Grass Valley Apex v.2.0 - Manual (Page 51)

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Facility Interface
MADI Support
Apex I/O boards are presently supplied with a BNC MADI hardware port.
The MADI port operates as follows:
• When a MADI signal is connected to an input board, signals arriving on
the other input connectors are ignored.
• The signal present at the MADI connector on an output board consists
of a multiplexed stream of all 64 channels (32 pairs) on the board.
V-Fade (Silent Switching)
Apex routers feature a silent-switching design that eliminates unwanted
clicks and pops.
Stereo/Mono Modes
• The Apex is normally operated in two-level stereo mode. This allows
stereo mode switching such as mix, reverse, etc.
• Alternatively, the switcher can operate as one physical level, which is
considered standard or traditional AES mode.
• The switcher can also operate in Mono mode. In this case a 256 x 256
router is configured as a 512 x 512 mono router, etc.