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The PAVA System Configuration Tool (SCT) is the Zenitel desktop application used to configure a VIPEDIA PA/VA System. The screenshot is from SCT v5.1.4.2P with an example training configuration loaded; each highlighted area of the image links to the matching section further down this page.

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==Interface Areas==

<table style='width:60%;'>
  <tr style='background-color:#ffd400'>
    <td style='border:1px solid; font-weight:bold'>Area</td>
    <td style='border:1px solid; text-align:center;font-weight:bold'>Purpose</td>
  </tr>
<tr>
    <td style='border:1px solid'>Title Bar</td>
    <td style='border:1px solid; text-align:left;'>Shows the tool name, version, and the file name of the configuration currently open</td>
  </tr>
<tr>
    <td style='border:1px solid'>Menu Bar</td>
    <td style='border:1px solid; text-align:left;'>File, Edit, Tools, View, Preferences and Help menus</td>
  </tr>
<tr>
    <td style='border:1px solid'>Toolbar</td>
    <td style='border:1px solid; text-align:left;'>Quick-access icons for the most common File-menu and device-communication actions, including R - RDT (Router Dynamic Tool) / A - ADT (Amplifier Dynamic Tool) / F - FTT (File Transfer Tool) </td>
  </tr>
<tr>
    <td style='border:1px solid'>System Device Treeview </td>
    <td style='border:1px solid; text-align:left;'>Navigation tree listing physical devices configured on the project, under the System and PA/VA Cluster branches</td>
  </tr>
<tr>
    <td style='border:1px solid'>PA/VA General Information</td>
    <td style='border:1px solid; text-align:left;'>Identity and mains-power settings for the selected device: Name, ID, Time Zone, AC Voltage</td>
  </tr>
<tr>
    <td style='border:1px solid'>Configuration Tabs</td>
    <td style='border:1px solid; text-align:left;'>Switches between Network Configuration, Device Configuration and Route Configuration views</td>
  </tr>
<tr>
    <td style='border:1px solid'>Cluster Unicast IP Settings</td>
    <td style='border:1px solid; text-align:left;'>Base IP addressing for the cluster: Base IP Address, Prefix Length, Netmask, Gateway</td>
  </tr>
<tr>
    <td style='border:1px solid'>Multicast IP Settings</td>
    <td style='border:1px solid; text-align:left;'>Multicast group addresses and UDP ports used for control and audio traffic</td>
  </tr>
<tr>
</table>

==Title Bar==

The application title bar shows the tool name and version (''PAVA System Configuration Tool V5.1.4.2P'') together with the file name of the configuration currently open — in this example, <code>v5_training_config_v5.1.42P.pava_sct</code>.

==Menu Bar==

The standard menu bar:
*'''File''' – New/Open/Save/Import/Export configurations
*'''Edit''' - Add / Delete items 
*'''Tools''' - Start tools / reassign configuration parameters
*'''View''' - Dynamic Allocation Table (DAT) usage filters
*'''Preferences''' – application-level settings
*'''Help''' - About / Tooltips

==Toolbar==

Quick-access icons beneath the menu bar, mirroring the most common File-menu actions (new, open, save, save-as) plus a set of connection/device-communication icons and a Treeview toggle (the "T" icon). 

Hover over each icon in the live tool for its exact tooltip, as labelling can vary slightly between SCT releases.

==System Device Treeview==

The left-hand navigation tree lists every device in the project, organised under two top-level branches:

*'''System''' – global, cluster-independent settings: NTP Servers, VAVE Instances, Telephony Gateway, System Managers, System Overview and Cluster Management.
*'''PA/VA Cluster''' – the cluster itself (here named ''MainStation'', cluster ID <code>CLU1</code>), expanded down to:
**A Rack Node (<code>CER1</code>) containing a VIPEDIA unit (device <code>DBB1</code>, ID <code>VIP01</code>) with:
***12 Audio Inputs, one of which (Audio Input 3) has an MPS10 G0 AN microphone attached (tag <code>VIP01:MIC03</code>)
***A GPIO block ("On Board", tag <code>VIP01:BMB0</code>)
***A V2000-24V amplifier frame (<code>FRM01</code>) carrying five D500 amplifier channels, mapped to the zones Standby, Ticket Hall, Concourse, Platform 1 and Platform 2
**Cluster Globals – settings shared across the whole cluster: Zones, DVA Messages, Permanent Routes, Dante, PMC Streams, BGM Streams, Security and Cluster Overview.

Selecting any node in this tree changes the content shown in the right-hand panel described below.

==Configuration Pane==
The Configuration Pane is where all detailed configuration editing is completed.  It driven by the selection in the System Device Tree as to which device is being configured.  This is defined by the yellow banner at the top of the panel which names the type of device currently selected — here, ''PA/VA Devices Options'' for the highlighted "PA/VA Devices" node and comprises the following sections;

{{Warn|If this panel renders blank, check that a device is selected in the System Device Tree.}}

===General Information===

:Identity and mains-power settings for the selected device:
:*'''Name''' – <code>MainStation</code>
:*'''ID''' – <code>1</code>
:*'''Time Zone''' – <code>Britain (UK) [Europe/London]</code>
:*'''AC Voltage''' – <code>High Range (220–250V)</code>  **This is a mandatory setting and configuration save is unavailable until set.

===Configuration Tabs===

:Three tabs switch the lower part of the right-hand panel between views for the selected device: '''Network Configuration''' (shown here), '''Device Configuration''' and '''Route Configuration'''.

===Cluster Unicast IP Settings===

:Defines the cluster's base IP addressing.
:*'''Base IP Address''' (<code>192.168.1.10</code>) and '''Prefix Length''' (<code>/24</code>) are entered directly
:*'''Network Address''', '''First/Last Valid IP Address''' and '''Broadcast Address''' are derived automatically from those two values
:*'''Netmask''' (<code>255.255.255.0</code>) and '''Gateway''' (<code>0.0.0.0</code>) remain independently editable

===Multicast IP Settings===

:The multicast group addresses and UDP ports the cluster uses for control and audio traffic, each derived from the Base IP Address when '''Address Auto''' is ticked:

:<table style='width:60%;'>
  <tr style='background-color:#ffd400'>
    <td style='border:1px solid; font-weight:bold'>Stream</td>
    <td style='border:1px solid; text-align:center;font-weight:bold'>Multicast Address</td>
    <td style='border:1px solid; text-align:center;font-weight:bold'>Port</td>
  </tr>
<tr>
    <td style='border:1px solid'>Base PMC Audio</td>
    <td style='border:1px solid; text-align:left;'>239.1.0.0</td>
    <td style='border:1px solid; text-align:left;'>15366</td>
  </tr>
<tr>
    <td style='border:1px solid'>Router Metering</td>
    <td style='border:1px solid; text-align:left;'>239.1.0.3</td>
    <td style='border:1px solid; text-align:left;'>17422</td>
  </tr>
<tr>
    <td style='border:1px solid'>Router Control</td>
    <td style='border:1px solid; text-align:left;'>239.1.0.1</td>
    <td style='border:1px solid; text-align:left;'>17423</td>
  </tr>
<tr>
    <td style='border:1px solid'>Amplifier Control</td>
    <td style='border:1px solid; text-align:left;'>239.1.0.2</td>
    <td style='border:1px solid; text-align:left;'>17424</td>
  </tr>
<tr>
    <td style='border:1px solid'>Security</td>
    <td style='border:1px solid; text-align:left;'>239.1.0.4</td>
    <td style='border:1px solid; text-align:left;'>17425</td>
  </tr>
</table>


==Related Pages==

*[[Router Dynamic Tool - RDT|Router Dynamic Tool (RDT) – Vipedia-12 dynamic parameter configuration]]
*[[Amplifier Dynamic Tool - ADT|Amplifier Dynamic Tool (RDT) – V2000 dynamic parameter configuration]]
*[[File Transfer Tool|File Transfer Tool (FTT) - Configuration loading, Device IP address configuration, time setting and Security Configuration]]

[[Category: Zenitel PAVA]]