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3.
Click to highlight the text in the Label column corresponding to the output/input to which the item of
destination/source equipment is connected.
4.
Enter the name of the item of destination/source equipment.
5.
Press Enter .
The name of the item of destination/source equipment appears on the corresponding button on the simulated
RCP-QE in DashBoard.
6.
Repeat step 1 to 5 until all of the outputs and inputs on the routing switchers have been assigned a label for the
connected destination and source equipment.
7.
If you want to transfer the labels for the outputs/inputs to the other assigns tab, click Copy to Input
Assigns / Copy to Output Assigns .
The number of outputs/inputs is also copied.
8.
Send the current configuration file to the device (see “ Sending a Configuration File to a Device ” on
page 4–33).
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If there are various router levels using this output or input number, the label may be ambiguous if the destination
or source is different for those levels.
You may rearrange the layout of the labels on the buttons when you assign functions to the buttons (see
“
Assigning Functions to Buttons on the RCP-QE ” on page 4–15).
Setting Up Breakaways
A breakaway selects a group of levels to be switched. The default breakaway for the RCP-QE is the first eight
router levels switching together (they are tied). If your routing switcher system does not use all of the predefined
router levels (see
Table 4.1 ), you should disable those levels that are not used in order to prevent a breakaway
warning. If you only want to switch certain router levels, set up a custom breakaway for these levels and then assign
this to a button on the RCP-QE (see “
Assigning Functions to Buttons on the RCP-QE ” on page 4–15). If you
select a breakaway that includes a level for which there is no routing switcher assigned, a breakaway warning is
indicated by three bars (
||| ) in the bottom right corner of the button on the panel.
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If the RCP-QE is connected to an Ultrix router or Ultricore Central Controller, the level numbers for setting
breakaway pattern correspond to the
ID column within the Ultricore Levels tab.
To set up the breakaways:
1.
Open the RCP-QE Panel Configuration editor (see “ Opening the RCP-QE Panel Configuration Editor ” on
page 4–4).
2.
Select the Configuration tab.
3.
In the Tied level mask of the Breakaways section, 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 .
The Tied breakaway is the default. It is breakaway # 1 in the table.
4.
Double-click inside the Name column in the breakaway ( # 2 ) below Tied .
5.
Enter a name for the router level that corresponds to the first custom breakaway that you want to define.
For example, enter SDI .
6.
Select the corresponding router level(s) in the Level Mask column (see Table 4.1 ), and de-select any router
levels that are not used.
7.
Define the next custom breakaway in the Name column below the breakaways that you have defined
previously. Repeat steps 3 to 7 until you have defined all the custom breakaways that you want to use.