System Control - Sony MK7807V1 Manual Book

Technical References
S-BUS also features some advanced features:
Free I/O assingment across all levels
• any source or destination can be freely assigned to any crosspoint regardless of physical
connection
Full signal breakaway
• sources in a multilevel system can be switched married or unmarried
Descriptive naming
• sources and destinations can be named to match the user's needs
Virtual matrix management
• matrix can be placed virtualy within S-BUS space for more efficient operation
Tie-line management
• tie-line management provides for connection of different routing switchers for signal
interconnections
Source, destination and crosspoint protection mechanisms
• sources and destination can be inhibited, protected or made secret
Password protection
• passwords can be used to restrict the personnel able to make changes
Powerful phantom facilities
• multiple crosspoint changes can be made from a single push-button depression
In addition to S-BUS, Sony routing systems can be controlled from RS-422A.This method of
control permits additional flexibility, interfacting to automation system is just one example. In smaller
routing matrix, parallel control is adopted to provide a low-cost control system

System Control

A wide range of control units is available a Sony routing system.
• Sixteen and thirty-two button-pet-souce control units
• Multi-source control units
• Multi-destination control units
• X/Y control units
Some of these units support VTR transport control, level switching and destination control. A
unique feature is that unit software and set-up data can easily be copied from one unit to another
using S-BUS.
Extenderd control features, provided by BZR-2000 software running on an IBM compatible
machine include:
• graphic displays of crosspoint maps
• interactive graphics for system configuration
• display of video signal sources and destinations on a PC VDU
• multiple-user environment
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