Grass Valley NV9608 v.1.0 - Manual (Page 55)

NV9616 Control Panel • User’s Guide 45
5. Operation
Operating Concepts
XY/MD Mode
The button toggles the panel between X-Y mode and MD mode.
Undefined
An undefined button cannot be used and appears dark (unlit) on the panel. The term “undefined”
has meaning primarily to the configurer.
Name Sets
NV9000-SE Utilities allows configurers to define multiple name sets. Each name set contains
aliases (alternate names) for any and all devices in the NV9000 system. The aliases can appear in
the displays of your panel.
Further, your panel can have a ‘Name Set Toggle’ buttons that allows you to switch between the
“default” name set and the “system name” set. Whichever name set you are currently using is the
active name set.
There is always a ‘System Name’ set. That name set includes the device names defined within the
NV9000 configuration. Any other name sets are optional.
Device selection using categories and suffixes requires that you enter device names using the sys-
tem name set. However, the display shows the device name as it is represented in the active name
set.
For example, suppose the system name for a destination is “VTR_42” and its alias is “Prod_A.”
Follow these steps to select the device using category selection:
1 Switch to destination mode if necessary.
2 Press a VTR category button. (Suffix buttons become enabled.)
3 Press 4, then 2. The device is selected, but the name appearing in the destination display is
“PROD_A.”
In this example, you could press the ‘Name Set Toggle’ button a number of times to see that
PROD_A and VTR_45 are, in fact, the same device.
If you are using aliases, we recommend that you switch to the system name set during device selec-
tion and switch back to your preferred name set afterward.
Note that when the panel is displaying aliases, and a device does not have an alias, the panel dis-
plays the system name.
Broadcast Routes
It is easy and normal to route a source to multiple destinations for audio and video routers. In con-
trast, machine control routes are typically point-to-point. Therefore, to control multiple machines
requires that you perform a “broadcast” operation using a ‘Broadcast’ button.
During broadcast, the source device controls one or more destination devices.