Grass Valley UniConfi NVISION User Manual

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NVISION Series Router Con guration Utility v12.0.0

User’s Guide

UG0022-05

25 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 UniConfig 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 UniConfig
documentation, you agree to the following terms and conditions.

Grass Valley hereby grants permission and license to owners of UniConfig 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 UniConfig User’s Guide

Part Number UG0022-05

Revision 2.1 (25 Nov 14)

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Change History

Rev. Date ECO Description Approved

1.0 02 Oct 07 13619 Initial Release DEM, RH, GW

1.1 13 Feb 09 15573 Software update. Corrections. DEM, D.Cox

1.2 31 Mar 09 15703 Format change. D.Cox

1.3 14 Dec 09 16272 Added EC9535 configuration, monitor connections. DEM

2.1 25 Apr 13 18826 Added NV8140. Updated format. Corrected errors. D.Cox

2.1 25 Nov 14 19357 Reformatted and slightly changed. D.Cox

Safety Compliance

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.

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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.

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

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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 supply 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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

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

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

Product Overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Storing Configuration Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Utilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

UniConfig Version . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Supported Routers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

3 Configuration Basics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Before Starting a Configuration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Launching UniConfig. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

How to Launch UniConfig . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

How to Connect to a Router Control Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Ethernet Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Serial Connection. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Viewing Configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

How to View Current Configuration Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Writing Changes to the Control Card. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

How to Write Changes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Applying Configurations to Another Control Card. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

How to Apply a Configuration to Another Control Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

USB-to-Serial Adapters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Network Basics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

4 Installation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Preparing for Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Installing UniConfig . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

How to Install UniConfig. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

5 Communication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Communicating with a Router. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Communicating with the Router for the First Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Front Serial Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

How to Make a Front Serial Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Rear Serial Connection (DIAG Port). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

How to Make a Rear Serial Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

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Serial and Ethernet Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Changing UniConfig’s Serial Communication Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Changing the Control Card’s Serial Communication Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Changing the Control Card’s IP Address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Communications Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Retaining Serial Port Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

How to Retain the Most Current Serial Communication Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Advanced Ethernet Communication Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Disabling an Ethernet Port. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

How to Disable Communication with a Control Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Reading and Writing Control Card Configurations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Reading a Control Card’s Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Writing a Control Card’s Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

6 Partitions and Signal Types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

About Partitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Configuration Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Partition Table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Read All and Write All . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Multiple Control Cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Partition Types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Artificial Partition Types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Monitor “Partition” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Output Follow “Partition” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Signal Types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Audio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Video . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Machine Control. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Reference Signals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Partition Type and Reference Type Cross-Reference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Setting Up Partitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Standalone v. Expanded Routers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Standalone Routers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Expanded Routers

Updating Partitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Mono v. Stereo Audio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Definitions and Concepts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Method 1 (under NV9000) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Method 2 (under NV9000) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Defining a ‘Monitor’ Level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

NV8500 Standard Routers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

NV7256, NV7512, NV8256, NV8288. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

In NV9000-SE Utilities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Defining an ‘Output Follow’ Level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Creating an Output Follow Level. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Example 1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Example 2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Cascading Outputs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

— Multiple Frames . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

7 Switch Point Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Background. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Redundant v. Dual Video Reference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

The Switch Point Setup Window. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

About Video Signal Fields and Frames . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

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Setting Switching Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

NV5100MC or NV5128 Multi-Format Router . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

NV7256 and NV7256-Plus Routers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

NV7512 and NV7512-Plus Routers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

NV8256-Plus Routers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

NV8288 and NV8288-Plus Routers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

NV8500 Family Standard Routers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

8 Machine Control. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

Background Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

Machine Control Ports. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

Machine Control Partitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

Broadcasting Machine Control Signals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

Diagnostic Takes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

The Port Configuration Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

Machine Control Port Commands. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

Setting Up Machine Control Ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

How to Configure Machine Control Ports. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

9 Connections Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

Writing Connections Reports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

The Connections Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

Window Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

Views . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

XY/Standard View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

XY/Mono View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

Machine Control View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

Saving and Loading Crosspoint States . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

Setting Connection Window Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

Connection Preferences Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

Automatic Refresh After Take . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

Automatic Increment and Decrement after Takes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

Machine Control Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

‘Other’ Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

Show Take Buttons on Connection Dialog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

Enable Output-Follow Takes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

Salvo Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79

Show Salvo Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79

Send All Reads to Salvo Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79

Viewing Diagnostic Crosspoint Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

How to View Crosspoints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

Performing Takes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

XY/Standard Signals. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

How to Perform Standard Takes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

Mono Signals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

How to Perform Mono Takes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

Machine Control Signals. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

How to Perform Machine Control Takes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83

Special Takes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87

Diagonal Takes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87

Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87

Range Takes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88

Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88

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Reverse Diagonal Takes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88

Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88

Chop Takes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

Output-Follow Takes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

How to Perform a Single Output-Follow Take. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

How to Perform an Output-Follow Diagonal Take. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90

10 EC9535 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93

Setting Up EC9535 Communication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94

Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94

EC9535 and Router Baud Rates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94

Setting Up EC9535 Partitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95

How to Set Up Partitions for an EC9535 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96

Setting Up EC9535 Switch Points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97

How to Make Switch Point Settings for the EC9535 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97

11 NV8500 Monitors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101

Monitor Overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101

UniConfig Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102

Mapping to the Monitor Level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102

How to Set Up a Monitor Level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102

Using the Monitor Level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103

12 Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105

How to Remove Locks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105

13 Salvos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .107

Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107

Creating a Salvo. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110

How to Create a Salvo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110

Building a Salvo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111

Reading Outputs from the Router. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111

Adding Individual Takes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112

How to Add Individual Takes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112

Modifying Individual Takes Within a Salvo. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112

How to Modify Individual Takes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112

Salvo Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113

Saving a New Salvo. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113

Saving an Existing Salvo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113

Opening a Salvo. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113

How to Open and Upload a Salvo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113

Clearing a Salvo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114

How to Clear a Salvo. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114

14 Firmware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115

Viewing Control Card Firmware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115

How to View the Software List Using the ‘Basic’ Setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116

How to View the Software List Using the ‘Expanded’ Setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116

Uploading a Firmware File. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118

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How to Upload New Firmware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118

Using Flash Configuration Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119

15 System Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121

Viewing System Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121

How to View System Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121

Performing System Tasks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122

System > Erase . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122

System > Clear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122

System > Recall Last Serial EE Write Status. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123

Controller State > Other Controller. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123

Controller State > This Controller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123

16 Logs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125

Using the Logs Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125

Logging Modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126

Operations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127

17 Technical Details . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129

Router Expansion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129

Expansion Configuration Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129

NV5256 (Expanded) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129

NV7256-Plus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130

NV7512-Plus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130

NV8256-Plus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131

NV8288-Plus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131

NV8576-Plus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131

Connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132

Mono and Stereo Configuration Methods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132

Method 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132

Method 1 Details . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132

Method 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138

Method 2 Details . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138

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Glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .143

Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147

Contact Us . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153

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Chapter 1 provides an introduction to the UniConfig User’s Guide.

Topics

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

The PDF Document . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

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

Chapter Structure

The following chapters provide detailed instructions for all aspects of Router Configuration
Utility:

• Chapter 1, Preface, (this chapter) outlines ways to use this guide, and provides a list of terms

and conventions.

• Chapter 2, Introduction, provides a functional description of UniConfig.

• Chapter 3, UniConfig Basics, provides an overview of UniConfig’s windows and menus.

• Chapter 3, Configuration Basics, provides an overview of configuration tasks.

• Chapter 4, Installation, provides information on installing UniConfig.

• Chapter 5, Communication, provides information on setting up communication between

UniConfig and the router.

• Chapter 6, Partitions and Signal Types, provides information on creating partitions.

• Chapter 7, Switch Point Settings, provides information on making switch point settings.

• Chapter 9, Connections Window, provides information on crosspoints and performing takes.

• Chapter 8, Machine Control, provides information on machine control partitions and ports.

• Chapter 10, EC9535, provides information regarding the EC9535 GSC Node Controller, a

router interface.

• Chapter 11, NV8500 Monitors, provides information regarding NV8500 input and output

monitors.

• Chapter 12, Locks, provides information about releasing locks.

• Chapter 13, Salvos, provides information on salvos.

• Chapter 14, Firmware, provides information about updating firmware.

• Chapter 15, System Status, discusses the ‘System Status’ window.

• Chapter 16, Logs, discusses the ‘Logs’ window.

• Chapter 17, Tech nical De ta ils, provides supplementary, but important, information.

An Index

and Glossary are also provided for your reference.

Preface

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Preface

Preface

The PDF Document

This guide is provided in PDF format, allowing you to use Acrobat’s “bookmarks” to navigate to
any desired location. You can also easily print a hardcopy. Please note:

• Use the Table of Contents or the bookmarks page to jump to any desired section.

• Many hyperlinks are provided within the chapters.

• Use the index to jump to specific topics within a chapter. Each page number in the index is a

hyperlink.

• Use Acrobat’s ‘Go to Previous View’ and ‘Go to Next View’ buttons to retrace your complete

navigational path.

Use the ‘First Page’, ‘Previous Page’, and ‘Next Page’, and ‘Last Page’ buttons to go to the first, pre­vious, next, or last page within a PDF file.

Note

To display the navigation buttons, right-click the Tool Bar area, and check ‘Navigation’.

• 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:

• Notes, Cautions and Important messages are presented in note boxes.

• Entries written in bold-face or capital letters denote physical control panel buttons or GUI

buttons.

Click Apply to ...

Press the SRC 12 button.

• Entries in single quotes denote a field name, page name, or label.

The AES3 reference connection is labeled ‘AES3 REF 1’.

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Chapter 2 provides a brief functional description of UniConfig.

Topics

Product Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Supported Routers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

UniConfig is a software application to set up and modify configurations of Grass Valley’s
NVISION series routers and to perform diagnostics. UniConfig runs on a PC and communicates
with a router through the router’s control card either serially or over Ethernet. UniConfig modi­fies settings on the router control card. Configuration settings vary depending on the router’s
matrix type, its communication protocol, and the level of complexity of the router’s partitioning.

You can also use UniConfig to upload new firmware to router control cards and to perform
minor adjustments, such as takes and lock releases, on a router that is in operation.

Product Overview

Introduction

A router’s control card handles communication between a router control system and the
router’s hardware.

There are several different protocols available by which the router control system can communi­cate with the control card.

In this chapter, we assume that UniConfig is interacting with one of Grass Valley’s NV9000 family
router control systems using Grass Valley’s Ethernet protocol (NVEP). This protocol is always
available through the router’s Ethernet connection. NVSP (the serial protocol) is always available
through the router’s ‘CTRL 2’ connections.

Third-party protocols can be active through the serial ‘CTRL 1’ connection only. The control card
allows only one third-party protocol to be loaded at any one time. For information on changing
control system protocols, contact Grass Valley Technical Support

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Storing Configuration Settings

Configuration settings are stored in non-volatile memory (EEPROM) located on the router moth­erboard. The EEPROM stores all configuration settings entered through UniConfig except the
crosspoint switching data. Crosspoint data are stored on the control card in battery-backed
RAM.

Each control card in a router has its own memory. Both cards, if two are present (for redun­dancy), must be configured separately and identically.

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Introduction

Utilities

UniConfig can be used to perform a variety of utility functions, such as running diagnostics or
viewing system status. In addition, UniConfig can be used to test and update router crosspoint
data independently of the router control system.

Grass Valley periodically updates UniConfig with new features and functionality. Contact Grass

Valley Technical Support for the latest version of UniConfig.

UniConfig Version

This document describes UniConfig version 12.0.0 communicating with a control card running
current firmware under Grass Valley’s NVEP protocol. If your specific version of UniConfig and
control card firmware and its protocol are different, some features or functions presented in this
guide might not be available on your system. Contact Grass Valley Technical Support
mation on obtaining the latest versions of UniConfig and firmware for your situation.

Upgrading control card firmware is recommended only if a specific feature or function you
require is not provided by your current version. In some cases, new hardware may be required to
execute the latest firmware revision.

for infor-

Supported Routers

UniConfig currently supports the following NVISION routers:

NVISION Router Control Card

NV5100 multi-format router (128×128) EM0374

NV5128 multi-format router (128×128) EM0374

NV5256 machine control router 256×256 expandable to 512×512 EM0374

NV7256 digital audio router (256×256)
NV7256-Plus digital audio router 256×256 expandable to 512×512

NV7512 digital audio router 512×512 expandable to 2048×2048 EM0374

NV8256-Plus digital video router 256×256 expandable to 1024×1024 EM0374

NV8288 digital video router (288×576)
NV8288-Plus digital video router 288×288 expandable to 576×576

NV8500 Family:

NV8144 digital video router 144×144
NV8140 digital video router 144×288

NV8280 digital video router 288×576

NV8576 digital video router 576×1152
NV8576-Plus digital video router 576×576 expandable to 1152×1152

EC9535 GSC Node Bus Converter (no signal inputs or outputs) EM0374

EM0374

EM0529

EM0666

Although the EC9535 is not a router, it is configurable in UniConfig.

The NV3512 expandable digital audio router, the NV3064 multi-format router, and the NV6000
series routers are not discussed in this document. Please contact Grass Valley Technical Support
for assistance.

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Configuration Basics

Chapter 3 discusses basic configuration tasks, including launching UniConfig, selecting a
control card, viewing data, and writing changes.

Topics

Before Starting a Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Launching UniConfig . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Viewing Configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Writing Changes to the Control Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Applying Configurations to Another Control Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

USB-to-Serial Adapters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Network Basics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

UniConfig is used for configuring the control cards of NVISION series routers (and other devices
having control cards). A router cannot function properly until its control card(s) has been
configured.

Configuration choices vary according to the router model and the communication protocol
loaded on the control card. After UniConfig reads the router model and control card protocol, it
determines which menu options and windows to display.

Before Starting a Configuration

Before starting configuration tasks, please review the following check list of required conditions:

• The Grass Valley router has all the desired input, output, crosspoint, and control cards

installed and is powered up. All required reference signals have been connected.

• You have a configuration PC with UniConfig installed. See Installation on page 13. This PC

must be on the same Ethernet network as the router(s) you wish to configure.

• The router control system that will be used to control the router is available and ready for

configuration.

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Configuration Basics

Launching UniConfig

How to Launch UniConfig

Select ‘Programs > NVISION > UniConfig’ from the Windows ‘Start’ menu, or click the UniConfig
shortcut on your desktop:

How to Connect to a Router Control Card

If you do not know the IP address of your router’s control card, or if the control card is not acces­sible over Ethernet, on your PC, you must make a serial connection to the control card. The
details of that are explained in Communication

If your PC has an Ethernet connection to the control card, connection is much simpler.

Ethernet Connection

1 Click ‘Ethernet’ in the ‘Communications’ menu (if you have not done so already).

2 Either click ‘Setup’ in the ‘Communications’ menu and enter an IP address in the dialog:

on page 17.

3 Or, choose a control card from the control cards pane.

4 In the ‘Configuration’ window for this control card, click ‘Read All’.

 The control card must be accessible among the networks to which your PC is connected.

Serial Connection

 Serial connections require your PC to have either a serial port or a USB-to-serial adapter for

use with a USB port.

Selecting a control card on a serial connection means running a serial cable from a COM port of
your PC to a DE9 port of the control card itself. (The DE9 port to use is either at the front of the
card or at the rear of the router frame.)

There are several methods for connecting to a control card serially. The method you choose
depends on the router control card:

• EM0374 — Use the DE9 connector at the front of the control card. (Routers that use the

EM0374 are the NV5128, NV5256, NV7256, NV7512, NV8256-Plus, and the NV5100MC. The
EC9535 also uses EM0374 control cards.)

The connection is RS-232, 9600 Baud, 8N1.

(You can use the router’s rear connector after you first set up communication using the front
connector.)

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• EM0529 — The NV8288 and the NV8288-Plus use this control card. Connect to the rear diag-

nostic port of the router frame. There are two ports. Use the one for the control card you
want to configure. (Both control cards must eventually be configured identically.)

The connection is RS-232, 38400 Baud, 8N1.

• EM0666 — This card is used by NV8500 family standard routers. Connect to the rear diagnos-

tic port of the router frame. There are two ports. Use the one for the control card you want to
configure. (Both control cards must eventually be configured identically.)

The connection is RS-232, 38400 Baud, 8N1.

See Communication

 The control cards on a router must be configured separately and identically.

on page 17 for complete details.

Viewing Configurations

After you have connected to a control card, go to the ‘Configuration’ window.

How to View Current Configuration Settings

1 Select a control card.

2 Go to the ‘Configuration’ window:

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Fig. 3-1: Configuration Window (NV8256 Sample)

3Click Read All. Current configuration data populate the ‘Configuration’ window.

If ‘Auto Refresh’ is enabled, it is not necessary to click Read All. See Automatic Refresh
page 15.

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Configuration Basics

Writing Changes to the Control Card

UniConfig does not save any changes in your PC’s file system. Configuration changes you make
are written to the EEPROM on the motherboard in the router frame. Each of a router’s control
cards has its own independent EEPROM. This means that changes must be made to each control
card separately and identically.

 When written, changes are global and immediately overwrite any previous settings. There is

no way to undo a “write.”

How to Write Changes

1 In the currently open UniConfig window in which changes have been made, click Write or

Write All. If the changes are successfully written to the control card, a dialog appears

prompting you to reboot the control card.

2Click Ye s to reboot the control card. All crosspoint settings are maintained during the reboot

cycle but crosspoints cannot be changed until the control card has finished rebooting.

Or, click No if you want to reboot at a later time. Changed settings are stored in EEPROM, but
are not copied into the RAM used by the control card. The system will continue to run using
the previous settings until a reboot is performed.

Applying Configurations to Another Control Card

Once a configuration has been defined, the configuration settings can be applied to multiple
control cards.

How to Apply a Configuration to Another Control Card

1 Select a control card. (This the “from” control card.)

2 Go to the ‘Configuration’ window.

3Click Read All. Current configuration settings for the selected control card populate the

‘Configuration’ window fields.

4 Ensure that ‘Auto-refresh’ is disabled. (See Automatic Refresh

5 Select another control card

Do not click Read All.

6 Important: Enter the “to” control card’s IP address (and its subnet mask and gateway

address, if necessary) in the Ethernet settings section of the page.

If you do not change the IP address, you will write the configuration back to the “from” con­trol card.

7 In the ‘Configuration’ window, click Write All. UniConfig sends the current configuration to

the selected control card.

8 Repeat steps 5–7 for additional target control cards.

— one to which you want to copy the current configuration.

on page 15.)

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USB-to-Serial Adapters

Older PCs have one or more DE9 COM ports. Newer PCs do not have them.

You can obtain a USB-to-serial conversion kit. With the software in the kit, a USB port acts a serial
port.

Following is one solution.

Obtain a USB-to-Serial-Value kit from SIIG, Inc. (www.siig.com). The kit includes a software CD
and a USB-to-DE9 cable.

Install their driver. The driver (software) will perform USB-to-serial conversion.

After loading the software, determine which COM ports are available:

1 Go to the Windows System Properties dialog:

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Configuration Basics

Click the ‘Device Manager’ button. The ‘Device Manager’ window opens:

2 Locate, and expand, the ‘Ports (COM & LPT)’ entry. You should see entries listing the COM

ports that are associated with USB ports. (The window details and the nomenclature might
differ if you are using Windows 7 or a driver from a different supplier.)

3 In UniConfig’s ‘Serial Communications Settings’ dialog, choose one of those ports as the

COM port:

Network Basics

For devices to communicate over Ethernet, all devices must reside on the same subnet or have
access to the subnet through a gateway.

Each control card on an NV9000 router network must have a unique IP address.

An IP address is a 32-bit number divided into two portions, one identifying the subnet and the
other specifying the address of a device within the subnet. A subnet mask specifies where in the
IP address the division occurs.

An IP address is usually represented by four 8-bit values (octets) written in decimal. The typical
IP address for a router in an NV9000 system is

192.168.1.nnn where nnn ranges from 1 to 254

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and its subnet mask is typically 255.255.255.000. That mask means that 24 bits are used for the
subnet and 8 bits are used for the device address.

(Device addresses 0 and 255 are reserved for other purposes and may not be used.)

IP addresses for router control cards must be fixed addresses. DHCP

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is not used.

IP addresses are divided into classes. Specific classes are intended for different functions. For
example, IP addresses on the 192.168.xxx.xxx subnet are known as class C addresses and are
intended for use in private closed networks. This range is recommended for use with all Grass
Valley products using a fixed IP structure.

Barring any IP addresses provided by your IT administrator, we suggest the following IP address
settings for router control cards:

Router Primary Control Card Secondary Control Card

First router 192.168.1.5 192.168.1.6

Second router 192.168.1.7 192.168.1.8

Third router 192.168.1.9 192.168.1.10

Fourth router 192.168.1.11 192.168.1.12

. . .

With these IP addresses, your configuration PC should configured so that one of its IP addresses
is 192.168.1.nnn where nnn is different from any address used by the routers.

All Grass Valley routers support Ethernet communication at 100

Mb/s.

1. Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol

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Configuration Basics

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Chapter 4 provides installation instructions.

Topics

Preparing for Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Installing UniConfig . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Preparing for Installation

You will need a PC with the following features to use UniConfig:

Windows® 2000, Windows XP Professional,® or Windows 7.® UniConfig does not run
under any version of the Macintosh or Linux operating system.

A late model Pentium-class processor, such as a Pentium III (or later) or an AMD Athlon.

At least 90

A CD drive.

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At least one RS-232 serial port capable of running at 38400 bps or more. Note that many
USB-to-serial adapters do not function correctly at higher Baud rates.

A 10/100baseT Ethernet port that can use a fixed IP address on the same network as your
NVISION series routers.

MB of disk space.

MB or more RAM.

Installation

You will need the following items to use UniConfig:

100

Mb/s Ethernet switch with at least 4 ports.

Ethernet cables (category 5 or better).

Straight-through RS-232 serial cable.

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Installation

Installing UniConfig

UniConfig is available on Grass Valley’s Software and Documentation CD (SB0033-xx). You can
obtain the most recent release of UniConfig through Grass Valley customer service.

How to Install UniConfig

1 Obtain the Software and Documentation CD (SB0033) and insert in your CD drive.

2 The CD should “autoplay.” The main screen appears:

3 Click ‘Configuration Software’. The configuration software page appears:

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4 Click ‘Install UniConfig’. You will see a warning message:

You may safely disregard the warning. Click ‘Run’ to proceed.

5 The UniConfig installer will launch:

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6 Follow the simple instructions, clicking ‘Next’ to proceed from step to step. The actual instal-

lation takes about 30 seconds. By default, the installer creates an entry in the Windows ‘Start’
menu and also creates a shortcut on your desktop:

The default pathname of the application is:

C:\Program Files\NVISION\UniConfig\UniConfig.exe

The default path in the Windows Start menu is:

Programs > NVision > UniConfig

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Communication

Chapter 5 discusses how UniConfig communicates with routers.

Topics

Communicating with a Router . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Serial and Ethernet Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Communications Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Reading and Writing Control Card Configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Disabling an Ethernet Port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

UniConfig can communicate with any NVISION series router’s control card through its Ethernet
port. Depending on the router, it can also communicate either through a serial port located at
the rear of the router, or through a serial port located at the front of the control card.

Note

If your router has two control cards, use UniConfig to configure each control card sepa­rately and identically. Each of the control cards must have a unique IP address, however.

 EC9535s are not routers but they do have (EM0374) control cards. For information on setting

up EC9535 communication, see EC9535

 Use MRC, not UniConfig, to configure NV8500 family hybrid routers (which have EM0833

control cards).

Communicating with a Router

Communicating with the Router for the First Time

The first time you configure a router, it is likely not to have an IP address. You must use the
router’s serial connection with UniConfig to assign the router’s control card its IP address. If the
router has two control cards, you must assign an IP address to both. After you perform this
simple step, you can use the router’s Ethernet connection to perform configuration tasks.

Ethernet is generally preferable. You can access multiple routers, perhaps remotely, and you do
not have to make cable connections for each change. Ethernet is also faster when you are
uploading firmware to the router.

on page 93.

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Communication

Front Serial Connection

(Front serial connections apply only to routers with EM0374 control cards.)

Make a connection between the router and UniConfig. Run a cable from your PC’s serial port to
the DE9 serial port located on the front of the control card. This connection is set to a fixed rate
of 9600

How to Make a Front Serial Connection

Baud. (The protocol is RS-232, 8N1, meaning 8 data bits, no parity, and 1 stop bit).

1 Open the router door and locate the control card.

2 Run a straight-through serial cable from your PC’s serial port to the DE9 connector at the

front of the control card.

If your PC does not have a serial port, you’ll need a USB-to-serial adapter for the cable. See

USB-to-Serial Adapters

3 Close the router door as much as possible. The router might overheat if you leave the door

open.

4 Set up serial communication in UniConfig. That is, choose serial mode and set the RS-232

settings to 9600. See Changing UniConfig’s Serial Communication Parameters

5 Read the control card configuration from the router. See Reading a Control Card’s Configura-

tion on page 25. If the read is successful, your serial connection is good.

(If the read is not successful, you will need to diagnose and correct the problem. The prob­lem could be a faulty cable or that you have used a crossover cable by mistake. The problem
might lie in UniConfig: its Baud rate not set to 9600, the wrong COM port or the wrong con­nector chosen.)

6 Be sure to close the router door again when you have finished with its control cards.

on page 9.

on page 20.

Rear Serial Connection (DIAG Port)

(The serial connection for routers with EM0529 control cards or EM0666 control cards must be
made through the DIAG connectors at the rear of the router.)

(It is your option, after you have initially set up a router having an EM0374 control card, to access
the control card through its rear DIAG port.)

There are two serial ports located on the router, labeled ‘DIAG’. One is for the primary
card and the other is for the secondary control card. By default, these ports are set to 38400
Baud, RS-232, but can be changed to RS-422 in UniConfig. Do not change them to RS-422.

1. The terms “primary” and “secondary” mean nothing more than to distinguish the two control cards.

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