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Encore — Configuration Manual 91
Multiple Area Encore Systems
• To determine which SCB is active at any given time, you can use the
OUI to check the sync status of the controllers. An Encore SCB running
a CPS also turns on its BSY LED if the CPS is either operating stand
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alone or is the supervisor in a Master Mirror pair. A supervisor is the
CPS that drives the displays and tally lamps of the control panels con
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nected to it. You can also check the Error LEDs on the front edge of the
controller boards. LED codes are located in the Encore Installation and
Service Manual.
Multiple Area Encore Systems
In large installations, an Encore-controlled routing system can be parti-
tioned into multiple routing Areas, with each Area having its own System
Controller and Matrices. This arrangement gives each Area autonomy in
configuration and operation without sacrificing inter-Area connectivity.
Up to 32 Areas can be configured.
Note Tie-lines must be configured and available to route Sources in one Area to
Destinations in a different Area (see
Section 7-Tie-Line Manager).
Configuring multiple Areas can be useful in the following example:
• A facility has two studios, A and B.
• Each studio has its own router.
• Each studio has five VTRs named “VTR 1” through “VTR 5.”
By assigning each studio and its components to a different Area, the Encore
control system can be divided to provide Area access restrictions, user
access restrictions, and router control restrictions. In addition, the Source
and Destination names for the different VTRs in both Areas can remain the
same. Single Area systems cannot have different Sources with the same
names.
Figure 63, which shows a large, highly-redundant system. Note the fol-
lowing:
• Each routing Area has its own dedicated SCB running the Router
Control and Control Panel Server applications. Only one Router
Control application or redundant pair is allowed in each Area.
• The control panels and matrices in each Area are connected to a unique
Ethernet Class C network which is also connected to the EN2 network
interface of the redundant SCB pair for that Area. The SCB EN1 inter
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faces are connected to the facility LAN (along with the PC).
Panels in one Area can be configured to control Destinations in All areas, if
desired. If this is not desirable, panel access can be restricted to only one or
more Areas in various ways, by using Area exclusion sets, Destination
Exclusion Sets, Keypad Areas, etc.