Grass Valley NV9603A v.1.1 - Manual (Page 44)

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Operation
Operating Concepts
Source
The button selects a source. The source name appears in the ‘Status’ display.
A source button represents two sources. The source selected when you press the button is
affected by whether your panel has a ‘Source Shift’ button and its state: whether it is selected or
not.
Source is Master
Means “source is the master” and makes the source device the master. Otherwise, the destina-
tion is the master. This button (and these concepts) apply only to machine control routes.
The button is a toggle: Press it once to make the source the master (it goes high-tally); press it
again to make the destination the master (the button is low-tally).
The ‘Source is Master’ button is also used to initiate “broadcast” machine control routes. See
Broadcast Routes on page 37.
During data level (i.e., machine control) takes, this button makes the source device the master.
Otherwise, the destination is the master.
The button is a toggle that reverses the direction of data routing. For example, if the destination
is the master and the source is the slave, pressing a ‘Source is Master’ button reverses their roles.
Pressing the button again reverses the roles.
The ‘Source is Master’ button is used to initiate “broadcast” control routes. See Broadcast Routes
on page 37.
The panel can be configured so that “source is master” is the default state or so that “destination
is master” is the default. The button still toggles between “source is master” and “destination is
master.”
 Pressing the ‘Source is Master’ button turns off the ‘Broadcast’ button and vice versa.
Source Mode
The ‘Source Mode’ button places the panel in source mode, where category selection buttons
select source categories. If the panel is not in source mode, it is in destination mode, where cate-
gory buttons select destination categories.
Note that not all category buttons necessarily select actual categories. Some might represent
only category suffixes. See
Device Selection by Category on page 27.
Source Shift
The ‘Source Shift’ button toggles between the first and second sets of sources. The button
affects the operation of any source button.
Src/Dst Mode
The ‘Src/Dst Mode’ button toggles the panel between source mode and destination mode. If the
panel is in source mode, category buttons select source categories. Otherwise, category buttons
select destination categories.
Note that not all category buttons necessarily select actual categories. Some might represent
only category suffixes. See
Device Selection by Category on page 27.