Grass Valley NV9000-SE v.3.0 - Manual (Page 327)

NV9000-SE Utilities • User’s Guide 307
11. Control Panels
Adding a Control Panel
d To have the button appear on all “child” pages—pages lower in the “tree” than the selected
page—check the ‘Place this button on all subsequent child pages’ check box.
e Select a button function from the ‘Button Type’ drop-down list. (See the options below.)
f Enter up to 8 characters in each ‘Button Caption’ field. The top field appears as the top line
of text on the button, the next field, the second line of text, and the bottom field as the third
line of text.
Select from the following button options:
Button Modes Description Related Topic
Back All modes Returns the control panel user to the previous
“page” in the “tree.”
Creating a “Tree”
of Pages on page
342
Broadcast All modes On the data (control) level, assigns one
controlling device (master) to multiple
controlled devices (slaves). Useful in dubbing
and editing applications. Status is only reported
from the first assigned slave.
Broadcast on page
359
Category All modes Selects a category (and its device list). Separate
categories are permitted for source and
destination devices.
When you assign a category button, three
additional drop-down menus appear: ‘Source
Category’, ‘Destination Category’, and ‘Suffix’.
Choose one of the categories (or none) from the
category lists. Choose one of the suffixes (or
none) from the suffix list.
Select a level from the ‘Level Set Filter’ to limit
categories to only those in the selected level.
Select ‘Use global suffix page to select devices’
to apply predetermined suffixes in a
predetermined order.
Using Categories
and Suffixes
on page
190 \
and
Category on page
359
and
Using Global Suffix
Pages on page 202
Chop All modes When supported by the router, the button is a
toggle that enables and disables rapid switching
of the selected destination device between the
current source and the preset source. Used to
test system timing.
Chop on page 360
Clear Preset All modes Erases entries in the control panel’s ‘Preset’
column, while leaving the control panel in the
same mode. Recommended as a “safety” button.
Clear Preset on page
360
Default State All modes Returns the control panel to its pre-defined state. Default State on
page 360
Destination All modes Sets the selected device as the default
destination.Select the device from the drop-
down list that appears.
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Destination
Lock All modes Sets or removes a “lock” on current destination
device. The lock can only be removed at the
control panel that originally set the lock, or by a
control panel that has “Force Release” enabled.
Locks on page 362
Destination
Protect All modes Sets or removes a “protect” on current
destination device. The protect can only be
removed at the control panel that originally set
the protect, or by a control panel that has ‘Force
Release’ enabled.
Protect on page 363