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Key Concepts
Q & A
Q: Is the internal router used to change inputs to the Kaleido-X in order to direct signals to
the monitor wall?
A: No, an internal router card is not needed to display video on the monitor wall. The outputs of the
internal router do not feed into the KXI cards—they come
from the KXIs via the midplane.
Term Description
Connection A physical connection between two devices.
External Router In XEdit’s Equipment library, External Router refers to a third-party router.
Logical router A logical router is a software abstraction that permits the control of multiple physical routers/levels
as a single entity. Logical routers have a unique matrix ID within a router manager.
Logical level A logical level defines the mapping between logical and physical inputs, and the mapping between
the logical and physical outputs.
Matrix ID A unique identifier used by a router controller to identify which router is the target of a switching
command.
Physical router In XEdit, a physical router is a software representation of router equipment. Physical routers hold
information on how to communicate with the equipment, as well as the number of physical levels
associated with the router.
Physical level Some router equipment can have multiple physical levels, which are subsets of the physical router’s
inputs and outputs.
Protocol The instruction set and parameters used to communicate with and control a device. The router
protocols supported in iControl are also supported by Kaleido-X, and vice-versa (although there
might be a slight lag between the time the latest versions of the software are released).
Router controller “Router controller” refers to any software or hardware that can request a crosspoint change on a
router. The Router Control Software Single Bus and Matrix View applications (also part of the iRouter
Router Control Software packaged with iControl Application Servers) are examples of router
controllers. They are integrated with the Kaleido-X software, and can be launched from the Kaleido-
X home page.
Router service The Kaleido-X router service is the software component responsible for communicating with physical
routers, and for managing crosspoint change requests coming from router controllers.