Sony MK7807V1 Manual Book page 150

Technical References
Integrated Systems
A key element of Sony routing systems is their ability to provide an integrated solution for the user.
Sony routing systems can be interfaced to Sony MVS-8000 Series/DVS-7000 Series production
switchers. With the high level of integration available, destinations fed from the router to the
switcher can be controlled, so that the production switcher is effectively expanded to be able to
accommodate all the available sources. In addition the router source named can be displayed on
the control panel of the production switcher. It is also possible to control the router from the
switcher and vice-versa.
Legacy third-party routing systems may also require to be controlled. Sony routing systems can
either control the router or, in some cases, be controlled from the legacy system.
Within S-BUS, significant support is provided for tally and management. The power of this process
is clearly visible in an integrated solution, where tallies can pass through several routers without
losing IDs. Sony camera systems can also be interfaced, eliminating separate connections to each
CCU for Red and Green tallies.
Critical Applications
In any mission-critical system redundancy is a pre-requisite to ensure that the system is available at
all times, even in the unlikely event of a power supply or system fault.
Sony routing systems are no exception to this philosophy. Backup power supplies are available for
most routing and interfacting equipment.
Redundancy also extends to being able to provide backup control boards for the CPUs in a routing
system.
In addition to providing redundant power supplies and control boards, data is held in on-board
memories with a 24-hour battery backup, and can also be saved to floppy disk. In Sony routing
systems, BZR-20 software is supplied as an accessory so that the systems data contents easily
saved.
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