Grass Valley Kayenne Installation Planning Guide Aug 30 2011 - Manual (Page 9)

KAYENNE — Installation Planning Guide 9
Section
1
Introduction
Note For reader convenience this identical Section 1 is included at the beginning
of each Kayenne manual. If you are already familiar with this material you can
skip to the next section.
Overview
The Grass Valley Kayenne family of multi-format digital production
switchers provides powerful, ground-breaking features designed to meet
the widest range of requirements for live studio, mobile, and post-produc-
tion applications. Available in configurations ranging from 1.5-ME to
4.5-MEs, Kayenne systems combine features and functionality available in
the current Grass Valley Kalypso, KayakHD, and XtenDD switchers along
with additional capabilities previously unavailable in any video produc-
tion switcher from any manufacturer. A wide variety of possible Kayenne
system configurations exist to meet different customer requirements.
Kayenne Video Processor Frames
The Kayenne Video Processor Frame is available in two sizes. The 8-RU full
size frame supports up to 4.5 ME systems. The 4-RU compact frame sup-
ports 1.5-ME through 2.5-ME Kayenne systems (
Figure 1 ). The number of
licensed boards present in the Kayenne frame determines the number of
MEs available, as well as the number of video inputs, outputs, GPIOs and
Relay Tallies.
Figure 1. Kayenne Video Processor Frames
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Kayenne 8-RU
Video Processor Frame Kayenne 4-RU
Video Processor Frame