Specifications

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ConfiguringZeeVee’sProducts
ZeeVeeproductscanbeconfiguredthroughaUSBconnectiontoacomputerrunningZvCli–aPC‐based
softwareapplicationthatcanbedownloadedfromtheZeeVeewebsite.Configurationisverysimple,and
usuallyjustinvolvessettingtheRFchannelonwhichtheZvBoxwillbroadcast.Onsomeproductsmore
advanced
settingsareavailable,suchasassociatingaudioandvideoinputs.Anysettingsthataremadeare
storedinZvBoxandnotlostonpower‐down.
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SomeZeeVeeproducts(primarilytheProline)haveanRS‐232serialportaswell.Thishelpswithremote
managementandinputswitching,andmakes
itpossibletointegrateZeeVeeproductswithtraditional
automationsystems.MostsettingsandcommandsyntaxthatareavailablethroughZvCliarealsoavailable
throughtheserialinterface.Mostnotablymissingaretheabilitytoupdatetheunit’sFirmware,andtheability
tosaveorloadsettingsfromafile.The
commandsummaryattheendofthisdocumentgivestheport
specifications.
DownloadingandInstallingZvCli
ZvCliisavailablefordownloadfromtheZeeVeewebsiteatwww.zeevee.com/commercial/downloads.
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Important:ZeeVeeregularlymakesimprovementstovideoandaudioquality,andoverallfunctionality.Always
checkforupdatedfirmwareforyourZvBoxbeforedeployingtheunit.Thisisdonebyusingthe“download
check”commandinZvCli.
StartingZvCli
Onceinstalled,ZvClicanusuallybefoundunder“Start/AllPrograms/Zv/ZvCli”.Oncelaunched,theprogram
willattempttocommunicatewithyourZeeVeeproduct viaaUSBconnection.However,itisimportantto
understandthatZvBoxorZvPromightnotbe‘listening’totheUSBport.It
ispossibletoconfiguretheUSBport
oncertainmodelstoactasaUSBaudiodevice‐oncetheyareoperatinginthatmode,ZvClicannot
communicatewithZvBox.Toassureaconnection,performthefollowingsteps:
1. StartZvCli.Ifthesoftwarereportsthattheconnectionsucceeded,youare
allset,andcancontinueto
useZvClitoconfiguretheproduct.
2. Ifthesoftwaresaysthattheconnectionisdown(anddisplaystheoutputtextinred),unplugtheUSB
cablebetweentheZvBoxandthecomputer,andthenreconnectit.Waitafewmoments‐ifsuccessful,
ZvCliwill
automaticallyreportthataconnectionis nowavailable.
Note‐IfZvBoxwasusingtheUSBportasanaudiodevice,audiowillbedisableduntilyouhavecompleted
configurationchanges,exitedfromZvCli,thendisconnectedandreconnectedtheUSBcable.
UsingZvCli‐TipsandTricks
ZvCliisaverysimple,yetverypowerfulinterface.Hereareafewtipsthatmakeusingiteasy.Note‐mostare
identicalthroughtheserialconnectionaswell.
‐ Factorydefaultsareunderlinedinthisdocumentwhereapplicable.
‐ <>encaseavalue,{}encaseamandatorychoice.[]encase
optionalparameters.
‐ Precedinganylinewith#makestheremainingtextonthatlineacomment.
‐ Textstringsthatcontainspaces,likechannelnames,need“quotes”aroundthem.
‐ Reallypowerful–Ifyoustarttypinganycommandandhit<TAB>,itwillshowyouwhatyourchoicesare
andwillauto‐completeforyouifitcan.Giveitatry. Tabwillalwaysdooneofthefollowing;
o Addtexttocompleteacommand,orportionofacommand