Nv9000 router control systems, Nv9000, Configuration database – Grass Valley CR Series v.3.2 User Manual
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Misc. Topics
NV9000 Router Control Systems
NV9000 Router Control Systems
The name of Grass Valley’s NVISION router control system is NV9000. There are 2 system control-
lers
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in the NV9000 family: the NV960 and the NV920. Each of the system controllers is a host to
the NV9000 router control software. The NV9000 software supports many different types of
routers and control panels.
The NV9000 system offer features and services not available in the CR Series routers alone.
NV9000
NV9000 systems can be ordered in different configurations, characterized in part by the number
of Ethernet and serial ports available. In any case, an NV9000 system includes:
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A system controller
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Control panels or GUIs
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Routers
The system controller software fields commands (button presses) at the control panels, inter-
prets them, issues instructions to all the routers in the network, obtains status from the routers,
and relays the status back to the control panels as visual feedback for the operator.
Configuration Database
The NV9000 control system uses a standard, SQL-compliant database management system in
which to create configuration databases. System administrators may develop their own tools to
import and export data.
The NV9000 software that executes in NV960 and NV920 system controllers is configured using
NV9000-SE Utilities.
Lock, Protect, and Release
In a router control system, both source and destination devices can be locked or protected. Lock
and protect options include:
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Locks and protects made in the system controller.
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Locks and protects made in the router.
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Locks and protects disabled.
In a router control system, the default setting for each of the destination lock and destination
protect configuration settings is “in the system controller.” The default setting for each of the
source lock and source protect configuration settings is “None.”
NV9000 locks and protects can apply to sources and destinations connected to compact
routers. However, operators cannot perform locks or protects at a CR Series remote panel.
You must configure the compact router locks as “in system.” The NV9000 does not recognize any
locks made locally.
CR Series control panels do not show status for locks made in the NV9000 system. NV96xx
panels do show the status of locks made in the NV9000 system.
1. Some NV915s might still exist at installations in the field.