System Setup - Sony MVS-8000X User Manual

System Setup

About system setup
This configures the setup for the whole system.
Here, the "whole system" refers to all devices connected
on the switcher system LAN.
Unit ID settings
When there are two switchers and connected DME units
on the same network, it is necessary to set the unit ID on
each device, as follows.
Switcher
1st switcher
2nd switcher
DME
DME1 for 1st switcher (Ch1 to Ch4)
DME2 for 1st switcher (Ch5 to Ch8)
DME1 for 2nd switcher (Ch1 to Ch4)
DME2 for 2nd switcher (Ch5 to Ch8)
Menu panel unit IDs are set in the Engineering Setup
>System menu (see page 390).
For details about unit IDs of devices other than the control
panel, refer to the installation manual for each device.
Note
The unit ID for the MKS-7470X/7471X becomes DME1
or DME3.
• DME1 (unit ID: 1) when connected to the 1st switcher
(unit ID: 1).
• DME3 (unit ID: 3) when connected to the 2nd switcher
(unit ID: 2).
When the signal format is 1080P
You can connect up to four MVE-8000A units to the 1st
switcher. The unit IDs for these DMEs are assigned as
follows.
DME
DME1 for 1st switcher (Ch1/2)
DME2 for 1st switcher (Ch3/4)
DME3 for 1st switcher (Ch5/6)
DME
DME4 for 1st switcher (Ch7/8)
Notes
• When the signal format is 1080P, the MKS-7470X is
always DME1 (unit ID: 1), supporting four channels.
And the MVE-8000A is DME3 (unit ID: 3) or DME4
(unit ID: 4).
• When DME3 and DME4 are connected, the maximum
number of control panels that can be connected is two.
Unit ID
When DME3 and DME4 are not connected, the
maximum number of control panels that can be
1
connected can be changed to four (see page 405).
2
• The signal format for the 2nd switcher cannot be
changed to 1080P.
Unit ID
1
2
3
4
Unit ID
1
2
3
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Unit ID
4