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Miranda Router Configurator
User’s Guide
The ‘Crosspoints’ page displays the ‘Audio Diagnostics’ level for NV8500 routers uniquely:
The ‘Current’ table lists the port numbers normally but also lists them, in grey text, in paren-
theses, using m.n notation, where
m is a video port
n is one of the 16 embedded audio channels for video port m.
For instance, audio input 169 was taken to audio output 6. The m.n notation for port 169 is 11.9,
meaning the 9th audio channel for video port 11.
(MRC displays this notation only for the ‘Audio Diagnostic’ level.)
When performing takes in the audio diagnostic level, you can enter input port numbers in m.n
notation or plain notation as you prefer. For instance, port 37 is also known as port 3.5. You can
enter that port either way.
Caveats
The m.n notation is useful, but it applies only to the audio diagnostic level. It does not apply to
standard input and output or to MADI input and output. (It is also never present for routers
other than the NV8500 series.)
First Caveat
MRC displays, for the audio diagnostics level, the entire audio space of the router as if it were
fully populated with embedder and disembedder cards. For an NV8576-Plus, for instance, that
space is 18,432 outputs. Disembedder cards and embedder cards do not use all the ports in the
space. For example, an embedder card in slot 1 has 18 connectors, but only 16 inputs. The 9th