Grass Valley NV9654 v.1.1 - Manual (Page 68)

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Operation
Operating Concepts
Hold
Hold mode (and hold buttons) apply in both X-Y mode and multi-destination mode.
Breakaway
In X-Y mode, a hold button retains breakaway levels after a take.
Simply press the hold button at any time before the take.
A hold button is a toggle. Press it once to put the panel in hold mode; press it again to remove
hold mode.
Multi-Destination Mode
In multi-destination mode, hold mode allows you to select more than one MD destination at a
time.
Category Selection
In the NV9000 system, devices are assigned to categories, where the devices within the catego-
ries are either numbered or identified by alphanumeric suffixes. For instance, a category
representing cameras might be CAM and the cameras in the category might be named CAM1,
CAM2, and so on.
NV9654 category buttons can represent either a source category or a destination category (but
not both). When you pressing category buttons to begin device selection, one of two things
occurs:
• The panel displays a list of all devices in that category. If the list has more entries than will fit
on the available buttons, you can scroll through multiple pages of devices using ‘Back’ and
‘Forward’ buttons to find the device you want.
• The panel displays a “suffix page” which contains a keypad containing numerals and possi-
bly alphanumeric suffixes, and perhaps some other functions. By pressing keys of the key-
pad, you can “construct” a device name. Each press of the keypad appends a digit or a suffix
to the category name. The device name appears in the alphanumeric display as you con-
struct it.
Suffixes may be numeric or alphanumeric, and up to 4 characters in length. Any device may
have up to 8 suffixes. However, device mnemonics are limited to 8 characters. Therefore, the
usual
— and default — suffixes are just the numerals 0 –9.
Example: you want to select the source device CAM_12 .
1 Press the category button labeled ‘CAM’.
The display for this source shows ‘ CAM ’.
2 If you see a list of devices, scroll until you find CAM_12 and press that button.
3 Or if you see a keypad, press ‘1’ and then press ‘2’.
At this point, you could press a ‘Clear Preset’ button — on the suffix page with the keypad —
to erase the digits or suffixes you entered. ‘Clear Preset’ does not return to the previous page
but allows you to re-enter digits or suffixes.
4 When you have the desired source selected, press a ‘Back’ button to return to the previous
page.