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puts. The inputs each select one of the video inputs for CQ output 1 and the outputs signal alarms
and status.
Control Panels
A control panel mounts on the front of a router or on the front of a remote panel module and pro-
vides direct visual and tactile control of the router or routers connected to the remote panel module.
(You can install or uninstall one easily in a few seconds.) However, any of the routers can also
operate without a control panel, under network control or through automation.
The CP3201 is special case: it is a 1 RU panel that controls 32 sources and 1 destination. It does not
mount on the front of a router and is used only in a Compact Router Series network.
The CP1602-CQX is also a special case: it is a 1RU control panel used in conjunction with any of
the 3 CQX routers. This panel has 16 source buttons, 2 “clean and quiet” destination buttons, 6 aux-
iliary destination buttons, 4 transition type buttons, 3 transition rate buttons, and 7 function buttons.
Remote Panel Modules
A “remote panel module” is a device that sends control messages to a network of routers (and
receives status messages from the routers in the network). A remote panel module receives take and
lock commands from an attached control panel and must have a control panel attached to be useful.
We say the panel module is “remote” because it and its control panel can be located apart from the
routers (from a few inches to several hundred meters, subject to cable limitations).
A remote panel module can be configured to operate (with its mounted control panel) as either (1) a
Compact Router Series remote panel or (2) an NV9000 panel in a system controlled by an NV9000
or NV915 router control system. When it is set up for use as a control panel, it is configured in
CRSC. When it is set up for use as an NV9000 panel, it must be configured in NV9000-SE Utili-
ties. Please refer to the NV9000-SE Utilities User’s Guide (or the NV9000-SE Utilities help sys-
tem).
Usage
There are several different ways to use compact routers:
• A single stand-alone router with a “captive” control panel or with automation.
• A network of stand-alone routers, possibly with remote panels, possibly with captive panels,
and with or without automation.
• A Compact Router Series network of routers and remote panels with or without automation.
Here, the panels and routers are configured using CRSC.
• A network of routers under an NV9000 or NV915 router control system.
• A single stand-alone CQX router with a “captive” CQX control panel or with automation.
• A CQX router with a remote CQX control panel.
A captive panel is one attached directly to a router. A remote panel is one mounted on a remote
panel module. Automation is up to the customer.
Routers and remote panel modules come from the factory ready for stand-alone operation. They
must be configured for use either in a Compact Router Series network or in an NV9000 network.
Once configured, they must be reset to work in stand-alone mode.