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.