Breakaways And Levels; Setting Up Breakaways - Ross Ultricore RCP-ME User Manual

Breakaways and Levels

Routing systems often compromise many different signal types, and these may be in separate physical units. To
control these units collectively or independently, we assign a level so the control system may differentiate between
them.
• A level is a single level (or layer) often comprising of a single signal type
• A breakaway (or level mask) is a group of individual levels tied together to respond to a switch command
What is a Breakaway?
Breakaways are groups of levels. Traditionally the default breakaway is the all levels (or TIED). The default
RCP-ME TIED breakaway is the first eight levels (this may be edited). The first eight router levels are switched
together when requested from the RCP-ME. If your routing switcher system does not use all of the router levels,
you should remove the unused levels from the default breakaway. For more information on breakaways see
"Setting Up Breakaways" on page 35.
What is a Level?
A specific router level assigned to a button. Pressing a level button selects that router level. Multiple levels can be
selected. If a switch is made while a level button is pressed, the switch is made on that router level only.

Setting Up Breakaways

A breakaway selects a group of levels to be switched. The default breakaway for the RCP-ME is the first eight
router levels switching together (they are tied). If your routing switcher system does not use all of the predefined
router levels (see Table 4.1), you should disable those levels that are not used in order to prevent a breakaway
warning. If you only want to switch certain router levels, set up a custom breakaway for these levels and then assign
this to a button on the RCP-ME (see "To assign a breakaway to a button" on page 36). If you select a breakaway
that includes a level for which there is no routing switcher assigned, a breakaway warning is indicated by an inverse
'B' on the second line of the LCD screen on the panel.
To set up the breakaways
1. Open the RCP-ME Panel Config interface (see "To open the RCP-ME Panel Config interface" on page 22).
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If the RCP-ME is connected to an Ultrix router or Ultricore Central Controller, the level numbers for setting
breakaway pattern correspond to the ID column within the Ultricore Levels tab.
2. Select the Configuration tab.
3. In the Tied level mask of the Breakaways section, de-select the router levels that are not used in your routing
switcher system by clicking on the numbered squares. A selected router level is indicated by a blue square.
For example, if router levels 2 and 3 are the only levels used, you should de-select levels 1, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8 in
the Level Mask column corresponding to Tied.
The Tied breakaway is the default. It is breakaway # 1 in the table.
4. Double-click inside the Name column in the breakaway (# 2) below Tied.
5. Enter a name for the router level that corresponds to the first custom breakaway that you want to define.
For example, enter
6. Select the corresponding router level(s) in the Level Mask column (see Table 4.1), and de-select any router
levels that are not used.
7. Define the next custom breakaway in the Name column below the breakaways that you have defined
previously. Repeat steps 3 to 7 until you have defined all the custom breakaways that you want to use.
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