Grass Valley NV9000-SE v.5.0 - Manual (Page 60)

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Routers
‘Add Router’ page
Name
Enter the name for the router in this field. The name of the router helps distinguish one router
from another within NV9000-SE Utilities. Router names do not mean very much otherwise.
Router Host
The ‘Host’ drop-down list provides a list of the hosts defined in your configuration.
A router’s host is the system controller in an NV9000 system that controls the router. (There are
potentially many controllers in the system.)
Choose the host you prefer from the drop-down menu. The default, and most frequently
encountered, host is NVCONFIG.
To define hosts, use the Hosts Table of the ‘Views’ pane.
Protocol
The ‘Protocol’ drop-down list provides a list of the router communication protocols from which
you can choose. A protocol is the medium or “language” in which the system controller (the
host) interacts with the router.
These are the protocols included in the list:
DHD Serial Router Datatek D-2815 Serial Encore Router
GVGF Horizon TCI ISIS Serial Jupiter Bridge Router
Jupiter ESbus Klotz Serial Router Lawo Serial Router
NV Compact Router Ethernet NV Control System Ethernet NV Ethernet
NV Master Control Ethernet
NV Serial-Private NV Serial-Public
Pesa Probel Router Sierra Video
Sony CART+ Serial Stagetec Nexus Router Trinix Ethernet Router
Utah RCP-1 Virtual Router
Some of the protocols exist for the benefit of one customer; other protocols are for obsolete
products or for products of companies that are no longer in business.
The default protocol is ‘NV Ethernet’.
Choose the protocol, from the drop-down list, that applies to your router. For NVISION series
routers, you should usually choose ‘NV Ethernet’ or ‘NV Serial-Public’. The protocol you choose
might require some level of support from Grass Valley technical personnel.
 The ‘Virtual Router’ protocol allows you to define a router without actually having a router
present in the system.
Control Points
A control point is a coded description of the connection between the system controller (the
host) and the router. There are two types of connections and therefore two types of control
points: Ethernet and serial.
There are often two control point fields — drop-down lists — in the page. But depending on the
router protocol you choose, the secondary control point might be absent. A secondary control
point is not present for serial protocols and for some other protocols.