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WARNING WARNING THIS APPARATUS MUST BE EARTHED. To prevent fire or shock hazard, do not expose the unit to WARNUNG rain or moisture. DIESES GERÄT MUSS GEERDET WERDEN. To avoid electrical shock, do not open the cabinet. Refer AVERTISSEMENT servicing to qualified personnel only. CET APPAREIL DOIT ÊTRE RELIÉ...
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Settings on the Control Terminal ....12(E) E1 (residential), E2 (commercial and light industrial), E3 (urban outdoors) and E4 (controlled EMC environment, ex. Preparation for the BKS-R3210 ....13(E) TV studio). Settings by Using the Buttons (Setup Function) ............. 14(E) Pour les clients européens...
R3209/R3210 in combination so as to work as one unit to expand the number of sources and destinations to be The BKS-R3210 allows you to select an input signal (source) and designates the output (destination) using a controlled. One switching system can have up to ten...
If the BKS-R3210 is used alone, the unit can select 16 sources and destinations that have been assigned to Self-diagnosis function each button in advance.
Routing Switcher Routing Switcher Routing switcher Switcher (S) Source Video Audio Time code BKS-R3209 Level 1 Level 1 BKS-R3209 BKS-R3210 BKS-R3210 BKS-R3209 BKS-R3209 BKS-R3209 max. BKS-R3209 units BKS-R3209 BKS-R3209 BKS-R3209 BKS-R3209 Only one of the REMOTE 1 connectors on a routing switcher used as a secondary station will be active.
When the break-away function is used Break-away Function Different sources are used for each level. Level Source Destination The BKS-R3210 can be used to switch different LEVEL 1 IN 11 OUT 3 sources for levels. This is called the break-away LEVEL 2...
For example, if you select a Mother ..unit BKS-R3210 BKS-R3210 BKS-R3210 source (IN1) for a destination (OUT1) on switcher A, the crosspoint on switcher B (IN5-OUT 2) is Daugh automatically switched.
Overview Examples of this Phantom are gieven below. Phantom Function Example 1 Assign a source (audio source AUD007 for example) This control unit has three phantom functions; global of a level to multiple sources of another level (video phantom, local phantom, and destination offset local source IN001 and IN005 for example) phantom.
SELECTOR PROT LOCK TYPE CLR LEVEL DEST LEVEL TAKE 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 BKS-R3210 5 PROT button/lamp 9 TAKE button 6 LOCK button/lamp 0 LEVEL indicators 7 TYPE button/lamp !¡ DEST button/lamp 8 CLR button/lamp !™ LEVEL button/lamp ⁄...
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Location and Function of Parts 3 Source/destination select buttons You can limit the available names on the control These buttons can be used as source select buttons or terminal as shown below. •A source to which secret has been set is skipped. destination select buttons.
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Note When the DEST and LEVEL lamps are not lit: The The BKS-R3210 has two level select modes; multi- currently selected source name appears in the level mode and single-level mode, and the desired preset display window.
When type-number selection is set: Select the destination names from the destination table for the BKS-R3210. A list of the selected destination names is called the available destination table. The selectable sources for these available destinations can be limited. These sources are called available sources.
You may use up to 253 units of the control unit, level name on the key label on top of the source/ including the BKS-R3210, in combination to expand destination select buttons. Then you can see at a the number of sources and destinations, or use the unit glance what functions you have assigned to each alone.
However the following items can be set on the BKS-R3210 by turning the power on while holding down the two or three select buttons, as Type 0...
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Setting with a 16-source selector (direct List of setup operations selection) While holding down buttons 1 and 4 (or buttons 5 and Settings Buttons to be pressed 7), turn the power on. Initialization 1, 2 All the 16 source/destination select buttons work as Multi level mode 1, 6 source select buttons.
Operations Selecting a source Selecting a destination Press to turn on the DEST button. Go to “Selecting a Change the destination? Use the destination.” SELECTOR knob? Selection method Direct to use? selection Go to “Selecting a Select by type name? Type-number Change the level? level.”...
Error Messages While trouble occurs on this unit, the following error messages appear in the preset display window. Error messages Contents Remarks Pac Err Reception error on the S-BUS data link If this occurs only once every several minutes, it is not a problem.
Specifications REMOTE (BNC type) ×1 Control signal S-BUS Data transfer method BI-PHASE SPACE Data transfer rate 312.5 kbps Signal transfer distance 500 m (1640 feet) (75-ohm coaxial cable, BELDEN 8281 or equivalent) Operating temperature 0°C to 45°C (32°F to 113°F) Power requirements 100 to 120 V AC (for the U.S.A.
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