CALREC
Putting Sound in the Picture
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CONTROL SURFACE SIDECAR CONNECTION
The processing core supports an
additional connection for a second
control surface known as a sidecar.
A sidecar surface, unlike a surface
extension is fitted with its own pair
of surface switches and connects to
the MAC6 SFP ports on the Control
processor cards in the processing core,
as shown in the adjacent diagram.
The primary surface switch needs to be
connected to the primary controller card,
and secondary switch to secondary card
to provide redundancy.
The Calrec Main Application,
>System
Settings>Surface Layout
page defines
the control surface panels that are fitted.
The layout shown on the 'Surface 1'
tab relates to the main control surface,
connected to the control processor MAC7
ports. The layout shown on the 'Surface 2'
tab relates to a sidecar surface connected
to MAC6. The surface layout numbers
the POE switches starting from #1 for
both surface 1 and surface 2. The surface
layout page allows for different console
layouts to be created, edited, saved and
loaded onto the control surface(s). For
systems that have temporary sidecars it
is advisable to have two surface layouts
saved, one with a sidecar/surface 2 and
one without. Loading a surface layout
with a surface 2 sidecar enables the
sidecar control panels. Loading a surface
layout without a surface 2 configuration
prevents error messages being generated
for panels that are not present when the
sidecar is removed or not powered, as
well as preventing paths being placed on
faders that are not currently present.
As with the main surface, the sidecar
can be supplied with copper or fibre
connections depending on the distance
required between the processing core and
the control surface.
Both control surfaces have full access to
the DSP within the processing core as
well as to all of the I/O that the processing
core has been given access to. To prevent
control conflicts, user splits can be put
in place between the two surfaces and
different monitoring outputs can be set up
for each one. Please refer to the console
operator manual for further information on
user splits and monitoring.
Both the main surface 1, and the sidecar
surface 2 can be physically split further
using extended control surface's if
required.
Extremely large control surface's would
require 2 pairs of surface switches fitting
in the single chassis surface in order to
be able to communicate with the high
number of control panels. In such a case,
the single chassis would connect to both
MAC6 & MAC7. The surface layout
for the single control surface would be
split across the surface 1 and surface
2 screens. In such a case, a separate
sidecar cannot be added, though surface
extensions may be.
MAIN SURFACE / SURFACE 1 & SIDECAR / SURFACE2 CONNECTIONS
Summary of Contents for Apollo
Page 5: ...calrec com Putting Sound in the Picture APOLLO INFORMATION...
Page 9: ...calrec com Putting Sound in the Picture APOLLO CONTROL SURFACE...
Page 29: ...calrec com Putting Sound in the Picture APOLLO PROCESSING CORE...
Page 35: ...calrec com Putting Sound in the Picture APOLLO CONNECTION INFORMATION...
Page 59: ...calrec com Putting Sound in the Picture APOLLO EXTERNAL CONTROL...
Page 72: ...72 APOLLO Digital Broadcast Production Console 72 APOLLO Digital Broadcast Production Console...
Page 73: ...calrec com Putting Sound in the Picture APOLLO SETUP AND CONFIGURATION...
Page 93: ...calrec com Putting Sound in the Picture APOLLO PANEL OPTIONS...
Page 115: ...calrec com Putting Sound in the Picture APOLLO SPECIFICATIONS...