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NV9700 •  User’s Guide

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NV9700

Discussion Points

Relay Connections

There are 7 relay outputs. Each can switch a fairly heavy load: 

(Relay specifications are on page 10.) 

Each relay has power (+) and ground (–) terminals on the DB25 connector. The DB25 connector 
also has a number of additional ground terminals which you might want to connect to earth ground. 

There are ‘alarm’ relays for controllers 1 and 2, ‘active’ relays for controllers 1 and 2, and ‘health’ 
relays for controllers 1 and 2. The relays are active when the LEDs are on and inactive when the 
LEDs are off.

A seventh relay is analogous to the buzzer: that relay switches on during any alarm condition for 
either controller and switches off if there is no alarm condition. Unlike the buzzer, the relay is not 
deactivated by the mute button and is not enabled or disabled by a DIP switch.

Discussion Points

The NV9700 is a 

very simple

 device. It displays the status of your system controllers. It illuminates 

an alarm LED when a system controller has a problem. If the buzzer is enabled, an alarm condition 
sounds the buzzer. The buzzer continues to sound until someone mutes it.

When Failure Occurs

The NV9700 itself could fail. If the power supply LEDs are not illuminated, the panel has lost 
power. If the ‘Panel Health’ LED is not illuminated, the NV9700 is malfunctioning. Ensure that the 
NV9700 is powered up and functioning before continuing.

If a system controller fails (i.e., the red alarm LED is on), you will probably need to use the ‘Sys-
tem Management’ page of 

NV9000-SE Utilities

 to review system status and to restart system con-

trollers.

Before doing anything else, check the obvious:

• Are the serial cables (between the NV9700 and the system controllers) connected?
• Are both system controllers powered up and running?

If both these conditions are met, and the alarms are still present, then you must perform further 
investigation to determine the cause of the failure and correct it.

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External Power,

200V max, 130 mA max

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Isolation

External lamp or load

External Ground

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Summary of Contents for Grass Valley NV9700

Page 1: ...sh button switches and 3 status LEDs for each of the two redundant system controllers Pressing the button forces the system active The 3 LEDs indicate Left green LED system controller is healthy Middle amber LED the system controller is active Normally one controller is active Right red LED the system controller has an alarm condition Buzzer The front of the panel has an internal buzzer that sound...

Page 2: ...ay output The connector is labeled GPI Inter face This is a bit of misnomer The DB25 supports general purpose outputs or GPOs The connector presents 7 relay outputs Three health active alarm for system controller 1 Three health active alarm for system controller 2 One alarm triggered when any alarm condition exists See Relay Connections for detail DIP Switches At the far right is an exposed set of...

Page 3: ...ross over cable See Cabling next page These are two 8 port examples There are other types of serial cards In any case the protocol is RS 422 9600Baud 8 data bits 1 stop bit no parity The second step is to create a registry variable in each of the NV9000 controllers The registry variable allows the NV9000 software to monitor the serial port The variable is named SerialMonitor0 a DWORD and its value...

Page 4: ...tor0 The entry is a REG_DWORD and its value is that of COM port you are using for the NV9700 For instance the value is 0x0000006 for COM port 6 Repeat this on the secondary system controller too if your NV9000 system is redundant Important restart NVAGENT so it can detect the registry change In the general case the registry entry is SerialMonitorN where N is an integer starting at 0 and continuing...

Page 5: ... It illuminates an alarm LED when a system controller has a problem If the buzzer is enabled an alarm condition sounds the buzzer The buzzer continues to sound until someone mutes it When Failure Occurs The NV9700 itself could fail If the power supply LEDs are not illuminated the panel has lost power If the Panel Health LED is not illuminated the NV9700 is malfunctioning Ensure that the NV9700 is ...

Page 6: ...Ethernet switch is present and it malfunctions each system controller begins to operate as a stand alone controller and attempts to operate as the active controller Eventually one or both system controllers will malfunction in this condition Both Active LEDs of the NV9700 go on Both Alarm LEDs go on If you see this condition reconnect or replace the crossover cable Failed network connection hub sw...

Page 7: ...althy but either a router died or its network died The system fails over in case it is a network failure and generates an alarm Check the router s power and control card s first The control cards should show green Health LEDs and one of the control cards should be active the amber LED is illuminated If not the router needs service If the router is healthy the network is probably at fault Check the...

Page 8: ...inac tive controller The remedy might be as simple as plugging the AC cable back in It is probable that the internal power supply failed when you have AC power but the system controller still does not run System controller restarted A restart of any system controller takes about 30 seconds During that time the controller is effectively disconnected from the NV9700 and from NV9000 SE Utilities from...

Page 9: ...ng show the overall dimensions and features of the NV9700 1 2 3 4 FORCE ACTIVE FORCE ACTIVE PS1 PS2 9K50 E146905 DC IN GPI INTERFACE CONFIG CONTROLLER 2 CONTROLLER 1 19 0 482 6 17 23 437 7 0 19 4 8 0 61 15 5 1 15 29 2 1 95 49 4 1 72 43 7 Top View Front View Rear View ...

Page 10: ...the appropriate means listed here Main telephone 514 333 1772 Website http www grassvalley com Fax 1 514 333 9828 In the Americas call toll free 1 800 547 8949 or 1 530 478 4148 9 am to 9 pm EST In Europe the Middle East Africa or the UK call 44 118 952 3444 9 am to 6 pm GMT For playout automation call 44 870 500 4350 9 am to 5 30 pm GMT In France call 33 1 55 86 87 88 9 am to 5 pm GMT 1 In Asia c...

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