Pathway System Design/Layout Guide - Manual (Page 2)

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Four elements must be considered when designing a Pathport system: the
Pathport nodes, the Ethernet backbone, the configuration interface and the
peripheral equipment to be connected. A generic layout is shown below, with DMX
signal in red and Pathport routing in blue.
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Some peripherals, especially recent control consoles, are able to plug directly
into the Ethernet switch. However, designs should still include some input nodes to
allow for touring consoles, test equipment and other DMX-only sources.