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Encore — Configuration Manual 29
Overview
Figure 14. Applications, Engines, Clients, and Servers
The Client/Server architecture makes an Encore system scalable, from
small single purpose applications to huge facility wide installations. An
Encore system can even support multi-facility operations. Additions can be
made to an existing system by adding components without the need to re-
engineer the rest of the system hardware. Processing workloads can be dis
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tributed among various engines to prevent bottlenecks, and redundancy
can be incorporated for reliable operation.
System Communications During Normal Operation
When an operator presses a button on a control panel, a series of messages
are passed between client and server applications to accomplish the cros
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spoint change and to update button tallies on all the affected Panels
(
Figure 15). In this example the Panel Server application and the Router
Control applications reside on a separate engines. If they reside on the same
engine, similar communications occur.
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Kalypso Video
Processor Frame
Engineering Workstation PC
(Engine)
(Engine)
Encore Database
Router Control
Application
System Manager
Server Application
Encore OUI
Client Application
Panel Server
Application
Different
Applications
can run on the
same Engine
Applications can
control multiple
hardware devices.
The same type of
Application can run
on different Engines
Sharer
Operator Workstation PC
(Engine)
(Engine)
Encore OUI
Client Application
Serial
Ethernet
VTR
Encore System Controller
(Hardware)
Panel Client
Router Control Panel
(Hardware)
Panel Client
Router Control Panel
(Hardware)
Panel Client
Router Control Panel
Profile VDR
VDRCS Server
Application
(Engine)
VSVC Server
Application
Encore
Serial Engine
Encore
Machine Control
Client Application
Router Matrix
Frame
(Hardware)
Router Client
Router Matrix
Frame
(Hardware)
Router Client
Network