Stand-alone operation, Summary, Terminology – Grass Valley CR6400 Family v.1.2 User Manual
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Stand-Alone Operation
Chapter 5 provides operating instructions for the CR6400 routers and the CP6464 control panel
in a stand-alone system.
Topics
Summary
There are 3 ways to use the CR6400 routers and the CP6464:
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A single stand-alone CR6400 router with a “captive” CP6464 control panel.
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A network of stand-alone CR6400 routers with a captive panel (or panels).
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In a CRSC network of mixed router and panel types (with remote panel modules).
This section is about stand-alone operation. Please refer to Chapter 6,
,
on page 49, for information about using CRSC networks.
Terminology
It is essential for understanding the material that follows to define the terms “source” and
“destination.”
In general, the terms source and destination refer to devices (e.g., VTRs, cameras, monitors) that
can be connected to the I/O cards of the router. However, in discussions of routers, we usually
think of sources and destinations only as the connectors to which a device is connected and we
ignore the devices. (In fact, the router functions properly even when it is not actually connected
to any devices.)
A port is a single connector (DIN 1.0/2.3) on a router.
An input port, or just input, is a port that receives a signal.
An output port, or just output, is a port that sends a signal.
For a Single Stand-Alone Router
1 A source is a one input at the rear of the CR6400 router.
2 A destination is one output at the rear of the CR6400 router.
A CR6400 router has a 64×64 switching matrix and thus supports up to 64 inputs and 64
outputs.