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- Page 1 NV9642 Control Panel User’s Guide Miranda Technologies Inc. 3499 Douglas B. Floreani Montreal, Quebec Canada H4S 2C6...
- Page 2 The information and intellectual property contained herein is confidential between Miranda and the client and remains the exclusive property of Miranda. If you find any problems in the documentation, please report them to us in writing. Miranda does not warrant that this document is error-free.
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- Page 6 General Warnings A warning indicates a possible hazard to personnel which may cause injury or death. Observe the following general warnings when using or working on this equipment: • Heed all warnings on the unit and in the operating instructions. •...
- Page 7 NV9642 Panel Configuration Page ........
- Page 8 Table of Contents Configuration ............36 Display Index .
- Page 9 The GPIO Section of the NV9642 Page ........
- Page 10 Table of Contents Rev 1.0 • 13 Oct 09...
- Page 11 1. Preface Chapter 1 is an introduction to the NV9642 User’s Guide. It presents the following topics: • Chapter Structure • The PDF Document • Terms, Conventions and Abbreviations Chapter Structure The following chapters provide detailed information regarding the NV9642 Control Panel: •...
- Page 12 • Press the SRC 12 button ... The following terms and abbreviations are used throughout this guide: • The term “control panel” refers to the NV9642 control panel and to NV96xx control panels, in general. • “High tally” means that a button is brightly illuminated.
- Page 13 We use the term “button page” or “page” to mean the set of 34 button functions at any particular level in the tree. 1 An equivalent NV9642V — a GUI that is called a “virtual panel”— is available. It emulates the NV9642. NV9642 Control Panel • User’s Guide...
- Page 14 Function Buttons The NV9642 has two rows of 17 LCD buttons — a total of 34 LCD buttons. Each has 3 lines of text (up to 8 characters per line). The buttons can display one of seven colors dynamically: nominally red, green, blue, purple, amber, yellow, or grey.
- Page 15 In the illustration above, ‘VTR--1’ was selected. Operators might need to scroll to see or select a level. In MD mode, the ‘Level/Dest’ column presents all the MD destinations defined in the NV9642 configuration. (Actual destinations are defined in the NV9000 configuration.) Operators might...
- Page 16 During configuration, you can prescribe NV9642 behavior that depends on the tally inputs. What you connect to the tally interface is, of course, up to you. Miranda provides a breakout cable (WC0053) for the tally connector as a purchase option.
- Page 17 • Salvo mode — pressing a Salvo button (and then the ‘Take’ button) executes a salvo. (The dura- tion of a salvo is indeterminate.) • Menu mode — pressing a Menu button places the NV9642 in “menu” mode. In menu mode, the LCD button array becomes a menu that changes as needed during menu operation.
- Page 18 • Device selection using indexes or suffixes. The NV9642 provides the following additional features: • The NV9642 supports multiple-level breakaways in X-Y mode. This lets you route multiple sources to the same destination on different levels. • The panel supports gang or dub switching in multi-destination mode.
- Page 19 Depending on your order, the NV9642 items that can ship include: • One or more NV9642 control panels. • One or two power supplies for each NV9642, with straps that secure the AC power cords to the power supplies. • A CD containing this user’s guide (this document), NV9000-SE Utilities software, and other material.
- Page 20 NV9000 configuration software. You may use the Panel IP Configuration Utility if you want to your NV9642 to have a static IP address or to use DHCP. The panel, as it comes from the factory, defaults to DHCP.
- Page 21 You can now prepare an NV9642 configuration in NV9000-SE Utilities and upload the configura- tion to the NV9642. You need the panel ID to create a NV9642 configuration. When you upload the configuration, the panel ID you entered in NV9000-SE Utilities designates the actual panel to which the upload will occur.
- Page 22 3. Installation Testing Testing As shown previously, in step 3, a panel test function is available when the NV9642 is disconnected from the system controller. Run the test to determine the health of your NV9642. See Setup Mode on page 61 for detail. Press the ‘Software Versions’ button to review the versions of installed soft- ware and firmware.
- Page 23 (You can construct a tree-like graph of the button pages.) The NV9642, in addition, has an 4×22 alphanumeric display that presents the status of operations as they occur. The NV9642 panel has up and down buttons next to the display with which the oper- ator can scroll the display.
- Page 24 Adding a Panel to a NV9000 Configuration Adding a Panel to a NV9000 Configuration You must create configurations for the NV9642 using NV9000-SE Utilities. We assume that you are familiar enough with NV9000-SE Utilities that you can understand the following material. It is not difficult material, but some of the concepts might not be familiar to everyone.
- Page 25 Adding a Panel to a NV9000 Configuration Choose “NV9642” from the ‘Type’ field. In the ID field, enter the panel ID you assigned to the panel while it was in setup mode. Give a name to the panel in the name field and select a user.
- Page 26 Options Options Figure 4-1. NV9642 Configuration Page (Default) Similar pages exist for NV9642 suffix templates and for NV9642 global navigation templates. See Global Navigation on page 37. After you configure buttons, and button pages, the appearance of the panel buttons will have changed.
- Page 27 Above the ‘Revert to Saved’ and ‘Save’ buttons (always present) there are 5 main regions: • A graphic representation of the NV9642 panel. On the right are 34 function button images. Click on a button to assign a function to it. In some cases, you can click or double-click certain buttons to execute the button function.
- Page 28 In particular, the operator, having navigated down a subtree, must have some way to navigate back up the subtree. There are several ways to ensure this. Two ways are listed here: • Place a “Back” button on each subpage. The “back” button causes the NV9642 to redisplay the previous page.
- Page 29 The preset source video for the selected destination appears on the specified monitor (device). Status Monitor None The current source video is not sent to a monitor. ‹device› The current source video for the selected destination appears on the specified monitor (device). NV9642 Control Panel • User’s Guide...
- Page 30 4. Configuration Panel Options XY Data Automatic If a control (data) level is involved in the route, make the route on the Routing Mode control level even if the control port is in use on the source or destination device. Semi-automatic If the control port is in use on the source or destination device, take (recommended)
- Page 31 After selecting many MD destinations (with ‘Hold’ mode on), it can be time-consuming and error-prone to find them all (and no others) to deselect them after a take. When you enable this option, the NV9642 does exactly that (and turns off hold mode). • Jump to multi-dest selection when switching to XY.
- Page 32 The set of devices in a category can change over time (as the configuration database changes); the NV9642 device list changes also. The number and names of categories can also change over time and the NV9642 will track those changes too.
- Page 33 A “back” button is a good candidate for such a button. The back button returns the operator to the previous page. (Back buttons are automatically placed on list pages and most navigation target pages.) NV9642 Control Panel • User’s Guide...
- Page 34 Note that different subsets of these button types are available when you are defining a global suffix template or a global navigation template. See Global Navigation on page 37. These are the button types available for NV9642 configurations: Type Description Back The ‘Back’...
- Page 35 37. Hold In multi-destination mode, Hold retains destination selections after a take. In X-Y mode, Hold retains breakaway levels after a take. (There are other effects. See Selection Buttons on page 34.) NV9642 Control Panel • User’s Guide...
- Page 36 Menu This button puts the NV9642 panel in menu mode and displays a menu on the LCD buttons that provides access to a variety of panel options. The button is required if you want the user to have access to the menu.
- Page 37 When this function is enabled (its button is high tally), whatever is on preset is retained (on preset) after a take. When the function is disabled (its button is low tally), preset is cleared after a take. NV9642 Control Panel • User’s Guide...
- Page 38 4. Configuration Button Definitions Type Description Selection Selection buttons have many functions, not the least of which is to give feedback (e.g., source and destination mnemonics) when the operator is performing takes. When the panel is in XY mode, a set of selection buttons presents a set of virtual levels for the selected destination device.
- Page 39 Switches the panel between X-Y and multi-destination modes. Mode The configuration page lets you specify a color for this button, but the color you specify is ignored. The button is always green for XY mode and amber for multi- destination mode. NV9642 Control Panel • User’s Guide...
- Page 40 This option creates a new page in the button tree. During operation, the navigation button you are creating will cause the NV9642 to display, or jump to, that page. The name of the page and the button caption are what you type in the three lines for the button caption. You can change the name of the page in the button page table.
- Page 41 The fill occurs in left-to-right, top-down, order: During operation, the navigation button will cause the NV9642 to display the first of the auto- fill pages. The operator uses the back and forward buttons to scroll through the list.
- Page 42 4. Configuration Button Page List • Source/Dest Devices This option creates subpages of ‘Source/Destination’ buttons. All use the same destination, which you specify in the ‘Destination Device’ field that becomes enabled for this option. The sources can vary according to the sub-option: •...
- Page 43 You might note that if the link field of a page is empty, the page is inaccessible during operation. (The exception is the default page which is always available after reset. It might become unavail- able in a configuration that has subpages with no ‘back’ buttons.) NV9642 Control Panel • User’s Guide...
- Page 44 It has two sections: inputs and outputs. By clicking on one of the input or output buttons, you can configure the input or output. (The NV9642 has no actual tally buttons. These buttons represent the DB25 connector at the rear. The buttons are present in the configuration page to allow you to configure the tally interface.) If you are interested in configuring the tally interface, read Chapter 6, GPIO, on page 63.
- Page 45 MD devices. All of them turn on (high-tally). The operator then selects a source (which becomes preset for all the selected devices). The operator can preset another source to another set of destinations by deselecting selected desti- nations, selecting other destinations, and selecting another source. NV9642 Control Panel • User’s Guide...
- Page 46 4. Configuration Selection Buttons When all intended destinations are preset, the operator then presses ‘Take’. (In hold mode, the MD devices remain selected after the take.) Configuration You can configure selection buttons on any page you want. During configuration, when you assign a selection button, two additional drop-down menus appear: ‘Display Index’...
- Page 47 A suffix template is a single page only. The buttons allowed in a suffix template are a small subset of the buttons supported by NV9642 configurations. Navigate templates support all functions except ‘Global Navigate’. That is because templates cannot be nested.
- Page 48 2 In the ‘Add Control Panel’ page, complete the details as you would for a panel: The panel type is NV9642. Specify a panel ID, a name, and choose ‘New’ in the options section. 3 Rather than click the ‘Next’ or ‘Finish’ button, click the ‘Suffix’ or ‘Navigate’ button. Doing so creates a global navigation page of the appropriate type.
- Page 49 (dynamically created) button pages in NV9000-SE Utilities. Referencing a Navigate Template Navigate pages can be accessed through ‘Global Navigate’ buttons. When you create a ‘Global Navigate’ button, the button definition has a ‘Navigation Btn’ field: NV9642 Control Panel • User’s Guide...
- Page 50 4. Configuration Global Navigation Choose a navigate template in that field. The global navigation page and any of its subpages appears in the panel configuration’s button page list: Global navigation page(s) The global navigation pages are copies made from the navigate template. They are not the tem- plate or a link to the template.
- Page 51 ‘Push changes to panel configs’. When you do, the configuration software adjusts all NV9642 panel configurations to use the modified suffix template. This might override changes you have made to the copy of the suffix page in some panel configuration.
- Page 52 4. Configuration Global Navigation Rev 1.0 • 13 Oct 09...
- Page 53 This chapter is intended specifically for the NV9642 panel operator. Summary As an NV9642 operator, you will be confronted initially with a relatively small panel — 34 buttons of various colors and a small alphanumeric display. Because the NV9642 is a “hierarchical” control panel, you can view, at any one time, one button “page”...
- Page 54 It can be combined with X-Y mode or multi-destination mode. Secondary modes are: • Setup mode — where the NV9642 is freshly powered up, but disconnected from the network. In this mode, the configurer can preset the NV9642’s panel ID and perform a few diagnostic tasks.
- Page 55 If there is no ‘Take’ pending, the preset fields will be blank. The bottom row of text shows a level for the current destination and should be identical to the matching entry in the ‘Level/Dest’ column of the display. NV9642 Control Panel • User’s Guide...
- Page 56 5. Operation Summary When a preset is pending for a take, the selection buttons turn yellow. After a take where there is nothing preset, the selection buttons revert to their original color. –––––––– –––––––– VTR--2 VTR--2 VTR--2 VTR--2 VTR--2 VTR--2 VTR--2 VTR--2 VTR--2...
- Page 57 Lists The NV9642 can produce lists of devices, categories, and salvos automatically — on the buttons. Lists of categories and salvos are generated statically — during configuration. Lists of sources and destinations can be generated dynamically —...
- Page 58 Device List When you press a category button, the NV9642 displays the first of perhaps several pages of device buttons. You can scroll the pages using back and forward buttons. If you press ‘Back’ while on the first page of the list, the NV9642 returns to the page containing the category button.
- Page 59 The default button text is “Clear Preset” but the button can have any legend. Default State This button returns the NV9642 to its most recent power-up state. You may consider this button an emergency button or a “soft reset” button.
- Page 60 5. Operation Operating Concepts Destination names are often created as a concatenation a category mnemonic with a device index. An MD destination button is actually a selection button and is not a destination button. Destination Lock This button is a toggle that sets or clears a lock on the current destination. The lock can be removed at the panel that originally set the lock, at a panel that has the same user ID, or by a forced release at any panel.
- Page 61 X-Y Mode In X-Y mode, the hold button causes breakaway levels to be retained after a take. The levels you selected (and deselected) remain lit (or unlit) as they were before the take. NV9642 Control Panel • User’s Guide...
- Page 62 The default button text is “Level Map” but the button can have any legend. Menu The button puts the NV9642 panel in menu mode and places a small menu on the LCD buttons, that provides access to a variety of panel options.
- Page 63 “forced release” enabled. (Note that you cannot lock or protect sources with the NV9642.) Press the ‘Preset Release’ button to release the source. The default button text is “Preset Release” but the button can have any legend. NV9642 Control Panel • User’s Guide...
- Page 64 5. Operation Operating Concepts Previous Source This button presets the previously selected source for the current destination. This function is useful when you make a route in error. To recover the previous source, press ‘Previous Source’. When you do, the ‘Take’ button goes high-tally.
- Page 65 Normally, the button text is the source device’s mnemonic, but the configurer can assign any text to the button. Preset Release on page 53 and Destination on page 49. NV9642 Control Panel • User’s Guide...
- Page 66 5. Operation Operating Concepts Source/Destination A source/destination button selects both a source and a destination and optionally performs an immediate take. The take is an all-level take. A configuration option governs source/destination buttons. When the option is enabled, source/des- tination buttons perform an immediate take, without requiring the operator to press a take button. When the option is disabled, the button merely selects the source and destination (on all levels).
- Page 67 Release To remove a lock or protect. Some control panels can lock or protect both sources and destinations. However, The NV9642 pro- vides locks and protects for destinations only. A forced release is when the lock or protect is removed by someone other than the owner. A forced release can be performed: •...
- Page 68 5. Operation Operating Concepts Single-Destination Panel (This scenario assumes that a destination was pre-selected during configuration.) 1 Select a source and press ‘Take’. 2 Navigate to a quick source, and select it. The take is automatic. MD Mode 1 If required, enter MD mode. (Use the XY/MD button.) 2 Scroll to a destination and select it.
- Page 69 O5 O5 • • • The 3 buttons on the left tell you the current versions of the software in the NV9642. Generally, this is of no relevance unless you are in a diagnostic situation. Press ‘Exit’ on the right to return to the menu.
- Page 70 5. Operation Menu Mode User names are important in lock, protect, and release situations. The user who “owns” a lock or protect is identified by a user name. Press ‘Exit’ on the right to return to the menu. Panel Press the ‘Panel’ button to view panel data: Panel ID Panel ID PANEL...
- Page 71 77 for a color chart. Setup Mode Setup mode occurs when the NV9642 is disconnected from its network and is freshly powered up. In setup mode, you can set or change the panel ID, determine software versions, and perform a test of the panel’s buttons.
- Page 72 5. Operation Setup Mode • Software Versions. In the setup menu, press the ‘Software Versions’ button. The display shows the version num- bers: APPLICATION S/W: APPLICATION S/W: SV0947-02 A0 SV0947-02 A0 FIRMWARE VERSION: 00 FIRMWARE VERSION: 00 • Panel Test Mode. In the setup menu, press the ‘Panel Test Mode’...
- Page 73 The tally interface includes 8 optically isolated inputs and 4 solid-state relay outputs (also optically isolated). Tally devices you connect to inputs can trigger events — through the NV9642 — in the router control system. The router control system can trigger events that — through the relays in the NV9642 —...
- Page 74 Optional Grounding Figure 6-3. GPI Output When a condition (defined for the relay) occurs, the router control system notifies the NV9642 which then opens or closes the relay. The relay switches the customer’s circuit on or off. (It does not power the circuit. Customers must provide their own power.) GPIO Configuration Concepts These are the I/O characteristics of the NV9642’s tally interface:...
- Page 75 Click on a button under ‘Outputs’ to configure one of the 4 tally outputs. Click on a button under ‘Inputs’ to configure one of the 8 tally inputs. There are no actual GPIO buttons on the NV9642 control panel. Configuring Outputs Clicking an output button (one of 4) displays a “Relay Rule”...
- Page 76 The actual logic takes place in the router control system, based on the state of the NV9642 inputs and other system-wide events. The router control system sends signals to the NV9642 instructing it to open or close its relays.
- Page 77 Its 8 inputs can be switched on or off by your external devices. When an input transitions on or off, the NV9642 can respond with one of 4 actions, such as executing a salvo. (It is the system that actu- ally executes the salvo.)
- Page 78 6. GPIO Configuring Inputs Rev 1.0 • 13 Oct 09...
- Page 79 7. Technical Details Chapter 7 provides electrical and mechanical specifications for the NV9642. It discusses these top- ics: • Power Specifications • NV9642 Specifications • Environmental Specifications • Defaults • Drawings Power Specifications Table 7-1 provides power specifications for the NV9642 control panels.
- Page 80 DC Output Figure 7-1. The power output has Molex 4-pin plug. See Power Cord Retention on page 78. NV9642 Specifications Table 7-3 provides specifications for the NV9642. Table 7-3. NV9642 Physical Specifications Specification Detail Dimensions Height: 1.72″ (43.7 mm), fits EIA 2 RU (1.75″ or 44.5 mm), Width: 19.0″...
- Page 81 Multi-destination mode or X-Y mode, selectable. Destination: the configured default. Buttons: high-tally is maximum brightness; low-tally is low brightness. Configuration Page The initial button page for a new NV9642 configuration is empty. The default panel options are: Panel mode: Multi-destination.
- Page 82 7. Technical Details Drawings Figure 7-2. Front and Top Views of the NV9642 Rev 1.0 • 13 Oct 09...
- Page 83 7. Technical Details Drawings Figure 7-3. Rear and Top Views of the NV9642 NV9642 Control Panel • User’s Guide...
- Page 84 7. Technical Details Drawings Rev 1.0 • 13 Oct 09...
- Page 85 8 of the time code router. GPIO General Purpose Input and Output. A generic term for the NV9642’s tally interface. The tally inter- face is called the “GPI Interface” at the rear of the NV9642.
- Page 86 8. Misc. Topics Glossary The system administrator may create a single “super user” personal identification number (PIN) that functions as a passcode. A PIN is 4–6 digits in length. The PIN allows certain operators to per- form functions such as (1) forced release on a control panel that is configured for normal release or (2) changing the ID of a control panel.
- Page 87 The buttons are 19mm × 18mm with the LCD portion about 13mm × 11mm. The button legend appears in a 64×32 pixel matrix. When one or two lines of text appears on the button, the characters are taller than when three lines of text appears and the characters are shorter. NV9642 Control Panel • User’s Guide...
- Page 88 8. Misc. Topics Power Cord Retention Power Cord Retention Use the supplied retention strap to keep the AC power cord firmly connected to the power supply. Follow these steps to use the strap: 1 Firmly insert the AC power cord into the power supply. Examine the last figure in this section to see how the strap should be applied.
- Page 89 12V power supply, 4-pin Molex connector, with cord, and cord retention strap. NV9642 NV9000 control panel. 34 button, 1RU, XY/MD, hierarchical. WC0053 Optional breakout cable for the tally interface SB0033 Software and documentation CD. NV9642 Control Panel • User’s Guide...
- Page 90 8. Misc. Topics Ordering Information Rev 1.0 • 13 Oct 09...
- Page 91 Broadcast data routing ..... . .8 take ..... 18, 29, 45, 54, 56 NV9642 Control Panel • User’s Guide...
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