Switching LEAF- Branch Combinations | Kramer Electronics VS-66FW

Operating the VS-66FW

6.2 Switching LEAF- BRANCH Combinations

To switch a BRANCH FireWire device to a LEAF FireWire device (a bi-directional connection), do the following:

1.Press a LEAF button (either 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 or ALL). The corresponding item in the 7-segment Display blinks.

2.Press a BRANCH button (either 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 or OFF). The selected BRANCH switches to the selected LEAF.

Note that, pressing a LEAF button and a BRANCH button, when the # is the same1 will not display a digit in the 7-segment Display. You cannot connect the same BRANCH # and LEAF # because the (bi-directional) FireWire Port is shared (see also2 the illustration in Figure 2).

For details of how to use the VS-66FW6 Port FireWire Switcher as a FireWire hub, see section 3 .3.3.

6.3 Confirming Settings

Choose to work in the AT ONCE or the CONFIRM mode, as section 6 .3.1 describes. When the VS-66FWoperates in the AT ONCE mode, pressing a LEAF-BRANCH combination implements the switch immediately. In the CONFIRM mode, the TAKE button must be pressed to authorize the switch.

In the AT ONCE mode, you save time as execution is immediate and actions require no user confirmation. However, no protection is offered against changing an action in error.

In the CONFIRM mode:

You can key-in several actions and then confirm them by pressing the “TAKE” button, to simultaneously activate the multiple switches

Every action requires user confirmation, protecting against erroneous switching

Execution is delayed until the user confirms the action3

1 For example, LEAF button # 3 and a BRANCH button # 3

2 Illustrating that the digit “4” does not appear in the BRANCH status 7-segment Display when the VS-66FW is configured as a 6 port FireWire hub in which the bi-directional signals flow between Port 4 and all the other ports

3 Failure to press the TAKE button within 30 seconds (the Timeout) will abort the action