Grass Valley NV9000-SE User Manual

NV9000-SE

Utilities

User’s Guide

Miranda Technologies Inc.

3499 Douglas B. Floreani

Montreal, Quebec

Canada H4S 2C6

NV9000-SE Utilities — User’s Guide

• Revision: 3.0

• Software Version: 6.0.0

• Part Number: UG0007-05

• Copyright: © 2010 Miranda Technologies. All rights reserved.

• No part of this manual may be reproduced in any form by photocopy, microfilm, xerography or
any other means, or incorporated into any information retrieval system, electronic or mechani­cal, without the written permission of Miranda Technologies, Inc.

• The information contained in this manual is subject to change without notice or obligation.

• All title and copyrights as well as trade secret, patent and other proprietary rights in and to the
Software Product (including but not limited to any images, photographs, animations, video,
audio, music, test, and “applets” incorporated into the Software Product), the accompanying
printed materials, and any copies of the Software Product, are owned by Miranda Technologies,
Inc. The Software Product is protected by copyright laws and international treaty provisions.
Customer shall not copy the printed materials accompanying the software product.

Notice

The software contains proprietary information of Miranda Technologies, Inc. It is provided under a
license agreement containing restrictions on use and disclosure and is also protected by copyright
law. Reverse engineering of the software is prohibited.

Due to continued product development, the accuracy of the information in this document may
change without notice. The information and intellectual property contained herein is confidential
between Miranda and the client and remains the exclusive property of Miranda. If you find any
problems in the documentation, please report them to us in writing. Miranda does not warrant that
this document is error-free.

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. (See Symbols and Their Mean-

ings on page v.)

ii Rev 3.0 • 18 Aug 10

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

Trademarks

Miranda is a registered trademark of Miranda Technologies, Inc.

Brand and product names mentioned in this manual may be trademarks, registered trademarks or
copyrights of their respective holders. All brand and product names mentioned in this manual serve
as comments or examples and are not to be understood as advertising for the products or their man­ufactures.

Software License Agreement and Warranty Information

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

Technical Support Contact Information

Miranda has made every effort to ensure that the equipment you receive is in perfect working order
and that the equipment fits your needs. In the event that problems arise that you cannot resolve, or
if there are any questions regarding this equipment or information about other products manufac­tured by Miranda, please contact your local representative or contact Miranda directly through one
of the appropriate means listed here.

• Main telephone: [phone] (9 am to 9 pm PST)
Fax: [phone]

In the Americas, call toll-free: [phone] (9 am to 9 pm EST)
In Europe, the Middle East, African or the UK, call [phone] (9 am to 6 pm, GMT)
In France, call [phone] (9 am to 5 pm, GMT + 1)
In Asia, call [phone] (9 am to 5 pm, GMT + 8)
In China, call [phone]

• Emergency after hours: toll-free: [phone]
Tel: [phone]

•E-Mail:

In the Americas, [e-mail]
In Europe, the Middle East, African or the UK, [e-mail]
In France, [e-mail]
In Asia, [e-mail]
In China, [e-mail]

• Website: http://www.miranda.com

• Mail Shipping

Miranda GVD Miranda GVD
P.O. Box 1658 125 Crown Point Court
Nevada City, CA 95959, USA Grass Valley, CA 95945, USA

Note Return Material Authorization (RMA) required for all returns.

NV9000-SE Utilities • User’s Guide iii

Change History

The table below lists the changes to the NV9000-SE User’s Guide.

• User’s Guide Part # UG0007-05

• Software version: 6.0.0

Rev Date ECO Description Approved By

1.0 28 Aug 06 — Initial Release D.Cox

2.0 17 Oct 08 14426 Created online help system. Updated to match product

2.1 18 Feb 09 15573 Updates PG, JE, DM, et

2.2 31 Mar 09 15703 Format change. D.Cox

2.3 12 Jan 10 16272 Added NV9642, dynamic configuration updates, serial

3.0 18 Aug 10 17186 Updated for versions 5.3.x, 5.4.x and 6.0.0; tieline

updates.

control of SMS7000 (and bridges), global navigation
buttons, Klotz serial protocol, remote machine control
routing.

groups; import and export data; changes to system
management; name sets

PG, JE, DM, et
al

al

DM, KL, MN

DEM
D. Galbraith
I. Godfrey
K. Lyons

iv Rev 3.0 • 18 Aug 10

Important Safeguards and Notices

This section provides important safety guidelines for operators and service personnel. Specific
warnings and cautions appear throughout the manual where they apply. Please read and follow this
important information, especially those instructions related to the risk of electric shock or injury to
persons.

Warning

Any instructions in this manual that require opening the equipment cover or
enclosure are for use by qualified service personnel only. To reduce the risk of
electric shock, do not perform any service other than that contained in the operat­ing instructions unless you are qualified to do so.

Symbols and Their Meanings

The lightning flash with arrowhead symbol within an equilateral triangle alerts the user to the pres­ence of dangerous voltages within the product’s enclosure that may be of sufficient magnitude to
constitute a risk of electric shock to persons.

The exclamation point within an equilateral triangle alerts the user to the presence of important
operating and maintenance/service instructions.

The Ground symbol represents a protective grounding terminal. Such a terminal must be connected
to earth ground prior to making any other connections to the equipment.

The fuse symbol indicates that the fuse referenced in the text must be replaced with one having the
ratings indicated.

The presence of this symbol in or on Miranda equipment means that it has been designed, tested
and certified as complying with applicable Underwriter’s Laboratory (USA) regulations and rec­ommendations.

The presence of this symbol in or on Miranda equipment means that it has been designed, tested
and certified as essentially complying with all applicable European Union (CE) regulations and
recommendations.

NV9000-SE Utilities • User’s Guide v

General Warnings

A warning indicates a possible hazard to personnel which may cause injury or death. Observe the
following general warnings when using or working on this equipment:

• Heed all warnings on the unit and in the operating instructions.

• Do not use this equipment in or near water.

• This equipment is grounded through the grounding conductor of the power cord. To avoid elec­trical shock, plug the power cord into a properly wired receptacle before connecting the equip­ment inputs or outputs.

• Route power cords and other cables so they are not likely to be damaged.

• Disconnect power before cleaning the equipment. Do not use liquid or aerosol cleaners; use
only a damp cloth.

• Dangerous voltages may exist at several points in this equipment. To avoid injury, do not touch
exposed connections and components while power is on.

• Do not wear rings or wristwatches when troubleshooting high current circuits such as the power
supplies.

• To avoid fire hazard, use only the specified fuse(s) with the correct type number, voltage and
current ratings as referenced in the appropriate locations in the service instructions or on the
equipment. Always refer fuse replacements to qualified service personnel.

• To avoid explosion, do not operate this equipment in an explosive atmosphere.

• Have qualified service personnel perform safety checks after any service.

General Cautions

A caution indicates a possible hazard to equipment that could result in equipment damage. Observe
the following cautions when operating or working on this equipment:

• When installing this equipment, do not attach the power cord to building surfaces.

• To prevent damage to equipment when replacing fuses, locate and correct the problem that
caused the fuse to blow before re-applying power.

• Use only the specified replacement parts.

• Follow static precautions at all times when handling this equipment.

• This product should only be powered as described in the manual. To prevent equipment dam­age, select the proper line voltage on the power supply(ies) as described in the installation doc­umentation.

• To prevent damage to the equipment, read the instructions in the equipment manual for proper
input voltage range selection.

• Some products include a backup battery. There is a risk of explosion if the battery is replaced by
a battery of an incorrect type. Dispose of batteries according to instructions.

• Products that have (1) no on/off switch and (2) use an external power supply must be installed
in proximity to a main power output that is easily accessible.

vi Rev 3.0 • 18 Aug 10

Table of Contents

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

What is New. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Tielines. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Dynamic Configuration Updates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

NV9462 Control Panel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

SMS7000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Sony ROT-16 SBus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Global Navigation Buttons. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Klotz Serial Protocol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

NV9000-SE Write Timing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Remote Networked Control Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

What to Do and When to Do it. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Configuration Steps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

An Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Understanding the NV9000-SE Concept . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Organizing Sources and Destinations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Control Panels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Chapter 2 Using the Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

The SE Utilities Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Navigation Area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Work Area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Common Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Tabs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Tables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Entering Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Menu Bar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Filters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Shortcuts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Double-click Option. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

File Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Control Panel Keyboard. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Keyboard Shortcut Best Practices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Exiting Level Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Launching and Exiting the Application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Chapter 3 Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Adding to a Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Installing the Application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

How to Install the NV9000-SE Application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

NV9000-SE Utilities • User’s Guide vii

Table of Contents

Chapter 4 Configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Note About Networking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Implementing Configuration Changes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

How to Implement Configuration Changes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Working With Configuration Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Opening a Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

How to Open a Configuration from a Directory Location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Creating or Changing a Configuration File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

How to Create a New “Empty” Configuration File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

How to Associate a Different Configuration File with a Control Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Saving Configuration Changes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Deleting or Renaming Configuration Folders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Adding Computers to Existing EC9700 or EC9710 Configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

How to Add an EC9700/EC9710 Control Panel to an Existing Configuration. . . . . . . 22

Creating, Updating and Deleting Configuration File Pathnames . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

How to Update the Configuration File Pathname for an EC9700 or EC9710. . . . . . . . 24

How to Create a New Configuration File Pathname . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

How to Update a Configuration File Pathname . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

How to Delete a Configuration File Pathname . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Importing and Exporting Configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

How to Import from a Compressed Configuration File. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

How to Export to a Compressed File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

How to Import a Non-NV9000-SE Configuration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Analyzing Configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

How to Analyze a Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Chapter 5 System Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

About System Controllers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

IP Addresses. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Logs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Managing System Controllers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Adding System Controllers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

How to Add a System Controller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Starting, Stopping or Shutting Down . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

How to Start, Stop or Shut Down a System Controller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Rebooting a System Controller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

How to Reboot a System Controller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Selecting a System Controller to “Ignore”. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

How to Ignore a System Controller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Removing a System Controller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

How to Remove a System Controller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Managing System Controller Communication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Changing System Controller IP Address or Name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

How to Change IP Address or Name. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Changing or Viewing DHCP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

How to Change or View the DHCP. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Changing or Viewing SNMP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

How to Change or View the SNMP. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Changing or Setting a Virtual IP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

How to Change or Set a Virtual IP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Loading and Saving Snapshots . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

How to Save and Load a Snapshot. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Generating a Difference Report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

How to Run a Difference Report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

viii Rev 3.0 • 25 Mar 10

Table of Contents

Managing Host Computers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Adding a Host . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

How to Add a Host. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Locating and Viewing Hosts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

How to Locate and View Hosts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Updating a Host . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

How to Edit Host Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Deleting a Host. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

How to Delete a Host . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Managing System Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Adding System Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

How to Add a System Parameter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

Viewing System Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

How to View a System Parameter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

Updating System Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

How to Update a System Parameter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

Deleting a System Parameter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

How to Delete a System Parameter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Chapter 6 Importing and Exporting Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Importing Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

How to Import Data to a Table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Exporting Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

How to Export Data from Tables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

How to Export Devices and Physical Connection Data. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

Chapter 7 Routers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .61

About Routers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

Machine Control Port Routers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

Adding a Router . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

How to Add a Router Using the ‘Add Router’ Wizard or ‘Routers’ Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

How to Add a Router Using the ‘Routers’ Table. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

Locating and Viewing Existing Router Details . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

How to Locate and View Existing Router Using the ‘Routers’ Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

How to Locate and View Existing Routers Using the ‘Routers’ Table . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

How to Locate and View Existing Routers Using the ‘Router Controls’ Table . . . . . . 75

Viewing Router Ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

How to View Router Ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

Updating Router Details. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

Changing a Router Name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79

How to Changes a Router Name Using the ‘Routers’ Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79

How to Change a Router Name Using the ‘Routers’ Table. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

Updating a Router Host . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

How to update a router host . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

Updating Router Control Points. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83

How to Update Router Control Points. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84

Updating Router Protocol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84

How to Update Router Protocol Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85

Updating Router Control Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86

How to update router control mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86

Updating Router Physical Levels. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87

How to update router physical levels using the ‘Routers’ page. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87

How to Update Router Physical Levels Using the ‘PhysLevel’ Table . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90

Updating Protects and Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91

How to update router protects and locks using the ‘Routers’ page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91

How to Update Router Protects and Locks Using the ‘PhysLevel’ Table. . . . . . . . . . . 93

NV9000-SE Utilities • User’s Guide ix

Table of Contents

Updating Signal Type (Standard or Machine Control) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94

How to Update Router Signal Type (Standard or Machine Control) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94

Managing Control Points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96

Adding Control Points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96

How to Add Control Points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96

Viewing Control Points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97

How to View Control Points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97

Updating Control Points. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99

How to Update Control Points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99

Deleting Control Points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100

How to Delete a Control Point . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100

Excluding Crosspoints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101

How to Add a Crosspoint Exclusion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101

How to Update a Crosspoint Exclusion. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102

How to Remove a Crosspoint Exclusion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103

Managing Virtual Crosspoints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103

How Create a Virtual Crosspoint . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104

Deleting Routers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107

How to Delete a Router Using the ‘Routers’ Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107

How to Delete a Router Using the ‘Routers’ Table. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108

Chapter 8 Level Sets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .111

About Levels and Level Sets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112

Physical Levels vs. Virtual Levels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112

Control Panel Viewing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114

Creating a Level Set . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114

How to Create a Level Set . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115

How to Add Level Sets Using the ‘Level Sets’ Table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118

Locating and Viewing Level Sets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119

How to Locate and View Level Sets Using the ‘Level Sets’ Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119

How to Locate and View Level Sets Using the ‘Level Sets’ Table. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121

How to Locate Level Sets Using the ‘Level Set Details’ Table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122

Locating and Viewing Virtual Levels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123

How to Locate and View Virtual Levels Using the ‘Virtual Levels’ Table . . . . . . . . 123

Updating Level Sets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124

Updating Level Set Name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125

How to Update a Level Set Name Using the ‘Level Sets’ Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125

How to Update a Level Set Name Using the ‘Level Sets’ Table. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126

Adding Virtual Levels and Removing Virtual Levels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127

How to Create and Add Virtual Levels to a Level Set Using the ‘Level Sets’ Page. . 128

How to Add Virtual Levels to a Level Set Using the ‘Level Set Details’ Table . . . . . 131

How to Remove Virtual Levels from a Level Set Using the ‘Level Sets’ Page . . . . . 133

How to Remove Virtual Levels from a Level Set

Using the ‘Level Set Details’ Table. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134

Creating and Deleting Virtual Levels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135

How to Create a Virtual Level Using the ‘Virtual Levels’ Table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136

How to delete a virtual level using the ‘Virtual Levels’ table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137

Changing the Physical Level Mapping in a Level Set. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137

How to Change Physical Levels Associated with a Level Set

Using the ‘Level Sets’ Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138

How to Change Physical Levels Associated with a Level Set. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139

Updating the Free Source Associated with a Level Set . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140

How to Update the Free Source Associated with a Virtual Level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141

How to Update the Free Source Associated with a Level Set . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142

Updating the Level Set Index Number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143

How to Update the Level Set Index Number. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144

x Rev 3.0 • 25 Mar 10

Table of Contents

Deleting Level Sets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145

How to Delete a Level Set Using the ‘Level Sets’ Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145

How to Delete a Level Set Using the ‘Level Sets’ Table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146

How to Delete a Level Set Using the ‘Level Set Details’ Table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147

Managing Signal Types and Signal Binding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148

Adding or Binding Signals. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149

How to Add a Signal Type. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149

How to Bind a Signal Type to a Virtual Level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150

Viewing Signal Type Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151

How to View a Signal Type. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151

How to View a Bound Signal Type and the Virtual Level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152

Updating Signal Types and Signal Binding. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152

How to Update a Signal Type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153

How to Update a Signal Binding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153

Deleting Signal Types and Signal Bindings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154

How to Delete a Signal Type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155

How to Delete a Signal Type Binding to a Virtual Level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155

Chapter 9 Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .157

About Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158

Level Sets and Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158

Categories. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159

Adding a Device. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159

How to Add a Single Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160

How to Add a Class of Devices Using the ‘Add Multiple Devices’ Wizard. . . . . . . . 162

How to Add a Single Device Using the ‘Devices’ Table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167

Locating and Viewing Device Details . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167

How to Locate and View Devices Using the ‘Devices’ Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168

How to Locate and View Devices Using the ‘Devices’ Table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170

Updating Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171

Changing a Device Name or Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171

How to Update a Device Name or Description Using the ‘Devices’ Page . . . . . . . . . 171

How to Update a Device Name or Description Using the ‘Devices’ Table. . . . . . . . . 173

Updating the Device’s Assigned Level Set . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174

How to Update Device Level Sets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174

Adding or Removing an Associated Category. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175

Updating Input/Output Connection Numbers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176

How to Update I/O Connection Numbers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176

Adding, Updating or Deleting Physical Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177

How to Add a Physical Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178

How to Update a Physical Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179

How to Delete a Physical Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180

Deleting Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181

How to Delete a Device Using the ‘Devices’ Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181

How to Delete a Device Using the ‘Devices’ Table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182

Device Connections Queries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183

Device Physical Connections Query . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183

How to Query Device Physical Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183

Adding a Device to Queries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184

How to Add a Device Using the ‘Query Phys Conns’ Table. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185

Exporting a Device Query . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186

How to Export a Device Query . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186

Orphaned Physical Connections Query . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187

How to Query Orphaned Physical Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187

Deleting an Orphaned Connection. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187

How to Delete and Orphaned Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187

NV9000-SE Utilities • User’s Guide xi

Table of Contents

Chapter 10 Categories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .189

Using Categories and Suffixes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190

Adding Categories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190

How to Add a Category . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191

How to Add a Category Using the ‘Categories’ Table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194

Adding Suffixes to Categories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195

NV5128 Indexes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195

Auto-Fill Suffixes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195

Global Suffix Pages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195

How to Add Suffixes to a Category. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196

How to Define Category Indexes for NV5128-MC Master Control Panel . . . . . . . . . 198

How to Add Suffixes to Categories Using Auto-Fill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200

Using Global Suffix Pages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202

Creating Global Suffix Pages. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202

Applying Global Suffix Pages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202

Managing Global Suffix Pages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202

How to Create a Global Suffix Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203

How to Update a Global Suffix Page. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206

How to Delete a Global Suffix Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208

Locating and Viewing Existing Categories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208

How to Locate and View Categories Using the ‘Categories’ Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209

How to Locate and View Categories Using the ‘Categories’ Table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210

How to locate and view categories using the ‘Category Details’ table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211

Updating Categories. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213

Updating Category Name and Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213

How to Update Category Name and Description. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213

How to Update Category Name and Description. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215

Adding Devices to Existing Categories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216

How to Add a Device to a Category Using the ‘Category Details’ Page . . . . . . . . . . 216

How to Add a Device Using the ‘Category Details’ Table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220

Removing Devices from Categories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221

How to Remove a Device Using the ‘Category Details’ Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221

How to Remove a Device Using the ‘Category Details’ Table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222

Creating and Adding Suffixes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223

How to Create a Suffix Using the ‘Category Details’ Page. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224

How to Add a Suffix Using the ‘Suffixes’ Table. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226

Removing Suffixes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226

How to Remove a Suffix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227

Deleting Categories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227

How to Delete a Category Using the ‘Categories’ Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228

How to Delete a Category Using the ‘Categories’ Table. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228

How to Delete a Category Using the ‘Category Details’ Table. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229

Chapter 11 Control Panels. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .231

Overview of Control Panels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232

Locking and Protecting Panels. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232

Currently Supported Panels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233

Creating Button Legends . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233

How to Create Button Legends for Hardware Panels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234

Global Navigation Buttons. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234

Creating Global Navigation Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234

Applying Global Navigation Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234

Managing Global Navigation Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234

How to Create a Global Navigation Button. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235

How to Update a Global Navigation Button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239

xii Rev 3.0 • 25 Mar 10

Table of Contents

Adding a Control Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240

How to Add a Control Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240

NV9601 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242

How to Configure a NV9601 Control Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242

NV9602 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251

How to Configure a NV9602 Control Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251

NV9603 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256

How to configure a NV9603 control panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257

NV9604 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261

How to Configure a NV9604 Control Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261

NV9605 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264

How to Configure a NV9605 Control Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264

NV9606 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268

How to Configure a NV9606 Control Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268

NV9607 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271

How to Configure a NV9607 Control Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271

NV9608 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277

How to Configure a NV9608 Control Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277

NV9609 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 286

How to Configure a NV9609 Control Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 287

NV9616 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 292

How to Configure a NV9616 Control Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 292

NV9640 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301

How to Configure a NV9640 Control Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 302

NV9641 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 311

How to Configure a NV9641 Control Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 312

NV9642 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 319

How to Configure a NV9642 Control Panel.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 320

NV9660 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 327

How to Configure a NV9660 Control Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 328

NV9575-VF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 329

How to Configure a NV9575-VF Tally Processor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 330

NVRP16 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 333

How to Configure an RP16 Remote Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 333

NVR2P32 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 335

How to Configure an RP32 Remote Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 335

Defining General Purpose I/O (GPIO) Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 337

Using Boolean Expressions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 337

GPIO Section of Control Panel Pages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 338

How to Define GPIO Connections. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 338

Creating a “Tree” of Pages. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 342

How to Create Pages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 344

How to Update or Delete a Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 346

Locating and Viewing Existing Control Panels. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 347

How to Locate and View Existing Control Panels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 347

How to Locate and View Existing Panels Using the ‘Panels’ Table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 348

Updating Control Panel Details . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 349

Changing a Panel Name or Description. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 350

How to Update a Control Panel Name or Description. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 350

Changing a Control Panel ID . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 351

How to Update a Control Panel ID for a Configuration File. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 351

Changing the Associated User Name. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 352

How to Update the User Name Associated with a Control Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 352

Changing the Associated Language. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 353

Updating Control Panel Configurations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 353

How to Update Control Panel Configurations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 353

NV9000-SE Utilities • User’s Guide xiii

Table of Contents

Deleting Panels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 354

How to Delete a Control Panel Using the ‘Control Panels’ Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 354

How to Delete a Control Panel Using the ‘Panels’ Table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 355

Panel Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 356

Default State. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 356

Default Routing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 357

Modes of Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 357

X-Y Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 357

Multi-Destination (MD) Mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 357

Paging Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 358

Menu Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 358

Setup Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 358

Salvo Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 358

Info Mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 358

Button Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 359

About Breakaways . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 359

Broadcast . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 359

Category . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 359

Chop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 360

Clear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 360

Clear Preset . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 360

Default State. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 360

Destination Lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 360

Destination Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 360

Destination Protect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 360

Destination Shift . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 360

Force Release . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 360

Free Source . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 361

Global Navigate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 361

Hold . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 361

Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 361

Level. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 361

Level Mapping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 362

Level Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 362

Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 362

Name Set Toggle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 363

None/All. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 363

Panel Lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 363

Preset Release . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 363

Previous Source . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 363

Protect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 363

Salvos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 364

Selection (non-configurable; numbered) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 364

Scroll . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 365

Source. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 365

Source Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 365

Source/Destination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 365

Source/Destination Mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 365

Source/Dest Toggle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 365

Source Shift . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 365

Source Master . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 365

Source Preview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 366

Take . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 366

X-Y Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 366

xiv Rev 3.0 • 25 Mar 10

Table of Contents

Chapter 12 Master Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .367

Add Master Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 367

How to Add a Master Control Processor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 368

Locating and Viewing Master Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 370

How to Locate and View Existing Master Control Processors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 370

How to Locate and View Existing Master Controls Using the ‘Routers’ Table . . . . . 372

How to Locate and View Existing Master Controls

Using the ‘Router Controls’ Table. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 373

Updating Master Control Details . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 375

Changing a Master Control Name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 375

How to Change a Master Control Name Using the ‘Routers’ Page. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 375

How to Change a Master Control Name Using the ‘Routers’ Table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 377

Updating a Master Control Host . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 378

How to Update a Router Host . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 378

Updating Control Points for Master Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 378

How to Update Control Points for Master Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 379

Updating Master Control Protocol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 379

Updating Control Mode for Master Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 380

How to Update Router Control Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 380

Managing Control Points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 381

Deleting Master Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 381

How to Delete a Router using the ‘Routers’ Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 381

How to Delete a Router Using the ‘Routers’ Table. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 382

Chapter 13 EC9700 and EC9710 Panels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .385

Adding an EC9700/EC9710 Panel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 385

EC9700 Panel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 386

How to Add an EC9700 Control Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 386

EC9710 Panel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 394

How to Add an EC9710 Control Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 394

How to Add a EC9700/EC9710 Control Panel Using the ‘GUIs’ Table. . . . . . . . . . . 398

Locating and Viewing Existing EC9700/EC9710 Panels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 399

How to Locate and View Existing EC9700/EC9710 Panels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 399

How to Locate and View Existing Panels Using the ‘GUIs’ Table. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 402

Updating EC9700/EC9710 Panel Details . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 404

Changing the Associated User Name. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 404

How to Update the User Name Associated with a Control Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 404

Changing the Associated Language. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 405

Updating EC9700/EC9710 Panel Configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 405

How to Update EC9700/EC9710 Control Panel Configurations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 406

Deleting Panels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 407

How to Delete a Control Panel Using the ‘EC9700/9710’ Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 407

How to Delete a Control Panel Using the ‘GUIs’ Table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 408

Chapter 14 External Interfaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .409

Adding an External Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 409

How to Add an External Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 410

How to Add an External Interface Using the ‘Apps’ Table. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 413

Locating and Viewing Existing External Interfaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 414

How to Locate and View Existing External Interfaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 414

How to Locate and View Existing External Interfaces Using the ‘Apps’ Table . . . . . 416

NV9000-SE Utilities • User’s Guide xv

Table of Contents

Updating External Interface Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 417

Changing an External Interface Name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 417

How to Update an External Interface Name Using the ‘External Interfaces’ Page. . . 418

How to Update an External Interface Name Using the ‘Apps’ Table . . . . . . . . . . . . . 419

Updating External Interface Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 420

How to Update External Interface Parameters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 420

Updating External Interface Connection Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 421

How to Update External Interface Connection Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 421

Changing External Interface Connection Protocol (Type). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 423

How to Update External Interface Protocol (Type) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 424

Changing the External Interface Control Point . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 424

How to Update the External Interface Control Point . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 425

Changing the Run Condition or Run Priority . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 425

How to Update the Run Condition or Run Priority . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 425

Changing the Log Mode for an External Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 426

How to Update the External Interface Log Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 426

Deleting External Interfaces. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 427

How to Delete a Router Using the ‘Routers’ Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 428

Chapter 15 Salvos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .431

About Salvos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 432

Creating a Salvo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 432

How to Create a Salvo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 432

How to Add a Salvo Using the ‘Salvos’ Table as a “Save As” Function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 437

Locating and Viewing Existing Salvos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 438

How to Locate and View Existing Salvos Using the ‘Salvos’ Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 438

How to Locate and View an Existing Salvo Using the ‘Salvos’ Table . . . . . . . . . . . . 440

How to Locate and View an Existing Salvo Lists Using the ‘Salvo Lists’ Table . . . . 441

How to Locate and View an Existing Salvo List and Salvos. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 442

Updating Salvo Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 443

How to Change a Salvo Name Using the ‘Salvos’ or ‘Salvo List’ Table . . . . . . . . . . 444

Updating Salvo File Path . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 445

How to Update a Salvo Pathname . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 445

Creating and Deleting Salvo Lists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 446

How to create a salvo list. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 446

How to Delete a Salvo List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 447

Adding Salvos to or Removing Salvos from Salvo Lists. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 448

How to Add a Salvo to a Salvo List. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 448

How to Remove a Salvo from a Salvo List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 449

Updating Salvo Configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 450

How to Update Salvo Configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 450

Deleting Salvos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 454

How to Delete a Salvo Using the ‘Salvos’ Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 455

How to Delete a Salvo Using the ‘Salvos’ Table. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 455

Chapter 16 Tielines. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .457

Tieline Interfaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 458

Using the ‘Tieline Details’ Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 460

Viewing Virtual Levels and Signal Types. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 460

Arrows Represent Physical Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 461

Creating a Tieline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 461

How to Add a Tieline Using the ‘Add Tieline’ Wizard or ‘Tielines’ Page . . . . . . . . . 462

xvi Rev 3.0 • 25 Mar 10

Table of Contents

Locating and Viewing Existing Tieline Details . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 464

How to Locate and View Existing Tielines Using the ‘Tielines’ Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 464

Using Tables to View Tieline Details . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 466

Viewing the ‘Tieline’ Table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 466

Viewing the ‘Tieline Path’ Table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 467

Viewing the ‘Tieline Path Detail’ Table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 469

Viewing the ‘Tieline Port Binding’ Table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 470

Viewing the ‘Tieline Reservation’ Table. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 471

Viewing the ‘Tieline Signal Binding’ Table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 472

Updating a Tieline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 473

Changing a Tieline Name or Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 474

How to Change a Tieline Name Using the ‘Tielines’ Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 474

How to Change a Tieline Name Using the ‘Tieline’ Table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 475

Changing Tieline Cost . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 476

How to Change a Tieline Cost. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 476

Adding and Removing Physical Levels (Devices) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 477

How to Change a Tieline Physical Level. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 477

Changing Virtual Levels and Signal Types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 479

How to Change a Tieline Virtual Level or Signal Type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 479

Deleting a Tieline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 481

How to Delete a Tieline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 481

Managing Tieline Groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 482

Creating a Tieline Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 482

How to Add a Tieline Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 482

Locating and Viewing Existing Tieline Group Details . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 485

How to Locate and View Existing Tieline Groups Using the ‘Tieline Groups’ Page . 485

Using Tables to View Tieline Group Details. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 487

Viewing the ‘Tieline Group’ Table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 488

Viewing the ‘Tieline Group Binding’ Table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 489

Updating a Tieline Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 490

Changing a Tieline Group Name or Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 490

How to Change a Tieline Group Name Using the ‘Tieline Groups’ Page. . . . . . . . . . 490

How to Change a Tieline Group Name Using the ‘Tieline Group’ Table. . . . . . . . . . 492

Adding and Removing Tielines in a Tieline Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 492

How to Add or Remove Tielines in Tieline Groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 493

Deleting a Tieline Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 494

How to Delete a Tieline Group Using the ‘Tieline Groups’ Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 495

How to Delete a Tieline Group Using the ‘Tieline Group’ Table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 496

Chapter 17 Using Name Sets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .497

Adding and Viewing Name Sets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 497

How to Add a Name Set . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 497

How to View Name Sets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 499

Updating a Name Set . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 500

How to Update a Name Set . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 500

Deleting a Name Set. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 502

How to Delete a Name Set . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 502

NV9000-SE Utilities • User’s Guide xvii

Table of Contents

Chapter 18 Using the Alias Table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .503

Adding an Alias . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 503

How to Add an Alias . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 503

Locating and Viewing Aliases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 505

How to Locate and View Aliases. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 505

Updating an Alias. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 506

How to Update an Alias . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 506

Deleting an Alias . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 507

How to Delete an Alias . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 507

Chapter 19 Managing User Names. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .509

Adding a User . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 509

How to Add a User. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 509

Locating a User Name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 510

How to Locate a User Name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 510

Updating a User Name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 511

How to Update a User Name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 512

Associating a User With a Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 512

Deleting a User. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 513

How to Delete a User . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 513

Appendix A Protocols. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .515

Available Protocols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 515

Appendix B Control Panels. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .517

NV9601 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 517

Modes of Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 518

Configurable Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 518

Additional Control Panel Features. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 519

NV9602 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 519

Modes of Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 520

Configurable Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 520

Panel Limitations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 521

NV9603 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 521

Mode of Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 521

Configurable Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 522

NV9604 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 522

Modes of Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 523

Configurable Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 523

NV9605 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 524

Modes of Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 524

Configurable Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 524

Panel Limitations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 525

NV9606 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 525

Modes of Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 525

Configurable Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 526

NV9607 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 526

Modes of Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 526

Configurable Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 527

Panel Limitations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 527

NV9608 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 528

Modes of Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 529

Configurable Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 530

Additional Control Panel Features. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 530

xviii Rev 3.0 • 25 Mar 10

Table of Contents

NV9609 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 531

Mode of Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 531

Configurable Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 531

NV9616 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 532

Modes of Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 533

Configurable Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 534

Additional Control Panel Features. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 534

RP16 and RP32 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 535

NV9640 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 535

Modes of Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 537

Configurable Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 538

Additional Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 538

NV9641 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 538

Panel Organization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 539

Function Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 539

Up/Down Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 539

Tally Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 540

Modes of Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 540

Other Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 541

NV9642 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 541

Panel Organization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 541

Function Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 542

Alphanumeric Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 542

Display Fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 543

Flags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 543

Selection Marks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 543

Other Signs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 543

Tally Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 544

Modes of Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 544

Other Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 544

NV9660 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 545

Panel organization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 546

Modes of operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 547

Basic Function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 547

Additional Panel Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 547

NV9575-VF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 548

EC9700/EC9710 Control Panels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 549

Appendix C Glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .551

Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .553

NV9000-SE Utilities • User’s Guide xix

Table of Contents

xx Rev 3.0 • 25 Mar 10

1. Getting Started

The NV9000-SE Utilities (hereafter called NV9000-SE) is a stand-alone, Java-based application
used in conjunction with the NV9000 system controller to configure Miranda routing systems.
NV9000-SE can be used remotely—detached—from the Miranda system controller to create con­figuration files that are later uploaded when connected to the system controller. Or, NV9000-SE
can be used connected to the system controller to make real-time changes.

Before using the NV9000-SE, it is important to understand how it interacts with the control sys­tems, routers, attached devices, and control panels. It is recommended that you read this section
before beginning any configuration tasks to ensure a thorough understanding of how each tool is
configured.

What is New

Version 6.0.0 of NV9000-SE provides new features and enhancements that make router manage­ment easier and more flexible. The following is a list of changes for the current release.

Version 6.0.0 of NV9000-SE is not backward compatible. Configurations created in version 6.0.0
cannot be ported to earlier versions. However, configurations created in earlier versions 5.x.x can
be imported into 6.0.0.

Tielines

Old tieline functionality is no longer supported. However, the current release enables you to easily
manage tielines using the graphical representation interface. Multi-hop tielines are supported.

Dynamic Configuration Updates

SE-Utilities now includes a new ‘Reboot Database’ feature on the ‘System Management’ page that
allows you to copy a new configuration to a system controller, and cause that system to begin using
the new configuration immediately, without restarting the system controller. For more information,
see Implementing Configuration Changes

Configurations can be dynamically updated in the following instances:

The dynamic changes supported include:

• Add/change/delete devices and their physical I/O connections

• Add/change/delete categories & suffixes

• Add/change/delete virtual levels and level set definitions

• Add/change/delete tielines

• Add/change/delete hardware control panels and their configurations

• Add/change/delete virtual panels and their configurations

•Adding GUIs

on page 17.

NV9000-SE Utilities • User’s Guide 1

1. Getting Started

What is New

• Add/change/delete salvos

• Add/change/delete Aliases

• Adding Users

Configurations can be dynamically updated in all instances, except the following:

• Adding/removing/resizing a router or physical level.

• Adding/removing/changing the protocols used for router control or external interfaces.

NV9462 Control Panel

The NV9642 control panel can now be configured using NV9000-SE.

SMS7000

NV9000-SE now allows for serial control of SMS7000 series routers with either standard node
controllers or enhanced node controllers.This enables you to completely replace an existing
SMS7000 system controller while keeping legacy routers in place, making the transition to a new
system far less costly.

Integration with existing SMS7000 systems is supported in two ways:

• With the SMS7000MCPU service, a single SMS7000 system can be mated with a single
NV9000 system allowing for full breakaway operation and panel inter-operability.

• Using the SMS7000FEEDS service multiple SMS7000 systems can be integrated with an
NV9000 such that the SMS7000 systems may control the NV9000 system controller as if it
were another SMS7000 system. This enables tieline operation between the SMS7000 systems
and the NV9000 but is subject to the limitations of the SMS7000 system, most importantly the
restriction against breakaways.

Sony ROT-16 SBus

The NV9000 controller can now integrate with a Sony SBus system through a Sony R80/R81 con­troller. Integration functionality includes:

• Multilevel NV9000 crosspoint control from Sony control panels.

• Multilevel Sony crosspoint control from NV9000.

• Seamless publishing of mnemonics from the NV9000 database to Sony control panels.

Global Navigation Buttons

Users can now create a global navigation button that can be applied across multiple control panel
configurations. Changes to the global navigation button and its attendant sub-pages are automati­cally reflected across all panels using that global navigation button. For more information, see Glo-

bal Navigate on page 361.

Klotz Serial Protocol

The NV9000 controller now supports control of Klotz audio switchers through the Klotz protocol
and Vadis control software.

2 Rev 3.0 • 25 Mar 10

NV9000-SE Write Timing

The configuration write process has been optimized, reducing the time it takes to write a new con­figuration by up to 90%.

Remote Networked Control Systems

Networked NV9000 control systems now support machine control routing from a remote NV9000
system.

What to Do and When to Do it

The NV9000-SE is an integral part of getting your system controller up and running effectively and
efficiently. Before using NV9000-SE, determine how data is going to be managed in your facility
and decide what inputs and outputs can be grouped together. Inputs and outputs can be grouped
together if they have a common attribute, such as a signal type, facility room, and so on. In general,
signal type is the best grouping to use. Figuring this out from the start will make configuration eas­ier, faster and help minimize having to make changes in the future.

1. Getting Started

What to Do and When to Do it

Before using NV9000-SE, all routers should be configured using the UniConfig configuration soft­ware for Miranda routers, or for third-party routers, configured according to the manufacturer’s
directions.

Important! The levels entered for the routers (for Miranda routers, the levels are entered in Uni­Config) will later be matched to the physical levels entered in NV9000-SE. There should be a one­to-one correlation between router physical levels and NV9000-SE physical levels.

NV9000-SE saves all initial configurations and configuration changes to the database. Once
changes are saved, there is no “undo” function; the configuration is permanently altered. To imple­ment configuration changes, the NV9000 system controller must write the configuration and then
be restarted. For more information, see Implementing Configuration Changes

on page 17.

Configuration Steps

All changes can be made offline and later implemented, or changes may also be made dynamically
if NV9000-SE is currently connected to the system controller.

First, if necessary, add system controllers to NV9000-SE. See Managing System Controllers
page 35.

Second, add routers to NV9000-SE. Using NV9000-SE, add all routers. Routers are added by
entering the physical levels (partitions) to NV9000-SE. At this time, virtual levels can be mapped
to physical levels. Virtual levels are abstractions that can be applied to any device or router and
allow for inter-device communication. See Routers

on page 61.

on

Third, create level sets in NV9000-SE. Level sets are a set of virtual levels, which are applied to
devices. See Level Sets

Fourth, add devices to NV9000-SE. Describe each device connected to the routers: what is sending
a signal to the router and what is receiving signals from the router. Devices can only be added after
level sets have been created. When added, each device must be assigned to a level set. The level
sets should reflect the signals used by the device. NV9000-SE has no way of determining what sig-

NV9000-SE Utilities • User’s Guide 3

on page 111.

1. Getting Started

What to Do and When to Do it

nal type is being used by a device without assigning it a virtual level within a level set. See Devices
on page 157.

Device information may also be imported from a spreadsheet. For more information, see Importing

and Exporting Data on page 53.

Fifth, group devices by category in NV9000-SE. Organize devices into categories. Categories are
groupings of devices with common attributes, such as device type (e.g., monitor), or location (e.g.,
studio A), or use (e.g., editing). Category labels display on control panels for operators, making
selection quick and easy. See Categories

A category can only be added after devices have been added to the NV9000-SE system. Not all
devices must be added, but adding as many devices as possible before creating categories ensures
that the categories accurately define the devices in your facility.

Category information may also be imported from a spreadsheet. For more information, see Import-

ing and Exporting Data on page 53.

Sixth, add control panels to NV9000-SE. Control panels, both hardware and software, are config­ured using NV9000-SE. Configuration interfaces mimic the control panel layout and display what
the operator will see on the screen or panel. See Control Panels

EC9710 Panels on page 385.

on page 189.

on page 231 and EC9700 and

Seventh, add or manage additional features in NV9000-SE. Depending on your facility needs, you
can:

• Create salvos. (See Salvos

• Create tielines. (See Tielines

• Update hosts.

• Add Master Control. (See Master Control

• Manage users. (See Managing User Names

on page 431.)

on page 457.)

on page 367.)

on page 509.)

4 Rev 3.0 • 25 Mar 10

An Overview

NV9000-SE is designed to follow, as closely as possible, common tasks and facility structure to
create a more intuitive configuration process.

NV9000-SE fits into the routing control scheme as follows:

1. Getting Started

An Overview

9000-SE

SysMgr

PGSE

DB Config

UniConfig

Ethernet

SNMP

Ethernet

Ethernet

Command

GUI/

Status

(operators)

NV9000

System

Controller

Facility

Network

TallyUMD

Auto-

mation

Status

Control

Prim./Sec.

Status

Master

Control

Router

CP

Router Router

(DHCP)

CP CP • • •

(operators)

If using a previous version of NV9000-SE or older configuration software, contact Customer Sup­port for information on using legacy applications.

The NV9000 system controller is comprised of a mixture of hardware and software components
that must be configured by the user before the system is placed into service.

• • •

Please note:

• Configuration

— The configuration process requires that certain conventions are followed. As

an important prerequisite, read this guide thoroughly before powering up the system for the first
time.

• Planning

— As with any configuration system, the more planning, the smoother the installation.

Prior to installation, spend time deciding on device naming conventions, where (and how) the
various system routers will be connected, and how panels will be laid out. These factors will
save time during the configuration “editing” process.

Understanding the NV9000-SE Concept

This section provides a high-level overview that simplifies the understanding of how NV9000-SE
fits into routing in general.

Configuration

Configuration (using NV9000-SE) is the process of creating a comprehensive database of your
inputs, outputs and devices. Initial configuration steps involve defining device interfaces, what

NV9000-SE Utilities • User’s Guide 5

1. Getting Started

An Overview

ports on the NV9000 system controller the devices are connected to, and which protocols are used
to communicate with the NV9000 system controller. It is recommended that you have this “inter­face” information available before starting configuration.

At any time, you can easily add protocols to the NV9000 system controller if requirements change.

Unlike most control systems, NV9000-SE allows you to configure duplicate entries. For example,
you can configure three edit bays, each bay can have a VTR1, VTR2, VTR3, etc. instead of creat­ing nine unique VTR names. Or, you can configure all physical routers as “level 1,” or have two
“SDI” routers. As you think about configuration details, this unique feature may provide a solution
to an operation problem.

Organizing Sources and Destinations

Depending upon your specific configuration, a device can be designated as a “source” or a “desti­nation”—

To make selecting devices from a control panel easy and intuitive, devices are grouped in “catego­ries.” A category can be used to group devices in any manner desired: by signal type, function, or
even by location within the facility. Categories may also be used as a way to create “exclusions.”
For more information, see Categories

or even both. For more information, see Devices on page 157.

on page 189.

The NV9000 system controller also supports “input fan out” mode where a single input (e.g., Tone)
may be used across many devices. For example, SD bars, HD bars and test can all share a common
tone (physical) input. However, unique to the NV9000 system controller, “output fan out” is also
supported. This means that a physical router output port may have more than one device name. This
is useful in situations where “multi-rate” equipment, such as a VTR that can play out SD or HD, is
used.

Control Panels

Control panels are the interface between operators and the routing hardware. How the control panel
is configured can have a major impact how well this interaction takes place. Minimizing the num­ber of keystrokes needed to establish routes and using device mnemonics to help operators select
devices can help reduce possible operator errors. Control panels are programmable and use a con­figuration file to define attributes. These attributes include button names, operating modes and fea­ture sets.

6 Rev 3.0 • 25 Mar 10

2. Using the Interface

The NV9000-SE interface is designed to help you quickly and easily perform configuration tasks.
The three panes used to manage configurations—Configuration, Tasks and Views—share database
tables. A change in one pane is reflected in the other panes. This means that you can make changes
using the interface that best suits your needs or comfort level. For example, when first creating con­figurations, wizards accessed through the ‘Tasks’ pane provide step-by-step guidance for entering
necessary data. Windows in the ‘Configuration’ pane enable you to manage existing information.
As you become an advanced user, tables accessed through the ‘Views’ pane enable you to adjust
configuration information in a specific database. In addition, the tables in the ‘Views’ pane provide
you with easy access to specific lists of information, such as currently connected routers, level set
assignments, currently added devices, and so on.

Changes in Configuration pages appear in related tables in the Views pane

Wizards

in the

Tasks pane

populate

pages in

the

Configuration

pane

Changes in tables in the Views pane appear in related Configuration pages

and related

tables in

the Views

pane

Configuration data can be updated through both pages and tables. The pages accessed through the
‘Configuration’ pane and the tables accessed through the ‘Views’ pane share databases. Changes
made in one interface appear in other interfaces that share that database. For example, if the name
of a level set is updated in the ‘Level Sets’ page, the name is automatically updated in the ‘Level
Sets’ table and the ‘Level Set Details’ table.

Although both a page and table may update the same information, each interface enables you to
perform specific tasks more efficiently. Pages enable you to update several pieces of information
for a single item through a single interface; tables are useful for updating a limited, specific amount
of information for several items at once. Not all pages and tables update the same information; dif­ferent interfaces manage different, specific level set information.

NV9000-SE Utilities • User’s Guide 7

2. Using the Interface

The SE Utilities Window

The SE Utilities Window

The NV9000-SE interface is divided into two main areas: a navigation area and a work area, as
shown in Figure 2-1. When the application first launches, the work area is blank. A menu bar at the
top of the screen provides quick access to general tasks, such as opening, closing and saving files.

Menu Bar

Navigation

Area

Pane

Work Area

Figure 2-1. NV9000-SE Window

Navigation Area

The navigation area features four sections, called “panes.” Clicking on a pane slides it up to the top
of the navigation area to display a list of options. In Figure 2-1, the ‘Configuration’ pane has been
clicked, displaying a list of options related to configuration tasks. Clicking on an option title opens
related tabbed pages in the work area.

To scroll through panes in the navigation area, press CTRL+Tab on your keyboard.

Work Area

The work area displays tabbed windows (pages). In general, there are three types of windows that
display:

• Pages

•Table

• Wizard

— Lists all items of a selected type in the system or details for a selected item. Manages

almost all information for a selected, single item.

— Lists all items of a selected type in the system, based on specific, limited criteria, and

manages very specific information.

— A step-by-step guide that helps you perform a specific configuration task quickly and

accurately.

Pages, tables and wizards share databases so that changes in one interface updates all correspond­ing fields in all related interfaces.

To advance from field to field on a page, press TAB on your keyboard. To move between fields, but
in reverse, press SHIFT+TAB.

8 Rev 3.0 • 25 Mar 10

2. Using the Interface

The SE Utilities Window

Common Commands

Throughout the work area certain common commands appear. These commands perform the same
action no matter where they appear. On multi-destination display areas, you can press ‘Esc’ on your
keyboard to cancel an action or press ‘Enter’ on your keyboard to accept a change.

Many tabbed windows have
These buttons become enabled or disabled (grey-out) on a moment-by-moment basis depending on
whether the current page and data entry require the button. Click a button to perform the related
function.

•

Previous — Opens the previous page in the data entry cycle.

•

Next — Continues to the next page in the sequence.

•

Finish — Saves the current information and completes the procedure; clears all fields so that new

information can be entered immediately.

•

Save — Saves the current information and completes the procedure.

•

Revert to Saved — Ignores any current changes and restores data to the last time it was saved.

•

Cancel — Clears the fields without saving any information.

•

X — Closes the window or dialog box. If clicked before Finish or Save is clicked, the window

closes without saving any changes.

Previous, Next, Finish and Cancel buttons at the bottom of the screen.

Tabs

Information is organized into tabbed windows. Clicking a tab brings the related window forward.
The tab that is currently forward is active. All other tabs in the background are inactive.

To close the currently active tab (and window), from the menu bar, select ‘Window > Close Active
Tab’. The active tab closes.

To close all inactive tabs, from the menu bar, select ‘Window > Close Inactive Tabs’. The inactive
tabbed windows close, but the active tab remains open.

Tables

Data entered in a page or wizard is saved in tables. Tables are accessed through the ‘Views’ pane.
Tables can be adjusted to make viewing information easier:

• Adjust the position and width of the table columns by sliding the column dividers between the
column headers.

• Sort the table based on the data in a specific column by clicking the column header. Clicking
once gives an ascending sort (Z to A); clicking again gives a descending sort (A to Z).

• Some dialog boxes or pages have check boxes. When a check box is checked, the correspond­ing item is selected; if a check box is unchecked, the item is deselected.

Entering Data

Data is entered in fields. Fields can be “free text” in which you type in the data, or fields have drop­down lists from which an entry is selected.

Menu Bar

The menu bar displays near the top of the window and is always present. The menu bar provides
access to menu options that perform system tasks. To open a menu, click on title on the menu bar. A

NV9000-SE Utilities • User’s Guide 9

2. Using the Interface

Shortcuts

list of additional commands or a dialog box appears. Select the command or enter information in
the dialog box as directed. For more information on using each menu bar option, see the related
task in this User’s Guide.

There are 4 menus:

Shortcuts

File Provides commands for creating new configurations, opening existing configurations,

saving a configuration with a new name, importing and exporting configurations to zip
files, and exiting. (See Control Panels on page 231.)

System Opens the ‘Add Control System’ dialog box. See Managing System Parameters on

page 48.

Window Closes active or inactive windows in the work area.

Help Lists the software revision number and launches the online Help system.

Filters

Several pages have drop-down lists located at the top of the window, called “filters.” These filters
enable you to reduce the number of items listed to only those matching characters entered in the fil­ter fields. For example, a Name filter returns only items whose name matches the characters
entered in the filter field.

NV9000-SE has several shortcut commands. Shortcuts allow you to perform a task without having
to select a menu from the menu bar and then a menu option. Some of these shortcut commands are
listed on the menus while others are performed anywhere in the interface by using keyboard
strokes.

All shortcuts are performed using keys on your keyboard. ‘Ctrl’ represents the Control key, ‘Shift’
the Shift key, ‘S’ the S key, and so on. A plus sign—’+’—between keys indicates that you press the
first key, and while keeping it depressed, press the second key. You can use the ‘Shift’ key to select
a contiguous items or use the ‘Ctrl’ key to select non-contiguous items in a list.

Double-click Option

To select and open any item in any page listed in the ‘Configuration’ pane, simply double-click on
it. A page opens displaying details for that item.

File Menu

Instead of selecting the ‘File’ menu from the menu bar and then a menu option, you can use the fol­lowing keyboard strokes:

•‘Ctrl’

+ ‘N’ — Creates a new configuration.

•‘Ctrl’

+ ‘O’ — Opens a new configuration.

•‘Ctrl’

+ ‘S — Saves the current configuration.

10 Rev 3.0 • 25 Mar 10