Grass Valley CR6400 Family v.1.2 - Manual (Page 35)

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CR6400
User’s Guide
Stand-Alone CR6400 Networks
For each router, set up I/O, video reference, and power and ground connections as you would
for stand-alone routers.
IP Addresses and Levels
A stand-alone network allows up to 4 routers (levels 1–4). Decide what signal types (3Gig, AES,
etc.) you want on which levels and set the rotary switch position to configure the levels accord-
ingly. To summarize, the switch positions of your routers must be 1, 2, 3, or 4 and they must all
be different.
See Levels and IP Addresses in Stand-Alone Networks , on page 19, for information on rotary
switch settings and subnet addresses.
CRSC Networks
CRSC networks have more capabiities than stand-alone networks because the routers and
panels are configurable. Because they are configurable, they are more flexible and offer more
choices. However, CRSC networks are more complex than stand-alone networks.
In a CRSC network, all routers and remote panel modules must be configured using CRSC.
Every CR Series device in a CRSC network requires an IP address. Under CRSC, the IP addresses
are not tied to a rotary switch position.
For routers, you must specify a level. You can assign up to 4 levels for each router, but the CRSC
network is limited to 8 levels in total. (A level is a router partition.)
For panels, you must choose an operating mode (standard, enhanced with hold, enhanced
without hold) and configure the panel’s buttons. Buttons that are to remain unused need not be
configured. There are shortcuts that make configuring panels quick and relatively easy.
During the configuration of a panel’s source and destination buttons, you will be creating a
mapping of routers’ I/O ports to source and destination buttons — for all panels in the network.
This is a non-trivial task often requiring a lot of design work.
Please refer to the CRSC User’s Guide for complete detailed information about configuring
remote panels. (This document focuses only on the CR6400 routers and panels.)
Essential Information
A remote panel is a control panel mounted on a remote panel module.
A remote panel sends control messages to a network of routers and receive status information
from the network.
These panels are called “remote” because they need not be attached to a router and can be used
at a distance, as far as cable restrictions allow.
Terms
Please review the following definitions:
• An input or an output is a single port at the rear of a compact router. Different routers have
different kinds of connectors (e.g., BNC, DB25, RJ-45, “coax”).