Digital Production Switcher User Manual

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Section 2 — Startup & Configuration

For a particular studio session, three Kaleidoscope channels could

be acquired from the pool in the order D, E, A, which would be

logical channels 1, 2, 3. This mapping information is passed from

the DPM to the switcher via the control connection. Switcher

output routing ensures that the logical channels 1, 2, 3 appear to

the user on logical aux buses 1, 2, 3 and switcher input routing

ensures that DPM logical channels 1, 2, 3 appear on the

crosspoints conﬁgured for these logical channels. For the above

conﬁguration, the selection of CHANNEL ROUTING in the DPM

Setup Menu should be set to BOTH.

There are circumstances where output routing is not desirable. For

example, the DPM may have more than 5 channels. In that case, a

router or patch panel may be inserted between the switcher and

Kaleidoscope (Figure 2-4). In this example, switcher output

routing is turned off, so the menu selection for

CHANNEL

ROUTING

in the DPM Setup Menu should be set to SWR IN. This

still provides the return video from the switcher being on a

consistent crosspoint.