual Control Cards page 133.)

A (black) lock icon indicates that a control card configuration has been locked. For details, see

Locking and Unlocking Configurations

on page 136.

Refreshing the Control Card Display

In general, all control card information that displays in MRC is current. However, any time you physically add or remove a control card from a router frame, you should click Refresh Summary. Doing so ensures that changes in the router frame are communicated to MRC.

You can click Refresh Summary at any time.

Saving Configuration Changes

Configuration settings are stored in non-volatile memory (EEPROM) on the control card. The EEPROM stores all configuration settings entered through MRC, but not crosspoint data.

Crosspoint data are stored on the control card in battery-backed RAM. Each control card has its own memory and must be configured separately. All control cards of a router must have identical configurations.

Changes made in MRC are not automatically applied to the control card. For your changes to take effect, you must click Update Control Card.

You can continue to use MRC while a control card updates.

If you make changes and do not click Update Control Card, MRC will display a warning window providing you with three options.

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Click the option you want:

• Update Control Card — save all changes made in the current session and send the changes

to the control card.

• Don’t Apply — close the current page without saving any changes.

• Cancel — Return to the currently open page with all changes still displaying. Changes are

not sent to the control card.

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Navigation

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dot

Work Area

The MRC Interface

The MRC window is divided into two main sections. In the left-hand section is the navigation pane containing links to pages within MRC. To open a page, click a link in the navigation pane. The corresponding page displays in the right-hand section.

An orange dot appears on the navigation pane to the left of the link indicating that the page is open.

Using Tabbed Tables

All pages of the ‘Configuration’ and ‘Router Tools’ sections have a ‘Network Frame Summary’ at the bottom of the page. The summary section is divided into tabs. To bring a tab to the front, click the tab title.

Only tables that apply to the tasks to be performed appear in that particular page.

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The following is a list of all tabs that display in the Network Frame Summary:

• Control Cards — lists all control cards in the MRC system. This tab is used to select a control

card to configure.

• Hybrid Routers — used to select a control card in a hybrid router frame. When this tab

appears, functions are restricted to hybrid router frames.

• All Control Cards — lists all control cards in the MRC system. This tab is used for information

only; control cards cannot be selected in this tab. On pages where this tab appears, control cards have been filtered to display on either the Hybrid Routers tab or the Video Routers tab.

• Network Levels — lists all levels in the MRC system and their associated parameters. This tab

is for information only.

See Levels on page 144.

• Video Routers — used to select a control card in a video router frame. When this tab

appears, functions are restricted to control cards installed in video router frames.

(There are no tabs for audio routers or machine control routers.)

Each row of a tabbed table represents a single control card (or a single level). The table’s columns either allow the selection of a control card or provides details about the control card or the level listed on that row.

The following list describes the columns that appear in the tabbed tables:

Tabbed Table Column Description

‘Control Cards’

‘Hybrid Routers’

or ‘Video Routers’

Edit / Select Click the radio button to select the control card listed on that row.

Online Indicates whether the control card is currently active and commu-

nicating with the router control system. When the entry says ‘Ac ti ve’, the control card is the currently active card.

When the entry says ‘Standby’, the card is the inactive (on standby) card.

The term ‘Virtual’ indicates a virtual control card. (See Creating Vir-

tual Control Cards on page 133.)

Name The name assigned to the router frame in which the control card is

installed.

Type The router model number, such as NV8280.

IP Address The IP address currently assigned to the control card.

Expansion Indicates whether the control card is installed in an expanded

router.

‘Stand Alone’ indicates that the frame is not connected to another frame.

‘Expanded - Main’ indicates that the router is an expanded router and the frame is the main frame.

‘Expanded - Expansion’ indicates that the router is an expanded router and the frame is an expansion frame, not the main frame.

(See Expansion Settings

on page 69.)

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Tabbed Table Column Description

Network Levels Level The name of the level.

Signal Type The signal type associated with the level.

Router The router frame to which the level is assigned.

Physical Inputs The physical inputs on the router frame at which the level starts

and ends.

All Control Cards

Controller Sources

Physical Outputs The physical outputs on the router frame at which the level starts

Controller Dests Logical numbers in the router control system at which this level

Online Indicates whether the control card is currently active and commu-

Name The name of the router.

Type The router model number, such as NV8280.

IP Address The IP address currently assigned to the control card.

Subnet Mask The subnet mask currently assigned to the control card.

Logical numbers in the router control system at which this level begins and ends, for source devices.

and ends.

begins and ends, for destination devices.

nicating with the router control system via the network.

‘Active’ in this field means that the control card is currently active and considered the primary control card.

‘Secondary’ means that the card is the inactive control card.

‘Virtual’ means that the card is a virtual control card (and not a physical card).

Creating Virtual Control Cards on page 133.

See

Table Commands

When you are using any of the tables, the following functions are available:

• Highlighting — Clicking anywhere in a row changes the color of the row to the highlight

color (deep green, as opposed to white or light green), making the row distinguishable from the other rows. Highlighting a row does not select the item in the ‘Control Cards’ table, the ‘Hybrid Routers’ table, or the ‘Video Routers’ table. To select an item represented by a row, such as a control card, click the radio button in that row:

• Check box — Click a check box to select the item in that row. Click the check box again to

unselect the item. You can check more than one check box at any one time. Checked items are processed together when you issue a command.

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