Grass Valley NV9648 User Manual

NV9648

NV9000 Control Panel

User’s Guide

UG0075-01

20 Nov 2014

Copyright & Trademark Notice

Copyright © 2014 Grass Valley. All rights reserved.

Belden, Belden Sending All The Right Signals, and the Belden logo are trademarks or
registered trademarks of Belden Inc. or its affiliated companies in the United States and
other jurisdictions. Grass Valley, NVISION, NV9000, NV9000-SE Utilities, and NV9648 are
trademarks or registered trademarks of Grass Valley. Belden Inc., Grass Valley, and other
parties may also have trademark rights in other terms used herein.

Terms and Conditions

Please read the following terms and conditions carefully. By using NV9648 documentation,
you agree to the following terms and conditions.

Grass Valley hereby grants permission and license to owners of NV9648 routers to use their
product manuals for their own internal business use. Manuals for Grass Valley products may
not be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical,
including photocopying and recording, for any purpose unless specifically authorized in
writing by Grass Valley.

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

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

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

Title NV9648 User’s Guide

Part Number UG0075-01

Revision 1.1 (20 Nov 14)

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Change History

Rev. Date ECO Description Approved

1.0 24 Apr 13 18826 Initial release D.Cox

1.1 20 Nov 14 19357 New format. Added Korean compliance statement.

Safety Compliance

Korean Compliance (KCC) Statement

이 기기는 업무용 (A 급 ) 전자파적합기기로서 판
매자

또는 사용자는 이 점을 주의하시기 바라

며

, 가정외의 지역에서 사용하는 것을 목적으로

합니다

Please note this is a Class A device. Sellers or users need to take note of this and should not
use this equipment in a domestic environment.

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Client assignments (in server mode) preserved over
power cycles.

KCC-REM-XEI-NV8500

급 기기

A
( 업무용 방송통신 기자재 )
Class A Equipment
(Commercial Broadcasting & Communication Equipment)

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FCC Statement

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

Declaration of Conformance (CE)

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

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

Software License Agreement and Warranty Information

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

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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.

WAR NIN G

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.

Restriction on Hazardous Substances (RoHs)

Grass Valley is in compliance with EU Directive RoHS 2002/95/EC governing the restricted
use of certain hazardous substances and materials in products and in our manufacturing
processes.

Grass Valley has a substantial program in place for RoHS compliance that includes significant
investment in our manufacturing process, and a migration of Grass Valley product electronic
components and structural materials to RoHS compliance.

It is our objective at Miranda GVD to maintain compliance with all relevant environmental
and product regulatory requirements. Detailed information on specific products or on the
RoHS program at Grass Valley is available from Grass Valley Customer Support at

1-800-719-1900 (toll-free) or
1-530-265-1000 (outside the U.S.).

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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.

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

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.

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• 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 outlet that is easily accessible.

• To reduce the risk of electrical shock, plug each power suppy cord into a separate
branch circuit having a separate service ground.

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Table of Contents

1 Preface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Chapter Structure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

The PDF Document . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Terms, Conventions and Abbreviations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Other Documentation and Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

2 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Function Buttons and Displays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Tally Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Modes of Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

‘Panel Client’ Mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Saved Client Assignments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

‘Panel Standalone’ Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

‘LCD Min XY/MD’ Mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Additional Modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Other NV9648 Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

3 Installation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Package Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Installing Software and Documentation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Initialization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Testing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

4 Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Adding a Panel to an NV9000 Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

NV9648 Panel Configuration Page(s). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Common Page Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Panel Graphic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

GPIO Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Commitment Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Clear Configuration Button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Common Configuration Tasks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Configuration Page for Client Mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Characteristics of Client Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Client Mode Panel Options. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Configuration Page for Standalone Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Characteristics of Standalone Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Standalone Panel Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

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Configuration Page for LCD XY/MD Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Characteristics of LCD XY/MD Mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

The Button Page Table. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Panel Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Button Page List. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Button Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Button Specification. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Button Functions for Client Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Button Functions for Standalone Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Button Functions for LCD XY/MD Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

‘Edit Navigation Button’ Dialog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Automatic Fill Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Selection Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Selection Button Behavior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

X-Y Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

MD Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Populating the MD Device List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Selection. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

XY Mode

XY Mode — Hold Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

MD Mode

MD Mode — Hold Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Display Indexes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Single-Destination Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Multi-Destination Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

How to Configure MD Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

MD Destination Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

User-Definable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

User-Selectable. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

— Normal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

— Normal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

5 Operation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Buttons and Button Legends . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Behavioral Models . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Client Mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

Saved NV9648 Assignments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

Button Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

Standalone Model. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

LCD XY/MD Model . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Additional Modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

Operating Concepts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Levels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Breakaway . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Level Grouping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Hold . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Breakaway . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Multi-Destination Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Category Selection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Lock, Protect, and Release . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Takes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

Name Sets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

Data Routing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

Automatic Data Routing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

Manual Data Routing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

Semi-Automatic Data Routing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

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Button Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

Buttons for the Client Model. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

Destination Lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

Destination Protect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

Quick Source . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

Source . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

Take . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

Undefined. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

Buttons for the Standalone Model . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

Destination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

Destination Lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

Destination Protect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

Quick Source . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

Salvo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

Source . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

Take . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

Undefined. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

Buttons for the LCD XY/MD Model . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

Back . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

Category . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

Clear Preset . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

Destination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

Destination Lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

Destination Protect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

[Forward] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

Hold . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

Level Map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

Navigate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

Page Down . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

Page Up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

Panel Lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

Previous Source . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

Quick Source . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

Salvo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

Selection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

Source . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

Take . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

Undefined. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

X-Y Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

XY/MD Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

Operating Methods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

Client Model Procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

Procedure A — Preset a Source Using the Knob . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

Procedure B — Preset a Source Using a Keypad. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

Procedure C — Assign a New Source to a NV9648 Source Button. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

Procedure D — Assign a New Destination to a NV9648 Control Unit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

Procedure E — Takes Using Source Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

Procedure F — Takes Using Quick Source Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

Menu Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

Software Versions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

User . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

Panel Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Button Illumination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

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Setup Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

Panel ID. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

Software Versions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

Panel Test. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

6 GPIO. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

The Interface. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

Input . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

Output . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

GPIO Configuration Concepts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

The GPIO Section of the NV9648 Page. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

Configuring Outputs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

Configuring Inputs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79

7 Technical Details . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

Power Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

NV9648 Specifications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

Environmental Specifications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83

Defaults . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83

Initial Panel State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83

Configuration Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83

DHCP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83

Drawings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83

8 Misc. Topics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87

LCD Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87

Power Cord Retention . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87

Ordering Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

Glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91

Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93

Contact Us . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101

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Chapter 1 is an introduction to the NV9648 User’s Guide.

Topics

Chapter Structure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

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Chapter Structure

The following chapters provide detailed information regarding the NV9648 Control Panel:

• Chapter 1, Preface, (this chapter) outlines ways to use this guide.

• Chapter 2, Introduction, provides a functional description of the NV9648.

• Chapter 3, Installation, provides installation, connection, and initialization instructions.

• Chapter 4, Configuration, provides configuration instructions.

This chapter is for configurers, primarily.

• Chapter 5, Operation, provides operating instructions.

This chapter is for operators, primarily.

• Chapter 6, GPIO, describes the tally (a.k.a. GPIO) interface and tells you how to configure it.

• Chapter 7, Tech nical Det ails, provides electrical, mechanical, and environmental specifica-

tions, product drawings, and default settings.

• Chapter 8, Misc. Topics, presents a glossary and miscellaneous instructions and information.

• An Index is also provided for your reference.

Preface

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• Use Acrobat’s extensive search capabilities, such as the ‘Find’ tool and ‘Search’ tool to per-

form comprehensive searches as required.

Terms, Conventions and Abbreviations

The following conventions are used throughout this guide:

• The symbol p denotes either an example or a special message.

• Entries enclosed in single quotation marks or Capital Letters denote physical control panel

buttons, configuration buttons, or menu items.

• Click ‘Apply’ to ...

• Press the SRC 12 button ...

The following terms and abbreviations are used throughout this guide:

• The term “control panel” refers to the NV9648 control panel and to NV96xx control panels, in

general.

• “High tally” means that a button is brightly illuminated. High-tally usually means that the

button function is selected or active.

• “Low tally” means that a button is illuminated at low intensity. Most buttons assume a low

tally state until selected.

• “SE” is an abbreviation used in this document for NV9000-SE Utilities.

Other Documentation and Software

You should read and be familiar with the material presented in the following documents:

• NV9000 Quickstart Guide.

• NV9000-SE Utilities User’s Guide (or NV9000-SE Utilities help files).

• The router manuals for whatever routers you have in your system.

You should also be familiar with the NV9000-SE Utilities software and NV9000 router control
systems.

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Displays (3)

Func tion
Buttons (3
Groups of 9)

GPIO (tally)

Ethernet Serial (RS-232)

Power (2)

Introduction

Chapter 2 provides a functional description of the NV9648.

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Function Buttons and Displays
Tally Interface
Modes of Operation
Other NV9648 Functions

The NV9648 is a 2RU half-width panel, approximately 3” deep. Two NV9648s can be mounted in
a rack side-by-side with a rack mounting kit (part number NV9649-48-RMK).

The panel is organized as shown in figures 2-1 and 2-2:

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Fig. 2-1: NV9648 Front

At the rear, the panel has power, serial, and network connectors, and a 25-pin GPIO (tally)
connector that supports 4 optically isolated relay outputs and 8 optically isolated inputs:

Fig. 2-2: NV9648 Rear

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Function Buttons and Displays

The NV9648 has 3 very different operating modes (or behavioral models):

• ‘Panel Client’ mode. For brevity, we can call this “client” mode.

When the panel is in “client” mode, it operates in conjunction with an NV9649 and other
NV9648s. The NV9649 is the “server” and the NV9648s are the “clients.” The NV9649 and the
NV9648s combine to form, in essence, a larger panel — actually a cluster of many small pan­els. The NV9649, being the server, can control which sources and destinations the NV9648s
can select. See ‘Panel Client’ Mode

• ‘Panel Standalone’ mode. For brevity, we can call this “standalone” mode.

When the panel is in “standalone” mode, it functions much the way it does in “client” mode,
but with a few added button functions. See ‘Panel Standalone’ Mode

• ‘LCD Min XY/MD’ mode. For brevity, we can call this LCD XY/MD mode.

In this mode, the panel also operates standalone, but has a richer function set. The panel’s
buttons are used in a hierarchical fashion: pressing a ‘navigation’ button causes the panel to
display a new set of button functions or a “button page.” There can be many such pages,
organized in a configurable tree structure.

The operator can switch the panel between “X-Y mode” and multi-destination (MD) mode. In
X-Y mode, the operator can perform takes (and locks) on individually selected levels. In MD
mode, takes occur on all levels, but the operator can perform takes to multiple destinations
simultaneously. See ‘LCD Min XY/MD’ Mode

The panel’s 27 buttons and 3 displays are used in very different ways in the 3 modes.

on page 5.

on page 6.

on page 7.

Function Buttons and Displays

At the front, the panel is divided into 3 sections. Each section has 1 display and 9 buttons. Refer
to Figure 2-1.

Each display is an 8-character alphanumeric LED display.

Each function button incorporates a 64×32 LCD. The buttons’ LCDs can be illuminated in 7
colors: red, green, yellow, blue, purple, amber, and grey. Each LCD can be off, bright (high-tally)
or dim (low-tally) depending on what the operator is doing and what functions are selected.

A button’s LCD (when it is not off ) presents the button legend. Some button legends are fixed.
Source and destination buttons, for example, show the source or destination mnemonic. Some
button legends vary. Selection buttons have 3 lines of text, the top line displaying the current
source, the middle line displaying the preset source, and the bottom line displaying the level (in
X-Y mode) or MD device in MD mode.

The buttons and displays are used differently in the 3 operating modes.

In client mode and in standalone mode, each section functions as a complete and separate
panel, unrelated to the other two sections. Each displays shows the source or destination
chosen for its section. (When the panel is in client mode, the NV9649 server panel can reassign
the destination and sources to each section of each NV9648.)

In LCD XY/MD mode, all 3 sections are integrated. The displays show, in MD mode, respectively,
from left to right, (1) the current source, (2) the preset source, and (3) the selected destination.
All 27 function buttons form a “button page” in a hierarchical structure of button pages.

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Tally Interface

At the rear of the panel is a DB25 connector that provides 8 tally inputs and 4 tally outputs. (The
outputs are solid state relay outputs.) Both inputs and outputs are optically isolated.

During configuration, you can construct Boolean logic that switches the outputs on or off. The
terms of the logic expressions are states of the source and destination devices, etc., controlled
by the NV9000 control system.

During configuration, you can prescribe NV9648 behavior that depends on the tally inputs.

What you connect to the tally interface is, of course, up to you. Grass Valley provides a breakout
cable (WC0053) for the tally connector as a purchase option.

The NV9000-SE Utilities on-line help documentation calls the tally interface a GPIO interface. On
the rear of the panel, it is labeled a “GPI interface.”

NV9648

User’s Guide

See chapter 6, GPIO

Modes of Operation

The NV9648 has 3 operating modes (or behavioral models). The panel’s 27 buttons and 3
displays are used in very different ways in the 3 modes.

‘Panel Client’ Mode

When the panel is in “client” mode, it operates in conjunction with an NV9649 and other
NV9648s. The NV9649 is the “server” and the NV9648s are the “clients.” The NV9649 and the
NV9648s combine to form, in essence, a larger panel — actually a cluster of many small control
units. The NV9649, being the server, can control which sources and destinations the NV9648s
can select.

Each NV9648 has 3 identical sections and, in client mode, each section functions as a complete
and separate control unit, unrelated to the other two sections. Each displays shows a destina­tion chosen by the operator of the NV9649.

In client mode, the control unit shows the current source in its display when the NV9649 server
is in source mode and the destination when NV9649 is in destination mode.

, on page 75, for complete detail.

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NV9649 (1)

3 Panel Sections (7x)

NV9648 (7)

Modes of Operation

Here is an example of a system with an NV9649 and 7 NV9648 clients:

In this example, there are 21 control sections in addition to the controls of the NV9649. At any
moment, the operator can route to 21 destinations. The operator can, of course, assign different
destinations to the control units at any time. The function buttons in each unit apply only to the
destination assigned to the unit.

Saved Client Assignments

Every time an operator assigns a destination to an NV9648 client or assigns a source to a source
button of a client, those assignments are recorded within the NV9000 system controller. There­fore, if and when the system controller undergoes a power cycle, the source and destination
assigments of all the NV9648 clients are preserved.

The NV9649 (server) can be configured so that up to 12 different sets of client assignments (or
“set-ups” as they are called in the NV9649’s menu) can be defined, selected, redefined, and
otherwise managed as different operators choose.

A NV9649 always has a default setup and may have eleven other named setups.

‘Panel Standalone’ Mode

When the panel is in “standalone” mode, it functions much the way it does in “client” mode, but
it does not require the presence of an NV9649 and has a few added button function types, in
particular a destination section button.

In standalone mode, each of the panel’s 3 control sections functions as a complete and separate
control unit, unrelated to the other two sections. Each unit’s display shows the destination
chosen for its section. If the unit has no destination selected, the display reads “NO DEST.”

Each of the 3 units can be configured with a default destination.

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User’s Guide

‘LCD Min XY/MD’ Mode

When the panel is in LCD XY/MD mode, the panel also operates standalone, not requiring the
presence of an NV9649, and has a moderately richer function set. The panel’s buttons can be
used in a hierarchical fashion: pressing a ‘navigation’ button causes the panel to display a new
set of configured button functions, called a “button page.” There can be many such pages, orga­nized in a configurable tree structure.

The operator can switch the panel between “X-Y mode” and multi-destination (MD) mode. In
X-Y mode, the operator can perform takes (and locks) on individually selected levels for a single
destination at a time. In MD mode, takes occur on all levels, but the operator can perform takes
to multiple destinations simultaneously.

Under the LCD XY/MD model, the 3 sections of the panel are integrated. The displays show,
respectively, from left to right, (1) the current source, (2) the preset source, and (3) the selected
destination. All 27 function buttons form a “button page” in a hierarchical structure of button
pages.

The panel supports the use of multiple ‘selection’ buttons. When the panel is in X-Y mode, the
selection buttons select levels. When the panel is in MD mode, the selection buttons select MD
devices (which are destinations). If there are more levels (or more MD devices) than there are
selection buttons, the operator can press a ‘Page Up’ or ‘Page Down’ button to scroll through
the list of levels (or, in MD mode, the list of MD devices).

Additional Modes

Additional but secondary modes of panel operation are:

• Setup mode — where the NV9648 is freshly powered up, but disconnected from the net-

work. In this mode, you can preset the NV9648’s panel ID and perform a few diagnostic tasks.

See S

etup Mode on page 71.

• Menu mode — pressing a menu button places the NV9648 in “menu” mode. In menu mode,

the buttons lose their normal functions and become part of a menu that changes as needed
during menu operation.

See Menu Mode

Other modes of operation are:

on page 68.

• Hold mode — when you press the ‘Hold’ button, hold mode becomes active and when you

press it again, hold mode becomes inactive. See Hold

Hold mode is available when the panel is operating under the LCD XY/MD model.

Other NV9648 Functions

The NV9648 can be configured to perform the following additional functions:

• Previous source and free source.

• System salvos.

• Lock/protect/release for destinations.

• Device selection using categories and indexes or suffixes.

• Multiple- and single-level breakaways.

on page 61.

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Other NV9648 Functions

Most of these capabilities are available only under the ‘LCD Min XY/MD’ behavioral model.

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Installing Software and Documentation
Initialization
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Package Contents

If you have ordered one or more NV9648 control panels from Grass Valley, inspect the shipping
container for damage. If you find any container damage, unpack and inspect the contents. If the
contents are damaged, notify the carrier immediately.

As you unpack the shipping container, look for the packing slip and compare it against the
contents to verify that you received everything as ordered. If anything is missing (or if you find
equipment damage unrelated to shipping), please contact technical support. Refer to Grass

Valley Technical Support on page 101.

Depending on your order, the NV9648 items that can ship include:

• One or more NV9648 control panels.

• One or two power supplies for each NV9648, with straps that secure the AC power cords to

the power supplies.

• One or more rack-mounting kits (NV9649-48-RMK).

• Optional WC0053 breakout cable.

The package does not contain network cables, serial cables, or mounting screws. (The rack­mounting kit, if present, does contain screws.)

You do not need to take any special precautions regarding ESD.

This document does address the relationship of the NV9648 to the NV9649. Otherwise, this
document does not address the shipment or installation of any other equipment or software
that can be used in conjunction with the NV9648 (including the NV9000 system controller,
NV915 system controller, other NV96xx control panels, EC9700 GUI, EC9710 GUI, and configura­tion programs such as UniConfig or NV9000-SE Utilities).

This document does briefly address the use of NV9000-SE Utilities and the Panel IP Configura­tion Utility as they pertain to panel configuration.

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Installation

Follow these steps to install a NV9648 control panel:

1 Mount, and secure, the panel(s) in the rack.

The NV9648 is designed to mount in a 19” rack. Rack-mounting is not a requirement.

The NV9648 is a 2RU half-width panel: you can install two of them side by side in a rack. Rack
mounting (either one or two NV9648s) requires a rack mounting bracket such as the one in
Grass Valley’s NV9649-48-RMK (rack-mounting kit). The kit contains two parts, (1) the bracket
itself and (2) a filler plate for brackets that will hold only one panel. The kit provides 8 mount­ing screws for attaching the panels to the bracket.

The NV9648 mounts on the kit’s bracket using 4 screws. The bracket has two apertures in
which the connectors at the rear of the panel are exposed:

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The filler plate and the NV9648 attach to the bracket in the same way. Each may be placed
on either side of the bracket.

See Drawings

on page 83 for bracket dimensions.

Once the panel(s) are attached to the bracket, you can place the bracket in position in your
rack. Attach the bracket to the rack frame, using screws appropriate for your rack. The
bracket’s mounting slots are spaced 3.00” (76.2mm) vertically and allow approximately 1/8”
(3mm) of movement horizontally.

2 We assume that you have an Ethernet switch connected to the “Panel and Router Network”

port of your system controller. Connect an Ethernet cable from that switch to the RJ-45 port
at the rear of the NV9648.

3 Connect one or both power supplies. First connect the 4-pin connector to PS1 or PS2 on the

rear of the router. The connectors are keyed and snap into place. There is only one way they
fit. Do not force them. Then connect the power supply to AC power.

A second power connection is for redundancy only (protection against failure) and is not a

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ADDRESSADDRESS

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ENTER ENTER
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TEST TEST
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EXIT EXIT

requirement for operation.

Refer to Power Specifications

Power Cord Retention

on page 81 for details on the PS0001 power supply. See also

on page 87.

4 Connect tally (GPIO) input devices and output devices at the DB25 GPI connector.

You can use the optional WC0053 breakout cable to make these connections.

See chapter 6, GPIO

, on page 75 for detail regarding the tally interface.

Installing Software and Documentation

This document is available through the Grass Valley web site.

You must use NV9000-SE Utilities to configure the NV9648 control panel. Contact Grass Valley if
you need to obtain the latest version of this NV9000 configuration software.

You may use the Panel IP Configuration Utility if you want to your NV9648 to have a static IP
address (with respect to the NV9000) or to use DHCP. The panel, as it comes from the factory,
defaults to DHCP.

NV9648

User’s Guide

Initialization

Before your NV9000 system controller can communicate with an NV9648, you must give it a
panel ID. Follow these steps for each NV9648 you are installing:

1 Power up the NV9648. Do not connect its Ethernet cable. (Disconnect it if it is connected.)

2 Press the menu button. The panel now displays a menu of 3 items:

After a few seconds, the display will show ‘Acquire IP Address’ at the top left and show the
panel’s current panel ID:

The menu button, with which to access the setup functions, is at the lower right.

Press ‘Enter Panel ID’ to go to the panel ID menu. Or press ‘Exit’ to leave the menu.

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Testing

3 The panel ID menu has a numeric “keypad” with which you can enter a new panel ID:

The panel shows the current panel ID in the right-most display. It shows the panel ID you are
entering in the first button under that display.

If you make a mistake, press ‘Clear’ to erase your entry and start over.

When you have entered a panel ID correctly, press ‘Save’.

Press ‘Exit’ at any time to leave the panel ID menu. You might have to press ‘Exit’ more than
once to leave the menu entirely.

4 After you enter the panel ID, reconnect the Ethernet cable. The NV9000 system controller

can detect your panel in a few seconds. (All panel IDs must be unique.) But it will do so only
when the NV9000 has a panel configuration defined for this panel ID.

You can now prepare an NV9648 configuration in NV9000-SE Utilities and upload the configura­tion to the NV9000. You need the panel ID to create a NV9648 configuration. When you upload
the configuration, the panel ID you entered in NV9000-SE Utilities designates the actual panel to
which the upload will occur. If no actual panel has that ID, the upload cannot occur.

When you restart the NV9000 system controller with the appropriate panel configuration, the
NV9648 you have configured should become active. Its buttons and displays will turn on,
showing meaningful data.

Testing

A panel test function is available when the NV9648 is disconnected from the system controller.
Run the test to determine the health of your NV9648. See S
can also view the software version numbers under setup mode.

These are points to consider after you install your NV9648 control panel(s):

1 Do the buttons illuminate? When an NV9648 powers up, one or more of its buttons are sup-

posed to turn green or amber. Does it pass the panel test mentioned above?

2 When the NV9648 powers up and it is connected to the system controller, it should initialize

completely. (That takes a few seconds.) The NV9000 system should load whatever configura­tion exists for that panel and the buttons appropriate for its configuration should light.

If you continue to see “No Server,” “Acquire IP Address,” or “Locating Network,” you have a
problem. Reboot everything and try again.

 The NV9648, by default, acquires its IP address through DHCP on the NV9000’s panel/

If (in setup mode) you do not see your designated panel ID in the top left button, you have
either not initialized the panel or no configuration has been created for your panel in

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etup Mode on page 71 for detail. You

router network. You can use the Panel IP Configuration Utility to force the panel to have a
static IP address.

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User’s Guide

3 Is the NV9000 system controller actually running? With the typical noise levels in a facility, it

can sometimes be difficult to tell. Use the ‘System’ pages of NV9000-SE Utilities to make the
determination.

4 Is NV9000-SE Utilities installed and operating? If so, can you upload a configuration to the

specified panel?

5 Does the configuration actually work? Is it useful? Can the operator perform takes and per-

form other operations?

You might want to consider how well your operator interface works in addition to the basic
question of whether it works.

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Configuration

Chapter 4 provides configuration instructions for the NV9648.

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Adding a Panel to an NV9000 Configuration
NV9648 Panel Configuration Page(s)
Button Page List
Button Definitions
Selection Buttons
Single-Destination Mode
Multi-Destination Configuration

This chapter addresses configurers. Operators and other persons not interested in NV9648
configuration need not read this chapter.

The NV9648 is a relatively simple panel. It has 27 function buttons, 3 small displays, and a GPIO
(tally) interface. The displays and function buttons are organized into 3 groups, each group
having 1 display and 9 function buttons.

Each display shows 8 characters.

Each function button has a color LCD, 64×32, that provides up to 3 lines of text, 8 characters per
line, in several colors and at two levels, bright (high-tally) and dim (low-tally). When a button is
undefined, unassigned, or momentarily disabled, its LCD is off and we say the button is “dark.”

The NV9648 panel can be configured to operate under 3 behavioral models (or operating
modes):

• ‘Panel Client’ mode.

When the panel is in “client” mode, it operates in conjunction with an NV9649 and other
NV9648s. The NV9649 is the “server” and the NV9648s are the “clients.” The NV9649, being
the server, can control which sources and destinations the NV9648s can select. To some
extent, it can control the functioning of the clients.

• ‘Panel Standalone’ mode.

When the panel is in “standalone” mode, it functions much the way it does in “client” mode,
but with a slightly different function set. In standalone mode, an NV9649 is not required.

• ‘LCD Min XY/MD’ mode.

In this mode, the panel also operates standalone, but has a richer function set. The panel’s
buttons are used in a hierarchical fashion: pressing a ‘navigation’ button causes the panel to
display a new set of button functions or a “button page.” There can be many such pages,
organized in a configurable tree structure.

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Adding a Panel to an NV9000 Configuration

The operator can switch the panel between “X-Y mode” and multi-destination (MD) mode. In
X-Y mode, the operator can perform takes (and locks) on individually selected levels. In MD
mode, takes occur on all levels, but the operator can perform takes to multiple destinations
simultaneously.

The panel’s 27 buttons and 3 displays are used in very different ways in the 3 modes.

At the rear of the panel, a DB25 connector supports 8 tally inputs and 4 tally outputs. See
Chapter 6, GPIO

NV9000-SE Utilities is the software with which to configure the NV9648. Figures 4-1, 4-2, and 4-3,
following, show typical NV9648 panel configurations (in NV9000-SE Utilities) for each of the
behavioral models.

, on page 75.

Adding a Panel to an NV9000 Configuration

You must create configurations for the NV9648 using NV9000-SE Utilities. We assume that you
are familiar enough with NV9000-SE Utilities that you can understand the following material. It
is not difficult material, but some of the concepts might not be familiar to everyone.

It takes only a few seconds to add a new panel configuration.

After launching NV9000-SE Utilities, choose ‘Control Panels’ from the Configuration pane in the
navigation area. The ‘Control Panels’ configuration page appears:

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Click ‘Add Control Panel’ at the bottom of the configuration page.

The ‘Add Control Panel’ page appears:

NV9648

User’s Guide

Choose “NV9648” from the ‘Type’ field. In the ID field, enter the panel ID you assigned to the
panel while it was in setup mode. Give a name to the panel in the name field and select a user.

When you are creating a panel configuration you have 3 options. These options are presented in
the ‘Configuration Options’ area:

1 Make a copy of an existing configuration file, giving it a new file name.

2 Use an existing configuration file. (This allows several panels to share a single configuration.)

3 Create an entirely new configuration file.

In the first and third cases, you will create a new configuration file whose name you designate.
The file extension for an NV9648 configuration file is

.648. Click ‘Next’ or ‘Finish’ to proceed.

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NV9648 Panel Configuration Page(s)

Return to the ‘Control Panels’ page to view your new entry. To edit an NV9648 configuration,
either double-click its list entry or select the entry and then click ‘Edit Selected Control Panels’:

You will then see the panel configuration page for the selected NV9648.

The following section of this guide discusses using the panel configuration page in which you
configure an NV9648.

NV9648 Panel Configuration Page(s)

The NV9648 panel can be configured to operate under 3 behavioral models:

• ‘Panel Client’ mode.

• ‘Panel Standalone’ mode.

• ‘LCD Min XY/MD’ mode.

(The behavioral model is selected in the first entry
options.)

The panel configuration pages for the 3 models differ greatly. The set of button functions differ
and the panel options also differ.

However, the configuration pages do have some common features.

Common Page Features

Panel Graphic

At the top of the page is a graphic representation of the NV9648 panel. Above the graphic is a
the pathname of the panel’s configuration file. (This file corresponds to what you are editing,
which will eventually be sent to the NV9000.)

Configurers must click a button “proxy” in the graphic to select the button for configuration.

— a drop-down list — among the panel

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GPIO Section

In this section, configurers may define GPIO logic. The control panel has a rear connector that
provides 4 relay outputs and 8 optically isolated inputs. The section has two parts: inputs and
outputs.

By clicking on one of the input or output buttons, you can configure the input or output.

(The NV9648 has no actual tally buttons. These buttons represent the DB25 connector at the
rear. The buttons are present in the configuration page to allow you to configure the tally
interface.)

If you are interested in configuring the tally interface, read chapter 6, GPIO

, on page 75.

Commitment Buttons

Two buttons at the bottom of the configuration page are self-explanatory and present on most
configuration pages:

• Revert to Saved. Press this button if you want to discard any recent changes you have made.

• Save. Press this button to commit all your recent changes.

Neither of these actions is reversible.

The ‘Save and Close’ button, also at the bottom, dismisses the configuration page in addition to
saving the configuration changes.

Clear Configuration Button

The ‘Clear Configuration’ button, located in the ‘Panel Options’ section, completely empties the
configuration, reverting to default values. The button does not, however, change the selected
behavioral model.

Common Configuration Tasks

The person configuring an NV9648 panel will want to consider how best to use the buttons to
support the devices and routers in the router control system at hand. The task is non-trivial. In
support of that effort, the configurer will do the following:

• Select panel options.

• Assign functions to buttons.

• Define logic for some or all of the tally inputs and outputs.

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Button

Definition

Section

GPIO

Definitions

Panel
Options

Panel

Image:

NV9648 Panel Configuration Page(s)

Configuration Page for Client Mode

This is a sample NV9648 panel configuration page for client mode:

Fig. 4-1: NV9648 Configuration Page (in Client Mode)

There are 5 button function types for a panel in client mode:

Destination Lock Destination Protect Quick Source

Source Take

These are described in Button Functions for Client Mode

on page 34.

Characteristics of Client Mode

The panel has 3 sections that are independent control units. Each unit — having one display and
9 buttons

One or more NV9648s (clients) operate with an NV9649 (server). The NV9649 can assign a desti­nation to any of an NV9648’s sections and also assign sources to the source buttons of any of an
NV9648’s sections.

In client mode, clients show current sources in their displays when the NV9649 is in source mode
and show the sections’ destinations when the NV9649 is in destination mode.

(Refer to the NV9649 Users’ Guide.)

 Before you can complete an NV9648 “client” configuration, you must have defined an

— corresponds to a destination.

NV9649 server configuration. The NV9648 references the NV9649 by its panel ID.

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Client Mode Panel Options

In a client mode configuration, the panel options section, at the right of the configuration page,
has 6 drop-down menus (and no checkbox options). These are the drop-down menus:

 By making a selection in the behavioral model field, you change the content of the entire

configuration page, including the set of panel options. In changing the model, you effec­tively clear the entire configuration.

These are the drop-down menu options for the panel in client mode:

Panel Behavioral
Model

Release Mode Normal Release This panel can release “locks” and “protects” set by the designated

Display 1 device None After a reset, the panel displays no destination device. in display 1

Display 2 device None After a reset, the panel displays no destination device. in display 2

Panel Client Mode In client mode, the panel interoperates with an NV9649 and other

NV9648s, the NV9649 being configured as the “server” to the client
panels. It is in the ‘Master Panel’ drop-down list that you specify
which NV9649 is the “server” for this panel.

The panel’s 3 control sections are independent of each other.

Panel Standalone
Mode

LCD M in XY/MD
Mode

Force Release This panel can release locks and protects set by any user.

‹device› The panel uses the specified device as the destination after a reset.

‹device› The panel uses the specified device as the destination after a reset.

In standalone mode, the panel behaves as if it were in client mode,
but it does not require an NV9649 server and can stand alone.

The panel’s 3 control sections are independent of each other.

In LCD XY/MD mode, the panel has a rich function set. The operator
can choose either X-Y mode or multi-destination mode.

The panel’s 3 control sections are not independent, but integrated.

The terms “LCD” and “Min” have no particular meaning.

user (at this panel or any other panel).

(the left-most display). This is not recommended.

(the middle display). This is not recommended.

Display 3 device None After a reset, the panel displays no destination device. in display 3

(the right-most display). This is not recommended.

‹device› The panel uses the specified device as the destination after a reset.

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Button

Definition

Section

GPIO

Definitions

Panel
Options

Panel

Image:

NV9648 Panel Configuration Page(s)

Master Panel ‹panel ID› The NV9648 in client mode must be associated with the NV9649

Configuration Page for Standalone Mode

This is a sample NV9648 panel configuration page for standalone mode:

server identified by ‹panel ID›.

Selecting a panel ID in this field presupposes that you have previ­ously defined an NV9649 configuration (even if it is incomplete at
the time you are configuring the NV9648).

Do not let this field remain blank.

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Fig. 4-2: NV9648 Configuration Page (in Standalone Mode)

There are 7 button function types for a panel in standalone mode:

Destination Destination Lock Destination Protect

Quick Source Salvo Source

Tak e

These are described in Button Functions for Standalone Mode

on page 34.

Characteristics of Standalone Mode

The panel in standalone mode functions much the same way it does in client mode, but (1) does
not require the presence of an NV9649 and (2) provides 2 additional button functions.

As under client mode, the panel has 3 sections that are independent control units. Each unit
corresponds to a destination that is selectable.

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Each section’s display shows its own destination. (The display reads “NO DEST” if no destination
has been selected.

Standalone Panel Options

In a standalone configuration, the panel options section, at the right of the configuration page,
has 6 drop-down menus (and no checkbox options):

By making a selection in the behavioral model field, you change the content of the entire
configuration, including the set of panel options.

These are the drop-down menu options for the panel in standalone mode:

Panel Behavioral
Model

Release Mode Normal Release This panel can release “locks” and “protects” set by the designated

Display 1 device None After a reset, the panel displays no destination device. in display 1

Display 2 device None After a reset, the panel displays no destination device. in display 2

Panel Client Mode In client mode, the panel interoperates with an NV9649 and other

NV9648s, the NV9649 being configured as the “server” to the client
panels.

The panel’s 3 control sections are independent of each other.

Panel Standalone
Mode

LCD M in XY/MD
Mode

Force Release This panel can release locks and protects set by any user.

‹device› The panel uses the specified device as the destination after a reset.

‹device› The panel uses the specified device as the destination after a reset.

In standalone mode, the panel behaves as if it were in client mode,
but it does not require an NV9649 server and can stand alone.

The panel’s 3 control sections are independent of each other.

In LCD XY/MD mode, the panel has a rich function set. The operator
can choose either X-Y mode or multi-destination mode.

The panel’s 3 control sections are not independent, but integrated.

The terms “LCD” and “Min” have no particular meaning.

user (at this panel or any other panel).

(the left-most display). This is not recommended.

(the middle display). This is not recommended.

Display 3 device None After a reset, the panel displays no destination device. in display 3

(the right-most display). This is not recommended.

‹device› The panel uses the specified device as the destination after a reset.

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Preset Monitor None The preset source video is not sent to a monitor.

Status Monitor None The current source video is not sent to a monitor.

Default Name Set System Name A list of “name sets” appears in the drop-down menu. The name

‹device› The preset source video for the selected destination appears on

the specified monitor (device).

‹device› The current source video for the selected destination appears on

the specified monitor (device).

sets can be defined under the System Management pane of
NV9000-SE Utilities. Choose ‘System Name’ in this list if you do not
want, or do not care about, alternate device names. Do not choose
‘System Name’ if you are configuring any ‘Name Set Toggle’ but­tons.

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Configuration Page for LCD XY/MD Mode

Button

Definition

Section

Page

Tab le

Panel
Options

Panel Image:

GPIO Defi-

nitions

This is a sample NV9648 panel configuration page for XY/MD mode:

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Fig. 4-3: NV9648 Configuration Page (in XY/MD Mode)

There are 21 button function types for a panel in XY/MD mode:

Back Category Clear Preset

Destination Destination Lock Destination Protect

Hold Level Map Menu

Navigate Page Down Page Up

Panel Lock Previous Source Quick Source

Salvo Selection Source

Take X-Y Display XY/MD Mode

These are described in Button Functions for

LCD XY/MD Mode on page 35.

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Characteristics of LCD XY/MD Mode

The panel in LCD XY/MD mode has a more extensive function set than panels in client mode or
standalone mode. In LCD XY/MD mode too, the panel does not require the presence of an
NV9649.

The panel’s 3 sections are not independent control units, but integrated into a single larger
control unit. The 3 displays together show the current source, the preset source, and the current
destination. All 27 function buttons form a “button page” in a hierarchical structure of button
pages.

The panel’s buttons can be used in a hierarchical fashion: pressing a ‘navigation’ button causes
the panel to display a new set of configured button functions, called a “button page.” There can
be many such pages, organized in a configurable tree structure.

The panel supports the use of multiple ‘selection’ buttons. When the panel is in X-Y mode, the
selection buttons select levels. When the panel is in MD mode, the selection buttons select MD
devices (which are destinations). If there are more levels (or more MD devices) than there are
selection buttons, the operator can press a ‘Page Up’ or ‘Page Down’ button to scroll through
the list of levels (or, in MD mode, the list of MD devices).

The Button Page Table

In LCD XY/MD mode, the configuration page has an additional section, the button page table,
just below the button definition section. This is an example:

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This section displays a list of the individual pages of the tree structure. The button page at the
top of the list (or root of the tree) is called “Default.”

During operation, category buttons can display device subpages when pressed. Those
subpages are not explicitly definable in NV9000-SE Utilities. The button page list does not
display the device subpages accessed through category buttons. Category buttons can also
display suffix pages when pressed. Suffix pages are included in the button page table.

See Button Page List

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Panel Options

The panel options section, at the right of the configuration page, has two parts: drop-down
menus and checkbox options. These are the drop-down menus:

These are its drop-down menu options:

Panel Behavioral
Model

Default Mode X-Y Mode Starts the panel in XY mode after a reset. See Defaults

Release Mode Normal Release This panel can release “locks” and “protects” set by the designated

Default
Destination

Panel Client Mode In client mode, the panel interoperates with an NV9649 and other

NV9648s, the NV9649 being configured as the “server” the client
panels.

The panel’s 3 control sections are independent of each other.

Panel Standalone
Mode

LCD M in XY/MD
Mode

Multi-Dest Mode Starts the panel in multi-destination mode after a reset.

Force Release This panel can release locks and protects set by any user.

None After a reset, the panel displays no destination device. (This is not

‹device› The Panel uses the specified device as the destination after a reset.

In standalone mode, the panel behaves as if it were in client mode,
but it does not require an NV9649 server and can stand alone.

The panel’s 3 control sections are independent of each other.

In LCD XY/MD mode, the panel has a rich function set. The operator
can choose either X-Y mode or multi-destination mode.

The panel’s 3 control sections are not independent, but integrated.
The terms “LCD” and “Min” have no particular meaning.

on page 89.

user (at this panel or any other panel).

recommended.)

(The ‘Default State’ button also returns the panel to this destina­tion.)

Preset Monitor None The preset source video is not sent to a monitor.

‹device› The preset source video for the selected destination appears on

the specified monitor (device).

Status Monitor None The current source video is not sent to a monitor.

‹device› The current source video for the selected destination appears on

the specified monitor (device).

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XY Data
Routing Mode

MD Data
Routing Mode

Automatic If a machine control (i.e., data) level is involved in a route, the sys-

tem makes the route on the control level even if the control port is
in use on the source or destination device. It breaks the previous
control connection and then makes a new control connection for
the route in progress.

Semi-automatic
(recommended)

Manual If the control port is in use for the source or destination device, the

Automatic If a machine control (i.e., data) level is involved in a route, the sys-

Manual If the control port is in use for the source or destination device, the

If the control port is in use for the source or destination device, the
system takes all (selected) levels except control and allows the
operator to perform the control level route by pressing ‘Take’ a sec­ond time. The operator may cancel the control-level take by press­ing a button other than ‘Take.’

If the control port is not in use, the control level take occurs nor­mally.

system takes all (selected) levels except control. It does not per­form the control level route.

If the control port is not in use, the control level take occurs nor­mally.

To carry out a take on a machine control port that is in use, the
operator must first free the port by performing a “tristate” take on
the port, that is, taking the device (as a source) to itself (as a desti­nation) on the control level.

A take can occur on the machine control level if, in the status col­umn of the display, the source entry is “FREE.”

tem makes the route on the control level even if the control port is
in use on the source or destination device. It breaks the previous
control connection and then makes a new control connection for
the route in progress.

system takes all (selected) levels except control. It does not per­form the control level route.

If the control port is not in use, the control level take occurs nor­mally.

To carry out a take on a machine control port that is in use, the
operator must first free the port by performing a “tristate” take on
the port, that is, taking the device (as a source) to itself (as a desti­nation) on the control level.

An operator can determine whether the control level is free by
switching momentarily to X-Y mode and examining the destina­tion’s levels.

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Default Name
Set

Multidest
Device Limit

System Name A list of “name sets” appears in the drop-down menu. The name

sets can be defined under the System Management pane of
NV9000-SE Utilities. Choose ‘System Name’ in this list if you do not
want, or do not care about, device name aliases.

Do not choose ‘System Name’ if you are configuring any ‘Name Set
Toggle’ buttons.

(Selectable in
multiples of 8)

The number of multi-destination entries you are allowing. Make
this value equal to or greater than the number of MD devices you
need. The default, and lowest value, is 8. The maximum is 512.

(Elsewhere in the configuration, you will create a list of MD devices.
You can leave some MD destinations unassigned.)

Checkbox Options

The checkbox options section is just below the panel options section, enclosed in the same
region:

A check in the box enables the option. Clearing the checkbox disables the option.

By default, all the check box options are unchecked except ‘Src/Dst Immediate Take’. That partic­ular option is enabled by default.

The following items are the checkbox options:

• User-Programmable ID.

Allows the Panel ID to be changed locally at the control panel (in menu mode).

• Save Preset Default.

Makes ‘Save Preset’ mode active when the panel reverts to its default state (after a Default
State button is pressed, or when the panel is restarted).

 A ‘Save Preset’ button is needed only when you want the operator to be able to view or

change the mode.

• Hold Preset Default.

Makes “hold” mode active when the panel reverts to its default state (after a Default State
button is pressed, or when the panel is restarted).

 Note: a ‘Hold’ button is needed only when you want the operator to be able to view or

change the mode.

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• Enable Destination Lock.

Check ‘Enable Destination Lock’ so that any ‘Destination Lock’ button on the panel will func­tion.

• Enable Destination Protect.

Check ‘Enable Destination Protect’ so that any ‘Destination Protect’ button on the panel will
function.

• Source Master Default.

Makes a machine control source the controlling device (or master device) by default. Other­wise, the destination is the master by default. (The option is specifically for use with NV9000
series machine control routers.)

“Source is master” is used for duplication, or broadcast routing, on a machine control level.
“Destination is master” is for machine-to-machine editing.

• Hide sources not configured on this panel.

Causes the names of source devices that are not presently configured for this particular
panel to be effectively hidden. When another panel changes the source to one not config­ured for this panel, this panel displays asterisks instead.

• Jump to multi-dest selection when switching to XY.

Makes the currently selected multi-destination device the current destination when you
switch from MD mode to X-Y mode.

 The X-Y destination shown will be the default destination when the panel is in MD “hold”

mode and multiple destinations are selected
configuration. Otherwise, no destination will be selected.

• Flip-flop source and preset after take.

Swaps the preset source and the currently routed source for this destination after a take.

• Enable force release.

Allows operators to execute a force release.

• Jump back after source selection.

After you make a source selection, the panel reactivates the default button page.

• Jump back after take.

After you press a ‘Take’ button, the panel reactivates the default button page.

• Jump back after destination selection.

After you make a destination selection, the panel reactivates the default button page.

 Jumping back to the default page is usually helpful, but in some configuration designs,

might not be. You can design your panel configuration to take advantage of the jump­back behavior.

• Src/dst immediate take.

A ‘Src/Dst’ button connects a source to a destination. When this box is checked (as it is in the
default NV9648 configuration) the button performs an immediate take. When the box is
clear, the button sets up the take and the operator must press a ‘Take’ button to complete
the take.

— if a default destination is specified in the

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Button Page List

This section is the region below the button definition section. It lists the pages of the button
tree. It has 3 columns: Page Number, Page Name, and “Link to Page Num(s).”

The button page at the top (or root) of the tree is called “Default.” Initially, the tree has just the
default page, until you add other pages.

To delete a page or pages from the tree, select the pages in the button page list, right-click the
list, and choose one of the deletion commands from the context menu that appears.

 Be aware when deleting pages from the tree that the deletion does not remove any naviga-

tion buttons from any button page.

This is a sample of a button page list:

It represents this tree structure:

You can change the name of a page by double-clicking the page’s name field and editing its
text. Changing the name of a page does not cause a change to the caption of the navigation
button and vice versa.

During configuration, you will use ‘Navigate’ buttons to create new pages. During configuration,
you can double-click a ‘Navigate’ button to jump to its page.

During operation, panel operators will press navigation buttons or category buttons to jump to
other pages.

When you double-click the page number field of a page you want to edit, the image of that
page appears in the panel graphic area.

The “Links to Page Num(s)” column lists, for any page, the other pages that refer to it. Using the
links column you can mentally examine the tree structure or create a sketch of the tree struc­ture. You might note that if the link field of a page is empty, the page is inaccessible during
operation. (The exception is the default page which is always available after reset. It might
become unavailable in a configuration that has subpages with no ‘back’ buttons.)

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Button Definitions

The NV9648 panel can be configured to operate under 3 behavioral models:

• ‘Panel Client’ mode.

• ‘Panel Standalone’ mode.

• ‘LCD Min XY/MD’ mode.

The set of button functions for the 3 behavioral models differ greatly.

There are four classes of button functions:

• Dedicated functions, such as ‘Default State’ or ‘Chop’.

• Variable functions, such as ‘Category’ or ‘Source’. With this type of button, additional selec-

tions are needed to complete the button configuration.

• Special functions, such as ‘Navigate’ and ‘Back’. These functions allow the panel operator to

move from one button page to another. (The Navigate button is unique: it initiates a dialog
in which you create a subtree.)

• System-generated button functions. These are buttons that are generated dynamically (by

the router control system) during operation. An example of system-generated buttons is a
device list generated when the user presses a category button. The set of devices in a cate­gory can change over time (as the configuration database changes); the NV9648 device list
changes also.

The number and names of categories can also change over time and the NV9648 will track
those changes too.

Note

Certain button fields contain a colon (:) and number after the data in the field. The
number is the record ID of the object in the NV9000 configuration database. The
record IDs can be ignored but might be of some use when the configurer is searching
for items in the configuration database.

Button Specification

The button definitions section has several controls:

The controls vary according to the button type.

Button Type A pull-down menu where you may select a button type.

Button Caption Three text boxes in which you can enter three lines of button text up to 8

characters each. SE provides a default for the button caption.

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Some buttons do not allow you to enter button text. Category buttons, for
example, use the category name as the button text.

Button Color A pull-down menu where you can select a button color: amber, blue, green,

grey, purple, red, or yellow:

On the panel, each of the 7 defined colors has two brightness levels: “high­tally” and “low-tally.” Buttons are dark if their functions are disabled.
Buttons are low tally if they are available and unselected. Buttons are high
tally when they are selected. (An exception to this is the LCD brightness
submenu when the panel is in menu mode.) Some button types are never
high-tally.

Check box “Place this button on all child pages.” When the operator presses a naviga-

tion button, its target page appears on the buttons. Any page can have
multiple navigation buttons and therefore multiple target pages. If you
check this option, the button you are defining will occur, in the same posi-
tion, on all pages in the subtree available through the navigation button.

A “back” button is a good candidate for such a button. The back button
returns the operator to the previous page. (Back buttons are automatically
placed on list pages and most navigation target pages.)

Check box “Use custom button text.” This checkbox is not present for all button types.

The option allows you to define specific button text for certain buttons
such as the ‘Src/Dst’ button. By default, the button gets the source name
and destination name as text. The option, when checked, overrides the
default.

Be careful: unchecking this box alters the text you entered.

When you choose a button type, additional drop-down menus can appear, depending on the
button type, allowing you to further specify the button’s behavior. Available options and selec­tions vary from button type to button type.

The Navigate button is a special case. It invoking an “Edit Navigate Button” dialog during config­uration. See ‘Edit Navigation Button’ Dialog

, on page 39.

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Button Definitions

Button Functions for Client Mode

These are the button types available for NV9648 configurations under the client model:

Type Description

Destination
Lock

Sets or removes a “lock” on the current destination device. The lock can be
removed only by the user that originally set the lock, or by a panel that has
“Force Release” enabled.

Destination
Protect

Sets or removes a “protect” on the current destination device. The protect can be
removed only by the user that originally set the protect, or by a panel that has
“Force Release” enabled.

Note: a protect prevents others from routing to a destination; a lock prevents
anyone

— even the user who issued the lock — from routing to the destination.

Quick Source A quick source button selects a source and performs an immediate take.

When you assign a quick source button, a drop-down menu appears in which
you choose a source device. (The ‘None’ entry is merely a placeholder. Do not
choose ‘None’.)

Source A source button selects a source. (Note that a quick source button selects a

source and also performs an immediate take.)

When you assign a source button, a drop-down menu appears: ‘Source Device’.
Choose a device from the list. (The ‘None’ entry is merely a placeholder. Do not
choose ‘None’.)

Take A ‘Take’ button performs the route set up by a destination selection and a source

selection.

Undefined Makes the button undefined and inactive. On the actual panel, it will remain

unlit (dark).

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These are the button types available for NV9648 configurations under the standalone model:

Type Description

Destination Selects a destination.

When you assign a destination button, a drop-down menu appears: ‘Destination
Device’. Choose a device from the list.

The ‘None’ entry is merely a placeholder. Do not choose ‘None’.

Destination
Lock

Sets or removes a “lock” on the current destination device. The lock can be
removed only by the user that originally set the lock, or by a panel that has
“Force Release” enabled.

Destination
Protect

Sets or removes a “protect” on the current destination device. The protect can be
removed only by the user that originally set the protect, or by a panel that has
“Force Release” enabled.

Note: a protect prevents others from routing to a destination; a lock prevents
anyone

— even the user who issued the lock — from routing to the destination.

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Type Description

Quick Source A quick source button selects a source and performs an immediate take.

When you assign a quick source button, a drop-down menu appears in which
you choose a source device. (The ‘None’ entry is merely a placeholder. Do not
choose ‘None’.)

Salvo Executes a salvo.

When you assign a Salvo button, a drop-down list appears in which you select a
system salvo (previously defined in NV9000-SE Utilities).

The ‘None’ entry is merely a placeholder. Do not choose ‘None’.

(You can cause the panel to generate salvo buttons automatically using the
options of the ‘Edit Navigation Button’ dialog when you create a navigation
button.) See ‘Edit Navigation Button’ Dialog

Source A source button selects a source. (Note that a quick source button selects a

source and also performs an immediate take.)

When you assign a source button, a drop-down menu appears: ‘Source Device’.
Choose a device from the list. (The ‘None’ entry is merely a placeholder. Do not
choose ‘None’.)

Take A ‘Take’ button performs the route set up by a destination selection and a source

selection.

Undefined Makes the button undefined and inactive. On the actual panel, it will remain

unlit (dark).

on page 39.

Button Functions for LCD XY/MD Mode

These are the button types available for NV9648 configurations under the LCD XY/MD model:

Type Description

Back The ‘Back’ function places the predecessor of the current button page on the

panel.

The panel software can introduce a “back” button if an automatically generated
list has more entries than can fit on a page.

Category Displays a category’s device list.

When you assign a category button, two additional drop-down menus appear:
‘Src Category’ and ‘Dst Category’. Choose a category from one of the category
lists. When you choose a source category, the destination categories become
inaccessible and vice versa: a category button must be either a source category
or a destination category. You must choose ‘None’ in either category list to
switch to the other category list.

When the operator clicks the category button, a list of devices in the category
appears.

The default button text will be the category name. You can override the default
text.

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Type Description

Clear Preset Erases preset entries, while leaving the panel in the same mode. We recommend

you use this button because it is a “safety” feature.

The clear preset button has the side effect of switching off ‘Save Preset’ mode.

Destination Selects a destination.

When you assign a destination button, a drop-down menu appears: ‘Destination
Device’. Choose a device from the list.

The ‘None’ entry is merely a placeholder. Do not choose ‘None’.

Destination
Lock

Sets or removes a “lock” on the current destination device. The lock can be
removed only by the user that originally set the lock, or by a panel that has
“Force Release” enabled.

Destination
Protect

Sets or removes a “protect” on the current destination device. The protect can be
removed only by the user that originally set the protect, or by a panel that has
“Force Release” enabled.

Note: a protect prevents others from routing to a destination; a lock prevents
anyone

— even the user who issued the lock — from routing to the destination.

[Forward] The panel software can introduce a “forward” button if an automatically gener-

ated list has more entries than can fit on a page.

A ‘Forward’ button displays and activates the next button page in an automati­cally generated sequence.

There is no explicit ‘Forward’ button type; configurers cannot create forward
buttons explicitly.

Hold Toggles the panel in and out of “hold” mode. In multi-destination mode, hold

mode retains destination selections after a take. In X-Y mode, hold mode retains
breakaway levels after a take. (There are other effects. See Selection Buttons

on

page 42.)

Level Map Cross-connects levels (in the same physical router). The function is typically used

to shuffle audio channels, for example, to connect AES1/2 to AES3/4.

The Level Map mode is cancelled when the next normal take is performed
involving the selected destination.

Menu This button puts the NV9648 panel in menu mode and displays a menu on the

LCD buttons that provides access to a variety of panel options. Place the button
on the panel only if you want the user to have access to the menu.

By pressing certain buttons, the user makes menu selections and may enter data
(such as panel ID) or change LCD brightness values. See Menu Mode

on page 68.

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Type Description

Navigate During operation, a navigate button selects and displays a “target” button page.

During configuration, a navigate button presents a dialog in which you can enter
details of the target page. After you do so, SE displays the target page’s buttons
on the panel image and adds the subtree to the tree window in the lower left
corner if it is not there.

(You’ll use the navigate function to create new button pages.)

The default text for a Navigate button depends on what you assign it. Some­times it is “Navigate.” You will probably want to change it to something
meaningful to operators.

See ‘Edit Navigation Button’ Dialog

on page 39 for detail.

Page Down Scrolls a list down. Lists include categories, source devices, and destination

devices. Scrolling is necessary when the list exceeds the number of buttons avail­able for the list.

‘Page Down’ also scrolls through multi-destination devices in multi-destination
mode and through levels in X-Y mode.

Page Up Scrolls a list up. Lists include categories, source devices, and destination devices.

Scrolling is necessary when the list exceeds the number of buttons available for
the the list.

‘Page Up’ also scrolls through multi-destination devices in multi-destination
mode and through levels in X-Y mode.

When the operator is displaying a list of devices from a category, the ‘{age Up,
button (which appears on the page automatically) returns the operator to the
page containing the category button.

Panel Lock Prevents accidental changes to the panel settings, especially router crosspoints.

When the panel is locked, the button array becomes blank except for the Panel
Lock button which becomes high tally red. Pressing the Panel Lock button again
reverts the panel to its previous mode.

Previous
Source

Presets the previously routed source to the currently selected destination. The
operator must next press ‘Take’ to restore the previous source. This function is
useful when a user makes a route in error.

The button does not restore the previous destination. If the user changed the
destination and presses ‘Previous Source’, the take will not restore the previous
route.

Quick Source A quick source button selects a source and performs an immediate take.

When you assign a quick source button, a drop-down menu appears in which
you choose a source device. (The ‘None’ entry is merely a placeholder. Do not
choose ‘None’.)

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Button Definitions

Type Description

Salvo Executes a salvo.

When you assign a Salvo button, a drop-down list appears in which you select a
system salvo (previously defined in NV9000-SE Utilities).

The ‘None’ entry is merely a placeholder. Do not choose ‘None’.

(You can cause the panel to generate salvo buttons automatically using the
options of the ‘Edit Navigation Button’ dialog when you create a navigation
button.) See ‘Edit Navigation Button’ Dialog

Selection Typically, at least one button page should provide a set of selection buttons.

Operators press selection buttons to select levels (when the panel is in XY mode)
or to select MD devices (in MD mode). Each selection button represents one level
or one MD device.

You may configure any number of selection buttons (on any button page). The
selection buttons can be arranged anywhere on the button page.

When there are more levels, or more MD devices, than buttons on a page, the
panel enables scrolling. The operator presses ‘Page Up’ or ‘Page Down’ to scroll
through the levels or MD devices to make selections.

See Selection Buttons

During configuration, when you assign a selection button, an additional drop­down menus appears in the button definition area: ‘Display Index’. An ‘Edit Multi­Dest Devices’ button also appears.

The drop-down menu for the button’s display index has as many entries as the
the number of selection buttons you have defined. Choose consecutive display
indexes from 1 to the number of selection buttons on the page.

Use the ‘Edit Multi-Dest Devices’ button to define MD devices. They are assigned
to selection buttons in the order in which you define them. See Multi-Destina-

tion Configuration on page 44.

on page 42 for further detail.

on page 39.

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Source A source button selects a source. (Note that a quick source button selects a

source and also performs an immediate take.)

When you assign a source button, a drop-down menu appears: ‘Source Device’.
Choose a device from the list. (The ‘None’ entry is merely a placeholder. Do not
choose ‘None’.)

Take In X-Y mode, a take button switches the preset source device to the selected

destination device on selected levels.

In MD mode, a take button switches the preset source device(s) to the selected
destination device(s) on all levels.

In most cases, configurers should provide the operator a ‘Take’ button on one or
more pages.

Undefined Makes the button undefined and inactive. On the actual panel, it will remain

unlit (dark).

NV9648

Automatic Fill Options

Button text

Navigation

Choices

User’s Guide

Type Description

X-Y Display This button displays the current source and current destination. It is usable in

both X/Y mode and MD mode.

XY/MD
Mode

Switches the panel between X-Y mode and multi-destination mode (when the
panel is operating under the LCD XY/MD behavioral model).

The configuration page lets you specify a color for this button, but the color you
specify is ignored. The button is always green for XY mode and amber for multi­destination mode.

‘Edit Navigation Button’ Dialog

During configuration, when you choose ‘Navigate’ for a selected button, NV9000-SE Utilities
displays an ‘Edit Navigate Button’ dialog in which you specify the navigation button’s details:

At the top, this dialog presents 3 lines on which you can enter text for the button caption. In this
dialog, The 3 lines you enter here are concatenated to form the name of the page in the button
page table and might be the button caption, depending on context.

 The button caption is independent of the page name. You can change either without

affecting the other.

The dialog has 3 navigation choices:

• Jump to an empty new page.

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Button Definitions

This option creates a new page in the button tree. During operation, the navigation button
you are creating will cause the NV9648 to display, or jump to, that page. The name of the
page and the button caption are what you type in the three lines for the button caption. You
can change the name of the page in the button page list. At the time you create it, the page
is empty. After the page is created, you can select it at any time and edit its buttons.

• Jump to an existing page.

This option does not create a new page in the button tree. The navigation button you are
creating will cause the NV9648 to display the page you select in the associated drop down
menu. The button caption is what you type in the three lines for the button caption.

• Use “auto fill” to create a new button page.

NV9000-SE Utilities (SE) creates at least one new button page, filling the page(s) with button
functions according to the fill options you specify. Automatic fill has several sub-options:

Source buttons Salvo buttons
Destination buttons Source category buttons
Source/destination buttons Destination category buttons
Quick source buttons

Automatic fill has a “manually order buttons” option where you can reorder the list items as
you wish. See Automatic Fill Options

Automatic fill creates as many new pages in the button tree as required to support the num­ber of fill items. If the number of items is greater than 29, SE places 28 items on a page where
the bottom left button is a back button and the bottom right button is a “forward” button.
The last page of the automatic fill will not have a forward button and might not be com­pletely filled.

The fill occurs in left-to-right, top-down, order:

, following.

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During operation, the navigation button will cause the NV9648 to display the first of the
auto-fill pages. The operator uses the back and forward buttons to scroll through the list.

The button caption is what you type in the three lines for the button caption. You can
change the names of the automatic fill pages in the button page list. After the pages are cre­ated, you can select any of them at any time and edit its buttons.

During configuration, you can double-click a navigation button to view and edit its target page.
Any page can have navigation buttons. You can also select pages by double-clicking on the
page’s page number field in the button page list.

Automatic Fill Options

• Source Devices

SE assigns sources to buttons in new button subpage(s). If it has too many sources to fit on
the subpage, it creates further subpages as needed. The software adds ‘Back’ and ‘Forward’
buttons when more than one subpage is required.

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There are 3 sub-options under ‘Source Devices’:

• ‘From Category’. Specify a category other than ‘None’. The fill list will include all the

devices in the category.

• ‘Starting with’. Specify an initial substring. For example, if you specify “V,” all sources

whose names start with “V” are included in the list.

 If you leave the ‘Starting with’ field blank, the page will list all devices.

• ‘Manually Fill Devices’. Specify the number of buttons you want to be assigned. The soft-

ware creates as many subpages as are required to hold the buttons. The buttons are
source buttons, but remain blank so that you can assign sources to them manually.

• Quick Source Devices

Automatic fill using quick source buttons for source devices is the same as for source
devices, except that quick source buttons are used. In the case of manual fill, blank quick
source buttons are created.

• Destination Devices

Automatic fill using destination devices is the same as for source devices, except that desti­nation devices are chosen. In the case of manual fill, blank destination buttons are created.

• Source/Dest Devices

This option creates subpages of ‘Source/Destination’ buttons. All use the same destination,
which you specify in the ‘Destination Device’ field that becomes enabled for this option. The
sources can vary according to the sub-option:

• ‘From Category’. The fill list will include all the source devices in the category you choose.

• ‘Starting with’. Specify an initial substring. For example, if you specify “CA,” all sources

whose names start with “CA” are included in the list.

 If you leave the ‘Starting with’ field blank, the page(s) will create ‘Src/Dst’ buttons for

all source devices.

• ‘Manually Fill Devices’. Specify the number of buttons you want to be assigned. The soft-

ware creates as many subpages as are required to hold the buttons. The buttons are ‘Src/
Dst’ buttons, but remain blank so that you can assign sources and destinations to them
manually.

• Salvos

SE assigns salvos to buttons in new button subpage(s). If it has too many salvos to fit on the
subpage, it creates further subpages as needed. The software adds ‘Back’ and ‘Forward’ but­tons when more than one subpage is required.

• Source Categories

SE assigns source categories to buttons in new button subpage(s). If there are too many
source categories to fit on the subpage, it creates further subpages as needed. The buttons
are labeled with the category names. You can edit the button captions. The software adds
‘Back’ and ‘Forward’ buttons when more than one subpage is required.

Categories that are both source and destination categories are included.

• Destination Categories

Automatic fill using destination categories is the same as for source categories, except that
destination categories are chosen.

• Manually Order Buttons

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Configuration

Selection Buttons

If you check the ‘Manually order buttons’ box, SE presents a dialog that lists the sources, des­tinations, categories, or salvos you selected. You may reorder the items. To do so, double-
click on a row in the ordered list and drag it up or down to the position that you want. The
new position will be indicated by a slightly heavier black line. The row you selected is re­positioned where the black line is when you release your mouse button.

Selection Buttons

 Selection buttons are available only when the panel is configured under the LCD XY/MD

model.

Operators use selection buttons to select levels when the panel is in X-Y mode and MD devices
when the panel is in MD (multi-destination) mode. Selection buttons also provide feedback
(e.g., source and destination mnemonics on the face of the buttons) when the operator is
performing takes.

A set of selection buttons supports (1) level selection in XY mode and (2) device selection in
multi-destination mode.

You should configure at least one selection button (for feedback). You may configure as many
selection buttons as are suitable for your system. For instance, if your system has a maximum of
12 levels for any device, it might make sense to have 12 selection buttons.

Operators can scroll through multiple pages of levels in X-Y mode and through multiple pages
of devices in MD mode.

Selection (of levels or MD devices) is affected by ‘Hold’ mode. The user may toggle hold mode at
any time. Using the selection buttons follows hold mode or normal mode, whichever is in effect
at the moment.

Selection Button Behavior

X-Y Mode

When the panel is in X-Y mode, a set of selection buttons presents a set of virtual levels. The
levels displayed on the buttons correspond to the levels in the level set of a selected destination
device. If a selection button is dark and blank, the level does not exist in the level set. If a selec­tion button is dark, but has text, the level exists, but is not defined for the selected device.

If a selection button is high-tally, the level is selected. If a selection button is low-tally, the level is
not selected.

If there are more levels than selection buttons, the ‘Page Up’ and ‘Page Down’ buttons activate
and the operator can scroll through the levels.

MD Mode

When the panel is in MD mode, a set of selection buttons presents a set of MD devices.

If a selection button is blank, an MD device was not assigned to it. If a selection button is high­tally, the MD device is selected. If a selection button is low-tally, the MD device is not selected.

If there are more destinations than selection buttons, the operator can scroll through the desti­nations using ‘Page Up’ and ‘Page Down’ buttons. Including those buttons on the button page
that has the selection is strongly recommended.

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 Note that the maximum number of MD destinations is configured in multiples 8, from 8 to

512.

Populating the MD Device List

The ‘Edit Multi-Destination Device’ button appears when you are configuring a selection button.
Click this button to get the ‘Multi-Destination Entry’ window. The window presents a list of all
destinations on the left and a set of MD devices at the right. The MD device set is initially empty
and becomes populated as you add destination devices from the left. You can add devices in
any order. The order is preserved and is the order in which the MD devices appear on the selec­tion buttons under scrolling.

See Multi-Destination Configuration

on page 44.

Selection

XY Mode — Normal

When the operator selects a destination, all selection buttons that have levels defined for the
destination turn on (high-tally). The operator may select or deselect any levels as required, by
pressing selection buttons and perhaps scrolling the display.

 Note that if the operator selects a level when all levels are on, all the other levels become

unselected (low-tally).

Selecting a new destination again turns on all selection buttons that have levels defined.

 Source/Destination buttons are “all level”— not subject to level selection.

XY Mode — Hold Mode

 In hold mode, when the operator selects a destination, previously deselected levels (defined

for the destination) remain selected for additional takes and previously unselected levels
remain deselected. (Individual levels turn on or off as the user selects them.)

MD Mode — Normal

 When the user selects an MD device, all selection buttons are mutually exclusive: when the

operator presses one button, any others that were selected turn off. To perform MD takes,
the operator alternately selects an MD device and then a source until all intended devices
have been preset. Then the operator presses ‘Take’.

(In normal mode, any selected MD devices become unselected after the take.)

MD Mode — Hold Mode

In hold mode, selection buttons are not mutually exclusive. To perform MD takes, the operator
selects one or more MD devices. All of them turn on (high-tally). The operator then selects a
source (which becomes preset for all the selected devices).

The operator can preset another source to another set of destinations by deselecting selected
destinations, selecting other destinations, and selecting another source.

When all intended destinations are preset, the operator then presses ‘Take’.

(In hold mode, the MD devices remain selected after the take.)

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Configuration

Single-Destination Mode

Display Indexes

You can configure selection buttons on any of your button pages. During configuration, when
you assign a selection button, an additional drop-down menu appears: ‘Display Index’.

The drop-down menu for the button’s display index has as many entries as there are selection
buttons. Creating a new selection button creates a new display index.

It is possible but probably wasteful for two or more selection buttons to have the same display
index.

Single-Destination Mode

The panel, when it is in client mode, is — by definition — a single-destination panel. More
precisely, each of the 3 independent control units of the panel are single-destination control
units. (The destination can be changed at the NV9649 server panel.)

When it is in standalone mode, the 3 sections of the panel can be configured as single-destina­tion units. The units would have default destinations defined and no destination buttons.

It is also possible to configure a panel in LCD XY/MD mode as a single-destination panel. Again,
the panel would have a default destination defined and no destination buttons.

For panels in LCD XY/MD mode, other more complex forms of “single-destination” mode are
conceivable.

Multi-Destination Configuration

Multi-destination (MD) devices are a subset of all destination devices. You can configure a panel
to have from 8 to 512 MD destinations in increments of 8 destinations. Not all of those need be
used. Those that are not used are considered “undefined.”

 It is possible to have duplicate entries in the MD destination set. For example, it might be

useful to have one or two MD destinations visible at all times.

 You should make sure your configuration includes a ‘Page Up’ and a ‘Page Down’ button if

the operator will be required to scroll through MD devices.

The limit to the number of MD devices is a panel option. If the limit is 64, for example, the
display can scroll through 8 pages of 8 rows, regardless of whether these rows have been
assigned a destination. Similarly, the operator could scroll through 4 pages of 16 selection
buttons.

How to Configure MD Devices

Follow these guidelines.

1 Go to the NV9648 configuration page of NV9000-SE Utilities.

2 Click any button in the panel image. In the button definition section, choose ‘Selection’ from

the drop-down list.

A ‘Display Index’ field and an ‘Edit Multi-Dest Devices’ button appear in the button definition
section.

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3 Click ‘Edit Multi-Dest Devices’. The multi-destination entry editor appears:

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User’s Guide

On the left is a list of all destinations defined in the NV9000 system. On the right is a table of
the MD destinations you are defining. The number of rows in this table is equal to the maxi­mum number of MD destinations your configuration allows. The MD device list is initially
empty.

To define an MD destination, select a destination on the left and copy it, using either the
‘Append’ button, the ‘Insert’ button, or the ‘Replace’ button, to the right.

The ‘Append’ button appends the selected destination(s) to the end of your set of MD desti­nations.

The ‘Insert’ button places the selected destination(s) immediately above whatever MD desti­nation you have highlighted on the right.

The ‘Replace’ button replaces whatever MD destination(s) you have highlighted on the
right.with the selected destination from the left.

The ‘Remove’ button removes highlighted MD destinations from the right.

At the bottom left, there is a scroll box in which you can adjust the maximum number of MD
destinations. (The page size field is grayed out and irrelevant.)

At the bottom right, are ‘Move Up’ and ‘Move Down’ buttons. You can use these to adjust the
position in the list of any MD destination.

After you have finished configuring MD destinations, click OK (or cancel, if you want to dis­card your entries). The MD destinations you have configured will appear on the selection
buttons or the display of a running panel having this configuration (when it is operating in
MD mode).

You can edit the set of MD devices later, adding or removing entries as you wish. (To edit the
MD devices, again choose a selection button in the panel graphic and click the ‘Edit Multi­Dest Devices’ button.)

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Multi-Destination Configuration

MD Destination Options

On the right side of the multi-destination entry editor, each MD destination has two check­boxes. One is in the ‘User Definable’ column and the other is in the ‘User Selectable’ column.

User-Definable

When the MD destination is “user definable,” the operator may choose a different destination
using the panel buttons. “User definable” is the default for all MD destinations. Uncheck the
‘User Definable’ box if you want to prevent the operator from changing this MD destination.

User-Selectable

When the MD destination is “user selectable,” the operator may select it and assign a different
source to it using the panel buttons. That is also the default for all MD destinations. Uncheck the
‘User Selectable’ box if you want to prevent the operator from taking a source to this
destination.

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Summary

Operation

Chapter 5 provides instructions for the NV9648 control panel.

Topics

Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Behavioral Models
Operating Concepts
Button Functions
Operating Method
Menu Mode
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This chapter is intended specifically for the NV9648 panel operator.

As an NV9648 operator, you will be confronted initially with a relatively small and simple
panel—

The panel can operate according to 3 behavioral models (or operating modes):

If you communicate with your system administrator (or whoever designed the control system
and configured its control panels) you will readily understand the model in which the panel was
configured and how it operates.

 If your panel operates under the client model, it will operate in conjunction with an NV9649

27 function buttons and three 8-character displays, arranged in three groups.

• Client mode.

• Standalone mode.

• LCD XY/MD mode.

in “server” mode and other NV9648s in client mode. You will need to understand how to
operate the NV9649 as well.

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Buttons and Button Legends

Each of the NV9648’s 27 LCD buttons has 3 lines of text (up to 8 characters per line). The buttons
can display one of seven colors dynamically: nominally red, green, blue, purple, amber, yellow,
or grey. We say a button is “dark” when its LCD is turned off.

During configuration, you can assign any of the 7 colors to a button.

Each LCD button has four levels of brightness: off, low, medium, and high, and supports three
operational levels: high tally, low tally, and off. High tally can be either medium or high bright­ness and low tally can be either low or medium brightness. High tally is always constrained to be
brighter than low tally. See LCD Buttons

, page 87, for a color chart.

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Operation

Behavioral Models

The panel’s LCD XY/MD behavioral model supports a hierarchical (or tree-structured) set of
button pages. Although one can see a list of the pages in the tree during configuration, the
structure of the tree is not evident on the panel itself. The panel operator must commit some or
all of the tree structure to memory to be able to use the panel. It is up to the person configuring
the panel to design a usable tree structure.

Under the LCD XY/MD model, some buttons functions are assigned by the system depending
on the context. For example. if a button page is to represent all sources in a category, and that
list changes, the button subtree adjusts in size dynamically. The panel software adds a “Page
Down” button and a “Page Up” button if there are more sources than buttons. Pressing the ‘Page
Down’ button takes you to the next page of sources. Pressing the ‘Page Up’ button takes you to
the previous page of sources.

Some button states depend on context. Many buttons remain unlit when their functions are
disabled. For example, ‘Page Up’ and ‘Page Down’ buttons remain unlit until there is an opportu­nity to scroll up or down, respectively. By default, an XY/MD button turns green for X-Y mode
and amber for multi-destination mode.

Under the XY/MD model, the LCD buttons display a menu if the operator presses a menu
button. When the operator make a menu selection, the panel displays viewable data on the LCD
buttons. In some cases, the operator can enter data (such as panel ID or LCD brightness) using
buttons that allow data entry.

Under the LCD XY/MD model, configurers can define ‘Selection’ buttons that select a level
during a breakaway setup. (They must do so if the operator is to make such selections.)

In X-Y mode, selection buttons report the preset source, current source, and the levels for the
current destination.

In multi-destination (MD) mode, selection buttons report the preset source, current source, and
destination device.

A reverse field (light letters on a dark background) on the top line of a button indicates that a
breakaway exists on a source. A reverse field (light letters on a dark background) on the bottom
line of a button indicates that level mapping has been performed.

The user interface of an NV9648 in one installation can be radically different from the user inter­face of an NV9648 in another installation.

Because some of the panel’s buttons can have arbitrary legends, a button’s legend might or
might not indicate its function. Operators and configurers will have to communicate about the
meaning of the buttons in the button tree.

Behavioral Models

The panel can operate according to 3 behavioral models (or operating modes):

• Client mode.

• Standalone mode.

• LCD XY/MD mode.

Your panel will operate in one of these modes. It is not likely that your panel will change mode
often, if it changes at all. It is not possible to change modes except by reconfiguration.

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NV9649 (1)

3 Panel Sections (7x)

NV9648 (7)

Function buttons (9)

Display (8 characters)

User’s Guide

Client Mode

When the panel is in “client” mode, it operates in conjunction with an NV9649 and other
NV9648s. The NV9649 is the “server” and the NV9648s are the “clients.” The NV9649 and the
NV9648s combine to form, in essence, a larger panel
units. This is an example of a system with an NV9649 and 7 NV9648 clients:

— actually a cluster of many small control

The NV9649, being the server, can control which sources and destinations the NV9648s can
select. It can also perform takes, locks, and other functions.

Under the client model, each NV9648 has 3 identical sections:

Each section functions as a complete and separate control unit. Each control unit corresponds to
a single destination either assigned during configuration or chosen at the NV9649 and its
display typically shows that destination (when the NV9649 is in destination mode). The function
buttons allow simple all-level takes to, and locks on, that destination.

Each control unit is completely unrelated to, and unaffected by, the other control units.

When the NV9649 is in source mode, the control unit’s display shows the current source. When
the NV9649 is in destination mode, the display shows the destination controlled by the control
unit.

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Function buttons (9)

Display (8 characters)

Behavioral Models

Saved NV9648 Assignments

Every time an operator, at the NV9649 server, assigns a destination to an NV9648 client or
assigns a source to a source button of a client, those assignments are recorded within the
NV9000 system controller. Therefore, if and when the system controller undergoes a power
cycle, the source and destination assigments of all the NV9648 clients are preserved.

The NV9649 (server) can be configured so that up to 12 different sets of client assignments (or
“set-ups” as they are called in the NV9649’s menu) can be defined, selected, redefined, and
otherwise managed as different operators choose.

A NV9649 always has a default setup and may have eleven other named setups.

Button Functions

There are 5 button function types for a panel in client mode:

Destination Lock

Source Tak e

These are described in Buttons for the Client Model on page 57.

Each control unit can switch up to 9 sources
Each unit can switch at least 6 sources. At the NV9649, you can change any or all of the sources
of the control unit and you can change its destination.

See Operating Method

Please refer to the NV9649 Users Guide for information regarding the use of the NV9649.

Destination Protect Quick Source

— on ‘Quick Source’ buttons — to its destination.

s on page 66 for how to change sources and destinations.

Standalone Model

When the panel is in “standalone” mode, it functions much the way it does in “client” mode, but
it does not require the presence of an NV9649. It has a few added button function types, in
particular a destination selection button.

Under the standalone model, each NV9648 has 3 identical sections:

Each section functions as a complete and separate control unit. Each control unit corresponds to
a single destination and its display shows that destination. If the unit has no destination
selected, the display reads “NO DEST.” The function buttons allow simple all-level takes to, and
locks on, that destination. The unit can also execute system salvos.

Each control unit is completely unrelated to, and unaffected by, the other control units.

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Current Source Preset Source Current Destination

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User’s Guide

Although each control unit’s destination can be selected, the control unit can also be configured
having a default destination. If the unit has a default destination, it can function without desti­nation selection buttons.

There are 7 button function types for a panel operating under the standalone model:

Destination

Destination Lock Destination Protect

Quick Source Salvo Source

Tak e

These are described in Buttons for the Standalone Model on page 58.

Each control unit can switch up to 9 sources

— on ‘Quick Source’ buttons — to its destination. If

the unit has no destination buttons, you cannot change its destination.

In general, the control unit should have more than one ‘Source’ or ‘Quick Source’ button.

LCD XY/MD Model

Under the LCD XY/MD model, the panel also operates standalone, not requiring the presence of
an NV9649, and has a moderately richer function set. The 3 sections of the NV9648 are not inde­pendent, but form an integral unit:

The displays are used together to show the preset source, the currently selected destination,
and the source currently routed to that destination.

 In XY mode, level information is typically displayed on selection buttons. The displays show

the source and destination on the primary level.

The panel’s buttons can be used in a hierarchical fashion: pressing a ‘navigation’ button causes
the panel to display a new set of configured button functions, called a “button page.” There can
be many such pages, organized in a configurable “tree” structure.

The configured tree structure is not readily apparent to operators. (You should discuss your
panel’s tree structure with your system’s administrator.) However, you might notice that certain
buttons cause the panel’s button legends, and colors, to change. The buttons that cause a new
button page to be displayed are navigate buttons and category buttons. (See Category Selec-

tion on page 54.)

 Pressing a menu button will also cause the set of buttons to change, but the menu that

results is not a “button page” per se, and is not part of normal operations.

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Behavioral Models

This behavioral model is called the LCD XY/MD model because you can switch the panel
between “X-Y mode” and multi-destination (MD) mode. In X-Y mode, you can perform takes
(and locks) on individually selected levels for a single destination, one destination at a time. In
MD mode, takes occur on all levels, but you can perform takes to multiple destinations simulta­neously, as required.

The panel supports the use of multiple ‘selection’ buttons. When the panel is in X-Y mode, the
selection buttons select levels. When the panel is in MD mode, the selection buttons select MD
devices (which are destinations). If there are more levels (or more MD devices) than there are
selection buttons, you can press a ‘Page Up’ or ‘Page Down’ button to scroll through the list of
levels (in X-Y mode) or the list of MD devices (in MD mode).

Under the LCD XY/MD model, the panel can also be configured having a default destination. If
the panel has a default destination, it can function without destination selection buttons.

There are 21 button function types for a panel in LCD XY/MD mode:

Back

Destination Destination Lock Destination Protect

Hold Level Map Menu

Navigate Page Down Page Up

Panel Lock Previous Source Quick Source

Salvo Selection Source

Tak e X-Y Display XY/MD Mode

These are described in Buttons for the LCD XY/MD Model on page 59.

Category Clear Preset

Additional Modes

Additional but secondary modes of panel operation are:

• Setup mode — where the NV9648 is freshly powered up, but disconnected from the panel/

router network. In setup mode, you can preset the NV9648’s panel ID and perform a few
diagnostic tasks.

Usually, only configurers need be concerned with setup mode.

See S

etup Mode on page 71.

• Menu mode — pressing a menu button places the NV9648 in “menu” mode. In menu mode,

the buttons lose their normal functions and become part of a menu that changes as needed
during menu operation. Menu mode is similar to setup mode in many ways, except you can
enter setup mode only when the panel is disconnected from its network.

There is nothing in the menu that concerns operators except button brightness. An operator
may use the menu to set button brightness. Administrators and configurers may use the
menu to view or change the panel ID, or to review the software and firmware revisions.

See Menu Mode

One other minor mode of operation exists. That is Hold mode
button, hold mode becomes active and when you press it again, hold mode becomes inactive.
See Hold

on page 61.

on page 68.

— when you press the ‘Hold’

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Operating Concepts

HD SD Aud1 Aud2 Aud3 Aud4 Aud5

Video Audio

. . .

Levels

In NV9000-SE Utilities and in the NV9000 router control system, routes occur on levels. A level is
typically SD, HD, analog video, AES, analog audio, or machine control. Various devices are
defined as sending and receiving signals on certain levels. The set of levels handled by a device
belong to what is called a level set.

A source can be routed to a destination if it has the same set of levels, i.e., it belongs to the same
named level set. A source can be routed to a destination in a different level set if the NV9000
configuration has the appropriate mapping.

Levels are usually called “virtual levels” in NV9000-SE Utilities.

The effect of this is that when you, the operator, choose a destination, the NV9000 recognizes
which source devices are allowed to be routed to the destination and limits your selection to
those sources.

Breakaway

Routes can be “all-level” in which case they are taken on all levels defined for the destination.
The acceptable sources for a route have the same levels as, or some configured mapping to, the
levels of the destination.

A breakaway is where you take different sources to the same destination

It is not possible to take different sources to the destination on the same level. For instance, you
cannot take SD from two different sources. The outcome would be noise even if you could do it.
(Routers are not mixers.)

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— on different levels.

Level Grouping

Virtual levels can be grouped. This diagram illustrates grouping:

There are two types of virtual levels: basic and abstract. Basic virtual levels are those that
correspond to actual physical levels. Abstract virtual levels do not correspond to physical levels.
In the illustration, the 5 “Audx” levels are grouped under ‘Audio’. The two video levels are
grouped under ‘Video’.

The levels ‘Video’ and ‘Audio’ are abstract levels; the other levels are basic levels.

 If you have chosen a destination whose basic levels are grouped, the panel’s selection

buttons show only the basic level names. (Other panels can show level group names.)

We discuss level groups — a feature of the router control system — only to state that the NV9648
does not have support for level groups.

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Hold

Hold mode (and hold buttons) apply in both X-Y mode and multi-destination mode.

Breakaway

In X-Y mode, a hold button retains breakaway levels after a take.

Simply press the hold button at any time before the take.

A hold button is a toggle. Press it once to put the panel in hold mode; press it again to remove
hold mode.

Multi-Destination Mode

In multi-destination mode, hold mode allows you to select more than one MD destination at a
time.

Category Selection

In the NV9000 system, devices are assigned to categories, where the devices within the catego­ries are either numbered or identified by alphanumeric suffixes. For instance, a category
representing cameras might be CAM and the cameras in the category might be named CAM1,
CAM2, and so on.

NV9648 category buttons can represent either a source category or a destination category (but
not both). When you pressing category buttons to begin device selection, the panel displays a
list of all devices in that category. If the list has more entries than will fit on the available buttons,
you can scroll through multiple pages of devices using ‘Page Up’ and ‘Page Down’ buttons to
find the device you want.

Lock, Protect, and Release

In a multi-user system, routes made by one user can be made safe from being accidentally or
maliciously change by another user.

Definitions

Owner The user ID of a panel where a lock or protect was issued.

Source lock No one can use the source.

Source protect No one but the owner can use the source.

Destination lock No one can route to the destination.

Destination protect No one but the owner can route to the destination.

Release To remove a lock or protect.

Some control panels can lock or protect both sources and destinations. However, The NV9648
provides locks and protects for destinations only.

A forced release is when the lock or protect is removed by someone other than the owner. A
forced release can be performed:

• At any panel configured with release mode set to “forced release”.

• At any other panel with “force release” enabled.

The ‘Destination Lock’ and ‘Destination Protect’ buttons are toggles. Press the lock (or protect)
button to lock (or protect) a destination. Press the button again to release the lock (or protect).

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Take s

A “take” is a route as it is being performed.

In X-Y mode, a take can be a route from one source, on all levels, to a destination or it can be a
router from multiple sources, on different levels, to a destination.

In MD mode, a take is (1) a route of a source to a destination on all levels or (2) several such
routes executed simultaneously.

A take can occur in 4 ways:

• You have selected a destination and then a source. A ‘Take’ button lights and you press the

‘Take’ button.

• You have selected a destination and press a ‘Quick Source’ button (or a ‘Src/Dst’ button). The

take occurs immediately.

• There is a default destination (or a destination assigned by an NV9649) and you select a

source. A ‘Take’ button lights and you press the ‘Take’ button.

• There is a default destination (or a destination assigned by an NV9649) and you press a

‘Quick Source’ button (or a ‘Src/Dst’ button). The take occurs immediately.

 Immediate takes on ‘Src/Dst buttons’ is a panel option that can be enabled or disabled.

Name Sets

NV9000-SE Utilities allows configurers to define multiple name sets. Each name set contains
aliases (alternate names) for any and all devices in the NV9000 system. The aliases can appear in
the displays of your panel. Whichever name set you are currently using is the active name set.

There is always a ‘System Name’ set. That name set includes the device names defined within
the NV9000 configuration. Any other name sets are optional.

Device selection using categories and suffixes requires that you enter device names using the

system name set. However, the display shows the device name as it is represented in the active
name set.

For example, suppose the system name for a destination is “VTR_42” and its alias is “Prod_A.”
Follow these steps to select the device using category selection:

1 Switch to destination mode if necessary.

2 Press a VTR category button. (Suffix buttons become enabled.)

3 Press 4, then 2. The device is selected, but the name appearing in the destination display is

“PROD_A.”

Note that when the panel is displaying aliases, and a device does not have an alias, the panel
displays the system name.

Data Routing

There are 3 data routing options that affect sources and destinations that have a machine
control level (i.e., a data level). These options govern what happens when a source or destina­tion device is to be used.

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Automatic Data Routing

A take involving a machine control level occurs naturally on all selected levels, including the
machine control level, regardless of whether an affected machine control port is in use. The
system breaks any existing control connections involved with the source and destination and
makes a new control connection for the source and destination.
This data routing option applies in both operating modes.

Manual Data Routing

If a control port for the source or destination is “in use,” a take involving a machine control level
occurs on all levels except the machine control level. You must break either the source’s control
connection, the destination’s control connection, or both of those existing connections before
you can take the source to the destination on the machine control level. To break a connection,
route a device (as a source) to itself (as a destination) on the machine control level. When the
connection is broken, the status column of the display reads “FREE” for the machine control
level (in X-Y mode). If your panel is in multi-destination mode, you might switch to X-Y mode
momentarily to see this.
When a take involving a machine control level is blocked on the control level, the display
displays the message “Control In Use.”
If neither of the control ports for the source or destination are in use, the take occurs naturally
without any further action required. Note that the ports will become “in use” after the take you
are performing.

This data routing option applies in both operating modes.

Semi-Automatic Data Routing

This data routing option applies only in X-Y mode.

If a control port for the source or destination is “in use,” a take involving a machine control level
occurs on all levels except the machine control level. Nevertheless, you are given the opportu­nity to complete the take on the machine control level by pressing the ‘Take’ button a second
time.
If neither of the control ports for the source or destination are in use, the take occurs naturally
without any further action required. Note that the ports will become “in use” after the take you
are performing.

Follow these steps to take the data level as a breakaway:

1 Select a destination.

2 Select a source.

3 Examine the display and the take button.

4 If the display shows “Control in Use” and the Take button is still high-tally, press the ‘Take’

button again to complete the take.

You can cancel the control-level take by pressing a button other than ‘Take’.

Button Functions

The NV9648 has 3 behavioral models. The sets of button functions differ in the 3 models.

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Buttons for the Client Model

Under the client model, the panel has 3 independent control units, and therefore each panel
can control 3 destinations. The NV9649 (the server) can change the destinations assigned to the
NV9648’s 3 control units.

Under the client model, there are 5 button types, not including “undefined” which is not a true
button type:

Destination Lock

Quick Source Ta ke

Destination Protect Source Undefined

Destination Lock

This button is a toggle that sets or clears a lock on the destination assigned to the control unit in
which the destination lock button is located. The lock can be removed at the panel that origi­nally set the lock, at a panel that has the same user ID, or by a forced release at any panel.

 The NV9648 provides no explicit indication, during operation, whether a destination is

locked or unlocked.

Destination Protect

This button is a toggle that sets or clears a protect on the destination assigned to the control unit
in which the destination protect button is located. The protect can be removed at the panel that
originally set the protect, at any panel that has the same user ID, or by a forced release at any
panel.

 Note: a protect prevents others from routing to a destination; a lock prevents anyone — even

the user who issued the lock

 You can lock a protected destination, but you cannot change a locked destination to a

protected destination directly. You must first unlock it.

 The NV9648 provides no explicit indication, during operation, whether a destination is

protected or unprotected.

— from routing to the destination.

Quick Source

A quick source button selects a source and performs an immediate take (to the destination of
the control unit in which the quick source button is located).

Quick source and source buttons are similar, except that the quick source performs a take. Be
aware of which buttons are quick sources so you do not perform an accidental take.

Normally, the button text is the source’s mnemonic, but the configurer can assign any text to the
button.

Source

A source button selects a source. (Note that a quick source button selects a source and also
performs an immediate take.)

Quick source and source buttons are similar, except that the quick source performs a take. Be
aware of which buttons are quick sources so you do not perform an accidental take.

Normally, the button text is the source device’s mnemonic, but the configurer can assign any
text to the button.

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Take

A take button routes the chosen source to the destination device for the control unit in which
the take button is located. (The source must have been selected in the same control unit.)

The default button text is “Take” but the button can have any legend.

Undefined

An undefined button cannot be used and appears dark (unlit) on the panel. The term “unde­fined button” has meaning primarily to the configurer and not the operator.

Buttons for the Standalone Model

Under the standalone model, the panel has 3 independent control units, and therefore each
panel can control 3 destinations. Because the panel is standalone, an NV9649 is not required.

Under the standalone model, there are 7 button types, not including “undefined” which is not a
true button type:

Destination

Destination Lock Source Undefined

Destination Protect Salvo

Quick Source Ta ke

Destination

The button selects a destination. The destination name appears in the display of the control unit
in which the destination button is located. The destination is the target of an upcoming take,
which will route a source to that destination.

Pressing a destination button has a side effect: it turns off the ‘Take’ button if it is on.

Destination Lock

This button is a toggle that sets or clears a lock on the destination assigned to the control unit in
which the destination lock button is located. The lock can be removed at the panel that origi­nally set the lock, at a panel that has the same user ID, or by a forced release at any panel.

The button for a protected destination is high-tally yellow; the button for a locked destination is
high-tally red.

Destination Protect

This button is a toggle that sets or clears a protect on the destination assigned to the control unit
in which the destination protect button is located. The protect can be removed at the panel that
originally set the protect, at any panel that has the same user ID, or by a forced release at any
panel.

 Note: a protect prevents others from routing to a destination; a lock prevents anyone — even

the user who issued the lock

 You can lock a protected destination, but you cannot change a locked destination to a

protected destination directly. You must first unlock it.

 The NV9648 provides no explicit indication, during operation, whether a destination is

protected or unprotected.

— from routing to the destination.

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Quick Source

A quick source button selects a source and performs an immediate take (to the destination of
the control unit in which the quick source button is located).

Quick source and source buttons are similar, except that the quick source performs a take. Be
aware of which buttons are quick sources so you do not perform an accidental take.

Normally, the button text is the source’s mnemonic, but the configurer can assign any text to the
button.

Salvo

A salvo button presets an NV9000 system salvo. A subsequent press of a ‘Take’ button is
required to execute the salvo. (If you press any other button, the pending salvo is canceled.)

The button legend is typically the salvo name.

Source

A source button selects a source. (Note that a quick source button selects a source and also
performs an immediate take.)

Quick source and source buttons are similar, except that the quick source performs a take. Be
aware of which buttons are quick sources so you do not perform an accidental take.

Normally, the button text is the source device’s mnemonic, but the configurer can assign any
text to the button.

Take

A take button routes the chosen source to the destination device for the control unit in which
the take button is located. (The source must have been selected in the same control unit.)

The default button text is “Take” but the button can have any legend.

Undefined

An undefined button cannot be used and appears dark (unlit) on the panel. The term “unde­fined button” has meaning primarily to the configurer and not the operator.

Buttons for the LCD XY/MD Model

Under the LCD XY/MD model, the 27 buttons and 3 displays of the panel form an integrated
unit. The 3 displays work together. The left-most display shows the preset source; the middle
display shows the current source and the right-most display shows the current destination.

Under the LCD XY/MD model, there are about 21 button types, not including “undefined” which
is not a true button type:

Back

Category Menu Salvo

Clear Preset Navigate Selection

Destination Page Down Source

Destination Lock Page Up Tak e

Destination Protect Panel Lock X-Y Display

Level Map Quick Source

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Hold

Undefined

Previous Source XY/MD Mode

Back

Redisplay the previous button page. (The previous button page becomes active.)

A back button may have any legend and be any color, but typically its legend is just “BACK” and
typically, its color is blue, as it is for back buttons generated automatically for lists. A back button
is never high-tally.

See also [Forward]

.

Category

A category button corresponds to either a source category or a destination category. When you
press a category button, a new button page appears in which the devices of the category are
listed. The new button page also shows a ‘Page Up’ button.

The button page also has a ‘Page Down’ button if the category has more than 25 devices. You
can scroll through as many button pages as are necessary to browse through all the devices in
the category.

To exit from the device list, it is necessary to press the ‘Page Up’ button. Pressing ‘Page Up’ from
the first page of the device list returns you to the button page in which you pressed the cate­gory button.

If the panel is so configured, pressing a source button in a page of source buttons will cause the
panel to return to the page in which you pressed the category button. If the panel does not have
this feature, you must press the ‘Page Up’ button to return to the previous page.

Clear Preset

The ‘Clear Preset’ button removes any preset entries.

The default button text is “Clear Preset” but the button can have any legend.

Destination

The button selects a destination. The destination name appears in the ‘Destination’ display (the
right-most display). The destination is the target of an upcoming take, which will route a source
to that destination.

Pressing a destination button has two side effects: it clears
display (the left-most display), and (2) it turns off the ‘Take’ button if it is on.

— or partially clears — the ‘Preset’

Destination Lock

This button is a toggle that sets or clears a lock on the current destination. The lock can be
removed at the panel that originally set the lock, at a panel that has the same user ID, or by a
forced release at any panel.

 The NV9648 provides no explicit indication, during operation, whether a destination is

locked or unlocked.

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Destination Protect

This button is a toggle that sets or clears a protect on the current destination device. The protect
can be removed at the panel that originally set the protect, at any panel that has the same user
ID, or by a forced release at any panel.

 Note: a protect prevents others from routing to a destination; a lock prevents anyone — even

the user who issued the lock

 You may lock a protected destination, but you cannot change a locked destination to a

— from routing to the destination.

protected destination directly. You must first unlock it.

 The NV9648 provides no explicit indication, during operation, whether a destination is

locked or unlocked.

[Forward]

This button displays and activates the next button page of an automatically generated list.

A forward button is never high-tally. A forward button is generated by the system when the
current page of a list has more than 25 or 26 elements. Forward buttons are always accompa­nied by “back” buttons.

See also Back

.

Hold

The ‘Hold’ button is a toggle. Press it once to activate “hold” mode, press it again to deactivate
“hold.” The button is high-tally when hold mode is active and low-tally when it is not.

You can activate or deactivate hold mode at any time during an MD selection or a breakaway
selection in X-Y mode. Your selection remains intact and the panel subsequently operates in
hold mode or non-hold mode according to the hold button state.

The default button text is “Hold Preset” but the button can have any legend.

MD Mode

In MD mode, turning hold mode on allows you to select more than one destination button at a
time. When you select a source, the source applies to all selected (high-tally) destinations. If hold
is still on when you press ‘Take’, the selected destinations remain selected and the display
reflects the selected destinations. The buttons for the selected destinations remain high-tally.

Without hold enabled, the panel has no destinations selected after an MD take and the buttons
for the selected destinations go low-tally.

When hold is active, all selected MD destinations get the source you selected most recently (in
case you change your mind and selected another source).

X-Y Mode

In X-Y mode, the hold button causes breakaway levels to be retained after a take. The levels you
selected (and deselected) remain lit (or unlit) as they were before the take.

Level Map

The ‘Level Map’ button cross-connects levels (typically in the same physical router). The function
is typically used to shuffle audio channels, for example, to connect AES1/2 to AES3/4.

The default button text is “Level Map” but the button can have any legend.

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Menu

This button puts the panel in menu mode and produces a menu on the buttons and in the
displays that provides access to a variety of panel functions.

Without the button, the operator has no access to the menu functions.

By pressing certain buttons, you makes menu selections and enter data (such as panel ID) or
change brightness values. When the panel is in menu mode, you must press the ‘Menu’ button
to cycle through the functions of the menu. See Menu Mode

on page 68.

Navigate

 It is not likely that you will see any button labeled “navigate” on your panel. The configurer

will have labeled such buttons according to their actual purpose.

A “navigate” button displays and activates one of the button pages defined in the panel config­uration. We call that page the “target” of the button.

The target page can be an ordinary button page (defined during configuration) or it can be the
first page of a list. Lists are characterized by “back” and “forward” buttons on the panel. Such
lists can be categories, sources, destinations, or salvos.

Navigate buttons have no specific default text and it is the configurer’s job to provide text that is
meaningful. The text should help identify the contents of the target page.

Just press the navigate button to access the target page.

Category buttons can also cause the display of a target page. In practice, navigate buttons and
category buttons are nearly indistinguishable, although the pages they display can be quite
different.

See the Category

button type.

Page Down

The button scrolls down. The meaning of scrolling varies with context:

• Scrolling devices within a category: ‘Page Down’ moves forward in the list of devices. (For-

ward means toward the end of the list of devices.)

• Scrolling levels in X-Y mode: Scrolling can occur when (1) selection buttons are visible on the

current button page, and the currently selected destination has more levels than the num­ber of selection buttons.

‘Page Down’ moves forward in the list of levels. (Forward means toward the end of the list of
levels.)

• Scrolling MD devices in MD mode: Scrolling can occur when (1) selection buttons are visible

on the current button page, and there are more MD devices than the number of selection
buttons.

‘Page Down’ moves forward in the list of MD devices. (Forward means toward the end of the
list of MD devices.)

 The number of MD devices is the value of the ‘MultiDest Device Limit’ field in the config-

uration. This value might be greater than the number of actual MD devices. The MD
device list might have blank entries.

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Page Up

The button scrolls up. The meaning of scrolling varies with context:

• Scrolling devices within a category: ‘Page Up’ moves back in the list of devices. (Back means

toward the beginning of the list of devices.)

When the list of devices is at the beginning already, the ‘Page Up’ button returns you to the
page in which you pressed the category button.

• Scrolling levels in X-Y mode: Scrolling can occur when (1) selection buttons are visible on the

current button page, and the currently selected destination has more levels than the num­ber of selection buttons.

‘Page Up’ moves back in the list of levels. (Back means toward the beginning of the list of lev­els.)

• Scrolling MD devices in MD mode: Scrolling can occur when (1) selection buttons are visible

on the current button page, and there are more MD devices than the number of selection
buttons.

‘Page Up’ moves back in the list of MD devices. (Back means toward the beginning of the list
of MD devices.)

 The number of MD devices is the value of the ‘MultiDest Device Limit’ field in the config-

uration. This value might be greater than the number of actual MD devices. The MD
device list might have blank entries.

Panel Lock

The button prevents accidental changes to the panel settings, especially router crosspoints.
When the panel is locked, the button array becomes blank except for the Panel Lock button
which becomes high tally amber.

The button is a toggle: press the panel lock button again to revert the panel to its previous state.

Previous Source

This button presets the previously selected source for the current destination. This function is
useful when you make a route in error.

To recover the previous source, press ‘Previous Source’. When you do, the ‘Take’ button goes
high-tally. Then press ‘Take’ to finish recovering the source.

The default button text is “Previous Source” but the button can have any legend.

Quick Source

A quick source button selects a source and performs an immediate take.

Quick source and source buttons are similar, except that the quick source performs a take. Be
aware of which buttons are quick sources so you do not perform an accidental take.

Normally, the button text is the source’s mnemonic, but the configurer can assign any text to the
button.

Salvo

A salvo button presets an NV9000 system salvo. A subsequent press of a ‘Take’ button is
required to execute the salvo. (If you press any other button, the pending salvo is canceled.)

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Button Functions

The button legend is typically the salvo name.

Selection

Any button page available at the panel might have one or more selection buttons. The buttons
are typically arranged in a row or matrix that would make sense when you scroll entries
displayed on the selection buttons.

In X-Y mode, a selection button selects or deselects a level (on which a take can occur). In MD
mode, a selection button selects or deselects an MD device to which a take will occur. A selec­tion button is high-tally when its associated level or MD device is selected and low-tally
otherwise.

If the panel has more levels (in X-Y mode) than selection buttons or more MD devices (in MD
mode) than buttons, scrolling is enabled. If your panel has ‘Page Up’ and ‘Page Down’ buttons
on that button page, you can scroll through the list of levels or MD devices.

When you scroll the selection buttons using the ‘Page Up’ or ‘Page Down’ buttons, the legends
on the selection buttons change to newly displayed selection entries.

 When all levels are selected, pressing a level button turns them all off except the one

pressed.

In X-Y Mode

Deselecting levels in X-Y mode prepares a breakaway take.

Hold mode preserves the level selection after a take. See Hold

.

In MD Mode

When your panel is in hold mode (i.e., you have pressed a ‘Hold’ button), you can select more
than one destination at once. If your panel is not in hold mode, MD destinations are mutually
exclusive: you can select only one at a time.

If you have enabled ‘Hold’ mode,

1 Select one or more MD devices. Scroll the MD device display as needed to locate the devices.

2 Select a source.

3 Repeat steps 1 and 2 until your presets are complete.

4 Press ‘Take’. The selected MD devices remain selected.

If you have not enabled ‘Hold’ mode,

1 Select an MD device. Scroll the MD device display as needed that device.

2 Select a source.

3 Repeat steps 1 and 2 until your presets are complete.

4 Press ‘Take’. The selected MD devices become unselected.

The panel configuration might allow you to redefine certain MD destinations. To do so is simple:
(1) select an MD destination on a selection button, (2) choose a destination that is not on a
selection button. You might have to navigate or scroll through a destination list to choose one.

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Source

A source button selects a source. (Note that a quick source button selects a source and also
performs an immediate take.)

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Quick source and source buttons are similar, except that the quick source performs a take. Be
aware of which buttons are quick sources so you do not perform an accidental take.

Normally, the button text is the source device’s mnemonic, but the configurer can assign any
text to the button.

Take

In X-Y mode, a take button routes the preset source device(s) on selected levels to the selected
destination device.

In MD mode, a take button switches the preset source device(s) to the selected destination
device(s) on all levels.

The default button text is “Take” but the button can have any legend.

Undefined

An undefined button cannot be used and appears dark (unlit) on the panel. The term “unde­fined button” has meaning primarily to the configurer and not the operator.

X-Y Display

The ‘X-Y Display’ button displays status in either X-Y mode or MD mode. It also displays other
messages in other circumstances, as required. Pressing this button has no effect.

Prior to a take, the status includes the selected destination and current source. After a take, the
status includes current source and current destination. The ‘X-Y Display’ button turns low-tally
red if that destination is locked (by anyone) or protected (by another user).

If there is no destination selected, this button says so.

The button appears in whatever color the system assigns it

 Prior to a take, the preset source name is displayed on any selection buttons present on the

panel. After a take, the selection buttons continue to display the source name, which is now
the current source name.

In MD mode, the X-Y Display button shows (1) current source, (2) preset source, and (3) destina­tion for one of the selected MD devices

— the first one if more than one are selected.

— typically amber or dark red.

XY/MD Mode

This button switches the panel between X-Y and multi-destination modes.

The button is green for X-Y mode and amber for multi-destination mode.

The button text changes to read “XY-MD In XY Mode” or “XY-MD In MD Mode” according to the
mode you have selected. The alphanumeric display also reflects the current mode.

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Selection Knob

‘Info’ Display

Destination Display

Preset Display

Status Display

Operating Methods

Operating Methods

Operating the NV9648 in either standalone mode or LCD XY/MD mode is straightforward. The
standalone model is simple; the LCD XY/MD model is complex.

The client model is also simple but not at all obvious because of the interaction between the
NV9649 and the NV9648s.

To summarize that interaction, the NV9649 can assign destinations to each of the individual
control units (9 buttons, 1 display) of the associated NV9648s. The NV9649 can also assign
sources to source buttons (or to quick source buttons) of the individual control units of the asso­ciated NV9648s.

(The NV9649 button that applies in this interaction is the ‘Assign’ button. The NV9649’s knob can
be used to perform device selection by category. The NV9649 will have been configured in
“server” mode.)

This is a view of the NV9649 panel, identifying the different features that apply to client mode:

Client Model Procedures

Preset procedures, A and B, are used by the “Assign” procedures, C and D, following, next page.

Procedure A — Preset a Source Using the Knob

To preset a source in the preset display of the NV9649 (server):

1 Ensure that the NV9649 is in source mode. Press a ‘Source Mode’ button or press a ‘SRC/DST

Mode’ button when the panel is in destination mode.

2 Turn the knob on the NV9649, clockwise or counter-clockwise, to scroll through the catego-

ries that were configured for the panel.

3 When you reach the desired category, identified in the NV9649’s preset display, push the

knob. (You can feel it click.) The NV9649’s preset display will show the mnemonic of the
selected category.

4 Use the knob now to scroll through the devices in the category until you see the desired

device in the preset display. (Device names consist of the category mnemonic followed by a
(usually) numeric suffix.

5 At any time, you can press a ‘Clear’ button to erase the preset entry you have selected. You

might have to press ‘Clear’ more than once.

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Procedure B — Preset a Source Using a Keypad

To preset a source in the preset display of the NV9649 (server):

1 Ensure that the NV9649 is in source mode. Press a ‘Source Mode’ button or press a ‘SRC/DST

Mode’ button when the panel is in destination mode.

2 Use a category button to select the desired category. The selected category will be displayed

in the preset display. (The panel must have been configured with one or more category but­tons.)

3 After choosing a category, use the panel’s keypad to “type in” the index of the desired device

contained in the category. For example, if the category is VTR and the device is VTR_12, type
in 1, then 2. (The panel must have been configured with one or more suffix buttons, which
are category buttons that provide suffixes.)

As you press keys of the keypad, a device that currently matches the string of indexes will be
displayed in the ‘Preset’ display.

Note also that you can use the knob to scroll forward or back from any point in the device
selection (starting at that whatever index you have entered so far).

 During device selection by keypad, certain keys in the keypad become disabled if it is not

possible to use the keys to perform further selection. For instance, if you have devices
numbered 1–16 in a category and you press 2 (e.g., VTR2), all keys in the keypad become
disabled because another digit would create an index of 20, 21, or similar, which is
beyond the range of 1–16.

4 At any time, you can press a ‘Clear’ button to go back one key press at a time as you require.

Procedure C — Assign a New Source to a NV9648 Source Button

To assign a new source to a source button of an NV9648’s control unit:

1 Ensure that the NV9649 is in source mode. Press the ‘Source Mode’ button or press a ‘SRC/

DST Mode’ button if the panel is in destination mode.

2 Use procedure A or procedure B described above to select (i.e., preset) the desired source.

3 Press an ‘Assign’ button on the NV9649.

4 Press the intended source button — in the intended control unit of the intended NV9648.

The software assigns the source selected at the NV9649 to that button. The source text
appears on the button’s LCD.

Procedure D — Assign a New Destination to a NV9648 Control Unit

To assign a new destination to a control unit of an NV9648:

1 Ensure that the NV9649 is in destination mode. Press the ‘Destination Mode’ button or press

a ‘SRC/DST Mode’ button if the panel is in source mode.

2 Select a destination device by (1) turning the knob or (1) selecting the category and device

index using a “keypad.”Use the method described under procedures A or B. But because you
have placed the NV9649 in destination mode, the method selects a destination.

3 Press an ‘Assign’ button on the NV9649.

4 Press any source button in the intended control unit of the intended NV9648. (To help you do

this, the source buttons of NV9648s — and only the source buttons — will be lighted.)

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VERSIONSVERSIONS

USER USER PANEL PANEL

LCD LCD
CONTROLCONTROL

EXIT EXIT

Menu Mode

Note: because the NV9649 is in destination mode, the new destination mnemonic will immedi­ately appear in the display of the intended control unit.

Procedure E — Takes Using Source Buttons

To perform a take to a single destination using a NV9648 control unit having standard source
buttons:

1 Press a source button in the control unit that corresponds to your intended destination.

The source becomes selected and the source button goes high-tally. The take button in the
same control unit goes high-tally red.

2 Press the take button. The take is completed.

Procedure F — Takes Using Quick Source Buttons

To perform a take to a single destination using a NV9648 control unit having quick source
buttons:

1 Press a quick source button in the control unit that corresponds to your intended destina-

tion.

2) That source is immediately taken to the destination of that control unit.

Menu Mode

The NV9648 enters menu mode if it has a menu button and you press the menu button.

 The menu is available only when the panel is operating under the LCD XY/MD model.

 The menu uses some of the buttons on your panel. The legends and functions of these

While the panel is in menu mode, you will use the menu button to cycle through the various
parts of the menu. This is the menu that appears when you press a menu button:

There are 4 parts:

• Software Versions

• User

• Panel Information

• LCD button illumination levels

Configurers should ensure that the menu button is not part of the numeric keypad that
becomes available in the panel submenu. See Panel Information

buttons in normal operating mode do not apply while the panel is in menu mode.

, following.

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BOOT BOOT
SV1133- SV1133-
000000 000000

APP APP
SV0000- SV0000-
000000 000000

SERVER SERVER
SV0921- SV0921-
06 06

EXIT EXIT

USER USER

USER IDUSER ID
01 01

EXIT EXIT

PANEL IDPANEL ID
6482 6482

PANEL PANEL
NAME NAME
L648 L648

IP ADDRIP ADDR

192.168.192.168.

104.214104.214

SVR NAMESVR NAME

L648 L648

EXIT EXIT

User’s Guide

Software Versions

Press the ‘Software Versions’ button to view the software and firmware versions:

The 3 buttons at the left tell you the current versions of the software in the NV9648. Generally,
this is of no relevance unless you are in a diagnostic situation.

Press ‘Exit’ in the middle section to return to the menu.

User

Press the ‘User’ button to view user data:

The 2 buttons at the left tell you the user name and user ID as determined by the router control
system. These are not the Windows user name or the panel ID.

 User names are important in lock, protect, and release situations. The user who “owns” a lock

or protect is identified by a user name.

Press ‘Exit’ on the right to return to the menu.

Panel Information

Press the ‘Panel’ button to view panel data:

The 5 buttons at the left tell you the panel ID, and other useful information about the panel, in
particular, the panel’s IP address. These are useful in a diagnostic situation. This information
helps configurers ensure that they are sending correct configuration file to the correct panel.

 The panel acquires its IP address through DHCP on the NV9000’s panel/router network.

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PANEL IDPANEL ID
_____648_____648

0 0 1 1

2 2 3 3 4 4

5 5 6 6 7 7

8 8 9 9

CANCEL CANCEL

SAVE SAVE

LCD HI LCD HI
GREEN GREEN
HIGH HIGH

LCD LO LCD LO
GREEN GREEN
LOW LOW

LCD HI LCD HI
AMBER AMBER
HIGH HIGH

LCD LO LCD LO
AMBER AMBER
LOW LOW

LCD HI LCD HI
YELLOW YELLOW
HIGH HIGH

LCD LO LCD LO
YELLOW YELLOW
LOW LOW

LCD HI LCD HI
RED RED
LOW LOW

LCD LO LCD LO
RED RED
LOW LOW

LCD HI LCD HI
BLUE BLUE
LOW LOW

LCD LO LCD LO
RED RED
LOW LOW

LCD HI LCD HI
PURPLE PURPLE
LOW LOW

LCD LO LCD LO
PURPLE PURPLE
LOW LOW

LCD HI LCD HI
GREY GREY
LOW LOW

LCD LO LCD LO
GREY GREY
LOW LOW

CANCEL CANCEL

SAVE SAVE

MAKE MAKE
COLOR COLOR
BRIGHTERBRIGHTER

MAKE MAKE
COLOR COLOR
DARKER DARKER

Menu Mode

If the ‘Panel ID’ button is high-tally, you may change the panel ID. Normally, only your system
administrator would do that. To change the panel ID, press the panel ID button. A panel ID entry
menu appears containing a keypad:

Press the keys of the keypad to enter a number. The number you enter is displayed on the panel
ID button.

Press Cancel to leave the submenu without changing the panel ID.

Press Save to accept your change to the panel ID and leave the submenu.

Button Illumination

Press the ‘LCD Control’ button to view and change LCD brightness. When you do, the current
LCD button state appears on the 14 top left buttons:

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There are 14 buttons for the 7 button colors. They occur in pairs. The pair shows the high tally
and low tally values for the particular color.

You can change high-tally from high to medium brightness and change low tally to medium or
low brightness, as long as high tally is brighter than low tally. (They cannot both be medium
brightness.)

To change a color’s brightness, select the button for the color you want to change. Press either
the ‘Make Color Brighter’ button or the ‘Make Color Darker’ button, whichever is available.

If you make a change, press ‘Save’ to commit the change or press ‘Cancel’ to discard the change.
Pressing either button returns you to the panel menu.

The actual colors cannot be represented accurately in print or in a PDF file displayed on your
screen. There is a small amount of variation in color from button to button. See LCD Buttons
page 93 for a better color chart.

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Setup Mode

NV9648 NV9648
PANEL IDPANEL ID
6481 6481

ACQUIREACQUIRE
IP IP
ADDRESSADDRESS

MENU MENU

Menu button

ENTER ENTER
PANEL IDPANEL ID

SOFTWARESOFTWARE
VERSIONSVERSIONS

PANEL PANEL
TEST TEST
MODE MODE

EXIT EXIT

NV9648 Panel ID 6481

1 1 2 2 3 3

4 4 5 5 6 6

7 7 8 8 9 9

0 0

PANEL IDPANEL ID
123 123

CLEAR CLEAR SAVE SAVE EXIT EXIT

Setup mode occurs when the NV9648 is disconnected from its network and is freshly powered
up. In setup mode, you can set or change the panel ID, identify the software version, and
perform a test of the panel’s buttons. It is in setup mode that you must initially set the panel ID.

 It can take several seconds for the buttons to appear.

Panel ID

The panel powers up with a “menu” button illuminated in green and a display of the current
panel ID. The panel ID is usually set to 0 at the factory:

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Press the menu button to proceed to the first part of setup which is to set the panel ID:

The buttons on the left side of the panel light up and form a numeric keypad. Enter a panel ID
(up to 8 digits) by pressing the appropriate numerical buttons:

Press ‘Clear’ at the lower right if you make a mistake. Then enter the panel ID again.

Press ‘Save’ to accept the new panel ID and to exit the panel ID entry submenu.

Press the ‘Exit’ button to leave the submenu without making a change.

Software Versions

Press the ‘Software Versions’ button to display the panel’s software and firmware versions. The
software part number and its revision number wrap around the first two lines of the display. In

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APP APP
SV1171-SV1171-
00 A000 A0

FIRMWAREFIRMWARE
VERSIONVERSION
00 00

EXIT EXIT

PUSH PUSH
TO TO
TEST TEST

BUTTON TEST

EXIT EXIT

Setup Mode

the illustration above, the part number is SV1171-00 and the revision is A0. The CPLD version
number is 00:

Panel Test

Press the ‘Panel Test Mode’ button to perform a panel test. The test reveals the color and
viability of the 3 displays and the function buttons.

The submenu shows a ‘Push to Test’ button at the lower right:

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Press that button to proceed to the display test.

The display test should show that the pixels of the character elements of the displays are
brightly lit.

Press the ‘Push to Test’ button again to start the color test. The first segment of this test shows all
the buttons illuminated in high-tally green. Press the ‘Push to Test’ button again. The next
segment shows low-tally green.

Keep pressing that button until all the colors have been displayed — green, amber, yellow, red,
blue, purple, grey, and white and high and low-tally for each. At this point, the displays now read
button test. Pause for a moment. Do not press ‘Exit’:

Press any button to test it. The button will flash a few times rapidly and the number of the
button will appear on the display.

Pressing the exit button will terminate the button test and return you to the initial display of
setup mode. At this point

— if you have a assigned your NV9648 a suitable panel ID — you may

connect your NV9648 to the panel network of your NV9000 system.

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Setup Mode

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Chapter 6 provides information about the tally (GPIO) interface.

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Topics

The Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

GPIO Configuration Concepts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

Configuring Outputs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

Configuring Inputs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79

The Interface

The tally interface includes 8 optically isolated inputs and 4 solid-state relay outputs (also opti­cally isolated). Tally devices you connect to inputs can trigger events
in the router control system. The router control system can trigger events that — through the
relays in the NV9648

The DB25 connector, labeled “GPI Interface” at the rear of the NV9648 presents the tally signals.
There are 8 input signals and 4 pairs of output signals.

GPIO

— through the NV9648 —

— switch your tally devices.

Fig. 6-1: GPI Interface

Input

The tally inputs expect contact closure to ground, through the ground pins on the connector, to
trigger a GPI input event.

Fig. 6-2: GPI Input

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GPIO Configuration Concepts

When the input transitions off or transitions on, the NV9648 notifies the router control system,
which carries out the task defined for the input (if a task has been configured).

During contact closure, a current of 1.2mA flows. A maximum of 48VDC can be applied to the
tally input for less than 5 seconds without failure. No voltage above 5VDC should be continu­ously applied.

Output

A tally output is a solid state relay (no audible click) with a maximum resistance of 10 W and
current capability of 150mA. It can withstand 200 VAC.

Fig. 6-3: GPI Output

When a condition (defined for the relay) occurs, the router control system notifies the NV9648
which then opens or closes the relay. The relay switches the customer’s circuit on or off. (It does
not power the circuit. Customers must provide their own power.)

GPIO Configuration Concepts

These are the I/O characteristics of the NV9648’s tally interface:

• Eight optically isolated inputs (sometimes called GPIs) that can be configured to trigger an

event when the input transitions from off to on and to trigger another event on a transition
from on to off. Events include:

• Execute a salvo.

• Route the “previous source” switched by any panel to a destination.

• Route the “previous source” switched by this panel to a destination.

• Route a source to a destination.

• Four relays that can be configured to switch on a number of conditions:

• One or more routes occurring on specific levels.

• Conditions involving output ports (destination, level).

• A transition on one or more of the panel’s tally inputs.

The GPIO Section of the NV9648 Page

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SE’s NV9648 configuration page provides a GPIO section, below the tree window:

Click on a button under ‘Outputs’ to configure one of the 4 tally outputs.

term

operator

term

operator

term

Click on a button under ‘Inputs’ to configure one of the 8 tally inputs.

 There are no actual GPIO buttons on the NV9648 control panel.

Configuring Outputs

Clicking an output button (one of 4) displays a “Relay Rule” dialog for the output:

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User’s Guide

Fig. 6-4: Relay Rule Dialog

In this dialog, you create a Boolean expression involving sources destinations, port status, and
GPI (input) status. When the conditions of the Boolean expression are met (i.e., the expression is
“true”) the relay closes. When the conditions are not met, the relay opens. Figure 6-4 shows one
such Boolean expression.

Boolean expressions comprise terms and operators. The operators include those indicated on
the left: AND, OR, and NOT. Expressions can be parenthesized to control the order of evaluation.
Operator precedence is normally NOT > AND > OR. All parenthesized expressions are evaluated
first; expressions in nested parentheses are evaluated before those in outer parentheses.

Terms (i.e., operands) are generated by choosing entries in the other fields in this dialog and
clicking ‘ADD’. The example shows the following:

Dest. Device:MON2Dest. Level:SD
Source Device:CAM1Source Level:SD

Choosing these items (and clicking ADD) produces the Boolean sub-expression:

SD on CAM1 is switched to SD on MON2

In Figure 6-4, that sub-expression is ANDed with another sub-expression

INPUT 3 OR INPUT 8

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Configuring Outputs

The relay will turn on when the entire expression is true. That is, when the switch occurs and
either of the inputs (3 or 8) transitions from off to on.

(To allow a relay to switch when an input transitions from on to off, precede the input term by
“NOT.” For example, the expression

INPUT 3 OR NOT INPUT 8

will evaluate TRUE when either input 3 goes on or input 8 goes off.)

You can also include one or more sub-expressions regarding the state of output ports. You must
choose a entry in the drop-down menu. These are the choices:

The operation was successfulDestination port locked
Destination port protectedRouter offline / unavailable
No tieline availableUsed as master point to point
Used as master without responsesUsed as broadcast master
Used as slave point to pointUsed as slave without responses
Used as broadcast slave

As an example, choosing ‘Used as broadcast slave’, device VTR3, and level CTRL for output port
status produces the sub-expression:

CTRL on VTR3 has status of ‘Used as broadcast slave.’

which you can combine with other sub-expressions as you require.

The actual logic takes place in the router control system, based on the state of the NV9648
inputs and other system-wide events. The router control system sends signals to the NV9648
instructing it to open or close its relays.

Four arrow buttons at the lower left corner of the relay dialog allow you to traverse the expres­sion you are building:

The left double arrows highlights the first term or operator in the expression. The right double
arrow positions you at the very end of the expression where you may add more items.

The single arrows select and highlight the previous or next terms, operators, or spaces between
terms and operators. If you wish to change a term, you may highlight it, reconstruct the term in
the appropriate entry fields, and click the ‘Change’ button to effect the change.

Using the arrows is the only way to position between two items or at the end of the expression.
You can double-click a term or an operator to select it directly.

You can click ‘Check Syntax’ to evaluate the syntax of your complete expression. Generally, an
syntax error will have occurred because you forgot an operator between terms or you have an
extra operator at the end. You can click ‘Delete’ to delete a selected term.

This is a summary of Boolean operations:

All operands evaluate either TRUE or FALSE.
AND = true if ALL terms are true; false if ANY term is false.
OR = false if ALL terms are false; true if ANY term is true.
NOT = true if term is false; false if term is true (i.e., negation).

 Relay output expressions can be as rich (or complex) as you require.

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Configuring Inputs

Clicking an input button (one of 8) displays the GPI input dialog:

An event is signalled when a transition occurs on the input from on to off or from off to on. You
can configure the NV9648 to recognize either occurrence on any of the 8 inputs, and specify one
of 4 behaviors for each event or both:

1Execute a salvo.

If you choose this behavior, select a salvo ID in the salvo drop-down list.

Note: Although it is not evident in the GPIO input dialog (or anywhere else), a ‘Previous
Source’ command in a salvo chooses the most recent source that is different from the current
source (for a designated destination).

2 Route the “previous source” (that was switched by any control panel) to a destination, even

if it is the same as the current source.

If you choose this behavior, select a destination in the destination drop-down list.

3 Route the “previous source” switched by this panel to a destination, even if it is the same as

the current source.

If you choose this behavior, select a destination in the destination drop-down list.

4 Route a source to a destination.

If you choose this behavior, select a source and a destination in the two drop-down lists.

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GPIO Summary

The NV9648 has 4 relays that can switch on or off your external devices, based on (1) NV9648
input transitions and (2) events in the router control system.

Its 8 inputs can be switched on or off by your external devices. When an input transitions on or
off, the NV9648 can respond with one of 4 actions, such as executing a salvo. (It is the system
that actually executes the salvo.)

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Chapter 7 provides the following:

Topics

Power Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

NV9648 Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

Environmental Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83

Defaults . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83

Drawings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83

Power Specifications

Table provides power specifications for the NV9648 control panels.

NV9648 Power Specifications

Specification Detail

DC power External power supply: 12VDC ± 10%, 5A.

Power consumption 9.15

Regulatory UL listed and CE compliant.

Technical Details

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Table provides specifications for the PS0001 power supply.

Power Supply Specifications

Specification Detail

AC power 90–264 VAC (127–300 VDC), 47–447 Hz.

Inrush current < 50 A at 230 VAC, cold start, at 25°C,
Input current < 2.0 A rms at 115 VAC; < 1.0 A at 230 VAC.

DC power < 60W, 12 VDC, 5 A (5.4 A peak), Regulation ±2%. Ripple < 120 mV.

Efficiency Efficiency > 80% at full load typical, 115 VAC.

Weight 1.06 lb (0.48 kg).

Regulatory UL Listed and CE Compliant.

The power supply is an Grass Valley PS0001-00:

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Indicator LED

5.24

[133.0]

2.39

[60.7]

AC Input

1.62

[41.0]

DC Output

n.c.

1

5

9

6

Tx
Rx

Gnd

n.c.

n.c.

n.c.

n.c.

n.c.

NV9648 Specifications

Fig. 7-1: The power output has Molex 4-pin plug. See Power Cord Retention on page 87.

NV9648 Specifications

Table provides specifications for the NV9648.

NV9648 Physical Specifications

Specification Detail

Dimensions Height: 3.47” (88.1mm), fits EIA 2 RU (3.5” or 88.9mm),

Width: 8.7” (221.0mm).

The panel mounts in one of the two apertures of the main bracket of the
NV9649-48-RMK (rack-mounting kit) which is 19” wide and 3.47” high (2RU).

Depth 2.46±0.01” (62.5mm), enclosure.

2.99” (75.9 mm) overall.

Power 9.15

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Weight 0.994 kg (2.19 lb).

Connectors Power: 2 connectors, Molex 4-pin, keyed.

Ethernet: 1 connector, 10/100baseT, RJ-45 jack.

RS-232: 1 connector, 9-pin D type, for diagnostics and upgrades.

GPIO: DB25.

Tally Interface (GPIO) Input: < 5VDC continuous; < 48VDC for less than 5 seconds; 1.2mA when on.

Output: < 150mA; < 200VAC.

Grounding terminal None.

The RS-232 connector has this pinout:

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Pins 1, 4, and 6 are tied together and pins 7 and 8 are tied together. None of those pins are
connected to any circuitry.

Environmental Specifications

Table provides environmental specifications for the NV9648.

NV9648 Environmental Specifications

Specification Detail

Operating temperature 0–40° C, ambient.

Relative humidity 0 to 90%, non-condensing.

Cooling No fan required.

Defaults

Initial Panel State

Destination: the configured default.

Buttons: low-tally is 40% brightness by default and stays at its most recent setting.

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User’s Guide

Drawings

Configuration Page

The initial NV9648 configuration has no buttons defined. The default panel options are:

Behavioral model: ‘Panel Client’ mode.

Release mode: Normal.

Display 1 device: None.

Display 2 device: None.

Display 3 device: None.

Display 3 device: None.

Master panel: None

Panel options for the other behavioral models are not in effect.

The tally inputs and outputs are all initially undefined.

DHCP

The panel is set up to respond to DHCP from the factory. It is possible to assign the panel a fixed
IP address using the Panel IP Configuration Utility.

The following drawings identify panel features and provide overall and critical dimensions.

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Technical Details

8.7 [221.0]

3.47

[88.1]

8.7 [221.0]

3.47

[88.1]

2.99 [76.0]

2.46 [62.6]

8.7 [221.0]

3.47

[88.1]

2. 213

[56.2]

Drawings

Fig. 7-2: Front View of the NV9648

Fig. 7-3: Rear and Side View of the NV9648

This is the NV9648’s rack mounting filler plate:

Fig. 7-4: NV9648 Rack Mounting Filler Plate

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NV9648

2. 813

[71.5]

2. 213

[56.2]

19.0 [482.6]

3.47

[88.1]

5.0 × 2.4 (127.0 × 61.0) aperture (2x)

17.46 [443.5]

User’s Guide

This drawing provides overall dimensions of the NV9648’s rack mounting bracket:

Fig. 7-5: NV9649-48-RMK Rack Mounting Bracket

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Technical Details

8.7 [221.0]

3.47

[88.1]

Drawings

For reference, this is a view of the NV9649:

Fig. 7-6: Front View of the NV9649

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Chapter 8 provides the following:

Topics

LCD Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87

Power Cord Retention . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87

Ordering Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

LCD Buttons

The 16 LCD buttons have 3 lines of text, 8 characters each. The text can be blank. The buttons
can be of 7 colors in 4 brightness levels: high, medium, low, and off. “Off” is not quite black
you can read black text on the “off” background.

The following is an approximate representation of the 14 button colors:

Misc. Topics

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Fig. 8-1: Button Colors

The best way to view this illustration is on a computer monitor. A color printer cannot represent
these colors nor can a black and white printer.

Each color is represented in Figure 8-1 as a (high-tally, low-tally) pair.

The colors of the up and down buttons are fixed. When they are off, they are white. When they
are on, they are said to be “amber.” This amber is not the same as for the LCD buttons: it is pale
and almost yellow.

The buttons are 24.5mm × 23.5mm with the LCD portion about 20mm × 16.5mm. The button
legend appears in a 64×32 pixel matrix.

Power Cord Retention

Use the supplied retention strap to keep the AC power cord firmly connected to the power
supply. Follow these steps to use the strap:

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Misc. Topics

Power Cord Retention

1 Firmly insert the AC power cord into the power supply. Examine the last figure in this section

to see how the strap should be applied.

2 Placed the Velcro retention strap, fuzzy side up, on top of the power supply with the buckle

loop approximately 1 inch from the AC input side and the remaining strap around the cord
end and down:

3 Holding the buckle in place, lift the strap up and around the cord end so the strap overlaps

itself:

4 Holding the buckle loop in place, route the strap around the back of the supply diagonally

across so that it sticks out on the left below the output cord:

5 Continue the strap around toward the buckle loop and through the loop. Cinch the strap

tightly. While keeping tension, place the 2 inch strap end (with Velcro loops) down on the
fuzzy part to complete the process:

6 Examine the strap though its path around the cord and power supply. Be sure that no slack

exists and that it is tight the full length of the strap. If necessary, adjust and cinch it more
tightly.

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Ordering Information

These are the NV9648 components:

PS0001 12V power supply, 4-pin Molex connector, with cord, and cord retention strap.

NV9648 NV9000 control panel. 27 button, 3 displays, 2RU half-rack unit

WC0053 Optional breakout cable for the tally interface

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User’s Guide

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Misc. Topics

Ordering Information

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