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Q: What is the main purpose of having an internal router?
A: The internal router allows you to share the inputs connected to a Kaleido-X with other equipment
(e.g. QA monitors, vectorscopes), reducing or eliminating the need to have an expensive standalone
external router. The internal router card allows you to have one piece of equipment (Kaleido-X) that
serves two, integrated purposes: displaying video inputs on the monitor wall, and sharing them with
other equipment. For example, instead of having a router in front of the Kaleido-X to split feeds
between the Kaleido-X and a vectorscope monitor, you can use the Kaleido-X as a router. Your feeds
enter at a single point, and one of the outputs can go to a vectorscope or quality control (QC) monitor,
so that instead of a large, expensive station router in front you can have a smaller one—you don’t lose
outputs for QC.
Q: Is there a matrix GUI available for controlling routers via the Kaleido-X?
A: Yes. Kaleido-X version 4.00 incorporates the single bus and matrix view from iControl Router
Controller Software.
Q: Is the “External Router” item in the Equipment library always used to add a router?
A: Yes. This is done in order to be consistent with iControl. Other types of equipment (production
switchers, controllers, tally boxes) have their own specific entries in the Equipment library.
Q: Can there be more than one external router?
A: Yes. Every router or router control panel that is connected to a serial port on the Kaleido-X
corresponds to an “External Router” in XEdit. Similarly, every router with a unique IP address
connected via TCP/IP to the Kaleido-X is considered a unique “External Router”. If the Kaleido-X is
connected to a series of physical routers in a cascade configuration, the cascade corresponds to an
“External Router” in XEdit, where each router is a “level”.
Q: Why was the iControl Router Manager integrated into XEdit in v3.00?
A: Previously, a version of the iControl Router Manager appeared as a separate application within XEdit.
This could lead to some inconsistencies, such as two devices being configured on the same serial port.
Since it is now integrated, XEdit is more “aware” of the router configuration information, and can
prevent such misconfigurations.
Q: Is router management in version 4.00 backward compatible?
A: Yes. Router configurations made in version 2.20 will be preserved when upgrading to version 4.00.
However, even though this has been tested on a large number of configurations, it is recommended
that the router settings be reviewed before and after the upgrade in order to ensure that there are no
errors.