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BrightEye NXT 410/415/430 Compact Router Installation, Configuration and Operations Guide
Understanding Profiles
Any device used to control the BrightEye NXT Router must be assigned a Profile.
A Profile provides a configured view of the sources and destinations in the router. It determines
which sources and destinations are accessible by the device. It also defines the order of the sources
and destinations as seen by the controlling device. This ordering feature is of particular interest for
automation control because it provides a simple means to map sources and destinations to suit the
automation system’s requirements.
An example will help illustrate how a Profile is used to connect an automation system to the router.
Note: It is important to be familiar with the methods for configuring input and output
ports in the BrightEye NXT Router. For help with these topics, please refer to
“Configuring the Router’s Ports” on page 34.
Assume that we have cabled up the router so that it has 4 inputs and 2 outputs. Table 1 lists the inputs
and outputs connected to the router in this example.
Table 1
Router port number Src/Dest Name
Input Port 1 Network Feed
Input Port 2 Studio 3
Input Port 3 Server 6
Input Port 4 Server 4
Output Port 1 Microwave
Output Port 2 Transmitter
Suppose we want to access these inputs and outputs from an automation system and that we want to
renumber the sources and destinations to fit the automation system’s numbering scheme. In Table 2
we have added a column to list the desired automation number associated with each input/output.
Table 2
Router port number Src/Dest Name Desired automation number
Input Port 1 Network Feed source # 7
Input Port 2 Studio 3 source # 5
Input Port 3 Server 6 source # 2
Input Port 4 Server 4 source # 3
Output Port 1 Microwave destination # 8
Output Port 2 Transmitter destination # 3
By rearranging the information in Table 2, we have produced a sorted list of sources and a sorted list of
destinations for the automation system. The results are in Table 3 and Table 4 on the next page.