Pn Et Switching Methods; All Levels Switch; Breakaway Switch; Pn Et Switching Modes - PESA Cougar 3 User Manual

4.5 PN S
ET WITCHING
4.5.1 A L S
LL EVELS
All-Levels or Audio-Follow-Video (AFV) is the power-on default switching method for the PNet
panel, and is the active switching method when none of the LEVELS pushbuttons are lit. When an AFV
switch is performed, signals on all switching levels defined for the source are switched simultaneously
to all switching levels defined for the destination.
Using devices NET1 and VTR1 introduced in Paragraph 4.4 for this example, with an AFV switch
whenever we select the destination button on a PNet panel assigned to VTR1, and specify NET1 as the
source selection to route to the destination, we will route signals assigned to all switching levels defined
for NET1 to physical outputs defined for switching levels of VTR1. The actual switches would be:
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Video signal present at physical input #1 to the Cougar router is routed to output #1 from the
video router through switching level VID.
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Audio signal present at input #1 to the DRS audio router is routed to physical output #1 from
the DRS audio router through switching level AUDL.
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Audio signal present at input #2 to the DRS audio router is routed to output #2 from the DRS
audio router through switching level AUDR.
4.5.2 B S
REAKAWAY
A Breakaway switch allows you to selectively choose specific sources for each switching level defined
for the destination.
Again, using devices NET1 and VTR1 from previous examples, let's assume that we are recording a
program on VTR1 with the video signal originating from receiver NET1, but we'd like to use the audio
track from a local audio recorder. Stereo audio signals from the recorder enter the DRS audio router at
physical inputs 3 and 4, and we've created a source group, REC1, that defines input 3 as the signal
source for switching level AUDL and input 4 as the signal source for switching level AUDR.
Using a breakaway switch we can select NET1 as the source for switching level 1 (VID) and REC1 as
the source for switching levels 2 and 3 (AUDL and AUDR). By doing so we specify that the source
selected for switching levels 2 and 3 be different from the source selected for switching level 1, and thus
place the sources for destination VTR1 in a breakaway condition.
4.6 PN S
ET WITCHING
4.6.1 H -T S
OT AKE WITCHING
Hot-Take is the power-on default mode for the PNet panel, and is the active mode of the panel when the
PRESET button is not illuminated. When Hot-Take is active, anytime you press a SOURCES button,
the input signals on the selected switching levels for that source are routed immediately to the currently
selected destination outputs. If no switching level buttons are lit (all-levels mode), source signals from
all switching levels defined for the source group are routed to the destination group outputs.
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