Grass Valley Kaleido-X v.7.80 - Manual (Page 354)

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Routers & Kaleido-X
Key Concepts
Key Concepts
Term Description
External Router In XEdit’s Equipment library, External Router refers to an upstream router
that will be controlled by the multiviewer. For example, the multiviewer can
request a specific source from the external router to be routed to a specific
video monitor on the monitor wall.
Physical router In XEdit, a physical router is a software representation of router equipment.
Physical routers hold information on how to communicate with the
equipment, as well as the number of physical levels associated with the
router.
Physical level Some router equipment can have multiple physical levels, which are subsets
of the physical router’s inputs and outputs.
Protocol The instruction set and parameters used to communicate with and control a
device. The router protocols supported in iControl are also supported by
Kaleido-X, and vice-versa (although there might be a slight lag between the
time the latest software versions are released).
Router
controller Router controller refers to any software or hardware that can request a
crosspoint change on a router. The Router Control Software Single Bus and
Matrix View applications (also part of the iRouter Router Control Software
packaged with iControl Application Servers) are examples of router
controllers. They are integrated with the Kaleido-X software, and can be
launched from the Kaleido-X home page.
Logical router A logical router is a software abstraction that permits the control of multiple
physical routers/levels as a single entity. Logical routers have a unique matrix
ID within a router manager.
Logical level A logical level defines the mapping between logical and physical inputs, and
the mapping between the logical and physical outputs.
Matrix ID A unique identifier used by a router controller to identify which router is the
target of a switching command.
KX Router
logical router Independent from the routing capabilities obtained by adding
KXO-24Router cards to a Kaleido-X (7RU) multiviewer or by enabling the
router output ports on a Kaleido-X16, any multiviewer can be used as a
router in itself.
The logical sources defined in XEdit’s Channels/Sources tab (see
page 189 )
are considered sources for the KX Router logical router, whose destinations
are either monitors on the monitor wall, or the multiviewer’s own router
outputs (if applicable).
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Source IDs to be used for routing purposes are
assigned in XEdit’s Channels/Sources tab. These IDs can be used by external
router control software or devices. The logical destinations for the KX Router
logical router are configured in the Destinations tab.
The KX Router logical router configuration is automatically shared between
multiviewers and iControl systems, and also between multiviewers and
RCP-200 devices with version 1.70 or later.