Instruction manual
JUPITER CM-4400 Control Module Installation and Operating Manual 163
Switcher Input Table
Figure 112. Example of the Switcher Input Table
Split Switching
Split (or breakaway) switching is the selection of one input on one level and 
another input on another level. An example would be the selection of color 
bars on the video level and test tone on the audio levels. Split switches can 
be manual, where the operator addresses individual levels and makes each 
switch separately; or, automatic, where a single category / entry number 
will cause the split to occur.
An automatic split can be arranged in one of two ways:
1. The switcher can be wired so that the split sources arrive on parallel 
inputs, as shown in Figure113. On the video level, color bars are wired 
in as input 0. However, on the audio levels, test tone is wired in as input 
0 and a time code generator is wired in as input 0 on the time code level. 
The Switcher Inputs table (Figure112) is then arranged so that the input 
named “BARS” will switch to input 0 on all levels. This technique 
might be referred to as a “hard−wired split.”
Figure 113. Inputs to four−level switcher, showing a “hard−wired split”
0
Video
BARS
1234
Left audio
TONE TONE
Right audio Time code
01234 0 1234 0 1234
TIME CODE
GEN
071826105_Hardwired Split










