Menu Item R: Set Route - Sony MKS-8080 Operation Manual

Notes
• The button for which the TAKE function has been set
cannot be used as a source select button.
• The TAKE button set in Menu item N will be enabled in
AUX mode as well.
Setting the SHIFT function
What is the SHIFT function?
Normally you can use sources 1 through 32 and reentry
M/E1 through M/E3, and P/P1. When you use the SHIFT
function, you can use sources 33 through 64 and reentry
M/E4 through M/E6, and P/P2.
Setting procedure
1
Select the number of the button to which the SHIFT
function is to be set using the cursor keys,.
2
Press [F].
"SHIFT" appears, and the SHIFT function is assigned
to the button selected in step 1 (hereinafter called the
SHIFT button).
Notes
• The button for which the SHIFT function has been set
cannot be used as a source select button.
• The SHIFT button set in Menu item N will be enabled in
AUX mode as well.

Menu Item R: SET ROUTE

Purposes
Menu item R enables you to set the routing function.
What is the routing function?
If you cannot expand the number of inputs using cascade
connections, you may connect sources of a switcher to the
destinations of another switcher to achieve expansion. In
such condition, you may set a function to display the
source selected for the destination connected to an
extended input when you select an input to the extended
device, and support the required switching operation.
Such a function that enables input expansion with a device
without cascading capability is called a "routing function."
By using the routing function, you can simply operate
sources used for multiple destinations as if switching
sources for a single destination.
Sources of switcher A
Destinations of
IN 1 2 3 4
switcher A
OUT 1
HDS-X3600
(Level 1)
IN 5
Switcher A
Even when such input expansion is repeated 4 times at
maximum, the routing function enables you to search for
destinations tracing back via the expanded inputs and to
obtain a display of the appropriate source.
To display the actually selected source name, you must set
the routing function with the terminal.
Then when you select a crosspoint set for the routing
function, the source on switcher A is searched for, and the
name is displayed.
For example, when a crosspoint is switched on switcher A
in the figure, normally IN5 appears as the source name. If
the routing function has been set, the source name selected
on switcher A appears.
To activate the routing function, set the destination of
switcher A, the destination and source of switcher B, and
the level, in that order.
Expanded input
(source of
switcher B)
Destination of
switcher B
6 7 8
OUT 2
DVS-7000
(Level 1)
Switcher B
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