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NV9641
User’s Guide
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.
Further, your panel can have a ‘Name Set Toggle’ buttons that allows you to switch
between the “default” name set and the “system name” set. 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.”
In this example, you could press the ‘Name Set Toggle’ button a number of times to see that
PROD_A and VTR_45 are, in fact, the same device.
If you are using aliases, we recommend that you switch to the system name set during
device selection and switch back to your preferred name set afterward.
Note that when the panel is displaying aliases, and a device does not have an alias, the
panel displays the system name.
Broadcast Routes
It is easy and normal to route a source to multiple destinations for audio and video routers.
For machine control, routes are typically point-to-point. Therefore, to control multiple
machines requires that the operator perform a “broadcast” operation using a ‘Broadcast’
button.
During broadcast, the source device controls one or more destination devices.
Making Broadcast Routes
Follow these steps to broadcast control signals:
1 Ensure that the panel is in “source is master” mode. It is either in “source is master”
mode by default or you must press the ‘Source is Master’ button to activate the mode.
It is active when the ‘Source is Master’ button is high-tally.
2 Select a destination and preset a source. Then press ‘Take’.
3 Press the ‘Broadcast’ button.
4 Select a destination and preset a source. Then press ‘Take’.
5 Repeat steps 3 and 4 to add other machines to the set of controlled devices.
