Configuration – Grass Valley NV96xxV Windows v.1.7 User Manual
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Virtual Control Panels
Virtual Control Panels
The ‘Set Parameter’, ‘Connect’, and ‘Allow Auto-Reconnect’ commands become disabled and
the ‘Disconnect’ command becomes enabled. You cannot change the IP address or panel ID
when the virtual panel is connected.
Other commands remain enabled.
4 Open the context menu once again and Click ‘Exit’.
The ‘Exit’ command closes the virtual panel. After a few seconds, the router control system
will detect that the panel is off-line.
When panel operators start a virtual panel that has been set up this way, it will automatically
reconnect (if so enabled) to the router control system. If automatic reconnect is not enabled,
the operator must reconnect manually.
There is no real difference between choosing ‘Exit’ and clicking the close button (X) at
the top right of the panel window.
For a review of the context menu options, see
on page 10.
Configuration
It is in NV9000-SE Utilities that you create and manage configurations for the virtual panels (and
other control panels).
NV9000-SE Utilities supports what are called hardware panels and software panels. Software
panels are the EC9700 (for router control) and EC9710 (for router status).
NV9000-SE Utilities knows nothing about “virtual panels.” Virtual panels can be considered
“virtual hardware panels” and to create a configuration for a virtual panel in NV9000-SE Utilities,
you create a hardware panel configuration of matching type. For example, go to “HW panels”
and create an NV9616 panel configuration to use with an NV9616V virtual panel.
A panel configuration consists of a configuration file (with a suffix such as .601, .640, etc.) and a
.legends file. The configuration file provides initial states for the panel. The .legends file provides
fixed button text for the virtual panel. The configuration files are generated by NV9000-SE Utili-
ties every time you save a panel configuration. The panel configurations do not become active
until you issue either an “Update Panel Configuration” or “Write Configuration to Local System”
command in NV9000-SE Utilities.
Every virtual panel requires a unique panel ID. (In fact, all control panels must have a unique
panel ID.) You can run multiple instances of any virtual panel on your computer. Each instance
requires a distinct panel ID, even if the multiple instances are to have identical configurations.
Configuration files are, however, identified by panel ID. Consequently, you must have a unique
configuration file for every instance of every panel. If your system has 12 panels all using the
same configuration, you must have 12 copies of that configuration file (and 12 copies of the
matching .legends file).
Physical hardware panels ignore the .legends file. Button legends for some of the physical
panels are placed on the button using clear plastic overlays.