User Manual

Connecting the Video Matrix Switcher

6.3.1 Setting the MACHINE #

To control a unit remotely via RS-232, RS-485, IR or the Ethernet, each unit

has to be identified via its unique Machine #. Set the Machine #

on a

VS-3232V unit according to Table 4.

Table 4: Machine # Dipswitch Settings

Mach. # DIP 1 DIP 2 DIP 3 DIP 4 Mach. # DIP 1 DIP 2 DIP 3 DIP 4

1 ON OFF OFF OFF 9 ON OFF OFF ON

2 OFF ON OFF OFF 10 OFF ON OFF ON

3 ON ON OFF OFF 11 ON ON OFF ON

4 OFF OFF ON OFF 12 OFF OFF ON ON

5 ON OFF ON OFF 13 ON OFF ON ON

6 OFF ON ON OFF 14 OFF ON ON ON

7 ON ON ON OFF 15 ON ON ON ON

8 OFF OFF OFF ON

6.3.2 Understanding the System Mode

Though the terms audio-follow-video

and audio breakaway

are well known,

there may be signals other than audio signals that need to be switched

simultaneously and at other times, need to be switched independently.

For example:

 Non-linear editing systems that combine video with analog audio or with

digital audio

 Duplication systems, that produce Master tapes from programs with

different formats such as composite analog, component analog and

component digital

The term FOLLOW-SYSTEM

indicates the most common case where

any type of signal can follow one or more other signals.

DIP 5 defines whether the VS-3232V unit can communicate with other

switchers via a common control line.

You can set DIP 5 OFF to disable the FOLLOW-SYSTEM mode when

setting a standalone switcher

application, including standalone multi-

channel video switcher applications

1 When using a single unit, set the unit to MACHINE # 1

2 Video and the audio channels switch simultaneously in the same way

3 Audio channels switch independently from the video channels

4 Instead of Audio-Follow-Video

5 See section 6.1

6 See section 6.2