Grass Valley NV9000-SE v.5.0 - Manual (Page 74)

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Routers
Control Points table
Filters
At the top of the page is a ‘Computer Name’ filter. If you enter text in this field, the list of control
points is restricted to those control points whose ‘Computer Name’ field contains the text you
entered.
Control Point List
This section lists the control points and has 4 columns:
• ID. The first is the data base ID for the router. These numbers are generated automatically
and you cannot change them, but they might help you distinguish identically named rout-
ers.
• Computer name. The name given to the system controller in which the control point exists.
Usually this name is “NVCONFIG.”
• Parameters. The control point information in a compact coded form.
Serial control points are expressed as a text string beginning with S and containing several
fields, separated by commas. Simple Ethernet control points are expressed as a text string
beginning with E, followed by a comma, followed by an IP address. This is a sampling:
These are the parts of the serial encoding, from left to right:
• The COM port number.
• The Baud rate.
• The coded communication characteristics.
The coded value is a 3-character term. The first character is the number of parity bits. “N”
means no parity bit. The second character is the number of data bits. Normally this is 8.
The third character is the number of stop bits. Normally this is 1. The default for most
serial ports is “N81.”
For simple Ethernet encoding, only an IP address is required. Some routers require additional
fields for which both syntax and meaning depend on the actual hardware supported
through the control point.
 If you see “!COHERENT” in this field, what it means is that the router is set up to handle
“coherent switching” better than normal. That is, the 4 sources of a coherent switch