How to select a machine control router, Setting up machine control routers – Grass Valley NVISION Compact CQX User Manual

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6. Setting Up Machine Control Routers

An Overview of Machine Control Routers

The ‘Network Frame Summary’ presents the following option and information:

How to Select a Machine Control Router

To select a specific router, locate the router in the ‘Network Frame Summary’ section and click on
that row. Routers are listed by three different categories. Click the related tab to bring that tab for-
ward:

• Machine Control Routers

Lists machine control routers by ‘Name’, ‘Frame Type’ and ‘IP

Address’

• Levels

Lists all routers by ‘Level’, ‘Signal Type’, ‘Routers’, ‘Inputs and Outputs’, and ‘Con-

troller Destinations’.

• All CR Frames

Lists compact router frames by ‘Name’, ‘Frame Type’ and ‘IP Address’.

Details of the port settings for that router display in the ‘Machine Control Port Settings’ section.

Tab

Column

Description

Machine
Control
Routers

Edit

Select the radio button on the row listing the router you want to edit.
Details display in the ‘Machine Control Port Settings’ section. Once
selected, router information can be updated.

Name

Name of the router.

Frame Type

Type (model number) of router.

Level(s)

Level numbers associated with the router.

IP Address

IP address currently assigned to the device.

Subnet Mask

Subnet mask currently assigned to the device. We recommend that
you leave the subnet masks at 255.255.255.0 unless you are a
developer.

Levels

Level

The level name. Level names map to the level number.

Signal Type

Type of signal(s) assigned to the level.

Router

Router to which the level is assigned.

Physical Inputs

These fields show the physical start and endpoints of the level within
the router.

Physical
Outputs

Controller
Sources

I/O numbering in the system controller may not match the physical I/
Os in the router. Use these fields to map the router I/Os to the system
controller I/O numbering.

Controller Dest

All CR Frames
(lists all frames
in the system)

Name

Name assigned to the router.

Frame Type

Type (model number) of router.

IP Address

IP address currently assigned to the router.

Subnet Mask

Subnet mask currently assigned to the device. It is recommended that
you leave the subnet masks at 255.255.255.0 unless you are a
developer.

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