System Configuration Tool - SCT

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.

Interface Areas

Area	Purpose
Title Bar	Shows the tool name, version, and the file name of the configuration currently open
Menu Bar	File, Edit, Tools, View, Preferences and Help menus
Toolbar	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)
System Device Treeview	Navigation tree listing physical devices configured on the project, under the System and PA/VA Cluster branches
PA/VA General Information	Identity and mains-power settings for the selected device: Name, ID, Time Zone, AC Voltage
Configuration Tabs	Switches between Network Configuration, Device Configuration and Route Configuration views
Cluster Unicast IP Settings	Base IP addressing for the cluster: Base IP Address, Prefix Length, Netmask, Gateway
Multicast IP Settings	Multicast group addresses and UDP ports used for control and audio traffic

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, v5_training_config_v5.1.42P.pava_sct.

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 CLU1), expanded down to:
- A Rack Node (CER1) containing a VIPEDIA unit (device DBB1, ID VIP01) with:
  - 12 Audio Inputs, one of which (Audio Input 3) has an MPS10 G0 AN microphone attached (tag VIP01:MIC03)
  - A GPIO block ("On Board", tag VIP01:BMB0)
  - A V2000-24V amplifier frame (FRM01) 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;

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 – MainStation
ID – 1
Time Zone – Britain (UK) [Europe/London]
AC Voltage – High Range (220–250V) **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 (192.168.1.10) and Prefix Length (/24) are entered directly
Network Address, First/Last Valid IP Address and Broadcast Address are derived automatically from those two values
Netmask (255.255.255.0) and Gateway (0.0.0.0) 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:

Stream	Multicast Address	Port
Base PMC Audio	239.1.0.0	15366
Router Metering	239.1.0.3	17422
Router Control	239.1.0.1	17423
Amplifier Control	239.1.0.2	17424
Security	239.1.0.4	17425

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