Grass Valley CR6400 Family v.1.2 - Manual (Page 38)

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Configuration
CRSC Networks
Panel Types for CR6400 Routers
These are the panel types available in CRSC:
• The CP6464 is a 2RU panel capable of switching 64 sources to 64 destinations.
• The CP6401 is a 2RU single-destination panel. In CRSC, it has a single “default destination”
button in CRSC, but the actual panel has no destination buttons.
The CP6401 is an artificial panel type. There is no physical CP6401. The CP6401 is a fiction
that allows CRSC to configure a (real) CP6464 as a single-destination panel.
• The CP32-6464 is another artificial panel type. The CP32-6464 is a fiction that allows CRSC to
configure a CP3232 (2RU) in such a way that it can control the 64 sources and 64 destinations
of CR6400 routers in a network.
IP Addresses in CRSC
How to Add Routers to a Network
CRSC allows you to have any number of routers on a subnet. Although you can exploit this capa-
bility for ease of configuration, you must ensure that your compact router system observes the
network limits when it is running.
Routers from the factory are usually all set to the same subnet: 192.168.2.xxx. Routers that are
freshly reset to default also use that subnet.
Adding a router to the CR system creates a new level. Routers are assigned to a subnet and no
more than 8 levels in any single subnet are allowed.
If you add too many routers to a subnet, you will have created too many levels. However, CRSC
will not let you delete a router you just added because each router must correspond to at least
one level. To be able to remove the router, either disconnect the router physically, delete one or
more levels (other than those just added), or move the router to another subnet.
Follow these steps to add routers to your network:
1 Connect up to 4 routers to your network with unique rotary switch settings in the range 1 to
F (hex).
2 Go to CRSC’s ‘CR Series Ethernet Settings’ page.
3 Verify that all routers appear in the list. Click ‘Refresh List’ if necessary.
4 For each router, click on the cell in the ‘IP Address’ column to edit the field. Enter a unique IP
address.
5 Repeat steps 1 through 4 for additional router. Remember that no more than 4 routers can
operate to a single subnet.
6 Click Apply Updates to send the changes to the selected frames. Only those frames with
‘Update’ checked in the table rows are updated. The data are stored in the frames internally.
CP32-6464 CP6401 CP6464
Remember to cycle power after you change a rotary switch.
However, if a rotary switch is set to zero (0), and you then power-cycle the router or
remote panel module, the device reverts to the factory default state, and loses its previ-
ously configured state.