Belden Grass Valley Kaleido-X, Installation & Service Manual

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Overview
Kaleido-X (14RU) Expansion System Overview
Kaleido-X (14RU) Expansion System Overview
It is possible to expand the input connectivity of one Kaleido-X (7RU) frame to include that
of a second. The two frames, each with its own expansion (KXO-EXP) card, are connected by
a high-bandwidth cable, such that all the output modules on each frame (up to 6 in total)
have access to all inputs on each frame (up to 192 in total) without any blocking or
bandwidth limitations.
Using Grass Valley’s XEdit software, the two frames can be configured as a single system,
allowing
rooms to have a mixture of input modules from either frame. The expansion card
interconnect allows seamless sharing of video, audio monitoring output, time code inputs,
reference input, metadata information (CC, XDS, alarms, etc.), and audio level data. For
more information, see
Kaleido-X (14RU) Expansion , on page 41.