User Guide – PERC2000 System Controller
Publication 81-9059-0605-0, Rev. B
November 2010
Proprietary Information of
PESA PESA 8-26
8.9.5.2 Name, Panel Name and Long Name
The next three columns allow you to assign identifying names and/or acronyms to each source
according to the following formats:
Name – Any combination of up to 8 alphanumeric characters may be used to identify the
source.
Panel Name - Any combination of up to 8 alphanumeric characters may be used to identify the
source. The entry made in this column is the text string that will appear on system remote
control panels with display capability.
Long Name – This column is essentially a free text space where you may enter a name up to 32
characters in length for the source. This name is only displayed on this configuration screen
and may be used to more clearly identify an external device or system.
8.9.5.3 Switching Levels
To the right side of the three name columns you will see columns corresponding to each system
switching level. The entry (in most cases a number) in the columns on each row assigns the
actual physical input to the switching device associated with the source.
For example, look at entry number 6 in Figure 8-26 labeled VTR 1. Assume this nomenclature
is assigned to a VTR with analog video, stereo analog audio and time code outputs. The video
is switched by the VIDEO level, the two audio outputs (left and right) are each components
(AUDIO1 and AUDIO2, respectively) of the AUDIO level and the time code output is
switched by the RS422 level. Assume further that each output signal type from the VTR
(video, audio and time code) is physically switched through a separate switcher frame. For
discussion purposes assume the video is switched through a Cheetah video matrix switcher,
audio is routed through a Cheetah DRS frame and the time code signal is routed through a
PESA Tiger switcher.
Notice on Figure 8-26 that the numeric entry for VTR 1 in both the VIDEO and RS422 level
columns is a 6 for each level. This entry tells the P2K controller that the video signal from the
hardware device identified as VTR 1 will be present at physical input number 6 of the matrix
switcher identified by the logical switching level named VIDEO, and that the time code signal
from VTR 1 will be present at physical input number 6 of the Tiger switcher defined by the
logical level named RS422.
The numeric entry for VTR 1 in the column corresponding to the logical switching level named
AUDIO is also a 6. Remember, however, that logical level AUDIO is composed of two
components named AUDIO1 and AUDIO2 and that each audio signal is routed through
separate routing circuitry. In this case, the numeric 6 entry indicates that the left channel output
from VTR 1 is applied at physical input number 6 of the switching matrix identified as AUDIO
1 under the logical level named AUDIO and that the right channel output from VTR 1 is
applied at physical input number 6 of the switching matrix identified as AUDIO 2 under the
logical level named AUDIO. In matrix space, the controller treats logical level AUDIO as a
single entity and switches both components simultaneously. These may be two separate routing
frames or may be one frame with the matrix space configured as two or more separate routing
units using input offset values to define the physical inputs to the switching matrix.
Note that an entry appears under the logical level SDI column for VTR 1. This entry identifies
and assigns a tie-line arrangement for the matrix identified by level VIDEO. Tie-lines are
discussed in Paragraph 8.9.5.5.
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