Grass Valley VM 3000 System Controllers v.7.4 - Manual (Page 157)

Hardware Installation
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Other Control Devices Using “ESswitch” Proposed ESbus Routing Switcher Dialect
Hardware connections are shown in Figure 2−99; “ESswitch” protocol is set on the Serial Protocol table (page 5−25); and
the control computer is identified on the MPK Devices table (page 5−127). A technical description of the proposed dialect
is available; please contact Grass Valley for more information.
VM/SI 3000
ESswitch bus
LAN cable
(see page 2−46)
Sync ref. See
pg. 2−110
ESswitch protocol
available on odd−
numbered ports only
ESbus routing switcher
control computer
Serial port
See page 2−87 for a
description of this cable
Figure 2−99.
Using Grass Valley ASCII Computer Interface Protocol
Hardware connections are shown in Figure 2−100; “ASCII” protocol is set on the Serial Protocol table (page 5−25); and the
control computer is identified on the MPK Devices table (page 5−127). A technical description of the Grass Valley ASCII
computer interface protocol is presented in Appendix N.
ASCII bus
LAN cable
(see page 2−46)
Serial port
Control computer
See page 2−87 for a
description of this cable
Sync ref. See
pg. 2−110
VM/SI 3000
Figure 2−100.