Envision Peripherals NV3128 Computer Utilities Obsolete, See the UniDiag manual for details

3.2 COMPUTER UTILITIES (OBSOLETE)

The following information applies only to older systems with the

Command Interpreter module. Newer systems with the Universal

Control module use UniDiag instead of the NVUtils described below.

See the UniDiag manual for details.

NVUtils is a collection of PC compatible computer programs that provide diagnostics and control of the NVision family of digital routing switches. The utilities currently consist of two programs, NVTake and NVMap. Both programs communicate with the router Control Interface Module using RS- 232 data-exchange protocol, requiring either the configuration of the module for that protocol or the intervention of an RS232/RS-422Aconverter.

Software installation and hardware configuration are detailed in Chapter 2 of thismanual.

NVTAKE

NVtake is a simple, minimally featured router control system. The program sends takes and take salvos to the routing switch Control Interface Module using controller commands from a long and growing list of protocols. Take salvos can be saved to disk and reloaded. For some protocols, the program enables crosspoint address queries and listings.

NVMAP

NVMap is a multi-purpose configuration and diagnostic tool. It allows the user to:

1.Query the router’s crosspoints connections

2.Query the router’s output monitor connections (for routing switches that support output monitors).

3.Query and edit the configuration of the router/control interface.

4.Remap the correlation between received controller addresses and the physical switch addresses (the “scramble map”). This ability greatly enhances the NV3128's ability to mesh with existing router control systems.

NVMap also provides diagnostic messages showing the results of controller commands sent to the router.

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