Video Matrix, Parallel Operation Stacking

Chapter 3: Installation

3.2.2 Video Matrix

If you use the ServSwitch DKM FX as a video matrix, it can switch up to 288 input ports to up to 288 output ports, depending on components and equipment.

Figure 3-2. Video using ServSwitch DKM FX application.

Table 3-2. Video matrix components.

Number Description

1Video sources, for example, an SDI camera

2Interconnect cable

3ServSwitch DKM FX

4Video sinks, for example, a monitor

3.2.3Parallel Operation (Stacking)

If you have special configurations, especially at installations with several monitors per workstation, or you need additional support for USB 2.0 transmission paths, you can increase the number of CPUs and consoles connected using a parallel operation (stacking) of several ServSwitch DKM FX devices.

One of the ServSwitch DKM FX matrices has to be defined as the master ServSwitch DKM FX, and all the others have to be configured as slaves and must be connected to the master ServSwitch DKM FX via a network.

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