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Routers & Kaleido-X
This chapter describes how Kaleido-X can be configured to control external routers, to act
as a router itself, and to be controlled from an upstream router control panel or software.
Overview
The Kaleido-X, Kaleido-X16, and Kaleido-Modular multiviewers are designed for flexible
integration with a variety of routing devices. A multiviewer can be configured to control, or
to be controlled by a variety of routing devices. The Kaleido-X (7RU) and Kaleido-X16 have
an internal router option, which offers switching of up to 192 unprocessed inputs to 96
HD/SD outputs (16 inputs to 2 outputs, in the case of the Kaleido-X16), for feeding
monitors, test equipment and master control or production switchers. A multiviewer can
also be configured as a router and provide switching of its logical sources to router card
outputs (if available) or monitor wall destinations.
The Kaleido-X software interfaces with most routing devices, via Ethernet or serial
connection, for router control and dynamic text label tracking. The interface allows
dynamic source updates from the router, and quick access to any router sources directly
from the monitor wall user interface. Kaleido-X can also save source assignments to the
layout presets, and reconfigure the router by recalling a layout preset.
For quality control applications, the monitor wall pointer (controlled by a mouse connected
via a Kaleido-RCP2 control panel) can be used to assign a selected source to a monitoring
output bus. This creates a highly intuitive and rapid quality control capability. Miranda has
been working closely with Snell (Pro-Bel) and NVISION (now part of Miranda) to provide a
cost-reduced, multi-image/routing solution, with compelling integration and a direct
download of sources text databases from routers and production switchers to the
multiviewer system.
See Tally Interface Devices on page 337 for more information on configuring supported
production switchers to interact with the Kaleido-X software.
Key Concepts
Term Description
External Router In XEdit’s Equipment library, External Router refers to an upstream router
that will be controlled by the multiviewer. For example, the multiviewer can
request a specific source from the external router to be routed to a specific
video monitor on the monitor wall.
Physical router In XEdit, a physical router is a software representation of router equipment.
Physical routers hold information on how to communicate with the
equipment, as well as the number of physical levels associated with the
router.
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