Grass Valley UniConfi NVISION Series v.2.0 - Manual (Page 55)

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UniConfig
User’s Guide
(Control panel operators can use these levels, even though they are not part of the crosspoint
matrix.)
Monitor “Partition”
All routers except the NV5128, NV5100MC, NV5256, and the NV8140 support the use of monitor
cards. A monitor card is one that sends a copy of an output (or input) signal from the router to a
monitoring device.
A monitor level (which is not a true partition) can be defined for those routers. The monitor level
allows NV9000 control panel operators (and MRC users) to select an output or input for the
monitor card to sample.
See Defining a ‘Monitor’ Level on page 56.
Output Follow “Partition”
All routers but the NV5128, NV5100MC, and the NV5256 support “output follow.”
“Output follow” is a concept that allows input I, routed to output J, to be routed to output K also.
In such a case, we say that output K “follows” output J.
Such outputs can be cascaded: if M follows L, L follows K, and K follows J, then input I will be
routed to outputs, J, K, L, and M.
A defined “output follow” level is not a partition of the crosspoint matrix. It is an artifice that
uses the partition table to define the range of outputs that can follow or be followed.
The mechanism by which “output follow” operates is part of the control card’s configuration.
Control panel operators start and stop “output follow” by performing takes on an “output
follow” level. The takes must occur in a particular order.
See Defining an ‘Output Follow’ Level on page 57.
Note that there is an “Enable Output-Follow Take Mode” option that applies to the ‘Connections’
window. This mode allows you to perform output-follow takes using the ‘Connections’ page
which normally affects the crosspoint matrix.
Signal Types
Here are brief definitions of the various signal types.
Audio
• Analog audio [NV5100MC, NV5128, NV7256, NV7512 only]
• Async AES [NV7256, NV7512, NV8500 family only]
Independent AES (pairs) not locked to a video signal. (This is in contrast to synchronous AES
which is switched in sync with a video signal.)
• Mono AES [NV5100MC, NV5128, NV7256, NV7512 only]
Similar to ‘Async AES — AES not locked to a video signal — but the individual channels of the
AES pairs are independently routable. The number of ‘Controller’ ports is therefore double
the number of physical ports.
• Sync AES [NV7256, NV7512 only]
Signals of MADI ports are treated as synchronous AES.