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Technical References
S-BUS also features some advanced features:
Free I/O assingment across all levels
•any source or destination can be freely assigned to any crosspoint regardless of physical
connection
Full signal breakaway
•sources in a multilevel system can be switched married or unmarried
Descriptive naming
•sources and destinations can be named to match the user’s needs
Virtual matrix management
•matrix can be placed virtualy within S-BUS space for more efficient operation
Tie-line management
•tie-line management provides for connection of different routing switchers for signal
interconnections
Source, destination and crosspoint protection mechanisms
•sources and destination can be inhibited, protected or made secret
Password protection
•passwords can be used to restrict the personnel able to make changes
Powerful phantom facilities
•multiple crosspoint changes can be made from a single push-button depression
In addition to S-BUS, Sony routing systems can be controlled from RS-422A.This method of
control permits additional flexibility, interfacting to automation system is just one example. In smaller
routing matrix, parallel control is adopted to provide a low-cost control system
System Control
A wide range of control units is available a Sony routing system.
•Sixteen and thirty-two button-pet-souce control units
•Multi-source control units
•Multi-destination control units
•X/Y control units
Some of these units support VTR transport control, level switching and destination control. A
unique feature is that unit software and set-up data can easily be copied from one unit to another
using S-BUS.
Extenderd control features, provided by BZR-2000 software running on an IBM compatible
machine include:
•graphic displays of crosspoint maps
•interactive graphics for system configuration
•display of video signal sources and destinations on a PC VDU
•multiple-user environment
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