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194 JUPITER CM-4400 Control Module Installation and Operating Manual
Section 5 — The Configurator Application
The Sequential Path Finding Table
The path finding software option allows two or more routing switchers to
operate as a system, where one of the switchers can access the other’s
inputs through a number of tie lines.
Figure 142. The Sequential Path Finding Table
The table shown in Figure 142 , describes the tie lines between the two
switchers, there are tie lines for all four levels of both switchers. In this
example:
• The columns are arranged in “from-to” order. The rows 1-4 show the
lines from a source router called “NEWSROUT” to a destination
switcher called “MAINROUT.” Rows 5-8 show the lines leading back to
the “NEWSROUT” router.
• Row 1 describes lines from Input switcher “NEWSROUT.” The NEWS-
ROUT switcher’s Video level starts with Physical Output 10.
• The NEWSROUT switcher’s lines go to the Output switcher’s Video
level, whose Physical Input starts at 43.
• Since connections must be consecutive, outputs 10 through 14 of
“NEWSROUT” are connected to inputs 43 through 47 of “MAIN-
ROUT.”
When a switcher input or output is used with a tie line (such as Physical
Output 10 in the above example) and entered in the Path Finding Data
table, the input or output must not appear in the Switcher Input or Output
tables.
For example, Figure 143 on page 195 shows a facility with a large, central
distribution switcher and a smaller switcher. By placing both switchers
under control of the Jupiter system, and by adding tie lines, the main router
can access the news department’s inputs. In this example, VT21 can be
switched to output 55 of switcher “MAINROUT” with one command: the
system will first switch VT21 to one of the tie lines leading from “NEWS-
ROUT” to “MAINROUT,” then it will switch that tie line signal to output
55 of “MAINROUT.”
1
Sequential Path Finding
Source Switcher/Level
VIDEO (NEWSROUT)
Physical
10
Destination Switcher/Level
Physical
43
Count
5
2 LEFT (NEWSROUT) 10 43 5
3 RIGHT (NEWSROUT 10 43 5
4 TC (NEWSROUT) 10 43 5
5 VIDEO (MAINROUT) 61 20 3
6 LEFT (MAINROUT) 61 20 3
7 RIGHT (MAINROUT) 61 20 3
8 TC (MAINROUT) 61 20 3
t u p n I t u p t u O
VIDEO (MAINROUT)
LEFT (MAINROUT)
RIGHT (MAINROUT)
TC (MAINROUT)
VIDEO (NEWSROUT)
LEFT (NEWSROUT)
RIGHT (NEWSROUT
TC (NEWSROUT)
Path Finding
Group Name
VNEWMAIN
LNEWMAIN
RNEWMAIN
TNEWMAIN
VMAINNEW
LMAINNEW
RMAINNEW
TMAINNEW
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Tie lines (1-4)from
“NEWSROUT” to
“MAINROUT”
Tie lines (5-8) from
“MAINROUT” to
“NEWSROUT”