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NV9700 •  User’s Guide

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NV9700 

This brief guide describes the NV9700 Remote Diagnostic and Changeover Panel, a small and sim-
ple device that is part of a redundant NV9000 control system. 

Please refer to the NV9000 documentation for information about NV9000 and its operation.

Introduction

The NV9700 is a slim 1RU device that allows an NV9000 operator these capabilities:

• See at a glance which NV9000 system controller is active. 
• See at a glance whether an NV9000 system controller has an abnormal condition.
• Force a switch from one system controller to the other at any time.
• Hear an alert signal when an alarm condition occurs.

In addition, the NV9700 has a set of relay (GPO) outputs at the rear that can control fairly heavy-
duty external circuitry. The relays reflect the status conditions that are indicated at the front of the 
panel. (See the 

Specifications

 on page 10.)

This is the front of the panel: 

There are two large push-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 sounds when an alarm condition arises. The 
buzzer is behind the speaker icon imprinted on the panel. The buzzer can be disabled. 

Next to the buzzer is a mute button. When the buzzer sounds and an operator responds to the alarm, 
the operator may press the mute button to turn off the buzzer. (The mute is not a toggle. The buzzer 
remains muted until another alarm condition occurs.)

Panel Health

At the right end of the panel are 3 more LEDs. Two represent the two (redundant) power supplies 
and are illuminated when the power supply is connected and power is good. The remaining LED 

 Switch and Status LEDs for 

System Controller 1

 Switch and Status LEDs for 

System Controller 2

Buzzer and 

Mute Switch

Panel

Health LED

Power Supply 
LEDs

Содержание Grass Valley NV9700

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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 ...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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 ...

Страница 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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