Category, Chop, Category chop – Grass Valley NV9601 v.2.0 User Manual
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6. Operation
Category
7 Press
Take
again to complete the first link in the broadcast route, which is the master device
linked to the primary slave device.
8 Select the next slave device by repeating Step 2.
9 Press
Brd cst
to enable Broadcast mode.
10 Press
Take
again. This action adds the slave selected in Step 8 to the broadcast group.
11 Repeat Steps 8 through 10 until all slave devices have been added.
How to remove a single slave device
To remove a single slave device from the group, select it as a source or destination and then route it
to another device that is not in the group (e.g. Free Source) and then press
Take
.
How to clear an entire broadcast group
To clear the entire broadcast group, select the master device and route it to another device that is not
in the group (e.g. Free Source) and then press
Take
.
Category
Category buttons are available in X-Y or MD mode. Category buttons are used as the second step
in selecting a source or destination device (The first step is to select Destination Mode or Source
Mode). Before a source or destination can be selected, the category to which it belongs must first be
selected. Categories are created during configuration and are broad sets of devices grouped by a
related feature, such as function or location. The control panel can only access devices that have
been assigned to a category. For more information about categories in general, see
on page 6. For more information on category buttons, see
When a category button is pressed, the name of the category (usually an abbreviation) appears in
Column 1 in the display area. At this point either a device’s index number can be entered using the
keypad or a device selected from the display area using the
Page Up
and
Page Down
buttons.
Chop
The Chop button (default legend ‘Chop) is only available in X-Y mode. The Chop button enables
you to switch rapidly (usually within milliseconds; the rate is set in NV9000-SE Utilities) between
the current source device and a preset source device for a given destination. This mode is used to
test system timing and not used for normal operations.
At any time while selecting a destination or source, you can press
Clear
to clear the last entry. Press
Clear
again to clear the entry prior to that, and so on until all the entries you want to clear have been
cleared. Or, press
Clear Pst
to clear the sources that display in the ‘Preset’ column (see
How to perform a “chop”
1 Press
XY/MD
to place the panel in X-Y mode. The panel buttons turn green.
2 Select the desired destination device (If already selected, go to Step 3):