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6.
Repeat this process until all of the inputs and outputs on the routing switchers have been assigned a label for
the connected items of source and destination equipment.
7.
If you want to transfer the labels for the inputs/outputs to the other tab, click Copy to Output Assigns / Copy to
Input Assigns .
The number of inputs/outputs is also copied.
8.
Send the current document to the device by clicking
Send Configuration
located on the lower Device
Configuration window (see “ Sending a Document to a Device ” on page 4–23).
Notes
Keep the following in mind:
• If there are various router levels using this input or output number, then the label may be ambiguous if the source
or destination is different for those levels.
• You may rearrange the layout of the labels on the keys when you assign functions to the keys (see “ Assigning
Functions to Keys on the RCP-NKM ” on page 4–8).
Setting Up Breakaways
A breakaway selects a group of levels to be switched. The default breakaway for the RCP-NKM is the first eight
router levels switching together, that is, tied. If your routing switcher system does not use all of the pre-defined
router levels (see
Table 4.2 ), you should disable those levels that are not used in order to prevent a breakaway
warning. If you want to switch certain router levels only, set up a custom breakaway for these levels, then assign
this to a key on the RCP-NKM (see “
Assigning Functions to Keys on the RCP-NKM ” on page 4–8). If you select
a breakaway that includes a level for which there is no routing switcher assigned, a breakaway warning is indicated
by an inverse B on the second line of the LCD.
To set up the breakaways
1. Open the RCP-NKM editor (see “ Opening the RCP-NKM Editor ” on page 4–1).
2. Select the Configuration tab.
3. Scroll to the Breakaways frame.
4. In the Tied level mask, de-select the router levels that are not used in your routing switcher system by clicking
on the numbered squares.
A selected router level is indicated by a blue square.
For example, if router levels 2 and 3 are the only levels used, you should de-select levels 1, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8 in
the
Level Mask column corresponding to Tied .
5. Double-click in the field below Tied in the Name column.
6. Enter the name of the router level that corresponds to the first custom breakaway that you want to define.
For example, enter SDI .
7. Select the corresponding router level(s) in the Level Mask column (see Table 4.2 ), and de-select any router
levels that are not used.
8. Define the next custom breakaway in the Name column below the breakaways that you have defined
previously. Continue until you have defined all the custom breakaways that you want to use.
9. Clear the remaining level masks from unused breakaways in the Breakaways table.
10. Scroll to the Configuration frame.
11. Click the down arrow in the Breakaway Warning Mode field, then select the breakaway with which you want
to compare the status of the router levels in the current breakaway.