User Guide – PERC2000 System Controller
Publication 81-9059-0605-0, Rev. B
November 2010
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Chapter 8 – PERC 2000 Operating Software
8.1 I
NTRODUCTION
A major component of the P2K System Controller is the graphical user interface (GUI) software
application. This application must be installed on a Windows™ based PC that serves as a “host”
computer for the router installation. Complete instructions for installing the GUI application are
provided in Chapter 4 of this User Guide. All control aspects of the P2K system are executed
through the software application. Tools and routines provided allow you to build and upload
controller configuration files, perform system status polling and also perform certain maintenance
and diagnostics routines.
Designing and configuring a routing switcher system requires working knowledge of the
hardware components and the router operational modes and functions. This discussion of the
P2K software application assumes the user has knowledge of switching functions and
terminologies required to configure a system using the various commands and screens introduced
in the following paragraphs.
Be aware that system changes you can make through the commands and screens discussed in the
following paragraphs configure virtually all operational aspects of the system. Mistakes or
erroneous entries made in many of the following programming steps can cause serious problems
ranging from incorrect sources being switched to total shutdown of the entire system. Be sure
you know exactly what you want to do before you make changes to the system configuration.
8.2 H
ARDWARE
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ONFIGURATION AND
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OUTER
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ONFIGURATION
Configuration files are created through user screens and menus of the P2K GUI. Through user
input and design, these files define all operational aspects for various control system components
within a router installation. Once created, a configuration file can be stored, edited or
downloaded to a hardware controller device. The router system is essentially non-functional until
a configuration file is created and downloaded to the controller hardware.
We’ve already discussed that the PERC2000 System Controller hardware must be loaded with a
configuration file in order to operate. Matrix Frame Controllers used in Cheetah video routers
receive all commands from the system controller and require no special configuration file for
operation.
PESA DRS audio routers use one or more frame controllers called the PERC1000, or P1K. Each
DRS channel group contains at least one P1K frame controller that must be loaded with a
configuration file defining, among other parameters, the specific DRS hardware components
contained within the channel group it controls. P1K uses a 10/100 Ethernet protocol for
communication and must be paired with a PERC2000 System Controller to complete the DRS
control system requirements. Although operational parameters and setup for the PERC1000
Frame Controller are defined through user screens and menus of the P2K GUI application, and
the hardware data is stored as part of a saved system configuration file, the PERC2000 System
Controller hardware has no real intervention in this procedure.
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