Kramer Electronics VS-88HDxl - Manual (Page 13)

Connecting the VS-88HDxl
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6 Connecting the VS-88HDxl
This section describes how to connect the VS-88HDxl in single link mode
(see section
6.1 ) and in dual link mode (see section 6.2 ).
6.1 Connecting the VS-88HDxl in the Single Link Mode
The VS-88HDxl can switch one of the eight SD/HD/3G HD-SDI inputs to
any or all of the eight SD/HD/3G HD-SDI outputs, as the example in
Figure 2 shows.
To connect the VS-88HDxl 8x8 3G SD/HD-SDI Matrix Switcher, do the
following
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1. Connect up to eight SDI sources to the SDI INPUT BNC connectors (for
example, an HD/SD camera to INPUT 1 and an SDI player to INPUT 8).
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2. Connect the SDI OUTPUT BNC connectors to up to eight SDI acceptors
(for example, OUTPUT 1 to a non-linear editor, and OUTPUT 8 to an HD
SDI display).
3. Set the DIP-switches (see section 6.4.2 ).
4. Optionally
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• A genlock source to the GENLOCK BNC connector
, connect:
• The LOOP BNC connector to the GENLOCK connector of
the next unit in the line, and release the TERM button for
looping
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5. Connect a PC and/or controller (if required), to the:
• RS-232 port (see section
6.4 ), and/or
• RS-485 port (see section
6.5 ), and/or
• ETHERNET connector (see section
6.7 )
6. Connect the power cord
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1 Switch OFF the power on each device before connecting it to your VS-88HDxl. After connecting your VS-88HDxl, switch
on its power and then switch on the power on each device
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2 Not illustrated in Figure 2
3 Pushed in terminates the input. Release when the input extends to another unit
4 We recommend that you use only the power cord that is supplied with this machine