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Zodiak system control cabling – Grass Valley Zodiak Installation Planning Guide User Manual

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Zodiak Installation Planning Guide

Zodiak System Control Cabling

Zodiak System Control Cabling

A simple Zodiak system consisting of a Main panel, Menu panel, and Video
Processor frame uses point-to-point connections and does not require an
external Ethernet Local Area Network (LAN) (see

Figure 39

).

The Zodiak system uses Ethernet, serial, parallel, and USB connections.
Tally and GPI control are available (see

Figure 38

).

Refer to

Table 7

for a list of supplied cables.

Figure 38. Simple Zodiak System Control

Table 7. Supplied Cables (No Options)

Cable Description

Quantity

AC Power Supply Cable — Main Panel

AC line cord kit

2

AC Power Supply Cable — 3-M/E Frame

AC line cord kit

3

a

a

Two supplied cables for a 2.5-M/E frame.

Main Panel to Menu Panel DC Power

8-pin DIN, male-to-male, 10 ft (3 m)

1

Menu Panel to ZIP 250 USB

USB AB cable, 6 ft (1.83 m)

1

Menu Panel to Main Panel

9-pin D, male-to-female serial, 10 ft (3 m)

1

Panel LAN, Menu LAN

Category 5, 100 Base-T, 100 ft (30 m)

2

Menu LAN

USB

Optional Keyboard

Optional Mouse

Menu Panel

Zip Drive

Optional
Future Satellite
Panels (1-2)

NOTE: Main Panel, Menu LAN, Panel LAN 10Base-T or 100Base-T Ethernnet

Main Panel

Point to Point Serial
RS-422/Serial Async

8096_00_19_r3

Main Control Surface

Floppy

Drive

Control Panel Processor

System Processor

Button Knob Control (Serial)

Touch Screen Control (Serial)

8 GPI In
8 GPI Out

4 Serial

Tally (Relay)

2 CPL

Video Processor Frame

Control

System

Hard

Drive

Floppy

Drive

CD-ROM

Panel LAN

Control Line
Control Surface Boundary

Serial

4 GPI In

4 GPI Out