Belden Grass Valley Kaleido-X, Installation & Service Manual

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Kaleido-IP/Kaleido-X Cascade Step-by-
Step Configuration
This chapter explains how to connect two multiviewers — a Kaleido-IP and a Kaleido-X in
cascade mode, and how to configure and operate them as a single system. Both
multiviewers must use the same Kaleido Software version of 6.40 or higher.
Introduction
Depending on your purposes, you may wish to monitor both baseband and IP sources at
once, on the same monitor wall display. This can be achieved by configuring a
hybrid
cascade system, involving one Kaleido-IP multiviewer and one Kaleido-X multiviewer.
With a Kaleido-IP/Kaleido-X Cascade system, the Kaleido-IP provides some parts of the
monitor wall image, sends it to the Kaleido-X, which adds some more elements to the
output and then sends the resulting output to the monitor wall. Unlike the cluster, whose
purpose is to increase the number of output heads in a room, the hybrid cascade not only
increases the maximum number of inputs that can be displayed to a single head but also
allows you to display both IP sources and baseband sources to the same head.
To configure your Kaleido-IP and Kaleido-X multiviewers as a cascade system, you need to
physically connect one Kaleido-IP output to a DVI input on the Kaleido-X multiviewer. Then
connect a display to the appropriate output on the Kaleido-X. Once you have defined your
cascade system and room in XEdit, you will be able to operate the cascade as a single
multiviewer.
Physical Installation
To interconnect the Kaleido-IP and the Kaleido-X multiviewers in a cascade room with a
single output head, you will need a good-quality DisplayPort-to-DVI cable, as short as
possible. For a cascade room with two output heads, then you will need two such cables.