Clear-Com Eclipse-PiCo - Manual (Page 10)

Clear-Com Communication Systems
Eclipse PiCo Matrix Instruction Manual
1 - 2
INTELLIGENT LINKING
An intelligent link may be used to connect an Eclipse PiCo to other
Eclipse-32, Eclipse Pico, Eclipse Median or Eclipse Omega matrices.
Up to 15 matrices may be connected. The linking between matrices is
via dedicated trunk lines between ports on the linked systems.
This capability is in addition to the high-speed link which connects two
Eclipse PiCo matrices into one non-blocking 64-port system subject to
the condition described below.
Two Eclipse PiCo matrices that are connected using a high-speed link
cannot also be connected together with a trunk line. In this case trunk
lines should only be used to connect such Eclipse PiCo systems to
other matrices.
Any port within the matrix may be used as a trunk line, and carries one
full-duplex communications path between the matrices. Typically the
number of trunk lines would equal the anticipated simultaneous
communications between matrices. The system will intelligently use
and release these lines to route the communications traffic between
panels connected with the various matrices, routing the calls through
available open trunks.
HIGH SPEED LINK
A high speed link is used to connect two Eclipse PiCo matrices
together via the Base Loop Connector to create a 64-port non-blocking
system. The high speed link operates by ‘mapping’ the physical ports
(0-35) of the remote system onto a second set of virtual ports on the
local system (36-71). A panel on the local system can listen to a panel
on the remote system simply by listening to the virtual port for that
panel.
If a panel on the remote system opens a talk path to a panel on the
local system a message is sent via the link instructing the local system
to create the required audio path from the remote system to the local
panel.
The ethernet link is required to pass key labels between the systems
as well as receive configuration data from ECS.
A diagram of High Speed Link operation is shown in Figure 1-1.