Belden Grass Valley KALEIDO-X16, Installation & Service Manual

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Kaleido-IP/Kaleido-X16 Cascade Step-by-
Step Configuration
This chapter explains how to connect two multiviewers — a Kaleido-IP and a Kaleido-X16 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
The number of sources that can be monitored concurrently on a single monitor wall display
is limited by the number of inputs supported by your specific multiviewer model. One
Kaleido-X16 multiviewer supports 16 inputs. One way to increase the number of inputs is to
use more than one multiviewer to build the output to a single head, by configuring a
multiviewer cascade. It is possible to configure up to three Kaleido-X16 multiviewers as a
cascade system. 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-X16 multiviewer.
With a Kaleido-IP/Kaleido-X16 Cascade system, the Kaleido-IP provides some parts of the
monitor wall image, sends it to the Kaleido-X16, 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-X16 multiviewers as a cascade system, you need
to physically connect one Kaleido-IP output to a DVI input on the Kaleido-X16 multiviewer.
Then connect a display to the appropriate output on the Kaleido-X16. 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-X16 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.