Grass Valley VM 3000 System Controllers v.7.4 - Manual (Page 57)

Introduction
1−19 VM 3000 Installation and Operating Manual
— Each CP 3800 Control Panel counts as four devices; therefore, a maximum of 16 can be connected to a VM
3000 (two per serial port). However, for the SI 3000 there is a special limitation: only 16 CP 3800 panels can be
connected to a single SI 3000.
Note: The CP 3800 cannot be run from an SC 3000. It can only be connected to a VM/SI 3000.
— Each MC 3000 Machine Control Panel counts as eight devices; i.e., only one MC 3000 can be connected to a
port. Also, a special limitation exists for MC 3000 panels because of the amount of time code being processed:
If eight or more machines are in the system, then the maximum number of MC 3000s in the system is eight.
(There is not a limit to the number of machines in the system; only a limit to the number of MC 3000s in the
system.)
— Each MC 3010 Machine Control Panel also counts as two devices; however, this number remains the same
even for an MC 3010/2 Dual 4 Machine Panel.
— Each MI 3040/3040T General Purpose/Tally Interface counts as two devices. However, there is an absolute
maximum of four MI 3040s per SI/VM, or SI/VM redundant pair. Further, there is a maximum of two MI
3040s per port pair.
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— Each CP 300 Series Control Panel, CP 3000 Switcher Control Panel, CP 3020 Push Button Control Panel,
and Saturn MCC−3500 Control Console counts as one device.
— Each CP 3808 Control Panel, CP 3824 Control Panel, CP 3830 Control Panel, and CP 3809 Expansion Panel
counts as one device. For example, a CP 3808 with a CP 3809 Expansion Panel would count as two devices.
— Each CP 3832 Control Panel, CP 3864 Control Panel, and CP 3810 Expansion Panel counts as one device.
For example, a CP 3832 with a CP 3810 Expansion Panel would count as two devices.
— Each MC 3020D Machine Delegate Panel, MC 3020L Linkage Panel, Under Monitor Display, and
VC−3020 Video Display Control Panel counts as one−half a device.
— CP 3010 Expansion Panels and CP 3021 Push Button Expansion Panels are not counted.
— Each CP 2002B/D Control Panel counts as four devices; therefore, a maximum of 16 can be connected to a
VM 3000 (two per serial port). However, for the SI 3000 there is a special limitation: only 24 CP 2002B/D
panels can be connected to a single SI 3000.
Fixed Load Factors
The following load factors are fixed and are not subject to the multiplier described below under “Calculating Loading”:
— If a VM 3000’s Crosspoint Bus is in use, it counts as thirty devices on that VM 3000.
— Each instance of a “remote” (non−Crosspoint Bus) switcher protocol counts as twenty devices.
— Each instance of ES−bus (“VTR Interface”) counts as eight devices with no more than eight occurrences of
ES−bus system wide due to the amount of time code being processed.
§ Additional limitations for the MI 3040 are described on page 1−22.