Grass Valley Kaleido-X v.7.80 - Manual (Page 356)

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Routers & Kaleido-X
Router Control Configurations
1 Kaleido-X (7RU) and Kaleido-X16 multiviewers allow direct control over their own
internal router module.
2 All multiviewers allow direct control over an external router via a serial or TCP/IP
connection.
3 All multiviewers allow control over a series of external routers in a cascade
configuration: the Kaleido-X software sends a router command to one of the routers via
a serial or TCP/IP connection, which then broadcasts it to the other routers in the
cascade using an internal communications mechanism (e.g., MIDI). The router
command contains an ID that causes it to be accepted by one router in the cascade,
and ignored by the rest.
4 All multiviewers can be controlled by an external (push-button) control panel, via a
serial or TCP/IP connection. Usually, such a panel is used to control either a simple
external router (case 2, above) connected to the multiviewer, or the internal router
module (case 1, above).
5 All multiviewers can be controlled by an intelligent router controller, via a serial or
TCP/IP connection. The controller can issue commands to the multiviewer internal
router module (if available), or to any external router connected to the multiviewer. The
Kaleido-X software directs the commands to the designated device, and, as needed,
translates the command to the required protocol.