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NV9603 User’s Guide Electrostatic Discharge (ESD) Protection Electrostatic discharge occurs when electronic components are improperly handled and can result in intermittent failure or complete damage adversely affecting an electrical circuit. When you remove and replace any card from a frame always follow ESD-prevention procedures: •...
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Notices • Les cartes qui sont reliées à un châssis ou boîtier métallique mis à la terre ne nécessitent pas de protection antistatique spéciale. Précautions pour les écrans LCD et TFT Regarder l’écran pendant une trop longue période de temps peut nuire à votre vision.
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NV9603 User’s Guide • EN 61000-4-2 Electrostatic discharge immunity • EN 61000-4-3 Radiated, radio-frequency, electromagnetic field immunity • EN 61000-4-4 Electrical fast transient immunity • EN 61000-4-5 Surge transient immunity • EN 61000-4-6 Conducted disturbances immunity • EN 61000-4-8 Power frequency magnetic field immunity •...
Preface Terms, Conventions and Abbreviations • Use Acrobat’s extensive search capabilities, such as the ‘Find’ tool and ‘Search’ tool to perform comprehensive searches as required. Terms, Conventions and Abbreviations The following conventions are used throughout this guide: • The symbol ...
Introduction Panel Organization At the rear are power, serial, and network connectors: Power (AC) Ethernet Serial port (RS-232) Fig. 2-2: NV9603 Rear The ports labeled 10base2 and RS-422 are non-operational and are covered. Only the serial port and the Ethernet port are available. ...
NV9603 User’s Guide • Preset. The ‘Preset’ field shows the source that is pending a take. After the take, this source becomes the current source and appears in the ‘Status’ field. • Destination. The ‘Dest’ field shows the current destination. The ‘Status’...
NV9603 User’s Guide 3 The panel displays a confirmation message: 0 C a n c e l S a v e Press the left-most button to cancel your entry; press the button to the right of it to save your entry. 4 Press the setup button once again and continue to press the setup button until the panel displays ‘ACQ IP’...
Configuration Chapter 4 provides configuration instructions for the NV9603. Summary Summary ................11 Adding a Panel to an NV9000 Configuration .
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Configuration Adding a Panel to an NV9000 Configuration After launching NV9000-SE Utilities, choose ‘Control Panels’ from the Configuration pane in the navigation area. The ‘Control Panels’ configuration page appears: Click ‘Add Control Panel’ at the bottom of the configuration page. The ‘Add Control Panel’ page appears: Choose “NV9603”...
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NV9603 User’s Guide In the first and third cases, you will create a new configuration file whose name you .603 designate. The file extension for an NV9603 configuration file is . Click ‘Next’ or ‘Finish’ to proceed. Click ‘Previous’ to go back the previous page. Click ‘Cancel’ to terminate the entry operation.
Configuration NV9603 Panel Configuration Page NV9603 Panel Configuration Page This is the default NV9603 panel configuration page in NV9000-SE Utilities: Panel Image: Button Definition Section Panel Options Fig. 4-1: NV9603 Configuration Page (Default) After you configure buttons the appearance of the panel buttons will have changed. The panel buttons on this page will show legends, determined from the button type assigned to the button.
NV9603 User’s Guide Configuration Tasks The person configuring an NV9603 panel will want to consider how best to use the buttons to support the devices and routers in the router control system at hand. Trade-offs must be made. In support of that effort, the configurer will do the following: •...
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Configuration Panel Options These are its drop-down menu options: Release Mode Normal Release This panel can release “locks” and “protects” set by the designated user (at this panel or any other panel). Force Release This panel can release locks and protects set by any user. Default None After a reset, the panel has no default destination and...
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NV9603 User’s Guide Checkbox Options The checkbox options section is just below the panel options section, enclosed in the same region: A check in the box enables the option. Clearing the checkbox disables the option. By default, all the check box options are clear. The following items are the checkbox options: •...
Configuration Button Definitions If you clear this check box, all preset mappings are retained. Note that the most recently made tieline preset (if one was made) is retained even if the ultimately taken source does not require a tieline. The tieline is wasted. Button Definitions There are three classes of button functions: •...
NV9603 User’s Guide Button Types These are the button types available for NV9603 configurations: Type Description Broadcast On the data (machine control) level, the button enables a broadcast take to an additional controlled device, after a broadcast route has been initiated with a “source is master”...
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Configuration Button Types Type Description Destination The button sets or removes a “lock” on the current destination device. The Lock lock can be removed only by the user (at this panel or at another) that originally set the lock, or by a panel that has “Force Release” enabled. The button definition has no fields to configure.
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NV9603 User’s Guide Type Description Level The button selects a level. The button definition has one field to configure: the level. (Do not choose ‘None’ for the level.) Your panel can have multiple level buttons, one for each level you want the operator to control.
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Configuration Button Types Type Description Page Down The button scrolls down through the device list of the currently selected category. The device selected appears in the ‘Preset’ field of the display. The term “page” does not have any meaning here. ‘Page Down’...
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NV9603 User’s Guide Type Description Salvo The salvo button places the panel in salvo mode where the operator can scroll through the salvo list assigned to the panel (as a panel option). When the operator finds the salvo of interest, he or she presses the ‘Take’ button to execute the salvo.
Configuration Single-Destination Configuration Type Description Take In normal mode, a take button routes the preset source to the selected destination on selected level or levels. In salvo mode, a take button executes a selected salvo. A take button is disabled (and dark) until it is possible for the operator to execute a take.
Operation Secondary Modes Takes generally occur from a single source to a single destination. Destinations are selectable. Takes are all level unless your panel has level buttons. If your panel has level buttons, you can select the level(s) on which the take is to occur. The sources of levels not selected remain unchanged.
NV9603 User’s Guide Buttons are also color-coded to a limited degree. Green represents sources. Amber represents destinations. Those colors are used for other functions, however. High-tally (bright) buttons are those that are selected; low-tally (dim) buttons are those that are not selected.
Operation Source and Destination Modes The panel’s category buttons will probably be labeled. It is up to you, the operator, to understand the labels. Making a Category Selection 1 Put the panel in source mode or destination mode as required. (Note: you must select a destination first, then the source, then press ‘Take’—...
NV9603 User’s Guide A breakaway is where you take different sources to the same destination — on different levels. In most cases, you would take only certain levels of a new source to a destination that already has a source on its various levels. It is not possible to take different sources to the destination on the same level.
Operation Buttons Category A category button has 3 functions: • Select a source category and initiate device selection for that category. • Select a destination category and initiate device selection for that category. • During the process of device selection, add a suffix to the pending device name. A category button can provide any or all of these functions.
NV9603 User’s Guide Destination The button selects a destination. The destination name appears in the ‘Destination’ display. The destination is the target of an upcoming take, which will route a source to that destination. A destination button represents two destinations. The destination selected when you press the button is affected by whether your panel has a ‘Destination Shift’...
Operation Buttons Destination Mode The ‘Destination Mode’ button places the panel in destination mode, where category selection buttons select destination categories. If the panel is not in destination mode, it is in source mode, where category buttons select source categories. Note that not all category buttons necessarily select categories.
NV9603 User’s Guide Page Down The button scrolls down. The meaning of scrolling varies with context: • Scrolling devices within a category: ‘Page Down’ moves to the next lower device in the category’s device list. (Example: if the current device is CAM_4, the next lower device would probably be CAM_3, subject to the device definitions in the NV9000 configuration.) Scrolling devices is possibly only when a category selection is in progress.
Operation Buttons Previous Source The button presets the previously routed source to the currently selected destination. To restore the previous route, you must next press ‘Take’ assuming you have not changed the destination. This function is useful when you make a route in error. The button does not restore the previous destination.
NV9603 User’s Guide Source Mode The ‘Source Mode’ button places the panel in source mode, where category selection buttons select source categories. If the panel is not in source mode, it is in destination mode, where category buttons select destination categories. Note that not all category buttons necessarily select actual categories.
Operation Takes A forced release is when the lock or protect is removed by someone other than the owner. A forced release can be performed: • At any panel configured with release mode set to “forced release”. • At any other panel with “force release” enabled. The ‘Destination Lock’...
NV9603 User’s Guide reselect the destination. Doing so causes the pending take to become all-level once again. 3 Optionally press ‘Source Shift’ to toggle between the source pages. 4 Press a source button. Alternatively, select a source using category selection. The ‘Preset’...
Operation Data Routing Performing a Broadcast Take Follow these steps: 1 Select a destination and route a source to it. The source becomes the master because the router is in data forward mode. This destination is the slave and communicates bidirectionally with the master on the machine control level.
NV9603 User’s Guide Semi-Automatic Data Routing A take involving a source or a destination having a machine control level might not occur immediately if the source or destination device is in use. This option applies in all operating modes. If neither device is “in use” the take occurs immediately. Otherwise, you need to press the source button again to complete the take.
Operation Menu Mode The salvo button places the panel in salvo mode where you can scroll through the panel’s salvo list. When you find the salvo of you choice, press the ‘Take’ button to execute the salvo. After the salvo executes, the panel returns to its normal mode. Press the salvo button again while the panel is in salvo mode to reset the salvo selection to nothing.
NV9603 User’s Guide Panel Name The second submenu merely displays the configured panel name. You cannot change it. P n l N a m e D 6 0 3 _ 1 User ID The third submenu merely displays the configured user ID. You cannot change it. U s r I D User Name The fourth submenu merely displays the configured user name.
Operation Button Illumination Button Illumination The last submenu displays the illumination setting: High Illumination Up 10% I l l u m H i Menu button, in 1 0 0 % these examples Low Illumination Down 10% The buttons at the far left show the illumination level. The upper row shows green and the lower row shows amber.
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NV9603 User’s Guide The panel now allows you to enter the panel ID using buttons at the left that function as a numeric keypad. The numbers of the keypad a printed on the panel. They range from 0 (at the left) to 9: P a n e l I D 1 2 3 Press the setup button to complete the entry.
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Operation Setup Mode Finally, you will reach the button test: Press any button to test it. The button will flash a few times rapidly. Pressing the setup button will terminate the button test and return you to the initial display of setup mode.
Technical Details Chapter 6 provides electrical and mechanical specifications for the NV9603. Summary Power Specifications ..............45 NV9603 Specifications .
Technical Details Environmental Specifications The RS-232 connector has this pinout: n.c. n.c. n.c. n.c. n.c. n.c. Pins 1, 4, and 6 are tied together and pins 7 and 8 are tied together. None of those pins are connected to any circuitry. Environmental Specifications NV9603 Environmental Specifications Specification...
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NV9603 User’s Guide Fig. 6-1: Front View of the NV9603...
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Technical Details Drawings Fig. 6-2: Top, and Rear Views of the NV9603...
Glossary AES/EBU (Audio Engineering Society/European Broadcasting Union). AES and EBU are standards organizations. Breakaway A condition where a destination has multiple sources on different levels. Category A category represents a set of devices. (The concept of categories exists to make it easier to select devices at a control panel.) A category can contain sources, destinations, or devices that are both sources and destinations.
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Glossary one or more input ports. A destination is a device that is connected to one or more output ports. An example of such a device would be a monitor. A device can be both a source and destination. An example of such a device is a VTR. System The system administrator is the person responsible for installing, configuring, and administrator...
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