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NV9000-SE Utilities
User’s Guide
Behavioral Models
The NV9648 has 3 very different operating modes (or behavioral models):
• ‘Panel Client’ mode. For brevity, we can call this “client” mode.
When the panel is in “client” mode, it operates in conjunction with an NV9649 and other
NV9648s. The NV9649 is the “server” and the NV9648s are the “clients.” The NV9649 and the
NV9648s combine to form, in essence, a larger panel — actually a cluster of many small pan-
els. The NV9649, being the server, can control which sources and destinations the NV9648s
can select.
• ‘Panel Standalone’ mode. For brevity, we can call this “standalone” mode.
When the panel is in “standalone” mode, it functions much the way it does in “client” mode,
but without the need for an NV9649 or other NV9648s. It has a few added button functions.
• ‘LCD Min XY/MD’ mode. For brevity, we can call this “LCD XY/MD” mode.
In this mode, the panel also operates standalone, but has a richer function set. The panel’s
buttons are used in a hierarchical fashion: pressing a “navigation” button causes the panel to
display a new set of button functions (i.e., a new “button page”). There can be many such
pages, organized in a configurable tree structure.
The operator can switch the panel between “X-Y mode” and multi-destination (MD) mode. In
X-Y mode, the operator can perform takes (and locks) on individually selected levels. In MD
mode, takes occur on all levels, but the operator can perform takes to multiple destinations
simultaneously.
The panel’s 27 buttons and 3 displays are used in very different ways in the 3 modes.
Function Buttons and Displays
At the front, the panel is divided into 3 sections. Each section has 1 display and 9 buttons. Each
display is an 8-character alphanumeric display.
Each function button can be illuminated in 7 colors: red, green, yellow, blue, purple, amber, and
grey. Each LCD can be off, bright (high-tally) or dim (low-tally).
Source and destination buttons show the source or destination mnemonic. Selection buttons
have 3 lines of text, the top line displaying the current source, the middle line displaying the
preset source, and the bottom line displaying the level, in X-Y mode, or the MD device, in MD
mode.
The buttons and displays are used differently in the 3 operating modes.
In client mode and in standalone mode, each section functions as a complete and separate
panel, unrelated to the other two sections. Each section displays the source or destination
chosen for its section. (When the panel is in client mode, the NV9649 server panel can reassign
the destination and sources to each section of each NV9648.)
In LCD XY/MD mode, all 3 sections are integrated. The 3 displays show, in MD mode, from left to
right, (1) the current source, (2) the preset source, and (3) the selected destination. All 27 func-
tion buttons form a “button page” in a hierarchical structure of button pages.
Tally Interface
At the rear of the panel is a DB25 connector that provides 8 tally inputs and 4 tally outputs. (The
outputs are solid state relay outputs.) Both inputs and outputs are optically isolated.