Kaleido-X (14Ru) Expansion; Introduction - Belden Grass Valley KALEIDO-X Installation & Service Manual

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This chapter describes how to connect two Kaleido-X (7RU) frames using expansion cards.

Introduction

As of version 3.00 of the Kaleido Software, it is possible to expand the input connectivity of

one Kaleido-X (7RU) frame to include that of a second. The two frames, each with its own

expansion (KXO-EXP) card, are connected by a high-bandwidth cable, such that all the KXO

output modules on each frame (up to 6 in total) have access to all KXI module inputs on

each frame (up to 192 in total) without any blocking or bandwidth limitations. Using Grass

Valley's XEdit software, the two frames can be configured as a single system, allowing

Kaleido-X rooms to have layouts that contain inputs from either frame.

The expansion card allows seamless sharing of:

• video

• audio (embedded or discreet)

• time code and reference inputs

• video alarms (black detect, freeze, etc.)

• audio alarms (silence, overload, etc.)

• metadata information (CC, XDS, audio, etc.)

• audio level meter data

Two Kaleido-X frames in expansion mode can display up to 192 video inputs over up to 12

displays. This configuration provides easy system expansion without losing any of Kaleido-

X's extreme signal flexibility, due to the full interconnectivity of video, audio and metadata,

as well as time code and control signals.