NetWave DirectView Broadcast Console Operations & Technical Manual
Revision A
4 – Linked NetWave Consoles
Harris Broadcast
4-13
PR&E
Each name can be up to 10 alphanumeric characters long. This name is also used in other rooms when the
parent device is using Tier 1 naming conventions. Figure 4-14 shows where the Tier Naming Convention is
set. The VistaMax and Envoy manuals give more details on Tier naming.
Figure 4-14. Tier Naming Convention Set on a VistaMax Device
With Convention 1, the up-to-ten-character In Room Name appears on all devices. But, when the parent
device is set for the Convention 2 or Convention 3 naming convention, the In Room Name only appears
on devices hosted by that device. All other devices detect the Community Name instead. This name is
limited to four characters, since the Call Sign or Discipline Prefix (three character names set in the
device’s main edit pane) and the In Room Prefix, Discipline Sort Character, and Name Radix divider (all set
in the VMCC Community edit pane) use the other six characters.
The Description column (Figure 4-13) only identifies the signal in VMCC screens. The VistaMax system does
not use this column, so most entries can be left to their default settings. On the NetWave input signals, it
can be used to identify whether the source is the analog or digital input.
To edit signal names and definitions, click In Room Name, Community Name, or Description and edit as
required. Click a column heading name to resort the list by the data in that column (A – Z). Click the
heading name a second time to reverse the order (Z – A). The normal viewing order is by Local Signal #
from the lowest signal number on up.
If you enter too many characters or an illegal character, a red exclamation point and a pop-up error box
appear. You need to correct the error, or the system discards the entry.
Signal Format (Stereo or Dual Mono)
All NetWave AMP MOD IV audio connectors (analog and digital) carry two signals. By default, each connector
is defined as a stereo connection with the left, or first signal, assigned an odd signal number and the right,
or second signal, assigned the next even signal number. Stereo linking ensures the two signals are treated
as one source or destination for proper phase, timing, and signal routing.
When the Link w/Next check box is selected (Figure 4-13), this stereo relationship is set, which sets the
signal as being stereo-linked with the next signal. In the NetWave console, the odd signal number is the left
channel, and the next even number signal is the right channel of the same connector, represented by the
selected Hidden check box.
To change a stereo signal into two mono signals, click the Link w/Next check box to clear it. When the
second signal is to be used, you need to clear the Hidden check box for that signal, or the signal is not
shown in the system. The system now treats the two signals on that connector as two separate mono
signals. When a mono signal is routed to a NetWave channel strip, it automatically goes to both the left and
right channels of that fader.
