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NV9640

Control Panel

User's Guide

Miranda Technologies Inc.

3499 Douglas B. Floreani

Montreal, Quebec

Canada H4S 2C6

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Page 1 NV9640 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.
Page 3 Contact Miranda for details on the software license agreement and product warranty. Technical Support Contact Information Miranda has made every effort to ensure that the equipment you receive is in perfect working order and that the equipment fits your needs. In the event that problems arise that you cannot resolve, or...
Page 4 D. Cox Restriction on Hazardous Substances (RoHS) Miranda is in compliance with EU Directive RoHS 2002/95/EC governing the restricted use of cer- tain hazardous substances and materials in products and in our manufacturing processes. Miranda has a substantial program in place for RoHS compliance that includes significant invest- ment in our manufacturing process, and a migration of Miranda product electronic components and structural materials to RoHS compliance.
Page 5 The fuse symbol indicates that the fuse referenced in the text must be replaced with one having the ratings indicated. The presence of this symbol in or on Miranda equipment means that it has been designed, tested and certified as complying with applicable Underwriter’s Laboratory (USA) regulations and rec- ommendations.
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 NV9640 Panel Configuration Page ........
Page 8 Table of Contents Single-Destination Mode ............35 Multi-Destination Configuration .
Page 9 The GPIO Section of the NV9640 Page ........
Page 10 Table of Contents Rev 0.9a • 13 Oct 09...
Page 11 1. Preface Chapter 1 is an introduction to the NV9640 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 NV9640 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 NV9640 control panel and to NV96xx control panels, in general. • “High tally” means that a button is brightly illuminated.
Page 13 4 optically isolated relay outputs and 8 optically isolated inputs: Power Ethernet GPIO (tally) Serial (RS-232) Figure 2-2. NV9640 Rear 1 An equivalent NV9640V — a GUI that is called a “virtual panel”— is available. It emulates the NV9640. NV9640 Control Panel • User’s Guide...
Page 14 Panel Organization Function Buttons The NV9640 has an array of 30 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. An eighth color exists — “dark” — when the LCD is off.
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 NV9640 configuration. (Actual destinations are defined in the NV9000 configuration.) Operators might...
Page 16 An ‘L’ indicates that a device has been locked. A ‘P’ indicates that a device has been protected. NV9640 operators may lock, protect or release destinations. It is important for operators to know that other operators may lock, protect, or release sources and destinations.
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 NV9640 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 NV9640 provides the following additional features: • The NV9640 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 NV9640 items that can ship include: • One or more NV9640 control panels. • One or two power supplies for each NV9640, 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 NV9640 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 NV9640 configuration in NV9000-SE Utilities and upload the configura- tion to the NV9640. You need the panel ID to create a NV9640 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 above in step 3, a panel test function is available when the NV9640 is disconnected from the system controller. Run the test to determine the health of your NV9640. See Setup Mode page 62 for detail. Press the ‘Software Versions’ button to review the versions of installed software and firmware.
Page 23 The NV9640, in addition, has an 8×42 alphanumeric display that presents the status of operations as they occur. An NV9640 panel should be configured with at least one ‘Page Up’ button and at least one ‘Page Down’ button with which the operator 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 NV9640 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 “NV9640” 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 Page Table GPIO Definitions Figure 4-1. NV9640 Configuration Page (Default) Similar pages exist for NV9640 suffix templates and for 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 In this section, configurers may specify the behavioral characteristics of the panel. Configuration Tasks The person configuring an NV9640 panel will want to consider how best to use the hierarchical nature of the button tree to support the devices and routers in the router control system at hand. The task is non-trivial.
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 are listed here: • Place a “Back” button on each subpage. The “back” button causes the NV9640 to redisplay the previous page.
Page 29 Your configuration should have at least one ‘Page Up’ and ‘Page Down’ button if you wish to do this. A double-click is required. It is assumed that the configuration loaded in the NV9640 and available to operators will have the same ‘Page Up’ and ‘Page Down’ buttons.
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 NV9640 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 NV9640 device list changes also. The number and names of categories can also change over time and the NV9640 will track those changes too.
Page 33 The option allows you to define specific button text for certain buttons such as the ‘Src/Dst’ button. By default, the button gets the source name and destination name as text. The option, when checked, overrides the default. Be careful: unchecking this box alters the text you entered. NV9640 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 NV9640 configurations: Type Description Back The ‘Back’...
Page 35 33.) Information The information button displays auxiliary information about level mapping and perhaps other matters. The operator presses the information button once to see the information and again to hide the information. NV9640 Control Panel • User’s Guide...
Page 36 Menu This button puts the NV9640 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 you assign a source button, a drop-down menu appears: ‘Source Device’. Choose a device from the list. The ‘None’ entry is merely a placeholder. Do not choose ‘None’. NV9640 Control Panel • User’s Guide...
Page 38 4. Configuration Button Definitions Type Description Source Means “source is the master” and makes the source device the master. Otherwise, Master the destination is the master. The button is a toggle: Press it once to make the source the master (it goes high- tally);...
Page 39 This option creates a new page in the button tree. During operation, the navigation button you are creating will cause the NV9640 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 list.
Page 40 The fill occurs in left-to-right, top-down, order: During operation, the navigation button will cause the NV9640 to display the first of the auto- fill pages. The operator uses the back and forward buttons to scroll through the list.
Page 41 Be aware when deleting pages from the tree that the deletion does not remove any navigation buttons from any button page. NV9640 Control Panel • User’s Guide...
Page 42 4. Configuration Button Page List This is a sample of a button page list: It represents this tree structure: 1 Default 2 Router Sources 6 Router Dests 9 UTILITY 3 Prod Sources 5 TOC Sources 7 Prod Dests 8 TOC Dests 10 Random Sources You can change the name of a page by double-clicking the page’s name field and editing its text.
Page 43 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 NV9640 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 65.
Page 44 4. Configuration Selection Buttons selection buttons. If the panel’s current button page has fewer than 8 selection buttons, they match the lowest numbered levels on the display. MD Mode When the panel is in MD mode, a set of selection buttons presents a set of MD devices. The selec- tion buttons correspond to the MD destinations identified in the alphanumeric display.
Page 45 You can create many different forms of “single-destination” mode. This mode need not have a single destination. 1. The term display index means something quite different on certain other panels such as the NV9641. NV9640 Control Panel • User’s Guide...
Page 46 4. Configuration Multi-Destination Configuration The simplest form presents a group of “quick source” buttons. This illustration shows 25 quick source buttons, coupled with a few navigation buttons for (1) selecting a destination and (2) other functions: Misc. buttons ‘Quick Source’ buttons to other pages If you configure a default destination in the panel options, all the quick sources could be taken to a (single) default destination with no need for destination selection.
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 NV9640 configurations. Navigate templates support all functions except ‘Global Navigate’. That is because templates cannot be nested.
Page 48 4. Configuration Global Navigation Names After adding global navigation templates to your N9000 configuration, you will see them identified as such in the control panel list: Navigation Template Suffix Template The words “Navigate” and “Suffix” appear in the ‘Panel Type’ and ‘Configuration Name’ columns. Referencing a Suffix Template Suffix pages can be accessed through ‘Category’...
Page 49 The global navigation template provides all the button types available for panel configurations except additional ‘Global Navigate’ buttons. Otherwise, a global navigation page is functionally identical to a navigation page. NV9640 Control Panel • User’s Guide...
Page 50 ‘Push changes to panel configs’. When you do, the configuration software adjusts all NV9640 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 51 If you want to update the global navigation page in only some of your panels, create an alternate version of your navigate template and change the panel configurations to use one or the other as desired. NV9640 Control Panel • User’s Guide...
Page 52 4. Configuration Global Navigation Rev 0.9a • 13 Oct 09...
Page 53 This chapter is intended specifically for the NV9640 panel operator. Summary As an NV9640 operator, you will be confronted initially with a relatively small panel — 30 buttons of various colors and a small alphanumeric display. Because the NV9640 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 NV9640 is freshly powered up, but disconnected from the network. In this mode, the configurer can preset the NV9640’s panel ID and perform a few diagnostic tasks.
Page 55 ‘HD’, and ‘Timecode’ here. (Audio 3 is available but not selected and is there- fore low-tally.) Level buttons for which there is no level defined remain blank. Lines in the display for which there is no level defined also remain blank. NV9640 Control Panel • User’s Guide...
Page 56 Lists The NV9640 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 57 Status for most or all operations is presented on the alphanumeric display (and occasionally on cer- tain buttons). Buttons The NV9640 has four classes of button functions: • Dedicated functions, such as ‘Default State’, ‘Chop’ or ‘Quick Source’. • Variable functions, such as ‘Category’, ‘Source’, or ‘Destination’. A category button identifies a specific category.
Page 58 Device List When you press a category button, the NV9640 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 NV9640 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 NV9640 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 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 (and deselected) remain lit (or unlit) as they were before the take. Information The ‘Information’ button presents auxiliary information on the alphanumeric display. Such infor- mation might be level-mapped sources. The default button text is “Info” but the button can have any legend. NV9640 Control Panel • User’s Guide...
Page 62 5. Operation Operating Concepts Level Map The ‘Level Map’ button cross-connects levels (typically in the same physical router). The function is typically used to shuffle audio channels, for example, to connect AES1/2 to AES3/4. Follow these steps to create a level mapping: 1 Select a source.
Page 63 The default button text is “Level Map” but the button can have any legend. Menu The button puts the NV9640 panel in menu mode and places a small menu on the LCD buttons, that provides access to a variety of panel options.
Page 64 ‘Preset Release’ button and tell you who locked or protected the source. You can release it if your panel has “forced release” enabled. (Note that you cannot lock or protect sources with the NV9640.) Press the ‘Preset Release’ button to release the source.
Page 65 We assume here that if a button page in your panel has any selection buttons, it has exactly 8 selec- tion buttons. Fewer than 8 result in problems; those in excess of 8 would be superfluous. NV9640 Control Panel • User’s Guide...
Page 66 5. Operation Operating Concepts When you scroll the display using the ‘Page Up’ or ‘Page Down’ buttons, the legends on the selec- tion buttons change to match the display. X-Y Mode When the panel is in X-Y mode, a selection button represents a virtual level present on the alphanu- meric display.
Page 67 The button is green for X-Y mode and amber for multi-destination mode. The button text changes to read “XY-MD In XY Mode” or “XY-MD In MD Mode” according to the mode you have selected. The alphanumeric display also reflects the current mode. NV9640 Control Panel • User’s Guide...
Page 68 Release To remove a lock or protect. Some control panels can lock or protect both sources and destinations. However, The NV9640 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 69 The NV9640’s display tells you the name of the salvo and instructs you to press the take button to execute the salvo. If you wish to cancel the salvo before it executes, press the salvo button again.
Page 70 O5 O5 • • • The 3 buttons on the left tell you the current versions of the software in the NV9640. Generally, this is of no relevance unless you are in a diagnostic situation. Press ‘Exit’ on the right to return to the menu.
Page 71 GREY HIGH HIGH HIGH HIGH HIGH HIGH The 14 buttons occur in pairs — one pair for each defined color. The pair shows the high tally and low tally values for the particular color. NV9640 Control Panel • User’s Guide...
Page 72 79 for a color chart. Setup Mode Setup mode occurs when the NV9640 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 73 EXIT • • • When ‘Button Number’ appears, you can test individual buttons. Press any button except ‘Exit’ which is on button 16. When you do, the button number appears under “Button Number” on NV9640 Control Panel • User’s Guide...
Page 74 5. Operation Setup Mode button 1 and the button you pressed blinks rapidly on and off for about a half second. The up and down buttons are buttons 17 and 18 respectively and you can test these buttons the same way.
Page 75 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 NV9640 — in the router control system. The router control system can trigger events that — through the relays in the NV9640 —...
Page 76 Optional Grounding Figure 6-3. GPI Output When a condition (defined for the relay) occurs, the router control system notifies the NV9640 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 NV9640’s tally interface:...
Page 77 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 NV9640 control panel. Configuring Outputs Clicking an output button (one of 4) displays a “Relay Rule”...
Page 78 The actual logic takes place in the router control system, based on the state of the NV9640 inputs and other system-wide events. The router control system sends signals to the NV9640 instructing it to open or close its relays.
Page 79 Its 8 inputs can be switched on or off by your external devices. When an input transitions on or off, the NV9640 can respond with one of 4 actions, such as executing a salvo. (It is the system that actu- ally executes the salvo.)
Page 80 6. GPIO Configuring Inputs Rev 0.9a • 13 Oct 09...
Page 81 7. Technical Details Chapter 7 provides electrical and mechanical specifications for the NV9640. It discusses these top- ics: • Power Specifications • NV9640 Specifications • Environmental Specifications • Defaults • Drawings Power Specifications Table 7-1 provides power specifications for the NV9640 control panels.
Page 82 DC Output Figure 7-1. The power output has Molex 4-pin plug. See Power Cord Retention on page 80. NV9640 Specifications Table 7-3 provides specifications for the NV9640. Table 7-3. NV9640 Physical Specifications Specification Detail Dimensions Height: 3.47″ (88.1 mm), fits EIA 2 RU (3.5″ or 88.9 mm), Width: 19.0″...
Page 83 Buttons: high-tally is maximum brightness; low-tally is low brightness. Configuration Page The initial button page for a new NV9640 configuration has one sub-page (“Breakaway”), a ‘Take’ button, ‘Page Up’ and ‘Page Down’ buttons, and two other buttons. The “breakaway” button is a navigation button that displays a page of selection buttons.
Page 84 7. Technical Details Drawings DHCP The panel is set up to respond to DHCP from the factory. It is possible to assign the panel a fixed IP address using the Panel IP Configuration Utility. Drawings The drawings on the following pages identify features and provide overall and critical dimensions. Rev 0.9a •...
Page 85 7. Technical Details Drawings Figure 7-2. Front and Top Views of the NV9640 NV9640 Control Panel • User’s Guide...
Page 86 7. Technical Details Drawings Figure 7-3. Rear and Top Views of the NV9640 Rev 0.9a • 13 Oct 09...
Page 87 8 of the time code router. GPIO General Purpose Input and Output. A generic term for the NV9640’s tally interface. The tally inter- face is called the “GPI Interface” at the rear of the NV9640.
Page 88 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 89 “amber.” This amber is not the same as for the LCD buttons: it is pale and almost yellow. The buttons are 24.5mm × 23.5mm with the LCD portion about 20mm × 16.5mm. The button leg- end appears in a 64×32 pixel matrix. NV9640 Control Panel • User’s Guide...
Page 90 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 91 12V power supply, 4-pin Molex connector, with cord, and cord retention strap. NV9640 NV9000 control panel. 30 button, 2RU, XY/MD, hierarchical. WC0053 Optional breakout cable for the tally interface SB0033 Software and documentation CD. NV9640 Control Panel • User’s Guide...
Page 92 8. Misc. Topics Ordering Information Rev 0.9a • 13 Oct 09...
Page 93 Broadcast mode ......59 undefined ..... . 17, 28, 57 NV9640 Control Panel • User’s Guide...
Page 94 .......31 NV9640 ......13 renaming .
Page 95 Defaults ....... . .73 NV9640 ......71–72 Delete entry (button) .
Page 96 Mapping levels ....8, 45–46, 53 Installation, NV9640 ......9 Mapping, virtual to physical level .
Page 97 ......iii NV9640 ..... . . 2, 9–10, 13, 81 shipping address .
Page 98 Rules, relay ......67 Power specifications NV9640 ......71 Rev 0.9a • 13 Oct 09...
Page 99 NV9640 ....73 NV9640 ......71–72 Sales number .
Page 100 WC0053 ......7, 10, 81 Website, Miranda ......iii Undefined (button) .

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