Grass Valley NV9641A v.1.0 - Manual (Page 64)

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Operation
Operating Concepts
Level Grouping
Virtual levels can be grouped. This diagram illustrates grouping:
There are two types of virtual levels: basic and abstract. Basic virtual levels are those that
correspond to actual physical levels. Abstract virtual levels do not correspond to physical levels.
In the illustration, the 5 “Aud x” levels are grouped under ‘Audio’. The two video levels are
grouped under ‘Video’.
The levels ‘Video’ and ‘Audio’ are abstract levels; the other levels are basic levels.
 The NV9641A, at present, ignores the concept of level groups, and presents any configured
level groups as completely expanded. That is, it always displays basic levels and never
abstract levels.
Hold
Hold mode (and hold buttons) apply in both X-Y mode and multi-destination mode.
Breakaway
In X-Y mode, a hold button retains breakaway levels after a take.
Simply press the hold button at any time before the take.
A hold button is a toggle. Press it once to put the panel in hold mode; press it again to remove
hold mode.
Multi-Destination Mode
In multi-destination mode, hold mode allows you to select more than one MD destination at a
time. The selections also remain selected after a take.
Category Selection
In the NV9000 system, devices are assigned to categories, where the devices within the catego-
ries are either numbered or identified by alphanumeric suffixes. For instance, a category
representing cameras might be CAM and the cameras in the category might be named CAM1,
CAM2, and so on.
NV9641A category buttons can represent either a source category or a destination category
(but not both). When you pressing category buttons to begin device selection, one of two
things occurs:
• The panel displays a list of all devices in that category. If the list has more entries than will fit
on the available buttons, you can scroll through multiple pages of devices using ‘Back’ and
‘Forward’ buttons to find the device you want.
• The panel displays a “suffix page” which contains a keypad containing numerals and possi-
bly alphanumeric suffixes, and perhaps some other functions. By pressing keys of the key-
HD SD Aud1 Aud2 Aud3 Aud4 Aud5
Video Audio
. . .