Grass Valley Maestro Master Control Installation v.2.4.0 - Manual (Page 93)

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Cabling Requirements
Monitor Follow
In multi-Processor (multi-channel) systems, the control room monitors can
switch automatically to the channel being controlled. This requires the
video outputs and audio monitor outputs, and control room monitors, to
be connected to the router.
In the example shown in Figure 42 , the operator is controlling eight
Maestro channels from a single hardware control panel. During monitor
follow operation, the monitor outputs of the channel being controlled are
automatically switched to the control room monitors. Other router inputs,
such as the off-air return, can be controlled as well.
Figure 42. Monitor Follow Operation
Although this example shows a control room equipped with stereo moni-
tors, more speakers can be added (for example, to allow Dolby 5.1 moni-
toring).
5 video
Maestro Control Panel
1 stereo pair
PGM PGM PST PST Clean Feed Clean Feed
Video
and
audio
router
Channels 1-4 Channels 5-8
D-to-A
converter
Video (PGM, PST, Clean Feed) and
audio (Mon Out) signals for each channel
Network Network Off-Air RTN Off-Air RTN
Network Programming
Off-Air Return