Buttons, Broadcast, Category – Grass Valley NV9608 v.1.0 User Manual
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5. Operation
Operating Concepts
Buttons
The NV9616 has 3 classes of button functions:
• Dedicated functions, such as ‘Default State’ and ‘Chop’.
• Variable functions, such as ‘Category’, ‘Source’, or ‘Destination’. A category button identifies
a specific category. A source button identifies a specific source. A destination button identifies
a specific destination.
• Special functions, such as ‘Menu’, ‘Page Up’, and ‘Page Down’.
At present, there are 26 button types, not including “undefined” which is not a true button type:
These button types are available in both X-Y mode and MD mode.
Broadcast
A broadcast button applies to a data (or machine control) level only. The button assigns one con-
trolling device (the master) to multiple controlled devices (the slaves). The function is useful in
dubbing applications. See
on page 46 for more information.
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Pressing the ‘Broadcast’ button turns off the ‘Source is Master’ button and vice versa.
The default button text is “Broadcast” but a broadcast button can have any legend.
Category
A category button selects either a category mnemonic or a category suffix. Category buttons exist
for the purpose of selecting (naming) either a source or a destination device.
When you have not started a device selection, pressing a category button (1) chooses a category
mnemonic as the beginning of a device name and (2) starts the device selection.
Thereafter, pressing a category button appends the suffix represented by the button to the device
name. When you have constructed the device name of choice, you simply stop pressing suffix but-
tons.
A category button operates in source mode or destination mode. In source mode, it selects a source
category or a suffix for the source category. In destination mode, it selects a destination category or
a suffix for the destination category.
When the panel is in source mode, category buttons that are not configured with a source category
become disabled. When the panel is in destination mode, category buttons that are not configured
with a destination category become disabled. Category buttons configured with both source and
destination categories are not disabled in either mode. Category buttons that have only a suffix con-
figured are disabled until a category becomes selected.